Alcoholics Anonymous

gonee · gonee

.Happy birthday, Alcoholics Anonymous 10 June 1935. 79 years of helping alcoholics and their families. Thank you Dr Bob and Bill W. The doors were open for me on that 13 April 1988. As Bill always said: "PASS IT ON"

Tasha · Tasha

The Benefits of CriticismPersonal Growth 1. Looking for seeds of truth in criticism encourages humility. Its not easy to take an honest look at yourself and your weaknesses, but you can only grow if youre willing to try. 2. Learning from criticism allows you to improve. Almost every critique gives y...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 10 "Alone in the town, I was scared to death of getting drunk. I was no longer a teacher or a preacher, I was an alcoholic who knew that he needed another alcoholic, as much as that one could possibly need me. Driven by that urge, I was soon face to face with Dr. Bob."

Philipld · Philipld

AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. PAUL AUTHOR OF "DOCTOR, ALCOHOLIC, ADDICT" July 1995 Dr. Paul's story "Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict" was published in the Third Edition of the Big Book; his remarks on acceptance, which appear on pages 449 and 450, have been helpful to many AA members over t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Theres no straighter road to success than exceeding expectations one day at a time.Robin Crow

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Why wait? Life is not a dress rehearsal. Quit practicing what you are going to do, and just do it.Marilyn Grey

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.-- Chinese proverbLife holds so many choices now that we are sober. We'd like to go so many places. We'd like to see so many things. We have so much to do.We are slowly learning how to trust our dreams and reach for them. Our program teaches us that w...

Wren · Wren

I'm sharing this because I love it. And wish it. Please can I have a God (after Selima Hill) not fossilized, hardened, stiff, unshaken, not contained in creeds and testimonies, judgments and stone tablets, but in the wound breaking open. Please can I have a God who asks me to worship at the altar of my...

Wren · Wren

Hi All, I know that I've become very hit and miss quiet on the board for a few years now. I stop in, read, see how things are going, and then wander off into life and its terms. Life has been good to me. I've been blessed in so many ways. The things that weren't blessings were lessons. They may have seemed like...

Wren · Wren

Our perception of what "failure" is, subjective as it is to each of us, awakens us to how sensitive we are to our concept of self power. When we feel a loss of control, we sorta stumble thru this external blindness, and can only trust in our inner light to help us navigate the terrain in this 'st...

Philipld · Philipld

Alcoholics Anonymous by Gurdon Simmons The smartly groomed woman, showing no self-consciousness before her audience of several hundred, launched into a graphic recital of her recovery from chronic alcoholism. The doctors, she said, had pronounced her case hopeless. Unable to "take a dri...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

June 9, 2014Quote of the Week"I don't have to like the situation, but it's important that I like myself in it." When I first got sober, I took a job in Beverly Hills as an investment broker selling municipal bonds. I hated getting up at 4:45 in the morning to drive to work, hated making co...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn't do. --Richard L. EvansWhat is courage? Many of us think it involves surviving against all odds. Some of us believe courage is personified by an individual like Helen Keller, who coped with many physical d...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 9 "I can change my viewpoint anytime I want to. I can look at things from down, by lying back and waiting for someone to rescue me. Or I can stand tall and look at the way things are as the way they're meant to be."

Angell · Angell

I am not able to contribute at this time and frankly, though I do know that such feelings have no intrinsic value whatsoever, I still feel twinges of guilt from time to time as I wait to see references to the request scroll onto page two... Anyway, so there I was, wrapped up in what I can't do and totally mis...

lateforthesky2 · lateforthesky2

http://aa.activeboard.com/t23228527/my-name-is-bill-w-movie/?page=1

Stepchild · Stepchild

J/K Phil....Listen to Bob.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

She walks around all day quietly, but underneath it she's electric; angry energy inside a passive form. The common woman is as common as a thunderstorm.--Judy GrahnMany people spend their days in anger and aren't aware of it. The conditions of work and life make many of us angry; we feel powerless to c...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly VerseMake sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. 1 Thessalonians 5:15Weekly QuoteBe thankful for the smallest blessing, and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest and simple grac...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

NOTHING

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

When we have done our best, we can await the results in peace.J. Lubbock

Philipld · Philipld

BASIC CONCEPTS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS N.Y. STATE JOURNAL OF MEDICINE© Vol. 44, Aug.,1944. William G. Wilson Alcoholics Anonymous is an informal fellowship of about 12,000 formerly alcoholic men and women who are to be found banded together as groups in about three hundred and twenty-five Ameri...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.Desiderius Erasmus

Philipld · Philipld

There are a few of us.....that when we went on the board this morning...saw old "responded to Posts" going to the top of the main page...which is something weve never seen before..and Ive NEVER seen it happen before..and Ive been here since DIRT was formed I deleted a couple of them...and s...

Enigma · Enigma

It's never a good thing to find out from another person your STBXW was in fact cheating on you with another man for past 6 months who is also married to a abusive alcoholic wife. What makes me mad the whole time my wife blamed my disease and character defects stating nothing was going on that she was being f...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP earthm0m, ... glad you found us and we look forward to your sharing your ESH with us ... Love ya and God Bless, Pappy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Not only then has each man his individual relation to God, but each man has his peculiar relation to God. -- George MacDonaldEach of us sees and experiences God in a way somehow unique to us. No two people see things exactly alike. That's why our program has no dogma. Each of us is encouraged to follow a sp...

Raeanne · Raeanne

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014. I am writing this letter to myself as well as my family, as a commitment to better my life. If I dont change now I never will. And I am tired of being a failure. I want my life back. The life that alcoholism has stolen from me. I may pretend to think that I have control over this diseas...

lateforthesky2 · lateforthesky2

does it have a facebook page? if i ran it id post in large letters at top"if you're an alcoholic start here" and then post a beginners thread

myownhell · myownhell

Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit some...

lateforthesky · lateforthesky

my name is bill w movie with james garner and woods i saw that movie and thought it was good since then ive bought no beer but had some wine guess ive cut back and saved money at least but maybe you dont like posts like this? with you its all or nothing? -- Edited by lateforthesky at 12:00, 2008-12-17

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I heard from a few AA'ers varying views about the third step. I've finished this step and am just curious what some of you might think...... Some said that they believe that the Third Step can only be worked once. That if you turn your will over to God (or your HP) you cannot take your will back and even if yo...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

To make a difference is not a matter of accident People CHOOSE to make a difference.Maya Angelou

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 5 "I opened up the imaginary closet in my mind where I kept all the well-nurtured hurts and tossed them into my past, where they belonged. Into this newly cleaned-out space, I started storing my goals and the hopes and dreams of what I wanted to achieve in life."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Ideally, both members of a couple in love free each other to new and different worlds. --Anne Morrow LindberghWe cannot possess another's spirit, even though we may desire to do so while struggling to feel love. We must not block one another's invitations for adventure even though we fear being left...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 6 "There will always be people in the Fellowship with whom I don't see eye-to-eye, but that doesn't mean we can't work together. The Fellowship wouldn't be what it is today if we always saw eye-to-eye on everything."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Getting angry can sometimes be like leaping into a wonderfully responsive sports car, gunning the motor, taking off at high speed and then discovering the brakes are out of order. --Maggie ScarfAnger can multiply our difficulties in many situations. All of us can look back and remember times when w...

Philipld · Philipld

What are the Signs of Alcoholism? 1. Do you drink heavily when you are disappointed, under pressure or have had a quarrel with someone?Yes No2. Can you handle more alcohol now than when you first started to drink?Yes No3. Have you ever been unable to remember part of the previous evening...

Philipld · Philipld

There is however, a vast amount of fun about it all. I suppose some would be shocked at our seeming worldliness and levity. But just underneath there is deadly seriousness. Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish." .....................................

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

Another AA'er challenged me. They told me that I've gotten all the attention of the first year and told me that they wanted to see if I would walk the walk as I talk the talk and that if they were a betting person they didn't think I could do it. I even got a very generous time frame of 1500 more days to "pr...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

6/3 Don't miss out on today's learning experiences.They won't come again. We will never have another day exactly like today, so let's take advantage of the lessons we're offered.We don't like to make mistakes, and we don't like to be in situations that are fraught with stress, but mistakes and dist...

Tasha · Tasha

There is so much here now. The richest deepest ocean of love and laughter - and I have to pinch myself... that it is my life. I get to take this where ever I go... I do not need to fear moving away. It really is gonna go according to the universe, and everything will turn out alright in the end... and if it's...

Philipld · Philipld

12 Step Slogans Easy Does ItEasy Does It... But Do It! Easy Does It is seen on walls of 12 Step meeting halls for Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12 Step groups. Sponsors tell their Sponsees, "Easy does it," and 12 Steppers say it to each other often. Usually it's good advice. Those of us re...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 4 "A little voice deep inside me said, 'Hello, I am here.' It was a small voice, and sounded as if it were buried underneath the cushions of my couch. It was my soul ... I had forgotten it.""

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

June 2, 2014Quote of the Week"I'd rather go through life sober believing I'm an alcoholic, than go through life drunk, trying to prove I'm not." I love it when newcomers share at meetings that they don't think they are alcoholics. Sure they like to party, they admit, and perhaps they ha...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 3 "I am not rich, I am not in good health, and I do not have a job, but AA only promised me sobriety. After thirty-three years in this Fellowship, I am at peace and I am grateful.""

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 2 "I don't know when it happened, but one day I felt like I belonged in my group of sober guys ... I didn't have to leave.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

When it seems we have no recourse, we can always pray.Coming to believe that a Higher Power can help us and relieve us of our worry may take time if we have spent years trying to stop someone's drinking or worrying about how to keep the family together. From others in this program we can learn the steps to t...

StPeteDean · Newbie

Raeanne Newbie Status: OfflinePosts: 1Date: 2 days ago Reply Quote More I have been considering AA for a long time now...ever since my daughter was born which was about a year ago. I have extremely bad post partum depression and drinking has been my way to "cope" with it or so I though...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Winners develop the habit of doing the thing losers dont like to do.Ed Foreman

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	AA 79 years 10 June 1935. (Preview) .Happy birthday, Alcoholics Anonymous 10 June 1935. 79 years of helping alcoholics and their families. Thank you Dr Bob and Bill W. The doors were open for me on that 13 April 1988. As Bill always said: "PASS IT ON"	gonee	6	483	Jun 11, 2014 by Mike D
	An article that helped me today - reassurance - loving self. (Preview) The Benefits of CriticismPersonal Growth 1. Looking for seeds of truth in criticism encourages humility. Its not easy to take an honest look at yourself and your weaknesses, but you can only grow if youre willing to try. 2. Learning from criticism allows you to improve. Almost every critique gives y...	Tasha	4	518	Jun 11, 2014 by Mike D
	Grapevine (Preview) June 10 "Alone in the town, I was scared to death of getting drunk. I was no longer a teacher or a preacher, I was an alcoholic who knew that he needed another alcoholic, as much as that one could possibly need me. Driven by that urge, I was soon face to face with Dr. Bob."	Mike B.	2	247	Jun 10, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Doctor Paul (Preview) AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. PAUL AUTHOR OF "DOCTOR, ALCOHOLIC, ADDICT" July 1995 Dr. Paul's story "Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict" was published in the Third Edition of the Big Book; his remarks on acceptance, which appear on pages 449 and 450, have been helpful to many AA members over t...	Philipld	2	401	Jun 10, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote - 6/9 (Preview) Theres no straighter road to success than exceeding expectations one day at a time.Robin Crow	Pythonpappy	5	282	Jun 10, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote - 6/10 (Preview) Why wait? Life is not a dress rehearsal. Quit practicing what you are going to do, and just do it.Marilyn Grey	Pythonpappy	0	242	Jun 10, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 6/10 (Preview) The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.-- Chinese proverbLife holds so many choices now that we are sober. We'd like to go so many places. We'd like to see so many things. We have so much to do.We are slowly learning how to trust our dreams and reach for them. Our program teaches us that w...	Pythonpappy	0	286	Jun 10, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sorta religious but not really (Preview) I'm sharing this because I love it. And wish it. Please can I have a God (after Selima Hill) not fossilized, hardened, stiff, unshaken, not contained in creeds and testimonies, judgments and stone tablets, but in the wound breaking open. Please can I have a God who asks me to worship at the altar of my...	Wren	2	407	Jun 10, 2014 by Tasha
	Just a drop by (Preview) Hi All, I know that I've become very hit and miss quiet on the board for a few years now. I stop in, read, see how things are going, and then wander off into life and its terms. Life has been good to me. I've been blessed in so many ways. The things that weren't blessings were lessons. They may have seemed like...	Wren	6	370	Jun 9, 2014 by John
	Is it really failure? (Preview) Our perception of what "failure" is, subjective as it is to each of us, awakens us to how sensitive we are to our concept of self power. When we feel a loss of control, we sorta stumble thru this external blindness, and can only trust in our inner light to help us navigate the terrain in this 'st...	Wren	1	388	Jun 9, 2014 by Stepchild
	AA 1944 (Preview) Alcoholics Anonymous by Gurdon Simmons The smartly groomed woman, showing no self-consciousness before her audience of several hundred, launched into a graphic recital of her recovery from chronic alcoholism. The doctors, she said, had pronounced her case hopeless. Unable to "take a dri...	Philipld	6	1239	Jun 9, 2014 by Philipld
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) June 9, 2014Quote of the Week"I don't have to like the situation, but it's important that I like myself in it." When I first got sober, I took a job in Beverly Hills as an investment broker selling municipal bonds. I hated getting up at 4:45 in the morning to drive to work, hated making co...	Pythonpappy	0	317	Jun 9, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 6/9 (Preview) We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn't do. --Richard L. EvansWhat is courage? Many of us think it involves surviving against all odds. Some of us believe courage is personified by an individual like Helen Keller, who coped with many physical d...	Pythonpappy	0	273	Jun 9, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) June 9 "I can change my viewpoint anytime I want to. I can look at things from down, by lying back and waiting for someone to rescue me. Or I can stand tall and look at the way things are as the way they're meant to be."	Mike B.	0	224	Jun 9, 2014 by Mike B.
	Re: MIP Site Hosting and Domain Reg. Funding (Preview) I am not able to contribute at this time and frankly, though I do know that such feelings have no intrinsic value whatsoever, I still feel twinges of guilt from time to time as I wait to see references to the request scroll onto page two... Anyway, so there I was, wrapped up in what I can't do and totally mis...	Angell	2	403	Jun 8, 2014 by John
	do posts get bumped to top? (Preview) http://aa.activeboard.com/t23228527/my-name-is-bill-w-movie/?page=1	lateforthesky2	4	438	Jun 8, 2014 by John
	I'm trying to find an old thread I really liked....Little help.... (Preview) J/K Phil....Listen to Bob.	Stepchild	6	494	Jun 8, 2014 by Stepchild
	Today's Gift - 6/8 (Preview) She walks around all day quietly, but underneath it she's electric; angry energy inside a passive form. The common woman is as common as a thunderstorm.--Judy GrahnMany people spend their days in anger and aren't aware of it. The conditions of work and life make many of us angry; we feel powerless to c...	Pythonpappy	1	263	Jun 8, 2014 by Philipld
	Weekly Thought --- (religious concept) (Preview) Weekly VerseMake sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. 1 Thessalonians 5:15Weekly QuoteBe thankful for the smallest blessing, and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest and simple grac...	Pythonpappy	0	259	Jun 8, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	This Is What I Will Have If I Start Drinking Again........ (Preview) NOTHING	betterthanyesterday52	8	503	Jun 8, 2014 by StPeteDean
	Sunrise Quote - 6/8 (Preview) When we have done our best, we can await the results in peace.J. Lubbock	Pythonpappy	0	242	Jun 8, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	More AA history (Preview) BASIC CONCEPTS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS N.Y. STATE JOURNAL OF MEDICINE© Vol. 44, Aug.,1944. William G. Wilson Alcoholics Anonymous is an informal fellowship of about 12,000 formerly alcoholic men and women who are to be found banded together as groups in about three hundred and twenty-five Ameri...	Philipld	0	559	Jun 7, 2014 by Philipld
	Sunrise Quote - 6/7 (Preview) Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.Desiderius Erasmus	Pythonpappy	1	241	Jun 7, 2014 by Mike D
	My apoligies.... (Preview) There are a few of us.....that when we went on the board this morning...saw old "responded to Posts" going to the top of the main page...which is something weve never seen before..and Ive NEVER seen it happen before..and Ive been here since DIRT was formed I deleted a couple of them...and s...	Philipld	7	415	Jun 7, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Unreal (Preview) It's never a good thing to find out from another person your STBXW was in fact cheating on you with another man for past 6 months who is also married to a abusive alcoholic wife. What makes me mad the whole time my wife blamed my disease and character defects stating nothing was going on that she was being f...	Enigma	14	697	Jun 7, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Welcome 'earthm0m' (Preview) Welcome to MIP earthm0m, ... glad you found us and we look forward to your sharing your ESH with us ... Love ya and God Bless, Pappy	Pythonpappy	0	236	Jun 7, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 6/7 (Preview) Not only then has each man his individual relation to God, but each man has his peculiar relation to God. -- George MacDonaldEach of us sees and experiences God in a way somehow unique to us. No two people see things exactly alike. That's why our program has no dogma. Each of us is encouraged to follow a sp...	Pythonpappy	0	292	Jun 7, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	A letter to my former self. (Preview) Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014. I am writing this letter to myself as well as my family, as a commitment to better my life. If I dont change now I never will. And I am tired of being a failure. I want my life back. The life that alcoholism has stolen from me. I may pretend to think that I have control over this diseas...	Raeanne	21	1055	Jun 6, 2014 by 2granddaughters
	this board may be too confusing for a drunk (Preview) does it have a facebook page? if i ran it id post in large letters at top"if you're an alcoholic start here" and then post a beginners thread	lateforthesky2	4	382	Jun 6, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Our book ... (Preview) Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit some...	myownhell	9	551	Jun 6, 2014 by Stepchild
	my name is bill w movie (Preview) my name is bill w movie with james garner and woods i saw that movie and thought it was good since then ive bought no beer but had some wine guess ive cut back and saved money at least but maybe you dont like posts like this? with you its all or nothing? -- Edited by lateforthesky at 12:00, 2008-12-17	lateforthesky	11	2364	Jun 6, 2014 by lateforthesky2
	Questions about the 3rd Step (Preview) I heard from a few AA'ers varying views about the third step. I've finished this step and am just curious what some of you might think...... Some said that they believe that the Third Step can only be worked once. That if you turn your will over to God (or your HP) you cannot take your will back and even if yo...	betterthanyesterday52	18	1841	Jun 6, 2014 by Stepchild
	Sunrise Quote - 6/3 (Preview) To make a difference is not a matter of accident People CHOOSE to make a difference.Maya Angelou	Pythonpappy	1	244	Jun 6, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) June 5 "I opened up the imaginary closet in my mind where I kept all the well-nurtured hurts and tossed them into my past, where they belonged. Into this newly cleaned-out space, I started storing my goals and the hopes and dreams of what I wanted to achieve in life."	Mike B.	2	297	Jun 6, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift - 6/5 (Preview) Ideally, both members of a couple in love free each other to new and different worlds. --Anne Morrow LindberghWe cannot possess another's spirit, even though we may desire to do so while struggling to feel love. We must not block one another's invitations for adventure even though we fear being left...	Pythonpappy	7	360	Jun 6, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) June 6 "There will always be people in the Fellowship with whom I don't see eye-to-eye, but that doesn't mean we can't work together. The Fellowship wouldn't be what it is today if we always saw eye-to-eye on everything."	Mike B.	2	281	Jun 6, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift - 6/6 (Preview) Getting angry can sometimes be like leaping into a wonderfully responsive sports car, gunning the motor, taking off at high speed and then discovering the brakes are out of order. --Maggie ScarfAnger can multiply our difficulties in many situations. All of us can look back and remember times when w...	Pythonpappy	1	249	Jun 6, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Am I Really An Alcoholic?? (Preview) What are the Signs of Alcoholism? 1. Do you drink heavily when you are disappointed, under pressure or have had a quarrel with someone?Yes No2. Can you handle more alcohol now than when you first started to drink?Yes No3. Have you ever been unable to remember part of the previous evening...	Philipld	15	1182	Jun 6, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Quotes By Bill W. (Preview) There is however, a vast amount of fun about it all. I suppose some would be shocked at our seeming worldliness and levity. But just underneath there is deadly seriousness. Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish." .....................................	Philipld	2	916	Jun 5, 2014 by Stepchild
	The Challenge (Preview) Another AA'er challenged me. They told me that I've gotten all the attention of the first year and told me that they wanted to see if I would walk the walk as I talk the talk and that if they were a betting person they didn't think I could do it. I even got a very generous time frame of 1500 more days to "pr...	betterthanyesterday52	21	674	Jun 5, 2014 by Tasha
	Today's Gift (Preview) 6/3 Don't miss out on today's learning experiences.They won't come again. We will never have another day exactly like today, so let's take advantage of the lessons we're offered.We don't like to make mistakes, and we don't like to be in situations that are fraught with stress, but mistakes and dist...	Pythonpappy	1	291	Jun 4, 2014 by Enigma
	Grateful (Preview) There is so much here now. The richest deepest ocean of love and laughter - and I have to pinch myself... that it is my life. I get to take this where ever I go... I do not need to fear moving away. It really is gonna go according to the universe, and everything will turn out alright in the end... and if it's...	Tasha	3	301	Jun 4, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Easy Does IT (Preview) 12 Step Slogans Easy Does ItEasy Does It... But Do It! Easy Does It is seen on walls of 12 Step meeting halls for Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12 Step groups. Sponsors tell their Sponsees, "Easy does it," and 12 Steppers say it to each other often. Usually it's good advice. Those of us re...	Philipld	6	2620	Jun 4, 2014 by Stepchild
	Grapevine (Preview) June 4 "A little voice deep inside me said, 'Hello, I am here.' It was a small voice, and sounded as if it were buried underneath the cushions of my couch. It was my soul ... I had forgotten it.""	Mike B.	1	253	Jun 4, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) June 2, 2014Quote of the Week"I'd rather go through life sober believing I'm an alcoholic, than go through life drunk, trying to prove I'm not." I love it when newcomers share at meetings that they don't think they are alcoholics. Sure they like to party, they admit, and perhaps they ha...	Pythonpappy	3	866	Jun 4, 2014 by Mr_David
	Grapevine (Preview) June 3 "I am not rich, I am not in good health, and I do not have a job, but AA only promised me sobriety. After thirty-three years in this Fellowship, I am at peace and I am grateful.""	Mike B.	3	247	Jun 4, 2014 by Mr_David
	Grapevine (Preview) June 2 "I don't know when it happened, but one day I felt like I belonged in my group of sober guys ... I didn't have to leave.	Mike B.	2	255	Jun 3, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift - 6/2 (Preview) When it seems we have no recourse, we can always pray.Coming to believe that a Higher Power can help us and relieve us of our worry may take time if we have spent years trying to stop someone's drinking or worrying about how to keep the family together. From others in this program we can learn the steps to t...	Pythonpappy	2	249	Jun 3, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Welcome to the board Raeanne (Preview) Raeanne Newbie Status: OfflinePosts: 1Date: 2 days ago Reply Quote More I have been considering AA for a long time now...ever since my daughter was born which was about a year ago. I have extremely bad post partum depression and drinking has been my way to "cope" with it or so I though...	StPeteDean	9	907	Jun 3, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote - 6/2 (Preview) Winners develop the habit of doing the thing losers dont like to do.Ed Foreman	Pythonpappy	0	252	Jun 2, 2014 by Pythonpappy
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