Alcoholics Anonymous

gtrandall · gtrandall

Heya, folks-- at my home group last week, a topic was brought up for a group conscience vote from the ny office. They were considering making a new pamphlet discussing the differences between religion and spirituality--something I saw as a hot topic for newcomers (during my time in treatment)....

Phil · Phil

Maturity in Relationships Larry James To be capable of real love means becoming mature, with realistic expectations of the other person. It means accepting responsibility for our own happiness or unhappiness, and neither expecting the other person to make us happy nor blami...

jason · jason

hello, I'm a new guy in aa and doing good for now one day at a time so any ho. new to the new guy means I'm new but even now I see newer people than me and it inspires me to keep going each day just so I can keep seeing newer faces each week and I can share my story with them cause a lot of them are my age or younger and...

Rick · Rick

Sometimes this gets to be a big issue at meetings. This Quote was mailed to me thought I'd post it. "Try to remember that though God has wrought miracles among us, we should never belittle a good doctor or psychiatrist. Their services are often indispensable in treating a newcomer and in following h...

benny33 · benny33

hi every one just wanted to say. thjings are going well and im still working a strong program,i havent een ale to post because of internet problems sorry about that .ill try to catch up this weekend befor i go back to schoolon monday.phil if youre around ill be at 814 number all day tommorrow if you...

Phil · Phil

Many times when bad things happen to us, part of our initial emotional response is to start weeping inside because we are hurting. That hurt may be prolonged, at times totally over-shadowing any significant lesson we can learn from such unfortunate situations. We always forget that the re...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi All, This Post is about trying to find the lst Edition of this Book, I have been on eBay, Book Stores, etc. In the 1st Edition, there is a Poem written, prior to doing the Fourth Step, it is a very powerful poem, and so beautifully written. I gave away my copy, and when I replaced it, I...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

"AA is a spiritual program and a spiritual way of life. Even the first half of the First Step, 'We admitted we were powerless over alcohol,' is a spiritual experience. An AA member needs more than physical capabilities; he needs the use of his full faculties as a human being to hear the message, t...

flumpy · flumpy

hi again, only little old me, just thought i had to say coz i feel like cr**. i have drunk the past 3 nights...(self medication) here i come :( i hope not, just a slip i am praying for. i have had the WORST 5 months contained within the worst 7 years of my entire life, and i cracked. have an...

Rick · Rick

Always think of what you have to do as easy and it will become so. --Emile Corie How we think about the activities before us is very important. If we think cleaning the garage is hard, dirty, and no chance for fun, that's just how it will feel. We'll be tired before we even begin. However, if we approac...

Rick · Rick

The older you get the more you realize that kindness is synonymous with happiness. --Lionel Barrymore Once in a while, we forget about the kind things people have done for us. Do we remember the next-door neighbor who helped us get our kite out of a tree, or the brother who helped us finish a proje...

Phil · Phil

A life without love in it ...is like a heap of ashes ....upon a deserted hearth -- with the fire dead, the laughter stilled, and the light extinguished. - Frank P. Tebbetts -------------------- If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive. - Mother Theresa ---------------- Ever...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi Wren, I was reading one on your responses, and was very touched by your story, and just wanted to Welcome you here. I read your Profile, and have to say, I also share your feelings of it being a new day in Sobriety, everyday, ever little 24 hour day. Even when they feel like very Long 24 hours....

Sick of being sick · Sick of being sick

I just wanted to say that I know without any doubt, that, if I had not found this site, I would not have survived much more than another year. The unmistakeable pains in my upper right abdomen were getting worse, and I was struggling with getting back to where I knew I needed to be in AA. As I...

flumpy · flumpy

i am thinking maybe i haven't come to the right place?, have i scared you off?

flumpy · flumpy

i know it's earlie days but i stil feel let down.... too much a girl!!!!!!

Phil · Phil

DON'T QUIT! When things go wrong as they sometimes will When the road you're trudging seems all up hill When the funds are low and the debts are high And you want to smile, but you have to sigh When care is pressing you down a bit Rest, if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer, with its twists and t...

Rick · Rick

Being open Sometimes we think we're supposed to have more recovery under our belts. Perhaps we feel the need to impress our peers with our success in staying off mind-altering chemicals. But perhaps we are really just trying to convince ourselves. We know how difficult recovery is, and s...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

March 9 Small Things "In the past, we made simple situations into problems; we made mountains out of molehills."Basic Text, p. 87 Making mountains out of molehills seems to be our specialty. Have you heard it said that to an addict, a flat tire is a traumatic event? Or how about those of us who for...

Rick · Rick

"Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have—the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for them." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 124~

Rick · Rick

WHO'S SITTING NEXT TO YOU? I know who you are. You are "X" who attend the ABC Meeting at the XYZ Club where AA's meet in Anywhere, USA. I saw you there the other night at the eight o'clock meeting. I don't know how long you've been sober, but I know you've been coming around for a while because you spoke to a lo...

Bonzo43 · Bonzo43

BE FREE by Papa Roach ____________________________________________________ I woke up and I feel like shit I don't remember last night-I'm getting sick of this I hit the bottle when I got off stage I got piss drunk stupid and I went in a rage I think I mighta got in a fight-because my knuck...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

We must go to AA meetings regularly. We must learn to think differently. We must change from alcoholic thinking to sober thinking. We must re-educate our minds. We must try to help other alcoholics. We must cooperate with God by spending at least as much time and energy on the AA program as we did on drin...

Rick · Rick

There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start. --Charles Baudelaire A big assignment can be scary to face. We may start to think that how we do on the assignment will determine if we're good or bad people. The more we think about it, the harder that task seems. The k...

GammyRose · GammyRose

Welcome to Elli, Mikey and Hugger...I know some of you have been around for awhile...just not posting. Hope you will continue to share your experience, strength and hope with us. And if I missed anyone I'm sorry, just quickly catching up on the board before going to bed. Today was a good day, I stayed...

Rick · Rick

Where u at girl ? I'll come right over get that apt done with ya. Maybe u could kick my butt and i'd do my taxes ?? Ya think ?

Phil · Phil

Types of emotional / physical / verbal abuse common in people with BPD: DOMINATION / CONTROL: The internal chaos of the person with BPD's emotions often gives them a desperate need to control external events, situations and people. (The internal world is so out of control - so external control g...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

"Continued to take personal inventory and when wrong promply admitted it". The last week was a week full of personal discovery for me. I had been registering my own concerns with the manner of communcation "Break-downs", that I was seeing on this Board, and was told that this a Board is&nb...

Phil · Phil

The Truth About Relationship Expectations Larry James 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! - Guy Finl...

Phil · Phil

Total surrender is an alien concept for most non-recovering people to accept. That a Higher Power, a Power greater than ourselves, that God could take us through the dark rapids of life safely if we agreed to let go of our own self-will is not an easy principle to adopt. Acting on this principle is, howe...

Rob · Rob

Well i had my usual 4 Skoll Supers (9%) and that was a while ago.. i want another drink.. .. hmm.. the offlicense is open for another 36 minutes.. .... if i buy another drink tomorrow will be a nightmare.. Iv already taken a ONE A NIGHT NYTOL (sleeping tablet aid)... and im feeling really sleepy.. .. but...

Rick · Rick

Long, but good reading. This is Dr. Bob's last major talk given in Detroit, Michigan in December 1948, transcribed from tape. Although a good many of you have heard or have read about the inception of A.A., probably there are some who haven't. From that brief story, there are thin...

Rick · Rick

Sobriety is a big gift box with a hundred little packages inside to unwrap. - Oscar Morris Sobriety is its own reward and then some. Sobriety is a condition of openness and receptivity to the treasure of life. It is the ability to view the world through gentler glasses and hear our fellows...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

God's love is so encompassing, so all-powerful, that is surpasses our understanding. Doubtless, the reason many have turned away from our fellowship is an inability to accept that love. "What's in it for them? Why do they want to love me?" Maybe these words were once ours. But as we apply our...

Rick · Rick

Laughter by definition is healthy. --Doris Lessing A hearty laugh can warm a cold room and make our spirits soar. But many of us are afraid to laugh, especially when we make mistakes. We think we're supposed to be perfect, and we don't allow ourselves to make mistakes. However, we're not a mold p...

John · John

Every Breath You Take ~ Police Every breath you take Every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take I'll be watching you Every single day Every word you say Every game you play Every night you say I'll be watching you O can't you see You belong to me How my poor heart aches W...

recovering jb · recovering jb

Hey- Anyone want to share on how they went about making amends? My sponsor suggested making sure I do this the "AA way"- So I figured I would ask to get some input- Thanks, Joel

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Surrender Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him. --Step Three of Al Anon Surrendering to a Power greater than ourselves is how we become empowered.We become empowered in a new, better, more effective way than we believed possible.Doors op...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

This is an AA prayer, (but I cut 2 sentences out of it--to fit my Alanon program). Good Morning, God!

Thank you for this day! As I consider my plans for this day, Let m...

Phil · Phil

Little Things In Life Too often we don't realize what we have until it is gone; Too often we wait too late to say "I'm sorry -- I was wrong." Sometimes it seems we hurt the ones we hold dearest to our hearts; And we allow foolish things to tear our lives apart. Far too many times we let unimportant th...

Doll · Doll

Can this day get any better!!! Thru all of this other "stuff" I have now managed to break a tooth in HALF that I was supposed to have a root canal on Friday. Guess the good news is now I don't need the root canal!!! Sure does hurt, though! Here's what I really need some help with......

Doll · Doll

ALWAYS THERE Happiness does not depend on whether or not you always get your way. However, when you do choose happiness, events will more often go your way. You do not need to accumulate a lot of things before you can be happy. Yet when you are happy, you'll open yourself up to all kinds of new abundance. H...

John · John

LIVE AND LET LIVE The fight is over when we have surrendered. We don't need to announce our judgments and opinions to the world or to the people in our life's. We don't need to debate any issue about anything with anyone. Provided we know our own truth and find it to be a tru...

vaughn · vaughn

It's truly an everyday thing this sobriety. I'm a white chipper with 2 meetings and my 1st iop today. I'd like to read some good stories and encouraging disclosure here. 1 week sober and feeling better physically. This journey will be long for me but I WILL succeed. Gonna hit the steps hard today. Gimme...

John · John

What does it say in the AA Big Book on page 132, 16 lines from the top, 16 lines from the bottom, two words to the left, and two words to the right... smack dab in the middle of the page? (scroll down) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

John · John

John's (aka OP_Present) version of da Sobriety Wiggle!

wallsal55 · wallsal55

www.wandascountryhomeinspirational.com/butterflyfree/ Type in if link doesn't work.

John · John

So we think cheerfulness and laughter make for usefulness. Outsiders are sometimes shocked when we burst into merriment over a seemingly tragic experience out of the past. But why shouldn't we laugh? We have recovered, and have been given the power, the power to help others. *AA Big Book ch...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

"Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs." What is 'the message'? How do we 'practice these principles in all our affairs'? What are the 'principles' we are supposed to be pr...

John · John

"Helping others is the foundation stone of your recovery. A kindly act once in a while isn't enough. You have to act the Good Samaritan every day, if need be." *AA Big Book, Chapter "Working With Others" pg 97

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Religion/spirituality (Preview) Heya, folks-- at my home group last week, a topic was brought up for a group conscience vote from the ny office. They were considering making a new pamphlet discussing the differences between religion and spirituality--something I saw as a hot topic for newcomers (during my time in treatment)....	gtrandall	7	667	Mar 11, 2006 by Bonzo43
	Maturity In Relationships... (Preview) Maturity in Relationships Larry James To be capable of real love means becoming mature, with realistic expectations of the other person. It means accepting responsibility for our own happiness or unhappiness, and neither expecting the other person to make us happy nor blami...	Phil	0	795	Mar 10, 2006 by Phil
	new to the new guy (Preview) hello, I'm a new guy in aa and doing good for now one day at a time so any ho. new to the new guy means I'm new but even now I see newer people than me and it inspires me to keep going each day just so I can keep seeing newer faces each week and I can share my story with them cause a lot of them are my age or younger and...	jason	10	645	Mar 10, 2006 by jason
	Doctor ? Meds ? (Preview) Sometimes this gets to be a big issue at meetings. This Quote was mailed to me thought I'd post it. "Try to remember that though God has wrought miracles among us, we should never belittle a good doctor or psychiatrist. Their services are often indispensable in treating a newcomer and in following h...	Rick	3	580	Mar 10, 2006 by amanda2u2
	hello (Preview) hi every one just wanted to say. thjings are going well and im still working a strong program,i havent een ale to post because of internet problems sorry about that .ill try to catch up this weekend befor i go back to schoolon monday.phil if youre around ill be at 814 number all day tommorrow if you...	benny33	3	536	Mar 10, 2006 by Phil
	Dealing With Failure (Preview) Many times when bad things happen to us, part of our initial emotional response is to start weeping inside because we are hurting. That hurt may be prolonged, at times totally over-shadowing any significant lesson we can learn from such unfortunate situations. We always forget that the re...	Phil	9	700	Mar 10, 2006 by Wren
	A Gentle Path thru the 12 Steps? (Preview) Hi All, This Post is about trying to find the lst Edition of this Book, I have been on eBay, Book Stores, etc. In the 1st Edition, there is a Poem written, prior to doing the Fourth Step, it is a very powerful poem, and so beautifully written. I gave away my copy, and when I replaced it, I...	Toni Baloney	3	650	Mar 10, 2006 by wallsal55
	from 'Came to Believe' (Preview) "AA is a spiritual program and a spiritual way of life. Even the first half of the First Step, 'We admitted we were powerless over alcohol,' is a spiritual experience. An AA member needs more than physical capabilities; he needs the use of his full faculties as a human being to hear the message, t...	amanda2u2	7	633	Mar 10, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	the truth :( (Preview) hi again, only little old me, just thought i had to say coz i feel like cr**. i have drunk the past 3 nights...(self medication) here i come :( i hope not, just a slip i am praying for. i have had the WORST 5 months contained within the worst 7 years of my entire life, and i cracked. have an...	flumpy	13	831	Mar 10, 2006 by amanda2u2
	TODAY'S GIFT (Preview) *Always think of what you have to do as easy and it will become so. --Emile Corie* How we think about the activities before us is very important. If we think cleaning the garage is hard, dirty, and no chance for fun, that's just how it will feel. We'll be tired before we even begin. However, if we approac...	Rick	3	655	Mar 10, 2006 by Phil
	TODAY'S THOUGHT (Preview) *The older you get the more you realize that kindness is synonymous with happiness. --Lionel Barrymore* Once in a while, we forget about the kind things people have done for us. Do we remember the next-door neighbor who helped us get our kite out of a tree, or the brother who helped us finish a proje...	Rick	2	553	Mar 10, 2006 by Rick
	Thursday Night (Preview) A life without love in it ...is like a heap of ashes ....upon a deserted hearth -- with the fire dead, the laughter stilled, and the light extinguished. - Frank P. Tebbetts -------------------- If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive. - Mother Theresa ---------------- Ever...	Phil	1	563	Mar 10, 2006 by Sick of being sick
	Welcome Wren (Preview) Hi Wren, I was reading one on your responses, and was very touched by your story, and just wanted to Welcome you here. I read your Profile, and have to say, I also share your feelings of it being a new day in Sobriety, everyday, ever little 24 hour day. Even when they feel like very Long 24 hours....	Toni Baloney	1	649	Mar 9, 2006 by Wren
	Thanks (Preview) I just wanted to say that I know without any doubt, that, if I had not found this site, I would not have survived much more than another year. The unmistakeable pains in my upper right abdomen were getting worse, and I was struggling with getting back to where I knew I needed to be in AA. As I...	Sick of being sick	2	571	Mar 9, 2006 by Phil
	hi (Preview) i am thinking maybe i haven't come to the right place?, have i scared you off?	flumpy	2	672	Mar 9, 2006 by amanda2u2
	feeling let down (Preview) i know it's earlie days but i stil feel let down.... too much a girl!!!!!!	flumpy	1	578	Mar 9, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Just sharing something..that this kid..has to read every day.. (Preview) *DON'T QUIT!* When things go wrong as they sometimes will When the road you're trudging seems all up hill When the funds are low and the debts are high And you want to smile, but you have to sigh When care is pressing you down a bit Rest, if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer, with its twists and t...	Phil	2	740	Mar 9, 2006 by Sick of being sick
	Being open (Preview) Being open Sometimes we think we're supposed to have more recovery under our belts. Perhaps we feel the need to impress our peers with our success in staying off mind-altering chemicals. But perhaps we are really just trying to convince ourselves. We know how difficult recovery is, and s...	Rick	3	569	Mar 9, 2006 by amanda2u2
	nickel - dime aggravaation (Preview) March 9 Small Things "In the past, we made simple situations into problems; we made mountains out of molehills."Basic Text, p. 87 Making mountains out of molehills seems to be our specialty. Have you heard it said that to an addict, a flat tire is a traumatic event? Or how about those of us who for...	rosie light shines	1	859	Mar 9, 2006 by Rick
	BB Quote (Preview) "Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have—the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for them." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 124~	Rick	0	641	Mar 9, 2006 by Rick
	reaching out (Preview) WHO'S SITTING NEXT TO YOU? I know who you are. You are "X" who attend the ABC Meeting at the XYZ Club where AA's meet in Anywhere, USA. I saw you there the other night at the eight o'clock meeting. I don't know how long you've been sober, but I know you've been coming around for a while because you spoke to a lo...	Rick	0	603	Mar 9, 2006 by Rick
	More song lyrics (newer music) (Preview) BE FREE by Papa Roach ____________________________________________________ I woke up and I feel like shit I don't remember last night-I'm getting sick of this I hit the bottle when I got off stage I got piss drunk stupid and I went in a rage I think I mighta got in a fight-because my knuck...	Bonzo43	1	829	Mar 9, 2006 by Hanuman
	24 hrs a day - mar 8 (Preview) We must go to AA meetings regularly. We must learn to think differently. We must change from alcoholic thinking to sober thinking. We must re-educate our minds. We must try to help other alcoholics. We must cooperate with God by spending at least as much time and energy on the AA program as we did on drin...	amanda2u2	1	622	Mar 9, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	GETTING STARTED (Preview) *There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start. --Charles Baudelaire* A big assignment can be scary to face. We may start to think that how we do on the assignment will determine if we're good or bad people. The more we think about it, the harder that task seems. The k...	Rick	7	744	Mar 9, 2006 by helen
	Just want to say Welcome... (Preview) Welcome to Elli, Mikey and Hugger...I know some of you have been around for awhile...just not posting. Hope you will continue to share your experience, strength and hope with us. And if I missed anyone I'm sorry, just quickly catching up on the board before going to bed. Today was a good day, I stayed...	GammyRose	3	641	Mar 9, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Hi Amanda (Preview) Where u at girl ? I'll come right over get that apt done with ya. Maybe u could kick my butt and i'd do my taxes ?? Ya think ?	Rick	1	578	Mar 9, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Have had 2 or 3 inquiries about this stuff.. (Preview) Types of emotional / physical / verbal abuse common in people with BPD: DOMINATION / CONTROL: The internal chaos of the person with BPD's emotions often gives them a desperate need to control external events, situations and people. (The internal world is so out of control - so external control g...	Phil	8	891	Mar 9, 2006 by Bonzo43
	Step 10 (Preview) "Continued to take personal inventory and when wrong promply admitted it". The last week was a week full of personal discovery for me. I had been registering my own concerns with the manner of communcation "Break-downs", that I was seeing on this Board, and was told that this a Board is&nb...	Toni Baloney	8	782	Mar 9, 2006 by mikey50
	Relationship Expectations (Preview) The Truth About Relationship Expectations Larry James 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! - Guy Finl...	Phil	1	763	Mar 9, 2006 by elli
	Denial (Preview) Total surrender is an alien concept for most non-recovering people to accept. That a Higher Power, a Power greater than ourselves, that God could take us through the dark rapids of life safely if we agreed to let go of our own self-will is not an easy principle to adopt. Acting on this principle is, howe...	Phil	1	640	Mar 8, 2006 by amanda2u2
	I kinda want more drink... (Preview) Well i had my usual 4 Skoll Supers (9%) and that was a while ago.. i want another drink.. .. hmm.. the offlicense is open for another 36 minutes.. .... if i buy another drink tomorrow will be a nightmare.. Iv already taken a ONE A NIGHT NYTOL (sleeping tablet aid)... and im feeling really sleepy.. .. but...	Rob	18	836	Mar 8, 2006 by Phil
	AA Grapevine, June 1973 (Preview) Long, but good reading. This is Dr. Bob's last major talk given in Detroit, Michigan in December 1948, transcribed from tape. Although a good many of you have heard or have read about the inception of A.A., probably there are some who haven't. From that brief story, there are thin...	Rick	1	1366	Mar 8, 2006 by Phil
	SOBERITY IS A GIFT (Preview) *Sobriety is a big gift box with a hundred little packages inside to unwrap. - Oscar Morris* Sobriety is its own reward and then some. Sobriety is a condition of openness and receptivity to the treasure of life. It is the ability to view the world through gentler glasses and hear our fellows...	Rick	5	683	Mar 8, 2006 by mikey50
	day by day - mar. 7 (Preview) God's love is so encompassing, so all-powerful, that is surpasses our understanding. Doubtless, the reason many have turned away from our fellowship is an inability to accept that love. "What's in it for them? Why do they want to love me?" Maybe these words were once ours. But as we apply our...	amanda2u2	2	622	Mar 8, 2006 by rosie light shines
	TODAY'S THOUGHT (Preview) *Laughter by definition is healthy. --Doris Lessing* A hearty laugh can warm a cold room and make our spirits soar. But many of us are afraid to laugh, especially when we make mistakes. We think we're supposed to be perfect, and we don't allow ourselves to make mistakes. However, we're not a mold p...	Rick	3	692	Mar 8, 2006 by Rick
	Music and Lyrics (ol' fun stuff) (Preview) Every Breath You Take ~ Police Every breath you take Every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take I'll be watching you Every single day Every word you say Every game you play Every night you say I'll be watching you O can't you see You belong to me How my poor heart aches W...	John	3	718	Mar 8, 2006 by Hanuman
	Making Amends (Preview) Hey- Anyone want to share on how they went about making amends? My sponsor suggested making sure I do this the "AA way"- So I figured I would ask to get some input- Thanks, Joel	recovering jb	8	930	Mar 8, 2006 by Rick
	yes, the SWEETNESS of surrender (Preview) Surrender Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him. --Step Three of Al Anon Surrendering to a Power greater than ourselves is how we become empowered.We become empowered in a new, better, more effective way than we believed possible.Doors op...	rosie light shines	1	602	Mar 8, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Good Morning, God! HP! (Preview) This is an AA prayer, (but I cut 2 sentences out of it--to fit my Alanon program). Good Morning, God!   Thank you for this day! As I consider my plans for this day, Let m...	wallsal55	2	685	Mar 8, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Wednesday (Preview) *Little Things In Life* Too often we don't realize what we have until it is gone; Too often we wait too late to say "I'm sorry -- I was wrong." Sometimes it seems we hurt the ones we hold dearest to our hearts; And we allow foolish things to tear our lives apart. Far too many times we let unimportant th...	Phil	2	640	Mar 8, 2006 by rosie light shines
	AARRRGGGHHHH !!! (Preview) Can this day get any better!!! Thru all of this other "stuff" I have now managed to break a tooth in HALF that I was supposed to have a root canal on Friday. Guess the good news is now I don't need the root canal!!! Sure does hurt, though! Here's what I really need some help with......	Doll	8	691	Mar 7, 2006 by zoomie
	Always There (Preview) ALWAYS THERE Happiness does not depend on whether or not you always get your way. However, when you do choose happiness, events will more often go your way. You do not need to accumulate a lot of things before you can be happy. Yet when you are happy, you'll open yourself up to all kinds of new abundance. H...	Doll	3	704	Mar 7, 2006 by Doll
	Live and Let Live and Acceptance (Preview) LIVE AND LET LIVE The fight is over when we have surrendered. We don't need to announce our judgments and opinions to the world or to the people in our life's. We don't need to debate any issue about anything with anyone. Provided we know our own truth and find it to be a tru...	John	1	1044	Mar 7, 2006 by wandajf
	everyday folks (Preview) It's truly an everyday thing this sobriety. I'm a white chipper with 2 meetings and my 1st iop today. I'd like to read some good stories and encouraging disclosure here. 1 week sober and feeling better physically. This journey will be long for me but I WILL succeed. Gonna hit the steps hard today. Gimme...	vaughn	4	616	Mar 7, 2006 by recovering jb
	AA Big Book Trivia ?? (Preview) What does it say in the AA Big Book on page 132, 16 lines from the top, 16 lines from the bottom, two words to the left, and two words to the right... smack dab in the middle of the page? (scroll down) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...	John	2	3211	Mar 7, 2006 by Phil
	Sobriety Wiggle (Preview) *John's (aka OP_Present) version of da Sobriety Wiggle!*	John	2	707	Mar 7, 2006 by Phil
	Inspirational Page...turn it over (Preview) www.wandascountryhomeinspirational.com/butterflyfree/ Type in if link doesn't work.	wallsal55	2	679	Mar 7, 2006 by Phil
	What Power Do We Have? (Preview) So we think cheerfulness and laughter make for usefulness. Outsiders are sometimes shocked when we burst into merriment over a seemingly tragic experience out of the past. But why shouldn't we laugh? We have recovered, and have been given the power, the power to help others. *AA Big Book ch...	John	2	706	Mar 7, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Step 12 - (Preview) "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs." What is 'the message'? How do we 'practice these principles in all our affairs'? What are the 'principles' we are supposed to be pr...	amanda2u2	1	697	Mar 7, 2006 by Phil
	What is the Foundation Stone of Recovery? (Preview) "Helping others is the foundation stone of your recovery. A kindly act once in a while isn't enough. You have to act the Good Samaritan every day, if need be." *AA Big Book, Chapter "Working With Others" pg 97	John	0	902	Mar 7, 2006 by John
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