Alcoholics Anonymous

wantneeda · wantneeda

You are reading from the book Touchstones. We did not all come over on the same ship, but we were all in the same boat. --Bernard M. Baruch As we listen to others' stories and tell our own, we see roads into this program are different. Some of us hit bottom. Others were spared the worst catastroph...

Phil · Phil

Love is a force. It is not a result; it is a cause. It is not a product; it produces. It is a power, like money, or steam or electricity. It is valueless unless you can give something else by means of it. --Anne Morrow Lindbergh Love and feeling loved--how often both elude us! We have taken the first s...

Phil · Phil

Just saw you come on to the board Buddy.. How are yu our freind??

ellen · ellen

did you got to the meeting? and are you feeling better? I read your post and in the begining its hard whenever you have a craving seriously eat some ice cream or a candybar before you crack one it really takes the edge off. might sound stupid but the body prduces a byproduct of sugar from liqu...

DEE · DEE

Hi ,i am alcoholic.I relalapsed after 13 years sobriety,and I feel the craving again ,I cannot stop .I need help now because I feel lost.Can anyone help me now. Dee I can be contacted @ Midstar53@aol.com. I will be online. Thanks

Rick · Rick

Hey All try to check in when I can. My grandaughter was in a bad accident, say a prayer fer us love U TYhanks Rick

Phil · Phil

1.... Easy does it 2.... First things first 3.... Live and let live 4.... But for the grace of god 5....Think......Think.......Think 6....One day at time 7....Let go and Let God 8....Kiss---keep it simple stupid 9....Act as if......... 10....This too shall pass 11....Expect miracles 12....I ca...

SoberMom · SoberMom

I cant wait for the meeting tuesday night See you all then unless we talk in the message board

purplhaze214 · purplhaze214

hi guys. i had bee clean for 2 whole weeks!!! but yesterday i blew it and now i feel really bad because i lost all that time i accomplsihed.

asmith · asmith

Well, today was my first attempt at going totaly alcohol free. I didn't make it. I opened a beer this afternoon and took a few sips off of it. I ended up dumping it out. II started another one later and put it back in the fridge. I feel like a train ran over me. I can't...

Nic · Nic

You know those cartoon characters....? The ones who when someone shouts at them or they see something in the cartoons that is shocking, their eyes bug out and pop right OUT OF THEIR HEAD????? You know the ones? Sometimes their hair sticks up too...straight out of the head and th...

Phil · Phil

my computers got the HIC ups--any suggestions? Keeps HIC upping UP and Down on the desk TOP. I got it to HOLD its breath--but it BLEW a gasket Tried a glass OF water--it spit it ALL over the FLOOR took it APART but ive GOT extra Peices LEFT over. Beat IT wi...

nancyjo59 · nancyjo59

HI , Well the title says it all. I went to the party and had one lousy beer. I convinced myself that I was just to nervous to be at this party without drinking. There were many more people than I anticapated. Popped open the beer took some gulps...look...

Phil · Phil

The reasonable man encounters circumstances and adapts himself to them. The unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt circumstances to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man. --George Bernard Shaw Finding Your Purpose Everyone has a dream. Everyone has a purpose or mission...

SoberMom · SoberMom

Hello Everyone My name is brook i have been sober almost 6 years in october i feel good i love being sober i have many reasons im sober right now for my health my family and my new baby girl who will be two weeks old thursday and she is a blessing in my life im married to my husbund who is also in AA he has been...

New Member · asmith

Hello! My name is Andrew and I am an alcoholic. It is time for me to give up this addiction. I have been to a few AA meetings, but have not given up my beer just yet. I had a hard time accepting the fact that I am an alcoholic. I always thought alcholics were those who d...

Phil · Phil

How It Works Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are suc...

jenn · jenn

I've been battling alcohol for quite some time now.. I decide I want to quit at night as I tuck my two babies into bed, then by morning my resolve is less, by the end of the day, I'm cracking open a bottle of wine, drinking it all and some.. and saying tomorrow I'll quit. Tomorrow comes and the same thing ha...

wantneeda · wantneeda

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure. --Simone Weil How terribly complicated we choose to make life's many questions. Should we call a friend and apologize or wait for her call? Are the children getting the kind of care they must, right now? That we "Came to believe in a power gre...

mom to 2 · mom to 2

I wanted to thank everyone again for their thoughts and shares. My husband entered rehab 4 days ago. A place fully covered by insurance. Not posh like the Betty Ford Center---but he's out of credit and cash. I'm still doing my thing here. I will visit tomorrow for family day...

wantneeda · wantneeda

Today is August 14, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery! TRUTH "If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such, the path of error is the path of truth." -- Hans Reichenbach I believe that in order to discover spirituality in our lives, we need to confront the "disease", that dest...

Rick · Rick

We do not have to handle our problems alone. Thinking that we needed no one's help made us feel strong and proud. We were capable, we were good managers, and we had the answers. It's not easy to accept that our perceived ability to manage may well have been a facade for gross unmanageability a...

cheri · cheri

I'm headed for the chat room...click the link in the upper left hand corner. Let's ahve a meeting cheri

wagon · wagon

i would love to dothat sometime have a meeting i been in there and looked no body ever there so i stopped tring

Nic · Nic

HI All, It has been a huge weekend, with some very funny hairy dudes, lots of raucous laughter and very amazing machinary. Will attach a couple of pics for the folks who like vehicles of the two and four wheeled varieties. It was great to catch up with old mates and make new ones. The bless...

Rick · Rick

Hey Gal I poested to u a couple times. I don't ignore if im here. Anyway it'sd been hot. Managed to put the knees in the breeze for about 500 miles this week. Between meetings and business the ol bike was handy. Love it always had one since being a kid. Youe picture was kool....

cheri · cheri

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wagon · wagon

for years ,some of my let call them friends for now .play cards in the winter and fall months in a pool hall here in town. they have been calling me to come and play again .this has been fun but had involed lots of drinking.they know im clean now but still want me to play cards with them .i dont know if i should a...

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

As a writer, I get emails from people around the world - usually from spouses or parents of alcoholics - wondering how they can help - or asking questions which at times, is quite a challenge. Tonight, I emailed this person and said I would try to get some "expert" advice for them. This persons child...

GammyRose · GammyRose

August 12 First we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done... Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p.77 As a traveler on a fresh and exciting A.A. journey of recovery, I experience...

GammyRose · GammyRose

August 13 ...and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with evey human being we know. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions&...

OldPro · OldPro

Life is busy and the world is complex. Give yourself time to take it all in. Events come at you quickly, and keep coming all the time. Regularly give yourself the time and space to make sense of it all. When you get too caught up in your efforts, you can lose track of why you're making them. Take the time, aga...

nancyjo59 · nancyjo59

Hey All, Going to a party today!!!! A little nervous about alchol being there. Its actually my first gathering around a-lot of people partying Cancelled the last party invited to. I know it way too soon to be going around all the alchol, just going to stay strong...and re...

Phil · Phil

Overcoming Resentment

Rick · Rick

In AA the only mistake you can make is not coming back. Gratitude is the streetcar to a better attitude. The catch-22 of recovery: You've got to change your thinking to change your drinking. But to change your thinking, you've got to change your drinking. AA: Absolute Abstinence.

Phil · Phil

Dealing with the Guilt. Guilt. It's a word that can invoke in us the deepest, most terrible feelings of loss, horror, anger, and helplessness. Why did I do what I did? Why couldn't I have done more? Did I not do enough? Did I do too much? ...

Nic · Nic

A drunk man in a beat up Ford. They said he ran the light That caused the six-car pileup On the 109 that night. When broken bodies lay about And blood was everywhere, sirens screamed out eulogies, For death was in the air. A mother, trapped inside her car, Was heard above the noise; Her plain...

nancyjo59 · nancyjo59

Hey guys, Its finally happening, Going to my first meeting. It sounds like an excuse...Having a vehicle to do some running around is a mayor hassle. Not to mention the poor thing isnt running too good. Going to kill lots of "birds with one stone".:ju...

WTksBlondie104 · WTksBlondie104

Hello, I have never been to an AA meeting, nor received counseling for alcoholism. I don't know what the 12 step program is, but I have heard about it. I am not so much interested in that, as I am just getting a little advice. MY girlfriend and I have started this great new diet, and it is working to lose we...

Phil · Phil

Even when we know what is right, our conscious mind can use our fears, doubts and insecurities to convince us to do something different. ---- Most of the emotional pain in our lives is caused by our fears, doubts, and insecurities. Our emotional pain is self inflicted, and we must learn fro...

Phil · Phil

Drinking Guide" SYMPTOM: Feet cold and wet. FAULT: Glass being held at incorrect angle. ACTION: Rotate glass so that open end points toward ceiling. SYMPTOM: Beer unusually pale and tasteless. FAULT: Glass empty. ACTION: Get someone to buy you another be...

Phil · Phil

"Im still hoping yesterday will get better" :) DOH!!

Rick · Rick

The world shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. --Anais Nin First you crawled, then you learned to walk, and the world grew a little bigger. You learned to ride a bike, and it grew even more. Then you learned to drive a car and bought a plane ticket. Suddenly, the horizons were limitless....

wantneeda · wantneeda

Today is August 12, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery! LIFE "The tragedy of life is what dies in man while he lives." -- Albert Schweitzer Addiction progressively takes away the vitality of life. It robs life of meaning. Addiction isolates; it kills by atrophy. People, places and thi...

wantneeda · wantneeda

Step 1_ "We admitted we were powerless over humor, that our lives had become more manageable." 2. Came to believe that a smile greater than ourselves could restore us to laughter.Step 3e A Decision To Turn Our Lives Over To The Care Of Humor,as We Understood It. Step 4: Made a searching and fearl...

GammyRose · GammyRose

August 11 The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damage that occured to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking ground glass out of us, the emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits. As Bi...

Phil · Phil

I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains. --Anne Frank We don't find the rewards of today by searching through our misfortunes. Pausing to seek out something good for everything we find bad is a step in the right direction. We may find the good outweighs the bad. But ho...

Bobby Dean · Bobby Dean

Some Days its Like.............

Phil · Phil

When a drunk has a terrific hangover because he drank heavily yesterday, he cannot live well in today. But there is another kind of hangover which we all experience whether we are drinking or not. That is the emotional hangover, the direct result of yesterdays and sometimes todays excesses of nega...

Bobby Dean · Bobby Dean

A version of the Serenity Prayer I use a lot. God Grant me the Serenity to Accept the Person I cannot Change Courage to Change the Person I Can and theWisdom To know that Person is Me Keeps me honest!

Bobby Dean

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	we are all in the same boat (Preview) You are reading from the book Touchstones. *We did not all come over on the same ship, but we were all in the same boat. --Bernard M. Baruch* As we listen to others' stories and tell our own, we see roads into this program are different. Some of us hit bottom. Others were spared the worst catastroph...	wantneeda	2	735	Aug 16, 2005 by Phil
	It Works:) (Preview) Love is a force. It is not a result; it is a cause. It is not a product; it produces. It is a power, like money, or steam or electricity. It is valueless unless you can give something else by means of it. --Anne Morrow Lindbergh Love and feeling loved--how often both elude us! We have taken the first s...	Phil	2	670	Aug 16, 2005 by nancyjo59
	Hey Smitty? (Preview) Just saw you come on to the board Buddy.. How are yu our freind??	Phil	3	682	Aug 16, 2005 by nancyjo59
	asmith (Preview) did you got to the meeting? and are you feeling better? I read your post and in the begining its hard whenever you have a craving seriously eat some ice cream or a candybar before you crack one it really takes the edge off. might sound stupid but the body prduces a byproduct of sugar from liqu...	ellen	8	689	Aug 16, 2005 by GammyRose
	New here (Preview) Hi ,i am alcoholic.I relalapsed after 13 years sobriety,and I feel the craving again ,I cannot stop .I need help now because I feel lost.Can anyone help me now. Dee I can be contacted @ Midstar53@aol.com. I will be online. Thanks	DEE	8	745	Aug 16, 2005 by DEE
	accident (Preview) Hey All try to check in when I can. My grandaughter was in a bad accident, say a prayer fer us love U TYhanks Rick	Rick	8	756	Aug 15, 2005 by Nic
	50 AA Slogans (Preview) 1.... Easy does it 2.... First things first 3.... Live and let live 4.... But for the grace of god 5....Think......Think.......Think 6....One day at time 7....Let go and Let God 8....Kiss---keep it simple stupid 9....Act as if......... 10....This too shall pass 11....Expect miracles 12....I ca...	Phil	0	3013	Aug 15, 2005 by Phil
	Meeting (Preview) I cant wait for the meeting tuesday night See you all then unless we talk in the message board	SoberMom	3	675	Aug 15, 2005 by OldPro
	hi im new (Preview) hi guys. i had bee clean for 2 whole weeks!!! but yesterday i blew it and now i feel really bad because i lost all that time i accomplsihed.	purplhaze214	8	801	Aug 15, 2005 by OldPro
	1st days attempt (Preview) Well, today was my first attempt at going totaly alcohol free. I didn't make it. I opened a beer this afternoon and took a few sips off of it. I ended up dumping it out. II started another one later and put it back in the fridge. I feel like a train ran over me. I can't...	asmith	3	681	Aug 15, 2005 by asmith
	Hey NancyJo (Preview) You know those cartoon characters....? The ones who when someone shouts at them or they see something in the cartoons that is shocking, their eyes bug out and pop right OUT OF THEIR HEAD????? You know the ones? Sometimes their hair sticks up too...straight out of the head and th...	Nic	5	707	Aug 15, 2005 by Nic
	Hey Ellen (Preview) my computers got the HIC ups--any suggestions? Keeps HIC upping UP and Down on the desk TOP. I got it to HOLD its breath--but it BLEW a gasket Tried a glass OF water--it spit it ALL over the FLOOR took it APART but ive GOT extra Peices LEFT over. Beat IT wi...	Phil	5	779	Aug 15, 2005 by Phil
	One Lousy Beer (Preview) *HI ,* Well the title says it all. I went to the party and had one lousy beer. I convinced myself that I was just to nervous to be at this party without drinking. There were many more people than I anticapated. *Popped open the beer took some gulps...look...*	nancyjo59	8	1373	Aug 15, 2005 by OldPro
	Purpose (Preview) The reasonable man encounters circumstances and adapts himself to them. The unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt circumstances to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man. --George Bernard Shaw Finding Your Purpose Everyone has a dream. Everyone has a purpose or mission...	Phil	1	667	Aug 15, 2005 by Phil
	New Here (Preview) Hello Everyone My name is brook i have been sober almost 6 years in october i feel good i love being sober i have many reasons im sober right now for my health my family and my new baby girl who will be two weeks old thursday and she is a blessing in my life im married to my husbund who is also in AA he has been...	SoberMom	4	685	Aug 15, 2005 by GammyRose
	New Member (Preview) Hello! My name is Andrew and I am an alcoholic. It is time for me to give up this addiction. I have been to a few AA meetings, but have not given up my beer just yet. I had a hard time accepting the fact that I am an alcoholic. I always thought alcholics were those who d...	asmith	9	739	Aug 15, 2005 by GammyRose
	HOW IT WORKS (Preview) How It Works Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are suc...	Phil	4	840	Aug 15, 2005 by Phil
	It's time.. I'm a newbie (Preview) I've been battling alcohol for quite some time now.. I decide I want to quit at night as I tuck my two babies into bed, then by morning my resolve is less, by the end of the day, I'm cracking open a bottle of wine, drinking it all and some.. and saying tomorrow I'll quit. Tomorrow comes and the same thing ha...	jenn	8	725	Aug 15, 2005 by GammyRose
	todays thought-Aug 15 (Preview) *Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure. --Simone Weil* How terribly complicated we choose to make life's many questions. Should we call a friend and apologize or wait for her call? Are the children getting the kind of care they must, right now? That we "Came to believe in a power gre...	wantneeda	0	774	Aug 15, 2005 by wantneeda
	husband in rehab (Preview) I wanted to thank everyone again for their thoughts and shares. My husband entered rehab 4 days ago. A place fully covered by insurance. Not posh like the Betty Ford Center---but he's out of credit and cash. I'm still doing my thing here. I will visit tomorrow for family day...	mom to 2	6	785	Aug 15, 2005 by mom to 2
	a great day for recovery-Aug 14 (Preview) Today is August 14, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery! TRUTH "If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such, the path of error is the path of truth." -- Hans Reichenbach I believe that in order to discover spirituality in our lives, we need to confront the "disease", that dest...	wantneeda	3	906	Aug 15, 2005 by nancyjo59
	We do not have to handle our problems alone. (Preview) We do not have to handle our problems alone. Thinking that we needed no one's help made us feel strong and proud. We were capable, we were good managers, and we had the answers. It's not easy to accept that our perceived ability to manage may well have been a facade for gross unmanageability a...	Rick	1	800	Aug 15, 2005 by nancyjo59
	asmith,purplehaze,wagon (Preview) I'm headed for the chat room...click the link in the upper left hand corner. Let's ahve a meeting cheri	cheri	5	752	Aug 14, 2005 by nancyjo59
	cheri (Preview) i would love to dothat sometime have a meeting i been in there and looked no body ever there so i stopped tring	wagon	0	658	Aug 14, 2005 by wagon
	Weary and waiting... (Preview) HI All, It has been a huge weekend, with some very funny hairy dudes, lots of raucous laughter and very amazing machinary. Will attach a couple of pics for the folks who like vehicles of the two and four wheeled varieties. It was great to catch up with old mates and make new ones. The bless...	Nic	3	764	Aug 14, 2005 by Nic
	Hey Nic (Preview) Hey Gal I poested to u a couple times. I don't ignore if im here. Anyway it'sd been hot. Managed to put the knees in the breeze for about 500 miles this week. Between meetings and business the ol bike was handy. Love it always had one since being a kid. Youe picture was kool....	Rick	4	747	Aug 14, 2005 by Nic
	For The Newcomers (Preview)     ...	cheri	4	763	Aug 14, 2005 by jenn
	what do u think (Preview) for years ,some of my let call them friends for now .play cards in the winter and fall months in a pool hall here in town. they have been calling me to come and play again .this has been fun but had involed lots of drinking.they know im clean now but still want me to play cards with them .i dont know if i should a...	wagon	6	746	Aug 14, 2005 by wagon
	Need some help - please (Preview) As a writer, I get emails from people around the world - usually from spouses or parents of alcoholics - wondering how they can help - or asking questions which at times, is quite a challenge. Tonight, I emailed this person and said I would try to get some "expert" advice for them. This persons child...	Dave Harm	5	1528	Aug 14, 2005 by Bobby Dean
	"A Look Back" (Preview) August 12 First we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done... Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p.77 As a traveler on a fresh and exciting A.A. journey of recovery, I experience...	GammyRose	1	1175	Aug 14, 2005 by Phil
	" A Clean Sweep" (Preview) August 13 ...and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with evey human being we know. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions&...	GammyRose	1	1127	Aug 14, 2005 by Phil
	A Solid Foundation (Preview) Life is busy and the world is complex. Give yourself time to take it all in. Events come at you quickly, and keep coming all the time. Regularly give yourself the time and space to make sense of it all. When you get too caught up in your efforts, you can lose track of why you're making them. Take the time, aga...	OldPro	2	758	Aug 13, 2005 by OldPro
	Going To A Party (Preview) *Hey All,* *Going to a party today!!!!* *A little nervous about alchol being there. Its actually my first gathering* *around a-lot of people partying Cancelled the last party invited to.* *I know it way too soon to be going around all the alchol, just going to* *stay strong...and re...*	nancyjo59	6	778	Aug 13, 2005 by OldPro
	Overcomming Resentment (Preview) Overcoming Resentment	Phil	7	951	Aug 13, 2005 by BarryH
	only mistake you can make (Preview) In AA the only mistake you can make is not coming back. Gratitude is the streetcar to a better attitude. The catch-22 of recovery: You've got to change your thinking to change your drinking. But to change your thinking, you've got to change your drinking. AA: Absolute Abstinence.	Rick	1	789	Aug 13, 2005 by cheri
	Dealing With GUILT (Preview) Dealing with the Guilt. Guilt. It's a word that can invoke in us the deepest, most terrible feelings of loss, horror, anger, and helplessness. Why did I do what I did? Why couldn't I have done more? Did I not do enough? Did I do too much? ...	Phil	3	728	Aug 13, 2005 by BarryH
	Angel beat (Preview) A drunk man in a beat up Ford. They said he ran the light That caused the six-car pileup On the 109 that night. When broken bodies lay about And blood was everywhere, sirens screamed out eulogies, For death was in the air. A mother, trapped inside her car, Was heard above the noise; Her plain...	Nic	5	863	Aug 13, 2005 by Cabbageheadchris
	My First Meeting (Preview) *Hey guys,* *Its finally happening, Going to my first meeting.* *It sounds like an excuse...Having a vehicle to do some running around is a mayor hassle. Not to mention the poor thing isnt running too good.* *Going to kill lots of "birds with one stone".:ju...*	nancyjo59	6	780	Aug 13, 2005 by nancyjo59
	This is my first attempt ever (Preview) Hello, I have never been to an AA meeting, nor received counseling for alcoholism. I don't know what the 12 step program is, but I have heard about it. I am not so much interested in that, as I am just getting a little advice. MY girlfriend and I have started this great new diet, and it is working to lose we...	WTksBlondie104	5	757	Aug 13, 2005 by BarryH
	Tonights Thoughts (Preview) Even when we know what is right, our conscious mind can use our fears, doubts and insecurities to convince us to do something different. ---- Most of the emotional pain in our lives is caused by our fears, doubts, and insecurities. Our emotional pain is self inflicted, and we must learn fro...	Phil	0	742	Aug 12, 2005 by Phil
	Drinking guide for social drinkers? (Preview) Drinking Guide" SYMPTOM: Feet cold and wet. FAULT: Glass being held at incorrect angle. ACTION: Rotate glass so that open end points toward ceiling. SYMPTOM: Beer unusually pale and tasteless. FAULT: Glass empty. ACTION: Get someone to buy you another be...	Phil	4	983	Aug 12, 2005 by Cabbageheadchris
	A quote from Charlie Brown (Preview) "Im still hoping yesterday will get better" :) DOH!!	Phil	1	779	Aug 12, 2005 by Phil
	comfortable ? (Preview) *The world shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. --Anais Nin* First you crawled, then you learned to walk, and the world grew a little bigger. You learned to ride a bike, and it grew even more. Then you learned to drive a car and bought a plane ticket. Suddenly, the horizons were limitless....	Rick	3	702	Aug 12, 2005 by Cabbageheadchris
	a great day for recovery-Aug 12 (Preview) Today is August 12, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery! LIFE "The tragedy of life is what dies in man while he lives." -- Albert Schweitzer Addiction progressively takes away the vitality of life. It robs life of meaning. Addiction isolates; it kills by atrophy. People, places and thi...	wantneeda	4	1408	Aug 12, 2005 by Phil
	smilin' 12 steps...:) (Preview) Step 1_ "We admitted we were powerless over humor, that our lives had become more manageable." 2. Came to believe that a smile greater than ourselves could restore us to laughter.Step 3e A Decision To Turn Our Lives Over To The Care Of Humor,as We Understood It. Step 4: Made a searching and fearl...	wantneeda	7	791	Aug 12, 2005 by wantneeda
	Removing "The Ground Glass" (Preview) August 11 The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damage that occured to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking ground glass out of us, the emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits. As Bi...	GammyRose	1	1276	Aug 12, 2005 by Rick
	Misfortunes (Preview) *I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains. --Anne Frank* We don't find the rewards of today by searching through our misfortunes. Pausing to seek out something good for everything we find bad is a step in the right direction. We may find the good outweighs the bad. But ho...	Phil	2	869	Aug 12, 2005 by Rick
	its real (Preview) Some Days its Like.............	Bobby Dean	1	763	Aug 12, 2005 by Rick
	Emotional Hangovers Step 10 (Preview) When a drunk has a terrific hangover because he drank heavily yesterday, he cannot live well in today. But there is another kind of hangover which we all experience whether we are drinking or not. That is the emotional hangover, the direct result of yesterdays and sometimes todays excesses of nega...	Phil	3	5630	Aug 12, 2005 by Rick
	Serenity Prayer (Preview) A version of the Serenity Prayer I use a lot. God Grant me the Serenity to Accept the Person I cannot Change Courage to Change the Person I Can and theWisdom To know that Person is Me Keeps me honest! Bobby Dean	Bobby Dean	3	789	Aug 12, 2005 by Rick
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