Alcoholics Anonymous

Phil · Phil

Dealing with Denial in Alcoholism by Mark S. Gold, MD October 4, 2006 Denial is a characteristic distortion in thinking experienced by people with alcoholism. For decades, people who treat alcoholics, and recovering alcoholics themselves, have puzzled over why alcoholics continue to drin...

Quetzal · Quetzal

How sick and tired we may become of people telling us to be patient or to learn patience. How frustrating it can be to want to finally have something, or to move forward, and then not have that happen. How irritating to have someone tell us to wait while our needs have not been met and were in the midst of anx...

lani · lani

Since most of us read the daliy reflections on our own and it was really Doll's baby to begin with, I thought I would start my own reading or quote or whatever for the day.....Feel free to comment or add to it! Its really for me but hope others will benefit from it.......It may be random stuff but bear with m...

lani · lani

Walk in Dry Places Letting Go of Resentment___ Releasing the Past How can we really put an end to festering resentments toward other people? "Pray for these people," the Old-timers said. "Go out of your way to do something good for them." This is a big order for most of us, bu...

timetostop18 · timetostop18

I've been told by my psychiatrist and people who care about me that I have a drinking problem...and I know that I do....but I don't want to stop drinking. I mean I'm only 18...I want to be able to drink champagne on special occasions and drink on my 21st birthday :(. What do I do!??

Nisha · Nisha

Dear All, Today I heard from the woman I requested to be my sponsor over internet.We were both online, and I told her about my slip.Perhaps my fellow members called her, perhaps its just a miracle that she was around today.She asked me to write down the first step- how alcohol affected my life.Though I...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Detachment is a key to recovery from codependency. It strengthens our healthy relationships - the ones that we want to grow and flourish. It benefits our difficult relationships - the ones that are teaching us to cope. It helps us! Detachment is not something we do once. It's a daily behavior in rec...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ People often ask what makes the A.A. program work. One of the answers is that A.A. works because it gets people away from themselves as the center of the universe. And it teaches them to rely more in the fellowship of others and on strength from God. Forgetting ourselves in fell...

glenngds2006 · glenngds2006

I am the site admin, web master of my little forum. All passwords on my little forum somehow got changed to random garbage. I maybe paranoid, but we may have been hacked. I sent out emails to eveybody telling to change their password on my little forum. I am changing my password here just in case.

Quetzal · Quetzal

Recovery is about more than walking away. Sometimes it means learning to stay and deal. It's about building and maintaining relationships that work. -- Beyond Codependency Problems and conflicts are part of life and relationships - with friends, family, loved ones, and at work -- problem-solv...

glenngds2006 · glenngds2006

I have a hell of a story to tell. When I was 18 years old I smoked a joint and got so stoned and about a week later I drank about 12 beers and smoked about 2 joints and did I ever get messed up. The next two years I smoked more and more and drank more and more, switched from beer to bourbon and switched smoking po...

Nisha · Nisha

Hello Everyone ! After a long time I am here. I am getting feeling of drifting away from the program with each passing day.Before I am swept away by the current once and for all(perhaps) I wanted to say my words.Its been wonderful and will continue being so for as long AA will last for me, time spent wit...

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

I don't stop by here as much as I probably should, but a lot of what I read tonight is about the uncertainity of tomorrow. Believe in your Higher Power and everything will work itself out. Below is a graphic I recently made of a picture I drew when I was sober about a month. I really wanted and needed a Higher...

anonymous · anonymous

I just want to let all of you know about my new blog. http://www.alcoholicstory.com/ A diary of my journey throught recovery. -- Edited by anonymous at 23:32, 2008-04-02 -- Edited by anonymous at 23:33, 2008-04-02

Quetzal · Quetzal

Surrender to the moment. Ride it out and through, for all it's worth. Throw yourself into it. Stop resisting. So much of our anguish is created when we are in resistance. So much relief, release, and change are possible when we accept, simply accept. We waste our time, expend our energy, and mak...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When I was drinking, I was absolutely selfish, I thought of myself first, last, and always. The universe revolved around me at the center. When I woke up in the morning with a hangover, my only thought was how terrible I felt and about what I could do to make myself feel better. An...

Phil · Phil

And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Since I've been in A.A., have I made a start towards becoming more loving to my family and friends? Do I visit my parents? Am I more appreciative of my spouse than I was before? Am I grateful to my family for having put up with me? Have I found real understanding with my children? Do...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. -- Step Four of Al-Anon By the time we get to the Fourth of the Twelve Steps, we are ready to face our darker side, the side that prevents us from loving others, from letting others love us, and from enjoying life and ourselves. The purpose of...

lani · lani

LOOKING WITHIN April 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment ÃÂ Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 42 Step Four is the vigorous and painstaking effort to discover what the liabilities in each of us have been, and are. I want to find exactly how, wh...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Thank you all for your recent help with my "Kick Myself in the Butt/Get over It" post. I found a great deal of help in writing out a Step 10, and I have made a good start in doing this regularly. I am also taking some time at night BEFORE I am dog-tired and passing out, to review the day and give stu...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Go easy. You may have to push forward, but you don't have to push so hard. Go in gentleness - go in peace. Do not be in so much of a hurry. At no day, no hour, no time are you required to do more than you can do in peace. Frantic behaviors and urgency are not the foundation for our new way of life. Do not be in...

lani · lani

jonijoni · jonijoni

My friend Crystal lost her infant son this week. She left the baby with his father to go to a meeting, and when she came home, he had shaken the baby and to make a long story short, the baby survived only about 2 weeks after the incident, due to fractures and brain damage. Some of you may have heard about thi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Since I've been in A.A., have I made a start towards becoming more honest? Do I no longer have to lie to my husband or wife? Do I try to have meals on time, and do I try to earn what I make at work? Am I trying to be honest? Have I faced myself as I really am and have I admitted to myself that...

lani · lani

NO ONE DENIED ME LOVE March 31, 2008 On the A.A. calendar it was Year Two . . . . A newcomer appeared at one of these groups . . . . He soon proved that his was a desperate case, and that above all he wanted to get well. . . . [He said], Since I am the victim of another addiction even worse stigmatized than alco...

lani · lani

Well, its almost that time! April fools day....We have lots to celebrate on that day......Dont we danielle!!!!! Got a larger pic so you could see my A.F. day avatar!!!! Let the fun begin..... -- Edited by lani at 17:35, 2008-03-27

jc2008 · jc2008

Are you ready for this? I am not the only person in the world with pain and challenges, and there are many people worse off than I am. When I look at what I have, suddenly it's a lot harder to feel sorry for myself. The way I see it, I have several options today: 1) lie in bed, moan about my back, and miss out...

beachgirl · beachgirl

yesterday I heard a Peter Paul & Mary song (I've just dated myself, yes?) called "Its a Long Walk to Freedom." which reminded me of something I've been resisting- and being irritated by- which is that staying sober is work- who knew? I guess, after a year, I wanted to wake up and h...

lani · lani

Monday, March 31, 2008 You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours) A.A. Thought for the Day Since I've been in A.A., have I made a start towards being more unselfish? Do I no longer want my own way in everything? When things go wrong and I can't have what I want, do I no lo...

lani · lani

Monday, March 31, 2008 You are reading from the book Touchstones Shared joy is double joy, and shared sorrow is half sorrow. --Swedish proverb As recovering men, we know relief and peace when we express our pain and share the burden of a sorrow with each other. Life is too difficult, a day is too l...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Taking financial responsibility for ourselves is part of recovery. Some of us may find ourselves in hard financial times for a variety of reasons. Our recovery concepts, including the Steps, work on money issues and restoring manageability to that area of our life. Make appropriate amends -- ev...

lani · lani

Sunday, March 30, 2008 You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours) A.A. Thought for the Day Before I met A.A., I was very unloving. From the time I went away to school, I paid very little attention to my mother and father. I was on my own and didn't even bother to keep in t...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Experiment. Try something new. Try stepping out. We have been held back too long. We have held ourselves back too long. As children, many of us were deprived of the right to experiment. Many of us are depriving ourselves of the right to experiment and learn as adults. Now is the time to experimen...

Tuggboat · Tuggboat

Found this new guy playing the Bistros of New York City while I was researching some web designs. Kinda laid back, Jazz blues and this tune has some soul to it. http://www.lipbone.com/ Struggling throught he high f...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Picture yourself walking through a meadow. There is a path opening before you. As you walk, you feel hungry. Look to your left. There's a fruit tree in full ripe. Pick what you need. Steps later, you notice you're thirsty. On your right, there's a fresh water spring. When you are tired, a resting pl...

Doll · Doll

March 29, 2008 Daily Reflections TRUSTED SERVANTS They are servants. Theirs is the sometimes thankless privilege of doing the group's chores. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 134 In Zorba the Greek, Nikos Kazantzakis describes an encounter between his principle character and an old man bu...

beachgirl · beachgirl

I have trouble with the disease thing, even after a year. The act of taking a drink is my responsibility/choice- whatever may be driving it and even if it is a disease- oh, hell. I'm not like normal people and that fills me with shame

beachgirl · beachgirl

In therapy, being honest...finding it's not a matter of "triggers"- but "permission points"- There is always a narrative that goes with what started a relapse....why at any given moment I let it be an option is what I struggle with.

jonijoni · jonijoni

Didn't Sally Field write a book with that title or something?... Anyway, I am such a freegin' whiner. I just sat here and realized that although you would not hear a verbal complaint out of me to save my life, as it is just not my "outward personality style", I have a ton of INNER complaints at...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Seek balance. Balance emotions with reason. Combine detachment with doing our part. Balance giving with receiving. Alternate work with play, business with personal activities. Balance tending to our spiritual needs with tending to our other needs. Juggle responsibilities to ot...

jc2008 · jc2008

First: Anger. There is an individual I've been working with (opposing counsel) who is obstinate, combative, and generally uncivil about everything, even when it involves mundane issues. She makes everything difficult and unpleasant, and has wasted hours of my time with unnecessary hearing...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When you come into an A.A. meeting, you're not just coming into a meeting, you're coming into a new life. I'm always impressed by the change I see in people after they've been in A.A. for a while. I sometimes take an inventory of myself, to see whether I have changed, and if so, in w...

Dublin · Dublin

I've looked online for all the meetings in the area and found alot. Now I need to make the time (away from kids and spouse) and get to a meeting.... What can I expect the first time???

lani · lani

EQUALITY March 28, 2008 Our membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism. Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover. Nor ought A.A. membership ever depend upon money or conformity. Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, pr...

LIT · LIT

Hi everyone, I'm not sure where I belong. I am the child of 2 alcoholics and the girlfriend of an alcoholic/addict. I've been attending f2f and online alanon meetings for a little while now. Problem is...I have an addiction, myself. But, so far, it has not manifested in drinking or drug abuse. Rat...

Tina · Tina

Hey all, Just thought I'd check in and let ya know that I'm still here. Been busy working 2 jobs and taking care of the homestead, my son had some good news today about school and also could be on his way to gettin a placement for work through a schalorship or appreticiship (no sure it that is right). My da...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ You get the power to overcome drinking through the fellowship of other alcoholics who have found the way out. You get power by honestly sharing your past experience by a personal witness. You get power by coming to believe in a Higher Power, the Divine Principle in the univers...

lani · lani

A.A.s FREEDOMS March 27, 2008 | We trust that we already know what our several freedoms truly are; that no future generation of AAs will ever feel compelled to limit them. Our AA freedoms create the soil in which genuine love can grow. . . . LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 303 I craved freedom. First, f...

lani · lani

Faith For me, AA is a synthesis of all the philosophy I've ever read, all of the positive, good philosophy, all of it based on love. I have seen that there is only one law, the law of love, and there are only two sins; the first is to interfere with the growth of another person, and the second is to interfere w...

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	Denial (Preview) Dealing with Denial in Alcoholism by Mark S. Gold, MD October 4, 2006 Denial is a characteristic distortion in thinking experienced by people with alcoholism. For decades, people who treat alcoholics, and recovering alcoholics themselves, have puzzled over why alcoholics continue to drin...	Phil	2	951	Apr 6, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Patience (Preview) How sick and tired we may become of people telling us to be patient or to learn patience. How frustrating it can be to want to finally have something, or to move forward, and then not have that happen. How irritating to have someone tell us to wait while our needs have not been met and were in the midst of anx...	Quetzal	0	396	Apr 6, 2008 by Quetzal
	new daily reading (Preview) Since most of us read the daliy reflections on our own and it was really Doll's baby to begin with, I thought I would start my own reading or quote or whatever for the day.....Feel free to comment or add to it! Its really for me but hope others will benefit from it.......It may be random stuff but bear with m...	lani	1	411	Apr 5, 2008 by Doll
	Walk in dry places (Preview) Walk in Dry Places Letting Go of Resentment___ Releasing the Past How can we really put an end to festering resentments toward other people? "Pray for these people," the Old-timers said. "Go out of your way to do something good for them." This is a big order for most of us, bu...	lani	1	422	Apr 5, 2008 by jonijoni
	scared and confused (Preview) I've been told by my psychiatrist and people who care about me that I have a drinking problem...and I know that I do....but I don't want to stop drinking. I mean I'm only 18...I want to be able to drink champagne on special occasions and drink on my 21st birthday :(. What do I do!??	timetostop18	8	573	Apr 5, 2008 by jonijoni
	Writing Down the first Step (Preview) Dear All, Today I heard from the woman I requested to be my sponsor over internet.We were both online, and I told her about my slip.Perhaps my fellow members called her, perhaps its just a miracle that she was around today.She asked me to write down the first step- how alcohol affected my life.Though I...	Nisha	4	2286	Apr 5, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Detaching in Love (Preview) Detachment is a key to recovery from codependency. It strengthens our healthy relationships - the ones that we want to grow and flourish. It benefits our difficult relationships - the ones that are teaching us to cope. It helps us! Detachment is not something we do once. It's a daily behavior in rec...	Quetzal	0	408	Apr 5, 2008 by Quetzal
	24Hrs a Day ~ 5th April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ People often ask what makes the A.A. program work. One of the answers is that A.A. works because it gets people away from themselves as the center of the universe. And it teaches them to rely more in the fellowship of others and on strength from God. Forgetting ourselves in fell...	Sobrietyspell	0	389	Apr 5, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Strange things are occurring (Preview) I am the site admin, web master of my little forum. All passwords on my little forum somehow got changed to random garbage. I maybe paranoid, but we may have been hacked. I sent out emails to eveybody telling to change their password on my little forum. I am changing my password here just in case.	glenngds2006	5	496	Apr 4, 2008 by lani
	Negotiating Conflicts (Preview) Recovery is about more than walking away. Sometimes it means learning to stay and deal. It's about building and maintaining relationships that work. -- Beyond Codependency Problems and conflicts are part of life and relationships - with friends, family, loved ones, and at work -- problem-solv...	Quetzal	0	480	Apr 4, 2008 by Quetzal
	Hello, My name is Glenn S. and I am an alcoholic and addict (Preview) I have a hell of a story to tell. When I was 18 years old I smoked a joint and got so stoned and about a week later I drank about 12 beers and smoked about 2 joints and did I ever get messed up. The next two years I smoked more and more and drank more and more, switched from beer to bourbon and switched smoking po...	glenngds2006	9	689	Apr 3, 2008 by Tuggboat
	Drifting away (Preview) Hello Everyone ! After a long time I am here. I am getting feeling of drifting away from the program with each passing day.Before I am swept away by the current once and for all(perhaps) I wanted to say my words.Its been wonderful and will continue being so for as long AA will last for me, time spent wit...	Nisha	12	718	Apr 3, 2008 by Nisha
	slips, trips, uncertainities, and spirituality (Preview) I don't stop by here as much as I probably should, but a lot of what I read tonight is about the uncertainity of tomorrow. Believe in your Higher Power and everything will work itself out. Below is a graphic I recently made of a picture I drew when I was sober about a month. I really wanted and needed a Higher...	Dave Harm	0	454	Apr 3, 2008 by Dave Harm
	My new blog (Preview) I just want to let all of you know about my new blog. http://www.alcoholicstory.com/ A diary of my journey throught recovery. -- Edited by anonymous at 23:32, 2008-04-02 -- Edited by anonymous at 23:33, 2008-04-02	anonymous	2	538	Apr 3, 2008 by anonymous
	Acceptance (Preview) Surrender to the moment. Ride it out and through, for all it's worth. Throw yourself into it. Stop resisting. So much of our anguish is created when we are in resistance. So much relief, release, and change are possible when we accept, simply accept. We waste our time, expend our energy, and mak...	Quetzal	0	422	Apr 3, 2008 by Quetzal
	24Hrs a Day ~ 3rd April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When I was drinking, I was absolutely selfish, I thought of myself first, last, and always. The universe revolved around me at the center. When I woke up in the morning with a hangover, my only thought was how terrible I felt and about what I could do to make myself feel better. An...	Sobrietyspell	0	445	Apr 3, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Page 449 (Preview) And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be...	Phil	2	4267	Apr 2, 2008 by Sept_19_2002
	24Hrs a Day ~ 2nd April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Since I've been in A.A., have I made a start towards becoming more loving to my family and friends? Do I visit my parents? Am I more appreciative of my spouse than I was before? Am I grateful to my family for having put up with me? Have I found real understanding with my children? Do...	Sobrietyspell	0	468	Apr 2, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Facing Our Darker Side (Preview) Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. -- Step Four of Al-Anon By the time we get to the Fourth of the Twelve Steps, we are ready to face our darker side, the side that prevents us from loving others, from letting others love us, and from enjoying life and ourselves. The purpose of...	Quetzal	0	499	Apr 2, 2008 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections 4/1 (Preview) LOOKING WITHIN April 1, 2008 \| Leave a Comment ÃÂ Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 42 Step Four is the vigorous and painstaking effort to discover what the liabilities in each of us have been, and are. I want to find exactly how, wh...	lani	0	424	Apr 1, 2008 by lani
	Whaddup? (Preview) Thank you all for your recent help with my "Kick Myself in the Butt/Get over It" post. I found a great deal of help in writing out a Step 10, and I have made a good start in doing this regularly. I am also taking some time at night BEFORE I am dog-tired and passing out, to review the day and give stu...	jonijoni	1	491	Apr 1, 2008 by lani
	Going Easy (Preview) Go easy. You may have to push forward, but you don't have to push so hard. Go in gentleness - go in peace. Do not be in so much of a hurry. At no day, no hour, no time are you required to do more than you can do in peace. Frantic behaviors and urgency are not the foundation for our new way of life. Do not be in...	Quetzal	2	472	Apr 1, 2008 by lani
	HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANIELLE!!!!!! (Preview)	lani	6	610	Apr 1, 2008 by lani
	Need Prayers for a Friend. (Preview) My friend Crystal lost her infant son this week. She left the baby with his father to go to a meeting, and when she came home, he had shaken the baby and to make a long story short, the baby survived only about 2 weeks after the incident, due to fractures and brain damage. Some of you may have heard about thi...	jonijoni	6	450	Apr 1, 2008 by jonijoni
	24Hrs a Day ~ 1st April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Since I've been in A.A., have I made a start towards becoming more honest? Do I no longer have to lie to my husband or wife? Do I try to have meals on time, and do I try to earn what I make at work? Am I trying to be honest? Have I faced myself as I really am and have I admitted to myself that...	Sobrietyspell	0	458	Apr 1, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections 3\31 (Preview) NO ONE DENIED ME LOVE March 31, 2008 On the A.A. calendar it was Year Two . . . . A newcomer appeared at one of these groups . . . . He soon proved that his was a desperate case, and that above all he wanted to get well. . . . [He said], Since I am the victim of another addiction even worse stigmatized than alco...	lani	0	411	Mar 31, 2008 by lani
	April Fools (Preview) Well, its almost that time! April fools day....We have lots to celebrate on that day......Dont we danielle!!!!! Got a larger pic so you could see my A.F. day avatar!!!! Let the fun begin..... -- Edited by lani at 17:35, 2008-03-27	lani	17	738	Mar 31, 2008 by Tuggboat
	BREAKING NEWS (Preview) Are you ready for this? I am not the only person in the world with pain and challenges, and there are many people worse off than I am. When I look at what I have, suddenly it's a lot harder to feel sorry for myself. The way I see it, I have several options today: 1) lie in bed, moan about my back, and miss out...	jc2008	8	688	Mar 31, 2008 by Sept_19_2002
	songs (Preview) yesterday I heard a Peter Paul & Mary song (I've just dated myself, yes?) called "Its a Long Walk to Freedom." which reminded me of something I've been resisting- and being irritated by- which is that staying sober is work- who knew? I guess, after a year, I wanted to wake up and h...	beachgirl	2	474	Mar 31, 2008 by Sept_19_2002
	24 hours a day-March 31 (Preview) Monday, March 31, 2008 You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours) A.A. Thought for the Day Since I've been in A.A., have I made a start towards being more unselfish? Do I no longer want my own way in everything? When things go wrong and I can't have what I want, do I no lo...	lani	0	384	Mar 31, 2008 by lani
	24-too (Preview) Monday, March 31, 2008 You are reading from the book Touchstones Shared joy is double joy, and shared sorrow is half sorrow. --Swedish proverb As recovering men, we know relief and peace when we express our pain and share the burden of a sorrow with each other. Life is too difficult, a day is too l...	lani	0	383	Mar 31, 2008 by lani
	Finances (Preview) Taking financial responsibility for ourselves is part of recovery. Some of us may find ourselves in hard financial times for a variety of reasons. Our recovery concepts, including the Steps, work on money issues and restoring manageability to that area of our life. Make appropriate amends -- ev...	Quetzal	1	455	Mar 31, 2008 by lani
	24 hours a day-March 30 (Preview) Sunday, March 30, 2008 You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours) A.A. Thought for the Day Before I met A.A., I was very unloving. From the time I went away to school, I paid very little attention to my mother and father. I was on my own and didn't even bother to keep in t...	lani	0	4704	Mar 30, 2008 by lani
	Experiment (Preview) Experiment. Try something new. Try stepping out. We have been held back too long. We have held ourselves back too long. As children, many of us were deprived of the right to experiment. Many of us are depriving ourselves of the right to experiment and learn as adults. Now is the time to experimen...	Quetzal	1	531	Mar 30, 2008 by lani
	Working on Gratitude (Preview) Found this new guy playing the Bistros of New York City while I was researching some web designs. Kinda laid back, Jazz blues and this tune has some soul to it. http://www.lipbone.com/ Struggling throught he high f...	Tuggboat	0	494	Mar 30, 2008 by Tuggboat
	Getting Needs Met (Preview) Picture yourself walking through a meadow. There is a path opening before you. As you walk, you feel hungry. Look to your left. There's a fruit tree in full ripe. Pick what you need. Steps later, you notice you're thirsty. On your right, there's a fresh water spring. When you are tired, a resting pl...	Quetzal	1	538	Mar 30, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Trusted Servants (Preview) March 29, 2008 Daily Reflections TRUSTED SERVANTS They are servants. Theirs is the sometimes thankless privilege of doing the group's chores. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 134 In Zorba the Greek, Nikos Kazantzakis describes an encounter between his principle character and an old man bu...	Doll	2	2680	Mar 29, 2008 by lani
	shame (Preview) I have trouble with the disease thing, even after a year. The act of taking a drink is my responsibility/choice- whatever may be driving it and even if it is a disease- oh, hell. I'm not like normal people and that fills me with shame	beachgirl	7	978	Mar 29, 2008 by StPeteDean
	sober for a year- faltering (Preview) In therapy, being honest...finding it's not a matter of "triggers"- but "permission points"- There is always a narrative that goes with what started a relapse....why at any given moment I let it be an option is what I struggle with.	beachgirl	12	974	Mar 29, 2008 by Tuggboat
	GET OVER IT!!!!! (Preview) Didn't Sally Field write a book with that title or something?... Anyway, I am such a freegin' whiner. I just sat here and realized that although you would not hear a verbal complaint out of me to save my life, as it is just not my "outward personality style", I have a ton of INNER complaints at...	jonijoni	4	593	Mar 29, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Balance (Preview) Seek balance. Balance emotions with reason. Combine detachment with doing our part. Balance giving with receiving. Alternate work with play, business with personal activities. Balance tending to our spiritual needs with tending to our other needs. Juggle responsibilities to ot...	Quetzal	5	557	Mar 28, 2008 by jonijoni
	2 things (long) (Preview) First: Anger. There is an individual I've been working with (opposing counsel) who is obstinate, combative, and generally uncivil about everything, even when it involves mundane issues. She makes everything difficult and unpleasant, and has wasted hours of my time with unnecessary hearing...	jc2008	7	576	Mar 28, 2008 by jonijoni
	24Hrs a Day ~ 28th March 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When you come into an A.A. meeting, you're not just coming into a meeting, you're coming into a new life. I'm always impressed by the change I see in people after they've been in A.A. for a while. I sometimes take an inventory of myself, to see whether I have changed, and if so, in w...	Sobrietyspell	2	426	Mar 28, 2008 by lostmdboy
	Need to walk into a meeting for the first time... help? (Preview) I've looked online for all the meetings in the area and found alot. Now I need to make the time (away from kids and spouse) and get to a meeting.... What can I expect the first time???	Dublin	6	1103	Mar 28, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections 3\28 (Preview) EQUALITY March 28, 2008 Our membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism. Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover. Nor ought A.A. membership ever depend upon money or conformity. Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, pr...	lani	0	417	Mar 28, 2008 by lani
	OT - Trying to find where I belong.... (Preview) Hi everyone, I'm not sure where I belong. I am the child of 2 alcoholics and the girlfriend of an alcoholic/addict. I've been attending f2f and online alanon meetings for a little while now. Problem is...I have an addiction, myself. But, so far, it has not manifested in drinking or drug abuse. Rat...	LIT	7	626	Mar 27, 2008 by LIT
	Checkin in miss me yet (Preview) Hey all, Just thought I'd check in and let ya know that I'm still here. Been busy working 2 jobs and taking care of the homestead, my son had some good news today about school and also could be on his way to gettin a placement for work through a schalorship or appreticiship (no sure it that is right). My da...	Tina	5	564	Mar 27, 2008 by lani
	24Hrs a Day ~ 27th March 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ You get the power to overcome drinking through the fellowship of other alcoholics who have found the way out. You get power by honestly sharing your past experience by a personal witness. You get power by coming to believe in a Higher Power, the Divine Principle in the univers...	Sobrietyspell	0	451	Mar 27, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections 3\27 (Preview) A.A.s FREEDOMS March 27, 2008 \| We trust that we already know what our several freedoms truly are; that no future generation of AAs will ever feel compelled to limit them. Our AA freedoms create the soil in which genuine love can grow. . . . LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 303 I craved freedom. First, f...	lani	1	461	Mar 27, 2008 by lani
	Faith (Preview) Faith For me, AA is a synthesis of all the philosophy I've ever read, all of the positive, good philosophy, all of it based on love. I have seen that there is only one law, the law of love, and there are only two sins; the first is to interfere with the growth of another person, and the second is to interfere w...	lani	0	429	Mar 27, 2008 by lani
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