Alcoholics Anonymous

Quetzal · Quetzal

I was forty-six years old before I finally admitted to myself and someone else that my grandfather always managed to make me feel guilty, angry, and controlled. -- Anonymous We may love and care about our family very much. Family members may love and care about us. But interacting with some members...

yvonne · yvonne

i am 20 months sober and just finished my 4th step for the second time. i was sober 13 years ago for 6 years and went back out. i am looking for someone who has longer sobriety to help me through all this. i am in north cyprus right now and i am moving to the virgin islands at the end of the month. i really am looki...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We cannot simultaneously set a boundary and take care of another person's feelings. It's impossible; the two acts contradict. What a tremendous asset to have compassion for others! How difficult that same quality can make it to set boundaries! It's good to care about other people and their fee...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Renew Your Effort, p. 68 "Though I know how hurt and sorry you must be after this slip, please do not worry about a temporary loss of your inner peace. As calmly as you can, just renew your effort in the A.A. program, especially those parts of it which have to do with meditation and self...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Thousands of "Founders", p. 67 "While I thank God that I was privileged to be an early member of A.A., I honestly wish that the word 'founder' could be eliminated from the A.A. vocabulary. "When you get right down to it, everyone who has done any amount of successfu...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 34 No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can one turn his own will and his own life over to the care of whatever God he thinks there is? In my search for the answer to thi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day If we had absolute faith in the power of God to keep us from drinking and if we turned our drink problem entirely over to God without reservations, we wouldn't have to do anything more about it. We'd be free from drink once and for all. But since our faith is apt to be weak, we have to s...

Deafhawk · Deafhawk

Nobody got rocketed anywhere in the physical world until the 1960s. So, the writer in the 1930s who wrote we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence wasnt referring to transportation, he was referring to transformation. It is easy for us who have seen men walk on the moon to miss that...

Jane05 · Jane05

March 9, 2009 Quote of the Week "Those who laugh - last." I remember hearing the phrase, "We are not a glum lot" when I was new in recovery - I didn't believe it. I mean, here I was sentenced to attending meetings, prohibited from partying, and forced to believe in God. Things loo...

Paul Dylan · Paul Dylan

Hello everyone, i'm new. I basically am after some advice, as I know I have a serious drink problem, and have made my families lives a living hell. I haven't plucked up the courage to visit a meeting, but I will do and very soon. I need to know if a meeting is going to help me.

New member here... · newlife2009

Hi, to everyone.. do not know where to exactly start but I let the stress of daily life get to me and I drink just about everyday, after work, but I have quit (11 days now)... I really dont crave a drink but I feel lonely and nervous. Boy I feel dumb writing this... but I do want to become free of the hab...

Codependent2 · Codependent2

Went to Celebrate Recovery. Went to small group for chemical dependency. In the meeting we discussed our experience and I talked about how I had gone away from God after growing up in church. I talked about how I am finding my way back and rediscovering my faith. One of the girls inthe group spoke up...

Codependent2 · Codependent2

My apologies for the comments on religion. I crossed a boundary by mistake and I am sincerely sorry.

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 9, 2009 Uncover, Recover, Discover I must look squarely at the unhappiness I have caused myself and others.By uncovering my emotional deformities,Step Four led me to discoverthat spiritual principles would solve my problems.- Anonymous T...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him. -- Step Three of Al-Anon Surrendering to a Power greater than ourselves is how we become empowered. We become empowered in a new, better, more effective way than we believed possible. Doors open. Windows...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Every man and woman who has joined A.A. and intends to stick has, without realizing it, made a beginning on Step Three. Isnt it true that in all matters touching upon alcohol, each of them has decided to turn his or her life over to the care, protection, and guidance of Alcoholics Anonymous? . . . Any will...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day We must go to A.A. meetings regularly. We must learn to think differently. We must change from alcoholic thinking to sober thinking. We must reeducate our minds. We must try to help other alcoholics. We must cooperate with God by spending at least as much time and energy on the A...

Tina · Tina

Just wanted to Drop in, I'm doing a little better today, little bit more energy!! For the past few months since September 2008, I've volunteer some of my time to The Heart and Stroke Foundation. And Enjoyed it with passion.... I volunteered to become a canvasser for the month of Febraury 2009, that in...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)~ Scroll down for share ~March 8, 2009Experience, Strength and HopeThe people in the rooms understood exactly how I was,and accepted me anyway, defects and all.They are teaching me how to relate to reality without the bottle.My first drink was deadly...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

I'm on day 5 of the flu and I feel like crap, my head hurts, I'm nauseous, achy and sore. I'm grumpy and as miserable to be around as a rabid badger. All I want to do is crawl into a hole and bite anyone who bothers me. This is exactly how I used to feel after a big bender when I was seriously hungover. For som...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi everyone, I have just got back from a fantastic meeting held at a half-way house. Oh boy, did it ever remind me just how far I have come in AA and of all of the things that I have to be grateful for. There were people there who were shaking so bad through alcohol and/or drug withdrawal; people who keep tr...

gary4u · gary4u

Hi, There is an saying in AA meetings and from others that an alcoholic is always an alcoholic?.

March · March

I have not been diagnosed as an alcoholic but have certainly got a problem, I started drinking heavily three years ago . Prior to that I would drink regularly but never every day. During the week I only ever drink on an evening, and any times at weekend but usually again on a evening. I have recently gone 9...

lucaskywalker · lucaskywalker

I went back to my home group last night for the first time since my relapse, and that was really, really tough. I was so full of resentment and fear I wanted to RUN the hell out. It meets three nights a week, and I think I am going to trim my attendance down to 1 night a week (Monday night, the 12/12, the quiet...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Everything I need shall be provided today. Everything. Say it, until you believe it. Say it at the beginning of the day. Say it throughout the day. Sometimes, it helps to know what we want and need. But if we don't, we can trust that God does. When we ask, trust, and believe that our needs will be met, o...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)March 7, 2009A Selfish ProgramAA is often referred to as a selfish program, but it has nothing to do with being selfish in the traditional sense. In its original and most common usage it meansthat when we help others we are, in reality, helping ourselves...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Pg. 66 For Emergencies Only? Whether we had been believers or unbelievers, we began to get over the idea that the Higher Power was a sort of bush-league pinch hitter, to be called upon only in an emergency. The notion that we would still live our own lives, God helping a little now and then,...

Tina · Tina

Hi all Just wanted to drop in and hope all is well with everyone. Things have been rough the last 2 weeks and I haven't been feeling the great either (Health wise). So I decided to go see my family Doctor. As it turns out I have to go get some blood work done, to find out what is making me feel so BLAH, Diebet...

Joseph · Joseph

I think I've hit the bottom. I feel lousy. I drink every night. I am destroying my family. I must stop drinking and reclaim my life. I hope i have the fortitude to do this. Tonight will be the first night in many months without booze. I hope I can take it day by day and end my drinking forever. Any suggestion...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 6, 2009 WillingnessAlcohol is a formidable opponent: much stronger than we are when we're at our weakest! But with God's help, we can stand against it. When we are willing to do what we have to do to stay sober, we will stay sober! (Big Book, pp. 58-...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees ItPg. 65 Growth By The Tenth Step In the years ahead A.A. will, of course, make mistakes. Experience has taught us that we need have no fear of doing this, providing that we always remain willing to admit our faults and to correct them promptly. Our growth as individuals has depended upon t...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Do not let any prejudice you might have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 47 The idea of faith is a very large chunk to swallow when fear, doubt and anger abound in and around me. Sometimes just the idea of doing something dif...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day In A.A. we must surrender, give up, admit that we're helpless. We surrender our lives to God and ask Him for help. When He knows that we're ready, He gives us by His grace the free gift of sobriety. And we can't take any credit for having stopped drinking, because we didn't do it by o...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Anxiety is often our first reaction to conflict, problems, or even our own fears. In those moments, detaching and getting peaceful may seem disloyal or apathetic. We think: If I really care, I'll worry; if this is really important to me, I must stay upset. We convince ourselves that outcomes will be p...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

But just how, in these circumstances, does a fellow take it easy? Thats what I want to know. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 26 I was never known for my patience. How many times have I asked, Why should I wait, when I can have it all right now? Indeed, when I was first presented the Twelve Steps, I was...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Sometimes we try too hard to get this program. It is better to relax and accept it. It will be given to us, with no effort on our part, if we stop trying too hard to get it. Sobriety can be a free gift of God, which He gives us by His grace when He knows we are ready for it. But we have to be re...

Jane05 · Jane05

Dealing with Disagreeable People has been brought up here a time or two and it can be a frequent topic of a couple of my friends. It also comes up pretty regularly in AA meetings I attend. The problems - dealing with disagreeable people. Whether they are spouses, ex-spouses, parents, siblings, nei...

Jane05 · Jane05

http://area62.org/area62/convention/09SC62Cflyer1.pdf-- Edited by Sobrietyspell at 22:41, 2009-03-04

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 5, 2009 Denial It's often said, "Denial is a symptom of the disease of alcoholism." Of course, it's one thing to deny being an alcoholic when one has never had a drink. It's an entirely different story when one denies it while wondering w...

gary4u · gary4u

Hi Iam Gary age 39. I started drinking from the age of 24yrs. At first it was just an half a glass of beer which sent me spinning , but it was not often it was once in 2-3 months at first. Then it became once in an month then twice , thrice in an month. It never really did borther me much that I will become an alcho...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

I can see that we've had 12 Guests this morning already. We want to welcome you and encourage you to join our board and introduce yourself. Dean -- Edited by StPeteDean at 13:00, 2009-03-04

annmarie · annmarie

Hi everyone, I am a member of Alanon and have been helped greatly in my recovery so far on this site. I'm hoping someone may be able to give me their opinion or some direction on a question thats been bugging me for a while. |I am the oldest child in my family and in my opinion suffered a great deal because...

cramcj01 · cramcj01

I'm sure most of you are in relationships with, or have close family members/friends that are non-alcoholic. I have learned through meetings that someone without the disease will never be able to fully understand it. There is someone in my life that does not threaten my sobriety, nor EVER ask me to...

lucaskywalker · lucaskywalker

Hi, I'm Lucas. I have been in recovery for...about 2 years, now. In that time I have picked up five 24-Hour chips, four 1-Month chips, three 2-Month chips, and one 10-Month chip...and now I have to pick up another 24-Hour chip if I want to keep doing the deal. Which I do. Part of me just wants to vent,...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Pg. 64Search For MotivesSome of us clung to the claim that when drinking we never hurt anybody but ourselves. Our families didn't suffer, because we always paid the bills and seldom drank at home. Our business associates didn't suffer, because we were usually on the job. Our reputa...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The essence of all growth is a willingness to make a change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 115 By the time I had reached Step Three I had been freed of my dependence on alcohol, but bitter experience has shown me th...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Please welcome Danielle "Sobrietyspell" as our newest Moderator. She is certainly deserving of the position and immediatly accepted when asked to serve the board, which she has been doing. Not singling her out, as we have several members that work to post daily readings and answer...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

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Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Having surrendered our lives to God and put our drink problem in His hands doesn't mean that we'll never be tempted to drink. So we must build up strength for the time when temptation will come. In this quiet time, we read and pray and get our minds in the right mood for the day. Star...

Dakota · Dakota

What makes it difficult to see personal needs , change. What is it that keeps a person from getting into the same victimization cycle time after time. It is so easy to see problems in another that is victimizing you. How to get beyond that? Case in point. You are in a work place and you draw the same kind of...

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	Living with Families (Preview) I was forty-six years old before I finally admitted to myself and someone else that my grandfather always managed to make me feel guilty, angry, and controlled. -- Anonymous We may love and care about our family very much. Family members may love and care about us. But interacting with some members...	Quetzal	1	197	Mar 10, 2009 by Jane05
	looking for a member to email and share with me (Preview) i am 20 months sober and just finished my 4th step for the second time. i was sober 13 years ago for 6 years and went back out. i am looking for someone who has longer sobriety to help me through all this. i am in north cyprus right now and i am moving to the virgin islands at the end of the month. i really am looki...	yvonne	3	275	Mar 10, 2009 by gary4u
	Taking Care of Ourselves (Preview) We cannot simultaneously set a boundary and take care of another person's feelings. It's impossible; the two acts contradict. What a tremendous asset to have compassion for others! How difficult that same quality can make it to set boundaries! It's good to care about other people and their fee...	Quetzal	2	206	Mar 9, 2009 by lucaskywalker
	Renew Your Effort (Preview) As Bill Sees It Renew Your Effort, p. 68 "Though I know how hurt and sorry you must be after this slip, please do not worry about a temporary loss of your inner peace. As calmly as you can, just renew your effort in the A.A. program, especially those parts of it which have to do with meditation and self...	Jane05	1	206	Mar 9, 2009 by lucaskywalker
	Thousands of "Founders" (Preview) As Bill Sees It Thousands of "Founders", p. 67 "While I thank God that I was privileged to be an early member of A.A., I honestly wish that the word 'founder' could be eliminated from the A.A. vocabulary. "When you get right down to it, everyone who has done any amount of successfu...	Jane05	1	246	Mar 9, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections ~ Surrendering Self-Will (Preview) Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 34 No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can one turn his own will and his own life over to the care of whatever God he thinks there is? In my search for the answer to thi...	Sobrietyspell	0	331	Mar 9, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 9th March 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day If we had absolute faith in the power of God to keep us from drinking and if we turned our drink problem entirely over to God without reservations, we wouldn't have to do anything more about it. We'd be free from drink once and for all. But since our faith is apt to be weak, we have to s...	Sobrietyspell	0	234	Mar 9, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Fourth Dimension of Existence p.25 (Preview) Nobody got rocketed anywhere in the physical world until the 1960s. So, the writer in the 1930s who wrote we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence wasnt referring to transportation, he was referring to transformation. It is easy for us who have seen men walk on the moon to miss that...	Deafhawk	6	5685	Mar 9, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Those who laugh - last (Preview) March 9, 2009 Quote of the Week "Those who laugh - last." I remember hearing the phrase, "We are not a glum lot" when I was new in recovery - I didn't believe it. I mean, here I was sentenced to attending meetings, prohibited from partying, and forced to believe in God. Things loo...	Jane05	0	334	Mar 9, 2009 by Jane05
	Advice (Preview) Hello everyone, i'm new. I basically am after some advice, as I know I have a serious drink problem, and have made my families lives a living hell. I haven't plucked up the courage to visit a meeting, but I will do and very soon. I need to know if a meeting is going to help me.	Paul Dylan	15	356	Mar 9, 2009 by lani
	New member here... (Preview) Hi, to everyone.. do not know where to exactly start but I let the stress of daily life get to me and I drink just about everyday, after work, but I have quit (11 days now)... I really dont crave a drink but I feel lonely and nervous. Boy I feel dumb writing this... but I do want to become free of the hab...	newlife2009	6	364	Mar 9, 2009 by lani
	Meeting- She questioned my faith. (Preview) Went to Celebrate Recovery. Went to small group for chemical dependency. In the meeting we discussed our experience and I talked about how I had gone away from God after growing up in church. I talked about how I am finding my way back and rediscovering my faith. One of the girls inthe group spoke up...	Codependent2	5	491	Mar 9, 2009 by pinkchip
	Sorry about last post (Preview) My apologies for the comments on religion. I crossed a boundary by mistake and I am sincerely sorry.	Codependent2	3	353	Mar 9, 2009 by StPeteDean
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 9, 2009 Uncover, Recover, Discover I must look squarely at the unhappiness I have caused myself and others.By uncovering my emotional deformities,Step Four led me to discoverthat spiritual principles would solve my problems.- Anonymous T...	Jane05	0	363	Mar 9, 2009 by Jane05
	Surrender (Preview) Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him. -- Step Three of Al-Anon Surrendering to a Power greater than ourselves is how we become empowered. We become empowered in a new, better, more effective way than we believed possible. Doors open. Windows...	Quetzal	2	1216	Mar 8, 2009 by eastcoastscott
	Daily Reflections ~ Turning It Over (Preview) Every man and woman who has joined A.A. and intends to stick has, without realizing it, made a beginning on Step Three. Isnt it true that in all matters touching upon alcohol, each of them has decided to turn his or her life over to the care, protection, and guidance of Alcoholics Anonymous? . . . Any will...	Sobrietyspell	0	273	Mar 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 8th March 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day We must go to A.A. meetings regularly. We must learn to think differently. We must change from alcoholic thinking to sober thinking. We must reeducate our minds. We must try to help other alcoholics. We must cooperate with God by spending at least as much time and energy on the A...	Sobrietyspell	0	487	Mar 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Giving Back (Preview) Just wanted to Drop in, I'm doing a little better today, little bit more energy!! For the past few months since September 2008, I've volunteer some of my time to The Heart and Stroke Foundation. And Enjoyed it with passion.... I volunteered to become a canvasser for the month of Febraury 2009, that in...	Tina	5	394	Mar 8, 2009 by pinkchip
	Experience, Strength and Hope (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)~ Scroll down for share ~March 8, 2009Experience, Strength and HopeThe people in the rooms understood exactly how I was,and accepted me anyway, defects and all.They are teaching me how to relate to reality without the bottle.My first drink was deadly...	Jane05	0	227	Mar 8, 2009 by Jane05
	The flu wants me to drink (Preview) I'm on day 5 of the flu and I feel like crap, my head hurts, I'm nauseous, achy and sore. I'm grumpy and as miserable to be around as a rabid badger. All I want to do is crawl into a hole and bite anyone who bothers me. This is exactly how I used to feel after a big bender when I was seriously hungover. For som...	Tipsy McStagger	8	419	Mar 7, 2009 by Tipsy McStagger
	Just sharing (Preview) Hi everyone, I have just got back from a fantastic meeting held at a half-way house. Oh boy, did it ever remind me just how far I have come in AA and of all of the things that I have to be grateful for. There were people there who were shaking so bad through alcohol and/or drug withdrawal; people who keep tr...	Quetzal	1	209	Mar 7, 2009 by yvonne
	Does anyone believe that an alcoholic is always an alcoholic. (Preview) Hi, There is an saying in AA meetings and from others that an alcoholic is always an alcoholic?.	gary4u	7	437	Mar 7, 2009 by yvonne
	Glad Ive found you (Preview) I have not been diagnosed as an alcoholic but have certainly got a problem, I started drinking heavily three years ago . Prior to that I would drink regularly but never every day. During the week I only ever drink on an evening, and any times at weekend but usually again on a evening. I have recently gone 9...	March	5	321	Mar 7, 2009 by pinkchip
	Resentment (Preview) I went back to my home group last night for the first time since my relapse, and that was really, really tough. I was so full of resentment and fear I wanted to RUN the hell out. It meets three nights a week, and I think I am going to trim my attendance down to 1 night a week (Monday night, the 12/12, the quiet...	lucaskywalker	3	275	Mar 7, 2009 by Quetzal
	Fulfillment (Preview) Everything I need shall be provided today. Everything. Say it, until you believe it. Say it at the beginning of the day. Say it throughout the day. Sometimes, it helps to know what we want and need. But if we don't, we can trust that God does. When we ask, trust, and believe that our needs will be met, o...	Quetzal	0	402	Mar 7, 2009 by Quetzal
	A Selfish Program (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)March 7, 2009A Selfish ProgramAA is often referred to as a selfish program, but it has nothing to do with being selfish in the traditional sense. In its original and most common usage it meansthat when we help others we are, in reality, helping ourselves...	Jane05	0	330	Mar 7, 2009 by Jane05
	For Emergencies Only? (Preview) As Bill Sees It Pg. 66 For Emergencies Only? Whether we had been believers or unbelievers, we began to get over the idea that the Higher Power was a sort of bush-league pinch hitter, to be called upon only in an emergency. The notion that we would still live our own lives, God helping a little now and then,...	Jane05	0	247	Mar 7, 2009 by Jane05
	Hi just droppin in (Preview) Hi all Just wanted to drop in and hope all is well with everyone. Things have been rough the last 2 weeks and I haven't been feeling the great either (Health wise). So I decided to go see my family Doctor. As it turns out I have to go get some blood work done, to find out what is making me feel so BLAH, Diebet...	Tina	4	381	Mar 6, 2009 by Tina
	I must stop drinking today! (Preview) I think I've hit the bottom. I feel lousy. I drink every night. I am destroying my family. I must stop drinking and reclaim my life. I hope i have the fortitude to do this. Tonight will be the first night in many months without booze. I hope I can take it day by day and end my drinking forever. Any suggestion...	Joseph	9	1763	Mar 6, 2009 by pinkchip
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 6, 2009 WillingnessAlcohol is a formidable opponent: much stronger than we are when we're at our weakest! But with God's help, we can stand against it. When we are willing to do what we have to do to stay sober, we will stay sober! (Big Book, pp. 58-...	Jane05	0	236	Mar 6, 2009 by Jane05
	As Bill Sees It (Preview) As Bill Sees ItPg. 65 Growth By The Tenth Step In the years ahead A.A. will, of course, make mistakes. Experience has taught us that we need have no fear of doing this, providing that we always remain willing to admit our faults and to correct them promptly. Our growth as individuals has depended upon t...	Jane05	0	262	Mar 6, 2009 by Jane05
	Daily Reflections ~ The Idea of Faith (Preview) Do not let any prejudice you might have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 47 The idea of faith is a very large chunk to swallow when fear, doubt and anger abound in and around me. Sometimes just the idea of doing something dif...	Sobrietyspell	0	296	Mar 6, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 6th March 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day In A.A. we must surrender, give up, admit that we're helpless. We surrender our lives to God and ask Him for help. When He knows that we're ready, He gives us by His grace the free gift of sobriety. And we can't take any credit for having stopped drinking, because we didn't do it by o...	Sobrietyspell	0	267	Mar 6, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Peace (Preview) Anxiety is often our first reaction to conflict, problems, or even our own fears. In those moments, detaching and getting peaceful may seem disloyal or apathetic. We think: If I really care, I'll worry; if this is really important to me, I must stay upset. We convince ourselves that outcomes will be p...	Quetzal	0	587	Mar 6, 2009 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections ~ A Lifelong Task (Preview) But just how, in these circumstances, does a fellow take it easy? Thats what I want to know. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 26 I was never known for my patience. How many times have I asked, Why should I wait, when I can have it all right now? Indeed, when I was first presented the Twelve Steps, I was...	Sobrietyspell	0	297	Mar 5, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 5th March 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Sometimes we try too hard to get this program. It is better to relax and accept it. It will be given to us, with no effort on our part, if we stop trying too hard to get it. Sobriety can be a free gift of God, which He gives us by His grace when He knows we are ready for it. But we have to be re...	Sobrietyspell	0	297	Mar 5, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Dealing with Disagreeable People (Preview) Dealing with Disagreeable People has been brought up here a time or two and it can be a frequent topic of a couple of my friends. It also comes up pretty regularly in AA meetings I attend. The problems - dealing with disagreeable people. Whether they are spouses, ex-spouses, parents, siblings, nei...	Jane05	10	512	Mar 5, 2009 by StPeteDean
	AA State Convention - Columbia, S.C. 4th-6th April 2009 (Preview) http://area62.org/area62/convention/09SC62Cflyer1.pdf-- Edited by Sobrietyspell at 22:41, 2009-03-04	Jane05	3	372	Mar 5, 2009 by Jane05
	Denial (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 5, 2009 Denial It's often said, "Denial is a symptom of the disease of alcoholism." Of course, it's one thing to deny being an alcoholic when one has never had a drink. It's an entirely different story when one denies it while wondering w...	Jane05	3	2148	Mar 5, 2009 by Mike B.
	Iam facing the Liquor of Death (Preview) Hi Iam Gary age 39. I started drinking from the age of 24yrs. At first it was just an half a glass of beer which sent me spinning , but it was not often it was once in 2-3 months at first. Then it became once in an month then twice , thrice in an month. It never really did borther me much that I will become an alcho...	gary4u	6	396	Mar 5, 2009 by lani
	Welcome to all of our Guests (Preview) I can see that we've had 12 Guests this morning already. We want to welcome you and encourage you to join our board and introduce yourself. Dean -- Edited by StPeteDean at 13:00, 2009-03-04	StPeteDean	7	363	Mar 5, 2009 by lani
	oldest child (Preview) Hi everyone, I am a member of Alanon and have been helped greatly in my recovery so far on this site. I'm hoping someone may be able to give me their opinion or some direction on a question thats been bugging me for a while. \|I am the oldest child in my family and in my opinion suffered a great deal because...	annmarie	3	404	Mar 5, 2009 by lani
	Non-alcoholic (Preview) I'm sure most of you are in relationships with, or have close family members/friends that are non-alcoholic. I have learned through meetings that someone without the disease will never be able to fully understand it. There is someone in my life that does not threaten my sobriety, nor EVER ask me to...	cramcj01	5	384	Mar 5, 2009 by lani
	Slips / Relapse slips relapse (Preview) Hi, I'm Lucas. I have been in recovery for...about 2 years, now. In that time I have picked up five 24-Hour chips, four 1-Month chips, three 2-Month chips, and one 10-Month chip...and now I have to pick up another 24-Hour chip if I want to keep doing the deal. Which I do. Part of me just wants to vent,...	lucaskywalker	8	8958	Mar 5, 2009 by lani
	Search For Motives (Preview) As Bill Sees It Pg. 64Search For MotivesSome of us clung to the claim that when drinking we never hurt anybody but ourselves. Our families didn't suffer, because we always paid the bills and seldom drank at home. Our business associates didn't suffer, because we were usually on the job. Our reputa...	Jane05	1	224	Mar 5, 2009 by Dakota
	Daily Reflections ~ Weeding The Garden (Preview) The essence of all growth is a willingness to make a change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 115 By the time I had reached Step Three I had been freed of my dependence on alcohol, but bitter experience has shown me th...	Sobrietyspell	1	296	Mar 5, 2009 by Dakota
	Welcome to our newest Moderator (Preview) Please welcome Danielle "Sobrietyspell" as our newest Moderator. She is certainly deserving of the position and immediatly accepted when asked to serve the board, which she has been doing. Not singling her out, as we have several members that work to post daily readings and answer...	StPeteDean	7	370	Mar 5, 2009 by eastcoastscott
	Retreat in Merseyside, U.K. (Preview) CONSCIOUS CONTACT RETREAT Friday 6th ~ Sunday 8th March 2009 St Josephs Retreat Centre, Formby. Price ~ £20 Deposit £60 on Arrival Covers cost of room & all meals pp Arrival Time ~ 5pm Friday before Dinner Departure ~ 1.30pm after Lunch Contacts ~ Carl 07999 556 553...	Sobrietyspell	7	1861	Mar 5, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 4th March 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Having surrendered our lives to God and put our drink problem in His hands doesn't mean that we'll never be tempted to drink. So we must build up strength for the time when temptation will come. In this quiet time, we read and pray and get our minds in the right mood for the day. Star...	Sobrietyspell	0	293	Mar 4, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	scary bullies (Preview) What makes it difficult to see personal needs , change. What is it that keeps a person from getting into the same victimization cycle time after time. It is so easy to see problems in another that is victimizing you. How to get beyond that? Case in point. You are in a work place and you draw the same kind of...	Dakota	6	2486	Mar 4, 2009 by eastcoastscott
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