Alcoholics Anonymous

Phil · Phil

By Robert Burney "We cannot begin to make progress in learning to Love ourselves until we start being kind to ourselves in healthy ways. A very important part of being kind to ourselves is learning how to say no, and how to set, and be able to defend, boundaries. Unconditional Love does not mean...

Doll · Doll

WHAT? NO PRESIDENT? When told that our Society has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues. . . . our friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be . . ." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 132 When I finally made my way to A.A.,...

Tina · Tina

I've put a few post up in regards to my relationship with my son month's ago and got some great feed back also talked to my sponser and others. I've learned not to be judgemental and well learned not to react to certain things, as thought in the program and well just in general, you can'...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ We should be free from alcohol for good. It's out of our hands and in the hands of God, so we don't need to worry about it any more. But if we haven't done this honestly & fully, the chances are that it will become our problem again. Since we don't trust God to take c...

jeannie · jeannie

There is a very interesting article in the March 2007 issue of Reader's Digest entitled "Battling Addiction - God, science and soberity 12 steps to nowhere." Just my share at this moment in time. Later - Jeannie

OkDokey · OkDokey

I had my first day back to school today and for most of the day I actually enjoyed teaching--something I haven't done for a long time

I also printed out the "whiners anonymous" post and put it in my wallet

I wonder if being an alcoholic means that I was born without emotional boundaries...

Phil · Phil

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to co...

Doll · Doll

A UNIQUE STABILITY Where does A.A. get its direction? . . . These practical folk then read Tradition Two, and learn that the sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience. . . The elder statesman is the one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who hold...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ When we came into A.A., the first thing we did was to admit that we couldn't do anything about our drinking. We admitted that alcohol had us licked and that we were helpless against it. We never could decide whether or not to take a drink. We always took the drink. And since we coul...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Every human being is a problem in search of a solution. -- Ashley Montagu Each of us is a strong and fragile creature. We're always subject to forces outside our control, and we're learning steps for living that help us cope and rise above these problems. Our particular situation might seem s...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

The Lord is my sponsor, I shall not want. He maketh me go to many meetings. He leadeth me to sit back, relax and listen with an open mind. He restoreth my soul, my sanity and my health. He leadeth me in the paths of serenity and fellowship for my sake. He teacheth me to think, take it easy, to live and let live,...

Wren · Wren

February 26, 2007 Level Of Consciousness Sometimes we look at the actions of others and find it difficult to understand what motivates them. But we are all doing the best we can with the information we currently have. We have all been taught how to see the world from the examples of those around us and by...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ When we came into A.A, we came to believe in a Power greater than ourselves. We came to believe in that Divine Principle in the universe which we call God, and to whom we can turn for help. Each morning we have a quiet time. We ask God for the power to stay sober for the next twenty-four ho...

OkDokey · OkDokey

Acceptance: 1) I'm totally stressed to go back to teaching tomorrow... 2) I'm not prepared for classes tomorrow... 3) I don't have the shopping, laundry, cleaning done... 4) My husband's flight home was cancelled due to weather... 5) His new flight is going to get him in late Tuesday, s...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ Some people find it hard to believe in a Power greater than themselves. But not to believe in such a Power forces us to atheism. It has been said that atheism is blind faith in the strange proposition that this universe originated in a cipher and aimlessly rushes nowhere. That'...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ When we came to our first A.A. meeting, we looked up at the wall at the end of the room and saw the sign: "But for the grace of God." We knew right then and there that we would have to call on the grace of God in order to get sober and get over our soul-sickness. We heard speakers t...

RyanS · RyanS

It's Sunday morning, you people. Lets keep sober this 24. And don't drink nothin either. When I first read the following, fresh sober, I was floored. The first few paragraphs alone took months to digest, and I realized that this was something I would do well to come back to, and read, if a parag...

Doll · Doll

Withdrawals Can Be Mild, Moderate or SevereAlcohol withdrawal refers to a group of symptoms that may occur from suddenly stopping the use of alcohol after chronic or prolonged ingestion. Not everyone who stops drinking experiences withdrawal symptoms, but most people who have been drinking for...

LisaF · LisaF

So I got a temporary sponsor... I didn't actually ask her to be my sponsor, I had told her I needed to get to know women out here and that I hadn't found a sponsor here yet, and she said "I'll be your temporary sponsor!" so I said ok... So we talked a long time the other night... and sh...

OkDokey · OkDokey

Hi There; I'm so glad you guys are here. I'm 9 1/2 yrs sober and have spent this last week dying for a drink--still sober though

I live way in the boondocks and took a job this year teaching chemistry at the local High School (I still think it's funny that I'm certified to teach chemistry). Any...

Phil · Phil

If any of this sounds like you... • Recognize your addiction, talk to a healthy friend or adviser and begin today to take back the control of your life and your well-being. • Realize that you are powerless over what the other person feels, thinks or does. You didn't cause it and you can't fix it....

Phil · Phil

Codependency occurs when a capable adult relinquishes control of their life and their happiness to another person, believing incorrectly that their passivity is somehow going to give them what they want. Falling in love usually starts off with a wonderful cocktail of hormones and joy juices like...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Experiencing feelings can be a challenge if we've had no previous experience or permission to do that. Learning to identify what we're feeling is a challenge we can meet, but we will not become experts overnight. Nor do we have to deal with our feelings perfectly. Here are some ideas that mig...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We don't always have to be strong. Sometimes, our strength is expressed in being vulnerable. Sometimes, we need to fall apart to regroup and stay on track. We all have days when we cannot push any harder, cannot hold back self-doubt, cannot stop focusing on fear, cannot be strong. There are days w...

CAM · CAM

*********************************************************** February 23, 2007 A.A. Thought For The Day Besides our jobs, our families, our friends and our sobriety, we have something else which many of us found through A.A. That's faith in a Power greater than ourselves, to which we can...

psychoktty · psychoktty

Hey All - thanks for your feedback on my business meeting post last week; I did show up for last nights business meeting. As it turns out, one of the individuals with the strong opinions last week didn't show up, the other seemed to have amnesia regarding her opinions of the previous week and sudd...

Doll · Doll

MYSTERIOUS PARADOXES Such is the paradox of A.A. regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one's old life as a condition for finding a new one. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 46 What glorious mysteries paradoxes are! They do not compute, yet when recognized and accep...

jeannie · jeannie

An older friend of mine always lived by the rule, "Let your conscience be your guide. Whenever he was faced by a tough decision, he said, "I stop thinking and I start feeling." For this wide old gentleman, wisdom came from listening not so much to his mind, but more to his heart. He a...

Marti · Marti

Hello, I joined this forum a few months back because I felt like I did not want to go to face to face AA. So I figured i'd turn to an online support group. I never posted and I kept drinking. I've been on a drinking binge for the last year or so. I cannot remember the last time i've gone a...

TenderheartsKS · TenderheartsKS

Thought I would briefly introduce myself before jumping into threads. My name is DeVon, and I am an active member of AA. I hail from a small agricultural town, but we do have 3 meetings here a week. I have a hard-nosed sponsor which is exactly what I need, I also sponsor others, and am glad I hung in there lo...

CAM · CAM

*********************************************************** February 21, 2007 A.A. Thought For The Day I go to the A.A. meetings because it helps me in my business of keeping sober. And I try to help other alcoholics when I can, because that's my part of my business of keeping sober. I also h...

CAM · CAM

February 22, 2007 A.A. Thought For The Day Now we can take an inventory of the good things that have come to us through A.A. To begin with, we're sober today. That's the biggest asset on any alcoholic's books. Sobriety to us is like good-will in business. Everything else depends on that. M...

Doll · Doll

GUIDANCE ... this means a belief in a Creator who is all power, justice, and love; a God who intends for me a purpose, a meaning, and a destiny to grow, however... haltingly, toward His own likeness and image. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 51 As I began to understand my own powerlessness and my dependence on God, as I...

Quetzal · Quetzal

I ask that You might help me work through all my problems, to Your Glory and Honor. - Alcoholics Anonymous Many of us lived in situations where it wasn't okay to identify, have, or talk about problems. Denial became a way of life -- our way of dealing with problems In recovery, many of us still fear pr...

barisax · barisax

From the moment I started drinking, I loved it, and I loved it so much I planned and plotted so that I would not become an alcoholic like my father. I thought I knew about alcoholism - an alcoholic was someone who craved alcohol and went into withdrawal without it. I didn't want to be come one of thos...

Laura · Laura

Hey guys, I had a rough day--actually, it really wasn't all that bad, just full of stuff and as the day started ebbing towards a close I felt very irritable, depressed and tense. I said to myself in the car as I started the long drive home "When I get home, if one of my friends has a bottle of wine op...

Doll · Doll

I'M PART OF THE WHOLE At once, I became a part--if only a tiny part--of a cosmos.... AS BILL SEES IT, p. 225 When I first came to A.A., I decided that "they" were very nice people--perhaps a little naive, a little too friendly, but basically decent, earnest people (with whom I had nothing...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The present moment is all we have. Yes, we have plans and goals, a vision for tomorrow. But now is the only time we possess. And it is enough. We can clear our mind of the residue of yesterday. We can clear our mind of fears of tomorrow. We can be present, now. We can make ourselves available to this moment, t...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We are powerless over other people's expectations of us. We cannot control what others want, what they expect, or what they want us to do and be. We can control how we respond to other people's expectations. During the course of any day, people may make demands on our time, talents, energy, mo...

Doll · Doll

THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER At this juncture, his A.A. sponsor usually laughs. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 26 Before my recovery from alcoholism began, laughter was one of the most painful sounds I knew. I never laughed and I felt that anyone else's laughter was directed at me! My self-pity a...

hippietrippiechick · hippietrippiechick

I posted on here a while back asking if anyone had any recovery tapes/CDs they could send me. I got a whole bunch and my A actually listened to one already with me. You are helping two at the same time. Also, someone sent me a little variety of books and stuff, maybe this was from Al-anon, but I have to put ou...

CAM · CAM

*********************************************************** February 20, 2007 A.A. Thought For The Day Liquor used to be my friend. I used to have a lot of fun drinking. Practically all the fun I had was connected with drinking. But the time came when liquor became my enemy. I don't know jus...

Phil · Phil

Add alcohol to this one...and its disasterous PTSD and RELATIONSHIPS A National Center Fact Sheet Trauma survivors with PTSD often experience problems in their intimate and family relationships or close friendships. PTSD involves symptoms that interfere with trust, emotional closeness, com...

Doll · Doll

I'M NOT DIFFERENT In the beginning, it was four whole years before A.A. brought permanent sobriety to even one alcoholic woman. Like the "high bottoms, " the women said they were different; . . . The Skid-Rower said he was different . . . so did the artists and the professional people, t...

Doll · Doll

OUR PATHS ARE OUR OWN ... there was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 25 My first attempt at the Steps was one of obligation and necessity, which resulted in a deep feeling of discouragement in the face of all those adverbs: cour...

Doll · Doll

THE LOVE IN THEIR EYES Some of us won't believe in God, others can't, and still others who do not believe that God exists have no faith whatever He will perform this miracle. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 25 It was the changes I saw in the new people who came into the Fellowship that help...

CAM · CAM

*********************************************************** A.A. Thought For The Day Many things we do in A.A. are in preparation for that crucial moment when, walking down the street on a nice sunshiny day, we see a nice cool cocktail lounge and the idea of having a drink pops into our minds. If...

Doll · Doll

WE CAN'T THINK OUR WAY SOBER To the intellectually self-sufficient man or woman, many A.A.'s can say, "Yes, we were like you--far too smart for our own good.... Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brain power alone." AS BILL SEES IT, p. 60 Even the most...

Tina · Tina

Um the last couple of days were alright, but my computer screwed up and had to take it in to get it looked at. and ya know funny thing was, I tried signing in to this forum and damn I forgot my stupid pass word, Uh duh. I'm doing well, daughter has still got a sore angkle, a little embarrassed to go to schoo...

Doll · Doll

Well, all, it's been a LONG week.....My ex husband had one of his hips replaced on Wed., the surgery went very well, but he's looking at a long recovery just to go back in and have the other hip done......My b/f left Thursday night for his mother's, 150mi away, she was diagnosed with ova...

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	Enabling and Rescuing VS Tough Love (Preview) By Robert Burney "We cannot begin to make progress in learning to Love ourselves until we start being kind to ourselves in healthy ways. A very important part of being kind to ourselves is learning how to say no, and how to set, and be able to defend, boundaries. Unconditional Love does not mean...	Phil	1	2328	Feb 28, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Daily Reflections Feb 28 (Preview) WHAT? NO PRESIDENT? When told that our Society has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues. . . . our friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be . . ." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 132 When I finally made my way to A.A.,...	Doll	1	308	Feb 28, 2007 by Phil
	Accepting things in the present (Preview) I've put a few post up in regards to my relationship with my son month's ago and got some great feed back also talked to my sponser and others. I've learned not to be judgemental and well learned not to react to certain things, as thought in the program and well just in general, you can'...	Tina	6	377	Feb 28, 2007 by Tina
	24 Hours a Day ~ Feb 28th 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ We should be free from alcohol for good. It's out of our hands and in the hands of God, so we don't need to worry about it any more. But if we haven't done this honestly & fully, the chances are that it will become our problem again. Since we don't trust God to take c...	Sobrietyspell	0	373	Feb 28, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Interesting reading (Preview) There is a very interesting article in the March 2007 issue of Reader's Digest entitled "Battling Addiction - God, science and soberity 12 steps to nowhere." Just my share at this moment in time. Later - Jeannie	jeannie	2	383	Feb 27, 2007 by jeannie
	Doing Better (Preview) I had my first day back to school today and for most of the day I actually enjoyed teaching--something I haven't done for a long time I also printed out the "whiners anonymous" post and put it in my wallet I wonder if being an alcoholic means that I was born without emotional boundaries...	OkDokey	4	331	Feb 27, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Another Lesson Learned (Preview) One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to co...	Phil	2	449	Feb 27, 2007 by jeannie
	Daily Reflections Feb 27 (Preview) A UNIQUE STABILITY Where does A.A. get its direction? . . . These practical folk then read Tradition Two, and learn that the sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience. . . The elder statesman is the one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who hold...	Doll	0	303	Feb 27, 2007 by Doll
	24 Hours a Day ~ Feb 27th 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ When we came into A.A., the first thing we did was to admit that we couldn't do anything about our drinking. We admitted that alcohol had us licked and that we were helpless against it. We never could decide whether or not to take a drink. We always took the drink. And since we coul...	Sobrietyspell	0	400	Feb 27, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Problems and Solutions (Preview) Every human being is a problem in search of a solution. -- Ashley Montagu Each of us is a strong and fragile creature. We're always subject to forces outside our control, and we're learning steps for living that help us cope and rise above these problems. Our particular situation might seem s...	Quetzal	0	312	Feb 27, 2007 by Quetzal
	The Lord is my Sponsor (Preview) The Lord is my sponsor, I shall not want. He maketh me go to many meetings. He leadeth me to sit back, relax and listen with an open mind. He restoreth my soul, my sanity and my health. He leadeth me in the paths of serenity and fellowship for my sake. He teacheth me to think, take it easy, to live and let live,...	amanda2u2	4	380	Feb 26, 2007 by OkDokey
	Understanding Oneness (Preview) February 26, 2007 Level Of Consciousness Sometimes we look at the actions of others and find it difficult to understand what motivates them. But we are all doing the best we can with the information we currently have. We have all been taught how to see the world from the examples of those around us and by...	Wren	1	315	Feb 26, 2007 by timverton
	24 Hours a Day ~ Feb 26th 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ When we came into A.A, we came to believe in a Power greater than ourselves. We came to believe in that Divine Principle in the universe which we call God, and to whom we can turn for help. Each morning we have a quiet time. We ask God for the power to stay sober for the next twenty-four ho...	Sobrietyspell	0	555	Feb 26, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Can't find acceptance today (Preview) Acceptance: 1) I'm totally stressed to go back to teaching tomorrow... 2) I'm not prepared for classes tomorrow... 3) I don't have the shopping, laundry, cleaning done... 4) My husband's flight home was cancelled due to weather... 5) His new flight is going to get him in late Tuesday, s...	OkDokey	7	359	Feb 25, 2007 by RyanS
	24 Hours a Day ~ Feb 25th 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ Some people find it hard to believe in a Power greater than themselves. But not to believe in such a Power forces us to atheism. It has been said that atheism is blind faith in the strange proposition that this universe originated in a cipher and aimlessly rushes nowhere. That'...	Sobrietyspell	0	336	Feb 25, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hours a Day ~ Feb 24th 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ When we came to our first A.A. meeting, we looked up at the wall at the end of the room and saw the sign: "But for the grace of God." We knew right then and there that we would have to call on the grace of God in order to get sober and get over our soul-sickness. We heard speakers t...	Sobrietyspell	0	362	Feb 25, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Speech!Speech!Speech!heheh (Preview) It's Sunday morning, you people. Lets keep sober this 24. And don't drink nothin either. When I first read the following, fresh sober, I was floored. The first few paragraphs alone took months to digest, and I realized that this was something I would do well to come back to, and read, if a parag...	RyanS	6	5653	Feb 25, 2007 by timverton
	Symptoms of Alcohol Withdrawal (Preview) Withdrawals Can Be Mild, Moderate or SevereAlcohol withdrawal refers to a group of symptoms that may occur from suddenly stopping the use of alcohol after chronic or prolonged ingestion. Not everyone who stops drinking experiences withdrawal symptoms, but most people who have been drinking for...	Doll	4	1142	Feb 24, 2007 by Laura
	Wow, what do you think? Temp sponsor... (Preview) So I got a temporary sponsor... I didn't actually ask her to be my sponsor, I had told her I needed to get to know women out here and that I hadn't found a sponsor here yet, and she said "I'll be your temporary sponsor!" so I said ok... So we talked a long time the other night... and sh...	LisaF	14	672	Feb 24, 2007 by sheilasdad
	I'm so glad you're here (Preview) Hi There; I'm so glad you guys are here. I'm 9 1/2 yrs sober and have spent this last week dying for a drink--still sober though I live way in the boondocks and took a job this year teaching chemistry at the local High School (I still think it's funny that I'm certified to teach chemistry). Any...	OkDokey	7	351	Feb 24, 2007 by OkDokey
	Codependant Relationships (Preview) If any of this sounds like you... • Recognize your addiction, talk to a healthy friend or adviser and begin today to take back the control of your life and your well-being. • Realize that you are powerless over what the other person feels, thinks or does. You didn't cause it and you can't fix it....	Phil	4	420	Feb 24, 2007 by OkDokey
	Been there...Done that..:) (Preview) Codependency occurs when a capable adult relinquishes control of their life and their happiness to another person, believing incorrectly that their passivity is somehow going to give them what they want. Falling in love usually starts off with a wonderful cocktail of hormones and joy juices like...	Phil	7	405	Feb 24, 2007 by Phil
	Recognizing Feelings (Preview) Experiencing feelings can be a challenge if we've had no previous experience or permission to do that. Learning to identify what we're feeling is a challenge we can meet, but we will not become experts overnight. Nor do we have to deal with our feelings perfectly. Here are some ideas that mig...	Quetzal	1	435	Feb 24, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Strength (Preview) We don't always have to be strong. Sometimes, our strength is expressed in being vulnerable. Sometimes, we need to fall apart to regroup and stay on track. We all have days when we cannot push any harder, cannot hold back self-doubt, cannot stop focusing on fear, cannot be strong. There are days w...	Quetzal	2	320	Feb 23, 2007 by Phil
	Twenty-Four Hours A Day (Preview) *********************************************************** February 23, 2007 A.A. Thought For The Day Besides our jobs, our families, our friends and our sobriety, we have something else which many of us found through A.A. That's faith in a Power greater than ourselves, to which we can...	CAM	0	291	Feb 23, 2007 by CAM
	Business Meeting 2 (Preview) Hey All - thanks for your feedback on my business meeting post last week; I did show up for last nights business meeting. As it turns out, one of the individuals with the strong opinions last week didn't show up, the other seemed to have amnesia regarding her opinions of the previous week and sudd...	psychoktty	5	354	Feb 23, 2007 by CAM
	Daily Reflections Feb 23 (Preview) MYSTERIOUS PARADOXES Such is the paradox of A.A. regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one's old life as a condition for finding a new one. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 46 What glorious mysteries paradoxes are! They do not compute, yet when recognized and accep...	Doll	0	776	Feb 23, 2007 by Doll
	Keep an open mind (Preview) An older friend of mine always lived by the rule, "Let your conscience be your guide. Whenever he was faced by a tough decision, he said, "I stop thinking and I start feeling." For this wide old gentleman, wisdom came from listening not so much to his mind, but more to his heart. He a...	jeannie	3	561	Feb 22, 2007 by Quetzal
	New (Preview) Hello, I joined this forum a few months back because I felt like I did not want to go to face to face AA. So I figured i'd turn to an online support group. I never posted and I kept drinking. I've been on a drinking binge for the last year or so. I cannot remember the last time i've gone a...	Marti	7	417	Feb 22, 2007 by destinydreamer
	Hello to everyone! (Preview) Thought I would briefly introduce myself before jumping into threads. My name is DeVon, and I am an active member of AA. I hail from a small agricultural town, but we do have 3 meetings here a week. I have a hard-nosed sponsor which is exactly what I need, I also sponsor others, and am glad I hung in there lo...	TenderheartsKS	5	422	Feb 22, 2007 by destinydreamer
	Twenty-Four Hours A Day (Preview) *********************************************************** February 21, 2007 A.A. Thought For The Day I go to the A.A. meetings because it helps me in my business of keeping sober. And I try to help other alcoholics when I can, because that's my part of my business of keeping sober. I also h...	CAM	4	363	Feb 22, 2007 by CAM
	Twenty-Four Hours A Day (Preview) February 22, 2007 A.A. Thought For The Day Now we can take an inventory of the good things that have come to us through A.A. To begin with, we're sober today. That's the biggest asset on any alcoholic's books. Sobriety to us is like good-will in business. Everything else depends on that. M...	CAM	0	285	Feb 22, 2007 by CAM
	Daily Reflections Feb 22 (Preview) GUIDANCE ... this means a belief in a Creator who is all power, justice, and love; a God who intends for me a purpose, a meaning, and a destiny to grow, however... haltingly, toward His own likeness and image. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 51 As I began to understand my own powerlessness and my dependence on God, as I...	Doll	0	916	Feb 22, 2007 by Doll
	Facing and Solving Problems (Preview) I ask that You might help me work through all my problems, to Your Glory and Honor. - Alcoholics Anonymous Many of us lived in situations where it wasn't okay to identify, have, or talk about problems. Denial became a way of life -- our way of dealing with problems In recovery, many of us still fear pr...	Quetzal	0	363	Feb 22, 2007 by Quetzal
	Mental Obsession (Preview) From the moment I started drinking, I loved it, and I loved it so much I planned and plotted so that I would not become an alcoholic like my father. I thought I knew about alcoholism - an alcoholic was someone who craved alcohol and went into withdrawal without it. I didn't want to be come one of thos...	barisax	3	874	Feb 21, 2007 by barisax
	Had a rough day (Preview) Hey guys, I had a rough day--actually, it really wasn't all that bad, just full of stuff and as the day started ebbing towards a close I felt very irritable, depressed and tense. I said to myself in the car as I started the long drive home "When I get home, if one of my friends has a bottle of wine op...	Laura	3	344	Feb 21, 2007 by Wren
	Daily Reflections Feb 21 (Preview) I'M PART OF THE WHOLE At once, I became a part--if only a tiny part--of a cosmos.... AS BILL SEES IT, p. 225 When I first came to A.A., I decided that "they" were very nice people--perhaps a little naive, a little too friendly, but basically decent, earnest people (with whom I had nothing...	Doll	1	483	Feb 21, 2007 by Phil
	Living In The Present (Preview) The present moment is all we have. Yes, we have plans and goals, a vision for tomorrow. But now is the only time we possess. And it is enough. We can clear our mind of the residue of yesterday. We can clear our mind of fears of tomorrow. We can be present, now. We can make ourselves available to this moment, t...	Quetzal	0	575	Feb 21, 2007 by Quetzal
	People Pleasing (Preview) We are powerless over other people's expectations of us. We cannot control what others want, what they expect, or what they want us to do and be. We can control how we respond to other people's expectations. During the course of any day, people may make demands on our time, talents, energy, mo...	Quetzal	1	388	Feb 20, 2007 by kbstandup
	Daily Reflections Feb 20 (Preview) THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER At this juncture, his A.A. sponsor usually laughs. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 26 Before my recovery from alcoholism began, laughter was one of the most painful sounds I knew. I never laughed and I felt that anyone else's laughter was directed at me! My self-pity a...	Doll	1	344	Feb 20, 2007 by kbstandup
	Big thank you to anonymous (Preview) I posted on here a while back asking if anyone had any recovery tapes/CDs they could send me. I got a whole bunch and my A actually listened to one already with me. You are helping two at the same time. Also, someone sent me a little variety of books and stuff, maybe this was from Al-anon, but I have to put ou...	hippietrippiechick	0	420	Feb 20, 2007 by hippietrippiechick
	Twenty-Four Hours A Day (Preview) *********************************************************** February 20, 2007 A.A. Thought For The Day Liquor used to be my friend. I used to have a lot of fun drinking. Practically all the fun I had was connected with drinking. But the time came when liquor became my enemy. I don't know jus...	CAM	0	282	Feb 20, 2007 by CAM
	Another Article That I can Identify with..from the Outside In (Preview) Add alcohol to this one...and its disasterous PTSD and RELATIONSHIPS A National Center Fact Sheet Trauma survivors with PTSD often experience problems in their intimate and family relationships or close friendships. PTSD involves symptoms that interfere with trust, emotional closeness, com...	Phil	8	522	Feb 19, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections Feb 19 (Preview) I'M NOT DIFFERENT In the beginning, it was four whole years before A.A. brought permanent sobriety to even one alcoholic woman. Like the "high bottoms, " the women said they were different; . . . The Skid-Rower said he was different . . . so did the artists and the professional people, t...	Doll	1	407	Feb 19, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections Feb 18 (Preview) OUR PATHS ARE OUR OWN ... there was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 25 My first attempt at the Steps was one of obligation and necessity, which resulted in a deep feeling of discouragement in the face of all those adverbs: cour...	Doll	1	471	Feb 19, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections Feb 17 (Preview) THE LOVE IN THEIR EYES Some of us won't believe in God, others can't, and still others who do not believe that God exists have no faith whatever He will perform this miracle. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 25 It was the changes I saw in the new people who came into the Fellowship that help...	Doll	1	690	Feb 19, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Twenty-Four Hours A Day (Preview) *********************************************************** A.A. Thought For The Day Many things we do in A.A. are in preparation for that crucial moment when, walking down the street on a nice sunshiny day, we see a nice cool cocktail lounge and the idea of having a drink pops into our minds. If...	CAM	0	280	Feb 19, 2007 by CAM
	Daily Reflections Feb 13 (Preview) WE CAN'T THINK OUR WAY SOBER To the intellectually self-sufficient man or woman, many A.A.'s can say, "Yes, we were like you--far too smart for our own good.... Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brain power alone." AS BILL SEES IT, p. 60 Even the most...	Doll	2	622	Feb 19, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	This is funny!!!! (Preview) Um the last couple of days were alright, but my computer screwed up and had to take it in to get it looked at. and ya know funny thing was, I tried signing in to this forum and damn I forgot my stupid pass word, Uh duh. I'm doing well, daughter has still got a sore angkle, a little embarrassed to go to schoo...	Tina	0	325	Feb 19, 2007 by Tina
	Prayers please ? (Preview) Well, all, it's been a LONG week.....My ex husband had one of his hips replaced on Wed., the surgery went very well, but he's looking at a long recovery just to go back in and have the other hip done......My b/f left Thursday night for his mother's, 150mi away, she was diagnosed with ova...	Doll	6	347	Feb 19, 2007 by Doll
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