Alcoholics Anonymous

sober091206 · sober091206

I'm new to this board and I joined after looking around for online resourses specifically because I am going out of town to visit my Grandmother. Two and a half years ago, when I was last there, I drank three gallons of bourbon over a very short period of time. I decided that nearly killing myself on that...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

That's all I wanted for Christmas. But I got an iphone...so you know, that's pretty good too. Merry Christmas and happy new year everyone, from your little internet friend with the white-knuckle death grip on sobriety :) Sincerely, Tipsy McStagger

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

In A.A. we aim not only for sobriety - we try again to become citizens of the world that we rejected, and of the world that once rejected us. This is the ultimate demonstration toward which Twelfth Step work is the first but not the final step. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 21 The old line says, Suit up and show up. That...

John · John

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Wow, have not been awake at this time since my last drunk. I initially awoke iritated, having a couple of teenagers sleeping over in the living room making noise at this hour........ but I have to laugh, as I am SOBER (and so are they), and on vacation, so I can always take a nap later on today. I will miss m...

Doll · Doll

15 months today! Seems like I spent the first 12 figureing out what's 'wrong' and the last 3 trying to work on the solution. Not been easy. I think the first yr was definately a walk in the park compared to what's ahead..... Been dating some. Not into it! I seem to compare everyone to my John, guess that mea...

nique · nique

You replied to my "Marijuana Maintenance" message and you were sooooooo right on about how crappy it is of me to get help and spend the little money I do get on drugs and alchol. I am very ashamed of that. And funny thing I got a taste of the other side of this qoin today. This girl I know from AA bu...

TLH · TLH

LITTLE KNOWN NAVAL HISTORY The USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) as a combat vessel carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She carried no evaporators (fresh water distillers). However, let it...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Quite as important was the discovery that spiritual principles would solve all my problems. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 42 Through the recovery process described in the Big Book, I have come to realize that the same instructions that work on my alcoholism, work on much more. Whenever I am angry or frus...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day I need the A.A. principles for the development of the buried life within me, that good life, which I had misplaced, but which I found again in this fellowship. This life within me is developing slowly but surely, with many setbacks, many mistakes, many failures, but still deve...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Furthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure or success? Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or pride? Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity? Can we steadfastly content ourselves with the humbler, yet sometimes m...

lani · lani

Merry christmas to all of my wonderful friends here on MIP!! What a blessing for me to have met such incredible people who share the same love of sobriety that I do!!! We are sooo lucky!!!! Thank you to all of you that have made a huge difference in my life!! Quick share.... My kids really out did themselve...

mstrmsn66 · mstrmsn66

I know I'm a little late but the journey here has been so indicative of the journey I have been on for the last 11 months. I think it is absolutely amazing that I have not even come close to having the urge to have a drink since getting down here. Alcohol is widely consumed and my friends down here respe...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Merry Christmas to all of my wonderful friends!!! I wish everyone here on MIP a truly wonderful, peaceful and sober Christmas and a very Happy New Year. And, 'thank you' for making this board such a very special place throughout the whole year. With love, Carol

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day I am glad to be a part of A.A., of that great fellowship that is spreading over the United States and all over the world. I am only one of the many A.A.s, but I am one. I am grateful to be living at this time, when I can help A.A. to grow, when it needs me to put my shoulder to the wheel and he...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Many alcoholics will be saying today: "This is a good Christmas for me." They will be looking back over past Christmases, which were not like this one. They will be thanking God for their sobriety and their newfound life. They will be thinking about how their lives w...

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...

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	Going out of town (Preview) I'm new to this board and I joined after looking around for online resourses specifically because I am going out of town to visit my Grandmother. Two and a half years ago, when I was last there, I drank three gallons of bourbon over a very short period of time. I decided that nearly killing myself on that...	sober091206	5	408	Dec 28, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	An easier softer way... (Preview) That's all I wanted for Christmas. But I got an iphone...so you know, that's pretty good too. Merry Christmas and happy new year everyone, from your little internet friend with the white-knuckle death grip on sobriety :) Sincerely, Tipsy McStagger	Tipsy McStagger	8	424	Dec 28, 2008 by Phil
	Daily Reflections ~ Suit Up And Show Up (Preview) In A.A. we aim not only for sobriety - we try again to become citizens of the world that we rejected, and of the world that once rejected us. This is the ultimate demonstration toward which Twelfth Step work is the first but not the final step. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 21 The old line says, Suit up and show up. That...	Sobrietyspell	0	900	Dec 28, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	John and Rose Christmas Wish to YOU (Preview)	John	6	408	Dec 27, 2008 by lani
	Up at 4am............ (Preview) Wow, have not been awake at this time since my last drunk. I initially awoke iritated, having a couple of teenagers sleeping over in the living room making noise at this hour........ but I have to laugh, as I am SOBER (and so are they), and on vacation, so I can always take a nap later on today. I will miss m...	jonijoni1	4	318	Dec 27, 2008 by lani
	What a long, strange trip it's been....... (Preview) 15 months today! Seems like I spent the first 12 figureing out what's 'wrong' and the last 3 trying to work on the solution. Not been easy. I think the first yr was definately a walk in the park compared to what's ahead..... Been dating some. Not into it! I seem to compare everyone to my John, guess that mea...	Doll	7	395	Dec 27, 2008 by Doll
	For Crystal (Preview) You replied to my "Marijuana Maintenance" message and you were sooooooo right on about how crappy it is of me to get help and spend the little money I do get on drugs and alchol. I am very ashamed of that. And funny thing I got a taste of the other side of this qoin today. This girl I know from AA bu...	nique	1	269	Dec 27, 2008 by Doll
	Interesting Historic alcohol factoid: "Old Ironsides" Statistical Information Seldom Shared (Preview) LITTLE KNOWN NAVAL HISTORY The USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) as a combat vessel carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She carried no evaporators (fresh water distillers). However, let it...	TLH	5	694	Dec 27, 2008 by jonijoni1
	Daily Reflections ~ Problem Solving (Preview) Quite as important was the discovery that spiritual principles would solve all my problems. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 42 Through the recovery process described in the Big Book, I have come to realize that the same instructions that work on my alcoholism, work on much more. Whenever I am angry or frus...	Sobrietyspell	1	339	Dec 27, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 27th Dec 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day I need the A.A. principles for the development of the buried life within me, that good life, which I had misplaced, but which I found again in this fellowship. This life within me is developing slowly but surely, with many setbacks, many mistakes, many failures, but still deve...	Sobrietyspell	0	232	Dec 27, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections ~ Accepting Success or Failure (Preview) Furthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure or success? Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or pride? Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity? Can we steadfastly content ourselves with the humbler, yet sometimes m...	Sobrietyspell	2	362	Dec 27, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Happy Holidays!!!! (Preview) Merry christmas to all of my wonderful friends here on MIP!! What a blessing for me to have met such incredible people who share the same love of sobriety that I do!!! We are sooo lucky!!!! Thank you to all of you that have made a huge difference in my life!! Quick share.... My kids really out did themselve...	lani	3	354	Dec 27, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Merry Christmas everyone from Bermuda ! (Preview) I know I'm a little late but the journey here has been so indicative of the journey I have been on for the last 11 months. I think it is absolutely amazing that I have not even come close to having the urge to have a drink since getting down here. Alcohol is widely consumed and my friends down here respe...	mstrmsn66	4	364	Dec 27, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Merry Christmas Everyone!!! (Preview) Merry Christmas to all of my wonderful friends!!! I wish everyone here on MIP a truly wonderful, peaceful and sober Christmas and a very Happy New Year. And, 'thank you' for making this board such a very special place throughout the whole year. With love, Carol	Quetzal	2	312	Dec 26, 2008 by FindingFreedom
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 26th Dec 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day I am glad to be a part of A.A., of that great fellowship that is spreading over the United States and all over the world. I am only one of the many A.A.s, but I am one. I am grateful to be living at this time, when I can help A.A. to grow, when it needs me to put my shoulder to the wheel and he...	Sobrietyspell	0	277	Dec 26, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 25th Dec 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Many alcoholics will be saying today: "This is a good Christmas for me." They will be looking back over past Christmases, which were not like this one. They will be thanking God for their sobriety and their newfound life. They will be thinking about how their lives w...	Sobrietyspell	1	271	Dec 25, 2008 by Quetzal
	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	295	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	443	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	252	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	301	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	328	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	377	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	361	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	909	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	292	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	345	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	605	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	765	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	377	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	288	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	451	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	444	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	280	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	306	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	344	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	236	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	287	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	242	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	403	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	498	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	384	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	284	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	1461	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	360	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	306	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	394	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	287	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	314	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	318	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	319	Dec 17, 2008 by lateforthesky
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