Alcoholics Anonymous

Doll · Doll

GETTING INVOLVED There is action and more action. "Faith without works is dead." . . . To be helpful is our only aim. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , pp. 88-89 I understand that service is a vital part of recovery but I often wonder, "What can I do?" Simply start with what I have today! I loo...

thgiLduB · thgiLduB

I was a huge bourbon and coke drinker. Now when I go to drink a glass of coke, I swear I can still taste the bourbon. Mind tricks or do I need to get a new dishwasher?

Quetzal · Quetzal

One of the greatest gifts we can give is an open, loving heart. And holding on to negative feelings from past relationships is our greatest barrier to that gift. Most of us have had relationships that have ended. When we examine these relationships, we need to clear the emotional slate. Are we holdi...

Quetzal · Quetzal

It is easy to be negative about past mistakes and unhappiness. But it is much more healing to look at ourselves and our past in the light of experience, acceptance, and growth. Our past is a series of lessons that advance us to higher levels of living and loving. The relationships we entered, stayed i...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Well, I am down with the flu. I just got over pneumonia 2 months ago. Ack! But this time, it isn't because I was running around all hours of the night doing stupid things. I caught this one from my husband. :o) Anyway, I am so grateful, that while I cannot POSSIBLY get out to a meeting this weekend, that MI...

lani · lani

Just had to share because I truly didnt think I would make it this far!!!! FINALLY, have the big ole 90 days!!! Truly could not have done it without my HP, AA and of course my MIP friends that have saved my ass a million times over! Sometimes without even knowing it! Realize I have a LONG road to tow but am def...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Gratitude Should Go Forward "Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward. "In other words, if you carry the message to still others, you will be making the best possible repayment for the help given to you." <<<>>> No satisfaction has been deeper and no j...

Doll · Doll

She had about 8 months in I think, showed up and shared that she'd been drunk for 3 days, had snorted an 8 ball of cocaine and her 'wakeup' was when some guy offered her the crack pipe. She bitched, moaned, cried and screamed. Everyone sat quietly and listened for a moment. Then people started to share the...

rudd · rudd

I don't know how to deal with this. I've been sober about 1 1/2 months. I finally "had enuff" and joined AA, my drinking had been causing problems in my life and in my marriage for several years. I feel good about my recovery, I feel much better about myself overall. When I had enuff afte...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Fun becomes fun, love becomes love, and life becomes worth living. And we become grateful. -- Beyond Codependency There is a new energy, a new feeling coming into our life. We cannot base our expectations about how we will feel tomorrow, or even a few hours from now, on how we feel at this moment. Th...

learning · learning

As most of you are aware I'm sort of the interloper of the group in that I've never developed or had a problem with alcohol consumption. I started out here to learn from the alcoholic's point of view. You have all graciously accepted that and taught me alot. I've read about interventions. I'm curious...

Simple · Simple

I have been a little on and off with posting on the forum, but reading everyone's messages have really helped me in the past few months. When I first found the site I had just moved to a new city, got married, and was newly pregnant. Well, now I have my five-week-old baby on my lap as I type this, and it's he...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Alcoholics are people whose drinking got them into a "blind alley." They haven't been able to learn anything from their drinking experiences. They are always making the same mistakes and suffering the same consequences over and over again. They refuse to admit...

Doll · Doll

HAVING FUN YET? . . . we aren't a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldn't want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying life. We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the world's troubles on our shoulders. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 13...

LINDA · LINDA

I have just found out my son is useing coke and gabling every bit of money he has is there anything i can do to help him. Or should i let go with love and ask god to help us both ,please can any-one help me and tell me what i should do thanks Linda xxxxxxxx

Doll · Doll

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant. 2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to. 3. Buy a Tivo (DVR), tape your late night shows and get more sleep. 4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following stat...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In the beginning, you want to get sober, but you're helpless, so you turn to a Power greater than yourself and by trusting in that Power, you get the strength to stop drinking. From then on, you want to keep sober, and that's a matter of reeducating your mind. After a while, you ge...

Doll · Doll

Well, my sponsor's flight was delayed by a day due to gettting snowed in! I talked to her hubby earlier and she won't land back in S.C. till 9:30 tonight. Got lots going on and really need to share some.... My son came to see me. He's decided not to come back home. He's living with friends, a teenage married...

Tuggboat · Tuggboat

We often think of the idea that Alcoholism is a disease as a modern concept. Personally i didn't buy the idea and thought it was a hoax to get money from the insurance company. My sobriety was pretty uncomfortable at first but there came times when I accepted a little more and then a little more that I actu...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

Hey y'all, I'm going a million miles a minute again tonight... so I'm sorry I know I'm gonna ramble a bit... I really try not to... my friends tell me it's ok cuz they know I can't help it lately but I think it bothers ME more than anyone else lol I went to the meeting down here in MS tonight, it's my homegroup n...

Doll · Doll

SERVING MY BROTHER The member talks to the newcomer not in a spirit of power but in a spirit of humility and weakness. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE p. 279 As the days pass in A.A., I ask God to guide my thoughts and the words that I speak. In this labor of continuous participation in the Fellowship, I h...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

I'm calling my doctor tomorrow.. and I think I'm going inpatient... you know people say "if one person suggests something, listen... if several people suggest something, you better take action"... well several people today have suggested going inpatient. I might have sounded l...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Light From A Prayer "God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference." <<<>>> We treasure our "Serenity Prayer" because it brings a new light to us that can dissip...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ To grasp the A.A. program, we have to think things out. Saint Paul said, "They are transformed by the renewing of their minds." We have to learn to think straight. We have to change from alcoholic thinking to sober thinking. We must build up a new way of looking at thi...

Quetzal · Quetzal

How lucky we are in recovery that we can have such a fantastic tool as a gratitude list. I truly believe that a grateful heart can't get drunk. I read that somewhere and it really struck a chord with me. I've been in pain for just over a week now with a neck condition that has limited what I can and can't do q...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Part of taking responsibility for us means taking responsibility for what we want and need, and knowing that's okay to do. Learning to tune in to us, learning to listen to ourselves, is an art. It takes practice. We can use our ability to guess what others want and need and apply that skill to ourselve...

Phil · Phil

LETTING GO TAKES LOVE To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, ...

LINDA · LINDA

Hi all just wanted to say hi and i hope everyone is ok Linda xxx

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we're all through with lying, hangovers, remorse, and wasting money. When we were drinking we were only half alive. Now that we're trying to live decent, honest, unselfish lives, we're really alive. Life has a new meaning for us, so that we can really enjoy it. We feel t...

Doll · Doll

"WE PAUSE . . . AND ASK" As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.87 Today I humbly ask my Higher Power for the grace to find the space between my impulse and my action; to let flow a cooling breeze when I would r...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Resentments are the blocks that hold us back from loving others and ourselves. Resentments do not punish the other person; they punish us. They become barriers to feeling good and enjoying life. They prevent us from being in harmony with the world. Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loo...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ On the foundation of sobriety, we can build a life of honesty, unselfishness, faith in God, and love of our fellow human beings. We'll never fully reach these goals, but the adventure of building that kind of life is so much better than the merry-go-round of our old drinking li...

Doll · Doll

Doll · Doll

Binge drinking is the hardest to overcome? I recently heard this. And of all places it came from Dr. Drew on Celebrity Recovery (or Rehab) on VH1....... My disease has conditioned my mind and body to be able to go for periods of time without alcohol......Then, out of no where, it blindsides me! ...Now...

Rosco · Rosco

Hello everyone, Rosco here and I just need some advice about Step 4. I have set it up in BB format but, if I may say so I really don't know at what point do I stop? My Sponsor just tells me to do my best. I put down the things that bother me the most. I am also ready to forgive and move on. My sobriety is so ver...

Moon · Moon

It's been a while guys. Checking in to say hello and let you all know my update. My husband and I have decided that we have reached the end of our journey together. This is for the better but it's still never easy. I've learned how to take care of myself and that I deserve to be in a healthy relationship....

lani · lani

Must have been dreaming about giving a lead or something.... Im wondering why I am here in AA..... Why did God chose ME to be an alcoholic? At times I get pissed and think poor me. Why cant I be normal? Well, today for some reaon, Im thinking, WHY DID God choose me to be an alcoholic and be in such a wonderful...

Quetzal · Quetzal

There is one feeling we need to pay particular attention to in recovery: feeling victimized. We do not need to become comfortable with that feeling. How do we feel when we've been victimized? Helpless. Rageful. Powerless. Frustrated. Feeling victimized is dangerous. Often, it can prompt us i...

Doll · Doll

ROUND-THE-CLOCK FAITH Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.16 The essence of my spiritually, and my sobriety, rests on a round-the-clock faith in a Higher Power. I need to remember and rely on the God of my understanding as I pursue all of my...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Hey gals and guys, you're getting a little vacation from me, literally. Going skiing with Mrs. Dean tomorrow, be back in 8 days. No internets there unless I can find a cyber coffee shop. I'll miss you. -- Edited by StPeteDean at 20:31, 2008-01-17

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The new life can't be built in a day. We have to take the program slowly, a little at a time. Our subconscious minds have to be reeducated. We have to learn to think differently. We have to get used to sober thinking instead of alcoholic thinking. Anyone who tries it knows that the...

Doll · Doll

WOULD A DRINK HELP? By going back in our drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 23 When I was still drinking, I co...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Sometimes in life, things happen too fast. We barely solve one problem when two new problems surface. We're feeling great in the morning, but we're submerged in misery by nightfall. Every day we face interruptions, delays, changes, and challenges. We face personality conflicts and disappoint...

Sobrietyspell · Jan 18, 2008 by lani

For all my dear Sober~vibers.. I want to share with you this. I went right back when MIP was new@activeboard. I wanted a flavour of our heritage & came back with this from the archives. Only had a quick skip down those memoir lanes but enjoyed it thoroughly. Thanks to everyone for keeping on coming b...

LINDA · LINDA

Hi everyone i went to a meeting last night it was graet it always is for me. But i realise that i take everthing too seriouse my life just about evey one, And it has taken me 8 years to see this how mad is that . love Linda xxx

Birdman · Birdman

I have been sober 14 years - November 26, 1993. I have never relapsed with alchohal or drugs, but have found my way to other addictions. Sex, internet, gambling, pornography, ect. I have become very lazy in my recovery. I have not gone to a meeting in about 6 months - I simply leave my house as if I am going...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ It doesn't do much good to come to meetings only once in a while and sit around, hoping to get something out of the program. That's all right at first, but it won't help us very long. Sooner or later we have to get into action by coming to meetings regularly, by giving a personal wit...

Doll · Doll

HAPPINESS COMES QUIETLY "The trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us happiness and peace of mind in just the particular order we wanted to get it - by the alcohol route. And we weren't successful. But when we take time to find out some of the spiritual laws, and famil...

Doll · Doll

HITTING BOTTOM Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. For practicing A.A.'s remaining eleven Steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no alcoholic...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Prayer for the Day ~ The A.A. program is more a way of building a new new life than just a way of getting over drinking, because in A.A. we don't just stop drinking. We did that plenty of times in the old days when we "went on the wagon." And, of course, we always started to drink again, becaus...

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	GETTING INVOLVED - Daily Reflections 1/24 (Preview) GETTING INVOLVED There is action and more action. "Faith without works is dead." . . . To be helpful is our only aim. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , pp. 88-89 I understand that service is a vital part of recovery but I often wonder, "What can I do?" Simply start with what I have today! I loo...	Doll	1	286	Jan 24, 2008 by jonijoni
	Funny Thing I've Noticed (Preview) I was a huge bourbon and coke drinker. Now when I go to drink a glass of coke, I swear I can still taste the bourbon. Mind tricks or do I need to get a new dishwasher?	thgiLduB	9	487	Jan 24, 2008 by lostmdboy
	Clearing the Slate (Preview) One of the greatest gifts we can give is an open, loving heart. And holding on to negative feelings from past relationships is our greatest barrier to that gift. Most of us have had relationships that have ended. When we examine these relationships, we need to clear the emotional slate. Are we holdi...	Quetzal	1	332	Jan 24, 2008 by lostmdboy
	Appreciating Our Past (Preview) It is easy to be negative about past mistakes and unhappiness. But it is much more healing to look at ourselves and our past in the light of experience, acceptance, and growth. Our past is a series of lessons that advance us to higher levels of living and loving. The relationships we entered, stayed i...	Quetzal	1	420	Jan 24, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	ACK~FLU~ but grateful..... (Preview) Well, I am down with the flu. I just got over pneumonia 2 months ago. Ack! But this time, it isn't because I was running around all hours of the night doing stupid things. I caught this one from my husband. :o) Anyway, I am so grateful, that while I cannot POSSIBLY get out to a meeting this weekend, that MI...	jonijoni	9	393	Jan 24, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	90 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Preview) Just had to share because I truly didnt think I would make it this far!!!! FINALLY, have the big ole 90 days!!! Truly could not have done it without my HP, AA and of course my MIP friends that have saved my ass a million times over! Sometimes without even knowing it! Realize I have a LONG road to tow but am def...	lani	13	2738	Jan 23, 2008 by Tuggboat
	Gratitude Should Go Forward ~As Bill Sees It~ (Preview) *Gratitude Should Go Forward* "Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward. "In other words, if you carry the message to still others, you will be making the best possible repayment for the help given to you." <<<>>> No satisfaction has been deeper and no j...	jonijoni	0	287	Jan 23, 2008 by jonijoni
	HG's Noon F2F Ringer (Preview) She had about 8 months in I think, showed up and shared that she'd been drunk for 3 days, had snorted an 8 ball of cocaine and her 'wakeup' was when some guy offered her the crack pipe. She bitched, moaned, cried and screamed. Everyone sat quietly and listened for a moment. Then people started to share the...	Doll	6	664	Jan 23, 2008 by jonijoni
	Anonymity and spouses (Preview) I don't know how to deal with this. I've been sober about 1 1/2 months. I finally "had enuff" and joined AA, my drinking had been causing problems in my life and in my marriage for several years. I feel good about my recovery, I feel much better about myself overall. When I had enuff afte...	rudd	14	500	Jan 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	New Energy Coming (Preview) Fun becomes fun, love becomes love, and life becomes worth living. And we become grateful. -- Beyond Codependency There is a new energy, a new feeling coming into our life. We cannot base our expectations about how we will feel tomorrow, or even a few hours from now, on how we feel at this moment. Th...	Quetzal	3	455	Jan 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Interventions (Preview) As most of you are aware I'm sort of the interloper of the group in that I've never developed or had a problem with alcohol consumption. I started out here to learn from the alcoholic's point of view. You have all graciously accepted that and taught me alot. I've read about interventions. I'm curious...	learning	6	343	Jan 23, 2008 by matay
	New Baby...and stir crazy! (Preview) I have been a little on and off with posting on the forum, but reading everyone's messages have really helped me in the past few months. When I first found the site I had just moved to a new city, got married, and was newly pregnant. Well, now I have my five-week-old baby on my lap as I type this, and it's he...	Simple	5	595	Jan 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 23rd January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Alcoholics are people whose drinking got them into a "blind alley." They haven't been able to learn anything from their drinking experiences. They are always making the same mistakes and suffering the same consequences over and over again. They refuse to admit...	Sobrietyspell	0	256	Jan 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	HAVING FUN YET? - Daily Reflections 1/23 (Preview) HAVING FUN YET? . . . we aren't a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldn't want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying life. We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the world's troubles on our shoulders. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 13...	Doll	0	300	Jan 23, 2008 by Doll
	my son is on coke (Preview) I have just found out my son is useing coke and gabling every bit of money he has is there anything i can do to help him. Or should i let go with love and ask god to help us both ,please can any-one help me and tell me what i should do thanks Linda xxxxxxxx	LINDA	11	598	Jan 23, 2008 by zeke
	36 Tips for a Powerful New Year (Preview) 1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant. 2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to. 3. Buy a Tivo (DVR), tape your late night shows and get more sleep. 4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following stat...	Doll	1	307	Jan 22, 2008 by lani
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 22nd January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In the beginning, you want to get sober, but you're helpless, so you turn to a Power greater than yourself and by trusting in that Power, you get the strength to stop drinking. From then on, you want to keep sober, and that's a matter of reeducating your mind. After a while, you ge...	Sobrietyspell	1	331	Jan 22, 2008 by lani
	Miss my sponsor - just sharing (Preview) Well, my sponsor's flight was delayed by a day due to gettting snowed in! I talked to her hubby earlier and she won't land back in S.C. till 9:30 tonight. Got lots going on and really need to share some.... My son came to see me. He's decided not to come back home. He's living with friends, a teenage married...	Doll	4	639	Jan 22, 2008 by jonijoni
	History of the disease concept (Preview) We often think of the idea that Alcoholism is a disease as a modern concept. Personally i didn't buy the idea and thought it was a hoax to get money from the insurance company. My sobriety was pretty uncomfortable at first but there came times when I accepted a little more and then a little more that I actu...	Tuggboat	2	565	Jan 22, 2008 by Tuggboat
	Getting more involved :) (Preview) Hey y'all, I'm going a million miles a minute again tonight... so I'm sorry I know I'm gonna ramble a bit... I really try not to... my friends tell me it's ok cuz they know I can't help it lately but I think it bothers ME more than anyone else lol I went to the meeting down here in MS tonight, it's my homegroup n...	ChicknLittle	7	309	Jan 21, 2008 by lani
	SERVING MY BROTHER - Daily Reflections 1/21 (Preview) SERVING MY BROTHER The member talks to the newcomer not in a spirit of power but in a spirit of humility and weakness. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE p. 279 As the days pass in A.A., I ask God to guide my thoughts and the words that I speak. In this labor of continuous participation in the Fellowship, I h...	Doll	2	519	Jan 21, 2008 by lani
	Think I'm going inpatient (Preview) I'm calling my doctor tomorrow.. and I think I'm going inpatient... you know people say "if one person suggests something, listen... if several people suggest something, you better take action"... well several people today have suggested going inpatient. I might have sounded l...	ChicknLittle	15	666	Jan 21, 2008 by ChicknLittle
	~As Bill Sees It~ Light From A Prayer (Preview) *Light From A Prayer* "God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference." <<<>>> We treasure our "Serenity Prayer" because it brings a new light to us that can dissip...	jonijoni	1	543	Jan 21, 2008 by LINDA
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 21st January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ To grasp the A.A. program, we have to think things out. Saint Paul said, "They are transformed by the renewing of their minds." We have to learn to think straight. We have to change from alcoholic thinking to sober thinking. We must build up a new way of looking at thi...	Sobrietyspell	0	301	Jan 21, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	My Gratitude List (Preview) How lucky we are in recovery that we can have such a fantastic tool as a gratitude list. I truly believe that a grateful heart can't get drunk. I read that somewhere and it really struck a chord with me. I've been in pain for just over a week now with a neck condition that has limited what I can and can't do q...	Quetzal	5	4371	Jan 21, 2008 by lani
	Wants and Needs (Preview) Part of taking responsibility for us means taking responsibility for what we want and need, and knowing that's okay to do. Learning to tune in to us, learning to listen to ourselves, is an art. It takes practice. We can use our ability to guess what others want and need and apply that skill to ourselve...	Quetzal	1	327	Jan 21, 2008 by lani
	Welcome to the newcommers..and thoughts are with those going through lifes tests (Preview) LETTING GO TAKES LOVE To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, ...	Phil	6	387	Jan 20, 2008 by Tuggboat
	just to say hi (Preview) Hi all just wanted to say hi and i hope everyone is ok Linda xxx	LINDA	6	423	Jan 20, 2008 by LINDA
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 20th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we're all through with lying, hangovers, remorse, and wasting money. When we were drinking we were only half alive. Now that we're trying to live decent, honest, unselfish lives, we're really alive. Life has a new meaning for us, so that we can really enjoy it. We feel t...	Sobrietyspell	1	349	Jan 20, 2008 by Lee
	"WE PAUSE . . . AND ASK" - Daily Reflections 1/20 (Preview) "WE PAUSE . . . AND ASK" As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.87 Today I humbly ask my Higher Power for the grace to find the space between my impulse and my action; to let flow a cooling breeze when I would r...	Doll	4	495	Jan 20, 2008 by Phil
	New Beginnings (Preview) Resentments are the blocks that hold us back from loving others and ourselves. Resentments do not punish the other person; they punish us. They become barriers to feeling good and enjoying life. They prevent us from being in harmony with the world. Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loo...	Quetzal	0	358	Jan 20, 2008 by Quetzal
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 19th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ On the foundation of sobriety, we can build a life of honesty, unselfishness, faith in God, and love of our fellow human beings. We'll never fully reach these goals, but the adventure of building that kind of life is so much better than the merry-go-round of our old drinking li...	Sobrietyspell	0	261	Jan 19, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	God's Stairway (Preview)	Doll	1	322	Jan 19, 2008 by LINDA
	Did you know ? (Preview) Binge drinking is the hardest to overcome? I recently heard this. And of all places it came from Dr. Drew on Celebrity Recovery (or Rehab) on VH1....... My disease has conditioned my mind and body to be able to go for periods of time without alcohol......Then, out of no where, it blindsides me! ...Now...	Doll	6	433	Jan 19, 2008 by matay
	Step 4 (Preview) Hello everyone, Rosco here and I just need some advice about Step 4. I have set it up in BB format but, if I may say so I really don't know at what point do I stop? My Sponsor just tells me to do my best. I put down the things that bother me the most. I am also ready to forgive and move on. My sobriety is so ver...	Rosco	5	582	Jan 19, 2008 by matay
	Happy New Year (Preview) It's been a while guys. Checking in to say hello and let you all know my update. My husband and I have decided that we have reached the end of our journey together. This is for the better but it's still never easy. I've learned how to take care of myself and that I deserve to be in a healthy relationship....	Moon	3	550	Jan 19, 2008 by lani
	Random thoughts (Preview) Must have been dreaming about giving a lead or something.... Im wondering why I am here in AA..... Why did God chose ME to be an alcoholic? At times I get pissed and think poor me. Why cant I be normal? Well, today for some reaon, Im thinking, WHY DID God choose me to be an alcoholic and be in such a wonderful...	lani	0	253	Jan 19, 2008 by lani
	Owning Our Power (Preview) There is one feeling we need to pay particular attention to in recovery: feeling victimized. We do not need to become comfortable with that feeling. How do we feel when we've been victimized? Helpless. Rageful. Powerless. Frustrated. Feeling victimized is dangerous. Often, it can prompt us i...	Quetzal	0	274	Jan 19, 2008 by Quetzal
	ROUND THE CLOCK FAITH - Daily Reflections 1/19 (Preview) ROUND-THE-CLOCK FAITH Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.16 The essence of my spiritually, and my sobriety, rests on a round-the-clock faith in a Higher Power. I need to remember and rely on the God of my understanding as I pursue all of my...	Doll	0	305	Jan 18, 2008 by Doll
	Going Away for awhile (Preview) Hey gals and guys, you're getting a little vacation from me, literally. Going skiing with Mrs. Dean tomorrow, be back in 8 days. No internets there unless I can find a cyber coffee shop. I'll miss you. -- Edited by StPeteDean at 20:31, 2008-01-17	StPeteDean	7	417	Jan 18, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 18th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The new life can't be built in a day. We have to take the program slowly, a little at a time. Our subconscious minds have to be reeducated. We have to learn to think differently. We have to get used to sober thinking instead of alcoholic thinking. Anyone who tries it knows that the...	Sobrietyspell	0	249	Jan 18, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	WOULD A DRINK HELP? Daily Reflections 1/18 (Preview) WOULD A DRINK HELP? By going back in our drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 23 When I was still drinking, I co...	Doll	0	268	Jan 18, 2008 by Doll
	Gratitude (Preview) Sometimes in life, things happen too fast. We barely solve one problem when two new problems surface. We're feeling great in the morning, but we're submerged in misery by nightfall. Every day we face interruptions, delays, changes, and challenges. We face personality conflicts and disappoint...	Quetzal	0	268	Jan 18, 2008 by Quetzal
	New thread re an old thread (Preview) For all my dear Sober~vibers.. I want to share with you this. I went right back when MIP was new@activeboard. I wanted a flavour of our heritage & came back with this from the archives. Only had a quick skip down those memoir lanes but enjoyed it thoroughly. Thanks to everyone for keeping on coming b...	Sobrietyspell	4	1149	Jan 18, 2008 by lani
	Being to seriouse (Preview) Hi everyone i went to a meeting last night it was graet it always is for me. But i realise that i take everthing too seriouse my life just about evey one, And it has taken me 8 years to see this how mad is that . love Linda xxx	LINDA	3	321	Jan 17, 2008 by LINDA
	Help!! (Preview) I have been sober 14 years - November 26, 1993. I have never relapsed with alchohal or drugs, but have found my way to other addictions. Sex, internet, gambling, pornography, ect. I have become very lazy in my recovery. I have not gone to a meeting in about 6 months - I simply leave my house as if I am going...	Birdman	10	613	Jan 17, 2008 by LINDA
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 17th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ It doesn't do much good to come to meetings only once in a while and sit around, hoping to get something out of the program. That's all right at first, but it won't help us very long. Sooner or later we have to get into action by coming to meetings regularly, by giving a personal wit...	Sobrietyspell	0	299	Jan 17, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	HAPPINESS COMES QUIETLY - Daily Reflections 1/17 (Preview) HAPPINESS COMES QUIETLY "The trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us happiness and peace of mind in just the particular order we wanted to get it - by the alcohol route. And we weren't successful. But when we take time to find out some of the spiritual laws, and famil...	Doll	0	399	Jan 17, 2008 by Doll
	Hitting Bottom - Daily Reflections 1/16 (Preview) HITTING BOTTOM Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. For practicing A.A.'s remaining eleven Steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no alcoholic...	Doll	2	1649	Jan 16, 2008 by cooncatbob
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 16th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Prayer for the Day ~ The A.A. program is more a way of building a new new life than just a way of getting over drinking, because in A.A. we don't just stop drinking. We did that plenty of times in the old days when we "went on the wagon." And, of course, we always started to drink again, becaus...	Sobrietyspell	1	334	Jan 16, 2008 by lani
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