Alcoholics Anonymous

Fyne Spirit · Fyne Spirit

In my home town we have a lot of trouble getting members to go on 12 step calls. The mantra is "get yourself to a meeting near you" and I notice the same advice is frequently given on this forum. It's scary. Advising people in withdrawals, full of fear, to just front up to a room full of happy stra...

gladlee · gladlee

"A consciousness of My presence as LOVE makes all life different. The consciousness of Me means the opening of your whole nature to Me, and that brings relief. Relief brings peace. Peace brings joy. Beyond all words is My love and care for you. Rejoice in it. Walk in My love. There is a sprin...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We asked His protection & care with complete abandon. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59 I could not manage my life alone. I had tried that road & failed. My "ultimate sin" dragged me down to the lowest level I have ever reached &, unable to function, I accepted the fact that I needed h...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Just a quick post to let all my MIP friends know what is happening to me. I went to my urologist yesterday for a followup on tests that were done to determine the cause of kidney pain I have been experiencing . I received some very unexpected results. My left kidney has a stone, is atrophied and is not funct...

Jade · Jade

I'm having a hard time at the moment because I know that I have a drinking problem, and logically I know I need to quit, but by the time 4 pm rolls around my thinking has changed to how much I don't want to quit and I end up drinking again. I'm wondering how others have been able to move past this or do you just r...

pinkchip · pinkchip

I am traveling over the long weekend with my partner. He is in a convention while I have lots of free time here in Salt Lake City. As my sponsor suggested, and as I learned to do whenever going away, I checked for meetings here upon getting situated. I was like "there probably wont be any meetings...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Made direct amends to such people wherever possible . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p.83 When I survey my drinking days, I recall many people whom my life touched casually, but whose days I troubled through my anger & sarcasm. These people are untraceable, & direct amends to them ar...

gladlee · gladlee

"Arms, sheltering arms, express the loving tenderness of (your Father) in heaven. Man, in his trouble and difficulty, needs nothing so much as a refuge, a place where none and nothing can touch him. Say to yourself, "He is my refuge." Say it until its truth sinks into your very soul...

gladlee · gladlee

Look to Me for all. Rely on Me for all. Drop those burdens, and then, singing and free, you can go on your way rejoicing. Encumbered with them you will fall. Drop them at My feet, knowing surely that I will lift them and deal with each one as is truly best. 365 One-minute Meditations from God Calling...

hellokitty1970 · hellokitty1970

Urghhhh, are you kidding me with the sponsor thing again??? I have been sober for 3 1/2 weeks for the umpteenth time in maybe 6 years. My relapses have never been related in any way to bad sponsorship but let's put it this way, I've never had been able to pick out healthy relationships and it's no differ...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward. --Soren Kierkegaard Once, in a small village, there was a huge fire. The blaze spread and several homes and businesses were burned to the ground. After a long while, the fire was brought under contr...

David W · David W

My whole life depends on God being everything. Nothing mmakes much sense in my life except chaos, drama, fear ect... Now that I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that way of life doesn't work, and I must learn to live life on a spiritual basis, I feel lost most of the time. The very only thought that gives me an...

gazadaza · gazadaza

ive just started going to aa after not drinking now for 10 days.it took a lot of willpower to force myself to go but i owed myself something. i never thought myself as an alcoholic as i binge drink on weekends sporting events concerts etc, ive been doing this every weekend since 16 and im now 42, my whole so...

maria313 · maria313

I am new to this, but have been searching websites to find a good support group to stop drinking. I currently drink about a fifth of vodka every day and I need to quit, I have gained weight, my AST/ALT is elevated at 67 and I'm scared if I do not quit, I will die. I am 32 years old and have a 5 year old son and I wa...

butterfly · butterfly

Well...I made it 5 days. Then I came home from work and saw a big bottle of Jack Daniels that my husband bought sitting on the kitchen counter. I held off for a few hours and then I said to myself I would just drink untill I got a buzz. Instead I dindn't stop drinking until I passed out on the couch. I am sure ...

gonee · gonee

The decision that I made in step 3. Sometimes I forget about that decision, but God does not. He engineers circumstances & situations so that I come back to that decision. All I have to do is submit again, but my stubborn will does not. What we call bad things happening to us is just God with a gentle re...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Yes, there is a long period of reconstruction ahead.. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p83 The reconstruction of my life is the prime goal in my recovery as I avoid taking that first drink, one day at a time. The task is most successfully accomplished by working the steps of our fellowship. The spiritual life is...

turninggrey · turninggrey

So. The summer starts early in South Carolina, and the schedule is work, wakeboard, work, wakeboard, call in sick to work, keep wakeboarding. The summer is now over because real life says I need to pay attention to work. Staying busy sure keeps your mind off booze. I just really have not had a desire f...

clipper · clipper

im a firstime poster so be easy on me, the reason's i drink are for alot of reason's ive lost alot i guess i feel like talking to someone?

gonee · gonee

One of the most blessed things in my life, is that every single day of my life, my most cherished thought is AA. My mind is either thinking about which meeting I am going to attend or some newcomer that I am sponsoring. I thank God for instilling this in me. It's never dulled in the past 23 years. It fascinat...

aubstucker · aubstucker

So I've been a daily drinker forth past few years only to see the amount increase over time. I have had side effects I just considered a minor hang over. After a binge last weekend, the hangover symptoms became full blown withdrawl symptoms. For the past week I have been able to go four hours without a dri...

gazadaza · gazadaza

tonight was my fifth meeting in a week and it was a steps meeting. i felt uncomfortable tonight with the people, especially a women who started going on you need a sponser and you should ask that bloke who had shared his story earlier. i bit my tongue and did not say owt but i was fuming inside. i dont need al...

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

I posted recently about how grateful I am that my new mindset in recovery lets me take minor life disappointments in stride and recognize that I am not omniscient enough to see the big picture -- not getting what I want at this moment might be the best thing in the long run, even if I can't see why right now....

ChelseaOT · ChelseaOT

While you will all probably kick me out of the AA board and tell me to go to the NA board, I used. I have TMJ and they prescribed Fioricet for the pain (a mild narcotic). I knew it was wrong and I asked for it anyway (DON'T STOP READING JUST BECAUSE I SAID NARCOTIC). I did it for the same reasons I drank alcoh...

bikerbill · bikerbill

So Monday last week, travelled up to Aberdeen via 5 sites in the kirkcaldy area. Tuesday thruough friday all very productive days, convention saturday and sunday morning. Didn't get any fishing in but made friends with a couple of lads sleeping on the streets, so in exchange for a bit of chat and a few b...

gladlee · gladlee

"Give abundantly. Feel that you are rich. Have no mean thought in your heart. Of love, of thought, of all you have, give, give, give. You are followers of the world's greatest giver. Give of time, of personal ease and comfort, of rest, of fame, of healing, of power, of sympathy, of all these and...

gladlee · gladlee

"I am your Lord. Enough. Then I can command your obedient service, your loyalty. But I am bound by My lordship to give you protection. I am bound to fight for you, to plan for you, to secure you a sufficiency of all within My power to provide. Think how vast that provision can be. Never doubt. Su...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 8 Sobriety fills the painful "hole in the soul" that my alcoholism created. Often I feel so physically well that I believe my work is done. However, joy is not just the absence of pain; it is the gift of continued spi...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Okay folks, so one of the things I am doing now is making up for not finishing my entire Ph.D in clinical psychology and taking the 3 classes I need to get licensed as a mental health counselor. I bitched and moaned about this and drank over it for 13 years...."woe is me...I had to drop out of grad sch...

gladlee · gladlee

"Just breathe My name. It is like the pressure of a child's hand that calls forth an answering pressure, which strengthens the child's confidence and banishes fear." God Calling

turninggrey · turninggrey

Hey All, Did anyone hear from Just Toni? I have been very busy this summer and have been neglecting this forum, and I am hoping someone has good news on Miss Toni's health. Thanks, Tom

gladlee · gladlee

Service is the law of heaven. My angels do always obey. "They serve Him continually" can be said of all who love Me. With love there is continuous service in every action, and also even in rest. Take this not as the end but as the beginning of a new life consecrated to My service. A life of power...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worthwhile to us now . . . the dark past is . . . the key to life & happiness for others. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 124 Since I have been sober, I have been healed of many pains: deceiving my partner, deserting my be...

Jerry F · Jerry F

For your responses and support; all of them because the energy and strength is in a spiritual level, one of the levels where this disease has eroded. In clearer listening with my eyes and with whatever hearing I stilll have I have been able to recognize God - Akua - HP as I underestand HP. The first Offi...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Would any of you date someone that still lived with their ex and paid for all of their ex's entire living expenses? I am just wondering if I am crazy. I am also nurturing a fat ass resentment that is all riddled with icky hate and jealousy. This has truly been the bane of my existence the last 6 months. S...

gladlee · gladlee

"Trials and troubles may seem to overwhelm you. They cannot do more than work My will, and that will you have said is your will. Do you not see that you cannot be destroyed? From now a new life is opening out before you. Yours to enter into the kingdom I have prepared for you. The sunlight of My prese...

mikef · mikef

Morning everyone,and blessings of this day! We were all packed,reservations made for hotels,plans lined up to see realators and events planned for our 10 day vacation to Florida(Deerfield Beach) where we go every year and probably moving to next July. BAM!!!! Irene(the nemisis wind storm)butto...

kld47 · kld47

Hi I hope all of You who live in or near this storm are prepared and have plenty of supplies to see you through. We all hope to see you back on as soon as possible, safe and sound. God, Your Higher Power and any other Loved Ones plus All of Us Here at MIP can help you with Thoughts and Prayers. Stay Safe and do no...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Overachieving may be symptomatic. Suffering from low self-esteem is common. Some of it may be blamed on growing up in families affected by alcohol or other drugs. Perhaps the criticism heaped on us at school or in a bad marriage triggered it. We may have thousands of...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

When WWII broke out, our A.A. dependence on a Higher Power had its first major test. A.A.'s entered the services & were scattered all over the world. Would they be able to take the discipline, stand up under fire, & endure...? As Bill Sees It, p. 200 I will center my thoughts on a Higher Power. I w...

Nicky · Nicky

Hi everyone. I hope all is well. I'm hoping someone can help me. I hear people in AA meetings talk about how they meditate in the morning and evening. I've tried looking online but am still confused. What type of meditation is common with AA? I know everyone has a different higher power and mine is Go...

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

I hope people don't mind the positive posts (positive people used to drive me nuts when I was struggling!!) but I experienced another gift of recovery this week. It's absolutely a 180-degree turnaround from how I would have approached things 5 years ago. This week, I didn't get a really interesting j...

ANGELINA · ANGELINA

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober, that motive became secondary. It was transcended by the happiness they found in giving themselves for others. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.159 These words, for me, refer to a transference of power, through which God, as I unde...

gonee · gonee

My group is celebrating 29 years of existence. Small membership but very good members who really care & share. Just thought I would extend an invitation to our fellowship. Group: Greenwoodpark Group. Date: 29 October 2011. Thursday 20:00hrs Venue: Firwood Road Library Hall Firwood Road Effi...

gladlee · gladlee

We seek Thee as Thou has told us. And seeking you shall find. None ever sought My presence in vain. None ever sought My help in vain. A breath of desire and My spirit is there - to replenish and renew. Sometimes weariness and exhaustion are not signs of lack of spirit but of the guiding of the spirit. Man...

leeu · leeu

My daughter and her fiance felt the quake in Virginia, stuff falling off the walls etc. Nobody/nothing hurt. Bonus for me---a nice conversation with her, mostly about her upcoming wedding, to which I am not only invited, but am fully involved in!!! Talk about healing and gratitude and living amends...

Tina · Tina

Hi THERE AA Board Its been a while since my last post, and all is doing well. I'm still getting out to a few meetings, and been doing a big book study with my sponser and a couple of great ladys. I've just recently celebrated 8 years in AA. And I'm sooooo greatful to find a new existing way to live life this w...

ANGELINA · ANGELINA

I DRANK TO MAKE CONVERSATION AND GOT TO WHERE NO ONE WANTED TO LISTEN.I DRANK TO FORGET AND BECAME HAUNTED.I DRANK FOR FREEDOM AND BECAME A SLAVE.I DRANK FOR POWER AND BECAME POWERLESS.I DRANK TO ERASE PROBLEMS AND SAW THEM MULTIPLY.I DRANK TO COPE WITH LIFE AND INVITED DEATH.....WHY DID I DRINK?

ANGELINA · ANGELINA

I ALWAYS WONDERED WHY I DRANK...I SUPPOSE IF WE KNEW THAT WE WOULD NOT DRINK! I HEARD THIS THIS THE OTHER DAY AND IT BROUGHT A LUMP TO MY THROAT AND TEARS TO MY EYES.PLEASE READ ATTACHMENT XOX ANGELINA

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	What ever happened to the good old 12 step call? (Preview) In my home town we have a lot of trouble getting members to go on 12 step calls. The mantra is "get yourself to a meeting near you" and I notice the same advice is frequently given on this forum. It's scary. Advising people in withdrawals, full of fear, to just front up to a room full of happy stra...	Fyne Spirit	18	6575	Sep 9, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Walk in My Love (Preview) "A consciousness of My presence as LOVE makes all life different. The consciousness of Me means the opening of your whole nature to Me, and that brings relief. Relief brings peace. Peace brings joy. Beyond all words is My love and care for you. Rejoice in it. Walk in My love. There is a sprin...	gladlee	2	446	Sep 9, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ "We Asked His Protection" & 24hrs a Day (Preview) We asked His protection & care with complete abandon. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59 I could not manage my life alone. I had tried that road & failed. My "ultimate sin" dragged me down to the lowest level I have ever reached &, unable to function, I accepted the fact that I needed h...	Sobrietyspell	2	518	Sep 9, 2011 by Mr_David
	I am in charge of the action, but God is in charge of the results (Preview) Just a quick post to let all my MIP friends know what is happening to me. I went to my urologist yesterday for a followup on tests that were done to determine the cause of kidney pain I have been experiencing . I received some very unexpected results. My left kidney has a stone, is atrophied and is not funct...	Larry_H	3	624	Sep 8, 2011 by mikef
	getting started (Preview) I'm having a hard time at the moment because I know that I have a drinking problem, and logically I know I need to quit, but by the time 4 pm rolls around my thinking has changed to how much I don't want to quit and I end up drinking again. I'm wondering how others have been able to move past this or do you just r...	Jade	17	1021	Sep 8, 2011 by barisax
	Rock on Salt Lake! (Preview) I am traveling over the long weekend with my partner. He is in a convention while I have lots of free time here in Salt Lake City. As my sponsor suggested, and as I learned to do whenever going away, I checked for meetings here upon getting situated. I was like "there probably wont be any meetings...	pinkchip	6	1550	Sep 8, 2011 by barisax
	Daily Reflections ~ Emotional Balance & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Made direct amends to such people wherever possible . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p.83 When I survey my drinking days, I recall many people whom my life touched casually, but whose days I troubled through my anger & sarcasm. These people are untraceable, & direct amends to them ar...	Sobrietyspell	1	1080	Sep 8, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Everlasting Arms (Preview) "Arms, sheltering arms, express the loving tenderness of (your Father) in heaven. Man, in his trouble and difficulty, needs nothing so much as a refuge, a place where none and nothing can touch him. Say to yourself, "He is my refuge." Say it until its truth sinks into your very soul...	gladlee	3	487	Sep 8, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Drop Those Burdens (Preview) Look to Me for all. Rely on Me for all. Drop those burdens, and then, singing and free, you can go on your way rejoicing. Encumbered with them you will fall. Drop them at My feet, knowing surely that I will lift them and deal with each one as is truly best. 365 One-minute Meditations from God Calling...	gladlee	3	557	Sep 7, 2011 by hellokitty1970
	Sucker for Bad Sponsors (Preview) Urghhhh, are you kidding me with the sponsor thing again??? I have been sober for 3 1/2 weeks for the umpteenth time in maybe 6 years. My relapses have never been related in any way to bad sponsorship but let's put it this way, I've never had been able to pick out healthy relationships and it's no differ...	hellokitty1970	12	5219	Sep 7, 2011 by hellokitty1970
	Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward. (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward. --Soren Kierkegaard Once, in a small village, there was a huge fire. The blaze spread and several homes and businesses were burned to the ground. After a long while, the fire was brought under contr...	Larry_H	11	5459	Sep 6, 2011 by StPeteDean
	God is either EVERYTHING or He is nothing (Preview) My whole life depends on God being everything. Nothing mmakes much sense in my life except chaos, drama, fear ect... Now that I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that way of life doesn't work, and I must learn to live life on a spiritual basis, I feel lost most of the time. The very only thought that gives me an...	David W	7	2464	Sep 6, 2011 by barisax
	binge drinking and newcomer (Preview) ive just started going to aa after not drinking now for 10 days.it took a lot of willpower to force myself to go but i owed myself something. i never thought myself as an alcoholic as i binge drink on weekends sporting events concerts etc, ive been doing this every weekend since 16 and im now 42, my whole so...	gazadaza	11	898	Sep 5, 2011 by rrib
	Newbie here! (Preview) I am new to this, but have been searching websites to find a good support group to stop drinking. I currently drink about a fifth of vodka every day and I need to quit, I have gained weight, my AST/ALT is elevated at 67 and I'm scared if I do not quit, I will die. I am 32 years old and have a 5 year old son and I wa...	maria313	10	798	Sep 5, 2011 by StPeteDean
	SOS (Preview) Well...I made it 5 days. Then I came home from work and saw a big bottle of Jack Daniels that my husband bought sitting on the kitchen counter. I held off for a few hours and then I said to myself I would just drink untill I got a buzz. Instead I dindn't stop drinking until I passed out on the couch. I am sure ...	butterfly	7	777	Sep 5, 2011 by rrib
	The 3 step decision. (Preview) The decision that I made in step 3. Sometimes I forget about that decision, but God does not. He engineers circumstances & situations so that I come back to that decision. All I have to do is submit again, but my stubborn will does not. What we call bad things happening to us is just God with a gentle re...	gonee	1	679	Sep 4, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Reconstruction & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Yes, there is a long period of reconstruction ahead.. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p83 The reconstruction of my life is the prime goal in my recovery as I avoid taking that first drink, one day at a time. The task is most successfully accomplished by working the steps of our fellowship. The spiritual life is...	Sobrietyspell	1	526	Sep 4, 2011 by Mr_David
	Wakeboarding (Preview) So. The summer starts early in South Carolina, and the schedule is work, wakeboard, work, wakeboard, call in sick to work, keep wakeboarding. The summer is now over because real life says I need to pay attention to work. Staying busy sure keeps your mind off booze. I just really have not had a desire f...	turninggrey	7	674	Sep 4, 2011 by LinBaba
	im going to try to quit today (Preview) im a firstime poster so be easy on me, the reason's i drink are for alot of reason's ive lost alot i guess i feel like talking to someone?	clipper	7	782	Sep 4, 2011 by TwelveSteps
	AA for me. (Preview) One of the most blessed things in my life, is that every single day of my life, my most cherished thought is AA. My mind is either thinking about which meeting I am going to attend or some newcomer that I am sponsoring. I thank God for instilling this in me. It's never dulled in the past 23 years. It fascinat...	gonee	1	581	Sep 3, 2011 by Mr_David
	Started Detox yesterday (Preview) So I've been a daily drinker forth past few years only to see the amount increase over time. I have had side effects I just considered a minor hang over. After a binge last weekend, the hangover symptoms became full blown withdrawl symptoms. For the past week I have been able to go four hours without a dri...	aubstucker	6	1329	Sep 3, 2011 by happycamper
	do i need aa? (Preview) tonight was my fifth meeting in a week and it was a steps meeting. i felt uncomfortable tonight with the people, especially a women who started going on you need a sponser and you should ask that bloke who had shared his story earlier. i bit my tongue and did not say owt but i was fuming inside. i dont need al...	gazadaza	7	1355	Sep 3, 2011 by gazadaza
	Fitting real tragedy into a recovery-minded worldview (Preview) I posted recently about how grateful I am that my new mindset in recovery lets me take minor life disappointments in stride and recognize that I am not omniscient enough to see the big picture -- not getting what I want at this moment might be the best thing in the long run, even if I can't see why right now....	TwelveSteps	8	611	Sep 3, 2011 by TwelveSteps
	72 days sober and I used. (Preview) While you will all probably kick me out of the AA board and tell me to go to the NA board, I used. I have TMJ and they prescribed Fioricet for the pain (a mild narcotic). I knew it was wrong and I asked for it anyway (DON'T STOP READING JUST BECAUSE I SAID NARCOTIC). I did it for the same reasons I drank alcoh...	ChelseaOT	22	1580	Sep 2, 2011 by Mr_David
	oh man you couldn't make this up. (Preview) So Monday last week, travelled up to Aberdeen via 5 sites in the kirkcaldy area. Tuesday thruough friday all very productive days, convention saturday and sunday morning. Didn't get any fishing in but made friends with a couple of lads sleeping on the streets, so in exchange for a bit of chat and a few b...	bikerbill	6	668	Sep 2, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ Give, Give, Give (Preview) "Give abundantly. Feel that you are rich. Have no mean thought in your heart. Of love, of thought, of all you have, give, give, give. You are followers of the world's greatest giver. Give of time, of personal ease and comfort, of rest, of fame, of healing, of power, of sympathy, of all these and...	gladlee	2	538	Sep 2, 2011 by Mr_David
	God Calling ~ I Must Provide (Preview) "I am your Lord. Enough. Then I can command your obedient service, your loyalty. But I am bound by My lordship to give you protection. I am bound to fight for you, to plan for you, to secure you a sufficiency of all within My power to provide. Think how vast that provision can be. Never doubt. Su...	gladlee	2	477	Sep 2, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Willingness to Grow & 24hrs a Day (Preview) If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 8 Sobriety fills the painful "hole in the soul" that my alcoholism created. Often I feel so physically well that I believe my work is done. However, joy is not just the absence of pain; it is the gift of continued spi...	Sobrietyspell	1	1174	Sep 2, 2011 by Mr_David
	My report card (Preview) Okay folks, so one of the things I am doing now is making up for not finishing my entire Ph.D in clinical psychology and taking the 3 classes I need to get licensed as a mental health counselor. I bitched and moaned about this and drank over it for 13 years...."woe is me...I had to drop out of grad sch...	pinkchip	7	1026	Aug 31, 2011 by pinkchip
	God Calling ~ Breathe My Name (Preview) "Just breathe My name. It is like the pressure of a child's hand that calls forth an answering pressure, which strengthens the child's confidence and banishes fear." God Calling	gladlee	1	458	Aug 30, 2011 by Mr_David
	Just Toni II (Preview) Hey All, Did anyone hear from Just Toni? I have been very busy this summer and have been neglecting this forum, and I am hoping someone has good news on Miss Toni's health. Thanks, Tom	turninggrey	7	631	Aug 29, 2011 by angelov8
	God Calling ~ Continuous service (Preview) Service is the law of heaven. My angels do always obey. "They serve Him continually" can be said of all who love Me. With love there is continuous service in every action, and also even in rest. Take this not as the end but as the beginning of a new life consecrated to My service. A life of power...	gladlee	1	564	Aug 29, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Lightening The Burden & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worthwhile to us now . . . the dark past is . . . the key to life & happiness for others. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 124 Since I have been sober, I have been healed of many pains: deceiving my partner, deserting my be...	Sobrietyspell	1	695	Aug 29, 2011 by Mr_David
	Mahalo, I'm grateful (Preview) For your responses and support; all of them because the energy and strength is in a spiritual level, one of the levels where this disease has eroded. In clearer listening with my eyes and with whatever hearing I stilll have I have been able to recognize God - Akua - HP as I underestand HP. The first Offi...	Jerry F	3	566	Aug 28, 2011 by StPeteDean
	Would any of you....? (Preview) Would any of you date someone that still lived with their ex and paid for all of their ex's entire living expenses? I am just wondering if I am crazy. I am also nurturing a fat ass resentment that is all riddled with icky hate and jealousy. This has truly been the bane of my existence the last 6 months. S...	pinkchip	15	743	Aug 28, 2011 by TwelveSteps
	God Calling ~ Accept trials (Preview) "Trials and troubles may seem to overwhelm you. They cannot do more than work My will, and that will you have said is your will. Do you not see that you cannot be destroyed? From now a new life is opening out before you. Yours to enter into the kingdom I have prepared for you. The sunlight of My prese...	gladlee	3	538	Aug 28, 2011 by ANGELINA
	Almost there (Preview) Morning everyone,and blessings of this day! We were all packed,reservations made for hotels,plans lined up to see realators and events planned for our 10 day vacation to Florida(Deerfield Beach) where we go every year and probably moving to next July. BAM!!!! Irene(the nemisis wind storm)butto...	mikef	2	561	Aug 28, 2011 by mikef
	Hurricane (Preview) Hi I hope all of You who live in or near this storm are prepared and have plenty of supplies to see you through. We all hope to see you back on as soon as possible, safe and sound. God, Your Higher Power and any other Loved Ones plus All of Us Here at MIP can help you with Thoughts and Prayers. Stay Safe and do no...	kld47	3	637	Aug 28, 2011 by mikef
	Overachieving may be symptomatic (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Overachieving may be symptomatic. Suffering from low self-esteem is common. Some of it may be blamed on growing up in families affected by alcohol or other drugs. Perhaps the criticism heaped on us at school or in a bad marriage triggered it. We may have thousands of...	Larry_H	2	631	Aug 27, 2011 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ Centering Our Thoughts & 24hrs a Day (Preview) When WWII broke out, our A.A. dependence on a Higher Power had its first major test. A.A.'s entered the services & were scattered all over the world. Would they be able to take the discipline, stand up under fire, & endure...? As Bill Sees It, p. 200 I will center my thoughts on a Higher Power. I w...	Sobrietyspell	1	593	Aug 27, 2011 by Mr_David
	Having trouble understanding meditation (Preview) Hi everyone. I hope all is well. I'm hoping someone can help me. I hear people in AA meetings talk about how they meditate in the morning and evening. I've tried looking online but am still confused. What type of meditation is common with AA? I know everyone has a different higher power and mine is Go...	Nicky	9	1217	Aug 27, 2011 by ANGELINA
	More Gifts of Sobriety (Preview) I hope people don't mind the positive posts (positive people used to drive me nuts when I was struggling!!) but I experienced another gift of recovery this week. It's absolutely a 180-degree turnaround from how I would have approached things 5 years ago. This week, I didn't get a really interesting j...	TwelveSteps	7	870	Aug 27, 2011 by TwelveSteps
	HOPE THIS WORKS THIS TIME....WHY I DO NOT DRINK ANYMORE X (Preview)	ANGELINA	3	712	Aug 26, 2011 by Larry_H
	Daily Reflections ~ Giving It Away & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober, that motive became secondary. It was transcended by the happiness they found in giving themselves for others. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.159 These words, for me, refer to a transference of power, through which God, as I unde...	Sobrietyspell	1	524	Aug 26, 2011 by Mr_David
	Group birthday. (Preview) My group is celebrating 29 years of existence. Small membership but very good members who really care & share. Just thought I would extend an invitation to our fellowship. Group: Greenwoodpark Group. Date: 29 October 2011. Thursday 20:00hrs Venue: Firwood Road Library Hall Firwood Road Effi...	gonee	3	665	Aug 26, 2011 by mikef
	God Calling ~ Exhaustion (Preview) We seek Thee as Thou has told us. And seeking you shall find. None ever sought My presence in vain. None ever sought My help in vain. A breath of desire and My spirit is there - to replenish and renew. Sometimes weariness and exhaustion are not signs of lack of spirit but of the guiding of the spirit. Man...	gladlee	1	626	Aug 25, 2011 by Mr_David
	Earthshaking (Preview) My daughter and her fiance felt the quake in Virginia, stuff falling off the walls etc. Nobody/nothing hurt. Bonus for me---a nice conversation with her, mostly about her upcoming wedding, to which I am not only invited, but am fully involved in!!! Talk about healing and gratitude and living amends...	leeu	6	723	Aug 25, 2011 by ANGELINA
	Well Hello (Preview) Hi THERE AA Board Its been a while since my last post, and all is doing well. I'm still getting out to a few meetings, and been doing a big book study with my sponser and a couple of great ladys. I've just recently celebrated 8 years in AA. And I'm sooooo greatful to find a new existing way to live life this w...	Tina	6	660	Aug 25, 2011 by ANGELINA
	READ MORE (Preview) I DRANK TO MAKE CONVERSATION AND GOT TO WHERE NO ONE WANTED TO LISTEN.I DRANK TO FORGET AND BECAME HAUNTED.I DRANK FOR FREEDOM AND BECAME A SLAVE.I DRANK FOR POWER AND BECAME POWERLESS.I DRANK TO ERASE PROBLEMS AND SAW THEM MULTIPLY.I DRANK TO COPE WITH LIFE AND INVITED DEATH.....WHY DID I DRINK?	ANGELINA	3	547	Aug 25, 2011 by Mr_David
	WHY I DO NOT DRINK (Preview) I ALWAYS WONDERED WHY I DRANK...I SUPPOSE IF WE KNEW THAT WE WOULD NOT DRINK! I HEARD THIS THIS THE OTHER DAY AND IT BROUGHT A LUMP TO MY THROAT AND TEARS TO MY EYES.PLEASE READ ATTACHMENT XOX ANGELINA	ANGELINA	3	618	Aug 25, 2011 by ANGELINA
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