Alcoholics Anonymous

Butterfinger · Butterfinger

Anyone who has had the experience of knowing me over the past few years is familiar with my struggle with alcohol and my inability to make any sort of lasting change. Some of you have witnessed my roller coaster of highs and lows and, with good reason, written me off as one of the unfortunate souls who w...

Lizmccal · Lizmccal

I start a new semester in school today. One I will not drop out of because I won't drink or smoke myself into crazy town. My lawyer for something I did last year detoxing is only going to cost 4k (only ya my savings is gone but with out smoking weed/drinking/cigarettes I am saving more that I thought I could...

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 13 "In relinquishing some goals because of lessened physical energy, I have been freed to achieve other and more satisfying ones that a deeper and more extensive Me has always known it wanted."

tirian · tirian

Hey guys, I am coming up to my 9th month sober. So much has changed for the better - not just the absence of the booze. It seems from what I read online and even people I've met at AA that even 20+years down the track they still call themselves alcoholic. Don't we get to leave that behind? I don't feel like an a...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge." Gerald Jampolsky -- Edited by betterthanyesterday52 on Saturday 11th of January 2014 08:48:03 A...

Tomas · Tomas

40 Years of continuous sobriety this weekend...Had my last drink several hours before my first meeting of Alcoholics Anonomous...Jan 12th, 1974. What I did with my sobriety can be best seen in part on my Face Book Page...Tomas Sailor. "As Kevin Costner once said to me...Don't tell us abou...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Pappy?????

Buddhamom · Buddhamom

hi, i have been in the program, going to many meetings weekly and have been sober nearly 16 months. i'm also a a buddhist who meditates daily, takes retreats and workshops working on the ego ( that small i!) and also i go to SMART meetings for basic cognitive behavioral training and further tools to proc...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The gift of love means this: I want to share with you whatever I have that is good. --John Powell, S.J. How loving are we, really? Do we keep score when we do favors for a friend, keeping in mind that we're owed one? Do we hoard rather than share a favorite treat, hoping to prolong our own feast? And the good m...

Tracey C · Tracey C

Last night I was sitting and doing a jigsaw puzzle when a program came over the radio. It was on how to know ifwe're on the right pathway with our life and making the right decisions. One of the points they made was to make sure that we don't want something more than what our Higher Power does for us. That set...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Being retired and self employed has many benefits for me. Where I work in contract has me meet many travelers who vacation on my island home. I tend the grounds of a hotel and the center point is a inner garden that is beautiful...with bridges and pools and plants and trees and ...me. Today some vis...

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Hello Everyone I am a grateful member of alanon, and have a question about the 1 yr sobriety date of a close friend. He and I have known each other for many many years, but came to know each other in recovery this past year as he began working an AA program and I in Alanon. His 1 yr sobriety date is coming up...

BarbaraLu · BarbaraLu

Good morning. I'm in a pickle. I have a sponsee who has gotten into a good bit of trouble. (The last, a domestic violence charge from beating on her boyfriend when drunk.) Her problems come with a toxic combination of alcohol and bad relationships. She thinks her problems come more from the men than the...

tryinghard · tryinghard

I've been working out of my apartment and drinking about 3 bottles of wine over the course of each day (for 5 years).. I need to get clean for a new job, am I at risk for seizures or will it just suck?

SolanoGypsy · SolanoGypsy

I have spent the whole day irritable and pissed off and I don't even know why. And I don't even know what it's about. Feels pretty jacked up though. Just wanted to get that off my chest.

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." Ernest Hemingway I made a lot of promises when I was drunk. Problem is, I cannot remember them all now that I am sober. So I carry alot of guilt around with me for that. Now I still do it for example, telli...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow. William Shakespeare

gonee · gonee

"Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power." AA book pg 43. This one line, reaffirmed my powerless...

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 10 "The AA message does not carry itself; somebody must carry it."

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

It amazes me that I don't having the cravings for alcohol like I did. I am not going to question it, but enjoy it one day at a time and continue to work the program. I have been sick with the flu and have missed AA meetings. I have been coming to this board more than I usually do and that has helped me this week. I...

gonee · gonee

"Despite all we can say, many who are real alcoholics are not going to believe they are in that class. By every form of self-deception and experimentation, they will try to prove themselves exceptions to the rule, therefore nonalcoholic. If anyone who is showing inability to control his drink...

Lizmccal · Lizmccal

I have only been able to go too about 3 meetings a week for the past two weeks due to car problems. My car is up and running thank God. I can go to meetings at night again. It's not safe to walk at night where I live. Now that I'm sober I recognize this when I was drinking I didn't care. You don't know what you hav...

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 9 "By revealing our secrets and thereby ridding ourselves of guilt we can actually change our thinking and by altering our thinking we can change ourselves. What we will be tomorrow is determined by what we think today."

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own. Albert Schweitzer

Aaronmk · Aaronmk

I got out of the VA treatment program back in the middle of December. I have PTSD along with addiction which is pretty common with all my brothers. The past eight years plus I have been clean and have had no problems. During this time my girls and I have had a wonderful relationship, they are daddy's littl...

gonee · gonee

In a nutshell this about sums up my alcoholism and the disease itself. Very basic explanation by good Doctor Silkworth, of the problem, the solution and the prescription. The script is given to the apothecary; AA's 12 steps; the medicine for the illness. "Men and women drink essentially becau...

DayTrader069 · DayTrader069

Ran into a snag with this quote the other day at a speaker mtg. Long and short, three individuals were talking throughout the mtg (2 guys fighting over the attention of a girl - and her lapping up the attention), thus being disrespectful to the speakers as well as other attendees. Neither the Secreta...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"One AA member recalls that, even during the worst of her drinking career, she never lost her faith. "I had a firm, unshakable belief--in disaster." she explains. "Every morning, almost my first conscious thought was "Oh, my God, I wonder what new troubles are going to h...

Lizmccal · Lizmccal

My reaction to reading the BB this morning was "ya ya ya I've been through this for years". I only have 5 weeks sober. I'm an a-hole sometimes and that will take me out. I know nothing and will read before I start my day. Anythoughts are nice. I just wanted to tell someone before the day starts...

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 8 "If it were not for the 'we' of AA, there would be no 'I'."

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at t...

Jerry F · Jerry F

I've been put on alert. I've been blessed for such a long time and HP wanted to let me know that I'm still human and subject to "humaness".Friday tried to finish a bathroom remodel for a client and thought (lol) I had all my ducks in line and then of course learned "you don't take a duc...

abe · abe

how is it that although they are very moody and can't tell the truth, when you ask them anything, they are never at fault, and you are to blame for everything? How do you constructively deal with this and still maintain a decent relationship

Tracey C · Tracey C

Hi Its been a while since Ive posted. Yesterday a male friend called asking if I would help him to give up the grog. He had seen the alanon pampblets I had sent to his wife so he thougbt he could talk to me. Im aware that its not a good thing long term for male/female. Hopefully Ill get him connected with a mal...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I have developed a friendship with another alcoholic. We along with my SO have had long chats before and after the meetings, gone out for coffee and meals, etc. for a few months now. This person said recently that they became so angry with another person (not an AA'er, but a stranger) that they actuall...

debird17 · debird17

Happy New Year All. I have been off line for a while. Was away on a boating trip which was very good to get all of my thoughts together. I am on day 79 of my sobriety and have had some days that where harder than others but I am still standing strong. Christmas Day I had 16 family and friends over for the day....

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. - Helen Keller

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

While it's always tempting to over-indulge during the holidays, don't let YOUR picture end up on this holiday warning brochure I picked up at the Humane Society!!! 5 beers 2 glasses of wine 2 bottles of wine - Shared of course too many margaritas 3 Kamikazes 7 rum & cokes 1 large purple h...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Just so you know.. I appreciate that you have been in my life !!Wishing you aHappy New Year Some thoughts that are good year round To realize the value of a sister/brother: Ask someone who doesn't have one. To realize the value of ten years: Ask a newly divorced couple. To realize the value of four year...

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 7 "Each of us must conform reasonably well to AA's Steps and Traditions, or else we shall go mad or die of alcoholism."

gonee · gonee

After 4 months of heavy drinking, after relapsing in AA, I am glad that those old timers had kept those doors open. These are the lessons I had learned. AA's 12 steps is not an individual program, but rather a program for the individual. I cannot work it my way. "At some of these we balked. We though...

Mike B. · Mike B.

January 6 "The word powerless ... described my situation with alcohol perfectly and completely. My life was more than unmanageable, it was illegal."

SolanoGypsy · SolanoGypsy

So this guy walks into a bar... Just playing...I wouldn't know the end of that joke cuz I wasn't there. In fact, I can't remember the last time I was in one of those but I could certainly describe the front door of the bar that shares a building with the Alano club I sometimes frequent. Imagine t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

An old guy goes to his doctor for his physical and Gets sent to the Urologist as a precaution. When he gets there, he discovers the Urologist is a Very pretty female doctor. The female doctor says,"I'm going to check your Prostate today, but this new procedure is a little ...

Lizmccal · Lizmccal

Well I am ok with one lie I am telling myself infact it is changing me and becoming the truth. It started after hitting my bottom and pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization seemed like a step up from where I was. I was afraid with no hope I would kill myself. I told myself a simple lie on the day I deci...

John · John

Won't go into any details, but 2014 started showing itself to be a good year right off the bat. Got a check for work I did almost 2 years ago and had given up on ever getting, got several very good, well paying jobs back to back, bought and sold a car (1998 Cadillac DeVille) and while I didn't make any real m...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Happy New Year! Thank you all for helping me so much with your words of encouragement, love and support. Had I not found this board, I am sure I would have quit AA, started drinking and be hungover this a.m. after celebrating another New Year's Eve drunk. Happy &...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

As the first day of another New Year starts, I realized that I had all these anticipations and expectations of the first day of the new year. I have let myself down as I am totally exhausted and depressed from something that happened which hurt my feelings and made me feel like a piece of cra*. I haven't...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

If we dont change we dont grow. It we dont grow we are not really living. Gail Sheehy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Later is now. --Roseanne Barr Newcomer I guess I do have some addiction problems, but right now is a terrible time for me. I know you'd like me to be more involved, use the program more, but I need time - there's something else I have to deal with first. I've tried talking about it at meetings, but no one rea...

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	Just checking in... (Preview) Anyone who has had the experience of knowing me over the past few years is familiar with my struggle with alcohol and my inability to make any sort of lasting change. Some of you have witnessed my roller coaster of highs and lows and, with good reason, written me off as one of the unfortunate souls who w...	Butterfinger	9	501	Jan 14, 2014 by Stepchild
	So excited couldn't sleep. Woke up at 3:30am. (Preview) I start a new semester in school today. One I will not drop out of because I won't drink or smoke myself into crazy town. My lawyer for something I did last year detoxing is only going to cost 4k (only ya my savings is gone but with out smoking weed/drinking/cigarettes I am saving more that I thought I could...	Lizmccal	9	553	Jan 14, 2014 by pinkchip
	Grapevine (Preview) January 13 "In relinquishing some goals because of lessened physical energy, I have been freed to achieve other and more satisfying ones that a deeper and more extensive Me has always known it wanted."	Mike B.	1	218	Jan 14, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	I dont feel like an alcoholic (Preview) Hey guys, I am coming up to my 9th month sober. So much has changed for the better - not just the absence of the booze. It seems from what I read online and even people I've met at AA that even 20+years down the track they still call themselves alcoholic. Don't we get to leave that behind? I don't feel like an a...	tirian	13	865	Jan 14, 2014 by Butterfinger
	Judging Others Quote (Preview) "When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge." Gerald Jampolsky -- Edited by betterthanyesterday52 on Saturday 11th of January 2014 08:48:03 A...	betterthanyesterday52	2	2800	Jan 13, 2014 by Jerry F
	MY 40 TH AA ANNIVERSARY OF CONTINUOUS SOBRIETY (Preview) 40 Years of continuous sobriety this weekend...Had my last drink several hours before my first meeting of Alcoholics Anonomous...Jan 12th, 1974. What I did with my sobriety can be best seen in part on my Face Book Page...Tomas Sailor. "As Kevin Costner once said to me...Don't tell us abou...	Tomas	13	756	Jan 13, 2014 by AlcoHater
	Where is Roger? (Preview) Pappy?????	justadrunk	10	451	Jan 13, 2014 by StPeteDean
	Help? Feel I need to come clean, if not totally come OUT. Falling apart a bit over here in California! Women feedback? (Preview) hi, i have been in the program, going to many meetings weekly and have been sober nearly 16 months. i'm also a a buddhist who meditates daily, takes retreats and workshops working on the ego ( that small i!) and also i go to SMART meetings for basic cognitive behavioral training and further tools to proc...	Buddhamom	8	541	Jan 13, 2014 by Lizmccal
	Today's Gift (Preview) The gift of love means this: I want to share with you whatever I have that is good. --John Powell, S.J. How loving are we, really? Do we keep score when we do favors for a friend, keeping in mind that we're owed one? Do we hoard rather than share a favorite treat, hoping to prolong our own feast? And the good m...	Pythonpappy	2	220	Jan 12, 2014 by Mike D
	What my Hp wants (Preview) Last night I was sitting and doing a jigsaw puzzle when a program came over the radio. It was on how to know ifwe're on the right pathway with our life and making the right decisions. One of the points they made was to make sure that we don't want something more than what our Higher Power does for us. That set...	Tracey C	5	605	Jan 12, 2014 by Fyne Spirit
	Enjoying life.... (Preview) Being retired and self employed has many benefits for me. Where I work in contract has me meet many travelers who vacation on my island home. I tend the grounds of a hotel and the center point is a inner garden that is beautiful...with bridges and pools and plants and trees and ...me. Today some vis...	Jerry F	6	403	Jan 12, 2014 by Fyne Spirit
	1 yr sobriety question (Preview) Hello Everyone I am a grateful member of alanon, and have a question about the 1 yr sobriety date of a close friend. He and I have known each other for many many years, but came to know each other in recovery this past year as he began working an AA program and I in Alanon. His 1 yr sobriety date is coming up...	yanksfan51	6	641	Jan 11, 2014 by otrbrian
	working with a sponsee who doesn't know if she is alcoholic (Preview) Good morning. I'm in a pickle. I have a sponsee who has gotten into a good bit of trouble. (The last, a domestic violence charge from beating on her boyfriend when drunk.) Her problems come with a toxic combination of alcohol and bad relationships. She thinks her problems come more from the men than the...	BarbaraLu	13	1010	Jan 11, 2014 by tomsteve
	Question on seizures watched my father have awful seizures (Preview) I've been working out of my apartment and drinking about 3 bottles of wine over the course of each day (for 5 years).. I need to get clean for a new job, am I at risk for seizures or will it just suck?	tryinghard	4	455	Jan 11, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Resulted, Irritable and Discontent (Preview) I have spent the whole day irritable and pissed off and I don't even know why. And I don't even know what it's about. Feels pretty jacked up though. Just wanted to get that off my chest.	SolanoGypsy	5	677	Jan 10, 2014 by SolanoGypsy
	"Always Do Sober......" Quote (Preview) *"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."* Ernest Hemingway I made a lot of promises when I was drunk. Problem is, I cannot remember them all now that I am sober. So I carry alot of guilt around with me for that. Now I still do it for example, telli...	betterthanyesterday52	2	375	Jan 10, 2014 by RubyTues
	Friendship Quote (Preview) A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow. William Shakespeare	betterthanyesterday52	1	359	Jan 10, 2014 by tcmoon
	Powerless once more? (Preview) "Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power." AA book pg 43. This one line, reaffirmed my powerless...	gonee	2	309	Jan 10, 2014 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) January 10 "The AA message does not carry itself; somebody must carry it."	Mike B.	1	216	Jan 10, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	I'm Grateful For This Board (Preview) It amazes me that I don't having the cravings for alcohol like I did. I am not going to question it, but enjoy it one day at a time and continue to work the program. I have been sick with the flu and have missed AA meetings. I have been coming to this board more than I usually do and that has helped me this week. I...	betterthanyesterday52	3	328	Jan 10, 2014 by Jerry F
	What can we say? (Preview) "Despite all we can say, many who are real alcoholics are not going to believe they are in that class. By every form of self-deception and experimentation, they will try to prove themselves exceptions to the rule, therefore nonalcoholic. If anyone who is showing inability to control his drink...	gonee	3	503	Jan 9, 2014 by Mike B.
	Meetings (Preview) I have only been able to go too about 3 meetings a week for the past two weeks due to car problems. My car is up and running thank God. I can go to meetings at night again. It's not safe to walk at night where I live. Now that I'm sober I recognize this when I was drinking I didn't care. You don't know what you hav...	Lizmccal	5	716	Jan 9, 2014 by John
	Grapevine (Preview) January 9 "By revealing our secrets and thereby ridding ourselves of guilt we can actually change our thinking and by altering our thinking we can change ourselves. What we will be tomorrow is determined by what we think today."	Mike B.	1	241	Jan 9, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Helping Others Quotation (Preview) Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own. Albert Schweitzer	betterthanyesterday52	3	523	Jan 9, 2014 by tirian
	Heartbroken in Nebraska (Preview) I got out of the VA treatment program back in the middle of December. I have PTSD along with addiction which is pretty common with all my brothers. The past eight years plus I have been clean and have had no problems. During this time my girls and I have had a wonderful relationship, they are daddy's littl...	Aaronmk	31	698	Jan 9, 2014 by Aaronmk
	Doctor's opinion. (Preview) In a nutshell this about sums up my alcoholism and the disease itself. Very basic explanation by good Doctor Silkworth, of the problem, the solution and the prescription. The script is given to the apothecary; AA's 12 steps; the medicine for the illness. "Men and women drink essentially becau...	gonee	3	731	Jan 8, 2014 by Stepchild
	"Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern." (Preview) Ran into a snag with this quote the other day at a speaker mtg. Long and short, three individuals were talking throughout the mtg (2 guys fighting over the attention of a girl - and her lapping up the attention), thus being disrespectful to the speakers as well as other attendees. Neither the Secreta...	DayTrader069	3	698	Jan 8, 2014 by DayTrader069
	"I had a firm unshakeable belief -- in disaster" (Preview) "One AA member recalls that, even during the worst of her drinking career, she never lost her faith. "I had a firm, unshakable belief--in disaster." she explains. "Every morning, almost my first conscious thought was "Oh, my God, I wonder what new troubles are going to h...	betterthanyesterday52	2	397	Jan 8, 2014 by davep12and12
	I just had to humble myself the second this thought came up. (Preview) My reaction to reading the BB this morning was "ya ya ya I've been through this for years". I only have 5 weeks sober. I'm an a-hole sometimes and that will take me out. I know nothing and will read before I start my day. Anythoughts are nice. I just wanted to tell someone before the day starts...	Lizmccal	4	467	Jan 8, 2014 by SolanoGypsy
	Grapevine (Preview) January 8 "If it were not for the 'we' of AA, there would be no 'I'."	Mike B.	2	287	Jan 8, 2014 by SolanoGypsy
	Strength Quote (Preview) Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at t...	betterthanyesterday52	2	325	Jan 8, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Okay...Next!! (Preview) I've been put on alert. I've been blessed for such a long time and HP wanted to let me know that I'm still human and subject to "humaness".Friday tried to finish a bathroom remodel for a client and thought (lol) I had all my ducks in line and then of course learned "you don't take a duc...	Jerry F	5	459	Jan 8, 2014 by mikef
	why do alcoholics lie about unrelated, insignificate things? and don't recognize that you've changed (Preview) how is it that although they are very moody and can't tell the truth, when you ask them anything, they are never at fault, and you are to blame for everything? How do you constructively deal with this and still maintain a decent relationship	abe	6	842	Jan 7, 2014 by abe
	Question (Preview) Hi Its been a while since Ive posted. Yesterday a male friend called asking if I would help him to give up the grog. He had seen the alanon pampblets I had sent to his wife so he thougbt he could talk to me. Im aware that its not a good thing long term for male/female. Hopefully Ill get him connected with a mal...	Tracey C	5	317	Jan 7, 2014 by davep12and12
	Would Like Your Input on This (Preview) I have developed a friendship with another alcoholic. We along with my SO have had long chats before and after the meetings, gone out for coffee and meals, etc. for a few months now. This person said recently that they became so angry with another person (not an AA'er, but a stranger) that they actuall...	betterthanyesterday52	8	420	Jan 7, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Checking In (Preview) Happy New Year All. I have been off line for a while. Was away on a boating trip which was very good to get all of my thoughts together. I am on day 79 of my sobriety and have had some days that where harder than others but I am still standing strong. Christmas Day I had 16 family and friends over for the day....	debird17	3	366	Jan 7, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. - Helen Keller	Pythonpappy	4	209	Jan 7, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Holiday Drinking Warning (Preview) While it's always tempting to over-indulge during the holidays, don't let YOUR picture end up on this holiday warning brochure I picked up at the Humane Society!!! 5 beers 2 glasses of wine 2 bottles of wine - Shared of course too many margaritas 3 Kamikazes 7 rum & cokes 1 large purple h...	Pythonpappy	4	463	Jan 7, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	wishing you good fortune (Preview) Just so you know.. I appreciate that you have been in my life !!Wishing you aHappy New Year Some thoughts that are good year round To realize the value of a sister/brother: Ask someone who doesn't have one. To realize the value of ten years: Ask a newly divorced couple. To realize the value of four year...	Pythonpappy	3	280	Jan 7, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) January 7 "Each of us must conform reasonably well to AA's Steps and Traditions, or else we shall go mad or die of alcoholism."	Mike B.	0	292	Jan 7, 2014 by Mike B.
	On my return...... (Preview) After 4 months of heavy drinking, after relapsing in AA, I am glad that those old timers had kept those doors open. These are the lessons I had learned. AA's 12 steps is not an individual program, but rather a program for the individual. I cannot work it my way. "At some of these we balked. We though...	gonee	3	326	Jan 6, 2014 by Jerry F
	Grapevine (Preview) January 6 "The word powerless ... described my situation with alcohol perfectly and completely. My life was more than unmanageable, it was illegal."	Mike B.	1	247	Jan 6, 2014 by Stepchild
	Wow, but the months do pass... (Preview) So this guy walks into a bar... Just playing...I wouldn't know the end of that joke cuz I wasn't there. In fact, I can't remember the last time I was in one of those but I could certainly describe the front door of the bar that shares a building with the Alano club I sometimes frequent. Imagine t...	SolanoGypsy	4	454	Jan 6, 2014 by Stepchild
	Time for a Joke ... Female Urologist ... 'X' (Preview) An old guy goes to his doctor for his physical and Gets sent to the Urologist as a precaution. When he gets there, he discovers the Urologist is a Very pretty female doctor. The female doctor says,"I'm going to check your Prostate today, but this new procedure is a little ...	Pythonpappy	3	671	Jan 6, 2014 by John
	When lying to myself is good. (Preview) Well I am ok with one lie I am telling myself infact it is changing me and becoming the truth. It started after hitting my bottom and pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization seemed like a step up from where I was. I was afraid with no hope I would kill myself. I told myself a simple lie on the day I deci...	Lizmccal	15	547	Jan 5, 2014 by Stepchild
	A woman can surely bring a lot of change into my life... with a quickness! LOL (Preview) Won't go into any details, but 2014 started showing itself to be a good year right off the bat. Got a check for work I did almost 2 years ago and had given up on ever getting, got several very good, well paying jobs back to back, bought and sold a car (1998 Cadillac DeVille) and while I didn't make any real m...	John	3	416	Jan 5, 2014 by Mike D
	Happy New Year! (Preview) I just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Happy New Year! Thank you all for helping me so much with your words of encouragement, love and support. Had I not found this board, I am sure I would have quit AA, started drinking and be hungover this a.m. after celebrating another New Year's Eve drunk. Happy &...	betterthanyesterday52	5	511	Jan 5, 2014 by RubyTues
	SOS but don't have to drink (Preview) As the first day of another New Year starts, I realized that I had all these anticipations and expectations of the first day of the new year. I have let myself down as I am totally exhausted and depressed from something that happened which hurt my feelings and made me feel like a piece of cra*. I haven't...	betterthanyesterday52	3	366	Jan 4, 2014 by Mike D
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) If we dont change we dont grow. It we dont grow we are not really living. Gail Sheehy	Pythonpappy	0	209	Jan 4, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 1/4 (Preview) Later is now. --Roseanne Barr Newcomer I guess I do have some addiction problems, but right now is a terrible time for me. I know you'd like me to be more involved, use the program more, but I need time - there's something else I have to deal with first. I've tried talking about it at meetings, but no one rea...	Pythonpappy	0	264	Jan 4, 2014 by Pythonpappy
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