Alcoholics Anonymous

gonee · gonee

My family & I took step 3 very seriously. My wife taught me very early in my sobriety through her example that she was willing to let God make decisions for her. I remember when our business was going through a really tough time, I was going to go back to work again. She then reminded me that about our 3r...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

For the past 16 years, the owner of a 12-step shop in my city of 100,000 has rented out her basement to AA groups which now make up 30% of the total meetings in the city (29 per week). This has come to an abrupt end and we are now all scrambling to find new homes for our meetings (11 groups) in the 21 remaining da...

bikerbill · bikerbill

We often don't see the changes in ourselves and they have to be pointed out to us. I've just got back from a friends wedding in South Wales. His 1st wife died suddenly around 5 years ago. His new wife's 1st husband died suddenly around 4 years ago. The man, who I love as a brother, is a man I work with. This pas...

pinkchip · pinkchip

I have dropped down to 2 meetings a week. I come here all the time and to the alanon board to though. I go to the alanon board mostly cuz there are even more stories of newcomers and their horrible bottoming out behaviors (granted they are told by their spouses) and that helps me "keep it green&quo...

LucentSunbeam · LucentSunbeam

Hey everyone, My name is Katie and I am new to this forum, but not new to the program. I live in Seattle and just got back into going to meetings. I think I just need additonal support while I start working on getting a routine down and all of that. I am not really sure what to say, except hello and I am new here...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thank you for sharing in & passing on your recovery, Bill dear brother. You always have your heart wide open here for recovery love & fellowship. I am So Proud of You! Godbless, love & keep you 1Day@aTime ;) Liverpool Love :) Danielle x

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

Went to dr today cause of anxiety.. got 9 days sober tomorrow. She prescribed me Zoloft. Can I still keep my sobriety date since all AA requires is a desire to stop drinking and I am taking the meds as prescribed?

appaholic · appaholic

...and was so thankful to be in my homegroup and with my sponsor again. I wanted to thank this board for being my lifeline as I relapsed overseas. I needed your reinforcement all was not lost and there's always a place for me in the program. I feel a genuine love for the AA program, my sponsor & my ho...

Frodo · Frodo

So my wife has started making noises that she would like us to get back together again. Good, huh? I get to re-unite with my family and show them I can be the father and husband that they deserve. BUT During the split I have fallen in love with a girl I have known for several years. She is a really nice girl w...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 92 The thought occurred to me that all peopl...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Shoemaker, stick to thy last! . . . better do one thing supremely well than many badly. That is the central theme of this Tradition [Five]. Around it our Society gathers in unity. The very life of our Fellowship requires the preservation of this principle. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 150 Th...

Aquaman · Aquaman

I went to my home-group and 'fessed up today. I asked for a lead on a new sponsor and got a name & number. I called him and we talked for a bit. Sounds like a good fit. He wants me to get into as much step-work as I can handle and call him when I want & need to. My old sponsor, no-hard-feelings, insisted...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Just thought I would let you all know I am thinking and praying for you! Tom

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Have a beautiful 24hrs, Wayne brother. All my fellowship love to you, Danielle xxx

zangra-prem · zangra-prem

can someone share his prespective on my day to day symptoms of selfishness,how an alcoholic act selfishly. what is BB perspective on this.

frederico · frederico

I have been a lurker here for a while, even posted some..once a long time ago that I had quit..ha, what a laugh. I cannot quit for more than 5 or 6 months at a time... I read some postings on here tho of people that have gone days...months...and years...and years more. I bow to you, you are incredible and sh...

Rob84 · Rob84

Just hit the 27 year mark of continuous sobriety several days ago. Very grateful for my God and the Program and people of AA for showing me the road to recovery. I really appreciate everyone here and their contributions, it's great to jump on line and see familiar avitars and feel connected. The prom...

Lofg0029 · Lofg0029

Hey, My name's Mike, I'm 28, and hit what's evidently known as a "high bottom" in terms of my drinking. I'm engaged to a beautiful, intelligent, supportive and succesful woman, and as for myself, I'm finishing up a Ph.D. that should net a fulfilling mid-to-low six figure salary within a ye...

gladlee · gladlee

"You are building up an unshakable faith. Be furnishing the quiet places of your souls now. Fill them with all that is harmonious, good, beautiful, and enduring. Home-build in the Spirit now, and the waiting time will be well spent." 365 One-minute Meditations from God Calling

appaholic · appaholic

My first relapse since joining the program 97 days ago....traveling in Finland on business...been carrying some resentments, stressed out, tired and gave up my sobriety with barely a whimper. Showed up to meeting late this morning still half drunk....I don't miss this feeling....'m very disap...

John · John

i ride a motorcycle i paint for a living i play guitar i work on web sites have 5 lil dogs that need lots of petting.... today i fell 20 ft on a ladder and fractured both of my wrist badly and an elbow! i'm now in partical cast and a sling pecking one damn keyboard key at a time i have had better and worse days.....

zangra-prem · zangra-prem

can u make me understand this self-centeredness as encountered in alcoholics,common symptoms and what is the BB perespective on this. how it differs from selfishness?

Suba · Suba

Good morning all, Just had an e-mail from John regarding the above. I agree that there are few messages, some of which are quite old. I'm a newbie (77 days sober) and am so grateful for AA that I'm almost lost for words.............that's a new one! I thank AA with my whole being for the love, warmth, sugg...

John · John

A lesson based on personal experience!When trying to move up the ladder of life be very careful. The closer you get to the top...the futher the fall. Violet took this picture at hospital before we knew the wrist in sling was also fractured. i guess the shock kept the pain in it at bay longer than my rig...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Having turned my Will and my LIFE over to the care of the God of my understanding...the ideation and impulse to self-terminate is lifted. Suicide is the ultimate act of arrogance. This life is not of my creation, and I have returned it's use to it's Creator, therefore it is not mine to terminate. Best, R...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Obviously, the dilemma of the wanderer from faith is that of profound confusion. He thinks himself lost to the comfort of any conviction at all. He cannot attain in even a small degree the assurance of the believer, the agnostic, or the atheist. He is the bewildered one. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADIT...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Marvelous!! Got to the meeting; one I've been to before however I'm not usually a night meeting fellow and then HP takes care of the whole deal for me as this was a read and share from the 12X12 on the 5th step. If you've got a 12X12 and you want to reflect on the 5th it was just where I needed to be while li...

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

Week sober today, feels good and different, know I said it before but am here to mostly listen and take in what I need. Doing things different this time, been to a bunch of meetings and overcame my fear of going to the old ones in my neighborhood. Thanks for always keeping the light on for me.

Jerry F · Jerry F

Aloha All...haven't felt a busted ego and pride for a long while...I can handle it with my HP and support and it just feels to real without the anesthesia of alcohol to block out the reality. I can hear the disease laughing and can feel the support of my HP at the same time...weird drama. Everyone's bee...

gladlee · gladlee

"The cry of the human soul is never unheard. It is never that God does not hear the cry, but that man fails to hear the response. But man treats this cry as if it were a thing alone, not realizing that the response was there in all eternity, and only man's failing to listen kept him unhelped by it.&quo...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 21-22 Defeated, and knowing it, I arrived at the doors of A.A., alone and afraid of the unknown....

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of Gods will into all of our activities. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 How do I maintain my spiritual condition? For me its quite simple: on a daily basis I ask my Higher Power to grant me the gift of sobriety for that day! I have talked to many alcoholics who hav...

Aquaman · Aquaman

RelapseFirst came the impotent rage and I prayed.Then I craaaaved and I prayed.Then I caved.Then everything was allbetternow.In tender, loving shackles and chains; beer & vodkas willing, drunken, grinning, idiot slave.Just like every previous year, I was free from my anger and fears.AllB...

gladlee · gladlee

"I know what loneliness, desertion, and solitude mean. Every act of yours of faithfulness is a comfort to My heart. It was to those deserters I gave the task of bringing My message to mankind. To those deserters, those fearful ones, I gave My power to heal, to raise to life. Earth's successes a...

aubstucker · aubstucker

Hard not wanting a drink while living in an extended stay hotel. Especially with the stress grad school puts on me. Wish me luck.

leeu · leeu

Got to see my daughter get married....how incredible it was...a beautiful small ceramony on the beach on the Outer Banks. This is the best gift of sobriety I could ever have. People who know my story knoow the hell I went through and the hell she went through--that either of us are alive is a blessing by t...

turninggrey · turninggrey

My job takes me away from the fam quite a bit. I have missed them before, but I just got to thinking about how tall my oldest is and I started thinking about both the boys and their fleeting boyhood. That got me to thinking about my whole family and the longing actually hurt. It was too late to call my wife...

ANGELINA · ANGELINA

SINCE I STOPPED DRINKING MY LIFE HAS CHANGED FULL CIRCLE.I DO NOT HAVE MONEY WORRIES,I HAVE THE LOVE OF MY FAMILY,I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO TRAVEL TO UGANDA EVERY YEAR TO UGANDA AS A VOLUNTEER,...THERE IS NOTHING I NEED OR WANT! SO WHY AM I UNHAPPY? I LOST MY SON TO THIS ILLNES IN 2004....I WATCHED HIM BLEED TO D...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

LB is on indefinite sabatacle. Just wanted to take the opportunity to say that he'll be missed and wish him well. Thanks for all the great posts, I learned and laughed plenty. -- Edited by StPeteDean on Friday 7th of October 2011 04:24:13 PM

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33 My alcoholic thinking led me to believe that I could control my drinking, but I couldnt. When I came to A.A., I realized that God was speaking to me through my group. My mind was open just enough to know that I ne...

mikef · mikef

Thank you for thoughts and prayers,my 23 year old now in recovery from disc surgery.It turned out the herniation and bulge had calcified and was putting much pressure on her spine.DOCTORS SPENT OVER 2 HOURS ,FOR SUPPOSEDLY 1 HOUR SURGERY AND KEPT HER OVERNITE,BUT ALL IS WELL.GOD IS GOOD AND WE ARE RES...

B-lever2day · B-lever2day

hello everyone. i am a newbie in every sense of the term. this is the first time i've ever been on a cyber recovery site. have been blessed with my very first p.c. this is the first site i logged onto. i really don't know how this works. i will introduce myself briefly, in hopes that it will open the doors for...

gonee · gonee

"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be console...

B-lever2day · B-lever2day

congrats on that 3yrs.!! what a miracle!! for me, it started with step one. understanding my powerlessness not only over alcohol but over most everything. surrender. realizing that if i was able to change myself i wouldn't have been an alcoholic to begin with. armed with that knowledge, i was able to...

elaine · elaine

I dont know if this is in the right place, so please feel free to move/remove. I have just came on here tonight to say a big massive thank you to the AA. 4 years ago yesterday, I was at my lowest ebb and couldnt handle life with my alcoholic partner anymore. He had just attempted suicide the day before i rea...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

When we speak or act hastily or rashly, the ability to be fair-minded and tolerant evaporates on the spot. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 91 Being fair-minded and tolerant is a goal toward which I must work daily. I ask God, as I understand Him, to help me to be loving and tolerant to my loved ones...

kld47 · kld47

Hi Went out with some friends after an event--yes, to an family style pub--had a Dr Pepper with a Fuzzy Toothpick so would know the differenece. But somehow in the course of 3 hours, not knowing it until after tasting it, ended up with a mixed drink of some sort, did not have the whole drink of course. Sinc...

BGG · BGG

So, like many of us, I have a real issue with procrastination in some areas of my life. And, now I'm paying the price. Several months ago, I noticed that I was having an issue with a lower tooth. But, it wasn't causing me pain, so I said to myself, "I need to go to the dentist," but I didn't take...

Suba · Suba

Hi to everyone reading this. As my subject suggests, I'm new to sobriety, 2 months sober.....yay! I can't believe how well I feel in such a short time. I love AA and everything about it. I do what is suggested by my fellow members and it's working. I've got dry on my own (14 years) only to go back down the sl...

Tracey C · Tracey C

Hi, I wanted to share that I have been 30 days abstinent with my eating. It has been quite a journey, my body still is in shock. The differences in myself and how I am is quite amazing. I realize now that I truly am powerless over the food I put into myself. The first 3 steps, I can't, He can so Let him, has p...

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	Just a little bit about me & my family. (Preview) My family & I took step 3 very seriously. My wife taught me very early in my sobriety through her example that she was willing to let God make decisions for her. I remember when our business was going through a really tough time, I was going to go back to work again. She then reminded me that about our 3r...	gonee	5	467	Oct 26, 2011 by mikef
	Anyone have the slightest clue how to form an Alano Club? (Preview) For the past 16 years, the owner of a 12-step shop in my city of 100,000 has rented out her basement to AA groups which now make up 30% of the total meetings in the city (29 per week). This has come to an abrupt end and we are now all scrambling to find new homes for our meetings (11 groups) in the 21 remaining da...	FlyingSquirrel	4	737	Oct 26, 2011 by Mr_David
	Humbled, Grateful, good things. (Preview) We often don't see the changes in ourselves and they have to be pointed out to us. I've just got back from a friends wedding in South Wales. His 1st wife died suddenly around 5 years ago. His new wife's 1st husband died suddenly around 4 years ago. The man, who I love as a brother, is a man I work with. This pas...	bikerbill	9	518	Oct 26, 2011 by bikerbill
	Confused. (Preview) I have dropped down to 2 meetings a week. I come here all the time and to the alanon board to though. I go to the alanon board mostly cuz there are even more stories of newcomers and their horrible bottoming out behaviors (granted they are told by their spouses) and that helps me "keep it green&quo...	pinkchip	16	1081	Oct 25, 2011 by turninggrey
	New to the boards~ (Preview) Hey everyone, My name is Katie and I am new to this forum, but not new to the program. I live in Seattle and just got back into going to meetings. I think I just need additonal support while I start working on getting a routine down and all of that. I am not really sure what to say, except hello and I am new here...	LucentSunbeam	15	641	Oct 25, 2011 by B-lever2day
	Happy FIVE Years, Biker BILL! XXXXX (Preview) Thank you for sharing in & passing on your recovery, Bill dear brother. You always have your heart wide open here for recovery love & fellowship. I am So Proud of You! Godbless, love & keep you 1Day@aTime ;) Liverpool Love :) Danielle x	Sobrietyspell	15	815	Oct 24, 2011 by SteveP
	zoloft in aa? (Preview) Went to dr today cause of anxiety.. got 9 days sober tomorrow. She prescribed me Zoloft. Can I still keep my sobriety date since all AA requires is a desire to stop drinking and I am taking the meds as prescribed?	SoberSteve	13	4338	Oct 24, 2011 by SteveP
	Picked Up A White Chip Today.... (Preview) ...and was so thankful to be in my homegroup and with my sponsor again. I wanted to thank this board for being my lifeline as I relapsed overseas. I needed your reinforcement all was not lost and there's always a place for me in the program. I feel a genuine love for the AA program, my sponsor & my ho...	appaholic	11	718	Oct 24, 2011 by SteveP
	Choices (Preview) So my wife has started making noises that she would like us to get back together again. Good, huh? I get to re-unite with my family and show them I can be the father and husband that they deserve. BUT During the split I have fallen in love with a girl I have known for several years. She is a really nice girl w...	Frodo	14	881	Oct 24, 2011 by Frodo
	Daily Reflections ~ True Tolerance & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 92 The thought occurred to me that all peopl...	Sobrietyspell	1	582	Oct 24, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ What We Know Best & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Shoemaker, stick to thy last! . . . better do one thing supremely well than many badly. That is the central theme of this Tradition [Five]. Around it our Society gathers in unity. The very life of our Fellowship requires the preservation of this principle. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 150 Th...	Sobrietyspell	1	435	Oct 24, 2011 by Mr_David
	Meet My New Sponsor Tuesday... (Preview) I went to my home-group and 'fessed up today. I asked for a lead on a new sponsor and got a name & number. I called him and we talked for a bit. Sounds like a good fit. He wants me to get into as much step-work as I can handle and call him when I want & need to. My old sponsor, no-hard-feelings, insisted...	Aquaman	6	440	Oct 23, 2011 by SteveP
	Missing Just Toni, Aquaman, Linbaba to name a few (Preview) Just thought I would let you all know I am thinking and praying for you! Tom	turninggrey	17	912	Oct 23, 2011 by SteveP
	Happy Bellybutton Bday, Toad! (Preview) Have a beautiful 24hrs, Wayne brother. All my fellowship love to you, Danielle xxx	Sobrietyspell	8	510	Oct 23, 2011 by Jerry F
	selfishness (Preview) can someone share his prespective on my day to day symptoms of selfishness,how an alcoholic act selfishly. what is BB perspective on this.	zangra-prem	3	659	Oct 23, 2011 by LucentSunbeam
	on the wagon and falling off... (Preview) I have been a lurker here for a while, even posted some..once a long time ago that I had quit..ha, what a laugh. I cannot quit for more than 5 or 6 months at a time... I read some postings on here tho of people that have gone days...months...and years...and years more. I bow to you, you are incredible and sh...	frederico	13	563	Oct 23, 2011 by frederico
	Thank You all for being here (Preview) Just hit the 27 year mark of continuous sobriety several days ago. Very grateful for my God and the Program and people of AA for showing me the road to recovery. I really appreciate everyone here and their contributions, it's great to jump on line and see familiar avitars and feel connected. The prom...	Rob84	14	692	Oct 22, 2011 by Sobrietyspell
	Traded a life of addiction for no life and AA addiction (Preview) Hey, My name's Mike, I'm 28, and hit what's evidently known as a "high bottom" in terms of my drinking. I'm engaged to a beautiful, intelligent, supportive and succesful woman, and as for myself, I'm finishing up a Ph.D. that should net a fulfilling mid-to-low six figure salary within a ye...	Lofg0029	16	1075	Oct 22, 2011 by Jerry F
	God Calling ~ Home-building (Preview) "You are building up an unshakable faith. Be furnishing the quiet places of your souls now. Fill them with all that is harmonious, good, beautiful, and enduring. Home-build in the Spirit now, and the waiting time will be well spent." 365 One-minute Meditations from God Calling	gladlee	1	372	Oct 22, 2011 by Mr_David
	So, I relapsed last night..... (Preview) My first relapse since joining the program 97 days ago....traveling in Finland on business...been carrying some resentments, stressed out, tired and gave up my sobriety with barely a whimper. Showed up to meeting late this morning still half drunk....I don't miss this feeling....'m very disap...	appaholic	22	1437	Oct 22, 2011 by Lance Romance
	what an f'ing day! (Preview) i ride a motorcycle i paint for a living i play guitar i work on web sites have 5 lil dogs that need lots of petting.... today i fell 20 ft on a ladder and fractured both of my wrist badly and an elbow! i'm now in partical cast and a sling pecking one damn keyboard key at a time i have had better and worse days.....	John	13	615	Oct 22, 2011 by StPeteDean
	selfcenteredness (Preview) can u make me understand this self-centeredness as encountered in alcoholics,common symptoms and what is the BB perespective on this. how it differs from selfishness?	zangra-prem	3	399	Oct 22, 2011 by jj
	message board (Preview) Good morning all, Just had an e-mail from John regarding the above. I agree that there are few messages, some of which are quite old. I'm a newbie (77 days sober) and am so grateful for AA that I'm almost lost for words.............that's a new one! I thank AA with my whole being for the love, warmth, sugg...	Suba	6	501	Oct 21, 2011 by SoberSteve
	Securing yourself**** (Preview) A lesson based on personal experience!When trying to move up the ladder of life be very careful. The closer you get to the top...the futher the fall. Violet took this picture at hospital before we knew the wrist in sling was also fractured. i guess the shock kept the pain in it at bay longer than my rig...	John	7	576	Oct 21, 2011 by HeatherK
	Happy BiProduct of Step 3 (Preview) Having turned my Will and my LIFE over to the care of the God of my understanding...the ideation and impulse to self-terminate is lifted. Suicide is the ultimate act of arrogance. This life is not of my creation, and I have returned it's use to it's Creator, therefore it is not mine to terminate. Best, R...	Aquaman	3	412	Oct 21, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Solace for Confusion & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Obviously, the dilemma of the wanderer from faith is that of profound confusion. He thinks himself lost to the comfort of any conviction at all. He cannot attain in even a small degree the assurance of the believer, the agnostic, or the atheist. He is the bewildered one. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADIT...	Sobrietyspell	1	586	Oct 21, 2011 by Mr_David
	Tuesday Night...Elavata stay broke (use the steps) (Preview) Marvelous!! Got to the meeting; one I've been to before however I'm not usually a night meeting fellow and then HP takes care of the whole deal for me as this was a read and share from the 12X12 on the 5th step. If you've got a 12X12 and you want to reflect on the 5th it was just where I needed to be while li...	Jerry F	3	404	Oct 20, 2011 by mikef
	Im Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! (Preview) Week sober today, feels good and different, know I said it before but am here to mostly listen and take in what I need. Doing things different this time, been to a bunch of meetings and overcame my fear of going to the old ones in my neighborhood. Thanks for always keeping the light on for me.	SoberSteve	11	736	Oct 20, 2011 by happycamper
	Ego's busted.... (Preview) Aloha All...haven't felt a busted ego and pride for a long while...I can handle it with my HP and support and it just feels to real without the anesthesia of alcohol to block out the reality. I can hear the disease laughing and can feel the support of my HP at the same time...weird drama. Everyone's bee...	Jerry F	4	566	Oct 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Hear My Answer (Preview) "The cry of the human soul is never unheard. It is never that God does not hear the cry, but that man fails to hear the response. But man treats this cry as if it were a thing alone, not realizing that the response was there in all eternity, and only man's failing to listen kept him unhelped by it.&quo...	gladlee	3	347	Oct 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ A.A.'s Main Taproot & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 21-22 Defeated, and knowing it, I arrived at the doors of A.A., alone and afraid of the unknown....	Sobrietyspell	1	383	Oct 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ A Daily Tune-Up & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of Gods will into all of our activities. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 How do I maintain my spiritual condition? For me its quite simple: on a daily basis I ask my Higher Power to grant me the gift of sobriety for that day! I have talked to many alcoholics who hav...	Sobrietyspell	2	412	Oct 19, 2011 by alldone
	A poem thing... (Preview) RelapseFirst came the impotent rage and I prayed.Then I craaaaved and I prayed.Then I caved.Then everything was allbetternow.In tender, loving shackles and chains; beer & vodkas willing, drunken, grinning, idiot slave.Just like every previous year, I was free from my anger and fears.AllB...	Aquaman	8	1194	Oct 19, 2011 by turninggrey
	God Calling ~ Loneliness (Preview) "I know what loneliness, desertion, and solitude mean. Every act of yours of faithfulness is a comfort to My heart. It was to those deserters I gave the task of bringing My message to mankind. To those deserters, those fearful ones, I gave My power to heal, to raise to life. Earth's successes a...	gladlee	1	462	Oct 19, 2011 by Mr_David
	Starting my sobriety Today. Its tough. (Preview) Hard not wanting a drink while living in an extended stay hotel. Especially with the stress grad school puts on me. Wish me luck.	aubstucker	6	716	Oct 19, 2011 by angelov8
	They Each Said "I DO"! (Preview) Got to see my daughter get married....how incredible it was...a beautiful small ceramony on the beach on the Outer Banks. This is the best gift of sobriety I could ever have. People who know my story knoow the hell I went through and the hell she went through--that either of us are alive is a blessing by t...	leeu	5	465	Oct 19, 2011 by angelov8
	I just had a serious longing for my family. (Preview) My job takes me away from the fam quite a bit. I have missed them before, but I just got to thinking about how tall my oldest is and I started thinking about both the boys and their fleeting boyhood. That got me to thinking about my whole family and the longing actually hurt. It was too late to call my wife...	turninggrey	8	571	Oct 18, 2011 by Mr_David
	I LOVE MY LIFE BUT WHY AM I STILL SO SAD! (Preview) SINCE I STOPPED DRINKING MY LIFE HAS CHANGED FULL CIRCLE.I DO NOT HAVE MONEY WORRIES,I HAVE THE LOVE OF MY FAMILY,I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO TRAVEL TO UGANDA EVERY YEAR TO UGANDA AS A VOLUNTEER,...THERE IS NOTHING I NEED OR WANT! SO WHY AM I UNHAPPY? I LOST MY SON TO THIS ILLNES IN 2004....I WATCHED HIM BLEED TO D...	ANGELINA	11	1189	Oct 17, 2011 by Papengena
	Linbaba (Preview) LB is on indefinite sabatacle. Just wanted to take the opportunity to say that he'll be missed and wish him well. Thanks for all the great posts, I learned and laughed plenty. -- Edited by StPeteDean on Friday 7th of October 2011 04:24:13 PM	StPeteDean	9	826	Oct 17, 2011 by angelov8
	Daily Reflections ~ An Open Mind & 24hrs a Day (Preview) True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33 My alcoholic thinking led me to believe that I could control my drinking, but I couldnt. When I came to A.A., I realized that God was speaking to me through my group. My mind was open just enough to know that I ne...	Sobrietyspell	1	582	Oct 16, 2011 by Mr_David
	Sarah IN RECOVERY! (Preview) Thank you for thoughts and prayers,my 23 year old now in recovery from disc surgery.It turned out the herniation and bulge had calcified and was putting much pressure on her spine.DOCTORS SPENT OVER 2 HOURS ,FOR SUPPOSEDLY 1 HOUR SURGERY AND KEPT HER OVERNITE,BUT ALL IS WELL.GOD IS GOOD AND WE ARE RES...	mikef	8	582	Oct 15, 2011 by Fyne Spirit
	hello all (Preview) hello everyone. i am a newbie in every sense of the term. this is the first time i've ever been on a cyber recovery site. have been blessed with my very first p.c. this is the first site i logged onto. i really don't know how this works. i will introduce myself briefly, in hopes that it will open the doors for...	B-lever2day	9	535	Oct 15, 2011 by Fyne Spirit
	St Francis prayer. (Preview) "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be console...	gonee	8	2541	Oct 15, 2011 by jj
	answer to pink chips question (Preview) congrats on that 3yrs.!! what a miracle!! for me, it started with step one. understanding my powerlessness not only over alcohol but over most everything. surrender. realizing that if i was able to change myself i wouldn't have been an alcoholic to begin with. armed with that knowledge, i was able to...	B-lever2day	2	638	Oct 15, 2011 by Mr_David
	Thank You (Preview) I dont know if this is in the right place, so please feel free to move/remove. I have just came on here tonight to say a big massive thank you to the AA. 4 years ago yesterday, I was at my lowest ebb and couldnt handle life with my alcoholic partner anymore. He had just attempted suicide the day before i rea...	elaine	5	842	Oct 14, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Curbing Rashness & 24hrs a Day (Preview) When we speak or act hastily or rashly, the ability to be fair-minded and tolerant evaporates on the spot. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 91 Being fair-minded and tolerant is a goal toward which I must work daily. I ask God, as I understand Him, to help me to be loving and tolerant to my loved ones...	Sobrietyspell	2	729	Oct 13, 2011 by Mr_David
	Had a Problem (Preview) Hi Went out with some friends after an event--yes, to an family style pub--had a Dr Pepper with a Fuzzy Toothpick so would know the differenece. But somehow in the course of 3 hours, not knowing it until after tasting it, ended up with a mixed drink of some sort, did not have the whole drink of course. Sinc...	kld47	11	766	Oct 11, 2011 by bikerbill
	Procrastination (Preview) So, like many of us, I have a real issue with procrastination in some areas of my life. And, now I'm paying the price. Several months ago, I noticed that I was having an issue with a lower tooth. But, it wasn't causing me pain, so I said to myself, "I need to go to the dentist," but I didn't take...	BGG	10	1308	Oct 11, 2011 by Mike B.
	Newbie (Preview) Hi to everyone reading this. As my subject suggests, I'm new to sobriety, 2 months sober.....yay! I can't believe how well I feel in such a short time. I love AA and everything about it. I do what is suggested by my fellow members and it's working. I've got dry on my own (14 years) only to go back down the sl...	Suba	10	530	Oct 11, 2011 by pinkchip
	30 Days of Abstinence (Preview) Hi, I wanted to share that I have been 30 days abstinent with my eating. It has been quite a journey, my body still is in shock. The differences in myself and how I am is quite amazing. I realize now that I truly am powerless over the food I put into myself. The first 3 steps, I can't, He can so Let him, has p...	Tracey C	5	926	Oct 10, 2011 by Tracey C
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