Alcoholics Anonymous

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi everyone, I thought that I'd post a couple of links that might help some of our newcomers. They are all good websites that have helped me in the past and could help you, too. The first is our Big Book online. If you haven't been able to buy a copy of it at your local meetings, you can use this until you d...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

My stability came out of my trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive. THE BEST OF BILL , p.46-47 As long as I try, with all my heart and soul, to pass along to others what has been passed along to me, and do not demand anything in return, life is good to me. Before entering this program of Alcoholics...

Sobriety2-19-08girly · Sobriety2-19-08girly

so I have a question and not sure if this website can be used for questions but its aa related.. So how far into sobriety is it ok to become friends with your sponcer or not even friends We are all friends but like hang out go shopping together ect . cause when I first got sober and I call all the time with ques...

TysonMike · TysonMike

Feelin good, work is good so far, but I feel like I might break down today. I'm sleeping on the floor for the past 2 days on a phone book because sleeping is the hardest part of the day. I guess I should call one of the meeting guys.

hills alive · hills alive

when i had had enough of the suffering caused by MY actions of excessive drinking it was the ongoing mood swings that took me to the 4th stage of alcoholism and after that their was no turning back, if i could even think for one moment that i could save myself. so after 8 months of heavy depression, as alcoh...

Quetzal · Quetzal

1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks? 2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand? 3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know? 4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words? 5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack? ...

PJ Tucker · PJ Tucker

I'm bound and determined to get and stay clean and sober. I stayed that way for many years, and gradually fell back in to thinking I could "control drink". It's now messed up quite a bit of some beautiful things (like my job) which I regained in a small community at the ripe old age off 55. I th...

Tina · Tina

Hi all Just thought I'd drop by before Sunday comes and let ya know I'm ok, nervous as hell but alright. Been going through other things I guess I let get to me, felt like i was gonna explode.. But with the grace of GOD, I still have my sense of humour. I had a good cry last nite and look like I didn't sleep, g...

nmike · nmike

We are small communities in a rural area. We have a good AA meeting going where I live. I have offered to hold a separate Alanon meeting. We Alanoners are slow to break away from our A's. So another small community wanted to start AA/Alanon. We had 18 tonight. Awesome. I will continue to offer Alanon and h...

Brad_N · Brad_N

Hello, my name is Brad, and I'm an alcoholic! I'm from Arlington, Texas and I came across this board so I thought I'd join up and get in on the online recovery! I love forum boards, so I'm sure I'll be trolling around them and offering my experience, strength, and hope where I feel like I have something to a...

hopesfallkid · hopesfallkid

my names eric... i've been drinking everyday for the past 6 months....and most people drink to forget their problesm...but i drink to feel. just to feel these emotions thats havve been in me but wont come out..i used to do druggs but i cant do that so i switched to drinking...and now i drink to feel sadne...

TysonMike · TysonMike

I posted under day 18 that i found a meeting a few blocks from work. I'm on my 3rd large cup of coffee and i feel like sleeping. Maybe I'll take off from work early and check it out.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Since defective relations with other human beings have nearly always been the immediate cause of our woes, including our alcoholism, no field of investigation could yield more satisfying and valuable rewards than this one. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 80 Willingness is a peculiar thin...

Rosie · Rosie

"The Awakening". A time comes in your life when you finally get it... When in the midst of all your fears and insanity you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out - ENOUGH! Enough fighting and crying or struggling to hold on. And, like a child quiet...

Rosie · Rosie

Hi All, This is day 9 and I am feeling very very hopeful today. It has been a hard week on one hand but the best week I have had in a long time. My senses to life are heightened more so than when I have ever stopped drinking before. I had been in a horrible relationship for this past eight yrs. He is a very sick ma...

harley2000 · harley2000

I just found this site and glad there is a site like this, I had 5 years sobreity and went back out in 2002 and have been out since and it does not get better, it is like I never stopped, picked up where I left off, I am so sick of this addiction and everything that comes with it, I have chased the idea that I...

nique · nique

Hello my dear family!!! I am overwhelmed by the love and support you all gave me while I was away!!! A lot has happened since I have been gone. My computer died and I didnt have the money for a new one yet. I did some serious drinking and in a black out got in a bad car accident. By some miricle instead of g...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ "When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness of the presence of God is today the most important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith. When we see others solve their problems by simple reliance upon some Spir...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Referring to our list [inventory] again. Putting out of our minds the wrongs others had done, we resolutely looked for our own mistakes. Where had we been selfish, dishonest, self-seeking and frightened? ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 67 There is a wonderful freedom in not needing constant appro...

Rebecca · Rebecca

Good Evening all. Day 5 for me. I find at about 3:00 to7:00PM is when I want to go get the alcohol and drink. I am hanging in there. How long (I know this varies) will I be in thi...

TysonMike · TysonMike

Whew rough day at work..without going into too much detail, I work in finance and the mkt. was bad today but I took some profits on up positions. So I mad e some change, but with the irregular sleep, I was in the office at 7 am(45 min commute) and left at 6 30 pm. A nice icy cold beer would've hit the spot and ho...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We can be honest and direct about our boundaries in relationships and about the parameters of a particular relationship. Perhaps no area of our life reflects our uniqueness and individuality in recovery more than our relationships. Some of us are in a committed relationship. Some of us are datin...

Rosie · Rosie

Hi All I tried to go onto the online meeting at nine but it would not connect for me. Can anyone help with this? Please let me know how to go on there. Thank you Rosie

Rosie · Rosie

Hi All, I am on day 8 and I thank God and all of you again today. I am going to work in my oldest sons yard and my middle son lives beside him so I will see him and I also am taking him for his blood work at the hospital. I am in a hurry but will be back to post tonight. God bless you all. I take you with me. Rosie

lani · lani

Dont laugh everyone but I am dying to see Genesis "phil Collins"!!!!! Hes coming to the US of A in the fall-Toronto 9/7, Detroit 9/30 and Chicago 10/3.......Not a usual thing we do on here but it will be the one and only concert I will ever want to see in my lifetime!!!!! Love the man!!!! So, an...

KLT · KLT

Hi, I was just wondering if anybody had heard from nique? I noticed in her last posts that she was having a bad time but have not seen her post since. Will everybody join me in praying for her and hope we see her back here soon. God bless.

Rebecca · Rebecca

Hello everyone, my name is Rebecca. I need to re-establish my sobriety date as 08-14-08. So, I only have 2 days of consistent sobriety now. I want to quit drinking, but have been using alcohol to avoid the discomfort of the withdrawl symptoms. Yesterday I did go out and purchase the herb Kudzu and some a...

shinebright02 · shinebright02

HiI am writing as I am very concerned about my dad, and I am not sure where else to turn to, He is 51 and he has always drank but in the last year or so its gotten worse after losing his job of 30 years a few years ago and then loosing his mother almost a year ago who he took care of after her being Ill with Alzeim...

Deirdre · Deirdre

Hi everyone, my name is Deirdre and I just recently turned 50. I have been drinking since the age of 14, I don't drink from the morning to the night, only on weekends but I do drink 6 beers EVERY night. A few years back I lost my was made redundant and I lost my house, my car and worst of all my son. I was given...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Any takers??????

TysonMike · TysonMike

I hope I can keep this up.....even with all the stress at work and my "love life" it's tempting, but I'm really trying. There's a meeting not too far from work Thursday. I will be there.

Jeninoz · Jeninoz

Well hello all from DownUnder. I haven't been on for a LONG time. After 8 and a quarter years sobriety in AA, I picked up a drink in Feb of last year. Talk about the YETS. It's taken me this long to get up a little bit of time after many attemts back in the fellowship. But with the help of a great doctor, a grea...

Jednorozec · Jednorozec

Sobriety is more than just abstaining from alcohol. I like this definition from Money and the Meaning of Life by Jacob Needleman. There are certain alcoholics--we have all known them, we have most of us suffered from them and loved them, many of us are them--who have a certain compelling beauty, ch...

Doll · Doll

I was a binge drinker, 2-5 times a week. There was no rhyme or reason as to when I picked up. I just drank when I drank and my binge never lasted more than 12-15 hours, I always passed out at some point before the sun came up. For a 115lb gal I have a HUGE capacity for alcohol and the hangovers would be so severe I...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day "People of faith have a logical idea of what life is all about. There is a wide variation in the way each one of us approaches and conceives of the Power greater than ourself. Whether we agree with a particular approach or conception seems to make little difference. Ther...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Shame is that dark, powerful feeling that holds us back. Yes, shame can stop us from acting inappropriately. But many of us have learned to attach shame to healthy behaviors that are in our best interest. In dysfunctional families, shame can be tagged to healthy behaviors such as talking about fee...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Detachment involves present moment living - living in the here and now. We allow life to happen instead of forcing and trying to control it. We relinquish regrets over the past and fears about the future. We make the most of each day. -- Codependent No More This moment, we are right where we need to be,...

Rosie · Rosie

Hi All, Today is day 7! I feel so much stronger and grateful. I went over to my sons to take care of my grand children and we all played outside from about 1 to 4. If it hadn't thundered and got dark we would have stayed out a lot longer. I took a lot of photos and had a blast!!! I set up a good size pool for them tha...

RamaSethu2001 · RamaSethu2001

Sanskrit ProverbLook to this day, The very life of life, In its brief course lies allThe realities and varieties of existence,The bliss of growth,The splendor of action,The glory of power.For yesterday is but a dream,And tomorrow is only a vision.But today well lived,Makes every ye...

RamaSethu2001 · RamaSethu2001

Quotes from Our Co-Founder: Bill W.-Part 2 "No words can tell of the loneliness and despair I found in that bitter morass of self-pity. Quicksand stretched around me in all directions. I had met my match. Alcohol was my master." Bill Wilson Source: c. 1939, AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, Bi...

lark265 · lark265

I have about 12 years clean and sober...but not really serenity......just recently the emotional/spiritual pain got bad enough where I just started talking to God again.....I felt myself surrendering inside......it feels good.....but now I have some work ahead of me.....I "sort of"...

Rosie · Rosie

Hi All, It is day 6 and I am so grateful. It rained a bit this morning here in Vermont but looks like it will clear up. I love the Vermont weather. Rain, shine, blizzards and all! I was watching CBS News Sunday Morning and they had a man who died at age 107 and who worked everyday up until he died. He had a clothi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Very deep, sometimes quite forgotten, damaging emotional conflicts persist below the level of consciousness. 12 & 12, pp. 79-80 Only through positive action can I remove the remains of guilt and shame brought on by alcohol. Throughout my misadventures when I drank, my friends would sa...

RamaSethu2001 · RamaSethu2001

Quotes About Recovery and Addictions "For many, negative thinking is a habit, which over time, becomes an addiction... A lot of people suffer from this disease because negative thinking is addictive to each of the Big Three -- the mind, the body, and the emotions. If one doesn't get you, the oth...

KLT · KLT

Hi there. I went to the practice nurse at my doctors surgery on Tuesday, just to do an asthma check because the meds they had me on didnt seem to be doing as much good as they should. After blowing into the tube thing, she said that I was just on the border line which I was really pleased about and she said I may...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day "We of agnostic temperament have found that as soon as we were able to lay aside prejudice and express a willingness to believe in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced to get results, even though it was impossible for any of us to fully define or comprehend that P...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Here is a sight where you put in your sobriety date, and it tells you not only the hours minutes and seconds, but whatI thought was cool..... How many sober heartbeats you have had (on average)..... really cute, and i thought I would share it...... http://www.aahistory.com/days.html I have had abou...

BatonRougian · BatonRougian

Im meeting with a stubborn malcontent today. He is coming up on a year sober and doesnt do any real step work but goes to a lot of meetings and admits to having a bad attitude and know he cant go on this way. He is misanthropic, self pity filled, angry, rebelious (old punk rocker), and sarcastic as hell. He h...

lani · lani

Walk In Dry Places Handle Today's Problem Living Today Many of us face seemingly insurmountable difficulties, perhaps because of our compulsion or simply through misfortune. Whatever the scale of our problems,One Day at a Time and First things First, are keys to handling them. Today, we can deal...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Anybody want to discuss the steps??? I would love to read about others experiences with the Steps and how they helped you stay sober and change..... anybody into that? Joni

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	A Few Useful Links (Preview) Hi everyone, I thought that I'd post a couple of links that might help some of our newcomers. They are all good websites that have helped me in the past and could help you, too. The first is our Big Book online. If you haven't been able to buy a copy of it at your local meetings, you can use this until you d...	Quetzal	1	241	Aug 21, 2008 by Rosie
	Daily Reflections ~ We Just Try (Preview) My stability came out of my trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive. THE BEST OF BILL , p.46-47 As long as I try, with all my heart and soul, to pass along to others what has been passed along to me, and do not demand anything in return, life is good to me. Before entering this program of Alcoholics...	Sobrietyspell	0	336	Aug 21, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	AA sponcer sponcee friendship (Preview) so I have a question and not sure if this website can be used for questions but its aa related.. So how far into sobriety is it ok to become friends with your sponcer or not even friends We are all friends but like hang out go shopping together ect . cause when I first got sober and I call all the time with ques...	Sobriety2-19-08girly	7	3101	Aug 21, 2008 by hills alive
	20 Days (Preview) Feelin good, work is good so far, but I feel like I might break down today. I'm sleeping on the floor for the past 2 days on a phone book because sleeping is the hardest part of the day. I guess I should call one of the meeting guys.	TysonMike	6	306	Aug 21, 2008 by hills alive
	early days of sobriety (Preview) when i had had enough of the suffering caused by MY actions of excessive drinking it was the ongoing mood swings that took me to the 4th stage of alcoholism and after that their was no turning back, if i could even think for one moment that i could save myself. so after 8 months of heavy depression, as alcoh...	hills alive	6	273	Aug 21, 2008 by hills alive
	Just For Fun! (Preview) 1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks? 2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand? 3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know? 4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words? 5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack? ...	Quetzal	4	240	Aug 21, 2008 by Jednorozec
	Self Detoxing (Preview) I'm bound and determined to get and stay clean and sober. I stayed that way for many years, and gradually fell back in to thinking I could "control drink". It's now messed up quite a bit of some beautiful things (like my job) which I regained in a small community at the ripe old age off 55. I th...	PJ Tucker	46	1182	Aug 21, 2008 by Rosie
	Well, here it is (Preview) Hi all Just thought I'd drop by before Sunday comes and let ya know I'm ok, nervous as hell but alright. Been going through other things I guess I let get to me, felt like i was gonna explode.. But with the grace of GOD, I still have my sense of humour. I had a good cry last nite and look like I didn't sleep, g...	Tina	1	254	Aug 21, 2008 by Quetzal
	Starting another meeting (Preview) We are small communities in a rural area. We have a good AA meeting going where I live. I have offered to hold a separate Alanon meeting. We Alanoners are slow to break away from our A's. So another small community wanted to start AA/Alanon. We had 18 tonight. Awesome. I will continue to offer Alanon and h...	nmike	2	223	Aug 21, 2008 by Quetzal
	Introducing myself (Preview) Hello, my name is Brad, and I'm an alcoholic! I'm from Arlington, Texas and I came across this board so I thought I'd join up and get in on the online recovery! I love forum boards, so I'm sure I'll be trolling around them and offering my experience, strength, and hope where I feel like I have something to a...	Brad_N	11	449	Aug 21, 2008 by KLT
	i think i need help.... (Preview) my names eric... i've been drinking everyday for the past 6 months....and most people drink to forget their problesm...but i drink to feel. just to feel these emotions thats havve been in me but wont come out..i used to do druggs but i cant do that so i switched to drinking...and now i drink to feel sadne...	hopesfallkid	9	328	Aug 21, 2008 by hills alive
	Day 19 (Preview) I posted under day 18 that i found a meeting a few blocks from work. I'm on my 3rd large cup of coffee and i feel like sleeping. Maybe I'll take off from work early and check it out.	TysonMike	4	299	Aug 20, 2008 by hills alive
	Daily Reflections ~ Toward Emotional Freedom (Preview) Since defective relations with other human beings have nearly always been the immediate cause of our woes, including our alcoholism, no field of investigation could yield more satisfying and valuable rewards than this one. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 80 Willingness is a peculiar thin...	Sobrietyspell	1	319	Aug 20, 2008 by hills alive
	The Awakening (Preview) "The Awakening". A time comes in your life when you finally get it... When in the midst of all your fears and insanity you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out - ENOUGH! Enough fighting and crying or struggling to hold on. And, like a child quiet...	Rosie	3	331	Aug 20, 2008 by Rosie
	Day 9 Rosie (Preview) Hi All, This is day 9 and I am feeling very very hopeful today. It has been a hard week on one hand but the best week I have had in a long time. My senses to life are heightened more so than when I have ever stopped drinking before. I had been in a horrible relationship for this past eight yrs. He is a very sick ma...	Rosie	2	238	Aug 20, 2008 by Rosie
	New Here (Preview) I just found this site and glad there is a site like this, I had 5 years sobreity and went back out in 2002 and have been out since and it does not get better, it is like I never stopped, picked up where I left off, I am so sick of this addiction and everything that comes with it, I have chased the idea that I...	harley2000	11	385	Aug 20, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	I'm Baaaaaack!!!!! (Preview) Hello my dear family!!! I am overwhelmed by the love and support you all gave me while I was away!!! A lot has happened since I have been gone. My computer died and I didnt have the money for a new one yet. I did some serious drinking and in a black out got in a bad car accident. By some miricle instead of g...	nique	8	316	Aug 20, 2008 by Phil
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 20th Aug 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ "When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness of the presence of God is today the most important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith. When we see others solve their problems by simple reliance upon some Spir...	Sobrietyspell	0	248	Aug 20, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections - A Frame Of Reference (Preview) Referring to our list [inventory] again. Putting out of our minds the wrongs others had done, we resolutely looked for our own mistakes. Where had we been selfish, dishonest, self-seeking and frightened? ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 67 There is a wonderful freedom in not needing constant appro...	Sobrietyspell	2	343	Aug 20, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Good Evening (Preview) Good Evening all. Day 5 for me. I find at about 3:00 to7:00PM is when I want to go get the alcohol and drink. I am hanging in there. How long (I know this varies) will I be in thi...	Rebecca	15	283	Aug 20, 2008 by Rebecca
	Day 18 (Preview) Whew rough day at work..without going into too much detail, I work in finance and the mkt. was bad today but I took some profits on up positions. So I mad e some change, but with the irregular sleep, I was in the office at 7 am(45 min commute) and left at 6 30 pm. A nice icy cold beer would've hit the spot and ho...	TysonMike	9	328	Aug 20, 2008 by Rosie
	Honesty in Relationships (Preview) We can be honest and direct about our boundaries in relationships and about the parameters of a particular relationship. Perhaps no area of our life reflects our uniqueness and individuality in recovery more than our relationships. Some of us are in a committed relationship. Some of us are datin...	Quetzal	2	343	Aug 20, 2008 by Rosie
	Online meetings (Preview) Hi All I tried to go onto the online meeting at nine but it would not connect for me. Can anyone help with this? Please let me know how to go on there. Thank you Rosie	Rosie	7	248	Aug 20, 2008 by Rosie
	Day 8 (Preview) Hi All, I am on day 8 and I thank God and all of you again today. I am going to work in my oldest sons yard and my middle son lives beside him so I will see him and I also am taking him for his blood work at the hospital. I am in a hurry but will be back to post tonight. God bless you all. I take you with me. Rosie	Rosie	9	376	Aug 20, 2008 by Rosie
	Phil Collins (Preview) Dont laugh everyone but I am dying to see Genesis "phil Collins"!!!!! Hes coming to the US of A in the fall-Toronto 9/7, Detroit 9/30 and Chicago 10/3.......Not a usual thing we do on here but it will be the one and only concert I will ever want to see in my lifetime!!!!! Love the man!!!! So, an...	lani	7	483	Aug 20, 2008 by lani
	Has anybody heard from nique (Preview) Hi, I was just wondering if anybody had heard from nique? I noticed in her last posts that she was having a bad time but have not seen her post since. Will everybody join me in praying for her and hope we see her back here soon. God bless.	KLT	5	250	Aug 20, 2008 by KLT
	Need to re-establish (Preview) Hello everyone, my name is Rebecca. I need to re-establish my sobriety date as 08-14-08. So, I only have 2 days of consistent sobriety now. I want to quit drinking, but have been using alcohol to avoid the discomfort of the withdrawl symptoms. Yesterday I did go out and purchase the herb Kudzu and some a...	Rebecca	10	312	Aug 19, 2008 by hills alive
	What to do?? (Preview) HiI am writing as I am very concerned about my dad, and I am not sure where else to turn to, He is 51 and he has always drank but in the last year or so its gotten worse after losing his job of 30 years a few years ago and then loosing his mother almost a year ago who he took care of after her being Ill with Alzeim...	shinebright02	5	369	Aug 19, 2008 by hills alive
	New to this and very scared (Preview) Hi everyone, my name is Deirdre and I just recently turned 50. I have been drinking since the age of 14, I don't drink from the morning to the night, only on weekends but I do drink 6 beers EVERY night. A few years back I lost my was made redundant and I lost my house, my car and worst of all my son. I was given...	Deirdre	14	405	Aug 19, 2008 by hills alive
	Step 2 (Preview) Any takers??????	jonijoni1	5	267	Aug 19, 2008 by hills alive
	Day 17 (Preview) I hope I can keep this up.....even with all the stress at work and my "love life" it's tempting, but I'm really trying. There's a meeting not too far from work Thursday. I will be there.	TysonMike	5	292	Aug 19, 2008 by hills alive
	Day 30 Down Under (Preview) Well hello all from DownUnder. I haven't been on for a LONG time. After 8 and a quarter years sobriety in AA, I picked up a drink in Feb of last year. Talk about the YETS. It's taken me this long to get up a little bit of time after many attemts back in the fellowship. But with the help of a great doctor, a grea...	Jeninoz	10	650	Aug 19, 2008 by hills alive
	What is sobriety? (Preview) Sobriety is more than just abstaining from alcohol. I like this definition from Money and the Meaning of Life by Jacob Needleman. There are certain alcoholics--we have all known them, we have most of us suffered from them and loved them, many of us are them--who have a certain compelling beauty, ch...	Jednorozec	11	521	Aug 19, 2008 by Jolly J
	What does RELAPSE/SLIP mean? To you... (Preview) I was a binge drinker, 2-5 times a week. There was no rhyme or reason as to when I picked up. I just drank when I drank and my binge never lasted more than 12-15 hours, I always passed out at some point before the sun came up. For a 115lb gal I have a HUGE capacity for alcohol and the hangovers would be so severe I...	Doll	14	3692	Aug 19, 2008 by Jolly J
	24 Hrs a Day - 19th Aug 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day "People of faith have a logical idea of what life is all about. There is a wide variation in the way each one of us approaches and conceives of the Power greater than ourself. Whether we agree with a particular approach or conception seems to make little difference. Ther...	Sobrietyspell	0	338	Aug 19, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Letting Go of Shame (Preview) Shame is that dark, powerful feeling that holds us back. Yes, shame can stop us from acting inappropriately. But many of us have learned to attach shame to healthy behaviors that are in our best interest. In dysfunctional families, shame can be tagged to healthy behaviors such as talking about fee...	Quetzal	1	279	Aug 19, 2008 by Rosie
	Valuing this Moment (Preview) Detachment involves present moment living - living in the here and now. We allow life to happen instead of forcing and trying to control it. We relinquish regrets over the past and fears about the future. We make the most of each day. -- Codependent No More This moment, we are right where we need to be,...	Quetzal	5	227	Aug 19, 2008 by FindingFreedom
	Day 7 (Preview) Hi All, Today is day 7! I feel so much stronger and grateful. I went over to my sons to take care of my grand children and we all played outside from about 1 to 4. If it hadn't thundered and got dark we would have stayed out a lot longer. I took a lot of photos and had a blast!!! I set up a good size pool for them tha...	Rosie	4	233	Aug 19, 2008 by Rosie
	Sanskrit Proverb For Serenity And Inner Peace Serenity Peace Sanskrit Proverb India (Preview) Sanskrit ProverbLook to this day, The very life of life, In its brief course lies allThe realities and varieties of existence,The bliss of growth,The splendor of action,The glory of power.For yesterday is but a dream,And tomorrow is only a vision.But today well lived,Makes every ye...	RamaSethu2001	4	8646	Aug 19, 2008 by Quetzal
	Quotes from Our Co-Founder: Bill W.-Part 2 Quotes BillW CoFounder AA (Preview) Quotes from Our Co-Founder: Bill W.-Part 2 "No words can tell of the loneliness and despair I found in that bitter morass of self-pity. Quicksand stretched around me in all directions. I had met my match. Alcohol was my master." Bill Wilson Source: c. 1939, AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, Bi...	RamaSethu2001	2	26866	Aug 19, 2008 by RamaSethu2001
	new course..... (Preview) I have about 12 years clean and sober...but not really serenity......just recently the emotional/spiritual pain got bad enough where I just started talking to God again.....I felt myself surrendering inside......it feels good.....but now I have some work ahead of me.....I "sort of"...	lark265	7	325	Aug 19, 2008 by lark265
	Day 6 (Preview) Hi All, It is day 6 and I am so grateful. It rained a bit this morning here in Vermont but looks like it will clear up. I love the Vermont weather. Rain, shine, blizzards and all! I was watching CBS News Sunday Morning and they had a man who died at age 107 and who worked everyday up until he died. He had a clothi...	Rosie	8	293	Aug 18, 2008 by Rosie
	Daily Reflections - Getting Well (Preview) Very deep, sometimes quite forgotten, damaging emotional conflicts persist below the level of consciousness. 12 & 12, pp. 79-80 Only through positive action can I remove the remains of guilt and shame brought on by alcohol. Throughout my misadventures when I drank, my friends would sa...	Sobrietyspell	1	297	Aug 18, 2008 by lani
	Quotes About Recovery and Addictions Quoates Recovery Addiction (Preview) Quotes About Recovery and Addictions "For many, negative thinking is a habit, which over time, becomes an addiction... A lot of people suffer from this disease because negative thinking is addictive to each of the Big Three -- the mind, the body, and the emotions. If one doesn't get you, the oth...	RamaSethu2001	1	9533	Aug 18, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Damage done whilst in active alcoholism (Preview) Hi there. I went to the practice nurse at my doctors surgery on Tuesday, just to do an asthma check because the meds they had me on didnt seem to be doing as much good as they should. After blowing into the tube thing, she said that I was just on the border line which I was really pleased about and she said I may...	KLT	8	402	Aug 18, 2008 by Dodsworth
	24 Hrs a Day - 18th Aug 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day "We of agnostic temperament have found that as soon as we were able to lay aside prejudice and express a willingness to believe in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced to get results, even though it was impossible for any of us to fully define or comprehend that P...	Sobrietyspell	0	231	Aug 18, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Neat Treat/Sober Heartbeats (Preview) Here is a sight where you put in your sobriety date, and it tells you not only the hours minutes and seconds, but whatI thought was cool..... How many sober heartbeats you have had (on average)..... really cute, and i thought I would share it...... http://www.aahistory.com/days.html I have had abou...	jonijoni1	8	1030	Aug 18, 2008 by FindingFreedom
	I'd like some sponsorship advice and experience (Preview) Im meeting with a stubborn malcontent today. He is coming up on a year sober and doesnt do any real step work but goes to a lot of meetings and admits to having a bad attitude and know he cant go on this way. He is misanthropic, self pity filled, angry, rebelious (old punk rocker), and sarcastic as hell. He h...	BatonRougian	7	371	Aug 18, 2008 by Returned_Here
	Walk in dry places (Preview) Walk In Dry Places Handle Today's Problem Living Today Many of us face seemingly insurmountable difficulties, perhaps because of our compulsion or simply through misfortune. Whatever the scale of our problems,One Day at a Time and First things First, are keys to handling them. Today, we can deal...	lani	0	1874	Aug 18, 2008 by lani
	STEPS???? (Preview) Anybody want to discuss the steps??? I would love to read about others experiences with the Steps and how they helped you stay sober and change..... anybody into that? Joni	jonijoni1	11	549	Aug 17, 2008 by Jednorozec
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