Alcoholics Anonymous

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . . we then look at Step Six. We have emphasized willingness as being indispensable. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76Steps Four and Five were difficult, but worthwhile. Now I was stuck on Step Six and, in despair, I picked up the Big Book and read this passage. I was outside, praying for willingness, wh...

bikerbill · bikerbill

I do miss the taste of a good weisbeer, like Hoegarten, an aromatic single malt, a full bodied red, a heavy stout and crisp white. I don't miss the second, the third the next drinks which I never tasted anyway and i don't miss the sickness, nausea, flatulence, behaviour, consequences, chaos and havo...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

Things have been tumultuous lately, in my head that is. To reassure myself I reread 'The Doctor's Opinion' and 'More About Alcoholism' in the BB. The description of the alcoholic still fits me. However, the nature of alcoholism as defined in those two chapters has underscored my growing fears. Here...

Tina · Tina

Hi everyone Just thought I'd check in, I'm doing fine. As well as my kids are as well, went to a meeting with in the last week, it was good to get out. I'm in the process of looking into some legal matters which is frustrating all the way around, since it involves family and well etc.......... All the fun...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

I found this dated November 2006. I'd joined A.A. in the August & was weeks away from my last drunk. I love where my head was & how so much it has changed today lol The Program has given me clarity & freedom these days & life does seem simpler thanks to my HP, fellowship & all the gifts...

toni baloney · toni baloney

Hi Everyone, Today talked to my Doc, I have been symptom free since Sunday, and for now no surgery on my eye will be done. Hoping so much that this healed itself, I believe the body can do that. So for now, though, while my tear duct problem is healing (hope so) I will not b able to use the Computer. I thi...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Ahhhhh, Anyone else still like to put on cartoons as "background noise" when you wake up on Saturday morning? Its a beautiful, cool morning here in NYC. I'M SOBER. And I am planning my day. I slept 8 great hours last night, and the diet Coke (my form of caffeine) is kicking in. Booze sure m...

Jerry F · Jerry F

I've learned not to be thrown off by the memories of and still I know that whether I like it or not I'm powerless over how long they stay at times. My beer of choice use to be San Miguel. San Miguel was a part of my identity back then. Everyone drank something else or everything else but not Jerry F...he was...

bikerbill · bikerbill

.......your HP gives you a quick lesson in gratitude. I was 53 yesterday (belly button birthday) and was working, which is good and my wife came to visit. We've been separated 3+ years but our relationship is different and better. But she had to leave at 9 p.m. so i got feeling sorry for myself - y'know,...

Doll · Doll

THE BUZZARD: > If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and > is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its > ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is > that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a > run of 10 t...

TooTaaToo · TooTaaToo

Hey guys, I about two weeks in on my recovery and have been attending my local AA meeting faithfully. How do I go about getting a sponsor? No one has offered and I am thinking that maybe I need to ask for one. Ideas? Thanks!!

toni baloney · toni baloney

Seems that there are a few of us, that are now living with other people, friends, spouses, and just want to say, even with some time in the Program, I could never do that, six ways from Sunday. (Think that is the correct saying, tell me if I am wrong, ok) I just dont know how to do that, and dont want to find o...

Just a Thought · Just a Thought

Hello, Today is my first day sober. After several years of agony, and causing my husband and kids many hardships, I finally have been able to admit that I am addicted to alcohol. I read a book that described me to a T as an alcoholic and I couldn't deny it anymore. I have found useful nutrition advice and re...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Prayer for the Day I pray that I may mold my life into something useful and good. I pray that I may not be discouraged by the slow progress that I make. Sorry about my lack of knowledge, but who wrote the 24 hours a day book? This thing hits home to me everyday!!!

toni baloney · toni baloney

After reading some posts here, and thinking about how some never have the compulsion, and some still do at times, I have been thinking of just what does it mean, to have a compulsion lifted. And for me, if I was plagued with compulsions, with my own history, I have a simple answer, I would be drunk. Bu...

shedcrazy · shedcrazy

I have been drinking a 6 pack of beer a day for a couple years now and I just spent two days with zero alcohol. This morning I had a nosebleed. First nose bleed in probably twenty years. I wasnt pickin it or anything. Y'all think it could be related to cutting consumption to zero beers?

shedcrazy · shedcrazy

of two things. 1. not sleeping 2. being depressed I know this is real and is going to happen. Any advice???? especially for the sleeping part.

MDC · MDC

Like everything else, I've messed this up. How do I find a sponser. I've listened to people talking in meetings, talked to several after. the person I've been dealing with, I know is wrong, atleast for me. I can go to a meeting with him, and go to a bar with him afterwards. I think he's in this just to m...

KansasBob · KansasBob

This is my first time detoxing from a long bender (several gallons over several days)..is it normal not to be able to keep any liquids down at all? Water and Gatorade are coming up about as fast as they are going down....also, I am very paranoid, and have hand shakes....I called an old sponsor for a ride t...

bikerbill · bikerbill

just got back from a 2 week holiday 'in the real world'. I was nervous about this as it was my first holiday ever on my own but I was invited to a birthday party at a camp site with some friends in Germany and decided to go. Ferry from hull to Zeebrugge overnight, motorbike looking like a badly loaded camel (I...

DaveB84 · DaveB84

Hi. I just wanted to share this briefly. I am glad to have a sponsor who impressed upon me the importance of meeting with a newcomer or else I would have missed this experience. I was at a meeting last week, and we read tradition 5, which is powerful in itself. The meeting, as they seem to tend to do, stray...

Cash100 · Cash100

Hi all, I'm new to the forums... 2.5 years sober, 1 year into AA, trying my best to manage this crazy life. Currently working on a Step 5 with my sponsor. I need guidance on how to deal with anger. I've read some good posts here about that (you can read 'em too if you use the search function). There seems t...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Hey All, Just sitting here happy to be sober. My feet are up and I'm watching the tube. I'm not blowing money at a bar and acting like an idiot. I am not going to wake up sick. Hooray for the program!!!

cramcj01 · cramcj01

Well, about the soma......I was prescribed it because I have been having some extremely sore joints in the middle of the night and moring. My hands/arms fall asleep all night long. It's hard to walk in the mornings or to pick up anything with weight. It goes away in about an hour, execept for my bac...

mindtraveler · mindtraveler

i got sober in this relationship and i believe that my changes are causing more fights. OR he is just out right controlling. we can never agree on anything...i feel as if he is purposely doing things to piss me off, well he admits it most of the time. In turn it makes me so angry and i can't control my mouth, a...

Sacrifice · Sacrifice

Hello everyone, I'm okay, however; I can not get online to chat with all of you and I want to. I'm sure I'm sure I did something wrong but any ideas would be great. Thank you all

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission to carry the A.A. message to those who dont know theres a way out. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151 The Light to freedom shines bright on my fellow alcoholics as each one of us challenges the other to grow. The Steps to self-improvem...

florida · florida

took most of the day but we're home from my 2 hr evaluation - i did end up speaking to the counselor and telling her some of my past - left here this morn not sure what way i was going to go with it - end result was not what i was hoping for - mad at "the system" - honestly think they're out to get all they...

cramcj01 · cramcj01

My doctor prescribed me soma. I just took my first dose. The only problem is, I feel drunk.....EXACTLY like being drunk. I hate it and just want it to go away. Has any one taken it and felt the same? I took one as prescribed, and will try once more, with just a 1/2. Other than that, I'm done. Then when...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

30OUR PRIMARY PURPOSEMay 30, 2009The more A.A. sticks to its primary purpose, the greater will be its helpful influence everywhere. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p.109It is with gratitude that I reflect on the early days of our Fellowship and those wise and loving foresteppers who proclaimed that we should n...

MDC · MDC

I don't know, maybe this just isn't for me, maybe it's the wrong time, or maybe I'm just too weak. I tried this and it isn't working. I know it isn't the program, it's me. I just need a break. Thanks for all your help and hearing me out. Mark

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

God, isn't it GREAT to be sober???

lani · lani

Hi my favorite sober friends!!!!! Just dropped in to say Hello and let you know ...yes, Im still alive and sober!!!!! So many new people!!! Welcome and I love all the new comments...Could sit here all day and post something to all but....got too many things to do!!! Life has been good...still working t...

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

One of the best thrills for me is seeing a newcomer at a meeting. First I wonder, will they come back for a second meeting? Then if they do, and they then come for a third and fourth meeting, and meetings turn to months, I begin to wonder what hidden treasure will they find? I am always amazed of the hidden...

toni baloney · toni baloney

Hi all, Have not been around, cannot stay on computer, for say more that 30 a day, every over day, I have to have this Eye Surgery, where they replace my tear duct system, that got all blocked up, and stopped working, and when I went in to get the Details that is were the EEEEKKKK came from. They have to go u...

MDC · MDC

First off, sorry for spelling. I'm on my way to a hotel... My wife's reason for leaving was me drinking. Now she can't stand the 2 hrs meetings. When I'm onlne here, it's constant, "talking to your drunk buddies?" (no offense) It doesn't seem to matter, drunk or sober, it isn't good e...

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

I'd like to share a story with you, that has given me goose bumps, a nervous stomach, and filled me with a lot of excitement. The one thing that I have always loved about AA is the spirituality of it all and my own belief that nothing happens by coincidence 14 years ago I tried to quit drinking to please the...

learning · learning

Hi Everyone, I haven't slept much since Mon. night.....too excited. My son, who is doing a tour in Iraq, gets 15 days of R and R....in the states!!! His plane was delayed Mon. (My heart sank.... wondering the reasons.) He emailed about 11 hrs. ago saying he was 'leaving on a jet plane.........

MDC · MDC

I'm back at work, after a rough night. Still sober, but trying to accept the fact that my marriage IS over. Trying to stay positive and keep working. All I want to do is go home and cry. I can't believe this has to be that hard. Why can't I just get pissed at her and not care? Everyone is going for drinks...

florida · florida

since im out of state i need to have a 2hr evaluation instead of the one hour - boyfriend will be my character witness this DUI was from switching seats with an old boyfriend few months back - now im doing the time for him and paying his fines HOWEVER in just the past few days im starting to think alcohol just...

sabby · sabby

Just wanted to share a little experience I had today... I'm a few weeks back from a blip and am finding a great deal of inspiration and strength from meetings and this forum. I have mentioned before, I really never thought I would pick up again, but it just went to show how cunning this illness is... alt...

katinaz · katinaz

Members..........I don't know if this is the right place to be posting this message but i don't know where else to post a message such as this. i am posting this for my (common law) husband who is in dire need of a lawyer to defend a civil lawsuit. We are in Arizona. The lawyer he hired used up all his money an...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

I just returned from a 3 week trip to Europe where I did service work and worked with people from around the world. I stayed sober throughout it all and as of today I have 104 days of sobriety. Before I left my sponsor and I worked through steps 4-7 and I left for Europe with great momentum. Now that I'm back h...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The Twelve Step Rewards ~ 1. Hope instead of Desperation 2. Faith instead of Despair 3. Courage instead of Fear 4. Peace of Mind instead of Confusion 5. Self Respect instead of Self Contempt 6. Self Confidence instead of Helplessness 7. The Respect of Others instead of their Pity & Contempt 8. A C...

BGG · BGG

I posted on here several months ago about my 19 year old niece who had experienced a bad trip with the drug Ecstasy and ended up in a mental ward while she was away at college. My mom and I sent for her to come home then and she took a medical leave from college. She told us that she was an alcoholic, and she im...

georgiediva · georgiediva

Hi all, I've just had broadband connected here at home, and I'm sooo glad, because being here on this board is really important. I've returned from a meeting tonight (my first in a few months) to which I dragged myself in desperation following a horrid horrid weekend binge (my second, and I hope my last...

MDC · MDC

I used to laugh when I was a teenager and "old people" talked about peer pressure. I've been at my family's. At the pool, cooking out...NOT drinking. I think I'm the only one there sober. Not that they're pushing drinks to me, it's just everywhere. They keep going to the shed for anothe...

DaveB84 · DaveB84

Hello- It was suggested to me by a senior member of this forum that I begin my own thread and tell my story and share my ESH (which after a couple minutes of confusion, I realize is experience, strength, and hope) so here goes. I'm relatively young to be in AA, 24 years old. On September 6, 2007 God gave me r...

TooTaaToo · TooTaaToo

Just wanted everyone to know that I went to my second AA meeting tonight. It was actually my second meeting of the day. My wife also went to Al Anon tonight to show her support. The meeting was a closed meeting and it was great! It is my intention to go to a meeting per day over the next 90 days. Again I jus...

Tina · Tina

Just thought I'd drop in, My son got a email the other day, from a woman who at one point had children by my kids father. I knew of them and brought my children up with the knowledge of havin a sister, (half). I spoke with the both of them today and we're gonna make arrangements to set up something for all 3 o...

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	Daily Reflections ~ On a Wing & a Prayer (Preview) . . . . we then look at Step Six. We have emphasized willingness as being indispensable. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76Steps Four and Five were difficult, but worthwhile. Now I was stuck on Step Six and, in despair, I picked up the Big Book and read this passage. I was outside, praying for willingness, wh...	Sobrietyspell	4	1246	Jun 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	I do miss the taste (Preview) I do miss the taste of a good weisbeer, like Hoegarten, an aromatic single malt, a full bodied red, a heavy stout and crisp white. I don't miss the second, the third the next drinks which I never tasted anyway and i don't miss the sickness, nausea, flatulence, behaviour, consequences, chaos and havo...	bikerbill	16	588	Jun 8, 2009 by bikerbill
	Uncertainty (WARNING: long-winded post) (Preview) Things have been tumultuous lately, in my head that is. To reassure myself I reread 'The Doctor's Opinion' and 'More About Alcoholism' in the BB. The description of the alcoholic still fits me. However, the nature of alcoholism as defined in those two chapters has underscored my growing fears. Here...	Dodsworth	16	477	Jun 7, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Just checking In (Preview) Hi everyone Just thought I'd check in, I'm doing fine. As well as my kids are as well, went to a meeting with in the last week, it was good to get out. I'm in the process of looking into some legal matters which is frustrating all the way around, since it involves family and well etc.......... All the fun...	Tina	4	714	Jun 7, 2009 by kkotz401
	Early Recovery Musings (Preview) I found this dated November 2006. I'd joined A.A. in the August & was weeks away from my last drunk. I love where my head was & how so much it has changed today lol The Program has given me clarity & freedom these days & life does seem simpler thanks to my HP, fellowship & all the gifts...	Sobrietyspell	3	394	Jun 7, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	A Reprieve (Preview) Hi Everyone, Today talked to my Doc, I have been symptom free since Sunday, and for now no surgery on my eye will be done. Hoping so much that this healed itself, I believe the body can do that. So for now, though, while my tear duct problem is healing (hope so) I will not b able to use the Computer. I thi...	toni baloney	3	479	Jun 6, 2009 by TooTaaToo
	Saturday morning check in... (Preview) Ahhhhh, Anyone else still like to put on cartoons as "background noise" when you wake up on Saturday morning? Its a beautiful, cool morning here in NYC. I'M SOBER. And I am planning my day. I slept 8 great hours last night, and the diet Coke (my form of caffeine) is kicking in. Booze sure m...	turninggrey	4	372	Jun 6, 2009 by turninggrey
	Thirty years plus and I get memory lock!! (Preview) I've learned not to be thrown off by the memories of and still I know that whether I like it or not I'm powerless over how long they stay at times. My beer of choice use to be San Miguel. San Miguel was a part of my identity back then. Everyone drank something else or everything else but not Jerry F...he was...	Jerry F	10	408	Jun 6, 2009 by TooTaaToo
	Just when you start feeling sorry for yourself........ (Preview) .......your HP gives you a quick lesson in gratitude. I was 53 yesterday (belly button birthday) and was working, which is good and my wife came to visit. We've been separated 3+ years but our relationship is different and better. But she had to leave at 9 p.m. so i got feeling sorry for myself - y'know,...	bikerbill	11	501	Jun 6, 2009 by TooTaaToo
	The Buzzard, The Bat and the Bumblebee (Preview) THE BUZZARD: > If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and > is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its > ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is > that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a > run of 10 t...	Doll	4	408	Jun 6, 2009 by TooTaaToo
	Two weeks in. Need a sponsor. (Preview) Hey guys, I about two weeks in on my recovery and have been attending my local AA meeting faithfully. How do I go about getting a sponsor? No one has offered and I am thinking that maybe I need to ask for one. Ideas? Thanks!!	TooTaaToo	6	812	Jun 6, 2009 by TooTaaToo
	Living with someone that drinks that is Alcoholic.... (Preview) Seems that there are a few of us, that are now living with other people, friends, spouses, and just want to say, even with some time in the Program, I could never do that, six ways from Sunday. (Think that is the correct saying, tell me if I am wrong, ok) I just dont know how to do that, and dont want to find o...	toni baloney	13	516	Jun 6, 2009 by pinkchip
	Today is the day. (Preview) Hello, Today is my first day sober. After several years of agony, and causing my husband and kids many hardships, I finally have been able to admit that I am addicted to alcohol. I read a book that described me to a T as an alcoholic and I couldn't deny it anymore. I have found useful nutrition advice and re...	Just a Thought	13	485	Jun 5, 2009 by toni baloney
	I love this little book... (Preview) Prayer for the Day I pray that I may mold my life into something useful and good. I pray that I may not be discouraged by the slow progress that I make. Sorry about my lack of knowledge, but who wrote the 24 hours a day book? This thing hits home to me everyday!!!	turninggrey	6	1301	Jun 4, 2009 by turninggrey
	Where does a compulsion to drink...go? (Preview) After reading some posts here, and thinking about how some never have the compulsion, and some still do at times, I have been thinking of just what does it mean, to have a compulsion lifted. And for me, if I was plagued with compulsions, with my own history, I have a simple answer, I would be drunk. Bu...	toni baloney	12	1658	Jun 4, 2009 by jonijoni1
	Nose bleeds (Preview) I have been drinking a 6 pack of beer a day for a couple years now and I just spent two days with zero alcohol. This morning I had a nosebleed. First nose bleed in probably twenty years. I wasnt pickin it or anything. Y'all think it could be related to cutting consumption to zero beers?	shedcrazy	13	3960	Jun 4, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	I've quit and I'm scared (Preview) of two things. 1. not sleeping 2. being depressed I know this is real and is going to happen. Any advice???? especially for the sleeping part.	shedcrazy	15	1172	Jun 4, 2009 by shedcrazy
	finding a sponser (Preview) Like everything else, I've messed this up. How do I find a sponser. I've listened to people talking in meetings, talked to several after. the person I've been dealing with, I know is wrong, atleast for me. I can go to a meeting with him, and go to a bar with him afterwards. I think he's in this just to m...	MDC	12	474	Jun 3, 2009 by pinkchip
	June 1st-a new birthday for me. (Preview) This is my first time detoxing from a long bender (several gallons over several days)..is it normal not to be able to keep any liquids down at all? Water and Gatorade are coming up about as fast as they are going down....also, I am very paranoid, and have hand shakes....I called an old sponsor for a ride t...	KansasBob	5	379	Jun 3, 2009 by kkotz401
	Holidays in the real world. (Preview) just got back from a 2 week holiday 'in the real world'. I was nervous about this as it was my first holiday ever on my own but I was invited to a birthday party at a camp site with some friends in Germany and decided to go. Ferry from hull to Zeebrugge overnight, motorbike looking like a badly loaded camel (I...	bikerbill	4	715	Jun 3, 2009 by bikerbill
	Frequent contact with newcomers is the bright spot of our lives! (Preview) Hi. I just wanted to share this briefly. I am glad to have a sponsor who impressed upon me the importance of meeting with a newcomer or else I would have missed this experience. I was at a meeting last week, and we read tradition 5, which is powerful in itself. The meeting, as they seem to tend to do, stray...	DaveB84	4	1773	Jun 2, 2009 by kkotz401
	Anger, resentment... how to deal with it? ESH plz (Preview) Hi all, I'm new to the forums... 2.5 years sober, 1 year into AA, trying my best to manage this crazy life. Currently working on a Step 5 with my sponsor. I need guidance on how to deal with anger. I've read some good posts here about that (you can read 'em too if you use the search function). There seems t...	Cash100	9	493	Jun 2, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Saturday Night And I'm Sober! (Preview) Hey All, Just sitting here happy to be sober. My feet are up and I'm watching the tube. I'm not blowing money at a bar and acting like an idiot. I am not going to wake up sick. Hooray for the program!!!	turninggrey	10	667	Jun 1, 2009 by shedcrazy
	Soma cont..... (Preview) Well, about the soma......I was prescribed it because I have been having some extremely sore joints in the middle of the night and moring. My hands/arms fall asleep all night long. It's hard to walk in the mornings or to pick up anything with weight. It goes away in about an hour, execept for my bac...	cramcj01	1	733	Jun 1, 2009 by StPeteDean
	relationships!! (Preview) i got sober in this relationship and i believe that my changes are causing more fights. OR he is just out right controlling. we can never agree on anything...i feel as if he is purposely doing things to piss me off, well he admits it most of the time. In turn it makes me so angry and i can't control my mouth, a...	mindtraveler	7	588	Jun 1, 2009 by kkotz401
	Help (Preview) Hello everyone, I'm okay, however; I can not get online to chat with all of you and I want to. I'm sure I'm sure I did something wrong but any ideas would be great. Thank you all	Sacrifice	3	297	Jun 1, 2009 by Sacrifice
	Daily Reflections ~ Readiness to Serve Others & 24hrs (Preview) . . . our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission to carry the A.A. message to those who dont know theres a way out. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151 The Light to freedom shines bright on my fellow alcoholics as each one of us challenges the other to grow. The Steps to self-improvem...	Sobrietyspell	1	709	Jun 1, 2009 by Sacrifice
	back from my evaluation - mind on alcohol (Preview) took most of the day but we're home from my 2 hr evaluation - i did end up speaking to the counselor and telling her some of my past - left here this morn not sure what way i was going to go with it - end result was not what i was hoping for - mad at "the system" - honestly think they're out to get all they...	florida	9	715	May 31, 2009 by pinkchip
	Soma (closed) (Preview) My doctor prescribed me soma. I just took my first dose. The only problem is, I feel drunk.....EXACTLY like being drunk. I hate it and just want it to go away. Has any one taken it and felt the same? I took one as prescribed, and will try once more, with just a 1/2. Other than that, I'm done. Then when...	cramcj01	25	1085	May 31, 2009 by Doll
	Daily Reflections ~ Our Primary Purpose & 24hrs (Preview) 30OUR PRIMARY PURPOSEMay 30, 2009The more A.A. sticks to its primary purpose, the greater will be its helpful influence everywhere. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p.109It is with gratitude that I reflect on the early days of our Fellowship and those wise and loving foresteppers who proclaimed that we should n...	Sobrietyspell	4	728	May 31, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	I give up (Preview) I don't know, maybe this just isn't for me, maybe it's the wrong time, or maybe I'm just too weak. I tried this and it isn't working. I know it isn't the program, it's me. I just need a break. Thanks for all your help and hearing me out. Mark	MDC	30	1406	May 31, 2009 by Sacrifice
	Why Stay Sober???????? (Preview) God, isn't it GREAT to be sober???	jonijoni1	9	1574	May 30, 2009 by Sacrifice
	Hello all!!!! (Preview) Hi my favorite sober friends!!!!! Just dropped in to say Hello and let you know ...yes, Im still alive and sober!!!!! So many new people!!! Welcome and I love all the new comments...Could sit here all day and post something to all but....got too many things to do!!! Life has been good...still working t...	lani	3	458	May 30, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Our Hidden Gifts (Preview) One of the best thrills for me is seeing a newcomer at a meeting. First I wonder, will they come back for a second meeting? Then if they do, and they then come for a third and fourth meeting, and meetings turn to months, I begin to wonder what hidden treasure will they find? I am always amazed of the hidden...	Dave Harm	1	324	May 30, 2009 by turninggrey
	EEEKKKK! (off topic for sure) (Preview) Hi all, Have not been around, cannot stay on computer, for say more that 30 a day, every over day, I have to have this Eye Surgery, where they replace my tear duct system, that got all blocked up, and stopped working, and when I went in to get the Details that is were the EEEEKKKK came from. They have to go u...	toni baloney	5	363	May 29, 2009 by StPeteDean
	jealousy? (Preview) First off, sorry for spelling. I'm on my way to a hotel... My wife's reason for leaving was me drinking. Now she can't stand the 2 hrs meetings. When I'm onlne here, it's constant, "talking to your drunk buddies?" (no offense) It doesn't seem to matter, drunk or sober, it isn't good e...	MDC	17	543	May 29, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Coincidence? I don't think so... (Preview) I'd like to share a story with you, that has given me goose bumps, a nervous stomach, and filled me with a lot of excitement. The one thing that I have always loved about AA is the spirituality of it all and my own belief that nothing happens by coincidence 14 years ago I tried to quit drinking to please the...	Dave Harm	7	832	May 28, 2009 by jonijoni1
	EXCITED (off subject) (Preview) Hi Everyone, I haven't slept much since Mon. night.....too excited. My son, who is doing a tour in Iraq, gets 15 days of R and R....in the states!!! His plane was delayed Mon. (My heart sank.... wondering the reasons.) He emailed about 11 hrs. ago saying he was 'leaving on a jet plane.........	learning	4	318	May 28, 2009 by jonijoni1
	Back at work (Preview) I'm back at work, after a rough night. Still sober, but trying to accept the fact that my marriage IS over. Trying to stay positive and keep working. All I want to do is go home and cry. I can't believe this has to be that hard. Why can't I just get pissed at her and not care? Everyone is going for drinks...	MDC	8	383	May 28, 2009 by jonijoni1
	going for 2 hr DUI evaluation this morning (Preview) since im out of state i need to have a 2hr evaluation instead of the one hour - boyfriend will be my character witness this DUI was from switching seats with an old boyfriend few months back - now im doing the time for him and paying his fines HOWEVER in just the past few days im starting to think alcohol just...	florida	3	885	May 28, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Perspective (and a contact with a Higher Power) (Preview) Just wanted to share a little experience I had today... I'm a few weeks back from a blip and am finding a great deal of inspiration and strength from meetings and this forum. I have mentioned before, I really never thought I would pick up again, but it just went to show how cunning this illness is... alt...	sabby	5	812	May 28, 2009 by kkotz401
	MIRACLE NEEDED! (Preview) Members..........I don't know if this is the right place to be posting this message but i don't know where else to post a message such as this. i am posting this for my (common law) husband who is in dire need of a lawyer to defend a civil lawsuit. We are in Arizona. The lawyer he hired used up all his money an...	katinaz	6	392	May 28, 2009 by kkotz401
	Why am I going backwards??! (Preview) I just returned from a 3 week trip to Europe where I did service work and worked with people from around the world. I stayed sober throughout it all and as of today I have 104 days of sobriety. Before I left my sponsor and I worked through steps 4-7 and I left for Europe with great momentum. Now that I'm back h...	Dodsworth	13	1213	May 27, 2009 by pinkchip
	The Twelve Step Rewards (Preview) The Twelve Step Rewards ~ 1. Hope instead of Desperation 2. Faith instead of Despair 3. Courage instead of Fear 4. Peace of Mind instead of Confusion 5. Self Respect instead of Self Contempt 6. Self Confidence instead of Helplessness 7. The Respect of Others instead of their Pity & Contempt 8. A C...	Sobrietyspell	1	883	May 27, 2009 by Dave Harm
	Letting Go (Preview) I posted on here several months ago about my 19 year old niece who had experienced a bad trip with the drug Ecstasy and ended up in a mental ward while she was away at college. My mom and I sent for her to come home then and she took a medical leave from college. She told us that she was an alcoholic, and she im...	BGG	4	902	May 27, 2009 by kkotz401
	Hi everyone I'm new here (Preview) Hi all, I've just had broadband connected here at home, and I'm sooo glad, because being here on this board is really important. I've returned from a meeting tonight (my first in a few months) to which I dragged myself in desperation following a horrid horrid weekend binge (my second, and I hope my last...	georgiediva	7	393	May 27, 2009 by kkotz401
	Peer pressure (Preview) I used to laugh when I was a teenager and "old people" talked about peer pressure. I've been at my family's. At the pool, cooking out...NOT drinking. I think I'm the only one there sober. Not that they're pushing drinks to me, it's just everywhere. They keep going to the shed for anothe...	MDC	3	492	May 27, 2009 by kkotz401
	Hi, I'm new here. (Preview) Hello- It was suggested to me by a senior member of this forum that I begin my own thread and tell my story and share my ESH (which after a couple minutes of confusion, I realize is experience, strength, and hope) so here goes. I'm relatively young to be in AA, 24 years old. On September 6, 2007 God gave me r...	DaveB84	11	353	May 27, 2009 by kkotz401
	My Second AA Meeting! (Preview) Just wanted everyone to know that I went to my second AA meeting tonight. It was actually my second meeting of the day. My wife also went to Al Anon tonight to show her support. The meeting was a closed meeting and it was great! It is my intention to go to a meeting per day over the next 90 days. Again I jus...	TooTaaToo	3	615	May 27, 2009 by Jerry F
	God works in mysterious ways (Preview) Just thought I'd drop in, My son got a email the other day, from a woman who at one point had children by my kids father. I knew of them and brought my children up with the knowledge of havin a sister, (half). I spoke with the both of them today and we're gonna make arrangements to set up something for all 3 o...	Tina	2	602	May 27, 2009 by Jerry F
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