Alcoholics Anonymous

barisax · barisax

Not so much our old drinking buddies. But someone whose alcoholic(s) in their life are not sober or died of the disease, being resentful of our sobriety? My ex-wife's mother drank herself to death when I was only about 6 months sober. It's hard to remember the chronology but it seems like up to that po...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: God creates. People rearrange. --Joseph Casey Being alive is our invitation to act in fresh, inventive ways. All it takes is concentrating on our inner vision in combination with external reality. The components for accomplishing any task are at our fingertips...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

A pretty distbubing news investigation into improperly prescribed drugs (Fraud) and Doctors receiving kickbacks. I've suspected the kickbacks for years, why else would they be peddling drugs so agressively? Btw AGO sent this to me, and I am surprised that a foreign news agency had to do the inv...

Larry_H · Larry_H

The guy on the right reminds me of my old self before getting to AA Larry,

Reffner · Reffner

I was expecting phone calls from my sponsee this past weekend just to check in. No call came Saturday, and none on Sunday. I didn't know if he made the Monday night meeting or not (I was at work) until Tuesday at the book study...he did not. Found out last night why. He called my house, and after acce...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Wife & kids going out of town for three days. My schedule? Mon - 8-noon=work, noon-1 = AA mtg, 1-4=work, 4-6:30=rehab, 7-9:30=new AA meeting with sponsor. Tues - 8-noon=work, noon-1 = AA mtg, 1-5=work, 5-7:30=mow lawn, 8=AA mtg Weds - 8-noon=work, noon-1=AAmtg, 1-4=work, 4-7=rehab, 7-10 = cl...

Reffner · Reffner

I read this recently and wondered what your take on this was. I'm not really sure where I stand on it, but I do have some ideas... Brian

Larry_H · Larry_H

Surrendering On the face of it, surrendering certainly does not seem like winning. But it is in AA Only after we have come to the end of our rope, hit a stone wall in some aspect of our lives beyond which we can go no further; only when we hit "bottom" in despair and surrender, can we accomplish s...

Reffner · Reffner

He might have said... "Into your weak and feeble hands I have entrusted a Power beyond estimate. To you has been given that which has been denied the most learned of your fellows. Not to scientist or statesmen, not to wives or mothers, not even to My priests and ministers have I given this gift of...

I miss my sister · I miss my sister

Can anyone tell me why someone drinks themselves to death? I find it hard to accept that my sister is gone forever.

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 224 No society can function well without able leadership at all its levels, and A.A. can be no exception. But we A.A.'s sometimes cherish the thought that we can do without much personal leadership at all. We are apt to warp the traditional idea of "principles before personalities" a...

mikef · mikef

Hello everyone! Back from Jersey shore last thursday,but been little out of sorts(mentally) but back on track now.Had a wonderful time at shore for 3 days,I left my yearly donation at the Casino(nothing new for me)Went to Atlantic city boardwalk and got some good runs in on the paths between Casino;...

MarcLacroix · MarcLacroix

I guess what I feel the most guilt/remorse about are the broken promises. Build'em up then Let'em down. I cannot begin to recall the number of times I had sincerely promised her 'Never Again' and proceeded to get drunk shortly after. Kim and I divorced in my first year of sobriety. The marriage was brok...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Well, it is official. I start my new job tomorrow morning. I was holding out for another surgery position, but will be using my EKG Tech and lab skills for an internal medicine practice with a lot of cardiac and diabetic patients. I thought I was going to be taking a dollar or two an hour pay cut vs. previou...

zzworldontheweb · zzworldontheweb

I'm about 14 months sober. In my town, everyone in AA is really adamant that you have to have a sponsor and lots of phone contacts that you call every day. I'm pretty introverted so just walking up to people and phoning strangers is kind of stressful and draining to me. People in my town talk a lot about...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

As a society we must never become so vain as to suppose that we are authors and inventors of a new religion. We will humbly reflect that every one of A.A.'s principles has been borrowed from ancient sources. <<< >>> A minister in Thailand wrote, "We took A.A.'s Twelve Step...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he had hurt, and in what ways. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 77 As I continue to grow in sobriety, I become more aware of myself as a perso...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking the ground glass out of us, the emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 140 My Eighth Step l...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Step Eight: "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all." Step Nine: "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." Making...

John · John

Two men had passed away and were standing at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter asked the first man, "What did you do for a living that had value to others?" The man replied, "I have driven a Taxi cab most of my life" St. Peter stood back, then walked away, returning with a Golden shaft and a Golden candle holder an...

jluvs2day · jluvs2day

My devotional this morning said this: "Being passive and feeling inferior go hand in hand, and they prepare us for becoming dependent on alcohol. " My sponsor has taught me that AA is a program of love and tolerance. My question is, for someone who has been passive her whole life, what is t...

gonee · gonee

The world continues to change and get new and better ideas, but AA has remained the same in the last 75 years. I thank God for this. Whenever I get myself into trouble, I can always go back to my program and start from basics. It's a privilege I have used over and over again. There is no need to write anything...

chester · chester

Well it's Monday night and I'm by myself at the trailer. When the in laws came to visit I had not drank in over a year. Yes I am an alcoholic and my name is Mike. I'm very pissed off at myself. I think it started when my wife decid...

Star · Star

I said I could do it myself. But I failed. My life is so out of control. I got up this morning and found a meeting right down the street. I am scared. What do I say? Do I have to say anything. What if I can't hold back the tears? I have never been to a meeting and I don't know what to do. I am on the edge of the...

MarcLacroix · MarcLacroix

A husband and wife are shopping in their local Wal-Mart.The husband picks up a case of Budweiser and puts it in their cart. 'What do you think you're doing?' asks the wife. 'They're on sale, only $10 for 24 cans he replies. 'Put them back, we can't afford them demands the wife, and so they carry on shoppin...

Aquaman · Aquaman

This forum is preferable to In Real Life meetings because... 10) The coffee is exactly the way I like it 9) The seating is more comfortable 8) No shirt, no shoes? No problem 7) I can go to the bathroom halfway through my share 6) If I don't like what you're saying...I don't have to listen 5) "How It Wo...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: All experience is an arch to build on. -- Henry Brooks Adams We can learn something from any experience, even one that is painful. In fact, we often learn more from painful experiences than from pleasant ones. When we say or do something foolish or hurtful that cause...

AlexInPhoenix · AlexInPhoenix

Hi there, I just moved to PHX and am looking for meetings....i like men's stag (big book study) with lots of sobriety...also like speaker meetings...any and all suggestions are appreciated!

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 222 At Step Four we resolutely looked for our own mistakes. Where had we been selfish, dishonest, self-seeking, and frightened? Though a given situation had not been entirely our fault, we often tried to cast the whole blame on the other person involved. We finally saw that the inventory should...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

...as I wrote in another post here recently, I needed to get up last night at a large meeting I was at, and announce 30 days sober again, and get a chip for it. I did not want to do it. I waffled and beat myself up and ratinalized the whole way there how I had already announced at my home group Friday, and to my c...

MarcLacroix · MarcLacroix

My last drunk occurred on March 07, 1996. There wasn't anything unusual about it. I had probably gone through a significant portion of a liter of Jack Daniels with some CocaCola and passed out. The only reason I remember any of this is because it was on March 08 1996, 'The Day After', that I called my empl...

aneleh · aneleh

Hi! just under 11 weeks sober and doing well. My husband still drinks and smokes pot but he's not an alcoholic like me. We are throwing a bbq on saturday, 16 people, all of whom will be drinking and some of whom will be smoking pot. I'm not worried about cravings or worried that i will drink. I go to the pub wi...

Todd · Todd

Hello. I am new. I am a daily drinker and have been for years. Every other day is a new nightmare for me anymore it seems. I want it to end. I have just gotten medical insurance through my employer and I have found a doctor (family medicine) to see if I can get a full checkup to find out what all damage I have cau...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

"...and became willing to make amends to them all." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 77 One of the key words in the Eighth Step is the word all. I am not free to select a few names for the list and to disregard others. It is a list of all persons I have harmed. I can see immediately that this S...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Lots of weed-pulling as well!! I realized that the garden of my Life was lacking flowers and filling up with weeds. These came in the form of my nurturing unhealthy associations with some people in my life who really don't have my best interest at heart, or their OWN best interests. The last few days alo...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

Thanks to my sponsor, I reluctantly put my hand up in a meeting whenever they ask for people who are willing to sponsor. I don't feel that confident, but I'd feel a whole lot more confident if the person I was working with was at least NEWER THAN ME! But this guy came up to me after the meeting (and believe...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 220 As we made spiritual progress, it became clear that, if we ever were to feel emotionally secure, we would have to put our lives on a give-and-take basis; we would have to develop the sense of being in partnership or brotherhood with all those around us. We saw that we would need to give constantly...

Wren · Wren

Whining is a great deal of self-pity pushed through a small hole.--Anonymous "Even whiners recoil from the sound of whining. But although it makes people cover their ears and leave the room, whining is more of a symptom than a cause. People whine because they sense they have no power, no choices...

trailboss · trailboss

This is my first time here. I'm so new I don't understand all about aa. I am an alcoholic. I look forward to getting some insight on all this. Thanks

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

"Good afternoon! Tell please, whether there are in Great Britain folk remedies for struggle against alcoholic dependence? Not medical preparations, and folk remedies?" -- Edited by StPeteDean on Sunday 8th of August 2010 04:37:20 PM

gonee · gonee

A CAREER IN PUNS My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned. I couldn't concentrate. Then I worked in the woods as a lumberjack, but I just couldn't hack it, so they gave me the axe. After that, I tried to be a tailor, but I wasn't suited for it -- mainly because it was a sew-sew job. N...

bikerbill · bikerbill

I heard this a few weeks ago and my response was 'when it hurst enough, then I'll stop.' This is why I'm in this fellowship. My drunken rock bottom was no where near as severe as some peoples and way worse than others - but it hurt enough for me to seek some help. Now in sobriety I find that I will tolerate huge...

Lexie · Lexie

Kinda long, because it has a couple of other people's stories intertwined with it. It takes what it takes, for all of us: I grew up in a military household. Strangely, we were stationed in the same place from the time I was five until my dad retired from the Air Force when I was in junior high, and we stay...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman. --Vicki Baum We must move forward with confidence, trusting that the strength we need will be given us, having faith in our visions to guide us. Problems need not daunt us. Rather, they can spur us on to more...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Daily Reflections A "DESIGN FOR LIVING" We in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men. What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, "a design for living" th...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

WOW. I had "plans" for the evening. I was to go to my home group and chair, and then go up to Cleveland to see a very dear friend and his wife play at a concert venue. He even came by and dropped off free tickets. I was really excited. I had asked a ton of my AA friends to go with me, but they all either h...

Pea · Pea

Hi all! My first post here, and glad to be a part! My topic is that after 7 years of sobriety and attending meetings, I was struck with panic attacks, and unable to function at a meeting any more. I was my Homegroup Secretary, the Treat-Scheduler, Chaired, was a speaker many times, went on AA spiritual...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 219 Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they might mean to you. At the start, this was all we needed to commence spiritual growth, to effect our first conscious relation with God as we understood Him. Afterward, we found ourse...

gonee · gonee

This is what I heard in AA meetings every day. I kept coming back because I enjoyed the fellowship. Then I found that fellowship cannot be sustained for any period of time. It was not sufficient on it's own. Then I got on to the program of recovery. I worked the steps of recovery and really got better. My wi...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

I know, patience. They gave me Celexa - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citalopram - I like the fact that it's also sometimes used for ADHD and OCD since I believe I have symptoms of both. One thing I noticed in the Wiki article which was NOT mentioned in any of the warnings that I got from the pharmac...

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	Does Anyone Resent Your Sobriety? (Preview) Not so much our old drinking buddies. But someone whose alcoholic(s) in their life are not sober or died of the disease, being resentful of our sobriety? My ex-wife's mother drank herself to death when I was only about 6 months sober. It's hard to remember the chronology but it seems like up to that po...	barisax	7	1498	Aug 14, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	God creates. People rearrange (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: God creates. People rearrange. --Joseph Casey Being alive is our invitation to act in fresh, inventive ways. All it takes is concentrating on our inner vision in combination with external reality. The components for accomplishing any task are at our fingertips...	Larry_H	2	673	Aug 14, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Do you trust your Doctor, when he's prescibing a drug? Think again. (Preview) A pretty distbubing news investigation into improperly prescribed drugs (Fraud) and Doctors receiving kickbacks. I've suspected the kickbacks for years, why else would they be peddling drugs so agressively? Btw AGO sent this to me, and I am surprised that a foreign news agency had to do the inv...	StPeteDean	3	1158	Aug 14, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Reminds me of my old self (Preview) The guy on the right reminds me of my old self before getting to AA Larry,	Larry_H	2	715	Aug 13, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Sponsee back at it (Preview) I was expecting phone calls from my sponsee this past weekend just to check in. No call came Saturday, and none on Sunday. I didn't know if he made the Monday night meeting or not (I was at work) until Tuesday at the book study...he did not. Found out last night why. He called my house, and after acce...	Reffner	10	705	Aug 13, 2010 by Reffner
	Lots of recovery work this week... (Preview) Wife & kids going out of town for three days. My schedule? Mon - 8-noon=work, noon-1 = AA mtg, 1-4=work, 4-6:30=rehab, 7-9:30=new AA meeting with sponsor. Tues - 8-noon=work, noon-1 = AA mtg, 1-5=work, 5-7:30=mow lawn, 8=AA mtg Weds - 8-noon=work, noon-1=AAmtg, 1-4=work, 4-7=rehab, 7-10 = cl...	Aquaman	14	955	Aug 13, 2010 by Lexie
	"Feelings are reality" (Preview) I read this recently and wondered what your take on this was. I'm not really sure where I stand on it, but I do have some ideas... Brian	Reffner	3	671	Aug 13, 2010 by Reffner
	Surrendering (Preview) Surrendering On the face of it, surrendering certainly does not seem like winning. But it is in AA Only after we have come to the end of our rope, hit a stone wall in some aspect of our lives beyond which we can go no further; only when we hit "bottom" in despair and surrender, can we accomplish s...	Larry_H	1	552	Aug 13, 2010 by Reffner
	If God spoke to AA... (Preview) He might have said... "Into your weak and feeble hands I have entrusted a Power beyond estimate. To you has been given that which has been denied the most learned of your fellows. Not to scientist or statesmen, not to wives or mothers, not even to My priests and ministers have I given this gift of...	Reffner	7	4098	Aug 12, 2010 by SoberSteve
	I MISS MY SISTER (Preview) Can anyone tell me why someone drinks themselves to death? I find it hard to accept that my sister is gone forever.	I miss my sister	8	1020	Aug 12, 2010 by Lexie
	~ As Bill Sees It: Leadership in A.A. ~ (Preview) p. 224 No society can function well without able leadership at all its levels, and A.A. can be no exception. But we A.A.'s sometimes cherish the thought that we can do without much personal leadership at all. We are apt to warp the traditional idea of "principles before personalities" a...	FlyingSquirrel	0	560	Aug 12, 2010 by FlyingSquirrel
	We'll continue to choose Joy, no matter what! (Preview) Hello everyone! Back from Jersey shore last thursday,but been little out of sorts(mentally) but back on track now.Had a wonderful time at shore for 3 days,I left my yearly donation at the Casino(nothing new for me)Went to Atlantic city boardwalk and got some good runs in on the paths between Casino;...	mikef	7	736	Aug 12, 2010 by Larry_H
	Broken Promises (Preview) I guess what I feel the most guilt/remorse about are the broken promises. Build'em up then Let'em down. I cannot begin to recall the number of times I had sincerely promised her 'Never Again' and proceeded to get drunk shortly after. Kim and I divorced in my first year of sobriety. The marriage was brok...	MarcLacroix	9	1655	Aug 11, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Starting my New Job tomorrow~~~ BALANCE????? (Preview) Well, it is official. I start my new job tomorrow morning. I was holding out for another surgery position, but will be using my EKG Tech and lab skills for an internal medicine practice with a lot of cardiac and diabetic patients. I thought I was going to be taking a dollar or two an hour pay cut vs. previou...	jonijoni1	11	1145	Aug 11, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Sponsors and phone contacts (Preview) I'm about 14 months sober. In my town, everyone in AA is really adamant that you have to have a sponsor and lots of phone contacts that you call every day. I'm pretty introverted so just walking up to people and phoning strangers is kind of stressful and draining to me. People in my town talk a lot about...	zzworldontheweb	16	1221	Aug 11, 2010 by zzworldontheweb
	~ As Bill Sees It: One Fellowship -- Many Faiths ~ (Preview) As a society we must never become so vain as to suppose that we are authors and inventors of a new religion. We will humbly reflect that every one of A.A.'s principles has been borrowed from ancient sources. <<< >>> A minister in Thailand wrote, "We took A.A.'s Twelve Step...	FlyingSquirrel	1	642	Aug 11, 2010 by Lexie
	Daily Reflections ~ Redoubling Our Efforts & 24hrs a Day (Preview) To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he had hurt, and in what ways. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 77 As I continue to grow in sobriety, I become more aware of myself as a perso...	Sobrietyspell	1	608	Aug 11, 2010 by Tomas
	Daily Reflections ~ Removing "The Ground Glass" & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking the ground glass out of us, the emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 140 My Eighth Step l...	Sobrietyspell	0	555	Aug 11, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Have I done my best to make all the restitution possible? (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Step Eight: "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all." Step Nine: "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." Making...	Larry_H	1	534	Aug 11, 2010 by louisa
	Gods loves alkies... (Preview) Two men had passed away and were standing at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter asked the first man, "What did you do for a living that had value to others?" The man replied, "I have driven a Taxi cab most of my life" St. Peter stood back, then walked away, returning with a Golden shaft and a Golden candle holder an...	John	8	614	Aug 11, 2010 by louisa
	Passive vs. Tolerant (Preview) My devotional this morning said this: "Being passive and feeling inferior go hand in hand, and they prepare us for becoming dependent on alcohol. " My sponsor has taught me that AA is a program of love and tolerance. My question is, for someone who has been passive her whole life, what is t...	jluvs2day	10	1564	Aug 11, 2010 by jluvs2day
	AA the same (Preview) The world continues to change and get new and better ideas, but AA has remained the same in the last 75 years. I thank God for this. Whenever I get myself into trouble, I can always go back to my program and start from basics. It's a privilege I have used over and over again. There is no need to write anything...	gonee	3	658	Aug 11, 2010 by StPeteDean
	WoW sorry to my son (Preview) <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Well it's Monday night and I'm by myself at the trailer. When the in laws came to visit I had not drank in over a year. Yes I am an alcoholic and my name is Mike. I'm very pissed off at myself. I think it started when my wife decid...	chester	12	1153	Aug 11, 2010 by happycamper
	I couldn't do it alone I have failed. (Preview) I said I could do it myself. But I failed. My life is so out of control. I got up this morning and found a meeting right down the street. I am scared. What do I say? Do I have to say anything. What if I can't hold back the tears? I have never been to a meeting and I don't know what to do. I am on the edge of the...	Star	17	1522	Aug 11, 2010 by Dan B 76
	Beer is Beautiful (merged) (Preview) A husband and wife are shopping in their local Wal-Mart.The husband picks up a case of Budweiser and puts it in their cart. 'What do you think you're doing?' asks the wife. 'They're on sale, only $10 for 24 cans he replies. 'Put them back, we can't afford them demands the wife, and so they carry on shoppin...	MarcLacroix	18	1958	Aug 10, 2010 by Reffner
	(attempt at humor) 10 ways MIP is better than IRL... (Preview) This forum is preferable to In Real Life meetings because... 10) The coffee is exactly the way I like it 9) The seating is more comfortable 8) No shirt, no shoes? No problem 7) I can go to the bathroom halfway through my share 6) If I don't like what you're saying...I don't have to listen 5) "How It Wo...	Aquaman	10	1110	Aug 10, 2010 by Reffner
	We can learn something from any experience (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: All experience is an arch to build on. -- Henry Brooks Adams We can learn something from any experience, even one that is painful. In fact, we often learn more from painful experiences than from pleasant ones. When we say or do something foolish or hurtful that cause...	Larry_H	5	1011	Aug 10, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Need meeting suggestions in PHOENIX, AZ (Preview) Hi there, I just moved to PHX and am looking for meetings....i like men's stag (big book study) with lots of sobriety...also like speaker meetings...any and all suggestions are appreciated!	AlexInPhoenix	5	1071	Aug 10, 2010 by Jerry F
	~ As Bill Sees It: Who Is To Blame? ~ (Preview) p. 222 At Step Four we resolutely looked for our own mistakes. Where had we been selfish, dishonest, self-seeking, and frightened? Though a given situation had not been entirely our fault, we often tried to cast the whole blame on the other person involved. We finally saw that the inventory should...	FlyingSquirrel	1	1743	Aug 10, 2010 by Jerry F
	More on THINKING and HUMILITY (Preview) ...as I wrote in another post here recently, I needed to get up last night at a large meeting I was at, and announce 30 days sober again, and get a chip for it. I did not want to do it. I waffled and beat myself up and ratinalized the whole way there how I had already announced at my home group Friday, and to my c...	jonijoni1	5	985	Aug 9, 2010 by jonijoni1
	My Last Drunk (Preview) My last drunk occurred on March 07, 1996. There wasn't anything unusual about it. I had probably gone through a significant portion of a liter of Jack Daniels with some CocaCola and passed out. The only reason I remember any of this is because it was on March 08 1996, 'The Day After', that I called my empl...	MarcLacroix	9	1070	Aug 9, 2010 by SoberSteve
	my still drinking husband's insecurities are not helping! (Preview) Hi! just under 11 weeks sober and doing well. My husband still drinks and smokes pot but he's not an alcoholic like me. We are throwing a bbq on saturday, 16 people, all of whom will be drinking and some of whom will be smoking pot. I'm not worried about cravings or worried that i will drink. I go to the pub wi...	aneleh	12	1649	Aug 9, 2010 by SoberSteve
	Anabuse (Preview) Hello. I am new. I am a daily drinker and have been for years. Every other day is a new nightmare for me anymore it seems. I want it to end. I have just gotten medical insurance through my employer and I have found a doctor (family medicine) to see if I can get a full checkup to find out what all damage I have cau...	Todd	21	2449	Aug 9, 2010 by barisax
	Daily Reflections ~ "...Of All Persons We Had Harmed" & 24hrs a Day (Preview) "...and became willing to make amends to them all." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 77 One of the key words in the Eighth Step is the word all. I am not free to select a few names for the list and to disregard others. It is a list of all persons I have harmed. I can see immediately that this S...	Sobrietyspell	3	852	Aug 9, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	New Life emerging in my Inner Garden (Preview) Lots of weed-pulling as well!! I realized that the garden of my Life was lacking flowers and filling up with weeds. These came in the form of my nurturing unhealthy associations with some people in my life who really don't have my best interest at heart, or their OWN best interests. The last few days alo...	jonijoni1	5	918	Aug 9, 2010 by Dave Harm
	Me newcomer, sponsoring someone who formerly had more sobriety time than I've ever had... (Preview) Thanks to my sponsor, I reluctantly put my hand up in a meeting whenever they ask for people who are willing to sponsor. I don't feel that confident, but I'd feel a whole lot more confident if the person I was working with was at least NEWER THAN ME! But this guy came up to me after the meeting (and believe...	FlyingSquirrel	10	1098	Aug 9, 2010 by Mike B.
	~ As Bill Sees It: In Partnership ~ (Preview) p. 220 As we made spiritual progress, it became clear that, if we ever were to feel emotionally secure, we would have to put our lives on a give-and-take basis; we would have to develop the sense of being in partnership or brotherhood with all those around us. We saw that we would need to give constantly...	FlyingSquirrel	1	3899	Aug 8, 2010 by Jerry F
	Self Pity, and boy does this apply to me today!!! (Preview) Whining is a great deal of self-pity pushed through a small hole.--Anonymous "Even whiners recoil from the sound of whining. But although it makes people cover their ears and leave the room, whining is more of a symptom than a cause. People whine because they sense they have no power, no choices...	Wren	7	756	Aug 8, 2010 by Larry_H
	New Here (Preview) This is my first time here. I'm so new I don't understand all about aa. I am an alcoholic. I look forward to getting some insight on all this. Thanks	trailboss	15	1178	Aug 8, 2010 by Dave Harm
	Folk remedies for struggle against alcoholic dependence? (Posted for Sash, moved) (Preview) "Good afternoon! Tell please, whether there are in Great Britain folk remedies for struggle against alcoholic dependence? Not medical preparations, and folk remedies?" -- Edited by StPeteDean on Sunday 8th of August 2010 04:37:20 PM	StPeteDean	1	723	Aug 8, 2010 by Lexie
	Some laughs from another forum (Preview) A CAREER IN PUNS My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned. I couldn't concentrate. Then I worked in the woods as a lumberjack, but I just couldn't hack it, so they gave me the axe. After that, I tried to be a tailor, but I wasn't suited for it -- mainly because it was a sew-sew job. N...	gonee	3	793	Aug 8, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	If it hurts - stop doing it. (Preview) I heard this a few weeks ago and my response was 'when it hurst enough, then I'll stop.' This is why I'm in this fellowship. My drunken rock bottom was no where near as severe as some peoples and way worse than others - but it hurt enough for me to seek some help. Now in sobriety I find that I will tolerate huge...	bikerbill	7	729	Aug 8, 2010 by Lexie
	Lexie's Story (Preview) Kinda long, because it has a couple of other people's stories intertwined with it. It takes what it takes, for all of us: I grew up in a military household. Strangely, we were stationed in the same place from the time I was five until my dad retired from the Air Force when I was in junior high, and we stay...	Lexie	6	6310	Aug 8, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Pity is the deadliest feeling (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman. --Vicki Baum We must move forward with confidence, trusting that the strength we need will be given us, having faith in our visions to guide us. Problems need not daunt us. Rather, they can spur us on to more...	Larry_H	2	718	Aug 8, 2010 by Wren
	Daily Reflections ~ "DESIGN FOR LIVING" & 24hrs a Day (filling in for Sobrietyspell) (Preview) Daily Reflections A "DESIGN FOR LIVING" We in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men. What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, "a design for living" th...	Larry_H	0	467	Aug 7, 2010 by Larry_H
	%#@%#$^$#@%$!!!!!!!!!.... and then.... OK (Preview) WOW. I had "plans" for the evening. I was to go to my home group and chair, and then go up to Cleveland to see a very dear friend and his wife play at a concert venue. He even came by and dropped off free tickets. I was really excited. I had asked a ton of my AA friends to go with me, but they all either h...	jonijoni1	10	1011	Aug 7, 2010 by Jerry F
	Anxiety keeping anyone else away from meetings? (Preview) Hi all! My first post here, and glad to be a part! My topic is that after 7 years of sobriety and attending meetings, I was struck with panic attacks, and unable to function at a meeting any more. I was my Homegroup Secretary, the Treat-Scheduler, Chaired, was a speaker many times, went on AA spiritual...	Pea	9	949	Aug 7, 2010 by Simple
	~ As Bill Sees It: Willing To Believe ~ (Preview) p. 219 Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they might mean to you. At the start, this was all we needed to commence spiritual growth, to effect our first conscious relation with God as we understood Him. Afterward, we found ourse...	FlyingSquirrel	2	1092	Aug 7, 2010 by FlyingSquirrel
	Keep coming back. (Preview) This is what I heard in AA meetings every day. I kept coming back because I enjoyed the fellowship. Then I found that fellowship cannot be sustained for any period of time. It was not sufficient on it's own. Then I got on to the program of recovery. I worked the steps of recovery and really got better. My wi...	gonee	1	671	Aug 7, 2010 by leeu
	Day 3 on antidepressant.. no effect seen yet.. (Preview) I know, patience. They gave me Celexa - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citalopram - I like the fact that it's also sometimes used for ADHD and OCD since I believe I have symptoms of both. One thing I noticed in the Wiki article which was NOT mentioned in any of the warnings that I got from the pharmac...	FlyingSquirrel	13	1170	Aug 7, 2010 by leeu
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