Alcoholics Anonymous

cramcj01 · cramcj01

Well I'm edging on 50 days. It's weird, the rest of my life still feels like a wreck, but I am pretty confident about staying sober. I have only had two urges to drink lately. One was the start of my vaction (this Monday). Typically I would have woke up at 7:30 a.m. and went straight to the liquor store....

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

I'm in one of my little depressed episodes... even on meds they pop up from time to time and tend to last a few days... this one started yesterday. I can't focus on anything, for the past few days I've been so tired all the time. I've been trying to study and do school work and the most I'm getting done is...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Just want to report here that I am feeling extremely low right now. I am coming up on a year again in a couple of weeks, which I think has less to do with this than the time of year, the darkness, and my general tendency to go through periods like this. Was sober for 2 years before the relapse last year, and dur...

nique · nique

Hi all! I have gone to this Christian church for several years now. It is a very big church and they have lots of money. There is a little tiny church I went to for years before. Left it for the hype and excitement of this other church. Well, we are in financial straighnts pretty bad here. To set the sc...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Sometimes God breaks our Spirit to save our Soul Sometimes our heart to make us whole Sometimes God allows pain so we can be Stronger Sometimes sends us failure so we can be humble Sometimes God allows illness so we can take better care of ourselves Sometimes takes everything away so we can learn the val...

nique · nique

I think I finally figured this saying out this week by a major life change. It seems at the present moment I am like Job, but God reminds me that it is just a season, stand tall and know that I am God! Many major things are very bad in my life right now, and I am only handling what I CAN no more no less. Trying t...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day I have more peace and contentment. Life has fallen into place. The pieces of the jigsaw puzzle have found their correct position. Life is whole, all of one piece. I am not cast hither and yon on every wind of circumstance or fancy. I am no longer a dry leaf cast up and away by the bree...

mstrmsn66 · mstrmsn66

I try to be as proactive as I can and with the holiday season fast approaching I want to have a plan in place. This will be the 1st Christmas I will be spending alone, and not really looking forward to it. Who else has faced this ? Where did you go ? What did you do ? Finances are not a problem anymore. I hav...

Doll · Doll

His name was D-----. He was really struggling with staying sober. He was doing what his sponsor suggested and was in the process of 90 in 90 when he was found Sunday night in home - he'd hung himself. Just proves, again, that alcoholism WILL kill us! In one way or another. I'm so sad for this man, his family...

Quetzal · Quetzal

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory... -- Phil. 4:19 This verse has helped me many times. It has helped me when I have wondered where my next friend bit of wisdom, insight, or meal was coming from. Everything I need today shall be supplied to me. People, jobs...

Artsy Gal · Artsy Gal

I was wondering if anyone out there has been in a similar situation. I'm 39 years old and I don't have any work references. Hard to believe eh. Pretty sad, I know. I have skipped jobs so frequently and usually leave abruptly,without notice. Anyhow, my whole resume is a lie and I just go to interviews hop...

urchin · urchin

Hello,I've used AAs 12 steps successfully to stop drinking, but now I have a new problem. Food addiction. I hope the steps will serve me well again. I keep thinking about food, and it has gotten out of control. I hope I can get through this.

Quetzal · Quetzal

We have a real life of our own. Yes, we do. That empty feeling, that senses that everyone except us has a life - an important life, a valuable life, a better life - is a remnant from the past. It is also a self-defeating belief that is inaccurate. We are real. So is our life. Jump into it, and we'll see. ...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Since recovery from alcoholism is life itself to us, it is imperative that we preserve in full strength our means of survival. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 177 The honesty expressed by the members of A.A. in meetings has the power to open my mind. Nothing can block the flow of energy that hone...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day My relationships with my children have greatly improved. Those children who saw me drunk and were ashamed, those children who turned away in fear and even loathing have seen me sober and like me, have turned to me in confidence and trust and have forgotten the past as best they c...

Quetzal · Quetzal

A magical potion is available to us today. That potion is called acceptance. We are asked to accept many things: ourselves, as we are; our feelings, needs, desires, choices, and current status of being. Other people, as they are. The status of our relationships with them. Problems. Blessings. Fi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We conceive the survival and spread of Alcoholics Anonymous to be something of far greater importance than the weight we could collectively throw back of any other cause. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 177 How much it means to me that an unbroken tradition of more than half a century is a threa...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day What other rewards have come to me as a result of my new way of living? Each one of us can answer this question in many ways. My relationship with my husband or my wife is on an entirely new plane. The total selfishness is gone and more cooperation has taken its place. My home is a home...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. -- Step Eleven of Al Anon "... praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out" me...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

i am in a weird place....i know my old gf is nowhere to be seen, and this alcohol seems to bring it all back with insane clarity....that is not good. My problem is getting sober, but at the same time, Stacey or (shall we call her that), just screwed me up, just a little more pride and I would be Godzilla. I may...

BGG · BGG

Hello A.A. Family, We often hear in meetings that the disease of alcoholism continues to progress even as we remain sober, or, put another way, "if we drink, we pick right up where we left off." Here's my experience with that: when I got sober in 1986, one of the things that I hated most about...

mstrmsn66 · mstrmsn66

I am finding that the meetings I initially choose not to attend, usually turn out to be the standout ones. Such was the case last night. I had my Dr. Pepper and settled into the usual banter with my family. As the chairperson made her rounds handing out the preamble material, she leaned into me and asked m...

johnn101259 · johnn101259

I have not posted in many moons and appreciate the connection relocating residentially back to hometown after retirement..even though sober awhile believe I have been in a recent depression with loss of sibling and older sibling's health issues living sober, etc. Am regular meeting attender...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The Eleventh Step asks us to meditate as a route to improving our conscious contact with God. Meditation is different than obsessing or worrying. Obsession and worrying are fear connections. Meditation means opening our mind and our spiritual energy to the God connection. To connect with God...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety. These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.s all around the gl...

tlcate · tlcate

Rigorous honesty. Something I will be spending the rest of my life learning about and practicing. But now is the time of great revelation and awareness. Now I am seeing it for the first time. I have lived my life as what is called a non-feeling person. I was raised to not talk back or have an opinion - in...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Seventh, I can help other alcoholics. I am of some use in the world. I have a purpose in life. I am worth something at last. My life has a direction and a meaning. All that feeling of futility is gone. I can do something worthwhile. God has given me a new lease on life so that I can help o...

kevbo65 · kevbo65

Hello 43 teacher and father. Was pulled over for DUI a couple of weeks ago and plead guilty. Wake up call for me. I have decided to go into treatment starting next saturday. getting more nervous each day....

ella · ella

When considered in population terms, alcohol is a more important risk factor for antisocial behaviour than are other drugs because it is more frequently taken in excess-------------------Ella -- Edited by StPeteDean at 00:49, 2008-10-28

Artsy Gal · Artsy Gal

Hi everyone, I wanted to share 2 poems I wrote. The first one is about accepting the emptiness and loneliness of addiction; accepting that I do have a problem- and what now? The second, more recent poem is about the fear of being truly honest with myself; not liking who I see in the mirror. I hope some o...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

Hey y'all, how's everyone doing? I've become a total workaholic with school! I study about 8 or so hours a day, sometimes less, sometimes more... I hardly go to any message boards or chatrooms anymore, I never call anyone any more except my sponsor a couple of times a week... I'm actually not making...

debbi · debbi

just some thoughts................... reflecting today funny how i can be looking outward see everyone elses "faults" "flaws" see how easy there answers are see how good there life would be if only they did or changed somethings then i look in my own mirror oh yeahhhhhhhhhhh...

tlcate · tlcate

So I drank at 58 days. I was so scared I was going to get fired by my sponsor as I had someone else tell me they would have fired me if I was their sponsee. I know each person is different - but I was just wondering the general opinion on this. It just keeps nagging at me. The more I read about tolerance, accep...

Quetzal · Quetzal

I know better than to not trust God., But sometimes, I forget that. When we are in the midst of an experience, it is easy to forget that there is a Plan. Sometimes, all we can see is today. If we were to watch only two minutes of the middle of a television program, it would make little sense. It would be a d...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

I have a very large purse, and I am going to share a little and in the process, WHACK myself upside the head for a moment. I saw this meditation subject in an email I got today, and thought it might apply to some others, as I know it sure does apply to me. (Paraphrased for AA appropriateness.....) Do It Now! I...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; . . . . AS BILL SEES IT, p. 125 Without unity I would be unable to recover in A.A. on a daily basis. By practicing unity within my group, with other A.A. members and at all levels of this great Fellowship, I receive a pronounced feeling of knowing that I am...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Fifth, I have learned to live one day at a time. I have finally realized the great fact that all I have is now. This sweeps away all vain regret and it makes my thoughts of the future free of fear. Now is mine. I can do what I want with it. I own it, for better or worse. What I do now, in this...

Artsy Gal · Artsy Gal

I think this is such a wonderful support system. I am a 39 year old woman and I've been struggling with alcohol for many years. I look after myself in all other ways; working out, eating healthy, don't smoke or do drugs. BUT I know in my heart that I'm an alcoholic. There's also a strong genetic component o...

CriscoJones · CriscoJones

Hi my name is Kristi. I'm an alcoholic. I started when I was 18. I have 2 dwi's. I have failed 1 marriage. I become physically ill when i think about who I was before. How alcohol controlled me. I have been fighting it for 2 years. I stayed sober for 6 months last year. Here and there I drink. It's nowhere clos...

tlcate · tlcate

So these last few days have been trying. But I keep grabbing onto anything that will get me healthy again. I go to my home group meeting and have to face the secretary - which was the first call I made when I was on my knees and cursing AA Sunday morning. I was embarrassed. Ends up - he took something away f...

Quetzal · Quetzal

... in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me when as yet there was none of them. -- Ps. 139:16 Some people believe that each of our days were planned, Divinely Ordered, before we were born. God knew, they say, and planned exactly what was to transpire. Others sugge...

Jaanneew · Jaanneew

BREAKFREE feels like the comfortable but sick damaged cocoon i have lived in is not looking or feeling like home aymore it's only by repeated humiliations and isolations that i'm finally growing and through this programme and my faith in a higher power i am actually growing wings i came into this amaz...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

On anvils of experience, the structure of our Society was hammered out. . . . Thus has it been with A.A. By faith and by works we have been able to build upon the lessons of an incredible experience. They live today in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, which - God willing - shall sustain us in...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Fourth, I have turned to a Power greater than myself. Thank God, I am no longer at the center of the universe. The entire world does not revolve around me any longer. I am only one among many. I have a Father in heaven and I am only one of His children and a small one at that. But I can dep...

forpetessake · forpetessake

Hello everyone! My name is Bill aka forpetessake. Well...I am one of the newest members of the worlds largest organization that on one wanted to join. lol At least that is what my sponser joked about last night. It is true though, isnt it? None of us who are alcoholics ever had a desire to become one. Yet....

Phil · Phil

Common sense obituary.......... My parents told me about Mr. Common Sense early in my life and told me I would do well to call on him when making decisions. It seems he was always around in my early years but less and less as time passed by. Today I read his obituary. Please join me in a moment of silence i...

celtcgrrl · celtcgrrl

Yippee! I made my 60 days!

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Shoemaker, stick to thy last! . . . better do one thing supremely well than many badly. That is the central theme of this Tradition [Five]. Around it our Society gathers in unity. The very life of our Fellowship requires the preservation of this principle. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 150 Th...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Third, I have learned how to be honest. What a relief! No more ducking or dodging. No more tall tales. No more pretending to be what I am not. My cards are on the table for the entire world to see. "I am what I am," as Popeye used to say in the comics. I have had an unsavory pas...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi Laurie, Congratulations!!! What an amazing achievement!!! You truly are a great inspiration to many people. Happy birthday, my friend. ((Hugs))) Carol

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	HeY eVeRyOnE (Preview) Well I'm edging on 50 days. It's weird, the rest of my life still feels like a wreck, but I am pretty confident about staying sober. I have only had two urges to drink lately. One was the start of my vaction (this Monday). Typically I would have woke up at 7:30 a.m. and went straight to the liquor store....	cramcj01	5	326	Nov 1, 2008 by StPeteDean
	depressed... (Preview) I'm in one of my little depressed episodes... even on meds they pop up from time to time and tend to last a few days... this one started yesterday. I can't focus on anything, for the past few days I've been so tired all the time. I've been trying to study and do school work and the most I'm getting done is...	ChicknLittle	6	274	Oct 31, 2008 by jonijoni1
	Feeling SO low........ (Preview) Just want to report here that I am feeling extremely low right now. I am coming up on a year again in a couple of weeks, which I think has less to do with this than the time of year, the darkness, and my general tendency to go through periods like this. Was sober for 2 years before the relapse last year, and dur...	jonijoni1	14	470	Oct 31, 2008 by jonijoni1
	The Miricle of Blessings! (Preview) Hi all! I have gone to this Christian church for several years now. It is a very big church and they have lots of money. There is a little tiny church I went to for years before. Left it for the hype and excitement of this other church. Well, we are in financial straighnts pretty bad here. To set the sc...	nique	1	311	Oct 31, 2008 by mstrmsn66
	The Good Grace of God (Preview) Sometimes God breaks our Spirit to save our Soul Sometimes our heart to make us whole Sometimes God allows pain so we can be Stronger Sometimes sends us failure so we can be humble Sometimes God allows illness so we can take better care of ourselves Sometimes takes everything away so we can learn the val...	Sobrietyspell	4	295	Oct 31, 2008 by Doll
	Living Life on Life's Terms (Preview) I think I finally figured this saying out this week by a major life change. It seems at the present moment I am like Job, but God reminds me that it is just a season, stand tall and know that I am God! Many major things are very bad in my life right now, and I am only handling what I CAN no more no less. Trying t...	nique	4	332	Oct 31, 2008 by Doll
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 31st Oct 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day I have more peace and contentment. Life has fallen into place. The pieces of the jigsaw puzzle have found their correct position. Life is whole, all of one piece. I am not cast hither and yon on every wind of circumstance or fancy. I am no longer a dry leaf cast up and away by the bree...	Sobrietyspell	0	351	Oct 31, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	A few questions for my friends (Preview) I try to be as proactive as I can and with the holiday season fast approaching I want to have a plan in place. This will be the 1st Christmas I will be spending alone, and not really looking forward to it. Who else has faced this ? Where did you go ? What did you do ? Finances are not a problem anymore. I hav...	mstrmsn66	7	325	Oct 31, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Another lost..... (Preview) His name was D-----. He was really struggling with staying sober. He was doing what his sponsor suggested and was in the process of 90 in 90 when he was found Sunday night in home - he'd hung himself. Just proves, again, that alcoholism WILL kill us! In one way or another. I'm so sad for this man, his family...	Doll	9	377	Oct 31, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	All Our Needs (Preview) And my God shall supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory... -- Phil. 4:19 This verse has helped me many times. It has helped me when I have wondered where my next friend bit of wisdom, insight, or meal was coming from. Everything I need today shall be supplied to me. People, jobs...	Quetzal	0	463	Oct 31, 2008 by Quetzal
	Job Crisis! No References. (Preview) I was wondering if anyone out there has been in a similar situation. I'm 39 years old and I don't have any work references. Hard to believe eh. Pretty sad, I know. I have skipped jobs so frequently and usually leave abruptly,without notice. Anyhow, my whole resume is a lie and I just go to interviews hop...	Artsy Gal	3	401	Oct 30, 2008 by StPeteDean
	confession (Preview) Hello,I've used AAs 12 steps successfully to stop drinking, but now I have a new problem. Food addiction. I hope the steps will serve me well again. I keep thinking about food, and it has gotten out of control. I hope I can get through this.	urchin	3	351	Oct 30, 2008 by Doll
	Self Value (Preview) We have a real life of our own. Yes, we do. That empty feeling, that senses that everyone except us has a life - an important life, a valuable life, a better life - is a remnant from the past. It is also a self-defeating belief that is inaccurate. We are real. So is our life. Jump into it, and we'll see. ...	Quetzal	0	239	Oct 30, 2008 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections ~ Our Survival (Preview) Since recovery from alcoholism is life itself to us, it is imperative that we preserve in full strength our means of survival. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 177 The honesty expressed by the members of A.A. in meetings has the power to open my mind. Nothing can block the flow of energy that hone...	Sobrietyspell	0	319	Oct 29, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 29th Oct 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day My relationships with my children have greatly improved. Those children who saw me drunk and were ashamed, those children who turned away in fear and even loathing have seen me sober and like me, have turned to me in confidence and trust and have forgotten the past as best they c...	Sobrietyspell	0	314	Oct 29, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Acceptance (Preview) A magical potion is available to us today. That potion is called acceptance. We are asked to accept many things: ourselves, as we are; our feelings, needs, desires, choices, and current status of being. Other people, as they are. The status of our relationships with them. Problems. Blessings. Fi...	Quetzal	3	323	Oct 29, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections ~ An Unbroken Tradition (Preview) We conceive the survival and spread of Alcoholics Anonymous to be something of far greater importance than the weight we could collectively throw back of any other cause. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 177 How much it means to me that an unbroken tradition of more than half a century is a threa...	Sobrietyspell	0	310	Oct 28, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hours a Day ~ 28th Oct 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day What other rewards have come to me as a result of my new way of living? Each one of us can answer this question in many ways. My relationship with my husband or my wife is on an entirely new plane. The total selfishness is gone and more cooperation has taken its place. My home is a home...	Sobrietyspell	1	294	Oct 28, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Step Eleven (Preview) Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. -- Step Eleven of Al Anon "... praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out" me...	Quetzal	4	291	Oct 28, 2008 by jonijoni1
	its old i know! (Preview) i am in a weird place....i know my old gf is nowhere to be seen, and this alcohol seems to bring it all back with insane clarity....that is not good. My problem is getting sober, but at the same time, Stacey or (shall we call her that), just screwed me up, just a little more pride and I would be Godzilla. I may...	Dodsworth	9	472	Oct 28, 2008 by tlcate
	The Progression of the Disease of Alcoholism (Preview) Hello A.A. Family, We often hear in meetings that the disease of alcoholism continues to progress even as we remain sober, or, put another way, "if we drink, we pick right up where we left off." Here's my experience with that: when I got sober in 1986, one of the things that I hated most about...	BGG	5	311	Oct 28, 2008 by lani
	Saturday night was a good night..... (Preview) I am finding that the meetings I initially choose not to attend, usually turn out to be the standout ones. Such was the case last night. I had my Dr. Pepper and settled into the usual banter with my family. As the chairperson made her rounds handing out the preamble material, she leaned into me and asked m...	mstrmsn66	4	360	Oct 28, 2008 by Doll
	Back To Basics: 1, 2, 3- 10, 11, 12... pick up the tools, etc. (Preview) I have not posted in many moons and appreciate the connection relocating residentially back to hometown after retirement..even though sober awhile believe I have been in a recent depression with loss of sibling and older sibling's health issues living sober, etc. Am regular meeting attender...	johnn101259	4	312	Oct 28, 2008 by johnn101259
	Meditation and Prayer (Preview) The Eleventh Step asks us to meditate as a route to improving our conscious contact with God. Meditation is different than obsessing or worrying. Obsession and worrying are fear connections. Meditation means opening our mind and our spiritual energy to the God connection. To connect with God...	Quetzal	0	246	Oct 28, 2008 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections ~ Global Sharing (Preview) The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety. These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.s all around the gl...	Sobrietyspell	0	317	Oct 27, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Honesty (Preview) Rigorous honesty. Something I will be spending the rest of my life learning about and practicing. But now is the time of great revelation and awareness. Now I am seeing it for the first time. I have lived my life as what is called a non-feeling person. I was raised to not talk back or have an opinion - in...	tlcate	5	2311	Oct 27, 2008 by learning
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 27th Oct 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Seventh, I can help other alcoholics. I am of some use in the world. I have a purpose in life. I am worth something at last. My life has a direction and a meaning. All that feeling of futility is gone. I can do something worthwhile. God has given me a new lease on life so that I can help o...	Sobrietyspell	0	303	Oct 27, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Going into treatment (Preview) Hello 43 teacher and father. Was pulled over for DUI a couple of weeks ago and plead guilty. Wake up call for me. I have decided to go into treatment starting next saturday. getting more nervous each day....	kevbo65	6	484	Oct 27, 2008 by Doll
	Alcohol Rehabilitation (closed) (Preview) When considered in population terms, alcohol is a more important risk factor for antisocial behaviour than are other drugs because it is more frequently taken in excess-------------------Ella -- Edited by StPeteDean at 00:49, 2008-10-28	ella	4	323	Oct 27, 2008 by Doll
	My poem (Preview) Hi everyone, I wanted to share 2 poems I wrote. The first one is about accepting the emptiness and loneliness of addiction; accepting that I do have a problem- and what now? The second, more recent poem is about the fear of being truly honest with myself; not liking who I see in the mirror. I hope some o...	Artsy Gal	5	364	Oct 27, 2008 by Doll
	Hey y'all! (Preview) Hey y'all, how's everyone doing? I've become a total workaholic with school! I study about 8 or so hours a day, sometimes less, sometimes more... I hardly go to any message boards or chatrooms anymore, I never call anyone any more except my sponsor a couple of times a week... I'm actually not making...	ChicknLittle	3	283	Oct 27, 2008 by ChicknLittle
	change (Preview) just some thoughts................... reflecting today funny how i can be looking outward see everyone elses "faults" "flaws" see how easy there answers are see how good there life would be if only they did or changed somethings then i look in my own mirror oh yeahhhhhhhhhhh...	debbi	5	319	Oct 27, 2008 by lani
	Sponsee Question (Preview) So I drank at 58 days. I was so scared I was going to get fired by my sponsor as I had someone else tell me they would have fired me if I was their sponsee. I know each person is different - but I was just wondering the general opinion on this. It just keeps nagging at me. The more I read about tolerance, accep...	tlcate	18	1917	Oct 26, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Clarity (Preview) I know better than to not trust God., But sometimes, I forget that. When we are in the midst of an experience, it is easy to forget that there is a Plan. Sometimes, all we can see is today. If we were to watch only two minutes of the middle of a television program, it would make little sense. It would be a d...	Quetzal	0	218	Oct 26, 2008 by Quetzal
	WHACK!!!! (Preview) I have a very large purse, and I am going to share a little and in the process, WHACK myself upside the head for a moment. I saw this meditation subject in an email I got today, and thought it might apply to some others, as I know it sure does apply to me. (Paraphrased for AA appropriateness.....) Do It Now! I...	jonijoni1	2	280	Oct 25, 2008 by jonijoni1
	Daily Reflections ~ A.A.'s Heartbeat (Preview) Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; . . . . AS BILL SEES IT, p. 125 Without unity I would be unable to recover in A.A. on a daily basis. By practicing unity within my group, with other A.A. members and at all levels of this great Fellowship, I receive a pronounced feeling of knowing that I am...	Sobrietyspell	0	327	Oct 25, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 25th Oct 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Fifth, I have learned to live one day at a time. I have finally realized the great fact that all I have is now. This sweeps away all vain regret and it makes my thoughts of the future free of fear. Now is mine. I can do what I want with it. I own it, for better or worse. What I do now, in this...	Sobrietyspell	0	294	Oct 25, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Hi - I'm a new female member to this board (Preview) I think this is such a wonderful support system. I am a 39 year old woman and I've been struggling with alcohol for many years. I look after myself in all other ways; working out, eating healthy, don't smoke or do drugs. BUT I know in my heart that I'm an alcoholic. There's also a strong genetic component o...	Artsy Gal	14	478	Oct 25, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Long time alchy. Time to get my life back. (Preview) Hi my name is Kristi. I'm an alcoholic. I started when I was 18. I have 2 dwi's. I have failed 1 marriage. I become physically ill when i think about who I was before. How alcohol controlled me. I have been fighting it for 2 years. I stayed sober for 6 months last year. Here and there I drink. It's nowhere clos...	CriscoJones	8	407	Oct 25, 2008 by jonijoni1
	Amazing Group of Drunks (Preview) So these last few days have been trying. But I keep grabbing onto anything that will get me healthy again. I go to my home group meeting and have to face the secretary - which was the first call I made when I was on my knees and cursing AA Sunday morning. I was embarrassed. Ends up - he took something away f...	tlcate	4	372	Oct 25, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Letting Go of the Past (Preview) ... in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me when as yet there was none of them. -- Ps. 139:16 Some people believe that each of our days were planned, Divinely Ordered, before we were born. God knew, they say, and planned exactly what was to transpire. Others sugge...	Quetzal	1	242	Oct 25, 2008 by Doll
	BREAK FREE (Preview) BREAKFREE feels like the comfortable but sick damaged cocoon i have lived in is not looking or feeling like home aymore it's only by repeated humiliations and isolations that i'm finally growing and through this programme and my faith in a higher power i am actually growing wings i came into this amaz...	Jaanneew	9	486	Oct 25, 2008 by Doll
	Daily Reflections ~ "By Faith And By Works" (Preview) On anvils of experience, the structure of our Society was hammered out. . . . Thus has it been with A.A. By faith and by works we have been able to build upon the lessons of an incredible experience. They live today in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, which - God willing - shall sustain us in...	Sobrietyspell	0	326	Oct 24, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 24th Oct 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Fourth, I have turned to a Power greater than myself. Thank God, I am no longer at the center of the universe. The entire world does not revolve around me any longer. I am only one among many. I have a Father in heaven and I am only one of His children and a small one at that. But I can dep...	Sobrietyspell	0	271	Oct 24, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	New Guy To The Board-Newbie To AA-Long Time Alcoholic (Preview) Hello everyone! My name is Bill aka forpetessake. Well...I am one of the newest members of the worlds largest organization that on one wanted to join. lol At least that is what my sponser joked about last night. It is true though, isnt it? None of us who are alcoholics ever had a desire to become one. Yet....	forpetessake	31	1046	Oct 24, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Obituary (Preview) Common sense obituary.......... My parents told me about Mr. Common Sense early in my life and told me I would do well to call on him when making decisions. It seems he was always around in my early years but less and less as time passed by. Today I read his obituary. Please join me in a moment of silence i...	Phil	1	363	Oct 24, 2008 by beachgirl
	60 days! (Preview) Yippee! I made my 60 days!	celtcgrrl	7	336	Oct 24, 2008 by Doll
	Daily Reflections ~ What We Know Best (Preview) Shoemaker, stick to thy last! . . . better do one thing supremely well than many badly. That is the central theme of this Tradition [Five]. Around it our Society gathers in unity. The very life of our Fellowship requires the preservation of this principle. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 150 Th...	Sobrietyspell	0	359	Oct 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 23rd Oct 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Third, I have learned how to be honest. What a relief! No more ducking or dodging. No more tall tales. No more pretending to be what I am not. My cards are on the table for the entire world to see. "I am what I am," as Popeye used to say in the comics. I have had an unsavory pas...	Sobrietyspell	0	324	Oct 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Woo-Hoo Lani - Happy 1st Birthday!!! (Preview) Hi Laurie, Congratulations!!! What an amazing achievement!!! You truly are a great inspiration to many people. Happy birthday, my friend. ((Hugs))) Carol	Quetzal	13	485	Oct 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
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