Alcoholics Anonymous

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

This is a disease of the body and mind. It's a mental obsession + a physical addition that causes an allergic reaction. It's classified as a mental disorder and it's the only disease that tells you that you don't have one. I used to attend a very popular meeting in Va. affectionately called "...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

How often do we sit in AA meetings and hear the speaker declare, "But I haven't yet got the spiritual angle." Prior to this statement, he had described a miracle of transformation which had occurred in him -- not only his release from alcohol, but a complete change in his whole attitude towa...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is, or He isn't. What was our choice to be? ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.53 Today my choice is God. He is every...

Wolfie · Wolfie

I got a funny story for you. Well, it's got a message buried in it too. I been sober quite some time now. I used to know how many days but I stopped counting them. I still go to a fair number of meetings, but not because I need to. I go because the newcomer needs me to. There's this one group I go to, they meet 5 tim...

Grandnational53 · Grandnational53

Hey everyone my names Joe and i fear that i am an alcoholic. I first noticed this in high school when we would do the normal high school party thing . It started out just being friday and Saturday . Then grew quickly to Fri,Sat,Sun Then Fri,Sat,Sun,Mon and so on. But i realized that my friends and i wou...

newcomer · newcomer

Hi All, Have been getting a lot out of all the posts. Am a bit stressed over the last few days and have to practice handing it over. I am on step 4, but sometimes I vacillate between three and four. I am going through a lot of changes at the moment but am careful to listen to my HP as he guides me through some of th...

Doris · Doris

Hi there, I am a newly signed up member and would really like to succeed in becoming sober. So far today I have not had a drink......a good start for me. Here's to another day of sobriety tomorrow. Here's to all of you who have succeeded.

Jerry F · Jerry F

and that means that 31 years ago both the Jekyll and the Hyde in me screamed "Enough, I'm done...sick and tired of being sick and tired" and the journey began. Every step and every minute has been a miracle for me...every bit of it HP directed, planned and desired. My HP didn't like what I had...

zorono · zorono

I stopped drinking alcohol 10 days ago, only drank 4-5 days a week 12 pack of beer for 9 months. I am under very bad stress, major financial problems, I have been having very bad anxiety, and panic attacks. How do I stop the anxiety, worry and panic attacks without drugs? What can I take naturally the wi...

KLT · KLT

Hello everybody. Well its been a long time since ive been here, too long in fact but im back to say hi and update you all on my life. Im still sober and have been for 3 years in December. I have been really really poorly, in and out of hospital and having tests done. I was diagnosed with lung disease in Dece...

pinkchip · pinkchip

If we were, we would be playing in the superbowl today. Have a safe superbowl sunday everyone! Mark

SteveP · SteveP

I had one yesterday. Long story short, it's a friend at work's leaving drinks at a pub. I really wanted to go to this one to see this guy off: he really has been a good friend and colleague. I think that it ticked all the boxes in what the Big Book says about us going to drinking situations. So I went. I had a ton...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Even then, as we hew away, peace and joy will still elude us. That's the place so many of us A.A. oldsters have come to. And it's a hell of a spot, literally. How shall our unconscious--from which so many of our fears, compulsions and phony aspirations still stream--be brought into line with what we actu...

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	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	655	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	1089	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	987	Feb 17, 2010 by pinkchip
	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	846	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	1455	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	1010	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	837	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	1067	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	918	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	992	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	1657	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	1136	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	1489	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	638	Feb 15, 2010 by FlyingSquirrel
	Wishing everyone here a very Happy Valentine's Day (Preview) Happy Love day everyone.... Hugs,Toni	Just Toni	8	1348	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	1068	Feb 15, 2010 by Avril G
	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	360	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	1503	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	809	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	965	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	1651	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	1064	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	1157	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	564	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	1647	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	865	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	1101	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	935	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	1336	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	1186	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	1077	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	708	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	760	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	1560	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	782	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	1079	Feb 12, 2010 by Avril G
	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	1201	Feb 11, 2010 by murrill
	Ramblings from an admitted Neurotic (Preview) This is a disease of the body and mind. It's a mental obsession + a physical addition that causes an allergic reaction. It's classified as a mental disorder and it's the only disease that tells you that you don't have one. I used to attend a very popular meeting in Va. affectionately called "...	StPeteDean	8	1271	Feb 11, 2010 by Wolfie
	Daily Reflections - Getting The "Spiritual Angle" & 24hrs a Day (Preview) How often do we sit in AA meetings and hear the speaker declare, "But I haven't yet got the spiritual angle." Prior to this statement, he had described a miracle of transformation which had occurred in him -- not only his release from alcohol, but a complete change in his whole attitude towa...	Sobrietyspell	6	1196	Feb 11, 2010 by angelov8
	Daily Reflections - I Don't Run The Show + 24hrs a Day (Preview) When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is, or He isn't. What was our choice to be? ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.53 Today my choice is God. He is every...	Sobrietyspell	1	730	Feb 11, 2010 by Jerry F
	Well Informed or Mis-Informed (Preview) I got a funny story for you. Well, it's got a message buried in it too. I been sober quite some time now. I used to know how many days but I stopped counting them. I still go to a fair number of meetings, but not because I need to. I go because the newcomer needs me to. There's this one group I go to, they meet 5 tim...	Wolfie	3	826	Feb 10, 2010 by leeu
	New to the fourm (Preview) Hey everyone my names Joe and i fear that i am an alcoholic. I first noticed this in high school when we would do the normal high school party thing . It started out just being friday and Saturday . Then grew quickly to Fri,Sat,Sun Then Fri,Sat,Sun,Mon and so on. But i realized that my friends and i wou...	Grandnational53	14	1187	Feb 10, 2010 by murrill
	Feeling stressed (Preview) Hi All, Have been getting a lot out of all the posts. Am a bit stressed over the last few days and have to practice handing it over. I am on step 4, but sometimes I vacillate between three and four. I am going through a lot of changes at the moment but am careful to listen to my HP as he guides me through some of th...	newcomer	6	945	Feb 10, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Hi I'm new! (Preview) Hi there, I am a newly signed up member and would really like to succeed in becoming sober. So far today I have not had a drink......a good start for me. Here's to another day of sobriety tomorrow. Here's to all of you who have succeeded.	Doris	17	1130	Feb 10, 2010 by StPeteDean
	This is February and today is the 8th (Preview) and that means that 31 years ago both the Jekyll and the Hyde in me screamed "Enough, I'm done...sick and tired of being sick and tired" and the journey began. Every step and every minute has been a miracle for me...every bit of it HP directed, planned and desired. My HP didn't like what I had...	Jerry F	5	875	Feb 9, 2010 by pinkchip
	Alcohol withdrawal effecting my life - Help (Preview) I stopped drinking alcohol 10 days ago, only drank 4-5 days a week 12 pack of beer for 9 months. I am under very bad stress, major financial problems, I have been having very bad anxiety, and panic attacks. How do I stop the anxiety, worry and panic attacks without drugs? What can I take naturally the wi...	zorono	7	1155	Feb 8, 2010 by Aquaman
	Its been a long time. (Preview) Hello everybody. Well its been a long time since ive been here, too long in fact but im back to say hi and update you all on my life. Im still sober and have been for 3 years in December. I have been really really poorly, in and out of hospital and having tests done. I was diagnosed with lung disease in Dece...	KLT	6	755	Feb 8, 2010 by Jerry F
	We are not saints... (Preview) If we were, we would be playing in the superbowl today. Have a safe superbowl sunday everyone! Mark	pinkchip	10	1135	Feb 8, 2010 by Just Toni
	Great moments in sobriety (Preview) I had one yesterday. Long story short, it's a friend at work's leaving drinks at a pub. I really wanted to go to this one to see this guy off: he really has been a good friend and colleague. I think that it ticked all the boxes in what the Big Book says about us going to drinking situations. So I went. I had a ton...	SteveP	8	1044	Feb 8, 2010 by SteveP
	Daily Reflections - Convincing "Mr Hyde" & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Even then, as we hew away, peace and joy will still elude us. That's the place so many of us A.A. oldsters have come to. And it's a hell of a spot, literally. How shall our unconscious--from which so many of our fears, compulsions and phony aspirations still stream--be brought into line with what we actu...	Sobrietyspell	0	758	Feb 8, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
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