Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

July 2, 2018Quote of the Week"When you get to your wit's end, you'll find that God lives there." Before recovery, when I got to the bottom I just moved over and started digging another hole. I would leave jobs, relationships, and even states looking for a different solution. I didn't have a God in my...

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

Quick check in, I did it, got a year and some... currently camping at the beach. Life is so much better. I want to thank everyone for putting up with me through the years and extend my gratitude. Hope everyone is well..

NanB · NanB

Hi. Im over 6 years clean and sober but I still hate being around alcohol, especially wine. Restaurants, parties, dinner events still give me a ton of anxiety. My husband and I used to enjoy good wine and when people start raising their glasses of some amazing wine, I get very uncomfortable and want to r...

Chel_E · Chel_E

Hi everybody. Longtime lurker and all that good stuff. Just wondering if anyone has faced anything related or just has any plain old peanut gallery opinions.....I've been with my sponsor for about a year and while we're pretty different in our sensibilities and day to day lives, our dynamic has mor...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Remember the Golden Key Whenever trouble arises, the first thing to do is to turn it over to our Higher Power. We can take all necessary practical steps to solve a problem, but we don't need to decide what the answer may be. Do this, and you'll soon be out of your difficulty. This is essentially the formul...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

June 25, 2018Quote of the Week"If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans." Before recovery, I had a lot of plans. I was going to do this and accomplish that, and when things didn't work out I'd use alcohol to fuel my self-will and strengthen my determination. It was during these drinking sess...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

June 18, 2018Quote of the Week"Give all your problems to God - He'll be up all night anyway!" When I first heard this saying I instantly thought of all the nights I used to lay in bed worrying, rehashing, or trying to solve all my problems. In fact, before early recovery it was actually easier to sleep be...

StartNow · StartNow

Hi all, I occasionally read the board here, sometimes post though it's been a while. I wanted to get your thoughts on drinking, or perhaps I'm just working through my own drinking as I feel it has been a problem. When I drink there are times when I have just a beer and stop, and this is when I'm out socially...

dyingdegree · dyingdegree

Hey everyone...I'm starting my road to recovery, have tried multiple times, but hope to use this as a means of communication with others going through the same thing. Going to AA or rehab is unfortunately not an option for me as the small community I'm in could destroy my work. I could go into detail fu...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

June 11, 2018Quote of the Week"Put the magnifying glass down and pick up the mirror" Oh how I love focusing on you. If you would only stop doing this or that, or if you'd start doing this or that, then finally, maybe I'd be happy. Relieved of the responsibility of self, it was so easy to be critical, rese...

TipsyMcstagger · TipsyMcstagger

Daily meetings, temp sponsor, plenty of prayer/meditation...havent been sober this long in years. I feel really good. So many physical and mental health improvements already. Only negative at the moment is insomnia. I can live with that. -- Edited by TipsyMcstagger on Friday 8th of June 2018 06:0...

420 Guy · 420 Guy

I went to AA for 24 years and had some success but very little. I became the club relapse king and my self esteem went way south to the point that I went from being a problem drinker to a full blown alky with street bum mentality, I drank cologne and rubbing alcohol to take off the shakes on many occasions. I w...

Myles · Myles

The phenomenon of craving as described in the big book of AA: is this the same with other drugs? The same physical allergy? Or does this only apply to alcohol? Thank you so much for your thoughts.

Tanin · Tanin

As info. The 2017 NIAAA study is important. It finds large increasing rates of alcoholism for U.S. women and men. More prospects for AA.... https://www.prevention.com/health/mental-health/a20806555/alcoholism-women-rising/

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

June 4, 2018Quote of the WeekKeep doing the things that got it good, not the things that got good. I was in a meeting the other day when a guy took a newcomer chip for seven days sober. Before he sat down, he shared that he had twelve years but had gone out. He said it took almost five years to get seven day...

TipsyMcstagger · TipsyMcstagger

I'm serious this time. I'm going to 90 meetings in 90 days, get a sponsor, yadda yadda yadda. I'm also going to do something different...I'm going to tell everyone I know that I am a degenerate alky. I think that'll make have some accountability. I'm trying to think of other things I can differently t...

hotrod990 · hotrod990

Hello all Good News Tanin has turned off the Community fund request on each message Board The Community Funding solicitation. was extremely successful as we received enough to cover. about 20 months at $17.98 per month.We are now paid up until l April 2019. Thank you all for your generosity...

Myles · Myles

I am trying to figure out if I have 2 diseases or 1. How is alcoholism different from other drug addiction? Same disease, different symptoms? Or 2 separate diseases? How is alcoholism different from other chemical addictions with regard to the physical craving and mental obsession?

Still plugging · Still plugging

Well, after 63 days of sobriety I just now realized that I have been a very controlling person my whole life (pause for everyone else with a lick of common sense to laugh at/with me). My question is this: how does someone like me learn how to give up control? Is it to simply keep doing the ânext good thing...

Still plugging · Still plugging

Im a Christian that happens to be an alcoholic. Sober for almost 2 months now, thanks to the good Lord above and AA. Ive noticed that a lot of AA members have significant levels of animosity towards organized religion, often justifiably. A VERY BIG portion of my life revolves around church (23 years in...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Dear valued subscriber, Exciting news! We have just launched a new YouTube channel where we will be posting a series of short videos (2 minutes or so) featuring quotes around a theme. We posted our first video last week and the theme is: Self-Esteem & Self-Care. You can see it by clicking on the l...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We have our time together Sometimes we feel bad because we cannot afford all the things we need or want. Whether or not we have all we want, we can get lost in the quest for material possessions and the happiness we think they will bring. These thoughts can carry us toward a narrow and cold view of life. But...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

May 28, 2018Quote of the Week"It's a simple program for complicated people." They say that this is a simple program but that it's very hard to follow. I heard this in the beginning of my recovery, but when I read the steps I didn't see why. In fact, the program seemed simple, and I confidently told my sp...

BigZen · BigZen

Hello Everyone, I have a few questions about amends. I have written before about this matter, particularly about making financial amends for debts I incurred well-over 40 years ago. I did contact all the people I could, with one person who replied to my email saying it was good to hear from me and not t...

Myles · Myles

I have posted a few times here and I am very thankful for the responses and grateful for this group. I know I have some problems, even though most times I dont think I qualify as a real alcoholic. Basically my story with alcohol looks tricky to diagnose, so who knows. There had been times when I drank socia...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

May 21, 2018Quote of the Week"Worry is a terrible waste of the imagination." Before recovery, I was addicted to so many things - alcohol, drugs, food, sex - anything that I could use to escape I abused as I sought a way out of the impending doom I always felt. When I entered the program and began putting t...

Reebs · Reebs

I know I am an alcoholic. My husband knows as well..altho we dont talk about it much until there is an issue. I do not want to go to meetings, small town. can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

May 14, 2018Quote of the Week"Things aren't necessarily going wrong just because they're not going my way." This is still hard for me to accept. My ego tells me that my plans and ideas about how things should go, and how you should act, are 99% right, and that if everybody would just fall in line, then e...

Still plugging · Still plugging

I travel some with my job. Anybody ever hear of AA meetings in airports?

hotrod990 · hotrod990

Hello all, we have now paid our "Go Daddy "account in full for the year. Thank you We still need to pay our other vendor, Sparklit and plan on a continuation of the funding drive starting this weekend and intend to cut it off when we get to 1 year @ $17.98/month prepaid. We will turn on Commu...

LoneStar · LoneStar

Recently hit the seven year sobriety mark. Hope miracles will finally start happening.

ReedRises101 · ReedRises101

Hello, I wanted to talk about my dad's battle with alcohol and tobacco and how he emerged as a winner. He had to stop drinking and smoking because he had developed a cataract in his eyes. He was addicted to alcohol and tobacco big time and the first thing he did when he woke up was to mix up his favorite drink...

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

The founders of this great group originally talked about an unwritten 13th Step. And it was a thing of beauty. After living a life of sobriety by using the 12 Steps, the alcoholic took the 13th Step to his/her grave. When they were placed in their grave they began their 13th Step. There by living in...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

May 7, 2018Quote of the Week"The most spiritual thing you can do is to help someone." One of the most important things I've learned in the program is that whenever two alcoholics get together, God is present. I feel the energy of God flow through me as I talk with, listen to and help another person. It...

TipsyMcstagger · TipsyMcstagger

I love my life. I love my wife. I love my children... So why cant i stop?

Visionz · Visionz

You can always tell who the alcoholic is by looking for the guy everyone walks on eggshells around. Wow. That is me. I am that guy; even stone cold sober. 5 years today as a matter of fact. I don't exactly consider this a character defect though. I've come to accept that it's just a part of my make up. I have...

Tanin · Tanin

I wish I could bid on this book... https://www.forbes.com/sites/msolomon/2017/05/02/manuscript-of-alcoholics-anonymous-big-book-goes-up-for-auction-in-june/#4b04cfad22d7

WV newbie · WV newbie

Im 3-1/2 weeks into sobriety so far. Been using snuff for over 25 years. I need to have a back surgery, and the doctor will only do the surgery if I quit tobacco. Seems like a tall order for someone like me whos so new to sobriety. Any tips?

williamedward27 · williamedward27

as a person with a desire to stop drinking and live a decent life i am a full fledged member of Alcoholics Anonymous. . the Literature from The Program is suggested only, no one need care AT ALL what the Big Book or any other book says. only the Traditions actually matter, in a legal/literal sense: no Reli...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

April 30, 2018Quote of the WeekThe way to make a mountain out of a mole hill is to add dirt. Before recovery, anything that went wrong or didnt go my way easily became an impending disaster. Toothache? Must be a root canal. Boss not smiling? Probably going to get fired. Left to myself, my incessa...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Our teachers surround us. When we were young, our parents and siblings served as our teachers, but they weren't always good ones. We may have learned habits that haunt us still. Shame and guilt may still trouble us because of the messages our parents and siblings gave us. We can't undo the past teachin...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

April 23, 2018Quote of the Week"Anything an alcoholic lets go of has claw marks all over it." Before recovery, I tried to control everything. I would lie in bed at night planning my days and weeks, and I would make endless lists of activities I could follow that would lead to specific results. I playe...

WV newbie · WV newbie

Any good threads on this message board that covers the issue of saving your marriage after you admit to your wife that youve got an alcohol problem? I was hoping shed be proud of me for wanting to get well, but the only thing she can think about is how long I kept this problem a secret from her (I was pretty hi...

bikerbill · bikerbill

It's 23.15 hrs, I can't find my sponsor's no (its on another phone) so guys, you get it. My step daughter daved hard, passed her driving test 2 weeks s ago and bought a car last night. This evening, car all insured and legal,can I go out in my car she says. Yes, so long as you're back by ten, have an experi...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

April 16, 2018Quote of the Week"The problem with isolating is that you get such bad advice." By the end of my drinking and using, I was all alone. Unlike some of the stories I hear about people drinking in bars, I preferred to drink alone in my home, and after months of listening to my own best thinking I...

Ima · Ima

I need some suggestions for a short skit before a speaker and a dance for AA. This event is to generate enthusiam for a larger conference later in the year. The purpose of the skit is to begin the evening with something funny to get their attention. There may be a few children there. Anyone have any ex...

Joebud · Joebud

hello, I'm Joe. I have not had a drink since Feb 4th during the Superbowl. I have struggled with alcohol most of my adult life and have tried many things to stop. I'm sure there are people here that were where I am now with some advice. Sure could use some. Thanks

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	Wisdom of the Rooms 7-2 (Preview) July 2, 2018Quote of the Week"When you get to your wit's end, you'll find that God lives there." Before recovery, when I got to the bottom I just moved over and started digging another hole. I would leave jobs, relationships, and even states looking for a different solution. I didn't have a God in my...	Pythonpappy	0	145	Jul 2, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	444 Days (Preview) Quick check in, I did it, got a year and some... currently camping at the beach. Life is so much better. I want to thank everyone for putting up with me through the years and extend my gratitude. Hope everyone is well..	SoberSteve	5	213	Jul 1, 2018 by gonee
	6 years clean - still feel uncomfortable around alcohol (Preview) Hi. Im over 6 years clean and sober but I still hate being around alcohol, especially wine. Restaurants, parties, dinner events still give me a ton of anxiety. My husband and I used to enjoy good wine and when people start raising their glasses of some amazing wine, I get very uncomfortable and want to r...	NanB	6	440	Jun 30, 2018 by StPeteDean
	Advice: turns out my sponsor is a sex worker (Preview) Hi everybody. Longtime lurker and all that good stuff. Just wondering if anyone has faced anything related or just has any plain old peanut gallery opinions.....I've been with my sponsor for about a year and while we're pretty different in our sensibilities and day to day lives, our dynamic has mor...	Chel_E	13	330	Jun 30, 2018 by StPeteDean
	Simple Reminders - June (Preview)	Pythonpappy	27	324	Jun 30, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - June (Preview) Remember the Golden Key Whenever trouble arises, the first thing to do is to turn it over to our Higher Power. We can take all necessary practical steps to solve a problem, but we don't need to decide what the answer may be. Do this, and you'll soon be out of your difficulty. This is essentially the formul...	Pythonpappy	27	575	Jun 30, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms 6-25 (Preview) June 25, 2018Quote of the Week"If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans." Before recovery, I had a lot of plans. I was going to do this and accomplish that, and when things didn't work out I'd use alcohol to fuel my self-will and strengthen my determination. It was during these drinking sess...	Pythonpappy	0	174	Jun 25, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms 6-18 (Preview) June 18, 2018Quote of the Week"Give all your problems to God - He'll be up all night anyway!" When I first heard this saying I instantly thought of all the nights I used to lay in bed worrying, rehashing, or trying to solve all my problems. In fact, before early recovery it was actually easier to sleep be...	Pythonpappy	0	157	Jun 18, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Question..... (Preview) Hi all, I occasionally read the board here, sometimes post though it's been a while. I wanted to get your thoughts on drinking, or perhaps I'm just working through my own drinking as I feel it has been a problem. When I drink there are times when I have just a beer and stop, and this is when I'm out socially...	StartNow	7	199	Jun 15, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	1st Day...Difficult Position (Preview) Hey everyone...I'm starting my road to recovery, have tried multiple times, but hope to use this as a means of communication with others going through the same thing. Going to AA or rehab is unfortunately not an option for me as the small community I'm in could destroy my work. I could go into detail fu...	dyingdegree	7	219	Jun 15, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms 6-11 (Preview) June 11, 2018Quote of the Week"Put the magnifying glass down and pick up the mirror" Oh how I love focusing on you. If you would only stop doing this or that, or if you'd start doing this or that, then finally, maybe I'd be happy. Relieved of the responsibility of self, it was so easy to be critical, rese...	Pythonpappy	0	141	Jun 11, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Day 11 - feeling amazing (Preview) Daily meetings, temp sponsor, plenty of prayer/meditation...havent been sober this long in years. I feel really good. So many physical and mental health improvements already. Only negative at the moment is insomnia. I can live with that. -- Edited by TipsyMcstagger on Friday 8th of June 2018 06:0...	TipsyMcstagger	5	230	Jun 9, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	420 Friendly AA Meetings (Preview) I went to AA for 24 years and had some success but very little. I became the club relapse king and my self esteem went way south to the point that I went from being a problem drinker to a full blown alky with street bum mentality, I drank cologne and rubbing alcohol to take off the shakes on many occasions. I w...	420 Guy	4	267	Jun 8, 2018 by TipsyMcstagger
	Craving (Preview) The phenomenon of craving as described in the big book of AA: is this the same with other drugs? The same physical allergy? Or does this only apply to alcohol? Thank you so much for your thoughts.	Myles	7	241	Jun 7, 2018 by Fyne Spirit
	More Women Than Ever Addicted to Alcohol (Preview) As info. The 2017 NIAAA study is important. It finds large increasing rates of alcoholism for U.S. women and men. More prospects for AA.... https://www.prevention.com/health/mental-health/a20806555/alcoholism-women-rising/	Tanin	2	205	Jun 4, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms 6-4 (Preview) June 4, 2018Quote of the WeekKeep doing the things that got it good, not the things that got good. I was in a meeting the other day when a guy took a newcomer chip for seven days sober. Before he sat down, he shared that he had twelve years but had gone out. He said it took almost five years to get seven day...	Pythonpappy	0	167	Jun 4, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	I've decided to stop drinking (Preview) I'm serious this time. I'm going to 90 meetings in 90 days, get a sponsor, yadda yadda yadda. I'm also going to do something different...I'm going to tell everyone I know that I am a degenerate alky. I think that'll make have some accountability. I'm trying to think of other things I can differently t...	TipsyMcstagger	4	232	Jun 3, 2018 by Fyne Spirit
	MIP Board Funding (Preview) Hello all Good News Tanin has turned off the Community fund request on each message Board The Community Funding solicitation. was extremely successful as we received enough to cover. about 20 months at $17.98 per month.We are now paid up until l April 2019. Thank you all for your generosity...	hotrod990	1	199	Jun 2, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Question about the disease (Preview) I am trying to figure out if I have 2 diseases or 1. How is alcoholism different from other drug addiction? Same disease, different symptoms? Or 2 separate diseases? How is alcoholism different from other chemical addictions with regard to the physical craving and mental obsession?	Myles	3	218	Jun 2, 2018 by Fyne Spirit
	Control freak (Preview) Well, after 63 days of sobriety I just now realized that I have been a very controlling person my whole life (pause for everyone else with a lick of common sense to laugh at/with me). My question is this: how does someone like me learn how to give up control? Is it to simply keep doing the ânext good thing...	Still plugging	5	219	Jun 2, 2018 by Fyne Spirit
	Non-judgemental church goer (Preview) Im a Christian that happens to be an alcoholic. Sober for almost 2 months now, thanks to the good Lord above and AA. Ive noticed that a lot of AA members have significant levels of animosity towards organized religion, often justifiably. A VERY BIG portion of my life revolves around church (23 years in...	Still plugging	6	211	Jun 2, 2018 by Fyne Spirit
	Wisdom of the Rooms 5-31 (Preview) Dear valued subscriber, Exciting news! We have just launched a new YouTube channel where we will be posting a series of short videos (2 minutes or so) featuring quotes around a theme. We posted our first video last week and the theme is: Self-Esteem & Self-Care. You can see it by clicking on the l...	Pythonpappy	0	152	May 31, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Simple Reminders - May (Preview)	Pythonpappy	30	302	May 31, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - May (Preview) We have our time together Sometimes we feel bad because we cannot afford all the things we need or want. Whether or not we have all we want, we can get lost in the quest for material possessions and the happiness we think they will bring. These thoughts can carry us toward a narrow and cold view of life. But...	Pythonpappy	29	301	May 31, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms 5-28 (Preview) May 28, 2018Quote of the Week"It's a simple program for complicated people." They say that this is a simple program but that it's very hard to follow. I heard this in the beginning of my recovery, but when I read the steps I didn't see why. In fact, the program seemed simple, and I confidently told my sp...	Pythonpappy	0	130	May 28, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	making amends to those family members no longer alive (Preview) Hello Everyone, I have a few questions about amends. I have written before about this matter, particularly about making financial amends for debts I incurred well-over 40 years ago. I did contact all the people I could, with one person who replied to my email saying it was good to hear from me and not t...	BigZen	3	208	May 28, 2018 by BigZen
	Thanks (Preview) I have posted a few times here and I am very thankful for the responses and grateful for this group. I know I have some problems, even though most times I dont think I qualify as a real alcoholic. Basically my story with alcohol looks tricky to diagnose, so who knows. There had been times when I drank socia...	Myles	3	198	May 22, 2018 by JerryF
	Wisdom of the Rooms 5-21 (Preview) May 21, 2018Quote of the Week"Worry is a terrible waste of the imagination." Before recovery, I was addicted to so many things - alcohol, drugs, food, sex - anything that I could use to escape I abused as I sought a way out of the impending doom I always felt. When I entered the program and began putting t...	Pythonpappy	0	154	May 21, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	I am screwed (Preview) I know I am an alcoholic. My husband knows as well..altho we dont talk about it much until there is an issue. I do not want to go to meetings, small town. can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.	Reebs	8	287	May 15, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms 5-14 (Preview) May 14, 2018Quote of the Week"Things aren't necessarily going wrong just because they're not going my way." This is still hard for me to accept. My ego tells me that my plans and ideas about how things should go, and how you should act, are 99% right, and that if everybody would just fall in line, then e...	Pythonpappy	0	140	May 14, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	AA meetings in Airports??? (Preview) I travel some with my job. Anybody ever hear of AA meetings in airports?	Still plugging	1	160	May 14, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Continuation of Funding drive (Preview) Hello all, we have now paid our "Go Daddy "account in full for the year. Thank you We still need to pay our other vendor, Sparklit and plan on a continuation of the funding drive starting this weekend and intend to cut it off when we get to 1 year @ $17.98/month prepaid. We will turn on Commu...	hotrod990	0	156	May 9, 2018 by hotrod990
	Seven Years (Preview) Recently hit the seven year sobriety mark. Hope miracles will finally start happening.	LoneStar	4	227	May 9, 2018 by StPeteDean
	My dad's alcohol battle (Preview) Hello, I wanted to talk about my dad's battle with alcohol and tobacco and how he emerged as a winner. He had to stop drinking and smoking because he had developed a cataract in his eyes. He was addicted to alcohol and tobacco big time and the first thing he did when he woke up was to mix up his favorite drink...	ReedRises101	2	185	May 8, 2018 by Tanin
	The original 13th Step (Preview) The founders of this great group originally talked about an unwritten 13th Step. And it was a thing of beauty. After living a life of sobriety by using the 12 Steps, the alcoholic took the 13th Step to his/her grave. When they were placed in their grave they began their 13th Step. There by living in...	Dave Harm	15	14474	May 8, 2018 by Tanin
	Wisdom of the Rooms 5-7 (Preview) May 7, 2018Quote of the Week"The most spiritual thing you can do is to help someone." One of the most important things I've learned in the program is that whenever two alcoholics get together, God is present. I feel the energy of God flow through me as I talk with, listen to and help another person. It...	Pythonpappy	0	176	May 7, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	WHY CANT I STOP (Preview) I love my life. I love my wife. I love my children... So why cant i stop?	TipsyMcstagger	13	707	May 7, 2018 by ReedRises101
	Fireworks (Preview) You can always tell who the alcoholic is by looking for the guy everyone walks on eggshells around. Wow. That is me. I am that guy; even stone cold sober. 5 years today as a matter of fact. I don't exactly consider this a character defect though. I've come to accept that it's just a part of my make up. I have...	Visionz	2	170	May 6, 2018 by Tanin
	Manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous 'Big Book' Goes Up for Auction Manuscript (Preview) I wish I could bid on this book... https://www.forbes.com/sites/msolomon/2017/05/02/manuscript-of-alcoholics-anonymous-big-book-goes-up-for-auction-in-june/#4b04cfad22d7	Tanin	18	823	May 5, 2018 by Tanin
	Quitting tobacco while staying sober (Preview) Im 3-1/2 weeks into sobriety so far. Been using snuff for over 25 years. I need to have a back surgery, and the doctor will only do the surgery if I quit tobacco. Seems like a tall order for someone like me whos so new to sobriety. Any tips?	WV newbie	6	230	May 4, 2018 by TipsyMcstagger
	humanist AA (Preview) as a person with a desire to stop drinking and live a decent life i am a full fledged member of Alcoholics Anonymous. . the Literature from The Program is suggested only, no one need care AT ALL what the Big Book or any other book says. only the Traditions actually matter, in a legal/literal sense: no Reli...	williamedward27	3	200	May 2, 2018 by williamedward27
	Wisdom of the Rooms 4-30 (Preview) April 30, 2018Quote of the WeekThe way to make a mountain out of a mole hill is to add dirt. Before recovery, anything that went wrong or didnt go my way easily became an impending disaster. Toothache? Must be a root canal. Boss not smiling? Probably going to get fired. Left to myself, my incessa...	Pythonpappy	0	151	Apr 30, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Simple Reminders - Apr (Preview)	Pythonpappy	28	563	Apr 30, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - Apr (Preview) Our teachers surround us. When we were young, our parents and siblings served as our teachers, but they weren't always good ones. We may have learned habits that haunt us still. Shame and guilt may still trouble us because of the messages our parents and siblings gave us. We can't undo the past teachin...	Pythonpappy	28	272	Apr 30, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms 4-23 (Preview) April 23, 2018Quote of the Week"Anything an alcoholic lets go of has claw marks all over it." Before recovery, I tried to control everything. I would lie in bed at night planning my days and weeks, and I would make endless lists of activities I could follow that would lead to specific results. I playe...	Pythonpappy	0	169	Apr 23, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Saving my marriage after telling wife I’m an alcoholic (Preview) Any good threads on this message board that covers the issue of saving your marriage after you admit to your wife that youve got an alcohol problem? I was hoping shed be proud of me for wanting to get well, but the only thing she can think about is how long I kept this problem a secret from her (I was pretty hi...	WV newbie	7	310	Apr 19, 2018 by Tanin
	Step daughter (Preview) It's 23.15 hrs, I can't find my sponsor's no (its on another phone) so guys, you get it. My step daughter daved hard, passed her driving test 2 weeks s ago and bought a car last night. This evening, car all insured and legal,can I go out in my car she says. Yes, so long as you're back by ten, have an experi...	bikerbill	8	250	Apr 17, 2018 by bikerbill
	Wisdom of the Rooms 4-16 (Preview) April 16, 2018Quote of the Week"The problem with isolating is that you get such bad advice." By the end of my drinking and using, I was all alone. Unlike some of the stories I hear about people drinking in bars, I preferred to drink alone in my home, and after months of listening to my own best thinking I...	Pythonpappy	0	156	Apr 16, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	Looking for a short skit (Preview) I need some suggestions for a short skit before a speaker and a dance for AA. This event is to generate enthusiam for a larger conference later in the year. The purpose of the skit is to begin the evening with something funny to get their attention. There may be a few children there. Anyone have any ex...	Ima	1	209	Apr 14, 2018 by Pythonpappy
	New to the site and just starting my journey. (Preview) hello, I'm Joe. I have not had a drink since Feb 4th during the Superbowl. I have struggled with alcohol most of my adult life and have tried many things to stop. I'm sure there are people here that were where I am now with some advice. Sure could use some. Thanks	Joebud	10	402	Apr 12, 2018 by StPeteDean
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