Alcoholics Anonymous

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...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

This morning, I woke to a text message from soon to be ex (ok, will call him "ex" from now on), apologizing for treating me like a pile of SH%! last night, because I ordered a pizza a few minutes later than I had been "instructed to do" by phone. (Ex was up for over 48 hours working on a...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Such parts of our story we tell to someone who will understand, yet be unaffected. The rule is we must be hard on our self, but always considerate of others. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 74 Respect for others is the lesson that I take out of this passage. I must go to any lengths to free myself if I wish to find t...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Happy Happy Joyful BIG1 Birthday, Laurie!!! I hope you spent it peaceful & sober. Please let us know how it was for you, dear sister. Godbless you. Love in recovery, Danielle x

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Life is good. Tomorrow's another day at the playground! (looks just like my elkhound baby girl Scouty!!) -- Edited by jonijoni1 on Tuesday 4th of May 2010 11:29:10 PM

SteveP · SteveP

Sorry if this is a re-post. But this kind of is my "what is was like" part of the story. Absolutely classic: Larry Miller's Five Stages of DrinkingLEVEL 1:It's 11.00 on a weeknight, you've had a few beers. You get up to leave because you have work the next day and one of your friends buys anothe...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Here are some Humorus Signs You Might Be an Alcoholic. PLease add your own to these and see how many we get. Larry, ------------ We are not a glum lot ----------------------------------- 1. Your bar bill last month was twice your mortgage payment. 2. You don't understand why people have problems q...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Humility "Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. "It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised, it is to have a b...

gonee · gonee

Thank you all for just being there and just being your selves. You are a special bunch who care. Here is my prayer for you. Each and every one. May God the Father heal you. May He come to your home and dwell with you, so that no evil may touch you. May He guard your life. He got tired of seeing us alcoholics suf...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Good Stuff, that HALT - Hungry...covered, ate a bunch of taquitos. Angry...stating to get too one-way with my oldest kids about their caonstant fighting and treatng each other lousy. Lonely...Yeah, I guess a little. Wife belongs to Baby, kids belong to homework, most of my old friends are still on...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Hey, a new MIP record set today "The most users ever online was 10 member(s) and 9 guest(s) at 5:35pm May 04, 2010"

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

After much discussion with my sponsor, I have made it my last Group Treatment Session. Why? Let me explain. I have been to treatment on several occasions. I have lived ina treatmetn center for a grand total of 7 months, that was years ago. I have worked in a treatment center as a residential superviso...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . . what comes to us alone may be garbled by our own rationalization and wishful thinking. The benefit of talking to another person is that we can get his direct comment and counsel on our situation. . . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 60 I cannot count the times when I have been angry and frust...

Carlotta · Carlotta

Just to let those of you who so kindly responded to my desperation cry know, I successfully got through Grad Celebrations. It was a huge success and although there was some drama, it was sort of a close call as I found my self looking to drink because, I was happy, I was disappointed, I was jealous, I was o...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

LOL..... yep, it's true. Was in Big Lots shopping for a few odds and ends for the apartment and I went ot go throught the checkout, and WHAM!!!! An old shelf, those grocery store ones that are metal and painted cream, the ones that they can raise and lower the shelves with those little diamond shaped hole...

Larry_H · Larry_H

I was at a meeting just recently and a man who was sober for 42 years made the following statement."I have been sober for 42 years and unless you have been sober for 43 years or longer you have absolutely nothing to offer me. You can't help me be sober for 43 years unless you have done it. I am here to...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Growing We all perform on two stages: one public, one private. The Public stage is what we do and say. The Private stage is what we think and what we rehearse in our minds to do on the Public stage. Even though we may never perform it, what we rehearse in our minds helps mol...

AGO · AGO

As a sponsor I mean For me it has been by far the most rewarding part of the program, I get 10% by learning, 90% by teaching, in every case whatever I was passing on to my sponsee was exactly what I needed to hear at that time. I have had maybe 100 Sponsees over the years, maybe 30 of whom I made it to step 12 with,...

AGO · AGO

OK, sound track is safe, watching with kiddies over your shoulder isn't, NSFW if someone is looking I am sorry but this as "what it was like" made me spray coffee out my nose all over the monitor What it was Like Of course that was what it was like, and what happened, this is what it's like now muc...

mikef · mikef

If I could suggest, we all get up out of our seats,walk over to someone,give them a hug and tell them you love them and then we'll move forward,doing God's will ,loving Him and loving others!

runnergirl · runnergirl

I'm feeling really alone and helpless right now. Plotting. Not good. But it feels like the only way I can rely on feeling good. Even though I know I will utlimately feel worse.

Just Toni · Just Toni

To all my brothers and sisters here, sure hope more that anything, I will not offend in any way as to the nature of this Post. My first thoughts were "Well certainly cannot a Post about it, I do not share this in meetings, only with one other person, that has a very ill child. So here goes, as most of yo...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

You know that bawling I was doing about not having anyone to eat Chinese with in my new bare apartment on the floor at 11pm?? Well, YOU all can do that with me. :o) Thanks for coming over!!

tlcate · tlcate

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=42763

camitch · camitch

I have been sober since January 31, 2010. I have been making better decisions, living better, developing relationships that just wasn't possible before. I started AA on April 10th. I have bought the big book and am starting chapter 6 Into Action. I will be attending an AA meeting in the next half ho...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or happily in this world. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 73-74 Honesty, like all virtues, is to be shared. It began after I shared ". . . [my] whole life's story with someone . . . " in order to find my place in the Fellowship. Later I sh...

Just Toni · Just Toni

This is a Posting of Oblongs that was down the Page, so I thought I would bring it up to the surface---for it's content: Oblong wrote: One of the first things I thought of when I woke up this morning was about this website and "well, I guess I can't go back on there anymore". But I am back here beca...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought for Hazelden is: Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and dust doth corrupt, where thieves break through and steal; but lay up treasures in heaven ... for where your treasure is, there will be your heart also. --Matthew 6:19 21 The True Treasure Consider the followi...

Oblong · Oblong

Hi everyone! This might sound odd to some people but after I take that very first sip of alcohol (no matter in what form) I get a bit of a pain. It's not really so much of a pain as it is a feeling of pressure or something in my urethra (I know, I know, I'm sorry but I had to say where... it might be relevant!) And i...

gonee · gonee

The AA book says "Do not be discouraged............." Why would I be discouraged? The only time I became discouraged was when my own selfish needs were not met. I am hardly ever discouraged these days because I consistently work with newcomers. The context of the book is referring to the w...

kkotz401 · kkotz401

Hello all! Just thought I would let everyone know that it is my one year anniversary of sobriety. Thank you all for you help!

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	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	555	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	909	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	1199	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	1100	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	988	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	789	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	1112	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	1018	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	7433	May 9, 2010 by SteveP
	Happy 25th Anniversary, Ellen!!! (Preview) Congratulations and thanks for sharing your sobriety with us. Keep Coming Back!	carlasober	11	795	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	1184	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	799	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	959	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	1146	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	639	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	588	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	1103	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	1293	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	1025	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	632	May 6, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Great spiritual day sad and wonderful (Preview) This morning, I woke to a text message from soon to be ex (ok, will call him "ex" from now on), apologizing for treating me like a pile of SH%! last night, because I ordered a pizza a few minutes later than I had been "instructed to do" by phone. (Ex was up for over 48 hours working on a...	jonijoni1	7	1008	May 6, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Daily Reflections ~ Respect For Others & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Such parts of our story we tell to someone who will understand, yet be unaffected. The rule is we must be hard on our self, but always considerate of others. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 74 Respect for others is the lesson that I take out of this passage. I must go to any lengths to free myself if I wish to find t...	Sobrietyspell	0	370	May 6, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Happy 40th Runner Girl!!! (Preview) *Happy Happy Joyful BIG1 Birthday, Laurie!!! I hope you spent it peaceful & sober. Please let us know how it was for you, dear sister. Godbless you. Love in recovery, Danielle x*	Sobrietyspell	10	1102	May 6, 2010 by carlasober
	Yay!!! I'm going to bed before 1am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Preview) Life is good. Tomorrow's another day at the playground! (looks just like my elkhound baby girl Scouty!!) -- Edited by jonijoni1 on Tuesday 4th of May 2010 11:29:10 PM	jonijoni1	7	629	May 6, 2010 by Oblong
	Larry Miller's Five Stages of Drinking (Preview) Sorry if this is a re-post. But this kind of is my "what is was like" part of the story. Absolutely classic: Larry Miller's Five Stages of DrinkingLEVEL 1:It's 11.00 on a weeknight, you've had a few beers. You get up to leave because you have work the next day and one of your friends buys anothe...	SteveP	9	4789	May 6, 2010 by SteveP
	Humorus Signs You Might Be an Alcoholic (Preview) Here are some Humorus Signs You Might Be an Alcoholic. PLease add your own to these and see how many we get. Larry, ------------ We are not a glum lot ----------------------------------- 1. Your bar bill last month was twice your mortgage payment. 2. You don't understand why people have problems q...	Larry_H	18	5148	May 6, 2010 by SteveP
	Humility - by Dr. Bob (Preview) Humility "Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. "It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised, it is to have a b...	Larry_H	5	8600	May 6, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Thanks and Prayer (Preview) Thank you all for just being there and just being your selves. You are a special bunch who care. Here is my prayer for you. Each and every one. May God the Father heal you. May He come to your home and dwell with you, so that no evil may touch you. May He guard your life. He got tired of seeing us alcoholics suf...	gonee	4	872	May 6, 2010 by jonijoni1
	HALT (Preview) Good Stuff, that HALT - Hungry...covered, ate a bunch of taquitos. Angry...stating to get too one-way with my oldest kids about their caonstant fighting and treatng each other lousy. Lonely...Yeah, I guess a little. Wife belongs to Baby, kids belong to homework, most of my old friends are still on...	Aquaman	9	1117	May 5, 2010 by jonijoni1
	A new MIP record set today (Preview) Hey, a new MIP record set today "The most users ever online was 10 member(s) and 9 guest(s) at 5:35pm May 04, 2010"	Larry_H	5	779	May 5, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Had to make some CHANGES today (Preview) After much discussion with my sponsor, I have made it my last Group Treatment Session. Why? Let me explain. I have been to treatment on several occasions. I have lived ina treatmetn center for a grand total of 7 months, that was years ago. I have worked in a treatment center as a residential superviso...	jonijoni1	8	1002	May 5, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Daily Reflections ~ The Forest And The Trees & 24hrs a Day (Preview) . . . . what comes to us alone may be garbled by our own rationalization and wishful thinking. The benefit of talking to another person is that we can get his direct comment and counsel on our situation. . . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 60 I cannot count the times when I have been angry and frust...	Sobrietyspell	0	458	May 5, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Got Through Graduation Celebrations (Preview) Just to let those of you who so kindly responded to my desperation cry know, I successfully got through Grad Celebrations. It was a huge success and although there was some drama, it was sort of a close call as I found my self looking to drink because, I was happy, I was disappointed, I was jealous, I was o...	Carlotta	6	1467	May 5, 2010 by SteveP
	Trip to the E.R. Today!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Preview) LOL..... yep, it's true. Was in Big Lots shopping for a few odds and ends for the apartment and I went ot go throught the checkout, and WHAM!!!! An old shelf, those grocery store ones that are metal and painted cream, the ones that they can raise and lower the shelves with those little diamond shaped hole...	jonijoni1	21	1125	May 5, 2010 by Ms London
	Heard at a AA Meeting (Preview) I was at a meeting just recently and a man who was sober for 42 years made the following statement."I have been sober for 42 years and unless you have been sober for 43 years or longer you have absolutely nothing to offer me. You can't help me be sober for 43 years unless you have done it. I am here to...	Larry_H	18	1015	May 5, 2010 by bikerbill
	Growing -- from Hazelden (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Growing We all perform on two stages: one public, one private. The Public stage is what we do and say. The Private stage is what we think and what we rehearse in our minds to do on the Public stage. Even though we may never perform it, what we rehearse in our minds helps mol...	Larry_H	0	568	May 5, 2010 by Larry_H
	What is your experience with Sponsorship? (Preview) As a sponsor I mean For me it has been by far the most rewarding part of the program, I get 10% by learning, 90% by teaching, in every case whatever I was passing on to my sponsee was exactly what I needed to hear at that time. I have had maybe 100 Sponsees over the years, maybe 30 of whom I made it to step 12 with,...	AGO	15	1584	May 5, 2010 by Mike B.
	Offensive on every level (Preview) OK, sound track is safe, watching with kiddies over your shoulder isn't, NSFW if someone is looking I am sorry but this as "what it was like" made me spray coffee out my nose all over the monitor What it was Like Of course that was what it was like, and what happened, this is what it's like now muc...	AGO	0	649	May 4, 2010 by AGO
	One giant hug! (Preview) If I could suggest, we all get up out of our seats,walk over to someone,give them a hug and tell them you love them and then we'll move forward,doing God's will ,loving Him and loving others!	mikef	10	1000	May 4, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Dumping (Preview) I'm feeling really alone and helpless right now. Plotting. Not good. But it feels like the only way I can rely on feeling good. Even though I know I will utlimately feel worse.	runnergirl	10	1247	May 4, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Well this Post is gong to be difficult.... (Preview) To all my brothers and sisters here, sure hope more that anything, I will not offend in any way as to the nature of this Post. My first thoughts were "Well certainly cannot a Post about it, I do not share this in meetings, only with one other person, that has a very ill child. So here goes, as most of yo...	Just Toni	19	1370	May 4, 2010 by FlyingSquirrel
	Celebrate with me!! (Preview) You know that bawling I was doing about not having anyone to eat Chinese with in my new bare apartment on the floor at 11pm?? Well, YOU all can do that with me. :o) Thanks for coming over!!	jonijoni1	19	1050	May 4, 2010 by SteveP
	Step 3 - Step Work Board (Preview) http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=42763	tlcate	0	591	May 4, 2010 by tlcate
	90 Days Sober (Preview) I have been sober since January 31, 2010. I have been making better decisions, living better, developing relationships that just wasn't possible before. I started AA on April 10th. I have bought the big book and am starting chapter 6 Into Action. I will be attending an AA meeting in the next half ho...	camitch	10	1052	May 4, 2010 by itsmichael
	Daily Reflections ~ "Entirely Honest" & 24hrs a Day (Preview) We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or happily in this world. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 73-74 Honesty, like all virtues, is to be shared. It began after I shared ". . . [my] whole life's story with someone . . . " in order to find my place in the Fellowship. Later I sh...	Sobrietyspell	2	464	May 4, 2010 by Larry_H
	Did you just come to MIP and then leave..... (Preview) This is a Posting of Oblongs that was down the Page, so I thought I would bring it up to the surface---for it's content: Oblong wrote: One of the first things I thought of when I woke up this morning was about this website and "well, I guess I can't go back on there anymore". But I am back here beca...	Just Toni	13	1145	May 4, 2010 by Reffner
	The True Treasure (Preview) Today's thought for Hazelden is: Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and dust doth corrupt, where thieves break through and steal; but lay up treasures in heaven ... for where your treasure is, there will be your heart also. --Matthew 6:19 21 The True Treasure Consider the followi...	Larry_H	2	558	May 4, 2010 by mikef
	pain after first sip (Preview) Hi everyone! This might sound odd to some people but after I take that very first sip of alcohol (no matter in what form) I get a bit of a pain. It's not really so much of a pain as it is a feeling of pressure or something in my urethra (I know, I know, I'm sorry but I had to say where... it might be relevant!) And i...	Oblong	7	1161	May 4, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Do not be discouraged. (Preview) The AA book says "Do not be discouraged............." Why would I be discouraged? The only time I became discouraged was when my own selfish needs were not met. I am hardly ever discouraged these days because I consistently work with newcomers. The context of the book is referring to the w...	gonee	0	651	May 4, 2010 by gonee
	One year sober (Preview) Hello all! Just thought I would let everyone know that it is my one year anniversary of sobriety. Thank you all for you help!	kkotz401	16	1173	May 4, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
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