Alcoholics Anonymous

Rick · Rick

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. --Abraham Lincoln Our negative thoughts can be like pebbles rolling down the mountainside. One pebble bumps into another one. The second begins rolling and slams into a third. On and on it goes until thousands of pebbles, rocks, an...

Phil · Phil

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear not absence of fear. --Mark Twain It is not unusual to feel afraid. It is unusual, however, to hear anyone admit to feeling afraid. Sometimes we think there are some people who are so cool and calm that they never feel afraid. This may make us think we'r...

Phil · Phil

Read your response to anxiety. Been there. Drove myself nuts between depression, anxiety, and bottled up anger . Went to councelling-did 4rth and fifth steps--the whole ball of wax. Finally went to a good phycologist where I was told my body chemistry was way outa whack likely partly due to al...

GammyRose · GammyRose

Phil , I want to say thank you for all the encouragement you give me in this situation with my husband , and if I thought it would help I'd sent for each and everyone of you to help , but I think, your prayers will help just as much. So thanks to all who will pray for my husband and me. And I am smiling to...

cheri · cheri

..Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. There you will find release from care, boredom, and worry. You're imagination will be fired. Life will mean something at last. The most satisfactory years of your existence lie ahead. Thus we fin...

AACalgary · AACalgary

Hi there we do need your support! Please visit our new A.A. discussion forum and post a message. www.AAcanada.com discussion forum.

Rick · Rick

There's one thing you can't give away. You can't give away a smile. It always comes back to you. --Violet Hensley We have had years of experience with the results of smiling. How many times have we felt better simply because we smiled, even at a stranger? Smiling is somewhat like yawning. When we see s...

Phil · Phil

Coping With Stress Inevitably, there are times of stress in our lives, no matter how long we've been in recovery. Sometimes, the stress is outside or around us. We're feeling balanced, but our circumstances are stressful. Sometimes, the stress is within; we feel out of balance. When the stre...

ellen · ellen

thanks for the site I put it in my "favorites". Now I will be able to do anything on the computer and listen to the program at the same time instead of my music. A must check-out site! God Bless and Good Night Everybody...

wantneeda · wantneeda

http://www.xa-speakers.org./pafiledb.php?action=category&id=13

ellen · ellen

"I don't think we can do anything well in this world unless we practice it. And I don't believe we do AA too well unless we practice it....We should practice...acquiring the spirit of service. We should attempt to acquire some faith, which isn't easily done, especially for the person who has al...

Phil · Phil

Everyone has times when they're afraid of something. Fear has a legitimate function for us because it alerts us to something which could possibly be harmful to us. Usually, we are able to evaluate the situation and see if there is any real danger, then take steps to deal with it. &n...

Rick · Rick

IF I KNEW If I knew it would be the last time That I'd see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep. If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more. If I knew it would be the last time I'd hear...

Rick · Rick

"It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th E...

Rick · Rick

"Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. At the start, this was all we needed to commence spiritual growth, to effect our first conscious relation with God as we understood Him. Afterward, we found ourselves accepti...

julia · julia

I am so glad I found this site. I have screwed up AGAIN. I hate myself and what I become when I drink. This is my third time coming back and I have to make it this time. I need your help

wantneeda · wantneeda

I hate meetings. I am the disease of addiction. I hate everyone who has a program. To all who come in contact with me, I wish you death and I wish you suffering. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the disease of adddicton. Cunning, Baffling, and very powerful; that's me.I have killed millions, and I am ple...

Phil · Phil

There are times in all relationships when things don't run smoothly. Often, this is because people have conflicting expectations, are distracted with other issues, or have difficulty expressing what is on their minds in ways that other people can really hear and understand what is being said. Som...

Phil · Phil

One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it. --Helen Hayes Our habits, whatever they may be, were greatly influenced, if not wholly formed, during childhood. We learned our behavior through imitation, imitation of our parents, our siblings, our peer group. But we need not be...

Rick · Rick

Hurried and worried until we're buried And there's no curtain call, Life's a very funny proposition, after all. --George M. Cohan Often, when we involve ourselves in a whirlwind of activities, plans, and expectations, we push ourselves so hard that we don't derive any satisfaction from suc...

Phil · Phil

A.A. Thought for the Day The satisfaction you get out of living a sober life is made up of a lot of little things, but they add up to a satisfactory and happy life. You take out of life what you put into it. So I'd say to people coming into A.A.: "Don't worry about what life will be like without liquor. Just h...

wantneeda · wantneeda

just thought I'd ask for you's to say a prayer for my mom...she's getting tested for cancer today...i lost my gramma to cancer in '85, she was 57....my mom is 58 this year...I've only recently started communicating with my mom again...a gift of recovery...and to think of losing her now that i'm on the r...

Rick · Rick

Let no alcoholic say he cannot recover unless he has his family back. This just isn't so. In some cases the wife will never come back for one reason or another. Remind the prospect that his recovery is not dependent upon people. It is dependent upon his relationship with God. We have seen men get well who...

ellen · ellen

We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to over come them. The identification that one alcoholic has with another is mysterious, spititual--almost incoprehensible. But it is there. I "feel" it. ...

Phil · Phil

In the process of defining myself, I have a tendency to set up rules and boundaries and then forget that rules are made to be broken, as are boundaries to be expanded and crossed. --Kathleen Casey Theisen Recovery has given us the freedom to address life honestly, with forethought and a certainty...

wantneeda · wantneeda

i spent 5 months in treatment and while there i completed step 5...my step 4 was a series of 247 questions...yukky...i did my step 5 with a female priest who had never done a step 5 before...so i'm not really sure if my step 5 was all that it could have been...needless to say i've been on 6-7 since november a...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

Are any of these a problem for the alcoholic? Perfectionism, Procrastination, Paralyisis, I can see where perfectionism could be if an alcoholic feels in their thinking they could never be enough while growing up, etc. How about the other two?

Rick · Rick

Yesterday is over. It is a fact of life that what is old dies to make way for what is new. Endings are often painful - we mourn the death of a relationship, we regret leaving a familiar neighborhood, we don't like to say good-bye. Endings, though, give us the chance to begin ag ain.Anew frien...

Phil · Phil

Dear Alcohol, > >> > >>First & foremost, let me tell you that I'm a huge fan of yours. > >> > >>As my friend, you always seem to be there when needed. The perfect > >>post-work > >>cocktail, a beer at the game, and you're even around in the &...

ellen · ellen

Went to the Biltmore Estates this weekend, my husband played with his friends band. Never made it to the castle but it is so beautiful. He played at the vineyard on the estate and it was really sweet. It is so nice to be able to go to a place that is all about wine and be able to be comfortable....

ProudFather · ProudFather

Hello everyone. I'm new here to this forum and want to stop drinking. I've never gone to a meeting or talked with anyone regarding this except my lovely wife and my father both of whom are supportive but may not understand how much of a struggle this is for me. I've tried to stop in the past...

miller · miller

Didnt have any words to share, but Im here, reading the board and sucking up the wisdom. I hope every one has had a wonderfull day.

Phil · Phil

The relative success of the A.A. program seems to be due to the fact that an alcoholic who no longer drinks has an exceptional faculty for "reaching" and helping an uncontrolled drinker. In simplest form, the A.A. program operates when a recovered alcoholic passes along the story of his or her own p...

Phil · Phil

Who am I? Don't be fooled by me. Don't be fooled by the face I wear, For I wear a mask, I wear a thousand masks. Masks that I am afraid to take off. But none of them are me. But don't be fooled. I give you the impression that I am secure, That all is sunny and unruffled with me, Within as well a...

Phil · Phil

A.A. Thought for the Day Every time we go to an A.A. meeting, every time we say the Lord's prayer, every time we have a quiet time before breakfast, we're paying a premium on our insurance against taking that first drink. And every time we help another alcoholic, we're making a large payment on our dri...

Phil · Phil

To oppose something is to maintain it. --Ursula K. LeGuin Most of our struggles are with other persons or perhaps situations we want to change. We discover that our continual opposition adds fuel to the fires (at least our own internal ones). But can we turn our backs when we feel justified in our o...

wantneeda · wantneeda

When you meet a sober alcoholic You meet a hero. His mortal enemy slumbers within him; He can never outrun his disability. He makes his way through a world of alcohol abuse, In an environment that does not understand him. Society, puffed up with shameful ignorance, Looks on him with contempt, As if he w...

Phil · Phil

If you can't drink and drive, why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor, and why do bars have parking lots? How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings? If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors? If nothing ever sticks to TEFLON, how do t...

wantneeda · wantneeda

Alcohol...... An Effective Solvent By Jennifer and Kelly Alcohol is a product of amazing versatility. It will remove stains from designer clothes. It will also remove the clothes off you back. If by chance it is used in sufficient quantity, Alcohol will remove furniture fro...

GammyRose · GammyRose

This is from page 2 of "As Bill See's It" The A.A. Way of Life(selected writings of A.A.'s co-founder) When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God's hands were better than anything we could have planned. ***********...

Phil · Phil

I just hafta keep an open mind with everything and not get wrapped up in others beleifs. and I do that with respect. We take what we want to, for us, and leave the rest. We do what we can for newcommers and show them, that there is a better way. I know there is a Higher Power, and mine is spiritual. If other...

Nic · Nic

Recent comments have reminded me of me quite a few years ago... the high handed approach...pretending I had it all sussed, with a few wobbly months under my belt that I insisted warranted my use of the word "recovery".... Prattling on with crap, but not prepared to go the hard yards and actually DO what...

Phil · Phil

I can stand what I know. It's what I don't know that frightens me. --Frances Newton Fear of the unknown, often referred to as free-floating anxiety, catches up to us on occasion. But it needn't. The program offers us strength whenever we need it, and faith diminishes all fear. It is said that fear c...

wantneeda · wantneeda

The Lord is My Sponsor The Lord is my sponsor, I shall not want. He maketh me go to many meetings. He leadeth me to sit back, relax and listen with an open mind. He restoreth my soul, my sanity and health. He leadeth me in paths of serenity and fellowship for my sake. He teacheth me to think, take it easy, to li...

GammyRose · GammyRose

Just checking in, I just got home from an Alcoholics for Christ meeting, it was really good. It has been great learning the 12 Steps though scripture,how God fits in to the scheme of my recovery, how I can use my faith in it too. One of the scriptures tonight was Isaiah 1:5&6- Why shou...

Phil · Phil

As soon as I wake up, Will Power helps me get out of bed. Then I go see John. Then Charlie Horse comes along and when he's here he takes a lot of my attention. When he leaves, Arthur Ritis shows up and stays the rest of the day. He doesn't like to stay in one place very long so he takes me from joint to joint. After...

toni · toni

Hey everybody. I'm kind of having a hard time today. My Probation officer won't let me go to A.A. because I relapsed with someone from AA and today I'm going CRAZY! I've been to online meetings but I really need to be able to connect with people face to face and talk to them. I've bee...

Phil · Phil

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. --Simone de Beauvoir Sudden obstacles, barriers in the way of our progress, doors that unexpectedly close, may confuse, frustrate, even depress us. The knowledge that we seldom understand just what is best fo...

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

Good morning all. How is everyone? Hope your well and sober, bye for now. Chris.

cornbread · cornbread

I'm in NYC and need a room with someone in the rooms, or my own place. Any ideas?

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	negative thoughts (Preview) *Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. --Abraham Lincoln* Our negative thoughts can be like pebbles rolling down the mountainside. One pebble bumps into another one. The second begins rolling and slams into a third. On and on it goes until thousands of pebbles, rocks, an...	Rick	1	696	Apr 24, 2005 by Hanuman
	Saturday (Preview) *Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear not absence of fear. --Mark Twain* It is not unusual to feel afraid. It is unusual, however, to hear anyone admit to feeling afraid. Sometimes we think there are some people who are so cool and calm that they never feel afraid. This may make us think we'r...	Phil	0	757	Apr 23, 2005 by Phil
	Hey Cabbage!! Ole Chap!! (Preview) Read your response to anxiety. Been there. Drove myself nuts between depression, anxiety, and bottled up anger . Went to councelling-did 4rth and fifth steps--the whole ball of wax. Finally went to a good phycologist where I was told my body chemistry was way outa whack likely partly due to al...	Phil	0	706	Apr 22, 2005 by Phil
	Phil and Rick...and all (Preview) Phil , I want to say thank you for all the encouragement you give me in this situation with my husband , and if I thought it would help I'd sent for each and everyone of you to help , but I think, your prayers will help just as much. So thanks to all who will pray for my husband and me. And I am smiling to...	GammyRose	2	749	Apr 22, 2005 by amanda2u2
	Doin' the happy dance... (Preview) ..Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. There you will find release from care, boredom, and worry. You're imagination will be fired. Life will mean something at last. The most satisfactory years of your existence lie ahead. Thus we fin...	cheri	3	649	Apr 22, 2005 by amanda2u2
	We need your support ! (Preview) Hi there we do need your support! Please visit our new A.A. discussion forum and post a message. www.AAcanada.com discussion forum.	AACalgary	0	725	Apr 22, 2005 by AACalgary
	smile (Preview) *There's one thing you can't give away. You can't give away a smile. It always comes back to you. --Violet Hensley* We have had years of experience with the results of smiling. How many times have we felt better simply because we smiled, even at a stranger? Smiling is somewhat like yawning. When we see s...	Rick	0	700	Apr 22, 2005 by Rick
	Happy Friday!! (Preview) Coping With Stress Inevitably, there are times of stress in our lives, no matter how long we've been in recovery. Sometimes, the stress is outside or around us. We're feeling balanced, but our circumstances are stressful. Sometimes, the stress is within; we feel out of balance. When the stre...	Phil	0	694	Apr 22, 2005 by Phil
	wantneeda (Preview) thanks for the site I put it in my "favorites". Now I will be able to do anything on the computer and listen to the program at the same time instead of my music. A must check-out site! God Bless and Good Night Everybody...	ellen	1	741	Apr 22, 2005 by wantneeda
	XA SPEAKERS (Preview) http://www.xa-speakers.org./pafiledb.php?action=category&id=13	wantneeda	5	6292	Apr 21, 2005 by ellen
	Cultivating Faith-april 21 (Preview) "I don't think we can do anything well in this world unless we practice it. And I don't believe we do AA too well unless we practice it....We should practice...acquiring the spirit of service. We should attempt to acquire some faith, which isn't easily done, especially for the person who has al...	ellen	1	730	Apr 21, 2005 by ellen
	An Article On Handling Fear (Preview) Everyone has times when they're afraid of something. Fear has a legitimate function for us because it alerts us to something which could possibly be harmful to us. Usually, we are able to evaluate the situation and see if there is any real danger, then take steps to deal with it. &n...	Phil	1	929	Apr 21, 2005 by wantneeda
	IF I KNEW (Preview) IF I KNEW If I knew it would be the last time That I'd see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep. If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more. If I knew it would be the last time I'd hear...	Rick	0	903	Apr 21, 2005 by Rick
	We are not cured (Preview) "It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th E...	Rick	1	714	Apr 21, 2005 by Rick
	growth (Preview) "Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. At the start, this was all we needed to commence spiritual growth, to effect our first conscious relation with God as we understood Him. Afterward, we found ourselves accepti...	Rick	0	714	Apr 21, 2005 by Rick
	why can't I seem to do it (Preview) I am so glad I found this site. I have screwed up AGAIN. I hate myself and what I become when I drink. This is my third time coming back and I have to make it this time. I need your help	julia	7	920	Apr 21, 2005 by Rick
	I Am Your Disease (Preview) I hate meetings. I am the disease of addiction. I hate everyone who has a program. To all who come in contact with me, I wish you death and I wish you suffering. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the disease of adddicton. Cunning, Baffling, and very powerful; that's me.I have killed millions, and I am ple...	wantneeda	2	1099	Apr 21, 2005 by Rick
	Relationships (Preview) There are times in all relationships when things don't run smoothly. Often, this is because people have conflicting expectations, are distracted with other issues, or have difficulty expressing what is on their minds in ways that other people can really hear and understand what is being said. Som...	Phil	3	1013	Apr 21, 2005 by Rick
	Wednesday (Preview) *One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it. --Helen Hayes* Our habits, whatever they may be, were greatly influenced, if not wholly formed, during childhood. We learned our behavior through imitation, imitation of our parents, our siblings, our peer group. But we need not be...	Phil	1	916	Apr 20, 2005 by wallsal55
	Hurried and worried (Preview) *Hurried and worried until we're buried And there's no curtain call, Life's a very funny proposition, after all. --George M. Cohan* Often, when we involve ourselves in a whirlwind of activities, plans, and expectations, we push ourselves so hard that we don't derive any satisfaction from suc...	Rick	3	656	Apr 20, 2005 by wallsal55
	AA Thought For Today (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day The satisfaction you get out of living a sober life is made up of a lot of little things, but they add up to a satisfactory and happy life. You take out of life what you put into it. So I'd say to people coming into A.A.: "Don't worry about what life will be like without liquor. Just h...	Phil	2	7161	Apr 20, 2005 by Phil
	Hi all, (Preview) just thought I'd ask for you's to say a prayer for my mom...she's getting tested for cancer today...i lost my gramma to cancer in '85, she was 57....my mom is 58 this year...I've only recently started communicating with my mom again...a gift of recovery...and to think of losing her now that i'm on the r...	wantneeda	4	780	Apr 20, 2005 by wantneeda
	BB quote (Preview) Let no alcoholic say he cannot recover unless he has his family back. This just isn't so. In some cases the wife will never come back for one reason or another. Remind the prospect that his recovery is not dependent upon people. It is dependent upon his relationship with God. We have seen men get well who...	Rick	1	794	Apr 19, 2005 by GammyRose
	Brothers in our defects-april 19 (Preview) We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to over come them. The identification that one alcoholic has with another is mysterious, spititual--almost incoprehensible. But it is there. I "feel" it. ...	ellen	3	1184	Apr 19, 2005 by Rick
	Tuesday (Preview) In the process of defining myself, I have a tendency to set up rules and boundaries and then forget that rules are made to be broken, as are boundaries to be expanded and crossed. --Kathleen Casey Theisen Recovery has given us the freedom to address life honestly, with forethought and a certainty...	Phil	6	946	Apr 19, 2005 by Rick
	step 6-7 (Preview) i spent 5 months in treatment and while there i completed step 5...my step 4 was a series of 247 questions...yukky...i did my step 5 with a female priest who had never done a step 5 before...so i'm not really sure if my step 5 was all that it could have been...needless to say i've been on 6-7 since november a...	wantneeda	3	1394	Apr 19, 2005 by amanda2u2
	Psst..Phil....anybody (Preview) Are any of these a problem for the alcoholic? Perfectionism, Procrastination, Paralyisis, I can see where perfectionism could be if an alcoholic feels in their thinking they could never be enough while growing up, etc. How about the other two?	wallsal55	3	834	Apr 19, 2005 by wallsal55
	Yesterday is over. (Preview) *Yesterday is over.* It is a fact of life that what is old dies to make way for what is new. Endings are often painful - we mourn the death of a relationship, we regret leaving a familiar neighborhood, we don't like to say good-bye. Endings, though, give us the chance to begin ag ain.Anew frien...	Rick	1	752	Apr 19, 2005 by amanda2u2
	A Freind, No More (Preview) Dear Alcohol, > >> > >>First & foremost, let me tell you that I'm a huge fan of yours. > >> > >>As my friend, you always seem to be there when needed. The perfect > >>post-work > >>cocktail, a beer at the game, and you're even around in the &...	Phil	0	791	Apr 19, 2005 by Phil
	hello everyone (Preview) Went to the Biltmore Estates this weekend, my husband played with his friends band. Never made it to the castle but it is so beautiful. He played at the vineyard on the estate and it was really sweet. It is so nice to be able to go to a place that is all about wine and be able to be comfortable....	ellen	1	689	Apr 18, 2005 by cheri
	How Can I Stop Drinking? (Preview) Hello everyone. I'm new here to this forum and want to stop drinking. I've never gone to a meeting or talked with anyone regarding this except my lovely wife and my father both of whom are supportive but may not understand how much of a struggle this is for me. I've tried to stop in the past...	ProudFather	10	914	Apr 18, 2005 by cheri
	Good evening Sunday (Preview) Didnt have any words to share, but Im here, reading the board and sucking up the wisdom. I hope every one has had a wonderfull day.	miller	5	1045	Apr 18, 2005 by amanda2u2
	The AA program (Preview) The relative success of the A.A. program seems to be due to the fact that an alcoholic who no longer drinks has an exceptional faculty for "reaching" and helping an uncontrolled drinker. In simplest form, the A.A. program operates when a recovered alcoholic passes along the story of his or her own p...	Phil	2	1065	Apr 18, 2005 by Phil
	The masks we wear (Preview) Who am I? Don't be fooled by me. Don't be fooled by the face I wear, For I wear a mask, I wear a thousand masks. Masks that I am afraid to take off. But none of them are me. But don't be fooled. I give you the impression that I am secure, That all is sunny and unruffled with me, Within as well a...	Phil	4	4348	Apr 18, 2005 by GammyRose
	Insurance (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Every time we go to an A.A. meeting, every time we say the Lord's prayer, every time we have a quiet time before breakfast, we're paying a premium on our insurance against taking that first drink. And every time we help another alcoholic, we're making a large payment on our dri...	Phil	4	933	Apr 18, 2005 by cheri
	Letting go and Freedom (Preview) *To oppose something is to maintain it. --Ursula K. LeGuin* Most of our struggles are with other persons or perhaps situations we want to change. We discover that our continual opposition adds fuel to the fires (at least our own internal ones). But can we turn our backs when we feel justified in our o...	Phil	0	627	Apr 18, 2005 by Phil
	just a little share (Preview) When you meet a sober alcoholic You meet a hero. His mortal enemy slumbers within him; He can never outrun his disability. He makes his way through a world of alcohol abuse, In an environment that does not understand him. Society, puffed up with shameful ignorance, Looks on him with contempt, As if he w...	wantneeda	0	605	Apr 18, 2005 by wantneeda
	Things that really confuse me. (Preview) If you can't drink and drive, why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor, and why do bars have parking lots? How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings? If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors? If nothing ever sticks to TEFLON, how do t...	Phil	0	791	Apr 17, 2005 by Phil
	Alcohol...an effective solvent (Preview) Alcohol...... An Effective Solvent By Jennifer and Kelly Alcohol is a product of amazing versatility. It will remove stains from designer clothes. It will also remove the clothes off you back. If by chance it is used in sufficient quantity, Alcohol will remove furniture fro...	wantneeda	1	1406	Apr 17, 2005 by Phil
	In God's Hands (Preview) This is from page 2 of "As Bill See's It" The A.A. Way of Life(selected writings of A.A.'s co-founder) When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God's hands were better than anything we could have planned. ***********...	GammyRose	1	870	Apr 17, 2005 by amanda2u2
	Hey Nic ole Gal:) (Preview) I just hafta keep an open mind with everything and not get wrapped up in others beleifs. and I do that with respect. We take what we want to, for us, and leave the rest. We do what we can for newcommers and show them, that there is a better way. I know there is a Higher Power, and mine is spiritual. If other...	Phil	1	610	Apr 17, 2005 by wantneeda
	Dancing the Can Can or Stan Stan (Preview) Recent comments have reminded me of me quite a few years ago... the high handed approach...pretending I had it all sussed, with a few wobbly months under my belt that I insisted warranted my use of the word "recovery".... Prattling on with crap, but not prepared to go the hard yards and actually DO what...	Nic	5	1006	Apr 17, 2005 by amanda2u2
	Fear Of The Unknown (Preview) *I can stand what I know. It's what I don't know that frightens me. --Frances Newton* Fear of the unknown, often referred to as free-floating anxiety, catches up to us on occasion. But it needn't. The program offers us strength whenever we need it, and faith diminishes all fear. It is said that fear c...	Phil	0	795	Apr 17, 2005 by Phil
	the Lord is my sponsor (Preview) The Lord is My Sponsor The Lord is my sponsor, I shall not want. He maketh me go to many meetings. He leadeth me to sit back, relax and listen with an open mind. He restoreth my soul, my sanity and health. He leadeth me in paths of serenity and fellowship for my sake. He teacheth me to think, take it easy, to li...	wantneeda	3	876	Apr 17, 2005 by wantneeda
	Saturday night... (Preview) Just checking in, I just got home from an Alcoholics for Christ meeting, it was really good. It has been great learning the 12 Steps though scripture,how God fits in to the scheme of my recovery, how I can use my faith in it too. One of the scriptures tonight was Isaiah 1:5&6- Why shou...	GammyRose	1	739	Apr 16, 2005 by Phil
	Old Age (Preview) As soon as I wake up, Will Power helps me get out of bed. Then I go see John. Then Charlie Horse comes along and when he's here he takes a lot of my attention. When he leaves, Arthur Ritis shows up and stays the rest of the day. He doesn't like to stay in one place very long so he takes me from joint to joint. After...	Phil	2	736	Apr 16, 2005 by miller
	(Preview) Hey everybody. I'm kind of having a hard time today. My Probation officer won't let me go to A.A. because I relapsed with someone from AA and today I'm going CRAZY! I've been to online meetings but I really need to be able to connect with people face to face and talk to them. I've bee...	toni	5	1440	Apr 16, 2005 by miller
	Hey up there? Take it for another day!! (Preview) *In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. --Simone de Beauvoir* Sudden obstacles, barriers in the way of our progress, doors that unexpectedly close, may confuse, frustrate, even depress us. The knowledge that we seldom understand just what is best fo...	Phil	1	882	Apr 16, 2005 by Cabbageheadchris
	Check in. (Preview) Good morning all. How is everyone? Hope your well and sober, bye for now. Chris.	Cabbageheadchris	4	767	Apr 16, 2005 by Cabbageheadchris
	need a room (Preview) I'm in NYC and need a room with someone in the rooms, or my own place. Any ideas?	cornbread	1	663	Apr 16, 2005 by amanda2u2
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