Alcoholics Anonymous

Ebbie · Ebbie

Hi Im new my name is ebbie and its good to be here.

cramcj01 · cramcj01

Lately I have been getting this really nasty attitude when I hear someone complain. I mean, it really just pisses me off. It doesn't matter who it is, or what it's about....if it's not something worth a complaint, I get so aggravated. What's wrong with me?? I hate being like this. I hate having su...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Has anyone been on this forum? http://www.e-aa.org/forums/index.php The reason I ask is that it seems pretty contentious and a bit negative. I really like this forum better. I do like all the information and insight possible into our disease, so I will keep looking there, but it does get painful....

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

On another thread someone made a comment about their insanity early in sobriety. And it got me chuckling about something I did. Which at the time was quite honest but not very smart... When I sobered up I was involved with family court. My ex-wife and four kids were all involved with this. I won't go...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Last night at the homegroup, we read the Doctor's Opinion, and it occurred to me that my body will NEVER CHANGE, so far as how it reacts with alcohol. I know, some are porbably thinking, "It took you til NOW to realize this??????" LOL But there is a passage that really went from my head to my hea...

Jane05 · Jane05

Hello to All!! And hoping you all are are well. Checked out a lot of the post and I couldn't reply to all the ones I wanted to. Might have been here all day. That's what I get for not checking in more often. I wanted to share something with you. Sometimes, one of the readings or mediations I read just won...

turninggrey · turninggrey

The wife and kids are off vacationing and I could not go because of work. Things were fine and then a thought popped into my head. Why not just have a rum and coke? No one will know. Almost like since no one is watching, no one will know. I quick went on to another board that I lurk on and saw a thread about...

Chewie · Chewie

Psychiatrists have a name for it--passive death wish. Not an actual suicidal ideation, where there is plan or intent, but that general feeling of angst and malaise where one wishes one were dead. I have a passive death wish ... just not for myself. I love life, love my sobriety. No, I have a passive d...

pinkchip · pinkchip

It was a good day at work. I got my 2nd award for "Notably Outstanding Work" within 4 months. To which I'm still not sure what I did, but I think it has something to do with no longer showing up to work hungover and unable to be productive half the days out of the week and also no longer have a cons...

cramcj01 · cramcj01

When I open this forum, I keep getting another window that pops up, asking to install adobe (whick is already installed). Then when I click cancel, it tells me that this is a damaged file?? Has something changed, or maybe it's just my computer???

toni baloney · toni baloney

Good Morning all... When I was reading here this morning I was thinking of how that Power of the Compulsion to drink was still there, in my first year, laying dormant, I did not have an active compulsion. But once in a while the Power of this Disease would feel like it had to tap me on the shoulder and ha...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

For me, when they find out I quit drinking, it's this: "Did you quit cold turkey?"

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

would have won American Idol every time when he was 8 yrs old. Despite his issues in the last ten years, what a special talent and force he was for 20+ years. His death and impact is Elvis-like (in my opinion). I was talking with my friend and he said something which I think is true: Anyone who grew up with th...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

I am reasonably sure she's an alcoholic. She drinks almost every day, goes out at least once a week, and has no clue why she can't seem to pay the rent. Just hasn't gotten a DUI yet. Unlike me, she used to be addicted to drugs as well. We've been separated for 10 months, and while I don't moralize about th...

natshen · natshen

hi again , today is a weird day for me , yesterday i connected with my inner child about some painfull childhood experiences , i was driving home , it was so overwhelming , i almost couldnt drive and the pain was so immense as if i was only 5 again , i got the thought to drinkk and it consumed me, but it wasnt dri...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The unity, the effectiveness, and even the survival of A.A. will always depend upon our continued willingness to give up some of our personal ambitions and desires for the common safety and welfare. Just as sacrifice means survival for the individual alcoholic, so does sacrifice mean unity and sur...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Having learned to live so happily, wed show everyone else how. . . . Yes, we of A.A. did dream those dreams. How natural that was, since most alcoholics are bankrupt idealists. . . . So why shouldnt we share our way of life with everyone? TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 156The great discovery of s...

eastcoastscott · eastcoastscott

Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it. --Lewis Carroll We must make many choices in our recovery. Some of these will strengthen our character, for they will be hard to make and sometimes even harder to accept. One of the most meaningful sayings in our program is Let go and let God. We understa...

angelov8 · angelov8

Thirty days sober today, first time in about twenty years. Things are pretty great. However, I've hit a bump. I'm pissed and continually irritated with everything since Sat. morning. I feel resistant to using all the tools in place for relief, so I'm writing this just to say it outloud. Pisssed...

mstrmsn66 · mstrmsn66

I am becoming extremely depressed over my situation, and thoughts of suicide.... I was at a meeting the other night and the emotions were so hard to deal with. I walked out crying half way through sharing. I can't take it anymore. Lawyers fees are piling up, haven't seen my son in 7 months, and I stand to...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

Today someone in a meeting I went to said she was 2 years old. That got me reflecting once again on my AA birthday (see "Gack!" thread for more) On the coin we receive in commemoration of our AA birthday, are the following words: "To Thine Own Self Be True" I believe those words are...

jeannie · jeannie

Hey this is Jeannie Haven't been on for awhile but I do check in once and again. Lots of great stuff and new comers- welcome. Let's get to it - I have a great problem with my partners sons girlfriend. It is obvious that she is using him and expects him to wait on her hand and foot. She just turns my stomach...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Can I kindly remind everyone who visits & posts at MIP that in keeping with Tradition 12 we put principles before personalities.Though we cannot guarantee its privacy it is hoped that our private messaging service can be assumed to be private unless someone is receiving abuse from another...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Sometimes I have trouble seeing the forest through the trees. Finding gratitude in simple things is difficult at times. Someone suggested thinking about what I am grateful I don't have now after almost 9 months sober: Grateful I dont have: Dry heaves every morning Vicious hangovers Constant pai...

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

Awhile back I shared with everyone that I received a letter from my daughter. A daughter I haven't seen in eight years. We have made plans to spend the fourth of July together. At that time, I'll meet my son-in-law for the first time, as well as two grandchildren. But there is more to this story then just m...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Welp, I am done with my latest 4th Step, and ready to share with my sponsor over breakfast on Sunday. It is getting easier to take inventory, and not to attach the "poor me's" or a bunch of beating-myself-up to it. It is not nearly as long (thank God) as the first time around. But it shows me exac...

Doll · Doll

I'm focusing my thoughts on things other than my terminally ill father today, it being Father's Day and all. So I started the thread on the definition of sobriety because I needed help with the below email I rec'd. I was hoping you all could shed some light for me. As I know all too well where that line o...

joelo · joelo

One of my FAVORITE bands has released a grouping of songs, each from different albums, which (when put together in a certain order) form what's call "The 12 Step Saga." The songs were written by drummer Mike Portnoy, and the opening line of the first song says it all ... "Cunning, Baff...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

Some people don't like saying it and that's totally fine. Hopefully this won't turn into a discussion about whether it should ever be said at meetings or any other religious discussion... I'm not religious myself, was Agnostic for a while and even Atheist at one point, but I was raised Catholic (sti...

toni baloney · toni baloney

Hi To all, Just wanted to ask, hoping that with large polulation of this site, that I might be able to communicate maybe in Private Messaging, and ask some questions I have regarding the New Asthma Medications on the market. If you have asthma, then you know that the law changed as to what these medica...

kkotz401 · kkotz401

So I went to a family party with my mom and dad today. There was lots of alcohol (beer and hard liquor). Some how I was able to refrain from drinking any of it. It wasn't easy.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

If we ask, God will certainly forgive our derelictions. But in no case does He render us white as snow and keep us that way without our cooperation. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 65When I prayed, I used to omit a lot of things for which I needed to be forgiven. I thought that if I didnt mention tho...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

One of the things that really helped me bust through the remainder of my denial was writing down (and memorizing) my drinking pattern of behavior, or my "MO". For me, I'd get bored or lonely, feel sorry for myself, tell myself that I deserve to have a drink (and that I could just have one or tw...

eastcoastscott · eastcoastscott

When most of us come into recovery, our lives are like living in a blender. The chaos and mayhem are unbearable. Our emotions are on steroids and we can't make sense of anything. That was me anyway, so it became perfectly clear to me that my first objective was to regain my sanity. With abstinence, a clea...

MDC · MDC

HELP! Trying to cope. I've never been violence before (with my wife) I KNOW she is trying to use my alcoholism to justify her affair and our ulitmute divorce, (yet to come I guess) . I've never been violent. I'm about to lose it. A drink sounds great. I know it won't help. I'm ready to leave, but don'...

karen · karen

I went back tonight, my first meeting in 2 years. It was a step study and this week it's step 10. Perfect. I recognized a few of the faces but nobody recognized me. I prefer it that way, I needed a low profile for this first meeting back. I hadn't been to this particular meeting in about 5 yrs. My old home grou...

Doll · Doll

Pg. 133, 4th edition, "The Family Afterward" : "But this does not mean that we disregard human health measures. God has abundantly supplied this world with fine doctors, psychologists, and practitioners of various kinds. Do not hesitate to take your health problems to such perso...

karen · karen

My twin sister has been in and out of prison/jail for the past 25+ yrs. She is alcoholic/addict and everything that goes along with that while living on the streets. We (her family) rarely hear from her unless she is back in jail and needs money or stamps, etc. About 2 yrs. ago she applied for SSI and she is...

MDC · MDC

Today is father's day. A made-up day that seems to cause me to feel a variety of emotions. I have two children, my Dad died when I was 21, (39 now.) I was holding my Dad's hand in the hospital when he died...I was drunk. Every year, my kids give gifts and spend time with me. After a while, my wife and them w...

Bicyclemechanic · Bicyclemechanic

I was hoping someone could impart some words to help me get through this very challenging time. This is the first time I have really tried to stop drinking- I have attended meetings in the past but never stopped getting drunk. I feel that the odds are significantly stacked against me staying sober be...

beverly · beverly

WELL..JUST FOUND THIS TONIGHT...THE DAYS HAVE BEEN LONG AND LONELY...MY NIGHTS SLEEPLESS..KEEP THINKING THAT I'LL GET UP A NEW DAY WILL BE BETTER.....JUST MOVED TO A NEW AREA AND THERE NO MEETINGS FOR MILES....NO CAR NO FRIENDS IN THE AREA.....THE ONLY THING THAT COMES TO MIND IS ......LET GO AND LE...

Sacrifice · Sacrifice

I wanted to share what I felt this past Sunday with all of you.... I decided to re pot my peace lilies;one of which was from my grandfathers funeral(my Granny got 9 of them and wanted all the grandbabies to have one) so I brought one home and have had it here for 1 month now, I took them both outside so I coul...

karen · karen

I can't seem to stop. I'm a binge drinker and I've been in and out of AA for about 10 yrs. I do want badly to stay sober but every 3 or 4 months I get drunk and then I'll drink once a week for about a month. Then the whole thing starts all over again. I hate myself the day after I drink. The guilt and remorse is just t...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

This brought me to the good healthy realization that there were plenty of situations left in the world over which I had no personal powerthat if I was so ready to admit that to be the case with alcohol, so I must make the same admission with respect to much else. I would have to be still and know that He, not I...

Doll · Doll

Does it mean, you can have a drink or 2 or a slip when taking a swallow (or drinking "non" alcoholic beer which btw has alcohol in it!) , as long as you don't get DRUNK, you're fine? It doesn't count? Or does sobriety mean what Bill W and Dr. Bob intended - COMPLETE ABSTINENCE ? ~ Jen 1940 AA Preamb...

kkotz401 · kkotz401

I just got a starfish pendent from my Grandma that reminded me of this story. Thought I would post it. Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the...

tatigaal · tatigaal

so i just signed up for this website because my sponsor told me to find online AA things. and because i have swine flu and i am stuck at home. (my NC-suggested quarantine ends in 2 days, yay!) so i am pretty new with only 4+ months under my belt. and i don't really know how stuff works in the program. but a few o...

MDC · MDC

I'm still having a hard time with staying sober. I AM going to meeting now, and trying to start an the steps. Trying to focus on me and healing myself. I nkow that I am no where near being the person to really give advise, but... I had a meeting with my boss, (at a bar.) While I was there ,about an hour, he h...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Aloha Family... I've been in toxic shock before...overdose of alcohol; too much, too quickly, too compulsive. Then I was led into recovery and I have never had to do that again yet at the moment I am coming down from toxic shock from another angle... I was called out to and agreed to a 12th step this mor...

Tina · Tina

I want my higher power to live in my heart full time, but he'll only take a 24 hour lease. It's amazing how good I feel when I get connected to my Higher Power. I do this when I pray and meditate in the mornings.or when I speak to or help someone in the program. Or when I attend meetings. I love the peace I feel...

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	Hi I am new and would like to introduce and could some of you tell me how this page works and what all these icons mean (Preview) Hi Im new my name is ebbie and its good to be here.	Ebbie	7	783	Jul 4, 2009 by Jane05
	Down in the dumps (Preview) Lately I have been getting this really nasty attitude when I hear someone complain. I mean, it really just pisses me off. It doesn't matter who it is, or what it's about....if it's not something worth a complaint, I get so aggravated. What's wrong with me?? I hate being like this. I hate having su...	cramcj01	4	532	Jul 3, 2009 by toni baloney
	Has anyone been on this forum?? (Preview) Has anyone been on this forum? http://www.e-aa.org/forums/index.php The reason I ask is that it seems pretty contentious and a bit negative. I really like this forum better. I do like all the information and insight possible into our disease, so I will keep looking there, but it does get painful....	turninggrey	2	437	Jul 3, 2009 by toni baloney
	Stupid or dumb things... (Preview) On another thread someone made a comment about their insanity early in sobriety. And it got me chuckling about something I did. Which at the time was quite honest but not very smart... When I sobered up I was involved with family court. My ex-wife and four kids were all involved with this. I won't go...	Dave Harm	3	838	Jul 3, 2009 by pinkchip
	"the body of the alcoholic quite as abnormal as his mind..." (Preview) Last night at the homegroup, we read the Doctor's Opinion, and it occurred to me that my body will NEVER CHANGE, so far as how it reacts with alcohol. I know, some are porbably thinking, "It took you til NOW to realize this??????" LOL But there is a passage that really went from my head to my hea...	jonijoni1	2	3296	Jul 3, 2009 by StPeteDean
	A New Awakening (Preview) Hello to All!! And hoping you all are are well. Checked out a lot of the post and I couldn't reply to all the ones I wanted to. Might have been here all day. That's what I get for not checking in more often. I wanted to share something with you. Sometimes, one of the readings or mediations I read just won...	Jane05	7	940	Jul 3, 2009 by Jane05
	Close Call.... (Preview) The wife and kids are off vacationing and I could not go because of work. Things were fine and then a thought popped into my head. Why not just have a rum and coke? No one will know. Almost like since no one is watching, no one will know. I quick went on to another board that I lurk on and saw a thread about...	turninggrey	14	3756	Jul 2, 2009 by turninggrey
	Love and the passive death wish (Preview) Psychiatrists have a name for it--passive death wish. Not an actual suicidal ideation, where there is plan or intent, but that general feeling of angst and malaise where one wishes one were dead. I have a passive death wish ... just not for myself. I love life, love my sobriety. No, I have a passive d...	Chewie	9	7745	Jul 2, 2009 by Jerry F
	Emotional Day (Preview) It was a good day at work. I got my 2nd award for "Notably Outstanding Work" within 4 months. To which I'm still not sure what I did, but I think it has something to do with no longer showing up to work hungover and unable to be productive half the days out of the week and also no longer have a cons...	pinkchip	7	838	Jul 2, 2009 by jonijoni1
	Computer problem..... (Preview) When I open this forum, I keep getting another window that pops up, asking to install adobe (whick is already installed). Then when I click cancel, it tells me that this is a damaged file?? Has something changed, or maybe it's just my computer???	cramcj01	2	697	Jul 2, 2009 by cramcj01
	The POWER of the Compulsion.......... (Preview) Good Morning all... When I was reading here this morning I was thinking of how that Power of the Compulsion to drink was still there, in my first year, laying dormant, I did not have an active compulsion. But once in a while the Power of this Disease would feel like it had to tap me on the shoulder and ha...	toni baloney	2	635	Jul 2, 2009 by angelov8
	What's the funniest thing "normies" ask or say to you? (Preview) For me, when they find out I quit drinking, it's this: "Did you quit cold turkey?"	FlyingSquirrel	15	1926	Jul 1, 2009 by FlyingSquirrel
	Off Topic: Michael Jackson (Preview) would have won American Idol every time when he was 8 yrs old. Despite his issues in the last ten years, what a special talent and force he was for 20+ years. His death and impact is Elvis-like (in my opinion). I was talking with my friend and he said something which I think is true: Anyone who grew up with th...	Dodsworth	9	1009	Jul 1, 2009 by Dakota
	So lonely. Wish my wife would just stop drinking. (Preview) I am reasonably sure she's an alcoholic. She drinks almost every day, goes out at least once a week, and has no clue why she can't seem to pay the rent. Just hasn't gotten a DUI yet. Unlike me, she used to be addicted to drugs as well. We've been separated for 10 months, and while I don't moralize about th...	FlyingSquirrel	9	2208	Jun 30, 2009 by toni baloney
	my inner child (Preview) hi again , today is a weird day for me , yesterday i connected with my inner child about some painfull childhood experiences , i was driving home , it was so overwhelming , i almost couldnt drive and the pain was so immense as if i was only 5 again , i got the thought to drinkk and it consumed me, but it wasnt dri...	natshen	1	621	Jun 30, 2009 by toni baloney
	Daily Reflections ~ Sacrifice Unity Survival & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The unity, the effectiveness, and even the survival of A.A. will always depend upon our continued willingness to give up some of our personal ambitions and desires for the common safety and welfare. Just as sacrifice means survival for the individual alcoholic, so does sacrifice mean unity and sur...	Sobrietyspell	1	828	Jun 30, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections ~ A Rippling Effect & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Having learned to live so happily, wed show everyone else how. . . . Yes, we of A.A. did dream those dreams. How natural that was, since most alcoholics are bankrupt idealists. . . . So why shouldnt we share our way of life with everyone? TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 156The great discovery of s...	Sobrietyspell	1	796	Jun 29, 2009 by Sacrifice
	Step 3 (Preview) Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it. --Lewis Carroll We must make many choices in our recovery. Some of these will strengthen our character, for they will be hard to make and sometimes even harder to accept. One of the most meaningful sayings in our program is Let go and let God. We understa...	eastcoastscott	1	766	Jun 29, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Writing b/c I don't want to... (Preview) Thirty days sober today, first time in about twenty years. Things are pretty great. However, I've hit a bump. I'm pissed and continually irritated with everything since Sat. morning. I feel resistant to using all the tools in place for relief, so I'm writing this just to say it outloud. Pisssed...	angelov8	6	803	Jun 29, 2009 by kkotz401
	Help.. (Preview) I am becoming extremely depressed over my situation, and thoughts of suicide.... I was at a meeting the other night and the emotions were so hard to deal with. I walked out crying half way through sharing. I can't take it anymore. Lawyers fees are piling up, haven't seen my son in 7 months, and I stand to...	mstrmsn66	16	1074	Jun 29, 2009 by kkotz401
	The AA Birthday (Preview) Today someone in a meeting I went to said she was 2 years old. That got me reflecting once again on my AA birthday (see "Gack!" thread for more) On the coin we receive in commemoration of our AA birthday, are the following words: "To Thine Own Self Be True" I believe those words are...	FlyingSquirrel	4	1112	Jun 29, 2009 by FlyingSquirrel
	help (Preview) Hey this is Jeannie Haven't been on for awhile but I do check in once and again. Lots of great stuff and new comers- welcome. Let's get to it - I have a great problem with my partners sons girlfriend. It is obvious that she is using him and expects him to wait on her hand and foot. She just turns my stomach...	jeannie	10	959	Jun 29, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Note to All@MIP (Preview) Can I kindly remind everyone who visits & posts at MIP that in keeping with Tradition 12 we put principles before personalities.Though we cannot guarantee its privacy it is hoped that our private messaging service can be assumed to be private unless someone is receiving abuse from another...	Sobrietyspell	3	864	Jun 29, 2009 by FlyingSquirrel
	Gratitude for what we don't have (Preview) Sometimes I have trouble seeing the forest through the trees. Finding gratitude in simple things is difficult at times. Someone suggested thinking about what I am grateful I don't have now after almost 9 months sober: Grateful I dont have: Dry heaves every morning Vicious hangovers Constant pai...	pinkchip	4	860	Jun 28, 2009 by angelov8
	"Normal" isn't always healthy (Preview) Awhile back I shared with everyone that I received a letter from my daughter. A daughter I haven't seen in eight years. We have made plans to spend the fourth of July together. At that time, I'll meet my son-in-law for the first time, as well as two grandchildren. But there is more to this story then just m...	Dave Harm	8	512	Jun 28, 2009 by Halfwolf
	Getting a much needed AA renewal!!!!!!!!! (Preview) Welp, I am done with my latest 4th Step, and ready to share with my sponsor over breakfast on Sunday. It is getting easier to take inventory, and not to attach the "poor me's" or a bunch of beating-myself-up to it. It is not nearly as long (thank God) as the first time around. But it shows me exac...	jonijoni1	4	935	Jun 28, 2009 by jonijoni1
	How would you answer this ? or would you answer at all? (closed) (Preview) I'm focusing my thoughts on things other than my terminally ill father today, it being Father's Day and all. So I started the thread on the definition of sobriety because I needed help with the below email I rec'd. I was hoping you all could shed some light for me. As I know all too well where that line o...	Doll	9	1170	Jun 28, 2009 by Phil
	Dream Theater - The 12 Step Saga (Preview) One of my FAVORITE bands has released a grouping of songs, each from different albums, which (when put together in a certain order) form what's call "The 12 Step Saga." The songs were written by drummer Mike Portnoy, and the opening line of the first song says it all ... "Cunning, Baff...	joelo	6	1730	Jun 28, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	A couple of reflections on the "Our Father" prayer (Preview) Some people don't like saying it and that's totally fine. Hopefully this won't turn into a discussion about whether it should ever be said at meetings or any other religious discussion... I'm not religious myself, was Agnostic for a while and even Atheist at one point, but I was raised Catholic (sti...	FlyingSquirrel	12	6606	Jun 27, 2009 by joelo
	Are you a Recovering Alcoholic that lives with Asthma? (Preview) Hi To all, Just wanted to ask, hoping that with large polulation of this site, that I might be able to communicate maybe in Private Messaging, and ask some questions I have regarding the New Asthma Medications on the market. If you have asthma, then you know that the law changed as to what these medica...	toni baloney	3	905	Jun 27, 2009 by toni baloney
	Temptation (Preview) So I went to a family party with my mom and dad today. There was lots of alcohol (beer and hard liquor). Some how I was able to refrain from drinking any of it. It wasn't easy.	kkotz401	6	1032	Jun 26, 2009 by eastcoastscott
	Daily Reflections ~ A Two-Way Street & 24hrs a Day (Preview) If we ask, God will certainly forgive our derelictions. But in no case does He render us white as snow and keep us that way without our cooperation. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 65When I prayed, I used to omit a lot of things for which I needed to be forgiven. I thought that if I didnt mention tho...	Sobrietyspell	2	714	Jun 26, 2009 by turninggrey
	Do you know your Drinking pattern? (Preview) One of the things that really helped me bust through the remainder of my denial was writing down (and memorizing) my drinking pattern of behavior, or my "MO". For me, I'd get bored or lonely, feel sorry for myself, tell myself that I deserve to have a drink (and that I could just have one or tw...	StPeteDean	11	1497	Jun 26, 2009 by Dodsworth
	....restore us to sanity (Preview) When most of us come into recovery, our lives are like living in a blender. The chaos and mayhem are unbearable. Our emotions are on steroids and we can't make sense of anything. That was me anyway, so it became perfectly clear to me that my first objective was to regain my sanity. With abstinence, a clea...	eastcoastscott	7	1089	Jun 26, 2009 by jj
	Violence (Preview) HELP! Trying to cope. I've never been violence before (with my wife) I KNOW she is trying to use my alcoholism to justify her affair and our ulitmute divorce, (yet to come I guess) . I've never been violent. I'm about to lose it. A drink sounds great. I know it won't help. I'm ready to leave, but don'...	MDC	23	1819	Jun 25, 2009 by pinkchip
	Made it back home. (Preview) I went back tonight, my first meeting in 2 years. It was a step study and this week it's step 10. Perfect. I recognized a few of the faces but nobody recognized me. I prefer it that way, I needed a low profile for this first meeting back. I hadn't been to this particular meeting in about 5 yrs. My old home grou...	karen	12	836	Jun 24, 2009 by karen
	Some had asked but I cant find the thread : "Where in the BB....." (Preview) Pg. 133, 4th edition, "The Family Afterward" : "But this does not mean that we disregard human health measures. God has abundantly supplied this world with fine doctors, psychologists, and practitioners of various kinds. Do not hesitate to take your health problems to such perso...	Doll	1	605	Jun 24, 2009 by jonijoni1
	Some stuff I'm uneasy about... (Preview) My twin sister has been in and out of prison/jail for the past 25+ yrs. She is alcoholic/addict and everything that goes along with that while living on the streets. We (her family) rarely hear from her unless she is back in jail and needs money or stamps, etc. About 2 yrs. ago she applied for SSI and she is...	karen	7	903	Jun 24, 2009 by jonijoni1
	Mixed emotions (Preview) Today is father's day. A made-up day that seems to cause me to feel a variety of emotions. I have two children, my Dad died when I was 21, (39 now.) I was holding my Dad's hand in the hospital when he died...I was drunk. Every year, my kids give gifts and spend time with me. After a while, my wife and them w...	MDC	6	1013	Jun 24, 2009 by MDC
	4 days sober and really really struggling (Preview) I was hoping someone could impart some words to help me get through this very challenging time. This is the first time I have really tried to stop drinking- I have attended meetings in the past but never stopped getting drunk. I feel that the odds are significantly stacked against me staying sober be...	Bicyclemechanic	10	2856	Jun 23, 2009 by Chewie
	NEW (Preview) WELL..JUST FOUND THIS TONIGHT...THE DAYS HAVE BEEN LONG AND LONELY...MY NIGHTS SLEEPLESS..KEEP THINKING THAT I'LL GET UP A NEW DAY WILL BE BETTER.....JUST MOVED TO A NEW AREA AND THERE NO MEETINGS FOR MILES....NO CAR NO FRIENDS IN THE AREA.....THE ONLY THING THAT COMES TO MIND IS ......LET GO AND LE...	beverly	9	532	Jun 23, 2009 by beverly
	Peace (Preview) I wanted to share what I felt this past Sunday with all of you.... I decided to re pot my peace lilies;one of which was from my grandfathers funeral(my Granny got 9 of them and wanted all the grandbabies to have one) so I brought one home and have had it here for 1 month now, I took them both outside so I coul...	Sacrifice	3	907	Jun 23, 2009 by toni baloney
	I did it again... (Preview) I can't seem to stop. I'm a binge drinker and I've been in and out of AA for about 10 yrs. I do want badly to stay sober but every 3 or 4 months I get drunk and then I'll drink once a week for about a month. Then the whole thing starts all over again. I hate myself the day after I drink. The guilt and remorse is just t...	karen	23	906	Jun 23, 2009 by karen
	Daily Reflections ~ Today, I'm Free & 24hrs a Day (Preview) This brought me to the good healthy realization that there were plenty of situations left in the world over which I had no personal powerthat if I was so ready to admit that to be the case with alcohol, so I must make the same admission with respect to much else. I would have to be still and know that He, not I...	Sobrietyspell	1	950	Jun 22, 2009 by Sacrifice
	AA's Definition of Sobriety (closed) (Preview) Does it mean, you can have a drink or 2 or a slip when taking a swallow (or drinking "non" alcoholic beer which btw has alcohol in it!) , as long as you don't get DRUNK, you're fine? It doesn't count? Or does sobriety mean what Bill W and Dr. Bob intended - COMPLETE ABSTINENCE ? ~ Jen 1940 AA Preamb...	Doll	8	13405	Jun 22, 2009 by Rob84
	For Inspiration (Preview) I just got a starfish pendent from my Grandma that reminded me of this story. Thought I would post it. Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the...	kkotz401	3	731	Jun 22, 2009 by Jerry F
	NOT practicing these principles in all our affairs... (Preview) so i just signed up for this website because my sponsor told me to find online AA things. and because i have swine flu and i am stuck at home. (my NC-suggested quarantine ends in 2 days, yay!) so i am pretty new with only 4+ months under my belt. and i don't really know how stuff works in the program. but a few o...	tatigaal	5	1160	Jun 21, 2009 by Doll
	How to help others. (Preview) I'm still having a hard time with staying sober. I AM going to meeting now, and trying to start an the steps. Trying to focus on me and healing myself. I nkow that I am no where near being the person to really give advise, but... I had a meeting with my boss, (at a bar.) While I was there ,about an hour, he h...	MDC	11	521	Jun 21, 2009 by Rob84
	Toxic Shock... (Preview) Aloha Family... I've been in toxic shock before...overdose of alcohol; too much, too quickly, too compulsive. Then I was led into recovery and I have never had to do that again yet at the moment I am coming down from toxic shock from another angle... I was called out to and agreed to a 12th step this mor...	Jerry F	6	622	Jun 21, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	I LOVE THIS ONE (Preview) I want my higher power to live in my heart full time, but he'll only take a 24 hour lease. It's amazing how good I feel when I get connected to my Higher Power. I do this when I pray and meditate in the mornings.or when I speak to or help someone in the program. Or when I attend meetings. I love the peace I feel...	Tina	6	447	Jun 21, 2009 by sabby
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