Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Fortunate are the people whose roots are deep. --Agnes Meyer Deep roots offer strength and stability to an organism. They nourish it plentifully. They anchor it when the fierce winds blow. We each are offered the gifts of roots when we give ourselves fully to the program. We are never going to face, a...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Competing with others - AttitudeSome of us never liked close competition. We preferred to be clear winners or not to compete at all. We didn't like to have competitors breathing down our necks.This attitude kept up from doing our best, and we made a mistake when we thought we were competing with other...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Fulfillment"Everything I need shall be provided today. Everything." Say it, until you believe it. Say it at the beginning of the day. Say it throughout the day. Sometimes, it helps to know what we want and need. But if we dont, we can trust that God does. When we ask, trust, and believe that o...

emmi331 · emmi331

I recently received an e-mail from another AA which forwarded a long article ranting about how our country should be handling terrorism. This member often sends me e-mails, most of which are fine with me, as they're relatively innocuous. This seemed over the top - it was a mass mailing, with many nam...

hopefulone · hopefulone

There is one meeting in my area which I have heard about and haven't been to--yet. Everything is very formal. I have heard they even roll out a red carpet for people attending it. Had I heard it from one member--I would have thought he was joking. I have heard it twice. Men have to wear ties and women have to...

Tanin · Tanin

Perfectly good advice, sometimes... Commentary: How our health care system makes ER doctors addiction enablers How the ER has become an expensive drunk tank Amy Ho October 8, 2015I do a strange thing as a physician almost daily. I go to alcoholics and have them promise me they'll go home and continu...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting. ~Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on Achievement

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Nothing happens unless first a dream. --Carl Sandburg What do we see when we daydream about the future? Is everything much better than it is now, or are we still struggling with the same issues? Are we dreaming about what we really want or about what we think we want? Do we see the whole picture or just a p...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Being Before DoingWhat we are comes before what we do. In order to produce good fruit, the tree has to be a good tree. If we are not whole, integrated, and in touch with ourselves and our Higher Power, the actions that we take will not be satisfying.For us, being abstinent is more important than anyth...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

December 14, 2015Quote of the Week"We're not bad people getting good, we're sick people getting better." I was attending a meeting the other night and a newcomer raised his hand and asked what he could do to relieve the shame he felt. He shared that he hadnt been sober very long, and that t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The OperationA politician awoke in a hospital bed after a complicated operation, and found that the curtains were drawn around him. "Why are the curtains closed," he said. "Is it night?" A nurse replied, "No, it is just that there is a fire across the street, and we didn'...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Dare to be empty. Dare to let go. Dare to believe. --Elisabeth L.Not many of us have received a direct, visual experience of God. Most of us only sense a Presence, or perhaps see the evidence of God's help. It takes profound faith to live moment by moment in the knowledge that God is always here.The found...

lucie15 · lucie15

I just left a very powerful meeting this morning. Alcohol not only kills the body physically but mentally and spiritually way before the physical form is destroyed. I am an alcoholic, I know this because I don't have an "off button" when I start drinking!! Gratefully to be sober today. Kee...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid. ~Lady Bird Johnson

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

When all else fails, read the instructions. --Agnes AlienThe instructions for recovery are in our Twelve Step program. Yet, there are times when we feel our program isn't working. At these times, we need to read the instructions.Have you followed the "instructions," the wise words fou...

fenners · fenners

Hi All, I need to start working the steps correctly what is the best way to start I have been doing a lot of reading on step 1 and 2 with some good feeling about both. I no I need to probably now seek a sponsor and I'm just looking for some help and some experiences

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. ~Conrad Hilton

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Relax enough to face reality when life twists and turns.Sometimes in life, no matter how deeply we intend to make the best decisions possible for ourselves, things happen. Marriages end, jobs turn sour, friends wane. For reasons outside our control or understanding, the situation twists and turn...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Hopes are planted in friendship's garden where dreams blossom into priceless treasures. ~Unknown, Source on Friends and Friendship

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We are what we are. --Motto of Lake Wobegon, Garrison KeillorSometimes we devote so much effort to being what we are not, that we lose the chance to be what we are. We have one identity for this person and another for that one. Our co-workers, neighbors, friends, and family all expect different things o...

TrishaG · TrishaG

Good morning all. I have been in and out of these rooms for a long time. Just when I think I got this I dont. Too embarrassing to go back to f2f as I see the way some people look at me. Failure. I'm gonna have to try again somehow to stop drinking again. Thanks for listening. TrishaG

fenners · fenners

Hi All, I have completed my first 30 days and should receive my first chip tomorrow looking forward to that. It has been far from easy but with good support on here I have made it. Also completed my second day back at work after long absence feeling proud but not complacent good platform tomorrow is anoth...

hopefulone · hopefulone

I hope that anyone who has relapsed does not let shame, guilt and/or embarrassment keep them from coming back to the meetings. I almost let all of those things keep me out. When I had relapsed in the past, it took me years to go back for fear of others knowing I went out. I felt weak, like a failure/loser and...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It isn't for the moment you are struck that you need courage, but for the long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security. --Anne Morrow LindberghMost of us are on a long uphill climb at this moment. It is a climb we are making together, and yet a climb we can't do for each other. I can reach out my han...

kbert · kbert

Hello there! I am new to this. I have been attending meetings for about eight months, and have a great home group. I have been able to string together nearly 2 months of sobriety. I have a great sponsor, and am working very hard to live a clean and sober life, to get my life back. My number one problem is the o...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Laughter, by definition, is healthy. --Doris LessingA hearty laugh can warm a cold room and make our spirits soar. But many of us are afraid to laugh, especially when we make mistakes. We think we're supposed to be perfect, and we don't allow ourselves to make mistakes. However, we're not a mold punch...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. ~John Andrew Holmes

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

December 7, 2015Quote of the Week"Honesty without compassion is hostility." Before recovery, I had a lot of resentments I was unaware of. The burden of these buried feelings was heavy, and they were often expressed in a passive aggressive way when I gave my opinion or offered unasked f...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

SerenityYour body is tense. Your face is somber and serious, ready to deliver the news. You may be slightly breathless. There's a crisis. It may be real. Or it may be self-created.Like an audience in a sports arena, we watch the events of life or even The Weather Channel drumming up reactive responses...

hopefulone · hopefulone

Hey guys.....I took what was left of our holiday ham (spiral sliced) and mixed a couple of potatoes, canned corn and green beans in an electric cooker. It is kind of hard for me to cut off what's left of the ham from the bone--messy, too. So after a couple of hours, most of the ham fell off the bone and flavor...

fenners · fenners

Hi All, Today has been a very diificult day not helped by horrible Imsomnia last three nights very tired this morning. Also my partner has just left for a works christmas do. She has assured me she wont be drinking as this is what she has agreed to do as she has also not had a drink for the same period. I have b...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Sometimes two minuses make a plus. --Edith ShannonWhat appears to be a problem sometimes turns out to be a most beneficial circumstance. We live only in the present, and it generally takes the perspective of hindsight to get the full meaning of an event. Over the years, we have learned that some of our...

hopefulone · hopefulone

My brother and other boy relatives used to play marbles as kids. My grandmother had reached the age when she started to give away some of her things which she wanted to go to certain relatives. She gave me a jar of marbles which she had displayed for years and years. She said my dad even played with some of...

hopefulone · hopefulone

http://projectturnabout.org/12-tips-for-staying-sober-during-the-h...

mikef · mikef

Good Morning and blessings of this day! Thank you for sharing a day of reflection with me on my anniversary yesterday.It was a wonderful day starting with a 100pm meeting in my Homegroup sharing and caring with others just like me,always an uplifting experience even if in pain or joy.Spent hours work...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Recovery releases our creativityCreativity implies something new - feeling, thinking, acting in a new way. When we step out of a familiar pattern, we often feel anxious. We wonder if the new way will work or if a new venture will succeed. We take a chance, a risk, and that requires courage. If we refuse...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us. ~Marianne Williamson

fenners · fenners

Hi all, Just after a bit of advice I am coming to the end of my first month of Sobriety and I have been off work for 6 weeks with the accompanying anxiety and depression that brings. My current doctors note runs out on Sunday this week. I have started feeling a little anxious about returning to soon in to a h...

mikef · mikef

On a cold December 2nd morning in 1984,I came to in a farmhouse in Rhinebeck New York, from another drug induced evening and finally rose to my knees asking for mercy and admitting I was an addict and I was progressing in a state of devastation and disaster since early 1959...I was 6 months into my 3rd mar...

Tanin · Tanin

I saw her walk in the room today just as the meeting started. I paid little notice, only that she was accompanied by another woman and they had a bag with large lunch sandwiches. When the meeting chair asked if anyone was new, she raised her hand and said, "I'm coming back." We yelled out our we...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The Man, the Boy, and the DonkeyA man and his son headed to market with their donkey. A man on a horse passed them and asked, "Why aren't you riding your donkey?"The man placed his son on the donkey, and they continued on their way. They passed by a family working in their fields. A young girl sa...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. ~Norman Vincent Peale

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Our silence can keep us isolated."Still waters run deep" may be true for lakes and rivers, but in intimate relationships it is not necessarily true. Our silence can keep us isolated from ourselves and from those we love. In order to grow together, we must let each other know how we think and...

fenners · fenners

Hi All , I am in to my fourth week of sobriety. I am making day by day progress as suggested but I am concerned in the sudden distance between m and my partner. She also has stopped drinking but the closeness we had has somewhat evaporated. We used to spend a lot oftime drinking together where conversation...

hopefulone · hopefulone

Well, the neighbors below us are at it again.

They are so loud, you can hear some of what their disagreements are about. I work from home, it is sometimes very hard to focus on my work when it happens. It doesn't just last a few minutes, either. It can go on for hours and hours. They mo...

jackmu · jackmu

A custom tailored vAAcation (Alcoholics Anonymous) for you December 20th to December 26th. A vAAcation designed for people in sobriety with people in sobriety. Join us at our beautiful mountain retreat where you can relax, recover and rejuvenate. Be in a peaceful setting. Watch the Zopilotes...

fenners · fenners

I have been sober now for 2 weeks and 5days but today experienced something that was so uncomfortable I almost drank. I can only describe it as unbelivable anger anxiety scary thoughts I was so angry inside it hurt. I now believe this was probably my first severe craving any good advice. I do feel more co...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

He that knew all that learning ever writ Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet. --Aphra BehnIt's true that the more information we have about the world, the more clearly we see the shape of what we don't know. It's also true that we don't need to learn anything at all in order to deal fairly with others a...

henry1236 · henry1236

Hi all! Finally have a decent amount of time. There are certain old friends from my previous life that are extremely active people who could end up in the rooms in 10-20 years (but that's not for me to presume, but you know what I mean).I have 2 people who text/call/email me multiple times a week wonderi...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Carrying the MessageWhat we are always carries a stronger message than what we say. This is why we're sometimes turned off by people who seek to overwhelm us with charm. It's also why we can sometimes be drawn to people who are quiet and unassuming. However it works, there is a powerful message in one...

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	Today's Gift 12/19 (Preview) Fortunate are the people whose roots are deep. --Agnes Meyer Deep roots offer strength and stability to an organism. They nourish it plentifully. They anchor it when the fierce winds blow. We each are offered the gifts of roots when we give ourselves fully to the program. We are never going to face, a...	Pythonpappy	0	622	Dec 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 12/18 (Preview) Competing with others - AttitudeSome of us never liked close competition. We preferred to be clear winners or not to compete at all. We didn't like to have competitors breathing down our necks.This attitude kept up from doing our best, and we made a mistake when we thought we were competing with other...	Pythonpappy	0	469	Dec 18, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 12/17 (Preview) Fulfillment"Everything I need shall be provided today. Everything." Say it, until you believe it. Say it at the beginning of the day. Say it throughout the day. Sometimes, it helps to know what we want and need. But if we dont, we can trust that God does. When we ask, trust, and believe that o...	Pythonpappy	1	611	Dec 17, 2015 by hopefulone
	Outside issues appropriate in group e-mail? (Preview) I recently received an e-mail from another AA which forwarded a long article ranting about how our country should be handling terrorism. This member often sends me e-mails, most of which are fine with me, as they're relatively innocuous. This seemed over the top - it was a mass mailing, with many nam...	emmi331	10	851	Dec 17, 2015 by hopefulone
	A Different Kind of Meeting.... (Preview) There is one meeting in my area which I have heard about and haven't been to--yet. Everything is very formal. I have heard they even roll out a red carpet for people attending it. Had I heard it from one member--I would have thought he was joking. I have heard it twice. Men have to wear ties and women have to...	hopefulone	8	938	Dec 17, 2015 by hopefulone
	"You're going to die if you keep drinking! Make sure you have a drink soon." (Preview) Perfectly good advice, sometimes... Commentary: How our health care system makes ER doctors addiction enablers How the ER has become an expensive drunk tank Amy Ho October 8, 2015I do a strange thing as a physician almost daily. I go to alcoholics and have them promise me they'll go home and continu...	Tanin	10	2301	Dec 16, 2015 by Fyne Spirit
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting. ~Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on Achievement	Pythonpappy	0	542	Dec 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 12/16 (Preview) Nothing happens unless first a dream. --Carl Sandburg What do we see when we daydream about the future? Is everything much better than it is now, or are we still struggling with the same issues? Are we dreaming about what we really want or about what we think we want? Do we see the whole picture or just a p...	Pythonpappy	0	519	Dec 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 12/15 (Preview) Being Before DoingWhat we are comes before what we do. In order to produce good fruit, the tree has to be a good tree. If we are not whole, integrated, and in touch with ourselves and our Higher Power, the actions that we take will not be satisfying.For us, being abstinent is more important than anyth...	Pythonpappy	0	555	Dec 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) December 14, 2015Quote of the Week"We're not bad people getting good, we're sick people getting better." I was attending a meeting the other night and a newcomer raised his hand and asked what he could do to relieve the shame he felt. He shared that he hadnt been sober very long, and that t...	Pythonpappy	0	621	Dec 14, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Humor Time!!! (Preview) The OperationA politician awoke in a hospital bed after a complicated operation, and found that the curtains were drawn around him. "Why are the curtains closed," he said. "Is it night?" A nurse replied, "No, it is just that there is a fire across the street, and we didn'...	Pythonpappy	2	797	Dec 13, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 12/13 (Preview) Dare to be empty. Dare to let go. Dare to believe. --Elisabeth L.Not many of us have received a direct, visual experience of God. Most of us only sense a Presence, or perhaps see the evidence of God's help. It takes profound faith to live moment by moment in the knowledge that God is always here.The found...	Pythonpappy	1	523	Dec 13, 2015 by BLUESMAN
	Meeting this morning (Preview) I just left a very powerful meeting this morning. Alcohol not only kills the body physically but mentally and spiritually way before the physical form is destroyed. I am an alcoholic, I know this because I don't have an "off button" when I start drinking!! Gratefully to be sober today. Kee...	lucie15	4	732	Dec 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 12/12 (Preview) Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid. ~Lady Bird Johnson	Pythonpappy	0	586	Dec 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 12/12 (Preview) When all else fails, read the instructions. --Agnes AlienThe instructions for recovery are in our Twelve Step program. Yet, there are times when we feel our program isn't working. At these times, we need to read the instructions.Have you followed the "instructions," the wise words fou...	Pythonpappy	0	644	Dec 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Step Work (Preview) Hi All, I need to start working the steps correctly what is the best way to start I have been doing a lot of reading on step 1 and 2 with some good feeling about both. I no I need to probably now seek a sponsor and I'm just looking for some help and some experiences	fenners	5	756	Dec 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 12/11 (Preview) Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. ~Conrad Hilton	Pythonpappy	0	502	Dec 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 12/11 (Preview) Relax enough to face reality when life twists and turns.Sometimes in life, no matter how deeply we intend to make the best decisions possible for ourselves, things happen. Marriages end, jobs turn sour, friends wane. For reasons outside our control or understanding, the situation twists and turn...	Pythonpappy	0	544	Dec 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Hopes are planted in friendship's garden where dreams blossom into priceless treasures. ~Unknown, Source on Friends and Friendship	Pythonpappy	0	530	Dec 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 12/10 ... I especially Identify with this One! (Preview) We are what we are. --Motto of Lake Wobegon, Garrison KeillorSometimes we devote so much effort to being what we are not, that we lose the chance to be what we are. We have one identity for this person and another for that one. Our co-workers, neighbors, friends, and family all expect different things o...	Pythonpappy	0	614	Dec 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Getting Back To Day One (Preview) Good morning all. I have been in and out of these rooms for a long time. Just when I think I got this I dont. Too embarrassing to go back to f2f as I see the way some people look at me. Failure. I'm gonna have to try again somehow to stop drinking again. Thanks for listening. TrishaG	TrishaG	7	913	Dec 9, 2015 by hopefulone
	30 DAYS DONE !!! (Preview) Hi All, I have completed my first 30 days and should receive my first chip tomorrow looking forward to that. It has been far from easy but with good support on here I have made it. Also completed my second day back at work after long absence feeling proud but not complacent good platform tomorrow is anoth...	fenners	6	822	Dec 9, 2015 by hopefulone
	Keep Coming Back.... (Preview) I hope that anyone who has relapsed does not let shame, guilt and/or embarrassment keep them from coming back to the meetings. I almost let all of those things keep me out. When I had relapsed in the past, it took me years to go back for fear of others knowing I went out. I felt weak, like a failure/loser and...	hopefulone	4	1433	Dec 9, 2015 by hopefulone
	Today's Gift 12/9 (Preview) It isn't for the moment you are struck that you need courage, but for the long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security. --Anne Morrow LindberghMost of us are on a long uphill climb at this moment. It is a climb we are making together, and yet a climb we can't do for each other. I can reach out my han...	Pythonpappy	1	692	Dec 9, 2015 by BLUESMAN
	Husband who still drinks (Preview) Hello there! I am new to this. I have been attending meetings for about eight months, and have a great home group. I have been able to string together nearly 2 months of sobriety. I have a great sponsor, and am working very hard to live a clean and sober life, to get my life back. My number one problem is the o...	kbert	7	899	Dec 9, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 12/8 (Preview) Laughter, by definition, is healthy. --Doris LessingA hearty laugh can warm a cold room and make our spirits soar. But many of us are afraid to laugh, especially when we make mistakes. We think we're supposed to be perfect, and we don't allow ourselves to make mistakes. However, we're not a mold punch...	Pythonpappy	0	660	Dec 8, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 12/7 (Preview) There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. ~John Andrew Holmes	Pythonpappy	1	539	Dec 7, 2015 by hopefulone
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) December 7, 2015Quote of the Week"Honesty without compassion is hostility." Before recovery, I had a lot of resentments I was unaware of. The burden of these buried feelings was heavy, and they were often expressed in a passive aggressive way when I gave my opinion or offered unasked f...	Pythonpappy	0	942	Dec 7, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 12/7 (Preview) SerenityYour body is tense. Your face is somber and serious, ready to deliver the news. You may be slightly breathless. There's a crisis. It may be real. Or it may be self-created.Like an audience in a sports arena, we watch the events of life or even The Weather Channel drumming up reactive responses...	Pythonpappy	0	606	Dec 7, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	The Ham (Preview) Hey guys.....I took what was left of our holiday ham (spiral sliced) and mixed a couple of potatoes, canned corn and green beans in an electric cooker. It is kind of hard for me to cut off what's left of the ham from the bone--messy, too. So after a couple of hours, most of the ham fell off the bone and flavor...	hopefulone	8	1034	Dec 6, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	4 WEEKS TOMORROW BAD DAY (Preview) Hi All, Today has been a very diificult day not helped by horrible Imsomnia last three nights very tired this morning. Also my partner has just left for a works christmas do. She has assured me she wont be drinking as this is what she has agreed to do as she has also not had a drink for the same period. I have b...	fenners	10	1083	Dec 6, 2015 by fenners
	Today's Gift 12/6 (Preview) Sometimes two minuses make a plus. --Edith ShannonWhat appears to be a problem sometimes turns out to be a most beneficial circumstance. We live only in the present, and it generally takes the perspective of hindsight to get the full meaning of an event. Over the years, we have learned that some of our...	Pythonpappy	1	642	Dec 6, 2015 by hopefulone
	The Marbles and The Quarters (Preview) My brother and other boy relatives used to play marbles as kids. My grandmother had reached the age when she started to give away some of her things which she wanted to go to certain relatives. She gave me a jar of marbles which she had displayed for years and years. She said my dad even played with some of...	hopefulone	8	1402	Dec 6, 2015 by hopefulone
	12 Tips for Staying Sober During the Holidays ....Great site! (Preview) http://projectturnabout.org/12-tips-for-staying-sober-during-the-h...	hopefulone	1	844	Dec 6, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	In gratitude and thanks for years of support and prayer (Preview) Good Morning and blessings of this day! Thank you for sharing a day of reflection with me on my anniversary yesterday.It was a wonderful day starting with a 100pm meeting in my Homegroup sharing and caring with others just like me,always an uplifting experience even if in pain or joy.Spent hours work...	mikef	4	850	Dec 6, 2015 by Troy
	Today's Gift 12/5 (Preview) Recovery releases our creativityCreativity implies something new - feeling, thinking, acting in a new way. When we step out of a familiar pattern, we often feel anxious. We wonder if the new way will work or if a new venture will succeed. We take a chance, a risk, and that requires courage. If we refuse...	Pythonpappy	1	706	Dec 6, 2015 by hopefulone
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us. ~Marianne Williamson	Pythonpappy	1	792	Dec 6, 2015 by hopefulone
	WORK when is right (Preview) Hi all, Just after a bit of advice I am coming to the end of my first month of Sobriety and I have been off work for 6 weeks with the accompanying anxiety and depression that brings. My current doctors note runs out on Sunday this week. I have started feeling a little anxious about returning to soon in to a h...	fenners	18	900	Dec 6, 2015 by hopefulone
	Sharing 31 years of uninterrupted recovery ODAT (Preview) On a cold December 2nd morning in 1984,I came to in a farmhouse in Rhinebeck New York, from another drug induced evening and finally rose to my knees asking for mercy and admitting I was an addict and I was progressing in a state of devastation and disaster since early 1959...I was 6 months into my 3rd mar...	mikef	9	1096	Dec 5, 2015 by Fyne Spirit
	"I'm Coming Back" Posting record Prolific (Preview) I saw her walk in the room today just as the meeting started. I paid little notice, only that she was accompanied by another woman and they had a bag with large lunch sandwiches. When the meeting chair asked if anyone was new, she raised her hand and said, "I'm coming back." We yelled out our we...	Tanin	3	808	Dec 5, 2015 by Fyne Spirit
	Today's Gift 12/3 (Preview) The Man, the Boy, and the DonkeyA man and his son headed to market with their donkey. A man on a horse passed them and asked, "Why aren't you riding your donkey?"The man placed his son on the donkey, and they continued on their way. They passed by a family working in their fields. A young girl sa...	Pythonpappy	3	748	Dec 5, 2015 by hopefulone
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. ~Norman Vincent Peale	Pythonpappy	0	592	Dec 4, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 12/4 (Preview) Our silence can keep us isolated."Still waters run deep" may be true for lakes and rivers, but in intimate relationships it is not necessarily true. Our silence can keep us isolated from ourselves and from those we love. In order to grow together, we must let each other know how we think and...	Pythonpappy	0	543	Dec 4, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Change of Person (Preview) Hi All , I am in to my fourth week of sobriety. I am making day by day progress as suggested but I am concerned in the sudden distance between m and my partner. She also has stopped drinking but the closeness we had has somewhat evaporated. We used to spend a lot oftime drinking together where conversation...	fenners	9	910	Dec 2, 2015 by fenners
	Fight! Fight! (Preview) Well, the neighbors below us are at it again. They are so loud, you can hear some of what their disagreements are about. I work from home, it is sometimes very hard to focus on my work when it happens. It doesn't just last a few minutes, either. It can go on for hours and hours. They mo...	hopefulone	5	1031	Dec 2, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	vAAcation (Alcoholics Anonymous) in Costa Rica Dec.20th to Dec. 26th (Preview) A custom tailored vAAcation (Alcoholics Anonymous) for you December 20th to December 26th. A vAAcation designed for people in sobriety with people in sobriety. Join us at our beautiful mountain retreat where you can relax, recover and rejuvenate. Be in a peaceful setting. Watch the Zopilotes...	jackmu	0	603	Dec 2, 2015 by jackmu
	First Real Craving HELP (Preview) I have been sober now for 2 weeks and 5days but today experienced something that was so uncomfortable I almost drank. I can only describe it as unbelivable anger anxiety scary thoughts I was so angry inside it hurt. I now believe this was probably my first severe craving any good advice. I do feel more co...	fenners	9	1066	Dec 2, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 12/2 (Preview) He that knew all that learning ever writ Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet. --Aphra BehnIt's true that the more information we have about the world, the more clearly we see the shape of what we don't know. It's also true that we don't need to learn anything at all in order to deal fairly with others a...	Pythonpappy	0	636	Dec 2, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	PEOPLE (places and things) (Preview) Hi all! Finally have a decent amount of time. There are certain old friends from my previous life that are extremely active people who could end up in the rooms in 10-20 years (but that's not for me to presume, but you know what I mean).I have 2 people who text/call/email me multiple times a week wonderi...	henry1236	6	815	Dec 1, 2015 by Baba Louie
	Today's Gift 12/1 (Preview) Carrying the MessageWhat we are always carries a stronger message than what we say. This is why we're sometimes turned off by people who seek to overwhelm us with charm. It's also why we can sometimes be drawn to people who are quiet and unassuming. However it works, there is a powerful message in one...	Pythonpappy	1	500	Dec 1, 2015 by hopefulone
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