Alcoholics Anonymous

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: There can be a lot of hurt in love, and there is always risk, and one can't help wondering sometimes if there couldn't be a better way to live. --Merle Shain We want to love and be loved, and we mistakenly believe the right significant other will complete our world. The p...

bigv · bigv

Long time matter fact, been through recovery programs, treatment facilitys, half way houses, homelessness, state ran prisons, hospitals and institutions and near death. At 38 I got sober stayed dry 5 years and relapsed when life got to tough and I had no spiritual program stayed out 1 night and came...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

And, speaking for Dr. Bob and myself, I gratefully declare that had it not been for our wives, Anne and Lois, neither of us could have lived to see A.A.'s beginning. THE A.A. WAY OF LIFE, p. 67 Am I capable of such generous tribute and gratitude to my wife, parents and friends, without whose support I migh...

Reffner · Reffner

Well, on top of a beautiful easter day here in east Tennessee, and as much good food as I could eat, I got an awesome chocolate cake and medallion for my 1 year anniversary today. Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought this day would come. Today it seems like all my wildest dreams (that I di...

AGO · AGO

The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action. This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism. A friend of mine saw this guy...

AGO · AGO

Since I initially got sober in 1992 I "relapsed" twice Something I kept hearing in the rooms was my alcoholism always progressed whether I kept drinking or not. That if I picked up a drink, I would immediately be as badly off as the days before I quit. This was not my experience. Now I have seen...

Irish Shane · Irish Shane

Hi friends! I need your prayers for a very close friend who had a bad accident today and is seriously injured in Hospital. Unfortunately I can't afford to travel to be with him. So please guys, pray I don't lose him without getting to say goodbye. Thanks! S.

Sid · Sid

I was curious if anyone had an opinion regarding starting Step 4 on my own. I have been to about a dozen meetings, but don't know that I am really close to finding a sponser. Actually I have been trying different meetings and have largely been seeing a different group of people each time. It may be a bit bef...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Recognizing Choices We have choices, more choices than we let ourselves see. We may feel trapped in our relationships, our jobs, our life. We may feel locked into behaviors such as caretaking or controlling. Feeling trapped is a symptom of codependency. When we he...

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

This is the longest I have ever been sober since I have ever tried to quit! Couldn't do it with all the support from friends, family and everyone here! Thanks

ljc · ljc

Happy Easter MIP Folks !! What a great day to be sober and have the ability to share it with some family members . Family ... one of the best gifts/rewards of working the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Have a wonderful day !

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi All, Well it has been a week with struggling really hard with something. Someone I know that had/has gone back out. I have talked to another member, now two members, and all I have been doing is Praying for the Help in Letting Go and Letting GOD. As in I Can't, He Can and I Let Him. This has always been...

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

Wheres a cheap good place to buy recovery items? Such as books, rings, clothes, mugs etc?

Dadx5 · Dadx5

I'm on day 19. So I got up this morning an blew the dust of the old Cannondale road bike, first time in over two years. Put some batteries in the odometer and set for 19 nineteen miles, my mind said I could do it no prob. Lets just say my knees thought a little different after 5 mile and good climb. No matter, i...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn't make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn't seem to be of real help to other people. . . . ALCOHOLICS...

happinessisawarmgun · happinessisawarmgun

I was in rehab for 60 days. Although i knew i was not ready to come home i still did so due to feeling as though the program was no longer working for me & that i needed to come home and get my stuff together b/c i felt like i no longer had my families full support. I think they just thought i was OK/rehabilit...

blue2 · blue2

I have been going to meetings and have been sober for approx 2 and 1/2 months. I have chosen to share this with a few members of my family, but have mostly been quiet. I know this is out of my personal shame and fear of judgement from others. I found out tonight on my way back from a meeting that my husband had t...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

"This very real feeling of inferiority is magnified by his childish sensitivity and it is this state of affairs which generates in him that insatiable, abnormal craving for self-approval and success in the eyes of the world. Still a child, he cries for the moon. And the moon, it seems, won't hav...

Dadx5 · Dadx5

I'm 37, and have finally come to grips with the fact I'm an alcoholic. I have not had a drink for 14 days. I'm trying to kick the nicotine habit too, I almost think it sucks worse so far. Anyway Im looking for some advice, or maybe just a thought. At this point, is it normal to feel like a child, like everythi...

Jundrewia · Jundrewia

I am in my first week of sobriety. This finally came about from a very bad, and very embarrassing night on Saturday. I've had many, but this time I could have hurt a friend of mine because of my actions. I've since apologized to her and asked for her forgiveness. She has been amazing. She's forgiven me, be...

Dadx5 · Dadx5

Here's a little about me and how I got here, This is all so new to me, not the drinking, the talking about it. I'm 37 and an alcoholic. I'm married with five children, ranging from 11 to 3 years old. I grew up in a very small and rural Kentucky town. As a boy there wasn't much to do to there, you either played foo...

acarpe3448 · acarpe3448

Man my sponsor kicked my ass today about sobriety. Thank GOD for him. I am still fragile at 10 days and scared off my butt. I am still hanging in the there everyone. Please pray for me.

Sid · Sid

..but I have met some really great people in the couple weeks I have been going to AA and participating on this forum. That's certainly something positive. As is being sober and feeling confident that with all this new found support I will remain that way. Have a great day. :) -- Edited by Sid on Friday 2...

Aquaman · Aquaman

So April Begins. I'm scared of 30 days of self-examination and digging deeper into my darkness to extract more monsters out from under the bed and drag them into the daylight to wither and die. I will get bitten in the process. Hard. I did #4 about 5 months agao and now I prepare to do it again. I like to whit...

Aquaman · Aquaman

I'm having a chocolate jonez...bad. Peace, Rob

Fallonhurts · Fallonhurts

Hello all. I have been home on disability for the past 6 weeks and have finally faced what I believed all along. I have a problem. Going into back surgery, the surgeon warned me my chances for recovery were hard due to my low weight. What I never told him and what I've never told anyone about was my drin...

franny · franny

Hi everyone, Tomorrow I leave for my trip. I will be seeing my very best friends. They are the ones who bailed me out of jail when I got my drunk driving. My husband was out of town. They are our family. Yes, they do drink, but not like me. They have the shut off button. They will love me even if I do not d...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

Sometimes the way to help yourself is to ASK FOR HELP! I've been overwhelmed with the seemingly impossible task of dealing with 10 years of accumulated stuff (most of it junk) and moving from my house into an apartment. I spent most of the past month helping my mom get her house ready to sell instead of...

franny · franny

Hi everyone, Tomorrow I leave for my trip. I will be seeing my very best friends. They are the ones who bailed me out of jail when I got my drunk driving. My husband was out of town. They are our family. Yes, they do drink, but not like me. They have the shut off button. They will love me even if I do not d...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Unless our desire for human compassion is stronger than our desire to be right, to be secure or to belong, love will elude us. --Marsha Sinetar Knowing we are loved is what most of us crave. For brief moments we feel it; then it eludes us once again. Why does it slip throu...

acarpe3448 · acarpe3448

Coming up on two weeks. Today was the first day I really felt good all day today. I still have a long long way to go, but it is nice to know that I can feel this way again without alcohol.

bikerbill · bikerbill

Nothing lost nothing gained! Dissappointed but at least it's stable. I discussed this with my WW sponsor (also one of us) and with help and using the programme tools I could see where I had gone wrong. Although I ate less and moved more I ate the wrong things - too much fats and oils, too much carbs and a ret...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Hey All, As you know, we as alcoholics are serious dilly dalliers and I am the poster child for that affliction. The AA slogan "Do it now" was very helpful to me this year as I put in all the numbers. I hope this tax year is good to you all. Tom

Sid · Sid

No I didn't drink, thanfully. But yesterday someone asked me if I was really not going to drink anymore. Rather than say definitively that I was not going to drink anymore I instead gave an answer with exceptions. Such as that before doing any drinking I would make sure I had a plan thought out ahead of ti...

franny · franny

Hello, I have been reading your forum for many months now off and on. You are very encouraging and kind. I am an alcoholic. I am a female, 34 years old. I am also a teacher. I have commited to seeking treatment and quit drinking on April 11th. I am a strict schedule/structure oriented person, so this...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Hey, The bank denied us financing for the house we wanted. Boo Hoo. I would have denied us too. So anyway, while my wife was pretty disappointed...I was like "Meh. God took that piece out of play for a reason. Why? How the hell should I know...I'm just another piece in play. As soon as you're ready....

Jundrewia · Jundrewia

This is literally my second day of sobriety. I've had issues for years where I'm fine, very functional, no problems, and then I binge drink. I do it because I'm not dealing with the stress in my life and lately there's been a lot of stress in my life. I've tried to quit before but it typically only lasts abo...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Hey Ya'll, I don't like chats for the on-line meeting (ask Runnergirl...I type really, r e a l l y slowly and I can't make enough meetings this week. I'm on the road out of town almost every day this week for work (no Noon Group). My town's only night-meeting is tonight. Wife is at campus grinding out s...

Larry_H · Larry_H

My nephew spotted this story in the Buffalo, NY News and sent it to me. I did a lot of crazy things during my active alcoholism but I would have to say that I have not done this yet. Larry, ------------------------------ Police: Drunk Pa. man tried to revive dead opossum The Associated Press Published:...

acarpe3448 · acarpe3448

I just need someone to tell me not to give up. Do things get easier?

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 42 Step Four is the vigorous and painstaking effort to discover what the liabilities in each of us have been, and are. I want to find exactly how, when, and where my natural desires have warped me. I wish...

Larry_H · Larry_H

SET ASIDE PRAYER Dear God, let me set aside everything I think I know about You, and me and this program, and these Steps, for an Open Mind, and a new experience with You, and me and this program, and these Steps. I sure thank You . (- Tom G.)

itsmichael · itsmichael

I'm new here and very newly sober. I first tried this over 25 years ago for all the wrong reasons (because a sober boyfriend told me he thought I had a drinking problem), but that didn't last because I thought I was so much better than all the alcoholics I heard share at meetings. Cut to a week ago, when I had...

Reaching out to a family member · Sid

I was curious if anyone has any experience or suggestions I might use to reach out to my brother who I feel has or is developing a drinking problem? He is much like me. I only recently recognized and admitted to myself that I am an alcoholic. I denied I had a problem because I drank infrequently, normally w...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, you are dreadfully like other people. -- James Russell Lowell Sharing our many experiences with our friends in Twelve Step meetings helps us understand how very similar we all are. We are unique only in the sense that each o...

runnergirl · runnergirl

I get the one day at a time thing now. Last week was a suck-fest and I teetered on drinking the whole time. Then, I made it to 30 days and felt great for two days... wasn't even obsessing. Now, just 24 hours later, I cannot stop thinking about drinking. I WANT TO DRINK! ARGH! So, I went for a run, I made c...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

On the A.A. calendar it was Year Two . . . . A newcomer appeared at one of these groups . . . . He soon proved that his was a desperate case, and that above all he wanted to get well. . . . [He said], "Since I am the victim of another addiction even worse stigmatized than alcoholism, you may not want me among...

runnergirl · runnergirl

I made it to 30 days sans alcohol. Glad to have made it here, but thought it might get easier by now. Unfortunately, I've felt pretty trapped and terrified the last few days. Whether that's the 30 day itch, I don't know. Anyway, thanks for all the support from people on the board. A couple of you have re...

Aquaman · Aquaman

3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him. Scary for most of us, huh? The pivotal step on this gangplank to the HMS Happy, Joyous and Free is to do a "trust-fall" with God and most of us had experienced that when we fall backwards and expec...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: WILL POWER = Our WILL-ingness to use a Higher POWER. --Anonymous One of the greatest decisions any of us ever made concerned our Third Step. This decision seemed to go against everything we wanted to do. We all know so well that every time we tried to manage our own live...

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	We want to love and be loved -- from Hazelden (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: There can be a lot of hurt in love, and there is always risk, and one can't help wondering sometimes if there couldn't be a better way to live. --Merle Shain We want to love and be loved, and we mistakenly believe the right significant other will complete our world. The p...	Larry_H	0	499	Apr 7, 2010 by Larry_H
	So yeah i'm an alcoholic too (Preview) Long time matter fact, been through recovery programs, treatment facilitys, half way houses, homelessness, state ran prisons, hospitals and institutions and near death. At 38 I got sober stayed dry 5 years and relapsed when life got to tough and I had no spiritual program stayed out 1 night and came...	bigv	11	1122	Apr 7, 2010 by pinkchip
	Daily Reflections ~ A Wide Arc of Gratitude & 24hrs a Day (Preview) And, speaking for Dr. Bob and myself, I gratefully declare that had it not been for our wives, Anne and Lois, neither of us could have lived to see A.A.'s beginning. THE A.A. WAY OF LIFE, p. 67 Am I capable of such generous tribute and gratitude to my wife, parents and friends, without whose support I migh...	Sobrietyspell	0	685	Apr 7, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Especially grateful today (Preview) Well, on top of a beautiful easter day here in east Tennessee, and as much good food as I could eat, I got an awesome chocolate cake and medallion for my 1 year anniversary today. Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought this day would come. Today it seems like all my wildest dreams (that I di...	Reffner	9	1104	Apr 7, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Speaker of the week/common solution (Preview) The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action. This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism. A friend of mine saw this guy...	AGO	9	1139	Apr 7, 2010 by angelov8
	What we all have in common (Preview) Since I initially got sober in 1992 I "relapsed" twice Something I kept hearing in the rooms was my alcoholism always progressed whether I kept drinking or not. That if I picked up a drink, I would immediately be as badly off as the days before I quit. This was not my experience. Now I have seen...	AGO	15	1359	Apr 6, 2010 by AGO
	Prayer Needed! (Preview) Hi friends! I need your prayers for a very close friend who had a bad accident today and is seriously injured in Hospital. Unfortunately I can't afford to travel to be with him. So please guys, pray I don't lose him without getting to say goodbye. Thanks! S.	Irish Shane	9	645	Apr 6, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Step 4 question (closed) (Preview) I was curious if anyone had an opinion regarding starting Step 4 on my own. I have been to about a dozen meetings, but don't know that I am really close to finding a sponser. Actually I have been trying different meetings and have largely been seeing a different group of people each time. It may be a bit bef...	Sid	38	2125	Apr 6, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Recognizing Choices -- from Hazelden (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Recognizing Choices We have choices, more choices than we let ourselves see. We may feel trapped in our relationships, our jobs, our life. We may feel locked into behaviors such as caretaking or controlling. Feeling trapped is a symptom of codependency. When we he...	Larry_H	0	687	Apr 6, 2010 by Larry_H
	60 days sober TODAY!!! (Preview) This is the longest I have ever been sober since I have ever tried to quit! Couldn't do it with all the support from friends, family and everyone here! Thanks	SoberSteve	15	1270	Apr 6, 2010 by pinkchip
	HAPPY EASTER MIP !! (Preview) Happy Easter MIP Folks !! What a great day to be sober and have the ability to share it with some family members . Family ... one of the best gifts/rewards of working the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Have a wonderful day !	ljc	8	842	Apr 6, 2010 by Jerry F
	I really need some HELP (Preview) Hi All, Well it has been a week with struggling really hard with something. Someone I know that had/has gone back out. I have talked to another member, now two members, and all I have been doing is Praying for the Help in Letting Go and Letting GOD. As in I Can't, He Can and I Let Him. This has always been...	Just Toni	10	1000	Apr 5, 2010 by Jerry F
	Wheres a cheap good place to buy recovery items? Such as books, rings, clothes, mugs etc? (Preview) Wheres a cheap good place to buy recovery items? Such as books, rings, clothes, mugs etc?	SoberSteve	6	1022	Apr 5, 2010 by soberdrunk
	Brought down to my knees...... (Preview) I'm on day 19. So I got up this morning an blew the dust of the old Cannondale road bike, first time in over two years. Put some batteries in the odometer and set for 19 nineteen miles, my mind said I could do it no prob. Lets just say my knees thought a little different after 5 mile and good climb. No matter, i...	Dadx5	4	782	Apr 5, 2010 by ljc
	Daily Reflections ~ A Lifetime Process & 24hrs a Day (Preview) We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn't make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn't seem to be of real help to other people. . . . ALCOHOLICS...	Sobrietyspell	0	760	Apr 5, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Relapsed after 60 days in rehab/clean (Preview) I was in rehab for 60 days. Although i knew i was not ready to come home i still did so due to feeling as though the program was no longer working for me & that i needed to come home and get my stuff together b/c i felt like i no longer had my families full support. I think they just thought i was OK/rehabilit...	happinessisawarmgun	11	2047	Apr 5, 2010 by happinessisawarmgun
	I have a question about the violation of anonmynity. (Preview) I have been going to meetings and have been sober for approx 2 and 1/2 months. I have chosen to share this with a few members of my family, but have mostly been quiet. I know this is out of my personal shame and fear of judgement from others. I found out tonight on my way back from a meeting that my husband had t...	blue2	17	1211	Apr 4, 2010 by Ellen E
	Daily Reflections ~ Crying For The Moon & 24hrs a Day (Preview) "This very real feeling of inferiority is magnified by his childish sensitivity and it is this state of affairs which generates in him that insatiable, abnormal craving for self-approval and success in the eyes of the world. Still a child, he cries for the moon. And the moon, it seems, won't hav...	Sobrietyspell	0	3545	Apr 4, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	A Little Advice (Preview) I'm 37, and have finally come to grips with the fact I'm an alcoholic. I have not had a drink for 14 days. I'm trying to kick the nicotine habit too, I almost think it sucks worse so far. Anyway Im looking for some advice, or maybe just a thought. At this point, is it normal to feel like a child, like everythi...	Dadx5	11	1029	Apr 4, 2010 by Larry_H
	How did you deal with the embarrassing things you did? (Preview) I am in my first week of sobriety. This finally came about from a very bad, and very embarrassing night on Saturday. I've had many, but this time I could have hurt a friend of mine because of my actions. I've since apologized to her and asked for her forgiveness. She has been amazing. She's forgiven me, be...	Jundrewia	18	4932	Apr 4, 2010 by ljc
	How I got here. (Preview) Here's a little about me and how I got here, This is all so new to me, not the drinking, the talking about it. I'm 37 and an alcoholic. I'm married with five children, ranging from 11 to 3 years old. I grew up in a very small and rural Kentucky town. As a boy there wasn't much to do to there, you either played foo...	Dadx5	17	1484	Apr 4, 2010 by ljc
	Thank God For My Sponsor (Preview) Man my sponsor kicked my ass today about sobriety. Thank GOD for him. I am still fragile at 10 days and scared off my butt. I am still hanging in the there everyone. Please pray for me.	acarpe3448	8	1902	Apr 4, 2010 by ljc
	Realizing I'm an alcoholic sucks.. (update: was wrong, it doesn't suck) (Preview) ..but I have met some really great people in the couple weeks I have been going to AA and participating on this forum. That's certainly something positive. As is being sober and feeling confident that with all this new found support I will remain that way. Have a great day. :) -- Edited by Sid on Friday 2...	Sid	12	2397	Apr 4, 2010 by ljc
	Searching and Fearless Moral Inventory (Preview) So April Begins. I'm scared of 30 days of self-examination and digging deeper into my darkness to extract more monsters out from under the bed and drag them into the daylight to wither and die. I will get bitten in the process. Hard. I did #4 about 5 months agao and now I prepare to do it again. I like to whit...	Aquaman	10	1063	Apr 4, 2010 by ljc
	I want peanut M&M's - lots of 'em (Preview) I'm having a chocolate jonez...bad. Peace, Rob	Aquaman	13	1085	Apr 4, 2010 by bikerbill
	I'm New and Need Guidance (Preview) Hello all. I have been home on disability for the past 6 weeks and have finally faced what I believed all along. I have a problem. Going into back surgery, the surgeon warned me my chances for recovery were hard due to my low weight. What I never told him and what I've never told anyone about was my drin...	Fallonhurts	23	1210	Apr 3, 2010 by Ellen E
	Re: Hello....Franny (Preview) Hi everyone, Tomorrow I leave for my trip. I will be seeing my very best friends. They are the ones who bailed me out of jail when I got my drunk driving. My husband was out of town. They are our family. Yes, they do drink, but not like me. They have the shut off button. They will love me even if I do not d...	franny	4	927	Apr 3, 2010 by Ellen E
	God helps those who help themselves.... but GUESS WHAT? (Preview) Sometimes the way to help yourself is to ASK FOR HELP! I've been overwhelmed with the seemingly impossible task of dealing with 10 years of accumulated stuff (most of it junk) and moving from my house into an apartment. I spent most of the past month helping my mom get her house ready to sell instead of...	FlyingSquirrel	9	898	Apr 3, 2010 by ljc
	Hello, it is Franny (Preview) Hi everyone, Tomorrow I leave for my trip. I will be seeing my very best friends. They are the ones who bailed me out of jail when I got my drunk driving. My husband was out of town. They are our family. Yes, they do drink, but not like me. They have the shut off button. They will love me even if I do not d...	franny	7	1134	Apr 3, 2010 by mikef
	4/2/2010 Today's thought from Hazelden is: (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Unless our desire for human compassion is stronger than our desire to be right, to be secure or to belong, love will elude us. --Marsha Sinetar Knowing we are loved is what most of us crave. For brief moments we feel it; then it eludes us once again. Why does it slip throu...	Larry_H	2	612	Apr 3, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Felt Great Today (Preview) Coming up on two weeks. Today was the first day I really felt good all day today. I still have a long long way to go, but it is nice to know that I can feel this way again without alcohol.	acarpe3448	4	710	Apr 2, 2010 by Jerry F
	Tale of the tape, week 3. (Preview) Nothing lost nothing gained! Dissappointed but at least it's stable. I discussed this with my WW sponsor (also one of us) and with help and using the programme tools I could see where I had gone wrong. Although I ate less and moved more I ate the wrong things - too much fats and oils, too much carbs and a ret...	bikerbill	3	711	Apr 2, 2010 by leeu
	Taxes Done! (Preview) Hey All, As you know, we as alcoholics are serious dilly dalliers and I am the poster child for that affliction. The AA slogan "Do it now" was very helpful to me this year as I put in all the numbers. I hope this tax year is good to you all. Tom	turninggrey	7	1050	Apr 2, 2010 by turninggrey
	Disappointed in myself (Preview) No I didn't drink, thanfully. But yesterday someone asked me if I was really not going to drink anymore. Rather than say definitively that I was not going to drink anymore I instead gave an answer with exceptions. Such as that before doing any drinking I would make sure I had a plan thought out ahead of ti...	Sid	22	1141	Apr 2, 2010 by Sid
	Hello (Preview) Hello, I have been reading your forum for many months now off and on. You are very encouraging and kind. I am an alcoholic. I am a female, 34 years old. I am also a teacher. I have commited to seeking treatment and quit drinking on April 11th. I am a strict schedule/structure oriented person, so this...	franny	44	1156	Apr 2, 2010 by franny
	Grateful for disappointment...? (Preview) Hey, The bank denied us financing for the house we wanted. Boo Hoo. I would have denied us too. So anyway, while my wife was pretty disappointed...I was like "Meh. God took that piece out of play for a reason. Why? How the hell should I know...I'm just another piece in play. As soon as you're ready....	Aquaman	7	581	Apr 1, 2010 by Ellen E
	On My Second Day (Preview) This is literally my second day of sobriety. I've had issues for years where I'm fine, very functional, no problems, and then I binge drink. I do it because I'm not dealing with the stress in my life and lately there's been a lot of stress in my life. I've tried to quit before but it typically only lasts abo...	Jundrewia	31	1093	Apr 1, 2010 by Ellen E
	Needing a Meeting Tonight (Preview) Hey Ya'll, I don't like chats for the on-line meeting (ask Runnergirl...I type really, r e a l l y slowly and I can't make enough meetings this week. I'm on the road out of town almost every day this week for work (no Noon Group). My town's only night-meeting is tonight. Wife is at campus grinding out s...	Aquaman	10	1257	Apr 1, 2010 by bikerbill
	Another of my yets (Preview) My nephew spotted this story in the Buffalo, NY News and sent it to me. I did a lot of crazy things during my active alcoholism but I would have to say that I have not done this yet. Larry, ------------------------------ Police: Drunk Pa. man tried to revive dead opossum The Associated Press Published:...	Larry_H	5	1251	Apr 1, 2010 by Jerry F
	up to 7 days this is so hard (Preview) I just need someone to tell me not to give up. Do things get easier?	acarpe3448	20	1055	Apr 1, 2010 by SteveP
	Daily Reflections ~ Looking Within & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 42 Step Four is the vigorous and painstaking effort to discover what the liabilities in each of us have been, and are. I want to find exactly how, when, and where my natural desires have warped me. I wish...	Sobrietyspell	0	767	Mar 31, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	SET ASIDE PRAYER (Preview) SET ASIDE PRAYER Dear God, let me set aside everything I think I know about You, and me and this program, and these Steps, for an Open Mind, and a new experience with You, and me and this program, and these Steps. I sure thank You . (- Tom G.)	Larry_H	3	9698	Mar 31, 2010 by Aquaman
	Hi, I'm Michael, and I'm an alcoholic. (Preview) I'm new here and very newly sober. I first tried this over 25 years ago for all the wrong reasons (because a sober boyfriend told me he thought I had a drinking problem), but that didn't last because I thought I was so much better than all the alcoholics I heard share at meetings. Cut to a week ago, when I had...	itsmichael	12	1204	Mar 31, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Reaching out to a family member (Preview) I was curious if anyone has any experience or suggestions I might use to reach out to my brother who I feel has or is developing a drinking problem? He is much like me. I only recently recognized and admitted to myself that I am an alcoholic. I denied I had a problem because I drank infrequently, normally w...	Sid	22	1461	Mar 31, 2010 by Sid
	Unique ? (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, you are dreadfully like other people. -- James Russell Lowell Sharing our many experiences with our friends in Twelve Step meetings helps us understand how very similar we all are. We are unique only in the sense that each o...	Larry_H	0	599	Mar 31, 2010 by Larry_H
	What a rollercoaster (Preview) I get the one day at a time thing now. Last week was a suck-fest and I teetered on drinking the whole time. Then, I made it to 30 days and felt great for two days... wasn't even obsessing. Now, just 24 hours later, I cannot stop thinking about drinking. I WANT TO DRINK! ARGH! So, I went for a run, I made c...	runnergirl	14	971	Mar 31, 2010 by Ellen E
	Daily Reflections ~ No One Denied Me Love & 24hrs a Day (Preview) On the A.A. calendar it was Year Two . . . . A newcomer appeared at one of these groups . . . . He soon proved that his was a desperate case, and that above all he wanted to get well. . . . [He said], "Since I am the victim of another addiction even worse stigmatized than alcoholism, you may not want me among...	Sobrietyspell	0	676	Mar 31, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	30 Days (Preview) I made it to 30 days sans alcohol. Glad to have made it here, but thought it might get easier by now. Unfortunately, I've felt pretty trapped and terrified the last few days. Whether that's the 30 day itch, I don't know. Anyway, thanks for all the support from people on the board. A couple of you have re...	runnergirl	21	1040	Mar 30, 2010 by LastOneLeft
	An Observation About Step 3 (Preview) 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him. Scary for most of us, huh? The pivotal step on this gangplank to the HMS Happy, Joyous and Free is to do a "trust-fall" with God and most of us had experienced that when we fall backwards and expec...	Aquaman	4	1278	Mar 30, 2010 by mikef
	WILL POWER (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: WILL POWER = Our WILL-ingness to use a Higher POWER. --Anonymous One of the greatest decisions any of us ever made concerned our Third Step. This decision seemed to go against everything we wanted to do. We all know so well that every time we tried to manage our own live...	Larry_H	4	1110	Mar 29, 2010 by angelov8
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