Alcoholics Anonymous

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...

POOKISTAN · POOKISTAN

I got to roughly 3 weeks alcohol-free last time and while I'm not feeling withdrawals quite as bad I think the main issue here is that I don't have the tranqualizers to dumb me down. I'm not going to drink - I've already determined that but man it's gonna' be a longer road than before... ;_; It's especial...

POOKISTAN · POOKISTAN

I wouldn't say I failed at drinking in moderation but my stomach problems came back. It seems like they're finally settling down once more and once again I'm a few days into "it"... I drank roughly two times a week in my abscence and the amount I drank was probably 1/5th to 1/6th of what I dran...

Moon · Moon

Irritable, impatience, not tolerant, capable of raging, uncontrolable feelings, grouchy. Is this considered dry drunk? Uh oh, I think I might fit this category...sometimes, not all the time. While you respond know this, remember I am still in denial (some days) that I'm an alcoholic...I don'...

Doll · Doll

A GREAT PARADOX These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.'s all around the globe. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151 The great paradox o...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The goal is balance. We need balance between work and play. We need balance between giving and receiving. We need balance in thought and feelings. We need balance in caring for our physical self and our spiritual self. A balanced life has harmony between a professional life and a personal life. There...

LisaF · LisaF

We've had 3 hens sitting... and I've seen one with 5 chicks, we've got 2 more around here somewhere with their chicks too! And... Our friend went crazy today... bought 60 baby ducks, 6 baby turkeys, 2 baby guineas, and 300 baby chicks... lol and... she surprised me with 4 baby turkeys and 3 baby gui...

LisaF · LisaF

Hey y'all... just checkin in... I'm doing good... 3 days sober... getting to meetings, got a sponsor, doing my first step... It's funny, my roommate and I went to our Thursday night meeting last night, and when I shared I said something about how I'd been on a dry drunk... and after the meeting, m...

POOKISTAN · POOKISTAN

I've been feeling so much anxiety throughout this but I really don't think it's a symptom of anything - It's just a practical reaction to what's happening... The worst part about this whole ordeal is not having any life insurance - The answers are out there they're just not within practical financia...

ally · ally

Bonjour Hey, just a quick update, remember the girl who wanted to end her life, who was depressed, bla bla bla. Because her recovering alcoholic friend could not give her love in return.....lol Well guess what.. That girl who was scared of everything, heights, flying, people, life... Has just had...

learning · learning

This week I've encountered how really helpless/powerless one can be over life events. My beloved sister underwent colon surgery this past Mon. They took a malignant mass along with 1/2 the colon plus a part of her small intestine. The tumor perforated the wall of her colon, grew and had a...

Auburndelight · Auburndelight

I have recently relapsed, about 3 months ago and when this happens, my 2 adult children, do not call, do not e-mail and I am not allowed to go to their homes or see my grandchildren. I had been sober for almost 4 years and I decided to pick up one evening after work. I drink at home, but that evening my son an...

nancyjo59 · nancyjo59

Into my 4th week of treatment its required that my addiction history is given to my group....which means all the attention is given to me. This is going to be so hard for me because I dont like to be the center of attention...at all... Durning high school if it was speech time you would find me anywhere bu...

Phil · Phil

Cigars it is then! :) Yup, she delivered a tiny lil six pound fifteen ounce baby boy at 5:30 this morning. Just got back from the hospital about an hour ago. Every one is happy healthy and wonderfull. This is the second grandbaby now ... and what a wonderfull thing... to be able to be there and be sober... f...

Doll · Doll

GROUP AUTONOMY Some may think that we have carried the principle of group autonomy to extremes. For example, in its original "long form," Tradition Four declares: "Any two or three gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that as a group they have...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We're so glad to be free from liquor that we do something about it. We get into action. We come to meetings regularly. We go out and try to help other alcoholics. We pass on the good news whenever we get a chance. In a spirit of thankfulness to God, we get into action. The A.A. progra...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Often, we can learn much about ourselves from the people to whom we are attracted. As we progress through recovery, we learn we can no longer form relationships solely on the basis of attraction. We learn to be patient, to allow ourselves to take into account important facts, and to process informati...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The A.A. program is one of faith, hope, and charity. It's a program of hope because when new members come into A.A., the first thing they get is hope. They hear older members tell how they had been through the same kind of hell that they have and how they found the way out through A....

Wren · Wren

Who am I? Where do I come from? Why am I here? Do these questions sound familiar? These are universal questions, voiced by people from all walks of life at some point during their journey here...For many of us it takes something major, perhaps catastrophic, for us to stop from the hustle and bustle of da...

Wren · Wren

Flying Home As earthbound beings, humans have always had a fascination with winged creatures of all kinds. The idea of being able to spontaneously lift off from the earth and fly is so compelling to us that we invented airplanes and helicopters and myriad other flying machines in order to provide our...

Quetzal · Quetzal

You have three choices: keep on fighting, ignore each other, or make up and be friends. -- John Knoblauch Once there were four sixth-graders - two boys and two girls - who started to fight even though they'd been friends for years. One morning at the bus stop, the boys started playing keep-away with the...

Doll · Doll

TWO "MAGNIFICENT STANDARDS" All A.A. progress can be reckoned in terms of just two words: humility and responsibility. Our whole spiritual development can be accurately measured by our degree of adherence to these magnificent standards. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 271 To acknowledge and resp...

miller2 · miller2

My wife just called. Seems my youngest daughter (18) is on the way to the hospital. I'll prolly have a new grandson by morning.

alligot · alligot

Hello all, i'm looking for some help, haven't been to a meeting for a while, since i lost the desire. Got so mixed up at meetings and often left me feeling drained seemed to go home with my problems and yours too. Became dissilusioned and stopped going, when i first read the 12 steps my heart skipped a bea...

Phil · Phil

Anger can be a Cover Up for Guilt, Shame and Vulnerability Lynne Namka, Ed. D Anger is a normal emotion that we all have. Humans have had anger since the caveman days, and it is necessary for our survival as a species. Anger, as an emotion, is neither good nor bad, it is just a feeling. Anger, as a response o...

Moon · Moon

Hey all, it's been awile since checking in. So sorry to dump this but I really need to vent. Picture this, the gosslings have hatched...5 of them, so cute! So after my children 5 and 2 beg me to go feed them, I decide that it would be a good idea. We take some bread down and are feeding them. My 5 year old a...

Phil · Phil

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

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ By submitting to God, we're released from the power of liquor. It has no more hold on us. We're also released from the things that were holding us down: pride, selfishness, and fear. And we're free to grow into a new life, which is so much better than the old life that there's no co...

Doll · Doll

JOYFUL DISCOVERIES We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit something you haven't g...

TenderheartsKS · TenderheartsKS

As I sit and write this, my 29 year old daughter who is an active alcoholic/addict sits in jail...again. I had watched her life parallel mine in so many ways, hoping that age 28 might be the turning point for her as that is the age I went to rehab. It was not her time. This past weekend I sat with my 11 year old g...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The rewards from detachment are great: serenity; a deep sense of peace; the ability to give and receive love in self-enhancing, energizing ways, and the freedom to find real solutions to our problems. -- Codependent No More Letting go of our need to control can set others and us free. It can set our Hig...

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	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	685	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	343	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	767	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	377	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	1325	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	2169	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	299	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	410	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	558	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	568	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	322	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	360	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	496	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	337	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	357	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	493	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	528	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	465	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	553	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	1618	May 1, 2007 by alligot
	Oh man, this's gonna' be a lot harder than before... (Preview) I got to roughly 3 weeks alcohol-free last time and while I'm not feeling withdrawals quite as bad I think the main issue here is that I don't have the tranqualizers to dumb me down. I'm not going to drink - I've already determined that but man it's gonna' be a longer road than before... ;_; It's especial...	POOKISTAN	7	600	May 1, 2007 by alligot
	Well, I'm back... (Preview) I wouldn't say I failed at drinking in moderation but my stomach problems came back. It seems like they're finally settling down once more and once again I'm a few days into "it"... I drank roughly two times a week in my abscence and the amount I drank was probably 1/5th to 1/6th of what I dran...	POOKISTAN	10	546	May 1, 2007 by Wren
	Dry drunk (Preview) Irritable, impatience, not tolerant, capable of raging, uncontrolable feelings, grouchy. Is this considered dry drunk? Uh oh, I think I might fit this category...sometimes, not all the time. While you respond know this, remember I am still in denial (some days) that I'm an alcoholic...I don'...	Moon	13	778	Apr 30, 2007 by Auburndelight
	Daily Reflections Apr 30 (Preview) A GREAT PARADOX These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.'s all around the globe. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151 The great paradox o...	Doll	0	327	Apr 30, 2007 by Doll
	Balance (Preview) The goal is balance. We need balance between work and play. We need balance between giving and receiving. We need balance in thought and feelings. We need balance in caring for our physical self and our spiritual self. A balanced life has harmony between a professional life and a personal life. There...	Quetzal	0	423	Apr 30, 2007 by Quetzal
	I'm a mommy! lol (Preview) We've had 3 hens sitting... and I've seen one with 5 chicks, we've got 2 more around here somewhere with their chicks too! And... Our friend went crazy today... bought 60 baby ducks, 6 baby turkeys, 2 baby guineas, and 300 baby chicks... lol and... she surprised me with 4 baby turkeys and 3 baby gui...	LisaF	7	477	Apr 29, 2007 by LisaF
	just checkin in... (Preview) Hey y'all... just checkin in... I'm doing good... 3 days sober... getting to meetings, got a sponsor, doing my first step... It's funny, my roommate and I went to our Thursday night meeting last night, and when I shared I said something about how I'd been on a dry drunk... and after the meeting, m...	LisaF	8	473	Apr 29, 2007 by Doll
	Anxiety - Man is it ever a big part of this - Justifiably so... (Preview) I've been feeling so much anxiety throughout this but I really don't think it's a symptom of anything - It's just a practical reaction to what's happening... The worst part about this whole ordeal is not having any life insurance - The answers are out there they're just not within practical financia...	POOKISTAN	4	526	Apr 29, 2007 by amanda2u2
	MIRACLE OF THE 12 STEPS (Preview) Bonjour Hey, just a quick update, remember the girl who wanted to end her life, who was depressed, bla bla bla. Because her recovering alcoholic friend could not give her love in return.....lol Well guess what.. That girl who was scared of everything, heights, flying, people, life... Has just had...	ally	5	497	Apr 29, 2007 by learning
	Powerlessness (Preview) This week I've encountered how really helpless/powerless one can be over life events. My beloved sister underwent colon surgery this past Mon. They took a malignant mass along with 1/2 the colon plus a part of her small intestine. The tumor perforated the wall of her colon, grew and had a...	learning	2	348	Apr 29, 2007 by learning
	I would like some input, please (Preview) I have recently relapsed, about 3 months ago and when this happens, my 2 adult children, do not call, do not e-mail and I am not allowed to go to their homes or see my grandchildren. I had been sober for almost 4 years and I decided to pick up one evening after work. I drink at home, but that evening my son an...	Auburndelight	7	441	Apr 29, 2007 by ally
	Addiction History (Preview) Into my 4th week of treatment its required that my addiction history is given to my group....which means all the attention is given to me. This is going to be so hard for me because I dont like to be the center of attention...at all... Durning high school if it was speech time you would find me anywhere bu...	nancyjo59	9	530	Apr 29, 2007 by ally
	Moving this one to the top of the board..."MILLER2" :) (Preview) Cigars it is then! :) Yup, she delivered a tiny lil six pound fifteen ounce baby boy at 5:30 this morning. Just got back from the hospital about an hour ago. Every one is happy healthy and wonderfull. This is the second grandbaby now ... and what a wonderfull thing... to be able to be there and be sober... f...	Phil	8	999	Apr 29, 2007 by ally
	Daily Reflections apr 29 (Preview) GROUP AUTONOMY Some may think that we have carried the principle of group autonomy to extremes. For example, in its original "long form," Tradition Four declares: "Any two or three gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that as a group they have...	Doll	0	419	Apr 29, 2007 by Doll
	24 Hours a Day ~ 28th April 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We're so glad to be free from liquor that we do something about it. We get into action. We come to meetings regularly. We go out and try to help other alcoholics. We pass on the good news whenever we get a chance. In a spirit of thankfulness to God, we get into action. The A.A. progra...	Sobrietyspell	3	606	Apr 29, 2007 by johnn101259
	Initiating Relationships (Preview) Often, we can learn much about ourselves from the people to whom we are attracted. As we progress through recovery, we learn we can no longer form relationships solely on the basis of attraction. We learn to be patient, to allow ourselves to take into account important facts, and to process informati...	Quetzal	1	433	Apr 29, 2007 by ally
	24 Hours a Day ~ 29th April 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The A.A. program is one of faith, hope, and charity. It's a program of hope because when new members come into A.A., the first thing they get is hope. They hear older members tell how they had been through the same kind of hell that they have and how they found the way out through A....	Sobrietyspell	0	334	Apr 29, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Food for Thought (Preview) Who am I? Where do I come from? Why am I here? Do these questions sound familiar? These are universal questions, voiced by people from all walks of life at some point during their journey here...For many of us it takes something major, perhaps catastrophic, for us to stop from the hustle and bustle of da...	Wren	8	507	Apr 29, 2007 by learning
	Free of Gravity (Preview) Flying Home As earthbound beings, humans have always had a fascination with winged creatures of all kinds. The idea of being able to spontaneously lift off from the earth and fly is so compelling to us that we invented airplanes and helicopters and myriad other flying machines in order to provide our...	Wren	1	353	Apr 28, 2007 by Phil
	Three Choices (Preview) You have three choices: keep on fighting, ignore each other, or make up and be friends. -- John Knoblauch Once there were four sixth-graders - two boys and two girls - who started to fight even though they'd been friends for years. One morning at the bus stop, the boys started playing keep-away with the...	Quetzal	1	350	Apr 28, 2007 by Doll
	Daily Reflections Apr 28 (Preview) TWO "MAGNIFICENT STANDARDS" All A.A. progress can be reckoned in terms of just two words: humility and responsibility. Our whole spiritual development can be accurately measured by our degree of adherence to these magnificent standards. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 271 To acknowledge and resp...	Doll	0	316	Apr 28, 2007 by Doll
	OK, this is anxiety LOL (Preview) My wife just called. Seems my youngest daughter (18) is on the way to the hospital. I'll prolly have a new grandson by morning.	miller2	10	454	Apr 27, 2007 by miller2
	need some help (Preview) Hello all, i'm looking for some help, haven't been to a meeting for a while, since i lost the desire. Got so mixed up at meetings and often left me feeling drained seemed to go home with my problems and yours too. Became dissilusioned and stopped going, when i first read the 12 steps my heart skipped a bea...	alligot	15	689	Apr 27, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Sharing an article on "ANGER"....long (Preview) Anger can be a Cover Up for Guilt, Shame and Vulnerability Lynne Namka, Ed. D Anger is a normal emotion that we all have. Humans have had anger since the caveman days, and it is necessary for our survival as a species. Anger, as an emotion, is neither good nor bad, it is just a feeling. Anger, as a response o...	Phil	3	878	Apr 27, 2007 by Moon
	I am beyond angry (Preview) Hey all, it's been awile since checking in. So sorry to dump this but I really need to vent. Picture this, the gosslings have hatched...5 of them, so cute! So after my children 5 and 2 beg me to go feed them, I decide that it would be a good idea. We take some bread down and are feeding them. My 5 year old a...	Moon	10	1110	Apr 27, 2007 by Moon
	Relationship Expectations.....long (Preview) Blaming others for the pain we feel each time someone fails to live up to our expectations is no different than burning our tongue on coffee that's too hot to swallow, and then calling our cup an idiot! - Guy Finley ---------------------- Unfulfilled expectations always cause problems. Having expe...	Phil	4	536	Apr 27, 2007 by Laura
	24 Hours a Day ~ 27th April 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ By submitting to God, we're released from the power of liquor. It has no more hold on us. We're also released from the things that were holding us down: pride, selfishness, and fear. And we're free to grow into a new life, which is so much better than the old life that there's no co...	Sobrietyspell	0	427	Apr 27, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections Apr 27 (Preview) JOYFUL DISCOVERIES We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit something you haven't g...	Doll	0	320	Apr 27, 2007 by Doll
	Recovery is possible (Preview) As I sit and write this, my 29 year old daughter who is an active alcoholic/addict sits in jail...again. I had watched her life parallel mine in so many ways, hoping that age 28 might be the turning point for her as that is the age I went to rehab. It was not her time. This past weekend I sat with my 11 year old g...	TenderheartsKS	4	387	Apr 27, 2007 by Laura
	Letting Go of the Need to Control (Preview) The rewards from detachment are great: serenity; a deep sense of peace; the ability to give and receive love in self-enhancing, energizing ways, and the freedom to find real solutions to our problems. -- Codependent No More Letting go of our need to control can set others and us free. It can set our Hig...	Quetzal	1	1245	Apr 27, 2007 by Wren
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