Alcoholics Anonymous

joelo · joelo

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

newcomer · newcomer

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

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

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

RicksWorld · RicksWorld

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

buckeyebear · buckeyebear

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

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

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

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

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

Scott Powell · Scott Powell

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

toni baloney · toni baloney

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

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

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

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

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

barisax · barisax

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

Sacrifice · Sacrifice

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

pinkchip · pinkchip

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

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

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

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

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

Heaja13 · Heaja13

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

bikerbill · bikerbill

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

Tina · Tina

Hi all Just thought I'd drop and say hi and well just returned yesterday from Toronto. Went down for some legal stuff and did what I wanted to do, but what a disappointment with some family members. Just at a lost for words, the self pity party and blaming everyone else. Sad Really I went to see if my brot...

wagon · wagon

I just wanted to say hello to all, I hope everyone is well. With school starting in only a few weeks here, and my youngest son getting ready to leave for college, I have a little uneasiness to having the empty nest. I guess i still have some problems with change lol.Maybe a few more meetings will help with t...

Ann · Ann

Do you have to speak at a meeting? Can you just sit there and listen. Then leave once it is over?

Jerry F · Jerry F

Aloha MIP family Saw the wife, or now I say widow, of an old friend of mine from program. We first met in another program for a problem we shared as a result of our drinking. I was able to give him something about his anger that he was very grateful to have and helped him in his family, program and community r...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

It's with great gratitude, joy, and humility (in that order ) I report that this Saturday is my anniversary. This Friday, in 1989, I called up my best friend Steve whom I'd known (and drank with) since I was 16 (29 yo at that time) to ask him to go out drinking with me. It was a Monday night and he asked me...

angelov8 · angelov8

Hi everyone, I'm wanting to add daily (or hourly) meditation and prayer to my step work. I already do this some without specific words, but I'm feeling that a conscious and focused effort would be helpful. There's a prayer in the Eleventh step, 12X12, which I came across while reading my for step wo...

bikerbill · bikerbill

I've had a really maniac couple of weeks what with (mostly) work and all. I work next week but then I get a week holiday time (with the weekends that makes 9 whole days) i've been on the road at site meetings for 9 of the last 10 working days and done around 2500 miles since the beginning of the month. Fortun...

toni baloney · toni baloney

Thanks Dean for .....all of this. 1. They sound like the philosophy of the man who, having a headache, beats himself on the head with a hammer so that he can't feel the ache. If you draw this fallacious reasoning to the attention of an alcoholic, he will laugh it off, or become irritated and refuse to t...

NEANDERTHAL · NEANDERTHAL

First off, thank you all very much for replying to my post yesterday. Your thoughts, opinions and encourgment were all appreciated. The meeting was held in a catholic church 10 miles from where I live and it started at 7:30pm. I arived at 6:45pm, yes, 45 minutes early because there was no way I was going...

SteveP · SteveP

Hi all, Steve here, alcoholic. Great forum and thanks for letting me be part of it. I've been in the Fellowship in Feb and had a had a slip while on holiday in April so that my last drink was around early May. Things on the one hand seem good. Yet on the other hand, my clumisness, impatience, carelessness a...

Ravern · Ravern

I have been really silly I hadn't drank for 2 and a half years, then I started feeling like I was missing out, and recently I have been out drinking and I feel really depressed again. I know I need to come back to AA. -- Edited by StPeteDean on Monday 20th of July 2009 09:01:05 PM

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Hi MIP Family. I am having a really hard time right now, accepting a big change in a dear friend's life. She has the same sponsor I do, but I haven't seen her in over a year, as I just assumed she was "doing her thing", and I was just doing mine. i had going through a bit of a depression last winter, a...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

I live in a small city of about 100,000 people (I moved there 4 years ago from a much larger city). A month or so into my AA experience, one of the big head honchos from the job that I moved here to take (and have since lost due to my DUI) showed up at a meeting. Now, tonight, I just found out that he is my sponsor'...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

The immediate reaction is, "um, God? WTF!" I'm thinking, hey. I've already lost my job, will soon be completely broke, I'm going to meetings every day, trying to work the program the best I can, and now this? What I'm referring to is that I have just developed an unexpected, out of the blue...

NEANDERTHAL · NEANDERTHAL

Hello, my name is Shaun and I am a new to this site. I am currently 15 days sober and tonight at 7:30pm I will be attending my first ever Alcoholics Anonymous meeting...I'm scared, I'm very shy and suffer from anxiety, I'm not looking forward to it. I dont know why I feel the need to join this site and share t...

newcomer · newcomer

Dear all, seven days down, feeling tetchy but hanging in there, avoiding functions for the next while if possible, have explained to people that it was tiring me out and that energy levels low because of drinking, not to gone into it further than that as I don't know what to say, I think I got such a shock w...

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

Hi all, My name is Steve, I have a lot to tell if anyone is interested. Just saying Hi for now, just got out of 4 day Detox. Sorry for the weird spacing, my space bar is being real touchy lol, gotta fix that soon. I am from Salem Oregon and wondering if anyone is from arou...

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

How do you find a sponsor? I am going to a newcomers AA tomorrow and was suggested to find a sponsor, I am naturally shy and my biggest fear is asking someone and being rejected, any tips? Thanks Steve

Ann · Ann

Hello, My name is Ann and I am an Alcoholic. I am hoping today is my last hangover. I am disgusted and ashamed with myself. Last night while my husband was at work I drank an entire bottle of wine plus Vodak. I hid both bottles and can not only find one. I have looked all over the house and I can not f...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Hey All, There was a thread on another board where someone posted a poll on whether you considered yourself recovered vs recovering. Typically for that forum there were people insulting others beliefs in an effort to prove their opinion was correct. What say you? I come under the notion that I wil...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Have any of you reached the insight in early sobriety just how much you do whatever everyone else around you is doing? This didn't hit me with my drinking, though I guess I instinctively knew this because I haven't been to a bar in over 9 months now, but I noticed I can go almost a whole day without smoking...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

I was away from the internets this week (dial up in the mountain trailer isn't working ). I certainly missed you guy and gals. Lots of activity and a rare appearance from John our founder. Hello John, and class of '89 represent! -- Edited by StPeteDean on Sunday 7th of June 2009 06:31:43 AM

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

It was a little thing, but sometimes those little things can seem very big in your mind. I just wanted a friggin' pair of scissors. I scoured the entire house for 'em, have several pairs but couldn't find a single one. I was thinking, "My kingdom for a pair of scissors!" Then I texted my wif...

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

While in detox they started Clean and Sober for like 10 mins then a AA meeting came and the movie never got put back on, so when I got out yesterday I rented the movie today and watched it and was really moved by it. I think Micheal Keaton did a great job and even though the ending is sad I think it was a good mov...

toni baloney · toni baloney

Hi Glenn, With all that you are going through, and you have just latched on to the Program and doing all the things we need to do, So proud of you for Keeping the Program and you Sobriety, first and ahead of any other life stuff, that is how we do keep it. Great great efforts, bring great great results...

jodylynn010 · jodylynn010

I started off looking for a meeting in the town I am vacationing in and ended up finding you. So I decided to come home. As soon as I logged on, the first entry reminded me of my home group. Thanks- I was beginning to feel a little out of sorts. Come to find out I was homesick. Thanks for being there for me. I wil...

Bear350 · Bear350

Granted I'm only 28 years old, but here's my story. I've been told I'm a functional alcoholic before while I was in the Military, and I've also been told that I have a dependency. I'm doing well, but I have MAYBE 1 or 2 beers a week now, IF that.. __________________________________________________ M...

newcomer · newcomer

Dear all, Have spent the week at the course and haven't drank, though it is full of events to drink at. Thanks for all message of support, I have found an online version of the Big Book online and am reading same. I suppose I feel quite shocked as I didn't think I was the one with the problem too until recentl...

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

I am 6 days sober now and fresh out of detox. I am 28 years old and never been to detox or tried to quit drinking in my many years of heavy drinking. I dont have much $$ at all and was wondering if someone could perhaps donate me a big book out of good faith and karma, hopefully the Higher Power can lead me to th...

barisax · barisax

Someone I care a great deal about is getting ready to do something I would normally advise against... she's going to marry an alcoholic... me!! I was married before. 5 years drinking, then 5 years sober. Then 15 years sober and single, over 12 without being in any kind of real relationship. We've b...

John_R · John_R

Sent to the first person to email me: one Big Book, hardcover, 3rd edition. xdrunkard@gmail.com No charge for the book, free shipping.

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

I dunno. At first I was going to about 1 a day, sometimes less sometimes more trying to average 90 in 90. Lately I'm going to 2 or 3 a day every day. I just can't seem to function in real life, so I'm going to meetings instead. I should be trying to get a job, figuring out my financial situation (which is ve...

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	Poem written while still "wet" (Preview) i stumbled across a text file on my old laptop today and found this poem. The file was dated 9/27/2008. It was written to be a song, so some "rhythm" should be utilized in reading it: 18 years ... 18 years older, not wiser but worse for the wear; Eyes closed at the sunset so i won't be tempted to st...	joelo	2	610	Jul 28, 2009 by joelo
	First meeting done - Thrilled (Preview) First meeting done, feel good, did not feel as if I did not belong, the opposite, I think I was fairly deluded where meetings were concerned as I imagined they were not really for me, met some great people, got some numbers and am going back tomorrow, was supposed to go the races today but had I done so, I gu...	newcomer	6	387	Jul 28, 2009 by toni baloney
	Happy Birthday, Carl! 2 Years Sober Today :) (Preview) *My Boyfriend Carl turned 2 Today & I'm so proud of him. He loves & lives the Steps & passes it on.. Here's how he got here* *1Day@aTime* ~ My name is Carl and I am an Alcoholic. For me, to drink is to die.The last drink I had was on 26th July 2007 and at that time my life was helpless, homeless and hop...	Sobrietyspell	3	921	Jul 28, 2009 by toni baloney
	Just A Little Jaded (Preview) http://ricksworld411.blogspot.com/2009/07/just-little-jaded.html	RicksWorld	8	597	Jul 28, 2009 by RicksWorld
	Praying (Preview) Just a note. I for the first time get on my knees to pray every morning. I am finding I am walking an equal to my peers instead of feeling less than. I always made lude statements about getting on ones knees. What a fool I was. Note I said was. Hugs to you all.	buckeyebear	5	404	Jul 27, 2009 by buckeyebear
	OMG another AA crisis requiring prayer (Preview) My sober sister in AA, "M", has just hit an 8 year-old child with her car on the way home from a meeting this morning. My friend is so devastated, we are extremely worried about her. She will not give us any details, just asks for prayers for the child, and also, please pray for her. Child is in th...	jonijoni1	13	1033	Jul 27, 2009 by jonijoni1
	"Going to AA meetings is a sign of weakness" (Preview) So sayeth the (currently drinking and using) wife of someone, today. Of course we all rushed to tell him otherwise, and he knew otherwise. But I could still see some discomfort there. And at the time, I just couldn't for the life of me think what to say. See, we "macho men" don't want to loo...	FlyingSquirrel	9	1357	Jul 27, 2009 by barisax
	What is this? (Preview) I drink a lot of beer and about once every 3-4 weeks, there is a day when I feel completely exhausted and spent...I get chills all day, have no appetite and will basically spend all day in bed other than to use the bathroom or get a drink of water. Is this alcohol withdrawal or something else?	Scott Powell	3	415	Jul 27, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Just a question about the Avatars on MIP (Preview) Before, when someone signed on, and hit the Avatar link, it would take you to a selection of different faces, and had a second page to it too. So I was just checking it out, for someone that is new, so I practiced on my own first, hit the change Avatar button, and it would only take me to my own Pictures on my...	toni baloney	8	1206	Jul 27, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Hot DOGGG it's a Biggun'!!!!! (Preview) Really now, no reason for the title, just feeling my oats tonight. Another week sober, another weekend coming up in which to wrestle with my bathtub (screwed up my caulking last week... ARGH!), and best of all, I have not had the urge to drink. not had the obsession, in over 20 months now, since a 2 week re...	jonijoni1	11	412	Jul 26, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	old newz (Preview) just told my sponsor the other day that i was done drinkin...just told him that i was "done"....and with good reason he has every reason NOT to believe me which he doesnt...I should be slaughtered for my discretion...i mean what do you tell your sponsor of 2 years that your serious? You jus...	Dodsworth	13	488	Jul 26, 2009 by Dave Harm
	I Got Married (Preview) Yep, I really did it! I said I was going to but not when, so now it's done! Biggest difference: not spending every waking moment on some aspect of the wedding. It really came off well. My sober-A stepdaughter gave the toast (with ginger ale) and it was one of the nicest things anybody ever said about me....	barisax	6	1173	Jul 26, 2009 by pinkchip
	Going back to meetings... (Preview) Hello everyone, Since school started for me I have gradually stopped going to my A.A. meetings. I see a lot of the members from my home group in the place where I work so I know that they know I am doing okay, but that really doesn't seem right somehow on so many levels. Idk, when I stopped going it was not t...	Sacrifice	3	359	Jul 26, 2009 by carlasober
	Chaos where there is none (Preview) This was brought up in another thread and has been the topic of meetings I have been to. I noticed myself doing this so so much in the first few months of sobriety. I lived in chaos so long that my brain created it and still does to an extent because it is used to drama, misery, and chaos. I wanted to post ab...	pinkchip	4	341	Jul 26, 2009 by carlasober
	Please say a prayer (Preview) My grand sponsor is dying of lymphoma. It is a kind that does not respond well to treatment. My sponsor is very upset (and so are all of us in the "sponsorship family of women"). My sponsor said to me, "I have to face the fact that the woman who showed me how to stay sober so I could live, is no...	jonijoni1	3	419	Jul 25, 2009 by toni baloney
	Riotous Living (Preview) LOL.... My husband was getting out of the shower tonight, singing a song that had me rolling. He sings these old-school country songs in the shower, often with hilarious themes most of which I have never heard. Tonight's was something like- "If me and my wife get to fussin' tonight, Me and that wo...	jonijoni1	1	492	Jul 25, 2009 by turninggrey
	Struggling To Survive (Preview) I'm new to this message board and thought I would introduce myself and give you a brief version of my current story. I'm 31 years old and have been trying (unsucessfully) to be sober for just over a year now. I have good days and bad days. This time around I've been sober since June 26th. I was in denial for...	Heaja13	8	1045	Jul 25, 2009 by gioconda91607
	Relationship Progress (Preview) My wife went to visit her Mum in the old folks home at the weekend, taking my son and daughter with her. Son and daughter were dreadfully upset at the state of their Nan and were very withdrawn after the visit. My wife got talking to the daughter on Wednesday - explaining her Mum's condition and asking wha...	bikerbill	5	365	Jul 25, 2009 by jonijoni1
	HI (Preview) Hi all Just thought I'd drop and say hi and well just returned yesterday from Toronto. Went down for some legal stuff and did what I wanted to do, but what a disappointment with some family members. Just at a lost for words, the self pity party and blaming everyone else. Sad Really I went to see if my brot...	Tina	5	382	Jul 24, 2009 by kkotz401
	Hi everyone (Preview) I just wanted to say hello to all, I hope everyone is well. With school starting in only a few weeks here, and my youngest son getting ready to leave for college, I have a little uneasiness to having the empty nest. I guess i still have some problems with change lol.Maybe a few more meetings will help with t...	wagon	3	272	Jul 24, 2009 by kkotz401
	Meeting Question (Preview) Do you have to speak at a meeting? Can you just sit there and listen. Then leave once it is over?	Ann	9	954	Jul 24, 2009 by barisax
	Another one out the door sober. (Preview) Aloha MIP family Saw the wife, or now I say widow, of an old friend of mine from program. We first met in another program for a problem we shared as a result of our drinking. I was able to give him something about his anger that he was very grateful to have and helped him in his family, program and community r...	Jerry F	5	419	Jul 24, 2009 by Jerry F
	Anniversary Week (Preview) It's with great gratitude, joy, and humility (in that order ) I report that this Saturday is my anniversary. This Friday, in 1989, I called up my best friend Steve whom I'd known (and drank with) since I was 16 (29 yo at that time) to ask him to go out drinking with me. It was a Monday night and he asked me...	StPeteDean	8	1099	Jul 24, 2009 by BLUESMAN
	daily meditation and prayer (Preview) Hi everyone, I'm wanting to add daily (or hourly) meditation and prayer to my step work. I already do this some without specific words, but I'm feeling that a conscious and focused effort would be helpful. There's a prayer in the Eleventh step, 12X12, which I came across while reading my for step wo...	angelov8	10	10419	Jul 24, 2009 by sabby
	it's Sunday, I have no get up and go! (Preview) I've had a really maniac couple of weeks what with (mostly) work and all. I work next week but then I get a week holiday time (with the weekends that makes 9 whole days) i've been on the road at site meetings for 9 of the last 10 working days and done around 2500 miles since the beginning of the month. Fortun...	bikerbill	7	596	Jul 23, 2009 by jonijoni1
	Borrowed from the Archives,2007 /Dean's Post on AA's view of Dealing with Resentments (Preview) Thanks Dean for .....all of this. 1. They sound like the philosophy of the man who, having a headache, beats himself on the head with a hammer so that he can't feel the ache. If you draw this fallacious reasoning to the attention of an alcoholic, he will laugh it off, or become irritated and refuse to t...	toni baloney	2	508	Jul 23, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	I Attended My First Ever A A meeting Last Night. (Preview) First off, thank you all very much for replying to my post yesterday. Your thoughts, opinions and encourgment were all appreciated. The meeting was held in a catholic church 10 miles from where I live and it started at 7:30pm. I arived at 6:45pm, yes, 45 minutes early because there was no way I was going...	NEANDERTHAL	9	1501	Jul 23, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Hi all -- coping with frustration in recovery (Preview) Hi all, Steve here, alcoholic. Great forum and thanks for letting me be part of it. I've been in the Fellowship in Feb and had a had a slip while on holiday in April so that my last drink was around early May. Things on the one hand seem good. Yet on the other hand, my clumisness, impatience, carelessness a...	SteveP	13	760	Jul 22, 2009 by pinkchip
	I need to come back to AA (Preview) I have been really silly I hadn't drank for 2 and a half years, then I started feeling like I was missing out, and recently I have been out drinking and I feel really depressed again. I know I need to come back to AA. -- Edited by StPeteDean on Monday 20th of July 2009 09:01:05 PM	Ravern	9	499	Jul 22, 2009 by joelo
	Please help me deal with this.... very serious (Preview) Hi MIP Family. I am having a really hard time right now, accepting a big change in a dear friend's life. She has the same sponsor I do, but I haven't seen her in over a year, as I just assumed she was "doing her thing", and I was just doing mine. i had going through a bit of a depression last winter, a...	jonijoni1	9	662	Jul 22, 2009 by cramcj01
	Coincidences, coincidences. (Preview) I live in a small city of about 100,000 people (I moved there 4 years ago from a much larger city). A month or so into my AA experience, one of the big head honchos from the job that I moved here to take (and have since lost due to my DUI) showed up at a meeting. Now, tonight, I just found out that he is my sponsor'...	FlyingSquirrel	4	454	Jul 22, 2009 by cramcj01
	It's very difficult to believe in a higher power when some unexpected crap happens to you. (Preview) The immediate reaction is, "um, God? WTF!" I'm thinking, hey. I've already lost my job, will soon be completely broke, I'm going to meetings every day, trying to work the program the best I can, and now this? What I'm referring to is that I have just developed an unexpected, out of the blue...	FlyingSquirrel	16	695	Jul 20, 2009 by Halfwolf
	My First Ever A A Meeting. (Preview) Hello, my name is Shaun and I am a new to this site. I am currently 15 days sober and tonight at 7:30pm I will be attending my first ever Alcoholics Anonymous meeting...I'm scared, I'm very shy and suffer from anxiety, I'm not looking forward to it. I dont know why I feel the need to join this site and share t...	NEANDERTHAL	8	1723	Jul 20, 2009 by eastcoastscott
	7 days done (Preview) Dear all, seven days down, feeling tetchy but hanging in there, avoiding functions for the next while if possible, have explained to people that it was tiring me out and that energy levels low because of drinking, not to gone into it further than that as I don't know what to say, I think I got such a shock w...	newcomer	5	624	Jul 20, 2009 by Jane05
	NEW HERE! Fresh out of detox, 96 hours without a drink, FEELS GREAT! detox salem oregon aa (Preview) Hi all, My name is Steve, I have a lot to tell if anyone is interested. Just saying Hi for now, just got out of 4 day Detox. Sorry for the weird spacing, my space bar is being real touchy lol, gotta fix that soon. I am from Salem Oregon and wondering if anyone is from arou...	SoberSteve	7	8085	Jul 20, 2009 by cajunhorn
	Sponsor?? (Preview) How do you find a sponsor? I am going to a newcomers AA tomorrow and was suggested to find a sponsor, I am naturally shy and my biggest fear is asking someone and being rejected, any tips? Thanks Steve	SoberSteve	13	1074	Jul 20, 2009 by angelov8
	Hello, I am new to this board (Preview) Hello, My name is Ann and I am an Alcoholic. I am hoping today is my last hangover. I am disgusted and ashamed with myself. Last night while my husband was at work I drank an entire bottle of wine plus Vodak. I hid both bottles and can not only find one. I have looked all over the house and I can not f...	Ann	9	414	Jul 20, 2009 by angelov8
	Recovered vs Recovering....and I do not care which side you are on (Preview) Hey All, There was a thread on another board where someone posted a poll on whether you considered yourself recovered vs recovering. Typically for that forum there were people insulting others beliefs in an effort to prove their opinion was correct. What say you? I come under the notion that I wil...	turninggrey	19	483	Jul 19, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	My Surroundings (Preview) Have any of you reached the insight in early sobriety just how much you do whatever everyone else around you is doing? This didn't hit me with my drinking, though I guess I instinctively knew this because I haven't been to a bar in over 9 months now, but I noticed I can go almost a whole day without smoking...	pinkchip	5	380	Jul 19, 2009 by toni baloney
	Back from NC (Preview) I was away from the internets this week (dial up in the mountain trailer isn't working ). I certainly missed you guy and gals. Lots of activity and a rare appearance from John our founder. Hello John, and class of '89 represent! -- Edited by StPeteDean on Sunday 7th of June 2009 06:31:43 AM	StPeteDean	7	460	Jul 19, 2009 by Jane05
	Gotta give kudos to God, he came thru today (Preview) It was a little thing, but sometimes those little things can seem very big in your mind. I just wanted a friggin' pair of scissors. I scoured the entire house for 'em, have several pairs but couldn't find a single one. I was thinking, "My kingdom for a pair of scissors!" Then I texted my wif...	FlyingSquirrel	6	430	Jul 18, 2009 by BeerIsMyPoison
	Just seen CLEAN AND SOBER for the first time today! Can anyone recommend any other inspiring films like this? clean and sober movies (Preview) While in detox they started Clean and Sober for like 10 mins then a AA meeting came and the movie never got put back on, so when I got out yesterday I rented the movie today and watched it and was really moved by it. I think Micheal Keaton did a great job and even though the ending is sad I think it was a good mov...	SoberSteve	4	1034	Jul 17, 2009 by pinkchip
	CONGRATULATIONS FLYING SQUILLEL ON 5 MONTHS of SOBRIETY!!! (Preview) Hi Glenn, With all that you are going through, and you have just latched on to the Program and doing all the things we need to do, So proud of you for Keeping the Program and you Sobriety, first and ahead of any other life stuff, that is how we do keep it. Great great efforts, bring great great results...	toni baloney	13	1891	Jul 17, 2009 by angelov8
	glad to be home... (Preview) I started off looking for a meeting in the town I am vacationing in and ended up finding you. So I decided to come home. As soon as I logged on, the first entry reminded me of my home group. Thanks- I was beginning to feel a little out of sorts. Come to find out I was homesick. Thanks for being there for me. I wil...	jodylynn010	9	310	Jul 17, 2009 by jodylynn010
	New Here.. Dependancy recovery. (Preview) Granted I'm only 28 years old, but here's my story. I've been told I'm a functional alcoholic before while I was in the Military, and I've also been told that I have a dependency. I'm doing well, but I have MAYBE 1 or 2 beers a week now, IF that.. __________________________________________________ M...	Bear350	9	410	Jul 17, 2009 by BeerIsMyPoison
	update on week (Preview) Dear all, Have spent the week at the course and haven't drank, though it is full of events to drink at. Thanks for all message of support, I have found an online version of the Big Book online and am reading same. I suppose I feel quite shocked as I didn't think I was the one with the problem too until recentl...	newcomer	2	253	Jul 17, 2009 by Reffner
	Does anyone know where I can get a free Big Book??? big book aa alcohol free donate help (Preview) I am 6 days sober now and fresh out of detox. I am 28 years old and never been to detox or tried to quit drinking in my many years of heavy drinking. I dont have much $$ at all and was wondering if someone could perhaps donate me a big book out of good faith and karma, hopefully the Higher Power can lead me to th...	SoberSteve	7	10291	Jul 16, 2009 by joelo
	Getting Married (Preview) Someone I care a great deal about is getting ready to do something I would normally advise against... she's going to marry an alcoholic... me!! I was married before. 5 years drinking, then 5 years sober. Then 15 years sober and single, over 12 without being in any kind of real relationship. We've b...	barisax	11	1309	Jul 16, 2009 by jonijoni1
	BB Up For Grabs (Preview) Sent to the first person to email me: one Big Book, hardcover, 3rd edition. xdrunkard@gmail.com No charge for the book, free shipping.	John_R	11	575	Jul 16, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Too many meetings? (Preview) I dunno. At first I was going to about 1 a day, sometimes less sometimes more trying to average 90 in 90. Lately I'm going to 2 or 3 a day every day. I just can't seem to function in real life, so I'm going to meetings instead. I should be trying to get a job, figuring out my financial situation (which is ve...	FlyingSquirrel	7	945	Jul 16, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
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