Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

What happens to us is not as important as how we respond. The external events of our lives are largely beyond our control. We do not choose our parents, our emotional environment, the historical period in which we live, our body type, or the flow of circumstances that shape our experience. These are gi...

MiddleRoad · MiddleRoad

This is a great forum. Can anyone tell me about some other forums I might enjoy - relating to AA and recovery.

fiestalady · fiestalady

Hi...I had 105 days sobriety in, but I recently had a slip. I am attending an AA mtg tonight. Do I need to "confess" this slip?

justadrunk · justadrunk

I did a 5th step with the sponsee that I've had since I was 6 months sober. She's been relapsing the whole time - now has 3 months and experienced the 5th step the way it was meant to be (I felt it anyway). It went really well and I almost heard audible clicks : ) I do hope that God has chosen this to be her time....

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The human heart in its perversity finds it hard to escape hatred and revenge. --Moses Luzzatto This program promises many rewards for those who follow it, but it does not promise to be easy. We search our conscience for resentments and face them. None of us can progress in our recovery while holding o...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Wednesday, June 19, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Making Life Easier Life doesn't have to be hard. Yes, there are times we need to endure, struggle through, and rely on our survival skills. But we don't have to make life, growth, recovery, change, or our day-to-day affa...

Mr_David · Q

Missed an appointment with someone, work-related. It just flew out of my head, and I stood them up. It's not a huge deal because I apologized and rescheduled, but I'm overly-sensitive to my mistakes. They remind me that this was a pattern when I was drunk, and I have a difficult time letting go of the gui...

Bob K · Bob K

Lesson From Exchanging PenniesIf you have a penny and I have a penny and we exchange pennies, you still have one cent, and I still have one cent. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange ideas, you now have two ideas and I now have two ideas. -- Edited by Bob K on Wednesday 19th of June 2013 06...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come. 'Tis grace that hath brought me safe thus far and grace will lead me home.' --John Newton Today and always, let joy be your compass. When choosing a direction in life, choose the path of your heart. Do what you love, follow your bliss. Fun is a...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 20 "When we reach a maximum in understanding, we know how very much we shall never understand."

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I have been told that I need to find a sponsor asap. I have been sober for 22 days today. This intimidates me so much, but I never had one before when I was in AA and I hear at the meetings that without a sponsor it is hard to have success in this program. I don't know how to go about this. I know I need to find a wom...

mikef · mikef

Morning and blessings of this day! After many applications and searching for part time employment, finally got a call from OFFICE DEPOT to come in for online assessment 2nd stage of interview.Excited because haven;t worked since retired last april from a job I held for 34 years, before we moved to Fl...

RubyTues · RubyTues

Someone the other day described me as 'fun'. I was so worried when I stopped drinking that I wouldn't be any fun anymore. What I've realized is that when I was drinking I was fun at parties (until the moment when I was a gong show), now I am fun the rest of the time. Freedom, right? Have a good 24, all!

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 21 "Imperfection offers me the freedom of a million potentials."

Mr_David · Q

In God's Hands When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God's hands were better than anything we could have planned. << << << >> >> >> My depression deepened unbearably, and finally it seemed to me as though I were at t...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I picked up this journal which I am going to use on my new "journey". When I bought this a couple of weeks ago, I didn't pay any attention to the quote on the cover, I just purchased it at a yard sale and thought since it hadn't been used, it would be good to jot down things I learned along the way. It...

gonee · gonee

I saw this slogan at a group recently. For me it stated all the traditions and steps in one go. I thought about this in my own life, and I realised that self will runs a riot sometimes. God has to be in charge for me otherwise my peace and serenity is affected.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Man can live his truth, his deepest truth, but cannot speak it. --Archibald. MacLeish Many of us have lived double lives. There were public selves whom others knew, and private selves whom no one met. It was a compulsive world, and both sides were false. Many of us grew up in addicted families and learn...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I'll try to make this short....I've been an alcoholic for 30+ years. This is my third attempt in last five years at trying to get straight. I have been living with a man during this time. Thought it was "true love". We are both alcoholics...met in a bar...need I say more? The alcohol has reall...

gonee · gonee

Last night I was unable to sleep no matter how hard I tried. My mind would not switch off. I tried breathing exercises, physical exercise to no avail. Eventually I just got into bed and asked God to clear all memory. When I got up this morning, I felt like I had a blackout sleep. I cannot recall what time I sl...

Pauliene M · Pauliene M

I haven't been on here for a while...I think I joined when I started treatment. I cannot believe how much has changed since then. I'm doing pretty good but have been dealing with some painful things in treatment. Learning to deal with my emotions....oh how that can be tough but willing to go to any l...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Having realistic expectations. Sometimes we expect much too much of people and things. We will never be happy if we expect our doctor to work instant cures or if we blame our teacher for what we failed to learn. We need to examine what's realistic to expect of others and what we are responsible for ourse...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

April 15, 2013 Quote of the Week "The only thing worse than my problemsare my solutions to them." Before recovery, I couldn't understand why my life wasn't getting better despite what I did to fix it. If my boss was a jerk, I'd quit. If my girlfriend wasn't paying attentio...

Col · Col

A friend of mine in the program said this to me recenty as I was carrying on about how imperfect I am, and my plans to change this. Im not always aware of my habit of doing this- I need it to be pointed out. I understand the theory of 'progress not perfection', and it sounds great.. In theory. I tend to hold mys...

Jerry F · Q

Personality Change It has often been said of A.A. that we are interested only in alcoholism. That is not true. We have to get over drinking in order to stay alive. But anyone who knows the alcoholic personality by firsthand contact knows that no true alky ever stops drinking permanently without u...

pinkchip · pinkchip

My partner and I went out to a gathering and it was a party for someone at a restaurant. I thought "Cool. A dinner thing. Sounds nice." Okay, so we get there and they are waiting for an hour to seat us and I don't know the reason, but in that time all that is going on is people slamming mojitos a...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly Quote Let your love grow as God wants it to grow. Seek goodness in others. Love more persons more. Love them more impersonally, more unselfishly, without thought of return. The return, never fear, will take care of itself. -Henry DrummondWeekly Thought Have you ever noticed that we tend to b...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

No matter what your job is, you should always try to make it as interesting as possible...

gonee · gonee

....to Alcoholics Anonymous, the 4 months on the outside had broken me adequately to become teachable. Any further experimentation would have resulted in my demise. I was very sick but not stupid, and so I came back a little worse off but not totally insane. I tried my own resources and they did not wor...

gonee · gonee

I always find that God will make a way where there is no human way possible.

bikerbill · bikerbill

Well, I suppose that a big part of my recovery was and still is the 12 step programme and applying this in my life, as step 12 says. So I manage a small team of technical draughtsmen, who also climb structures and work in hazardous locations on the structures. Every other climber (apart from managers) ge...

Col · Col

Due to my current industry of employment, I have front- row seating to watching many people drink. It's odd.. How bizarre to be an alcoholic in recovery and be surrounded by booze. I have learned many valuable things through this experience. First and foremost- I AM an alcoholic. Truly, deeply, alwa...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We Are Who We Think We Are How we think about ourselves has an impact on what we do. If we decide that we are less of a person because we have an illness, then we may not fulfill our potential. If we decide our illness will consume our every thought and action for the rest of our lives, then it probably will. I...

Mike B. · Mike B.

I thought I would share a special message that was forwarded to me that my daugther(16) posted on Facebook. I'm not a member of Facebook. I'm grateful for the gifts my HP(God) has given me and The 12 Step Program. This is what can happen to folks who suit up and show up and work The Program. Everyone is...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 18 "As I peel away the layers of day-to-day expediency, I realize that my zigzag, erratic, and inconsistent course was in the general direction of progress all the time."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Glad you found us, ... looking forward to your ESH ... God Bless, Pappy

justadrunk · justadrunk

Normally I'm on one side of life or the other - trying to figure out what 'balance' really is. I know that life with children has a wider range of emotions to offer. I know it widens the spectrum for my husband and I too. I was meditating this morning and some things that drifted by were thoughts of life w...

SoberMan6271986 · SoberMan6271986

Coming up on 27 years of continuous sobriety...thank you AA for helping me find a God who has blessed me by removing the obsession of the mind ONLY by working the steps of this beautiful program of living. The first thing I learned was that, just because I'm powerless does NOT make me helpless! Addition...

vixen · vixen

On May 31st, after twenty-two years of marriage, my husband passed away in my arms at the hospital. He'd had various health issues over the past fourteen years including strokes and a weak heart. Weak according to medical standards. According to me, his heart was one of the finest ones I have had the ho...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Monday, June 17, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Surrender Master the lessons of your present circumstances. We do not move forward by resisting what is undesirable in our life today. We move forward, we grow, we change by acceptance. Avoidance is not the key; surrender o...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

June 17, 2013 Quote of the Week "When I entered recovery, I was dropped into the landscape of Grace." Before recovery, my life was a living hell. Driven by an obsessive mind and a disease that wanted me dead (and settled for drunk), I was driven by a hundred forms of self-centered fear...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

He who is swift to believe is swift to forget. -- Abraham Joshua Herschel Life is full of questions. Many people tell us they have the answers. We have to be careful of who and what we believe. Other people's ideas may not fit us. The program doesn't tell us much about what to believe. It teaches us how to b...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 17 "We have to keep looking for something better than dullness, better than average living, better than mediocre spirituality."

gonee · gonee

"Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our Director. He is the Principal; we are His agents. He is the Father, and we are His children. Most Good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom....

gonee · gonee

God answered my desperate call for help. A phone call came from a man who was 6 months sober. He had a list of numbers he was calling, to carry the 12th step message. My name was not on that list, but God put it there. A mix up resulted in my name being picked. The miracle was granted,[13 April 1988] but after 2...

justadrunk · justadrunk

To the amazing Fathers out there who have inspired me to become a better parent through the help of God, AA and each other - Happy Fathers Day and thank you for being here!

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

To stop behaving in a certain way is to risk the unfamiliar. --Jan Lloyd Old patterns grip us so tightly! Even when the behavior pinches us painfully, we are loathe to give it up. Its familiarity makes it tolerable, knowable, somewhat manageable, and far less scary than trying something new. Howeve...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Sunday, June 16, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Feeling Good Having boundaries doesn't complicate life; boundaries simplify life. Beyond Codependency There is a positive aspect to boundary setting. We learn to listen to ourselves and identify what hurt us and what...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP Juanita, ... ... ... Thank you for posting your story ... sounds very familiar in many ways ... I'm the same age, so I can relate very well, as far as the alcohol entering and taking control of my life too ... especially in the latter stages of the disease ... Glad you're here, Pappy

Mike B. · Mike B.

Recieved a call last night from a former Sponsee. Haven't talk to him in over a year. Work with him while he was in rehab and got him through Step 3. He left the Rehab and The Program of AA behind. He went back out to do some more research. He called drunk, but with a willingness to change. He reminded m...

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	Today's Gift 06-23 (Preview) What happens to us is not as important as how we respond. The external events of our lives are largely beyond our control. We do not choose our parents, our emotional environment, the historical period in which we live, our body type, or the flow of circumstances that shape our experience. These are gi...	Pythonpappy	0	173	Jun 23, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Other AA Forums (Preview) This is a great forum. Can anyone tell me about some other forums I might enjoy - relating to AA and recovery.	MiddleRoad	4	505	Jun 23, 2013 by leeu
	Do I tell someone? (Preview) Hi...I had 105 days sobriety in, but I recently had a slip. I am attending an AA mtg tonight. Do I need to "confess" this slip?	fiestalady	12	506	Jun 23, 2013 by Sports dude
	Feeling loved by HP (Preview) I did a 5th step with the sponsee that I've had since I was 6 months sober. She's been relapsing the whole time - now has 3 months and experienced the 5th step the way it was meant to be (I felt it anyway). It went really well and I almost heard audible clicks : ) I do hope that God has chosen this to be her time....	justadrunk	5	761	Jun 23, 2013 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift 06-19 (Preview) The human heart in its perversity finds it hard to escape hatred and revenge. --Moses Luzzatto This program promises many rewards for those who follow it, but it does not promise to be easy. We search our conscience for resentments and face them. None of us can progress in our recovery while holding o...	Pythonpappy	2	705	Jun 23, 2013 by Mr_David
	Thought for the day (Preview) Wednesday, June 19, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Making Life Easier Life doesn't have to be hard. Yes, there are times we need to endure, struggle through, and rely on our survival skills. But we don't have to make life, growth, recovery, change, or our day-to-day affa...	justadrunk	5	1000	Jun 23, 2013 by Mr_David
	Ugh. I dropped the ball. (Preview) Missed an appointment with someone, work-related. It just flew out of my head, and I stood them up. It's not a huge deal because I apologized and rescheduled, but I'm overly-sensitive to my mistakes. They remind me that this was a pattern when I was drunk, and I have a difficult time letting go of the gui...	Q	6	1000	Jun 23, 2013 by Mr_David
	Lessons from exchanging pennies (Preview) Lesson From Exchanging PenniesIf you have a penny and I have a penny and we exchange pennies, you still have one cent, and I still have one cent. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange ideas, you now have two ideas and I now have two ideas. -- Edited by Bob K on Wednesday 19th of June 2013 06...	Bob K	2	740	Jun 23, 2013 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift 06-20 (Preview) Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come. 'Tis grace that hath brought me safe thus far and grace will lead me home.' --John Newton Today and always, let joy be your compass. When choosing a direction in life, choose the path of your heart. Do what you love, follow your bliss. Fun is a...	Pythonpappy	5	791	Jun 23, 2013 by Mr_David
	Grapevine (Preview) June 20 "When we reach a maximum in understanding, we know how very much we shall never understand."	Mike B.	2	731	Jun 23, 2013 by Mr_David
	I Need to Find A Sponsor....Any Advice? (Preview) I have been told that I need to find a sponsor asap. I have been sober for 22 days today. This intimidates me so much, but I never had one before when I was in AA and I hear at the meetings that without a sponsor it is hard to have success in this program. I don't know how to go about this. I know I need to find a wom...	betterthanyesterday52	9	930	Jun 22, 2013 by Mr_David
	More to be revealed (Preview) Morning and blessings of this day! After many applications and searching for part time employment, finally got a call from OFFICE DEPOT to come in for online assessment 2nd stage of interview.Excited because haven;t worked since retired last april from a job I held for 34 years, before we moved to Fl...	mikef	9	916	Jun 23, 2013 by Mr_David
	We are not a glum lot (Preview) Someone the other day described me as 'fun'. I was so worried when I stopped drinking that I wouldn't be any fun anymore. What I've realized is that when I was drinking I was fun at parties (until the moment when I was a gong show), now I am fun the rest of the time. Freedom, right? Have a good 24, all!	RubyTues	3	854	Jun 23, 2013 by Mr_David
	Grapevine (Preview) June 21 "Imperfection offers me the freedom of a million potentials."	Mike B.	2	669	Jun 23, 2013 by Mr_David
	As Bill Sees It 2 (Preview) In God's Hands When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God's hands were better than anything we could have planned. << << << >> >> >> My depression deepened unbearably, and finally it seemed to me as though I were at t...	Q	5	937	Jun 23, 2013 by Mr_David
	I Love This Quote... (Preview) I picked up this journal which I am going to use on my new "journey". When I bought this a couple of weeks ago, I didn't pay any attention to the quote on the cover, I just purchased it at a yard sale and thought since it hadn't been used, it would be good to jot down things I learned along the way. It...	betterthanyesterday52	4	792	Jun 23, 2013 by Mr_David
	"Relax God is in charge." (Preview) I saw this slogan at a group recently. For me it stated all the traditions and steps in one go. I thought about this in my own life, and I realised that self will runs a riot sometimes. God has to be in charge for me otherwise my peace and serenity is affected.	gonee	4	968	Jun 23, 2013 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift 06-22 (Preview) Man can live his truth, his deepest truth, but cannot speak it. --Archibald. MacLeish Many of us have lived double lives. There were public selves whom others knew, and private selves whom no one met. It was a compulsive world, and both sides were false. Many of us grew up in addicted families and learn...	Pythonpappy	3	188	Jun 23, 2013 by Mr_David
	Need Advice From You Seasoned AAer's (Preview) I'll try to make this short....I've been an alcoholic for 30+ years. This is my third attempt in last five years at trying to get straight. I have been living with a man during this time. Thought it was "true love". We are both alcoholics...met in a bar...need I say more? The alcohol has reall...	betterthanyesterday52	29	1255	Jun 23, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Just some thoughts on prayer. (Preview) Last night I was unable to sleep no matter how hard I tried. My mind would not switch off. I tried breathing exercises, physical exercise to no avail. Eventually I just got into bed and asked God to clear all memory. When I got up this morning, I felt like I had a blackout sleep. I cannot recall what time I sl...	gonee	12	976	Jun 23, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	60 days (Preview) I haven't been on here for a while...I think I joined when I started treatment. I cannot believe how much has changed since then. I'm doing pretty good but have been dealing with some painful things in treatment. Learning to deal with my emotions....oh how that can be tough but willing to go to any l...	Pauliene M	11	335	Jun 22, 2013 by RubyTues
	Today's Gift 04-16 (Preview) Having realistic expectations. Sometimes we expect much too much of people and things. We will never be happy if we expect our doctor to work instant cures or if we blame our teacher for what we failed to learn. We need to examine what's realistic to expect of others and what we are responsible for ourse...	Pythonpappy	2	789	Jun 21, 2013 by Sports dude
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) April 15, 2013 Quote of the Week "The only thing worse than my problemsare my solutions to them." Before recovery, I couldn't understand why my life wasn't getting better despite what I did to fix it. If my boss was a jerk, I'd quit. If my girlfriend wasn't paying attentio...	Pythonpappy	3	225	Jun 20, 2013 by Sports dude
	Don't let perfection get in the way of the good (Preview) A friend of mine in the program said this to me recenty as I was carrying on about how imperfect I am, and my plans to change this. Im not always aware of my habit of doing this- I need it to be pointed out. I understand the theory of 'progress not perfection', and it sounds great.. In theory. I tend to hold mys...	Col	9	1139	Jun 20, 2013 by vixen
	As Bill Sees It 1 (Preview) Personality Change It has often been said of A.A. that we are interested only in alcoholism. That is not true. We have to get over drinking in order to stay alive. But anyone who knows the alcoholic personality by firsthand contact knows that no true alky ever stops drinking permanently without u...	Q	5	1445	Jun 20, 2013 by Jerry F
	One situation that continues to annoy me - feedback welcome (Preview) My partner and I went out to a gathering and it was a party for someone at a restaurant. I thought "Cool. A dinner thing. Sounds nice." Okay, so we get there and they are waiting for an hour to seat us and I don't know the reason, but in that time all that is going on is people slamming mojitos a...	pinkchip	16	722	Jun 19, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Weekly Thought (Preview) Weekly Quote Let your love grow as God wants it to grow. Seek goodness in others. Love more persons more. Love them more impersonally, more unselfishly, without thought of return. The return, never fear, will take care of itself. -Henry DrummondWeekly Thought Have you ever noticed that we tend to b...	Pythonpappy	4	259	Jun 19, 2013 by Q
	Funny (Preview) *No matter what your job is, you should always try to make it as interesting as possible...*	Pythonpappy	4	314	Jun 19, 2013 by Q
	On my return....... (Preview) ....to Alcoholics Anonymous, the 4 months on the outside had broken me adequately to become teachable. Any further experimentation would have resulted in my demise. I was very sick but not stupid, and so I came back a little worse off but not totally insane. I tried my own resources and they did not wor...	gonee	3	815	Jun 19, 2013 by Frodo
	God will make a way (Preview) I always find that God will make a way where there is no human way possible.	gonee	4	269	Jun 19, 2013 by Fyne Spirit
	Programme in action in every day life (Preview) Well, I suppose that a big part of my recovery was and still is the 12 step programme and applying this in my life, as step 12 says. So I manage a small team of technical draughtsmen, who also climb structures and work in hazardous locations on the structures. Every other climber (apart from managers) ge...	bikerbill	3	852	Jun 19, 2013 by justadrunk
	In awe of the 'normies' (Preview) Due to my current industry of employment, I have front- row seating to watching many people drink. It's odd.. How bizarre to be an alcoholic in recovery and be surrounded by booze. I have learned many valuable things through this experience. First and foremost- I AM an alcoholic. Truly, deeply, alwa...	Col	16	393	Jun 18, 2013 by Q
	Today's Gift 06-18 (Preview) We Are Who We Think We Are How we think about ourselves has an impact on what we do. If we decide that we are less of a person because we have an illness, then we may not fulfill our potential. If we decide our illness will consume our every thought and action for the rest of our lives, then it probably will. I...	Pythonpappy	6	800	Jun 18, 2013 by Mike B.
	The Gifts of The Program (Preview) I thought I would share a special message that was forwarded to me that my daugther(16) posted on Facebook. I'm not a member of Facebook. I'm grateful for the gifts my HP(God) has given me and The 12 Step Program. This is what can happen to folks who suit up and show up and work The Program. Everyone is...	Mike B.	4	1836	Jun 18, 2013 by Jerry F
	Grapevine (Preview) June 18 "As I peel away the layers of day-to-day expediency, I realize that my zigzag, erratic, and inconsistent course was in the general direction of progress all the time."	Mike B.	2	691	Jun 18, 2013 by Jerry F
	Welcome Q (Preview) Glad you found us, ... looking forward to your ESH ... God Bless, Pappy	Pythonpappy	4	759	Jun 18, 2013 by Q
	Balance (Preview) Normally I'm on one side of life or the other - trying to figure out what 'balance' really is. I know that life with children has a wider range of emotions to offer. I know it widens the spectrum for my husband and I too. I was meditating this morning and some things that drifted by were thoughts of life w...	justadrunk	4	740	Jun 18, 2013 by Frodo
	What I've Learned about Sobriety...So Far! (Preview) Coming up on 27 years of continuous sobriety...thank you AA for helping me find a God who has blessed me by removing the obsession of the mind ONLY by working the steps of this beautiful program of living. The first thing I learned was that, just because I'm powerless does NOT make me helpless! Addition...	SoberMan6271986	5	370	Jun 18, 2013 by Fyne Spirit
	Broken Hearts Still Beat (Preview) On May 31st, after twenty-two years of marriage, my husband passed away in my arms at the hospital. He'd had various health issues over the past fourteen years including strokes and a weak heart. Weak according to medical standards. According to me, his heart was one of the finest ones I have had the ho...	vixen	13	449	Jun 18, 2013 by Fyne Spirit
	Thought for the day (Preview) Monday, June 17, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Surrender Master the lessons of your present circumstances. We do not move forward by resisting what is undesirable in our life today. We move forward, we grow, we change by acceptance. Avoidance is not the key; surrender o...	justadrunk	2	783	Jun 18, 2013 by Mark Duin
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) June 17, 2013 Quote of the Week "When I entered recovery, I was dropped into the landscape of Grace." Before recovery, my life was a living hell. Driven by an obsessive mind and a disease that wanted me dead (and settled for drunk), I was driven by a hundred forms of self-centered fear...	Pythonpappy	2	751	Jun 17, 2013 by justadrunk
	Today's Gift 06-16 (Preview) He who is swift to believe is swift to forget. -- Abraham Joshua Herschel Life is full of questions. Many people tell us they have the answers. We have to be careful of who and what we believe. Other people's ideas may not fit us. The program doesn't tell us much about what to believe. It teaches us how to b...	Pythonpappy	2	192	Jun 17, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) June 17 "We have to keep looking for something better than dullness, better than average living, better than mediocre spirituality."	Mike B.	0	160	Jun 17, 2013 by Mike B.
	AA' fathers day message. (Preview) "Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our Director. He is the Principal; we are His agents. He is the Father, and we are His children. Most Good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom....	gonee	4	775	Jun 17, 2013 by mikef
	The prayer answered. (Preview) God answered my desperate call for help. A phone call came from a man who was 6 months sober. He had a list of numbers he was calling, to carry the 12th step message. My name was not on that list, but God put it there. A mix up resulted in my name being picked. The miracle was granted,[13 April 1988] but after 2...	gonee	4	338	Jun 17, 2013 by Sports dude
	Happy Fathers Day (Preview) To the amazing Fathers out there who have inspired me to become a better parent through the help of God, AA and each other - Happy Fathers Day and thank you for being here!	justadrunk	2	341	Jun 17, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 06-17 (Preview) To stop behaving in a certain way is to risk the unfamiliar. --Jan Lloyd Old patterns grip us so tightly! Even when the behavior pinches us painfully, we are loathe to give it up. Its familiarity makes it tolerable, knowable, somewhat manageable, and far less scary than trying something new. Howeve...	Pythonpappy	1	673	Jun 17, 2013 by justadrunk
	Thought for the day (Preview) Sunday, June 16, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Feeling Good Having boundaries doesn't complicate life; boundaries simplify life. Beyond Codependency There is a positive aspect to boundary setting. We learn to listen to ourselves and identify what hurt us and what...	justadrunk	1	235	Jun 17, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Welcome Juanita (Preview) Welcome to MIP Juanita, ... ... ... Thank you for posting your story ... sounds very familiar in many ways ... I'm the same age, so I can relate very well, as far as the alcohol entering and taking control of my life too ... especially in the latter stages of the disease ... Glad you're here, Pappy	Pythonpappy	0	218	Jun 16, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Gift (Preview) Recieved a call last night from a former Sponsee. Haven't talk to him in over a year. Work with him while he was in rehab and got him through Step 3. He left the Rehab and The Program of AA behind. He went back out to do some more research. He called drunk, but with a willingness to change. He reminded m...	Mike B.	4	214	Jun 16, 2013 by Sports dude
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