Alcoholics Anonymous

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

It is when we try to make our will conform with Gods that we begin to use it rightly. To all of us, this was a most wonderful revelation. Our whole trouble had been the misuse of willpower. We had tried to bombard our problems with it instead of attempting to bring it into agreement with Gods intention for u...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day By having quiet times each morning, we come to depend on God's help during the day, especially if we should be tempted to take a drink. And we can honestly thank Him each night for the strength He has given us. So our faith is strengthened by these quiet times of prayer. By listenin...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

I just wanted to post a positive thread, maybe try and balance out my thread history :) I haven't had a drink in 28 days, and I feel great. Well, great might be a little much, but I feel soo much better today than I have in a loooong time. Everything fell into place this morning. I got a new guitar student, I c...

Jane05 · Jane05

"As We See It"March 11 Thanks to Walt for this morning's AWSI: For me insanity was not just doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results . . . . My experience with insanity is that I did the same things over and over again, KNOWING I was going to get the same result! Toda...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Truth, the Liberator, p. 70 How truth makes us free is something that we A.A.'s can well understand. It cut the shackles that once bound us to alcohol. It continues to release us from conflicts and miseries beyond reckoning; it banishes fear and isolation. The unity of our Fellowship, t...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Sometimes, the way is not clear. Our minds get clouded, confused. We aren't certain what our next step should be, what it will look like, what direction we are headed. This is the time to stop, ask for guidance, and rest. That is the time to let go of fear. Wait. Feel the confusion and chaos, and then l...

eastcoastscott · eastcoastscott

Have any of you heard of this place, or taken any of their classes? http://www.bkwsu.com If so, I'm curious as to how you find them. They have a location where I live. I've done the introductory (meditation) course and will continue on with the intermediate and advanced. scott

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.62 With the realization and acceptance that I had played a part in the way my life had turned out came a dramatic change in my outlook. It was at th...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day We also strengthen our faith by working with other alcoholics and finding that we can do nothing ourselves to help them, except to tell them our own story of how we found the way out. If the other person is helped, it's by the grace of God and not by what we do or say. Our own faith is st...

Jane05 · Jane05

Pocket Sponsor QuoteOne way to tell how well you are practicing the principles in all your affairs is to notice how you treat people who can be of no service to you. I go out of my way to be kind to the very next person I encounter, regardless of what they can or cannot do for me.

Tee81 · Tee81

I posted to the other board by mistake. I'm having a really difficult time. I want to get through this but I really need a friend. I've lost most of my friends due to the addiction. I feel like it's taken my personality from me, like it's taken almost everything from me. I'm 28 and I can't hold down a job. I am...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Giving Without Demand, p. 69 Watch any A.A. of six months working with a Twelfth Step prospect. If the newcomer says, "To the devil with you," the twelfth-stepper only smiles and finds another alcoholic to help. He doesn't feel frustrated or rejected. If his next drunk resp...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)March 10, 2009Keys to SobrietyThe Twelve Steps as a way of life,daily prayer, and continuing work with new peopleare the keys to sobriety.I have observed over the yearsthat a lot of people can come in and stay sober for a year or two,and then they go away...

Quetzal · Quetzal

I was forty-six years old before I finally admitted to myself and someone else that my grandfather always managed to make me feel guilty, angry, and controlled. -- Anonymous We may love and care about our family very much. Family members may love and care about us. But interacting with some members...

yvonne · yvonne

i am 20 months sober and just finished my 4th step for the second time. i was sober 13 years ago for 6 years and went back out. i am looking for someone who has longer sobriety to help me through all this. i am in north cyprus right now and i am moving to the virgin islands at the end of the month. i really am looki...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We cannot simultaneously set a boundary and take care of another person's feelings. It's impossible; the two acts contradict. What a tremendous asset to have compassion for others! How difficult that same quality can make it to set boundaries! It's good to care about other people and their fee...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Renew Your Effort, p. 68 "Though I know how hurt and sorry you must be after this slip, please do not worry about a temporary loss of your inner peace. As calmly as you can, just renew your effort in the A.A. program, especially those parts of it which have to do with meditation and self...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Thousands of "Founders", p. 67 "While I thank God that I was privileged to be an early member of A.A., I honestly wish that the word 'founder' could be eliminated from the A.A. vocabulary. "When you get right down to it, everyone who has done any amount of successfu...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 34 No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can one turn his own will and his own life over to the care of whatever God he thinks there is? In my search for the answer to thi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day If we had absolute faith in the power of God to keep us from drinking and if we turned our drink problem entirely over to God without reservations, we wouldn't have to do anything more about it. We'd be free from drink once and for all. But since our faith is apt to be weak, we have to s...

Deafhawk · Deafhawk

Nobody got rocketed anywhere in the physical world until the 1960s. So, the writer in the 1930s who wrote we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence wasnt referring to transportation, he was referring to transformation. It is easy for us who have seen men walk on the moon to miss that...

Jane05 · Jane05

March 9, 2009 Quote of the Week "Those who laugh - last." I remember hearing the phrase, "We are not a glum lot" when I was new in recovery - I didn't believe it. I mean, here I was sentenced to attending meetings, prohibited from partying, and forced to believe in God. Things loo...

Paul Dylan · Paul Dylan

Hello everyone, i'm new. I basically am after some advice, as I know I have a serious drink problem, and have made my families lives a living hell. I haven't plucked up the courage to visit a meeting, but I will do and very soon. I need to know if a meeting is going to help me.

New member here... · newlife2009

Hi, to everyone.. do not know where to exactly start but I let the stress of daily life get to me and I drink just about everyday, after work, but I have quit (11 days now)... I really dont crave a drink but I feel lonely and nervous. Boy I feel dumb writing this... but I do want to become free of the hab...

Codependent2 · Codependent2

Went to Celebrate Recovery. Went to small group for chemical dependency. In the meeting we discussed our experience and I talked about how I had gone away from God after growing up in church. I talked about how I am finding my way back and rediscovering my faith. One of the girls inthe group spoke up...

Codependent2 · Codependent2

My apologies for the comments on religion. I crossed a boundary by mistake and I am sincerely sorry.

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 9, 2009 Uncover, Recover, Discover I must look squarely at the unhappiness I have caused myself and others.By uncovering my emotional deformities,Step Four led me to discoverthat spiritual principles would solve my problems.- Anonymous T...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him. -- Step Three of Al-Anon Surrendering to a Power greater than ourselves is how we become empowered. We become empowered in a new, better, more effective way than we believed possible. Doors open. Windows...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Every man and woman who has joined A.A. and intends to stick has, without realizing it, made a beginning on Step Three. Isnt it true that in all matters touching upon alcohol, each of them has decided to turn his or her life over to the care, protection, and guidance of Alcoholics Anonymous? . . . Any will...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day We must go to A.A. meetings regularly. We must learn to think differently. We must change from alcoholic thinking to sober thinking. We must reeducate our minds. We must try to help other alcoholics. We must cooperate with God by spending at least as much time and energy on the A...

Tina · Tina

Just wanted to Drop in, I'm doing a little better today, little bit more energy!! For the past few months since September 2008, I've volunteer some of my time to The Heart and Stroke Foundation. And Enjoyed it with passion.... I volunteered to become a canvasser for the month of Febraury 2009, that in...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)~ Scroll down for share ~March 8, 2009Experience, Strength and HopeThe people in the rooms understood exactly how I was,and accepted me anyway, defects and all.They are teaching me how to relate to reality without the bottle.My first drink was deadly...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

I'm on day 5 of the flu and I feel like crap, my head hurts, I'm nauseous, achy and sore. I'm grumpy and as miserable to be around as a rabid badger. All I want to do is crawl into a hole and bite anyone who bothers me. This is exactly how I used to feel after a big bender when I was seriously hungover. For som...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi everyone, I have just got back from a fantastic meeting held at a half-way house. Oh boy, did it ever remind me just how far I have come in AA and of all of the things that I have to be grateful for. There were people there who were shaking so bad through alcohol and/or drug withdrawal; people who keep tr...

gary4u · gary4u

Hi, There is an saying in AA meetings and from others that an alcoholic is always an alcoholic?.

March · March

I have not been diagnosed as an alcoholic but have certainly got a problem, I started drinking heavily three years ago . Prior to that I would drink regularly but never every day. During the week I only ever drink on an evening, and any times at weekend but usually again on a evening. I have recently gone 9...

lucaskywalker · lucaskywalker

I went back to my home group last night for the first time since my relapse, and that was really, really tough. I was so full of resentment and fear I wanted to RUN the hell out. It meets three nights a week, and I think I am going to trim my attendance down to 1 night a week (Monday night, the 12/12, the quiet...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Everything I need shall be provided today. Everything. Say it, until you believe it. Say it at the beginning of the day. Say it throughout the day. Sometimes, it helps to know what we want and need. But if we don't, we can trust that God does. When we ask, trust, and believe that our needs will be met, o...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)March 7, 2009A Selfish ProgramAA is often referred to as a selfish program, but it has nothing to do with being selfish in the traditional sense. In its original and most common usage it meansthat when we help others we are, in reality, helping ourselves...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Pg. 66 For Emergencies Only? Whether we had been believers or unbelievers, we began to get over the idea that the Higher Power was a sort of bush-league pinch hitter, to be called upon only in an emergency. The notion that we would still live our own lives, God helping a little now and then,...

Tina · Tina

Hi all Just wanted to drop in and hope all is well with everyone. Things have been rough the last 2 weeks and I haven't been feeling the great either (Health wise). So I decided to go see my family Doctor. As it turns out I have to go get some blood work done, to find out what is making me feel so BLAH, Diebet...

Joseph · Joseph

I think I've hit the bottom. I feel lousy. I drink every night. I am destroying my family. I must stop drinking and reclaim my life. I hope i have the fortitude to do this. Tonight will be the first night in many months without booze. I hope I can take it day by day and end my drinking forever. Any suggestion...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 6, 2009 WillingnessAlcohol is a formidable opponent: much stronger than we are when we're at our weakest! But with God's help, we can stand against it. When we are willing to do what we have to do to stay sober, we will stay sober! (Big Book, pp. 58-...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees ItPg. 65 Growth By The Tenth Step In the years ahead A.A. will, of course, make mistakes. Experience has taught us that we need have no fear of doing this, providing that we always remain willing to admit our faults and to correct them promptly. Our growth as individuals has depended upon t...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Do not let any prejudice you might have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 47 The idea of faith is a very large chunk to swallow when fear, doubt and anger abound in and around me. Sometimes just the idea of doing something dif...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day In A.A. we must surrender, give up, admit that we're helpless. We surrender our lives to God and ask Him for help. When He knows that we're ready, He gives us by His grace the free gift of sobriety. And we can't take any credit for having stopped drinking, because we didn't do it by o...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Anxiety is often our first reaction to conflict, problems, or even our own fears. In those moments, detaching and getting peaceful may seem disloyal or apathetic. We think: If I really care, I'll worry; if this is really important to me, I must stay upset. We convince ourselves that outcomes will be p...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

But just how, in these circumstances, does a fellow take it easy? Thats what I want to know. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 26 I was never known for my patience. How many times have I asked, Why should I wait, when I can have it all right now? Indeed, when I was first presented the Twelve Steps, I was...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Sometimes we try too hard to get this program. It is better to relax and accept it. It will be given to us, with no effort on our part, if we stop trying too hard to get it. Sobriety can be a free gift of God, which He gives us by His grace when He knows we are ready for it. But we have to be re...

Jane05 · Jane05

Dealing with Disagreeable People has been brought up here a time or two and it can be a frequent topic of a couple of my friends. It also comes up pretty regularly in AA meetings I attend. The problems - dealing with disagreeable people. Whether they are spouses, ex-spouses, parents, siblings, nei...

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	Daily Reflections ~ Good Orderly Direction (Preview) It is when we try to make our will conform with Gods that we begin to use it rightly. To all of us, this was a most wonderful revelation. Our whole trouble had been the misuse of willpower. We had tried to bombard our problems with it instead of attempting to bring it into agreement with Gods intention for u...	Sobrietyspell	0	360	Mar 11, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 11th March 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day By having quiet times each morning, we come to depend on God's help during the day, especially if we should be tempted to take a drink. And we can honestly thank Him each night for the strength He has given us. So our faith is strengthened by these quiet times of prayer. By listenin...	Sobrietyspell	0	412	Mar 11, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Things are really good, at least for today. (Preview) I just wanted to post a positive thread, maybe try and balance out my thread history :) I haven't had a drink in 28 days, and I feel great. Well, great might be a little much, but I feel soo much better today than I have in a loooong time. Everything fell into place this morning. I got a new guitar student, I c...	Dodsworth	10	373	Mar 11, 2009 by cramcj01
	As We See It (Preview) *"As We See It"*March 11 Thanks to Walt for this morning's AWSI: For me insanity was not just doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results . . . . My experience with insanity is that I did the same things over and over again, KNOWING I was going to get the same result! Toda...	Jane05	0	267	Mar 11, 2009 by Jane05
	Truth, the Liberator (Preview) As Bill Sees It Truth, the Liberator, p. 70 How truth makes us free is something that we A.A.'s can well understand. It cut the shackles that once bound us to alcohol. It continues to release us from conflicts and miseries beyond reckoning; it banishes fear and isolation. The unity of our Fellowship, t...	Jane05	0	454	Mar 11, 2009 by Jane05
	Letting Go of Confusion (Preview) Sometimes, the way is not clear. Our minds get clouded, confused. We aren't certain what our next step should be, what it will look like, what direction we are headed. This is the time to stop, ask for guidance, and rest. That is the time to let go of fear. Wait. Feel the confusion and chaos, and then l...	Quetzal	0	499	Mar 11, 2009 by Quetzal
	Meditation courses? (Preview) Have any of you heard of this place, or taken any of their classes? http://www.bkwsu.com If so, I'm curious as to how you find them. They have a location where I live. I've done the introductory (meditation) course and will continue on with the intermediate and advanced. scott	eastcoastscott	0	274	Mar 10, 2009 by eastcoastscott
	Daily Reflections ~ Today, It's My Choice (Preview) . . . we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.62 With the realization and acceptance that I had played a part in the way my life had turned out came a dramatic change in my outlook. It was at th...	Sobrietyspell	0	643	Mar 10, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 10th March 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day We also strengthen our faith by working with other alcoholics and finding that we can do nothing ourselves to help them, except to tell them our own story of how we found the way out. If the other person is helped, it's by the grace of God and not by what we do or say. Our own faith is st...	Sobrietyspell	0	460	Mar 10, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) Pocket Sponsor QuoteOne way to tell how well you are practicing the principles in all your affairs is to notice how you treat people who can be of no service to you. I go out of my way to be kind to the very next person I encounter, regardless of what they can or cannot do for me.	Jane05	1	214	Mar 10, 2009 by Tee81
	I'm really confused. (Preview) I posted to the other board by mistake. I'm having a really difficult time. I want to get through this but I really need a friend. I've lost most of my friends due to the addiction. I feel like it's taken my personality from me, like it's taken almost everything from me. I'm 28 and I can't hold down a job. I am...	Tee81	12	423	Mar 10, 2009 by Tee81
	Giving Without Demand (Preview) As Bill Sees It Giving Without Demand, p. 69 Watch any A.A. of six months working with a Twelfth Step prospect. If the newcomer says, "To the devil with you," the twelfth-stepper only smiles and finds another alcoholic to help. He doesn't feel frustrated or rejected. If his next drunk resp...	Jane05	1	255	Mar 10, 2009 by Jane05
	Keys to Sobriety (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)March 10, 2009Keys to SobrietyThe Twelve Steps as a way of life,daily prayer, and continuing work with new peopleare the keys to sobriety.I have observed over the yearsthat a lot of people can come in and stay sober for a year or two,and then they go away...	Jane05	0	272	Mar 10, 2009 by Jane05
	Living with Families (Preview) I was forty-six years old before I finally admitted to myself and someone else that my grandfather always managed to make me feel guilty, angry, and controlled. -- Anonymous We may love and care about our family very much. Family members may love and care about us. But interacting with some members...	Quetzal	1	220	Mar 10, 2009 by Jane05
	looking for a member to email and share with me (Preview) i am 20 months sober and just finished my 4th step for the second time. i was sober 13 years ago for 6 years and went back out. i am looking for someone who has longer sobriety to help me through all this. i am in north cyprus right now and i am moving to the virgin islands at the end of the month. i really am looki...	yvonne	3	302	Mar 10, 2009 by gary4u
	Taking Care of Ourselves (Preview) We cannot simultaneously set a boundary and take care of another person's feelings. It's impossible; the two acts contradict. What a tremendous asset to have compassion for others! How difficult that same quality can make it to set boundaries! It's good to care about other people and their fee...	Quetzal	2	231	Mar 9, 2009 by lucaskywalker
	Renew Your Effort (Preview) As Bill Sees It Renew Your Effort, p. 68 "Though I know how hurt and sorry you must be after this slip, please do not worry about a temporary loss of your inner peace. As calmly as you can, just renew your effort in the A.A. program, especially those parts of it which have to do with meditation and self...	Jane05	1	226	Mar 9, 2009 by lucaskywalker
	Thousands of "Founders" (Preview) As Bill Sees It Thousands of "Founders", p. 67 "While I thank God that I was privileged to be an early member of A.A., I honestly wish that the word 'founder' could be eliminated from the A.A. vocabulary. "When you get right down to it, everyone who has done any amount of successfu...	Jane05	1	273	Mar 9, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections ~ Surrendering Self-Will (Preview) Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 34 No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can one turn his own will and his own life over to the care of whatever God he thinks there is? In my search for the answer to thi...	Sobrietyspell	0	379	Mar 9, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 9th March 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day If we had absolute faith in the power of God to keep us from drinking and if we turned our drink problem entirely over to God without reservations, we wouldn't have to do anything more about it. We'd be free from drink once and for all. But since our faith is apt to be weak, we have to s...	Sobrietyspell	0	254	Mar 9, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Fourth Dimension of Existence p.25 (Preview) Nobody got rocketed anywhere in the physical world until the 1960s. So, the writer in the 1930s who wrote we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence wasnt referring to transportation, he was referring to transformation. It is easy for us who have seen men walk on the moon to miss that...	Deafhawk	6	5944	Mar 9, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Those who laugh - last (Preview) March 9, 2009 Quote of the Week "Those who laugh - last." I remember hearing the phrase, "We are not a glum lot" when I was new in recovery - I didn't believe it. I mean, here I was sentenced to attending meetings, prohibited from partying, and forced to believe in God. Things loo...	Jane05	0	363	Mar 9, 2009 by Jane05
	Advice (Preview) Hello everyone, i'm new. I basically am after some advice, as I know I have a serious drink problem, and have made my families lives a living hell. I haven't plucked up the courage to visit a meeting, but I will do and very soon. I need to know if a meeting is going to help me.	Paul Dylan	15	375	Mar 9, 2009 by lani
	New member here... (Preview) Hi, to everyone.. do not know where to exactly start but I let the stress of daily life get to me and I drink just about everyday, after work, but I have quit (11 days now)... I really dont crave a drink but I feel lonely and nervous. Boy I feel dumb writing this... but I do want to become free of the hab...	newlife2009	6	383	Mar 9, 2009 by lani
	Meeting- She questioned my faith. (Preview) Went to Celebrate Recovery. Went to small group for chemical dependency. In the meeting we discussed our experience and I talked about how I had gone away from God after growing up in church. I talked about how I am finding my way back and rediscovering my faith. One of the girls inthe group spoke up...	Codependent2	5	513	Mar 9, 2009 by pinkchip
	Sorry about last post (Preview) My apologies for the comments on religion. I crossed a boundary by mistake and I am sincerely sorry.	Codependent2	3	378	Mar 9, 2009 by StPeteDean
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 9, 2009 Uncover, Recover, Discover I must look squarely at the unhappiness I have caused myself and others.By uncovering my emotional deformities,Step Four led me to discoverthat spiritual principles would solve my problems.- Anonymous T...	Jane05	0	388	Mar 9, 2009 by Jane05
	Surrender (Preview) Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him. -- Step Three of Al-Anon Surrendering to a Power greater than ourselves is how we become empowered. We become empowered in a new, better, more effective way than we believed possible. Doors open. Windows...	Quetzal	2	1250	Mar 8, 2009 by eastcoastscott
	Daily Reflections ~ Turning It Over (Preview) Every man and woman who has joined A.A. and intends to stick has, without realizing it, made a beginning on Step Three. Isnt it true that in all matters touching upon alcohol, each of them has decided to turn his or her life over to the care, protection, and guidance of Alcoholics Anonymous? . . . Any will...	Sobrietyspell	0	309	Mar 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 8th March 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day We must go to A.A. meetings regularly. We must learn to think differently. We must change from alcoholic thinking to sober thinking. We must reeducate our minds. We must try to help other alcoholics. We must cooperate with God by spending at least as much time and energy on the A...	Sobrietyspell	0	512	Mar 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Giving Back (Preview) Just wanted to Drop in, I'm doing a little better today, little bit more energy!! For the past few months since September 2008, I've volunteer some of my time to The Heart and Stroke Foundation. And Enjoyed it with passion.... I volunteered to become a canvasser for the month of Febraury 2009, that in...	Tina	5	418	Mar 8, 2009 by pinkchip
	Experience, Strength and Hope (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)~ Scroll down for share ~March 8, 2009Experience, Strength and HopeThe people in the rooms understood exactly how I was,and accepted me anyway, defects and all.They are teaching me how to relate to reality without the bottle.My first drink was deadly...	Jane05	0	255	Mar 8, 2009 by Jane05
	The flu wants me to drink (Preview) I'm on day 5 of the flu and I feel like crap, my head hurts, I'm nauseous, achy and sore. I'm grumpy and as miserable to be around as a rabid badger. All I want to do is crawl into a hole and bite anyone who bothers me. This is exactly how I used to feel after a big bender when I was seriously hungover. For som...	Tipsy McStagger	8	447	Mar 7, 2009 by Tipsy McStagger
	Just sharing (Preview) Hi everyone, I have just got back from a fantastic meeting held at a half-way house. Oh boy, did it ever remind me just how far I have come in AA and of all of the things that I have to be grateful for. There were people there who were shaking so bad through alcohol and/or drug withdrawal; people who keep tr...	Quetzal	1	231	Mar 7, 2009 by yvonne
	Does anyone believe that an alcoholic is always an alcoholic. (Preview) Hi, There is an saying in AA meetings and from others that an alcoholic is always an alcoholic?.	gary4u	7	461	Mar 7, 2009 by yvonne
	Glad Ive found you (Preview) I have not been diagnosed as an alcoholic but have certainly got a problem, I started drinking heavily three years ago . Prior to that I would drink regularly but never every day. During the week I only ever drink on an evening, and any times at weekend but usually again on a evening. I have recently gone 9...	March	5	347	Mar 7, 2009 by pinkchip
	Resentment (Preview) I went back to my home group last night for the first time since my relapse, and that was really, really tough. I was so full of resentment and fear I wanted to RUN the hell out. It meets three nights a week, and I think I am going to trim my attendance down to 1 night a week (Monday night, the 12/12, the quiet...	lucaskywalker	3	298	Mar 7, 2009 by Quetzal
	Fulfillment (Preview) Everything I need shall be provided today. Everything. Say it, until you believe it. Say it at the beginning of the day. Say it throughout the day. Sometimes, it helps to know what we want and need. But if we don't, we can trust that God does. When we ask, trust, and believe that our needs will be met, o...	Quetzal	0	447	Mar 7, 2009 by Quetzal
	A Selfish Program (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)March 7, 2009A Selfish ProgramAA is often referred to as a selfish program, but it has nothing to do with being selfish in the traditional sense. In its original and most common usage it meansthat when we help others we are, in reality, helping ourselves...	Jane05	0	368	Mar 7, 2009 by Jane05
	For Emergencies Only? (Preview) As Bill Sees It Pg. 66 For Emergencies Only? Whether we had been believers or unbelievers, we began to get over the idea that the Higher Power was a sort of bush-league pinch hitter, to be called upon only in an emergency. The notion that we would still live our own lives, God helping a little now and then,...	Jane05	0	283	Mar 7, 2009 by Jane05
	Hi just droppin in (Preview) Hi all Just wanted to drop in and hope all is well with everyone. Things have been rough the last 2 weeks and I haven't been feeling the great either (Health wise). So I decided to go see my family Doctor. As it turns out I have to go get some blood work done, to find out what is making me feel so BLAH, Diebet...	Tina	4	408	Mar 6, 2009 by Tina
	I must stop drinking today! (Preview) I think I've hit the bottom. I feel lousy. I drink every night. I am destroying my family. I must stop drinking and reclaim my life. I hope i have the fortitude to do this. Tonight will be the first night in many months without booze. I hope I can take it day by day and end my drinking forever. Any suggestion...	Joseph	9	1792	Mar 6, 2009 by pinkchip
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 6, 2009 WillingnessAlcohol is a formidable opponent: much stronger than we are when we're at our weakest! But with God's help, we can stand against it. When we are willing to do what we have to do to stay sober, we will stay sober! (Big Book, pp. 58-...	Jane05	0	263	Mar 6, 2009 by Jane05
	As Bill Sees It (Preview) As Bill Sees ItPg. 65 Growth By The Tenth Step In the years ahead A.A. will, of course, make mistakes. Experience has taught us that we need have no fear of doing this, providing that we always remain willing to admit our faults and to correct them promptly. Our growth as individuals has depended upon t...	Jane05	0	289	Mar 6, 2009 by Jane05
	Daily Reflections ~ The Idea of Faith (Preview) Do not let any prejudice you might have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 47 The idea of faith is a very large chunk to swallow when fear, doubt and anger abound in and around me. Sometimes just the idea of doing something dif...	Sobrietyspell	0	332	Mar 6, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 6th March 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day In A.A. we must surrender, give up, admit that we're helpless. We surrender our lives to God and ask Him for help. When He knows that we're ready, He gives us by His grace the free gift of sobriety. And we can't take any credit for having stopped drinking, because we didn't do it by o...	Sobrietyspell	0	292	Mar 6, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Peace (Preview) Anxiety is often our first reaction to conflict, problems, or even our own fears. In those moments, detaching and getting peaceful may seem disloyal or apathetic. We think: If I really care, I'll worry; if this is really important to me, I must stay upset. We convince ourselves that outcomes will be p...	Quetzal	0	610	Mar 6, 2009 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections ~ A Lifelong Task (Preview) But just how, in these circumstances, does a fellow take it easy? Thats what I want to know. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 26 I was never known for my patience. How many times have I asked, Why should I wait, when I can have it all right now? Indeed, when I was first presented the Twelve Steps, I was...	Sobrietyspell	0	330	Mar 5, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 5th March 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Sometimes we try too hard to get this program. It is better to relax and accept it. It will be given to us, with no effort on our part, if we stop trying too hard to get it. Sobriety can be a free gift of God, which He gives us by His grace when He knows we are ready for it. But we have to be re...	Sobrietyspell	0	319	Mar 5, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Dealing with Disagreeable People (Preview) Dealing with Disagreeable People has been brought up here a time or two and it can be a frequent topic of a couple of my friends. It also comes up pretty regularly in AA meetings I attend. The problems - dealing with disagreeable people. Whether they are spouses, ex-spouses, parents, siblings, nei...	Jane05	10	547	Mar 5, 2009 by StPeteDean
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