Alcoholics Anonymous

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

Larry_H · Larry_H

Surrendering On the face of it, surrendering certainly does not seem like winning. But it is in AA Only after we have come to the end of our rope, hit a stone wall in some aspect of our lives beyond which we can go no further; only when we hit "bottom" in despair and surrender, can we accomplish s...

Reffner · Reffner

He might have said... "Into your weak and feeble hands I have entrusted a Power beyond estimate. To you has been given that which has been denied the most learned of your fellows. Not to scientist or statesmen, not to wives or mothers, not even to My priests and ministers have I given this gift of...

I miss my sister · I miss my sister

Can anyone tell me why someone drinks themselves to death? I find it hard to accept that my sister is gone forever.

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 224 No society can function well without able leadership at all its levels, and A.A. can be no exception. But we A.A.'s sometimes cherish the thought that we can do without much personal leadership at all. We are apt to warp the traditional idea of "principles before personalities" a...

mikef · mikef

Hello everyone! Back from Jersey shore last thursday,but been little out of sorts(mentally) but back on track now.Had a wonderful time at shore for 3 days,I left my yearly donation at the Casino(nothing new for me)Went to Atlantic city boardwalk and got some good runs in on the paths between Casino;...

MarcLacroix · MarcLacroix

I guess what I feel the most guilt/remorse about are the broken promises. Build'em up then Let'em down. I cannot begin to recall the number of times I had sincerely promised her 'Never Again' and proceeded to get drunk shortly after. Kim and I divorced in my first year of sobriety. The marriage was brok...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Well, it is official. I start my new job tomorrow morning. I was holding out for another surgery position, but will be using my EKG Tech and lab skills for an internal medicine practice with a lot of cardiac and diabetic patients. I thought I was going to be taking a dollar or two an hour pay cut vs. previou...

zzworldontheweb · zzworldontheweb

I'm about 14 months sober. In my town, everyone in AA is really adamant that you have to have a sponsor and lots of phone contacts that you call every day. I'm pretty introverted so just walking up to people and phoning strangers is kind of stressful and draining to me. People in my town talk a lot about...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

As a society we must never become so vain as to suppose that we are authors and inventors of a new religion. We will humbly reflect that every one of A.A.'s principles has been borrowed from ancient sources. <<< >>> A minister in Thailand wrote, "We took A.A.'s Twelve Step...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he had hurt, and in what ways. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 77 As I continue to grow in sobriety, I become more aware of myself as a perso...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking the ground glass out of us, the emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 140 My Eighth Step l...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Step Eight: "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all." Step Nine: "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." Making...

John · John

Two men had passed away and were standing at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter asked the first man, "What did you do for a living that had value to others?" The man replied, "I have driven a Taxi cab most of my life" St. Peter stood back, then walked away, returning with a Golden shaft and a Golden candle holder an...

jluvs2day · jluvs2day

My devotional this morning said this: "Being passive and feeling inferior go hand in hand, and they prepare us for becoming dependent on alcohol. " My sponsor has taught me that AA is a program of love and tolerance. My question is, for someone who has been passive her whole life, what is t...

gonee · gonee

The world continues to change and get new and better ideas, but AA has remained the same in the last 75 years. I thank God for this. Whenever I get myself into trouble, I can always go back to my program and start from basics. It's a privilege I have used over and over again. There is no need to write anything...

chester · chester

Well it's Monday night and I'm by myself at the trailer. When the in laws came to visit I had not drank in over a year. Yes I am an alcoholic and my name is Mike. I'm very pissed off at myself. I think it started when my wife decid...

Star · Star

I said I could do it myself. But I failed. My life is so out of control. I got up this morning and found a meeting right down the street. I am scared. What do I say? Do I have to say anything. What if I can't hold back the tears? I have never been to a meeting and I don't know what to do. I am on the edge of the...

MarcLacroix · MarcLacroix

A husband and wife are shopping in their local Wal-Mart.The husband picks up a case of Budweiser and puts it in their cart. 'What do you think you're doing?' asks the wife. 'They're on sale, only $10 for 24 cans he replies. 'Put them back, we can't afford them demands the wife, and so they carry on shoppin...

Aquaman · Aquaman

This forum is preferable to In Real Life meetings because... 10) The coffee is exactly the way I like it 9) The seating is more comfortable 8) No shirt, no shoes? No problem 7) I can go to the bathroom halfway through my share 6) If I don't like what you're saying...I don't have to listen 5) "How It Wo...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: All experience is an arch to build on. -- Henry Brooks Adams We can learn something from any experience, even one that is painful. In fact, we often learn more from painful experiences than from pleasant ones. When we say or do something foolish or hurtful that cause...

AlexInPhoenix · AlexInPhoenix

Hi there, I just moved to PHX and am looking for meetings....i like men's stag (big book study) with lots of sobriety...also like speaker meetings...any and all suggestions are appreciated!

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 222 At Step Four we resolutely looked for our own mistakes. Where had we been selfish, dishonest, self-seeking, and frightened? Though a given situation had not been entirely our fault, we often tried to cast the whole blame on the other person involved. We finally saw that the inventory should...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

...as I wrote in another post here recently, I needed to get up last night at a large meeting I was at, and announce 30 days sober again, and get a chip for it. I did not want to do it. I waffled and beat myself up and ratinalized the whole way there how I had already announced at my home group Friday, and to my c...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 221 "Word comes to me that you are making a magnificent stand in adversity -- this adversity being the state of your health. It gives me a chance to express my gratitude for your recovery in A.A. and especially for the demonstration of its principles you are now so inspiringly giving to us all....

MarcLacroix · MarcLacroix

My last drunk occurred on March 07, 1996. There wasn't anything unusual about it. I had probably gone through a significant portion of a liter of Jack Daniels with some CocaCola and passed out. The only reason I remember any of this is because it was on March 08 1996, 'The Day After', that I called my empl...

aneleh · aneleh

Hi! just under 11 weeks sober and doing well. My husband still drinks and smokes pot but he's not an alcoholic like me. We are throwing a bbq on saturday, 16 people, all of whom will be drinking and some of whom will be smoking pot. I'm not worried about cravings or worried that i will drink. I go to the pub wi...

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	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	670	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	1030	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	1615	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	1197	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	518	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	1040	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	1530	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	1917	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	1281	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	660	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	963	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	1173	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	1617	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	495	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	529	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	919	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	3229	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	1472	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	658	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	1049	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	702	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	688	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	938	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	643	Aug 13, 2010 by Reffner
	Surrendering (Preview) Surrendering On the face of it, surrendering certainly does not seem like winning. But it is in AA Only after we have come to the end of our rope, hit a stone wall in some aspect of our lives beyond which we can go no further; only when we hit "bottom" in despair and surrender, can we accomplish s...	Larry_H	1	535	Aug 13, 2010 by Reffner
	If God spoke to AA... (Preview) He might have said... "Into your weak and feeble hands I have entrusted a Power beyond estimate. To you has been given that which has been denied the most learned of your fellows. Not to scientist or statesmen, not to wives or mothers, not even to My priests and ministers have I given this gift of...	Reffner	7	3965	Aug 12, 2010 by SoberSteve
	I MISS MY SISTER (Preview) Can anyone tell me why someone drinks themselves to death? I find it hard to accept that my sister is gone forever.	I miss my sister	8	999	Aug 12, 2010 by Lexie
	~ As Bill Sees It: Leadership in A.A. ~ (Preview) p. 224 No society can function well without able leadership at all its levels, and A.A. can be no exception. But we A.A.'s sometimes cherish the thought that we can do without much personal leadership at all. We are apt to warp the traditional idea of "principles before personalities" a...	FlyingSquirrel	0	547	Aug 12, 2010 by FlyingSquirrel
	We'll continue to choose Joy, no matter what! (Preview) Hello everyone! Back from Jersey shore last thursday,but been little out of sorts(mentally) but back on track now.Had a wonderful time at shore for 3 days,I left my yearly donation at the Casino(nothing new for me)Went to Atlantic city boardwalk and got some good runs in on the paths between Casino;...	mikef	7	723	Aug 12, 2010 by Larry_H
	Broken Promises (Preview) I guess what I feel the most guilt/remorse about are the broken promises. Build'em up then Let'em down. I cannot begin to recall the number of times I had sincerely promised her 'Never Again' and proceeded to get drunk shortly after. Kim and I divorced in my first year of sobriety. The marriage was brok...	MarcLacroix	9	1635	Aug 11, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Starting my New Job tomorrow~~~ BALANCE????? (Preview) Well, it is official. I start my new job tomorrow morning. I was holding out for another surgery position, but will be using my EKG Tech and lab skills for an internal medicine practice with a lot of cardiac and diabetic patients. I thought I was going to be taking a dollar or two an hour pay cut vs. previou...	jonijoni1	11	1125	Aug 11, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Sponsors and phone contacts (Preview) I'm about 14 months sober. In my town, everyone in AA is really adamant that you have to have a sponsor and lots of phone contacts that you call every day. I'm pretty introverted so just walking up to people and phoning strangers is kind of stressful and draining to me. People in my town talk a lot about...	zzworldontheweb	16	1211	Aug 11, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	~ As Bill Sees It: One Fellowship -- Many Faiths ~ (Preview) As a society we must never become so vain as to suppose that we are authors and inventors of a new religion. We will humbly reflect that every one of A.A.'s principles has been borrowed from ancient sources. <<< >>> A minister in Thailand wrote, "We took A.A.'s Twelve Step...	FlyingSquirrel	1	625	Aug 11, 2010 by Lexie
	Daily Reflections ~ Redoubling Our Efforts & 24hrs a Day (Preview) To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he had hurt, and in what ways. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 77 As I continue to grow in sobriety, I become more aware of myself as a perso...	Sobrietyspell	1	593	Aug 11, 2010 by Tomas
	Daily Reflections ~ Removing "The Ground Glass" & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking the ground glass out of us, the emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 140 My Eighth Step l...	Sobrietyspell	0	525	Aug 11, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Have I done my best to make all the restitution possible? (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Step Eight: "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all." Step Nine: "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." Making...	Larry_H	1	504	Aug 11, 2010 by louisa
	Gods loves alkies... (Preview) Two men had passed away and were standing at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter asked the first man, "What did you do for a living that had value to others?" The man replied, "I have driven a Taxi cab most of my life" St. Peter stood back, then walked away, returning with a Golden shaft and a Golden candle holder an...	John	8	601	Aug 11, 2010 by louisa
	Passive vs. Tolerant (Preview) My devotional this morning said this: "Being passive and feeling inferior go hand in hand, and they prepare us for becoming dependent on alcohol. " My sponsor has taught me that AA is a program of love and tolerance. My question is, for someone who has been passive her whole life, what is t...	jluvs2day	10	1543	Aug 11, 2010 by jluvs2day
	AA the same (Preview) The world continues to change and get new and better ideas, but AA has remained the same in the last 75 years. I thank God for this. Whenever I get myself into trouble, I can always go back to my program and start from basics. It's a privilege I have used over and over again. There is no need to write anything...	gonee	3	645	Aug 11, 2010 by StPeteDean
	WoW sorry to my son (Preview) <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Well it's Monday night and I'm by myself at the trailer. When the in laws came to visit I had not drank in over a year. Yes I am an alcoholic and my name is Mike. I'm very pissed off at myself. I think it started when my wife decid...	chester	12	1138	Aug 11, 2010 by happycamper
	I couldn't do it alone I have failed. (Preview) I said I could do it myself. But I failed. My life is so out of control. I got up this morning and found a meeting right down the street. I am scared. What do I say? Do I have to say anything. What if I can't hold back the tears? I have never been to a meeting and I don't know what to do. I am on the edge of the...	Star	17	1505	Aug 11, 2010 by Dan B 76
	Beer is Beautiful (merged) (Preview) A husband and wife are shopping in their local Wal-Mart.The husband picks up a case of Budweiser and puts it in their cart. 'What do you think you're doing?' asks the wife. 'They're on sale, only $10 for 24 cans he replies. 'Put them back, we can't afford them demands the wife, and so they carry on shoppin...	MarcLacroix	18	1924	Aug 10, 2010 by Reffner
	(attempt at humor) 10 ways MIP is better than IRL... (Preview) This forum is preferable to In Real Life meetings because... 10) The coffee is exactly the way I like it 9) The seating is more comfortable 8) No shirt, no shoes? No problem 7) I can go to the bathroom halfway through my share 6) If I don't like what you're saying...I don't have to listen 5) "How It Wo...	Aquaman	10	1093	Aug 10, 2010 by Reffner
	We can learn something from any experience (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: All experience is an arch to build on. -- Henry Brooks Adams We can learn something from any experience, even one that is painful. In fact, we often learn more from painful experiences than from pleasant ones. When we say or do something foolish or hurtful that cause...	Larry_H	5	986	Aug 10, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Need meeting suggestions in PHOENIX, AZ (Preview) Hi there, I just moved to PHX and am looking for meetings....i like men's stag (big book study) with lots of sobriety...also like speaker meetings...any and all suggestions are appreciated!	AlexInPhoenix	5	1053	Aug 10, 2010 by Jerry F
	~ As Bill Sees It: Who Is To Blame? ~ (Preview) p. 222 At Step Four we resolutely looked for our own mistakes. Where had we been selfish, dishonest, self-seeking, and frightened? Though a given situation had not been entirely our fault, we often tried to cast the whole blame on the other person involved. We finally saw that the inventory should...	FlyingSquirrel	1	1714	Aug 10, 2010 by Jerry F
	More on THINKING and HUMILITY (Preview) ...as I wrote in another post here recently, I needed to get up last night at a large meeting I was at, and announce 30 days sober again, and get a chip for it. I did not want to do it. I waffled and beat myself up and ratinalized the whole way there how I had already announced at my home group Friday, and to my c...	jonijoni1	5	960	Aug 9, 2010 by jonijoni1
	~ As Bill Sees It: God Will Not Desert Us ~ (Preview) p. 221 "Word comes to me that you are making a magnificent stand in adversity -- this adversity being the state of your health. It gives me a chance to express my gratitude for your recovery in A.A. and especially for the demonstration of its principles you are now so inspiringly giving to us all....	FlyingSquirrel	1	1235	Aug 9, 2010 by Jerry F
	My Last Drunk (Preview) My last drunk occurred on March 07, 1996. There wasn't anything unusual about it. I had probably gone through a significant portion of a liter of Jack Daniels with some CocaCola and passed out. The only reason I remember any of this is because it was on March 08 1996, 'The Day After', that I called my empl...	MarcLacroix	9	1053	Aug 9, 2010 by SoberSteve
	my still drinking husband's insecurities are not helping! (Preview) Hi! just under 11 weeks sober and doing well. My husband still drinks and smokes pot but he's not an alcoholic like me. We are throwing a bbq on saturday, 16 people, all of whom will be drinking and some of whom will be smoking pot. I'm not worried about cravings or worried that i will drink. I go to the pub wi...	aneleh	12	1619	Aug 9, 2010 by SoberSteve
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