Alcoholics Anonymous

RyanS · RyanS

"Not Allied With Any Sect . . ." "While A.A. has restored thousands of poor Christians to their churches, and has made believers out of atheists and agnostics, it has also made good A.A.'s out of those belonging to the Buddhist, Islamic, and Jewish faiths. For example, we question very muc...

Wren · Wren

Perception There is no secret recipe for happiness and contentment. The individuals who move through life joyously have not necessarily been blessed with lives of abundance, love, success, and prosperity. Such people have, however, been blessed with the ability to take the circumstances the...

Doll · Doll

OVERCOMING LONELINESS Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn't quite belong. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 90 The agonies and the void that I often felt inside occur less...

LisaF · LisaF

Talked to my sponsor today... we agreed more or less the whole thing about the pills and how I'm doing was a communication problem... I should've asked her for clarification before asking anyone else about it. But she had flat out said I wasn't sober, how do you take that wrong? I assumed ok I need to pick...

Robert · Robert

PEEK A BOO! OH NO ITS A BIRD!! thats better -- Edited by Robert at 14:33, 2006-11-17

Quetzal · Quetzal

I think happiness is like the effect on an audience (when acting), if you think of it all the time you will not get it, you must get lost in the part, lost in your purposes and let the effect be the criterion of your success. -- Joanna Field Happiness is a gift that accompanies every instance of our li...

Scott · Scott

Just to give a little update on where I am, for those of you who I've spoken with before... Since October 29, I have stumbled twice. A week ago today, I went out and had 3 beers at the bar. Then on Monday of this week, I had a particularly bad day, and I ended up binging that night and missing wo...

Phil · Phil

The Language of Letting Go. Trust in God and do something. --Mary Lyon It's important to let ourselves grieve as a passage between yesterday and tomorrow. But we do not have to be controlled unduly by our grief, or our pain. There are times when we have grieved, surrendered to the h...

SheIsSober · SheIsSober

I'm celebrating my 6 month sobriety anniversary today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow, 6 whole months and it's really wild, because yesterday and the day before were the first days that I actually felt like my life was really shaping up. The eating disorder has a lot to do with w...

Robert · Robert

I am emotional eating, and I have put on a load of weight, and cant seem to cut it.. anyone else been there?

toni baloney · toni baloney

Hi There Amanda, Well it has been a while, and just wanted to say, it was so good to see you again, here on MIP. I have not been very active on this Board, have been so busy with a new puppy, and my meetings and some other personal stuff, but I do read about once a week to see how everyone is doing. A...

RyanS · RyanS

Foundation For Life We discover that we receive guidance for our lives to just about the extent that we stop making demands upon God to give it to us on order and on our terms. ************************************** In praying, we ask simply that throughout the day God place in u...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The answer to personality problems is found in a quiet return to God-like thinking. -- Science of Mind magazine When we're edgy and critical or perhaps feeling inadequate or depressed, we've lost our attunement with God. And when acting the way God would have us act is no longer our priority, our...

Phil · Phil

"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him" Practicing Step Three is like the opening of a door which to all appearances is still closed and locked. All we need is a key, and the decision to swing the door open. There is only one key, and it is called willingnes...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Before a secret is told, one can often feel the weight of it in the atmosphere. -- Susan Griffin Newcomer When I had a wisdom tooth pulled a few days ago, the dentist gave me a medication that contains codeine. I've heard people at meetings say they take their doctors' prescriptions, s...

RyanS · RyanS

I met a woman, and we hit it off very well. We talk for hours over the phone, say goodbye 15 times before we hang up, and have found mutual understanding on a deep level, almost scarry. To top it off, we're both single parents and share a lot of the same ideals about our futures and what we want. Uncanny. We bo...

CAM · CAM

Growing Up "How many of us would presume to declare, 'Well, I'm sober and I'm happy. What more can I want, or do? I'm fine the way I am.' We know that the price of such self-satisfaction is an inevitable backslide, punctuated at some point by a very rude awakening. We have to grow or else deterior...

LisaF · LisaF

I talked to mine and my sponsor's friend before the meeting, because I was supposed to pick up my 3 month chip today... and my sponsor had told me I'm not sober because of the sleeping pills, so I told my friend about that and asked what she thought... she asked how I'm using the pills, and I said I take them e...

RyanS · RyanS

Moral Responsibility "Some strongly object to the A.A. position that alcoholism is an illness. This concept, they feel, removes moral responsibility from alcoholics. As any A.A. knows, this is far from true. We do not use the concept of sickness to absolve our members from responsib...

Phil · Phil

"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, we have warped our m...

Doll · Doll

DAILY REPRIEVE What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 Maintaining my spiritual condition is like working out every day, planning for the marathon, swimming laps, jogging. It's staying in good shape spi...

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 us that w...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

Just a post to say that I appreciate very much the efforts that Phil has been making, and to say 'hello'. God bless you all, love in recovery, amanda

Quetzal · Quetzal

Reflection for the Day What is the definition of humility? "Absolute humility," said AA co- founder Bill W., "would consist of a state of complete freedom from myself, freedom from all the claims that my defects of character now lay so heavily upon me. Perfect humility would be a full wil...

RyanS · RyanS

Moral Rresponsibility "Some strongly object to the A.A. position that alcoholism is an illness. This concept, they feel, removes moral responsibility from alcoholics. As any A.A. knows, this is far from true. We do not use the concept of sickness to absolve our members of responsibility. On t...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Vulnerable Honesty There's a fine line between being vulnerably honest and just being honest. Has a friend ever called early in the morning, right when you were waking up? Can you remember how you talked then, before your defenses were up? When we're vulnerably honest, our defenses are dow...

Doll · Doll

VITAL SUSTENANCE Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air, light or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds, our e...

Phil · Phil

A number of days ago..I was asked to share on the Alanon board....and try to share some positive stuff.. Im not only an alcoholic....but a member of Alanon as well.... I've come to the point where....I can't do it, anymore...I'm Powerless All I see is anger, resentment, reacting, and hurt.......

LisaF · LisaF

I opened up to my sponsor today... told her how I've been feeling... one of my alters apparently called her before I talked to her today and told her all this, what's going on with me. I also told her about being addicted to sleeping pills, and she said because of that I'm not sober... She's suggestin...

CAM · CAM

Withholding The most common form of withholding is what we commonly call "the silent treatment," but withholding encompasses any unwillingness to express your true feelings. It also includes an unwillingness to give support, praise, or positive attention to the people you love. We have all kn...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Expectations, expectations, expectations! Followed by a long list of expletives!

I just saw my doc. and he said I'll most likely be outta work for another two weeks.

I've been worrying about how this will affect my job, being out of work for three weeks. I've worked so hard to se...

LisaF · LisaF

I've been putting on an act with everyone lately... I'm really not doing too great... no one knows how I'm really doing... I'm trying to open up a little online today, where I can get some kind of support... not even my sponsor knows how I'm really doing... well, Nikki, one of my alters, said she was going...

RyanS · RyanS

In God's Economy "In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility wich is probably needed, painful though it is." *********************************** We did not always come closer to wisdom by reason of our virtues; our better understanding is oft...

Doll · Doll

INTUITION AND INSPIRATION . . . . we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 I invest my time in what I truly love. Step Eleven is a discipline that allows me and my Higher Power to be together, reminding me that...

CAM · CAM

I'm on day 46. Doing well. I'm moving again for the second time in two months. I think it's a good move. One that will submerged me in the AA program. I pray everyday to get strength to follow my HP's will. Getting into a rental agreement is causing me to see some of...

Doll · Doll

LOOKING OUTWARD We ask especially for freedom from self-will, and are careful to make no requests for ourselves only. We may ask for ourselves, however, if others will be helped. We are careful never to pray for our own selfish ends. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 87 As an active alcoholic, I allowed selfi...

Phil · Phil

Author Unknown Thou shalt not worry, for worry is the most unproductive of all human activities. Thou shalt not be fearful, for most of the things we fear never come to pass. Thou shalt not cross bridges before you get to them, for no one yet has succeeded in accomplishing this. Thou shalt...

Wren · Wren

November 13, 2006 We all go through times when we wish we could press a fast-forward button and propel ourselves into the future and out of our current circumstances. Whether the situation we are facing is minor, or major such as the loss of a loved one, it is human natur...

CAM · CAM

"In AA we have found that the actual good results of prayer are beyond question. They are matters of knowledge and experience. All those who have persisted have found strength not ordinarily their own. They have found wisdom beyond their usual capability. And they have increasingly found a peace of...

CAM · CAM

The first step is making the first contact - - and admitting we are powerless - - we are out of control and slowing committing suicide. Hard words, yes, but words that are true. We get to the point where we cannot function, where we are out of control. We are destroying ourselves and everything in our path...

Quetzal · Quetzal

F.E.A.R. = Frustration, Ego, Anxiety and Resentment. -- Anonymous We don't want to return to the life we led before recovery, but fear should never be the reason why we don't. Fear keeps us from being open to the Program. If we're only in the Program because we're afraid of the old way of life, we'll...

tina · tina

don't know what happened, but couldn't get back in, but I'm here. Had to walk away for a few. Some things can be so damn frastrating that I've learn to walk away and evenually things have a way of working out.

RyanS · RyanS

Getting off a "Dry Bender" "Sometimes, we become depressed. I ought to know; I have been a champion dry-bender case myself. While the surface causes were a part of the picture- trigger-events that precipitated depression- the underlaying causes, I am satisfied, ran much deeper. Intelle...

Wren · Wren

This anger management Practice draws on the dual wisdom of Aikido and scientific research, "The gift of forgiveness" will help you explore how to change long term anger into a wider range of life affirming emotions. It is a simple yet profound Practice following the Seishindo principles of Absorpt...

RyanS · RyanS

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Phil · Phil

Thought for Sunday "Just cut your head off...and do "THE DO THINGS" Have a good one...

Quetzal · Quetzal

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Another part of the answer to how people can live without turmoil and be happy lies in being bound to other members of the group with new ties. They will escape disaster together. New group feeling helps provide them all with a way to identify with each other's common affliction...

Phil · Phil

"Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." Good judgment, a careful sense of timing, courage, and prudence--these are the qualities we shall need when we take Step Nine. After we have made the list of people we have harmed, have reflecte...

Sick of being sick · Sick of being sick

An earlier post from Quetzal about seeing people actually crying about having to give up drinking reminded me of something that crossed my mind a couple nights back. I was musing about my drinking days...kinda reflecting on how or why I got to where I ended up no longer daring to have that first drink...

Phil · Phil

"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." Creation gave us instincts for a purpose. Without them we wouldn't be complete human beings. If men and women didn't exert themselves to be secure in their persons, made no effort to harvest food or construct shelter, there would be no su...

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	As Bill Sees It (Preview) "Not Allied With Any Sect . . ." "While A.A. has restored thousands of poor Christians to their churches, and has made believers out of atheists and agnostics, it has also made good A.A.'s out of those belonging to the Buddhist, Islamic, and Jewish faiths. For example, we question very muc...	RyanS	0	473	Nov 18, 2006 by RyanS
	Making Life Yours~OM (Preview) Perception There is no secret recipe for happiness and contentment. The individuals who move through life joyously have not necessarily been blessed with lives of abundance, love, success, and prosperity. Such people have, however, been blessed with the ability to take the circumstances the...	Wren	2	425	Nov 18, 2006 by Phil
	Daily Reflections Nov 17 (Preview) OVERCOMING LONELINESS Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn't quite belong. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 90 The agonies and the void that I often felt inside occur less...	Doll	1	423	Nov 17, 2006 by Wren
	communication... (Preview) Talked to my sponsor today... we agreed more or less the whole thing about the pills and how I'm doing was a communication problem... I should've asked her for clarification before asking anyone else about it. But she had flat out said I wasn't sober, how do you take that wrong? I assumed ok I need to pick...	LisaF	1	478	Nov 17, 2006 by Phil
	This'll make me laugh/hopefully you too (Preview) PEEK A BOO! OH NO ITS A BIRD!! thats better -- Edited by Robert at 14:33, 2006-11-17	Robert	2	464	Nov 17, 2006 by Phil
	Happiness (Preview) I think happiness is like the effect on an audience (when acting), if you think of it all the time you will not get it, you must get lost in the part, lost in your purposes and let the effect be the criterion of your success. -- Joanna Field Happiness is a gift that accompanies every instance of our li...	Quetzal	0	447	Nov 17, 2006 by Quetzal
	Update (Preview) Just to give a little update on where I am, for those of you who I've spoken with before... Since October 29, I have stumbled twice. A week ago today, I went out and had 3 beers at the bar. Then on Monday of this week, I had a particularly bad day, and I ended up binging that night and missing wo...	Scott	8	494	Nov 17, 2006 by Scott
	Grief And Action (Preview) *The Language of Letting Go. Trust in God and do something. --Mary Lyon* It's important to let ourselves grieve as a passage between yesterday and tomorrow. But we do not have to be controlled unduly by our grief, or our pain. There are times when we have grieved, surrendered to the h...	Phil	0	457	Nov 17, 2006 by Phil
	6 months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Preview) I'm celebrating my 6 month sobriety anniversary today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow, 6 whole months and it's really wild, because yesterday and the day before were the first days that I actually felt like my life was really shaping up. The eating disorder has a lot to do with w...	SheIsSober	12	528	Nov 17, 2006 by Phil
	sugar/cola/cookies (Preview) I am emotional eating, and I have put on a load of weight, and cant seem to cut it.. anyone else been there?	Robert	5	482	Nov 17, 2006 by Robert
	Yahoo Amanda (Preview) Hi There Amanda, Well it has been a while, and just wanted to say, it was so good to see you again, here on MIP. I have not been very active on this Board, have been so busy with a new puppy, and my meetings and some other personal stuff, but I do read about once a week to see how everyone is doing. A...	toni baloney	0	488	Nov 17, 2006 by toni baloney
	As Bill Sees It (Preview) Foundation For Life We discover that we receive guidance for our lives to just about the extent that we stop making demands upon God to give it to us on order and on our terms. ************************************** In praying, we ask simply that throughout the day God place in u...	RyanS	0	399	Nov 17, 2006 by RyanS
	Personality Problems (Preview) The answer to personality problems is found in a quiet return to God-like thinking. -- Science of Mind magazine When we're edgy and critical or perhaps feeling inadequate or depressed, we've lost our attunement with God. And when acting the way God would have us act is no longer our priority, our...	Quetzal	0	530	Nov 17, 2006 by Quetzal
	Numb Ba Three (Preview) "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him" Practicing Step Three is like the opening of a door which to all appearances is still closed and locked. All we need is a key, and the decision to swing the door open. There is only one key, and it is called willingnes...	Phil	0	462	Nov 16, 2006 by Phil
	Secrets (Preview) Before a secret is told, one can often feel the weight of it in the atmosphere. -- Susan Griffin Newcomer When I had a wisdom tooth pulled a few days ago, the dentist gave me a medication that contains codeine. I've heard people at meetings say they take their doctors' prescriptions, s...	Quetzal	5	580	Nov 16, 2006 by cindy
	blah. (Preview) I met a woman, and we hit it off very well. We talk for hours over the phone, say goodbye 15 times before we hang up, and have found mutual understanding on a deep level, almost scarry. To top it off, we're both single parents and share a lot of the same ideals about our futures and what we want. Uncanny. We bo...	RyanS	7	502	Nov 16, 2006 by cindy
	Growing Up (Preview) Growing Up "How many of us would presume to declare, 'Well, I'm sober and I'm happy. What more can I want, or do? I'm fine the way I am.' We know that the price of such self-satisfaction is an inevitable backslide, punctuated at some point by a very rude awakening. We have to grow or else deterior...	CAM	1	434	Nov 16, 2006 by Phil
	confused but doing what I think is right... (Preview) I talked to mine and my sponsor's friend before the meeting, because I was supposed to pick up my 3 month chip today... and my sponsor had told me I'm not sober because of the sleeping pills, so I told my friend about that and asked what she thought... she asked how I'm using the pills, and I said I take them e...	LisaF	5	534	Nov 16, 2006 by CAM
	As Bill Sees It (Preview) Moral Responsibility "Some strongly object to the A.A. position that alcoholism is an illness. This concept, they feel, removes moral responsibility from alcoholics. As any A.A. knows, this is far from true. We do not use the concept of sickness to absolve our members from responsib...	RyanS	0	464	Nov 16, 2006 by RyanS
	For a freind, that hasnt joined us yet... (Preview) "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, we have warped our m...	Phil	4	499	Nov 16, 2006 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections Nov 16 (Preview) DAILY REPRIEVE What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 Maintaining my spiritual condition is like working out every day, planning for the marathon, swimming laps, jogging. It's staying in good shape spi...	Doll	0	401	Nov 16, 2006 by Doll
	Number Two (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 us that w...	Phil	0	457	Nov 15, 2006 by Phil
	thank you, Phil (Preview) *Just a post to say that I appreciate very much the efforts that Phil has been making, and to say 'hello'.* *God bless you all,* *love in recovery,* *amanda*	amanda2u2	4	444	Nov 15, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Humility (Preview) Reflection for the Day What is the definition of humility? "Absolute humility," said AA co- founder Bill W., "would consist of a state of complete freedom from myself, freedom from all the claims that my defects of character now lay so heavily upon me. Perfect humility would be a full wil...	Quetzal	2	609	Nov 15, 2006 by cindy
	As Bill Sees It (Preview) Moral Rresponsibility "Some strongly object to the A.A. position that alcoholism is an illness. This concept, they feel, removes moral responsibility from alcoholics. As any A.A. knows, this is far from true. We do not use the concept of sickness to absolve our members of responsibility. On t...	RyanS	0	462	Nov 15, 2006 by RyanS
	Vulnerable Honesty (Preview) Vulnerable Honesty There's a fine line between being vulnerably honest and just being honest. Has a friend ever called early in the morning, right when you were waking up? Can you remember how you talked then, before your defenses were up? When we're vulnerably honest, our defenses are dow...	Quetzal	2	554	Nov 15, 2006 by CAM
	Daily Reflections Nov 15 (Preview) VITAL SUSTENANCE Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air, light or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds, our e...	Doll	0	422	Nov 15, 2006 by Doll
	A realization (Preview) A number of days ago..I was asked to share on the Alanon board....and try to share some positive stuff.. Im not only an alcoholic....but a member of Alanon as well.... I've come to the point where....I can't do it, anymore...I'm Powerless All I see is anger, resentment, reacting, and hurt.......	Phil	3	464	Nov 14, 2006 by CAM
	apparently I'm not sober (Preview) I opened up to my sponsor today... told her how I've been feeling... one of my alters apparently called her before I talked to her today and told her all this, what's going on with me. I also told her about being addicted to sleeping pills, and she said because of that I'm not sober... She's suggestin...	LisaF	4	556	Nov 14, 2006 by cindy
	The Silent Treatment (Preview) Withholding The most common form of withholding is what we commonly call "the silent treatment," but withholding encompasses any unwillingness to express your true feelings. It also includes an unwillingness to give support, praise, or positive attention to the people you love. We have all kn...	CAM	2	595	Nov 14, 2006 by Phil
	Another lesson with expectations! (Preview) Expectations, expectations, expectations! Followed by a long list of expletives! I just saw my doc. and he said I'll most likely be outta work for another two weeks. I've been worrying about how this will affect my job, being out of work for three weeks. I've worked so hard to se...	soberdrunk	5	542	Nov 14, 2006 by RyanS
	not doing as good as I act... (Preview) I've been putting on an act with everyone lately... I'm really not doing too great... no one knows how I'm really doing... I'm trying to open up a little online today, where I can get some kind of support... not even my sponsor knows how I'm really doing... well, Nikki, one of my alters, said she was going...	LisaF	2	435	Nov 14, 2006 by Wren
	As Bill Sees It (Preview) In God's Economy "In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility wich is probably needed, painful though it is." *********************************** We did not always come closer to wisdom by reason of our virtues; our better understanding is oft...	RyanS	1	564	Nov 14, 2006 by RyanS
	Daily Reflections Nov 14 (Preview) INTUITION AND INSPIRATION . . . . we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 I invest my time in what I truly love. Step Eleven is a discipline that allows me and my Higher Power to be together, reminding me that...	Doll	0	415	Nov 14, 2006 by Doll
	Times are changing... (Preview) I'm on day 46. Doing well. I'm moving again for the second time in two months. I think it's a good move. One that will submerged me in the AA program. I pray everyday to get strength to follow my HP's will. Getting into a rental agreement is causing me to see some of...	CAM	9	543	Nov 13, 2006 by Phil
	Daily Reflections Nov 13 (Preview) LOOKING OUTWARD We ask especially for freedom from self-will, and are careful to make no requests for ourselves only. We may ask for ourselves, however, if others will be helped. We are careful never to pray for our own selfish ends. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 87 As an active alcoholic, I allowed selfi...	Doll	3	445	Nov 13, 2006 by Doll
	Ten Thoughts to Live By (Preview) Author Unknown Thou shalt not worry, for worry is the most unproductive of all human activities. Thou shalt not be fearful, for most of the things we fear never come to pass. Thou shalt not cross bridges before you get to them, for no one yet has succeeded in accomplishing this. Thou shalt...	Phil	0	416	Nov 13, 2006 by Phil
	Moving in Real Time~Daily Om (Preview) November 13, 2006 We all go through times when we wish we could press a fast-forward button and propel ourselves into the future and out of our current circumstances. Whether the situation we are facing is minor, or major such as the loss of a loved one, it is human natur...	Wren	1	520	Nov 13, 2006 by Phil
	peace of mind (Preview) "In AA we have found that the actual good results of prayer are beyond question. They are matters of knowledge and experience. All those who have persisted have found strength not ordinarily their own. They have found wisdom beyond their usual capability. And they have increasingly found a peace of...	CAM	1	447	Nov 13, 2006 by Wren
	FIRST STEP: (Preview) The first step is making the first contact - - and admitting we are powerless - - we are out of control and slowing committing suicide. Hard words, yes, but words that are true. We get to the point where we cannot function, where we are out of control. We are destroying ourselves and everything in our path...	CAM	2	453	Nov 13, 2006 by soberdrunk
	F.E.A.R. (Preview) F.E.A.R. = Frustration, Ego, Anxiety and Resentment. -- Anonymous We don't want to return to the life we led before recovery, but fear should never be the reason why we don't. Fear keeps us from being open to the Program. If we're only in the Program because we're afraid of the old way of life, we'll...	Quetzal	2	470	Nov 13, 2006 by Phil
	Frustration (Preview) don't know what happened, but couldn't get back in, but I'm here. Had to walk away for a few. Some things can be so damn frastrating that I've learn to walk away and evenually things have a way of working out.	tina	1	512	Nov 13, 2006 by Phil
	As Bill Sees It (Preview) Getting off a "Dry Bender" "Sometimes, we become depressed. I ought to know; I have been a champion dry-bender case myself. While the surface causes were a part of the picture- trigger-events that precipitated depression- the underlaying causes, I am satisfied, ran much deeper. Intelle...	RyanS	1	492	Nov 13, 2006 by Phil
	The Gift of Forgiveness (Preview) This anger management Practice draws on the dual wisdom of Aikido and scientific research, "The gift of forgiveness" will help you explore how to change long term anger into a wider range of life affirming emotions. It is a simple yet profound Practice following the Seishindo principles of Absorpt...	Wren	5	630	Nov 12, 2006 by Wren
	As Bill Sees It (Preview) ______________________________________________________________	RyanS	0	478	Nov 12, 2006 by RyanS
	For Those That Are Going Through Some Tough Days? (Preview) Thought for Sunday "Just cut your head off...and do "THE DO THINGS" Have a good one...	Phil	1	523	Nov 12, 2006 by Sick of being sick
	Thought for the day (Preview) THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Another part of the answer to how people can live without turmoil and be happy lies in being bound to other members of the group with new ties. They will escape disaster together. New group feeling helps provide them all with a way to identify with each other's common affliction...	Quetzal	0	465	Nov 12, 2006 by Quetzal
	Out Of The 12 and 12 (Preview) "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." Good judgment, a careful sense of timing, courage, and prudence--these are the qualities we shall need when we take Step Nine. After we have made the list of people we have harmed, have reflecte...	Phil	3	651	Nov 11, 2006 by CAM
	Why I can't drink. (Preview) An earlier post from Quetzal about seeing people actually crying about having to give up drinking reminded me of something that crossed my mind a couple nights back. I was musing about my drinking days...kinda reflecting on how or why I got to where I ended up no longer daring to have that first drink...	Sick of being sick	9	915	Nov 11, 2006 by djbohn
	We dare not look.... (Preview) "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." Creation gave us instincts for a purpose. Without them we wouldn't be complete human beings. If men and women didn't exert themselves to be secure in their persons, made no effort to harvest food or construct shelter, there would be no su...	Phil	4	544	Nov 11, 2006 by timverton
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