Alcoholics Anonymous

kj · kj

Does anyone attend the online meetings here or on any other site? If so, do you find them helpful? (Thought I'd reask --without my editorial....:))

toni baloney · toni baloney

Hi All, Sorry to say that in just practicing--getting into the OnLine Meeting, my Computer had a Security Warning........My Java option has expired.....just spent about an hour seeing if I could update,...................my computer that I have now is different that the one I had two years ago...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

At the moment we are trying to put our lives in order. But this is not an end in itself. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS , p. 77How easily I can become misdirected in approaching the Eighth Step! I wish to be free, somehow transformed by my Sixth and Seventh Step work. Now, more than ever, I am vulnerable to my own se...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Mawnin' ladies and gents. There is something I have been obsessing about for the past few days. It is a "want", not a need. And I am trying to get this "want" object for myself. But it is a little difficult, and I will be a teeny weeny bit disappointed if it does not come through. So...

Jane05 · Jane05

I'm so grateful that our Program is a Program of attraction. A women I tried to worked with in little while back, and who had to try it her way, called me yesterday. She told she needed the Program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Wow, big Step for her and for anyone who can pick up the phone and call one of us and a...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

I realize that if I'm going to actually "work the program" I'm going to have to make amends with people (regardless of how much of an asshole they were) but there's one issue that I just can't get over until I dish out a little retribution. I know this may sound like I'm being facetious but I'm n...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Well, now I know why they say don't get in a relationship in your first year. Just found out I was being cheated on the whole time by my so called boyfriend this last 8 months. Thankfully, my first thoughts are not about getting fucked up. I feel really sad, scared, and like a fool. Again, my insights i...

kj · kj

I have been reading the posts on this website for a little while now - and even tried to sign up-- I must have deleted the confirmation email so I just read what others posted and tried to participate that way (felt a bit like a stalker)- I do feel like I know a few of you already though. Anyway...I think it is...

carlasober · carlasober

Hello my name is carla and i am a alcoholic.

cramcj01 · cramcj01

I am still sober (from alcohol), but am still constantly searching for other ways to make me feel good. I hate it. Even if it's just an energy drink. I was doing so good, and though I have not drank, I feel in my heart I have relapsed on another level. There's so much more to being sober than just not drin...

MDC · MDC

I'm back. We had a great time, doing, pretty much nothing. Now, I'm back to reality, not a good place. Work, 60 hrs a week, kids back to school, (we do year round school) and of course the relationship BS. I bought a 6 on the way home. Looking at them, when did they start making bottles out of plastic??...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

I realised today (again) during & after Carl's birthday share that in order to be selfless & have my worth as a Gift of God I truly do need to give up self-seeking defects such as self-pity, self-justification, self-importance, self-condemnation so that I can allow for their respective opp...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

'sup all? Doncha know the world is ending?? Well ok maybe not. Just wanted to use that emoticon. I like boxers (but in this heat... let's just say the answer to "boxers or briefs" is, NO!) I got nothin' to say. (That doesn't always stop me from sayin' it though!)

Sacrifice · Sacrifice

Hello everyone; I recieved a phone call from my old boss, who had to let me go a few yrs back due to alcohol issues, and she wanted to talk to me about another employee there that had been with said place for numerous yrs and had got into the same thing, alcohol etc. Would it be okay if she gave her my number? W...

toni baloney · toni baloney

Hi Jen, Don't really know if you ever come in here and read, maybe you do and maybe you don't. Just want to say how much I miss you and your words of wisdom. (Dont know if your computer is broken, and cannot get another) Just wanted to say, again, how much we are missing one of our main grounding for...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Happy Soberversary, our dear Dean xxx Thank you for being such a steady, helpful, attentive, good example to all us Sobervibers! You are an Inspiration & I'm so proud to watch you give & grow. Thank you for being a staple contribution to our MIP board. Your stalwart, calming influence cre...

toni baloney · toni baloney

Hi All, In my little community they had a Major Water line break, so with notice the water was suppose to be off from 900 am til 500pm. Went into my bathroom and without thinking, like a reflex, started to turn on the water, it was only 1pm, it was ON, how great I thought at the time. Then from some air tha...

Ali7leighton · Ali7leighton

Hi all, I went to a meeting last night and it helped so much - tonight i'm at home on my own (plus kids) and my head is off on one! I know there is some positive stuff going on for me right now but it keeps getting buried - i've signed up for a short 4 month Open University course, i'm also off my anit depressant af...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

Sadly the story of my life is about as complex as shampoo instructions. I guess I could have thrown a "puke on self" in there but that's just a given :|

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

my sponsor supposedly goes to this 7am meeting. I want to go but it starts in an hour...I have no money or gas so I cant really get there. Do ya think it would be ok to call my "sponsor" at 6am to ask him for a ride? Seems a self evident question but i just dont know anymore. by the time anyone answers...

Crystalcc · Crystalcc

Hello, My fiance is currently in rehab, and it appears he is on his "pink cloud," and is feeling quite invincible. He believes he is strong enought to handle life without having to go to AA meetings when he gets out. He told me that he thinks AA is more of a service to those who had problems wit...

Ali7leighton · Ali7leighton

Hi there all, i'm looking for some good advice on daily inventories. i'm just trying to get these in as part of my daily routine, Ali.

traher · traher

Hello everyone, I am brand new to the site. I've been an alcoholic since I was 21 (29 now), although I didn't know it until recently. I thought I was fine as long as I didn't drink everyday, who cared if the weekends I was constantly drunk. I am married now and my drinking has slowed, but when I do drink I...

newcomer · newcomer

Dear all, I am going to take my time in relation to the steps and finding a sponsor. I discussed same with fellow member after meeting. At the moment, I'm just trying to get my head around everything, avoiding the playground and to actually take it one day at a time, when it goes too fast for me, I recourse t...

turninggrey · turninggrey

I am not sure if anyone remembers my post a couple weeks ago about me having a job where I travel a bunch and end up eating dinner and lunch at the hotel bar because thats where my co workers congregate. I got some suggestions to not eat at the bar, so tonight I bought a couple of appetizers and moved to a tabl...

Reffner · Reffner

Greetings to all. I've been a member here for a few weeks, and always look forward to reading all the great things here. I'm hoping you all can share some of your experience strength and hope with me. I got out of rehab 3 weeks ago today, and have 111 day behind me. I started trying to get sober about 5 yea...

eastcoastscott · eastcoastscott

Anybody seen or heard from Carol? (Quetzel)

newcomer · newcomer

Dear All, went to my second meeting today and the shares were good. I do not feel able to contribute yet and feel a bit of a phoney, though in reality I have every genuine reason to be there. I am slowly picking up the threads of real living and some of it hurts, my father wishes me to go over to his house on thur...

kj · kj

Does anyone attend the online meetings here or on any other site? If so, do you find them helpful? I'm still struggling with the going back to the meeting grind like I used to...we were all so young and there were so many of us in our "group" -- kind of like a high school class. The whereabouts of...

angelov8 · angelov8

Hi everyone, Gratefully still sober. I have been selective about sharing with those around me about the new life I'm leading. I would NEVER break the anonymity of another member. This is my question. I have friends who are pestering me about where the heck I've been lately, and why I am not returnin...

fa1rydust · fa1rydust

Hi. I am 37 days sober. I am so very grateful to have attended that first meeting on June 19th 2009. Since then I have been to a meeting almost every day and two some days. It's helping me to not pick up that first drink and to recognise that it is a daily reprieve. I'm exhausted tonight and have a thump...

newcomer · newcomer

Dear All, I sourced the meetings I can get to today and will be starting today. I was supposed to be going to the races. nervous but have looked up the directions twice and will leave in plenty of time to get there. -- Edited by newcomer on Monday 27th of July 2009 04:15:26 AM

joelo · joelo

i stumbled across a text file on my old laptop today and found this poem. The file was dated 9/27/2008. It was written to be a song, so some "rhythm" should be utilized in reading it: 18 years ... 18 years older, not wiser but worse for the wear; Eyes closed at the sunset so i won't be tempted to st...

newcomer · newcomer

First meeting done, feel good, did not feel as if I did not belong, the opposite, I think I was fairly deluded where meetings were concerned as I imagined they were not really for me, met some great people, got some numbers and am going back tomorrow, was supposed to go the races today but had I done so, I gu...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

My Boyfriend Carl turned 2 Today & I'm so proud of him. He loves & lives the Steps & passes it on.. Here's how he got here 1Day@aTime ~ My name is Carl and I am an Alcoholic. For me, to drink is to die.The last drink I had was on 26th July 2007 and at that time my life was helpless, homeless and hop...

RicksWorld · RicksWorld

http://ricksworld411.blogspot.com/2009/07/just-little-jaded.html

buckeyebear · buckeyebear

Just a note. I for the first time get on my knees to pray every morning. I am finding I am walking an equal to my peers instead of feeling less than. I always made lude statements about getting on ones knees. What a fool I was. Note I said was. Hugs to you all.

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

My sober sister in AA, "M", has just hit an 8 year-old child with her car on the way home from a meeting this morning. My friend is so devastated, we are extremely worried about her. She will not give us any details, just asks for prayers for the child, and also, please pray for her. Child is in th...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

So sayeth the (currently drinking and using) wife of someone, today. Of course we all rushed to tell him otherwise, and he knew otherwise. But I could still see some discomfort there. And at the time, I just couldn't for the life of me think what to say. See, we "macho men" don't want to loo...

Scott Powell · Scott Powell

I drink a lot of beer and about once every 3-4 weeks, there is a day when I feel completely exhausted and spent...I get chills all day, have no appetite and will basically spend all day in bed other than to use the bathroom or get a drink of water. Is this alcohol withdrawal or something else?

toni baloney · toni baloney

Before, when someone signed on, and hit the Avatar link, it would take you to a selection of different faces, and had a second page to it too. So I was just checking it out, for someone that is new, so I practiced on my own first, hit the change Avatar button, and it would only take me to my own Pictures on my...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Really now, no reason for the title, just feeling my oats tonight. Another week sober, another weekend coming up in which to wrestle with my bathtub (screwed up my caulking last week... ARGH!), and best of all, I have not had the urge to drink. not had the obsession, in over 20 months now, since a 2 week re...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

just told my sponsor the other day that i was done drinkin...just told him that i was "done"....and with good reason he has every reason NOT to believe me which he doesnt...I should be slaughtered for my discretion...i mean what do you tell your sponsor of 2 years that your serious? You jus...

barisax · barisax

Yep, I really did it! I said I was going to but not when, so now it's done! Biggest difference: not spending every waking moment on some aspect of the wedding. It really came off well. My sober-A stepdaughter gave the toast (with ginger ale) and it was one of the nicest things anybody ever said about me....

Sacrifice · Sacrifice

Hello everyone, Since school started for me I have gradually stopped going to my A.A. meetings. I see a lot of the members from my home group in the place where I work so I know that they know I am doing okay, but that really doesn't seem right somehow on so many levels. Idk, when I stopped going it was not t...

pinkchip · pinkchip

This was brought up in another thread and has been the topic of meetings I have been to. I noticed myself doing this so so much in the first few months of sobriety. I lived in chaos so long that my brain created it and still does to an extent because it is used to drama, misery, and chaos. I wanted to post ab...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

My grand sponsor is dying of lymphoma. It is a kind that does not respond well to treatment. My sponsor is very upset (and so are all of us in the "sponsorship family of women"). My sponsor said to me, "I have to face the fact that the woman who showed me how to stay sober so I could live, is no...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

LOL.... My husband was getting out of the shower tonight, singing a song that had me rolling. He sings these old-school country songs in the shower, often with hilarious themes most of which I have never heard. Tonight's was something like- "If me and my wife get to fussin' tonight, Me and that wo...

Heaja13 · Heaja13

I'm new to this message board and thought I would introduce myself and give you a brief version of my current story. I'm 31 years old and have been trying (unsucessfully) to be sober for just over a year now. I have good days and bad days. This time around I've been sober since June 26th. I was in denial for...

bikerbill · bikerbill

My wife went to visit her Mum in the old folks home at the weekend, taking my son and daughter with her. Son and daughter were dreadfully upset at the state of their Nan and were very withdrawn after the visit. My wife got talking to the daughter on Wednesday - explaining her Mum's condition and asking wha...

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	O/L mettings (Preview) Does anyone attend the online meetings here or on any other site? If so, do you find them helpful? (Thought I'd reask --without my editorial....:))	kj	12	410	Aug 3, 2009 by angelov8
	** ABOUT ON LINE MEETINGS ** (Preview) Hi All, Sorry to say that in just practicing--getting into the OnLine Meeting, my Computer had a Security Warning........My Java option has expired.....just spent about an hour seeing if I could update,...................my computer that I have now is different that the one I had two years ago...	toni baloney	8	512	Aug 3, 2009 by angelov8
	Daily Reflections ~ We Become Willing . . . & 24hrs a Day (Preview) At the moment we are trying to put our lives in order. But this is not an end in itself. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS , p. 77How easily I can become misdirected in approaching the Eighth Step! I wish to be free, somehow transformed by my Sixth and Seventh Step work. Now, more than ever, I am vulnerable to my own se...	Sobrietyspell	2	1162	Aug 3, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Wants vs. needs (Preview) Mawnin' ladies and gents. There is something I have been obsessing about for the past few days. It is a "want", not a need. And I am trying to get this "want" object for myself. But it is a little difficult, and I will be a teeny weeny bit disappointed if it does not come through. So...	jonijoni1	4	2108	Aug 3, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	A Program of Attraction (Preview) I'm so grateful that our Program is a Program of attraction. A women I tried to worked with in little while back, and who had to try it her way, called me yesterday. She told she needed the Program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Wow, big Step for her and for anyone who can pick up the phone and call one of us and a...	Jane05	2	616	Aug 3, 2009 by Mike B.
	Is it wrong to squeeze in one last act of resentment based revenge before I come back to AA? (Preview) I realize that if I'm going to actually "work the program" I'm going to have to make amends with people (regardless of how much of an asshole they were) but there's one issue that I just can't get over until I dish out a little retribution. I know this may sound like I'm being facetious but I'm n...	Tipsy McStagger	15	1152	Aug 3, 2009 by pinkchip
	Totally bummed. (Preview) Well, now I know why they say don't get in a relationship in your first year. Just found out I was being cheated on the whole time by my so called boyfriend this last 8 months. Thankfully, my first thoughts are not about getting fucked up. I feel really sad, scared, and like a fool. Again, my insights i...	pinkchip	15	3452	Aug 3, 2009 by jonijoni1
	Been outside looking in ---time to come in (Preview) I have been reading the posts on this website for a little while now - and even tried to sign up-- I must have deleted the confirmation email so I just read what others posted and tried to participate that way (felt a bit like a stalker)- I do feel like I know a few of you already though. Anyway...I think it is...	kj	22	515	Aug 3, 2009 by angelov8
	Hello (Preview) Hello my name is carla and i am a alcoholic.	carlasober	8	516	Aug 3, 2009 by angelov8
	Down in the dumps (Preview) I am still sober (from alcohol), but am still constantly searching for other ways to make me feel good. I hate it. Even if it's just an energy drink. I was doing so good, and though I have not drank, I feel in my heart I have relapsed on another level. There's so much more to being sober than just not drin...	cramcj01	7	600	Aug 3, 2009 by Rob84
	Back from vacation (Preview) I'm back. We had a great time, doing, pretty much nothing. Now, I'm back to reality, not a good place. Work, 60 hrs a week, kids back to school, (we do year round school) and of course the relationship BS. I bought a 6 on the way home. Looking at them, when did they start making bottles out of plastic??...	MDC	12	662	Aug 3, 2009 by pinkchip
	A Moment of Clarity (Preview) I realised today (again) during & after Carl's birthday share that in order to be selfless & have my worth as a Gift of God I truly do need to give up self-seeking defects such as self-pity, self-justification, self-importance, self-condemnation so that I can allow for their respective opp...	Sobrietyspell	5	1419	Aug 1, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Everyone here is too dang happy (Preview) 'sup all? Doncha know the world is ending?? Well ok maybe not. Just wanted to use that emoticon. I like boxers (but in this heat... let's just say the answer to "boxers or briefs" is, NO!) I got nothin' to say. (That doesn't always stop me from sayin' it though!)	FlyingSquirrel	6	444	Aug 1, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	A phone call. (Preview) Hello everyone; I recieved a phone call from my old boss, who had to let me go a few yrs back due to alcohol issues, and she wanted to talk to me about another employee there that had been with said place for numerous yrs and had got into the same thing, alcohol etc. Would it be okay if she gave her my number? W...	Sacrifice	8	541	Aug 1, 2009 by jonijoni1
	I AM REALLLLLY MISSING JEN, (Doll) (Preview) Hi Jen, Don't really know if you ever come in here and read, maybe you do and maybe you don't. Just want to say how much I miss you and your words of wisdom. (Dont know if your computer is broken, and cannot get another) Just wanted to say, again, how much we are missing one of our main grounding for...	toni baloney	5	475	Aug 1, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Dean ~ Twenty Years Sober 1Day@aTime!!! (Preview) Happy Soberversary, our dear Dean xxx Thank you for being such a steady, helpful, attentive, good example to all us Sobervibers! You are an Inspiration & I'm so proud to watch you give & grow. Thank you for being a staple contribution to our MIP board. Your stalwart, calming influence cre...	Sobrietyspell	18	1699	Jul 31, 2009 by Doll
	GEEES LOUISE!(Warning: this is real trivia) (Preview) Hi All, In my little community they had a Major Water line break, so with notice the water was suppose to be off from 900 am til 500pm. Went into my bathroom and without thinking, like a reflex, started to turn on the water, it was only 1pm, it was ON, how great I thought at the time. Then from some air tha...	toni baloney	3	845	Jul 31, 2009 by jonijoni1
	Sharing the positive (Preview) Hi all, I went to a meeting last night and it helped so much - tonight i'm at home on my own (plus kids) and my head is off on one! I know there is some positive stuff going on for me right now but it keeps getting buried - i've signed up for a short 4 month Open University course, i'm also off my anit depressant af...	Ali7leighton	5	386	Jul 30, 2009 by Ali7leighton
	Drink, feel shitty, repeat. (Preview) Sadly the story of my life is about as complex as shampoo instructions. I guess I could have thrown a "puke on self" in there but that's just a given :\|	Tipsy McStagger	20	595	Jul 30, 2009 by Tipsy McStagger
	should i call my sponsor at 6am? (Preview) my sponsor supposedly goes to this 7am meeting. I want to go but it starts in an hour...I have no money or gas so I cant really get there. Do ya think it would be ok to call my "sponsor" at 6am to ask him for a ride? Seems a self evident question but i just dont know anymore. by the time anyone answers...	Dodsworth	8	458	Jul 30, 2009 by cramcj01
	Fiance in rehab, thinks he won't need AA when he gets out (pink cloud) (Preview) Hello, My fiance is currently in rehab, and it appears he is on his "pink cloud," and is feeling quite invincible. He believes he is strong enought to handle life without having to go to AA meetings when he gets out. He told me that he thinks AA is more of a service to those who had problems wit...	Crystalcc	10	409	Jul 30, 2009 by Crystalcc
	Daily Inventories (Preview) Hi there all, i'm looking for some good advice on daily inventories. i'm just trying to get these in as part of my daily routine, Ali.	Ali7leighton	7	383	Jul 29, 2009 by Simple
	Day 1 (Preview) Hello everyone, I am brand new to the site. I've been an alcoholic since I was 21 (29 now), although I didn't know it until recently. I thought I was fine as long as I didn't drink everyday, who cared if the weekends I was constantly drunk. I am married now and my drinking has slowed, but when I do drink I...	traher	12	512	Jul 29, 2009 by toni baloney
	Taking my time (Preview) Dear all, I am going to take my time in relation to the steps and finding a sponsor. I discussed same with fellow member after meeting. At the moment, I'm just trying to get my head around everything, avoiding the playground and to actually take it one day at a time, when it goes too fast for me, I recourse t...	newcomer	4	373	Jul 29, 2009 by toni baloney
	Glad to be sober! (Preview) I am not sure if anyone remembers my post a couple weeks ago about me having a job where I travel a bunch and end up eating dinner and lunch at the hotel bar because thats where my co workers congregate. I got some suggestions to not eat at the bar, so tonight I bought a couple of appetizers and moved to a tabl...	turninggrey	7	389	Jul 29, 2009 by toni baloney
	Not sure how I should feel (Preview) Greetings to all. I've been a member here for a few weeks, and always look forward to reading all the great things here. I'm hoping you all can share some of your experience strength and hope with me. I got out of rehab 3 weeks ago today, and have 111 day behind me. I started trying to get sober about 5 yea...	Reffner	8	406	Jul 29, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Carol? (Preview) Anybody seen or heard from Carol? (Quetzel)	eastcoastscott	10	438	Jul 28, 2009 by BLUESMAN
	Second meeting (Preview) Dear All, went to my second meeting today and the shares were good. I do not feel able to contribute yet and feel a bit of a phoney, though in reality I have every genuine reason to be there. I am slowly picking up the threads of real living and some of it hurts, my father wishes me to go over to his house on thur...	newcomer	7	414	Jul 28, 2009 by Rob84
	Online meetings (Preview) Does anyone attend the online meetings here or on any other site? If so, do you find them helpful? I'm still struggling with the going back to the meeting grind like I used to...we were all so young and there were so many of us in our "group" -- kind of like a high school class. The whereabouts of...	kj	1	340	Jul 28, 2009 by Jerry F
	Got the Alcoholic part of AA but need experience with the Anonymous part (Preview) Hi everyone, Gratefully still sober. I have been selective about sharing with those around me about the new life I'm leading. I would NEVER break the anonymity of another member. This is my question. I have friends who are pestering me about where the heck I've been lately, and why I am not returnin...	angelov8	9	654	Jul 28, 2009 by Ali7leighton
	Hello. Am New Here .... Just Checking In.. United We Stand. Divided We Stagger. (Preview) Hi. I am 37 days sober. I am so very grateful to have attended that first meeting on June 19th 2009. Since then I have been to a meeting almost every day and two some days. It's helping me to not pick up that first drink and to recognise that it is a daily reprieve. I'm exhausted tonight and have a thump...	fa1rydust	10	460	Jul 28, 2009 by Ali7leighton
	Ready to go to meetings - Starting today (Preview) Dear All, I sourced the meetings I can get to today and will be starting today. I was supposed to be going to the races. nervous but have looked up the directions twice and will leave in plenty of time to get there. -- Edited by newcomer on Monday 27th of July 2009 04:15:26 AM	newcomer	7	427	Jul 28, 2009 by Ali7leighton
	Poem written while still "wet" (Preview) i stumbled across a text file on my old laptop today and found this poem. The file was dated 9/27/2008. It was written to be a song, so some "rhythm" should be utilized in reading it: 18 years ... 18 years older, not wiser but worse for the wear; Eyes closed at the sunset so i won't be tempted to st...	joelo	2	595	Jul 28, 2009 by joelo
	First meeting done - Thrilled (Preview) First meeting done, feel good, did not feel as if I did not belong, the opposite, I think I was fairly deluded where meetings were concerned as I imagined they were not really for me, met some great people, got some numbers and am going back tomorrow, was supposed to go the races today but had I done so, I gu...	newcomer	6	373	Jul 28, 2009 by toni baloney
	Happy Birthday, Carl! 2 Years Sober Today :) (Preview) *My Boyfriend Carl turned 2 Today & I'm so proud of him. He loves & lives the Steps & passes it on.. Here's how he got here* *1Day@aTime* ~ My name is Carl and I am an Alcoholic. For me, to drink is to die.The last drink I had was on 26th July 2007 and at that time my life was helpless, homeless and hop...	Sobrietyspell	3	905	Jul 28, 2009 by toni baloney
	Just A Little Jaded (Preview) http://ricksworld411.blogspot.com/2009/07/just-little-jaded.html	RicksWorld	8	583	Jul 28, 2009 by RicksWorld
	Praying (Preview) Just a note. I for the first time get on my knees to pray every morning. I am finding I am walking an equal to my peers instead of feeling less than. I always made lude statements about getting on ones knees. What a fool I was. Note I said was. Hugs to you all.	buckeyebear	5	389	Jul 27, 2009 by buckeyebear
	OMG another AA crisis requiring prayer (Preview) My sober sister in AA, "M", has just hit an 8 year-old child with her car on the way home from a meeting this morning. My friend is so devastated, we are extremely worried about her. She will not give us any details, just asks for prayers for the child, and also, please pray for her. Child is in th...	jonijoni1	13	1023	Jul 27, 2009 by jonijoni1
	"Going to AA meetings is a sign of weakness" (Preview) So sayeth the (currently drinking and using) wife of someone, today. Of course we all rushed to tell him otherwise, and he knew otherwise. But I could still see some discomfort there. And at the time, I just couldn't for the life of me think what to say. See, we "macho men" don't want to loo...	FlyingSquirrel	9	1347	Jul 27, 2009 by barisax
	What is this? (Preview) I drink a lot of beer and about once every 3-4 weeks, there is a day when I feel completely exhausted and spent...I get chills all day, have no appetite and will basically spend all day in bed other than to use the bathroom or get a drink of water. Is this alcohol withdrawal or something else?	Scott Powell	3	406	Jul 27, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Just a question about the Avatars on MIP (Preview) Before, when someone signed on, and hit the Avatar link, it would take you to a selection of different faces, and had a second page to it too. So I was just checking it out, for someone that is new, so I practiced on my own first, hit the change Avatar button, and it would only take me to my own Pictures on my...	toni baloney	8	1195	Jul 27, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Hot DOGGG it's a Biggun'!!!!! (Preview) Really now, no reason for the title, just feeling my oats tonight. Another week sober, another weekend coming up in which to wrestle with my bathtub (screwed up my caulking last week... ARGH!), and best of all, I have not had the urge to drink. not had the obsession, in over 20 months now, since a 2 week re...	jonijoni1	11	401	Jul 26, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	old newz (Preview) just told my sponsor the other day that i was done drinkin...just told him that i was "done"....and with good reason he has every reason NOT to believe me which he doesnt...I should be slaughtered for my discretion...i mean what do you tell your sponsor of 2 years that your serious? You jus...	Dodsworth	13	479	Jul 26, 2009 by Dave Harm
	I Got Married (Preview) Yep, I really did it! I said I was going to but not when, so now it's done! Biggest difference: not spending every waking moment on some aspect of the wedding. It really came off well. My sober-A stepdaughter gave the toast (with ginger ale) and it was one of the nicest things anybody ever said about me....	barisax	6	1158	Jul 26, 2009 by pinkchip
	Going back to meetings... (Preview) Hello everyone, Since school started for me I have gradually stopped going to my A.A. meetings. I see a lot of the members from my home group in the place where I work so I know that they know I am doing okay, but that really doesn't seem right somehow on so many levels. Idk, when I stopped going it was not t...	Sacrifice	3	349	Jul 26, 2009 by carlasober
	Chaos where there is none (Preview) This was brought up in another thread and has been the topic of meetings I have been to. I noticed myself doing this so so much in the first few months of sobriety. I lived in chaos so long that my brain created it and still does to an extent because it is used to drama, misery, and chaos. I wanted to post ab...	pinkchip	4	331	Jul 26, 2009 by carlasober
	Please say a prayer (Preview) My grand sponsor is dying of lymphoma. It is a kind that does not respond well to treatment. My sponsor is very upset (and so are all of us in the "sponsorship family of women"). My sponsor said to me, "I have to face the fact that the woman who showed me how to stay sober so I could live, is no...	jonijoni1	3	410	Jul 25, 2009 by toni baloney
	Riotous Living (Preview) LOL.... My husband was getting out of the shower tonight, singing a song that had me rolling. He sings these old-school country songs in the shower, often with hilarious themes most of which I have never heard. Tonight's was something like- "If me and my wife get to fussin' tonight, Me and that wo...	jonijoni1	1	482	Jul 25, 2009 by turninggrey
	Struggling To Survive (Preview) I'm new to this message board and thought I would introduce myself and give you a brief version of my current story. I'm 31 years old and have been trying (unsucessfully) to be sober for just over a year now. I have good days and bad days. This time around I've been sober since June 26th. I was in denial for...	Heaja13	8	1036	Jul 25, 2009 by gioconda91607
	Relationship Progress (Preview) My wife went to visit her Mum in the old folks home at the weekend, taking my son and daughter with her. Son and daughter were dreadfully upset at the state of their Nan and were very withdrawn after the visit. My wife got talking to the daughter on Wednesday - explaining her Mum's condition and asking wha...	bikerbill	5	355	Jul 25, 2009 by jonijoni1
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