Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

How will you dream if you don't sleep? How will you hear yourself? --Michael DorrisSleep is a wonderful gift in our lives. For eight hours, we rest our bodies. We let the thoughts, feelings, and events of our lives tumble through our sleeping minds as they sort themselves through our dreams. But dream...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Reflection for the DayWhen I came to The Program, I found people who knew exactly what I meant when I spoke finally of my fears. They had been where I had been; they understood. I've since learned that many of my fears have to do with projection. It's normal, for example, to have a tiny "back-burner...

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 18 "Isn't a donation of my time and services just as important as my donation of cash? What if my home group had money for coffee, rent, and literature, but no one to open the meeting room and make the coffee?"

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 17 "Self-centeredness is a poison to my emotional system. It frustrates my every effort toward a comfortable and happy existence. A terrible chain reaction begins. Fear sets in. Anger, resentment, and self-pity become my guiding forces. My only escape is to put this awful selfishnes...

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

well almost look for th similarities

Stepchild · Stepchild

I see a lot of "guests" on this site. A lot more so than members. If you are reading this and that's how you feel...Why not register and talk about it with some people that have been where you are...And found a way out. What's it going to cost you?.....It could cost you a lot more than you think.

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 16 "Mere change is not necessarily progress."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

No tap dancing around problems Our program calls for a "searching and fearless" moral inventory, not only in the beginning, but as we continue to follow our new way of life.What this means is complete honesty about who and what we really are. We should not tap dance around our problems in or...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Somebody's boring me - I think it's me. --Dylan Thomas Sobriety and recovery are supposed to be fun. Otherwise no one would do it. If we're bored or stagnant, it's because we're not doing recovery right.Recovery is a wonderful adventure filled with new faces, growth, love, acceptance, laughs, peac...

Lizmccal · Lizmccal

So my sponcer told a guy I had a week long crush on about it. the crush had long been over which makes it even worse. The guy face booked me a hello message the night she told him. I just ignored it And sent a smiley face back. The reason I fired het was because she flipped out that i told her a half hour before th...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Life has lessons to teach. We can remember them and share them with others, or we can forget them and have to learn them again.--Jan PishokWhat we are destined to learn in this life will keep presenting itself until "contact" has been made. Each experience is a minute part of the big picture...

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 15 "We cannot grow very much unless we constantly try to envision what the eternal spiritual values are."

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 14 "By our Twelve Steps we have recovered, by our Twelve Traditions we have unified, and through our Third Legacy -- Service -- we shall carry the AA message down through the corridors of time to come."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

July 14, 2014Quote of the Week"There are only two times when you should go to a meeting - when you feel like going, and when you don't feel like going." It's hard living with a disease that tells me I don't have it. When I'm in between meetings and life is busy, it's easy for me to think of going...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

They are able because they think they are able. --Virgil For most of us, addiction was full of doubt. We stopped believing in ourselves. Our thoughts had turned to "stinkin' thinkin'." We didn't believe in much of anything. We didn't take risks. We always looked for the easier, softer way...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Love doesn't just sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread re-made all the time, made new. --Ursula K. Le Guin We love to be loved; we love to be held; we love to be caressed. A show of appreciation we love too. And we love to know we've been heard. The friends, the spouses, the children in our li...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You get the best efforts from others not by LIGHTING a fire beneath them, but by BUILDING a fire within?Bob Nelson

John · John

Violet and I truly enjoyed our camp out, just south of Canton, which is only about 30 minutes from Akron. Our time spent visiting all the AA related historical sites was a great experience. Jim, Akron's intergroup archivists was the speaker at the meeting we happened to find, after going to three on t...

barisax · barisax

I last posted here in September... but there's a lot missing from my recent fun. Fast forward catching up. Just before Halloween of 2012, my pulse started racing for no particular reason and nothing I did would bring it back down. Emergency room with atrial fibrillation. More meds, including bl...

BoozeWar · BoozeWar

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2688239/Father-40-died-downing-litre-Jim-Beam-bourbon-having-bucket-ice-thrown-head-deadly-drinking-game.html

Angell · Angell

If anyone has his phone number and is willing to give him a call and insure that he is alright, I'd appreciate it. Been eight days since he's been logged in. I don't need to know details, but I would like to know he's okay.

Stepchild · Stepchild

I woke up in a detox bed in rehab.....Broken, beaten and hopeless. I was intoduced to AA in my few weeks there and I completely gave myself to this program. For the first time in many years of a battered life I had hope. One thing someone told me when I started....Which holds just as true today....as an...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

July 7, 2014Quote of the Week"We must learn from the mistakes of others because we won't live long enough to make them all ourselves." Before recovery, I was very judgmental. I especially liked pointing out other people's mistakes and making fun of how stupid they could be. When I made...

mandm · mandm

I was a friends house they are muslim so they don't drink at all, he offered me a cold fake beer, it was muslim brand, I haven't had a beer in forever and it was a nice night, I've been sober now for about year or so now. The oddest thing was I had weird feeling of drunkess, noting major but the feeling your brai...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly VerseCall to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3Weekly QuoteSurrender your mind to the Lord at the beginning of each day. Warren WiersbeWeekly ThoughtA Classic Devotional from Dr. Pardington Waiting upon God is necessary in or...

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 10 "My spiritual awakening has involved three major leaps: Save Me, Help Me, and Use Me."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.Julia Child

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 9 "I saw that fear was a character defect, so I modified my Seventh Step Prayer. After 'remove every single defect of character,' I added, 'and every unreasonable fear.'"

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. --Antoine de St. ExuperyA tuning fork is a small tool that is used to tune musical instruments. It is tapped softly and then set down. As it vibrates, it gives off a musical tone. When its vibrations perfectly ma...

myownhell · myownhell

JUST FOR TODAY Just for today I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do something for 12 hours that would appal me if I felt I had to keep it up for a lifetime. JUST FOR TODAY Just for today I will be happy. Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to b...

pinkchip · pinkchip

The staff at the hotel we stayed in for our wedding were great though the complained about this horrible couple staying next to us. They broke lots of stuff in the room and locked themselves out a few times. As we were laughing and just returning to our room after the reception, the couple comes down the...

mich · mich

Coming up on 2 years! July 31. Wow, time flies. Life is good. I have a few questions for the more experienced. I have been going to less meetings lately because I was really busy with work. Now I have the summer off and find I just don't wanna go. I feel good. I still don't connect with anyone but my spo...

IamDarryl · IamDarryl

I'm new to this forum. Please to meet everyone of you. I was one of those person who thought whenever you're dealing with problem alcohol will be a good source of escape. Until it became an habit and drove me to misery. But I met someone who gave me hope to change and save my life. She's a caring, loving and s...

learning · learning

Hi Everyone, Been awhile since I've 'spoke' on this site. Alcoholism as many of you know struck my life like lightning not once but four times very closely. Most recently, it robbed the mind, soul, and eventually the body, of the life of the man I'd vowed my love for years ago. The man I had ca...

donaldwood90 · donaldwood90

Hi everyone. I give out Poker Chips for early birthdays in sobriety at my home group. Some of the slogans I use are; If you have given up the fight u can pick up a white, if you are doing the things you are supposed to u will be seeing blue skies ahead and if you aren't you might see blue lights flashing behind y...

Namaste78 · Namaste78

Something to be proud of. :) Met with my sponsor tonight a had a great chat and did a bit of step work.

yogajan · yogajan

I lost my sponsor, Sue D., over the weekend while out of town. She had only recently gone into Hospice and I was fortunate enough to have visited her before i left. She had 29 years of sobriety. She died with grace and dignity, surrounded by people in the fellowship. She was referred to as the "D...

gonee · gonee

.To all my AA, Alanon, Alateen, AACA, NA, Naranon family, I say a special prayer for you. That you may be blessed by the Father of Heaven. That He keeps you safe and no harm come to you. That you remain in the fellowship of the brothers and not stray outside. That nothing will happen today that you and I cann...

Enigma · Enigma

Well tonite was a tradition meeting on tradition 1. Heard a lot of ego tonite and self centeredness from two individuals who were fighting. Well they walked out of the meeting. I couldn't help think but for the grace of God there go I, some are sicker than others. I was very grateful for what I have today....

Namaste78 · Namaste78

I always think I'm "the exception" to the rule. I love that now that I'm in program, I get proven wrong every time I talk to another person in AA. I was sharing my struggle with depression in sobriety with another member. She said she had gone through the exact same thing at the beginning of s...

Namaste78 · Namaste78

I'm doing okay... My emotions seem to be evening out a little bit. I'm struggling with this 180 degree turn in my life though. I know it's going to be a learning process, bc right now I feel like I don't know who I am without alcohol. But let's be honest, I didn't really know who I was WITH alcohol, it was just...

virus · virus

What AA literature contains the format on how a table is to be ran.

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

From the pamphlet titled "Acceptance: The Way to Serenity and Peace of Mind" p.10 "God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; and Wisdom to know the difference."- Reinhold Niebuhr You simply ask God to give you the ability...

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 7 "Many of us think today the main problem of Alcoholics Anonymous is this: How, as a movement, shall we maintain our humility -- and so our unity -- in the face of what the world calls a great triumph? Perhaps we need not look far afield for an answer. We need only adapt and apply to our group lif...

pinkchip · pinkchip

My sponsor is here. Both our families. Never would have happened had I not gotten sober. Thanks all.

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I don't know if they stop coming to this board and maybe go to others. Maybe the people I was seeing in meetings are going to other meetings. I hope they are still sober. It just makes me very sad to think they may not be and not knowing how they are doing. I have heard other members share....."the long...

Wren · Wren

I've read this over a few times today. I really liked it and wanted to share it with you guys--- Chris Becoming Loveby Bryan BerghoefToday's post is written by Kate Coffey.I've been told there are only two states of being: fear and love. All the other inner landscapes that seem so real are...

Enigma · Enigma

Well I talked to my Mom the other day. Haven't talked to her in months because I couldn't take the active disease. She definitely my qualifier for you double winners out there. I was able to not react and keep my side of the street clean and not take her comments personally. I didn't go to the fight or agree...

Angell · Angell

Hi all, just a little down today - nothing that won't pass but I share the good with the bad. Two things that I can identify so far... First the heat. This disease I have makes heat, and especially the sun, like kryptonite for me. I can't go outside, can't get off this chair - too weak. After waiting tw...

Stepchild · Stepchild

Dropped by Intergroup after my noon meeting and picked up three of the 75th Edition replica of the first edition Big Books. I got three because I never know who I might run into that will actually read it. They're pretty fricken awesome...Wide margins...Large type and thick paper makes it look like...

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	Today's Gift - 7/18 (Preview) How will you dream if you don't sleep? How will you hear yourself? --Michael DorrisSleep is a wonderful gift in our lives. For eight hours, we rest our bodies. We let the thoughts, feelings, and events of our lives tumble through our sleeping minds as they sort themselves through our dreams. But dream...	Pythonpappy	0	481	Jul 18, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 7/17 (Preview) Reflection for the DayWhen I came to The Program, I found people who knew exactly what I meant when I spoke finally of my fears. They had been where I had been; they understood. I've since learned that many of my fears have to do with projection. It's normal, for example, to have a tiny "back-burner...	Pythonpappy	0	482	Jul 18, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) July 18 "Isn't a donation of my time and services just as important as my donation of cash? What if my home group had money for coffee, rent, and literature, but no one to open the meeting room and make the coffee?"	Mike B.	1	417	Jul 18, 2014 by myownhell
	Grapevine (Preview) July 17 "Self-centeredness is a poison to my emotional system. It frustrates my every effort toward a comfortable and happy existence. A terrible chain reaction begins. Fear sets in. Anger, resentment, and self-pity become my guiding forces. My only escape is to put this awful selfishnes...	Mike B.	1	517	Jul 17, 2014 by Stepchild
	a bit familiar (Preview) well almost look for th similarities	Zoomtopz	7	686	Jul 17, 2014 by Mike B.
	Are you feeling completely hopeless right now? Like alcohol has got you beat? (Preview) I see a lot of "guests" on this site. A lot more so than members. If you are reading this and that's how you feel...Why not register and talk about it with some people that have been where you are...And found a way out. What's it going to cost you?.....It could cost you a lot more than you think.	Stepchild	14	805	Jul 17, 2014 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) July 16 "Mere change is not necessarily progress."	Mike B.	2	523	Jul 16, 2014 by KevinAndrew
	Today's Gift - 7/16 (Preview) No tap dancing around problems Our program calls for a "searching and fearless" moral inventory, not only in the beginning, but as we continue to follow our new way of life.What this means is complete honesty about who and what we really are. We should not tap dance around our problems in or...	Pythonpappy	0	416	Jul 16, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 7/15 (Preview) Somebody's boring me - I think it's me. --Dylan Thomas Sobriety and recovery are supposed to be fun. Otherwise no one would do it. If we're bored or stagnant, it's because we're not doing recovery right.Recovery is a wonderful adventure filled with new faces, growth, love, acceptance, laughs, peac...	Pythonpappy	0	445	Jul 15, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Had to fire a sponcer. (Preview) So my sponcer told a guy I had a week long crush on about it. the crush had long been over which makes it even worse. The guy face booked me a hello message the night she told him. I just ignored it And sent a smiley face back. The reason I fired het was because she flipped out that i told her a half hour before th...	Lizmccal	9	885	Jul 15, 2014 by Mike B.
	Today's Gift - 7/14 (Preview) Life has lessons to teach. We can remember them and share them with others, or we can forget them and have to learn them again.--Jan PishokWhat we are destined to learn in this life will keep presenting itself until "contact" has been made. Each experience is a minute part of the big picture...	Pythonpappy	4	573	Jul 15, 2014 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) July 15 "We cannot grow very much unless we constantly try to envision what the eternal spiritual values are."	Mike B.	0	412	Jul 15, 2014 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) July 14 "By our Twelve Steps we have recovered, by our Twelve Traditions we have unified, and through our Third Legacy -- Service -- we shall carry the AA message down through the corridors of time to come."	Mike B.	2	454	Jul 14, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) July 14, 2014Quote of the Week"There are only two times when you should go to a meeting - when you feel like going, and when you don't feel like going." It's hard living with a disease that tells me I don't have it. When I'm in between meetings and life is busy, it's easy for me to think of going...	Pythonpappy	0	466	Jul 14, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 7/13 (Preview) They are able because they think they are able. --Virgil For most of us, addiction was full of doubt. We stopped believing in ourselves. Our thoughts had turned to "stinkin' thinkin'." We didn't believe in much of anything. We didn't take risks. We always looked for the easier, softer way...	Pythonpappy	0	492	Jul 13, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 7/12 (Preview) Love doesn't just sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread re-made all the time, made new. --Ursula K. Le Guin We love to be loved; we love to be held; we love to be caressed. A show of appreciation we love too. And we love to know we've been heard. The friends, the spouses, the children in our li...	Pythonpappy	1	424	Jul 12, 2014 by Mike D
	Sunrise Quote - 7/12 (Preview) You get the best efforts from others not by LIGHTING a fire beneath them, but by BUILDING a fire within?Bob Nelson	Pythonpappy	0	438	Jul 12, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Back from Campout and Visit to Dr. Bob's and other AA related sites in Akron (Preview) Violet and I truly enjoyed our camp out, just south of Canton, which is only about 30 minutes from Akron. Our time spent visiting all the AA related historical sites was a great experience. Jim, Akron's intergroup archivists was the speaker at the meeting we happened to find, after going to three on t...	John	6	688	Jul 11, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Checking In (Preview) I last posted here in September... but there's a lot missing from my recent fun. Fast forward catching up. Just before Halloween of 2012, my pulse started racing for no particular reason and nothing I did would bring it back down. Emergency room with atrial fibrillation. More meds, including bl...	barisax	4	658	Jul 11, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Just found this online today, sad... (Preview) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2688239/Father-40-died-downing-litre-Jim-Beam-bourbon-having-bucket-ice-thrown-head-deadly-drinking-game.html	BoozeWar	1	550	Jul 11, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Re: Pappy (Preview) If anyone has his phone number and is willing to give him a call and insure that he is alright, I'd appreciate it. Been eight days since he's been logged in. I don't need to know details, but I would like to know he's okay.	Angell	6	900	Jul 11, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Three years ago today... (Preview) I woke up in a detox bed in rehab.....Broken, beaten and hopeless. I was intoduced to AA in my few weeks there and I completely gave myself to this program. For the first time in many years of a battered life I had hope. One thing someone told me when I started....Which holds just as true today....as an...	Stepchild	24	1017	Jul 11, 2014 by KevinAndrew
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) July 7, 2014Quote of the Week"We must learn from the mistakes of others because we won't live long enough to make them all ourselves." Before recovery, I was very judgmental. I especially liked pointing out other people's mistakes and making fun of how stupid they could be. When I made...	Pythonpappy	2	580	Jul 11, 2014 by KevinAndrew
	Drunk off fake beer? (Preview) I was a friends house they are muslim so they don't drink at all, he offered me a cold fake beer, it was muslim brand, I haven't had a beer in forever and it was a nice night, I've been sober now for about year or so now. The oddest thing was I had weird feeling of drunkess, noting major but the feeling your brai...	mandm	12	1629	Jul 11, 2014 by davep12and12
	Weekly Thought --- (religious concept) (Preview) Weekly VerseCall to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3Weekly QuoteSurrender your mind to the Lord at the beginning of each day. Warren WiersbeWeekly ThoughtA Classic Devotional from Dr. Pardington Waiting upon God is necessary in or...	Pythonpappy	0	461	Jul 11, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) July 10 "My spiritual awakening has involved three major leaps: Save Me, Help Me, and Use Me."	Mike B.	4	505	Jul 11, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote - 7/11 (Preview) Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.Julia Child	Pythonpappy	0	413	Jul 11, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) July 9 "I saw that fear was a character defect, so I modified my Seventh Step Prayer. After 'remove every single defect of character,' I added, 'and every unreasonable fear.'"	Mike B.	5	556	Jul 11, 2014 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift - 7/11 (Preview) It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. --Antoine de St. ExuperyA tuning fork is a small tool that is used to tune musical instruments. It is tapped softly and then set down. As it vibrates, it gives off a musical tone. When its vibrations perfectly ma...	Pythonpappy	0	434	Jul 11, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Just for today (Preview) JUST FOR TODAY Just for today I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do something for 12 hours that would appal me if I felt I had to keep it up for a lifetime. JUST FOR TODAY Just for today I will be happy. Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to b...	myownhell	2	1099	Jul 11, 2014 by Mr_David
	Incidentally... (Preview) The staff at the hotel we stayed in for our wedding were great though the complained about this horrible couple staying next to us. They broke lots of stuff in the room and locked themselves out a few times. As we were laughing and just returning to our room after the reception, the couple comes down the...	pinkchip	9	666	Jul 11, 2014 by pinkchip
	2 Years Already? (Preview) Coming up on 2 years! July 31. Wow, time flies. Life is good. I have a few questions for the more experienced. I have been going to less meetings lately because I was really busy with work. Now I have the summer off and find I just don't wanna go. I feel good. I still don't connect with anyone but my spo...	mich	17	787	Jul 11, 2014 by IamDarryl
	Change is worth it (Preview) I'm new to this forum. Please to meet everyone of you. I was one of those person who thought whenever you're dealing with problem alcohol will be a good source of escape. Until it became an habit and drove me to misery. But I met someone who gave me hope to change and save my life. She's a caring, loving and s...	IamDarryl	16	769	Jul 11, 2014 by IamDarryl
	Prayers (Preview) Hi Everyone, Been awhile since I've 'spoke' on this site. Alcoholism as many of you know struck my life like lightning not once but four times very closely. Most recently, it robbed the mind, soul, and eventually the body, of the life of the man I'd vowed my love for years ago. The man I had ca...	learning	2	641	Jul 11, 2014 by Mr_David
	AA Poker Chips (Preview) Hi everyone. I give out Poker Chips for early birthdays in sobriety at my home group. Some of the slogans I use are; If you have given up the fight u can pick up a white, if you are doing the things you are supposed to u will be seeing blue skies ahead and if you aren't you might see blue lights flashing behind y...	donaldwood90	12	3795	Jul 10, 2014 by StPeteDean
	30 days today! (Preview) Something to be proud of. :) Met with my sponsor tonight a had a great chat and did a bit of step work.	Namaste78	11	717	Jul 10, 2014 by IamDarryl
	My sponsor died (Preview) I lost my sponsor, Sue D., over the weekend while out of town. She had only recently gone into Hospice and I was fortunate enough to have visited her before i left. She had 29 years of sobriety. She died with grace and dignity, surrounded by people in the fellowship. She was referred to as the "D...	yogajan	4	1353	Jul 10, 2014 by IamDarryl
	My prayer for you. (Preview) .To all my AA, Alanon, Alateen, AACA, NA, Naranon family, I say a special prayer for you. That you may be blessed by the Father of Heaven. That He keeps you safe and no harm come to you. That you remain in the fellowship of the brothers and not stray outside. That nothing will happen today that you and I cann...	gonee	3	492	Jul 10, 2014 by IamDarryl
	Today's meeting (Preview) Well tonite was a tradition meeting on tradition 1. Heard a lot of ego tonite and self centeredness from two individuals who were fighting. Well they walked out of the meeting. I couldn't help think but for the grace of God there go I, some are sicker than others. I was very grateful for what I have today....	Enigma	13	835	Jul 9, 2014 by KevinAndrew
	The "we" of program (Preview) I always think I'm "the exception" to the rule. I love that now that I'm in program, I get proven wrong every time I talk to another person in AA. I was sharing my struggle with depression in sobriety with another member. She said she had gone through the exact same thing at the beginning of s...	Namaste78	2	495	Jul 9, 2014 by Zoomtopz
	23 Days Sober (Preview) I'm doing okay... My emotions seem to be evening out a little bit. I'm struggling with this 180 degree turn in my life though. I know it's going to be a learning process, bc right now I feel like I don't know who I am without alcohol. But let's be honest, I didn't really know who I was WITH alcohol, it was just...	Namaste78	16	3068	Jul 9, 2014 by IamDarryl
	No opinions please! (Preview) What AA literature contains the format on how a table is to be ran.	virus	3	571	Jul 8, 2014 by 2granddaughters
	On ACCEPTANCE some things come out right without changing them (Preview) From the pamphlet titled "Acceptance: The Way to Serenity and Peace of Mind" p.10 "God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; and Wisdom to know the difference."- Reinhold Niebuhr You simply ask God to give you the ability...	jonijoni1	9	5646	Jul 8, 2014 by yogajan
	Grapevine (Preview) July 7 "Many of us think today the main problem of Alcoholics Anonymous is this: How, as a movement, shall we maintain our humility -- and so our unity -- in the face of what the world calls a great triumph? Perhaps we need not look far afield for an answer. We need only adapt and apply to our group lif...	Mike B.	0	395	Jul 7, 2014 by Mike B.
	Getting married in 2 hours. (Preview) My sponsor is here. Both our families. Never would have happened had I not gotten sober. Thanks all.	pinkchip	10	612	Jul 6, 2014 by mikef
	So Sad About People Who Disappear (Preview) I don't know if they stop coming to this board and maybe go to others. Maybe the people I was seeing in meetings are going to other meetings. I hope they are still sober. It just makes me very sad to think they may not be and not knowing how they are doing. I have heard other members share....."the long...	betterthanyesterday52	35	3158	Jul 6, 2014 by pinkchip
	Fear and Love--spirituality (Preview) I've read this over a few times today. I really liked it and wanted to share it with you guys--- Chris Becoming Loveby Bryan BerghoefToday's post is written by Kate Coffey.I've been told there are only two states of being: fear and love. All the other inner landscapes that seem so real are...	Wren	4	806	Jul 5, 2014 by Jerry F
	Progress (Preview) Well I talked to my Mom the other day. Haven't talked to her in months because I couldn't take the active disease. She definitely my qualifier for you double winners out there. I was able to not react and keep my side of the street clean and not take her comments personally. I didn't go to the fight or agree...	Enigma	5	668	Jul 5, 2014 by Jerry F
	A little down (Preview) Hi all, just a little down today - nothing that won't pass but I share the good with the bad. Two things that I can identify so far... First the heat. This disease I have makes heat, and especially the sun, like kryptonite for me. I can't go outside, can't get off this chair - too weak. After waiting tw...	Angell	3	649	Jul 5, 2014 by Jerry F
	Man...That is a BIG BOOK! (Preview) Dropped by Intergroup after my noon meeting and picked up three of the 75th Edition replica of the first edition Big Books. I got three because I never know who I might run into that will actually read it. They're pretty fricken awesome...Wide margins...Large type and thick paper makes it look like...	Stepchild	11	759	Jul 4, 2014 by tomsteve
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