Alcoholics Anonymous

iffer · iffer

Hi everyone. I have to say I am so grateful today to be sober. Just for the moment I am grateful. I have been doing alot of praying and really want to get back on track with AA and the program. I would appreciate any guidance and support for getting my head screwed back on right af...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

Interesting word, comes from a word that means: To Decide. A synonym to 'crisis' is the word Juncture. www.m-w.com Type in "crisis" for more.

Robert · Robert

I have a real juicy resentment about my brother, he is the type of person who feels better by putting others down. When he last spoke to me he just had to slip into the conversation "you have no friends" that really p'eed me off because it is exactly what he used to say when I was drinking and depended on him f...

Doll · Doll

Your circumstances do not determine what your life will be; they reveal what kinds of images you have chosen up until now. To change yourself, look at what you fear and what you hate. Start There. We are all at once teachers and learners in every encounter of our lives. What's over is over. You did what yo...

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...

Rob · Rob

IM in a real mess tonight.. yeah iv been drinking my mum is having a go at me.. though i duno how much of it is cos she is drunk or cos of me drinking i am just going out of my mind.. yeah iv been drinking todayu..i started drinking at 12 noon.. i slept sometime this afternoon..th...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

Read the posts below on Self-Discipline and Staying on the Path---I needed that! Recently, I wrote down six tips, ideas for myself to regain self-discipline in my days....and then at the bottom I wrote: "There is no Adult Supervision in my head when I get too much into my...

CAM · CAM

Left the halls of AA and I have returned. I "did some research" and have to tell you guys, it's still the same strange game out there.....Glad to be back among the other strange game again.... I prefer this "strange" to that "strange." My "check engine" light has been on for week...

Phil · Phil

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

Rick · Rick

Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly --Langston Hughes Watching birds spread their wings and soar can remind us of the best in ourselves. In joyful moments we all feel our own desire to fly, to reach toward what we dream of doing. Our dreams give us a di...

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...

Phil · Phil

Recovery Prayer 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. Ple...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

I went up to the meeting place(club) to help fix the place up today. It was cool for a while. Then a couple of hours later two women came and I got thrown for a loop. They started talking to me like I wasn't doing anything and I started to get really angry. I kept my mouth shut but boy was I screwed up in the head....

carmie · carmie

Well guess what

I'm very excited an honored to say My first sponsee asked me to sponsor her last nite!!!!!!

I told it would be a great honor

ne way I'm very happy bout this.

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...

Robert · Robert

Howdy troops, i have a worse memory than my gran, and she still thinks its 1975!!! it says in a website of AA that : Alcohol can also lead to: Dementia - memory loss, rather like Alzheimer’s dementia. I wondered if any of you guys have this/had this and how you got better, i cant remember half...

Robert · Robert

A man bought a camel from a woman at the market, the woman said "to make him go say 'phew' to make him stop say 'Amen'." So the man hopped on the camel and said 'Phew' to make him go. The camel started running out of control. The man couldn't remember what to say to make him stop so he started calling out any o...

Robert · Robert

addiction counselling trust The Addiction Counselling Trust is a registered charity which offers a free and confidential drug and alcohol service to people living in Buckinghamshire. Our staff are all fully...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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!!!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

Robert · Robert

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Robert · Robert

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

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...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Praying to get back on track (Preview) Hi everyone. I have to say I am so grateful today to be sober. Just for the moment I am grateful. I have been doing alot of praying and really want to get back on track with AA and the program. I would appreciate any guidance and support for getting my head screwed back on right af...	iffer	7	494	May 2, 2006 by soberdrunk
	The word "Crisis" (Preview) Interesting word, comes from a word that means: To Decide. A synonym to 'crisis' is the word Juncture. www.m-w.com Type in "crisis" for more.	wallsal55	1	914	May 1, 2006 by Phil
	Resentment (Preview) I have a real juicy resentment about my brother, he is the type of person who feels better by putting others down. When he last spoke to me he just had to slip into the conversation "you have no friends" that really p'eed me off because it is exactly what he used to say when I was drinking and depended on him f...	Robert	5	321	May 1, 2006 by Phil
	Staying On The Path (Preview) Your circumstances do not determine what your life will be; they reveal what kinds of images you have chosen up until now. To change yourself, look at what you fear and what you hate. Start There. We are all at once teachers and learners in every encounter of our lives. What's over is over. You did what yo...	Doll	2	313	May 1, 2006 by Phil
	May 1 ~ HEALING HEART AND MIND (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	390	May 1, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Ive got to stop drinking... arrgh my life is such a mess (Preview) IM in a real mess tonight.. yeah iv been drinking my mum is having a go at me.. though i duno how much of it is cos she is drunk or cos of me drinking i am just going out of my mind.. yeah iv been drinking todayu..i started drinking at 12 noon.. i slept sometime this afternoon..th...	Rob	24	820	May 1, 2006 by Rob
	Humor in Journaling (Preview) Read the posts below on Self-Discipline and Staying on the Path---I needed that! Recently, I wrote down six tips, ideas for myself to regain self-discipline in my days....and then at the bottom I wrote: "There is no Adult Supervision in my head when I get too much into my...	wallsal55	1	361	May 1, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	I'm back.... (Preview) Left the halls of AA and I have returned. I "did some research" and have to tell you guys, it's still the same strange game out there.....Glad to be back among the other strange game again.... I prefer this "strange" to that "strange." My "check engine" light has been on for week...	CAM	7	356	May 1, 2006 by trudi
	Letting Go... (Preview) LETTING GO TAKES LOVE To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, but allow learning from natu...	Phil	2	371	May 1, 2006 by Busbe
	A little Joy ? (Preview) *Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly --Langston Hughes* Watching birds spread their wings and soar can remind us of the best in ourselves. In joyful moments we all feel our own desire to fly, to reach toward what we dream of doing. Our dreams give us a di...	Rick	1	328	May 1, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	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	405	May 1, 2006 by iffer
	Monday (Preview) Recovery Prayer 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. Ple...	Phil	1	472	May 1, 2006 by Rick
	What a day...... (Preview) I went up to the meeting place(club) to help fix the place up today. It was cool for a while. Then a couple of hours later two women came and I got thrown for a loop. They started talking to me like I wasn't doing anything and I started to get really angry. I kept my mouth shut but boy was I screwed up in the head....	soberdrunk	4	336	May 1, 2006 by Phil
	Hey Everyone!!! (Preview) Well guess what I'm very excited an honored to say My first sponsee asked me to sponsor her last nite!!!!!! I told it would be a great honor ne way I'm very happy bout this.	carmie	5	299	May 1, 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	744	May 1, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Dementia (Preview) Howdy troops, i have a worse memory than my gran, and she still thinks its 1975!!! it says in a website of AA that : Alcohol can also lead to: Dementia - memory loss, rather like Alzheimer’s dementia. I wondered if any of you guys have this/had this and how you got better, i cant remember half...	Robert	6	432	May 1, 2006 by elna
	Camel Joke (Preview) A man bought a camel from a woman at the market, the woman said "to make him go say 'phew' to make him stop say 'Amen'." So the man hopped on the camel and said 'Phew' to make him go. The camel started running out of control. The man couldn't remember what to say to make him stop so he started calling out any o...	Robert	1	5293	Apr 30, 2006 by Robert
	ROB (Preview) addiction counselling trust The Addiction Counselling Trust is a registered charity which offers a free and confidential drug and alcohol service to people living in Buckinghamshire. Our staff are all fully...	Robert	2	287	Apr 30, 2006 by Robert
	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	311	Apr 30, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	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	367	Apr 30, 2006 by kspear
	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	331	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	310	Apr 30, 2006 by Wren
	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	352	Apr 30, 2006 by Robert
	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	754	Apr 30, 2006 by mikey50
	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	502	Apr 30, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	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	478	Apr 30, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	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	356	Apr 30, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	??? 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	448	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	643	Apr 30, 2006 by Phil
	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	295	Apr 30, 2006 by Rick
	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	323	Apr 30, 2006 by LJ Looser
	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	356	Apr 29, 2006 by jeannie
	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	511	Apr 29, 2006 by Phil
	UNBELIEVABLE NEW LAW IN MEXICO (Preview) ------------------------------------------------------------------	Toni Baloney	2	368	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	371	Apr 29, 2006 by Rob
	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	386	Apr 29, 2006 by recovering jb
	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	396	Apr 29, 2006 by jimhere
	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	307	Apr 29, 2006 by Phil
	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	340	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	353	Apr 28, 2006 by Phil
	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	324	Apr 28, 2006 by mikey50
	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	487	Apr 28, 2006 by rosie light shines
	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	429	Apr 28, 2006 by rosie light shines
	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	386	Apr 28, 2006 by Robert
	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	358	Apr 28, 2006 by jeannie
	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	340	Apr 28, 2006 by Phil
	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	363	Apr 27, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Feeling alone (Preview) Deleted due to popular demand -- Edited by Robert at 15:36, 2006-04-28	Robert	6	349	Apr 27, 2006 by Robert
	Tonight (Preview) Deleted due to popular demand -- Edited by Robert at 15:35, 2006-04-28	Robert	0	294	Apr 27, 2006 by Robert
	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	300	Apr 27, 2006 by Phil
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