Alcoholics Anonymous

Hydrilla · Hydrilla

My friend that is very dear to me and my wife is an alcoholic. He has been getting much worse lately, seemingly by the day. I know that he is battling severe depression, and has had serious thoughts of suicide. I have known about the alcohol problem for a long time, but he is a very private person, and...

typ0 · typ0

Give To Me The Strength I have my higher power and I beg of you release me. Release me from the pain I feel and put me in a water jar. Give to me strength to see the rooting of a giant oak. Spinning wheel of mountain bike my spirit caught between a spoke. Carry my soul the buzzing bee so monsters of my heart will f...

dabomb · dabomb

I am a drunk. Not the kind who falls down in public or throws up in the toilet in a bar, or, stumbles along the grimy big city streets. I drink at home, alone I drink fine wine, occasionally toped off by coffee with baileys Sometimes I buy a bottle of cheap wine from my Mom. My Mom bottles wine herself at...

slugcat · slugcat

This is not about booze so i dont know if it belongs here. I am in AA myself. I am worried about a relative, he is my only living relative besides my mother who was/is an abuser and i have no contact with. He has supported me through thick and thin and if it wasnt for him i would be dead basically. I never had a fa...

gonee · gonee

The 1st step of AA is an ongoing realisation of my powerlessness over alcohol. Nowhere in the AA bb does it say that I will regain any power. This confirms to me that I will remain powerless for the rest of my life. The condition is irreversible. That also means that for the rest of my life I will be totally a...

Gzepe · Gzepe

Twas the day before the closing prayer at the Crested Butte mountain conference The last early meeting out on the deck commenced hot on the heels of Friday mornings final meditation. The subject was "when the student is ready the teacher will appear" I was running late and slipped in about...

gonee · gonee

"Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program...." bb pg58 If I had continued drinking beyond the point of recovery, then there would have been nothing to help me. I have seen many of my friends die like this. That is why I do not t...

The Texan · The Texan

and its my fault. I have just become swamped here with work and when I return I am tired. I do work for myself but I have to take it where I can get it. Still sober despite myself. Them Lone Stars are sure calling me though. Irrelevent news, I lost a hen this morning or last night, I believe do to heat. I hope I do...

bikerbill · bikerbill

I'm still dipping in and out but taking a break from posting. No worries, just busy.

Rodney2009 · Rodney2009

my sponsor is not taking calls at moment noone will help me in my face to face I almost have 10 yrs sober this DEC 26 thanks.I can not always rely on calling the treatment cntrs for help or counselling on phone they said. basiclly means take advantage of it. Sorry had to fix a spelling misstake LOL -- Edited...

Stratman · Stratman

Hello all. I've been drinking since 18 and I'm now 47. Beer is my drink of choice, never had a taste for the hard stuff. Beer after work has always helped me wind down and calm my nerves. Sometimes 3 or 4, sometimes 6 or 8 or maybe 10 or 12 on a weekend evening. I don't drink and drive or frequent bars. If I drink...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: How many ways can you brush your teeth? Our habits save time, and some of the good ones, such as sobriety, can also save our lives. A fine line separates useful habits from ruts; however, the former, we wish to cultivate, and the latter, we'd just as soon avoid. How abou...

mikef · mikef

'God's ability to clean things up is infinitely greater than our ability to mess things up!! There is no place you might be now, or where you might have been in the past, or where you might go in the future, that will ever be beyond the reach of God's grace-NOWHERE...Because of our Higher Power's great...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

Been separated 2 years. Daughter is moving to my sister's house because she's failing in school. So here I am. *sigh*

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 225 While drinking, we were certain that our intelligence, backed by will power, could rightly control our inner lives and guarantee us success in the world around us. This brave philosophy, wherein each man played God, sounded good in the speaking, but it still had to meed the acid test: How wel...

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Just found this board the other night. Looks like a fine place to spend some time. My work schedule has been anything but cooperative for the last several months. It has made it hard to attend my regular meetings so I am here. Right now I am working overnights and there isn't much to do but lots of time...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

-From Alcoholics Anonymous World Services approved pamphlet entitled same. 1. Have you ever tried to stop drinking for a week or so but only lasted for a couple of days? Most of us in AA made all kids of promises to ourselves and to our families. We could nto keep them. Then we came to AA. AA said, "J...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: In every conflict, ask, "Would I rather be peaceful or right?" The choice to be peaceful rather than right doesn't actually mean our opinions are unimportant. In fact, our particular opinions may make more sense in the larger scheme of things. Letting g...

I miss my sister · I miss my sister

My sister Catherine and i were extremly close, we grew up together and in our younger years were seldom apart. She was good fun to be around , and also a very honest, gentle person, always smiling. When we were very little we used to hold on to each others vest at night as we shared the same bed, i gue...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 227 The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits have kept the home in turmoil. We feel a man is unthinking when he says that sobriety is enough. H...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

I have a dear friend of many years my age who is struggling like HELL right now. We have had years of sobriety, together, in past times. I have a little over a month sober again now and am pretty well-adjusted, JUST FOR TODAY, one day at a time, because I am so darned busy with "service work" when...

gonee · gonee

The greatest thing about AA is the lifeline it gives me whenever I get into trouble. This week has been a spiritual low. My old friends came to visit me, restlessness and irritation. My wife is my barometer. If she gets upset with me then I know that she is picking up vibes of irritation from me. These are d...

MarcLacroix · MarcLacroix

I think of the Kracken as a gut wrenching cookie tossing roller coaster. Most decent amusement parks have one. As Newcomers arrive in AA they detox from the alcohol abuse and their body adjusts but the mind can sometimes play tricks on the unsuspecting. Old buried hurts begin to resurface and cause mu...

DCal · DCal

My wife and I are looking to start a discussion group for middle-timers/old-timers. Has anyone been to a meeting like this and can lend any guidance on format of the meeting? Thanks! DCal -- Edited by DCal on Wednesday 11th of August 2010 06:14:35 PM

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 226 We of A.A. sometimes brag of the virtues of our Fellowship. Let us remember that few of these are actually earned virtues. We were forced into them, to begin with, by the cruel lash of alcoholism. We finally adopted them, not because we wished to, but because we had to. Then, as time confirmed t...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Some of us, though, tripped over a very different snag. We clung to the claim that when drinking we never hurt anybody but ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 79 This Step seemed so simple. I identified several people whom I had harmed, but they were no longer available. Still, I was unea...

Pablomoses · Pablomoses

Great time was had by all---getting out of the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles....... I biked nearly every day into town from the lake...and they had a great AA clubhouse in town!! Went to a couple meetings there......amazing the kinship that is felt in AA!! Just wanted to share the fact that in your tr...

MarcLacroix · MarcLacroix

I sometimes wonder if I was screwed even before I was born to and raised by a couple of French Canadian Catholics. I suspect I was a painful birth for my mother. Shes tried to put me down and hurt me all of my life. I was force-fed religion and in an effort to frighten, control and manipulate me she repeatedl...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive. --Sir Walter Scott To deceive means to fool people into believing things that are not true. As alcoholics, we did this in many ways. We lied. We hid facts. We were sneaky. While we were trying to fool oth...

barisax · barisax

Not so much our old drinking buddies. But someone whose alcoholic(s) in their life are not sober or died of the disease, being resentful of our sobriety? My ex-wife's mother drank herself to death when I was only about 6 months sober. It's hard to remember the chronology but it seems like up to that po...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: God creates. People rearrange. --Joseph Casey Being alive is our invitation to act in fresh, inventive ways. All it takes is concentrating on our inner vision in combination with external reality. The components for accomplishing any task are at our fingertips...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

A pretty distbubing news investigation into improperly prescribed drugs (Fraud) and Doctors receiving kickbacks. I've suspected the kickbacks for years, why else would they be peddling drugs so agressively? Btw AGO sent this to me, and I am surprised that a foreign news agency had to do the inv...

Larry_H · Larry_H

The guy on the right reminds me of my old self before getting to AA Larry,

Reffner · Reffner

I was expecting phone calls from my sponsee this past weekend just to check in. No call came Saturday, and none on Sunday. I didn't know if he made the Monday night meeting or not (I was at work) until Tuesday at the book study...he did not. Found out last night why. He called my house, and after acce...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Wife & kids going out of town for three days. My schedule? Mon - 8-noon=work, noon-1 = AA mtg, 1-4=work, 4-6:30=rehab, 7-9:30=new AA meeting with sponsor. Tues - 8-noon=work, noon-1 = AA mtg, 1-5=work, 5-7:30=mow lawn, 8=AA mtg Weds - 8-noon=work, noon-1=AAmtg, 1-4=work, 4-7=rehab, 7-10 = cl...

Reffner · Reffner

I read this recently and wondered what your take on this was. I'm not really sure where I stand on it, but I do have some ideas... Brian

Larry_H · Larry_H

Surrendering On the face of it, surrendering certainly does not seem like winning. But it is in AA Only after we have come to the end of our rope, hit a stone wall in some aspect of our lives beyond which we can go no further; only when we hit "bottom" in despair and surrender, can we accomplish s...

Reffner · Reffner

He might have said... "Into your weak and feeble hands I have entrusted a Power beyond estimate. To you has been given that which has been denied the most learned of your fellows. Not to scientist or statesmen, not to wives or mothers, not even to My priests and ministers have I given this gift of...

I miss my sister · I miss my sister

Can anyone tell me why someone drinks themselves to death? I find it hard to accept that my sister is gone forever.

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 224 No society can function well without able leadership at all its levels, and A.A. can be no exception. But we A.A.'s sometimes cherish the thought that we can do without much personal leadership at all. We are apt to warp the traditional idea of "principles before personalities" a...

mikef · mikef

Hello everyone! Back from Jersey shore last thursday,but been little out of sorts(mentally) but back on track now.Had a wonderful time at shore for 3 days,I left my yearly donation at the Casino(nothing new for me)Went to Atlantic city boardwalk and got some good runs in on the paths between Casino;...

MarcLacroix · MarcLacroix

I guess what I feel the most guilt/remorse about are the broken promises. Build'em up then Let'em down. I cannot begin to recall the number of times I had sincerely promised her 'Never Again' and proceeded to get drunk shortly after. Kim and I divorced in my first year of sobriety. The marriage was brok...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Well, it is official. I start my new job tomorrow morning. I was holding out for another surgery position, but will be using my EKG Tech and lab skills for an internal medicine practice with a lot of cardiac and diabetic patients. I thought I was going to be taking a dollar or two an hour pay cut vs. previou...

zzworldontheweb · zzworldontheweb

I'm about 14 months sober. In my town, everyone in AA is really adamant that you have to have a sponsor and lots of phone contacts that you call every day. I'm pretty introverted so just walking up to people and phoning strangers is kind of stressful and draining to me. People in my town talk a lot about...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

As a society we must never become so vain as to suppose that we are authors and inventors of a new religion. We will humbly reflect that every one of A.A.'s principles has been borrowed from ancient sources. <<< >>> A minister in Thailand wrote, "We took A.A.'s Twelve Step...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he had hurt, and in what ways. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 77 As I continue to grow in sobriety, I become more aware of myself as a perso...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking the ground glass out of us, the emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 140 My Eighth Step l...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Step Eight: "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all." Step Nine: "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." Making...

John · John

Two men had passed away and were standing at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter asked the first man, "What did you do for a living that had value to others?" The man replied, "I have driven a Taxi cab most of my life" St. Peter stood back, then walked away, returning with a Golden shaft and a Golden candle holder an...

jluvs2day · jluvs2day

My devotional this morning said this: "Being passive and feeling inferior go hand in hand, and they prepare us for becoming dependent on alcohol. " My sponsor has taught me that AA is a program of love and tolerance. My question is, for someone who has been passive her whole life, what is t...

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	Please, help me help my good friend (Preview) My friend that is very dear to me and my wife is an alcoholic. He has been getting much worse lately, seemingly by the day. I know that he is battling severe depression, and has had serious thoughts of suicide. I have known about the alcohol problem for a long time, but he is a very private person, and...	Hydrilla	21	571	Aug 17, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Something else to share (Preview) Give To Me The Strength I have my higher power and I beg of you release me. Release me from the pain I feel and put me in a water jar. Give to me strength to see the rooting of a giant oak. Spinning wheel of mountain bike my spirit caught between a spoke. Carry my soul the buzzing bee so monsters of my heart will f...	typ0	0	567	Aug 17, 2010 by typ0
	Something I wrote shortly before coming into AA (Preview) I am a drunk. Not the kind who falls down in public or throws up in the toilet in a bar, or, stumbles along the grimy big city streets. I drink at home, alone I drink fine wine, occasionally toped off by coffee with baileys Sometimes I buy a bottle of cheap wine from my Mom. My Mom bottles wine herself at...	dabomb	4	1074	Aug 17, 2010 by Aquaman
	Worried about relative but its not booze related. (Preview) This is not about booze so i dont know if it belongs here. I am in AA myself. I am worried about a relative, he is my only living relative besides my mother who was/is an abuser and i have no contact with. He has supported me through thick and thin and if it wasnt for him i would be dead basically. I never had a fa...	slugcat	10	1033	Aug 17, 2010 by slugcat
	Step 1 (Preview) The 1st step of AA is an ongoing realisation of my powerlessness over alcohol. Nowhere in the AA bb does it say that I will regain any power. This confirms to me that I will remain powerless for the rest of my life. The condition is irreversible. That also means that for the rest of my life I will be totally a...	gonee	2	762	Aug 17, 2010 by typ0
	When the teacher is ready the student will appear (Preview) Twas the day before the closing prayer at the Crested Butte mountain conference The last early meeting out on the deck commenced hot on the heels of Friday mornings final meditation. The subject was "when the student is ready the teacher will appear" I was running late and slipped in about...	Gzepe	1	975	Aug 16, 2010 by Rob84
	Those who do not recover. (Preview) "Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program...." bb pg58 If I had continued drinking beyond the point of recovery, then there would have been nothing to help me. I have seen many of my friends die like this. That is why I do not t...	gonee	1	937	Aug 16, 2010 by Reffner
	I still dont have a sponsor (Preview) and its my fault. I have just become swamped here with work and when I return I am tired. I do work for myself but I have to take it where I can get it. Still sober despite myself. Them Lone Stars are sure calling me though. Irrelevent news, I lost a hen this morning or last night, I believe do to heat. I hope I do...	The Texan	9	1065	Aug 16, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	taking a break (Preview) I'm still dipping in and out but taking a break from posting. No worries, just busy.	bikerbill	1	741	Aug 16, 2010 by Lexie
	looking for a back up sponsor asap (Preview) my sponsor is not taking calls at moment noone will help me in my face to face I almost have 10 yrs sober this DEC 26 thanks.I can not always rely on calling the treatment cntrs for help or counselling on phone they said. basiclly means take advantage of it. Sorry had to fix a spelling misstake LOL -- Edited...	Rodney2009	6	811	Aug 16, 2010 by Larry_H
	Newbie and need support (Preview) Hello all. I've been drinking since 18 and I'm now 47. Beer is my drink of choice, never had a taste for the hard stuff. Beer after work has always helped me wind down and calm my nerves. Sometimes 3 or 4, sometimes 6 or 8 or maybe 10 or 12 on a weekend evening. I don't drink and drive or frequent bars. If I drink...	Stratman	15	1107	Aug 16, 2010 by Merlin
	How many ways can you brush your teeth? (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: How many ways can you brush your teeth? Our habits save time, and some of the good ones, such as sobriety, can also save our lives. A fine line separates useful habits from ruts; however, the former, we wish to cultivate, and the latter, we'd just as soon avoid. How abou...	Larry_H	0	670	Aug 16, 2010 by Larry_H
	Spiritual writing keeping me focused! (Preview) 'God's ability to clean things up is infinitely greater than our ability to mess things up!! There is no place you might be now, or where you might have been in the past, or where you might go in the future, that will ever be beyond the reach of God's grace-NOWHERE...Because of our Higher Power's great...	mikef	2	793	Aug 16, 2010 by Jerry F
	Lonely, lonely, lonely. (Preview) Been separated 2 years. Daughter is moving to my sister's house because she's failing in school. So here I am. sigh	FlyingSquirrel	6	1170	Aug 16, 2010 by Jerry F
	~ As Bill Sees It: The Answer in the Mirror ~ (Preview) p. 225 While drinking, we were certain that our intelligence, backed by will power, could rightly control our inner lives and guarantee us success in the world around us. This brave philosophy, wherein each man played God, sounded good in the speaking, but it still had to meed the acid test: How wel...	FlyingSquirrel	2	2281	Aug 16, 2010 by slugcat
	I'm Dan and I'm an alcholic (Preview) Just found this board the other night. Looks like a fine place to spend some time. My work schedule has been anything but cooperative for the last several months. It has made it hard to attend my regular meetings so I am here. Right now I am working overnights and there isn't much to do but lots of time...	Dan B 76	19	1359	Aug 16, 2010 by Rodney2009
	Is A.A. for You? from AA World Service Pamphlet (Preview) -From Alcoholics Anonymous World Services approved pamphlet entitled same. 1. Have you ever tried to stop drinking for a week or so but only lasted for a couple of days? Most of us in AA made all kids of promises to ourselves and to our families. We could nto keep them. Then we came to AA. AA said, "J...	jonijoni1	0	642	Aug 16, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Would I rather be peaceful or right? (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: In every conflict, ask, "Would I rather be peaceful or right?" The choice to be peaceful rather than right doesn't actually mean our opinions are unimportant. In fact, our particular opinions may make more sense in the larger scheme of things. Letting g...	Larry_H	8	1176	Aug 16, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Lost to alcoholism, then gone forever, the story of my sister. (Preview) My sister Catherine and i were extremly close, we grew up together and in our younger years were seldom apart. She was good fun to be around , and also a very honest, gentle person, always smiling. When we were very little we used to hold on to each others vest at night as we shared the same bed, i gue...	I miss my sister	10	1656	Aug 16, 2010 by Dan B 76
	~ As Bill Sees It: Is Sobriety Enough? ~ (Preview) p. 227 The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits have kept the home in turmoil. We feel a man is unthinking when he says that sobriety is enough. H...	FlyingSquirrel	1	2186	Aug 15, 2010 by Jerry F
	My friend is sick and struggling... :o( hopeless helpless (Preview) I have a dear friend of many years my age who is struggling like HELL right now. We have had years of sobriety, together, in past times. I have a little over a month sober again now and am pretty well-adjusted, JUST FOR TODAY, one day at a time, because I am so darned busy with "service work" when...	jonijoni1	11	1437	Aug 15, 2010 by jonijoni1
	AA my lifeline (Preview) The greatest thing about AA is the lifeline it gives me whenever I get into trouble. This week has been a spiritual low. My old friends came to visit me, restlessness and irritation. My wife is my barometer. If she gets upset with me then I know that she is picking up vibes of irritation from me. These are d...	gonee	1	831	Aug 14, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	Year One: Riding the Kracken (Preview) I think of the Kracken as a gut wrenching cookie tossing roller coaster. Most decent amusement parks have one. As Newcomers arrive in AA they detox from the alcohol abuse and their body adjusts but the mind can sometimes play tricks on the unsuspecting. Old buried hurts begin to resurface and cause mu...	MarcLacroix	11	1176	Aug 14, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Looking for guidance for meeting format (Preview) My wife and I are looking to start a discussion group for middle-timers/old-timers. Has anyone been to a meeting like this and can lend any guidance on format of the meeting? Thanks! DCal -- Edited by DCal on Wednesday 11th of August 2010 06:14:35 PM	DCal	9	1314	Aug 14, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	~ As Bill Sees It: Humility for the Fellowship, Too ~ (Preview) p. 226 We of A.A. sometimes brag of the virtues of our Fellowship. Let us remember that few of these are actually earned virtues. We were forced into them, to begin with, by the cruel lash of alcoholism. We finally adopted them, not because we wished to, but because we had to. Then, as time confirmed t...	FlyingSquirrel	1	2058	Aug 14, 2010 by Jerry F
	Daily Reflections ~ Didn't We Harm Anybody? & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Some of us, though, tripped over a very different snag. We clung to the claim that when drinking we never hurt anybody but ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 79 This Step seemed so simple. I identified several people whom I had harmed, but they were no longer available. Still, I was unea...	Sobrietyspell	0	643	Aug 14, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Back from Montana.... (Preview) Great time was had by all---getting out of the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles....... I biked nearly every day into town from the lake...and they had a great AA clubhouse in town!! Went to a couple meetings there......amazing the kinship that is felt in AA!! Just wanted to share the fact that in your tr...	Pablomoses	2	673	Aug 14, 2010 by Reffner
	To Be Or Not To Be A Prodigal (Preview) I sometimes wonder if I was screwed even before I was born to and raised by a couple of French Canadian Catholics. I suspect I was a painful birth for my mother. Shes tried to put me down and hurt me all of my life. I was force-fed religion and in an effort to frighten, control and manipulate me she repeatedl...	MarcLacroix	6	1105	Aug 14, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive. --Sir Walter Scott To deceive means to fool people into believing things that are not true. As alcoholics, we did this in many ways. We lied. We hid facts. We were sneaky. While we were trying to fool oth...	Larry_H	1	3896	Aug 14, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Does Anyone Resent Your Sobriety? (Preview) Not so much our old drinking buddies. But someone whose alcoholic(s) in their life are not sober or died of the disease, being resentful of our sobriety? My ex-wife's mother drank herself to death when I was only about 6 months sober. It's hard to remember the chronology but it seems like up to that po...	barisax	7	1645	Aug 14, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	God creates. People rearrange (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: God creates. People rearrange. --Joseph Casey Being alive is our invitation to act in fresh, inventive ways. All it takes is concentrating on our inner vision in combination with external reality. The components for accomplishing any task are at our fingertips...	Larry_H	2	803	Aug 14, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Do you trust your Doctor, when he's prescibing a drug? Think again. (Preview) A pretty distbubing news investigation into improperly prescribed drugs (Fraud) and Doctors receiving kickbacks. I've suspected the kickbacks for years, why else would they be peddling drugs so agressively? Btw AGO sent this to me, and I am surprised that a foreign news agency had to do the inv...	StPeteDean	3	1317	Aug 14, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Reminds me of my old self (Preview) The guy on the right reminds me of my old self before getting to AA Larry,	Larry_H	2	830	Aug 13, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Sponsee back at it (Preview) I was expecting phone calls from my sponsee this past weekend just to check in. No call came Saturday, and none on Sunday. I didn't know if he made the Monday night meeting or not (I was at work) until Tuesday at the book study...he did not. Found out last night why. He called my house, and after acce...	Reffner	10	830	Aug 13, 2010 by Reffner
	Lots of recovery work this week... (Preview) Wife & kids going out of town for three days. My schedule? Mon - 8-noon=work, noon-1 = AA mtg, 1-4=work, 4-6:30=rehab, 7-9:30=new AA meeting with sponsor. Tues - 8-noon=work, noon-1 = AA mtg, 1-5=work, 5-7:30=mow lawn, 8=AA mtg Weds - 8-noon=work, noon-1=AAmtg, 1-4=work, 4-7=rehab, 7-10 = cl...	Aquaman	14	1073	Aug 13, 2010 by Lexie
	"Feelings are reality" (Preview) I read this recently and wondered what your take on this was. I'm not really sure where I stand on it, but I do have some ideas... Brian	Reffner	3	863	Aug 13, 2010 by Reffner
	Surrendering (Preview) Surrendering On the face of it, surrendering certainly does not seem like winning. But it is in AA Only after we have come to the end of our rope, hit a stone wall in some aspect of our lives beyond which we can go no further; only when we hit "bottom" in despair and surrender, can we accomplish s...	Larry_H	1	687	Aug 13, 2010 by Reffner
	If God spoke to AA... (Preview) He might have said... "Into your weak and feeble hands I have entrusted a Power beyond estimate. To you has been given that which has been denied the most learned of your fellows. Not to scientist or statesmen, not to wives or mothers, not even to My priests and ministers have I given this gift of...	Reffner	7	4507	Aug 12, 2010 by SoberSteve
	I MISS MY SISTER (Preview) Can anyone tell me why someone drinks themselves to death? I find it hard to accept that my sister is gone forever.	I miss my sister	8	1137	Aug 12, 2010 by Lexie
	~ As Bill Sees It: Leadership in A.A. ~ (Preview) p. 224 No society can function well without able leadership at all its levels, and A.A. can be no exception. But we A.A.'s sometimes cherish the thought that we can do without much personal leadership at all. We are apt to warp the traditional idea of "principles before personalities" a...	FlyingSquirrel	0	678	Aug 12, 2010 by FlyingSquirrel
	We'll continue to choose Joy, no matter what! (Preview) Hello everyone! Back from Jersey shore last thursday,but been little out of sorts(mentally) but back on track now.Had a wonderful time at shore for 3 days,I left my yearly donation at the Casino(nothing new for me)Went to Atlantic city boardwalk and got some good runs in on the paths between Casino;...	mikef	7	858	Aug 12, 2010 by Larry_H
	Broken Promises (Preview) I guess what I feel the most guilt/remorse about are the broken promises. Build'em up then Let'em down. I cannot begin to recall the number of times I had sincerely promised her 'Never Again' and proceeded to get drunk shortly after. Kim and I divorced in my first year of sobriety. The marriage was brok...	MarcLacroix	9	1801	Aug 11, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Starting my New Job tomorrow~~~ BALANCE????? (Preview) Well, it is official. I start my new job tomorrow morning. I was holding out for another surgery position, but will be using my EKG Tech and lab skills for an internal medicine practice with a lot of cardiac and diabetic patients. I thought I was going to be taking a dollar or two an hour pay cut vs. previou...	jonijoni1	11	1285	Aug 11, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Sponsors and phone contacts (Preview) I'm about 14 months sober. In my town, everyone in AA is really adamant that you have to have a sponsor and lots of phone contacts that you call every day. I'm pretty introverted so just walking up to people and phoning strangers is kind of stressful and draining to me. People in my town talk a lot about...	zzworldontheweb	16	1344	Aug 11, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	~ As Bill Sees It: One Fellowship -- Many Faiths ~ (Preview) As a society we must never become so vain as to suppose that we are authors and inventors of a new religion. We will humbly reflect that every one of A.A.'s principles has been borrowed from ancient sources. <<< >>> A minister in Thailand wrote, "We took A.A.'s Twelve Step...	FlyingSquirrel	1	770	Aug 11, 2010 by Lexie
	Daily Reflections ~ Redoubling Our Efforts & 24hrs a Day (Preview) To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he had hurt, and in what ways. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 77 As I continue to grow in sobriety, I become more aware of myself as a perso...	Sobrietyspell	1	734	Aug 11, 2010 by Tomas
	Daily Reflections ~ Removing "The Ground Glass" & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking the ground glass out of us, the emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 140 My Eighth Step l...	Sobrietyspell	0	687	Aug 11, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Have I done my best to make all the restitution possible? (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Step Eight: "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all." Step Nine: "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." Making...	Larry_H	1	705	Aug 11, 2010 by louisa
	Gods loves alkies... (Preview) Two men had passed away and were standing at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter asked the first man, "What did you do for a living that had value to others?" The man replied, "I have driven a Taxi cab most of my life" St. Peter stood back, then walked away, returning with a Golden shaft and a Golden candle holder an...	John	8	735	Aug 11, 2010 by louisa
	Passive vs. Tolerant (Preview) My devotional this morning said this: "Being passive and feeling inferior go hand in hand, and they prepare us for becoming dependent on alcohol. " My sponsor has taught me that AA is a program of love and tolerance. My question is, for someone who has been passive her whole life, what is t...	jluvs2day	10	1703	Aug 11, 2010 by jluvs2day
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