Alcoholics Anonymous

Doll · Doll

Just a thought; James Frey, addict/alcoholic, author of "A Million Pieces". He's been clean and sober over 13 yrs and didn't do it thru AA. Or James Christopher's book, How to Stay Sober: Recovery Without Religion. Christopher describes his own "recovery without religion." He foc...

recovering jb · recovering jb

I;ve been starting my morning routine, readings, breakfast, etc, while listening to this streaming baroque site- http://www.bach-radio.com/onair.php Very serene way to start the day! It is nice to be clean and sober, and able to enjoy this sort of thing. I'm also feeling very ...

TipsyMcStagger · TipsyMcStagger

I've abandoned the idea of "faith" for too long, I cant deal with turning over my will and my life to some mystical higher power. I don't want to spend the rest of my life struggling and fighting for the scraps of some elusive happiness and fleeting sense of peace and serenity. I dont want to be some religi...

GammyRose · GammyRose

Well, one day at a time...my plans to go to the city for the AA Gratitude meeting have changed, so I will not be going. I'm okay with not going, not so thrilled about what I'll be doing instead but will grin and have a good time anyway, that's my choice today.I would have loved to spent time wit...

Doll · Doll

God grant me the laughter to help me see the past with perspective, face the future with hope, and celebrate today--- without taking myself too seriously. God, grant me the laughter to help me see the past with perspective, face the future with hope, and celebrate today--- without taking my...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

You are reading from God Grant Me . . . Turn your wounds into wisdom. OPRAH WINFREY We’ve all been hurt. We all carry scars from the healing of wounds—big ones and small ones. In early recovery, we think about those wounds and how we got them and what we might have done differently if we could do it all ove...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

hey all, i wrote this on the end of my *justice* post, and really should have done a new post on it........geeeeez can i just work my program the best way that is best for me?????? or have the "sugesstions" now become RULES??????? below is what i wrote in respo...

Phil · Phil

Acceptance is not a state of passivity or inaction. Acceptance is, in fact, the first step to successful action. If you don't fully accept a situation precisely the way it is, you will have difficulty changing it. Moreover, if you don't fully accept the situation, you will never really know if...

Phil · Phil

Back in the saddle. How we all doin? (Smile) EASY DOES IT ....... KEEP IT SIMPLE........ LIVE AND LIVE LIVE......... LET IT GO...SOMEONE ELSE RUNS THE SHOW.......AND ME THINKS ITS GOING TO SNOW.... HAVE A NICE DAY

Rick · Rick

No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it. --Ellen Glasgow Jimmy and Karen were out catching insects for their science class. Jimmy had caught a gray moth and Karen a monarch butterfly. "My moth sure isn't very pretty," Jimmy said as he looked at the two insects. "Now...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

i decided that wendy/ amanda and rick are right!!!! i belong ANYwhere i THINK i belong..... so i am gonna post as i dang well please becuz i know my posts help / reach people......so here is my take on "JUSTICE" ************** Nobody can give yo...

Rick · Rick

Don't worry if your job is small, and your rewards are few. Remember that the mighty oak, Was once a nut like you. --Anonymous We feel better about ourselves when we can laugh at ourselves a bit. All it takes is a little attitude adjustment. For example, if I decide to learn to ski and my first day out I fa...

Rick · Rick

Don't waste your time hating a failure. --Clarissa Pickola Estes We are members of the human community. We make mistakes as we trek through this forest. We must remember that our mistakes offer us opportunities for new understanding. If we lived without error, our lives would be static, unch...

Doll · Doll

There have been some interesting topics here lately and here's one I'm curious about..... My F2F has a few that use the "marijuana maintenance program." One of them has no problem sharing this. I guestion the word "maintenance". In my opinion, that's the biggest load of horse...

FraKctured · FraKctured

These ups and downs. My moods have been all over the place. I had to take a walk the other day because my wife and boys were arguing. I found myself bitching at God and begging for an answer. If anybody would have saw me they probably would have thought I was a raving lunatic. Good Grief! I'm going to meeti...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Hope for Today - November 8 Why am I so attracted to alcoholics? I dwelled on that question for more than five years. Then while listening to an adult child speaker at Al-Anon's First International Convention, I had an unexpected spiritual awakening. It occurred to me that my m...

Badger · Badger

To everyone here for your undertanding and supportive replys, I reacted to a situation with my partner last friday by picking up a drink and then running with it by projecting an outcome that didnt happen, My partner came home from work and instead of playing the end game I had built up in my head, she sat...

cheri · cheri

Morning all. Just thought I put a gratitude list down today... Today I am grateful... that my Mom taught me how to thread a needle, so I could fix a hem at 5 am for my daughter. that the buck I almost hit with my car last night is eating my grass this morning. What a beautiful sight. that God, in his wi...

TipsyMcStagger · TipsyMcStagger

I went to a small big book meeting for the first time last night. It's a private meeting that my temp sponsor got me into with about 11 other guys in it who are all really decent stand up dudes from what I could tell. All very committed to their sobriety but still able to have a great time and laugh about it all...

GammyRose · GammyRose

Today's thought is: I have an intense desire to return to the womb. Anybodys! --Woody Allen Some days the world just doesn't seem safe. Maybe a friend died and you are hurting. Maybe you argued with a loved one. You just want someone to take care of you. You want to feel safe and warm. Turn...

TipsyMcStagger · TipsyMcStagger

Not all that impressive unless you take into account that it's the second longest stretch of sobriety I've had since I started drinking 15 years ago. I'm feeling pretty good, fairly strong, resolute...I read the literature, go to lots of meetings, share. I try to meet as many people as I can and ho...

Rick · Rick

REally busy trying to get an apartment ready for my daughter. She left her abussive man and needs my help. Been flat out for 3 or 4 days. hope all is well for all of you

Rick · Rick

"There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation. But we saw that it really worked in others..." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 25~

Rick · Rick

I posted this before I always say to myself don't ask why The Questions God Answers By Dr. Robert Schuller We often ask: "When will help come?" "When will this pain cease?" "When will my faltering faith be restored?" When? was the question asked again and again by the Old Testament pr...

Rick · Rick

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you've worked on your own corner. --Aldous Huxley Taking responsibility for our own attitudes, acti...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

hi guys, after careful thinking about it, i feel i don't belong on this board. i am going to stick with the alanon/coda/acoa boards, because , basically my issues are codependency i came here because i DID, B4 recovery abuse alcohol...i wasn't ready/able to face my demons...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

hey y'all, i just gotta share this with you guys last night i saw this movie about a guy who had lived with this woman, she had a baby, a boy, whom the guy thought was his...well he wasn't, she had fooled aroudn on him while they were living together, an...

Rick · Rick

Reflection for the Day The slogan "Live and Let Live" can be extremely helpful when we are having trouble tolerating other people's behavior. We know for certain that nobody's behavior - no matter how offensive, distasteful or vicious - is worth the price of a relapse. Our own recovery is...

GammyRose · GammyRose

Way to go jb, two weeks sober! I know that it is a miracle, we only have to do it one day at a time.....Keep doing what your doing. (((Hugs))) GammyRose -- Edited by GammyRose at 10:08, 2005-11-10

Rick · Rick

I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. SORRY--THIS POST WAS BETTER--CAN'T GET THE WHOLE THING TO GO -- Edited by Rick at 05:11, 2005-11-09

Doll · Doll

Just because I'm in recovery and sober today, does not mean my life is a bed of roses. It does not mean I'll get a raise at work and be running the company soon, that my kid won't get into trouble, that I won't lose someone I love, that financial difficulties will go away, or that I'll be "miss happy su...

Rick · Rick

a   life

GammyRose · GammyRose

Hey guys, Mikel brought up something in the post below that I'm wondering about. Does anyone else know anyone else that's in the program who admits to having a glass of wine everynight?(Sorry, what Mikel said was every Friday night,but still?) I mean in the program of AA...I just have ne...

Doll · Doll

 

Doll · Doll

My 42 year old friend will be buried tomorrow. Just thought I'd share an article regarding alcohol and the liver. It also causes kidney failure, heart failure, bleeding ulcers, and on and on......... Alcoholic Liver Disease By Howard J. Worman, M. D. Alcohol abuse is a leading cause of morbid...

Rick · Rick

I have become quite good at blocking out what I don't want to hear or notice. I have become such an expert at this that, even when not in crisis, I don't hear what other people are saying, including my children. I can be looking straight ahead at the television and not know what I'm watching. Th...

Rick · Rick

So when you are listening to somebody, Completely, attentively, then you are Listening not only to the words, but also To the feeling of what is being conveyed, To the whole of it, not part of it. --J. Krishnamurti Most of us are better talkers than listeners. When someone is talking we of...

FraKctured · FraKctured

Thanks gang- I'm happy to say that we got things straightened out at the meetings. I vented there as I did here and it was understood. I probably pissed a few off in the process but there is nothing I can do about it right now. I apologized for my outburst. It was suprising to me that many of the "oldtime...

Doll · Doll

FORGIVING YOURSELF -- Richard B. Patterson The ultimate spiritual challenge may be to forgive. But years of talking with struggling souls has convinced me that there is one person whom many of us have particularly great difficulty forgiving. That person is oneself. You may have had the expe...

GammyRose · GammyRose

This is the first time I've read the board today. I had a misreable day, first killer migraine in awhile. Don't know what brought it on, maybe the weather changes or could be a little bit of living life on lifes terms.Stress, I keep saying the Serenity Prayer, I pray for God to lead and guide me, direct my f...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

THOUGHT "There is no place in active life on which thought is negligible." -- T. S. Eliot It is not a crime to think. It is not a sin to have a brain. To think is human. However, so much of my past thinking was destructive and negative. The disease of addiction permeated every aspect of...

Mikel · Mikel

Hi, everyone. I would ask you to read the review written by Jason Gold with an open mind. This review is of the Big Book, as it appears on Amazon.com:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/1893007162/ref=cm_rev_prev/102-3364057-4522565?%5Fencoding=UTF8&c...

TipsyMcStagger · TipsyMcStagger

There are well meaning people in the program who sometimes say things that would be better left unsaid. I know they want to help by preparing a beginner for the pitfalls and such but it isn't always helpful. I have had a few AA veterans comment on my current state of happiness by saying things like "j...

TipsyMcStagger · TipsyMcStagger

I've been going to plenty of meetings, sometimes two a day. I've been participating any way I can, sharing when asked, helping clean up, etc. I found a temporary sponsor and have been talking with him daily. I am in the process of finding a beginner meeting and joining a step group and I feel like I actual...

Rick · Rick

The art of life is to show your hand. --C.V. Lucas Newcomer I've been thinking about talking to another sponsor. Not to replace you -- our relationship is important to me, and I get a lot from it -- but in addition to you. Sponsor We're lucky to have such an abundance of s...

recovering jb · recovering jb

Hey- I have 11 days now, after a really vicious cycle of 2 months on the run from everything, which included several visits to the ER- I've been to abt 20 meetings, got a sponsor, calling lots of people- I almost drank on day 2 but God and keeping myself busy seem to hav...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Relationships There is a gift for us in each relationship that comes our way.Sometimes the gift is a behavior we're learning to acquire: detachment, self esteem, becoming confident enough to set a boundary, or owning our power in another way.Some relationships trigger healing in us - healing...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

A.A. Thought for the Day I have lost many of my resentments. I have found that getting even with people doesn't do any good. When we try to get revenge, instead of making us feel better, it leaves us frustrated and cheated. Instead of punishing our enemies, we've only hurt our own peace of mind. It do...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Food Is Not Mother In the mind of a baby, "food" is synonymous with "mother." As the baby grows, the two concepts become differentiated, but perhaps never completely separated. We compulsive overeaters may still be confusing food with mother.Often we feel a great deal of hostility and resentm...

GammyRose · GammyRose

Just for today, I will stay sober, I will live life on lifes terms, I will be grateful for the small things and if anything big should happen, that's the icing on the cake.Today I will work a program, one of recovery and spirituality, I will turn my will over to the God of my understanding. Today I'm glad to...

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	Tipsy (Preview) Just a thought; James Frey, addict/alcoholic, author of "A Million Pieces". He's been clean and sober over 13 yrs and didn't do it thru AA. Or James Christopher's book, How to Stay Sober: Recovery Without Religion. Christopher describes his own "recovery without religion." He foc...	Doll	2	511	Nov 12, 2005 by Doll
	morning music and gratitude (Preview) I;ve been starting my morning routine, readings, breakfast, etc, while listening to this streaming baroque site- http://www.bach-radio.com/onair.php Very serene way to start the day! It is nice to be clean and sober, and able to enjoy this sort of thing. I'm also feeling very ...	recovering jb	4	484	Nov 12, 2005 by recovering jb
	I guess I just don't want it bad enough (Preview) I've abandoned the idea of "faith" for too long, I cant deal with turning over my will and my life to some mystical higher power. I don't want to spend the rest of my life struggling and fighting for the scraps of some elusive happiness and fleeting sense of peace and serenity. I dont want to be some religi...	TipsyMcStagger	7	752	Nov 12, 2005 by homerj
	Change of plans... (Preview) Well, one day at a time...my plans to go to the city for the AA Gratitude meeting have changed, so I will not be going. I'm okay with not going, not so thrilled about what I'll be doing instead but will grin and have a good time anyway, that's my choice today.I would have loved to spent time wit...	GammyRose	4	586	Nov 12, 2005 by Doll
	thought......... (Preview) God grant me the laughter to help me see the past with perspective, face the future with hope, and celebrate today--- without taking myself too seriously. God, grant me the laughter to help me see the past with perspective, face the future with hope, and celebrate today--- without taking my...	Doll	3	665	Nov 12, 2005 by Doll
	i am POWERLESS (Preview) You are reading from God Grant Me . . . Turn your wounds into wisdom. OPRAH WINFREY We’ve all been hurt. We all carry scars from the healing of wounds—big ones and small ones. In early recovery, we think about those wounds and how we got them and what we might have done differently if we could do it all ove...	rosie light shines	1	494	Nov 12, 2005 by Doll
	what happened to LIVE and LET live???? (Preview) hey all, i wrote this on the end of my justice post, and really should have done a new post on it........geeeeez can i just work my program the best way that is best for me?????? or have the "sugesstions" now become RULES??????? below is what i wrote in respo...	rosie light shines	3	595	Nov 12, 2005 by Phil
	Just Sharing for Today (Preview) Acceptance is not a state of passivity or inaction. Acceptance is, in fact, the first step to successful action. If you don't fully accept a situation precisely the way it is, you will have difficulty changing it. Moreover, if you don't fully accept the situation, you will never really know if...	Phil	1	716	Nov 12, 2005 by Phil
	Hey eh? (Preview) Back in the saddle. How we all doin? (Smile) EASY DOES IT ....... KEEP IT SIMPLE........ LIVE AND LIVE LIVE......... LET IT GO...SOMEONE ELSE RUNS THE SHOW.......AND ME THINKS ITS GOING TO SNOW.... HAVE A NICE DAY	Phil	6	619	Nov 12, 2005 by Doll
	THOUGHT FOR TODAY (Preview) *No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it. --Ellen Glasgow* Jimmy and Karen were out catching insects for their science class. Jimmy had caught a gray moth and Karen a monarch butterfly. "My moth sure isn't very pretty," Jimmy said as he looked at the two insects. "Now...	Rick	1	666	Nov 12, 2005 by Phil
	nobody's gonna GIVE me justice....i gotta TAKE it (Preview) i decided that wendy/ amanda and rick are right!!!! i belong ANYwhere i THINK i belong..... so i am gonna post as i dang well please becuz i know my posts help / reach people......so here is my take on "JUSTICE" ************ Nobody can give yo...**	rosie light shines	4	536	Nov 12, 2005 by rosie light shines
	TODAY'S GIFT (Preview) *Don't worry if your job is small, and your rewards are few. Remember that the mighty oak, Was once a nut like you. --Anonymous* We feel better about ourselves when we can laugh at ourselves a bit. All it takes is a little attitude adjustment. For example, if I decide to learn to ski and my first day out I fa...	Rick	0	366	Nov 12, 2005 by Rick
	TODAY'S GIFT 11/11 (Preview) *Don't waste your time hating a failure. --Clarissa Pickola Estes* We are members of the human community. We make mistakes as we trek through this forest. We must remember that our mistakes offer us opportunities for new understanding. If we lived without error, our lives would be static, unch...	Rick	1	858	Nov 12, 2005 by Rick
	My opinion..... What's yours? (Preview) There have been some interesting topics here lately and here's one I'm curious about..... My F2F has a few that use the "marijuana maintenance program." One of them has no problem sharing this. I guestion the word "maintenance". In my opinion, that's the biggest load of horse...	Doll	15	681	Nov 12, 2005 by Rick
	Will it ever end???? (Preview) These ups and downs. My moods have been all over the place. I had to take a walk the other day because my wife and boys were arguing. I found myself bitching at God and begging for an answer. If anybody would have saw me they probably would have thought I was a raving lunatic. Good Grief! I'm going to meeti...	FraKctured	12	633	Nov 12, 2005 by Rick
	WHY the attraction to other alkies??? (Preview) Hope for Today - November 8 Why am I so attracted to alcoholics? I dwelled on that question for more than five years. Then while listening to an adult child speaker at Al-Anon's First International Convention, I had an unexpected spiritual awakening. It occurred to me that my m...	rosie light shines	2	769	Nov 11, 2005 by FraKctured
	thankyou (Preview) To everyone here for your undertanding and supportive replys, I reacted to a situation with my partner last friday by picking up a drink and then running with it by projecting an outcome that didnt happen, My partner came home from work and instead of playing the end game I had built up in my head, she sat...	Badger	2	481	Nov 11, 2005 by Doll
	Today... (Preview) Morning all. Just thought I put a gratitude list down today... Today I am grateful... that my Mom taught me how to thread a needle, so I could fix a hem at 5 am for my daughter. that the buck I almost hit with my car last night is eating my grass this morning. What a beautiful sight. that God, in his wi...	cheri	3	724	Nov 11, 2005 by Doll
	Freak out... (Preview) I went to a small big book meeting for the first time last night. It's a private meeting that my temp sponsor got me into with about 11 other guys in it who are all really decent stand up dudes from what I could tell. All very committed to their sobriety but still able to have a great time and laugh about it all...	TipsyMcStagger	2	463	Nov 11, 2005 by Doll
	Today's Thought (Preview) Today's thought is: I have an intense desire to return to the womb. Anybodys! --Woody Allen Some days the world just doesn't seem safe. Maybe a friend died and you are hurting. Maybe you argued with a loved one. You just want someone to take care of you. You want to feel safe and warm. Turn...	GammyRose	1	538	Nov 11, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Day 14 (Preview) Not all that impressive unless you take into account that it's the second longest stretch of sobriety I've had since I started drinking 15 years ago. I'm feeling pretty good, fairly strong, resolute...I read the literature, go to lots of meetings, share. I try to meet as many people as I can and ho...	TipsyMcStagger	9	671	Nov 11, 2005 by TipsyMcStagger
	hello (Preview) REally busy trying to get an apartment ready for my daughter. She left her abussive man and needs my help. Been flat out for 3 or 4 days. hope all is well for all of you	Rick	1	467	Nov 11, 2005 by GammyRose
	BB (Preview) "There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation. But we saw that it really worked in others..." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 25~	Rick	3	600	Nov 11, 2005 by GammyRose
	don't ask why (Preview) I posted this before I always say to myself don't ask why The Questions God Answers By Dr. Robert Schuller We often ask: "When will help come?" "When will this pain cease?" "When will my faltering faith be restored?" When? was the question asked again and again by the Old Testament pr...	Rick	0	680	Nov 11, 2005 by Rick
	Giving advice (Preview) There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you've worked on your own corner. --Aldous Huxley Taking responsibility for our own attitudes, acti...	Rick	1	840	Nov 11, 2005 by Rick
	leaving the board..i'll never forget you all (Preview) hi guys, after careful thinking about it, i feel i don't belong on this board. i am going to stick with the alanon/coda/acoa boards, because , basically my issues are codependency i came here because i DID, B4 recovery abuse alcohol...i wasn't ready/able to face my demons...	rosie light shines	7	936	Nov 11, 2005 by Rick
	last night i cried AND had minor slip (Preview) hey y'all, i just gotta share this with you guys last night i saw this movie about a guy who had lived with this woman, she had a baby, a boy, whom the guy thought was his...well he wasn't, she had fooled aroudn on him while they were living together, an...	rosie light shines	13	1326	Nov 10, 2005 by gr8fl2dy
	Live and let live. (Preview) Reflection for the Day The slogan "Live and Let Live" can be extremely helpful when we are having trouble tolerating other people's behavior. We know for certain that nobody's behavior - no matter how offensive, distasteful or vicious - is worth the price of a relapse. Our own recovery is...	Rick	6	1056	Nov 10, 2005 by gr8fl2dy
	Congratulations jb (Preview) Way to go jb, two weeks sober! I know that it is a miracle, we only have to do it one day at a time.....Keep doing what your doing. (((Hugs))) GammyRose -- Edited by GammyRose at 10:08, 2005-11-10	GammyRose	3	757	Nov 10, 2005 by recovering jb
	are you grateful?????? (Preview) I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. SORRY--THIS POST WAS BETTER--CAN'T GET THE WHOLE THING TO GO -- Edited by Rick at 05:11, 2005-11-09	Rick	5	738	Nov 10, 2005 by gr8fl2dy
	My Life on life's terms (Preview) Just because I'm in recovery and sober today, does not mean my life is a bed of roses. It does not mean I'll get a raise at work and be running the company soon, that my kid won't get into trouble, that I won't lose someone I love, that financial difficulties will go away, or that I'll be "miss happy su...	Doll	5	999	Nov 10, 2005 by wantneeda
	LIFE (Preview) a   life	Rick	1	452	Nov 9, 2005 by cheri
	Question???? (Preview) Hey guys, Mikel brought up something in the post below that I'm wondering about. Does anyone else know anyone else that's in the program who admits to having a glass of wine everynight?(Sorry, what Mikel said was every Friday night,but still?) I mean in the program of AA...I just have ne...	GammyRose	12	989	Nov 9, 2005 by GammyRose
	Daily Reflections Nov. 9 (Preview)	Doll	0	653	Nov 9, 2005 by Doll
	Alcohol KILLS (Preview) My 42 year old friend will be buried tomorrow. Just thought I'd share an article regarding alcohol and the liver. It also causes kidney failure, heart failure, bleeding ulcers, and on and on......... Alcoholic Liver Disease By Howard J. Worman, M. D. Alcohol abuse is a leading cause of morbid...	Doll	2	839	Nov 9, 2005 by Rick
	todays gift11/8 (Preview) I have become quite good at blocking out what I don't want to hear or notice. I have become such an expert at this that, even when not in crisis, I don't hear what other people are saying, including my children. I can be looking straight ahead at the television and not know what I'm watching. Th...	Rick	1	493	Nov 8, 2005 by Rick
	today's gift 11/7 (Preview) So when you are listening to somebody, Completely, attentively, then you are Listening not only to the words, but also To the feeling of what is being conveyed, To the whole of it, not part of it. --J. Krishnamurti Most of us are better talkers than listeners. When someone is talking we of...	Rick	1	497	Nov 8, 2005 by Rick
	Back In! (really frickin' frustrated) (Preview) Thanks gang- I'm happy to say that we got things straightened out at the meetings. I vented there as I did here and it was understood. I probably pissed a few off in the process but there is nothing I can do about it right now. I apologized for my outburst. It was suprising to me that many of the "oldtime...	FraKctured	4	899	Nov 8, 2005 by GammyRose
	Forgiving Yourself (Preview) FORGIVING YOURSELF -- Richard B. Patterson The ultimate spiritual challenge may be to forgive. But years of talking with struggling souls has convinced me that there is one person whom many of us have particularly great difficulty forgiving. That person is oneself. You may have had the expe...	Doll	2	5450	Nov 8, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Good night.... (Preview) This is the first time I've read the board today. I had a misreable day, first killer migraine in awhile. Don't know what brought it on, maybe the weather changes or could be a little bit of living life on lifes terms.Stress, I keep saying the Serenity Prayer, I pray for God to lead and guide me, direct my f...	GammyRose	4	676	Nov 8, 2005 by rosie light shines
	TODAY i am free to change my thoughts (Preview) THOUGHT "There is no place in active life on which thought is negligible." -- T. S. Eliot It is not a crime to think. It is not a sin to have a brain. To think is human. However, so much of my past thinking was destructive and negative. The disease of addiction permeated every aspect of...	rosie light shines	0	563	Nov 8, 2005 by rosie light shines
	A Hard Look at AA (Preview) Hi, everyone. I would ask you to read the review written by Jason Gold with an open mind. This review is of the Big Book, as it appears on Amazon.com:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/1893007162/ref=cm_rev_prev/102-3364057-4522565?%5Fencoding=UTF8&c...	Mikel	5	863	Nov 8, 2005 by TipsyMcStagger
	Step 4... (Preview) There are well meaning people in the program who sometimes say things that would be better left unsaid. I know they want to help by preparing a beginner for the pitfalls and such but it isn't always helpful. I have had a few AA veterans comment on my current state of happiness by saying things like "j...	TipsyMcStagger	6	934	Nov 7, 2005 by GammyRose
	10 days... (Preview) I've been going to plenty of meetings, sometimes two a day. I've been participating any way I can, sharing when asked, helping clean up, etc. I found a temporary sponsor and have been talking with him daily. I am in the process of finding a beginner meeting and joining a step group and I feel like I actual...	TipsyMcStagger	6	731	Nov 7, 2005 by rosie light shines
	today's gift 11/6 (Preview) *The art of life is to show your hand. --C.V. Lucas* Newcomer I've been thinking about talking to another sponsor. Not to replace you -- our relationship is important to me, and I get a lot from it -- but in addition to you. Sponsor We're lucky to have such an abundance of s...	Rick	2	601	Nov 7, 2005 by rosie light shines
	one more day sober (Preview) Hey- I have 11 days now, after a really vicious cycle of 2 months on the run from everything, which included several visits to the ER- I've been to abt 20 meetings, got a sponsor, calling lots of people- I almost drank on day 2 but God and keeping myself busy seem to hav...	recovering jb	2	660	Nov 7, 2005 by rosie light shines
	gratitude/ even for the "pains in the butt" (Preview) Relationships There is a gift for us in each relationship that comes our way.Sometimes the gift is a behavior we're learning to acquire: detachment, self esteem, becoming confident enough to set a boundary, or owning our power in another way.Some relationships trigger healing in us - healing...	rosie light shines	0	593	Nov 7, 2005 by rosie light shines
	revenge....short term high...long term low (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day I have lost many of my resentments. I have found that getting even with people doesn't do any good. When we try to get revenge, instead of making us feel better, it leaves us frustrated and cheated. Instead of punishing our enemies, we've only hurt our own peace of mind. It do...	rosie light shines	0	785	Nov 7, 2005 by rosie light shines
	my mom is not in my refridgerator (Preview) Food Is Not Mother In the mind of a baby, "food" is synonymous with "mother." As the baby grows, the two concepts become differentiated, but perhaps never completely separated. We compulsive overeaters may still be confusing food with mother.Often we feel a great deal of hostility and resentm...	rosie light shines	0	681	Nov 7, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Today... (Preview) Just for today, I will stay sober, I will live life on lifes terms, I will be grateful for the small things and if anything big should happen, that's the icing on the cake.Today I will work a program, one of recovery and spirituality, I will turn my will over to the God of my understanding. Today I'm glad to...	GammyRose	4	630	Nov 7, 2005 by cheri
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