I got sober November 23rd 2000. It's thirteen years today and unbelievable at all the promises I've received and the beautiful changes I've experienced. Thank you to every member of the program who gave me a place to gain recovery and an easier softer way.
My first meeting was southwest siders in west Seattle. My home group and family is Saturday Mixers on Capital Hill and the Waterfront Group at the Longshoreman's Hall Friday nights. Stop by and enjoy the winners and loving survivors.
Dave S said
Nov 26, 2013
My Birthday is 31st october 2002. First meeting was in a church hall, Unitarian denomination..which in my area of the UK-Wirral Peninsula, they are giving their church hall over to AA quite a bit thankfully. Being here reminds me that i currently have no home group and should look at that one..so another for the gratitude list!
Sue Soaring Sun said
Nov 29, 2013
My AA birthday is December 17, 1989. My first meeting and first home group was the Serenity Group in Ballard, WA.
FLKeys said
Dec 1, 2013
Hey Y'all
My name is Chris and I'm an Alcoholic and an Addict.
New here - I got sober in Westport, CT - St. Luke's Stables - d.o.s.: 8.18.85
Grateful
-- Edited by FLKeys on Sunday 1st of December 2013 08:04:45 PM
Ken2263 said
Dec 2, 2013
Sobriety date is November 20, 2009 and finding life challenging, but joyful. started out as a give my family a sober Holiday. still going :)
3sunshine3 said
Dec 16, 2013
Sobriety date is April 19th 2013 I got sober in good oil Missouri
shydryguy said
Dec 18, 2013
Dec 13th, 2013 ... just trying to figure out what AA has in store for a lifelong atheist. Been to 3 meetings in 4 days and can't say enough about the kindness and support I am getting as a brand new attendee. I have quit drinking many times in the past for personal/mental health reasons, but always forgot why I quit after a few weeks/months/years. In about a month, I won't truly be going to meetings voluntarily, so I am glad that I am going on my own accord first.
Three guys approached me after my first meeting - welcomed me, shook my hand, listened to my story and invited me back. Seeing how I went to that meeting because I was feeling extremely low, I am amazed at how good I felt on the drive home. With any luck and a lot of work, I will be there for someone down the road.
Thanks for hearing me out!
Kat01247 said
Dec 18, 2013
Hello My Birth date for AA is Nov.27, 2006,I'm happy to report I'm doing well
shydryguy said
Dec 18, 2013
Dec 19th, 2013 ... j/k :p~
Donnie said
Jan 18, 2014
January 1, 2014 Danbury CT
Amanda Rose said
Feb 18, 2014
Hi I'm Amanda, sober 7 years. AA birthday 13th January 2007.
Amanda Rose said
Feb 18, 2014
That is great. I felt so alone, lost and had nothing to live for when I went to my first meeting. The encouragement and love kept me going back. I got a sponsor in my first year and worked the steps.. life holds amazing things in sobriety. Small steps every day, getting up, showing up and taking part. I cannot in my wildest dreams imagine my life today with out the tools I have learned in the AA program for living a really pleasant and fulfilling life. Keep up the work and loads of love.
Cmay said
Apr 7, 2014
Hello my AA birthdate is March 24,2014. It's a start!
-- Edited by Cmay on Monday 7th of April 2014 08:49:44 PM
betterthanyesterday52 said
Apr 27, 2014
It has taken me a long time to post my sobriety date... It is May 30, 2013 and it was in Richmond, Va. Now I pay more attention to the historical aspects of this city, as well as all of the AA meeting locations instead of all of the ABC stores, 7-11's, drugstores which sell wine/beer, bars, and gas stations. Besides my HP, the AA meetings, working the 12 Steps, I have this board and all of its wonderful members to thank for helping me stay sober. BTY
Days eye said
May 15, 2014
HI, the gift of sobriety was given to me on the 11th May 1997 were I attended my first AA meeting in Dumbarton, Scotland. I celebrated my 17th AA birthday with my home group in Muscat in Oman. Wonderful nite with my brothers and sisters in recovery. Gus C.
pappa said
May 25, 2014
feb. 5, 1981
dennistech07 said
May 28, 2014
Sobriety Date 08-31-2007,Home Group:Hopwood,Pa. Sat.Fresh Start Group Nooners,Got sober and stayed sober one day at a time at Cove Forge Rehab,Williamsburg,Pa.
I just keep coming back....
nomore said
May 31, 2014
My sobriety date is today June 1, 2014, Denton Texas. Relapse from prior sobriety date Sept.2,2013.
SoberJohn said
Jun 4, 2014
Hi, I'm John and I'm an alcoholic. I began my recovery one day at a time on September 13, 2013.
earthm0m said
Jun 6, 2014
June 1st, 1971 is my sobriety date.
My last drink -- and early meetings in sobriety -- occurred in Santa Monica & West Los Angeles, California. However, I moved further North in L.A. County, during my 6th year of sobriety (1977), and I have attended meetings mostly in the San Fernando Valley all these decades since...right up to the present day.
I'm very blessed to be alive, sober, have many wonderful friends, a life filled to the brim with service opportunities...and most of all, to have a wonderful and blessed relationship with God, my Heavenly Father!!! (-_-)
-- Edited by earthm0m on Friday 6th of June 2014 09:52:32 PM
ElizabethK said
Jun 16, 2014
Sobriety Date: October 27, 1992 at the Rafters Club in Newhall, CA
Dotrix said
Jun 19, 2014
Coming up on my 2 year AA birthday. I got sober on June 27th, 2012. My Home Group is in Frederick MD. Frederick is a great place for alcoholics. There's multitudes of meetings in the actual city itself and most of the surrounding feeder towns have AA groups as well. If you can't find a meeting you're not looking very hard.
ayla said
Jun 24, 2014
New to this group. Sober date March 17, 2014. Came to this website because I was thinking of buying NA wine. From my reading it seems that it is a very bad idea.
Troy said
Jul 2, 2014
June 21, 2013
Hello its me said
Jul 4, 2014
May 15, 1985. Very grateful alcoholic.
yogajan said
Jul 8, 2014
Sobriety Date is 12/25/91, got sober in Memphis, Tennessee.
barbara1952 said
Jul 20, 2014
05/01/2010
Kat01247 said
Jul 20, 2014
Good morning everyone I am Pleased to let you know my recovery date which is November 27 ,2005
diane1988 said
Jul 25, 2014
I'm diane from canada my soberity date is December 11th 2013
jj said
Jul 25, 2014
my name is sheila and i am an alcoholic, had 5 years, then got caught in my own web. June 4th 2014 is my new sobriety date.
loriwil86 said
Jul 27, 2014
Lori W. sobriety date: 7/31/86
Lincoln City, Oregon AA
favorite quote: keep your head where your feet are
I am sober today because of God's greatest gifts to me, desperation, willingness and the hand of AA
Caesar10211 said
Aug 3, 2014
Hello all. My sober date is June 2, 2014.
Mechegirl said
Aug 10, 2014
My Sobriety date is March 8th of 2014, I have been a relapser. I at one time was sober for over 2 yrs. I was dealing with allot of different of different kiind of abuse. I have been to 5 different in patient rehabs. The last one I stayed the whole 30 days. I had gastor bypass surgery so we arent suppose to be able to drink. But for now that is sojme of my story
TCB3 said
Aug 12, 2014
my birthday is 08/15/11. I will have 3 years in 3 days and feel great !
busablondie said
Aug 18, 2014
Hello, I am new to the board, and am an alcoholic. My AA birthday is August 17,2014.
rodney2007 said
Sep 17, 2014
DEC 26 2000 dry date I am almost 14 yrs clean time even though I quit my meetings.
vickieh69 said
Oct 5, 2014
April 16, 2014
puggyb said
Oct 23, 2014
hey everybody....
I am new to this board. I found it looking for the original "how it works" which I found along with the preamble of 1940. very , very interesting. yeah,, those old,old-timers did not play around.
anyway, my sobriety date is 4/11/87. I got sober in the south Bronx, nyc.
I am now in Baltimore.
Kyle h said
Nov 1, 2014
Hi I am Kyle H, alcoholic , D.O.S. is 12-23-12
Home Group is in Toledo, Westgate Men's on Thursday
I ll be checking in, looks like a great way to share and stay Sober.
AllieSobriety said
Nov 4, 2014
D.O.B
8-13-14
Janet K said
Dec 31, 2014
Sobriety date is January 13, 2014, coming up on 1 year.
GuidedSerenity said
Jan 9, 2015
My Anniversary is November 9th, 2014. I will never forget that day. I am thankful and still forgiving my drunk actions from the previous night when I knew If I wanted to be happy and have successful relationships I need to not drink anymore and work on myself.
Tanin said
Jan 13, 2015
Janet K wrote:
Sobriety date is January 13, 2014, coming up on 1 year.
Congrats on 1 year. Keep up the good work!
JohnnyB said
Jan 13, 2015
Nov 2nd 1987.
1st meeting was at the Huntington Beach Police Station. Yes, the police station had a meeting place. I don't know if I was more nervous about going to my 1st AA meeting, or the fact that the building was full of cops.
Tanin said
Jan 14, 2015
GuidedSerenity wrote:
My Anniversary is November 9th, 2014. I will never forget that day. I am thankful and still forgiving my drunk actions from the previous night when I knew If I wanted to be happy and have successful relationships I need to not drink anymore and work on myself.
Glad to have you on the forum, GS. I can relate. My own drinking career ended with a HUGE blowout/blackout. It was BAD. I went to AA. They told me I could get help there. They told the truth.
Best wishes to you.
Rambling Wreck said
Jan 23, 2015
My journey has just begun. I began it on November 14th 2014. My life has already changed to the good and I can see a brighter future as long as I stick with the program!
onestein80246 said
Feb 9, 2015
December 7, 1983
Destiny said
Feb 10, 2015
Hi. My name is Tammy. My sobriety birthdate is 06/24/2014. In June, I walked into a meeting of sober drunks in St Pete Beach Florida to see if they had any ideas on how I could stop drinking. I didn't realize at the time that I wasn't the only one who had tried all the ways listed on page 31!
I'm celebrating my upcoming first birthday in Atlanta GA at the international convention. Anyone else going?
Nice site. I just found it.
Clara T said
Feb 10, 2015
My name is Clara T. I am posting for the first time on this board. My AA anniversary is April 15th, 1984. People give me a hard time about my anniversary date. They claim you should get drunk on income tax day NOT sober! I have this date for 30 years now and I am sticking with it!!!
Coll_Faith said
Feb 13, 2015
Sober date is 06/08/2014 and I got sober at Kennedy Hospital in Cherry Hill, NJ...went to rehab in Palm Beach Gardens, FL...home group there was Young People Living Sober and Why Not Noon, my current home group is Miracle Group in Bristol, PA.
meminuswine said
Feb 22, 2015
My sobriety date 10 March 2014.
buckys said
Feb 28, 2015
My nickname & preferred name is Bucky. My original sobriety date was 09-15-1992 thru 08-22-2005 (day before Katrina) when I was committed to psych ward drunked out on liquor, pills, & bad behavior (1013). Been trying to get back clean. New date is 02-02-2015. I hope I never get wild and cocky and quit AA...because that is when I dipped within 3 months in 2005...Home group, Fayette New Beginnings, Fayette County GA
atlas927 said
Mar 4, 2015
My DOS is.... April 9th. 2000 Started attending 2-3 meetings per day. "Light Up My Life" in Westland, Michigan is my home group. "Gary the Cop" was the chairperson at that time. Now chaired by Randon. Fortunately live live in Metro-Detroit Michigan area, there are hundreds of meetings a day all over the metropolis. "Meeting Makers Make It"
Spiritual Paul said
Mar 26, 2015
Sober date 04-01-09
Got sober at Christs church in Summit, NJ at the BYOC morning group. 7:15AM everyday of the year....
I stayed sober with the help of a 6:30AM meeting in New Providence, NJ they were the Dawn Patrol....awesome guys from that group, lots of sobriety!
Augie Doggie said
Mar 30, 2015
Daddy doggie, oldest brother doggie, sister doggy and older brother doggie were/are all drunks. 1 in program. My DOS is May 29 1994. Thank you GOD and the fellowship of AA, all the people in the rooms where ever I go. Without you I'm sure I wouldn't be here today. The 3rd step prayer is as daily as my meals. It's a pleasure to be in service.
rebaa said
Apr 28, 2015
Hey everyone, I'm Rebecca... A little over 14 months ago, I got sober at Serenity House in Buford, GA.
January 7, 2014 <3
Serenity found.
Pythonpappy said
Apr 28, 2015
Welcome to MIP rebaa,
Glad to have you with us ... I got sober in the Newnan - Peachtree City area, just south of Atlanta ... in '08 ...
Love ya and God Bless, Pappy
SabrinaN58 said
May 3, 2015
My A.A. Birthday is July 17, 2010, I got sober in Palm Springs, CA
Pythonpappy said
May 3, 2015
Welcome to MIP Sabrina, ... Glad you found us ... looking forward to your ESH with us ...
Love ya and God Bless, Pappy
Kevin78 said
May 12, 2015
Sobriety date 23rd Feb, 2015.
H/G, Greenock Wednesday night. (Joined last week)
Tanin said
May 12, 2015
Welcome to this discussion forum, K78. Keep up the good work.
Pythonpappy said
May 15, 2015
Welcome to MIP Kevin ... glad to have you with us ...
Pappy
coffeeadict said
May 20, 2015
My AA birthday is 20/05/2015. Went to my first meeting yesterday
Tanin said
May 20, 2015
Hey, hey. You're on your way.
Welcome to recovery, coffeeadict.
Pythonpappy said
May 21, 2015
Welcome to MIP 'coffeeadict' ...
We're glad to have you ...
Love ya and God Bless, Pappy
BeckyAnn said
Jun 1, 2015
sobriety date June 3 1981
Pythonpappy said
Jun 1, 2015
Welcome to MIP BeckyAnn ... looking forward to your posting some of your ESH ...
Love ya and God Bless, Pappy
Quakeroat1 said
Jun 29, 2015
March 7th 1994
After a period of 3 months trying to just social drink I swore once again that I would live alcohol free.
So far a day at a time since then I have by the grace of God done just that.
My life is not all sweetness and light but I've learned a contentment which is more than enough to help me make a decision to be happy on a daily basis.
Thankyou God and a wonderful fellowship.
Scarborough North Yorkshire
Pythonpappy said
Jun 30, 2015
LMAO Quaker, ... for me?, trying to social drink was noth'n more than PURE TORTURE ... 2 - 3 drinks ??? are you kid'n ... why bother if you can't get blitzed ??? ...
Congrats on 21 yrs ...
Aquinas Hall said
Jul 11, 2015
November 27, 1990 is my AA anniversary.
I am a human being whose name is Tom and I am an Alcoholic. My home group and where I have attended more meetings than anywhere else since that date is the Duncan Road Group in NW Houston, TX.
I had thought I was having a nervous breakdown and was so depressed I was on the verge of committing suicide. God led me to AA. I finished my last drink at 10 before midnight on the 26th of November, 1990.
It is only through the Grace of God, this program and the people who attend meetings that I am alive and sober today. God willing, this year, come November, I will celebrate 25 years of continuous sobriety.
I stumbled upon this website whilst looking for something else that I was researching: false pride. I have now book marked and will look in as often as I may be able to see what is going on and to learn what I can and share what little I may know.
God bless,
Tom D. AKA Aquinas Hall
wai118 said
Sep 13, 2015
June 6, 2015
Pythonpappy said
Sep 13, 2015
Welcome to MIP Wai ... glad to have you with us ...
Take Care and God Bless, Pappy
Ana01 said
Nov 14, 2015
November 1, 2008 in Prescott, AZ
Troy said
Nov 15, 2015
Welcome Ana01!
Pythonpappy said
Nov 15, 2015
Welcome to MIP Ana ...
fenners said
Nov 19, 2015
9th November 2015 my aa birthday the last day I had a drink
janie smith said
Dec 1, 2015
My last drink was 12/01/2014 so I am one year today! The only "exception" ironically enough was a drinking dream....when? It was LAST NIGHT! I drank a whole beer on tap quickly and then realized I had stopped drinking and had made a mistake. I felt in the dream I was not being careful because it happened so much under my radar. One year ago my husband and I would have been opening a 2nd bottle of wine after I calculated how much I was getting. Then he would have gone to bed and I would have continued, waking up to a hang over and later, planning the management of my alcohol resources. We live rurally and can't keep liquor in the house because we always drank it up so before I left town nearly each day to return home I had to know where and when I was buying it for the night. What an un-sacred circle. Yeah! ONE YEAR! Thanks be to my mother god of higher consciousness, AA and my wonderful, wonderful sponsor.
janie smith said
Dec 1, 2015
12/01/2014 Beginning a Sacred Circle- How I did it? I got a sponsor within the first 10 days-I stayed in dry places with dry people, canceling many outings/holiday gatherings/parties-had no alcohol in the house-was supported by husband that way-went to as many meetings as possible, about 2-4 per week with DAILY calls to my sponsor which she required-spent time nearly everyday in mediation/prayer asking for guidance and turning over everything to my higher power-did not eat or drink anything with "unintended" alcohol like rum bread pudding or liquor filled chocolate-did service by taking my seat as my sponsor simply wanted me to show up and not worry about anything else, considering I was rural
Pythonpappy said
Dec 1, 2015
Congrats on one 1 yr janie ... Welcome to MIP ... love to hear more of your ESH ...
Love ya and God Bless, Pappy
Cj7525 said
Dec 11, 2015
My sobriety date is 11/06/1996. I got sober in Manassas, VA and also spent a lot of time at the Unity club in Falls Church, VA.
Pythonpappy said
Dec 12, 2015
Welcome to MIP Cj ... please share your ESH with us ...
emmi331 said
Dec 19, 2015
The "gift of desperation" brought me into the rooms on 2/21/1998, in Roanoke, VA. I have been blessed with sobriety, one day at a time, ever since.
I will never forget what a speaker at the Atlanta Convention said: "I've never seen a grateful alcoholic pick up a drink." What a beautiful program we have!
California said
Dec 20, 2015
April 29, 2015 at Warwick Manor Behavioral Health in East New Market, MD
Pythonpappy said
Dec 21, 2015
Welcome California, ... glad to have you here ...
MarcLacroix said
Dec 21, 2015
Hi All;
I'm Marc and I'm a RealF(n)Alcoholic. :)
Quit drinking March 08, 1996.
Marc
Pythonpappy said
Dec 22, 2015
Hey Marc, ...
Come'n up on 20, ... wow man ... would like to hear more about your journey, on the board here ... thanks ...
Pappy
MarcLacroix said
Dec 22, 2015
Hi Pappy;
It's been a while since I've been here so I'll have to review my old posts.
Then dig up some shit from my archives.
I have a HobbySite of my own somewhere on the net.
You can go here if you are curious: http://www.weekendwinnerworkshop.org/
Marc
MarcLacroix said
Dec 24, 2015
Avril G wrote:
I could have sworn I had posted mine here, but can't find it, so here it is
Sometimes posts find their way into TheGreatBitBucketInTheSky. :)
As Forrest once said "Shit Happens". :)
Marc
-- Edited by MarcLacroix on Thursday 24th of December 2015 06:29:11 PM
HeidiLee said
Jan 26, 2016
Sobriety anniversary: September 30, 2015. My favorite group, my first meeting and the one I attended daily for the first 6 weeks of my sobriety is the Out To Lunch Bunch, Amherst, NH. I cannot make that meeting regularly now that I'm back to work. My 2nd favorite group and one I attend most often is the No Name Group, Milford, NH. I guess I'm not sure which one would be my "Home Group"...can both?
Pythonpappy said
Jan 27, 2016
Welcome to MIP Heidi, ... glad you're here ...
Typically, we choose our 'Home Group' as the one group we can currently 'contribute' the most of our time to ... as we finish work'n the 12 steps, we continue to go to meet'ns at this one particular group and advance to the next stage of becoming a sponsor for others who need help ... the group becomes like 'family' and the support in a 'home group' is usually fantastic ...
Congrats on your upcome'n 4 months ... great job ...
Love ya and God Bless, Pappy
npvascotianboy said
Jan 31, 2016
25 March 2014. Looking forward to taking part in the forum. Home group is Summerhill Road, Birmingham, UK - though soon to be somewhere in Canada as I'm emigrating in a few months!
-- Edited by npvascotianboy on Sunday 31st of January 2016 06:50:12 PM
-- Edited by npvascotianboy on Sunday 31st of January 2016 06:52:20 PM
Pythonpappy said
Jan 31, 2016
Welcome to MIP npv, ... glad you're here and look forward to your sharing ...
Pappy
MarcLacroix said
Jan 31, 2016
I think he meant novascotianboy.
typos typos; o too close to p on keyboard I guess.
And it's Emmet Fox, not Emmit Fox. :)
npvascotianboy said
Feb 1, 2016
Yes - I did mean novascotianboy but didn't notice the mistake until I'd created my account :)
PaulieBD said
Feb 18, 2016
Sober date 2000
I live in the Cascade Mountains of southern Oregon
My first meeting was southwest siders in west Seattle. My home group and family is Saturday Mixers on Capital Hill and the Waterfront Group at the Longshoreman's Hall Friday nights. Stop by and enjoy the winners and loving survivors.
My AA birthday is December 17, 1989. My first meeting and first home group was the Serenity Group in Ballard, WA.
Hey Y'all
My name is Chris and I'm an Alcoholic and an Addict.
New here - I got sober in Westport, CT - St. Luke's Stables - d.o.s.: 8.18.85
Grateful
-- Edited by FLKeys on Sunday 1st of December 2013 08:04:45 PM
Sobriety date is November 20, 2009 and finding life challenging, but joyful. started out as a give my family a sober Holiday. still going :)
Three guys approached me after my first meeting - welcomed me, shook my hand, listened to my story and invited me back. Seeing how I went to that meeting because I was feeling extremely low, I am amazed at how good I felt on the drive home. With any luck and a lot of work, I will be there for someone down the road.
Thanks for hearing me out!
January 1, 2014 Danbury CT
Hi I'm Amanda, sober 7 years. AA birthday 13th January 2007.
That is great. I felt so alone, lost and had nothing to live for when I went to my first meeting. The encouragement and love kept me going back. I got a sponsor in my first year and worked the steps.. life holds amazing things in sobriety. Small steps every day, getting up, showing up and taking part. I cannot in my wildest dreams imagine my life today with out the tools I have learned in the AA program for living a really pleasant and fulfilling life. Keep up the work and loads of love.
Hello my AA birthdate is March 24,2014. It's a start!
-- Edited by Cmay on Monday 7th of April 2014 08:49:44 PM
It has taken me a long time to post my sobriety date...
It is May 30, 2013 and it was in Richmond, Va. Now I pay more attention to the historical aspects of this city, as well as all of the AA meeting locations instead of all of the ABC stores, 7-11's, drugstores which sell wine/beer, bars, and gas stations. Besides my HP, the AA meetings, working the 12 Steps, I have this board and all of its wonderful members to thank for helping me stay sober.
BTY
HI, the gift of sobriety was given to me on the 11th May 1997 were I attended my first AA meeting in Dumbarton, Scotland. I celebrated my 17th AA birthday with my home group in Muscat in Oman. Wonderful nite with my brothers and sisters in recovery. Gus C.
feb. 5, 1981
I just keep coming back....
Hi, I'm John and I'm an alcoholic. I began my recovery one day at a time on September 13, 2013.
June 1st, 1971 is my sobriety date.
My last drink -- and early meetings in sobriety -- occurred in Santa Monica & West Los Angeles, California. However, I moved further North in L.A. County, during my 6th year of sobriety (1977), and I have attended meetings mostly in the San Fernando Valley all these decades since...right up to the present day.
I'm very blessed to be alive, sober, have many wonderful friends, a life filled to the brim with service opportunities...and most of all, to have a wonderful and blessed relationship with God, my Heavenly Father!!!
(-_-)
-- Edited by earthm0m on Friday 6th of June 2014 09:52:32 PM
Sobriety Date: October 27, 1992 at the Rafters Club in Newhall, CA
Coming up on my 2 year AA birthday. I got sober on June 27th, 2012. My Home Group is in Frederick MD. Frederick is a great place for alcoholics. There's multitudes of meetings in the actual city itself and most of the surrounding feeder towns have AA groups as well. If you can't find a meeting you're not looking very hard.
New to this group. Sober date March 17, 2014. Came to this website because I was thinking of buying NA wine. From my reading it seems that it is a very bad idea.
Sobriety Date is 12/25/91, got sober in Memphis, Tennessee.
I'm diane from canada my soberity date is December 11th 2013
Lori W. sobriety date: 7/31/86
Lincoln City, Oregon AA
favorite quote: keep your head where your feet are
I am sober today because of God's greatest gifts to me, desperation, willingness and the hand of AA
Hello all. My sober date is June 2, 2014.
my birthday is 08/15/11. I will have 3 years in 3 days and feel great !
Hello, I am new to the board, and am an alcoholic. My AA birthday is August 17,2014.
DEC 26 2000 dry date I am almost 14 yrs clean time even though I quit my meetings.
hey everybody....
I am new to this board. I found it looking for the original "how it works" which I found along with the preamble of 1940. very , very interesting. yeah,, those old,old-timers did not play around.
anyway, my sobriety date is 4/11/87. I got sober in the south Bronx, nyc.
I am now in Baltimore.
Home Group is in Toledo, Westgate Men's on Thursday
I ll be checking in, looks like a great way to share and stay Sober.
D.O.B
8-13-14
My Anniversary is November 9th, 2014. I will never forget that day. I am thankful and still forgiving my drunk actions from the previous night when I knew If I wanted to be happy and have successful relationships I need to not drink anymore and work on myself.
Congrats on 1 year. Keep up the good work!
1st meeting was at the Huntington Beach Police Station. Yes, the police station had a meeting place. I don't know if I was more nervous about going to my 1st AA meeting, or the fact that the building was full of cops.
Glad to have you on the forum, GS. I can relate. My own drinking career ended with a HUGE blowout/blackout. It was BAD. I went to AA. They told me I could get help there. They told the truth.
Best wishes to you.
December 7, 1983
Hi. My name is Tammy. My sobriety birthdate is 06/24/2014. In June, I walked into a meeting of sober drunks in St Pete Beach Florida to see if they had any ideas on how I could stop drinking. I didn't realize at the time that I wasn't the only one who had tried all the ways listed on page 31!
I'm celebrating my upcoming first birthday in Atlanta GA at the international convention. Anyone else going?
Nice site. I just found it.
My name is Clara T. I am posting for the first time on this board. My AA anniversary is April 15th, 1984. People give me a hard time about my anniversary date. They claim you should get drunk on income tax day NOT sober! I have this date for 30 years now and I am sticking with it!!!
Sober date is 06/08/2014 and I got sober at Kennedy Hospital in Cherry Hill, NJ...went to rehab in Palm Beach Gardens, FL...home group there was Young People Living Sober and Why Not Noon, my current home group is Miracle Group in Bristol, PA.
My nickname & preferred name is Bucky. My original sobriety date was 09-15-1992 thru 08-22-2005 (day before Katrina) when I was committed to psych ward drunked out on liquor, pills, & bad behavior (1013). Been trying to get back clean. New date is 02-02-2015. I hope I never get wild and cocky and quit AA...because that is when I dipped within 3 months in 2005...Home group, Fayette New Beginnings, Fayette County GA
My DOS is.... April 9th. 2000 Started attending 2-3 meetings per day. "Light Up My Life" in Westland, Michigan is my home group. "Gary the Cop" was the chairperson at that time. Now chaired by Randon. Fortunately live live in Metro-Detroit Michigan area, there are hundreds of meetings a day all over the metropolis. "Meeting Makers Make It"
Got sober at Christs church in Summit, NJ at the BYOC morning group. 7:15AM everyday of the year....
I stayed sober with the help of a 6:30AM meeting in New Providence, NJ they were the Dawn Patrol....awesome guys from that group, lots of sobriety!
January 7, 2014 <3
Serenity found.
Welcome to MIP rebaa,
Glad to have you with us ... I got sober in the Newnan - Peachtree City area, just south of Atlanta ... in '08 ...
Love ya and God Bless,
Pappy
My A.A. Birthday is July 17, 2010, I got sober in Palm Springs, CA
Welcome to MIP Sabrina, ... Glad you found us ... looking forward to your ESH with us ...
Love ya and God Bless,
Pappy
H/G, Greenock Wednesday night. (Joined last week)
Welcome to MIP Kevin ... glad to have you with us ...
Pappy
My AA birthday is 20/05/2015. Went to my first meeting yesterday
Welcome to recovery, coffeeadict.
Welcome to MIP 'coffeeadict' ...
We're glad to have you ...
Love ya and God Bless,
Pappy
sobriety date June 3 1981
Welcome to MIP BeckyAnn ... looking forward to your posting some of your ESH ...
Love ya and God Bless,
Pappy
After a period of 3 months trying to just social drink I swore once again that I would live alcohol free.
So far a day at a time since then I have by the grace of God done just that.
My life is not all sweetness and light but I've learned a contentment which is more than enough to help me make a decision to be happy on a daily basis.
Thankyou God and a wonderful fellowship.
Scarborough North Yorkshire
LMAO Quaker, ... for me?, trying to social drink was noth'n more than PURE TORTURE ... 2 - 3 drinks ??? are you kid'n ... why bother if you can't get blitzed ??? ...
Congrats on 21 yrs ...
November 27, 1990 is my AA anniversary.
I am a human being whose name is Tom and I am an Alcoholic. My home group and where I have attended more meetings than anywhere else since that date is the Duncan Road Group in NW Houston, TX.
I had thought I was having a nervous breakdown and was so depressed I was on the verge of committing suicide. God led me to AA. I finished my last drink at 10 before midnight on the 26th of November, 1990.
It is only through the Grace of God, this program and the people who attend meetings that I am alive and sober today. God willing, this year, come November, I will celebrate 25 years of continuous sobriety.
I stumbled upon this website whilst looking for something else that I was researching: false pride. I have now book marked and will look in as often as I may be able to see what is going on and to learn what I can and share what little I may know.
God bless,
Tom D. AKA Aquinas Hall
June 6, 2015
Welcome to MIP Wai ... glad to have you with us ...
Take Care and God Bless,
Pappy
November 1, 2008 in Prescott, AZ
Welcome to MIP Ana ...
9th November 2015 my aa birthday the last day I had a drink
My last drink was 12/01/2014 so I am one year today!
The only "exception" ironically enough was a drinking dream....when? It was LAST NIGHT! I drank a whole beer on tap quickly and then realized I had stopped drinking and had made a mistake. I felt in the dream I was not being careful because it happened so much under my radar. One year ago my husband and I would have been opening a 2nd bottle of wine after I calculated how much I was getting. Then he would have gone to bed and I would have continued, waking up to a hang over and later, planning the management of my alcohol resources. We live rurally and can't keep liquor in the house because we always drank it up so before I left town nearly each day to return home I had to know where and when I was buying it for the night. What an un-sacred circle. Yeah! ONE YEAR! Thanks be to my mother god of higher consciousness, AA and my wonderful, wonderful sponsor.
12/01/2014 Beginning a Sacred Circle- How I did it? I got a sponsor within the first 10 days-I stayed in dry places with dry people, canceling many outings/holiday gatherings/parties-had no alcohol in the house-was supported by husband that way-went to as many meetings as possible, about 2-4 per week with DAILY calls to my sponsor which she required-spent time nearly everyday in mediation/prayer asking for guidance and turning over everything to my higher power-did not eat or drink anything with "unintended" alcohol like rum bread pudding or liquor filled chocolate-did service by taking my seat as my sponsor simply wanted me to show up and not worry about anything else, considering I was rural
Congrats on one 1 yr janie ... Welcome to MIP ... love to hear more of your ESH ...
Love ya and God Bless,
Pappy
My sobriety date is 11/06/1996. I got sober in Manassas, VA and also spent a lot of time at the Unity club in Falls Church, VA.
Welcome to MIP Cj ... please share your ESH with us ...
I will never forget what a speaker at the Atlanta Convention said: "I've never seen a grateful alcoholic pick up a drink." What a beautiful program we have!
April 29, 2015 at Warwick Manor Behavioral Health in East New Market, MD
Welcome California, ... glad to have you here ...
I'm Marc and I'm a RealF(n)Alcoholic. :)
Quit drinking March 08, 1996.
Marc
Hey Marc, ...
Come'n up on 20, ... wow man ... would like to hear more about your journey, on the board here ... thanks ...
Pappy
Hi Pappy;
It's been a while since I've been here so I'll have to review my old posts.
Then dig up some shit from my archives.
I have a HobbySite of my own somewhere on the net.
You can go here if you are curious: http://www.weekendwinnerworkshop.org/
Marc
-- Edited by MarcLacroix on Thursday 24th of December 2015 06:29:11 PM
Sobriety anniversary: September 30, 2015. My favorite group, my first meeting and the one I attended daily for the first 6 weeks of my sobriety is the Out To Lunch Bunch, Amherst, NH. I cannot make that meeting regularly now that I'm back to work. My 2nd favorite group and one I attend most often is the No Name Group, Milford, NH. I guess I'm not sure which one would be my "Home Group"...can both?
Welcome to MIP Heidi, ... glad you're here ...
Typically, we choose our 'Home Group' as the one group we can currently 'contribute' the most of our time to ... as we finish work'n the 12 steps, we continue to go to meet'ns at this one particular group and advance to the next stage of becoming a sponsor for others who need help ... the group becomes like 'family' and the support in a 'home group' is usually fantastic ...
Congrats on your upcome'n 4 months ... great job ...
Love ya and God Bless,
Pappy
25 March 2014. Looking forward to taking part in the forum. Home group is Summerhill Road, Birmingham, UK - though soon to be somewhere in Canada as I'm emigrating in a few months!
-- Edited by npvascotianboy on Sunday 31st of January 2016 06:50:12 PM
-- Edited by npvascotianboy on Sunday 31st of January 2016 06:52:20 PM
Welcome to MIP npv, ... glad you're here and look forward to your sharing ...
Pappy
typos typos; o too close to p on keyboard I guess.
And it's Emmet Fox, not Emmit Fox. :)
Yes - I did mean novascotianboy but didn't notice the mistake until I'd created my account :)
Sober date 2000
I live in the Cascade Mountains of southern Oregon
I'm Marc and I'm Alcoholic.
Welcome.
2/21/16 first day of sobriety
Welcome Serenity18, ... that's a great day to start your new journey ...
July 3, 2012