Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

BGG · BGG

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

Mike B. · Mike B.

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

Tanin · Tanin

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Mike B. · Mike B.

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

Sharonmack · Sharonmack

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

Enigma · Enigma

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

Mike B. · Mike B.

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

Mike B. · Mike B.

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

Tanin · Tanin

Happy St. Paddy's!

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

John · John

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

Jerry F · Jerry F

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Mike B. · Mike B.

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Ligeira · Ligeira

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Rayray · Rayray

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Mike B. · Mike B.

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Amigo · Amigo

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

peecee · peecee

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

Tanin · Tanin

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Reflection for the DayWhen I sit quietly and compare my life today with the way it used to be, the difference is almost beyond belief. But things aren't always rosy; some days are a lot better than others. I tend to accept the bad days more easily on an intellectual level than I do emotionally, or at gut-l...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Some of the experiences we go through are hard. We get heavy at times. "I'm drowning in my grief," I told a friend after my son died. "It feels like I'm swimming across an ocean, and I'm getting tired." When it's too difficult to keep swimming, float.Action:What's more irritati...

just4me · just4me

my first time on here. Am looking for support.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Every new moment that arises in your life can now be a point of choice. . .in which you can choose to treat yourself and others with Compassion rather than Judgment. --David Harp NewcomerI wince every time I hear the words "God as we understood Him" and "Higher Power." When meeti...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

When you do something you are proud of, dwell on it a little, praise yourself for it. --Mildred NewmanEach one of us is very good at something. Maybe it's baseball or tennis where we display talent. Maybe we're good in math or at giving reports. A few people are talented at being good listeners or helpfu...

Amigo · Amigo

Train yourself Amigo in the way of serenity...find that inner tranquillity and peace....Then, you will be a power for peace. Do not fear the unknown not even death itself . For with every forward step you take you are entering a fuller existence. As you step forward you will carry the light which will r...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP 'atlas', ... glad to have you here to share your ESH ... Love ya Brother and God Bless, Pappy

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 5 "Today I can look upon myself and others with understanding, acceptance, forgiveness, and love ... Recovery is a wonderland."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Friendship doubles your joy and divides your grief.~ Swedish Proverb

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I was talking to a friend about something I didn't want to do but believed I needed to do anyway. I was dreading it and feeling irritable. Often when we talk like that, other people scowl and say, "Oh, don't let shoulds control your life. If you don't want to do it, don't."But this man unders...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

G.O.D. = Good Orderly Direction --Anonymous When we decided to turn our will and lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him, we made a declaration of independence. We declared our freedom from the chains of our self-centered ego and the unrelenting demands of our self-will. When we decided t...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 4 "Even in self-protection, we do not wish to erect the slightest barrier between ourselves and the fellow alcoholic who still suffers. We know that society has been demanding that he conform to its laws and conventions. But the essence of his alcoholic malady is the fact that he has bee...

michelesinterior · michelesinterior

What page is it on

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The first skill needed for the Inner Game is called "letting it happen." This means gradually building a trust in the innate ability of your body to learn and to perform. --W. Timothy GallweyA strange and intriguing mystery confronts us in the Twelve Steps. We are mending our ways; we are b...

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	Today's Gift 3/20 (Preview) F.I.N.E.[I'm] Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic, EmotionalF.E.A.R. Face Everything And RecoverN.U.T.S. Not Using The StepsE.G.O. Edging God Out.D.E.N.I.A.L. Don't Even Notice I Am Lying.H.A.L.T.[Don't get too] Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired.H.O.P.E. Happy Our Pro...	Pythonpappy	0	674	Mar 20, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grieving (Preview) I haven't been on the board for quite some time, but decided to come on and check in. I've been going through a grieving process since late November when my sponsor passed away unexpectedly. I've certainly been here before, since I have had three sponsors in the 29 years I've been in A.A., and each of t...	BGG	3	878	Mar 20, 2015 by Tanin
	Support and Hope (Preview) Well, the struggles of my teens(2) drug use has worn me down. I removed my daughter from my house on 1/1/2015. For sons(16) use progressed to a daily basis. The symptoms are all there: lying, isolating, anger and his world getting smaller. He can't wait for me to go to a meeting or leave the house so he ca...	Mike B.	5	704	Mar 20, 2015 by Coogi
	Pot shop approved near AA chapter (Preview) Interesting development. Interesting issues.http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20150317/NEWS01/150319611/Marijuana-shop-approved-to-open-near-AA-chapter-	Tanin	5	1030	Mar 19, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.~ Brian Tracy	Pythonpappy	0	586	Mar 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/19 (Preview) It's an esteemable act to stop and smell the roses.For years I diligently and faithfully read my daily meditations. I worked them into my routine activities, just as I shower, brush my teeth, and press my clothes. After each reading, I'd stop and digest the material, allowing myself to mentally inte...	Pythonpappy	0	603	Mar 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) March 19 "Through uncovering and admitting my character defects, I realized that I was no different than the people I was so afraid of. I understood that we were all suffering and that I didn't need to disguise my authentic self."	Mike B.	0	497	Mar 19, 2015 by Mike B.
	New to board. My story (Preview) I am a 33 year old woman with a beautiful daughter and wonderful husband but I really have a problem with alcohol . Today is day 2 of being sober and I feel miserable not because of not having alcohol but because I am depressed from what alcohol makes me do. so here I go , I am one of those peoples that gets ho...	Sharonmack	13	2378	Mar 18, 2015 by justadrunk
	New territory (Preview) Looks like I'm going to be a single dad. Well last piece of the puzzle the house is being foreclosed on the 23rd. The ex still has no job income or place to go which is not my problem but the children are. I planned for this day 8months ago. I'm anxious sometimes knowing I'll have full time parenting respons...	Enigma	4	853	Mar 18, 2015 by Enigma
	Grapevine (Preview) March 18 "Most of the important and astounding things that have happened to me in the last eighteen years of sobriety in AA have been slow in coming and impossible to recognize or appreciate until long after they took place."	Mike B.	0	537	Mar 18, 2015 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) March 17 "The expression of true humility is the willingness to serve others without expectation of reward, prestige or recognition for our services to them. It should be done in a spirit of cheerfulness and joy."	Mike B.	0	483	Mar 17, 2015 by Mike B.
	St. Patrick's Day March 17 (Preview) Happy St. Paddy's!	Tanin	0	617	Mar 17, 2015 by Tanin
	Today's Gift 3/17 (Preview) In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love, you want the other person. --Margaret AndersonThe expression of real love is so easy between grandparents and children - and between good friends it passes effortlessly. But why is it so hard to share real love with a spouse or lover? Why...	Pythonpappy	0	499	Mar 17, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) March 16, 2015Quote of the Week"When fear knocks on the door, and faith answers, no one is home." When I was new to the program, I was taught that I could not be in fear and in faith at the same time. I was either living in fear, or I was living in faith. What recovery has taught me is that today I h...	Pythonpappy	0	546	Mar 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Your future depends on many things, but mostly yourself.~ Frank Tyger	Pythonpappy	0	553	Mar 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	My almighty thought for the day... (Preview) When I first came into AA, I thought I was like joining a AARP club with all the grey haired, false teeth, bifocal wearing old folks in it... Today I am just grateful that I stuck around long enough to have grey hair, false teeth and reading glasses, and to qualify for that other AA... RP program too!! LOL	John	1	766	Mar 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Something other than a drunk (Preview) yet the symptoms are recklessly similar. I rely on the program and my large recovering family too stay sober and to support me as we all do thru problems other than booze. I have been blessed beyond my wildest imagination as a lifetime member of AA. Outside of our program we have other maladies as o...	Jerry F	9	897	Mar 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Love is the beauty of the soul.~ St. Augustine	Pythonpappy	0	655	Mar 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/15 (Preview) What we lack are not scientists but poets and people to reveal to the heart what the heart is ready to receive. --Joseph CampbellA short time ago, a friend handed me the following credo. It read:This is the artist's dream:To receive the inspiration to create,To share that creation with others,And to...	Pythonpappy	0	562	Mar 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/12 (Preview) When we lose God, it is not God who is lost. --AnonymousAt times any of us can fall into the trap of trying to make deals with God. The thought seems to be, if I can make a deal with God, then I can control the outcome that God alone seems to determine.We cannot make deals with God - not because God is so hard-no...	Pythonpappy	3	622	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Today's Gift 3/14 (Preview) You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away. -- Job 11:16Many of us have painful memories we carry with us like pictures in a wallet. We keep these memories alive through feelings generated by those moments. Why are we so attached to unpleasant memories?It's dif...	Pythonpappy	0	541	Mar 14, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) March 11 "In AA I learned to take the risk of being real."	Mike B.	1	554	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Welcome Onzello (Preview) Welcome to MIP Onzello, ... glad to have you here AND thanks for sharing your story with us ... I'm happy to know you've found a home in AA and pray for you to continue to have the strength and desire to stay this time ... Like you, I tried AA about 1995, but I didn't come to stay until '08, it saved me from my dy...	Pythonpappy	5	620	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson	Pythonpappy	1	527	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	How to deal with slips? (Preview) Hello everyone, I am very new around here. I started about two months ago attending a local AA group as a periodical alcoholic. I still haven't found a sponsor. I seek alcohol and cannot stop and binge when I experience difficult emotions, especially those concerning my relationship with my partne...	Ligeira	10	1413	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.~ Henry David Thoreau	Pythonpappy	1	513	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	I'm baaack (Preview) Hey everyone. It's me again. So here we go. I didn't drink for 2 weeks then my boyfriend takes me out and asks if I'm ready to drink....Well let's start from the beginning, he wanted me to quit, told me I needed AA. Well I stopped for 2 weeks and then he asks if I'm ready for a drink. In my head I feel, of course I...	Rayray	12	852	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Today's Gift 3/13 (Preview) I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time. --Charles SchulzLiving one day at a time is a big project. Most of us have just enough faith, patience, and courage to last 24 hours. We all seem to be in need of a daily refueling.Living in today helps keep our lives balanced and simple. At f...	Pythonpappy	1	494	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Grapevine (Preview) March 13 "I must learn to open my mind as well as my eyes."	Mike B.	3	468	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Today's Gift 3/11 (Preview) People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind. -- W. B. YeatsIt's a bitter pill to swallow, but our intelligence only gets in the way when we're dealing with things that really count -- our feelings and how we express them. Love is the be all and e...	Pythonpappy	0	443	Mar 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	I Am Reminded We Are Indeed Connected With All life (Preview) I was empting the "honey bucket" off the aft deck before boarding my dinghy on a hot sunny beautiful morning...A big turtle about 2 feet long emerged to the surface as if he saw a Carl's Junior Roadside Sign for a hungry lunchtime 12:30 PM pit stop...He enthusiastically imbibed..and how...	Amigo	1	683	Mar 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Happy Belated 7th Anniversary Pappy! (Preview) Amazing! A good word for you because they way you reach out here consistently to others and keep giving back is amazing. Even in spite of health issues....I bet you don't even realize how many folks you have helped. You have also been the "rock" of this board for at least the last year. Go...	peecee	14	1096	Mar 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Alcoholics Anonymous Celebrates 75 years in Philadelphia (Preview) Alcoholics Anonymous marks 75 years in Philadelphia, cheering successesAlfred Lubrano, Inquirer Staff Writer POSTED: Saturday, March 7, 2015 People cheered the man who was 50 years sober, but they stood and screamed wildly for the guy who hadn't had a drink in a day. "That's for you, Mr. On...	Tanin	1	681	Mar 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/10 (Preview) Accepting LoveMany of us have worked too hard to make relationships work; sometimes those relationships didn't have a chance because the other person was unavailable or refused to participate.To compensate for the other person's unavailability, we worked too hard. We may have done all or most of...	Pythonpappy	0	532	Mar 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) March 9, 2015Quote of the Week"It is the mosquitoes that will chase me out of the woods, not the bears!" It's amazing how I intuitively know how to handle the big things. A few weeks ago my brother and his wife - who live right around the corner from me - came home from vacation to find their h...	Pythonpappy	0	537	Mar 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/9 (Preview) Reflection for the DayWhen I sit quietly and compare my life today with the way it used to be, the difference is almost beyond belief. But things aren't always rosy; some days are a lot better than others. I tend to accept the bad days more easily on an intellectual level than I do emotionally, or at gut-l...	Pythonpappy	0	487	Mar 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/8 (Preview) Some of the experiences we go through are hard. We get heavy at times. "I'm drowning in my grief," I told a friend after my son died. "It feels like I'm swimming across an ocean, and I'm getting tired." When it's too difficult to keep swimming, float.Action:What's more irritati...	Pythonpappy	0	453	Mar 8, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	confused (Preview) my first time on here. Am looking for support.	just4me	44	1917	Mar 7, 2015 by Jerry F
	Today's Gift 3/7 (Preview) Every new moment that arises in your life can now be a point of choice. . .in which you can choose to treat yourself and others with Compassion rather than Judgment. --David Harp NewcomerI wince every time I hear the words "God as we understood Him" and "Higher Power." When meeti...	Pythonpappy	0	475	Mar 7, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/6 (Preview) When you do something you are proud of, dwell on it a little, praise yourself for it. --Mildred NewmanEach one of us is very good at something. Maybe it's baseball or tennis where we display talent. Maybe we're good in math or at giving reports. A few people are talented at being good listeners or helpfu...	Pythonpappy	0	426	Mar 6, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Spiritual Lesson I Remind Myself Today (Preview) Train yourself Amigo in the way of serenity...find that inner tranquillity and peace....Then, you will be a power for peace. Do not fear the unknown not even death itself . For with every forward step you take you are entering a fuller existence. As you step forward you will carry the light which will r...	Amigo	2	601	Mar 6, 2015 by Jerry F
	Welcome 'atlas927' ...(Alan) (Preview) Welcome to MIP 'atlas', ... glad to have you here to share your ESH ... Love ya Brother and God Bless, Pappy	Pythonpappy	1	422	Mar 5, 2015 by peecee
	Grapevine (Preview) March 5 "Today I can look upon myself and others with understanding, acceptance, forgiveness, and love ... Recovery is a wonderland."	Mike B.	1	433	Mar 5, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Friendship doubles your joy and divides your grief.~ Swedish Proverb	Pythonpappy	0	453	Mar 5, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/5 (Preview) I was talking to a friend about something I didn't want to do but believed I needed to do anyway. I was dreading it and feeling irritable. Often when we talk like that, other people scowl and say, "Oh, don't let shoulds control your life. If you don't want to do it, don't."But this man unders...	Pythonpappy	0	556	Mar 5, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/4 (Preview) G.O.D. = Good Orderly Direction --Anonymous When we decided to turn our will and lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him, we made a declaration of independence. We declared our freedom from the chains of our self-centered ego and the unrelenting demands of our self-will. When we decided t...	Pythonpappy	0	484	Mar 4, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) March 4 "Even in self-protection, we do not wish to erect the slightest barrier between ourselves and the fellow alcoholic who still suffers. We know that society has been demanding that he conform to its laws and conventions. But the essence of his alcoholic malady is the fact that he has bee...	Mike B.	0	476	Mar 4, 2015 by Mike B.
	Desiderata Poem in the Big Bookj (Preview) What page is it on	michelesinterior	3	4763	Mar 4, 2015 by Jerry F
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh	Pythonpappy	0	611	Mar 3, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/3 (Preview) The first skill needed for the Inner Game is called "letting it happen." This means gradually building a trust in the innate ability of your body to learn and to perform. --W. Timothy GallweyA strange and intriguing mystery confronts us in the Twelve Steps. We are mending our ways; we are b...	Pythonpappy	0	479	Mar 3, 2015 by Pythonpappy
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