Alcoholics Anonymous

Phil · Phil

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

Phil · Phil

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

Phil · Phil

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

Phil · Phil

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

wantneeda · wantneeda

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

Phil · Phil

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

wantneeda · wantneeda

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

GammyRose · GammyRose

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

Phil · Phil

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

Nic · Nic

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

Phil · Phil

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

wantneeda · wantneeda

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

GammyRose · GammyRose

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

Phil · Phil

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

toni · toni

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

Phil · Phil

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

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

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

cornbread · cornbread

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

wantneeda · wantneeda

Saturday, April 16, 2005 This very day You are rich today to an extent beyond anything you can imagine. The portion of that richness that you do imagine, and accept, and bring to life, is the richness you will experience in this very day. You have traveled long and far to get to this moment. Every ste...

Hanuman · Hanuman

"King Alcohol and his Prime Minister" circa 1820 Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholism

wantneeda · wantneeda

Opposite of anger is love!! So if I can not find love I am angery!! Opposite of resentment is Acceptance!! If I don't find the love from my anger I am not accepting any love and I will carry around a resentment. I think I get even more confused than understanding the diffeence because Opposite of Fear is Fa...

stancamden · stancamden

He said in reply to a previous post that your friends will not tire of you being "not drunk". Wrong. My mates were tired of me being sober.

stancamden · stancamden

What a fantastic band. Especially "Ripple" Whatever happened to them? Have been listening to them all night and they just get better. Did anyone else see Steve Earle on telly tonight?

Nic · Nic

Click here to meet the family... http://www.americanbridge.com/taters.htm

wantneeda · wantneeda

A man died, he got to the big room in the sky and was met by st peter, he said to st peter " what is heaven and what is hell"? st peter took the man into a room where there was a big round table on the table was bumdles of food and drink, around the table were lots of people with great big spoons they could lean over a...

wantneeda · wantneeda

The cocoon and the butterfly Once a little boy was playing outdoors and found a fascinating caterpillar. He carefully picked it up and took it home to show his mother. He asked his mother if he could keep it, and she said he could if he would take good care of it. The little boy got a large jar from his mother...

ellen · ellen

...harboring resentment is infinitely grave. For then we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the spirit. It has been said, "Anger is a luxury I cannot afford." Does this suggest I egnore this human emotion? I believe not. Before I learned of the A.A. prog...

Phil · Phil

This man printed up cards a long time ago, and they are still given out at meetings by his son today. He was sober 50 some years when he passed away. His son is sober 30 years. I used to think this old guy had a few screws loose, but after being in the programme of AA for a while, I realize the following is what...

wantneeda · wantneeda

i jsut heard of someone who became a statistic after 2 years in a program..29 year old female with 2 young children..if i forget for one minute where i came from and where i could go in the blink of an eye...well its a reality that hits me hard when i hear things like this. Please if you're sittin on the fence...

Phil · Phil

A.A. Thought for the Day Terrible things could have happened to any one of us. We never will know what might have happened to us when we were drunk. We usually thought: "That couldn't happen to me." But any one of us could have killed somebody or have been killed ourselves, if we were drunk enough. But f...

Phil · Phil

>>WOMEN'S REVENGE: "Cash, check or charge?" I asked, after folding >>items the >>woman wished to purchase. As she fumbled for her wallet I noticed a >>remote >>control for a television set in her purse. "So, do you always carry >>your TV >&...

wantneeda · wantneeda

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 What it takes You have what it takes to make an ordinary day into a great one that will always be remembered. For what it takes is nothing more than the willingness to live every moment like it will never come again. You have what it takes to transform small, easily performe...

Phil · Phil

Only those who dare, truly live. --Ruth P. Freedman We receive from life, from every experience, from each interaction according to what we have given. When we commit ourselves fully to an experience, it will bless us. When we give ourselves wholly to any moment, our awareness of reality will be...

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...

Hanuman · Hanuman

Hi All, When I got sober 14 years ago I went to about 4-5 meetings a week for the first 5 years or so. Lately I've found myself struggling with meetings and getting to them seems to require a great effort. I think it's partially because I'm bored with local meetings which seem very monotonous. Th...

toni · toni

I just kind of wanted to introduce myself. I'm new to this site (was introduced to it by a fellow alcoholic) but not new to A.A. I'm sixteen and I've read a lot of good posts on here so far. I just got a minor consumption and my probation officer won't let me to go any A.A. meetings becaus...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

I posted a Relaxation Technique that really works on the Alanon board. :aw:

wantneeda · wantneeda

I am clean and sober, but i swear i feel hungover!! Could it be an emotional hangover? I've been working at a job now for exactly 2 months, that in itself is an accomplishment. Before that i didn't work for 3 years, i lived on the streets basically, lost in actice addiction. Clearly trying to run fr...

Phil · Phil

The world is a wheel always turning. Those who are high go down low, and those who've been low go up higher. --Anzia Yezierska Everything changes. Nothing stays the same. And letting go of the way things are, anticipating instead what they might become, frees us to live each moment more fully. T...

wantneeda · wantneeda

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar...and the coffee... A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large, empty mayonnaise...

odaat · odaat

I came to know about AA through MIRC in 1997. A person I met on MIRC took me to my second AA meeting 12/27/97. My first AA meeting was in 1981. At that time my life was manageble. lol. I have been sober since 12/25/00. I got to alot of face to face meetings and am involved in some service work. I find that...

cheri · cheri

One night I had a wondrous dream, one set of footprints there were seen The footprints of my precious Lord, But mine were not along the shore. But then some strange prints appeared, And I asked the Lord, "What have we here? Those prints are large and round and neat, But Lord, they are too big for fee...

ellen · ellen

...were alcohol has been involved, we have been strangely insane. Alcoholism required me to drink, whether I wanted to or not. Insanity dominated my life and was the essence of my disease. It robbed me of the freedom of choice over drinking and, therefore, rob...

allison · allison

I don't really know exactly what to do...most of the time I don't feel like I have an alcohol problem..of course i'm sober when I decide these things. I'm not someone who drinks everyday but I'm becoming increasingly worried about what happens when I do drink. I swore to myself a few months ago I'd only d...

Phil · Phil

You gettting married my freind? Are you out of your skull? hehehe Hey Buddy. Im kidding with yu. Wishing you all the best, and happiness to come. One day at a time.

Nic · Nic

It's been a while since our mate Cabbagehead rocked in to wish us a great day. ...maybe he is ordering his suit for the wedding or sumpthin. You still around mate?

ellen · ellen

I hope that this helps; http://www.recovery.org/aa/bigbook/ww/ just click on save it in your favorites for the future.

Phil · Phil

A.A. Thought for the Day This sober world is a pleasant place for an alcoholic to live in. Once you've got out of your alcoholic fog, you find that the world looks good. You find real friends in A.A. You get a job. You feel good in the morning. You eat a good breakfast and you do a good day's work at home or ou...

Nic · Nic

Today I have woken up early, which is kinda extraordinary, and I have been greated by 3 "Whatcha doing up?"'s so far... I've been out and fed the critters early and they are all in shock. The donks flat out refused to come down, because I spose they figured just cos I was up, doesn't mean they have to be. N...

Nic · Nic

Drawing without an eraser

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	The AA program (Preview) The relative success of the A.A. program seems to be due to the fact that an alcoholic who no longer drinks has an exceptional faculty for "reaching" and helping an uncontrolled drinker. In simplest form, the A.A. program operates when a recovered alcoholic passes along the story of his or her own p...	Phil	2	1235	Apr 18, 2005 by Phil
	The masks we wear (Preview) Who am I? Don't be fooled by me. Don't be fooled by the face I wear, For I wear a mask, I wear a thousand masks. Masks that I am afraid to take off. But none of them are me. But don't be fooled. I give you the impression that I am secure, That all is sunny and unruffled with me, Within as well a...	Phil	4	5162	Apr 18, 2005 by GammyRose
	Insurance (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Every time we go to an A.A. meeting, every time we say the Lord's prayer, every time we have a quiet time before breakfast, we're paying a premium on our insurance against taking that first drink. And every time we help another alcoholic, we're making a large payment on our dri...	Phil	4	1113	Apr 18, 2005 by cheri
	Letting go and Freedom (Preview) *To oppose something is to maintain it. --Ursula K. LeGuin* Most of our struggles are with other persons or perhaps situations we want to change. We discover that our continual opposition adds fuel to the fires (at least our own internal ones). But can we turn our backs when we feel justified in our o...	Phil	0	778	Apr 18, 2005 by Phil
	just a little share (Preview) When you meet a sober alcoholic You meet a hero. His mortal enemy slumbers within him; He can never outrun his disability. He makes his way through a world of alcohol abuse, In an environment that does not understand him. Society, puffed up with shameful ignorance, Looks on him with contempt, As if he w...	wantneeda	0	786	Apr 18, 2005 by wantneeda
	Things that really confuse me. (Preview) If you can't drink and drive, why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor, and why do bars have parking lots? How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings? If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors? If nothing ever sticks to TEFLON, how do t...	Phil	0	964	Apr 17, 2005 by Phil
	Alcohol...an effective solvent (Preview) Alcohol...... An Effective Solvent By Jennifer and Kelly Alcohol is a product of amazing versatility. It will remove stains from designer clothes. It will also remove the clothes off you back. If by chance it is used in sufficient quantity, Alcohol will remove furniture fro...	wantneeda	1	1610	Apr 17, 2005 by Phil
	In God's Hands (Preview) This is from page 2 of "As Bill See's It" The A.A. Way of Life(selected writings of A.A.'s co-founder) When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God's hands were better than anything we could have planned. ***********...	GammyRose	1	1034	Apr 17, 2005 by amanda2u2
	Hey Nic ole Gal:) (Preview) I just hafta keep an open mind with everything and not get wrapped up in others beleifs. and I do that with respect. We take what we want to, for us, and leave the rest. We do what we can for newcommers and show them, that there is a better way. I know there is a Higher Power, and mine is spiritual. If other...	Phil	1	779	Apr 17, 2005 by wantneeda
	Dancing the Can Can or Stan Stan (Preview) Recent comments have reminded me of me quite a few years ago... the high handed approach...pretending I had it all sussed, with a few wobbly months under my belt that I insisted warranted my use of the word "recovery".... Prattling on with crap, but not prepared to go the hard yards and actually DO what...	Nic	5	1288	Apr 17, 2005 by amanda2u2
	Fear Of The Unknown (Preview) *I can stand what I know. It's what I don't know that frightens me. --Frances Newton* Fear of the unknown, often referred to as free-floating anxiety, catches up to us on occasion. But it needn't. The program offers us strength whenever we need it, and faith diminishes all fear. It is said that fear c...	Phil	0	1061	Apr 17, 2005 by Phil
	the Lord is my sponsor (Preview) The Lord is My Sponsor The Lord is my sponsor, I shall not want. He maketh me go to many meetings. He leadeth me to sit back, relax and listen with an open mind. He restoreth my soul, my sanity and health. He leadeth me in paths of serenity and fellowship for my sake. He teacheth me to think, take it easy, to li...	wantneeda	3	1027	Apr 17, 2005 by wantneeda
	Saturday night... (Preview) Just checking in, I just got home from an Alcoholics for Christ meeting, it was really good. It has been great learning the 12 Steps though scripture,how God fits in to the scheme of my recovery, how I can use my faith in it too. One of the scriptures tonight was Isaiah 1:5&6- Why shou...	GammyRose	1	961	Apr 16, 2005 by Phil
	Old Age (Preview) As soon as I wake up, Will Power helps me get out of bed. Then I go see John. Then Charlie Horse comes along and when he's here he takes a lot of my attention. When he leaves, Arthur Ritis shows up and stays the rest of the day. He doesn't like to stay in one place very long so he takes me from joint to joint. After...	Phil	2	883	Apr 16, 2005 by miller
	(Preview) Hey everybody. I'm kind of having a hard time today. My Probation officer won't let me go to A.A. because I relapsed with someone from AA and today I'm going CRAZY! I've been to online meetings but I really need to be able to connect with people face to face and talk to them. I've bee...	toni	5	1754	Apr 16, 2005 by miller
	Hey up there? Take it for another day!! (Preview) *In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. --Simone de Beauvoir* Sudden obstacles, barriers in the way of our progress, doors that unexpectedly close, may confuse, frustrate, even depress us. The knowledge that we seldom understand just what is best fo...	Phil	1	1042	Apr 16, 2005 by Cabbageheadchris
	Check in. (Preview) Good morning all. How is everyone? Hope your well and sober, bye for now. Chris.	Cabbageheadchris	4	931	Apr 16, 2005 by Cabbageheadchris
	need a room (Preview) I'm in NYC and need a room with someone in the rooms, or my own place. Any ideas?	cornbread	1	864	Apr 16, 2005 by amanda2u2
	daily motivator (Preview) Saturday, April 16, 2005 This very day You are rich today to an extent beyond anything you can imagine. The portion of that richness that you do imagine, and accept, and bring to life, is the richness you will experience in this very day. You have traveled long and far to get to this moment. Every ste...	wantneeda	0	871	Apr 16, 2005 by wantneeda
	King Alcohol (Preview) "King Alcohol and his Prime Minister" circa 1820 Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholism	Hanuman	2	929	Apr 16, 2005 by Hanuman
	resentment vs. Anger.. (Preview) Opposite of anger is love!! So if I can not find love I am angery!! Opposite of resentment is Acceptance!! If I don't find the love from my anger I am not accepting any love and I will carry around a resentment. I think I get even more confused than understanding the diffeence because Opposite of Fear is Fa...	wantneeda	3	1186	Apr 16, 2005 by amanda2u2
	Miller raised an interesting point (Preview) He said in reply to a previous post that your friends will not tire of you being "not drunk". Wrong. My mates were tired of me being sober.	stancamden	5	752	Apr 16, 2005 by wantneeda
	New Riders of the Purple Sage (Preview) What a fantastic band. Especially "Ripple" Whatever happened to them? Have been listening to them all night and they just get better. Did anyone else see Steve Earle on telly tonight?	stancamden	2	708	Apr 15, 2005 by stancamden
	Taters (Preview) Click here to meet the family... http://www.americanbridge.com/taters.htm	Nic	2	675	Apr 15, 2005 by stancamden
	in a nutsell (Preview) A man died, he got to the big room in the sky and was met by st peter, he said to st peter " what is heaven and what is hell"? st peter took the man into a room where there was a big round table on the table was bumdles of food and drink, around the table were lots of people with great big spoons they could lean over a...	wantneeda	2	919	Apr 15, 2005 by stancamden
	Letting nature take it's course (Preview) The cocoon and the butterfly Once a little boy was playing outdoors and found a fascinating caterpillar. He carefully picked it up and took it home to show his mother. He asked his mother if he could keep it, and she said he could if he would take good care of it. The little boy got a large jar from his mother...	wantneeda	2	1083	Apr 15, 2005 by stancamden
	The Bondage Of Resentments (Preview) ...harboring resentment is infinitely grave. For then we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the spirit. It has been said, "Anger is a luxury I cannot afford." Does this suggest I egnore this human emotion? I believe not. Before I learned of the A.A. prog...	ellen	6	864	Apr 15, 2005 by Phil
	A Founder Of AA in Ontario Canada (Preview) This man printed up cards a long time ago, and they are still given out at meetings by his son today. He was sober 50 some years when he passed away. His son is sober 30 years. I used to think this old guy had a few screws loose, but after being in the programme of AA for a while, I realize the following is what...	Phil	2	957	Apr 15, 2005 by Phil
	i hate this disease (Preview) i jsut heard of someone who became a statistic after 2 years in a program..29 year old female with 2 young children..if i forget for one minute where i came from and where i could go in the blink of an eye...well its a reality that hits me hard when i hear things like this. Please if you're sittin on the fence...	wantneeda	6	1165	Apr 15, 2005 by GammyRose
	Friday (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Terrible things could have happened to any one of us. We never will know what might have happened to us when we were drunk. We usually thought: "That couldn't happen to me." But any one of us could have killed somebody or have been killed ourselves, if we were drunk enough. But f...	Phil	0	960	Apr 15, 2005 by Phil
	Heres to Women!! (Preview) >>WOMEN'S REVENGE: "Cash, check or charge?" I asked, after folding >>items the >>woman wished to purchase. As she fumbled for her wallet I noticed a >>remote >>control for a television set in her purse. "So, do you always carry >>your TV >&...	Phil	1	792	Apr 14, 2005 by toni
	the daily motivator (Preview) Wednesday, April 13, 2005 What it takes You have what it takes to make an ordinary day into a great one that will always be remembered. For what it takes is nothing more than the willingness to live every moment like it will never come again. You have what it takes to transform small, easily performe...	wantneeda	4	1016	Apr 14, 2005 by wantneeda
	Have a good Thursday all (Preview) *Only those who dare, truly live. --Ruth P. Freedman* We receive from life, from every experience, from each interaction according to what we have given. When we commit ourselves fully to an experience, it will bless us. When we give ourselves wholly to any moment, our awareness of reality will be...	Phil	1	963	Apr 14, 2005 by wantneeda
	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	2	764	Apr 13, 2005 by wantneeda
	Meetings (Preview) Hi All, When I got sober 14 years ago I went to about 4-5 meetings a week for the first 5 years or so. Lately I've found myself struggling with meetings and getting to them seems to require a great effort. I think it's partially because I'm bored with local meetings which seem very monotonous. Th...	Hanuman	9	839	Apr 13, 2005 by cheri
	Hello Everyone. (Preview) I just kind of wanted to introduce myself. I'm new to this site (was introduced to it by a fellow alcoholic) but not new to A.A. I'm sixteen and I've read a lot of good posts on here so far. I just got a minor consumption and my probation officer won't let me to go any A.A. meetings becaus...	toni	7	681	Apr 13, 2005 by miller
	Relaxation Technique that Works! (Preview) I posted a Relaxation Technique that really works on the Alanon board. :aw:	wallsal55	0	877	Apr 13, 2005 by wallsal55
	April 13, 2005- we only live it once (Preview) I am clean and sober, but i swear i feel hungover!! Could it be an emotional hangover? I've been working at a job now for exactly 2 months, that in itself is an accomplishment. Before that i didn't work for 3 years, i lived on the streets basically, lost in actice addiction. Clearly trying to run fr...	wantneeda	2	1020	Apr 13, 2005 by Nic
	As We Begin A New Day (Preview) *The world is a wheel always turning. Those who are high go down low, and those who've been low go up higher. --Anzia Yezierska* Everything changes. Nothing stays the same. And letting go of the way things are, anticipating instead what they might become, frees us to live each moment more fully. T...	Phil	2	751	Apr 13, 2005 by ellen
	the Mayo Jar (Preview) When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar...and the coffee... A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large, empty mayonnaise...	wantneeda	4	660	Apr 13, 2005 by amanda2u2
	Hello (Preview) I came to know about AA through MIRC in 1997. A person I met on MIRC took me to my second AA meeting 12/27/97. My first AA meeting was in 1981. At that time my life was manageble. lol. I have been sober since 12/25/00. I got to alot of face to face meetings and am involved in some service work. I find that...	odaat	1	626	Apr 13, 2005 by Phil
	Just for fun... (Preview) One night I had a wondrous dream, one set of footprints there were seen The footprints of my precious Lord, But mine were not along the shore. But then some strange prints appeared, And I asked the Lord, "What have we here? Those prints are large and round and neat, But Lord, they are too big for fee...	cheri	1	671	Apr 12, 2005 by toni
	Giving Up Insanity-April 12 (Preview) ...were alcohol has been involved, we have been strangely insane. Alcoholism required me to drink, whether I wanted to or not. Insanity dominated my life and was the essence of my disease. It robbed me of the freedom of choice over drinking and, therefore, rob...	ellen	2	672	Apr 12, 2005 by toni
	just could use some advice... (Preview) I don't really know exactly what to do...most of the time I don't feel like I have an alcohol problem..of course i'm sober when I decide these things. I'm not someone who drinks everyday but I'm becoming increasingly worried about what happens when I do drink. I swore to myself a few months ago I'd only d...	allison	10	761	Apr 12, 2005 by toni
	Hey Cabbagehead? (Preview) You gettting married my freind? Are you out of your skull? hehehe Hey Buddy. Im kidding with yu. Wishing you all the best, and happiness to come. One day at a time.	Phil	3	613	Apr 12, 2005 by Cabbageheadchris
	Where is Cabbagehead? (Preview) It's been a while since our mate Cabbagehead rocked in to wish us a great day. ...maybe he is ordering his suit for the wedding or sumpthin. You still around mate?	Nic	6	714	Apr 12, 2005 by Cabbageheadchris
	Allison-big book web page (Preview) I hope that this helps; http://www.recovery.org/aa/bigbook/ww/ just click on save it in your favorites for the future.	ellen	0	772	Apr 12, 2005 by ellen
	Tuesday (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day This sober world is a pleasant place for an alcoholic to live in. Once you've got out of your alcoholic fog, you find that the world looks good. You find real friends in A.A. You get a job. You feel good in the morning. You eat a good breakfast and you do a good day's work at home or ou...	Phil	0	650	Apr 12, 2005 by Phil
	All in a days work (Preview) Today I have woken up early, which is kinda extraordinary, and I have been greated by 3 "Whatcha doing up?"'s so far... I've been out and fed the critters early and they are all in shock. The donks flat out refused to come down, because I spose they figured just cos I was up, doesn't mean they have to be. N...	Nic	8	833	Apr 12, 2005 by Nic
	Life is... (Preview) Drawing without an eraser	Nic	3	654	Apr 12, 2005 by Nic
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