Alcoholics Anonymous

pinkchip · pinkchip

Refrain from excessive cursing, name calling, etc. We all get upset and are prone to that at times. Me included. Kumbaya folks. LOL.

justadrunk · justadrunk

...beautiful souls :) I hope you're having a wonderful day and glad you popped on to MIP this morning to join the quest to be a proud member of our human family! My favorite lady from my home group - Lois - always says "I'm glad you're all here, I'm glad I'm here and WANT to be here". That last p...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Okay BTY, ... Let's see if I can remember this baby ... here goes: There was this older woman who lived near a zoo ... One day she went out to the street to get her mail ... As she was returning from the mailbox, she looked up and noticed there was a big Gorilla on the roof of her house ... So she went in the house...

d_willing · d_willing

Hello All. This may be a venting post but interested in your thoughts. So my wife has been pretty supportive of me and my recovery but I can see signs that it is starting to ware on her. She is diagnosed Bi-Polar which has its own set of challenges and used to be one of my excuses for drinking. She is star...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

With Laughter O God, as the day returns and brings us the silly Rounds of irritating duties, help me perform Them with laughter and a kind face. Let cheerfulness overflow in my work; Give me joy during my business all this day; Bring me to my resting bed tired and content And grant me the gift of sleep. --...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome Chrisha ... glad you came to join us in celebrating life here without the need for drugs and alcohol ... I just know you'll be a great addition here ... Love ya and God Bless, Pappy P.s. ... Congrats on 13 years ... Happy Birthday! -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Saturday 23rd of November 20...

DrKnipe · DrKnipe

I have been a functioning alcoholic for about 4 years now. I get so drunk that I damage my home by stumbling around and smashing into things. Then I have enormous guilt about what I did when I was drunk. Then I drink to get rid of guilt. I am really going to try to not drink tonight. My family deserves a b...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter? --Woody Allen If our introduction to religion and God was filled with threats of punishment and hell it would make perfect sense for us not to want to believe in something so scary. Even though we m...

Mike B. · Mike B.

November 22 "For all its usual destructiveness, we have found that fear can be the starting point for better things. Fear can be a stepping-stone to prudence and to a decent respect for others. It can point the path to justice, as well as to hate. And the more we have of respect and justice, the mor...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I watched the Everyone Loves Raymond show tonight where Robert, (Raymond's brother) is dating a girl who eats a fly. Robert doesn't believe it when Raymond tells him until he goes in her bedroom and sees frogs in an aquarium, stuffed frogs on her bed and frog posters on her wall. The girlfriend catc...

Butterfinger · Butterfinger

This has been my sole response to anyone whose asked me how I'm doing at meetings for the past 2 days. I had intended it to be a smart-ass statement meant to show my displeasure at the presumption that I'm an idiot incapable of intelligent thought due to my alcoholism. Basically I wanted to rustle some p...

robbie0330 · robbie0330

Everything I do is for nothing. I almost got a job the other day. But my phone wouldn't ring. I got the messages, but no ring. Tried to call them, but all I got was the machine. The last message said they found somone else. I also tried to get a job at winco. They waited three weeks to tell me that I wasnt even go...

Butterfinger · Butterfinger

It was in the wee hours when my wife's labour really began. We had gone to bed early because she knew it was coming and we wanted to get as much rest as possible. We laid in the dark and I let her crush my hand while I tried to help her through the contractions. I did my best to try things we learned in the prenata...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Dream big dreams, but never forget that realistic short-term goals are the keys to your success."- Mac Anderson

Mike B. · Mike B.

November 20 "I'd like to develop Step Eleven further -- for the benefit of the complete doubter, the unlucky one who can't believe it has any real merit at all .... As he goes along with his process of prayer, he begins to add up the results. If he persists, he will almost surely find more serenity...

Butterfinger · Butterfinger

Whenever I come here I find pearls of wisdom mixed with good humor and genuine care and concern. It's the bright spot of my day and I look forward to coming on before bed as it puts me in a positive mind space before going to sleep. I would like to participate and share but I find that I'm very moody these days...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Hey Chris I've gotta Question for you. You've been off the board for most of the year. I'm betting this thread will get you in here.

Butterfinger · Butterfinger

My father was a heavy drinker and smoker and when he quit the cigarettes due to the "you're going to have a heart attack any moment" warning from his doctor he said his desire to drink diminished with the death of his nicotine addiction. I've heard this before from other ex-smokers and I know...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Ask, and ye shall receive. --John 16:24 Somewhere in our past life, we may have picked up the idea that it's not all right to ask for help, that asking for help would be a sign of weakness. Recovery calls for some basic changes in our thinking, and when we feel vulnerable is the best time to reach out and as...

Stepchild · Stepchild

A CLASSIC PRAYER Lord, make me a channel for thy peace -- that where there is hatred, I may bring love -- that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness -- that where there is discord, I may bring harmony -- that where there is error, I may bring truth -- that where there is doubt, I may bring...

Mike B. · Mike B.

November 21 "Until today, at least, I am getting further away from that first drink, which is the one that inevitably leads me to complete disaster."

debird17 · debird17

Since I am still a newbie I was wondering when it is a good time to find a sponsor? Their is a women at my meetings that has been sober for 20 years and she has so much wisdom. I'm not sure how to ask or even how it works? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Stepchild · Stepchild

"THY WILL, NOT MINE" . . . when making specific requests, it will be well to add to each one of them this qualification. ". . . if it be Thy will. " TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 102 I ask simply that throughout the day God place in me the best understanding of His will that I ca...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Going EasyGo easy. You may have to push forward, but you don't have to push so hard. Go in gentleness, go in peace.Do not be in so much of a hurry. At no day, no hour, no time are you required to do more than you can do in peace. Frantic behaviors and urgency are not the foundation for our new way of life.Do not b...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least."- Goethe

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

Cookies???( If so, what kind?) Fudge??? Cake??? (Betcha I know what your favorite flavor is...) I have been fixing coffee and also making some treats for some of the meetings I go to. I had all but quit baking/doing much cooking because of my drinking and it is good to get back into it. It really has hel...

Butterfinger · Butterfinger

Forgive me for sounding like a Debbie Downer but, lets be honest, I wouldn't be here if I was feeling great. My problem is that I'm racked with fear of failure and paralyzed with self doubt that I can make any sort of lasting life changes. I have tried quitting smoking about a gazillion times and done well...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Hi All, I have a somewhat unorthodox question to ask, but I figured it would not hurt to put it out there. To provide some context, I will share that I first started coming to this board about a year and a half ago when I knew that I needed to begin the process of recovery. I was a hard drinker for 10 years and as...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Being patient Over time, we get what we want out of this program. If we seek a better way of life, for example, we will develop it. If we want to diminish our pain, we will find relief. If we want love, we will learn how to give it and receive it. Over time, our lives can improve a great deal through the Twelve S...

Stepchild · Stepchild

"I WAS SLIPPING FAST" We A.A.'s are active folk enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities of life, . . . So it isn't surprising that we often tend to slight serious meditation and prayer as something not really necessary. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 96 I had been s...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Joy is an inward singing which cannot be silenced by outward negative circumstances. Yes, even when life seemingly is falling apart.- Robert D. Foster

Mike B. · Mike B.

November 19 "The best university for me -- the best school, the best teaching -- was in analyzing mistakes that I'd made and problems I created because of these mistakes. Not my successes."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

November 18, 2013 Quote of the Week "Friends are God's apology for your relatives." When I was new I had very few healthy boundaries, and I especially had little defense against the observations, suggestions, judgments and criticisms of my family members. Someone once said that yo...

d_willing · d_willing

So last night I had the most realistic dream I have ever had, and it was not about anything I have ever thought of doing. I killed myself. YIKES. I built a contraption that cut both my arms off at the wrists so blood would flow out of me and I would die. Sorry to be gruesome. Anyways, i used the contraptio...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

for my friend Barbara Munday. She is fighting cancer post-op and is having serious complications with skin grafts that the surgeon now is refusing to fix. Her life hangs in the balance, prayers are needed in the hopes that Shands Hospital Jax, FL will take her back and fix her up. Please say a small pr...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I am feeling depressed. Been that way a good part of today. Think the ole "woe-is-me's" are raring their ugly heads and have been trying to not be worried about my current living situation which I cannot change right now, my family situation (which my daughter is not even emailing me like sh...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Making prompt amends is the fresh air of each new day. --Sandra Little Today brings us a new hill to climb and a new view from the top. Taking time to reflect about our daily journeys is a challenging adventure in self-discovery. Looking down, we see our past trials and difficulties as lessons to learn f...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly Quote"It takes some of us a lifetime to learn that Christ, our Good Shepherd, knows exactly what He is doing with us. He understands us perfectly." Phillip KellerWeekly ThoughtWhen you were a child or teen, did you ever hope for something with seemingly all of your heartbut it nev...

Mike B. · Mike B.

November 18 "How wonderful to be sober, to be able to think clearly (at times, at least), and to become aware of some portion of the greater wisdom concealed so deeply within myself."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.."- Jim Rohn

d_willing · d_willing

So I am on a great path now, doing very well, hopeful etc. Here's my dilemma... We became friendly with our neighbors when they moved in a year or so ago, then they had to move 12 hrs away because he had lost his job. They finally sold the house so they are back in town one final time and are going to come over...

pinkchip · pinkchip

I banned all the "kitchen" spammers. Maybe new ones will come dunno. But I will ban them too. It annoyed me after I deleted all those posts they had the audacity to just do it again. Maybe they just have some spambot machine beats me. Anyhow. Spam posts will not just be deleted but if t...

poi77 · poi77

Hi all - I am poi and I'm an alcoholic. Took me awhile to get to that acceptance because my drinking pattern was not typical but I know that I never was just a social drinker. I was just thinking about my days of drinking and I always had social anxiety. Sometimes when I drank my social anxiety actually...

d_willing · d_willing

I just wanted to post and say that I am feeling pretty good today. Most of my prior relapses have happened either on a Friday night or Saturday morning. Its saturday night, no booze in the house, not going out, and I am sober. I have only missed one meeting which was the night my neighbor came over, which...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Commitment As we walk through life, there are many things and people we may lose, or lose out on, if we are unwilling to commit. We need to make a commitment for relationships to grow beyond the dating stage, to have the home or apartment we want, the job we want, or the car we desire. We must commit, on dee...

Butterfinger · Butterfinger

I have been sober for a week. For a long time now a few weeks is about the longest stretch I've been able to go without binge drinking. I have many good reasons to get clean. I'm a bit of an aa drifter, in when I feel bad, out once I feel better, rinse, repeat. I barely recognize myself these days. It's like I lo...

pinkchip · pinkchip

I did pass that exam today. Now I am Pinkchip, LMHC, CAP. The CAP part was what I passed today. Certified Addictions Professional. My crap no longer stinks and I am officially better than all of you. As if. But thanks for the support guys.

tlcinrecovery · tlcinrecovery

Hello to everyone, Just want to intro myself and say "hi". New to recovery, just 3 months as of 11/09/2013. I have many questions for the board, but want to just say hi today and learn about this board. Thanks, T

justadrunk · justadrunk

Just sittin around reading - eating pickles and being one.

Stepchild · Stepchild

Can we clean up these kitchen threads and block these idiots? They're harshing my serenity.

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Please.... (Preview) Refrain from excessive cursing, name calling, etc. We all get upset and are prone to that at times. Me included. Kumbaya folks. LOL.	pinkchip	11	633	Nov 24, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Hello... (Preview) ...beautiful souls :) I hope you're having a wonderful day and glad you popped on to MIP this morning to join the quest to be a proud member of our human family! My favorite lady from my home group - Lois - always says "I'm glad you're all here, I'm glad I'm here and WANT to be here". That last p...	justadrunk	11	476	Nov 24, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Joke for BTY ... (Humor is a large part of my Recovery!) (Preview) Okay BTY, ... Let's see if I can remember this baby ... here goes: There was this older woman who lived near a zoo ... One day she went out to the street to get her mail ... As she was returning from the mailbox, she looked up and noticed there was a big Gorilla on the roof of her house ... So she went in the house...	Pythonpappy	1	280	Nov 24, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Frustrated... (Preview) Hello All. This may be a venting post but interested in your thoughts. So my wife has been pretty supportive of me and my recovery but I can see signs that it is starting to ware on her. She is diagnosed Bi-Polar which has its own set of challenges and used to be one of my excuses for drinking. She is star...	d_willing	18	613	Nov 24, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift (Preview) With Laughter O God, as the day returns and brings us the silly Rounds of irritating duties, help me perform Them with laughter and a kind face. Let cheerfulness overflow in my work; Give me joy during my business all this day; Bring me to my resting bed tired and content And grant me the gift of sleep. --...	Pythonpappy	4	266	Nov 24, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Welcome to MIP Chrisha ... (Preview) Welcome Chrisha ... glad you came to join us in celebrating life here without the need for drugs and alcohol ... I just know you'll be a great addition here ... Love ya and God Bless, Pappy P.s. ... Congrats on 13 years ... Happy Birthday! -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Saturday 23rd of November 20...	Pythonpappy	1	241	Nov 24, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	New here! (Preview) I have been a functioning alcoholic for about 4 years now. I get so drunk that I damage my home by stumbling around and smashing into things. Then I have enormous guilt about what I did when I was drunk. Then I drink to get rid of guilt. I am really going to try to not drink tonight. My family deserves a b...	DrKnipe	34	787	Nov 23, 2013 by Butterfinger
	Today's Gift (Preview) How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter? --Woody Allen If our introduction to religion and God was filled with threats of punishment and hell it would make perfect sense for us not to want to believe in something so scary. Even though we m...	Pythonpappy	2	233	Nov 23, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Graepvine (Preview) November 22 "For all its usual destructiveness, we have found that fear can be the starting point for better things. Fear can be a stepping-stone to prudence and to a decent respect for others. It can point the path to justice, as well as to hate. And the more we have of respect and justice, the mor...	Mike B.	3	255	Nov 23, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Don't Eat The Fly (Preview) I watched the Everyone Loves Raymond show tonight where Robert, (Raymond's brother) is dating a girl who eats a fly. Robert doesn't believe it when Raymond tells him until he goes in her bedroom and sees frogs in an aquarium, stuffed frogs on her bed and frog posters on her wall. The girlfriend catc...	betterthanyesterday52	10	431	Nov 23, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	"I have no idea. I don't know anything. My brain is broken." (Preview) This has been my sole response to anyone whose asked me how I'm doing at meetings for the past 2 days. I had intended it to be a smart-ass statement meant to show my displeasure at the presumption that I'm an idiot incapable of intelligent thought due to my alcoholism. Basically I wanted to rustle some p...	Butterfinger	15	574	Nov 23, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	2+2=2 (closed) (Preview) Everything I do is for nothing. I almost got a job the other day. But my phone wouldn't ring. I got the messages, but no ring. Tried to call them, but all I got was the machine. The last message said they found somone else. I also tried to get a job at winco. They waited three weeks to tell me that I wasnt even go...	robbie0330	31	914	Nov 23, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	We had a baby girl on Halloween morning (Preview) It was in the wee hours when my wife's labour really began. We had gone to bed early because she knew it was coming and we wanted to get as much rest as possible. We laid in the dark and I let her crush my hand while I tried to help her through the contractions. I did my best to try things we learned in the prenata...	Butterfinger	15	781	Nov 22, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Dream big dreams, but never forget that realistic short-term goals are the keys to your success."- Mac Anderson	Pythonpappy	1	236	Nov 22, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) November 20 "I'd like to develop Step Eleven further -- for the benefit of the complete doubter, the unlucky one who can't believe it has any real merit at all .... As he goes along with his process of prayer, he begins to add up the results. If he persists, he will almost surely find more serenity...	Mike B.	2	330	Nov 21, 2013 by justadrunk
	I really enjoy this forum (Preview) Whenever I come here I find pearls of wisdom mixed with good humor and genuine care and concern. It's the bright spot of my day and I look forward to coming on before bed as it puts me in a positive mind space before going to sleep. I would like to participate and share but I find that I'm very moody these days...	Butterfinger	11	528	Nov 22, 2013 by justadrunk
	Paging Wren, check in please (Preview) Hey Chris I've gotta Question for you. You've been off the board for most of the year. I'm betting this thread will get you in here.	StPeteDean	11	442	Nov 22, 2013 by Sobrietyspell
	The link between smoking cigarettes and drinking (Preview) My father was a heavy drinker and smoker and when he quit the cigarettes due to the "you're going to have a heart attack any moment" warning from his doctor he said his desire to drink diminished with the death of his nicotine addiction. I've heard this before from other ex-smokers and I know...	Butterfinger	10	523	Nov 22, 2013 by justadrunk
	Today's Gift (Preview) Ask, and ye shall receive. --John 16:24 Somewhere in our past life, we may have picked up the idea that it's not all right to ask for help, that asking for help would be a sign of weakness. Recovery calls for some basic changes in our thinking, and when we feel vulnerable is the best time to reach out and as...	Pythonpappy	0	228	Nov 21, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Daily Reflections 11/21/13 (Preview) A CLASSIC PRAYER Lord, make me a channel for thy peace -- that where there is hatred, I may bring love -- that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness -- that where there is discord, I may bring harmony -- that where there is error, I may bring truth -- that where there is doubt, I may bring...	Stepchild	1	268	Nov 21, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) November 21 "Until today, at least, I am getting further away from that first drink, which is the one that inevitably leads me to complete disaster."	Mike B.	1	230	Nov 21, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Question on Sponsors (Preview) Since I am still a newbie I was wondering when it is a good time to find a sponsor? Their is a women at my meetings that has been sober for 20 years and she has so much wisdom. I'm not sure how to ask or even how it works? Any help would be greatly appreciated.	debird17	8	528	Nov 21, 2013 by 2granddaughters
	Daily Reflections 11/20/13 (Preview) "THY WILL, NOT MINE" . . . when making specific requests, it will be well to add to each one of them this qualification. ". . . if it be Thy will. " TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 102 I ask simply that throughout the day God place in me the best understanding of His will that I ca...	Stepchild	4	443	Nov 20, 2013 by Mike B.
	Today's Gift (Preview) Going EasyGo easy. You may have to push forward, but you don't have to push so hard. Go in gentleness, go in peace.Do not be in so much of a hurry. At no day, no hour, no time are you required to do more than you can do in peace. Frantic behaviors and urgency are not the foundation for our new way of life.Do not b...	Pythonpappy	1	239	Nov 20, 2013 by Mike B.
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least."- Goethe	Pythonpappy	2	229	Nov 20, 2013 by Mike B.
	What Favorite Snacks Do You Like at Your AA Meetings? (Preview) Cookies???( If so, what kind?) Fudge??? Cake??? (Betcha I know what your favorite flavor is...) I have been fixing coffee and also making some treats for some of the meetings I go to. I had all but quit baking/doing much cooking because of my drinking and it is good to get back into it. It really has hel...	betterthanyesterday52	27	5114	Nov 20, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Making lasting change feels impossible (Preview) Forgive me for sounding like a Debbie Downer but, lets be honest, I wouldn't be here if I was feeling great. My problem is that I'm racked with fear of failure and paralyzed with self doubt that I can make any sort of lasting life changes. I have tried quitting smoking about a gazillion times and done well...	Butterfinger	15	490	Nov 20, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Question (Preview) Hi All, I have a somewhat unorthodox question to ask, but I figured it would not hurt to put it out there. To provide some context, I will share that I first started coming to this board about a year and a half ago when I knew that I needed to begin the process of recovery. I was a hard drinker for 10 years and as...	AdamMoz	18	492	Nov 20, 2013 by justadrunk
	Today's Gift (Preview) Being patient Over time, we get what we want out of this program. If we seek a better way of life, for example, we will develop it. If we want to diminish our pain, we will find relief. If we want love, we will learn how to give it and receive it. Over time, our lives can improve a great deal through the Twelve S...	Pythonpappy	2	281	Nov 19, 2013 by Stepchild
	Daily Reflections 11/19/13 (Preview) "I WAS SLIPPING FAST" We A.A.'s are active folk enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities of life, . . . So it isn't surprising that we often tend to slight serious meditation and prayer as something not really necessary. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 96 I had been s...	Stepchild	2	459	Nov 19, 2013 by Mike B.
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Joy is an inward singing which cannot be silenced by outward negative circumstances. Yes, even when life seemingly is falling apart.- Robert D. Foster	Pythonpappy	1	231	Nov 19, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) November 19 "The best university for me -- the best school, the best teaching -- was in analyzing mistakes that I'd made and problems I created because of these mistakes. Not my successes."	Mike B.	2	245	Nov 19, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) November 18, 2013 Quote of the Week "Friends are God's apology for your relatives." When I was new I had very few healthy boundaries, and I especially had little defense against the observations, suggestions, judgments and criticisms of my family members. Someone once said that yo...	Pythonpappy	0	358	Nov 18, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Once upon a dream... (Preview) So last night I had the most realistic dream I have ever had, and it was not about anything I have ever thought of doing. I killed myself. YIKES. I built a contraption that cut both my arms off at the wrists so blood would flow out of me and I would die. Sorry to be gruesome. Anyways, i used the contraptio...	d_willing	4	355	Nov 19, 2013 by Stepchild
	Please say a prayer (Preview) for my friend Barbara Munday. She is fighting cancer post-op and is having serious complications with skin grafts that the surgeon now is refusing to fix. Her life hangs in the balance, prayers are needed in the hopes that Shands Hospital Jax, FL will take her back and fix her up. Please say a small pr...	StPeteDean	26	876	Nov 19, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Feeling a Little Down Tonight.... (Preview) I am feeling depressed. Been that way a good part of today. Think the ole "woe-is-me's" are raring their ugly heads and have been trying to not be worried about my current living situation which I cannot change right now, my family situation (which my daughter is not even emailing me like sh...	betterthanyesterday52	7	316	Nov 18, 2013 by justadrunk
	Today's Gift (Preview) Making prompt amends is the fresh air of each new day. --Sandra Little Today brings us a new hill to climb and a new view from the top. Taking time to reflect about our daily journeys is a challenging adventure in self-discovery. Looking down, we see our past trials and difficulties as lessons to learn f...	Pythonpappy	1	234	Nov 18, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Weekly Thought --- (religious concept) (Preview) Weekly Quote"It takes some of us a lifetime to learn that Christ, our Good Shepherd, knows exactly what He is doing with us. He understands us perfectly." Phillip KellerWeekly ThoughtWhen you were a child or teen, did you ever hope for something with seemingly all of your heartbut it nev...	Pythonpappy	1	249	Nov 18, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) November 18 "How wonderful to be sober, to be able to think clearly (at times, at least), and to become aware of some portion of the greater wisdom concealed so deeply within myself."	Mike B.	2	259	Nov 18, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) "If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.."- Jim Rohn	Pythonpappy	1	226	Nov 18, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	Bad timing, need to stay strong (Preview) So I am on a great path now, doing very well, hopeful etc. Here's my dilemma... We became friendly with our neighbors when they moved in a year or so ago, then they had to move 12 hrs away because he had lost his job. They finally sold the house so they are back in town one final time and are going to come over...	d_willing	31	737	Nov 18, 2013 by betterthanyesterday52
	SPAMMERS BEWARE!!! (Preview) I banned all the "kitchen" spammers. Maybe new ones will come dunno. But I will ban them too. It annoyed me after I deleted all those posts they had the audacity to just do it again. Maybe they just have some spambot machine beats me. Anyhow. Spam posts will not just be deleted but if t...	pinkchip	11	467	Nov 18, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	drinking and social anxiety (Preview) Hi all - I am poi and I'm an alcoholic. Took me awhile to get to that acceptance because my drinking pattern was not typical but I know that I never was just a social drinker. I was just thinking about my days of drinking and I always had social anxiety. Sometimes when I drank my social anxiety actually...	poi77	5	3669	Nov 18, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Loooong Day, but happy (Preview) I just wanted to post and say that I am feeling pretty good today. Most of my prior relapses have happened either on a Friday night or Saturday morning. Its saturday night, no booze in the house, not going out, and I am sober. I have only missed one meeting which was the night my neighbor came over, which...	d_willing	9	476	Nov 18, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) Commitment As we walk through life, there are many things and people we may lose, or lose out on, if we are unwilling to commit. We need to make a commitment for relationships to grow beyond the dating stage, to have the home or apartment we want, the job we want, or the car we desire. We must commit, on dee...	Pythonpappy	0	296	Nov 17, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Is it ever really possible to clean the slate and start a new life? (Preview) I have been sober for a week. For a long time now a few weeks is about the longest stretch I've been able to go without binge drinking. I have many good reasons to get clean. I'm a bit of an aa drifter, in when I feel bad, out once I feel better, rinse, repeat. I barely recognize myself these days. It's like I lo...	Butterfinger	18	836	Nov 18, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Credentials (Preview) I did pass that exam today. Now I am Pinkchip, LMHC, CAP. The CAP part was what I passed today. Certified Addictions Professional. My crap no longer stinks and I am officially better than all of you. As if. But thanks for the support guys.	pinkchip	13	800	Nov 18, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Newcomer to board (Preview) Hello to everyone, Just want to intro myself and say "hi". New to recovery, just 3 months as of 11/09/2013. I have many questions for the board, but want to just say hi today and learn about this board. Thanks, T	tlcinrecovery	12	594	Nov 18, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Once a pickle - never a cucumber again. (Preview) Just sittin around reading - eating pickles and being one.	justadrunk	10	1564	Nov 17, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Question for the Mods.... (Preview) Can we clean up these kitchen threads and block these idiots? They're harshing my serenity.	Stepchild	12	444	Nov 17, 2013 by Pythonpappy
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