Alcoholics Anonymous

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi All, Well it was last week, I was in the middle of a conversation with someone that i had met a few weeks ago, and she is not in the program, does not need to be.....and so in this long conversation that we were having and I was really enjoying....then made a big old fat mistake....when talking about some...

Avril G · Avril G

Well firstly it is now 2:10am here in li'l old UK, and my head is still racing. Life is strange ain't it?? Just when you think you have all the answers they change the frigging questions. Long story short, I have just about got over a virus which lasted a couple of weeks, and my eldest daughter started...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word "blame" from our speech and thought. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 47 When I become willing to accept my own powerlessness, I begin to realize that blaming myself for all the trouble in my life can be an ego trip back into hop...

brett · brett

My sister is just about to leave a detox unit to go to a rehab centre.Her husband left her before xmas and she has struggled ever since. I have struggled with her in the last few weeks but it is hard because i deal with my own drinking problems,although i would never let her know that.She has been given ulti...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Who wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? Who cares anything about a Higher Power, let alone meditation and prayer? Who wants to sacrifice time and energy in trying to carry A.A.'s message to the next sufferer? No, t...

Aquaman · Aquaman

After being gone for three weeks my wife has returned from field-studies far, far away. Now the feminine aspect of my HP has a clear and open channel to me. It's good to have my wife home. Me happy, kids happy, dog happy...my house is now a comfy and delicious home. Peace, Rob

Bob K · K

I was at my home-group today, and a lady I'd never seen before said something that got me thinking. Paraphrased, she said, "I don't like talking about my time 'out there, so I'm just going to tell you about my day..." and she proceeded to tell a story about how she slept late and had to drive he...

mikef · mikef

Hello family! JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT 'the wet drunk" story was meant as a point of discussion and not a forum for discension.My process is about working 'recovery" and carrying the message and not to cause more confusion.My only point that I really thought about was the 'STFU' STATE...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

It has been 23 days since my last drink and today is the first day that I actually woke up and didn't crave a drink. That is subject to change as the day progresses, and likely it will and that's ok because I can't really control that. Over the last two weeks or so, when the craving and obsession has been rea...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

There is action and more action. "Faith without works is dead." . . . To be helpful is our only aim. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , pp. 88-89 I understand that service is a vital part of recovery but I often wonder, "What can I do?" Simply start with what I have today! I look around to see whe...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

Did they relapse? Did they die sober men? Did they publish or speak anything in their waning years that underscored their AA vision or contradicted it? If there are any AA history buffs out there that can shed any light on these questions....or just comments....

bikerbill · bikerbill

...can't they though. Yesterday my Mum called me to ask a favour. She lives maybe an hours drive north of me and wants to go to my brother's who lives maybe 2 hours South of me. can I take her, as my sister (who lives about 2 miles from my Mum) can't because sister has fallen out with brother. other brother is...

Carlotta · Carlotta

Hello Friends:It's been a while since I've been on the forum and I am doing well. Going to lots of meetings and feeling some interesting changes happening on the inside... I've so much to learn about addiction!!Someone help me please with this one.... my 22 yr old daughter is in her senior year at univ...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

In accordance with my new years resolutions, I gave up Coffee and Diet Coke last week. First few days were too easy, now I'm starting to get some mild headaches and lethargy.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A few hours later I took my leave of Dr. Bob. . . The wonderful, old, broad smile was on his face as he said almost jokingly, "Remember, Bill, let's not louse this thing up. Let's keep it simple!" I turned away, unable to say a word. That was the last time I ever saw him. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COME...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

Attention, DEPRESSED alcoholics! Hi all! I'm actually posting something in an attempt to help others instead of myself for once... what a concept. ;) So out of the blue, someone asked me to meet with him. I had no idea what it was about, but since he was late I started making a list that I'd been thinkin...

versacesmymum · versacesmymum

Hello this is my first post Im 30 years old now and always been a relatively heavy drinker since i was 18, My story is a simple one. Ihave a long term girlfriend stable job and a good general home life. However sometimes i go of the rails 1-2 a month ill go out on the piss with my work colleages. M y work is such t...

johnphilip19 · johnphilip19

Recently I've been living by myself, albeit I've been drinking. The situation is, one of my family (adopted mom!) has moved in and noticed that I've been drinking mouthwash, hand sanitizer, and and other shit because of the bottles she's found in the trash bins. My adopted mother has said she is try...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The member talks to the newcomer not in a spirit of power but in a spirit of humility and weakness. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE p. 279 As the days pass in A.A., I ask God to guide my thoughts and the words that I speak. In this labor of continuous participation in the Fellowship, I have numerous oppor...

jj · jj

replacing alcohol with other obsessive behaviors keeping secrets from my spouse thinking i could stop drinking on my own if i just tried hard enough internet shopping on ebay like a fiend drinking odouls like an alcoholic drinks beer isolating so i wouldn't have to talk about my failures or problem...

Howard · Howard

My father drank on and off since I was a child. It would be a problem for awhile and then he seemed to have a handle on it. Now, 40 years later, he had a bad fall at home and said, "enough". He said, "I'm an alcoholic and I want help". It's the first time I've ever heard him say that. ...

Toad · Toad

HI, I was watching some really neat looking birds at my bird feeder this morning. Just all busy with pecking around, taking turns, almost seeming happy. It came to mind that if I wanted to continue to enjoy those little critters I would need to continue putting food in the feeder. My part in My joy!. Putt...

runnergirl · runnergirl

Terrible night tonight. Had someone say some pretty tough things about parts of my personality I already hate (basically about me being insecure). Was like salt in a wound. I'm so sick of feeling vulnerable and weak. My heart is absolutely leaden.

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Just got home from a meeting. It's funny how change still can affect others no matter how long they have been sober in a negative manner. I hear a lot of people say God won't give me more than I can handle. But what happens when things get out of control? How long do I wan't to control things? How long do I wan...

brett · brett

I have been going to AA meetings for about 3 years and i have a question to ask people on this site who maybe able to give me their thoughts.On some occasions at various AA meetings in different locations i find there can be a certain amount of,(how will i put it) people who i know of that are not happy with pe...

runnergirl · runnergirl

Get your mind out of the gutter... I'm wondering what it was like for you all the first time you said out loud, "I'm X and I'm an alcoholic." I might be ready to say those words soon and I'm afraid. Very afraid of what that will be like.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.87 Today I humbly ask my Higher Power for the grace to find the space between my impulse and my action; to let flow a cooling breeze when I would respond with heat; to interrupt fi...

kld47 · kld47

Hi All I plan on being on at both times 8 PM and 9 PM. Reason being some people forget the different time zones and daylight savings time changes. I do not know about a chairperson, if needed just chat and see where people are at or get out a 12 and 12, Daily Reflections. Or just questions, concerns, and lif...

Aquaman · Aquaman

This forum we use here is very intriguing, as it is utilized not only by people actively working the AA recovery process, but also those who are testing the waters of sobriety and in the exploratory process of their behaviors, trying to determine if they are an alcoholic and if so, if AA is a suitabl...

pinkchip · pinkchip

I have sort of learned not to pay too much attention to the thoughts that run through my head cuz they are so nutty most of the time. However, as more time passes, I do sometimes get scary thoughts that I know is my disease talking to me. This would come in the form of "You were only drinking so much th...

Tina · Tina

Good morning all Just wanted to drop in and say hi, I'm doing fine. Have had alot going on, and working more. Hope all had a good holiday, I'm slowly getting back into meetings as much as possible although my job takes up my time, along with kids. Had some legal matters to attend to and hopefully the matte...

newcomer · newcomer

Hi all, Today I had these waves of tiredness and slept a lot on the couch. I am in good form but a little worried about how tired I am at times, though I am assured by my fellow members that this is ok. I am down to 2 boxes from 28, all sorted. I have to go to recycle tomorrow. 5 bags of stuffy. I have the filing cabi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

By going back in our drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 23 When I was still drinking, I couldn't respond to a...

Aquaman · Aquaman

"Fear of people and economic insecurity will leave us" Well, I just gotta share this... So, today was my annual review. They started out by saying, "Congrats on your work in AA. There's a big difference and it shows. The first six months of last year you were stressed-out, drunk or hu...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Dear Newcomers@MIP I want to share a little of how I was & a message of hope for the difference A.A., this program & the fellowship have made in my life. When I first came into recovery I had been treading water for seven years in the hope life would get better. My heart despite its feist & self...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. For practicing A.A.'s remaining eleven Steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no alcoholic who is still dri...

jasperkent · jasperkent

Well, the time has finally come when we have to start moving. Tomorrow we're renting a truck and packing a big load to haul to Chattanooga. Part of that load will be our computer. I'll be "unplugged" by this time tomorrow. Depending on how long it takes to get settled in, I may not be online for...

runnergirl · runnergirl

I'm reading a good book right now that is helping me a bit with my negative self-talk... It's called A Path with Heart by Jack Kornfield. Just curious if any of you have read it...

jj · jj

Saying the serenity prayer to regain sanity finding favorite reads in the big book telling the committee to shut up and then play my favorite music real loud call my sponsor or AA friend someone who has more sober time than me vacuum the heck out of the carpet paint something

jasperkent · jasperkent

After reading today's Daily Reflection, I got to thinking about the various ways people find their way into AA. Some people hit bottom and seek help, others are court-ordered, some are trying prove to themselves they aren't alcoholic, some homeless folks are looking for free coffee and a warm spot...

runnergirl · runnergirl

I'm so pissed at myself. How can I type an e-mail telling you all that I've been drinking, and feeling pretty down about it, while staring at a glass of wine. I left the store, then went back in... "I don't have to drink it. I can just get it." WTF? Not the first time that has happened. All...

lukin · lukin

I live in a city that I absolutely love, I moved here from San Francisco (another city that I absolutely love) about 2 1/2 years ago. When I got here I was sort of desperate for an apartment, looked around & settled- yes, settled- for the one I took. Where I've been ever since. The place is run by a slu...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Our very first problem is to accept our present circumstances as they are, ourselves as we are, and the people about us as they are. This is to adopt a realistic humility without which no genuine advance can even begin. Again and again, we shall need to return to that unflattering point of departure. Th...

DBZ · DBZ

Last night/this morning I had the most vivid I can remember. Didn't think much of it when I got up other than its vividness. But a few hours later I'm standing in the shower at the gym recapping it and it hit me like a ton of bricks. Here goes. -------------------------- I was the passenger in a car being dr...

jj · jj

Do not shut the door on the past. it is what lead up to the point where i was ready to do whatever it takes to be willing to surrender. Whatever it takes, for me, is meetings, working the 12 step program, being of service, reading AA books, praying, working on my conscious contact with God. We differ...

Aquaman · Aquaman

No, I haven't called my sponsor or told my homegroup. I don't want to. I'm too damned ashamed. My wife left a week ago for a three-week research studies school-thing and I'm single dad for three weeks. While that isn't a big deal...it feels exactly like last year when she was gone five days a week for two...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.83 Once I became sober, I began to see how wasteful my life had been and I experienced overwhelming guilt and feelings of regret. The program's Fourth and Fifth Steps assisted me enormously in healing those troubling r...

Azul · Azul

I was thinking about the last time I drank a couple of weeks ago and why that scared me. I simply could not stop. It was almost like an out of body experience except for the hangover and embarrassment the next day. Somehow made it back home (no driving, took taxis) and fell asleep on the dining room floo...

SteveP · SteveP

Hi all! Sorry I haven't been here in an age. All is well, still sober, but really non-plussed with this snow :) Had relatives and travel to Europe and all that stuff and over a month has vanished! Great to be back with you guys! New Year's resolution will be to keep get online and come back more often! Al...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

I was at a meeting last night and one of the guys had gone to a big meeting on working the 12 steps. A workshop. He said last night that he and his sponsor kind of bumped heads on some of the stuff he learned. He brought up the must's in the book so I googled it and this is what I came up with. Enjoy! The "Must...

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	Stepping outside the Rigerous Honesty....UGH (Preview) Hi All, Well it was last week, I was in the middle of a conversation with someone that i had met a few weeks ago, and she is not in the program, does not need to be.....and so in this long conversation that we were having and I was really enjoying....then made a big old fat mistake....when talking about some...	Just Toni	5	1067	Jan 26, 2010 by Just Toni
	Routine??? WHAT routine?? (Preview) Well firstly it is now 2:10am here in li'l old UK, and my head is still racing. Life is strange ain't it?? Just when you think you have all the answers they change the frigging questions. Long story short, I have just about got over a virus which lasted a couple of weeks, and my eldest daughter started...	Avril G	7	1227	Jan 26, 2010 by Avril G
	Daily Reflections ~ Freedom From Guilt & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word "blame" from our speech and thought. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 47 When I become willing to accept my own powerlessness, I begin to realize that blaming myself for all the trouble in my life can be an ego trip back into hop...	Sobrietyspell	0	1159	Jan 26, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	My sister! (Preview) My sister is just about to leave a detox unit to go to a rehab centre.Her husband left her before xmas and she has struggled ever since. I have struggled with her in the last few weeks but it is hard because i deal with my own drinking problems,although i would never let her know that.She has been given ulti...	brett	14	1147	Jan 26, 2010 by Aquaman
	Daily Reflections ~ Rigorous Honesty & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Who wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? Who cares anything about a Higher Power, let alone meditation and prayer? Who wants to sacrifice time and energy in trying to carry A.A.'s message to the next sufferer? No, t...	Sobrietyspell	0	791	Jan 25, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Wife is HOME!!! (Preview) After being gone for three weeks my wife has returned from field-studies far, far away. Now the feminine aspect of my HP has a clear and open channel to me. It's good to have my wife home. Me happy, kids happy, dog happy...my house is now a comfy and delicious home. Peace, Rob	Aquaman	7	946	Jan 25, 2010 by Mike B.
	Has anybody ever heard this at a meeting... (Preview) I was at my home-group today, and a lady I'd never seen before said something that got me thinking. Paraphrased, she said, "I don't like talking about my time 'out there, so I'm just going to tell you about my day..." and she proceeded to tell a story about how she slept late and had to drive he...	K	12	1473	Jan 25, 2010 by Bob K
	Story I put on site1 (Preview) Hello family! JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT 'the wet drunk" story was meant as a point of discussion and not a forum for discension.My process is about working 'recovery" and carrying the message and not to cause more confusion.My only point that I really thought about was the 'STFU' STATE...	mikef	6	962	Jan 25, 2010 by angelov8
	Controlling it (Preview) It has been 23 days since my last drink and today is the first day that I actually woke up and didn't crave a drink. That is subject to change as the day progresses, and likely it will and that's ok because I can't really control that. Over the last two weeks or so, when the craving and obsession has been rea...	Dodsworth	12	1140	Jan 24, 2010 by michaelchef1
	Daily Reflections ~ Getting Involved & 24hrs a Day (Preview) There is action and more action. "Faith without works is dead." . . . To be helpful is our only aim. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , pp. 88-89 I understand that service is a vital part of recovery but I often wonder, "What can I do?" Simply start with what I have today! I look around to see whe...	Sobrietyspell	1	892	Jan 24, 2010 by Jerry F
	What became of Bill W. and Dr. Bob? (Preview) Did they relapse? Did they die sober men? Did they publish or speak anything in their waning years that underscored their AA vision or contradicted it? If there are any AA history buffs out there that can shed any light on these questions....or just comments....	Dodsworth	6	6206	Jan 24, 2010 by Rob84
	Sometimes Mum's can be a real test of Patience and Tolerance (Preview) ...can't they though. Yesterday my Mum called me to ask a favour. She lives maybe an hours drive north of me and wants to go to my brother's who lives maybe 2 hours South of me. can I take her, as my sister (who lives about 2 miles from my Mum) can't because sister has fallen out with brother. other brother is...	bikerbill	23	1088	Jan 24, 2010 by louisa
	Being a mom..scared (Preview) Hello Friends:It's been a while since I've been on the forum and I am doing well. Going to lots of meetings and feeling some interesting changes happening on the inside... I've so much to learn about addiction!!Someone help me please with this one.... my 22 yr old daughter is in her senior year at univ...	Carlotta	9	903	Jan 22, 2010 by Carlotta
	Quitting Again (Preview) In accordance with my new years resolutions, I gave up Coffee and Diet Coke last week. First few days were too easy, now I'm starting to get some mild headaches and lethargy.	StPeteDean	16	1119	Jan 22, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Daily Reflections ~ Let's Keep It Simple & 24hrs a Day (Preview) A few hours later I took my leave of Dr. Bob. . . The wonderful, old, broad smile was on his face as he said almost jokingly, "Remember, Bill, let's not louse this thing up. Let's keep it simple!" I turned away, unable to say a word. That was the last time I ever saw him. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COME...	Sobrietyspell	0	891	Jan 22, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Attention, DEPRESSED alcoholics! (Preview) Attention, DEPRESSED alcoholics! Hi all! I'm actually posting something in an attempt to help others instead of myself for once... what a concept. ;) So out of the blue, someone asked me to meet with him. I had no idea what it was about, but since he was late I started making a list that I'd been thinkin...	FlyingSquirrel	9	1436	Jan 21, 2010 by angelov8
	How much of a problem do i have (Preview) Hello this is my first post Im 30 years old now and always been a relatively heavy drinker since i was 18, My story is a simple one. Ihave a long term girlfriend stable job and a good general home life. However sometimes i go of the rails 1-2 a month ill go out on the piss with my work colleages. M y work is such t...	versacesmymum	11	1100	Jan 21, 2010 by ljc
	New concept. (Preview) Recently I've been living by myself, albeit I've been drinking. The situation is, one of my family (adopted mom!) has moved in and noticed that I've been drinking mouthwash, hand sanitizer, and and other shit because of the bottles she's found in the trash bins. My adopted mother has said she is try...	johnphilip19	7	1037	Jan 20, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections ~ Serving My Brother & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The member talks to the newcomer not in a spirit of power but in a spirit of humility and weakness. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE p. 279 As the days pass in A.A., I ask God to guide my thoughts and the words that I speak. In this labor of continuous participation in the Fellowship, I have numerous oppor...	Sobrietyspell	0	813	Jan 20, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	things that did not work for me - post your own follies, too (Preview) replacing alcohol with other obsessive behaviors keeping secrets from my spouse thinking i could stop drinking on my own if i just tried hard enough internet shopping on ebay like a fiend drinking odouls like an alcoholic drinks beer isolating so i wouldn't have to talk about my failures or problem...	jj	13	1178	Jan 20, 2010 by FlyingSquirrel
	How to handle it? (Preview) My father drank on and off since I was a child. It would be a problem for awhile and then he seemed to have a handle on it. Now, 40 years later, he had a bad fall at home and said, "enough". He said, "I'm an alcoholic and I want help". It's the first time I've ever heard him say that. ...	Howard	4	903	Jan 20, 2010 by pinkchip
	My Part (Preview) HI, I was watching some really neat looking birds at my bird feeder this morning. Just all busy with pecking around, taking turns, almost seeming happy. It came to mind that if I wanted to continue to enjoy those little critters I would need to continue putting food in the feeder. My part in My joy!. Putt...	Toad	10	939	Jan 20, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Really down in the dumps (Preview) Terrible night tonight. Had someone say some pretty tough things about parts of my personality I already hate (basically about me being insecure). Was like salt in a wound. I'm so sick of feeling vulnerable and weak. My heart is absolutely leaden.	runnergirl	15	1100	Jan 19, 2010 by Avril G
	Meeting Makers Make It (Preview) Just got home from a meeting. It's funny how change still can affect others no matter how long they have been sober in a negative manner. I hear a lot of people say God won't give me more than I can handle. But what happens when things get out of control? How long do I wan't to control things? How long do I wan...	soberdrunk	4	1178	Jan 19, 2010 by Avril G
	NEED SOME FEEDBACK! (Preview) I have been going to AA meetings for about 3 years and i have a question to ask people on this site who maybe able to give me their thoughts.On some occasions at various AA meetings in different locations i find there can be a certain amount of,(how will i put it) people who i know of that are not happy with pe...	brett	33	10280	Jan 19, 2010 by Avril G
	What was it like your first time? (Preview) Get your mind out of the gutter... I'm wondering what it was like for you all the first time you said out loud, "I'm X and I'm an alcoholic." I might be ready to say those words soon and I'm afraid. Very afraid of what that will be like.	runnergirl	20	1182	Jan 19, 2010 by FlyingSquirrel
	Daily Reflections - We Pause... And Ask + 24hrs a Day (Preview) As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.87 Today I humbly ask my Higher Power for the grace to find the space between my impulse and my action; to let flow a cooling breeze when I would respond with heat; to interrupt fi...	Sobrietyspell	0	1450	Jan 19, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Tonight Online Meeting (Preview) Hi All I plan on being on at both times 8 PM and 9 PM. Reason being some people forget the different time zones and daylight savings time changes. I do not know about a chairperson, if needed just chat and see where people are at or get out a 12 and 12, Daily Reflections. Or just questions, concerns, and lif...	kld47	0	713	Jan 19, 2010 by kld47
	4U Newcomers, Lurkers and Questioners (Preview) This forum we use here is very intriguing, as it is utilized not only by people actively working the AA recovery process, but also those who are testing the waters of sobriety and in the exploratory process of their behaviors, trying to determine if they are an alcoholic and if so, if AA is a suitabl...	Aquaman	5	1018	Jan 19, 2010 by newcomer
	Diseased thinking (Preview) I have sort of learned not to pay too much attention to the thoughts that run through my head cuz they are so nutty most of the time. However, as more time passes, I do sometimes get scary thoughts that I know is my disease talking to me. This would come in the form of "You were only drinking so much th...	pinkchip	10	1130	Jan 19, 2010 by pinkchip
	Dropping in (Preview) Good morning all Just wanted to drop in and say hi, I'm doing fine. Have had alot going on, and working more. Hope all had a good holiday, I'm slowly getting back into meetings as much as possible although my job takes up my time, along with kids. Had some legal matters to attend to and hopefully the matte...	Tina	5	963	Jan 18, 2010 by tokengirl
	still tired but feeling ok (Preview) Hi all, Today I had these waves of tiredness and slept a lot on the couch. I am in good form but a little worried about how tired I am at times, though I am assured by my fellow members that this is ok. I am down to 2 boxes from 28, all sorted. I have to go to recycle tomorrow. 5 bags of stuffy. I have the filing cabi...	newcomer	5	718	Jan 18, 2010 by Aquaman
	Daily Reflections ~ Would a Drink Help? & 24hrs a Day (Preview) By going back in our drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 23 When I was still drinking, I couldn't respond to a...	Sobrietyspell	0	999	Jan 17, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	The Promises Coming True... (Preview) "Fear of people and economic insecurity will leave us" Well, I just gotta share this... So, today was my annual review. They started out by saying, "Congrats on your work in AA. There's a big difference and it shows. The first six months of last year you were stressed-out, drunk or hu...	Aquaman	13	3648	Jan 17, 2010 by turninggrey
	A Message of Hope x (Preview) Dear Newcomers@MIP I want to share a little of how I was & a message of hope for the difference A.A., this program & the fellowship have made in my life. When I first came into recovery I had been treading water for seven years in the hope life would get better. My heart despite its feist & self...	Sobrietyspell	2	822	Jan 16, 2010 by Jerry F
	Daily Reflections - Hitting Bottom + 24hrs a Day (Preview) Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. For practicing A.A.'s remaining eleven Steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no alcoholic who is still dri...	Sobrietyspell	0	843	Jan 16, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	GOODBYE FOR NOW (Preview) Well, the time has finally come when we have to start moving. Tomorrow we're renting a truck and packing a big load to haul to Chattanooga. Part of that load will be our computer. I'll be "unplugged" by this time tomorrow. Depending on how long it takes to get settled in, I may not be online for...	jasperkent	13	1234	Jan 15, 2010 by newcomer
	Anyone read this? (Preview) I'm reading a good book right now that is helping me a bit with my negative self-talk... It's called A Path with Heart by Jack Kornfield. Just curious if any of you have read it...	runnergirl	1	719	Jan 15, 2010 by jj
	but it is more important to list the things that DID work!! (Preview) Saying the serenity prayer to regain sanity finding favorite reads in the big book telling the committee to shut up and then play my favorite music real loud call my sponsor or AA friend someone who has more sober time than me vacuum the heck out of the carpet paint something	jj	14	1059	Jan 15, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	How We Get Here (Preview) After reading today's Daily Reflection, I got to thinking about the various ways people find their way into AA. Some people hit bottom and seek help, others are court-ordered, some are trying prove to themselves they aren't alcoholic, some homeless folks are looking for free coffee and a warm spot...	jasperkent	11	928	Jan 14, 2010 by pinkchip
	My turn to fess up (Preview) I'm so pissed at myself. How can I type an e-mail telling you all that I've been drinking, and feeling pretty down about it, while staring at a glass of wine. I left the store, then went back in... "I don't have to drink it. I can just get it." WTF? Not the first time that has happened. All...	runnergirl	21	1359	Jan 14, 2010 by pinkchip
	The Courage To Change the Things I Can (and yet more sponsor angst).. a little rant I think (Preview) I live in a city that I absolutely love, I moved here from San Francisco (another city that I absolutely love) about 2 1/2 years ago. When I got here I was sort of desperate for an apartment, looked around & settled- yes, settled- for the one I took. Where I've been ever since. The place is run by a slu...	lukin	7	923	Jan 14, 2010 by pinkchip
	Daily Reflections ~ Accepting Our Present Circumstances (Preview) Our very first problem is to accept our present circumstances as they are, ourselves as we are, and the people about us as they are. This is to adopt a realistic humility without which no genuine advance can even begin. Again and again, we shall need to return to that unflattering point of departure. Th...	Sobrietyspell	4	1284	Jan 14, 2010 by Just Toni
	Dream I had - window into my life with alcohol or am I reading too much into it? (Preview) Last night/this morning I had the most vivid I can remember. Didn't think much of it when I got up other than its vividness. But a few hours later I'm standing in the shower at the gym recapping it and it hit me like a ton of bricks. Here goes. -------------------------- I was the passenger in a car being dr...	DBZ	9	1038	Jan 14, 2010 by angelov8
	It takes what it takes.... (Preview) Do not shut the door on the past. it is what lead up to the point where i was ready to do whatever it takes to be willing to surrender. Whatever it takes, for me, is meetings, working the 12 step program, being of service, reading AA books, praying, working on my conscious contact with God. We differ...	jj	0	533	Jan 14, 2010 by jj
	I've been drinking (Preview) No, I haven't called my sponsor or told my homegroup. I don't want to. I'm too damned ashamed. My wife left a week ago for a three-week research studies school-thing and I'm single dad for three weeks. While that isn't a big deal...it feels exactly like last year when she was gone five days a week for two...	Aquaman	24	1660	Jan 13, 2010 by newcomer
	Daily Reflections - No Regrets + 24hrs a Day (Preview) We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.83 Once I became sober, I began to see how wasteful my life had been and I experienced overwhelming guilt and feelings of regret. The program's Fourth and Fifth Steps assisted me enormously in healing those troubling r...	Sobrietyspell	0	858	Jan 13, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Still Scared (Preview) I was thinking about the last time I drank a couple of weeks ago and why that scared me. I simply could not stop. It was almost like an out of body experience except for the hangover and embarrassment the next day. Somehow made it back home (no driving, took taxis) and fell asleep on the dining room floo...	Azul	7	1031	Jan 13, 2010 by pinkchip
	Happy New Year all (Preview) Hi all! Sorry I haven't been here in an age. All is well, still sober, but really non-plussed with this snow :) Had relatives and travel to Europe and all that stuff and over a month has vanished! Great to be back with you guys! New Year's resolution will be to keep get online and come back more often! Al...	SteveP	3	777	Jan 12, 2010 by SteveP
	The Musts of the Big Book......pretty cool (Preview) I was at a meeting last night and one of the guys had gone to a big meeting on working the 12 steps. A workshop. He said last night that he and his sponsor kind of bumped heads on some of the stuff he learned. He brought up the must's in the book so I googled it and this is what I came up with. Enjoy! The "Must...	soberdrunk	8	3368	Jan 11, 2010 by soberdrunk
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