Alcoholics Anonymous

Bonzo43 · Bonzo43

At my meeting yesterday, there was a 19 year old boy who was a coke addict. He was there because he needed his "paper" signed. During the meeting (to which he was late-but he did say he was sorry for that) he didn't say anything, and passed when his turn to share came, other than to...

StoneAgeDave · StoneAgeDave

hi all This is by far the hardest thing, facing the fact that I have a problem, and then having to do something about it. The first time I ever got drunk was at a New Years Eve party when I was 8 years old. Someone spiked some punch, no one liked it so for some reason, so everyon...

jersey · jersey

But Rogers is just as interested in describing the healthy person. His term is "fully-functioning," and involves the following qualities: 1. Openness to experience. This is the opposite of defensiveness. It is the accurate perception of one's experiences in the world, including one's feel...

Phil · Phil

There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is YESTERDAY with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. YESTERDAY has passed forever beyond our control. All the money in t...

Phil · Phil

Trust is: Letting others know your feelings, emotions and reactions, and having the confidence in them to respect you and to not take advantage of you. Sharing your inner feelings and thoughts with others with the belief that they will not spread them indiscriminately. Placing confidenc...

Phil · Phil

What is a boundary?A boundary is the: Emotional and physical space between you and another person.Demarcation of where you end and another begins and where you begin and another ends.Limit or line over which you will not allow anyone to cross because of the negative impact of its being crossed in the...

Michelle · Michelle

I got a happy thought now. Our black cat Pickles keeps digging the teabag out of my empty mug. i pick it up off the table and put it back in the mug and then he digs it out again and chews on it. maybe he thinks it has catnip in it (it doesn't, it's sleepytime extra by celestial seasonings,...

Doll · Doll

RESCUED BY SURRENDERING Characteristic of the so-called typical alcoholic is a narcissistic egocentric core, dominated by feelings of omnipotence, intent on maintaining at all costs its inner integrity.... Inwardly the alcoholic brooks no control from man or God. He, the alcoholic, is and mus...

Phil · Phil

Step Two "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." The moment they read Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted with a dilemma, sometimes a serious one. How often have we heard them cry out, "Look what you people have done to us! You have convinced u...

Doll · Doll

Dear Lord*, So far I've done all right. I haven't gossipped, haven't lost my temper, haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or overindulgent. I'm really glad about that. But in a few minutes, God*, I'm going to get out of bed. And from then on, I'm going to need a lot more help. --Author Unk...

benny33 · benny33

ok so im new to this and up till latley i have been doing a good job of not drinking but it seems to get more and more difficult,i need a sponsor or at least some one to talk to ,i am serious about keeping myself sober and would like to kick it up a noch.so a friendly ear or a little chat would be helpfull at this ti...

Michelle · Michelle

I wish I would have found this website BEFORE I wrecked my car and got arrested. but I think in my case, that's what I needed to have happen to get the help I needed. I got lucky, I didn't hurt anyone else, just me and it was fairly minor, I did rear-end a truck though. ...

Michelle · Michelle

Imagine half a dozen grade-school kids running around in the pouring rain wih big water guns! that was hilarious, especially when the the old chinese guy grabbed a bucket and took them on! My job isnt't always boring...

benny33 · benny33

i have a a ton of help today who knew asking for help would be so easy.i was in a deep dark hole yesterday and some of today but i see light (thank HP).I have a few things to do tonight ,and the first thing is an i will list (a list of things i will do)ive already been thinking of it and im excited.i hope its not goi...

Doll · Doll

Staying on the Path ~ Your circumstances do not determine what your life will be; they reveal what kinds of images you have chosen up until now. To change yourself, look at what you fear and what you hate. Start There. We are all at once teachers and learners in every encounter of our lives. What's over is...

Doll · Doll

Feb 1908 - Bill made boomerang. Feb 1916 - hazing incident Norwich University, Bill & sophomore class suspended Feb 1938 - Rockefeller gives $5,000 to AA. - Saves AA from professionalization. Feb 1939 - Dr Harry Tiebout, 1st Psychiatrist to endorse AA and use in his practice. Feb 1939 - Dr Howard...

Rick · Rick

i SEE U LURKING HAVE A GREAT DAY TIME FOR THIS GUY TO SHUT DOWN THE PC

Doll · Doll

I don't think you're suddenly going to begin to look at the world with new eyes when you're eighty if you haven't been doing it when you're thirty. --Janice Clark We are creatures of habit as evidenced by our getting stuck in old viewpoints long after they have quit serving us. However, that fact do...

Doll · Doll

GOAL: SANITY "...Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I can't say upon what occasion or on what day I came to believe in a power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 27 "Came to believe!" I gave lip service to my beli...

GammyRose · GammyRose

Just wanted to say welcome to MIP Wanda. I read your post below, living life on lifes terms, one day at a time.Thanks for your share and keep posting, please. (((Hugs))) GammyRose

Doll · Doll

Bonzo mentioned Post Acute Withdrawal. Here's a website in case anyone's interested. http://www.tlctx.com/ar_pages/paw_part1.htm

Doll · Doll

Where you hidin' dude??? You gotta find time to at least check in every couple days or I get worried.

Hurricane · Hurricane

Is it true that someone seeking recovery is not supposed to make any major life changes in the first year? i.e. divorce, moving, etc? If this is true, then what would it mean if someone were to make those major life changes in the first couple months of recovery??

Michelle · Michelle

but I' rather share the positive feelings! c'mon everyone, be happy! I like sharing all the stuff that I used to miss. go to laugh.com, funnier than **** just don't get offended too easy.

Phil · Phil

SELF ESTEEM, SELF LOVE and SELF CENTEREDNESS by Nancy Poitou, M.A., M.F.T. I have been asked often about what is self-esteem, self-love and self-centeredness. These are very good questions and it is a fine line that separates these concepts. Self esteem means to hold oneself in high estee...

Phil · Phil

The decision to forgive yourself or somebody else is a vote to live in the present moment. "I'll never forgive my mother for that!" "I can't forgive myself!" Are these familiar expressions? If we refuse to forgive somebody then we are really saying, "Instead of taking some action to improve matters,...

Phil · Phil

Resentment is the: harboring of animosity against a person or group of people whom I feel has mistreated me.unresolved anger I have over a negative event which occurred in my past life. seething, aching emotional turmoil I feel whenever a certain person or event is discussed. lack of forgiving, t...

Pauly · Pauly

Where do I start. I Hope you guys do not object to me posting on here given the distance involved. Big day for me on Friday, had my customary cans of lager (8 on Thursday) the night before, started the day as usual: slow, groggy, no headache..and something changed. I started searching the web, googling a...

Rick · Rick

Pc**needed to be reformated and if been off line a couple days. I don't know if i'll ever be able to catch up on posts. Site has got pretty active. Hope all is well here. Amanda got that apt fixed ??

Doll · Doll

OUR COMMON WELFARE COMES FIRST The unity of Alcoholics Anonymous is the most cherished quality our Society has. . . . We stay whole, or A.A. dies. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 129 Our Traditions are key elements in the ego deflation process necessary to achieve and maintain sobriety in Alco...

Cafe6 · Cafe6

What are the statistics of permanent recovery resulting from divorce? Is it believed that for a full recovery you have to completely start your life over, and divorcing your spouse because maybe you feel as though your problems are a result of your marriage? I'm curious to know how ma...

Doll · Doll

The First Drink It is the first drink which triggers, immediately or some time later, the compulsion to drink more and more until we are in drinking trouble again. Many of us have come to believe that our alcoholism is an addiction to the drug alcohol; like addicts of any sort who want to maintain recove...

JJ fitz · JJ fitz

Hi I am jack I am having a troubled time-I have been going to meetings for 34 years-i relapsed in '99 I just celebraed my 6th year. tonight. I should be happy but the last 6 years have been a night mare. I watched my brother perish in the 9/11 =wtc bldg 1. I survived that with out drinking-last august I wa...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Good morning all, I just want to mention something - that came with me when I moved from the bay area. There was a Suggestion at the beginning of ALL AA Meetings that before the meeting began, it was stated, Please limit your shares to five minutes if you can, so that others will have their turn, a...

Doll · Doll

To "let go" does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To "let go" is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To "let go" is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. To "let go" is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome...

jersey · jersey

"Acceptance" "And acceptance is the answer to *all* my problems. today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation---some fact of my life---unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, p...

Doll · Doll

FREEDOM FROM . . . FREEDOM TO We are going to know a new freedom. . . . ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 83 Freedom for me is both freedom from and freedom to. The first freedom I enjoy is freedom from the slavery of alcohol. What a relief! Then I begin to experience freedom from fear - fear of people, of economic ins...

trudi · trudi

I am a mother of two children 3 and 2 I have had 13 months sober upto November 2005 and I was secretary for a meeting. But I picked up 8th November 2005 and got done for drink driving. Since then I have found it hard to put the drink down for good. I can go several weeks or even a few days and then it happens...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

Many of us have not had a healthy concept of 'boundaries', and have been, rather, 'all of nothing' in our attitudes. Many of us have come from dysfunctional families in which we were not allowed to have healthy boundaries. We were violated in many ways, and witnessed others being violat...

Michelle · Michelle

I just felt like sharing a bit of my happiness. It's raining here again, but yesterday we had a few hours of no rain. It's always nice to get outside and play. Did some soccer practice with my 10 year old girl, she just started playing indoor soccer at the boys&girls club.&nbs...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

I just got back from the cultural celebration at church. I enjoyed myself. There was music, food, people. I didn't used to be able to join in and feel like I belonged anywhere. But I am making progress, even though I am not yet perfect. The topics of this morning? Good topic...

jersey · jersey

Living the Compassionate Life by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama As human beings we all have the potential to be happy and compassionate people, and we also have the potential to be miserable and harmful to others. The potential for all these things is present within each of us. If we wa...

franklin · franklin

I haven't had the time to post about my personal struggle lately, but things are going ok for me. Still have some hard times ofcourse but I'm still able tofight them, and it is getting easier! But Í just had to share the following stuff with you guys: * I got a new job starting this monday, paying real g...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Good Morning, I am going to spend the day cleaning up, washing windows, polishing wood, vacuuming, and making things look really their best. I am Roasting a Duck, tommorow, by Request, for a person that I have only known for 8 months, that is moving out of state. It is a farewell to someone...

Doll · Doll

1 ) Stay away from that first drink, taking the 1st step daily. 2 ) Attend AA regularly and get involved. 3 ) Progress is made ONE DAY AT A TIME. 4 ) Use the 24 Hour plan. 5 ) Remember, your disease is incurable, progressive and fatal. 6 ) Do first things first. 7 ) Don't become too tired. 8 ) Eat at regular hours...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Just wanted to share what tolerance means to me. The first thing that comes to mind, before I look elsewhere, Is to practice Tolerance with myself - my shortcomings, -self forgiveness must come before we can extend that to others, as was mentioned in an Earlier Post. Forgiveness...

recovering jb · recovering jb

Hey- I had read about this forum on Buddhism and Neuroscience at Stanford University, featuring the Dalai Lama and a panel scientists- Very interesting lectures- One series is on Craving, Suffering, and Choice. You can download them from this site- http://itunes.stanford.edu/ Yo...

Doll · Doll

THE JOY OF SHARING Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you. to have a host of friends - this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it. Frequent contact with newcomers and...

Phil · Phil

Principles of the 12 Steps: STEP: (The steps are printed on pages 59 & 60 of the Big Book.) 1. Surrender. (Capitulation to hopelessness.) 2. Hope. (Step 2 is the mirror image or opposite of step 1. In step 1 we admit that alcohol is our higher power, and that our lives are unmanageabl...

Rick · Rick

The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. --Martin Luther King, Jr. An essential aid to following the path of the inner voice is practicing forgiveness. Resentment comes from the Latin word resentir to feel over and over again. By repeatedly re-experiencing the old resentments...

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	A Bit Harsh, or What? (Preview) At my meeting yesterday, there was a 19 year old boy who was a coke addict. He was there because he needed his "paper" signed. During the meeting (to which he was late-but he did say he was sorry for that) he didn't say anything, and passed when his turn to share came, other than to...	Bonzo43	8	780	Feb 3, 2006 by rosie light shines
	first timer (Preview) hi all This is by far the hardest thing, facing the fact that I have a problem, and then having to do something about it. The first time I ever got drunk was at a New Years Eve party when I was 8 years old. Someone spiked some punch, no one liked it so for some reason, so everyon...	StoneAgeDave	9	756	Feb 3, 2006 by recovering jb
	something interresting (Preview) But Rogers is just as interested in describing the healthy person. His term is "fully-functioning," and involves the following qualities: 1. Openness to experience. This is the opposite of defensiveness. It is the accurate perception of one's experiences in the world, including one's feel...	jersey	2	721	Feb 2, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Yesterday..Today..Tomorrow (Preview) There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is YESTERDAY with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. YESTERDAY has passed forever beyond our control. All the money in t...	Phil	1	723	Feb 2, 2006 by Phil
	What Is Trust??? (Preview) Trust is: Letting others know your feelings, emotions and reactions, and having the confidence in them to respect you and to not take advantage of you. Sharing your inner feelings and thoughts with others with the belief that they will not spread them indiscriminately. Placing confidenc...	Phil	10	730	Feb 2, 2006 by wandajf
	An Article On Boundaries (Preview) What is a boundary?A boundary is the: Emotional and physical space between you and another person.Demarcation of where you end and another begins and where you begin and another ends.Limit or line over which you will not allow anyone to cross because of the negative impact of its being crossed in the...	Phil	5	786	Feb 2, 2006 by jeannie
	found my happy thought! (Preview) I got a happy thought now. Our black cat Pickles keeps digging the teabag out of my empty mug. i pick it up off the table and put it back in the mug and then he digs it out again and chews on it. maybe he thinks it has catnip in it (it doesn't, it's sleepytime extra by celestial seasonings,...	Michelle	4	628	Feb 2, 2006 by nmike
	Daily Reflection Feb 2 (Preview) RESCUED BY SURRENDERING Characteristic of the so-called typical alcoholic is a narcissistic egocentric core, dominated by feelings of omnipotence, intent on maintaining at all costs its inner integrity.... Inwardly the alcoholic brooks no control from man or God. He, the alcoholic, is and mus...	Doll	3	683	Feb 2, 2006 by rosie light shines
	2nd step of the 12 steps from AA 12 and 12 (Preview) Step Two "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." The moment they read Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted with a dilemma, sometimes a serious one. How often have we heard them cry out, "Look what you people have done to us! You have convinced u...	Phil	0	1564	Feb 2, 2006 by Phil
	My morning prayer (Preview) *Dear Lord, So far I've done all right. I haven't gossipped, haven't lost my temper, haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or overindulgent. I'm really glad about that. But in a few minutes, God, I'm going to get out of bed. And from then on, I'm going to need a lot more help.* --Author Unk...	Doll	0	740	Feb 2, 2006 by Doll
	just plain help!!!!!!!!! (Preview) ok so im new to this and up till latley i have been doing a good job of not drinking but it seems to get more and more difficult,i need a sponsor or at least some one to talk to ,i am serious about keeping myself sober and would like to kick it up a noch.so a friendly ear or a little chat would be helpfull at this ti...	benny33	12	816	Feb 2, 2006 by Michelle
	no happy thoughts today... (Preview) I wish I would have found this website BEFORE I wrecked my car and got arrested. but I think in my case, that's what I needed to have happen to get the help I needed. I got lucky, I didn't hurt anyone else, just me and it was fairly minor, I did rear-end a truck though. ...	Michelle	0	664	Feb 2, 2006 by Michelle
	happy thought of the day :) (Preview) Imagine half a dozen grade-school kids running around in the pouring rain wih big water guns! that was hilarious, especially when the the old chinese guy grabbed a bucket and took them on! My job isnt't always boring...	Michelle	3	646	Feb 2, 2006 by Michelle
	on the lords prayer (Preview) i have a a ton of help today who knew asking for help would be so easy.i was in a deep dark hole yesterday and some of today but i see light (thank HP).I have a few things to do tonight ,and the first thing is an i will list (a list of things i will do)ive already been thinking of it and im excited.i hope its not goi...	benny33	3	667	Feb 1, 2006 by Phil
	Staying The Path (Preview) Staying on the Path ~ Your circumstances do not determine what your life will be; they reveal what kinds of images you have chosen up until now. To change yourself, look at what you fear and what you hate. Start There. We are all at once teachers and learners in every encounter of our lives. What's over is...	Doll	1	658	Feb 1, 2006 by Sick of being sick
	Significant AA Dates - February (Preview) Feb 1908 - Bill made boomerang. Feb 1916 - hazing incident Norwich University, Bill & sophomore class suspended Feb 1938 - Rockefeller gives $5,000 to AA. - Saves AA from professionalization. Feb 1939 - Dr Harry Tiebout, 1st Psychiatrist to endorse AA and use in his practice. Feb 1939 - Dr Howard...	Doll	0	588	Feb 1, 2006 by Doll
	hI GAMMY (Preview) i SEE U LURKING HAVE A GREAT DAY TIME FOR THIS GUY TO SHUT DOWN THE PC	Rick	1	602	Feb 1, 2006 by GammyRose
	Today's Thought (Preview) I don't think you're suddenly going to begin to look at the world with new eyes when you're eighty if you haven't been doing it when you're thirty. --Janice Clark We are creatures of habit as evidenced by our getting stuck in old viewpoints long after they have quit serving us. However, that fact do...	Doll	0	576	Feb 1, 2006 by Doll
	Daily Reflection Feb 1 (Preview) GOAL: SANITY "...Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I can't say upon what occasion or on what day I came to believe in a power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 27 "Came to believe!" I gave lip service to my beli...	Doll	1	606	Feb 1, 2006 by Phil
	Welcome Wandajf (Preview) Just wanted to say welcome to MIP Wanda. I read your post below, living life on lifes terms, one day at a time.Thanks for your share and keep posting, please. (((Hugs))) GammyRose	GammyRose	1	600	Jan 31, 2006 by Doll
	P.A.W. (Preview) Bonzo mentioned Post Acute Withdrawal. Here's a website in case anyone's interested. http://www.tlctx.com/ar_pages/paw_part1.htm	Doll	4	659	Jan 31, 2006 by Doll
	FRAAANNNKKKLIN (Preview) Where you hidin' dude??? You gotta find time to at least check in every couple days or I get worried.	Doll	2	591	Jan 31, 2006 by Doll
	No changes in the first year? (Preview) Is it true that someone seeking recovery is not supposed to make any major life changes in the first year? i.e. divorce, moving, etc? If this is true, then what would it mean if someone were to make those major life changes in the first couple months of recovery??	Hurricane	9	2051	Jan 31, 2006 by Hanuman
	hope nobody minds... (Preview) but I' rather share the positive feelings! c'mon everyone, be happy! I like sharing all the stuff that I used to miss. go to laugh.com, funnier than **** just don't get offended too easy.	Michelle	2	631	Jan 31, 2006 by Hanuman
	Sharing An Article about Self.. (Preview) SELF ESTEEM, SELF LOVE and SELF CENTEREDNESS by Nancy Poitou, M.A., M.F.T. I have been asked often about what is self-esteem, self-love and self-centeredness. These are very good questions and it is a fine line that separates these concepts. Self esteem means to hold oneself in high estee...	Phil	3	737	Jan 31, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Something on Forgiving.. (Preview) The decision to forgive yourself or somebody else is a vote to live in the present moment. "I'll never forgive my mother for that!" "I can't forgive myself!" Are these familiar expressions? If we refuse to forgive somebody then we are really saying, "Instead of taking some action to improve matters,...	Phil	6	676	Jan 31, 2006 by jeannie
	Resentment (Preview) *Resentment is the:* harboring of animosity against a person or group of people whom I feel has mistreated me.unresolved anger I have over a negative event which occurred in my past life. seething, aching emotional turmoil I feel whenever a certain person or event is discussed. lack of forgiving, t...	Phil	8	688	Jan 31, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Greetings from the U.K. (Preview) Where do I start. I Hope you guys do not object to me posting on here given the distance involved. Big day for me on Friday, had my customary cans of lager (8 on Thursday) the night before, started the day as usual: slow, groggy, no headache..and something changed. I started searching the web, googling a...	Pauly	9	715	Jan 31, 2006 by Pauly
	Good Morning (Preview) Pc**needed to be reformated and if been off line a couple days. I don't know if i'll ever be able to catch up on posts. Site has got pretty active. Hope all is well here. Amanda got that apt fixed ??	Rick	1	615	Jan 31, 2006 by Rick
	Daily Reflection Jan 31 (Preview) OUR COMMON WELFARE COMES FIRST The unity of Alcoholics Anonymous is the most cherished quality our Society has. . . . We stay whole, or A.A. dies. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 129 Our Traditions are key elements in the ego deflation process necessary to achieve and maintain sobriety in Alco...	Doll	1	622	Jan 31, 2006 by GammyRose
	Is it more possible to stay sober if you get divorced? (Preview) What are the statistics of permanent recovery resulting from divorce? Is it believed that for a full recovery you have to completely start your life over, and divorcing your spouse because maybe you feel as though your problems are a result of your marriage? I'm curious to know how ma...	Cafe6	8	817	Jan 30, 2006 by wandajf
	The 1st Drink, Tolerance, Guilt (Preview) The First Drink It is the first drink which triggers, immediately or some time later, the compulsion to drink more and more until we are in drinking trouble again. Many of us have come to believe that our alcoholism is an addiction to the drug alcohol; like addicts of any sort who want to maintain recove...	Doll	2	700	Jan 30, 2006 by Phil
	need a sincere reply (Preview) Hi I am jack I am having a troubled time-I have been going to meetings for 34 years-i relapsed in '99 I just celebraed my 6th year. tonight. I should be happy but the last 6 years have been a night mare. I watched my brother perish in the 9/11 =wtc bldg 1. I survived that with out drinking-last august I wa...	JJ fitz	6	696	Jan 30, 2006 by Chrisb
	No Cross Talk - Please (Preview) Good morning all, I just want to mention something - that came with me when I moved from the bay area. There was a Suggestion at the beginning of ALL AA Meetings that before the meeting began, it was stated, Please limit your shares to five minutes if you can, so that others will have their turn, a...	Toni Baloney	5	785	Jan 30, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	To "LET GO" (Preview) To "let go" does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To "let go" is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To "let go" is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. To "let go" is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome...	Doll	4	1244	Jan 30, 2006 by rosie light shines
	acceptance-449 BB (Preview) "Acceptance" "And acceptance is the answer to all my problems. today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation---some fact of my life---unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, p...	jersey	5	2983	Jan 30, 2006 by Doll
	Daily Reflection Jan 30 (Preview) FREEDOM FROM . . . FREEDOM TO We are going to know a new freedom. . . . ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 83 Freedom for me is both freedom from and freedom to. The first freedom I enjoy is freedom from the slavery of alcohol. What a relief! Then I begin to experience freedom from fear - fear of people, of economic ins...	Doll	4	692	Jan 30, 2006 by rosie light shines
	please help (Preview) I am a mother of two children 3 and 2 I have had 13 months sober upto November 2005 and I was secretary for a meeting. But I picked up 8th November 2005 and got done for drink driving. Since then I have found it hard to put the drink down for good. I can go several weeks or even a few days and then it happens...	trudi	16	1152	Jan 30, 2006 by trudi
	topic - boundaries (Preview) Many of us have not had a healthy concept of 'boundaries', and have been, rather, 'all of nothing' in our attitudes. Many of us have come from dysfunctional families in which we were not allowed to have healthy boundaries. We were violated in many ways, and witnessed others being violat...	amanda2u2	8	771	Jan 30, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Hi everyone! (Preview) I just felt like sharing a bit of my happiness. It's raining here again, but yesterday we had a few hours of no rain. It's always nice to get outside and play. Did some soccer practice with my 10 year old girl, she just started playing indoor soccer at the boys&girls club.&nbs...	Michelle	3	641	Jan 29, 2006 by Doll
	have a great day! (Preview) I just got back from the cultural celebration at church. I enjoyed myself. There was music, food, people. I didn't used to be able to join in and feel like I belonged anywhere. But I am making progress, even though I am not yet perfect. *The topics of this morning? Good topic...*	amanda2u2	2	579	Jan 29, 2006 by Doll
	compassion (Preview) Living the Compassionate Life by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama As human beings we all have the potential to be happy and compassionate people, and we also have the potential to be miserable and harmful to others. The potential for all these things is present within each of us. If we wa...	jersey	3	636	Jan 29, 2006 by Doll
	Luck is coming my way! (Preview) I haven't had the time to post about my personal struggle lately, but things are going ok for me. Still have some hard times ofcourse but I'm still able tofight them, and it is getting easier! But Í just had to share the following stuff with you guys: * I got a new job starting this monday, paying real g...	franklin	5	920	Jan 29, 2006 by GammyRose
	Gratitude! (Preview) Good Morning, I am going to spend the day cleaning up, washing windows, polishing wood, vacuuming, and making things look really their best. I am Roasting a Duck, tommorow, by Request, for a person that I have only known for 8 months, that is moving out of state. It is a farewell to someone...	Toni Baloney	3	634	Jan 29, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	90 Tools For Sobriety (Preview) 1 ) Stay away from that first drink, taking the 1st step daily. 2 ) Attend AA regularly and get involved. 3 ) Progress is made ONE DAY AT A TIME. 4 ) Use the 24 Hour plan. 5 ) Remember, your disease is incurable, progressive and fatal. 6 ) Do first things first. 7 ) Don't become too tired. 8 ) Eat at regular hours...	Doll	4	1537	Jan 29, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	On Tolerance ..... Want to share? (Preview) Just wanted to share what tolerance means to me. The first thing that comes to mind, before I look elsewhere, Is to practice Tolerance with myself - my shortcomings, -self forgiveness must come before we can extend that to others, as was mentioned in an Earlier Post. Forgiveness...	Toni Baloney	10	1331	Jan 29, 2006 by ZuZu
	Craving, Suffering, and Choice lectures (Preview) Hey- I had read about this forum on Buddhism and Neuroscience at Stanford University, featuring the Dalai Lama and a panel scientists- Very interesting lectures- One series is on Craving, Suffering, and Choice. You can download them from this site- http://itunes.stanford.edu/ Yo...	recovering jb	0	675	Jan 29, 2006 by recovering jb
	Daily Reflection Jan 29 (Preview) THE JOY OF SHARING Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you. to have a host of friends - this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it. Frequent contact with newcomers and...	Doll	3	970	Jan 29, 2006 by Bonzo43
	Principles Of The 12 Steps (Preview) Principles of the 12 Steps: STEP: (The steps are printed on pages 59 & 60 of the Big Book.) 1. Surrender. (Capitulation to hopelessness.) 2. Hope. (Step 2 is the mirror image or opposite of step 1. In step 1 we admit that alcohol is our higher power, and that our lives are unmanageabl...	Phil	5	1317	Jan 28, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Let go of it (Preview) *The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. --Martin Luther King, Jr.* An essential aid to following the path of the inner voice is practicing forgiveness. Resentment comes from the Latin word resentir to feel over and over again. By repeatedly re-experiencing the old resentments...	Rick	1	646	Jan 28, 2006 by wagon
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