Alcoholics Anonymous

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...

LisaF · LisaF

12 days sober... I pulled an all-nighter last night... roommate's over at our friend's house for the weekend helping to plant the tons of bushes and trees they bought at an auction... So... I went to a meeting last night, did the grocery shopping, got home and cleaned out my babies' cages, cleaned...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Fear is at the core of codependency. It can motivate us to control situations or neglect ourselves. Many of us have been afraid for so long that we don't label our feelings fear. We're used to feeling upset and anxious. It feels normal. Peace and serenity may be uncomfortable. At one time, fear may have...

Phil · Phil

Alcoholism stages can be categorized into three stages of alcoholism -- early stage, middle stage and end stage alcoholism or late stage alcoholism. Alcoholism stages generally take years to develop. Alcoholism is a disease where alcoholic beverage consumption is at a level that interferes wit...

ally · ally

HELP....BEFORE I JUMP IN THERE AGAIN (((((((YO Guys))))))) I posted this on the al-anon board and got some wonderful replies.....i am asking If any of you can reply to this also... I love the wisdom I recieve from you as the recovering Alcoholic.... (((Guys)))))) You all know I opened a face to face gr...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I've noticed that the ones who do the most for A.A. are not in the habit of boasting about it. The danger of building myself up too much is that, if I do, I'm in danger of havinf a fall. That pattern of thought goes with drinking. If one side of the boat gets too far up out of the water, i...

lucybear · lucybear

hello everyone, im new here. so i got sober in dec of 05 and drank again in sept of 06 and continued until jan of 07 when i found out i was pregnant. i quit instanlty and have spent the last months accumulating some peace and happiness with many things that i learned from AA and other places. but now i look a...

Eddie · Eddie

When I was new to AA, I was convinced that I was powerless over alcohol and that my life, because of my drinking, was unmanageable. As I began to do what I was told to do, I discovered that I didn't have to drink anymore. I reasoned that now that I didn't have to drink, I could, through hard work and the use of m...

miller2 · miller2

Tipsy, please dont send me any more private messages. Id prefer you share your feelings here in the forums, good or bad. Hope you have a better day.

Laura · Laura

There are quite a few new posts her I want to take time to read and respond to later this evening. Welcome if you are new and reading this. I only have time for a quick note. I just feel like I need to reach out for moment before going to a party after I shut this computer down. It's a family/friend party. Ther...

Doll · Doll

"HOLD BACK NOTHING" The real tests of the situation are your own willingness to confide and your full confidence in the one with whom you you share your first accurate self-survey. . . . Provided you hold back nothing, your sense of relief will mount from minute to minute. The dammed-up emo...

John · John

Addiction creates moral wreckage. People who become addicted to alcohol or other drugs might lie, cheat, or steal in order to get and use their chemical of choice. Often what's left behind is a trail of shattered relationships. In this situation, apologies won't do. Alcoholics Anonymous calls for...

Jeninoz · Jeninoz

Dear Friends, I am so sick today. I had over 8 years good sobriety in AA and I picked up a drink in February of this year. This is the first time I have been back to AA in any capacity. I thought I had it all under control and last night I went to a work function and I got so drunk and stayed out till 5am in the morn...

Esperanza · Esperanza

I've recently admitted to myself that I may have a problem with drinking. I'm not sure if I do or not, but I've been doing some research and I took the questions quiz on the AA website and I answered "yes" more than 4 times, so I'm starting to get concerned. I want to know more about what the signs...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Make yourself feel good. It's our job to first make ourselves feel better and then make ourselves feel good. Recovery is not only about stopping painful feelings; it is about creating a good life for ourselves. We don't have to deny ourselves activities that help us feel good. Going to meetings, bask...

kate · kate

My parents just came over to see me and I supposed staged some sort of an intervention. They think I am an alcoholic and want me to go to a meeting with them. I agree with them that I have been drinking too much lately. They saw my fiance whom I live with today and I think he may have said something about it wh...

Phil · Phil

Whenever a civilization or society declines or perishes there is always one condition present - they forgot where they came from. -- Carl Sandburg Back To BasicsAlcoholics Anonymous, now today = new Date(); var todayy=today.getYear(); var difference=(Math.round(todayy-1935)); document.w...

POOKISTAN · POOKISTAN

Well, I know this's prolly gonna' be fleeting and I'll prolly feel like shit again tomorrow night but I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts. I also made the decision that I'm going to try the sample of antidepressants (a months worth) that my doctor reccomended. This has to be the biggest step towards h...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I had to show off and boast so that people would think I amounted to something, when, of course, both they and I knew that I really didn't amount to anything. I didn't fool anybody. Although I've been sober for quiet a while, the old habit of building myslef up is still with me. I st...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

or so I thought, but I've been doing a lot of thinking these past few days and I realize that it didn't hide anything from anyone except me. People around me would have to have had the eyesight of pro-wrestling referees not to see that my self confidence was diminishing, I was awkward and uncomfortable i...

Doll · Doll

THE FOREST AND THE TREES . . . . what comes to us alone may be garbled by our own rationalization and wishful thinking. The benefit of talking to another person is that we can get his direct comment and counsel on our situation. . . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 60 I cannot count the times when I h...

Phil · Phil

THE GINGHAM DRESS A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly without an appointment into the Harvard University President's outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, count...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

I like coming here and reading what you people post...the good, bad and the ugly. It feels like a meeting to me, I get to share your experience, strength and home and if I feel like sharing I can...seems pretty meetingish to me. So does this count? Can I consider this a meeting? -- Edited by Tipsy McStagge...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The principle of life is that life responds by corresponding; your life becomes the thing you have decided it shall be. -- Raymond Charles Barker The attitude that we carry with us into a particular setting will greatly influence our perceptions of any event. Our attitude also influences, positive...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

and irritable right now. I feel like punching things. Inanimate things. For now. So maybe one of you Einsteins can tell me when this phase will pass

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When I was drinking, I always tried to build myself up. I used to tell tall stories about myself. I told them so often that I half believe some of them now, even though I know they aren't true. I used to hang around the lowbrow barrooms so I could feel superior to the other customers...

Doll · Doll

Awwww..........they are almost 3 weeks old. They've grown on me. ARGGHH! It's gonna be tough giving them away......Just wanted to share my smiles

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

The other times I've tried AA I did exactly what is suggested, I went to lots of meetings, I talked to lots of people, I got a sponsor, etc...I even joined a men's group meeting with about 10 other guys with some serious long term sobriety. I did this all within a few weeks and everything was going fine and t...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Thank you for keeping me straight yesterday. Please help me stay straight today. -- paraphrased from Alcoholics Anonymous When I first began my recovery from codependency, I was furious about having to begin another recovery program. Seven years earlier, I had begun recovery from chemical depen...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

if I didn't quit drinking. I asked her to give me a year and if I haven't stopped I want her to throw me out. It's not that I get drunk and fight with her or that she even sees much of my using because I sneak away with friends to do it...it's just that I think she deserves better than a drunk and all that entails...

Doll · Doll

"ENTIRELY HONEST" We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or happily in this world. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 73-74 Honesty, like all virtues, is to be shared. It began after I shared ". . . [my] whole life's story with someone . . . " in order to find my pla...

POOKISTAN · POOKISTAN

Okayyy... Well... That kinda' pisses me off... Spent about three hours writing this and due to all the times I have [ENTER]s in the text it shows up as one giant incoherent wall of text rather than a well-written commentary with paragraphs... Looks like I'll be posting that commentary somewhere e...

Wren · Wren

The Twelve Traditions (The Long Form)Our A.A. experience has taught us that: 1.Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole. A.A. must continue to live or most of us will surely die. Hence our common welfare comes first. But individual welfare follows close afterward. 2.F...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ A.A. teaches us to take it easy. We learn how to relax and to stop worrying about the past or the furure, to give up our resentments and hates and tempers, to stop being critical of people, and to try to help them instead. That's what "Easy Does It" means. So in the time t...

POOKISTAN · POOKISTAN

As you may have guessed from my other recent posts I'm having a hard time keeping my mind occupied during this time of transition but what's weird is I'd expect my main hobby would help pass the time but that's not how it's goin' - I've found it semi-difficult to concentrate on anything but my main hobby I...

Doll · Doll

CLEANING HOUSE Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p 60 It wasn't unusu...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Please free my thinking of self-will, self-seeking, dishonesty, and wrong motives. -- paraphrased from Alcoholics Anonymous There is a difference between owning our power to take care of ourselves, as part of God's will for our life, and self-will. There is a difference between self-care and sel...

LisaF · LisaF

Today makes 1 week sober... I'm getting to more meetings now, my sponsor said to at least go every other day. I was going every day, but couldn't make it to one Saturday because we were picking up my friend's chicks, and couldn't make it to one yesterday because I had to pick up another turkey before the...

tommyg · tommyg

wish me luck! -- Edited by tommyg at 21:28, 2007-04-30

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we often hear the slogan "Easy Does It." Alcoholics always do everything to excess. They drink too much. They worry too much. They have too many resentments. They hurt themselves physically and mentally by too much of everything. So when they come into A.A...

Quetzal · Quetzal

For the next twenty-four hours ... In recovery, we live life one day at a time, an idea requiring an enormous amount of faith. We refuse to look back - unless healing from the past is part of today's work. We look ahead only to make plans. We focus on this day's activity, living it to the best of our ability....

learning · learning

To Our Friend "Destiny Dreamer"....... Congrats on your 80 days sobriety! Keep it up girl. You're doing GREAT! Wanda

Quetzal · Quetzal

This prayer is based on a section of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous: Thank you for keeping me straight yesterday. Please help me stay straight today. For the next twenty-four hours, I pray for knowledge of Your will for me only, and the power to carry that through. Please free my thinking of se...

Wren · Wren

There are times in our lives when it seems our bodies are running on empty. We are not sick, nor are we necessarily pushing ourselves to the limit-rather, the energy we typical enjoy has mysteriously dissipated, leaving only fatigue. Many people grow accustomed to feeling this way because they do no...

Quetzal · Quetzal

As we work our program, we peel off layers of old, worn out thoughts and habits. The Program gives us a place to share old hurts and fears so that we are able to get rid of them. Our Recovery friends accept us and give us the benefit of their experience. With their help, we are able to leave the old layers behi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The A.A. program is one of charity because the real meaning of the word charity is to care enough about other people to really want to help them. To get the full benefit of the program, we must try to help other alcoholics. We may try to help somebody and think we have failed, but th...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The A.A. program is one of faith because we find that we must have faith in a Power greater than ourselves if we are going to get sober. We're helpless before alcohol, but when we turn our drink problem over to God and have faith that He can give us all the strength we need, then we ha...

Phil · Phil

Dealing with Denial in Alcoholismby 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 drink whe...

Doll · Doll

HEALING HEART AND MIND Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 55 Since it is true that God comes to me through people, I can see that by keeping people at a distance I also keep God at a distance. God is nearer to me tha...

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	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	348	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	489	May 7, 2007 by Laura
	wired and in a cleaning mood... (Preview) 12 days sober... I pulled an all-nighter last night... roommate's over at our friend's house for the weekend helping to plant the tons of bushes and trees they bought at an auction... So... I went to a meeting last night, did the grocery shopping, got home and cleaned out my babies' cages, cleaned...	LisaF	6	441	May 7, 2007 by psychoktty
	Letting Go Of Fear (Preview) Fear is at the core of codependency. It can motivate us to control situations or neglect ourselves. Many of us have been afraid for so long that we don't label our feelings fear. We're used to feeling upset and anxious. It feels normal. Peace and serenity may be uncomfortable. At one time, fear may have...	Quetzal	1	295	May 7, 2007 by psychoktty
	Alcoholism Stages (Preview) Alcoholism stages can be categorized into three stages of alcoholism -- early stage, middle stage and end stage alcoholism or late stage alcoholism. Alcoholism stages generally take years to develop. Alcoholism is a disease where alcoholic beverage consumption is at a level that interferes wit...	Phil	1	311	May 7, 2007 by Bryan39
	HELP...BEFORE I JUMP IN AGAIN (Preview) HELP....BEFORE I JUMP IN THERE AGAIN (((((((YO Guys))))))) I posted this on the al-anon board and got some wonderful replies.....i am asking If any of you can reply to this also... I love the wisdom I recieve from you as the recovering Alcoholic.... (((Guys)))))) You all know I opened a face to face gr...	ally	4	521	May 6, 2007 by Sick of being sick
	24 Hours a Day ~ 6th May 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I've noticed that the ones who do the most for A.A. are not in the habit of boasting about it. The danger of building myself up too much is that, if I do, I'm in danger of havinf a fall. That pattern of thought goes with drinking. If one side of the boat gets too far up out of the water, i...	Sobrietyspell	0	463	May 6, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	support!!!!! (Preview) hello everyone, im new here. so i got sober in dec of 05 and drank again in sept of 06 and continued until jan of 07 when i found out i was pregnant. i quit instanlty and have spent the last months accumulating some peace and happiness with many things that i learned from AA and other places. but now i look a...	lucybear	8	347	May 6, 2007 by lucybear
	Obstacles To Step Three (Preview) When I was new to AA, I was convinced that I was powerless over alcohol and that my life, because of my drinking, was unmanageable. As I began to do what I was told to do, I discovered that I didn't have to drink anymore. I reasoned that now that I didn't have to drink, I could, through hard work and the use of m...	Eddie	1	377	May 6, 2007 by Wren
	tipsy (Preview) Tipsy, please dont send me any more private messages. Id prefer you share your feelings here in the forums, good or bad. Hope you have a better day.	miller2	6	397	May 6, 2007 by Doll
	About to go to a party . . . (Preview) There are quite a few new posts her I want to take time to read and respond to later this evening. Welcome if you are new and reading this. I only have time for a quick note. I just feel like I need to reach out for moment before going to a party after I shut this computer down. It's a family/friend party. Ther...	Laura	5	528	May 6, 2007 by miller2
	Daily Reflections May 6 (Preview) "HOLD BACK NOTHING" The real tests of the situation are your own willingness to confide and your full confidence in the one with whom you you share your first accurate self-survey. . . . Provided you hold back nothing, your sense of relief will mount from minute to minute. The dammed-up emo...	Doll	0	375	May 6, 2007 by Doll
	Apology is more than saying "Sorry" (Preview) Addiction creates moral wreckage. People who become addicted to alcohol or other drugs might lie, cheat, or steal in order to get and use their chemical of choice. Often what's left behind is a trail of shattered relationships. In this situation, apologies won't do. Alcoholics Anonymous calls for...	John	2	3951	May 6, 2007 by Zster
	Please Help (Preview) Dear Friends, I am so sick today. I had over 8 years good sobriety in AA and I picked up a drink in February of this year. This is the first time I have been back to AA in any capacity. I thought I had it all under control and last night I went to a work function and I got so drunk and stayed out till 5am in the morn...	Jeninoz	11	460	May 6, 2007 by Jeninoz
	I need some guidance (Preview) I've recently admitted to myself that I may have a problem with drinking. I'm not sure if I do or not, but I've been doing some research and I took the questions quiz on the AA website and I answered "yes" more than 4 times, so I'm starting to get concerned. I want to know more about what the signs...	Esperanza	6	499	May 6, 2007 by TLH
	Feeling Good (Preview) Make yourself feel good. It's our job to first make ourselves feel better and then make ourselves feel good. Recovery is not only about stopping painful feelings; it is about creating a good life for ourselves. We don't have to deny ourselves activities that help us feel good. Going to meetings, bask...	Quetzal	0	281	May 6, 2007 by Quetzal
	Do I have a problem? (Preview) My parents just came over to see me and I supposed staged some sort of an intervention. They think I am an alcoholic and want me to go to a meeting with them. I agree with them that I have been drinking too much lately. They saw my fiance whom I live with today and I think he may have said something about it wh...	kate	9	540	May 5, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Back To Basics (Preview) Whenever a civilization or society declines or perishes there is always one condition present - they forgot where they came from. -- Carl Sandburg Back To BasicsAlcoholics Anonymous, now today = new Date(); var todayy=today.getYear(); var difference=(Math.round(todayy-1935)); document.w...	Phil	4	2851	May 5, 2007 by Bryan39
	I'm actually feeling good tonight... (Preview) Well, I know this's prolly gonna' be fleeting and I'll prolly feel like shit again tomorrow night but I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts. I also made the decision that I'm going to try the sample of antidepressants (a months worth) that my doctor reccomended. This has to be the biggest step towards h...	POOKISTAN	5	555	May 5, 2007 by Doll
	24 Hours a Day ~ 5th May 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I had to show off and boast so that people would think I amounted to something, when, of course, both they and I knew that I really didn't amount to anything. I didn't fool anybody. Although I've been sober for quiet a while, the old habit of building myslef up is still with me. I st...	Sobrietyspell	0	348	May 5, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Drinking masked my fears and insecurities... (Preview) or so I thought, but I've been doing a lot of thinking these past few days and I realize that it didn't hide anything from anyone except me. People around me would have to have had the eyesight of pro-wrestling referees not to see that my self confidence was diminishing, I was awkward and uncomfortable i...	Tipsy McStagger	6	672	May 5, 2007 by Doll
	Daily Reflections May 5 (Preview) THE FOREST AND THE TREES . . . . what comes to us alone may be garbled by our own rationalization and wishful thinking. The benefit of talking to another person is that we can get his direct comment and counsel on our situation. . . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 60 I cannot count the times when I h...	Doll	0	292	May 5, 2007 by Doll
	Here yu goooo...Timbo..:) (Preview) THE GINGHAM DRESS A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly without an appointment into the Harvard University President's outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, count...	Phil	7	537	May 5, 2007 by sheilasdad
	Can this count as meeting? (Preview) I like coming here and reading what you people post...the good, bad and the ugly. It feels like a meeting to me, I get to share your experience, strength and home and if I feel like sharing I can...seems pretty meetingish to me. So does this count? Can I consider this a meeting? -- Edited by Tipsy McStagge...	Tipsy McStagger	20	580	May 5, 2007 by miller2
	Attitudes (Preview) The principle of life is that life responds by corresponding; your life becomes the thing you have decided it shall be. -- Raymond Charles Barker The attitude that we carry with us into a particular setting will greatly influence our perceptions of any event. Our attitude also influences, positive...	Quetzal	0	282	May 5, 2007 by Quetzal
	I'm really cranky... (Preview) and irritable right now. I feel like punching things. Inanimate things. For now. So maybe one of you Einsteins can tell me when this phase will pass	Tipsy McStagger	8	1140	May 4, 2007 by miller2
	24 Hours a Day ~ 4th May 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When I was drinking, I always tried to build myself up. I used to tell tall stories about myself. I told them so often that I half believe some of them now, even though I know they aren't true. I used to hang around the lowbrow barrooms so I could feel superior to the other customers...	Sobrietyspell	0	342	May 4, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	A face only a mother could love (Preview) Awwww..........they are almost 3 weeks old. They've grown on me. ARGGHH! It's gonna be tough giving them away......Just wanted to share my smiles	Doll	6	380	May 4, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	I dont want to freak myslef out again... (Preview) The other times I've tried AA I did exactly what is suggested, I went to lots of meetings, I talked to lots of people, I got a sponsor, etc...I even joined a men's group meeting with about 10 other guys with some serious long term sobriety. I did this all within a few weeks and everything was going fine and t...	Tipsy McStagger	10	625	May 4, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Freedom from Compulsive Disorders (Preview) Thank you for keeping me straight yesterday. Please help me stay straight today. -- paraphrased from Alcoholics Anonymous When I first began my recovery from codependency, I was furious about having to begin another recovery program. Seven years earlier, I had begun recovery from chemical depen...	Quetzal	1	366	May 4, 2007 by amanda2u2
	I told my wife to leave me... (Preview) if I didn't quit drinking. I asked her to give me a year and if I haven't stopped I want her to throw me out. It's not that I get drunk and fight with her or that she even sees much of my using because I sneak away with friends to do it...it's just that I think she deserves better than a drunk and all that entails...	Tipsy McStagger	17	663	May 4, 2007 by miller2
	Daily Reflectons May 4 (Preview) "ENTIRELY HONEST" We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or happily in this world. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 73-74 Honesty, like all virtues, is to be shared. It began after I shared ". . . [my] whole life's story with someone . . . " in order to find my pla...	Doll	0	321	May 4, 2007 by Doll
	Morality leaves you all alone in many dire situations - I drank because of this... (Preview) Okayyy... Well... That kinda' pisses me off... Spent about three hours writing this and due to all the times I have [ENTER]s in the text it shows up as one giant incoherent wall of text rather than a well-written commentary with paragraphs... Looks like I'll be posting that commentary somewhere e...	POOKISTAN	8	747	May 3, 2007 by Doll
	The Twelve Traditions (Preview) The Twelve Traditions (The Long Form)Our A.A. experience has taught us that: 1.Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole. A.A. must continue to live or most of us will surely die. Hence our common welfare comes first. But individual welfare follows close afterward. 2.F...	Wren	0	357	May 3, 2007 by Wren
	24 Hours a Day ~ 3rd May 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ A.A. teaches us to take it easy. We learn how to relax and to stop worrying about the past or the furure, to give up our resentments and hates and tempers, to stop being critical of people, and to try to help them instead. That's what "Easy Does It" means. So in the time t...	Sobrietyspell	0	1247	May 3, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Has anyone had trouble finding their "old" hobbies fun after quitting drinking? (Preview) As you may have guessed from my other recent posts I'm having a hard time keeping my mind occupied during this time of transition but what's weird is I'd expect my main hobby would help pass the time but that's not how it's goin' - I've found it semi-difficult to concentrate on anything but my main hobby I...	POOKISTAN	7	2127	May 3, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Daily Reflections May 3 (Preview) CLEANING HOUSE Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p 60 It wasn't unusu...	Doll	1	271	May 3, 2007 by alligot
	Freedom from Self Seeking (Preview) Please free my thinking of self-will, self-seeking, dishonesty, and wrong motives. -- paraphrased from Alcoholics Anonymous There is a difference between owning our power to take care of ourselves, as part of God's will for our life, and self-will. There is a difference between self-care and sel...	Quetzal	0	384	May 3, 2007 by Quetzal
	1 week (Preview) Today makes 1 week sober... I'm getting to more meetings now, my sponsor said to at least go every other day. I was going every day, but couldn't make it to one Saturday because we were picking up my friend's chicks, and couldn't make it to one yesterday because I had to pick up another turkey before the...	LisaF	12	530	May 2, 2007 by Laura
	I've decided to try AA again... (Preview) wish me luck! -- Edited by tommyg at 21:28, 2007-04-30	tommyg	9	545	May 2, 2007 by Laura
	24 Hours a Day ~ 2nd May 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we often hear the slogan "Easy Does It." Alcoholics always do everything to excess. They drink too much. They worry too much. They have too many resentments. They hurt themselves physically and mentally by too much of everything. So when they come into A.A...	Sobrietyspell	0	300	May 2, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Our Higher Power (Preview) For the next twenty-four hours ... In recovery, we live life one day at a time, an idea requiring an enormous amount of faith. We refuse to look back - unless healing from the past is part of today's work. We look ahead only to make plans. We focus on this day's activity, living it to the best of our ability....	Quetzal	2	340	May 2, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Congrats: (Preview) To Our Friend "Destiny Dreamer"....... Congrats on your 80 days sobriety! Keep it up girl. You're doing GREAT! Wanda	learning	9	465	May 2, 2007 by Ironman
	Recovery Prayer (Preview) This prayer is based on a section of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous: Thank you for keeping me straight yesterday. Please help me stay straight today. For the next twenty-four hours, I pray for knowledge of Your will for me only, and the power to carry that through. Please free my thinking of se...	Quetzal	1	316	May 1, 2007 by miller2
	Feeling Depleted~OM (Preview) There are times in our lives when it seems our bodies are running on empty. We are not sick, nor are we necessarily pushing ourselves to the limit-rather, the energy we typical enjoy has mysteriously dissipated, leaving only fatigue. Many people grow accustomed to feeling this way because they do no...	Wren	1	330	May 1, 2007 by Phil
	Peeling Off Layers (Preview) As we work our program, we peel off layers of old, worn out thoughts and habits. The Program gives us a place to share old hurts and fears so that we are able to get rid of them. Our Recovery friends accept us and give us the benefit of their experience. With their help, we are able to leave the old layers behi...	Quetzal	1	464	May 1, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hours a Day ~ 1st May 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The A.A. program is one of charity because the real meaning of the word charity is to care enough about other people to really want to help them. To get the full benefit of the program, we must try to help other alcoholics. We may try to help somebody and think we have failed, but th...	Sobrietyspell	0	512	May 1, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hours a Day ~ 30th April 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The A.A. program is one of faith because we find that we must have faith in a Power greater than ourselves if we are going to get sober. We're helpless before alcohol, but when we turn our drink problem over to God and have faith that He can give us all the strength we need, then we ha...	Sobrietyspell	2	435	May 1, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	A Medical Opinion re: Alcoholism Denial (Preview) Dealing with Denial in Alcoholismby 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 drink whe...	Phil	2	527	May 1, 2007 by barisax
	Daily Reflections May 1 (Preview) HEALING HEART AND MIND Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 55 Since it is true that God comes to me through people, I can see that by keeping people at a distance I also keep God at a distance. God is nearer to me tha...	Doll	1	1532	May 1, 2007 by alligot
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