Alcoholics Anonymous

tydasu · tydasu

Hello, I have a few questions to ask (reaching out one final time) about my situation. Quick version of the story...Met my Guy 2years ago. Ended up pregnant very quickly 3 months into the relationship about 2months later i Found out oxy meth alcohol were his everyday staples. I helped clean him up last...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

in my home group`s meeting script: "If you cannot refrain from texting, you will be asked to take it outside by a home group member." OH pardon me, I`m a home group member. I don`t think any other home group member has any authority oer me, regardless of what some screwy "group conscien...

SUSIE · SUSIE

Just throwing this out there. Maybe someone has dealt with this. I am thinking of leasing a GM equinox. But I had my 2nd dui 4 1/2 years ago. The truck I was driving was a lease. I was near the end of the lease but the contract took the truck and I had to pay all the months left on it. I get it...i messed up....

justadrunk · justadrunk

And then he gives me a big hug. He must have felt a huge release to just say it finally, after not knowing what he could ever do to get me to stop drinking for over a year now. He was trying the "tough love" approach, and it was hurting him too, not just me. I'm sure someone recommended he do it, a...

Polly · Polly

I just posted a heartful share more or less about my past but as always on how working my program had enabled me to change. And I just wanted to say to anyone who may be struggling with this..Hay just do it.and without fear. Mine was along time ago. But I was ready for them. I wanted to move on along my path to b...

justadrunk · justadrunk

but you wouldn't let me drift into the abyss. Although I was drowning in the unfathomable depths of my own coal black soul, you never let go of my hand. I could always see your reflection dancing above me as I looked up through the water and tried to wave goodbye. Your hands wouldn't wave and you pulled me t...

tkuhel12 · tkuhel12

Hello everyone, Im new to this and have just recently admitted my addiction. I have always struggled with addiction, well since I was a freshman in high school. I've done just about every drug in the book, and have drank since i was 14. My latest addicition was to oxycontin. I am now in a suboxone program...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I had my first meeting with my new sponsor today. I was excited to talk with her and get to know her a bit. We went out for lunch and hit it off immediately. She's an art teacher, I'm a music teacher. We talked of budget cuts and misunderstanding. Over compensating with volunteer work and having that...

SteveP · SteveP

Came across this newspaper story from 1955 totally by accident - I was googling something completely different and saw this on list of hits -- and was blown away by it, not just about the destructivesness of the disease and the pathos, but the desire of some good people to try to what they could to help us...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

-- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:24:02 AM -- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:38:16 AM

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

-- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:38:54 AM

justadrunk · justadrunk

I'm wondering this morning, how to go about today, after having this thought: What if I was sick with cancer instead of alcoholism? So far, ALL of the people who know I have alcoholism on my husbands side of the family, have not said a word to me. Not offered an "are you okay"? Stopped inte...

very very tired · very very tired

I am an alcoholic. No doubt in my mind. I am. I am grateful I found my seat in AA before I am came in in hand-cuffs or a straight-jacket. I'm even more grateful that I made it in the door before I ended up in a casket. For today, I won't drink. And hopefully, I won't wear hand-cuffs or a straight-jacket, eithe...

Frodo · Frodo

When I walked out of work the other day I walked into what was one of the loveliest early afternoons I think I've ever seen. Blue skies with a couple of fluffy clouds, the temperature was absolutely perfect, and the landscape was lush and green from the recent rains we'd had here. "This is a perfec...

Tracey C · Tracey C

Hi I have a question. Is it possible for a drinker to have blackouts even when they're not drinking at the time? An incident occured while my husband was in a full on rage early one morning. He hadn't been drinking but he has no memory of what happened. I believe him about it as the look on his face was pu...

Tracey C · Tracey C

Hi, This morning I woke from a deep sleep, with the sudden realisation, that I am where I am because of me. Not from anyone/anything else. Soley from the choices I have made for my life. In the Laundry List book Step 5 reads - We admitted to our Higher Power, To Ourselves and to another human being the ex...

Polly · Polly

My first newbie was am inbox message...well its a newbie to me :} and I am a newbie on here too. haha. The message was for some help for me to look up on a link that was included that will encourgaed me each day :} How kind AA people are alwasy thinking of others and giving a helpful hand. Thank you for my inbo...

Fyne Spirit · Fyne Spirit

Sometimes I wonder, when the promises are read out, Whether many of those present actually understand the context in which they are written. It seems at times like a "what's in it for me" kind of sales pitch with many people thinking that it relates to the number of meetings they attend and t...

very very tired · very very tired

I feel better because: I listened. I shared. I went to more meetings. I was honest and said I was terrified. I made a phone call and admitted I didn't have a clue what I was doing (a difficult and humbling thing to admit after working the Steps on the other side of my program). I received kind and gentle guid...

lastofadyingbreed · lastofadyingbreed

getting ready for some meetings and need to find me a sponser

mikef · mikef

May 1979, a young pup of 31 years, riddled with addiction from an early age in '59 (and before)I applied and got employment in a program for People With Disabilities(how ironic,as I was the one with Major disabilities)It was only God's(of my understanding) grace and mercy that got me through the fir...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Aloha guys and gals...just want to jabber a bit; release some thoughts that have been running around in my head for several days and needing to speak out kindly of one of our local brothers in the fellowship who just crossed the hallway into the other rooms. I use to call him "Weegie", short...

Frodo · Frodo

or 500 and something lots of 24 hours. Days turn into weeks turn into months turn into years. It doesn't feel much different from any other day unlike the year milestone, but that is a good thing. Just another day of me enjoying this new shot at life I have, with a light heart and a clear head. It's nice, y...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

I remember my first AA convention. Actually, up here in the maritimes, we call them round-ups. It was 1998. I think I had about four months in. There was a young lady who had gone to the event to support a colleague from work but during the banquet speaker's talk she realized that she herself was alcoholi...

justadrunk · justadrunk

To try to extinguish the drive for riches with money is like trying to quench a fire by pouring butterfat over it. --Hindu proverb In recovery, we learn what we truly want and what is only a symbol of our desires. Do we truly want to use our energies pursuing success, or are we seeking approval from others...

Frodo · Frodo

Self-pity is one of the most unhappy and consuming defects that we know. It is a bar to all spiritual progress and can cut off all effective communication with our fellows because of its inordinate demands for attention and sympathy. It is a maudlin form of martyrdom, which we can ill afford. AS BILL SE...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

From 24hrs a Day Meditation for the Day There are two paths, one up and one down. We have been given free will to choose either path. We are captains of our souls to this extent only. We can choose the good or the bad. Once we have chosen the wrong path, we go down and down, eventually to death. But if we ch...

gonee · gonee

My wife has got an Alanon book by that title. I have not even read that book but I was so impressed by that title, that as soon as I get sick, I remind myself about it. I get busy with my steps and the newcomers. It helps when all else fails.

very very tired · very very tired

I normally hang out on the Al-Anon side of this board and in Al-Anon F2F meeting rooms. It's where I started. It's where I began my road to recovery. Two days ago, I finally admitted that I am an alcoholic, too. It came after about 3 months of fearlessly looking at myself and my drinking patterns with the h...

gonee · gonee

What started of as a little spark 19 years ago with my friend, has spread so rapidly. My friend was 14 months dry and flirting with the idea of going back. He met with me and asked me to help him. We revived a small group which had died and started a family recovery workshop. Life was tough for all of us. But in...

barry · barry

For me growing up i felt like a freak in school so when i picked that first drink up that was the soloution for me just WOW it didnt take me long to cause chaos.I,d become a asshole in drink end up in hospital or in a police station for the night it didnt take me long to get in to other things id turn to crime anyt...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

You all have a nice day now and try not to be too judgemental.

Jerry F · Jerry F

where it seems to be darkest you find those spots of radiant light and are reminded that the light isn't at the end of the tunnel or even the tuna; it comes from above. Gratitudes tempering what could be resentments and then not. I was inventorying my life today...morning to present and started with &...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

A spiritual awakening is not about becoming more divine, it's about becoming more human. - Lama Suryas Das It's nice to be human again.

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

sorry. I need a coffee. I posted a question from Tradition One of the AA Approved Traditions Checklist: Do I spout platitudes of love while engaging in and secretly justifying behavior that bristles with hostility? -- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 09:22:19 AM -- Edited by Wolfie...

Frodo · Frodo

We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to overcome them. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 167 The identification that one alcoholic has with another is mysterious, spiritualalmost incomprehensible. But it is there. I feel it. Toda...

Polly · Polly

Hi all first time poster and very excited to have found you all online here. Here is our share that I never did send off to our share magazine ! But maybe one day. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Happy, Content, Sober and Serene,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Why, Because I decided to' keep coming back.' This is m...

deb365 · deb365

"You need Me. I need you. My broken world needs you. Many a troubled heart will be drawn nearer to Me by you. Oh! It is a glorious way, the upward way, the wonderful discoveries, the tender intimacies, the amazing, almost incomprehensible understanding. Life with Me - is a love story. All yo...

h2oeng · h2oeng

Yes, this is my first post but I could really use someone to talk to tonight. It's been a really bad couple of weeks and I'm posting here so I think it goes without saying that I've got no where else to turn. Any long timers got an ear to bend?

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

Hi. So how was your day? I started mine by attending a group session at the Forensic Hospital, part of the Correctional Facility out here, a volunteer thing I got involved with as part of my job. It's for inmates with co-occurring disorders, mental illness and addiction. Its interesting. Anyway, one...

gonee · gonee

Anyone tried the prayer on pg 552 of the AA book? I need some feedback for one of my sponsees.

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

-- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:40:51 AM

justadrunk · justadrunk

This go round at getting sober has been different than the first time around in so many ways. The main difference is that I'm doing what other people in AA, who are sober for years, do. Not doing what I think I should do, or someone else "on the outside" thinks I should do. I've let go of a lot of...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Yesterday at what I would now consider my home group, I asked about my sponsor not calling me back. Same question I had here, am I fired, is that how it commonly goes around here etc. I have been going to this meeting every day at noon for the last 3 weeks since getting sober after my relapse. The regular...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

Well its Monday. Start of another work week. Biggest decision I gotta make to day is what color tie to wear. And you know, I don't think I'm going to wear a tie at all. Everyone have a great day.

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

I see you have a step board. have you considered doing a discussion board on the Traditions? Or maybe you do and I missed it. Anyway, AA has a great piece of service material called the traditions Checklist. Just a thought.

gonee · gonee

In the AA book Doctors Opinion, the alcoholic is declared as a hopeless case by the medical fraternity in 1939. Not only are we defenseless over the first drink, but we are without any help from any human source. But the good doctor goes outside his scientific boundaries to declare that only a psychic c...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

So, my home group is in my home. Old school kitchen meeting, A big book study with lots of coffee and cheesecake. Its just a small group, half a dozen members with some fallout from some of the other groups. Meeting starts at 8, people usually start showing up around 730. So last night, at about 6:50, we ge...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

In January of 1998, I was sleeping in a cardboard condo with a newspaper for a blanket and a rock for a pillow. This morning I woke up in my own bed in my own home - correction in a home that the bank still owns but which will one day be ours - with my own wife beside me. The car was still in the driveway and the wind...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

Theres a group I go to on a regular basis. Its not my home group, but I go there a lot. Its a fairly large meeting sometimes and they break up into two meetings. A general discussion in the main room and a beginners meeting in another room. I like the beginners meeting. It always reminds me of where I came fr...

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	Not seeing child for weeks to attend 24/7meetingsHeHellH children help what to do advice abandoned (Preview) Hello, I have a few questions to ask (reaching out one final time) about my situation. Quick version of the story...Met my Guy 2years ago. Ended up pregnant very quickly 3 months into the relationship about 2months later i Found out oxy meth alcohol were his everyday staples. I helped clean him up last...	tydasu	7	6028	Apr 25, 2012 by tydasu
	Tell me what you think of this line (Preview) in my home group`s meeting script: "If you cannot refrain from texting, you will be asked to take it outside by a home group member." OH pardon me, I`m a home group member. I don`t think any other home group member has any authority oer me, regardless of what some screwy "group conscien...	FlyingSquirrel	14	1427	Apr 25, 2012 by bikerbill
	DUI and GM lease (Preview) Just throwing this out there. Maybe someone has dealt with this. I am thinking of leasing a GM equinox. But I had my 2nd dui 4 1/2 years ago. The truck I was driving was a lease. I was near the end of the lease but the contract took the truck and I had to pay all the months left on it. I get it...i messed up....	SUSIE	4	4802	Apr 25, 2012 by SUSIE
	"The truth is Natasha, I do want to be with you." (Preview) And then he gives me a big hug. He must have felt a huge release to just say it finally, after not knowing what he could ever do to get me to stop drinking for over a year now. He was trying the "tough love" approach, and it was hurting him too, not just me. I'm sure someone recommended he do it, a...	justadrunk	15	620	Apr 25, 2012 by pinkchip
	Today I was reminded of the importance of step4. 5. 6 (Preview) I just posted a heartful share more or less about my past but as always on how working my program had enabled me to change. And I just wanted to say to anyone who may be struggling with this..Hay just do it.and without fear. Mine was along time ago. But I was ready for them. I wanted to move on along my path to b...	Polly	1	675	Apr 24, 2012 by Fyne Spirit
	I wanted to slip away... (Preview) but you wouldn't let me drift into the abyss. Although I was drowning in the unfathomable depths of my own coal black soul, you never let go of my hand. I could always see your reflection dancing above me as I looked up through the water and tried to wave goodbye. Your hands wouldn't wave and you pulled me t...	justadrunk	4	539	Apr 24, 2012 by Polly
	I knew to this, and would love to talk to someone who understands what im going through. (Preview) Hello everyone, Im new to this and have just recently admitted my addiction. I have always struggled with addiction, well since I was a freshman in high school. I've done just about every drug in the book, and have drank since i was 14. My latest addicition was to oxycontin. I am now in a suboxone program...	tkuhel12	11	1313	Apr 24, 2012 by augieben
	I'm somebody. (Preview) I had my first meeting with my new sponsor today. I was excited to talk with her and get to know her a bit. We went out for lunch and hit it off immediately. She's an art teacher, I'm a music teacher. We talked of budget cuts and misunderstanding. Over compensating with volunteer work and having that...	justadrunk	6	605	Apr 23, 2012 by SteveP
	"Skid Row Bill" (Preview) Came across this newspaper story from 1955 totally by accident - I was googling something completely different and saw this on list of hits -- and was blown away by it, not just about the destructivesness of the disease and the pathos, but the desire of some good people to try to what they could to help us...	SteveP	2	792	Apr 23, 2012 by justadrunk
	A question on tradition one (Preview) -- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:24:02 AM -- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:38:16 AM	Wolfie55	15	1148	Apr 23, 2012 by Polly
	Bacon and Eggs (Preview) -- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:38:54 AM	Wolfie55	6	613	Apr 23, 2012 by Polly
	What If I was sick with cancer instead of alcoholism? (Preview) I'm wondering this morning, how to go about today, after having this thought: What if I was sick with cancer instead of alcoholism? So far, ALL of the people who know I have alcoholism on my husbands side of the family, have not said a word to me. Not offered an "are you okay"? Stopped inte...	justadrunk	12	510	Apr 22, 2012 by Ruhig
	Just need to "say" it (Preview) I am an alcoholic. No doubt in my mind. I am. I am grateful I found my seat in AA before I am came in in hand-cuffs or a straight-jacket. I'm even more grateful that I made it in the door before I ended up in a casket. For today, I won't drink. And hopefully, I won't wear hand-cuffs or a straight-jacket, eithe...	very very tired	6	539	Apr 23, 2012 by justadrunk
	The perfect day (Preview) When I walked out of work the other day I walked into what was one of the loveliest early afternoons I think I've ever seen. Blue skies with a couple of fluffy clouds, the temperature was absolutely perfect, and the landscape was lush and green from the recent rains we'd had here. "This is a perfec...	Frodo	2	496	Apr 22, 2012 by Fyne Spirit
	question (Preview) Hi I have a question. Is it possible for a drinker to have blackouts even when they're not drinking at the time? An incident occured while my husband was in a full on rage early one morning. He hadn't been drinking but he has no memory of what happened. I believe him about it as the look on his face was pu...	Tracey C	6	444	Apr 22, 2012 by StPeteDean
	Acoa related (Preview) Hi, This morning I woke from a deep sleep, with the sudden realisation, that I am where I am because of me. Not from anyone/anything else. Soley from the choices I have made for my life. In the Laundry List book Step 5 reads - We admitted to our Higher Power, To Ourselves and to another human being the ex...	Tracey C	2	480	Apr 22, 2012 by Tracey C
	I had my very first newbie today :} (Preview) My first newbie was am inbox message...well its a newbie to me :} and I am a newbie on here too. haha. The message was for some help for me to look up on a link that was included that will encourgaed me each day :} How kind AA people are alwasy thinking of others and giving a helpful hand. Thank you for my inbo...	Polly	3	499	Apr 21, 2012 by Polly
	The Promises- misleading advertising? (Preview) Sometimes I wonder, when the promises are read out, Whether many of those present actually understand the context in which they are written. It seems at times like a "what's in it for me" kind of sales pitch with many people thinking that it relates to the number of meetings they attend and t...	Fyne Spirit	9	4827	Apr 21, 2012 by Polly
	Why I feel better today (Preview) I feel better because: I listened. I shared. I went to more meetings. I was honest and said I was terrified. I made a phone call and admitted I didn't have a clue what I was doing (a difficult and humbling thing to admit after working the Steps on the other side of my program). I received kind and gentle guid...	very very tired	5	461	Apr 21, 2012 by Polly
	just got out of rehab (Preview) getting ready for some meetings and need to find me a sponser	lastofadyingbreed	13	646	Apr 21, 2012 by Polly
	Confident in Faith (Preview) May 1979, a young pup of 31 years, riddled with addiction from an early age in '59 (and before)I applied and got employment in a program for People With Disabilities(how ironic,as I was the one with Major disabilities)It was only God's(of my understanding) grace and mercy that got me through the fir...	mikef	6	467	Apr 21, 2012 by vixen
	Aloha Luigi (Preview) Aloha guys and gals...just want to jabber a bit; release some thoughts that have been running around in my head for several days and needing to speak out kindly of one of our local brothers in the fellowship who just crossed the hallway into the other rooms. I use to call him "Weegie", short...	Jerry F	7	1593	Apr 21, 2012 by justadrunk
	18 months today. (Preview) or 500 and something lots of 24 hours. Days turn into weeks turn into months turn into years. It doesn't feel much different from any other day unlike the year milestone, but that is a good thing. Just another day of me enjoying this new shot at life I have, with a light heart and a clear head. It's nice, y...	Frodo	19	540	Apr 20, 2012 by justadrunk
	Newcomers - the bright spot in our lives (Preview) I remember my first AA convention. Actually, up here in the maritimes, we call them round-ups. It was 1998. I think I had about four months in. There was a young lady who had gone to the event to support a colleague from work but during the banquet speaker's talk she realized that she herself was alcoholi...	Wolfie55	11	1080	Apr 20, 2012 by Polly
	Today's thought from Hazelden. (Preview) To try to extinguish the drive for riches with money is like trying to quench a fire by pouring butterfat over it. --Hindu proverb In recovery, we learn what we truly want and what is only a symbol of our desires. Do we truly want to use our energies pursuing success, or are we seeking approval from others...	justadrunk	5	2528	Apr 20, 2012 by Polly
	THE FALSE COMFORT OF SELF-PITY (Preview) Self-pity is one of the most unhappy and consuming defects that we know. It is a bar to all spiritual progress and can cut off all effective communication with our fellows because of its inordinate demands for attention and sympathy. It is a maudlin form of martyrdom, which we can ill afford. AS BILL SE...	Frodo	9	4970	Apr 20, 2012 by Polly
	Meditation & Prayer (Preview) From 24hrs a Day Meditation for the Day There are two paths, one up and one down. We have been given free will to choose either path. We are captains of our souls to this extent only. We can choose the good or the bad. Once we have chosen the wrong path, we go down and down, eventually to death. But if we ch...	Sobrietyspell	1	492	Apr 20, 2012 by Polly
	When I got busy, I got better. (Preview) My wife has got an Alanon book by that title. I have not even read that book but I was so impressed by that title, that as soon as I get sick, I remind myself about it. I get busy with my steps and the newcomers. It helps when all else fails.	gonee	5	937	Apr 20, 2012 by Polly
	Do I belong? (Preview) I normally hang out on the Al-Anon side of this board and in Al-Anon F2F meeting rooms. It's where I started. It's where I began my road to recovery. Two days ago, I finally admitted that I am an alcoholic, too. It came after about 3 months of fearlessly looking at myself and my drinking patterns with the h...	very very tired	23	1310	Apr 20, 2012 by Polly
	My sponsee 19yrs sober. (Preview) What started of as a little spark 19 years ago with my friend, has spread so rapidly. My friend was 14 months dry and flirting with the idea of going back. He met with me and asked me to help him. We revived a small group which had died and started a family recovery workshop. Life was tough for all of us. But in...	gonee	10	508	Apr 20, 2012 by StPeteDean
	my journey (Preview) For me growing up i felt like a freak in school so when i picked that first drink up that was the soloution for me just WOW it didnt take me long to cause chaos.I,d become a asshole in drink end up in hospital or in a police station for the night it didnt take me long to get in to other things id turn to crime anyt...	barry	16	564	Apr 20, 2012 by Polly
	You All Have A Nice Day Now (Preview) You all have a nice day now and try not to be too judgemental.	Wolfie55	7	486	Apr 20, 2012 by Polly
	Even in the jungle (Preview) where it seems to be darkest you find those spots of radiant light and are reminded that the light isn't at the end of the tunnel or even the tuna; it comes from above. Gratitudes tempering what could be resentments and then not. I was inventorying my life today...morning to present and started with &...	Jerry F	8	506	Apr 20, 2012 by SteveP
	More Human (Preview) A spiritual awakening is not about becoming more divine, it's about becoming more human. - Lama Suryas Das It's nice to be human again.	Wolfie55	4	494	Apr 20, 2012 by Gypsy56
	Another question (Preview) sorry. I need a coffee. I posted a question from Tradition One of the AA Approved Traditions Checklist: Do I spout platitudes of love while engaging in and secretly justifying behavior that bristles with hostility? -- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 09:22:19 AM -- Edited by Wolfie...	Wolfie55	8	833	Apr 20, 2012 by Gypsy56
	Brothers in our defects (Preview) We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to overcome them. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 167 The identification that one alcoholic has with another is mysterious, spiritualalmost incomprehensible. But it is there. I feel it. Toda...	Frodo	6	806	Apr 19, 2012 by SteveP
	Keep coming Back it gets better. (Preview) Hi all first time poster and very excited to have found you all online here. Here is our share that I never did send off to our share magazine ! But maybe one day. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Happy, Content, Sober and Serene,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Why, Because I decided to' keep coming back.' This is m...	Polly	13	668	Apr 19, 2012 by Polly
	God Calling - Life is a Love Story (Preview) "You need Me. I need you. My broken world needs you. Many a troubled heart will be drawn nearer to Me by you. Oh! It is a glorious way, the upward way, the wonderful discoveries, the tender intimacies, the amazing, almost incomprehensible understanding. Life with Me - is a love story. All yo...	deb365	1	392	Apr 19, 2012 by gonee
	Anyone One Tonight? (Preview) Yes, this is my first post but I could really use someone to talk to tonight. It's been a really bad couple of weeks and I'm posting here so I think it goes without saying that I've got no where else to turn. Any long timers got an ear to bend?	h2oeng	15	609	Apr 19, 2012 by Jerry F
	So how was YOUR day (Preview) Hi. So how was your day? I started mine by attending a group session at the Forensic Hospital, part of the Correctional Facility out here, a volunteer thing I got involved with as part of my job. It's for inmates with co-occurring disorders, mental illness and addiction. Its interesting. Anyway, one...	Wolfie55	8	506	Apr 19, 2012 by Fyne Spirit
	Feedback required. (Preview) Anyone tried the prayer on pg 552 of the AA book? I need some feedback for one of my sponsees.	gonee	5	536	Apr 18, 2012 by carlasober
	Please Daddy Dont Cry (Preview) -- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:40:51 AM	Wolfie55	7	477	Apr 18, 2012 by Polly
	Things do change when you let go completely. (Preview) This go round at getting sober has been different than the first time around in so many ways. The main difference is that I'm doing what other people in AA, who are sober for years, do. Not doing what I think I should do, or someone else "on the outside" thinks I should do. I've let go of a lot of...	justadrunk	13	664	Apr 18, 2012 by Polly
	Singled out (Preview) Yesterday at what I would now consider my home group, I asked about my sponsor not calling me back. Same question I had here, am I fired, is that how it commonly goes around here etc. I have been going to this meeting every day at noon for the last 3 weeks since getting sober after my relapse. The regular...	justadrunk	9	847	Apr 18, 2012 by Frodo
	Pink Blue or Yellow (Preview) Well its Monday. Start of another work week. Biggest decision I gotta make to day is what color tie to wear. And you know, I don't think I'm going to wear a tie at all. Everyone have a great day.	Wolfie55	2	410	Apr 18, 2012 by justadrunk
	Traditions Anyone? (Preview) I see you have a step board. have you considered doing a discussion board on the Traditions? Or maybe you do and I missed it. Anyway, AA has a great piece of service material called the traditions Checklist. Just a thought.	Wolfie55	4	542	Apr 18, 2012 by SteveP
	AA's steps. (Preview) In the AA book Doctors Opinion, the alcoholic is declared as a hopeless case by the medical fraternity in 1939. Not only are we defenseless over the first drink, but we are without any help from any human source. But the good doctor goes outside his scientific boundaries to declare that only a psychic c...	gonee	4	477	Apr 17, 2012 by Fyne Spirit
	so when two or three are gathered together in my name so shall I be also (Preview) So, my home group is in my home. Old school kitchen meeting, A big book study with lots of coffee and cheesecake. Its just a small group, half a dozen members with some fallout from some of the other groups. Meeting starts at 8, people usually start showing up around 730. So last night, at about 6:50, we ge...	Wolfie55	8	493	Apr 17, 2012 by Mike B.
	Am I Grateful (Preview) In January of 1998, I was sleeping in a cardboard condo with a newspaper for a blanket and a rock for a pillow. This morning I woke up in my own bed in my own home - correction in a home that the bank still owns but which will one day be ours - with my own wife beside me. The car was still in the driveway and the wind...	Wolfie55	7	493	Apr 17, 2012 by Polly
	Bedtime Story #15 (Preview) Theres a group I go to on a regular basis. Its not my home group, but I go there a lot. Its a fairly large meeting sometimes and they break up into two meetings. A general discussion in the main room and a beginners meeting in another room. I like the beginners meeting. It always reminds me of where I came fr...	Wolfie55	5	510	Apr 17, 2012 by Wolfie55
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