Alcoholics Anonymous

Simple · Simple

I just thought I'd "get current" with everyone here. I have a lot of changes happening and more on the horizon, and I learned a long time ago that when life changes, upping my AA "practice" is a good thing. I only have one day of work left, I've been here for 3 years and 3 months. Th...

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5150_%28Involuntary_psychiatric_hold%29)

Mike B. · Mike B.

Today is my wife's birthday. She is 40. She wanted to do something special on her B-day. I had planned to hike Mt Washington here in NH with her and her sister and husband. We were going to do this after July 9th. because of the kids/work schedules. My sister in-law is worried about hiking that far so...

AGO · AGO

This is what it was like for me

pinkchip · pinkchip

Okay. So what happened today? It was uneventful, but yet possibly the best birthday I have had. I had a day were just about everything was as it was supposed to be at this moment in time and it was the first birthday I have ever felt like this...not caring what I got but just grateful for where I am and wha...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Blows me away sometimes. As some of you know and others will learn now, my Mother in Law died on Monday 14th June 2010. I was really upset but my brothers and sisters in the fellowship back here have picked me up and carried me through this. I initially decided that I wouldn't go to the funeral, I thought I w...

barisax · barisax

When I got divorced at 5 years sober, I started seeing a psychologist almost immediately when I found out my wife was leaving. I think as much as anything I just wanted someone's undivided attention for 50 minutes a week. I deliberately chose a psychologist rather than a psychiatrist because I didn...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS , p. 87 Some say that experience is the best teacher, but I believe that experience is the only teacher. I have been able to learn of God's love...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: We have the power to direct our minds to replace the feelings of being upset, depressed, and fearful with the feeling of inner peace. --Gerald G. Jampolsky Learning to identify negative thoughts is a powerful way to begin changing our negative behavior. We always t...

AGO · AGO

Sound familiar? -- Edited by AGO on Sunday 27th of June 2010 06:58:10 PM

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Happy Sober Day, Mark. I hope you're enjoying a wonderfully serene & joyous 24hours all for you. Thank you for your sobriety & sharing your experience, strength & hope here continuously. May your day be a celebration of all that is you & all that is life. Thank you for being here. God b...

learning · learning

Last night as my daughter, grandson, and I were getting her car loaded up to go swimming at a relative's home, we heard sirens. We waited a few mins. before taking off as to allow the vehicles passage on the highway we were going to travel over. The wailing did not cease as more soon followed. A wre...

Red2goBlue · Red2goBlue

Hello, I am frustrated and a bit scared right now with the situation Im in. I am hoping someone out there has some information or has been in this situation and knows how to handle it. Any comments, words of wisdom, suggestions, information on my situation would be greatly appreciated. Thank you fo...

sarge · sarge

Need advice. My daughter is engaged to a guy living in London. His parents are in France and want to meet her. She is 7 months sober and clean. He has told her that his family would consider it an insult if he doesn't have a drink with them. Of course she can't drink they are in there 70's and don't seem to unde...

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in the United States. A couple of months ago, a facility in Hot Springs, Arkansas contacted me about the possibility of speaking at their treatment center. This is another dream of mine to just travel around the States and share my ESH...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We find that no one need have difficulty with the spirituality of the program. Willingness, honesty and open-mindedness are the essentials of recovery. But these are indispensable. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 570 Am I honest enough to accept myself as I am and let this be the "me" that I let...

janet · janet

They say, you are what you eat,but maybe it is closer to the truth to say you are the way you live. A look at how we live shows that our use of alcohol and other mind-altering drugs has become a way of life. Living the high life gradually takes on a chemical hue until we can't party,swim,ski, or make love with...

Reffner · Reffner

I'm sick . Been sick for the last 2 days. Fever, aches and pains, and don't even want to think about food. Last night while I was lying in bed I had one of those moments when everything seems to make sense. For me, these are very spiritual experiences, and love the fact that I can recognize them today. I...

Kieran · Kieran

If i have access to drink, i normaly drink the lot, well if able to drink the lot, food becomes 2-3 if not 4th place. i also play comp games and at times i run out of acholl, then coffee will be ok, even non cafirnr coffee. ok i can't spell.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The principles we have set down are guides to progress. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Just as a sculptor will use different tools to achieve desired effects in creating a work of art, in Alcoholics Anonymous the Twelve Steps are used to bring about results in my own life. I do not overwhelm myself with li...

AGO · AGO

Size Click me to see Does This make you feel small? Click me to see Time Click me to see After watching those? maybe a little -- Edited by AGO on Wednesday 23rd of June 2010 11:13:20 PM

jj · jj

In my dream last night i walked away from my sobriety. Just gave it away like it was nothing.... told my Sponsor, "so what" .... It Shook me up as I was waking to think I had to start all over again with day one, but I remember thinking that I can not continue in this relapse... it will kill m...

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

Hi all, I was hoping you might be able to share some advice on changing sponsors and whether in fact that might be warranted. My sponsor is a very nice woman and has a lot of life experience, but I am her first sponsee, and I'm starting to think that maybe she just doesn't have the AA experience to help a newc...

MLB · MLB

90 days sober today. 89 days ago I was downing a 5th of whiskey a day. Its really been tough, but I'm thankful for this time. The first 30 days were hell,no sleep, detox...the next 60 have been no cakewalk either. Ive really had to fight for this. I need to redouble my efforts if I want to stay sober.

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Forewarned, forearmed; being prepared is half the victory. --Miguel de Cervantes There will be hard times in our program. There will be hard times in our life. That's the way life is. It helps if we accept this. Then we can prepare for tough times. We can prepare by get...

Mike B. · Mike B.

Well, I've had a nice stretch of sobriety and recovery. Peace and serenity. I continue to work the program but my diesase is active. My diesase has found a new obession, baseball. I help coach my sons All Star team and this has become the biggest thing in my life. Not good I know, but my sickness has f...

new member · srw

Am I an alcoholic if I only drink wine (everyday), don't get drunk, but need to do this almost everyday? Acoholic - I think I am - My wife thinks I am. I don't want to stop all together, I just want to stop most of the time. For years I thought it was not having an impact on my way of being, today I know that...

EricStephen · EricStephen

I wanted to narrow this down by age category as not everyone can relate to the same decade since things change, as do characteristics of drinkers. I never 'officially' drank until about the age of 17 in high school. It was my first real party, and a friend and myself went shot for shot until I ended about 1...

sarge · sarge

I asked God for strength that I might achieve;I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey.I asked God for health that I might do greater things;I was given infirmity that I might do better things.I asked for riches that I might be happy;I was given poverty that I might be wise.I asked for power that I...

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

Hi guys, Let me start by saying that I just really need to vent -- but I full appreciate that gaining a few pounds is 100% worth the gift of sobriety! Anyway, I find the AA advice to beware of "HALT" very effective... and while I can't always control the A-L-T, the H is pretty easy to control. And...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Glasgow is a beautiful place if you can open your eyes and look. But I've been there for 4 days and nights, for work. I arrived at 1 p.m. on Monday, worked until 7, went to the hotel, checked in showered shaved ate early night. Then my days went like this, up at 5 to the sound of traffic and reversing lorries,...

sarge · sarge

The trouble with holding onto hurt instead of letting go is that you continue to make decisions based on what hasn't been for a long time and you live in that long ago affixing fault and blame.

blacktile · blacktile

Hi all, I used to post under a different account last year but I've forgotten the login details. Been drunk for 16 years pretty much - drink every day, mostly to drunkeness. Anyway, I'd be interested to specifically know your experience of how long specific symptoms last after quitting. I'm on day 5 an...

Avril G · Avril G

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DPxGNt4xzk This is by a comedy duo in UK, Hale and Pace, it is a very old one, but just had it sent via email and thought it might get a laugh.

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Hey all, I'm living in a recovery home in Chicago. I have very little freedom which is probably not a bad thing. A few weeks sober now. Just wanted to say hi to all and let you know that things are okay with me. Guess I should consider myself lucky being able to clean up with assistance. I went through a one we...

hayestracey · hayestracey

hi my name is tracey im a recovering alcoholic. i was 18 wen i went to my first aa meeting, boy was that daunting, id only been drinking a few short months.......what was i doing here! my dad is a recovering alcoholic 30yrs behind him up to today. he spotted the isms in me right from early childhood and ofte...

hayestracey · hayestracey

hi im tracey. alcoholic my sober date is july 25th 2006, entered recovery oct 03 and slipped after 3 yrs, have almost 4 yrs again Please god one day at a time. friary hall, ennis co clare.

leeu · leeu

out of town for a while w/o internet

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

In case anyone cares or was wondering... am on day 15.... Got some stories to tell but will do that when I get back into town on Sunday... It hasnt been a fun or pretty road but I am still alive and my HP is not done with me yet. I am determined to never ever take another drink, going to lots of meetings, got a ne...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Honesty is the best policy. --David Tuvill Newcomer I've heard people talk about "firing" their sponsors, about sponsors "firing" their sponsees. I find that term disillusioning I thought we were here to help one another. Sponsor Human re...

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GW22sAElpE&feature=player_embedded#!

Pablomoses · Pablomoses

I haven't been on MIP for all that long, so I don't know how often this syndrome gets addressed?! Sober here 5 years, 4 months.......well, my relationship to sporting events has changed since I opened myself up the MIP!! Use to be a great excuse to get loaded...if my team won, lost or tied, heck a rain-o...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: One comes, finally, to believe whatever one repeats to one's self, whether the statement is true or false. --Napoleon Hill Our inner dialogue can have awesome power. It often determines the behavior that defines who we are. We do, of course, have some choice as to th...

janet · janet

Hello sober friends, Glad to be sober today! Anyway, I was surfing "You tube" when I ran across the funniest video. How it reminded me of how it seems I often struggle with the smallest of things and sometimes have the hardest time for no reason. How the heck did I do anything drunk? LOL Bett...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Hey All, Been away but I'm fine, sober and good. Couple thoughts. When asked the other morning "How are you?" my head was in a space that answered "mid-transformation, and like-wise I see." With summer here, I'm going to two fewer noon-meetings a week and instead taking my 5-ye...

Reffner · Reffner

Okay, here's the deal. So I get to my meeting tonight an everyone who's already there is looking at me all funny. It seems as though they are even trying to avoid eye contact with me. I was a little puzzled, but put it off as nothing. Before the meeting starts, one of the ladies in the group pulls me asid...

barisax · barisax

I notice a frequent topic here is just people asking about AA, wanting to find out what is AA, how it works, etc. I think I was the same way when I made my first phone call to the area office and asked some similar questions. The people I talked to made me laugh, and that made me want to come to a meeting. Anyw...

gonee · gonee

"That God could and would if He were sought." AA book pg 60. Whenever I struggle with something that I find I cannot resolve despite using the best resources available, this short bit from the AA book resolves it for me. I have got to be honest though. Firstly I ask myself, Gonee do you really a...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi all, I had a conversation with someone that made a statement to me that in their opinion alcoholism is a pychiatric illness..... I did not offer any opinion....changed the subject...but for some reason the question is sort of haunting me.... When we drink, and in our disease, at many stages, clear...

gonee · gonee

"Suppose we fall short of the chosen ideal and stumble? Does that mean we are going to get drunk? Some people tell us so. But this only a half-truth. It depends on us and our motives. If we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we believe we will b...

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	Update on life changes (Preview) I just thought I'd "get current" with everyone here. I have a lot of changes happening and more on the horizon, and I learned a long time ago that when life changes, upping my AA "practice" is a good thing. I only have one day of work left, I've been here for 3 years and 3 months. Th...	Simple	2	674	Jul 3, 2010 by ljc
	Drinking Again (Preview) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5150_%28Involuntary_psychiatric_hold%29)	TwelveSteps	17	1185	Jul 3, 2010 by jj
	Resentment (Preview) Today is my wife's birthday. She is 40. She wanted to do something special on her B-day. I had planned to hike Mt Washington here in NH with her and her sister and husband. We were going to do this after July 9th. because of the kids/work schedules. My sister in-law is worried about hiking that far so...	Mike B.	10	615	Jul 3, 2010 by Pablomoses
	What IS it like to go a meeting of AA? (Preview) This is what it was like for me	AGO	8	1138	Jul 3, 2010 by Pablomoses
	My Birthday (Preview) Okay. So what happened today? It was uneventful, but yet possibly the best birthday I have had. I had a day were just about everything was as it was supposed to be at this moment in time and it was the first birthday I have ever felt like this...not caring what I got but just grateful for where I am and wha...	pinkchip	10	1095	Jul 3, 2010 by Pablomoses
	The strength of this fellowship (Preview) Blows me away sometimes. As some of you know and others will learn now, my Mother in Law died on Monday 14th June 2010. I was really upset but my brothers and sisters in the fellowship back here have picked me up and carried me through this. I initially decided that I wouldn't go to the funeral, I thought I w...	bikerbill	5	809	Jul 2, 2010 by AGO
	Psychology, Psychiatry, Meds, Sobriety (Preview) When I got divorced at 5 years sober, I started seeing a psychologist almost immediately when I found out my wife was leaving. I think as much as anything I just wanted someone's undivided attention for 50 minutes a week. I deliberately chose a psychologist rather than a psychiatrist because I didn...	barisax	19	1358	Jul 2, 2010 by Aquaman
	Daily Reflections ~ Experience: The Best Teacher & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS , p. 87 Some say that experience is the best teacher, but I believe that experience is the only teacher. I have been able to learn of God's love...	Sobrietyspell	0	911	Jul 2, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Learning to identify negative thoughts (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: We have the power to direct our minds to replace the feelings of being upset, depressed, and fearful with the feeling of inner peace. --Gerald G. Jampolsky Learning to identify negative thoughts is a powerful way to begin changing our negative behavior. We always t...	Larry_H	5	1650	Jul 2, 2010 by Simple
	Now HERE's a med that works (Preview) Sound familiar? -- Edited by AGO on Sunday 27th of June 2010 06:58:10 PM	AGO	12	1038	Jul 2, 2010 by slugcat
	Happy Bellybutton Birthday, Pinkchip! (Preview) Happy Sober Day, Mark. I hope you're enjoying a wonderfully serene & joyous 24hours all for you. Thank you for your sobriety & sharing your experience, strength & hope here continuously. May your day be a celebration of all that is you & all that is life. Thank you for being here. God b...	Sobrietyspell	12	1252	Jul 2, 2010 by Rob84
	Sad (Preview) Last night as my daughter, grandson, and I were getting her car loaded up to go swimming at a relative's home, we heard sirens. We waited a few mins. before taking off as to allow the vehicles passage on the highway we were going to travel over. The wailing did not cease as more soon followed. A wre...	learning	3	982	Jul 1, 2010 by learning
	Scared of not having a sponser (Preview) Hello, I am frustrated and a bit scared right now with the situation Im in. I am hoping someone out there has some information or has been in this situation and knows how to handle it. Any comments, words of wisdom, suggestions, information on my situation would be greatly appreciated. Thank you fo...	Red2goBlue	14	1357	Jul 1, 2010 by pinkchip
	Help (Preview) Need advice. My daughter is engaged to a guy living in London. His parents are in France and want to meet her. She is 7 months sober and clean. He has told her that his family would consider it an insult if he doesn't have a drink with them. Of course she can't drink they are in there 70's and don't seem to unde...	sarge	11	1021	Jul 1, 2010 by pinkchip
	September Date (Preview) September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in the United States. A couple of months ago, a facility in Hot Springs, Arkansas contacted me about the possibility of speaking at their treatment center. This is another dream of mine to just travel around the States and share my ESH...	Dave Harm	5	1021	Jul 1, 2010 by Just Toni
	Daily Reflections ~ The Heart of True Sobriety & 24hrs a Day (Preview) We find that no one need have difficulty with the spirituality of the program. Willingness, honesty and open-mindedness are the essentials of recovery. But these are indispensable. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 570 Am I honest enough to accept myself as I am and let this be the "me" that I let...	Sobrietyspell	0	367	Jul 1, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	From Better Living to Bitter Living through Chemistry (Preview) They say, you are what you eat,but maybe it is closer to the truth to say you are the way you live. A look at how we live shows that our use of alcohol and other mind-altering drugs has become a way of life. Living the high life gradually takes on a chemical hue until we can't party,swim,ski, or make love with...	janet	0	423	Jul 1, 2010 by janet
	My HP giving me a break (Preview) I'm sick . Been sick for the last 2 days. Fever, aches and pains, and don't even want to think about food. Last night while I was lying in bed I had one of those moments when everything seems to make sense. For me, these are very spiritual experiences, and love the fact that I can recognize them today. I...	Reffner	2	873	Jun 30, 2010 by mikef
	AA and a no dependeancy on alchol. (Preview) If i have access to drink, i normaly drink the lot, well if able to drink the lot, food becomes 2-3 if not 4th place. i also play comp games and at times i run out of acholl, then coffee will be ok, even non cafirnr coffee. ok i can't spell.	Kieran	4	654	Jun 30, 2010 by jj
	Daily Reflections ~ The Best For Today & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The principles we have set down are guides to progress. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Just as a sculptor will use different tools to achieve desired effects in creating a work of art, in Alcoholics Anonymous the Twelve Steps are used to bring about results in my own life. I do not overwhelm myself with li...	Sobrietyspell	0	706	Jun 30, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Self Centered? Me? (Preview) Size Click me to see Does This make you feel small? Click me to see Time Click me to see After watching those? maybe a little -- Edited by AGO on Wednesday 23rd of June 2010 11:13:20 PM	AGO	9	974	Jun 30, 2010 by janet
	I had a bad dream last night (Preview) In my dream last night i walked away from my sobriety. Just gave it away like it was nothing.... told my Sponsor, "so what" .... It Shook me up as I was waking to think I had to start all over again with day one, but I remember thinking that I can not continue in this relapse... it will kill m...	jj	10	1203	Jun 30, 2010 by janet
	Sponsor issue (Preview) Hi all, I was hoping you might be able to share some advice on changing sponsors and whether in fact that might be warranted. My sponsor is a very nice woman and has a lot of life experience, but I am her first sponsee, and I'm starting to think that maybe she just doesn't have the AA experience to help a newc...	TwelveSteps	6	1125	Jun 29, 2010 by TwelveSteps
	Today is a milestone.. (Preview) 90 days sober today. 89 days ago I was downing a 5th of whiskey a day. Its really been tough, but I'm thankful for this time. The first 30 days were hell,no sleep, detox...the next 60 have been no cakewalk either. Ive really had to fight for this. I need to redouble my efforts if I want to stay sober.	MLB	12	568	Jun 29, 2010 by ljc
	There will be hard times in our program (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Forewarned, forearmed; being prepared is half the victory. --Miguel de Cervantes There will be hard times in our program. There will be hard times in our life. That's the way life is. It helps if we accept this. Then we can prepare for tough times. We can prepare by get...	Larry_H	3	544	Jun 29, 2010 by mikef
	Ripples on my pond (Preview) Well, I've had a nice stretch of sobriety and recovery. Peace and serenity. I continue to work the program but my diesase is active. My diesase has found a new obession, baseball. I help coach my sons All Star team and this has become the biggest thing in my life. Not good I know, but my sickness has f...	Mike B.	4	529	Jun 29, 2010 by mikef
	new member (Preview) Am I an alcoholic if I only drink wine (everyday), don't get drunk, but need to do this almost everyday? Acoholic - I think I am - My wife thinks I am. I don't want to stop all together, I just want to stop most of the time. For years I thought it was not having an impact on my way of being, today I know that...	srw	7	1226	Jun 29, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Alcoholics: Ages 18 - 30's: Post your stories here to better relate. (Preview) I wanted to narrow this down by age category as not everyone can relate to the same decade since things change, as do characteristics of drinkers. I never 'officially' drank until about the age of 17 in high school. It was my first real party, and a friend and myself went shot for shot until I ended about 1...	EricStephen	9	1056	Jun 28, 2010 by SoberSteve
	From Anonymous Soldier (Preview) I asked God for strength that I might achieve;I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey.I asked God for health that I might do greater things;I was given infirmity that I might do better things.I asked for riches that I might be happy;I was given poverty that I might be wise.I asked for power that I...	sarge	3	671	Jun 28, 2010 by turninggrey
	H-A-L-T --> F-A-T! (Preview) Hi guys, Let me start by saying that I just really need to vent -- but I full appreciate that gaining a few pounds is 100% worth the gift of sobriety! Anyway, I find the AA advice to beware of "HALT" very effective... and while I can't always control the A-L-T, the H is pretty easy to control. And...	TwelveSteps	14	975	Jun 28, 2010 by MLB
	I'm Back from the concrete wildeness of the city. (Preview) Glasgow is a beautiful place if you can open your eyes and look. But I've been there for 4 days and nights, for work. I arrived at 1 p.m. on Monday, worked until 7, went to the hotel, checked in showered shaved ate early night. Then my days went like this, up at 5 to the sound of traffic and reversing lorries,...	bikerbill	5	840	Jun 28, 2010 by cindy
	Holding onto hurt (Preview) The trouble with holding onto hurt instead of letting go is that you continue to make decisions based on what hasn't been for a long time and you live in that long ago affixing fault and blame.	sarge	7	919	Jun 28, 2010 by angelov8
	Symptoms Longevity (Preview) Hi all, I used to post under a different account last year but I've forgotten the login details. Been drunk for 16 years pretty much - drink every day, mostly to drunkeness. Anyway, I'd be interested to specifically know your experience of how long specific symptoms last after quitting. I'm on day 5 an...	blacktile	8	928	Jun 28, 2010 by angelov8
	What AA meetings most DEFINITELY are NOT (Preview) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DPxGNt4xzk This is by a comedy duo in UK, Hale and Pace, it is a very old one, but just had it sent via email and thought it might get a laugh.	Avril G	7	855	Jun 28, 2010 by angelov8
	Hey Everyone (Preview) Hey all, I'm living in a recovery home in Chicago. I have very little freedom which is probably not a bad thing. A few weeks sober now. Just wanted to say hi to all and let you know that things are okay with me. Guess I should consider myself lucky being able to clean up with assistance. I went through a one we...	soberdrunk	6	810	Jun 28, 2010 by angelov8
	my story (Preview) hi my name is tracey im a recovering alcoholic. i was 18 wen i went to my first aa meeting, boy was that daunting, id only been drinking a few short months.......what was i doing here! my dad is a recovering alcoholic 30yrs behind him up to today. he spotted the isms in me right from early childhood and ofte...	hayestracey	4	827	Jun 28, 2010 by angelov8
	sobriety date (Preview) hi im tracey. alcoholic my sober date is july 25th 2006, entered recovery oct 03 and slipped after 3 yrs, have almost 4 yrs again Please god one day at a time. friary hall, ennis co clare.	hayestracey	5	794	Jun 28, 2010 by angelov8
	taking a computer break (Preview) out of town for a while w/o internet	leeu	2	616	Jun 28, 2010 by angelov8
	Im still alive... (Preview) In case anyone cares or was wondering... am on day 15.... Got some stories to tell but will do that when I get back into town on Sunday... It hasnt been a fun or pretty road but I am still alive and my HP is not done with me yet. I am determined to never ever take another drink, going to lots of meetings, got a ne...	SoberSteve	13	1227	Jun 28, 2010 by SoberSteve
	Human relationships change (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Honesty is the best policy. --David Tuvill Newcomer I've heard people talk about "firing" their sponsors, about sponsors "firing" their sponsees. I find that term disillusioning I thought we were here to help one another. Sponsor Human re...	Larry_H	3	712	Jun 27, 2010 by hayestracey
	Girl Drink Drunk (Preview) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GW22sAElpE&feature=player_embedded#!	TwelveSteps	2	647	Jun 27, 2010 by jj
	The Alcoholic and Sporting Events-----First Hand Experiences!! (Preview) I haven't been on MIP for all that long, so I don't know how often this syndrome gets addressed?! Sober here 5 years, 4 months.......well, my relationship to sporting events has changed since I opened myself up the MIP!! Use to be a great excuse to get loaded...if my team won, lost or tied, heck a rain-o...	Pablomoses	3	858	Jun 27, 2010 by Aquaman
	One comes, finally, to believe whatever one repeats to one's self (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: One comes, finally, to believe whatever one repeats to one's self, whether the statement is true or false. --Napoleon Hill Our inner dialogue can have awesome power. It often determines the behavior that defines who we are. We do, of course, have some choice as to th...	Larry_H	1	865	Jun 27, 2010 by Aquaman
	Life is hard enough without adding alcohol to it (Preview) Hello sober friends, Glad to be sober today! Anyway, I was surfing "You tube" when I ran across the funniest video. How it reminded me of how it seems I often struggle with the smallest of things and sometimes have the hardest time for no reason. How the heck did I do anything drunk? LOL Bett...	janet	8	994	Jun 26, 2010 by janet
	Still Breathing in...and out...in... (Preview) Hey All, Been away but I'm fine, sober and good. Couple thoughts. When asked the other morning "How are you?" my head was in a space that answered "mid-transformation, and like-wise I see." With summer here, I'm going to two fewer noon-meetings a week and instead taking my 5-ye...	Aquaman	5	781	Jun 26, 2010 by pinkchip
	Feeling restless, irritable, and discontent... (Preview) Okay, here's the deal. So I get to my meeting tonight an everyone who's already there is looking at me all funny. It seems as though they are even trying to avoid eye contact with me. I was a little puzzled, but put it off as nothing. Before the meeting starts, one of the ladies in the group pulls me asid...	Reffner	11	2330	Jun 25, 2010 by slugcat
	Finding Out About AA (Preview) I notice a frequent topic here is just people asking about AA, wanting to find out what is AA, how it works, etc. I think I was the same way when I made my first phone call to the area office and asked some similar questions. The people I talked to made me laugh, and that made me want to come to a meeting. Anyw...	barisax	5	1087	Jun 25, 2010 by TwelveSteps
	That God could (Preview) "That God could and would if He were sought." AA book pg 60. Whenever I struggle with something that I find I cannot resolve despite using the best resources available, this short bit from the AA book resolves it for me. I have got to be honest though. Firstly I ask myself, Gonee do you really a...	gonee	1	781	Jun 25, 2010 by pinkchip
	Is Alcoholism a Pychiatric illness.....?? (Preview) Hi all, I had a conversation with someone that made a statement to me that in their opinion alcoholism is a pychiatric illness..... I did not offer any opinion....changed the subject...but for some reason the question is sort of haunting me.... When we drink, and in our disease, at many stages, clear...	Just Toni	10	1154	Jun 25, 2010 by pinkchip
	Stumbling. (Preview) "Suppose we fall short of the chosen ideal and stumble? Does that mean we are going to get drunk? Some people tell us so. But this only a half-truth. It depends on us and our motives. If we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we believe we will b...	gonee	3	691	Jun 25, 2010 by pinkchip
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