Alcoholics Anonymous

Rainspa · Rainspa

December 2 Fires, floods and epidemics are nobody's business - they are everybody's business. Alcoholism is equally devastating and just as much a community catastrophe. We in AA are unique in that we are trained veterans in the art of combating this disease. Its prevalence demands the complete co...

Rainspa · Rainspa

December 3 I feel good today and I ought to. I slept like a baby last night, had a fine breakfast that I relished, the wife and kids kissed me as I left the house, I arrived at the office whistling and didn't give a damn whether the boss was in a good humor or not. The work, too, seemed so much easier to do and the...

bikerbill · bikerbill

It took me nearly 45 minutes to get home from the meeting. Learnt a lot on the way home, like driving up Harbrough Hill Road, dual carriageway, 40 tonner artic in the nearside lane crawling up at less than walking pace, I didn't want to slow down so went for the overtake, but no, not enough grip. Came to a st...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven't been given the truth may die. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 13 I desperately wanted to live, but if I was to succeed, I had to become active in our God-given progr...

Jeanne · Jeanne

Hello... This is my first post to these boards. I am fairly new to AA, having just acknowledged my disease this past Summer. I have been going to meetings as much as I can and doing a lot of reading... trying my best to not pick up. I feel so good when I don't drink. I know for sure I am an alcoholic and hav...

mikef · mikef

On this date,December 2nd,1984,it was a Sunday morning, I "came to" for the last time, raising my twisted head from the floor and crying out for God's mercy and received His grace....Please join me today in a celebration of life ,26 years of uninterrupted sobriety, a day at a time.To the n...

barisax · barisax

Does your part of the world have them? What is the format? And do they tend to be large or small, frequented by both oldtimers and beginners alike? Barisax

jj · jj

my sponsor says always have a 'plan B' so you never are "stuck" in a situation with alcohol temptations. and she is right. as soon as i feel uncomforable in a situation, i need to remove myself from it. the stronger i get in my AA program, the less i feel uncomfortable. i do not 'roma...

zzworldontheweb · zzworldontheweb

OK, here's a question from an 18-monther: Does working the steps mean: A. Marking each step formally, in order, in public or in the presence of a sponsor, by reciting certain phrases verbally. B. Simply using the principles behind the steps as a general philosophy of living. C. Something in betw...

John · John

gonee · gonee

Going away for the weekend. It's our annual AA, Alanon and Alateen roundup. My family and I have been going there for the last 22 years. The kids were 6 & 2. They still like to attend. Their friends have grown up with them in recovery. The entire resort on the beach is booked. It's great because we have...

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

A recent thread reminded me that it might be helpful to others if I posted on this topic. During my first several months in AA, I was a chronic relapser. I had always heard that when one relapses after a period of sobriety, you pick up at a point that is as if you had continued drinking the entire time. Alcoh...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

As I continued to go to meetings and work the Steps, something began to happen to me. I felt confused because I wasn't sure what it was that I was feeling, and then I realized I was experiencing serenity. It was a good feeling, but where had it come from? Then I realized it had come ". . .as the result of...

Jeanne · Jeanne

So... how did I get here? Not sure... I think I was 'here' all along... as far back as my first drinks as a high school Junior. (My 25th reunion was last night -- I could not go... just not at all ready or stable enough to do so). So here I sit this morning feeling sorry for myself, as I get emails from old...

Rainspa · Rainspa

November 24 Every practicing alcoholic is firmly convinced that the Devil has all the good tunes. It was the music we had wanted and the tunes to which we had attuned our ears. His music was louder, more catchy and, and to our thinking, was prettier. We suspected, however, that it did not have...

Jerry F · Jerry F

clearer, wider, deeper more contrasted. When I found out that my blindness was in fact correctable and not inoperable I delighted in the news that the surgery was scheduled for the Thanksgiving holiday, the 24 and 25th. My wife and family didn't think that the best idea however I know from past expe...

Rainspa · Rainspa

December 1 There will always be a difference of opinion as long as people have different interests, different prejudices and different mental capacities. To expect people to disagree with you is only sensible and reasonable. If everybody agreed with you, everybody would be as smart as you and you w...

Rainspa · Rainspa

This used to be ubiquitous in AA meetings; it was so common as the way to help beginners get through the steps and seems to have been lost. I think it might prove helpful. It's a bit long, but remember it was the basis of a meeting or talk so would usually be an hour and half or two hours or so. Good way to do ste...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Post up your videos, tunes, lyrics, or poetry, that have a realted message or express old ways of thinking. Here's a couple from SRV's last album "In Step". This came out the year that I got sober and I was lucky enough to see it live. Caught up in a whirlwind, can't catch my breath. Knee...

mikef · mikef

Recovered because today I drink as much as I want to I just no longer choose to drink alcohol! Recovering is knowing I am one drink away from my next drunk. Recovered is knowing I am one infinitely powered God away from my next drunk.. Not meant to stir controversy or be devisive........ I am an "A...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Our Twelfth Step also says that as a result of practicing all the Steps, we have each found something called a spiritual awakening. . . . A.A.'s manner of making ready to receive this gift lies in the practice of the Twelve Steps in our program." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 106-07 I rem...

workingout · workingout

Hi everyone. I'm in Alanon, my husband is an A and in AA. I lurk on these AA boards mostly (participate in alanon boards) but today I've decided to speak up, I have a question - I hope it's ok I"m here! :) First some background info: My husb started going to AA about a year ago - he would go once a week, the...

Rainspa · Rainspa

November 30 Many who are active in AA work come to feel they just can't carry on any longer. There is so much to do; so little time that can be spared to do it; so few to do the work. There is a limit to their endurance. After all a guy has just so much strength health, and patience. When burdens get too heav...

Kimmer · Kimmer

Hello!! As of tomorrow , I am one week sober. I am also attending an out-patient treatment program (I previously attended AA and got my 1 month chip, but never worked the program, and so I drank again). I want to work the program and take a full-on approach to my recovery. How soon should I get a sponsor and...

pinkchip · pinkchip

I traveled home to the DC metro area for the holiday. We spent Thanksgiving on the eastern shore which is about a 2 hour drive from my parents' home in Annapolis. Anyhow, I was feeling kinda squirrely (not like I was going to drink at all, but just sort of all weird and up in my head)...so I got online and w...

countrygirl · countrygirl

Hi I am an alcoholic, and so is my husband. I live in a small town, and do not want to go to a meeting there, because i don't feel that it would be anonamous. Does anyone have any suggestions. I do not trust myself, and am afraid i will never quit drinking.

Rainspa · Rainspa

November 29 We find in life exactly what we are looking for. In your drinking days, you courted trouble constantly and you probably found more than your share of it. Today we are looking for a better way of life and this, too, we find at every turn. We get what we want if we put forth sufficient effort to loo...

peaches1 · peaches1

Hello All, I am in a battle with my mind. I have a very close friend that told me I have a serious drinking problem and I need help. I trust and believe in him as we are very close friends seriously like brother and sister. My problem with his comment is, I am not in total agreeance. I drink on weekends and I do...

Aquaman · Aquaman

What it Was Like... I got frustrated...drink-drank-drunk. I felt resentment...drink-drank-drunk. I felt exuberent...drink-drank-drunk. Any darn excuse at all...drink-drank-drunk. What Happened... Drunk as a lifestyle choice doesn't really work for me. Never has. Never will. (one dow...

Rainspa · Rainspa

November 28 Knowledge is of great value, and nothing of value is acquired without price. Wisdom is even more to be desired than knowledge, which can be but an accumulation of facts. Humility is greater than wisdom for there is no real wisdom without humility. The wise are humbled by the knowledge of t...

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...

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	To Your Posts, Everybody! The Eye Opener (Preview) December 2 Fires, floods and epidemics are nobody's business - they are everybody's business. Alcoholism is equally devastating and just as much a community catastrophe. We in AA are unique in that we are trained veterans in the art of combating this disease. Its prevalence demands the complete co...	Rainspa	5	4979	Dec 3, 2010 by Dan B 76
	Gifts The Eye Opener (Preview) December 3 I feel good today and I ought to. I slept like a baby last night, had a fine breakfast that I relished, the wife and kids kissed me as I left the house, I arrived at the office whistling and didn't give a damn whether the boss was in a good humor or not. The work, too, seemed so much easier to do and the...	Rainspa	2	4634	Dec 3, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	Well it's snowing. (Preview) It took me nearly 45 minutes to get home from the meeting. Learnt a lot on the way home, like driving up Harbrough Hill Road, dual carriageway, 40 tonner artic in the nearside lane crawling up at less than walking pace, I didn't want to slow down so went for the overtake, but no, not enough grip. Came to a st...	bikerbill	6	753	Dec 3, 2010 by leeu
	Daily Reflections ~ Into Action & 24hrs a Day (Preview) A.A. is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven't been given the truth may die. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 13 I desperately wanted to live, but if I was to succeed, I had to become active in our God-given progr...	Sobrietyspell	0	705	Dec 3, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	The ups & downs in the first few months of recovery (Preview) Hello... This is my first post to these boards. I am fairly new to AA, having just acknowledged my disease this past Summer. I have been going to meetings as much as I can and doing a lot of reading... trying my best to not pick up. I feel so good when I don't drink. I know for sure I am an alcoholic and hav...	Jeanne	14	1275	Dec 3, 2010 by pinkchip
	CELEBRATION OF LIFE! (Preview) On this date,December 2nd,1984,it was a Sunday morning, I "came to" for the last time, raising my twisted head from the floor and crying out for God's mercy and received His grace....Please join me today in a celebration of life ,26 years of uninterrupted sobriety, a day at a time.To the n...	mikef	10	1918	Dec 3, 2010 by LinBaba
	Beginner Meetings (Preview) Does your part of the world have them? What is the format? And do they tend to be large or small, frequented by both oldtimers and beginners alike? Barisax	barisax	6	4210	Dec 3, 2010 by Rob84
	always have a plan B (Preview) my sponsor says always have a 'plan B' so you never are "stuck" in a situation with alcohol temptations. and she is right. as soon as i feel uncomforable in a situation, i need to remove myself from it. the stronger i get in my AA program, the less i feel uncomfortable. i do not 'roma...	jj	9	1133	Dec 3, 2010 by turninggrey
	Working the steps. (Preview) OK, here's a question from an 18-monther: Does working the steps mean: A. Marking each step formally, in order, in public or in the presence of a sponsor, by reciting certain phrases verbally. B. Simply using the principles behind the steps as a general philosophy of living. C. Something in betw...	zzworldontheweb	8	1108	Dec 2, 2010 by pinkchip
	Alcoholic Monkey's Gone Wild! (Funny Video) (Preview)	John	2	733	Dec 2, 2010 by Posey
	AAA ROUNDUP (Preview) Going away for the weekend. It's our annual AA, Alanon and Alateen roundup. My family and I have been going there for the last 22 years. The kids were 6 & 2. They still like to attend. Their friends have grown up with them in recovery. The entire resort on the beach is booked. It's great because we have...	gonee	3	722	Dec 2, 2010 by pinkchip
	Relapses Get Progressively Worse (Preview) A recent thread reminded me that it might be helpful to others if I posted on this topic. During my first several months in AA, I was a chronic relapser. I had always heard that when one relapses after a period of sobriety, you pick up at a point that is as if you had continued drinking the entire time. Alcoh...	TwelveSteps	9	1199	Dec 2, 2010 by mental defect
	Daily Reflections ~ Serenity & 24hrs a Day (Preview) As I continued to go to meetings and work the Steps, something began to happen to me. I felt confused because I wasn't sure what it was that I was feeling, and then I realized I was experiencing serenity. It was a good feeling, but where had it come from? Then I realized it had come ". . .as the result of...	Sobrietyspell	0	576	Dec 2, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	My 'story' as I see it, 3 months into accepting my disease (Preview) So... how did I get here? Not sure... I think I was 'here' all along... as far back as my first drinks as a high school Junior. (My 25th reunion was last night -- I could not go... just not at all ready or stable enough to do so). So here I sit this morning feeling sorry for myself, as I get emails from old...	Jeanne	6	814	Dec 2, 2010 by SteveP
	Ah One, and Ah Two.. The Eye Opener (Preview) November 24 Every practicing alcoholic is firmly convinced that the Devil has all the good tunes. It was the music we had wanted and the tunes to which we had attuned our ears. His music was louder, more catchy and, and to our thinking, was prettier. We suspected, however, that it did not have...	Rainspa	3	1886	Dec 2, 2010 by attilio
	My vision is getting... (Preview) clearer, wider, deeper more contrasted. When I found out that my blindness was in fact correctable and not inoperable I delighted in the news that the surgery was scheduled for the Thanksgiving holiday, the 24 and 25th. My wife and family didn't think that the best idea however I know from past expe...	Jerry F	5	887	Dec 1, 2010 by Just Toni
	Right You Are The Eye Opener (Preview) December 1 There will always be a difference of opinion as long as people have different interests, different prejudices and different mental capacities. To expect people to disagree with you is only sensible and reasonable. If everybody agreed with you, everybody would be as smart as you and you w...	Rainspa	1	1899	Dec 1, 2010 by Mike B.
	Table Talk Table Talk Step 1 (Preview) This used to be ubiquitous in AA meetings; it was so common as the way to help beginners get through the steps and seems to have been lost. I think it might prove helpful. It's a bit long, but remember it was the basis of a meeting or talk so would usually be an hour and half or two hours or so. Good way to do ste...	Rainspa	0	1147	Dec 1, 2010 by Rainspa
	Music with a recovery message or a "how it was" theme (Preview) Post up your videos, tunes, lyrics, or poetry, that have a realted message or express old ways of thinking. Here's a couple from SRV's last album "In Step". This came out the year that I got sober and I was lucky enough to see it live. Caught up in a whirlwind, can't catch my breath. Knee...	StPeteDean	22	2049	Nov 30, 2010 by TwelveSteps
	I like this! (Preview) Recovered because today I drink as much as I want to I just no longer choose to drink alcohol! Recovering is knowing I am one drink away from my next drunk. Recovered is knowing I am one infinitely powered God away from my next drunk.. Not meant to stir controversy or be devisive........ I am an "A...	mikef	2	641	Nov 30, 2010 by mikef
	Daily Reflections ~ "Suggested" Steps & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Our Twelfth Step also says that as a result of practicing all the Steps, we have each found something called a spiritual awakening. . . . A.A.'s manner of making ready to receive this gift lies in the practice of the Twelve Steps in our program." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 106-07 I rem...	Sobrietyspell	0	614	Nov 30, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	How long to get sober question (Preview) Hi everyone. I'm in Alanon, my husband is an A and in AA. I lurk on these AA boards mostly (participate in alanon boards) but today I've decided to speak up, I have a question - I hope it's ok I"m here! :) First some background info: My husb started going to AA about a year ago - he would go once a week, the...	workingout	23	2345	Nov 30, 2010 by leeu
	Solution to Busy The Eye Opener (Preview) November 30 Many who are active in AA work come to feel they just can't carry on any longer. There is so much to do; so little time that can be spared to do it; so few to do the work. There is a limit to their endurance. After all a guy has just so much strength health, and patience. When burdens get too heav...	Rainspa	2	4579	Nov 30, 2010 by jj
	How soon should I get a sponsor? (Preview) Hello!! As of tomorrow , I am one week sober. I am also attending an out-patient treatment program (I previously attended AA and got my 1 month chip, but never worked the program, and so I drank again). I want to work the program and take a full-on approach to my recovery. How soon should I get a sponsor and...	Kimmer	13	2347	Nov 30, 2010 by Jupiter76
	Cool experiences this Thanksgiving (Preview) I traveled home to the DC metro area for the holiday. We spent Thanksgiving on the eastern shore which is about a 2 hour drive from my parents' home in Annapolis. Anyhow, I was feeling kinda squirrely (not like I was going to drink at all, but just sort of all weird and up in my head)...so I got online and w...	pinkchip	6	915	Nov 30, 2010 by pinkchip
	Don't Know What To Do (Preview) Hi I am an alcoholic, and so is my husband. I live in a small town, and do not want to go to a meeting there, because i don't feel that it would be anonamous. Does anyone have any suggestions. I do not trust myself, and am afraid i will never quit drinking.	countrygirl	10	986	Nov 29, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	Seek, and.... The Eye Opener (Preview) November 29 We find in life exactly what we are looking for. In your drinking days, you courted trouble constantly and you probably found more than your share of it. Today we are looking for a better way of life and this, too, we find at every turn. We get what we want if we put forth sufficient effort to loo...	Rainspa	0	4718	Nov 29, 2010 by Rainspa
	Realization? (Preview) Hello All, I am in a battle with my mind. I have a very close friend that told me I have a serious drinking problem and I need help. I trust and believe in him as we are very close friends seriously like brother and sister. My problem with his comment is, I am not in total agreeance. I drink on weekends and I do...	peaches1	11	1143	Nov 29, 2010 by Jerry F
	A wee little What it Was Like, etc. (Preview) What it Was Like... I got frustrated...drink-drank-drunk. I felt resentment...drink-drank-drunk. I felt exuberent...drink-drank-drunk. Any darn excuse at all...drink-drank-drunk. What Happened... Drunk as a lifestyle choice doesn't really work for me. Never has. Never will. (one dow...	Aquaman	3	746	Nov 28, 2010 by pinkchip
	Info Earned The Eye Opener (Preview) November 28 Knowledge is of great value, and nothing of value is acquired without price. Wisdom is even more to be desired than knowledge, which can be but an accumulation of facts. Humility is greater than wisdom for there is no real wisdom without humility. The wise are humbled by the knowledge of t...	Rainspa	0	3852	Nov 28, 2010 by Rainspa
	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	2227	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	4141	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	2000	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	943	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	656	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	991	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	638	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	4253	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	779	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	891	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	714	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	3447	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	646	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	808	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	1357	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	618	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	562	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	1553	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	625	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	1000	Nov 23, 2010 by Aquaman
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