Alcoholics Anonymous

GoJo · GoJo

"Sober Mercies"; I chose to read this book because of this one simple line..."Where do you turn for hope when you already have the answer--but the answer isn't working? I am still in the grips of our disease and the insanity it holds hands with. Fully confess to being utterly defeate...

Bodyunderconstruction · Bodyunderconstruction

Late last night I helped a drunk neighbor attend to her drunk company whom were so messed up from drinking they could not walk and messed themselves. A hour or so passed by the time I had 2 sets of keys and two drunks cleaned up and sleeping ( passed out ). As I walked home I started to cry as I was overwhelmed w...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

July 8, 2013 Quote of the Week "Negativity is my disease asking me tocome out to play." Before recovery, I had just one voice in my head. Sometimes it was encouraging, even optimistic, but most of the time it was negative and defeatist. It told me things weren't going to get...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. --Ralph Waldo Emerson Many of us can probably recount the details of the "last straw," the turning point, the moment we began the journey on the road to recovery. Up until then all roads, however different, led downhill. For some of us t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Ousting the Green Demon Victory over Jealousy. We hear of successful people who drop their old friends after moving up the ladder. Maybe, however, it wasn't their choice. Maybe they were driven to do so because their friends' jealousy made the friendship unworkable. We have little trouble accepti...

HJF454 · HJF454

Well my mom is here to pick up the kids for 30 days. Very stressed in the house for my wife. We opted to put our differences aside for two days so we could both be supportive of each other and kind of tag team her controlling active alcoholic behavior together. Gods arm is on my shoulder and his hand over my mo...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Going to give this a whirl on this board... attempted it on another and am still sad over it. Triggered a deep pain within I'm finding out. I realized through writing here that I have a deep resentment that didn't get worked out in my 4th step. It's at alanon. In my mind - my pain has been a result of alano...

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 8 "Once the miracle of sobriety has been received ... Providence expects all of us to work and to grow -- to do our part in maintaining our blessings in full force. A perpetual miracle -- with no effort or responsibility on our part -- simply isn't in the cards. We all understand that the price...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I would pick doing this in a meeting - in my experience... a message board isn't the place to practice venting. I will keep trying this - but only in live meetings where there would likely be no feed back, and just open space to vent. Still hurting from my last experience trying to vent - but now after rea...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Meditation The first time I heard about meditation, it sounded like a foreign concept to me. I could understand prayer - that was talking to God. It made sense. But people said meditation was important too. Someone told me, "That's when you're being quiet, so God can talk to you."Over the...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly Verse"Be transformed by the renewing of your mind." -Romans 12:2Weekly Quote"Seek to cultivate a buoyant, joyous sense of the crowded kindnesses of God in your daily life." -Alexander MaclarenWeekly ThoughtBetween personnel problems and cranky patients, Amy...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Change your thoughts and change your world." -Norman Vincent Peale "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." -Mother Teresa "Sometimes in the winds of change we find our true direction." -Unknown "The best and most b...

Bob K · Bob K

Are we having a meeting tonight?

pinkchip · pinkchip

I posted about this before. I was going to do part time work in substance abuse....working in IOP. Nothing panned out. Well, now it panned out. Submitted 2 week notice at my current job to start a job working in a rehab. I know a large part of this is motivated by the 12th step but I also am wary of havin...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I thought all the slogans and rituals and people reading and holding hands was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo cheesy when I first started. I mean really - did they have to make it so uncomfortable for MEEEE??? LOL - oooo I can change the font and stuff... and actually see what I'm typing lol yeah - small joys : ) An...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I'm spinning out - as I just got the very worst news I've ever gotten in my life. So here it is: What recovery looks like when the real trauma hits... and actually... I prepared myself for falling apart (as I would have done in the past). I started isolating. I started expecting to shut down... but none of t...

Johny Depp · Johny Depp

Let's share what you are feeling for today - Lucky or Unlucky Please don't break the format. You have to tell two things - Mood (lucky or unlucky) and Reason (Description). Mood: Lucky Reason: I got my cash for my 1 month of Internet marketing work from my 7 clients. Now it's your turn guys _____________...

Pablomoses · Pablomoses

Does it ever really stop? Fractured families, inappropriate boundaries, loving people who we really don't like or wouldn't choose to be around on a regular basis? I find myself in a difficult situation. Between loving my family members, who are still practicing our disease, and maintaining m...

gonee · gonee

For all of us who are weary and heavy laden, I just want to say that God is with us. I was like that a few days ago. I found that gentle prayer and subtle meditation gives me rest. I am fortunate to have many of you brothers and sisters on this board who give so freely of themselves.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

There is nothing permanent except change. --Heraclitus Most of us don't like change very much. Getting sober is like stepping into a rushing river of change that will take us to new places in our lives. We sense that. We are learning to trust it more each day. But even though life keeps getting better fo...

justadrunk · justadrunk

You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Near the Top I know you're tired. I know you feel overwhelmed. You may feel as though this crisis, this problem, this hard time will last forever. It won't. You are almost through. You don't just think it has been hard; it has been hard. You have been...

mandm · mandm

GREAT! So I've been working as the head chef at a resturant by my house. Yesterday I walked in and I was informed that the resturant was going to close for renos for 6 months and that I would be hired back on when the Reno are done. I was a bit upset because I was enjoying the position but apperently even tho...

gonee · gonee

He was 2 years old when I sobered up in AA. 27 now and involved in church ministry work and AACA. I could have written a different story without AA's 12 steps of recovery. Last year my first sponsor's 30 year old son committed suicide after being on drugs for a long time. My sponsor relapsed after 8 years of...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Friday, July 5, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Survivor Guilt We begin recovering. We begin taking care of ourselves. Our recovery program starts to work in our life, and we begin to feel good about ourselves. Then it hits. Guilt. Whenever we begin to experience the fulln...

HJF454 · HJF454

So last night I go to check on my 11 y/o son after he had still been alone for the last 7 hrs all day and now the wife was at a Alanon meeting. He had already bugged his Mom at a meeting telling him he was scared when are you coming home. So she asks me to check on him until she gets home. So I say ok. She tells me she's...

BLUESMAN · BLUESMAN

I just wanted to Thank Dean for posting PAW It was a big help for a friend of mine . Russell

Chikky · Chikky

Not sure where to post this. Do not like.the new format..Light blue font on white background is very.difficult to see. Is it just me?

Bob K · Bob K

Twelve Steps to Insanity We admitted we were powerless over nothing - that we could manage our lives perfectly. We could also perfectly manage the lives of those around us. Came to believe that there was no power greater than ourselves and that the rest of the world was insane. Made a decision to have ou...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A.A. Thought for the Day People often ask what makes the AA program work. One of the answers is that AA works because it gets us away from ourselves as the center of the universe. And it teaches us to rely more on the fellowship of others and on strength from God. Are these things keeping me sober? Medita...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I had Pandora running in the background a little while ago and I don't know why, but the song that came on stuck me right about where I am in recovery at this point ... it's by Fleetwood Mac and a happy sort of tune ... When the phrase 'You don't know what it's like to win' came across, I was thinking about 'win...

learning · learning

Happy 4th of July! First and foremost as we all celebrate today in our respective ways, let us remember those brave men and women, both past and present, who have valiantly fought so that the people of the USA could enjoy so many wonderful freedoms! Thank a soldier they deserve the honor! My very ow...

gonee · gonee

(J. C. Philpot) By five minutes real communion with the Lord . . . we learn more, we know more, we receive more, we feel more, and we experience more than by a thousand years of merely studying the Scriptures, or using external forms, rites, and ceremonies. One truth written by the Spirit in the heart, wi...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Independence, like honour, is a rocky island without a beach. --Napoleon BonaparteWho hasn't taken pride in doing something that no one thought could be done? It gives us satisfaction to do something difficult, to lift our head high and say, "I did this alone." We take pride in being the b...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I think most of us have an idea of what to expect when we take certain actions throughout any given day ... I, for one, have become accustomed to practicing the principles of AA in pretty much every area of my life ... over time, great changes have occurred in my life that are so good, I couldn't have imaged...

AlcoHater · AlcoHater

To my American friends out there, happy 4th of July! To all my non-American friends, what the heck, happy 4th of July, as well! In our country, this is one of the big party holidays of the year, and I'm gonna be partying hard by staying home, watching the *"Leave It To Beaver" marathon, and eat...

mich · mich

Kathy here... 11 months June 30th. I am sober. I feel relatively good. Some looming sadness. I just keep heaping pressure on my self to be MS. AA Totally not my personality. I work two jobs, sometimes three. Now I have nothing to do because its summer. I'm off. I am afraid of people, to get invol...

HJF454 · HJF454

My spouse is always flirting with other men. I talked to her about it and she says she will not stop flirting or going out with men as friends on dates 1 on 1. I've known about this as of recent. I can't Change or control another. I accept the situation but don't like the behavior. I forgive but am hurt becaus...

pinkchip · pinkchip

I will go to my regular home group meeting in a half an hour or so. Today there will be a meeting of trusted servants after the meeting to the group to address someone lingering after the meeting and groping one of the employess of the center where the meeting is held (this will be done with the "offe...

Db1105 · Q

OK, this is just me, but I generally avoid Open Discussion meetings because they tend to be all over the map. It's just my personality, but I prefer Big Book and Step meetings because I feel like I get more program out of them: we read the texts and the comments tend to stay on topic. I like the classroom fee...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

There are really only two ways to approach life - as victim or as gallant fighter - and you must decide if you want to act or react, deal your own cards or play with a stacked deck. And if you don't decide which way to play with life, it always plays with you. --Merle Shain Being the victim is, or was, uncomfor...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Hey All, So... just a quick check-in while I have a brief chunk of Internet. I wanted to share that for the past seven days I have been in Italy with my in-laws and my wife, sober. This is my first time in Italy (first time in Europe in 9 years, actually). As a gift to us, my wife's parents told us we could tag...

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 3 "On a daily basis I choose not to drink - or to fear, hate, be angry, or indulge in any other defect that's raising its ugly head. They're all there waiting, and when given a chance they charge into the center of my life and try to take over. But when I work Step Seven I find that my life is filled w...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Hi All, Long time, no post! I just wanted to reconnect because I have been away for a while and have suffered as a result. Long story short is that I was visiting my in-laws for the past week and I had no access to internet. In addition to that lifeline being taken away, my in-laws are all extremely heavy dri...

John · John

Just wanted to come on and let everyone know that yes, I am still alive and yes, you are being thought of!! I have had to recently deal with anxiety attacks that were whipping' my butt, and some physical medical stuff related to both the anxiety and my thyroid. Seem to have the anxiety in check for the mos...

gonee · gonee

I thought I would share this with you. It was so simple yet so effectively expressed. That's how I reached out to God in my time of need."For prayer isn't getting on your kneesprayer is the elevation of the heart to God. That's all a man needs. You can pray in a prison, you can pray in an airplane, you c...

Sydney · Sydney

This is the first time I have ever sought help for alcohol. Can anyone give me advice as far as to navigate this site, what is helpful on this site and what have you done that has helped you. Ive always drank but 4 years ago my daughter passed away and I have spiraled down every since. Thank you

Pythonpappy · Q

If you can live without caffeine, If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, If you can resist complaining, If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time, If you can take criticism and blame without resentment, If you can ignore a friend's limited education and neve...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Procrastination Higher Power, it was so easy to put things off during my addiction.I pray to remember that postponing facing up to reality is really self-pity in action. When I procrastinate about solving problems, I am only making the problems worse. Let me remember that solutions come from taki...

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 2 "I no longer pray to have my fear removed. Today, I pray that my love grows bigger than my fear and that my humility becomes greater than my shame."

RubyTues · RubyTues

I'm not sure what was going on. This guy brought up 'personal hygeine' as a topic, and then commenced to share on that topic in very very graphic detail. It was not good.

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	Sober Mercies (Preview) "Sober Mercies"; I chose to read this book because of this one simple line..."Where do you turn for hope when you already have the answer--but the answer isn't working? I am still in the grips of our disease and the insanity it holds hands with. Fully confess to being utterly defeate...	GoJo	24	815	Jul 9, 2013 by justadrunk
	That was me (Preview) Late last night I helped a drunk neighbor attend to her drunk company whom were so messed up from drinking they could not walk and messed themselves. A hour or so passed by the time I had 2 sets of keys and two drunks cleaned up and sleeping ( passed out ). As I walked home I started to cry as I was overwhelmed w...	Bodyunderconstruction	10	589	Jul 9, 2013 by Zoomtopz
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) July 8, 2013 Quote of the Week "Negativity is my disease asking me tocome out to play." Before recovery, I had just one voice in my head. Sometimes it was encouraging, even optimistic, but most of the time it was negative and defeatist. It told me things weren't going to get...	Pythonpappy	1	335	Jul 8, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Today's Gift 07-08 (Preview) Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. --Ralph Waldo Emerson Many of us can probably recount the details of the "last straw," the turning point, the moment we began the journey on the road to recovery. Up until then all roads, however different, led downhill. For some of us t...	Pythonpappy	2	325	Jul 8, 2013 by Mike B.
	Today's Gift 05-02 (Preview) Ousting the Green Demon Victory over Jealousy. We hear of successful people who drop their old friends after moving up the ladder. Maybe, however, it wasn't their choice. Maybe they were driven to do so because their friends' jealousy made the friendship unworkable. We have little trouble accepti...	Pythonpappy	3	541	Jul 8, 2013 by Sports dude
	Mothers visit (Preview) Well my mom is here to pick up the kids for 30 days. Very stressed in the house for my wife. We opted to put our differences aside for two days so we could both be supportive of each other and kind of tag team her controlling active alcoholic behavior together. Gods arm is on my shoulder and his hand over my mo...	HJF454	3	491	Jul 8, 2013 by 2granddaughters
	Vent attempt # 2 (Preview) Going to give this a whirl on this board... attempted it on another and am still sad over it. Triggered a deep pain within I'm finding out. I realized through writing here that I have a deep resentment that didn't get worked out in my 4th step. It's at alanon. In my mind - my pain has been a result of alano...	justadrunk	6	565	Jul 8, 2013 by Frodo
	Grapevine (Preview) July 8 "Once the miracle of sobriety has been received ... Providence expects all of us to work and to grow -- to do our part in maintaining our blessings in full force. A perpetual miracle -- with no effort or responsibility on our part -- simply isn't in the cards. We all understand that the price...	Mike B.	1	306	Jul 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Had a bad experience with this - Thought for the day (Preview) I would pick doing this in a meeting - in my experience... a message board isn't the place to practice venting. I will keep trying this - but only in live meetings where there would likely be no feed back, and just open space to vent. Still hurting from my last experience trying to vent - but now after rea...	justadrunk	8	586	Jul 8, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 07-07 (Preview) Meditation The first time I heard about meditation, it sounded like a foreign concept to me. I could understand prayer - that was talking to God. It made sense. But people said meditation was important too. Someone told me, "That's when you're being quiet, so God can talk to you."Over the...	Pythonpappy	1	341	Jul 8, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Devotional (Preview) Weekly Verse"Be transformed by the renewing of your mind." -Romans 12:2Weekly Quote"Seek to cultivate a buoyant, joyous sense of the crowded kindnesses of God in your daily life." -Alexander MaclarenWeekly ThoughtBetween personnel problems and cranky patients, Amy...	Pythonpappy	1	332	Jul 7, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Notable Quotes (Preview) "Change your thoughts and change your world." -Norman Vincent Peale "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." -Mother Teresa "Sometimes in the winds of change we find our true direction." -Unknown "The best and most b...	Pythonpappy	1	2829	Jul 7, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Meeting (Preview) Are we having a meeting tonight?	Bob K	0	344	Jul 7, 2013 by Bob K
	Career change (Preview) I posted about this before. I was going to do part time work in substance abuse....working in IOP. Nothing panned out. Well, now it panned out. Submitted 2 week notice at my current job to start a job working in a rehab. I know a large part of this is motivated by the 12th step but I also am wary of havin...	pinkchip	6	544	Jul 6, 2013 by Jerry F
	Life on life's terms (Preview) I thought all the slogans and rituals and people reading and holding hands was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo cheesy when I first started. I mean really - did they have to make it so uncomfortable for MEEEE??? LOL - oooo I can change the font and stuff... and actually see what I'm typing lol yeah - small joys : ) An...	justadrunk	8	1088	Jul 7, 2013 by AlcoHater
	Tragedy strikes (Preview) I'm spinning out - as I just got the very worst news I've ever gotten in my life. So here it is: What recovery looks like when the real trauma hits... and actually... I prepared myself for falling apart (as I would have done in the past). I started isolating. I started expecting to shut down... but none of t...	justadrunk	25	813	Jul 7, 2013 by Angell
	Are you lucky today? (Preview) Let's share what you are feeling for today - Lucky or Unlucky Please don't break the format. You have to tell two things - Mood (lucky or unlucky) and Reason (Description). Mood: Lucky Reason: I got my cash for my 1 month of Internet marketing work from my 7 clients. Now it's your turn guys _____________...	Johny Depp	8	489	Jul 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Dysfunctional Family Dynamics (Preview) Does it ever really stop? Fractured families, inappropriate boundaries, loving people who we really don't like or wouldn't choose to be around on a regular basis? I find myself in a difficult situation. Between loving my family members, who are still practicing our disease, and maintaining m...	Pablomoses	7	618	Jul 6, 2013 by gonee
	Weary. (Preview) For all of us who are weary and heavy laden, I just want to say that God is with us. I was like that a few days ago. I found that gentle prayer and subtle meditation gives me rest. I am fortunate to have many of you brothers and sisters on this board who give so freely of themselves.	gonee	6	422	Jul 6, 2013 by gonee
	Today's Gift 07-06 (Preview) There is nothing permanent except change. --Heraclitus Most of us don't like change very much. Getting sober is like stepping into a rushing river of change that will take us to new places in our lives. We sense that. We are learning to trust it more each day. But even though life keeps getting better fo...	Pythonpappy	0	371	Jul 6, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Thought for the day (Preview) You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Near the Top I know you're tired. I know you feel overwhelmed. You may feel as though this crisis, this problem, this hard time will last forever. It won't. You are almost through. You don't just think it has been hard; it has been hard. You have been...	justadrunk	5	485	Jul 6, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Bad Tuesday got fired ...no meeting.... woke up feeling ...... (Preview) GREAT! So I've been working as the head chef at a resturant by my house. Yesterday I walked in and I was informed that the resturant was going to close for renos for 6 months and that I would be hired back on when the Reno are done. I was a bit upset because I was enjoying the position but apperently even tho...	mandm	8	613	Jul 6, 2013 by Pablomoses
	My son's birthday. (Preview) He was 2 years old when I sobered up in AA. 27 now and involved in church ministry work and AACA. I could have written a different story without AA's 12 steps of recovery. Last year my first sponsor's 30 year old son committed suicide after being on drugs for a long time. My sponsor relapsed after 8 years of...	gonee	5	403	Jul 6, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Thought for the day (Preview) Friday, July 5, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Survivor Guilt We begin recovering. We begin taking care of ourselves. Our recovery program starts to work in our life, and we begin to feel good about ourselves. Then it hits. Guilt. Whenever we begin to experience the fulln...	justadrunk	3	353	Jul 6, 2013 by justadrunk
	Craziness (Preview) So last night I go to check on my 11 y/o son after he had still been alone for the last 7 hrs all day and now the wife was at a Alanon meeting. He had already bugged his Mom at a meeting telling him he was scared when are you coming home. So she asks me to check on him until she gets home. So I say ok. She tells me she's...	HJF454	4	544	Jul 6, 2013 by Pablomoses
	PAW (Preview) I just wanted to Thank Dean for posting PAW It was a big help for a friend of mine . Russell	BLUESMAN	0	348	Jul 6, 2013 by BLUESMAN
	What is up with the mobile site? (Preview) Not sure where to post this. Do not like.the new format..Light blue font on white background is very.difficult to see. Is it just me?	Chikky	2	667	Jul 6, 2013 by Chikky
	12 Steps to Insanity (Preview) Twelve Steps to Insanity We admitted we were powerless over nothing - that we could manage our lives perfectly. We could also perfectly manage the lives of those around us. Came to believe that there was no power greater than ourselves and that the rest of the world was insane. Made a decision to have ou...	Bob K	7	2057	Jul 5, 2013 by Sports dude
	Today's Gift 07-05 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day People often ask what makes the AA program work. One of the answers is that AA works because it gets us away from ourselves as the center of the universe. And it teaches us to rely more on the fellowship of others and on strength from God. Are these things keeping me sober? Medita...	Pythonpappy	5	457	Jul 5, 2013 by Frodo
	Never Goin' Back Again (Preview) I had Pandora running in the background a little while ago and I don't know why, but the song that came on stuck me right about where I am in recovery at this point ... it's by Fleetwood Mac and a happy sort of tune ... When the phrase 'You don't know what it's like to win' came across, I was thinking about 'win...	Pythonpappy	4	445	Jul 5, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Independence Day (Preview) Happy 4th of July! First and foremost as we all celebrate today in our respective ways, let us remember those brave men and women, both past and present, who have valiantly fought so that the people of the USA could enjoy so many wonderful freedoms! Thank a soldier they deserve the honor! My very ow...	learning	6	443	Jul 5, 2013 by Pablomoses
	Just thought I'd share this. (Preview) (J. C. Philpot) By five minutes real communion with the Lord . . . we learn more, we know more, we receive more, we feel more, and we experience more than by a thousand years of merely studying the Scriptures, or using external forms, rites, and ceremonies. One truth written by the Spirit in the heart, wi...	gonee	2	337	Jul 5, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 07-04 (Preview) Independence, like honour, is a rocky island without a beach. --Napoleon BonaparteWho hasn't taken pride in doing something that no one thought could be done? It gives us satisfaction to do something difficult, to lift our head high and say, "I did this alone." We take pride in being the b...	Pythonpappy	0	320	Jul 4, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Getting What I Deserve? (Preview) I think most of us have an idea of what to expect when we take certain actions throughout any given day ... I, for one, have become accustomed to practicing the principles of AA in pretty much every area of my life ... over time, great changes have occurred in my life that are so good, I couldn't have imaged...	Pythonpappy	22	774	Jul 4, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Happy 4th, Everyone! (Preview) To my American friends out there, happy 4th of July! To all my non-American friends, what the heck, happy 4th of July, as well! In our country, this is one of the big party holidays of the year, and I'm gonna be partying hard by staying home, watching the *"Leave It To Beaver" marathon, and eat...	AlcoHater	2	384	Jul 4, 2013 by mikef
	I am not a social being. (Preview) Kathy here... 11 months June 30th. I am sober. I feel relatively good. Some looming sadness. I just keep heaping pressure on my self to be MS. AA Totally not my personality. I work two jobs, sometimes three. Now I have nothing to do because its summer. I'm off. I am afraid of people, to get invol...	mich	14	574	Jul 4, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Acceptance (Preview) My spouse is always flirting with other men. I talked to her about it and she says she will not stop flirting or going out with men as friends on dates 1 on 1. I've known about this as of recent. I can't Change or control another. I accept the situation but don't like the behavior. I forgive but am hurt becaus...	HJF454	6	608	Jul 4, 2013 by HJF454
	Personalities and sensitivity (Preview) I will go to my regular home group meeting in a half an hour or so. Today there will be a meeting of trusted servants after the meeting to the group to address someone lingering after the meeting and groping one of the employess of the center where the meeting is held (this will be done with the "offe...	pinkchip	7	859	Jul 4, 2013 by Tanin
	Ugh, another gratitude meeting, zzzzz.... (Preview) OK, this is just me, but I generally avoid Open Discussion meetings because they tend to be all over the map. It's just my personality, but I prefer Big Book and Step meetings because I feel like I get more program out of them: we read the texts and the comments tend to stay on topic. I like the classroom fee...	Q	13	806	Jul 3, 2013 by Db1105
	Today's Gift 07-03 (Preview) There are really only two ways to approach life - as victim or as gallant fighter - and you must decide if you want to act or react, deal your own cards or play with a stacked deck. And if you don't decide which way to play with life, it always plays with you. --Merle Shain Being the victim is, or was, uncomfor...	Pythonpappy	1	370	Jul 3, 2013 by Mike B.
	Sober in Italy (Preview) Hey All, So... just a quick check-in while I have a brief chunk of Internet. I wanted to share that for the past seven days I have been in Italy with my in-laws and my wife, sober. This is my first time in Italy (first time in Europe in 9 years, actually). As a gift to us, my wife's parents told us we could tag...	AdamMoz	7	2681	Jul 3, 2013 by Q
	Grapevine (Preview) July 3 "On a daily basis I choose not to drink - or to fear, hate, be angry, or indulge in any other defect that's raising its ugly head. They're all there waiting, and when given a chance they charge into the center of my life and try to take over. But when I work Step Seven I find that my life is filled w...	Mike B.	2	339	Jul 3, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Reconnecting (Preview) Hi All, Long time, no post! I just wanted to reconnect because I have been away for a while and have suffered as a result. Long story short is that I was visiting my in-laws for the past week and I had no access to internet. In addition to that lifeline being taken away, my in-laws are all extremely heavy dri...	AdamMoz	4	394	Jul 3, 2013 by Mike B.
	Good Morning Everyone! (Preview) Just wanted to come on and let everyone know that yes, I am still alive and yes, you are being thought of!! I have had to recently deal with anxiety attacks that were whipping' my butt, and some physical medical stuff related to both the anxiety and my thyroid. Seem to have the anxiety in check for the mos...	John	9	434	Jul 2, 2013 by RubyTues
	Simple definition of prayer. (Preview) I thought I would share this with you. It was so simple yet so effectively expressed. That's how I reached out to God in my time of need."For prayer isn't getting on your kneesprayer is the elevation of the heart to God. That's all a man needs. You can pray in a prison, you can pray in an airplane, you c...	gonee	6	514	Jul 2, 2013 by Frodo
	Im new here (Preview) This is the first time I have ever sought help for alcohol. Can anyone give me advice as far as to navigate this site, what is helpful on this site and what have you done that has helped you. Ive always drank but 4 years ago my daughter passed away and I have spiraled down every since. Thank you	Sydney	9	662	Jul 2, 2013 by Frodo
	Think you're spiritual? (Preview) If you can live without caffeine, If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, If you can resist complaining, If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time, If you can take criticism and blame without resentment, If you can ignore a friend's limited education and neve...	Q	2	421	Jul 2, 2013 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 07-02 (Preview) Procrastination Higher Power, it was so easy to put things off during my addiction.I pray to remember that postponing facing up to reality is really self-pity in action. When I procrastinate about solving problems, I am only making the problems worse. Let me remember that solutions come from taki...	Pythonpappy	2	353	Jul 2, 2013 by Q
	Grapevine (Preview) July 2 "I no longer pray to have my fear removed. Today, I pray that my love grows bigger than my fear and that my humility becomes greater than my shame."	Mike B.	2	330	Jul 2, 2013 by gonee
	Walked out of a meeting today (Preview) I'm not sure what was going on. This guy brought up 'personal hygeine' as a topic, and then commenced to share on that topic in very very graphic detail. It was not good.	RubyTues	16	868	Jul 2, 2013 by Frodo
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