Alcoholics Anonymous

Larry_H · Larry_H

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

acarpe3448 · acarpe3448

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

bikerbill · bikerbill

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

turninggrey · turninggrey

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

Sid · Sid

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

franny · franny

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

Aquaman · Aquaman

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

Jundrewia · Jundrewia

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

Aquaman · Aquaman

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

Larry_H · Larry_H

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

acarpe3448 · acarpe3448

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

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

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

Larry_H · Larry_H

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

itsmichael · itsmichael

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

Reaching out to a family member · Sid

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

Larry_H · Larry_H

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

runnergirl · runnergirl

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

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

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

runnergirl · runnergirl

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

Aquaman · Aquaman

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

Larry_H · Larry_H

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

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

". . . sometimes the good is the enemy of the best." ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE, p. 101 I think these words apply to every area of A.A.'s Three Legacies: Recovery, Unity and Service! I want them etched in my mind and life as I "trudge the Road of Happy Destiny" (Alcoholics An...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

First of all I would like to say I'm an idiot. I went out on a limb literally! I spent the day with my brother and my nephew yesterday. Got some work done around the house and decided to fly this kite my nephew had. We went to this field where there was only one tree and guess what happened? Okay, kite stuck in t...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

There seems to be a common theme with everyones responses to me. Work with another alcoholic. In the big book it says that nothing insures us immunity from this disease as work with another alcoholic. I had a guy on Wednesday ask me for my number at a meeting. I like to think I am on my way to becoming a spons...

bigv · bigv

LOLOLOL cuzz he's IN THE HISOUSE hehehehehehehe

LastOneLeft · LastOneLeft

I'll hit two weeks sober tomorrow,I feel great and Im starting to think more clearly. Going to the Dr.s on Thursday to get a check up on some old injuries, and to see how much damage Ive done. The guys from my Punk Band have been calling... they want to line some shows up for the summer,Im the singer and G...

Tessa · Tessa

When I really don't want to keep the pain I have trouble turning it over. Recently I was laid off from my job & what money I had saved back is now gone. Finally last night the topic was experience, strength, & hope. The old timer who brought up the topic wanted to know where we are at today in our rec...

SoberSteve · SoberSteve

Please post your favorite AA related slogans and sayings here. Ill start: If you ever want a drink, put your AA coin in your mouth and when it dissolves you can have one... I also love: Dont stop before the miracle happens!

mikef · mikef

Hey family! what a nice surprise ,checkin in and seeing birthday wishes from you all.Thanks Daniella for posting my bio,my wife and I spent a wonderful day together,we both took off of work and took a bus trip to Connecticut..Going to do family time this weekend with kids and some friends.Things were...

runnergirl · runnergirl

At a meeting the other night, I noticed something that struck me as important. I noticed some people are very specific when they introduce themselves. For example, "My name is Laurie and I am an alcoholic." Other folks make it brief, "Laurie, alcoholic." I noticed my own tend...

AGO · AGO

Step one is up from a few weeks ago, quite a few people participated, Step 2 started last night, and step 3 is at the top as well Please participate either for the newcomer, or if you are the newcomer, please come get your feet wet, it's how we get well in AA, the steps make sobriety livable http://www.acti...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

"Hello Family! My name is MikeF.My clean/sober date is December 2nd,1984. Birth date 3/25/48..Married since June 2nd 1984(3rd marriage) and have 4 children,Eric 23,Sarah 21, in New York and from my first marriage in 1966 Michael 43 and Michelle 44 in Texas.I am an active member in Narcot...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

One year sober today. This past week has been kind of rough and I wonder how much these anniversaries affect people in the program. I woke up and it's snowing outside! Yesterday sixty degrees, today snow? Whatever the circumstances, today is a great day to be sober!

AGO · AGO

Not necessarily, I see a great deal of confusion about what an alcoholic is and isn't. How much or how often one drinks doesn't necessarily make one an alcoholic it's what happens when one drinks or quite frankly when one doesn't that differentiates the two classes. When heavy drinkers stop drinking...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

I forgot to tell my cyber family that I was going away for a week. This trip is the beginning of this years building season and it's good to be back after 5 months albeit earlier than usual as it's late April typically when I drag up here for the first time. The weather treating me pretty well considering...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Brakes are fixed. Got a new battery for the bike and have charged it up. Got the MOT booked for tomorro afternoon. Got a meeting to run for my sponsee tomorrow night. Got some free time on Sunday and if all goes well, me and the bike might just rock over to Blackpool

Sid · Sid

I'll be attending my first meeting tonight. I have been looking forward to it. Having a very bad day and feeling all alone. Hope to find some fellowship and start developing faith in the future.

bikerbill · bikerbill

.......end of week two, another 7 lbs gone (total loss is 11lbs) and an inch off the gut. The skills I have learnt in AA and the new attitudes I have developed are most definitely helping me to stay focussed without geting obsessive.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Just a little love letter to let you all know I'm away for three nights in Blackpool this weekend to attend our Northern AA Convention which I have been to for the last 4 events since I was 6months sober. I was frightened & nervous when I first went all on my ownsome but when I got there I got into some ser...

SUSIE · SUSIE

I have been wondering why some go thru physical withdrawals and some don't? I was put in jail after a blackout dui. When I got out 4 days later my sister said did you go thru withdrawals? I didn't at least not like what i have seen and heard about. Im sure it doesn't make me any less of an alcoholic. Mayb...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God...

MAL · MAL

I went 79 days, then slipped. Let me tell you that that first slip is crucial, BEYOND BELIEF. I drank wine again, apologized and analyzed profusely and then did it again, and again and yet again and then again. It's so easy to ratonalize once you mess up once. Now it's harder than ever to get back on tr...

stevenlchilds · stevenlchilds

Zero equals infinity. This means there is no Creator or it means the creator is nothing. Therefore there is no God. If there is no God there is no Satan either. Many say there is a Creator that creates everything that is. They say something had to create the earth with its mountains, rivers, clouds...

Sid · Sid

This information is most likely already posted somewhere on the board, so I apologize if the question is redundant. I was just looking for information on finding a sponser. I have only been to four meetings so far. I haven't spoken up, just listened. If someone has suggestions on finding a sponser or c...

Larry_H · Larry_H

I WILL NOT FEAR Lord, God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I can not know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your Will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please You does in fact...

AGO · AGO

or lack thereof on occasion Recently I had a conversation with a woman I know, she emailed me and asked for my opinion on something. I had spent a year or so listening to her daily and weekly train wreck drama in tedious detail, day after day, week after week, being gentle, telling the truth, but being gen...

mommy3 · mommy3

ok i am new here.I have been drinking everyday for the past 10 months to the point i pass out every night.I have decieded this is enough!!!! I am a mother of 3 beautiful daughters and i have to get myself together for them and myself.So if anyone can give me some insite as to what i am going to be going through...

AGO · AGO

What do you expect from sobriety? Something a friend of mine wrote today along with the "Aint Life Grand" thread got me thinking When I came into AA I started talking to a guy, I told him I lost my job. he grinned OK, obviously this guy was a moron, so I told him I lost my girlfriend, the love of my l...

stevenlchilds · stevenlchilds

My fight against the false God is working. None of us will ever be the creator. If you think you are or you think you know who it is, good luck with that! Only that which is not created is the creator. Not too long ago I had an epiphany. I realized that I had been harmed by a man who realized I was about to fin...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

I scrolled down the thread list the other day and saw mine from last week. Nothing intrinsically good comes from me drinking, and yet I do (I'm sorry even though that is worthless). I think its just a case of habit or something. I know not to drink but I do anyway as if I have no other option, or else I feel tha...

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	4/2/2010 Today's thought from Hazelden is: (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Unless our desire for human compassion is stronger than our desire to be right, to be secure or to belong, love will elude us. --Marsha Sinetar Knowing we are loved is what most of us crave. For brief moments we feel it; then it eludes us once again. Why does it slip throu...	Larry_H	2	671	Apr 3, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Felt Great Today (Preview) Coming up on two weeks. Today was the first day I really felt good all day today. I still have a long long way to go, but it is nice to know that I can feel this way again without alcohol.	acarpe3448	4	773	Apr 2, 2010 by Jerry F
	Tale of the tape, week 3. (Preview) Nothing lost nothing gained! Dissappointed but at least it's stable. I discussed this with my WW sponsor (also one of us) and with help and using the programme tools I could see where I had gone wrong. Although I ate less and moved more I ate the wrong things - too much fats and oils, too much carbs and a ret...	bikerbill	3	768	Apr 2, 2010 by leeu
	Taxes Done! (Preview) Hey All, As you know, we as alcoholics are serious dilly dalliers and I am the poster child for that affliction. The AA slogan "Do it now" was very helpful to me this year as I put in all the numbers. I hope this tax year is good to you all. Tom	turninggrey	7	1129	Apr 2, 2010 by turninggrey
	Disappointed in myself (Preview) No I didn't drink, thanfully. But yesterday someone asked me if I was really not going to drink anymore. Rather than say definitively that I was not going to drink anymore I instead gave an answer with exceptions. Such as that before doing any drinking I would make sure I had a plan thought out ahead of ti...	Sid	22	1212	Apr 2, 2010 by Sid
	Hello (Preview) Hello, I have been reading your forum for many months now off and on. You are very encouraging and kind. I am an alcoholic. I am a female, 34 years old. I am also a teacher. I have commited to seeking treatment and quit drinking on April 11th. I am a strict schedule/structure oriented person, so this...	franny	44	1227	Apr 2, 2010 by franny
	Grateful for disappointment...? (Preview) Hey, The bank denied us financing for the house we wanted. Boo Hoo. I would have denied us too. So anyway, while my wife was pretty disappointed...I was like "Meh. God took that piece out of play for a reason. Why? How the hell should I know...I'm just another piece in play. As soon as you're ready....	Aquaman	7	643	Apr 1, 2010 by Ellen E
	On My Second Day (Preview) This is literally my second day of sobriety. I've had issues for years where I'm fine, very functional, no problems, and then I binge drink. I do it because I'm not dealing with the stress in my life and lately there's been a lot of stress in my life. I've tried to quit before but it typically only lasts abo...	Jundrewia	31	1155	Apr 1, 2010 by Ellen E
	Needing a Meeting Tonight (Preview) Hey Ya'll, I don't like chats for the on-line meeting (ask Runnergirl...I type really, r e a l l y slowly and I can't make enough meetings this week. I'm on the road out of town almost every day this week for work (no Noon Group). My town's only night-meeting is tonight. Wife is at campus grinding out s...	Aquaman	10	1371	Apr 1, 2010 by bikerbill
	Another of my yets (Preview) My nephew spotted this story in the Buffalo, NY News and sent it to me. I did a lot of crazy things during my active alcoholism but I would have to say that I have not done this yet. Larry, ------------------------------ Police: Drunk Pa. man tried to revive dead opossum The Associated Press Published:...	Larry_H	5	1308	Apr 1, 2010 by Jerry F
	up to 7 days this is so hard (Preview) I just need someone to tell me not to give up. Do things get easier?	acarpe3448	20	1119	Apr 1, 2010 by SteveP
	Daily Reflections ~ Looking Within & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 42 Step Four is the vigorous and painstaking effort to discover what the liabilities in each of us have been, and are. I want to find exactly how, when, and where my natural desires have warped me. I wish...	Sobrietyspell	0	828	Mar 31, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	SET ASIDE PRAYER (Preview) SET ASIDE PRAYER Dear God, let me set aside everything I think I know about You, and me and this program, and these Steps, for an Open Mind, and a new experience with You, and me and this program, and these Steps. I sure thank You . (- Tom G.)	Larry_H	3	10030	Mar 31, 2010 by Aquaman
	Hi, I'm Michael, and I'm an alcoholic. (Preview) I'm new here and very newly sober. I first tried this over 25 years ago for all the wrong reasons (because a sober boyfriend told me he thought I had a drinking problem), but that didn't last because I thought I was so much better than all the alcoholics I heard share at meetings. Cut to a week ago, when I had...	itsmichael	12	1266	Mar 31, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Reaching out to a family member (Preview) I was curious if anyone has any experience or suggestions I might use to reach out to my brother who I feel has or is developing a drinking problem? He is much like me. I only recently recognized and admitted to myself that I am an alcoholic. I denied I had a problem because I drank infrequently, normally w...	Sid	22	1528	Mar 31, 2010 by Sid
	Unique ? (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, you are dreadfully like other people. -- James Russell Lowell Sharing our many experiences with our friends in Twelve Step meetings helps us understand how very similar we all are. We are unique only in the sense that each o...	Larry_H	0	668	Mar 31, 2010 by Larry_H
	What a rollercoaster (Preview) I get the one day at a time thing now. Last week was a suck-fest and I teetered on drinking the whole time. Then, I made it to 30 days and felt great for two days... wasn't even obsessing. Now, just 24 hours later, I cannot stop thinking about drinking. I WANT TO DRINK! ARGH! So, I went for a run, I made c...	runnergirl	14	1041	Mar 31, 2010 by Ellen E
	Daily Reflections ~ No One Denied Me Love & 24hrs a Day (Preview) On the A.A. calendar it was Year Two . . . . A newcomer appeared at one of these groups . . . . He soon proved that his was a desperate case, and that above all he wanted to get well. . . . [He said], "Since I am the victim of another addiction even worse stigmatized than alcoholism, you may not want me among...	Sobrietyspell	0	757	Mar 31, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	30 Days (Preview) I made it to 30 days sans alcohol. Glad to have made it here, but thought it might get easier by now. Unfortunately, I've felt pretty trapped and terrified the last few days. Whether that's the 30 day itch, I don't know. Anyway, thanks for all the support from people on the board. A couple of you have re...	runnergirl	21	1119	Mar 30, 2010 by LastOneLeft
	An Observation About Step 3 (Preview) 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him. Scary for most of us, huh? The pivotal step on this gangplank to the HMS Happy, Joyous and Free is to do a "trust-fall" with God and most of us had experienced that when we fall backwards and expec...	Aquaman	4	1348	Mar 30, 2010 by mikef
	WILL POWER (Preview) Today's thought from Hazelden is: WILL POWER = Our WILL-ingness to use a Higher POWER. --Anonymous One of the greatest decisions any of us ever made concerned our Third Step. This decision seemed to go against everything we wanted to do. We all know so well that every time we tried to manage our own live...	Larry_H	4	1176	Mar 29, 2010 by angelov8
	Daily Reflections ~ Our Group Conscience & 24hrs a Day (Preview) ". . . sometimes the good is the enemy of the best." ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE, p. 101 I think these words apply to every area of A.A.'s Three Legacies: Recovery, Unity and Service! I want them etched in my mind and life as I "trudge the Road of Happy Destiny" (Alcoholics An...	Sobrietyspell	1	513	Mar 29, 2010 by angelov8
	Going out on a limb....... (Preview) First of all I would like to say I'm an idiot. I went out on a limb literally! I spent the day with my brother and my nephew yesterday. Got some work done around the house and decided to fly this kite my nephew had. We went to this field where there was only one tree and guess what happened? Okay, kite stuck in t...	soberdrunk	11	1182	Mar 29, 2010 by turninggrey
	Common Theme Here (Preview) There seems to be a common theme with everyones responses to me. Work with another alcoholic. In the big book it says that nothing insures us immunity from this disease as work with another alcoholic. I had a guy on Wednesday ask me for my number at a meeting. I like to think I am on my way to becoming a spons...	soberdrunk	6	2034	Mar 29, 2010 by soberdrunk
	St pete get ready to dance with the devil (Preview) LOLOLOL cuzz he's IN THE HISOUSE hehehehehehehe	bigv	6	574	Mar 29, 2010 by bigv
	2 weeks Sober!! (Preview) I'll hit two weeks sober tomorrow,I feel great and Im starting to think more clearly. Going to the Dr.s on Thursday to get a check up on some old injuries, and to see how much damage Ive done. The guys from my Punk Band have been calling... they want to line some shows up for the summer,Im the singer and G...	LastOneLeft	14	2998	Mar 29, 2010 by Jundrewia
	Why is turning it over so hard? (Preview) When I really don't want to keep the pain I have trouble turning it over. Recently I was laid off from my job & what money I had saved back is now gone. Finally last night the topic was experience, strength, & hope. The old timer who brought up the topic wanted to know where we are at today in our rec...	Tessa	13	606	Mar 28, 2010 by Sid
	Favorite AA saylings/slogans!!!! (Preview) Please post your favorite AA related slogans and sayings here. Ill start: If you ever want a drink, put your AA coin in your mouth and when it dissolves you can have one... I also love: Dont stop before the miracle happens!	SoberSteve	7	1096	Mar 28, 2010 by SoberSteve
	Thanks Family,nice surprise... (Preview) Hey family! what a nice surprise ,checkin in and seeing birthday wishes from you all.Thanks Daniella for posting my bio,my wife and I spent a wonderful day together,we both took off of work and took a bus trip to Connecticut..Going to do family time this weekend with kids and some friends.Things were...	mikef	2	594	Mar 27, 2010 by leeu
	Semantics or something more? (Preview) At a meeting the other night, I noticed something that struck me as important. I noticed some people are very specific when they introduce themselves. For example, "My name is Laurie and I am an alcoholic." Other folks make it brief, "Laurie, alcoholic." I noticed my own tend...	runnergirl	10	673	Mar 27, 2010 by leeu
	The step board (Preview) Step one is up from a few weeks ago, quite a few people participated, Step 2 started last night, and step 3 is at the top as well Please participate either for the newcomer, or if you are the newcomer, please come get your feet wet, it's how we get well in AA, the steps make sobriety livable http://www.acti...	AGO	0	488	Mar 27, 2010 by AGO
	Happy 62nd Bellybutton Birthday MikeF!!! (Preview) "Hello Family! My name is MikeF.My clean/sober date is December 2nd,1984. Birth date 3/25/48..Married since June 2nd 1984(3rd marriage) and have 4 children,Eric 23,Sarah 21, in New York and from my first marriage in 1966 Michael 43 and Michelle 44 in Texas.I am an active member in Narcot...	Sobrietyspell	11	661	Mar 27, 2010 by carlasober
	One Year Sober (Preview) One year sober today. This past week has been kind of rough and I wonder how much these anniversaries affect people in the program. I woke up and it's snowing outside! Yesterday sixty degrees, today snow? Whatever the circumstances, today is a great day to be sober!	soberdrunk	15	7473	Mar 27, 2010 by carlasober
	I am addicted to alcohol, I drink every day, am I an alcoholic? (Preview) Not necessarily, I see a great deal of confusion about what an alcoholic is and isn't. How much or how often one drinks doesn't necessarily make one an alcoholic it's what happens when one drinks or quite frankly when one doesn't that differentiates the two classes. When heavy drinkers stop drinking...	AGO	30	1311	Mar 27, 2010 by Sid
	Greetings from high atop the Blueridge moutains (Preview) I forgot to tell my cyber family that I was going away for a week. This trip is the beginning of this years building season and it's good to be back after 5 months albeit earlier than usual as it's late April typically when I drag up here for the first time. The weather treating me pretty well considering...	StPeteDean	23	761	Mar 26, 2010 by StPeteDean
	Sun is shining (Preview) Brakes are fixed. Got a new battery for the bike and have charged it up. Got the MOT booked for tomorro afternoon. Got a meeting to run for my sponsee tomorrow night. Got some free time on Sunday and if all goes well, me and the bike might just rock over to Blackpool	bikerbill	2	497	Mar 26, 2010 by turninggrey
	First Meeting (Preview) I'll be attending my first meeting tonight. I have been looking forward to it. Having a very bad day and feeling all alone. Hope to find some fellowship and start developing faith in the future.	Sid	21	774	Mar 26, 2010 by Sid
	ad the ongoing tale of the tape is............ (Preview) .......end of week two, another 7 lbs gone (total loss is 11lbs) and an inch off the gut. The skills I have learnt in AA and the new attitudes I have developed are most definitely helping me to stay focussed without geting obsessive.	bikerbill	3	492	Mar 26, 2010 by soberdrunk
	Away for the Weekend ~ AA Convention (Preview) Just a little love letter to let you all know I'm away for three nights in Blackpool this weekend to attend our Northern AA Convention which I have been to for the last 4 events since I was 6months sober. I was frightened & nervous when I first went all on my ownsome but when I got there I got into some ser...	Sobrietyspell	4	883	Mar 26, 2010 by soberdrunk
	stupid question... (Preview) I have been wondering why some go thru physical withdrawals and some don't? I was put in jail after a blackout dui. When I got out 4 days later my sister said did you go thru withdrawals? I didn't at least not like what i have seen and heard about. Im sure it doesn't make me any less of an alcoholic. Mayb...	SUSIE	8	659	Mar 26, 2010 by Toad
	Daily Reflections ~ The Teaching Is Never Over & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God...	Sobrietyspell	0	492	Mar 26, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Help me get back on track, please (Preview) I went 79 days, then slipped. Let me tell you that that first slip is crucial, BEYOND BELIEF. I drank wine again, apologized and analyzed profusely and then did it again, and again and yet again and then again. It's so easy to ratonalize once you mess up once. Now it's harder than ever to get back on tr...	MAL	13	1180	Mar 26, 2010 by Sid
	Concept of God (Preview) Zero equals infinity. This means there is no Creator or it means the creator is nothing. Therefore there is no God. If there is no God there is no Satan either. Many say there is a Creator that creates everything that is. They say something had to create the earth with its mountains, rivers, clouds...	stevenlchilds	7	1481	Mar 25, 2010 by Jerry F
	Finding a sponser (Preview) This information is most likely already posted somewhere on the board, so I apologize if the question is redundant. I was just looking for information on finding a sponser. I have only been to four meetings so far. I haven't spoken up, just listened. If someone has suggestions on finding a sponser or c...	Sid	9	986	Mar 25, 2010 by Sid
	I WILL NOT FEAR (Preview) I WILL NOT FEAR Lord, God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I can not know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your Will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please You does in fact...	Larry_H	7	921	Mar 25, 2010 by Sobrietyspell
	Communication Skills (Preview) or lack thereof on occasion Recently I had a conversation with a woman I know, she emailed me and asked for my opinion on something. I had spent a year or so listening to her daily and weekly train wreck drama in tedious detail, day after day, week after week, being gentle, telling the truth, but being gen...	AGO	16	671	Mar 25, 2010 by Ellen E
	New and need help!!!! (Preview) ok i am new here.I have been drinking everyday for the past 10 months to the point i pass out every night.I have decieded this is enough!!!! I am a mother of 3 beautiful daughters and i have to get myself together for them and myself.So if anyone can give me some insite as to what i am going to be going through...	mommy3	9	665	Mar 25, 2010 by Ellen E
	Why did you get/want to get sober? How do you deal with success? (Preview) What do you expect from sobriety? Something a friend of mine wrote today along with the "Aint Life Grand" thread got me thinking When I came into AA I started talking to a guy, I told him I lost my job. he grinned OK, obviously this guy was a moron, so I told him I lost my girlfriend, the love of my l...	AGO	3	1579	Mar 25, 2010 by Simple
	9th Step (Preview) My fight against the false God is working. None of us will ever be the creator. If you think you are or you think you know who it is, good luck with that! Only that which is not created is the creator. Not too long ago I had an epiphany. I realized that I had been harmed by a man who realized I was about to fin...	stevenlchilds	4	698	Mar 25, 2010 by SUSIE
	Titles (Preview) I scrolled down the thread list the other day and saw mine from last week. Nothing intrinsically good comes from me drinking, and yet I do (I'm sorry even though that is worthless). I think its just a case of habit or something. I know not to drink but I do anyway as if I have no other option, or else I feel tha...	Dodsworth	9	660	Mar 25, 2010 by pinkchip
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