Alcoholics Anonymous

The Sword · The Sword

We have a man who is actually very nice, but he seems bent on proving he can stay sober without doing the steps, or probably more like doing the steps his way. I feel like that is fine I guess (for him), but when he speaks at meetings about it I am worried about the message he may be sending to new people. Our pu...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: When one door closes, fortune will usually open another. -- Fernando De Rojas Sometimes, especially in early recovery, we concentrate on our losses instead of our gains. We see a chapter in our life closing, and we mourn. We must leave some friends behind, or say goo...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 Sponsorship held two surprises for me. First, that my sponsees cared about me. What I had thought was gratitude was more like love. They wanted m...

cindy · cindy

so forgiving the monsters in my past meant letting go of the family members that still made me wrong and had no respect for my boundaries. i learned what love really was in recovery, that it was an action word. i can tell u love me by your action that supports it. Most importantly i learned that love makes m...

kld47 · kld47

Hi I am back home now. What an interesting experience--makes me feel better that I can get away--if I had still been drinking who knows how bad this would of been--what with the alcohal hiding the real problem. My Boyfriend even brought my mail to me and the Grapevine was part of it. I was reading it whil...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The alcoholic may find it hard to re-establish friendly relations with his children. . . . In time they will see that he is a new man and in their own way they will let him know it. . . . From that point on, progress will be rapid. Marvelous results often follow such a reunion. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 134 Wh...

Reffner · Reffner

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=42735&p=3&topicID=38132427).

itsmichael · itsmichael

Hi, everyone! I haven't been here in quite some time, even though this message board was a great help to me in my first 30 days of sobriety. I just wanted to come back and let you know that I'm doing great and celebrating 6 months of continuous sobriety! Thank you God, thank you AA! My initial 30 in 30 commit...

Reffner · Reffner

A group called Flogging Molly sings this and I simply love it. Hope you find a little inspiration in it too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnTGX9GlFPE Brian

Tina · Tina

Hey Just dropping in I know it's been a while, but doing ok. Still trying to take things 1 day at a time, and working out the rough edges. We all know what that's like, I have been getting prepared to see my daughter off to College next September, and excited for her and at the same time watching grow up.....

Vividangel1983 · Vividangel1983

How do you prove to someone you have changed when you no longer speak to them? Should you try, or has your past alcoholic behaviours ruined that chace? Was just curious. I would like to regain a friendship back, but I'm too scared of the rejection. I did ruin the relationship with my alcohol problems, so...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: A thousand eyes, but none with correct vision. --Isacher Hurwitz William Shakespeare referred to envy as the "green sickness." There are only losers in the game of envy. When we envy someone else, we have judged ourselves and found something lacking. L...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: I believe that every single event in life happens as an opportunity to choose love over fear. --Oprah Winfrey When our past is strewn with tragic and abusive experiences, it's not easy to recall events as opportunities to love. Yet today we are safe, and we have come t...

John · John

Hi everyone, I have been nominated by someone (anonomously) to to go to jail "FOR GOOD" in an effort to help the MDA raise funds for "Jerry's Kids". My bail will be 2500.00 dollars and all of it will go directly to the MDA. I accepted this opportunity to make a difference in the life of someone else. I...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Ok Fessing up to a test that I did undergo yesterday, I was doing my reseach, I am a research junkie of sorts, and when I focused on "The Risk Factors" cancelled the test, thank goodness only in my head.....there was a risk of some stuff that could have been life threatening, and I do have a DNR i...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

... and I am sooo glad to have a program of recovery to work, in the midst of it. The legal crap has begun regarding the divorce. With both sides not wanting to pay for anything as far as all the fees and added B.S. goes.... and yes, I am feeling hurt and resentful that this man is sitting on a pile of money (mak...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job -- wife or no wife -- we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98 Before coming to A.A., I always had excuses for taking a drink: "She sai...

darkangel0258 · darkangel0258

Alcohol has destroyed my life. Everything is beggining to make sense. I started to see a psychiatrist for stress/anxiety/OCD. I drink. A lot. To get away from the anxiety I get. Ive lost many friends and boyfriends due to alcohol. (actually all the EX BF's) My whole paycheck goes apying credit card bi...

susanbiel · susanbiel

OK here goes, and this is hard for me. Not because I am embarrassed but because it still hurts at times to think about the little girl I was and how fast she grew up when it happened. When I was around 8-10 I was molested by my twin uncles. I have done my resentment list like the BB says to do. And I have made my...

Vividangel1983 · Vividangel1983

I think one of the biggest problems I have is that I get bored so easily. I find movies, friends, games fun only when I'm drinking. How do I enjoy these things while sober? I must have some sort of ADD as well, and the alcohol was disguising this. I used to have a good stiff drink while watching some of my favo...

Reffner · Reffner

I got a new, better job. I'll still be working as a D/A counselor, but at the private 90 day treatment center that I went through. I never would have imagined on the day I walked in there that I would be giving back at the exact place it was given to me. I'm so grateful that God is still at work in my life in su...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

It has come to my realization that it is not neccesary for me to get a 4.0 in school, especially when no one is going to care if I got a 4.0 versus a 3.2 (or something to the effect) as long as I have a master's degree, and some good work behind me, to secure a job one day in the field I am studying. God already has i...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

He [Bill W.] said to me, gently and simply, "Do you think that you are one of us?" ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 413 During my drinking life I was convinced I was an exception. I thought I was beyond petty requirements and had the right to be excused. I never realized that the dark counterbalance o...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: If there's a harder way of doing something, someone will find it. -- Ralph E. Ross When we used alcohol or other drugs, we did most things the hard way. We could turn a simple task into a day-long project. We could turn a simple problem into an argument. We were creative g...

susanbiel · susanbiel

I just wanted everyone to know that I have been around, but lurking I am still paying the bills and dealing with the fear it brings, but it is getting better. It's Tuesday again so when I leave work I will be writing out checks. I will be going on a trip to Texas on Thursday night but I am taking the puter wi...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

http://www.readytotest.com/NewJersey06/JELLINEK_PHASES.pdf

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Some days my life feels so confusing and overwhelming that I think I'll scream. Sometimes life is like moving from one place to another. When I move into a new house, it is unorganized and chaotic until everything gets put in the right place. In life, my emotions and th...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Like a gaunt prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, our pick struck gold. Joy at our release from a lifetime of frustration knew no bounds. Father feels he has struck something better than gold. For a time he may try to hug the new treasure to himself. He may not see at once that he has barely...

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

So... first off, I know the AA recommendation about not dating during your first year of sobriety. I'm 36 so I don't really have that luxury. :) My ex-boyfriend and I broke up a couple of months ago (completely amicable, he moved to Chicago to start grad school and the distance just became unsustainabl...

mikef · mikef

After 10 wonderful days ,my wife and my father and mother -in - law heading back up to New York(they are staying with us for a week). I got some new numbers,was able to take in 3 meetings while we were here and met some nice people..Weather was what is expected in Florida but it was a nice change to wear no ja...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Reflection for the Day Little by little, I'm getting over my tendency to procrastinate. I always used to put things off until tomorrow, and, of course, they never got done. Instead of "Do it now," my motto was "Tomorrow's another day." I've le...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi My Friends, Just wanted to share a evening with you, from last evening, I had been planning a Surprise Birthday Party for my Son's 40th Birthday for almost a month, (yep that's right, I gave birth to him when I was 11..) it was at a Japanese Resturant, a very fancy one, and his all time Ethic food. On S...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. --Samuel Johnson The Twelve Steps won't work for anyone unless they are practiced. That's why so many veterans of this program work the Steps over and over. It's a good habit, and good hab...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Wonderful older lady with 36 years sober... 4 DUI's, ran over someone, psyche wards, relapses, she was a nurse, the whole 9 yards. She did her drinking like I did mine, and showed me that we can stay sober no matter what. She led at tonight's meeting and we talked afterward and hit it off majorly. She was...

madhadder545 · madhadder545

Ok well I've been in since 93 but as of now I have 2 month"s Ive just finished my 4,5,6,7 step My wife and i have been together 8 years, married for 5, seperated 3. I am in Arizona she lives in Oregon. We talk every day. so i'm talking to her and she says she has been talking to this guy for 6 months, he"...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 244 Many oldsters who have put our A.A. "booze cure" to severe but successful tests still find they often lack emotional sobriety. To attain this, we must develop real maturity and balance (which is to say, humility) in our relations with ourselves, with our fellows, and with God. <...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi Everyone! Feels like forever, but only maybe 2 or weeks since I checked in and written, have been reading the board about twice a week... Have been staying pretty quiet, and introspective, have a major health issue that is very serious, and so it has been endless trips to different Docs, special...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We admitted we couldn't lick alcohol with our own remaining resources, and so we accepted the further fact that dependence upon a Higher Power (if only our A.A. group) could do this hitherto impossible job. The moment we were able to accept these facts fully, our release from the alcohol compulsion h...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Well, we found out my wife does have breast cancer today and tomorrow we find out what stage it is. The Doctor feels the prognosis is very good, but that she will require surgery and chemo and possibly radiation. We should know more tomorrow afternoon. We are both doing pretty well with it, her becau...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

http://www.cooltv_telluride.endavomedia.com/video/359AF70EED/telluride-stream-- Edited by StPeteDean on Saturday 18th of September 2010 09:03:59 PM

John · John

As many of you know, my life is dedicated to trying to provide a safe haven for alcoholics, addicts and their families who have a desire to recover; Both online with the MIP web site and here in Wilmington, NC with the MIP recovery homes. Well, this past Friday I came home to find the police (7 cars) in fr...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Hi everyone!! Just popping in to say hello... things are going well, as they tend to do in recovery even in rough times, once we figure out how to sometimes make lemonade out of lemons. Just going to a lot of meetings, still about 5 - 6 a week, reading the BB and 12&12, working steps, working at job, an...

karmaslovechild · karmaslovechild

I am a single mother (28yrs old) blessed with a son who just happened to have Down Syndrome. I never thought I could have children and when I concieved him I was so happy and thrilled. At my 3rd mth Doctor visit I found out about him having Downs. It broke my heart but I decided to continue with the pregnancy...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi to all my cyber friends... Just wanted to check in and say this is one Awesome day, First, Thank you to GOD, my HP for pulling me up out of a life that was not really a LIFE, and one day at a time remaining to help me every single day of these last twenty years in keeping me SOBER.... Awe what a wonderful day, i...

Glenns · Glenns

It says in Living Sober that we as recovering alcoholics shouldn't use sleeping pills (sic), because they may jepordize recovery efforts. But the book doesn't explain how though! Also, and more importantly, can the benzodiazepine be thought of as an acceptable substitute for the recovering alco...

Jerry F · Jerry F

So good to have you back and your response on "dating" below is classic willingness to do whatever it takes to get and stay sober. Hope your time away was good for you.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Our whole treasured philosophy of self-sufficiency had to be cast aside. This had not been done with old-fashioned willpower; it was instead a matter of developing the willingness to accept these new facts of living. We neither ran nor fought. But accept we did. And then we were free. BEST OF THE GRAP...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Some folks here have indicated that my well being matters to them so I am droppin' a note lettin' ya'll know that I am peachy-keen. I've had some emotions lately and even lipped off about one of them at my wife, but I let it go, re-aquired my Serenity and apologized for an unfair declaration. Today I au...

MAL · MAL

Go to meetings!!!! I want to but something is blocking me. I know what I have to do but I can't seem to do it. I want someone to take me under their wing and make sure I get to meetings for just one week. I can't go to rehab. Not with my position and my job. People look up to me. I'll be O.K. if I can get to me...

barisax · barisax

Is this perhaps the most important of the promises? It's buried in the middle... when it comes to the promises, the ones that usually stand out for me are "We will comprehend the word serenity.." and "We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us". My...

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	Difficult people in meetings (Preview) We have a man who is actually very nice, but he seems bent on proving he can stay sober without doing the steps, or probably more like doing the steps his way. I feel like that is fine I guess (for him), but when he speaks at meetings about it I am worried about the message he may be sending to new people. Our pu...	The Sword	11	2548	Sep 28, 2010 by The Sword
	Sometimes, especially in early recovery, we concentrate on our losses instead of our gains (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: When one door closes, fortune will usually open another. -- Fernando De Rojas Sometimes, especially in early recovery, we concentrate on our losses instead of our gains. We see a chapter in our life closing, and we mourn. We must leave some friends behind, or say goo...	Larry_H	1	625	Sep 27, 2010 by bikerbill
	Daily Reflections ~ Love Without Strings & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 Sponsorship held two surprises for me. First, that my sponsees cared about me. What I had thought was gratitude was more like love. They wanted m...	Sobrietyspell	0	837	Sep 27, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	e.s.h. (Preview) so forgiving the monsters in my past meant letting go of the family members that still made me wrong and had no respect for my boundaries. i learned what love really was in recovery, that it was an action word. i can tell u love me by your action that supports it. Most importantly i learned that love makes m...	cindy	2	633	Sep 27, 2010 by Mike B.
	Home From Hospital (Preview) Hi I am back home now. What an interesting experience--makes me feel better that I can get away--if I had still been drinking who knows how bad this would of been--what with the alcohal hiding the real problem. My Boyfriend even brought my mail to me and the Grapevine was part of it. I was reading it whil...	kld47	9	822	Sep 26, 2010 by Rob84
	Daily Reflections ~ Our Children & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The alcoholic may find it hard to re-establish friendly relations with his children. . . . In time they will see that he is a new man and in their own way they will let him know it. . . . From that point on, progress will be rapid. Marvelous results often follow such a reunion. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 134 Wh...	Sobrietyspell	1	798	Sep 26, 2010 by Jerry F
	Update on my son (Preview) http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=42735&p=3&topicID=38132427).	Reffner	7	802	Sep 26, 2010 by SteveP
	6 Months Sober! (Preview) Hi, everyone! I haven't been here in quite some time, even though this message board was a great help to me in my first 30 days of sobriety. I just wanted to come back and let you know that I'm doing great and celebrating 6 months of continuous sobriety! Thank you God, thank you AA! My initial 30 in 30 commit...	itsmichael	13	1179	Sep 26, 2010 by SteveP
	Inspiration... (Preview) A group called Flogging Molly sings this and I simply love it. Hope you find a little inspiration in it too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnTGX9GlFPE Brian	Reffner	2	587	Sep 26, 2010 by learning
	Hi (Preview) Hey Just dropping in I know it's been a while, but doing ok. Still trying to take things 1 day at a time, and working out the rough edges. We all know what that's like, I have been getting prepared to see my daughter off to College next September, and excited for her and at the same time watching grow up.....	Tina	5	749	Sep 25, 2010 by happycamper
	To the ones you have hurt in the past from your alcoholism. (Preview) How do you prove to someone you have changed when you no longer speak to them? Should you try, or has your past alcoholic behaviours ruined that chace? Was just curious. I would like to regain a friendship back, but I'm too scared of the rejection. I did ruin the relationship with my alcohol problems, so...	Vividangel1983	9	1308	Sep 25, 2010 by turninggrey
	Lack of self-love is the soil in which envy grows (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: A thousand eyes, but none with correct vision. --Isacher Hurwitz William Shakespeare referred to envy as the "green sickness." There are only losers in the game of envy. When we envy someone else, we have judged ourselves and found something lacking. L...	Larry_H	0	947	Sep 25, 2010 by Larry_H
	When our past is strewn with tragic and abusive experiences (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: I believe that every single event in life happens as an opportunity to choose love over fear. --Oprah Winfrey When our past is strewn with tragic and abusive experiences, it's not easy to recall events as opportunities to love. Yet today we are safe, and we have come t...	Larry_H	2	613	Sep 24, 2010 by Rainspa
	Outside Issue? Please consider... (Preview) Hi everyone, I have been nominated by someone (anonomously) to to go to jail "FOR GOOD" in an effort to help the MDA raise funds for "Jerry's Kids". My bail will be 2500.00 dollars and all of it will go directly to the MDA. I accepted this opportunity to make a difference in the life of someone else. I...	John	1	694	Sep 24, 2010 by leeu
	That DANG Comittee!!! (Preview) Ok Fessing up to a test that I did undergo yesterday, I was doing my reseach, I am a research junkie of sorts, and when I focused on "The Risk Factors" cancelled the test, thank goodness only in my head.....there was a risk of some stuff that could have been life threatening, and I do have a DNR i...	Just Toni	3	908	Sep 24, 2010 by leeu
	The Legal STRESS begins again... (Preview) ... and I am sooo glad to have a program of recovery to work, in the midst of it. The legal crap has begun regarding the divorce. With both sides not wanting to pay for anything as far as all the fees and added B.S. goes.... and yes, I am feeling hurt and resentful that this man is sitting on a pile of money (mak...	jonijoni1	8	1003	Sep 24, 2010 by leeu
	Daily Reflections ~ First Things First & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job -- wife or no wife -- we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98 Before coming to A.A., I always had excuses for taking a drink: "She sai...	Sobrietyspell	0	519	Sep 24, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	I Cant Escape (Preview) Alcohol has destroyed my life. Everything is beggining to make sense. I started to see a psychiatrist for stress/anxiety/OCD. I drink. A lot. To get away from the anxiety I get. Ive lost many friends and boyfriends due to alcohol. (actually all the EX BF's) My whole paycheck goes apying credit card bi...	darkangel0258	12	1349	Sep 23, 2010 by itsmichael
	Step 4 my part in it. (Preview) OK here goes, and this is hard for me. Not because I am embarrassed but because it still hurts at times to think about the little girl I was and how fast she grew up when it happened. When I was around 8-10 I was molested by my twin uncles. I have done my resentment list like the BB says to do. And I have made my...	susanbiel	8	5773	Sep 23, 2010 by susanbiel
	Frustrated! (Preview) I think one of the biggest problems I have is that I get bored so easily. I find movies, friends, games fun only when I'm drinking. How do I enjoy these things while sober? I must have some sort of ADD as well, and the alcohol was disguising this. I used to have a good stiff drink while watching some of my favo...	Vividangel1983	6	1187	Sep 22, 2010 by Halfwolf
	Things just keep getting better!!! (Preview) I got a new, better job. I'll still be working as a D/A counselor, but at the private 90 day treatment center that I went through. I never would have imagined on the day I walked in there that I would be giving back at the exact place it was given to me. I'm so grateful that God is still at work in my life in su...	Reffner	8	845	Sep 22, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Balance.... taking on yet another new meaning (Preview) It has come to my realization that it is not neccesary for me to get a 4.0 in school, especially when no one is going to care if I got a 4.0 versus a 3.2 (or something to the effect) as long as I have a master's degree, and some good work behind me, to secure a job one day in the field I am studying. God already has i...	jonijoni1	7	849	Sep 22, 2010 by Reffner
	Daily Reflections ~ I Was An Exception & 24 hrs a Day (Preview) He [Bill W.] said to me, gently and simply, "Do you think that you are one of us?" ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 413 During my drinking life I was convinced I was an exception. I thought I was beyond petty requirements and had the right to be excused. I never realized that the dark counterbalance o...	Sobrietyspell	0	642	Sep 22, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	We were creative giants in doing things the hard way! (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: If there's a harder way of doing something, someone will find it. -- Ralph E. Ross When we used alcohol or other drugs, we did most things the hard way. We could turn a simple task into a day-long project. We could turn a simple problem into an argument. We were creative g...	Larry_H	3	714	Sep 22, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Still here (Preview) I just wanted everyone to know that I have been around, but lurking I am still paying the bills and dealing with the fear it brings, but it is getting better. It's Tuesday again so when I leave work I will be writing out checks. I will be going on a trip to Texas on Thursday night but I am taking the puter wi...	susanbiel	6	601	Sep 22, 2010 by susanbiel
	Jellinek phases of alcoholism (Preview) http://www.readytotest.com/NewJersey06/JELLINEK_PHASES.pdf	FlyingSquirrel	4	3832	Sep 21, 2010 by leeu
	Sometimes life is like moving from one place to another (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Some days my life feels so confusing and overwhelming that I think I'll scream. Sometimes life is like moving from one place to another. When I move into a new house, it is unorganized and chaotic until everything gets put in the right place. In life, my emotions and th...	Larry_H	2	602	Sep 21, 2010 by Reffner
	Daily Reflections ~ A Limitless Lode & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Like a gaunt prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, our pick struck gold. Joy at our release from a lifetime of frustration knew no bounds. Father feels he has struck something better than gold. For a time he may try to hug the new treasure to himself. He may not see at once that he has barely...	Sobrietyspell	0	2769	Sep 21, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Dating (Preview) So... first off, I know the AA recommendation about not dating during your first year of sobriety. I'm 36 so I don't really have that luxury. :) My ex-boyfriend and I broke up a couple of months ago (completely amicable, he moved to Chicago to start grad school and the distance just became unsustainabl...	TwelveSteps	29	11089	Sep 21, 2010 by angelov8
	Homeward Bound! (Preview) After 10 wonderful days ,my wife and my father and mother -in - law heading back up to New York(they are staying with us for a week). I got some new numbers,was able to take in 3 meetings while we were here and met some nice people..Weather was what is expected in Florida but it was a nice change to wear no ja...	mikef	4	1248	Sep 20, 2010 by happycamper
	Little by little, I'm getting over my tendency to procrastinate (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Reflection for the Day Little by little, I'm getting over my tendency to procrastinate. I always used to put things off until tomorrow, and, of course, they never got done. Instead of "Do it now," my motto was "Tomorrow's another day." I've le...	Larry_H	3	687	Sep 20, 2010 by around a little while
	Utter Sheer JOY! (Preview) Hi My Friends, Just wanted to share a evening with you, from last evening, I had been planning a Surprise Birthday Party for my Son's 40th Birthday for almost a month, (yep that's right, I gave birth to him when I was 11..) it was at a Japanese Resturant, a very fancy one, and his all time Ethic food. On S...	Just Toni	4	760	Sep 20, 2010 by jonijoni1
	The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. --Samuel Johnson The Twelve Steps won't work for anyone unless they are practiced. That's why so many veterans of this program work the Steps over and over. It's a good habit, and good hab...	Larry_H	1	1249	Sep 20, 2010 by Rainspa
	Met my older twin tonight!! (Preview) Wonderful older lady with 36 years sober... 4 DUI's, ran over someone, psyche wards, relapses, she was a nurse, the whole 9 yards. She did her drinking like I did mine, and showed me that we can stay sober no matter what. She led at tonight's meeting and we talked afterward and hit it off majorly. She was...	jonijoni1	10	974	Sep 20, 2010 by jj
	Help with RESENTMENT!!! (Preview) Ok well I've been in since 93 but as of now I have 2 month"s Ive just finished my 4,5,6,7 step My wife and i have been together 8 years, married for 5, seperated 3. I am in Arizona she lives in Oregon. We talk every day. so i'm talking to her and she says she has been talking to this guy for 6 months, he"...	madhadder545	16	1375	Sep 20, 2010 by pinkchip
	~ As Bill Sees It: Toward Maturity ~ (Preview) p. 244 Many oldsters who have put our A.A. "booze cure" to severe but successful tests still find they often lack emotional sobriety. To attain this, we must develop real maturity and balance (which is to say, humility) in our relations with ourselves, with our fellows, and with God. <...	FlyingSquirrel	0	616	Sep 20, 2010 by FlyingSquirrel
	Hi Every one (Preview) Hi Everyone! Feels like forever, but only maybe 2 or weeks since I checked in and written, have been reading the board about twice a week... Have been staying pretty quiet, and introspective, have a major health issue that is very serious, and so it has been endless trips to different Docs, special...	Just Toni	11	935	Sep 19, 2010 by turninggrey
	Daily Reflections ~ Acceptance & 24hrs a Day (Preview) We admitted we couldn't lick alcohol with our own remaining resources, and so we accepted the further fact that dependence upon a Higher Power (if only our A.A. group) could do this hitherto impossible job. The moment we were able to accept these facts fully, our release from the alcohol compulsion h...	Sobrietyspell	0	778	Sep 19, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Bad News From Doctor (Preview) Well, we found out my wife does have breast cancer today and tomorrow we find out what stage it is. The Doctor feels the prognosis is very good, but that she will require surgery and chemo and possibly radiation. We should know more tomorrow afternoon. We are both doing pretty well with it, her becau...	turninggrey	21	1142	Sep 19, 2010 by Rob84
	Watch Derek Trucks And Susan Theschi live Online here Free Now 10 pm Saturday. est (Preview) http://www.cooltv_telluride.endavomedia.com/video/359AF70EED/telluride-stream-- Edited by StPeteDean on Saturday 18th of September 2010 09:03:59 PM	StPeteDean	1	630	Sep 19, 2010 by leeu
	Frustrated and Hurt (Preview) As many of you know, my life is dedicated to trying to provide a safe haven for alcoholics, addicts and their families who have a desire to recover; Both online with the MIP web site and here in Wilmington, NC with the MIP recovery homes. Well, this past Friday I came home to find the police (7 cars) in fr...	John	15	1730	Sep 19, 2010 by leeu
	10,000 mile check-up (Preview) Hi everyone!! Just popping in to say hello... things are going well, as they tend to do in recovery even in rough times, once we figure out how to sometimes make lemonade out of lemons. Just going to a lot of meetings, still about 5 - 6 a week, reading the BB and 12&12, working steps, working at job, an...	jonijoni1	8	683	Sep 19, 2010 by leeu
	High Stress raising my son with Down Syndrome (Preview) I am a single mother (28yrs old) blessed with a son who just happened to have Down Syndrome. I never thought I could have children and when I concieved him I was so happy and thrilled. At my 3rd mth Doctor visit I found out about him having Downs. It broke my heart but I decided to continue with the pregnancy...	karmaslovechild	5	1100	Sep 19, 2010 by Glinda
	20 Blessed Years today... (Preview) Hi to all my cyber friends... Just wanted to check in and say this is one Awesome day, First, Thank you to GOD, my HP for pulling me up out of a life that was not really a LIFE, and one day at a time remaining to help me every single day of these last twenty years in keeping me SOBER.... Awe what a wonderful day, i...	Just Toni	22	1279	Sep 19, 2010 by Just Toni
	Benzodiazepine use with the recovering alcoholic. Wise? Or foolish? (Preview) It says in Living Sober that we as recovering alcoholics shouldn't use sleeping pills (sic), because they may jepordize recovery efforts. But the book doesn't explain how though! Also, and more importantly, can the benzodiazepine be thought of as an acceptable substitute for the recovering alco...	Glenns	17	11452	Sep 18, 2010 by sobercanbegreat
	Welcome Home Dean!! (Preview) So good to have you back and your response on "dating" below is classic willingness to do whatever it takes to get and stay sober. Hope your time away was good for you.	Jerry F	7	869	Sep 18, 2010 by Just Toni
	Daily Reflections ~ Loved Back to Recovery & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Our whole treasured philosophy of self-sufficiency had to be cast aside. This had not been done with old-fashioned willpower; it was instead a matter of developing the willingness to accept these new facts of living. We neither ran nor fought. But accept we did. And then we were free. BEST OF THE GRAP...	Sobrietyspell	0	537	Sep 18, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Checkin' In... (Preview) Some folks here have indicated that my well being matters to them so I am droppin' a note lettin' ya'll know that I am peachy-keen. I've had some emotions lately and even lipped off about one of them at my wife, but I let it go, re-aquired my Serenity and apologized for an unfair declaration. Today I au...	Aquaman	14	1087	Sep 18, 2010 by Reffner
	I know what you're going to say! (Preview) Go to meetings!!!! I want to but something is blocking me. I know what I have to do but I can't seem to do it. I want someone to take me under their wing and make sure I get to meetings for just one week. I can't go to rehab. Not with my position and my job. People look up to me. I'll be O.K. if I can get to me...	MAL	18	1126	Sep 18, 2010 by Aquaman
	Our Whole Attitude and Outlook Upon Life Will Change (Preview) Is this perhaps the most important of the promises? It's buried in the middle... when it comes to the promises, the ones that usually stand out for me are "We will comprehend the word serenity.." and "We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us". My...	barisax	1	3766	Sep 18, 2010 by learning
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