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The Legal STRESS begins again...
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... 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...
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Daily Reflections ~ First Things First & 24hrs a Day
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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...
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I Cant Escape
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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...
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Step 4 my part in it.
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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...
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susanbiel
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Frustrated!
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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...
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Things just keep getting better!!!
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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...
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Reffner
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Balance.... taking on yet another new meaning
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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...
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jonijoni1
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Daily Reflections ~ I Was An Exception & 24 hrs a Day
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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...
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We were creative giants in doing things the hard way!
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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...
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Still here
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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...
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susanbiel
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Jellinek phases of alcoholism
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http://www.readytotest.com/NewJersey06/JELLINEK_PHASES.pdf
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Sometimes life is like moving from one place to another
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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...
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Larry_H
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Daily Reflections ~ A Limitless Lode & 24hrs a Day
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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...
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Dating
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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...
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Homeward Bound!
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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...
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mikef
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Little by little, I'm getting over my tendency to procrastinate
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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...
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Larry_H
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Utter Sheer JOY!
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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...
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Just Toni
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The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken
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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...
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Larry_H
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Met my older twin tonight!!
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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...
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jonijoni1
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Help with RESENTMENT!!!
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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"...
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~ As Bill Sees It: Toward Maturity ~
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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. <...
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Hi Every one
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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...
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Just Toni
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Daily Reflections ~ Acceptance & 24hrs a Day
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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...
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Bad News From Doctor
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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...
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Watch Derek Trucks And Susan Theschi live Online here Free Now 10 pm Saturday. est
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http://www.cooltv_telluride.endavomedia.com/video/359AF70EED/telluride-stream-- Edited by StPeteDean on Saturday 18th of September 2010 09:03:59 PM
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Frustrated and Hurt
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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...
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John
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10,000 mile check-up
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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...
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jonijoni1
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High Stress raising my son with Down Syndrome
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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...
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20 Blessed Years today...
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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...
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Just Toni
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Benzodiazepine use with the recovering alcoholic. Wise? Or foolish?
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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...
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Welcome Home Dean!!
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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.
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Jerry F
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Daily Reflections ~ Loved Back to Recovery & 24hrs a Day
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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...
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Checkin' In...
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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...
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Aquaman
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I know what you're going to say!
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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...
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MAL
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Our Whole Attitude and Outlook Upon Life Will Change
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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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barisax
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Step 1, 2, 3
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Good Morning: I am on my 6th day of not drinking. The first step for me was easy to admit that I am an alcoholic and that my life is completely unmanageable. I think I don't have much of a problem with step 2. I know that there is a power greater than myself and that is god. Step 3.... Wow... I have had this...
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Florida Bound!
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In God's grace we fly out at noon to Florida.!..Will check in tonight and see how all are doing.Got some meeting places lined up (some at beach) and looking forward to some FACE-TO FACE with my wife,,,,no work(job) no kids,no schedule(except meetings)How blessed is that!!! Anyway,keep us in your p...
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mikef
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Daily Reflections 9/13...on amends.
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This was part of the topic for this mornings meetings and by listening I was caused to remember how the amends process expanded as I listened, learned and practiced our program. I share with the group one of the amends perspectives that didn't seem to be included with direct and indirect amends makin...
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Jerry F
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Daily Reflections ~ We Stand-Or Fall-Together & 24hrs a Day
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. . . no society of men and women ever had a more urgent need for continuous effectiveness and permanent unity. We alcoholics see that we must work together and hang together, else most of us will finally die alone. Alcoholics Anonymous, p.563 Just as the Twelve Steps of A.A. are written in a specific se...
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Listening
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Listening The girl walks to the meeting in the rain with a cold wind at her back. The cigarette she tries to smoke keeps going out. She flicks her Bic in a few vain attempts before throwing the half-drenched cigarette in the gutter. She looks down and sees the puddles forming on the sidewalk. She ad...
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Can't find my Big Book and can't find want I'm looking for in the 12 & 12??
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Hello - Hope all are well. I cannot reach my sponsor, and am in a very rural area (i.e. no one available in this extremely small town to turn to at the moment). I am trying to help a Friend who is struggling, and cannot find my Big Book, nor can I find that which I am trying to share with this person in the 12 and...
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Glenn
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Daily Reflections ~ Peace of Mind & 24hrs a Day
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Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God's help and guidance--meanwhile resolving to do the right thing when it becomes clear, cost what it may? TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p p. 86-87 My belief in a Higher Power is an essential part of my work on Step Ni...
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Hmmm, endless drunk jokes...
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http://www.aagrapevine.org/da/grabbag.php (Each time you refresh your browser, you get a new joke.)
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FlyingSquirrel
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Prayers for my son
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Over the past several weeks it's starting to look like my son may have asthma. He's been put on a few meds, but things aren't a whole lot better. Growing up with severe asthma myself, it breaks my heart that he may suffer from it too. I know the panic of not being able to breath, and the feeling of helples...
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anonymous
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can any one tell me if having a alanon group meeting going on in a different room of the same building while a open a.a. meeting is going on breaks someones anonmity thank you bigdog
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~ As Bill Sees It: Morning Thoughts ~
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p. 243 On awakening, let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity and from dishonest or self-seeking motives. Free of these, we can employ our mental faculties with assurance, for God gave us brains to use. ...
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FlyingSquirrel
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I'm new here and wondering what a dry drunk is!
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Hi i'm new on here and just looking for more words of wisdom really! I'm 31 mum of 3 kiddies. I'm just over 3 months sober now, have a sponser and on step 9. I'm not doing anywhere near enough meetings and i've been feeling a bit odd the last 2 weeks. 'Dry drunk' has been mentioned to me. Any thoughts on this? T...
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fallen angel
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Chicken Soup...
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LOL!! I rarely if ever get physically ill especially with flus or colds or the like and am now experiencing what that feels like again. I've been blessed for such a long time that this brings up gratitude for all of the past years I've been free of bugs. My spouse offered to make me some chicken soup and I...
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Jerry F
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But for the grace of God.
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I went out for dinner tonight with my 2 children and my wife. These were things we could not do when I was drinking. It was my daughter's 28th birthday. She was just over 5years old when I came into AA. A year before I came into AA. In one of my drunken sprees I would have lost my entire family. I had driven duri...
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gonee
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Beautiful!
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Thats all! Just a beautiful day to be sober! Oh and fit. Went for my run today. 4miles today 9 tomorrow! Training for my 8th half marathon here in Michigan! Don't think I would be doing this if I was still out in the madness. Very grateful
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