Alcoholics Anonymous

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. -- Chinese Proverb With all the negativity that surrounds us, it is easy to become overwhelmed. It is also tempting to fight against the negative or to declare war on it. Yet a master teacher offered a better way...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our lives. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 A man came to the meeting drunk, interrupted the speakers, stood up and took his shirt off, staggered loudly back and forth for coffee, demanded to talk, and eventually called the group's...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Of course I say that with all due respect. Tom

SteveP · SteveP

Haven't been here in an age. Wanted to drop by and see how everyone's doing. I'm still sober by the Grace of God and still getting to as many meetings as I can. Am co-sec of my home group now, which is great. Going to try and get here a lot more often. Hope any other AWOLs will drop by too! In sobriety Steve

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Practice being spontaneous. Practice having fun. The joy of recovery is that we finally get to experiment. We get to learn new behaviors, and we don't have to do them perfectly. We only need to find a way that works for us. We even have fun experimenting, learning what...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Self-knowledge and self-improvement are very difficult for most people. It usually needs great courage and long struggle. --Abraham Maslow This is a simple program but it isn't easy. We cannot take the principles we learn and thereby possess them as if we were tak...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: When one door closes, fortune will usually open another. -- Fernando De Rojas Sometimes, especially in early recovery, we concentrate on our losses instead of our gains. We see a chapter in our life closing, and we mourn. We must leave some friends behind, or say goo...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 Sponsorship held two surprises for me. First, that my sponsees cared about me. What I had thought was gratitude was more like love. They wanted m...

cindy · cindy

so forgiving the monsters in my past meant letting go of the family members that still made me wrong and had no respect for my boundaries. i learned what love really was in recovery, that it was an action word. i can tell u love me by your action that supports it. Most importantly i learned that love makes m...

kld47 · kld47

Hi I am back home now. What an interesting experience--makes me feel better that I can get away--if I had still been drinking who knows how bad this would of been--what with the alcohal hiding the real problem. My Boyfriend even brought my mail to me and the Grapevine was part of it. I was reading it whil...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The alcoholic may find it hard to re-establish friendly relations with his children. . . . In time they will see that he is a new man and in their own way they will let him know it. . . . From that point on, progress will be rapid. Marvelous results often follow such a reunion. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 134 Wh...

Reffner · Reffner

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=42735&p=3&topicID=38132427).

itsmichael · itsmichael

Hi, everyone! I haven't been here in quite some time, even though this message board was a great help to me in my first 30 days of sobriety. I just wanted to come back and let you know that I'm doing great and celebrating 6 months of continuous sobriety! Thank you God, thank you AA! My initial 30 in 30 commit...

Reffner · Reffner

A group called Flogging Molly sings this and I simply love it. Hope you find a little inspiration in it too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnTGX9GlFPE Brian

Tina · Tina

Hey Just dropping in I know it's been a while, but doing ok. Still trying to take things 1 day at a time, and working out the rough edges. We all know what that's like, I have been getting prepared to see my daughter off to College next September, and excited for her and at the same time watching grow up.....

Vividangel1983 · Vividangel1983

How do you prove to someone you have changed when you no longer speak to them? Should you try, or has your past alcoholic behaviours ruined that chace? Was just curious. I would like to regain a friendship back, but I'm too scared of the rejection. I did ruin the relationship with my alcohol problems, so...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: A thousand eyes, but none with correct vision. --Isacher Hurwitz William Shakespeare referred to envy as the "green sickness." There are only losers in the game of envy. When we envy someone else, we have judged ourselves and found something lacking. L...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: I believe that every single event in life happens as an opportunity to choose love over fear. --Oprah Winfrey When our past is strewn with tragic and abusive experiences, it's not easy to recall events as opportunities to love. Yet today we are safe, and we have come t...

John · John

Hi everyone, I have been nominated by someone (anonomously) to to go to jail "FOR GOOD" in an effort to help the MDA raise funds for "Jerry's Kids". My bail will be 2500.00 dollars and all of it will go directly to the MDA. I accepted this opportunity to make a difference in the life of someone else. I...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Ok Fessing up to a test that I did undergo yesterday, I was doing my reseach, I am a research junkie of sorts, and when I focused on "The Risk Factors" cancelled the test, thank goodness only in my head.....there was a risk of some stuff that could have been life threatening, and I do have a DNR i...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

... and I am sooo glad to have a program of recovery to work, in the midst of it. The legal crap has begun regarding the divorce. With both sides not wanting to pay for anything as far as all the fees and added B.S. goes.... and yes, I am feeling hurt and resentful that this man is sitting on a pile of money (mak...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job -- wife or no wife -- we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98 Before coming to A.A., I always had excuses for taking a drink: "She sai...

darkangel0258 · darkangel0258

Alcohol has destroyed my life. Everything is beggining to make sense. I started to see a psychiatrist for stress/anxiety/OCD. I drink. A lot. To get away from the anxiety I get. Ive lost many friends and boyfriends due to alcohol. (actually all the EX BF's) My whole paycheck goes apying credit card bi...

susanbiel · susanbiel

OK here goes, and this is hard for me. Not because I am embarrassed but because it still hurts at times to think about the little girl I was and how fast she grew up when it happened. When I was around 8-10 I was molested by my twin uncles. I have done my resentment list like the BB says to do. And I have made my...

Vividangel1983 · Vividangel1983

I think one of the biggest problems I have is that I get bored so easily. I find movies, friends, games fun only when I'm drinking. How do I enjoy these things while sober? I must have some sort of ADD as well, and the alcohol was disguising this. I used to have a good stiff drink while watching some of my favo...

Reffner · Reffner

I got a new, better job. I'll still be working as a D/A counselor, but at the private 90 day treatment center that I went through. I never would have imagined on the day I walked in there that I would be giving back at the exact place it was given to me. I'm so grateful that God is still at work in my life in su...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

It has come to my realization that it is not neccesary for me to get a 4.0 in school, especially when no one is going to care if I got a 4.0 versus a 3.2 (or something to the effect) as long as I have a master's degree, and some good work behind me, to secure a job one day in the field I am studying. God already has i...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

He [Bill W.] said to me, gently and simply, "Do you think that you are one of us?" ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 413 During my drinking life I was convinced I was an exception. I thought I was beyond petty requirements and had the right to be excused. I never realized that the dark counterbalance o...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: If there's a harder way of doing something, someone will find it. -- Ralph E. Ross When we used alcohol or other drugs, we did most things the hard way. We could turn a simple task into a day-long project. We could turn a simple problem into an argument. We were creative g...

susanbiel · susanbiel

I just wanted everyone to know that I have been around, but lurking I am still paying the bills and dealing with the fear it brings, but it is getting better. It's Tuesday again so when I leave work I will be writing out checks. I will be going on a trip to Texas on Thursday night but I am taking the puter wi...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

http://www.readytotest.com/NewJersey06/JELLINEK_PHASES.pdf

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Some days my life feels so confusing and overwhelming that I think I'll scream. Sometimes life is like moving from one place to another. When I move into a new house, it is unorganized and chaotic until everything gets put in the right place. In life, my emotions and th...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Like a gaunt prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, our pick struck gold. Joy at our release from a lifetime of frustration knew no bounds. Father feels he has struck something better than gold. For a time he may try to hug the new treasure to himself. He may not see at once that he has barely...

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

So... first off, I know the AA recommendation about not dating during your first year of sobriety. I'm 36 so I don't really have that luxury. :) My ex-boyfriend and I broke up a couple of months ago (completely amicable, he moved to Chicago to start grad school and the distance just became unsustainabl...

mikef · mikef

After 10 wonderful days ,my wife and my father and mother -in - law heading back up to New York(they are staying with us for a week). I got some new numbers,was able to take in 3 meetings while we were here and met some nice people..Weather was what is expected in Florida but it was a nice change to wear no ja...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Reflection for the Day Little by little, I'm getting over my tendency to procrastinate. I always used to put things off until tomorrow, and, of course, they never got done. Instead of "Do it now," my motto was "Tomorrow's another day." I've le...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi My Friends, Just wanted to share a evening with you, from last evening, I had been planning a Surprise Birthday Party for my Son's 40th Birthday for almost a month, (yep that's right, I gave birth to him when I was 11..) it was at a Japanese Resturant, a very fancy one, and his all time Ethic food. On S...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. --Samuel Johnson The Twelve Steps won't work for anyone unless they are practiced. That's why so many veterans of this program work the Steps over and over. It's a good habit, and good hab...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Wonderful older lady with 36 years sober... 4 DUI's, ran over someone, psyche wards, relapses, she was a nurse, the whole 9 yards. She did her drinking like I did mine, and showed me that we can stay sober no matter what. She led at tonight's meeting and we talked afterward and hit it off majorly. She was...

madhadder545 · madhadder545

Ok well I've been in since 93 but as of now I have 2 month"s Ive just finished my 4,5,6,7 step My wife and i have been together 8 years, married for 5, seperated 3. I am in Arizona she lives in Oregon. We talk every day. so i'm talking to her and she says she has been talking to this guy for 6 months, he"...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 244 Many oldsters who have put our A.A. "booze cure" to severe but successful tests still find they often lack emotional sobriety. To attain this, we must develop real maturity and balance (which is to say, humility) in our relations with ourselves, with our fellows, and with God. <...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi Everyone! Feels like forever, but only maybe 2 or weeks since I checked in and written, have been reading the board about twice a week... Have been staying pretty quiet, and introspective, have a major health issue that is very serious, and so it has been endless trips to different Docs, special...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We admitted we couldn't lick alcohol with our own remaining resources, and so we accepted the further fact that dependence upon a Higher Power (if only our A.A. group) could do this hitherto impossible job. The moment we were able to accept these facts fully, our release from the alcohol compulsion h...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Well, we found out my wife does have breast cancer today and tomorrow we find out what stage it is. The Doctor feels the prognosis is very good, but that she will require surgery and chemo and possibly radiation. We should know more tomorrow afternoon. We are both doing pretty well with it, her becau...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

http://www.cooltv_telluride.endavomedia.com/video/359AF70EED/telluride-stream-- Edited by StPeteDean on Saturday 18th of September 2010 09:03:59 PM

John · John

As many of you know, my life is dedicated to trying to provide a safe haven for alcoholics, addicts and their families who have a desire to recover; Both online with the MIP web site and here in Wilmington, NC with the MIP recovery homes. Well, this past Friday I came home to find the police (7 cars) in fr...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Hi everyone!! Just popping in to say hello... things are going well, as they tend to do in recovery even in rough times, once we figure out how to sometimes make lemonade out of lemons. Just going to a lot of meetings, still about 5 - 6 a week, reading the BB and 12&12, working steps, working at job, an...

karmaslovechild · karmaslovechild

I am a single mother (28yrs old) blessed with a son who just happened to have Down Syndrome. I never thought I could have children and when I concieved him I was so happy and thrilled. At my 3rd mth Doctor visit I found out about him having Downs. It broke my heart but I decided to continue with the pregnancy...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi to all my cyber friends... Just wanted to check in and say this is one Awesome day, First, Thank you to GOD, my HP for pulling me up out of a life that was not really a LIFE, and one day at a time remaining to help me every single day of these last twenty years in keeping me SOBER.... Awe what a wonderful day, i...

Glenns · Glenns

It says in Living Sober that we as recovering alcoholics shouldn't use sleeping pills (sic), because they may jepordize recovery efforts. But the book doesn't explain how though! Also, and more importantly, can the benzodiazepine be thought of as an acceptable substitute for the recovering alco...

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	With all the negativity that surrounds us, it is easy to become overwhelmed (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. -- Chinese Proverb With all the negativity that surrounds us, it is easy to become overwhelmed. It is also tempting to fight against the negative or to declare war on it. Yet a master teacher offered a better way...	Larry_H	1	602	Sep 29, 2010 by angelov8
	Daily Reflections ~ Exactly Alike & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our lives. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 A man came to the meeting drunk, interrupted the speakers, stood up and took his shirt off, staggered loudly back and forth for coffee, demanded to talk, and eventually called the group's...	Sobrietyspell	2	581	Sep 28, 2010 by Heaja13
	Biker Bill--Get your limey butt back here! (Preview) Of course I say that with all due respect. Tom	turninggrey	8	1148	Sep 28, 2010 by bikerbill
	Hey all! (Preview) Haven't been here in an age. Wanted to drop by and see how everyone's doing. I'm still sober by the Grace of God and still getting to as many meetings as I can. Am co-sec of my home group now, which is great. Going to try and get here a lot more often. Hope any other AWOLs will drop by too! In sobriety Steve	SteveP	5	865	Sep 28, 2010 by SteveP
	The joy of recovery is that we finally get to experiment. We get to learn new behaviors, and we don't have to do them pe (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Practice being spontaneous. Practice having fun. The joy of recovery is that we finally get to experiment. We get to learn new behaviors, and we don't have to do them perfectly. We only need to find a way that works for us. We even have fun experimenting, learning what...	Larry_H	1	743	Sep 28, 2010 by mikef
	This is a simple program but it isn't easy (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Self-knowledge and self-improvement are very difficult for most people. It usually needs great courage and long struggle. --Abraham Maslow This is a simple program but it isn't easy. We cannot take the principles we learn and thereby possess them as if we were tak...	Larry_H	3	776	Sep 28, 2010 by mikef
	Sometimes, especially in early recovery, we concentrate on our losses instead of our gains (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: When one door closes, fortune will usually open another. -- Fernando De Rojas Sometimes, especially in early recovery, we concentrate on our losses instead of our gains. We see a chapter in our life closing, and we mourn. We must leave some friends behind, or say goo...	Larry_H	1	685	Sep 27, 2010 by bikerbill
	Daily Reflections ~ Love Without Strings & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 Sponsorship held two surprises for me. First, that my sponsees cared about me. What I had thought was gratitude was more like love. They wanted m...	Sobrietyspell	0	1026	Sep 27, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	e.s.h. (Preview) so forgiving the monsters in my past meant letting go of the family members that still made me wrong and had no respect for my boundaries. i learned what love really was in recovery, that it was an action word. i can tell u love me by your action that supports it. Most importantly i learned that love makes m...	cindy	2	675	Sep 27, 2010 by Mike B.
	Home From Hospital (Preview) Hi I am back home now. What an interesting experience--makes me feel better that I can get away--if I had still been drinking who knows how bad this would of been--what with the alcohal hiding the real problem. My Boyfriend even brought my mail to me and the Grapevine was part of it. I was reading it whil...	kld47	9	865	Sep 26, 2010 by Rob84
	Daily Reflections ~ Our Children & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The alcoholic may find it hard to re-establish friendly relations with his children. . . . In time they will see that he is a new man and in their own way they will let him know it. . . . From that point on, progress will be rapid. Marvelous results often follow such a reunion. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 134 Wh...	Sobrietyspell	1	837	Sep 26, 2010 by Jerry F
	Update on my son (Preview) http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=42735&p=3&topicID=38132427).	Reffner	7	848	Sep 26, 2010 by SteveP
	6 Months Sober! (Preview) Hi, everyone! I haven't been here in quite some time, even though this message board was a great help to me in my first 30 days of sobriety. I just wanted to come back and let you know that I'm doing great and celebrating 6 months of continuous sobriety! Thank you God, thank you AA! My initial 30 in 30 commit...	itsmichael	13	1241	Sep 26, 2010 by SteveP
	Inspiration... (Preview) A group called Flogging Molly sings this and I simply love it. Hope you find a little inspiration in it too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnTGX9GlFPE Brian	Reffner	2	609	Sep 26, 2010 by learning
	Hi (Preview) Hey Just dropping in I know it's been a while, but doing ok. Still trying to take things 1 day at a time, and working out the rough edges. We all know what that's like, I have been getting prepared to see my daughter off to College next September, and excited for her and at the same time watching grow up.....	Tina	5	774	Sep 25, 2010 by happycamper
	To the ones you have hurt in the past from your alcoholism. (Preview) How do you prove to someone you have changed when you no longer speak to them? Should you try, or has your past alcoholic behaviours ruined that chace? Was just curious. I would like to regain a friendship back, but I'm too scared of the rejection. I did ruin the relationship with my alcohol problems, so...	Vividangel1983	9	1344	Sep 25, 2010 by turninggrey
	Lack of self-love is the soil in which envy grows (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: A thousand eyes, but none with correct vision. --Isacher Hurwitz William Shakespeare referred to envy as the "green sickness." There are only losers in the game of envy. When we envy someone else, we have judged ourselves and found something lacking. L...	Larry_H	0	1022	Sep 25, 2010 by Larry_H
	When our past is strewn with tragic and abusive experiences (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: I believe that every single event in life happens as an opportunity to choose love over fear. --Oprah Winfrey When our past is strewn with tragic and abusive experiences, it's not easy to recall events as opportunities to love. Yet today we are safe, and we have come t...	Larry_H	2	642	Sep 24, 2010 by Rainspa
	Outside Issue? Please consider... (Preview) Hi everyone, I have been nominated by someone (anonomously) to to go to jail "FOR GOOD" in an effort to help the MDA raise funds for "Jerry's Kids". My bail will be 2500.00 dollars and all of it will go directly to the MDA. I accepted this opportunity to make a difference in the life of someone else. I...	John	1	727	Sep 24, 2010 by leeu
	That DANG Comittee!!! (Preview) Ok Fessing up to a test that I did undergo yesterday, I was doing my reseach, I am a research junkie of sorts, and when I focused on "The Risk Factors" cancelled the test, thank goodness only in my head.....there was a risk of some stuff that could have been life threatening, and I do have a DNR i...	Just Toni	3	957	Sep 24, 2010 by leeu
	The Legal STRESS begins again... (Preview) ... and I am sooo glad to have a program of recovery to work, in the midst of it. The legal crap has begun regarding the divorce. With both sides not wanting to pay for anything as far as all the fees and added B.S. goes.... and yes, I am feeling hurt and resentful that this man is sitting on a pile of money (mak...	jonijoni1	8	1091	Sep 24, 2010 by leeu
	Daily Reflections ~ First Things First & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job -- wife or no wife -- we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98 Before coming to A.A., I always had excuses for taking a drink: "She sai...	Sobrietyspell	0	578	Sep 24, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	I Cant Escape (Preview) Alcohol has destroyed my life. Everything is beggining to make sense. I started to see a psychiatrist for stress/anxiety/OCD. I drink. A lot. To get away from the anxiety I get. Ive lost many friends and boyfriends due to alcohol. (actually all the EX BF's) My whole paycheck goes apying credit card bi...	darkangel0258	12	1381	Sep 23, 2010 by itsmichael
	Step 4 my part in it. (Preview) OK here goes, and this is hard for me. Not because I am embarrassed but because it still hurts at times to think about the little girl I was and how fast she grew up when it happened. When I was around 8-10 I was molested by my twin uncles. I have done my resentment list like the BB says to do. And I have made my...	susanbiel	8	6628	Sep 23, 2010 by susanbiel
	Frustrated! (Preview) I think one of the biggest problems I have is that I get bored so easily. I find movies, friends, games fun only when I'm drinking. How do I enjoy these things while sober? I must have some sort of ADD as well, and the alcohol was disguising this. I used to have a good stiff drink while watching some of my favo...	Vividangel1983	6	1219	Sep 22, 2010 by Halfwolf
	Things just keep getting better!!! (Preview) I got a new, better job. I'll still be working as a D/A counselor, but at the private 90 day treatment center that I went through. I never would have imagined on the day I walked in there that I would be giving back at the exact place it was given to me. I'm so grateful that God is still at work in my life in su...	Reffner	8	892	Sep 22, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Balance.... taking on yet another new meaning (Preview) It has come to my realization that it is not neccesary for me to get a 4.0 in school, especially when no one is going to care if I got a 4.0 versus a 3.2 (or something to the effect) as long as I have a master's degree, and some good work behind me, to secure a job one day in the field I am studying. God already has i...	jonijoni1	7	889	Sep 22, 2010 by Reffner
	Daily Reflections ~ I Was An Exception & 24 hrs a Day (Preview) He [Bill W.] said to me, gently and simply, "Do you think that you are one of us?" ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 413 During my drinking life I was convinced I was an exception. I thought I was beyond petty requirements and had the right to be excused. I never realized that the dark counterbalance o...	Sobrietyspell	0	678	Sep 22, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	We were creative giants in doing things the hard way! (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: If there's a harder way of doing something, someone will find it. -- Ralph E. Ross When we used alcohol or other drugs, we did most things the hard way. We could turn a simple task into a day-long project. We could turn a simple problem into an argument. We were creative g...	Larry_H	3	748	Sep 22, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Still here (Preview) I just wanted everyone to know that I have been around, but lurking I am still paying the bills and dealing with the fear it brings, but it is getting better. It's Tuesday again so when I leave work I will be writing out checks. I will be going on a trip to Texas on Thursday night but I am taking the puter wi...	susanbiel	6	640	Sep 22, 2010 by susanbiel
	Jellinek phases of alcoholism (Preview) http://www.readytotest.com/NewJersey06/JELLINEK_PHASES.pdf	FlyingSquirrel	4	3936	Sep 21, 2010 by leeu
	Sometimes life is like moving from one place to another (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Some days my life feels so confusing and overwhelming that I think I'll scream. Sometimes life is like moving from one place to another. When I move into a new house, it is unorganized and chaotic until everything gets put in the right place. In life, my emotions and th...	Larry_H	2	644	Sep 21, 2010 by Reffner
	Daily Reflections ~ A Limitless Lode & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Like a gaunt prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, our pick struck gold. Joy at our release from a lifetime of frustration knew no bounds. Father feels he has struck something better than gold. For a time he may try to hug the new treasure to himself. He may not see at once that he has barely...	Sobrietyspell	0	3198	Sep 21, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Dating (Preview) So... first off, I know the AA recommendation about not dating during your first year of sobriety. I'm 36 so I don't really have that luxury. :) My ex-boyfriend and I broke up a couple of months ago (completely amicable, he moved to Chicago to start grad school and the distance just became unsustainabl...	TwelveSteps	29	11710	Sep 21, 2010 by angelov8
	Homeward Bound! (Preview) After 10 wonderful days ,my wife and my father and mother -in - law heading back up to New York(they are staying with us for a week). I got some new numbers,was able to take in 3 meetings while we were here and met some nice people..Weather was what is expected in Florida but it was a nice change to wear no ja...	mikef	4	1309	Sep 20, 2010 by happycamper
	Little by little, I'm getting over my tendency to procrastinate (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Reflection for the Day Little by little, I'm getting over my tendency to procrastinate. I always used to put things off until tomorrow, and, of course, they never got done. Instead of "Do it now," my motto was "Tomorrow's another day." I've le...	Larry_H	3	724	Sep 20, 2010 by around a little while
	Utter Sheer JOY! (Preview) Hi My Friends, Just wanted to share a evening with you, from last evening, I had been planning a Surprise Birthday Party for my Son's 40th Birthday for almost a month, (yep that's right, I gave birth to him when I was 11..) it was at a Japanese Resturant, a very fancy one, and his all time Ethic food. On S...	Just Toni	4	798	Sep 20, 2010 by jonijoni1
	The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. --Samuel Johnson The Twelve Steps won't work for anyone unless they are practiced. That's why so many veterans of this program work the Steps over and over. It's a good habit, and good hab...	Larry_H	1	1343	Sep 20, 2010 by Rainspa
	Met my older twin tonight!! (Preview) Wonderful older lady with 36 years sober... 4 DUI's, ran over someone, psyche wards, relapses, she was a nurse, the whole 9 yards. She did her drinking like I did mine, and showed me that we can stay sober no matter what. She led at tonight's meeting and we talked afterward and hit it off majorly. She was...	jonijoni1	10	1022	Sep 20, 2010 by jj
	Help with RESENTMENT!!! (Preview) Ok well I've been in since 93 but as of now I have 2 month"s Ive just finished my 4,5,6,7 step My wife and i have been together 8 years, married for 5, seperated 3. I am in Arizona she lives in Oregon. We talk every day. so i'm talking to her and she says she has been talking to this guy for 6 months, he"...	madhadder545	16	1422	Sep 20, 2010 by pinkchip
	~ As Bill Sees It: Toward Maturity ~ (Preview) p. 244 Many oldsters who have put our A.A. "booze cure" to severe but successful tests still find they often lack emotional sobriety. To attain this, we must develop real maturity and balance (which is to say, humility) in our relations with ourselves, with our fellows, and with God. <...	FlyingSquirrel	0	654	Sep 20, 2010 by FlyingSquirrel
	Hi Every one (Preview) Hi Everyone! Feels like forever, but only maybe 2 or weeks since I checked in and written, have been reading the board about twice a week... Have been staying pretty quiet, and introspective, have a major health issue that is very serious, and so it has been endless trips to different Docs, special...	Just Toni	11	971	Sep 19, 2010 by turninggrey
	Daily Reflections ~ Acceptance & 24hrs a Day (Preview) We admitted we couldn't lick alcohol with our own remaining resources, and so we accepted the further fact that dependence upon a Higher Power (if only our A.A. group) could do this hitherto impossible job. The moment we were able to accept these facts fully, our release from the alcohol compulsion h...	Sobrietyspell	0	936	Sep 19, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Bad News From Doctor (Preview) Well, we found out my wife does have breast cancer today and tomorrow we find out what stage it is. The Doctor feels the prognosis is very good, but that she will require surgery and chemo and possibly radiation. We should know more tomorrow afternoon. We are both doing pretty well with it, her becau...	turninggrey	21	1180	Sep 19, 2010 by Rob84
	Watch Derek Trucks And Susan Theschi live Online here Free Now 10 pm Saturday. est (Preview) http://www.cooltv_telluride.endavomedia.com/video/359AF70EED/telluride-stream-- Edited by StPeteDean on Saturday 18th of September 2010 09:03:59 PM	StPeteDean	1	658	Sep 19, 2010 by leeu
	Frustrated and Hurt (Preview) As many of you know, my life is dedicated to trying to provide a safe haven for alcoholics, addicts and their families who have a desire to recover; Both online with the MIP web site and here in Wilmington, NC with the MIP recovery homes. Well, this past Friday I came home to find the police (7 cars) in fr...	John	15	1776	Sep 19, 2010 by leeu
	10,000 mile check-up (Preview) Hi everyone!! Just popping in to say hello... things are going well, as they tend to do in recovery even in rough times, once we figure out how to sometimes make lemonade out of lemons. Just going to a lot of meetings, still about 5 - 6 a week, reading the BB and 12&12, working steps, working at job, an...	jonijoni1	8	726	Sep 19, 2010 by leeu
	High Stress raising my son with Down Syndrome (Preview) I am a single mother (28yrs old) blessed with a son who just happened to have Down Syndrome. I never thought I could have children and when I concieved him I was so happy and thrilled. At my 3rd mth Doctor visit I found out about him having Downs. It broke my heart but I decided to continue with the pregnancy...	karmaslovechild	5	1190	Sep 19, 2010 by Glinda
	20 Blessed Years today... (Preview) Hi to all my cyber friends... Just wanted to check in and say this is one Awesome day, First, Thank you to GOD, my HP for pulling me up out of a life that was not really a LIFE, and one day at a time remaining to help me every single day of these last twenty years in keeping me SOBER.... Awe what a wonderful day, i...	Just Toni	22	1335	Sep 19, 2010 by Just Toni
	Benzodiazepine use with the recovering alcoholic. Wise? Or foolish? (Preview) It says in Living Sober that we as recovering alcoholics shouldn't use sleeping pills (sic), because they may jepordize recovery efforts. But the book doesn't explain how though! Also, and more importantly, can the benzodiazepine be thought of as an acceptable substitute for the recovering alco...	Glenns	17	12022	Sep 18, 2010 by sobercanbegreat
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