Alcoholics Anonymous

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...

bikerbill · bikerbill

just got back from a 2 week holiday 'in the real world'. I was nervous about this as it was my first holiday ever on my own but I was invited to a birthday party at a camp site with some friends in Germany and decided to go. Ferry from hull to Zeebrugge overnight, motorbike looking like a badly loaded camel (I...

DaveB84 · DaveB84

Hi. I just wanted to share this briefly. I am glad to have a sponsor who impressed upon me the importance of meeting with a newcomer or else I would have missed this experience. I was at a meeting last week, and we read tradition 5, which is powerful in itself. The meeting, as they seem to tend to do, stray...

Cash100 · Cash100

Hi all, I'm new to the forums... 2.5 years sober, 1 year into AA, trying my best to manage this crazy life. Currently working on a Step 5 with my sponsor. I need guidance on how to deal with anger. I've read some good posts here about that (you can read 'em too if you use the search function). There seems t...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Hey All, Just sitting here happy to be sober. My feet are up and I'm watching the tube. I'm not blowing money at a bar and acting like an idiot. I am not going to wake up sick. Hooray for the program!!!

cramcj01 · cramcj01

Well, about the soma......I was prescribed it because I have been having some extremely sore joints in the middle of the night and moring. My hands/arms fall asleep all night long. It's hard to walk in the mornings or to pick up anything with weight. It goes away in about an hour, execept for my bac...

mindtraveler · mindtraveler

i got sober in this relationship and i believe that my changes are causing more fights. OR he is just out right controlling. we can never agree on anything...i feel as if he is purposely doing things to piss me off, well he admits it most of the time. In turn it makes me so angry and i can't control my mouth, a...

Sacrifice · Sacrifice

Hello everyone, I'm okay, however; I can not get online to chat with all of you and I want to. I'm sure I'm sure I did something wrong but any ideas would be great. Thank you all

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission to carry the A.A. message to those who dont know theres a way out. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151 The Light to freedom shines bright on my fellow alcoholics as each one of us challenges the other to grow. The Steps to self-improvem...

florida · florida

took most of the day but we're home from my 2 hr evaluation - i did end up speaking to the counselor and telling her some of my past - left here this morn not sure what way i was going to go with it - end result was not what i was hoping for - mad at "the system" - honestly think they're out to get all they...

cramcj01 · cramcj01

My doctor prescribed me soma. I just took my first dose. The only problem is, I feel drunk.....EXACTLY like being drunk. I hate it and just want it to go away. Has any one taken it and felt the same? I took one as prescribed, and will try once more, with just a 1/2. Other than that, I'm done. Then when...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

30OUR PRIMARY PURPOSEMay 30, 2009The more A.A. sticks to its primary purpose, the greater will be its helpful influence everywhere. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p.109It is with gratitude that I reflect on the early days of our Fellowship and those wise and loving foresteppers who proclaimed that we should n...

MDC · MDC

I don't know, maybe this just isn't for me, maybe it's the wrong time, or maybe I'm just too weak. I tried this and it isn't working. I know it isn't the program, it's me. I just need a break. Thanks for all your help and hearing me out. Mark

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

God, isn't it GREAT to be sober???

lani · lani

Hi my favorite sober friends!!!!! Just dropped in to say Hello and let you know ...yes, Im still alive and sober!!!!! So many new people!!! Welcome and I love all the new comments...Could sit here all day and post something to all but....got too many things to do!!! Life has been good...still working t...

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

One of the best thrills for me is seeing a newcomer at a meeting. First I wonder, will they come back for a second meeting? Then if they do, and they then come for a third and fourth meeting, and meetings turn to months, I begin to wonder what hidden treasure will they find? I am always amazed of the hidden...

toni baloney · toni baloney

Hi all, Have not been around, cannot stay on computer, for say more that 30 a day, every over day, I have to have this Eye Surgery, where they replace my tear duct system, that got all blocked up, and stopped working, and when I went in to get the Details that is were the EEEEKKKK came from. They have to go u...

MDC · MDC

First off, sorry for spelling. I'm on my way to a hotel... My wife's reason for leaving was me drinking. Now she can't stand the 2 hrs meetings. When I'm onlne here, it's constant, "talking to your drunk buddies?" (no offense) It doesn't seem to matter, drunk or sober, it isn't good e...

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

I'd like to share a story with you, that has given me goose bumps, a nervous stomach, and filled me with a lot of excitement. The one thing that I have always loved about AA is the spirituality of it all and my own belief that nothing happens by coincidence 14 years ago I tried to quit drinking to please the...

learning · learning

Hi Everyone, I haven't slept much since Mon. night.....too excited. My son, who is doing a tour in Iraq, gets 15 days of R and R....in the states!!! His plane was delayed Mon. (My heart sank.... wondering the reasons.) He emailed about 11 hrs. ago saying he was 'leaving on a jet plane.........

MDC · MDC

I'm back at work, after a rough night. Still sober, but trying to accept the fact that my marriage IS over. Trying to stay positive and keep working. All I want to do is go home and cry. I can't believe this has to be that hard. Why can't I just get pissed at her and not care? Everyone is going for drinks...

florida · florida

since im out of state i need to have a 2hr evaluation instead of the one hour - boyfriend will be my character witness this DUI was from switching seats with an old boyfriend few months back - now im doing the time for him and paying his fines HOWEVER in just the past few days im starting to think alcohol just...

sabby · sabby

Just wanted to share a little experience I had today... I'm a few weeks back from a blip and am finding a great deal of inspiration and strength from meetings and this forum. I have mentioned before, I really never thought I would pick up again, but it just went to show how cunning this illness is... alt...

katinaz · katinaz

Members..........I don't know if this is the right place to be posting this message but i don't know where else to post a message such as this. i am posting this for my (common law) husband who is in dire need of a lawyer to defend a civil lawsuit. We are in Arizona. The lawyer he hired used up all his money an...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

I just returned from a 3 week trip to Europe where I did service work and worked with people from around the world. I stayed sober throughout it all and as of today I have 104 days of sobriety. Before I left my sponsor and I worked through steps 4-7 and I left for Europe with great momentum. Now that I'm back h...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The Twelve Step Rewards ~ 1. Hope instead of Desperation 2. Faith instead of Despair 3. Courage instead of Fear 4. Peace of Mind instead of Confusion 5. Self Respect instead of Self Contempt 6. Self Confidence instead of Helplessness 7. The Respect of Others instead of their Pity & Contempt 8. A C...

BGG · BGG

I posted on here several months ago about my 19 year old niece who had experienced a bad trip with the drug Ecstasy and ended up in a mental ward while she was away at college. My mom and I sent for her to come home then and she took a medical leave from college. She told us that she was an alcoholic, and she im...

georgiediva · georgiediva

Hi all, I've just had broadband connected here at home, and I'm sooo glad, because being here on this board is really important. I've returned from a meeting tonight (my first in a few months) to which I dragged myself in desperation following a horrid horrid weekend binge (my second, and I hope my last...

MDC · MDC

I used to laugh when I was a teenager and "old people" talked about peer pressure. I've been at my family's. At the pool, cooking out...NOT drinking. I think I'm the only one there sober. Not that they're pushing drinks to me, it's just everywhere. They keep going to the shed for anothe...

DaveB84 · DaveB84

Hello- It was suggested to me by a senior member of this forum that I begin my own thread and tell my story and share my ESH (which after a couple minutes of confusion, I realize is experience, strength, and hope) so here goes. I'm relatively young to be in AA, 24 years old. On September 6, 2007 God gave me r...

TooTaaToo · TooTaaToo

Just wanted everyone to know that I went to my second AA meeting tonight. It was actually my second meeting of the day. My wife also went to Al Anon tonight to show her support. The meeting was a closed meeting and it was great! It is my intention to go to a meeting per day over the next 90 days. Again I jus...

Tina · Tina

Just thought I'd drop in, My son got a email the other day, from a woman who at one point had children by my kids father. I knew of them and brought my children up with the knowledge of havin a sister, (half). I spoke with the both of them today and we're gonna make arrangements to set up something for all 3 o...

ryanw · ryanw

I am not a spammer. I just wanted to post the address to a sober living community in Miami. www.villagemidtown.com Great place for sober people in miami to live for cheap. Not a halfway house, etc. Just a recovery community. I currently live there. Must be sober to reside.

turninggrey · turninggrey

Hey All, The last time I was active here was last June when I slipped last. Well I did it again. It is just insane. I bought a bottle and measured it, rationed myself, I never got sick, I never got a hangover, I was very shrewd. BUT I HATE MYSELF! So much of my integrity is rolled up in my past victories ov...

pinkchip · pinkchip

I just wanted to share a revelation I had as I attended yet another beginner's meeting. I still go to 3 of them a week. When I started there were so many white chips. Several of us made it to 90 days. In my first meetings, I looked at those people with over 90 days as being so strong. Then I became one. Tha...

toni baloney · toni baloney

Hi There to All of You, My name is Toni, and I usually post here, but having an eye problem, so have to stay off of computer. Missing this MIP board so much I just had to break the Doctors orders for a few minutes , but will be back soon. So AMAZING to see all the New wonderful folks joining MIP. this is an...

Tina · Tina

OPPSS LOL here's showing my level of insanity!!!At lunchtime, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hairdryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.Page yourself over the intercom, and don't disguise your voice.Everytime Ask you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.Pu...

sabby · sabby

Hi there, I am new to this and made a few posts but I thought I would say a proper 'hello' I had been attending meetings for almost 9 months before I picked up again - it was a huge shock to honest, I really did think I was doing all the right things and working this. But I guess it just shows me how cunning this...

Tina · Tina

Hi Just thought I'd drop in and let you guys I'm still here, been busy hours at work have increased somewhat. Busy getting start with my daughter going to camp for a month at the end of June, she'll be gone for a month. I'm excited for her and I'm gonna miss her at the same time. She now works along side he...

TooTaaToo · TooTaaToo

I hope I am posting this in the correct forum. If not, please direct me to the correct one. Well, I am here finally. I began drinking about 3 years ago and I think over the last several days I have come to the realization that I need help to quit. I am not physically addicted (no shakes, no need of a drink in th...

MDC · MDC

I know that I need this, It's just so hard. I was sober for over 2 months. Out of nowhere, I slip up and can't seem to get my footing again. I was going to go to a meeting today, but it's an hour earlier on Saturdays and Sundays. I'll be there tomorrow. I had some issues come back from the past to bite me, and...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi everyone, I have just received a very upsetting 'phone call. My cousin's youngest daughter, aged 13, is in hospital yet again. She was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis shortly after she was born. She has been in hospital for the last five or six weeks. Recently, she has been on a feeding tube. She...

Jason J · Jason J

The weather is great here and it's a great weekend. Yesterday I visited my grandma, watched some supermoto practice at the local track, rented a jack and re-leveled my shed, did yard work, got a pallet of retaining wall blocks for a project, BBQ'd, had backyard campfire, went to a meeting, went for a m...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Daily Reflections A LIST OF BLESSINGS One exercise that I practice is to try for a full inventory of my blessings. . . . AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37 What did I have to be grateful for? I shut myself up and started listing the blessings for which I was in no way responsible, beginning with having been born of sound m...

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	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	578	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	1413	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	1770	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	4077	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	573	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	474	Jun 3, 2009 by kkotz401
	Holidays in the real world. (Preview) just got back from a 2 week holiday 'in the real world'. I was nervous about this as it was my first holiday ever on my own but I was invited to a birthday party at a camp site with some friends in Germany and decided to go. Ferry from hull to Zeebrugge overnight, motorbike looking like a badly loaded camel (I...	bikerbill	4	806	Jun 3, 2009 by bikerbill
	Frequent contact with newcomers is the bright spot of our lives! (Preview) Hi. I just wanted to share this briefly. I am glad to have a sponsor who impressed upon me the importance of meeting with a newcomer or else I would have missed this experience. I was at a meeting last week, and we read tradition 5, which is powerful in itself. The meeting, as they seem to tend to do, stray...	DaveB84	4	1903	Jun 2, 2009 by kkotz401
	Anger, resentment... how to deal with it? ESH plz (Preview) Hi all, I'm new to the forums... 2.5 years sober, 1 year into AA, trying my best to manage this crazy life. Currently working on a Step 5 with my sponsor. I need guidance on how to deal with anger. I've read some good posts here about that (you can read 'em too if you use the search function). There seems t...	Cash100	9	579	Jun 2, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Saturday Night And I'm Sober! (Preview) Hey All, Just sitting here happy to be sober. My feet are up and I'm watching the tube. I'm not blowing money at a bar and acting like an idiot. I am not going to wake up sick. Hooray for the program!!!	turninggrey	10	755	Jun 1, 2009 by shedcrazy
	Soma cont..... (Preview) Well, about the soma......I was prescribed it because I have been having some extremely sore joints in the middle of the night and moring. My hands/arms fall asleep all night long. It's hard to walk in the mornings or to pick up anything with weight. It goes away in about an hour, execept for my bac...	cramcj01	1	842	Jun 1, 2009 by StPeteDean
	relationships!! (Preview) i got sober in this relationship and i believe that my changes are causing more fights. OR he is just out right controlling. we can never agree on anything...i feel as if he is purposely doing things to piss me off, well he admits it most of the time. In turn it makes me so angry and i can't control my mouth, a...	mindtraveler	7	687	Jun 1, 2009 by kkotz401
	Help (Preview) Hello everyone, I'm okay, however; I can not get online to chat with all of you and I want to. I'm sure I'm sure I did something wrong but any ideas would be great. Thank you all	Sacrifice	3	402	Jun 1, 2009 by Sacrifice
	Daily Reflections ~ Readiness to Serve Others & 24hrs (Preview) . . . our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission to carry the A.A. message to those who dont know theres a way out. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151 The Light to freedom shines bright on my fellow alcoholics as each one of us challenges the other to grow. The Steps to self-improvem...	Sobrietyspell	1	838	Jun 1, 2009 by Sacrifice
	back from my evaluation - mind on alcohol (Preview) took most of the day but we're home from my 2 hr evaluation - i did end up speaking to the counselor and telling her some of my past - left here this morn not sure what way i was going to go with it - end result was not what i was hoping for - mad at "the system" - honestly think they're out to get all they...	florida	9	813	May 31, 2009 by pinkchip
	Soma (closed) (Preview) My doctor prescribed me soma. I just took my first dose. The only problem is, I feel drunk.....EXACTLY like being drunk. I hate it and just want it to go away. Has any one taken it and felt the same? I took one as prescribed, and will try once more, with just a 1/2. Other than that, I'm done. Then when...	cramcj01	25	1257	May 31, 2009 by Doll
	Daily Reflections ~ Our Primary Purpose & 24hrs (Preview) 30OUR PRIMARY PURPOSEMay 30, 2009The more A.A. sticks to its primary purpose, the greater will be its helpful influence everywhere. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p.109It is with gratitude that I reflect on the early days of our Fellowship and those wise and loving foresteppers who proclaimed that we should n...	Sobrietyspell	4	828	May 31, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	I give up (Preview) I don't know, maybe this just isn't for me, maybe it's the wrong time, or maybe I'm just too weak. I tried this and it isn't working. I know it isn't the program, it's me. I just need a break. Thanks for all your help and hearing me out. Mark	MDC	30	1525	May 31, 2009 by Sacrifice
	Why Stay Sober???????? (Preview) God, isn't it GREAT to be sober???	jonijoni1	9	1679	May 30, 2009 by Sacrifice
	Hello all!!!! (Preview) Hi my favorite sober friends!!!!! Just dropped in to say Hello and let you know ...yes, Im still alive and sober!!!!! So many new people!!! Welcome and I love all the new comments...Could sit here all day and post something to all but....got too many things to do!!! Life has been good...still working t...	lani	3	567	May 30, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Our Hidden Gifts (Preview) One of the best thrills for me is seeing a newcomer at a meeting. First I wonder, will they come back for a second meeting? Then if they do, and they then come for a third and fourth meeting, and meetings turn to months, I begin to wonder what hidden treasure will they find? I am always amazed of the hidden...	Dave Harm	1	426	May 30, 2009 by turninggrey
	EEEKKKK! (off topic for sure) (Preview) Hi all, Have not been around, cannot stay on computer, for say more that 30 a day, every over day, I have to have this Eye Surgery, where they replace my tear duct system, that got all blocked up, and stopped working, and when I went in to get the Details that is were the EEEEKKKK came from. They have to go u...	toni baloney	5	459	May 29, 2009 by StPeteDean
	jealousy? (Preview) First off, sorry for spelling. I'm on my way to a hotel... My wife's reason for leaving was me drinking. Now she can't stand the 2 hrs meetings. When I'm onlne here, it's constant, "talking to your drunk buddies?" (no offense) It doesn't seem to matter, drunk or sober, it isn't good e...	MDC	17	641	May 29, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Coincidence? I don't think so... (Preview) I'd like to share a story with you, that has given me goose bumps, a nervous stomach, and filled me with a lot of excitement. The one thing that I have always loved about AA is the spirituality of it all and my own belief that nothing happens by coincidence 14 years ago I tried to quit drinking to please the...	Dave Harm	7	958	May 28, 2009 by jonijoni1
	EXCITED (off subject) (Preview) Hi Everyone, I haven't slept much since Mon. night.....too excited. My son, who is doing a tour in Iraq, gets 15 days of R and R....in the states!!! His plane was delayed Mon. (My heart sank.... wondering the reasons.) He emailed about 11 hrs. ago saying he was 'leaving on a jet plane.........	learning	4	414	May 28, 2009 by jonijoni1
	Back at work (Preview) I'm back at work, after a rough night. Still sober, but trying to accept the fact that my marriage IS over. Trying to stay positive and keep working. All I want to do is go home and cry. I can't believe this has to be that hard. Why can't I just get pissed at her and not care? Everyone is going for drinks...	MDC	8	481	May 28, 2009 by jonijoni1
	going for 2 hr DUI evaluation this morning (Preview) since im out of state i need to have a 2hr evaluation instead of the one hour - boyfriend will be my character witness this DUI was from switching seats with an old boyfriend few months back - now im doing the time for him and paying his fines HOWEVER in just the past few days im starting to think alcohol just...	florida	3	980	May 28, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Perspective (and a contact with a Higher Power) (Preview) Just wanted to share a little experience I had today... I'm a few weeks back from a blip and am finding a great deal of inspiration and strength from meetings and this forum. I have mentioned before, I really never thought I would pick up again, but it just went to show how cunning this illness is... alt...	sabby	5	904	May 28, 2009 by kkotz401
	MIRACLE NEEDED! (Preview) Members..........I don't know if this is the right place to be posting this message but i don't know where else to post a message such as this. i am posting this for my (common law) husband who is in dire need of a lawyer to defend a civil lawsuit. We are in Arizona. The lawyer he hired used up all his money an...	katinaz	6	495	May 28, 2009 by kkotz401
	Why am I going backwards??! (Preview) I just returned from a 3 week trip to Europe where I did service work and worked with people from around the world. I stayed sober throughout it all and as of today I have 104 days of sobriety. Before I left my sponsor and I worked through steps 4-7 and I left for Europe with great momentum. Now that I'm back h...	Dodsworth	13	1335	May 27, 2009 by pinkchip
	The Twelve Step Rewards (Preview) The Twelve Step Rewards ~ 1. Hope instead of Desperation 2. Faith instead of Despair 3. Courage instead of Fear 4. Peace of Mind instead of Confusion 5. Self Respect instead of Self Contempt 6. Self Confidence instead of Helplessness 7. The Respect of Others instead of their Pity & Contempt 8. A C...	Sobrietyspell	1	990	May 27, 2009 by Dave Harm
	Letting Go (Preview) I posted on here several months ago about my 19 year old niece who had experienced a bad trip with the drug Ecstasy and ended up in a mental ward while she was away at college. My mom and I sent for her to come home then and she took a medical leave from college. She told us that she was an alcoholic, and she im...	BGG	4	1006	May 27, 2009 by kkotz401
	Hi everyone I'm new here (Preview) Hi all, I've just had broadband connected here at home, and I'm sooo glad, because being here on this board is really important. I've returned from a meeting tonight (my first in a few months) to which I dragged myself in desperation following a horrid horrid weekend binge (my second, and I hope my last...	georgiediva	7	492	May 27, 2009 by kkotz401
	Peer pressure (Preview) I used to laugh when I was a teenager and "old people" talked about peer pressure. I've been at my family's. At the pool, cooking out...NOT drinking. I think I'm the only one there sober. Not that they're pushing drinks to me, it's just everywhere. They keep going to the shed for anothe...	MDC	3	591	May 27, 2009 by kkotz401
	Hi, I'm new here. (Preview) Hello- It was suggested to me by a senior member of this forum that I begin my own thread and tell my story and share my ESH (which after a couple minutes of confusion, I realize is experience, strength, and hope) so here goes. I'm relatively young to be in AA, 24 years old. On September 6, 2007 God gave me r...	DaveB84	11	447	May 27, 2009 by kkotz401
	My Second AA Meeting! (Preview) Just wanted everyone to know that I went to my second AA meeting tonight. It was actually my second meeting of the day. My wife also went to Al Anon tonight to show her support. The meeting was a closed meeting and it was great! It is my intention to go to a meeting per day over the next 90 days. Again I jus...	TooTaaToo	3	714	May 27, 2009 by Jerry F
	God works in mysterious ways (Preview) Just thought I'd drop in, My son got a email the other day, from a woman who at one point had children by my kids father. I knew of them and brought my children up with the knowledge of havin a sister, (half). I spoke with the both of them today and we're gonna make arrangements to set up something for all 3 o...	Tina	2	700	May 27, 2009 by Jerry F
	Sober Community in Miami Florida (Preview) I am not a spammer. I just wanted to post the address to a sober living community in Miami. www.villagemidtown.com Great place for sober people in miami to live for cheap. Not a halfway house, etc. Just a recovery community. I currently live there. Must be sober to reside.	ryanw	2	497	May 26, 2009 by Doll
	Sorry to only come back when I slip. (Preview) Hey All, The last time I was active here was last June when I slipped last. Well I did it again. It is just insane. I bought a bottle and measured it, rationed myself, I never got sick, I never got a hangover, I was very shrewd. BUT I HATE MYSELF! So much of my integrity is rolled up in my past victories ov...	turninggrey	8	678	May 26, 2009 by turninggrey
	Beginner's meeting experience (Preview) I just wanted to share a revelation I had as I attended yet another beginner's meeting. I still go to 3 of them a week. When I started there were so many white chips. Several of us made it to 90 days. In my first meetings, I looked at those people with over 90 days as being so strong. Then I became one. Tha...	pinkchip	5	481	May 25, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW PEOPLE HERE!!!! (Preview) Hi There to All of You, My name is Toni, and I usually post here, but having an eye problem, so have to stay off of computer. Missing this MIP board so much I just had to break the Doctors orders for a few minutes , but will be back soon. So AMAZING to see all the New wonderful folks joining MIP. this is an...	toni baloney	2	338	May 25, 2009 by georgiediva
	TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY LEVEL OF INSANITY!!! (Preview) OPPSS LOL here's showing my level of insanity!!!At lunchtime, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hairdryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.Page yourself over the intercom, and don't disguise your voice.Everytime Ask you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.Pu...	Tina	4	1011	May 25, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	'Hello' introduction (Preview) Hi there, I am new to this and made a few posts but I thought I would say a proper 'hello' I had been attending meetings for almost 9 months before I picked up again - it was a huge shock to honest, I really did think I was doing all the right things and working this. But I guess it just shows me how cunning this...	sabby	11	577	May 25, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Just thought I'd drop (Preview) Hi Just thought I'd drop in and let you guys I'm still here, been busy hours at work have increased somewhat. Busy getting start with my daughter going to camp for a month at the end of June, she'll be gone for a month. I'm excited for her and I'm gonna miss her at the same time. She now works along side he...	Tina	3	872	May 25, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Introduction if I may. (Preview) I hope I am posting this in the correct forum. If not, please direct me to the correct one. Well, I am here finally. I began drinking about 3 years ago and I think over the last several days I have come to the realization that I need help to quit. I am not physically addicted (no shakes, no need of a drink in th...	TooTaaToo	18	1021	May 25, 2009 by TooTaaToo
	I'm back, and starting again (Preview) I know that I need this, It's just so hard. I was sober for over 2 months. Out of nowhere, I slip up and can't seem to get my footing again. I was going to go to a meeting today, but it's an hour earlier on Saturdays and Sundays. I'll be there tomorrow. I had some issues come back from the past to bite me, and...	MDC	14	521	May 25, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Prayers Needed Please (Preview) Hi everyone, I have just received a very upsetting 'phone call. My cousin's youngest daughter, aged 13, is in hospital yet again. She was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis shortly after she was born. She has been in hospital for the last five or six weeks. Recently, she has been on a feeding tube. She...	Quetzal	12	975	May 24, 2009 by turninggrey
	sober holdiay weekend! (Preview) The weather is great here and it's a great weekend. Yesterday I visited my grandma, watched some supermoto practice at the local track, rented a jack and re-leveled my shed, did yard work, got a pallet of retaining wall blocks for a project, BBQ'd, had backyard campfire, went to a meeting, went for a m...	Jason J	3	417	May 24, 2009 by turninggrey
	Daily Reflections ~ A List of Blessings & 24Hrs (Preview) Daily Reflections A LIST OF BLESSINGS One exercise that I practice is to try for a full inventory of my blessings. . . . AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37 What did I have to be grateful for? I shut myself up and started listing the blessings for which I was in no way responsible, beginning with having been born of sound m...	Sobrietyspell	2	1053	May 24, 2009 by jj
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