Alcoholics Anonymous

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

I'm calling my doctor tomorrow.. and I think I'm going inpatient... you know people say "if one person suggests something, listen... if several people suggest something, you better take action"... well several people today have suggested going inpatient. I might have sounded l...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Light From A Prayer "God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference." <<<>>> We treasure our "Serenity Prayer" because it brings a new light to us that can dissip...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ To grasp the A.A. program, we have to think things out. Saint Paul said, "They are transformed by the renewing of their minds." We have to learn to think straight. We have to change from alcoholic thinking to sober thinking. We must build up a new way of looking at thi...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Part of taking responsibility for us means taking responsibility for what we want and need, and knowing that's okay to do. Learning to tune in to us, learning to listen to ourselves, is an art. It takes practice. We can use our ability to guess what others want and need and apply that skill to ourselve...

Phil · Phil

LETTING GO TAKES LOVE To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, ...

LINDA · LINDA

Hi all just wanted to say hi and i hope everyone is ok Linda xxx

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we're all through with lying, hangovers, remorse, and wasting money. When we were drinking we were only half alive. Now that we're trying to live decent, honest, unselfish lives, we're really alive. Life has a new meaning for us, so that we can really enjoy it. We feel t...

Doll · Doll

"WE PAUSE . . . AND ASK" As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.87 Today I humbly ask my Higher Power for the grace to find the space between my impulse and my action; to let flow a cooling breeze when I would r...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Resentments are the blocks that hold us back from loving others and ourselves. Resentments do not punish the other person; they punish us. They become barriers to feeling good and enjoying life. They prevent us from being in harmony with the world. Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loo...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ On the foundation of sobriety, we can build a life of honesty, unselfishness, faith in God, and love of our fellow human beings. We'll never fully reach these goals, but the adventure of building that kind of life is so much better than the merry-go-round of our old drinking li...

Doll · Doll

Doll · Doll

Binge drinking is the hardest to overcome? I recently heard this. And of all places it came from Dr. Drew on Celebrity Recovery (or Rehab) on VH1....... My disease has conditioned my mind and body to be able to go for periods of time without alcohol......Then, out of no where, it blindsides me! ...Now...

Rosco · Rosco

Hello everyone, Rosco here and I just need some advice about Step 4. I have set it up in BB format but, if I may say so I really don't know at what point do I stop? My Sponsor just tells me to do my best. I put down the things that bother me the most. I am also ready to forgive and move on. My sobriety is so ver...

Moon · Moon

It's been a while guys. Checking in to say hello and let you all know my update. My husband and I have decided that we have reached the end of our journey together. This is for the better but it's still never easy. I've learned how to take care of myself and that I deserve to be in a healthy relationship....

lani · lani

Must have been dreaming about giving a lead or something.... Im wondering why I am here in AA..... Why did God chose ME to be an alcoholic? At times I get pissed and think poor me. Why cant I be normal? Well, today for some reaon, Im thinking, WHY DID God choose me to be an alcoholic and be in such a wonderful...

Quetzal · Quetzal

There is one feeling we need to pay particular attention to in recovery: feeling victimized. We do not need to become comfortable with that feeling. How do we feel when we've been victimized? Helpless. Rageful. Powerless. Frustrated. Feeling victimized is dangerous. Often, it can prompt us i...

Doll · Doll

ROUND-THE-CLOCK FAITH Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.16 The essence of my spiritually, and my sobriety, rests on a round-the-clock faith in a Higher Power. I need to remember and rely on the God of my understanding as I pursue all of my...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Hey gals and guys, you're getting a little vacation from me, literally. Going skiing with Mrs. Dean tomorrow, be back in 8 days. No internets there unless I can find a cyber coffee shop. I'll miss you. -- Edited by StPeteDean at 20:31, 2008-01-17

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The new life can't be built in a day. We have to take the program slowly, a little at a time. Our subconscious minds have to be reeducated. We have to learn to think differently. We have to get used to sober thinking instead of alcoholic thinking. Anyone who tries it knows that the...

Doll · Doll

WOULD A DRINK HELP? By going back in our drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 23 When I was still drinking, I co...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Sometimes in life, things happen too fast. We barely solve one problem when two new problems surface. We're feeling great in the morning, but we're submerged in misery by nightfall. Every day we face interruptions, delays, changes, and challenges. We face personality conflicts and disappoint...

Sobrietyspell · Jan 18, 2008 by lani

For all my dear Sober~vibers.. I want to share with you this. I went right back when MIP was new@activeboard. I wanted a flavour of our heritage & came back with this from the archives. Only had a quick skip down those memoir lanes but enjoyed it thoroughly. Thanks to everyone for keeping on coming b...

LINDA · LINDA

Hi everyone i went to a meeting last night it was graet it always is for me. But i realise that i take everthing too seriouse my life just about evey one, And it has taken me 8 years to see this how mad is that . love Linda xxx

Birdman · Birdman

I have been sober 14 years - November 26, 1993. I have never relapsed with alchohal or drugs, but have found my way to other addictions. Sex, internet, gambling, pornography, ect. I have become very lazy in my recovery. I have not gone to a meeting in about 6 months - I simply leave my house as if I am going...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ It doesn't do much good to come to meetings only once in a while and sit around, hoping to get something out of the program. That's all right at first, but it won't help us very long. Sooner or later we have to get into action by coming to meetings regularly, by giving a personal wit...

Doll · Doll

HAPPINESS COMES QUIETLY "The trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us happiness and peace of mind in just the particular order we wanted to get it - by the alcohol route. And we weren't successful. But when we take time to find out some of the spiritual laws, and famil...

Doll · Doll

HITTING BOTTOM Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. For practicing A.A.'s remaining eleven Steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no alcoholic...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Prayer for the Day ~ The A.A. program is more a way of building a new new life than just a way of getting over drinking, because in A.A. we don't just stop drinking. We did that plenty of times in the old days when we "went on the wagon." And, of course, we always started to drink again, becaus...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

I went in this mornin to get my adenoids out and tubes put in my ears... you'd think I'd be passed out right now, right? no... wide awake, even with the pain meds. but after my last surgery I was like this too, once the anesthesia wore off I was wide awake the rest of the day... weird huh? lol Oh well....

Quetzal · Quetzal

As a matter of fact, prayer is the only real action in the full sense of the word, because prayer is the only thing that changes one's character. A change in character, or a change in soul, is a real change. -- Emmet Fox, The Sermon on the Mount Erica Jong has said that we are spiritual beings who are human...

wagon · wagon

Today i have 3 yrs, by the grace of god i go. wagon

hjf · hjf

I've been sober since April 30, 2000. It's been almost 8 years. Wow. Sobriety has been really great for me. I got married 3 and a half years ago, have 2 kids, bought a house and a business, have a great job... Since I moved 2.5 years ago I haven't got to a meeting. Haven't read the Big Book. I haven't wa...

Symposium · Symposium

Hello. I'm an alcoholic currently working on controling my drinking. Basically just being a social drinker. Not getting drunk, but not quiting entirely. For the past week I have succeeded in this. I still feel that feeling, though. The voice that tells me to drink more and more and more. I resis...

4 members & 2 guests online · Sobrietyspell

4 members & 3 guests online at 1 time, hey! Glad tis yous. Wherever 2 or more are gathered.. Feels good. Hope you guys are good. Love you all loads. Gotta go! ;) Danielle xxxxxxx -- Edited by Sobrietyspell at 10:16, 2008-01-16

Phil · Phil

Step Ten: Building the spiritual basis for recovery each day The Twelve Step program of recovery from alcoholism and other addictions rests on a notion of spirituality that is not about having the "right" beliefs. Instead, it is about adopting daily practices that help people stay c...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The A.A. program is a way of life. It's a way of living and we have to learn to live the program if we're going to stay sober. The twelve steps in the book are like guide-posts. They point the direction in which we have to go. But all members of the group have to find their own best way t...

lani · lani

Hey all: Throwing this out for some suggestions: Our neighbors called and asked us to go out on friday to a mexican place with the other neighbors. There are four houses in a row and weve all partied together over the last 8-10 years. We really havent hung out with them for the last 6 mos or so as my husband a...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Anger is one of the many profound effects life has on us. It's one of our emotions. And we're going to feel it when it comes our way -- or else repress it. -- Codependent No More If I were working a good program, I wouldn't get angry.... If I were a good Christian, I wouldn't feel angry.... If I were really u...

Doll · Doll

AN UNSUSPECTED INNER RESOURCE With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 569-70 From my first days in A.A., as I struggled for sobri...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We learn some behaviors have self-defeating consequences, while others have beneficial consequences. We learn we have choices. -- Beyond Codependency It is so easy to come to the defense of others. How clear it is when others are being used, controlled, manipulated, or abused. It is so easy to fi...

concerned123 · concerned123

I am so grateful for all of you sharing your adivce and your own experiences with me. I am trying to understand my A's problem and to read your stories makes me truly understand that I can't "save" him but i can do my best to be there for him, that it isn't my fault and that i need to take care of mys...

"a members eye view of AA" · lani

Cool pamphlet my husband found has this to say, I rather like it... "I am personally convinced that the basic search of every human being, from the cradle to the grave, is to find at least one other human being before whom he can stand completely naked, stripped of all pretense or defense, and trus...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When we first came into A.A., a sober life seemed strange. We wondered what life could possibly be like without ever taking a drink. At first, a sober life seemed unnatural. But the longer we're in A.A., the more natural this way of life seems. And now we know that the life we're l...

Doll · Doll

NO REGRETS We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.83 Once I became sober, I began to see how wasteful my life had been and I experienced overwhelming guilt and feelings of regret. The program's Fourth and Fifth Steps assisted me enormously in healing those t...

Doll · Doll

I did my first 4th & 5th step last Saturday. As I posted before, I was exhausted for a few days afterwards, but then began to feel so much better...Now....Not feeling so good. I've started having very colorful, crazy dreams ! AND I've had 3 or 4 drinking dreams, too! I, again, am exhausted. Just don...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi everyone, I got back from my trip late last night and it is so good to be back home. But, it was a super break and my parents are looking well. I saw lots of my relatives and that was good and I spoke to so many more of them over the 'phone. On the second day there I told Mum that I was an alcoholic and attend...

LINDA · LINDA

Thnkyou all for all your love.I went to a meeting tonight it was nice seing old friends. Any way thats all from me today i need to put this foot up. Love and fellowship to you all xxxx

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When we were drinking, we were living an unnatural life physically & mentally. We were punishing our bodies by loading them with alcohol. We didn't eat enough and we ate the wrong things. We didn't get enough sleep or the right kind of rest. We were ruining ourselves physi...

Quetzal · Quetzal

When we talk about feelings in recovery, we often focus on the troublesome trio - pain, fear, and anger. But there are other feelings available in the emotional realm - happiness, joy, peace, contentment, love, closeness, and excitement. It's okay to let ourselves feel pleasurable feelings too...

Doll · Doll

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 The most common alcoholic fantasy seems to be: "If I just don't drink, everything will be all right."...

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	Think I'm going inpatient (Preview) I'm calling my doctor tomorrow.. and I think I'm going inpatient... you know people say "if one person suggests something, listen... if several people suggest something, you better take action"... well several people today have suggested going inpatient. I might have sounded l...	ChicknLittle	15	782	Jan 21, 2008 by ChicknLittle
	~As Bill Sees It~ Light From A Prayer (Preview) *Light From A Prayer* "God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference." <<<>>> We treasure our "Serenity Prayer" because it brings a new light to us that can dissip...	jonijoni	1	777	Jan 21, 2008 by LINDA
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 21st January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ To grasp the A.A. program, we have to think things out. Saint Paul said, "They are transformed by the renewing of their minds." We have to learn to think straight. We have to change from alcoholic thinking to sober thinking. We must build up a new way of looking at thi...	Sobrietyspell	0	414	Jan 21, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Wants and Needs (Preview) Part of taking responsibility for us means taking responsibility for what we want and need, and knowing that's okay to do. Learning to tune in to us, learning to listen to ourselves, is an art. It takes practice. We can use our ability to guess what others want and need and apply that skill to ourselve...	Quetzal	1	467	Jan 21, 2008 by lani
	Welcome to the newcommers..and thoughts are with those going through lifes tests (Preview) LETTING GO TAKES LOVE To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, ...	Phil	6	501	Jan 20, 2008 by Tuggboat
	just to say hi (Preview) Hi all just wanted to say hi and i hope everyone is ok Linda xxx	LINDA	6	535	Jan 20, 2008 by LINDA
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 20th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we're all through with lying, hangovers, remorse, and wasting money. When we were drinking we were only half alive. Now that we're trying to live decent, honest, unselfish lives, we're really alive. Life has a new meaning for us, so that we can really enjoy it. We feel t...	Sobrietyspell	1	473	Jan 20, 2008 by Lee
	"WE PAUSE . . . AND ASK" - Daily Reflections 1/20 (Preview) "WE PAUSE . . . AND ASK" As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.87 Today I humbly ask my Higher Power for the grace to find the space between my impulse and my action; to let flow a cooling breeze when I would r...	Doll	4	626	Jan 20, 2008 by Phil
	New Beginnings (Preview) Resentments are the blocks that hold us back from loving others and ourselves. Resentments do not punish the other person; they punish us. They become barriers to feeling good and enjoying life. They prevent us from being in harmony with the world. Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loo...	Quetzal	0	499	Jan 20, 2008 by Quetzal
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 19th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ On the foundation of sobriety, we can build a life of honesty, unselfishness, faith in God, and love of our fellow human beings. We'll never fully reach these goals, but the adventure of building that kind of life is so much better than the merry-go-round of our old drinking li...	Sobrietyspell	0	387	Jan 19, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	God's Stairway (Preview)	Doll	1	433	Jan 19, 2008 by LINDA
	Did you know ? (Preview) Binge drinking is the hardest to overcome? I recently heard this. And of all places it came from Dr. Drew on Celebrity Recovery (or Rehab) on VH1....... My disease has conditioned my mind and body to be able to go for periods of time without alcohol......Then, out of no where, it blindsides me! ...Now...	Doll	6	567	Jan 19, 2008 by matay
	Step 4 (Preview) Hello everyone, Rosco here and I just need some advice about Step 4. I have set it up in BB format but, if I may say so I really don't know at what point do I stop? My Sponsor just tells me to do my best. I put down the things that bother me the most. I am also ready to forgive and move on. My sobriety is so ver...	Rosco	5	721	Jan 19, 2008 by matay
	Happy New Year (Preview) It's been a while guys. Checking in to say hello and let you all know my update. My husband and I have decided that we have reached the end of our journey together. This is for the better but it's still never easy. I've learned how to take care of myself and that I deserve to be in a healthy relationship....	Moon	3	679	Jan 19, 2008 by lani
	Random thoughts (Preview) Must have been dreaming about giving a lead or something.... Im wondering why I am here in AA..... Why did God chose ME to be an alcoholic? At times I get pissed and think poor me. Why cant I be normal? Well, today for some reaon, Im thinking, WHY DID God choose me to be an alcoholic and be in such a wonderful...	lani	0	397	Jan 19, 2008 by lani
	Owning Our Power (Preview) There is one feeling we need to pay particular attention to in recovery: feeling victimized. We do not need to become comfortable with that feeling. How do we feel when we've been victimized? Helpless. Rageful. Powerless. Frustrated. Feeling victimized is dangerous. Often, it can prompt us i...	Quetzal	0	419	Jan 19, 2008 by Quetzal
	ROUND THE CLOCK FAITH - Daily Reflections 1/19 (Preview) ROUND-THE-CLOCK FAITH Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.16 The essence of my spiritually, and my sobriety, rests on a round-the-clock faith in a Higher Power. I need to remember and rely on the God of my understanding as I pursue all of my...	Doll	0	417	Jan 18, 2008 by Doll
	Going Away for awhile (Preview) Hey gals and guys, you're getting a little vacation from me, literally. Going skiing with Mrs. Dean tomorrow, be back in 8 days. No internets there unless I can find a cyber coffee shop. I'll miss you. -- Edited by StPeteDean at 20:31, 2008-01-17	StPeteDean	7	525	Jan 18, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 18th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The new life can't be built in a day. We have to take the program slowly, a little at a time. Our subconscious minds have to be reeducated. We have to learn to think differently. We have to get used to sober thinking instead of alcoholic thinking. Anyone who tries it knows that the...	Sobrietyspell	0	364	Jan 18, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	WOULD A DRINK HELP? Daily Reflections 1/18 (Preview) WOULD A DRINK HELP? By going back in our drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 23 When I was still drinking, I co...	Doll	0	382	Jan 18, 2008 by Doll
	Gratitude (Preview) Sometimes in life, things happen too fast. We barely solve one problem when two new problems surface. We're feeling great in the morning, but we're submerged in misery by nightfall. Every day we face interruptions, delays, changes, and challenges. We face personality conflicts and disappoint...	Quetzal	0	398	Jan 18, 2008 by Quetzal
	New thread re an old thread (Preview) For all my dear Sober~vibers.. I want to share with you this. I went right back when MIP was new@activeboard. I wanted a flavour of our heritage & came back with this from the archives. Only had a quick skip down those memoir lanes but enjoyed it thoroughly. Thanks to everyone for keeping on coming b...	Sobrietyspell	4	1276	Jan 18, 2008 by lani
	Being to seriouse (Preview) Hi everyone i went to a meeting last night it was graet it always is for me. But i realise that i take everthing too seriouse my life just about evey one, And it has taken me 8 years to see this how mad is that . love Linda xxx	LINDA	3	455	Jan 17, 2008 by LINDA
	Help!! (Preview) I have been sober 14 years - November 26, 1993. I have never relapsed with alchohal or drugs, but have found my way to other addictions. Sex, internet, gambling, pornography, ect. I have become very lazy in my recovery. I have not gone to a meeting in about 6 months - I simply leave my house as if I am going...	Birdman	10	757	Jan 17, 2008 by LINDA
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 17th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ It doesn't do much good to come to meetings only once in a while and sit around, hoping to get something out of the program. That's all right at first, but it won't help us very long. Sooner or later we have to get into action by coming to meetings regularly, by giving a personal wit...	Sobrietyspell	0	417	Jan 17, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	HAPPINESS COMES QUIETLY - Daily Reflections 1/17 (Preview) HAPPINESS COMES QUIETLY "The trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us happiness and peace of mind in just the particular order we wanted to get it - by the alcohol route. And we weren't successful. But when we take time to find out some of the spiritual laws, and famil...	Doll	0	524	Jan 17, 2008 by Doll
	Hitting Bottom - Daily Reflections 1/16 (Preview) HITTING BOTTOM Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. For practicing A.A.'s remaining eleven Steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no alcoholic...	Doll	2	1786	Jan 16, 2008 by cooncatbob
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 16th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Prayer for the Day ~ The A.A. program is more a way of building a new new life than just a way of getting over drinking, because in A.A. we don't just stop drinking. We did that plenty of times in the old days when we "went on the wagon." And, of course, we always started to drink again, becaus...	Sobrietyspell	1	456	Jan 16, 2008 by lani
	Had surgery today... rambling lol (Preview) I went in this mornin to get my adenoids out and tubes put in my ears... you'd think I'd be passed out right now, right? no... wide awake, even with the pain meds. but after my last surgery I was like this too, once the anesthesia wore off I was wide awake the rest of the day... weird huh? lol Oh well....	ChicknLittle	5	737	Jan 16, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Prayer (Preview) As a matter of fact, prayer is the only real action in the full sense of the word, because prayer is the only thing that changes one's character. A change in character, or a change in soul, is a real change. -- Emmet Fox, The Sermon on the Mount Erica Jong has said that we are spiritual beings who are human...	Quetzal	0	518	Jan 16, 2008 by Quetzal
	not me! a hp!! (Preview) Today i have 3 yrs, by the grace of god i go. wagon	wagon	7	560	Jan 16, 2008 by Quetzal
	New Here - Please Help (Preview) I've been sober since April 30, 2000. It's been almost 8 years. Wow. Sobriety has been really great for me. I got married 3 and a half years ago, have 2 kids, bought a house and a business, have a great job... Since I moved 2.5 years ago I haven't got to a meeting. Haven't read the Big Book. I haven't wa...	hjf	7	634	Jan 15, 2008 by LINDA
	Do you think it's possible? (Preview) Hello. I'm an alcoholic currently working on controling my drinking. Basically just being a social drinker. Not getting drunk, but not quiting entirely. For the past week I have succeeded in this. I still feel that feeling, though. The voice that tells me to drink more and more and more. I resis...	Symposium	16	850	Jan 15, 2008 by Doll
	4 members & 2 guests online (Preview) 4 members & 3 guests online at 1 time, hey! Glad tis yous. Wherever 2 or more are gathered.. Feels good. Hope you guys are good. Love you all loads. Gotta go! ;) Danielle xxxxxxx -- Edited by Sobrietyspell at 10:16, 2008-01-16	Sobrietyspell	1	506	Jan 15, 2008 by Doll
	A Share From Hazelden (Preview) Step Ten: Building the spiritual basis for recovery each day The Twelve Step program of recovery from alcoholism and other addictions rests on a notion of spirituality that is not about having the "right" beliefs. Instead, it is about adopting daily practices that help people stay c...	Phil	3	599	Jan 15, 2008 by Doll
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 15th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The A.A. program is a way of life. It's a way of living and we have to learn to live the program if we're going to stay sober. The twelve steps in the book are like guide-posts. They point the direction in which we have to go. But all members of the group have to find their own best way t...	Sobrietyspell	1	463	Jan 15, 2008 by lani
	Got invited... (Preview) Hey all: Throwing this out for some suggestions: Our neighbors called and asked us to go out on friday to a mexican place with the other neighbors. There are four houses in a row and weve all partied together over the last 8-10 years. We really havent hung out with them for the last 6 mos or so as my husband a...	lani	8	545	Jan 15, 2008 by lani
	Accepting Anger (Preview) Anger is one of the many profound effects life has on us. It's one of our emotions. And we're going to feel it when it comes our way -- or else repress it. -- Codependent No More If I were working a good program, I wouldn't get angry.... If I were a good Christian, I wouldn't feel angry.... If I were really u...	Quetzal	13	855	Jan 15, 2008 by StPeteDean
	AN UNSUSPECTED INNER RESOURCE - Daily Reflections 1/15 (Preview) AN UNSUSPECTED INNER RESOURCE With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 569-70 From my first days in A.A., as I struggled for sobri...	Doll	0	496	Jan 15, 2008 by Doll
	Standing Up for Ourselves (Preview) We learn some behaviors have self-defeating consequences, while others have beneficial consequences. We learn we have choices. -- Beyond Codependency It is so easy to come to the defense of others. How clear it is when others are being used, controlled, manipulated, or abused. It is so easy to fi...	Quetzal	0	458	Jan 15, 2008 by Quetzal
	Thank you (Preview) I am so grateful for all of you sharing your adivce and your own experiences with me. I am trying to understand my A's problem and to read your stories makes me truly understand that I can't "save" him but i can do my best to be there for him, that it isn't my fault and that i need to take care of mys...	concerned123	3	498	Jan 14, 2008 by concerned123
	"a members eye view of AA" (Preview) Cool pamphlet my husband found has this to say, I rather like it... "I am personally convinced that the basic search of every human being, from the cradle to the grave, is to find at least one other human being before whom he can stand completely naked, stripped of all pretense or defense, and trus...	lani	4	2469	Jan 14, 2008 by lani
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 14th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When we first came into A.A., a sober life seemed strange. We wondered what life could possibly be like without ever taking a drink. At first, a sober life seemed unnatural. But the longer we're in A.A., the more natural this way of life seems. And now we know that the life we're l...	Sobrietyspell	0	427	Jan 14, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections 1/14 - NO REGRETS (Preview) NO REGRETS We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.83 Once I became sober, I began to see how wasteful my life had been and I experienced overwhelming guilt and feelings of regret. The program's Fourth and Fifth Steps assisted me enormously in healing those t...	Doll	0	933	Jan 14, 2008 by Doll
	Post 4th & 5th Steps... ES&H needed. (Preview) I did my first 4th & 5th step last Saturday. As I posted before, I was exhausted for a few days afterwards, but then began to feel so much better...Now....Not feeling so good. I've started having very colorful, crazy dreams ! AND I've had 3 or 4 drinking dreams, too! I, again, am exhausted. Just don...	Doll	10	1805	Jan 14, 2008 by Doll
	I'm Back & Have Good News!!! (Preview) Hi everyone, I got back from my trip late last night and it is so good to be back home. But, it was a super break and my parents are looking well. I saw lots of my relatives and that was good and I spoke to so many more of them over the 'phone. On the second day there I told Mum that I was an alcoholic and attend...	Quetzal	6	634	Jan 13, 2008 by FindingFreedom
	A thankfull alcoholic (Preview) Thnkyou all for all your love.I went to a meeting tonight it was nice seing old friends. Any way thats all from me today i need to put this foot up. Love and fellowship to you all xxxx	LINDA	3	434	Jan 13, 2008 by LINDA
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 13th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When we were drinking, we were living an unnatural life physically & mentally. We were punishing our bodies by loading them with alcohol. We didn't eat enough and we ate the wrong things. We didn't get enough sleep or the right kind of rest. We were ruining ourselves physi...	Sobrietyspell	0	443	Jan 13, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Good Feelings (Preview) When we talk about feelings in recovery, we often focus on the troublesome trio - pain, fear, and anger. But there are other feelings available in the emotional realm - happiness, joy, peace, contentment, love, closeness, and excitement. It's okay to let ourselves feel pleasurable feelings too...	Quetzal	1	503	Jan 13, 2008 by jonijoni
	"It Doesn't Happen Overnight" Daily Reflections 1/13 (Preview) IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 The most common alcoholic fantasy seems to be: "If I just don't drink, everything will be all right."...	Doll	1	420	Jan 13, 2008 by lani
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