Alcoholics Anonymous

janet · janet

They say, you are what you eat,but maybe it is closer to the truth to say you are the way you live. A look at how we live shows that our use of alcohol and other mind-altering drugs has become a way of life. Living the high life gradually takes on a chemical hue until we can't party,swim,ski, or make love with...

Reffner · Reffner

I'm sick . Been sick for the last 2 days. Fever, aches and pains, and don't even want to think about food. Last night while I was lying in bed I had one of those moments when everything seems to make sense. For me, these are very spiritual experiences, and love the fact that I can recognize them today. I...

Kieran · Kieran

If i have access to drink, i normaly drink the lot, well if able to drink the lot, food becomes 2-3 if not 4th place. i also play comp games and at times i run out of acholl, then coffee will be ok, even non cafirnr coffee. ok i can't spell.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The principles we have set down are guides to progress. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Just as a sculptor will use different tools to achieve desired effects in creating a work of art, in Alcoholics Anonymous the Twelve Steps are used to bring about results in my own life. I do not overwhelm myself with li...

AGO · AGO

Size Click me to see Does This make you feel small? Click me to see Time Click me to see After watching those? maybe a little -- Edited by AGO on Wednesday 23rd of June 2010 11:13:20 PM

jj · jj

In my dream last night i walked away from my sobriety. Just gave it away like it was nothing.... told my Sponsor, "so what" .... It Shook me up as I was waking to think I had to start all over again with day one, but I remember thinking that I can not continue in this relapse... it will kill m...

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

Hi all, I was hoping you might be able to share some advice on changing sponsors and whether in fact that might be warranted. My sponsor is a very nice woman and has a lot of life experience, but I am her first sponsee, and I'm starting to think that maybe she just doesn't have the AA experience to help a newc...

MLB · MLB

90 days sober today. 89 days ago I was downing a 5th of whiskey a day. Its really been tough, but I'm thankful for this time. The first 30 days were hell,no sleep, detox...the next 60 have been no cakewalk either. Ive really had to fight for this. I need to redouble my efforts if I want to stay sober.

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Forewarned, forearmed; being prepared is half the victory. --Miguel de Cervantes There will be hard times in our program. There will be hard times in our life. That's the way life is. It helps if we accept this. Then we can prepare for tough times. We can prepare by get...

Mike B. · Mike B.

Well, I've had a nice stretch of sobriety and recovery. Peace and serenity. I continue to work the program but my diesase is active. My diesase has found a new obession, baseball. I help coach my sons All Star team and this has become the biggest thing in my life. Not good I know, but my sickness has f...

new member · srw

Am I an alcoholic if I only drink wine (everyday), don't get drunk, but need to do this almost everyday? Acoholic - I think I am - My wife thinks I am. I don't want to stop all together, I just want to stop most of the time. For years I thought it was not having an impact on my way of being, today I know that...

EricStephen · EricStephen

I wanted to narrow this down by age category as not everyone can relate to the same decade since things change, as do characteristics of drinkers. I never 'officially' drank until about the age of 17 in high school. It was my first real party, and a friend and myself went shot for shot until I ended about 1...

sarge · sarge

I asked God for strength that I might achieve;I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey.I asked God for health that I might do greater things;I was given infirmity that I might do better things.I asked for riches that I might be happy;I was given poverty that I might be wise.I asked for power that I...

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

Hi guys, Let me start by saying that I just really need to vent -- but I full appreciate that gaining a few pounds is 100% worth the gift of sobriety! Anyway, I find the AA advice to beware of "HALT" very effective... and while I can't always control the A-L-T, the H is pretty easy to control. And...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Glasgow is a beautiful place if you can open your eyes and look. But I've been there for 4 days and nights, for work. I arrived at 1 p.m. on Monday, worked until 7, went to the hotel, checked in showered shaved ate early night. Then my days went like this, up at 5 to the sound of traffic and reversing lorries,...

sarge · sarge

The trouble with holding onto hurt instead of letting go is that you continue to make decisions based on what hasn't been for a long time and you live in that long ago affixing fault and blame.

blacktile · blacktile

Hi all, I used to post under a different account last year but I've forgotten the login details. Been drunk for 16 years pretty much - drink every day, mostly to drunkeness. Anyway, I'd be interested to specifically know your experience of how long specific symptoms last after quitting. I'm on day 5 an...

Avril G · Avril G

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DPxGNt4xzk This is by a comedy duo in UK, Hale and Pace, it is a very old one, but just had it sent via email and thought it might get a laugh.

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Hey all, I'm living in a recovery home in Chicago. I have very little freedom which is probably not a bad thing. A few weeks sober now. Just wanted to say hi to all and let you know that things are okay with me. Guess I should consider myself lucky being able to clean up with assistance. I went through a one we...

hayestracey · hayestracey

hi my name is tracey im a recovering alcoholic. i was 18 wen i went to my first aa meeting, boy was that daunting, id only been drinking a few short months.......what was i doing here! my dad is a recovering alcoholic 30yrs behind him up to today. he spotted the isms in me right from early childhood and ofte...

hayestracey · hayestracey

hi im tracey. alcoholic my sober date is july 25th 2006, entered recovery oct 03 and slipped after 3 yrs, have almost 4 yrs again Please god one day at a time. friary hall, ennis co clare.

leeu · leeu

out of town for a while w/o internet

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

In case anyone cares or was wondering... am on day 15.... Got some stories to tell but will do that when I get back into town on Sunday... It hasnt been a fun or pretty road but I am still alive and my HP is not done with me yet. I am determined to never ever take another drink, going to lots of meetings, got a ne...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Honesty is the best policy. --David Tuvill Newcomer I've heard people talk about "firing" their sponsors, about sponsors "firing" their sponsees. I find that term disillusioning I thought we were here to help one another. Sponsor Human re...

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GW22sAElpE&feature=player_embedded#!

Pablomoses · Pablomoses

I haven't been on MIP for all that long, so I don't know how often this syndrome gets addressed?! Sober here 5 years, 4 months.......well, my relationship to sporting events has changed since I opened myself up the MIP!! Use to be a great excuse to get loaded...if my team won, lost or tied, heck a rain-o...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: One comes, finally, to believe whatever one repeats to one's self, whether the statement is true or false. --Napoleon Hill Our inner dialogue can have awesome power. It often determines the behavior that defines who we are. We do, of course, have some choice as to th...

janet · janet

Hello sober friends, Glad to be sober today! Anyway, I was surfing "You tube" when I ran across the funniest video. How it reminded me of how it seems I often struggle with the smallest of things and sometimes have the hardest time for no reason. How the heck did I do anything drunk? LOL Bett...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Hey All, Been away but I'm fine, sober and good. Couple thoughts. When asked the other morning "How are you?" my head was in a space that answered "mid-transformation, and like-wise I see." With summer here, I'm going to two fewer noon-meetings a week and instead taking my 5-ye...

Reffner · Reffner

Okay, here's the deal. So I get to my meeting tonight an everyone who's already there is looking at me all funny. It seems as though they are even trying to avoid eye contact with me. I was a little puzzled, but put it off as nothing. Before the meeting starts, one of the ladies in the group pulls me asid...

barisax · barisax

I notice a frequent topic here is just people asking about AA, wanting to find out what is AA, how it works, etc. I think I was the same way when I made my first phone call to the area office and asked some similar questions. The people I talked to made me laugh, and that made me want to come to a meeting. Anyw...

gonee · gonee

"That God could and would if He were sought." AA book pg 60. Whenever I struggle with something that I find I cannot resolve despite using the best resources available, this short bit from the AA book resolves it for me. I have got to be honest though. Firstly I ask myself, Gonee do you really a...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi all, I had a conversation with someone that made a statement to me that in their opinion alcoholism is a pychiatric illness..... I did not offer any opinion....changed the subject...but for some reason the question is sort of haunting me.... When we drink, and in our disease, at many stages, clear...

gonee · gonee

"Suppose we fall short of the chosen ideal and stumble? Does that mean we are going to get drunk? Some people tell us so. But this only a half-truth. It depends on us and our motives. If we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we believe we will b...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Reflection for the Day Not in my wildest dreams could I have imagined the rewards that would be mine when I first contemplated turning my life and will over to the care of God, as I understand God. Now I can rejoice in the blessing of my own recovery, as well as the recover...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Don't quit five minutes before the miracle happens. --Anonymous When we came into the Program, most of us had very little to show for our lives. We believed in nothing. We had experienced great disappointments. The greedy creditor that was our addiction had stripp...

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

When I found the gift of sobriety... I tried to acquire two, what I thought were simple goals. The first one was that I wanted to live a "boring" life. And what I mean by boring is a simple life. I didn't want the drama that I had in my past. I didn't want to be known by the police or stick out in a c...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Hello my sweet Sobervibers! I need to tell you I'm away until Tuesday & will miss you all though I'll be having a fabulous time in Glastonbury Music Festival with Carl :) I'll be thinking of you & holding you with me in spirit xx I'll be on the look out for friends of Bill W & report back with my f...

hayestracey · hayestracey

hi everyone, 12.35midday irish time just thought id mention that as there as so many different time zones :) hope everyone is having a good day. i just wanted to share, im over 3 and a half yrs now after 7 yrs going to meetings, and no one has ever approached me about sponsorship, im not saying that in an ego...

janet · janet

Hello all, I went to a meeting last night, but was accused by my husband of doing drugs afterwards, or being on something. It kind of bothered me, because I am sober as a judge. After a large coffee and a few pieces of candy, I can get pretty wired,though. I walked the floor from room to room as I couldn't sl...

Larry_H · Larry_H

From Hazelden -------------------------- Making amends is more than an apology Addiction creates moral wreckage. People who become addicted to alcohol or other drugs might lie, cheat, or steal in order to get and use their drug of choice. Often what's left behind is a trail of shattered relations...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: What happens to us is not as important as how we respond. The external events of our lives are largely beyond our control. We do not choose our parents, our emotional environment, the historical period in which we live, our body type, or the flow of circumstances that...

slider84 · slider84

Hi I am moving to Liverppol soon and i have decided to finally pluck up the courage to join aa. I have been sober for nearly a year now and have been thinking about joining aa for a long time now. As i a am moving away from home i think i will need support even more to keep me on the straight and narrow. Prev...

gonee · gonee

I want to pray for you. I don't care whether you are atheist, agnostic or whatever. I pray that you will be blessed. I pray that our Father will protect you from any harm. I pray that He will look after your families and give you serenity and peace in your homes. I pray that you will know joy in your life and no...

Avril G · Avril G

http://www.aa-europe.net/eventdocs/Malta5thconv.pdf

Tina · Tina

Hi All Just thought I'd and say hi, it's been a while. Been workings and well needless to say I've slept during the day. Things are as well as can be expected, kids are fine and my daughter is starting her first job this sunday, she'll be gone for 9 weeks. Gonna miss her, the realization is she is growing...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

One of the hardest things I've ever had to do. Every cell in my body was trying to get me to turn the car around, on the way to the Vet. Earlier this week she stopped eating and drinking and her breathing was very labored. Took her to the vet wednesday and he found a tumor in her abdomin, and told us she wou...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

This brought me to the good healthy realization that there were plenty of situations left in the world over which I had no personal power--that if I was so ready to admit that to be the case with alcohol, so I must make the same admission with respect to much else. I would have to be still and know that He, no...

SteveP · SteveP

Found this on the internet. Thought that it might great spiritual tool for me, in terms of my Step 10s. Just for the record, I've got a ways to go yet in humility: today I'm probably still ticking all of these boxes. Some of the "evidences" might be a bit harsh, especially for those us who lack s...

barisax · barisax

I went to a birthday party this past weekend for a friend, one of those milestone "surprise" affairs. Probably 75 people in attendance from age 10 to 85, but the median age was high enough that at 52, I was one of the "young-uns" there. There was a bar and drinks were being meted ou...

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	From Better Living to Bitter Living through Chemistry (Preview) They say, you are what you eat,but maybe it is closer to the truth to say you are the way you live. A look at how we live shows that our use of alcohol and other mind-altering drugs has become a way of life. Living the high life gradually takes on a chemical hue until we can't party,swim,ski, or make love with...	janet	0	521	Jul 1, 2010 by janet
	My HP giving me a break (Preview) I'm sick . Been sick for the last 2 days. Fever, aches and pains, and don't even want to think about food. Last night while I was lying in bed I had one of those moments when everything seems to make sense. For me, these are very spiritual experiences, and love the fact that I can recognize them today. I...	Reffner	2	976	Jun 30, 2010 by mikef
	AA and a no dependeancy on alchol. (Preview) If i have access to drink, i normaly drink the lot, well if able to drink the lot, food becomes 2-3 if not 4th place. i also play comp games and at times i run out of acholl, then coffee will be ok, even non cafirnr coffee. ok i can't spell.	Kieran	4	757	Jun 30, 2010 by jj
	Daily Reflections ~ The Best For Today & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The principles we have set down are guides to progress. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Just as a sculptor will use different tools to achieve desired effects in creating a work of art, in Alcoholics Anonymous the Twelve Steps are used to bring about results in my own life. I do not overwhelm myself with li...	Sobrietyspell	0	832	Jun 30, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Self Centered? Me? (Preview) Size Click me to see Does This make you feel small? Click me to see Time Click me to see After watching those? maybe a little -- Edited by AGO on Wednesday 23rd of June 2010 11:13:20 PM	AGO	9	1084	Jun 30, 2010 by janet
	I had a bad dream last night (Preview) In my dream last night i walked away from my sobriety. Just gave it away like it was nothing.... told my Sponsor, "so what" .... It Shook me up as I was waking to think I had to start all over again with day one, but I remember thinking that I can not continue in this relapse... it will kill m...	jj	10	1297	Jun 30, 2010 by janet
	Sponsor issue (Preview) Hi all, I was hoping you might be able to share some advice on changing sponsors and whether in fact that might be warranted. My sponsor is a very nice woman and has a lot of life experience, but I am her first sponsee, and I'm starting to think that maybe she just doesn't have the AA experience to help a newc...	TwelveSteps	6	1234	Jun 29, 2010 by TwelveSteps
	Today is a milestone.. (Preview) 90 days sober today. 89 days ago I was downing a 5th of whiskey a day. Its really been tough, but I'm thankful for this time. The first 30 days were hell,no sleep, detox...the next 60 have been no cakewalk either. Ive really had to fight for this. I need to redouble my efforts if I want to stay sober.	MLB	12	673	Jun 29, 2010 by ljc
	There will be hard times in our program (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Forewarned, forearmed; being prepared is half the victory. --Miguel de Cervantes There will be hard times in our program. There will be hard times in our life. That's the way life is. It helps if we accept this. Then we can prepare for tough times. We can prepare by get...	Larry_H	3	640	Jun 29, 2010 by mikef
	Ripples on my pond (Preview) Well, I've had a nice stretch of sobriety and recovery. Peace and serenity. I continue to work the program but my diesase is active. My diesase has found a new obession, baseball. I help coach my sons All Star team and this has become the biggest thing in my life. Not good I know, but my sickness has f...	Mike B.	4	640	Jun 29, 2010 by mikef
	new member (Preview) Am I an alcoholic if I only drink wine (everyday), don't get drunk, but need to do this almost everyday? Acoholic - I think I am - My wife thinks I am. I don't want to stop all together, I just want to stop most of the time. For years I thought it was not having an impact on my way of being, today I know that...	srw	7	1335	Jun 29, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Alcoholics: Ages 18 - 30's: Post your stories here to better relate. (Preview) I wanted to narrow this down by age category as not everyone can relate to the same decade since things change, as do characteristics of drinkers. I never 'officially' drank until about the age of 17 in high school. It was my first real party, and a friend and myself went shot for shot until I ended about 1...	EricStephen	9	1166	Jun 28, 2010 by SoberSteve
	From Anonymous Soldier (Preview) I asked God for strength that I might achieve;I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey.I asked God for health that I might do greater things;I was given infirmity that I might do better things.I asked for riches that I might be happy;I was given poverty that I might be wise.I asked for power that I...	sarge	3	769	Jun 28, 2010 by turninggrey
	H-A-L-T --> F-A-T! (Preview) Hi guys, Let me start by saying that I just really need to vent -- but I full appreciate that gaining a few pounds is 100% worth the gift of sobriety! Anyway, I find the AA advice to beware of "HALT" very effective... and while I can't always control the A-L-T, the H is pretty easy to control. And...	TwelveSteps	14	1092	Jun 28, 2010 by MLB
	I'm Back from the concrete wildeness of the city. (Preview) Glasgow is a beautiful place if you can open your eyes and look. But I've been there for 4 days and nights, for work. I arrived at 1 p.m. on Monday, worked until 7, went to the hotel, checked in showered shaved ate early night. Then my days went like this, up at 5 to the sound of traffic and reversing lorries,...	bikerbill	5	948	Jun 28, 2010 by cindy
	Holding onto hurt (Preview) The trouble with holding onto hurt instead of letting go is that you continue to make decisions based on what hasn't been for a long time and you live in that long ago affixing fault and blame.	sarge	7	1024	Jun 28, 2010 by angelov8
	Symptoms Longevity (Preview) Hi all, I used to post under a different account last year but I've forgotten the login details. Been drunk for 16 years pretty much - drink every day, mostly to drunkeness. Anyway, I'd be interested to specifically know your experience of how long specific symptoms last after quitting. I'm on day 5 an...	blacktile	8	1041	Jun 28, 2010 by angelov8
	What AA meetings most DEFINITELY are NOT (Preview) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DPxGNt4xzk This is by a comedy duo in UK, Hale and Pace, it is a very old one, but just had it sent via email and thought it might get a laugh.	Avril G	7	969	Jun 28, 2010 by angelov8
	Hey Everyone (Preview) Hey all, I'm living in a recovery home in Chicago. I have very little freedom which is probably not a bad thing. A few weeks sober now. Just wanted to say hi to all and let you know that things are okay with me. Guess I should consider myself lucky being able to clean up with assistance. I went through a one we...	soberdrunk	6	923	Jun 28, 2010 by angelov8
	my story (Preview) hi my name is tracey im a recovering alcoholic. i was 18 wen i went to my first aa meeting, boy was that daunting, id only been drinking a few short months.......what was i doing here! my dad is a recovering alcoholic 30yrs behind him up to today. he spotted the isms in me right from early childhood and ofte...	hayestracey	4	937	Jun 28, 2010 by angelov8
	sobriety date (Preview) hi im tracey. alcoholic my sober date is july 25th 2006, entered recovery oct 03 and slipped after 3 yrs, have almost 4 yrs again Please god one day at a time. friary hall, ennis co clare.	hayestracey	5	914	Jun 28, 2010 by angelov8
	taking a computer break (Preview) out of town for a while w/o internet	leeu	2	726	Jun 28, 2010 by angelov8
	Im still alive... (Preview) In case anyone cares or was wondering... am on day 15.... Got some stories to tell but will do that when I get back into town on Sunday... It hasnt been a fun or pretty road but I am still alive and my HP is not done with me yet. I am determined to never ever take another drink, going to lots of meetings, got a ne...	SoberSteve	13	1342	Jun 28, 2010 by SoberSteve
	Human relationships change (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Honesty is the best policy. --David Tuvill Newcomer I've heard people talk about "firing" their sponsors, about sponsors "firing" their sponsees. I find that term disillusioning I thought we were here to help one another. Sponsor Human re...	Larry_H	3	830	Jun 27, 2010 by hayestracey
	Girl Drink Drunk (Preview) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GW22sAElpE&feature=player_embedded#!	TwelveSteps	2	751	Jun 27, 2010 by jj
	The Alcoholic and Sporting Events-----First Hand Experiences!! (Preview) I haven't been on MIP for all that long, so I don't know how often this syndrome gets addressed?! Sober here 5 years, 4 months.......well, my relationship to sporting events has changed since I opened myself up the MIP!! Use to be a great excuse to get loaded...if my team won, lost or tied, heck a rain-o...	Pablomoses	3	960	Jun 27, 2010 by Aquaman
	One comes, finally, to believe whatever one repeats to one's self (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: One comes, finally, to believe whatever one repeats to one's self, whether the statement is true or false. --Napoleon Hill Our inner dialogue can have awesome power. It often determines the behavior that defines who we are. We do, of course, have some choice as to th...	Larry_H	1	974	Jun 27, 2010 by Aquaman
	Life is hard enough without adding alcohol to it (Preview) Hello sober friends, Glad to be sober today! Anyway, I was surfing "You tube" when I ran across the funniest video. How it reminded me of how it seems I often struggle with the smallest of things and sometimes have the hardest time for no reason. How the heck did I do anything drunk? LOL Bett...	janet	8	1110	Jun 26, 2010 by janet
	Still Breathing in...and out...in... (Preview) Hey All, Been away but I'm fine, sober and good. Couple thoughts. When asked the other morning "How are you?" my head was in a space that answered "mid-transformation, and like-wise I see." With summer here, I'm going to two fewer noon-meetings a week and instead taking my 5-ye...	Aquaman	5	902	Jun 26, 2010 by pinkchip
	Feeling restless, irritable, and discontent... (Preview) Okay, here's the deal. So I get to my meeting tonight an everyone who's already there is looking at me all funny. It seems as though they are even trying to avoid eye contact with me. I was a little puzzled, but put it off as nothing. Before the meeting starts, one of the ladies in the group pulls me asid...	Reffner	11	2490	Jun 25, 2010 by slugcat
	Finding Out About AA (Preview) I notice a frequent topic here is just people asking about AA, wanting to find out what is AA, how it works, etc. I think I was the same way when I made my first phone call to the area office and asked some similar questions. The people I talked to made me laugh, and that made me want to come to a meeting. Anyw...	barisax	5	1201	Jun 25, 2010 by TwelveSteps
	That God could (Preview) "That God could and would if He were sought." AA book pg 60. Whenever I struggle with something that I find I cannot resolve despite using the best resources available, this short bit from the AA book resolves it for me. I have got to be honest though. Firstly I ask myself, Gonee do you really a...	gonee	1	909	Jun 25, 2010 by pinkchip
	Is Alcoholism a Pychiatric illness.....?? (Preview) Hi all, I had a conversation with someone that made a statement to me that in their opinion alcoholism is a pychiatric illness..... I did not offer any opinion....changed the subject...but for some reason the question is sort of haunting me.... When we drink, and in our disease, at many stages, clear...	Just Toni	10	1397	Jun 25, 2010 by pinkchip
	Stumbling. (Preview) "Suppose we fall short of the chosen ideal and stumble? Does that mean we are going to get drunk? Some people tell us so. But this only a half-truth. It depends on us and our motives. If we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we believe we will b...	gonee	3	815	Jun 25, 2010 by pinkchip
	Not in my wildest dreams (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Reflection for the Day Not in my wildest dreams could I have imagined the rewards that would be mine when I first contemplated turning my life and will over to the care of God, as I understand God. Now I can rejoice in the blessing of my own recovery, as well as the recover...	Larry_H	1	670	Jun 25, 2010 by Mike B.
	Don't quit five minutes before the miracle happens (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Don't quit five minutes before the miracle happens. --Anonymous When we came into the Program, most of us had very little to show for our lives. We believed in nothing. We had experienced great disappointments. The greedy creditor that was our addiction had stripp...	Larry_H	1	2412	Jun 24, 2010 by Pablomoses
	Goals (Preview) When I found the gift of sobriety... I tried to acquire two, what I thought were simple goals. The first one was that I wanted to live a "boring" life. And what I mean by boring is a simple life. I didn't want the drama that I had in my past. I didn't want to be known by the police or stick out in a c...	Dave Harm	3	2803	Jun 24, 2010 by Simple
	Glastonbury Festival! (Preview) Hello my sweet Sobervibers! I need to tell you I'm away until Tuesday & will miss you all though I'll be having a fabulous time in Glastonbury Music Festival with Carl :) I'll be thinking of you & holding you with me in spirit xx I'll be on the look out for friends of Bill W & report back with my f...	Sobrietyspell	2	1905	Jun 24, 2010 by AGO
	sponsorship (Preview) hi everyone, 12.35midday irish time just thought id mention that as there as so many different time zones :) hope everyone is having a good day. i just wanted to share, im over 3 and a half yrs now after 7 yrs going to meetings, and no one has ever approached me about sponsorship, im not saying that in an ego...	hayestracey	6	1130	Jun 24, 2010 by Reffner
	My 14 yr.old son passed out last night (Preview) Hello all, I went to a meeting last night, but was accused by my husband of doing drugs afterwards, or being on something. It kind of bothered me, because I am sober as a judge. After a large coffee and a few pieces of candy, I can get pretty wired,though. I walked the floor from room to room as I couldn't sl...	janet	13	1124	Jun 24, 2010 by Tina
	Making amends is more than an apology (Preview) *From Hazelden* -------------------------- Making amends is more than an apology Addiction creates moral wreckage. People who become addicted to alcohol or other drugs might lie, cheat, or steal in order to get and use their drug of choice. Often what's left behind is a trail of shattered relations...	Larry_H	10	9065	Jun 24, 2010 by bikerbill
	What happens to us is not as important as how we respond. (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: What happens to us is not as important as how we respond. The external events of our lives are largely beyond our control. We do not choose our parents, our emotional environment, the historical period in which we live, our body type, or the flow of circumstances that...	Larry_H	0	1226	Jun 23, 2010 by Larry_H
	Wondering what to expect from AA! (Preview) Hi I am moving to Liverppol soon and i have decided to finally pluck up the courage to join aa. I have been sober for nearly a year now and have been thinking about joining aa for a long time now. As i a am moving away from home i think i will need support even more to keep me on the straight and narrow. Prev...	slider84	7	1203	Jun 23, 2010 by Larry_H
	My prayer for you. (Preview) I want to pray for you. I don't care whether you are atheist, agnostic or whatever. I pray that you will be blessed. I pray that our Father will protect you from any harm. I pray that He will look after your families and give you serenity and peace in your homes. I pray that you will know joy in your life and no...	gonee	2	794	Jun 22, 2010 by mikef
	MALTA CONVENTION ANYONE?? (Preview) http://www.aa-europe.net/eventdocs/Malta5thconv.pdf	Avril G	4	1236	Jun 22, 2010 by Avril G
	Hi My Friends (Preview) Hi All Just thought I'd and say hi, it's been a while. Been workings and well needless to say I've slept during the day. Things are as well as can be expected, kids are fine and my daughter is starting her first job this sunday, she'll be gone for 9 weeks. Gonna miss her, the realization is she is growing...	Tina	2	726	Jun 22, 2010 by mikef
	Had to put our 15 year old cat "Tigger" to sleep this afternoon Updated with baby pics (Preview) One of the hardest things I've ever had to do. Every cell in my body was trying to get me to turn the car around, on the way to the Vet. Earlier this week she stopped eating and drinking and her breathing was very labored. Took her to the vet wednesday and he found a tumor in her abdomin, and told us she wou...	StPeteDean	25	1270	Jun 22, 2010 by louisa
	Daily Reflections ~ Today, I'm Free & 24hrs a Day (Preview) This brought me to the good healthy realization that there were plenty of situations left in the world over which I had no personal power--that if I was so ready to admit that to be the case with alcohol, so I must make the same admission with respect to much else. I would have to be still and know that He, no...	Sobrietyspell	0	2295	Jun 22, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Lack of humility (Preview) Found this on the internet. Thought that it might great spiritual tool for me, in terms of my Step 10s. Just for the record, I've got a ways to go yet in humility: today I'm probably still ticking all of these boxes. Some of the "evidences" might be a bit harsh, especially for those us who lack s...	SteveP	6	4311	Jun 22, 2010 by barisax
	How We Perceive "Normal" Drinking (Preview) I went to a birthday party this past weekend for a friend, one of those milestone "surprise" affairs. Probably 75 people in attendance from age 10 to 85, but the median age was high enough that at 52, I was one of the "young-uns" there. There was a bar and drinks were being meted ou...	barisax	4	1156	Jun 22, 2010 by Reffner
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