Alcoholics Anonymous

Rob · Rob

Hi all ***This post has ended up really long..

oh well you dont have to read all of it*** Well now i have 5 days.. Probably going fishing tomorrow.. Got some maggots and worms today.. mixed up some groundbait tonight.. not had much experience with that so hope that works out.....

wallsal55 · wallsal55

Went looking for a topic on anger and found this website. Other topics also on problems that go hand and hand with alcoholism. www.apa.org/topics/topicanger.html

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Last night at my meeting we did the 7th step out of the 12&12. So of course we talked about humility. I heard many different explanations of what humility means to different people. I know in the book it talked about becoming loving and tolerant of other people. For me there are two things that stand...

Robert · Robert

I have just won on the grand national but I cant even be arsed to work out what I have won. I am feeling a bit down, I think it is my partner, I have suppressed my feelings for 5 years and done everything her way, now I am doing something for me and it threatens her want want wants and she is being really "off" wit...

Phil · Phil

Each Day a New Beginning. Life is patchwork--here and there, scraps of pleasure and despair. Joined together, hit or miss. --Anne Bronaugh As you look ahead, to this day, you can count on unexpected experiences. You can count on moments of laughter. And you can count on twinges of fea...

Doll · Doll

AN INSIDE LOOK We want to find exactly how, when, and where our natural desires have warped us. We wish to look squarely at the unhappiness this has caused others and ourselves. By discovering what our emotional deformities are, we can move toward their correction TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS...

Hanuman · Hanuman

heard at meetings ... "Resentment is when You drink the poison and wait for the other guy to die." (and you might imagine what sort of poison that an alcoholic might drink) "Resentment was not getting my way in the past, anger is not getting my way today, and fear is not gettin...

Phil · Phil

Compassion – by: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. What if there was one choice you could make that would change everything in your life for the better? Actually, there is. It’s the choice to move out of judgment and into compassion for yourself and others. Compassion is defined as a deep caring...

Rob · Rob

I was just readin my very first post on this board... It was on the 6th feb.. Soo.. iv been on here for two months now.. I just wana thank everyone again.. For everything.. For welcoming me. For all your support. All the information.. For listening to m...

Rob · Rob

Well the offli is closed.. Another sober night for me

I didnt go to a meeting.. Had been thinkign about it.. wasnt really sure if i would or wouldnt tonight.. but i kept dosing off in the bath and when i woke up i was starvin, no time to eat and go to meetin.. So went out for a burger....

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

" 'Oh no! Not something else to work on!' How often we feel discouraged when we become aware of yet another self-defeating pattern in our lives. 'Who needs this much awareness?' we may wonder. Yet many of these frustrating patterns are rooted in a healthy love- centered search for what is beautiful. W...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi There, I saw that you were online, and just wanted to say Good Morning. Hope today brings you some good things your way, Love, Toni -- Edited by Toni Baloney at 11:12, 2006-04-07

Sick of being sick · Sick of being sick

From: Why Dogs Don't Live As Long As People... Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their little boy, Shane, were all very much attached to Belker and they were hoping for a miracle. I examine...

Phil · Phil

Those Old Time Feelings I still have bad days. But thats okay. I used to have bad years. --Anonymous Sometimes, the old feelings creep back in. We may feel fearful, ashamed, and hopeless. We may feel not good enough, unlovable, victimized, helpless, and resentful about it all. This is a cond...

Robert · Robert

I GOT INTO UNIVERSITY ! ! !

Michelle · Michelle

Just a few days ago, I was feeling so sorry for myself... My marriage sucks, my job sucks, I feel the only good thing in my life is my children. and then... Well , there's this woman who needs an apartment, and we work with this group, Cascade Aids Project, not too many people will re...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

The Paradoxical Commandments by Dr. Kent M. Keith People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed an...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

      &n...

Hanuman · Hanuman

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune. Dr. Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734), Gnomologia, 1732 One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time. Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964) Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with,...

Hanuman · Hanuman

Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind. William James (1842 - 1910) I am still determined to be cheerful...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

I just want to say hello to everyone. I see a lot of us happen to be online at the moment. love in recovery, amanda

Hanuman · Hanuman

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through exper...

Rob · Rob

Bollox to it.. Iv got no alcohol here and i havent had any.. I now have 3 days sober.. So Alcohol, you tried to catch me? Not this time my old friend! No this time I stay with my new friend Sobriety. Alcohol how many times did you bring me down and let me down? Sobriety n...

Rob · Rob

Well its coming up to 22:30, offi closed half an hour ago.. didnt buy drink.. BUT i did find a can under my bed when i was looking for some crisps. I have not drank it.. i prob wont. But im not gona post till tomorrow.. just encase .. Not much else to say at the mo.. i pretty much posted ever...

Phil · Phil

Random Thoughts and Reflections on Love Larry James How do you define love? Some say it's mysterious, magical, complex, difficult, imaginary, thought-provoking, inspirational, intuitional, joyous, immeasurable, ecstasy, and undefinable. Perhaps. In one of Dr. John Gray's audi...

Robert · Robert

Hi there, sorry for my out burst, I have been a little down in the dumps of late. I am feeling not too bad today and intend to keep it that way. I understand that alcoholism is a disease not just a moral issue.

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

The following is from "Hope for Today" An Al-Anon daily meditation reader approved by World Service Conference Al-Anon Family Groups (c) 2002 Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc --------------------------------------------- Hope for Today - April 6 I always used s...

Doll · Doll

Daily Reflections A LIFETIME PROCESS We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn't make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn't seem to be of rea...

Rick · Rick

"We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another, unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are m...

Rick · Rick

* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. * Keep skunks and bankers at a distance. * Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. * A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. * Words that soak into your ears ar...

Phil · Phil

Patience How sick and tired we may become of people telling us to be patient or to learn patience. How frustrating it can be to want to finally have something, or to move forward, and then not have that happen. How irritating to have someone tell us to wait while our needs have not been met and were in t...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

I don't know what's going on with me. I'm sober and I feel like crap. I feel like someone injected freon in my veins. I had this horrible headache and now I feel like I've been poisoned or something. Talk about fear. I took excederin and then ibuprofen a few hours later. I don't think that can cause problem...

Rick · Rick

Property Lines A helpful tool in our recovery, especially in the behavior we call detachment, is learning to identify who owns what. Then we let each person own and possess his or her rightful property. If another person has an addiction, a problem, a feeling, or a sel...

Rob · Rob

Ok.. so its just gone 10pm.. the offlicense is now closed and im sober.. I tired as hell and going to bed soon.. Probably for the best.. probably dream about irish shellfish with italian names scuttling along a sandy beach.. and mabe something to do with pigs... lol.. Again Alcoho...

Phil · Phil

When I stand up for myself and my beliefs, they call me a BEACH. When I stand up for Those I love, They call me a BEACH. When I speak my mind, think my own thoughts or do things my own way, They call me a BEACH. Being a BEACH means I won't Compromise what's in my heart. ...

francesco · francesco

I was amazed on my way back from a meeting, there was a injured wood pidgeon in the road and another wood pidgeon swooped down, picked this injured bird up with its feet and fluttered it to safty. Why would a bird do that? I always thought it was only humans who were given the gift of God and spirituality, bu...

Rob · Rob

Omg i am so tired.. Stayed up online and then watchin film till bout 01:40 this morning.. got to sleep by about 2 or alittle after i gues.. .. Bit of a rough night.. no too bad.. t-shirt soaked when i woke up.. bloody sweats.... Actualy i had a dream that it was today and that i had real bad shake...

Rick · Rick

One day at a time--this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone. --Ida Scott Taylor It's not always easy to understand that the day stretching before us is all that counts. Daydreaming about the party last week, or getting upset all over again about a fight we had yester...

Rick · Rick

Self Pity "Poor little ol' me." The PLOMS. How often do we succumb to this temptation? Usually it's an excuse for not doing what we know we should do, but do not want to do. Or it's a way to manipulate someone else into doing something for us which we should be doing ourselves. If we spend our tim...

Phil · Phil

Real love is like holding an egg in your hand. The tighter you squeeze, the more you lose. Ron P. When we learn to love the beauty & gifts of others as separate from us, healthy relationships can flourish. Control is the enemy of love & at the heart of our pa...

francesco · francesco

Hey guys. have done my morning prayer and feeling good, I wondered if you could share insight as to what to pray as I am new. I know that the book tells us " Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives...

Hanuman · Hanuman

Hello folks ... I'm not trying to stir up controversy but I've had an on-going concern (for about 15 years) of closing meetings with "The Lord's Prayer". I've become general chair of an 11th Step group in my area where it's becoming increasingly common for people to be a bit indiscreet in shar...

paul · paul

I was just telling Rob how I ran across this on the web. Some of you 'ol timers probably know about the other part to it. I just am really finding it useful lately. "moment by moment..." (Ps:I was not big on the 'God', or 'hereafter' when I first got sober, and never thought I would ever...

wagon · wagon

well the wheather is getting warm. and im am glad . going to get gared tilled next week. and getting my tomatoes started. (friom seed). also flower box to fill so starting flowers too. life is good!!!! take care all stay sober wagon

Rob · Rob

Hey everyone. Well i didnt go to the meeting tonight.. gees im so tired tonight.. even more so when i first left work... I kept thinking of walking into the meeting and the guy called Carl outside sayin "how are you doing?... improvement?".. he said somethign like that last week ..and also facing ala...

Phil · Phil

The Truth About Relationship Expectations Larry James Blaming others for the pain we feel each time someone fails to live up to our expectations is no different than burning our tongue on coffee that's too hot to swallow, and then calling our cup an idiot! - Guy Finl...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

TUESDAY , APRIL 04, 2006 You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=1098>. All we are asked to bear we can bear. That is a law of the spiritual life. The only hindrance to the working of this law, as of all benign laws, is fear. --Elizabeth...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

TUESDAY , APRIL 04, 2006 You are reading from the book Food for Thought </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=33>. Resting We compulsive overeaters often used food as a stimulant when we felt the need to be busy about something. Of course, food did not keep us stimulated for long, sin...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

TUESDAY , APRIL 04, 2006 You are reading from the book Touchstones </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=212>. What is obvious to me is that we did not create ourselves... life is something inside of you. You did not create it. Once you understand that, .you are in a spiritual realm. -...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

You are reading from the book Twenty-Four Hours a Day - Hardcover (24 Hours) </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=1096>. A.A. Thought for the Day When I came into A.A., I found men and women who had been through the same things I had been through. But now they were thinking more about h...

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	I have 5 days now :-) (Preview) Hi all *This post has ended up really long.. oh well you dont have to read all of it* Well now i have 5 days.. Probably going fishing tomorrow.. Got some maggots and worms today.. mixed up some groundbait tonight.. not had much experience with that so hope that works out.....	Rob	13	480	Apr 9, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Interesting website (Preview) Went looking for a topic on anger and found this website. Other topics also on problems that go hand and hand with alcoholism. www.apa.org/topics/topicanger.html	wallsal55	2	452	Apr 9, 2006 by Hanuman
	Selfish Program ??? (Preview) Last night at my meeting we did the 7th step out of the 12&12. So of course we talked about humility. I heard many different explanations of what humility means to different people. I know in the book it talked about becoming loving and tolerant of other people. For me there are two things that stand...	soberdrunk	8	484	Apr 10, 2006 by amanda2u2
	its Saturday- I should be pleased (Preview) I have just won on the grand national but I cant even be arsed to work out what I have won. I am feeling a bit down, I think it is my partner, I have suppressed my feelings for 5 years and done everything her way, now I am doing something for me and it threatens her want want wants and she is being really "off" wit...	Robert	10	453	Apr 9, 2006 by Robert
	Saturday (Preview) *Each Day a New Beginning. Life is patchwork--here and there, scraps of pleasure and despair. Joined together, hit or miss. --Anne Bronaugh* As you look ahead, to this day, you can count on unexpected experiences. You can count on moments of laughter. And you can count on twinges of fea...	Phil	0	377	Apr 8, 2006 by Phil
	Daily Reflections April 8 (Preview) AN INSIDE LOOK We want to find exactly how, when, and where our natural desires have warped us. We wish to look squarely at the unhappiness this has caused others and ourselves. By discovering what our emotional deformities are, we can move toward their correction TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS...	Doll	1	946	Apr 8, 2006 by Rick
	Resentments (Preview) heard at meetings ... "Resentment is when You drink the poison and wait for the other guy to die." (and you might imagine what sort of poison that an alcoholic might drink) "Resentment was not getting my way in the past, anger is not getting my way today, and fear is not gettin...	Hanuman	3	425	Apr 8, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	A Powerful Doorway to Personal Growth (Preview) Compassion – by: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. What if there was one choice you could make that would change everything in your life for the better? Actually, there is. It’s the choice to move out of judgment and into compassion for yourself and others. Compassion is defined as a deep caring...	Phil	0	411	Apr 7, 2006 by Phil
	Two months on this forum!!.. Thankyou (Preview) I was just readin my very first post on this board... It was on the 6th feb.. Soo.. iv been on here for two months now.. I just wana thank everyone again.. For everything.. For welcoming me. For all your support. All the information.. For listening to m...	Rob	6	377	Apr 8, 2006 by Rob
	4th Night sober ! :-) (Preview) Well the offli is closed.. Another sober night for me I didnt go to a meeting.. Had been thinkign about it.. wasnt really sure if i would or wouldnt tonight.. but i kept dosing off in the bath and when i woke up i was starvin, no time to eat and go to meetin.. So went out for a burger....	Rob	9	415	Apr 8, 2006 by amanda2u2
	does this snake have a tail??? (Preview) " 'Oh no! Not something else to work on!' How often we feel discouraged when we become aware of yet another self-defeating pattern in our lives. 'Who needs this much awareness?' we may wonder. Yet many of these frustrating patterns are rooted in a healthy love- centered search for what is beautiful. W...	rosie light shines	3	414	Apr 7, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Good morning Rob (Preview) Hi There, I saw that you were online, and just wanted to say Good Morning. Hope today brings you some good things your way, Love, Toni -- Edited by Toni Baloney at 11:12, 2006-04-07	Toni Baloney	6	430	Apr 7, 2006 by Rob
	Why Dogs Don't Live as Long as People (Preview) From: Why Dogs Don't Live As Long As People... Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their little boy, Shane, were all very much attached to Belker and they were hoping for a miracle. I examine...	Sick of being sick	5	417	Apr 7, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	Those Old Time Feelings (Preview) Those Old Time Feelings *I still have bad days. But thats okay. I used to have bad years. --Anonymous* Sometimes, the old feelings creep back in. We may feel fearful, ashamed, and hopeless. We may feel not good enough, unlovable, victimized, helpless, and resentful about it all. This is a cond...	Phil	2	435	Apr 7, 2006 by Robert
	HEY (Preview) I GOT INTO UNIVERSITY ! ! !	Robert	6	387	Apr 7, 2006 by Wren
	a new perspective... (Preview) Just a few days ago, I was feeling so sorry for myself... My marriage sucks, my job sucks, I feel the only good thing in my life is my children. and then... Well , there's this woman who needs an apartment, and we work with this group, Cascade Aids Project, not too many people will re...	Michelle	3	438	Apr 7, 2006 by rosie light shines
	paradoxical commandments (Preview) The Paradoxical Commandments by Dr. Kent M. Keith People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed an...	amanda2u2	5	397	Apr 7, 2006 by amanda2u2
	The Promises -My Experience Today (Preview)       &n...	Toni Baloney	5	426	Apr 7, 2006 by JohnV
	drinking quotes (Preview) Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune. Dr. Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734), Gnomologia, 1732 One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time. Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964) Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with,...	Hanuman	0	416	Apr 6, 2006 by Hanuman
	Attitude (Preview) Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind. William James (1842 - 1910) I am still determined to be cheerful...	Hanuman	1	400	Apr 6, 2006 by amanda2u2
	hey, everybody!! (Preview) *I just want to say hello to everyone. I see a lot of us happen to be online at the moment.* *love in recovery,* *amanda*	amanda2u2	1	488	Apr 7, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Security (and more) (Preview) Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through exper...	Hanuman	1	416	Apr 6, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Poured it down the toilet.. I dont need it! (Preview) Bollox to it.. Iv got no alcohol here and i havent had any.. I now have 3 days sober.. So Alcohol, you tried to catch me? Not this time my old friend! No this time I stay with my new friend Sobriety. Alcohol how many times did you bring me down and let me down? Sobriety n...	Rob	16	525	Apr 8, 2006 by Rob
	Tonight (Preview) Well its coming up to 22:30, offi closed half an hour ago.. didnt buy drink.. BUT i did find a can under my bed when i was looking for some crisps. I have not drank it.. i prob wont. But im not gona post till tomorrow.. just encase .. Not much else to say at the mo.. i pretty much posted ever...	Rob	8	395	Apr 6, 2006 by Rob
	An Article On The "Big One" (Preview) Random Thoughts and Reflections on Love Larry James How do you define love? Some say it's mysterious, magical, complex, difficult, imaginary, thought-provoking, inspirational, intuitional, joyous, immeasurable, ecstasy, and undefinable. Perhaps. In one of Dr. John Gray's audi...	Phil	1	496	Apr 6, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Hiya (Preview) Hi there, sorry for my out burst, I have been a little down in the dumps of late. I am feeling not too bad today and intend to keep it that way. I understand that alcoholism is a disease not just a moral issue.	Robert	12	441	Apr 6, 2006 by amanda2u2
	when i laugh now it is REAL (Preview) The following is from "Hope for Today" An Al-Anon daily meditation reader approved by World Service Conference Al-Anon Family Groups (c) 2002 Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc --------------------------------------------- Hope for Today - April 6 I always used s...	rosie light shines	1	425	Apr 6, 2006 by Rob
	Daily Reflections April 6 (Preview) Daily Reflections A LIFETIME PROCESS We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn't make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn't seem to be of rea...	Doll	1	4591	Apr 6, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Only Human (Preview) "We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another, unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are m...	Rick	2	388	Apr 6, 2006 by rosie light shines
	FARMER (Preview) * Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. * Keep skunks and bankers at a distance. * Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. * A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. * Words that soak into your ears ar...	Rick	7	440	Apr 6, 2006 by Wren
	Good Morning (Preview) Patience How sick and tired we may become of people telling us to be patient or to learn patience. How frustrating it can be to want to finally have something, or to move forward, and then not have that happen. How irritating to have someone tell us to wait while our needs have not been met and were in t...	Phil	3	431	Apr 6, 2006 by rosie light shines
	????????? (Preview) I don't know what's going on with me. I'm sober and I feel like crap. I feel like someone injected freon in my veins. I had this horrible headache and now I feel like I've been poisoned or something. Talk about fear. I took excederin and then ibuprofen a few hours later. I don't think that can cause problem...	soberdrunk	9	639	Apr 6, 2006 by jeannie
	Property Lines (Preview) Property Lines A helpful tool in our recovery, especially in the behavior we call detachment, is learning to identify who owns what. Then we let each person own and possess his or her rightful property. If another person has an addiction, a problem, a feeling, or a sel...	Rick	2	571	Apr 6, 2006 by jeannie
	2nd night sober (Preview) Ok.. so its just gone 10pm.. the offlicense is now closed and im sober.. I tired as hell and going to bed soon.. Probably for the best.. probably dream about irish shellfish with italian names scuttling along a sandy beach.. and mabe something to do with pigs... lol.. Again Alcoho...	Rob	21	531	Apr 6, 2006 by amanda2u2
	BEACHOLOGY (Preview) When I stand up for myself and my beliefs, they call me a BEACH. When I stand up for Those I love, They call me a BEACH. When I speak my mind, think my own thoughts or do things my own way, They call me a BEACH. Being a BEACH means I won't Compromise what's in my heart. ...	Phil	17	496	Apr 6, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Amazing (Preview) I was amazed on my way back from a meeting, there was a injured wood pidgeon in the road and another wood pidgeon swooped down, picked this injured bird up with its feet and fluttered it to safty. Why would a bird do that? I always thought it was only humans who were given the gift of God and spirituality, bu...	francesco	11	419	Apr 5, 2006 by Phil
	Today was quite fun. (Preview) Omg i am so tired.. Stayed up online and then watchin film till bout 01:40 this morning.. got to sleep by about 2 or alittle after i gues.. .. Bit of a rough night.. no too bad.. t-shirt soaked when i woke up.. bloody sweats.... Actualy i had a dream that it was today and that i had real bad shake...	Rob	5	400	Apr 5, 2006 by recovering jb
	Keep it in today (Preview) *One day at a time--this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone. --Ida Scott Taylor* It's not always easy to understand that the day stretching before us is all that counts. Daydreaming about the party last week, or getting upset all over again about a fight we had yester...	Rick	2	412	Apr 5, 2006 by Phil
	Pour ME (Preview) *Self Pity* "Poor little ol' me." The PLOMS. How often do we succumb to this temptation? Usually it's an excuse for not doing what we know we should do, but do not want to do. Or it's a way to manipulate someone else into doing something for us which we should be doing ourselves. If we spend our tim...	Rick	4	476	Apr 6, 2006 by mikey50
	Wednesday (Preview) Real love is like holding an egg in your hand. The tighter you squeeze, the more you lose. Ron P. When we learn to love the beauty & gifts of others as separate from us, healthy relationships can flourish. Control is the enemy of love & at the heart of our pa...	Phil	6	394	Apr 5, 2006 by rosie light shines
	A great day (Preview) Hey guys. have done my morning prayer and feeling good, I wondered if you could share insight as to what to pray as I am new. I know that the book tells us " Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives...	francesco	11	481	Apr 5, 2006 by francesco
	a concern (Preview) Hello folks ... I'm not trying to stir up controversy but I've had an on-going concern (for about 15 years) of closing meetings with "The Lord's Prayer". I've become general chair of an 11th Step group in my area where it's becoming increasingly common for people to be a bit indiscreet in shar...	Hanuman	12	555	Apr 7, 2006 by kspear
	The Full Serenity prayer... (Preview) I was just telling Rob how I ran across this on the web. Some of you 'ol timers probably know about the other part to it. I just am really finding it useful lately. "moment by moment..." (Ps:I was not big on the 'God', or 'hereafter' when I first got sober, and never thought I would ever...	paul	0	405	Apr 4, 2006 by paul
	hey all (Preview) well the wheather is getting warm. and im am glad . going to get gared tilled next week. and getting my tomatoes started. (friom seed). also flower box to fill so starting flowers too. life is good!!!! take care all stay sober wagon	wagon	4	399	Apr 5, 2006 by jeannie
	I didnt go to a meeting today but i didnt drink either (Preview) Hey everyone. Well i didnt go to the meeting tonight.. gees im so tired tonight.. even more so when i first left work... I kept thinking of walking into the meeting and the guy called Carl outside sayin "how are you doing?... improvement?".. he said somethign like that last week ..and also facing ala...	Rob	17	525	Apr 5, 2006 by Rob
	Relationships and Expectations (Preview) The Truth About Relationship Expectations Larry James Blaming others for the pain we feel each time someone fails to live up to our expectations is no different than burning our tongue on coffee that's too hot to swallow, and then calling our cup an idiot! - Guy Finl...	Phil	1	487	Apr 4, 2006 by paul
	screw the challenges---i need some joy AND hugs (Preview) TUESDAY , APRIL 04, 2006 You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=1098>. *All we are asked to bear we can bear. That is a law of the spiritual life. The only hindrance to the working of this law, as of all benign laws, is fear. --Elizabeth...*	rosie light shines	5	550	Apr 4, 2006 by paul
	addictions and "back up" addictions (Preview) TUESDAY , APRIL 04, 2006 You are reading from the book Food for Thought </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=33>. Resting We compulsive overeaters often used food as a stimulant when we felt the need to be busy about something. Of course, food did not keep us stimulated for long, sin...	rosie light shines	2	532	Apr 4, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	i am here---making the best of it (Preview) TUESDAY , APRIL 04, 2006 You are reading from the book Touchstones </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=212>. *What is obvious to me is that we did not create ourselves... life is something inside of you. You did not create it. Once you understand that, .you are in a spiritual realm. -...*	rosie light shines	1	522	Apr 4, 2006 by Phil
	balance---being a blessing AND accepting my limits (Preview) You are reading from the book Twenty-Four Hours a Day - Hardcover (24 Hours) </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=1096>. A.A. Thought for the Day When I came into A.A., I found men and women who had been through the same things I had been through. But now they were thinking more about h...	rosie light shines	0	693	Apr 4, 2006 by rosie light shines
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