Alcoholics Anonymous

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

Hello all. I first joined this board in September 2004. This board probably saved my life. I've worked the programme since then and never really been totally comfortable with the Higher power thing. I've has 2 relapses in that time, one minor and one really bad one that lasted for 2-3 months and...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred. --Thomas JeffersonSometimes we just want to yell. Maybe a family member or a friend messed up, and we want to "set them straight." Start counting. Maybe we got chewed out at work and we want "to get even." Start counting.We can get drun...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. ~Irving, Washington on Adversity

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The Fox and the CatOne day a fox and a cat were discussing the methods they used to avoid their enemies. "I have many clever ways to escape," bragged the fox. "I only have one," replied the cat.Just then they heard a pack of hounds headed their way. The cat immediately scampered up a nearby tree. But the fo...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment. It takes place every day. --Albert CamusWe live our program in one day portions - and our actions today have immediate consequences. For instance, if we listen to a brother or a sister in the program, we may be enriched and th...

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

Hi all, I had panic attacks caused by alcohol for 2 years before I found out what they were. It feels horrible and I thought I was dying. Just thought that this info may be useful. Hope everyone is well and sober. Best wishes. Chris. Panic Disorder is a serious condit...

leavetherest · leavetherest

......in thoughts and prayer today, Pappy. WE LOVE YOU, MAN!!!!

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Acceptance of things I can't fix.One of the sad realities of life is that we're awash in a disorder that we can't fix. All around us, the world seethes and festers with ailments and injustices that are beyond our control.We can react by becoming angry or by making quixotic efforts to solve some of these...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ~Wharton, Edith on Giving

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Avoiding blameIt is not uncommon to hear in group, "Why do these things always happen to me?" If "these things" are always happening to us, the obvious answer is that we somehow bring them on ourselves. We are largely unconscious of what we're doing wrong until, slowly, eventually; we manage to dig ou...

Bones424 · Bones424

As a child I had to accept life and live life on life's terms. I had no power to act to change anything. I had to accept whatever came down the pike and just suffer through it. As I got older and found cigarettes, beer, liquor and other drugs....I started living life on MY terms. I CHOSE drugs, sex and anythi...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You grow up the first day you have the first real laugh - at yourself.--Ethel BarrymoreInfants chuckle and gurgle and find the world amusing, but apparently they rarely laugh at themselves. Perhaps that's because they're still very much the lord and master of their world. Even when they see themsel...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

God can't hand you anything new until you let go of what you're holding. ***** If you keep bringing your body, your mind will follow. *****Every AA meeting is a payment on your sobriety.*****My problems are self-made.*****Yesterday is so far in the past I can't see it; tomorrow is too distant in the f...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

March 28, 2016Quote of the Week"We found we couldn't help ourselves, but we could help each other." Before recovery I did everything I could think of to get better on my own. I'd try to stop drinking during the week; then on Mondays through Thursdays. I'd join a gym and exercise a while, or I'd go on a...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The cause is hidden, but the result is known. --OvidWe know it's coming before we do it. Our boy[girl]friend dumps us and we devour the ice cream. We don't get the promotion so we head for the bar. We have a fight with our spouse and treat ourselves to a new leather jacket - at his or her expense. We decide th...

leavetherest · leavetherest

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/alcohol/article6.html

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady. During my second month of college, our professor Gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious studentand had breezed through the questions until I read The last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"Surely this was some ki...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP Jennad, ... glad you joined us here ... Please join in and share your ESH ... or share a problem you have if you have one ... we can help ... Love ya and God Bless, Pappy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

AAADD KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ! Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder Somehow I feel better even though I have it!! Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Billy Graham's Prayer at 95 yrs old From a man the media has never been able to throw dirt on.....amazing! He has certainly hit the "world" on the head! (THIS MAN SURE HAS A GOOD VIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY!) 'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your d...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Being willingPeople often ask, "How does the program work?" The how of this program is Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness. Often we must pray for willingness; sometimes we even have to pray to be willing to be willing!We have very stubborn wills. If surrendered daily, however, they can a...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Senior Citizen The other day I went over to a nearby CVS Pharmacy. When I got there, I went straight to the back of the store to where the Pharmacists' Counteris located and took out my little brown bottle along with a teaspoon and laidthem both onto the counter. The pharmacist came over smiled an...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW.... There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, Two days which should be kept free of fear and apprehension. One of these days is YESTERDAY, With its mistakes and cares, Its faults and blunders, Its aches and pains. YESTERDAY has passed forever b...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Hey Family, ... I was delete'n some old emails in an effort to clean up my crowded computer ... and I came across this old piece of materiel posted here years ago, sorry, I do not know who posted it ... but I thought it worthwhile to re-post it ... hope you like it ... Pappy Where and how do we find God? .....

Tanin · Tanin

9,000 POSTS!!! Congrats to Pythonpappy on achieving this noteworthy level of forum participation. Pappy has more threads, posts, and replies than ANY OTHER MEMBER OF MIP IN HISTORY!! And he's only been onboard for four years. Check the home page for MIP AA and one cannot but be impressed by how man...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Yes, this is something that I needed in early recovery ... until I finished working the steps and created a 'solid foundation' for my recovery, every spare moment was dedicated to changing my think'n by go'n to meet'ns ... for me, that took right at 700 meet'ns in 700 days ... (the suggested 90 in 90 is a g...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. ~Pablo Picasso

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Always look at what you have left, never look at what you have lost. ~Robert H. Schuller

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. ~Denis Waitley

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate. -- William Arthur WardManipulation is not foreign to most of us. We have probably manipulated and been manipulated. Manipulators may or may not be aware of what the...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear. --Lao-tzuA group of friends went swimming one day and one of them lost a ring in the bottom of the lake.Everyone started diving from different directions to find it until there was so much mud and sand stirred up that no one could see anything. Finally, they decid...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We are only human . . . paying attention to our growthTrusting our partner has a lot to do with trusting ourselves. When we feel confused, unsure, or in conflict about our own direction, we may shift our attention outside ourselves. Even when we feel unsure about our self-worth, our negative feeling m...

JerryF · JerryF

In an hour and a half I will again enter court, called there because I don't conform to local law. Local law is not Hawaiian Law...it is considered state law and state law is u.s. law. I have no need to be offensive to anyone and ask HP to remind me of that when the anger rises. Hawaii is not a state and has...

leavetherest · leavetherest

Every rough spot I have gone through has added a muscle to my emotional constitution. Heard this today and just wanted to share.

fenners · fenners

Hi All, It has been a very long time since I have posted. I am still in sobriety November 8th 2015 was my last drink and I am proud of my achievements. I have started recently thinking about having a drink but I always quickly dismiss it and carry on. I have missed a few meetings as grew tired of some of the con...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

March 21, 2016Quote of the Week"I learn to stop trying hard, and learn to try different." We alcoholics are a stubborn lot. When I entered the program, there was only one way to do something - my way. And if that didn't work I would just try harder. Bolstered by a seemingly limitless supply...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. ~Henry Ward Beecher

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Our Spiritual JourneyWe begin our spiritual journey at different times in our lives but most of us reach the same place eventually where we accept the guidance of a Power greater than ourselves. A Power that cares for us and accepts us just as we are. A Power that guides us, teaches us, and grants us just...

memasue · memasue

"My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for He shall free my feet from the snare" Psalm 25:15 Peace, Mema

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

If you have a dream, give it a chance to happen. ~DeVos, Richard M. on Dreams

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Love cures. It cures those who give it and it cures those who receive it. --Dr. Karl Menninger Love is no mystery, but its results are magical in many ways. It's generally accepted that many illnesses are psychosomatic. Because we often feel anxiously alone, lonely, fearful, and unloved, we expres...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor. ~Collins, John Churton on Advice

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Hope and patience are two sovereign remedies for all, the surest reposal, the softest cushions to lean on in adversity. --Robert BurtonIt is just as easy to think, "I can" as it is to think, "I can't." Both attitudes are habitual orientations to life that can become automatic w...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We are here to change the world with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily rather then with one great breakthrough. ~Rabbi Harold Kushner

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You're never too old to grow up. --Shirley ConranA child's view of adults is that they have arrived at some fixed point where they are emancipated and have all the tools necessary for life. An adult knows that we never stop growing. Many of us have been stuck in an immature level of development. Our life...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You have three choices: keep on fighting, ignore each other, or make up and be friends. --John KnoblauchOnce there were four sixth-graders - two boys and two girls - who started to fight even though they'd been friends for years. One morning at the bus stop, the boys started playing keep-away with the...

Mr_David · Mr_David

I've spent a decent portion of my life accompanied by a pretty wicked urge to drink. I had an angry at myself, disgusted with the world, sick of it all, drink to die sort of urge. The universe was doing a fine job demonstrating a serious lack of control even without my participation, and when I wasn't doin...

TipsyMcstagger · TipsyMcstagger

Where you can drink a 26oz of hard liquor yet you feel basically sober? It's an expensive proposition for anyone wanting to continue getting drunk.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I've started to realize that waiting is an art, that waiting achieves things. Waiting can be very, very powerful. Time is a valuable thing. If you can wait two years, you can sometimes achieve something that you could not achieve today, however hard you worked, however much money you threw up in the ai...

MarcLacroix · MarcLacroix

Well, ShitHappens because Forrest Gump said so... But that ain't reason enough to go get drunk, now is it? I'm glad you agree. :) Was bored and felt like posting something silly. Marc

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	Hello everyone (Preview) Hello all. I first joined this board in September 2004. This board probably saved my life. I've worked the programme since then and never really been totally comfortable with the Higher power thing. I've has 2 relapses in that time, one minor and one really bad one that lasted for 2-3 months and...	Cabbageheadchris	8	789	Apr 3, 2016 by MarcLacroix
	Today's Gift 4/3 (Preview) When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred. --Thomas JeffersonSometimes we just want to yell. Maybe a family member or a friend messed up, and we want to "set them straight." Start counting. Maybe we got chewed out at work and we want "to get even." Start counting.We can get drun...	Pythonpappy	0	399	Apr 3, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. ~Irving, Washington on Adversity	Pythonpappy	0	446	Apr 2, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 4/2 (Preview) The Fox and the CatOne day a fox and a cat were discussing the methods they used to avoid their enemies. "I have many clever ways to escape," bragged the fox. "I only have one," replied the cat.Just then they heard a pack of hounds headed their way. The cat immediately scampered up a nearby tree. But the fo...	Pythonpappy	0	389	Apr 2, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 4/1 (Preview) I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment. It takes place every day. --Albert CamusWe live our program in one day portions - and our actions today have immediate consequences. For instance, if we listen to a brother or a sister in the program, we may be enriched and th...	Pythonpappy	0	411	Apr 1, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Panic Attacks (Preview) Hi all, I had panic attacks caused by alcohol for 2 years before I found out what they were. It feels horrible and I thought I was dying. Just thought that this info may be useful. Hope everyone is well and sober. Best wishes. Chris. Panic Disorder is a serious condit...	Cabbageheadchris	3	1003	Mar 31, 2016 by leavetherest
	We're With You Pappy!!!!! (Preview) ......in thoughts and prayer today, Pappy. WE LOVE YOU, MAN!!!!	leavetherest	29	1299	Mar 31, 2016 by leavetherest
	Today's Gift 3/31 (Preview) Acceptance of things I can't fix.One of the sad realities of life is that we're awash in a disorder that we can't fix. All around us, the world seethes and festers with ailments and injustices that are beyond our control.We can react by becoming angry or by making quixotic efforts to solve some of these...	Pythonpappy	0	417	Mar 31, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ~Wharton, Edith on Giving	Pythonpappy	0	520	Mar 30, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/30 (Preview) Avoiding blameIt is not uncommon to hear in group, "Why do these things always happen to me?" If "these things" are always happening to us, the obvious answer is that we somehow bring them on ourselves. We are largely unconscious of what we're doing wrong until, slowly, eventually; we manage to dig ou...	Pythonpappy	0	457	Mar 30, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Living life on life's terms (Preview) As a child I had to accept life and live life on life's terms. I had no power to act to change anything. I had to accept whatever came down the pike and just suffer through it. As I got older and found cigarettes, beer, liquor and other drugs....I started living life on MY terms. I CHOSE drugs, sex and anythi...	Bones424	6	747	Mar 29, 2016 by MarcLacroix
	Today's Gift 3/29 (Preview) You grow up the first day you have the first real laugh - at yourself.--Ethel BarrymoreInfants chuckle and gurgle and find the world amusing, but apparently they rarely laugh at themselves. Perhaps that's because they're still very much the lord and master of their world. Even when they see themsel...	Pythonpappy	0	473	Mar 29, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/27 (Preview) God can't hand you anything new until you let go of what you're holding. *** If you keep bringing your body, your mind will follow. *Every AA meeting is a payment on your sobriety.*My problems are self-made.***Yesterday is so far in the past I can't see it; tomorrow is too distant in the f...	Pythonpappy	11	681	Mar 28, 2016 by leavetherest
	Wisdom of the Rooms (A lesson that took me a long time to learn!)(Pappy) (Preview) March 28, 2016Quote of the Week"We found we couldn't help ourselves, but we could help each other." Before recovery I did everything I could think of to get better on my own. I'd try to stop drinking during the week; then on Mondays through Thursdays. I'd join a gym and exercise a while, or I'd go on a...	Pythonpappy	0	689	Mar 28, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/28 (I Certainly went Through This Stage)(glad I got past it) (Preview) The cause is hidden, but the result is known. --OvidWe know it's coming before we do it. Our boy[girl]friend dumps us and we devour the ice cream. We don't get the promotion so we head for the bar. We have a fight with our spouse and treat ourselves to a new leather jacket - at his or her expense. We decide th...	Pythonpappy	0	573	Mar 28, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Why Do People Drink? (Preview) http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/alcohol/article6.html	leavetherest	39	1179	Mar 27, 2016 by Jakamo
	One of my Deep 'Thought Provoking' Emails ... thought I'd share here with my family ... (Preview) 1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady. During my second month of college, our professor Gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious studentand had breezed through the questions until I read The last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"Surely this was some ki...	Pythonpappy	2	741	Mar 26, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Welcome Jennad (Preview) Welcome to MIP Jennad, ... glad you joined us here ... Please join in and share your ESH ... or share a problem you have if you have one ... we can help ... Love ya and God Bless, Pappy	Pythonpappy	1	500	Mar 26, 2016 by Troy
	AAADD ... (a little more humor) (Preview) AAADD KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ! *Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder* *Somehow I feel better even though I have it!!* Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in t...	Pythonpappy	0	526	Mar 26, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Sent to Me in 2013 ... (wanted to share)(warning: religious content) (Preview) Billy Graham's Prayer at 95 yrs old From a man the media has never been able to throw dirt on.....amazing! He has certainly hit the "world" on the head! (THIS MAN SURE HAS A GOOD VIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY!) 'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your d...	Pythonpappy	0	645	Mar 26, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/26 (Preview) Being willingPeople often ask, "How does the program work?" The how of this program is Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness. Often we must pray for willingness; sometimes we even have to pray to be willing to be willing!We have very stubborn wills. If surrendered daily, however, they can a...	Pythonpappy	0	420	Mar 26, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Humor(humour) Anyone??? (Preview) Senior Citizen The other day I went over to a nearby CVS Pharmacy. When I got there, I went straight to the back of the store to where the Pharmacists' Counteris located and took out my little brown bottle along with a teaspoon and laidthem both onto the counter. The pharmacist came over smiled an...	Pythonpappy	1	599	Mar 26, 2016 by JerryF
	Two Days a Week! (Preview) YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW.... There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, Two days which should be kept free of fear and apprehension. One of these days is YESTERDAY, With its mistakes and cares, Its faults and blunders, Its aches and pains. YESTERDAY has passed forever b...	Pythonpappy	1	498	Mar 26, 2016 by JerryF
	Where and how do we find God?...As you understand God. (Preview) Hey Family, ... I was delete'n some old emails in an effort to clean up my crowded computer ... and I came across this old piece of materiel posted here years ago, sorry, I do not know who posted it ... but I thought it worthwhile to re-post it ... hope you like it ... Pappy Where and how do we find God? .....	Pythonpappy	0	713	Mar 25, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	9000 Posts! (Preview) 9,000 POSTS!!! Congrats to Pythonpappy on achieving this noteworthy level of forum participation. Pappy has more threads, posts, and replies than ANY OTHER MEMBER OF MIP IN HISTORY!! And he's only been onboard for four years. Check the home page for MIP AA and one cannot but be impressed by how man...	Tanin	43	3341	Mar 25, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/25 ... This One is a Biggie!!! (Preview) Yes, this is something that I needed in early recovery ... until I finished working the steps and created a 'solid foundation' for my recovery, every spare moment was dedicated to changing my think'n by go'n to meet'ns ... for me, that took right at 700 meet'ns in 700 days ... (the suggested 90 in 90 is a g...	Pythonpappy	0	536	Mar 25, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 3/24 (Preview) I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. ~Pablo Picasso	Pythonpappy	0	422	Mar 24, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 3/23 (Preview) Always look at what you have left, never look at what you have lost. ~Robert H. Schuller	Pythonpappy	0	415	Mar 24, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 3/22 (Preview) There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. ~Denis Waitley	Pythonpappy	0	446	Mar 24, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/24 (Preview) Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate. -- William Arthur WardManipulation is not foreign to most of us. We have probably manipulated and been manipulated. Manipulators may or may not be aware of what the...	Pythonpappy	0	429	Mar 24, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/23 (Preview) Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear. --Lao-tzuA group of friends went swimming one day and one of them lost a ring in the bottom of the lake.Everyone started diving from different directions to find it until there was so much mud and sand stirred up that no one could see anything. Finally, they decid...	Pythonpappy	0	450	Mar 24, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/22 (Preview) We are only human . . . paying attention to our growthTrusting our partner has a lot to do with trusting ourselves. When we feel confused, unsure, or in conflict about our own direction, we may shift our attention outside ourselves. Even when we feel unsure about our self-worth, our negative feeling m...	Pythonpappy	0	397	Mar 24, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Stinking Thinking (lol) (Preview) In an hour and a half I will again enter court, called there because I don't conform to local law. Local law is not Hawaiian Law...it is considered state law and state law is u.s. law. I have no need to be offensive to anyone and ask HP to remind me of that when the anger rises. Hawaii is not a state and has...	JerryF	3	824	Mar 22, 2016 by JerryF
	Tough Spots (Preview) Every rough spot I have gone through has added a muscle to my emotional constitution. Heard this today and just wanted to share.	leavetherest	4	455	Mar 22, 2016 by leavetherest
	Time to Post (Preview) Hi All, It has been a very long time since I have posted. I am still in sobriety November 8th 2015 was my last drink and I am proud of my achievements. I have started recently thinking about having a drink but I always quickly dismiss it and carry on. I have missed a few meetings as grew tired of some of the con...	fenners	8	712	Mar 22, 2016 by justadrunk
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) March 21, 2016Quote of the Week"I learn to stop trying hard, and learn to try different." We alcoholics are a stubborn lot. When I entered the program, there was only one way to do something - my way. And if that didn't work I would just try harder. Bolstered by a seemingly limitless supply...	Pythonpappy	0	446	Mar 21, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. ~Henry Ward Beecher	Pythonpappy	0	401	Mar 21, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/21 (Preview) Our Spiritual JourneyWe begin our spiritual journey at different times in our lives but most of us reach the same place eventually where we accept the guidance of a Power greater than ourselves. A Power that cares for us and accepts us just as we are. A Power that guides us, teaches us, and grants us just...	Pythonpappy	0	442	Mar 21, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Short Share (Preview) "My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for He shall free my feet from the snare" Psalm 25:15 Peace, Mema	memasue	41	1221	Mar 20, 2016 by leavetherest
	Today's Gift 3/20 (Preview) If you have a dream, give it a chance to happen. ~DeVos, Richard M. on Dreams	Pythonpappy	0	418	Mar 20, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/20 (Preview) Love cures. It cures those who give it and it cures those who receive it. --Dr. Karl Menninger Love is no mystery, but its results are magical in many ways. It's generally accepted that many illnesses are psychosomatic. Because we often feel anxiously alone, lonely, fearful, and unloved, we expres...	Pythonpappy	0	408	Mar 20, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 3/19 (Preview) Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor. ~Collins, John Churton on Advice	Pythonpappy	0	432	Mar 19, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/19 (Preview) Hope and patience are two sovereign remedies for all, the surest reposal, the softest cushions to lean on in adversity. --Robert BurtonIt is just as easy to think, "I can" as it is to think, "I can't." Both attitudes are habitual orientations to life that can become automatic w...	Pythonpappy	0	415	Mar 19, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 3/18 (Preview) We are here to change the world with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily rather then with one great breakthrough. ~Rabbi Harold Kushner	Pythonpappy	0	423	Mar 18, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/18 (Preview) You're never too old to grow up. --Shirley ConranA child's view of adults is that they have arrived at some fixed point where they are emancipated and have all the tools necessary for life. An adult knows that we never stop growing. Many of us have been stuck in an immature level of development. Our life...	Pythonpappy	0	461	Mar 18, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/17 (Preview) You have three choices: keep on fighting, ignore each other, or make up and be friends. --John KnoblauchOnce there were four sixth-graders - two boys and two girls - who started to fight even though they'd been friends for years. One morning at the bus stop, the boys started playing keep-away with the...	Pythonpappy	0	484	Mar 17, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Remembering Why? (Preview) I've spent a decent portion of my life accompanied by a pretty wicked urge to drink. I had an angry at myself, disgusted with the world, sick of it all, drink to die sort of urge. The universe was doing a fine job demonstrating a serious lack of control even without my participation, and when I wasn't doin...	Mr_David	2	728	Mar 16, 2016 by Mr_David
	Ever hit the stage where you just can't get drunk anymore? (Preview) Where you can drink a 26oz of hard liquor yet you feel basically sober? It's an expensive proposition for anyone wanting to continue getting drunk.	TipsyMcstagger	40	4854	Mar 16, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/16 (Preview) I've started to realize that waiting is an art, that waiting achieves things. Waiting can be very, very powerful. Time is a valuable thing. If you can wait two years, you can sometimes achieve something that you could not achieve today, however hard you worked, however much money you threw up in the ai...	Pythonpappy	0	459	Mar 16, 2016 by Pythonpappy
	Why does Shit Happen? (Preview) Well, ShitHappens because Forrest Gump said so... But that ain't reason enough to go get drunk, now is it? I'm glad you agree. :) Was bored and felt like posting something silly. Marc	MarcLacroix	18	1248	Mar 15, 2016 by chelle30
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