Alcoholics Anonymous

Ari · Ari

I have a 10 year old and am new to the program. Does anyone know of any literature I could get to explain to him at his level what AA is and how it is helping mom?

mrlmonroe · mrlmonroe

Hello to this AA Community. My name is Darcey and I am an alcoholic. I was told very early in sobriety, and pointed to a place in our literature, where it says that some issues can not be helped within the confines of the program, that we need to seek outside help. Which I have had to do. But now I have forgott...

joelo · joelo

Greetings everyone, i'm new on the site as i am starting my 2nd go 'round in the program. 5 years ago i had a year of sobriety and left the program ... and OF COURSE i'm back. Peace

joelo · joelo

Does anyone know of a site (preferably with a RSS feed) that publishes the daily reflections? It would be great to install that on my gMail front page so i could have it there everyday, all day. Thanks!

TooTaaToo · TooTaaToo

I hope I can explain myself clearly in this post. I will try. At the onset of this post I want to say that I don't have any suicidal tendencies. None, thank the Lord, even though I should have. I'm beginning to think that drinking was a way for me to escape self hatred. Perhaps even a way of punishing myse...

angelov8 · angelov8

Thank you everyone for being here and for the encouragement so far. I'm writing to formally introduce myself. I'm here because I accept that I cannot stop drinking on my own, that will power alone would not suffice, I am sick with and sick of the drink. I've known for some time that alcohol was a proble...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

First, we try living in the now just in order to stay sober and it works. Once the idea has become a part of our thinking, we find that living life in 24 hour segments is an effective and satisfying way to handle many other matters as well. LIVING SOBER, p. 7One Day At A. Time. To a newcomer this and other one...

SicknTired · SicknTired

Well, I'm new and just starting this journey. I've been in denial for some time. I know that. I keep telling myself that I don't have a drinking problem because I don't drink every day, but I'm finding that I am starting to drink when I have to work the next day - when I used to only drink on weekends. I ha...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . . we then look at Step Six. We have emphasized willingness as being indispensable. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76Steps Four and Five were difficult, but worthwhile. Now I was stuck on Step Six and, in despair, I picked up the Big Book and read this passage. I was outside, praying for willingness, wh...

bikerbill · bikerbill

I do miss the taste of a good weisbeer, like Hoegarten, an aromatic single malt, a full bodied red, a heavy stout and crisp white. I don't miss the second, the third the next drinks which I never tasted anyway and i don't miss the sickness, nausea, flatulence, behaviour, consequences, chaos and havo...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

Things have been tumultuous lately, in my head that is. To reassure myself I reread 'The Doctor's Opinion' and 'More About Alcoholism' in the BB. The description of the alcoholic still fits me. However, the nature of alcoholism as defined in those two chapters has underscored my growing fears. Here...

Tina · Tina

Hi everyone Just thought I'd check in, I'm doing fine. As well as my kids are as well, went to a meeting with in the last week, it was good to get out. I'm in the process of looking into some legal matters which is frustrating all the way around, since it involves family and well etc.......... All the fun...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

I found this dated November 2006. I'd joined A.A. in the August & was weeks away from my last drunk. I love where my head was & how so much it has changed today lol The Program has given me clarity & freedom these days & life does seem simpler thanks to my HP, fellowship & all the gifts...

toni baloney · toni baloney

Hi Everyone, Today talked to my Doc, I have been symptom free since Sunday, and for now no surgery on my eye will be done. Hoping so much that this healed itself, I believe the body can do that. So for now, though, while my tear duct problem is healing (hope so) I will not b able to use the Computer. I thi...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Ahhhhh, Anyone else still like to put on cartoons as "background noise" when you wake up on Saturday morning? Its a beautiful, cool morning here in NYC. I'M SOBER. And I am planning my day. I slept 8 great hours last night, and the diet Coke (my form of caffeine) is kicking in. Booze sure m...

Jerry F · Jerry F

I've learned not to be thrown off by the memories of and still I know that whether I like it or not I'm powerless over how long they stay at times. My beer of choice use to be San Miguel. San Miguel was a part of my identity back then. Everyone drank something else or everything else but not Jerry F...he was...

bikerbill · bikerbill

.......your HP gives you a quick lesson in gratitude. I was 53 yesterday (belly button birthday) and was working, which is good and my wife came to visit. We've been separated 3+ years but our relationship is different and better. But she had to leave at 9 p.m. so i got feeling sorry for myself - y'know,...

Doll · Doll

THE BUZZARD: > If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and > is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its > ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is > that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a > run of 10 t...

TooTaaToo · TooTaaToo

Hey guys, I about two weeks in on my recovery and have been attending my local AA meeting faithfully. How do I go about getting a sponsor? No one has offered and I am thinking that maybe I need to ask for one. Ideas? Thanks!!

toni baloney · toni baloney

Seems that there are a few of us, that are now living with other people, friends, spouses, and just want to say, even with some time in the Program, I could never do that, six ways from Sunday. (Think that is the correct saying, tell me if I am wrong, ok) I just dont know how to do that, and dont want to find o...

Just a Thought · Just a Thought

Hello, Today is my first day sober. After several years of agony, and causing my husband and kids many hardships, I finally have been able to admit that I am addicted to alcohol. I read a book that described me to a T as an alcoholic and I couldn't deny it anymore. I have found useful nutrition advice and re...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Prayer for the Day I pray that I may mold my life into something useful and good. I pray that I may not be discouraged by the slow progress that I make. Sorry about my lack of knowledge, but who wrote the 24 hours a day book? This thing hits home to me everyday!!!

toni baloney · toni baloney

After reading some posts here, and thinking about how some never have the compulsion, and some still do at times, I have been thinking of just what does it mean, to have a compulsion lifted. And for me, if I was plagued with compulsions, with my own history, I have a simple answer, I would be drunk. Bu...

shedcrazy · shedcrazy

I have been drinking a 6 pack of beer a day for a couple years now and I just spent two days with zero alcohol. This morning I had a nosebleed. First nose bleed in probably twenty years. I wasnt pickin it or anything. Y'all think it could be related to cutting consumption to zero beers?

shedcrazy · shedcrazy

of two things. 1. not sleeping 2. being depressed I know this is real and is going to happen. Any advice???? especially for the sleeping part.

MDC · MDC

Like everything else, I've messed this up. How do I find a sponser. I've listened to people talking in meetings, talked to several after. the person I've been dealing with, I know is wrong, atleast for me. I can go to a meeting with him, and go to a bar with him afterwards. I think he's in this just to m...

KansasBob · KansasBob

This is my first time detoxing from a long bender (several gallons over several days)..is it normal not to be able to keep any liquids down at all? Water and Gatorade are coming up about as fast as they are going down....also, I am very paranoid, and have hand shakes....I called an old sponsor for a ride t...

bikerbill · bikerbill

just got back from a 2 week holiday 'in the real world'. I was nervous about this as it was my first holiday ever on my own but I was invited to a birthday party at a camp site with some friends in Germany and decided to go. Ferry from hull to Zeebrugge overnight, motorbike looking like a badly loaded camel (I...

DaveB84 · DaveB84

Hi. I just wanted to share this briefly. I am glad to have a sponsor who impressed upon me the importance of meeting with a newcomer or else I would have missed this experience. I was at a meeting last week, and we read tradition 5, which is powerful in itself. The meeting, as they seem to tend to do, stray...

Cash100 · Cash100

Hi all, I'm new to the forums... 2.5 years sober, 1 year into AA, trying my best to manage this crazy life. Currently working on a Step 5 with my sponsor. I need guidance on how to deal with anger. I've read some good posts here about that (you can read 'em too if you use the search function). There seems t...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Hey All, Just sitting here happy to be sober. My feet are up and I'm watching the tube. I'm not blowing money at a bar and acting like an idiot. I am not going to wake up sick. Hooray for the program!!!

cramcj01 · cramcj01

Well, about the soma......I was prescribed it because I have been having some extremely sore joints in the middle of the night and moring. My hands/arms fall asleep all night long. It's hard to walk in the mornings or to pick up anything with weight. It goes away in about an hour, execept for my bac...

mindtraveler · mindtraveler

i got sober in this relationship and i believe that my changes are causing more fights. OR he is just out right controlling. we can never agree on anything...i feel as if he is purposely doing things to piss me off, well he admits it most of the time. In turn it makes me so angry and i can't control my mouth, a...

Sacrifice · Sacrifice

Hello everyone, I'm okay, however; I can not get online to chat with all of you and I want to. I'm sure I'm sure I did something wrong but any ideas would be great. Thank you all

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission to carry the A.A. message to those who dont know theres a way out. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151 The Light to freedom shines bright on my fellow alcoholics as each one of us challenges the other to grow. The Steps to self-improvem...

florida · florida

took most of the day but we're home from my 2 hr evaluation - i did end up speaking to the counselor and telling her some of my past - left here this morn not sure what way i was going to go with it - end result was not what i was hoping for - mad at "the system" - honestly think they're out to get all they...

cramcj01 · cramcj01

My doctor prescribed me soma. I just took my first dose. The only problem is, I feel drunk.....EXACTLY like being drunk. I hate it and just want it to go away. Has any one taken it and felt the same? I took one as prescribed, and will try once more, with just a 1/2. Other than that, I'm done. Then when...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

30OUR PRIMARY PURPOSEMay 30, 2009The more A.A. sticks to its primary purpose, the greater will be its helpful influence everywhere. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p.109It is with gratitude that I reflect on the early days of our Fellowship and those wise and loving foresteppers who proclaimed that we should n...

MDC · MDC

I don't know, maybe this just isn't for me, maybe it's the wrong time, or maybe I'm just too weak. I tried this and it isn't working. I know it isn't the program, it's me. I just need a break. Thanks for all your help and hearing me out. Mark

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

God, isn't it GREAT to be sober???

lani · lani

Hi my favorite sober friends!!!!! Just dropped in to say Hello and let you know ...yes, Im still alive and sober!!!!! So many new people!!! Welcome and I love all the new comments...Could sit here all day and post something to all but....got too many things to do!!! Life has been good...still working t...

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

One of the best thrills for me is seeing a newcomer at a meeting. First I wonder, will they come back for a second meeting? Then if they do, and they then come for a third and fourth meeting, and meetings turn to months, I begin to wonder what hidden treasure will they find? I am always amazed of the hidden...

toni baloney · toni baloney

Hi all, Have not been around, cannot stay on computer, for say more that 30 a day, every over day, I have to have this Eye Surgery, where they replace my tear duct system, that got all blocked up, and stopped working, and when I went in to get the Details that is were the EEEEKKKK came from. They have to go u...

MDC · MDC

First off, sorry for spelling. I'm on my way to a hotel... My wife's reason for leaving was me drinking. Now she can't stand the 2 hrs meetings. When I'm onlne here, it's constant, "talking to your drunk buddies?" (no offense) It doesn't seem to matter, drunk or sober, it isn't good e...

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

I'd like to share a story with you, that has given me goose bumps, a nervous stomach, and filled me with a lot of excitement. The one thing that I have always loved about AA is the spirituality of it all and my own belief that nothing happens by coincidence 14 years ago I tried to quit drinking to please the...

learning · learning

Hi Everyone, I haven't slept much since Mon. night.....too excited. My son, who is doing a tour in Iraq, gets 15 days of R and R....in the states!!! His plane was delayed Mon. (My heart sank.... wondering the reasons.) He emailed about 11 hrs. ago saying he was 'leaving on a jet plane.........

MDC · MDC

I'm back at work, after a rough night. Still sober, but trying to accept the fact that my marriage IS over. Trying to stay positive and keep working. All I want to do is go home and cry. I can't believe this has to be that hard. Why can't I just get pissed at her and not care? Everyone is going for drinks...

florida · florida

since im out of state i need to have a 2hr evaluation instead of the one hour - boyfriend will be my character witness this DUI was from switching seats with an old boyfriend few months back - now im doing the time for him and paying his fines HOWEVER in just the past few days im starting to think alcohol just...

sabby · sabby

Just wanted to share a little experience I had today... I'm a few weeks back from a blip and am finding a great deal of inspiration and strength from meetings and this forum. I have mentioned before, I really never thought I would pick up again, but it just went to show how cunning this illness is... alt...

katinaz · katinaz

Members..........I don't know if this is the right place to be posting this message but i don't know where else to post a message such as this. i am posting this for my (common law) husband who is in dire need of a lawyer to defend a civil lawsuit. We are in Arizona. The lawyer he hired used up all his money an...

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	Explaining AA to Kids (Preview) I have a 10 year old and am new to the program. Does anyone know of any literature I could get to explain to him at his level what AA is and how it is helping mom?	Ari	8	1050	Jun 10, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Help - looking for where it's written (Preview) Hello to this AA Community. My name is Darcey and I am an alcoholic. I was told very early in sobriety, and pointed to a place in our literature, where it says that some issues can not be helped within the confines of the program, that we need to seek outside help. Which I have had to do. But now I have forgott...	mrlmonroe	9	428	Jun 10, 2009 by tomvlll
	New Here (Preview) Greetings everyone, i'm new on the site as i am starting my 2nd go 'round in the program. 5 years ago i had a year of sobriety and left the program ... and OF COURSE i'm back. Peace	joelo	12	405	Jun 10, 2009 by phantom
	Daily Reflections RSS daily reflections (Preview) Does anyone know of a site (preferably with a RSS feed) that publishes the daily reflections? It would be great to install that on my gMail front page so i could have it there everyday, all day. Thanks!	joelo	2	1199	Jun 10, 2009 by joelo
	Self hatred (Preview) I hope I can explain myself clearly in this post. I will try. At the onset of this post I want to say that I don't have any suicidal tendencies. None, thank the Lord, even though I should have. I'm beginning to think that drinking was a way for me to escape self hatred. Perhaps even a way of punishing myse...	TooTaaToo	16	2444	Jun 10, 2009 by Halfwolf
	Hello, my name is Angela (Preview) Thank you everyone for being here and for the encouragement so far. I'm writing to formally introduce myself. I'm here because I accept that I cannot stop drinking on my own, that will power alone would not suffice, I am sick with and sick of the drink. I've known for some time that alcohol was a proble...	angelov8	10	1406	Jun 10, 2009 by eastcoastscott
	Daily Reflections~ Living In The Now & 24hrs a Day (Preview) First, we try living in the now just in order to stay sober and it works. Once the idea has become a part of our thinking, we find that living life in 24 hour segments is an effective and satisfying way to handle many other matters as well. LIVING SOBER, p. 7One Day At A. Time. To a newcomer this and other one...	Sobrietyspell	0	3299	Jun 9, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	SicknTired of being SicknTired..... (Preview) Well, I'm new and just starting this journey. I've been in denial for some time. I know that. I keep telling myself that I don't have a drinking problem because I don't drink every day, but I'm finding that I am starting to drink when I have to work the next day - when I used to only drink on weekends. I ha...	SicknTired	8	409	Jun 8, 2009 by pinkchip
	Daily Reflections ~ On a Wing & a Prayer (Preview) . . . . we then look at Step Six. We have emphasized willingness as being indispensable. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76Steps Four and Five were difficult, but worthwhile. Now I was stuck on Step Six and, in despair, I picked up the Big Book and read this passage. I was outside, praying for willingness, wh...	Sobrietyspell	4	1209	Jun 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	I do miss the taste (Preview) I do miss the taste of a good weisbeer, like Hoegarten, an aromatic single malt, a full bodied red, a heavy stout and crisp white. I don't miss the second, the third the next drinks which I never tasted anyway and i don't miss the sickness, nausea, flatulence, behaviour, consequences, chaos and havo...	bikerbill	16	576	Jun 8, 2009 by bikerbill
	Uncertainty (WARNING: long-winded post) (Preview) Things have been tumultuous lately, in my head that is. To reassure myself I reread 'The Doctor's Opinion' and 'More About Alcoholism' in the BB. The description of the alcoholic still fits me. However, the nature of alcoholism as defined in those two chapters has underscored my growing fears. Here...	Dodsworth	16	464	Jun 7, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Just checking In (Preview) Hi everyone Just thought I'd check in, I'm doing fine. As well as my kids are as well, went to a meeting with in the last week, it was good to get out. I'm in the process of looking into some legal matters which is frustrating all the way around, since it involves family and well etc.......... All the fun...	Tina	4	691	Jun 7, 2009 by kkotz401
	Early Recovery Musings (Preview) I found this dated November 2006. I'd joined A.A. in the August & was weeks away from my last drunk. I love where my head was & how so much it has changed today lol The Program has given me clarity & freedom these days & life does seem simpler thanks to my HP, fellowship & all the gifts...	Sobrietyspell	3	374	Jun 7, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	A Reprieve (Preview) Hi Everyone, Today talked to my Doc, I have been symptom free since Sunday, and for now no surgery on my eye will be done. Hoping so much that this healed itself, I believe the body can do that. So for now, though, while my tear duct problem is healing (hope so) I will not b able to use the Computer. I thi...	toni baloney	3	464	Jun 6, 2009 by TooTaaToo
	Saturday morning check in... (Preview) Ahhhhh, Anyone else still like to put on cartoons as "background noise" when you wake up on Saturday morning? Its a beautiful, cool morning here in NYC. I'M SOBER. And I am planning my day. I slept 8 great hours last night, and the diet Coke (my form of caffeine) is kicking in. Booze sure m...	turninggrey	4	356	Jun 6, 2009 by turninggrey
	Thirty years plus and I get memory lock!! (Preview) I've learned not to be thrown off by the memories of and still I know that whether I like it or not I'm powerless over how long they stay at times. My beer of choice use to be San Miguel. San Miguel was a part of my identity back then. Everyone drank something else or everything else but not Jerry F...he was...	Jerry F	10	392	Jun 6, 2009 by TooTaaToo
	Just when you start feeling sorry for yourself........ (Preview) .......your HP gives you a quick lesson in gratitude. I was 53 yesterday (belly button birthday) and was working, which is good and my wife came to visit. We've been separated 3+ years but our relationship is different and better. But she had to leave at 9 p.m. so i got feeling sorry for myself - y'know,...	bikerbill	11	488	Jun 6, 2009 by TooTaaToo
	The Buzzard, The Bat and the Bumblebee (Preview) THE BUZZARD: > If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and > is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its > ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is > that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a > run of 10 t...	Doll	4	390	Jun 6, 2009 by TooTaaToo
	Two weeks in. Need a sponsor. (Preview) Hey guys, I about two weeks in on my recovery and have been attending my local AA meeting faithfully. How do I go about getting a sponsor? No one has offered and I am thinking that maybe I need to ask for one. Ideas? Thanks!!	TooTaaToo	6	789	Jun 6, 2009 by TooTaaToo
	Living with someone that drinks that is Alcoholic.... (Preview) Seems that there are a few of us, that are now living with other people, friends, spouses, and just want to say, even with some time in the Program, I could never do that, six ways from Sunday. (Think that is the correct saying, tell me if I am wrong, ok) I just dont know how to do that, and dont want to find o...	toni baloney	13	499	Jun 6, 2009 by pinkchip
	Today is the day. (Preview) Hello, Today is my first day sober. After several years of agony, and causing my husband and kids many hardships, I finally have been able to admit that I am addicted to alcohol. I read a book that described me to a T as an alcoholic and I couldn't deny it anymore. I have found useful nutrition advice and re...	Just a Thought	13	465	Jun 5, 2009 by toni baloney
	I love this little book... (Preview) Prayer for the Day I pray that I may mold my life into something useful and good. I pray that I may not be discouraged by the slow progress that I make. Sorry about my lack of knowledge, but who wrote the 24 hours a day book? This thing hits home to me everyday!!!	turninggrey	6	1277	Jun 4, 2009 by turninggrey
	Where does a compulsion to drink...go? (Preview) After reading some posts here, and thinking about how some never have the compulsion, and some still do at times, I have been thinking of just what does it mean, to have a compulsion lifted. And for me, if I was plagued with compulsions, with my own history, I have a simple answer, I would be drunk. Bu...	toni baloney	12	1628	Jun 4, 2009 by jonijoni1
	Nose bleeds (Preview) I have been drinking a 6 pack of beer a day for a couple years now and I just spent two days with zero alcohol. This morning I had a nosebleed. First nose bleed in probably twenty years. I wasnt pickin it or anything. Y'all think it could be related to cutting consumption to zero beers?	shedcrazy	13	3940	Jun 4, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	I've quit and I'm scared (Preview) of two things. 1. not sleeping 2. being depressed I know this is real and is going to happen. Any advice???? especially for the sleeping part.	shedcrazy	15	1152	Jun 4, 2009 by shedcrazy
	finding a sponser (Preview) Like everything else, I've messed this up. How do I find a sponser. I've listened to people talking in meetings, talked to several after. the person I've been dealing with, I know is wrong, atleast for me. I can go to a meeting with him, and go to a bar with him afterwards. I think he's in this just to m...	MDC	12	457	Jun 3, 2009 by pinkchip
	June 1st-a new birthday for me. (Preview) This is my first time detoxing from a long bender (several gallons over several days)..is it normal not to be able to keep any liquids down at all? Water and Gatorade are coming up about as fast as they are going down....also, I am very paranoid, and have hand shakes....I called an old sponsor for a ride t...	KansasBob	5	363	Jun 3, 2009 by kkotz401
	Holidays in the real world. (Preview) just got back from a 2 week holiday 'in the real world'. I was nervous about this as it was my first holiday ever on my own but I was invited to a birthday party at a camp site with some friends in Germany and decided to go. Ferry from hull to Zeebrugge overnight, motorbike looking like a badly loaded camel (I...	bikerbill	4	698	Jun 3, 2009 by bikerbill
	Frequent contact with newcomers is the bright spot of our lives! (Preview) Hi. I just wanted to share this briefly. I am glad to have a sponsor who impressed upon me the importance of meeting with a newcomer or else I would have missed this experience. I was at a meeting last week, and we read tradition 5, which is powerful in itself. The meeting, as they seem to tend to do, stray...	DaveB84	4	1711	Jun 2, 2009 by kkotz401
	Anger, resentment... how to deal with it? ESH plz (Preview) Hi all, I'm new to the forums... 2.5 years sober, 1 year into AA, trying my best to manage this crazy life. Currently working on a Step 5 with my sponsor. I need guidance on how to deal with anger. I've read some good posts here about that (you can read 'em too if you use the search function). There seems t...	Cash100	9	475	Jun 2, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Saturday Night And I'm Sober! (Preview) Hey All, Just sitting here happy to be sober. My feet are up and I'm watching the tube. I'm not blowing money at a bar and acting like an idiot. I am not going to wake up sick. Hooray for the program!!!	turninggrey	10	649	Jun 1, 2009 by shedcrazy
	Soma cont..... (Preview) Well, about the soma......I was prescribed it because I have been having some extremely sore joints in the middle of the night and moring. My hands/arms fall asleep all night long. It's hard to walk in the mornings or to pick up anything with weight. It goes away in about an hour, execept for my bac...	cramcj01	1	715	Jun 1, 2009 by StPeteDean
	relationships!! (Preview) i got sober in this relationship and i believe that my changes are causing more fights. OR he is just out right controlling. we can never agree on anything...i feel as if he is purposely doing things to piss me off, well he admits it most of the time. In turn it makes me so angry and i can't control my mouth, a...	mindtraveler	7	569	Jun 1, 2009 by kkotz401
	Help (Preview) Hello everyone, I'm okay, however; I can not get online to chat with all of you and I want to. I'm sure I'm sure I did something wrong but any ideas would be great. Thank you all	Sacrifice	3	280	Jun 1, 2009 by Sacrifice
	Daily Reflections ~ Readiness to Serve Others & 24hrs (Preview) . . . our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission to carry the A.A. message to those who dont know theres a way out. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151 The Light to freedom shines bright on my fellow alcoholics as each one of us challenges the other to grow. The Steps to self-improvem...	Sobrietyspell	1	666	Jun 1, 2009 by Sacrifice
	back from my evaluation - mind on alcohol (Preview) took most of the day but we're home from my 2 hr evaluation - i did end up speaking to the counselor and telling her some of my past - left here this morn not sure what way i was going to go with it - end result was not what i was hoping for - mad at "the system" - honestly think they're out to get all they...	florida	9	698	May 31, 2009 by pinkchip
	Soma (closed) (Preview) My doctor prescribed me soma. I just took my first dose. The only problem is, I feel drunk.....EXACTLY like being drunk. I hate it and just want it to go away. Has any one taken it and felt the same? I took one as prescribed, and will try once more, with just a 1/2. Other than that, I'm done. Then when...	cramcj01	25	1051	May 31, 2009 by Doll
	Daily Reflections ~ Our Primary Purpose & 24hrs (Preview) 30OUR PRIMARY PURPOSEMay 30, 2009The more A.A. sticks to its primary purpose, the greater will be its helpful influence everywhere. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p.109It is with gratitude that I reflect on the early days of our Fellowship and those wise and loving foresteppers who proclaimed that we should n...	Sobrietyspell	4	557	May 31, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	I give up (Preview) I don't know, maybe this just isn't for me, maybe it's the wrong time, or maybe I'm just too weak. I tried this and it isn't working. I know it isn't the program, it's me. I just need a break. Thanks for all your help and hearing me out. Mark	MDC	30	1386	May 31, 2009 by Sacrifice
	Why Stay Sober???????? (Preview) God, isn't it GREAT to be sober???	jonijoni1	9	1555	May 30, 2009 by Sacrifice
	Hello all!!!! (Preview) Hi my favorite sober friends!!!!! Just dropped in to say Hello and let you know ...yes, Im still alive and sober!!!!! So many new people!!! Welcome and I love all the new comments...Could sit here all day and post something to all but....got too many things to do!!! Life has been good...still working t...	lani	3	439	May 30, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Our Hidden Gifts (Preview) One of the best thrills for me is seeing a newcomer at a meeting. First I wonder, will they come back for a second meeting? Then if they do, and they then come for a third and fourth meeting, and meetings turn to months, I begin to wonder what hidden treasure will they find? I am always amazed of the hidden...	Dave Harm	1	306	May 30, 2009 by turninggrey
	EEEKKKK! (off topic for sure) (Preview) Hi all, Have not been around, cannot stay on computer, for say more that 30 a day, every over day, I have to have this Eye Surgery, where they replace my tear duct system, that got all blocked up, and stopped working, and when I went in to get the Details that is were the EEEEKKKK came from. They have to go u...	toni baloney	5	346	May 29, 2009 by StPeteDean
	jealousy? (Preview) First off, sorry for spelling. I'm on my way to a hotel... My wife's reason for leaving was me drinking. Now she can't stand the 2 hrs meetings. When I'm onlne here, it's constant, "talking to your drunk buddies?" (no offense) It doesn't seem to matter, drunk or sober, it isn't good e...	MDC	17	525	May 29, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Coincidence? I don't think so... (Preview) I'd like to share a story with you, that has given me goose bumps, a nervous stomach, and filled me with a lot of excitement. The one thing that I have always loved about AA is the spirituality of it all and my own belief that nothing happens by coincidence 14 years ago I tried to quit drinking to please the...	Dave Harm	7	810	May 28, 2009 by jonijoni1
	EXCITED (off subject) (Preview) Hi Everyone, I haven't slept much since Mon. night.....too excited. My son, who is doing a tour in Iraq, gets 15 days of R and R....in the states!!! His plane was delayed Mon. (My heart sank.... wondering the reasons.) He emailed about 11 hrs. ago saying he was 'leaving on a jet plane.........	learning	4	304	May 28, 2009 by jonijoni1
	Back at work (Preview) I'm back at work, after a rough night. Still sober, but trying to accept the fact that my marriage IS over. Trying to stay positive and keep working. All I want to do is go home and cry. I can't believe this has to be that hard. Why can't I just get pissed at her and not care? Everyone is going for drinks...	MDC	8	365	May 28, 2009 by jonijoni1
	going for 2 hr DUI evaluation this morning (Preview) since im out of state i need to have a 2hr evaluation instead of the one hour - boyfriend will be my character witness this DUI was from switching seats with an old boyfriend few months back - now im doing the time for him and paying his fines HOWEVER in just the past few days im starting to think alcohol just...	florida	3	868	May 28, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Perspective (and a contact with a Higher Power) (Preview) Just wanted to share a little experience I had today... I'm a few weeks back from a blip and am finding a great deal of inspiration and strength from meetings and this forum. I have mentioned before, I really never thought I would pick up again, but it just went to show how cunning this illness is... alt...	sabby	5	795	May 28, 2009 by kkotz401
	MIRACLE NEEDED! (Preview) Members..........I don't know if this is the right place to be posting this message but i don't know where else to post a message such as this. i am posting this for my (common law) husband who is in dire need of a lawyer to defend a civil lawsuit. We are in Arizona. The lawyer he hired used up all his money an...	katinaz	6	375	May 28, 2009 by kkotz401
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