Alcoholics Anonymous

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

When I say it for the first time in the morning, I like to add a few words. Here's my own personal version: God, please grant me the serenity and humility to accept the things I cannot change; Courage and willingness to change the things I can; And wisdom and understanding to know the difference.

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

anyone understand??? care to comment????

Sacrifice · Sacrifice

Hello everyone. I am reaching out to all of you. I have not been on here for quite some time, playing toe touch with my home meetings as well, not b/c I don't want to go but...well there really is not excuse other than the fact that I can't share at a meeting w/o crying my eyes out. I'm 27 months sober, and I am...

Smiths77 · Smiths77

Hey, New to this. I'm only 12 days sober - I know I have to start somewhere. I am early 30s, and I have a job which places me in the public eye on a very regular basis, so my need to stay anonymous...it's very important to me. Especially so early on. I am managing, but I have not been to an AA meeting yet. I know it...

Sobrietyspell · Apr 22, 2010 by Larry_H

The 12 Steps to Total and Complete Insanity We admitted we were powerless over nothing. We could manage our lives perfectly and we could manage those of anyone else that would allow it. Came to believe that there was no power greater than ourselves, and the rest of the world was insane. Made a decision...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Sometimes I need to hear something at a meeting, which fires off my synapses and helps me to see what wrong with me. I've been feeling emotionally disturbed at times over the past few days. As you may know, I haven't had much (well barely any) contact with my adult children for 4 years. I've made amends as...

Oblong · Oblong

So I think I might actually take a chance and try out a meeting. I found one close by my house that's going on tonight and I think it's a "speaker" meeting and I won't have to talk. I'm nervous, I've never been to one but everyone on here seems to think they are the greatest so I guess I'll give it a t...

Larry_H · Larry_H

I do not know who wrote this but I like it. Larry, -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------How come you don't drink anymore? "How come you don't drink anymore?" a renewed acquaintance from long ago asked the other day. "Anymo...

gonee · gonee

" Our liquor was but a symptom. So we had to get down to causes and conditions." AA book pg 64. When this truth finally dawned upon me, I was already a year sober. It took me another 2 years, to thoroughly and honestly face the facts about my life. My kind sponsor told me I had run out of time, and I...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

This version of message board software doesn't have a poll function or it's not enabled (John are you listening ), so we will have to add manually after posters are finished. Include one of these statements (or write "I'm a #1, 2, 3, or 4) in the opening line of your post. Feel free to elaborate o...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Our new daughter, River Rose, was born yesterday at 2pm central time, US. She's in good health as is her mother. Can't wait to tell my noon meeting! Peace, Rob

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

If your on my facebook account please dont make any comments about it, I ask this from my heart as some certain people need to hear it from me first. I just felt I needed to share it here first... More details to come, just had to share.

Larry_H · Larry_H

We all know what motivated us to go to our 1st AA meeting. It was usually The Judge, My Family, I had no where else to go or I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. This list could go on and on. My question is what caused you to come back? I am sure most of us were told at that 1st meeting to "Keep comi...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

When I first started putting on a sober karaoke show at a new Alano Club in town, there were so many singers that sometimes people would only get to sing once or twice during the night. Then it started going downhill. Since I didn't live in the area and was only there once a week, I had no idea what was happe...

soberscott · soberscott

I am only 4 months sober, but my sponser and i agree that my job is holding me back in every way possible. Iv interviewed at two different companys, and one of them said i would here back on the 19th which is tomorrow. God i want this job so much. It would definately help me in my day to day happiness, as well a...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Thank you again, for all the love and the encouragement. yes, Vonnegut is my solace at night now. LOL Sooooooo much better then relying on that old marriage that didn't work!! hand Specialist said I need nerve conduction studies and electromyogram, which consists of thin needles being pushed into m...

Dadx5 · Dadx5

I know some have already heard this, but I love to read it from to-to time. I asked God for strength, that I might achieve; I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey. I asked for health, that I might do greater things; I was given infirmity, that I might do better things. I asked for riches, that...

whitewhineoh · whitewhineoh

Hiya folks. Just checking in. It's so odd. Normally I think I comment a lot and offer support when people are having a rough time, but here I feel a bit intimidated not only because I'm new but because I feel like "Who's going to take the advice of someone who has only been sober nine days?" ...

New Member · Oblong

Hi Everyone, I have been reading these messages for about 3 weeks now and just decided to join up and post myself. I have known that I am an alcoholic for years and years now, gave it up once before. So it's been about 3 weeks for me this time. The straw that broke the camels back for me was... I decided to get a...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Moments of perception can build into a lifetime of spiritual serenity, as I have excellent reason to know. Roots of reality, supplanting the neurotic underbrush, will hold fast despite the high winds of the forces which would destroy us, or which we would use to destroy ourselves. AS BILL SEES IT, p....

whitewhineoh · whitewhineoh

Well today I have been sober one week. That is just incredible to me. I am thrilled! I have been to at least one meeting every day and know I never could have done it without that. I went to an amazing meeting on Friday called "fearless" where we have a speaker on, yup, you guessed it: fear! ...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

1. stop praying for God's help in the morning 2. stop going to meetings regularly and often 3. stop inventorying your feelings and fears 4. get lonely, bored, resentful and don't do anything about it 5. start to think you are in control of your life and that you don't need to worry about AA's tools to help...

Dadx5 · Dadx5

So it's now 12:05 A.M. EST. My wife and I attended a black-tie dinner tonight. Not just any dinner, but the biggest event of the year in our town of 25,000. Every doctor, lawyer, and politician in town was there. My hands are shaking as I write this. My wife asked me if I would be O.K, I said yeah. She asked m...

Ms London · Ms London

Hi folks, I'm back. Wish it was under better circumstances.

angelov8 · angelov8

Precisely because it bothered me to "waste" it down the drain, I hearby put it in writing that I just got out of bed to dump out a half a bottle of Jagermeister which I found burrowed in the back of the freezer a few months ago. I don't know if it was mine from last year(it was one of my fave liquor...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

"I don't think we can do anything very well in this world unless we practice it. And I don't believe we do A.A. too well unless we practice it. . . . We should practice . . . acquiring the spirit of service. We should attempt to acquire some faith, which isn't easily done, especially for the person who...

gonee · gonee

The 1st step tells me that my life had become unmanageable. The 1st pertinent idea also tells me that I could not manage my life. I do not find any thing in the AA text which says that I will regain manageability. Therefore I submit to a life long reliance on God to manage my life. It has become so easy for me t...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening, we shall hear the right word. --Ralph Waldo Emerson Perhaps it was only yesterday or the day before that we doubted our value to society, or to our family or friends. We often lose our direction. That's normal an...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Aloha All...I've got both of the boards I participate with in on this one. Honesty seems to be the asset of focus at the moment and I am (and have for a while) listening for feedback from others in recovery for their perceptions; ESH. I will be grateful. Take your time and keep and open mind with good rec...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Welcome to MIP, Craig.. Do we have 90 days sober as yet too?? Godbless you today & for all your sobriety 1Day@aTime. Keep coming back & letting all of us in this program love you like we do. Godbless you in all your efforts. Have a wonderful 24hrs all about you Just for Today ;) Recovery love &...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Because we can't on our own, process the world around us and the things that happen, and react sanely like we ought to, due to our disease of maladjusted perception. The text book for one of my classes right now had an exerpt of the story about the 3 blind men from India who came upon an elephant, an animal t...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 When said sincerely, this prayer teaches me to be truly unselfish and humble, for even in doing good deeds I often used to seek approval and glo...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

HAPPY FORTY BIG ONES, TG!!!!! How's your TWO YEARS SOBRIETY coming along 1Day@aTime? May your Day be Super Special like you.. full of love, gifts & surprises. We, your fellowship, are always here for you on your unbirthdays too! I hope you may have a gorgeous 24hrs taking good care of you. God bles...

bikerbill · bikerbill

My head feels like it's stuffed with cotton wool, I ache all over, I'm drinking fluids like crazy, slept 4 hours last night, throat is dry and raw, nose is running off my face and I have what a doctor might call a productive cough. My teeth all ache, I'm peeing like a fountain and have the most incredible fl...

itsmichael · itsmichael

Someone read this in a meeting yesterday and it really stayed with me: An old Cherokee Indian was speaking to his grandson: "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil--he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, a...

Poz · Poz

-- Edited by Poz on Monday 19th of April 2010 11:14:48 AM

kathy570 · kathy570

Hello All, I am note sureif this is the place to tell info to but here goes. Canadian Federal government has passed a ruling that Pain sufferers getting freezing shots can not get more than 25% of the regular treatment anymore. What do I do now????? So many people that don't take narcotics will now be f...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Carrying the Message What we are always carries a stronger message than what we say. This is why we're sometimes turned off by people who seek to overwhelm us with charm. It's also why we can sometimes be drawn to people who are quiet and unassuming. However it works, t...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The deception of others is nearly always rooted in the deception of ourselves. . . . When we are honest with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and with God. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 17 When I was drinking, I deceived myself about reality, rewriting it to what I wanted it to be. D...

runnergirl · runnergirl

The last couple of weeks have been pretty hellish for me. Unable to completely "get" step one has been a real problem for me, leaving open the doors to and questions about drinking. I had a few days of drinking, hiding it, and doing stupid stuff which resulted in what boils down to an ultimatu...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: I Am Who I Am Sometimes we want to be someone else anyone but who we are. We want to be someone who feels more free and at peace. We want to be someone who doesn't have to take medications day after day. We want to be free of the pain and loneliness our illness has brought us. B...

kld47 · kld47

Hi New Meds seem to be to working. I am not under as much stress and am sleeping a lot better. No more waking up 2 or 3 times during the night and no more nightmares like I used to, this while being on the Celexa. Just have to watch out the time of night I take the Xanax though, took one Monday night and then sle...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought for Hazelden is: THOUGHT FOR THE DAY In our group we often hear the slogan "Easy Does It." We who suffer our affliction always do everything to excess. We indulge our emotions. We worry too much. We have too much resentment. We tend to be addictive. We tend to hurt ourselves p...

Aquaman · Aquaman

So today I picked up the 5 year old from school and I have two fishing rods in the car and she says" where are we going, Daddy?" and I anser "I want to show you something really, really cool." I took her to a place called "The Cut".It's a concrete canal that was put in the bot...

bikerbill · bikerbill

It seems that a volcano has erupted in Finland or somewhere like that, so for the second day running UK airspace is shut, because of the danger of volcanic ash getting in the jet engines and putting the fires out. Hmmm. wonder when the tree huggers will start ravign about climate change causing this? Do...

AGO · AGO

You know it's funny, but I want to say "No" They don't "understand" My entire being screams Noooo!!!! They don't "get it"!!!! But the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly armed with facts about himself, can generally win the entire confi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Welcome back, Avril.. Just in time for your Bellybutton Birthday too hey!!! What a Celebration :) Have a Wonderfully Happy Sober 24hrs.. Liverpool Love, Danielle & Carl XXXX

Nola_Alex · Nola_Alex

Tomorrow morning I go in work to talk to my manager about the incident last night. The incident is that I was drinking at work (I work the graveyard shift at a shell station so no manager present) and I passed out. A customer called an ambulance because I was unresponsive. When I came to the place was surro...

Jundrewia · Jundrewia

Tomorrow is day 19 of my sobriety and I have plans to go to a comedy club with my friend. Ironically it's the friend I was with the last time I drank (and blacked out...really bad). This will be the first real test for me because it's the first time I'll be out, in a place serving alcohol, and I won't be drin...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Having realistic expectations. Sometimes we expect much too much of people and things. We will never be happy if we expect our doctor to work instant cures or if we blame our teacher for what we failed to learn. We need to examine what's realistic to expect of others a...

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	A little twist on the Serenity Prayer (Preview) When I say it for the first time in the morning, I like to add a few words. Here's my own personal version: God, please grant me the serenity and humility to accept the things I cannot change; Courage and willingness to change the things I can; And wisdom and understanding to know the difference.	FlyingSquirrel	3	2225	Apr 22, 2010 by Avril G
	HURRY UP AND RELAX!!!!! (Preview) anyone understand??? care to comment????	jonijoni1	8	1071	Apr 22, 2010 by SUSIE
	Broken today (Preview) Hello everyone. I am reaching out to all of you. I have not been on here for quite some time, playing toe touch with my home meetings as well, not b/c I don't want to go but...well there really is not excuse other than the fact that I can't share at a meeting w/o crying my eyes out. I'm 27 months sober, and I am...	Sacrifice	7	1179	Apr 22, 2010 by Sacrifice
	I'm new and I have questions... (Preview) Hey, New to this. I'm only 12 days sober - I know I have to start somewhere. I am early 30s, and I have a job which places me in the public eye on a very regular basis, so my need to stay anonymous...it's very important to me. Especially so early on. I am managing, but I have not been to an AA meeting yet. I know it...	Smiths77	50	2312	Apr 22, 2010 by FlyingSquirrel
	The 12Steps to Insanity (Preview) The 12 Steps to Total and Complete Insanity We admitted we were powerless over nothing. We could manage our lives perfectly and we could manage those of anyone else that would allow it. Came to believe that there was no power greater than ourselves, and the rest of the world was insane. Made a decision...	Sobrietyspell	6	546	Apr 22, 2010 by Larry_H
	Been feeling out of sorts for a few days, but feel better now. (Preview) Sometimes I need to hear something at a meeting, which fires off my synapses and helps me to see what wrong with me. I've been feeling emotionally disturbed at times over the past few days. As you may know, I haven't had much (well barely any) contact with my adult children for 4 years. I've made amends as...	bikerbill	5	847	Apr 22, 2010 by bikerbill
	Going to meeting? (Preview) So I think I might actually take a chance and try out a meeting. I found one close by my house that's going on tonight and I think it's a "speaker" meeting and I won't have to talk. I'm nervous, I've never been to one but everyone on here seems to think they are the greatest so I guess I'll give it a t...	Oblong	14	1178	Apr 22, 2010 by angelov8
	How come you don't drink anymore? (Preview) I do not know who wrote this but I like it. Larry, -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------How come you don't drink anymore? "How come you don't drink anymore?" a renewed acquaintance from long ago asked the other day. "Anymo...	Larry_H	10	877	Apr 22, 2010 by angelov8
	Symptoms and the causes (Preview) " Our liquor was but a symptom. So we had to get down to causes and conditions." AA book pg 64. When this truth finally dawned upon me, I was already a year sober. It took me another 2 years, to thoroughly and honestly face the facts about my life. My kind sponsor told me I had run out of time, and I...	gonee	4	1564	Apr 21, 2010 by Rob84
	Informal Poll on Quitting drinking (Preview) This version of message board software doesn't have a poll function or it's not enabled (John are you listening ), so we will have to add manually after posters are finished. Include one of these statements (or write "I'm a #1, 2, 3, or 4) in the opening line of your post. Feel free to elaborate o...	StPeteDean	23	992	Apr 21, 2010 by StPeteDean
	A baby showed up... (Preview) Our new daughter, River Rose, was born yesterday at 2pm central time, US. She's in good health as is her mother. Can't wait to tell my noon meeting! Peace, Rob	Aquaman	23	1242	Apr 21, 2010 by StPeteDean
	So I relapsed.... :( READ IMPORTANT INFO ESPECIALLY IF YOUR A FACEBOOK FRIEND! (Preview) If your on my facebook account please dont make any comments about it, I ask this from my heart as some certain people need to hear it from me first. I just felt I needed to share it here first... More details to come, just had to share.	SoberSteve	24	1096	Apr 21, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Why did you come back and attend your 2nd AA meeting? (Preview) We all know what motivated us to go to our 1st AA meeting. It was usually The Judge, My Family, I had no where else to go or I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. This list could go on and on. My question is what caused you to come back? I am sure most of us were told at that 1st meeting to "Keep comi...	Larry_H	13	1352	Apr 21, 2010 by itsmichael
	Alano Club Issues (Preview) When I first started putting on a sober karaoke show at a new Alano Club in town, there were so many singers that sometimes people would only get to sing once or twice during the night. Then it started going downhill. Since I didn't live in the area and was only there once a week, I had no idea what was happe...	FlyingSquirrel	12	1696	Apr 21, 2010 by Larry_H
	Expectations are hard! (Preview) I am only 4 months sober, but my sponser and i agree that my job is holding me back in every way possible. Iv interviewed at two different companys, and one of them said i would here back on the 19th which is tomorrow. God i want this job so much. It would definately help me in my day to day happiness, as well a...	soberscott	10	1388	Apr 21, 2010 by Ellen E
	....and still better each day (Preview) Thank you again, for all the love and the encouragement. yes, Vonnegut is my solace at night now. LOL Sooooooo much better then relying on that old marriage that didn't work!! hand Specialist said I need nerve conduction studies and electromyogram, which consists of thin needles being pushed into m...	jonijoni1	9	1032	Apr 21, 2010 by Ellen E
	Prayer of an Unknown Confederate Soldier (Preview) I know some have already heard this, but I love to read it from to-to time. I asked God for strength, that I might achieve; I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey. I asked for health, that I might do greater things; I was given infirmity, that I might do better things. I asked for riches, that...	Dadx5	1	969	Apr 21, 2010 by Larry_H
	Day 9 (Preview) Hiya folks. Just checking in. It's so odd. Normally I think I comment a lot and offer support when people are having a rough time, but here I feel a bit intimidated not only because I'm new but because I feel like "Who's going to take the advice of someone who has only been sober nine days?" ...	whitewhineoh	12	1102	Apr 21, 2010 by whitewhineoh
	New Member (Preview) Hi Everyone, I have been reading these messages for about 3 weeks now and just decided to join up and post myself. I have known that I am an alcoholic for years and years now, gave it up once before. So it's been about 3 weeks for me this time. The straw that broke the camels back for me was... I decided to get a...	Oblong	17	1245	Apr 21, 2010 by Ms London
	Daily Reflections ~ New Soul.... New Roots & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Moments of perception can build into a lifetime of spiritual serenity, as I have excellent reason to know. Roots of reality, supplanting the neurotic underbrush, will hold fast despite the high winds of the forces which would destroy us, or which we would use to destroy ourselves. AS BILL SEES IT, p....	Sobrietyspell	0	722	Apr 21, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	One week! Cheers! ...er, with lemonade or something! (Preview) Well today I have been sober one week. That is just incredible to me. I am thrilled! I have been to at least one meeting every day and know I never could have done it without that. I went to an amazing meeting on Friday called "fearless" where we have a speaker on, yup, you guessed it: fear! ...	whitewhineoh	12	1061	Apr 21, 2010 by MAL
	How to Go Back Out (Preview) 1. stop praying for God's help in the morning 2. stop going to meetings regularly and often 3. stop inventorying your feelings and fears 4. get lonely, bored, resentful and don't do anything about it 5. start to think you are in control of your life and that you don't need to worry about AA's tools to help...	jonijoni1	9	1222	Apr 21, 2010 by Larry_H
	Steaming Mad.........But Still Sober (Preview) So it's now 12:05 A.M. EST. My wife and I attended a black-tie dinner tonight. Not just any dinner, but the biggest event of the year in our town of 25,000. Every doctor, lawyer, and politician in town was there. My hands are shaking as I write this. My wife asked me if I would be O.K, I said yeah. She asked m...	Dadx5	22	1201	Apr 21, 2010 by Avril G
	Back (Preview) Hi folks, I'm back. Wish it was under better circumstances.	Ms London	14	1135	Apr 20, 2010 by Larry_H
	Confessional information (Preview) Precisely because it bothered me to "waste" it down the drain, I hearby put it in writing that I just got out of bed to dump out a half a bottle of Jagermeister which I found burrowed in the back of the freezer a few months ago. I don't know if it was mine from last year(it was one of my fave liquor...	angelov8	6	1110	Apr 20, 2010 by Just Toni
	Daily Reflections ~ Cultivating Faith & 24hrs a Day (Preview) "I don't think we can do anything very well in this world unless we practice it. And I don't believe we do A.A. too well unless we practice it. . . . We should practice . . . acquiring the spirit of service. We should attempt to acquire some faith, which isn't easily done, especially for the person who...	Sobrietyspell	1	845	Apr 20, 2010 by Larry_H
	Unmanageable (Preview) The 1st step tells me that my life had become unmanageable. The 1st pertinent idea also tells me that I could not manage my life. I do not find any thing in the AA text which says that I will regain manageability. Therefore I submit to a life long reliance on God to manage my life. It has become so easy for me t...	gonee	4	965	Apr 20, 2010 by whitewhineoh
	Today's thought from Hazelden 4/20/2010 (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening, we shall hear the right word. --Ralph Waldo Emerson Perhaps it was only yesterday or the day before that we doubted our value to society, or to our family or friends. We often lose our direction. That's normal an...	Larry_H	1	911	Apr 20, 2010 by gonee
	Honesty discussion... (Preview) Aloha All...I've got both of the boards I participate with in on this one. Honesty seems to be the asset of focus at the moment and I am (and have for a while) listening for feedback from others in recovery for their perceptions; ESH. I will be grateful. Take your time and keep and open mind with good rec...	Jerry F	5	4732	Apr 20, 2010 by pinkchip
	Happy Bellybutton Bday, CAMitch!!! xx (Preview) Welcome to MIP, Craig.. Do we have 90 days sober as yet too?? Godbless you today & for all your sobriety 1Day@aTime. Keep coming back & letting all of us in this program love you like we do. Godbless you in all your efforts. Have a wonderful 24hrs all about you Just for Today ;) Recovery love &...	Sobrietyspell	4	739	Apr 20, 2010 by pinkchip
	Why we NEED eachother- and ELEPHANTS.... Need and Elephants.... (Preview) Because we can't on our own, process the world around us and the things that happen, and react sanely like we ought to, due to our disease of maladjusted perception. The text book for one of my classes right now had an exerpt of the story about the 3 blind men from India who came upon an elephant, an animal t...	jonijoni1	4	1411	Apr 20, 2010 by AGO
	Daily Reflections ~ Self-Examination & 24hrs a Day (Preview) . . . we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 When said sincerely, this prayer teaches me to be truly unselfish and humble, for even in doing good deeds I often used to seek approval and glo...	Sobrietyspell	1	1341	Apr 19, 2010 by gonee
	Happy 40th Birthday, Token Girl!!! xx (Preview) HAPPY FORTY BIG ONES, TG!!!!! How's your TWO YEARS SOBRIETY coming along 1Day@aTime? May your Day be Super Special like you.. full of love, gifts & surprises. We, your fellowship, are always here for you on your unbirthdays too! I hope you may have a gorgeous 24hrs taking good care of you. God bles...	Sobrietyspell	2	839	Apr 19, 2010 by mikef
	Full blown man flu kicked in again. (Preview) My head feels like it's stuffed with cotton wool, I ache all over, I'm drinking fluids like crazy, slept 4 hours last night, throat is dry and raw, nose is running off my face and I have what a doctor might call a productive cough. My teeth all ache, I'm peeing like a fountain and have the most incredible fl...	bikerbill	8	1196	Apr 19, 2010 by Larry_H
	Two Wolves (Preview) Someone read this in a meeting yesterday and it really stayed with me: An old Cherokee Indian was speaking to his grandson: "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil--he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, a...	itsmichael	10	6936	Apr 19, 2010 by itsmichael
	Help PLEASE- what would you want? (Preview) -- Edited by Poz on Monday 19th of April 2010 11:14:48 AM	Poz	8	1231	Apr 19, 2010 by jonijoni1
	People with chronic pain (Preview) Hello All, I am note sureif this is the place to tell info to but here goes. Canadian Federal government has passed a ruling that Pain sufferers getting freezing shots can not get more than 25% of the regular treatment anymore. What do I do now????? So many people that don't take narcotics will now be f...	kathy570	8	1410	Apr 19, 2010 by Avril G
	Carrying the Message -- from Hazelden (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Carrying the Message What we are always carries a stronger message than what we say. This is why we're sometimes turned off by people who seek to overwhelm us with charm. It's also why we can sometimes be drawn to people who are quiet and unassuming. However it works, t...	Larry_H	0	804	Apr 19, 2010 by Larry_H
	Daily Reflections ~ Self-Honesty & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The deception of others is nearly always rooted in the deception of ourselves. . . . When we are honest with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and with God. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 17 When I was drinking, I deceived myself about reality, rewriting it to what I wanted it to be. D...	Sobrietyspell	3	1295	Apr 18, 2010 by Sid
	It's finally sunk in. (Preview) The last couple of weeks have been pretty hellish for me. Unable to completely "get" step one has been a real problem for me, leaving open the doors to and questions about drinking. I had a few days of drinking, hiding it, and doing stupid stuff which resulted in what boils down to an ultimatu...	runnergirl	11	1198	Apr 18, 2010 by jonijoni1
	I Am Who I Am ---- from Hazelden (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: I Am Who I Am Sometimes we want to be someone else anyone but who we are. We want to be someone who feels more free and at peace. We want to be someone who doesn't have to take medications day after day. We want to be free of the pain and loneliness our illness has brought us. B...	Larry_H	2	596	Apr 18, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Meds Working (Preview) Hi New Meds seem to be to working. I am not under as much stress and am sleeping a lot better. No more waking up 2 or 3 times during the night and no more nightmares like I used to, this while being on the Celexa. Just have to watch out the time of night I take the Xanax though, took one Monday night and then sle...	kld47	5	1175	Apr 17, 2010 by jonijoni1
	"Easy Does It." (Preview) Today's thought for Hazelden is: THOUGHT FOR THE DAY In our group we often hear the slogan "Easy Does It." We who suffer our affliction always do everything to excess. We indulge our emotions. We worry too much. We have too much resentment. We tend to be addictive. We tend to hurt ourselves p...	Larry_H	1	1416	Apr 17, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Why "Aquaman"? (Preview) So today I picked up the 5 year old from school and I have two fishing rods in the car and she says" where are we going, Daddy?" and I anser "I want to show you something really, really cool." I took her to a place called "The Cut".It's a concrete canal that was put in the bot...	Aquaman	12	1124	Apr 17, 2010 by Aquaman
	UK Panic? (Preview) It seems that a volcano has erupted in Finland or somewhere like that, so for the second day running UK airspace is shut, because of the danger of volcanic ash getting in the jet engines and putting the fires out. Hmmm. wonder when the tree huggers will start ravign about climate change causing this? Do...	bikerbill	13	1247	Apr 17, 2010 by bikerbill
	Can non-alcoholics help alcoholics? (Preview) You know it's funny, but I want to say "No" They don't "understand" My entire being screams Noooo!!!! They don't "get it"!!!! But the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly armed with facts about himself, can generally win the entire confi...	AGO	6	1206	Apr 17, 2010 by Avril G
	Happy Birthday, Avril! XXX (Preview) Welcome back, Avril.. Just in time for your Bellybutton Birthday too hey!!! What a Celebration :) Have a Wonderfully Happy Sober 24hrs.. Liverpool Love, Danielle & Carl XXXX	Sobrietyspell	11	1577	Apr 17, 2010 by Avril G
	Fearful of tomorrow (Preview) Tomorrow morning I go in work to talk to my manager about the incident last night. The incident is that I was drinking at work (I work the graveyard shift at a shell station so no manager present) and I passed out. A customer called an ambulance because I was unresponsive. When I came to the place was surro...	Nola_Alex	14	1372	Apr 17, 2010 by Avril G
	Day 19 and My First Social Outing (Preview) Tomorrow is day 19 of my sobriety and I have plans to go to a comedy club with my friend. Ironically it's the friend I was with the last time I drank (and blacked out...really bad). This will be the first real test for me because it's the first time I'll be out, in a place serving alcohol, and I won't be drin...	Jundrewia	19	1464	Apr 17, 2010 by Oblong
	Having realistic expectations. (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Having realistic expectations. Sometimes we expect much too much of people and things. We will never be happy if we expect our doctor to work instant cures or if we blame our teacher for what we failed to learn. We need to examine what's realistic to expect of others a...	Larry_H	1	756	Apr 17, 2010 by leeu
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