Alcoholics Anonymous

kspear · kspear

Hello, all! I just got back from a AA conference in Canandaigua, NY - it was awesome! (as it is every year - I've gone every year since I've been sober) If you have never been to a conference or convention, please consider it. It is a wonderful retreat into some great sobriety, sereni...

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

Good evening / Morning / Afternoon. Hope you are all well and keeping sober. I'm back here again now that the medication I was on has reduced to a low enough dosage where I can stay awake long enough to post! Panic attacks gone, doctor thinks it was due to a lack of some vitamins (B1) and too much coff...

Wren · Wren

A little mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What food might this contain?" the mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning, "There is a mousetrap in the...

wagon · wagon

There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self- searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation. But we saw that it really worked in others, and we had come to believe in the hopelessness and futility of life as we h...

Rick · Rick

If there is a God, there must also be a Goddess. Neither is more important than the other, both are in balance, together they create a Whole. --Marion Weinstein In the olden days, the Goddess was seen as a Trinity: the Maiden or Virgin, the Mother, and the Crone. The Virgin was one-in-herself, ow...

Rick · Rick

Just a check in, and a hello to all. All well here, Busy ! Busy ! Busy! Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. --Joseph Addison Having someone to bestow our love on -- a child, friend, or...

LJ Looser · LJ Looser

Rather confused here! In "Step Work," do I need to register again? It seems so, but I don't know. Am I to use my same user name and password? I want to learn what the steps are... or at least the 1st one! Also, what is the "Big Book"? Never mind, found it at bottom o...

Phil · Phil

Forgiveness. . . What's it for?Larry James If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive. - Mother TheresaForgiveness works! It is often difficult, AND it works! We often think of forgiveness as something that someone who has done us wrong must ask of US. There is always anoth...

Phil · Phil

Step Two "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."The moment they read Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted with a dilemma, sometimes a serious one. How often have we heard them cry out, "Look what you people have done to us! You have convinced u...

carmie · carmie

Hello everyone, My name is Carmie and I'm an alcoholic, I am also an addict too. Because A/A has a singleness of purpose wich is Alcoholisim I show my respect for the a/a program and introduce my self as an alcoholic there is no room for my ego. A/A derived from the washatonins...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Well the other day, I was moaning about having wacked my cd player on my Pc, with my knee, and It was really Broken, could barely push it back in place. Well today, before ordering a new one, that a friend here had sent me the Catalog for. I pulled it out, seemed really broken, then I decided to just at...

Robert · Robert

THE PROMISES OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION If we are casual with this phase of our development, we will be drunk before we are halfway through. We are going to know a new imprisonment and a new misery. We will relive the past and won't be able to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word CONFLICT and w...

recovering jb · recovering jb

I have 6 months sober, thanks, I believe, in no small part to all the fantastic people at the many AA meetings I attend- Have a great weekend all- JB

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

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Rob · Rob

My best mate (one of two) Daniel goes out most friday and saturday nights and gets drunk with his mates at the nightclub or pub... Hes not an alki.. if he doesnt go out he doesnt drink and never drinks during the week.. Anyway hes abit different to most people, prob why we get on.. Known him since i...

Phil · Phil

Each Day a New Beginning. Love between two people is such a precious thing. It is not a possession. I no longer need to possess to complete myself. True love becomes my freedom. --Angela L. Wozniak Self-doubt fosters possessiveness. When we lack confidence in our own capabilities, w...

jeannie · jeannie

Well here in Canada the sun is shinning, the birds are singing and it is going to be a very warm day. How is the weather for everyone else. Just curious and interested. Just to let you know Canada is not as bad as Phil makes it out to be! Here's a thought...

Phil · Phil

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth. Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again. In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people ta...

Phil · Phil

Step One "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable." Who cares to admit complete defeat? Practically no one, of course. Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness. It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, w...

Rob · Rob

im drinking again.. I bought it and didnt touch it for about 1 3/4 hours.. My mate was just chattin on the phone the other day, well left an answerphone message to me.. and he mentioned that he had one beer of 5.2% with his dinner.. Just the one... I havent told him im...

Robert · Robert

Hi there, Sorry for the post last night, was wrong of me, I suffer with alcoholism and that affects everything, I hope you guys can forgive me for being a nasty piecce of work last night

Rob · Rob

OK.. long story short.. Had set amount to drink last night and didnt go over that.. Woke early, not much sleep since. Ass out of bed emptied most of my car and hooverd it ready to put stuff back in and camping stuff.. Decided to get my road tax sorted before filing car up. &nbs...

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 respect the view...

Phil · Phil

Each Day a New Beginning. . . . suffering . . . no matter how multiplied . . . is always individual. --Anne Morrow Lindbergh Knowing that others have survived experiences equally devastating gives us hope, but it doesn't diminish our own personal suffering. Nor should it; out of suffe...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

I've made it two whole months without a drink or drug. It's kind of hard to think positive about this because I've celebrated two months on three other occasion. It's all about what I can do differently this time to ensure that I don't fall back into my old ways. Life isn't perfect but it's a million times...

paul · paul

RESCUED BY SURRENDERING Characteristic of the so-called typical alcoholic is a narcissistic egocentric core, dominated by feelings of omnipotence, intent on maintaining at all costs its inner integrity. . . . Inwardly the alcoholic brooks no control from man or God. He, the alcoholi...

mikey50 · mikey50

anybody have any experience working steps with sombody who could not read or write''and is slow. A friend of mind is having problem trying to help a new comer with the steps, she has the big book on tape''doesn't seem to be workin anybody have any experience with this ''are no of anybody who h...

Robert · Robert

Deleted due to popular demand -- Edited by Robert at 15:35, 2006-04-28

Pauly · Pauly

Not much to report really, I`ve reached the 100 days without a drink, (without counting, honest..just suddenly realised

) I`ve had a couple of tests, naturally...I suppose in some ways I`ve avoided the forum `cos I don`t want to be reminded of my alcoholism but it`s there, it`s w...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi everyone, I have been reading the Board for the last week, even when my PC would not let me sign in, and am curious about some things. I have been here since December, and sometimes on the week ends it gets so quiet, makes sense, people are busier on the week ends. The Board kind of feels like a meetin...

Robert · Robert

Deleted due to popular demand -- Edited by Robert at 15:36, 2006-04-28

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Hey everyone. I was kind of wondering if what I say turns people off. I try to be nice and friendly, yet there are very few people in here that seem to care. I wish I could tell you this doesn't bother me but it does. I was hoping that I could get some support in here. I really need it. I was told by a friend to make...

Phil · Phil

Love is Letting Go of Fear Giving means extending one's Love with no conditions, no Expectations and no boundaries. Peace of mind occurs, therefore When we put all our attention Into giving and have no desire To get anything from, or to change, another person The giving motivation leads To a...

Robert · Robert

hello i am looking for some relaxing music to listen to whilst trying to relax, someone has reccomended flute which is great, I wonderd if there is any famous classic composer known for soothing music, with no vocals!!!

Phil · Phil

Today's Gift. Crying only a little bit is no use. You must cry until your pillow is soaked. Then you can get up and laugh. . . . --Galway Kinnell Many of us were raised to deny our feelings; that is, we might have been allowed to describe them politely, but we were not allowed to express feel...

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

Hi all. just letting you all know that if I post on here in the next 12 days or so, it will probably be total garbage. Just ignore me. Had to come back home from my holiday because I turned into a shaking mess. (Panic attacks) Saw a doctor in Barmouth (140 miles from where I live) and got some medication. Ca...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi Everyone, I am so happy I made it back into this site, only took 5 days, ha ha, hope everyone is o.k. and doing well. I missed you all. Toni -- Edited by Toni Baloney at 23:58, 2006-04-26

John · John

Hello everyone, Wow... where do I start? First, I want to say that as a long time member of AA with almost 17 years sobriety, and the founder/webmaster of this site, my door (i.e. phone) is available to any member of this message board that feels there is a issue or problem that needs to be addressed o...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

April 26 Self-Acceptance "The most effective means of achieving self-acceptance is through applying the Twelve Steps of recovery."IP No. 19, "Self-Acceptance"Most of us came to recovery without much self-acceptance. We looked at the havoc we had wreaked in our active addiction, and we loa...

iffer · iffer

Alcohol Always Lied to Me ========================== I Drank for Courage... and woke up night after night horrified. I Drank for Sophistication... and became crude. I Drank to find Peace... and ignited a war within myself. I Drank to be Friendly... and became argumentative and nasty. I Drank to be...

Phil · Phil

The Language of Letting Go. Negativity Some people are carriers of negativity. They are storehouses of pent up anger and volatile emotions. Some remain trapped in the victim role and act in ways that further their victimization. And others are still caught in the cycle of addictive or compul...

Robert · Robert

When I first came in, I went to 3 meets a day, and when i was not in a MEETING and doing anything else i was watching a movie, instead of that bottle pick up a DVD, go to tescos, asda what ever and get your fav pudding, for me fresh choc cookies and a BIGGGG bottle of coke. YOU CANT GET DONE FOR FAT DRIVIN...

Niall · Niall

... when a sober person in AA publicly tells a struggling, tormented, still drinking alcoholic who deperately wants to stop but is finding it very hard to surrender to.. "s**t or get off the pot" does that mean he should go away and stop annoying this sober community until he is himself sober and on the p...

Robert · Robert

GOsh I woke up today feeling blue its work that does this to me, i just need to remind myself that I am not going to have to be there much longer and that i have a new life starting now I have started the day with a grattitude list, but boy does work leave a sour taste

Doll · Doll

HAPPINESS IS NOT THE POINT I don't think happiness or unhappiness is the point. How do we meet the problems we face? How do we best learn from them and transmit what we have learned to others, if they would receive the knowledge? AS BILL SEES IT, p. 306 In my search "to be happy," I changed jobs, married and...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

I kind of feel sad today. I just came to the realization today that I honestly don't ever want to drink and drug ever again. I guess when I got sober before I always had a lurking notion that someday I might want to go at it again. I've spent about eight years of my life behind bars due to crimes to support my ad...

Robert · Robert

I tried to get a substance called Gabba today as it says in 7 days to sobriety that it can help anxiety. any way when i went into the health shop i was advised it is a banned substance in bodybuilding. ,there was another item as well on the list, that promotes serotonin , this is banned too and has been known t...

Phil · Phil

True hope dwells on the possible, even when life seems to be a plot written by someone who wants to see how much adversity we can overcome. True hope responds to the real world, to real life; it is an active effort. Author: Walter Anderson It doesn't make any diffe...

Wren · Wren

April 25, 2006 Silencing The Chatter Taming Monkey Mind In Meditation It's been called the monkey mind - the endless chattering in your head as you jump in your mind from thought to thought while you daydream, analyze your relationships, or worry over the future. Eventually, you start to fe...

Phil · Phil

Part Of How It Works... Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been...

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	Conference/Gifts of this program (Preview) Hello, all! I just got back from a AA conference in Canandaigua, NY - it was awesome! (as it is every year - I've gone every year since I've been sober) If you have never been to a conference or convention, please consider it. It is a wonderful retreat into some great sobriety, sereni...	kspear	0	289	Apr 30, 2006 by kspear
	Hi All (Preview) Good evening / Morning / Afternoon. Hope you are all well and keeping sober. I'm back here again now that the medication I was on has reduced to a low enough dosage where I can stay awake long enough to post! Panic attacks gone, doctor thinks it was due to a lack of some vitamins (B1) and too much coff...	Cabbageheadchris	12	332	May 1, 2006 by iffer
	Another thought on purpose (Preview) A little mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What food might this contain?" the mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning, "There is a mousetrap in the...	Wren	1	238	Apr 30, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	big book (Preview) There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self- searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation. But we saw that it really worked in others, and we had come to believe in the hopelessness and futility of life as we h...	wagon	1	258	Apr 30, 2006 by Wren
	Today's thought (Preview) *If there is a God, there must also be a Goddess. Neither is more important than the other, both are in balance, together they create a Whole. --Marion Weinstein* In the olden days, the Goddess was seen as a Trinity: the Maiden or Virgin, the Mother, and the Crone. The Virgin was one-in-herself, ow...	Rick	2	245	Apr 30, 2006 by Wren
	a purpose (Preview) Just a check in, and a hello to all. All well here, Busy ! Busy ! Busy! *Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. --Joseph Addison* Having someone to bestow our love on -- a child, friend, or...	Rick	0	217	Apr 30, 2006 by Rick
	??? re: this site (Preview) Rather confused here! In "Step Work," do I need to register again? It seems so, but I don't know. Am I to use my same user name and password? I want to learn what the steps are... or at least the 1st one! Also, what is the "Big Book"? Never mind, found it at bottom o...	LJ Looser	2	347	Apr 30, 2006 by Phil
	A big page on Forgiveness... (Preview) Forgiveness. . . What's it for?Larry James If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive. - Mother TheresaForgiveness works! It is often difficult, AND it works! We often think of forgiveness as something that someone who has done us wrong must ask of US. There is always anoth...	Phil	2	567	Apr 30, 2006 by Phil
	Thought ..that I was Sane.."Wrong Again" (Preview) Step Two "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."The moment they read Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted with a dilemma, sometimes a serious one. How often have we heard them cry out, "Look what you people have done to us! You have convinced u...	Phil	0	433	Apr 29, 2006 by Phil
	Singleness of Purpose (Preview) Hello everyone, My name is Carmie and I'm an alcoholic, I am also an addict too. Because A/A has a singleness of purpose wich is Alcoholisim I show my respect for the a/a program and introduce my self as an alcoholic there is no room for my ego. A/A derived from the washatonins...	carmie	5	670	May 1, 2006 by soberdrunk
	How to Fix it - Alke Style - Trivia (Preview) Well the other day, I was moaning about having wacked my cd player on my Pc, with my knee, and It was really Broken, could barely push it back in place. Well today, before ordering a new one, that a friend here had sent me the Catalog for. I pulled it out, seemed really broken, then I decided to just at...	Toni Baloney	1	374	Apr 30, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	THE PROMISES OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION (Preview) THE PROMISES OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION If we are casual with this phase of our development, we will be drunk before we are halfway through. We are going to know a new imprisonment and a new misery. We will relive the past and won't be able to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word CONFLICT and w...	Robert	8	280	Apr 30, 2006 by Robert
	6 months sober (Preview) I have 6 months sober, thanks, I believe, in no small part to all the fantastic people at the many AA meetings I attend- Have a great weekend all- JB	recovering jb	10	376	Apr 30, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	UNBELIEVABLE NEW LAW IN MEXICO (Preview) ------------------------------------------------------------------	Toni Baloney	2	284	Apr 29, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Abit of a sureal answerphone message from my mate.. (Preview) My best mate (one of two) Daniel goes out most friday and saturday nights and gets drunk with his mates at the nightclub or pub... Hes not an alki.. if he doesnt go out he doesnt drink and never drinks during the week.. Anyway hes abit different to most people, prob why we get on.. Known him since i...	Rob	2	305	Apr 29, 2006 by Rob
	Took this Alky, a long time, to get this one... (Preview) *Each Day a New Beginning. Love between two people is such a precious thing. It is not a possession. I no longer need to possess to complete myself. True love becomes my freedom. --Angela L. Wozniak* Self-doubt fosters possessiveness. When we lack confidence in our own capabilities, w...	Phil	0	231	Apr 29, 2006 by Phil
	Opportunity (Preview) Well here in Canada the sun is shinning, the birds are singing and it is going to be a very warm day. How is the weather for everyone else. Just curious and interested. Just to let you know Canada is not as bad as Phil makes it out to be! *Here's a thought...*	jeannie	4	282	Apr 29, 2006 by jeannie
	Late night Stuff... (Preview) I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth. Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again. In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people ta...	Phil	0	268	Apr 28, 2006 by Phil
	Nothing gets better until this one is accepted... (Preview) Step One "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable." Who cares to admit complete defeat? Practically no one, of course. Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness. It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, w...	Phil	2	275	Apr 28, 2006 by Phil
	Me and drink.. How do i stop wanting? (Preview) im drinking again.. I bought it and didnt touch it for about 1 3/4 hours.. My mate was just chattin on the phone the other day, well left an answerphone message to me.. and he mentioned that he had one beer of 5.2% with his dinner.. Just the one... I havent told him im...	Rob	14	627	Apr 30, 2006 by mikey50
	Wrong (Preview) Hi there, Sorry for the post last night, was wrong of me, I suffer with alcoholism and that affects everything, I hope you guys can forgive me for being a nasty piecce of work last night	Robert	5	321	Apr 28, 2006 by Robert
	Has someone put a hex on me? (Preview) OK.. long story short.. Had set amount to drink last night and didnt go over that.. Woke early, not much sleep since. Ass out of bed emptied most of my car and hooverd it ready to put stuff back in and camping stuff.. Decided to get my road tax sorted before filing car up. &nbs...	Rob	3	350	Apr 28, 2006 by rosie light shines
	April 28 TWO "MAGNIFICENT STANDARDS" (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 respect the view...	Doll	1	355	Apr 28, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Hazelden Today (Preview) *Each Day a New Beginning. . . . suffering . . . no matter how multiplied . . . is always individual. --Anne Morrow Lindbergh* Knowing that others have survived experiences equally devastating gives us hope, but it doesn't diminish our own personal suffering. Nor should it; out of suffe...	Phil	0	259	Apr 28, 2006 by Phil
	Two months! (Preview) I've made it two whole months without a drink or drug. It's kind of hard to think positive about this because I've celebrated two months on three other occasion. It's all about what I can do differently this time to ensure that I don't fall back into my old ways. Life isn't perfect but it's a million times...	soberdrunk	12	292	Apr 30, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	Rescued... (Preview) RESCUED BY SURRENDERING Characteristic of the so-called typical alcoholic is a narcissistic egocentric core, dominated by feelings of omnipotence, intent on maintaining at all costs its inner integrity. . . . Inwardly the alcoholic brooks no control from man or God. He, the alcoholi...	paul	3	322	Apr 29, 2006 by jimhere
	anybody ever work with sombody who could not read or write (Preview) anybody have any experience working steps with sombody who could not read or write''and is slow. A friend of mind is having problem trying to help a new comer with the steps, she has the big book on tape''doesn't seem to be workin anybody have any experience with this ''are no of anybody who h...	mikey50	3	250	Apr 28, 2006 by mikey50
	Tonight (Preview) Deleted due to popular demand -- Edited by Robert at 15:35, 2006-04-28	Robert	0	231	Apr 27, 2006 by Robert
	Hi folks, sorry I`ve not been here for a while (Preview) Not much to report really, I`ve reached the 100 days without a drink, (without counting, honest..just suddenly realised) I`ve had a couple of tests, naturally...I suppose in some ways I`ve avoided the forum `cos I don`t want to be reminded of my alcoholism but it`s there, it`s w...	Pauly	1	212	Apr 27, 2006 by Phil
	This Board Today- my take (Preview) Hi everyone, I have been reading the Board for the last week, even when my PC would not let me sign in, and am curious about some things. I have been here since December, and sometimes on the week ends it gets so quiet, makes sense, people are busier on the week ends. The Board kind of feels like a meetin...	Toni Baloney	2	231	Apr 27, 2006 by Phil
	Feeling alone (Preview) Deleted due to popular demand -- Edited by Robert at 15:36, 2006-04-28	Robert	6	276	Apr 27, 2006 by Robert
	Feeling invisible....... (Preview) Hey everyone. I was kind of wondering if what I say turns people off. I try to be nice and friendly, yet there are very few people in here that seem to care. I wish I could tell you this doesn't bother me but it does. I was hoping that I could get some support in here. I really need it. I was told by a friend to make...	soberdrunk	7	295	Apr 27, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Still workin on some of this stuff..its neverending (Preview) Love is Letting Go of Fear Giving means extending one's Love with no conditions, no Expectations and no boundaries. Peace of mind occurs, therefore When we put all our attention Into giving and have no desire To get anything from, or to change, another person The giving motivation leads To a...	Phil	8	256	Apr 30, 2006 by LJ Looser
	relaxing music (Preview) hello i am looking for some relaxing music to listen to whilst trying to relax, someone has reccomended flute which is great, I wonderd if there is any famous classic composer known for soothing music, with no vocals!!!	Robert	5	316	Apr 29, 2006 by recovering jb
	Have a good Thursday (Preview) *Today's Gift. Crying only a little bit is no use. You must cry until your pillow is soaked. Then you can get up and laugh. . . . --Galway Kinnell* Many of us were raised to deny our feelings; that is, we might have been allowed to describe them politely, but we were not allowed to express feel...	Phil	4	283	Apr 28, 2006 by jeannie
	Please be aware! (Preview) Hi all. just letting you all know that if I post on here in the next 12 days or so, it will probably be total garbage. Just ignore me. Had to come back home from my holiday because I turned into a shaking mess. (Panic attacks) Saw a doctor in Barmouth (140 miles from where I live) and got some medication. Ca...	Cabbageheadchris	10	318	Apr 27, 2006 by iffer
	I made it back into this site!!! (Preview) Hi Everyone, I am so happy I made it back into this site, only took 5 days, ha ha, hope everyone is o.k. and doing well. I missed you all. Toni -- Edited by Toni Baloney at 23:58, 2006-04-26	Toni Baloney	11	284	Apr 27, 2006 by cooncatbob
	Regarding this boards Post/Replies (Preview) Hello everyone, Wow... where do I start? First, I want to say that as a long time member of AA with almost 17 years sobriety, and the founder/webmaster of this site, my door (i.e. phone) is available to any member of this message board that feels there is a issue or problem that needs to be addressed o...	John	1	312	Apr 26, 2006 by Phil
	learning to accept me (Preview) April 26 Self-Acceptance "The most effective means of achieving self-acceptance is through applying the Twelve Steps of recovery."IP No. 19, "Self-Acceptance"Most of us came to recovery without much self-acceptance. We looked at the havoc we had wreaked in our active addiction, and we loa...	rosie light shines	3	244	Apr 26, 2006 by carmie
	Alcohol always lied to me (Preview) Alcohol Always Lied to Me ========================== I Drank for Courage... and woke up night after night horrified. I Drank for Sophistication... and became crude. I Drank to find Peace... and ignited a war within myself. I Drank to be Friendly... and became argumentative and nasty. I Drank to be...	iffer	7	298	Apr 27, 2006 by Phil
	Wednesdays shares (Preview) *The Language of Letting Go. Negativity* Some people are carriers of negativity. They are storehouses of pent up anger and volatile emotions. Some remain trapped in the victim role and act in ways that further their victimization. And others are still caught in the cycle of addictive or compul...	Phil	1	252	Apr 26, 2006 by rosie light shines
	To Rob (Preview) When I first came in, I went to 3 meets a day, and when i was not in a MEETING and doing anything else i was watching a movie, instead of that bottle pick up a DVD, go to tescos, asda what ever and get your fav pudding, for me fresh choc cookies and a BIGGGG bottle of coke. YOU CANT GET DONE FOR FAT DRIVIN...	Robert	3	258	Apr 26, 2006 by Robert
	observation... (Preview) ... when a sober person in AA publicly tells a struggling, tormented, still drinking alcoholic who deperately wants to stop but is finding it very hard to surrender to.. "s**t or get off the pot" does that mean he should go away and stop annoying this sober community until he is himself sober and on the p...	Niall	9	287	Apr 26, 2006 by Phil
	Morning (Preview) GOsh I woke up today feeling blue its work that does this to me, i just need to remind myself that I am not going to have to be there much longer and that i have a new life starting now I have started the day with a grattitude list, but boy does work leave a sour taste	Robert	5	271	Apr 27, 2006 by recovering jb
	April 26 ~ Happiness is not the Point (Preview) HAPPINESS IS NOT THE POINT I don't think happiness or unhappiness is the point. How do we meet the problems we face? How do we best learn from them and transmit what we have learned to others, if they would receive the knowledge? AS BILL SEES IT, p. 306 In my search "to be happy," I changed jobs, married and...	Doll	2	257	Apr 26, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Change (Preview) I kind of feel sad today. I just came to the realization today that I honestly don't ever want to drink and drug ever again. I guess when I got sober before I always had a lurking notion that someday I might want to go at it again. I've spent about eight years of my life behind bars due to crimes to support my ad...	soberdrunk	2	235	Apr 26, 2006 by soberdrunk
	evening all (Preview) I tried to get a substance called Gabba today as it says in 7 days to sobriety that it can help anxiety. any way when i went into the health shop i was advised it is a banned substance in bodybuilding. ,there was another item as well on the list, that promotes serotonin , this is banned too and has been known t...	Robert	4	290	Apr 26, 2006 by recovering jb
	Tuesday night share... (Preview) True hope dwells on the possible, even when life seems to be a plot written by someone who wants to see how much adversity we can overcome. True hope responds to the real world, to real life; it is an active effort. Author: Walter Anderson It doesn't make any diffe...	Phil	0	239	Apr 25, 2006 by Phil
	Calming the Mind--OM (Preview) April 25, 2006 Silencing The Chatter Taming Monkey Mind In Meditation It's been called the monkey mind - the endless chattering in your head as you jump in your mind from thought to thought while you daydream, analyze your relationships, or worry over the future. Eventually, you start to fe...	Wren	2	253	Apr 25, 2006 by Robert
	To Rob (Preview) Part Of How It Works... Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been...	Phil	21	1084	Jul 20, 2016 by Pythonpappy
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