Alcoholics Anonymous

Phil · Phil

HOW CAN I TELL IF I'M REALLY AN ALCOHOLIC? Only you can make that decision. Many who are now in A.A. have previously been told that they were not alcoholics, that all they needed was more willpower, a change of scenery, more rest, or a few new hobbies in order to straighten out. These same people finally t...

Phil · Phil

Today's Gift. He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. --Thomas Fuller We have all seen adventure movies in which the heroes or villains are caught on a bridge that collapses. As they fall to whatever lies below, th...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

Tradition Ten "Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy." NEVER since it began has Alcoholics Anonymous been divided by a major controversial issue. Nor has our Fellowship ever publicly taken sides on an...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Just wanted to make a Post to you, I have/ we are missing you, you were here for 2 days, and now your absence is felt by all of us. Hope you are well, and no matter what, look forward to you making a Post again. Toni

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Phil · Phil

Growth is the only evidence of life. --John, Cardinal Newman We should be thankful we can never reach complete serenity. If we could, we would never have the need to improve ourselves. We would stop growing, because there would be no reason to learn any more than we already know, and we would bec...

Marc O · Marc O

Awhile ago I was a nervous wreck. I got some help to get me in check. To my surprise, it taught me much more than my imagination had ever seen before. Now, you may think that lifes a bummer, but LEARN IT, LOVE IT, LIVE IT, and you will no longer ponder over things that once disgraced you. Use t...

trudi · trudi

Hi everyone. I am off to a short spell in a rehab. leaving on 29th May. NOT GOING TO DRINK BEFORE I GO!! I have had to borrow money from the family but they have been lovely about it and just want me to get well. 5 days today since my last 'slip' and I pray that will be my last ever and I can now finally move o...

alice · alice

Got through it without a drink. It sure felt good this morning. Now I am working on Day 2. I will try to keep that in my head, only today, and not jump forward like I tend to do. Your comments and advise are helping. Just reading the different posts helps me keep in mind what I need...

recovering jb · recovering jb

So I worked 2 shifts yesterday, only got 5 hours of sleep and missed my meeting. I'm thinking that its pretty unsustainable. Note to self: you can't really put a dollar sign on free time, health, and meetings, even if that dollar sign is time and a half... JB

Phil · Phil

We see so many people in meetings, and out on the streets, still stumbling around with the program, hurting, whining and crying, still all covered up with the Great 3 S's of our disease, Self-pity, Self-righteousness, and Self-Bullshit, and wondering why they can't get "IT". In every meetin...

nmike · nmike

Hi all, As an Alanoner, I always have many questions about what my AH does. We use to move every 2-3 years. Then we lived in one location for 10 years. One day he walked in and said he wasn't happy and wanted to move. This move was harder for me because I had 2 little babies and had a wonderful job. Now that I l...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Last night I came home feeling really weird. I prayed about it and went to sleep. This morning I woke up with a horrible headace. Didn't think much of it. After I got to work this morning I started feeling weird again. Chills, shakes, dizziness, along with a pounding headache. I told my boss and came home...

New member · alice

I am new to this program. Hello, all. I am struggling quite a bit with sobriety and could use some encouragement. I have tried AA meetings and honestly, I hate them. I find them to be very depressing and I have never met anyone that I connected with so I am giving this forum a try. Thanks for "listening".

Phil · Phil

" Believe in yourself and in your dream Though impossible things may seem, Someday, somehow, you'll get through To the goal you have in view. Mountains fall and seas divide Before the one who in his stride Takes a hard road day by day, Sweeping obstacles away. Believe in yourself and in your plan...

Robert · Robert

I had some tragic news yesterday. My 13 year old sister took 96 paracetomals to attempt to kill herself. As you can imagine I was upset, this is the 4th attempt since xmas..she has been in a special care unit were she gets counselling and supervision but was released again at the weekend. The thing that h...

kspear · kspear

I just wanted to take a moment to thank all those who wrote in support when I posted about my mother and her illness. For me, this is one way that HP works in my life - speaks to me through the voices of those in these rooms, loves me with their hearts, hugs me with their arms. HP has been...

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

Hi All, I'm Chris and I'm an alcoholic, I'm also a real stubborn person. stub·born (stŭb'ərn) adj., -er, -est. Unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; bullheaded. Firmly resolved or determined; resolute. See synonyms at obstinate. Characterized by pe...

trudi · trudi

Had enough now. After a fairly long run of sobriety I drank again yesterday. Dont know the reason (because I am an alcoholic I suppose) sick and tired of it all now this has to stop. Went into town and ended up drinking in a pub with some man I only just met. So ashamed of myself. The worst thing about this is t...

Phil · Phil

My heart goes out to those Mothers, that due to circumstances, cant be with their children today... There are many.... I have 3 kids that have communicated, very little, with their Mother.over the past 7 years..they have their own reasons for not doing so... I cant get in the middle...and I can...

Phil · Phil

Difficulties, opposition, criticism--these things are meant to be overcome, and there is a special joy in facing them and in coming out on top. It is only when there is nothing but praise that life loses its charm, and I begin to wonder what I should do about it. --Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit To be aliv...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

If I felt any better I'd be twins. LOL! I spent over four hundred bucks this weekend, more than I earned. Got all my rent paid + mother's day gifts and all. It feels good to be part of the family. This is probably the most functional my family has ever been! I spent most of the weekend with my brother. Wen...

Robert · Robert

Having a good day today, just copying some CD;s onto the MP3 player and then takin the dog out. may be sacking the sponcer as I had a hard week before last and he was not there for me one bit. hasd not returned my calls...so glad that I am sober today.

Phil · Phil

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. ~ Arthur Christopher Benson~ The reality is that changes are coming... They must come. You must share in bringing them. ~John Hersey~ We must learn to view change as a natural phenomenon - to anticipate it and to plan for it. The f...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

-- Edited by Toni Baloney at 11:41, 2006-07-19

wagon · wagon

hi all, feeling down today, and sad.with my mother passing in feb and today being mothers day and all. for all that have their mother yet do something special today, for you never know how long you will have them. god bless wagon

KIMBER069 · KIMBER069

Hi all! I'm new here, well, I have been a lurker for some time. Here's my issue. A while back I told my supervisor that I had gone to a couple of AA meetings, that I was worried about how I was dealing with some life stressors and with a huge family background of alcoholism, I wanted to educate myself more abo...

Rob · Rob

I am not gona post much tonight.. But im very interestd to know if there is anyone in these rooms who has worked the program and is still an atheist.. Iv now read WE AGNOSTICS in the Big Book.. And im totaly dissapointed (an understatement!). So im wondering if there are any Atheists wh...

Rob · Rob

http://www.nbc4i.com/news/7017185/detail.html

KIMBER069 · KIMBER069

Catchy title huh? My hubby seems to think that everyone that abuses alcohol, even binge/party drinkers, is running from something in their lives. Do you think it's true? We all have had pain in our lives, but do you think that's why you actively drink? Or is it habit? Is it just the pull from the al...

Phil · Phil

Miracles are instantaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them. --Katherine Anne Porter Each of us has miraculously been summoned to the road to recovery. We no doubt felt hopeless many times. We no doubt pleaded, a...

benny33 · benny33

hi every one . just thought id say that ive nissed being able to read and post with you all .things are still going well for me im still sober and hp has realy been taking good care of me and my familey. my new job is great i miss being home butt it seems that much more speacial to me when i get the chance to be here...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

Happy Mother's Day to all! and a happy day to all those that make us to be mothers! kids and fathers. I had an amazing spiritual awakening last yesterday at a special charismatic retreat. I went into it feeling down and in need, and came out feeling totally amazed at how God 'enter...

Phil · Phil

Each Day a New Beginning. Your sense of what will bring happiness is so crude and blundering. Try something else as a compass. Maybe the moralists are right and happiness doesn't come from seeking pleasure and ease. --Joanna Field We think we know what will make us happy. Seldom do we r...

Wren · Wren

May 12, 2006 Repression _Expression Passive Aggressive Behavior If you've ever found yourself repressing your anger and behaving in other ways to get your point across, you may be someone who is adept at engaging in passive-aggressive behavior. Although passive-aggressive behavior i...

carmie · carmie

John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" &nbs...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Happy Mothers Day to all of the Mothers here. Toni -- Edited by Toni Baloney at 12:26, 2006-05-13

Robert · Robert

Im sorry! Quite ashamed of my silly posting, get a bit depressed when im tired. Hope I have not peed any 1 off.

Robert · Robert

Off the drugs now. took a months supply in 3 days. dont feel any support from my sponcer, ie he has not called me once since I told him, man I just dont know. can I call diazepam a drug?: I called "frank" when I was doing them 3 years ago badly, and was told they only help people on crack and stuff. felt isolat...

flumpy · flumpy

Well hello again all from flumpy land, Oh dear where do I start?, well I think I'll start by letting all those of you who replyed to my other post know that I HAVE been a good girl since then, eventhough I am still stuck in that deep dark place. In the past when I have felt the way I do now I have always resor...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

-- Edited by Toni Baloney at 11:45, 2006-07-19

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

SIPPING VODKA . It’s funny A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak. After mass he asked the monsignor how he had done. The monsignor replied, “When I am worried about getting nervous on the pulpit, I put a glass of...

jeannie · jeannie

God Is Here The Power, which restores us to sanity, is not something remote and abstract, which we must search for by reading books and performing great feats. Our Higher Power is with us constantly and is involved in the minute details of every day. We do not have to wait and work to beco...

jeannie · jeannie

Don't Give Up Each day’s a brand new day. We’re different today than we were yesterday. And tomorrow, different again. Don’t give up now. You’ve only just begun. You’re going to be fine, don’t worry. You can do it. Just let go, and let the Spirit of God envelope you. Let the Holy One hold you in its arms, pr...

Wren · Wren

" O Greatness, hear! O Brightness, hark! Leave us not little, nor yet dark"~ John Masefield From the beginning of time, people have been appealing to the Power that lies beyond their comprehension when they are in trouble. This Power has been invoked under many names by many people. In our current p...

jersey · jersey

Patience and Tolerance By Margaret Ann Lembo About Margaret According to Random House Dictionary, tolerance is “1. a liberal spirit toward opinions and practices that differ from one’s own; 2. the power to endure or resist discomfort or hardship.” To tolerate is “1. to allow without...

jersey · jersey

Happiness--a Quality of our Soul Happiness is dependent on no outside stimulus to be felt or attained Happiness is part of our real nature-- always present but covered by the disillusionment in mortal life that an outward quest will give us lasting and fulfilling satisfactions If w...

jersey · jersey

Seeker Magazine Patience and Tolerance Patience does not crimp the flow of events Patience accepts and tolerates the different ways we each have of seeing and acting out life Tolerance accepts that each of us is doing what we need to for this moment Tolerance arises fro...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

Step Eight "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all." Steps Eight and Nine are concerned with personal relations. First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt t...

Phil · Phil

ANTIDOTE 1 - Reflect on responsibility. Often it may prove it is/was not my responsibility or fault! Blaming oneself for everything negative that happens is a form of ignorance and self-centredness. Obviously, if I am careless and intended to cause problems, then I should take m...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Am I really an alcoholic? (Preview) HOW CAN I TELL IF I'M REALLY AN ALCOHOLIC? Only you can make that decision. Many who are now in A.A. have previously been told that they were not alcoholics, that all they needed was more willpower, a change of scenery, more rest, or a few new hobbies in order to straighten out. These same people finally t...	Phil	3	883	May 18, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	Have a good Thursday... (Preview) *Today's Gift. He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. --Thomas Fuller* We have all seen adventure movies in which the heroes or villains are caught on a bridge that collapses. As they fall to whatever lies below, th...	Phil	4	590	May 18, 2006 by Phil
	Tradition 10 - Outside Issues (Preview) Tradition Ten "Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy." NEVER since it began has Alcoholics Anonymous been divided by a major controversial issue. Nor has our Fellowship ever publicly taken sides on an...	amanda2u2	0	2533	May 18, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Yoo Hoo ALICE (Preview) Just wanted to make a Post to you, I have/ we are missing you, you were here for 2 days, and now your absence is felt by all of us. Hope you are well, and no matter what, look forward to you making a Post again. Toni	Toni Baloney	0	481	May 17, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	advice vs. suggestions (Preview)	soberdrunk	4	803	May 17, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Growth and Loving (Preview) *Growth is the only evidence of life. --John, Cardinal Newman* We should be thankful we can never reach complete serenity. If we could, we would never have the need to improve ourselves. We would stop growing, because there would be no reason to learn any more than we already know, and we would bec...	Phil	0	560	May 17, 2006 by Phil
	Talking Helps (Preview) *Awhile ago I was a nervous wreck.* *I got some help to get me in check.* *To my surprise, it taught me much more than my imagination had ever seen before.* *Now, you may think that lifes a bummer, but LEARN IT, LOVE IT, LIVE IT, and you will no longer ponder over things that once disgraced you.* *Use t...*	Marc O	1	565	May 16, 2006 by carmie
	Going to rehab.... (Preview) Hi everyone. I am off to a short spell in a rehab. leaving on 29th May. NOT GOING TO DRINK BEFORE I GO!! I have had to borrow money from the family but they have been lovely about it and just want me to get well. 5 days today since my last 'slip' and I pray that will be my last ever and I can now finally move o...	trudi	7	526	May 16, 2006 by wandajf
	Day 1 (Preview) Got through it without a drink. It sure felt good this morning. Now I am working on Day 2. I will try to keep that in my head, only today, and not jump forward like I tend to do. Your comments and advise are helping. Just reading the different posts helps me keep in mind what I need...	alice	8	538	May 16, 2006 by Phil
	work vs life (Preview) So I worked 2 shifts yesterday, only got 5 hours of sleep and missed my meeting. I'm thinking that its pretty unsustainable. Note to self: you can't really put a dollar sign on free time, health, and meetings, even if that dollar sign is time and a half... JB	recovering jb	3	585	May 16, 2006 by Phil
	The Prescription (Preview) We see so many people in meetings, and out on the streets, still stumbling around with the program, hurting, whining and crying, still all covered up with the Great 3 S's of our disease, Self-pity, Self-righteousness, and Self-Bullshit, and wondering why they can't get "IT". In every meetin...	Phil	2	546	May 16, 2006 by carmie
	geographic location (Preview) Hi all, As an Alanoner, I always have many questions about what my AH does. We use to move every 2-3 years. Then we lived in one location for 10 years. One day he walked in and said he wasn't happy and wanted to move. This move was harder for me because I had 2 little babies and had a wonderful job. Now that I l...	nmike	4	540	May 15, 2006 by nmike
	Bad Day (Preview) Last night I came home feeling really weird. I prayed about it and went to sleep. This morning I woke up with a horrible headace. Didn't think much of it. After I got to work this morning I started feeling weird again. Chills, shakes, dizziness, along with a pounding headache. I told my boss and came home...	soberdrunk	5	503	May 15, 2006 by iffer
	New member (Preview) I am new to this program. Hello, all. I am struggling quite a bit with sobriety and could use some encouragement. I have tried AA meetings and honestly, I hate them. I find them to be very depressing and I have never met anyone that I connected with so I am giving this forum a try. Thanks for "listening".	alice	19	1094	May 15, 2006 by iffer
	Believe In Yourself (Preview) " Believe in yourself and in your dream Though impossible things may seem, Someday, somehow, you'll get through To the goal you have in view. Mountains fall and seas divide Before the one who in his stride Takes a hard road day by day, Sweeping obstacles away. Believe in yourself and in your plan...	Phil	1	598	May 15, 2006 by carmie
	Change (Preview) I had some tragic news yesterday. My 13 year old sister took 96 paracetomals to attempt to kill herself. As you can imagine I was upset, this is the 4th attempt since xmas..she has been in a special care unit were she gets counselling and supervision but was released again at the weekend. The thing that h...	Robert	3	569	May 15, 2006 by jersey
	HP (Preview) I just wanted to take a moment to thank all those who wrote in support when I posted about my mother and her illness. For me, this is one way that HP works in my life - speaks to me through the voices of those in these rooms, loves me with their hearts, hugs me with their arms. HP has been...	kspear	3	528	May 15, 2006 by trudi
	Get the message Chris (Preview) Hi All, I'm Chris and I'm an alcoholic, I'm also a real stubborn person. stub·born (stŭb'ərn) adj., -er, -est. Unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; bullheaded. Firmly resolved or determined; resolute. See synonyms at obstinate. Characterized by pe...	Cabbageheadchris	6	555	May 15, 2006 by alice
	I slipped again... (Preview) Had enough now. After a fairly long run of sobriety I drank again yesterday. Dont know the reason (because I am an alcoholic I suppose) sick and tired of it all now this has to stop. Went into town and ended up drinking in a pub with some man I only just met. So ashamed of myself. The worst thing about this is t...	trudi	11	587	May 15, 2006 by alice
	Sad (Preview) My heart goes out to those Mothers, that due to circumstances, cant be with their children today... There are many.... I have 3 kids that have communicated, very little, with their Mother.over the past 7 years..they have their own reasons for not doing so... I cant get in the middle...and I can...	Phil	5	524	May 15, 2006 by nmike
	Monday (Preview) Difficulties, opposition, criticism--these things are meant to be overcome, and there is a special joy in facing them and in coming out on top. It is only when there is nothing but praise that life loses its charm, and I begin to wonder what I should do about it. --Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit To be aliv...	Phil	0	495	May 15, 2006 by Phil
	What A Wonderful Weekend! (Preview) If I felt any better I'd be twins. LOL! I spent over four hundred bucks this weekend, more than I earned. Got all my rent paid + mother's day gifts and all. It feels good to be part of the family. This is probably the most functional my family has ever been! I spent most of the weekend with my brother. Wen...	soberdrunk	2	504	May 14, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Greetings (Preview) Having a good day today, just copying some CD;s onto the MP3 player and then takin the dog out. may be sacking the sponcer as I had a hard week before last and he was not there for me one bit. hasd not returned my calls...so glad that I am sober today.	Robert	1	469	May 14, 2006 by Phil
	Change Is Difficult... (Preview) Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. *~ Arthur Christopher Benson~* The reality is that changes are coming... They must come. You must share in bringing them. *~John Hersey~* We must learn to view change as a natural phenomenon - to anticipate it and to plan for it. The f...	Phil	1	524	May 14, 2006 by mikey50
	Gratitude for this Board (Preview) -- Edited by Toni Baloney at 11:41, 2006-07-19	Toni Baloney	4	499	May 14, 2006 by Phil
	do something special (Preview) hi all, feeling down today, and sad.with my mother passing in feb and today being mothers day and all. for all that have their mother yet do something special today, for you never know how long you will have them. god bless wagon	wagon	2	501	May 14, 2006 by amanda2u2
	NEW HERE-BAD JOB REFERENCE (Preview) Hi all! I'm new here, well, I have been a lurker for some time. Here's my issue. A while back I told my supervisor that I had gone to a couple of AA meetings, that I was worried about how I was dealing with some life stressors and with a huge family background of alcoholism, I wanted to educate myself more abo...	KIMBER069	4	520	May 14, 2006 by TLH
	Successful Atheists??? (Preview) I am not gona post much tonight.. But im very interestd to know if there is anyone in these rooms who has worked the program and is still an atheist.. Iv now read WE AGNOSTICS in the Big Book.. And im totaly dissapointed (an understatement!). So im wondering if there are any Atheists wh...	Rob	28	783	May 14, 2006 by TLH
	Student Dies From Alcohol Withdrawl (Preview) http://www.nbc4i.com/news/7017185/detail.html	Rob	4	602	May 14, 2006 by TLH
	what are you running from? (Preview) Catchy title huh? My hubby seems to think that everyone that abuses alcohol, even binge/party drinkers, is running from something in their lives. Do you think it's true? We all have had pain in our lives, but do you think that's why you actively drink? Or is it habit? Is it just the pull from the al...	KIMBER069	5	543	May 14, 2006 by TLH
	Sunday (Preview) *Miracles are instantaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them. --Katherine Anne Porter* Each of us has miraculously been summoned to the road to recovery. We no doubt felt hopeless many times. We no doubt pleaded, a...	Phil	2	466	May 14, 2006 by amanda2u2
	just a quick hello (Preview) hi every one . just thought id say that ive nissed being able to read and post with you all .things are still going well for me im still sober and hp has realy been taking good care of me and my familey. my new job is great i miss being home butt it seems that much more speacial to me when i get the chance to be here...	benny33	4	488	May 14, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Happy Mother's Day! (Preview) *Happy Mother's Day to all! and a happy day to all those that make us to be mothers! kids and fathers.* *I had an amazing spiritual awakening last yesterday at a special charismatic retreat. I went into it feeling down and in need, and came out feeling totally amazed at how God 'enter...*	amanda2u2	1	574	May 14, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Have a good day everybody.. (Preview) *Each Day a New Beginning*. Your sense of what will bring happiness is so crude and blundering. Try something else as a compass. Maybe the moralists are right and happiness doesn't come from seeking pleasure and ease. --Joanna Field We think we know what will make us happy. Seldom do we r...	Phil	2	484	May 13, 2006 by Phil
	Daily OM (Preview) May 12, 2006 Repression _Expression Passive Aggressive Behavior If you've ever found yourself repressing your anger and behaving in other ways to get your point across, you may be someone who is adept at engaging in passive-aggressive behavior. Although passive-aggressive behavior i...	Wren	0	459	May 13, 2006 by Wren
	A email to share with my friends!!!! (Preview) John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" &nbs...	carmie	4	496	May 13, 2006 by carmie
	Mother's Day (Preview) Happy Mothers Day to all of the Mothers here. Toni -- Edited by Toni Baloney at 12:26, 2006-05-13	Toni Baloney	5	527	May 13, 2006 by carmie
	Oh shucks (Preview) Im sorry! Quite ashamed of my silly posting, get a bit depressed when im tired. Hope I have not peed any 1 off.	Robert	2	460	May 13, 2006 by carmie
	evening (Preview) Off the drugs now. took a months supply in 3 days. dont feel any support from my sponcer, ie he has not called me once since I told him, man I just dont know. can I call diazepam a drug?: I called "frank" when I was doing them 3 years ago badly, and was told they only help people on crack and stuff. felt isolat...	Robert	5	521	May 13, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	still sitting atop the pot :o( (Preview) Well hello again all from flumpy land, Oh dear where do I start?, well I think I'll start by letting all those of you who replyed to my other post know that I HAVE been a good girl since then, eventhough I am still stuck in that deep dark place. In the past when I have felt the way I do now I have always resor...	flumpy	6	576	May 13, 2006 by paul
	In the Repair Shop (Preview) -- Edited by Toni Baloney at 11:45, 2006-07-19	Toni Baloney	5	701	May 13, 2006 by paul
	Funny (Preview) SIPPING VODKA . It’s funny A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak. After mass he asked the monsignor how he had done. The monsignor replied, “When I am worried about getting nervous on the pulpit, I put a glass of...	Cabbageheadchris	3	470	May 12, 2006 by soberdrunk
	THE POWER (Preview) God Is Here The Power, which restores us to sanity, is not something remote and abstract, which we must search for by reading books and performing great feats. Our Higher Power is with us constantly and is involved in the minute details of every day. We do not have to wait and work to beco...	jeannie	2	442	May 12, 2006 by jeannie
	Today's Inspiration (Preview) Don't Give Up Each day’s a brand new day. We’re different today than we were yesterday. And tomorrow, different again. Don’t give up now. You’ve only just begun. You’re going to be fine, don’t worry. You can do it. Just let go, and let the Spirit of God envelope you. Let the Holy One hold you in its arms, pr...	jeannie	0	411	May 12, 2006 by jeannie
	Light in Darkness-Daily Devotional (Preview) " O Greatness, hear! O Brightness, hark! Leave us not little, nor yet dark"~ John Masefield From the beginning of time, people have been appealing to the Power that lies beyond their comprehension when they are in trouble. This Power has been invoked under many names by many people. In our current p...	Wren	2	2337	May 12, 2006 by Wren
	just one more (Preview) Patience and Tolerance By Margaret Ann Lembo About Margaret According to Random House Dictionary, tolerance is “1. a liberal spirit toward opinions and practices that differ from one’s own; 2. the power to endure or resist discomfort or hardship.” To tolerate is “1. to allow without...	jersey	0	429	May 11, 2006 by jersey
	happiness... (Preview) Happiness--a Quality of our Soul Happiness is dependent on no outside stimulus to be felt or attained Happiness is part of our real nature-- always present but covered by the disillusionment in mortal life that an outward quest will give us lasting and fulfilling satisfactions If w...	jersey	1	474	May 11, 2006 by Phil
	Patience and Tolerance (Preview) Seeker Magazine Patience and Tolerance Patience does not crimp the flow of events Patience accepts and tolerates the different ways we each have of seeing and acting out life Tolerance accepts that each of us is doing what we need to for this moment Tolerance arises fro...	jersey	1	1832	May 11, 2006 by Phil
	Steps 8 & 9 (Preview) Step Eight "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all." Steps Eight and Nine are concerned with personal relations. First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt t...	amanda2u2	0	572	May 11, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Antidotes To Guilt (Preview) ANTIDOTE 1 - Reflect on responsibility. Often it may prove it is/was not my responsibility or fault! Blaming oneself for everything negative that happens is a form of ignorance and self-centredness. Obviously, if I am careless and intended to cause problems, then I should take m...	Phil	0	505	May 11, 2006 by Phil
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