Alcoholics Anonymous

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.62 With the realization and acceptance that I had played a part in the way my life had turned out came a dramatic change in my outlook. It was at th...

gonee · gonee

I am working on my wife's BMW. Doing an engine transplant from a donor car. Reminds me of my early days of sobriety. I started a project with one of my sponsees. We started on a project to build a camper motorhome. For the first 18 months of my sobriety, I kept at it daily. It took me 6 months to rebuild the eng...

gladlee · gladlee

GOD CALLING "Nothing is small to God. In His sight, a sparrow is of greater value than a palace, one kindly word of more importance than a statesman's speech. It is the life in all that has value, and the quality of the life that determines the value..." ACOA - DISCOVERY "I AM ON A JOURNE...

Daffoni · Daffoni

Hello, I'm in a bit of confussion, Ill tell you why. The other nite I was out with friends having acouple of drinks, knowing to all keep near a restroom. After a few hours we went dancing, I lost total control of my bladder on the dance floor, embrassed I left without saying goodbye and I'm not sure i...

NaninMinn · NaninMinn

Hello all- I'm new here, but hoping to find fellowship to talk over things I've never found much help for in the live groups I've attended. In fact, I've never felt tremendously connected to any of the regular groups I've attended over the past 5 years of my sobriety. Up till last fall, I tried to go at lea...

autumnspirit · autumnspirit

often drug addicts and alcoholics have a lot of medical bills and just things that are damaged that need repairing. i wonder how you cope with getting sober while you get to stare at the ugliness one might create physically on themselves? that might sound horribly vain, but i want to know.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Every man and woman who has joined A.A. and intends to stick has, without realizing it, made a beginning on Step Three. Isn't it true that in all matters touching upon alcohol, each of them has decided to turn his or her life over to the care, protection, and guidance of Alcoholics Anonymous? . . . Any wil...

gladlee · gladlee

"The joy of Spring shall be yours in full measure. Revel in the earth's joy. Do you not think that Nature is weary too, of her long months of travail? There will come back a wonderful joy, if you share in her joy now. Nature is the embodied Spirit of My thoughts of beauty for this world. Treat her a...

autumnspirit · autumnspirit

does anyone have their sober date and real birthday on the same day? not your original birthday obviously! is it a good idea? does it work well for you? -- Edited by autumnspirit on Thursday 3rd of March 2011 06:23:10 PM

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

Ok, lets see,,,,. lie or truth, temp high feelings or dealing with REAL feelings... here it all goes.. I did good for a while... well a couple months since last time.. but I drank tonight. as I type this its 11:50 my time so my new sobriety date is 3-6-11 kinda a weird date but Im kinda weird. with all the p...

Jamie D · Jamie D

It says in our authoritive text for living, that alcoholism is a mental obsession coupled with a physical compulsion. Accepted fact. What it doesn't say, that I have found to be absolutely true , is that I am living in an alcohol OBSESSED society, no wonder it's so easy to stay out there drinking an...

Frodo · Frodo

A little over ten years ago I lost my licence for DUI and never bothered to go and get it back. What was the point? I would never have been sober enough to drive anyway and I would have just been caught again or killed myself or others. So back then I made a promise to myself that I would only get it back when I st...

Mad_Jasper · Mad_Jasper

A friend of my who is a alcoholic (he had been sober for years), has been a great source of encouragement for me the last few years. He is a devoted Christian and we have had some of the best talks. He helped with identifying my problem with alcohol and encouraged me to attend the first AA meeting. I love t...

gonee · gonee

I went to an Alanon 60th mini convention with my wife. She was beautifully dressed in a modern Indian sari. The strange irony of all this, is that my wife did not want anything to do with Alanon or it's recovery program when I came into AA. So much for the spouses support. In fact she always said that I was no...

Richie23 · Richie23

First, let me tell you about myself... My name is Richie, I am 28 and I am a recovering addict. I have a beautiful 2 year old son and four year old daughter and am trying to get better for them. When I talk to my children every evening they ask me when their Daddy will be coming back home... I do not know what t...

Jamie D · Jamie D

The meeting after the meeting. The coffee at the coffee shop. The late night chat sessions. The coffee's at members houses. The picnic at the park on a Sunday with other members. The chat's for hours on the phone. Giving members a hand at work for a couple of days and then the impromptu AA meetings tha...

gladlee · gladlee

"Have no fear. Fear is evil and perfect Love casts out fear. There is no room for fear in the heart in which I dwell. Fear destroys Hope. It cannot exist where Love is, or where Faith is. Fear is the curse of the world. Man is afraid - afraid of poverty, afraid of loneliness, afraid of unemployme...

Mad_Jasper · Mad_Jasper

It was two weeks ago today that I woke up realizing that I need to make changes in my life... the first being to quit drinking so much. That's right, I wasn't going to quit drinking entirely, just not every day. Or at least not 4-6-10-15 beers a day. Then came the anxiety, the night sweats, the confusio...

Jimhere4u · Jimhere4u

I am only going on 3 weeks and probably a bit too optimistic, if that's possible, but I understand that there are several stages we go through the first year of sobriety. I know that everyone is different, but hoped some of you folks could share some of your experiences. I did some Google searches, but ju...

attilio · attilio

so here i am going to meetings working the steps talking to my sponsor twice or three times daily and yet still fears of tommorow financial insecurities .starting fourth step and overwhelmed by remorse realizing that i am a self centered êrson ,its why i never fully applied the program as soon as pain c...

Slinkyj1969 · Slinkyj1969

Speaking on panel and looking for some stirring conversation. I read some posts about "The Lord's Prayer" being said in meetings and loved the different views on that. So that's what I was gonna speak on a liitle, because I learned a bit from that. So any comments, reading, or suggestions w...

gladlee · gladlee

"Work for Me, with Me, through Me. All work to last must be done in My Spirit. How silently My Spirit works. How gently and gradually souls are led into My Kingdom. Love and Laughter from the plough that prepares the ground for the seed. Remember this. If the ground is hard, seed will not grow t...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Do not let any prejudice you might have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 47 The idea of faith is a very large chunk to swallow when fear, doubt and anger abound in and around me. Sometimes just the idea of doing something dif...

Tracey C · Tracey C

Hi, Thank you for the coda board. I have already started learning different ways of interacting. I was wondering, do you think we may be able to start an overeaters anonymous board here as well? At the moment I am unable to make it to meetings and I haven't found any online ones that are active. I'm sur...

erniej · erniej

On my gravestone let it read that I passed in remorse for unkind deeds said or done to friend or foe richer or poorer youngest to old words lashed out unkind acts kinds of things never taken back let it be known my heart was not stone never taught how to give or recieve victims of victims were teachers to me

SteveP · SteveP

Sorry, if a re-post. From Barefoot's world.. http://www.barefootsworld.net/aaphenomcraving.html Just loved it. Makes it so understandable. Steve

gonee · gonee

I was just over 3 years sober before I would allow my sponsor to intimidate me into taking the steps of recovery. I was dying spiritually in AA because I never took the steps necessary to bring about a vital life changing spiritual experience. I discovered that I was suffering from an illness, tha...

bikerbill · bikerbill

So last night I was up late learning the riff from Wish You Were Here. Posted about my Dad and this morning went to his headstone - about 80 miles north of me. For the first time in 11 years I felt the need to be with him as best I could. Bought a bunch of flowers and tidied the headstone, had a chat, told him I mis...

gonee · gonee

Enjoyed a lovely dinner & dance with all our favourite friends today. Simple, uncomplicated fellowship with love and respect for each other.

McShae_615 · McShae_615

Guys, I need help. I'm struggling with a blatent alcohol dependency due to my life falling to bits around me. My girlfriend has left, my private information is being passed around the internets, and my mother just scoffs at any attempt I make to reason with her about my life! She hates the fact I took coc...

gladlee · gladlee

"I SILENCE OLD NEGATIVE MESSAGES AND REPLACE THEM WITH HEALTHY THOUGHTS" "My beliefs affect my life. When my energy is expended on negative thoughts, I get the same old negative results. I have a very decided part in achieving the changes that I desire. I must silence the negativ...

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

Ill be honest, im only on day 2 myself. And other than one aquaintance passing that I knew from AA, this is the first time I have to deal with this, Im not going to drink over it and this may be the final wake up I need. I am just so distraught. I dont know what to think. I was close with him most my life. Not lat...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

"But just how, in these circumstances, does a fellow 'take it easy?' That's what I want to know." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 26 I was never known for my patience. How many times have I asked, "Why should I wait, when I can have it all right now?" Indeed, when I was first p...

gladlee · gladlee

God Calling "Draw near to Me... Contact with Me is the panacea for all ills. Remember that truth is many-sided. Have much tender love and patience for all who do not see as you do. The elimination of self is the key to holiness and happiness and can only be accomplished with My help... Live in My p...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The essence of all growth is a willingness to make a change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 115 By the time I had reached Step Three I had been freed of my dependence on alcohol, but bitter experience has shown me th...

Frodo · Frodo

I was sitting on the computer and listening to the radio earlier tonight when I suddenly put my shoes on, grabbed my wallet and walked out the door fully intending to go to the pub and have a couple of beers. Just a couple. It was just starting to rain so as I was walking out my mum called out to me and offered m...

gladlee · gladlee

God Calling "Look at Me often, and unconsciously you will grow like Me. The nearer you get to Me, the more will you see your unlikeness to Me. Your very deep sense of failure is a sure sign that you are growing nearer to Me. My strength is made perfect in weakness." Walk in Dry Places - WHAT WI...

Mad_Jasper · Mad_Jasper

A lot has changed for me in the last two weeks. The most profound change is my total surrender to God and his will. My wife left and refuses to speak to me at all aside from letting me know when she was coming to get her stuff. Then I finally was able to look at myself in the mirror and admit I was an alcoholic...

John · John

Hello Everyone, At the request of numerous members of MIP I have started to put together all the web site related fixin's of a Codependents Anonymous Group on the MIP 12 Step Recovery Forums site. You can access the CODA home page from our main home page at http://www.12stepforums.net or...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

No more waitinq the Board is here http://www.12stepforums.net/coda.html While we're waiting for separate board, I'll start posting links, Literature, books etc... This thread will be locked for a short time, till I get enough source info posted. Then we can have some discussio...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us! ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p...

Mad_Jasper · Mad_Jasper

I can't say that I'm an alcohic, but I have grown emotionally dependent on alcohol. things I've done over the past few years have led to me not liking myself very much. What was a few beers on weekend became 3-4 beers a day, 12-20 on weekends. I've been feeling guilty about how much I've been drinking,...

bikerbill · bikerbill

it's gone midnight thought i'd got this sleep thing sussed. But no, not today. Feel like a twenty something again. Laying here headphones on. Trying not to think. I'm doing thre relate thing but my heart isn't in it. Feel like I'm going through the motions. Really feel I've grown away from eileen. Onl...

Mad_Jasper · Mad_Jasper

I've had quite a few friends step up for me the last week and offer me encouragement, an ear, and when needed, advice. Sadly absent from that is my current wife. I have not spoken to or seen her since she left, aside from a few text messages arranging for her move her stuff. She knows nothing about my cur...

Mad_Jasper · Mad_Jasper

Made it to the second meeting tonight. I haven't had a drink in 11 days and I feel better. I've still struggled with the "Am I or Am I Not an alcoholic" stuff. I almost feel as though I haven't earned the right to call myself an alcoholic. I listen to the stories at the meeting and I can't even...

Jamie D · Jamie D

I sometimes wonder about freedom in AA. It's all about "freedom from" some say, but how accepting are we really ....................... really as a society. Say for arguments sake an alcoholic had radical beliefs contradictory to "key" parts of the recovery process, b...

maire rua · maire rua

Dear All, I have just had to rescind on two occasions that were caused because of my people pleasing attributes. I spoke it over with an old timer and was helped out on same. It is a grounding experiencing but a good one and hopefully I just might be a bit more careful in the near future.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

It works -- it really does. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 88 When I got sober I initially had faith only in the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Desperation and fear kept me sober (and maybe a caring and/or tough sponsor helped!). Faith in a Higher Power came much later. This faith came slowly at first, aft...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Way to go!

billyjack · billyjack

Daily Reflections WHAT? NO PRESIDENT? When told that our Society has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues. . . . our friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be . . ." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 132 When I finally made...

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	Daily Reflections ~ Today, It's My Choice & 24hrs a Day (Preview) . . . we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.62 With the realization and acceptance that I had played a part in the way my life had turned out came a dramatic change in my outlook. It was at th...	Sobrietyspell	0	690	Mar 9, 2011 by Sobrietyspell
	Grease monkey (Preview) I am working on my wife's BMW. Doing an engine transplant from a donor car. Reminds me of my early days of sobriety. I started a project with one of my sponsees. We started on a project to build a camper motorhome. For the first 18 months of my sobriety, I kept at it daily. It took me 6 months to rebuild the eng...	gonee	2	814	Mar 9, 2011 by mikef
	Daily Meditations - March 9 (Preview) GOD CALLING "Nothing is small to God. In His sight, a sparrow is of greater value than a palace, one kindly word of more importance than a statesman's speech. It is the life in all that has value, and the quality of the life that determines the value..." ACOA - DISCOVERY "I AM ON A JOURNE...	gladlee	0	615	Mar 9, 2011 by gladlee
	Loss of bladder control (Preview) Hello, I'm in a bit of confussion, Ill tell you why. The other nite I was out with friends having acouple of drinks, knowing to all keep near a restroom. After a few hours we went dancing, I lost total control of my bladder on the dance floor, embrassed I left without saying goodbye and I'm not sure i...	Daffoni	5	5284	Mar 9, 2011 by TwelveSteps
	Work issues and my alcoholic personality -- is there a solution? work issues (Preview) Hello all- I'm new here, but hoping to find fellowship to talk over things I've never found much help for in the live groups I've attended. In fact, I've never felt tremendously connected to any of the regular groups I've attended over the past 5 years of my sobriety. Up till last fall, I tried to go at lea...	NaninMinn	13	1112	Mar 8, 2011 by NaninMinn
	ways to deal with medical care (Preview) often drug addicts and alcoholics have a lot of medical bills and just things that are damaged that need repairing. i wonder how you cope with getting sober while you get to stare at the ugliness one might create physically on themselves? that might sound horribly vain, but i want to know.	autumnspirit	2	766	Mar 8, 2011 by pinkchip
	Daily Reflections ~ Turning It Over & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Every man and woman who has joined A.A. and intends to stick has, without realizing it, made a beginning on Step Three. Isn't it true that in all matters touching upon alcohol, each of them has decided to turn his or her life over to the care, protection, and guidance of Alcoholics Anonymous? . . . Any wil...	Sobrietyspell	0	727	Mar 8, 2011 by Sobrietyspell
	God Calling ~ Heaven-Life (Preview) "The joy of Spring shall be yours in full measure. Revel in the earth's joy. Do you not think that Nature is weary too, of her long months of travail? There will come back a wonderful joy, if you share in her joy now. Nature is the embodied Spirit of My thoughts of beauty for this world. Treat her a...	gladlee	0	485	Mar 8, 2011 by gladlee
	having sober date and birthday on same day? (Preview) does anyone have their sober date and real birthday on the same day? not your original birthday obviously! is it a good idea? does it work well for you? -- Edited by autumnspirit on Thursday 3rd of March 2011 06:23:10 PM	autumnspirit	10	1102	Mar 8, 2011 by Klaatu
	Truth comes out.. (Preview) Ok, lets see,,,,. lie or truth, temp high feelings or dealing with REAL feelings... here it all goes.. I did good for a while... well a couple months since last time.. but I drank tonight. as I type this its 11:50 my time so my new sobriety date is 3-6-11 kinda a weird date but Im kinda weird. with all the p...	SoberSteve	13	1160	Mar 8, 2011 by Klaatu
	We are living in an alcohol obsessed society. (Preview) It says in our authoritive text for living, that alcoholism is a mental obsession coupled with a physical compulsion. Accepted fact. What it doesn't say, that I have found to be *absolutely true* , is that I am living in an alcohol OBSESSED society, no wonder it's so easy to stay out there drinking an...	Jamie D	10	2310	Mar 8, 2011 by Jamie D
	I got my licence back today (Preview) A little over ten years ago I lost my licence for DUI and never bothered to go and get it back. What was the point? I would never have been sober enough to drive anyway and I would have just been caught again or killed myself or others. So back then I made a promise to myself that I would only get it back when I st...	Frodo	10	992	Mar 7, 2011 by mikef
	Today has had it's ups, but one major downer. (Preview) A friend of my who is a alcoholic (he had been sober for years), has been a great source of encouragement for me the last few years. He is a devoted Christian and we have had some of the best talks. He helped with identifying my problem with alcohol and encouraged me to attend the first AA meeting. I love t...	Mad_Jasper	9	888	Mar 7, 2011 by Mad_Jasper
	Alanons 60th (Preview) I went to an Alanon 60th mini convention with my wife. She was beautifully dressed in a modern Indian sari. The strange irony of all this, is that my wife did not want anything to do with Alanon or it's recovery program when I came into AA. So much for the spouses support. In fact she always said that I was no...	gonee	3	745	Mar 7, 2011 by Mike B.
	Recovering Addict With No Where Else to Turn (Preview) First, let me tell you about myself... My name is Richie, I am 28 and I am a recovering addict. I have a beautiful 2 year old son and four year old daughter and am trying to get better for them. When I talk to my children every evening they ask me when their Daddy will be coming back home... I do not know what t...	Richie23	6	1152	Mar 7, 2011 by HeatherK
	Fellowship. (Preview) The meeting after the meeting. The coffee at the coffee shop. The late night chat sessions. The coffee's at members houses. The picnic at the park on a Sunday with other members. The chat's for hours on the phone. Giving members a hand at work for a couple of days and then the impromptu AA meetings tha...	Jamie D	13	1127	Mar 6, 2011 by LinBaba
	God Calling - Fear is Evil (Preview) "Have no fear. Fear is evil and perfect Love casts out fear. There is no room for fear in the heart in which I dwell. Fear destroys Hope. It cannot exist where Love is, or where Faith is. Fear is the curse of the world. Man is afraid - afraid of poverty, afraid of loneliness, afraid of unemployme...	gladlee	1	828	Mar 6, 2011 by leeu
	Two weeks sober today... What a journey so far! (Preview) It was two weeks ago today that I woke up realizing that I need to make changes in my life... the first being to quit drinking so much. That's right, I wasn't going to quit drinking entirely, just not every day. Or at least not 4-6-10-15 beers a day. Then came the anxiety, the night sweats, the confusio...	Mad_Jasper	9	1298	Mar 6, 2011 by billyjack
	First year of sobriety inquiry.... (Preview) I am only going on 3 weeks and probably a bit too optimistic, if that's possible, but I understand that there are several stages we go through the first year of sobriety. I know that everyone is different, but hoped some of you folks could share some of your experiences. I did some Google searches, but ju...	Jimhere4u	11	9611	Mar 6, 2011 by leeu
	fear or remorse (Preview) so here i am going to meetings working the steps talking to my sponsor twice or three times daily and yet still fears of tommorow financial insecurities .starting fourth step and overwhelmed by remorse realizing that i am a self centered êrson ,its why i never fully applied the program as soon as pain c...	attilio	5	947	Mar 6, 2011 by leeu
	aa inclusive not exculise (Preview) Speaking on panel and looking for some stirring conversation. I read some posts about "The Lord's Prayer" being said in meetings and loved the different views on that. So that's what I was gonna speak on a liitle, because I learned a bit from that. So any comments, reading, or suggestions w...	Slinkyj1969	8	1289	Mar 6, 2011 by leeu
	God Calling ~ Love and Laugh (Preview) "Work for Me, with Me, through Me. All work to last must be done in My Spirit. How silently My Spirit works. How gently and gradually souls are led into My Kingdom. Love and Laughter from the plough that prepares the ground for the seed. Remember this. If the ground is hard, seed will not grow t...	gladlee	0	585	Mar 6, 2011 by gladlee
	Daily Reflections ~ The Idea of Faith & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Do not let any prejudice you might have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 47 The idea of faith is a very large chunk to swallow when fear, doubt and anger abound in and around me. Sometimes just the idea of doing something dif...	Sobrietyspell	0	747	Mar 6, 2011 by Sobrietyspell
	Thank you (Preview) Hi, Thank you for the coda board. I have already started learning different ways of interacting. I was wondering, do you think we may be able to start an overeaters anonymous board here as well? At the moment I am unable to make it to meetings and I haven't found any online ones that are active. I'm sur...	Tracey C	2	638	Mar 6, 2011 by SoberSteve
	Making Amends (Preview) On my gravestone let it read that I passed in remorse for unkind deeds said or done to friend or foe richer or poorer youngest to old words lashed out unkind acts kinds of things never taken back let it be known my heart was not stone never taught how to give or recieve victims of victims were teachers to me	erniej	4	681	Mar 5, 2011 by kld47
	Great, simple description of alcoholism as an illness (Preview) Sorry, if a re-post. From Barefoot's world.. http://www.barefootsworld.net/aaphenomcraving.html Just loved it. Makes it so understandable. Steve	SteveP	0	538	Mar 5, 2011 by SteveP
	Glad to be here. (Preview) I was just over 3 years sober before I would allow my sponsor to intimidate me into taking the steps of recovery. I was dying spiritually in AA because I never took the steps necessary to bring about a vital life changing spiritual experience. I discovered that I was suffering from an illness, tha...	gonee	3	728	Mar 5, 2011 by Jamie D
	I don't know how this works but it does. (Preview) So last night I was up late learning the riff from Wish You Were Here. Posted about my Dad and this morning went to his headstone - about 80 miles north of me. For the first time in 11 years I felt the need to be with him as best I could. Bought a bunch of flowers and tidied the headstone, had a chat, told him I mis...	bikerbill	4	858	Mar 5, 2011 by tg
	Fun with friends (Preview) Enjoyed a lovely dinner & dance with all our favourite friends today. Simple, uncomplicated fellowship with love and respect for each other.	gonee	2	705	Mar 4, 2011 by mikef
	Desperately seeking mother's approval (Preview) Guys, I need help. I'm struggling with a blatent alcohol dependency due to my life falling to bits around me. My girlfriend has left, my private information is being passed around the internets, and my mother just scoffs at any attempt I make to reason with her about my life! She hates the fact I took coc...	McShae_615	9	1692	Mar 4, 2011 by Missn
	"Healthy Thoughts" (ACOA affirmations) (Preview) "I SILENCE OLD NEGATIVE MESSAGES AND REPLACE THEM WITH HEALTHY THOUGHTS" "My beliefs affect my life. When my energy is expended on negative thoughts, I get the same old negative results. I have a very decided part in achieving the changes that I desire. I must silence the negativ...	gladlee	7	6788	Mar 4, 2011 by Mr_David
	Just found my alcoholic uncle died from the disease.. (Preview) Ill be honest, im only on day 2 myself. And other than one aquaintance passing that I knew from AA, this is the first time I have to deal with this, Im not going to drink over it and this may be the final wake up I need. I am just so distraught. I dont know what to think. I was close with him most my life. Not lat...	SoberSteve	12	1399	Mar 4, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ A Lifelong Task & 24hrs a Day (Preview) "But just how, in these circumstances, does a fellow 'take it easy?' That's what I want to know." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 26 I was never known for my patience. How many times have I asked, "Why should I wait, when I can have it all right now?" Indeed, when I was first p...	Sobrietyspell	0	635	Mar 4, 2011 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily meditations (Preview) God Calling "Draw near to Me... Contact with Me is the panacea for all ills. Remember that truth is many-sided. Have much tender love and patience for all who do not see as you do. The elimination of self is the key to holiness and happiness and can only be accomplished with My help... Live in My p...	gladlee	0	548	Mar 4, 2011 by gladlee
	Daily Reflections ~ Weeding The Garden & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The essence of all growth is a willingness to make a change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 115 By the time I had reached Step Three I had been freed of my dependence on alcohol, but bitter experience has shown me th...	Sobrietyspell	0	1353	Mar 3, 2011 by Sobrietyspell
	Close call. (Preview) I was sitting on the computer and listening to the radio earlier tonight when I suddenly put my shoes on, grabbed my wallet and walked out the door fully intending to go to the pub and have a couple of beers. Just a couple. It was just starting to rain so as I was walking out my mum called out to me and offered m...	Frodo	7	847	Mar 3, 2011 by HeatherK
	Daily meditations (Preview) God Calling "Look at Me often, and unconsciously you will grow like Me. The nearer you get to Me, the more will you see your unlikeness to Me. Your very deep sense of failure is a sure sign that you are growing nearer to Me. My strength is made perfect in weakness." Walk in Dry Places - WHAT WI...	gladlee	0	561	Mar 3, 2011 by gladlee
	Today should have been a bad day... (Preview) A lot has changed for me in the last two weeks. The most profound change is my total surrender to God and his will. My wife left and refuses to speak to me at all aside from letting me know when she was coming to get her stuff. Then I finally was able to look at myself in the mirror and admit I was an alcoholic...	Mad_Jasper	11	992	Mar 3, 2011 by SteveP
	Codependents Anonymous Group Started Today on MIP! (Preview) Hello Everyone, At the request of numerous members of MIP I have started to put together all the web site related fixin's of a Codependents Anonymous Group on the MIP 12 Step Recovery Forums site. You can access the CODA home page from our main home page at http://www.12stepforums.net or...	John	3	809	Mar 3, 2011 by SteveP
	Codependents Anonymous Thread We Now Have A Coda Board! (Preview) No more waitinq the Board is here http://www.12stepforums.net/coda.html While we're waiting for separate board, I'll start posting links, Literature, books etc... This thread will be locked for a short time, till I get enough source info posted. Then we can have some discussio...	StPeteDean	5	2139	Mar 2, 2011 by jj
	Daily Reflections ~ Overcoming Self-Will & 24hrs a Day (Preview) So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us! ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p...	Sobrietyspell	0	685	Mar 2, 2011 by Sobrietyspell
	Is AA right for me... or would it help me? (Preview) I can't say that I'm an alcohic, but I have grown emotionally dependent on alcohol. things I've done over the past few years have led to me not liking myself very much. What was a few beers on weekend became 3-4 beers a day, 12-20 on weekends. I've been feeling guilty about how much I've been drinking,...	Mad_Jasper	19	1795	Mar 2, 2011 by StPeteDean
	it's late, can't sleep, (Preview) it's gone midnight thought i'd got this sleep thing sussed. But no, not today. Feel like a twenty something again. Laying here headphones on. Trying not to think. I'm doing thre relate thing but my heart isn't in it. Feel like I'm going through the motions. Really feel I've grown away from eileen. Onl...	bikerbill	9	1000	Mar 1, 2011 by leeu
	Supportive friends (Preview) I've had quite a few friends step up for me the last week and offer me encouragement, an ear, and when needed, advice. Sadly absent from that is my current wife. I have not spoken to or seen her since she left, aside from a few text messages arranging for her move her stuff. She knows nothing about my cur...	Mad_Jasper	1	576	Mar 1, 2011 by Jerry F
	2nd Meeting (Preview) Made it to the second meeting tonight. I haven't had a drink in 11 days and I feel better. I've still struggled with the "Am I or Am I Not an alcoholic" stuff. I almost feel as though I haven't earned the right to call myself an alcoholic. I listen to the stories at the meeting and I can't even...	Mad_Jasper	8	1057	Mar 1, 2011 by Jerry F
	Radical Beliefs (Preview) I sometimes wonder about freedom in AA. It's all about "freedom from" some say, but how accepting are we really ....................... really as a society. Say for arguments sake an alcoholic had radical beliefs contradictory to "key" parts of the recovery process, b...	Jamie D	11	1041	Mar 1, 2011 by LinBaba
	People pleasing faults (Preview) Dear All, I have just had to rescind on two occasions that were caused because of my people pleasing attributes. I spoke it over with an old timer and was helped out on same. It is a grounding experiencing but a good one and hopefully I just might be a bit more careful in the near future.	maire rua	1	792	Mar 1, 2011 by Rob84
	Daily Reflections ~ It Works & 24hrs a Day (Preview) It works -- it really does. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 88 When I got sober I initially had faith only in the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Desperation and fear kept me sober (and maybe a caring and/or tough sponsor helped!). Faith in a Higher Power came much later. This faith came slowly at first, aft...	Sobrietyspell	0	729	Feb 28, 2011 by Sobrietyspell
	Happy 1 year Anniversary Ferrisdp! (Preview) Way to go!	pinkchip	11	736	Feb 28, 2011 by carlasober
	Daily Reflections / As Bill Sees It (Preview) Daily Reflections WHAT? NO PRESIDENT? When told that our Society has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues. . . . our friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be . . ." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 132 When I finally made...	billyjack	0	1973	Feb 28, 2011 by billyjack
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