Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You can tell when you are on the road to success. It's uphill all the way.Paul Harvey

Philipld · Philipld

I'm a Nurse in an Alcoholic Ward Anonymous The author--a onetime alcoholic--has nursed 5000 drunks through the fading hours of their most spectacular sprees. Here is what she has faced in salvaging doctors, lawyers, ministers, priests, housewives and stenographers from drink and the devil A re...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Hey All, Like many folks, I haven't been around in a while. When I logged in this morning, though, I was really impacted by recent posts about pathological lying, the benefits of criticism, and gratitude for the program. I had a major self-pity episode through the majority of last night that's been cu...

John · John

Hi everyone,Previously the post at the top of the board would be based on the date it was started. Now, I have changed it so that when a post is replied to, it is moved to the top of the board, so the reply doesn't get lost at the bottom of the board and can be seen and replied to by both the original poster, a...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Having loosened our grip on the past, we are free to reach for the future. --Ann D. Clark Everyday of our lives we think of some situation we wish we had handled differently. Perhaps we left a job we now miss, disciplined a child needlessly, or responded rudely to a friend. Our Fourth Step inventory abu...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.Maori Proverb

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 11 "Asking for help is not just a path to humility; it is a path to connection with my fellows and with God."

bikerbill · bikerbill

I know I haven't been on here for a while, been lots of stuff going on. what's the cadillac problem. It's a problem that's good to have in a way. last week I was told there was no more funding for my job. I was expecting this but hoped it would run until September. So as of today I don't have a role in the c...

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...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Sunrise Quote - 6/12 (Preview) You can tell when you are on the road to success. It's uphill all the way.Paul Harvey	Pythonpappy	0	285	Jun 12, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	A Nurse In An Alcoholic Ward (Preview) I'm a Nurse in an Alcoholic Ward Anonymous The author--a onetime alcoholic--has nursed 5000 drunks through the fading hours of their most spectacular sprees. Here is what she has faced in salvaging doctors, lawyers, ministers, priests, housewives and stenographers from drink and the devil A re...	Philipld	2	791	Jun 11, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Heyo (Preview) Hey All, Like many folks, I haven't been around in a while. When I logged in this morning, though, I was really impacted by recent posts about pathological lying, the benefits of criticism, and gratitude for the program. I had a major self-pity episode through the majority of last night that's been cu...	AdamMoz	4	400	Jun 11, 2014 by Mike D
	Message board format changed slightly.. Please Read. (Preview) Hi everyone,Previously the post at the top of the board would be based on the date it was started. Now, I have changed it so that when a post is replied to, it is moved to the top of the board, so the reply doesn't get lost at the bottom of the board and can be seen and replied to by both the original poster, a...	John	2	440	Jun 11, 2014 by Stepchild
	Today's Gift - 6/11 (Preview) Having loosened our grip on the past, we are free to reach for the future. --Ann D. Clark Everyday of our lives we think of some situation we wish we had handled differently. Perhaps we left a job we now miss, disciplined a child needlessly, or responded rudely to a friend. Our Fourth Step inventory abu...	Pythonpappy	1	276	Jun 11, 2014 by Philipld
	Sunrise Quote - 6/11 (Preview) Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.Maori Proverb	Pythonpappy	0	309	Jun 11, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) June 11 "Asking for help is not just a path to humility; it is a path to connection with my fellows and with God."	Mike B.	0	271	Jun 11, 2014 by Mike B.
	cadillac problems (Preview) I know I haven't been on here for a while, been lots of stuff going on. what's the cadillac problem. It's a problem that's good to have in a way. last week I was told there was no more funding for my job. I was expecting this but hoped it would run until September. So as of today I don't have a role in the c...	bikerbill	4	614	Jun 11, 2014 by Mike D
	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	511	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	555	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	277	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	431	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	305	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	271	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	320	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	439	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	393	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	422	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	1346	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	361	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	295	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	248	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	431	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	459	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	519	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	294	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	282	Jun 8, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	This Is What I Will Have If I Start Drinking Again........ (Preview) NOTHING	betterthanyesterday52	8	527	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	269	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	582	Jun 7, 2014 by Philipld
	Sunrise Quote - 6/7 (Preview) Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.Desiderius Erasmus	Pythonpappy	1	265	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	446	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	723	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	261	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	318	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	1093	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	418	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	574	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	2431	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	2036	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	263	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	329	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	392	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	304	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	273	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	1212	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	948	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	714	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	326	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	325	Jun 4, 2014 by Pythonpappy
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