Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ~Joseph Addison

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

When we have internalized Step One, our lives reflect it.Admitting we are powerless over alcohol is not very difficult for most of us. Admitting we are powerless over the alcoholic is another matter. After all, we have used shame quite successfully to get our way on occasion, intimidation sometime...

DrShok · DrShok

Please enjoy my essay here: http://www.orange-papers.org/forum/node/6713 I hope it generates some conversation.

bravesis · bravesis

I am looking for a primary care physician (relevant here because I am ready to be honest with a PCP about my history of drinking and my desire to quit). I have been drinking heavily for about 8 years now, and have lied to every doctor about my drinking and smoking habits, except one - she wrote a prescripti...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It is a matter first of beginning - and then following through. --Richard L. EvansHow many times have we started a project or a new path of living only to abandon it after a short time? We may have thought it wasn't what we wanted or there wasn't enough time. Instead of following through, we usually gave u...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You can never expect too much of yourself in the matter of giving yourself to others. ~Theodore C. Speers

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box. --Italian proverbMuch of our time has been spent saying, "I'm not good enough for that job," "She's too good for me," or "I don't deserve that compliment." Sometimes we have been very status consci...

Neal · Neal

Need help with starting an AA meeting.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ~Kahlil Gibran

Jasmine63 · Jasmine63

Today I am going to my first AA meeting - face to face. I am terrified. I have read much in the last few weeks (on the net) about what to expect. Any information you guys can give me would be most appreciated. As I cannot go to city meetings...I am wondering how to get into an online meeting.

Kaz8375 · Kaz8375

morning all, hope u all had a lovely weekend. I am very proud of myself today as it is 3wks today i have been sober, and with my track record i have never got past 2wks. Been unpacking at the new house all weekend and also managed some lovely family time with my hubby and daughter. Didnt go to a meeting last ni...

hopefulone · hopefulone

........ -- Edited by hopefulone on Saturday 31st of October 2015 08:30:28 AM

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. ~Abraham Lincoln

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. ~James Oppenheim

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

October 19, 2015Quote of the Week"7 days without God makes one weak." I don't know how or why God seems to disappear from my life, but He does.Monday morning I'll be running late and not have time to pray, and the next thing I know it's Wednesday. I'll go to my meeting that night, but Thur...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive. --Anais NinWe are surrounded by women and men who are necessary for our development. That's a startling revelation perhaps. We don't even like everybody in our life! How can we need them? But we do. Our Higher Power clea...

Thankfulheart62 · Thankfulheart62

Is it okay for a newcomer like me to hang out in steps 1, 2 and 3 for awhile before moving on to step 4 and 5? Steps 4 and 5 scare me a lot. I don't know how to do step 4 and I'm not sure I am ready for that yet. Is it okay to rest in 1-3 and move on to 4 a little later or is it imperative to move through the steps as quick...

Baba Louie · Baba Louie

I found an option to drinking. When things get frustrating, and people are being stupid, and I'm just overall having a bad day, I just grab my sledgehammer and start beating shit. Of course, it also helps to scream at the top of your lungs "you stupid piece of shit!!!" At whatever you're beat...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.

BGG · BGG

Hello Family: I got a call today letting me know that an A.A. friend passed away this morning. My heart hurts because I saw him return to A.A. after relapsing a year ago (he was sober 5 years when he relapsed), and know how difficult we struggle to return to A.A. if we relapse after years of continuous sob...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment. --David D. BurnsGood thoughts are like bright colors in a painting. Negative thoughts are dark and dreary and drab. Each day we paint pictures of our own lives with our thoughts. If we step back and look at the canva...

Thankfulheart62 · Thankfulheart62

Hi everyone......I couldn't find my previous thread about going to my first meeting but I said I would be back after going and so here I am. I went to my first meeting and it was great. They made me feel right at home even asked me some questions. For the first time ever I introduced myself as an alcoholi...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Do you believe in dreams? Don't oversleep if you want your dreams to come true! Don't let dreams become nightmares. ~Henrietta C. Mears

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

When you have come to the edge of all light that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly. ~Patrick Overton

hopefulone · hopefulone

"Trust me"--our favorite words! How long it has taken us to learn not to trust people who can't be trusted." (True for me.) "To trust or not to trust--that is the dualism, and dualisms keep us stuck." Now I need to go look up what "dualism" means...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Reflection for the DayWhen a person says something rash or ugly, we sometimes say they are "forgetting themselves," meaning they're forgetting their best selves in a sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury. If I remember the kind of person I want to be, hopefully I won't "forget myse...

Thankfulheart62 · Thankfulheart62

I was first introduced to AA some 20 years ago and went for awhile, all the while still drinking. I guess I wasn't ready to admit or work the steps. I just sat quietly and listened. I am going to my first meeting since then tomorrow. It was in August that I admitted to being alcoholic. I have been sober...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

I often come across people who have very negative thoughts about AA. They talk about it like it's either some sort of evil cult that's after all your worldly possessions and your first born child or like it's some sort of spiritual Amway that's brainwashed you into trying to sell your n...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. --Alcoholics Anonymous (The AA Big Book) Newcomer Nothing much seems to have changed for me lately. I still have the same problems and issues I had months ago. Spons...

GreyGirl · GreyGirl

Hey all. Well, the good news is I've been sober for three weeks, three days. Still going strong, even though it's been hard. The bad news is that I got some blood results back that indicate I'm diabetic. :\ My glucose was high but my doctor (delightful person *rolls eyes* He flits in, gives me this...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation. ~FeNelon, Francois on Spirit and Spirituality

Tanin · Tanin

There was an interesting feature on 60 Minutes Sunday about Patrick Kennedy and his book, "A Common Struggle." Alcoholism has hit the Kennedy family pretty hard, it seems. Patrick, who is now in recovery, attendz 12-step meetings daily and is working to promote the importance of better...

Lauramarie · Lauramarie

I went to a meeting last evening. I am at a place that I didn't want to go, but I needed to go. So I went. Well, it was one of the best meetings that I ever went to. I am sure you all know what I mean. I just had to share this with everyone here. Oh I also learned something from EVERYONE who shared. ...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

https://www.facebook.com/tashaeswaby/videos/769495383088113/

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A person shows their true self by how much they need other people. --AnonymousWhat giving we have discovered in our Fellowship! From the very first meeting, we received an outstretched hand that offered us help. People gave freely and asked nothing in return. We, who had known so much taking, could h...

Thankfulheart62 · Thankfulheart62

I am not new to AA but I am a newcomer anyway. I went to AA meetings 15 years ago but I never admitted to being an alcoholic. I've been drinking for 25 years. My last drink was on September 8, 2015. I admitted to being an alcoholic in August. So I know some about the steps. I have now been sober for 33 days...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You cannot travel on the path until you become the path itself. ~Buddha on Spirit and Spirituality

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It's okay to have fun.Although we're working hard on recovering, we can also have fun. In fact, we can have much more fun now than we did before we found the program. With the awakening of our spiritual self, life takes on new zest. We smile more and frown less.We can give ourselves permission to enjoy wh...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP Redchile ... we're glad your here ... We know of all the problems alcohol usage can cause in one's life, believe me, we've "Been There, Done That" ... from your post, you seem to be nearing a 'crossroads' in your life ... you don't see how in the hell you can keep drink'n OR how in...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

I found out with two days sober, on June 7. Haven't shared it here for whatever reason. We're both out here in LA but we're driving across the country in 10 days to move closer to her family in Pennsylvania. I still can't wrap my head around it. Me? A father? What?

beemer · beemer

sorry

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

October 12, 2015Quote of the Week"Quit with the thinking and start with the doing." It took me a long time to learn that I can't think myself into feeling better. If I'm sitting at home depressed and I wait until I feel like going to a meeting or feel like calling someone, it means I'm going t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow. ~Norman Vincent Peale

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. --Aldous HuxleyThis is a hard concept for us addicts to get. We believed avoidance was a form of self-care. Our illness depended on our ability to deny its existence. Only when we were bleeding out of every pore of our body, were we willing to admit th...

gonee · gonee

A Vision For You FOR MOST normal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. It means release from care, boredom and worry. It is joyous intimacy with friends and a feeling that life is good. But not so with us in those last days of heavy drinking. The old ple...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better. ~Rohn, Jim on Leaders and Leadership

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation it would be the ability of each individual to learn to laugh at himself. --Charles SchulzIn recovery, we learn to laugh at the kind of person we were when our addiction was out of control. We don't laugh at the fact of our addiction; w...

mphleg · mphleg

One of my favs is "My Name Is Bill W." It's and oldie but a goodie. And, from what I know pretty accurate historically. Here are some movies about addiction and recovery I put together on my site. The movies play well on laptops or desktops, but other devices not to sure. The movies are meant to...

Tanin · Tanin

The calendar informs my soberversary is at hand. I am grateful, humbled, satisfied, relieved and amazed. I thank God, AA, and all its members because there is no way I could have stayed sober by myself. Man, am I glad to be living a sober life today. Am going to pick up a chip at a meeting today...

Kaz8375 · Kaz8375

Morning everyone, someone must really be looking after me(my higher power i think), went to work yest for a meeting and managed to keep my job, after asking them could i have some unpaid leave of absence to get well, they suggested i go to the doctors and get a sick note for 4wks and that way i will still get...

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	Sunrise Quote 10/22 (Preview) Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ~Joseph Addison	Pythonpappy	0	395	Oct 22, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/22 (Preview) When we have internalized Step One, our lives reflect it.Admitting we are powerless over alcohol is not very difficult for most of us. Admitting we are powerless over the alcoholic is another matter. After all, we have used shame quite successfully to get our way on occasion, intimidation sometime...	Pythonpappy	0	448	Oct 22, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	LAST LOVE LETTER TO A STEPPER (Preview) Please enjoy my essay here: http://www.orange-papers.org/forum/node/6713 I hope it generates some conversation.	DrShok	0	435	Oct 21, 2015 by DrShok
	Dr. Referral? (Preview) I am looking for a primary care physician (relevant here because I am ready to be honest with a PCP about my history of drinking and my desire to quit). I have been drinking heavily for about 8 years now, and have lied to every doctor about my drinking and smoking habits, except one - she wrote a prescripti...	bravesis	10	5366	Oct 21, 2015 by Fyne Spirit
	Today's Gift 10/20 (Preview) It is a matter first of beginning - and then following through. --Richard L. EvansHow many times have we started a project or a new path of living only to abandon it after a short time? We may have thought it wasn't what we wanted or there wasn't enough time. Instead of following through, we usually gave u...	Pythonpappy	2	593	Oct 21, 2015 by BLUESMAN
	Sunrise Quote 10/21 (Preview) You can never expect too much of yourself in the matter of giving yourself to others. ~Theodore C. Speers	Pythonpappy	0	368	Oct 21, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/21 (Preview) Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box. --Italian proverbMuch of our time has been spent saying, "I'm not good enough for that job," "She's too good for me," or "I don't deserve that compliment." Sometimes we have been very status consci...	Pythonpappy	0	399	Oct 21, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	New aa meeting (Preview) Need help with starting an AA meeting.	Neal	5	664	Oct 20, 2015 by justadrunk
	Sunrise Quote 10/20 (Preview) You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ~Kahlil Gibran	Pythonpappy	0	391	Oct 20, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Finally admitted I need help! (Preview) Today I am going to my first AA meeting - face to face. I am terrified. I have read much in the last few weeks (on the net) about what to expect. Any information you guys can give me would be most appreciated. As I cannot go to city meetings...I am wondering how to get into an online meeting.	Jasmine63	8	673	Oct 19, 2015 by Fyne Spirit
	Feeling proud (Preview) morning all, hope u all had a lovely weekend. I am very proud of myself today as it is 3wks today i have been sober, and with my track record i have never got past 2wks. Been unpacking at the new house all weekend and also managed some lovely family time with my hubby and daughter. Didnt go to a meeting last ni...	Kaz8375	7	687	Oct 19, 2015 by Zoomtopz
	Phone Numbers (Preview) ........ -- Edited by hopefulone on Saturday 31st of October 2015 08:30:28 AM	hopefulone	16	2068	Oct 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/19 (Preview) Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. ~Abraham Lincoln	Pythonpappy	0	396	Oct 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/18 (Preview) The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. ~James Oppenheim	Pythonpappy	0	421	Oct 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) October 19, 2015Quote of the Week"7 days without God makes one weak." I don't know how or why God seems to disappear from my life, but He does.Monday morning I'll be running late and not have time to pray, and the next thing I know it's Wednesday. I'll go to my meeting that night, but Thur...	Pythonpappy	0	571	Oct 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/19 (Preview) Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive. --Anais NinWe are surrounded by women and men who are necessary for our development. That's a startling revelation perhaps. We don't even like everybody in our life! How can we need them? But we do. Our Higher Power clea...	Pythonpappy	0	445	Oct 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Steps 1-3 (Preview) Is it okay for a newcomer like me to hang out in steps 1, 2 and 3 for awhile before moving on to step 4 and 5? Steps 4 and 5 scare me a lot. I don't know how to do step 4 and I'm not sure I am ready for that yet. Is it okay to rest in 1-3 and move on to 4 a little later or is it imperative to move through the steps as quick...	Thankfulheart62	4	2475	Oct 17, 2015 by Fyne Spirit
	Drinking Option (Preview) I found an option to drinking. When things get frustrating, and people are being stupid, and I'm just overall having a bad day, I just grab my sledgehammer and start beating shit. Of course, it also helps to scream at the top of your lungs "you stupid piece of shit!!!" At whatever you're beat...	Baba Louie	6	729	Oct 17, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/17 (Preview) Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.	Pythonpappy	0	388	Oct 17, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Welcoming People Back After A Relapse (Preview) Hello Family: I got a call today letting me know that an A.A. friend passed away this morning. My heart hurts because I saw him return to A.A. after relapsing a year ago (he was sober 5 years when he relapsed), and know how difficult we struggle to return to A.A. if we relapse after years of continuous sob...	BGG	32	7624	Oct 17, 2015 by hopefulone
	Today's Gift 10/17 (Preview) You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment. --David D. BurnsGood thoughts are like bright colors in a painting. Negative thoughts are dark and dreary and drab. Each day we paint pictures of our own lives with our thoughts. If we step back and look at the canva...	Pythonpappy	0	444	Oct 17, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	After First Meeting (Preview) Hi everyone......I couldn't find my previous thread about going to my first meeting but I said I would be back after going and so here I am. I went to my first meeting and it was great. They made me feel right at home even asked me some questions. For the first time ever I introduced myself as an alcoholi...	Thankfulheart62	8	700	Oct 16, 2015 by davep12and12
	Sunrise Quote 10/16 (Preview) Do you believe in dreams? Don't oversleep if you want your dreams to come true! Don't let dreams become nightmares. ~Henrietta C. Mears	Pythonpappy	0	375	Oct 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/15 (Preview) When you have come to the edge of all light that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly. ~Patrick Overton	Pythonpappy	3	519	Oct 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	"Trusting" excerpts from Anne Wilson Schaef (Preview) "Trust me"--our favorite words! How long it has taken us to learn not to trust people who can't be trusted." (True for me.) "To trust or not to trust--that is the dualism, and dualisms keep us stuck." Now I need to go look up what "dualism" means...	hopefulone	2	514	Oct 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/16 (Preview) Reflection for the DayWhen a person says something rash or ugly, we sometimes say they are "forgetting themselves," meaning they're forgetting their best selves in a sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury. If I remember the kind of person I want to be, hopefully I won't "forget myse...	Pythonpappy	0	425	Oct 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Going to First Meeting.....Need Advice (Preview) I was first introduced to AA some 20 years ago and went for awhile, all the while still drinking. I guess I wasn't ready to admit or work the steps. I just sat quietly and listened. I am going to my first meeting since then tomorrow. It was in August that I admitted to being alcoholic. I have been sober...	Thankfulheart62	6	989	Oct 15, 2015 by Fyne Spirit
	Anti AA Rhetoric (Preview) I often come across people who have very negative thoughts about AA. They talk about it like it's either some sort of evil cult that's after all your worldly possessions and your first born child or like it's some sort of spiritual Amway that's brainwashed you into trying to sell your n...	Tipsy McStagger	31	11820	Oct 15, 2015 by StPeteDean
	Today's Gift 10/15 (Preview) I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. --Alcoholics Anonymous (The AA Big Book) Newcomer Nothing much seems to have changed for me lately. I still have the same problems and issues I had months ago. Spons...	Pythonpappy	0	557	Oct 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Could use some good thoughts... (Preview) Hey all. Well, the good news is I've been sober for three weeks, three days. Still going strong, even though it's been hard. The bad news is that I got some blood results back that indicate I'm diabetic. :\ My glucose was high but my doctor (delightful person rolls eyes He flits in, gives me this...	GreyGirl	3	662	Oct 15, 2015 by Baba Louie
	Sunrise Quote 10/14 (Preview) All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation. ~FeNelon, Francois on Spirit and Spirituality	Pythonpappy	0	412	Oct 14, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	60 Minutes Feature On Patrick Kennedy (Preview) There was an interesting feature on 60 Minutes Sunday about Patrick Kennedy and his book, "A Common Struggle." Alcoholism has hit the Kennedy family pretty hard, it seems. Patrick, who is now in recovery, attendz 12-step meetings daily and is working to promote the importance of better...	Tanin	7	1613	Oct 14, 2015 by Tanin
	Last night's meeting. (Preview) I went to a meeting last evening. I am at a place that I didn't want to go, but I needed to go. So I went. Well, it was one of the best meetings that I ever went to. I am sure you all know what I mean. I just had to share this with everyone here. Oh I also learned something from EVERYONE who shared. ...	Lauramarie	2	507	Oct 14, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Struggling with a Higher Power? (Preview) https://www.facebook.com/tashaeswaby/videos/769495383088113/	Pythonpappy	0	545	Oct 14, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/14 (Preview) A person shows their true self by how much they need other people. --AnonymousWhat giving we have discovered in our Fellowship! From the very first meeting, we received an outstretched hand that offered us help. People gave freely and asked nothing in return. We, who had known so much taking, could h...	Pythonpappy	0	442	Oct 14, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Newcomer, steps 1-3 (Preview) I am not new to AA but I am a newcomer anyway. I went to AA meetings 15 years ago but I never admitted to being an alcoholic. I've been drinking for 25 years. My last drink was on September 8, 2015. I admitted to being an alcoholic in August. So I know some about the steps. I have now been sober for 33 days...	Thankfulheart62	7	916	Oct 13, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/13 (Preview) You cannot travel on the path until you become the path itself. ~Buddha on Spirit and Spirituality	Pythonpappy	0	401	Oct 13, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/13 (Preview) It's okay to have fun.Although we're working hard on recovering, we can also have fun. In fact, we can have much more fun now than we did before we found the program. With the awakening of our spiritual self, life takes on new zest. We smile more and frown less.We can give ourselves permission to enjoy wh...	Pythonpappy	0	463	Oct 13, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Redchile ... Welcome (Preview) Welcome to MIP Redchile ... we're glad your here ... We know of all the problems alcohol usage can cause in one's life, believe me, we've "Been There, Done That" ... from your post, you seem to be nearing a 'crossroads' in your life ... you don't see how in the hell you can keep drink'n OR how in...	Pythonpappy	0	463	Oct 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	I'm going to be a father (Preview) I found out with two days sober, on June 7. Haven't shared it here for whatever reason. We're both out here in LA but we're driving across the country in 10 days to move closer to her family in Pennsylvania. I still can't wrap my head around it. Me? A father? What?	Dodsworth	11	809	Oct 12, 2015 by Dodsworth
	I'm new, where do i start? (Preview) sorry	beemer	6	706	Oct 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) October 12, 2015Quote of the Week"Quit with the thinking and start with the doing." It took me a long time to learn that I can't think myself into feeling better. If I'm sitting at home depressed and I wait until I feel like going to a meeting or feel like calling someone, it means I'm going t...	Pythonpappy	0	703	Oct 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/12 (Preview) Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow. ~Norman Vincent Peale	Pythonpappy	0	513	Oct 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/12 (Preview) Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. --Aldous HuxleyThis is a hard concept for us addicts to get. We believed avoidance was a form of self-care. Our illness depended on our ability to deny its existence. Only when we were bleeding out of every pore of our body, were we willing to admit th...	Pythonpappy	0	507	Oct 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	My Dry Drunk Syndrome before AA. (Preview) A Vision For You FOR MOST normal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. It means release from care, boredom and worry. It is joyous intimacy with friends and a feeling that life is good. But not so with us in those last days of heavy drinking. The old ple...	gonee	1	602	Oct 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/11 (Preview) A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better. ~Rohn, Jim on Leaders and Leadership	Pythonpappy	0	432	Oct 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/11 (Preview) If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation it would be the ability of each individual to learn to laugh at himself. --Charles SchulzIn recovery, we learn to laugh at the kind of person we were when our addiction was out of control. We don't laugh at the fact of our addiction; w...	Pythonpappy	0	436	Oct 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	What are some of your favorite recovery movies movies (Preview) One of my favs is "My Name Is Bill W." It's and oldie but a goodie. And, from what I know pretty accurate historically. Here are some movies about addiction and recovery I put together on my site. The movies play well on laptops or desktops, but other devices not to sure. The movies are meant to...	mphleg	5	881	Oct 10, 2015 by Tanin
	Soberversary (Preview) The calendar informs my soberversary is at hand. I am grateful, humbled, satisfied, relieved and amazed. I thank God, AA, and all its members because there is no way I could have stayed sober by myself. Man, am I glad to be living a sober life today. Am going to pick up a chip at a meeting today...	Tanin	25	967	Oct 10, 2015 by Baba Louie
	Fantastic start to the day (Preview) Morning everyone, someone must really be looking after me(my higher power i think), went to work yest for a meeting and managed to keep my job, after asking them could i have some unpaid leave of absence to get well, they suggested i go to the doctors and get a sick note for 4wks and that way i will still get...	Kaz8375	6	608	Oct 10, 2015 by justadrunk
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