Alcoholics Anonymous

Doll · Doll

Hi all. I'm struggling today with the 'next right thing.' I guess that's what it is, anyway. My dad had part of his left lung removed 2 weeks ago ~ cancer. They also removed 3 lymph nodes, 2 of them came back malignant. My mother has phoned me 4 times in 2 days to bitch and moan and cry. I've listened I've b...

bikerbill · bikerbill

perhaps like the curates egg - good in parts. On teh positive side I didn't drink, I didn't embarrass myself, I'm still talking to folks. on the negative side I didn't prepare properly, missed meetings, filed up with fear and took resentments. It goes like this, on the Thursday my wife (estranged for 3...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Since this was sort of started by Joelo in another thread I wanted to ask...I've been kicking around this topic for a thread here so here goes. I noticed that I started listening to lyrics in music more at about 2 months sobriety when I started figuring out the first 3 steps some and I was able to think abo...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

Hi all, first post here - been in AA since April, sober date is in question but I'm still calling it February 16, 2009. That was the day I got my DUI. It was my first DUI and I hope it will be my last. I checked into outpatient treatment in April, am about to graduate to weekly group. During my first few week...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

It is a design for living that works in rough going. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 15When I came to A.A., I realized that A.A. worked wonderfully to help keep me sober. But could it work on real life problems, not concerned with drinking? I had my doubts. After being sober for more than two years I got my answ...

John · John

Hi Fellow Travellers, My name is John, I have been clean and sober since 12-21-1989. Thanks to both AA and NA, 3 great sponsors (through out the course of my almost 20 years of recovery) and a God, who was absolutely of my misunderstanding when I first arrived in the rooms, I have not found it nescessar...

Stuey · Stuey

HI all, i just found this site and dont really believe in coincidences anymore, i was meant to join this online group today!!! Ive been in and out of AA since '02 and never really did the suggested things. Ive been in treatment twice in the past 2 yrs and was in my last treatment centre just 6 weeks ago, It co...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic. The entire family is to some extent, ill.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 122It is important for me to realize that, as an alcoholic, I not only hurt myself, but also those around me. Making amends to my family, and to the famil...

bikerbill · bikerbill

my wife is seeing the doctor to find out why she's bleeding, my daughter has been offered a job as a assisstant tour manager on a european tour with a singer songwriter, which means throwing up a steady well paid job, work has completely dropped through the floor and I left my favourite mug at the meetin...

MDC · MDC

I know we had a post about this a few days ago. it's easier when you're not the one hurting. I found a Doc. that believes in pain management, not pain killing. I don't want to impair my judgement, or get a "buzz, " at what point do we just say "I need relief?" After my back sugery,...

phantom · phantom

Well, that's what I got to say. I was very nervous walking in with a bunch of strangers, but managed to get through it. Everyone was actually very supportive and caring. Giving me hugs and handshakes like they were going out of style. The best part was some of the stories shared. I shared a little, but I'm...

pinkchip · pinkchip

I was asked why this was important for a newcomer and I could only say why it was important for me. It was important for me to do this at the start because going to meetings replaced the instinctive behavior of going to buy alcohol, going to the bar, and getting drunk. It also empowered me with as much kno...

phantom · phantom

Just wanted to say hello and how much I expect to get out of this program. I hope to have many wonderful conversations with you all. -God Bless-

Phil · Phil

To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, but allow learning from natural consequences. To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outco...

phantom · phantom

I am still having a problem accepting that I am so young and yet I've become an alcoholic possibly. I want help, but I will feel like a failure. what should I do.

Sacrifice · Sacrifice

Hello to all of you, I just wanted to share how I was feeling about my sobriety. Well I feel great, I have 17 months on June 15th and can honestly say have had no cravings, I have actually had it pretty awesome. I know for me this time versus all the other times that I tried to get sober and stay that way, omg i...

KellyB · KellyB

Hello. As I type this I am crying-scared to take this step. But I think I am an alcoholic. I am 38 and I have 2 teenage boys and a fiance. I don't drink everyday but my problem is binge drinking. When I drink I can drink for 12-15 hours straight and it is still never enough. And I miss work. Alcohol is rui...

bikerbill · bikerbill

So it's gratitude week over here and I was appalled at something a fellow said in a meeting - made a big issue that the gratitude week collection should be silent - i.e. no coins. (his words) and this from a guy with double figures in sobriety, so surely he should have some experience of the impact a carele...

MDC · MDC

I'm still here, trying to figure out why. I've tried this "sober thing" and it was good for a while. Why did all these feelings have to come into play? Everything that someone says to me, everything that happens..I'm left thinking "is this some kind of test??" I want this al...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We reacted more strongly to frustrations than normal people. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 111 Impatience with other people is one of my principal failings. Following a slow car in a no-passing lane, or waiting in a restaurant for the check, drives me to distraction. Before I give God a chance to slow me down, I ex...

pinkchip · pinkchip

I have spent much time on here commenting on others' experiences, but have neglected to say much about my own journey in sobriety as of late. I am now on day 251. When I came to this board, I believe I had just over 60 days. This past week, I started chairing the first beginners' meeting I ever went to. I...

cramcj01 · cramcj01

Hey everyone! Just checking in to say hello. Still sober and feeling well. Hope you all are doing good also.

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

Three months after my first close encounter of the spiritual kind with my Higher Power, I felt comfortable and relaxed knowing that I finally had the Friend I had needed for so long. It took me just under four months to feel totally comfortable with the first three steps. My search for a Higher Power too...

Ari · Ari

I have a 10 year old and am new to the program. Does anyone know of any literature I could get to explain to him at his level what AA is and how it is helping mom?

mrlmonroe · mrlmonroe

Hello to this AA Community. My name is Darcey and I am an alcoholic. I was told very early in sobriety, and pointed to a place in our literature, where it says that some issues can not be helped within the confines of the program, that we need to seek outside help. Which I have had to do. But now I have forgott...

joelo · joelo

Greetings everyone, i'm new on the site as i am starting my 2nd go 'round in the program. 5 years ago i had a year of sobriety and left the program ... and OF COURSE i'm back. Peace

joelo · joelo

Does anyone know of a site (preferably with a RSS feed) that publishes the daily reflections? It would be great to install that on my gMail front page so i could have it there everyday, all day. Thanks!

TooTaaToo · TooTaaToo

I hope I can explain myself clearly in this post. I will try. At the onset of this post I want to say that I don't have any suicidal tendencies. None, thank the Lord, even though I should have. I'm beginning to think that drinking was a way for me to escape self hatred. Perhaps even a way of punishing myse...

angelov8 · angelov8

Thank you everyone for being here and for the encouragement so far. I'm writing to formally introduce myself. I'm here because I accept that I cannot stop drinking on my own, that will power alone would not suffice, I am sick with and sick of the drink. I've known for some time that alcohol was a proble...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

First, we try living in the now just in order to stay sober and it works. Once the idea has become a part of our thinking, we find that living life in 24 hour segments is an effective and satisfying way to handle many other matters as well. LIVING SOBER, p. 7One Day At A. Time. To a newcomer this and other one...

SicknTired · SicknTired

Well, I'm new and just starting this journey. I've been in denial for some time. I know that. I keep telling myself that I don't have a drinking problem because I don't drink every day, but I'm finding that I am starting to drink when I have to work the next day - when I used to only drink on weekends. I ha...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . . we then look at Step Six. We have emphasized willingness as being indispensable. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76Steps Four and Five were difficult, but worthwhile. Now I was stuck on Step Six and, in despair, I picked up the Big Book and read this passage. I was outside, praying for willingness, wh...

bikerbill · bikerbill

I do miss the taste of a good weisbeer, like Hoegarten, an aromatic single malt, a full bodied red, a heavy stout and crisp white. I don't miss the second, the third the next drinks which I never tasted anyway and i don't miss the sickness, nausea, flatulence, behaviour, consequences, chaos and havo...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

Things have been tumultuous lately, in my head that is. To reassure myself I reread 'The Doctor's Opinion' and 'More About Alcoholism' in the BB. The description of the alcoholic still fits me. However, the nature of alcoholism as defined in those two chapters has underscored my growing fears. Here...

Tina · Tina

Hi everyone Just thought I'd check in, I'm doing fine. As well as my kids are as well, went to a meeting with in the last week, it was good to get out. I'm in the process of looking into some legal matters which is frustrating all the way around, since it involves family and well etc.......... All the fun...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

I found this dated November 2006. I'd joined A.A. in the August & was weeks away from my last drunk. I love where my head was & how so much it has changed today lol The Program has given me clarity & freedom these days & life does seem simpler thanks to my HP, fellowship & all the gifts...

toni baloney · toni baloney

Hi Everyone, Today talked to my Doc, I have been symptom free since Sunday, and for now no surgery on my eye will be done. Hoping so much that this healed itself, I believe the body can do that. So for now, though, while my tear duct problem is healing (hope so) I will not b able to use the Computer. I thi...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Ahhhhh, Anyone else still like to put on cartoons as "background noise" when you wake up on Saturday morning? Its a beautiful, cool morning here in NYC. I'M SOBER. And I am planning my day. I slept 8 great hours last night, and the diet Coke (my form of caffeine) is kicking in. Booze sure m...

Jerry F · Jerry F

I've learned not to be thrown off by the memories of and still I know that whether I like it or not I'm powerless over how long they stay at times. My beer of choice use to be San Miguel. San Miguel was a part of my identity back then. Everyone drank something else or everything else but not Jerry F...he was...

bikerbill · bikerbill

.......your HP gives you a quick lesson in gratitude. I was 53 yesterday (belly button birthday) and was working, which is good and my wife came to visit. We've been separated 3+ years but our relationship is different and better. But she had to leave at 9 p.m. so i got feeling sorry for myself - y'know,...

Doll · Doll

THE BUZZARD: > If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and > is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its > ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is > that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a > run of 10 t...

TooTaaToo · TooTaaToo

Hey guys, I about two weeks in on my recovery and have been attending my local AA meeting faithfully. How do I go about getting a sponsor? No one has offered and I am thinking that maybe I need to ask for one. Ideas? Thanks!!

toni baloney · toni baloney

Seems that there are a few of us, that are now living with other people, friends, spouses, and just want to say, even with some time in the Program, I could never do that, six ways from Sunday. (Think that is the correct saying, tell me if I am wrong, ok) I just dont know how to do that, and dont want to find o...

Just a Thought · Just a Thought

Hello, Today is my first day sober. After several years of agony, and causing my husband and kids many hardships, I finally have been able to admit that I am addicted to alcohol. I read a book that described me to a T as an alcoholic and I couldn't deny it anymore. I have found useful nutrition advice and re...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Prayer for the Day I pray that I may mold my life into something useful and good. I pray that I may not be discouraged by the slow progress that I make. Sorry about my lack of knowledge, but who wrote the 24 hours a day book? This thing hits home to me everyday!!!

toni baloney · toni baloney

After reading some posts here, and thinking about how some never have the compulsion, and some still do at times, I have been thinking of just what does it mean, to have a compulsion lifted. And for me, if I was plagued with compulsions, with my own history, I have a simple answer, I would be drunk. Bu...

shedcrazy · shedcrazy

I have been drinking a 6 pack of beer a day for a couple years now and I just spent two days with zero alcohol. This morning I had a nosebleed. First nose bleed in probably twenty years. I wasnt pickin it or anything. Y'all think it could be related to cutting consumption to zero beers?

shedcrazy · shedcrazy

of two things. 1. not sleeping 2. being depressed I know this is real and is going to happen. Any advice???? especially for the sleeping part.

MDC · MDC

Like everything else, I've messed this up. How do I find a sponser. I've listened to people talking in meetings, talked to several after. the person I've been dealing with, I know is wrong, atleast for me. I can go to a meeting with him, and go to a bar with him afterwards. I think he's in this just to m...

KansasBob · KansasBob

This is my first time detoxing from a long bender (several gallons over several days)..is it normal not to be able to keep any liquids down at all? Water and Gatorade are coming up about as fast as they are going down....also, I am very paranoid, and have hand shakes....I called an old sponsor for a ride t...

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	Confused .... and ...... Sad .... and ....... (Preview) Hi all. I'm struggling today with the 'next right thing.' I guess that's what it is, anyway. My dad had part of his left lung removed 2 weeks ago ~ cancer. They also removed 3 lymph nodes, 2 of them came back malignant. My mother has phoned me 4 times in 2 days to bitch and moan and cry. I've listened I've b...	Doll	12	729	Jun 15, 2009 by katinaz
	Family Gathering this weekend (Preview) perhaps like the curates egg - good in parts. On teh positive side I didn't drink, I didn't embarrass myself, I'm still talking to folks. on the negative side I didn't prepare properly, missed meetings, filed up with fear and took resentments. It goes like this, on the Thursday my wife (estranged for 3...	bikerbill	2	441	Jun 15, 2009 by bikerbill
	Musical Inspiration (Preview) Since this was sort of started by Joelo in another thread I wanted to ask...I've been kicking around this topic for a thread here so here goes. I noticed that I started listening to lyrics in music more at about 2 months sobriety when I started figuring out the first 3 steps some and I was able to think abo...	pinkchip	4	1506	Jun 15, 2009 by bikerbill
	Gack! Need advice re: Rigorous honesty and my mess-up tonight. (Preview) Hi all, first post here - been in AA since April, sober date is in question but I'm still calling it February 16, 2009. That was the day I got my DUI. It was my first DUI and I hope it will be my last. I checked into outpatient treatment in April, am about to graduate to weekly group. During my first few week...	FlyingSquirrel	25	2260	Jun 14, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Daily Reflections ~ When The Going Gets Rough & 24hrs a Day (Preview) It is a design for living that works in rough going. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 15When I came to A.A., I realized that A.A. worked wonderfully to help keep me sober. But could it work on real life problems, not concerned with drinking? I had my doubts. After being sober for more than two years I got my answ...	Sobrietyspell	0	383	Jun 14, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Miracles In Progress (Preview) Hi Fellow Travellers, My name is John, I have been clean and sober since 12-21-1989. Thanks to both AA and NA, 3 great sponsors (through out the course of my almost 20 years of recovery) and a God, who was absolutely of my misunderstanding when I first arrived in the rooms, I have not found it nescessar...	John	13	1909	Jun 14, 2009 by angelov8
	Sleep - paralysis {MY new Fear!!} (Preview) HI all, i just found this site and dont really believe in coincidences anymore, i was meant to join this online group today!!! Ive been in and out of AA since '02 and never really did the suggested things. Ive been in treatment twice in the past 2 yrs and was in my last treatment centre just 6 weeks ago, It co...	Stuey	3	537	Jun 14, 2009 by cramcj01
	Daily Reflections ~ Living Our Amends & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic. The entire family is to some extent, ill.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 122It is important for me to realize that, as an alcoholic, I not only hurt myself, but also those around me. Making amends to my family, and to the famil...	Sobrietyspell	2	445	Jun 14, 2009 by jj
	I'm in a sweat today (Preview) my wife is seeing the doctor to find out why she's bleeding, my daughter has been offered a job as a assisstant tour manager on a european tour with a singer songwriter, which means throwing up a steady well paid job, work has completely dropped through the floor and I left my favourite mug at the meetin...	bikerbill	7	601	Jun 14, 2009 by jj
	pain management (Preview) I know we had a post about this a few days ago. it's easier when you're not the one hurting. I found a Doc. that believes in pain management, not pain killing. I don't want to impair my judgement, or get a "buzz, " at what point do we just say "I need relief?" After my back sugery,...	MDC	11	1272	Jun 13, 2009 by angelov8
	Tonight was my first AA meeting (Preview) Well, that's what I got to say. I was very nervous walking in with a bunch of strangers, but managed to get through it. Everyone was actually very supportive and caring. Giving me hugs and handshakes like they were going out of style. The best part was some of the stories shared. I shared a little, but I'm...	phantom	10	865	Jun 12, 2009 by phantom
	The importance of doing 90/90 (Preview) I was asked why this was important for a newcomer and I could only say why it was important for me. It was important for me to do this at the start because going to meetings replaced the instinctive behavior of going to buy alcohol, going to the bar, and getting drunk. It also empowered me with as much kno...	pinkchip	7	1453	Jun 12, 2009 by Halfwolf
	New to the board (Preview) Just wanted to say hello and how much I expect to get out of this program. I hope to have many wonderful conversations with you all. -God Bless-	phantom	3	490	Jun 12, 2009 by Halfwolf
	Letting Go (Preview) To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, but allow learning from natural consequences. To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outco...	Phil	5	599	Jun 12, 2009 by Halfwolf
	being young and in AA (Preview) I am still having a problem accepting that I am so young and yet I've become an alcoholic possibly. I want help, but I will feel like a failure. what should I do.	phantom	18	603	Jun 12, 2009 by Simple
	Discoveries/my thoughts (Preview) Hello to all of you, I just wanted to share how I was feeling about my sobriety. Well I feel great, I have 17 months on June 15th and can honestly say have had no cravings, I have actually had it pretty awesome. I know for me this time versus all the other times that I tried to get sober and stay that way, omg i...	Sacrifice	6	861	Jun 12, 2009 by kkotz401
	My name is Kelly and I think that I am an alcoholic (Preview) Hello. As I type this I am crying-scared to take this step. But I think I am an alcoholic. I am 38 and I have 2 teenage boys and a fiance. I don't drink everyday but my problem is binge drinking. When I drink I can drink for 12-15 hours straight and it is still never enough. And I miss work. Alcohol is rui...	KellyB	10	536	Jun 12, 2009 by kkotz401
	gratitude week (UK) (Preview) So it's gratitude week over here and I was appalled at something a fellow said in a meeting - made a big issue that the gratitude week collection should be silent - i.e. no coins. (his words) and this from a guy with double figures in sobriety, so surely he should have some experience of the impact a carele...	bikerbill	2	4249	Jun 12, 2009 by Rob84
	OK, I'm still here (Preview) I'm still here, trying to figure out why. I've tried this "sober thing" and it was good for a while. Why did all these feelings have to come into play? Everything that someone says to me, everything that happens..I'm left thinking "is this some kind of test??" I want this al...	MDC	11	576	Jun 11, 2009 by Rob84
	Daily Reflections ~ Impatient? Try Levitating & 24hrs a Day (Preview) We reacted more strongly to frustrations than normal people. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 111 Impatience with other people is one of my principal failings. Following a slow car in a no-passing lane, or waiting in a restaurant for the check, drives me to distraction. Before I give God a chance to slow me down, I ex...	Sobrietyspell	1	707	Jun 11, 2009 by jj
	The journey continues (Preview) I have spent much time on here commenting on others' experiences, but have neglected to say much about my own journey in sobriety as of late. I am now on day 251. When I came to this board, I believe I had just over 60 days. This past week, I started chairing the first beginners' meeting I ever went to. I...	pinkchip	7	474	Jun 11, 2009 by pinkchip
	Hey! (Preview) Hey everyone! Just checking in to say hello. Still sober and feeling well. Hope you all are doing good also.	cramcj01	4	463	Jun 10, 2009 by phantom
	My Burning Bush, Part 2 (Preview) Three months after my first close encounter of the spiritual kind with my Higher Power, I felt comfortable and relaxed knowing that I finally had the Friend I had needed for so long. It took me just under four months to feel totally comfortable with the first three steps. My search for a Higher Power too...	Dave Harm	2	1122	Jun 10, 2009 by Dave Harm
	Explaining AA to Kids (Preview) I have a 10 year old and am new to the program. Does anyone know of any literature I could get to explain to him at his level what AA is and how it is helping mom?	Ari	8	1202	Jun 10, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Help - looking for where it's written (Preview) Hello to this AA Community. My name is Darcey and I am an alcoholic. I was told very early in sobriety, and pointed to a place in our literature, where it says that some issues can not be helped within the confines of the program, that we need to seek outside help. Which I have had to do. But now I have forgott...	mrlmonroe	9	541	Jun 10, 2009 by tomvlll
	New Here (Preview) Greetings everyone, i'm new on the site as i am starting my 2nd go 'round in the program. 5 years ago i had a year of sobriety and left the program ... and OF COURSE i'm back. Peace	joelo	12	528	Jun 10, 2009 by phantom
	Daily Reflections RSS daily reflections (Preview) Does anyone know of a site (preferably with a RSS feed) that publishes the daily reflections? It would be great to install that on my gMail front page so i could have it there everyday, all day. Thanks!	joelo	2	1456	Jun 10, 2009 by joelo
	Self hatred (Preview) I hope I can explain myself clearly in this post. I will try. At the onset of this post I want to say that I don't have any suicidal tendencies. None, thank the Lord, even though I should have. I'm beginning to think that drinking was a way for me to escape self hatred. Perhaps even a way of punishing myse...	TooTaaToo	16	2585	Jun 10, 2009 by Halfwolf
	Hello, my name is Angela (Preview) Thank you everyone for being here and for the encouragement so far. I'm writing to formally introduce myself. I'm here because I accept that I cannot stop drinking on my own, that will power alone would not suffice, I am sick with and sick of the drink. I've known for some time that alcohol was a proble...	angelov8	10	1546	Jun 10, 2009 by eastcoastscott
	Daily Reflections~ Living In The Now & 24hrs a Day (Preview) First, we try living in the now just in order to stay sober and it works. Once the idea has become a part of our thinking, we find that living life in 24 hour segments is an effective and satisfying way to handle many other matters as well. LIVING SOBER, p. 7One Day At A. Time. To a newcomer this and other one...	Sobrietyspell	0	3801	Jun 9, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	SicknTired of being SicknTired..... (Preview) Well, I'm new and just starting this journey. I've been in denial for some time. I know that. I keep telling myself that I don't have a drinking problem because I don't drink every day, but I'm finding that I am starting to drink when I have to work the next day - when I used to only drink on weekends. I ha...	SicknTired	8	512	Jun 8, 2009 by pinkchip
	Daily Reflections ~ On a Wing & a Prayer (Preview) . . . . we then look at Step Six. We have emphasized willingness as being indispensable. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76Steps Four and Five were difficult, but worthwhile. Now I was stuck on Step Six and, in despair, I picked up the Big Book and read this passage. I was outside, praying for willingness, wh...	Sobrietyspell	4	1414	Jun 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	I do miss the taste (Preview) I do miss the taste of a good weisbeer, like Hoegarten, an aromatic single malt, a full bodied red, a heavy stout and crisp white. I don't miss the second, the third the next drinks which I never tasted anyway and i don't miss the sickness, nausea, flatulence, behaviour, consequences, chaos and havo...	bikerbill	16	685	Jun 8, 2009 by bikerbill
	Uncertainty (WARNING: long-winded post) (Preview) Things have been tumultuous lately, in my head that is. To reassure myself I reread 'The Doctor's Opinion' and 'More About Alcoholism' in the BB. The description of the alcoholic still fits me. However, the nature of alcoholism as defined in those two chapters has underscored my growing fears. Here...	Dodsworth	16	577	Jun 7, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Just checking In (Preview) Hi everyone Just thought I'd check in, I'm doing fine. As well as my kids are as well, went to a meeting with in the last week, it was good to get out. I'm in the process of looking into some legal matters which is frustrating all the way around, since it involves family and well etc.......... All the fun...	Tina	4	814	Jun 7, 2009 by kkotz401
	Early Recovery Musings (Preview) I found this dated November 2006. I'd joined A.A. in the August & was weeks away from my last drunk. I love where my head was & how so much it has changed today lol The Program has given me clarity & freedom these days & life does seem simpler thanks to my HP, fellowship & all the gifts...	Sobrietyspell	3	489	Jun 7, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	A Reprieve (Preview) Hi Everyone, Today talked to my Doc, I have been symptom free since Sunday, and for now no surgery on my eye will be done. Hoping so much that this healed itself, I believe the body can do that. So for now, though, while my tear duct problem is healing (hope so) I will not b able to use the Computer. I thi...	toni baloney	3	573	Jun 6, 2009 by TooTaaToo
	Saturday morning check in... (Preview) Ahhhhh, Anyone else still like to put on cartoons as "background noise" when you wake up on Saturday morning? Its a beautiful, cool morning here in NYC. I'M SOBER. And I am planning my day. I slept 8 great hours last night, and the diet Coke (my form of caffeine) is kicking in. Booze sure m...	turninggrey	4	462	Jun 6, 2009 by turninggrey
	Thirty years plus and I get memory lock!! (Preview) I've learned not to be thrown off by the memories of and still I know that whether I like it or not I'm powerless over how long they stay at times. My beer of choice use to be San Miguel. San Miguel was a part of my identity back then. Everyone drank something else or everything else but not Jerry F...he was...	Jerry F	10	502	Jun 6, 2009 by TooTaaToo
	Just when you start feeling sorry for yourself........ (Preview) .......your HP gives you a quick lesson in gratitude. I was 53 yesterday (belly button birthday) and was working, which is good and my wife came to visit. We've been separated 3+ years but our relationship is different and better. But she had to leave at 9 p.m. so i got feeling sorry for myself - y'know,...	bikerbill	11	599	Jun 6, 2009 by TooTaaToo
	The Buzzard, The Bat and the Bumblebee (Preview) THE BUZZARD: > If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and > is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its > ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is > that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a > run of 10 t...	Doll	4	501	Jun 6, 2009 by TooTaaToo
	Two weeks in. Need a sponsor. (Preview) Hey guys, I about two weeks in on my recovery and have been attending my local AA meeting faithfully. How do I go about getting a sponsor? No one has offered and I am thinking that maybe I need to ask for one. Ideas? Thanks!!	TooTaaToo	6	902	Jun 6, 2009 by TooTaaToo
	Living with someone that drinks that is Alcoholic.... (Preview) Seems that there are a few of us, that are now living with other people, friends, spouses, and just want to say, even with some time in the Program, I could never do that, six ways from Sunday. (Think that is the correct saying, tell me if I am wrong, ok) I just dont know how to do that, and dont want to find o...	toni baloney	13	612	Jun 6, 2009 by pinkchip
	Today is the day. (Preview) Hello, Today is my first day sober. After several years of agony, and causing my husband and kids many hardships, I finally have been able to admit that I am addicted to alcohol. I read a book that described me to a T as an alcoholic and I couldn't deny it anymore. I have found useful nutrition advice and re...	Just a Thought	13	577	Jun 5, 2009 by toni baloney
	I love this little book... (Preview) Prayer for the Day I pray that I may mold my life into something useful and good. I pray that I may not be discouraged by the slow progress that I make. Sorry about my lack of knowledge, but who wrote the 24 hours a day book? This thing hits home to me everyday!!!	turninggrey	6	1409	Jun 4, 2009 by turninggrey
	Where does a compulsion to drink...go? (Preview) After reading some posts here, and thinking about how some never have the compulsion, and some still do at times, I have been thinking of just what does it mean, to have a compulsion lifted. And for me, if I was plagued with compulsions, with my own history, I have a simple answer, I would be drunk. Bu...	toni baloney	12	1768	Jun 4, 2009 by jonijoni1
	Nose bleeds (Preview) I have been drinking a 6 pack of beer a day for a couple years now and I just spent two days with zero alcohol. This morning I had a nosebleed. First nose bleed in probably twenty years. I wasnt pickin it or anything. Y'all think it could be related to cutting consumption to zero beers?	shedcrazy	13	4076	Jun 4, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	I've quit and I'm scared (Preview) of two things. 1. not sleeping 2. being depressed I know this is real and is going to happen. Any advice???? especially for the sleeping part.	shedcrazy	15	1275	Jun 4, 2009 by shedcrazy
	finding a sponser (Preview) Like everything else, I've messed this up. How do I find a sponser. I've listened to people talking in meetings, talked to several after. the person I've been dealing with, I know is wrong, atleast for me. I can go to a meeting with him, and go to a bar with him afterwards. I think he's in this just to m...	MDC	12	570	Jun 3, 2009 by pinkchip
	June 1st-a new birthday for me. (Preview) This is my first time detoxing from a long bender (several gallons over several days)..is it normal not to be able to keep any liquids down at all? Water and Gatorade are coming up about as fast as they are going down....also, I am very paranoid, and have hand shakes....I called an old sponsor for a ride t...	KansasBob	5	470	Jun 3, 2009 by kkotz401
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