Alcoholics Anonymous

Phil · Phil

The Language of Letting Go. So much of what I call my codependency is fear and panic because I spent so much of my life feeling abused, trapped, and not knowing how to take care of myself in relationships. -- Anonymous No matter how long we have been recovering, we may still tend to give up our power...

DanaBanana · DanaBanana

Just thought I'd post a couple pics from our Camping trip...enjoy!

SheIsSober · SheIsSober

Hi, I just wanted to say hi! I'm 2 1/2 months sober and attend AA meetings 2 times/week, but I thought that it would be nice to have another outlet. This certainly is a tough way of life, but so is drinking, I suppose. Hope everyone is doing well!

Wren · Wren

Once I learned how to accept a call from a prison, Sunny Lynne and I connected. (first time, I didn't do something right, and it disconnected. I was scared to death she'd think I was rejecting her call.) So after ten minutes of nausea and spinning, she tried again and this time it worked. We crammed as muc...

Doll · Doll

. .TO BE OF SERVICE Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 77 It is clear that God's plan for me is expressed through love. God loved me enough to take me from alleys and jails so that I could be made a useful participant in His wor...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

IN SPITE OF the fact that I am a recovering alcoholic, with a horrible drug addiction... have been trying hard to work a decent program, for what it's worth. Tonight I opened my mail, and I have been CONSIDERED for acceptance into an accelerated nursing program.. after breaking my anonymity on the o...

DanaBanana · DanaBanana

So we took out our new Tent Trailer on this weekend into the wilderness! First though, my day leading up to leaving for the trip was a tad hellish....found lice in my best friend's son's hair-I've been babysitting him the past couple weeks. Then, shortly...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

I have WORTH TODAY... Why?? Not because my house is meticulously clean 24/7.... it's not. Not because I am a subservient wife, running around all day in an A-pattern skirt and apron, pretending to be June Clever..... I don't. Not because my children behave 100% of the time, are perfectly pol...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi everyone, I just came across this and thought of me and my HP. I wanted to share it with you. Take care, Carol ******************************* FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Many scenes from my life flashed...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

"Often anger is a sign of engagement with life. People who are angered are touched deeply by the events of their lives and feel strongly about them. As an emotion, it has limitations and it certainly has very bad press, but my experience with ill people suggests that there is something healthy about it...

biteme · biteme

Alright, at the risk of being risky I have decided to post a topic here. First of all, be forwarned this isn't going to be pretty. I started out in AA, and F*** you if you don't like NA and you want to call it the other fellowship. the reason I left is in the area I live in, most of the pe...

Doll · Doll

Hi all. Just wanted to say that HillBilly's post on quitting smoking was a 2x4 right in my forehead! I used to only smoke while drinking, since joining AA as of last July I have become a "pack a dayer". Have thought many, many times, I need to quit, but find that I'm just a...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

The Promises......................... If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity a...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi to All, I take a medication that requires a thourough rinseing of Scope, or something similar, to offset the threat of getting a Yeast infection in my gum area. Do this religously every morning, and every nite. For some reason, now have a little graveling feeling up in front of my mouth an...

diddly · diddly

I combined them for years. Always liked a shot of Nyquil at the end of a night of drinking because it was the only thing that would knock my ass out. Without Nyquil I'd drink til the sun came up. Come to find out they are a deadly combo. I'm sure my liver has suffered damage. I'm 36 and have done it since I was...

Phil · Phil

Success is doing the best you can, in as many ways as you can. It is being just and honest and true -- not in a few things, but in everything you do. Always look ahead and never look back, believe you can make all your dreams come true. Always believe in the best you can be and have faith in the things that you do...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

August 1st.... I have 18 months today. A year and a half ago, I was a newly-wed. I had been sober for over 2 years and had gotten caught up in the blessings of a 'semi-normal life', so much so, that I was no longer putting my program at the top of my priority list. Job, new marriage (first time married at age...

Robert · Robert

why am I so fearful for a positive change in my life? I have been preying for this change, and it has come and I am now worried about the what if's - I am not happy where im at, so I am looking to leave all that behind me, but still I am worried....

Quetzal · Quetzal

(Copied from another source) Sobriety is much more than just not drinking. It is a whole new way of thinking. One of those new thoughts is that, for me, the Life Hereafter is from this moment on. I have come to know that what I do, each moment, affects my subsequent life. I create my own pers...

Phil · Phil

from "Living Sober" Alcoholism has been described as “the lonely disease,” and very few recovered alcoholics argue the point. Looking back at the last years or months of our drinking, literally hundreds of thousands of us remember feeling isolated even when we were amo...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Good Morning all, Well this sayings, are alive and well in my Recovery today, qualifying for a couple. Need to address and change them. Just the last two, had to stay in, with some eye irritation that affected my vision, so, don't drive, came up for me. And when we stay inside, and are not feel...

Doll · Doll

WE BECOME WILLING. . . . . At the moment we are trying to put our lives in order. But this is not an end in itself. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS , p. 77 How easily I can become misdirected in approaching the Eighth Step! I wish to be free, somehow transformed by my Sixth and Seventh Step work. Now, more than ever, I am v...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Over and done! I just got home about an hour ago. Went up to my room and kind of quieted my mind for an hour like the book says and asked God to help me with the willingness to turn some stuff over which I'm not entirely ready for. I'm not sure if I posted on here about my pre-5th step thoughts. I was planning o...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi everyone, I have a slight problem and if anyone could offer any advice or suggestions, then that would be great. I would really appreciate it. It's my parents golden wedding anniversary next week and I am due to go and spend some time with them. As I'm an only child, getting out of going is p...

Robert · Robert

Hi there, I came back from wales early. I had to get back as my family were driving me nuts with old behavior and I do not wear that identity any more and they desperatly "need" me to get back to where I was as its a co dependent family and im the scape goat. Have been quite productive today with my c...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Just talked to my sponsor. He just got back from some kind of vacation for a week. 5th step tomorrow. I'm nervous as hell. Still not done entirely with the 4th. Eeegad! Finishing it is no biggy but I'm scared! Talk about overwhelming fear. I'm going to a meeting.

Doll · Doll

Today is August 1, 2006 A Great Day for Recovery! SELF-RELIANCE "The way to greatness is the path of self-reliance, independence and steadfastness in times of trial and stress." -- Herbert Hoover Today I take responsibility for my life. Today I take responsibility for my disea...

Wren · Wren

I have a huge bird flying around in my stomach right now. Just got an email from the ex I spoke to last week concerning my daughter in prison. She will be calling me tomorrow morning between ten and ten forty. It will be the first time we've spoken in so very long. I thought about throwing up on my feet for awh...

Phil · Phil

The Language of Letting Go For those of us who have survived by controlling and surrendering, letting go may not come easily. --Beyond Codependency In recovery, we learn that it is important to identify what we want and need. Where does this concept leave us? With a large but clearly identifie...

John · John

Hello everyone, This is to update you on the progress of the Miracles In Progress Cook Book. It is still be put together. I am getting 365 inspirations and motivational thoughts to put with all the recipes. I am having to be very careful for copywrites. This has become a bi...

flumpy · flumpy

hiya all, me again, just wanted to ask your opinion on something from your perspective and in your experience kindda thing. thing is i as you know have been told not to stop drinking as the withdrawals could meke me rather ill, but i use to drink more and over a longer period of time and just stoped, an...

Wren · Wren

Helping Bonds Thrive 1. The relationships you foster will become a mirror of the relationship you have with yourself. Francois de la Rochefoucauld said, "If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere." Learn to take responsibility for your own happiness...

Hillbilly · Hillbilly

Am new to this site and sorry that I mentioned my smoking probem, Didn't understand that any thing not related to drinking and drinking problems were off limits for discussion, the facts I am raising grandkids, and trying to better myself in any way I can is not important. I am a whole person and yes I hav...

Phil · Phil

Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortuna...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

I know this is a 12 step alcoholism site. I apologize for having redirected some posting to my smoking addiction that I am battling with right now. I am miserable and in tears over this addiction too. It is hard not to share what is going on in a lot of aspects of my life; they are so intertwined......

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

What are the guidelines of posting here.... I get off topic sometimes, part of my alcoholic ADD... Please let me know what the guidelines are, again, so I will know in the future. At what point do posts become 'closed', etc.... Just curious to know these things, for my own ability to follow gui...

Wren · Wren

You know the way "Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love ... and to put its trust in life." -- Joseph Conrad How deeply do you trust your own guidance? Always trust that you know what's best for you. To move forward in your life, gather information from the "experts...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Daily Tip Four Common Stressors Stress is often a matter of how we frame a situation, rather than the situation itself, and how we react to potential stressors is greatly influenced by our internal reaction to external situations. Although the components that make up stress can be complex, simpl...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi Everyone, This Post became CLOSED, and i was the one that started it, so did not want to simple remove the Post, just my part in it. -- Edited by Toni Baloney at 14:47, 2006-07-30

Rob · Rob

Hi all I ent realy got alot to say.. Still drinking... Went to a meeting tonight, first one in about 2 weeks... I expect many people wana bitch at me for not going to more.. but im not on here for that.. im just letting you know my progress. So as i said.. had drink.. went to the mee...

Doll · Doll

I find myself in a bit of a dilema (what's new, right?!). I went to the beach with a couple friends and all was great until the sun went down or it was time to find a restaurant to eat in. They are all social drinkers, and a trip to the beach means drinking! Twice I opted out of dinner and I pretty m...

LisaF · LisaF

I'll probably be going to Little Rock soon, my sis-in-law is pregnant, not due until Aug 27th but she's already 1cm dialated. So she could be born any time now. I looked up meetings in the town near where they live, they're actually in a small town outside of Little Rock. I'll be going to meetings in Bento...

Doll · Doll

GIVING BACK . . . . he has struck something better than gold. . . . He may not see at once that he has barely scratched a limitless lode which will pay dividends only if he mines it for the rest of his life and insists on giving away the entire product. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 129 My part of the Seventh Tradit...

Phil · Phil

The Language of Letting Go. Since I've been a child, I've been in an antagonistic relationship with an important emotional part of myself: my feelings. I have consistently tried to ignore, repress, or force my feelings away. I have tried to create unnatural feelings or force away feelings that we...

Wren · Wren

How are you sabotaging yourself? "If you play it safe in life you've decided that you don't want to grow any more." -- Shirley Hufstedler How are you sabotaging your potential for change? We unconsciously use defence mechanisms to shield us from situations we perceive to be scary or painful...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

What a day it was. Went to see my probation officer. Told her everything I have been doing with my life and the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. She told me that I made her day and that she was so happy to hear the good news. The weird thing is she actually meant it. Go figure? I remember going to see her thr...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

It is really weighing heavily on me, heart, body and soul. My smoking is OUT OF CONTROL and this is the hardest thing to do, I tell ya'. I am on the patch, have been for 3 days now, and have not been 'perfect'.. have picked up a few times a day the cigarrette... still a lot less than 2 packs a day... but I know I am...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Five months sober in the program today! Just for today I will not drink!

Life is good today. No work today. It was a two day work week for me and I received all my insurance information yesterday which starts Aug. 1st. This is the second time I have ever had insurance! Tells you how much I have wor...

HDoggie · HDoggie

I heard this song on the radio recently. It's a country western song by Rodney Atkins. It fits where I am right now. Maybe it will help someone else too: If You're Going Through Hell(Before The Devil Even Knows) Well you know those times When you feel like there's a sign there on yo...

DanaBanana · DanaBanana

Well...it's time to get out into the great outdoors. We are a camping/fishing type family...and are truly blessed to live in a province of Canada that offers so much wilderness for us to enjoy. Just the other day we sold our old beatup Tent Trailer and bought us a brand spanking new one so,...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Owning Our Own Power (Preview) *The Language of Letting Go. So much of what I call my codependency is fear and panic because I spent so much of my life feeling abused, trapped, and not knowing how to take care of myself in relationships. -- Anonymous* No matter how long we have been recovering, we may still tend to give up our power...	Phil	3	481	Aug 3, 2006 by jeannie
	Camping pics! (Preview) Just thought I'd post a couple pics from our Camping trip...enjoy!	DanaBanana	12	521	Aug 3, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Hi, New here (Preview) Hi, I just wanted to say hi! I'm 2 1/2 months sober and attend AA meetings 2 times/week, but I thought that it would be nice to have another outlet. This certainly is a tough way of life, but so is drinking, I suppose. Hope everyone is doing well!	SheIsSober	9	495	Aug 3, 2006 by Robert
	My Daughter's Call (Preview) Once I learned how to accept a call from a prison, Sunny Lynne and I connected. (first time, I didn't do something right, and it disconnected. I was scared to death she'd think I was rejecting her call.) So after ten minutes of nausea and spinning, she tried again and this time it worked. We crammed as muc...	Wren	9	509	Aug 3, 2006 by DanaBanana
	August 3, Daily Reflections (Preview) . .TO BE OF SERVICE Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 77 It is clear that God's plan for me is expressed through love. God loved me enough to take me from alleys and jails so that I could be made a useful participant in His wor...	Doll	2	847	Aug 3, 2006 by Scott
	BIG FAT BLESSING tonight...:o) (Preview) IN SPITE OF the fact that I am a recovering alcoholic, with a horrible drug addiction... have been trying hard to work a decent program, for what it's worth. Tonight I opened my mail, and I have been CONSIDERED for acceptance into an accelerated nursing program.. after breaking my anonymity on the o...	jonibaloni	6	486	Aug 3, 2006 by beachbaby
	My weekend...a bit long, but worth the read! (Preview) So we took out our new Tent Trailer on this weekend into the wilderness! First though, my day leading up to leaving for the trip was a tad hellish....found lice in my best friend's son's hair-I've been babysitting him the past couple weeks. Then, shortly...	DanaBanana	11	564	Aug 3, 2006 by DanaBanana
	REMINDER for WOMEN... (or men.. :o)... (Preview) I have WORTH TODAY... Why?? Not because my house is meticulously clean 24/7.... it's not. Not because I am a subservient wife, running around all day in an A-pattern skirt and apron, pretending to be June Clever..... I don't. Not because my children behave 100% of the time, are perfectly pol...	jonibaloni	2	451	Aug 3, 2006 by DanaBanana
	Footpirints In The Sand (Preview) Hi everyone, I just came across this and thought of me and my HP. I wanted to share it with you. Take care, Carol ***************************** FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND** One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Many scenes from my life flashed...	Quetzal	5	567	Aug 3, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	"ANGER", Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. (Preview) "Often anger is a sign of engagement with life. People who are angered are touched deeply by the events of their lives and feel strongly about them. As an emotion, it has limitations and it certainly has very bad press, but my experience with ill people suggests that there is something healthy about it...	jonibaloni	2	688	Aug 3, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	AA resentment (Preview) Alright, at the risk of being risky I have decided to post a topic here. First of all, be forwarned this isn't going to be pretty. I started out in AA, and F*** you if you don't like NA and you want to call it the other fellowship. the reason I left is in the area I live in, most of the pe...	biteme	12	591	Aug 3, 2006 by Robert
	Alcohol and Nicotine (Preview) Hi all. Just wanted to say that HillBilly's post on quitting smoking was a 2x4 right in my forehead! I used to only smoke while drinking, since joining AA as of last July I have become a "pack a dayer". Have thought many, many times, I need to quit, but find that I'm just a...	Doll	3	453	Aug 2, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Working the 12 Steps...keeping our eyes on the Prize (closed) (Preview) The Promises......................... If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity a...	Toni Baloney	3	460	Aug 2, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Off topic really, but wanted to share (Preview) Hi to All, I take a medication that requires a thourough rinseing of Scope, or something similar, to offset the threat of getting a Yeast infection in my gum area. Do this religously every morning, and every nite. For some reason, now have a little graveling feeling up in front of my mouth an...	Toni Baloney	7	526	Aug 2, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Booze and Tylenol (Preview) I combined them for years. Always liked a shot of Nyquil at the end of a night of drinking because it was the only thing that would knock my ass out. Without Nyquil I'd drink til the sun came up. Come to find out they are a deadly combo. I'm sure my liver has suffered damage. I'm 36 and have done it since I was...	diddly	4	498	Aug 2, 2006 by diddly
	Believe!! And Don't Quit!! (Preview) Success is doing the best you can, in as many ways as you can. It is being just and honest and true -- not in a few things, but in everything you do. Always look ahead and never look back, believe you can make all your dreams come true. Always believe in the best you can be and have faith in the things that you do...	Phil	2	533	Aug 2, 2006 by wagon
	ANNIVERSARY (Preview) August 1st.... I have 18 months today. A year and a half ago, I was a newly-wed. I had been sober for over 2 years and had gotten caught up in the blessings of a 'semi-normal life', so much so, that I was no longer putting my program at the top of my priority list. Job, new marriage (first time married at age...	jonibaloni	10	549	Aug 2, 2006 by soberdrunk
	why fear (Preview) why am I so fearful for a positive change in my life? I have been preying for this change, and it has come and I am now worried about the what if's - I am not happy where im at, so I am looking to leave all that behind me, but still I am worried....	Robert	5	483	Aug 2, 2006 by Wren
	Sobriety - The Life Hereafter (Preview) (Copied from another source) Sobriety is much more than just not drinking. It is a whole new way of thinking. One of those new thoughts is that, for me, the Life Hereafter is from this moment on. I have come to know that what I do, each moment, affects my subsequent life. I create my own pers...	Quetzal	0	449	Aug 2, 2006 by Quetzal
	Fending Off Loneliness (long) (Preview) from "Living Sober" Alcoholism has been described as “the lonely disease,” and very few recovered alcoholics argue the point. Looking back at the last years or months of our drinking, literally hundreds of thousands of us remember feeling isolated even when we were amo...	Phil	4	4950	Aug 2, 2006 by beachbaby
	H. A. L. T. (Preview) Good Morning all, Well this sayings, are alive and well in my Recovery today, qualifying for a couple. Need to address and change them. Just the last two, had to stay in, with some eye irritation that affected my vision, so, don't drive, came up for me. And when we stay inside, and are not feel...	Toni Baloney	2	477	Aug 2, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Daily Reflections August 2 (Preview) WE BECOME WILLING. . . . . At the moment we are trying to put our lives in order. But this is not an end in itself. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS , p. 77 How easily I can become misdirected in approaching the Eighth Step! I wish to be free, somehow transformed by my Sixth and Seventh Step work. Now, more than ever, I am v...	Doll	1	669	Aug 2, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Woohoooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!! (Preview) Over and done! I just got home about an hour ago. Went up to my room and kind of quieted my mind for an hour like the book says and asked God to help me with the willingness to turn some stuff over which I'm not entirely ready for. I'm not sure if I posted on here about my pre-5th step thoughts. I was planning o...	soberdrunk	5	478	Aug 2, 2006 by thief
	Advice/Comments Needed (Preview) Hi everyone, I have a slight problem and if anyone could offer any advice or suggestions, then that would be great. I would really appreciate it. It's my parents golden wedding anniversary next week and I am due to go and spend some time with them. As I'm an only child, getting out of going is p...	Quetzal	11	469	Aug 1, 2006 by jeannie
	Hi all (Preview) Hi there, I came back from wales early. I had to get back as my family were driving me nuts with old behavior and I do not wear that identity any more and they desperatly "need" me to get back to where I was as its a co dependent family and im the scape goat. Have been quite productive today with my c...	Robert	2	472	Aug 1, 2006 by Robert
	Ut Oh (Preview) Just talked to my sponsor. He just got back from some kind of vacation for a week. 5th step tomorrow. I'm nervous as hell. Still not done entirely with the 4th. Eeegad! Finishing it is no biggy but I'm scared! Talk about overwhelming fear. I'm going to a meeting.	soberdrunk	6	512	Aug 1, 2006 by jeannie
	Meditation & Daily Reflection Aug. 1 (Preview) Today is August 1, 2006 A Great Day for Recovery! SELF-RELIANCE "The way to greatness is the path of self-reliance, independence and steadfastness in times of trial and stress." -- Herbert Hoover Today I take responsibility for my life. Today I take responsibility for my disea...	Doll	1	604	Aug 1, 2006 by Phil
	Tomorrow Morning (Preview) I have a huge bird flying around in my stomach right now. Just got an email from the ex I spoke to last week concerning my daughter in prison. She will be calling me tomorrow morning between ten and ten forty. It will be the first time we've spoken in so very long. I thought about throwing up on my feet for awh...	Wren	5	468	Aug 1, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Letting Go Of What We Want (Preview) *The Language of Letting Go* *For those of us who have survived by controlling and surrendering, letting go may not come easily. --Beyond Codependency* In recovery, we learn that it is important to identify what we want and need. Where does this concept leave us? With a large but clearly identifie...	Phil	7	596	Jul 31, 2006 by Phil
	cook book update 7/31/06 (Preview) Hello everyone, This is to update you on the progress of the Miracles In Progress Cook Book. It is still be put together. I am getting 365 inspirations and motivational thoughts to put with all the recipes. I am having to be very careful for copywrites. This has become a bi...	John	0	635	Jul 31, 2006 by John
	whats your personal views? (Preview) hiya all, me again, just wanted to ask your opinion on something from your perspective and in your experience kindda thing. thing is i as you know have been told not to stop drinking as the withdrawals could meke me rather ill, but i use to drink more and over a longer period of time and just stoped, an...	flumpy	6	501	Jul 31, 2006 by mikey50
	Helping Bonds Thrive (Preview) Helping Bonds Thrive 1. The relationships you foster will become a mirror of the relationship you have with yourself. Francois de la Rochefoucauld said, "If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere." Learn to take responsibility for your own happiness...	Wren	4	503	Jul 31, 2006 by Phil
	tunnel vision (Preview) Am new to this site and sorry that I mentioned my smoking probem, Didn't understand that any thing not related to drinking and drinking problems were off limits for discussion, the facts I am raising grandkids, and trying to better myself in any way I can is not important. I am a whole person and yes I hav...	Hillbilly	7	525	Jul 31, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Chapter 5..Pages 58-60..of The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous (Preview) Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortuna...	Phil	2	503	Jul 31, 2006 by Quetzal
	Apology... singleness of purpose (Preview) I know this is a 12 step alcoholism site. I apologize for having redirected some posting to my smoking addiction that I am battling with right now. I am miserable and in tears over this addiction too. It is hard not to share what is going on in a lot of aspects of my life; they are so intertwined......	jonibaloni	7	540	Jul 31, 2006 by John
	Someone PLease Remind Me: (Preview) What are the guidelines of posting here.... I get off topic sometimes, part of my alcoholic ADD... Please let me know what the guidelines are, again, so I will know in the future. At what point do posts become 'closed', etc.... Just curious to know these things, for my own ability to follow gui...	jonibaloni	12	612	Jul 31, 2006 by John
	Intuition~ Higher Awareness (Preview) You know the way "Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love ... and to put its trust in life." -- Joseph Conrad How deeply do you trust your own guidance? Always trust that you know what's best for you. To move forward in your life, gather information from the "experts...	Wren	2	444	Jul 30, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Avoiding Stress (Preview) Daily Tip Four Common Stressors Stress is often a matter of how we frame a situation, rather than the situation itself, and how we react to potential stressors is greatly influenced by our internal reaction to external situations. Although the components that make up stress can be complex, simpl...	Toni Baloney	3	507	Jul 30, 2006 by soberdrunk
	The Glass is Half Empty (Preview) Hi Everyone, This Post became CLOSED, and i was the one that started it, so did not want to simple remove the Post, just my part in it. -- Edited by Toni Baloney at 14:47, 2006-07-30	Toni Baloney	10	661	Jul 30, 2006 by Phil
	Just an update... Meeting tonight (Preview) Hi all I ent realy got alot to say.. Still drinking... Went to a meeting tonight, first one in about 2 weeks... I expect many people wana bitch at me for not going to more.. but im not on here for that.. im just letting you know my progress. So as i said.. had drink.. went to the mee...	Rob	16	522	Jul 30, 2006 by Rob
	A Rock and a Hard Place ???? Please help. (Preview) I find myself in a bit of a dilema (what's new, right?!). I went to the beach with a couple friends and all was great until the sun went down or it was time to find a restaurant to eat in. They are all social drinkers, and a trip to the beach means drinking! Twice I opted out of dinner and I pretty m...	Doll	9	479	Jul 30, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Going near Little Rock, AR... (Preview) I'll probably be going to Little Rock soon, my sis-in-law is pregnant, not due until Aug 27th but she's already 1cm dialated. So she could be born any time now. I looked up meetings in the town near where they live, they're actually in a small town outside of Little Rock. I'll be going to meetings in Bento...	LisaF	2	474	Jul 30, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Daily Reflections July 30 (Preview) GIVING BACK . . . . he has struck something better than gold. . . . He may not see at once that he has barely scratched a limitless lode which will pay dividends only if he mines it for the rest of his life and insists on giving away the entire product. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 129 My part of the Seventh Tradit...	Doll	0	416	Jul 30, 2006 by Doll
	Accepting Powerlessness (Preview) *The Language of Letting Go*. Since I've been a child, I've been in an antagonistic relationship with an important emotional part of myself: my feelings. I have consistently tried to ignore, repress, or force my feelings away. I have tried to create unnatural feelings or force away feelings that we...	Phil	1	495	Jul 30, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Sabotaging Yourself~ Higher Awareness (Preview) How are you sabotaging yourself? "If you play it safe in life you've decided that you don't want to grow any more." -- Shirley Hufstedler How are you sabotaging your potential for change? We unconsciously use defence mechanisms to shield us from situations we perceive to be scary or painful...	Wren	6	589	Jul 30, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Yesterday (Preview) What a day it was. Went to see my probation officer. Told her everything I have been doing with my life and the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. She told me that I made her day and that she was so happy to hear the good news. The weird thing is she actually meant it. Go figure? I remember going to see her thr...	soberdrunk	6	450	Jul 30, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Have ANOTHER stinkin' HABIT...ugh (Preview) It is really weighing heavily on me, heart, body and soul. My smoking is OUT OF CONTROL and this is the hardest thing to do, I tell ya'. I am on the patch, have been for 3 days now, and have not been 'perfect'.. have picked up a few times a day the cigarrette... still a lot less than 2 packs a day... but I know I am...	jonibaloni	7	540	Jul 29, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Five Months! (Preview) Five months sober in the program today! Just for today I will not drink! Life is good today. No work today. It was a two day work week for me and I received all my insurance information yesterday which starts Aug. 1st. This is the second time I have ever had insurance! Tells you how much I have wor...	soberdrunk	13	470	Jul 29, 2006 by Rob
	Inspiring Song With Appropriate Lyrics (Preview) I heard this song on the radio recently. It's a country western song by Rodney Atkins. It fits where I am right now. Maybe it will help someone else too: If You're Going Through Hell(Before The Devil Even Knows) Well you know those times When you feel like there's a sign there on yo...	HDoggie	9	509	Jul 29, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Prayers this weekend, please. (Preview) Well...it's time to get out into the great outdoors. We are a camping/fishing type family...and are truly blessed to live in a province of Canada that offers so much wilderness for us to enjoy. Just the other day we sold our old beatup Tent Trailer and bought us a brand spanking new one so,...	DanaBanana	6	506	Jul 29, 2006 by Rob
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