Alcoholics Anonymous

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day In the past, we kept right on drinking in spite of all the trouble we got into. We were foolish enough to believe that drinking could still be fun in spite of everything that happened to us. When we came into A.A., we found a lot of people who, like ourselves, had had fun with drinkin...

maggie22 · maggie22

Hi, my name is Maggie and I'm an alcoholic! It's been a long time since I've said that. I've been sober since July 2000. I haven't been to a meeting in about four years. I've been doing really well...just moved to a new state, got an awesome job, got a little money in my savings account...but I'm defin...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees ItPg. 36 Humility First We found many in A.A. who once thought, as we did, that humility was another name for weakness. They helped us to get down to right size. By their example they showed us that humility and intellect could be compatible, provided we placed humility first. When we beg...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees ItPg. 40 Material Achievement No member of A.A. wants to deprecate material achievement. Nor do we enter into debate with the many who cling to the belief that to satisfy our basic natural desires is the main object of life. Be we are sure that no class of people in the world ever made a wors...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 9, 2009 Patience Just try it. Drive with an easy rein; don't worry; seek and be with the Group as much as you possibly can. Coast along with us, work with us, and you will gradually find fear being replaced by confidence, doubts taking wing; depre...

Quetzal · Quetzal

When people with a compulsive disorder do whatever it is they are compelled to do, they are not saying they don't love you - they are saying they don't love themselves. -- Codependent No More Gentle people, gentle souls, go in love. Yes, at times we need to be firm, assertive: those times when we cha...

B@M · B@M

I have battled a drinking problem for the past few years and just recently started attending AA meetings. The meetings have helped me immensely however I have only been attending meetings for a little over two weeks but the people i have met are already hounding me to get a sponsor.The sponsor as we un...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Even then, as we hew away, peace and joy will still elude us. Thats the place so many of us A.A. oldsters have come to. And its a hell of a spot, literally. How shall our unconsciousfrom which so many of our fears, compulsions and phony aspirations still streambe brought into line with what we actually be...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day When the morning sun comes up on a nice bright day and we jump out of bed, we're thankful to God that we feel well and happy instead of sick and disgusted. Serenity and happiness have become much more important to us than the excitement of drinking, which lifts us up for a short whil...

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

Hi Everyone, Just got home from a meeting and we kind of bounced around the idea of what one reading, phrase or subject can you not hear enough of. I said - The Promises. I love them. To me they are pure words from Above. They are music to my ears. Other folks said different phrases and different parag...

Supercub · Supercub

Last night my grandmother passed away at 92 years old. She lived a full life and died peacefully in her sleep. She was the only grandparent I have ever known and I love her very much. I'm grateful to have had her in my life and I am going to miss her always. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers thi...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

After trying to stop smoking countless times for over two decades I was finally able to kick it a while back. My success wasn't due to some wonder drug, nicotine gum/lip balm/inhaler, or any of the other dozens of things I had tried in the past. What finally helped me say goodbye to tobacco permanently w...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We need to make a distinction between powerlessness and owning our power. The first step in recovery is accepting powerlessness. There are some things we can't do, no matter how long or hard we try. These things include changing other people, solving their problems, and controlling their behavi...

BLUE · BLUE

being in the program is not always easy.they say if you dont,drink you had a good day .well for me there's more first i have to take the steps like it's in the big book,then i have to let god in my heart and life.and become willing to be like he wants me too.thats the hard part,when i have to face the pain.t...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) ~ Scroll down for share ~ February 8, 2009 Decision It is by circumstance rather than by any virtue that we have been driven to AA, have admitted defeat, have acquired the rudiments of faith, and now want to make a decision to turn our will and our lives over...

Jane05 · Jane05

Day Eight/8:00 PM: "You can't laugh and think at the same time! So every time you laugh you're getting a break from you." ~Ken D. (P 153, Alkiespeak) I take my program seriously, not myself. Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Hazelden author of ' Day By Day' & other Meditation Book...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees ItPg. 39 Dealing with Resentments Resentment is the Number One offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physical ill, we have also been spiritually ill. When our spiritual malady is o...

Tina · Tina

Hi to all Just thought I'd drop and say hi, and to let you know things are somewhat better, I'm getting a few more shifts at work and well I'm been busy with my daughter and volunteering some of my time to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. My son's in there too, and we get together at least try to anyways once...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi everyone, Today marks three years of continuous sobriety for me! I can hardly believe it. It's only through regular meetings, my support network of AA friends, my sponsor, working the steps and my Higher Power that I have managed this. For anyone who is just starting out in sobriety that's how...

learning · learning

Hi everyone, Bad modem has kept me offline for about a month. Not priority to fix as there were other things higher on the list of priorities. Update: Middle son officially left states on Feb. 3rd to head to Iraq. Should be settling in Kuwait about now for 2 wks before he arrives at his ass...

laurenrich777 · laurenrich777

Just wondering. I just happened to notice that they are offered. How many of you attend?

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The minute I stopped arguing, I could begin to see and feel. Right there, Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I cant say upon what occasion or upon what day I came to believe in a Power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now. To acquire it, I had to stop fightin...

laurenrich777 · laurenrich777

I currently have 34 days without alcohol. My story is a bit different than the ones that you hear in the meetings. I am a mother of three, two of which are under 24 months of age. I am a full time Realtor here in Atlanta with a team of three assistants under me. I'm married to an amazing man who is not an alcohol...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees ItPg. 38 Pipeline to God "I am a firm believer in both guidance and prayer. But I am fully aware, and humble enough I hope, to see there may be nothing infallible about my guidance. "The minute I figure I have got a perfectly clear pipeline to god, I have become egotistical enoug...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 7, 2009 Simplicity The simple words "Thy Will Be Done" and the simple ideas of honesty and of helping others are taking on a new meaning for me. I should not be surprised to find myself coming to the astounding conclusion that God, who...

Vinohrady · Vinohrady

Hi everyone! This is my first post on this forum. Just thought I would introduce myself. I am 26 and have been abusing alcohol for about 7 or 8 years. I decided to get help two weeks ago today and haven't drank since. After a course of Valium and plenty of recouperation, I feel a lot better and have started...

lost4now · lost4now

Hello group, I am new to all this and could use a few words of both encouragement and advice. I have been sober for 1 day. I recently had an incident that made me realize that I want to get sober, I need to get sober. I have made an appointment with an AODA counselor, and I have found the location of a meeting t...

cramcj01 · cramcj01

Edging on 5 months now. Woo hoo! A couple of weeks ago I had the flu....bad. I laid on the couch and was thinking, why me? I mean, I felt like total junk. Then, I closed my eyes for a minute and started to think of the feeling I had every morning before I got enough alcohol in my body to rid the shakes. ...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us. Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33 I feel that A.A. is a God-inspired program and that God is at every A.A. meeting. I see, believe, and have come to know tha...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day On a dark night, the bright lights of the corner tavern look mighty inviting. Inside, there seems to be warmth and good cheer. But we don't stop to think that if we go in there we'll probably end up drunk, with our money spent and an awful hangover. A long mahogany bar in the tropica...

laurenrich777 · laurenrich777

I think there will be different answers to this however, I hear repeatedly that you should attend on a daily basis. That beings said, how in the world do you do this with a family (who you are feeding around meeting times in the evenings) and a full time career? I saw someone say "you made the time to d...

Jane05 · Jane05

This is something I got this morning, in an e-mail, that made me sit up. Have a good day! Thought for Today Thursday, February 5, 2009 Is it possible that I am so busy doing That I no longer have time to enjoy being? Wilson

Jane05 · Jane05

Good morningFriendsDay Six/9:00 PM: We often miss opportunity knocking at the door because it can be disguised as a huge problem. With the next problem you encounter, ask, "What can I learn from this?" I watch for big problems; they disguise BIG opportunities. Excerpt from the Pocket S...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Before recovery, many of us lacked a frame of reference with which to name the victimization and abuse in our life. We may have thought it was normal that people mistreated us. We may have believed we deserved mistreatment; we may have been attracted to people who mistreated us. We need to let go, on a...

tomvlll · tomvlll

Do you think it's ok for a person to identify him/herself as an alcoholic ANDA drug addict, given our fifth tradition?

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees ItPg. 37 A Full and Thankful Heart One exercise that I practice is to try for a full inventory of my blessings and then for a right acceptance of the many gifts that are mineboth temporal and spiritual. Here I try to achieve a state of joyful gratitude. When such a brand of gratitude is repea...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 6, 2009 Irrationality Few indeed are the practicing alcoholics who have any idea how irrational they are, or seeing their irrationality, can bear to face it. Some will be willing to term themselves "problem drinkers" but cannot e...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day One thing we learn in A.A. is to take a long view of drinking instead of a short view. When we were drinking we thought more about the pleasure or release that a drink would give us than we did about the consequences that would result from our taking that drink. Liquor looks good fro...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

[img]https://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv314/oldsmobuble/DeanSBXLIIIinsidepr...

Jane05 · Jane05

Day Five/11:00 AM: It's a very interesting thing about human nature, when you stop treating yourself poorly, it will become unacceptable for others to do so. If I don't take care of myself, why should anyone else? Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Hazelden author of ' Day By Day' & other Medi...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 5, 2009 Footprints Stepping into the first footprint that led from the dismal swamp of alcoholism toward the sunlight of sobriety would not take me far enough. Would I muddle along some little trail of my own in the weeds, vaguely paralleling t...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Sometimes A.A. comes harder to those who have lost or rejected faith than to those who never had any faith at all, for they think they have faith and found it wanting. They have tried the way of faith and the way of no faith. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 28 I was so sure God had failed me that I becam...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Treating others to drinks gave us a kind of satisfaction. We liked to say, "Have a drink on me." But we were not really doing the other people a favor. We were only helping them to get drunk, especially if they happened to be alcoholic. In A.A., we really try to help othe...

Jane05 · Jane05

How to Stay Awake in AA Meetings - A Public Service Announcement Do you keep falling asleep in meetings? What about those long and boring drinkables? Here is a way to change all that... 1. Before (or during) your next meeting, prepare yourself by drawing a square. I find that a 5" x5" is a good...

Daveypoos · Daveypoos

Does anyone know where I can download stuf like this? Such as the films I've seen of Bill W. I'm not looking for copyrighted material and I would hopefully be making up some discs for newcommers, I've done the same with speaker MP3 downloads. Many thanks Dave M

chester · chester

Hi I haven't drank in over a month and the last time was newyears. I had 4 beers and a glass of very cheap champane. Someone posted the 5 types of A's. If I have a label I am the functioning one. I used to have 4-5 beers and when the buzz started I would stop although I have to admitt that some times 3-4 times a ye...

Jane05 · Jane05

Day Four/4:00 PM: Part of recovery is becoming whole and that includes relationships. But we must be a whole person seeking a whole person, not a broken person seeking another to become whole. It's not a question of me finding the right person, but becoming the right person. (Especially if I'm al...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Pg. 35 Suffering Transmuted "A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress." {{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}} For Dr. Bob, the insatiable craving for alcohol was evidently a physical phenome...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 4, 2009 Usefulness We hear a lot in meetings that a grateful alcoholic doesn't get drunk. What I have found, though, reaches far beyond feeling grateful, and that is feeling useful. I believe that when I am grateful, It is usually for what I have...

Quetzal · Quetzal

What a journey! This process of growth and change takes us along an ever-changing road. Sometimes the way is hard and craggy. Sometimes we climb mountains. Sometimes we slide down the other side on a toboggan. Sometimes we rest. Sometimes we grope through the darkness. Sometimes we're blind...

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	24 Hrs a Day ~ 9th Feb 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day In the past, we kept right on drinking in spite of all the trouble we got into. We were foolish enough to believe that drinking could still be fun in spite of everything that happened to us. When we came into A.A., we found a lot of people who, like ourselves, had had fun with drinkin...	Sobrietyspell	0	243	Feb 9, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Long Time Away (Preview) Hi, my name is Maggie and I'm an alcoholic! It's been a long time since I've said that. I've been sober since July 2000. I haven't been to a meeting in about four years. I've been doing really well...just moved to a new state, got an awesome job, got a little money in my savings account...but I'm defin...	maggie22	6	367	Feb 9, 2009 by Mike B.
	Humility First (Preview) As Bill Sees ItPg. 36 Humility First We found many in A.A. who once thought, as we did, that humility was another name for weakness. They helped us to get down to right size. By their example they showed us that humility and intellect could be compatible, provided we placed humility first. When we beg...	Jane05	4	1496	Feb 9, 2009 by Mike B.
	Material Achievement (Preview) As Bill Sees ItPg. 40 Material Achievement No member of A.A. wants to deprecate material achievement. Nor do we enter into debate with the many who cling to the belief that to satisfy our basic natural desires is the main object of life. Be we are sure that no class of people in the world ever made a wors...	Jane05	1	354	Feb 9, 2009 by Daveypoos
	A.A. Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 9, 2009 Patience Just try it. Drive with an easy rein; don't worry; seek and be with the Group as much as you possibly can. Coast along with us, work with us, and you will gradually find fear being replaced by confidence, doubts taking wing; depre...	Jane05	0	777	Feb 9, 2009 by Jane05
	Letting Go in Love (Preview) When people with a compulsive disorder do whatever it is they are compelled to do, they are not saying they don't love you - they are saying they don't love themselves. -- Codependent No More Gentle people, gentle souls, go in love. Yes, at times we need to be firm, assertive: those times when we cha...	Quetzal	0	204	Feb 9, 2009 by Quetzal
	Is This Extreme?? (Preview) I have battled a drinking problem for the past few years and just recently started attending AA meetings. The meetings have helped me immensely however I have only been attending meetings for a little over two weeks but the people i have met are already hounding me to get a sponsor.The sponsor as we un...	B@M	5	535	Feb 9, 2009 by barisax
	Daily Reflections ~ Convincing "Mr. Hyde" (Preview) Even then, as we hew away, peace and joy will still elude us. Thats the place so many of us A.A. oldsters have come to. And its a hell of a spot, literally. How shall our unconsciousfrom which so many of our fears, compulsions and phony aspirations still streambe brought into line with what we actually be...	Sobrietyspell	0	338	Feb 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 8th Feb 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day When the morning sun comes up on a nice bright day and we jump out of bed, we're thankful to God that we feel well and happy instead of sick and disgusted. Serenity and happiness have become much more important to us than the excitement of drinking, which lifts us up for a short whil...	Sobrietyspell	0	286	Feb 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Favorite saying, quote, reading... (Preview) Hi Everyone, Just got home from a meeting and we kind of bounced around the idea of what one reading, phrase or subject can you not hear enough of. I said - The Promises. I love them. To me they are pure words from Above. They are music to my ears. Other folks said different phrases and different parag...	Dave Harm	2	314	Feb 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Asking for prayers (Preview) Last night my grandmother passed away at 92 years old. She lived a full life and died peacefully in her sleep. She was the only grandparent I have ever known and I love her very much. I'm grateful to have had her in my life and I am going to miss her always. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers thi...	Supercub	10	363	Feb 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Do we make it more difficult than it needs to be? (Preview) After trying to stop smoking countless times for over two decades I was finally able to kick it a while back. My success wasn't due to some wonder drug, nicotine gum/lip balm/inhaler, or any of the other dozens of things I had tried in the past. What finally helped me say goodbye to tobacco permanently w...	Tipsy McStagger	4	377	Feb 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Owning Our Power (Preview) We need to make a distinction between powerlessness and owning our power. The first step in recovery is accepting powerlessness. There are some things we can't do, no matter how long or hard we try. These things include changing other people, solving their problems, and controlling their behavi...	Quetzal	1	331	Feb 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	liveing the 12 steps (Preview) being in the program is not always easy.they say if you dont,drink you had a good day .well for me there's more first i have to take the steps like it's in the big book,then i have to let god in my heart and life.and become willing to be like he wants me too.thats the hard part,when i have to face the pain.t...	BLUE	4	300	Feb 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	A.A. Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) ~ Scroll down for share ~ February 8, 2009 Decision It is by circumstance rather than by any virtue that we have been driven to AA, have admitted defeat, have acquired the rudiments of faith, and now want to make a decision to turn our will and our lives over...	Jane05	0	471	Feb 8, 2009 by Jane05
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) Day Eight/8:00 PM: "You can't laugh and think at the same time! So every time you laugh you're getting a break from you." ~Ken D. (P 153, Alkiespeak) *I take my program seriously, not myself.* Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Hazelden author of ' Day By Day' & other Meditation Book...	Jane05	0	160	Feb 8, 2009 by Jane05
	Dealing with Resentments (Preview) As Bill Sees ItPg. 39 Dealing with Resentments Resentment is the Number One offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physical ill, we have also been spiritually ill. When our spiritual malady is o...	Jane05	0	443	Feb 8, 2009 by Jane05
	Just me!!!! (Preview) Hi to all Just thought I'd drop and say hi, and to let you know things are somewhat better, I'm getting a few more shifts at work and well I'm been busy with my daughter and volunteering some of my time to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. My son's in there too, and we get together at least try to anyways once...	Tina	1	244	Feb 8, 2009 by Jane05
	3 Years Sober Today! (Preview) Hi everyone, Today marks three years of continuous sobriety for me! I can hardly believe it. It's only through regular meetings, my support network of AA friends, my sponsor, working the steps and my Higher Power that I have managed this. For anyone who is just starting out in sobriety that's how...	Quetzal	9	363	Feb 7, 2009 by Tina
	Back once again..... (Preview) Hi everyone, Bad modem has kept me offline for about a month. Not priority to fix as there were other things higher on the list of priorities. Update: Middle son officially left states on Feb. 3rd to head to Iraq. Should be settling in Kuwait about now for 2 wks before he arrives at his ass...	learning	1	265	Feb 7, 2009 by Tina
	Online Meetings....How Are They? (Preview) Just wondering. I just happened to notice that they are offered. How many of you attend?	laurenrich777	3	283	Feb 7, 2009 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections ~ A Glorious Release (Preview) The minute I stopped arguing, I could begin to see and feel. Right there, Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I cant say upon what occasion or upon what day I came to believe in a Power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now. To acquire it, I had to stop fightin...	Sobrietyspell	2	314	Feb 7, 2009 by beachgirl
	Hello My Name Is Lauren and I'm An Alcoholic (Preview) I currently have 34 days without alcohol. My story is a bit different than the ones that you hear in the meetings. I am a mother of three, two of which are under 24 months of age. I am a full time Realtor here in Atlanta with a team of three assistants under me. I'm married to an amazing man who is not an alcohol...	laurenrich777	8	475	Feb 7, 2009 by laurenrich777
	As Bill Sees It (Preview) As Bill Sees ItPg. 38 Pipeline to God "I am a firm believer in both guidance and prayer. But I am fully aware, and humble enough I hope, to see there may be nothing infallible about my guidance. "The minute I figure I have got a perfectly clear pipeline to god, I have become egotistical enoug...	Jane05	0	224	Feb 7, 2009 by Jane05
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 7, 2009 Simplicity The simple words "Thy Will Be Done" and the simple ideas of honesty and of helping others are taking on a new meaning for me. I should not be surprised to find myself coming to the astounding conclusion that God, who...	Jane05	0	505	Feb 7, 2009 by Jane05
	Hello (Preview) Hi everyone! This is my first post on this forum. Just thought I would introduce myself. I am 26 and have been abusing alcohol for about 7 or 8 years. I decided to get help two weeks ago today and haven't drank since. After a course of Valium and plenty of recouperation, I feel a lot better and have started...	Vinohrady	6	341	Feb 6, 2009 by Tipsy McStagger
	new to all of this (Preview) Hello group, I am new to all this and could use a few words of both encouragement and advice. I have been sober for 1 day. I recently had an incident that made me realize that I want to get sober, I need to get sober. I have made an appointment with an AODA counselor, and I have found the location of a meeting t...	lost4now	10	404	Feb 6, 2009 by Tipsy McStagger
	Hi guys.... (Preview) Edging on 5 months now. Woo hoo! A couple of weeks ago I had the flu....bad. I laid on the couch and was thinking, why me? I mean, I felt like total junk. Then, I closed my eyes for a minute and started to think of the feeling I had every morning before I got enough alcohol in my body to rid the shakes. ...	cramcj01	5	317	Feb 6, 2009 by Tipsy McStagger
	Daily Reflections ~ A Rallying Point (Preview) Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us. Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33 I feel that A.A. is a God-inspired program and that God is at every A.A. meeting. I see, believe, and have come to know tha...	Sobrietyspell	0	279	Feb 6, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 6th Feb 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day On a dark night, the bright lights of the corner tavern look mighty inviting. Inside, there seems to be warmth and good cheer. But we don't stop to think that if we go in there we'll probably end up drunk, with our money spent and an awful hangover. A long mahogany bar in the tropica...	Sobrietyspell	0	250	Feb 6, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	My Question About Meetings~ (Preview) I think there will be different answers to this however, I hear repeatedly that you should attend on a daily basis. That beings said, how in the world do you do this with a family (who you are feeding around meeting times in the evenings) and a full time career? I saw someone say "you made the time to d...	laurenrich777	4	362	Feb 6, 2009 by laurenrich777
	Just a Thought (Preview) This is something I got this morning, in an e-mail, that made me sit up. Have a good day! Thought for Today Thursday, February 5, 2009 Is it possible that I am so busy doing That I no longer have time to enjoy being? Wilson	Jane05	1	323	Feb 6, 2009 by pinkchip
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) *Good morningFriendsDay Six/9:00 PM:* We often miss opportunity knocking at the door because it can be disguised as a huge problem. With the next problem you encounter, ask, "What can I learn from this?" *I watch for big problems; they disguise BIG opportunities.* Excerpt from the Pocket S...	Jane05	0	199	Feb 6, 2009 by Jane05
	Stopping Victimization (Preview) Before recovery, many of us lacked a frame of reference with which to name the victimization and abuse in our life. We may have thought it was normal that people mistreated us. We may have believed we deserved mistreatment; we may have been attracted to people who mistreated us. We need to let go, on a...	Quetzal	0	235	Feb 6, 2009 by Quetzal
	question about ANDA's (Preview) Do you think it's ok for a person to identify him/herself as an alcoholic ANDA drug addict, given our fifth tradition?	tomvlll	9	645	Feb 6, 2009 by Daveypoos
	A Full and Thankful Heart (Preview) As Bill Sees ItPg. 37 A Full and Thankful Heart One exercise that I practice is to try for a full inventory of my blessings and then for a right acceptance of the many gifts that are mineboth temporal and spiritual. Here I try to achieve a state of joyful gratitude. When such a brand of gratitude is repea...	Jane05	0	198	Feb 6, 2009 by Jane05
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 6, 2009 Irrationality Few indeed are the practicing alcoholics who have any idea how irrational they are, or seeing their irrationality, can bear to face it. Some will be willing to term themselves "problem drinkers" but cannot e...	Jane05	0	190	Feb 6, 2009 by Jane05
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 5th Feb 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day One thing we learn in A.A. is to take a long view of drinking instead of a short view. When we were drinking we thought more about the pleasure or release that a drink would give us than we did about the consequences that would result from our taking that drink. Liquor looks good fro...	Sobrietyspell	0	261	Feb 5, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	A little off topic but... (Preview) [img]https://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv314/oldsmobuble/DeanSBXLIIIinsidepr...	StPeteDean	5	388	Feb 5, 2009 by lani
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) Day Five/11:00 AM: It's a very interesting thing about human nature, when you stop treating yourself poorly, it will become unacceptable for others to do so. *If I don't take care of myself, why should anyone else?* Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Hazelden author of ' Day By Day' & other Medi...	Jane05	0	359	Feb 5, 2009 by Jane05
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 5, 2009 Footprints Stepping into the first footprint that led from the dismal swamp of alcoholism toward the sunlight of sobriety would not take me far enough. Would I muddle along some little trail of my own in the weeds, vaguely paralleling t...	Jane05	0	402	Feb 5, 2009 by Jane05
	Daily Reflections ~ When Faith Is Missing (Preview) Sometimes A.A. comes harder to those who have lost or rejected faith than to those who never had any faith at all, for they think they have faith and found it wanting. They have tried the way of faith and the way of no faith. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 28 I was so sure God had failed me that I becam...	Sobrietyspell	0	249	Feb 4, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 4th Feb 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Treating others to drinks gave us a kind of satisfaction. We liked to say, "Have a drink on me." But we were not really doing the other people a favor. We were only helping them to get drunk, especially if they happened to be alcoholic. In A.A., we really try to help othe...	Sobrietyspell	0	283	Feb 4, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	How to Stay Awake in AA Meetings (Preview) How to Stay Awake in AA Meetings - A Public Service Announcement Do you keep falling asleep in meetings? What about those long and boring drinkables? Here is a way to change all that... 1. Before (or during) your next meeting, prepare yourself by drawing a square. I find that a 5" x5" is a good...	Jane05	5	475	Feb 4, 2009 by barisax
	AA related videos DIVX MP4 etc (Preview) Does anyone know where I can download stuf like this? Such as the films I've seen of Bill W. I'm not looking for copyrighted material and I would hopefully be making up some discs for newcommers, I've done the same with speaker MP3 downloads. Many thanks Dave M	Daveypoos	2	358	Feb 4, 2009 by StPeteDean
	A little about things that are happening in my so called life (Preview) Hi I haven't drank in over a month and the last time was newyears. I had 4 beers and a glass of very cheap champane. Someone posted the 5 types of A's. If I have a label I am the functioning one. I used to have 4-5 beers and when the buzz started I would stop although I have to admitt that some times 3-4 times a ye...	chester	7	397	Feb 4, 2009 by chester
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) Day Four/4:00 PM: Part of recovery is becoming whole and that includes relationships. But we must be a whole person seeking a whole person, not a broken person seeking another to become whole. It's not a question of me finding the right person, but becoming the right person. (Especially if I'm al...	Jane05	0	370	Feb 4, 2009 by Jane05
	Suffering Transmuted (Preview) As Bill Sees It Pg. 35 Suffering Transmuted "A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress." {{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}} For Dr. Bob, the insatiable craving for alcohol was evidently a physical phenome...	Jane05	0	233	Feb 4, 2009 by Jane05
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 4, 2009 Usefulness We hear a lot in meetings that a grateful alcoholic doesn't get drunk. What I have found, though, reaches far beyond feeling grateful, and that is feeling useful. I believe that when I am grateful, It is usually for what I have...	Jane05	0	210	Feb 4, 2009 by Jane05
	Enjoying Recovery (Preview) What a journey! This process of growth and change takes us along an ever-changing road. Sometimes the way is hard and craggy. Sometimes we climb mountains. Sometimes we slide down the other side on a toboggan. Sometimes we rest. Sometimes we grope through the darkness. Sometimes we're blind...	Quetzal	0	187	Feb 4, 2009 by Quetzal
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