Alcoholics Anonymous

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...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

This inspirational presentation will make your heart sing!!

justadrunk · justadrunk

Hope so!

bikerbill · bikerbill

Ok. Found the house. Not perfect but close enough. Two bedrooms box room upstairs. Shower room upstairs. Two rooms and kitchen, bathroom and scullery downstairs. Huge garage (needs some work) two room brick built wash house outside. Patio, lawn, vegetable plot behind. Street fronted. Central he...

leeu · leeu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XtEppsR7Yc4

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The readiness is all. --William Shakespeare Newcomer I went to two different Step meetings this week, in different parts of town, and both of them were on the Fourth Step. I keep hearing that "there are no coincidences." Does this mean I'm supposed to start the Fourth Step now? How do I kno...

gonee · gonee

A friend of mine kept relapsing in AA. Eventually he struggled to gain a few months of sobriety. Then the most horrible thing happened. He had a car accident and became a quadriplegic. I used to visit him in hospital for almost a year and he fully expected that God will give him a miracle and make him walk a...

Old Smuggler · Old Smuggler

Hello Guys, I am a 35 years old Male from Chandigarh (The City Beautiful), India. I have been drinking since 1992 when I was 16. In fact, my DAD offered me a BEER when I cleared my High School with Distinction Grades & ever since, there is no looking back. I am not a daily drinker but a weekend freak who...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 14 "The power in these rooms is greater than the sum total of those of us present."

KJ_27 · KJ_27

I'm going through difficult times and have turned my back on just about everything except alcohol...I finally realize that I cant get through this by myself. I need help so bad...kjjeep27@gmail.com.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Letting go to save our lives I crouched in the doorway of the airplane next to my skydiving coach. I held on to the doorway with my right hand for balance. With my left hand, I firmly grasped my coach's gripper, a padded piece of cloth on his jumpsuit. It was up to me to give the count. "Ready, set. . .&q...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Last night I had the worst alcohol-related nightmare I have had in at least a year. I don't have many, but when I do they hit really hard. In a nutshell, I dreamt that I was at a party with co-workers when I became incredibly drunk and start putting the moves on one of my co-workers. I remember in the dream sl...

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

like this one Pappy We have a couple here in Aussie as well - Get over it Get a Life.

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 13 "We are alcoholics. Even though now recovered, we are never too far removed from the possibility of fresh personal disaster. Each knows he must observe a high degree of honesty, humility, and tolerance, or else drink again."

Tanin · Tanin

April 10, 1939 - Publication date of the book titled: Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered From Alcoholism -- Edited by Tanin on Wednesday 10th of April 2013 10:06:23 AM

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet. --Isaac B. Singer We all know men and women who are too often critical and negative. Sometimes we, too, are these people. And when we fall into this trap of negativity, our life becomes unnecessarily complicated. An...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Wednesday, June 12, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Spontaneity and Fun Practice being spontaneous. Practice having fun. The joy of recovery is that we finally get to experiment. We get to learn new behaviors, and we don't have to do them perfectly. We only need to find a wa...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Now it's been a while ago since I last took alcohol and I was starting to forget how ill it made me. I'm in self imposed training for a charity cycle event and like to do fifty or sixty miles a week on my pushie ( only had it a couple months, not having ridden one since I was sixteen and that's forty years ago ) ...

4st7lb · 4st7lb

My first drink was given to me by my sister at the age of 11. She told me mom had two beers in the fridge and I could have them if I wanted. I took it in the bathroom and drank it. I was in love with the first beer. Something in my mind clicked and this was the feeling I had been searching for all of my short life. I wa...

gonee · gonee

For all of us that might be troubled and heavily laden, just remember that God is with us. It would be cruel of Him to have just created humanity and just left us to fend for ourselves in this universe. When I got rid of my own prejudice in spiritual matters, I found a loving God- a Heavenly Father just waiti...

LisaValenti · LisaValenti

About 2 1/2 years ago I had gastric bypass surgery. You're not supposed to drink after this surgery because it can really mess w/ your organs. Well, after I lost weight and started feeling good, the hubby (of 22 years) had an affair and I left him. (This is typical of this surgery.) I was devastate...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Tuesday, June 11, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Moving Forward Much as we would like, we cannot bring everyone with us on this journey called recovery. We are not being disloyal by allowing ourselves to move forward. We don't have to wait for those we love to decide to chan...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 12 "Where before there was a gaping hole of emptiness, I seek within me that faint ember of self-love, self-worth, and desire for goodness."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A good garden may have some weeds. --Thomas Fuller Newcomer I've done a few things I'm not proud of, but isn't that part of being human? Other people aren't perfect either.Sponsor Looking honestly and unflinchingly at our behavior, while at the same time having compassion for ourselves, is a powerf...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I really can't remember the last time I sat in a meeting when someone announced a relapse. Today there were 4! It was the noon meeting. I go to it about once per week still. I suppose it's something about spring, and thinking that a beer sure would be nice with that BBQ... or whatever... it can be that s...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Reflection for the Day We must never be blinded by the futile philosophy that we are just the hapless victims of our inheritance, of our life experience, and of our surroundings - that these are the sole forces that make our decisions for us. This is not the road to freedom. We have to believe that we can r...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The ego is a self-justifying historian, which seeks only that information that agrees with it, rewrites history when it needs to, and does not even see the evidence that threatens it. --Anthony G. Greenwald One of the larger struggles facing us is relinquishing, the need to be right always. Only whe...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 11 "Simple gratitude compels us all to be mindful of the needs of others and to work in the ways and through the means developed by the AA movement to try to reach some of the millions of our fellow alcoholics who are still suffering in the hell from which we have escaped."

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	Funny (Preview) *No matter what your job is, you should always try to make it as interesting as possible...*	Pythonpappy	4	365	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	843	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	296	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	880	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	420	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	826	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	1959	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	730	Jun 18, 2013 by Jerry F
	Welcome Q (Preview) Glad you found us, ... looking forward to your ESH ... God Bless, Pappy	Pythonpappy	4	789	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	770	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	397	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	479	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	816	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	775	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	220	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	197	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	800	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	364	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	368	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	701	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	267	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	250	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	256	Jun 16, 2013 by Sports dude
	When You Think Nobody Cares (Preview) This inspirational presentation will make your heart sing!!	Pythonpappy	8	944	Jun 16, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Will there be a meeting tonight??? (Preview) Hope so!	justadrunk	0	202	Jun 16, 2013 by justadrunk
	big decision time (Preview) Ok. Found the house. Not perfect but close enough. Two bedrooms box room upstairs. Shower room upstairs. Two rooms and kitchen, bathroom and scullery downstairs. Huge garage (needs some work) two room brick built wash house outside. Patio, lawn, vegetable plot behind. Street fronted. Central he...	bikerbill	21	548	Jun 16, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Belongs on the NA Board but I'm Sure y'all Will Love It Anyway (Preview) https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XtEppsR7Yc4	leeu	4	258	Jun 15, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Today's Gift 06-15 (Preview) The readiness is all. --William Shakespeare Newcomer I went to two different Step meetings this week, in different parts of town, and both of them were on the Fourth Step. I keep hearing that "there are no coincidences." Does this mean I'm supposed to start the Fourth Step now? How do I kno...	Pythonpappy	0	249	Jun 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	The miracle. (Preview) A friend of mine kept relapsing in AA. Eventually he struggled to gain a few months of sobriety. Then the most horrible thing happened. He had a car accident and became a quadriplegic. I used to visit him in hospital for almost a year and he fully expected that God will give him a miracle and make him walk a...	gonee	4	328	Jun 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	En Bloc Blackouts !! (Preview) Hello Guys, I am a 35 years old Male from Chandigarh (The City Beautiful), India. I have been drinking since 1992 when I was 16. In fact, my DAD offered me a BEER when I cleared my High School with Distinction Grades & ever since, there is no looking back. I am not a daily drinker but a weekend freak who...	Old Smuggler	14	3696	Jun 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) June 14 "The power in these rooms is greater than the sum total of those of us present."	Mike B.	1	184	Jun 15, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	I need help... (Preview) I'm going through difficult times and have turned my back on just about everything except alcohol...I finally realize that I cant get through this by myself. I need help so bad...kjjeep27@gmail.com.	KJ_27	6	379	Jun 15, 2013 by jj
	Today's Gift 06-14 (Preview) Letting go to save our lives I crouched in the doorway of the airplane next to my skydiving coach. I held on to the doorway with my right hand for balance. With my left hand, I firmly grasped my coach's gripper, a padded piece of cloth on his jumpsuit. It was up to me to give the count. "Ready, set. . .&q...	Pythonpappy	1	296	Jun 14, 2013 by Mike B.
	Alcohol Nightmare (Preview) Last night I had the worst alcohol-related nightmare I have had in at least a year. I don't have many, but when I do they hit really hard. In a nutshell, I dreamt that I was at a party with co-workers when I became incredibly drunk and start putting the moves on one of my co-workers. I remember in the dream sl...	AdamMoz	9	470	Jun 14, 2013 by Jerry F
	th 'pity potty' (Preview) like this one Pappy We have a couple here in Aussie as well - Get over it Get a Life.	Zoomtopz	3	348	Jun 14, 2013 by StPeteDean
	Grapevine (Preview) June 13 "We are alcoholics. Even though now recovered, we are never too far removed from the possibility of fresh personal disaster. Each knows he must observe a high degree of honesty, humility, and tolerance, or else drink again."	Mike B.	5	222	Jun 13, 2013 by justadrunk
	On This Day In AA History - April 10 Big Book (Preview) April 10, 1939 - Publication date of the book titled: Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered From Alcoholism -- Edited by Tanin on Wednesday 10th of April 2013 10:06:23 AM	Tanin	4	4207	Jun 13, 2013 by Sports dude
	Today's Gift 06-13 (Preview) If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet. --Isaac B. Singer We all know men and women who are too often critical and negative. Sometimes we, too, are these people. And when we fall into this trap of negativity, our life becomes unnecessarily complicated. An...	Pythonpappy	2	199	Jun 13, 2013 by justadrunk
	Thought for the day (Preview) Wednesday, June 12, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Spontaneity and Fun Practice being spontaneous. Practice having fun. The joy of recovery is that we finally get to experiment. We get to learn new behaviors, and we don't have to do them perfectly. We only need to find a wa...	justadrunk	1	230	Jun 13, 2013 by Mike B.
	had a reminder yesterday (Preview) Now it's been a while ago since I last took alcohol and I was starting to forget how ill it made me. I'm in self imposed training for a charity cycle event and like to do fifty or sixty miles a week on my pushie ( only had it a couple months, not having ridden one since I was sixteen and that's forty years ago ) ...	bikerbill	5	391	Jun 13, 2013 by StPeteDean
	My decent into alcoholism (Preview) My first drink was given to me by my sister at the age of 11. She told me mom had two beers in the fridge and I could have them if I wanted. I took it in the bathroom and drank it. I was in love with the first beer. Something in my mind clicked and this was the feeling I had been searching for all of my short life. I wa...	4st7lb	12	794	Jun 13, 2013 by Jerry F
	A loving God. (Preview) For all of us that might be troubled and heavily laden, just remember that God is with us. It would be cruel of Him to have just created humanity and just left us to fend for ourselves in this universe. When I got rid of my own prejudice in spiritual matters, I found a loving God- a Heavenly Father just waiti...	gonee	7	438	Jun 13, 2013 by Sports dude
	Gastric Bypass Surgery made me process alcohol differently. (Preview) About 2 1/2 years ago I had gastric bypass surgery. You're not supposed to drink after this surgery because it can really mess w/ your organs. Well, after I lost weight and started feeling good, the hubby (of 22 years) had an affair and I left him. (This is typical of this surgery.) I was devastate...	LisaValenti	6	528	Jun 13, 2013 by pinkchip
	Thought for the day (Preview) Tuesday, June 11, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Moving Forward Much as we would like, we cannot bring everyone with us on this journey called recovery. We are not being disloyal by allowing ourselves to move forward. We don't have to wait for those we love to decide to chan...	justadrunk	2	217	Jun 12, 2013 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) June 12 "Where before there was a gaping hole of emptiness, I seek within me that faint ember of self-love, self-worth, and desire for goodness."	Mike B.	2	214	Jun 12, 2013 by justadrunk
	Today's Gift 06-12 (Preview) A good garden may have some weeds. --Thomas Fuller Newcomer I've done a few things I'm not proud of, but isn't that part of being human? Other people aren't perfect either.Sponsor Looking honestly and unflinchingly at our behavior, while at the same time having compassion for ourselves, is a powerf...	Pythonpappy	2	220	Jun 12, 2013 by justadrunk
	I'm Natasha, and I'm alcoholic. (Preview) I really can't remember the last time I sat in a meeting when someone announced a relapse. Today there were 4! It was the noon meeting. I go to it about once per week still. I suppose it's something about spring, and thinking that a beer sure would be nice with that BBQ... or whatever... it can be that s...	justadrunk	11	565	Jun 12, 2013 by Stepchild
	Today's Gift 06 - 11 (Preview) Reflection for the Day We must never be blinded by the futile philosophy that we are just the hapless victims of our inheritance, of our life experience, and of our surroundings - that these are the sole forces that make our decisions for us. This is not the road to freedom. We have to believe that we can r...	Pythonpappy	0	204	Jun 11, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 06-09 (Preview) The ego is a self-justifying historian, which seeks only that information that agrees with it, rewrites history when it needs to, and does not even see the evidence that threatens it. --Anthony G. Greenwald One of the larger struggles facing us is relinquishing, the need to be right always. Only whe...	Pythonpappy	8	376	Jun 11, 2013 by Frodo
	Grapevine (Preview) June 11 "Simple gratitude compels us all to be mindful of the needs of others and to work in the ways and through the means developed by the AA movement to try to reach some of the millions of our fellow alcoholics who are still suffering in the hell from which we have escaped."	Mike B.	1	244	Jun 11, 2013 by Pythonpappy
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