Alcoholics Anonymous

Doll · Doll

I don't think you're suddenly going to begin to look at the world with new eyes when you're eighty if you haven't been doing it when you're thirty. --Janice Clark We are creatures of habit as evidenced by our getting stuck in old viewpoints long after they have quit serving us. However, that fact do...

Doll · Doll

GOAL: SANITY "...Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I can't say upon what occasion or on what day I came to believe in a power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 27 "Came to believe!" I gave lip service to my beli...

Phil · Phil

The decision to forgive yourself or somebody else is a vote to live in the present moment. "I'll never forgive my mother for that!" "I can't forgive myself!" Are these familiar expressions? If we refuse to forgive somebody then we are really saying, "Instead of taking some action to improve matters,...

Phil · Phil

Resentment is the: harboring of animosity against a person or group of people whom I feel has mistreated me.unresolved anger I have over a negative event which occurred in my past life. seething, aching emotional turmoil I feel whenever a certain person or event is discussed. lack of forgiving, t...

Doll · Doll

Bonzo mentioned Post Acute Withdrawal. Here's a website in case anyone's interested. http://www.tlctx.com/ar_pages/paw_part1.htm

Rick · Rick

Pc**needed to be reformated and if been off line a couple days. I don't know if i'll ever be able to catch up on posts. Site has got pretty active. Hope all is well here. Amanda got that apt fixed ??

Michelle · Michelle

but I' rather share the positive feelings! c'mon everyone, be happy! I like sharing all the stuff that I used to miss. go to laugh.com, funnier than **** just don't get offended too easy.

Michelle · Michelle

Imagine half a dozen grade-school kids running around in the pouring rain wih big water guns! that was hilarious, especially when the the old chinese guy grabbed a bucket and took them on! My job isnt't always boring...

GammyRose · GammyRose

Just wanted to say welcome to MIP Wanda. I read your post below, living life on lifes terms, one day at a time.Thanks for your share and keep posting, please. (((Hugs))) GammyRose

Doll · Doll

Where you hidin' dude??? You gotta find time to at least check in every couple days or I get worried.

Doll · Doll

OUR COMMON WELFARE COMES FIRST The unity of Alcoholics Anonymous is the most cherished quality our Society has. . . . We stay whole, or A.A. dies. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 129 Our Traditions are key elements in the ego deflation process necessary to achieve and maintain sobriety in Alco...

Hurricane · Hurricane

Is it true that someone seeking recovery is not supposed to make any major life changes in the first year? i.e. divorce, moving, etc? If this is true, then what would it mean if someone were to make those major life changes in the first couple months of recovery??

Doll · Doll

The First Drink It is the first drink which triggers, immediately or some time later, the compulsion to drink more and more until we are in drinking trouble again. Many of us have come to believe that our alcoholism is an addiction to the drug alcohol; like addicts of any sort who want to maintain recove...

Pauly · Pauly

Where do I start. I Hope you guys do not object to me posting on here given the distance involved. Big day for me on Friday, had my customary cans of lager (8 on Thursday) the night before, started the day as usual: slow, groggy, no headache..and something changed. I started searching the web, googling a...

Doll · Doll

To "let go" does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To "let go" is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To "let go" is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. To "let go" is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome...

Phil · Phil

SELF ESTEEM, SELF LOVE and SELF CENTEREDNESS by Nancy Poitou, M.A., M.F.T. I have been asked often about what is self-esteem, self-love and self-centeredness. These are very good questions and it is a fine line that separates these concepts. Self esteem means to hold oneself in high estee...

JJ fitz · JJ fitz

Hi I am jack I am having a troubled time-I have been going to meetings for 34 years-i relapsed in '99 I just celebraed my 6th year. tonight. I should be happy but the last 6 years have been a night mare. I watched my brother perish in the 9/11 =wtc bldg 1. I survived that with out drinking-last august I wa...

Doll · Doll

FREEDOM FROM . . . FREEDOM TO We are going to know a new freedom. . . . ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 83 Freedom for me is both freedom from and freedom to. The first freedom I enjoy is freedom from the slavery of alcohol. What a relief! Then I begin to experience freedom from fear - fear of people, of economic ins...

Cafe6 · Cafe6

What are the statistics of permanent recovery resulting from divorce? Is it believed that for a full recovery you have to completely start your life over, and divorcing your spouse because maybe you feel as though your problems are a result of your marriage? I'm curious to know how ma...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

I just got back from the cultural celebration at church. I enjoyed myself. There was music, food, people. I didn't used to be able to join in and feel like I belonged anywhere. But I am making progress, even though I am not yet perfect. The topics of this morning? Good topic...

recovering jb · recovering jb

Hey- I had read about this forum on Buddhism and Neuroscience at Stanford University, featuring the Dalai Lama and a panel scientists- Very interesting lectures- One series is on Craving, Suffering, and Choice. You can download them from this site- http://itunes.stanford.edu/ Yo...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Good morning all, I just want to mention something - that came with me when I moved from the bay area. There was a Suggestion at the beginning of ALL AA Meetings that before the meeting began, it was stated, Please limit your shares to five minutes if you can, so that others will have their turn, a...

Michelle · Michelle

I just felt like sharing a bit of my happiness. It's raining here again, but yesterday we had a few hours of no rain. It's always nice to get outside and play. Did some soccer practice with my 10 year old girl, she just started playing indoor soccer at the boys&girls club.&nbs...

Phil · Phil

Going to Meetings I am still amazed, after years of recovering, at how easily I can begin to talk myself out of attending meetings. I am also still amazed at how good I feel when I go. --Anonymous We don't have to stay stuck in our misery and discomfort. An immediate option is available that wi...

jersey · jersey

"Acceptance" "And acceptance is the answer to *all* my problems. today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation---some fact of my life---unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, p...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

Many of us have not had a healthy concept of 'boundaries', and have been, rather, 'all of nothing' in our attitudes. Many of us have come from dysfunctional families in which we were not allowed to have healthy boundaries. We were violated in many ways, and witnessed others being violat...

jersey · jersey

Living the Compassionate Life by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama As human beings we all have the potential to be happy and compassionate people, and we also have the potential to be miserable and harmful to others. The potential for all these things is present within each of us. If we wa...

Doll · Doll

THE JOY OF SHARING Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you. to have a host of friends - this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it. Frequent contact with newcomers and...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Just wanted to share what tolerance means to me. The first thing that comes to mind, before I look elsewhere, Is to practice Tolerance with myself - my shortcomings, -self forgiveness must come before we can extend that to others, as was mentioned in an Earlier Post. Forgiveness...

wagon · wagon

AA Thought for the Day January 28, 2006 Tolerance Honesty with ourselves and others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way. Experience shows that few alcoholics will long stay away from a group just because they don't like the way it is run. Most return and adjust themselves to...

Phil · Phil

Principles of the 12 Steps: STEP: (The steps are printed on pages 59 & 60 of the Big Book.) 1. Surrender. (Capitulation to hopelessness.) 2. Hope. (Step 2 is the mirror image or opposite of step 1. In step 1 we admit that alcohol is our higher power, and that our lives are unmanageabl...

Doll · Doll

1 ) Stay away from that first drink, taking the 1st step daily. 2 ) Attend AA regularly and get involved. 3 ) Progress is made ONE DAY AT A TIME. 4 ) Use the 24 Hour plan. 5 ) Remember, your disease is incurable, progressive and fatal. 6 ) Do first things first. 7 ) Don't become too tired. 8 ) Eat at regular hours...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Good Morning, I am going to spend the day cleaning up, washing windows, polishing wood, vacuuming, and making things look really their best. I am Roasting a Duck, tommorow, by Request, for a person that I have only known for 8 months, that is moving out of state. It is a farewell to someone...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Question: how many Alcoholics do you need to change a lightbulb? Answer: Only one, but the Lightbulb really has to want to be changed! Quiz for the day is OVER, thank God! Love you all and Have a Great Saturday! Toni

Rick · Rick

The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. --Martin Luther King, Jr. An essential aid to following the path of the inner voice is practicing forgiveness. Resentment comes from the Latin word resentir to feel over and over again. By repeatedly re-experiencing the old resentments...

Phil · Phil

Staying in the Present Moment Often, one of our biggest questions is "What's going to happen?" We may ask this about our relationships, our career, our recovery, and our life. It is easy to tangle us up in worrisome thoughts. Worrying about what's going to happen blocks us from functioning eff...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

"Practice these principles in all our affairs" That is really not easy to do,, but what is the point otherwise? If I only practice the principles at certain times, when I feel like it, or with certain easy-to-get-along-with likable favorites, or if I practice them only half way, I wil...

franklin · franklin

I haven't had the time to post about my personal struggle lately, but things are going ok for me. Still have some hard times ofcourse but I'm still able tofight them, and it is getting easier! But Í just had to share the following stuff with you guys: * I got a new job starting this monday, paying real g...

Doll · Doll

THE TREASURE OF THE PAST Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now. Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have -- the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and m...

jersey · jersey

The self-defined “Victim” uses stealth personal power strategies to cope with anger, to“control” situations and other people in order to punish and to maintain a sense of superiority. Making use of "stealth" behavior provides the self-defined "Victim" a safety net while acting out this negativ...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

Well, here we are. We made it thru the week. Thank God. Things are mostly the same, but.. I'm plodding through it all. How about you all? love in recovery, amanda

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Well I did go to a meeting today and it was really good - am starting to fit in, first I had to tell them why I was not feeling like I was fitting in, my old thinking stuff. But I have a Problem today with my PC, and it is making me feel #*$$#*&##$%&(*...

trudi · trudi

I am a mother of two children 3 and 2 I have had 13 months sober upto November 2005 and I was secretary for a meeting. But I picked up 8th November 2005 and got done for drink driving. Since then I have found it hard to put the drink down for good. I can go several weeks or even a few days and then it happens...

jeannie · jeannie

I have something good to say today because it is my sixth month of sobriety today. I can not believe that it has been this long! It has been especially hard the last couple of weeks with the loss of a very close friend. This to shall pass. The s...

Rick · Rick

I'm slipping when I begin to dislike the company and conversation of the Program. --Anonymous There is a reason why a lamb gets separated from a flock. The flock will be eating on a particular pasture and a lamb will take a fancy to graze just off to the edge of the field. So the lamb takes a li...

Phil · Phil

When men are rightfully occupied, then their amusement grows out of their work as the color petals out of a fruitful garden. --John Ruskin What do we need most in order to be happy? Certainly we all need to be loved. Yet we need even more than that. The spirit also wishes to be needed. When we...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

People appreciated the topic discussion shared on earlier.. so I decided to try my hand at posting up a topic. I have an approved list of discussion topics here, and was looking at them, cuz they fell off my shelf.. and decided that I'd pick one and put it up... and it turned out to be:...

Doll · Doll

FREEDOM FROM GUILT Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word "blame" from our speech and thought. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 47 When I become willing to accept my own powerlessness, I begin to realize that blaming myself for all the trouble in my life can be an ego trip back i...

Doll · Doll

What do you call cheese that isn't yours? Nacho Cheese.

Phil · Phil

If you are in a relationship, check it out the next time you have a fight: Maybe you are both coming out of your twelve-year-olds. If you are a parent, maybe the reason you have a problem sometimes is because you are reacting to your six-year-old child out of the six-year-old child within y...

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	Today's Thought (Preview) I don't think you're suddenly going to begin to look at the world with new eyes when you're eighty if you haven't been doing it when you're thirty. --Janice Clark We are creatures of habit as evidenced by our getting stuck in old viewpoints long after they have quit serving us. However, that fact do...	Doll	0	402	Feb 1, 2006 by Doll
	Daily Reflection Feb 1 (Preview) GOAL: SANITY "...Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I can't say upon what occasion or on what day I came to believe in a power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 27 "Came to believe!" I gave lip service to my beli...	Doll	1	427	Feb 1, 2006 by Phil
	Something on Forgiving.. (Preview) The decision to forgive yourself or somebody else is a vote to live in the present moment. "I'll never forgive my mother for that!" "I can't forgive myself!" Are these familiar expressions? If we refuse to forgive somebody then we are really saying, "Instead of taking some action to improve matters,...	Phil	6	497	Jan 31, 2006 by jeannie
	Resentment (Preview) *Resentment is the:* harboring of animosity against a person or group of people whom I feel has mistreated me.unresolved anger I have over a negative event which occurred in my past life. seething, aching emotional turmoil I feel whenever a certain person or event is discussed. lack of forgiving, t...	Phil	8	487	Jan 31, 2006 by rosie light shines
	P.A.W. (Preview) Bonzo mentioned Post Acute Withdrawal. Here's a website in case anyone's interested. http://www.tlctx.com/ar_pages/paw_part1.htm	Doll	4	477	Jan 31, 2006 by Doll
	Good Morning (Preview) Pc**needed to be reformated and if been off line a couple days. I don't know if i'll ever be able to catch up on posts. Site has got pretty active. Hope all is well here. Amanda got that apt fixed ??	Rick	1	430	Jan 31, 2006 by Rick
	hope nobody minds... (Preview) but I' rather share the positive feelings! c'mon everyone, be happy! I like sharing all the stuff that I used to miss. go to laugh.com, funnier than **** just don't get offended too easy.	Michelle	2	454	Jan 31, 2006 by Hanuman
	happy thought of the day :) (Preview) Imagine half a dozen grade-school kids running around in the pouring rain wih big water guns! that was hilarious, especially when the the old chinese guy grabbed a bucket and took them on! My job isnt't always boring...	Michelle	3	454	Feb 2, 2006 by Michelle
	Welcome Wandajf (Preview) Just wanted to say welcome to MIP Wanda. I read your post below, living life on lifes terms, one day at a time.Thanks for your share and keep posting, please. (((Hugs))) GammyRose	GammyRose	1	428	Jan 31, 2006 by Doll
	FRAAANNNKKKLIN (Preview) Where you hidin' dude??? You gotta find time to at least check in every couple days or I get worried.	Doll	2	404	Jan 31, 2006 by Doll
	Daily Reflection Jan 31 (Preview) OUR COMMON WELFARE COMES FIRST The unity of Alcoholics Anonymous is the most cherished quality our Society has. . . . We stay whole, or A.A. dies. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 129 Our Traditions are key elements in the ego deflation process necessary to achieve and maintain sobriety in Alco...	Doll	1	436	Jan 31, 2006 by GammyRose
	No changes in the first year? (Preview) Is it true that someone seeking recovery is not supposed to make any major life changes in the first year? i.e. divorce, moving, etc? If this is true, then what would it mean if someone were to make those major life changes in the first couple months of recovery??	Hurricane	9	1822	Jan 31, 2006 by Hanuman
	The 1st Drink, Tolerance, Guilt (Preview) The First Drink It is the first drink which triggers, immediately or some time later, the compulsion to drink more and more until we are in drinking trouble again. Many of us have come to believe that our alcoholism is an addiction to the drug alcohol; like addicts of any sort who want to maintain recove...	Doll	2	499	Jan 30, 2006 by Phil
	Greetings from the U.K. (Preview) Where do I start. I Hope you guys do not object to me posting on here given the distance involved. Big day for me on Friday, had my customary cans of lager (8 on Thursday) the night before, started the day as usual: slow, groggy, no headache..and something changed. I started searching the web, googling a...	Pauly	9	488	Jan 31, 2006 by Pauly
	To "LET GO" (Preview) To "let go" does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To "let go" is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To "let go" is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. To "let go" is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome...	Doll	4	741	Jan 30, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Sharing An Article about Self.. (Preview) SELF ESTEEM, SELF LOVE and SELF CENTEREDNESS by Nancy Poitou, M.A., M.F.T. I have been asked often about what is self-esteem, self-love and self-centeredness. These are very good questions and it is a fine line that separates these concepts. Self esteem means to hold oneself in high estee...	Phil	3	542	Jan 31, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	need a sincere reply (Preview) Hi I am jack I am having a troubled time-I have been going to meetings for 34 years-i relapsed in '99 I just celebraed my 6th year. tonight. I should be happy but the last 6 years have been a night mare. I watched my brother perish in the 9/11 =wtc bldg 1. I survived that with out drinking-last august I wa...	JJ fitz	6	523	Jan 30, 2006 by Chrisb
	Daily Reflection Jan 30 (Preview) FREEDOM FROM . . . FREEDOM TO We are going to know a new freedom. . . . ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 83 Freedom for me is both freedom from and freedom to. The first freedom I enjoy is freedom from the slavery of alcohol. What a relief! Then I begin to experience freedom from fear - fear of people, of economic ins...	Doll	4	506	Jan 30, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Is it more possible to stay sober if you get divorced? (Preview) What are the statistics of permanent recovery resulting from divorce? Is it believed that for a full recovery you have to completely start your life over, and divorcing your spouse because maybe you feel as though your problems are a result of your marriage? I'm curious to know how ma...	Cafe6	8	599	Jan 30, 2006 by wandajf
	have a great day! (Preview) I just got back from the cultural celebration at church. I enjoyed myself. There was music, food, people. I didn't used to be able to join in and feel like I belonged anywhere. But I am making progress, even though I am not yet perfect. *The topics of this morning? Good topic...*	amanda2u2	2	406	Jan 29, 2006 by Doll
	Craving, Suffering, and Choice lectures (Preview) Hey- I had read about this forum on Buddhism and Neuroscience at Stanford University, featuring the Dalai Lama and a panel scientists- Very interesting lectures- One series is on Craving, Suffering, and Choice. You can download them from this site- http://itunes.stanford.edu/ Yo...	recovering jb	0	492	Jan 29, 2006 by recovering jb
	No Cross Talk - Please (Preview) Good morning all, I just want to mention something - that came with me when I moved from the bay area. There was a Suggestion at the beginning of ALL AA Meetings that before the meeting began, it was stated, Please limit your shares to five minutes if you can, so that others will have their turn, a...	Toni Baloney	5	585	Jan 30, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Hi everyone! (Preview) I just felt like sharing a bit of my happiness. It's raining here again, but yesterday we had a few hours of no rain. It's always nice to get outside and play. Did some soccer practice with my 10 year old girl, she just started playing indoor soccer at the boys&girls club.&nbs...	Michelle	3	445	Jan 29, 2006 by Doll
	Going To Meetings (Preview) Going to Meetings I am still amazed, after years of recovering, at how easily I can begin to talk myself out of attending meetings. I am also still amazed at how good I feel when I go. --Anonymous We don't have to stay stuck in our misery and discomfort. An immediate option is available that wi...	Phil	4	510	Mar 29, 2013 by Col
	acceptance-449 BB (Preview) "Acceptance" "And acceptance is the answer to all my problems. today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation---some fact of my life---unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, p...	jersey	5	2591	Jan 30, 2006 by Doll
	topic - boundaries (Preview) Many of us have not had a healthy concept of 'boundaries', and have been, rather, 'all of nothing' in our attitudes. Many of us have come from dysfunctional families in which we were not allowed to have healthy boundaries. We were violated in many ways, and witnessed others being violat...	amanda2u2	8	583	Jan 30, 2006 by amanda2u2
	compassion (Preview) Living the Compassionate Life by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama As human beings we all have the potential to be happy and compassionate people, and we also have the potential to be miserable and harmful to others. The potential for all these things is present within each of us. If we wa...	jersey	3	472	Jan 29, 2006 by Doll
	Daily Reflection Jan 29 (Preview) THE JOY OF SHARING Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you. to have a host of friends - this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it. Frequent contact with newcomers and...	Doll	3	779	Jan 29, 2006 by Bonzo43
	On Tolerance ..... Want to share? (Preview) Just wanted to share what tolerance means to me. The first thing that comes to mind, before I look elsewhere, Is to practice Tolerance with myself - my shortcomings, -self forgiveness must come before we can extend that to others, as was mentioned in an Earlier Post. Forgiveness...	Toni Baloney	10	936	Jan 29, 2006 by ZuZu
	big book (Preview) AA Thought for the Day January 28, 2006 Tolerance Honesty with ourselves and others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way. Experience shows that few alcoholics will long stay away from a group just because they don't like the way it is run. Most return and adjust themselves to...	wagon	1	447	Jan 28, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Principles Of The 12 Steps (Preview) Principles of the 12 Steps: STEP: (The steps are printed on pages 59 & 60 of the Big Book.) 1. Surrender. (Capitulation to hopelessness.) 2. Hope. (Step 2 is the mirror image or opposite of step 1. In step 1 we admit that alcohol is our higher power, and that our lives are unmanageabl...	Phil	5	1135	Jan 28, 2006 by rosie light shines
	90 Tools For Sobriety (Preview) 1 ) Stay away from that first drink, taking the 1st step daily. 2 ) Attend AA regularly and get involved. 3 ) Progress is made ONE DAY AT A TIME. 4 ) Use the 24 Hour plan. 5 ) Remember, your disease is incurable, progressive and fatal. 6 ) Do first things first. 7 ) Don't become too tired. 8 ) Eat at regular hours...	Doll	4	1337	Jan 29, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	Gratitude! (Preview) Good Morning, I am going to spend the day cleaning up, washing windows, polishing wood, vacuuming, and making things look really their best. I am Roasting a Duck, tommorow, by Request, for a person that I have only known for 8 months, that is moving out of state. It is a farewell to someone...	Toni Baloney	3	448	Jan 29, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	How Many Alcoholic Do You Need (Preview) Question: how many Alcoholics do you need to change a lightbulb? Answer: Only one, but the Lightbulb really has to want to be changed! Quiz for the day is OVER, thank God! Love you all and Have a Great Saturday! Toni	Toni Baloney	0	468	Jan 28, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Let go of it (Preview) *The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. --Martin Luther King, Jr.* An essential aid to following the path of the inner voice is practicing forgiveness. Resentment comes from the Latin word resentir to feel over and over again. By repeatedly re-experiencing the old resentments...	Rick	1	441	Jan 28, 2006 by wagon
	Saturday (Preview) Staying in the Present Moment Often, one of our biggest questions is "What's going to happen?" We may ask this about our relationships, our career, our recovery, and our life. It is easy to tangle us up in worrisome thoughts. Worrying about what's going to happen blocks us from functioning eff...	Phil	0	474	Jan 28, 2006 by Phil
	topic - Practice These Principles (Preview) *"Practice these principles in all our affairs"* That is really not easy to do,, but what is the point otherwise? If I only practice the principles at certain times, when I feel like it, or with certain easy-to-get-along-with likable favorites, or if I practice them only half way, I wil...	amanda2u2	3	531	Jan 28, 2006 by GammyRose
	Luck is coming my way! (Preview) I haven't had the time to post about my personal struggle lately, but things are going ok for me. Still have some hard times ofcourse but I'm still able tofight them, and it is getting easier! But Í just had to share the following stuff with you guys: * I got a new job starting this monday, paying real g...	franklin	5	761	Jan 29, 2006 by GammyRose
	Daily Reflection Jan 28 (Preview) THE TREASURE OF THE PAST Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now. Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have -- the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and m...	Doll	2	680	Jan 28, 2006 by Doll
	the victim (Preview) The self-defined “Victim” uses stealth personal power strategies to cope with anger, to“control” situations and other people in order to punish and to maintain a sense of superiority. Making use of "stealth" behavior provides the self-defined "Victim" a safety net while acting out this negativ...	jersey	5	1669	Jan 28, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Friday night (Preview) *Well, here we are. We made it thru the week. Thank God. Things are mostly the same, but.. I'm plodding through it all. How about you all?* *love in recovery,* *amanda*	amanda2u2	4	649	Jan 28, 2006 by Rick
	Feeling out of Control! (Preview) Well I did go to a meeting today and it was really good - am starting to fit in, first I had to tell them why I was not feeling like I was fitting in, my old thinking stuff. But I have a Problem today with my PC, and it is making me feel #$$#&##$%&(*...	Toni Baloney	3	623	Jan 28, 2006 by Rick
	please help (Preview) I am a mother of two children 3 and 2 I have had 13 months sober upto November 2005 and I was secretary for a meeting. But I picked up 8th November 2005 and got done for drink driving. Since then I have found it hard to put the drink down for good. I can go several weeks or even a few days and then it happens...	trudi	16	959	Jan 30, 2006 by trudi
	SHARE (Preview) I have something good to say today because it is my sixth month of sobriety today. I can not believe that it has been this long! It has been especially hard the last couple of weeks with the loss of a very close friend. This to shall pass. The s...	jeannie	5	698	Jan 28, 2006 by Rick
	So True (Preview) *I'm slipping when I begin to dislike the company and conversation of the Program. --Anonymous* There is a reason why a lamb gets separated from a flock. The flock will be eating on a particular pasture and a lamb will take a fancy to graze just off to the edge of the field. So the lamb takes a li...	Rick	5	820	Jan 28, 2006 by Bonzo43
	Friday (Preview) *When men are rightfully occupied, then their amusement grows out of their work as the color petals out of a fruitful garden. --John Ruskin* What do we need most in order to be happy? Certainly we all need to be loved. Yet we need even more than that. The spirit also wishes to be needed. When we...	Phil	3	531	Jan 27, 2006 by Rick
	topic - living one day at a time (Preview) People appreciated the topic discussion shared on earlier.. so I decided to try my hand at posting up a topic. I have an approved list of discussion topics here, and was looking at them, cuz they fell off my shelf.. and decided that I'd pick one and put it up... and it turned out to be:...	amanda2u2	7	971	Jan 27, 2006 by GammyRose
	Daily Reflection Jan 27 (Preview) FREEDOM FROM GUILT Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word "blame" from our speech and thought. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 47 When I become willing to accept my own powerlessness, I begin to realize that blaming myself for all the trouble in my life can be an ego trip back i...	Doll	2	459	Jan 27, 2006 by Rick
	Sorry, but I just HAD to (Preview) What do you call cheese that isn't yours? Nacho Cheese.	Doll	5	692	Jan 28, 2006 by franklin
	Relationship Co-Dependence (Preview) If you are in a relationship, check it out the next time you have a fight: Maybe you are both coming out of your twelve-year-olds. If you are a parent, maybe the reason you have a problem sometimes is because you are reacting to your six-year-old child out of the six-year-old child within y...	Phil	0	1069	Jan 26, 2006 by Phil
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