Alcoholics Anonymous

Chaya · Chaya

Ok. I took the plunge today and asked another womanFri be my sponsor. I can't take this misery anymore and I can't get the growth that I need from my temp sponsor. She is an awesome listener, but I need more right now. As soon as I asked she gave me assignments to keep me accountable. I need that. I am respons...

Mylita · Mylita

Hello, My name is Mylita and I am a new comer to AA. Today will be twenity three day somber. I went to my first meeting three week ago and I am so happy I join AA. I still have not found a sponcer but that okay. I will continue going to AA. I feel recharge all the time I leave AA. It have given me hope when I had non...

Jason J · Jason J

Today is my 9 month birthday. I went to the group I've gone to weekly and spoke for the 3rd time in 9 months (briefly) and got my coin. I am a member of the local law enforcement group in a fairly small community and find it difficult to share at local meetings with people that I'm familiar with and who are c...

Picaposie · Picaposie

Part of having an open mind is changing the way we look at things. An old Chinese proverb...change but your mind on what you want to see and the whole world changes accordingly. I had a hard time with this in early sobriety and someone suggested that I read "A New Pair of Glasses" by Chuck Cham...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Today's thought from Hazelden is: We need four hugs a day for survival. We need eight hugs a day for maintenance. We need twelve hugs a day for growth. --Virginia Satir Virginia Satir was an internationally acclaimed therapist. She knew a lot about what people need to be healthy and happy and to live in...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

December 3, 2012 Quote of the Week "After 5 years of sobriety you get your brains back, after 10 you learn how to use them, and after 15 years you realize you never needed them anyway." What a cord of recognition this struck when I first heard it (at 10 years recovery). I remember the f...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You Give Me Strength Lord God, thank You for loving me Even when I turn away from You. I am grateful for Your constant care and concern. Though I feel unworthy of Your great love, I thank You that through my weakness You give me strength, And in my wandering You show me the way. --Author unknownYou are read...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

December 3 "When life presents us with a racking conflict ... we cannot be altogether blamed if we are confused. In fact, our very first responsibility is to admit that we are confused." AA Co-Founder, Bill W., August 1...

pinkchip · pinkchip

I took on a service committment today to be a GSR for one of my homegroups. I'm interested if any of you guys may have done this and can share what it was like. I also figured this would be a good way to start a thread on how many million ways there are to do service in AA. A couple of things are obvious which inc...

Jerry F · Jerry F

because the consequence of that, for me, kills the lessons Ii should be learning. Aloha MIP family. Had a wonderful Sunday morning version meeting of AA at the Bay. We have a Saturday and Sunday version. Yesterday's group was beyond spiritual imagination nicely salted by the shares of new-come...

mikef · mikef

December 2nd, 1984 a cold morning, I came to on the floor of a farm house in Rhinebeck New York for the last time. I was 6 months into my 3rd marriage and was finally aware that the insanity of my life was doing the same thing again and again knowing what the results would be. I lifted my head and surren...

leeu · leeu

Tomorrow I will be in the presence of a toxic person in authority, a "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" avoidant person, and a self-serving climber. All of whom want my blessing--or at least not my obstruction--for moving money where it probably (keeping an open mind here) shouldn'...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

He that knew all that learning ever writ Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet. --Aphra Behn It's true that the more information we have about the world, the more clearly we see the shape of what we don't know. It's also true that we don't need to learn anything at all in order to deal fairly with others a...

Col · Col

So I'm sitting at home, relaxing and doing step work, when I get this text. From an old friend-mostly drinking buddy who I haven't heard from in over a year. This is a girl who drank like I drank- towards oblivion and insanity. She was actually one of those people I used to like to drink with because while I...

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

I NEVER want to forget this. At my 1st meeting. A bloke was speaking , when a man came into the meeting with a 'd&a' counciler . he had a small 'airlines' bag , nearly fell over me getting to th seat beside me . Th speaker kept talking , when this bloke beside me , stood up , pulled a wine cask out of his bag ....

RubyTues · RubyTues

What was your first meeting like? I went yesterday, and I was surprised by how many people were there. I thought Friday at noon, maybe ten people... there were over forty people there for sure. It was a womens meeting. When the chair asked if there were any newcomers I didn't put my hand up until the last...

Wren · Wren

I must slowly learn to lose control, to let go the petals when it is time...learn step by softly-treading step, that what I am, what we are, is the Power to move and be moved, to change and be changed. ~ Linda Roach Letting go doesn't mean releasing our grip on life and falling into the abyss below. Letting...

salt life · salt life

hi there.. im not new to AA or to this forum just havent been back to the board yet.. Im pretty angry and annoied.. its been a week since i had a drink im pretty disgusted.. seems like my body knows the hour when i typicaly have a drink and i become and automatic asshole to everyone around me. I dunno how man...

brokenrecord · brokenrecord

I read a lot but dont post much. Tomorrow will be two weeks since my last drunk and it has been difficult (understatement of the century). I'm pushing through though! I havent been to a meeting every night but I have visited quite a few. I've made some friends, picked up my white chip, met a few potential s...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Carrying the Message What we are always carries a stronger message than what we say. This is why we're sometimes turned off by people who seek to overwhelm us with charm. It's also why we can sometimes be drawn to people who are quiet and unassuming. However it works, there is a powerful message in one...

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

My sponsor suggested when I was on step 7 or around 6 months, I personally think thats too soon as I would like at least a year and to have gone through the steps... thoughts? thanks

pinkchip · pinkchip

One topic that came up in today's meeting for me was about what different folks did when given ultimatums about their alcoholism. It was pretty comical to all of us since everyone in the room was/is in recovery but in reality, it's sad and kind of scary. This came about from a story in the Come to Believe...

justadrunk · justadrunk

I went to get coffee today and inside this coffee shop is also fancy liquor and other novelty items - kind of a hippie store/liquor mart/hang out type thing. Anyway - I've gone there many times for coffee - and many more times for liquor. They get all this really trendy stuff that no one's heard of - so no...

Rob84 · Rob84

Congrats Chaya, Some say getting 30 days can be more difficult than getting 30 years. The difficult grind of the first weeks picking up tools along the way to help us become content in sobriety can be trying. Watching new people recover makes this so rewarding for us all.

SpiritBear · SpiritBear

Why I don't attend many meetings anymore - I'm disgusted with hearing people repeat the same bullshit over and over again, whether it be some cliche that they think makes them sound important, such as: "Meeting makers make it." (Make what?) Or the standard rehab-ese psychobabble, such...

Finally · Finally

Hi, I had posted last week about my problem and wife's insistence that I go inpatient. My decision is made to go inpatient. It will be for at least a week, but we literally have no money to plan on anything longer. I have had alcohol twice in the past week but remain determined to stop once and for all. Does a...

apple_mac_dude · apple_mac_dude

I am working with a sponsee. He has decided [without consulting his sponsor, which would be me] to 'celebrate' his 3 year sobriety date one day early. He is planning to do this at our local homegroup with a celebratory AA meeting; cake, guests, the whole 9 yards. Now guys, I am NOT the 'AA' gestapo, a...

hecramsey2 · hecramsey2

I love AA and owe my life to it. But this BS makes me sick. That people would co-opt and distort our loving and tolerant and inclusive program into what i describe below makes me really angry. So I knew this was a "pacific group style' meeting (or a "real" meeting as they describe it). ...

cat005 · cat005

Hello, I am a mother of 3 and married for 10 years. I can say the last 2 years of our lives have been devasting to say the least. My husband's drinking became unbearable. We seperated for 8 months then he decided to go to rehab. After much consideration we decided to have him back home once his 30 days was don...

flipper · flipper

I was just reading a bunch of older post from my start 7 months ago. I was suprised to see alot of people no longer post or visit the site. I hope they are all happy sober and safe during this holay season, and if not I hope the do find their way to soberity - aa or not- all I know is I can not beleive we all lived tha...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Hello! I'm excited to be home and see everyone. Can't imagine I would have said that I would be excited to see my fellow Wisconsin AAer's 6 months ago! But I really am... no one in particular... just all the farmiliar people that are my close family here. I went to a meeting while in Virginia. It was d...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Looking for beauty It is important that we look for beauty. There are beautiful things in the world each and every day, if we only know how to see. In recovery, in serenity, beauty is everywhere even in pain and suffering if we only know how to see. Higher Power, help me to use my recovery, my new vision, to...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that. -- Norman Vincent Peale Beginning our days with a positive mental outlook is a great depression chaser. Simply lifting our heads and l...

Col · Col

Hey all:) I have posted here a few times about my inability to open up to people, and although I'm working the rest of the program as suggested, this has been a huge roadblock for me in terms of getting connected to the program. Last week at a meeting a gentleman was speaking of ego and humility. Something...

Glitterbaby · Glitterbaby

Why does recovery have to be so hard? Being currently sober, a recovering addict that is just starting to feel again... Hard to explain, but the hurt won't stop. Lots of bad, disgusting memories that won't go away, along with the hurt. Especially if you aren't trying to numb it. People look down on my di...

Rob84 · Rob84

Why? Because it didn't work. Got a call from a sponcee today, he came in the rooms about 2 years ago extremely distressed, facing his 3d DUI in 5 years. He is slightly mental handicap, but I have never seen anyone put as much effort into the program as he has. He calls 70-100 people a week and a lot of...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"I was lucky," a man explained to me. "One of my first mentors in life made me practice serenity. Whenever I'd call him in full-blown panic mode or with that frantic tone in my voice, he'd refuse to talk to me until I calmed myself down."'Go get centered,' he'd tell me. 'Then we'll...

flipper · flipper

Let me start by saying I am truely thank full for my soberity, and I wish all f you best and hope you all have a great holiday. That said Ive been having alot of mixed feelings lately, all are based on life being somewhat boring now. So I took 7 months to get myself on stable ground, family is happy, kids are he...

Chaya · Chaya

Went to a good women's meeting tonight, but because I was new there and it was all women I think it really triggered my insecurity. After the meeting I started getting anxious for work tomorrow as well as obsessing over my ex (it's been a year already). I thought about what I will do with the next 15 minute...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

In the beginning, the press could not understand our refusal of all personal publicity. They were genuinely baffled by our insistence upon anonymity. Then they got the point. Here was something rare in the world a society which said it wished to publicize its principles and its work, but not its indi...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

... satisfaction is a lowly thing, how pure a thing is joy. --Marianne Moore Our perfectionism generally dashes all hopes of self-satisfaction. But the program is here to show us that we can make progress. We can learn to believe that we are doing any task as well as we need to do it, at this time. Our job i...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

November 27 "There is always grace for the days I'm helpless." Allyn, Wash., February 1997 From: "Another Hand to Help Me Along" Best of the Grapevine, Vol. 3

BT · BT

First time poster here. Bare with me. My partner, my best friend and the love of my life is an alcoholic. I'll preffice this by saying - I have had no personal experience with alcoholism before. And I'm finding it difficult to understand this disease. A bit of back ground. High achiever. Smart and sel...

Finally · Finally

I am a 40 something male married 12 years, 3 young children. I/my wife has been dealing with my alcohol problem since before our marriage. I have been good at times, but have been terribly impaired to the point of near disaster many, many times. I have managed to become and remain very successful in term...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

November 26, 2012 Quote of the Week "When you get to your wit's end, you'll findthat God lives there" Before recovery, when I got to the bottom I just moved over and started digging another hole. I would leave jobs, relationships, and even states looking for a different solut...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

OptimismWhat I think about surrounds me. What I allow to be entertained in my mind becomes a reality. If I think negatively, I will attract negativity in my life. On the other hand, if I concentrate on developing positive thoughts, I will attract positive people and events to my life. My potential wil...

joby · joby

With out going into to much detail, I'm having a very trying weekend. My son (19, in college) made a very "unwise" decision Friday that could have caused legal issues. He was with his cousin, my wife's sister's son, and they did something very stupid. I am having great resentment toward...

Chaya · Chaya

I'm struggling. Really struggling. Tearfully opened up about it at a meeting tonight. I want so badly to make it to 30 days but it feels like its been forever. I need to change what I'm doing because it's not working. I'm not fully giving myself to the program. I don't have a strong enough sponsor to guide...

Ame · Ame

I'm an alcoholic named Ame. I've been a recovered alcoholic in AA for over twelve years. Today has been plodding and rough. I have a surgery coming up and find myself thinking of the free high coming. I feel bored and panicky by turn. Panicky when I think about lack of money/lack of a job right no...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

God gave burdens, also shoulders. --Yiddish proverbSome days we wake up, and we know we can't get out of bed. We lie there, trying to force ourselves, but none of the usual motivations work. We may be depressed, we may be grieving, or we may simply be tired. It's hard to resist the temptation to believe t...

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	Finally asked for a sponsor (Preview) Ok. I took the plunge today and asked another womanFri be my sponsor. I can't take this misery anymore and I can't get the growth that I need from my temp sponsor. She is an awesome listener, but I need more right now. As soon as I asked she gave me assignments to keep me accountable. I need that. I am respons...	Chaya	14	646	Dec 6, 2012 by Rob84
	Hi, New comer (Preview) Hello, My name is Mylita and I am a new comer to AA. Today will be twenity three day somber. I went to my first meeting three week ago and I am so happy I join AA. I still have not found a sponcer but that okay. I will continue going to AA. I feel recharge all the time I leave AA. It have given me hope when I had non...	Mylita	12	515	Dec 5, 2012 by Mike B.
	law enforcement in AA (Preview) Today is my 9 month birthday. I went to the group I've gone to weekly and spoke for the 3rd time in 9 months (briefly) and got my coin. I am a member of the local law enforcement group in a fairly small community and find it difficult to share at local meetings with people that I'm familiar with and who are c...	Jason J	18	9465	Dec 5, 2012 by WolfRider
	Perspective (Preview) Part of having an open mind is changing the way we look at things. An old Chinese proverb...change but your mind on what you want to see and the whole world changes accordingly. I had a hard time with this in early sobriety and someone suggested that I read "A New Pair of Glasses" by Chuck Cham...	Picaposie	7	608	Dec 5, 2012 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift 12/4/12 (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: We need four hugs a day for survival. We need eight hugs a day for maintenance. We need twelve hugs a day for growth. --Virginia Satir Virginia Satir was an internationally acclaimed therapist. She knew a lot about what people need to be healthy and happy and to live in...	justadrunk	4	323	Dec 5, 2012 by Mr_David
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) December 3, 2012 Quote of the Week "After 5 years of sobriety you get your brains back, after 10 you learn how to use them, and after 15 years you realize you never needed them anyway." What a cord of recognition this struck when I first heard it (at 10 years recovery). I remember the f...	Pythonpappy	5	338	Dec 5, 2012 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 12 - 03 (Preview) You Give Me Strength Lord God, thank You for loving me Even when I turn away from You. I am grateful for Your constant care and concern. Though I feel unworthy of Your great love, I thank You that through my weakness You give me strength, And in my wandering You show me the way. --Author unknownYou are read...	Pythonpappy	2	298	Dec 4, 2012 by Mr_David
	Grapevine Quote of the Day 12/3/12 (Preview) December 3 "When life presents us with a racking conflict ... we cannot be altogether blamed if we are confused. In fact, our very first responsibility is to admit that we are confused." AA Co-Founder, Bill W., August 1...	StPeteDean	7	561	Dec 4, 2012 by Mr_David
	Service thread (Preview) I took on a service committment today to be a GSR for one of my homegroups. I'm interested if any of you guys may have done this and can share what it was like. I also figured this would be a good way to start a thread on how many million ways there are to do service in AA. A couple of things are obvious which inc...	pinkchip	11	530	Dec 4, 2012 by nezyb
	I don't do "Buts" (Preview) because the consequence of that, for me, kills the lessons Ii should be learning. Aloha MIP family. Had a wonderful Sunday morning version meeting of AA at the Bay. We have a Saturday and Sunday version. Yesterday's group was beyond spiritual imagination nicely salted by the shares of new-come...	Jerry F	11	2333	Dec 4, 2012 by Rob84
	IN HUMBLE GRATITUDE! (Preview) December 2nd, 1984 a cold morning, I came to on the floor of a farm house in Rhinebeck New York for the last time. I was 6 months into my 3rd marriage and was finally aware that the insanity of my life was doing the same thing again and again knowing what the results would be. I lifted my head and surren...	mikef	15	584	Dec 4, 2012 by nezyb
	The Care Of (Preview) Tomorrow I will be in the presence of a toxic person in authority, a "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" avoidant person, and a self-serving climber. All of whom want my blessing--or at least not my obstruction--for moving money where it probably (keeping an open mind here) shouldn'...	leeu	8	448	Dec 4, 2012 by Rob84
	Today's Gift 12 - 02 (Preview) He that knew all that learning ever writ Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet. --Aphra Behn It's true that the more information we have about the world, the more clearly we see the shape of what we don't know. It's also true that we don't need to learn anything at all in order to deal fairly with others a...	Pythonpappy	1	279	Dec 3, 2012 by Mr_David
	Random trigger (Preview) So I'm sitting at home, relaxing and doing step work, when I get this text. From an old friend-mostly drinking buddy who I haven't heard from in over a year. This is a girl who drank like I drank- towards oblivion and insanity. She was actually one of those people I used to like to drink with because while I...	Col	8	642	Dec 3, 2012 by Jerry F
	Further to 'RT's' 1st meeting (Preview) I NEVER want to forget this. At my 1st meeting. A bloke was speaking , when a man came into the meeting with a 'd&a' counciler . he had a small 'airlines' bag , nearly fell over me getting to th seat beside me . Th speaker kept talking , when this bloke beside me , stood up , pulled a wine cask out of his bag ....	Zoomtopz	5	491	Dec 2, 2012 by Zoomtopz
	Your first meeting (Preview) What was your first meeting like? I went yesterday, and I was surprised by how many people were there. I thought Friday at noon, maybe ten people... there were over forty people there for sure. It was a womens meeting. When the chair asked if there were any newcomers I didn't put my hand up until the last...	RubyTues	13	591	Dec 2, 2012 by Zoomtopz
	Releasing (Preview) I must slowly learn to lose control, to let go the petals when it is time...learn step by softly-treading step, that what I am, what we are, is the Power to move and be moved, to change and be changed. ~ Linda Roach Letting go doesn't mean releasing our grip on life and falling into the abyss below. Letting...	Wren	9	496	Dec 2, 2012 by SteveP
	just another day in paradise (Preview) hi there.. im not new to AA or to this forum just havent been back to the board yet.. Im pretty angry and annoied.. its been a week since i had a drink im pretty disgusted.. seems like my body knows the hour when i typicaly have a drink and i become and automatic asshole to everyone around me. I dunno how man...	salt life	23	588	Dec 2, 2012 by Pythonpappy
	I'm stilll here (Preview) I read a lot but dont post much. Tomorrow will be two weeks since my last drunk and it has been difficult (understatement of the century). I'm pushing through though! I havent been to a meeting every night but I have visited quite a few. I've made some friends, picked up my white chip, met a few potential s...	brokenrecord	12	597	Dec 2, 2012 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift 12 - 01 (Preview) Carrying the Message What we are always carries a stronger message than what we say. This is why we're sometimes turned off by people who seek to overwhelm us with charm. It's also why we can sometimes be drawn to people who are quiet and unassuming. However it works, there is a powerful message in one...	Pythonpappy	2	273	Dec 2, 2012 by Mr_David
	When do you think is a good time to sponsor someone? (Preview) My sponsor suggested when I was on step 7 or around 6 months, I personally think thats too soon as I would like at least a year and to have gone through the steps... thoughts? thanks	SoberSteve	19	1558	Dec 2, 2012 by Fyne Spirit
	When given the choice.... (Preview) One topic that came up in today's meeting for me was about what different folks did when given ultimatums about their alcoholism. It was pretty comical to all of us since everyone in the room was/is in recovery but in reality, it's sad and kind of scary. This came about from a story in the Come to Believe...	pinkchip	14	640	Dec 2, 2012 by justadrunk
	Liquor whore (Preview) I went to get coffee today and inside this coffee shop is also fancy liquor and other novelty items - kind of a hippie store/liquor mart/hang out type thing. Anyway - I've gone there many times for coffee - and many more times for liquor. They get all this really trendy stuff that no one's heard of - so no...	justadrunk	10	1112	Dec 2, 2012 by Pythonpappy
	Chaya Congrats 30 days! (Preview) Congrats Chaya, Some say getting 30 days can be more difficult than getting 30 years. The difficult grind of the first weeks picking up tools along the way to help us become content in sobriety can be trying. Watching new people recover makes this so rewarding for us all.	Rob84	14	492	Dec 1, 2012 by StPeteDean
	Why I don't attend many meetings these days... (Preview) Why I don't attend many meetings anymore - I'm disgusted with hearing people repeat the same bullshit over and over again, whether it be some cliche that they think makes them sound important, such as: "Meeting makers make it." (Make what?) Or the standard rehab-ese psychobabble, such...	SpiritBear	18	817	Dec 1, 2012 by SteveP
	Caron? (Preview) Hi, I had posted last week about my problem and wife's insistence that I go inpatient. My decision is made to go inpatient. It will be for at least a week, but we literally have no money to plan on anything longer. I have had alcohol twice in the past week but remain determined to stop once and for all. Does a...	Finally	13	656	Dec 1, 2012 by Jerry F
	Celebrating Sobriety Dates early? Need input gang, please- sobriety date-early- sobriety-date-first sober day (Preview) I am working with a sponsee. He has decided [without consulting his sponsor, which would be me] to 'celebrate' his 3 year sobriety date one day early. He is planning to do this at our local homegroup with a celebratory AA meeting; cake, guests, the whole 9 yards. Now guys, I am NOT the 'AA' gestapo, a...	apple_mac_dude	25	2383	Dec 1, 2012 by Wren
	Worst. Meeting. Ever. California Group, Chicago, Tues 7PM AAAARRGGH (Preview) I love AA and owe my life to it. But this BS makes me sick. That people would co-opt and distort our loving and tolerant and inclusive program into what i describe below makes me really angry. So I knew this was a "pacific group style' meeting (or a "real" meeting as they describe it). ...	hecramsey2	16	13613	Dec 1, 2012 by justadrunk
	Husband back home from rehab (Preview) Hello, I am a mother of 3 and married for 10 years. I can say the last 2 years of our lives have been devasting to say the least. My husband's drinking became unbearable. We seperated for 8 months then he decided to go to rehab. After much consideration we decided to have him back home once his 30 days was don...	cat005	6	624	Dec 1, 2012 by Tanin
	come and gone...... (Preview) I was just reading a bunch of older post from my start 7 months ago. I was suprised to see alot of people no longer post or visit the site. I hope they are all happy sober and safe during this holay season, and if not I hope the do find their way to soberity - aa or not- all I know is I can not beleive we all lived tha...	flipper	6	491	Dec 1, 2012 by justadrunk
	Just reading (Preview) Hello! I'm excited to be home and see everyone. Can't imagine I would have said that I would be excited to see my fellow Wisconsin AAer's 6 months ago! But I really am... no one in particular... just all the farmiliar people that are my close family here. I went to a meeting while in Virginia. It was d...	justadrunk	5	409	Nov 30, 2012 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift 11-30 (Preview) Looking for beauty It is important that we look for beauty. There are beautiful things in the world each and every day, if we only know how to see. In recovery, in serenity, beauty is everywhere even in pain and suffering if we only know how to see. Higher Power, help me to use my recovery, my new vision, to...	Pythonpappy	2	294	Nov 30, 2012 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift 11-29 (Preview) One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that. -- Norman Vincent Peale Beginning our days with a positive mental outlook is a great depression chaser. Simply lifting our heads and l...	Pythonpappy	1	267	Nov 30, 2012 by Mr_David
	Ego and fear (Preview) Hey all:) I have posted here a few times about my inability to open up to people, and although I'm working the rest of the program as suggested, this has been a huge roadblock for me in terms of getting connected to the program. Last week at a meeting a gentleman was speaking of ego and humility. Something...	Col	6	457	Nov 30, 2012 by Rob84
	When will the hurt go away? (Preview) Why does recovery have to be so hard? Being currently sober, a recovering addict that is just starting to feel again... Hard to explain, but the hurt won't stop. Lots of bad, disgusting memories that won't go away, along with the hurt. Especially if you aren't trying to numb it. People look down on my di...	Glitterbaby	11	1496	Nov 30, 2012 by Frodo
	Had to quit playing God... (Preview) Why? Because it didn't work. Got a call from a sponcee today, he came in the rooms about 2 years ago extremely distressed, facing his 3d DUI in 5 years. He is slightly mental handicap, but I have never seen anyone put as much effort into the program as he has. He calls 70-100 people a week and a lot of...	Rob84	18	2110	Nov 29, 2012 by Rob84
	Today's Gift 11-28 (Preview) "I was lucky," a man explained to me. "One of my first mentors in life made me practice serenity. Whenever I'd call him in full-blown panic mode or with that frantic tone in my voice, he'd refuse to talk to me until I calmed myself down."'Go get centered,' he'd tell me. 'Then we'll...	Pythonpappy	2	246	Nov 29, 2012 by Mr_David
	mixed feelings......s (Preview) Let me start by saying I am truely thank full for my soberity, and I wish all f you best and hope you all have a great holiday. That said Ive been having alot of mixed feelings lately, all are based on life being somewhat boring now. So I took 7 months to get myself on stable ground, family is happy, kids are he...	flipper	11	572	Nov 29, 2012 by Tanin
	I want to be sick?! (Preview) Went to a good women's meeting tonight, but because I was new there and it was all women I think it really triggered my insecurity. After the meeting I started getting anxious for work tomorrow as well as obsessing over my ex (it's been a year already). I thought about what I will do with the next 15 minute...	Chaya	6	525	Nov 28, 2012 by Mr_David
	Daily Reflections ~ The Perils of the Limelight & 24hrs a Day (Preview) In the beginning, the press could not understand our refusal of all personal publicity. They were genuinely baffled by our insistence upon anonymity. Then they got the point. Here was something rare in the world a society which said it wished to publicize its principles and its work, but not its indi...	Sobrietyspell	1	352	Nov 28, 2012 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift 11-27 (Preview) ... satisfaction is a lowly thing, how pure a thing is joy. --Marianne Moore Our perfectionism generally dashes all hopes of self-satisfaction. But the program is here to show us that we can make progress. We can learn to believe that we are doing any task as well as we need to do it, at this time. Our job i...	Pythonpappy	1	340	Nov 28, 2012 by Mr_David
	Grapevine Quote of the Day Nov 27 (Preview) November 27 "There is always grace for the days I'm helpless." Allyn, Wash., February 1997 From: "Another Hand to Help Me Along" Best of the Grapevine, Vol. 3	StPeteDean	5	413	Nov 28, 2012 by Mr_David
	I'm the partner of an alcoholic.. and I don't understand. (Preview) First time poster here. Bare with me. My partner, my best friend and the love of my life is an alcoholic. I'll preffice this by saying - I have had no personal experience with alcoholism before. And I'm finding it difficult to understand this disease. A bit of back ground. High achiever. Smart and sel...	BT	15	907	Nov 28, 2012 by MooMoo
	Need help getting wife's support! (Preview) I am a 40 something male married 12 years, 3 young children. I/my wife has been dealing with my alcohol problem since before our marriage. I have been good at times, but have been terribly impaired to the point of near disaster many, many times. I have managed to become and remain very successful in term...	Finally	25	1673	Nov 28, 2012 by StPeteDean
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) November 26, 2012 Quote of the Week "When you get to your wit's end, you'll findthat God lives there" Before recovery, when I got to the bottom I just moved over and started digging another hole. I would leave jobs, relationships, and even states looking for a different solut...	Pythonpappy	1	308	Nov 27, 2012 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift 11-26 (Preview) OptimismWhat I think about surrounds me. What I allow to be entertained in my mind becomes a reality. If I think negatively, I will attract negativity in my life. On the other hand, if I concentrate on developing positive thoughts, I will attract positive people and events to my life. My potential wil...	Pythonpappy	4	330	Nov 27, 2012 by Mr_David
	Trying weekend!! (Preview) With out going into to much detail, I'm having a very trying weekend. My son (19, in college) made a very "unwise" decision Friday that could have caused legal issues. He was with his cousin, my wife's sister's son, and they did something very stupid. I am having great resentment toward...	joby	9	543	Nov 27, 2012 by joby
	On thin ice (Preview) I'm struggling. Really struggling. Tearfully opened up about it at a meeting tonight. I want so badly to make it to 30 days but it feels like its been forever. I need to change what I'm doing because it's not working. I'm not fully giving myself to the program. I don't have a strong enough sponsor to guide...	Chaya	13	635	Nov 27, 2012 by Chaya
	discontent restless irritable discontent first step (Preview) I'm an alcoholic named Ame. I've been a recovered alcoholic in AA for over twelve years. Today has been plodding and rough. I have a surgery coming up and find myself thinking of the free high coming. I feel bored and panicky by turn. Panicky when I think about lack of money/lack of a job right no...	Ame	11	737	Nov 27, 2012 by runs10k11714
	Today's Gift 11-25 (Preview) God gave burdens, also shoulders. --Yiddish proverbSome days we wake up, and we know we can't get out of bed. We lie there, trying to force ourselves, but none of the usual motivations work. We may be depressed, we may be grieving, or we may simply be tired. It's hard to resist the temptation to believe t...	Pythonpappy	3	359	Nov 26, 2012 by Mike B.
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