Alcoholics Anonymous

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

If we skip this vital step, we may not overcome drinking. Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 72 I certainly didn't leap at the opportunity to face who I was, especially when the pains of my drinking days hung over me like a dark cloud. But I soon heard at the meetings about the fellow member who just didn't want to t...

mikef · mikef

Outside reading.I have found this pertinent to all who carry the message of recovery.It talks of 'SOMETHING VALUABLE TO SHARE" a simple honest message of recovery from alcoholism always rings true.Check it out! YOU MAY IiDENTIFY... Your sitting at a meeting/celebration etc and first few...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Let me hear it from you fellows...Anyone experience crosstalk jabber during the opening protocol of your meetings specifically during the reading of "how it works" when just before the reader mentions "the point is..." someone shouts out "So what's the point?"...

jojo_311 · jojo_311

Hi, I need some advice. I am new to the forum and this is my first post. I have recently stopped drinking and am two months sober. Two days after I decided that I needed to quit drinking, my husband hit me with divorce papers, on my birthday nonetheless. He is angry and his biggest issue with me is that i...

AGO · AGO

Life among Alcoholics Anonymous is more than attending gatherings and visiting hospitals. Cleaning up old scrapes, helping to settle family differences, explaining the disinherited son to his irate parents, lending money and securing jobs for each other, when justified these are everyday occ...

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

Long time no update...Feeling ok... I wish I could just fast forward sometimes. I hate having almost 60 blowing it, then almost 90 and blowing it. But this time I am determined to try and not blow it again... one day at a time..

mikef · mikef

My spiritual readings for this morning tell me"When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now. Only by the Grace of God(His unmerited favor for me)do I enter today,sober and striving thru prayer and meditation to improve my co...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Disclaimer: This is not my writing but it is interesting and as an Alcoholic I can identify with it. Larry, ------------------- The Alcoholic And Mood Swings Each time the medication (alcohol) is taken, it reacts within the alcoholic's system. So theoretically, if that "system"...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi All, Never talk about this, very personal, and also did not "feel good" about it.....for Medical reasons, I have had to stay away from crowds of people,which of course rules out AA Meetings, have only gone to some on Sundays where I know the attendance is very low.... But for the last 2 we...

WaveOffTheCoast · WaveOffTheCoast

How do you explain to others/yourself who you become when you've blacked out? Do you feel as if you become an entirely different person, or that you are acting out feelings you normally keep pent up inside? Apparently when I was drinking, I told my friend that I loved her romantically, but I have no me...

AGO · AGO

I have to admit I am finding online AA new, different and confusing, it's like suddenly, after living for 20 years where the sky is blue, to a place where the sky is green, it's literally that foreign and confusing to me. It's like I come from a place where it rained on me every day, i got sores, fell down, co...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Hi, My name is Rob and I'm alcoholic. I've been drinking alcoholically since Spring, 1980 sometime around my 14th birthday. I was fully immersed at my first drunk. I've been in AA since July 6th 2009 and it seems like every 90-120 days or so I get drunk again, each one worse than the last. I know that I need...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. experience has taught us we cannot live alone with our pressing problems and the character defects which cause or aggravate them. If . . . Step Four . . . has revealed in stark relief those experiences we'd rather not remember . . . then the need to quit living by ourselves with those tormenting ghos...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Sometimes it is good to "take a powder" and wash off the challenges, hard work and exhaustion of a day. They tell us in AA that we need ot take care of our bodies while we get to the business of staying sober in AA. Rome wasn't built in a day, you know. AAers warn that sometimes it is good to H.A.L.T...

Aquaman · Aquaman

than Intensive Out Patient therapy. For one thing...maybe 10% of them WANT to be there or even recognize the NEED! How can a guy with three year's probation and four teeth honestly say "my meth use hasn't done anybody any harm." Something really good came out of it, though. We get this.....

Oblong · Oblong

I was wondering if anyone feels ashamed of being an alcoholic? I do feel ashamed but I downloaded the big book and I was listening to it, and the guy said some things that made me start to think of myself as having a genuine illness. Just like lupus or ocd or being allergic to penicillin even, and I started t...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

I decided earlier to go to a 9pm discussion meeting, and a relative (Al Anon) was over at about 7 as I was starting to "get ready".... when she left I realized I was getting ready for an 8pm meeting... hmmm... so I said, "hey, I'll just go to the 8pm meeting and get home to relax a little earl...

mikef · mikef

Outside readings"I keep hearing about "real " alcoholics the newcomer said to her sponsor.What is the difference between and alcoholic and a "real" alcoholic? Sponsor says 'The same as the difference between "dead" and real dead"..I love profound s...

Aquaman · Aquaman

I can't begin to express the shame, the regret, the pain, humiliation and the betrayal I feel. I don't remember getting home. I don't remember calling my sponsor, but my wife (who is now right back to "stay vs. go") said that my sponsor suggested going into treatment. She said that I got up at...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Until we had talked with complete candor of our conflicts, and had listened to someone else do the same thing, we still didn't belong. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 57 After four years in A.A. I was able to discover the freedom from the burden of buried emotions that had caused me so much pain. W...

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

On May 1st, I went to a meeting and the daily reflection was used for the topic and from it came... I must walk in darkness to find light and walk into fear to find peace . I sat there in amazement at the strong feeling of a God in the room... a very spiritual meeting. A meeting in which I came home and put my thou...

runnergirl · runnergirl

Watched the movie last night and really liked it. Anyone else see it? If not, I highly recommend it.

AGO · AGO

I see you....hiding down there..... Let us know how you are, we want to know /hug

franny · franny

Dear God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, and the wisdom to know the difference. Relapsed tonigt. I guess you all were right that I need to go to AA meetings. 28 days gone down the tubes..... May peace be with you......... Franny

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

AA and common sense suggestions, that's it. A slip after a long time with no mettings, a month clean and sober again while going through a divorce, a serious hand unjury, a move out of my home and into an apartment, psychiatric issues, money issues, Group counseling at an outpatient facility, and a h...

Matt · Matt

Hello my name is Matt and I live in Queen CreekArizona. Unfortunately in Queen Creek most of our meetings are late in the afternoon (7:30pm) and few and far between, I believe there is a total of 10 only per week. I prefer the 12:00 meetings at my home group G.I.T. in Chandler, Arizona however it is a 40 min...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: My relationship with nature and plants is almost like religion with me. --Monty Cralley Feeling connected to something outside of ourselves is important to our perception of life. And being alive assures us of many new situations. Maybe it's a move to a smaller res...

camitch · camitch

After a busy week at work I am tired and my mind is wandering into that place that it shouldnt go. I got plenty of sleep last night and a few cups of coffee when I woke this morning. I will be fine.I think what is getting to me is loneliness. Living sober I have realized how isolated I have made my life. I h...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Wishing all Mothers a great and happy Mothers Day!!!!!! Larry, ----------------- A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan -- Edited by Larry_H on Sunday 9th of May 2010 06:56:39 AM

Larry_H · Larry_H

--------------------------------------------------- Is Alcoholism The Result Of Nature Or Nurture? The debate as to whether alcoholism is a product of nature (genetic) or nurture (l...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Another great dividend we may expect from confiding our defects to another human being is humility - a word often misunderstood. . . . it amounts to a clear recognition of what and who we really are, followed by a sincere attempt to become what we could be. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 58 I knew...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Aha, Larry!!!! I know you're on 499 at the time of this posting but one more & you're there!!! LOL Thank you for all you share here. There's been much response to your sagely postings & you stimulate alot. Thank you for sharing in your recovery with us. You are a gift. Thank you for being here. God...

littlelost · littlelost

Hi all. I am nine days sober. Just saying hello. I am 29 years old. I drink to the point of blacking out regularly. It is these blackouts that have terrified me, as I become violent or other things happen to me that are very bad. I am terrified. I have come to accept Step 1. But I am having a really hard time &qu...

bikerbill · bikerbill

I heard this a the between meeting smoke break. Waht's that I ask. Well it seems to be the way many AA meetings are going - keep coming back, God loves you and so do we, don't worry about going back out just keep coming back and finally, Don't Drink and Go To Meetings - said this guy. I dunno - does keep coming b...

tblack1 · tblack1

Well, really not sure if this is the best place... or not, but I'm needing a bit of advice. My boyfriend is a recovering alcoholic and has been through an AA program within the last 2 years (before I met him). When I first met him he was also smoking (cigerates) as well as drinking it was like the two went tog...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Just wanted to let you all know I'm still alive. Probably going into a 90 day program. Right now that sounds like a vacation. I've lived most of my adult life in institutions. Jails, institutions, and ????? Well, I'm alive and sober. Not so much by choice right now because things suck. I am still having t...

Jerry F · Jerry F

I also submitted this on the Al-Anon board...My bro and I are doubles... I once thought that when a recovering Alcoholic was taken at gun point from a meeting while on his way from the bathroom that HP could not raise the "test" bar any further. It's true he was taken at gun point (after the fac...

John · John

Came here for wifes family reunion. Went to AA intergroup and got a great archive tour. Got to hold the very first Big Book that was published and given to Bill W by the publisher for review. I am tickled by how well the history oF AA is being recorded here. Just wanted to post this from my blackberry, will s...

SteveP · SteveP

I did my step 5 a while ago as well as Step 9, etc. I work my Step 10 daily and to my Step 11 work too. I still notice my character defects like impatience, selfishness, fearfulness, pride, dishonesty, carelessness, procrastination, self-pity, sloth, and about 10 zillion others really ruling the roos...

carlasober · carlasober

Congratulations and thanks for sharing your sobriety with us. Keep Coming Back!

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi All, Was reading the Post below about how to achieve Happiness, and whenever I see the word Happiness, I almost always think inside, I choose Peace of Mind over Happiness. Have spent many years in this Program, and doing all the Stepwork involved to give me a better chance at staying sober, and of cou...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

All of A.A.'s Twelve Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural desires . . . they all deflate our egos. When it comes to ego deflation, few Steps are harder to take than Five. But scarcely any Step is more necessary to longtime sobriety and peace of mind than this one. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p...

gonee · gonee

Our local AA clubhouse organised a dinner and dance today. It is a platform for newcomers to experience fun without alcohol. My wife and I had a lot of fun and humour at the dinner tables and on the dance floor. Everyone enjoyed themselves. But just underneath is an earnestness to recover and get well th...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

Was talking to a guy at a meeting during the break, and he said something that seemed instantly true to me. He said, "Well, you can't have a relapse if you haven't had a recovery." Good point! So I would suggest to anyone who's had a relapse, (and to my future self, should I relapse), to try a...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Sigh................ God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,...

bikerbill · bikerbill

But you got to know when to stop. I met a newcomer on Wednesday, gave him my phone number and he started ringing me from 6 a.m. on Thursday. Called me every hour on the hour to midday. We were all set to go to a meeting when he cried off, started drinking again, because his doctor had told him not to stop dead wi...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Disclaimer: This is Not my Writing, but I tend to agree with it --------------------------------------------------------------------------And most will also agree that all alcoholics are typically diagnosed and seek help for their problem much l...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Okay - since coming into AA and trying to live a sober life I've yielded on many, many points of contention and responded passively to many situations, filing them under "the things i cannot change" and not putting many things into the "change the things I can." Now I have to make...

AGO · AGO

Dr Bob's Last message was: "But there are two or three things that flashed into my mind on which it would be fitting to lay a little emphasis; one is the simplicity of our Program. Let's not louse it all up with Freudian complexes and things that are interesting to the scientific mind, but have very...

bikerbill · bikerbill

In the words of Canned Heat - I'm on the road again. Well not quite but starting next week. Tuesday Grimsby, Wednesday Warrington, Thursday London, following week, 3 days and 2 nights in Glasgow., In a perverse way I'm looking forward to it and I'll be able to get to different meetings in Glasgow (this l...

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	Daily Reflections ~ The Easier, Softer Way & 24hrs a Day (Preview) If we skip this vital step, we may not overcome drinking. Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 72 I certainly didn't leap at the opportunity to face who I was, especially when the pains of my drinking days hung over me like a dark cloud. But I soon heard at the meetings about the fellow member who just didn't want to t...	Sobrietyspell	0	417	May 13, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Something valuable to share! (Preview) Outside reading.I have found this pertinent to all who carry the message of recovery.It talks of 'SOMETHING VALUABLE TO SHARE" a simple honest message of recovery from alcoholism always rings true.Check it out! YOU MAY IiDENTIFY... Your sitting at a meeting/celebration etc and first few...	mikef	3	858	May 13, 2010 by slugcat
	Looking for an affirmation... (Preview) Let me hear it from you fellows...Anyone experience crosstalk jabber during the opening protocol of your meetings specifically during the reading of "how it works" when just before the reader mentions "the point is..." someone shouts out "So what's the point?"...	Jerry F	22	1522	May 13, 2010 by AGO
	Re: Divorce (Preview) Hi, I need some advice. I am new to the forum and this is my first post. I have recently stopped drinking and am two months sober. Two days after I decided that I needed to quit drinking, my husband hit me with divorce papers, on my birthday nonetheless. He is angry and his biggest issue with me is that i...	jojo_311	14	1584	May 13, 2010 by janet
	Thus We Grow (Preview) Life among Alcoholics Anonymous is more than attending gatherings and visiting hospitals. Cleaning up old scrapes, helping to settle family differences, explaining the disinherited son to his irate parents, lending money and securing jobs for each other, when justified these are everyday occ...	AGO	0	1092	May 13, 2010 by AGO
	17 days today.. (Preview) Long time no update...Feeling ok... I wish I could just fast forward sometimes. I hate having almost 60 blowing it, then almost 90 and blowing it. But this time I am determined to try and not blow it again... one day at a time..	SoberSteve	10	603	May 13, 2010 by SoberSteve
	Top priority for me,the rest will trickle down! (Preview) My spiritual readings for this morning tell me"When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now. Only by the Grace of God(His unmerited favor for me)do I enter today,sober and striving thru prayer and meditation to improve my co...	mikef	4	805	May 13, 2010 by jonijoni1
	The Alcoholic And Mood Swings (Preview) Disclaimer: This is not my writing but it is interesting and as an Alcoholic I can identify with it. Larry, ------------------- *The Alcoholic And Mood Swings* Each time the medication (alcohol) is taken, it reacts within the alcoholic's system. So theoretically, if that "system"...	Larry_H	3	3090	May 13, 2010 by jonijoni1
	HORSE now has a full saddle.... (Preview) Hi All, Never talk about this, very personal, and also did not "feel good" about it.....for Medical reasons, I have had to stay away from crowds of people,which of course rules out AA Meetings, have only gone to some on Sundays where I know the attendance is very low.... But for the last 2 we...	Just Toni	3	777	May 13, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Who are you when you black out? (Preview) How do you explain to others/yourself who you become when you've blacked out? Do you feel as if you become an entirely different person, or that you are acting out feelings you normally keep pent up inside? Apparently when I was drinking, I told my friend that I loved her romantically, but I have no me...	WaveOffTheCoast	11	7479	May 12, 2010 by janet
	Come out of the rain (Preview) I have to admit I am finding online AA new, different and confusing, it's like suddenly, after living for 20 years where the sky is blue, to a place where the sky is green, it's literally that foreign and confusing to me. It's like I come from a place where it rained on me every day, i got sores, fell down, co...	AGO	4	414	May 12, 2010 by barisax
	Trigger (s) (Preview) Hi, My name is Rob and I'm alcoholic. I've been drinking alcoholically since Spring, 1980 sometime around my 14th birthday. I was fully immersed at my first drunk. I've been in AA since July 6th 2009 and it seems like every 90-120 days or so I get drunk again, each one worse than the last. I know that I need...	Aquaman	21	3379	May 12, 2010 by pinkchip
	Daily Reflections ~ The Past Is Over & 24hrs a Day (Preview) A.A. experience has taught us we cannot live alone with our pressing problems and the character defects which cause or aggravate them. If . . . Step Four . . . has revealed in stark relief those experiences we'd rather not remember . . . then the need to quit living by ourselves with those tormenting ghos...	Sobrietyspell	0	571	May 12, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	H.A.L.T. tonight's recovery BREATHER (Preview) Sometimes it is good to "take a powder" and wash off the challenges, hard work and exhaustion of a day. They tell us in AA that we need ot take care of our bodies while we get to the business of staying sober in AA. Rome wasn't built in a day, you know. AAers warn that sometimes it is good to H.A.L.T...	jonijoni1	5	935	May 12, 2010 by janet
	I like AA better... (Preview) than Intensive Out Patient therapy. For one thing...maybe 10% of them WANT to be there or even recognize the NEED! How can a guy with three year's probation and four teeth honestly say "my meth use hasn't done anybody any harm." Something really good came out of it, though. We get this.....	Aquaman	8	1093	May 12, 2010 by Reffner
	Are you ashamed? (Preview) I was wondering if anyone feels ashamed of being an alcoholic? I do feel ashamed but I downloaded the big book and I was listening to it, and the guy said some things that made me start to think of myself as having a genuine illness. Just like lupus or ocd or being allergic to penicillin even, and I started t...	Oblong	14	1481	May 12, 2010 by Cait
	Yet another small miracle found in the Rooms of AA tonight (Preview) I decided earlier to go to a 9pm discussion meeting, and a relative (Al Anon) was over at about 7 as I was starting to "get ready".... when she left I realized I was getting ready for an 8pm meeting... hmmm... so I said, "hey, I'll just go to the 8pm meeting and get home to relax a little earl...	jonijoni1	11	1144	May 11, 2010 by Rob84
	Words of Wisdom.love it! (Preview) Outside readings"I keep hearing about "real " alcoholics the newcomer said to her sponsor.What is the difference between and alcoholic and a "real" alcoholic? Sponsor says 'The same as the difference between "dead" and real dead"..I love profound s...	mikef	3	3419	May 11, 2010 by Jerry F
	Why? How? I drank. (Preview) I can't begin to express the shame, the regret, the pain, humiliation and the betrayal I feel. I don't remember getting home. I don't remember calling my sponsor, but my wife (who is now right back to "stay vs. go") said that my sponsor suggested going into treatment. She said that I got up at...	Aquaman	15	1114	May 11, 2010 by FlyingSquirrel
	Daily Reflections ~ A New Sense of Belonging & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Until we had talked with complete candor of our conflicts, and had listened to someone else do the same thing, we still didn't belong. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 57 After four years in A.A. I was able to discover the freedom from the burden of buried emotions that had caused me so much pain. W...	Sobrietyspell	0	652	May 11, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	I was told... (Preview) On May 1st, I went to a meeting and the daily reflection was used for the topic and from it came... I must walk in darkness to find light and walk into fear to find peace . I sat there in amazement at the strong feeling of a God in the room... a very spiritual meeting. A meeting in which I came home and put my thou...	Dave Harm	2	651	May 11, 2010 by janet
	Anyone see Crazy Heart? (Preview) Watched the movie last night and really liked it. Anyone else see it? If not, I highly recommend it.	runnergirl	8	851	May 11, 2010 by SUSIE
	Runnergirl (Preview) I see you....hiding down there..... Let us know how you are, we want to know /hug	AGO	8	901	May 10, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Franny (Preview) Dear God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, and the wisdom to know the difference. Relapsed tonigt. I guess you all were right that I need to go to AA meetings. 28 days gone down the tubes..... May peace be with you......... Franny	franny	7	998	May 10, 2010 by ljc
	It's Working :o) TAKE HEED!! (Preview) AA and common sense suggestions, that's it. A slip after a long time with no mettings, a month clean and sober again while going through a divorce, a serious hand unjury, a move out of my home and into an apartment, psychiatric issues, money issues, Group counseling at an outpatient facility, and a h...	jonijoni1	2	978	May 10, 2010 by Aquaman
	Looking to ride share in Arizona (Preview) Hello my name is Matt and I live in Queen CreekArizona. Unfortunately in Queen Creek most of our meetings are late in the afternoon (7:30pm) and few and far between, I believe there is a total of 10 only per week. I prefer the 12:00 meetings at my home group G.I.T. in Chandler, Arizona however it is a 40 min...	Matt	3	640	May 10, 2010 by Larry_H
	Feeling connected to something outside of ourselves - Hazelden (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: My relationship with nature and plants is almost like religion with me. --Monty Cralley Feeling connected to something outside of ourselves is important to our perception of life. And being alive assures us of many new situations. Maybe it's a move to a smaller res...	Larry_H	0	632	May 10, 2010 by Larry_H
	A New Day (Preview) After a busy week at work I am tired and my mind is wandering into that place that it shouldnt go. I got plenty of sleep last night and a few cups of coffee when I woke this morning. I will be fine.I think what is getting to me is loneliness. Living sober I have realized how isolated I have made my life. I h...	camitch	5	870	May 10, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Happy Mothers day to all Mothers (Preview) Wishing all Mothers a great and happy Mothers Day!!!!!! Larry, ----------------- A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan -- Edited by Larry_H on Sunday 9th of May 2010 06:56:39 AM	Larry_H	3	564	May 9, 2010 by Cait
	Is Alcoholism The Result Of Nature Or Nurture? (Preview) --------------------------------------------------- Is Alcoholism The Result Of Nature Or Nurture? The debate as to whether alcoholism is a product of nature (genetic) or nurture (l...	Larry_H	5	7319	May 9, 2010 by mikef
	Daily Reflections ~ Free At Last & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Another great dividend we may expect from confiding our defects to another human being is humility - a word often misunderstood. . . . it amounts to a clear recognition of what and who we really are, followed by a sincere attempt to become what we could be. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 58 I knew...	Sobrietyspell	0	507	May 9, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Congratulating Our Newest Old Timer!!! (Preview) Aha, Larry!!!! I know you're on 499 at the time of this posting but one more & you're there!!! LOL Thank you for all you share here. There's been much response to your sagely postings & you stimulate alot. Thank you for sharing in your recovery with us. You are a gift. Thank you for being here. God...	Sobrietyspell	7	851	May 9, 2010 by carlasober
	i'm new here (Preview) Hi all. I am nine days sober. Just saying hello. I am 29 years old. I drink to the point of blacking out regularly. It is these blackouts that have terrified me, as I become violent or other things happen to me that are very bad. I am terrified. I have come to accept Step 1. But I am having a really hard time &qu...	littlelost	12	1134	May 9, 2010 by carlasober
	contemporary AA (Preview) I heard this a the between meeting smoke break. Waht's that I ask. Well it seems to be the way many AA meetings are going - keep coming back, God loves you and so do we, don't worry about going back out just keep coming back and finally, Don't Drink and Go To Meetings - said this guy. I dunno - does keep coming b...	bikerbill	14	1042	May 9, 2010 by janet
	Need a bit of advice (Preview) Well, really not sure if this is the best place... or not, but I'm needing a bit of advice. My boyfriend is a recovering alcoholic and has been through an AA program within the last 2 years (before I met him). When I first met him he was also smoking (cigerates) as well as drinking it was like the two went tog...	tblack1	13	934	May 9, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Hey all (Preview) Just wanted to let you all know I'm still alive. Probably going into a 90 day program. Right now that sounds like a vacation. I've lived most of my adult life in institutions. Jails, institutions, and ????? Well, I'm alive and sober. Not so much by choice right now because things suck. I am still having t...	soberdrunk	7	741	May 9, 2010 by StPeteDean
	I just want my bro back!! (Preview) I also submitted this on the Al-Anon board...My bro and I are doubles... I once thought that when a recovering Alcoholic was taken at gun point from a meeting while on his way from the bathroom that HP could not raise the "test" bar any further. It's true he was taken at gun point (after the fac...	Jerry F	8	1064	May 9, 2010 by jonijoni1
	i'm in Akron, OH (Preview) Came here for wifes family reunion. Went to AA intergroup and got a great archive tour. Got to hold the very first Big Book that was published and given to Bill W by the publisher for review. I am tickled by how well the history oF AA is being recorded here. Just wanted to post this from my blackberry, will s...	John	9	973	May 9, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Character defects (Preview) I did my step 5 a while ago as well as Step 9, etc. I work my Step 10 daily and to my Step 11 work too. I still notice my character defects like impatience, selfishness, fearfulness, pride, dishonesty, carelessness, procrastination, self-pity, sloth, and about 10 zillion others really ruling the roos...	SteveP	13	7162	May 9, 2010 by SteveP
	Happy 25th Anniversary, Ellen!!! (Preview) Congratulations and thanks for sharing your sobriety with us. Keep Coming Back!	carlasober	11	743	May 9, 2010 by SteveP
	After staying sober just for today, what is you next desire, Happiness or Peace of Mind? (Preview) Hi All, Was reading the Post below about how to achieve Happiness, and whenever I see the word Happiness, I almost always think inside, I choose Peace of Mind over Happiness. Have spent many years in this Program, and doing all the Stepwork involved to give me a better chance at staying sober, and of cou...	Just Toni	15	1137	May 8, 2010 by Just Toni
	Daily Reflections ~ A Resting Place & 24hrs a Day (Preview) All of A.A.'s Twelve Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural desires . . . they all deflate our egos. When it comes to ego deflation, few Steps are harder to take than Five. But scarcely any Step is more necessary to longtime sobriety and peace of mind than this one. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p...	Sobrietyspell	1	744	May 8, 2010 by MLB
	Fun without alcohol (Preview) Our local AA clubhouse organised a dinner and dance today. It is a platform for newcomers to experience fun without alcohol. My wife and I had a lot of fun and humour at the dinner tables and on the dance floor. Everyone enjoyed themselves. But just underneath is an earnestness to recover and get well th...	gonee	6	901	May 8, 2010 by Cait
	If you've just had a relapse.... congratulations! (Preview) Was talking to a guy at a meeting during the break, and he said something that seemed instantly true to me. He said, "Well, you can't have a relapse if you haven't had a recovery." Good point! So I would suggest to anyone who's had a relapse, (and to my future self, should I relapse), to try a...	FlyingSquirrel	11	1082	May 8, 2010 by AGO
	Stock Market, Volcanoes, Times Square, Job Market, Oil Spills, Disobedient Kids......... (Preview) Sigh................ God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,...	turninggrey	6	596	May 8, 2010 by angelov8
	Sometimes you go a bit more than half way to a newcomer. (Preview) But you got to know when to stop. I met a newcomer on Wednesday, gave him my phone number and he started ringing me from 6 a.m. on Thursday. Called me every hour on the hour to midday. We were all set to go to a meeting when he cried off, started drinking again, because his doctor had told him not to stop dead wi...	bikerbill	6	539	May 8, 2010 by Jerry F
	Late Diagnosis - Late To Get Help (Preview) Disclaimer: This is Not my Writing, but I tend to agree with it --------------------------------------------------------------------------And most will also agree that all alcoholics are typically diagnosed and seek help for their problem much l...	Larry_H	7	1044	May 7, 2010 by SteveP
	Wisdom to know the difference (Preview) Okay - since coming into AA and trying to live a sober life I've yielded on many, many points of contention and responded passively to many situations, filing them under "the things i cannot change" and not putting many things into the "change the things I can." Now I have to make...	Aquaman	14	1233	May 7, 2010 by bikerbill
	Love and Service (Preview) Dr Bob's Last message was: "But there are two or three things that flashed into my mind on which it would be fitting to lay a little emphasis; one is the simplicity of our Program. Let's not louse it all up with Freudian complexes and things that are interesting to the scientific mind, but have very...	AGO	1	962	May 6, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Out and About (Preview) In the words of Canned Heat - I'm on the road again. Well not quite but starting next week. Tuesday Grimsby, Wednesday Warrington, Thursday London, following week, 3 days and 2 nights in Glasgow., In a perverse way I'm looking forward to it and I'll be able to get to different meetings in Glasgow (this l...	bikerbill	3	572	May 6, 2010 by jonijoni1
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