Alcoholics Anonymous

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The principles we have set down are guides to progress. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Just as a sculptor will use different tools to achieve desired effects in creating a work of art, in Alcoholics Anonymous the Twelve Steps are used to bring about results in my own life. I do not overwhelm my self with li...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In following the A.A. program with its twelve steps, we have the advantage of a better understanding of our problems. Day after day our sobriety results in the formation of new habits, normal habits. As each twenty-four hour period ends, we find that the business of staying s...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Here is an exercise. Today let someone give to you. Let someone do something nice for you. Let someone give you a compliment or tell you something good about yourself. Let someone help you. Then, stand there and take it. Take it in. Feel it. Know that you are worthy and deserving. Do not apologize. D...

Phil · Phil

1. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. 2. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will be afraid to cough. 3. Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vege...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The unity, the effectiveness, and even the survival of A.A. will always depend upon our continued willingness to give up some of our personal ambitions and desires for the common safety and welfare. Just as sacrifice means survival for the individual alcoholic, so does sacrifice mean unity and sur...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Alcoholics are unable or unwilling, during their addiction to alcohol, to live in the present. The result is that they live in a constant state of remorse and fear because of their unholy past and its morbid attraction, or the uncertain future and its vague forebodings. So th...

Ms London · Ms London

Now that I feel at least like I'm not going to pass out any second, I'm going to leave the house today.

Quetzal · Quetzal

One day, my mother and I were working together in the garden. We were transplanting some plant for the third time. Grown from seed in a small container, the plants had been transferred to a larger container; then transplanted into the garden. Now, because I was moving, we were transplanting them agai...

Ms London · Ms London

Hi, I drank heavily this weekend at a work thing. I woke up on Saturday morning in my boss's room with a bucket next to me. Apparently I was too drunk to find my own room key so she was looking after me. Then I drank again on Saturday night and got into an argument with my coworkers. I hate myself right now, lik...

gstopher · gstopher

Hey guys new to this forum but familiar with AA. I am on day 16 and am having major trouble sleeping. Usually I get to bed around 3-4 am and sleep a while, just having trouble getting to sleep. But last night I didn't sleep a wink, it is 6:30am right now and I am tired but can't sleep. Mainly due to racing thoug...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Having learned to live so happily, wed show everyone else how. . . . Yes, we of A.A. did dream those dreams. How natural that was, since most alcoholics are bankrupt idealists. . . . So why shouldnt we share our way of life with everyone? TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 156 The great discovery of so...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The program of Alcoholics Anonymous involves a continuous striving for improvement. There can be no long resting period. We must try to work at it all the time. We must continually keep in mind that it is a program not to be measured in years, because we never fully reach our goa...

BGG · BGG

Well, folks, I hit a bit of a rough patch this week. On Monday, when reading my morning meditation books, my mind focused on the fact that this was the week when I relapsed four years ago after almost 18 years sober. Then, my mind went to: "you would have been sober 22 years next month." It h...

Quetzal · Quetzal

God's will most often happens in spite of us, not because of us. We may try to second guess what God has in mind for us, looking, searching, hypervigilant to seek God's will as though it were a buried treasure, hidden beyond our reach. If we find it, we win the prize. But if we're not careful, we miss out....

CAM · CAM

June 28, 2008 Well, I surrender. Ha! Facing the demons of my addiction whew! Is that it? Who knew? Events of seven years ago haunt me still. Is it guilt? Whoa is me? hell, no. I have humbly asked to no avail? What do I need to learn? Is it that easy? Yes. It was the drink that killed me back th...

Doll · Doll

A wonderful speech from the movie starring James Woods as Bill W. & James Garner as Dr. Bob ------ Gives me chills everytime I hear it. Lois, his wife asks, "Is it me?........... Why do you do this to yourself?" ---- " It's not you.........it's me. I watch all the normal people wa...

cleoandsimon · cleoandsimon

I'm new here and haven't, well I guess I have, decided I'm an alcoholic. I drink way too much at night and don't remember many nights. My husband isn't helpfull, he drinks too just not as heavily as I do most nights. He tells me I need help but doesn't want me going to treatment, I do too much for the fami...

CAM · CAM

I changed. I stopped taking it the degrading feeling that comes with my life. I saw where it was coming from and eliminated those triggers from my life. I still cant understand it wholly but it worked. It broke my heart but I could no longer take the pain of living. So now, I do what I believe in. Its...

lani · lani

Hey all Been working too many hours and hubby has been working at home so no computer access anyways! All is well.... Having a big family (belated bday/fathers day ) party tomorrow. Pray for sunshine!!!! Funny thing, Im looking up receipes for something new and all these dang vodka videos with fun new...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A year and six months later these three had succeeded with seven more. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 159 If it had not been for the fierce determination of our founders, A.A. would have quickly faded like so many other so-called good causes. I look at the hundreds of meetings weekly in the city where I live a...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ You can prove to yourself that life is basically and fundamentally an inner attitude. Just try to remember what troubled you most a week ago. You probably will find it difficult to remember. Why then should you unduly worry or fret over the problems that arise today? Your atti...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Frequently, when faced with a problem, we may attempt to solve it in a particular way. When that way doesn't work, we may continue trying to solve the problem in that same way. We may get frustrated, try harder, get more frustrated, and then exert more energy and influence into forcing the same solut...

Tina · Tina

Just wanted to drop in and say That the new job is going well and that things are slowly up, and well, guess I bumped into a situation. And need some advice, now here is how it is but not sure I should bring it up on the board.... And it scares me somewhat, but not sure if i did the right thing. I feels rite and...

Quetzal · Quetzal

When a pianist learns a new piece of music, he or she does not sit down and instantly play it perfectly. A pianist often needs to practice each hand's work separately to learn the feel, to learn the sound. One hand picks out a part until there is a rhythm and ease in playing what is difficult. Then, the musi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

For most normal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. It means release from care, boredom and worry. It is joyous intimacy with friends and a feeling that life is good. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 151 The longer I chased these elusive feelings with alcohol, th...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We must know the nature of our weakness before we can determine how to deal with it. When we are honest about its presence, we may discover that it is imaginary and can be overcome by a change of thinking. We admit that we are alcoholics and we would be foolish if we refused to accep...

Quetzal · Quetzal

A slump can go on for days. We feel sluggish, unfocused, and sometimes overwhelmed with feelings we can't sort out. We may not understand what is going on with us. Even our attempts to practice recovery behaviors may not appear to work. We still don't feel emotionally, mentally, and spiritually as go...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Sometimes, to protect ourselves, we close ourselves off from a person we're in a relationship with. Our body may be present, but we're not. We're not available to participate in the relationship. We shut down. Sometimes, it is appropriate and healthy to shut down in a relationship. We may legit...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

I stopped at the gas station close by yesterday (where I know everyone who works there by now), I bought some stuff, and then went outside and realized I needed gas. So I pulled up to the pump and got some gas. Apparently I drove off without paying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL I would NEVER do something like tha...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We are only operating a spiritual kindergarten in which people are enabled to get over drinking and find the grace to go on living to better effect. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 95 When I came to A.A., I was run down by the bottle and wanted to lose the obsession to drink, but I didnt really know how to do that. I decide...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Alcohol is our weakness. We suffer from mental conflicts from which we look for escape by drowning our problems in drink. We try through drink to push away from the realities of life. But alcohol does not feed, alcohol does not build, it only borrows from the future and it ultim...

teepeefeeglastonbury · teepeefeeglastonbury

Anyone going to Glastonbury? (music festival in the UK to any non-Brits).

Quetzal · Quetzal

Detachment doesn't come naturally for many of us. But once we realize the value of this recovery principle, we understand how vital detachment is. The following story illustrates how a woman came to understand detachment. "The first time I practiced detachment was when I let go of my alcoho...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

But does trust require that we be blind to other peoples motives or, indeed, to our own? Not at all; this would be folly. Most certainly, we should assess the capacity for harm as well as the capability for good in every person that we would trust. Such a private inventory can reveal the degree of confide...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ No chain is stronger than its weakest link. Likewise, if you fail in the day-by-day program, in all probability it will be at your weakest point. Great faith and constant contact with God's power can help you discover, guard, and undergird your weakest point with a strength n...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Argh!!! Double Argh!! Have I been to a meeting this past week? No. There is the solution, right there, and will get to one today. Children can sure be emotional at times, and my 2 (stepsons) who are here for summer vacation are testing my limits. Their father is as well. THANK GOD HE IS AT WORK TODAY, OR HE M...

Doll · Doll

Well, MIPers, it's been a while since I've posted. Had a serious case of the "F it's" . My disease kept asking me what am I doing this for. Seemed as if me staying sober hasn't changed a thing. The shit is still hitting the fan and I am still covered in it! It has occured to me that I stay sober tod...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Just as we have relationship histories, most of us have work histories. Just as we have a present circumstance to accept and deal with in our relationship life, we have a present circumstance to accept and deal with in our work life. Just as we develop a healthy attitude toward our relationship hi...

Doll · Doll

The Cause The causes of alcoholism are due to several factors. Most people use alcohol to change how they feel because they want to feel better or different. They use alcohol for the perceived benefits, or the benefits experienced, not for the potential harm. People use alcohol to relax, have fun, to...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Try harder. Do better. Be perfect. These messages are tricks that people have played on us. No matter how hard we try, we think we have to do better. Perfection always eludes us and keeps us unhappy with the good we've done. Messages of perfectionism are tricks because we can never achieve their go...

cooncatbob · cooncatbob

Now I realize that AA meetings can't afford espresso machines and fresh ground beans and this topic is meant as a light hearted rant. But the coffee at the umbrella group that I attend is vile stuff, brown water made from stale coffee and generic creamer. I've done several stints as coffee maker over th...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Ok, everyone :) It's my first & I'll be in there handy ready & waiting with preamble & open forum for everyone to share their ES&H amongst ourselves. Newcomers are the most important members in the room so feel most welcome to come in & join in or just even to be there. It may take a...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The achievement of freedom from fear is a lifetime undertaking, one that can never be wholly completed. When under heavy attack, acute illness, or in other condition of insecurity, we shall all react to this emotion - well or badly, as the case may be. Only the self-deceived will claim perfect freedo...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Intelligent faith in that Power greater than ourselves can be counted on to stabilize our emotions. It has an incomparable capacity to help us look at life in balanced perspective. We look up, around, and away from ourselves, and we see that nine out of ten things that at the mo...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Finally leaving tomorrow for the NC mountains. Moving into a (new to me) house here has keep me from going already. I usually begin my dozen or so trips up to build my house in april, so it feels really strange to just be going up there now. My weeds are probably knee high and the mice in my travel traile...

Tina · Tina

new job, In regards to the new job, goood possibility that it could turn out to be a reall postive, I enjoy customer service and well always have. Could turn into Assistant Manager position. Leaving it in GOD's hands and hopefully things will work out. Thanks again Tina

Quetzal · Quetzal

Let yourself feel the good feelings too. Yes, sometimes, good feelings can be as distracting as the painful, more difficult ones. Yes, good feelings can be anxiety producing to those of us unaccustomed to them. But go ahead and feel the good feelings anyway. Feel and accept the joy. The love. The...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The problem of resolving fear has two aspects. We shall have to try for all the freedom from fear that is possible for us to attain. Then we shall need to find both the courage and grace to deal constructively with whatever fears remain. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 61 Most of my decisions were based on fear. Alcoho...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ You should be ready and willing to carry the A.A. message when called upon to do so. Live for some purpose greater than yourself. Each day you will have something to work for. You have received so much from this program that you should have a vision that gives your life a directio...

mstrmsn66 · mstrmsn66

I don't get to post here as often as I would like to. Life has been good, and very busy since I chose to leave the bottle alone. I am living proof and testament that this program works. And why life is so much better without alcohol as a crutch. I live in Onatrio,Canada and work for the largest privately held...

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	Daily Reflections ~ The Best for Today (Preview) The principles we have set down are guides to progress. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Just as a sculptor will use different tools to achieve desired effects in creating a work of art, in Alcoholics Anonymous the Twelve Steps are used to bring about results in my own life. I do not overwhelm my self with li...	Sobrietyspell	0	434	Jul 1, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 1st July 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In following the A.A. program with its twelve steps, we have the advantage of a better understanding of our problems. Day after day our sobriety results in the formation of new habits, normal habits. As each twenty-four hour period ends, we find that the business of staying s...	Sobrietyspell	0	328	Jul 1, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Receiving (Preview) Here is an exercise. Today let someone give to you. Let someone do something nice for you. Let someone give you a compliment or tell you something good about yourself. Let someone help you. Then, stand there and take it. Take it in. Feel it. Know that you are worthy and deserving. Do not apologize. D...	Quetzal	0	285	Jul 1, 2008 by Quetzal
	Makes sense to me.....:) (Preview) 1. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. 2. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will be afraid to cough. 3. Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vege...	Phil	1	337	Jun 30, 2008 by cooncatbob
	Daily Reflections ~ Sacrifice Unity Survival (Preview) The unity, the effectiveness, and even the survival of A.A. will always depend upon our continued willingness to give up some of our personal ambitions and desires for the common safety and welfare. Just as sacrifice means survival for the individual alcoholic, so does sacrifice mean unity and sur...	Sobrietyspell	0	382	Jun 30, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 30th Jun 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Alcoholics are unable or unwilling, during their addiction to alcohol, to live in the present. The result is that they live in a constant state of remorse and fear because of their unholy past and its morbid attraction, or the uncertain future and its vague forebodings. So th...	Sobrietyspell	0	311	Jun 30, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Day Two (Preview) Now that I feel at least like I'm not going to pass out any second, I'm going to leave the house today.	Ms London	6	549	Jun 30, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Accepting Change (Preview) One day, my mother and I were working together in the garden. We were transplanting some plant for the third time. Grown from seed in a small container, the plants had been transferred to a larger container; then transplanted into the garden. Now, because I was moving, we were transplanting them agai...	Quetzal	2	343	Jun 30, 2008 by CAM
	Hi (Preview) Hi, I drank heavily this weekend at a work thing. I woke up on Saturday morning in my boss's room with a bucket next to me. Apparently I was too drunk to find my own room key so she was looking after me. Then I drank again on Saturday night and got into an argument with my coworkers. I hate myself right now, lik...	Ms London	6	460	Jun 30, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Insomnia in Early Recovery (Preview) Hey guys new to this forum but familiar with AA. I am on day 16 and am having major trouble sleeping. Usually I get to bed around 3-4 am and sleep a while, just having trouble getting to sleep. But last night I didn't sleep a wink, it is 6:30am right now and I am tired but can't sleep. Mainly due to racing thoug...	gstopher	10	1129	Jun 29, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Daily Reflections ~ A Rippling Effect (Preview) Having learned to live so happily, wed show everyone else how. . . . Yes, we of A.A. did dream those dreams. How natural that was, since most alcoholics are bankrupt idealists. . . . So why shouldnt we share our way of life with everyone? TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 156 The great discovery of so...	Sobrietyspell	0	415	Jun 29, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 29th Jun 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The program of Alcoholics Anonymous involves a continuous striving for improvement. There can be no long resting period. We must try to work at it all the time. We must continually keep in mind that it is a program not to be measured in years, because we never fully reach our goa...	Sobrietyspell	0	377	Jun 29, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Rough Patch (Preview) Well, folks, I hit a bit of a rough patch this week. On Monday, when reading my morning meditation books, my mind focused on the fact that this was the week when I relapsed four years ago after almost 18 years sober. Then, my mind went to: "you would have been sober 22 years next month." It h...	BGG	2	432	Jun 29, 2008 by lani
	God's Will (Preview) God's will most often happens in spite of us, not because of us. We may try to second guess what God has in mind for us, looking, searching, hypervigilant to seek God's will as though it were a buried treasure, hidden beyond our reach. If we find it, we win the prize. But if we're not careful, we miss out....	Quetzal	1	346	Jun 29, 2008 by lani
	Surrender (Preview) June 28, 2008 Well, I surrender. Ha! Facing the demons of my addiction whew! Is that it? Who knew? Events of seven years ago haunt me still. Is it guilt? Whoa is me? hell, no. I have humbly asked to no avail? What do I need to learn? Is it that easy? Yes. It was the drink that killed me back th...	CAM	2	348	Jun 29, 2008 by Tuggboat
	My Name is Bill W. (Preview) *A wonderful speech* from the movie starring James Woods as Bill W. & James Garner as Dr. Bob ------ Gives me chills everytime I hear it. Lois, his wife asks, "Is it me?........... Why do you do this to yourself?" ---- " It's not you.........it's me. I watch all the normal people wa...**	Doll	1	411	Jun 28, 2008 by Phil
	New and terrified (Preview) I'm new here and haven't, well I guess I have, decided I'm an alcoholic. I drink way too much at night and don't remember many nights. My husband isn't helpfull, he drinks too just not as heavily as I do most nights. He tells me I need help but doesn't want me going to treatment, I do too much for the fami...	cleoandsimon	7	421	Jun 28, 2008 by CAM
	Twentyone-months ago (Preview) I changed. I stopped taking it the degrading feeling that comes with my life. I saw where it was coming from and eliminated those triggers from my life. I still cant understand it wholly but it worked. It broke my heart but I could no longer take the pain of living. So now, I do what I believe in. Its...	CAM	4	387	Jun 28, 2008 by CAM
	checking in (Preview) Hey all Been working too many hours and hubby has been working at home so no computer access anyways! All is well.... Having a big family (belated bday/fathers day ) party tomorrow. Pray for sunshine!!!! Funny thing, Im looking up receipes for something new and all these dang vodka videos with fun new...	lani	4	351	Jun 28, 2008 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections ~ The Determination of Our Founders (Preview) A year and six months later these three had succeeded with seven more. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 159 If it had not been for the fierce determination of our founders, A.A. would have quickly faded like so many other so-called good causes. I look at the hundreds of meetings weekly in the city where I live a...	Sobrietyspell	0	410	Jun 28, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 28th Jun 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ You can prove to yourself that life is basically and fundamentally an inner attitude. Just try to remember what troubled you most a week ago. You probably will find it difficult to remember. Why then should you unduly worry or fret over the problems that arise today? Your atti...	Sobrietyspell	0	316	Jun 28, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	When Things Don't Work (Preview) Frequently, when faced with a problem, we may attempt to solve it in a particular way. When that way doesn't work, we may continue trying to solve the problem in that same way. We may get frustrated, try harder, get more frustrated, and then exert more energy and influence into forcing the same solut...	Quetzal	0	335	Jun 28, 2008 by Quetzal
	Evening (Preview) Just wanted to drop in and say That the new job is going well and that things are slowly up, and well, guess I bumped into a situation. And need some advice, now here is how it is but not sure I should bring it up on the board.... And it scares me somewhat, but not sure if i did the right thing. I feels rite and...	Tina	6	492	Jun 27, 2008 by Tina
	Achieving Harmony (Preview) When a pianist learns a new piece of music, he or she does not sit down and instantly play it perfectly. A pianist often needs to practice each hand's work separately to learn the feel, to learn the sound. One hand picks out a part until there is a rhythm and ease in playing what is difficult. Then, the musi...	Quetzal	1	328	Jun 27, 2008 by lani
	Daily Reflections ~ A Gift That Grows With Time (Preview) For most normal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. It means release from care, boredom and worry. It is joyous intimacy with friends and a feeling that life is good. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 151 The longer I chased these elusive feelings with alcohol, th...	Sobrietyspell	0	339	Jun 26, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 26th Jun 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We must know the nature of our weakness before we can determine how to deal with it. When we are honest about its presence, we may discover that it is imaginary and can be overcome by a change of thinking. We admit that we are alcoholics and we would be foolish if we refused to accep...	Sobrietyspell	0	552	Jun 26, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Surviving Slumps (Preview) A slump can go on for days. We feel sluggish, unfocused, and sometimes overwhelmed with feelings we can't sort out. We may not understand what is going on with us. Even our attempts to practice recovery behaviors may not appear to work. We still don't feel emotionally, mentally, and spiritually as go...	Quetzal	0	562	Jun 26, 2008 by Quetzal
	Withholding (Preview) Sometimes, to protect ourselves, we close ourselves off from a person we're in a relationship with. Our body may be present, but we're not. We're not available to participate in the relationship. We shut down. Sometimes, it is appropriate and healthy to shut down in a relationship. We may legit...	Quetzal	0	311	Jun 25, 2008 by Quetzal
	OMG!!!!! In trouble with the LAW????? (Preview) I stopped at the gas station close by yesterday (where I know everyone who works there by now), I bought some stuff, and then went outside and realized I needed gas. So I pulled up to the pump and got some gas. Apparently I drove off without paying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL I would NEVER do something like tha...	jonijoni1	2	483	Jun 24, 2008 by turninggrey
	Daily Reflections ~ A Spiritual Kindergarten (Preview) We are only operating a spiritual kindergarten in which people are enabled to get over drinking and find the grace to go on living to better effect. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 95 When I came to A.A., I was run down by the bottle and wanted to lose the obsession to drink, but I didnt really know how to do that. I decide...	Sobrietyspell	0	625	Jun 24, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 24th Jun 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Alcohol is our weakness. We suffer from mental conflicts from which we look for escape by drowning our problems in drink. We try through drink to push away from the realities of life. But alcohol does not feed, alcohol does not build, it only borrows from the future and it ultim...	Sobrietyspell	0	313	Jun 24, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Glastonbury (Preview) Anyone going to Glastonbury? (music festival in the UK to any non-Brits).	teepeefeeglastonbury	1	366	Jun 24, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Detachment (Preview) Detachment doesn't come naturally for many of us. But once we realize the value of this recovery principle, we understand how vital detachment is. The following story illustrates how a woman came to understand detachment. "The first time I practiced detachment was when I let go of my alcoho...	Quetzal	1	1505	Jun 24, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections ~ Trusting Others (Preview) But does trust require that we be blind to other peoples motives or, indeed, to our own? Not at all; this would be folly. Most certainly, we should assess the capacity for harm as well as the capability for good in every person that we would trust. Such a private inventory can reveal the degree of confide...	Sobrietyspell	0	964	Jun 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 23rd Jun 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ No chain is stronger than its weakest link. Likewise, if you fail in the day-by-day program, in all probability it will be at your weakest point. Great faith and constant contact with God's power can help you discover, guard, and undergird your weakest point with a strength n...	Sobrietyspell	0	423	Jun 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Fed Up, Tired, Aggravated, Angry, Frustrated, But SOBER (Preview) Argh!!! Double Argh!! Have I been to a meeting this past week? No. There is the solution, right there, and will get to one today. Children can sure be emotional at times, and my 2 (stepsons) who are here for summer vacation are testing my limits. Their father is as well. THANK GOD HE IS AT WORK TODAY, OR HE M...	jonijoni1	5	711	Jun 23, 2008 by Phil
	Don't drink, don't smoke, what do you do?! (Preview) Well, MIPers, it's been a while since I've posted. Had a serious case of the "F it's" . My disease kept asking me what am I doing this for. Seemed as if me staying sober hasn't changed a thing. The shit is still hitting the fan and I am still covered in it! It has occured to me that I stay sober tod...	Doll	5	442	Jun 23, 2008 by jonijoni1
	Work Histories (Preview) Just as we have relationship histories, most of us have work histories. Just as we have a present circumstance to accept and deal with in our relationship life, we have a present circumstance to accept and deal with in our work life. Just as we develop a healthy attitude toward our relationship hi...	Quetzal	1	344	Jun 23, 2008 by jonijoni1
	The Cause and Effects of Alcoholism (Preview) *The Cause* The causes of alcoholism are due to several factors. Most people use alcohol to change how they feel because they want to feel better or different. They use alcohol for the perceived benefits, or the benefits experienced, not for the potential harm. People use alcohol to relax, have fun, to...	Doll	3	433	Jun 23, 2008 by lani
	Letting Go of Old Beliefs (Preview) Try harder. Do better. Be perfect. These messages are tricks that people have played on us. No matter how hard we try, we think we have to do better. Perfection always eludes us and keeps us unhappy with the good we've done. Messages of perfectionism are tricks because we can never achieve their go...	Quetzal	1	368	Jun 23, 2008 by lani
	AA. coffee (Preview) Now I realize that AA meetings can't afford espresso machines and fresh ground beans and this topic is meant as a light hearted rant. But the coffee at the umbrella group that I attend is vile stuff, brown water made from stale coffee and generic creamer. I've done several stints as coffee maker over th...	cooncatbob	8	536	Jun 22, 2008 by TLH
	Sunday Meeting IS ON!!! (Preview) Ok, everyone :) It's my first & I'll be in there handy ready & waiting with preamble & open forum for everyone to share their ES&H amongst ourselves. Newcomers are the most important members in the room so feel most welcome to come in & join in or just even to be there. It may take a...	Sobrietyspell	3	407	Jun 22, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections ~ Fear and Faith (Preview) The achievement of freedom from fear is a lifetime undertaking, one that can never be wholly completed. When under heavy attack, acute illness, or in other condition of insecurity, we shall all react to this emotion - well or badly, as the case may be. Only the self-deceived will claim perfect freedo...	Sobrietyspell	0	320	Jun 21, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 21st June 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Intelligent faith in that Power greater than ourselves can be counted on to stabilize our emotions. It has an incomparable capacity to help us look at life in balanced perspective. We look up, around, and away from ourselves, and we see that nine out of ten things that at the mo...	Sobrietyspell	0	351	Jun 21, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Going away for a week (Preview) Finally leaving tomorrow for the NC mountains. Moving into a (new to me) house here has keep me from going already. I usually begin my dozen or so trips up to build my house in april, so it feels really strange to just be going up there now. My weeds are probably knee high and the mice in my travel traile...	StPeteDean	3	480	Jun 21, 2008 by turninggrey
	By the way (new Job) (Preview) new job, In regards to the new job, goood possibility that it could turn out to be a reall postive, I enjoy customer service and well always have. Could turn into Assistant Manager position. Leaving it in GOD's hands and hopefully things will work out. Thanks again Tina	Tina	1	372	Jun 21, 2008 by turninggrey
	The Good Feelings (Preview) Let yourself feel the good feelings too. Yes, sometimes, good feelings can be as distracting as the painful, more difficult ones. Yes, good feelings can be anxiety producing to those of us unaccustomed to them. But go ahead and feel the good feelings anyway. Feel and accept the joy. The love. The...	Quetzal	0	311	Jun 21, 2008 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections ~ Release from Fear (Preview) The problem of resolving fear has two aspects. We shall have to try for all the freedom from fear that is possible for us to attain. Then we shall need to find both the courage and grace to deal constructively with whatever fears remain. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 61 Most of my decisions were based on fear. Alcoho...	Sobrietyspell	0	357	Jun 20, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 20th Jun 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ You should be ready and willing to carry the A.A. message when called upon to do so. Live for some purpose greater than yourself. Each day you will have something to work for. You have received so much from this program that you should have a vision that gives your life a directio...	Sobrietyspell	0	314	Jun 20, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	For everyone who needs an uplifting story. Why you have to find your higher power, and proof that A.A. works. (Preview) I don't get to post here as often as I would like to. Life has been good, and very busy since I chose to leave the bottle alone. I am living proof and testament that this program works. And why life is so much better without alcohol as a crutch. I live in Onatrio,Canada and work for the largest privately held...	mstrmsn66	7	936	Jun 20, 2008 by mstrmsn66
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