Alcoholics Anonymous

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

One of the things that I find really challenging when trying to quit drinking is the thought of how I'm going to enjoy the company of women. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I need to be drunk to be with a woman, it's just that it's always been part of my MO to have copious amounts of alcohol involved wh...

jonijoni · jonijoni

The Shared Gift AA is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven't been given the truth may die. *** Faith is more than our greatest gift; its sharing with others is our greatest responsibility. May we...

cindy · cindy

grief sucks, and i am well aware that there is'nt enough dope or booze in the world to take this pain away. i just have to wait it out. all i can say is f..k it's dark and cold in here. if it was'nt for the fact that my son needs me, i think i would be toast. thank god for carol posting the language of letting go, ca...

miller2 · miller2

Just to say hi. :) Ive been staying pretty busy, but sober. Im chairing a tue meeting, have three sponsees, and Im the district grapevine chair for my area. That and the job, remodeling the house, bla bla bla. :) Hope every one has a wonderfull holliday!

Phil · Phil

A blonde wanted to go ice fishing. She'd seen many books on the subject and finally getting all of the necessary tools together, she made for the ice. After positioning her comfy footstool, she started to make a circular cut in the ice. Suddenly, from the sky, a voice boomed; "THERE ARE NO FISH...

senor mouse · senor mouse

im a few weeks away from 3 yrs sobriety. did anyone's heads still feel cloudy after this amount of time? of course, when i quit the drink my head was totally fucked up big time, and the periods of time and severity of foggyness have both lessened, but still it seems to persist. i did have loads of black outs...

Quetzal · Quetzal

It's okay to have and feel our feelings - all of them. Years into recovery, we may still be battling with ourselves about this issue. Of all the prohibitions we've lived with, this one is potentially the most damaging and the most long-lived. Many of us needed to shut down the emotional part of ours...

BatonRougian · BatonRougian

Im having my mid-morning smoke break at work. I brought a cup of water with me which Ive never done. Im feeling antsy and self centered. I tell God that I surrender to his will. What do you want me to do? I reach in my pocket and fell my medicine I forgot to take. Then I see the water. I thought that was pretty ob...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Well, no doubts that I am an alcoholic. Not a doubt in my mind. I admit that. It is the first part of Step One. I can't have one, I can't stop when I start, and I can't drink without trouble. Is my life unmanageable though? This is the part where I get lost down the road, I believe. What to do? I am making a comm...

Phil · Phil

Sobrietyspell wrote: TipMc I'm getting a sense you may want this so do yourself another service, sit down, concentrate & answer the questions in the attached file. They will help you break through your ego to a little surrender & serenity inside. Report back with your results. Good luck &am...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable. Fine, I admit it, I'm powerless over alcohol and my life is an unmanageable mess because of it...surprise surprise Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to s...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Strive for clear thinking. Many of us have had our thinking clouded by denial. Some of us have even lost faith in ourselves because we've spent a degree of time in denial. But losing faith in our thinking isn't going to help us. What we need to lose faith in is denial. We didn't resort to denial - either o...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Seeking Fool's Gold Pride is the basic breeder of most human difficulties, the chief block to true progress. Pride lures us into making demands upon ourselves or upon others which cannot be met without perverting or misusing our God-given instincts. When the satifaction of our instincts for sex, s...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

So, tis Friday & I'm just getting round to giving feedback on last weekend! lol There're so many posts to read & reply to here@MIP that it has been fitting to save the best til last. LOL KIDDING!!!!!!! It sounds like everyone has been having a better time of it this week though my prayers are with...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The way of A.A. is the way of service. Without that, it would not work. We have been "on the wagon" and hated it. We have taken the pledge and waited for the time to be up with impatience. We have tried in all manner of ways to help ourselves. But not until we begin to help o...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Gosh, what a great meeting last night. The best part of all was that for this particular meeting, my sponsor who has 15 years sober, still picks us ladies up, so we can have a great 45 minute "Meeting before and after the meeting". These car rides are great stuff. All of us have cars and our lice...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Quantity or Quality "About this slip business-- I would not be too discouraged. I think you are suffering a great deal from a needless guilt. For some reason or other, the Lord has laid out tougher paths for some of us, and I guess you are treading on of them. God is not asking us to be successful. He i...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

or anyone else for that matter. I am really sick of the roller coaster I've been on for the past 10 years. You folks have witnessed it here on these boards countless times...some of you have even been compelled to inform me that you're sick of me too. It's not always nice to be agreed with. I just can'...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Don't be afraid of giving. For a while, we may need to back off from giving as we learn to discern the difference between healthy giving and caretaking, which leave us feeling victimized and others feeling resentful. This is a temporary spot. To be healthy, to do our part in this spiritual way of...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We come now to A.A. fellowship. It is partly group therapy. It is partly spiritual fellowship. But it is even more. It is based on a common illness, a common failure, a common problem. It goes deep down into our personal lives and our persoanl needs. It requires a full opening up...

Doll · Doll

THINKING OF OTHERS Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20 Thinking of others has never come easily to me. Even when I try to work the A.A. program, I'm prone to thinking, "How do I feel tod...

jonijoni · jonijoni

A New Life Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is the first gift of the first awakening. If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life-- the one that did not wo...

Wren · Wren

I just want to publically give my Love and Honor to my sponsor of 24 years, friend of 30 years. I thank her for the unwavering tough love she gave me for three decades. For hours spent sitting in a hospital room waiting to see if I would make it this time or not; never ever turning her back or giving up on me; st...

marlene · marlene

Hey everyone. I'm new to the group. I have had a drinking problem for about 12 yrs. It became a little worse after my Dad died 2 yrs. ago. I went for blood work awhile ago and my liver enzymes were high. It scared me so much I just quite drinking. I feel awful. I feel so weak esoecially in the legs. My stomach hu...

mae · mae

page 420, BB.......My serenity is inversely proportional to my expectations. The higher my expectations of other people are, the lower is my serenity. But when my "Rights" try to move in, and they too, can force my serenity level down. I have to discard my "Rights," as well...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Clergymen speak of the spiritual fellowship of the church. This is much closer to the A.A. way than mere group therapy. Such a fellowship is based on a common belief in God and a common effort to live a spiritual life. We try to do this in A.A. We also try to get down to the real probl...

KLT · KLT

I cant lie, I have been to my first meeting tonight in 4 years but I am sat here pisssed as a fart. Got home intime to go bank and shop and alla the way my attitude was that if the shop open then its telling me something and it was open. Please I need help.

Quetzal · Quetzal

Fear is only an illusion. It is the illusion that creates the feeling of separateness - the false sense of isolation that exists only in your imagination. -- Jeraldine Sounders We are only alone in our minds. In reality, we are each contributing and necessary parts offering completion to the whole...

Doll · Doll

A COMMON SOLUTION The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action. This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism. ALCOHOLI...

lani · lani

pg 475 "...the major transformation has been spiritual. The hopelessness has been replaced by abundant hope and sincere faith. The people of AA have provided a haven where, if I remain aware and keep my mind quite enough, my HP leads me to amazing realizations. I find joy in my daily life, in bein...

Quetzal · Quetzal

When we don't ask for what we want and need, we discount ourselves. We deserve better. Maybe others taught us it wasn't polite or appropriate to speak up for ourselves. The truth is, if we don't, our unmet wants and needs may ultimately come back to haunt our relationships. We may end up feeling angry...

Quetzal · Quetzal

You can think. You can make good decisions. You can make choices that are right for you. Yes, we all make mistakes from time to time. But we are not mistakes. We can make a new decision that takes new information into account. We can change our mind from time to time. That's our right too. We don't...

nique · nique

Selfishness-self centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find th...

barisax · barisax

I was at a speaker meeting recently, and the speaker had less than a year sobriety after having previously had decades. Once again, I am grateful to hear that story so I don't have to go find out for myself that, even after a period of sobriety, I'm still an alcoholic through and through. His story was a...

Quetzal · Quetzal

One of our choices in recovery is choosing what we want to think - using our mental energy positively. Positive mental energy, positive thinking, does not mean we think unrealistically or revert to denial. If we don't like something, we respect our own opinion. If we spot a problem, we're honest ab...

jonijoni · jonijoni

All or Nothing? Acceptance and faith are capable of producing 100% sobriety. In fact, they usually do; and they must, else we could have no life at all. But the moment we carry these attitudes into our emotional problems, we find that only relative results are possible. Nobody can, for example, becom...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Well, I am not getting to as many meetings as I had hoped, when I came crawling back about 21 days ago. The first 10 days or so I had bronchitis which turned into pneumonia. But the last week or so I only got to one meeting, and therapy. I am a hermit and I only leave the house right now about every other day....

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Doctors think of the A.A. fellowship as group therapy. This is a very narrow conception of the depth of the A.A. fellowship. Looking at it purely as a means of acquiring and holding sobriety, it is right as far as it goes. But it doesn't go far enough. Group therapy is directed to...

Doll · Doll

A GENUINE HUMILITY . . . . we are actually to practice a genuine humility. This is to the end that our great blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of Him who presides over us all. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 192 Experience has taught me that my alcoh...

lani · lani

Just a BIG GIANT welcome back to Danielle!!!!!!! Hope you had a great trip and had lots of time to spend working on you!!!! I'll bet you feel totally fulfilled and may the experiences and discoveries last for a long time!!! Sure did miss you!!!!! (wanted to surpize you with a post!!!!!) Lani -- Edited by...

visch1 · visch1

Lately my isyms have been poking at me a bit harder which probably means I need more meetings. BUT I think my ego is telling me that with all the sober years behind me that its just an aging factor phase. For my first twenty or so years I averaged around 5-6 meetings a week and was quite active. In the last...

girlscout · girlscout

Hi. Actually my username is a joke. I'm no girlscout. I've tried to quit, but I often need a few to get the edge off. I've given myself all the reasons to drink: I'm second wife, and his grown kids were hostile to his divorce. I live far, far away from all my family and friends. The only friend I really have o...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Our drinking fellowship was a substitute one, for lack of something better. At the time, we did not realize what real fellowship could be. Drinking fellowship has a fatal fault. It is not based on a firm foundation. Most of it is on the surface. It is based mostly on the desire to...

nique · nique

Some really good threads go un-noticed because they dont always go back to the top of the list like they should. I scroll the whole board and look at the dates and times of the last post so I dont miss any. A suggestion in case you dont already do this. I didnt when I first came here but then I started search...

nique · nique

Feeling great today as it is day 1 truly clean and sober. It started earlier than I had planned. I had a little pot to smoke last night before I went to bed, well my brother knocked on my door. He got out of prison last night and is on his way to a 2 year program on Tuesday. Well he needed a safe clean sober en...

Diana · Diana

Hi, everyone. My name is Diana, and I am an alcoholic. I am trying this board, looking for some ES&H for times between meetings. My sobriety date (after a relapse) is 11/24/07. Glad I made it back to the rooms, not everyone does. That's all I got for now. Any tips for navigating this place would be ap...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Can We Choose? We must never be blinded by the futile philosophy that we are just the hapless victims of our inheritance, of our life experiences, and of our surroundings - that these are the sole forces that make our decisions for us. This is not the road to freedom. We have to believe that we can really c...

Doll · Doll

CARRYING THE MESSAGE Now, what about the rest of the Twelfth Step? The wonderful energy it releases and the eager action by which it carries our message to the next suffering alcoholic and which finally translates the Twelve Steps into action upon all our affairs is the payoff, the magnificent reali...

Quetzal · Quetzal

It's okay to ask for help. One of the most absurd things we do to ourselves is not asking for the help we need from a friend, a family member, our Higher Power, or the appropriate resource. We don't have to struggle through feelings and problems alone. We can ask for help from our Higher Power and for s...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Be gentle with folks around the holidays. Most people are unduly stressed out with a whole lot more added to their plates than usual around this time. I can only speak for myself as a woman, but I am sure that men feel more pressure in December as well. But, that said, many women take on extra things like ba...

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	Sobriety and the opposite sex (Preview) One of the things that I find really challenging when trying to quit drinking is the thought of how I'm going to enjoy the company of women. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I need to be drunk to be with a woman, it's just that it's always been part of my MO to have copious amounts of alcohol involved wh...	Tipsy McStagger	8	917	Dec 15, 2007 by jonijoni
	~As Bill Sees It~ (Preview) *The Shared Gift* AA is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven't been given the truth may die. *** Faith is more than our greatest gift; its sharing with others is our greatest responsibility. May we...	jonijoni	0	348	Dec 15, 2007 by jonijoni
	not cheerful (Preview) grief sucks, and i am well aware that there is'nt enough dope or booze in the world to take this pain away. i just have to wait it out. all i can say is f..k it's dark and cold in here. if it was'nt for the fact that my son needs me, i think i would be toast. thank god for carol posting the language of letting go, ca...	cindy	6	623	Dec 15, 2007 by Phil
	fly by post (Preview) Just to say hi. :) Ive been staying pretty busy, but sober. Im chairing a tue meeting, have three sponsees, and Im the district grapevine chair for my area. That and the job, remodeling the house, bla bla bla. :) Hope every one has a wonderfull holliday!	miller2	3	359	Dec 15, 2007 by lani
	My apoligies to all blondes, but I couldn't resist this one..:) (Preview) A blonde wanted to go ice fishing. She'd seen many books on the subject and finally getting all of the necessary tools together, she made for the ice. After positioning her comfy footstool, she started to make a circular cut in the ice. Suddenly, from the sky, a voice boomed; "THERE ARE NO FISH...	Phil	10	525	Dec 15, 2007 by Quetzal
	serious question (Preview) im a few weeks away from 3 yrs sobriety. did anyone's heads still feel cloudy after this amount of time? of course, when i quit the drink my head was totally fucked up big time, and the periods of time and severity of foggyness have both lessened, but still it seems to persist. i did have loads of black outs...	senor mouse	24	714	Dec 15, 2007 by StPeteDean
	Feelings (Preview) It's okay to have and feel our feelings - all of them. Years into recovery, we may still be battling with ourselves about this issue. Of all the prohibitions we've lived with, this one is potentially the most damaging and the most long-lived. Many of us needed to shut down the emotional part of ours...	Quetzal	0	344	Dec 15, 2007 by Quetzal
	Long Narcissistic Uninteresting Gods-Will Post (Preview) Im having my mid-morning smoke break at work. I brought a cup of water with me which Ive never done. Im feeling antsy and self centered. I tell God that I surrender to his will. What do you want me to do? I reach in my pocket and fell my medicine I forgot to take. Then I see the water. I thought that was pretty ob...	BatonRougian	3	726	Dec 14, 2007 by BatonRougian
	My Step One (Preview) Well, no doubts that I am an alcoholic. Not a doubt in my mind. I admit that. It is the first part of Step One. I can't have one, I can't stop when I start, and I can't drink without trouble. Is my life unmanageable though? This is the part where I get lost down the road, I believe. What to do? I am making a comm...	jonijoni	7	636	Dec 14, 2007 by StPeteDean
	Moving this to the top of the page, for Sobrietyspell (Preview) Sobrietyspell wrote: TipMc I'm getting a sense you may want this so do yourself another service, sit down, concentrate & answer the questions in the attached file. They will help you break through your ego to a little surrender & serenity inside. Report back with your results. Good luck &am...	Phil	3	522	Dec 14, 2007 by Phil
	My 12 Steps (Preview) We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable. Fine, I admit it, I'm powerless over alcohol and my life is an unmanageable mess because of it...surprise surprise Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to s...	Tipsy McStagger	8	610	Dec 14, 2007 by Tipsy McStagger
	Clear Thinking (Preview) Strive for clear thinking. Many of us have had our thinking clouded by denial. Some of us have even lost faith in ourselves because we've spent a degree of time in denial. But losing faith in our thinking isn't going to help us. What we need to lose faith in is denial. We didn't resort to denial - either o...	Quetzal	4	439	Dec 14, 2007 by Phil
	~As Bill Sees It~ (Preview) *Seeking Fool's Gold* Pride is the basic breeder of most human difficulties, the chief block to true progress. Pride lures us into making demands upon ourselves or upon others which cannot be met without perverting or misusing our God-given instincts. When the satifaction of our instincts for sex, s...	jonijoni	0	324	Dec 14, 2007 by jonijoni
	My 12Step Retreat (Preview) So, tis Friday & I'm just getting round to giving feedback on last weekend! lol There're so many posts to read & reply to here@MIP that it has been fitting to save the best til last. LOL KIDDING!!!!!!! It sounds like everyone has been having a better time of it this week though my prayers are with...	Sobrietyspell	2	427	Dec 14, 2007 by jonijoni
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 14th Dec 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The way of A.A. is the way of service. Without that, it would not work. We have been "on the wagon" and hated it. We have taken the pledge and waited for the time to be up with impatience. We have tried in all manner of ways to help ourselves. But not until we begin to help o...	Sobrietyspell	1	394	Dec 14, 2007 by lani
	The "OTHER" AA Meetings (Preview) Gosh, what a great meeting last night. The best part of all was that for this particular meeting, my sponsor who has 15 years sober, still picks us ladies up, so we can have a great 45 minute "Meeting before and after the meeting". These car rides are great stuff. All of us have cars and our lice...	jonijoni	1	411	Dec 13, 2007 by mikey50
	~As Bill Sees It~ (Preview) *Quantity or Quality* "About this slip business-- I would not be too discouraged. I think you are suffering a great deal from a needless guilt. For some reason or other, the Lord has laid out tougher paths for some of us, and I guess you are treading on of them. God is not asking us to be successful. He i...	jonijoni	1	809	Dec 13, 2007 by Quetzal
	I am constitutionally incapable of being honest with myself... (Preview) or anyone else for that matter. I am really sick of the roller coaster I've been on for the past 10 years. You folks have witnessed it here on these boards countless times...some of you have even been compelled to inform me that you're sick of me too. It's not always nice to be agreed with. I just can'...	Tipsy McStagger	16	2335	Dec 13, 2007 by BatonRougian
	Giving (Preview) Don't be afraid of giving. For a while, we may need to back off from giving as we learn to discern the difference between healthy giving and caretaking, which leave us feeling victimized and others feeling resentful. This is a temporary spot. To be healthy, to do our part in this spiritual way of...	Quetzal	2	335	Dec 13, 2007 by jonijoni
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 13th Dec 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We come now to A.A. fellowship. It is partly group therapy. It is partly spiritual fellowship. But it is even more. It is based on a common illness, a common failure, a common problem. It goes deep down into our personal lives and our persoanl needs. It requires a full opening up...	Sobrietyspell	0	357	Dec 13, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections 12/13 (Preview) THINKING OF OTHERS Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20 Thinking of others has never come easily to me. Even when I try to work the A.A. program, I'm prone to thinking, "How do I feel tod...	Doll	0	333	Dec 13, 2007 by Doll
	~As Bill Sees It~ (Preview) *A New Life* Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is the first gift of the first awakening. If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life-- the one that did not wo...	jonijoni	3	4368	Dec 12, 2007 by learning
	For My "Mama Coletta" (Preview) I just want to publically give my Love and Honor to my sponsor of 24 years, friend of 30 years. I thank her for the unwavering tough love she gave me for three decades. For hours spent sitting in a hospital room waiting to see if I would make it this time or not; never ever turning her back or giving up on me; st...	Wren	9	628	Dec 12, 2007 by ChicknLittle
	alcohol withdrawal (Preview) Hey everyone. I'm new to the group. I have had a drinking problem for about 12 yrs. It became a little worse after my Dad died 2 yrs. ago. I went for blood work awhile ago and my liver enzymes were high. It scared me so much I just quite drinking. I feel awful. I feel so weak esoecially in the legs. My stomach hu...	marlene	11	641	Dec 12, 2007 by lani
	Serenity.................... (Preview) page 420, BB.......My serenity is inversely proportional to my expectations. The higher my expectations of other people are, the lower is my serenity. But when my "Rights" try to move in, and they too, can force my serenity level down. I have to discard my "Rights," as well...	mae	5	402	Dec 12, 2007 by Phil
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 12th Dec 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Clergymen speak of the spiritual fellowship of the church. This is much closer to the A.A. way than mere group therapy. Such a fellowship is based on a common belief in God and a common effort to live a spiritual life. We try to do this in A.A. We also try to get down to the real probl...	Sobrietyspell	0	312	Dec 12, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	I am going to be honest (Preview) I cant lie, I have been to my first meeting tonight in 4 years but I am sat here pisssed as a fart. Got home intime to go bank and shop and alla the way my attitude was that if the shop open then its telling me something and it was open. Please I need help.	KLT	12	722	Dec 12, 2007 by StPeteDean
	Fear Is Only An Illusion (Preview) Fear is only an illusion. It is the illusion that creates the feeling of separateness - the false sense of isolation that exists only in your imagination. -- Jeraldine Sounders We are only alone in our minds. In reality, we are each contributing and necessary parts offering completion to the whole...	Quetzal	1	407	Dec 12, 2007 by jonijoni
	Daily Reflections 12/12 (Preview) A COMMON SOLUTION The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action. This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism. ALCOHOLI...	Doll	0	303	Dec 12, 2007 by Doll
	big book share (Preview) pg 475 "...the major transformation has been spiritual. The hopelessness has been replaced by abundant hope and sincere faith. The people of AA have provided a haven where, if I remain aware and keep my mind quite enough, my HP leads me to amazing realizations. I find joy in my daily life, in bein...	lani	0	336	Dec 11, 2007 by lani
	Valuing Our Needs (Preview) When we don't ask for what we want and need, we discount ourselves. We deserve better. Maybe others taught us it wasn't polite or appropriate to speak up for ourselves. The truth is, if we don't, our unmet wants and needs may ultimately come back to haunt our relationships. We may end up feeling angry...	Quetzal	2	337	Dec 11, 2007 by mae
	Empowerment (Preview) You can think. You can make good decisions. You can make choices that are right for you. Yes, we all make mistakes from time to time. But we are not mistakes. We can make a new decision that takes new information into account. We can change our mind from time to time. That's our right too. We don't...	Quetzal	2	435	Dec 11, 2007 by mae
	Whre I'm At (Preview) Selfishness-self centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find th...	nique	5	582	Dec 11, 2007 by mae
	Never Forget Where I Came From (Preview) I was at a speaker meeting recently, and the speaker had less than a year sobriety after having previously had decades. Once again, I am grateful to hear that story so I don't have to go find out for myself that, even after a period of sobriety, I'm still an alcoholic through and through. His story was a...	barisax	12	503	Dec 11, 2007 by mae
	Affirmations (Preview) One of our choices in recovery is choosing what we want to think - using our mental energy positively. Positive mental energy, positive thinking, does not mean we think unrealistically or revert to denial. If we don't like something, we respect our own opinion. If we spot a problem, we're honest ab...	Quetzal	2	1389	Dec 11, 2007 by Phil
	~As Bill Sees It~ (Preview) *All or Nothing?* Acceptance and faith are capable of producing 100% sobriety. In fact, they usually do; and they must, else we could have no life at all. But the moment we carry these attitudes into our emotional problems, we find that only relative results are possible. Nobody can, for example, becom...	jonijoni	0	343	Dec 11, 2007 by jonijoni
	bump on a log (Preview) Well, I am not getting to as many meetings as I had hoped, when I came crawling back about 21 days ago. The first 10 days or so I had bronchitis which turned into pneumonia. But the last week or so I only got to one meeting, and therapy. I am a hermit and I only leave the house right now about every other day....	jonijoni	7	541	Dec 11, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 11th Dec 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Doctors think of the A.A. fellowship as group therapy. This is a very narrow conception of the depth of the A.A. fellowship. Looking at it purely as a means of acquiring and holding sobriety, it is right as far as it goes. But it doesn't go far enough. Group therapy is directed to...	Sobrietyspell	0	324	Dec 11, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections 12/11 (Preview) A GENUINE HUMILITY . . . . we are actually to practice a genuine humility. This is to the end that our great blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of Him who presides over us all. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 192 Experience has taught me that my alcoh...	Doll	0	327	Dec 11, 2007 by Doll
	WELCOME BACK DANIELLE (Preview) Just a BIG GIANT welcome back to Danielle!!!!!!! Hope you had a great trip and had lots of time to spend working on you!!!! I'll bet you feel totally fulfilled and may the experiences and discoveries last for a long time!!! Sure did miss you!!!!! (wanted to surpize you with a post!!!!!) Lani -- Edited by...	lani	6	490	Dec 10, 2007 by lani
	I know I’m not unique, BUT (Preview) Lately my isyms have been poking at me a bit harder which probably means I need more meetings. BUT I think my ego is telling me that with all the sober years behind me that its just an aging factor phase. For my first twenty or so years I averaged around 5-6 meetings a week and was quite active. In the last...	visch1	18	515	Dec 10, 2007 by StPeteDean
	on the cross (Preview) Hi. Actually my username is a joke. I'm no girlscout. I've tried to quit, but I often need a few to get the edge off. I've given myself all the reasons to drink: I'm second wife, and his grown kids were hostile to his divorce. I live far, far away from all my family and friends. The only friend I really have o...	girlscout	12	533	Dec 10, 2007 by girlscout
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 10th Dec 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Our drinking fellowship was a substitute one, for lack of something better. At the time, we did not realize what real fellowship could be. Drinking fellowship has a fatal fault. It is not based on a firm foundation. Most of it is on the surface. It is based mostly on the desire to...	Sobrietyspell	1	342	Dec 10, 2007 by jonijoni
	Scrollin, scrollin, scrollin!!! (Preview) Some really good threads go un-noticed because they dont always go back to the top of the list like they should. I scroll the whole board and look at the dates and times of the last post so I dont miss any. A suggestion in case you dont already do this. I didnt when I first came here but then I started search...	nique	4	457	Dec 10, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Day One! (Preview) Feeling great today as it is day 1 truly clean and sober. It started earlier than I had planned. I had a little pot to smoke last night before I went to bed, well my brother knocked on my door. He got out of prison last night and is on his way to a 2 year program on Tuesday. Well he needed a safe clean sober en...	nique	5	378	Dec 10, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	New to this board (Preview) Hi, everyone. My name is Diana, and I am an alcoholic. I am trying this board, looking for some ES&H for times between meetings. My sobriety date (after a relapse) is 11/24/07. Glad I made it back to the rooms, not everyone does. That's all I got for now. Any tips for navigating this place would be ap...	Diana	8	524	Dec 10, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	~As Bill Sees It~ (Preview) Can We Choose? We must never be blinded by the futile philosophy that we are just the hapless victims of our inheritance, of our life experiences, and of our surroundings - that these are the sole forces that make our decisions for us. This is not the road to freedom. We have to believe that we can really c...	jonijoni	0	282	Dec 10, 2007 by jonijoni
	Daily Reflections 12/10 (Preview) CARRYING THE MESSAGE Now, what about the rest of the Twelfth Step? The wonderful energy it releases and the eager action by which it carries our message to the next suffering alcoholic and which finally translates the Twelve Steps into action upon all our affairs is the payoff, the magnificent reali...	Doll	0	320	Dec 10, 2007 by Doll
	Asking for Help (Preview) It's okay to ask for help. One of the most absurd things we do to ourselves is not asking for the help we need from a friend, a family member, our Higher Power, or the appropriate resource. We don't have to struggle through feelings and problems alone. We can ask for help from our Higher Power and for s...	Quetzal	3	2669	Dec 9, 2007 by jonijoni
	Don't Forget! Be GENTLE....... (Preview) Be gentle with folks around the holidays. Most people are unduly stressed out with a whole lot more added to their plates than usual around this time. I can only speak for myself as a woman, but I am sure that men feel more pressure in December as well. But, that said, many women take on extra things like ba...	jonijoni	5	428	Dec 9, 2007 by lani
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