Alcoholics Anonymous

Phil · Phil

Patience and Tolerance By Margaret Ann Lembo 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 hindrance.”...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

hi Rob, I have noticed that you have been checking us out here. And the Good news that you did not go out to get some more liquor, is A GREAT BIG DEAL. The only REQUIREMENT for becoming a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, is a DESIRE to quit drinking. I get the feeling you are coming to that c...

Rick · Rick

It is always a mistake not to close one's eyes, whether to forgive or to look better into oneself. --Maurice Maeterlinck It is easy to look outward and find faults with the world and people around us. We criticize family members or complain about our friends. We always notice disease in the tree...

Rick · Rick

"When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What could we have done better? Were we thin...

Rick · Rick

Shame-filled people feel that something is wrong at their very core. It is a sense of being bad . . .. --Susan Kwiecien Nobody is rotten to the core. Whenever we start to believe we are bad all the way through, we can picture good things we have done, days when someone else was happy to be with us, and...

Doll · Doll

COMMITMENT Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 125 There came a time in my program of recovery when the third stanza of the Serenity Prayer -- "The wisdom to know the difference" -- became indeli...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Well I woke up, and my first thought was that I needed to do a 10th step here on MIP. Felt I should have kept all that misery to myself. But I don' really understand a lot the Program, and that's a good thing. I do know that "no matter what" I did not drink through those "Black out emotions" tha...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

Well, here it is again,,, snuck up on me this time,, but now I recognize the triggers. I thought I was getting through the day alright,,, well,,, maybe I am, but not without the urge to drink. I don't know... reasons? Valentine's Day alone, worki...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi Trudi, Just want to say Hi, and hope that today is a better day for you. Seems like a Great Big Black Clowd went by yesterday, for a lot of us, and hope it has passed by, and stays away. Were you able to go to a meeting yesterday?, and get some time for yourself?? Love, Toni

Rick · Rick

A man and his wife are dining at a table in a plush restaurant, and the husband keeps staring at a drunken lady swigging her gin as she sits alone at a nearby table. The wife asks, "Do you know her?" "Yes," sighs the husband, "She's my ex-wife. She took to drinking right after we divorced seven y...

Rick · Rick

God is not a cosmic bellboy. --Harry Emerson Fosdick We have to laugh when we look back at the times we treated God like our servant. Who did we think we were, ordering God to do something for us? But we got away with it. God even did some of the things we asked. Now we know that our Higher Powe...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi There everyone. Today is a day where I can honestly say I feel like a Mack Truck ran into me, head on. I think because it is Valentine's day, I have been missing my little Annie Pie, my cat of over 15 years. I don't like Grief, as a matter of Fact, I friggen hate it. I do not understand wh...

vaughn · vaughn

I've just made the decision to start aa. I'm at the bottom and see little light ahead. Alcohol is running my life and I realize I'm no longer able to control my world. I have found a local chapter that I want to visit and frankly I'm scared to death. I know there are others here that have been where I am.

Doll · Doll

TAKING ACTION Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us--sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 One of the most important things A.A. has given me, in addition to freedom from booze,...

Doll · Doll

EXPECTATIONS vs. DEMANDS Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98 Dealing with expectations is a frequent topic at meetings. It isn't wrong to expect progress of...

Rick · Rick

Some helpful acronyms for today: F.I.N.E. [I'm] Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic, Emotional F.E.A.R. Face Everything And Recover N.U.T.S. Not Using The Steps E.G.O. Edging God Out D.E.N.I.A.L. Don't Even Notice I Am Lying H.A.L.T. [Don't get too] Hungry, Angry, Lone...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

hi guys happy LOVE DAY to all!!! well the worst work in my house re-decor is over and i feel like rigormortis is setting in my tired body!!! i checked my pulse this am to see if i was still alive!!! the place (floors) looks great!!! i'll tell ya, i was...

Rick · Rick

BEER TROUBLESHOOTING CHART SYMPTOM   ACTION Feet cold and wet. Glass being held at incorrect angle. Rotate glass so t...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Rick · Rick

AA on Toast February 1956 AA Grapevine This is what I told Joe: "There are no musts in AA. Take it cafeteria style -- take it your own way. Don't worry about the spiritual part of the program. Take the First Step, but never mind the rest of them right now. Just stay away from the first drink for twen...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Well, something strange happenend this morning. I went into Start a new Topic, made a Valentines Day little Post with little hearts all over the page, lost that one, and tried doing it again, lost that one too. So, the other day when I read the Post on "Does Anyone Else Hate Valentines Day?"&...

Bonzo43 · Bonzo43

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/46/story_4696_1.html

Doll · Doll

Loving others begins with respect So many books have been written on how to love that many of us assume we don't know how and maybe will never learn. We can simplify the process, however, by focusing on the Golden Rule. For starters, we can treat others as respectfully as we'd like to be treated. Peo...

Rick · Rick

When a person is concerned only with giving, there is no anxiety. --Gerald Jampolsky Whatever we give away returns to us, manifold. When we show love or understanding, when we are gentle or express genuine concern, usually the same will come right back to us. Perhaps not in kind, maybe n...

AM444 · AM444

Hello: I am here because I need some place to go for support and inspiration. I was sober 2 years, but began to drink again. I now live in a small town where I truly can't go to meetings because of my profession... won't go into that here. I really need an online meeting and perhaps some time soon a sponsor...

Doll · Doll

WE CAN'T THINK OUR WAY SOBER To the intellectually self-sufficient man or woman, many A.A.'s can say, "Yes, we were like you--far too smart for our own good.... Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brain power alone." AS BILL SEES IT, p. 60 Even the most brilliant mind is no d...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi everyone, This has been something that has been bugging me for a couple of days and would love to get some feed-back. I personally don't care for the saying "Stick with the Winners" because I have never understood what, exactly, it means. Who represents the winners???? who are they, a...

Rick · Rick

When we seek to be "good" in a Christian way, we usually think of giving--after all, God has given so much to us. But in the Bible, that's not all there is to goodness. The Bible's examples of goodness come in two ways. We tend to focus on God's goodness as a sudden blessing, an undeserved gen...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

well, I'm still at it,,, and progress is being made,,, however slowly. I feel like this is kind of analagous to my recovery journey in general. I've done a little bit as often as I can in the bedroom. An hour one day, and then my shoulder hurts for a couple of days and goes numb, so I have...

Rick · Rick

Oh, a trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce, Or a trouble is what you make it, And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts, But only how you take it. --Edmund Vance Cooke Once, a woman decided to throw a problem-exchange party. As guests arrived, they shed all their personal problems and t...

benny33 · benny33

ok just wanted to say hi to everyone let you all know im doing ok. the funneral wasnt thatfun but it was certainly a tribute to her life and was beautifull.now im stuck in a hotell room another day with the wife and kidds (which is a great thing by the way)the wife and i have had a lott of time to alk about thing...

flumpy · flumpy

Hi again all, firstly thankyou all that replyed to my recent post.

I have just thought of something and was wondering if anyone here can answer my question??????? I have come to belive/understand that the main reason I drank was because I was so unhappy with my life (depressed) , parent...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

I don't know.. the stuff is only loading halfway, and not really working right. Is it me? or are other people having problems right now too? amanda

Rick · Rick

Reflection for the Day Since I came to The Program, I've begun to recognize my previous inability to form a true partnership with another person. It seems that my egomania created two disastrous pitfalls. Either I insisted upon dominating the people I knew, or I depended on them far too mu...

Rick · Rick

Dr. Bob defining humility: On his desk, Dr. Bob had a plaque defining humility: "Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me,...

Doll · Doll

"THE ROOT OF OUR TROUBLES" Selfishness--self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of all our troubles. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 62 How amazing the revelation that the world, and everyone in it, can get along just fine with or without me. What a relief to know that people, places and things will...

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

Hi all, found this on a internet search (Lazy B@*&**d just copied and pasted!) There is a place I go to It's called Oblivion, An easy place to get to Go right ahead and carry on. The thing is, I have no recall Of what goes on in there, Im left with occasional flashbacks and a feeling of desp...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Page 112, Step Twelve, second Paragraph: "Furthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure of success? Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or pride? Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity? Can we ste...

Rick · Rick

Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize that we only know a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning mediation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit so...

Doll · Doll

We DIE TO LIVE. That is a beautiful paradox straight out of the Biblical idea of being "born again" or "in losing one's life to find it." When we work at our Twelve Steps, the old life of guzzling and fuzzy thinking, and all that goes with it, gradually dies, and we acquire a different and a better way of l...

Rick · Rick

OLD TIME AA: 1. It's not old behavior if I'm still doing it. 2. If you're looking to have an image in AA, look around at the meetings you go to and take a look at whom you're trying to impress. 3. An alcoholic is a person who wants to be held while he's isolating. 4. Sobriety is the leading cause of relapse. 5...

flumpy · flumpy

Hi all, I don't think any of you will remember me coz I spend all my time on the other site (Al-anon). Anyways I have and did find recovery through that and am greatful. But I now have a problem. Last year, the day after my 28th birthday infact, it all went pear shaped, cut a VERY long story short, I h...

Doll · Doll

Feeling the need to be perfect, comparing our progress with what we assume is the progress another woman has made, is one of the dangers we face. Women have been comparing themselves with others since childhood. The habit is not easily broken. Yet we must compare our progress today with where we were y...

Rick · Rick

Life deals more rigorously with some than others. --Lewis F. Presnall How often we think about a friend, He sure is lucky! And probably just as often we say to ourselves, Why did that happen to me? It's not fair! The truth is, life isn't always fair. We don't all get the same experiences, the same l...

Doll · Doll

THE LIMITS OF SELF-RELIANCE We asked ourselves why we had them [fears]. Wasn't it because self-reliance failed us? ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.68 All of my character defects separate me from God's will. When I ignore my association with Him I face the world and my alcoholism alone and must depend o...

Michelle · Michelle

go to: http://www.recoverylane.com/jokes__humor.htm you know, you gotta laugh at your problems or you will go crazy. It's what gets me through every day! Humor is good medicine. Happy Friday everyone!

Doll · Doll

Break Free Of Anger Buried resentments are difficult to escape, but there is always grace. With God's help, spiritual healing is possible. Whenever the pain of life becomes too much for you, turn immediately to Him. He may seem to ask the impossible, but hHs words supply the he...

Pauly · Pauly

Hi Folks just checking in to give you a weekly update of sorts, hope thats OK with you guys? 2 weeks since not a drop, been to the pub tonight to meet a few friends, just still Orange juice. Quite comfortable with others drinking around me, no great "thirst". Reality is starting to hit as to what I`m...

Michelle · Michelle

I had my 6th education class tonight, this one was about drink sizes and equivalents. I had no idea I'd been drinking so much. I didn't know that a regular 12 oz beer was actually 1.5 drinks, and how it affects you. There was quite a bit of math involved, but I got a lot of new informatio...

Doll · Doll

Hi all. Just wanted to ask if you all would include my ex, who's still out there, in your prayers. I've been praying for him to be given the gift of desperation for quite some time now and I think I need some reinforments! He really needs help, but he's got to want it, so I figure it will take desperation fo...

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	Patience And Tolerance (Preview) Patience and Tolerance By Margaret Ann Lembo 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 hindrance.”...	Phil	5	10419	Feb 16, 2006 by jersey
	Welcome ! Rob (Preview) hi Rob, I have noticed that you have been checking us out here. And the Good news that you did not go out to get some more liquor, is A GREAT BIG DEAL. The only REQUIREMENT for becoming a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, is a DESIRE to quit drinking. I get the feeling you are coming to that c...	Toni Baloney	4	699	Feb 16, 2006 by Rob
	Are u perfect ? (Preview) *It is always a mistake not to close one's eyes, whether to forgive or to look better into oneself. --Maurice Maeterlinck* It is easy to look outward and find faults with the world and people around us. We criticize family members or complain about our friends. We always notice disease in the tree...	Rick	2	502	Feb 16, 2006 by GammyRose
	BB quote (Preview) "When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What could we have done better? Were we thin...	Rick	4	415	Feb 16, 2006 by amanda2u2
	today's thought (Preview) *Shame-filled people feel that something is wrong at their very core. It is a sense of being bad . . .. --Susan Kwiecien* Nobody is rotten to the core. Whenever we start to believe we are bad all the way through, we can picture good things we have done, days when someone else was happy to be with us, and...	Rick	0	391	Feb 16, 2006 by Rick
	Daily Reflections Feb 16 (Preview) COMMITMENT Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 125 There came a time in my program of recovery when the third stanza of the Serenity Prayer -- "The wisdom to know the difference" -- became indeli...	Doll	0	398	Feb 15, 2006 by Doll
	A Better Day! (Preview) Well I woke up, and my first thought was that I needed to do a 10th step here on MIP. Felt I should have kept all that misery to myself. But I don' really understand a lot the Program, and that's a good thing. I do know that "no matter what" I did not drink through those "Black out emotions" tha...	Toni Baloney	3	450	Feb 15, 2006 by amanda2u2
	I want a drink (Preview) Well, here it is again,,, snuck up on me this time,, but now I recognize the triggers. I thought I was getting through the day alright,,, well,,, maybe I am, but not without the urge to drink. I don't know... reasons? Valentine's Day alone, worki...	amanda2u2	10	616	Feb 15, 2006 by recovering jb
	To: TRUDI (Preview) Hi Trudi, Just want to say Hi, and hope that today is a better day for you. Seems like a Great Big Black Clowd went by yesterday, for a lot of us, and hope it has passed by, and stays away. Were you able to go to a meeting yesterday?, and get some time for yourself?? Love, Toni	Toni Baloney	1	445	Feb 15, 2006 by trudi
	Man and Wife (Preview) A man and his wife are dining at a table in a plush restaurant, and the husband keeps staring at a drunken lady swigging her gin as she sits alone at a nearby table. The wife asks, "Do you know her?" "Yes," sighs the husband, "She's my ex-wife. She took to drinking right after we divorced seven y...	Rick	1	435	Feb 15, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Today's gift (Preview) *God is not a cosmic bellboy. --Harry Emerson Fosdick* We have to laugh when we look back at the times we treated God like our servant. Who did we think we were, ordering God to do something for us? But we got away with it. God even did some of the things we asked. Now we know that our Higher Powe...	Rick	0	366	Feb 15, 2006 by Rick
	Coping with Grief (Preview) Hi There everyone. Today is a day where I can honestly say I feel like a Mack Truck ran into me, head on. I think because it is Valentine's day, I have been missing my little Annie Pie, my cat of over 15 years. I don't like Grief, as a matter of Fact, I friggen hate it. I do not understand wh...	Toni Baloney	1	515	Feb 15, 2006 by Rick
	Getting started (Preview) I've just made the decision to start aa. I'm at the bottom and see little light ahead. Alcohol is running my life and I realize I'm no longer able to control my world. I have found a local chapter that I want to visit and frankly I'm scared to death. I know there are others here that have been where I am.	vaughn	5	575	Feb 15, 2006 by Doll
	Daily Reflections Feb 15 (Preview) TAKING ACTION Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us--sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 One of the most important things A.A. has given me, in addition to freedom from booze,...	Doll	0	392	Feb 15, 2006 by Doll
	Daily Reflections Feb 14 (Preview) EXPECTATIONS vs. DEMANDS Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98 Dealing with expectations is a frequent topic at meetings. It isn't wrong to expect progress of...	Doll	1	921	Feb 15, 2006 by GammyRose
	acronyms (Preview) Some helpful acronyms for today: F.I.N.E. [I'm] Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic, Emotional F.E.A.R. Face Everything And Recover N.U.T.S. Not Using The Steps E.G.O. Edging God Out D.E.N.I.A.L. Don't Even Notice I Am Lying H.A.L.T. [Don't get too] Hungry, Angry, Lone...	Rick	1	457	Feb 14, 2006 by amanda2u2
	HAPPY LOVE DAY!!! (Preview) hi guys happy LOVE DAY to all!!! well the worst work in my house re-decor is over and i feel like rigormortis is setting in my tired body!!! i checked my pulse this am to see if i was still alive!!! the place (floors) looks great!!! i'll tell ya, i was...	rosie light shines	1	443	Feb 14, 2006 by Rick
	beer drinking chart (Preview) *BEER TROUBLESHOOTING CHART* SYMPTOM   ACTION Feet cold and wet. Glass being held at incorrect angle. Rotate glass so t...	Rick	0	654	Feb 14, 2006 by Rick
	So There! (Preview)	Toni Baloney	0	374	Feb 14, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	AA on Toast (Preview) AA on Toast February 1956 AA Grapevine This is what I told Joe: "There are no musts in AA. Take it cafeteria style -- take it your own way. Don't worry about the spiritual part of the program. Take the First Step, but never mind the rest of them right now. Just stay away from the first drink for twen...	Rick	1	619	Feb 14, 2006 by GammyRose
	It Just would not Post (Preview) Well, something strange happenend this morning. I went into Start a new Topic, made a Valentines Day little Post with little hearts all over the page, lost that one, and tried doing it again, lost that one too. So, the other day when I read the Post on "Does Anyone Else Hate Valentines Day?"&...	Toni Baloney	1	458	Feb 14, 2006 by GammyRose
	Cool article I just found-link (Preview) http://www.beliefnet.com/story/46/story_4696_1.html	Bonzo43	1	464	Feb 14, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Today's Thought 2/14 (Preview) Loving others begins with respect So many books have been written on how to love that many of us assume we don't know how and maybe will never learn. We can simplify the process, however, by focusing on the Golden Rule. For starters, we can treat others as respectfully as we'd like to be treated. Peo...	Doll	1	473	Feb 14, 2006 by Rick
	iT'S BETTER TO GIVE (Preview) *When a person is concerned only with giving, there is no anxiety. --Gerald Jampolsky* Whatever we give away returns to us, manifold. When we show love or understanding, when we are gentle or express genuine concern, usually the same will come right back to us. Perhaps not in kind, maybe n...	Rick	2	436	Feb 13, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Intro (Preview) Hello: I am here because I need some place to go for support and inspiration. I was sober 2 years, but began to drink again. I now live in a small town where I truly can't go to meetings because of my profession... won't go into that here. I really need an online meeting and perhaps some time soon a sponsor...	AM444	6	462	Feb 13, 2006 by AM444
	Daily Reflections Feb 13 (Preview) WE CAN'T THINK OUR WAY SOBER To the intellectually self-sufficient man or woman, many A.A.'s can say, "Yes, we were like you--far too smart for our own good.... Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brain power alone." AS BILL SEES IT, p. 60 Even the most brilliant mind is no d...	Doll	1	563	Feb 13, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	What does the word "Winner" mean to you (Preview) Hi everyone, This has been something that has been bugging me for a couple of days and would love to get some feed-back. I personally don't care for the saying "Stick with the Winners" because I have never understood what, exactly, it means. Who represents the winners???? who are they, a...	Toni Baloney	7	2205	Feb 13, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	"good" in a Christian way (Preview) When we seek to be "good" in a Christian way, we usually think of giving--after all, God has given so much to us. But in the Bible, that's not all there is to goodness. The Bible's examples of goodness come in two ways. We tend to focus on God's goodness as a sudden blessing, an undeserved gen...	Rick	0	413	Feb 13, 2006 by Rick
	progress report (Preview) well, I'm still at it,,, and progress is being made,,, however slowly. I feel like this is kind of analagous to my recovery journey in general. I've done a little bit as often as I can in the bedroom. An hour one day, and then my shoulder hurts for a couple of days and goes numb, so I have...	amanda2u2	4	462	Feb 13, 2006 by amanda2u2
	our problems (Preview) *Oh, a trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce, Or a trouble is what you make it, And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts, But only how you take it. --Edmund Vance Cooke* Once, a woman decided to throw a problem-exchange party. As guests arrived, they shed all their personal problems and t...	Rick	1	489	Feb 12, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	hi every one (Preview) ok just wanted to say hi to everyone let you all know im doing ok. the funneral wasnt thatfun but it was certainly a tribute to her life and was beautifull.now im stuck in a hotell room another day with the wife and kidds (which is a great thing by the way)the wife and i have had a lott of time to alk about thing...	benny33	3	460	Feb 12, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Hmmmmmm part 2 (Preview) Hi again all, firstly thankyou all that replyed to my recent post. I have just thought of something and was wondering if anyone here can answer my question??????? I have come to belive/understand that the main reason I drank was because I was so unhappy with my life (depressed) , parent...	flumpy	5	450	Feb 12, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	is it my puter? or this site? (Preview) *I don't know.. the stuff is only loading halfway, and not really working right. Is it me? or are other people having problems right now too?* *amanda*	amanda2u2	4	438	Feb 12, 2006 by GammyRose
	Defect--? (Preview) Reflection for the Day Since I came to The Program, I've begun to recognize my previous inability to form a true partnership with another person. It seems that my egomania created two disastrous pitfalls. Either I insisted upon dominating the people I knew, or I depended on them far too mu...	Rick	1	507	Feb 12, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Humility (Preview) Dr. Bob defining humility: On his desk, Dr. Bob had a plaque defining humility: "Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me,...	Rick	2	484	Feb 12, 2006 by Rick
	Daily Reflections Feb 12 (Preview) "THE ROOT OF OUR TROUBLES" Selfishness--self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of all our troubles. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 62 How amazing the revelation that the world, and everyone in it, can get along just fine with or without me. What a relief to know that people, places and things will...	Doll	0	386	Feb 12, 2006 by Doll
	True! (Preview) Hi all, found this on a internet search (Lazy B@&*d just copied and pasted!) There is a place I go to It's called Oblivion, An easy place to get to Go right ahead and carry on. The thing is, I have no recall Of what goes on in there, Im left with occasional flashbacks and a feeling of desp...	Cabbageheadchris	6	414	Feb 11, 2006 by flumpy
	Love this part of Step 12 (Preview) Page 112, Step Twelve, second Paragraph: "Furthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure of success? Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or pride? Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity? Can we ste...	Toni Baloney	2	464	Feb 11, 2006 by amanda2u2
	BB Pg ** I really like (Preview) Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize that we only know a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning mediation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit so...	Rick	0	489	Feb 11, 2006 by Rick
	Paradox - WE DIE TO LIVE (Preview) We DIE TO LIVE. That is a beautiful paradox straight out of the Biblical idea of being "born again" or "in losing one's life to find it." When we work at our Twelve Steps, the old life of guzzling and fuzzy thinking, and all that goes with it, gradually dies, and we acquire a different and a better way of l...	Doll	4	634	Feb 11, 2006 by Rick
	old time AA (Preview) OLD TIME AA: 1. It's not old behavior if I'm still doing it. 2. If you're looking to have an image in AA, look around at the meetings you go to and take a look at whom you're trying to impress. 3. An alcoholic is a person who wants to be held while he's isolating. 4. Sobriety is the leading cause of relapse. 5...	Rick	2	409	Feb 11, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Hmmmmmmmmmmmm (Preview) Hi all, I don't think any of you will remember me coz I spend all my time on the other site (Al-anon). Anyways I have and did find recovery through that and am greatful. But I now have a problem. Last year, the day after my 28th birthday infact, it all went pear shaped, cut a VERY long story short, I h...	flumpy	6	511	Feb 11, 2006 by Doll
	The Little Red Book for Women (Preview) Feeling the need to be perfect, comparing our progress with what we assume is the progress another woman has made, is one of the dangers we face. Women have been comparing themselves with others since childhood. The habit is not easily broken. Yet we must compare our progress today with where we were y...	Doll	0	510	Feb 11, 2006 by Doll
	today's thought (Preview) *Life deals more rigorously with some than others. --Lewis F. Presnall* How often we think about a friend, He sure is lucky! And probably just as often we say to ourselves, Why did that happen to me? It's not fair! The truth is, life isn't always fair. We don't all get the same experiences, the same l...	Rick	1	478	Feb 11, 2006 by Rick
	Daily Reflections Feb 11 (Preview) THE LIMITS OF SELF-RELIANCE We asked ourselves why we had them [fears]. Wasn't it because self-reliance failed us? ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.68 All of my character defects separate me from God's will. When I ignore my association with Him I face the world and my alcoholism alone and must depend o...	Doll	1	693	Feb 11, 2006 by Rick
	another funny website! (Preview) go to: http://www.recoverylane.com/jokes__humor.htm you know, you gotta laugh at your problems or you will go crazy. It's what gets me through every day! Humor is good medicine. Happy Friday everyone!	Michelle	1	457	Feb 11, 2006 by GammyRose
	Break Free Of Anger (Preview) Break Free Of Anger Buried resentments are difficult to escape, but there is always grace. With God's help, spiritual healing is possible. Whenever the pain of life becomes too much for you, turn immediately to Him. He may seem to ask the impossible, but hHs words supply the he...	Doll	5	580	Feb 11, 2006 by GammyRose
	Checking in (Preview) Hi Folks just checking in to give you a weekly update of sorts, hope thats OK with you guys? 2 weeks since not a drop, been to the pub tonight to meet a few friends, just still Orange juice. Quite comfortable with others drinking around me, no great "thirst". Reality is starting to hit as to what I`m...	Pauly	4	433	Feb 10, 2006 by GammyRose
	I learned a lot tonight! (Preview) I had my 6th education class tonight, this one was about drink sizes and equivalents. I had no idea I'd been drinking so much. I didn't know that a regular 12 oz beer was actually 1.5 drinks, and how it affects you. There was quite a bit of math involved, but I got a lot of new informatio...	Michelle	2	493	Feb 10, 2006 by Doll
	Prayer Request (Preview) Hi all. Just wanted to ask if you all would include my ex, who's still out there, in your prayers. I've been praying for him to be given the gift of desperation for quite some time now and I think I need some reinforments! He really needs help, but he's got to want it, so I figure it will take desperation fo...	Doll	2	422	Feb 9, 2006 by Doll
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