Alcoholics Anonymous

LastOneLeft · LastOneLeft

Recently when people ask me "how are you man " I answer " Im Greatful..." I have'nt posted here in a while.Just wanted to stop in and say a BIG thank you to everyone that helped kick me in the butt to get sober. Im so thankful and greatful for my second chance.I check in daily to read...

camitch · camitch

74 days without a drink, drug, or cigarette. This is the longest I have gone without that I can seriously remember. I never thought I had a problem because I never thought about it. I worked, got paid, and drank. Never got close to anyone for years. Dont let them in you cant get disappointed and you c...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: God does not ask your ability Or your inability. He asks only your availability. --Mary Kay Ash Reasons for gratitude are easy to find. If we're breathing, we can think of people hooked up to oxygen tanks. If our skin is smooth, we can remember people suffering in burn...

franny · franny

I did not make it here yesterday to post. I was so tired after school. I came home and got some things ready for school and went to bed by 8:00. I did not make it to the meeting obviously. I am so tired today too. I just want to get my laundry done, get ready for school tomorrow and go to bed again. I think I...

gonee · gonee

Ch 5. AA book. The 1st thing you are going to hear is our story. You might like the story or you may not. It's the story of an alcoholic. When we finish tell you our story, we are going to ask you whether you want what we have. Note it does not ask whether you liked the story. We also do not tell, we disclose. That...

Avril G · Avril G

Hell, if you ever thought you were pretty good at living in the day, just read this email which is from my eldest nephew, Karl, who is the sweetest person you could ever wish to meet, and at best, he's looking at living to the age of 35 - he is now 31, and has two young kiddies, and has a wedding planned for this...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . harboring resentment is infinitely grave. For then we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the spirit. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 5 It has been said, "Anger is a luxury I cannot afford." Does this suggest I ignore this human emotion? I believe not. Before I learned of the A.A. program, I was a s...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Taking an honest look at ourselves is necessary if we want peace. Step Four asks us to admit our character defects. That's not an easy assignment. How "defective" could we be? In truth, we do have many assets, and it will help us to admit our defects if we al...

bigv · bigv

http://www.barefootsworld.net/imemine.html I wanted to write and thank barefoot Bob but he died last year in January but his website has been left open , it's really a wonderful legacy he's left behind for all of us, he'd been sober since 1974 up until his death in 2009. http://www.barefootsworld...

whitewhineoh · whitewhineoh

Okay, well here I am at day 3. So far the support I have received both here and at meetings has been absolutely awe inspiring. I never ever expected so much support and it's what keeps me coming back. I swear some days I wish I could just stay at meetings all day. They are so comforting. I always do feel...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Thanks all for the love and support in welcoming me back from the greasey mean streets. Went to a great meeting tonight with my very best friend and sister in sobriety, Erin. She and her hubby have been sober for close to 10 years and they offered me to come stay with them, bring my dog and all, next time thi...

bikerbill · bikerbill

it's the fluff balls they nest in. I heard repeatedly that it will be something like the top of the salt pot coming off that pushes your buttons. How true. My pal has left for Australia with his child bride, to build a new life. I miss the pair of them already but I offered to foster their cat until they could...

Larry_H · Larry_H

I found this on wikiHow I did not write it but I like it. I would like your comments. Are any additions or subtractions needed? Remember the subect is "How to get through your first Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting" I am going to print this and keep it handy for 12th step work Larry, ----------...

AGO · AGO

I have always liked the way Clancy handles the first step, about how he explains "powerless over alcohol" and how it doesn't mean the bad things alcohol does for us, but the good things, how special it makes us feel, how we are the only people that can drink to forget we have a drinking problem...

whitewhineoh · whitewhineoh

Thanks everyone for all the support after going to my first meeting. I went to another one yesterday, got some phone numbers and met a few more people more my own age, which was nice. Just got through my first 24 hours (now on 36 hours thank you very much) and going to another meeting tonight, then home t...

AGO · AGO

Here are some of the methods we have tried: Drinking beer only, limiting the number of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking in the morning, drinking only at home, never having it in the house, never drinking during business hours, drinking only at parties, switching from scotch to brandy, d...

turninggrey · turninggrey

O.K. So everything is going along fine, the sun is out and I reached into the t=shirt pile and pulled out a t-shirt with crossed guitars and stout beer as the emblem. I actually started planning the next drink for a few seconds, so I went out to my wife and told her the situation and ripped up the shirt and h...

AGO · AGO

On a Saturday night several weeks ago, this pastor was working late, and decided to call his wife before he left for home. It was about 10:00 pm, but his wife didn't answer the phone. The pastor let the phone ring many times. He thought it was odd that she didn't answer, but decided to wrap up a few things an...

franny · franny

Working on day 2 today. Feeling good and I actually slept decent last night. Read some more of the Big Book online before I went to bed. Yikes, this is some scary stuff. While reading chapter three I saw that I too did try "strategies" to control my drinking that never worked. Today I wil...

bikerbill · bikerbill

.I'm coughing lumps up, have a snotty nose and generally feel shite. So i do what every sensible person does, pop out to the corner shop for some makes you better. As i picked up the bottle of cheap cough syrup for chesty coughs, I remembered the thread from weeks ago about robitussin and thought aha, bet...

bikerbill · bikerbill

mine have. They've got broader. I still like the old rythmn and booze but I've started to listen to a lot of stuff that was background noise when I was drinking and I hear the words and the chord progressions and the style differently. Currently spending a lot of time listening to Billy Bragg. Simple cho...

gonee · gonee

AA Book pg 53. We Agnostics "When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is, or He isn't. What was our choice to be?" Born in a Hindu home, I...

itsmichael · itsmichael

...thank you, GOD... ...thank you, AA... ...otherwise this would NOT be possible. I've done something like 23 meetings in 17 days, and just following suggestions, keeping it simple: go to meetings, get a sponsor, ask God for help, read the Big Book... Online resources like this are tremendously he...

whitewhineoh · whitewhineoh

Went to my first AA meeting today. Planning on having my first sober day tomorrow. (Today I was just checking it out, and needed to decide on my own terms when I would start. Didn't think it would be tomorrow, but turns out that's what I want.) Anyhow, any advice? Warnings about what I should expect?...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. --Thomas Fuller We have all seen adventure movies in which the heroes or villains are caught on a bridge that collapses. As they fall to whatever lie...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Congratulations on these *4*0**B*I*G**O*N*E*S*, MARK!!!!!! I hope you're enjoying many Soberly loving celebrations dear brother. Have a very special 24hrs All About You!!!! Godbless, my good friend & fellow, Danielle xxx

slugcat · slugcat

i not sure where this belongs (maybe alanon? geeze i will have to go to more of their meetings now) and no one needs to reply but i need to put this out of me somewhere. my hubby went to the gym then stopped at grocery store on way home. while he was at the gym i did some pilates at home. i am almost finishing up i...

gonee · gonee

My alcoholism had now reached it's final destination. I was powerless. Only an alcoholic will know. I cried out to a God that I did not understand. Please get me sober. I will pay any price. He heard the cry of this sick alcoholic child afflicted by an illness he could not do any thing about. He had to send s...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Resentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 64 As I look at myself practicing the Four...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Congrats Just Toni for reaching "Old Timer" status by writing 500 insightful posts.

gonee · gonee

Thank you for the online meetings, your posts I mean. There is so much encouragement and hope on this forum. Thank you, all. I can catch a meeting before starting work. I am not the early morning praying type. God bless, Gonee.

bikerbill · bikerbill

..but not heavy as in boozing of course. Spent a few hours with one of my sponsees on Friday night, after the meeting, before launching myself into helping one of my friends move house. Well by move house, I mean pack up his and his wife's goods and chattels, taking some into my home and some down to his MiL...

New Member · camitch

I am an alcoholic. I have been sober for 2 months and 10 days now with the help of a councelor that specializes in addiction. He has been a lot of help but I need more support and am planning on attending my first AA meeting today. Reading some of the posts last night helped me with the anxiety I felt sitti...

gonee · gonee

I thank God for my sobriety. I thank Him for the most wonderful wife in the world. I thank Him for my 2 children. All this would not have been possible without AA. So now my gratitude to AA. To help in whatever way possible the still suffering. So many times I have been rescued by other people. To all of you wh...

franny · franny

Good morning. Today is the big day. I woke up extremely crabby just thinking about quitting. I am holding your words near to my heart that life will get better and I will be happy. UUUUUGHHHH!!!! I know it will be hard. There is no choice for me but to quit now. My husband is behind me 110%. My frien...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Self-control is one of the greatest skills I've learned. --Jim Burns Most of us assume we have mastered self-control by now. And perhaps we have. A good test is to monitor how we respond to a nagging spouse or a disrespectful postman or vile-mouthed teenager. Do inst...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Aloha Fellowship!! So we are not a glum lot are we and we do absolutely great stuff for our recovery and absolutely insist upon it. A sponsee called me last night when I was practicing "Letting Go and Letting God" and turning all aspects of my life over to Him who I call Father and enjoying the...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Relapse.... some hate the word even being used, but dammit, it is what it is. Sobriety lost its priority in my life and I CHOSE to start drinking again. Loneliness? Divorce problems? Whatever the excuse may be, I looked for that sense of ease and comfort and I got it... temporarily. It led to the drugs, w...

Larry_H · Larry_H

The Lois Wilson Story, Hazelden's artfully written biography of the co-founder of Al-Anon, is now a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie starring Winona Ryder and Barry Pepper. Tune in to CBS on April 25 at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT to watch When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story, a beautifully produced movie t...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Chapter 5 of the Big Book says in part; "Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; th...

Jundrewia · Jundrewia

Wow, what a true testiment that this disease is an obsession! Tomorrow will be 2 weeks sober for me and I just woke up from a nap where I was dreaming that I was drinking wine. I was drinking it from a plastic cup the way I would when I would hide my drinking during the day. OMG, it really freaked me out. Howeve...

Larry_H · Larry_H

Today's thought from Hazelden is: Agreement is usually not necessary. Many of us have lived as if we always had to be right. We did not stop to notice that other things we cared about were being lost such as friends who got tired of our persistent need to be right, or children whose self-esteem was under...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

To see how erratic emotions victimized us often took a long time. We could perceive them quickly in others, but only slowly in ourselves. First of all, we had to admit that we had many of these defects, even though such disclosures were painful and humiliating. Where other people were concerned, we ha...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Last night I did a little internet search for two things; clarified butter & carmelizing onions. OMG!!!! By using these simple kitchen procedures I opened a whole new door to tastes and flavors I never experienced outside a restaurant! I made a mirpoit alfredo by carmelizing minced onions, gar...

Carlotta · Carlotta

Hello Fellow Pilgrims:Been sober now 6 months and really gaining strength & knowledge from BB mtgs and 12 Step Discussion; been going to these mtgs on a regular basis .. but here's the kicker:feel pressure to become a member to a home groupfelt pressure to get a 3 month chip and now next week a 6 mont...

kld47 · kld47

Hi All I have not been on in a bit. Been real busy with College Classes--what with keeping up on homework and various papers and tests to take have not had much time to be on. The Real Big thing is ended having to go to the Doctor--been having trouble sleeping and having anxiety attacks. Gained a bunch of...

gonee · gonee

The greatest promise in the AA book is that " God could and would if He were sought." God promises us that He could. He also promises us that He most certainly would. His job is to fulfill what He promised. Our job is to seek him. He does not want our strength. He does not need our strength. The wea...

Sid · Sid

This post may end up not making a lot of sense so I apoligize ahead of time if that is the case. I was curious to hear feedback from some of the folks who have stayed sober a while by working the program. I was at a meeting yesterday were a couple oldtimers spoke. I can't remember word for word, but one of th...

runnergirl · runnergirl

Thank God for those people.

gonee · gonee

I thank God that He gave his grace to me. About this time 22 years ago I was praying to God to help me get sober. He answered that call on the 13th April 1988, by asking my sponsor to phone me. The sober one called the sick one, like Bill called Bob. To all of you in AA I owe a debt of gratitude, whoever you may be- n...

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	Im greatful... (Preview) Recently when people ask me "how are you man " I answer " Im Greatful..." I have'nt posted here in a while.Just wanted to stop in and say a BIG thank you to everyone that helped kick me in the butt to get sober. Im so thankful and greatful for my second chance.I check in daily to read...	LastOneLeft	5	1018	Apr 15, 2010 by SteveP
	74 days and still going strong..... (Preview) 74 days without a drink, drug, or cigarette. This is the longest I have gone without that I can seriously remember. I never thought I had a problem because I never thought about it. I worked, got paid, and drank. Never got close to anyone for years. Dont let them in you cant get disappointed and you c...	camitch	7	1451	Apr 15, 2010 by SteveP
	4-15-2010 Today's thought from Hazelden (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: God does not ask your ability Or your inability. He asks only your availability. --Mary Kay Ash Reasons for gratitude are easy to find. If we're breathing, we can think of people hooked up to oxygen tanks. If our skin is smooth, we can remember people suffering in burn...	Larry_H	0	664	Apr 15, 2010 by Larry_H
	Day 4......Sober (Preview) I did not make it here yesterday to post. I was so tired after school. I came home and got some things ready for school and went to bed by 8:00. I did not make it to the meeting obviously. I am so tired today too. I just want to get my laundry done, get ready for school tomorrow and go to bed again. I think I...	franny	11	3619	Apr 15, 2010 by SteveP
	Our stories disclose..... (Preview) Ch 5. AA book. The 1st thing you are going to hear is our story. You might like the story or you may not. It's the story of an alcoholic. When we finish tell you our story, we are going to ask you whether you want what we have. Note it does not ask whether you liked the story. We also do not tell, we disclose. That...	gonee	5	1939	Apr 15, 2010 by leeu
	ONE DAY AT A TIME (Preview) Hell, if you ever thought you were pretty good at living in the day, just read this email which is from my eldest nephew, Karl, who is the sweetest person you could ever wish to meet, and at best, he's looking at living to the age of 35 - he is now 31, and has two young kiddies, and has a wedding planned for this...	Avril G	12	1428	Apr 15, 2010 by Mike B.
	Daily Reflections ~ The Bondage of Resentments & 24hrs a Day (Preview) . . . harboring resentment is infinitely grave. For then we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the spirit. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 5 It has been said, "Anger is a luxury I cannot afford." Does this suggest I ignore this human emotion? I believe not. Before I learned of the A.A. program, I was a s...	Sobrietyspell	2	1244	Apr 15, 2010 by Larry_H
	Taking an honest look at ourselves is necessary if we want peace. - Hazelden (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Taking an honest look at ourselves is necessary if we want peace. Step Four asks us to admit our character defects. That's not an easy assignment. How "defective" could we be? In truth, we do have many assets, and it will help us to admit our defects if we al...	Larry_H	2	819	Apr 15, 2010 by Jerry F
	What i think is a great explanation of leveling of ego (Preview) http://www.barefootsworld.net/imemine.html I wanted to write and thank barefoot Bob but he died last year in January but his website has been left open , it's really a wonderful legacy he's left behind for all of us, he'd been sober since 1974 up until his death in 2009. http://www.barefootsworld...	bigv	7	1727	Apr 14, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Day 3. Challenging day ahead... (Preview) Okay, well here I am at day 3. So far the support I have received both here and at meetings has been absolutely awe inspiring. I never ever expected so much support and it's what keeps me coming back. I swear some days I wish I could just stay at meetings all day. They are so comforting. I always do feel...	whitewhineoh	8	1055	Apr 14, 2010 by itsmichael
	It Gets Better... it really does (Preview) Thanks all for the love and support in welcoming me back from the greasey mean streets. Went to a great meeting tonight with my very best friend and sister in sobriety, Erin. She and her hubby have been sober for close to 10 years and they offered me to come stay with them, bring my dog and all, next time thi...	jonijoni1	10	1125	Apr 14, 2010 by Avril G
	It ain't the monsters under the bed that are the problem (Preview) it's the fluff balls they nest in. I heard repeatedly that it will be something like the top of the salt pot coming off that pushes your buttons. How true. My pal has left for Australia with his child bride, to build a new life. I miss the pair of them already but I offered to foster their cat until they could...	bikerbill	10	1206	Apr 14, 2010 by Avril G
	"How to get through your first Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting" (Preview) I found this on wikiHow I did not write it but I like it. I would like your comments. Are any additions or subtractions needed? Remember the subect is "How to get through your first Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting" I am going to print this and keep it handy for 12th step work Larry, ----------...	Larry_H	8	1252	Apr 14, 2010 by Larry_H
	Speaker 2 (great for newcomers good speaker) (Preview) I have always liked the way Clancy handles the first step, about how he explains "powerless over alcohol" and how it doesn't mean the bad things alcohol does for us, but the good things, how special it makes us feel, how we are the only people that can drink to forget we have a drinking problem...	AGO	0	783	Apr 13, 2010 by AGO
	Day one done! (Preview) Thanks everyone for all the support after going to my first meeting. I went to another one yesterday, got some phone numbers and met a few more people more my own age, which was nice. Just got through my first 24 hours (now on 36 hours thank you very much) and going to another meeting tonight, then home t...	whitewhineoh	11	1146	Apr 13, 2010 by Just Toni
	Can You add to the list? (Preview) Here are some of the methods we have tried: Drinking beer only, limiting the number of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking in the morning, drinking only at home, never having it in the house, never drinking during business hours, drinking only at parties, switching from scotch to brandy, d...	AGO	14	1117	Apr 13, 2010 by SteveP
	Just ripped up a t shirt (Preview) O.K. So everything is going along fine, the sun is out and I reached into the t=shirt pile and pulled out a t-shirt with crossed guitars and stout beer as the emblem. I actually started planning the next drink for a few seconds, so I went out to my wife and told her the situation and ripped up the shirt and h...	turninggrey	12	2801	Apr 13, 2010 by turninggrey
	God and Caller ID (Preview) On a Saturday night several weeks ago, this pastor was working late, and decided to call his wife before he left for home. It was about 10:00 pm, but his wife didn't answer the phone. The pastor let the phone ring many times. He thought it was odd that she didn't answer, but decided to wrap up a few things an...	AGO	4	847	Apr 13, 2010 by AGO
	Day 2 With a Positive Attitude (Preview) Working on day 2 today. Feeling good and I actually slept decent last night. Read some more of the Big Book online before I went to bed. Yikes, this is some scary stuff. While reading chapter three I saw that I too did try "strategies" to control my drinking that never worked. Today I wil...	franny	11	1164	Apr 13, 2010 by SteveP
	meds not suitable for... (Preview) .I'm coughing lumps up, have a snotty nose and generally feel shite. So i do what every sensible person does, pop out to the corner shop for some makes you better. As i picked up the bottle of cheap cough syrup for chesty coughs, I remembered the thread from weeks ago about robitussin and thought aha, bet...	bikerbill	6	1203	Apr 13, 2010 by bikerbill
	Have your musical tastes changed? (Preview) mine have. They've got broader. I still like the old rythmn and booze but I've started to listen to a lot of stuff that was background noise when I was drinking and I hear the words and the chord progressions and the style differently. Currently spending a lot of time listening to Billy Bragg. Simple cho...	bikerbill	8	1053	Apr 13, 2010 by AGO
	What was our choice to be? (Preview) AA Book pg 53. We Agnostics "When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is, or He isn't. What was our choice to be?" Born in a Hindu home, I...	gonee	7	1149	Apr 13, 2010 by Simple
	16 days sober.... (Preview) ...thank you, GOD... ...thank you, AA... ...otherwise this would NOT be possible. I've done something like 23 meetings in 17 days, and just following suggestions, keeping it simple: go to meetings, get a sponsor, ask God for help, read the Big Book... Online resources like this are tremendously he...	itsmichael	12	1341	Apr 13, 2010 by angelov8
	First AA meeting today (Preview) Went to my first AA meeting today. Planning on having my first sober day tomorrow. (Today I was just checking it out, and needed to decide on my own terms when I would start. Didn't think it would be tomorrow, but turns out that's what I want.) Anyhow, any advice? Warnings about what I should expect?...	whitewhineoh	10	1222	Apr 12, 2010 by angelov8
	4-13-2010 Today's thought from Hazelden (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. --Thomas Fuller We have all seen adventure movies in which the heroes or villains are caught on a bridge that collapses. As they fall to whatever lie...	Larry_H	0	655	Apr 12, 2010 by Larry_H
	Happy 40th Bellybutton Bday, MDC!!! (Preview) Congratulations on these 40*BIGONES*, MARK!!!!!! I hope you're enjoying many Soberly loving celebrations dear brother. Have a very special 24hrs All About You!!!! Godbless, my good friend & fellow, Danielle xxx	Sobrietyspell	6	757	Apr 12, 2010 by MDC
	buttons pressed sorry need to vent (Preview) i not sure where this belongs (maybe alanon? geeze i will have to go to more of their meetings now) and no one needs to reply but i need to put this out of me somewhere. my hubby went to the gym then stopped at grocery store on way home. while he was at the gym i did some pilates at home. i am almost finishing up i...	slugcat	7	952	Apr 12, 2010 by Jerry F
	He Answered (Preview) My alcoholism had now reached it's final destination. I was powerless. Only an alcoholic will know. I cried out to a God that I did not understand. Please get me sober. I will pay any price. He heard the cry of this sick alcoholic child afflicted by an illness he could not do any thing about. He had to send s...	gonee	2	945	Apr 12, 2010 by Jerry F
	Daily Reflections ~ The "Number One Offender" & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Resentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 64 As I look at myself practicing the Four...	Sobrietyspell	0	880	Apr 12, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Congrats to our newest "Old Timer" (Preview) Congrats Just Toni for reaching "Old Timer" status by writing 500 insightful posts.	StPeteDean	7	977	Apr 12, 2010 by Aquaman
	Thanks (Preview) Thank you for the online meetings, your posts I mean. There is so much encouragement and hope on this forum. Thank you, all. I can catch a meeting before starting work. I am not the early morning praying type. God bless, Gonee.	gonee	2	682	Apr 12, 2010 by itsmichael
	Oh boy - another heavy weekend (Preview) ..but not heavy as in boozing of course. Spent a few hours with one of my sponsees on Friday night, after the meeting, before launching myself into helping one of my friends move house. Well by move house, I mean pack up his and his wife's goods and chattels, taking some into my home and some down to his MiL...	bikerbill	2	886	Apr 12, 2010 by gonee
	New Member (Preview) I am an alcoholic. I have been sober for 2 months and 10 days now with the help of a councelor that specializes in addiction. He has been a lot of help but I need more support and am planning on attending my first AA meeting today. Reading some of the posts last night helped me with the anxiety I felt sitti...	camitch	11	1140	Apr 11, 2010 by AGO
	Grateful (Preview) I thank God for my sobriety. I thank Him for the most wonderful wife in the world. I thank Him for my 2 children. All this would not have been possible without AA. So now my gratitude to AA. To help in whatever way possible the still suffering. So many times I have been rescued by other people. To all of you wh...	gonee	4	1261	Apr 11, 2010 by Jerry F
	Today is the Day (Preview) Good morning. Today is the big day. I woke up extremely crabby just thinking about quitting. I am holding your words near to my heart that life will get better and I will be happy. UUUUUGHHHH!!!! I know it will be hard. There is no choice for me but to quit now. My husband is behind me 110%. My frien...	franny	11	1028	Apr 11, 2010 by AGO
	4-11-2010 Today's thought from Hazelden (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Self-control is one of the greatest skills I've learned. --Jim Burns Most of us assume we have mastered self-control by now. And perhaps we have. A good test is to monitor how we respond to a nagging spouse or a disrespectful postman or vile-mouthed teenager. Do inst...	Larry_H	0	574	Apr 11, 2010 by Larry_H
	Program practice in Hawaii (Preview) Aloha Fellowship!! So we are not a glum lot are we and we do absolutely great stuff for our recovery and absolutely insist upon it. A sponsee called me last night when I was practicing "Letting Go and Letting God" and turning all aspects of my life over to Him who I call Father and enjoying the...	Jerry F	6	1148	Apr 11, 2010 by mikef
	back out now back in (Preview) Relapse.... some hate the word even being used, but dammit, it is what it is. Sobriety lost its priority in my life and I CHOSE to start drinking again. Loneliness? Divorce problems? Whatever the excuse may be, I looked for that sense of ease and comfort and I got it... temporarily. It led to the drugs, w...	jonijoni1	11	1111	Apr 11, 2010 by itsmichael
	The Lois Wilson Story (Preview) The Lois Wilson Story, Hazelden's artfully written biography of the co-founder of Al-Anon, is now a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie starring Winona Ryder and Barry Pepper. Tune in to CBS on April 25 at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT to watch When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story, a beautifully produced movie t...	Larry_H	4	849	Apr 11, 2010 by itsmichael
	What is your opinion of Rigorous Honesty? (Preview) Chapter 5 of the Big Book says in part; "Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; th...	Larry_H	20	9029	Apr 11, 2010 by AGO
	Ever Dreamed of Drinking? (Preview) Wow, what a true testiment that this disease is an obsession! Tomorrow will be 2 weeks sober for me and I just woke up from a nap where I was dreaming that I was drinking wine. I was drinking it from a plastic cup the way I would when I would hide my drinking during the day. OMG, it really freaked me out. Howeve...	Jundrewia	11	1142	Apr 11, 2010 by angelov8
	Agreement is usually not necessary -- from Hazelden (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Agreement is usually not necessary. Many of us have lived as if we always had to be right. We did not stop to notice that other things we cared about were being lost such as friends who got tired of our persistent need to be right, or children whose self-esteem was under...	Larry_H	1	606	Apr 11, 2010 by angelov8
	Daily Reflections ~ A Word To Drop: "Blame" & 24hrs a Day (Preview) To see how erratic emotions victimized us often took a long time. We could perceive them quickly in others, but only slowly in ourselves. First of all, we had to admit that we had many of these defects, even though such disclosures were painful and humiliating. Where other people were concerned, we ha...	Sobrietyspell	0	761	Apr 10, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	I like cooking (Preview) Last night I did a little internet search for two things; clarified butter & carmelizing onions. OMG!!!! By using these simple kitchen procedures I opened a whole new door to tastes and flavors I never experienced outside a restaurant! I made a mirpoit alfredo by carmelizing minced onions, gar...	Aquaman	1	1100	Apr 10, 2010 by Larry_H
	Something Gnawing at me?? (Preview) Hello Fellow Pilgrims:Been sober now 6 months and really gaining strength & knowledge from BB mtgs and 12 Step Discussion; been going to these mtgs on a regular basis .. but here's the kicker:feel pressure to become a member to a home groupfelt pressure to get a 3 month chip and now next week a 6 mont...	Carlotta	10	1189	Apr 10, 2010 by Aquaman
	Medications (Preview) Hi All I have not been on in a bit. Been real busy with College Classes--what with keeping up on homework and various papers and tests to take have not had much time to be on. The Real Big thing is ended having to go to the Doctor--been having trouble sleeping and having anxiety attacks. Gained a bunch of...	kld47	13	1333	Apr 10, 2010 by Aquaman
	Newcomers take heart! (Preview) The greatest promise in the AA book is that " God could and would if He were sought." God promises us that He could. He also promises us that He most certainly would. His job is to fulfill what He promised. Our job is to seek him. He does not want our strength. He does not need our strength. The wea...	gonee	5	918	Apr 10, 2010 by Larry_H
	When did the change happen? (Preview) This post may end up not making a lot of sense so I apoligize ahead of time if that is the case. I was curious to hear feedback from some of the folks who have stayed sober a while by working the program. I was at a meeting yesterday were a couple oldtimers spoke. I can't remember word for word, but one of th...	Sid	18	1117	Apr 10, 2010 by AGO
	Just got off the phone with a friend from AA. (Preview) Thank God for those people.	runnergirl	1	752	Apr 9, 2010 by AGO
	Grateful to be here. (Preview) I thank God that He gave his grace to me. About this time 22 years ago I was praying to God to help me get sober. He answered that call on the 13th April 1988, by asking my sponsor to phone me. The sober one called the sick one, like Bill called Bob. To all of you in AA I owe a debt of gratitude, whoever you may be- n...	gonee	12	954	Apr 9, 2010 by Ellen E
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