Alcoholics Anonymous

lanchas · lanchas

My mom is an A as some of you may know along with the fact that I'm 20 years old (almost 21 - which is legal age to drink). She has told me before (confirmed by a sober family friend) that she went to AA for a short while when I was little. The thing I'm questioning is whether or not her reason for why she quit goin...

timverton · timverton

Of all of the emotions in the human repertoire, hate, anger, and resentment are among the most powerful and self-destructive. They are awakened in you by the actions of those you perceive to have hurt you or those you love. You may think that you want and are justified to hate, or harbor rage agai...

Kirsten · Kirsten

Hi, My name is Kirsten and I am an alcoholic. On September 20, 2007 I took my last drink. I had relapsed approx. 3 months prior. I continue to say, "yeah, that's me everytime I read the BB. I really saw myself today in reading "More about Alcoholism", "Then he fell victim to a belief...

Doll · Doll

OUR CHILDREN The alcoholic may find it hard to re-establish friendly relations with his children. . . . In time they will see that he is a new man and in their own way they will let him know it. . . . From that point on, progress will be rapid. Marvelous results often follow such a reunion. ALCOHOLICS ANONYM...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

Well, I woke up first thing this morning with an asthma attack... inhaler wasn't quite enough, got it just under control enough to make it to the bathroom and start a hot shower, had to let the steam clear up my lungs... really tempted on asking for a nebulizer after that... cuz both asthma attacks I...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Our task is not a naive one of feeling safe, of living and loving in a utopian world. One woman commented that our task is making ourselves feel safe while learning to live and love in a world that is unsafe. We do not want to dwell on the danger for that gives power to the negative. Neither do we want to ignor...

Kirsten · Kirsten

Hi Everyone, my name is Kirsten and I am an alcoholic. AA saved my life in 1992 from total destruction. I attended meetings daily and was very involved. I WAS WILLING TO GO TO ANY LENGTHS. When I returned to the West Coast in 1999 I stopped going. I managed to stay sober of my own volition until June of this y...

Doll · Doll

Saturday was like any other day, I went to work at 4am, got off around 10am, came home took a nap.Got woken up by a phone call from a friend I hadn't heard from in quite a long time, old drinking buddy. She didn't know I was in AA.......We were going to the mall. She showed up and she'd been drinking, next thi...

Doll · Doll

FIRST THINGS FIRST Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job -- wife or no wife -- we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98 Before coming to A.A., I always had excuses for taking a dr...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Even God cannot change the past. -- Agathon Holding on to the past, either through guilt, longing, denial, or resentment, is a waste of valuable energy - energy that can be used to transform today and tomorrow. "I used to live in my past," said one recovering woman. "I was either tryin...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Practice tolerance. Tolerate our quirks, our feelings, our reactions, our peculiarities, and our humanness. Tolerate our ups and downs, our resistance to change, and our struggling and sometimes awkward nature. Tolerate our fears, our mistakes, our natural tendency to duck from problems, and...

twoworlds · twoworlds

Good Morning to each and every one of you!! Down under, on this Monday morning at 10:17am the sun is bringing a lot of warmth, light and beauty to us Australian's. Yesterday, as in Sunday, I met up with some of my non-alcoholic friends for some coffee, cake and a chat....most enjoyable to hang...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

I just got home from the ER a couple of hours ago.... my asthma's been worse all year, starting last winter when my exhusband and I were splitting up, I was smoking a LOT then, 3 packs a day, about killed myself with it, was waking up between 4 and 6 every morning with bad coughing fits for about a month, had a...

Wren · Wren

The birth of autumn is an event missed by many. Autumn reveals itself slowly, hovering on the edges of our consciousness until its crisp breezes are strong enough to pierce our summer clothing, and we notice for the first time the transformations taking place all around us. It is only when the last fru...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We can accept ourselves as people who have needs - the need for comfort, love, understanding, friendship, and healthy touch. We need positive reinforcement, someone to listen to us, someone to give to us. We are not weak for needing these things. These needs make us human and healthy. Getting our nee...

Quetzal · Quetzal

In recovery, we're learning to let ourselves go! We're learning to be spontaneous. Spontaneity may frighten some of us. We may be afraid of the loss of control involved with spontaneity. We may still be operating under the codependent rules that prohibit spontaneity: be good; be right; be perfect;...

Nisha · Nisha

Yesterday I completed 30 days...My group celebrated my birthday and gave me a token, a key ring with message of AA inscribed.It was a touching moment for me.Not that I had not lived without alcohol for this long before.5 months back I had completed 45 days on my own...That was a time when I had become dis...

Wren · Wren

"There is that part of ourselves that feels ugly, deformed, unacceptable. That part, above all, we must learn to cherish, embrace, and call by name."-- Macrina WiederkehrEach of us has characteristics we define as good and those we define as bad. The parts of ourselves that we continual...

Nisha · Nisha

Hi There ! Iam Nisha, 30 years old. I am a recovering alcoholic.I live in a city in india which is not very open to the idea of women alcoholics. Last year I realised that I need HELP....I remembered AA from some article in newspaper, I surfed teh net to see if there is any group in my city.....I landed up in a...

chappell_lm · chappell_lm

First of all, I want to thank those who responded to my last post. I found the advice and encouragement tremendously helpful. I would have had 10.5 weeks had I not slipped on Monday. But since I did, I only have 3 days. I have made the decision to just pick myself back up and try again...paying closer a...

lani · lani

Well, the big dreaded "meeting" is over. Thank you St pete, tender, simple, doll and quetzal!! Your advice and prayers helped me thru!!! Alot of GOD too!!! Well. I was totally freaked out all day but kept busy and acted like no big deal going on here!! I said the serenity prayer(love that!!,...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Many of us believed that heeding the words of God or our Higher Power meant following rigid rules, an instruction booklet for life. Many of us now believe differently. The rigid rules, the endless instructions, the exhortation to perfection, are not the words our Higher Power whispers. The words of...

Wren · Wren

Regret Holding onto regret is like dragging the weight of the past with us everywhere we go. It drains our energy, leaving less available for life in the present because we are constantly feeding an old issue. This attachment can cause illness the same way watering a dead plant creates decay. We know t...

Doll · Doll

A "LIMITLESS LODE" Like a gaunt prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, our pick struck gold. Joy at our release from a lifetime of frustration knew no bounds. Father feels he has struck something better than gold. For a time he may try to hug the new treasure to himself. He may n...

Quetzal · Quetzal

One thing at a time. That's all we have to do. Not two things at once, but one thing done in peace. One task at a time. One feeling at a time. One day at a time. One problem at a time. One step at a time. One pleasure at a time. Relax. Let go of urgency. Begin calmly now. Take one thing at a time. See how everything w...

TLH · TLH

So I don't know if anyone would remember but way back in 2000 when I was in a stupid plane incident not only did my life take a few twists (shortly after the stupid plane incident) but my knee got pretty torked. My knee was threadbare from several dislocations that were the result of over rotations kickbo...

Wren · Wren

We want certain things to change in our lives, but we fear changes that we don't want. Sometimes we fear changes that we do want, because the familiar is more comfortable than the visionary, and because life is a three-dimensional, interconnected puzzle; if you change one thing, everything else shi...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We talk much about new relationship behaviors in recovery: allowing others to be themselves without over reacting and taking it personally, and owning our power to take care of ourselves. We talk about letting go of our need to control, focusing on self-responsibility, and not setting ourselves u...

Doll · Doll

THE LAST PROMISE We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 The last Promise in the Big Book came true for me on the very first day of sobriety. God kept me sober that day, and on every other day I allowed Him to operate in my life. He gives...

trudi · trudi

Just want to say thanks to everyone who replied to my post 6 months sober and struggling. Everything you lot said has helped. I feel great seem to have got through the rough patch without picking up!! Had a really good week my son has started school all day and my daughter is in nursery so I have some time to...

TLH · TLH

A good portion of my life I was a pretty good guy. I worked too much- and the funny thing is I paid the bills and thats about it. I had a wife and we had a daughter, we went on vacation now and then- camping in the desert or Disneyland or up the coast to Canada- mundane vacations that break up the monotony of life...

lani · lani

Well as usual, I am going to complain about work!! I think that messes w/ my sobriety more than anything!!I dont even know where to begin...Anyways, we're having a nursing meeting on Friday.. Comments Ive heard is "feelings are going to be hurt", "oh it will def be a bitch session&quo...

Phil · Phil

Blaming others for the pain we feel each time someone fails to live up to our expectations is no different than burning our tongue on coffee that's too hot to swallow, and then calling our cup an idiot! - Guy Finley Unfulfilled expectations always cause problems. Having expectations in our culture is...

Pdinkle · Pdinkle

I am going on my 8th day sober today and recently I have just been starving all the time. No matter what I eat I don't feel full. I was wondering if this is a normal physical reaction or am I mentally comensating for the loss of alcohol intake? I was told about the craving of sugar, how alcohol turns to sugar a...

trudi · trudi

Just wanted to elaborate on what I said earlier I need to emphasise that I have a problem with revealing my real self because I HAVE NO IDEA whom I am!!! Also if this relates to anyone ??I am scared of getting OLD I am 38 and as a woman I feel like a failure!!!!!! I just compare myself to everyone else then so...

Doll · Doll

H.P. AS GUIDE See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 164 Having a right relationship with God seemed to be an impossible order. My chaotic past had left me filled with guil...

atr232000 · atr232000

Hello I am a newcomer on here however not new to AA. I have been struggling lately but i have been doing things to keep my mind busy and this is what i came up with. I have created some desktops let me know what you think. Clicky Click Clicky Click Hope you all do well, one day at a time. atr232000

Quetzal · Quetzal

Sometimes, we act in a manner with which we are less than comfortable. That's human. That's why we have the words: "I'm sorry." They heal and bridge the gap. But we don't have to say, "I'm sorry" if we didn't do anything wrong. A sense of shame can keep us apologizing for everythin...

chappell_lm · chappell_lm

I was 10 weeks sober last night when I instictively just grabbed the bottle and made a drink. I didn't pause to contimplate the consequences, nor did I reason or rationalize it. I just did it...and then of course immediately following, felt tremendous guilt. I just couldn't believe that it happen...

Mikey_ · Mikey_

I'm sorry my Friend, that's inappropriate for this board, but do come back and share your ES&H with us any time. Chris -- Edited by Wren at 02:34, 2007-09-19

TLH · TLH

Long story. Bench Warrant. Stupid dogs and their tickets (that were lost on my desk and I missed my court date) anyhow! Funny thing is- and I'm only a "G" so I only sat through about six or eoght cases before my own came up (after lunch)- but pretty much everyone there was dealing with the repre...

Phil · Phil

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all up hill, When the funds are low, and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer with it's twists and turns, As eve...

Doll · Doll

ACCEPTANCE We admitted we couldn't lick alcohol with our own remaining resources, and so we accepted the further fact that dependence upon a Higher Power (if only our A.A. group) could do this hitherto impossible job. The moment we were able to accept these facts fully, our release from the alcohol c...

Phil · Phil

That after many many days, of being a part of this great AA message board fellowship... I find it necessary to step aside....re the position of a moderator, because of health issues. I will continue...as long as possible..to contribute... The people that have shared this board...have saved this ki...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Before recovery, my relationships were lousy. I didn't do very well on my job. I was enmeshed in my dysfunctional family. But at least I knew what to expect! -- Anonymous I want the second half of my life to be as good as the first half was miserable. Sometimes, I'm afraid it won't be. Sometimes, I'm frigh...

Simple · Simple

What else is sobriety but to feel vulnerable? Well, that's what I am feeling right now. Life is happening, and I'm showing up. I have had some amazing changes in my life in the last six months and they are wonderful. Still, I am feeling more feeble and afraid than normal (which I know, is to be expecte...

paxton · paxton

How many stores do we pass on the way to work that we used to stop at to buy our fix? I can count at least 5 (regular stops). It is like my car is pre-programmed to pull in to that store. But now, I just keep driving to my destination.

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Hey family. My sponsor has suggested I start writing stuff down/journaling. This was my favorite place to write. Kind of like home. I just went to this A.A. event in Chicago at the Pavillion. Thousands of people just like me and two truly wonderful speakers. Great experience. To hear the serenity pra...

Doll · Doll

As most of you know, after a very LTR, John and I parted 2 weeks ago...I've discovered I have NO friends and nothing to do....I go to work and come home. My phone doesn't ring. I don't even have anyone to call (unless it's AA related). I'm feeling pretty pathetic right now - UGH! Mostly because I've come t...

jeannie · jeannie

A man was seen coming and going from a married woman's house. Her neighbor watched with fascination, and concocted elaborate tales which she shared with her friends as truth. There was no evidence any more incriminating that the fact that the young man came regularly, but the rumor was that the wo...

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	excuse or truth or what? (Preview) My mom is an A as some of you may know along with the fact that I'm 20 years old (almost 21 - which is legal age to drink). She has told me before (confirmed by a sober family friend) that she went to AA for a short while when I was little. The thing I'm questioning is whether or not her reason for why she quit goin...	lanchas	8	707	Sep 26, 2007 by Phil
	Excess baggage (Preview) Of all of the emotions in the human repertoire, hate, anger, and resentment are among the most powerful and self-destructive. They are awakened in you by the actions of those you perceive to have hurt you or those you love. You may think that you want and are justified to hate, or harbor rage agai...	timverton	3	899	Sep 26, 2007 by Wren
	Getting Into the Big Book (Preview) Hi, My name is Kirsten and I am an alcoholic. On September 20, 2007 I took my last drink. I had relapsed approx. 3 months prior. I continue to say, "yeah, that's me everytime I read the BB. I really saw myself today in reading "More about Alcoholism", "Then he fell victim to a belief...	Kirsten	4	572	Sep 26, 2007 by Doll
	Daily Reflections 9/26 (Preview) OUR CHILDREN The alcoholic may find it hard to re-establish friendly relations with his children. . . . In time they will see that he is a new man and in their own way they will let him know it. . . . From that point on, progress will be rapid. Marvelous results often follow such a reunion. ALCOHOLICS ANONYM...	Doll	0	396	Sep 26, 2007 by Doll
	Went to the doctor today... (Preview) Well, I woke up first thing this morning with an asthma attack... inhaler wasn't quite enough, got it just under control enough to make it to the bathroom and start a hot shower, had to let the steam clear up my lungs... really tempted on asking for a nebulizer after that... cuz both asthma attacks I...	ChicknLittle	7	1671	Sep 26, 2007 by ChicknLittle
	Feeling Protected (Preview) Our task is not a naive one of feeling safe, of living and loving in a utopian world. One woman commented that our task is making ourselves feel safe while learning to live and love in a world that is unsafe. We do not want to dwell on the danger for that gives power to the negative. Neither do we want to ignor...	Quetzal	0	792	Sep 26, 2007 by Quetzal
	I Can't Do it Alone (Preview) Hi Everyone, my name is Kirsten and I am an alcoholic. AA saved my life in 1992 from total destruction. I attended meetings daily and was very involved. I WAS WILLING TO GO TO ANY LENGTHS. When I returned to the West Coast in 1999 I stopped going. I managed to stay sober of my own volition until June of this y...	Kirsten	10	922	Sep 25, 2007 by timverton
	Death wish....phone call......wake up call. (Preview) Saturday was like any other day, I went to work at 4am, got off around 10am, came home took a nap.Got woken up by a phone call from a friend I hadn't heard from in quite a long time, old drinking buddy. She didn't know I was in AA.......We were going to the mall. She showed up and she'd been drinking, next thi...	Doll	8	767	Sep 25, 2007 by Doll
	Daily Reflections 9/25 (Preview) FIRST THINGS FIRST Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job -- wife or no wife -- we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98 Before coming to A.A., I always had excuses for taking a dr...	Doll	5	553	Sep 25, 2007 by timverton
	Peace with the Past (Preview) Even God cannot change the past. -- Agathon Holding on to the past, either through guilt, longing, denial, or resentment, is a waste of valuable energy - energy that can be used to transform today and tomorrow. "I used to live in my past," said one recovering woman. "I was either tryin...	Quetzal	1	393	Sep 25, 2007 by Snopup
	Tolerance (Preview) Practice tolerance. Tolerate our quirks, our feelings, our reactions, our peculiarities, and our humanness. Tolerate our ups and downs, our resistance to change, and our struggling and sometimes awkward nature. Tolerate our fears, our mistakes, our natural tendency to duck from problems, and...	Quetzal	2	420	Sep 24, 2007 by timverton
	Attitude of Gratitude (Preview) Good Morning to each and every one of you!! Down under, on this Monday morning at 10:17am the sun is bringing a lot of warmth, light and beauty to us Australian's. Yesterday, as in Sunday, I met up with some of my non-alcoholic friends for some coffee, cake and a chat....most enjoyable to hang...	twoworlds	3	4886	Sep 24, 2007 by timverton
	I'm insane! :( (Preview) I just got home from the ER a couple of hours ago.... my asthma's been worse all year, starting last winter when my exhusband and I were splitting up, I was smoking a LOT then, 3 packs a day, about killed myself with it, was waking up between 4 and 6 every morning with bad coughing fits for about a month, had a...	ChicknLittle	6	571	Sep 24, 2007 by StPeteDean
	Conscious Brilliance (Preview) The birth of autumn is an event missed by many. Autumn reveals itself slowly, hovering on the edges of our consciousness until its crisp breezes are strong enough to pierce our summer clothing, and we notice for the first time the transformations taking place all around us. It is only when the last fru...	Wren	1	400	Sep 24, 2007 by Phil
	Allowing Ourselves to be Needy (Preview) We can accept ourselves as people who have needs - the need for comfort, love, understanding, friendship, and healthy touch. We need positive reinforcement, someone to listen to us, someone to give to us. We are not weak for needing these things. These needs make us human and healthy. Getting our nee...	Quetzal	1	572	Sep 24, 2007 by Phil
	Spontaneity (Preview) In recovery, we're learning to let ourselves go! We're learning to be spontaneous. Spontaneity may frighten some of us. We may be afraid of the loss of control involved with spontaneity. We may still be operating under the codependent rules that prohibit spontaneity: be good; be right; be perfect;...	Quetzal	2	533	Sep 23, 2007 by Kirsten
	30 days of soberiety (Preview) Yesterday I completed 30 days...My group celebrated my birthday and gave me a token, a key ring with message of AA inscribed.It was a touching moment for me.Not that I had not lived without alcohol for this long before.5 months back I had completed 45 days on my own...That was a time when I had become dis...	Nisha	8	619	Sep 23, 2007 by Pdinkle
	Love Your Shadows (Preview) "There is that part of ourselves that feels ugly, deformed, unacceptable. That part, above all, we must learn to cherish, embrace, and call by name."-- Macrina WiederkehrEach of us has characteristics we define as good and those we define as bad. The parts of ourselves that we continual...	Wren	2	461	Sep 23, 2007 by cindy
	I want to Live (Preview) Hi There ! Iam Nisha, 30 years old. I am a recovering alcoholic.I live in a city in india which is not very open to the idea of women alcoholics. Last year I realised that I need HELP....I remembered AA from some article in newspaper, I surfed teh net to see if there is any group in my city.....I landed up in a...	Nisha	10	678	Sep 23, 2007 by Nisha
	what do I do? (Preview) First of all, I want to thank those who responded to my last post. I found the advice and encouragement tremendously helpful. I would have had 10.5 weeks had I not slipped on Monday. But since I did, I only have 3 days. I have made the decision to just pick myself back up and try again...paying closer a...	chappell_lm	5	553	Sep 22, 2007 by Wren
	DANG ARE YOU GUYS SMART...AND GREAT (Preview) Well, the big dreaded "meeting" is over. Thank you St pete, tender, simple, doll and quetzal!! Your advice and prayers helped me thru!!! Alot of GOD too!!! Well. I was totally freaked out all day but kept busy and acted like no big deal going on here!! I said the serenity prayer(love that!!,...	lani	4	627	Sep 22, 2007 by Phil
	Trusting Ourselves (Preview) Many of us believed that heeding the words of God or our Higher Power meant following rigid rules, an instruction booklet for life. Many of us now believe differently. The rigid rules, the endless instructions, the exhortation to perfection, are not the words our Higher Power whispers. The words of...	Quetzal	2	418	Sep 22, 2007 by Phil
	Weight of the Past (Preview) Regret Holding onto regret is like dragging the weight of the past with us everywhere we go. It drains our energy, leaving less available for life in the present because we are constantly feeding an old issue. This attachment can cause illness the same way watering a dead plant creates decay. We know t...	Wren	4	536	Sep 22, 2007 by StPeteDean
	Daily Reflections 9/22 (Preview) A "LIMITLESS LODE" Like a gaunt prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, our pick struck gold. Joy at our release from a lifetime of frustration knew no bounds. Father feels he has struck something better than gold. For a time he may try to hug the new treasure to himself. He may n...	Doll	0	447	Sep 22, 2007 by Doll
	Letting Go of Urgency (Preview) One thing at a time. That's all we have to do. Not two things at once, but one thing done in peace. One task at a time. One feeling at a time. One day at a time. One problem at a time. One step at a time. One pleasure at a time. Relax. Let go of urgency. Begin calmly now. Take one thing at a time. See how everything w...	Quetzal	2	397	Sep 21, 2007 by lani
	Mandatory down-time. (Preview) So I don't know if anyone would remember but way back in 2000 when I was in a stupid plane incident not only did my life take a few twists (shortly after the stupid plane incident) but my knee got pretty torked. My knee was threadbare from several dislocations that were the result of over rotations kickbo...	TLH	6	536	Sep 21, 2007 by learning
	Making Space for Change (Preview) We want certain things to change in our lives, but we fear changes that we don't want. Sometimes we fear changes that we do want, because the familiar is more comfortable than the visionary, and because life is a three-dimensional, interconnected puzzle; if you change one thing, everything else shi...	Wren	0	368	Sep 21, 2007 by Wren
	New Relationship Behaviors (Preview) We talk much about new relationship behaviors in recovery: allowing others to be themselves without over reacting and taking it personally, and owning our power to take care of ourselves. We talk about letting go of our need to control, focusing on self-responsibility, and not setting ourselves u...	Quetzal	6	2144	Sep 21, 2007 by StPeteDean
	Daily Reflections 9/21 (Preview) THE LAST PROMISE We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 The last Promise in the Big Book came true for me on the very first day of sobriety. God kept me sober that day, and on every other day I allowed Him to operate in my life. He gives...	Doll	1	384	Sep 21, 2007 by wallsal55
	Thank you everyone. (Preview) Just want to say thanks to everyone who replied to my post 6 months sober and struggling. Everything you lot said has helped. I feel great seem to have got through the rough patch without picking up!! Had a really good week my son has started school all day and my daughter is in nursery so I have some time to...	trudi	3	510	Sep 21, 2007 by Doll
	Rambling... (Preview) A good portion of my life I was a pretty good guy. I worked too much- and the funny thing is I paid the bills and thats about it. I had a wife and we had a daughter, we went on vacation now and then- camping in the desert or Disneyland or up the coast to Canada- mundane vacations that break up the monotony of life...	TLH	14	904	Sep 21, 2007 by StPeteDean
	Feeling RAW (Preview) Well as usual, I am going to complain about work!! I think that messes w/ my sobriety more than anything!!I dont even know where to begin...Anyways, we're having a nursing meeting on Friday.. Comments Ive heard is "feelings are going to be hurt", "oh it will def be a bitch session&quo...	lani	7	567	Sep 21, 2007 by StPeteDean
	Just saying "Hi" to everyone....and the new people too.. (Preview) Blaming others for the pain we feel each time someone fails to live up to our expectations is no different than burning our tongue on coffee that's too hot to swallow, and then calling our cup an idiot! - Guy Finley Unfulfilled expectations always cause problems. Having expectations in our culture is...	Phil	1	458	Sep 20, 2007 by Sick of being sick
	Starving (Preview) I am going on my 8th day sober today and recently I have just been starving all the time. No matter what I eat I don't feel full. I was wondering if this is a normal physical reaction or am I mentally comensating for the loss of alcohol intake? I was told about the craving of sugar, how alcohol turns to sugar a...	Pdinkle	6	465	Sep 20, 2007 by Phil
	more (Preview) Just wanted to elaborate on what I said earlier I need to emphasise that I have a problem with revealing my real self because I HAVE NO IDEA whom I am!!! Also if this relates to anyone ??I am scared of getting OLD I am 38 and as a woman I feel like a failure!!!!!! I just compare myself to everyone else then so...	trudi	9	499	Sep 20, 2007 by trudi
	Daily Reflections 9/20 (Preview) H.P. AS GUIDE See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 164 Having a right relationship with God seemed to be an impossible order. My chaotic past had left me filled with guil...	Doll	0	359	Sep 20, 2007 by Doll
	Keeping Myself Busy (Preview) Hello I am a newcomer on here however not new to AA. I have been struggling lately but i have been doing things to keep my mind busy and this is what i came up with. I have created some desktops let me know what you think. Clicky Click Clicky Click Hope you all do well, one day at a time. atr232000	atr232000	2	416	Sep 19, 2007 by atr232000
	Apologies (Preview) Sometimes, we act in a manner with which we are less than comfortable. That's human. That's why we have the words: "I'm sorry." They heal and bridge the gap. But we don't have to say, "I'm sorry" if we didn't do anything wrong. A sense of shame can keep us apologizing for everythin...	Quetzal	1	409	Sep 19, 2007 by chappell_lm
	Slipped again... (Preview) I was 10 weeks sober last night when I instictively just grabbed the bottle and made a drink. I didn't pause to contimplate the consequences, nor did I reason or rationalize it. I just did it...and then of course immediately following, felt tremendous guilt. I just couldn't believe that it happen...	chappell_lm	5	548	Sep 19, 2007 by breda
	It's bad (Preview) I'm sorry my Friend, that's inappropriate for this board, but do come back and share your ES&H with us any time. Chris -- Edited by Wren at 02:34, 2007-09-19	Mikey_	0	375	Sep 19, 2007 by Mikey_
	I went to court today. (Preview) Long story. Bench Warrant. Stupid dogs and their tickets (that were lost on my desk and I missed my court date) anyhow! Funny thing is- and I'm only a "G" so I only sat through about six or eoght cases before my own came up (after lunch)- but pretty much everyone there was dealing with the repre...	TLH	7	547	Sep 18, 2007 by StPeteDean
	Never Give Up (Preview) When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all up hill, When the funds are low, and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer with it's twists and turns, As eve...	Phil	4	575	Sep 18, 2007 by cooncatbob
	Daily Reflections 9/18 (Preview) ACCEPTANCE We admitted we couldn't lick alcohol with our own remaining resources, and so we accepted the further fact that dependence upon a Higher Power (if only our A.A. group) could do this hitherto impossible job. The moment we were able to accept these facts fully, our release from the alcohol c...	Doll	0	509	Sep 18, 2007 by Doll
	It is with sadness.. (Preview) That after many many days, of being a part of this great AA message board fellowship... I find it necessary to step aside....re the position of a moderator, because of health issues. I will continue...as long as possible..to contribute... The people that have shared this board...have saved this ki...	Phil	11	669	Sep 18, 2007 by alligot
	Letting the Good Stuff Happen (Preview) Before recovery, my relationships were lousy. I didn't do very well on my job. I was enmeshed in my dysfunctional family. But at least I knew what to expect! -- Anonymous I want the second half of my life to be as good as the first half was miserable. Sometimes, I'm afraid it won't be. Sometimes, I'm frigh...	Quetzal	1	568	Sep 18, 2007 by Snopup
	Feeling vulnerable (Preview) What else is sobriety but to feel vulnerable? Well, that's what I am feeling right now. Life is happening, and I'm showing up. I have had some amazing changes in my life in the last six months and they are wonderful. Still, I am feeling more feeble and afraid than normal (which I know, is to be expecte...	Simple	3	544	Sep 18, 2007 by StPeteDean
	daily life without a drink (Preview) How many stores do we pass on the way to work that we used to stop at to buy our fix? I can count at least 5 (regular stops). It is like my car is pre-programmed to pull in to that store. But now, I just keep driving to my destination.	paxton	4	612	Sep 17, 2007 by StPeteDean
	Checking In (Preview) Hey family. My sponsor has suggested I start writing stuff down/journaling. This was my favorite place to write. Kind of like home. I just went to this A.A. event in Chicago at the Pavillion. Thousands of people just like me and two truly wonderful speakers. Great experience. To hear the serenity pra...	soberdrunk	4	398	Sep 17, 2007 by soberdrunk
	Feeling lost and alone.......and pathetic! (Preview) As most of you know, after a very LTR, John and I parted 2 weeks ago...I've discovered I have NO friends and nothing to do....I go to work and come home. My phone doesn't ring. I don't even have anyone to call (unless it's AA related). I'm feeling pretty pathetic right now - UGH! Mostly because I've come t...	Doll	8	1880	Sep 17, 2007 by StPeteDean
	gossip hurts (Preview) A man was seen coming and going from a married woman's house. Her neighbor watched with fascination, and concocted elaborate tales which she shared with her friends as truth. There was no evidence any more incriminating that the fact that the young man came regularly, but the rumor was that the wo...	jeannie	2	2537	Sep 17, 2007 by StPeteDean
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