Alcoholics Anonymous

John · John

I found out today that I will be speaking in Petersburg, VA, at the Tri Area Conference of Virginia. I will be the opening speaker. I'm really amazed and excited about it! Absolutely honored to have been asked. What is really amazing is I've also been asked to speak in Pittsburg, PA at a convention, and...

mikef · mikef

Today ,as I continue to strengthen my relationship with my Higher Power ,whom I choose to call God, I will remember my real victory comes form facing trials and not allowing them to destroy me, but being confident in the goodness and plan of my God.I will not let situations or dilemmas bring me down but...

John · John

Good Morning Family and Friends! Today I am going to do Extreme Facial Exercise. All it requires is that I walk around all day with a big smile on my face.

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hope you cold is on to someone else, and you can have one great day, hope you can say bye bye to the whirlwind of emotions, well the tough one, but then they are what keep us growing up. right. anyway, Happy Happy Birthday, you must be turning around 40 right????? Cold or not a cake for you with a ton of Frost...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Here are the steps we took. . . . . ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59 These are the words that lead into the Twelve Steps. In their direct simplicity they sweep aside all psychological and philosophical considerations about the rightness of the Steps. They describe what I did: I took the Steps and sobriety w...

mikef · mikef

Please join my wife and I in prayer and celebration for our 27th year wedding anniversary!Truly a miracle and gift of grace and mercy from my Higher Power ,whom I choose to call God! In 1983 ,a year before we got married,my wife,(3rd)told me if I didnt stop my insanity she was leaving.She could no longer...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 When I was drinking, my attitude was totally selfish, totally self-centered; my pleasure and my comfort came first. Now that I am sober, self-seeking has started to slip away. My whole attitude toward life and other p...

vixen · vixen

I couldn't have predicted the wild emotional roller coaster that has been my life these past weeks and wouldn't change it for the world. I am feeling more like myself than I have in dozens of years and have found a loving fellowship in AA that sustains and supports my journey. To be honest, most days have...

John · John

I was asked to help a woman find and buy a car, so I went on craigslist, and knowing she didn't have much money, and I'd probably have to help out with some money, I put in a low maximum price. Several came up, but they all needed alot of work. I kept going through the sale ads, and suddenly one ad stuck out. ...

gladlee · gladlee

"Spend much time in prayer. Prayer is the linking up of the soul and mind and heart to God. So that if it is only a glance of faith, a look or word of love, or confidence, and no supplication is expressed, it yet follows that supply and all necessary are secured. Because the soul, being linked to God...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission to carry the A.A. message to those who dont know theres a way out. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151 The Light to freedom shines bright on my fellow alcoholics as each one of us challenges the other to grow. The Steps to self-improvem...

Sober member who died b4 our meeting · allie

We are waiting for the funeral. His family had little or nothing to do with him due to his past. He had many years of sobriety and he referred to us as his family. Every meeting seems to come back to our lost member. We all are grateful he died in sobriety. He lived the way he wanted to. He was retired and...

Just Toni · Just Toni

To the Men and Woman here that are Veterans, With a humble Heart, THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL!! hOPE YOU WILL ACCEPT MY APOLOGY FOR MY TARDINESS, AND BEING A DAY LATE AND A DOLLOR SHORT. TONI -- Edited by Just Toni on Tuesday 31st of May 2011 10:02:16 AM

mikef · mikef

I have been praying dilligently for some time now asking my Higher Power ,whom I choose to call God, for direction in what I'll term my "4th quarter" of my life, but I am in no conflict with this being God's call and hopefully they'll be some overtime periods:) :) Anyway my wife wants to mo...

gonee · gonee

Once we know the truth about alcoholism from the AA book it is dangerous not to practice the 12 steps in our life, because God himself has given us a lifeline & we have rejected it. In my own life my AA spiritual growth was stunted because, I had not shown any diligence as far as the actual practice of th...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Since 19th April I've been only getting about 4 hours sleep a night. Been like the walking dead round here. I've tried herbal remedies, like Sominax, to no avail. i've tried working myself to exhaustion to no avail I've tried a mug of cocoa at night to no avail But then, three days ago, I got some inform...

LINDA · LINDA

Hi eveyone thanks for all the replayes that you sent me it did help me a lot to know that you were there and i could tell somone other than famliey.Sorry about spellings i am not very good at writting so i hope you can work out what i have been trying to say. I hope you are all well and not to cold as its very cold...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Yep, I've got a man cold, don't know if I'll survive to teh weekend. Seriously though, I found a bottle of Beechams all in one cold remedy and two packs of all in one tablets.....which to have? Not the liquid, it's nearly 20% ABV! check the labels.

Fallon · Fallon

It has been a difficult 2 weeks here in Indianapolis. It's race time here and nothing but party, party, party. Every other commerical on TV is an alcohol ad. Race time for me has always been party, party, party. There's Fast Friday, Carb Day and of course the Indy 500. Why am I so happy then? It's sim...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi My Friends, Don't know, only hoping and Praying to God that by sharing this, -- Edited by Just Toni on Friday 27th of May 2011 07:35:02 AM -- Edited by Just Toni on Friday 27th of May 2011 07:37:58 AM

mikef · mikef

Saturday night, another day lucid and aware,feeling spiritually fit and blessed as I watch our little Jaelyn(38 days young)sleeping ,my daughter staying with us for weekend while her husband works overtime, my 25 year old son , still clean from his Heroin addiction and just left for his house and my...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The more A.A. sticks to its primary purpose, the greater will be its helpful influence everywhere. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p.109 It is with gratitude that I reflect on the early days of our Fellowship and those wise and loving foresteppers who proclaimed that we should not be diverted from our primary purp...

schooner · schooner

Hi Guys/Gals Just wonder if any you people have ever combated DEPRESSION ? Any good therapists here in Vegas anyone might know who knows what their doing ? Question(s) How if any of you got - over their depression ?

Kate11 · Kate11

Do a lot of you smoke? When I'm smoking I'm thinking, "this is a lot like drinking...an addiction, harming myself, out of control from the addiction, something I don't want to do and isn't good for me or anyone else, something I run to that distracts me from my pain or stress, something that may be k...

gladlee · gladlee

"Regret nothing. Not even the sins and failures. When a man views earth's wonders from some mountain height he does not spend his time in dwelling on the stones and stumbles, the faints and failures, that marked his upward path. So with you. Breathe in the rich blessings of each new day - forget...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 139 I first heard the short form of the Third Tradition in the Preamble. When I came to A.A. I could not accept myself, my alcoholism, or a Higher Power. If there had been any physical, mental, m...

Kate11 · Kate11

Hi Everyone, It's been two weeks for me. This site helps, because it's still not easy. I was wondering what changes you all noticed within yourselves at the beginning of quitting and then later on. I've noticed deeper thinking...glimpses of the truth. I've noticed some physical changes too and just...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

At one time or another most A.A. groups go on rule making benders. . . . After a time fear and intolerance subside. [and we realize] We do not wish to deny anyone his chance to recover from alcoholism. We wish to be just as inclusive as we can, never exclusive. A.A. TRADITION: HOW IT DEVELOPED. pp. 10, 11, 1...

gladlee · gladlee

"A great love knows that in every difficulty, every trial, every failure, the presence of the loved one suffices. Test your love for Me by this. Just to be with Me, just to know I am beside you - does that bring you joy and peace? If not, then your love for Me, and your realization of My love, are at fa...

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

I'm watching the movie "Blue Valentine" and this choice little bit of dialog was something I just had to share with you all... CINDY: Id like to see you have a job where you didnt have to start drinking at 8 oclock in the morning to go to it. DEAN: No, I have a job that I CAN drink at 8 oclock in the mo...

allie · allie

One of our very special home group members had a heart attack before our meeting while fellowshiping in meeting place. I had just arrived before ambulances got there. I was very close to him. I talked to him daily about working the program. He was a wonderful and inspirational member of our group....

gladlee · gladlee

"Remember the lesson of the seed in its sending a shoot down so that it may be rooted and grounded, while at the same time it sends a shoot up to be the plant that gladdens the world. The two growths are necessary. Without the strong root it would soon wither, as much activity fails for lack of growth...

sereniti · sereniti

Hello, this is my first time on this website, and looking forward to making new sober friendships. The road to recovery was a messy wreckage I left behind. I began drinking Wild Turkey shots for my teeth pain I was going thru and didn't have Dental Ins. But that 1-shot turned into 6-years of destruction...

gladlee · gladlee

"You are doing your claiming as I have said, and soon you will see the result. You cannot do this long without it being seen in the material. You see others manifesting so easily, so readily demonstrating My power. But you have not seen the discipline that went before. Discipline is absolutel...

bikerbill · bikerbill

I'v heard it said and I believe it to be true. Never give up on something good you can't go a day without thinking about. if it's meant to happen, it will, if not, it won't, but whatever, it'll happen in God's time, not mine. But finally, never make someone your priority if you're only an option for them.

BRITTM7 · BRITTM7

Hi guys! Its week 3 for me sober and I find the most difficult thing for me to deal with now is the emotional hurt of having destroyed a relationship with someone I truly loved through the effects of my alcoholism. After many drunken fights, lies about drinking, saying many mean things that I never rem...

Frodo · Frodo

Hello fellow travellers, As of the 19th of May I have been six months sober and I feel great. AA has given me some great tools to not only stay sober but to be happier. The buggy things in life don't get to me anymore because most of them I can't change so I just ignore them, and the ones I can change usually inv...

Mike B. · Mike B.

Where to go. I've been praying more than ever, but my patience is wearing thin. My wife and I: married 16 years, 2 kids 14 & 12, I've been sober 3 + years, she had an affair for a year during the first year of recovery. This was done discreetly. Sounds text book huh.... We were going to mediate a d...

Frodo · Frodo

The other day on the radio I heard a story about a Catholic priest in Melbourne in the '50's and '60's who was one of the first progressive priests of the time. He wasn't interested in doctrine or even what religion you followed as he saw them all a different paths to the same end. What he wanted to do was (in...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Just wanted you all to know that. I have been cramped into small airplane seats all day and I thought you all needed a shocking new topic. Tom

Blackie123 · Blackie123

Yesterday, at 30 days my son turned 3. Today went to my regular meeting house and got my chip. My new second home. After all these years of trying it on my own it took dying with a BAC of .54 to wake me up. Talk about a spiritual awakening. I know other have had the same, and I know others for whom death made no...

John · John

Hello folks, Someone has eluded to the idea that they thought their anonymity was automatically protected here, but this is a public message board. It can be crawled by google, yahoo, and another search bot that roams around the internet. If you are using your full name in your registration, inste...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free. We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just that for many of us. But it is clear that we made our own misery. God didnt do it. Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfu...

gladlee · gladlee

"Get a feeling of bounteous giving into your being. I give with a large hand and heart. Note the draught of fishes. The net broke; the boat began to sink with the lavishness of My gift. Lose sight of all limitations. Abundance is God's supply. Turn out all limited thoughts. Receive showers a...

gonee · gonee

What happened to contrition? Hardly ever heard in meetings nowadays. That was the hallmark of Dr Bob's recovery. My contrite heart refused self pity & resentment. That's what refused to divorce my wife when she got mad with me. That's what refused to leave my employer when he scolded me when I wa...

gladlee · gladlee

"There will be no limit to what you can accomplish. Realize that. Never relinquish any task or give up the thought of any task because it seems beyond your power, only if you see it is not My Will for you. This I command you. Think of the tiny snowdrop-shoot in the hard ground. No certainty even t...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Got nine months and then racked up 4 lapses. No "oh my god, where's Dad? It's been two days!" benders, but though a failure to maintain my spiritual; connection with my higher power I have allowed my character defects to get the better of me and old habits behaviors being what they are' I'm an...

gladlee · gladlee

"Your lack of control is due not to the big burdens, but to your permitting the little frets and cares and burdens to accumulate. If anything vexes you, deal with that and get that righted with Me before you allow yourself to speak to or meet anybody, or to undertake any new duty. Look upon yourself...

gladlee · gladlee

Win Me, Win All "You will conquer. The conquering spirit is never crushed. Keep a brave and trusting heart. Face all your difficulties in the spirit of conquest. Rise to greater heights than you have known before. Remember where I am is victory. Forces of evil, within and without you, flee...

bikerbill · bikerbill

it's something thqt of late I've realised I do afer the fact most times. Basically I lie to myself and dress my motives up in something more palatable to me. A couple of weeks ago I needed to go to two banks. I convinced myself to go to the ones across the mall from where my son works. I felt uneasy so talked to...

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	Absolutely Amazed... (I might be half way through lol) (Preview) I found out today that I will be speaking in Petersburg, VA, at the Tri Area Conference of Virginia. I will be the opening speaker. I'm really amazed and excited about it! Absolutely honored to have been asked. What is really amazing is I've also been asked to speak in Pittsburg, PA at a convention, and...	John	5	578	Jun 3, 2011 by leeu
	An exciting journey! (Preview) Today ,as I continue to strengthen my relationship with my Higher Power ,whom I choose to call God, I will remember my real victory comes form facing trials and not allowing them to destroy me, but being confident in the goodness and plan of my God.I will not let situations or dilemmas bring me down but...	mikef	5	746	Jun 3, 2011 by Jane05
	Todays Exercise (Preview) Good Morning Family and Friends! Today I am going to do *Extreme Facial Exercise.* All it requires is that I walk around all day with a big smile on my face.	John	4	1582	Jun 3, 2011 by Mike B.
	HAPPY BELLY BUTTON BIRTHDAY..BILLY (Preview) Hope you cold is on to someone else, and you can have one great day, hope you can say bye bye to the whirlwind of emotions, well the tough one, but then they are what keep us growing up. right. anyway, Happy Happy Birthday, you must be turning around 40 right????? Cold or not a cake for you with a ton of Frost...	Just Toni	11	1293	Jun 3, 2011 by Mike B.
	Daily Reflections ~ The Upward Path & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Here are the steps we took. . . . . ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59 These are the words that lead into the Twelve Steps. In their direct simplicity they sweep aside all psychological and philosophical considerations about the rightness of the Steps. They describe what I did: I took the Steps and sobriety w...	Sobrietyspell	1	446	Jun 3, 2011 by Mr_David
	ON THIS BLESSED DAY! (Preview) Please join my wife and I in prayer and celebration for our 27th year wedding anniversary!Truly a miracle and gift of grace and mercy from my Higher Power ,whom I choose to call God! In 1983 ,a year before we got married,my wife,(3rd)told me if I didnt stop my insanity she was leaving.She could no longer...	mikef	7	601	Jun 3, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ A Changed Outlook & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 When I was drinking, my attitude was totally selfish, totally self-centered; my pleasure and my comfort came first. Now that I am sober, self-seeking has started to slip away. My whole attitude toward life and other p...	Sobrietyspell	1	487	Jun 3, 2011 by Mr_David
	~ Day 24 (Preview) I couldn't have predicted the wild emotional roller coaster that has been my life these past weeks and wouldn't change it for the world. I am feeling more like myself than I have in dozens of years and have found a loving fellowship in AA that sustains and supports my journey. To be honest, most days have...	vixen	12	670	Jun 3, 2011 by Mr_David
	A God Story (Preview) I was asked to help a woman find and buy a car, so I went on craigslist, and knowing she didn't have much money, and I'd probably have to help out with some money, I put in a low maximum price. Several came up, but they all needed alot of work. I kept going through the sale ads, and suddenly one ad stuck out. ...	John	6	661	Jun 3, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Prayer without words (Preview) "Spend much time in prayer. Prayer is the linking up of the soul and mind and heart to God. So that if it is only a glance of faith, a look or word of love, or confidence, and no supplication is expressed, it yet follows that supply and all necessary are secured. Because the soul, being linked to God...	gladlee	1	451	Jun 3, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Readiness to Serve Others & 24hrs a Day (Preview) . . . our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission to carry the A.A. message to those who dont know theres a way out. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151 The Light to freedom shines bright on my fellow alcoholics as each one of us challenges the other to grow. The Steps to self-improvem...	Sobrietyspell	1	505	Jun 3, 2011 by Mr_David
	Sober member who died b4 our meeting (Preview) We are waiting for the funeral. His family had little or nothing to do with him due to his past. He had many years of sobriety and he referred to us as his family. Every meeting seems to come back to our lost member. We all are grateful he died in sobriety. He lived the way he wanted to. He was retired and...	allie	7	1091	Jun 3, 2011 by Mr_David
	A HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY WISH FOR PEACE OF MIND AND GOOD HEALTH... (Preview) To the Men and Woman here that are Veterans, With a humble Heart, THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL!! hOPE YOU WILL ACCEPT MY APOLOGY FOR MY TARDINESS, AND BEING A DAY LATE AND A DOLLOR SHORT. TONI -- Edited by Just Toni on Tuesday 31st of May 2011 10:02:16 AM	Just Toni	2	602	Jun 3, 2011 by Mr_David
	not much on coincidences! (Preview) I have been praying dilligently for some time now asking my Higher Power ,whom I choose to call God, for direction in what I'll term my "4th quarter" of my life, but I am in no conflict with this being God's call and hopefully they'll be some overtime periods:) :) Anyway my wife wants to mo...	mikef	4	588	Jun 3, 2011 by Mr_David
	The steps. (Preview) Once we know the truth about alcoholism from the AA book it is dangerous not to practice the 12 steps in our life, because God himself has given us a lifeline & we have rejected it. In my own life my AA spiritual growth was stunted because, I had not shown any diligence as far as the actual practice of th...	gonee	7	779	Jun 2, 2011 by LinBaba
	Sleeping Through at last (Preview) Since 19th April I've been only getting about 4 hours sleep a night. Been like the walking dead round here. I've tried herbal remedies, like Sominax, to no avail. i've tried working myself to exhaustion to no avail I've tried a mug of cocoa at night to no avail But then, three days ago, I got some inform...	bikerbill	3	527	Jun 2, 2011 by Dumpy
	Tings are good today (Preview) Hi eveyone thanks for all the replayes that you sent me it did help me a lot to know that you were there and i could tell somone other than famliey.Sorry about spellings i am not very good at writting so i hope you can work out what i have been trying to say. I hope you are all well and not to cold as its very cold...	LINDA	5	530	Jun 1, 2011 by LINDA
	Got a Man Cold - watch out for the meds! (Preview) Yep, I've got a man cold, don't know if I'll survive to teh weekend. Seriously though, I found a bottle of Beechams all in one cold remedy and two packs of all in one tablets.....which to have? Not the liquid, it's nearly 20% ABV! check the labels.	bikerbill	9	1009	May 31, 2011 by bikerbill
	Absolute Gratitude (Preview) It has been a difficult 2 weeks here in Indianapolis. It's race time here and nothing but party, party, party. Every other commerical on TV is an alcohol ad. Race time for me has always been party, party, party. There's Fast Friday, Carb Day and of course the Indy 500. Why am I so happy then? It's sim...	Fallon	6	691	May 31, 2011 by allie
	I am Powerless...OVER Unbearable Pain (Preview) Hi My Friends, Don't know, only hoping and Praying to God that by sharing this, -- Edited by Just Toni on Friday 27th of May 2011 07:35:02 AM -- Edited by Just Toni on Friday 27th of May 2011 07:37:58 AM	Just Toni	15	1072	May 31, 2011 by allie
	Seems like Light years between Saturday Nights!! (Preview) Saturday night, another day lucid and aware,feeling spiritually fit and blessed as I watch our little Jaelyn(38 days young)sleeping ,my daughter staying with us for weekend while her husband works overtime, my 25 year old son , still clean from his Heroin addiction and just left for his house and my...	mikef	7	683	May 31, 2011 by HeatherK
	Daily Reflections ~ Our Primary Purpose & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The more A.A. sticks to its primary purpose, the greater will be its helpful influence everywhere. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p.109 It is with gratitude that I reflect on the early days of our Fellowship and those wise and loving foresteppers who proclaimed that we should not be diverted from our primary purp...	Sobrietyspell	3	822	May 31, 2011 by mikef
	SUFFERING FROM DEPRESSION 'BIG TIME' (Preview) Hi Guys/Gals Just wonder if any you people have ever combated DEPRESSION ? Any good therapists here in Vegas anyone might know who knows what their doing ? Question(s) How if any of you got - over their depression ?	schooner	9	966	May 31, 2011 by happycamper
	I smoke...this seems like just another way to harm ourselves and hide... (Preview) Do a lot of you smoke? When I'm smoking I'm thinking, "this is a lot like drinking...an addiction, harming myself, out of control from the addiction, something I don't want to do and isn't good for me or anyone else, something I run to that distracts me from my pain or stress, something that may be k...	Kate11	13	768	May 31, 2011 by Klaatu
	God Calling ~ Forget (Preview) "Regret nothing. Not even the sins and failures. When a man views earth's wonders from some mountain height he does not spend his time in dwelling on the stones and stumbles, the faints and failures, that marked his upward path. So with you. Breathe in the rich blessings of each new day - forget...	gladlee	3	598	May 30, 2011 by schooner
	Daily Reflections ~ True Tolerance & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 139 I first heard the short form of the Third Tradition in the Preamble. When I came to A.A. I could not accept myself, my alcoholism, or a Higher Power. If there had been any physical, mental, m...	Sobrietyspell	1	537	May 29, 2011 by Mr_David
	Physical and mental changes after quitting (Preview) Hi Everyone, It's been two weeks for me. This site helps, because it's still not easy. I was wondering what changes you all noticed within yourselves at the beginning of quitting and then later on. I've noticed deeper thinking...glimpses of the truth. I've noticed some physical changes too and just...	Kate11	22	7009	May 29, 2011 by Kate11
	Daily Reflections ~ Equal Rights & 24hrs a Day (Preview) At one time or another most A.A. groups go on rule making benders. . . . After a time fear and intolerance subside. [and we realize] We do not wish to deny anyone his chance to recover from alcoholism. We wish to be just as inclusive as we can, never exclusive. A.A. TRADITION: HOW IT DEVELOPED. pp. 10, 11, 1...	Sobrietyspell	1	648	May 28, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Test Your Love (Preview) "A great love knows that in every difficulty, every trial, every failure, the presence of the loved one suffices. Test your love for Me by this. Just to be with Me, just to know I am beside you - does that bring you joy and peace? If not, then your love for Me, and your realization of My love, are at fa...	gladlee	1	488	May 28, 2011 by Mr_David
	Something Only an Alcoholic Would Say (Preview) I'm watching the movie "Blue Valentine" and this choice little bit of dialog was something I just had to share with you all... CINDY: Id like to see you have a job where you didnt have to start drinking at 8 oclock in the morning to go to it. DEAN: No, I have a job that I CAN drink at 8 oclock in the mo...	TwelveSteps	3	548	May 28, 2011 by mikef
	Member dies in AA meeting right B4 meeting (Preview) One of our very special home group members had a heart attack before our meeting while fellowshiping in meeting place. I had just arrived before ambulances got there. I was very close to him. I talked to him daily about working the program. He was a wonderful and inspirational member of our group....	allie	6	660	May 28, 2011 by nezyb
	God Calling ~ Roots and Fruits (Preview) "Remember the lesson of the seed in its sending a shoot down so that it may be rooted and grounded, while at the same time it sends a shoot up to be the plant that gladdens the world. The two growths are necessary. Without the strong root it would soon wither, as much activity fails for lack of growth...	gladlee	1	418	May 27, 2011 by Mr_David
	Sobriety (Preview) Hello, this is my first time on this website, and looking forward to making new sober friendships. The road to recovery was a messy wreckage I left behind. I began drinking Wild Turkey shots for my teeth pain I was going thru and didn't have Dental Ins. But that 1-shot turned into 6-years of destruction...	sereniti	4	592	May 27, 2011 by SteveP
	God Calling ~ Claim More (Preview) "You are doing your claiming as I have said, and soon you will see the result. You cannot do this long without it being seen in the material. You see others manifesting so easily, so readily demonstrating My power. But you have not seen the discipline that went before. Discipline is absolutel...	gladlee	1	451	May 27, 2011 by Mr_David
	Never give up, but protect yourself too. (Preview) I'v heard it said and I believe it to be true. Never give up on something good you can't go a day without thinking about. if it's meant to happen, it will, if not, it won't, but whatever, it'll happen in God's time, not mine. But finally, never make someone your priority if you're only an option for them.	bikerbill	2	569	May 27, 2011 by Mr_David
	Repairing relationships destroyed through alcoholism (Preview) Hi guys! Its week 3 for me sober and I find the most difficult thing for me to deal with now is the emotional hurt of having destroyed a relationship with someone I truly loved through the effects of my alcoholism. After many drunken fights, lies about drinking, saying many mean things that I never rem...	BRITTM7	7	1466	May 26, 2011 by sereniti
	Six months down - a lifetime to go. (Preview) Hello fellow travellers, As of the 19th of May I have been six months sober and I feel great. AA has given me some great tools to not only stay sober but to be happier. The buggy things in life don't get to me anymore because most of them I can't change so I just ignore them, and the ones I can change usually inv...	Frodo	11	839	May 26, 2011 by Klaatu
	Relationships- very difficult (Preview) Where to go. I've been praying more than ever, but my patience is wearing thin. My wife and I: married 16 years, 2 kids 14 & 12, I've been sober 3 + years, she had an affair for a year during the first year of recovery. This was done discreetly. Sounds text book huh.... We were going to mediate a d...	Mike B.	9	1361	May 26, 2011 by StPeteDean
	Releasing the Giant within (Preview) The other day on the radio I heard a story about a Catholic priest in Melbourne in the '50's and '60's who was one of the first progressive priests of the time. He wasn't interested in doctrine or even what religion you followed as he saw them all a different paths to the same end. What he wanted to do was (in...	Frodo	4	661	May 26, 2011 by Frodo
	My ass hurts (Preview) Just wanted you all to know that. I have been cramped into small airplane seats all day and I thought you all needed a shocking new topic. Tom	turninggrey	17	1888	May 26, 2011 by aliceoc35
	32 days ago I died in the ambulance... (Preview) Yesterday, at 30 days my son turned 3. Today went to my regular meeting house and got my chip. My new second home. After all these years of trying it on my own it took dying with a BAC of .54 to wake me up. Talk about a spiritual awakening. I know other have had the same, and I know others for whom death made no...	Blackie123	5	1346	May 25, 2011 by BRITTM7
	Your anonymity is not automatically protected here. (From John) (Preview) Hello folks, Someone has eluded to the idea that they thought their anonymity was automatically protected here, but this is a public message board. It can be crawled by google, yahoo, and another search bot that roams around the internet. If you are using your full name in your registration, inste...	John	3	734	May 25, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Happy, Joyous and Free & 24hrs a day (Preview) We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free. We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just that for many of us. But it is clear that we made our own misery. God didnt do it. Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfu...	Sobrietyspell	1	3553	May 25, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Abundance (Preview) "Get a feeling of bounteous giving into your being. I give with a large hand and heart. Note the draught of fishes. The net broke; the boat began to sink with the lavishness of My gift. Lose sight of all limitations. Abundance is God's supply. Turn out all limited thoughts. Receive showers a...	gladlee	1	766	May 25, 2011 by Mr_David
	What happened to contrition? (Preview) What happened to contrition? Hardly ever heard in meetings nowadays. That was the hallmark of Dr Bob's recovery. My contrite heart refused self pity & resentment. That's what refused to divorce my wife when she got mad with me. That's what refused to leave my employer when he scolded me when I wa...	gonee	2	513	May 25, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Accomplish Anything (Preview) "There will be no limit to what you can accomplish. Realize that. Never relinquish any task or give up the thought of any task because it seems beyond your power, only if you see it is not My Will for you. This I command you. Think of the tiny snowdrop-shoot in the hard ground. No certainty even t...	gladlee	1	402	May 25, 2011 by Mr_David
	I've been f**king up (Preview) Got nine months and then racked up 4 lapses. No "oh my god, where's Dad? It's been two days!" benders, but though a failure to maintain my spiritual; connection with my higher power I have allowed my character defects to get the better of me and old habits behaviors being what they are' I'm an...	Aquaman	26	1752	May 25, 2011 by TwelveSteps
	God Calling ~ Little Frets (Preview) "Your lack of control is due not to the big burdens, but to your permitting the little frets and cares and burdens to accumulate. If anything vexes you, deal with that and get that righted with Me before you allow yourself to speak to or meet anybody, or to undertake any new duty. Look upon yourself...	gladlee	4	1065	May 25, 2011 by Kate11
	God Calling ~ (Preview) Win Me, Win All "You will conquer. The conquering spirit is never crushed. Keep a brave and trusting heart. Face all your difficulties in the spirit of conquest. Rise to greater heights than you have known before. Remember where I am is victory. Forces of evil, within and without you, flee...	gladlee	2	1062	May 25, 2011 by Kate11
	examining one's motives. (Preview) it's something thqt of late I've realised I do afer the fact most times. Basically I lie to myself and dress my motives up in something more palatable to me. A couple of weeks ago I needed to go to two banks. I convinced myself to go to the ones across the mall from where my son works. I felt uneasy so talked to...	bikerbill	3	2281	May 24, 2011 by Pablomoses
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