Alcoholics Anonymous

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

He [Bill W.] said to me, gently and simply, "Do you think that you are one of us?" ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 413 During my drinking life I was convinced I was an exception. I thought I was beyond petty requirements and had the right to be excused. I never realized that the dark counterbalance o...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: If there's a harder way of doing something, someone will find it. -- Ralph E. Ross When we used alcohol or other drugs, we did most things the hard way. We could turn a simple task into a day-long project. We could turn a simple problem into an argument. We were creative g...

susanbiel · susanbiel

I just wanted everyone to know that I have been around, but lurking I am still paying the bills and dealing with the fear it brings, but it is getting better. It's Tuesday again so when I leave work I will be writing out checks. I will be going on a trip to Texas on Thursday night but I am taking the puter wi...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

http://www.readytotest.com/NewJersey06/JELLINEK_PHASES.pdf

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Some days my life feels so confusing and overwhelming that I think I'll scream. Sometimes life is like moving from one place to another. When I move into a new house, it is unorganized and chaotic until everything gets put in the right place. In life, my emotions and th...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Like a gaunt prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, our pick struck gold. Joy at our release from a lifetime of frustration knew no bounds. Father feels he has struck something better than gold. For a time he may try to hug the new treasure to himself. He may not see at once that he has barely...

TwelveSteps · TwelveSteps

So... first off, I know the AA recommendation about not dating during your first year of sobriety. I'm 36 so I don't really have that luxury. :) My ex-boyfriend and I broke up a couple of months ago (completely amicable, he moved to Chicago to start grad school and the distance just became unsustainabl...

mikef · mikef

After 10 wonderful days ,my wife and my father and mother -in - law heading back up to New York(they are staying with us for a week). I got some new numbers,was able to take in 3 meetings while we were here and met some nice people..Weather was what is expected in Florida but it was a nice change to wear no ja...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Reflection for the Day Little by little, I'm getting over my tendency to procrastinate. I always used to put things off until tomorrow, and, of course, they never got done. Instead of "Do it now," my motto was "Tomorrow's another day." I've le...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi My Friends, Just wanted to share a evening with you, from last evening, I had been planning a Surprise Birthday Party for my Son's 40th Birthday for almost a month, (yep that's right, I gave birth to him when I was 11..) it was at a Japanese Resturant, a very fancy one, and his all time Ethic food. On S...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. --Samuel Johnson The Twelve Steps won't work for anyone unless they are practiced. That's why so many veterans of this program work the Steps over and over. It's a good habit, and good hab...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Wonderful older lady with 36 years sober... 4 DUI's, ran over someone, psyche wards, relapses, she was a nurse, the whole 9 yards. She did her drinking like I did mine, and showed me that we can stay sober no matter what. She led at tonight's meeting and we talked afterward and hit it off majorly. She was...

madhadder545 · madhadder545

Ok well I've been in since 93 but as of now I have 2 month"s Ive just finished my 4,5,6,7 step My wife and i have been together 8 years, married for 5, seperated 3. I am in Arizona she lives in Oregon. We talk every day. so i'm talking to her and she says she has been talking to this guy for 6 months, he"...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 244 Many oldsters who have put our A.A. "booze cure" to severe but successful tests still find they often lack emotional sobriety. To attain this, we must develop real maturity and balance (which is to say, humility) in our relations with ourselves, with our fellows, and with God. <...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi Everyone! Feels like forever, but only maybe 2 or weeks since I checked in and written, have been reading the board about twice a week... Have been staying pretty quiet, and introspective, have a major health issue that is very serious, and so it has been endless trips to different Docs, special...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We admitted we couldn't lick alcohol with our own remaining resources, and so we accepted the further fact that dependence upon a Higher Power (if only our A.A. group) could do this hitherto impossible job. The moment we were able to accept these facts fully, our release from the alcohol compulsion h...

turninggrey · turninggrey

Well, we found out my wife does have breast cancer today and tomorrow we find out what stage it is. The Doctor feels the prognosis is very good, but that she will require surgery and chemo and possibly radiation. We should know more tomorrow afternoon. We are both doing pretty well with it, her becau...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

http://www.cooltv_telluride.endavomedia.com/video/359AF70EED/telluride-stream-- Edited by StPeteDean on Saturday 18th of September 2010 09:03:59 PM

John · John

As many of you know, my life is dedicated to trying to provide a safe haven for alcoholics, addicts and their families who have a desire to recover; Both online with the MIP web site and here in Wilmington, NC with the MIP recovery homes. Well, this past Friday I came home to find the police (7 cars) in fr...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Hi everyone!! Just popping in to say hello... things are going well, as they tend to do in recovery even in rough times, once we figure out how to sometimes make lemonade out of lemons. Just going to a lot of meetings, still about 5 - 6 a week, reading the BB and 12&12, working steps, working at job, an...

karmaslovechild · karmaslovechild

I am a single mother (28yrs old) blessed with a son who just happened to have Down Syndrome. I never thought I could have children and when I concieved him I was so happy and thrilled. At my 3rd mth Doctor visit I found out about him having Downs. It broke my heart but I decided to continue with the pregnancy...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi to all my cyber friends... Just wanted to check in and say this is one Awesome day, First, Thank you to GOD, my HP for pulling me up out of a life that was not really a LIFE, and one day at a time remaining to help me every single day of these last twenty years in keeping me SOBER.... Awe what a wonderful day, i...

Glenns · Glenns

It says in Living Sober that we as recovering alcoholics shouldn't use sleeping pills (sic), because they may jepordize recovery efforts. But the book doesn't explain how though! Also, and more importantly, can the benzodiazepine be thought of as an acceptable substitute for the recovering alco...

Jerry F · Jerry F

So good to have you back and your response on "dating" below is classic willingness to do whatever it takes to get and stay sober. Hope your time away was good for you.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Our whole treasured philosophy of self-sufficiency had to be cast aside. This had not been done with old-fashioned willpower; it was instead a matter of developing the willingness to accept these new facts of living. We neither ran nor fought. But accept we did. And then we were free. BEST OF THE GRAP...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Some folks here have indicated that my well being matters to them so I am droppin' a note lettin' ya'll know that I am peachy-keen. I've had some emotions lately and even lipped off about one of them at my wife, but I let it go, re-aquired my Serenity and apologized for an unfair declaration. Today I au...

MAL · MAL

Go to meetings!!!! I want to but something is blocking me. I know what I have to do but I can't seem to do it. I want someone to take me under their wing and make sure I get to meetings for just one week. I can't go to rehab. Not with my position and my job. People look up to me. I'll be O.K. if I can get to me...

Jenna-1974 · Jenna-1974

Good Morning: I am on my 6th day of not drinking. The first step for me was easy to admit that I am an alcoholic and that my life is completely unmanageable. I think I don't have much of a problem with step 2. I know that there is a power greater than myself and that is god. Step 3.... Wow... I have had this...

mikef · mikef

In God's grace we fly out at noon to Florida.!..Will check in tonight and see how all are doing.Got some meeting places lined up (some at beach) and looking forward to some FACE-TO FACE with my wife,,,,no work(job) no kids,no schedule(except meetings)How blessed is that!!! Anyway,keep us in your p...

Jerry F · Jerry F

This was part of the topic for this mornings meetings and by listening I was caused to remember how the amends process expanded as I listened, learned and practiced our program. I share with the group one of the amends perspectives that didn't seem to be included with direct and indirect amends makin...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . no society of men and women ever had a more urgent need for continuous effectiveness and permanent unity. We alcoholics see that we must work together and hang together, else most of us will finally die alone. Alcoholics Anonymous, p.563 Just as the Twelve Steps of A.A. are written in a specific se...

jennamia · jennamia

Listening The girl walks to the meeting in the rain with a cold wind at her back. The cigarette she tries to smoke keeps going out. She flicks her Bic in a few vain attempts before throwing the half-drenched cigarette in the gutter. She looks down and sees the puddles forming on the sidewalk. She ad...

Glenn · Glenn

Hello - Hope all are well. I cannot reach my sponsor, and am in a very rural area (i.e. no one available in this extremely small town to turn to at the moment). I am trying to help a Friend who is struggling, and cannot find my Big Book, nor can I find that which I am trying to share with this person in the 12 and...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God's help and guidance--meanwhile resolving to do the right thing when it becomes clear, cost what it may? TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p p. 86-87 My belief in a Higher Power is an essential part of my work on Step Ni...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

http://www.aagrapevine.org/da/grabbag.php (Each time you refresh your browser, you get a new joke.)

Reffner · Reffner

Over the past several weeks it's starting to look like my son may have asthma. He's been put on a few meds, but things aren't a whole lot better. Growing up with severe asthma myself, it breaks my heart that he may suffer from it too. I know the panic of not being able to breath, and the feeling of helples...

bigdog · bigdog

can any one tell me if having a alanon group meeting going on in a different room of the same building while a open a.a. meeting is going on breaks someones anonmity thank you bigdog

fallen angel · fallen angel

Hi i'm new on here and just looking for more words of wisdom really! I'm 31 mum of 3 kiddies. I'm just over 3 months sober now, have a sponser and on step 9. I'm not doing anywhere near enough meetings and i've been feeling a bit odd the last 2 weeks. 'Dry drunk' has been mentioned to me. Any thoughts on this? T...

Jerry F · Jerry F

LOL!! I rarely if ever get physically ill especially with flus or colds or the like and am now experiencing what that feels like again. I've been blessed for such a long time that this brings up gratitude for all of the past years I've been free of bugs. My spouse offered to make me some chicken soup and I...

gonee · gonee

I went out for dinner tonight with my 2 children and my wife. These were things we could not do when I was drinking. It was my daughter's 28th birthday. She was just over 5years old when I came into AA. A year before I came into AA. In one of my drunken sprees I would have lost my entire family. I had driven duri...

SUSIE · SUSIE

Thats all! Just a beautiful day to be sober! Oh and fit. Went for my run today. 4miles today 9 tomorrow! Training for my 8th half marathon here in Michigan! Don't think I would be doing this if I was still out in the madness. Very grateful

barisax · barisax

Well I guess that's the other side of the coin. Again a medical test could determine I haven't had any alcohol in the past few days. And other medical tests would show that my body doesn't show damage from heavy drinking. But the quality and length of my sobriety are truly known by no one but me. And ev...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: She had trouble defining herself independently of her husband, tried to talk to him about it, but he said nonsense, he had no trouble defining her at all. --Cynthia Propper Seton To recover means to learn who we are, independent of friends, children, parents, or int...

TaylorKk · TaylorKk

So im new at this so sorry if i dont explain this too well. Im 17 and have been drinking since i was 12 I am an alcoholic I crave it all the time, i live in a small town and there is surrounding me is drugs and alcohol. My father and stepmom are both in recovery theve been clean for a year, ive been through alot wit...

jazzyblue · jazzyblue

I found out this morning that my childhood best friend's father has only a few days left to live. Growing up they lived next door to me. They moved in when I was about 5 years old and I immediately became friends with the whole family! Their father was an alcoholic and there were many times when he would...

barisax · barisax

There isn't any proof. I suppose if I had continued to drink the way I had been, a doctor could look at my liver or other vitals and say, this guy is an alcoholic. But other than circumstantial after the fact evidence, there's really no proof. We say we're like the man who lost his legs and can't grow new...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 242 After failure on my part to dry up any drunks, Dr. Silkworth reminded me of Professor William James's observation that truly transforming spiritual experiences are nearly always founded on calamity and collapse. "Stop preaching at them," Dr. Silkworth said, "and give th...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 239 Men who cry for money and shelter as a condition of their sobriety are on the wrong track. Yet we sometimes do provide a new prospect with these very things -- when it becomes clear that he is willing to place his recovery first. It is not whether we shall give that is the question, but when and how to...

turninggrey · turninggrey

I miss you guys.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

They [the Promises] will always materialize if we work for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS p. 84 Sometimes I think: "Making these amends is going too far! No one should have to humble himself like that!" However, it is this very humbling of myself that brings me that much closer to the sunlight...

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	Daily Reflections ~ I Was An Exception & 24 hrs a Day (Preview) He [Bill W.] said to me, gently and simply, "Do you think that you are one of us?" ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 413 During my drinking life I was convinced I was an exception. I thought I was beyond petty requirements and had the right to be excused. I never realized that the dark counterbalance o...	Sobrietyspell	0	776	Sep 22, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	We were creative giants in doing things the hard way! (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: If there's a harder way of doing something, someone will find it. -- Ralph E. Ross When we used alcohol or other drugs, we did most things the hard way. We could turn a simple task into a day-long project. We could turn a simple problem into an argument. We were creative g...	Larry_H	3	847	Sep 22, 2010 by MarcLacroix
	Still here (Preview) I just wanted everyone to know that I have been around, but lurking I am still paying the bills and dealing with the fear it brings, but it is getting better. It's Tuesday again so when I leave work I will be writing out checks. I will be going on a trip to Texas on Thursday night but I am taking the puter wi...	susanbiel	6	744	Sep 22, 2010 by susanbiel
	Jellinek phases of alcoholism (Preview) http://www.readytotest.com/NewJersey06/JELLINEK_PHASES.pdf	FlyingSquirrel	4	4078	Sep 21, 2010 by leeu
	Sometimes life is like moving from one place to another (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Some days my life feels so confusing and overwhelming that I think I'll scream. Sometimes life is like moving from one place to another. When I move into a new house, it is unorganized and chaotic until everything gets put in the right place. In life, my emotions and th...	Larry_H	2	737	Sep 21, 2010 by Reffner
	Daily Reflections ~ A Limitless Lode & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Like a gaunt prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, our pick struck gold. Joy at our release from a lifetime of frustration knew no bounds. Father feels he has struck something better than gold. For a time he may try to hug the new treasure to himself. He may not see at once that he has barely...	Sobrietyspell	0	3666	Sep 21, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Dating (Preview) So... first off, I know the AA recommendation about not dating during your first year of sobriety. I'm 36 so I don't really have that luxury. :) My ex-boyfriend and I broke up a couple of months ago (completely amicable, he moved to Chicago to start grad school and the distance just became unsustainabl...	TwelveSteps	29	12343	Sep 21, 2010 by angelov8
	Homeward Bound! (Preview) After 10 wonderful days ,my wife and my father and mother -in - law heading back up to New York(they are staying with us for a week). I got some new numbers,was able to take in 3 meetings while we were here and met some nice people..Weather was what is expected in Florida but it was a nice change to wear no ja...	mikef	4	1419	Sep 20, 2010 by happycamper
	Little by little, I'm getting over my tendency to procrastinate (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Reflection for the Day Little by little, I'm getting over my tendency to procrastinate. I always used to put things off until tomorrow, and, of course, they never got done. Instead of "Do it now," my motto was "Tomorrow's another day." I've le...	Larry_H	3	820	Sep 20, 2010 by around a little while
	Utter Sheer JOY! (Preview) Hi My Friends, Just wanted to share a evening with you, from last evening, I had been planning a Surprise Birthday Party for my Son's 40th Birthday for almost a month, (yep that's right, I gave birth to him when I was 11..) it was at a Japanese Resturant, a very fancy one, and his all time Ethic food. On S...	Just Toni	4	907	Sep 20, 2010 by jonijoni1
	The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. --Samuel Johnson The Twelve Steps won't work for anyone unless they are practiced. That's why so many veterans of this program work the Steps over and over. It's a good habit, and good hab...	Larry_H	1	1482	Sep 20, 2010 by Rainspa
	Met my older twin tonight!! (Preview) Wonderful older lady with 36 years sober... 4 DUI's, ran over someone, psyche wards, relapses, she was a nurse, the whole 9 yards. She did her drinking like I did mine, and showed me that we can stay sober no matter what. She led at tonight's meeting and we talked afterward and hit it off majorly. She was...	jonijoni1	10	1118	Sep 20, 2010 by jj
	Help with RESENTMENT!!! (Preview) Ok well I've been in since 93 but as of now I have 2 month"s Ive just finished my 4,5,6,7 step My wife and i have been together 8 years, married for 5, seperated 3. I am in Arizona she lives in Oregon. We talk every day. so i'm talking to her and she says she has been talking to this guy for 6 months, he"...	madhadder545	16	1524	Sep 20, 2010 by pinkchip
	~ As Bill Sees It: Toward Maturity ~ (Preview) p. 244 Many oldsters who have put our A.A. "booze cure" to severe but successful tests still find they often lack emotional sobriety. To attain this, we must develop real maturity and balance (which is to say, humility) in our relations with ourselves, with our fellows, and with God. <...	FlyingSquirrel	0	748	Sep 20, 2010 by FlyingSquirrel
	Hi Every one (Preview) Hi Everyone! Feels like forever, but only maybe 2 or weeks since I checked in and written, have been reading the board about twice a week... Have been staying pretty quiet, and introspective, have a major health issue that is very serious, and so it has been endless trips to different Docs, special...	Just Toni	11	1072	Sep 19, 2010 by turninggrey
	Daily Reflections ~ Acceptance & 24hrs a Day (Preview) We admitted we couldn't lick alcohol with our own remaining resources, and so we accepted the further fact that dependence upon a Higher Power (if only our A.A. group) could do this hitherto impossible job. The moment we were able to accept these facts fully, our release from the alcohol compulsion h...	Sobrietyspell	0	1195	Sep 19, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Bad News From Doctor (Preview) Well, we found out my wife does have breast cancer today and tomorrow we find out what stage it is. The Doctor feels the prognosis is very good, but that she will require surgery and chemo and possibly radiation. We should know more tomorrow afternoon. We are both doing pretty well with it, her becau...	turninggrey	21	1272	Sep 19, 2010 by Rob84
	Watch Derek Trucks And Susan Theschi live Online here Free Now 10 pm Saturday. est (Preview) http://www.cooltv_telluride.endavomedia.com/video/359AF70EED/telluride-stream-- Edited by StPeteDean on Saturday 18th of September 2010 09:03:59 PM	StPeteDean	1	753	Sep 19, 2010 by leeu
	Frustrated and Hurt (Preview) As many of you know, my life is dedicated to trying to provide a safe haven for alcoholics, addicts and their families who have a desire to recover; Both online with the MIP web site and here in Wilmington, NC with the MIP recovery homes. Well, this past Friday I came home to find the police (7 cars) in fr...	John	15	1888	Sep 19, 2010 by leeu
	10,000 mile check-up (Preview) Hi everyone!! Just popping in to say hello... things are going well, as they tend to do in recovery even in rough times, once we figure out how to sometimes make lemonade out of lemons. Just going to a lot of meetings, still about 5 - 6 a week, reading the BB and 12&12, working steps, working at job, an...	jonijoni1	8	833	Sep 19, 2010 by leeu
	High Stress raising my son with Down Syndrome (Preview) I am a single mother (28yrs old) blessed with a son who just happened to have Down Syndrome. I never thought I could have children and when I concieved him I was so happy and thrilled. At my 3rd mth Doctor visit I found out about him having Downs. It broke my heart but I decided to continue with the pregnancy...	karmaslovechild	5	1302	Sep 19, 2010 by Glinda
	20 Blessed Years today... (Preview) Hi to all my cyber friends... Just wanted to check in and say this is one Awesome day, First, Thank you to GOD, my HP for pulling me up out of a life that was not really a LIFE, and one day at a time remaining to help me every single day of these last twenty years in keeping me SOBER.... Awe what a wonderful day, i...	Just Toni	22	1487	Sep 19, 2010 by Just Toni
	Benzodiazepine use with the recovering alcoholic. Wise? Or foolish? (Preview) It says in Living Sober that we as recovering alcoholics shouldn't use sleeping pills (sic), because they may jepordize recovery efforts. But the book doesn't explain how though! Also, and more importantly, can the benzodiazepine be thought of as an acceptable substitute for the recovering alco...	Glenns	17	12727	Sep 18, 2010 by sobercanbegreat
	Welcome Home Dean!! (Preview) So good to have you back and your response on "dating" below is classic willingness to do whatever it takes to get and stay sober. Hope your time away was good for you.	Jerry F	7	1008	Sep 18, 2010 by Just Toni
	Daily Reflections ~ Loved Back to Recovery & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Our whole treasured philosophy of self-sufficiency had to be cast aside. This had not been done with old-fashioned willpower; it was instead a matter of developing the willingness to accept these new facts of living. We neither ran nor fought. But accept we did. And then we were free. BEST OF THE GRAP...	Sobrietyspell	0	687	Sep 18, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Checkin' In... (Preview) Some folks here have indicated that my well being matters to them so I am droppin' a note lettin' ya'll know that I am peachy-keen. I've had some emotions lately and even lipped off about one of them at my wife, but I let it go, re-aquired my Serenity and apologized for an unfair declaration. Today I au...	Aquaman	14	1236	Sep 18, 2010 by Reffner
	I know what you're going to say! (Preview) Go to meetings!!!! I want to but something is blocking me. I know what I have to do but I can't seem to do it. I want someone to take me under their wing and make sure I get to meetings for just one week. I can't go to rehab. Not with my position and my job. People look up to me. I'll be O.K. if I can get to me...	MAL	18	1258	Sep 18, 2010 by Aquaman
	Step 1, 2, 3 (Preview) Good Morning: I am on my 6th day of not drinking. The first step for me was easy to admit that I am an alcoholic and that my life is completely unmanageable. I think I don't have much of a problem with step 2. I know that there is a power greater than myself and that is god. Step 3.... Wow... I have had this...	Jenna-1974	17	2668	Sep 17, 2010 by louisa
	Florida Bound! (Preview) In God's grace we fly out at noon to Florida.!..Will check in tonight and see how all are doing.Got some meeting places lined up (some at beach) and looking forward to some FACE-TO FACE with my wife,,,,no work(job) no kids,no schedule(except meetings)How blessed is that!!! Anyway,keep us in your p...	mikef	8	1015	Sep 17, 2010 by mikef
	Daily Reflections 9/13...on amends. (Preview) This was part of the topic for this mornings meetings and by listening I was caused to remember how the amends process expanded as I listened, learned and practiced our program. I share with the group one of the amends perspectives that didn't seem to be included with direct and indirect amends makin...	Jerry F	2	862	Sep 16, 2010 by mikef
	Daily Reflections ~ We Stand-Or Fall-Together & 24hrs a Day (Preview) . . . no society of men and women ever had a more urgent need for continuous effectiveness and permanent unity. We alcoholics see that we must work together and hang together, else most of us will finally die alone. Alcoholics Anonymous, p.563 Just as the Twelve Steps of A.A. are written in a specific se...	Sobrietyspell	0	730	Sep 16, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Listening (Preview) Listening The girl walks to the meeting in the rain with a cold wind at her back. The cigarette she tries to smoke keeps going out. She flicks her Bic in a few vain attempts before throwing the half-drenched cigarette in the gutter. She looks down and sees the puddles forming on the sidewalk. She ad...	jennamia	5	1187	Sep 16, 2010 by happycamper
	Can't find my Big Book and can't find want I'm looking for in the 12 & 12?? (Preview) Hello - Hope all are well. I cannot reach my sponsor, and am in a very rural area (i.e. no one available in this extremely small town to turn to at the moment). I am trying to help a Friend who is struggling, and cannot find my Big Book, nor can I find that which I am trying to share with this person in the 12 and...	Glenn	10	1127	Sep 15, 2010 by pinkchip
	Daily Reflections ~ Peace of Mind & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God's help and guidance--meanwhile resolving to do the right thing when it becomes clear, cost what it may? TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p p. 86-87 My belief in a Higher Power is an essential part of my work on Step Ni...	Sobrietyspell	2	694	Sep 15, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Hmmm, endless drunk jokes... (Preview) http://www.aagrapevine.org/da/grabbag.php (Each time you refresh your browser, you get a new joke.)	FlyingSquirrel	2	921	Sep 15, 2010 by Rainspa
	Prayers for my son (Preview) Over the past several weeks it's starting to look like my son may have asthma. He's been put on a few meds, but things aren't a whole lot better. Growing up with severe asthma myself, it breaks my heart that he may suffer from it too. I know the panic of not being able to breath, and the feeling of helples...	Reffner	24	1724	Sep 14, 2010 by StPeteDean
	anonymous (Preview) can any one tell me if having a alanon group meeting going on in a different room of the same building while a open a.a. meeting is going on breaks someones anonmity thank you bigdog	bigdog	6	1053	Sep 14, 2010 by Rob84
	I'm new here and wondering what a dry drunk is! (Preview) Hi i'm new on here and just looking for more words of wisdom really! I'm 31 mum of 3 kiddies. I'm just over 3 months sober now, have a sponser and on step 9. I'm not doing anywhere near enough meetings and i've been feeling a bit odd the last 2 weeks. 'Dry drunk' has been mentioned to me. Any thoughts on this? T...	fallen angel	9	1234	Sep 14, 2010 by Rainspa
	Chicken Soup... (Preview) LOL!! I rarely if ever get physically ill especially with flus or colds or the like and am now experiencing what that feels like again. I've been blessed for such a long time that this brings up gratitude for all of the past years I've been free of bugs. My spouse offered to make me some chicken soup and I...	Jerry F	4	768	Sep 13, 2010 by louisa
	But for the grace of God. (Preview) I went out for dinner tonight with my 2 children and my wife. These were things we could not do when I was drinking. It was my daughter's 28th birthday. She was just over 5years old when I came into AA. A year before I came into AA. In one of my drunken sprees I would have lost my entire family. I had driven duri...	gonee	5	1328	Sep 13, 2010 by Rainspa
	Beautiful! (Preview) Thats all! Just a beautiful day to be sober! Oh and fit. Went for my run today. 4miles today 9 tomorrow! Training for my 8th half marathon here in Michigan! Don't think I would be doing this if I was still out in the madness. Very grateful	SUSIE	3	753	Sep 11, 2010 by happycamper
	I Can't Prove I'm Sober (Preview) Well I guess that's the other side of the coin. Again a medical test could determine I haven't had any alcohol in the past few days. And other medical tests would show that my body doesn't show damage from heavy drinking. But the quality and length of my sobriety are truly known by no one but me. And ev...	barisax	6	3572	Sep 11, 2010 by jj
	To recover means to learn who we are, (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: She had trouble defining herself independently of her husband, tried to talk to him about it, but he said nonsense, he had no trouble defining her at all. --Cynthia Propper Seton To recover means to learn who we are, independent of friends, children, parents, or int...	Larry_H	2	738	Sep 11, 2010 by louisa
	Letting Go Is Hard.. (Preview) So im new at this so sorry if i dont explain this too well. Im 17 and have been drinking since i was 12 I am an alcoholic I crave it all the time, i live in a small town and there is surrounding me is drugs and alcohol. My father and stepmom are both in recovery theve been clean for a year, ive been through alot wit...	TaylorKk	8	1426	Sep 10, 2010 by Toad
	Feeling a little blue! (Preview) I found out this morning that my childhood best friend's father has only a few days left to live. Growing up they lived next door to me. They moved in when I was about 5 years old and I immediately became friends with the whole family! Their father was an alcoholic and there were many times when he would...	jazzyblue	8	994	Sep 10, 2010 by happycamper
	I Can't Prove I'm an Alcoholic (Preview) There isn't any proof. I suppose if I had continued to drink the way I had been, a doctor could look at my liver or other vitals and say, this guy is an alcoholic. But other than circumstantial after the fact evidence, there's really no proof. We say we're like the man who lost his legs and can't grow new...	barisax	9	1297	Sep 10, 2010 by happycamper
	~ As Bill Sees It: Let Go Absolutely ~ (Preview) p. 242 After failure on my part to dry up any drunks, Dr. Silkworth reminded me of Professor William James's observation that truly transforming spiritual experiences are nearly always founded on calamity and collapse. "Stop preaching at them," Dr. Silkworth said, "and give th...	FlyingSquirrel	1	1322	Sep 10, 2010 by Jerry F
	~ As Bill Sees It: When and How to Give ~ (Preview) p. 239 Men who cry for money and shelter as a condition of their sobriety are on the wrong track. Yet we sometimes do provide a new prospect with these very things -- when it becomes clear that he is willing to place his recovery first. It is not whether we shall give that is the question, but when and how to...	FlyingSquirrel	2	706	Sep 9, 2010 by Dakota
	OK, St Pete Dean, Biker Bill, Ago time to come back!!! (Preview) I miss you guys.	turninggrey	8	1132	Sep 9, 2010 by turninggrey
	Daily Reflections ~ Recovery By Proxy? & 24hrs a Day (Preview) They [the Promises] will always materialize if we work for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS p. 84 Sometimes I think: "Making these amends is going too far! No one should have to humble himself like that!" However, it is this very humbling of myself that brings me that much closer to the sunlight...	Sobrietyspell	0	888	Sep 9, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
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