Alcoholics Anonymous

Dakota · Dakota

How the "ego" can crush the ability and thwart the best of intentions. The simplest thing that has been working very well for me given any kind of negative sitch, and creating the ability to rise above has been a simple mantra..."let God in" This is working. It is simple. I don'...

Jane05 · Jane05

"As We See It"March 19 Boy, oh boy, do I LOVE my sponsor! Only God could put together two such imperfect people (who would not normally mix) and end up with a perfect match! Today's six words: Finally comfortable in my own skin. As We See It reflects the experience, strength, and hope of the...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Page 78 Clearing A Channel During the day, we can pause where situations must be met and decisions made, and renew the simple request "Thy will, not mine, be done." If at these points our emotional disturbances happens to be great, we will more surely keep our balance provid...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 36 I start with a little willingness to trust God and He causes that willingness to grow. The more willingness I have, the more trust I gain, and the more trust I gain, th...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day When we alcoholics first come into A.A. and we face the fact that we must spend the rest of our life without liquor, it often seems like an impossibility to us. So A.A. tells us to forget about the future and take it one day at a time. All we really have is now. We have no past time and no...

Tina · Tina

Morning All Just thought I'd let you know what the results of my test were, the result came back a nagetive, there's nothing to worry about. I'm still healthy, the reasoning why I've been feeling so BLAH is stress related. My doctor suggested to join up in a fitness club, Tai Gwan Do, walking, etc. So...

Jane05 · Jane05

"As We See It"March 18 Thanks to Tom H. for today's AWSI: "Spread the message of Alcoholics Anonymous wherever you go. Use words when necessary." Today's six words: "Bang! Then it all went blank." As We See It reflects the experience, strength, and hope of the lis...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the DayMarch 18, 2009 (Scroll down for share) 'Pass It On' As I read the Big Book daily, I am learning how to stay on the path that the first one hundred members cleared for me. Whenever I am feeling low, I think of "Bill's Story," on page 15, when he was full of self-pity during...

Tina · Tina

Just want to request prayers For a family in town that over the weekend that lost their 5 year old to a drowning incident in the home. I'm uncertained that I know this family, but probably know them to see them. I'm not certain of all the details, but the child drowned while takin a bath, all was done to try...

Wren · Wren

Few begin with anything like a clear view of what they want to do, and the fortune they seek may come in a very different form from that which they have kept in view.--The Independent, August 1898 Take a look at the mose focused and purposeful people we know, and we'll find one common trait. Although m...

Quetzal · Quetzal

One of the long-term effects of living in a dysfunctional family - as children or adults - is that we don't feel safe. Much of what we call codependency happens because we don't feel safe in relationships. This can cause us to control, obsess, or focus on the other person, while neglecting ourselves...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." The wasted energy of negative emotions and the ensuing resentments/arguements not only makes us want to drink, but it wastes our most valuable r...

eastcoastscott · eastcoastscott

The Rev. Joseph C. Martin dies at 84; expert on alcoholism and drug addictionMartin's lectures and films have been leading tools in recovery programs for more than 40 years. His book 'Chalk Talks on Alcohol' was published in 1982 and is still in print. The Rev. Joseph C. Martin, an expert on alcoholi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day A.A. also helps us to hang onto sobriety. By having regular meetings so that we can associate with other alcoholics who have come through that same door in the wall, by encouraging us to tell the story of our own sad experiences with alcohol, and by showing us how to help other alc...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform. TWELVE STEPS...

Proud_Mother · Proud_Mother

My daughter is reaching the 1 year anniversary of her sobriety! Does anyone have any suggestions for a very special gift from this very proud mother to my daughter? I have several thoughts but would love your input. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Danette

Jane05 · Jane05

"As We See It"March 17 Thanks to Jennie for today's AWSI: "I've never heard anyone complain about Step Four who has actually taken Step Four." Today's six words from a newcomer: "In my case self-absorption is justified!" As We See It reflects the experience, st...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 17, 2009 Truth I began with little faith, but found proof that the truth is that it works.I started to believe others after hearing how they suffered from their alcoholism, because I could see them enjoying sobriety through AA.That truth was...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It p. 76 Only God Is Unchanging "Change is the characteristic of all growth. From drinking to society, from dishonesty to honesty, from conflict to serenity, from hate to love, from childish independence to adult responsibilityall this and infinitely more represent change for t...

lani · lani

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Empowering You can think. You can feel. You can solve your problems. You can take care of yourself. Those words have often benefited me more than the most profound and elaborate advice. How easy it is to fall into the trap o...

debbi · debbi

hi folks.....finally making some progress in a certain relationship.....up to now i could recite forward, backward, and inside out the slogans....yet somehow internalizing them was a different tune...in my head i had em down pat.....in my heart....where i needed to apply them the most....that...

kkotz401 · kkotz401

Hey everyone. So I am 21-years-old and I have probably been an alcoholic for three years. Anyways, my family and friends convinced me that I have to go to rehab and I am leaving Wednesday. I am not reall sure what to expect. I know I have to go though. I just feel like I am kind of in limbo right now. I have been...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea . . . Why dont you choose your own conception of God? That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I stood in the sunlight at last. It was only a matter of being willing to believe in...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Before we decide to quit drinking, most of us have to come up against a blank wall. We see that we're licked, that we have to quit. But we don't know which way to turn for help. There seems to be no door in that blank wall. A.A. opens the door that leads to sobriety. By encouraging us to...

lani · lani

Monday, March 16, 2009 You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Positive Energy It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong. It takes practice to see what's right. Many of us have lived around negativity for years. We've become skilled at labeling what's wrong with other peopl...

Jane05 · Jane05

March 16, 2009 Quote of the Week "The problem with isolating is that you get such bad advice." By the end of my drinking and using, I was all alone. Unlike some of the stories I hear about people drinking in bars, I preferred to drink alone in my home, and after months of listening to my own bes...

Jane05 · Jane05

"As We See It"March 16 Thanks to Susan for today's AWSI: When I got sober my sponsor told me that I had to be willing to change everything about my life...everything. I wore blue jeans and switched to slacks. I wore western shirts and switched to T-shirts. But, the one thing I just wouldn't g...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)~ Scroll down for share ~March 15, 2009InsanityI had no idea how truly insane my drinking behavior was, and could not bear to face it when it was suggested that I was in fact mentally ill. However, I could not deny it when I realized that my destructive alco...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Good going Dodsworth, I know it wasn't easy moving and all. -- Edited by StPeteDean at 15:34, 2009-03-12

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)March 16, 2009Emotional SobrietyIf I examine every disturbance I have, great or small, I will find at the root of it some unhealthy dependency and its consequent unhealthy demand. With God's help, I will continually surrender these hobbling liabil...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It p. 75 Losing Financial Fears When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity for service, when the acquisition of money for financial independence looked more important than a right independence upon God, we were the victims of unreasonable fears...

cramcj01 · cramcj01

I few days back I had worte asking if any of you had people close in your lives that 'just don't get it.' I've heard over and over that unless you have the disease you will never be able to understand. But if someone is going to be in your life, don't they need to at least agree with the facts? I've been datin...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Breach The Walls Of Ego, p. 74 People who are driven by pride of self unconsciously blind themselves to their liabilities. Newcomers of this sort scarcely need comforting. The problem is to help them discover a chink in the walls their ego has built, through which the light of reason ca...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 14, 2009 Fear I had been abnormally fearful. It mattered little whether I sat on the shore of life drinking myself into forgetfulnessor plunged in recklessly and willfully beyond my depth and ability. The result was the same -- I had ne...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God. Our ideas did not work. But the God idea did. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 52 Like a blind man gradually being restored to sight, I slowly groped my way to the Third Step. Havi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day We alcoholics were on a merry go-round, going round and round, and we couldn't get off. That merry go round is a kind of hell on earth. In A.A. I got off that merry go-round by learning to stay sober. I pray to my Higher Power every morning to help me to keep sober. And I get the strengt...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees ItPg. 73 Two-Way Tolerance "Your point of view was once mine. Fortunately, A.A. is constructed so that we need not debate the existence of God; but for best results, most of us must depend upon a Higher Power. You say the group is your Higher Power, and no right minded A.A. would chal...

Jane05 · Jane05

Pocket SponsorIt doesn't pay to argue with "slippers" about the proper way of getting sober. Why should people who are still drinking and drugging tell those who are sober why it can't be done! We learn not to get in a pissing contest with a skunk. (or should we say drunk!) The only thing I ne...

Jane05 · Jane05

"As We See It"March 13 I am not one of those people that wakes up with blue skies, white clouds, and chirpring birds and says, "Gee, I feel so good today, I think I'll work those 12 steps!" My experience has been that the s%$# hits the fan, all hell breaks loose, my back is against th...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Dependence--Unhealthy or Healthy, p. 72 "Nothing can be more demoralizing than a clinging and abject dependence upon another human being. This often amounts to the demand for a degree of protection and love that no one could possibly satisfy. So our hoped-for protectors final...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)March 13, 2009HopeHope is the true gift of the program.I have hope that things will get better in my life as long as I stay sober.I have hope that I can get through any difficulty sober,with the hope that you people give to me. - Anonymous Thought to Ponder ....

Jane05 · Jane05

Don't let the therapeutically "correct" way to run a group hijack your meeting. Leaders are reluctant to cut a newcomer off for fear of shaming their inner child, rejecting them, or appearing to be mean. We are not therapy and we can't share with them if they can't listen. I do not let the n...

Jane05 · Jane05

Congratulation cramcj01 (Crystal)!!!!! -- Edited by Jane05 at 10:58, 2009-03-11

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Happy Birthday To me. I just got back from laying on the beach, now I'm going to lay down, watch a movie and take a nap. -- Edited by StPeteDean at 17:02, 2009-03-08

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

On awakening let us think of the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 Every day I ask God to kindle within me...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day The Prodigal Son "took his journey into a far country and wasted his substance with riotous living." That's what we alcoholics do. We waste our substance with riotous living. "When he came to himself, he said, 'I will arise and go to my father.'" That's w...

gary4u · gary4u

The most difficult part in life is fighting craving. We could have stopped drinking, all is well, we are going about our business etc trying to behave all is normal like an non-alcoholic person lives his life , but then there is something deep down lays a very dangerous feeling , which can change a pe...

Jane05 · Jane05

"As We See It"March 12Thanks to Doug G. for today's AWSI: I used to run around carefully filming everything 'you did to me' with my 'resentment recording machine.' Then I would go home and replay it . . . in living color . . . with the sound turned up . .. fully enhanced . . . while nursing a drink (...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It "How Can You Roll With A Punch?", p. 71 On the day that the calamity of Pearl Harbor fell upon our country, a great friend of A.A. was walking along a St. Louis street. Father Edward Dowling was not an alcoholic, but he had been one of the founders of the struggling A.A. group in hi...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)March 12, 2009ToleranceWhen I am honest with myself and others I will get sober, but it is tolerance that keeps me that way. When I fully realize that I can't get well alone, I will somehow find a way to get well and stay wellin the company of others. I...

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	it isn't about me (Preview) How the "ego" can crush the ability and thwart the best of intentions. The simplest thing that has been working very well for me given any kind of negative sitch, and creating the ability to rise above has been a simple mantra..."let God in" This is working. It is simple. I don'...	Dakota	6	477	Mar 19, 2009 by StPeteDean
	As We See It (Preview) *"As We See It"March 19 Boy, oh boy, do I LOVE my sponsor! Only God could put together two such imperfect people (who would not normally mix) and end up with a perfect match! Today's six words: Finally comfortable in my own skin. As We See It reflects the experience, strength, and hope of the...*	Jane05	0	322	Mar 19, 2009 by Jane05
	Clearing A Channel (Preview) As Bill Sees It Page 78 Clearing A Channel During the day, we can pause where situations must be met and decisions made, and renew the simple request "Thy will, not mine, be done." If at these points our emotional disturbances happens to be great, we will more surely keep our balance provid...	Jane05	0	311	Mar 19, 2009 by Jane05
	Daily Reflections ~ Real Independence (Preview) The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 36 I start with a little willingness to trust God and He causes that willingness to grow. The more willingness I have, the more trust I gain, and the more trust I gain, th...	Sobrietyspell	0	411	Mar 18, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 18th March 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day When we alcoholics first come into A.A. and we face the fact that we must spend the rest of our life without liquor, it often seems like an impossibility to us. So A.A. tells us to forget about the future and take it one day at a time. All we really have is now. We have no past time and no...	Sobrietyspell	0	601	Mar 18, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Test results (Preview) Morning All Just thought I'd let you know what the results of my test were, the result came back a nagetive, there's nothing to worry about. I'm still healthy, the reasoning why I've been feeling so BLAH is stress related. My doctor suggested to join up in a fitness club, Tai Gwan Do, walking, etc. So...	Tina	4	502	Mar 18, 2009 by Tina
	As We See It (Preview) *"As We See It"March 18 Thanks to Tom H. for today's AWSI: "Spread the message of Alcoholics Anonymous wherever you go. Use words when necessary." Today's six words: "Bang! Then it all went blank." As We See It reflects the experience, strength, and hope of the lis...*	Jane05	0	529	Mar 18, 2009 by Jane05
	Pass It On (Preview) AA Thought for the DayMarch 18, 2009 (Scroll down for share) 'Pass It On' As I read the Big Book daily, I am learning how to stay on the path that the first one hundred members cleared for me. Whenever I am feeling low, I think of "Bill's Story," on page 15, when he was full of self-pity during...	Jane05	0	4190	Mar 18, 2009 by Jane05
	Tragedy (Preview) Just want to request prayers For a family in town that over the weekend that lost their 5 year old to a drowning incident in the home. I'm uncertained that I know this family, but probably know them to see them. I'm not certain of all the details, but the child drowned while takin a bath, all was done to try...	Tina	4	468	Mar 18, 2009 by lani
	A Message from "Night Light" (Preview) Few begin with anything like a clear view of what they want to do, and the fortune they seek may come in a very different form from that which they have kept in view.--The Independent, August 1898 Take a look at the mose focused and purposeful people we know, and we'll find one common trait. Although m...	Wren	2	424	Mar 18, 2009 by Quetzal
	Safety (Preview) One of the long-term effects of living in a dysfunctional family - as children or adults - is that we don't feel safe. Much of what we call codependency happens because we don't feel safe in relationships. This can cause us to control, obsess, or focus on the other person, while neglecting ourselves...	Quetzal	0	289	Mar 18, 2009 by Quetzal
	"The Things We Can Not Change" (Preview) "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." The wasted energy of negative emotions and the ensuing resentments/arguements not only makes us want to drink, but it wastes our most valuable r...	StPeteDean	8	530	Mar 17, 2009 by Download AA Speakers .com
	RIP Father Martin (Preview) The Rev. Joseph C. Martin dies at 84; expert on alcoholism and drug addictionMartin's lectures and films have been leading tools in recovery programs for more than 40 years. His book 'Chalk Talks on Alcohol' was published in 1982 and is still in print. The Rev. Joseph C. Martin, an expert on alcoholi...	eastcoastscott	4	4756	Mar 17, 2009 by Download AA Speakers .com
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 17th March 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day A.A. also helps us to hang onto sobriety. By having regular meetings so that we can associate with other alcoholics who have come through that same door in the wall, by encouraging us to tell the story of our own sad experiences with alcohol, and by showing us how to help other alc...	Sobrietyspell	1	338	Mar 17, 2009 by Jane05
	Daily Reflections ~ Mysterious Ways (Preview) . . . out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform. TWELVE STEPS...	Sobrietyspell	0	439	Mar 17, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Gift for 1 yr sobriety (Preview) My daughter is reaching the 1 year anniversary of her sobriety! Does anyone have any suggestions for a very special gift from this very proud mother to my daughter? I have several thoughts but would love your input. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Danette	Proud_Mother	8	1437	Mar 17, 2009 by Tina
	"As We See It" (Preview) *"As We See It"March 17 Thanks to Jennie for today's AWSI: "I've never heard anyone complain about Step Four who has actually taken Step Four." Today's six words from a newcomer: "In my case self-absorption is justified!" As We See It reflects the experience, st...*	Jane05	0	598	Mar 17, 2009 by Jane05
	Truth (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 17, 2009 Truth *I began with little faith, but found proof that the truth is that it works.I started to believe others after hearing how they suffered from their alcoholism,* because I could see them enjoying sobriety through AA.That truth was...	Jane05	0	318	Mar 17, 2009 by Jane05
	Only God Is Unchanging (Preview) As Bill Sees It p. 76 Only God Is Unchanging "Change is the characteristic of all growth. From drinking to society, from dishonesty to honesty, from conflict to serenity, from hate to love, from childish independence to adult responsibilityall this and infinitely more represent change for t...	Jane05	0	347	Mar 17, 2009 by Jane05
	Language of letting go: (Preview) Tuesday, March 17, 2009 You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Empowering You can think. You can feel. You can solve your problems. You can take care of yourself. Those words have often benefited me more than the most profound and elaborate advice. How easy it is to fall into the trap o...	lani	1	1174	Mar 17, 2009 by lani
	progress (Preview) hi folks.....finally making some progress in a certain relationship.....up to now i could recite forward, backward, and inside out the slogans....yet somehow internalizing them was a different tune...in my head i had em down pat.....in my heart....where i needed to apply them the most....that...	debbi	4	488	Mar 16, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Hello (Preview) Hey everyone. So I am 21-years-old and I have probably been an alcoholic for three years. Anyways, my family and friends convinced me that I have to go to rehab and I am leaving Wednesday. I am not reall sure what to expect. I know I have to go though. I just feel like I am kind of in limbo right now. I have been...	kkotz401	11	1147	Mar 16, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Daily Reflections ~ As We Understand Him (Preview) My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea . . . Why dont you choose your own conception of God? That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I stood in the sunlight at last. It was only a matter of being willing to believe in...	Sobrietyspell	0	453	Mar 16, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 16th March 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Before we decide to quit drinking, most of us have to come up against a blank wall. We see that we're licked, that we have to quit. But we don't know which way to turn for help. There seems to be no door in that blank wall. A.A. opens the door that leads to sobriety. By encouraging us to...	Sobrietyspell	0	349	Mar 16, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Language of letting go: BE POSITIVE "young Grasshopper!!!" (Preview) Monday, March 16, 2009 You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Positive Energy It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong. It takes practice to see what's right. Many of us have lived around negativity for years. We've become skilled at labeling what's wrong with other peopl...	lani	1	516	Mar 16, 2009 by John
	The Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) March 16, 2009 Quote of the Week "The problem with isolating is that you get such bad advice." By the end of my drinking and using, I was all alone. Unlike some of the stories I hear about people drinking in bars, I preferred to drink alone in my home, and after months of listening to my own bes...	Jane05	0	3520	Mar 16, 2009 by Jane05
	"As We See It" (Preview) *"As We See It"*March 16 Thanks to Susan for today's AWSI: When I got sober my sponsor told me that I had to be willing to change everything about my life...everything. I wore blue jeans and switched to slacks. I wore western shirts and switched to T-shirts. But, the one thing I just wouldn't g...	Jane05	0	323	Mar 16, 2009 by Jane05
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)~ Scroll down for share ~March 15, 2009InsanityI had no idea how truly insane my drinking behavior was, and could not bear to face it when it was suggested that I was in fact mentally ill. However, I could not deny it when I realized that my destructive alco...	Jane05	2	307	Mar 16, 2009 by Jane05
	Congrats to Dodsworth on 1 month! (Preview) Good going Dodsworth, I know it wasn't easy moving and all. -- Edited by StPeteDean at 15:34, 2009-03-12	StPeteDean	8	452	Mar 16, 2009 by lani
	Emotional Sobriety (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)March 16, 2009Emotional SobrietyIf I examine every disturbance I have, great or small, I will find at the root of it some unhealthy dependency and its consequent unhealthy demand. With God's help, I will continually surrender these hobbling liabil...	Jane05	0	366	Mar 16, 2009 by Jane05
	Losing Financial Fears (Preview) As Bill Sees It p. 75 Losing Financial Fears When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity for service, when the acquisition of money for financial independence looked more important than a right independence upon God, we were the victims of unreasonable fears...	Jane05	0	396	Mar 16, 2009 by Jane05
	Continued..... (Preview) I few days back I had worte asking if any of you had people close in your lives that 'just don't get it.' I've heard over and over that unless you have the disease you will never be able to understand. But if someone is going to be in your life, don't they need to at least agree with the facts? I've been datin...	cramcj01	10	517	Mar 15, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Breach The Walls Of Ego (Preview) As Bill Sees It Breach The Walls Of Ego, p. 74 People who are driven by pride of self unconsciously blind themselves to their liabilities. Newcomers of this sort scarcely need comforting. The problem is to help them discover a chink in the walls their ego has built, through which the light of reason ca...	Jane05	1	382	Mar 15, 2009 by Dodsworth
	Fear (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 14, 2009 Fear I had been abnormally fearful. It mattered little whether I sat on the shore of life drinking myself into forgetfulnessor plunged in recklessly and willfully beyond my depth and ability. The result was the same -- I had ne...	Jane05	1	365	Mar 15, 2009 by eastcoastscott
	Daily Reflections ~ The God Idea (Preview) When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God. Our ideas did not work. But the God idea did. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 52 Like a blind man gradually being restored to sight, I slowly groped my way to the Third Step. Havi...	Sobrietyspell	1	578	Mar 15, 2009 by Jane05
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 15th March 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day We alcoholics were on a merry go-round, going round and round, and we couldn't get off. That merry go round is a kind of hell on earth. In A.A. I got off that merry go-round by learning to stay sober. I pray to my Higher Power every morning to help me to keep sober. And I get the strengt...	Sobrietyspell	0	394	Mar 15, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Two-Way Tolerance (Preview) As Bill Sees ItPg. 73 Two-Way Tolerance "Your point of view was once mine. Fortunately, A.A. is constructed so that we need not debate the existence of God; but for best results, most of us must depend upon a Higher Power. You say the group is your Higher Power, and no right minded A.A. would chal...	Jane05	2	467	Mar 14, 2009 by StPeteDean
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) Pocket SponsorIt doesn't pay to argue with "slippers" about the proper way of getting sober. Why should people who are still drinking and drugging tell those who are sober why it can't be done! We learn not to get in a pissing contest with a skunk. (or should we say drunk!) The only thing I ne...	Jane05	0	346	Mar 14, 2009 by Jane05
	As We See It (Preview) *"As We See It"*March 13 I am not one of those people that wakes up with blue skies, white clouds, and chirpring birds and says, "Gee, I feel so good today, I think I'll work those 12 steps!" My experience has been that the s%$# hits the fan, all hell breaks loose, my back is against th...	Jane05	0	650	Mar 13, 2009 by Jane05
	Dependence--Unhealthy or Healthy (Preview) As Bill Sees It Dependence--Unhealthy or Healthy, p. 72 "Nothing can be more demoralizing than a clinging and abject dependence upon another human being. This often amounts to the demand for a degree of protection and love that no one could possibly satisfy. So our hoped-for protectors final...	Jane05	0	1350	Mar 13, 2009 by Jane05
	Hope (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)March 13, 2009HopeHope is the true gift of the program.I have hope that things will get better in my life as long as I stay sober.I have hope that I can get through any difficulty sober,with the hope that you people give to me. - Anonymous Thought to Ponder ....	Jane05	0	364	Mar 13, 2009 by Jane05
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) Don't let the therapeutically "correct" way to run a group hijack your meeting. Leaders are reluctant to cut a newcomer off for fear of shaming their inner child, rejecting them, or appearing to be mean. We are not therapy and we can't share with them if they can't listen. *I do not let the n...*	Jane05	0	381	Mar 13, 2009 by Jane05
	"Six Months"!!! (Preview) Congratulation cramcj01 (Crystal)!!!!! -- Edited by Jane05 at 10:58, 2009-03-11	Jane05	13	577	Mar 13, 2009 by StPeteDean
	OK, I guess someone had to do it. (Preview) Happy Birthday To me. I just got back from laying on the beach, now I'm going to lay down, watch a movie and take a nap. -- Edited by StPeteDean at 17:02, 2009-03-08	StPeteDean	14	521	Mar 12, 2009 by Ms London
	Daily Reflections ~ A Day's Plan (Preview) On awakening let us think of the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 Every day I ask God to kindle within me...	Sobrietyspell	0	410	Mar 12, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 12th March 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day The Prodigal Son "took his journey into a far country and wasted his substance with riotous living." That's what we alcoholics do. We waste our substance with riotous living. "When he came to himself, he said, 'I will arise and go to my father.'" That's w...	Sobrietyspell	0	453	Mar 12, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Fighting the CRAVING (Preview) The most difficult part in life is fighting craving. We could have stopped drinking, all is well, we are going about our business etc trying to behave all is normal like an non-alcoholic person lives his life , but then there is something deep down lays a very dangerous feeling , which can change a pe...	gary4u	6	1278	Mar 12, 2009 by StPeteDean
	As We See It (Preview) "As We See It"March 12Thanks to Doug G. for today's AWSI: I used to run around carefully filming everything 'you did to me' with my 'resentment recording machine.' Then I would go home and replay it . . . in living color . . . with the sound turned up . .. fully enhanced . . . while nursing a drink (...	Jane05	0	424	Mar 12, 2009 by Jane05
	How Can You Roll With A Punch? (Preview) As Bill Sees It "How Can You Roll With A Punch?", p. 71 On the day that the calamity of Pearl Harbor fell upon our country, a great friend of A.A. was walking along a St. Louis street. Father Edward Dowling was not an alcoholic, but he had been one of the founders of the struggling A.A. group in hi...	Jane05	0	412	Mar 12, 2009 by Jane05
	Tolerance (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net)March 12, 2009ToleranceWhen I am honest with myself and others I will get sober, but it is tolerance that keeps me that way. When I fully realize that I can't get well alone, I will somehow find a way to get well and stay wellin the company of others. I...	Jane05	0	536	Mar 12, 2009 by Jane05
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