Alcoholics Anonymous

wagon · wagon

More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor. To the outer world he presents his stage character. This is the one he likes his fellows to see. He wants to enjoy a certain reputation, but knows in his heart he doesn't deserve it.

Phil · Phil

Sometimes, we cannot see a turn on our path, until we reach the bend. ------------ We must not worry about things which do not work. We must concentrate our energy on things which do work. -------------- Just because we have not experienced something, does not mean that something is not real...

Phil · Phil

Yu know guys--A week ago, I was at a dead end. That word "Hope" wasnt in the vocabulary. I wanted to drink. I wanted to drink bad!! And there some pretty negative thoughts going through this kids mind. The support from this board and the people on it, is something, I cannot even put into words....

Rick · Rick

felt frightened at being different from his brothers and sisters. It scared him to be different. --E. B. White How ugly and wrong it makes us feel to be different: to be tall when others are short, slow when others are fast, black when others are white. The miracle, and paradox, is that everyone is d...

Rick · Rick

As a sponsor, remember you can carry the word, but not the person. ***** When alcoholics are ready, you can't keep the program from them; when they're not, you can't give the program away. ***** I didn't get what I wanted from AA; I got what I needed. ***** It's a lot easier to stay s...

asmith · asmith

I am going to be checking into a detox center within the next couple of days. I am curious as to what to expect. I am a smoker and want to be able to get outside to smoke. I am scared and want some assurances that I will be comfortable. Can anyone who has gone trhough a detox program...

n2alanon · n2alanon

My husband will be celebrating his 1st birthday on October 10th and I want to do something very original and special for him...Any ideas will be much appreciated...

Rick · Rick

Something can't happen every day. You get up, go to work, come back, eat again, enjoy some leisure, go back to bed. Now that's plenty for most folks. --Ntozake Shange When we were all little kids, before we started school, the days felt so long it seemed like we had time for everything. But when...

Rick · Rick

You have come a long way fast!! I thought u were a drunk yerk, F----ing with us. we care--now u care---just wanted to say good work and glad to have you aboard see how it works??????? See how we support and like each other ( we have never met...

Rick · Rick

I post today's gift and todays thought alot. do you guy's get these yourselfs or should i keep posting??????? No sense if you don't need them.

Doll · Doll

What's invisible and smells like carrots? BUNNY FARTS

kimmie · kimmie

I know it's a strange question, and your thinking "if she doesnt know, than she probably is" and thats what I was thinking but everyone is telling me that I'm not. The thing is, my husband is and I have been a member of Alanon for a while now. I am pregnant and obviously havent had a drin...

nancyjo59 · nancyjo59

Hey guys, Back Home!!! My Family Emergency is over. It turned out to be a semi-vacation. Its nice to get away....even better to get back home again. I see we have a few newcomers. Welcome!!! Missed ya"ll...Happy to be back on board. Nancy Jo

Rick · Rick

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness. --Henry David Thoreau Life crises seem terrifying and endless when they are happening. As we reflect on these stressful periods, we begin to realize that they provide a chance for change and growth. We get a feeli...

Phil · Phil

Negative imagination is very destructive. Negative imagination fuels our insecurities. When our negative imagination is at work, we must stop our negative imagination, because what our negative imagination is doing, is entangling our insecurities around our soul. -------------------- ...

lynn · lynn

in first grade there was a girl i can't remember her name, i used to make her let me draw on her butt with magic markers. i stole barbies from my great aunts grandchildren around the age of 10 and when i got caught i told my mom it was an accident. i stole make up from the drugstore, i stole name brand jea...

TipsyMcStagger · TipsyMcStagger

I was wondering if you guys and girls would mind sharing with me the good things that have happened in your life since you've quit drinking. I imagine there must be many awesome changes that take place when you stop drinking for an extended period of time. I've only stopped for a week and already I notice...

Doll · Doll

We hear often in The Program that pain is the touchstone of spiritual progress. We eventually realize that just as the pains of alcoholism had to come before sobriety, emotional turmoil comes before serentiy. We no longer commiserate with all people who suffer, but only with those who suffer in igno...

wagon · wagon

well im off to jury duty again!!!!! seewwhat we can do with a bad guy or girl. have a safe and sober one. god bless you all. wagon

flumpy · flumpy

I am in a deep dark hole that I need to get out of, but I don't know how. I feel ashamed to be me, too ashmed to tell even my partner of how I feel. Frightend for my kids that one day soon I might not be here for them. Pointless going to the doctors...all they do is patt you on the head and send y...

asmith · asmith

I have not posted here in a couple of weeks. I am still drinking, but not as much. I am going to be going to a conference in Washington DC this coming weekend. When I return I am probably going to check in to a detox center to get over my withdrawal effects and get off the beer. I wou...

Phil · Phil

Dad is back playing "Earthquake" for 2 days. I'm the secretary. We wish you all a sober, happy day. A college class was told they had to write a short story in as few words as possible. The instructions were that the short story had to contain the following three...

Rick · Rick

How u doing?? where are u? Just thinking fo u Hope all is well your friend Rick

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

Hi all, I've escaped to terrorise the world with jokes again. As before: Sorry Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I cannot accept And the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off. And also,...

Rick · Rick

Love, a thousand, thousand voices, From night to dawn, from dawn to night, Have cried the passion of their choices To orb your name and keep it bright. --William Rose Benet We are each in the midst of unique lives, and our choices are based on our own experiences, so it's only natural that they all...

Rick · Rick

I made a list of things to do today I put 2 things on it --that way I'll be pretty sure I can finish it. The 2 things are things my wife wants done. I may be able to start a new list later in the day--no expectations today. I gotta just slooooow down. Up early see what the day brings...

Doll · Doll

Hi my MIP family. I hope everyone is well tonight.........Just checking in, I suppose. Had a really crappy day at work, nothing new. Same shit, different day. So, I just stayed under the radar and had my own little AA meeting in my head (some are "sicker" than others ).&nbs...

TipsyMcStagger · TipsyMcStagger

I decided to go to my first AA meeting while my girlfriend was away for a week on business and I was very worried about how she would feel about it. She's a very straight laced, overachieving, well balanced person (what she's doing with me is a mystery) and I was afraid she would think less of me. She knew I w...

PEANUT · PEANUT

I wanted to share this web link, it has some great stories on it. I have 85 days today! http://www.anonymousone.com/stories.htm Peanut

Phil · Phil

At first I wondered about you, but Im starting to see youre human--just like the rest of here(smile) We share experience strength and hope. I remember all those feelings and fear, and wondered what the hell is going on here. These people are accepting me, and care for me, and understand me. Well Ho...

Rick · Rick

I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. --Alcoholics Anonymous (The AA Big Book) Newcomer Nothing much seems to have changed for me lately. I still have the same problems and issues I had months ago. ...

wagon · wagon

An Old Cowboy's Advice * Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. * Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance. * Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. * A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. * Words t...

Phil · Phil

Was great talking with you today, too. Its been a while. Going down new different roads is scary hu? Its worse doing it in the dark. Theres always a light at the end of each tunnel. I keep looking for the damned switch."On-Off" Guess there isnt one. lol Blind faith works. First gear works. B...

Doll · Doll

Just wanted to say no need to apologize for "taking over the board" whatever the heck that means!

You post ALL you want, I do

. That's what it's here for....... Hope you're feeling some better today You're in my thoughts Love you Doll

Rick · Rick

See your here feel like talking?? I'll give u a ring

TipsyMcStagger · TipsyMcStagger

I am new to this site and have just spent the last few hours reading through some of your threads. I can honestly say with complete sincerity that if this is what "sobriety" looks like I'll pass. I have never seen more depressing negativity in my life...and yes I'll say it, WHINING. If you're so miserabl...

TipsyMcStagger · TipsyMcStagger

I am new to AA and have heard many members talk about how a person needs to "hit rock bottom" before they can achieve sobriety. This discourages me because I have not hit what they describe as a typical bottom. I'm not on skid row drinking bottles of cooking sherry out of a paper bag, or waking up in the drun...

dadrrb1 · dadrrb1

Two Wolves One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between 2 "wolves" inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy,sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, gui...

Sick of being sick · Sick of being sick

I attended my first AA meeting several years ago, because it was court ordered. The situation which resulted in that order did not cause me to loose my job or my family. I did not attend meetings much past the last month that it was required of me...

GammyRose · GammyRose

Just wanted to update ya'll on what has been going on here. Thursday night I was on the PC, replying to someones post, don't remember who's. I never did finish it. My husbands probation officer knocked on my door looking for him, I told them to go back to his house. I went back, he wasn't there, he'd been th...

Phil · Phil

What is risk taking? Risk Taking is Free To laugh is to risk appearing the fool, To weep is to risk appearing sentimental, To reach out for another is to risk involvement, To expose feelings is to risk exposing true self, To place your ideas, your dreams before the crowd is to risk their loss, To love is...

Phil · Phil

All I ever needed to know, about life, I really learned from a cow. Wake up in a happy mooo-d Dont cry over spilled milk When chewing your cud, remember...There is no fat--no calories--no cholesterol--and no taste The grass is greener on the other side of the fence...Turn the udder cheek, and...

Doll · Doll

9/9/05 - Day THIRTY! I think I can, I think I can, I think I can I KNOW I can. With God's grace, my AA's and ALL OF YOU supporting me and each other, anything and everything is possible. I love you all

Doll -- Edited by Doll...

Doll · Doll

TipsyMcStagger wrote: Do I have to lose everything before I will be broken down enough to recover? Maybe. But you don't HAVE to. Doll "I'm convinced if I had continued on my course, I wouldn't have survived much longer." Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous pp 316 -...

Rick · Rick

Good morning to u all I wish u all a wonderful happy sober day luv ya all Rick S

TipsyMcStagger · TipsyMcStagger

I just returned from my first meeting and it was not what I was expecting at all. I thought it would be a bunch of haggard miserable old ex-rummies blathering on about how they wished they would've quit drinking before their all teeth all fell out! I expected to be watching the clock while they took turns...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

I just noticed that there are 7 of us here. wanna try meeting in chat? amanda

mom to 2 · mom to 2

I'd like to pose a question from a person on the other side of the fence. My husband has been attempting "recovery" for 6 months now. The relapses and binges just get worse and worse each time and I've truly given up. I really just want to be away from him forever. When I read the stories h...

catherine · catherine

We all know there are so many excuses to drink. It doesn't matter how I started drinking, I want to know how do I STOP? I absolutely LOVE to go to extremes. The “Drama” thing. Somehow, that seemed to be the only choice for me. Well, that idea turned into a DUI & losing just abou...

Doll · Doll

The Camel each day Goes twice to his knees He picks up his load With the greatest of ease He walks through the day With his head held high And stays for that day Completely dry!

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	big book (Preview) More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor. To the outer world he presents his stage character. This is the one he likes his fellows to see. He wants to enjoy a certain reputation, but knows in his heart he doesn't deserve it.	wagon	2	841	Sep 16, 2005 by Doll
	Hey:) Eh? (Preview) Sometimes, we cannot see a turn on our path, until we reach the bend. ------------ We must not worry about things which do not work. We must concentrate our energy on things which do work. -------------- Just because we have not experienced something, does not mean that something is not real...	Phil	0	771	Sep 15, 2005 by Phil
	Lost For Words (Preview) Yu know guys--A week ago, I was at a dead end. That word "Hope" wasnt in the vocabulary. I wanted to drink. I wanted to drink bad!! And there some pretty negative thoughts going through this kids mind. The support from this board and the people on it, is something, I cannot even put into words....	Phil	7	988	Sep 15, 2005 by Phil
	today's thought (Preview) *felt frightened at being different from his brothers and sisters. It scared him to be different. --E. B. White* How ugly and wrong it makes us feel to be different: to be tall when others are short, slow when others are fast, black when others are white. The miracle, and paradox, is that everyone is d...	Rick	1	645	Sep 15, 2005 by Phil
	today's gift (Preview) As a sponsor, remember you can carry the word, but not the person. *** When alcoholics are ready, you can't keep the program from them; when they're not, you can't give the program away. * I didn't get what I wanted from AA; I got what I needed. *** It's a lot easier to stay s...	Rick	1	644	Sep 15, 2005 by cheri
	Detox - What should I expect? (Preview) I am going to be checking into a detox center within the next couple of days. I am curious as to what to expect. I am a smoker and want to be able to get outside to smoke. I am scared and want some assurances that I will be comfortable. Can anyone who has gone trhough a detox program...	asmith	7	892	Sep 15, 2005 by nancyjo59
	Help Please (Preview) My husband will be celebrating his 1st birthday on October 10th and I want to do something very original and special for him...Any ideas will be much appreciated...	n2alanon	5	865	Sep 15, 2005 by Rick
	today's thought (Preview) *Something can't happen every day. You get up, go to work, come back, eat again, enjoy some leisure, go back to bed. Now that's plenty for most folks. --Ntozake Shange* When we were all little kids, before we started school, the days felt so long it seemed like we had time for everything. But when...	Rick	1	792	Sep 14, 2005 by Sick of being sick
	Hey Tipsy (Preview) You have come a long way fast!! I thought u were a drunk yerk, F----ing with us. we care--now u care---just wanted to say good work and glad to have you aboard see how it works??????? See how we support and like each other ( we have never met...	Rick	9	803	Sep 14, 2005 by Doll
	???????????????????? (Preview) I post today's gift and todays thought alot. do you guy's get these yourselfs or should i keep posting??????? No sense if you don't need them.	Rick	4	848	Sep 14, 2005 by Sick of being sick
	Hare's another one..... (Preview) What's invisible and smells like carrots? BUNNY FARTS	Doll	2	733	Sep 14, 2005 by Doll
	Am I an alcoholic? (Preview) I know it's a strange question, and your thinking "if she doesnt know, than she probably is" and thats what I was thinking but everyone is telling me that I'm not. The thing is, my husband is and I have been a member of Alanon for a while now. I am pregnant and obviously havent had a drin...	kimmie	4	774	Sep 14, 2005 by cheri
	Back Home (Preview) *Hey guys,* *Back Home!!!* *My Family Emergency is over. It turned out to be a semi-vacation.* *Its nice to get away....even better to get back home again.* *I see we have a few newcomers. Welcome!!!* *Missed ya"ll...Happy to be back on board.* *Nancy Jo*	nancyjo59	3	792	Sep 14, 2005 by Doll
	todays gift (Preview) *The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness. --Henry David Thoreau* Life crises seem terrifying and endless when they are happening. As we reflect on these stressful periods, we begin to realize that they provide a chance for change and growth. We get a feeli...	Rick	0	603	Sep 14, 2005 by Rick
	Thoughts (Preview) Negative imagination is very destructive. Negative imagination fuels our insecurities. When our negative imagination is at work, we must stop our negative imagination, because what our negative imagination is doing, is entangling our insecurities around our soul. -------------------- ...	Phil	0	825	Sep 14, 2005 by Phil
	only post. my story and 4th step (Preview) in first grade there was a girl i can't remember her name, i used to make her let me draw on her butt with magic markers. i stole barbies from my great aunts grandchildren around the age of 10 and when i got caught i told my mom it was an accident. i stole make up from the drugstore, i stole name brand jea...	lynn	3	670	Sep 14, 2005 by nancyjo59
	The good things... (Preview) I was wondering if you guys and girls would mind sharing with me the good things that have happened in your life since you've quit drinking. I imagine there must be many awesome changes that take place when you stop drinking for an extended period of time. I've only stopped for a week and already I notice...	TipsyMcStagger	9	715	Sep 14, 2005 by nancyjo59
	...pain is the touchstone.. for Flumpy... (Preview) We hear often in The Program that pain is the touchstone of spiritual progress. We eventually realize that just as the pains of alcoholism had to come before sobriety, emotional turmoil comes before serentiy. We no longer commiserate with all people who suffer, but only with those who suffer in igno...	Doll	1	1104	Sep 13, 2005 by TipsyMcStagger
	duty (Preview) well im off to jury duty again!!!!! seewwhat we can do with a bad guy or girl. have a safe and sober one. god bless you all. wagon	wagon	2	692	Sep 13, 2005 by Doll
	I wanna kick myself in the ass. (Preview) I am in a deep dark hole that I need to get out of, but I don't know how. I feel ashamed to be me, too ashmed to tell even my partner of how I feel. Frightend for my kids that one day soon I might not be here for them. Pointless going to the doctors...all they do is patt you on the head and send y...	flumpy	4	798	Sep 13, 2005 by Doll
	Checking in (Preview) I have not posted here in a couple of weeks. I am still drinking, but not as much. I am going to be going to a conference in Washington DC this coming weekend. When I return I am probably going to check in to a detox center to get over my withdrawal effects and get off the beer. I wou...	asmith	2	653	Sep 13, 2005 by asmith
	Jenn and Phil. Have a good day. (Preview) Dad is back playing "Earthquake" for 2 days. I'm the secretary. We wish you all a sober, happy day. A college class was told they had to write a short story in as few words as possible. The instructions were that the short story had to contain the following three...	Phil	4	690	Sep 13, 2005 by cheri
	Wendy (Preview) How u doing?? where are u? Just thinking fo u Hope all is well your friend Rick	Rick	5	651	Sep 13, 2005 by cheri
	Oh no, not again! (Preview) Hi all, I've escaped to terrorise the world with jokes again. As before: Sorry Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I cannot accept And the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off. And also,...	Cabbageheadchris	6	611	Sep 13, 2005 by cheri
	choices (Preview) *Love, a thousand, thousand voices, From night to dawn, from dawn to night, Have cried the passion of their choices To orb your name and keep it bright. --William Rose Benet* We are each in the midst of unique lives, and our choices are based on our own experiences, so it's only natural that they all...	Rick	1	774	Sep 13, 2005 by Rick
	morning (Preview) I made a list of things to do today I put 2 things on it --that way I'll be pretty sure I can finish it. The 2 things are things my wife wants done. I may be able to start a new list later in the day--no expectations today. I gotta just slooooow down. Up early see what the day brings...	Rick	1	613	Sep 13, 2005 by Rick
	Howdy Ya'll ! (Preview) Hi my MIP family. I hope everyone is well tonight.........Just checking in, I suppose. Had a really crappy day at work, nothing new. Same shit, different day. So, I just stayed under the radar and had my own little AA meeting in my head (some are "sicker" than others ).&nbs...	Doll	2	643	Sep 13, 2005 by Rick
	shhh It's a secret... (Preview) I decided to go to my first AA meeting while my girlfriend was away for a week on business and I was very worried about how she would feel about it. She's a very straight laced, overachieving, well balanced person (what she's doing with me is a mystery) and I was afraid she would think less of me. She knew I w...	TipsyMcStagger	9	672	Sep 13, 2005 by Rick
	Recovery and Hope :new: (Preview) I wanted to share this web link, it has some great stories on it. I have 85 days today! http://www.anonymousone.com/stories.htm Peanut	PEANUT	6	668	Sep 13, 2005 by Rick
	Well McStaggart (Preview) At first I wondered about you, but Im starting to see youre human--just like the rest of here(smile) We share experience strength and hope. I remember all those feelings and fear, and wondered what the hell is going on here. These people are accepting me, and care for me, and understand me. Well Ho...	Phil	6	689	Sep 12, 2005 by Rick
	acceptance (Preview) *I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. --Alcoholics Anonymous (The AA Big Book)* Newcomer Nothing much seems to have changed for me lately. I still have the same problems and issues I had months ago. ...	Rick	5	903	Sep 12, 2005 by Rick
	hi found this (Preview) An Old Cowboy's Advice * Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. * Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance. * Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. * A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. * Words t...	wagon	4	690	Sep 12, 2005 by TipsyMcStagger
	Angelia (Preview) Was great talking with you today, too. Its been a while. Going down new different roads is scary hu? Its worse doing it in the dark. Theres always a light at the end of each tunnel. I keep looking for the damned switch."On-Off" Guess there isnt one. lol Blind faith works. First gear works. B...	Phil	2	629	Sep 12, 2005 by angelia2823
	Phil (Preview) Just wanted to say no need to apologize for "taking over the board" whatever the heck that means! You post ALL you want, I do . That's what it's here for....... Hope you're feeling some better today You're in my thoughts Love you Doll	Doll	2	712	Sep 12, 2005 by Rick
	Hey Phil (Preview) See your here feel like talking?? I'll give u a ring	Rick	3	630	Sep 12, 2005 by Rick
	At the risk of sounding callous... (Preview) I am new to this site and have just spent the last few hours reading through some of your threads. I can honestly say with complete sincerity that if this is what "sobriety" looks like I'll pass. I have never seen more depressing negativity in my life...and yes I'll say it, WHINING. If you're so miserabl...	TipsyMcStagger	13	1321	Sep 11, 2005 by Westchester Rebel
	Rock Bottom (Preview) I am new to AA and have heard many members talk about how a person needs to "hit rock bottom" before they can achieve sobriety. This discourages me because I have not hit what they describe as a typical bottom. I'm not on skid row drinking bottles of cooking sherry out of a paper bag, or waking up in the drun...	TipsyMcStagger	3	1049	Sep 11, 2005 by Westchester Rebel
	Wisdom for the week (Preview) Two Wolves One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between 2 "wolves" inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy,sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, gui...	dadrrb1	4	656	Sep 11, 2005 by cheri
	Should I be in AA? (longer) (Preview) I attended my first AA meeting several years ago, because it was court ordered. The situation which resulted in that order did not cause me to loose my job or my family. I did not attend meetings much past the last month that it was required of me...	Sick of being sick	5	651	Sep 11, 2005 by cheri
	Update... (Preview) Just wanted to update ya'll on what has been going on here. Thursday night I was on the PC, replying to someones post, don't remember who's. I never did finish it. My husbands probation officer knocked on my door looking for him, I told them to go back to his house. I went back, he wasn't there, he'd been th...	GammyRose	6	539	Sep 11, 2005 by cheri
	Taking risks (Preview) What is risk taking? *Risk Taking is Free* To laugh is to risk appearing the fool, To weep is to risk appearing sentimental, To reach out for another is to risk involvement, To expose feelings is to risk exposing true self, To place your ideas, your dreams before the crowd is to risk their loss, To love is...	Phil	0	517	Sep 11, 2005 by Phil
	Was Raised On A Farm (Preview) All I ever needed to know, about life, I really learned from a cow. Wake up in a happy mooo-d Dont cry over spilled milk When chewing your cud, remember...There is no fat--no calories--no cholesterol--and no taste The grass is greener on the other side of the fence...Turn the udder cheek, and...	Phil	3	606	Sep 11, 2005 by Phil
	WOO HOO! (Preview) 9/9/05 - Day THIRTY! I think I can, I think I can, I think I can I KNOW I can. With God's grace, my AA's and ALL OF YOU supporting me and each other, anything and everything is possible. I love you all Doll -- Edited by Doll...	Doll	6	1001	Sep 11, 2005 by Cabbageheadchris
	TipsyMcStagger ...... (Preview) TipsyMcStagger wrote: Do I have to lose everything before I will be broken down enough to recover? Maybe. But you don't *HAVE* to. Doll "I'm convinced if I had continued on my course, I wouldn't have survived much longer." Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous pp 316 -...	Doll	3	586	Sep 11, 2005 by Doll
	good morning (Preview) Good morning to u all I wish u all a wonderful happy sober day luv ya all Rick S	Rick	5	572	Sep 11, 2005 by Doll
	My first meeting... (Preview) I just returned from my first meeting and it was not what I was expecting at all. I thought it would be a bunch of haggard miserable old ex-rummies blathering on about how they wished they would've quit drinking before their all teeth all fell out! I expected to be watching the clock while they took turns...	TipsyMcStagger	7	682	Sep 11, 2005 by Sick of being sick
	7 of us online... chat room? (Preview) *I just noticed that there are 7 of us here. wanna try meeting in chat?* *amanda*	amanda2u2	1	773	Sep 10, 2005 by Rick
	forgiving (Preview) I'd like to pose a question from a person on the other side of the fence. My husband has been attempting "recovery" for 6 months now. The relapses and binges just get worse and worse each time and I've truly given up. I really just want to be away from him forever. When I read the stories h...	mom to 2	4	874	Sep 10, 2005 by GammyRose
	My Story....(long) (Preview) We all know there are so many excuses to drink. It doesn't matter how I started drinking, I want to know how do I STOP? I absolutely LOVE to go to extremes. The “Drama” thing. Somehow, that seemed to be the only choice for me. Well, that idea turned into a DUI & losing just abou...	catherine	4	571	Sep 10, 2005 by wagon
	The Camel (Preview) The Camel each day Goes twice to his knees He picks up his load With the greatest of ease He walks through the day With his head held high And stays for that day Completely dry!	Doll	2	584	Sep 10, 2005 by Sick of being sick
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