Alcoholics Anonymous

gmk · gmk

Thanks to everyone for all the support. My prayer for today. Take a deep breath, move forward, although not forget. Turn my will and my life over to my higher power to guide me in my thinking, my words and my actions. For in his hands my life is far greater place to be.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Faith, to be sure, is necessary, but faith alone can avail nothing. We can have faith, yet keep God out of our lives. Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions, p. 34 As a child I constantly questioned the existence of God. To a "scientific thinker" like me, no answer could withstand a thorough d...

David W · David W

I am about 50 days new....AGAIN! I have been staying in halfway houses for three years and put together a year then out for two weeks. Then 9 months and out again for a week. Anyway, I have been at one this last 50 days and was asked if I wanted to move to a nice house as a roommate. The guy is 23 years sober and I t...

blackrose · blackrose

Hello Everybody... This is my first time ever reaching out for support in any sort of way. I have realized after multiple nights in the recent past that I need to stop drinking. I suppose I will give a bit of a background... I am 26 years old and just got married last year to a woman I absolutely love. I have b...

mikef · mikef

Morning and blessings of this day! Last evening I was asked last minute by the chair of our homegroup if I could open the meeting and chair for her until she got there(never really did). Always an honor to make sure doors get opened and our primary purpose can be served and the point being,though it was v...

gladlee · gladlee

"I love to pour My blessings down in rich measure. But as with the seed-sowing, the ground must be prepared before the seed is dropped in. Yours to prepare the soil - Mine to drop the seed-blessing into the prepared soil. Together we share in, and joy in, the harvest. Spend more time in soil-prepa...

gladlee · gladlee

"How dear to my heart is the cry of love that asks for all of Me, that wishes every action, thought, word and moment to be Mine. Above all I desire true, warm, childlike love, the trusting understanding love, and then the gift I prize next is the gift of the moments, of all the moments. The little thi...

gmk · gmk

Please forgive me for my wrongs the past 24 hours, I slipped right back into the anger and I know with all my heart it hurts me more than anyone. I cannot imagine being on the receiving end of my anger. Although it is something I need to look at and perhaps it will help me to find the tools to keep the rage fro...

leeu · leeu

Having survived the crash, there are times that I look back and am so puzzled as to why I thought I was having such a great ride. And yet, until running off the rails that last time, there were some awesome journeys, with much good stuff woven in. I think there is real danger in losing perspective and bala...

mushroom smelling smilies · mushroom smelling smilies

Hello and thanks to those reading this. At this point, I feel I need to get some things off my chest and hopefully find support. I am new to this so please bear with me. I suppose I should start with my story. I am 23 years old. I started drinking when I was about 18. At the time, I felt like I had control...

nancy45 · nancy45

I am an alanon, and I have an AA friend. She raised 2 boys when she was drinking heavily, and did not do a good job, was barely there. Now she is making amends to them by adopting a child and is going to do her best to raise this child like she wishes she had raised her sons. She says this is her amends. This someh...

cooncatbob · cooncatbob

I always laugh when someone refers to 12 step programs like AA as a cult. Those of us on the inside know nothing is further from the truth. A Cult requires a leader and if there's a leader in the 12 step world I've yet to meet them. But then I got to thinking on how I perceived the 12 step world before I got invo...

amamsneb · amamsneb

Hi. I'm Mary and I'm an alcoholic. I've been "sober" since 2000, but had stopped going to meetings until last night, not so much because I thought I could do it on my own, but that I moved across the country and kept letting other things become "more important" than finding a new...

bikerbill · bikerbill

First, Happy Yorkshire day to you all:- Yorkshire Day is celebrated on 1 August to promote the historic English county of Yorkshire. It was celebrated in 1975, by the Yorkshire Ridings Society, initially in Beverley, as "protest movement against the Local Government re-organisation of 197...

TipsyMcstagger · TipsyMcstagger

If I had to nail it down to one reason why I drink I'd have to say because I'm like a raw nerve ending that can be easily become emotionally overwhelmed by the world around me. Sometimes by the pain and sadness I see, sometimes by childlike giddiness and over-excitement...often just by the pressure and w...

gladlee · gladlee

"Give Me the gift of a brave and thankful heart. When life seems hard and troubles crowd, then very definitely look for causes for thankfulness. The sacrifice, the offering of thanksgiving, is indeed a sweet incense going up to Me through the busy day. Seek diligently for something to be glad an...

Jerry F · Jerry F

9th step lesson. During the drinking years I was in a foreign country with a culture not my own and I trampled all over some of their cultures. I was running on my own ego and will and in the process hurt and used others without any consideration to outcomes for them and of course for me. What I did involv...

Fyne Spirit · Fyne Spirit

Hi All, I have read a couple of"they done me wrong" posts and followed the responses with interest. Some replies have been empathetic while one or two others have been absolutely direct and to the point, spelling out exactly how the program will work for you in this situation. On balance, a...

SteveP · SteveP

If his classic isn't an accurate yet beautiful description of the "what it was like" part, I don't know what is. Brings a bit of mist to my eye. We've been there -- and so has he. I can not only feel but also *remember* what he's talking about. [video=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxpTZY...

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

Please welcome me back, the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. I will have 3 days tomorrow (July 23rd) Been to 2 meetings in 2 days. 1st was a mens meeting todays was a small meeting. Sharing my honest story with them. I dont know why I keep going back out. Ended up blackin...

barisax · barisax

Barisax -- Edited by barisax on Thursday 28th of July 2011 12:55:11 AM

SteveP · SteveP

lol, had a great one at my evening meeting just now. Lots of very long shares, including those of the 5 minute "I'm x days back in and have really got it nailed this time, this program really works" variety. Felt pretty pissed off at points and felt like walking out. Thankfully I didn't. I real...

barisax · barisax

My sponsor used to tell me that line a lot, and I've even used it myself a few times. I've been through three all-new, never-before-experienced health issues in the past 11 months. In addition to being grateful for having insurance as well as a very caring and loving wife, I'm just all the more gratefu...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Someone on here told me one time, when I was bleating about living alone and how I don't enjoy it, that people tend to enjoy what they're good at so get good at living alone. Spurred me on. To change my feelings I need to change the way I view things. Look for the positives. There is no one else in my household...

gonee · gonee

The meeting tonight had the chairman, cracking jokes. There is no humour in the 12 steps or any of the stories. I dont joke with newcomers. I keep it light, but when he leaves the meeting he must know that alcoholism is a deadly disease. My personal story is one of hell. There are no funny episodes in it. My...

John · John

I found this very informative writing while cruising the internet this morning and wanted to share it with the Miracles In Progress family. I believe it will move your heart to understand Tradition 3 in a new light. ************************************** The first woman kicked out of AA This wa...

bluebee · bluebee

Hi All, Today has marked 8 whole days since my last drink (woo!). My update has been that I have been attending meetings every weekday (M-F), I have my blue book, and I have a sponsor. However, I would like to share the experience I had yesterday. I was in a wonderful mood when I got to my meeting. I got th...

gonee · gonee

Went to a thanksgiving 12 years contented sobriety, with no more need for meetings. Is it possible? The BB pg 89, says:"...nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail."Top of FormI personally do not wa...

seachelle · seachelle

I read a message about chat rooms, but I thought that was just about meeting times. When I have looked into chat rooms they have always been empty. Perhaps I am doing something wrong or going to wrong place?

gladlee · gladlee

"I am your Lord, controller of your days, your present and your future. Leave all plans to Me. Only act as I bid you. You have entered now upon the God-guided life. Think what that means. God-taught, God guided. Is anything too wonderful for such a life? Do you begin to see how wonderful life...

gladlee · gladlee

"You wonder sometimes why you are permitted to make mistakes when you sought so truly to do My will in the matter. To that I say, it was no mistake. All your lessons cannot be learned without difficulty, and this was needed to teach you a lesson. Not to him who walks on, with no obstacles in his way,...

Fyne Spirit · Fyne Spirit

"We walk with curiosity" When I first heard this expression I was about 2 months sober and it had a profound effect on me. The old timer whose phrase it was had such a way with words that he had me sitting on the edge of my seat. What does he mean? I had just asked how to go about praying and was told...

SUSIE · SUSIE

Im writing this out so maybe I will see what I need to see. To start with I am 3 1/2 years sober almost to the day. My life has changed very much for the better. I now have joy in my life thanks to AA and my higher power. I am excited that I continue to grow. Now heres what has upset me......I was on vacation i...

maire rua · maire rua

Hi all, grateful to be sober but feel like I'm getting my fair share lately. On friday night my better half's blood sugar went so low it was dangerous. It was just due to the dogs that I woke up and managed to bring him round. I am ringing the diabetic clinic today to get more equipped to deal with this. On sun...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

I awoke with a confident feeling that my drinking (and drugging) career was at last, over. I had tried, for 2 previous years, going to meetings regularly, and had not be able to make it to 90 days. I was too smart for the simple program, so I thought. I didn't think that I was as sick as most of the people i...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

Made it to my 6mnth bday on Feb. 3rd but I decided to leave the sober ranch on March 14th. I can't believe I'm saying this but I tried some controlled drinking. Within two weeks I was in an orange jumpsuit standing in front of a judge promising I wouldn't get arrested again. Was homeless for a couple weeks a...

Fyne Spirit · Fyne Spirit

Hi all, I'm Mike, a recovered alcoholic and new to this forum. I am sure I will learn plenty and hope I can contribute a little. I was one of those hopeless cases, beyond human aid and at death's door when I crawled into AA. I was one of the stupidest people ever to grace the rooms, I had lost the ability to rea...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

For some reason the link in my other thread didn't work. This link will let see what the listing looks like. It's the month of July, scroll down to July 25th and you see mine. Notice that the underlined entries have provided their emails so that folks to send greatings on the day of. I usually send ou...

gonee · gonee

One of the most wonderful things about AA, is the way it enables us to find God through it's 12 steps of recovery. One of the greatest truths that I have established in my own life is, the way God has removed my obsession to drink alcohol. From that point on it was a question of gratitude to God & improve...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

For us, if we neglect those who are still sick, there is unremitting danger to our own lives & sanity. Twelve and Twelve, pg 151. I know the torment of drinking compulsively to quiet my nerves & my fears. I also know the pain of white-knuckled sobriety. Today, I do not forget the unknown person w...

gladlee · gladlee

I AM THANKFUL I WAS BORN AND I'M GLAD TO BE ALIVE Today I'm glad to be alive, I'm thankful I was born. Every day now, in recovery, I can celebrate my existence. I have a purpose. I am important. I have a place in my community. I surround myself with people who care. My Higher Power will continually gui...

bikerbill · bikerbill

so back in the day I wouldn't do conventions. Didn't see the point. Evrything changes. Done a couple of one dayers, done a couple or three camp out conventions. Dne a local weekend convention. Just got back fom a weekend regional convention. So what am I getting out of this? To start with there's someth...

pinkchip · pinkchip

It was a cool trip. Have not had a vacation like that in like...well....ever. 7 day cruise. No problem or thoughts about drinking. It was a Princess cruise so there were actually people at the AA meetings on board. As usual, I was the total noob with my 2 years and 9 months but then again it's not all a...

gladlee · gladlee

"Fill your world with love and laughter. Never mind what anguish lies behind you. Forget, forgive. love, and laugh. Treat all as you would treat Me, with love and consideration. Let nothing that others do to you alter your treatment of them." 365 One-minute Meditations from God Calli...

bluebee · bluebee

Hi Everyone, I am new here. The reason I am here is because my doctor mentioned that she feels I have a substance abuse problem with alcohol. I have started to look back at my drinking habits over the past year, and I can say with some certainty that there have been moments when I have questioned myself if I...

Cdnerds · Cdnerds

My name is Joe I am 38 years old and live in NJ. I started drinking like most of us, social and it progressed from there. My final 5 years of drinking I was drinking a 750 to 1.5 liter of Vodka a day. Ive have owned my own business for over 11 years. I was the classic functioning Alcoholic. I never got what we wo...

Cdnerds · Cdnerds

Eating was never the same after I stopped drinking. I always had bottle of wine with my lunch and or dinner everyday. Id hit the heavy booze after 7pm. I literately had a retrain myself to eat because everything tasted bland and boring without the alcohol. I think im on to something. Trying pair non a...

Dave11 · Dave11

Hello all New here....Just looking for encouragement and tips on getting started on battling this problem of drinking. It just cost me a marriage and I am at a loss. I never have sought help but I have studied this issue hard and understand the facts of alcoholism but it seems that the true recovery is...

seachelle · seachelle

I honestly don't know what I'm doing. I have not had a drink in a week. I started drinking a lot, more than socially about two or three years ago. I drank a lot of wine, maybe a bottle or two a night. I didn't get drunk. I drank it slow and started at 5ish and drank all night long. Didn't have to be every night, bu...

mikef · mikef

Yup, did you wake up today, granted another blessed day of life ,lucid ,aware and ready to partiipate in "life" as an active member of society! OR did you 'come to' once again,take bearings on where you are ,twitchin like your getting electric shock,wanna drink and thought of food is nause...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	The Anger (Preview) Thanks to everyone for all the support. My prayer for today. Take a deep breath, move forward, although not forget. Turn my will and my life over to my higher power to guide me in my thinking, my words and my actions. For in his hands my life is far greater place to be.	gmk	5	884	Aug 5, 2011 by happycamper
	Daily Reflections ~ Seeds of Faith & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Faith, to be sure, is necessary, but faith alone can avail nothing. We can have faith, yet keep God out of our lives. Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions, p. 34 As a child I constantly questioned the existence of God. To a "scientific thinker" like me, no answer could withstand a thorough d...	Sobrietyspell	1	457	Aug 5, 2011 by Mr_David
	Being convinced! (Preview) I am about 50 days new....AGAIN! I have been staying in halfway houses for three years and put together a year then out for two weeks. Then 9 months and out again for a week. Anyway, I have been at one this last 50 days and was asked if I wanted to move to a nice house as a roommate. The guy is 23 years sober and I t...	David W	4	644	Aug 4, 2011 by Mr_David
	First Post (Preview) Hello Everybody... This is my first time ever reaching out for support in any sort of way. I have realized after multiple nights in the recent past that I need to stop drinking. I suppose I will give a bit of a background... I am 26 years old and just got married last year to a woman I absolutely love. I have b...	blackrose	10	731	Aug 4, 2011 by Mr_David
	A simpler life.... (Preview) Morning and blessings of this day! Last evening I was asked last minute by the chair of our homegroup if I could open the meeting and chair for her until she got there(never really did). Always an honor to make sure doors get opened and our primary purpose can be served and the point being,though it was v...	mikef	3	621	Aug 4, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Harvest (Preview) "I love to pour My blessings down in rich measure. But as with the seed-sowing, the ground must be prepared before the seed is dropped in. Yours to prepare the soil - Mine to drop the seed-blessing into the prepared soil. Together we share in, and joy in, the harvest. Spend more time in soil-prepa...	gladlee	1	503	Aug 4, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Give Every Moment (Preview) "How dear to my heart is the cry of love that asks for all of Me, that wishes every action, thought, word and moment to be Mine. Above all I desire true, warm, childlike love, the trusting understanding love, and then the gift I prize next is the gift of the moments, of all the moments. The little thi...	gladlee	1	527	Aug 4, 2011 by Mr_David
	The Anger (Preview) Please forgive me for my wrongs the past 24 hours, I slipped right back into the anger and I know with all my heart it hurts me more than anyone. I cannot imagine being on the receiving end of my anger. Although it is something I need to look at and perhaps it will help me to find the tools to keep the rage fro...	gmk	4	743	Aug 4, 2011 by Mr_David
	What a Ride (Preview) Having survived the crash, there are times that I look back and am so puzzled as to why I thought I was having such a great ride. And yet, until running off the rails that last time, there were some awesome journeys, with much good stuff woven in. I think there is real danger in losing perspective and bala...	leeu	7	792	Aug 3, 2011 by LinBaba
	Help wanted... (Preview) Hello and thanks to those reading this. At this point, I feel I need to get some things off my chest and hopefully find support. I am new to this so please bear with me. I suppose I should start with my story. I am 23 years old. I started drinking when I was about 18. At the time, I felt like I had control...	mushroom smelling smilies	18	1111	Aug 2, 2011 by Tony A
	I have an amends question (Preview) I am an alanon, and I have an AA friend. She raised 2 boys when she was drinking heavily, and did not do a good job, was barely there. Now she is making amends to them by adopting a child and is going to do her best to raise this child like she wishes she had raised her sons. She says this is her amends. This someh...	nancy45	8	768	Aug 2, 2011 by LinBaba
	Cult??? :lol: (Preview) I always laugh when someone refers to 12 step programs like AA as a cult. Those of us on the inside know nothing is further from the truth. A Cult requires a leader and if there's a leader in the 12 step world I've yet to meet them. But then I got to thinking on how I perceived the 12 step world before I got invo...	cooncatbob	7	929	Aug 2, 2011 by cooncatbob
	Returning to meetings - need help with crosstalk, etc. (Preview) Hi. I'm Mary and I'm an alcoholic. I've been "sober" since 2000, but had stopped going to meetings until last night, not so much because I thought I could do it on my own, but that I moved across the country and kept letting other things become "more important" than finding a new...	amamsneb	16	739	Aug 2, 2011 by happycamper
	how things change! (Preview) First, Happy Yorkshire day to you all:- Yorkshire Day is celebrated on 1 August to promote the historic English county of Yorkshire. It was celebrated in 1975, by the Yorkshire Ridings Society, initially in Beverley, as "protest movement against the Local Government re-organisation of 197...	bikerbill	6	748	Aug 2, 2011 by barisax
	What's wrong with me? (Preview) If I had to nail it down to one reason why I drink I'd have to say because I'm like a raw nerve ending that can be easily become emotionally overwhelmed by the world around me. Sometimes by the pain and sadness I see, sometimes by childlike giddiness and over-excitement...often just by the pressure and w...	TipsyMcstagger	8	1073	Aug 2, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Gratitude (Preview) "Give Me the gift of a brave and thankful heart. When life seems hard and troubles crowd, then very definitely look for causes for thankfulness. The sacrifice, the offering of thanksgiving, is indeed a sweet incense going up to Me through the busy day. Seek diligently for something to be glad an...	gladlee	1	563	Aug 2, 2011 by Mr_David
	Being gratefully held to a (Preview) 9th step lesson. During the drinking years I was in a foreign country with a culture not my own and I trampled all over some of their cultures. I was running on my own ego and will and in the process hurt and used others without any consideration to outcomes for them and of course for me. What I did involv...	Jerry F	4	755	Aug 2, 2011 by Mr_David
	They Done Me Wrong (Preview) Hi All, I have read a couple of"they done me wrong" posts and followed the responses with interest. Some replies have been empathetic while one or two others have been absolutely direct and to the point, spelling out exactly how the program will work for you in this situation. On balance, a...	Fyne Spirit	6	979	Aug 2, 2011 by Mr_David
	Sunday morning comin' down -- Rhodes Scholar Mr Kris Kristoffersen (Preview) If his classic isn't an accurate yet beautiful description of the "what it was like" part, I don't know what is. Brings a bit of mist to my eye. We've been there -- and so has he. I can not only feel but also remember what he's talking about. [video=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxpTZY...	SteveP	5	816	Jul 31, 2011 by happycamper
	SoberSteve's NEW 90 in 90 thread... (Preview) Please welcome me back, the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. I will have 3 days tomorrow (July 23rd) Been to 2 meetings in 2 days. 1st was a mens meeting todays was a small meeting. Sharing my honest story with them. I dont know why I keep going back out. Ended up blackin...	SoberSteve	16	1026	Jul 31, 2011 by SoberSteve
	I Did My 90/90 At 12 Years Sober (Preview) Barisax -- Edited by barisax on Thursday 28th of July 2011 12:55:11 AM	barisax	9	740	Jul 31, 2011 by SteveP
	Gotta tell on myself (Preview) lol, had a great one at my evening meeting just now. Lots of very long shares, including those of the 5 minute "I'm x days back in and have really got it nailed this time, this program really works" variety. Felt pretty pissed off at points and felt like walking out. Thankfully I didn't. I real...	SteveP	11	734	Jul 31, 2011 by SteveP
	Nothing So Bad That a Drink Won't Make It Worse (Preview) My sponsor used to tell me that line a lot, and I've even used it myself a few times. I've been through three all-new, never-before-experienced health issues in the past 11 months. In addition to being grateful for having insurance as well as a very caring and loving wife, I'm just all the more gratefu...	barisax	6	2206	Jul 31, 2011 by SteveP
	The Journeying (Preview) Someone on here told me one time, when I was bleating about living alone and how I don't enjoy it, that people tend to enjoy what they're good at so get good at living alone. Spurred me on. To change my feelings I need to change the way I view things. Look for the positives. There is no one else in my household...	bikerbill	7	806	Jul 30, 2011 by leeu
	Serious business! (Preview) The meeting tonight had the chairman, cracking jokes. There is no humour in the 12 steps or any of the stories. I dont joke with newcomers. I keep it light, but when he leaves the meeting he must know that alcoholism is a deadly disease. My personal story is one of hell. There are no funny episodes in it. My...	gonee	3	801	Jul 30, 2011 by LinBaba
	Irma Livoni - The woman who was kicked out of AA - Tradition Three (Preview) I found this very informative writing while cruising the internet this morning and wanted to share it with the Miracles In Progress family. I believe it will move your heart to understand Tradition 3 in a new light. ************************************** The first woman kicked out of AA This wa...	John	15	9526	Jul 30, 2011 by pinkchip
	Tricky Disease (Preview) Hi All, Today has marked 8 whole days since my last drink (woo!). My update has been that I have been attending meetings every weekday (M-F), I have my blue book, and I have a sponsor. However, I would like to share the experience I had yesterday. I was in a wonderful mood when I got to my meeting. I got th...	bluebee	7	922	Jul 30, 2011 by pinkchip
	For all that was done.... (Preview) Went to a thanksgiving 12 years contented sobriety, with no more need for meetings. Is it possible? The BB pg 89, says:"...nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail."Top of FormI personally do not wa...	gonee	3	639	Jul 29, 2011 by SoberSteve
	Chat rooms? (Preview) I read a message about chat rooms, but I thought that was just about meeting times. When I have looked into chat rooms they have always been empty. Perhaps I am doing something wrong or going to wrong place?	seachelle	5	702	Jul 29, 2011 by Tony A
	God Calling ~ Wonderful Life (Preview) "I am your Lord, controller of your days, your present and your future. Leave all plans to Me. Only act as I bid you. You have entered now upon the God-guided life. Think what that means. God-taught, God guided. Is anything too wonderful for such a life? Do you begin to see how wonderful life...	gladlee	2	603	Jul 29, 2011 by SoberSteve
	God Calling ~ Mistakes (Preview) "You wonder sometimes why you are permitted to make mistakes when you sought so truly to do My will in the matter. To that I say, it was no mistake. All your lessons cannot be learned without difficulty, and this was needed to teach you a lesson. Not to him who walks on, with no obstacles in his way,...	gladlee	2	607	Jul 29, 2011 by SoberSteve
	We Walk With Curiosity (Preview) "We walk with curiosity" When I first heard this expression I was about 2 months sober and it had a profound effect on me. The old timer whose phrase it was had such a way with words that he had me sitting on the edge of my seat. What does he mean? I had just asked how to go about praying and was told...	Fyne Spirit	2	536	Jul 29, 2011 by SoberSteve
	Hauntings....... (Preview) Im writing this out so maybe I will see what I need to see. To start with I am 3 1/2 years sober almost to the day. My life has changed very much for the better. I now have joy in my life thanks to AA and my higher power. I am excited that I continue to grow. Now heres what has upset me......I was on vacation i...	SUSIE	16	818	Jul 28, 2011 by Jerry F
	feeling stressed (Preview) Hi all, grateful to be sober but feel like I'm getting my fair share lately. On friday night my better half's blood sugar went so low it was dangerous. It was just due to the dogs that I woke up and managed to bring him round. I am ringing the diabetic clinic today to get more equipped to deal with this. On sun...	maire rua	1	601	Jul 28, 2011 by Mr_David
	22 years ago today (Preview) I awoke with a confident feeling that my drinking (and drugging) career was at last, over. I had tried, for 2 previous years, going to meetings regularly, and had not be able to make it to 90 days. I was too smart for the simple program, so I thought. I didn't think that I was as sick as most of the people i...	StPeteDean	26	1464	Jul 28, 2011 by SoberSteve
	Keep coming back (Preview) Made it to my 6mnth bday on Feb. 3rd but I decided to leave the sober ranch on March 14th. I can't believe I'm saying this but I tried some controlled drinking. Within two weeks I was in an orange jumpsuit standing in front of a judge promising I wouldn't get arrested again. Was homeless for a couple weeks a...	Dodsworth	18	2251	Jul 28, 2011 by Dodsworth
	It works, it really does! New boy's story. (Preview) Hi all, I'm Mike, a recovered alcoholic and new to this forum. I am sure I will learn plenty and hope I can contribute a little. I was one of those hopeless cases, beyond human aid and at death's door when I crawled into AA. I was one of the stupidest people ever to grace the rooms, I had lost the ability to rea...	Fyne Spirit	7	953	Jul 27, 2011 by mikef
	Register your sober anniversary at AAhistory.com (Preview) For some reason the link in my other thread didn't work. This link will let see what the listing looks like. It's the month of July, scroll down to July 25th and you see mine. Notice that the underlined entries have provided their emails so that folks to send greatings on the day of. I usually send ou...	StPeteDean	2	809	Jul 27, 2011 by gonee
	Recovery in little steps. (Preview) One of the most wonderful things about AA, is the way it enables us to find God through it's 12 steps of recovery. One of the greatest truths that I have established in my own life is, the way God has removed my obsession to drink alcohol. From that point on it was a question of gratitude to God & improve...	gonee	4	617	Jul 27, 2011 by LinBaba
	Daily Reflections ~ Those Who Still Suffer & 24hrs a Day (Preview) For us, if we neglect those who are still sick, there is unremitting danger to our own lives & sanity. Twelve and Twelve, pg 151. I know the torment of drinking compulsively to quiet my nerves & my fears. I also know the pain of white-knuckled sobriety. Today, I do not forget the unknown person w...	Sobrietyspell	1	488	Jul 27, 2011 by Mr_David
	ACOA ~ Thankfulness (Preview) I AM THANKFUL I WAS BORN AND I'M GLAD TO BE ALIVE Today I'm glad to be alive, I'm thankful I was born. Every day now, in recovery, I can celebrate my existence. I have a purpose. I am important. I have a place in my community. I surround myself with people who care. My Higher Power will continually gui...	gladlee	1	712	Jul 27, 2011 by Mr_David
	on conventions (Preview) so back in the day I wouldn't do conventions. Didn't see the point. Evrything changes. Done a couple of one dayers, done a couple or three camp out conventions. Dne a local weekend convention. Just got back fom a weekend regional convention. So what am I getting out of this? To start with there's someth...	bikerbill	2	530	Jul 27, 2011 by Mr_David
	Back from 10 days in Alaska (Preview) It was a cool trip. Have not had a vacation like that in like...well....ever. 7 day cruise. No problem or thoughts about drinking. It was a Princess cruise so there were actually people at the AA meetings on board. As usual, I was the total noob with my 2 years and 9 months but then again it's not all a...	pinkchip	8	820	Jul 27, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Forget - Forgive (Preview) "Fill your world with love and laughter. Never mind what anguish lies behind you. Forget, forgive. love, and laugh. Treat all as you would treat Me, with love and consideration. Let nothing that others do to you alter your treatment of them." 365 One-minute Meditations from God Calli...	gladlee	1	521	Jul 27, 2011 by Mr_David
	New here and I have so many questions (Preview) Hi Everyone, I am new here. The reason I am here is because my doctor mentioned that she feels I have a substance abuse problem with alcohol. I have started to look back at my drinking habits over the past year, and I can say with some certainty that there have been moments when I have questioned myself if I...	bluebee	17	648	Jul 26, 2011 by Butterfly1
	I dont understand... (Preview) My name is Joe I am 38 years old and live in NJ. I started drinking like most of us, social and it progressed from there. My final 5 years of drinking I was drinking a 750 to 1.5 liter of Vodka a day. Ive have owned my own business for over 11 years. I was the classic functioning Alcoholic. I never got what we wo...	Cdnerds	11	996	Jul 25, 2011 by happycamper
	Pairing non adult beverages with food. A work in progress. (Preview) Eating was never the same after I stopped drinking. I always had bottle of wine with my lunch and or dinner everyday. Id hit the heavy booze after 7pm. I literately had a retrain myself to eat because everything tasted bland and boring without the alcohol. I think im on to something. Trying pair non a...	Cdnerds	10	814	Jul 25, 2011 by mikef
	Starting this effort of sobriety (Preview) Hello all New here....Just looking for encouragement and tips on getting started on battling this problem of drinking. It just cost me a marriage and I am at a loss. I never have sought help but I have studied this issue hard and understand the facts of alcoholism but it seems that the true recovery is...	Dave11	7	837	Jul 24, 2011 by Johne
	I don't know what I'm doing. (Preview) I honestly don't know what I'm doing. I have not had a drink in a week. I started drinking a lot, more than socially about two or three years ago. I drank a lot of wine, maybe a bottle or two a night. I didn't get drunk. I drank it slow and started at 5ish and drank all night long. Didn't have to be every night, bu...	seachelle	13	1946	Jul 24, 2011 by LinBaba
	Well its Saturday mornin!!! (Preview) Yup, did you wake up today, granted another blessed day of life ,lucid ,aware and ready to partiipate in "life" as an active member of society! OR did you 'come to' once again,take bearings on where you are ,twitchin like your getting electric shock,wanna drink and thought of food is nause...	mikef	2	525	Jul 23, 2011 by Mr_David
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