Alcoholics Anonymous

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Surrender "We didn't stumble into this fellowship brimming with love, honesty, open-mindedness, or willingness....When we were beaten, we became willing.""Basic Text, p. 20Surrender may be the necessary foundation for recovery, but sometimes we fight it. Most of us look back after some c...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Spiritual Death "For us, to use or drink or lose ourselves is to die, often in more ways than one."Basic Text, p.78As newcomers, many of us came to our first meeting with only a small spark of life remaining. That spark, our spirit, wants to survive. recovery nurtures that spirit. The love of the fe...

Mikel · Mikel

Hello again, everyone! Got home last night from detox, and had I known I could feel this good I would have given up drinking years ago. I am thankful I dried out without any serious side effects (had some blood presssure problems, but they were quickly remedied), but unfortunately, s...

wantneeda · wantneeda

If you think you are beaten, you are; If you think you dare not, you don't; If you'd like to win, but think you can't It's almost a cinch you won't, If you think you'll lose, you're lost, For out in the world we find Success begins with a fellows WILL- It's all in the stat...

wantneeda · wantneeda

Language of Letting Go - October 17 Feelings and Surrender Surrendering is a highly personal and spiritual experience. Surrender is not something we can do in our heads. It is not something we can force or control by willpower. It is something we experience. Acceptance, or surrender, is not a...

Doll · Doll

INTERRUPTION When you find yourself beginning to feel overwhelmed by negativity, you can always choose to break the pattern. Stop whatever you are doing, and for three of four minutes focus your mind on thoughts of gratitude, acceptance and peacefulness. Breathe deeply, and relax the muscles thr...

Phil · Phil

Feelings and Surrender Surrendering is a highly personal and spiritual experience. Surrender is not something we can do in our heads. It is not something we can force or control by willpower. It is something we experience. Acceptance, or surrender, is not a tidy package. Often, it is a pack...

Doll · Doll

OMG! Can my life get any worse? Well, sure, of course it can, especially if I drink! Not gonna do that! The John thing has eased some, I have felt you're prayers and love, thank you all so much. And the awesome replies to my request, well, there are no words to express my gratitude. &nb...

FreeOfTheBottle · FreeOfTheBottle

I'm wondering what the qualities of a "good sponsor" are. I am needing guidance on how to begin working the steps, but the only answer received from the sponsor I have is "I don't give advice". I'm not asking for the steps to be done FOR me, I know it doesn't work that way. But what I a...

CAM · CAM

Thank you all for your support in my post below. No, Doll, I haven’t hit a meeting YET. I will do it soon. After my post last night, about my A family, I received a crazy phone call from my A. Just what I needed, huh? It’s been one hell of a weekend emoti...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Being Honest with Ourselves Our relationship with ourselves is the most important relationship we need to maintain. The quality of that relationship will determine the quality of our other relationships.When we can tell ourselves how we feel, and accept our feelings, we can tell others.Whe...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

History provides abundant examples of . . . women whose greatest gift was in redeeming, inspiring, liberating, and nurturing the gifts of others. --Sonya Rudikoff Part of our calling as members of the human community is to unconditionally love and support the people emotionally close to us. W...

Sick of being sick · Sick of being sick

"When the heart grieves over what it has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left." -Old Sufi saying I know that many of my friends on this site are dealing with issues of loss right now. Just thought I'd share this with you. I remember a reply poste...

wantneeda · wantneeda

Today is October 16, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery! CULTURE "The great law of culture: let each become all that he was created capable of being." -- Thomas Carlyle We are capable of great things. This history of man, although surrounded by wars and unspeakable acts of violence, is...

Doll · Doll

 

Donnamaria · Donnamaria

Let me start by saying hello I'm Donnamaria and I'm an alcoholic, I have been a active member , i've been sober now for 2 1/2 years. I am into the steps and big book. Hope to get a chance to jion in on a meeting here.

Doll · Doll

Hi my MIP family. I hope this post finds everyone well, happy and sober tonight. My sponsor is out of town for the weekend and there really isn't any other AA I wish to call about this. I need some help. I'm asking for prayers. The obsession of John has returned! It's been over 2 weeks since thin...

CAM · CAM

Just got back from a family visit with my sister & her family. I went with my folks, Dad is a recovering A over 10 years, Mom, well, let’s just say Mom feels sorry for herself A LOT. Well, after driving over an hour in the backseat with Mom & Dad in front (I felt like I was n...

wagon · wagon

thanks to u all,i get my 9 month chip tomorow night thanks again!!!! god bless u wagon

FraKctured · FraKctured

Hey all- I'm sure that this topic has come up more than once. I really get tired of this labeling bullsh*t at meetings. Being a "newbie" makes my opinion of less merit???? Being an "oldtimer" makes a person some kind of "higher power" (for lack of a better word) Us "newbies" have opinions and feelin...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

Hi, gotcha. Just had to drop in and say hi. I haven't forgot you. I remember all the time how "We" and I mean all of us would work the 12 Steps on the Boards. Wow, I am so grateful for having been able to do so with AA members/alanon members alike! ...

Phil · Phil

True love is not a bargain made, and not a thing to deal or trade. For love's a gift that has no strings, as free as songs the bluebird sings Unconditional Love seeks only to give, and expects nothing in return. When there are no expectations, there can be no disappointments or hurts. When we can give Lo...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

We know about remorse and death. But do we know about hope and life? I believe in life after birth! --Maxie Dunham We do not need to create difficulties and pain in our lives. They come with the package of human existence. Some of us even feel bewildered when we aren't pressed by trouble. As we grew in...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Choices "We did not choose to become addicts."Basic Text p. 3When we were growing up, all of us had dreams. Every child has heard a relative or neighbor ask, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Even if some of us didn't have elaborate dreams of success, most of us dreamed of work, families, and a...

carey · carey

hey how you doing today?

lanchas · lanchas

I have to do a research paper and i decided to do it on Children of Alcoholics but I'm not sure what aspect I should do it on since this is such a broad subject. If you have any ideas let me know, ASAP! Lanchas

GammyRose · GammyRose

I just wanted to say it's great to see you posting. I remember your first post. How have things been going? I hope you have a sober week-end. (((Hugs))) GammyRose

Phil · Phil

The greatest struggle for human beings is between their desire to overcome isolation and loneliness and their simultaneous fear of close, intimate contact with another being. Often the desire and the fear are equally strong, so that people are pulled and pushed in opposite directions. This cause...

Doll · Doll

MY CHECKLIST, NOT YOURS Gossip barbed with our anger, a polite form of murder by character assassination, has its satisfactions for us, too. Here we are not trying to help those we criticize; we are trying to proclaim our own righteousness. ...

Doll · Doll

Surrender Beaten into complete defeat by alcohol, confronted by the living proof of release, and surrounded by those who can speak from the heart, we have finally surrendered. And then, paradoxically, we have found ourselves in a new dimension, the real world of spirit and of faith. Enough willing...

soulsearcher · soulsearcher

wow!!! really begining to see the heart on this board. Been viewing this site (as well as acoa) for past several days and something about tonights posts and responses have been quite touching and inspiring. Good to see and encouraging!!!! I will continue my search here.&...

wagon · wagon

The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits have kept he home in turmoil. We feel a man is unthinking when he says that sobriety is enough....

Doll · Doll

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 and we will know peace. No matter how far...

Phil · Phil

Time only moves forward. It leaves the past behind. Yet we forget to move forward, out of the past. Disappointments, might-have-beens, old sorrows stack up in our consciousness. We store files of old memories, returning sometimes to open them. To be liberated is to switch our minds from th...

wantneeda · wantneeda

hey gammy, i got your message, i've actually been home since late monday night and i've been reading the posts here as a guest My weekend would have been wonderful if i wouldn't have screwed up i've been too ashamed to post i broke everyones hearts i just read your post Rosie, welcome by the wa...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

CAN I GET SOME SUPPORT PLEASE????? this past two days, i had a wonderful visit from my OLD babysitter, i mean my first 11 years of life i was very close to him....we stayed in touch, kinda *hit and miss*....but always kinda in each others thoughts.... he was driving back to calif. (his home now) fr...

Phil · Phil

I owe you an apoligy Bud. I had no right to criticize you, or judge you in any way-so I apoligize for my part. The rest of it? Im addicted to alcohol. As an alcoholic--thats what I do. I drink. I cant control it--and I cant predict what Ile do if I pick up a drink. To arrest the addiction, I hafta go to mee...

helenkymba · helenkymba

Hi - I was hoping for some advice. I currently have about 4 drinks (between 3 to 5), usually wine, a night. I tend to skull the drinks just before bed. Do I have a problem? I don't think I can stop, but am worried about health issues in the future. I managed to stop when I fell pregnant and while I was breastfee...

Doll · Doll

 

Badger · Badger

Hi, Things between me and my partner are at an alltime low just now, I love this Lady very much, we have been together for nearly 2 years now, i realise she is still very angry with me, ive been in trouble with the police arrested 7 times through drinking, most of her family dont speak to her, ive spent her...

des · des

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Phil · Phil

A Prayer for a Hard Day Grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change. The courage to change the things I cannot accept, And the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to dispose of today because they peeved me off And also, Help me to be careful of t...

TipsyMcStagger · TipsyMcStagger

I apologize for the tone of my recent posts. I was reacting to comments that I took offense to and was somewhat hurt by. No one likes to be told they're wrong, or weak or that they aren't sincere...especially when the comments are coming from strangers who are far from perfect themselves. I've read the b...

GammyRose · GammyRose

The twenty years of sobriety gratitude list: Grateful I found a Higher Power, who I call God, who loves me unconditionally unlike some of the people in my world. Grateful that through working the steps of AA,I was able to find out who I am, what made me who I am, how I could improve on&nb...

Phil · Phil

"Sometimes, the best reaction, is no reaction." Y'all have a good serene evening-eh? :)

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Rigorous Honesty As we work the program, we find that we cannot be rigorously honest about what we are adicted to unless we are rigorously honest about our other actions as well. Once our Higher Power takes charge of our lives, a general housecleaning occurs. Gradually, we see that the attitudes...

cheri · cheri

Just got on after a few days off the computer...seems there is alot of anger floating around. Please remember what we read before each meeting ..."If you want what we have and are willing to go to any lengths to get it, than you are ready to take certain steps. At some of these we balked, we thought we cou...

Doll · Doll

The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you. The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell happened to your bra. The consumption of alcohol may make you think you are whispering when you are not. The consumption of alcohol is a m...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Substance over Form I'm learning that for a variety of reasons, I've spent much of my life focusing on form rather than substance. My focus has been on having my hair done perfectly, wearing the right clothes, having my makeup applied perfectly, living in the right place, furnishing it with th...

TipsyMcStagger · TipsyMcStagger

In response to your comments about me being "weak", or that I'm "not a real man", or Dolls sarcastic commented on how "my disease is progressing nicely", or how I'm in denial, etc, etc... I have some news for you people, your lives don't appear to be all shits and giggles. Most of you who post on her...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	i quit fighting it (Preview) Surrender "We didn't stumble into this fellowship brimming with love, honesty, open-mindedness, or willingness....When we were beaten, we became willing.""Basic Text, p. 20Surrender may be the necessary foundation for recovery, but sometimes we fight it. Most of us look back after some c...	rosie light shines	1	389	Oct 17, 2005 by Phil
	if i slack off....i screw up (Preview) Spiritual Death "For us, to use or drink or lose ourselves is to die, often in more ways than one."Basic Text, p.78As newcomers, many of us came to our first meeting with only a small spark of life remaining. That spark, our spirit, wants to survive. recovery nurtures that spirit. The love of the fe...	rosie light shines	0	501	Oct 17, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Feeling Good (Preview) Hello again, everyone! Got home last night from detox, and had I known I could feel this good I would have given up drinking years ago. I am thankful I dried out without any serious side effects (had some blood presssure problems, but they were quickly remedied), but unfortunately, s...	Mikel	8	576	Oct 18, 2005 by wantneeda
	THINK (Preview) If you think you are beaten, you are; If you think you dare not, you don't; If you'd like to win, but think you can't It's almost a cinch you won't, If you think you'll lose, you're lost, For out in the world we find Success begins with a fellows WILL- It's all in the stat...	wantneeda	0	338	Oct 17, 2005 by wantneeda
	feelings & surrender (Preview) Language of Letting Go - October 17 Feelings and Surrender Surrendering is a highly personal and spiritual experience. Surrender is not something we can do in our heads. It is not something we can force or control by willpower. It is something we experience. Acceptance, or surrender, is not a...	wantneeda	1	620	Oct 17, 2005 by Doll
	INTERRUPTION (Preview) INTERRUPTION When you find yourself beginning to feel overwhelmed by negativity, you can always choose to break the pattern. Stop whatever you are doing, and for three of four minutes focus your mind on thoughts of gratitude, acceptance and peacefulness. Breathe deeply, and relax the muscles thr...	Doll	1	573	Oct 17, 2005 by Phil
	YUP--EH? (Preview) Feelings and Surrender Surrendering is a highly personal and spiritual experience. Surrender is not something we can do in our heads. It is not something we can force or control by willpower. It is something we experience. Acceptance, or surrender, is not a tidy package. Often, it is a pack...	Phil	2	360	Oct 17, 2005 by Phil
	It just keeps gettin better - NOT! (Preview) OMG! Can my life get any worse? Well, sure, of course it can, especially if I drink! Not gonna do that! *The John thing has eased some, I have felt you're prayers and love, thank you all so much. And the awesome replies to my request, well, there are no words to express my gratitude.* &nb...	Doll	3	371	Oct 17, 2005 by cheri
	Wondering about Sponsors (Preview) I'm wondering what the qualities of a "good sponsor" are. I am needing guidance on how to begin working the steps, but the only answer received from the sponsor I have is "I don't give advice". I'm not asking for the steps to be done FOR me, I know it doesn't work that way. But what I a...	FreeOfTheBottle	4	634	Oct 17, 2005 by leejosepho
	Thank you all :) (Preview) Thank you all for your support in my post below. No, Doll, I haven’t hit a meeting YET. I will do it soon. After my post last night, about my A family, I received a crazy phone call from my A. Just what I needed, huh? It’s been one hell of a weekend emoti...	CAM	2	430	Oct 17, 2005 by Phil
	for the FIRST time, honesty with me (Preview) Being Honest with Ourselves Our relationship with ourselves is the most important relationship we need to maintain. The quality of that relationship will determine the quality of our other relationships.When we can tell ourselves how we feel, and accept our feelings, we can tell others.Whe...	rosie light shines	1	608	Oct 17, 2005 by Phil
	i gotta love ME before i can love others (Preview) *History provides abundant examples of . . . women whose greatest gift was in redeeming, inspiring, liberating, and nurturing the gifts of others. --Sonya Rudikoff* Part of our calling as members of the human community is to unconditionally love and support the people emotionally close to us. W...	rosie light shines	0	544	Oct 16, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Counting our blessings (Preview) "When the heart grieves over what it has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left." -Old Sufi saying I know that many of my friends on this site are dealing with issues of loss right now. Just thought I'd share this with you. I remember a reply poste...	Sick of being sick	2	524	Oct 16, 2005 by rosie light shines
	no matter what..its a great day for recovery!!! (Preview) Today is October 16, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery! CULTURE "The great law of culture: let each become all that he was created capable of being." -- Thomas Carlyle We are capable of great things. This history of man, although surrounded by wars and unspeakable acts of violence, is...	wantneeda	3	644	Oct 16, 2005 by Phil
	Daily Reflections Oct 16 (Preview)	Doll	1	445	Oct 16, 2005 by Phil
	New to this site (Preview) Let me start by saying hello I'm Donnamaria and I'm an alcoholic, I have been a active member , i've been sober now for 2 1/2 years. I am into the steps and big book. Hope to get a chance to jion in on a meeting here.	Donnamaria	7	628	Oct 16, 2005 by cooncatbob
	Prayer request (Preview) Hi my MIP family. I hope this post finds everyone well, happy and sober tonight. My sponsor is out of town for the weekend and there really isn't any other AA I wish to call about this. I need some help. I'm asking for prayers. The obsession of John has returned! It's been over 2 weeks since thin...	Doll	13	1045	Oct 18, 2005 by Mikel
	Family visit.... (Preview) Just got back from a family visit with my sister & her family. I went with my folks, Dad is a recovering A over 10 years, Mom, well, let’s just say Mom feels sorry for herself A LOT. Well, after driving over an hour in the backseat with Mom & Dad in front (I felt like I was n...	CAM	3	558	Oct 16, 2005 by Sick of being sick
	thanks to you!!! (Preview) thanks to u all,i get my 9 month chip tomorow night thanks again!!!! god bless u wagon	wagon	4	516	Oct 16, 2005 by Cabbageheadchris
	Getting really frickin' frustrated! (Preview) Hey all- I'm sure that this topic has come up more than once. I really get tired of this labeling bullsh*t at meetings. Being a "newbie" makes my opinion of less merit???? Being an "oldtimer" makes a person some kind of "higher power" (for lack of a better word) Us "newbies" have opinions and feelin...	FraKctured	11	788	Nov 5, 2005 by FraKctured
	Flip....ooops! I Mean PHIL ! (Preview) Hi, gotcha. Just had to drop in and say hi. I haven't forgot you. I remember all the time how "We" and I mean all of us would work the 12 Steps on the Boards. Wow, I am so grateful for having been able to do so with AA members/alanon members alike! ...	wallsal55	3	552	Oct 15, 2005 by Phil
	OK, Im A Softy. Sue Me. (Preview) True love is not a bargain made, and not a thing to deal or trade. For love's a gift that has no strings, as free as songs the bluebird sings Unconditional Love seeks only to give, and expects nothing in return. When there are no expectations, there can be no disappointments or hurts. When we can give Lo...	Phil	3	607	Oct 16, 2005 by Sick of being sick
	i am a magnet for all things good (Preview) *We know about remorse and death. But do we know about hope and life? I believe in life after birth! --Maxie Dunham* We do not need to create difficulties and pain in our lives. They come with the package of human existence. Some of us even feel bewildered when we aren't pressed by trouble. As we grew in...	rosie light shines	3	589	Oct 16, 2005 by Doll
	NOW i have a choice (Preview) Choices "We did not choose to become addicts."Basic Text p. 3When we were growing up, all of us had dreams. Every child has heard a relative or neighbor ask, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Even if some of us didn't have elaborate dreams of success, most of us dreamed of work, families, and a...	rosie light shines	2	538	Oct 15, 2005 by soulsearcher
	rosie (Preview) hey how you doing today?	carey	1	506	Oct 16, 2005 by rosie light shines
	College work ideas? (Preview) I have to do a research paper and i decided to do it on Children of Alcoholics but I'm not sure what aspect I should do it on since this is such a broad subject. If you have any ideas let me know, ASAP! Lanchas	lanchas	2	477	Oct 22, 2005 by lanchas
	Klynnenicholas... (Preview) I just wanted to say it's great to see you posting. I remember your first post. How have things been going? I hope you have a sober week-end. (((Hugs))) GammyRose	GammyRose	0	384	Oct 15, 2005 by GammyRose
	Another Big Fear Thing (Preview) The greatest struggle for human beings is between their desire to overcome isolation and loneliness and their simultaneous fear of close, intimate contact with another being. Often the desire and the fear are equally strong, so that people are pulled and pushed in opposite directions. This cause...	Phil	2	669	Oct 16, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Daily Reflections Oct 15 (Preview) MY CHECKLIST, NOT YOURS Gossip barbed with our anger, a polite form of murder by character assassination, has its satisfactions for us, too. Here we are not trying to help those we criticize; we are trying to proclaim our own righteousness. ...	Doll	0	572	Oct 15, 2005 by Doll
	Surrender - Hope - Power (Preview) Surrender Beaten into complete defeat by alcohol, confronted by the living proof of release, and surrounded by those who can speak from the heart, we have finally surrendered. And then, paradoxically, we have found ourselves in a new dimension, the real world of spirit and of faith. Enough willing...	Doll	1	414	Oct 14, 2005 by GammyRose
	heart (Preview) wow!!! really begining to see the heart on this board. Been viewing this site (as well as acoa) for past several days and something about tonights posts and responses have been quite touching and inspiring. Good to see and encouraging!!!! I will continue my search here.&...	soulsearcher	3	507	Oct 15, 2005 by rosie light shines
	big book (Preview) The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits have kept he home in turmoil. We feel a man is unthinking when he says that sobriety is enough....	wagon	1	501	Oct 15, 2005 by leejosepho
	The Promises (Preview) 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 and we will know peace. No matter how far...	Doll	0	408	Oct 14, 2005 by Doll
	Sharing (Preview) Time only moves forward. It leaves the past behind. Yet we forget to move forward, out of the past. Disappointments, might-have-beens, old sorrows stack up in our consciousness. We store files of old memories, returning sometimes to open them. To be liberated is to switch our minds from th...	Phil	1	410	Oct 14, 2005 by rosie light shines
	hello friends (Preview) hey gammy, i got your message, i've actually been home since late monday night and i've been reading the posts here as a guest My weekend would have been wonderful if i wouldn't have screwed up i've been too ashamed to post i broke everyones hearts i just read your post Rosie, welcome by the wa...	wantneeda	8	710	Oct 15, 2005 by wantneeda
	can i get some support please???? (Preview) CAN I GET SOME SUPPORT PLEASE????? this past two days, i had a wonderful visit from my OLD babysitter, i mean my first 11 years of life i was very close to him....we stayed in touch, kinda hit and miss....but always kinda in each others thoughts.... he was driving back to calif. (his home now) fr...	rosie light shines	4	921	Oct 15, 2005 by klynnenicholas
	To Tipsy (Preview) I owe you an apoligy Bud. I had no right to criticize you, or judge you in any way-so I apoligize for my part. The rest of it? Im addicted to alcohol. As an alcoholic--thats what I do. I drink. I cant control it--and I cant predict what Ile do if I pick up a drink. To arrest the addiction, I hafta go to mee...	Phil	0	362	Oct 14, 2005 by Phil
	Do I have a drinking problem? (Preview) Hi - I was hoping for some advice. I currently have about 4 drinks (between 3 to 5), usually wine, a night. I tend to skull the drinks just before bed. Do I have a problem? I don't think I can stop, but am worried about health issues in the future. I managed to stop when I fell pregnant and while I was breastfee...	helenkymba	3	709	Oct 14, 2005 by Doll
	Daily Reflections Oct 14 (Preview)	Doll	0	397	Oct 14, 2005 by Doll
	Not feeling to good. (Preview) Hi, Things between me and my partner are at an alltime low just now, I love this Lady very much, we have been together for nearly 2 years now, i realise she is still very angry with me, ive been in trouble with the police arrested 7 times through drinking, most of her family dont speak to her, ive spent her...	Badger	6	672	Oct 15, 2005 by Badger
	Poem from 1640 England (Preview) :-	des	5	734	Oct 15, 2005 by Badger
	Prayer (Preview) A Prayer for a Hard Day Grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change. The courage to change the things I cannot accept, And the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to dispose of today because they peeved me off And also, Help me to be careful of t...	Phil	4	697	Oct 13, 2005 by Sick of being sick
	Peace (Preview) I apologize for the tone of my recent posts. I was reacting to comments that I took offense to and was somewhat hurt by. No one likes to be told they're wrong, or weak or that they aren't sincere...especially when the comments are coming from strangers who are far from perfect themselves. I've read the b...	TipsyMcStagger	8	1120	Oct 14, 2005 by carey
	Twenty years of Sobriety (Preview) The twenty years of sobriety gratitude list: Grateful I found a Higher Power, who I call God, who loves me unconditionally unlike some of the people in my world. Grateful that through working the steps of AA,I was able to find out who I am, what made me who I am, how I could improve on&nb...	GammyRose	7	1021	Oct 14, 2005 by rosie light shines
	My quote for the day, that I hafta practice.:) (Preview) "Sometimes, the best reaction, is no reaction." Y'all have a good serene evening-eh? :)	Phil	2	549	Oct 14, 2005 by Phil
	barebones honesty---total willingness (Preview) Rigorous Honesty As we work the program, we find that we cannot be rigorously honest about what we are adicted to unless we are rigorously honest about our other actions as well. Once our Higher Power takes charge of our lives, a general housecleaning occurs. Gradually, we see that the attitudes...	rosie light shines	1	631	Oct 13, 2005 by Badger
	Hey Guys?? (Preview) Just got on after a few days off the computer...seems there is alot of anger floating around. Please remember what we read before each meeting ..."If you want what we have and are willing to go to any lengths to get it, than you are ready to take certain steps. At some of these we balked, we thought we cou...	cheri	3	519	Oct 13, 2005 by Doll
	Alcohol warning - Truth in Humor (Preview) The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you. The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell happened to your bra. The consumption of alcohol may make you think you are whispering when you are not. The consumption of alcohol is a m...	Doll	4	511	Oct 13, 2005 by Cabbageheadchris
	working on my SUBSTANCE (Preview) Substance over Form I'm learning that for a variety of reasons, I've spent much of my life focusing on form rather than substance. My focus has been on having my hair done perfectly, wearing the right clothes, having my makeup applied perfectly, living in the right place, furnishing it with th...	rosie light shines	0	567	Oct 13, 2005 by rosie light shines
	To: Doll, Bob, Wagon and the rest... (Preview) In response to your comments about me being "weak", or that I'm "not a real man", or Dolls sarcastic commented on how "my disease is progressing nicely", or how I'm in denial, etc, etc... I have some news for you people, your lives don't appear to be all shits and giggles. Most of you who post on her...	TipsyMcStagger	9	761	Oct 15, 2005 by Badger
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