Hello everyone, what a wonderful thing to be amongst such beautiful members of such a wonderful fellowship, I've been clean and sober by the Grace of God as I understand God, the fellowship of AA and the program for living one day at a time since the 5th of February 2006. Loving the life, so very much.
Jupiter76 said
Jan 8, 2011
Oct 7th, 2010...3 months yesterday and feeling grrrreat!
Frodo said
Jan 26, 2011
November 19th 2010.
But I have a special place in my heart for November the first as that was the day I knew that it had to end. I hit rock bottom that day and surrendered but it was a couple of weeks until I could get into rehab where I was introduced to AA.
gladlee said
Jan 29, 2011
With praise and gratitude to my Higher Power, my AA Birthday is October 31, 2009
My Al-anon Anniversary is Labor Day, 2006
I am eternally grateful that I never have to walk this journey alone again!!
hsoj said
Jan 30, 2011
First meeting/first exposure to AA was on May 4, 1997- at the Southside Club, in Dayton, OH.
My sobriety date is about eight months later than that- January 5, 1998. Sobriety changed and certainly saved my life.
And today is the first time I've ever joined a recovery forum online- it's so good to see you all.
-- Edited by hsoj on Sunday 30th of January 2011 04:32:44 PM
Dodsworth said
Feb 1, 2011
August 3rd, 2010
LMichael said
Feb 3, 2011
Hi Michael from Kansa City Plll and Group 1. Sober today and from Oct 2, 1972. Inch by inch it's a cinch and yard by yard hard.
I like the idea I can cope hard or cope easy. AA says we tried to find a easier softer way but could not. I don't believe AA is supposed to be so hard that I have to cope hard.
The Joy of Good Living is a reality and when I'm sober Joy and Sorrow are sometimes inseperable.
Michael
BeenThere said
Feb 3, 2011
Hi y'all, my name is Sam, I'm female, 63yo, and retired nurse. I got to AA through intervention on the job 9-21-1981. All I wanted was to get "these people" off my ass, just do the 90-in-90 and be more careful of who would know when I was drinking. Something happened tho! While going to meetings (somehow) the message was heard, and on day 91 when I thought I would be done with AA, I returned and for the first time in my life I said "My name is Sam, I'm an alcoholic". What a wonderful journey this has been. I will share my story on another forum here. I have been in online AA since May of 1996 just after my son committed suicide, I was devastated and reached out for help and the hand of AA was there for me. Thank God. My homegroup is the Westside Group, Jacksonville, FL. I am active in the fellowship and in service, I have had the same sponsor for 23 years....she knows the best and worst about me and loves me anyway! I look forward to exchanging ES&H with other AAs, and welcome any comments that might help me learn my way around here. First off, where's the coffee?
StPeteDean said
Feb 4, 2011
Hello and welcome to Jamie, Jupiter, Frodo, Gladlee, Hsoj, Special welcome back to Dodsworth, , Michael, and Been there. Those of you, that haven't already, please create a new introductory thread and share a little about yourself so that you can received a proper welcoming from our regulars.
MarkK said
Feb 4, 2011
Mark K. - June 12th, 2007. I got sober at the Dragons Den group in Denver CO.
I was recently looking for a AA blog or something on the web to fill some down time at work and found MIP. Thanks to everyone that posts here.
rkdian34 said
Feb 6, 2011
Became AA member: Aug 1971
Searched for easier way for next 24 Years
Recovered from alcoholism: 16 years ago
Total Time since completing third step: 40 Years
StPeteDean said
Feb 7, 2011
Welcome MarkK and RKdian34. Please start and introductory thread so that the regulars can give you a proper welcoming. rkdian34 I sent you a PM (personal message)
attilio said
Feb 7, 2011
feb 8th 2008 aa meeting MIDI AHUNTSIC montreal quebec canada
davason said
Feb 14, 2011
Hi, I'm Dave. An Alcoholic I sobered up June 21st 2009. Went to Keystone Treatment Center In Canton, SD My home group is Gilbert Ave AA, Watertown, SD
McMolly said
Feb 25, 2011
Hi everyone ... my very first post here. My AA birthday is September 14, 1987; this September will mark 24 years sober. A woman wrote a book called "It Must Be 5:00 Somewhere". One Thursday night I sat with my usual drink watching the video of Regis Philbin interviewing her on his show and I saw myself. That Sunday night I had my last drink, a martini, at midnight.
Mad_Jasper said
Mar 2, 2011
2/19/2011 - Attending meetings at Central Group - Albany, GA.
Slinkyj1969 said
Mar 2, 2011
My Birthday is 1-4-10 After a night of heavy drinking, I got into a fight with my best freind outside a bar was arrested and had to go to court etc. This was the final sign that I could not drink like a gentleman. I had 5 years previuosly and also had to do more research. Anyways, by me stopping a bunch of friends family did so also. I have made a difference by example. My Favorite Meeting is PBP in Burien, WA.
SOBR2DAY said
Mar 6, 2011
Long-time lurker. Sobriety date is 4 January 2009. I go to regular AA meetings; this is my first post here online, however. There is a yahoo message board I post to sometimes, though.
-- Edited by SOBR2DAY on Sunday 6th of March 2011 03:41:24 PM
NaninMinn said
Mar 7, 2011
I'm sober by the grace of God since February 13, 2006. My first home group was the Pax Christi AA Group in the Twin Cities, MN. This is my first day on this site, but I hope to become a regular.
HeatherK said
Mar 10, 2011
7-1-10 Seattle, Washington
Bobby C said
Apr 1, 2011
December 9, 2010, darn lucky to have my 3 months
Brent Nolen said
Apr 4, 2011
July 26, 1990 Through nothing that I could have ever done myself.
jaunwaun said
Apr 5, 2011
April 3 2001 Chanler valley hope
Guelph_Doug said
Apr 9, 2011
mar. 13 2010 new life group, guelph ontario canada
hushpuppy said
Apr 22, 2011
Hi, I'm Cindy and my sobriety date is April 29, 1998. I got sober in Fallon, Nevada. I don't have a home group, which is a long story in itself.
Billdog said
Jun 1, 2011
just celebrated 24 years of my new life
Mysonturns3 said
Jun 3, 2011
Hello I'm Ron, I have been sober since June 1, 2010. My last meeting was at the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Feb 2010. I am going to a meeting over a year later, this Tuesday, hoping to stick with it. Victoria, BC.
-- Edited by Mysonturns3 on Friday 3rd of June 2011 11:29:13 PM
soberbytheGOG said
Jun 3, 2011
Hello, My name is Teresa, I am an alcholic and my sobriety date is: April 16, 1988
Glad to be here!
vixen said
Jun 9, 2011
I am vixen, a very grateful alcoholic, who stopped drinking in May 2011, and my clean and sober date is September 9, 2011. :)
-- Edited by vixen on Sunday 4th of December 2011 11:14:04 AM
ChelseaOT said
Jun 15, 2011
June 13th, 2011.
alkyone said
Jun 15, 2011
Sobriety Date 2-19-2008 The day of my salvation. Thank God and AA
MLB said
Jun 29, 2011
MLB wrote:
3/30/10 home group is The Greenhouse in Winter Park, Fl.
6/29/2011
Bobby C said
Jul 1, 2011
Dec. 8, 2010, By the Grace of God was nearly 6-29-11, was saved by God working through my AA numbers.
AllenIdle said
Jul 5, 2011
September 4th, 2010
Chuck W said
Jul 22, 2011
Today by the grace of my higher power, I haven't drank or used drugs for 10 years. My home group is Alive Again in Independence, Missouri
Congrats on 10 years Chuck, well done!
Dean
-- Edited by StPeteDean on Tuesday 26th of July 2011 08:46:58 PM
bluebee said
Jul 22, 2011
My last drink was on July 19, 2011.
Three days strong
Fyne Spirit said
Jul 24, 2011
Hi all, my first day sober was 10 Feb 1980 or so my sponsor told me. I didn't think it would work so I didn't take note of the date, but the day came when my sponsor told my I had three months up - I couldn't believe it.
God bless,
MikeH
-- Edited by Fyne Spirit on Sunday 24th of July 2011 08:18:29 PM
SoberSteve said
Jul 31, 2011
My new date is 10/12/11 The day I finally 100% admitted defeat within and realized that I have no power over this disease and to keep drinking will lead me to my death. I been to jails, hospitals, institutions, homeless and all thats left is death and there is no coming back asking for a second chance from that.
-- Edited by SoberSteve on Wednesday 16th of November 2011 03:02:15 AM
jimbo said
Aug 3, 2011
I got sober at the Serenity Club Naples Florida. My home group is Keep It Positive and meets at 8 AM seven days a week.
jimbo said
Aug 3, 2011
jimbo wrote:
I got sober at the Serenity Club Naples Florida. My home group is Keep It Positive and meets at 8 AM seven days a week.
January 10th 2011 is my date of sobriety. I am grateful
-- Edited by Freespirit on Friday 2nd of September 2011 06:38:05 PM
Disciple said
Sep 4, 2011
January 29, 2010
rrib said
Sep 4, 2011
HI Everyone,
I began to get sober in Madison Wisconsin hanging out at the 511 Club. Since I was there having coffee anyway I'd catch the meetings too.
My anniversery date is June 10th, 1992.
Chrisishere said
Sep 9, 2011
Hiya,My name is Chris, i'm a alcoholic... sobriety date 7th August 2006 " god i offer myself to thee" "thy will be done not mine" Kent, UK
transamsam said
Sep 13, 2011
After my mothers passing 5/11/10, my old friend, who is sober 11 years, now its 7 but who knows...He asked me to come have christmas with him, being my mom gone and all. I showed up, he had dope and we did it.....that was dec 24th, 2010. He kept calling me and I came by on Jan 9th, he blew up at me about little shit....and talking about me when I was 25, and my outragous body and all the blow.....anyway, I went back to that life, the more he talked about it....He told me off and I told my sober 23 yr girlfriend to come get me, he told he she low self esteem and get rid of her boyfriend.
We left I told her to take me to the bar, my old bar, and she did.....after 9 months sober I ordered a adios Mother fucker....had four of them, took on 4 cops, kicking them and they had their billy clubs out and quess what, come on, and well, i was hog tied, tried to kick out the cop windows and off to jail,,,,,,,I woke up, all beat up, and that was
1/11/11 that is my AA birthday...................I have 9 months, 2 days
Karen H said
Oct 4, 2011
April 10, 2010
jezebell28 said
Oct 7, 2011
I woke up April 15, 2011 after another blackout and quit denying I can handle/manage alcohol.
Suba said
Oct 12, 2011
My AA birthday is 4th August 2011. 2 months sober. YAY! from Suba, UK
B-lever2day said
Oct 13, 2011
my a.a. b'day is december 3, 2010. my home group is living sober group in wilmington, n.c.
appaholic said
Oct 18, 2011
Admitted I was alcoholic / addict = July 5, 2011
Field Research = Oct 10, 2011 - Oct 18, 2011
Sobriety Date = Oct 19, 2011
Home Group = Fellowship Group, Fletcher, NC
-- Edited by appaholic on Tuesday 18th of October 2011 02:23:22 PM
Jack D said
Oct 28, 2011
My father took me to my first meeting in October 1960 in Rochester, NH... I thought it was great for all those old guys but I could handle it without going to meetings... I'm too young, I'm Irish, I'm a Marine, I had just gotten out of the Corps. I had to learn the hard way... almost 9 years of hell! I met a guy in a joint in Brooklyn that told me he was a drunk and had enough and was going back to AA. I told him I'd like to go... that was Dick C. He was put there at that time to tell me he was done and it gave me the "in" to get back! I got sober at the Midwood Group in Brooklyn on 4/1/69.
I don't have to tell anyone thats been around that this program saved my life. I had been in an out of AA... I heard the music, but I never heard the lyrics. I was around AA, not in it! This is a fellowship like no other... we come from all different walks of life with one common denominator... Alcohol.
If you're wondering if it works... it does!!
RockyR said
Nov 2, 2011
Mine is 8-8-88 and I got sober in Wilmington NC
BillNSB said
Nov 12, 2011
June 3, 2008
camedown said
Nov 15, 2011
Hi, my name is RJ, and I'm an alcoholic. My sobriety date is 5-28-11, and my homegroup is the Get Real group of Walnut Creek, California. I am a regular poster at Soberrecovery under the same name.
thereishope100211 said
Nov 16, 2011
Only with the help of my HP, sponsor and all my amazing sober sisters...10.02.11. Glad to be on this side.
sabrina said
Nov 24, 2011
I got clean at fellowship hall in hagerstown,md. It was only by the grace of God that I made it in once again after being in and out of the rooms over 20 yrs. I finally "GOT IT". I found the easier, softer way!!!!!!
-- Edited by sabrina on Thursday 24th of November 2011 07:44:26 PM
Little White Bunny said
Nov 28, 2011
I'm Bon. - I AM an alcoholic. By the grace of God, I have been sober since 2.9.92.
jdfitch2 said
Nov 28, 2011
December 6th, 2010
My name is Jim, and my birthday will be coming soon by the grace of God.
Loopylous said
Dec 6, 2011
26-11-2007
The Addiction Club said
Dec 7, 2011
By the Grace of God and with the help of other Alcoholics, I've been sober since 11/16/1986
StPeteDean said
Dec 7, 2011
Welcome to the board TAC! Please post an introductory thread (a new one) so the regulars can give you a proper welcome
Dean
Mike J said
Dec 29, 2011
my first AA meeting was in october 1989, went back out after 6 months.
I was Out for 21 years! Thanks to my higher power my sobriety date is: 12/23/2010.
StPeteDean said
Dec 29, 2011
Belated congrats on 1 year MikeJ!
juice14oj said
Dec 30, 2011
My SOB date is July 25, 1992. My first meeting was Jan, 1978. Got sober in Angola,In. agian on Nov. 1,1987 and relapsed in Feb. of 1992 and finally took my last drink on July 24,1992 sobered up on the 25th. By the grace of God and the help of many in the program of AA I have not had the desire to drink in many a twenty-four hours. Thanks for an attitude of gratitude one day at time,I love my life today.
StPeteDean said
Dec 31, 2011
Hello Otis, and welcome to the board. My d.o.s. is also July 25th ('89)
Your experience, strength, and hope is of great value here as we have newcomers joining this board daily. Stick around and celebrate you 20th!
Dean
-- Edited by StPeteDean on Saturday 31st of December 2011 06:35:34 AM
Sunflower11 said
Dec 31, 2011
Hello everyone! I'm new to the board. I guess you could say my AA birthday is Febuary 1st, 2010. Or at least that's my sober date and the time I started working the program. This Febuary 1st will be my two years.
StPeteDean said
Dec 31, 2011
Hello Sunflower, welcome to the board. Please start an introductory thread so that you can receive a proper welcoming from the regulars.
Dean
nanc21497 said
Jan 9, 2012
I got sober in Danville VA. My sobriety date is 2-14-1997.
-- Edited by nanc21497 on Monday 9th of January 2012 10:42:13 PM
magicangelz said
Jan 22, 2012
hello everyone...ok..so i start over once again...1-1-2012
heartbrokendreamer said
Jan 22, 2012
My AA birthday is Saturday, January 21, 2012.
MrsR said
Jan 24, 2012
6-18-11... thanks to my arrest and subsequent probation requirements of at least three meetings a week... I FINALLY got the wake-up call, I have never been so GRATEFUL!!!
Ia_Guy25 said
Jan 24, 2012
Colin, December 9th 2009. Got released from jail, walked up the hill to Central Discussion. A place where I knew of people trying to stay sober, one day at a time. Stopped meetings for a year, recently started going again, because its not just about me. Greatful.
Paul Sc said
Jan 25, 2012
8/28/93. How did I do it? One day at a time.
Catrine said
Jan 25, 2012
February 11th 1985.
I was 31 years old and my first 7 years of AA were in Greenville, SC. I will forever be grateful to the friends I made in AA there for all of their knowledge, support, guidance and love that gave me a strong foundation for a life of sobriety one day at a time.
I now live in Hamburg, NY and my home group is the Lakeview Group.
StPeteDean said
Jan 26, 2012
Jack D wrote:
My father took me to my first meeting in October 1960 in Rochester, NH... I thought it was great for all those old guys but I could handle it without going to meetings... I'm too young, I'm Irish, I'm a Marine, I had just gotten out of the Corps. I had to learn the hard way... almost 9 years of hell! I met a guy in a joint in Brooklyn that told me he was a drunk and had enough and was going back to AA. I told him I'd like to go... that was Dick C. He was put there at that time to tell me he was done and it gave me the "in" to get back! I got sober at the Midwood Group in Brooklyn on 4/1/69.
I don't have to tell anyone thats been around that this program saved my life. I had been in an out of AA... I heard the music, but I never heard the lyrics. I was around AA, not in it! This is a fellowship like no other... we come from all different walks of life with one common denominator... Alcohol.
If you're wondering if it works... it does!!
Thanks for sharing Jack. Hope you'll come back. You're the first, with over 40 years, that I've seen on our board.
-- Edited by StPeteDean on Thursday 26th of January 2012 06:35:36 PM
CristelleR said
Jan 27, 2012
February 7, 2008
Fyne Spirit said
Jan 30, 2012
Hi i'm Mike, sober by the grace of God and AA since 10 feb 1980.
God bless,
Valerie said
Feb 1, 2012
Hi! I'm Valerie, and I'm an alcoholic....my sobriety date is
December 10, 1983. I got sober working on a cruise ship! It
was the ship's doctor who did an Intervention on me, and I'm
forever grateful. Wish i could find him to thank him and let him
know i got 28 year in December....but NOBODY remembers his
last name, and he is from Sweden! I hope he "knows"...
LynnG said
Feb 9, 2012
Today is day 40 of being sober. I got sober on 01/01/2012 the day I was admitted to rehab. Those two weeks were the best of my life and I will forever be grateful to the people there and AA. I have been coming in and out of AA for years and the longest time I stayed sober was over 8 years. Today I am very grateful for the gift of sobriety and intend treasuring it. Without my Higher power and AA it is an impossible journey.
stnatina said
Feb 20, 2012
February 10, 2012
Picard said
Feb 21, 2012
After many years of trying to stop, my last day with a drink was 4th Dec 1994. The next day I went to a meeting at Bell Street in Dundee, Scotland and if I hadn't done so I probably wouldn't be alive today.
LynnG said
Feb 21, 2012
I can so identify with that. I know I have another drink in me but I very seriously doubt I will have another chance for recovery - this is life or death for me. My meetings are my lifeline and groups like this.
Link328 said
Feb 28, 2012
My birthday is September 26, 2011....It's taken me this long to figure out what everyone was talking about by "birthday". I kept writing my real birthday on the log in sheet at my meetings! haha....
MarionBoston said
Mar 1, 2012
DOS for me was August 10, 2010. I took my very first step by going to an AA meeting in Bedford, Mass - they called themselves the Brown Baggers. It was a life changing moment which began my long sober walk out of the woods of Hell into a new world.
babyblueeyes30 said
Mar 17, 2012
My sober date is March 1 2012.... It has been tough so far but im try to stay strong and keep going.
CHEF said
Mar 21, 2012
Greatfull to be sober since the 5th of May 2010. Celebrating my 2nd BDay soon thanks to my higher power!
chris said
Mar 24, 2012
We don't call them birthdays around here, but anniversaries. Mine is 10/10/06
SoFlorida_Zack said
Apr 19, 2012
April 11, 2012.
Db1105 said
Apr 23, 2012
12/25/77
Wolfie55 said
Apr 23, 2012
Stopped drinking at the Virtual Reality Internet Cafe on East Dundas Street in London, Ontario on December 1, 1997. Found my Higher Power in Meductic, New Brunswick on December 4, 1997. So far haven't taken a drink since and haven't wanted to take a drink since.
bizzaro me said
Apr 28, 2012
My new, and hopefully final sobriety birthday is February 26, 2012 (my actual birthday too) after a two day binge and waking up in a hospital room hearing a doctor tell my mom that whenever they see people in that condition they never pull through. Having no recollection of those two days and hearing that was my final wake up call. Thanks for the support.
kendra ladonna said
May 28, 2012
Hi Im Kendra Ladonna,Im a alcoholic My Sobriety date is May 23,2012 I was so screwed up in the head I had to get sober at home and now Yall Keep Me Sober .......THANK YOU FOR THIS FELLOWSHIP.......and God thank you for these wonderful people who help me to stay Sober.....
Jack D said
May 28, 2012
Hi Kendra...
Glad to see you in here and I can see you have good reason to stay sober. One thing I might add is none of us can keep you sober... being in here will help because it can be a positive experience. I would hope that there are AA Meetings in your area... that is where you can learn what this program is all about.
In order to stay sober we need to change... getting sober takes some work on our part. Find a woman sponsor and pay attention to what she will tell you. Hopefully you and that woman will get along and the next thing you know you'll be on your way.
AA saved my life when I didn't even think I was worth saving. There are no "must's" in AA but there are some "you better's"... it's a simple program for complicated people and the program has a way of straightening people out.
Good luck...
Jack D
lefoy123 said
May 31, 2012
Hello all, birthday I've got three of them
(1) Belly Button 29/4/46
(2)First sortie with A.A:- early January/February 1973 maybe 74 lasted 6/7 weeks then the wilderness for approx 18 years
(3)18/7/1990 to date and enjoying every moment of it. Might not have be sober minded all the time but at least I was composmentive and aware of my failings
Regards to aLL
Michael a.k.a:-lefoy123
carpetslippers said
Jun 4, 2012
Hi, I'm Lisa and I am an alcoholic. My dry date is 1-22-06. Home group is currently group 60, Milwaukee, WI Thank you for this idea, Dean :)
Nancy B said
Jun 5, 2012
My AA birthday is Sept. 21, 1991. I got sober in Chicago.
Gerrit said
Jun 10, 2012
My name is Gerrit and I am an alcoholic, my AA birthday is 18 May 2012. I relapsed after 2 months in rehap but have now been clean and sober since then, I almost lost my wife and two kids to alcohol.
I am a member of the Lyttleton AA chapter in Centurion , South Africa.
Living life now 24 hours at a time... my prayers go out to those still caught in the evil grip of alcoholism... may you find the peace I have found.
It`s not easy but it`s worth it.
Thank you God for keeping me sober 24 hours at a time, that`s the only way I survive....
Welcome aboard for the best ride in your life! We like to call alcohol the "Great Remover"... it will remove everything we love from us if we don't follow the suggested Steps of this program. They are there to teach us how to live each day without taking a drink. We all go through the rigors of hell when we first get here but that soon levels off and we start really enjoying life.
Good luck on your journey and I hope you'll stop in here to let everyone know how you're doing!
-- Edited by hsoj on Sunday 30th of January 2011 04:32:44 PM
I sobered up June 21st 2009.
Went to Keystone Treatment Center In Canton, SD
My home group is Gilbert Ave AA, Watertown, SD
Sobriety date is 4 January 2009. I go to regular AA meetings; this is my first post here online, however. There is a yahoo message board I post to sometimes, though.
-- Edited by SOBR2DAY on Sunday 6th of March 2011 03:41:24 PM
July 26, 1990 Through nothing that I could have ever done myself.
mar. 13 2010 new life group, guelph ontario canada
just celebrated 24 years of my new life
Hello I'm Ron, I have been sober since June 1, 2010. My last meeting was at the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Feb 2010.
I am going to a meeting over a year later, this Tuesday, hoping to stick with it.
Victoria, BC.
-- Edited by Mysonturns3 on Friday 3rd of June 2011 11:29:13 PM
Hello, My name is Teresa, I am an alcholic and my sobriety date is: April 16, 1988
Glad to be here!
I am vixen, a very grateful alcoholic, who stopped drinking in May 2011, and my clean and sober date is September 9, 2011. :)
-- Edited by vixen on Sunday 4th of December 2011 11:14:04 AM
June 13th, 2011.
6/29/2011
Dec. 8, 2010, By the Grace of God was nearly 6-29-11, was saved by God working through my AA numbers.
Today by the grace of my higher power, I haven't drank or used drugs for 10 years. My home group is Alive Again in Independence, Missouri
Congrats on 10 years Chuck, well done!
Dean
-- Edited by StPeteDean on Tuesday 26th of July 2011 08:46:58 PM
Three days strong
Hi all, my first day sober was 10 Feb 1980 or so my sponsor told me. I didn't think it would work so I didn't take note of the date, but the day came when my sponsor told my I had three months up - I couldn't believe it.
God bless,
MikeH
-- Edited by Fyne Spirit on Sunday 24th of July 2011 08:18:29 PM
My new date is 10/12/11 The day I finally 100% admitted defeat within and realized that I have no power over this disease and to keep drinking will lead me to my death. I been to jails, hospitals, institutions, homeless and all thats left is death and there is no coming back asking for a second chance from that.
-- Edited by SoberSteve on Wednesday 16th of November 2011 03:02:15 AM
I got sober at the Serenity Club Naples Florida. My home group is Keep It Positive and meets at 8 AM seven days a week.
January 10th 2011 is my date of sobriety. I am grateful
-- Edited by Freespirit on Friday 2nd of September 2011 06:38:05 PM
HI Everyone,
I began to get sober in Madison Wisconsin hanging out at the 511 Club. Since I was there having coffee anyway I'd catch the meetings too.
My anniversery date is June 10th, 1992.
" god i offer myself to thee"
"thy will be done not mine"
Kent, UK
After my mothers passing 5/11/10, my old friend, who is sober 11 years, now its 7 but who knows...He asked me to come have christmas with him, being my mom gone and all. I showed up, he had dope and we did it.....that was dec 24th, 2010. He kept calling me and I came by on Jan 9th, he blew up at me about little shit....and talking about me when I was 25, and my outragous body and all the blow.....anyway, I went back to that life, the more he talked about it....He told me off and I told my sober 23 yr girlfriend to come get me, he told he she low self esteem and get rid of her boyfriend.
We left I told her to take me to the bar, my old bar, and she did.....after 9 months sober I ordered a adios Mother fucker....had four of them, took on 4 cops, kicking them and they had their billy clubs out and quess what, come on, and well, i was hog tied, tried to kick out the cop windows and off to jail,,,,,,,I woke up, all beat up, and that was
1/11/11 that is my AA birthday...................I have 9 months, 2 days
April 10, 2010
I woke up April 15, 2011 after another blackout and quit denying I can handle/manage alcohol.
my a.a. b'day is december 3, 2010. my home group is living sober group in wilmington, n.c.
Admitted I was alcoholic / addict = July 5, 2011
Field Research = Oct 10, 2011 - Oct 18, 2011
Sobriety Date = Oct 19, 2011
Home Group = Fellowship Group, Fletcher, NC
-- Edited by appaholic on Tuesday 18th of October 2011 02:23:22 PM
My father took me to my first meeting in October 1960 in Rochester, NH... I thought it was great for all those old guys but I could handle it without going to meetings... I'm too young, I'm Irish, I'm a Marine, I had just gotten out of the Corps. I had to learn the hard way... almost 9 years of hell! I met a guy in a joint in Brooklyn that told me he was a drunk and had enough and was going back to AA. I told him I'd like to go... that was Dick C. He was put there at that time to tell me he was done and it gave me the "in" to get back! I got sober at the Midwood Group in Brooklyn on 4/1/69.
I don't have to tell anyone thats been around that this program saved my life. I had been in an out of AA... I heard the music, but I never heard the lyrics. I was around AA, not in it! This is a fellowship like no other... we come from all different walks of life with one common denominator... Alcohol.
If you're wondering if it works... it does!!
Mine is 8-8-88 and I got sober in Wilmington NC
June 3, 2008
Only with the help of my HP, sponsor and all my amazing sober sisters...10.02.11. Glad to be on this side.
I got clean at fellowship hall in hagerstown,md. It was only by the grace of God that I made it in once again after being in and out of the rooms over 20 yrs. I finally "GOT IT". I found the easier, softer way!!!!!!
-- Edited by sabrina on Thursday 24th of November 2011 07:44:26 PM
By the grace of God, I have been sober since 2.9.92.
My name is Jim, and my birthday will be coming soon by the grace of God.
Dean
Belated congrats on 1 year MikeJ!
My SOB date is July 25, 1992. My first meeting was Jan, 1978. Got sober in Angola,In. agian on Nov. 1,1987 and relapsed in Feb. of 1992 and finally took my last drink on July 24,1992 sobered up on the 25th. By the grace of God and the help of many in the program of AA I have not had the desire to drink in many a twenty-four hours. Thanks for an attitude of gratitude one day at time,I love my life today.
Hello Otis, and welcome to the board. My d.o.s. is also July 25th ('89)
Your experience, strength, and hope is of great value here as we have newcomers joining this board daily. Stick around and celebrate you 20th!
Dean
-- Edited by StPeteDean on Saturday 31st of December 2011 06:35:34 AM
Dean
I got sober in Danville VA. My sobriety date is 2-14-1997.
-- Edited by nanc21497 on Monday 9th of January 2012 10:42:13 PM
My AA birthday is Saturday, January 21, 2012.
February 11th 1985.
I was 31 years old and my first 7 years of AA were in Greenville, SC. I will forever be grateful to the friends I made in AA there for all of their knowledge, support, guidance and love that gave me a strong foundation for a life of sobriety one day at a time.
I now live in Hamburg, NY and my home group is the Lakeview Group.
Thanks for sharing Jack. Hope you'll come back. You're the first, with over 40 years, that I've seen on our board.
-- Edited by StPeteDean on Thursday 26th of January 2012 06:35:36 PM
February 7, 2008
Hi i'm Mike, sober by the grace of God and AA since 10 feb 1980.
God bless,
December 10, 1983. I got sober working on a cruise ship! It
was the ship's doctor who did an Intervention on me, and I'm
forever grateful. Wish i could find him to thank him and let him
know i got 28 year in December....but NOBODY remembers his
last name, and he is from Sweden! I hope he "knows"...
Today is day 40 of being sober. I got sober on 01/01/2012 the day I was admitted to rehab. Those two weeks were the best of my life and I will forever be grateful to the people there and AA. I have been coming in and out of AA for years and the longest time I stayed sober was over 8 years. Today I am very grateful for the gift of sobriety and intend treasuring it. Without my Higher power and AA it is an impossible journey.
February 10, 2012
After many years of trying to stop, my last day with a drink was 4th Dec 1994. The next day I went to a meeting at Bell Street in Dundee, Scotland and if I hadn't done so I probably wouldn't be alive today.
I can so identify with that. I know I have another drink in me but I very seriously doubt I will have another chance for recovery - this is life or death for me. My meetings are my lifeline and groups like this.
My birthday is September 26, 2011....It's taken me this long to figure out what everyone was talking about by "birthday". I kept writing my real birthday on the log in sheet at my meetings! haha....
Hi Im Kendra Ladonna,Im a alcoholic My Sobriety date is May 23,2012 I was so screwed up in the head I had to get sober at home and now Yall Keep Me Sober .......THANK YOU FOR THIS FELLOWSHIP.......and God thank you for these wonderful people who help me to stay Sober.....
Hi Kendra...
Glad to see you in here and I can see you have good reason to stay sober. One thing I might add is none of us can keep you sober... being in here will help because it can be a positive experience. I would hope that there are AA Meetings in your area... that is where you can learn what this program is all about.
In order to stay sober we need to change... getting sober takes some work on our part. Find a woman sponsor and pay attention to what she will tell you. Hopefully you and that woman will get along and the next thing you know you'll be on your way.
AA saved my life when I didn't even think I was worth saving. There are no "must's" in AA but there are some "you better's"... it's a simple program for complicated people and the program has a way of straightening people out.
Good luck...
Jack D
Hello all, birthday I've got three of them
(1) Belly Button 29/4/46
(2)First sortie with A.A:- early January/February 1973 maybe 74 lasted 6/7 weeks then the wilderness for approx 18 years
(3)18/7/1990 to date and enjoying every moment of it. Might not have be sober minded all the time but at least I was composmentive and aware of my failings
Regards to aLL
Michael a.k.a:-lefoy123
My AA birthday is Sept. 21, 1991. I got sober in Chicago.
My name is Gerrit and I am an alcoholic, my AA birthday is 18 May 2012. I relapsed after 2 months in rehap but have now been clean and sober since then, I almost lost my wife and two kids to alcohol.
I am a member of the Lyttleton AA chapter in Centurion , South Africa.
Living life now 24 hours at a time... my prayers go out to those still caught in the evil grip of alcoholism... may you find the peace I have found.
It`s not easy but it`s worth it.
Thank you God for keeping me sober 24 hours at a time, that`s the only way I survive....
Hi Gerrit...
Welcome aboard for the best ride in your life! We like to call alcohol the "Great Remover"... it will remove everything we love from us if we don't follow the suggested Steps of this program. They are there to teach us how to live each day without taking a drink. We all go through the rigors of hell when we first get here but that soon levels off and we start really enjoying life.
Good luck on your journey and I hope you'll stop in here to let everyone know how you're doing!
Keeping it simple!
Jack D
Sept 17 2009, humbly this is my first go-a-round.