Alcoholics Anonymous

shannon elizabeth · shannon elizabeth

my name is shannon and im 18 years old. im a senior in high school and my moms been an alcoholic for about 20 years. My mom and i are very close and i love her but i hate her just as much. The abuse she does to herself doesnt only effect her but me and my family. She has gone to rehab for pills such as vikidin, perka...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59 Every day I stand at turning points. My thoughts and actions can propel me toward growth or turn me down the road to old habits and to booze. Someti...

tokengirl · tokengirl

Just not working out for me this time around. I've had 2 sponsors in the 2years I've been sober. I stop calling both of them. One just never had the time to work on the steps with me and i liked talking to her but we just never could finish my steps. The other one always wanted me to come over for family ev...

Philip D · Philip D

I'm not into religion, but thought this was kinda nice. Thought I'd share it with you. http://gloriousgrace.net/saucer/saucer.html

Suzanne001 · Suzanne001

Has anyone else experienced sugar cravings after stopping drinking?

CandleDave · CandleDave

Share the joy by sharing in their special day. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=270505725547&Category=47127&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D1

Aquaman · Aquaman

Cigarette withdrawal effing sucks. Sucks. Sucks. Sucks. It's my nature to compare/contrast alcoholism and cigarette addiction. Right now...I don't care. It just sucks. One Day At A Time is much easier to swallow than "I quit forever." I can Pray through a Jonez. I thank my HP that I have...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi All, Well this was sort of weird, but really great, turned out in a good way, I just made a Post about having Fear attacks, a lot of them, and Praying each and every time, and being relieved, but when I read the Post, it did not seem to be something I was really connected to, only super imposed over my own se...

blessdmegz · blessdmegz

i met with my sponsor today...she is my rock...i am so blessed to have found her...she keeps me so grounded. we decided i was complete with step two and i am now working through step three. i will admit thep three scared the living poo out of me when i first started aa...but whist reading it i am reli...

jasperkent · jasperkent

Hi all. Jasper here, definitely an alcoholic. As many of you know I'm in early recovery and have had a hard time the last couple of months. Financial and legal problems, plus my dear wife's medical problems. Bless her heart-- she spent both her birthday and Christmas in the hospital this past month. Th...

MAL · MAL

Hi all! I'm very happy to have found this site. It's good support between meetings. I put down the bottle(s) of wine on Nov. 25th because I'd reached a painful place for me. My grown kids didn't want to spend any more holidays with me, or want much to do with me at all. I'd been trying to quit for 3 year...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

My Recovery has been slowly taking over in capability. Such knowledge seeping & simpering through waiting to take flight. Building up like an inferno of fire & brimstone in the depths of my belly & sanity. I've been becoming well. I was frustrated for a little while. The knowledge but no...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength. Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turn out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be built. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21 When alcohol infl...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The following article was published in this month's Share magazine & I loved it so much I thought I'd post it for y'all to perhaps enjoy too. Ps. For our newcomers.. It is recomended that we work each step in succession & with a sponsor before running around making amends before we're spiritua...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Hope everyone had a safe and sober holiday. It was lovely here. My youngest stepson, whom I had worried about "acting out" while he was here, as he has some damage which creates horrible outbursts of rage... well, he has never been as WELL as I have seen him this past week. Usually traveling 1...

michaelchef1 · michaelchef1

Hello everyone, I am Michael and am curious about something. I am involive in doing 12 step workshops in Akron Ohio. We do them in a 2 hour session on night a week and take the steps as a group. It involves a lot of writing and each wrokshop runs about 20 weeks or longer depending on everybody fourth ste...

Jade · Jade

OK, so I know I'm an alcoholic. I've finally accepted that, and I recognize the negative consequences alcohol is having on my life, but my consequences are nothing compared to those I've read about and heard about in the few meetings I've attended. Nonetheless I know I'm an alcoholic. Yet part of m...

cramcj01 · cramcj01

Still no internet at my place, but I venture to the library once in awhile : ) I hope that the holidays went well for everyone. The stress really got to me this year and my nerves are frazzled! But, I'm alive.....I think. I'm starting my sobriety date over. Though I haven't drank since my mishap in S...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Practicing the "If you keep an open mind...you will find help"; from the ending statement in an Al-Anon meeting I ended up having a spontaneous 10th step moment where I was able to learn some of why I have been dealing with denial and my subconscious mind has been shouting from where ever it h...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi everyone, Happy New Year!!! May we all have a happy and sober 2010! It's been quite a while since I last posted, and life has been completely hectic. But, I am still sober and will have four years sobriety in February. The last few weeks have been a complete nightmare for me trying to deal with wa...

runnergirl · runnergirl

Just wanted to drop a quick hello now that I'm settled in Singapore for the next three weeks. It's many degrees below zero back home right now... 90 degrees and humid where I am... Lovely, but I miss my children and husband already. Haven't had a drink. I'm a little nervous about how the next few weeks...

Reffner · Reffner

Greetings, and happy new year to all my fellow A.A.'s. I,m so grateful for all your support and help in keeping me sober for 9 months now. Yup, I'm picking up my 9 month chip tonight. Not only is it a first for me, it's the greatest miracle ever to happen in my life. We (my wife and kids) woke up yesterday...

Toad · Toad

Hello !! I do hope all had a year of growth. My year was very bumpy to say the least. I received lessons in many different forms. Some fell into the "broken to tenderness" category. Painful. Others gave joy and deep peace that is difficult to describe. I would seem I needed both kinds to grow....

Aquaman · Aquaman

I have grown more and become happier than ever before. Thanks to AA. Consistently cleaning house via steps #4-#10 are such a beatiful way to live; no remorse, no regrets, no dishonesty and I have recovered a sense of honor and chivalry that when I was a young teenager I admired. I can now live a life of...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

He cannot picture life without alcohol. Some day he will be unable to imagine life either with alcohol or without it. Then he will know loneliness such as few do. He will be at the jumping-off place. He will wish for the end. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.152 Only an alcoholic can understand the exact meanin...

Just Toni · Just Toni

Hi All, Have been so busy in the last few days, have not been on MIP, and when I opened it up, was surprised to see all the newly signed up new friends in this little family of ours, WELCOME to this little community or family. Hope so much you all will stay and help us stay sober. Hugs and Prayers, Toni

jab · jab

I am looking for input from long term sobriety. I rarely bring this up at meetings... 1. I don't want to send the wrong message about meeting attendance. 2. Cross talk has been negative. Over the years of my sobriety, I have attended meetings in different patterns. When I started I made 9...

louisa · louisa

My name's Louisa and I'm an alcoholic. Been in recovery 7 years - one day at a time - thanks to the miracle of AA. Just wanted to say hello and say how great it is to have found you all! Phew! ! Thanks HP for guiding me here! xx

blessdmegz · blessdmegz

WELL....HELLO EVERYONE I AM MEGAN IAM 26 YRS OLD...PRETTY NEW TO AA , 50 DAYS SOBER IN 45 MINS.....LET ME JUST SAY THAT THIS FIRST MONTH HAS BEEN A ROLLERCOASTER BUT SOBRIETY HAS BEEN SUCH A BLESSING....I ALWAYS KNEW I HAD A PROBLEM DRINKING...BUT ABOUT 3 DAYS INTO MY DUAL DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT PROGRAM,...

Danielle · Danielle

Before my husband became official I took $2,000 from him and never paid him back. I am now to step 9 and I feel I owe him a financial amends but I don't know what I can do. He completely supports me now financially. I thought about getting a job but he doesn't want me to. I help him run his small business and if I...

islandgirl65 · islandgirl65

Hello all, Christine alcoholic. In a sense, I've been sober on and off (more on, thank goodness) for about 12 years. I came in through the "back door"; ACA was my first intro to any concept of alcoholism as a disease. If being a child of an alcoholic wasn't shocking enough, imagine my surpris...

Glenns · Glenns

How do you SA'ers handle your obsession to drink? You can't call your Sponsor because you don't have one. Even if you did have a Sponsor, crippling shyness and embarassment would stop you from ever making the call (remember, you have SAD, or Social Anxiety Disorder). You can't pray on it, because yo...

michaelca · michaelca

Good Morning, I am brand new to this site today. Been sober before thru AA for sixteen years, then relapsed. Yes, it is very true about everything that you have heard, It is cunning, baffling and powerful! I stopped going to meetings cause I thought I could run my own show, lost contact with sponso...

Jerry F · Jerry F

I've shouted from the audience what I have learned in recovery and then sat back to watch how predictable the show would go on using my journey and the journey of others as a filter. Willingness and Honesty are our first keys and if not their first keys they won't find the rooms we were blessed to find and...

Aquaman · Aquaman

So I'm getting the clue that while others in my life enjoy the benefits of my recovery, they would rather it not come with a new philosophy, particuliarly where parenting is involved. My son is eleven and when he comes upon difficult situations I want to help him the best I can. Prior to The Program, t...

jj · jj

Last night at a meeting we were searching for a topic. We came up with addiction and how it is important to be watchful so we don't substitute an addiction with a different one that can slip into that hole in our soul when drinking alcohol is surrendered to our higher power. So last night i was...

Beatles Fan · Beatles Fan

5 months ago I was in a downward spiral, drinking all hours of the day, having blackouts, and hurting (emotionally) myself and others closest to me. My girlfriend had broken up with me as a result. I have been sober now for 4 months and for the last month or so have reconnected with my ex-girlfriend. I am p...

newcomer · newcomer

Dear All, Sometime ago, I submitted a chapter for my thesis, I got the feedback today, not good, grammar terrible, English bad, etc. I emailed back and told my supervisor that I had been over anxious to submit it and yes,it needed a hell of lot more work which I am prepared to do. He contacted me, said he u...

blessdmegz · blessdmegz

there was an aa...all sober new yrs eve party...i figured...well ill go. not like i have a ton of plans any how.....let me back up to ten am this morning. i woke up and immedietly remembered what day it was and broke into tears....every one says "oh its just another day"....but to a pathetic a...

Aquaman · Aquaman

For the first time in 28 years I will not do one or more of the following this evening... Drive with one eye closed. Forget where I left my car. Get in a fight. Embarass anyone with my WhiskeyWit. Spend $$$ and have no idea where it went. Get frostbite on my fingers smoking dope in an alley behind a bar. Wake...

kld47 · kld47

Another Sober New Year is about to begin for Many of us. Help all you can in everything you do. Play it safe and watch out for others. Wishing Everyone a Sober New Year--may it be as sober as the last and keep on being Sober for many years to come.

newcomer · newcomer

Just rang in the New year an hour ago with my son, sober, felt great, and so positive, wishing you all the best.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Is sobriety all that we can expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning. As Bill Sees It, p. 8 Practicing the A.A. program is like building a house. First I had to pour a big, thick concrete slab on which to erect the house; that, to me, was the equivalent of stopping drinking....

Lindajean · Lindajean

I'm sober now 6 days. I have read these sites many times and finally decided to post. This is my third attempt at sobriety. I have quit for 3 years and then almost 2 years. However this last time has been the worse. I started getting depressed when drinking. I did not think I was a big drinker, always red win...

newcomer · newcomer

Guys, almost lost it this afternoon, as I am still housebound due to weather conditions, getting paranoid, not working the steps, but rang my sponsor and another member and feel like I am getting back on track, need prayers, and am looking forward to a convention the weekend after next, but keeping i...

Aquaman · Aquaman

Hey Friends, I'm sick...and I don't do sick well. I think Biker Bill once called The Common Cold "Man Flu". I'm there. Worst part about it for me is that usually before I even know that I'm sick I get hit with a huge wave of depression or some other irrational emotion. Bad stuff. Well, I just got...

Azul · Azul

Okay. I am a 55 professional who has lived and worked as an expat in various countries for the past 15 years. Life is good, but alas a lot of the social life centers on dinner parties, cocktail parties, banquets, etc. The wine flows at just about any business or social event. Right now, I have become a p...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The idea of "twenty-four-hour" living applies primarily to the emotional life of the individual. Emotionally speaking, we must not live in yesterday, nor in tomorrow. As Bill Sees It, p. 284 A New year: 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes--a time to consider dire...

aivilO · aivilO

Let me first say that through the help of the NA program I was able to stay clean off narcotics for 6 years, so I know the program works. My problem is that I started to drink 4 years ago, thinking I could handle it. Well I can't. I'm in college now and just finished my first semester with a 4.0gpa. My Uncle cam...

runnergirl · runnergirl

At another holiday party tonight. The host is a friend of ours and was trying to be kind... Gave my husband a really good beer and handed me a glass of a good red wine. I held on to it for while, then set it down on a table. Watched it the rest of the night, passed through the room and made sure it was still there...

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	annoyed (Preview) my name is shannon and im 18 years old. im a senior in high school and my moms been an alcoholic for about 20 years. My mom and i are very close and i love her but i hate her just as much. The abuse she does to herself doesnt only effect her but me and my family. She has gone to rehab for pills such as vikidin, perka...	shannon elizabeth	8	1182	Jan 6, 2010 by johnphilip19
	Daily Reflections ~ At The Turning Point & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59 Every day I stand at turning points. My thoughts and actions can propel me toward growth or turn me down the road to old habits and to booze. Someti...	Sobrietyspell	0	2408	Jan 6, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Sponsorship (Preview) Just not working out for me this time around. I've had 2 sponsors in the 2years I've been sober. I stop calling both of them. One just never had the time to work on the steps with me and i liked talking to her but we just never could finish my steps. The other one always wanted me to come over for family ev...	tokengirl	19	1041	Jan 6, 2010 by tokengirl
	A little share (Preview) I'm not into religion, but thought this was kinda nice. Thought I'd share it with you. http://gloriousgrace.net/saucer/saucer.html	Philip D	1	811	Jan 6, 2010 by leeu
	sugar (Preview) Has anyone else experienced sugar cravings after stopping drinking?	Suzanne001	9	1984	Jan 6, 2010 by leeu
	Know someone celebrating an Anniversary? Recovery Candle Anniversary Birthday gift celebrate (Preview) Share the joy by sharing in their special day. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=270505725547&Category=47127&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D1	CandleDave	0	7682	Jan 6, 2010 by CandleDave
	Quitting Cigarettes...One Day At A Time (Preview) Cigarette withdrawal effing sucks. Sucks. Sucks. Sucks. It's my nature to compare/contrast alcoholism and cigarette addiction. Right now...I don't care. It just sucks. One Day At A Time is much easier to swallow than "I quit forever." I can Pray through a Jonez. I thank my HP that I have...	Aquaman	18	1170	Jan 6, 2010 by jasperkent
	Gratitude to GOD and for the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. (Preview) Hi All, Well this was sort of weird, but really great, turned out in a good way, I just made a Post about having Fear attacks, a lot of them, and Praying each and every time, and being relieved, but when I read the Post, it did not seem to be something I was really connected to, only super imposed over my own se...	Just Toni	4	890	Jan 6, 2010 by jasperkent
	just starting my step 3 (Preview) i met with my sponsor today...she is my rock...i am so blessed to have found her...she keeps me so grounded. we decided i was complete with step two and i am now working through step three. i will admit thep three scared the living poo out of me when i first started aa...but whist reading it i am reli...	blessdmegz	7	914	Jan 6, 2010 by Mike B.
	Having A Rough Time (Preview) Hi all. Jasper here, definitely an alcoholic. As many of you know I'm in early recovery and have had a hard time the last couple of months. Financial and legal problems, plus my dear wife's medical problems. Bless her heart-- she spent both her birthday and Christmas in the hospital this past month. Th...	jasperkent	15	1237	Jan 6, 2010 by jasperkent
	I've made 38 days! (Preview) Hi all! I'm very happy to have found this site. It's good support between meetings. I put down the bottle(s) of wine on Nov. 25th because I'd reached a painful place for me. My grown kids didn't want to spend any more holidays with me, or want much to do with me at all. I'd been trying to quit for 3 year...	MAL	15	1126	Jan 6, 2010 by Azul
	A Share when I was New x (Preview) My Recovery has been slowly taking over in capability. Such knowledge seeping & simpering through waiting to take flight. Building up like an inferno of fire & brimstone in the depths of my belly & sanity. I've been becoming well. I was frustrated for a little while. The knowledge but no...	Sobrietyspell	2	926	Jan 6, 2010 by pinkchip
	Daily Reflections ~ The Victory of Surrender (Preview) We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength. Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turn out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be built. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21 When alcohol infl...	Sobrietyspell	0	2971	Jan 5, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Having Had a Spiritual Awakening ... (Preview) The following article was published in this month's Share magazine & I loved it so much I thought I'd post it for y'all to perhaps enjoy too. Ps. For our newcomers.. It is recomended that we work each step in succession & with a sponsor before running around making amends before we're spiritua...	Sobrietyspell	0	869	Jan 5, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	checking in..... (Preview) Hope everyone had a safe and sober holiday. It was lovely here. My youngest stepson, whom I had worried about "acting out" while he was here, as he has some damage which creates horrible outbursts of rage... well, he has never been as WELL as I have seen him this past week. Usually traveling 1...	jonijoni1	5	813	Jan 5, 2010 by StPeteDean
	12 step workshops (Preview) Hello everyone, I am Michael and am curious about something. I am involive in doing 12 step workshops in Akron Ohio. We do them in a 2 hour session on night a week and take the steps as a group. It involves a lot of writing and each wrokshop runs about 20 weeks or longer depending on everybody fourth ste...	michaelchef1	3	958	Jan 5, 2010 by StPeteDean
	new and questioning (Preview) OK, so I know I'm an alcoholic. I've finally accepted that, and I recognize the negative consequences alcohol is having on my life, but my consequences are nothing compared to those I've read about and heard about in the few meetings I've attended. Nonetheless I know I'm an alcoholic. Yet part of m...	Jade	12	748	Jan 5, 2010 by Bob K
	Hey Everyone (Preview) Still no internet at my place, but I venture to the library once in awhile : ) I hope that the holidays went well for everyone. The stress really got to me this year and my nerves are frazzled! But, I'm alive.....I think. I'm starting my sobriety date over. Though I haven't drank since my mishap in S...	cramcj01	8	781	Jan 4, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	spontaneous 10th step (Preview) Practicing the "If you keep an open mind...you will find help"; from the ending statement in an Al-Anon meeting I ended up having a spontaneous 10th step moment where I was able to learn some of why I have been dealing with denial and my subconscious mind has been shouting from where ever it h...	Jerry F	3	920	Jan 4, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Long Time Without Posting! (Preview) Hi everyone, Happy New Year!!! May we all have a happy and sober 2010! It's been quite a while since I last posted, and life has been completely hectic. But, I am still sober and will have four years sobriety in February. The last few weeks have been a complete nightmare for me trying to deal with wa...	Quetzal	10	1132	Jan 4, 2010 by tokengirl
	Hello from Singapore! (Preview) Just wanted to drop a quick hello now that I'm settled in Singapore for the next three weeks. It's many degrees below zero back home right now... 90 degrees and humid where I am... Lovely, but I miss my children and husband already. Haven't had a drink. I'm a little nervous about how the next few weeks...	runnergirl	7	1029	Jan 4, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Gateful, but COLD (Preview) Greetings, and happy new year to all my fellow A.A.'s. I,m so grateful for all your support and help in keeping me sober for 9 months now. Yup, I'm picking up my 9 month chip tonight. Not only is it a first for me, it's the greatest miracle ever to happen in my life. We (my wife and kids) woke up yesterday...	Reffner	7	1092	Jan 4, 2010 by Aquaman
	Review (Preview) Hello !! I do hope all had a year of growth. My year was very bumpy to say the least. I received lessons in many different forms. Some fell into the "broken to tenderness" category. Painful. Others gave joy and deep peace that is difficult to describe. I would seem I needed both kinds to grow....	Toad	5	841	Jan 4, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	In The Last Six Months... (Preview) I have grown more and become happier than ever before. Thanks to AA. Consistently cleaning house via steps #4-#10 are such a beatiful way to live; no remorse, no regrets, no dishonesty and I have recovered a sense of honor and chivalry that when I was a young teenager I admired. I can now live a life of...	Aquaman	5	728	Jan 4, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections ~ Total Acceptance & 24hrs a Day (Preview) He cannot picture life without alcohol. Some day he will be unable to imagine life either with alcohol or without it. Then he will know loneliness such as few do. He will be at the jumping-off place. He will wish for the end. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.152 Only an alcoholic can understand the exact meanin...	Sobrietyspell	1	1204	Jan 4, 2010 by islandgirl65
	Wow, so many new people- so wonderful to see each and every one!!! (Preview) Hi All, Have been so busy in the last few days, have not been on MIP, and when I opened it up, was surprised to see all the newly signed up new friends in this little family of ours, WELCOME to this little community or family. Hope so much you all will stay and help us stay sober. Hugs and Prayers, Toni	Just Toni	12	1025	Jan 4, 2010 by Just Toni
	FEEDBACK - 18 yrs sober going to 2-3 meetings a month (Preview) I am looking for input from long term sobriety. I rarely bring this up at meetings... 1. I don't want to send the wrong message about meeting attendance. 2. Cross talk has been negative. Over the years of my sobriety, I have attended meetings in different patterns. When I started I made 9...	jab	11	1222	Jan 4, 2010 by carlasober
	Hello everyone! (Preview) My name's Louisa and I'm an alcoholic. Been in recovery 7 years - one day at a time - thanks to the miracle of AA. Just wanted to say hello and say how great it is to have found you all! Phew! ! Thanks HP for guiding me here! xx	louisa	11	891	Jan 4, 2010 by carlasober
	iNTRODUCTION (Preview) WELL....HELLO EVERYONE I AM MEGAN IAM 26 YRS OLD...PRETTY NEW TO AA , 50 DAYS SOBER IN 45 MINS.....LET ME JUST SAY THAT THIS FIRST MONTH HAS BEEN A ROLLERCOASTER BUT SOBRIETY HAS BEEN SUCH A BLESSING....I ALWAYS KNEW I HAD A PROBLEM DRINKING...BUT ABOUT 3 DAYS INTO MY DUAL DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT PROGRAM,...	blessdmegz	10	1136	Jan 4, 2010 by carlasober
	Financial Amends to Husband (Preview) Before my husband became official I took $2,000 from him and never paid him back. I am now to step 9 and I feel I owe him a financial amends but I don't know what I can do. He completely supports me now financially. I thought about getting a job but he doesn't want me to. I help him run his small business and if I...	Danielle	12	1359	Jan 4, 2010 by carlasober
	Introduction and what's with the Godzilla avatar? (Preview) Hello all, Christine alcoholic. In a sense, I've been sober on and off (more on, thank goodness) for about 12 years. I came in through the "back door"; ACA was my first intro to any concept of alcoholism as a disease. If being a child of an alcoholic wasn't shocking enough, imagine my surpris...	islandgirl65	8	1145	Jan 4, 2010 by carlasober
	The "Obsession:" how to handle it if you have SAD? (Preview) How do you SA'ers handle your obsession to drink? You can't call your Sponsor because you don't have one. Even if you did have a Sponsor, crippling shyness and embarassment would stop you from ever making the call (remember, you have SAD, or Social Anxiety Disorder). You can't pray on it, because yo...	Glenns	20	712	Jan 4, 2010 by jpmger
	hello, brand new to this site (Preview) Good Morning, I am brand new to this site today. Been sober before thru AA for sixteen years, then relapsed. Yes, it is very true about everything that you have heard, It is cunning, baffling and powerful! I stopped going to meetings cause I thought I could run my own show, lost contact with sponso...	michaelca	12	1183	Jan 4, 2010 by MAL
	Past Actor...now a spectator. (Preview) I've shouted from the audience what I have learned in recovery and then sat back to watch how predictable the show would go on using my journey and the journey of others as a filter. Willingness and Honesty are our first keys and if not their first keys they won't find the rooms we were blessed to find and...	Jerry F	9	1070	Jan 3, 2010 by Jerry F
	"That AA crap" (Preview) So I'm getting the clue that while others in my life enjoy the benefits of my recovery, they would rather it not come with a new philosophy, particuliarly where parenting is involved. My son is eleven and when he comes upon difficult situations I want to help him the best I can. Prior to The Program, t...	Aquaman	17	2044	Jan 3, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Addiction (Preview) Last night at a meeting we were searching for a topic. We came up with addiction and how it is important to be watchful so we don't substitute an addiction with a different one that can slip into that hole in our soul when drinking alcohol is surrendered to our higher power. So last night i was...	jj	13	1106	Jan 3, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Being outed to others (Preview) 5 months ago I was in a downward spiral, drinking all hours of the day, having blackouts, and hurting (emotionally) myself and others closest to me. My girlfriend had broken up with me as a result. I have been sober now for 4 months and for the last month or so have reconnected with my ex-girlfriend. I am p...	Beatles Fan	9	1293	Jan 3, 2010 by jonijoni1
	Taking responsibility (Preview) Dear All, Sometime ago, I submitted a chapter for my thesis, I got the feedback today, not good, grammar terrible, English bad, etc. I emailed back and told my supervisor that I had been over anxious to submit it and yes,it needed a hell of lot more work which I am prepared to do. He contacted me, said he u...	newcomer	6	934	Jan 2, 2010 by newcomer
	first sober new yrs (Preview) there was an aa...all sober new yrs eve party...i figured...well ill go. not like i have a ton of plans any how.....let me back up to ten am this morning. i woke up and immedietly remembered what day it was and broke into tears....every one says "oh its just another day"....but to a pathetic a...	blessdmegz	13	1089	Jan 1, 2010 by Criket
	Have a Happy Friggin' New Year's Eve! (Preview) For the first time in 28 years I will not do one or more of the following this evening... Drive with one eye closed. Forget where I left my car. Get in a fight. Embarass anyone with my WhiskeyWit. Spend $$$ and have no idea where it went. Get frostbite on my fingers smoking dope in an alley behind a bar. Wake...	Aquaman	11	997	Jan 1, 2010 by tokengirl
	Sober New Years (Preview) Another Sober New Year is about to begin for Many of us. Help all you can in everything you do. Play it safe and watch out for others. Wishing Everyone a Sober New Year--may it be as sober as the last and keep on being Sober for many years to come.	kld47	5	1020	Jan 1, 2010 by angelov8
	Happy New Year (Preview) Just rang in the New year an hour ago with my son, sober, felt great, and so positive, wishing you all the best.	newcomer	5	840	Jan 1, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections ~ First, The Foundation & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Is sobriety all that we can expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning. As Bill Sees It, p. 8 Practicing the A.A. program is like building a house. First I had to pour a big, thick concrete slab on which to erect the house; that, to me, was the equivalent of stopping drinking....	Sobrietyspell	0	760	Jan 1, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	New here (Preview) I'm sober now 6 days. I have read these sites many times and finally decided to post. This is my third attempt at sobriety. I have quit for 3 years and then almost 2 years. However this last time has been the worse. I started getting depressed when drinking. I did not think I was a big drinker, always red win...	Lindajean	11	1051	Jan 1, 2010 by Avril G
	Still stuck with weather conditions (Preview) Guys, almost lost it this afternoon, as I am still housebound due to weather conditions, getting paranoid, not working the steps, but rang my sponsor and another member and feel like I am getting back on track, need prayers, and am looking forward to a convention the weekend after next, but keeping i...	newcomer	7	928	Jan 1, 2010 by Avril G
	Just Whining, really (Preview) Hey Friends, I'm sick...and I don't do sick well. I think Biker Bill once called The Common Cold "Man Flu". I'm there. Worst part about it for me is that usually before I even know that I'm sick I get hit with a huge wave of depression or some other irrational emotion. Bad stuff. Well, I just got...	Aquaman	16	987	Jan 1, 2010 by louisa
	New to the Forum and AA (Preview) Okay. I am a 55 professional who has lived and worked as an expat in various countries for the past 15 years. Life is good, but alas a lot of the social life centers on dinner parties, cocktail parties, banquets, etc. The wine flows at just about any business or social event. Right now, I have become a p...	Azul	9	1033	Dec 31, 2009 by pinkchip
	Daily Reflections ~ Daily Resolutions & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The idea of "twenty-four-hour" living applies primarily to the emotional life of the individual. Emotionally speaking, we must not live in yesterday, nor in tomorrow. As Bill Sees It, p. 284 A New year: 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes--a time to consider dire...	Sobrietyspell	0	684	Dec 30, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Help me please (Preview) Let me first say that through the help of the NA program I was able to stay clean off narcotics for 6 years, so I know the program works. My problem is that I started to drink 4 years ago, thinking I could handle it. Well I can't. I'm in college now and just finished my first semester with a 4.0gpa. My Uncle cam...	aivilO	12	749	Dec 30, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Handed a drink. (Preview) At another holiday party tonight. The host is a friend of ours and was trying to be kind... Gave my husband a really good beer and handed me a glass of a good red wine. I held on to it for while, then set it down on a table. Watched it the rest of the night, passed through the room and made sure it was still there...	runnergirl	19	1127	Dec 30, 2009 by michaelca
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