Alcoholics Anonymous

sheilasdad · sheilasdad

Hi everyone, My name is Mike and I'm an alcoholic in Boston. Thanks for the welcome back on the other thread Amanda. I visit here occsasionally and had saved the site on my favorites list, but i spilled water on my laptop and shorted it out. I've gotten back online regularly now an...

Phil · Phil

In a culture where approval/disapproval has become the predominant regulator of effort and position, and often the substitute for love, our personal freedoms are dissipated. --Viola Spolin Wanting others to approve our efforts, our appearance, our aspirations and behavior is perfectl...

franklin · franklin

Hello everybody, you don't know me, but I `know' a lot of you already :) I've been reading this forum for quiet a while now, and never registered... I finally did, to thank you all for your stories, suggestions, comments on eachother etc. Without know it, you all have helped me through some rotten t...

Phil · Phil

Step Ten "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it." As we work the first nine Steps, we prepare ourselves for the adventure of a new life. But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weather...

jersey · jersey

12 step prayers..... 12 step prayers 1-Dear Lord: I admit that I am powerless over alcohol. I admit that my life is unmanageable when I try to control it. Help me this day to understand the true meaning of powerlessness. Remove from me all denial of my addiction. 2-Heavenly Father: I...

Doll · Doll

AN UNSUSPECTED INNER RESOURCE With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 569-70 From my first days in A.A., as I struggled for sobri...

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

Hi all. Hello to all the newcomers, I will get to know you in time. Hello also to my friends that know me here, it's great to be back! It's been a wild ride for the last month, great times! We got married (myself and Julie), seen just about every Buddah in Bangkok and had a ride in a 'Tuk tuk' (suicidal 3 wh...

Rick · Rick

Attitudes and Limitations "My greatest limitations," a member said, "are in my mind." Until I came to this group, I wasn't even aware that many of the negative circumstances in my life were the direct result of my distorted attitudes. I brought myself a lot of unnecessary misery by thin...

Rick · Rick

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY If we have some moral, religious, or spiritual aware- ness from our past lives, we are better prospects for this program. When we reach bottom, at this crucial moment of total defeat that prior awareness almost instinctively turns us to grasp whatever elements of fait...

lost · lost

Stats: 1. I can drink anyone on this board under the table. (I'm not proud of that) 2. I'ts killing me. 3. Can anyone help me dig myself out of this hole that I jumped into about 10 years ago? Or at lest tell me where to start? This has gone on too long, and it needs to stop. I can hide it so well, tha...

Doll · Doll

NO REGRETS We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.83 Once I became sober, I began to see how wasteful my life had been and I experienced overwhelming guilt and feelings of regret. The program's Fourth and Fifth Steps assisted me enormously in healing those t...

Rick · Rick

I was talking to a friend one day about something I planned to do. Actually, I was worrying about how one particular person might react to what I intended to do. "What if he doesn't handle it very well?" I asked. "Then," my friend replied, "you're going to have to handle it well." What ifs...

Doll · Doll

Hey man! Are you back? I thought (thought) I saw you.......could have been my imagination! Doll

Bonzo43 · Bonzo43

http://www.beliefnet.com/prayeroftheday/more_prayers.asp?paid=39&faid=76

Phil · Phil

Finding Balance The goal of recovery is balance - that precious middle ground. Many of us have gone from one extreme to another: years of taking care of everyone but ourselves, followed by a time of refusing to focus on anyone's needs but our own. We may have spent years refusing to identify, f...

Doll · Doll

Early in Dec. I had gone to a f2f, my mom called and my son, not knowing she didn't know, told her that I was at AA. I was not yet ready to tell her, if ever, she has a way of taking anything good and turning it into something horrible. So, after much thought, and talking with my sponsor, I f...

Phil · Phil

Patience is the ability to: Sit back and wait for an expected outcome without experiencing anxiety, tension, or frustration. Let go of your need for immediate gratification. Display tolerance, compassion, understanding, and acceptance toward those who are slower than you in developing matu...

Doll · Doll

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 The most common alcoholic fantasy seems to be: "If I just don't drink, everything will be all right." Once the fog...

reinvented · reinvented

A question to you all, i am new here and this is my first post. I have not had a single drink for 25 months (to the day in three), although i do not step or do meets, i have much knowledge of alcoholism as it runs in my family in a big way... My question is this; during my 25 months alcohol free, i take 2 x 1...

Doll · Doll

Are you feeling better? The "crud" is going around these parts, my son came home from school today with I think the flu. So you take care of you and stay healthy...... Love you Doll

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi Everyone, just a little update on my little stuggles I was having getting back into the feeling of belonging when I would go to an AA Meeting: The list was something like this: didn't know anyone, people were not very friendly, did not feel like I fit in, meeting was too clickey...

Phil · Phil

SOME REASONS WHY RELATIONSHIPS DETERIORATE 1. Lack of education in effective communication. We have not been educated in how to communicate openly and honestly. 2. Poor examples - Role models. We learn through imitation. We contain within us much more of our parents? programming than we are aware...

lanchas · lanchas

These are for the people on this board that have children. I'm 18 and both of my parents are As. Here are books that I recommend to read that I have found helpful(I haven't read all of them but I have read 3 of them front to back; I have read only a little bit of 9 of them which includes the 3 ...

Doll · Doll

ACCEPTING OUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES Our very first problem is to accept our present circumstances as they are, ourselves as we are, and the people about us as they are. This is to adopt a realistic humility without which no genuine advance can even begin. Again and again, we shall need to return to tha...

Doll · Doll

Hi all, thought I'd share a couple pics of my quick trip to Dillard GA. Went to Tallulah Falls. It was great, but way too short. Ate in the Dillard House Restaurant. They bring out EVERYTHING they have on the menu, they call it Family Style dining, I call it WAY too much food! Hope...

Miami Sober · Miami Sober

I would really like to hear how it's done in other regions. Some of the members (Old & new) feel it is time to define Sobriety in the opening of the meeting. YES, it is not for me to tell others how to work thier program. YES, what someone claims as thier Sobriety date is between them & their H...

Doll · Doll

Didn't want anyone to worry or wonder. I'll be heading out early in the AM for a couple days of R&R. Ya'll take care of each other. I expect some awesome ES&H posts when I return. Love and hugs, Doll

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi Everyone, Just wanted to give you the info. that I do have. I went to the Doctor on Monday, was given an alternative med. that does not need to be inhaled. My Doctor said she had contacted the Rep about the Med. and discussed the "possible allergic reaction a "Recovering Alco...

GregT · GregT

Hi folks. I just wanted to get back on board and start posting again. It has been a bit of a rollercoaster since my last posts. Happy, sad, mean, nice, angry, happy, sad, etc... For a few days I wasn't sure AA was in fact for me. Part of it was just that I was thinking...

Miami Sober · Miami Sober

Preaching, gossip, finger pointing, pontificating, rumors, backstabbing, accusations, denials, lying, yelling, crying, grand standing, insanity, name calling, theatrics, lack of restraint, discrimination, disease disease disease In short: a "special steering commitee/business/m...

TLH · TLH

But I kinda thought I should take it out of the Miracles in Progress Recovery house thread. :) awilliam wrote: Hi. I need some help. I was sober for about 5 years. Took a hiatus and then came back for another 4 1/2 years. On both occasions, it was easy to quit drinking. It was life that was tou...

jeannie · jeannie

Do not know where to begin - the last two days started off great then as the day progressed it just started going bad (for lack of better words right at the moment). I just could not shake awful feelings about the past - I know your likely sitting the...

ZuZu · ZuZu

Life gives us so much time to collect bizarre thoughts and feelings. - -Claire Weekes As we go through life, we run into all kinds of negative messages: teasing on the school bus, insulting nicknames, and other put-downs. Pretty soon we may discover that some of these messages stick in our minds,...

Phil · Phil

THE ART OF GIVING We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the heart: love, kindness, joy, understanding, sympathy, tolerance, forgiveness. We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the mind: ideas, dreams, purposes, ideals, principles, plans, inve...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

TUESDAY , JANUARY 10, 2006 You are reading from the book Twenty-Four Hours a Day - Hardcover (24 Hours) </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=1096>. A.A. Thought for the Day When we were drinking, most of us were full of pride and selfishness. We believed we could handle our own aff...

Rick · Rick

Guidance Days that are rushed and hurried, with very little accomplished, are the most tiring and unhappy. My energy falters and my self-esteem drops. What happened to me? My appointment book is filled, I have too many phone calls to make, and I seem to have lost my ability to say no to famil...

Rick · Rick

IN MY OWN CASE, THE FOUNDATION STONE OF FREEDOM FROM FEAR IS THAT OF FAITH: A FAITH THAT, DESPITE ALL WORDLY APPEARANCES TO THE CONTRARY, CAUSES ME TO BELIEVE THAT I LIVE IN A UNIVERSE THAT MAKES SENSE. TO ME, THIS MEANS A BELIEF IN A CREATOR WHO IS ALL POWER, JUSTICE, AND LOVE; A GOD WHO INTENDS FOR ME A PU...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

Not sure I am in the right place to ask this. I am from the alanon board. My spouse at 6 minutes after midnight said, Happy New Year, and "Oh, One Year Anniversary". [OK, I do not remember if I responded or not.] All I could do was put my hand to my closed lips, speechless. ...

wagon · wagon

well its been a bit since i posted so just checking in im doing real good, in spite of my mother cancer is taking it course and she is very weak. dont know how long she has left. but not to much we do know that. she told me the other day how proud she was of me for what im trying to do and staying sober. it was...

Doll · Doll

UNITED WE STAND We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed. Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 30 I came to Alcoholics Anonymous becau...

Phil · Phil

Negative self-scripts are the: Negative beliefs you have about yourself and of which you remind yourself daily.Negative statements about yourself which sprinkle your everyday conversation. Self-deprecating remarks that influence your behavior or beliefs. Negative descriptions give...

Rick · Rick

The distance doesn't matter; only the first step is difficult. --Mme. du Deffand Life continually presents us with opportunities for achieving what we desire. Only the first step is difficult. Each time we sense the possibility of a new direction in our lives, we are being given a chan...

Phil · Phil

You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment. --David D. Burns Good thoughts are like bright colors in a painting. Negative thoughts are dark and dreary and drab. Each day we paint pictures of our own lives with our thoughts. If we step back and look at th...

Doll · Doll

AN ACT OF PROVIDENCE It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have warped our minds into such an obsession for destructive drinking that only an act of Providence can remove it from us. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21 My act of Providence, (a manifestation of divine care and directio...

GammyRose · GammyRose

It's great to see you back.I've really missed you posting. There are several missing in action right now. Hope to see them back soon. How did the hunting trips go?Have a great sober 24 !

(((Hugs))) GammyRose

Rick · Rick

Whatever happens at all, happens as it should. --Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Newcomer I came to this meeting, but I don't know if I belong here. I just don't know. Sponsor We have a saying: Nobody gets here by mistake. For many of us, this means that something inside us knows we need hel...

Chrisb · Chrisb

Hope all of you had a good night and got plenty of rest.I'm up getting the wife and kid off to work and school. Am looking forward to an eventful day. Ya'll take care and see ya's after while. Your Brother in AA, Chris B.

Phil · Phil

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 allow learning from natural consequen...

Phil · Phil

Maturity in Relationships by Larry James LoveNote. . . To be capable of real love means becoming mature, with realistic expectations of the other person. It means accepting responsibility for our own happiness or unhappiness, and neither expecting the other person to make us ha...

Doll · Doll

When I "joined" AA last year I heard it said many, many times, "stick with the winners" So that's what I decided to do. I made enough meetings to try to figure out just who the winners are. It took a while, but a couple months back, the winners began to want to be around me also and we have become very cl...

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	Hi...again (Preview) Hi everyone, My name is Mike and I'm an alcoholic in Boston. Thanks for the welcome back on the other thread Amanda. I visit here occsasionally and had saved the site on my favorites list, but i spilled water on my laptop and shorted it out. I've gotten back online regularly now an...	sheilasdad	6	790	Jan 16, 2006 by sheilasdad
	Saturday (Preview) *In a culture where approval/disapproval has become the predominant regulator of effort and position, and often the substitute for love, our personal freedoms are dissipated. --Viola Spolin* Wanting others to approve our efforts, our appearance, our aspirations and behavior is perfectl...	Phil	2	805	Jan 16, 2006 by ZuZu
	Introduction (Preview) Hello everybody, you don't know me, but I `know' a lot of you already :) I've been reading this forum for quiet a while now, and never registered... I finally did, to thank you all for your stories, suggestions, comments on eachother etc. Without know it, you all have helped me through some rotten t...	franklin	15	893	Jan 16, 2006 by ZuZu
	Step 10..from 12 and 12 (Preview) Step Ten "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it." As we work the first nine Steps, we prepare ourselves for the adventure of a new life. But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weather...	Phil	0	771	Jan 16, 2006 by Phil
	twelve step prayers (Preview) 12 step prayers..... 12 step prayers 1-Dear Lord: I admit that I am powerless over alcohol. I admit that my life is unmanageable when I try to control it. Help me this day to understand the true meaning of powerlessness. Remove from me all denial of my addiction. 2-Heavenly Father: I...	jersey	3	840	Jan 16, 2006 by ZuZu
	Daily Reflection Jan 15 (Preview) AN UNSUSPECTED INNER RESOURCE With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 569-70 From my first days in A.A., as I struggled for sobri...	Doll	2	1088	Jan 15, 2006 by franklin
	Hi all (Preview) Hi all. Hello to all the newcomers, I will get to know you in time. Hello also to my friends that know me here, it's great to be back! It's been a wild ride for the last month, great times! We got married (myself and Julie), seen just about every Buddah in Bangkok and had a ride in a 'Tuk tuk' (suicidal 3 wh...	Cabbageheadchris	8	841	Jan 15, 2006 by franklin
	Attitudes and Limitations (Preview) Attitudes and Limitations "My greatest limitations," a member said, "are in my mind." Until I came to this group, I wasn't even aware that many of the negative circumstances in my life were the direct result of my distorted attitudes. I brought myself a lot of unnecessary misery by thin...	Rick	1	1063	Jan 15, 2006 by jersey
	today's gift (Preview) THOUGHT FOR THE DAY If we have some moral, religious, or spiritual aware- ness from our past lives, we are better prospects for this program. When we reach bottom, at this crucial moment of total defeat that prior awareness almost instinctively turns us to grasp whatever elements of fait...	Rick	0	596	Jan 15, 2006 by Rick
	I guess I'm starting here. (Preview) Stats: 1. I can drink anyone on this board under the table. (I'm not proud of that) 2. I'ts killing me. 3. Can anyone help me dig myself out of this hole that I jumped into about 10 years ago? Or at lest tell me where to start? This has gone on too long, and it needs to stop. I can hide it so well, tha...	lost	12	747	Jan 14, 2006 by lost
	Daily Reflection Jan 14 (Preview) NO REGRETS We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.83 Once I became sober, I began to see how wasteful my life had been and I experienced overwhelming guilt and feelings of regret. The program's Fourth and Fifth Steps assisted me enormously in healing those t...	Doll	0	687	Jan 14, 2006 by Doll
	What if? (Preview) I was talking to a friend one day about something I planned to do. Actually, I was worrying about how one particular person might react to what I intended to do. "What if he doesn't handle it very well?" I asked. "Then," my friend replied, "you're going to have to handle it well." What ifs...	Rick	1	845	Jan 14, 2006 by Bonzo43
	CabbageheadChris ??? (Preview) Hey man! Are you back? I thought (thought) I saw you.......could have been my imagination! Doll	Doll	1	761	Jan 13, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	23rd Psalm 4 Recovering Alcoholics (Preview) http://www.beliefnet.com/prayeroftheday/more_prayers.asp?paid=39&faid=76	Bonzo43	2	873	Jan 13, 2006 by ZuZu
	Balance (Preview) Finding Balance The goal of recovery is balance - that precious middle ground. Many of us have gone from one extreme to another: years of taking care of everyone but ourselves, followed by a time of refusing to focus on anyone's needs but our own. We may have spent years refusing to identify, f...	Phil	7	785	Jan 13, 2006 by Phil
	grrrrr - arrggghhhh - OMG! (Preview) Early in Dec. I had gone to a f2f, my mom called and my son, not knowing she didn't know, told her that I was at AA. I was not yet ready to tell her, if ever, she has a way of taking anything good and turning it into something horrible. So, after much thought, and talking with my sponsor, I f...	Doll	10	874	Jan 13, 2006 by Doll
	Patience? What the "H" is that??!! (Preview) *Patience is the ability to:* Sit back and wait for an expected outcome without experiencing anxiety, tension, or frustration. Let go of your need for immediate gratification. Display tolerance, compassion, understanding, and acceptance toward those who are slower than you in developing matu...	Phil	8	1461	Jan 13, 2006 by Doll
	Daily Reflection Jan 13 (Preview) IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 The most common alcoholic fantasy seems to be: "If I just don't drink, everything will be all right." Once the fog...	Doll	1	718	Jan 13, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Newbie here... 25 months sober? (Preview) A question to you all, i am new here and this is my first post. I have not had a single drink for 25 months (to the day in three), although i do not step or do meets, i have much knowledge of alcoholism as it runs in my family in a big way... My question is this; during my 25 months alcohol free, i take 2 x 1...	reinvented	9	1101	Jan 13, 2006 by GammyRose
	Heeyyy Gammy ? (Preview) Are you feeling better? The "crud" is going around these parts, my son came home from school today with I think the flu. So you take care of you and stay healthy...... Love you Doll	Doll	1	689	Jan 13, 2006 by GammyRose
	I am finally back into meeting!!!! (Preview) Hi Everyone, just a little update on my little stuggles I was having getting back into the feeling of belonging when I would go to an AA Meeting: The list was something like this: didn't know anyone, people were not very friendly, did not feel like I fit in, meeting was too clickey...	Toni Baloney	5	761	Jan 13, 2006 by Phil
	Relationship Deterioration (Preview) SOME REASONS WHY RELATIONSHIPS DETERIORATE 1. Lack of education in effective communication. We have not been educated in how to communicate openly and honestly. 2. Poor examples - Role models. We learn through imitation. We contain within us much more of our parents? programming than we are aware...	Phil	2	2340	Jan 12, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Helpful Books (Preview) These are for the people on this board that have children. I'm 18 and both of my parents are As. Here are books that I recommend to read that I have found helpful(I haven't read all of them but I have read 3 of them front to back; I have read only a little bit of 9 of them which includes the 3 ...	lanchas	0	721	Jan 12, 2006 by lanchas
	Daily Reflection Jan 12 (Preview) ACCEPTING OUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES Our very first problem is to accept our present circumstances as they are, ourselves as we are, and the people about us as they are. This is to adopt a realistic humility without which no genuine advance can even begin. Again and again, we shall need to return to tha...	Doll	1	689	Jan 12, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Pictures (Preview) Hi all, thought I'd share a couple pics of my quick trip to Dillard GA. Went to Tallulah Falls. It was great, but way too short. Ate in the Dillard House Restaurant. They bring out EVERYTHING they have on the menu, they call it Family Style dining, I call it WAY too much food! Hope...	Doll	2	736	Jan 12, 2006 by Rick
	Touchy subject in Alcoholics Anonymous? (Preview) I would really like to hear how it's done in other regions. Some of the members (Old & new) feel it is time to define Sobriety in the opening of the meeting. YES, it is not for me to tell others how to work thier program. YES, what someone claims as thier Sobriety date is between them & their H...	Miami Sober	7	818	Jan 12, 2006 by Rick
	Headed for the Mtns. (Preview) Didn't want anyone to worry or wonder. I'll be heading out early in the AM for a couple days of R&R. Ya'll take care of each other. I expect some awesome ES&H posts when I return. Love and hugs, Doll	Doll	6	682	Jan 11, 2006 by rosie light shines
	An update on "Dehydrated Alcohol" (Preview) Hi Everyone, Just wanted to give you the info. that I do have. I went to the Doctor on Monday, was given an alternative med. that does not need to be inhaled. My Doctor said she had contacted the Rep about the Med. and discussed the "possible allergic reaction a "Recovering Alco...	Toni Baloney	2	1199	Jan 11, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Just a quick update (Preview) Hi folks. I just wanted to get back on board and start posting again. It has been a bit of a rollercoaster since my last posts. Happy, sad, mean, nice, angry, happy, sad, etc... For a few days I wasn't sure AA was in fact for me. Part of it was just that I was thinking...	GregT	6	854	Jan 11, 2006 by Doll
	could use some help down here (Preview) Preaching, gossip, finger pointing, pontificating, rumors, backstabbing, accusations, denials, lying, yelling, crying, grand standing, insanity, name calling, theatrics, lack of restraint, discrimination, disease disease disease In short: a "special steering commitee/business/m...	Miami Sober	9	1163	Jan 11, 2006 by Doll
	This sounded really familiar... (Preview) But I kinda thought I should take it out of the Miracles in Progress Recovery house thread. :) awilliam wrote: Hi. I need some help. I was sober for about 5 years. Took a hiatus and then came back for another 4 1/2 years. On both occasions, it was easy to quit drinking. It was life that was tou...	TLH	10	793	Jan 11, 2006 by amanda2u2
	NEED HELP (Preview) Do not know where to begin - the last two days started off great then as the day progressed it just started going bad (for lack of better words right at the moment). I just could not shake awful feelings about the past - I know your likely sitting the...	jeannie	8	718	Jan 11, 2006 by jeannie
	I'm not listening! (Preview) *Life gives us so much time to collect bizarre thoughts and feelings. - -Claire Weekes* As we go through life, we run into all kinds of negative messages: teasing on the school bus, insulting nicknames, and other put-downs. Pretty soon we may discover that some of these messages stick in our minds,...	ZuZu	5	805	Jan 11, 2006 by jeannie
	From The Heart (Preview) THE ART OF GIVING We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the heart: love, kindness, joy, understanding, sympathy, tolerance, forgiveness. We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the mind: ideas, dreams, purposes, ideals, principles, plans, inve...	Phil	1	756	Jan 11, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	hungry like a wolf for recovery (Preview) *TUESDAY , JANUARY 10, 2006 You are reading from the book Twenty-Four Hours a Day - Hardcover (24 Hours) </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=1096>.* A.A. Thought for the Day** When we were drinking, most of us were full of pride and selfishness. We believed we could handle our own aff...	rosie light shines	7	769	Jan 11, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	TODAY'S GIFT (Preview) Guidance Days that are rushed and hurried, with very little accomplished, are the most tiring and unhappy. My energy falters and my self-esteem drops. What happened to me? My appointment book is filled, I have too many phone calls to make, and I seem to have lost my ability to say no to famil...	Rick	0	740	Jan 11, 2006 by Rick
	THE COMING OF FAITH (Preview) IN MY OWN CASE, THE FOUNDATION STONE OF FREEDOM FROM FEAR IS THAT OF FAITH: A FAITH THAT, DESPITE ALL WORDLY APPEARANCES TO THE CONTRARY, CAUSES ME TO BELIEVE THAT I LIVE IN A UNIVERSE THAT MAKES SENSE. TO ME, THIS MEANS A BELIEF IN A CREATOR WHO IS ALL POWER, JUSTICE, AND LOVE; A GOD WHO INTENDS FOR ME A PU...	Rick	1	714	Jan 11, 2006 by Rick
	Puzzled...... (Preview) Not sure I am in the right place to ask this. I am from the alanon board. My spouse at 6 minutes after midnight said, Happy New Year, and "Oh, One Year Anniversary". [OK, I do not remember if I responded or not.] All I could do was put my hand to my closed lips, speechless. ...	wallsal55	5	900	Jan 10, 2006 by GammyRose
	hi everyone (Preview) well its been a bit since i posted so just checking in im doing real good, in spite of my mother cancer is taking it course and she is very weak. dont know how long she has left. but not to much we do know that. she told me the other day how proud she was of me for what im trying to do and staying sober. it was...	wagon	5	719	Jan 10, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Daily Reflection Jan 10 (Preview) UNITED WE STAND We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed. Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 30 I came to Alcoholics Anonymous becau...	Doll	1	1204	Jan 10, 2006 by rosie light shines
	On The Upside (Preview) *Negative self-scripts are the:* Negative beliefs you have about yourself and of which you remind yourself daily.Negative statements about yourself which sprinkle your everyday conversation. Self-deprecating remarks that influence your behavior or beliefs. Negative descriptions give...	Phil	1	770	Jan 10, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Today's gift (Preview) *The distance doesn't matter; only the first step is difficult. --Mme. du Deffand* Life continually presents us with opportunities for achieving what we desire. Only the first step is difficult. Each time we sense the possibility of a new direction in our lives, we are being given a chan...	Rick	0	633	Jan 10, 2006 by Rick
	Tuesday (Preview) *You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment. --David D. Burns* Good thoughts are like bright colors in a painting. Negative thoughts are dark and dreary and drab. Each day we paint pictures of our own lives with our thoughts. If we step back and look at th...	Phil	0	696	Jan 10, 2006 by Phil
	Daily Reflection Jan 9 (Preview) AN ACT OF PROVIDENCE It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have warped our minds into such an obsession for destructive drinking that only an act of Providence can remove it from us. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21 My act of Providence, (a manifestation of divine care and directio...	Doll	1	1000	Jan 9, 2006 by Bonzo43
	Hi Rick... (Preview) It's great to see you back.I've really missed you posting. There are several missing in action right now. Hope to see them back soon. How did the hunting trips go?Have a great sober 24 ! (((Hugs))) GammyRose	GammyRose	2	711	Jan 9, 2006 by Rick
	AS IT SHOULD BE (Preview) *Whatever happens at all, happens as it should. --Marcus Aurelius Antoninus* Newcomer I came to this meeting, but I don't know if I belong here. I just don't know. Sponsor We have a saying: Nobody gets here by mistake. For many of us, this means that something inside us knows we need hel...	Rick	2	728	Jan 9, 2006 by Rick
	Good Morning (Preview) Hope all of you had a good night and got plenty of rest.I'm up getting the wife and kid off to work and school. Am looking forward to an eventful day. Ya'll take care and see ya's after while. Your Brother in AA, Chris B.	Chrisb	2	613	Jan 9, 2006 by GammyRose
	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 allow learning from natural consequen...	Phil	4	959	Jan 9, 2006 by Rick
	Maturity (Preview) Maturity in Relationships by Larry James *LoveNote. . .* To be capable of real love means becoming mature, with realistic expectations of the other person. It means accepting responsibility for our own happiness or unhappiness, and neither expecting the other person to make us ha...	Phil	2	1197	Jan 9, 2006 by Phil
	Some sicker than others (Preview) When I "joined" AA last year I heard it said many, many times, "stick with the winners" So that's what I decided to do. I made enough meetings to try to figure out just who the winners are. It took a while, but a couple months back, the winners began to want to be around me also and we have become very cl...	Doll	14	932	Jan 8, 2006 by Bonzo43
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