Alcoholics Anonymous

hurtingmomma · hurtingmomma

I don't know where to start. I haven't called the hotline yet. I haven't gone to a meeting yet. I have admitted to myself and to my family that I am an alcoholic, which I have known for a long time but only now have really come to terms with. I have severe (and mostly well hidden - like the alcoholism) depress...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Is is me or is a person that comes into AA claiming they are so independent and shy really just a grandiose person that thinks they are really too unique and special to admit they have the same problems as everyone else in the rooms. This was brought up in a another post, but it would seem to be a serious pro...

slugcat · slugcat

I have a hard time making decisions. Its gotten worse over the years and thats been in sobriety thats its gotten worse. I think perfectionism and worry and fear all come into it. And lack of acceptance of reality. Sometimes i dont like my choices or i am terrified of the choices. or i am so scared of making...

charlotteelsie · charlotteelsie

Hello my names Charlotteelsie and I am an alcoholic. I just received an email asking for more participation on this forum , so I thought I'd say hi. I am disabled and a single parent and even in London England getting to meetings has become harder lately. A mixture of illness, and lack of childcare. Howe...

mikef · mikef

Well after 8 months(since November)we are finally going to close in the a.m. on our home sale.We are blessed and it has been strenuous to say the least. Almost 26 years ago situations like this were light years from my thoughts and dreams.Only through God's grace and mercy did we arrive at such a turnin...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 228 When we reached A.A., and for the first time in our lives stood among people who seemed to understand, the sense of belonging was tremendously exciting. We thought the isolation problem had been solved. But we soon discovered that, while we weren't alone any more in a social sense, we still suf...

typ0 · typ0

I have been an alcoholic since before I had my first beer at 14. I am 42 now and have just realized I am an alcoholic after years of denial. I have gone through periods of heavy drinking and drug use sometimes quitting one or the other but not both at once. I have given up the drugs about seven months ago an...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We might next ask ourselves what we mean when we say that we have "harmed" other people. What kinds of "harm" do people do one another, anyway? To define the word "harm" in a practical way, we might call it the result of instincts in collision, which cause physical, me...

typ0 · typ0

I was playing with my daughter the other day in my in-laws back yard. They dont live with me any more and my wife has filed for divorce. It was my visitation. We were running around and playing wi'th different things. All of a sudden she says to me "you arent mad any more daddy?" I was overwhelme...

urchin · urchin

I'd like to encourage people that are trying to stop drinking. You can do it! With God, all things are possible. You're an overcomer and more than a conqueror. Of course it's not easy. I followed the twelve steps and that liberated me from drinking. I back-slid a couple times, but then I went back t...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Very deep, sometimes quite forgotten, damaging emotional conflicts persist below the level of consciousness. 12 & 12, pp. 79-80 Only through positive action can I remove the remains of guilt and shame brought on by alcohol. Throughout my misadventures when I drank, my friends would say, &quo...

chinup · chinup

Hi, my closest friend finally realized she needed to get sober, so she started going to AA, which I am thrilled about. However, she also slowly began not contacting me. We used to talk a few times a week, but now she's simply not shown up the last time we made plans, and hasn't returned my email, text, or ph...

susanbiel · susanbiel

I have 10 years sober and I am looking for a sponsor. I was in therapy for years and years and went thru the steps with her. She is a cert. alcohol/drug therapist. I have/had a phobia of groups of people. I have stopped going to the therapist; I feel I have out grown her (it) and started going to meetings...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: I am responsible for myself, my recovery, my well-being, my happiness. All these things are, ultimately, my own responsibility. --Anonymous Our Higher Power does not lay claim to our free will. We can choose not to be responsible and make ourselves more miserable...

Hydrilla · Hydrilla

My friend that is very dear to me and my wife is an alcoholic. He has been getting much worse lately, seemingly by the day. I know that he is battling severe depression, and has had serious thoughts of suicide. I have known about the alcohol problem for a long time, but he is a very private person, and...

typ0 · typ0

Give To Me The Strength I have my higher power and I beg of you release me. Release me from the pain I feel and put me in a water jar. Give to me strength to see the rooting of a giant oak. Spinning wheel of mountain bike my spirit caught between a spoke. Carry my soul the buzzing bee so monsters of my heart will f...

dabomb · dabomb

I am a drunk. Not the kind who falls down in public or throws up in the toilet in a bar, or, stumbles along the grimy big city streets. I drink at home, alone I drink fine wine, occasionally toped off by coffee with baileys Sometimes I buy a bottle of cheap wine from my Mom. My Mom bottles wine herself at...

slugcat · slugcat

This is not about booze so i dont know if it belongs here. I am in AA myself. I am worried about a relative, he is my only living relative besides my mother who was/is an abuser and i have no contact with. He has supported me through thick and thin and if it wasnt for him i would be dead basically. I never had a fa...

gonee · gonee

The 1st step of AA is an ongoing realisation of my powerlessness over alcohol. Nowhere in the AA bb does it say that I will regain any power. This confirms to me that I will remain powerless for the rest of my life. The condition is irreversible. That also means that for the rest of my life I will be totally a...

Gzepe · Gzepe

Twas the day before the closing prayer at the Crested Butte mountain conference The last early meeting out on the deck commenced hot on the heels of Friday mornings final meditation. The subject was "when the student is ready the teacher will appear" I was running late and slipped in about...

gonee · gonee

"Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program...." bb pg58 If I had continued drinking beyond the point of recovery, then there would have been nothing to help me. I have seen many of my friends die like this. That is why I do not t...

The Texan · The Texan

and its my fault. I have just become swamped here with work and when I return I am tired. I do work for myself but I have to take it where I can get it. Still sober despite myself. Them Lone Stars are sure calling me though. Irrelevent news, I lost a hen this morning or last night, I believe do to heat. I hope I do...

bikerbill · bikerbill

I'm still dipping in and out but taking a break from posting. No worries, just busy.

Rodney2009 · Rodney2009

my sponsor is not taking calls at moment noone will help me in my face to face I almost have 10 yrs sober this DEC 26 thanks.I can not always rely on calling the treatment cntrs for help or counselling on phone they said. basiclly means take advantage of it. Sorry had to fix a spelling misstake LOL -- Edited...

Stratman · Stratman

Hello all. I've been drinking since 18 and I'm now 47. Beer is my drink of choice, never had a taste for the hard stuff. Beer after work has always helped me wind down and calm my nerves. Sometimes 3 or 4, sometimes 6 or 8 or maybe 10 or 12 on a weekend evening. I don't drink and drive or frequent bars. If I drink...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: How many ways can you brush your teeth? Our habits save time, and some of the good ones, such as sobriety, can also save our lives. A fine line separates useful habits from ruts; however, the former, we wish to cultivate, and the latter, we'd just as soon avoid. How abou...

mikef · mikef

'God's ability to clean things up is infinitely greater than our ability to mess things up!! There is no place you might be now, or where you might have been in the past, or where you might go in the future, that will ever be beyond the reach of God's grace-NOWHERE...Because of our Higher Power's great...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

Been separated 2 years. Daughter is moving to my sister's house because she's failing in school. So here I am. *sigh*

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 225 While drinking, we were certain that our intelligence, backed by will power, could rightly control our inner lives and guarantee us success in the world around us. This brave philosophy, wherein each man played God, sounded good in the speaking, but it still had to meed the acid test: How wel...

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Just found this board the other night. Looks like a fine place to spend some time. My work schedule has been anything but cooperative for the last several months. It has made it hard to attend my regular meetings so I am here. Right now I am working overnights and there isn't much to do but lots of time...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

-From Alcoholics Anonymous World Services approved pamphlet entitled same. 1. Have you ever tried to stop drinking for a week or so but only lasted for a couple of days? Most of us in AA made all kids of promises to ourselves and to our families. We could nto keep them. Then we came to AA. AA said, "J...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: In every conflict, ask, "Would I rather be peaceful or right?" The choice to be peaceful rather than right doesn't actually mean our opinions are unimportant. In fact, our particular opinions may make more sense in the larger scheme of things. Letting g...

I miss my sister · I miss my sister

My sister Catherine and i were extremly close, we grew up together and in our younger years were seldom apart. She was good fun to be around , and also a very honest, gentle person, always smiling. When we were very little we used to hold on to each others vest at night as we shared the same bed, i gue...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 227 The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits have kept the home in turmoil. We feel a man is unthinking when he says that sobriety is enough. H...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

I have a dear friend of many years my age who is struggling like HELL right now. We have had years of sobriety, together, in past times. I have a little over a month sober again now and am pretty well-adjusted, JUST FOR TODAY, one day at a time, because I am so darned busy with "service work" when...

gonee · gonee

The greatest thing about AA is the lifeline it gives me whenever I get into trouble. This week has been a spiritual low. My old friends came to visit me, restlessness and irritation. My wife is my barometer. If she gets upset with me then I know that she is picking up vibes of irritation from me. These are d...

MarcLacroix · MarcLacroix

I think of the Kracken as a gut wrenching cookie tossing roller coaster. Most decent amusement parks have one. As Newcomers arrive in AA they detox from the alcohol abuse and their body adjusts but the mind can sometimes play tricks on the unsuspecting. Old buried hurts begin to resurface and cause mu...

DCal · DCal

My wife and I are looking to start a discussion group for middle-timers/old-timers. Has anyone been to a meeting like this and can lend any guidance on format of the meeting? Thanks! DCal -- Edited by DCal on Wednesday 11th of August 2010 06:14:35 PM

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 226 We of A.A. sometimes brag of the virtues of our Fellowship. Let us remember that few of these are actually earned virtues. We were forced into them, to begin with, by the cruel lash of alcoholism. We finally adopted them, not because we wished to, but because we had to. Then, as time confirmed t...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Some of us, though, tripped over a very different snag. We clung to the claim that when drinking we never hurt anybody but ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 79 This Step seemed so simple. I identified several people whom I had harmed, but they were no longer available. Still, I was unea...

Pablomoses · Pablomoses

Great time was had by all---getting out of the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles....... I biked nearly every day into town from the lake...and they had a great AA clubhouse in town!! Went to a couple meetings there......amazing the kinship that is felt in AA!! Just wanted to share the fact that in your tr...

MarcLacroix · MarcLacroix

I sometimes wonder if I was screwed even before I was born to and raised by a couple of French Canadian Catholics. I suspect I was a painful birth for my mother. Shes tried to put me down and hurt me all of my life. I was force-fed religion and in an effort to frighten, control and manipulate me she repeatedl...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive. --Sir Walter Scott To deceive means to fool people into believing things that are not true. As alcoholics, we did this in many ways. We lied. We hid facts. We were sneaky. While we were trying to fool oth...

barisax · barisax

Not so much our old drinking buddies. But someone whose alcoholic(s) in their life are not sober or died of the disease, being resentful of our sobriety? My ex-wife's mother drank herself to death when I was only about 6 months sober. It's hard to remember the chronology but it seems like up to that po...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: God creates. People rearrange. --Joseph Casey Being alive is our invitation to act in fresh, inventive ways. All it takes is concentrating on our inner vision in combination with external reality. The components for accomplishing any task are at our fingertips...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

A pretty distbubing news investigation into improperly prescribed drugs (Fraud) and Doctors receiving kickbacks. I've suspected the kickbacks for years, why else would they be peddling drugs so agressively? Btw AGO sent this to me, and I am surprised that a foreign news agency had to do the inv...

Larry_H · Larry_H

The guy on the right reminds me of my old self before getting to AA Larry,

Reffner · Reffner

I was expecting phone calls from my sponsee this past weekend just to check in. No call came Saturday, and none on Sunday. I didn't know if he made the Monday night meeting or not (I was at work) until Tuesday at the book study...he did not. Found out last night why. He called my house, and after acce...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Wife & kids going out of town for three days. My schedule? Mon - 8-noon=work, noon-1 = AA mtg, 1-4=work, 4-6:30=rehab, 7-9:30=new AA meeting with sponsor. Tues - 8-noon=work, noon-1 = AA mtg, 1-5=work, 5-7:30=mow lawn, 8=AA mtg Weds - 8-noon=work, noon-1=AAmtg, 1-4=work, 4-7=rehab, 7-10 = cl...

Reffner · Reffner

I read this recently and wondered what your take on this was. I'm not really sure where I stand on it, but I do have some ideas... Brian

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	One Day at a Time?... (Preview) I don't know where to start. I haven't called the hotline yet. I haven't gone to a meeting yet. I have admitted to myself and to my family that I am an alcoholic, which I have known for a long time but only now have really come to terms with. I have severe (and mostly well hidden - like the alcoholism) depress...	hurtingmomma	15	968	Aug 18, 2010 by Reffner
	Fierce Independence (Preview) Is is me or is a person that comes into AA claiming they are so independent and shy really just a grandiose person that thinks they are really too unique and special to admit they have the same problems as everyone else in the rooms. This was brought up in a another post, but it would seem to be a serious pro...	pinkchip	15	770	Aug 18, 2010 by Reffner
	making decisions is hard (Preview) I have a hard time making decisions. Its gotten worse over the years and thats been in sobriety thats its gotten worse. I think perfectionism and worry and fear all come into it. And lack of acceptance of reality. Sometimes i dont like my choices or i am terrified of the choices. or i am so scared of making...	slugcat	7	2100	Aug 18, 2010 by Reffner
	Hello from London England (Preview) Hello my names Charlotteelsie and I am an alcoholic. I just received an email asking for more participation on this forum , so I thought I'd say hi. I am disabled and a single parent and even in London England getting to meetings has become harder lately. A mixture of illness, and lack of childcare. Howe...	charlotteelsie	8	921	Aug 18, 2010 by Simple
	Tomorrow ,some closure! (Preview) Well after 8 months(since November)we are finally going to close in the a.m. on our home sale.We are blessed and it has been strenuous to say the least. Almost 26 years ago situations like this were light years from my thoughts and dreams.Only through God's grace and mercy did we arrive at such a turnin...	mikef	4	682	Aug 18, 2010 by Reffner
	~ As Bill Sees It: The Beginning of True Kinship ~ (Preview) p. 228 When we reached A.A., and for the first time in our lives stood among people who seemed to understand, the sense of belonging was tremendously exciting. We thought the isolation problem had been solved. But we soon discovered that, while we weren't alone any more in a social sense, we still suf...	FlyingSquirrel	1	1159	Aug 18, 2010 by gonee
	Newbie Help (Preview) I have been an alcoholic since before I had my first beer at 14. I am 42 now and have just realized I am an alcoholic after years of denial. I have gone through periods of heavy drinking and drug use sometimes quitting one or the other but not both at once. I have given up the drugs about seven months ago an...	typ0	15	1084	Aug 17, 2010 by typ0
	Daily Reflections ~ "I Had Dropped Out" & 24hrs a Day (Preview) We might next ask ourselves what we mean when we say that we have "harmed" other people. What kinds of "harm" do people do one another, anyway? To define the word "harm" in a practical way, we might call it the result of instincts in collision, which cause physical, me...	Sobrietyspell	2	711	Aug 17, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Today's Glory (Preview) I was playing with my daughter the other day in my in-laws back yard. They dont live with me any more and my wife has filed for divorce. It was my visitation. We were running around and playing wi'th different things. All of a sudden she says to me "you arent mad any more daddy?" I was overwhelme...	typ0	6	731	Aug 17, 2010 by typ0
	You can do it! (Preview) I'd like to encourage people that are trying to stop drinking. You can do it! With God, all things are possible. You're an overcomer and more than a conqueror. Of course it's not easy. I followed the twelve steps and that liberated me from drinking. I back-slid a couple times, but then I went back t...	urchin	1	526	Aug 17, 2010 by gonee
	Daily Reflections ~ Getting Well & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Very deep, sometimes quite forgotten, damaging emotional conflicts persist below the level of consciousness. 12 & 12, pp. 79-80 Only through positive action can I remove the remains of guilt and shame brought on by alcohol. Throughout my misadventures when I drank, my friends would say, &quo...	Sobrietyspell	0	453	Aug 17, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Is this often the case among friends? best friend ditched hurt flake AA sober (Preview) Hi, my closest friend finally realized she needed to get sober, so she started going to AA, which I am thrilled about. However, she also slowly began not contacting me. We used to talk a few times a week, but now she's simply not shown up the last time we made plans, and hasn't returned my email, text, or ph...	chinup	13	7599	Aug 17, 2010 by Sugah
	Sponsorship help please (Preview) I have 10 years sober and I am looking for a sponsor. I was in therapy for years and years and went thru the steps with her. She is a cert. alcohol/drug therapist. I have/had a phobia of groups of people. I have stopped going to the therapist; I feel I have out grown her (it) and started going to meetings...	susanbiel	5	961	Aug 17, 2010 by susanbiel
	Our Higher Power does not lay claim to our free will (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: I am responsible for myself, my recovery, my well-being, my happiness. All these things are, ultimately, my own responsibility. --Anonymous Our Higher Power does not lay claim to our free will. We can choose not to be responsible and make ourselves more miserable...	Larry_H	2	452	Aug 17, 2010 by gonee
	Please, help me help my good friend (Preview) My friend that is very dear to me and my wife is an alcoholic. He has been getting much worse lately, seemingly by the day. I know that he is battling severe depression, and has had serious thoughts of suicide. I have known about the alcohol problem for a long time, but he is a very private person, and...	Hydrilla	21	408	Aug 17, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Something else to share (Preview) Give To Me The Strength I have my higher power and I beg of you release me. Release me from the pain I feel and put me in a water jar. Give to me strength to see the rooting of a giant oak. Spinning wheel of mountain bike my spirit caught between a spoke. Carry my soul the buzzing bee so monsters of my heart will f...	typ0	0	417	Aug 17, 2010 by typ0
	Something I wrote shortly before coming into AA (Preview) I am a drunk. Not the kind who falls down in public or throws up in the toilet in a bar, or, stumbles along the grimy big city streets. I drink at home, alone I drink fine wine, occasionally toped off by coffee with baileys Sometimes I buy a bottle of cheap wine from my Mom. My Mom bottles wine herself at...	dabomb	4	839	Aug 17, 2010 by Aquaman
	Worried about relative but its not booze related. (Preview) This is not about booze so i dont know if it belongs here. I am in AA myself. I am worried about a relative, he is my only living relative besides my mother who was/is an abuser and i have no contact with. He has supported me through thick and thin and if it wasnt for him i would be dead basically. I never had a fa...	slugcat	10	876	Aug 17, 2010 by slugcat
	Step 1 (Preview) The 1st step of AA is an ongoing realisation of my powerlessness over alcohol. Nowhere in the AA bb does it say that I will regain any power. This confirms to me that I will remain powerless for the rest of my life. The condition is irreversible. That also means that for the rest of my life I will be totally a...	gonee	2	604	Aug 17, 2010 by typ0
	When the teacher is ready the student will appear (Preview) Twas the day before the closing prayer at the Crested Butte mountain conference The last early meeting out on the deck commenced hot on the heels of Friday mornings final meditation. The subject was "when the student is ready the teacher will appear" I was running late and slipped in about...	Gzepe	1	758	Aug 16, 2010 by Rob84
	Those who do not recover. (Preview) "Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program...." bb pg58 If I had continued drinking beyond the point of recovery, then there would have been nothing to help me. I have seen many of my friends die like this. That is why I do not t...	gonee	1	706	Aug 16, 2010 by Reffner
	I still dont have a sponsor (Preview) and its my fault. I have just become swamped here with work and when I return I am tired. I do work for myself but I have to take it where I can get it. Still sober despite myself. Them Lone Stars are sure calling me though. Irrelevent news, I lost a hen this morning or last night, I believe do to heat. I hope I do...	The Texan	9	927	Aug 16, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	taking a break (Preview) I'm still dipping in and out but taking a break from posting. No worries, just busy.	bikerbill	1	601	Aug 16, 2010 by Lexie
	looking for a back up sponsor asap (Preview) my sponsor is not taking calls at moment noone will help me in my face to face I almost have 10 yrs sober this DEC 26 thanks.I can not always rely on calling the treatment cntrs for help or counselling on phone they said. basiclly means take advantage of it. Sorry had to fix a spelling misstake LOL -- Edited...	Rodney2009	6	674	Aug 16, 2010 by Larry_H
	Newbie and need support (Preview) Hello all. I've been drinking since 18 and I'm now 47. Beer is my drink of choice, never had a taste for the hard stuff. Beer after work has always helped me wind down and calm my nerves. Sometimes 3 or 4, sometimes 6 or 8 or maybe 10 or 12 on a weekend evening. I don't drink and drive or frequent bars. If I drink...	Stratman	15	952	Aug 16, 2010 by Merlin
	How many ways can you brush your teeth? (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: How many ways can you brush your teeth? Our habits save time, and some of the good ones, such as sobriety, can also save our lives. A fine line separates useful habits from ruts; however, the former, we wish to cultivate, and the latter, we'd just as soon avoid. How abou...	Larry_H	0	448	Aug 16, 2010 by Larry_H
	Spiritual writing keeping me focused! (Preview) 'God's ability to clean things up is infinitely greater than our ability to mess things up!! There is no place you might be now, or where you might have been in the past, or where you might go in the future, that will ever be beyond the reach of God's grace-NOWHERE...Because of our Higher Power's great...	mikef	2	663	Aug 16, 2010 by Jerry F
	Lonely, lonely, lonely. (Preview) Been separated 2 years. Daughter is moving to my sister's house because she's failing in school. So here I am. sigh	FlyingSquirrel	6	1020	Aug 16, 2010 by Jerry F
	~ As Bill Sees It: The Answer in the Mirror ~ (Preview) p. 225 While drinking, we were certain that our intelligence, backed by will power, could rightly control our inner lives and guarantee us success in the world around us. This brave philosophy, wherein each man played God, sounded good in the speaking, but it still had to meed the acid test: How wel...	FlyingSquirrel	2	1477	Aug 16, 2010 by slugcat
	I'm Dan and I'm an alcholic (Preview) Just found this board the other night. Looks like a fine place to spend some time. My work schedule has been anything but cooperative for the last several months. It has made it hard to attend my regular meetings so I am here. Right now I am working overnights and there isn't much to do but lots of time...	Dan B 76	19	1192	Aug 16, 2010 by Rodney2009
	Is A.A. for You? from AA World Service Pamphlet (Preview) -From Alcoholics Anonymous World Services approved pamphlet entitled same. 1. Have you ever tried to stop drinking for a week or so but only lasted for a couple of days? Most of us in AA made all kids of promises to ourselves and to our families. We could nto keep them. Then we came to AA. AA said, "J...	jonijoni1	0	511	Aug 16, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Would I rather be peaceful or right? (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: In every conflict, ask, "Would I rather be peaceful or right?" The choice to be peaceful rather than right doesn't actually mean our opinions are unimportant. In fact, our particular opinions may make more sense in the larger scheme of things. Letting g...	Larry_H	8	1034	Aug 16, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Lost to alcoholism, then gone forever, the story of my sister. (Preview) My sister Catherine and i were extremly close, we grew up together and in our younger years were seldom apart. She was good fun to be around , and also a very honest, gentle person, always smiling. When we were very little we used to hold on to each others vest at night as we shared the same bed, i gue...	I miss my sister	10	1521	Aug 16, 2010 by Dan B 76
	~ As Bill Sees It: Is Sobriety Enough? ~ (Preview) p. 227 The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits have kept the home in turmoil. We feel a man is unthinking when he says that sobriety is enough. H...	FlyingSquirrel	1	1899	Aug 15, 2010 by Jerry F
	My friend is sick and struggling... :o( hopeless helpless (Preview) I have a dear friend of many years my age who is struggling like HELL right now. We have had years of sobriety, together, in past times. I have a little over a month sober again now and am pretty well-adjusted, JUST FOR TODAY, one day at a time, because I am so darned busy with "service work" when...	jonijoni1	11	1274	Aug 15, 2010 by jonijoni1
	AA my lifeline (Preview) The greatest thing about AA is the lifeline it gives me whenever I get into trouble. This week has been a spiritual low. My old friends came to visit me, restlessness and irritation. My wife is my barometer. If she gets upset with me then I know that she is picking up vibes of irritation from me. These are d...	gonee	1	644	Aug 14, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	Year One: Riding the Kracken (Preview) I think of the Kracken as a gut wrenching cookie tossing roller coaster. Most decent amusement parks have one. As Newcomers arrive in AA they detox from the alcohol abuse and their body adjusts but the mind can sometimes play tricks on the unsuspecting. Old buried hurts begin to resurface and cause mu...	MarcLacroix	11	953	Aug 14, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Looking for guidance for meeting format (Preview) My wife and I are looking to start a discussion group for middle-timers/old-timers. Has anyone been to a meeting like this and can lend any guidance on format of the meeting? Thanks! DCal -- Edited by DCal on Wednesday 11th of August 2010 06:14:35 PM	DCal	9	1166	Aug 14, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	~ As Bill Sees It: Humility for the Fellowship, Too ~ (Preview) p. 226 We of A.A. sometimes brag of the virtues of our Fellowship. Let us remember that few of these are actually earned virtues. We were forced into them, to begin with, by the cruel lash of alcoholism. We finally adopted them, not because we wished to, but because we had to. Then, as time confirmed t...	FlyingSquirrel	1	1584	Aug 14, 2010 by Jerry F
	Daily Reflections ~ Didn't We Harm Anybody? & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Some of us, though, tripped over a very different snag. We clung to the claim that when drinking we never hurt anybody but ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 79 This Step seemed so simple. I identified several people whom I had harmed, but they were no longer available. Still, I was unea...	Sobrietyspell	0	486	Aug 14, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Back from Montana.... (Preview) Great time was had by all---getting out of the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles....... I biked nearly every day into town from the lake...and they had a great AA clubhouse in town!! Went to a couple meetings there......amazing the kinship that is felt in AA!! Just wanted to share the fact that in your tr...	Pablomoses	2	521	Aug 14, 2010 by Reffner
	To Be Or Not To Be A Prodigal (Preview) I sometimes wonder if I was screwed even before I was born to and raised by a couple of French Canadian Catholics. I suspect I was a painful birth for my mother. Shes tried to put me down and hurt me all of my life. I was force-fed religion and in an effort to frighten, control and manipulate me she repeatedl...	MarcLacroix	6	910	Aug 14, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive. --Sir Walter Scott To deceive means to fool people into believing things that are not true. As alcoholics, we did this in many ways. We lied. We hid facts. We were sneaky. While we were trying to fool oth...	Larry_H	1	3137	Aug 14, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Does Anyone Resent Your Sobriety? (Preview) Not so much our old drinking buddies. But someone whose alcoholic(s) in their life are not sober or died of the disease, being resentful of our sobriety? My ex-wife's mother drank herself to death when I was only about 6 months sober. It's hard to remember the chronology but it seems like up to that po...	barisax	7	1467	Aug 14, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	God creates. People rearrange (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: God creates. People rearrange. --Joseph Casey Being alive is our invitation to act in fresh, inventive ways. All it takes is concentrating on our inner vision in combination with external reality. The components for accomplishing any task are at our fingertips...	Larry_H	2	652	Aug 14, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Do you trust your Doctor, when he's prescibing a drug? Think again. (Preview) A pretty distbubing news investigation into improperly prescribed drugs (Fraud) and Doctors receiving kickbacks. I've suspected the kickbacks for years, why else would they be peddling drugs so agressively? Btw AGO sent this to me, and I am surprised that a foreign news agency had to do the inv...	StPeteDean	3	1038	Aug 14, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Reminds me of my old self (Preview) The guy on the right reminds me of my old self before getting to AA Larry,	Larry_H	2	695	Aug 13, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Sponsee back at it (Preview) I was expecting phone calls from my sponsee this past weekend just to check in. No call came Saturday, and none on Sunday. I didn't know if he made the Monday night meeting or not (I was at work) until Tuesday at the book study...he did not. Found out last night why. He called my house, and after acce...	Reffner	10	682	Aug 13, 2010 by Reffner
	Lots of recovery work this week... (Preview) Wife & kids going out of town for three days. My schedule? Mon - 8-noon=work, noon-1 = AA mtg, 1-4=work, 4-6:30=rehab, 7-9:30=new AA meeting with sponsor. Tues - 8-noon=work, noon-1 = AA mtg, 1-5=work, 5-7:30=mow lawn, 8=AA mtg Weds - 8-noon=work, noon-1=AAmtg, 1-4=work, 4-7=rehab, 7-10 = cl...	Aquaman	14	930	Aug 13, 2010 by Lexie
	"Feelings are reality" (Preview) I read this recently and wondered what your take on this was. I'm not really sure where I stand on it, but I do have some ideas... Brian	Reffner	3	632	Aug 13, 2010 by Reffner
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