Alcoholics Anonymous

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

-- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:24:02 AM -- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:38:16 AM

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

-- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:38:54 AM

justadrunk · justadrunk

I'm wondering this morning, how to go about today, after having this thought: What if I was sick with cancer instead of alcoholism? So far, ALL of the people who know I have alcoholism on my husbands side of the family, have not said a word to me. Not offered an "are you okay"? Stopped inte...

very very tired · very very tired

I am an alcoholic. No doubt in my mind. I am. I am grateful I found my seat in AA before I am came in in hand-cuffs or a straight-jacket. I'm even more grateful that I made it in the door before I ended up in a casket. For today, I won't drink. And hopefully, I won't wear hand-cuffs or a straight-jacket, eithe...

Frodo · Frodo

When I walked out of work the other day I walked into what was one of the loveliest early afternoons I think I've ever seen. Blue skies with a couple of fluffy clouds, the temperature was absolutely perfect, and the landscape was lush and green from the recent rains we'd had here. "This is a perfec...

Tracey C · Tracey C

Hi I have a question. Is it possible for a drinker to have blackouts even when they're not drinking at the time? An incident occured while my husband was in a full on rage early one morning. He hadn't been drinking but he has no memory of what happened. I believe him about it as the look on his face was pu...

Tracey C · Tracey C

Hi, This morning I woke from a deep sleep, with the sudden realisation, that I am where I am because of me. Not from anyone/anything else. Soley from the choices I have made for my life. In the Laundry List book Step 5 reads - We admitted to our Higher Power, To Ourselves and to another human being the ex...

Polly · Polly

My first newbie was am inbox message...well its a newbie to me :} and I am a newbie on here too. haha. The message was for some help for me to look up on a link that was included that will encourgaed me each day :} How kind AA people are alwasy thinking of others and giving a helpful hand. Thank you for my inbo...

Fyne Spirit · Fyne Spirit

Sometimes I wonder, when the promises are read out, Whether many of those present actually understand the context in which they are written. It seems at times like a "what's in it for me" kind of sales pitch with many people thinking that it relates to the number of meetings they attend and t...

very very tired · very very tired

I feel better because: I listened. I shared. I went to more meetings. I was honest and said I was terrified. I made a phone call and admitted I didn't have a clue what I was doing (a difficult and humbling thing to admit after working the Steps on the other side of my program). I received kind and gentle guid...

lastofadyingbreed · lastofadyingbreed

getting ready for some meetings and need to find me a sponser

mikef · mikef

May 1979, a young pup of 31 years, riddled with addiction from an early age in '59 (and before)I applied and got employment in a program for People With Disabilities(how ironic,as I was the one with Major disabilities)It was only God's(of my understanding) grace and mercy that got me through the fir...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Aloha guys and gals...just want to jabber a bit; release some thoughts that have been running around in my head for several days and needing to speak out kindly of one of our local brothers in the fellowship who just crossed the hallway into the other rooms. I use to call him "Weegie", short...

Frodo · Frodo

or 500 and something lots of 24 hours. Days turn into weeks turn into months turn into years. It doesn't feel much different from any other day unlike the year milestone, but that is a good thing. Just another day of me enjoying this new shot at life I have, with a light heart and a clear head. It's nice, y...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

I remember my first AA convention. Actually, up here in the maritimes, we call them round-ups. It was 1998. I think I had about four months in. There was a young lady who had gone to the event to support a colleague from work but during the banquet speaker's talk she realized that she herself was alcoholi...

justadrunk · justadrunk

To try to extinguish the drive for riches with money is like trying to quench a fire by pouring butterfat over it. --Hindu proverb In recovery, we learn what we truly want and what is only a symbol of our desires. Do we truly want to use our energies pursuing success, or are we seeking approval from others...

Frodo · Frodo

Self-pity is one of the most unhappy and consuming defects that we know. It is a bar to all spiritual progress and can cut off all effective communication with our fellows because of its inordinate demands for attention and sympathy. It is a maudlin form of martyrdom, which we can ill afford. AS BILL SE...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

From 24hrs a Day Meditation for the Day There are two paths, one up and one down. We have been given free will to choose either path. We are captains of our souls to this extent only. We can choose the good or the bad. Once we have chosen the wrong path, we go down and down, eventually to death. But if we ch...

gonee · gonee

My wife has got an Alanon book by that title. I have not even read that book but I was so impressed by that title, that as soon as I get sick, I remind myself about it. I get busy with my steps and the newcomers. It helps when all else fails.

very very tired · very very tired

I normally hang out on the Al-Anon side of this board and in Al-Anon F2F meeting rooms. It's where I started. It's where I began my road to recovery. Two days ago, I finally admitted that I am an alcoholic, too. It came after about 3 months of fearlessly looking at myself and my drinking patterns with the h...

gonee · gonee

What started of as a little spark 19 years ago with my friend, has spread so rapidly. My friend was 14 months dry and flirting with the idea of going back. He met with me and asked me to help him. We revived a small group which had died and started a family recovery workshop. Life was tough for all of us. But in...

barry · barry

For me growing up i felt like a freak in school so when i picked that first drink up that was the soloution for me just WOW it didnt take me long to cause chaos.I,d become a asshole in drink end up in hospital or in a police station for the night it didnt take me long to get in to other things id turn to crime anyt...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

You all have a nice day now and try not to be too judgemental.

Jerry F · Jerry F

where it seems to be darkest you find those spots of radiant light and are reminded that the light isn't at the end of the tunnel or even the tuna; it comes from above. Gratitudes tempering what could be resentments and then not. I was inventorying my life today...morning to present and started with &...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

A spiritual awakening is not about becoming more divine, it's about becoming more human. - Lama Suryas Das It's nice to be human again.

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

sorry. I need a coffee. I posted a question from Tradition One of the AA Approved Traditions Checklist: Do I spout platitudes of love while engaging in and secretly justifying behavior that bristles with hostility? -- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 09:22:19 AM -- Edited by Wolfie...

Frodo · Frodo

We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to overcome them. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 167 The identification that one alcoholic has with another is mysterious, spiritualalmost incomprehensible. But it is there. I feel it. Toda...

Polly · Polly

Hi all first time poster and very excited to have found you all online here. Here is our share that I never did send off to our share magazine ! But maybe one day. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Happy, Content, Sober and Serene,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Why, Because I decided to' keep coming back.' This is m...

deb365 · deb365

"You need Me. I need you. My broken world needs you. Many a troubled heart will be drawn nearer to Me by you. Oh! It is a glorious way, the upward way, the wonderful discoveries, the tender intimacies, the amazing, almost incomprehensible understanding. Life with Me - is a love story. All yo...

h2oeng · h2oeng

Yes, this is my first post but I could really use someone to talk to tonight. It's been a really bad couple of weeks and I'm posting here so I think it goes without saying that I've got no where else to turn. Any long timers got an ear to bend?

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

Hi. So how was your day? I started mine by attending a group session at the Forensic Hospital, part of the Correctional Facility out here, a volunteer thing I got involved with as part of my job. It's for inmates with co-occurring disorders, mental illness and addiction. Its interesting. Anyway, one...

gonee · gonee

Anyone tried the prayer on pg 552 of the AA book? I need some feedback for one of my sponsees.

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

-- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:40:51 AM

justadrunk · justadrunk

This go round at getting sober has been different than the first time around in so many ways. The main difference is that I'm doing what other people in AA, who are sober for years, do. Not doing what I think I should do, or someone else "on the outside" thinks I should do. I've let go of a lot of...

justadrunk · justadrunk

Yesterday at what I would now consider my home group, I asked about my sponsor not calling me back. Same question I had here, am I fired, is that how it commonly goes around here etc. I have been going to this meeting every day at noon for the last 3 weeks since getting sober after my relapse. The regular...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

Well its Monday. Start of another work week. Biggest decision I gotta make to day is what color tie to wear. And you know, I don't think I'm going to wear a tie at all. Everyone have a great day.

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

I see you have a step board. have you considered doing a discussion board on the Traditions? Or maybe you do and I missed it. Anyway, AA has a great piece of service material called the traditions Checklist. Just a thought.

gonee · gonee

In the AA book Doctors Opinion, the alcoholic is declared as a hopeless case by the medical fraternity in 1939. Not only are we defenseless over the first drink, but we are without any help from any human source. But the good doctor goes outside his scientific boundaries to declare that only a psychic c...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

So, my home group is in my home. Old school kitchen meeting, A big book study with lots of coffee and cheesecake. Its just a small group, half a dozen members with some fallout from some of the other groups. Meeting starts at 8, people usually start showing up around 730. So last night, at about 6:50, we ge...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

In January of 1998, I was sleeping in a cardboard condo with a newspaper for a blanket and a rock for a pillow. This morning I woke up in my own bed in my own home - correction in a home that the bank still owns but which will one day be ours - with my own wife beside me. The car was still in the driveway and the wind...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

Theres a group I go to on a regular basis. Its not my home group, but I go there a lot. Its a fairly large meeting sometimes and they break up into two meetings. A general discussion in the main room and a beginners meeting in another room. I like the beginners meeting. It always reminds me of where I came fr...

leahl · leahl

Hey Guys- I'll be traveling to Segovia, Spain for 6 weeks in about a month. Segovia is located ~1 hour from Madrid, to the north. I have done some research and found meetings in both Madrid and Segovia, but was wondering if anyone had any experience they could share with me. Maybe about what the cult...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

-- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:39:56 AM

gonee · gonee

Hi MIP friends, both old and new, have a nice day in recovery. We are the chosen ones handpicked by God, in suffering and tribulations, to do His work. I am enjoying a nice sunny day, here in South Africa, time 12:38pm with a nice temperature of 25 degree celcius. But most of all I am surrounded by friends w...

Idontwanttorunawayanymore · Idontwanttorunawayanymore

Hi! I'm going to go to my first AA meeting soon, but before I go, I wanted to make sure I knew what to do, and what not to do. What are the ground rules? Do I have to share? Do I have to use my real name? Any and all input is appreciated. : )

TKOElle · TKOElle

I have been sober almost 90 days now. I'm a women supporting myself, have my own business, so I have time to make it to at least 4 meetings a week, but I'm not making connections or friends in the meetings. The meetings here in Escondido are loaded with grumpy people and they make me sad. I just moved and am g...

Epitaph · Epitaph

Hello, my name is Epitaph now, lol, and I am alcoholic. I'm 27 and I have been sober for about 15 minutes. I can't go to a meeting because I live in a pretty small community where everyone knows everyone and I'm a captain at a small airline, so it would be.. bad for that to get out. But I thought it would be real...

justadrunk · justadrunk

If there is anything healing to an alcoholic soul... it is an animal. Horses are so wonderful. I hope my kids love their new pony : )

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

An old timer told me once that coincidence is how god protects his anonymity. I went to a meeting last night thinking I would be presenting someone with a one-year medallion. Due to circumstances beyond his control he was unable to make it. Obviously he had something more important to do than celebra...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Having found my way into this new world by the grace of God and the help of A.A., am I going to take that first drink, when I know that just one drink will change my whole world? Am I deliberately going back to the suffering of that alcoholic world? Or am I going to hang onto the happine...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	A question on tradition one (Preview) -- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:24:02 AM -- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:38:16 AM	Wolfie55	15	1013	Apr 23, 2012 by Polly
	Bacon and Eggs (Preview) -- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:38:54 AM	Wolfie55	6	497	Apr 23, 2012 by Polly
	What If I was sick with cancer instead of alcoholism? (Preview) I'm wondering this morning, how to go about today, after having this thought: What if I was sick with cancer instead of alcoholism? So far, ALL of the people who know I have alcoholism on my husbands side of the family, have not said a word to me. Not offered an "are you okay"? Stopped inte...	justadrunk	12	404	Apr 22, 2012 by Ruhig
	Just need to "say" it (Preview) I am an alcoholic. No doubt in my mind. I am. I am grateful I found my seat in AA before I am came in in hand-cuffs or a straight-jacket. I'm even more grateful that I made it in the door before I ended up in a casket. For today, I won't drink. And hopefully, I won't wear hand-cuffs or a straight-jacket, eithe...	very very tired	6	434	Apr 23, 2012 by justadrunk
	The perfect day (Preview) When I walked out of work the other day I walked into what was one of the loveliest early afternoons I think I've ever seen. Blue skies with a couple of fluffy clouds, the temperature was absolutely perfect, and the landscape was lush and green from the recent rains we'd had here. "This is a perfec...	Frodo	2	379	Apr 22, 2012 by Fyne Spirit
	question (Preview) Hi I have a question. Is it possible for a drinker to have blackouts even when they're not drinking at the time? An incident occured while my husband was in a full on rage early one morning. He hadn't been drinking but he has no memory of what happened. I believe him about it as the look on his face was pu...	Tracey C	6	340	Apr 22, 2012 by StPeteDean
	Acoa related (Preview) Hi, This morning I woke from a deep sleep, with the sudden realisation, that I am where I am because of me. Not from anyone/anything else. Soley from the choices I have made for my life. In the Laundry List book Step 5 reads - We admitted to our Higher Power, To Ourselves and to another human being the ex...	Tracey C	2	365	Apr 22, 2012 by Tracey C
	I had my very first newbie today :} (Preview) My first newbie was am inbox message...well its a newbie to me :} and I am a newbie on here too. haha. The message was for some help for me to look up on a link that was included that will encourgaed me each day :} How kind AA people are alwasy thinking of others and giving a helpful hand. Thank you for my inbo...	Polly	3	390	Apr 21, 2012 by Polly
	The Promises- misleading advertising? (Preview) Sometimes I wonder, when the promises are read out, Whether many of those present actually understand the context in which they are written. It seems at times like a "what's in it for me" kind of sales pitch with many people thinking that it relates to the number of meetings they attend and t...	Fyne Spirit	9	4345	Apr 21, 2012 by Polly
	Why I feel better today (Preview) I feel better because: I listened. I shared. I went to more meetings. I was honest and said I was terrified. I made a phone call and admitted I didn't have a clue what I was doing (a difficult and humbling thing to admit after working the Steps on the other side of my program). I received kind and gentle guid...	very very tired	5	359	Apr 21, 2012 by Polly
	just got out of rehab (Preview) getting ready for some meetings and need to find me a sponser	lastofadyingbreed	13	530	Apr 21, 2012 by Polly
	Confident in Faith (Preview) May 1979, a young pup of 31 years, riddled with addiction from an early age in '59 (and before)I applied and got employment in a program for People With Disabilities(how ironic,as I was the one with Major disabilities)It was only God's(of my understanding) grace and mercy that got me through the fir...	mikef	6	364	Apr 21, 2012 by vixen
	Aloha Luigi (Preview) Aloha guys and gals...just want to jabber a bit; release some thoughts that have been running around in my head for several days and needing to speak out kindly of one of our local brothers in the fellowship who just crossed the hallway into the other rooms. I use to call him "Weegie", short...	Jerry F	7	1467	Apr 21, 2012 by justadrunk
	18 months today. (Preview) or 500 and something lots of 24 hours. Days turn into weeks turn into months turn into years. It doesn't feel much different from any other day unlike the year milestone, but that is a good thing. Just another day of me enjoying this new shot at life I have, with a light heart and a clear head. It's nice, y...	Frodo	19	430	Apr 20, 2012 by justadrunk
	Newcomers - the bright spot in our lives (Preview) I remember my first AA convention. Actually, up here in the maritimes, we call them round-ups. It was 1998. I think I had about four months in. There was a young lady who had gone to the event to support a colleague from work but during the banquet speaker's talk she realized that she herself was alcoholi...	Wolfie55	11	979	Apr 20, 2012 by Polly
	Today's thought from Hazelden. (Preview) To try to extinguish the drive for riches with money is like trying to quench a fire by pouring butterfat over it. --Hindu proverb In recovery, we learn what we truly want and what is only a symbol of our desires. Do we truly want to use our energies pursuing success, or are we seeking approval from others...	justadrunk	5	2176	Apr 20, 2012 by Polly
	THE FALSE COMFORT OF SELF-PITY (Preview) Self-pity is one of the most unhappy and consuming defects that we know. It is a bar to all spiritual progress and can cut off all effective communication with our fellows because of its inordinate demands for attention and sympathy. It is a maudlin form of martyrdom, which we can ill afford. AS BILL SE...	Frodo	9	4482	Apr 20, 2012 by Polly
	Meditation & Prayer (Preview) From 24hrs a Day Meditation for the Day There are two paths, one up and one down. We have been given free will to choose either path. We are captains of our souls to this extent only. We can choose the good or the bad. Once we have chosen the wrong path, we go down and down, eventually to death. But if we ch...	Sobrietyspell	1	359	Apr 20, 2012 by Polly
	When I got busy, I got better. (Preview) My wife has got an Alanon book by that title. I have not even read that book but I was so impressed by that title, that as soon as I get sick, I remind myself about it. I get busy with my steps and the newcomers. It helps when all else fails.	gonee	5	810	Apr 20, 2012 by Polly
	Do I belong? (Preview) I normally hang out on the Al-Anon side of this board and in Al-Anon F2F meeting rooms. It's where I started. It's where I began my road to recovery. Two days ago, I finally admitted that I am an alcoholic, too. It came after about 3 months of fearlessly looking at myself and my drinking patterns with the h...	very very tired	23	1165	Apr 20, 2012 by Polly
	My sponsee 19yrs sober. (Preview) What started of as a little spark 19 years ago with my friend, has spread so rapidly. My friend was 14 months dry and flirting with the idea of going back. He met with me and asked me to help him. We revived a small group which had died and started a family recovery workshop. Life was tough for all of us. But in...	gonee	10	402	Apr 20, 2012 by StPeteDean
	my journey (Preview) For me growing up i felt like a freak in school so when i picked that first drink up that was the soloution for me just WOW it didnt take me long to cause chaos.I,d become a asshole in drink end up in hospital or in a police station for the night it didnt take me long to get in to other things id turn to crime anyt...	barry	16	446	Apr 20, 2012 by Polly
	You All Have A Nice Day Now (Preview) You all have a nice day now and try not to be too judgemental.	Wolfie55	7	377	Apr 20, 2012 by Polly
	Even in the jungle (Preview) where it seems to be darkest you find those spots of radiant light and are reminded that the light isn't at the end of the tunnel or even the tuna; it comes from above. Gratitudes tempering what could be resentments and then not. I was inventorying my life today...morning to present and started with &...	Jerry F	8	395	Apr 20, 2012 by SteveP
	More Human (Preview) A spiritual awakening is not about becoming more divine, it's about becoming more human. - Lama Suryas Das It's nice to be human again.	Wolfie55	4	375	Apr 20, 2012 by Gypsy56
	Another question (Preview) sorry. I need a coffee. I posted a question from Tradition One of the AA Approved Traditions Checklist: Do I spout platitudes of love while engaging in and secretly justifying behavior that bristles with hostility? -- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 09:22:19 AM -- Edited by Wolfie...	Wolfie55	8	610	Apr 20, 2012 by Gypsy56
	Brothers in our defects (Preview) We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to overcome them. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 167 The identification that one alcoholic has with another is mysterious, spiritualalmost incomprehensible. But it is there. I feel it. Toda...	Frodo	6	666	Apr 19, 2012 by SteveP
	Keep coming Back it gets better. (Preview) Hi all first time poster and very excited to have found you all online here. Here is our share that I never did send off to our share magazine ! But maybe one day. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Happy, Content, Sober and Serene,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Why, Because I decided to' keep coming back.' This is m...	Polly	13	540	Apr 19, 2012 by Polly
	God Calling - Life is a Love Story (Preview) "You need Me. I need you. My broken world needs you. Many a troubled heart will be drawn nearer to Me by you. Oh! It is a glorious way, the upward way, the wonderful discoveries, the tender intimacies, the amazing, almost incomprehensible understanding. Life with Me - is a love story. All yo...	deb365	1	277	Apr 19, 2012 by gonee
	Anyone One Tonight? (Preview) Yes, this is my first post but I could really use someone to talk to tonight. It's been a really bad couple of weeks and I'm posting here so I think it goes without saying that I've got no where else to turn. Any long timers got an ear to bend?	h2oeng	15	493	Apr 19, 2012 by Jerry F
	So how was YOUR day (Preview) Hi. So how was your day? I started mine by attending a group session at the Forensic Hospital, part of the Correctional Facility out here, a volunteer thing I got involved with as part of my job. It's for inmates with co-occurring disorders, mental illness and addiction. Its interesting. Anyway, one...	Wolfie55	8	380	Apr 19, 2012 by Fyne Spirit
	Feedback required. (Preview) Anyone tried the prayer on pg 552 of the AA book? I need some feedback for one of my sponsees.	gonee	5	420	Apr 18, 2012 by carlasober
	Please Daddy Dont Cry (Preview) -- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:40:51 AM	Wolfie55	7	352	Apr 18, 2012 by Polly
	Things do change when you let go completely. (Preview) This go round at getting sober has been different than the first time around in so many ways. The main difference is that I'm doing what other people in AA, who are sober for years, do. Not doing what I think I should do, or someone else "on the outside" thinks I should do. I've let go of a lot of...	justadrunk	13	543	Apr 18, 2012 by Polly
	Singled out (Preview) Yesterday at what I would now consider my home group, I asked about my sponsor not calling me back. Same question I had here, am I fired, is that how it commonly goes around here etc. I have been going to this meeting every day at noon for the last 3 weeks since getting sober after my relapse. The regular...	justadrunk	9	658	Apr 18, 2012 by Frodo
	Pink Blue or Yellow (Preview) Well its Monday. Start of another work week. Biggest decision I gotta make to day is what color tie to wear. And you know, I don't think I'm going to wear a tie at all. Everyone have a great day.	Wolfie55	2	297	Apr 18, 2012 by justadrunk
	Traditions Anyone? (Preview) I see you have a step board. have you considered doing a discussion board on the Traditions? Or maybe you do and I missed it. Anyway, AA has a great piece of service material called the traditions Checklist. Just a thought.	Wolfie55	4	423	Apr 18, 2012 by SteveP
	AA's steps. (Preview) In the AA book Doctors Opinion, the alcoholic is declared as a hopeless case by the medical fraternity in 1939. Not only are we defenseless over the first drink, but we are without any help from any human source. But the good doctor goes outside his scientific boundaries to declare that only a psychic c...	gonee	4	360	Apr 17, 2012 by Fyne Spirit
	so when two or three are gathered together in my name so shall I be also (Preview) So, my home group is in my home. Old school kitchen meeting, A big book study with lots of coffee and cheesecake. Its just a small group, half a dozen members with some fallout from some of the other groups. Meeting starts at 8, people usually start showing up around 730. So last night, at about 6:50, we ge...	Wolfie55	8	393	Apr 17, 2012 by Mike B.
	Am I Grateful (Preview) In January of 1998, I was sleeping in a cardboard condo with a newspaper for a blanket and a rock for a pillow. This morning I woke up in my own bed in my own home - correction in a home that the bank still owns but which will one day be ours - with my own wife beside me. The car was still in the driveway and the wind...	Wolfie55	7	378	Apr 17, 2012 by Polly
	Bedtime Story #15 (Preview) Theres a group I go to on a regular basis. Its not my home group, but I go there a lot. Its a fairly large meeting sometimes and they break up into two meetings. A general discussion in the main room and a beginners meeting in another room. I like the beginners meeting. It always reminds me of where I came fr...	Wolfie55	5	398	Apr 17, 2012 by Wolfie55
	Meetings in Spain (Preview) Hey Guys- I'll be traveling to Segovia, Spain for 6 weeks in about a month. Segovia is located ~1 hour from Madrid, to the north. I have done some research and found meetings in both Madrid and Segovia, but was wondering if anyone had any experience they could share with me. Maybe about what the cult...	leahl	3	2544	Apr 17, 2012 by Polly
	Thoughts On Sponsorship (Preview) -- Edited by Wolfie55 on Thursday 19th of April 2012 07:39:56 AM	Wolfie55	3	415	Apr 17, 2012 by Polly
	Lovely day- enjoy! (Preview) Hi MIP friends, both old and new, have a nice day in recovery. We are the chosen ones handpicked by God, in suffering and tribulations, to do His work. I am enjoying a nice sunny day, here in South Africa, time 12:38pm with a nice temperature of 25 degree celcius. But most of all I am surrounded by friends w...	gonee	6	331	Apr 17, 2012 by SoberSteve
	I have some very basic questions about AA meetings. (Preview) Hi! I'm going to go to my first AA meeting soon, but before I go, I wanted to make sure I knew what to do, and what not to do. What are the ground rules? Do I have to share? Do I have to use my real name? Any and all input is appreciated. : )	Idontwanttorunawayanymore	12	1194	Apr 17, 2012 by Polly
	Need Friendships and Connections in Alcoholics Anonymous (Escondido) (Preview) I have been sober almost 90 days now. I'm a women supporting myself, have my own business, so I have time to make it to at least 4 meetings a week, but I'm not making connections or friends in the meetings. The meetings here in Escondido are loaded with grumpy people and they make me sad. I just moved and am g...	TKOElle	9	513	Apr 16, 2012 by Fyne Spirit
	Hello! (Preview) Hello, my name is Epitaph now, lol, and I am alcoholic. I'm 27 and I have been sober for about 15 minutes. I can't go to a meeting because I live in a pretty small community where everyone knows everyone and I'm a captain at a small airline, so it would be.. bad for that to get out. But I thought it would be real...	Epitaph	17	627	Apr 16, 2012 by Mike B.
	Getting a pony. (Preview) If there is anything healing to an alcoholic soul... it is an animal. Horses are so wonderful. I hope my kids love their new pony : )	justadrunk	12	646	Apr 16, 2012 by TwelveSteps
	Coincidence (Preview) An old timer told me once that coincidence is how god protects his anonymity. I went to a meeting last night thinking I would be presenting someone with a one-year medallion. Due to circumstances beyond his control he was unable to make it. Obviously he had something more important to do than celebra...	Wolfie55	7	404	Apr 16, 2012 by Wolfie55
	24 Hours a Day (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Having found my way into this new world by the grace of God and the help of A.A., am I going to take that first drink, when I know that just one drink will change my whole world? Am I deliberately going back to the suffering of that alcoholic world? Or am I going to hang onto the happine...	Sobrietyspell	6	16303	Apr 16, 2012 by Sobrietyspell
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