Alcoholics Anonymous

Col · Col

Though I have only been sober for a relatively short time of 14 months, I've noticed several stages to my sobriety thus far. The first was pretty frantic and muddled. I was a complete mess physically. My emotions were similar to both a roller coaster and a freight train. I worked 2 full time jobs while go...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

This is just 3 minutes and what I consider a must see ... it's part of the 'changing my thinking' that AA has taught me to take action to accomplish ... enjoy:

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 29 "Great modesty and humility are needed by every AA for his own permanent recovery. If these virtues are such vital needs to the individual, so must they be to AA as a whole."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly Quote"How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not packaged as we expected?" -Author UnknownWeekly ThoughtA poverty-stricken elderly woman in Europe complained that her wealthy son in America was cruel and ungrateful. "Does he never send you any money...

Angell · Angell

A gentleman shared something in a meeting yesterday that caused me to want to jump up and give him a kiss. Since kissing guys isn't normally my thing, I thought I'd pass along his share: If I get wheeled in here tomorrow in a wheelchair because I've lost my legs between now and then, I need you all to come u...

mandm · mandm

I cannot belive how far I have come along, I went from a point of no control over myself or alcohol to having complete control of what goes inside of my body. I have even put myself to the test of working back in the bar scene and still not picking up that drink. My girlfriend is Muslim and I thought I would t...

mandm · mandm

I think its insane how we have such addictive personalities, tonight I found myself bored a Saturday night not alot to do for a guy in the city that isn't around drinking. I haven't drank for quite a few months now, tonight having the night to myself, the gf is out of town doing some sort of family dinner. F...

Ironman · Ironman

Hi Gang: I have returned. My brain told me I was "cured" after over a year sober, and that was just dumb. Lost connection to the program after my divorce and have been in the "controlled" drinking test for 5 years. Anyway, glad to be back in the program and working the steps. ...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I still don't see how this is possible!!!

Tanin · Tanin

Here's some interesting background on the name "Alcoholics Anonymous," posted over at AA History Lovers Yahoo group, a forum I heartily recommend for anyone interested in the rich history and program development of AA.May 20, 1938 -- the writing of the Big Book began.June 15 1938 --Loi...

Bob K · Bob K

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Time spent attempting to change others affords little time for personal change. --Georgette VickstromWe must be willing to change or we wouldn't be reading these words right now. However, being willing to change is often easier than doing it. One of the biggest changes most of us need to make is le...

Pablomoses · Pablomoses

Good Morning MIP!! I came from the original loud family. People came over to my house and wondered why we were all yelling at each other. They would say, "why are you guys so mad at each other, wow, who did what to whom?" I would respond, "we're not mad at each other at all we're just tal...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Some bit ago - my children were off doing child like things, that I too must admit I rather enjoy. We made some blanket forts, and set up a home made carnival in the front room. We were rained out of the one we were looking forward to Sunday. Imagine the children's eyes as the lightening struck, and the t...

Rob84 · Rob84

Is a desire to stop drinking. So I picked up a sponcee about 4 months ago. Vietnam vet in his mid 60's, divorced, lonely and feeling somewhat separated from his family due to circumstances. He really jumped into the steps, service work, seems to love the group and program, and was about to do his 5th s...

RubyTues · RubyTues

Hi all, I've recently moved, so I haven't been around the site as much. I hope to rectify that! I'd love to hear some ESH about moving to a new city and discovering new meetings. I didn't realize how comfortable I'd gotten in my regular meetings in my old city. I've been trying out lots of different meetin...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It does make a difference what you call things.--Kate Douglas WigginMost of us think of dandelions as weeds. We buy special tools and poisons when they crop up and complain about them as surely as we welcome the spring that brings them.Yet is there anything more lovely than a sea of yellow dandelions b...

John · John

Hi Everyone, My dog, Max, who most know I was taking to the vet several times last week, in a limp, comatose kinda state, and where he stayed a few nights is doing good. He is hypoglucenic and it was causing his sugar (glucose) level to bottom out and take him down to a very dangerous state. I mistakenly...

Pythonpappy · Q

I think I'll go to a meeting.

justadrunk · justadrunk

Drank some fermented tea this morning. Non alcoholic, but tasted very much like beer - and also had the color, fizzy and smell of beer. Was not pleasant. Chugged it down as if beer because I wanted the health benefits - and it was exactly like chugging the beers down a little over a year ago - for the ment...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I have been spending a VERY long time trying to figure out why I have this thing alcoholism. Looking at my codependency - my adult child issues - my PTSD issues - the role postpartum depression has had on my drinking etc etc. In doing so - I feel worse and worse. Then as I read another point of view on 'why...

nezyb · nezyb

Hello MIP, it's been a while. I check the board pretty much daily, but haven't posted forever. Right now I'm on the on the Oregon Coast, freezing my butt off as I listen to the waves crash and some frogs croaking. I am homeward bound from a visit to family in Northern California, Redding, actually. It was...

Bob K · Bob K

Sponsors! A man in a hot air balloon realizes that he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man below. He goes closer and yells out, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend that I would meet him a half and hour ago, but I don't know where I am!" The man below says, "Yes, you are in a ho...

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 25 "If all I have is a dollar in my pocket and I'm at a meeting, logic tells me to save it for myself for later. If I give it to AA, and have faith in the process, it will come back to me in ways I can't even imagine."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I've given up the truth to those I've tried to please... and now it's my turn. --Diana Ross (Michael Masser/Carole Bayer Sager) Sacrificing our rights often results in other people mistreating us. We deny our own importance if we say yes when we mean no. Saying no doesn't mean we reject the other perso...

TipsyMcstagger · TipsyMcstagger

I have a feeling I'm going to get crapped on about this but here goes. My temporary sponsor is a girl...an attractive girl. I shared at a meeting, explained that I was just "coming back" and at the break she asked me if I needed some help getting started, going through the big book, etc. I said y...

Bodyunderconstruction · Bodyunderconstruction

What is the worse thing you did while drinking I tore up a bathroom at a tire place. I put toilet paper all over the floor,destroyed the plants, plugged sink up and ran water. About an hr later the company called to ask what they could have done to offend me. Of course I lied and acted mad that they were acc...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Being humiliated is not the same as having humility. We have all suffered humiliation. Perhaps a spouse ridiculed us in public or a parent's disorderly conduct shamed us in front of our friends. Perhaps a boss criticized us in front of co-workers. However, we could have refused to let our egos be inju...

Stepchild · Stepchild

Like to hear peoples take on meetings. I happen to like them. My first three months I needed them badly as I didn't have the steps behind me to keep me sober. Two to three a day was the norm for me....And I went every day to at least one for my first six months. They told me to do 90 in 90 and I more than doubled th...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

No day is like any other day. Isn't that interesting? And you never know what the next day will bring, and that's exciting. --Alpha English Alpha has not lost her zest for life. Although nearly ninety, she nurtures a young mind and a wise heart. Her attitude influences those around her too, making the...

mandm · mandm

I found this interview from the late George Carlin about drinking I think it hit the nail on the head. It start at 3:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os-phOgsGHY

Col · Col

So I'm out walking around today, running errands and enjoying the perfect weather. As I'm walking down the road, I run into a gentleman who frequents one of my old regular bars. We chit chat for a minute before he asks "so, are you still a yoga instructor?". WHAT?!? Did I really tell this dude...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Last night my wife and I decided to catch up with a friend of ours who lives in the area. Normally our spending time together consists of grabbing lunch or going for a walk, but last night we decided to get some food at a restaurant. I of course ordered a seltzer water (with lime) while my two acquaintances...

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 24 "At my very first AA meeting ... I heard words of love, understanding and compassion ... I believe the hand of God reached down at that meeting and healed me. For from that day thirty-eight years ago to this, I have not had a desire to drink or escape from reality again."

Troy · Troy

I mentioned in passing to my wife that yesterday was my "1 month" anniversary. She observed that I didn't seem to have suffered at all. I agreed that I had not suffered at all. So she popped back with a question/statement, "So you're not like a real bad alcoholic?" That gave m...

mandm · mandm

I found this interview from the late George Carlin about drinking I think it hit the nail on the head. It start at 3:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os-phOgsGHY

Angell · Angell

It seems slightly less than appropriate to post this here as it has nothing to do with my alcoholism, nor is there any danger of drinking over it but I just found out that my father is dying. My wife and I were planning a trip to see him when she got off parole in 16 months and now...well, that's just not goin...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

In a time when many of us sit and ponder just how we came into being, we consider evolution, and we consider Divine providence ... In the Beginning! ... ??? ... ... ... In doing this we generally think there may, or must, have been a 'Higher Power' in play, or at work here ... we will typically wonder: 'How...

runediva · runediva

I was sober from Sep 1985 until sometime 2011. Then suddenly I drank some wine, felt very good and drunk some more and still felt good. No binge-drinking, tried to keep it under control, even if I know that it will be more and more. But I kept drinking very seldom. I have been working with educating super...

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 23 "Our fellowship has been permitted to achieve -- though still in miniature -- the 'one world' dream of philosophers. Ours is a world in which we can hotly differ, yet never think of schism or conflict as a solution."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

July 22, 2013 Quote of the Week "The degree of my anxiety is a measure ofmy distance from God." Before recovery, anxiety was the master of my life. Without a relationship with God, I faced life alone and was in constant fear of not getting my needs met or of losing something I had so despe...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

This is a simple program for complicated people. --Saying heard at meetings Newcomer I heard a speaker with years in recovery share that she'd always done it her own way - that she met friends at bars if she felt like it, had never had a sponsor, and sometimes went for months without a meeting. I know new...

deacon · deacon

I know that I am a newbie but they keep saying that I have to change the way I think before it will change my husband and son's drinking. I will admit that I don't get that. Yes I hate drinking and the effect it has had on them. But I don't yell and scream at them, I don't buy it for them, they know how I feel and ba...

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 22 "Belonging to a group makes life an opportunity for me ... something to encourage the best in me while it helps to keep me humble about the worst in me."

justadrunk · justadrunk

It's a gloomy day here in Wisconsin. Rain now for 2 days. I was bleaching my sink this morning with my sad old blue rubber gloves on. I stopped and stared out the window as I do almost every morning as I stop to drink my coffee or tea. It faces the west, and it's where I see rain or shine coming from usually...

Robbie0330 · Robbie0330

Right now Society seems to be hell bent on stopping the tobacco industry. While cigarettes are an addictive and toxic passtime, i dont believe that Outdoor second hand smoke is somthing to really bitch about. NO SMOKING signs are used in excess, And placed in some of the most obvious places one would k...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly ThoughtOur culture craves comfort, the avoidance of pain, easy projects, nothing but success, leisure time, entertainment, fun hobbies, and anything else that can fit under the umbrella of "smooth sailing." When things don't go righta slip on ice, conflict with a loved one, a d...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: How can I believe in a Higher Power? I was taught that God is just an idea that weak people use as a crutch. --Alcoholics Anonymous member After we admit how serious our addiction is, we have to face our fear and sadness. Without the help of a Higher Power, we are hopeless...

Bob K · Bob K

I may never see tomorrowI may never see tomorrow; there's no written guarantee And things that happened yesterday belong to history. I cannot predict the future, I cannot change the past, I have just the present moments, I must treat it as my last.I must use this moment wisely for it soon will pass away...

Robbie0330 · Robbie0330

Religion is something that has plagued this world for a long time now. Most of us find comfort in god because it helps us deal with reality. It creates A false sense of security and gives its host something to look forward to after we inevitably die. And we WILL die. Its just a matter of when. so the Idea o...

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	What the heck is balance?? (Preview) Though I have only been sober for a relatively short time of 14 months, I've noticed several stages to my sobriety thus far. The first was pretty frantic and muddled. I was a complete mess physically. My emotions were similar to both a roller coaster and a freight train. I worked 2 full time jobs while go...	Col	4	596	Jul 30, 2013 by Mike D
	Secrets of the World Class (Preview) This is just 3 minutes and what I consider a must see ... it's part of the 'changing my thinking' that AA has taught me to take action to accomplish ... enjoy:	Pythonpappy	1	342	Jul 29, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) July 29 "Great modesty and humility are needed by every AA for his own permanent recovery. If these virtues are such vital needs to the individual, so must they be to AA as a whole."	Mike B.	1	248	Jul 29, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Weekly Thought (Preview) Weekly Quote"How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not packaged as we expected?" -Author UnknownWeekly ThoughtA poverty-stricken elderly woman in Europe complained that her wealthy son in America was cruel and ungrateful. "Does he never send you any money...	Pythonpappy	1	298	Jul 29, 2013 by Mr_David
	Precious gem found in a meeting (Preview) A gentleman shared something in a meeting yesterday that caused me to want to jump up and give him a kiss. Since kissing guys isn't normally my thing, I thought I'd pass along his share: If I get wheeled in here tomorrow in a wheelchair because I've lost my legs between now and then, I need you all to come u...	Angell	4	345	Jul 29, 2013 by Mr_David
	Fasting (Preview) I cannot belive how far I have come along, I went from a point of no control over myself or alcohol to having complete control of what goes inside of my body. I have even put myself to the test of working back in the bar scene and still not picking up that drink. My girlfriend is Muslim and I thought I would t...	mandm	27	824	Jul 29, 2013 by GoJo
	Addictive Personality (Preview) I think its insane how we have such addictive personalities, tonight I found myself bored a Saturday night not alot to do for a guy in the city that isn't around drinking. I haven't drank for quite a few months now, tonight having the night to myself, the gf is out of town doing some sort of family dinner. F...	mandm	23	1012	Jul 28, 2013 by justadrunk
	5 years out there, Returning (Now 85 Days In) (Preview) Hi Gang: I have returned. My brain told me I was "cured" after over a year sober, and that was just dumb. Lost connection to the program after my divorce and have been in the "controlled" drinking test for 5 years. Anyway, glad to be back in the program and working the steps. ...	Ironman	14	659	Jul 28, 2013 by Philipld
	Take a 2 minute break and watch some Magic!!! (Preview) I still don't see how this is possible!!!	Pythonpappy	0	282	Jul 27, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Alcoholics Anonymous: The Name (Preview) Here's some interesting background on the name "Alcoholics Anonymous," posted over at AA History Lovers Yahoo group, a forum I heartily recommend for anyone interested in the rich history and program development of AA.May 20, 1938 -- the writing of the Big Book began.June 15 1938 --Loi...	Tanin	2	2237	Jul 28, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Thoughts (Preview)	Bob K	0	298	Jul 27, 2013 by Bob K
	Today's Gift 07-27 (Preview) Time spent attempting to change others affords little time for personal change. --Georgette VickstromWe must be willing to change or we wouldn't be reading these words right now. However, being willing to change is often easier than doing it. One of the biggest changes most of us need to make is le...	Pythonpappy	5	372	Jul 27, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Learning how to de-escalate. (Preview) Good Morning MIP!! I came from the original loud family. People came over to my house and wondered why we were all yelling at each other. They would say, "why are you guys so mad at each other, wow, who did what to whom?" I would respond, "we're not mad at each other at all we're just tal...	Pablomoses	2	458	Jul 27, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Clear and blessed (Preview) Some bit ago - my children were off doing child like things, that I too must admit I rather enjoy. We made some blanket forts, and set up a home made carnival in the front room. We were rained out of the one we were looking forward to Sunday. Imagine the children's eyes as the lightening struck, and the t...	justadrunk	4	501	Jul 27, 2013 by jj
	The only requirement for A.A. membership (Preview) Is a desire to stop drinking. So I picked up a sponcee about 4 months ago. Vietnam vet in his mid 60's, divorced, lonely and feeling somewhat separated from his family due to circumstances. He really jumped into the steps, service work, seems to love the group and program, and was about to do his 5th s...	Rob84	23	750	Jul 27, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Moving to a new city (Preview) Hi all, I've recently moved, so I haven't been around the site as much. I hope to rectify that! I'd love to hear some ESH about moving to a new city and discovering new meetings. I didn't realize how comfortable I'd gotten in my regular meetings in my old city. I've been trying out lots of different meetin...	RubyTues	3	538	Jul 27, 2013 by Frodo
	Today's Gift 07-26 (Preview) It does make a difference what you call things.--Kate Douglas WigginMost of us think of dandelions as weeds. We buy special tools and poisons when they crop up and complain about them as surely as we welcome the spring that brings them.Yet is there anything more lovely than a sea of yellow dandelions b...	Pythonpappy	5	342	Jul 26, 2013 by Pablomoses
	My dog Max, doing good! (Preview) Hi Everyone, My dog, Max, who most know I was taking to the vet several times last week, in a limp, comatose kinda state, and where he stayed a few nights is doing good. He is hypoglucenic and it was causing his sugar (glucose) level to bottom out and take him down to a very dangerous state. I mistakenly...	John	6	418	Jul 26, 2013 by Stepchild
	How are YOU celebrating National Tequila Day? (Preview) I think I'll go to a meeting.	Q	13	560	Jul 26, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Drinking for the effect (Preview) Drank some fermented tea this morning. Non alcoholic, but tasted very much like beer - and also had the color, fizzy and smell of beer. Was not pleasant. Chugged it down as if beer because I wanted the health benefits - and it was exactly like chugging the beers down a little over a year ago - for the ment...	justadrunk	8	674	Jul 26, 2013 by Sports dude
	Why? (Preview) I have been spending a VERY long time trying to figure out why I have this thing alcoholism. Looking at my codependency - my adult child issues - my PTSD issues - the role postpartum depression has had on my drinking etc etc. In doing so - I feel worse and worse. Then as I read another point of view on 'why...	justadrunk	15	752	Jul 26, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Thanks for keeping the light on (Preview) Hello MIP, it's been a while. I check the board pretty much daily, but haven't posted forever. Right now I'm on the on the Oregon Coast, freezing my butt off as I listen to the waves crash and some frogs croaking. I am homeward bound from a visit to family in Northern California, Redding, actually. It was...	nezyb	9	498	Jul 26, 2013 by Rob84
	Sponsors (Preview) Sponsors! A man in a hot air balloon realizes that he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man below. He goes closer and yells out, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend that I would meet him a half and hour ago, but I don't know where I am!" The man below says, "Yes, you are in a ho...	Bob K	7	527	Jul 26, 2013 by Rob84
	Grapevine (Preview) July 25 "If all I have is a dollar in my pocket and I'm at a meeting, logic tells me to save it for myself for later. If I give it to AA, and have faith in the process, it will come back to me in ways I can't even imagine."	Mike B.	2	280	Jul 26, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 07-25 (Preview) I've given up the truth to those I've tried to please... and now it's my turn. --Diana Ross (Michael Masser/Carole Bayer Sager) Sacrificing our rights often results in other people mistreating us. We deny our own importance if we say yes when we mean no. Saying no doesn't mean we reject the other perso...	Pythonpappy	3	288	Jul 26, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Opposite sex sponsor (Preview) I have a feeling I'm going to get crapped on about this but here goes. My temporary sponsor is a girl...an attractive girl. I shared at a meeting, explained that I was just "coming back" and at the break she asked me if I needed some help getting started, going through the big book, etc. I said y...	TipsyMcstagger	48	7273	Jul 26, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Worse thing you did (Preview) What is the worse thing you did while drinking I tore up a bathroom at a tire place. I put toilet paper all over the floor,destroyed the plants, plugged sink up and ran water. About an hr later the company called to ask what they could have done to offend me. Of course I lied and acted mad that they were acc...	Bodyunderconstruction	14	639	Jul 25, 2013 by missyj
	Today's Gift 07-23 (Preview) Being humiliated is not the same as having humility. We have all suffered humiliation. Perhaps a spouse ridiculed us in public or a parent's disorderly conduct shamed us in front of our friends. Perhaps a boss criticized us in front of co-workers. However, we could have refused to let our egos be inju...	Pythonpappy	4	250	Jul 25, 2013 by Q
	Meetings (Preview) Like to hear peoples take on meetings. I happen to like them. My first three months I needed them badly as I didn't have the steps behind me to keep me sober. Two to three a day was the norm for me....And I went every day to at least one for my first six months. They told me to do 90 in 90 and I more than doubled th...	Stepchild	26	818	Jul 25, 2013 by Stepchild
	Today's Gift 07-24 (Preview) No day is like any other day. Isn't that interesting? And you never know what the next day will bring, and that's exciting. --Alpha English Alpha has not lost her zest for life. Although nearly ninety, she nurtures a young mind and a wise heart. Her attitude influences those around her too, making the...	Pythonpappy	1	241	Jul 24, 2013 by Mike B.
	George Carlin on Alcoholism (Preview) I found this interview from the late George Carlin about drinking I think it hit the nail on the head. It start at 3:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os-phOgsGHY	mandm	4	2242	Jul 24, 2013 by mandm
	Did I...? (Preview) So I'm out walking around today, running errands and enjoying the perfect weather. As I'm walking down the road, I run into a gentleman who frequents one of my old regular bars. We chit chat for a minute before he asks "so, are you still a yoga instructor?". WHAT?!? Did I really tell this dude...	Col	14	580	Jul 24, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Return of the "Normies" (Preview) Last night my wife and I decided to catch up with a friend of ours who lives in the area. Normally our spending time together consists of grabbing lunch or going for a walk, but last night we decided to get some food at a restaurant. I of course ordered a seltzer water (with lime) while my two acquaintances...	AdamMoz	13	756	Jul 24, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Grapevine (Preview) July 24 "At my very first AA meeting ... I heard words of love, understanding and compassion ... I believe the hand of God reached down at that meeting and healed me. For from that day thirty-eight years ago to this, I have not had a desire to drink or escape from reality again."	Mike B.	1	219	Jul 24, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Explaining my recovery to my wife (Preview) I mentioned in passing to my wife that yesterday was my "1 month" anniversary. She observed that I didn't seem to have suffered at all. I agreed that I had not suffered at all. So she popped back with a question/statement, "So you're not like a real bad alcoholic?" That gave m...	Troy	15	630	Jul 24, 2013 by Fyne Spirit
	George Carlin on Alcoholism (Preview) I found this interview from the late George Carlin about drinking I think it hit the nail on the head. It start at 3:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os-phOgsGHY	mandm	0	369	Jul 23, 2013 by mandm
	Death on death's terms (Preview) It seems slightly less than appropriate to post this here as it has nothing to do with my alcoholism, nor is there any danger of drinking over it but I just found out that my father is dying. My wife and I were planning a trip to see him when she got off parole in 16 months and now...well, that's just not goin...	Angell	6	641	Jul 23, 2013 by Insanicdrunk
	Are you a Creationist or an Evolutionist ? (Preview) In a time when many of us sit and ponder just how we came into being, we consider evolution, and we consider Divine providence ... In the Beginning! ... ??? ... ... ... In doing this we generally think there may, or must, have been a 'Higher Power' in play, or at work here ... we will typically wonder: 'How...	Pythonpappy	3	582	Jul 24, 2013 by Q
	Relapse after 25 yrs (Preview) I was sober from Sep 1985 until sometime 2011. Then suddenly I drank some wine, felt very good and drunk some more and still felt good. No binge-drinking, tried to keep it under control, even if I know that it will be more and more. But I kept drinking very seldom. I have been working with educating super...	runediva	19	608	Jul 23, 2013 by RubyTues
	Grapevine (Preview) July 23 "Our fellowship has been permitted to achieve -- though still in miniature -- the 'one world' dream of philosophers. Ours is a world in which we can hotly differ, yet never think of schism or conflict as a solution."	Mike B.	2	503	Jul 23, 2013 by Stepchild
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) July 22, 2013 Quote of the Week "The degree of my anxiety is a measure ofmy distance from God." Before recovery, anxiety was the master of my life. Without a relationship with God, I faced life alone and was in constant fear of not getting my needs met or of losing something I had so despe...	Pythonpappy	4	428	Jul 23, 2013 by Mike B.
	Today's Gift 07-22 (Preview) This is a simple program for complicated people. --Saying heard at meetings Newcomer I heard a speaker with years in recovery share that she'd always done it her own way - that she met friends at bars if she felt like it, had never had a sponsor, and sometimes went for months without a meeting. I know new...	Pythonpappy	2	267	Jul 23, 2013 by Mike B.
	So I have been going to al-anon for a few weeks and I am a bit confused (Preview) I know that I am a newbie but they keep saying that I have to change the way I think before it will change my husband and son's drinking. I will admit that I don't get that. Yes I hate drinking and the effect it has had on them. But I don't yell and scream at them, I don't buy it for them, they know how I feel and ba...	deacon	8	722	Jul 23, 2013 by Tanin
	Grapevine (Preview) July 22 "Belonging to a group makes life an opportunity for me ... something to encourage the best in me while it helps to keep me humble about the worst in me."	Mike B.	2	267	Jul 22, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Dancing in the rain. (Preview) It's a gloomy day here in Wisconsin. Rain now for 2 days. I was bleaching my sink this morning with my sad old blue rubber gloves on. I stopped and stared out the window as I do almost every morning as I stop to drink my coffee or tea. It faces the west, and it's where I see rain or shine coming from usually...	justadrunk	17	764	Jul 22, 2013 by justadrunk
	Tear down the clown (Preview) Right now Society seems to be hell bent on stopping the tobacco industry. While cigarettes are an addictive and toxic passtime, i dont believe that Outdoor second hand smoke is somthing to really bitch about. NO SMOKING signs are used in excess, And placed in some of the most obvious places one would k...	Robbie0330	23	675	Jul 22, 2013 by Q
	Weekly Thought (Preview) Weekly ThoughtOur culture craves comfort, the avoidance of pain, easy projects, nothing but success, leisure time, entertainment, fun hobbies, and anything else that can fit under the umbrella of "smooth sailing." When things don't go righta slip on ice, conflict with a loved one, a d...	Pythonpappy	0	396	Jul 21, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	How can I believe in a Higher Power? (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: How can I believe in a Higher Power? I was taught that God is just an idea that weak people use as a crutch. --Alcoholics Anonymous member After we admit how serious our addiction is, we have to face our fear and sadness. Without the help of a Higher Power, we are hopeless...	Larry_H	18	5957	Jul 21, 2013 by Travel an
	I May Never See Tomorrow (Preview) I may never see tomorrowI may never see tomorrow; there's no written guarantee And things that happened yesterday belong to history. I cannot predict the future, I cannot change the past, I have just the present moments, I must treat it as my last.I must use this moment wisely for it soon will pass away...	Bob K	3	351	Jul 21, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Deicide (Preview) Religion is something that has plagued this world for a long time now. Most of us find comfort in god because it helps us deal with reality. It creates A false sense of security and gives its host something to look forward to after we inevitably die. And we WILL die. Its just a matter of when. so the Idea o...	Robbie0330	29	689	Jul 21, 2013 by Jerry F
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