Alcoholics Anonymous

Rainspa · Rainspa

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

Rainspa · Rainspa

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

LinBaba · LinBaba

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

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

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

gonee · gonee

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

Jerry F · Jerry F

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

gonee · gonee

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

Rainspa · Rainspa

Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010 Sorrow and happiness are mental states, but the effect they have upon our nervous system and our blood pressure is a recognized fact. The "Atmosphere" of a hospital and its staff can lengthen or shorten the duration of an illness. We alcoholics spent years driving...

SteveP · SteveP

...and some other guys' 10th. Over 30 people there at the restaurant, great fellowship. I knew them all, brought my family along. Just goes to show, this program works if we work it. Very grateful for AA. Good sober day to all. Steve

Aquaman · Aquaman

A.A. Each and every one of Us. The program. Bill & Bob. Lois. John, Dean & MIP. If you are reading this...you are a blessing in my life and I am grateful for you. Peace & Love, Rob

eastcoastscott · eastcoastscott

God! How long since I've been here? Too long for sure. Where to begin....1st of all, I'm still sober and owe some of that to you folks here...truth! I guess the last time I was here was when I was unemployed, trying to heal and waiting to go back to work. I think I was trying to get a job with the RCMP (canadian...

Aliciababy · Aliciababy

I have been sober for only a short time. 75 days to be exact. Prior to stop drinking I was also on medication to slow down my thoughts. When I quit drinking I quit the meds. I was darn near crazy for the first 60 days as my mind raced. When I hit the 60 day mark suddenly my mind slowed. It was the most peac...

Jerry F · Jerry F

To you all...and thanks for the responses to the Spiritual Transference post a few days back. With your feedback and support from my local group I am now back in balance and remembering what it was like in the past when I let go of the process and the outcome and walk to the solutions attended by my Higher...

gonee · gonee

I found that it was not knowledge that kept me sober. It was submission. Submitting to the fact that I was suffering from an incurable disease of alcoholism. Submitting to the fact that no human power could heal me, however august they may be. Submitting to the fact God could heal me if I seek Him. When I g...

LinBaba · LinBaba

Reading this made me think of some meetings I have attended over the years, one in particular where "The Topic" was people "sharing" about how useless it was to work with alcoholics that were still drinking!!!! Made me wonder if they actually even ever read the Big Book, Bill wa...

kld47 · kld47

Hi To All And a Very Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone whereever you have it. Now for some you may want to check your local groups/clubhouses; many hold all day Alkathons with Food and Followship--and usually have meetings going on hourly. You do not have to spend the whole day unless you want to, some peo...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Be quick to see where religious people are right. Make use of what they offer. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 87 I do not claim to have all the answers in spiritual matters, any more than I claim to have all the answers about alcoholism. There are others who are also engaged in a spiritual search. If I keep an op...

barisax · barisax

I was not scared sober. If the knowledge of the alcoholic death that awaited me was sufficient to keep me sober, I would have never even taken my first drink. I watched my father die an alcoholic death when I was 15... cirrhosis, the busted esophagus... I knew my chances. Hangovers were not enough to...

Tina · Tina

HI Just thought I'd drop in, its been a while..... Things are going ok for today, my son's still got no motivation. My daughter went to check one of the College Campus's out last weekend. Had my Physical the other week, the only thing that is a problem is my colesteral a little high. Can work on that, was...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Anhedonia: Loss of pleasure. The counselors said this would happen in this, Early Recovery, but I hoped it wouldn't be a noticeable deal. Wrong. It's been 5 months since my last (1) day relapse, 7 months since I quit smoking and about oh...4 months since ripping myself free of xanax. How long, withou...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: We're not here to lose our sense of humor. --Richie Berlin Being too serious is habit forming. However, many aspects of our lives are serious and need to be addressed. Our disease, for one, is very serious. Working the Twelve Step program to the best of our ability is s...

SUSIE · SUSIE

Does anyone else ever feel like they have a little secret to happiness?? Since being in the program for about 3 years now, I feel happy like a child. Corney I know but to be able to feel anything was a step up. I can sit on the couch with my dog and watch tv and a surge will come over me. Contentment. Alot t...

alexsun · alexsun

I just got back from church, and what a wonderful experience. I was never the type to go to church in the past, and in fact I hated church. I hated how happy all these people were, and thought of them as fake. Now I realize that these people are all like me, and are just finding a way to live their life with mean...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

I just got back from my vacation in Key Largo. Had a great time scuba diving with my wife. It was awesome going back there after 15 years. We made several trips there in the early 90's with our other boat. I got to do a another solo dive on a great ship wreck. A 327' Coast Guard cutter USCG Duane and t...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Aloha All...just got back from my morning home meeting and before I got out and do some business in what is a very beautiful day here I wanted to check in and read...respond if I felt supportive. My eye surgery is coming up in 3 days and I've been having difficulties with letting go of control of the outco...

barisax · barisax

So last night, I'm on the way back from my home group, and taking DramaGoddess back home to the opposite side of town first... yes, she's one of us and she goes to my meeting with me sometimes now. And I'm talking to her about stuff... like how we feel emotions, and how we think, and how we react, and how we...

gonee · gonee

"It destroys more alcoholics than anything else." Alcohol had destroyed me physically and mentally. With careful medical care and good nutrition and exercise, I quickly recovered. Resentment on the other hand was a terrible spiritual disease that was eating me up. I thank God and AA fo...

SUSIE · SUSIE

I recently made an amends to someone I thought I never would. An ex best friend who was screwing my husband. (sorry about being so blunt) This is a person I shared everything with. When I was having marital problems I would vent to her. So boy did she have it all in a nut shell. My part was I should neve...

gonee · gonee

My wife asked me a question at the dinner table tonight. In fact it was more like a statement. She said how come we both read the same article in the newspaper, but you get all worked up and I remain unmoved. I told her that's because I am an alcoholic. My emotions are always extreme. Alcoholism had changed...

alexsun · alexsun

Hi, Im Alex and im an alcoholic. I call myself alcoholic, but it took me a while to actually state that. At first I like to say alcoholic addict bum loser etc, but now I'm just an alcoholic. For the longest time I didn't know if I was dead or alive. I wasn't quite dead because I was walking around, talking and...

Rainspa · Rainspa

November 21 If a reasonable estimate could be made of the fatalities resulting from excessive drinking, the figures would be appalling. This loss, however, is only a small part of the price that Bacchus extracts. The wasted man-hours of work, the homes broken up, the wealth of talent tha...

Aquaman · Aquaman

AquaWife finally expressed jealousy regarding time put into AA & other recovery-related activities. Umm. Why? BEFORE: 30-60 minutes a night in the shed gettin' tore-up, Saturday & Sunday were drunken blurs and the household hemmorraged cash to feed my habits. Angry rants and acting...

gonee · gonee

When I came into AA some 22 years ago, many people at scoffed at the program. I used to get very discouraged, but my AA friends always asked me to stick around long enough for me to understand the AA 12 steps. I trudged along and ignored the ignorant people on the outside. Many wanted and needed what I had re...

gonee · gonee

"We do not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it." This is such a wonderful promise in the BB. In the beginning I always used to think I should have. That was still self will running riot. As I started to work the steps, I had begun to realise the wonderful gifts that God had yet to give me....

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

For those that care, I am still alive ;) I fell off again, I have 15 days today, some legal issue, (misdeamenor) (harrasment with alcohol involved) and still have my job and just got a car but it got in a rearender (car hit my gf) (no alcohol involved) anyways thats a quick recap living back at my folks for...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Going Easy Go easy. You may have to push forward, but you don't have to push so hard. Go in gentleness, go in peace. Do not be in so much of a hurry. At no day, no hour, no time are you required to do more than you can do in peace. Frantic behaviors and urgency are not the founda...

Rainspa · Rainspa

We have a local women's only treatment center / home that has been coming to my home group. They needed to call someone in the program, so they called me. I'd get a call with someone saying "I just need to check in with a member of AA. Thanks, bye". Ohhkkkayy. Then I was asked to drive some of the...

Rainspa · Rainspa

November 19 A large segment of humanity, stumbling in alcoholic darkness, resigned to a belief that nothing can possibly be done about the situation, has at long last caught a gleam of light and presses on to that beacon of Hope. Alcoholics Anonymous is that light shining forth in the night of...

northern lights · northern lights

Hello all ! It's Louisa - real name Karen actually (Louisa is my cat) I have come back as Northern Lights (aren't they beautiful?) and wish to use my real name. I guess this post is intended to hopefully warn against the dangers of putting everything down to the program. Within the space of 10 days I wen...

LinBaba · LinBaba

"A New Pair of Glasses" was a term initially coined by a guy (Dr Paul) in his story "Doctor, Addict, Alcoholic" or I think it's called "Acceptance is The Answer" in the fourth edition (I still have 4 copies of the third edtion, so I don't know) and in it he describes the c...

typ0 · typ0

I see another topic about this but didn't want to hijack that thread. I'm dealing with this in all of my life right now. I'm feeling like everyone thinks I'm a couple zanaks away from schizophrenia to be honest. Everything I say I'm met with how it's all my fault and I need to focus on myself and my disea...

Posey · Posey

So far, so good. I found a great sponsor right away (she actually offered to sponsor me at my 1st meeting) and have been to meetings every day. I'm a re-retread but it seems my resistance has left the building (thank God). Grateful not only for AA but for this board---haven't written much but I have bee...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Occasionally. . . We are seized with a rebellion so sickening that we simply won't pray. When these things happen we should not think too ill of ourselves. We should simply resume prayer as soon as we can, doing what we know to be good for us. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105 Sometimes I scream,...

Rainspa · Rainspa

It is one of the peculiar characteristics of the alcoholic that he almost invariably shows the worst side of his disposition to those people for whom he has the highest love and respect. Many of us were Jolly Good Fellows in the bootleg joint but Hell on wheels at home and in our relationship wi...

Rainspa · Rainspa

November 18 Money is a medium of exchange and is as good as the things you can get with it. If you have enough money in your pocket when you fall overboard it can drown you. Love of money can make you the most despised of men, but love of mankind can make your money a blessing to you and them.

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: All things pass... Patience attains all that it strives for. -- St. Teresa of Avila Some days, it seems like our struggles will never end. The pain, the loss, the heartaches, the failures we can recount them all. Where is the strength to go on? What if we began our day by...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: It takes about ten years to get used to how old you are. --Unknown If it is hard to adjust to our age, how much harder it must be to realize we can't even run our own life with any degree of competence. Until we get used to that idea we will keep having living troubles. Accept...

Rainspa · Rainspa

We become too easily discouraged when a new man fails to make the grade. What we fail to keep before us is the fact that we are not accountable for the results of our efforts. we are only charged with the responsibility of carrying the message to other alcoholics. Just go about your end of the j...

Rainspa · Rainspa

November 15 We alcoholics were accustomed to look at the world through the whiskey glasses and consequently what we saw of the world made it appear as one big case of D.T.'s. Sobriety corrected our vision and the world took on a more ordered appearance. The world hadn't changed--our viewpo...

turninggrey · turninggrey

So its been a bit, but heres an update. Connie went through the double mastectomy like an experienced combat solider. Outside of me dropping the ball briefly, that phase went smoothly. Today, in her 7th day after chemo, is again, showing her mettle. Your prayers paid off extremely well and we are...

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	Friends The Eye Opener (Preview) November 23 Isn't is strange to note the absence of a lot of old pre-AA friends over the week-end? We have not offended them, surely, and we are just as good friends as we used to be, but somehow they don't call on us with the same regularity. The answer is simple--the bar is closed. Now home is w...	Rainspa	4	2139	Nov 28, 2010 by TwelveSteps
	Fear to Surrender to Hope The Eye Opener (Preview) November 26 In our drinking days, fear of everything and everybody was our constant companion. These fears continued until we finally, in desperate necessity, found the courage to surrender - to quit unconditionally. Then we found AA and a ray of Hope. Hope became desire, desire became determinat...	Rainspa	6	4025	Nov 27, 2010 by Rainspa
	There is a Solution (Preview) Big Book Study Meetings are a vital part of AA as a whole. Seriously looking into the dropout rate of AA members, its easy to see that most new AA members are either a) not getting what they need ( solution to their problem) in contemporary middle of the road AA Meetings, or b) are not Real Alcoholics and ju...	LinBaba	6	1906	Nov 27, 2010 by Larry_H
	Daily Reflections ~ Attraction, Not Promotion & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Through many painful experiences, we think we have arrived at what that policy ought to be. It is the opposite in many ways of usual promotional practice. We found that we had to rely upon the principle of attraction rather than promotion. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 180-81 While I was dri...	Sobrietyspell	0	898	Nov 27, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Ultimately it was my choice. (Preview) Every new day that I get up my one wish is that I never get too big that I cannot pray and ask God for His will. Just like physical exercise for me is vital for my body, spiritual exercise through prayer and meditation is vital for my spiritual condition. My most neglected condition used to be my spiritual c...	gonee	2	610	Nov 27, 2010 by Just Toni
	My vision is getting (Preview) Reply Quote More Edit PostDelete Post so much more clearer and I'm not talking about my eyesight alone. The surgery worked, is doing what I was told it would do and I had no idea that my spiritual vision had gotten so cloudy also. I am grateful that my eyesight was repairable and that in short weeks...	Jerry F	5	950	Nov 27, 2010 by northern lights
	Visit to my old AA group. (Preview) I went to one of my sponsor's 23 year thanksgiving at my old AA group. It brought back so many memories of my early recovery and the struggles I experienced. We spoke about our meeting after the meeting which sometimes went on for hours. I needed this extended time with someone who understood my alcohol...	gonee	1	605	Nov 27, 2010 by jj
	come on, get happy The Eye Opener (Preview) Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010 Sorrow and happiness are mental states, but the effect they have upon our nervous system and our blood pressure is a recognized fact. The "Atmosphere" of a hospital and its staff can lengthen or shorten the duration of an illness. We alcoholics spent years driving...	Rainspa	0	4108	Nov 27, 2010 by Rainspa
	Went to my sponsor's 30th Bday today... (Preview) ...and some other guys' 10th. Over 30 people there at the restaurant, great fellowship. I knew them all, brought my family along. Just goes to show, this program works if we work it. Very grateful for AA. Good sober day to all. Steve	SteveP	4	746	Nov 27, 2010 by SteveP
	I am Thankful for... (Preview) A.A. Each and every one of Us. The program. Bill & Bob. Lois. John, Dean & MIP. If you are reading this...you are a blessing in my life and I am grateful for you. Peace & Love, Rob	Aquaman	7	853	Nov 27, 2010 by SteveP
	A funny thing happened on the way to.......... (Preview) God! How long since I've been here? Too long for sure. Where to begin....1st of all, I'm still sober and owe some of that to you folks here...truth! I guess the last time I was here was when I was unemployed, trying to heal and waiting to go back to work. I think I was trying to get a job with the RCMP (canadian...	eastcoastscott	3	673	Nov 26, 2010 by happycamper
	Obsessive Thoughts (Preview) I have been sober for only a short time. 75 days to be exact. Prior to stop drinking I was also on medication to slow down my thoughts. When I quit drinking I quit the meds. I was darn near crazy for the first 60 days as my mind raced. When I hit the 60 day mark suddenly my mind slowed. It was the most peac...	Aliciababy	13	3379	Nov 26, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Happy Thanksgiving (Preview) To you all...and thanks for the responses to the Spiritual Transference post a few days back. With your feedback and support from my local group I am now back in balance and remembering what it was like in the past when I let go of the process and the outcome and walk to the solutions attended by my Higher...	Jerry F	6	605	Nov 25, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Submission. (Preview) I found that it was not knowledge that kept me sober. It was submission. Submitting to the fact that I was suffering from an incurable disease of alcoholism. Submitting to the fact that no human power could heal me, however august they may be. Submitting to the fact God could heal me if I seek Him. When I g...	gonee	1	759	Nov 25, 2010 by StPeteDean
	It just doesn't Work (Preview) Reading this made me think of some meetings I have attended over the years, one in particular where "The Topic" was people "sharing" about how useless it was to work with alcoholics that were still drinking!!!! Made me wonder if they actually even ever read the Big Book, Bill wa...	LinBaba	29	1307	Nov 24, 2010 by LinBaba
	Thanksgiving Time (Preview) Hi To All And a Very Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone whereever you have it. Now for some you may want to check your local groups/clubhouses; many hold all day Alkathons with Food and Followship--and usually have meetings going on hourly. You do not have to spend the whole day unless you want to, some peo...	kld47	0	572	Nov 24, 2010 by kld47
	Daily Reflections ~ A Universal Search & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Be quick to see where religious people are right. Make use of what they offer. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 87 I do not claim to have all the answers in spiritual matters, any more than I claim to have all the answers about alcoholism. There are others who are also engaged in a spiritual search. If I keep an op...	Sobrietyspell	0	524	Nov 24, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Fear Is Not My Motivation (Preview) I was not scared sober. If the knowledge of the alcoholic death that awaited me was sufficient to keep me sober, I would have never even taken my first drink. I watched my father die an alcoholic death when I was 15... cirrhosis, the busted esophagus... I knew my chances. Hangovers were not enough to...	barisax	4	1504	Nov 23, 2010 by Jerry F
	BEEN A WHILE (Preview) HI Just thought I'd drop in, its been a while..... Things are going ok for today, my son's still got no motivation. My daughter went to check one of the College Campus's out last weekend. Had my Physical the other week, the only thing that is a problem is my colesteral a little high. Can work on that, was...	Tina	3	589	Nov 23, 2010 by happycamper
	Meet Anne E. Donia... (Preview) Anhedonia: Loss of pleasure. The counselors said this would happen in this, Early Recovery, but I hoped it wouldn't be a noticeable deal. Wrong. It's been 5 months since my last (1) day relapse, 7 months since I quit smoking and about oh...4 months since ripping myself free of xanax. How long, withou...	Aquaman	11	966	Nov 23, 2010 by Aquaman
	We're not here to lose our sense of humor (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: We're not here to lose our sense of humor. --Richie Berlin Being too serious is habit forming. However, many aspects of our lives are serious and need to be addressed. Our disease, for one, is very serious. Working the Twelve Step program to the best of our ability is s...	Larry_H	4	1023	Nov 23, 2010 by mikef
	Secret..... (Preview) Does anyone else ever feel like they have a little secret to happiness?? Since being in the program for about 3 years now, I feel happy like a child. Corney I know but to be able to feel anything was a step up. I can sit on the couch with my dog and watch tv and a surge will come over me. Contentment. Alot t...	SUSIE	1	623	Nov 23, 2010 by mikef
	What is Gods Plan for you? (Preview) I just got back from church, and what a wonderful experience. I was never the type to go to church in the past, and in fact I hated church. I hated how happy all these people were, and thought of them as fake. Now I realize that these people are all like me, and are just finding a way to live their life with mean...	alexsun	10	1570	Nov 22, 2010 by LinBaba
	Something that you can't do while drinking (Preview) I just got back from my vacation in Key Largo. Had a great time scuba diving with my wife. It was awesome going back there after 15 years. We made several trips there in the early 90's with our other boat. I got to do a another solo dive on a great ship wreck. A 327' Coast Guard cutter USCG Duane and t...	StPeteDean	8	3193	Nov 22, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Spiritual transference... (Preview) Aloha All...just got back from my morning home meeting and before I got out and do some business in what is a very beautiful day here I wanted to check in and read...respond if I felt supportive. My eye surgery is coming up in 3 days and I've been having difficulties with letting go of control of the outco...	Jerry F	7	1136	Nov 22, 2010 by Toad
	In The Blood (Preview) So last night, I'm on the way back from my home group, and taking DramaGoddess back home to the opposite side of town first... yes, she's one of us and she goes to my meeting with me sometimes now. And I'm talking to her about stuff... like how we feel emotions, and how we think, and how we react, and how we...	barisax	3	714	Nov 22, 2010 by barisax
	"Resentment is the "number one" offender. BB pg 64. (Preview) "It destroys more alcoholics than anything else." Alcohol had destroyed me physically and mentally. With careful medical care and good nutrition and exercise, I quickly recovered. Resentment on the other hand was a terrible spiritual disease that was eating me up. I thank God and AA fo...	gonee	4	2595	Nov 22, 2010 by LinBaba
	Amends... (Preview) I recently made an amends to someone I thought I never would. An ex best friend who was screwing my husband. (sorry about being so blunt) This is a person I shared everything with. When I was having marital problems I would vent to her. So boy did she have it all in a nut shell. My part was I should neve...	SUSIE	14	960	Nov 22, 2010 by SUSIE
	My emotions run deeper than others. (Preview) My wife asked me a question at the dinner table tonight. In fact it was more like a statement. She said how come we both read the same article in the newspaper, but you get all worked up and I remain unmoved. I told her that's because I am an alcoholic. My emotions are always extreme. Alcoholism had changed...	gonee	2	815	Nov 21, 2010 by alexsun
	Newcomer (Preview) Hi, Im Alex and im an alcoholic. I call myself alcoholic, but it took me a while to actually state that. At first I like to say alcoholic addict bum loser etc, but now I'm just an alcoholic. For the longest time I didn't know if I was dead or alive. I wasn't quite dead because I was walking around, talking and...	alexsun	10	1261	Nov 21, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Cost and Price The Eye Opener (Preview) November 21 If a reasonable estimate could be made of the fatalities resulting from excessive drinking, the figures would be appalling. This loss, however, is only a small part of the price that Bacchus extracts. The wasted man-hours of work, the homes broken up, the wealth of talent tha...	Rainspa	1	3727	Nov 21, 2010 by Jerry F
	I don't understand (Preview) AquaWife finally expressed jealousy regarding time put into AA & other recovery-related activities. Umm. Why? BEFORE: 30-60 minutes a night in the shed gettin' tore-up, Saturday & Sunday were drunken blurs and the household hemmorraged cash to feed my habits. Angry rants and acting...	Aquaman	16	2390	Nov 21, 2010 by Aquaman
	There are those who do not recover BB pg 59. (Preview) When I came into AA some 22 years ago, many people at scoffed at the program. I used to get very discouraged, but my AA friends always asked me to stick around long enough for me to understand the AA 12 steps. I trudged along and ignored the ignorant people on the outside. Many wanted and needed what I had re...	gonee	5	858	Nov 21, 2010 by SteveP
	Should have got the red one. (Preview) "We do not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it." This is such a wonderful promise in the BB. In the beginning I always used to think I should have. That was still self will running riot. As I started to work the steps, I had begun to realise the wonderful gifts that God had yet to give me....	gonee	2	694	Nov 20, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Quick update, more to follow soon (Preview) For those that care, I am still alive ;) I fell off again, I have 15 days today, some legal issue, (misdeamenor) (harrasment with alcohol involved) and still have my job and just got a car but it got in a rearender (car hit my gf) (no alcohol involved) anyways thats a quick recap living back at my folks for...	SoberSteve	14	878	Nov 20, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Going Easy (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Going Easy Go easy. You may have to push forward, but you don't have to push so hard. Go in gentleness, go in peace. Do not be in so much of a hurry. At no day, no hour, no time are you required to do more than you can do in peace. Frantic behaviors and urgency are not the founda...	Larry_H	0	340	Nov 20, 2010 by Larry_H
	Not really 12th step (Preview) We have a local women's only treatment center / home that has been coming to my home group. They needed to call someone in the program, so they called me. I'd get a call with someone saying "I just need to check in with a member of AA. Thanks, bye". Ohhkkkayy. Then I was asked to drive some of the...	Rainspa	4	710	Nov 19, 2010 by Rainspa
	Illumination The Eye Opener (Preview) November 19 A large segment of humanity, stumbling in alcoholic darkness, resigned to a belief that nothing can possibly be done about the situation, has at long last caught a gleam of light and presses on to that beacon of Hope. Alcoholics Anonymous is that light shining forth in the night of...	Rainspa	0	1631	Nov 19, 2010 by Rainspa
	Not everything is a case of being a bit "off-program" (Preview) Hello all ! It's Louisa - real name Karen actually (Louisa is my cat) I have come back as Northern Lights (aren't they beautiful?) and wish to use my real name. I guess this post is intended to hopefully warn against the dangers of putting everything down to the program. Within the space of 10 days I wen...	northern lights	16	1093	Nov 19, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	A New Pair of Glasses (Preview) "A New Pair of Glasses" was a term initially coined by a guy (Dr Paul) in his story "Doctor, Addict, Alcoholic" or I think it's called "Acceptance is The Answer" in the fourth edition (I still have 4 copies of the third edtion, so I don't know) and in it he describes the c...	LinBaba	0	4977	Nov 19, 2010 by LinBaba
	Other People's Views (Preview) I see another topic about this but didn't want to hijack that thread. I'm dealing with this in all of my life right now. I'm feeling like everyone thinks I'm a couple zanaks away from schizophrenia to be honest. Everything I say I'm met with how it's all my fault and I need to focus on myself and my disea...	typ0	18	679	Nov 18, 2010 by attilio
	30 Days Today (Preview) So far, so good. I found a great sponsor right away (she actually offered to sponsor me at my 1st meeting) and have been to meetings every day. I'm a re-retread but it seems my resistance has left the building (thank God). Grateful not only for AA but for this board---haven't written much but I have bee...	Posey	11	871	Nov 18, 2010 by turninggrey
	Daily Reflections ~ A Safety Net & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Occasionally. . . We are seized with a rebellion so sickening that we simply won't pray. When these things happen we should not think too ill of ourselves. We should simply resume prayer as soon as we can, doing what we know to be good for us. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105 Sometimes I scream,...	Sobrietyspell	0	622	Nov 18, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	...and Mr. Hyde The Eye Opener (Preview) It is one of the peculiar characteristics of the alcoholic that he almost invariably shows the worst side of his disposition to those people for whom he has the highest love and respect. Many of us were Jolly Good Fellows in the bootleg joint but Hell on wheels at home and in our relationship wi...	Rainspa	5	4997	Nov 18, 2010 by jj
	Money The Eye Opener (Preview) November 18 Money is a medium of exchange and is as good as the things you can get with it. If you have enough money in your pocket when you fall overboard it can drown you. Love of money can make you the most despised of men, but love of mankind can make your money a blessing to you and them.	Rainspa	2	4220	Nov 18, 2010 by Rainspa
	Some days, it seems like our struggles will never end (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: All things pass... Patience attains all that it strives for. -- St. Teresa of Avila Some days, it seems like our struggles will never end. The pain, the loss, the heartaches, the failures we can recount them all. Where is the strength to go on? What if we began our day by...	Larry_H	2	822	Nov 18, 2010 by Toad
	I'm getting used to the idea that God does a better job of running my life than I do (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: It takes about ten years to get used to how old you are. --Unknown If it is hard to adjust to our age, how much harder it must be to realize we can't even run our own life with any degree of competence. Until we get used to that idea we will keep having living troubles. Accept...	Larry_H	1	526	Nov 17, 2010 by jj
	Our Part...and His The Eye Opener (Preview) We become too easily discouraged when a new man fails to make the grade. What we fail to keep before us is the fact that we are not accountable for the results of our efforts. we are only charged with the responsibility of carrying the message to other alcoholics. Just go about your end of the j...	Rainspa	0	1649	Nov 17, 2010 by Rainspa
	Room with a View The Eye Opener (Preview) November 15 We alcoholics were accustomed to look at the world through the whiskey glasses and consequently what we saw of the world made it appear as one big case of D.T.'s. Sobriety corrected our vision and the world took on a more ordered appearance. The world hadn't changed--our viewpo...	Rainspa	2	4478	Nov 17, 2010 by pinkchip
	Thanks for the prayers! (Preview) So its been a bit, but heres an update. Connie went through the double mastectomy like an experienced combat solider. Outside of me dropping the ball briefly, that phase went smoothly. Today, in her 7th day after chemo, is again, showing her mettle. Your prayers paid off extremely well and we are...	turninggrey	9	823	Nov 17, 2010 by northern lights
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