Alcoholics Anonymous

Ironman · Ironman

Hey Gang! I have only browsed the forum lately, ut I wanted to report that on the 26th, I'll have 1 year since I quit drinking! My life is great in all areas now. 1. Marriage is great 2. Family relationships great 3. Energy is normalized 4. Work is going great I can't complain and I must also Thank GOD for my o...

Quetzal · Quetzal

What if we knew for certain that everything we're worried about today will work out fine? What if . . . we had a guarantee that the problem bothering us would be worked out in the most perfect way, and at the best possible time? Furthermore, what if we knew that three years from now we'd be grateful for th...

Doll · Doll

HOLD YOUR FACE TO THE LIGHT Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not see. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 3 One Sunday in October, during my morning meditation, I glanced out the window at the ash tree in our front yard. At once I was overwhelmed by its magnificent, golde...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

Hey y'all... Well, I'm doing much better... as long as I don't overdo it... and I'm bad about overdoing it lol I think I'm still not supposed to be driving... but I drove to town yesterday, about 7 miles away, and did a little shopping and picked up prescriptions... was hurting on the drive home, b...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Gratitude and acceptance are two magic tricks available to us in recovery. No matter who we are, where we are, or what we have, gratitude and acceptance work. We may eventually become so happy that we realize our present circumstances are good. Or we master our present circumstances and then move f...

Doll · Doll

When I was a young turkey, new to the coop, My big brother Mike took me out on the stoop; Then he sat me down, and he spoke real slow, And he told me there was something that I had to know. His look and his tone I will always remember, When he told me of the horrors of ... Black November; "Come about August,...

lani · lani

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my dear friends!! May it be a very special day for everyone!! I realize the holidays are probably difficult for a lot of us but this year I plan to put one of the slogans to work! "Keep it simple!" Im hosting the day and everyone coming over is either in the program or...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have got rid of most of my boredom. One of the hardest things that a new member of A.A. has to understand is how to stay sober and not be bored. Drinking was always the answer to all kinds of boring people or boring situations. But once you have taken up the interest of A.A., once yo...

Quetzal · Quetzal

I sat in the car, looking at the sign on the door of the food shelf office: "Closed until Friday." It was Wednesday. I had two hungry children and myself; I had no money. I laid my head on the steering wheel. I couldn't take it anymore. I had been so strong, so brave, so trusting for so long. I...

Doll · Doll

ONLY TWO SINS . . . . there are only two sins; the first is to interfere with the growth of another human being, and the second is to interfere with one's own growth. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 542 Happiness is such an elusive state. How often do my "prayers" for others involve "hidden&qu...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I no longer waste money, but try to put it to good use. Like all of us, when I was drunk, I threw money around like I really had it. it gave me a feelng of importance-a millionaire for a day. But the morning after, with an empty wallet and perhaps some undecipherable checks, was a sad...

John · John

I got over 500 replies regarding the Miracles In Progress Aftercare Recovery House Video. Your comments suggestions, questions and opinions were fabulous and surely encouraged me and will help me with polishing it up a bit as I move forward with this endeavor. Many, many thanks to those who are p...

Tina · Tina

Hi folks Just thought drop in and say hi, Ummmm it's that time of year again, let it snow let it snow. lol. Things are going ok, not bad, not good but ok. Just greatful I'm sober, had to deal with some frustration and let a few things bother me. But I've kept close to my Higher power and sooner or later thing...

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...

senor mouse · senor mouse

spoke to a friend today and she reminded me that the universe is in a state of joy. it's just that we aren't! (all the time anyway) i've never heard it put in that exact way before, thought it was good.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I no longer try to escape life through alcoholism. Drinking built up an unreal world for me and I tried to live in it. But in the morning light the real life was back again and facing it was harder than ever, because I had less resources with which to meet it. Each attempt at escape w...

anna · anna

I just started taking Ativan two days ago. Does anyone else take this? Can you tell me if it helped?

Doll · Doll

"THY WILL, NOT MINE" . . . when making specific requests, it will be well to add to each one of them this qualification. ." . . . if it be Thy will." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 102-03 I ask simply that throughout the day God place in me the best understanding of His will th...

Quetzal · Quetzal

So many of us have been brainwashed to think that we can't have what we want in life. That is the belief of the martyr. It is born of deprivation and fear. Identifying what we want and need, then writing it down, sets in motion a powerful chain of events. It indicates that we are taking responsibility fo...

TwinCities · TwinCities

Been in out out of recovery for the past decade or so. Had six years under my belt at one point but have been relapsing for the past year and have finally made my way back into sobriety. I'm a 32 yr. old male and interested in connecting with others on this board to hear about various meetings in the TC area...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we do not speak much of sex. And yet putting sex in its proper place in our lives is one of the rewards that has come to us as a result of our new way of living. The Big Book says that many of us needed an overhauling there. It also says that we subjected each sex relation to this t...

ron70062 · ron70062

Hi eveyone ! Havent posted in awhile , but Im still sober and just made 5 Mos. (again). In the 14 years of being in the program , Ive heard some things that were so funny they made me cry , Yet they were SO true ! I thought I would post 2 of the best ones . I hope you might post some youve heard , after all, life CAN be...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

My appointment with the back specialist was supposed to be today... this is at the same clinic I went to for my carpal tunnel 5 years ago... and when I made the appointment they said I had to talk to billing because there was an overdue bill on my account, they're claiming my dad never paid the $1000 doctor...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Why do we struggle so with our feelings? Why do we work so hard to deny our emotions, especially concerning other people? They are only feelings! In the course of a day, we may deny we feel frustrated in reaction to someone who is selling us a service. We may deny that we feel frustrated, angry, or hur...

cooncatbob · cooncatbob

I was messing around with Google and came across this site. http://www.drbobs.com/

Doll · Doll

"I WAS SLIPPING FAST" We A.A.'s are active folk, enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities of life, . . . . So it isn't surprising that we often tend to slight serious meditation and prayer as something not really necessary. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 96 I had bee...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Let yourself be nurtured and loved. Let people be there for you. Allow yourself to be held when it would feel good. Let someone listen to you, support and encourage you when you need that. Receive comfort from someone's physical presence when you need that. Allow yourself to be supported emotionally...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have gotten over my procrastination. I was always putting things off till tomorrow and as a result they never got done. "There is always another day" was my motto instead of "Do it now." Under the influence of alcohol, I had grandiose plans. When I was s...

Doll · Doll

The Prayer of St.Francis of Assisi is affectionately known as The Eleventh Step Prayer as it appears in the book "12 Steps and 12 Traditions" in the reading for the eleventh step.According to this website dedicated to St.Francis, this prayer was almost certainly not written by him. It ap...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

Hey y'all, Well I think I've gotten past the worst of this for now, I hope... was able to put off taking the pain pill yesterday till a few hours after I was supposed to have it. was hurting just a bit when I got up today, but not bad enough to justify taking one, so am putting it off again.... praying this i...

Doll · Doll

He's 17. He's lost. He's confused. He doesn't like himself very much. He's hurting.... he's on a road of self destruction......... My prayer for him is to be given 'time' ...... Please add him to your list of those suffering? Many thanks. Love, peace and hugs to you all.

Quetzal · Quetzal

"My greatest limitations," a member said, "are in my mind. Until I came to this group, I wasn't even aware that many of the negative circumstances in my life were the direct result of my distorted attitudes. "I brought myself a lot of unnecessary misery by thinking it was my re...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Everyone has two personalities, a good and a bad. We are all dual personalities to some extent. When we were drinking, the bad personality was in control. We did things when we were drunk that we would never do when we were sober. When we sober up, we are different people. Then we...

Doll · Doll

OVERCOMING LONELINESS Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn't quite belong. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 90 The agonies and the void that I often felt inside occur less...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have got rid of most of my inner conflicts. I was always at war with myself. I was doing things I did not want to do. I was waking up in strange places and wondering how I got there. I was full of recklessness when I was drunk and full of remorse when I was sober. My life didn't make sen...

Quetzal · Quetzal

There are two benefits from recovery: we have short-term gains and long-term gains. The short-term gains are the things we can do today that help us feel better immediately. We can wake up in the morning, read for a few minutes in our meditation book, and feel lifted. We can work a Step and often not...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The belief that life has to be hard and difficult is the belief that makes a martyr. We can change our negative beliefs about life, and whether we have the power to stop our pain and take care of ourselves. We aren't helpless. We can solve our problems. We do have power - not to change or control others...

Doll · Doll

What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 Maintaining my spiritual condition is like working out every day, planning for the marathon, swimming laps, jogging. Its staying in good shape spiritually, and that requ...

Flatbed Fred · Flatbed Fred

Hey All ... I'm amazed that as technology grows ... it seems to be increasisngly difficult to find the information I want. In short, does anyone have any information about when and where the next AA National Convention is going to be held? Can you email me at: fredg57@hotmail.com ?

lani · lani

Hello friends! (who was the old guy that used to do the commercial and said that?) Anyways, not sure if I ever shared this story with you but it came to mind today.... Hope not to offend... My husband and I got really involved in our church a few years back. Raised catholic, always believed in God. Changed...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

From today's Al-Anon's ODAT pg 320 "It is not men' acts which disturb us- but our reaction to them. Take these away, and anger goes. No wrong act of another can bring shame on you." (Marcus Aurelius) From today's Overeater's 'For Today' pg 320 Be not angry that you cannot mak...

senor mouse · senor mouse

hello all, this is my first post on this message board. i am nearly 3 years into my sobriety and, so far, haven't made any use of virtual recovery. about time i did! this is the reason for my post: the higher power. i was one of the seemingly minority that came into AA with a higher power in my life. my history...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I am less sensitive and my feelings are less easily hurt. I no longer take myself so seriously. It didn't use to take much to insult me, to feel that I had been slighted or left on the outside. What happens to me now is not so important. One cause of our drinking was that we couldn't t...

Sideburns · Sideburns

I've been drinking habitually since August this year. I've been drinking long before that, but it was not habitual before August. My brother's best friend was murdered on his birthday, August sixteenth. My brother and I drank together heavily for about a month, then he went to basic training in the U...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ A better way to judge people is to look for all the good in them. If you look hard enough and long enough, you ought to be able to find some good in every person. In A.A. I learned that my job was to try to bring out the good, not criticize the bad. Every alcoholic is used to being judged...

lani · lani

One of my favorite patients from "the old job" passed away. I will always remember him because no matter what he always had a smile on his face and brought much laughter and joy into my life. He would come in for his treatment and always have on some funky wig...Dredlocks, a huge afro or sport s...

Doll · Doll

VITAL SUSTENANCE Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air, light or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds, our e...

Doll · Doll

AA Old Preamble - 1940 We are gathered here because we are faced with the fact that we are powerless over alcohol and unable to do anything about it without the help of a Power greater than ourselves. We feel that each person's religious views, if any, are his own affair. The simple purpose of the program...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

When we own our feelings and come to understand that Anger is a useless emotion, then we are ready to be free from it. Anger is our frustrated response to our misunderstanding that we can not live life on our terms, we must live "life on life's terms". enjoy- Dean ANGER ...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

This is in response to "other" literature currently posted on the subject of Anger. I would've posted it in that thread but last time I did, the poster got angry (go figure). Our Big Book tells us that "...resentment is the number one offender", and "If we were to live, we ha...

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	1 Year No Booze November!!!!!! (Preview) Hey Gang! I have only browsed the forum lately, ut I wanted to report that on the 26th, I'll have 1 year since I quit drinking! My life is great in all areas now. 1. Marriage is great 2. Family relationships great 3. Energy is normalized 4. Work is going great I can't complain and I must also Thank GOD for my o...	Ironman	8	373	Nov 23, 2007 by Wren
	Letting Go of Worry (Preview) What if we knew for certain that everything we're worried about today will work out fine? What if . . . we had a guarantee that the problem bothering us would be worked out in the most perfect way, and at the best possible time? Furthermore, what if we knew that three years from now we'd be grateful for th...	Quetzal	1	323	Nov 23, 2007 by Phil
	Daily Reflections 11/23 (Preview) HOLD YOUR FACE TO THE LIGHT Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not see. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 3 One Sunday in October, during my morning meditation, I glanced out the window at the ash tree in our front yard. At once I was overwhelmed by its magnificent, golde...	Doll	0	267	Nov 23, 2007 by Doll
	Just me... (Preview) Hey y'all... Well, I'm doing much better... as long as I don't overdo it... and I'm bad about overdoing it lol I think I'm still not supposed to be driving... but I drove to town yesterday, about 7 miles away, and did a little shopping and picked up prescriptions... was hurting on the drive home, b...	ChicknLittle	6	346	Nov 22, 2007 by ChicknLittle
	The Magic of Gratitude and Acceptance (Preview) Gratitude and acceptance are two magic tricks available to us in recovery. No matter who we are, where we are, or what we have, gratitude and acceptance work. We may eventually become so happy that we realize our present circumstances are good. Or we master our present circumstances and then move f...	Quetzal	2	1036	Nov 22, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	A Thanksgiving Poem (Preview) When I was a young turkey, new to the coop, My big brother Mike took me out on the stoop; Then he sat me down, and he spoke real slow, And he told me there was something that I had to know. His look and his tone I will always remember, When he told me of the horrors of ... Black November; "Come about August,...	Doll	3	395	Nov 22, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	HAPPY THANKSGIVING (Preview) Happy Thanksgiving to all of my dear friends!! May it be a very special day for everyone!! I realize the holidays are probably difficult for a lot of us but this year I plan to put one of the slogans to work! "Keep it simple!" Im hosting the day and everyone coming over is either in the program or...	lani	10	429	Nov 22, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 22nd Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have got rid of most of my boredom. One of the hardest things that a new member of A.A. has to understand is how to stay sober and not be bored. Drinking was always the answer to all kinds of boring people or boring situations. But once you have taken up the interest of A.A., once yo...	Sobrietyspell	0	320	Nov 22, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Financial Fears (Preview) I sat in the car, looking at the sign on the door of the food shelf office: "Closed until Friday." It was Wednesday. I had two hungry children and myself; I had no money. I laid my head on the steering wheel. I couldn't take it anymore. I had been so strong, so brave, so trusting for so long. I...	Quetzal	4	338	Nov 22, 2007 by lani
	Daily Reflections 11/22 (Preview) ONLY TWO SINS . . . . there are only two sins; the first is to interfere with the growth of another human being, and the second is to interfere with one's own growth. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 542 Happiness is such an elusive state. How often do my "prayers" for others involve "hidden&qu...	Doll	0	421	Nov 22, 2007 by Doll
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 21st Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I no longer waste money, but try to put it to good use. Like all of us, when I was drunk, I threw money around like I really had it. it gave me a feelng of importance-a millionaire for a day. But the morning after, with an empty wallet and perhaps some undecipherable checks, was a sad...	Sobrietyspell	0	285	Nov 21, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Video Input was appreciated (Please Read) (Preview) I got over 500 replies regarding the Miracles In Progress Aftercare Recovery House Video. Your comments suggestions, questions and opinions were fabulous and surely encouraged me and will help me with polishing it up a bit as I move forward with this endeavor. Many, many thanks to those who are p...	John	0	352	Nov 21, 2007 by John
	Just little ole me (Preview) Hi folks Just thought drop in and say hi, Ummmm it's that time of year again, let it snow let it snow. lol. Things are going ok, not bad, not good but ok. Just greatful I'm sober, had to deal with some frustration and let a few things bother me. But I've kept close to my Higher power and sooner or later thing...	Tina	5	370	Nov 21, 2007 by Tina
	Daily Reflections 11/21 (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	0	278	Nov 21, 2007 by Doll
	piece of wisdom for the day (Preview) spoke to a friend today and she reminded me that the universe is in a state of joy. it's just that we aren't! (all the time anyway) i've never heard it put in that exact way before, thought it was good.	senor mouse	4	378	Nov 21, 2007 by senor mouse
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 20th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I no longer try to escape life through alcoholism. Drinking built up an unreal world for me and I tried to live in it. But in the morning light the real life was back again and facing it was harder than ever, because I had less resources with which to meet it. Each attempt at escape w...	Sobrietyspell	0	311	Nov 20, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Ativan (Preview) I just started taking Ativan two days ago. Does anyone else take this? Can you tell me if it helped?	anna	15	2709	Nov 20, 2007 by nique
	Daily Reflections 11/20 (Preview) "THY WILL, NOT MINE" . . . when making specific requests, it will be well to add to each one of them this qualification. ." . . . if it be Thy will." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 102-03 I ask simply that throughout the day God place in me the best understanding of His will th...	Doll	1	291	Nov 20, 2007 by lani
	Wants and Needs (Preview) So many of us have been brainwashed to think that we can't have what we want in life. That is the belief of the martyr. It is born of deprivation and fear. Identifying what we want and need, then writing it down, sets in motion a powerful chain of events. It indicates that we are taking responsibility fo...	Quetzal	2	338	Nov 20, 2007 by cindy
	Anyone in Minneapolis area? (Preview) Been in out out of recovery for the past decade or so. Had six years under my belt at one point but have been relapsing for the past year and have finally made my way back into sobriety. I'm a 32 yr. old male and interested in connecting with others on this board to hear about various meetings in the TC area...	TwinCities	6	406	Nov 20, 2007 by lani
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 19th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we do not speak much of sex. And yet putting sex in its proper place in our lives is one of the rewards that has come to us as a result of our new way of living. The Big Book says that many of us needed an overhauling there. It also says that we subjected each sex relation to this t...	Sobrietyspell	1	311	Nov 19, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Funny but True things youve heard said at meetings (Preview) Hi eveyone ! Havent posted in awhile , but Im still sober and just made 5 Mos. (again). In the 14 years of being in the program , Ive heard some things that were so funny they made me cry , Yet they were SO true ! I thought I would post 2 of the best ones . I hope you might post some youve heard , after all, life CAN be...	ron70062	9	2675	Nov 19, 2007 by ChicknLittle
	I HATE DOCTORS!!!!!!!! (Preview) My appointment with the back specialist was supposed to be today... this is at the same clinic I went to for my carpal tunnel 5 years ago... and when I made the appointment they said I had to talk to billing because there was an overdue bill on my account, they're claiming my dad never paid the $1000 doctor...	ChicknLittle	8	499	Nov 19, 2007 by Ironman
	Accepting Our Feelings (Preview) Why do we struggle so with our feelings? Why do we work so hard to deny our emotions, especially concerning other people? They are only feelings! In the course of a day, we may deny we feel frustrated in reaction to someone who is selling us a service. We may deny that we feel frustrated, angry, or hur...	Quetzal	5	320	Nov 19, 2007 by Ironman
	Dr Bobs house (Preview) I was messing around with Google and came across this site. http://www.drbobs.com/	cooncatbob	6	2476	Nov 19, 2007 by Phil
	Daily Reflections 11/19 (Preview) "I WAS SLIPPING FAST" We A.A.'s are active folk, enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities of life, . . . . So it isn't surprising that we often tend to slight serious meditation and prayer as something not really necessary. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 96 I had bee...	Doll	0	618	Nov 19, 2007 by Doll
	Allowing Ourselves to be Nurtured (Preview) Let yourself be nurtured and loved. Let people be there for you. Allow yourself to be held when it would feel good. Let someone listen to you, support and encourage you when you need that. Receive comfort from someone's physical presence when you need that. Allow yourself to be supported emotionally...	Quetzal	3	330	Nov 18, 2007 by Phil
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 18th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have gotten over my procrastination. I was always putting things off till tomorrow and as a result they never got done. "There is always another day" was my motto instead of "Do it now." Under the influence of alcohol, I had grandiose plans. When I was s...	Sobrietyspell	0	307	Nov 18, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	11th Step Prayer (Preview) The Prayer of St.Francis of Assisi is affectionately known as The Eleventh Step Prayer as it appears in the book "12 Steps and 12 Traditions" in the reading for the eleventh step.According to this website dedicated to St.Francis, this prayer was almost certainly not written by him. It ap...	Doll	2	43203	Nov 18, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Getting better, I hope (Preview) Hey y'all, Well I think I've gotten past the worst of this for now, I hope... was able to put off taking the pain pill yesterday till a few hours after I was supposed to have it. was hurting just a bit when I got up today, but not bad enough to justify taking one, so am putting it off again.... praying this i...	ChicknLittle	6	484	Nov 18, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Prayer Request for my son .... (Preview) He's 17. He's lost. He's confused. He doesn't like himself very much. He's hurting.... he's on a road of self destruction......... My prayer for him is to be given 'time' ...... Please add him to your list of those suffering? Many thanks. Love, peace and hugs to you all.	Doll	8	452	Nov 18, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Attitudes and Limitations (Preview) "My greatest limitations," a member said, "are in my mind. Until I came to this group, I wasn't even aware that many of the negative circumstances in my life were the direct result of my distorted attitudes. "I brought myself a lot of unnecessary misery by thinking it was my re...	Quetzal	2	397	Nov 18, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 17th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Everyone has two personalities, a good and a bad. We are all dual personalities to some extent. When we were drinking, the bad personality was in control. We did things when we were drunk that we would never do when we were sober. When we sober up, we are different people. Then we...	Sobrietyspell	0	287	Nov 17, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections 11/17 (Preview) OVERCOMING LONELINESS Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn't quite belong. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 90 The agonies and the void that I often felt inside occur less...	Doll	2	367	Nov 17, 2007 by Quetzal
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 16th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have got rid of most of my inner conflicts. I was always at war with myself. I was doing things I did not want to do. I was waking up in strange places and wondering how I got there. I was full of recklessness when I was drunk and full of remorse when I was sober. My life didn't make sen...	Sobrietyspell	0	293	Nov 16, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Benefits of Recovery (Preview) There are two benefits from recovery: we have short-term gains and long-term gains. The short-term gains are the things we can do today that help us feel better immediately. We can wake up in the morning, read for a few minutes in our meditation book, and feel lifted. We can work a Step and often not...	Quetzal	1	301	Nov 16, 2007 by senor mouse
	The Victim Trap (Preview) The belief that life has to be hard and difficult is the belief that makes a martyr. We can change our negative beliefs about life, and whether we have the power to stop our pain and take care of ourselves. We aren't helpless. We can solve our problems. We do have power - not to change or control others...	Quetzal	1	333	Nov 16, 2007 by Doll
	Daily Reflections 11/16 (Preview) What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 Maintaining my spiritual condition is like working out every day, planning for the marathon, swimming laps, jogging. Its staying in good shape spiritually, and that requ...	Doll	0	261	Nov 16, 2007 by Doll
	Any Info on Next Annual AA Convention? AA National Convention (Preview) Hey All ... I'm amazed that as technology grows ... it seems to be increasisngly difficult to find the information I want. In short, does anyone have any information about when and where the next AA National Convention is going to be held? Can you email me at: fredg57@hotmail.com ?	Flatbed Fred	4	1282	Nov 15, 2007 by lani
	Doorknob (Preview) Hello friends! (who was the old guy that used to do the commercial and said that?) Anyways, not sure if I ever shared this story with you but it came to mind today.... Hope not to offend... My husband and I got really involved in our church a few years back. Raised catholic, always believed in God. Changed...	lani	4	2992	Nov 15, 2007 by lani
	Topic of Al-Anon and OA daily reader today- Anger! (Preview) From today's Al-Anon's ODAT pg 320 "It is not men' acts which disturb us- but our reaction to them. Take these away, and anger goes. No wrong act of another can bring shame on you." (Marcus Aurelius) From today's Overeater's 'For Today' pg 320 Be not angry that you cannot mak...	StPeteDean	2	1689	Nov 15, 2007 by StPeteDean
	higher power from the inside? (Preview) hello all, this is my first post on this message board. i am nearly 3 years into my sobriety and, so far, haven't made any use of virtual recovery. about time i did! this is the reason for my post: the higher power. i was one of the seemingly minority that came into AA with a higher power in my life. my history...	senor mouse	3	547	Nov 15, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 15th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I am less sensitive and my feelings are less easily hurt. I no longer take myself so seriously. It didn't use to take much to insult me, to feel that I had been slighted or left on the outside. What happens to me now is not so important. One cause of our drinking was that we couldn't t...	Sobrietyspell	0	306	Nov 15, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	(un)Comfortably Numb (Preview) I've been drinking habitually since August this year. I've been drinking long before that, but it was not habitual before August. My brother's best friend was murdered on his birthday, August sixteenth. My brother and I drank together heavily for about a month, then he went to basic training in the U...	Sideburns	6	425	Nov 15, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 14th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ A better way to judge people is to look for all the good in them. If you look hard enough and long enough, you ought to be able to find some good in every person. In A.A. I learned that my job was to try to bring out the good, not criticize the bad. Every alcoholic is used to being judged...	Sobrietyspell	4	330	Nov 15, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	attitude (Preview) One of my favorite patients from "the old job" passed away. I will always remember him because no matter what he always had a smile on his face and brought much laughter and joy into my life. He would come in for his treatment and always have on some funky wig...Dredlocks, a huge afro or sport s...	lani	0	317	Nov 15, 2007 by lani
	Daily Reflections 11/15 (Preview) VITAL SUSTENANCE Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air, light or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds, our e...	Doll	0	343	Nov 15, 2007 by Doll
	1940 AA Preamble - (thought this was cooooool) (Preview) AA Old Preamble - 1940 We are gathered here because we are faced with the fact that we are powerless over alcohol and unable to do anything about it without the help of a Power greater than ourselves. We feel that each person's religious views, if any, are his own affair. The simple purpose of the program...	Doll	4	2296	Nov 14, 2007 by lani
	Avoiding Anger- Totally (Preview) When we own our feelings and come to understand that Anger is a useless emotion, then we are ready to be free from it. Anger is our frustrated response to our misunderstanding that we can not live life on our terms, we must live "life on life's terms". enjoy- Dean ANGER ...	StPeteDean	1	1345	Nov 14, 2007 by senor mouse
	AA'a View On Dealing With Anger (Preview) This is in response to "other" literature currently posted on the subject of Anger. I would've posted it in that thread but last time I did, the poster got angry (go figure). Our Big Book tells us that "...resentment is the number one offender", and "If we were to live, we ha...	StPeteDean	4	8345	Nov 14, 2007 by lani
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