Alcoholics Anonymous

Quetzal · Quetzal

Some people are carriers of negativity. They are storehouses of pent up anger and volatile emotions. Some remain trapped in the victim role and act in ways that further their victimization. And others are still caught in the cycle of addictive or compulsive patterns. Negative energy can have a po...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The A.A. program is one of submission, release, and action. When we're drinking, we're submitting to a power greater than ourselves, liquor. Our own wills are no use against the power of liquor. One drink and we're sunk. In A.A. we stop submitting to the power of liquor. Inste...

lani · lani

April 25, 2008 Worry None of us has to understand God or worry about things beyond our control. We can indulge ourselves in the luxury of not-worrying. Any of us can handle just one day; all each of us has to try at is our own job, our own family life. We don't have to try fixing up the whole world or understan...

Moon · Moon

Every now and again I like to stop in and say Hello! Hope all is well with you all. I'm awakening into the Essence of Beauty and My life is Amazing. Thank you so much for being here. Feel free to say Hello.

Jim S · Jim S

Hi all. Newbie to this board but not to AA. Four years ago I relapsed after 11 yrs of being sober and, to keep a long story short I'm back into the program. I have a question that is really bothering me. This has happened to me three times in the last two weeks. Once at a NA meeting and twice at a AA meeting......

Doll · Doll

April 25, 2008 Daily Reflections ENTERING A NEW DIMENSION In the late stages of our drinking, the will to resist has fled. Yet when we admit complete defeat and when we become entirely ready to try A.A. principles, our obsession leaves us and we enter a new dimension - freedom under God as we understand...

jc2008 · jc2008

I thought I was doing pretty well, all things considered. I just passed the 60 day mark, go to meetings regularly, and meet with my sponsor. Yesterday, we all played hooky and went to the beach. Later that day, I did something that displeased my husband, and he let me have it. I reacted strongly and have b...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We must each discover our own truth. It does not help us if those we love find their truth. They cannot give it to us. It does not help if someone we love knows a particular truth in our life. We must discover our truth for ourselves. We must each discover and stand in our own light. We often need to str...

jonijoni · jonijoni

I have to remember this when I get discouraged. GOOD things have come from my Higher Power, once I started accepting His gifts, through recovery. I have interviews lined up, and a second interview at a particular place I am very interested in. The old thinking comes back... "UGH!! You have to sel...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I don't believe that A.A. works because I read it in a book or because I hear people say so. I believe it because I see people getting sober and staying sober. An actual demonstration is what convinces me. When I see the change in people, I can't help believing that A.A. works. We c...

messedup · messedup

Someone suggested I introduce myself here, so hello. Your stories are amazing. I'm not there yet but hopefully I can find my way there. Never been to a meeting, and have no idea how to start this. I'm sure my story will be like everyone else's, so I'll spare you. I will say my life pretty much defines...

lani · lani

Reaching Out Taking advantage of technological advances, for example, AA members with computers can participate in meetings online, sharing with fellow alcoholics across the country or around the world. Fundamentally, though, the difference between an electronic meeting and the home group a...

lani · lani

No Cop-outs We have to stay sober no matter how life treats us, no matter whether nonalcoholics appreciate our sobriety or not. We have to keep our sobriety independent of anything else, not entangled with any people, and not hedged in by any possible cop-outs or conditions. Over and over, we have fou...

eastcoastscott · eastcoastscott

still keeps ticking! Man, I have been having a rough go since my trip. I have remained sober and and have been keeping things very simple. I tortured myself about my slip and had to be told to forgive myself in order to move on. I did a lot of soul searching, talking, listening and learning and am finally co...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Men and women keep coming into A.A., licked by alcohol, often given up by doctors as hopeless cases, they themselves admitting they're helpless to stop drinking. When I see these men and women get sober and stay sober over a period of months and years, I know that A.A. works. Th...

beachgirl · beachgirl

what I really love about being on this board, whether I am posting, replying or just listening- is that people really do talk TO each other- the disagreements, the support, the sharing- actually, ESPECIALLY the times when strong points are made, without mincing words. It feels far more intera...

glenngds2006 · glenngds2006

It has been a few days since I have posted or read any posts. It also has been a few days since I have been able to get out of bed for more than 10 minutes at a time. A friend I spoke to day before yesterday said you sound terribly sick over the phone. Mentally I was sicker than I was sick physically. But I cam...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

Me! That's who! And you bunch'o jerks thought I was a lost cause! Ha ha! Shows what you know Seriously though I'm doing alright, just thought I'd check in and say hi. So what's new?

Quetzal · Quetzal

We often refer to recovery from codependency and adult child issues as self-care. Self-care is not, as some may think, a spin off of the Me generation. It isn't self-indulgence. It isn't selfishness - in the negative interpretation of that word. We're learning to take care of ourselves, instead o...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Hey All, I am an alcoholic that has just slipped and I am sober today. Since 1984, I have had long sober periods (like as in 5 years) and then a one day slip, followed by remorse, then conviction, and then a very happy life. Its like I need to prove to myself how bad it is to slip. My first and only "gro...

Doll · Doll

April 23, 2008 Daily Reflections A.A. IS NOT A CURE-ALL It would be a product of false pride to claim that A.A. is a cure-all, even for alcoholism. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 285 In my early years of sobriety I was full of pride, thinking that A.A. was the only source of treatment for a good and happy life. It certai...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Inevitably, there are times of stress in our lives, no matter how long we've been in recovery. Sometimes, the stress is outside or around us. We're feeling balanced, but our circumstances are stressful. Sometimes, the stress is within; we feel out of balance. When the stress is external and int...

lani · lani

Something cool happened this am. Got home from work and made my kids lunches and some french toast for breakfast. We were hanging out in the kitchen and I told my daughter before you know it our plum tree in the back yard would be blooming! Got up a while ago and was making some coffee. Looked out the window...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Allowing ourselves to receive love is one of the greatest challenges we face in recovery. Many of us have blocked ourselves from receiving love. We may have lived with people who used love to control us. They would be there for us, but at the high price of our freedom. Love was given, or withheld, to co...

lani · lani

Well lo and behold I have six months today! Woohoo! Nothing like hitting 45 years old and being sober!!!! Where has the time gone! Its flying by so fast!!!! Random thoughts: I was thinking last night, what if I died right this second! Would I have said my life was full? Did I touch anyone's life by listeni...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ People believe in A.A. when they see it work. An actual demonstaration is what convinces them. What they read in books, what they hear people say doesn't always convince them. But when they see a real honest-to-goodness change take place in a person, a change from a drunken to...

jc2008 · jc2008

As many of my posts are, this one is LONG. Be warned. I've mentioned before that I have some health crap going on. I have a chronic disease that causes lots of pain. Being a stubborn bitch, I don't wear my brace or use any other aids; the more infirmed I feel, the more I do to prove that I'm not (hey! I thin...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Well as some of you know, I've been house shoping for the last 4 months. Home prices have fallen by close to 50% here in some areas, especially waterfront homes. So I've been waiting on this short sale house, that I made and offer on last December. The bank took 9 weeks to decide to accept the offer, which w...

lani · lani

April 21, 2008 Change How many of us would presume to declare, "Well, I'm sober and I'm happy. What more can I want or do? I'm fine the way I am." We know that the price of such self-satisfaction is an inevitable back-slide, punctured at some point by a very rude awakening. We have to grow or els...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Wait. If the time is not right, the way is not clear, the answer or decision not consistent, wait. We may feel a sense of urgency. We may want to resolve the issue by doing something - anything now, but that action is not in our best interest. Living with confusion or unsolved problems is difficult. I...

Nisha · Nisha

Today I got up a little early in the morning and found my mother still asleep.Not used to the kitchen, I went there to make my up of tea.I found some preparations for morning breakfast lying on the kitchen slab.Wandering around, also saw some uncleaned dishes.Decided to clean the kitchen, make tea fo...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The satisfaction you get out of living a sober life is made up of a lot of little things, but they add up to a satisfactory and happy life. You take out of life what you put into it. So I'd say to people coming into A.A.: "Don't worry about what life will be like without liquor....

Doll · Doll

My best friend of 29 years lost her mother on Thursday. She was 63 yrs old and they found her lieing on the living room floor. Waiting for the autopsy to tell the story...this woman was a mother to me beginning when I was a teen. She opened her arms and her home to me on many occasions when life at my own house w...

Quetzal · Quetzal

I don't know whether I want in or out of this relationship. I've been struggling with it for months now. It's not appropriate to let it hang indefinitely. I will give myself two months to make a decision. -- Anonymous Sometimes, it helps to set a deadline. This can be true when we face unsolved probl...

Wren · Wren

Prayer And Meditation Prayer and meditation are similar practices in that they both offer us a connection to the divine, but they also differ from one another in significant ways. Put simply, prayer is when we ask the universe for something, and meditation is when we listen. When we pray, we use langu...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Every time we go to an A.A. meeting, every time we say the Lord's prayer, every time we have a quiet time before breakfast, we're paying a premium on our insurance against taking that first drink. And every time we help another alcoholic; we're making a large payment on our drin...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Since I've been putting sobriety into my life, I've been taking out a lot of good things. I can describe it best as a kind of quiet satisfaction. I feel good. I feel right with the world, on the right side of the fence. As long as I put sobriety into my life, almost everything I take o...

lani · lani

No Reservations We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic." Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever. If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ As I look back over my drinking career, have I learned that you take out of life what you put into it? When I put drinking into my life, did I take out a lot of bad things? Hospitals with the D.T.'s? Jails for drunken driving? Loss of job? Loss of home and family? When I put drinking in...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The winds of change blow through our life, sometimes gently, sometimes like a tropical storm. Yes, we have resting places - time to adjust to another level of living, time to get our balance, time to enjoy the rewards. We have time to catch our breath. But change is inevitable and desirable. Somet...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Missing you, girl!! Where are you at???

jonijoni · jonijoni

I used to literally YELL at people to LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE.... because I did not want their help or their concern. It interfered with my self-destruction. Today I am having a kinder gentler experience with the concept of wanting to be left alone at times. It is healthy, because it is a needed boundary...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Many of us were oppressed and victimized as children. As adults, we may continue to keep ourselves oppressed. Some of us don't recognize that caretaking and not setting boundaries will leave us feeling victimized. Some of us don't understand that thinking of ourselves as victims will leave us...

lani · lani

AA Thought for the Day April 18, 2008 Expectations Acceptance is the key to my relationship with God today. . . I must keep my magic magnifying mind on my acceptance and off my expectations, for my serenity is directly proportional to my level of acceptance. When I remember this, I can see I've never had...

lani · lani

Deception I need to remember each day that deceiving myself about myself is setting myself up for failure or disappointment in life and in AA. A close, honest relationship with a Higher Power is the only solid foundation I've found for honesty with self and with others. Reprinted from Daily Reflecti...

lani · lani

My kids reset my computer, somehow, and now I would like to know how to have the messages I havent read to be in bold. Anyone remember how to do that?

lani · lani

Tornado Sometimes we hear an alcoholic say that the only thing he needs to do is to keep sober. Certainly he must keep sober, for there will be no home if he doesn't. But he is yet a long way from making good to the wife or parents whom for years he has so shockingly treated. Passing all understanding is the p...

lani · lani

AA Thought for the Day Children of Chaos Over the years, every conceivable deviation from our Twelve Steps and Traditions has been tried. That was sure to be, since we are so largely a band of ego-driven individuals. Children of chaos, we have defiantly played with every brand of fire, only to emerge u...

lani · lani

Secrets It's the side of myself that I refuse to look at that rules me. I must be willing to look at the dark side in order to heal my mind and heart because that is the road to freedom. I must walk into darkness to find the light and walk into fear to find peace. By revealing my secrets -- and thereby ridding my...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we have insurance. Our faith in God is a kind of insurance against the terrible things that might happen to us if we ever drink again. By putting our drink problem in the hands of God, we've taken out a sort of insurance policy, which insures us against the ravages of drink...

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	Negativity (Preview) Some people are carriers of negativity. They are storehouses of pent up anger and volatile emotions. Some remain trapped in the victim role and act in ways that further their victimization. And others are still caught in the cycle of addictive or compulsive patterns. Negative energy can have a po...	Quetzal	1	262	Apr 26, 2008 by lani
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 26th April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The A.A. program is one of submission, release, and action. When we're drinking, we're submitting to a power greater than ourselves, liquor. Our own wills are no use against the power of liquor. One drink and we're sunk. In A.A. we stop submitting to the power of liquor. Inste...	Sobrietyspell	0	278	Apr 26, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Dont worry, be happy!!! (Preview) April 25, 2008 Worry None of us has to understand God or worry about things beyond our control. We can indulge ourselves in the luxury of not-worrying. Any of us can handle just one day; all each of us has to try at is our own job, our own family life. We don't have to try fixing up the whole world or understan...	lani	4	291	Apr 26, 2008 by lani
	Hi Guys! (Preview) Every now and again I like to stop in and say Hello! Hope all is well with you all. I'm awakening into the Essence of Beauty and My life is Amazing. Thank you so much for being here. Feel free to say Hello.	Moon	7	350	Apr 25, 2008 by Moon
	Meeting attire... (Preview) Hi all. Newbie to this board but not to AA. Four years ago I relapsed after 11 yrs of being sober and, to keep a long story short I'm back into the program. I have a question that is really bothering me. This has happened to me three times in the last two weeks. Once at a NA meeting and twice at a AA meeting......	Jim S	25	4851	Apr 25, 2008 by StPeteDean
	ENTERING A NEW DIMENSION (Preview) April 25, 2008 Daily Reflections ENTERING A NEW DIMENSION In the late stages of our drinking, the will to resist has fled. Yet when we admit complete defeat and when we become entirely ready to try A.A. principles, our obsession leaves us and we enter a new dimension - freedom under God as we understand...	Doll	2	284	Apr 25, 2008 by lani
	the ultimate wake up call (Preview) I thought I was doing pretty well, all things considered. I just passed the 60 day mark, go to meetings regularly, and meet with my sponsor. Yesterday, we all played hooky and went to the beach. Later that day, I did something that displeased my husband, and he let me have it. I reacted strongly and have b...	jc2008	8	1321	Apr 25, 2008 by Doll
	Finding Our Own Truth (Preview) We must each discover our own truth. It does not help us if those we love find their truth. They cannot give it to us. It does not help if someone we love knows a particular truth in our life. We must discover our truth for ourselves. We must each discover and stand in our own light. We often need to str...	Quetzal	0	218	Apr 25, 2008 by Quetzal
	Good Things Coming (Preview) I have to remember this when I get discouraged. GOOD things have come from my Higher Power, once I started accepting His gifts, through recovery. I have interviews lined up, and a second interview at a particular place I am very interested in. The old thinking comes back... "UGH!! You have to sel...	jonijoni	5	362	Apr 25, 2008 by jonijoni
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 25th April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I don't believe that A.A. works because I read it in a book or because I hear people say so. I believe it because I see people getting sober and staying sober. An actual demonstration is what convinces me. When I see the change in people, I can't help believing that A.A. works. We c...	Sobrietyspell	0	346	Apr 25, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Hi to all (Preview) Someone suggested I introduce myself here, so hello. Your stories are amazing. I'm not there yet but hopefully I can find my way there. Never been to a meeting, and have no idea how to start this. I'm sure my story will be like everyone else's, so I'll spare you. I will say my life pretty much defines...	messedup	9	518	Apr 24, 2008 by Sept_19_2002
	Trying times (Preview) Reaching Out Taking advantage of technological advances, for example, AA members with computers can participate in meetings online, sharing with fellow alcoholics across the country or around the world. Fundamentally, though, the difference between an electronic meeting and the home group a...	lani	1	284	Apr 24, 2008 by lani
	No Cop outs (Preview) No Cop-outs We have to stay sober no matter how life treats us, no matter whether nonalcoholics appreciate our sobriety or not. We have to keep our sobriety independent of anything else, not entangled with any people, and not hedged in by any possible cop-outs or conditions. Over and over, we have fou...	lani	6	619	Apr 24, 2008 by lani
	Takes a licking but...... (Preview) still keeps ticking! Man, I have been having a rough go since my trip. I have remained sober and and have been keeping things very simple. I tortured myself about my slip and had to be told to forgive myself in order to move on. I did a lot of soul searching, talking, listening and learning and am finally co...	eastcoastscott	16	568	Apr 23, 2008 by turninggrey
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 23rd April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Men and women keep coming into A.A., licked by alcohol, often given up by doctors as hopeless cases, they themselves admitting they're helpless to stop drinking. When I see these men and women get sober and stay sober over a period of months and years, I know that A.A. works. Th...	Sobrietyspell	0	296	Apr 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	conversation (Preview) what I really love about being on this board, whether I am posting, replying or just listening- is that people really do talk TO each other- the disagreements, the support, the sharing- actually, ESPECIALLY the times when strong points are made, without mincing words. It feels far more intera...	beachgirl	5	446	Apr 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	I have been depressed (Preview) It has been a few days since I have posted or read any posts. It also has been a few days since I have been able to get out of bed for more than 10 minutes at a time. A friend I spoke to day before yesterday said you sound terribly sick over the phone. Mentally I was sicker than I was sick physically. But I cam...	glenngds2006	9	454	Apr 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Guess who had a spiritual awakening? (Preview) Me! That's who! And you bunch'o jerks thought I was a lost cause! Ha ha! Shows what you know Seriously though I'm doing alright, just thought I'd check in and say hi. So what's new?	Tipsy McStagger	18	560	Apr 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Taking Care of Ourselves (Preview) We often refer to recovery from codependency and adult child issues as self-care. Self-care is not, as some may think, a spin off of the Me generation. It isn't self-indulgence. It isn't selfishness - in the negative interpretation of that word. We're learning to take care of ourselves, instead o...	Quetzal	7	488	Apr 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Strange Recovery (Preview) Hey All, I am an alcoholic that has just slipped and I am sober today. Since 1984, I have had long sober periods (like as in 5 years) and then a one day slip, followed by remorse, then conviction, and then a very happy life. Its like I need to prove to myself how bad it is to slip. My first and only "gro...	turninggrey	14	547	Apr 23, 2008 by lani
	AA is Not a Cure-All (Preview) April 23, 2008 Daily Reflections A.A. IS NOT A CURE-ALL It would be a product of false pride to claim that A.A. is a cure-all, even for alcoholism. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 285 In my early years of sobriety I was full of pride, thinking that A.A. was the only source of treatment for a good and happy life. It certai...	Doll	2	420	Apr 23, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Coping With Stress (Preview) Inevitably, there are times of stress in our lives, no matter how long we've been in recovery. Sometimes, the stress is outside or around us. We're feeling balanced, but our circumstances are stressful. Sometimes, the stress is within; we feel out of balance. When the stress is external and int...	Quetzal	1	251	Apr 23, 2008 by jonijoni
	Happy Earth day (Preview) Something cool happened this am. Got home from work and made my kids lunches and some french toast for breakfast. We were hanging out in the kitchen and I told my daughter before you know it our plum tree in the back yard would be blooming! Got up a while ago and was making some coffee. Looked out the window...	lani	3	348	Apr 23, 2008 by jonijoni
	Opening Ourselves to Love (Preview) Allowing ourselves to receive love is one of the greatest challenges we face in recovery. Many of us have blocked ourselves from receiving love. We may have lived with people who used love to control us. They would be there for us, but at the high price of our freedom. Love was given, or withheld, to co...	Quetzal	0	226	Apr 23, 2008 by Quetzal
	6 months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Preview) Well lo and behold I have six months today! Woohoo! Nothing like hitting 45 years old and being sober!!!! Where has the time gone! Its flying by so fast!!!! Random thoughts: I was thinking last night, what if I died right this second! Would I have said my life was full? Did I touch anyone's life by listeni...	lani	13	460	Apr 22, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 22nd April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ People believe in A.A. when they see it work. An actual demonstaration is what convinces them. What they read in books, what they hear people say doesn't always convince them. But when they see a real honest-to-goodness change take place in a person, a change from a drunken to...	Sobrietyspell	0	315	Apr 22, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	clueless doctors (Preview) As many of my posts are, this one is LONG. Be warned. I've mentioned before that I have some health crap going on. I have a chronic disease that causes lots of pain. Being a stubborn bitch, I don't wear my brace or use any other aids; the more infirmed I feel, the more I do to prove that I'm not (hey! I thin...	jc2008	10	1913	Apr 22, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Mixed Feelings about Moving. (Preview) Well as some of you know, I've been house shoping for the last 4 months. Home prices have fallen by close to 50% here in some areas, especially waterfront homes. So I've been waiting on this short sale house, that I made and offer on last December. The bank took 9 weeks to decide to accept the offer, which w...	StPeteDean	10	1011	Apr 22, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Change (Preview) April 21, 2008 Change How many of us would presume to declare, "Well, I'm sober and I'm happy. What more can I want or do? I'm fine the way I am." We know that the price of such self-satisfaction is an inevitable back-slide, punctured at some point by a very rude awakening. We have to grow or els...	lani	1	284	Apr 21, 2008 by lani
	Waiting (Preview) Wait. If the time is not right, the way is not clear, the answer or decision not consistent, wait. We may feel a sense of urgency. We may want to resolve the issue by doing something - anything now, but that action is not in our best interest. Living with confusion or unsolved problems is difficult. I...	Quetzal	1	264	Apr 21, 2008 by messedup
	From The Heart (Preview) Today I got up a little early in the morning and found my mother still asleep.Not used to the kitchen, I went there to make my up of tea.I found some preparations for morning breakfast lying on the kitchen slab.Wandering around, also saw some uncleaned dishes.Decided to clean the kitchen, make tea fo...	Nisha	2	410	Apr 20, 2008 by lani
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 20th April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The satisfaction you get out of living a sober life is made up of a lot of little things, but they add up to a satisfactory and happy life. You take out of life what you put into it. So I'd say to people coming into A.A.: "Don't worry about what life will be like without liquor....	Sobrietyspell	1	331	Apr 20, 2008 by lani
	She Died Thursday (Preview) My best friend of 29 years lost her mother on Thursday. She was 63 yrs old and they found her lieing on the living room floor. Waiting for the autopsy to tell the story...this woman was a mother to me beginning when I was a teen. She opened her arms and her home to me on many occasions when life at my own house w...	Doll	10	550	Apr 20, 2008 by Tuggboat
	Deadlines (Preview) I don't know whether I want in or out of this relationship. I've been struggling with it for months now. It's not appropriate to let it hang indefinitely. I will give myself two months to make a decision. -- Anonymous Sometimes, it helps to set a deadline. This can be true when we face unsolved probl...	Quetzal	0	203	Apr 20, 2008 by Quetzal
	Asking and Recieving (Preview) Prayer And Meditation Prayer and meditation are similar practices in that they both offer us a connection to the divine, but they also differ from one another in significant ways. Put simply, prayer is when we ask the universe for something, and meditation is when we listen. When we pray, we use langu...	Wren	3	312	Apr 20, 2008 by Quetzal
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 17th April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Every time we go to an A.A. meeting, every time we say the Lord's prayer, every time we have a quiet time before breakfast, we're paying a premium on our insurance against taking that first drink. And every time we help another alcoholic; we're making a large payment on our drin...	Sobrietyspell	3	320	Apr 20, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 19th April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Since I've been putting sobriety into my life, I've been taking out a lot of good things. I can describe it best as a kind of quiet satisfaction. I feel good. I feel right with the world, on the right side of the fence. As long as I put sobriety into my life, almost everything I take o...	Sobrietyspell	0	255	Apr 19, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	This says it all...... (Preview) No Reservations We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic." Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever. If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking...	lani	0	267	Apr 19, 2008 by lani
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 18th April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ As I look back over my drinking career, have I learned that you take out of life what you put into it? When I put drinking into my life, did I take out a lot of bad things? Hospitals with the D.T.'s? Jails for drunken driving? Loss of job? Loss of home and family? When I put drinking in...	Sobrietyspell	1	348	Apr 19, 2008 by lani
	Accepting Change (Preview) The winds of change blow through our life, sometimes gently, sometimes like a tropical storm. Yes, we have resting places - time to adjust to another level of living, time to get our balance, time to enjoy the rewards. We have time to catch our breath. But change is inevitable and desirable. Somet...	Quetzal	0	276	Apr 19, 2008 by Quetzal
	Yooo Hooo QUETZEL..... (Preview) Missing you, girl!! Where are you at???	jonijoni	11	517	Apr 18, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	LEAVE ME ALONE SYNDROME (Preview) I used to literally YELL at people to LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE.... because I did not want their help or their concern. It interfered with my self-destruction. Today I am having a kinder gentler experience with the concept of wanting to be left alone at times. It is healthy, because it is a needed boundary...	jonijoni	5	544	Apr 18, 2008 by jonijoni
	Freedom (Preview) Many of us were oppressed and victimized as children. As adults, we may continue to keep ourselves oppressed. Some of us don't recognize that caretaking and not setting boundaries will leave us feeling victimized. Some of us don't understand that thinking of ourselves as victims will leave us...	Quetzal	1	249	Apr 18, 2008 by lani
	Expectations (Preview) AA Thought for the Day April 18, 2008 Expectations Acceptance is the key to my relationship with God today. . . I must keep my magic magnifying mind on my acceptance and off my expectations, for my serenity is directly proportional to my level of acceptance. When I remember this, I can see I've never had...	lani	1	2217	Apr 18, 2008 by lani
	Deception (Preview) Deception I need to remember each day that deceiving myself about myself is setting myself up for failure or disappointment in life and in AA. A close, honest relationship with a Higher Power is the only solid foundation I've found for honesty with self and with others. Reprinted from Daily Reflecti...	lani	3	485	Apr 18, 2008 by StPeteDean
	question (Preview) My kids reset my computer, somehow, and now I would like to know how to have the messages I havent read to be in bold. Anyone remember how to do that?	lani	0	246	Apr 17, 2008 by lani
	Tornado (Preview) Tornado Sometimes we hear an alcoholic say that the only thing he needs to do is to keep sober. Certainly he must keep sober, for there will be no home if he doesn't. But he is yet a long way from making good to the wife or parents whom for years he has so shockingly treated. Passing all understanding is the p...	lani	3	313	Apr 17, 2008 by lani
	chaos (Preview) AA Thought for the Day Children of Chaos Over the years, every conceivable deviation from our Twelve Steps and Traditions has been tried. That was sure to be, since we are so largely a band of ego-driven individuals. Children of chaos, we have defiantly played with every brand of fire, only to emerge u...	lani	3	291	Apr 17, 2008 by lani
	secrets (Preview) Secrets It's the side of myself that I refuse to look at that rules me. I must be willing to look at the dark side in order to heal my mind and heart because that is the road to freedom. I must walk into darkness to find the light and walk into fear to find peace. By revealing my secrets -- and thereby ridding my...	lani	4	425	Apr 17, 2008 by StPeteDean
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 16th April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we have insurance. Our faith in God is a kind of insurance against the terrible things that might happen to us if we ever drink again. By putting our drink problem in the hands of God, we've taken out a sort of insurance policy, which insures us against the ravages of drink...	Sobrietyspell	0	328	Apr 16, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
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