Alcoholics Anonymous

Phil · Phil

"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable." Who cares to admit complete defeat? Practically no one, of course. Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness. It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have...

Phil · Phil

"A Humanist Alternative to A.A.'s 12 Steps" by B. F. Skinner (Harvard University Scientist) From July/August 1987 Humanist Magazine. 1. We accept the fact that all of our efforts to stop drinking have failed. 2. We believe that we must turn elsewhere for help. 3. We turn to our fellow men a...

miller2 · miller2

I just helped someone yesterday through their fifth step. You can tell when someone works this step honestly and completly. The task can be difficult... you sometimes hear things youd rather not hear. It's difficult to watch someone you care about sometimes, dredge up past memories. It can be very e...

Phil · Phil

Quetzal · Quetzal

Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. -- Step Five Talking openly and honestly to another person about ourselves, in an attitude that reflects self-responsibility, is critical to recovery. It's important to admit what we have done wrong to others...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we find fellowship and release and strength. And having found these things, the real reasons for our drinking are taken away. Then drinking has no more justification in our minds. We no longer need to fight against drink. Drink just naturally leaves us. At first, we ar...

Moon · Moon

My story in a nutshell... Feel free to laugh at some of it, some of it is kinda funny And I'm choosing to leave the childhood memoires out (that's a different forum) For me I started drinking in college, I joined a sorority, the greek life was laced in alcohol which seemed very appealing/somewhat...

Quetzal · Quetzal

A helpful tool in our recovery, especially in the behavior we call detachment, is learning to identify who owns what. Then we let each person own and possess his or her rightful property. If another person has an addiction, a problem, a feeling, or a self-defeating behavior, that is their property, n...

LisaF · LisaF

Thankfully I was barely down the road after leaving my house... I pulled out of the driveway... and I'm bad about flooring it a bit, actually my gas pedal is so touchy that half the time I don't mean to... well, we live on a gravel road, and the guy that grades the road doesn't know how to do it, so we have t...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We can let ourselves be close to people. Many of us have deeply ingrained patterns for sabotaging relationships. Some of us may instinctively terminate a relationship once it moves to a certain level of closeness and intimacy. When we start to feel close to someone, we may zero in on one of the person'...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When we came into A.A., looking for a way out of drinking, we really need a lot more than that. We need fellowship. We need to get the things that are troubling us out into the open. We need a new strength beyond ourselves that will help us face life instead of running away from it. I...

Quetzal · Quetzal

What am I doing with what I've got? Instead of despairing over my lack of abilities in certain areas, am I doing the best with the talents I've been given? All of us have unique gifts and abilities. Some of us work well with our hands; others are gifted at working with abstract ideas. Whatever our abiliti...

Wren · Wren

You got to look at things with the eye in your heart, not with the eye in your head. -- Lame Deer, Medicine Man of the Oglala people Whenever were thinking, our experience is being filtered through our minds. For example, when I say to myself, What a beautiful sunset! I am not fully experiencing the sunse...

Jeninoz · Jeninoz

Dear Friends, Some may have read my earlier posts. I picked up a drink in February after over 8 years sober. I was a mess. Thanks to your support and going back to meetings I'm 6 days. I'm going back to my home group again tomorrow night (Friday night here in Sydney). Today I stayed home with my son who has t...

LisaF · LisaF

Maybe I need to let God restore me to sanity... lol I'm up to 13 babies now! 6 turkeys, 3 guineas, brought one home from my friend's farm today... and now 4 chicks! went to the farm and home store to pick up a feeder for my guineas, since I was using a tupperware lid and it really wasn't big enough... wel...

Laura · Laura

Aloha, Well, I did it. I went to a meeting tonight. It was an all woman's meeting and on the small side. It was an amazing experience! Thank you ladies and gentlemen for helping me get there! It was a step and discussion meeting and because I was new, they decided to focuse on step one--what a gift. Listeni...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We can depend on those members of any group who have gone all out for the program. They come to meetings. They work with other alcoholics. We don't have to worry about their slipping. They're loyal members of the group. I'm trying to be a loyal member of the group. When I'm tempte...

Doll · Doll

On or Off topic, list them. 2 of my all time favorites; "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation." -Herbert Spencer Be w...

Doll · Doll

A NEW SENSE OF BELONGING Until we had talked with complete candor of our conflicts, and had listened to someone else do the same thing, we still didn't belong. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 57 After four years in A.A. I was able to discover the freedom from the burden of buried emotions that had...

Laura · Laura

Made the first step and called the local hotline to make sure the time and place of the meeting (that I found online) that I'd like to attend is still in exhistance. It would be a shame to work up the nerve, get there and discover it switched meeting nights. The all women's meeting is, indeed, at the same ti...

Robert · Robert

Hey Man im always tired, ive been off uni cos im really tired out!! i go to bed at 10-11 and get up at 9 and i cant be bothered to do anything, i want to do stuff but i feel demotivated!! not got a bad head on i dont think you guys get this? any tips

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

and when I get restless I pick fights with people. Not physical fights, I just make mean spirited, hurtful little jokes and comments until I get a rise out of them. I have no idea why but somehow it makes me feel better. I get some perverse joy out of getting a strong emotional reaction form another human b...

LisaF · LisaF

Jimmy the Guinea... about 2 weeks old now I think? This one shows how he's feathering now on his wings... My unnamed guinea... I was waiting until I know what sex they are before naming them, the only reason Jimmy has a name is cuz my roommate named him already... lol He's just a bit bigger than Jimmy,...

Doll · Doll

FREE AT LAST Another great dividend we may expect from confiding our defects to another human being is humility - a word often misunderstood. . . . it amounts to a clear recognition of what and who we really are, followed by a sincere attempt to become what we could be. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS...

barisax · barisax

My story is this in a nutshell: I was married at a fairly young age - instant family. I got sober about halfway through that marriage, and I have now been single (and sober) longer than I was married but in all that time, I never was in a serious relationship. Just some very short-term wannabes that did...

Wren · Wren

Word of HeartI was thinking about this book I had read as a girl, about a family pioneering in the forest somewhere or other, for whom small things brought such great pleasure, an orange for Christmas, a crisp dress ordered from a catalog. It made such a huge impression on me, I remember, how such little...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ One thing that keeps me sober is a feeling of loyalty to the other members of the group. I know I'd be letting them down if I ever took a drink. When I was drinking, I wasn't loyal to anybody. I should have been loyal to my family, but I wasn't. I let them down by my drinking. When I came...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Good feelings can become a habitual part of our life. There is absolutely no virtue in the unnecessary suffering, which many of us have felt for much of our life. We don't have to allow others to make us miserable, and we don't have to make ourselves miserable. A good day does not have to be the calm before...

destinydreamer · destinydreamer

I was just curious if anyone felt the same way when they first started attending meetings... This really doesn't make any sense to me, but after I go to a meeting (which hasn't been many yet) I always feel as though I want to drink. I feel like I just want to stop at a bar on the way home. Is this crazy? I heard f...

Phil · Phil

And there are only two sins Interfering with the growth of another human being And interfering with ones own growth The privelege of a lifetime....is just being who you are.

destinydreamer · destinydreamer

I was trying to get my cat to take a picture but he wouldn't wake up and show his face!! This is my boyfriend for the first year of sobriety... I know that it is not suggested that someone have a relationship for a year but do you think this is ok? (I don't want to hear any sick jokes from any of you guys!!) haha....

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We alcoholics used so little self-control when we were drinking, we were so absolutely selfish, that it does us good to give up something once in a while. Using self-discipline and denying ourselves a few things is good for us. At first, giving up liquor is a big enough job for a...

Jeninoz · Jeninoz

Dear All, I posted here the day after "the night before". After over 8 years sobriety, I let my meetings slide. I picked up a drink and 2 months later I was drink driving continually, lieing about money and my drinking and my driving and hit my rock bottom on Friday morning at 5am when I finall...

LisaF · LisaF

Well, I applied at the community college in Lincoln, well, actually I'll have to go to the campus in Beatrice on the other side of Lincoln... they offer agriculture there... been looking at the program and what all they offer, and also looking at the University of Nebraska in case I want to do a 4 year d...

Doll · Doll

WALKING THROUGH FEAR If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76 When I had taken my Fifth Step, I became aware that all my defects of character stemmed from my need to feel secure and loved. To use my will alone to work on them would have bee...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Sometimes we'll take a few steps backward. That's okay too. Sometimes it's necessary. Sometimes it's part of going forward. -- Codependent No More Life is a Gentle Teacher. She wants to help us learn. The lessons she wants to teach us are the ones we need to learn. Some say they are the lessons we chose t...

Tina · Tina

morning all Justed wanted to share an experience I had the previlege of giving back to the program. We had our One Day District Roundup Yesterday, and I had the honour of chairing the round up, the overwhelming experience I recieve was un believable. I felt nervous and excited and all in all, the thou...

LisaF · LisaF

Well I guess I overdid it yesterday... although I was mostly doing light work. I was sitting most the day while sorting through things, getting up to move around every so often. Well, by the end of the day I was hurting so bad I went to the ER. I thought maybe going into the ER they'd actually try to figu...

miller2 · miller2

I have learned that selfishness and self centeredness is the root of my problems. That fear is an evil and corroding thread. What Im about to type is something that happened today that made me think. But Im OK with it... My daughter and son in law live across town with my wife. (They just had the new baby bo...

Doll · Doll

I hate meetings. I hate a Higher Power. I hate anyone who has a Program. To all who come in contact with me, I wish you death and I wish you suffering. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the disease of alcoholism. I am cunning, baffling and powerful. That's me! I have killed millions and I am pleased. I love...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I'm grateful that I found a program in A.A. that could keep me sober. I'm grateful that A.A. has shown me the way to faith in a Higher Power, because the renewing of that faith has changed my way of life. And I've found a happiness and contentment that I had forgotten existed, by si...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

I went to my doctor and explained my thoughts regarding my alcohol use and she said that judging by what I told her there might possibly be some other explanations for why I'm "acting out" the way I do. She referred me to a specialist and his diagnosis is that I suffer from Manic-Depress...

Doll · Doll

A RESTING PLACE All of A.A.'s Twelve Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural desires . . . they all deflate our egos. When it comes to ego deflation, few Steps are harder to take than Five. But scarcely any Step is more necessary to longtime sobriety and peace of mind than this one. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELV...

Quetzal · Quetzal

"I worked at a good job, making a decent salary. I had been recovering for years. Each morning, I got into my car and I thanked God for the car. The heater didn't work. And the chance of the car not starting was almost as great as the chance that it would. I just kept suffering through and thanking God....

ally · ally

I was surfing the net looking for inspiration, on how to stop loving someone....lol (if only) And I found this, I had a few tears in my eye..... Gives new meaning to "Life is to short" I have a boyfriend who grew up with me. His name is Jin. I always thought of him as a friend until last year, wh...

miller2 · miller2

This is kinda neat... see the huge 100 year old oak laying on the ground in front of my buddies house? This fell on a perfectly clear day, not even a breeze... just BOOM. Missed the house literally by inches. The closet branch act...

Wren · Wren

I can change. I can live out my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past. -- Stephen Covey I was eating lunch with a friend who shared that she disliked one of the vegetables on my plate and hadnt eaten any since childhood. I suggested that so...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ It's very important to keep in a grateful frame of mind, if we want to stay sober. We should be grateful that we're living in a day and age when alcoholics aren't treated as they often used to be treated before Alcoholics Anonyous was started. In the old days, every town had its ow...

TenderheartsKS · TenderheartsKS

Very appropriate for my recovery! THE COMPANY YOU KEEP It is better to be alone, than in the wrong company. Tell me who your best friends are, and I will tell you who you are. If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl. But, if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights. &qu...

Laura · Laura

I've been sober for a little over three months. I consider myself an alcoholic. I've begun to read the big book. What have I not done? Gone to any face to face meetings . . . not one. I didn't want to go. At first I thought it was because I didn't need to. I gain insight here, as well as support. I've got some gre...

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	Powerless (Preview) "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable." Who cares to admit complete defeat? Practically no one, of course. Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness. It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have...	Phil	0	288	May 14, 2007 by Phil
	A different view of the 12 steps... (Preview) "A Humanist Alternative to A.A.'s 12 Steps" by B. F. Skinner (Harvard University Scientist) From July/August 1987 Humanist Magazine. 1. We accept the fact that all of our efforts to stop drinking have failed. 2. We believe that we must turn elsewhere for help. 3. We turn to our fellow men a...	Phil	3	692	May 14, 2007 by Phil
	working with others (Preview) I just helped someone yesterday through their fifth step. You can tell when someone works this step honestly and completly. The task can be difficult... you sometimes hear things youd rather not hear. It's difficult to watch someone you care about sometimes, dredge up past memories. It can be very e...	miller2	3	327	May 14, 2007 by Phil
	psssstttt... (Preview)	Phil	8	467	May 14, 2007 by jeannie
	Honesty (Preview) Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. -- Step Five Talking openly and honestly to another person about ourselves, in an attitude that reflects self-responsibility, is critical to recovery. It's important to admit what we have done wrong to others...	Quetzal	0	516	May 14, 2007 by Quetzal
	24 Hours a Day ~ 13th May 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we find fellowship and release and strength. And having found these things, the real reasons for our drinking are taken away. Then drinking has no more justification in our minds. We no longer need to fight against drink. Drink just naturally leaves us. At first, we ar...	Sobrietyspell	0	774	May 13, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	So can I be honest here? (Preview) My story in a nutshell... Feel free to laugh at some of it, some of it is kinda funny And I'm choosing to leave the childhood memoires out (that's a different forum) For me I started drinking in college, I joined a sorority, the greek life was laced in alcohol which seemed very appealing/somewhat...	Moon	3	545	May 13, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Property Lines (Preview) A helpful tool in our recovery, especially in the behavior we call detachment, is learning to identify who owns what. Then we let each person own and possess his or her rightful property. If another person has an addiction, a problem, a feeling, or a self-defeating behavior, that is their property, n...	Quetzal	0	412	May 13, 2007 by Quetzal
	grr... my car broke down... (Preview) Thankfully I was barely down the road after leaving my house... I pulled out of the driveway... and I'm bad about flooring it a bit, actually my gas pedal is so touchy that half the time I don't mean to... well, we live on a gravel road, and the guy that grades the road doesn't know how to do it, so we have t...	LisaF	6	489	May 12, 2007 by LisaF
	Intimacy (Preview) We can let ourselves be close to people. Many of us have deeply ingrained patterns for sabotaging relationships. Some of us may instinctively terminate a relationship once it moves to a certain level of closeness and intimacy. When we start to feel close to someone, we may zero in on one of the person'...	Quetzal	4	2562	May 12, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hours a Day ~ 12th May 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When we came into A.A., looking for a way out of drinking, we really need a lot more than that. We need fellowship. We need to get the things that are troubling us out into the open. We need a new strength beyond ourselves that will help us face life instead of running away from it. I...	Sobrietyspell	2	387	May 12, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Depression and Despair (Preview) What am I doing with what I've got? Instead of despairing over my lack of abilities in certain areas, am I doing the best with the talents I've been given? All of us have unique gifts and abilities. Some of us work well with our hands; others are gifted at working with abstract ideas. Whatever our abiliti...	Quetzal	3	459	May 12, 2007 by jeannie
	Remove Your Mental Filters (Preview) You got to look at things with the eye in your heart, not with the eye in your head. -- Lame Deer, Medicine Man of the Oglala people Whenever were thinking, our experience is being filtered through our minds. For example, when I say to myself, What a beautiful sunset! I am not fully experiencing the sunse...	Wren	3	656	May 12, 2007 by jeannie
	6 Days Sober (Preview) Dear Friends, Some may have read my earlier posts. I picked up a drink in February after over 8 years sober. I was a mess. Thanks to your support and going back to meetings I'm 6 days. I'm going back to my home group again tomorrow night (Friday night here in Sydney). Today I stayed home with my son who has t...	Jeninoz	9	1304	May 12, 2007 by Laura
	Am I insane? lol (Preview) Maybe I need to let God restore me to sanity... lol I'm up to 13 babies now! 6 turkeys, 3 guineas, brought one home from my friend's farm today... and now 4 chicks! went to the farm and home store to pick up a feeder for my guineas, since I was using a tupperware lid and it really wasn't big enough... wel...	LisaF	8	543	May 12, 2007 by Laura
	Laura Goes To An AA Meeting (Preview) Aloha, Well, I did it. I went to a meeting tonight. It was an all woman's meeting and on the small side. It was an amazing experience! Thank you ladies and gentlemen for helping me get there! It was a step and discussion meeting and because I was new, they decided to focuse on step one--what a gift. Listeni...	Laura	14	538	May 11, 2007 by Laura
	24 Hours a Day ~ 11th May 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We can depend on those members of any group who have gone all out for the program. They come to meetings. They work with other alcoholics. We don't have to worry about their slipping. They're loyal members of the group. I'm trying to be a loyal member of the group. When I'm tempte...	Sobrietyspell	0	301	May 11, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Favorite Quote / Cliche' (Preview) On or Off topic, list them. 2 of my all time favorites; "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation." -Herbert Spencer Be w...	Doll	9	723	May 11, 2007 by Cabbageheadchris
	Daily Reflections May 11 (Preview) A NEW SENSE OF BELONGING Until we had talked with complete candor of our conflicts, and had listened to someone else do the same thing, we still didn't belong. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 57 After four years in A.A. I was able to discover the freedom from the burden of buried emotions that had...	Doll	0	292	May 11, 2007 by Doll
	I made the call--it's a step . . . and Shelly, the good fortune spider . . . (Preview) Made the first step and called the local hotline to make sure the time and place of the meeting (that I found online) that I'd like to attend is still in exhistance. It would be a shame to work up the nerve, get there and discover it switched meeting nights. The all women's meeting is, indeed, at the same ti...	Laura	15	552	May 11, 2007 by Laura
	TIRED (Preview) Hey Man im always tired, ive been off uni cos im really tired out!! i go to bed at 10-11 and get up at 9 and i cant be bothered to do anything, i want to do stuff but i feel demotivated!! not got a bad head on i dont think you guys get this? any tips	Robert	7	459	May 10, 2007 by miller2
	When I dont drink I get bored...when I get bored I get restless... (Preview) and when I get restless I pick fights with people. Not physical fights, I just make mean spirited, hurtful little jokes and comments until I get a rise out of them. I have no idea why but somehow it makes me feel better. I get some perverse joy out of getting a strong emotional reaction form another human b...	Tipsy McStagger	8	827	May 10, 2007 by Laura
	Some new pics of my babies... (Preview) Jimmy the Guinea... about 2 weeks old now I think? This one shows how he's feathering now on his wings... My unnamed guinea... I was waiting until I know what sex they are before naming them, the only reason Jimmy has a name is cuz my roommate named him already... lol He's just a bit bigger than Jimmy,...	LisaF	7	462	May 10, 2007 by LisaF
	Daily Reflections May 10 (Preview) FREE AT LAST Another great dividend we may expect from confiding our defects to another human being is humility - a word often misunderstood. . . . it amounts to a clear recognition of what and who we really are, followed by a sincere attempt to become what we could be. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS...	Doll	1	348	May 10, 2007 by Phil
	Relationships In Sobriety (Preview) My story is this in a nutshell: I was married at a fairly young age - instant family. I got sober about halfway through that marriage, and I have now been single (and sober) longer than I was married but in all that time, I never was in a serious relationship. Just some very short-term wannabes that did...	barisax	9	1283	May 10, 2007 by barisax
	Finding the Gifts (Preview) Word of HeartI was thinking about this book I had read as a girl, about a family pioneering in the forest somewhere or other, for whom small things brought such great pleasure, an orange for Christmas, a crisp dress ordered from a catalog. It made such a huge impression on me, I remember, how such little...	Wren	4	503	May 10, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hours a Day ~ 10th May 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ One thing that keeps me sober is a feeling of loyalty to the other members of the group. I know I'd be letting them down if I ever took a drink. When I was drinking, I wasn't loyal to anybody. I should have been loyal to my family, but I wasn't. I let them down by my drinking. When I came...	Sobrietyspell	0	345	May 10, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Enjoying the Good Days (Preview) Good feelings can become a habitual part of our life. There is absolutely no virtue in the unnecessary suffering, which many of us have felt for much of our life. We don't have to allow others to make us miserable, and we don't have to make ourselves miserable. A good day does not have to be the calm before...	Quetzal	0	271	May 10, 2007 by Quetzal
	Meetings... (Preview) I was just curious if anyone felt the same way when they first started attending meetings... This really doesn't make any sense to me, but after I go to a meeting (which hasn't been many yet) I always feel as though I want to drink. I feel like I just want to stop at a bar on the way home. Is this crazy? I heard f...	destinydreamer	7	348	May 9, 2007 by Tipsy McStagger
	Alcoholics Anonymous Is Based On Love (Preview) And there are only two sins Interfering with the growth of another human being And interfering with ones own growth The privelege of a lifetime....is just being who you are.	Phil	5	404	May 9, 2007 by Phil
	yay!!! (Preview) I was trying to get my cat to take a picture but he wouldn't wake up and show his face!! This is my boyfriend for the first year of sobriety... I know that it is not suggested that someone have a relationship for a year but do you think this is ok? (I don't want to hear any sick jokes from any of you guys!!) haha....	destinydreamer	11	491	May 9, 2007 by Doll
	24 Hours a Day ~ 9th May 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We alcoholics used so little self-control when we were drinking, we were so absolutely selfish, that it does us good to give up something once in a while. Using self-discipline and denying ourselves a few things is good for us. At first, giving up liquor is a big enough job for a...	Sobrietyspell	0	412	May 9, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	4 Days Sober (Preview) Dear All, I posted here the day after "the night before". After over 8 years sobriety, I let my meetings slide. I picked up a drink and 2 months later I was drink driving continually, lieing about money and my drinking and my driving and hit my rock bottom on Friday morning at 5am when I finall...	Jeninoz	11	1403	May 9, 2007 by alligot
	Applied at another college... (Preview) Well, I applied at the community college in Lincoln, well, actually I'll have to go to the campus in Beatrice on the other side of Lincoln... they offer agriculture there... been looking at the program and what all they offer, and also looking at the University of Nebraska in case I want to do a 4 year d...	LisaF	3	521	May 9, 2007 by Doll
	May9 Daily Reflections (Preview) WALKING THROUGH FEAR If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76 When I had taken my Fifth Step, I became aware that all my defects of character stemmed from my need to feel secure and loved. To use my will alone to work on them would have bee...	Doll	0	299	May 9, 2007 by Doll
	Learning New Behaviors (Preview) Sometimes we'll take a few steps backward. That's okay too. Sometimes it's necessary. Sometimes it's part of going forward. -- Codependent No More Life is a Gentle Teacher. She wants to help us learn. The lessons she wants to teach us are the ones we need to learn. Some say they are the lessons we chose t...	Quetzal	0	393	May 9, 2007 by Quetzal
	Experience of givin back (Preview) morning all Justed wanted to share an experience I had the previlege of giving back to the program. We had our One Day District Roundup Yesterday, and I had the honour of chairing the round up, the overwhelming experience I recieve was un believable. I felt nervous and excited and all in all, the thou...	Tina	3	369	May 9, 2007 by Laura
	finally getting an MRI... (Preview) Well I guess I overdid it yesterday... although I was mostly doing light work. I was sitting most the day while sorting through things, getting up to move around every so often. Well, by the end of the day I was hurting so bad I went to the ER. I thought maybe going into the ER they'd actually try to figu...	LisaF	7	532	May 9, 2007 by Laura
	selfish thinking.... (Preview) I have learned that selfishness and self centeredness is the root of my problems. That fear is an evil and corroding thread. What Im about to type is something that happened today that made me think. But Im OK with it... My daughter and son in law live across town with my wife. (They just had the new baby bo...	miller2	6	550	May 8, 2007 by learning
	I am your disease (Preview) I hate meetings. I hate a Higher Power. I hate anyone who has a Program. To all who come in contact with me, I wish you death and I wish you suffering. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the disease of alcoholism. I am cunning, baffling and powerful. That's me! I have killed millions and I am pleased. I love...	Doll	15	11320	May 8, 2007 by TLH
	24 Hours a Day ~ 8th May 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I'm grateful that I found a program in A.A. that could keep me sober. I'm grateful that A.A. has shown me the way to faith in a Higher Power, because the renewing of that faith has changed my way of life. And I've found a happiness and contentment that I had forgotten existed, by si...	Sobrietyspell	0	332	May 8, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	A mental health professional told me that I'm not an alcoholic... (Preview) I went to my doctor and explained my thoughts regarding my alcohol use and she said that judging by what I told her there might possibly be some other explanations for why I'm "acting out" the way I do. She referred me to a specialist and his diagnosis is that I suffer from Manic-Depress...	Tipsy McStagger	34	2152	May 8, 2007 by cooncatbob
	Daily Reflections May 8 (Preview) A RESTING PLACE All of A.A.'s Twelve Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural desires . . . they all deflate our egos. When it comes to ego deflation, few Steps are harder to take than Five. But scarcely any Step is more necessary to longtime sobriety and peace of mind than this one. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELV...	Doll	0	328	May 8, 2007 by Doll
	Giving Ourselves What We Deserve (Preview) "I worked at a good job, making a decent salary. I had been recovering for years. Each morning, I got into my car and I thanked God for the car. The heater didn't work. And the chance of the car not starting was almost as great as the chance that it would. I just kept suffering through and thanking God....	Quetzal	0	344	May 8, 2007 by Quetzal
	THIS IS AWESOME.....LIFE IS TOO SHORT (Preview) I was surfing the net looking for inspiration, on how to stop loving someone....lol (if only) And I found this, I had a few tears in my eye..... Gives new meaning to "Life is to short" I have a boyfriend who grew up with me. His name is Jin. I always thought of him as a friend until last year, wh...	ally	2	460	May 8, 2007 by Wren
	Thought Id share something kinda neat (Preview) This is kinda neat... see the huge 100 year old oak laying on the ground in front of my buddies house? This fell on a perfectly clear day, not even a breeze... just BOOM. Missed the house literally by inches. The closet branch act...	miller2	4	367	May 7, 2007 by destinydreamer
	Change (Preview) I can change. I can live out my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past. -- Stephen Covey I was eating lunch with a friend who shared that she disliked one of the vegetables on my plate and hadnt eaten any since childhood. I suggested that so...	Wren	1	279	May 7, 2007 by Phil
	24 Hours a Day ~ 7th May 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ It's very important to keep in a grateful frame of mind, if we want to stay sober. We should be grateful that we're living in a day and age when alcoholics aren't treated as they often used to be treated before Alcoholics Anonyous was started. In the old days, every town had its ow...	Sobrietyspell	0	440	May 7, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Excellent writing (Preview) Very appropriate for my recovery! THE COMPANY YOU KEEP It is better to be alone, than in the wrong company. Tell me who your best friends are, and I will tell you who you are. If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl. But, if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights. &qu...	TenderheartsKS	2	335	May 7, 2007 by Quetzal
	So I'm a little slow and reluctant (Preview) I've been sober for a little over three months. I consider myself an alcoholic. I've begun to read the big book. What have I not done? Gone to any face to face meetings . . . not one. I didn't want to go. At first I thought it was because I didn't need to. I gain insight here, as well as support. I've got some gre...	Laura	7	476	May 7, 2007 by Laura
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