Alcoholics Anonymous

mikef · mikef

Please join me in prayer as tonight we see if my 24 year old is going back to Jail for probation violation. Also my wife is very sick with stomach flu and By God's mercy I am just recovering from Erlichiosis( a tick born bacteria) that I contacted during hunting season(DEC 2nd).The storms of life will alw...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

This is indeed the kind of giving that actually demands nothing. He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay him, or even to love him. And then he discovers that by the divine paradox of this kind of giving he has found his own reward, whether his brother has yet received anything or not. TWELVE STEPS A...

Rainspa · Rainspa

The Eye Opener - Daily Reading December 20 Any constructive program of living is a process of character building that lifts us above commonplace worldly affairs to the higher sphere of the soul. In this way, the house of the soul becomes the temple of the God in us, a cathedral of the spirit, where you an...

bikerbill · bikerbill

it's 1.30 in the morning in the uk and I've jusr watched this film. Not sure what to make of it. Least it had a happy ending, pretty harrowing in places.

Aquaman · Aquaman

Hi, My name is Rob. I'm an alcoholic/addict. On Wednesday I will get my 6-month chip. I've been in the program a year and a half. I have a wife of 15 years and 4 kids - 12, 10, 6 & 8mos. For 16 years I was my wife's problem and now it's the other way around. My wife's dad is an alkie. He has slowed down in the l...

SteveP · SteveP

Thanks HP, thanks AA, thanks you guys! Steve

ABETTERWAY · ABETTERWAY

Did NOT get through tropical vacation without picking up. Feeling terrible about myself but not beating up on myself... Got straight to a meeting this morning and am back on board. My friends/family think I'm 'fine' because I can control my consumption and my personality and actions (in front of t...

loretta · loretta

Even though I make good money I have been in debt for sometime related to my drinking and poor choices. My bank has been overdrafted for a year each direct deposit will put it in the positive a few hundred and then I overdraft to survive. My mothers name was on the account and the bank called her and told her...

kld47 · kld47

Hi All No, I have not been out. Just been away a bit more then planned due to the Heavy Load of College Classes. Have 2 more Finals to do on Monday the 20th then done until 2nd week in January. Will be spending the Holidays with Boyfriend and his Mom mostly--The rest of my family is in partly sunny Florida. So...

The Sword · The Sword

Hi all- A couple of things I would like to share, in hopes it might help another. I was confronted with Alcohol twice this week and it was a disturbing scene for me internally. 1st - I signed up on a secret santa deal with some people - the person I drew wanted good holiday beer, the expensive stuff. I didn't...

Rainspa · Rainspa

The Eye Opener Daily Reading December 19 It is very difficult for an alcoholic to remain sober in continued idleness, and this lesson has been learned the hard way by too many who have tried it. It is also possible to overwork to the point where we think we need a stimulant to keep going. There is a big diff...

SUSIE · SUSIE

I have learned in the program to stay away from saving family members. I have a sister who i out in the madness. She will be the first to tell you the "she knows" about the program "she knows" shes and alcoholic.... and "she knows" on and on and on. She has had some big s...

Jerry F · Jerry F

The renters in a property I've managed for several years have left to go back home. Part of the protocol is to do a "walk thru" to make sure everything is clean and nothing is broken...almost perfect. While doing the walk thru I saw a half a pint of Jack D on the counter and funny how that become...

howifeel · howifeel

I have been sober for 25 years and developed a generalized anxiety after the economy has threatened some of my finances. I could't pull out of it so my doctor put me on .5mg ativan three times a day. I have been taking it but my anxiety remains. I don't want to increase the dose. I know that this is really a go...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Tell him exactly what happened to you. Stress the spiritual feature freely. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 93 The marvel of A.A. is that I tell only what happened to me. I don't waste time offering advice to potential newcomers, for if advice worked, nobody would get to A.A. All I have to do is show what has br...

Rainspa · Rainspa

The Eye Opener Daily Reading for December 17 The world is a looking glass; it returns to you what you give to it. All the world and everything in it are but reflections of yourself, and if the world doesn't look good to you, rest assured, you don't look good to the world. The words of every person you meet ar...

bikerbill · bikerbill

SCOUSERS JOIN FERRARI "The Ferrari F1 team fired their entire pit crew yesterday." This announcement followed Ferrari's decision to take advantage of the British government's 'Work for your Dole' scheme and employ some Liverpudlian youngsters. The decision to hire them was br...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Aloha Family...The consequences of following thru on trust over the course of this journey of recovery will work for my recovery. That promise has always come true sometimes quickly and sometimes slowly. Most recently it came to pass in helping me properly participate in eye surgery. I was the o...

Rainspa · Rainspa

Daily Reading from The Eye Opener: December 16 Every alcoholic has at one time or another had such a load of troubles that there was surely no prospect of his ever being happy again. On the other hand, there were moments of ectasy that were so great that our lives seemed completely filled and no cloud cou...

Full Flight · Full Flight

I dont like having to share everything on my mind or do everything im told or be shown in a not so polite way how to do stuff i feel i should kno basicly - kno person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows But hey we are i am Humility - i need as much as i can get altho it comes in many fo...

gonee · gonee

I once heard someone in AA say, God cannot make your life any worse than it already is. It made it easier for me take the 3rd step. I realised that the package I was offering God did not have any assets in it. In my 4th step inventory, I had a list of resentments and hurts that had weighed me down for so many year...

Full Flight · Full Flight

Keep those who are living without gas in there homes running off space heaterz wich almost certainly kills families in fires every year and the homeless, amen.This is a brutal time of year for alot of people. thx

bikerbill · bikerbill

I wrote this in July: First the good news - still sober. Now the not so good news - working my arse off, not been fishing this year at all, took on a project that was in a mess, my rep. is on the line and looks like it might get a bit of a spanking - just been told that our happy team of 7 project managers will be re ar...

gonee · gonee

As I prepared for sleep last night, I took stock. I told God about my fears and anxieties. Just a normal conversation with my God. To me He is my Father. I grew up without a dad from the age of 15. I heard Dr Bob say that my Heavenly Father will never let me down. He has never let me down. My alcohol problem was re...

loretta · loretta

I really enjoyed the meeting I went to tonight there was just as many women there as men everyone was really nice and i even talked. I was made welcome and I enven cried a little. I will go back to this meeting next week and see if I can find anymore to go to. I am sober tonight and getting ready to go to bed. Lore...

loretta · loretta

Well I am still sober 11 days now. But a lot going on It's christmas time my Thermastat and water pump both going out on my car. We are expected to get a icy wintery mix tonight after our snow sunday which isn't gone yet. I got sick went to Hospital and I have a bad case of Bronchitis So they gave me some doxycyc...

John · John

Hello Everyone, Each year at this time, I send out a simple request to all MIP members to consider sending holiday cards to the residents of Miracles In Progress Aftercare Recovery Homes. As many of us already know from our own experience, the holidays during early recovery can be very hard on newco...

mikef · mikef

Because of my Higher Powers grace and mercy and through diligent work in the "solution",I never have to miss getting the presents for the kids cause I was too drunk to remember,to miss the dinner because I passed out before it was served,to watch the joy in the eyes of the kids because I wasn'...

angelov8 · angelov8

Today I was filled with joy about recovery and sobriety. So when my brother came in from out of town and asked how things were, I replied honestly, "I'm happy to say, today is my 6 month aniversary!" He thought that I had been doing this AA thing for longer ( a year and a half about), and I tried t...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics . . . Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress. . . . Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your presen...

Rainspa · Rainspa

December 15 Faith is a fundamental requisite of success in retaining our sobriety - faith in God, faith in the Program, and faith in ourselves. It can be likened to swimming: every normal person can swim, if he has faith in the laws of buoyancy and allows himself to be submerged enough. Those people who...

LinBaba · LinBaba

is one of my favorite books, I will try posting some quotes from it, see if we can't get some fun and constructive threads and conversations going, Chuck C always made me think this is from the preface The most baffling characteristic of alcoholism--both to the alcoholic and to those who must deal with...

momo31 · momo31

Hello, my name is Mo & I'm new to this forum & sobreity. I have known of my problem for awhile, never acted on getting healthy or even acknowledging it. I found myself in some legal trouble too & unfortunately not the first time. When I was in trouble before I was not interested in getting mys...

LinBaba · LinBaba

is what we do in AA, sharing our opinion is what we do outside AA, where I got sober "sharing outside our experience" is considered the poorest of form whether in a meeting or outside a meeting, and actually is considered the exact opposite of "AA" Experience Strength Hope What i...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Offer him [the alcoholic] friendship and fellowship. Tell him that if he wants to get well you will do anything to help. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 95 I remember how attracted I was to the two men from A.A. who Twelfth-Stepped me. They said I could have what they had, with no conditions attached, that all...

Rainspa · Rainspa

December 14 Our greatest enemy was alcohol and we have learned to how protect ourselves against it. But we are in constant danger from some of our well-meaning friends. They constantly tell us how wonderful we are in that we have cut out our drinking and, unfortunately, we sometimes believe them to th...

Klaatu · Klaatu

Well, in the very short course of 3 days the guy I sponsor left his wife and kids, moved in with a crazy girl in the program, and got drunk. As hard as I try, I can't seem to stay detached from the guys I've sponsored. I hate it, it hurts, and I just want to go and give him a good shot in the pills and tell him to ge...

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

Hi all, Now that I'm unemployed, I really need to get a housemate. My place is large and moving alone to a smaller apartment isn't really an option because it's nearly impossible to find someone who would rent a, for example, 1 bd/1 bath to someone with 2 dogs and a cat! I don't keep alcohol in the house (al...

innerpeace · innerpeace

Hi, I am not normally one to 'promote' things when I see them, however I came accross this website that sells some beautiful items that represent so much. Its so lovely to be able to have something that I can see and wear each day, that other AA members will see me in and know, yet those they are not will nev...

Doll · Doll

Gotta be quick, so I don't get caught I overheard some people at work discussing AA, for whatever reason. One said AA has a 90-95% failure rate.........I wanted to jump into the conversation, but held back for obvious reasons... What would your thoughts be if you overheard this? ~ They tell me my elect...

loretta · loretta

I have made it through my first week It has been a long time since I have went a week w/o drinking. I feel really accomplished right now. I have started sharing with my co workers that i am an alcoholic most of them had no clue. Some even said but you come to work everyday and even work overtime. And yes I do i do...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Disclaimer: This is not my writing but it is interesting and as an Alcoholic I can identify with it. Larry, ------------------- The Alcoholic And Grandiosity The alcoholic is a classic case of "an egomaniac with an inferiority complex." This apparent contradiction in terms com...

jelODG · jelODG

I am reading "Dr.Bob and the Good Oldtimers" Great stuff. I heard a conversation by newcomers knocking AA. One guy said "They even call their book the Big Book, like it is the "Bible" or something". Even though that's my feeling I humbly restrained myself from telli...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20 Thinking of others has never come easily to me. Even when I try to work the A.A. program, I'm prone to thinking, "How do I feel today. Am I happy, joyo...

mental defect · mental defect

Bill recovered alcoholic ,how many times did I say to myself that I am not gonna life like this any more ! And mean it with every thing in me. And go right back and pick up one drink.just like that. I jusr new that I was a good guy, wake up and do it again.the obsession was killing me and it got to the point where I...

ABETTERWAY · ABETTERWAY

Having a bad day, despite that great news I'm not drinking today or this week (so far). Or maybe BECAUSE I'm not drinking I am having a bad day in the sense that I am sober and I'm feeling EVERYTHING acutely and it hurts. The positives that I was feeling before (the job I loved, the anticipation of a beau...

Rainspa · Rainspa

December 12 If our God, as we understand Him, is a personal God, then it is reasonable to assume that He is so close to us that He is residing in us. He is then part of us and we are part of Him. As we cannot have two different personalities at the same time, we can assume we are either wordly or Godlike, dependi...

loretta · loretta

How do I find a sponsor do i ask someone at a meeting to be my sponsor over the last few days I have just called a friend when I felt the down so far that has worked. But this is only day 5 for me. Outside of having a cough and sore throat and not feeling well I am having a good day today. I have to take my son to the Doc...

LinBaba · LinBaba

We learn that selfishness, self centeredness is the root of our problem, so helping others is the answer to that selfishness, from selfish to selfless, that is the difference between sitting in a meeting telling others about our problems and our day, and offering the solution and looking for someon...

SteveP · SteveP

Yet another AA miracle in action today. This AM: Terribly delayed getting into work, late for a meeting, Blackberry going crazy, conflicting demands for time, this needs to be done yesterday, needing to say to demanding people that this cannot be done even today, etc. This PM: Work Christmas lunch,...

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	Life continues to show up! (Preview) Please join me in prayer as tonight we see if my 24 year old is going back to Jail for probation violation. Also my wife is very sick with stomach flu and By God's mercy I am just recovering from Erlichiosis( a tick born bacteria) that I contacted during hunting season(DEC 2nd).The storms of life will alw...	mikef	5	765	Dec 20, 2010 by loretta
	Daily Reflections ~ The Rewards of Giving & 24hrs a Day (Preview) This is indeed the kind of giving that actually demands nothing. He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay him, or even to love him. And then he discovers that by the divine paradox of this kind of giving he has found his own reward, whether his brother has yet received anything or not. TWELVE STEPS A...	Sobrietyspell	0	634	Dec 20, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	A Highter Home The Eye Opener Daily Reading (Preview) The Eye Opener - Daily Reading December 20 Any constructive program of living is a process of character building that lifts us above commonplace worldly affairs to the higher sphere of the soul. In this way, the house of the soul becomes the temple of the God in us, a cathedral of the spirit, where you an...	Rainspa	0	1811	Dec 20, 2010 by Rainspa
	when a man loves a woman (Preview) it's 1.30 in the morning in the uk and I've jusr watched this film. Not sure what to make of it. Least it had a happy ending, pretty harrowing in places.	bikerbill	12	1060	Dec 20, 2010 by bikerbill
	I need to hear some E/S/H about CoDeez... (Preview) Hi, My name is Rob. I'm an alcoholic/addict. On Wednesday I will get my 6-month chip. I've been in the program a year and a half. I have a wife of 15 years and 4 kids - 12, 10, 6 & 8mos. For 16 years I was my wife's problem and now it's the other way around. My wife's dad is an alkie. He has slowed down in the l...	Aquaman	9	1119	Dec 20, 2010 by Aquaman
	2nd Belly Button Birthday Sober (Preview) Thanks HP, thanks AA, thanks you guys! Steve	SteveP	9	4270	Dec 20, 2010 by SteveP
	Back from vacation (Preview) Did NOT get through tropical vacation without picking up. Feeling terrible about myself but not beating up on myself... Got straight to a meeting this morning and am back on board. My friends/family think I'm 'fine' because I can control my consumption and my personality and actions (in front of t...	ABETTERWAY	2	732	Dec 19, 2010 by LinBaba
	Blessings in disguise (Preview) Even though I make good money I have been in debt for sometime related to my drinking and poor choices. My bank has been overdrafted for a year each direct deposit will put it in the positive a few hundred and then I overdraft to survive. My mothers name was on the account and the bank called her and told her...	loretta	2	607	Dec 19, 2010 by Jerry F
	Almost Here Again (Preview) Hi All No, I have not been out. Just been away a bit more then planned due to the Heavy Load of College Classes. Have 2 more Finals to do on Monday the 20th then done until 2nd week in January. Will be spending the Holidays with Boyfriend and his Mom mostly--The rest of my family is in partly sunny Florida. So...	kld47	3	574	Dec 19, 2010 by SteveP
	Lessons learned this week (Preview) Hi all- A couple of things I would like to share, in hopes it might help another. I was confronted with Alcohol twice this week and it was a disturbing scene for me internally. 1st - I signed up on a secret santa deal with some people - the person I drew wanted good holiday beer, the expensive stuff. I didn't...	The Sword	6	4450	Dec 19, 2010 by SteveP
	Respite The Eye Opener Daily Reading (Preview) The Eye Opener Daily Reading December 19 It is very difficult for an alcoholic to remain sober in continued idleness, and this lesson has been learned the hard way by too many who have tried it. It is also possible to overwork to the point where we think we need a stimulant to keep going. There is a big diff...	Rainspa	0	4881	Dec 19, 2010 by Rainspa
	family...when to keep mouth shut..... (Preview) I have learned in the program to stay away from saving family members. I have a sister who i out in the madness. She will be the first to tell you the "she knows" about the program "she knows" shes and alcoholic.... and "she knows" on and on and on. She has had some big s...	SUSIE	9	1143	Dec 19, 2010 by SteveP
	Said goodbye to Jack D tonight... (Preview) The renters in a property I've managed for several years have left to go back home. Part of the protocol is to do a "walk thru" to make sure everything is clean and nothing is broken...almost perfect. While doing the walk thru I saw a half a pint of Jack D on the counter and funny how that become...	Jerry F	7	967	Dec 19, 2010 by SteveP
	Ativan while in recovery (Preview) I have been sober for 25 years and developed a generalized anxiety after the economy has threatened some of my finances. I could't pull out of it so my doctor put me on .5mg ativan three times a day. I have been taking it but my anxiety remains. I don't want to increase the dose. I know that this is really a go...	howifeel	10	6212	Dec 18, 2010 by happycamper
	Daily Reflections ~ Honesty with Newcomers & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Tell him exactly what happened to you. Stress the spiritual feature freely. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 93 The marvel of A.A. is that I tell only what happened to me. I don't waste time offering advice to potential newcomers, for if advice worked, nobody would get to A.A. All I have to do is show what has br...	Sobrietyspell	0	843	Dec 18, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Mirror, Mirror The Eye Opener (Preview) The Eye Opener Daily Reading for December 17 The world is a looking glass; it returns to you what you give to it. All the world and everything in it are but reflections of yourself, and if the world doesn't look good to you, rest assured, you don't look good to the world. The words of every person you meet ar...	Rainspa	0	4029	Dec 17, 2010 by Rainspa
	Couple of jokes (Preview) SCOUSERS JOIN FERRARI "The Ferrari F1 team fired their entire pit crew yesterday." This announcement followed Ferrari's decision to take advantage of the British government's 'Work for your Dole' scheme and employ some Liverpudlian youngsters. The decision to hire them was br...	bikerbill	13	2120	Dec 16, 2010 by LinBaba
	When the student is ready...the teacher arrives. (Preview) Aloha Family...The consequences of following thru on trust over the course of this journey of recovery will work for my recovery. That promise has always come true sometimes quickly and sometimes slowly. Most recently it came to pass in helping me properly participate in eye surgery. I was the o...	Jerry F	0	809	Dec 16, 2010 by Jerry F
	What to Plant The Eye Opener (Preview) Daily Reading from The Eye Opener: December 16 Every alcoholic has at one time or another had such a load of troubles that there was surely no prospect of his ever being happy again. On the other hand, there were moments of ectasy that were so great that our lives seemed completely filled and no cloud cou...	Rainspa	0	4368	Dec 16, 2010 by Rainspa
	Willingness - Humility open Mindedness - or i would be dead if my old sponsor was not open minded and willing. (Preview) I dont like having to share everything on my mind or do everything im told or be shown in a not so polite way how to do stuff i feel i should kno basicly - kno person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows But hey we are i am Humility - i need as much as i can get altho it comes in many fo...	Full Flight	2	815	Dec 16, 2010 by Full Flight
	Consider this. (Preview) I once heard someone in AA say, God cannot make your life any worse than it already is. It made it easier for me take the 3rd step. I realised that the package I was offering God did not have any assets in it. In my 4th step inventory, I had a list of resentments and hurts that had weighed me down for so many year...	gonee	2	673	Dec 16, 2010 by Full Flight
	Grattitude Cant Rest on my laurels (Preview) Keep those who are living without gas in there homes running off space heaterz wich almost certainly kills families in fires every year and the homeless, amen.This is a brutal time of year for alot of people. thx	Full Flight	0	511	Dec 16, 2010 by Full Flight
	Projection or what? (Preview) I wrote this in July: First the good news - still sober. Now the not so good news - working my arse off, not been fishing this year at all, took on a project that was in a mess, my rep. is on the line and looks like it might get a bit of a spanking - just been told that our happy team of 7 project managers will be re ar...	bikerbill	10	1403	Dec 15, 2010 by attilio
	Joyous, free and happy. That's my goal. (Preview) As I prepared for sleep last night, I took stock. I told God about my fears and anxieties. Just a normal conversation with my God. To me He is my Father. I grew up without a dad from the age of 15. I heard Dr Bob say that my Heavenly Father will never let me down. He has never let me down. My alcohol problem was re...	gonee	3	616	Dec 15, 2010 by Full Flight
	home from my 1st meeting (Preview) I really enjoyed the meeting I went to tonight there was just as many women there as men everyone was really nice and i even talked. I was made welcome and I enven cried a little. I will go back to this meeting next week and see if I can find anymore to go to. I am sober tonight and getting ready to go to bed. Lore...	loretta	9	1015	Dec 15, 2010 by Full Flight
	when it rains it pours (Preview) Well I am still sober 11 days now. But a lot going on It's christmas time my Thermastat and water pump both going out on my car. We are expected to get a icy wintery mix tonight after our snow sunday which isn't gone yet. I got sick went to Hospital and I have a bad case of Bronchitis So they gave me some doxycyc...	loretta	8	939	Dec 15, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	Annual Holiday Card Request (Preview) Hello Everyone, Each year at this time, I send out a simple request to all MIP members to consider sending holiday cards to the residents of Miracles In Progress Aftercare Recovery Homes. As many of us already know from our own experience, the holidays during early recovery can be very hard on newco...	John	4	860	Dec 15, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Message of Hope! (Preview) Because of my Higher Powers grace and mercy and through diligent work in the "solution",I never have to miss getting the presents for the kids cause I was too drunk to remember,to miss the dinner because I passed out before it was served,to watch the joy in the eyes of the kids because I wasn'...	mikef	2	637	Dec 15, 2010 by gonee
	Today is my six months aniversary and... (Preview) Today I was filled with joy about recovery and sobriety. So when my brother came in from out of town and asked how things were, I replied honestly, "I'm happy to say, today is my 6 month aniversary!" He thought that I had been doing this AA thing for longer ( a year and a half about), and I tried t...	angelov8	13	1074	Dec 15, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections ~ Partners in Recovery & 24hrs a Day (Preview) . . . nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics . . . Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress. . . . Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your presen...	Sobrietyspell	0	542	Dec 15, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Faith The Eye Opener Daily Reading (Preview) December 15 Faith is a fundamental requisite of success in retaining our sobriety - faith in God, faith in the Program, and faith in ourselves. It can be likened to swimming: every normal person can swim, if he has faith in the laws of buoyancy and allows himself to be submerged enough. Those people who...	Rainspa	2	4363	Dec 15, 2010 by SteveP
	A New Pair of Glasses (Preview) is one of my favorite books, I will try posting some quotes from it, see if we can't get some fun and constructive threads and conversations going, Chuck C always made me think this is from the preface The most baffling characteristic of alcoholism--both to the alcoholic and to those who must deal with...	LinBaba	6	4578	Dec 15, 2010 by angelov8
	New here & attending my first meeting tonight (Preview) Hello, my name is Mo & I'm new to this forum & sobreity. I have known of my problem for awhile, never acted on getting healthy or even acknowledging it. I found myself in some legal trouble too & unfortunately not the first time. When I was in trouble before I was not interested in getting mys...	momo31	24	1111	Dec 14, 2010 by mental defect
	Sharing our experience (Preview) is what we do in AA, sharing our opinion is what we do outside AA, where I got sober "sharing outside our experience" is considered the poorest of form whether in a meeting or outside a meeting, and actually is considered the exact opposite of "AA" Experience Strength Hope What i...	LinBaba	9	825	Dec 14, 2010 by mental defect
	Daily Reflections ~ Doing Anything to Help & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Offer him [the alcoholic] friendship and fellowship. Tell him that if he wants to get well you will do anything to help. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 95 I remember how attracted I was to the two men from A.A. who Twelfth-Stepped me. They said I could have what they had, with no conditions attached, that all...	Sobrietyspell	0	522	Dec 14, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	I Rock! The Eye Opener (Preview) December 14 Our greatest enemy was alcohol and we have learned to how protect ourselves against it. But we are in constant danger from some of our well-meaning friends. They constantly tell us how wonderful we are in that we have cut out our drinking and, unfortunately, we sometimes believe them to th...	Rainspa	4	5041	Dec 14, 2010 by barisax
	UGH..... (Preview) Well, in the very short course of 3 days the guy I sponsor left his wife and kids, moved in with a crazy girl in the program, and got drunk. As hard as I try, I can't seem to stay detached from the guys I've sponsored. I hate it, it hurts, and I just want to go and give him a good shot in the pills and tell him to ge...	Klaatu	13	994	Dec 14, 2010 by barisax
	Housemates (Preview) Hi all, Now that I'm unemployed, I really need to get a housemate. My place is large and moving alone to a smaller apartment isn't really an option because it's nearly impossible to find someone who would rent a, for example, 1 bd/1 bath to someone with 2 dogs and a cat! I don't keep alcohol in the house (al...	TwelveSteps	8	974	Dec 14, 2010 by TwelveSteps
	Gifts and aids to help/promote/represent recovery (Preview) Hi, I am not normally one to 'promote' things when I see them, however I came accross this website that sells some beautiful items that represent so much. Its so lovely to be able to have something that I can see and wear each day, that other AA members will see me in and know, yet those they are not will nev...	innerpeace	1	648	Dec 13, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	AA Failure rate 90-95% ??????? (Preview) Gotta be quick, so I don't get caught I overheard some people at work discussing AA, for whatever reason. One said AA has a 90-95% failure rate.........I wanted to jump into the conversation, but held back for obvious reasons... What would your thoughts be if you overheard this? ~ They tell me my elect...	Doll	29	6607	Dec 13, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	one week (Preview) I have made it through my first week It has been a long time since I have went a week w/o drinking. I feel really accomplished right now. I have started sharing with my co workers that i am an alcoholic most of them had no clue. Some even said but you come to work everyday and even work overtime. And yes I do i do...	loretta	11	922	Dec 13, 2010 by pinkchip
	The Alcoholic And Grandiosity (Preview) Disclaimer: This is not my writing but it is interesting and as an Alcoholic I can identify with it. Larry, ------------------- *The Alcoholic And Grandiosity* The alcoholic is a classic case of "an egomaniac with an inferiority complex." This apparent contradiction in terms com...	Larry_H	7	11148	Dec 13, 2010 by SteveP
	Size and Weight of 1st Edition "Big Book" (Preview) I am reading "Dr.Bob and the Good Oldtimers" Great stuff. I heard a conversation by newcomers knocking AA. One guy said "They even call their book the Big Book, like it is the "Bible" or something". Even though that's my feeling I humbly restrained myself from telli...	jelODG	17	11494	Dec 13, 2010 by bikerbill
	Daily Reflections ~ Thinking of Others & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20 Thinking of others has never come easily to me. Even when I try to work the A.A. program, I'm prone to thinking, "How do I feel today. Am I happy, joyo...	Sobrietyspell	0	593	Dec 12, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	if a mere code of ethics (Preview) Bill recovered alcoholic ,how many times did I say to myself that I am not gonna life like this any more ! And mean it with every thing in me. And go right back and pick up one drink.just like that. I jusr new that I was a good guy, wake up and do it again.the obsession was killing me and it got to the point where I...	mental defect	2	1101	Dec 12, 2010 by jj
	Panicked & Depressed (Preview) Having a bad day, despite that great news I'm not drinking today or this week (so far). Or maybe BECAUSE I'm not drinking I am having a bad day in the sense that I am sober and I'm feeling EVERYTHING acutely and it hurts. The positives that I was feeling before (the job I loved, the anticipation of a beau...	ABETTERWAY	10	1053	Dec 12, 2010 by LinBaba
	Location, Location, Location The Eye Opener (Preview) December 12 If our God, as we understand Him, is a personal God, then it is reasonable to assume that He is so close to us that He is residing in us. He is then part of us and we are part of Him. As we cannot have two different personalities at the same time, we can assume we are either wordly or Godlike, dependi...	Rainspa	0	3963	Dec 12, 2010 by Rainspa
	finding a sponsor (Preview) How do I find a sponsor do i ask someone at a meeting to be my sponsor over the last few days I have just called a friend when I felt the down so far that has worked. But this is only day 5 for me. Outside of having a cough and sore throat and not feeling well I am having a good day today. I have to take my son to the Doc...	loretta	7	1104	Dec 12, 2010 by mental defect
	The 12th Step (Preview) We learn that selfishness, self centeredness is the root of our problem, so helping others is the answer to that selfishness, from selfish to selfless, that is the difference between sitting in a meeting telling others about our problems and our day, and offering the solution and looking for someon...	LinBaba	9	1162	Dec 12, 2010 by LinBaba
	Gratitude to AA (Preview) Yet another AA miracle in action today. This AM: Terribly delayed getting into work, late for a meeting, Blackberry going crazy, conflicting demands for time, this needs to be done yesterday, needing to say to demanding people that this cannot be done even today, etc. This PM: Work Christmas lunch,...	SteveP	10	1031	Dec 11, 2010 by SteveP
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