Alcoholics Anonymous

hopefulone · hopefulone

I am scared to post the site link, since I got that message from this board that one of last posts with links was suspected of "spam"....sooooo....if you want to see this, you can look up Temptations Cat Treats Say Sorry to Cats. This is actually a commercial for the treats and is a utube video...

Lauramarie · Lauramarie

Yesterday I wanted to drink. I wanted to drink so darn much, that I didn't even want to go into work. I went to work. I would like to say that all went great at work,.....but no that was not the case. Yesterday at work was TERRIBLE. I DIDN'T drink. I am so very glad that I remained sober, because a dr...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. --Anonymous One of the biggest problems of addiction began with the initial desire to increase and continue to use an addictive substance. All of us who have gotten to the point of overdoing the consumptio...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Some things we think are bad may be good. -- Harry BartholomewMaking hasty judgments about people can be detrimental. We quickly decide if an invitation to dinner is worth our time, or maybe we pass up an opportunity to engage in a book club or get acquainted with a prospective friend simply because we...

hopefulone · hopefulone

Feelings Are Not Reality This is just the most inspirational tape!!! This man has tons of sobriety and lots of ESH to share. His sense of humor is wonderful as well. My friend, who is in AA, walked through the room when I was listening to it and said.. "Wow! He is great." https://www.youtub...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

November 9, 2015Quote of the Week"Advice that is not asked for is criticism." I have someone in my life that, after she asks how I'm doing and I begin to tell her, immediately begins telling me the things I need to change or start doing. Until this quote I didn't realize that the reason he...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

ChangingYou cannot build a house or a life without some foundation. While we were still drinking or using drugs, it seemed our lives could not change. There was no foundation to build on. We had no working principles in our lives. We found we could not become the good things we wanted to become.Until...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.Recovery is teaching us to think a situation through to the end before we act. In the past, we often reacted first and thought later. Unable to wait out the pain, we tried to "fix" our problems by artificial means: drugs, alcohol, food, sex, and exciteme...

TLH · TLH

Hey people- I'm TLH- I was here ten years back. I've been out for 7 years, and now need some help to get back into the rooms. I'm agnostic, which makes it hard for me. I live in Honolulu. I need someone to help me get back in. Any help would be appreciated. Miss you all. Take care- T.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. ~Tagore, Rabindranath on Adversity

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Some people walk in the rain. Others just get wet. --Roger MillerGifts are usually surprises. We don't generally know what the ribbons, bows, and wrapping conceal.Life's greatest misfortunes are, in retrospect, often referred to as gifts. While a debt can feel like a curse, when we finally get to t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. ~Roosevelt, Theodore on Decisions

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Do unto others...Snapping at a friend often results in being snapped at in return. That doesn't surprise us. Accusations generally elicit an angry defense from others and an argument. That comes as no surprise either. By contrast, being loving and compassionate toward the people in our lives gene...

gbeaureg · gbeaureg

I started drinking again after 9 years sober. I need to stop but can't. I plan on going to my first meeting tomorrow since I started drinking again. I'm really struggling.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Stop building casesYou don't have to build a big drama around your life. We may need to end a relationship or explore a new career. Instead of simply saying, This is what I'm going to do, we build a case.Like a lawyer getting ready to go to court, we prepare our arguments. We take one feeling and build a hun...

WeDoRecover12 · WeDoRecover12

Bill W. on AA history and the traditions, this talk is a MUST listen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6soSvYM-g

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Angels Are EverywhereI never believed in angels. Now I do. I think of angels as people who do nice things for us without expecting much in return. They give for the love of giving. They seek out opportunities to help, even when it seems inconvenient. They don't always look like we expect them to look or s...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I've only been a member of AA for a few years now, but every now'n then I hear someone with a year or two tell me, "I just don't 'get it'" ... I have witnessed members with 10, even 20 years that how somehow managed to get 'n stay sober who have never 'got it' ... some of those may, or may not, admit i...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The first principle of success is desire -- knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed. ~Collier, Robert on Desire

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It's a simple formula; do your best and somebody might like it. --Dorothy BakerWe're never guaranteed success by others' standards. However, if we do our best according to the standards we think God has in mind, we'll be successful. And from God we'll always receive unconditional love and acceptan...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

As memory scans the past, above and beyond all the transitory pleasures of life, there leap forward those supreme hours when you have been enabled to do unnoticed kindnesses to those round about you, things too trifling to speak about. ~Henry Drummond

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

November 2, 2015Quote of the Week"Feelings are not facts." When I was new in the program, my sponsor would constantly tell me that my feelings were not facts. They were just feelings. "But it's a fact that I'm having these feelings," I'd argue. I paid a steep price for my stubb...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Fearful as reality is, it is less fearful than evasions of reality. --Caitlin ThomasWe've become much less fearful of reality since we've come to know the principles of this program. Just about anything could have made us fearful in past years. No doubt practicing our addictions gave us a false cour...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved. ~Smiles, Samuel on Adversity

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Always remember that no matter what the problem may be, there is an infinity of solutions. --Marion WeinsteinA girl named Iris was tormented by the boys at school. Whenever she walked by they would make rude noises. Sometimes, when no one was looking, they would block her way and not let her go home. Sh...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to he ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. ~Henry Ward Beecher

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. --Mark TwainWhich of the Twelve Steps teach us how to handle our fear? The Steps that scare us the most! For many of us, that would be Step Three, Step Five, and Step Nine. These Steps ask us to move from one place in our life to a new place....

MakingWaves · MakingWaves

They managed to convince me I didn't deserve anything nice.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative forceWhen we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. ~Karl Menninger

hopefulone · hopefulone

I thought this sight may be of interest to some of you alcoholics out there. http://aaagnostica.org/ "The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking." Tradition 3

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Be strong and of good courage; be not frightened, neither be dismayed.... --Joshua 1:9It has been said when we are at the end of our rope, we can do one of three things: let go, tie a knot and hang on, or splice the rope and begin again. Whenever we feel there's nowhere to go but down and nobody to turn to, tha...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult. ~Seneca

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Let everyone sweep in front of his [or her] own door, and the whole world will be clean. --GoetheTaking care of ourselves rather than trying to control others may be difficult. Our character defects may lead us to believe we should take responsibility for the actions of others. Sometimes we may feel w...

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

YepI don't miss this.

TipsyMcstagger · TipsyMcstagger

As some of you may remember my success rate in the program leaves a little to be desired, but I'm thinking about going back anyway. Cajole me to do it :)

hopefulone · hopefulone

"When you are going through Hell keep on going, never never never give up." --Winston Churchill--

sunfire18xx · sunfire18xx

I have been in recovery for 90 days and although I have seen the light, it has also been an intense struggle. I have isolated myself so as to avoid substances, and since 'winter is coming' (teehee), I am afraid that I will be even worse off than I already am. I have joined the gym, but it takes a lot of posit...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own. ~Ben Sweetland

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I often think I'm not doing enough with my life. I paint, I golf, I dabble, but is that enough? --Abby WarmanNobody can answer the question posed by Abby but ourselves. The point is, are we content? If we hesitate even a moment before replying, perhaps we need to reconsider how we're spending our time.T...

fliegen · fliegen

Hi. I am in my 50's. I got high the 1st time around 12. Drinking soon followed. In the past 40 years I have not had more than three weeks sober. Self imposed three weeks. Guess I can do three weeks on my own. This past week I got thru a half gallon, then a fifth, then another half gallon between Friday afterno...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Hey Brother, ... How you do'n man ... praying your cancer treatments are do'n what they're supposed to do ... By the grace of God, mine looks 100% successful ... my PSA test came back reading .01 on Tues. ... ... ... it was 9.5 at the beginning ... I credit all the prayers of local friends AND from my brothe...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. ~Saint Augustine

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We learn from making mistakes and repairing them.We do not believe in perfection, we believe in mending. We make progress toward a goal, but we seldom move in a straight line toward it without missteps. Life is like a zigzag chain of events that first brings everything together just as we want and then...

hopefulone · hopefulone

........... -- Edited by hopefulone on Friday 23rd of October 2015 07:52:30 AM -- Edited by hopefulone on Saturday 31st of October 2015 08:25:02 AM

hopefulone · hopefulone

Haven't "seen" you on the board for a good while. Are you alright? Miss you and your little pickle.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

October 26, 2015Quote of the Week"Honesty got me sober; tolerance keeps me sober." I didn't realize how dishonest I was before I entered recovery. I had half truths and misleading by omission down to a fine art, and by the end of my drinking and using I was even good at deceiving myself. I di...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. ~Benjamin Disraeli

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Awaken to the ordinary beauty...Our lives are filled with demands, responsibilities, expectations, places to go, people to see, things to do. We may get so caught up in the next task that we miss the golden moment happening right now. No matter where we are or what we are doing, if we stop to breathe slo...

hopefulone · hopefulone

I thought maybe this info would be helpful to others. Since I recently relapsed I am reading and doing everything I can to try and prevent it from happening again. I did experience some of the things pointed out in this article. One of the biggest triggers that I feel that I had before I relapsed is that I h...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

As long as we are persistent in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time. ~Denis Waitley

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	Humorous Site for the Day.....Say Sorry to Cats (Preview) I am scared to post the site link, since I got that message from this board that one of last posts with links was suspected of "spam"....sooooo....if you want to see this, you can look up Temptations Cat Treats Say Sorry to Cats. This is actually a commercial for the treats and is a utube video...	hopefulone	9	842	Nov 11, 2015 by hopefulone
	Wanted to drink (Preview) Yesterday I wanted to drink. I wanted to drink so darn much, that I didn't even want to go into work. I went to work. I would like to say that all went great at work,.....but no that was not the case. Yesterday at work was TERRIBLE. I DIDN'T drink. I am so very glad that I remained sober, because a dr...	Lauramarie	7	1025	Nov 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 11/11 (Preview) Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. --Anonymous One of the biggest problems of addiction began with the initial desire to increase and continue to use an addictive substance. All of us who have gotten to the point of overdoing the consumptio...	Pythonpappy	0	420	Nov 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 11/10 (Preview) Some things we think are bad may be good. -- Harry BartholomewMaking hasty judgments about people can be detrimental. We quickly decide if an invitation to dinner is worth our time, or maybe we pass up an opportunity to engage in a book club or get acquainted with a prospective friend simply because we...	Pythonpappy	0	559	Nov 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Feelings Are Not Reality AA Speaker Tape utube (Preview) Feelings Are Not Reality This is just the most inspirational tape!!! This man has tons of sobriety and lots of ESH to share. His sense of humor is wonderful as well. My friend, who is in AA, walked through the room when I was listening to it and said.. "Wow! He is great." https://www.youtub...	hopefulone	2	2424	Nov 9, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) November 9, 2015Quote of the Week"Advice that is not asked for is criticism." I have someone in my life that, after she asks how I'm doing and I begin to tell her, immediately begins telling me the things I need to change or start doing. Until this quote I didn't realize that the reason he...	Pythonpappy	0	511	Nov 9, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 11/9 (Preview) ChangingYou cannot build a house or a life without some foundation. While we were still drinking or using drugs, it seemed our lives could not change. There was no foundation to build on. We had no working principles in our lives. We found we could not become the good things we wanted to become.Until...	Pythonpappy	0	409	Nov 9, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 11/8 (Preview) He who hesitates is sometimes saved.Recovery is teaching us to think a situation through to the end before we act. In the past, we often reacted first and thought later. Unable to wait out the pain, we tried to "fix" our problems by artificial means: drugs, alcohol, food, sex, and exciteme...	Pythonpappy	0	502	Nov 9, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Getting myself back into the rooms. (Preview) Hey people- I'm TLH- I was here ten years back. I've been out for 7 years, and now need some help to get back into the rooms. I'm agnostic, which makes it hard for me. I live in Honolulu. I need someone to help me get back in. Any help would be appreciated. Miss you all. Take care- T.	TLH	14	3674	Nov 8, 2015 by StPeteDean
	Sunrise Quote 11/7 (Preview) Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. ~Tagore, Rabindranath on Adversity	Pythonpappy	0	563	Nov 7, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 11/7 (Preview) Some people walk in the rain. Others just get wet. --Roger MillerGifts are usually surprises. We don't generally know what the ribbons, bows, and wrapping conceal.Life's greatest misfortunes are, in retrospect, often referred to as gifts. While a debt can feel like a curse, when we finally get to t...	Pythonpappy	0	519	Nov 7, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 11/6 (Preview) In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. ~Roosevelt, Theodore on Decisions	Pythonpappy	0	434	Nov 6, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 11/6 (Preview) Do unto others...Snapping at a friend often results in being snapped at in return. That doesn't surprise us. Accusations generally elicit an angry defense from others and an argument. That comes as no surprise either. By contrast, being loving and compassionate toward the people in our lives gene...	Pythonpappy	0	493	Nov 6, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Started drinking after 9 years sober (Preview) I started drinking again after 9 years sober. I need to stop but can't. I plan on going to my first meeting tomorrow since I started drinking again. I'm really struggling.	gbeaureg	8	839	Nov 5, 2015 by mikef
	Today's Gift 11/5 (Preview) Stop building casesYou don't have to build a big drama around your life. We may need to end a relationship or explore a new career. Instead of simply saying, This is what I'm going to do, we build a case.Like a lawyer getting ready to go to court, we prepare our arguments. We take one feeling and build a hun...	Pythonpappy	0	425	Nov 5, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Bill W. on AA history and the traditions - Great sound quality! bill w. bill wilson aa traditions aa history alcoholics anonymous (Preview) Bill W. on AA history and the traditions, this talk is a MUST listen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6soSvYM-g	WeDoRecover12	0	1407	Nov 4, 2015 by WeDoRecover12
	Today's Gift 11/4 (Preview) Angels Are EverywhereI never believed in angels. Now I do. I think of angels as people who do nice things for us without expecting much in return. They give for the love of giving. They seek out opportunities to help, even when it seems inconvenient. They don't always look like we expect them to look or s...	Pythonpappy	0	552	Nov 4, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Ever Hear 'I Just Don't Get It' Comment ??? (Preview) I've only been a member of AA for a few years now, but every now'n then I hear someone with a year or two tell me, "I just don't 'get it'" ... I have witnessed members with 10, even 20 years that how somehow managed to get 'n stay sober who have never 'got it' ... some of those may, or may not, admit i...	Pythonpappy	6	739	Nov 3, 2015 by hopefulone
	Sunrise Quote 11/3 (Preview) The first principle of success is desire -- knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed. ~Collier, Robert on Desire	Pythonpappy	0	479	Nov 3, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 11/3 (Preview) It's a simple formula; do your best and somebody might like it. --Dorothy BakerWe're never guaranteed success by others' standards. However, if we do our best according to the standards we think God has in mind, we'll be successful. And from God we'll always receive unconditional love and acceptan...	Pythonpappy	0	493	Nov 3, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 11/2 (Preview) As memory scans the past, above and beyond all the transitory pleasures of life, there leap forward those supreme hours when you have been enabled to do unnoticed kindnesses to those round about you, things too trifling to speak about. ~Henry Drummond	Pythonpappy	0	430	Nov 2, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) November 2, 2015Quote of the Week"Feelings are not facts." When I was new in the program, my sponsor would constantly tell me that my feelings were not facts. They were just feelings. "But it's a fact that I'm having these feelings," I'd argue. I paid a steep price for my stubb...	Pythonpappy	0	495	Nov 2, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 11/2 (Preview) Fearful as reality is, it is less fearful than evasions of reality. --Caitlin ThomasWe've become much less fearful of reality since we've come to know the principles of this program. Just about anything could have made us fearful in past years. No doubt practicing our addictions gave us a false cour...	Pythonpappy	0	393	Nov 2, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 11/1 (Preview) The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved. ~Smiles, Samuel on Adversity	Pythonpappy	0	392	Nov 1, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 11/1 (Preview) Always remember that no matter what the problem may be, there is an infinity of solutions. --Marion WeinsteinA girl named Iris was tormented by the boys at school. Whenever she walked by they would make rude noises. Sometimes, when no one was looking, they would block her way and not let her go home. Sh...	Pythonpappy	0	399	Nov 1, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/31 (Preview) No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to he ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. ~Henry Ward Beecher	Pythonpappy	0	382	Oct 31, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/31 (Preview) Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. --Mark TwainWhich of the Twelve Steps teach us how to handle our fear? The Steps that scare us the most! For many of us, that would be Step Three, Step Five, and Step Nine. These Steps ask us to move from one place in our life to a new place....	Pythonpappy	0	420	Oct 31, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Self-sabotage (Preview) They managed to convince me I didn't deserve anything nice.	MakingWaves	10	823	Oct 30, 2015 by MakingWaves
	Sunrise Quote 10/30 (Preview) Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative forceWhen we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. ~Karl Menninger	Pythonpappy	0	451	Oct 30, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Agnostic Site (Preview) I thought this sight may be of interest to some of you alcoholics out there. http://aaagnostica.org/ "The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking." Tradition 3	hopefulone	1	621	Oct 30, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/30 (Preview) Be strong and of good courage; be not frightened, neither be dismayed.... --Joshua 1:9It has been said when we are at the end of our rope, we can do one of three things: let go, tie a knot and hang on, or splice the rope and begin again. Whenever we feel there's nowhere to go but down and nobody to turn to, tha...	Pythonpappy	0	502	Oct 30, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/29 (Preview) It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult. ~Seneca	Pythonpappy	0	387	Oct 29, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/29 (Preview) Let everyone sweep in front of his [or her] own door, and the whole world will be clean. --GoetheTaking care of ourselves rather than trying to control others may be difficult. Our character defects may lead us to believe we should take responsibility for the actions of others. Sometimes we may feel w...	Pythonpappy	0	454	Oct 29, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	most nights (Preview) YepI don't miss this.	Zoomtopz	3	576	Oct 29, 2015 by Zoomtopz
	I'm thinking about going to a meeting in 1 hour (Preview) As some of you may remember my success rate in the program leaves a little to be desired, but I'm thinking about going back anyway. Cajole me to do it :)	TipsyMcstagger	21	1029	Oct 28, 2015 by hopefulone
	"When You Are Going Through Hell...." Winston Churchill Quote (Preview) "When you are going through Hell keep on going, never never never give up." --Winston Churchill--	hopefulone	2	2614	Oct 28, 2015 by hopefulone
	lack motivation to go to my first meeting--help! (Preview) I have been in recovery for 90 days and although I have seen the light, it has also been an intense struggle. I have isolated myself so as to avoid substances, and since 'winter is coming' (teehee), I am afraid that I will be even worse off than I already am. I have joined the gym, but it takes a lot of posit...	sunfire18xx	16	959	Oct 28, 2015 by justadrunk
	Sunrise Quote 10/28 (Preview) We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own. ~Ben Sweetland	Pythonpappy	0	376	Oct 28, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/28 (Preview) I often think I'm not doing enough with my life. I paint, I golf, I dabble, but is that enough? --Abby WarmanNobody can answer the question posed by Abby but ourselves. The point is, are we content? If we hesitate even a moment before replying, perhaps we need to reconsider how we're spending our time.T...	Pythonpappy	0	421	Oct 28, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Meeting Size (Preview) Hi. I am in my 50's. I got high the 1st time around 12. Drinking soon followed. In the past 40 years I have not had more than three weeks sober. Self imposed three weeks. Guess I can do three weeks on my own. This past week I got thru a half gallon, then a fifth, then another half gallon between Friday afterno...	fliegen	15	788	Oct 27, 2015 by MakingWaves
	StPeteDean ??? (Preview) Hey Brother, ... How you do'n man ... praying your cancer treatments are do'n what they're supposed to do ... By the grace of God, mine looks 100% successful ... my PSA test came back reading .01 on Tues. ... ... ... it was 9.5 at the beginning ... I credit all the prayers of local friends AND from my brothe...	Pythonpappy	10	704	Oct 27, 2015 by RubyTues
	Sunrise Quote 10/27 (Preview) Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. ~Saint Augustine	Pythonpappy	0	466	Oct 27, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/27 (Preview) We learn from making mistakes and repairing them.We do not believe in perfection, we believe in mending. We make progress toward a goal, but we seldom move in a straight line toward it without missteps. Life is like a zigzag chain of events that first brings everything together just as we want and then...	Pythonpappy	0	439	Oct 27, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sisterly Love (Preview) ........... -- Edited by hopefulone on Friday 23rd of October 2015 07:52:30 AM -- Edited by hopefulone on Saturday 31st of October 2015 08:25:02 AM	hopefulone	21	879	Oct 27, 2015 by hopefulone
	Hey Tanin! You Okay? (Preview) Haven't "seen" you on the board for a good while. Are you alright? Miss you and your little pickle.	hopefulone	4	505	Oct 26, 2015 by justadrunk
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) October 26, 2015Quote of the Week"Honesty got me sober; tolerance keeps me sober." I didn't realize how dishonest I was before I entered recovery. I had half truths and misleading by omission down to a fine art, and by the end of my drinking and using I was even good at deceiving myself. I di...	Pythonpappy	0	657	Oct 26, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/26 (Preview) The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. ~Benjamin Disraeli	Pythonpappy	0	426	Oct 26, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/26 (Preview) Awaken to the ordinary beauty...Our lives are filled with demands, responsibilities, expectations, places to go, people to see, things to do. We may get so caught up in the next task that we miss the golden moment happening right now. No matter where we are or what we are doing, if we stop to breathe slo...	Pythonpappy	0	485	Oct 26, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	7 Warning Signs You Are Headed for a Relapse (Preview) I thought maybe this info would be helpful to others. Since I recently relapsed I am reading and doing everything I can to try and prevent it from happening again. I did experience some of the things pointed out in this article. One of the biggest triggers that I feel that I had before I relapsed is that I h...	hopefulone	2	872	Oct 26, 2015 by hopefulone
	Sunrise Quote 10/25 (Preview) As long as we are persistent in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time. ~Denis Waitley	Pythonpappy	0	395	Oct 25, 2015 by Pythonpappy
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