Alcoholics Anonymous

Robert · Robert

Hey there, been on holiday in cornwall, didnt do a meeting and yesterday I was thinkin- wouldnt it be nice, then the misery came in as if I had a drink, I thought Nah! not worth it, better get back to notts and carry on with the 12 stes. hope alls well will catch up tomorrow when i have slept a little.

wallsal55 · wallsal55

Somewhere in the big AA book, it talks about these 4 qualities. [Has to do with (resentments or tolerance?)]If anyone can locate these pages, I'd appreciate it. I got these 4 qualities, believe it or not, from an alanon tape. 1. Generosity-- allow others their peculiar...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

Quote from an engineer on Step 6: "There is a formula here, and if you can't find it here, it's in the next book. (Believing) a formula for everything. My main character defect is not believing my defect is a defect." [ROFLMAO, I had to relate to this on...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

"One of the Best Ways I can help other people....is to encourage them to take better care of themselves....and to reward them when they do." (Might be another Beattie quote.)

wallsal55 · wallsal55

I never could fully grasp gratitude...gratitude journals----until I read M. Beatties book on Gratitude. For me, her explanation to keep track of "what's right with this picture?" (instead of what's wrong!) Brings me back to ground level. :...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Where or where can our good friend John be, Oh, where oh where can he be?

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

Curious... is anyone ever on the chat-board?? Checked in there many times this past week, and nada. Am I working this thing right?

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. Under these conditions we can employ our mental faculties wit...

Dawnie · Dawnie

Not sure how this all works. I've never been to the message board before. I just got my one year. I should be happy. And I am truely grateful to God and AA but strangely I'm feeling restless. Sort of anticlimactic sort of. I see progress but still would like some sort of sign that there's more to come. You Kn...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Sorry everyone, for some reason the Post are not staying in order. If you Respond to a Post, say at the middle or bottom of the page, it will Bring it up to the very Top Post, so it will be impossible to Read correctly the New Posts, as they come in. Phil just brought this to my attention, and don't at this...

Phil · Phil

Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind. --Alice Meynell It's all too easy to blame a friend, spouse, or co-worker for the uneven quality of our lives. If only others would behave according to our plans and dictates, then all would go well, we think. What seldom is rem...

Rob · Rob

Hi guys.. I know I havent been on here much at all in the last couple of months.. Iv been trying to get stuff in my head straight cos i was starting to feel like i was losing my mind .. losing myself with the meetings and these boards... I am feeling better in some ways in my mind in ter...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Good Morning Dana, Well I do not recall you telling us you were headed off to the Carribean, or another exotic place, and have been wondering," where or where has our Dana gone, or where or where could she be?" We miss your cheer and your wonderful insight, just wanted you to know. Hugs, ...

trudi · trudi

I am back from rehab. was a good experience. Now the work starts! got a new sponsor and spending Saturday afternoons with her. Been to a couple of meetings now I am back and they were really good. Hope everyone is doing well. Love Trudi.

Phil · Phil

Changing our attitudes Our prayer is, "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." We say this prayer at least once a day because although we must accept the things we cannot change today, they may, in...

mygirls_mylife · mygirls_mylife

My name is Star and I AM an alcoholic. I am 3 days sober and believe I am startingthe withdrawal/detox process. Last night I went to my first AA meeting and I felt great. I got the BB met alot of friendly recov. women, got a list of #'s and probably a sponsor.It almost felt like it was going to be easy to do. ...

jeannie · jeannie

What do you do when life seems to force you to react? You can panic, become anxious, yell, and respond with a counterattack. But that probably won't solve the problem. And it may turn things into a brawl. Or you can calm down. Breathe deeply. Tell yourself to relax. Sa...

Rob · Rob

-- Edited by Rob at 01:36, 2006-06-24

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

Ugh!!! Tough concepts for me at times!!! Balance has always been my problem; I seem to have always been so 'all-or-nothing' with everything in my life... I focus on one area of my life at a time, then scurry around trying to make that one area work perfectly and be without blemish... Perfectionism??...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Anyone having troubles with this site? Things seem to be going really slow over yonder. I'm used to lightning quick internet. Damn expectations are set too high? Is it me or the computer. Who's gonna win? Am i crazy? We all know the answer to that one, so please don't answer that one........lol. Oh well...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

Thanks for all the well-wishing!! (Back prob's...) Feeling 99.999% better now... had to lay low (like on the floor...LOL) for a few but rarin' to go now for an AA packed weekend with the gals. Thank you all for being so darned sweet!!!! Sincerely, Joan-Baloan

Sick of being sick · Sick of being sick

I'm finally only a day away from a couple weeks vacation. Heading out Oregon way (or as the natives call it, "organ"). I'll be out of touch with the board until July 2. Here's wishing each of you safe, sane & sober days, one day at a time (as that's the way I'...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi everybody, I read this in 'Daily Reflections' this morning and I wanted to share it with you. Have a great and sober day. Carol ************************ Trusting Others But does trust require that we be blind to other people's motives or, indeed, to our o...

Rob · Rob

I know that everyone advice is to get to aa etc.. But tonight im just feeling so lonely.. I dont often feel lonely.. I guess im feeling lonely cos i am not intouch with myself.. . When im intouch with myself i have no reason to feel lonely.. But im feeling out of reach of myself right now..&n...

wagon · wagon

Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power. take care wagon

...

John · John

Hi everyone, Let me start off by saying that for 2 weeks, I have sat in the background watching the stuff that has transpired on this board go on. I had chosen to not practice my control issues here, but instead seek Gods guidence and not let my ego guide me in how to deal with the variety o...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

I know there have got to be some animal lovers here on this site, so I would like to hear about everyone's pets, how they enrich your sobriety, and what they tell you about yourself and your progress!! My baby Scouty (my icon picture) is 10 months old, and she has taught me so much about myself a...

LisaF · LisaF

Sorry, if it's not ok for me to post this here, go ahead and delete it. Just looking for some suggestions... Does anyone else here like rap? My ipod's full of rap but a lot of it's old stuff... a few newer songs I looked up on the rap station's website and downloaded... looking for some new stuff to down...

Phil · Phil

Today's Gift. When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade. --Dale Carnegie Good fortune is built on misfortune. By losing a race we learn what mistakes to avoid next time we run. A burglar may make us install the lock that will keep out a murderer. Each time a toddler falls is a lesson i...

karina · karina

Im new to being sober. everytime i see a councellor or nurse or doctor i feel like a specimen, or exhibit a. "this girl is withdrawing from blah blah blah" " and she is suffering from this and that" aaaahhh, when i talk they look at me all screw faced like

and will you be.. "s...

Sycorax · Sycorax

sorry bout that. I replied to your 'getting back to AA' thread and I was referring to you as John throughout. I hope you are not offended. It must have been a Freudian slip, because I have a brother called John who has big drug problems and I am worried about him. Oddly enough, unlike everyone else in our fa...

Phil · Phil

Paddy, the famous Irishman, is driving home after downing a few at the local pub. He turns a corner and much to his horror he sees a tree in the middle of the road. He swerves to avoid it and almost too late realizes that there is yet another tree directly in his path. He swerves again an...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

This site engine is really slowing down, now at the Bottom of the Page, that usually shows "Transerring Data" it is now showing "Tranferring data from Sparklet" which is the message we get when it site goes down.........so hold on tight.....cause I think it is coming to a screahing halt.......hope n...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Don't know how to feel about this, this will make 1000 Post and Response from this Alke in 6 months. I am only so greatful that this is only a typing forum, and not a speaking forum, because I would be suffering a lot today, with the reputation of being a Pretty Big Mouth, saved by the Bell, or by Cyber space,...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi all, I was at an AA meeting recently and the reading from the Big Book was "Belle of the Bar". I got so much out of that and it was so me! It isn't included in the copy of the Big Book that I have. I have been searching for it on the Internet all morning using Google, but I haven't been able to find it. I have...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

Hi pals... I am in a horrendous amount of physical pain today... just taking Tylenol and laying back... very very aggravated. Pulled my back out major-league right under the left shoulder blade... how it happened: we had an old pool table in the garage that needed to be dis-assembled in order to b...

Quetzal · Quetzal

It just had to happen. He just had to do it. OK, folks, this is going to be a major moan here, but I've gotta get it out. I apologize in advance. I've had a wonderful day. I joined this great Forum this morning and introduced myself. You have to be the best folk that I have ever 'met'. You have all gi...

newbyalchie · newbyalchie

Hi All! I just signed up for this and am looking forward to supporting anyone who needs it. God knows I do. So hi and howdy and hello. So I am going to type out some frustration because at 12:00 am there are no meetings in the area and I looked online to see if the...

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

Good evening. To the new people: Welcome, To everyone else: Apologies for my absence. Drunkenness is a self fulfilling condition: You can't be normal without drink............. I took the time out from work. This for me is the third (or forth) attempt at sobriety............ it feels good so f...

Dori · Dori

Hey, Just had to come over on this side and read your posts Phil they always encourage me and move me in the right direction.They are simple .. I am doing good working it and staying busy work , kids and on and on . miss your posts Dori a greatful person in alanon

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

My deepest apologies, I went into your Post, and took out the "FF" AA. Which is standard procedure around here now. That is all I took out, and when I went back to re-read your post, I accidentally removed about a third of the end of you Post. Please, Please forgive me. It was an accident. and I am s...

jeannie · jeannie

And if not now, when? --The Talmud It's so easy to put things off. Sometimes we're like Scarlet O'Hara, who hoped and dreamed for a better life by saying, "There's always tomorrow." But is there always a tomorrow? If we live too many of our days counting on tomorrows, we may find o...

LisaF · LisaF

I went to my meeting tonight and we were sitting there talking and this loud motorcycle pulls up and someone starts saying something about someone named Skeeter, and I'm sitting here thinking there's not that many skeeters around... My husband's uncle is named Skeeter, and I knew he was a recovering...

LisaF · LisaF

Did anyone else here get this way when you stopped drinking and started going to AA? This really good feeling like you're on top of the world... my sponsor said some people get that way just from putting down the alcohol and doing something good for yourself. I've definitely been this way over the past w...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi everyone, I have just joined this forum and wanted to say 'hi' to everybody. My name is Carol and I'm an alcoholic. I have been sober since November 5th 2005 and I am feeling really great about it. I'm starting to feel great about life and beginning to love every minute of it. I regularly a...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

There it goes again... the beautiful happy-crying thing again... Just wanted you all to know that I am so in awe of so many of you and your journey(s)... I just started crying again after decades, and have not shed a 'pain-tear' yet (I know they will come at some point...) but I am being washed with te...

Mimi · Mimi

Hello Everyone, I am new here and hoping someone may have some words of wisdom. I recently attended a few alanon meetings and am finding them helpful. Last night I also attended an open AA meeting which was also very informative. I'm hoping someone may have an opinion on my daughter-- if this i...

Wren · Wren

Control Do you have control issues? Personality control is the biggest issue everyone must face in the spiritual journey. Because this is not understood nor often enough addressed, the spiritual journey for many is a disguised ego trip. We think we can control everything we experience – with b...

karina · karina

So after I posted my "IM GOING CRAZY!" message, i went to bed only to find the next day to be alot worse. By night time i really needed to talk to someone, so i called the nurses hotline. I told her my physical symptoms and she said i was going through sever withdrawal. So she said I HAD to go to the hospital. I t...

Wren · Wren

Gifts We Give ourselves Friends Good friends enrich our lives in so many ways. Through a magical combination of similarities and differences, friends offer us the opportunity to know ourselves as we are and help us grow into who we want to be. Our similarities attract us to each other, c...

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	checking in (Preview) Hey there, been on holiday in cornwall, didnt do a meeting and yesterday I was thinkin- wouldnt it be nice, then the misery came in as if I had a drink, I thought Nah! not worth it, better get back to notts and carry on with the 12 stes. hope alls well will catch up tomorrow when i have slept a little.	Robert	1	427	Jun 24, 2006 by Quetzal
	4 Qualities from Big AA book (Preview) Somewhere in the big AA book, it talks about these 4 qualities. [Has to do with (resentments or tolerance?)]If anyone can locate these pages, I'd appreciate it. I got these 4 qualities, believe it or not, from an alanon tape. 1. Generosity-- allow others their peculiar...	wallsal55	0	463	Jun 24, 2006 by wallsal55
	Quote/ Step 6 (Preview) Quote from an engineer on Step 6: "There is a formula here, and if you can't find it here, it's in the next book. (Believing) a formula for everything. My main character defect is not believing my defect is a defect." [ROFLMAO, I had to relate to this on...	wallsal55	0	298	Jun 24, 2006 by wallsal55
	Quote (Preview) "One of the Best Ways I can help other people....is to encourage them to take better care of themselves....and to reward them when they do." (Might be another Beattie quote.)	wallsal55	0	265	Jun 24, 2006 by wallsal55
	Gratitude for Me... (Preview) I never could fully grasp gratitude...gratitude journals----until I read M. Beatties book on Gratitude. For me, her explanation to keep track of "what's right with this picture?" (instead of what's wrong!) Brings me back to ground level. :...	wallsal55	0	272	Jun 24, 2006 by wallsal55
	We are still "out of Order" (Preview) Where or where can our good friend John be, Oh, where oh where can he be?	Toni Baloney	1	428	Jun 24, 2006 by Phil
	Chat Room.... (Preview) Curious... is anyone ever on the chat-board?? Checked in there many times this past week, and nada. Am I working this thing right?	jonibaloni	10	440	Jun 24, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	24 Hour Program (Preview) On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. Under these conditions we can employ our mental faculties wit...	soberdrunk	3	321	Jun 24, 2006 by jonibaloni
	new to this... (Preview) Not sure how this all works. I've never been to the message board before. I just got my one year. I should be happy. And I am truely grateful to God and AA but strangely I'm feeling restless. Sort of anticlimactic sort of. I see progress but still would like some sort of sign that there's more to come. You Kn...	Dawnie	3	487	Jun 24, 2006 by Quetzal
	ALL THE POST ARE OUT OF ORDER (Preview) Sorry everyone, for some reason the Post are not staying in order. If you Respond to a Post, say at the middle or bottom of the page, it will Bring it up to the very Top Post, so it will be impossible to Read correctly the New Posts, as they come in. Phil just brought this to my attention, and don't at this...	Toni Baloney	3	345	Jun 24, 2006 by Phil
	Happiness (Preview) *Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind. --Alice Meynell* It's all too easy to blame a friend, spouse, or co-worker for the uneven quality of our lives. If only others would behave according to our plans and dictates, then all would go well, we think. What seldom is rem...	Phil	0	281	Jun 24, 2006 by Phil
	I think i wana get back to aa (Preview) Hi guys.. I know I havent been on here much at all in the last couple of months.. Iv been trying to get stuff in my head straight cos i was starting to feel like i was losing my mind .. losing myself with the meetings and these boards... I am feeling better in some ways in my mind in ter...	Rob	16	539	Jun 23, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Yoo Hoo Dana Banana (Preview) Good Morning Dana, Well I do not recall you telling us you were headed off to the Carribean, or another exotic place, and have been wondering," where or where has our Dana gone, or where or where could she be?" We miss your cheer and your wonderful insight, just wanted you to know. Hugs, ...	Toni Baloney	6	408	Jun 23, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	I am back... (Preview) I am back from rehab. was a good experience. Now the work starts! got a new sponsor and spending Saturday afternoons with her. Been to a couple of meetings now I am back and they were really good. Hope everyone is doing well. Love Trudi.	trudi	5	322	Jun 23, 2006 by Phil
	Have a good day eh... (Preview) Changing our attitudes Our prayer is, "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." We say this prayer at least once a day because although we must accept the things we cannot change today, they may, in...	Phil	2	338	Jun 23, 2006 by Phil
	New to recovery (Preview) My name is Star and I AM an alcoholic. I am 3 days sober and believe I am startingthe withdrawal/detox process. Last night I went to my first AA meeting and I felt great. I got the BB met alot of friendly recov. women, got a list of #'s and probably a sponsor.It almost felt like it was going to be easy to do. ...	mygirls_mylife	10	426	Jun 23, 2006 by Dori
	What to do when life throws you a curve! (Preview) What do you do when life seems to force you to react? You can panic, become anxious, yell, and respond with a counterattack. But that probably won't solve the problem. And it may turn things into a brawl. *Or you can calm down. Breathe deeply. Tell yourself to relax. Sa...*	jeannie	7	399	Jun 23, 2006 by DanaBanana
	Something STOPPING me.. (Preview) -- Edited by Rob at 01:36, 2006-06-24	Rob	2	318	Jun 23, 2006 by Dori
	Balance... The "B" word... (Preview) Ugh!!! Tough concepts for me at times!!! Balance has always been my problem; I seem to have always been so 'all-or-nothing' with everything in my life... I focus on one area of my life at a time, then scurry around trying to make that one area work perfectly and be without blemish... Perfectionism??...	jonibaloni	3	443	Jun 23, 2006 by wallsal55
	Message board acting funny? (Preview) Anyone having troubles with this site? Things seem to be going really slow over yonder. I'm used to lightning quick internet. Damn expectations are set too high? Is it me or the computer. Who's gonna win? Am i crazy? We all know the answer to that one, so please don't answer that one........lol. Oh well...	soberdrunk	6	340	Jun 23, 2006 by jeannie
	Recuperated... Thanks!! (Preview) Thanks for all the well-wishing!! (Back prob's...) Feeling 99.999% better now... had to lay low (like on the floor...LOL) for a few but rarin' to go now for an AA packed weekend with the gals. Thank you all for being so darned sweet!!!! Sincerely, Joan-Baloan	jonibaloni	4	333	Jun 23, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Vacation (Preview) I'm finally only a day away from a couple weeks vacation. Heading out Oregon way (or as the natives call it, "organ"). I'll be out of touch with the board until July 2. Here's wishing each of you safe, sane & sober days, one day at a time (as that's the way I'...	Sick of being sick	5	333	Jun 23, 2006 by soberdrunk
	From 'Daily Reflections' (Preview) Hi everybody, I read this in 'Daily Reflections' this morning and I wanted to share it with you. Have a great and sober day. Carol ********************** Trusting Others** But does trust require that we be blind to other people's motives or, indeed, to our o...	Quetzal	0	431	Jun 23, 2006 by Quetzal
	Feeling so alone tonight... (Preview) I know that everyone advice is to get to aa etc.. But tonight im just feeling so lonely.. I dont often feel lonely.. I guess im feeling lonely cos i am not intouch with myself.. . When im intouch with myself i have no reason to feel lonely.. But im feeling out of reach of myself right now..&n...	Rob	10	488	Jun 23, 2006 by Quetzal
	aa big book (Preview) Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power. take care wagon ...	wagon	4	374	Jun 23, 2006 by Quetzal
	What are we doing here? (Preview) Hi everyone, Let me start off by saying that for 2 weeks, I have sat in the background watching the stuff that has transpired on this board go on. I had chosen to not practice my control issues here, but instead seek Gods guidence and not let my ego guide me in how to deal with the variety o...	John	9	640	Jun 22, 2006 by recovering jb
	Sobriety Pets (Preview) I know there have got to be some animal lovers here on this site, so I would like to hear about everyone's pets, how they enrich your sobriety, and what they tell you about yourself and your progress!! My baby Scouty (my icon picture) is 10 months old, and she has taught me so much about myself a...	jonibaloni	15	718	Jun 22, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Off Topic... Music Suggestions (Preview) Sorry, if it's not ok for me to post this here, go ahead and delete it. Just looking for some suggestions... Does anyone else here like rap? My ipod's full of rap but a lot of it's old stuff... a few newer songs I looked up on the rap station's website and downloaded... looking for some new stuff to down...	LisaF	2	358	Jun 22, 2006 by TLH
	Lemons (Preview) *Today's Gift. When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade. --Dale Carnegie* Good fortune is built on misfortune. By losing a race we learn what mistakes to avoid next time we run. A burglar may make us install the lock that will keep out a murderer. Each time a toddler falls is a lesson i...	Phil	5	334	Jun 22, 2006 by TLH
	i feel like a LAB RAT in detox (Preview) Im new to being sober. everytime i see a councellor or nurse or doctor i feel like a specimen, or exhibit a. "this girl is withdrawing from blah blah blah" " and she is suffering from this and that" aaaahhh, when i talk they look at me all screw faced like and will you be.. "s...	karina	4	389	Jun 22, 2006 by Rob
	sorry Rob, I called you John! (Preview) sorry bout that. I replied to your 'getting back to AA' thread and I was referring to you as John throughout. I hope you are not offended. It must have been a Freudian slip, because I have a brother called John who has big drug problems and I am worried about him. Oddly enough, unlike everyone else in our fa...	Sycorax	2	325	Jun 22, 2006 by Rob
	On The Lighter Side.... (Preview) Paddy, the famous Irishman, is driving home after downing a few at the local pub. He turns a corner and much to his horror he sees a tree in the middle of the road. He swerves to avoid it and almost too late realizes that there is yet another tree directly in his path. He swerves again an...	Phil	12	443	Jun 22, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Feels like the Train is SLOOOWING Down! (Preview) This site engine is really slowing down, now at the Bottom of the Page, that usually shows "Transerring Data" it is now showing "Tranferring data from Sparklet" which is the message we get when it site goes down.........so hold on tight.....cause I think it is coming to a screahing halt.......hope n...	Toni Baloney	3	334	Jun 22, 2006 by DanaBanana
	1000 Post - Yicks (Preview) Don't know how to feel about this, this will make 1000 Post and Response from this Alke in 6 months. I am only so greatful that this is only a typing forum, and not a speaking forum, because I would be suffering a lot today, with the reputation of being a Pretty Big Mouth, saved by the Bell, or by Cyber space,...	Toni Baloney	7	372	Jun 22, 2006 by DanaBanana
	Belle of the Bar - on the 'Net? (Preview) Hi all, I was at an AA meeting recently and the reading from the Big Book was "Belle of the Bar". I got so much out of that and it was so me! It isn't included in the copy of the Big Book that I have. I have been searching for it on the Internet all morning using Google, but I haven't been able to find it. I have...	Quetzal	6	3818	Jun 22, 2006 by Quetzal
	physical pain, expectations, sobriety... (Preview) Hi pals... I am in a horrendous amount of physical pain today... just taking Tylenol and laying back... very very aggravated. Pulled my back out major-league right under the left shoulder blade... how it happened: we had an old pool table in the garage that needed to be dis-assembled in order to b...	jonibaloni	6	676	Jun 22, 2006 by Quetzal
	How I Feel Right Now! (Preview) It just had to happen. He just had to do it. OK, folks, this is going to be a major moan here, but I've gotta get it out. I apologize in advance. I've had a wonderful day. I joined this great Forum this morning and introduced myself. You have to be the best folk that I have ever 'met'. You have all gi...	Quetzal	8	360	Jun 22, 2006 by Quetzal
	NewbieAlchie (Preview) Hi All! I just signed up for this and am looking forward to supporting anyone who needs it. God knows I do. So hi and howdy and hello. So I am going to type out some frustration because at 12:00 am there are no meetings in the area and I looked online to see if the...	newbyalchie	7	362	Jun 21, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Hi Everyone (Preview) Good evening. To the new people: Welcome, To everyone else: Apologies for my absence. Drunkenness is a self fulfilling condition: You can't be normal without drink............. I took the time out from work. This for me is the third (or forth) attempt at sobriety............ it feels good so f...	Cabbageheadchris	4	308	Jun 21, 2006 by jonibaloni
	CHECKING IN -PHIL (Preview) Hey, Just had to come over on this side and read your posts Phil they always encourage me and move me in the right direction.They are simple .. I am doing good working it and staying busy work , kids and on and on . miss your posts Dori a greatful person in alanon	Dori	2	398	Jun 21, 2006 by Dori
	To Cabbagehead Chris (Preview) My deepest apologies, I went into your Post, and took out the "FF" AA. Which is standard procedure around here now. That is all I took out, and when I went back to re-read your post, I accidentally removed about a third of the end of you Post. Please, Please forgive me. It was an accident. and I am s...	Toni Baloney	5	341	Jun 21, 2006 by Phil
	TODAY (Preview) *And if not now, when? --The Talmud* It's so easy to put things off. Sometimes we're like Scarlet O'Hara, who hoped and dreamed for a better life by saying, "There's always tomorrow." But is there always a tomorrow? If we live too many of our days counting on tomorrows, we may find o...	jeannie	0	293	Jun 21, 2006 by jeannie
	It's a small world! (Preview) I went to my meeting tonight and we were sitting there talking and this loud motorcycle pulls up and someone starts saying something about someone named Skeeter, and I'm sitting here thinking there's not that many skeeters around... My husband's uncle is named Skeeter, and I knew he was a recovering...	LisaF	3	353	Jun 21, 2006 by Quetzal
	on top of the world feeling (Preview) Did anyone else here get this way when you stopped drinking and started going to AA? This really good feeling like you're on top of the world... my sponsor said some people get that way just from putting down the alcohol and doing something good for yourself. I've definitely been this way over the past w...	LisaF	5	387	Jun 21, 2006 by Quetzal
	Newbie Here! (Preview) Hi everyone, I have just joined this forum and wanted to say 'hi' to everybody. My name is Carol and I'm an alcoholic. I have been sober since November 5th 2005 and I am feeling really great about it. I'm starting to feel great about life and beginning to love every minute of it. I regularly a...	Quetzal	30	938	Jun 21, 2006 by Quetzal
	BAWLING MY EYES OUT... (Preview) *There it goes again... the beautiful happy-crying thing again...* *Just wanted you all to know that I am so in awe of so many of you and your journey(s)...* *I just started crying again after decades, and have not shed a 'pain-tear' yet (I know they will come at some point...) but I am being washed with te...*	jonibaloni	7	395	Jun 20, 2006 by karina
	My Daughter (Preview) Hello Everyone, I am new here and hoping someone may have some words of wisdom. I recently attended a few alanon meetings and am finding them helpful. Last night I also attended an open AA meeting which was also very informative. I'm hoping someone may have an opinion on my daughter-- if this i...	Mimi	4	378	Jun 20, 2006 by karina
	Soul Perspectives on Control (Preview) Control Do you have control issues? Personality control is the biggest issue everyone must face in the spiritual journey. Because this is not understood nor often enough addressed, the spiritual journey for many is a disguised ego trip. We think we can control everything we experience – with b...	Wren	2	317	Jun 20, 2006 by Phil
	So friends im still alive, after a hospital visit (Preview) So after I posted my "IM GOING CRAZY!" message, i went to bed only to find the next day to be alot worse. By night time i really needed to talk to someone, so i called the nurses hotline. I told her my physical symptoms and she said i was going through sever withdrawal. So she said I HAD to go to the hospital. I t...	karina	8	480	Jun 20, 2006 by recovering jb
	Friends- OM (Preview) Gifts We Give ourselves Friends Good friends enrich our lives in so many ways. Through a magical combination of similarities and differences, friends offer us the opportunity to know ourselves as we are and help us grow into who we want to be. Our similarities attract us to each other, c...	Wren	4	305	Jun 20, 2006 by DanaBanana
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