Alcoholics Anonymous

jj · jj

something that is becoming more important, from meeting to meeting, is not taking my sobriety for granted. an AA friend has been in and out quite a few times in the past 5 years. i can see that it could be me at any time if i do not stick with what works for me. Romancing the drink was something hard for m...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn't quite belong. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 90 The agonies and the void that I often felt inside occur less and less frequently in m...

LinBaba · LinBaba

Because it's up to you Being Kind is just a matter of taking the time, most people just don't have the time, allowing someone to merge, calling someone to tell them you love them, holding the door for someone, smiling at someone, these actions take time out of our busy days, hence it's a rarity, which is a...

typ0 · typ0

I went to a meeting yesterday. It was a good one. Really hit home. I'm seeing the utter devistation of this disease and that I've had it for so long. I'm deeply hurt...destroyed by the way I've been tricked into being someone I'm not most of my life. I'm a shattered man. My wife and children are gone...

Rainspa · Rainspa

The Eye Opener November 11 You are born at every sunrise and die at every sunset. Sleep is temporary death, which fortifies you for your rebirth in a new tomorrow. Every day is an entire life in itself and all human experiences can take place within its span. You, yourself, are not the same man you were ye...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air, light or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds, our emotions, and our i...

gonee · gonee

My sponsors honest sharing with me was what got me into recovery. I always thought that I was different, whereas in actual fact I very much alike to other alcoholics. Nothing that I could share with my sponsor was ever unique. I could not believe how similar we were when I did my 5th step with my sponsor. R...

gonee · gonee

One of the crisis in my own life was when my relationship with my wife and kids had broken down. This was the one singular event where my recovery was tested to the extreme. I was 10 years sober and I was going to start what I call was real recovery. My wife had started a quarrel with me and I had exploded and my...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Gratitude is at an all time high and yet more evidence that "It's keeps getting better". You'all behave and if you need me I'll be here. [url]http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=f...

Rainspa · Rainspa

You not only pass through this world but once but you live this day but once. The opportunities this day presented to do good are lost opportunities tomorrow unless you grasped them in passing. Your greatest personal loss in your drinking days was not material but rather it was the loss of m...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Last night I went to a different meeting, just fancied a change of scene. Met so many people there that I knew from roaund and about and the woman giving the main share is a regular at a meeting I regularly go to. She started her share and I admit, I switched off within minutes. Then I heard her talking about...

LinBaba · LinBaba

I have seen a lot of confusion and questions about step 9 on this forum as of late, people wondering when to make amends, people actually unclear on the concept of what making amends actually is An Apology is 1. An acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense.2.a. A formal ju...

Rainspa · Rainspa

November 12 No one ever became noble simply by being moral. The great characters who have had their ennobling influence pass down through the ages are those who lived, labored and died for others. Nothing endures that fails to serve a useful purpose and man, individually or collectively, is no excep...

Rainspa · Rainspa

While I'm glad you found some wisdom in the words I posted, they are not my work. In 1966 an anonymous author wrote "The Eye Opener"; it was very popular in AA for a long time. I got a copy and thought I'd pass it along. I am astonished that anyone would mistake it's wisdom for my lack thereof. PRE...

bikerbill · bikerbill

My fifth sober one. First one that I'll miss due to Intergroup commitments. I'll take a few moments and remember all those who fought when they didn't really want to, those that died and those that survived and the damage they endured. From both sides, victors and vanquished. Both my Dad and my Father i...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . . we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 I invest my time in what I truly love. Step Eleven is a discipline that allows me and my Higher Power to be together, reminding me that, with God's help, intuitio...

Halfwolf · Halfwolf

Sitting here at home, in the dark wondering, what am I suppose to be doing ?am I already doing it ? Some days it is so clear what I think my purpose is but then there are these days. I think of an old song " What's it all about Alfie". I dont think of drinking or have the urge to drink but I know I used...

wings2fly · wings2fly

Hi all, I just wanted to say hello. This is my second post (just shared my story). I've read some stories and plan to read many more. I've only come to realize my drinking problem today. So, this is day 1 for me. Thanks for listening my dear friends.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

MORNING THOUGHTS Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 164 For many years I pondered over God's will for me, believing that perhaps a great destiny had been ordained for my life. After all, having been born into a specific fait...

AmyWillWin · AmyWillWin

I'm leaning heavily on it right now. BB says you have to accept how people are and worry about yourself. How exactly are you supposed to do that when there are kids involved? My ex has his own demons. Booze, pills, mental health, even some illegal things...purportedly. I left him because of these p...

Trickyrick · Trickyrick

Good day everyone. Im a married male in need of some advice. It started around two years ago when we started to make home made wine. Now there is usually not a day go by when my wife does not have a drink of wine (alone). When we go out even to another couples home she will have several wine and beer. Never j...

Rainspa · Rainspa

The Eye Opener November 10 We are all subjects to the habit of imagining a lot of needs and desires that we would not actually want if we stopped and gave the matter some thought. List those needs sometime and then think them over carefully. A yacht would be mighty nice in the summer, but it's a pest in the...

turninggrey · turninggrey

http://www.live5news.com/Global/story.asp?S=13465624

Sayla · Sayla

Hello, my name is Sayla (not really)

I am a true blue alcoholic. Back to Step 1-3. The good news is...I'm back! This is a terrible disease. -- Edited by Sayla on Sunday 20th of April 2014 11:05:34 AM

Rainspa · Rainspa

Seek Sobriety Find Serenity by Abraham Twerski November 10 PUTTING GOD IN CHARGE Why - is a belief in a Higher Power "necessary" for recovery? All the challenges we face in life can be divided into three simple categories: 1. Those that are "impossible". 2. Those that are &...

Aliciababy · Aliciababy

I am 60 days sober today.... I go to meetings almost everyday during the week. I have a sponsor and I am in a Big Book Study. I am working hard to stay sober. I have stayed sober despite my husbands drinking and drug use. At first, his drinking and drug use wasn't bothering me. It's starting to bother m...

gonee · gonee

Over the years circumstances and situations in my life had warped my personality. Drinking was a perfect escape from the guilt and remorse that I had felt. When I came into AA I also realised that I was an adult child of an alcoholic. I blamed all my failures on my childhood but I came across this one state...

Aquaman · Aquaman

An AA that I know from IOP called me today to take him to some meetings tomorrow. I am happy to. He is coming off a significant relapse and going into a more intense IOP in another community. I have considered him to be a friend. I knew he had a history that included gang activity, but I didn't know the exten...

New Member - Different Reasons · Tracey C

Hi I have been reading this forum with interest for the past few weeks now. My husband likes to have a drink, I realise this is a battle that he has to fight. I go to weekly al-anon meetings, which I started a year ago and our children go to al-ateen. What I would like to know is why does he become resentful o...

feelinggood · feelinggood

I am almost 60 days sober. I've tried to get sober in the past, and it never felt like this. This time, I know I can't have another drink and I am really looking forward to a life where I will never pick up another drink. The trouble is: my husband has always been clueless about my drinking. He doesn't un...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Some of Us fell on AngelT like she was a proclaimed Jew during the Spanish Inquisition!!! Even if Angel hadn't yet to Come To, she came here for help. To quote Capt. Kragin on "Law & Order: SVU" - "We don't get to pick the vic." I hope for her sake that she seeks out help somewhere...

new user norfolk, virginia · Jim fisherman

Hi all, the name is Jim fisherman, new to the website. it looks real nice. Been sober for several 24 hours, hope to meet you on the road to happy destiny. Hope to correspond with AA members. I love you all! -- Edited by Jim fisherman on Saturday 6th of November 2010 10:28:42 PM -- Edited by Jim fisherman o...

Rainspa · Rainspa

November 9 It is a most comfortable feeling for us alcoholics to know there is a vast host of friends in AA standing by. We pray to God we will never need them for an emergency and, with our new-found faith, we don't think we ever will, but it helps a lot to know that they are available if needed. It gives y...

Rainspa · Rainspa

The Eye Opener Nov. 8 "It takes two people to make a fight. Everybody will not be against you unless you are against everybody - including yourself. If you are at war with the whole universe, it is because a civil war rages within your breast. If you so live as to be able to like yourself, then peace wi...

Angel T · Angel T

This is what I'm doing and it is helping me tremendously : http://angelonthewagon.blogspot.com/ It may help you to start one of your own or feel free to stop by mine. I am starting to believe I can really do this!!! Love to you all! Angel

tokengirl · tokengirl

I 'am not willing to form any relationships with any women in the A.A. program today! When I have reached out and tried I'am always been blown off for the family and job! I can't seem to find one woman out of the many to successfully go through my 12 steps with me! I'am a "dry drunk" as I read in...

Jerry F · Jerry F

my pride and ego. It was my decision and my choice and my responsibility so in order to get uninterrupted sleep I took a sleep aid last night. When I take this sleep aid I get to stay down/under (not Australia) longer and then slog thru the waking up swamp process as I fight to become full conscious. Wit...

SoCalJoe · SoCalJoe

Hello All. I am posting here in hopes of finding a sponsor for a friend who is currently incarcerated. Her name is Tonia and she is looking for a sponsor to correspond with and work her 12 steps. This is 12 step correspondence only and fellowship only. Please only serious inquiries. Female, Sponsor, an...

gonee · gonee

The AA book pg 64 speaks about "the things in ourselves which had been blocking us." When I got sober I was not totally convinced that I was an alcoholic. I dare not tell anybody in AA. So I toddled along with the flow of things for about 3 years. I would not call my life manageable, but I was sober...

alas · alas

Here is a quick synopsis: I have known for years I am an alcoholic. Ten years ago a miracle happened and I found myself surrounded by an AA family. I joined and barely worked the program. I did not remain sober but I learned what was possible. Since then I have experienced all that one can imagine. Unfo...

AmyWillWin · AmyWillWin

I find such solace in music. I hope some of you like this, too. Spread the love! Come out of your cave...there are folks here who want to help stop choking on that noose around your neck.

angelov8 · angelov8

Hi all, been sick with a cold for the first time in two years. My regular schedule is out of wack and resisting the temptation to down a tons of niquil which is I feel really my disease wanting to me pass out and not feel pain. It will pass.

Aquaman · Aquaman

Hey Folks! I've been a bit absent, but I've been sober. Quick 'Month-In-Review'... I started this journey 7/5/09. Today is 140 days sober. Longest since...ever, and beats my last stretch by 19 days. Hooray...ME! Thanks, God. About a month ago I graduated Intensive Out Patient rehab and immediat...

AmyWillWin · AmyWillWin

I haven't gone to a meeting in two weeks. I haven't drank, and other than that first weekend when I had an attack of the boreds, I haven't even thought about it other than in a fleeting way, and to be glad that it's not a part of my life anymore. What started me on this road was a series of really bad situatio...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Meditation is something which can always be further developed. It has no boundaries, either of width or height. Aided by such instruction and example as we can find, it is essentially an individual adventure, something which each one of us works out in his own way. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS...

Aliciababy · Aliciababy

I've been sober almost 60 days and people talk about Dry drunks... What are the warning signs.... I am confused on this... Thanks

InnerShell · InnerShell

It has been 25 hours since my last drink. I really want to give it up this time for good. I am worried about what I have done to my health and I have a young child and a sick husband (he is suffering from anxiety and depression), that I need to be strong and sober for. I have been drinking anywhere from 3 glas...

kld47 · kld47

Hi All Today was my regular birthday, turned 49, and yes next year the Big 50. Spent it with my boyfriend--went out to a big breakfast and then came back to my house talked and worked on plastic models--then ordered food and watch the Nascar Race and then he went home. There are friends and family already...

Angel T · Angel T

I am a writer, and in many ways an introvert. Writing is the most cathartic thing there is for me. I have one week sober today. That is the most I have had in a decade, and it is because of my blog. Yes AA is about anonymity, but my blog and my picture and my name create accountability for me. Not only that...

ferrisdp · ferrisdp

I read Dean's comment in another thread about the importance of making it to a year. I'm a little over 8 months. That hit home. I've been in a bit of a "funk" lately -- I think because I haven't been working the program to its fullest. I'm going to meetings nearly every night, which is typi...

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	AA (Preview) something that is becoming more important, from meeting to meeting, is not taking my sobriety for granted. an AA friend has been in and out quite a few times in the past 5 years. i can see that it could be me at any time if i do not stick with what works for me. Romancing the drink was something hard for m...	jj	4	774	Nov 16, 2010 by ferrisdp
	Daily Reflections ~ Overcoming Loneliness & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn't quite belong. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 90 The agonies and the void that I often felt inside occur less and less frequently in m...	Sobrietyspell	0	711	Nov 16, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	What Kind of Day do you want to have? (Preview) Because it's up to you Being Kind is just a matter of taking the time, most people just don't have the time, allowing someone to merge, calling someone to tell them you love them, holding the door for someone, smiling at someone, these actions take time out of our busy days, hence it's a rarity, which is a...	LinBaba	10	1019	Nov 15, 2010 by pinkchip
	YOUR Prayers Can Help (Preview) I went to a meeting yesterday. It was a good one. Really hit home. I'm seeing the utter devistation of this disease and that I've had it for so long. I'm deeply hurt...destroyed by the way I've been tricked into being someone I'm not most of my life. I'm a shattered man. My wife and children are gone...	typ0	8	1058	Nov 15, 2010 by typ0
	New Day The Eye Opener (Preview) The Eye Opener November 11 You are born at every sunrise and die at every sunset. Sleep is temporary death, which fortifies you for your rebirth in a new tomorrow. Every day is an entire life in itself and all human experiences can take place within its span. You, yourself, are not the same man you were ye...	Rainspa	1	4055	Nov 15, 2010 by david b
	Daily Reflections ~ Vital Sustenance & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air, light or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds, our emotions, and our i...	Sobrietyspell	0	656	Nov 14, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Power in ESH. (Preview) My sponsors honest sharing with me was what got me into recovery. I always thought that I was different, whereas in actual fact I very much alike to other alcoholics. Nothing that I could share with my sponsor was ever unique. I could not believe how similar we were when I did my 5th step with my sponsor. R...	gonee	1	804	Nov 14, 2010 by leeu
	Real changes (Preview) One of the crisis in my own life was when my relationship with my wife and kids had broken down. This was the one singular event where my recovery was tested to the extreme. I was 10 years sober and I was going to start what I call was real recovery. My wife had started a quarrel with me and I had exploded and my...	gonee	5	1201	Nov 14, 2010 by SteveP
	Taking the boat (and wife lol) to Key Largo for a week (Preview) Gratitude is at an all time high and yet more evidence that "It's keeps getting better". You'all behave and if you need me I'll be here. [url]http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=f...	StPeteDean	7	966	Nov 14, 2010 by SteveP
	Today The Eye Opener (Preview) You not only pass through this world but once but you live this day but once. The opportunities this day presented to do good are lost opportunities tomorrow unless you grasped them in passing. Your greatest personal loss in your drinking days was not material but rather it was the loss of m...	Rainspa	4	4067	Nov 14, 2010 by SteveP
	Powerful share last night (Preview) Last night I went to a different meeting, just fancied a change of scene. Met so many people there that I knew from roaund and about and the woman giving the main share is a regular at a meeting I regularly go to. She started her share and I admit, I switched off within minutes. Then I heard her talking about...	bikerbill	4	765	Nov 14, 2010 by SteveP
	Step 9 (Preview) I have seen a lot of confusion and questions about step 9 on this forum as of late, people wondering when to make amends, people actually unclear on the concept of what making amends actually is An Apology is 1. An acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense.2.a. A formal ju...	LinBaba	17	5235	Nov 14, 2010 by LinBaba
	Service The Eye Opener (Preview) November 12 No one ever became noble simply by being moral. The great characters who have had their ennobling influence pass down through the ages are those who lived, labored and died for others. Nothing endures that fails to serve a useful purpose and man, individually or collectively, is no excep...	Rainspa	9	4397	Nov 14, 2010 by juliej71
	Eye Opener BOOK (Preview) While I'm glad you found some wisdom in the words I posted, they are not my work. In 1966 an anonymous author wrote "The Eye Opener"; it was very popular in AA for a long time. I got a copy and thought I'd pass it along. I am astonished that anyone would mistake it's wisdom for my lack thereof. PRE...	Rainspa	0	2744	Nov 13, 2010 by Rainspa
	Tomorrow is Remembrance Sunday (Preview) My fifth sober one. First one that I'll miss due to Intergroup commitments. I'll take a few moments and remember all those who fought when they didn't really want to, those that died and those that survived and the damage they endured. From both sides, victors and vanquished. Both my Dad and my Father i...	bikerbill	1	679	Nov 13, 2010 by leeu
	Daily Reflections ~ Intuition and Inspiration & 24hrs a Day (Preview) . . . . we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 I invest my time in what I truly love. Step Eleven is a discipline that allows me and my Higher Power to be together, reminding me that, with God's help, intuitio...	Sobrietyspell	0	1299	Nov 13, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Just wondering (Preview) Sitting here at home, in the dark wondering, what am I suppose to be doing ?am I already doing it ? Some days it is so clear what I think my purpose is but then there are these days. I think of an old song " What's it all about Alfie". I dont think of drinking or have the urge to drink but I know I used...	Halfwolf	5	907	Nov 13, 2010 by jj
	Newcomer (Preview) Hi all, I just wanted to say hello. This is my second post (just shared my story). I've read some stories and plan to read many more. I've only come to realize my drinking problem today. So, this is day 1 for me. Thanks for listening my dear friends.	wings2fly	10	1124	Nov 12, 2010 by happycamper
	Daily Reflections ~ Morning Thoughts & 24hrs a day (Preview) MORNING THOUGHTS Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 164 For many years I pondered over God's will for me, believing that perhaps a great destiny had been ordained for my life. After all, having been born into a specific fait...	Sobrietyspell	0	8840	Nov 12, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Serenity prayer (Preview) I'm leaning heavily on it right now. BB says you have to accept how people are and worry about yourself. How exactly are you supposed to do that when there are kids involved? My ex has his own demons. Booze, pills, mental health, even some illegal things...purportedly. I left him because of these p...	AmyWillWin	7	1178	Nov 12, 2010 by pinkchip
	How much is too much (Preview) Good day everyone. Im a married male in need of some advice. It started around two years ago when we started to make home made wine. Now there is usually not a day go by when my wife does not have a drink of wine (alone). When we go out even to another couples home she will have several wine and beer. Never j...	Trickyrick	6	1420	Nov 12, 2010 by LinBaba
	Needful Things The Eye Opener (Preview) The Eye Opener November 10 We are all subjects to the habit of imagining a lot of needs and desires that we would not actually want if we stopped and gave the matter some thought. List those needs sometime and then think them over carefully. A yacht would be mighty nice in the summer, but it's a pest in the...	Rainspa	2	1886	Nov 11, 2010 by Aquaman
	I guess this could be an example of "hitting bottom" (Preview) http://www.live5news.com/Global/story.asp?S=13465624	turninggrey	12	1280	Nov 11, 2010 by LinBaba
	OK, I'm convinced. I'm alcoholic. (Preview) Hello, my name is Sayla (not really) I am a true blue alcoholic. Back to Step 1-3. The good news is...I'm back! This is a terrible disease. -- Edited by Sayla on Sunday 20th of April 2014 11:05:34 AM	Sayla	10	2294	Nov 11, 2010 by ferrisdp
	PUTTING GOD IN CHARGE Seek Sobriety – Find Serenity Abraham Twerski (Preview) Seek Sobriety Find Serenity by Abraham Twerski November 10 PUTTING GOD IN CHARGE Why - is a belief in a Higher Power "necessary" for recovery? All the challenges we face in life can be divided into three simple categories: 1. Those that are "impossible". 2. Those that are &...	Rainspa	6	1123	Nov 11, 2010 by Rainspa
	Relationships (Preview) I am 60 days sober today.... I go to meetings almost everyday during the week. I have a sponsor and I am in a Big Book Study. I am working hard to stay sober. I have stayed sober despite my husbands drinking and drug use. At first, his drinking and drug use wasn't bothering me. It's starting to bother m...	Aliciababy	9	995	Nov 11, 2010 by pinkchip
	Defective personality. (Preview) Over the years circumstances and situations in my life had warped my personality. Drinking was a perfect escape from the guilt and remorse that I had felt. When I came into AA I also realised that I was an adult child of an alcoholic. I blamed all my failures on my childhood but I came across this one state...	gonee	1	956	Nov 11, 2010 by Halfwolf
	I need some POV, please. (Preview) An AA that I know from IOP called me today to take him to some meetings tomorrow. I am happy to. He is coming off a significant relapse and going into a more intense IOP in another community. I have considered him to be a friend. I knew he had a history that included gang activity, but I didn't know the exten...	Aquaman	8	950	Nov 10, 2010 by Aquaman
	New Member - Different Reasons (Preview) Hi I have been reading this forum with interest for the past few weeks now. My husband likes to have a drink, I realise this is a battle that he has to fight. I go to weekly al-anon meetings, which I started a year ago and our children go to al-ateen. What I would like to know is why does he become resentful o...	Tracey C	6	1302	Nov 10, 2010 by LinBaba
	Spouse does NOT understand!!! (Preview) I am almost 60 days sober. I've tried to get sober in the past, and it never felt like this. This time, I know I can't have another drink and I am really looking forward to a life where I will never pick up another drink. The trouble is: my husband has always been clueless about my drinking. He doesn't un...	feelinggood	21	6827	Nov 10, 2010 by pinkchip
	What the hell was THAT!? Seriously. (Preview) Some of Us fell on AngelT like she was a proclaimed Jew during the Spanish Inquisition!!! Even if Angel hadn't yet to Come To, she came here for help. To quote Capt. Kragin on "Law & Order: SVU" - "We don't get to pick the vic." I hope for her sake that she seeks out help somewhere...	Aquaman	23	1256	Nov 10, 2010 by pinkchip
	new user norfolk, virginia (Preview) Hi all, the name is Jim fisherman, new to the website. it looks real nice. Been sober for several 24 hours, hope to meet you on the road to happy destiny. Hope to correspond with AA members. I love you all! -- Edited by Jim fisherman on Saturday 6th of November 2010 10:28:42 PM -- Edited by Jim fisherman o...	Jim fisherman	9	815	Nov 10, 2010 by nick w
	Friends in AA (Preview) November 9 It is a most comfortable feeling for us alcoholics to know there is a vast host of friends in AA standing by. We pray to God we will never need them for an emergency and, with our new-found faith, we don't think we ever will, but it helps a lot to know that they are available if needed. It gives y...	Rainspa	6	949	Nov 9, 2010 by Klaatu
	Fighting and Peace Eye Opener (Preview) The Eye Opener Nov. 8 "It takes two people to make a fight. Everybody will not be against you unless you are against everybody - including yourself. If you are at war with the whole universe, it is because a civil war rages within your breast. If you so live as to be able to like yourself, then peace wi...	Rainspa	3	868	Nov 9, 2010 by typ0
	Starting my 7th sober day since I was sixteen!! (closed) (Preview) This is what I'm doing and it is helping me tremendously : http://angelonthewagon.blogspot.com/ It may help you to start one of your own or feel free to stop by mine. I am starting to believe I can really do this!!! Love to you all! Angel	Angel T	27	1539	Nov 9, 2010 by pinkchip
	Unwilling to be sponsored!! (Preview) I 'am not willing to form any relationships with any women in the A.A. program today! When I have reached out and tried I'am always been blown off for the family and job! I can't seem to find one woman out of the many to successfully go through my 12 steps with me! I'am a "dry drunk" as I read in...	tokengirl	13	1051	Nov 9, 2010 by Klaatu
	Crap was that a banana peel or.... (Preview) my pride and ego. It was my decision and my choice and my responsibility so in order to get uninterrupted sleep I took a sleep aid last night. When I take this sleep aid I get to stay down/under (not Australia) longer and then slog thru the waking up swamp process as I fight to become full conscious. Wit...	Jerry F	2	904	Nov 9, 2010 by mikef
	Female Inmate needs Sponsor (Preview) Hello All. I am posting here in hopes of finding a sponsor for a friend who is currently incarcerated. Her name is Tonia and she is looking for a sponsor to correspond with and work her 12 steps. This is 12 step correspondence only and fellowship only. Please only serious inquiries. Female, Sponsor, an...	SoCalJoe	1	652	Nov 9, 2010 by Rainspa
	Blockages (Preview) The AA book pg 64 speaks about "the things in ourselves which had been blocking us." When I got sober I was not totally convinced that I was an alcoholic. I dare not tell anybody in AA. So I toddled along with the flow of things for about 3 years. I would not call my life manageable, but I was sober...	gonee	3	799	Nov 9, 2010 by Mike B.
	re: all suggestions welcome (Preview) Here is a quick synopsis: I have known for years I am an alcoholic. Ten years ago a miracle happened and I found myself surrounded by an AA family. I joined and barely worked the program. I did not remain sober but I learned what was possible. Since then I have experienced all that one can imagine. Unfo...	alas	10	1050	Nov 9, 2010 by Mike B.
	Another inspirational song for me right now (Preview) I find such solace in music. I hope some of you like this, too. Spread the love! Come out of your cave...there are folks here who want to help stop choking on that noose around your neck.	AmyWillWin	1	774	Nov 8, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	sick (Preview) Hi all, been sick with a cold for the first time in two years. My regular schedule is out of wack and resisting the temptation to down a tons of niquil which is I feel really my disease wanting to me pass out and not feel pain. It will pass.	angelov8	9	898	Nov 8, 2010 by Aquaman
	Been Good...but HOW? (Preview) Hey Folks! I've been a bit absent, but I've been sober. Quick 'Month-In-Review'... I started this journey 7/5/09. Today is 140 days sober. Longest since...ever, and beats my last stretch by 19 days. Hooray...ME! Thanks, God. About a month ago I graduated Intensive Out Patient rehab and immediat...	Aquaman	6	936	Nov 8, 2010 by Aquaman
	I know what you'll say...maybe. (Preview) I haven't gone to a meeting in two weeks. I haven't drank, and other than that first weekend when I had an attack of the boreds, I haven't even thought about it other than in a fleeting way, and to be glad that it's not a part of my life anymore. What started me on this road was a series of really bad situatio...	AmyWillWin	31	1585	Nov 8, 2010 by juliej71
	Daily Reflections ~ An Individual Adventure & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Meditation is something which can always be further developed. It has no boundaries, either of width or height. Aided by such instruction and example as we can find, it is essentially an individual adventure, something which each one of us works out in his own way. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS...	Sobrietyspell	0	634	Nov 8, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Question (Preview) I've been sober almost 60 days and people talk about Dry drunks... What are the warning signs.... I am confused on this... Thanks	Aliciababy	15	1262	Nov 8, 2010 by LinBaba
	Need encouragement (Preview) It has been 25 hours since my last drink. I really want to give it up this time for good. I am worried about what I have done to my health and I have a young child and a sick husband (he is suffering from anxiety and depression), that I need to be strong and sober for. I have been drinking anywhere from 3 glas...	InnerShell	10	1052	Nov 8, 2010 by Rainspa
	Normal Birthday (Preview) Hi All Today was my regular birthday, turned 49, and yes next year the Big 50. Spent it with my boyfriend--went out to a big breakfast and then came back to my house talked and worked on plastic models--then ordered food and watch the Nascar Race and then he went home. There are friends and family already...	kld47	3	513	Nov 8, 2010 by happycamper
	We each have our own path (Preview) I am a writer, and in many ways an introvert. Writing is the most cathartic thing there is for me. I have one week sober today. That is the most I have had in a decade, and it is because of my blog. Yes AA is about anonymity, but my blog and my picture and my name create accountability for me. Not only that...	Angel T	4	1004	Nov 8, 2010 by Rainspa
	Rough Night (Preview) I read Dean's comment in another thread about the importance of making it to a year. I'm a little over 8 months. That hit home. I've been in a bit of a "funk" lately -- I think because I haven't been working the program to its fullest. I'm going to meetings nearly every night, which is typi...	ferrisdp	15	1118	Nov 8, 2010 by angelov8
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