Alcoholics Anonymous

Pablo · Pablo

In our group we have three developementally delayed individuals. Two of the three cause few interruptions and are receptive to constructive criticism and are welcomed by our members and visitors alike. A third person has been in and out of our group for years and within the past year his behav...

Angell · Angell

A little background first: I am native American. My belief system includes a spirit animal which in my particular case is the mountain lion. My inner child is also personified by a mountain lion - they are the same to me: inner child = spirit animal. So anyway, my wife is driving to work last night in o...

nique · nique

Hi! My name is Allison and I am an alcoholic. I am disabled and online a lot now and would love to have some recovery friends to email with and I also have windows messenger. If you would like to pen pal with me let me know.

Phil · Phil

Conquering the fear of failure may just be the single most important thing you can do to improve your level of success and achieve your dreams and goals. There are many ways to conquer the fear of failing, and it is important to choose the techniques that best suit your own personality and style. When d...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The only way out is through. The only way to heal the pain is to embrace the pain.--Fritz PerlsYou are like a diamond that is continually being polished and perfected. As this purification proceeds, old thought forms and negative patterns rise to the surface to be released. Past unfinished business...

Tanin · Tanin

AA's legal entities have dodged a legal bullet. For now. But there remain knotty emerging problems regarding the issue of legal responsibility: for AA sponsors, AA members, meeting site owners and, still, AA itself. AA dismissed as defendant in Brada wrongful death lawsuit By Jim...

gonee · gonee

I found myself backsliding spiritually recently. For me it is a lack of discipline in the basics of what the BB teaches. Some of my old defects came to visit me, restlessness; irritation & discontent. It came in small doses but enough to put me right back in to my program. God uses one of the best inst...

Twist · Twist

This is my first time coming to this site, I just wanted to thank Bob Earl. about 17 years ago, I heard a tape that one of my family members had, I could relate to his words so much. I had forgotten about that tape until yesterday. I had the "vulture on my headboard", and could not make it shut up!...

gonee · gonee

You know many of us made resolutions never to lie or never to drink alcohol, but we always failed with our strong resolve. Just like we are powerless over alcohol, we are also powerless over our defects of character. That is why we have step6&7. When we are ready, then God removes. If we are not ready...

RamaSethu2001 · RamaSethu2001

Quotes from Our Co-Founder: Bill W.-Part 2 "No words can tell of the loneliness and despair I found in that bitter morass of self-pity. Quicksand stretched around me in all directions. I had met my match. Alcohol was my master." Bill Wilson Source: c. 1939, AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, Bi...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

Since I have been in AA I have had my share of people who have been trying to work the 13th Step with me. When I started AA this last time, I was extremely insecure, self-conscious and as so many alcoholics are by the time they get into AA, beaten down. I felt like crap, looked like crap and kept my head down fo...

FlyingSquirrel · FlyingSquirrel

p. 221 "Word comes to me that you are making a magnificent stand in adversity -- this adversity being the state of your health. It gives me a chance to express my gratitude for your recovery in A.A. and especially for the demonstration of its principles you are now so inspiringly giving to us all....

Stepchild · Stepchild

I heard this a lot when I came into AA...But I never saw it anywhere in the book....It got me wondering about where it came from. I was talking with an oldtimer that does a Big Book workshop I attend about it and he told me..."I'm not powerless over people, places and things...I was powerless over a...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

I've been sober since Aug. 22nd and am living with my parents again. That has been a blow to the ego, but really at this point I can't really hold on to much in that department and for good reason. My ego is destructive. Every day it rears its ugly head at some point and then I stop and remind myself that there...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. . . . But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment is infinitely grave. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p 66 Know God; Know peace. No God; No...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

All these failings generate fear, a soul-sickness in its own right. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49 Fear knocked at the door; faith answered; no one was there. I dont know to whom this quote should be attributed, but it certainly indicates clearly that fear is an illusion. I create the illus...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Good Morning to Everyone: I copied and Pasted this excerpt from "How it Works", Chapter 5, Alcoholics Anonymous. This is the part I LISTENED to everyday, VERY INTENSELY. It is read at the begining of each meeting. With my Chronic Relapse history, and failure to grasp this Program, for a 10 ye...

cindy · cindy

despite all we can say, many who are real alcoholics are not going to believe they are in that class. by every form of self-deception and experimentation, they will try to prove themselves exceptions to the rule, therefore nonalcoholic. if anyone who is showing inability to control his drinking can...

Bryan39 · Bryan39

I'm sure this has been covered here before. But how and when do you tell someone you're an alcoholic. I finally have ask a woman out!!!! I Don'y hear from the comittee in my head as often as i used to but man they are sounding of on this one. Any advice helpful thanks Bryan

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Do not be discouraged. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Few experiences are of less value to me than fast sobriety. Too many times discouragement has been the bonus for unrealistic expectations, not to mention self-pity or fatigue from my wanting to change the world by the weekend. Discouragement is a w...

Arle · Arle

I was reading todays quote out of the little book I was given and it really applies to me...it said when starting recovery we may not know who we are, how to act, what to say or even how to dress. I feel like most of my life I have used alcohol to build up my confidence level to get through everything! Now im so s...

Phil · Phil

Love without condition "I love you as you are, as you seek to find your own special way to relate to the world, or the way you feel that is right for you. It is important that you are the person you want to be and not someone that I or others think you should be." Unconditional love is enlarging the...

Gregory · Gregory

I am chairing my home group meeting in Barbados and wanted to ask for temporary sponsors as I heard them say it in the states but do not knohorse say it correctly?

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We needed to ask ourselves but one short question. Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself? As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is on his way. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 47 I was always fa...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The circle stands for the whole world of A.A., and the triangle stands for A.A.'s Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity, and Service. Within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 139 Early in my A.A. life, I became employed in its services and I found...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

The Man in the Glass Author Unknown When you get what you want in your struggles for self And the world makes you king for a day, Just go to a mirror and look at yourself And see what that man has to say. For it isn't your father or mother or wife Whose judgment upon you must pass, The fellow whose verdict coun...

Phil · Phil

Who am I? Don't be fooled by me. Don't be fooled by the face I wear, For I wear a mask, I wear a thousand masks. Masks that I am afraid to take off. But none of them are me. But don't be fooled. I give you the impression that I am secure, That all is sunny and unruffled with me, Within as well a...

jbodaat · jbodaat

Hi everyone, great day to be sober. What is the meanings of our Slogans hanging in our meeting rooms. 1-think-THINK-think 2-First things First 3-By the Grace of God 4- Live & let Live.

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I love this quote. I never heard it until I started in AA. Now, if I can only remember it when I need to.... Being a people pleaser a lot of my life, it really bothers me when I am not liked by everybody and their dog, cat, mouse in the house, potted plant. I notice that if I am going through a down funk (well, mos...

Doll · Doll

GOAL: SANITY "...Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I can't say upon what occasion or on what day I came to believe in a power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 27 "Came to believe!"...

Tanin · Tanin

In Alcoholics Anonymous, we call Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years the Bermuda triangle of alcoholism.Thats because so many problem drinkers start off the holiday season with good intentions, but all too often drown in a sea of family and office parties.Somehow, alcoholics and non-proble...

Tanin · Tanin

Bill W.: The Creative Force Behind Alcoholics Anonymous Premieres September 29, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. on PBS SoCal http://www.pbssocal.org/tv/programs/bill-w/

Aquaman · Aquaman

http://www.barefootsworld.net/aaworkstepsintro.html#indexDear Creator, Thank You for the Life, Love, and...

Pabhougs · Pabhougs

looking for meetings in and around Liverpool...at present i visit all the anfield meetings, old swan, and town centre...wanting meetings in kirkby, rainhill and any others close to these, can anyone help please?

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

December 5, 2016Quote of the WeekI have a God shaped hole. For most of my life I have felt an emptiness in my core. As a child I tried to fill this emptiness with constant TV watching or by pigging out on candy. When I discovered alcohol and drugs, I devoured both trying to fill the void I felt. When I be...

toni baloney · toni baloney

Hi All, I had some interesting writings yesterday back and fourth with a friend about PEOPLE PLEASING. We might all have a different view of this, but for me, even before recovery or drinking for that matter, I learned that people pleasing was the way to get around in this world. And as I grew up, m...

RamaSethu2001 · RamaSethu2001

Quotes About Recovery and Addictions "For many, negative thinking is a habit, which over time, becomes an addiction... A lot of people suffer from this disease because negative thinking is addictive to each of the Big Three -- the mind, the body, and the emotions. If one doesn't get you, the oth...

Angell · Angell

I've been accompanying someone on their 90 in 90 lately and every so often I've heard expressions that I haven't heard in a long time. It's gotten me thinking and I've tried to go back in my memory and find some other long lost sayings from AA (okay, maybe they aren't lost but I haven't heard them for a whi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 29 I am very grateful that my Higher Power has given me a second chance to live a worthwhile life. Through Alcoholics Anonymous, I have been restored to sanity. The promises are being fulfilled in my life. I am grateful to be free fro...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation-- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed t...

Doll · Doll

TURNING POINT, p.301 A great turning point in our lives came when we sought for humility as something we really wanted, rather than as something we must have. 12 & 12, p.75 Either the A.A. way of life becomes one of joy or I return to the darkness and despair of alcoholism. Joy comes to me when my atti...

Jackson Kendrick · Jackson Kendrick

hello) -- Edited by Jackson Kendrick on Monday 10th of June 2024 07:16:40 AM

Richard M · Richard M

What does it mean when someone calls for a group consensus? Is it different from a Group conscientious?

Tanin · Tanin

Pamphlethttp://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/nopage/p-15-questions-and-answers-on-sponsorship-- Edited by Tanin on Friday 7th of November 2014 09:52:08 PM

SOBR2DAY · SOBR2DAY

Sometimes my sponsor is rude, even nasty towards me. I told him about issues I was having with another friend in AA, and he dismissed it as "bullshit". That is what he said. He also said that I and my friend were behaving childishly and that we should get over it. It's not the first time he'...

virgo · virgo

Can anyone help me I am at my wits end and my head has gone I am in a bad state. I dont know what to do to deal with this person, yes I pray but nothing resentment wont lift can anyone out there help me I feel like drinking...

kc2fya · kc2fya

AGO · AGO

When I got to AA I was presented with a barrage on information, much of it conflicting, however I believed everything I heard in meetings, they all seemed so wise, so recovered I even heard this beautiful woman say: Do What you love and the money will follow" I thought it was AA, so I quit my job and be...

davep12and12 · davep12and12

Hi all, Well it's that time of year again and I'll be heading off on my annual trip to some new country. This time it's Ecuador. I'll be spending about three weeks traveling through the Andes mountains from Quito to Cuenca, via some small mountain towns and villages along the way. I have located an Engl...

gonee · gonee

It was on Mother's Day in 1935 that AA was formed by the meeting of Dr Bob and Bill W. providentially arranged by God, through Henrietta Sieberling and Anne Smith. The embryo of AA was conceived that day by two men sharing about their utter futility of their alcoholism. They shared for almost 5 hours. At...

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	Is it possible to ban a person from a groups meeting?? (Preview) In our group we have three developementally delayed individuals. Two of the three cause few interruptions and are receptive to constructive criticism and are welcomed by our members and visitors alike. A third person has been in and out of our group for years and within the past year his behav...	Pablo	30	19637	Mar 22, 2026 by StPeteDean
	A TA-DA Moment (Preview) A little background first: I am native American. My belief system includes a spirit animal which in my particular case is the mountain lion. My inner child is also personified by a mountain lion - they are the same to me: inner child = spirit animal. So anyway, my wife is driving to work last night in o...	Angell	4	964	Mar 22, 2026 by StPeteDean
	Pen Pals (Preview) Hi! My name is Allison and I am an alcoholic. I am disabled and online a lot now and would love to have some recovery friends to email with and I also have windows messenger. If you would like to pen pal with me let me know.	nique	15	4881	Mar 22, 2026 by StPeteDean
	Fear Of Failure (Preview) Conquering the fear of failure may just be the single most important thing you can do to improve your level of success and achieve your dreams and goals. There are many ways to conquer the fear of failing, and it is important to choose the techniques that best suit your own personality and style. When d...	Phil	7	5001	Mar 20, 2026 by SrrAlexxa
	Today's Gift 9/20 (Preview) The only way out is through. The only way to heal the pain is to embrace the pain.--Fritz PerlsYou are like a diamond that is continually being polished and perfected. As this purification proceeds, old thought forms and negative patterns rise to the surface to be released. Past unfinished business...	Pythonpappy	1	693	Mar 20, 2026 by kirurumaru
	AA dismissed as defendant in Brada wrongful death lawsuit (Preview) AA's legal entities have dodged a legal bullet. For now. But there remain knotty emerging problems regarding the issue of legal responsibility: for AA sponsors, AA members, meeting site owners and, still, AA itself. AA dismissed as defendant in Brada wrongful death lawsuit By Jim...	Tanin	2	2269	Mar 13, 2026 by Abamenko
	Backsliding. (Preview) I found myself backsliding spiritually recently. For me it is a lack of discipline in the basics of what the BB teaches. Some of my old defects came to visit me, restlessness; irritation & discontent. It came in small doses but enough to put me right back in to my program. God uses one of the best inst...	gonee	11	1867	Mar 12, 2026 by yasminansari
	Bob Earl (Preview) This is my first time coming to this site, I just wanted to thank Bob Earl. about 17 years ago, I heard a tape that one of my family members had, I could relate to his words so much. I had forgotten about that tape until yesterday. I had the "vulture on my headboard", and could not make it shut up!...	Twist	9	15757	Mar 8, 2026 by Jamiel1241
	Steps 6&7 (Preview) You know many of us made resolutions never to lie or never to drink alcohol, but we always failed with our strong resolve. Just like we are powerless over alcohol, we are also powerless over our defects of character. That is why we have step6&7. When we are ready, then God removes. If we are not ready...	gonee	10	1703	Mar 5, 2026 by AlexSeen
	Quotes from Our Co-Founder: Bill W.-Part 2 Quotes BillW CoFounder AA (Preview) Quotes from Our Co-Founder: Bill W.-Part 2 "No words can tell of the loneliness and despair I found in that bitter morass of self-pity. Quicksand stretched around me in all directions. I had met my match. Alcohol was my master." Bill Wilson Source: c. 1939, AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, Bi...	RamaSethu2001	3	29832	Mar 5, 2026 by AlexSeen
	Message to Newcomers About the 13th Step (Preview) Since I have been in AA I have had my share of people who have been trying to work the 13th Step with me. When I started AA this last time, I was extremely insecure, self-conscious and as so many alcoholics are by the time they get into AA, beaten down. I felt like crap, looked like crap and kept my head down fo...	betterthanyesterday52	34	15454	Mar 5, 2026 by AlexSeen
	~ As Bill Sees It: God Will Not Desert Us ~ (Preview) p. 221 "Word comes to me that you are making a magnificent stand in adversity -- this adversity being the state of your health. It gives me a chance to express my gratitude for your recovery in A.A. and especially for the demonstration of its principles you are now so inspiringly giving to us all....	FlyingSquirrel	3	2119	Mar 5, 2026 by benperry
	Are we really powerless over People, Places and Things? (Preview) I heard this a lot when I came into AA...But I never saw it anywhere in the book....It got me wondering about where it came from. I was talking with an oldtimer that does a Big Book workshop I attend about it and he told me..."I'm not powerless over people, places and things...I was powerless over a...	Stepchild	59	19953	Feb 25, 2026 by MikeNike
	Fear & Ego (Preview) I've been sober since Aug. 22nd and am living with my parents again. That has been a blow to the ego, but really at this point I can't really hold on to much in that department and for good reason. My ego is destructive. Every day it rears its ugly head at some point and then I stop and remind myself that there...	Dodsworth	22	7303	Feb 24, 2026 by AlexSeen
	Daily Reflections ~ Know God; Know Peace & 24hrs a Day (Preview) It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. . . . But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment is infinitely grave. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p 66 Know God; Know peace. No God; No...	Sobrietyspell	1	1339	Jan 29, 2026 by Abamenko
	Daily Reflections ~ Love & Fear as Opposites (Preview) All these failings generate fear, a soul-sickness in its own right. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49 Fear knocked at the door; faith answered; no one was there. I dont know to whom this quote should be attributed, but it certainly indicates clearly that fear is an illusion. I create the illus...	Sobrietyspell	2	2184	Jan 29, 2026 by pinoh57032
	"There are such unfortunates" (Preview) Good Morning to Everyone: I copied and Pasted this excerpt from "How it Works", Chapter 5, Alcoholics Anonymous. This is the part I LISTENED to everyday, VERY INTENSELY. It is read at the begining of each meeting. With my Chronic Relapse history, and failure to grasp this Program, for a 10 ye...	Toni Baloney	3	6127	Jan 28, 2026 by SteveMicheal
	chapter 3 'big book' page 31 (for the new ones) (Preview) despite all we can say, many who are real alcoholics are not going to believe they are in that class. by every form of self-deception and experimentation, they will try to prove themselves exceptions to the rule, therefore nonalcoholic. if anyone who is showing inability to control his drinking can...	cindy	3	6983	Jan 28, 2026 by Abamenko
	Dating advice (Preview) I'm sure this has been covered here before. But how and when do you tell someone you're an alcoholic. I finally have ask a woman out!!!! I Don'y hear from the comittee in my head as often as i used to but man they are sounding of on this one. Any advice helpful thanks Bryan	Bryan39	9	1351	Jan 25, 2026 by RealismAddict
	Daily Reflections ~ Hope & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Do not be discouraged. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Few experiences are of less value to me than fast sobriety. Too many times discouragement has been the bonus for unrealistic expectations, not to mention self-pity or fatigue from my wanting to change the world by the weekend. Discouragement is a w...	Sobrietyspell	3	2074	Jan 24, 2026 by barek1337
	Today's, just for today (Preview) I was reading todays quote out of the little book I was given and it really applies to me...it said when starting recovery we may not know who we are, how to act, what to say or even how to dress. I feel like most of my life I have used alcohol to build up my confidence level to get through everything! Now im so s...	Arle	10	1155	Jan 24, 2026 by Coek
	Unconditional Love (Preview) Love without condition "I love you as you are, as you seek to find your own special way to relate to the world, or the way you feel that is right for you. It is important that you are the person you want to be and not someone that I or others think you should be." Unconditional love is enlarging the...	Phil	4	5663	Jan 24, 2026 by pinoh57032
	How does a chairperson ask for temporary sponsors at the end of the meeting? (Preview) I am chairing my home group meeting in Barbados and wanted to ask for temporary sponsors as I heard them say it in the states but do not knohorse say it correctly?	Gregory	6	1307	Jan 22, 2026 by dinarikas
	Daily Reflections ~ Filling The Void (Preview) We needed to ask ourselves but one short question. Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself? As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is on his way. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 47 I was always fa...	Sobrietyspell	2	1232	Jan 21, 2026 by SrrAlexxa
	Daily Reflections ~ The Circle and the Triangle & 24hrs a Day (Preview) The circle stands for the whole world of A.A., and the triangle stands for A.A.'s Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity, and Service. Within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 139 Early in my A.A. life, I became employed in its services and I found...	Sobrietyspell	3	1812	Jan 21, 2026 by HexZero
	The Man In The Glass (Preview) The Man in the Glass Author Unknown When you get what you want in your struggles for self And the world makes you king for a day, Just go to a mirror and look at yourself And see what that man has to say. For it isn't your father or mother or wife Whose judgment upon you must pass, The fellow whose verdict coun...	StPeteDean	7	10401	Jan 18, 2026 by barek1337
	The masks we wear (Preview) Who am I? Don't be fooled by me. Don't be fooled by the face I wear, For I wear a mask, I wear a thousand masks. Masks that I am afraid to take off. But none of them are me. But don't be fooled. I give you the impression that I am secure, That all is sunny and unruffled with me, Within as well a...	Phil	6	7211	Jan 18, 2026 by Coek
	AA Slogans, what are their meanings. (Preview) Hi everyone, great day to be sober. What is the meanings of our Slogans hanging in our meeting rooms. 1-think-THINK-think 2-First things First 3-By the Grace of God 4- Live & let Live.	jbodaat	10	8383	Jan 14, 2026 by dinarikas
	"What Other People Think About Me Is None of My Business" (Preview) I love this quote. I never heard it until I started in AA. Now, if I can only remember it when I need to.... Being a people pleaser a lot of my life, it really bothers me when I am not liked by everybody and their dog, cat, mouse in the house, potted plant. I notice that if I am going through a down funk (well, mos...	betterthanyesterday52	14	6561	Jan 12, 2026 by barek1337
	Daily Reflections Feb 1 (Preview) GOAL: SANITY "...Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I can't say upon what occasion or on what day I came to believe in a power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 27 "Came to believe!"...	Doll	5	2434	Jan 11, 2026 by dinarikas
	How to navigate the 'Bermuda Triangle' of holiday drinking (Preview) In Alcoholics Anonymous, we call Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years the Bermuda triangle of alcoholism.Thats because so many problem drinkers start off the holiday season with good intentions, but all too often drown in a sea of family and office parties.Somehow, alcoholics and non-proble...	Tanin	14	8259	Jan 9, 2026 by barek1337
	Documentary-Bill W.: The Creative Force Behind Alcoholics Anonymous (Preview) *Bill W.: The Creative Force Behind Alcoholics Anonymous* Premieres September 29, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. on PBS SoCal http://www.pbssocal.org/tv/programs/bill-w/	Tanin	8	4014	Jan 5, 2026 by barek1337
	My Step 3 Prayer (Preview) http://www.barefootsworld.net/aaworkstepsintro.html#indexDear Creator, Thank You for the Life, Love, and...	Aquaman	15	7159	Dec 30, 2025 by SteveMicheal
	Liverpool Meetings (Preview) looking for meetings in and around Liverpool...at present i visit all the anfield meetings, old swan, and town centre...wanting meetings in kirkby, rainhill and any others close to these, can anyone help please?	Pabhougs	7	34824	Dec 25, 2025 by dinarikas
	Wisdom of the Rooms 12/5 (Preview) December 5, 2016Quote of the WeekI have a God shaped hole. For most of my life I have felt an emptiness in my core. As a child I tried to fill this emptiness with constant TV watching or by pigging out on candy. When I discovered alcohol and drugs, I devoured both trying to fill the void I felt. When I be...	Pythonpappy	2	1651	Dec 23, 2025 by kirurumaru
	People Pleasing.... (Preview) Hi All, I had some interesting writings yesterday back and fourth with a friend about PEOPLE PLEASING. We might all have a different view of this, but for me, even before recovery or drinking for that matter, I learned that people pleasing was the way to get around in this world. And as I grew up, m...	toni baloney	6	1827	Dec 22, 2025 by dinarikas
	Quotes About Recovery and Addictions Quoates Recovery Addiction (Preview) Quotes About Recovery and Addictions "For many, negative thinking is a habit, which over time, becomes an addiction... A lot of people suffer from this disease because negative thinking is addictive to each of the Big Three -- the mind, the body, and the emotions. If one doesn't get you, the oth...	RamaSethu2001	2	12815	Dec 22, 2025 by gldart
	Old sayings. (Preview) I've been accompanying someone on their 90 in 90 lately and every so often I've heard expressions that I haven't heard in a long time. It's gotten me thinking and I've tried to go back in my memory and find some other long lost sayings from AA (okay, maybe they aren't lost but I haven't heard them for a whi...	Angell	16	7481	Dec 22, 2025 by Coek
	Daily Reflections ~ Progressive Gratitude & 24hrs a Day (Preview) Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 29 I am very grateful that my Higher Power has given me a second chance to live a worthwhile life. Through Alcoholics Anonymous, I have been restored to sanity. The promises are being fulfilled in my life. I am grateful to be free fro...	Sobrietyspell	3	2940	Dec 22, 2025 by linnchinnn
	Acceptance Pg. 417 4th edition Or pg. 449 for the rest of us! (Preview) And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation-- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed t...	soberdrunk	17	23843	Dec 21, 2025 by dinarikas
	Daily Reflections July 11 (Preview) TURNING POINT, p.301 A great turning point in our lives came when we sought for humility as something we really wanted, rather than as something we must have. 12 & 12, p.75 Either the A.A. way of life becomes one of joy or I return to the darkness and despair of alcoholism. Joy comes to me when my atti...	Doll	2	3645	Dec 20, 2025 by gldart
	Hello) (Preview) hello) -- Edited by Jackson Kendrick on Monday 10th of June 2024 07:16:40 AM	Jackson Kendrick	5	3262	Dec 19, 2025 by AlexSeen
	Consensus (Preview) What does it mean when someone calls for a group consensus? Is it different from a Group conscientious?	Richard M	7	3730	Dec 18, 2025 by dinarikas
	Sponsorship Pamphlet sponsorship pamphlet sponsor sponsee expectations (Preview) Pamphlethttp://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/nopage/p-15-questions-and-answers-on-sponsorship-- Edited by Tanin on Friday 7th of November 2014 09:52:08 PM	Tanin	20	14491	Dec 17, 2025 by dinarikas
	Sponsor Issues (Preview) Sometimes my sponsor is rude, even nasty towards me. I told him about issues I was having with another friend in AA, and he dismissed it as "bullshit". That is what he said. He also said that I and my friend were behaving childishly and that we should get over it. It's not the first time he'...	SOBR2DAY	13	6838	Dec 15, 2025 by JamesSavarese
	How do I deal with gossip?? (Preview) Can anyone help me I am at my wits end and my head has gone I am in a bad state. I dont know what to do to deal with this person, yes I pray but nothing resentment wont lift can anyone out there help me I feel like drinking...	virgo	10	4048	Dec 14, 2025 by Coek
	Texting in a Meeting! (Preview)	kc2fya	14	1685	Dec 14, 2025 by Coek
	What does the Big Book Say? (Preview) When I got to AA I was presented with a barrage on information, much of it conflicting, however I believed everything I heard in meetings, they all seemed so wise, so recovered I even heard this beautiful woman say: Do What you love and the money will follow" I thought it was AA, so I quit my job and be...	AGO	12	17417	Dec 13, 2025 by linnchinnn
	AA meetings in Ecuador (Preview) Hi all, Well it's that time of year again and I'll be heading off on my annual trip to some new country. This time it's Ecuador. I'll be spending about three weeks traveling through the Andes mountains from Quito to Cuenca, via some small mountain towns and villages along the way. I have located an Engl...	davep12and12	6	8601	Dec 12, 2025 by linnchinnn
	Mother's day & AA. (Preview) It was on Mother's Day in 1935 that AA was formed by the meeting of Dr Bob and Bill W. providentially arranged by God, through Henrietta Sieberling and Anne Smith. The embryo of AA was conceived that day by two men sharing about their utter futility of their alcoholism. They shared for almost 5 hours. At...	gonee	9	2633	Dec 11, 2025 by linnchinnn
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