Alcoholics Anonymous

Quetzal · Quetzal

I am still amazed, after years of recovering, at how easily I can begin to talk myself out of attending meetings. I am also still amazed at how good I feel when I go. -- Anonymous We don't have to stay stuck in our misery and discomfort. An immediate option is available that will help us feel better: go to...

Ms London · Ms London

Today marks 30 days for me! I'm very happy to be here.

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day January 29, 2009 Vulnerability Our drinking lives left our emotional selves pinched, scraped, bent, and bruised, if not pretty firmly warped. So, as our experience shows, the first nondrinking days are likely to be periods of great emotional vulnerability. Is this an extend...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Pg. 29 Gratitude Should Go Forward "Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward. "In other words, if you carry the message to still others, you will be making the best possible repayment for the help given to you." {{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}} No satisfaction has bee...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you. to have a host of friends - this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it. Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day What a load wasting money puts on your shoulders! They say that members of A.A. have paid the highest initiation fee of any club members in the world, because we've wasted so much money on liquor. We'll never be able to figure out how much it was. We not only wasted our own money, bu...

Supercub · Supercub

Thought I would post quickly about a meeting I went to tonight. A handful of people strolled in a couple minutes late. One of them looked like he might be drunk, or maybe just acts drunk when he's sober, I'm still not sure which. So I was tasked with reading from chapter 5 of the big book, up to the first s...

Jane05 · Jane05

Are We Passing It On? When people met Bill W. for the first time and expressed their gratitude, his usual response was "Pass it on." This became the title of his biography and has also become a slogan in A.A. Sadly, we can pass on bad ideas as well as good ones. A number of us feel real guilt ove...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees Itpg. 28 Troublemakers Can Be Teachers Few of us are and longer afraid of what any newcomer can do to our A. A. reputation or effectiveness. Those who slip, those who panhandle, those who scandalize, those with mental twists, those who rebel at the program, those who trade on the A. A. rep...

dee65 · dee65

hi all, im a relatively new comer...have been attending meetings since last October and been doing pretty well. I have been having the occasional slip up and there is the problem...I knowq I need to get to more meetings especially so I can feel more a part of what I truly beleive is a wonderful membershi...

Dakota · Dakota

I thought I would pose this question. Seems like we all go into the new year with a new resolution (or perhaps the same one again!), but why is it just so near impossible to follow through on? When we look around us, lots of people are all looking to get rid of something they routinely do that is not working o...

Jane05 · Jane05

Just something I found and wanted to share: Sponsee to Sponsor: "Are you laughing with me or at me?" Sponsor: "I'm laughing at you." Sponsee: "Then why am I laughing with you laughing at me?" Sponsor: "'cause you're growing!" When I was first getting sob...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the DayJanuary 28, 2009 Possibilities I have come to believe that hard times are not just meaningless suffering and that something good might turn up at any moment. That's a big change for someone who used to come to in the morning feeling sentenced to another day of life. When I wake up t...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Pg. 27 Daily Reprieve We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We of A.A. obey spiritual principles, at first because we must, then because we ought to, and ultim...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Often, one of our biggest questions is "What's going to happen?" We may ask this about our relationships, our career, our recovery, and our life. It is easy to tangle us up in worrisome thoughts. Worrying about what's going to happen blocks us from functioning effectively today. It kee...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now. Cling to the thought that, in Gods hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for them. ALCOHOLICS...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day What a load hangovers put on your shoulders! What terrible physical punishment we've all been through. The pounding headaches and jumpy nerves, the shakes and the jitters, the hot and cold sweats! When you come into A.A. and stop drinking, that terrible load of hangovers fal...

Doll · Doll

http://www.aikenstandard.com/Local/0121SmokingBan This is my HG! THREE members took their complaint to the Police instead of bringing it to a conscience meeting! ~ Jen Feel free to post your comments!

chester · chester

Hi My name is Chester I am looking to try and end most of the confusion in my life. I have a wife(curently separated from) and a little boy. I have been to some face to face meetings. I am trying to work the 12 steps. Glad to be here Thanks

Jane05 · Jane05

Wisdom of the Rooms January 26, 2009 Quote of the Week "If you don't have hope then death is a formality." Before recovery, my life was spiraling out of control and each area just got worse and worse. I had lost my job; my relationships had all but ended, and I had lost hope of my future ever get...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We can find the balance between needing people too much and not letting ourselves need anyone at all. Many of us have unmet dependency needs lingering from the past. While we want others to fulfill our desire to be loved unconditionally, we may have chosen people who cannot, or will not, be there for...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the DayJanuary 27, 2009Acceptance 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 s...

Jane05 · Jane05

Day Twenty-seven/1:00 AM: When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. With sobriety, you can live your life in such a manner that when you die the world cries and you rejoice. My life is not a dress rehearsal. Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Hazelden author of ' Day By Day' & other...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Who wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? Who cares anything about a Higher Power, let alone meditation and prayer? Who wants to sacrifice time and energy in trying to carry A.A.s message to the next sufferer? No, th...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day As we became alcoholics, the bad effects of drinking came more and more to outweigh the good effects. But the strange part of it is that, no matter what drinking did to us, loss of our health, our jobs, our money, and our homes, we still stuck to it and depended on it. Our dependence...

Jane05 · Jane05

I could be wrong, as usual, and I have tried to find this here and couldn't. Anyway this is a list of the 12 Step Prayers (Big Book Style). I don't remember where I got them from, but I still use them today and wanted to share with you. NIGHT-PRAYER God forgive me where I have been resentful, selfish, di...

Codependent2 · Codependent2

Went to my first meeting. They basically made the meeting about me. Embraced me. Gave me the big book. Shared their stories. When they offered me the white chip I hesitated and honestly told them I was still struggling with identifying myself as a binge drinker instead of an alcoholic. They all...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society at large that many of us have suffered the most. We have been especially stupid and stubborn about them. The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being. TWELVE S...

nmike · nmike

Hi AA, What is the link for the AA protocol for holding a meeting? That is, what do you read first, second, third, etc. Thanks, Nancy

Quetzal · Quetzal

We can learn not to get hooked into unhealthy, self-defeating behaviors in relationships - behaviors such as caretaking, controlling, discounting ourselves, and believing lies. We can learn to watch for and identify hooks, and choose not to allow ourselves to be hooked. Often, people do thi...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Pg. 26 True Independence of the Spirit The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are. Therefore, dependence as A.A. practices it is really a means of gaining true independence of the spirit. At the level of everyday living, it is startli...

Jane05 · Jane05

Day Twenty-six/2:00 PM: Forgiving is not condoning. It means you let go of the energy of condemning so that you can give energy to the process of good living. God forgives "them" anyway, so I don't have to worry about withholding mine. Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Hazelden au...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day We used to depend on drinking for a lot of things. We depended on drinking to help us enjoy things. It gave us a "kick." It broke down our shyness and helped us to have a "good time." We depended on drinking to help us when we felt low physically. If we had a toot...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Well with all the compaining I had done in the recent past, my Al-Anon aunt's (a.k.a."moms") coming open heart surgery sure has put things into perspective. There are far more important things in life than worrying about aesthetics around the house. I have a strained back muscle right no...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . . A.A. is really saying to every serious drinker, You are an A.A. member if you say so . . . nobody can keep you out. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 139 For years, whenever I reflected on Tradition Three (The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking), I thought it valua...

Tina · Tina

Just droppin in to say hi As well as to let you all know I'm still here and haven't forgotten about you. I've been busy with work and volunteerin with the Heart and Stroke Foundation, we start canvassing next month and I became Captain of the area. Beside from that my children are doing well, my son is stil...

Delia08 · Delia08

Hello! Today I celebrate 6 months and I woke up this morning so excited! I was in a meeting awhile ago where a man was celebrating a number of years. His share stuck with me and I am remembering it on this day. He spoke of how he woke up on his anniversary and began wondering what his wife was going to do for h...

Codependent2 · Codependent2

Going to try my first meeting tomorrow. I'm nervous. It is an open meeting at a church. Women only. I am early 30's. Can you tell me what to expect? I am going by myself.

Codependent2 · Codependent2

A little over 3 weeks with no alcohol and for someone who didn't drink on a daily basis I have hardly thought about it- til this weekend. I had a pattern. I would drink for about 3 weeks then blow it out one Sat night. I kept it like clockwork- not on purpose- just seemed to be when the memory of my last bing...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the DayJanuary 25, 2009Fellowship To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends -- this is an experience you must not to miss. We know you will not want to miss it. Reprinted from Alcoholics Ano...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Pg. 25 We Cannot Stand Still In the first days of A.A., I wasn't much bothered about the areas of life in which I was standing still. There was always the alibi: "After all," I said to myself, "I'm far too busy with much more important matters." That was my near perfe...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. -- Step One of Al-Anon There are many different versions of the First Step for recovering codependents. Some of us admit powerlessness over alcohol or another's alcoholism. Some of us admit powerlessness over p...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

There is action and more action. Faith without works is dead. . . . To be helpful is our only aim. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , pp. 88-89 I understand that service is a vital part of recovery but I often wonder, What can I do? Simply start with what I have today! I look around to see where there is a need. Are the ash...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Alcoholics who are living in a blind alley refuse to be really honest with themselves or with other people. They're running away from life and won't face things as they are. They won't give up their resentments. They're too sensitive and too easily hurt. They refuse to try to be...

tlcate · tlcate

Hello Everyone, I learned that a friend and her husband recently died, killed by a drunk driver. My heart is broken - and there is no anger towards the drunk driver - only absolute sorrow. That could have been me in the past - so many times. I thank my HP for saving others and myself from the horrible aff...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the DayJanuary 24, 2009Miracle I was spiritually bankrupt long before AA entered my life and long before alcoholism took over like a parasite under my skin. I had nothing, no faith at all to cling to. I had no faith in man, because along with my drinking I had lost faith in myself. I trusted...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Pg. 24 Alike When The Chips Are Down In the beginning, it was four whole years before A.A. brought permanent sobriety to even one alcoholic woman. Like the "high bottoms," the women said they were different; A.A. couldn't be for them. But as the communication was perfected...

Quetzal · Quetzal

One of the greatest gifts we can give is an open, loving heart. And holding on to negative feelings from past relationships is our greatest barrier to that gift. Most of us have had relationships that have ended. When we examine these relationships, we need to clear the emotional slate. Are we holdi...

texaa · texaa

Yes, I drank yesterday. Heard that line from the Tom Petty song "Learning to Fly", which has another line..."learning to fly, but I ain't got wings....coming down is the hardest thing"....I heard it yesterday, and it seemed pertinent to me, since i had been up in sobriety, and...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . we arent a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldnt want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying life. We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the worlds troubles on our shoulders. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 132 When my own house i...

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	Going to Meetings (Preview) I am still amazed, after years of recovering, at how easily I can begin to talk myself out of attending meetings. I am also still amazed at how good I feel when I go. -- Anonymous We don't have to stay stuck in our misery and discomfort. An immediate option is available that will help us feel better: go to...	Quetzal	1	388	Jan 29, 2009 by pinkchip
	Day 30! (Preview) Today marks 30 days for me! I'm very happy to be here.	Ms London	9	465	Jan 29, 2009 by pinkchip
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day January 29, 2009 Vulnerability Our drinking lives left our emotional selves pinched, scraped, bent, and bruised, if not pretty firmly warped. So, as our experience shows, the first nondrinking days are likely to be periods of great emotional vulnerability. Is this an extend...	Jane05	0	235	Jan 29, 2009 by Jane05
	Gratitude Should Go Forward (Preview) As Bill Sees It Pg. 29 Gratitude Should Go Forward "Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward. "In other words, if you carry the message to still others, you will be making the best possible repayment for the help given to you." {{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}} No satisfaction has bee...	Jane05	0	323	Jan 29, 2009 by Jane05
	Daily Reflections ~ The Joy of Sharing (Preview) Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you. to have a host of friends - this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it. Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is...	Sobrietyspell	0	374	Jan 29, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 29th Jan 2009 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day What a load wasting money puts on your shoulders! They say that members of A.A. have paid the highest initiation fee of any club members in the world, because we've wasted so much money on liquor. We'll never be able to figure out how much it was. We not only wasted our own money, bu...	Sobrietyspell	0	389	Jan 29, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Strange guy in meeting tonight (Preview) Thought I would post quickly about a meeting I went to tonight. A handful of people strolled in a couple minutes late. One of them looked like he might be drunk, or maybe just acts drunk when he's sober, I'm still not sure which. So I was tasked with reading from chapter 5 of the big book, up to the first s...	Supercub	5	439	Jan 29, 2009 by Supercub
	Are We Passing It On? (Preview) Are We Passing It On? When people met Bill W. for the first time and expressed their gratitude, his usual response was "Pass it on." This became the title of his biography and has also become a slogan in A.A. Sadly, we can pass on bad ideas as well as good ones. A number of us feel real guilt ove...	Jane05	0	386	Jan 28, 2009 by Jane05
	Troublemakers Can Be Teachers (Preview) As Bill Sees Itpg. 28 Troublemakers Can Be Teachers Few of us are and longer afraid of what any newcomer can do to our A. A. reputation or effectiveness. Those who slip, those who panhandle, those who scandalize, those with mental twists, those who rebel at the program, those who trade on the A. A. rep...	Jane05	1	2141	Jan 28, 2009 by Dakota
	newcomer (Preview) hi all, im a relatively new comer...have been attending meetings since last October and been doing pretty well. I have been having the occasional slip up and there is the problem...I knowq I need to get to more meetings especially so I can feel more a part of what I truly beleive is a wonderful membershi...	dee65	5	435	Jan 28, 2009 by chester
	what is wrong with resolutions in the new year? (Preview) I thought I would pose this question. Seems like we all go into the new year with a new resolution (or perhaps the same one again!), but why is it just so near impossible to follow through on? When we look around us, lots of people are all looking to get rid of something they routinely do that is not working o...	Dakota	2	314	Jan 28, 2009 by Dakota
	Laughing at me (Preview) Just something I found and wanted to share: Sponsee to Sponsor: "Are you laughing with me or at me?" Sponsor: "I'm laughing at you." Sponsee: "Then why am I laughing with you laughing at me?" Sponsor: "'cause you're growing!" When I was first getting sob...	Jane05	0	250	Jan 28, 2009 by Jane05
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the DayJanuary 28, 2009 Possibilities I have come to believe that hard times are not just meaningless suffering and that something good might turn up at any moment. That's a big change for someone who used to come to in the morning feeling sentenced to another day of life. When I wake up t...	Jane05	0	438	Jan 28, 2009 by Jane05
	Daily Reprieve (Preview) As Bill Sees It Pg. 27 Daily Reprieve We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We of A.A. obey spiritual principles, at first because we must, then because we ought to, and ultim...	Jane05	4	748	Jan 28, 2009 by Jane05
	Staying in the Present Moment (Preview) Often, one of our biggest questions is "What's going to happen?" We may ask this about our relationships, our career, our recovery, and our life. It is easy to tangle us up in worrisome thoughts. Worrying about what's going to happen blocks us from functioning effectively today. It kee...	Quetzal	0	835	Jan 28, 2009 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections ~ The Treasure of the Past (Preview) Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now. Cling to the thought that, in Gods hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for them. ALCOHOLICS...	Sobrietyspell	0	516	Jan 28, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 28th Jan 2009 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day What a load hangovers put on your shoulders! What terrible physical punishment we've all been through. The pounding headaches and jumpy nerves, the shakes and the jitters, the hot and cold sweats! When you come into A.A. and stop drinking, that terrible load of hangovers fal...	Sobrietyspell	0	299	Jan 28, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	AA is now engaged in a public controversy!!!!! (Preview) http://www.aikenstandard.com/Local/0121SmokingBan This is my HG! THREE members took their complaint to the Police instead of bringing it to a conscience meeting! ~ Jen Feel free to post your comments!	Doll	8	3251	Jan 28, 2009 by John
	New here (Preview) Hi My name is Chester I am looking to try and end most of the confusion in my life. I have a wife(curently separated from) and a little boy. I have been to some face to face meetings. I am trying to work the 12 steps. Glad to be here Thanks	chester	12	482	Jan 28, 2009 by John
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) Wisdom of the Rooms January 26, 2009 Quote of the Week "If you don't have hope then death is a formality." Before recovery, my life was spiraling out of control and each area just got worse and worse. I had lost my job; my relationships had all but ended, and I had lost hope of my future ever get...	Jane05	1	818	Jan 28, 2009 by John
	Needing People (Preview) We can find the balance between needing people too much and not letting ourselves need anyone at all. Many of us have unmet dependency needs lingering from the past. While we want others to fulfill our desire to be loved unconditionally, we may have chosen people who cannot, or will not, be there for...	Quetzal	1	344	Jan 28, 2009 by John
	A.A. Thought for The Day (Preview) AA Thought for the DayJanuary 27, 2009Acceptance 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 s...	Jane05	3	313	Jan 27, 2009 by Dakota
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) Day Twenty-seven/1:00 AM: When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. With sobriety, you can live your life in such a manner that when you die the world cries and you rejoice. *My life is not a dress rehearsal.* Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Hazelden author of ' Day By Day' & other...	Jane05	0	292	Jan 27, 2009 by Jane05
	Daily Reflections ~ Rigorous Honesty (Preview) Who wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? Who cares anything about a Higher Power, let alone meditation and prayer? Who wants to sacrifice time and energy in trying to carry A.A.s message to the next sufferer? No, th...	Sobrietyspell	0	414	Jan 26, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 26th Jan 2009 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day As we became alcoholics, the bad effects of drinking came more and more to outweigh the good effects. But the strange part of it is that, no matter what drinking did to us, loss of our health, our jobs, our money, and our homes, we still stuck to it and depended on it. Our dependence...	Sobrietyspell	0	332	Jan 26, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	12 Step Prayers (Big Book Style) (Preview) I could be wrong, as usual, and I have tried to find this here and couldn't. Anyway this is a list of the 12 Step Prayers (Big Book Style). I don't remember where I got them from, but I still use them today and wanted to share with you. NIGHT-PRAYER God forgive me where I have been resentful, selfish, di...	Jane05	1	8010	Jan 26, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	They were so nice (Preview) Went to my first meeting. They basically made the meeting about me. Embraced me. Gave me the big book. Shared their stories. When they offered me the white chip I hesitated and honestly told them I was still struggling with identifying myself as a binge drinker instead of an alcoholic. They all...	Codependent2	6	394	Jan 26, 2009 by Codependent2
	Daily Reflections ~ Forming True Partnerships (Preview) But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society at large that many of us have suffered the most. We have been especially stupid and stubborn about them. The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being. TWELVE S...	Sobrietyspell	5	7588	Jan 26, 2009 by StPeteDean
	AA Meeting Protocol (Preview) Hi AA, What is the link for the AA protocol for holding a meeting? That is, what do you read first, second, third, etc. Thanks, Nancy	nmike	2	6352	Jan 26, 2009 by Doll
	Off The Hook (Preview) We can learn not to get hooked into unhealthy, self-defeating behaviors in relationships - behaviors such as caretaking, controlling, discounting ourselves, and believing lies. We can learn to watch for and identify hooks, and choose not to allow ourselves to be hooked. Often, people do thi...	Quetzal	0	403	Jan 26, 2009 by Quetzal
	True Independence of the Spirit (Preview) As Bill Sees It Pg. 26 True Independence of the Spirit The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are. Therefore, dependence as A.A. practices it is really a means of gaining true independence of the spirit. At the level of everyday living, it is startli...	Jane05	0	1004	Jan 26, 2009 by Jane05
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) Day Twenty-six/2:00 PM: Forgiving is not condoning. It means you let go of the energy of condemning so that you can give energy to the process of good living. *God forgives "them" anyway, so I don't have to worry about withholding mine.* Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Hazelden au...	Jane05	0	283	Jan 26, 2009 by Jane05
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 25th Jan 2009 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day We used to depend on drinking for a lot of things. We depended on drinking to help us enjoy things. It gave us a "kick." It broke down our shyness and helped us to have a "good time." We depended on drinking to help us when we felt low physically. If we had a toot...	Sobrietyspell	1	301	Jan 25, 2009 by dee65
	Updaties..... (Preview) Well with all the compaining I had done in the recent past, my Al-Anon aunt's (a.k.a."moms") coming open heart surgery sure has put things into perspective. There are far more important things in life than worrying about aesthetics around the house. I have a strained back muscle right no...	jonijoni1	3	413	Jan 25, 2009 by jonijoni1
	Daily Reflections ~ What We Need - Each Other (Preview) . . . . A.A. is really saying to every serious drinker, You are an A.A. member if you say so . . . nobody can keep you out. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 139 For years, whenever I reflected on Tradition Three (The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking), I thought it valua...	Sobrietyspell	0	371	Jan 25, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Hi all (Preview) Just droppin in to say hi As well as to let you all know I'm still here and haven't forgotten about you. I've been busy with work and volunteerin with the Heart and Stroke Foundation, we start canvassing next month and I became Captain of the area. Beside from that my children are doing well, my son is stil...	Tina	0	375	Jan 25, 2009 by Tina
	Appreciating loved ones (Preview) Hello! Today I celebrate 6 months and I woke up this morning so excited! I was in a meeting awhile ago where a man was celebrating a number of years. His share stuck with me and I am remembering it on this day. He spoke of how he woke up on his anniversary and began wondering what his wife was going to do for h...	Delia08	3	392	Jan 25, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	First Meeting (Preview) Going to try my first meeting tomorrow. I'm nervous. It is an open meeting at a church. Women only. I am early 30's. Can you tell me what to expect? I am going by myself.	Codependent2	4	1092	Jan 25, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Clubs, etc (Preview) A little over 3 weeks with no alcohol and for someone who didn't drink on a daily basis I have hardly thought about it- til this weekend. I had a pattern. I would drink for about 3 weeks then blow it out one Sat night. I kept it like clockwork- not on purpose- just seemed to be when the memory of my last bing...	Codependent2	4	416	Jan 25, 2009 by pinkchip
	A.A. Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the DayJanuary 25, 2009Fellowship To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends -- this is an experience you must not to miss. We know you will not want to miss it. Reprinted from Alcoholics Ano...	Jane05	0	285	Jan 25, 2009 by Jane05
	We Cannot Stand Still (Preview) As Bill Sees It Pg. 25 We Cannot Stand Still In the first days of A.A., I wasn't much bothered about the areas of life in which I was standing still. There was always the alibi: "After all," I said to myself, "I'm far too busy with much more important matters." That was my near perfe...	Jane05	0	560	Jan 25, 2009 by Jane05
	Step One (Preview) We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. -- Step One of Al-Anon There are many different versions of the First Step for recovering codependents. Some of us admit powerlessness over alcohol or another's alcoholism. Some of us admit powerlessness over p...	Quetzal	0	332	Jan 25, 2009 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections ~ Getting Involved (Preview) There is action and more action. Faith without works is dead. . . . To be helpful is our only aim. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , pp. 88-89 I understand that service is a vital part of recovery but I often wonder, What can I do? Simply start with what I have today! I look around to see where there is a need. Are the ash...	Sobrietyspell	0	397	Jan 24, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 24th Jan 2009 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Alcoholics who are living in a blind alley refuse to be really honest with themselves or with other people. They're running away from life and won't face things as they are. They won't give up their resentments. They're too sensitive and too easily hurt. They refuse to try to be...	Sobrietyspell	0	374	Jan 24, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Thankful, from the bottom of my soul, for sobriety (Preview) Hello Everyone, I learned that a friend and her husband recently died, killed by a drunk driver. My heart is broken - and there is no anger towards the drunk driver - only absolute sorrow. That could have been me in the past - so many times. I thank my HP for saving others and myself from the horrible aff...	tlcate	1	375	Jan 24, 2009 by Jane05
	A.A. Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the DayJanuary 24, 2009Miracle I was spiritually bankrupt long before AA entered my life and long before alcoholism took over like a parasite under my skin. I had nothing, no faith at all to cling to. I had no faith in man, because along with my drinking I had lost faith in myself. I trusted...	Jane05	0	304	Jan 24, 2009 by Jane05
	Alike When The Chips Are Down (Preview) As Bill Sees It Pg. 24 Alike When The Chips Are Down In the beginning, it was four whole years before A.A. brought permanent sobriety to even one alcoholic woman. Like the "high bottoms," the women said they were different; A.A. couldn't be for them. But as the communication was perfected...	Jane05	0	275	Jan 24, 2009 by Jane05
	Clearing the Slate (Preview) One of the greatest gifts we can give is an open, loving heart. And holding on to negative feelings from past relationships is our greatest barrier to that gift. Most of us have had relationships that have ended. When we examine these relationships, we need to clear the emotional slate. Are we holdi...	Quetzal	0	327	Jan 24, 2009 by Quetzal
	what goes up must come down (Preview) Yes, I drank yesterday. Heard that line from the Tom Petty song "Learning to Fly", which has another line..."learning to fly, but I ain't got wings....coming down is the hardest thing"....I heard it yesterday, and it seemed pertinent to me, since i had been up in sobriety, and...	texaa	38	1270	Jan 24, 2009 by texaa
	Daily Reflections ~ Having Fun Yet? (Preview) . . . we arent a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldnt want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying life. We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the worlds troubles on our shoulders. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 132 When my own house i...	Sobrietyspell	0	334	Jan 23, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
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