Alcoholics Anonymous

Quetzal · Quetzal

Part of taking responsibility for us means taking responsibility for what we want and need, and knowing that's okay to do. Learning to tune in to us, learning to listen to ourselves, is an art. It takes practice. We can use our ability to guess what others want and need and apply that skill to ourselve...

Jane05 · Jane05

Day Twenty-one: Meetings will not keep you sober but they sure as heck will mess up your drinking. People with a belly full of booze and head full of program find it a miserable way to live. I may have one more drunk left inside, but not another sobering up-I don't take any chances. Excerpt from the Poc...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Pg. 21 Citizens Again "Each of us in turn--that is, the member who gets the most out of the program--spends a very large amount of time on Twelfth Step work in the early years. That was my case, and perhaps I should not have stayed sober with less work. "However, sooner or later...

torn25 · torn25

Hi I've been to about 3 meetings, my husband is an alcoholic, i have 2 very young children i am only 25, we've only been married for 2 years. I think the signs were there before we got married but i didn't take heed to them. He convinced me that alcoholics drink everyday and now that's exactly what he does....

lani · lani

Yohoo Phil.... You are truly missed around here!!!! Hope all is well!

youllneverknow · youllneverknow

Has anyone else had bladder control problems when drinking? Whenever I drink a lot and go to sleep, I do not wake up when I have to go to the bathroom..this has been happening a lot lately. Am I the only one?

Doll · Doll

In my f2f yesterday people were sharing how they drank so they wouldn't feel anything, to become numb. After listening to several of these, I came to realize I (for the most part) was the opposite...... I grew up in a military family. Everything was "buck up, walk it off!" and my older siste...

kaffehound · kaffehound

Hello, everyone! I am new here but wanted to relate something. A group of women from different groups meet in my home every Monday night for a Big Book Study. It's awesome! There are only six of us even though we've invited others. On each member's AA birthday we all go out for dinner. Getting 6 alk...

pinkchip · pinkchip

This week, like 5 people relapsed and 1 of them being my closest friend in AA thus far. Most of the people have around the same time as I do (or they did). I am wondering if it is common for people to slip up at the 3 to 5 month mark. I felt like I was really fighting the fight with these people and it is pissing...

Jane05 · Jane05

This is long, but in my opinion, well worth the read!! Have a good day! The Awakening A time comes in your life when you finally get it ... when, in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out ENOUGH!!! Enough fighting and crying o...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Resentments are the blocks that hold us back from loving others and ourselves. Resentments do not punish the other person; they punish us. They become barriers to feeling good and enjoying life. They prevent us from being in harmony with the world. Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loo...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Pg. 20 Light From A Prayer "God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We treasure our "Serenity Prayer" because it brings a new light to u...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.16 The essence of my spiritually, and my sobriety, rests on a round-the-clock faith in a Higher Power. I need to remember and rely on the God of my understanding as I pursue all of my daily activities. How c...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day On the foundation of sobriety, we can build a life of honesty, unselfishness, faith in God, and love of our fellow human beings. We'll never fully reach these goals, but the adventure of building that kind of a life is so much better than the merry-go-round of our old drinking l...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

By going back in our drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 23 When I was still drinking, I couldnt respond to an...

Jane05 · Jane05

What are your thoughts? For the last 2 weeks, everytime I've spoken or seen a sponsee, she appears to be under the influence (of something). What I'd like to know is, if you were her sponsor how would you handle this and if you were the sponsee how would you like your sponsor to approach you?

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the DayJanuary 19, 2009Adventure Following this spiritual path made a major difference in my life. It seemed to fill that lonely hole that I used to fill with alcohol. My self-esteem improved dramatically, and I knew happiness and serenity as I had never known before. I started to see t...

Quetzal · Quetzal

There is one feeling we need to pay particular attention to in recovery: feeling victimized. We do not need to become comfortable with that feeling. How do we feel when we've been victimized? Helpless. Rageful. Powerless. Frustrated. Feeling victimized is dangerous. Often, it can prompt us i...

carolmac · carolmac

I worked from home today, and my 16 year old daughter was off of school because of snow and cold (Indiana). We watched the show 'intervention' - and it was like looking in a mirror. I'm not as bad as she was, but I know my drinking bothers my daughter, and I wonder if that's why she likes the show so much - m...

Jane05 · Jane05

Today's Thought I am but one, but I am one, I can't do everything, But I can do SOMETHING, What I can do, I ought to do, What I ought to do, God helping me, I WILL DO. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day The new life can't be built in a day. We have to take the program slowly, a little at a time. Our subconscious minds have to be reeducated. We have to learn to think differently. We have to get used to sober thinking instead of alcoholic thinking. Any one who tries it knows that the o...

Friday · Friday

I want to belong somewhere. But I am alone, and will remain so. Too much sexual shame. Cannot let others get close, risk revealations. Alcohol slows it all down. Sleep away the ugliness of what I am. How I envy you that can be a part of A.A., and have such mundane problems! Eternally alone.

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

hi there, my friendly friends. just in a silly mood this evening, and free from a lot of usual unneccesary worries and stress. Have managed to give it to God today, and be grateful. Not always the case, but when these really GOOD days hit, when nothing special is going on and yet it is just so special to be a...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the DayJanuary 18, 2009No Barriers Many of my AA friends now are a generation or two older, but there is no barrier. AA is big enough for all. Each generation contributes its own gifts, talents, and thinking to AA. Each brings its own ideas and beliefs. We each bring our common disease of a...

Jane05 · Jane05

It is easier for us to blame others (parents, spouses, friends) for our predicaments then it is to look at self. Victims not only suffer pain, but they act as if someone else has the power to take that pain away. The Blame Game is not a part of my recovery program. Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Ha...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Pg. 18 Companion and Partner "Dr. Bob was my constant companion and partner in the great A.A. adventure. As the physician and great human being that he was, he chose work with others as his prime A.A. vocation and achieved a record which, in quantity and in quality, none will ever...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The behavior we call "acting as if" can be a powerful recovery tool. Acting as if is a way to practice the positive. It's a positive form of pretending. It's a tool we use to get ourselves unstuck. It's a tool we make a conscious decision to use. Acting as if can be helpful when a feeling begin...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Sometimes in life, things happen too fast. We barely solve one problem when two new problems surface. We're feeling great in the morning, but we're submerged in misery by nightfall. Every day we face interruptions, delays, changes, and challenges. We face personality conflicts and disappoint...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us happiness and peace of mind in just the particular order we wanted to get it - by the alcohol route. And we werent successful. But when we take time to find out some of the spiritual laws, and familiarize ourselves with them, and p...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day It doesn't do much good to come to meetings only once in a while and sit around, hoping to get something out of the program. That's all right at first, but it won't help us very long. Sooner or later we have to get into action by coming to meetings regularly, by giving a personal witn...

Jane05 · Jane05

Day Seventeen/3:00 AM: When egos collide, use kind words, do what you have control over, and do what you think is right. Surrender what you don't have control over, even if you think what others are doing is wrong. Others have the right to be wrong. I define myself by what I do and how I do it, not b...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Let's start another gratitude list, but this time, things that cannot be touched, bought, sold, etc. Nothing material. Has to be all intangible, and very special to you. Anyone want to start? .....tick tick tick..... OK, I will... 1. People can count on me to show up 2. My family is sleeping better 3. I...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Pg. 17 Toward Honesty, p. 17 The perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one permeates human affairs from top to bottom. This subtle and elusive kind of selfish-righteousness can underlie the smallest act or thought. Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaw...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day January 17, 2009 Powerless I did not know that it is physically impossible for me to drink moderately. I did not know that my body's drinking machinery had worn out, and that the parts could not be replaced. I did not know that just one drink made it impossible to control my behavior...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Pg. 16 Never Again!"Most people feel more secure on the twenty-four hour basis than they do in the resolution that they will never drink again. Most of them have broken too many resolutions. It's really a matter of personal choice; every A.A. has the privilege of interpreting...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day January 16, 2009 Simplicity Repeated experiences have forced us to this logically inescapable conclusion: If we do not take the first drink, we never get drunk. Therefore, instead of planning never to get drunk, or trying to limit the number of drinks or the amount of alcohol, w...

Jane05 · Jane05

Pocket Sponsor Some members of the fellowship say "Our mind is a dangerous neighborhood to be in alone." But together we can be on block watch! Don't let your mind get the better of you. Turn that "M" in me upside down, like we are asked to turn it over, and make a "We" out...

sigurd · sigurd

Recession It is all around us. I walk through the downtown area and the trees are black spines that stretch toward the skies. They are like people without money. They are wiry and they are hard and they fight the winter as does every creature. They are thin and have lost the verdure of summe...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 569-70 From my first days in A.A., as I struggled for sobriety, I found hope in these words...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day The A.A. program is a way of life. It's a way of living and we have to learn to live the program if we're going to stay sober. The twelve steps in the book are like guide-posts. They point the direction in which we have to go. But all members of the group have to find their own best way to...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Steady as she goes.... giving these new hours and responsibilities at work to God, and amazingly enough, like everything else in my life, it is easier to go on "autopilot" when I am connected to my Higher Power. I oftentimes run around trying to find power in situations, people, contacts,...

Jane05 · Jane05

StPeteDean wrote: Hi Jane, I just read your bio, thanks for posting it. I've been around AA since the '70's and sober since the late '80's. My mother joined in '75 when I was 15 and I was drinking hard liquor straight and doing a lot of drugs at the time. I went to my first meeting that year and subsequen...

Jane05 · Jane05

Pocket Sponsor Self will and running the show' can be like the monkey who sticks his hand into the trap for food. He grasps the food tightly creating a fist that won't slide out the trap door. The monkey struggles but won't release the food and he is trapped. Holding tight to your will and your way can be th...

Jane05 · Jane05

Quote From "Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book" If you're thinking about going to a meeting, go to the meeting, and then think about it.

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day January 15, 2009 Survey We should make an accurate and really exhaustive survey of our past life as it has affected other people. In many instances we shall find that though the harm done others has not been great, the emotional harm we have done ourselves has. Very deep, sometime...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees ItEternal Values, p. 15 Many people will have no truck at all with absolute spiritual values. Perfectionists, they say, are either full of conceit because they fancy they have reached some impossible goal, or else they are swamped in self-condemnation because they have not done so. Yet...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We learn some behaviors have self-defeating consequences, while others have beneficial consequences. We learn we have choices. -- Beyond Codependency It is so easy to come to the defense of others. How clear it is when others are being used, controlled, manipulated, or abused. It is so easy to fi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.83 Once I became sober, I began to see how wasteful my life had been and I experienced overwhelming guilt and feelings of regret. The programs Fourth and Fifth Steps assisted me enormously in healing those troubling re...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day When we first came into A.A., a sober life seemed strange. We wondered what life could possibly be like without ever taking a drink. At first, a sober life seemed unnatural. But the longer we're in A.A., the more natural this way of life seems. And now we know that the life we're li...

Tina · Tina

Just thought I'd drop in, it's been awhile. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years Sober. I'm doing fine, and the kids are well. Been keeping busy and not letting people, places and things get to me, and some days that is harder than others. Had a wonderful Christmas and New Years, my daught...

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	Wants and Needs (Preview) Part of taking responsibility for us means taking responsibility for what we want and need, and knowing that's okay to do. Learning to tune in to us, learning to listen to ourselves, is an art. It takes practice. We can use our ability to guess what others want and need and apply that skill to ourselve...	Quetzal	1	251	Jan 21, 2009 by Dakota
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) Day Twenty-one: Meetings will not keep you sober but they sure as heck will mess up your drinking. People with a belly full of booze and head full of program find it a miserable way to live. *I may have one more drunk left inside, but not another sobering up-I don't take any chances.* Excerpt from the Poc...	Jane05	1	228	Jan 21, 2009 by Dakota
	Citizens Again (Preview) As Bill Sees It Pg. 21 Citizens Again "Each of us in turn--that is, the member who gets the most out of the program--spends a very large amount of time on Twelfth Step work in the early years. That was my case, and perhaps I should not have stayed sober with less work. "However, sooner or later...	Jane05	0	300	Jan 21, 2009 by Jane05
	new to al anon and so hurt (Preview) Hi I've been to about 3 meetings, my husband is an alcoholic, i have 2 very young children i am only 25, we've only been married for 2 years. I think the signs were there before we got married but i didn't take heed to them. He convinced me that alcoholics drink everyday and now that's exactly what he does....	torn25	3	1257	Jan 20, 2009 by nmike
	Wheres Phil!!!!!!!! (Preview) Yohoo Phil.... You are truly missed around here!!!! Hope all is well!	lani	3	367	Jan 20, 2009 by lani
	Loss of Bladder Control (Preview) Has anyone else had bladder control problems when drinking? Whenever I drink a lot and go to sleep, I do not wake up when I have to go to the bathroom..this has been happening a lot lately. Am I the only one?	youllneverknow	8	7064	Jan 20, 2009 by Ms London
	I drank TO feel.....just sharing (Preview) In my f2f yesterday people were sharing how they drank so they wouldn't feel anything, to become numb. After listening to several of these, I came to realize I (for the most part) was the opposite...... I grew up in a military family. Everything was "buck up, walk it off!" and my older siste...	Doll	5	391	Jan 20, 2009 by Dakota
	Gratitude (Preview) Hello, everyone! I am new here but wanted to relate something. A group of women from different groups meet in my home every Monday night for a Big Book Study. It's awesome! There are only six of us even though we've invited others. On each member's AA birthday we all go out for dinner. Getting 6 alk...	kaffehound	4	397	Jan 20, 2009 by Dakota
	Is this common? (Preview) This week, like 5 people relapsed and 1 of them being my closest friend in AA thus far. Most of the people have around the same time as I do (or they did). I am wondering if it is common for people to slip up at the 3 to 5 month mark. I felt like I was really fighting the fight with these people and it is pissing...	pinkchip	12	442	Jan 20, 2009 by pinkchip
	The Awakening (Preview) This is long, but in my opinion, well worth the read!! Have a good day! The Awakening A time comes in your life when you finally get it ... when, in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out ENOUGH!!! Enough fighting and crying o...	Jane05	1	227	Jan 20, 2009 by Dakota
	New Beginnings (Preview) Resentments are the blocks that hold us back from loving others and ourselves. Resentments do not punish the other person; they punish us. They become barriers to feeling good and enjoying life. They prevent us from being in harmony with the world. Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loo...	Quetzal	0	369	Jan 20, 2009 by Quetzal
	Light From A Prayer (Preview) As Bill Sees It Pg. 20 Light From A Prayer "God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We treasure our "Serenity Prayer" because it brings a new light to u...	Jane05	0	291	Jan 20, 2009 by Jane05
	Daily Reflections ~ Round-The-Clock Faith (Preview) Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.16 The essence of my spiritually, and my sobriety, rests on a round-the-clock faith in a Higher Power. I need to remember and rely on the God of my understanding as I pursue all of my daily activities. How c...	Sobrietyspell	0	542	Jan 19, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 19th Jan 2009 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day On the foundation of sobriety, we can build a life of honesty, unselfishness, faith in God, and love of our fellow human beings. We'll never fully reach these goals, but the adventure of building that kind of a life is so much better than the merry-go-round of our old drinking l...	Sobrietyspell	0	319	Jan 19, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections ~ Would A Drink Help? (Preview) By going back in our drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 23 When I was still drinking, I couldnt respond to an...	Sobrietyspell	1	388	Jan 19, 2009 by loren
	What are your thoughts? (Preview) What are your thoughts? For the last 2 weeks, everytime I've spoken or seen a sponsee, she appears to be under the influence (of something). What I'd like to know is, if you were her sponsor how would you handle this and if you were the sponsee how would you like your sponsor to approach you?	Jane05	8	417	Jan 19, 2009 by lani
	A.A. Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the DayJanuary 19, 2009Adventure Following this spiritual path made a major difference in my life. It seemed to fill that lonely hole that I used to fill with alcohol. My self-esteem improved dramatically, and I knew happiness and serenity as I had never known before. I started to see t...	Jane05	1	253	Jan 19, 2009 by lani
	Owning Our Power (Preview) There is one feeling we need to pay particular attention to in recovery: feeling victimized. We do not need to become comfortable with that feeling. How do we feel when we've been victimized? Helpless. Rageful. Powerless. Frustrated. Feeling victimized is dangerous. Often, it can prompt us i...	Quetzal	1	262	Jan 19, 2009 by lani
	Thinking of coming back... (Preview) I worked from home today, and my 16 year old daughter was off of school because of snow and cold (Indiana). We watched the show 'intervention' - and it was like looking in a mirror. I'm not as bad as she was, but I know my drinking bothers my daughter, and I wonder if that's why she likes the show so much - m...	carolmac	6	417	Jan 19, 2009 by pinkchip
	Today's Thought (Preview) Today's Thought I am but one, but I am one, I can't do everything, But I can do SOMETHING, What I can do, I ought to do, What I ought to do, God helping me, I WILL DO. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~	Jane05	0	273	Jan 19, 2009 by Jane05
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 18th Jan 2009 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day The new life can't be built in a day. We have to take the program slowly, a little at a time. Our subconscious minds have to be reeducated. We have to learn to think differently. We have to get used to sober thinking instead of alcoholic thinking. Any one who tries it knows that the o...	Sobrietyspell	0	352	Jan 18, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	I hate God (Preview) I want to belong somewhere. But I am alone, and will remain so. Too much sexual shame. Cannot let others get close, risk revealations. Alcohol slows it all down. Sleep away the ugliness of what I am. How I envy you that can be a part of A.A., and have such mundane problems! Eternally alone.	Friday	8	458	Jan 18, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	YABBA-DABBA-DOOOOOO!! (Preview) hi there, my friendly friends. just in a silly mood this evening, and free from a lot of usual unneccesary worries and stress. Have managed to give it to God today, and be grateful. Not always the case, but when these really GOOD days hit, when nothing special is going on and yet it is just so special to be a...	jonijoni1	5	415	Jan 18, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	A.A. Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the DayJanuary 18, 2009No Barriers Many of my AA friends now are a generation or two older, but there is no barrier. AA is big enough for all. Each generation contributes its own gifts, talents, and thinking to AA. Each brings its own ideas and beliefs. We each bring our common disease of a...	Jane05	0	251	Jan 18, 2009 by Jane05
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) It is easier for us to blame others (parents, spouses, friends) for our predicaments then it is to look at self. Victims not only suffer pain, but they act as if someone else has the power to take that pain away. *The Blame Game is not a part of my recovery program.* Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Ha...	Jane05	1	256	Jan 18, 2009 by Dakota
	Companion and Partner (Preview) As Bill Sees It Pg. 18 Companion and Partner "Dr. Bob was my constant companion and partner in the great A.A. adventure. As the physician and great human being that he was, he chose work with others as his prime A.A. vocation and achieved a record which, in quantity and in quality, none will ever...	Jane05	1	420	Jan 18, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Acting As If (Preview) The behavior we call "acting as if" can be a powerful recovery tool. Acting as if is a way to practice the positive. It's a positive form of pretending. It's a tool we use to get ourselves unstuck. It's a tool we make a conscious decision to use. Acting as if can be helpful when a feeling begin...	Quetzal	2	2082	Jan 18, 2009 by Dakota
	Gratitude (Preview) Sometimes in life, things happen too fast. We barely solve one problem when two new problems surface. We're feeling great in the morning, but we're submerged in misery by nightfall. Every day we face interruptions, delays, changes, and challenges. We face personality conflicts and disappoint...	Quetzal	1	293	Jan 18, 2009 by Jane05
	Daily Reflections ~ Happiness Comes Quietly (Preview) The trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us happiness and peace of mind in just the particular order we wanted to get it - by the alcohol route. And we werent successful. But when we take time to find out some of the spiritual laws, and familiarize ourselves with them, and p...	Sobrietyspell	0	1290	Jan 17, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 17th Jan 2009 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day It doesn't do much good to come to meetings only once in a while and sit around, hoping to get something out of the program. That's all right at first, but it won't help us very long. Sooner or later we have to get into action by coming to meetings regularly, by giving a personal witn...	Sobrietyspell	0	359	Jan 17, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) Day Seventeen/3:00 AM: When egos collide, use kind words, do what you have control over, and do what you think is right. Surrender what you don't have control over, even if you think what others are doing is wrong. Others have the right to be wrong. I define myself by what I do and how I do it, not b...	Jane05	1	318	Jan 17, 2009 by jonijoni1
	INTANGIBLE GRATITUDE LIST TIME (Preview) Let's start another gratitude list, but this time, things that cannot be touched, bought, sold, etc. Nothing material. Has to be all intangible, and very special to you. Anyone want to start? .....tick tick tick..... OK, I will... 1. People can count on me to show up 2. My family is sleeping better 3. I...	jonijoni1	4	774	Jan 17, 2009 by lani
	Toward Honesty (Preview) As Bill Sees It Pg. 17 Toward Honesty, p. 17 The perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one permeates human affairs from top to bottom. This subtle and elusive kind of selfish-righteousness can underlie the smallest act or thought. Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaw...	Jane05	2	1225	Jan 17, 2009 by jonijoni1
	A.A. Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day January 17, 2009 Powerless I did not know that it is physically impossible for me to drink moderately. I did not know that my body's drinking machinery had worn out, and that the parts could not be replaced. I did not know that just one drink made it impossible to control my behavior...	Jane05	0	310	Jan 17, 2009 by Jane05
	Never Again! (Preview) As Bill Sees It Pg. 16 Never Again!"Most people feel more secure on the twenty-four hour basis than they do in the resolution that they will never drink again. Most of them have broken too many resolutions. It's really a matter of personal choice; every A.A. has the privilege of interpreting...	Jane05	1	323	Jan 16, 2009 by jonijoni1
	A.A. Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day January 16, 2009 Simplicity Repeated experiences have forced us to this logically inescapable conclusion: If we do not take the first drink, we never get drunk. Therefore, instead of planning never to get drunk, or trying to limit the number of drinks or the amount of alcohol, w...	Jane05	0	267	Jan 16, 2009 by Jane05
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) Pocket Sponsor Some members of the fellowship say "Our mind is a dangerous neighborhood to be in alone." But together we can be on block watch! Don't let your mind get the better of you. Turn that "M" in me upside down, like we are asked to turn it over, and make a "We" out...	Jane05	0	335	Jan 16, 2009 by Jane05
	Recession (Preview) Recession It is all around us. I walk through the downtown area and the trees are black spines that stretch toward the skies. They are like people without money. They are wiry and they are hard and they fight the winter as does every creature. They are thin and have lost the verdure of summe...	sigurd	1	287	Jan 15, 2009 by jonijoni1
	Daily Reflections ~ An Unsuspected Inner Resource (Preview) With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 569-70 From my first days in A.A., as I struggled for sobriety, I found hope in these words...	Sobrietyspell	0	423	Jan 15, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 15th Jan 2009 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day The A.A. program is a way of life. It's a way of living and we have to learn to live the program if we're going to stay sober. The twelve steps in the book are like guide-posts. They point the direction in which we have to go. But all members of the group have to find their own best way to...	Sobrietyspell	0	334	Jan 15, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Good Eeeeeebening (Preview) Steady as she goes.... giving these new hours and responsibilities at work to God, and amazingly enough, like everything else in my life, it is easier to go on "autopilot" when I am connected to my Higher Power. I oftentimes run around trying to find power in situations, people, contacts,...	jonijoni1	4	411	Jan 15, 2009 by lani
	Sober and Still Married (Preview) StPeteDean wrote: Hi Jane, I just read your bio, thanks for posting it. I've been around AA since the '70's and sober since the late '80's. My mother joined in '75 when I was 15 and I was drinking hard liquor straight and doing a lot of drugs at the time. I went to my first meeting that year and subsequen...	Jane05	1	290	Jan 15, 2009 by lani
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) Pocket Sponsor Self will and running the show' can be like the monkey who sticks his hand into the trap for food. He grasps the food tightly creating a fist that won't slide out the trap door. The monkey struggles but won't release the food and he is trapped. Holding tight to your will and your way can be th...	Jane05	0	339	Jan 15, 2009 by Jane05
	Thinking about a Meeting? (Preview) Quote From "Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book" If you're thinking about going to a meeting, go to the meeting, and then think about it.	Jane05	0	327	Jan 15, 2009 by Jane05
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day January 15, 2009 Survey We should make an accurate and really exhaustive survey of our past life as it has affected other people. In many instances we shall find that though the harm done others has not been great, the emotional harm we have done ourselves has. Very deep, sometime...	Jane05	0	289	Jan 15, 2009 by Jane05
	Eternal Values (Preview) As Bill Sees ItEternal Values, p. 15 Many people will have no truck at all with absolute spiritual values. Perfectionists, they say, are either full of conceit because they fancy they have reached some impossible goal, or else they are swamped in self-condemnation because they have not done so. Yet...	Jane05	0	401	Jan 15, 2009 by Jane05
	Standing Up for Ourselves (Preview) We learn some behaviors have self-defeating consequences, while others have beneficial consequences. We learn we have choices. -- Beyond Codependency It is so easy to come to the defense of others. How clear it is when others are being used, controlled, manipulated, or abused. It is so easy to fi...	Quetzal	0	471	Jan 15, 2009 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections ~ No Regrets (Preview) We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.83 Once I became sober, I began to see how wasteful my life had been and I experienced overwhelming guilt and feelings of regret. The programs Fourth and Fifth Steps assisted me enormously in healing those troubling re...	Sobrietyspell	0	327	Jan 14, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 14th Jan 2009 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day When we first came into A.A., a sober life seemed strange. We wondered what life could possibly be like without ever taking a drink. At first, a sober life seemed unnatural. But the longer we're in A.A., the more natural this way of life seems. And now we know that the life we're li...	Sobrietyspell	0	301	Jan 14, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	HI!! (Preview) Just thought I'd drop in, it's been awhile. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years Sober. I'm doing fine, and the kids are well. Been keeping busy and not letting people, places and things get to me, and some days that is harder than others. Had a wonderful Christmas and New Years, my daught...	Tina	5	376	Jan 14, 2009 by Jane05
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