Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination. --Barbara Grizzuti HarrisonOur minds mold who we become. Our thoughts not only contribute to our achievements, they determine the postur...

Amigo · Amigo

There was a great bar at the Panama Canal Yacht ClubI would drink ginger ale with my friend Scott and other sailors while watching football and baseball. Scott was a good sociable guy but he is now in prison for trying to smuggle one ton of cocaine in his boat into Canada.. There was this other acquaint...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

March 23, 2015Quote of the Week"We go to meetings for relief; we work the steps for recovery" It happens every time - I always feel better after a meeting. Regardless of what's going on, or what my mood is, after a meeting I always feel more centered, more connected, and more at peace. The o...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Embracing virtues and new attitudesBecause of our addiction, our actions (and inaction) have fostered cynicism, futility, and distrust. How could we ever have hoped to succeed with attitudes like that? Now we are cultivating the virtues of understanding, love, and patience. It is often slow and...

Coogi · Coogi

Thinking back, I did some outrageous things to drink. I hid my drinking, hid bottles of booze, lied about money spent on booze, got in trouble at work, made excuses or created situations where drinking would be acceptable. I was ashamed of myself. I didn't like myself at all. Getting sober (with he...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.~ Anonymous

Coogi · Coogi

Gratitude is... Being sober, just for today! Sitting here on the floor of an empty trailer with my cat, and realizing the trailer is my temporary home...and it's so full of love it isn't empty at all! Gratitude is walking away from a lavish life with nothing and finding I have more than I ever had...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Even if you understand and follow all of the rules for more effectively engaging manipulators, life with them is not likely to be easy. --George K. Simon Jr.Sometimes they want something. Sometimes they want someone to give them something or to feel a particular way. They want power in some way, shap...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Don't talk to the parrot Wanda's dishwasher quit working so she called in a repairman. Since she had to go to work the next day, she told the repairman, "I'll leave the key under the mat. Fix the dishwasher, leave the bill on the counter, and I'll mail you a check. Oh, by the way don't worry about my...

New online member, not new to recovery · Coogi

Hello, My name is Jerricka and I'm an alcoholic. I'm here with an attitude of gratitude...so thankful to have found AA recovery/fellowship, through my phone, of all things! I live in a one-horse town that doesn't even have one horse...and a meeting only once a week. I finally made it to the meeting l...

Amigo · Amigo

There is no vindication in hatred. Besides we are ALL PRODUCTS OF OUR OWN DEVILS. Hate kills the spirit. Don't waste your time on vengence. Vengence is depressing...Better to forget your enemies than to invite madness. Humor feeds the soul. If the soul is starved, so does the conscience and your cons...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.~ Leonardo DaVinci

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

F.I.N.E.[I'm] Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic, EmotionalF.E.A.R. Face Everything And RecoverN.U.T.S. Not Using The StepsE.G.O. Edging God Out.D.E.N.I.A.L. Don't Even Notice I Am Lying.H.A.L.T.[Don't get too] Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired.H.O.P.E. Happy Our Pro...

BGG · BGG

I haven't been on the board for quite some time, but decided to come on and check in. I've been going through a grieving process since late November when my sponsor passed away unexpectedly. I've certainly been here before, since I have had three sponsors in the 29 years I've been in A.A., and each of t...

Mike B. · Mike B.

Well, the struggles of my teens(2) drug use has worn me down. I removed my daughter from my house on 1/1/2015. For sons(16) use progressed to a daily basis. The symptoms are all there: lying, isolating, anger and his world getting smaller. He can't wait for me to go to a meeting or leave the house so he ca...

Tanin · Tanin

Interesting development. Interesting issues.http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20150317/NEWS01/150319611/Marijuana-shop-approved-to-open-near-AA-chapter-

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.~ Brian Tracy

snapcracklepop · snapcracklepop

This is my second time around getting sober. After my relapse I decided to get a new sponsor. Sometime after doing my 5th step I noticed a shift in the way I saw my sponsor. I have worked the 12 step and continue to work them with her. She has an amazing insight of recover and I've grown tremendously fro...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It's an esteemable act to stop and smell the roses.For years I diligently and faithfully read my daily meditations. I worked them into my routine activities, just as I shower, brush my teeth, and press my clothes. After each reading, I'd stop and digest the material, allowing myself to mentally inte...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 19 "Through uncovering and admitting my character defects, I realized that I was no different than the people I was so afraid of. I understood that we were all suffering and that I didn't need to disguise my authentic self."

Sharonmack · Sharonmack

I am a 33 year old woman with a beautiful daughter and wonderful husband but I really have a problem with alcohol . Today is day 2 of being sober and I feel miserable not because of not having alcohol but because I am depressed from what alcohol makes me do. so here I go , I am one of those peoples that gets ho...

Enigma · Enigma

Looks like I'm going to be a single dad. Well last piece of the puzzle the house is being foreclosed on the 23rd. The ex still has no job income or place to go which is not my problem but the children are. I planned for this day 8months ago. I'm anxious sometimes knowing I'll have full time parenting respons...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 18 "Most of the important and astounding things that have happened to me in the last eighteen years of sobriety in AA have been slow in coming and impossible to recognize or appreciate until long after they took place."

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 17 "The expression of true humility is the willingness to serve others without expectation of reward, prestige or recognition for our services to them. It should be done in a spirit of cheerfulness and joy."

Tanin · Tanin

Happy St. Paddy's!

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love, you want the other person. --Margaret AndersonThe expression of real love is so easy between grandparents and children - and between good friends it passes effortlessly. But why is it so hard to share real love with a spouse or lover? Why...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

March 16, 2015Quote of the Week"When fear knocks on the door, and faith answers, no one is home." When I was new to the program, I was taught that I could not be in fear and in faith at the same time. I was either living in fear, or I was living in faith. What recovery has taught me is that today I h...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Say when it's time to do that difficult thing.Sometimes, true windows of opportunity open in our lives. We get a chance to make that amend. The perfect time to end or resolve that relationship arises. It's like a gift from God when that window opens up. All we need to do is gently step through. But someti...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Your future depends on many things, but mostly yourself.~ Frank Tyger

John · John

When I first came into AA, I thought I was like joining a AARP club with all the grey haired, false teeth, bifocal wearing old folks in it... Today I am just grateful that I stuck around long enough to have grey hair, false teeth and reading glasses, and to qualify for that other AA... RP program too!! LOL

Jerry F · Jerry F

yet the symptoms are recklessly similar. I rely on the program and my large recovering family too stay sober and to support me as we all do thru problems other than booze. I have been blessed beyond my wildest imagination as a lifetime member of AA. Outside of our program we have other maladies as o...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Love is the beauty of the soul.~ St. Augustine

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

What we lack are not scientists but poets and people to reveal to the heart what the heart is ready to receive. --Joseph CampbellA short time ago, a friend handed me the following credo. It read:This is the artist's dream:To receive the inspiration to create,To share that creation with others,And to...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

When we lose God, it is not God who is lost. --AnonymousAt times any of us can fall into the trap of trying to make deals with God. The thought seems to be, if I can make a deal with God, then I can control the outcome that God alone seems to determine.We cannot make deals with God - not because God is so hard-no...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away. -- Job 11:16Many of us have painful memories we carry with us like pictures in a wallet. We keep these memories alive through feelings generated by those moments. Why are we so attached to unpleasant memories?It's dif...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 11 "In AA I learned to take the risk of being real."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP Onzello, ... glad to have you here AND thanks for sharing your story with us ... I'm happy to know you've found a home in AA and pray for you to continue to have the strength and desire to stay this time ... Like you, I tried AA about 1995, but I didn't come to stay until '08, it saved me from my dy...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ligeira · Ligeira

Hello everyone, I am very new around here. I started about two months ago attending a local AA group as a periodical alcoholic. I still haven't found a sponsor. I seek alcohol and cannot stop and binge when I experience difficult emotions, especially those concerning my relationship with my partne...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.~ Henry David Thoreau

Rayray · Rayray

Hey everyone. It's me again. So here we go. I didn't drink for 2 weeks then my boyfriend takes me out and asks if I'm ready to drink....Well let's start from the beginning, he wanted me to quit, told me I needed AA. Well I stopped for 2 weeks and then he asks if I'm ready for a drink. In my head I feel, of course I...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time. --Charles SchulzLiving one day at a time is a big project. Most of us have just enough faith, patience, and courage to last 24 hours. We all seem to be in need of a daily refueling.Living in today helps keep our lives balanced and simple. At f...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 13 "I must learn to open my mind as well as my eyes."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind. -- W. B. YeatsIt's a bitter pill to swallow, but our intelligence only gets in the way when we're dealing with things that really count -- our feelings and how we express them. Love is the be all and e...

Amigo · Amigo

I was empting the "honey bucket" off the aft deck before boarding my dinghy on a hot sunny beautiful morning...A big turtle about 2 feet long emerged to the surface as if he saw a Carl's Junior Roadside Sign for a hungry lunchtime 12:30 PM pit stop...He enthusiastically imbibed..and how...

peecee · peecee

Amazing! A good word for you because they way you reach out here consistently to others and keep giving back is amazing. Even in spite of health issues....I bet you don't even realize how many folks you have helped. You have also been the "rock" of this board for at least the last year. Go...

Tanin · Tanin

Alcoholics Anonymous marks 75 years in Philadelphia, cheering successesAlfred Lubrano, Inquirer Staff Writer POSTED: Saturday, March 7, 2015 People cheered the man who was 50 years sober, but they stood and screamed wildly for the guy who hadn't had a drink in a day. "That's for you, Mr. On...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Accepting LoveMany of us have worked too hard to make relationships work; sometimes those relationships didn't have a chance because the other person was unavailable or refused to participate.To compensate for the other person's unavailability, we worked too hard. We may have done all or most of...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

March 9, 2015Quote of the Week"It is the mosquitoes that will chase me out of the woods, not the bears!" It's amazing how I intuitively know how to handle the big things. A few weeks ago my brother and his wife - who live right around the corner from me - came home from vacation to find their h...

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	Today's Gift 3/24 (Preview) Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination. --Barbara Grizzuti HarrisonOur minds mold who we become. Our thoughts not only contribute to our achievements, they determine the postur...	Pythonpappy	0	397	Mar 24, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Just Pure Evil (Preview) There was a great bar at the Panama Canal Yacht ClubI would drink ginger ale with my friend Scott and other sailors while watching football and baseball. Scott was a good sociable guy but he is now in prison for trying to smuggle one ton of cocaine in his boat into Canada.. There was this other acquaint...	Amigo	5	729	Mar 23, 2015 by Amigo
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) March 23, 2015Quote of the Week"We go to meetings for relief; we work the steps for recovery" It happens every time - I always feel better after a meeting. Regardless of what's going on, or what my mood is, after a meeting I always feel more centered, more connected, and more at peace. The o...	Pythonpappy	0	423	Mar 23, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/23 (Preview) Embracing virtues and new attitudesBecause of our addiction, our actions (and inaction) have fostered cynicism, futility, and distrust. How could we ever have hoped to succeed with attitudes like that? Now we are cultivating the virtues of understanding, love, and patience. It is often slow and...	Pythonpappy	0	414	Mar 23, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wiling to go to ANY length (Preview) Thinking back, I did some outrageous things to drink. I hid my drinking, hid bottles of booze, lied about money spent on booze, got in trouble at work, made excuses or created situations where drinking would be acceptable. I was ashamed of myself. I didn't like myself at all. Getting sober (with he...	Coogi	2	927	Mar 22, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.~ F. Scott Fitzgerald	Pythonpappy	0	420	Mar 22, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.~ Anonymous	Pythonpappy	0	503	Mar 21, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Gratitude (Preview) Gratitude is... Being sober, just for today! Sitting here on the floor of an empty trailer with my cat, and realizing the trailer is my temporary home...and it's so full of love it isn't empty at all! Gratitude is walking away from a lavish life with nothing and finding I have more than I ever had...	Coogi	3	683	Mar 21, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/21 (Preview) Even if you understand and follow all of the rules for more effectively engaging manipulators, life with them is not likely to be easy. --George K. Simon Jr.Sometimes they want something. Sometimes they want someone to give them something or to feel a particular way. They want power in some way, shap...	Pythonpappy	0	435	Mar 21, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Time for a Funny!!! (Preview) Don't talk to the parrot Wanda's dishwasher quit working so she called in a repairman. Since she had to go to work the next day, she told the repairman, "I'll leave the key under the mat. Fix the dishwasher, leave the bill on the counter, and I'll mail you a check. Oh, by the way don't worry about my...	Pythonpappy	1	425	Mar 21, 2015 by Coogi
	New online member, not new to recovery (Preview) Hello, My name is Jerricka and I'm an alcoholic. I'm here with an attitude of gratitude...so thankful to have found AA recovery/fellowship, through my phone, of all things! I live in a one-horse town that doesn't even have one horse...and a meeting only once a week. I finally made it to the meeting l...	Coogi	4	726	Mar 21, 2015 by Coogi
	Spiritual Lessons That I Remind Myself Today (Preview) There is no vindication in hatred. Besides we are ALL PRODUCTS OF OUR OWN DEVILS. Hate kills the spirit. Don't waste your time on vengence. Vengence is depressing...Better to forget your enemies than to invite madness. Humor feeds the soul. If the soul is starved, so does the conscience and your cons...	Amigo	0	483	Mar 20, 2015 by Amigo
	Today's Gift 3/20 (Preview) I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.~ Leonardo DaVinci	Pythonpappy	0	395	Mar 20, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/20 (Preview) F.I.N.E.[I'm] Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic, EmotionalF.E.A.R. Face Everything And RecoverN.U.T.S. Not Using The StepsE.G.O. Edging God Out.D.E.N.I.A.L. Don't Even Notice I Am Lying.H.A.L.T.[Don't get too] Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired.H.O.P.E. Happy Our Pro...	Pythonpappy	0	553	Mar 20, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grieving (Preview) I haven't been on the board for quite some time, but decided to come on and check in. I've been going through a grieving process since late November when my sponsor passed away unexpectedly. I've certainly been here before, since I have had three sponsors in the 29 years I've been in A.A., and each of t...	BGG	3	740	Mar 20, 2015 by Tanin
	Support and Hope (Preview) Well, the struggles of my teens(2) drug use has worn me down. I removed my daughter from my house on 1/1/2015. For sons(16) use progressed to a daily basis. The symptoms are all there: lying, isolating, anger and his world getting smaller. He can't wait for me to go to a meeting or leave the house so he ca...	Mike B.	5	568	Mar 20, 2015 by Coogi
	Pot shop approved near AA chapter (Preview) Interesting development. Interesting issues.http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20150317/NEWS01/150319611/Marijuana-shop-approved-to-open-near-AA-chapter-	Tanin	5	883	Mar 19, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.~ Brian Tracy	Pythonpappy	0	463	Mar 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	I've developed feelings for my sponsor (Preview) This is my second time around getting sober. After my relapse I decided to get a new sponsor. Sometime after doing my 5th step I noticed a shift in the way I saw my sponsor. I have worked the 12 step and continue to work them with her. She has an amazing insight of recover and I've grown tremendously fro...	snapcracklepop	9	3329	Mar 19, 2015 by davep12and12
	Today's Gift 3/19 (Preview) It's an esteemable act to stop and smell the roses.For years I diligently and faithfully read my daily meditations. I worked them into my routine activities, just as I shower, brush my teeth, and press my clothes. After each reading, I'd stop and digest the material, allowing myself to mentally inte...	Pythonpappy	0	476	Mar 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) March 19 "Through uncovering and admitting my character defects, I realized that I was no different than the people I was so afraid of. I understood that we were all suffering and that I didn't need to disguise my authentic self."	Mike B.	0	363	Mar 19, 2015 by Mike B.
	New to board. My story (Preview) I am a 33 year old woman with a beautiful daughter and wonderful husband but I really have a problem with alcohol . Today is day 2 of being sober and I feel miserable not because of not having alcohol but because I am depressed from what alcohol makes me do. so here I go , I am one of those peoples that gets ho...	Sharonmack	13	1943	Mar 18, 2015 by justadrunk
	New territory (Preview) Looks like I'm going to be a single dad. Well last piece of the puzzle the house is being foreclosed on the 23rd. The ex still has no job income or place to go which is not my problem but the children are. I planned for this day 8months ago. I'm anxious sometimes knowing I'll have full time parenting respons...	Enigma	4	722	Mar 18, 2015 by Enigma
	Grapevine (Preview) March 18 "Most of the important and astounding things that have happened to me in the last eighteen years of sobriety in AA have been slow in coming and impossible to recognize or appreciate until long after they took place."	Mike B.	0	417	Mar 18, 2015 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) March 17 "The expression of true humility is the willingness to serve others without expectation of reward, prestige or recognition for our services to them. It should be done in a spirit of cheerfulness and joy."	Mike B.	0	359	Mar 17, 2015 by Mike B.
	St. Patrick's Day March 17 (Preview) Happy St. Paddy's!	Tanin	0	489	Mar 17, 2015 by Tanin
	Today's Gift 3/17 (Preview) In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love, you want the other person. --Margaret AndersonThe expression of real love is so easy between grandparents and children - and between good friends it passes effortlessly. But why is it so hard to share real love with a spouse or lover? Why...	Pythonpappy	0	374	Mar 17, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) March 16, 2015Quote of the Week"When fear knocks on the door, and faith answers, no one is home." When I was new to the program, I was taught that I could not be in fear and in faith at the same time. I was either living in fear, or I was living in faith. What recovery has taught me is that today I h...	Pythonpappy	0	439	Mar 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/16 (Preview) Say when it's time to do that difficult thing.Sometimes, true windows of opportunity open in our lives. We get a chance to make that amend. The perfect time to end or resolve that relationship arises. It's like a gift from God when that window opens up. All we need to do is gently step through. But someti...	Pythonpappy	0	443	Mar 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Your future depends on many things, but mostly yourself.~ Frank Tyger	Pythonpappy	0	429	Mar 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	My almighty thought for the day... (Preview) When I first came into AA, I thought I was like joining a AARP club with all the grey haired, false teeth, bifocal wearing old folks in it... Today I am just grateful that I stuck around long enough to have grey hair, false teeth and reading glasses, and to qualify for that other AA... RP program too!! LOL	John	1	600	Mar 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Something other than a drunk (Preview) yet the symptoms are recklessly similar. I rely on the program and my large recovering family too stay sober and to support me as we all do thru problems other than booze. I have been blessed beyond my wildest imagination as a lifetime member of AA. Outside of our program we have other maladies as o...	Jerry F	9	775	Mar 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Love is the beauty of the soul.~ St. Augustine	Pythonpappy	0	530	Mar 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/15 (Preview) What we lack are not scientists but poets and people to reveal to the heart what the heart is ready to receive. --Joseph CampbellA short time ago, a friend handed me the following credo. It read:This is the artist's dream:To receive the inspiration to create,To share that creation with others,And to...	Pythonpappy	0	430	Mar 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/12 (Preview) When we lose God, it is not God who is lost. --AnonymousAt times any of us can fall into the trap of trying to make deals with God. The thought seems to be, if I can make a deal with God, then I can control the outcome that God alone seems to determine.We cannot make deals with God - not because God is so hard-no...	Pythonpappy	3	504	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Today's Gift 3/14 (Preview) You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away. -- Job 11:16Many of us have painful memories we carry with us like pictures in a wallet. We keep these memories alive through feelings generated by those moments. Why are we so attached to unpleasant memories?It's dif...	Pythonpappy	0	425	Mar 14, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) March 11 "In AA I learned to take the risk of being real."	Mike B.	1	425	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Welcome Onzello (Preview) Welcome to MIP Onzello, ... glad to have you here AND thanks for sharing your story with us ... I'm happy to know you've found a home in AA and pray for you to continue to have the strength and desire to stay this time ... Like you, I tried AA about 1995, but I didn't come to stay until '08, it saved me from my dy...	Pythonpappy	5	500	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson	Pythonpappy	1	391	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	How to deal with slips? (Preview) Hello everyone, I am very new around here. I started about two months ago attending a local AA group as a periodical alcoholic. I still haven't found a sponsor. I seek alcohol and cannot stop and binge when I experience difficult emotions, especially those concerning my relationship with my partne...	Ligeira	10	1230	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.~ Henry David Thoreau	Pythonpappy	1	384	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	I'm baaack (Preview) Hey everyone. It's me again. So here we go. I didn't drink for 2 weeks then my boyfriend takes me out and asks if I'm ready to drink....Well let's start from the beginning, he wanted me to quit, told me I needed AA. Well I stopped for 2 weeks and then he asks if I'm ready for a drink. In my head I feel, of course I...	Rayray	12	714	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Today's Gift 3/13 (Preview) I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time. --Charles SchulzLiving one day at a time is a big project. Most of us have just enough faith, patience, and courage to last 24 hours. We all seem to be in need of a daily refueling.Living in today helps keep our lives balanced and simple. At f...	Pythonpappy	1	370	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Grapevine (Preview) March 13 "I must learn to open my mind as well as my eyes."	Mike B.	3	347	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Today's Gift 3/11 (Preview) People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind. -- W. B. YeatsIt's a bitter pill to swallow, but our intelligence only gets in the way when we're dealing with things that really count -- our feelings and how we express them. Love is the be all and e...	Pythonpappy	0	327	Mar 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	I Am Reminded We Are Indeed Connected With All life (Preview) I was empting the "honey bucket" off the aft deck before boarding my dinghy on a hot sunny beautiful morning...A big turtle about 2 feet long emerged to the surface as if he saw a Carl's Junior Roadside Sign for a hungry lunchtime 12:30 PM pit stop...He enthusiastically imbibed..and how...	Amigo	1	577	Mar 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Happy Belated 7th Anniversary Pappy! (Preview) Amazing! A good word for you because they way you reach out here consistently to others and keep giving back is amazing. Even in spite of health issues....I bet you don't even realize how many folks you have helped. You have also been the "rock" of this board for at least the last year. Go...	peecee	14	961	Mar 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Alcoholics Anonymous Celebrates 75 years in Philadelphia (Preview) Alcoholics Anonymous marks 75 years in Philadelphia, cheering successesAlfred Lubrano, Inquirer Staff Writer POSTED: Saturday, March 7, 2015 People cheered the man who was 50 years sober, but they stood and screamed wildly for the guy who hadn't had a drink in a day. "That's for you, Mr. On...	Tanin	1	570	Mar 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/10 (Preview) Accepting LoveMany of us have worked too hard to make relationships work; sometimes those relationships didn't have a chance because the other person was unavailable or refused to participate.To compensate for the other person's unavailability, we worked too hard. We may have done all or most of...	Pythonpappy	0	404	Mar 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) March 9, 2015Quote of the Week"It is the mosquitoes that will chase me out of the woods, not the bears!" It's amazing how I intuitively know how to handle the big things. A few weeks ago my brother and his wife - who live right around the corner from me - came home from vacation to find their h...	Pythonpappy	0	412	Mar 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
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