Alcoholics Anonymous

wantneeda · wantneeda

just thought I'd ask for you's to say a prayer for my mom...she's getting tested for cancer today...i lost my gramma to cancer in '85, she was 57....my mom is 58 this year...I've only recently started communicating with my mom again...a gift of recovery...and to think of losing her now that i'm on the r...

Rick · Rick

Let no alcoholic say he cannot recover unless he has his family back. This just isn't so. In some cases the wife will never come back for one reason or another. Remind the prospect that his recovery is not dependent upon people. It is dependent upon his relationship with God. We have seen men get well who...

ellen · ellen

We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to over come them. The identification that one alcoholic has with another is mysterious, spititual--almost incoprehensible. But it is there. I "feel" it. ...

Phil · Phil

In the process of defining myself, I have a tendency to set up rules and boundaries and then forget that rules are made to be broken, as are boundaries to be expanded and crossed. --Kathleen Casey Theisen Recovery has given us the freedom to address life honestly, with forethought and a certainty...

wantneeda · wantneeda

i spent 5 months in treatment and while there i completed step 5...my step 4 was a series of 247 questions...yukky...i did my step 5 with a female priest who had never done a step 5 before...so i'm not really sure if my step 5 was all that it could have been...needless to say i've been on 6-7 since november a...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

Are any of these a problem for the alcoholic? Perfectionism, Procrastination, Paralyisis, I can see where perfectionism could be if an alcoholic feels in their thinking they could never be enough while growing up, etc. How about the other two?

Rick · Rick

Yesterday is over. It is a fact of life that what is old dies to make way for what is new. Endings are often painful - we mourn the death of a relationship, we regret leaving a familiar neighborhood, we don't like to say good-bye. Endings, though, give us the chance to begin ag ain.Anew frien...

Phil · Phil

Dear Alcohol, > >> > >>First & foremost, let me tell you that I'm a huge fan of yours. > >> > >>As my friend, you always seem to be there when needed. The perfect > >>post-work > >>cocktail, a beer at the game, and you're even around in the &...

ellen · ellen

Went to the Biltmore Estates this weekend, my husband played with his friends band. Never made it to the castle but it is so beautiful. He played at the vineyard on the estate and it was really sweet. It is so nice to be able to go to a place that is all about wine and be able to be comfortable....

ProudFather · ProudFather

Hello everyone. I'm new here to this forum and want to stop drinking. I've never gone to a meeting or talked with anyone regarding this except my lovely wife and my father both of whom are supportive but may not understand how much of a struggle this is for me. I've tried to stop in the past...

miller · miller

Didnt have any words to share, but Im here, reading the board and sucking up the wisdom. I hope every one has had a wonderfull day.

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

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...

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	Hi all, (Preview) just thought I'd ask for you's to say a prayer for my mom...she's getting tested for cancer today...i lost my gramma to cancer in '85, she was 57....my mom is 58 this year...I've only recently started communicating with my mom again...a gift of recovery...and to think of losing her now that i'm on the r...	wantneeda	4	1270	Apr 20, 2005 by wantneeda
	BB quote (Preview) Let no alcoholic say he cannot recover unless he has his family back. This just isn't so. In some cases the wife will never come back for one reason or another. Remind the prospect that his recovery is not dependent upon people. It is dependent upon his relationship with God. We have seen men get well who...	Rick	1	1136	Apr 19, 2005 by GammyRose
	Brothers in our defects-april 19 (Preview) We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to over come them. The identification that one alcoholic has with another is mysterious, spititual--almost incoprehensible. But it is there. I "feel" it. ...	ellen	3	1771	Apr 19, 2005 by Rick
	Tuesday (Preview) In the process of defining myself, I have a tendency to set up rules and boundaries and then forget that rules are made to be broken, as are boundaries to be expanded and crossed. --Kathleen Casey Theisen Recovery has given us the freedom to address life honestly, with forethought and a certainty...	Phil	6	1376	Apr 19, 2005 by Rick
	step 6-7 (Preview) i spent 5 months in treatment and while there i completed step 5...my step 4 was a series of 247 questions...yukky...i did my step 5 with a female priest who had never done a step 5 before...so i'm not really sure if my step 5 was all that it could have been...needless to say i've been on 6-7 since november a...	wantneeda	3	1843	Apr 19, 2005 by amanda2u2
	Psst..Phil....anybody (Preview) Are any of these a problem for the alcoholic? Perfectionism, Procrastination, Paralyisis, I can see where perfectionism could be if an alcoholic feels in their thinking they could never be enough while growing up, etc. How about the other two?	wallsal55	3	1293	Apr 19, 2005 by wallsal55
	Yesterday is over. (Preview) *Yesterday is over.* It is a fact of life that what is old dies to make way for what is new. Endings are often painful - we mourn the death of a relationship, we regret leaving a familiar neighborhood, we don't like to say good-bye. Endings, though, give us the chance to begin ag ain.Anew frien...	Rick	1	1146	Apr 19, 2005 by amanda2u2
	A Freind, No More (Preview) Dear Alcohol, > >> > >>First & foremost, let me tell you that I'm a huge fan of yours. > >> > >>As my friend, you always seem to be there when needed. The perfect > >>post-work > >>cocktail, a beer at the game, and you're even around in the &...	Phil	0	1218	Apr 19, 2005 by Phil
	hello everyone (Preview) Went to the Biltmore Estates this weekend, my husband played with his friends band. Never made it to the castle but it is so beautiful. He played at the vineyard on the estate and it was really sweet. It is so nice to be able to go to a place that is all about wine and be able to be comfortable....	ellen	1	1133	Apr 18, 2005 by cheri
	How Can I Stop Drinking? (Preview) Hello everyone. I'm new here to this forum and want to stop drinking. I've never gone to a meeting or talked with anyone regarding this except my lovely wife and my father both of whom are supportive but may not understand how much of a struggle this is for me. I've tried to stop in the past...	ProudFather	10	1379	Apr 18, 2005 by cheri
	Good evening Sunday (Preview) Didnt have any words to share, but Im here, reading the board and sucking up the wisdom. I hope every one has had a wonderfull day.	miller	5	1463	Apr 18, 2005 by amanda2u2
	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	1500	Apr 18, 2005 by Phil
	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	1439	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	973	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	1007	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	1251	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	1834	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	1248	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	991	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	1537	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	1286	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	1246	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	1182	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	1128	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	2271	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	1245	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	1196	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	1116	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	1116	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	1214	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	1429	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	1002	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	934	Apr 15, 2005 by stancamden
	Taters (Preview) Click here to meet the family... http://www.americanbridge.com/taters.htm	Nic	2	964	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	1159	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	1628	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	1120	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	1193	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	1422	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	1251	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	1003	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	1279	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	1198	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	1034	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	1262	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	931	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	1131	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	1258	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	984	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	898	Apr 13, 2005 by amanda2u2
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