Alcoholics Anonymous

GammyRose · GammyRose

LOVE AND TOLERANCE Love and tolerance of others is our code    

paul · paul

The Promises… If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matt...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

I haven't drank since last June due to incarceration. I consider my release date, when I came back to AA, my sobriety date which is Feb. 28th. Last week I was at a meeting and this one guy spoke and I thought to myself this has to be my sponsor. I just knew it. After the meeting I asked him if we could t...

Rick · Rick

I was going to post this earlier. You make me think of it. so heres one for you Where is the yesterday that worried us so? --Joan Walsh Anglund In the fairy tale The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree, the oak tree felt sorry for the day-fly. The day-fly only lives for one day, and the tree was al...

Rick · Rick

FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING, PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS: 1. Peace of mind 2. Peace of heart 3. Peace of soul PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH: 1. Squash gossip 2. Squash indifference 3. Squash grumbling 4. Squash selfishness PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE: 1. Lettuce be faithful 2. Lettu...

Phil · Phil

There is a monster who lives in my head, He talks to me softly he wants me dead. He tells me this time I'll stay in control. He tells me not to let anyone know. He convinces me that no one cares, He whispers the pain is to much to bear. He tells me how wonderful I will feel. He tells me he loves me and it is real. He t...

Rick · Rick

How can disappointments be opportunities to grow? When we feel thwarted, frustrated or empty it is difficult -- but not impossible -- to see the positive side of our pain. Most disappointments come from a sense of failure when our expectations of ourselves or others are not met. If we...

Rick · Rick

I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. --Katherine Mansfield Growing up to be the best people we can be is a lifelong process. As teenagers, we may have thought that twenty-one would be a magic year for us because then we would become adults. We'd be grown up and able to handle an...

Phil · Phil

Compassion – A Powerful Doorway to Personal Growth by: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. What if there was one choice you could make that would change everything in your life for the better? Actually, there is. It’s the choice to move out of judgment and into compassion for yourself and others. Comp...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

p. 76 "Long before this booklet was even thought of, every single idea in it and many more suggestions for living sober were learned and proved successful by hundreds of thousands of alcoholics. We did this not just by reading, but also by talking to each other. At first, we mostly listen...

Rick · Rick

You know that it is going to be a bad day when you: - You wake up face down on the pavement. - You see a "60 Minutes" news team waiting in your office. - Your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles. - Your twin sister forgot your birthday. - Your car horn goes off accidentally and remains stu...

Michelle · Michelle

Good morning everyone! It's beautiful here this morning, sky is finally blue, I think there's about 4 million birds in my yard, and it appears two of my cats have lost their minds. Been extremely busy with work and my various other projects. Husband is still an ass, but we're dis...

GammyRose · GammyRose

PRAYER: IT WORKS It has been well said that "almost the only scoffers at prayer are those who never tried it enough."   Twelve

JWill · JWill

I'm an alchohic. I'm 22 years old and I've been a severe alcholic for about seven years. My parents, grandparents, uncles, etc... are also alcholics or were before they died. During these last few years I have hardly no memory of nothing and have been locked up for things I do not re...

Rick · Rick

AA is just that( a program for living) to me a program to learn to really live and get a new life. It's a program of living, not talking. You never complete the steps, you use them. I'm happy joyus and free most days, if I wasn't I'd get drunk I do a lot of meetings and I don't really care about p...

Rick · Rick

See your up early. Or just getting in ?

Rob · Rob

hi all Well tomorrow is looking like it will be a nightmare... looks like i might be in shit at work.. though its not really my fault.. been chattin with friend on phone tonight.. talking bout work. she aggrees with me that its so hard working with guy im currently working with.. tomorrow is proba...

GammyRose · GammyRose

REAL INDEPENDENCE The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are.  

HumbleOne · HumbleOne

For the first year or year and a half of my sobriety I was in fear of going back out. I was "AROUND" AA twice before. Once for 7 months and another time for 20 months. So this time around, for that year or year and a half, I was always wondering if I was going to go back out tomorrow, next week, next month or next y...

Rob · Rob

Well today... Didnt go see manager in end.. .. .. But at end of day he called me and Ashely into office.. spoke bout lack of work going out etc.. Well impressed with Ashley cos he spoke up and said he was to blame.. .. I spoke up about other points.. manager was cool... didnt moan.. just well we al...

Rick · Rick

Reflection for the Day Little by little, I'm getting over my tendency to procrastinate. I always used to put things off until tomorrow, and, of course, they never got done. Instead of "Do it now," my motto was "Tomorrow's another day." I've learned in the Program that it's far bette...

Rick · Rick

"We have three little mottoes which are apropos. Here they are: First Things First Live and Let Live Easy Does It." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 135~

Phil · Phil

Once in my life when I was small I would sleep on the floor at the end of the hall. It was cooler there and I could lie awake Thinking all the things in life it would take. To become what I wanted to be, never happened, to a guy like me. My drinking started at an early age, And often I went into a rage. Striking out...

Phil · Phil

Blame and Denial Blaming others for any set of consequences usually constitutes Denial. Denial keeps all addicts in their addictions. Defense Mechanisms Rationalizing - I don't drink/use every day, I don't have a problem. Minimizing - I don't drink/use half of what Sam drinks. Cockiness - I got it...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

The 12 Steps are divided into 3 groups of Steps: there are Steps 1 - 3, which are the Steps in which we admit that we have not been living in effective ways, ways that work and we come to believe that there is a loving God that can guide us into a better way of living and who takes up the slack when even the...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Last night at my meeting there was a whole bunch of talk about this infamous brick wall which came from our reading. How many times do I have to run into this wall before I figure out " hey this hurts. " Yet, here I go again backing up and revving up my engine " brain " to come charging my way towards this darn wa...

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

Hi all, hope your all well! Just found this on the web, posting for interest value only! Everyone is entitled to have a way of recovery, I think this one costs! http://nomoreaddiction.com/ Best wishes to all here. Stick with the 12, it works Bye for now Chris. Ps: Different things seem...

zoomie · zoomie

I'm in so much hot water over my 15 year old's behavior. She has gone wild and I'm trying so very hard to help her. I swear to God I have appointments everyday for her or sometimes two a day with shrinks,socail workers,we had court the other day to where we have 6 people there waiting to take my...

Robert · Robert

Boy am I glad its the weekend! I no longer have to be alone. I am in a good frame of mind and looking forward to going to a meeting on sunday. I am still anxious about work, I am off with a bad back, and they are coming to do a home visit on thurs to see if they can aid me back to work. I have not had any absence i...

Phil · Phil

Blaming others for the pain we feel each time someone fails to live up to our expectations is no different than burning our tongue on coffee that's too hot to swallow, and then calling our cup an idiot! -

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation 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 tran...

GammyRose · GammyRose

MYSTERIOUS WAYS . . . out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a mysterious w...

Rick · Rick

As Happy As I make it I guess ? Phil--loved the worry anda nxiety post. How we waste our time on things we have NO CONTROL OVER. -- Edited by Rick at 07:32, 2006-03-17

Rick · Rick

A old Timers words: Try calling 1-800-Wine-wine-wine. If it dosen't work try another meeting.

Rick · Rick

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 16, 2006 The Message If Alcoholics Anonymous had provided me with a social life, a job, and a husband, I'd have had no reason to place my reliance upon God. If they had done anything other than carry the message of recovery, I might have missed it. Tha...

Rick · Rick

Love is always open arms. --Leo Buscaglia There is a story about a boy who left home and dishonored his father by spending a large amount of money on fast and reckless living. When the boy's money ran out, he was faced with the prospect of returning home to face his father, knowing the father had ev...

Rick · Rick

Easy Does It So, you surrendered. You let go. Now you're ready to face a particular challenge. So you hunker down and garner all your forces. And you hit the wall again. What's wrong? you may ask. I'm doing all the spiritual things I'm supposed to do. And things still aren't working, I can'...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

from the '12 Steps and 12 Traditions' book: "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all" "Steps 8 and 9 are concerned with personal relations. First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to r...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is only the first gift of the first awakening. If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life - the one that did not work - fo...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi to everyone, It seems I can never go thru the Month of March, without honoring the Ides. They can represent Change, and I usually focus on these Mid month days, as representing something good about to happen, change for the better, is always a good thing. And somehow, if you really believ...

Phil · Phil

You know that it is going to be a bad day when you: - You wake up face down on the pavement. - You see a "60 Minutes" news team waiting in your office. - Your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles. - Your twin sister forgot your birthday. - Your car horn goes off accidentally and remains stu...

Robert · Robert

Good morning folks. I am not doing too great today. I have been stuck in the house for too long with my own thoughts. I need to interact with others! I am going to a meeting this evening, but until then I am in the house! Rob

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

HELP!!!! Today I am trying to be helpable. I'm not sure if that's a word or not. I realize that I can only stay sober by asking for help, wherever that may be. I really like this message board. I was told that I might wanna try journaling and I find that this message board works very well for focusing my min...

Rick · Rick

Optimism The Program works if you want it to work. --Anonymous Rarely do climbers stare up to see how far away the top still is. Instead, when they rest, they look down toward the starting point of their journey. The view they see assures them that they have already come a long, long way....

Rob · Rob

Anyone seen the films DRUNKS.. Has a few stars in it.. but i dont think they were famous when they made it.. cant rem half their names.. will edit when i its finished and i can check.. Cheap film.. But bout people in AA.. sharing their probs.;.. Iv never been to a meeting.. how true to life, for your e...

Phil · Phil

INTO THE HEART OF YOUR HEALING Joan Levy, LCSW Emotional Injuries Hide In Our Unconscious Throughout our lifetime, most of us have in some significant way been wounded. The physical wounds we can see. Their solutions, if available to us, are fairly straightforward. But those that take place in our m...

GammyRose · GammyRose

AS WE UNDERSTAND HIM My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea. . . . "Why don't you choose your own conception of God?" That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I stood in the sunlight at last. It was only a matt...

sober rocker · sober rocker

hey everyone, not only new to the Message Board, but Sobriety also (coming up on 5 months) I'm going to be in SD April 21 & 22 and I'm looking for a support network during that time. I found some meetings on line, just wondering if anyone around hear lives in those parts. thanks

Bonzo43 · Bonzo43

Early recovery is supposed to be kinda weird, right? Well, I'm a bit of an oddball, I've been accused of thinking too much (well, about SOME things, maybe!) but let me relate a little incident that happened and I think it's an example of my Higher Power working in his usual way of mystery laced with humor...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power. This is the last paragraph from more about alcoholism. These words are...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	March 20 AA Daily Reflection (Preview) LOVE AND TOLERANCE Love and tolerance of others is our code	GammyRose	0	1053	Mar 20, 2006 by GammyRose
	To "My name is John..." (Preview) The Promises… If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matt...	paul	1	917	Mar 20, 2006 by Phil
	I could use a little help here (Preview) I haven't drank since last June due to incarceration. I consider my release date, when I came back to AA, my sobriety date which is Feb. 28th. Last week I was at a meeting and this one guy spoke and I thought to myself this has to be my sponsor. I just knew it. After the meeting I asked him if we could t...	soberdrunk	8	874	Mar 20, 2006 by paul
	Hi trudi (Preview) I was going to post this earlier. You make me think of it. so heres one for you *Where is the yesterday that worried us so? --Joan Walsh Anglund* In the fairy tale The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree, the oak tree felt sorry for the day-fly. The day-fly only lives for one day, and the tree was al...	Rick	2	545	Mar 20, 2006 by Rick
	Plant a garden (Preview) FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING, PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS: 1. Peace of mind 2. Peace of heart 3. Peace of soul PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH: 1. Squash gossip 2. Squash indifference 3. Squash grumbling 4. Squash selfishness PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE: 1. Lettuce be faithful 2. Lettu...	Rick	3	572	Mar 20, 2006 by paul
	Relapse (Preview) There is a monster who lives in my head, He talks to me softly he wants me dead. He tells me this time I'll stay in control. He tells me not to let anyone know. He convinces me that no one cares, He whispers the pain is to much to bear. He tells me how wonderful I will feel. He tells me he loves me and it is real. He t...	Phil	6	631	Mar 20, 2006 by trudi
	Disappointment and Frustration (Preview) How can disappointments be opportunities to grow? When we feel thwarted, frustrated or empty it is difficult -- but not impossible -- to see the positive side of our pain. Most disappointments come from a sense of failure when our expectations of ourselves or others are not met. If we...	Rick	1	592	Mar 20, 2006 by Rick
	today's thought (Preview) *I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. --Katherine Mansfield* Growing up to be the best people we can be is a lifelong process. As teenagers, we may have thought that twenty-one would be a magic year for us because then we would become adults. We'd be grown up and able to handle an...	Rick	0	772	Mar 20, 2006 by Rick
	Compassion (Preview) Compassion – A Powerful Doorway to Personal Growth by: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. What if there was one choice you could make that would change everything in your life for the better? Actually, there is. It’s the choice to move out of judgment and into compassion for yourself and others. Comp...	Phil	2	1336	Mar 20, 2006 by Rick
	from "Living Sober" (Preview) p. 76 "Long before this booklet was even thought of, every single idea in it and many more suggestions for living sober were learned and proved successful by hundreds of thousands of alcoholics. We did this not just by reading, but also by talking to each other. At first, we mostly listen...	amanda2u2	1	880	Mar 20, 2006 by Bonzo43
	Bad Day (Preview) You know that it is going to be a bad day when you: - You wake up face down on the pavement. - You see a "60 Minutes" news team waiting in your office. - Your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles. - Your twin sister forgot your birthday. - Your car horn goes off accidentally and remains stu...	Rick	4	575	Mar 19, 2006 by Michelle
	It's a beautiful morning! (Preview) Good morning everyone! It's beautiful here this morning, sky is finally blue, I think there's about 4 million birds in my yard, and it appears two of my cats have lost their minds. Been extremely busy with work and my various other projects. Husband is still an ass, but we're dis...	Michelle	4	693	Mar 19, 2006 by Michelle
	March 19 AA Daily Reflection (Preview) PRAYER: IT WORKS It has been well said that "almost the only scoffers at prayer are those who never tried it enough."   Twelve	GammyRose	0	1003	Mar 19, 2006 by GammyRose
	Hi my name is John (Preview) I'm an alchohic. I'm 22 years old and I've been a severe alcholic for about seven years. My parents, grandparents, uncles, etc... are also alcholics or were before they died. During these last few years I have hardly no memory of nothing and have been locked up for things I do not re...	JWill	10	646	Mar 19, 2006 by JWill
	A program for living (Preview) AA is just that( a program for living) to me a program to learn to really live and get a new life. It's a program of living, not talking. You never complete the steps, you use them. I'm happy joyus and free most days, if I wasn't I'd get drunk I do a lot of meetings and I don't really care about p...	Rick	1	730	Mar 19, 2006 by Phil
	good morning Amanda (Preview) See your up early. Or just getting in ?	Rick	4	598	Mar 19, 2006 by Rick
	BRAIN OVER LOAD..Fed up.. NEED some support (Preview) hi all Well tomorrow is looking like it will be a nightmare... looks like i might be in shit at work.. though its not really my fault.. been chattin with friend on phone tonight.. talking bout work. she aggrees with me that its so hard working with guy im currently working with.. tomorrow is proba...	Rob	9	799	Mar 19, 2006 by juliedene
	March 18 AA daily Reflection (Preview) REAL INDEPENDENCE The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are.	GammyRose	0	974	Mar 18, 2006 by GammyRose
	Just For Today (Preview) For the first year or year and a half of my sobriety I was in fear of going back out. I was "AROUND" AA twice before. Once for 7 months and another time for 20 months. So this time around, for that year or year and a half, I was always wondering if I was going to go back out tomorrow, next week, next month or next y...	HumbleOne	3	587	Mar 18, 2006 by GammyRose
	Didnt make it to a meeting but a good day (Preview) Well today... Didnt go see manager in end.. .. .. But at end of day he called me and Ashely into office.. spoke bout lack of work going out etc.. Well impressed with Ashley cos he spoke up and said he was to blame.. .. I spoke up about other points.. manager was cool... didnt moan.. just well we al...	Rob	6	631	Mar 18, 2006 by trudi
	PROCRASTINATION (Preview) Reflection for the Day Little by little, I'm getting over my tendency to procrastinate. I always used to put things off until tomorrow, and, of course, they never got done. Instead of "Do it now," my motto was "Tomorrow's another day." I've learned in the Program that it's far bette...	Rick	1	706	Mar 18, 2006 by Rick
	3 LITTLE MOTTOES (Preview) "We have three little mottoes which are apropos. Here they are: First Things First Live and Let Live Easy Does It." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 135~	Rick	1	711	Mar 18, 2006 by Rick
	Once in my life.... (Preview) Once in my life when I was small I would sleep on the floor at the end of the hall. It was cooler there and I could lie awake Thinking all the things in life it would take. To become what I wanted to be, never happened, to a guy like me. My drinking started at an early age, And often I went into a rage. Striking out...	Phil	2	656	Mar 18, 2006 by John
	Blame and Denial (Preview) Blame and Denial Blaming others for any set of consequences usually constitutes Denial. Denial keeps all addicts in their addictions. Defense Mechanisms Rationalizing - I don't drink/use every day, I don't have a problem. Minimizing - I don't drink/use half of what Sam drinks. Cockiness - I got it...	Phil	2	602	Mar 17, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Steps 10, 11, and 12 (Preview) The 12 Steps are divided into 3 groups of Steps: there are Steps 1 - 3, which are the Steps in which we admit that we have not been living in effective ways, ways that work and we come to believe that there is a loving God that can guide us into a better way of living and who takes up the slack when even the...	amanda2u2	0	516	Mar 17, 2006 by amanda2u2
	The Brick Wall (Preview) Last night at my meeting there was a whole bunch of talk about this infamous brick wall which came from our reading. How many times do I have to run into this wall before I figure out " hey this hurts. " Yet, here I go again backing up and revving up my engine " brain " to come charging my way towards this darn wa...	soberdrunk	5	691	Mar 17, 2006 by soberdrunk
	The Alternative view (Preview) Hi all, hope your all well! Just found this on the web, posting for interest value only! Everyone is entitled to have a way of recovery, I think this one costs! http://nomoreaddiction.com/ Best wishes to all here. Stick with the 12, it works Bye for now Chris. Ps: Different things seem...	Cabbageheadchris	1	631	Mar 17, 2006 by Phil
	Crappy times (Preview) I'm in so much hot water over my 15 year old's behavior. She has gone wild and I'm trying so very hard to help her. I swear to God I have appointments everyday for her or sometimes two a day with shrinks,socail workers,we had court the other day to where we have 6 people there waiting to take my...	zoomie	9	696	Mar 17, 2006 by GammyRose
	Its the weekend! ! ! (Preview) Boy am I glad its the weekend! I no longer have to be alone. I am in a good frame of mind and looking forward to going to a meeting on sunday. I am still anxious about work, I am off with a bad back, and they are coming to do a home visit on thurs to see if they can aid me back to work. I have not had any absence i...	Robert	6	627	Mar 17, 2006 by Phil
	Doh! (Preview) Blaming others for the pain we feel each time someone fails to live up to our expectations is no different than burning our tongue on coffee that's too hot to swallow, and then calling our cup an idiot! -	Phil	5	609	Mar 17, 2006 by amanda2u2
	From Chapter 11, A Vision For You (Preview) Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation 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 tran...	Toni Baloney	2	669	Mar 17, 2006 by Rick
	March 17 AA Daily Reflection (Preview) MYSTERIOUS WAYS . . . out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a mysterious w...	GammyRose	0	624	Mar 17, 2006 by GammyRose
	Happy Friday (Preview) As Happy As I make it I guess ? Phil--loved the worry anda nxiety post. How we waste our time on things we have NO CONTROL OVER. -- Edited by Rick at 07:32, 2006-03-17	Rick	2	688	Mar 17, 2006 by Robert
	HARSH, But true (Preview) A old Timers words: Try calling 1-800-Wine-wine-wine. If it dosen't work try another meeting.	Rick	1	604	Mar 17, 2006 by Phil
	The Message (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 16, 2006 The Message If Alcoholics Anonymous had provided me with a social life, a job, and a husband, I'd have had no reason to place my reliance upon God. If they had done anything other than carry the message of recovery, I might have missed it. Tha...	Rick	1	620	Mar 17, 2006 by Phil
	LOVE (Preview) *Love is always open arms. --Leo Buscaglia* There is a story about a boy who left home and dishonored his father by spending a large amount of money on fast and reckless living. When the boy's money ran out, he was faced with the prospect of returning home to face his father, knowing the father had ev...	Rick	0	676	Mar 17, 2006 by Rick
	RELAX (Preview) Easy Does It So, you surrendered. You let go. Now you're ready to face a particular challenge. So you hunker down and garner all your forces. And you hit the wall again. What's wrong? you may ask. I'm doing all the spiritual things I'm supposed to do. And things still aren't working, I can'...	Rick	0	564	Mar 17, 2006 by Rick
	Step 8 (Preview) from the '12 Steps and 12 Traditions' book: "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all" "Steps 8 and 9 are concerned with personal relations. First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to r...	amanda2u2	0	508	Mar 16, 2006 by amanda2u2
	from "Came to Believe" (Preview) Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is only the first gift of the first awakening. If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life - the one that did not work - fo...	amanda2u2	0	559	Mar 16, 2006 by amanda2u2
	The Ides of March - Today (Preview) Hi to everyone, It seems I can never go thru the Month of March, without honoring the Ides. They can represent Change, and I usually focus on these Mid month days, as representing something good about to happen, change for the better, is always a good thing. And somehow, if you really believ...	Toni Baloney	13	746	Mar 16, 2006 by Pauly
	Worry and Anxiety (Preview) You know that it is going to be a bad day when you: - You wake up face down on the pavement. - You see a "60 Minutes" news team waiting in your office. - Your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles. - Your twin sister forgot your birthday. - Your car horn goes off accidentally and remains stu...	Phil	1	593	Mar 16, 2006 by jimdadin
	Reaching out for help (Preview) Good morning folks. I am not doing too great today. I have been stuck in the house for too long with my own thoughts. I need to interact with others! I am going to a meeting this evening, but until then I am in the house! Rob	Robert	16	1024	Mar 16, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Leaning On Others (Preview) HELP!!!! Today I am trying to be helpable. I'm not sure if that's a word or not. I realize that I can only stay sober by asking for help, wherever that may be. I really like this message board. I was told that I might wanna try journaling and I find that this message board works very well for focusing my min...	soberdrunk	4	579	Mar 16, 2006 by GammyRose
	Works if u work it (Preview) Optimism *The Program works if you want it to work. --Anonymous* Rarely do climbers stare up to see how far away the top still is. Instead, when they rest, they look down toward the starting point of their journey. The view they see assures them that they have already come a long, long way....	Rick	1	599	Mar 16, 2006 by trudi
	FILM - "DRUNKS"..seen it? (Preview) Anyone seen the films DRUNKS.. Has a few stars in it.. but i dont think they were famous when they made it.. cant rem half their names.. will edit when i its finished and i can check.. Cheap film.. But bout people in AA.. sharing their probs.;.. Iv never been to a meeting.. how true to life, for your e...	Rob	10	1235	Mar 16, 2006 by Rob
	Healing (Preview) INTO THE HEART OF YOUR HEALING Joan Levy, LCSW Emotional Injuries Hide In Our Unconscious Throughout our lifetime, most of us have in some significant way been wounded. The physical wounds we can see. Their solutions, if available to us, are fairly straightforward. But those that take place in our m...	Phil	10	691	Mar 16, 2006 by Phil
	AA Daily Reflection March 16 (Preview) AS WE UNDERSTAND HIM My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea. . . . "Why don't you choose your own conception of God?" That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I stood in the sunlight at last. It was only a matt...	GammyRose	1	2176	Mar 16, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	South Dakota (Preview) hey everyone, not only new to the Message Board, but Sobriety also (coming up on 5 months) I'm going to be in SD April 21 & 22 and I'm looking for a support network during that time. I found some meetings on line, just wondering if anyone around hear lives in those parts. thanks	sober rocker	1	636	Mar 16, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Symbolic or what? (Preview) Early recovery is supposed to be kinda weird, right? Well, I'm a bit of an oddball, I've been accused of thinking too much (well, about SOME things, maybe!) but let me relate a little incident that happened and I think it's an example of my Higher Power working in his usual way of mystery laced with humor...	Bonzo43	4	760	Mar 16, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	What do I need a higher power for? (Preview) Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power. This is the last paragraph from more about alcoholism. These words are...	soberdrunk	5	741	Mar 16, 2006 by amanda2u2
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