Alcoholics Anonymous

wantneeda · wantneeda

Each day we awaken to a full account, a deposit made of 86,400 seconds in a day. Each night the account is depleted, no carry over into tomorrow, no overdrafts. What we do with our Time bank is up to us. Make each moment count!!! Have a great sober day, stay safe and smilin'!!!!!

Phil · Phil

You gettting married my freind? Are you out of your skull? hehehe Hey Buddy. Im kidding with yu. Wishing you all the best, and happiness to come. One day at a time.

Phil · Phil

An element of recovery is learning that we deserve success, the good things that come to us, and also that pain is a reality. We have the strength to deal with that pain without medicating, and it will pass. --Dudley Martineau Many of us didn't understand the changing variables in being human. Our...

ellen · ellen

To see how erratic emotions victimized us often took a long time. We could perceive them quickly in others, but only slowly in ourselves. First of all, we had to admit that we had many of these defects, even though such disclosures were painful and humiliating. Where other people...

Nic · Nic

Drawing without an eraser

GammyRose · GammyRose

I'm glad you checked in , I miss you when you don't. How are things going in your life? Have you started gardening yet? I've been doing a little at my house and the church. You are right about the 11th and 12th step, that's when God is leading and guiding me.He has blessed me so that I can be a blessing to oth...

Nic · Nic

Oookay...I can't find any direct emails, but I would particularly like to pass this on to Phil, Stan and Cabbagehead. There may also be others who find this amusing...BUT...there may be some who do not. Soooooo, all those who are easily offended by the development of the English lang...

miller · miller

My wife and kids just stopped by. On their way back from the horse arena to where they are staying. They left 12 days ago and had no real reason to stop in tonight other than to say Hi. It was wonderfull seeing them. They are full of bitterness and I know it may take a long time, but Im praying to God to soften...

ellen · ellen

Having one of thoes days. my husband is a trumpet player, he plays in this blues band. He and I are going on three years this year. I went to one of his gigs last night and stayed up past 2a which is a big deal when you get used to 10p as a bed time. I don't know how i used to do it. I mean p...

GammyRose · GammyRose

Hi Wendy, Just read your post below. I will be praying for you and your Mom.It would be tough to be so far away from a loved one who is sick, God can see you through this. I am praying you make that 10 months, go to a meeting,call your sponsor or someone in the program, post here, but don't pick up a drink. This t...

Nic · Nic

Today I have woken up early, which is kinda extraordinary, and I have been greated by 3 "Whatcha doing up?"'s so far... I've been out and fed the critters early and they are all in shock. The donks flat out refused to come down, because I spose they figured just cos I was up, doesn't mean they have to be. N...

Nic · Nic

It's been a while since our mate Cabbagehead rocked in to wish us a great day. ...maybe he is ordering his suit for the wedding or sumpthin. You still around mate?

Cspudley · Cspudley

PRESS RELEASE Hello everyone I need your opinion and help! I have started a newspaper called, Crosspoint Times, that is full of hope and positive articles. My vision is that I have writers like all of us that can write uplifting stories, poems, quotes, testimonies etc. We can celebrate our chi...

christine · christine

is the greatest gift of the mind" Hellen Keller I think about this quote as often as possible. I need to as I sometimes have very little of this precious commodity. Sometimes, I want others to do what I want, when I want it - still. This is old behavior, unhealthy for my own mind. Being intolerant no lo...

cheri · cheri

My sponsor emailed this to me...thought you all would get a chuckle out of it! 20 ways for women to tell if they've had too much to drink 1. I have absolutely no idea where my purse is 2. I truly believe that dancing with my arms in the air and wiggling my butt while yelling "WHOO HOO" is the sexiest dan...

ellen · ellen

No I didn't say live and let live about you i meant that i wanted to get conversation going on the board and i, myself weren't accepting the board the way it was. so there was irony for me to look at. sorry about your situation. I just got a phone call last night about a girl who left an apartme...

Phil · Phil

Hey Guys:) They have computers out here. Was starting to go into withdrawals.hehehe And no. Rick and Miller and Stan arent with me. If they were, wede all likely be having bar fights sober. hehehe Nice country on the East Coast of Canada. Slower pace than most places==takes some adjusting, every...

ellen · ellen

We want to find exactly how, when and where our natural desires have warped us. We wish to look squarely at the unhappiness this has caused others and ourselves. By discovering what our emotional deformities are, we can move toward their correction. Today I am no longer a slave to...

GammyRose · GammyRose

Way to go , congrates on your 10 days. Were you able to get in touch with your sponsor? Was it Cheri who ask if you had a list of numbers from your meeting? Do you?Anyway, the Grace of God is always with us , I just have to remember to allow it to work in my life. (((Hugs))) GammyRose

tenorcharm · tenorcharm

Have any of you ever heard of Ronan Tynan? My friend who works at umvd introduced me to him. He's a classical opera singer...who is such an inspiration to me. He has overcome his disabilities to become an olympic medalist, a doctor, and now someone referred to as The World's Most Famous Ir...

GammyRose · GammyRose

I really like this - HALT,"Hungry, Angry, Tired , Lonely", anybody have anything to share. I use this everyday. (((Hugs))) GammyRose

ellen · ellen

just doing my evening check in and where has everyone been. Gammy, Wendy and Chery--it's been nice hearing from you. If anyone wants to start a topic that would be great. As my attempt to with this post is not very illuminating. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME GOD BLESS...

wantneeda · wantneeda

Hello, i'm a drug addicted alcoholic called Wendy, on Saturday (providing i don't pick up that nasty first) i will be 10 months clean and sober!!! My life is pretty much the same, a drunk-a-log, drug-a-log.................it took everything but my life. God led me to recovery and i...

ellen · ellen

And, speaking for Dr. Bob and myself, I gratefully declare that had it not been for our wives,Anne and Lois, neither of us could have lived to see A.A."s beginning. Am I capable of such generous tribute and gratitude to my wife, parents and friends, without whose support I might never have survi...

ellen · ellen

We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a pray to misery and depression,we couldn't make a living,we had feelings of uselessness,we were full of fear. we were unhappy, we couldn't seem to be of real help to other people. T...

miller · miller

Just wanted to say hello and I hope everyone had a great day. I want to stop by at least once every day even if I have nothing to share but a smile.

Phil · Phil

Wishing each and every one of you a good week and a great weekend, one day at a time. Taking off again till Monday, and flying to the coast to spend time with my wife. God works, if we LET HIM. You will all be in my thoughts. With Love Phil

Phil · Phil

I came to the conclusion then that "continual mindfulness". . . must mean, not a sergeant-major-like drilling of thoughts, but a continual readiness to look and readiness to accept whatever came. --Joanna Field Resistance to the events, the situations, the many people who come into our lives...

ellen · ellen

We have not once sought to be one in the family, to be a friend among friends, to be a worker among workers, to be a useful member of society. Always we tried to struggle to the top of the heap, or to hide underneath it. This self centered behavior blocked a partnership relation with an...

Nic · Nic

Hey Stan, I dunno why I'm having so much trouble staying in line with your comms, but I have been missing them...sorry, keep finding everything heaps late. You tack some good stuff on the ends of other posts.. Anyway...re: contacting your son There is obviously lots to weigh up and if you think c...

John · John

Quotes from Meetings "When you have reached the end of all the light that you know, and you must step out into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things will happen: either you will have something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly!" "I am not guilty; I a...

ellen · ellen

This very real feeling of inferiority is magnified by his childish sensitivity and it is this state of affairs which generates in him that insatiable, abnormal craving for self-approval and success in the eyes of the world. Still a child, he cries for the moon. And the moon, it seems, won't hav...

Phil · Phil

All we are asked to bear we can bear. That is a law of the spiritual life. The only hindrance to the working of this law, as of all benign laws, is fear. --Elizabeth Goudge There is no problem too difficult to handle with all the help available to us. Let's not be overwhelmed. The program tells us to "Le...

miller · miller

Today was day six for me. Hello Everyone.

Nic · Nic

About 6 months ago a couple of ponies came out to our farm. A white one was chosen by my youngest daughter, who desperately wanted a pony. He was old and beautiful and had come from a now defunct petting zoo, so I figured he'd be a good teacher. None of us are horse savvy... I know dogs, and I'm not bad with goa...

Rick · Rick

A clearer way of looking at things: We can be positive that our drinking was negative. We drank for happiness and became unhappy. We drank for joy and became miserable. We drank to be outgoing and became self-centred. We drank for sociability and became argumentative. We drank for sophisti...

GammyRose · GammyRose

Thanks for the post with the searchable version of the BB. How's everything going with you? Miss you when you don't post. (((Hugs))) GammyRose

Phil · Phil

Ohh Boy!! Another Eskimo!! :) Im in Ontario bout 2 hrs nw Of Toronto. Used to be a city slicker, but AA caught up to me. In a small town now, where everbody knows everybodys business, but anythings better than the rat race, of the past. Good to have you here amongst freinds, as we share...

Phil · Phil

Q1: What is it? A1: Anger is an emotional state that varies in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and rage. Q2: How frequently does it occur? A1: Anger is a completely normal and healthy emotion to feel and to express in a constructive manner. Q3: What may I b...

Phil · Phil

> > > 1. Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film. > > 2. He who laughs last, thinks slowest. > > 3. A day without sunshine is like, well, night. > > 4. Change is inev...

BikerJohn · BikerJohn

Was hoping to find some of my old brothers from the former 5th Chapter MC. I was very involved both nationally and in the Midwest, Particullary looking for Animal in Iowa and Hippy in Tulsa and any others from the Midwest. God Bless! John

ellen · ellen

Resentment is the number one offender. It distroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick.

Phil · Phil

Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. --Step Four of Al Anon By the time we get to the Fourth of the Twelve Steps, we are ready to face our darker side, the side that prevents us from loving others, from letting others love us, and from enjoying life and ourselves. The purpose o...

Phil · Phil

Newly issued alcohol warnings The Toronto Board of Health has proposed that warning signs be placed on all alcohol bottles to tip off drinkers about the possible peril of drinking a pint or two of any alcoholic beverage. 1. WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may cause you to wake up with a breath tha...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

Nic, I'd like to know if this is a common sight down there: http://community.webshots.com/photo/115765832/121731511qTdfDS love in recovery, amanda

ellen · ellen

i really see where you are coming from. i guess that maybe i shouldn't haqve jumped the gun with my comment to stans reply. i may have taken for granted that information and not given respect to the fact that not ALL of us knows that. i have been thinking about our threads yesterday and slept on it...

Phil · Phil

How important does a person have to be before they are considered >assassinated instead of just murdered? > >If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches? Since bread >is square, then why is sandwich meat round? > >Why do you have to "put your...

Phil · Phil

A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "how heavy is this glass of water?" Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it." "If I hold i...

Phil · Phil

Each Day a New Beginning. Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the cruelest words. --Joyce Brothers Anger is familiar to us all. We feel it toward others and from others. The expression and acceptance of anger is where we often falter. Most of us were told when we were small g...

Rick · Rick

Life moves forward. The past is past - over - finished. Our job is to move with the flow of the present. We are propelled by what went before, but we do not try to swim against the current of our present lives by regretting or yearning for old times. Each day of recovery releases us from the pas...

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	time (Preview) Each day we awaken to a full account, a deposit made of 86,400 seconds in a day. Each night the account is depleted, no carry over into tomorrow, no overdrafts. What we do with our Time bank is up to us. Make each moment count!!! Have a great sober day, stay safe and smilin'!!!!!	wantneeda	1	428	Apr 11, 2005 by stancamden
	Hey Cabbagehead? (Preview) You gettting married my freind? Are you out of your skull? hehehe Hey Buddy. Im kidding with yu. Wishing you all the best, and happiness to come. One day at a time.	Phil	3	409	Apr 12, 2005 by Cabbageheadchris
	Have A Great Monday My Freinds (Preview) An element of recovery is learning that we deserve success, the good things that come to us, and also that pain is a reality. We have the strength to deal with that pain without medicating, and it will pass. --Dudley Martineau Many of us didn't understand the changing variables in being human. Our...	Phil	3	446	Apr 11, 2005 by miller
	A Word To Drop: "BLAME" 4-11 (Preview) To see how erratic emotions victimized us often took a long time. We could perceive them quickly in others, but only slowly in ourselves. First of all, we had to admit that we had many of these defects, even though such disclosures were painful and humiliating. Where other people...	ellen	4	694	Apr 11, 2005 by Nic
	Life is... (Preview) Drawing without an eraser	Nic	3	439	Apr 12, 2005 by Nic
	Hey Amanda... (Preview) I'm glad you checked in , I miss you when you don't. How are things going in your life? Have you started gardening yet? I've been doing a little at my house and the church. You are right about the 11th and 12th step, that's when God is leading and guiding me.He has blessed me so that I can be a blessing to oth...	GammyRose	1	667	Apr 11, 2005 by amanda2u2
	For Certain Eyes only (Preview) Oookay...I can't find any direct emails, but I would particularly like to pass this on to Phil, Stan and Cabbagehead. There may also be others who find this amusing...BUT...there may be some who do not. Soooooo, all those who are easily offended by the development of the English lang...	Nic	5	520	Apr 11, 2005 by Phil
	Glimmer of hope (Preview) My wife and kids just stopped by. On their way back from the horse arena to where they are staying. They left 12 days ago and had no real reason to stop in tonight other than to say Hi. It was wonderfull seeing them. They are full of bitterness and I know it may take a long time, but Im praying to God to soften...	miller	5	481	Apr 10, 2005 by miller
	HI GIRLS.... (Preview) Having one of thoes days. my husband is a trumpet player, he plays in this blues band. He and I are going on three years this year. I went to one of his gigs last night and stayed up past 2a which is a big deal when you get used to 10p as a bed time. I don't know how i used to do it. I mean p...	ellen	1	413	Apr 9, 2005 by GammyRose
	Wendy...wantneeda (Preview) Hi Wendy, Just read your post below. I will be praying for you and your Mom.It would be tough to be so far away from a loved one who is sick, God can see you through this. I am praying you make that 10 months, go to a meeting,call your sponsor or someone in the program, post here, but don't pick up a drink. This t...	GammyRose	4	735	Apr 9, 2005 by wantneeda
	All in a days work (Preview) Today I have woken up early, which is kinda extraordinary, and I have been greated by 3 "Whatcha doing up?"'s so far... I've been out and fed the critters early and they are all in shock. The donks flat out refused to come down, because I spose they figured just cos I was up, doesn't mean they have to be. N...	Nic	8	538	Apr 12, 2005 by Nic
	Where is Cabbagehead? (Preview) It's been a while since our mate Cabbagehead rocked in to wish us a great day. ...maybe he is ordering his suit for the wedding or sumpthin. You still around mate?	Nic	6	471	Apr 12, 2005 by Cabbageheadchris
	Press Release (Preview) *PRESS RELEASE* Hello everyone I need your opinion and help! I have started a newspaper called, Crosspoint Times, that is full of hope and positive articles. My vision is that I have writers like all of us that can write uplifting stories, poems, quotes, testimonies etc. We can celebrate our chi...	Cspudley	1	415	Apr 8, 2005 by Nic
	"Toleration (Preview) is the greatest gift of the mind" Hellen Keller I think about this quote as often as possible. I need to as I sometimes have very little of this precious commodity. Sometimes, I want others to do what I want, when I want it - still. This is old behavior, unhealthy for my own mind. Being intolerant no lo...	christine	2	405	Apr 11, 2005 by stancamden
	for the women,ok,you men can look too... (Preview) My sponsor emailed this to me...thought you all would get a chuckle out of it! 20 ways for women to tell if they've had too much to drink 1. I have absolutely no idea where my purse is 2. I truly believe that dancing with my arms in the air and wiggling my butt while yelling "WHOO HOO" is the sexiest dan...	cheri	6	657	Apr 10, 2005 by wantneeda
	Gammy (Preview) No I didn't say live and let live about you i meant that i wanted to get conversation going on the board and i, myself weren't accepting the board the way it was. so there was irony for me to look at. sorry about your situation. I just got a phone call last night about a girl who left an apartme...	ellen	0	392	Apr 8, 2005 by ellen
	Happy Friday:) (Preview) Hey Guys:) They have computers out here. Was starting to go into withdrawals.hehehe And no. Rick and Miller and Stan arent with me. If they were, wede all likely be having bar fights sober. hehehe Nice country on the East Coast of Canada. Slower pace than most places==takes some adjusting, every...	Phil	2	437	Apr 8, 2005 by miller
	An Inside Look-april 8th (Preview) We want to find exactly how, when and where our natural desires have warped us. We wish to look squarely at the unhappiness this has caused others and ourselves. By discovering what our emotional deformities are, we can move toward their correction. Today I am no longer a slave to...	ellen	1	427	Apr 8, 2005 by ellen
	Hey miller.... (Preview) Way to go , congrates on your 10 days. Were you able to get in touch with your sponsor? Was it Cheri who ask if you had a list of numbers from your meeting? Do you?Anyway, the Grace of God is always with us , I just have to remember to allow it to work in my life. (((Hugs))) GammyRose	GammyRose	2	425	Apr 8, 2005 by miller
	An Inspiring Person (Preview) Have any of you ever heard of Ronan Tynan? My friend who works at umvd introduced me to him. He's a classical opera singer...who is such an inspiration to me. He has overcome his disabilities to become an olympic medalist, a doctor, and now someone referred to as The World's Most Famous Ir...	tenorcharm	0	465	Apr 7, 2005 by tenorcharm
	H.A.L.T (Preview) I really like this - HALT,"Hungry, Angry, Tired , Lonely", anybody have anything to share. I use this everyday. (((Hugs))) GammyRose	GammyRose	5	457	Apr 8, 2005 by christine
	i think i heard a pin drop... (Preview) just doing my evening check in and where has everyone been. Gammy, Wendy and Chery--it's been nice hearing from you. If anyone wants to start a topic that would be great. As my attempt to with this post is not very illuminating. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME GOD BLESS...	ellen	1	425	Apr 7, 2005 by GammyRose
	Good Morning!!! (Preview) Hello, i'm a drug addicted alcoholic called Wendy, on Saturday (providing i don't pick up that nasty first) i will be 10 months clean and sober!!! My life is pretty much the same, a drunk-a-log, drug-a-log.................it took everything but my life. God led me to recovery and i...	wantneeda	3	511	Apr 8, 2005 by wantneeda
	A Wide Arc Of Gratitude (Preview) And, speaking for Dr. Bob and myself, I gratefully declare that had it not been for our wives,Anne and Lois, neither of us could have lived to see A.A."s beginning. Am I capable of such generous tribute and gratitude to my wife, parents and friends, without whose support I might never have survi...	ellen	2	662	Apr 7, 2005 by cheri
	a life time process-april 6 (Preview) We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a pray to misery and depression,we couldn't make a living,we had feelings of uselessness,we were full of fear. we were unhappy, we couldn't seem to be of real help to other people. T...	ellen	2	441	Apr 6, 2005 by GammyRose
	just popping in to say hi (Preview) Just wanted to say hello and I hope everyone had a great day. I want to stop by at least once every day even if I have nothing to share but a smile.	miller	5	473	Apr 7, 2005 by cheri
	Going to really miss this board for a few days.:) (Preview) Wishing each and every one of you a good week and a great weekend, one day at a time. Taking off again till Monday, and flying to the coast to spend time with my wife. God works, if we LET HIM. You will all be in my thoughts. With Love Phil	Phil	2	418	Apr 5, 2005 by GammyRose
	Tuesday (Preview) I came to the conclusion then that "continual mindfulness". . . must mean, not a sergeant-major-like drilling of thoughts, but a continual readiness to look and readiness to accept whatever came. --Joanna Field Resistance to the events, the situations, the many people who come into our lives...	Phil	0	421	Apr 5, 2005 by Phil
	True Brotherhood-april 5th (Preview) We have not once sought to be one in the family, to be a friend among friends, to be a worker among workers, to be a useful member of society. Always we tried to struggle to the top of the heap, or to hide underneath it. This self centered behavior blocked a partnership relation with an...	ellen	2	532	Apr 5, 2005 by amanda2u2
	Stan's young fella (Preview) Hey Stan, I dunno why I'm having so much trouble staying in line with your comms, but I have been missing them...sorry, keep finding everything heaps late. You tack some good stuff on the ends of other posts.. Anyway...re: contacting your son There is obviously lots to weigh up and if you think c...	Nic	1	465	Apr 7, 2005 by stancamden
	Quotes from Meetings (Preview) Quotes from Meetings "When you have reached the end of all the light that you know, and you must step out into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things will happen: either you will have something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly!" "I am not guilty; I a...	John	0	608	Apr 4, 2005 by John
	Crying for the moon (Preview) This very real feeling of inferiority is magnified by his childish sensitivity and it is this state of affairs which generates in him that insatiable, abnormal craving for self-approval and success in the eyes of the world. Still a child, he cries for the moon. And the moon, it seems, won't hav...	ellen	4	872	Apr 4, 2005 by ellen
	Monday (Preview) *All we are asked to bear we can bear. That is a law of the spiritual life. The only hindrance to the working of this law, as of all benign laws, is fear. --Elizabeth Goudge* There is no problem too difficult to handle with all the help available to us. Let's not be overwhelmed. The program tells us to "Le...	Phil	0	461	Apr 4, 2005 by Phil
	Hello (Preview) Today was day six for me. Hello Everyone.	miller	4	444	Apr 4, 2005 by miller
	Progress (Preview) About 6 months ago a couple of ponies came out to our farm. A white one was chosen by my youngest daughter, who desperately wanted a pony. He was old and beautiful and had come from a now defunct petting zoo, so I figured he'd be a good teacher. None of us are horse savvy... I know dogs, and I'm not bad with goa...	Nic	3	417	Apr 7, 2005 by wantneeda
	Positively Negative (Preview) A clearer way of looking at things: We can be positive that our drinking was negative. We drank for happiness and became unhappy. We drank for joy and became miserable. We drank to be outgoing and became self-centred. We drank for sociability and became argumentative. We drank for sophisti...	Rick	1	1589	Apr 4, 2005 by Phil
	Hanuman... (Preview) Thanks for the post with the searchable version of the BB. How's everything going with you? Miss you when you don't post. (((Hugs))) GammyRose	GammyRose	1	478	Apr 5, 2005 by Hanuman
	Welcome Christine (Preview) Ohh Boy!! Another Eskimo!! :) Im in Ontario bout 2 hrs nw Of Toronto. Used to be a city slicker, but AA caught up to me. In a small town now, where everbody knows everybodys business, but anythings better than the rat race, of the past. Good to have you here amongst freinds, as we share...	Phil	3	587	Apr 4, 2005 by christine
	Anger (Preview) Q1: What is it? A1: Anger is an emotional state that varies in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and rage. Q2: How frequently does it occur? A1: Anger is a completely normal and healthy emotion to feel and to express in a constructive manner. Q3: What may I b...	Phil	5	635	Apr 2, 2005 by christine
	Murphys Other Laws (Preview) > > > 1. Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film. > > 2. He who laughs last, thinks slowest. > > 3. A day without sunshine is like, well, night. > > 4. Change is inev...	Phil	1	554	Apr 2, 2005 by ellen
	Looking For (Preview) Was hoping to find some of my old brothers from the former 5th Chapter MC. I was very involved both nationally and in the Midwest, Particullary looking for Animal in Iowa and Hippy in Tulsa and any others from the Midwest. God Bless! John	BikerJohn	2	484	Apr 6, 2005 by BikerJohn
	RESENTMENT (Preview) Resentment is the number one offender. It distroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick.	ellen	4	799	Apr 8, 2005 by christine
	Have a good Saturday guys (Preview) *Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. --Step Four of Al Anon* By the time we get to the Fourth of the Twelve Steps, we are ready to face our darker side, the side that prevents us from loving others, from letting others love us, and from enjoying life and ourselves. The purpose o...	Phil	0	511	Apr 2, 2005 by Phil
	Alcohol Warnings (Preview) Newly issued alcohol warnings The Toronto Board of Health has proposed that warning signs be placed on all alcohol bottles to tip off drinkers about the possible peril of drinking a pint or two of any alcoholic beverage. 1. WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may cause you to wake up with a breath tha...	Phil	1	526	Apr 1, 2005 by stancamden
	Nic? (Preview) *Nic, I'd like to know if this is a common sight down there:* *http://community.webshots.com/photo/115765832/121731511qTdfDS* *love in recovery,* *amanda*	amanda2u2	2	541	Apr 1, 2005 by Nic
	NIC (Preview) i really see where you are coming from. i guess that maybe i shouldn't haqve jumped the gun with my comment to stans reply. i may have taken for granted that information and not given respect to the fact that not ALL of us knows that. i have been thinking about our threads yesterday and slept on it...	ellen	3	899	Apr 1, 2005 by Nic
	April Fools Day Thoughts (Preview) How important does a person have to be before they are considered >assassinated instead of just murdered? > >If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches? Since bread >is square, then why is sandwich meat round? > >Why do you have to "put your...	Phil	5	525	Apr 1, 2005 by stancamden
	Stress (Preview) A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "how heavy is this glass of water?" Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it." "If I hold i...	Phil	2	604	Apr 1, 2005 by Rick
	Thursday (Preview) *Each Day a New Beginning. Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the cruelest words. --Joyce Brothers* Anger is familiar to us all. We feel it toward others and from others. The expression and acceptance of anger is where we often falter. Most of us were told when we were small g...	Phil	0	515	Mar 31, 2005 by Phil
	Life moves forward. (Preview) Life moves forward. The past is past - over - finished. Our job is to move with the flow of the present. We are propelled by what went before, but we do not try to swim against the current of our present lives by regretting or yearning for old times. Each day of recovery releases us from the pas...	Rick	0	476	Mar 30, 2005 by Rick
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