Alcoholics Anonymous

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Property Lines A helpful tool in our recovery, especially in the behavior we call detachment, is learning to identify who owns what. Then we let each person own and possess his or her rightful property. If another person has an addiction, a problem, a feeling, or a se...

ivancostello · ivancostello

Or does that take away from the whole "anonymous" thing?If this topic has been covered before, I do apologize -- I'm new to the group and only 7 weeks sober and I'm trying to find a meeting that I'll be comfortable in. I have a friend who's sober an I thought I'd ask her if it's cool if I come to her...

RachaelM · RachaelM

From an apparent accidental overdose or from some sort of Xanax-dependency withdrawal reaction. But, essentially, alcoholism killed him. I'm getting into some serious self-doubt over not having helped him more. This is horrible.

AmyWillWin · AmyWillWin

Okay, so I haven't made it a week yet. Still, there was something that happened this weekend that made me even more glad that I'm in the program and sober. I found out that two 12yo girls in the neighborhood are bullying my 8yo daughter, who doesn't have a mean bone in her body. She had apparently been...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Hi Ya, Last night I read during a local poetry slam. I was SO nervous! Lotsa big literary brains from the faculty of the local college. The crowd gave me high marks. This is what I read... My ExI called up my ex-significant error, to make some 12-step amends.The last time we spoke, I was all twisted on dope...

gonee · gonee

I just got back from an AA and Alanon retreat organised by our group. It was so fulfilling to see God work in the troubled hearts of men and women and lift them up beyond their understanding. I feel blessed just to be a participant. I thank my God for allowing such opportunities to express my gratitude to a...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

On anvils of experience, the structure of our Society was hammered out. . . . Thus has it been with A.A. By faith and by works we have been able to build upon the lessons of an incredible experience. They live today in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, which - God willing - shall sustain us in...

LinBaba · LinBaba

or: God Moves in mysterious ways I'm reading Clarence's Book about the History of AA and during our formulative years we did some pretty funny stuff, here's a story I thought was particularly humorous, it brought us our first National Attention, but not necessarily in a way we'd do anymore According...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box. --Italian proverb Much of our time has been spent saying, "I'm not good enough for that job," "She's too good for me," or "I don't deserve that compliment." Someti...

Just Toni · Just Toni

I came down with a real bad case of a Brochail Infection, maybe 1 week and a half ago, but feels like 3 months ago. The medication for this is like an A Bomb, and it is doing it's job, but also knocking the heck out of me...so just little baby steps... Thank You God for the wonderful people in my life that have b...

gonee · gonee

One of the greatest things about AA is the emphasis of family recovery. Chapters like "To wives" and "The family afterwards" have been excellent material for family recovery. Our group has workshopped these chapters in great depth and the result is evident in our relationsh...

vlady · vlady

Hey guys, i think this will encourage you if you can make it out: Free showing of Lost in Woonsocket in Charlotte tonight. Information here: http://ht.ly/2XifZ You can see the trailer here: http://www.lafia.org and other event locations.

Posey · Posey

...try, try again. And I am.... tomorrow will be probably my 4th time joining AA. But it's time---oh yes, it's definitely time. Another blackout yesterday & my best friend is angry w/ me---says I hung up on her when she called me on my alkie BS. I don't even remember talking to her!!!! And I hav...

gonee · gonee

Our Monday night group has arranged a weekend retreat. For the first time my wife also joins me. Looking forward to a great spiritually fulfilling weekend. Our recovery in AA and Alanon has strengthened our marriage, because both of us are exposed to continuous work with newcomers. It certainly mak...

shanaqua · shanaqua

Hi, its been a-long time since I've been here. I've made a pact with myself to quit drinking today. My life is so out of control its not funny. I quit taking care of myself, my home, and my overall life. I'm so disgusted with myself. I dont have the energy to do anything but sit and drink, if I'm not drinking I...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Hey All, I got drunk last night and I am starting over. More later. Not feeling so well. Sorry. Tom

gonee · gonee

Sponsorship is not about exercising authority over any body. It is a spiritual partnership. The sponsee wants to submit to someone he can trust and who will enhance his life spiritually. Someone who will give honest counsel about his condition and make valued suggestions on how to improve. I gave my...

barisax · barisax

I have been thinking lately, about how much easier my life has become since I've been married. And how strange and unexpected this has been. The day I moved out of my mother's house, I became responsible for everything about myself. Paying the bills, making sure there's food in the fridge, making s...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Watching a child acquire language, I realize, again, that naming things demystifies them. --Mary Casey Sharing with another our fears of starting a new job, ending a relationship, getting into therapy, or even joining a social club will help us keep the fear in per...

Rob84 · Rob84

I just saw this movie a couple days ago that features Robert Deniro and Edward Norton this weekend. The professional reviews are mixed, I think in large part because those writing them are probably not alcoholic or understand emptiness and spriritial change as we do. IMO the movie is very creative w...

kld47 · kld47

Hi All My eyes are worse then originally thought. I have Conjunctivitis of the Eye. I am now on heavy eye drops that are like steroids. I have to take them 4 times a day. It is like a milky substance but/will is supposed deaden anything in there. The Eye Doctor said I got this like you would pink eye but wors...

paul86 · paul86

Well, in one hour it will officially be 10 months. I just re-read some of the posts I made on here from the past, and it brought me back to a place I never wish to go again. It reminded me how much suffering I really went through in addiction. I'm not perfect by any means, progress not perfection for sure, bu...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We will want the good that is in us all, even in the worst of us, to flower and to grow. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 10 With the self-discipline and insight gained from practicing Step Ten, I begin to know the gratifications of sobriety -- not as mere abstinence from alcohol, but as recovery in every department of m...

jennamia · jennamia

Dear Alcohol, We have been through so much together. I remember when we first met; on a warm Arizona midnight in January, sitting alone in my room. I was sixteen and naive, broken and searching, for something, anything that would give me freedom from myself. You came to my window every night from t...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. --Aldous Huxley Taking responsibility for our own attitudes, actions, and neglects is far more difficult...

Carn · Carn

hello, I have read many posts here and have finally decided to go to an AA meeting. Do I need to do anything special to go to an AA meeting? i want to go this thursday and change my life for the better. After drinking for close to 20 years I want to change. I work in a public job ... are all AA meetings discreet wh...

gonee · gonee

Many of the AA's today are still on step2. They acknowledge the existence of a higher power, like the AA group but never seemed to grow from there. The early AA's were men and women of great spiritual stature because they worked the steps. Many AA groups have taken things to the extreme, where even the lo...

attilio · attilio

hi ....will be sharing tommorow at a aa meeting and i am wondering .I guess what im really saying is hwere to i start i truly appreciate the courage of a person who gets up there and shares is or story and now its my turn any suggestions .love you all have a nice day.

AmyWillWin · AmyWillWin

Really REALLY wanting to drink tonight. Not doing it, but watched a movie to take my mind off of shit, "Casualties of War" and it depressed me worse. Boredom is a killer. Or, I'm thinking about myself too much. Yeah, that. Blah.

bikerbill · bikerbill

Right about now I was entering the last 12 hours of what I believe, hope and work for, was my last drunk on earth. Coming right about the end of a 6 week accelerating binge, which saw me drinking harder and longer, making a complete arse of myself at public and private events, knowingly driving and riding...

mosinjoe · mosinjoe

Hey folks, I just joined and am enjoying this forum immensely. I have been sober for a year and a few twenty four hours and have an alcoholic history that dates back to childhood. I'm 56 now. This site is helping me to understand AA and some of the issues that arise at meetings and with the recovery process...

Toad · Toad

Hi, She is pissed at God. She wants to die and escape her illnesses. She wants to live and to heal and she keeps getting older and weaker. Depth and Weight Wayne

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Obviously, the dilemma of the wanderer from faith is that of profound confusion. He thinks himself lost to the comfort of any conviction at all. He cannot attain in even a small degree the assurance of the believer, the agnostic, or the atheist. He is the bewildered one. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADIT...

Kigs · Kigs

While helping my mother pack, we came across a ring that we believe to be my grandfathers. He wasn't an alcoholic, but she said the ring was given to him for going with my grandmother to all her meetings and setting up the meetings (chairs, coffee, donuts, etc). I've tried to find more info on the ring...

gonee · gonee

You know many of us made resolutions never to lie or never to drink alcohol, but we always failed with our strong resolve. Just like we are powerless over alcohol, we are also powerless over our defects of character. That is why we have step6&7. When we are ready, then God removes. If we are not ready...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 21-22 Defeated, and knowing it, I arrived at the doors of A.A., alone and afraid of the unknown....

Rainspa · Rainspa

I need some help. I want to talk to someone in the Sacramento Area that is very strong in the AA basics. Please respond.

louisa · louisa

Excerpt from a letter Bill wrote in 1958. "About this slip business - I would not be too discouraged. I think you are suffering a great deal from a needless guilt. God is not asking us to be successful. He is only asking us to try to be. That you surely are doing and have been doing.. So I would not stay...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our activities. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 How do I maintain my spiritual condition? For me it's quite simple: on a daily basis I ask my Higher Power to grant me the gift of sobriety for that day! I have talked to many alcoholics who h...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. --Albert Einstein Anger can be a healthy emotion, provided we don't wallow in it or attack other people. When we express anger honestly and without reservation, we can prevent walls of resentment from building up and blockin...

AmyWillWin · AmyWillWin

I found out last night that my mother was hospitalized Wednesday night for a supposed suicide attempt. This isn't her first one...ahhh, memories of holding her in my car by her hair driving her to the ER after she OD'ed when I was nineteen (she kept trying to jump out of the car), what a Brady Bunch mome...

jj · jj

just a heads up on the share by gonee, "step 2" very good reminder. jj/sheila

Gzepe · Gzepe

We often use the terms happy and joy (joyous in anticipation) synonymously. Happy is a reaction to the immediate environment and circumstance, truly a flash in the pan, as it made me happy, I was happy to see you ,that it really makes me happy. Consequently when things go a rye then that makes me unhappy...

Jorvick · Jorvick

I bet this has been posted loads of times... Initially I struggled to get a grip on page 69 of BB, I don't/didn't have a sex inventory but I got around it by changing the word sex to love. And boy was it there. I find nobody talks about it, except for the don't do it bit. I find it difficult to associate with pe...

Tina · Tina

Hi Just thought I'd drop in, I'm doing ok. Guess I have to get out of myself and start working on a few things. Missed a few meetings do to work and being sick for week and starting to feel it. Things are changing financially and feeling a bit a crunch out my pocket book, as well as my surroundings. So I gue...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

Sorry I've been absent - my internet went bye bye, due to lack of interest in paying the bill (sigh, still working on certain areas) and due to the fact that I have become much more productive as a result, I'm probably not gonna have internet at my house for a good long time. But I'll check in once in awhile...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: When you do all the talking you only learn what you already know. --Anonymous One of the secrets for finding answers to any emotional problem is to talk with fellow members we can confide in fully. We don't need to look any farther than our sponsor or the members who are...

MAL · MAL

I'm really getting sick and tired of struggling with this disease and trying to make myself better for other people. I hate what I come home to every night - an alcoholic husband who looks like hell and sometimes can't put a sentence together. Now my precious son is coming home from Afghanistan and he...

AmyWillWin · AmyWillWin

Should I get a sponsor? First meeting last night, went wonderfully, can't wait to go back (really). I would really like to get to know the person somewhat, but I know it's vital that I get one asap. Does it HAVE to be same sex? Does that really matter? I don't really care either way but I wondered why t...

losinIt · losinIt

Hi All, I need help but don't know how to get it...There's no doubt I'm an alcoholic but I've also been diagnosed with a mood disorder (which I believe most of my extended paternal family suffers from in some form, along with alcoholism - go figure!). I'm on medication which has helped immensely but st...

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	In recovery, we learn an appropriate sense of ownership (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Property Lines A helpful tool in our recovery, especially in the behavior we call detachment, is learning to identify who owns what. Then we let each person own and possess his or her rightful property. If another person has an addiction, a problem, a feeling, or a se...	Larry_H	2	689	Oct 25, 2010 by Posey
	Can I ask a friend if I can tag along to her AA meeting? (Preview) Or does that take away from the whole "anonymous" thing?If this topic has been covered before, I do apologize -- I'm new to the group and only 7 weeks sober and I'm trying to find a meeting that I'll be comfortable in. I have a friend who's sober an I thought I'd ask her if it's cool if I come to her...	ivancostello	8	1073	Oct 25, 2010 by pinkchip
	My brother was found dead Monday (Preview) From an apparent accidental overdose or from some sort of Xanax-dependency withdrawal reaction. But, essentially, alcoholism killed him. I'm getting into some serious self-doubt over not having helped him more. This is horrible.	RachaelM	15	1213	Oct 24, 2010 by dontlookback
	Parent stuff (Preview) Okay, so I haven't made it a week yet. Still, there was something that happened this weekend that made me even more glad that I'm in the program and sober. I found out that two 12yo girls in the neighborhood are bullying my 8yo daughter, who doesn't have a mean bone in her body. She had apparently been...	AmyWillWin	6	1027	Oct 24, 2010 by Aquaman
	Good reception at a local poetry reading... (Preview) Hi Ya, Last night I read during a local poetry slam. I was SO nervous! Lotsa big literary brains from the faculty of the local college. The crowd gave me high marks. This is what I read... My ExI called up my ex-significant error, to make some 12-step amends.The last time we spoke, I was all twisted on dope...	Aquaman	6	818	Oct 24, 2010 by AmyWillWin
	Our family retreat. (Preview) I just got back from an AA and Alanon retreat organised by our group. It was so fulfilling to see God work in the troubled hearts of men and women and lift them up beyond their understanding. I feel blessed just to be a participant. I thank my God for allowing such opportunities to express my gratitude to a...	gonee	1	634	Oct 24, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	Daily Reflections ~ By Faith and By Works & 24hrs a Day (Preview) On anvils of experience, the structure of our Society was hammered out. . . . Thus has it been with A.A. By faith and by works we have been able to build upon the lessons of an incredible experience. They live today in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, which - God willing - shall sustain us in...	Sobrietyspell	0	652	Oct 23, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	By Hook or by Crook (Preview) or: God Moves in mysterious ways I'm reading Clarence's Book about the History of AA and during our formulative years we did some pretty funny stuff, here's a story I thought was particularly humorous, it brought us our first National Attention, but not necessarily in a way we'd do anymore According...	LinBaba	2	1864	Oct 23, 2010 by SteveP
	True humility occurs when we stop shaming or inflating ourselves and begin accepting ourselves as no worse and no better (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box. --Italian proverb Much of our time has been spent saying, "I'm not good enough for that job," "She's too good for me," or "I don't deserve that compliment." Someti...	Larry_H	6	1080	Oct 23, 2010 by SteveP
	Hi Family! (Preview) I came down with a real bad case of a Brochail Infection, maybe 1 week and a half ago, but feels like 3 months ago. The medication for this is like an A Bomb, and it is doing it's job, but also knocking the heck out of me...so just little baby steps... Thank You God for the wonderful people in my life that have b...	Just Toni	8	751	Oct 22, 2010 by Just Toni
	Family recovery (Preview) One of the greatest things about AA is the emphasis of family recovery. Chapters like "To wives" and "The family afterwards" have been excellent material for family recovery. Our group has workshopped these chapters in great depth and the result is evident in our relationsh...	gonee	4	713	Oct 22, 2010 by Just Toni
	Free Showing of Lost in Woonsocket tonight in Charlotte! event movie free inspiration encouragement (Preview) Hey guys, i think this will encourage you if you can make it out: Free showing of Lost in Woonsocket in Charlotte tonight. Information here: http://ht.ly/2XifZ You can see the trailer here: http://www.lafia.org and other event locations.	vlady	0	7300	Oct 22, 2010 by vlady
	If at 1st u don't succeed.... (Preview) ...try, try again. And I am.... tomorrow will be probably my 4th time joining AA. But it's time---oh yes, it's definitely time. Another blackout yesterday & my best friend is angry w/ me---says I hung up on her when she called me on my alkie BS. I don't even remember talking to her!!!! And I hav...	Posey	18	839	Oct 21, 2010 by LinBaba
	4th&5th step retreat (Preview) Our Monday night group has arranged a weekend retreat. For the first time my wife also joins me. Looking forward to a great spiritually fulfilling weekend. Our recovery in AA and Alanon has strengthened our marriage, because both of us are exposed to continuous work with newcomers. It certainly mak...	gonee	1	787	Oct 21, 2010 by attilio
	Praying for Strength. (Preview) Hi, its been a-long time since I've been here. I've made a pact with myself to quit drinking today. My life is so out of control its not funny. I quit taking care of myself, my home, and my overall life. I'm so disgusted with myself. I dont have the energy to do anything but sit and drink, if I'm not drinking I...	shanaqua	5	637	Oct 21, 2010 by SteveP
	Sorry All (Preview) Hey All, I got drunk last night and I am starting over. More later. Not feeling so well. Sorry. Tom	turninggrey	25	1133	Oct 21, 2010 by Just Toni
	I wish I could sponsor you. (Preview) Sponsorship is not about exercising authority over any body. It is a spiritual partnership. The sponsee wants to submit to someone he can trust and who will enhance his life spiritually. Someone who will give honest counsel about his condition and make valued suggestions on how to improve. I gave my...	gonee	11	1377	Oct 21, 2010 by Just Toni
	It Gets Better (Preview) I have been thinking lately, about how much easier my life has become since I've been married. And how strange and unexpected this has been. The day I moved out of my mother's house, I became responsible for everything about myself. Paying the bills, making sure there's food in the fridge, making s...	barisax	3	918	Oct 21, 2010 by AmyWillWin
	Fears that go undiscussed have a way of growing and overtaking our lives (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Watching a child acquire language, I realize, again, that naming things demystifies them. --Mary Casey Sharing with another our fears of starting a new job, ending a relationship, getting into therapy, or even joining a social club will help us keep the fear in per...	Larry_H	3	725	Oct 21, 2010 by jluvs2day
	The new Movie "Stone" (Preview) I just saw this movie a couple days ago that features Robert Deniro and Edward Norton this weekend. The professional reviews are mixed, I think in large part because those writing them are probably not alcoholic or understand emptiness and spriritial change as we do. IMO the movie is very creative w...	Rob84	3	827	Oct 21, 2010 by barisax
	Worse Eye Trouble (Preview) Hi All My eyes are worse then originally thought. I have Conjunctivitis of the Eye. I am now on heavy eye drops that are like steroids. I have to take them 4 times a day. It is like a milky substance but/will is supposed deaden anything in there. The Eye Doctor said I got this like you would pink eye but wors...	kld47	2	691	Oct 20, 2010 by StPeteDean
	10 months sober today. (Preview) Well, in one hour it will officially be 10 months. I just re-read some of the posts I made on here from the past, and it brought me back to a place I never wish to go again. It reminded me how much suffering I really went through in addiction. I'm not perfect by any means, progress not perfection for sure, bu...	paul86	12	1621	Oct 20, 2010 by carlasober
	Daily Reflections ~ Nothing Grows in the Dark & 24hrs a Day (Preview) We will want the good that is in us all, even in the worst of us, to flower and to grow. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 10 With the self-discipline and insight gained from practicing Step Ten, I begin to know the gratifications of sobriety -- not as mere abstinence from alcohol, but as recovery in every department of m...	Sobrietyspell	0	1193	Oct 20, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Dear Alcohol (Preview) Dear Alcohol, We have been through so much together. I remember when we first met; on a warm Arizona midnight in January, sitting alone in my room. I was sixteen and naive, broken and searching, for something, anything that would give me freedom from myself. You came to my window every night from t...	jennamia	14	1380	Oct 20, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Taking responsibility for our own attitudes, actions, and neglects (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. --Aldous Huxley Taking responsibility for our own attitudes, actions, and neglects is far more difficult...	Larry_H	4	749	Oct 20, 2010 by Halfwolf
	New here :) (Preview) hello, I have read many posts here and have finally decided to go to an AA meeting. Do I need to do anything special to go to an AA meeting? i want to go this thursday and change my life for the better. After drinking for close to 20 years I want to change. I work in a public job ... are all AA meetings discreet wh...	Carn	8	1068	Oct 20, 2010 by Carn
	Step 2 (Preview) Many of the AA's today are still on step2. They acknowledge the existence of a higher power, like the AA group but never seemed to grow from there. The early AA's were men and women of great spiritual stature because they worked the steps. Many AA groups have taken things to the extreme, where even the lo...	gonee	7	1301	Oct 20, 2010 by pinkchip
	sharing in a aa meeting tommorrow (Preview) hi ....will be sharing tommorow at a aa meeting and i am wondering .I guess what im really saying is hwere to i start i truly appreciate the courage of a person who gets up there and shares is or story and now its my turn any suggestions .love you all have a nice day.	attilio	15	1930	Oct 20, 2010 by pinkchip
	Ugh. (Preview) Really REALLY wanting to drink tonight. Not doing it, but watched a movie to take my mind off of shit, "Casualties of War" and it depressed me worse. Boredom is a killer. Or, I'm thinking about myself too much. Yeah, that. Blah.	AmyWillWin	24	1125	Oct 20, 2010 by mosinjoe
	4 years ago today (Preview) Right about now I was entering the last 12 hours of what I believe, hope and work for, was my last drunk on earth. Coming right about the end of a 6 week accelerating binge, which saw me drinking harder and longer, making a complete arse of myself at public and private events, knowingly driving and riding...	bikerbill	21	974	Oct 20, 2010 by John
	Greetings and a question... (Preview) Hey folks, I just joined and am enjoying this forum immensely. I have been sober for a year and a few twenty four hours and have an alcoholic history that dates back to childhood. I'm 56 now. This site is helping me to understand AA and some of the issues that arise at meetings and with the recovery process...	mosinjoe	18	1096	Oct 20, 2010 by John
	Paradox (Preview) Hi, She is pissed at God. She wants to die and escape her illnesses. She wants to live and to heal and she keeps getting older and weaker. Depth and Weight Wayne	Toad	4	722	Oct 19, 2010 by leeu
	Daily Reflections ~ Solace For Confusion & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Obviously, the dilemma of the wanderer from faith is that of profound confusion. He thinks himself lost to the comfort of any conviction at all. He cannot attain in even a small degree the assurance of the believer, the agnostic, or the atheist. He is the bewildered one. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADIT...	Sobrietyspell	0	592	Oct 19, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Found an AA Ring..... (Preview) While helping my mother pack, we came across a ring that we believe to be my grandfathers. He wasn't an alcoholic, but she said the ring was given to him for going with my grandmother to all her meetings and setting up the meetings (chairs, coffee, donuts, etc). I've tried to find more info on the ring...	Kigs	3	947	Oct 19, 2010 by Dave Harm
	Steps 6&7 (Preview) You know many of us made resolutions never to lie or never to drink alcohol, but we always failed with our strong resolve. Just like we are powerless over alcohol, we are also powerless over our defects of character. That is why we have step6&7. When we are ready, then God removes. If we are not ready...	gonee	9	1262	Oct 19, 2010 by Jorvick
	Daily Reflections ~ A.A.'s "Main Taproot" & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 21-22 Defeated, and knowing it, I arrived at the doors of A.A., alone and afraid of the unknown....	Sobrietyspell	0	1103	Oct 18, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	California Help (Preview) I need some help. I want to talk to someone in the Sacramento Area that is very strong in the AA basics. Please respond.	Rainspa	1	519	Oct 18, 2010 by Rainspa
	Hopefully, comforting words ...... (Preview) Excerpt from a letter Bill wrote in 1958. "About this slip business - I would not be too discouraged. I think you are suffering a great deal from a needless guilt. God is not asking us to be successful. He is only asking us to try to be. That you surely are doing and have been doing.. So I would not stay...	louisa	4	1084	Oct 18, 2010 by AmyWillWin
	Daily Reflections ~ A Daily Tune-Up & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our activities. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 How do I maintain my spiritual condition? For me it's quite simple: on a daily basis I ask my Higher Power to grant me the gift of sobriety for that day! I have talked to many alcoholics who h...	Sobrietyspell	0	501	Oct 17, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Anger can be a healthy emotion, provided we don't wallow in it or attack other people (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. --Albert Einstein Anger can be a healthy emotion, provided we don't wallow in it or attack other people. When we express anger honestly and without reservation, we can prevent walls of resentment from building up and blockin...	Larry_H	4	1352	Oct 17, 2010 by Rainspa
	As if I need MORE of a reason (Preview) I found out last night that my mother was hospitalized Wednesday night for a supposed suicide attempt. This isn't her first one...ahhh, memories of holding her in my car by her hair driving her to the ER after she OD'ed when I was nineteen (she kept trying to jump out of the car), what a Brady Bunch mome...	AmyWillWin	12	892	Oct 16, 2010 by SteveP
	PLEASE READ STEP 2 BY GONEE.... (Preview) just a heads up on the share by gonee, "step 2" very good reminder. jj/sheila	jj	0	373	Oct 16, 2010 by jj
	Happy Joyous and free (Preview) We often use the terms happy and joy (joyous in anticipation) synonymously. Happy is a reaction to the immediate environment and circumstance, truly a flash in the pan, as it made me happy, I was happy to see you ,that it really makes me happy. Consequently when things go a rye then that makes me unhappy...	Gzepe	2	1439	Oct 15, 2010 by gonee
	Relationships.. (women!) (Preview) I bet this has been posted loads of times... Initially I struggled to get a grip on page 69 of BB, I don't/didn't have a sex inventory but I got around it by changing the word sex to love. And boy was it there. I find nobody talks about it, except for the don't do it bit. I find it difficult to associate with pe...	Jorvick	6	1436	Oct 15, 2010 by jj
	Morning (Preview) Hi Just thought I'd drop in, I'm doing ok. Guess I have to get out of myself and start working on a few things. Missed a few meetings do to work and being sick for week and starting to feel it. Things are changing financially and feeling a bit a crunch out my pocket book, as well as my surroundings. So I gue...	Tina	4	558	Oct 15, 2010 by mikef
	HI EVERYONE! (Preview) Sorry I've been absent - my internet went bye bye, due to lack of interest in paying the bill (sigh, still working on certain areas) and due to the fact that I have become much more productive as a result, I'm probably not gonna have internet at my house for a good long time. But I'll check in once in awhile...	FlyingSquirrel	5	579	Oct 15, 2010 by Mike B.
	When you do all the talking you only learn what you already know (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: When you do all the talking you only learn what you already know. --Anonymous One of the secrets for finding answers to any emotional problem is to talk with fellow members we can confide in fully. We don't need to look any farther than our sponsor or the members who are...	Larry_H	2	933	Oct 15, 2010 by Mike B.
	Sometimes, is it just better to quit and say, I've had a good life? (Preview) I'm really getting sick and tired of struggling with this disease and trying to make myself better for other people. I hate what I come home to every night - an alcoholic husband who looks like hell and sometimes can't put a sentence together. Now my precious son is coming home from Afghanistan and he...	MAL	9	1215	Oct 15, 2010 by mikef
	How soon? (Preview) Should I get a sponsor? First meeting last night, went wonderfully, can't wait to go back (really). I would really like to get to know the person somewhat, but I know it's vital that I get one asap. Does it HAVE to be same sex? Does that really matter? I don't really care either way but I wondered why t...	AmyWillWin	15	1021	Oct 15, 2010 by louisa
	New to all this... (Preview) Hi All, I need help but don't know how to get it...There's no doubt I'm an alcoholic but I've also been diagnosed with a mood disorder (which I believe most of my extended paternal family suffers from in some form, along with alcoholism - go figure!). I'm on medication which has helped immensely but st...	losinIt	9	725	Oct 15, 2010 by louisa
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