Alcoholics Anonymous

mikef · mikef

Morning family,wanted to share some joy in this man's heart.When my children from my 1st marriage left for Texas with their mom after my first divorce,it was almost 31 years before I reestablished contact physically.I kept in touch by mail,birthdays,holidays sent $$ etc but God urged me to step up....

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

In the beginning, it was four whole years before A.A. brought permanent sobriety to even one alcoholic woman. Like the "high bottoms, " the women said they were different; . . . The Skid-Rower said he was different . . . so did the artists and the professional people, the rich, the poor, the r...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Happy Anniversary! Enjoy today and look how far you've come! Mark

Dreamnine · Dreamnine

Hello, it's been some time since I posted here. I thought my recovery was going well - employment has been looking promising, I attend regular meetings and recently completed 8 months of opening a meeting - I still attend that meeting occasionally, but have others too. My diet and exercise are good - I...

runnergirl · runnergirl

I'm so NOT going to win any Mom of the Year awards for the past week or so. Every time I hear the word "mom" I want to scream. Though I'm not yelling at them, I hear myself using a sharper tone than usual. I'm sure the girls can hear it too. Anyway, these feelings added to the rest of my grim being...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

... there was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 25 My first attempt at the Steps was one of obligation and necessity, which resulted in a deep feeling of discouragement in the face of all those adverbs: courageously; complete...

runnergirl · runnergirl

Yes, I know I should be referring to yoga or running or something. I'm doing all that and still thinking about how I can feel good. Just curious if any of you sobered up from alcohol and then moved on to other things like Rx pills. I'm not intending this, if I could get to more meetings I know they are like...

runnergirl · runnergirl

I keep listening to this song over and over again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urv7tyeJ7qE Despite the fact that it makes me want to bawl, it's got such a good message... enjoy! Here are the lyrics... "Ordinary Miracle" It's not that unusual When everything is beautiful It's ju...

soberchick · soberchick

Hi there? I'm Sarah & I'm a grumpy but V grateful alcoholic! I've been really active in AA recently and feel great on the one hand, but a bit dazed and unmotivated on the other - I've an almost 18 year old dog who one minute looks like she's about to give in and let god then the next time I come home from Uni...

charlie76 · charlie76

well i went back to drinking and my inner demons just took over again... i am more addicted to alcohol more then ever now. Last night I was going to fight my brother and his friends i was so bad i started socking the brick walls ( totally stupid and paying for it right now , cant hardly type) ... i realize th...

joelo · joelo

Saw this yesterday and wanted to share it. An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do. - Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953), in Constantine Fitzgibbon, Life of Dylan Thomas (1965)

pinkchip · pinkchip

Okay folks, not sure I would recommend waiting until almost a year and a half sobriety to do a step 4, but finally I am doing it. I am kind of like...WTF is the big deal here? I beat myself up so bad all the time that this is like nothing. I'm sort of wondering if I am doing it right. My instructions are to wr...

Clyde · Clyde

I'm a mom. Regardless of the name. I'm going through a terrible divorce. Been on going for 6 months. During that, I found peace by drinking after my kids, ( 2 yr old and 5 yr old) go to sleep. It's difficult to cope. I've become socially removed. I don't reach towards friends or family for support. ...

Doll · Doll

Someone emailed me this link.....I have no clue who.. and no idea why! Anyone I'm not personally familiar with who'd have my email address would have to be someone from the recovery sites I frequent....anyway....just wondering if anyone else (on MIP) received this via email.......I guess somebod...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Some of us won't believe in God, others can't, and still others who do not believe that God exists have no faith whatever He will perform this miracle. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 25 It was the changes I saw in the new people who came into the Fellowship that helped me lose my fear, and change my...

blue2 · blue2

I am someone with a high need for control and do not know how (or am afraid to trust) turning my life over. Does it really work? Thank you to everyone.

bikerbill · bikerbill

I woke at 0600 this morning instead of the planned 0730, fully refreshed after just 5 hours sleep. How good is that? I've spent a pleasant half hour on this forum and now I can hear the world waking up. The birds are singing their dawn chorus, so it must be warmer after the cool night, I've been outside and r...

Toad · Toad

Have you ever given,Till your well seemed dry. Shared so many burdens, You asked yourself Why? So much heartache, and way to much grief, How much longer must we wait? Till we get some relief. Hold on to the program Hold on till you can see Hold on a little longer The steps will set you Free Unfairness surro...

Irish Shane · Irish Shane

Hi Guys! I've had an offer of a property here in Ireland and am thinking of making it a 'sober' vacation retreat. It would have great fresh homecooked food and NO BOOZE. The property has a small Gym and is set in beautiful countryside near the sea. Do you think people would be interested? Shane

SteveP · SteveP

...not "Life Anonymous"...or something like that, lol. I guess that I'm a slow learner (kidding), but I've finally just clicked what all you folks longer in the program have been saying -- thoroughly working this program means that we don't drink. It doesn't mean: -- that all of our char...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

In addition to being alcoholic, I was a karaoke junkie from the very beginning (back in '91 or '92). I wasn't the type of person who would just learn one or two songs and that was it... I sang literally thousands and thousands of songs. At one point I was asked to be a karaoke host, which was the perfect j...

bikerbill · bikerbill

.......it's a high level problem. I have a motorbike. The company only made 200 of this particular model. So they only had 20 sets of front driscs made. They've run out of spares so I'm having a pair of discs made by a certain Italian company. I ordered the discs in March 09, By August 09, I was told that I'd...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

I went to a meeting yesterday and got held hostage. Maybe it's just me, but when somebody has been coming to meetings for a long time and know the book better than I, why in the hell would you bring up a topic which isn't a topic and just complain repeatedly? What do you say to this person? Aww, it will be okay...

runnergirl · runnergirl

I'll buy it and give it to a friend I'll buy it and have it around the house in case someone drops by. I'll buy it so I can stop thinking about buying it. I'll buy it and not drink it. Buying it means the deed is done, doesn't it? They say you relapse a week out, before you actually drink. True?

kld47 · kld47

Hi Would like to get a hold of the person who went by the name of "ashes" on the Meeting Board. Is anyone here that person or does anyone know who it is? Could/Was used a a nickname on the Meeting Board. Please Private Message me. -- Edited by kld47 on Sunday 14th of February 2010 09:35:54 AM

Just Toni · Just Toni

Happy Love day everyone.... Hugs,Toni

cindy · cindy

i have a friend who has really been there for myself and my son, in times of trouble..my son has tried to committ suicide a year ago and was nearly successful, its been quite a journey getting him all hooked into mental health professionals ect. this guy gave me rides to the youth psych ward..came over wh...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

I do my best to avoid members of the opposite sex in A.A. that I am attracted to, because I am trying to follow suggestions and don't trust myself to do the right thing. But something that happened yesterday made me question myself. Someone who came into the program around the same time as me (last April...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us--sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 One of the most important things A.A. has given me, in addition to freedom from booze, is the ability...

MAL · MAL

Don't know where else to go to confess this. I'm too ashamed to go to my AA group with this. They are all so proud of me. Today I started a week off vacation from work. I have 80 days of sobriety under my belt. Well, didn't I think that I could handle wine again!!! Just two glasses with dinner to celebra...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

A recovered alcoholic was telling a friend that on awakening each morning he prays to God for another day of sobriety, and that each night before retiring he thanks God for having granted him a day of sobriety. "How do you know it was God who gave you the day of sobriety?" the friend asked. &qu...

Aquaman · Aquaman

How do some of ya'll feel after a meeting? I always feel emotionally drained (from all the intense listening, I guess), but mentally stimulated & at ease after a meeting. I like to follow a meeting with a quiet meditation to reflect on the gems of the meeting (A.K.A. 30-minut nap). Peace, Rob -- Ed...

Wolfie · Wolfie

At one of the groups I belong to we study the 12 Traditions. It used to be just a step study group until one day I realized that the essays in my 12 and 12 on the steps were all highlighted and pages were torn and splattered with coffee rings, but the section on the traditions was completely unharmed. Of cou...

leeu · leeu

Hi...with all due respect, comments about all drinking being planned is a scientifically disproven old myth, based on the limitations of past knowledge. When alcoholism used to be viewed, mistakenly, as a psychological problem, the brain mechanisms were not yet sufficiently studied as to know...

leeu · leeu

Dang!! (Can ya tell I don't really wanna talk about it...just need some a virtual hugs!)

angelov8 · angelov8

This isn't a major concern, just a TGIF for me. The folks in town have been pounding lately(NOT ME Though, pounding the booze, or them pounding on me). Working in the restaurant has been fine while working the program and has also been helpful in a weird way. The way the bar is set up, we don't get many s...

murrill · murrill

Greetings, I am new to this site, but I have been sober a number of years. I cut my teeth on AA while in treatment. My story is not so remarkable in retrospect, but at the time I was terminally unique. I came by alcoholism quite honestly, another in a long line from each side of my family. Factor in some c...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

I had heard this line before, but never in an AA meeting. At a meeting last night I heard a guy say "You gotta stand for something or else you'll fall for anything, and if you fall for anything, you won't make it" The way I thought of that was, 'is believing in a HP and in AA so bad? if I don't/can't/...

nutmeg022 · nutmeg022

I went to my fist AA meeting last Thursday. I found a group that really stresses that "god" is whatever we understand him to be, which is important to me because I am not a religious person. I have always viewed AA to be really religious-centric, which is a turn-off for me. I was scared to death...

cindy · cindy

just so you know, the pic is of my son and myself at our local alano club. We both volunteer down there. my teenage son has been coming to meetings with me since he was a baby..he has had his own troubles and program has helped us both..now he quotes stuff at me and shocks the heck out of me at times!! out of the...

bikerbill · bikerbill

If a person has no career aspirations, but yet still put's their foot in it, is it still career suicide? And more to the point, in the grand scheme of things, does it matter? I was at a whole team meeting at work on Thursday, in Birmingham. (West Midlands, UK, not Alabama). Around 200 of us, with some senio...

runnergirl · runnergirl

My friend told me about it, but I've yet to see it... I think it's about mommy-drunks. Anyway, curious what issue it's in... if you know, fill me in.

Thanks · Thanks

I have been sober for over a year, since then I have started smoking and overeating. At the beginning of my recovery I suffered depression and fatigue, this is still the case. I don't understand what is happening to me or what I can do

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

To the intellectually self-sufficient man or woman, many A.A.'s can say, "Yes, we were like you--far too smart for our own good.... Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brain power alone." AS BILL SEES IT, p. 60 Even the most brilliant mind is no defense against...

runnergirl · runnergirl

Not sure how I feel about this. (Need to add a bit of levity to my night...)

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

I just make sure there's no alcohol in my drinks! Gotcha!

Jerry F · Jerry F

Aloha Family...anyone here done service in their district with Public Information? I need support, ESH, mentoring, sponsorship in this area. Yes I have asked locally and have hitched up with Literature and more and a live voice to listen to would also fill in the contrast. At your convenience and...

Tessa · Tessa

I planned on going to a meeting at noon. Not feeling the need for one. Now, after struggling trying to get the car out from under the snow, I'm stuck! I need to go to the store, etc & now I'm pi$$ed off at the world! Had to come back in & take a deep breath & accept that I get to sit at home all day...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We asked ourselves why we had them [fears]. Wasn't it because self-reliance failed us? ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.68 All of my character defects separate me from God's will. When I ignore my association with Him I face the world and my alcoholism alone and must depend on self-reliance. I have never fou...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Hey all. Gonna give you an update over the past few days. This is great! As you all know I was struggling. In a huge depression. Thursday night I had prayed to God to take me off this planet. I didn't care how, all I know is that I couldn't take this pain anymore and I didn't want to drink over it. Friday mornin...

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	Trinity Rose,another of God's miracles!!! (Preview) Morning family,wanted to share some joy in this man's heart.When my children from my 1st marriage left for Texas with their mom after my first divorce,it was almost 31 years before I reestablished contact physically.I kept in touch by mail,birthdays,holidays sent $$ etc but God urged me to step up....	mikef	4	724	Feb 19, 2010 by SteveP
	Daily Reflections ~ I'm Not Different & 24hrs a Day (Preview) In the beginning, it was four whole years before A.A. brought permanent sobriety to even one alcoholic woman. Like the "high bottoms, " the women said they were different; . . . The Skid-Rower said he was different . . . so did the artists and the professional people, the rich, the poor, the r...	Sobrietyspell	0	392	Feb 19, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Happy 1 Year Anniversary Flying Squirrel! (Preview) Happy Anniversary! Enjoy today and look how far you've come! Mark	pinkchip	9	1176	Feb 18, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Unsure of my emotional reactions and confused (Preview) Hello, it's been some time since I posted here. I thought my recovery was going well - employment has been looking promising, I attend regular meetings and recently completed 8 months of opening a meeting - I still attend that meeting occasionally, but have others too. My diet and exercise are good - I...	Dreamnine	24	1245	Feb 18, 2010 by Dreamnine
	Temper (Preview) I'm so NOT going to win any Mom of the Year awards for the past week or so. Every time I hear the word "mom" I want to scream. Though I'm not yelling at them, I hear myself using a sharper tone than usual. I'm sure the girls can hear it too. Anyway, these feelings added to the rest of my grim being...	runnergirl	10	1116	Feb 18, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Daily Reflections - Our Paths Are Our Own + 24hrs a Day (Preview) ... there was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 25 My first attempt at the Steps was one of obligation and necessity, which resulted in a deep feeling of discouragement in the face of all those adverbs: courageously; complete...	Sobrietyspell	0	340	Feb 17, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Alcohol gone, looking for something else (Preview) Yes, I know I should be referring to yoga or running or something. I'm doing all that and still thinking about how I can feel good. Just curious if any of you sobered up from alcohol and then moved on to other things like Rx pills. I'm not intending this, if I could get to more meetings I know they are like...	runnergirl	12	1171	Feb 17, 2010 by Aquaman
	Link to something that seems to fit here... (Preview) I keep listening to this song over and over again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urv7tyeJ7qE Despite the fact that it makes me want to bawl, it's got such a good message... enjoy! Here are the lyrics... "Ordinary Miracle" It's not that unusual When everything is beautiful It's ju...	runnergirl	2	747	Feb 17, 2010 by runnergirl
	emotional hangover tips? (Preview) Hi there? I'm Sarah & I'm a grumpy but V grateful alcoholic! I've been really active in AA recently and feel great on the one hand, but a bit dazed and unmotivated on the other - I've an almost 18 year old dog who one minute looks like she's about to give in and let god then the next time I come home from Uni...	soberchick	10	2145	Feb 17, 2010 by StPeteDean
	CHARLIE IS BACK (Preview) well i went back to drinking and my inner demons just took over again... i am more addicted to alcohol more then ever now. Last night I was going to fight my brother and his friends i was so bad i started socking the brick walls ( totally stupid and paying for it right now , cant hardly type) ... i realize th...	charlie76	18	592	Feb 17, 2010 by charlie76
	Quote of the day from yesterday (Preview) Saw this yesterday and wanted to share it. An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do. - Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953), in Constantine Fitzgibbon, Life of Dylan Thomas (1965)	joelo	4	587	Feb 17, 2010 by joelo
	Finally getting through step 4 (Preview) Okay folks, not sure I would recommend waiting until almost a year and a half sobriety to do a step 4, but finally I am doing it. I am kind of like...WTF is the big deal here? I beat myself up so bad all the time that this is like nothing. I'm sort of wondering if I am doing it right. My instructions are to wr...	pinkchip	12	1005	Feb 17, 2010 by pinkchip
	I can't believe I'm here... (Preview) I'm a mom. Regardless of the name. I'm going through a terrible divorce. Been on going for 6 months. During that, I found peace by drinking after my kids, ( 2 yr old and 5 yr old) go to sleep. It's difficult to cope. I've become socially removed. I don't reach towards friends or family for support. ...	Clyde	10	904	Feb 17, 2010 by pinkchip
	Have you seen the 'orange papers' ???? (Preview) Someone emailed me this link.....I have no clue who.. and no idea why! Anyone I'm not personally familiar with who'd have my email address would have to be someone from the recovery sites I frequent....anyway....just wondering if anyone else (on MIP) received this via email.......I guess somebod...	Doll	9	5982	Feb 16, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Daily Reflections ~ The Love in Their Eyes & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Some of us won't believe in God, others can't, and still others who do not believe that God exists have no faith whatever He will perform this miracle. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 25 It was the changes I saw in the new people who came into the Fellowship that helped me lose my fear, and change my...	Sobrietyspell	1	770	Feb 16, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Hello everyone. I am seeking guidance on Step 3 (Preview) I am someone with a high need for control and do not know how (or am afraid to trust) turning my life over. Does it really work? Thank you to everyone.	blue2	17	1322	Feb 16, 2010 by blue2
	Early Mornings (Preview) I woke at 0600 this morning instead of the planned 0730, fully refreshed after just 5 hours sleep. How good is that? I've spent a pleasant half hour on this forum and now I can hear the world waking up. The birds are singing their dawn chorus, so it must be warmer after the cool night, I've been outside and r...	bikerbill	8	917	Feb 16, 2010 by bikerbill
	Hold on to the Program (Preview) Have you ever given,Till your well seemed dry. Shared so many burdens, You asked yourself Why? So much heartache, and way to much grief, How much longer must we wait? Till we get some relief. Hold on to the program Hold on till you can see Hold on a little longer The steps will set you Free Unfairness surro...	Toad	6	749	Feb 16, 2010 by Tessa
	An Idea (Preview) Hi Guys! I've had an offer of a property here in Ireland and am thinking of making it a 'sober' vacation retreat. It would have great fresh homecooked food and NO BOOZE. The property has a small Gym and is set in beautiful countryside near the sea. Do you think people would be interested? Shane	Irish Shane	13	970	Feb 16, 2010 by Irish Shane
	I just realized that it's Alcoholics Anonymous... (Preview) ...not "Life Anonymous"...or something like that, lol. I guess that I'm a slow learner (kidding), but I've finally just clicked what all you folks longer in the program have been saying -- thoroughly working this program means that we don't drink. It doesn't mean: -- that all of our char...	SteveP	7	847	Feb 16, 2010 by Avril G
	Activity that kept me coming back to the bars now helps keep me sober (Preview) In addition to being alcoholic, I was a karaoke junkie from the very beginning (back in '91 or '92). I wasn't the type of person who would just learn one or two songs and that was it... I sang literally thousands and thousands of songs. At one point I was asked to be a karaoke host, which was the perfect j...	FlyingSquirrel	7	921	Feb 16, 2010 by SoberSteve
	It feels like I'm being held to ransom here... (Preview) .......it's a high level problem. I have a motorbike. The company only made 200 of this particular model. So they only had 20 sets of front driscs made. They've run out of spares so I'm having a pair of discs made by a certain Italian company. I ordered the discs in March 09, By August 09, I was told that I'd...	bikerbill	19	1548	Feb 16, 2010 by bikerbill
	Being held hostage at meetings! (Preview) I went to a meeting yesterday and got held hostage. Maybe it's just me, but when somebody has been coming to meetings for a long time and know the book better than I, why in the hell would you bring up a topic which isn't a topic and just complain repeatedly? What do you say to this person? Aww, it will be okay...	soberdrunk	7	1049	Feb 15, 2010 by soberdrunk
	Rationalizations (Preview) I'll buy it and give it to a friend I'll buy it and have it around the house in case someone drops by. I'll buy it so I can stop thinking about buying it. I'll buy it and not drink it. Buying it means the deed is done, doesn't it? They say you relapse a week out, before you actually drink. True?	runnergirl	14	1395	Feb 15, 2010 by SteveP
	Someone on Meeting Board (Preview) Hi Would like to get a hold of the person who went by the name of "ashes" on the Meeting Board. Is anyone here that person or does anyone know who it is? Could/Was used a a nickname on the Meeting Board. Please Private Message me. -- Edited by kld47 on Sunday 14th of February 2010 09:35:54 AM	kld47	2	566	Feb 15, 2010 by FlyingSquirrel
	Wishing everyone here a very Happy Valentine's Day (Preview) Happy Love day everyone.... Hugs,Toni	Just Toni	8	1259	Feb 15, 2010 by pinkchip
	friends relapse (Preview) i have a friend who has really been there for myself and my son, in times of trouble..my son has tried to committ suicide a year ago and was nearly successful, its been quite a journey getting him all hooked into mental health professionals ect. this guy gave me rides to the youth psych ward..came over wh...	cindy	8	986	Feb 15, 2010 by Avril G
	Encouraging members of opposite sex in A.A. / do my motives have to be pure as snow? (Preview) I do my best to avoid members of the opposite sex in A.A. that I am attracted to, because I am trying to follow suggestions and don't trust myself to do the right thing. But something that happened yesterday made me question myself. Someone who came into the program around the same time as me (last April...	FlyingSquirrel	22	6723	Feb 14, 2010 by Tessa
	Daily Reflections ~ Taking Action & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us--sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 One of the most important things A.A. has given me, in addition to freedom from booze, is the ability...	Sobrietyspell	0	287	Feb 14, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Made A Mistake! (Preview) Don't know where else to go to confess this. I'm too ashamed to go to my AA group with this. They are all so proud of me. Today I started a week off vacation from work. I have 80 days of sobriety under my belt. Well, didn't I think that I could handle wine again!!! Just two glasses with dinner to celebra...	MAL	23	1385	Feb 14, 2010 by MAL
	An oldie but a goodie (Preview) A recovered alcoholic was telling a friend that on awakening each morning he prays to God for another day of sobriety, and that each night before retiring he thanks God for having granted him a day of sobriety. "How do you know it was God who gave you the day of sobriety?" the friend asked. &qu...	FlyingSquirrel	6	729	Feb 14, 2010 by TwistedServant
	Question... (Preview) How do some of ya'll feel after a meeting? I always feel emotionally drained (from all the intense listening, I guess), but mentally stimulated & at ease after a meeting. I like to follow a meeting with a quiet meditation to reflect on the gems of the meeting (A.K.A. 30-minut nap). Peace, Rob -- Ed...	Aquaman	8	875	Feb 14, 2010 by TwistedServant
	White Flag (Preview) At one of the groups I belong to we study the 12 Traditions. It used to be just a step study group until one day I realized that the essays in my 12 and 12 on the steps were all highlighted and pages were torn and splattered with coffee rings, but the section on the traditions was completely unharmed. Of cou...	Wolfie	8	1538	Feb 14, 2010 by TwistedServant
	Planning the Drink (Preview) Hi...with all due respect, comments about all drinking being planned is a scientifically disproven old myth, based on the limitations of past knowledge. When alcoholism used to be viewed, mistakenly, as a psychological problem, the brain mechanisms were not yet sufficiently studied as to know...	leeu	7	976	Feb 14, 2010 by Dreamnine
	sober & separated (Preview) Dang!! (Can ya tell I don't really wanna talk about it...just need some a virtual hugs!)	leeu	17	1068	Feb 14, 2010 by TwistedServant
	Cause you'll listen (Preview) This isn't a major concern, just a TGIF for me. The folks in town have been pounding lately(NOT ME Though, pounding the booze, or them pounding on me). Working in the restaurant has been fine while working the program and has also been helpful in a weird way. The way the bar is set up, we don't get many s...	angelov8	6	500	Feb 14, 2010 by TwistedServant
	StPeteDean [asked] me to introduce myself (Preview) Greetings, I am new to this site, but I have been sober a number of years. I cut my teeth on AA while in treatment. My story is not so remarkable in retrospect, but at the time I was terminally unique. I came by alcoholism quite honestly, another in a long line from each side of my family. Factor in some c...	murrill	40	1518	Feb 14, 2010 by TwistedServant
	Simple and true (Preview) I had heard this line before, but never in an AA meeting. At a meeting last night I heard a guy say "You gotta stand for something or else you'll fall for anything, and if you fall for anything, you won't make it" The way I thought of that was, 'is believing in a HP and in AA so bad? if I don't/can't/...	Dodsworth	9	777	Feb 14, 2010 by TwistedServant
	please assure me that I'm not a lost cause (Preview) I went to my fist AA meeting last Thursday. I found a group that really stresses that "god" is whatever we understand him to be, which is important to me because I am not a religious person. I have always viewed AA to be really religious-centric, which is a turn-off for me. I was scared to death...	nutmeg022	16	1026	Feb 14, 2010 by TwistedServant
	me! (Preview) just so you know, the pic is of my son and myself at our local alano club. We both volunteer down there. my teenage son has been coming to meetings with me since he was a baby..he has had his own troubles and program has helped us both..now he quotes stuff at me and shocks the heck out of me at times!! out of the...	cindy	7	853	Feb 14, 2010 by TwistedServant
	Career Suicide and the steps? (Preview) If a person has no career aspirations, but yet still put's their foot in it, is it still career suicide? And more to the point, in the grand scheme of things, does it matter? I was at a whole team meeting at work on Thursday, in Birmingham. (West Midlands, UK, not Alabama). Around 200 of us, with some senio...	bikerbill	14	1258	Feb 14, 2010 by SteveP
	Anybody see the recent article on Good Housekeeping? (Preview) My friend told me about it, but I've yet to see it... I think it's about mommy-drunks. Anyway, curious what issue it's in... if you know, fill me in.	runnergirl	5	1112	Feb 14, 2010 by pinkchip
	I'm in trouble (Preview) I have been sober for over a year, since then I have started smoking and overeating. At the beginning of my recovery I suffered depression and fatigue, this is still the case. I don't understand what is happening to me or what I can do	Thanks	9	992	Feb 13, 2010 by Pablo
	Daily Reflections - We Can't Think Our Way Sober + 24hrs a Day (Preview) To the intellectually self-sufficient man or woman, many A.A.'s can say, "Yes, we were like you--far too smart for our own good.... Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brain power alone." AS BILL SEES IT, p. 60 Even the most brilliant mind is no defense against...	Sobrietyspell	0	631	Feb 13, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Spoken word on the olympics... (Preview) Not sure how I feel about this. (Need to add a bit of levity to my night...)	runnergirl	1	693	Feb 13, 2010 by SoberSteve
	I finally discovered how to drink like normal people!!!!! (Preview) I just make sure there's no alcohol in my drinks! Gotcha!	FlyingSquirrel	6	1478	Feb 12, 2010 by Avril G
	Public Information Service (Preview) Aloha Family...anyone here done service in their district with Public Information? I need support, ESH, mentoring, sponsorship in this area. Yes I have asked locally and have hitched up with Literature and more and a live voice to listen to would also fill in the contrast. At your convenience and...	Jerry F	2	694	Feb 12, 2010 by Avril G
	When do you feel the "need" to go to a meeting? (Preview) I planned on going to a meeting at noon. Not feeling the need for one. Now, after struggling trying to get the car out from under the snow, I'm stuck! I need to go to the store, etc & now I'm pi$$ed off at the world! Had to come back in & take a deep breath & accept that I get to sit at home all day...	Tessa	9	993	Feb 12, 2010 by Avril G
	Daily Reflections ~ The Limits of Self-Reliance & 24hrs a Day (Preview) We asked ourselves why we had them [fears]. Wasn't it because self-reliance failed us? ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.68 All of my character defects separate me from God's will. When I ignore my association with Him I face the world and my alcoholism alone and must depend on self-reliance. I have never fou...	Sobrietyspell	0	1500	Feb 12, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	I had a spiritual experience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Preview) Hey all. Gonna give you an update over the past few days. This is great! As you all know I was struggling. In a huge depression. Thursday night I had prayed to God to take me off this planet. I didn't care how, all I know is that I couldn't take this pain anymore and I didn't want to drink over it. Friday mornin...	soberdrunk	13	1134	Feb 11, 2010 by murrill
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