Alcoholics Anonymous

TysonMike · TysonMike

Haven't been on in a while, new job has me swamped---actually, I was used to making my own hours, so now a normal 9-5 feels like an 18 hour day! I lost track of how long it's been but I had it written down weeks ago-so that makes 145 days! The urge is still there, but fleeting more and more. Even when my comp...

Phil · Phil

'Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the house, A drunkard was getting the word from his spouse. His skull was like fractured, his nerves were in shreds, And visions like sledgehammers danced in his head. Shaking and sweating and down in the dumps, Old Rudolph, the red nose, was getting hi...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Sometimes, the holidays are filled with the joy we associate with that time of year. The season flows. Magic is in the air. Sometimes, the holidays can be difficult and lonely. Here are some ideas I've learned through personal experience, and practice, to help us get through difficult holidays...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of Gods will into all of our activities. How can I best serve Thee Thy will (not mine) be done. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 I read this passage each morning, to start off my day, because it is a continual reminder to practice these principles in all my affairs...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE The terms spiritual experience and spiritual awakening are used many times in this book which, upon careful reading, shows that the personality change sufficient to bring about recovery from alcoholism has manifested itself among us in many different forms. Yet it is true t...

Quetzal · Quetzal

For some, the sights, signs, and smells of the holidays bring joy and a warm feeling. But, while others are joyously diving into the season, some of us are dipping into conflict, guilt, and a sense of loss. We read articles on how to enjoy the holidays, we read about the Christmas blues, but many of us s...

FindingFreedom · FindingFreedom

I went to a family Christmas lunch yesterday. I had been looking forward to it because we haven't gotten together as a family since 2004. The day arrived and a weird thing happened, I started to feel anxious, I did not expect that. I wasn't even sure what I was anxious about, maybe just the unknown. M...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Our Twelfth Step carrying the message is the basic service that AAs Fellowship gives; this is our principal aim and the main reason for our existence. THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, P. 160 I thank God for those who came before me, those who told me not to forget the Three Legacies: Recovery, Unity and Servic...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day We have definitely left that dream world behind. It was only a sham. It was a world of our making and it was not the real world. We are sorry for the past, yes, but we learned a lot from it. We can put it down to experience, valuable experience, as we see it now, because it has given us th...

nique · nique

Glory to God in the highest. And on earth peace, goodwill toward men! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Everyone! Love, Allison

Tina · Tina

Just wanted to drop in and wish everyone a special Merry Christmas and A Sober New Year. From my family to yours Have a safe Holiday while traveling. Thanks to all and Hugs. Tina

Quetzal · Quetzal

One year, when I was a child, my father got drunk and violent at Christmas. I had just unwrapped a present, a bottle of hand lotion, when he exploded in an alcoholic rage. Our Christmas was disrupted. It was terrible. It was frightening for the whole family. Now, thirty-five years later, whenever I sme...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The way our worthy alcoholics have sometimes tried to judge the less worthy is, as we look back on it, rather comical. Imagine, if you can, one alcoholic judging another! THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 37 Who am I to judge anyone? When I first entered the Fellowship I found that I liked everyone. After all...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day As we look back over our drinking careers, we must realize that our lives were a mess because we were a mess inside. The trouble was in us, not in life itself. Life itself was good enough, but we were looking at it the wrong way. We were looking at life through the bottom of a whiskey g...

beachgirl · beachgirl

just thinking about how nice it has been to be snowbound for 2 days...in my drinking days, I would have "alcoholed" my way thru....but I have been shoveling snow, cleaning things only a mother would care about, listening to music, playing online scrabble with friends, cooking, reading....

Phil · Phil

Twas the night before Christmas when I went on a bender, Not a creature was stirring, not even a bartender. The empties were stacked by the chimney just fine, In hopes that St. Nick would fill them with wine. With Mama in her kerchief and I with my booze, We'd just settled down for a long winter's snooze....

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Have I ceased being inwardly defeated, at war with myself? Have I given myself freely to A.A. and to the Higher Power? Have I got over being sick inside? Am I still wandering mentally or am I "on the beam"? I can face anything if I am sure I am on the way. When I am sure, I sho...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Do not worry about how the good that has been planned for you will come. It will come. Do not worry, obsess, and think you have to control it, go out hunting for it, or tangle your mind trying to figure out how and when it will find you. It will find you. Surrender to your Higher Power each day. Trust...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

When working with a man and his family, you should take care not to participate in their quarrels. You may spoil your chance of being helpful if you do. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 100 When trying to help a fellow alcoholic, Ive given in to an impulse to give advice, and perhaps thats inevitable. But allow...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Strive for balanced expectations of others. Strive for healthy tolerance. In the past, we may have tolerated too much or too little. We may have expected too much or too little. We may swing from tolerating abuse, mistreatment, and deception to refusing to tolerate normal, human, imperfect be...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

This is indeed the kind of giving that actually demands nothing. He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay him, or even to love him. And then he discovers that by the divine paradox of this kind of giving he has found his own reward, whether his brother has yet received anything or not. TWELVE STEPS A...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Our faith should control the whole of our life. We alcoholics were living a divided life. We had to find a way to make it whole. When we were drinking, our lives were made up of a lot of scattered and unrelated pieces. We must pick up our lives and put them together again. We do it by re...

paul86 · paul86

Well, 14 days ago today was the last time I had a sip of any liquor. I have to say, I feel pretty good. I know the road ahead will be hard, but this is the longest i've gone without drinking since...I started drinking. I've even been in situations where before I normally would have gotten absolutely shitfa...

tlcate · tlcate

Well, here I am. Feeling so much better about life. Finished my first pass through the steps and sponsoring others and have a chair commitment at one of my meetings. I don't know if I updated after the Thanksgiving holiday but it went very well. My family asked a couple of times if I wanted to drink - I ca...

FindingFreedom · FindingFreedom

I am so thankful to be sober this morning. I feel great, because my head is clear, I feel peaceful and calm. I went through a rough depression for 2 weeks in the middle of November but I made it through and things have turned around. In late October, I launched a new business, taking visitors on walking t...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Many of us have been so deprived of nurturing that we think it's silly or self-indulgent. Nurturing is neither silly nor self-indulgent; it's how we show love for ourselves. That's what we're striving for in recovery - a loving relationship with ourselves that works, so we can have loving relations...

cramcj01 · cramcj01

Well, I've hit and passed 90 days. It's a bit of a milestone for me because my first attempt at sobriety ended around the time I hit 90 dyas. Of course I was like "poof, I'm not an alcoholic, I haven't drank in 3 months." Then went out and drank. Funny how that works. Anyway, with the help of...

BGG · BGG

Reading some of the posts on the board lately from some who may not understand what A.A. offers to those of us who have the disease of alcoholism, I'm struck by these words from Chapter Five of the book Alcoholics Anonymous (our textbook): "If you want what we have, and are willing to go to any leng...

Quetzal · Quetzal

How easy it is to dive into roles at work. How easy it is to place other people in roles. Sometimes, this is necessary, appropriate, and expedient. But we can also let our self-shine through our role. There is joy in giving our gift of skill at work, at giving ourselves to the task at hand so thoroughl...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Been journalling lately, ever since I hit a rough patch and realized I need to face the feelings and difficulties I was having. This has turned into a journal where I can continue to find things that pop up to give to my Higher Power. It seems so much more real to me to go through the motions of writing it out...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . . work with other alcoholics. . . . It works when other activities fail. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 Life will take on a new meaning, as the Big Book says (p. 89) This promise has helped me to avoid self-seeking and self-pity. To watch others grow in this wonderful program, to see them improve the qua...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day The way of faith is, of course, not confined to A.A. It is for everybody who really wants to live. But many people can go through life without much of it. Many are doing so, to their own sorrow. The world is full of lack of faith. Many people have lost confidence in any meaning in the u...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day The way of A.A. is the way of faith. We don't get the full benefit of the program until we surrender our lives to some Power greater than ourselves and trust that Power to give us the strength we need. There is no better way for us. We can get sober without it. We can stay sober for some...

Quetzal · Quetzal

What does it mean to take care of myself emotionally? I recognize when I'm feeling angry, and I accept that feeling without shame or blame. I recognize when I'm feeling hurt, and I accept those feelings without attempting to punish the source of my pain. I recognize and feel fear when that emotion pr...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics . . . Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress. . . . Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your presen...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Offer him [the alcoholic] friendship and fellowship. Tell him that if he wants to get well you will do anything to help. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, P. 95 I remember how attracted I was to the two men from A.A. who Twelfth-Stepped me. They said I could have what they had, with no conditions attached, that all...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Service to others makes the world a good place. Civilization would cease if all of us were always and only for ourselves. We alcoholics have a wonderful opportunity to contribute to the well-being of the world. We have a common problem. We find a common answer. We are uniquely e...

FindingFreedom · FindingFreedom

An amazing thing happened, a few nights ago I was at an annual Christmas party that involved a fair amount of drinking, I wasnt drinking, but I was having a lot of fun. As the evening was drawing to a close, and most people were buzzed up, someone asked me something at the bar and I said, I havent had a drink...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Well folks, at 74 days I did go out on a date tonight despite it being told to me that I am not to enter into any dating or relationships for a year. It is something that sort of presented itself and the other person has like 5 really cool things in common with me. They hardly ever drink and are not into bars...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Never talk down to an alcoholic from any moral or spiritual hilltop; simply lay out the kit of spiritual tools for his inspection. Show him how they worked with you. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 95 When I come into contact with a newcomer, do I have a tendency to look at him from my perceived angle of success...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day The way of A.A. is the way of service. Without that, it would not work. We have been "on the wagon" and hated it. We have taken the pledge and waited for the time to be up with impatience. We have tried in all manner of ways to help ourselves. But not until we begin to help ot...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

I love these words. These are the words that gave me my true beginnings & helped me to realise & define who I am & how I fit in with the world. The world is my Life & I no longer have to live in my head. I finally finished my initial understanding of 6&7 with a sitting & setting down o...

Star_shadow16 · Star_shadow16

Im back! I havnt had a drink in a 1month and 2weeks! Im SO happee! And guess what Im pregnant. Im doing good.. And Im in school, And when I need a drink.. I do other things! Im so happee!

Quetzal · Quetzal

Strive for clear thinking. Many of us have had our thinking clouded by denial. Some of us have even lost faith in ourselves because we've spent a degree of time in denial. But losing faith in our thinking isn't going to help us. What we need to lose faith in is denial. We didn't resort to denial - either o...

Star_shadow16 · Star_shadow16

Okay, So.. I know Im not the greatest person alive. But, I do understand that Im carrying something so precious, I know Ill be a good mother to my son/or daughter.. Im trying not to stress.. Its been like almost 2 months now, since Ive got completly wasted off my ass.. Its been 4 days since Ive gotten high (...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

Hey y'all, Well, my dad's been battling cancer for the last few months... esophageal cancer, which is a pretty aggressive one. He finished chemo and radiation and they did an endoscopy and the tumor was gone, so Monday they were supposed to do surgery to remove part of his esophagus and stomach to ke...

pinkchip · pinkchip

I am so grateful to finally be able to post on this site. I have been reading the messages and posts from some of you for about a month now. It has been a struggle and today I have 72 days. In my fellowship, that means I have a pinkchip that will turn red on day 90 God willing. This 72 days has been a period of gr...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20 Thinking of others has never come easily to me. Even when I try to work the A.A. program, Im prone to thinking, How do I feel today. Am I happy, joyous and fr...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day We come now to A.A. fellowship. It is partly group therapy. It is partly spiritual fellowship. But it is even more. It is based on a common illness, a common failure, and a common problem. It goes deep down into our personal lives and our personal needs. It requires a full opening...

Jane05 · Jane05

Hello everyone, Just want to introduce myself and to thank you for accepting my request to join the board. My D.O.S. is Feb. 18th, 2005. I'm looking forward to spending some time here. Thanks! P.S. I will fill out my profile a little later.

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	Happy Holidays Everyone!!! (Preview) Haven't been on in a while, new job has me swamped---actually, I was used to making my own hours, so now a normal 9-5 feels like an 18 hour day! I lost track of how long it's been but I had it written down weeks ago-so that makes 145 days! The urge is still there, but fleeting more and more. Even when my comp...	TysonMike	2	280	Dec 25, 2008 by Quetzal
	Have a Safe and Sober Christmas Season ehh (Preview) 'Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the house, A drunkard was getting the word from his spouse. His skull was like fractured, his nerves were in shreds, And visions like sledgehammers danced in his head. Shaking and sweating and down in the dumps, Old Rudolph, the red nose, was getting hi...	Phil	6	431	Dec 25, 2008 by Quetzal
	The Holidays (Preview) Sometimes, the holidays are filled with the joy we associate with that time of year. The season flows. Magic is in the air. Sometimes, the holidays can be difficult and lonely. Here are some ideas I've learned through personal experience, and practice, to help us get through difficult holidays...	Quetzal	0	231	Dec 25, 2008 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections ~ At Peace With Life (Preview) Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of Gods will into all of our activities. How can I best serve Thee Thy will (not mine) be done. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 I read this passage each morning, to start off my day, because it is a continual reminder to practice these principles in all my affairs...	Sobrietyspell	0	285	Dec 25, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Spiritual Experience (Preview) SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE The terms spiritual experience and spiritual awakening are used many times in this book which, upon careful reading, shows that the personality change sufficient to bring about recovery from alcoholism has manifested itself among us in many different forms. Yet it is true t...	soberdrunk	4	310	Dec 24, 2008 by jonijoni1
	Getting Through the Holidays (Preview) For some, the sights, signs, and smells of the holidays bring joy and a warm feeling. But, while others are joyously diving into the season, some of us are dipping into conflict, guilt, and a sense of loss. We read articles on how to enjoy the holidays, we read about the Christmas blues, but many of us s...	Quetzal	2	359	Dec 24, 2008 by jonijoni1
	Facing Family and Myself at Christmas (Preview) I went to a family Christmas lunch yesterday. I had been looking forward to it because we haven't gotten together as a family since 2004. The day arrived and a weird thing happened, I started to feel anxious, I did not expect that. I wasn't even sure what I was anxious about, maybe just the unknown. M...	FindingFreedom	3	347	Dec 24, 2008 by FindingFreedom
	Daily Reflections ~ Recovery, Unity, Service (Preview) Our Twelfth Step carrying the message is the basic service that AAs Fellowship gives; this is our principal aim and the main reason for our existence. THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, P. 160 I thank God for those who came before me, those who told me not to forget the Three Legacies: Recovery, Unity and Servic...	Sobrietyspell	0	883	Dec 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 23rd Dec 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day We have definitely left that dream world behind. It was only a sham. It was a world of our making and it was not the real world. We are sorry for the past, yes, but we learned a lot from it. We can put it down to experience, valuable experience, as we see it now, because it has given us th...	Sobrietyspell	0	271	Dec 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Happy Holidays! (Preview) Glory to God in the highest. And on earth peace, goodwill toward men! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Everyone! Love, Allison	nique	4	327	Dec 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Christmas (Preview) Just wanted to drop in and wish everyone a special Merry Christmas and A Sober New Year. From my family to yours Have a safe Holiday while traveling. Thanks to all and Hugs. Tina	Tina	5	564	Dec 23, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Holiday Triggers (Preview) One year, when I was a child, my father got drunk and violent at Christmas. I had just unwrapped a present, a bottle of hand lotion, when he exploded in an alcoholic rage. Our Christmas was disrupted. It was terrible. It was frightening for the whole family. Now, thirty-five years later, whenever I sme...	Quetzal	0	742	Dec 23, 2008 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections ~ Principles, Not Personalities (Preview) The way our worthy alcoholics have sometimes tried to judge the less worthy is, as we look back on it, rather comical. Imagine, if you can, one alcoholic judging another! THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 37 Who am I to judge anyone? When I first entered the Fellowship I found that I liked everyone. After all...	Sobrietyspell	0	356	Dec 22, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 22nd Dec 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day As we look back over our drinking careers, we must realize that our lives were a mess because we were a mess inside. The trouble was in us, not in life itself. Life itself was good enough, but we were looking at it the wrong way. We were looking at life through the bottom of a whiskey g...	Sobrietyspell	0	272	Dec 22, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	snowbound (Preview) just thinking about how nice it has been to be snowbound for 2 days...in my drinking days, I would have "alcoholed" my way thru....but I have been shoveling snow, cleaning things only a mother would care about, listening to music, playing online scrabble with friends, cooking, reading....	beachgirl	10	430	Dec 22, 2008 by StPeteDean
	A 12-STEP VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS (Preview) Twas the night before Christmas when I went on a bender, Not a creature was stirring, not even a bartender. The empties were stacked by the chimney just fine, In hopes that St. Nick would fill them with wine. With Mama in her kerchief and I with my booze, We'd just settled down for a long winter's snooze....	Phil	2	423	Dec 22, 2008 by lani
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 21st Dec 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Have I ceased being inwardly defeated, at war with myself? Have I given myself freely to A.A. and to the Higher Power? Have I got over being sick inside? Am I still wandering mentally or am I "on the beam"? I can face anything if I am sure I am on the way. When I am sure, I sho...	Sobrietyspell	1	264	Dec 22, 2008 by lani
	Good Things Coming (Preview) Do not worry about how the good that has been planned for you will come. It will come. Do not worry, obsess, and think you have to control it, go out hunting for it, or tangle your mind trying to figure out how and when it will find you. It will find you. Surrender to your Higher Power each day. Trust...	Quetzal	0	277	Dec 22, 2008 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections ~ Listen, Share & Pray (Preview) When working with a man and his family, you should take care not to participate in their quarrels. You may spoil your chance of being helpful if you do. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 100 When trying to help a fellow alcoholic, Ive given in to an impulse to give advice, and perhaps thats inevitable. But allow...	Sobrietyspell	0	322	Dec 21, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Balance (Preview) Strive for balanced expectations of others. Strive for healthy tolerance. In the past, we may have tolerated too much or too little. We may have expected too much or too little. We may swing from tolerating abuse, mistreatment, and deception to refusing to tolerate normal, human, imperfect be...	Quetzal	0	211	Dec 21, 2008 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections ~ The Rewards of Giving (Preview) This is indeed the kind of giving that actually demands nothing. He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay him, or even to love him. And then he discovers that by the divine paradox of this kind of giving he has found his own reward, whether his brother has yet received anything or not. TWELVE STEPS A...	Sobrietyspell	0	273	Dec 20, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 20th Dec 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Our faith should control the whole of our life. We alcoholics were living a divided life. We had to find a way to make it whole. When we were drinking, our lives were made up of a lot of scattered and unrelated pieces. We must pick up our lives and put them together again. We do it by re...	Sobrietyspell	0	229	Dec 20, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Two weeks. (Preview) Well, 14 days ago today was the last time I had a sip of any liquor. I have to say, I feel pretty good. I know the road ahead will be hard, but this is the longest i've gone without drinking since...I started drinking. I've even been in situations where before I normally would have gotten absolutely shitfa...	paul86	8	373	Dec 20, 2008 by eastcoastscott
	60 days! (Preview) Well, here I am. Feeling so much better about life. Finished my first pass through the steps and sponsoring others and have a chair commitment at one of my meetings. I don't know if I updated after the Thanksgiving holiday but it went very well. My family asked a couple of times if I wanted to drink - I ca...	tlcate	8	480	Dec 20, 2008 by eastcoastscott
	The rewards of Riding The Storm Out (Preview) I am so thankful to be sober this morning. I feel great, because my head is clear, I feel peaceful and calm. I went through a rough depression for 2 weeks in the middle of November but I made it through and things have turned around. In late October, I launched a new business, taking visitors on walking t...	FindingFreedom	8	368	Dec 19, 2008 by FindingFreedom
	Nurturing Ourselves (Preview) Many of us have been so deprived of nurturing that we think it's silly or self-indulgent. Nurturing is neither silly nor self-indulgent; it's how we show love for ourselves. That's what we're striving for in recovery - a loving relationship with ourselves that works, so we can have loving relations...	Quetzal	1	265	Dec 19, 2008 by Ms London
	90 days (Preview) Well, I've hit and passed 90 days. It's a bit of a milestone for me because my first attempt at sobriety ended around the time I hit 90 dyas. Of course I was like "poof, I'm not an alcoholic, I haven't drank in 3 months." Then went out and drank. Funny how that works. Anyway, with the help of...	cramcj01	10	1441	Dec 19, 2008 by lani
	IF You Want What We Have . . . (Preview) Reading some of the posts on the board lately from some who may not understand what A.A. offers to those of us who have the disease of alcoholism, I'm struck by these words from Chapter Five of the book Alcoholics Anonymous (our textbook): "If you want what we have, and are willing to go to any leng...	BGG	5	346	Dec 19, 2008 by Quetzal
	Work Roles (Preview) How easy it is to dive into roles at work. How easy it is to place other people in roles. Sometimes, this is necessary, appropriate, and expedient. But we can also let our self-shine through our role. There is joy in giving our gift of skill at work, at giving ourselves to the task at hand so thoroughl...	Quetzal	0	280	Dec 19, 2008 by Quetzal
	journalling (Preview) Been journalling lately, ever since I hit a rough patch and realized I need to face the feelings and difficulties I was having. This has turned into a journal where I can continue to find things that pop up to give to my Higher Power. It seems so much more real to me to go through the motions of writing it out...	jonijoni1	4	376	Dec 18, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Daily Reflections ~ A Priceless Reward (Preview) . . . . work with other alcoholics. . . . It works when other activities fail. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 Life will take on a new meaning, as the Big Book says (p. 89) This promise has helped me to avoid self-seeking and self-pity. To watch others grow in this wonderful program, to see them improve the qua...	Sobrietyspell	0	270	Dec 17, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 17th Dec 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day The way of faith is, of course, not confined to A.A. It is for everybody who really wants to live. But many people can go through life without much of it. Many are doing so, to their own sorrow. The world is full of lack of faith. Many people have lost confidence in any meaning in the u...	Sobrietyspell	0	298	Dec 17, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 16th Dec 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day The way of A.A. is the way of faith. We don't get the full benefit of the program until we surrender our lives to some Power greater than ourselves and trust that Power to give us the strength we need. There is no better way for us. We can get sober without it. We can stay sober for some...	Sobrietyspell	2	301	Dec 17, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Taking Care of Ourselves Emotionally (Preview) What does it mean to take care of myself emotionally? I recognize when I'm feeling angry, and I accept that feeling without shame or blame. I recognize when I'm feeling hurt, and I accept those feelings without attempting to punish the source of my pain. I recognize and feel fear when that emotion pr...	Quetzal	1	299	Dec 17, 2008 by lateforthesky
	Daily Reflections ~ Partners in Recovery (Preview) . . . nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics . . . Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress. . . . Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your presen...	Sobrietyspell	0	291	Dec 16, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections ~ Doing Anything To Help (Preview) Offer him [the alcoholic] friendship and fellowship. Tell him that if he wants to get well you will do anything to help. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, P. 95 I remember how attracted I was to the two men from A.A. who Twelfth-Stepped me. They said I could have what they had, with no conditions attached, that all...	Sobrietyspell	0	284	Dec 15, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 15th Dec 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Service to others makes the world a good place. Civilization would cease if all of us were always and only for ourselves. We alcoholics have a wonderful opportunity to contribute to the well-being of the world. We have a common problem. We find a common answer. We are uniquely e...	Sobrietyspell	0	311	Dec 15, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	How do you have fun if you don't drink? (Preview) An amazing thing happened, a few nights ago I was at an annual Christmas party that involved a fair amount of drinking, I wasnt drinking, but I was having a lot of fun. As the evening was drawing to a close, and most people were buzzed up, someone asked me something at the bar and I said, I havent had a drink...	FindingFreedom	12	2367	Dec 15, 2008 by FindingFreedom
	Willful? (Preview) Well folks, at 74 days I did go out on a date tonight despite it being told to me that I am not to enter into any dating or relationships for a year. It is something that sort of presented itself and the other person has like 5 really cool things in common with me. They hardly ever drink and are not into bars...	pinkchip	7	542	Dec 15, 2008 by KLT
	Daily Reflections ~ Reaching Out (Preview) Never talk down to an alcoholic from any moral or spiritual hilltop; simply lay out the kit of spiritual tools for his inspection. Show him how they worked with you. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 95 When I come into contact with a newcomer, do I have a tendency to look at him from my perceived angle of success...	Sobrietyspell	0	352	Dec 14, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 14th Dec 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day The way of A.A. is the way of service. Without that, it would not work. We have been "on the wagon" and hated it. We have taken the pledge and waited for the time to be up with impatience. We have tried in all manner of ways to help ourselves. But not until we begin to help ot...	Sobrietyspell	0	283	Dec 14, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	My Name's Danielle & I'm an Alcoholic (Preview) I love these words. These are the words that gave me my true beginnings & helped me to realise & define who I am & how I fit in with the world. The world is my Life & I no longer have to live in my head. I finally finished my initial understanding of 6&7 with a sitting & setting down o...	Sobrietyspell	3	373	Dec 14, 2008 by lani
	Im back and strong! (Preview) Im back! I havnt had a drink in a 1month and 2weeks! Im SO happee! And guess what Im pregnant. Im doing good.. And Im in school, And when I need a drink.. I do other things! Im so happee!	Star_shadow16	12	485	Dec 14, 2008 by eastcoastscott
	Clear Thinking (Preview) Strive for clear thinking. Many of us have had our thinking clouded by denial. Some of us have even lost faith in ourselves because we've spent a degree of time in denial. But losing faith in our thinking isn't going to help us. What we need to lose faith in is denial. We didn't resort to denial - either o...	Quetzal	0	282	Dec 14, 2008 by Quetzal
	Patchy but, happy (Preview) Okay, So.. I know Im not the greatest person alive. But, I do understand that Im carrying something so precious, I know Ill be a good mother to my son/or daughter.. Im trying not to stress.. Its been like almost 2 months now, since Ive got completly wasted off my ass.. Its been 4 days since Ive gotten high (...	Star_shadow16	8	366	Dec 13, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	rough week... (Preview) Hey y'all, Well, my dad's been battling cancer for the last few months... esophageal cancer, which is a pretty aggressive one. He finished chemo and radiation and they did an endoscopy and the tumor was gone, so Monday they were supposed to do surgery to remove part of his esophagus and stomach to ke...	ChicknLittle	7	335	Dec 13, 2008 by ChicknLittle
	Hi All (Preview) I am so grateful to finally be able to post on this site. I have been reading the messages and posts from some of you for about a month now. It has been a struggle and today I have 72 days. In my fellowship, that means I have a pinkchip that will turn red on day 90 God willing. This 72 days has been a period of gr...	pinkchip	8	530	Dec 13, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections ~ Thinking of Others (Preview) Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20 Thinking of others has never come easily to me. Even when I try to work the A.A. program, Im prone to thinking, How do I feel today. Am I happy, joyous and fr...	Sobrietyspell	0	331	Dec 13, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 13th Dec 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day We come now to A.A. fellowship. It is partly group therapy. It is partly spiritual fellowship. But it is even more. It is based on a common illness, a common failure, and a common problem. It goes deep down into our personal lives and our personal needs. It requires a full opening...	Sobrietyspell	0	288	Dec 13, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Hello (Preview) Hello everyone, Just want to introduce myself and to thank you for accepting my request to join the board. My D.O.S. is Feb. 18th, 2005. I'm looking forward to spending some time here. Thanks! P.S. I will fill out my profile a little later.	Jane05	8	441	Dec 12, 2008 by Jane05
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