Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

February 3, 2013 Quote of the Week "If you're looking for an easier, softer way,there are no directions." Before recovery there was only one way to do things - my way. I was convinced I had the answers, knew the way, and thought that life would be easy, and that I would be happy, if I just got...

GoingToTry · GoingToTry

...... -- Edited by GoingToTry on Sunday 9th of February 2014 10:25:04 PM

Mike B. · Mike B.

February 3 "Nearly all of us, when we think about it, agree that we are a long, long way from being anywhere near grown up, from almost any point of view. We can clearly see that our job as individuals and as a Fellowship is to keep right on growing by the constant use of our Twelve Steps."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Goodwill Looking at other people with jealousy, envy, and mean and bitter thoughts isn't new to our world. The concept of giving other people the evil eye has been around for a long time. It's mentioned in almost every religion and culture in the world. Sometimes we're not conscious of the darker thou...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it.Jess Lair

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Your Yearly Dementia Test (only 4 questions) Yep, it's that time of year again for us to take our annual senior citizen test. Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow older, it's importantto keep mentally alert. If you don't use it, you lose it! Here is a ver...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The Quality of Government Care ... ... ... (they had a day and a half warning to prepare for this and did 'NOTHING') (kids had to sleep overnite in the schools and thousands stranded in cars overnite in sub-freezing temps, many running out of gas with no food, heat, or water) ... ... ... nice ... (of cours...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A Kansas farm wife called the local phone company to report> her telephone failed to ring when her friends called - and> that on the few occasions, when it did ring, her dog always> moaned right before the phone rang.> > The telephone repairman proceeded to the sc...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

TEXTA group of women were at a seminar on how to live in a loving relationship with your husband. The women were asked, "How many of you love your husband?"All the women raised their hands.Then they were asked, "When was the last time you told your husband you loved him?" Some...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The Program works if you want it to work. --Anonymous Rarely do climbers stare up to see how far away the top still is. Instead, when they rest, they look down toward the starting point of their journey. The view they see assures them that they have already come a long, long way. Like the climbers, we ne...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

bikerbill · bikerbill

Me and a newcomer have been playing a little game. It's called turn it on it's head. Everytime they have a whinge, we look for one thing in the situation to be grateful for. grandpa's admitted to hospital.....there are people to look after him. That was the latest one. also heard a share last week....

Tomas · Tomas

I suppose its traditional today in conventions to have a sobriety countdown, never thought much about it. Starts with everyone standing, the speaker announces everyone with under one year sobriety sit down.. Then it goes one to two years sit downthe crowd begins to progressively thin of those stil...

justadrunk · justadrunk

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I would like to know how other people have handled resentments...I am having a hard time thinking that a part of my successful recovery is making amends to people who have hurt me deeply and who I still have resentments because of those hurts. If it is not in my heart how can I deal with making amends for th...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

As I mentioned a while back, one of the meetings I attend on Thursday night, gives out chips for each month under a year that we are sober. Sunday was my 8th months and I am so excited today. I am usually one of the ones who sits in the back....unless the seats are taken. But my eyesight has gotten so bad, that...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

As I look back on most of my adult years, I realize that I have been dependent on others.....financially, for approval, for feeling "okay" about myself as well as other things. I am learning by being in AA and the longer I am sober, that I am not that bad after all. I think my dependence on other...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I made a cake for the meeting last night and tried something different. It was box mix and frosting....one of those chocolate kinds which has three or four words to describe how chocolatey the chocolate is. Anyway, I didn't have quite enough of the canned frosting to cover the cake and it was thin. Sinc...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

This is just too funny, Imagine how much time it took to make this. It's winter in Wisconsin and the gentle breezes blow, 70 miles per hour at 52 below! Oh, how I love Wisconsin When the snow's up to your butt; You take a breath of winter air And your nose is frozen shut. Yes, the weather h...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly.Lauren Bacall

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Bring the body, and the mind will follow.--Saying heard in meetingsNewcomerWhat do people in recovery mean when they say they have "smart feet"?SponsorIn recovery, we develop daily habits that we don't question: the habit of attending meetings, the habit of picking up the telephone t...

justadrunk · justadrunk

2 yrs ago I was about 30 days sober and my disease was just about to decide for me that it would be impossible to never drink a glass of champagne on valentines day again at some point my disease must have realized I would need some better excuses than that, after all - I had been coming to this board for abou...

Angell · Angell

Hello MIP family, Though I don't have internet yet, I do have access for a few hours this morning and wanted to stop by and say hello, thank you for the well wishes and prayers that have come in for my family and I, and give an update. I'm typing on a children's keyboard and it is better suited for hunt and...

Angell · Angell

On December twentieth, some friends of ours sent us a check for two thousand dollars. Our car had passed on and they wanted to buy us a car for Christmas. Furthermore, they said that if we had any money left over that we could keep it for other expenses. I am still waiting on Social Security and my wif...

Angell · Angell

I have engaged in what I believed was healthy debate about passages in the Big Book, what I believe to be an intolerant religious slant in meetings and a host of other things over the years. Most of the time I believed (and still do) that my intention was to speak up for the newcomer. I've changed my tune re...

Jerry F · Jerry F

I was in Home Depot yesterday afternoon getting supplies to build a "special" for a client and turned down the aisle for hardware and there he was; Bob S. I was just thinking about him and his wife. The last time I spoke with him was after a morning meeting that he showed up for after a rerun...

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 31 "We well know that our defects, as people and as a Society, have been and still are very great. And we hope that we shall never cease to rededicate ourselves to their correction."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Perfection is expressing God's will enthusiastically.Sponsors tell us that this is a simple program we are prone to complicate. Reflecting on our lives, we probably would agree. Because we doubt that God will tell us how to handle the circumstances facing us, we aggressively move ahead, making de...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.Henry David Thoreau

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Expectations Higher Power, help me stop expecting so much from myself.I set unrealistic standards, and when they are not met, unhappiness follows.Help me be true to myself and only expect what I am capable of doing. As I grow in recovery and do my assignments every day, I am able to do more.Your will pr...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

If we are together nothing is impossible. If we are divided all will fail.Winston Churchill Bonus Quote: " The greater part of our happiness OR misery depends upon our dispositions, and NOT upon our circumstances." - Martha Washington

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 30 "I am finally learning really to live one day at a time and to appreciate and be alert to the beautiful, marvel-filled, albeit sometimes infuriating world around me."

Thistles · Thistles

I Have been sober 20 months and should be extremely grateful. I evaded death( Doctors gave me 18 mo), I have a good job, I beleive I am a good father. Yet as I still find days were I still feel lonely and without any purpose except to be a earner. I don't think of drinking I just miss the feeling of not caring. W...

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 29 "Up to now AA seems to have taken the right turning at each new crossroad. This could scarcely have been our doing alone. Our Fellowship has afforded a convincing proof of that wise old adage which declares that 'man's extremity is God's opportunity."

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 24 "I try to accept reality instead of trying to control it. When I make that adjustment, the struggle ends."

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

At the meeting I went to last night, we had a woman newcomer. It was her first meeting. I looked behind me where the AA literature was displayed because I wanted to get a "Where and When" book to pass around and get numbers for her to call. There were not any. A couple of other members looked for...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Although the act of nurturing another's spiritual growth has the effect of nurturing one's own, a major characteristic of genuine love is that the distinction between oneself and the other is always maintained and preserved.--M. Scott Peck. M.D.Those we love must be free to love us in return, or le...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Sometimes in the winds of change we find our true direction.Unknown

AGRIMM · AGRIMM

I live in a major city and my passion and hopefully my eventual day job is music. I've played in bands and now I book bands. On Jan 18th I marked four months of sobriety. And I'm finding the more sobriety I have the more I feel disillusioned and annoyed by people on the music scene in my city. I don't want to gi...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

When I was in my first couple of months of sobriety (I really don't remember exactly which month due to detoxing, mental fog, etc.) I ordered the movie My Name is Bill W. It was made in 1989 and is about --who else? Bill W., the man responsible for starting AA. I enjoyed watching it and plan on watching it ag...

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 28 "Nothing improves if you drink."

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

When I was drinking I came to this board as well as a couple of others. I am sure I was drinking and/or drunk because I was an everyday drinker and I would feel remorseful even while drinking and especially the next morning when I would wake up and I would frequently tell myself "I am not going to drink...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A spiritual life is naturalConscious Contact. Coming into what is clearly a spiritual program, we may have been fearful that our own unworthiness would hold us back. We may have believed that a spiritual life and a "conscious contact" with God are reserved for a few people with saintly q...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Knowing where youre going is the first step to getting there.Ken Blanchard

Fyne Spirit · Fyne Spirit

If I put nothing in, I get nothing out. But....If I make an effort to contribute, I am rewarded tenfold. A bit like putting a dollar in a slot machine, and getting ten dollars back, everytime. It's a bit of a conundrum. We come to AA to get (help), and find the answer in giving (helping others), not receiv...

Stepchild · Stepchild

If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it-then you are ready to take certain steps.How it works pg 58What is this "IT" that they talk about? Pretty simple...."IT" is a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps.I sometimes feel li...

mikef · mikef

My son coming in from New York to spend 12 days with us and him and his girlfriend coming back in May for 16 more day! We are blessed and enjoying the blessings of recovery a day at a time. My son in his 4th year of recovery from 7 years of Heroin addiction(allows me to share his story)...Our Family ,with Go...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

It is just so nice to be able to think more clearly now. I lived in a state of numbness for so long. I still feel like this alien being came in and took over my mind and body. I feel so much differently, so much better than I used to when I was drinking. It is a hard lesson for me to realize that for most of the last s...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I thought this was a great site with some helpful info for the person who hasn't decided if they are alcoholic as well as the ones who have and are a bit intimidated to go to an AA meeting for the first time. I wish I had found it before my first meeting. It isn't lengthy and even has cartoon AA'ers, which is ki...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

In three words I can sum up everythingI've learned about life:It goes on.--Robert FrostMost of us are afraid of anything we can't control. Life is one of these things. During our drinking and drugging days, we had checked out of life. We were sitting on the sidelines, pretending we could get back into...

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	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) February 3, 2013 Quote of the Week "If you're looking for an easier, softer way,there are no directions." Before recovery there was only one way to do things - my way. I was convinced I had the answers, knew the way, and thought that life would be easy, and that I would be happy, if I just got...	Pythonpappy	1	258	Feb 3, 2014 by Mike B.
	Question- Sharing (Preview) ...... -- Edited by GoingToTry on Sunday 9th of February 2014 10:25:04 PM	GoingToTry	11	541	Feb 3, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) February 3 "Nearly all of us, when we think about it, agree that we are a long, long way from being anywhere near grown up, from almost any point of view. We can clearly see that our job as individuals and as a Fellowship is to keep right on growing by the constant use of our Twelve Steps."	Mike B.	2	254	Feb 3, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) Goodwill Looking at other people with jealousy, envy, and mean and bitter thoughts isn't new to our world. The concept of giving other people the evil eye has been around for a long time. It's mentioned in almost every religion and culture in the world. Sometimes we're not conscious of the darker thou...	Pythonpappy	1	288	Feb 3, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it.Jess Lair	Pythonpappy	1	485	Feb 3, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Yearly Dementia Test (Preview) Your Yearly Dementia Test (only 4 questions) Yep, it's that time of year again for us to take our annual senior citizen test. Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow older, it's importantto keep mentally alert. If you don't use it, you lose it! Here is a ver...	Pythonpappy	4	600	Feb 3, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	One of the Reasons I Left Georgia - LOL (Preview) The Quality of Government Care ... ... ... (they had a day and a half warning to prepare for this and did 'NOTHING') (kids had to sleep overnite in the schools and thousands stranded in cars overnite in sub-freezing temps, many running out of gas with no food, heat, or water) ... ... ... nice ... (of cours...	Pythonpappy	6	346	Feb 2, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Thought You'd Like to Know ! (Preview) A Kansas farm wife called the local phone company to report> her telephone failed to ring when her friends called - and> that on the few occasions, when it did ring, her dog always> moaned right before the phone rang.> > The telephone repairman proceeded to the sc...	Pythonpappy	0	336	Feb 2, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Texting (Preview) TEXTA group of women were at a seminar on how to live in a loving relationship with your husband. The women were asked, "How many of you love your husband?"All the women raised their hands.Then they were asked, "When was the last time you told your husband you loved him?" Some...	Pythonpappy	0	297	Feb 2, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) The Program works if you want it to work. --Anonymous Rarely do climbers stare up to see how far away the top still is. Instead, when they rest, they look down toward the starting point of their journey. The view they see assures them that they have already come a long, long way. Like the climbers, we ne...	Pythonpappy	1	240	Feb 2, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley	Pythonpappy	1	196	Feb 2, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	gratitude (Preview) Me and a newcomer have been playing a little game. It's called turn it on it's head. Everytime they have a whinge, we look for one thing in the situation to be grateful for. grandpa's admitted to hospital.....there are people to look after him. That was the latest one. also heard a share last week....	bikerbill	2	268	Feb 2, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	January 24, 1971... My Personal Recollections of Bill W....As I Knew Him (Preview) I suppose its traditional today in conventions to have a sobriety countdown, never thought much about it. Starts with everyone standing, the speaker announces everyone with under one year sobriety sit down.. Then it goes one to two years sit downthe crowd begins to progressively thin of those stil...	Tomas	6	618	Feb 1, 2014 by Fyne Spirit
	Never give up on you. (Preview)	justadrunk	2	340	Feb 1, 2014 by Mike D
	Resentments (Preview) I would like to know how other people have handled resentments...I am having a hard time thinking that a part of my successful recovery is making amends to people who have hurt me deeply and who I still have resentments because of those hurts. If it is not in my heart how can I deal with making amends for th...	betterthanyesterday52	21	650	Feb 1, 2014 by Stepchild
	I Get My 8th Month Chip Tonight!!! (Preview) As I mentioned a while back, one of the meetings I attend on Thursday night, gives out chips for each month under a year that we are sober. Sunday was my 8th months and I am so excited today. I am usually one of the ones who sits in the back....unless the seats are taken. But my eyesight has gotten so bad, that...	betterthanyesterday52	12	489	Feb 1, 2014 by Stepchild
	The Need to Be More Independent and Not Dependent on Others (Preview) As I look back on most of my adult years, I realize that I have been dependent on others.....financially, for approval, for feeling "okay" about myself as well as other things. I am learning by being in AA and the longer I am sober, that I am not that bad after all. I think my dependence on other...	betterthanyesterday52	7	561	Feb 1, 2014 by justadrunk
	What a cake!!!! (Preview) I made a cake for the meeting last night and tried something different. It was box mix and frosting....one of those chocolate kinds which has three or four words to describe how chocolatey the chocolate is. Anyway, I didn't have quite enough of the canned frosting to cover the cake and it was thin. Sinc...	betterthanyesterday52	17	703	Feb 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Of Course I Thought of Tasha when I saw This!!! (Preview) This is just too funny, Imagine how much time it took to make this. It's winter in Wisconsin and the gentle breezes blow, 70 miles per hour at 52 below! Oh, how I love Wisconsin When the snow's up to your butt; You take a breath of winter air And your nose is frozen shut. Yes, the weather h...	Pythonpappy	4	277	Feb 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly.Lauren Bacall	Pythonpappy	0	211	Feb 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) Bring the body, and the mind will follow.--Saying heard in meetingsNewcomerWhat do people in recovery mean when they say they have "smart feet"?SponsorIn recovery, we develop daily habits that we don't question: the habit of attending meetings, the habit of picking up the telephone t...	Pythonpappy	0	295	Feb 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Slippery Start (Preview) 2 yrs ago I was about 30 days sober and my disease was just about to decide for me that it would be impossible to never drink a glass of champagne on valentines day again at some point my disease must have realized I would need some better excuses than that, after all - I had been coming to this board for abou...	justadrunk	12	575	Feb 1, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Good Morning MIP (Preview) Hello MIP family, Though I don't have internet yet, I do have access for a few hours this morning and wanted to stop by and say hello, thank you for the well wishes and prayers that have come in for my family and I, and give an update. I'm typing on a children's keyboard and it is better suited for hunt and...	Angell	7	393	Feb 1, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	The car (Preview) On December twentieth, some friends of ours sent us a check for two thousand dollars. Our car had passed on and they wanted to buy us a car for Christmas. Furthermore, they said that if we had any money left over that we could keep it for other expenses. I am still waiting on Social Security and my wif...	Angell	7	401	Feb 1, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	The Book (Preview) I have engaged in what I believed was healthy debate about passages in the Big Book, what I believe to be an intolerant religious slant in meetings and a host of other things over the years. Most of the time I believed (and still do) that my intention was to speak up for the newcomer. I've changed my tune re...	Angell	6	304	Feb 1, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	I don't and won't second guess HP. (Preview) I was in Home Depot yesterday afternoon getting supplies to build a "special" for a client and turned down the aisle for hardware and there he was; Bob S. I was just thinking about him and his wife. The last time I spoke with him was after a morning meeting that he showed up for after a rerun...	Jerry F	3	349	Feb 1, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) January 31 "We well know that our defects, as people and as a Society, have been and still are very great. And we hope that we shall never cease to rededicate ourselves to their correction."	Mike B.	3	232	Feb 1, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) Perfection is expressing God's will enthusiastically.Sponsors tell us that this is a simple program we are prone to complicate. Reflecting on our lives, we probably would agree. Because we doubt that God will tell us how to handle the circumstances facing us, we aggressively move ahead, making de...	Pythonpappy	2	250	Feb 1, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.Henry David Thoreau	Pythonpappy	1	222	Feb 1, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) Expectations Higher Power, help me stop expecting so much from myself.I set unrealistic standards, and when they are not met, unhappiness follows.Help me be true to myself and only expect what I am capable of doing. As I grow in recovery and do my assignments every day, I am able to do more.Your will pr...	Pythonpappy	1	228	Jan 30, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) If we are together nothing is impossible. If we are divided all will fail.Winston Churchill Bonus Quote: " The greater part of our happiness OR misery depends upon our dispositions, and NOT upon our circumstances." - Martha Washington	Pythonpappy	1	224	Jan 30, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) January 30 "I am finally learning really to live one day at a time and to appreciate and be alert to the beautiful, marvel-filled, albeit sometimes infuriating world around me."	Mike B.	3	278	Jan 30, 2014 by june
	So now I have a few 24 hours (Preview) I Have been sober 20 months and should be extremely grateful. I evaded death( Doctors gave me 18 mo), I have a good job, I beleive I am a good father. Yet as I still find days were I still feel lonely and without any purpose except to be a earner. I don't think of drinking I just miss the feeling of not caring. W...	Thistles	19	676	Jan 29, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) January 29 "Up to now AA seems to have taken the right turning at each new crossroad. This could scarcely have been our doing alone. Our Fellowship has afforded a convincing proof of that wise old adage which declares that 'man's extremity is God's opportunity."	Mike B.	3	227	Jan 29, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) January 24 "I try to accept reality instead of trying to control it. When I make that adjustment, the struggle ends."	Mike B.	2	226	Jan 29, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Any Input on This?? (Preview) At the meeting I went to last night, we had a woman newcomer. It was her first meeting. I looked behind me where the AA literature was displayed because I wanted to get a "Where and When" book to pass around and get numbers for her to call. There were not any. A couple of other members looked for...	betterthanyesterday52	8	400	Jan 29, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) Although the act of nurturing another's spiritual growth has the effect of nurturing one's own, a major characteristic of genuine love is that the distinction between oneself and the other is always maintained and preserved.--M. Scott Peck. M.D.Those we love must be free to love us in return, or le...	Pythonpappy	1	200	Jan 29, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Sometimes in the winds of change we find our true direction.Unknown	Pythonpappy	1	223	Jan 29, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	How to deal with musicians and the music scene soberly (Preview) I live in a major city and my passion and hopefully my eventual day job is music. I've played in bands and now I book bands. On Jan 18th I marked four months of sobriety. And I'm finding the more sobriety I have the more I feel disillusioned and annoyed by people on the music scene in my city. I don't want to gi...	AGRIMM	16	604	Jan 29, 2014 by AGRIMM
	Great Movie (in my opinion) for Alcoholics My Name is Bill W. (Preview) When I was in my first couple of months of sobriety (I really don't remember exactly which month due to detoxing, mental fog, etc.) I ordered the movie My Name is Bill W. It was made in 1989 and is about --who else? Bill W., the man responsible for starting AA. I enjoyed watching it and plan on watching it ag...	betterthanyesterday52	12	507	Jan 29, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) January 28 "Nothing improves if you drink."	Mike B.	3	268	Jan 29, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Overcoming the Fear of Reaching Out to Someone for Help (Preview) When I was drinking I came to this board as well as a couple of others. I am sure I was drinking and/or drunk because I was an everyday drinker and I would feel remorseful even while drinking and especially the next morning when I would wake up and I would frequently tell myself "I am not going to drink...	betterthanyesterday52	6	505	Jan 29, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) A spiritual life is naturalConscious Contact. Coming into what is clearly a spiritual program, we may have been fearful that our own unworthiness would hold us back. We may have believed that a spiritual life and a "conscious contact" with God are reserved for a few people with saintly q...	Pythonpappy	3	239	Jan 29, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Knowing where youre going is the first step to getting there.Ken Blanchard	Pythonpappy	2	274	Jan 29, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	MUSING; AA IS A BIT LIKE A BENEVOLENT SLOT MACHINE (Preview) If I put nothing in, I get nothing out. But....If I make an effort to contribute, I am rewarded tenfold. A bit like putting a dollar in a slot machine, and getting ten dollars back, everytime. It's a bit of a conundrum. We come to AA to get (help), and find the answer in giving (helping others), not receiv...	Fyne Spirit	4	328	Jan 29, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	What is "IT" ? (Preview) If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it-then you are ready to take certain steps.How it works pg 58What is this "IT" that they talk about? Pretty simple...."IT" is a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps.I sometimes feel li...	Stepchild	14	609	Jan 28, 2014 by Fyne Spirit
	FAMILY TIME (Preview) My son coming in from New York to spend 12 days with us and him and his girlfriend coming back in May for 16 more day! We are blessed and enjoying the blessings of recovery a day at a time. My son in his 4th year of recovery from 7 years of Heroin addiction(allows me to share his story)...Our Family ,with Go...	mikef	9	382	Jan 28, 2014 by Fyne Spirit
	If I'm Drinking I'm Not Thinking (Preview) It is just so nice to be able to think more clearly now. I lived in a state of numbness for so long. I still feel like this alien being came in and took over my mind and body. I feel so much differently, so much better than I used to when I was drinking. It is a hard lesson for me to realize that for most of the last s...	betterthanyesterday52	4	493	Jan 27, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	How to Get Through Your First AA Meeting (Preview) I thought this was a great site with some helpful info for the person who hasn't decided if they are alcoholic as well as the ones who have and are a bit intimidated to go to an AA meeting for the first time. I wish I had found it before my first meeting. It isn't lengthy and even has cartoon AA'ers, which is ki...	betterthanyesterday52	4	465	Jan 27, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) In three words I can sum up everythingI've learned about life:It goes on.--Robert FrostMost of us are afraid of anything we can't control. Life is one of these things. During our drinking and drugging days, we had checked out of life. We were sitting on the sidelines, pretending we could get back into...	Pythonpappy	1	227	Jan 27, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
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