Alcoholics Anonymous

Rob84 · Rob84

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

Lofg0029 · Lofg0029

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

gladlee · gladlee

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

appaholic · appaholic

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

John · John

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

zangra-prem · zangra-prem

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

Suba · Suba

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

John · John

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

Aquaman · Aquaman

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

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

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

Jerry F · Jerry F

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

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

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

Jerry F · Jerry F

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

gladlee · gladlee

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

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

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

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

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

Aquaman · Aquaman

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

gladlee · gladlee

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

aubstucker · aubstucker

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

leeu · leeu

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

turninggrey · turninggrey

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

ANGELINA · ANGELINA

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

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

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

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

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

mikef · mikef

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

B-lever2day · B-lever2day

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

gonee · gonee

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

B-lever2day · B-lever2day

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

elaine · elaine

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

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

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

kld47 · kld47

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

BGG · BGG

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

Suba · Suba

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

Tracey C · Tracey C

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

Cliodude · Cliodude

Anyone have opinions on using pot instead of booze and as a way of getting off of booze? What are the pros and cons?

Blu858 · Blu858

Hello everyone, I just found this board. I'm an opiate and cocaine addict. I never liked alcohol- it just never did the trick for me. I desperately need a fellowship (support group) and have been unable to find a home in NA. Of course there are exceptions but basicly NA where I live is a sub culture of folk...

butterfly · butterfly

Hello Everyone, I am new here and very unsure of myself. I know I drink too much, but I am not sure I want to stop drinking. I started drinking more heavily while my husband was deployed and now I want to drink all the time. I am not sure I am ready to admit I'm an alcoholic because it doesn't seem that extrem...

gonee · gonee

I consider myself to be very priviliged to be a member of the AA fellowship. Membership was very expensive, pain & suffering. I have experienced much pain in my life, but I have also experienced so much joy through recovery. I am very grateful for that. But nothing gives me so much joy as to see a new p...

kld47 · kld47

Hi All It has been too long; anyone at all heard from Toni; good or bad so prayers can be sent, either to her or to the Family. I hope and Pray that nothing bad has happened to her and if it has that doctors can fix what is wrong or help out . She has not been on for almost 4 months now. I am worried, we had a number of...

bikerbill · bikerbill

It's cold, very windy and lot's of slashing rain. My sister (who's a coronor's officer) tells me the fatal pneumonia season has started early, snow is falling on the scottish mountains (ok they're maybe just hills to you guys, but they're big enough to ski down), I'd like to get the remaining site audi...

MooMoo · MooMoo

Hi all ... I joined this board in july and have read it every day...I have found so much information and help here...thank you all. I have been in AA for 9 months now and have attended 3 to 7 meetings a week...I have a sponsor and have been working with her on my steps. I find that I just want to get a 12 pack of be...

rrib · rrib

The long form of Tradition 6 reads, in part:"Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which require much property or administration, ought to be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the groups. Hence such facilities ought not to use the A.A...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Continued to take personal inventory. . . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 88 The spiritual axiom referred to in the Tenth Stepevery time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with usalso tells me that there are no exceptions to it. No matter how unreasonable ot...

mikef · mikef

Morning and Blessings of this day! I wanted to share 2 things this morning with y'all.First ,my 23 year old going in Monday for back surgery for a bulging disc that has been causing her severe pain for about 11 months now. After much prayer, 1st and 2nd opinions from medical people,ortho's and neuro's s...

gladlee · gladlee

"I know all. Every cry for mercy. Every sigh of weariness. Every plea for help. Every sorrow over failure. Every weakness. I am with you through all. My tender sympathy is yours. My strength is yours. Rejoice at your weakness. My strength is made perfect in weakness. When you are weak...

bluebee · bluebee

Hi All, I received some devastating news on Monday. My sponsor told me that she drank over the weekend and that she feels that she is not in the proper place to be sponsoring someone. I am so fucking upset - not because I need to find a new sponsor or because she relapsed - I'm so fucking pissed at this diseas...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . . and Fear says, You dare not look! TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49 How often I avoided a task in my drinking days, just because it appeared so large! Is it any wonder even if I have been sober for some time, that I will act that same way when faced with what appears to be a monumental job, such as...

gladlee · gladlee

"Do you no know what it means to feel a little trusting hand in yours, to know a child's confidence? Does that not draw out your love and desire to protect? Think what My heart feels, when in your helplessness you turn to Me. Would you fail that child, faulty and weak as you are? Could I fail you? Ju...

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

Wow, I just saw the 2008 movie "Julia" with Tilda Swinton in it, and I'm not sure if it is a "good" movie for alcoholics to watch (might trigger some people) but what a terrific example of that crazy alcoholic thinking -- making bad, impulsive decision after bad decision -- that I...

gladlee · gladlee

"All your movements, your goings and comings, controlled by Me. Every meeting not a chance meeting, but planned by Me. All blessed. Led by the spirit, a proof of sonship. "As many as are led by the spirit of God, they are the sons of God," then heirs of God. What a heritage! Your suffe...

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	Thank You all for being here (Preview) Just hit the 27 year mark of continuous sobriety several days ago. Very grateful for my God and the Program and people of AA for showing me the road to recovery. I really appreciate everyone here and their contributions, it's great to jump on line and see familiar avitars and feel connected. The prom...	Rob84	14	704	Oct 22, 2011 by Sobrietyspell
	Traded a life of addiction for no life and AA addiction (Preview) Hey, My name's Mike, I'm 28, and hit what's evidently known as a "high bottom" in terms of my drinking. I'm engaged to a beautiful, intelligent, supportive and succesful woman, and as for myself, I'm finishing up a Ph.D. that should net a fulfilling mid-to-low six figure salary within a ye...	Lofg0029	16	1090	Oct 22, 2011 by Jerry F
	God Calling ~ Home-building (Preview) "You are building up an unshakable faith. Be furnishing the quiet places of your souls now. Fill them with all that is harmonious, good, beautiful, and enduring. Home-build in the Spirit now, and the waiting time will be well spent." 365 One-minute Meditations from God Calling	gladlee	1	385	Oct 22, 2011 by Mr_David
	So, I relapsed last night..... (Preview) My first relapse since joining the program 97 days ago....traveling in Finland on business...been carrying some resentments, stressed out, tired and gave up my sobriety with barely a whimper. Showed up to meeting late this morning still half drunk....I don't miss this feeling....'m very disap...	appaholic	22	1454	Oct 22, 2011 by Lance Romance
	what an f'ing day! (Preview) i ride a motorcycle i paint for a living i play guitar i work on web sites have 5 lil dogs that need lots of petting.... today i fell 20 ft on a ladder and fractured both of my wrist badly and an elbow! i'm now in partical cast and a sling pecking one damn keyboard key at a time i have had better and worse days.....	John	13	630	Oct 22, 2011 by StPeteDean
	selfcenteredness (Preview) can u make me understand this self-centeredness as encountered in alcoholics,common symptoms and what is the BB perespective on this. how it differs from selfishness?	zangra-prem	3	413	Oct 22, 2011 by jj
	message board (Preview) Good morning all, Just had an e-mail from John regarding the above. I agree that there are few messages, some of which are quite old. I'm a newbie (77 days sober) and am so grateful for AA that I'm almost lost for words.............that's a new one! I thank AA with my whole being for the love, warmth, sugg...	Suba	6	513	Oct 21, 2011 by SoberSteve
	Securing yourself**** (Preview) A lesson based on personal experience!When trying to move up the ladder of life be very careful. The closer you get to the top...the futher the fall. Violet took this picture at hospital before we knew the wrist in sling was also fractured. i guess the shock kept the pain in it at bay longer than my rig...	John	7	588	Oct 21, 2011 by HeatherK
	Happy BiProduct of Step 3 (Preview) Having turned my Will and my LIFE over to the care of the God of my understanding...the ideation and impulse to self-terminate is lifted. Suicide is the ultimate act of arrogance. This life is not of my creation, and I have returned it's use to it's Creator, therefore it is not mine to terminate. Best, R...	Aquaman	3	426	Oct 21, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Solace for Confusion & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Obviously, the dilemma of the wanderer from faith is that of profound confusion. He thinks himself lost to the comfort of any conviction at all. He cannot attain in even a small degree the assurance of the believer, the agnostic, or the atheist. He is the bewildered one. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADIT...	Sobrietyspell	1	610	Oct 21, 2011 by Mr_David
	Tuesday Night...Elavata stay broke (use the steps) (Preview) Marvelous!! Got to the meeting; one I've been to before however I'm not usually a night meeting fellow and then HP takes care of the whole deal for me as this was a read and share from the 12X12 on the 5th step. If you've got a 12X12 and you want to reflect on the 5th it was just where I needed to be while li...	Jerry F	3	415	Oct 20, 2011 by mikef
	Im Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! (Preview) Week sober today, feels good and different, know I said it before but am here to mostly listen and take in what I need. Doing things different this time, been to a bunch of meetings and overcame my fear of going to the old ones in my neighborhood. Thanks for always keeping the light on for me.	SoberSteve	11	748	Oct 20, 2011 by happycamper
	Ego's busted.... (Preview) Aloha All...haven't felt a busted ego and pride for a long while...I can handle it with my HP and support and it just feels to real without the anesthesia of alcohol to block out the reality. I can hear the disease laughing and can feel the support of my HP at the same time...weird drama. Everyone's bee...	Jerry F	4	578	Oct 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Hear My Answer (Preview) "The cry of the human soul is never unheard. It is never that God does not hear the cry, but that man fails to hear the response. But man treats this cry as if it were a thing alone, not realizing that the response was there in all eternity, and only man's failing to listen kept him unhelped by it.&quo...	gladlee	3	358	Oct 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ A.A.'s Main Taproot & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 21-22 Defeated, and knowing it, I arrived at the doors of A.A., alone and afraid of the unknown....	Sobrietyspell	1	396	Oct 20, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ A Daily Tune-Up & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of Gods will into all of our activities. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 How do I maintain my spiritual condition? For me its quite simple: on a daily basis I ask my Higher Power to grant me the gift of sobriety for that day! I have talked to many alcoholics who hav...	Sobrietyspell	2	425	Oct 19, 2011 by alldone
	A poem thing... (Preview) RelapseFirst came the impotent rage and I prayed.Then I craaaaved and I prayed.Then I caved.Then everything was allbetternow.In tender, loving shackles and chains; beer & vodkas willing, drunken, grinning, idiot slave.Just like every previous year, I was free from my anger and fears.AllB...	Aquaman	8	1207	Oct 19, 2011 by turninggrey
	God Calling ~ Loneliness (Preview) "I know what loneliness, desertion, and solitude mean. Every act of yours of faithfulness is a comfort to My heart. It was to those deserters I gave the task of bringing My message to mankind. To those deserters, those fearful ones, I gave My power to heal, to raise to life. Earth's successes a...	gladlee	1	475	Oct 19, 2011 by Mr_David
	Starting my sobriety Today. Its tough. (Preview) Hard not wanting a drink while living in an extended stay hotel. Especially with the stress grad school puts on me. Wish me luck.	aubstucker	6	730	Oct 19, 2011 by angelov8
	They Each Said "I DO"! (Preview) Got to see my daughter get married....how incredible it was...a beautiful small ceramony on the beach on the Outer Banks. This is the best gift of sobriety I could ever have. People who know my story knoow the hell I went through and the hell she went through--that either of us are alive is a blessing by t...	leeu	5	477	Oct 19, 2011 by angelov8
	I just had a serious longing for my family. (Preview) My job takes me away from the fam quite a bit. I have missed them before, but I just got to thinking about how tall my oldest is and I started thinking about both the boys and their fleeting boyhood. That got me to thinking about my whole family and the longing actually hurt. It was too late to call my wife...	turninggrey	8	586	Oct 18, 2011 by Mr_David
	I LOVE MY LIFE BUT WHY AM I STILL SO SAD! (Preview) SINCE I STOPPED DRINKING MY LIFE HAS CHANGED FULL CIRCLE.I DO NOT HAVE MONEY WORRIES,I HAVE THE LOVE OF MY FAMILY,I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO TRAVEL TO UGANDA EVERY YEAR TO UGANDA AS A VOLUNTEER,...THERE IS NOTHING I NEED OR WANT! SO WHY AM I UNHAPPY? I LOST MY SON TO THIS ILLNES IN 2004....I WATCHED HIM BLEED TO D...	ANGELINA	11	1203	Oct 17, 2011 by Papengena
	Linbaba (Preview) LB is on indefinite sabatacle. Just wanted to take the opportunity to say that he'll be missed and wish him well. Thanks for all the great posts, I learned and laughed plenty. -- Edited by StPeteDean on Friday 7th of October 2011 04:24:13 PM	StPeteDean	9	839	Oct 17, 2011 by angelov8
	Daily Reflections ~ An Open Mind & 24hrs a Day (Preview) True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33 My alcoholic thinking led me to believe that I could control my drinking, but I couldnt. When I came to A.A., I realized that God was speaking to me through my group. My mind was open just enough to know that I ne...	Sobrietyspell	1	595	Oct 16, 2011 by Mr_David
	Sarah IN RECOVERY! (Preview) Thank you for thoughts and prayers,my 23 year old now in recovery from disc surgery.It turned out the herniation and bulge had calcified and was putting much pressure on her spine.DOCTORS SPENT OVER 2 HOURS ,FOR SUPPOSEDLY 1 HOUR SURGERY AND KEPT HER OVERNITE,BUT ALL IS WELL.GOD IS GOOD AND WE ARE RES...	mikef	8	594	Oct 15, 2011 by Fyne Spirit
	hello all (Preview) hello everyone. i am a newbie in every sense of the term. this is the first time i've ever been on a cyber recovery site. have been blessed with my very first p.c. this is the first site i logged onto. i really don't know how this works. i will introduce myself briefly, in hopes that it will open the doors for...	B-lever2day	9	546	Oct 15, 2011 by Fyne Spirit
	St Francis prayer. (Preview) "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be console...	gonee	8	2586	Oct 15, 2011 by jj
	answer to pink chips question (Preview) congrats on that 3yrs.!! what a miracle!! for me, it started with step one. understanding my powerlessness not only over alcohol but over most everything. surrender. realizing that if i was able to change myself i wouldn't have been an alcoholic to begin with. armed with that knowledge, i was able to...	B-lever2day	2	649	Oct 15, 2011 by Mr_David
	Thank You (Preview) I dont know if this is in the right place, so please feel free to move/remove. I have just came on here tonight to say a big massive thank you to the AA. 4 years ago yesterday, I was at my lowest ebb and couldnt handle life with my alcoholic partner anymore. He had just attempted suicide the day before i rea...	elaine	5	856	Oct 14, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Curbing Rashness & 24hrs a Day (Preview) When we speak or act hastily or rashly, the ability to be fair-minded and tolerant evaporates on the spot. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 91 Being fair-minded and tolerant is a goal toward which I must work daily. I ask God, as I understand Him, to help me to be loving and tolerant to my loved ones...	Sobrietyspell	2	757	Oct 13, 2011 by Mr_David
	Had a Problem (Preview) Hi Went out with some friends after an event--yes, to an family style pub--had a Dr Pepper with a Fuzzy Toothpick so would know the differenece. But somehow in the course of 3 hours, not knowing it until after tasting it, ended up with a mixed drink of some sort, did not have the whole drink of course. Sinc...	kld47	11	782	Oct 11, 2011 by bikerbill
	Procrastination (Preview) So, like many of us, I have a real issue with procrastination in some areas of my life. And, now I'm paying the price. Several months ago, I noticed that I was having an issue with a lower tooth. But, it wasn't causing me pain, so I said to myself, "I need to go to the dentist," but I didn't take...	BGG	10	1318	Oct 11, 2011 by Mike B.
	Newbie (Preview) Hi to everyone reading this. As my subject suggests, I'm new to sobriety, 2 months sober.....yay! I can't believe how well I feel in such a short time. I love AA and everything about it. I do what is suggested by my fellow members and it's working. I've got dry on my own (14 years) only to go back down the sl...	Suba	10	545	Oct 11, 2011 by pinkchip
	30 Days of Abstinence (Preview) Hi, I wanted to share that I have been 30 days abstinent with my eating. It has been quite a journey, my body still is in shock. The differences in myself and how I am is quite amazing. I realize now that I truly am powerless over the food I put into myself. The first 3 steps, I can't, He can so Let him, has p...	Tracey C	5	938	Oct 10, 2011 by Tracey C
	pot vs alcohol? (Preview) Anyone have opinions on using pot instead of booze and as a way of getting off of booze? What are the pros and cons?	Cliodude	12	1071	Oct 10, 2011 by ANGELINA
	Drug addict that never liked alcohol wants to switch to AA over NA- I need your opinion (Preview) Hello everyone, I just found this board. I'm an opiate and cocaine addict. I never liked alcohol- it just never did the trick for me. I desperately need a fellowship (support group) and have been unable to find a home in NA. Of course there are exceptions but basicly NA where I live is a sub culture of folk...	Blu858	29	1612	Oct 10, 2011 by ANGELINA
	Need help (Preview) Hello Everyone, I am new here and very unsure of myself. I know I drink too much, but I am not sure I want to stop drinking. I started drinking more heavily while my husband was deployed and now I want to drink all the time. I am not sure I am ready to admit I'm an alcoholic because it doesn't seem that extrem...	butterfly	22	1170	Oct 10, 2011 by ANGELINA
	Selfishness the root of our troubles. Pg 62 BB. (Preview) I consider myself to be very priviliged to be a member of the AA fellowship. Membership was very expensive, pain & suffering. I have experienced much pain in my life, but I have also experienced so much joy through recovery. I am very grateful for that. But nothing gives me so much joy as to see a new p...	gonee	5	1643	Oct 10, 2011 by StPeteDean
	Hi Anyone heard from Toni? (Preview) Hi All It has been too long; anyone at all heard from Toni; good or bad so prayers can be sent, either to her or to the Family. I hope and Pray that nothing bad has happened to her and if it has that doctors can fix what is wrong or help out . She has not been on for almost 4 months now. I am worried, we had a number of...	kld47	4	567	Oct 10, 2011 by John
	Well now - has winter started early? (Preview) It's cold, very windy and lot's of slashing rain. My sister (who's a coronor's officer) tells me the fatal pneumonia season has started early, snow is falling on the scottish mountains (ok they're maybe just hills to you guys, but they're big enough to ski down), I'd like to get the remaining site audi...	bikerbill	3	549	Oct 10, 2011 by bikerbill
	Program works if you work it .... But.... (Preview) Hi all ... I joined this board in july and have read it every day...I have found so much information and help here...thank you all. I have been in AA for 9 months now and have attended 3 to 7 meetings a week...I have a sponsor and have been working with her on my steps. I find that I just want to get a 12 pack of be...	MooMoo	9	1017	Oct 9, 2011 by Suba
	Some feedback on Tradition 6 please. (Preview) The long form of Tradition 6 reads, in part:"Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which require much property or administration, ought to be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the groups. Hence such facilities ought not to use the A.A...	rrib	13	4876	Oct 9, 2011 by rrib
	Daily Reflections ~ Daily Monitoring & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Continued to take personal inventory. . . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 88 The spiritual axiom referred to in the Tenth Stepevery time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with usalso tells me that there are no exceptions to it. No matter how unreasonable ot...	Sobrietyspell	1	828	Oct 9, 2011 by Mr_David
	Couple Things (Preview) Morning and Blessings of this day! I wanted to share 2 things this morning with y'all.First ,my 23 year old going in Monday for back surgery for a bulging disc that has been causing her severe pain for about 11 months now. After much prayer, 1st and 2nd opinions from medical people,ortho's and neuro's s...	mikef	5	520	Oct 8, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Rejoice at weakness (Preview) "I know all. Every cry for mercy. Every sigh of weariness. Every plea for help. Every sorrow over failure. Every weakness. I am with you through all. My tender sympathy is yours. My strength is yours. Rejoice at your weakness. My strength is made perfect in weakness. When you are weak...	gladlee	2	386	Oct 8, 2011 by Mr_David
	My sponsor relapsed. (Preview) Hi All, I received some devastating news on Monday. My sponsor told me that she drank over the weekend and that she feels that she is not in the proper place to be sponsoring someone. I am so fucking upset - not because I need to find a new sponsor or because she relapsed - I'm so fucking pissed at this diseas...	bluebee	5	2286	Oct 8, 2011 by Rainspa
	Daily Reflections ~ Facing Ourselves & 24hrs a Day (Preview) . . . . and Fear says, You dare not look! TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49 How often I avoided a task in my drinking days, just because it appeared so large! Is it any wonder even if I have been sober for some time, that I will act that same way when faced with what appears to be a monumental job, such as...	Sobrietyspell	1	525	Oct 7, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ A child's hand (Preview) "Do you no know what it means to feel a little trusting hand in yours, to know a child's confidence? Does that not draw out your love and desire to protect? Think what My heart feels, when in your helplessness you turn to Me. Would you fail that child, faulty and weak as you are? Could I fail you? Ju...	gladlee	1	405	Oct 7, 2011 by Mr_David
	Movie - "Julia" (Preview) Wow, I just saw the 2008 movie "Julia" with Tilda Swinton in it, and I'm not sure if it is a "good" movie for alcoholics to watch (might trigger some people) but what a terrific example of that crazy alcoholic thinking -- making bad, impulsive decision after bad decision -- that I...	TwelveSteps	1	810	Oct 6, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ No Chance Meetings (Preview) "All your movements, your goings and comings, controlled by Me. Every meeting not a chance meeting, but planned by Me. All blessed. Led by the spirit, a proof of sonship. "As many as are led by the spirit of God, they are the sons of God," then heirs of God. What a heritage! Your suffe...	gladlee	1	383	Oct 6, 2011 by Mr_David
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