Alcoholics Anonymous

mental defect · mental defect

As I opened my eyes this morning.and thanks God that one never get tired .lol I hope you are pleased that I will be bragging on you all day again But first before I get started can you direct my thinking please divorce it from self pity < the fact that I am out of work only gives me more time to serve you and n...

Rainspa · Rainspa

December 6 If you are satisfied with your progress in AA, you are not only an exception but you may be headed for trouble. Remember One Day at a Time, and Easy Does It. Before you measure your advancement, be sure you have an accurate yardstick. Nature is always slow in its development of good things...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Did you expect people who had your number to call and check on you? Or...did you take initiative and call them. I think a lot of newcomers don't understand that they need to get phone numbers off the bat and actually CALL THEM. WE want to hear from you. I have given out my phone number to a bunch of newco...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the deep desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 124-25 During my drinking years, my one and only concern was to have my fellow man think highly of me. My ambition in everything I d...

gonee · gonee

A young man committed suicide by hanging himself. This has become almost a daily statistic in our area. My heart breaks everytime I think of the pain and suffering that family must endure for the rest of their lives. Alcoholism is killing a lot of younger people today. Our Monday night group consists o...

LinBaba · LinBaba

Won't keep us sober I loved what Steve wrote in another thread SteveP wrote:Reason is a human power and no human power can cure me of my alcoholism. Steve Meetings are a human power The minute we put our work on a service plane, the alcoholic commences to rely upon our assistance rather than upon God. He c...

Rainspa · Rainspa

December 5 A man once ridiculed me in front of a large class in school, and I have hated his guts ever since. That was 35 years ago and I do not know whether he is dead or alive. If he was aware of my intense dislike, it certainly never bothered him. But it certainly bothers me even now. His face springs up in my...

aprilleaves · aprilleaves

I had my last drink last night and now I want to go to the bar and get more beer. My head has been messing with me all day, saying, go get the beer. I want to drink. I think no, I can't. I just want to relax with 6 or 7 beers. I want to go to the bar and right now. I have been praying to God and reading the big book. I stil...

Rainspa · Rainspa

I saw this article and thought it was worthwhile. Does anybody have an opinion on this? Gresham's Law and Alcoholics Anonymous by Tom P., Jr.Editor's Note: Gresham's law is commonly stated as: "Bad money drives good money out of circulation". A more correct rendering of Gresham's Law is...

gonee · gonee

Why is AA dying slowly? I have wondered about this in recent years. Many who were on fire for the fellowship have now burnt out. Many who vowed to serve until they die are not even vaguely interested in even attending meetings. For myself I had found very early in my recovery, that if I relied on own power a...

Thirsty1 · Thirsty1

Greetings from Maine. My name is Thirsty1 and I am an alcoholic. We are powerless over alcohol, our lives have become unmanageable. I am powerless because: I will never be cured of Alcoholism. I will never out grow of being an alcoholic. I will never graduate from Alcoholics Anonymous. Be...

Jeanne · Jeanne

Hello, So I'm doing well... feeling great and strong in the knowledge that I cannot drink without serious consequences... I definitely do not want to pick up that first drink... again. I am here in AA to stay and I mean business. This is my choice, my life and in order for it to keep going well, alcoho...

mikef · mikef

As I start today,sober and free from active addiction by the grace and mercy of the God of my understanding,(I also do the work)I can reflect on the idea that there is some task God has for me to do today and it will remain undone until by faith and obedience I step into God's will..I will also remember th...

Rainspa · Rainspa

December 2 Fires, floods and epidemics are nobody's business - they are everybody's business. Alcoholism is equally devastating and just as much a community catastrophe. We in AA are unique in that we are trained veterans in the art of combating this disease. Its prevalence demands the complete co...

Rainspa · Rainspa

December 3 I feel good today and I ought to. I slept like a baby last night, had a fine breakfast that I relished, the wife and kids kissed me as I left the house, I arrived at the office whistling and didn't give a damn whether the boss was in a good humor or not. The work, too, seemed so much easier to do and the...

bikerbill · bikerbill

It took me nearly 45 minutes to get home from the meeting. Learnt a lot on the way home, like driving up Harbrough Hill Road, dual carriageway, 40 tonner artic in the nearside lane crawling up at less than walking pace, I didn't want to slow down so went for the overtake, but no, not enough grip. Came to a st...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven't been given the truth may die. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 13 I desperately wanted to live, but if I was to succeed, I had to become active in our God-given progr...

Jeanne · Jeanne

Hello... This is my first post to these boards. I am fairly new to AA, having just acknowledged my disease this past Summer. I have been going to meetings as much as I can and doing a lot of reading... trying my best to not pick up. I feel so good when I don't drink. I know for sure I am an alcoholic and hav...

mikef · mikef

On this date,December 2nd,1984,it was a Sunday morning, I "came to" for the last time, raising my twisted head from the floor and crying out for God's mercy and received His grace....Please join me today in a celebration of life ,26 years of uninterrupted sobriety, a day at a time.To the n...

barisax · barisax

Does your part of the world have them? What is the format? And do they tend to be large or small, frequented by both oldtimers and beginners alike? Barisax

jj · jj

my sponsor says always have a 'plan B' so you never are "stuck" in a situation with alcohol temptations. and she is right. as soon as i feel uncomforable in a situation, i need to remove myself from it. the stronger i get in my AA program, the less i feel uncomfortable. i do not 'roma...

zzworldontheweb · zzworldontheweb

OK, here's a question from an 18-monther: Does working the steps mean: A. Marking each step formally, in order, in public or in the presence of a sponsor, by reciting certain phrases verbally. B. Simply using the principles behind the steps as a general philosophy of living. C. Something in betw...

John · John

gonee · gonee

Going away for the weekend. It's our annual AA, Alanon and Alateen roundup. My family and I have been going there for the last 22 years. The kids were 6 & 2. They still like to attend. Their friends have grown up with them in recovery. The entire resort on the beach is booked. It's great because we have...

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

A recent thread reminded me that it might be helpful to others if I posted on this topic. During my first several months in AA, I was a chronic relapser. I had always heard that when one relapses after a period of sobriety, you pick up at a point that is as if you had continued drinking the entire time. Alcoh...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

As I continued to go to meetings and work the Steps, something began to happen to me. I felt confused because I wasn't sure what it was that I was feeling, and then I realized I was experiencing serenity. It was a good feeling, but where had it come from? Then I realized it had come ". . .as the result of...

Jeanne · Jeanne

So... how did I get here? Not sure... I think I was 'here' all along... as far back as my first drinks as a high school Junior. (My 25th reunion was last night -- I could not go... just not at all ready or stable enough to do so). So here I sit this morning feeling sorry for myself, as I get emails from old...

Rainspa · Rainspa

November 24 Every practicing alcoholic is firmly convinced that the Devil has all the good tunes. It was the music we had wanted and the tunes to which we had attuned our ears. His music was louder, more catchy and, and to our thinking, was prettier. We suspected, however, that it did not have...

Jerry F · Jerry F

clearer, wider, deeper more contrasted. When I found out that my blindness was in fact correctable and not inoperable I delighted in the news that the surgery was scheduled for the Thanksgiving holiday, the 24 and 25th. My wife and family didn't think that the best idea however I know from past expe...

Rainspa · Rainspa

December 1 There will always be a difference of opinion as long as people have different interests, different prejudices and different mental capacities. To expect people to disagree with you is only sensible and reasonable. If everybody agreed with you, everybody would be as smart as you and you w...

Rainspa · Rainspa

This used to be ubiquitous in AA meetings; it was so common as the way to help beginners get through the steps and seems to have been lost. I think it might prove helpful. It's a bit long, but remember it was the basis of a meeting or talk so would usually be an hour and half or two hours or so. Good way to do ste...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Post up your videos, tunes, lyrics, or poetry, that have a realted message or express old ways of thinking. Here's a couple from SRV's last album "In Step". This came out the year that I got sober and I was lucky enough to see it live. Caught up in a whirlwind, can't catch my breath. Knee...

mikef · mikef

Recovered because today I drink as much as I want to I just no longer choose to drink alcohol! Recovering is knowing I am one drink away from my next drunk. Recovered is knowing I am one infinitely powered God away from my next drunk.. Not meant to stir controversy or be devisive........ I am an "A...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Our Twelfth Step also says that as a result of practicing all the Steps, we have each found something called a spiritual awakening. . . . A.A.'s manner of making ready to receive this gift lies in the practice of the Twelve Steps in our program." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 106-07 I rem...

workingout · workingout

Hi everyone. I'm in Alanon, my husband is an A and in AA. I lurk on these AA boards mostly (participate in alanon boards) but today I've decided to speak up, I have a question - I hope it's ok I"m here! :) First some background info: My husb started going to AA about a year ago - he would go once a week, the...

Rainspa · Rainspa

November 30 Many who are active in AA work come to feel they just can't carry on any longer. There is so much to do; so little time that can be spared to do it; so few to do the work. There is a limit to their endurance. After all a guy has just so much strength health, and patience. When burdens get too heav...

Kimmer · Kimmer

Hello!! As of tomorrow , I am one week sober. I am also attending an out-patient treatment program (I previously attended AA and got my 1 month chip, but never worked the program, and so I drank again). I want to work the program and take a full-on approach to my recovery. How soon should I get a sponsor and...

pinkchip · pinkchip

I traveled home to the DC metro area for the holiday. We spent Thanksgiving on the eastern shore which is about a 2 hour drive from my parents' home in Annapolis. Anyhow, I was feeling kinda squirrely (not like I was going to drink at all, but just sort of all weird and up in my head)...so I got online and w...

countrygirl · countrygirl

Hi I am an alcoholic, and so is my husband. I live in a small town, and do not want to go to a meeting there, because i don't feel that it would be anonamous. Does anyone have any suggestions. I do not trust myself, and am afraid i will never quit drinking.

Rainspa · Rainspa

November 29 We find in life exactly what we are looking for. In your drinking days, you courted trouble constantly and you probably found more than your share of it. Today we are looking for a better way of life and this, too, we find at every turn. We get what we want if we put forth sufficient effort to loo...

peaches1 · peaches1

Hello All, I am in a battle with my mind. I have a very close friend that told me I have a serious drinking problem and I need help. I trust and believe in him as we are very close friends seriously like brother and sister. My problem with his comment is, I am not in total agreeance. I drink on weekends and I do...

Aquaman · Aquaman

What it Was Like... I got frustrated...drink-drank-drunk. I felt resentment...drink-drank-drunk. I felt exuberent...drink-drank-drunk. Any darn excuse at all...drink-drank-drunk. What Happened... Drunk as a lifestyle choice doesn't really work for me. Never has. Never will. (one dow...

Rainspa · Rainspa

November 28 Knowledge is of great value, and nothing of value is acquired without price. Wisdom is even more to be desired than knowledge, which can be but an accumulation of facts. Humility is greater than wisdom for there is no real wisdom without humility. The wise are humbled by the knowledge of t...

Rainspa · Rainspa

November 23 Isn't is strange to note the absence of a lot of old pre-AA friends over the week-end? We have not offended them, surely, and we are just as good friends as we used to be, but somehow they don't call on us with the same regularity. The answer is simple--the bar is closed. Now home is w...

Rainspa · Rainspa

November 26 In our drinking days, fear of everything and everybody was our constant companion. These fears continued until we finally, in desperate necessity, found the courage to surrender - to quit unconditionally. Then we found AA and a ray of Hope. Hope became desire, desire became determinat...

LinBaba · LinBaba

Big Book Study Meetings are a vital part of AA as a whole. Seriously looking into the dropout rate of AA members, its easy to see that most new AA members are either a) not getting what they need ( solution to their problem) in contemporary middle of the road AA Meetings, or b) are not Real Alcoholics and ju...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Through many painful experiences, we think we have arrived at what that policy ought to be. It is the opposite in many ways of usual promotional practice. We found that we had to rely upon the principle of attraction rather than promotion. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 180-81 While I was dri...

gonee · gonee

Every new day that I get up my one wish is that I never get too big that I cannot pray and ask God for His will. Just like physical exercise for me is vital for my body, spiritual exercise through prayer and meditation is vital for my spiritual condition. My most neglected condition used to be my spiritual c...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Reply Quote More Edit PostDelete Post so much more clearer and I'm not talking about my eyesight alone. The surgery worked, is doing what I was told it would do and I had no idea that my spiritual vision had gotten so cloudy also. I am grateful that my eyesight was repairable and that in short weeks...

gonee · gonee

I went to one of my sponsor's 23 year thanksgiving at my old AA group. It brought back so many memories of my early recovery and the struggles I experienced. We spoke about our meeting after the meeting which sometimes went on for hours. I needed this extended time with someone who understood my alcohol...

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	looking at my life on a daily ? (Preview) As I opened my eyes this morning.and thanks God that one never get tired .lol I hope you are pleased that I will be bragging on you all day again But first before I get started can you direct my thinking please divorce it from self pity < the fact that I am out of work only gives me more time to serve you and n...	mental defect	4	684	Dec 6, 2010 by mental defect
	Satisfaction: I can't get no... The Eye Opener pub. Hazeldon (Preview) December 6 If you are satisfied with your progress in AA, you are not only an exception but you may be headed for trouble. Remember One Day at a Time, and Easy Does It. Before you measure your advancement, be sure you have an accurate yardstick. Nature is always slow in its development of good things...	Rainspa	5	4852	Dec 6, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	When you were new to AA... (Preview) Did you expect people who had your number to call and check on you? Or...did you take initiative and call them. I think a lot of newcomers don't understand that they need to get phone numbers off the bat and actually CALL THEM. WE want to hear from you. I have given out my phone number to a bunch of newco...	pinkchip	17	1118	Dec 6, 2010 by mental defect
	Daily Reflections ~ True Ambition & 24hrs a Day (Preview) True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the deep desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 124-25 During my drinking years, my one and only concern was to have my fellow man think highly of me. My ambition in everything I d...	Sobrietyspell	1	1435	Dec 6, 2010 by mental defect
	A young man dies. (Preview) A young man committed suicide by hanging himself. This has become almost a daily statistic in our area. My heart breaks everytime I think of the pain and suffering that family must endure for the rest of their lives. Alcoholism is killing a lot of younger people today. Our Monday night group consists o...	gonee	5	1077	Dec 6, 2010 by Full Flight
	Human Power (Preview) Won't keep us sober I loved what Steve wrote in another thread SteveP wrote:Reason is a human power and no human power can cure me of my alcoholism. Steve Meetings are a human power The minute we put our work on a service plane, the alcoholic commences to rely upon our assistance rather than upon God. He c...	LinBaba	2	716	Dec 6, 2010 by SteveP
	Resentments = Dumb The Eye Opener pub. Hazelden (Preview) December 5 A man once ridiculed me in front of a large class in school, and I have hated his guts ever since. That was 35 years ago and I do not know whether he is dead or alive. If he was aware of my intense dislike, it certainly never bothered him. But it certainly bothers me even now. His face springs up in my...	Rainspa	3	4415	Dec 5, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	I want to drink beer and right now (Preview) I had my last drink last night and now I want to go to the bar and get more beer. My head has been messing with me all day, saying, go get the beer. I want to drink. I think no, I can't. I just want to relax with 6 or 7 beers. I want to go to the bar and right now. I have been praying to God and reading the big book. I stil...	aprilleaves	21	7920	Dec 5, 2010 by mental defect
	AA - 3 kinds (Preview) I saw this article and thought it was worthwhile. Does anybody have an opinion on this? Gresham's Law and Alcoholics Anonymous by Tom P., Jr.Editor's Note: Gresham's law is commonly stated as: "Bad money drives good money out of circulation". A more correct rendering of Gresham's Law is...	Rainspa	3	980	Dec 5, 2010 by mental defect
	Will AA sustain itself? (Preview) Why is AA dying slowly? I have wondered about this in recent years. Many who were on fire for the fellowship have now burnt out. Many who vowed to serve until they die are not even vaguely interested in even attending meetings. For myself I had found very early in my recovery, that if I relied on own power a...	gonee	27	1231	Dec 5, 2010 by LinBaba
	I am powerless (Preview) Greetings from Maine. My name is Thirsty1 and I am an alcoholic. We are powerless over alcohol, our lives have become unmanageable. I am powerless because: I will never be cured of Alcoholism. I will never out grow of being an alcoholic. I will never graduate from Alcoholics Anonymous. Be...	Thirsty1	8	1025	Dec 4, 2010 by Thirsty1
	How to handle new situations (Preview) Hello, So I'm doing well... feeling great and strong in the knowledge that I cannot drink without serious consequences... I definitely do not want to pick up that first drink... again. I am here in AA to stay and I mean business. This is my choice, my life and in order for it to keep going well, alcoho...	Jeanne	10	1378	Dec 4, 2010 by SteveP
	Welcome to another day of life! (Preview) As I start today,sober and free from active addiction by the grace and mercy of the God of my understanding,(I also do the work)I can reflect on the idea that there is some task God has for me to do today and it will remain undone until by faith and obedience I step into God's will..I will also remember th...	mikef	4	1092	Dec 4, 2010 by SteveP
	To Your Posts, Everybody! The Eye Opener (Preview) December 2 Fires, floods and epidemics are nobody's business - they are everybody's business. Alcoholism is equally devastating and just as much a community catastrophe. We in AA are unique in that we are trained veterans in the art of combating this disease. Its prevalence demands the complete co...	Rainspa	5	4808	Dec 3, 2010 by Dan B 76
	Gifts The Eye Opener (Preview) December 3 I feel good today and I ought to. I slept like a baby last night, had a fine breakfast that I relished, the wife and kids kissed me as I left the house, I arrived at the office whistling and didn't give a damn whether the boss was in a good humor or not. The work, too, seemed so much easier to do and the...	Rainspa	2	4446	Dec 3, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	Well it's snowing. (Preview) It took me nearly 45 minutes to get home from the meeting. Learnt a lot on the way home, like driving up Harbrough Hill Road, dual carriageway, 40 tonner artic in the nearside lane crawling up at less than walking pace, I didn't want to slow down so went for the overtake, but no, not enough grip. Came to a st...	bikerbill	6	717	Dec 3, 2010 by leeu
	Daily Reflections ~ Into Action & 24hrs a Day (Preview) A.A. is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven't been given the truth may die. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 13 I desperately wanted to live, but if I was to succeed, I had to become active in our God-given progr...	Sobrietyspell	0	660	Dec 3, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	The ups & downs in the first few months of recovery (Preview) Hello... This is my first post to these boards. I am fairly new to AA, having just acknowledged my disease this past Summer. I have been going to meetings as much as I can and doing a lot of reading... trying my best to not pick up. I feel so good when I don't drink. I know for sure I am an alcoholic and hav...	Jeanne	14	1251	Dec 3, 2010 by pinkchip
	CELEBRATION OF LIFE! (Preview) On this date,December 2nd,1984,it was a Sunday morning, I "came to" for the last time, raising my twisted head from the floor and crying out for God's mercy and received His grace....Please join me today in a celebration of life ,26 years of uninterrupted sobriety, a day at a time.To the n...	mikef	10	1880	Dec 3, 2010 by LinBaba
	Beginner Meetings (Preview) Does your part of the world have them? What is the format? And do they tend to be large or small, frequented by both oldtimers and beginners alike? Barisax	barisax	6	4078	Dec 3, 2010 by Rob84
	always have a plan B (Preview) my sponsor says always have a 'plan B' so you never are "stuck" in a situation with alcohol temptations. and she is right. as soon as i feel uncomforable in a situation, i need to remove myself from it. the stronger i get in my AA program, the less i feel uncomfortable. i do not 'roma...	jj	9	1087	Dec 3, 2010 by turninggrey
	Working the steps. (Preview) OK, here's a question from an 18-monther: Does working the steps mean: A. Marking each step formally, in order, in public or in the presence of a sponsor, by reciting certain phrases verbally. B. Simply using the principles behind the steps as a general philosophy of living. C. Something in betw...	zzworldontheweb	8	1055	Dec 2, 2010 by pinkchip
	Alcoholic Monkey's Gone Wild! (Funny Video) (Preview)	John	2	696	Dec 2, 2010 by Posey
	AAA ROUNDUP (Preview) Going away for the weekend. It's our annual AA, Alanon and Alateen roundup. My family and I have been going there for the last 22 years. The kids were 6 & 2. They still like to attend. Their friends have grown up with them in recovery. The entire resort on the beach is booked. It's great because we have...	gonee	3	663	Dec 2, 2010 by pinkchip
	Relapses Get Progressively Worse (Preview) A recent thread reminded me that it might be helpful to others if I posted on this topic. During my first several months in AA, I was a chronic relapser. I had always heard that when one relapses after a period of sobriety, you pick up at a point that is as if you had continued drinking the entire time. Alcoh...	TwelveSteps	9	1154	Dec 2, 2010 by mental defect
	Daily Reflections ~ Serenity & 24hrs a Day (Preview) As I continued to go to meetings and work the Steps, something began to happen to me. I felt confused because I wasn't sure what it was that I was feeling, and then I realized I was experiencing serenity. It was a good feeling, but where had it come from? Then I realized it had come ". . .as the result of...	Sobrietyspell	0	539	Dec 2, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	My 'story' as I see it, 3 months into accepting my disease (Preview) So... how did I get here? Not sure... I think I was 'here' all along... as far back as my first drinks as a high school Junior. (My 25th reunion was last night -- I could not go... just not at all ready or stable enough to do so). So here I sit this morning feeling sorry for myself, as I get emails from old...	Jeanne	6	781	Dec 2, 2010 by SteveP
	Ah One, and Ah Two.. The Eye Opener (Preview) November 24 Every practicing alcoholic is firmly convinced that the Devil has all the good tunes. It was the music we had wanted and the tunes to which we had attuned our ears. His music was louder, more catchy and, and to our thinking, was prettier. We suspected, however, that it did not have...	Rainspa	3	1802	Dec 2, 2010 by attilio
	My vision is getting... (Preview) clearer, wider, deeper more contrasted. When I found out that my blindness was in fact correctable and not inoperable I delighted in the news that the surgery was scheduled for the Thanksgiving holiday, the 24 and 25th. My wife and family didn't think that the best idea however I know from past expe...	Jerry F	5	839	Dec 1, 2010 by Just Toni
	Right You Are The Eye Opener (Preview) December 1 There will always be a difference of opinion as long as people have different interests, different prejudices and different mental capacities. To expect people to disagree with you is only sensible and reasonable. If everybody agreed with you, everybody would be as smart as you and you w...	Rainspa	1	1769	Dec 1, 2010 by Mike B.
	Table Talk Table Talk Step 1 (Preview) This used to be ubiquitous in AA meetings; it was so common as the way to help beginners get through the steps and seems to have been lost. I think it might prove helpful. It's a bit long, but remember it was the basis of a meeting or talk so would usually be an hour and half or two hours or so. Good way to do ste...	Rainspa	0	1095	Dec 1, 2010 by Rainspa
	Music with a recovery message or a "how it was" theme (Preview) Post up your videos, tunes, lyrics, or poetry, that have a realted message or express old ways of thinking. Here's a couple from SRV's last album "In Step". This came out the year that I got sober and I was lucky enough to see it live. Caught up in a whirlwind, can't catch my breath. Knee...	StPeteDean	22	1954	Nov 30, 2010 by TwelveSteps
	I like this! (Preview) Recovered because today I drink as much as I want to I just no longer choose to drink alcohol! Recovering is knowing I am one drink away from my next drunk. Recovered is knowing I am one infinitely powered God away from my next drunk.. Not meant to stir controversy or be devisive........ I am an "A...	mikef	2	592	Nov 30, 2010 by mikef
	Daily Reflections ~ "Suggested" Steps & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Our Twelfth Step also says that as a result of practicing all the Steps, we have each found something called a spiritual awakening. . . . A.A.'s manner of making ready to receive this gift lies in the practice of the Twelve Steps in our program." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 106-07 I rem...	Sobrietyspell	0	576	Nov 30, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	How long to get sober question (Preview) Hi everyone. I'm in Alanon, my husband is an A and in AA. I lurk on these AA boards mostly (participate in alanon boards) but today I've decided to speak up, I have a question - I hope it's ok I"m here! :) First some background info: My husb started going to AA about a year ago - he would go once a week, the...	workingout	23	2277	Nov 30, 2010 by leeu
	Solution to Busy The Eye Opener (Preview) November 30 Many who are active in AA work come to feel they just can't carry on any longer. There is so much to do; so little time that can be spared to do it; so few to do the work. There is a limit to their endurance. After all a guy has just so much strength health, and patience. When burdens get too heav...	Rainspa	2	4443	Nov 30, 2010 by jj
	How soon should I get a sponsor? (Preview) Hello!! As of tomorrow , I am one week sober. I am also attending an out-patient treatment program (I previously attended AA and got my 1 month chip, but never worked the program, and so I drank again). I want to work the program and take a full-on approach to my recovery. How soon should I get a sponsor and...	Kimmer	13	2294	Nov 30, 2010 by Jupiter76
	Cool experiences this Thanksgiving (Preview) I traveled home to the DC metro area for the holiday. We spent Thanksgiving on the eastern shore which is about a 2 hour drive from my parents' home in Annapolis. Anyhow, I was feeling kinda squirrely (not like I was going to drink at all, but just sort of all weird and up in my head)...so I got online and w...	pinkchip	6	882	Nov 30, 2010 by pinkchip
	Don't Know What To Do (Preview) Hi I am an alcoholic, and so is my husband. I live in a small town, and do not want to go to a meeting there, because i don't feel that it would be anonamous. Does anyone have any suggestions. I do not trust myself, and am afraid i will never quit drinking.	countrygirl	10	945	Nov 29, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	Seek, and.... The Eye Opener (Preview) November 29 We find in life exactly what we are looking for. In your drinking days, you courted trouble constantly and you probably found more than your share of it. Today we are looking for a better way of life and this, too, we find at every turn. We get what we want if we put forth sufficient effort to loo...	Rainspa	0	4550	Nov 29, 2010 by Rainspa
	Realization? (Preview) Hello All, I am in a battle with my mind. I have a very close friend that told me I have a serious drinking problem and I need help. I trust and believe in him as we are very close friends seriously like brother and sister. My problem with his comment is, I am not in total agreeance. I drink on weekends and I do...	peaches1	11	1094	Nov 29, 2010 by Jerry F
	A wee little What it Was Like, etc. (Preview) What it Was Like... I got frustrated...drink-drank-drunk. I felt resentment...drink-drank-drunk. I felt exuberent...drink-drank-drunk. Any darn excuse at all...drink-drank-drunk. What Happened... Drunk as a lifestyle choice doesn't really work for me. Never has. Never will. (one dow...	Aquaman	3	707	Nov 28, 2010 by pinkchip
	Info Earned The Eye Opener (Preview) November 28 Knowledge is of great value, and nothing of value is acquired without price. Wisdom is even more to be desired than knowledge, which can be but an accumulation of facts. Humility is greater than wisdom for there is no real wisdom without humility. The wise are humbled by the knowledge of t...	Rainspa	0	3713	Nov 28, 2010 by Rainspa
	Friends The Eye Opener (Preview) November 23 Isn't is strange to note the absence of a lot of old pre-AA friends over the week-end? We have not offended them, surely, and we are just as good friends as we used to be, but somehow they don't call on us with the same regularity. The answer is simple--the bar is closed. Now home is w...	Rainspa	4	2131	Nov 28, 2010 by TwelveSteps
	Fear to Surrender to Hope The Eye Opener (Preview) November 26 In our drinking days, fear of everything and everybody was our constant companion. These fears continued until we finally, in desperate necessity, found the courage to surrender - to quit unconditionally. Then we found AA and a ray of Hope. Hope became desire, desire became determinat...	Rainspa	6	4015	Nov 27, 2010 by Rainspa
	There is a Solution (Preview) Big Book Study Meetings are a vital part of AA as a whole. Seriously looking into the dropout rate of AA members, its easy to see that most new AA members are either a) not getting what they need ( solution to their problem) in contemporary middle of the road AA Meetings, or b) are not Real Alcoholics and ju...	LinBaba	6	1897	Nov 27, 2010 by Larry_H
	Daily Reflections ~ Attraction, Not Promotion & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Through many painful experiences, we think we have arrived at what that policy ought to be. It is the opposite in many ways of usual promotional practice. We found that we had to rely upon the principle of attraction rather than promotion. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 180-81 While I was dri...	Sobrietyspell	0	890	Nov 27, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Ultimately it was my choice. (Preview) Every new day that I get up my one wish is that I never get too big that I cannot pray and ask God for His will. Just like physical exercise for me is vital for my body, spiritual exercise through prayer and meditation is vital for my spiritual condition. My most neglected condition used to be my spiritual c...	gonee	2	606	Nov 27, 2010 by Just Toni
	My vision is getting (Preview) Reply Quote More Edit PostDelete Post so much more clearer and I'm not talking about my eyesight alone. The surgery worked, is doing what I was told it would do and I had no idea that my spiritual vision had gotten so cloudy also. I am grateful that my eyesight was repairable and that in short weeks...	Jerry F	5	943	Nov 27, 2010 by northern lights
	Visit to my old AA group. (Preview) I went to one of my sponsor's 23 year thanksgiving at my old AA group. It brought back so many memories of my early recovery and the struggles I experienced. We spoke about our meeting after the meeting which sometimes went on for hours. I needed this extended time with someone who understood my alcohol...	gonee	1	598	Nov 27, 2010 by jj
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