Alcoholics Anonymous

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

November 15 Letting Go "Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live."Basic Text p. 25 How do we begin the process of letting our Higher Power guide our lives? When we seek advice about situations that trouble us, we often find that our Higher Power works through others. Wh...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

You are reading from God Grant Me . . . We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought.ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD There’s a good reason that one of the slogans we use most in recovery is this one: Think. We are alwa...

Phil · Phil

There are two benefits from recovery: we have short-term gains and long-term gains. The short-term gains are the things we can do today that help us feel better immediately. We can wake up in the morning, read for a few minutes in our meditation book, and feel lifted. We can work a Step a...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Daily Reflections INTUITION AND INSPIRATION . . . . we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 I invest my time in what I truly love. Step Eleven is a discipline that allows me and my Higher Power to be together...

Doll · Doll

INTUITION AND INSPIRATION  

Badger · Badger

She's got a smile that it seems to me Reminds me of childhood memories Where everything Was as fresh as the bright blue sky Now and then when I see her face She takes me away to that special place And if I'd stare too long I'd probably break down and cry She's got eyes of the bluest skies As if they thought of ra...

Phil · Phil

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." 'Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help you creat...

Mikel · Mikel

Happy Monday, everyone. How goes it? Last night's meeting once again reinforced my resolute conviction that we, as recovering alcoholics, are not somehow second-class citizens. There was a newcomer there, on his fourth day of sobreity, very humble, with (literally) hat in hand....

Phil · Phil

Got your email Bud. Im no authority on this stuff--and if Im perfectly honest ...know very little..but I will share.. People like to lay guilt trips on other people re their crap......Ive done it. Then...theres also the blame game...and thats another book..in itself. Was in a situation.....

Rick · Rick

Pray to God, but row to shore. --Russian proverb As each of us gets in touch with the specific ways to serve, it is tempting to judge the importance of our work by comparing it to someone else's achievements. And when that person or group earns more money, receives more praise and recognit...

Rick · Rick

. --Henri J. M. Nouwen Many of us mistakenly search outside ourselves for answers. We feel small inside and not very powerful. Many of us have tried to change our lives by affecting the people around us. Naturally, when we think of making friends, we assume we would start by getting a frie...

Phil · Phil

Dealing with resentment and being able to forgive others is a quality which takes a great deal of grace and maturity. The important thing to remember is that bitterness is a poison which harms you far more than the person who has upset you. So working toward forgiveness is a positive act not only for t...

Doll · Doll

LOOKING OUTWARD  

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

A.A. Thought for the Day Who am I to judge other people? Have I proved by my great success in life that I know all the answers? Exactly the opposite. Until I came into A.A., my life could be called a failure. I made all the mistakes one could make. I took all the wrong roads there were to take. On the basis...

wagon · wagon

how r things in my zoo? monkey still in the cage.

you have a great day!!! god bless wagon

Doll · Doll

Chris got me thinking ......... I've heard The Promises read so many times at meetings, I realize, sometimes, I'm not really listening, my mind wanders. So, thought I'd post them for anyone else who, like me, can become easily complacent or distracted. T...

Rick · Rick

WELCOME BACK YES I'M SOMEWHAT STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE******KINDA IN THE MIDDLE OF IT--------- MY DAUGHTER LEFT HER ABUSSIVE MAN**HELPING HER GET AN APARTMENT READY FOR HER. BETTER YET GETTING ONE READY!! BEEN KINDA NUTS HERE --PHONE CALLS --CARS TURNING AROUND IN THE DRIVEWAY, ETC--HO...

Doll · Doll

When I was a little kid, barely old enough to walk, I used to dream of the day that I would grow up and be an alcoholic. As my life progressed, I longed for the time when I would be able to crash cars and almost kill myself and other people. When I was a teenager and beginning my career as an alcoholic, I loved le...

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

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	"God guide me in my recovery" (Preview) November 15 Letting Go "Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live."Basic Text p. 25 How do we begin the process of letting our Higher Power guide our lives? When we seek advice about situations that trouble us, we often find that our Higher Power works through others. Wh...	rosie light shines	0	710	Nov 15, 2005 by rosie light shines
	God grant me............... (Preview) You are reading from God Grant Me . . . We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought.ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD There’s a good reason that one of the slogans we use most in recovery is this one: Think. We are alwa...	rosie light shines	6	938	Nov 15, 2005 by Doll
	Hazelton (Preview) There are two benefits from recovery: we have short-term gains and long-term gains. The short-term gains are the things we can do today that help us feel better immediately. We can wake up in the morning, read for a few minutes in our meditation book, and feel lifted. We can work a Step a...	Phil	1	754	Nov 15, 2005 by Phil
	AA reflection....gee i have been forgetting step 11 (Preview) Daily Reflections INTUITION AND INSPIRATION . . . . we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 I invest my time in what I truly love. Step Eleven is a discipline that allows me and my Higher Power to be together...	rosie light shines	6	1166	Nov 15, 2005 by Rick
	Daily Reflections Nov 14 (Preview) INTUITION AND INSPIRATION	Doll	3	696	Nov 15, 2005 by Rick
	sweet child o`mine (Preview) She's got a smile that it seems to me Reminds me of childhood memories Where everything Was as fresh as the bright blue sky Now and then when I see her face She takes me away to that special place And if I'd stare too long I'd probably break down and cry She's got eyes of the bluest skies As if they thought of ra...	Badger	4	965	Nov 14, 2005 by amanda2u2
	Monday PM (Preview) "When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." 'Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help you creat...	Phil	0	781	Nov 14, 2005 by Phil
	We are worthy! (Preview) Happy Monday, everyone. How goes it? Last night's meeting once again reinforced my resolute conviction that we, as recovering alcoholics, are not somehow second-class citizens. There was a newcomer there, on his fourth day of sobreity, very humble, with (literally) hat in hand....	Mikel	7	918	Nov 14, 2005 by Mikel
	Rick (Preview) Got your email Bud. Im no authority on this stuff--and if Im perfectly honest ...know very little..but I will share.. People like to lay guilt trips on other people re their crap......Ive done it. Then...theres also the blame game...and thats another book..in itself. Was in a situation.....	Phil	1	760	Nov 14, 2005 by Phil
	YOU HAVE A PURPOSE ! (Preview) *Pray to God, but row to shore. --Russian proverb* As each of us gets in touch with the specific ways to serve, it is tempting to judge the importance of our work by comparing it to someone else's achievements. And when that person or group earns more money, receives more praise and recognit...	Rick	2	813	Nov 14, 2005 by Phil
	Friendship and community are, first of all, inner qualities (Preview) *. --Henri J. M. Nouwen* Many of us mistakenly search outside ourselves for answers. We feel small inside and not very powerful. Many of us have tried to change our lives by affecting the people around us. Naturally, when we think of making friends, we assume we would start by getting a frie...	Rick	1	1030	Nov 14, 2005 by Rick
	Overcomming Resentment (Preview) Dealing with resentment and being able to forgive others is a quality which takes a great deal of grace and maturity. The important thing to remember is that bitterness is a poison which harms you far more than the person who has upset you. So working toward forgiveness is a positive act not only for t...	Phil	5	923	Nov 14, 2005 by Rick
	Daily Reflections Nov. 13 (Preview) LOOKING OUTWARD	Doll	3	829	Nov 14, 2005 by Rick
	AA thought..who am i to judge ANYone?? (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Who am I to judge other people? Have I proved by my great success in life that I know all the answers? Exactly the opposite. Until I came into A.A., my life could be called a failure. I made all the mistakes one could make. I took all the wrong roads there were to take. On the basis...	rosie light shines	1	748	Nov 13, 2005 by Doll
	phil (Preview) how r things in my zoo? monkey still in the cage.you have a great day!!! god bless wagon	wagon	0	564	Nov 13, 2005 by wagon
	The Promises - (again). (Preview) Chris got me thinking ......... I've heard The Promises read so many times at meetings, I realize, sometimes, I'm not really listening, my mind wanders. So, thought I'd post them for anyone else who, like me, can become easily complacent or distracted. T...	Doll	2	820	Nov 13, 2005 by Phil
	HEY PHIL (Preview) WELCOME BACK YES I'M SOMEWHAT STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE****KINDA IN THE MIDDLE OF IT--------- MY DAUGHTER LEFT HER ABUSSIVE MANHELPING HER GET AN APARTMENT READY FOR HER. BETTER YET GETTING ONE READY!! BEEN KINDA NUTS HERE --PHONE CALLS --CARS TURNING AROUND IN THE DRIVEWAY, ETC--HO...	Rick	2	744	Nov 13, 2005 by Phil
	When I grow up........ (Preview) When I was a little kid, barely old enough to walk, I used to dream of the day that I would grow up and be an alcoholic. As my life progressed, I longed for the time when I would be able to crash cars and almost kill myself and other people. When I was a teenager and beginning my career as an alcoholic, I loved le...	Doll	3	968	Nov 13, 2005 by FraKctured
	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	658	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	619	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	881	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	744	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	800	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	633	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	754	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	850	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	755	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	847	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	699	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	520	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	1005	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	840	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	786	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	926	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	644	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	863	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	615	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	671	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	823	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	608	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	746	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	838	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	990	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	1076	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	1490	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	1237	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	979	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	885	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	1163	Nov 10, 2005 by wantneeda
	LIFE (Preview) a   life	Rick	1	611	Nov 9, 2005 by cheri
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