Alcoholics Anonymous

Quetzal · Quetzal

No one likes a martyr. How do we feel around martyrs? Guilty, angry, trapped, negative, and anxious to get away. Somehow, many of us have developed the belief that depriving ourselves, not taking care of ourselves, being a victim, and suffering needlessly will get us what we want. It is our job...

Rosie · Rosie

Hi All, I am on day 5 and feeling so much hope. I do not have the panic and anxiety that I felt when I quit this past year (the many times). You all are God sends to me. This forum is wonderful. It was hard to feel better physically but this time because of the help with my mental state my body has responded in kin...

SirChristopherAlanGreenEsquire · SirChristopherAlanGreenEsquire

Thank you...!

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

GGGGggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Rosie · Rosie

Hi All, I am on Day 4 sober. I was thinking how when I was not keeping track that by day 4 it seemed like it had been a few weeks sober! It is odd how the mind can fool me in my quest to stay sober. And I would l feel so up an at em with all kinds of boosting about being sober for a few weeks when it had only been a few days...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Some of us, though, tripped over a very different snag. We clung to the claim that when drinking we never hurt anybody but ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 79 This Step seemed so simple. I identified several people whom I had harmed, but they were no longer available. Still, I was unea...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic. Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are, in a short time, as bad as ever. If we have admitted we are alcoholics, we must have no reservations of any kind, nor any lurking notion that some day we will be immune to alcoho...

kitkat · kitkat

hello out there, i'm new to this room, i have never posted here but have read a lot this a.m.. i am 2 1/2 years sober after being introduced to a.a. 27 years ago. i was 23 then, i am now a happy 50...this is the first time i've incorporated prayer & meditation in to my daily routine & it's made all t...

Tina · Tina

Just thought I'd drop and say hi Think the last I checked in was around celebrating 5 years in the program and things seemed to be going fine. Until I hit a road block, as you would say it, have to laugh now. but that is ok, we all need a bit of a challenge, and I guess mind hit the day after my aniversary. Lo...

Phil · Phil

Sponsors and sponsorship. There is an official AA pamphlet on sponsorship that is usually available in the literature collection of most AA meetings. It may also be requested from the local AA Central Office. Virtually all AA meetings and members recommend that newcomers obtain an AA spons...

booradley · booradley

Hi All -- I just found this forum and signed up. I'm an AA retread now approaching 11 years of continuous sobriety. I guess I'll introduce myself by sharing a few thoughts I drank my way to AA. I drank too much, too often, for too long. In the end I was no longer drinking to have fun, relax, or be sociable....

firewoman122 · firewoman122

When you first started drinking was it because you liked the feeling or was it a solution for other problems?

FindingFreedom · FindingFreedom

I really love this Board, thanks to everyone who posts, I havent posted much, but I do read a lot. Tonight when I signed on I was a little wound up because I have been spending a lot of time on the net posting my profile and looking at profiles on internet dating sites. And as soon as I started reading the po...

Doll · Doll

Mine is I never finished college and few people knew this. I was up for a promotion at work, I'm qualified and after holding the position I have for more than 5 yrs, I have the experience. But because I don't have that piece of paper they gave it to someone who does! Soooo, I've decided to go back to school....

Rosco · Rosco

First of all I would like to say hello to everyone. It has been quite sometime since I have been on the message board. I recently celebrated a year and it was a very good year. I know for some people the first year is hard. I found it to be much easier than drinking everyday. Thanks to my HIgher Power I h...

KLT · KLT

Hi, I have been mulling over the thoughts on co-dependency and counterdependency again and was wondering if this is actually why I am like I am. I have never thought about WANTING to be independant, or PROVING that im independant, its just the way it happened when i had to leave home. When I say that I li...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We need to allow enough room for others and ourselves to have and work through our feelings. We are people, not robots. An important part of us - who we are, how we grow, how we live - is connected to our emotional center. We have feelings, sometimes - difficult ones, sometimes disruptive ones, and som...

Rosie · Rosie

Hi All, I have been sober for 3 days today and I am so grateful to not be hung over and feeling like my life is out of my hands. I helped my daughter in law with she and my sons budget and to teach her somethings about interest rates etc. This was yesterday. It was a great day and I played with my grandkids a bit a...

Rosie · Rosie

Hi all, I have been fighting to stay sober for a number of months now and have had a hard time due to a breakup from an abusive relationship and not wanting to face the pain of it all and because that is my coping mechanism. One big problem that arises in me is dealing with certain people who drink and live in u...

Rosie · Rosie

Hi all It showed I had two white board messages but when I checked it only showed one. Do you know how that works anyone? Thank you Rosie

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves. If we havent the will to do this, we ask until it comes. Remember it was agreed at the beginning we would go to any lengths for victory over alcohol. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76 Maki...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ "None of us like to think that we are bodily and mentally different from others. Our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove that we could drink like other people. This delusion that we are like other people has to be smashed. It has b...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Many of us have someone in our life that challenges our ability to trust and care for ourselves. When we hear that person's voice or are in his or her presence, we may forget all we know about what is real, about how to own our power, about how to be direct, about what we know and believe to be true, about ho...

Rosie · Rosie

Hi All, I am going to post each day and talk about how things are going. Today I got up to dishes I had not done for a few days and things to do. I always hate it when I have drank and not taken care of myself, my finances and my home. I see so much damage in all those areas and know that when I am sober I excel and feel...

mstrmsn66 · mstrmsn66

I have finally met someone who can see me through the thin outerwrapping that encompasses myself. Someone who is willing to take a chance on me again. She knows I am in recovery. My question is this. I am not very willing to lay the whole story on my sleeve for her to digest on a first date. I think that would...

KLT · KLT

Hi, with reference to the replies in the "I have a date" post, could somebody explain to me the meaning of co-dependancy cos im not too sure I understand it properly. Because of my upringing, I have always tended to stay away from relationships and have been very independant in my throughou...

TysonMike · TysonMike

Hi I am a new member. I'm not sue if there's a new member section.....A little about me, I'll be 29 in 1 week and I've been drinking heavily for about 6 years. I've ended up in the hospital numerous times-blacking out in the street, fights, etc. So I would drink after long stressful days at work Even great d...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

. . . and third, having thus cleared away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with every human being we know. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 77 As I faced the Eighth Step, everything that was required for s...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ "We had but two alternatives; one was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could, and the other was to accept spiritual help. We became willing to maintain a certain simple attitude toward life. What seemed at...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Don't overlook the value of friendship. Don't neglect friends. Friends are a joy. Adult friendships can be a good place for us to learn to have fun and to appreciate how much fun we can have with a friend. Friends can be a comfort. Who knows us better, or is more able to give us support, than a good frie...

Rosie · Rosie

Hi All, I am an alcoholic and have been in an abusive relationship with a sex addict for 8 yrs. We broke up five months ago in March and he moved to Florida. I live in Vermont. I have not had any word from him at all since March. His abuse was nonstop. Verbal, emotional and physical. I became house bound after...

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

Hi Everyone, Just wanted to share a "feel good" story with ya. About a month ago I received an e-mail from a lady in upstate New York. Her brother had just passed away and she was wondering if I had ever written a poem about an alcoholic going to heaven because he had already spent his time in h...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 77 As a traveler on a fresh and exciting A.A. journey of recovery, I experienced a newfound peace of mind and the hori...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ "There was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet by Alcoholics Anonymous. By doing so, we have a spiritual experience which revolutionizes our whole attitude toward life, toward others, and toward God's universe. The cent...

tlcate · tlcate

Well, I have learned from other posts that I should introduce myself and qualify - so here goes! I am a 37 year old single mom from the west coast. I have a beautiful 16yr old daughter and it has basically been just the two of us for that 16 yrs. My sobriety date is 8/2/8 - and so far so good! I have heard a lot o...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Direct people are a joy to be around. We never have to guess what they're really thinking or feeling, because they're honest about their thoughts and openly express their feelings. We never have to wonder if they're with us because they want to be, or if they're there out of guilt and obligation. ...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking the ground glass out of us, the emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 140 My Eighth Step list use...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ "While alcoholics keep strictly away from drink, they react to life much like other people. But the first drink sets the terrible cycle in motion. Alcoholics usually have no idea why they take the first drink. Some drinkers have excuses with which they are satisfied, b...

tlcate · tlcate

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=42763

Quetzal · Quetzal

Let healing energy flow through your body. The healing energy of God, the Universe, life, and recovery surrounds us. It is available, waiting for us to draw on it, waiting for us to draw it in. It's waiting at our meetings or groups, on the words of a whispered prayer, in a gentle touch, a positive word...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi Guys, Someone sent me this link this morning in an email and I just wanted to share it with you all. It's so thoughtful and peaceful and I couldn't keep it to myself. http://www.findingjoymovie.com/ Take care, Carol

Doll · Doll

Can you cry under water? How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? Why do you have to 'put your two cents in'... But it's only a 'penny for your thoughts'? Where's that extra penny going to? Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearin...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Decide what it is you want and need, and then go to the person you need it from and ask for it. Sometimes, it takes hard work and much energy to get what we want and need. We have to go through the pains of identifying what we want, then struggle to believe that we deserve it. Then, we may have to experience t...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi Tim, Many congratulations on two years of sobriety!!!! That is fantastic. Well done. And, Tim, it's so good to see you posting again! How's life treating you? I do hope that everything is great for you. Take care, Carol

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he had hurt, and in what ways. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 77 As I continue to grow in sobriety, I become more aware of myself as a person of wort...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ "The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We who have found this solution to our alcoholic problem, who are properly armed with the facts about ourselves, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic. We who a...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

I've been with a new company since getting sober and fortunately neither my superiors nor my coworkers were made aware of my little problem with the drinky drinky. It's never really been an issue since I've managed to avoid social functions and situations where alcohol has been involved. This time h...

paul86 · paul86

When I started going out with my first serious girlfriend, who I later fell in love with, I was pretty much drinking every night, for no particular reason other than the fact that I liked to get drunk. By myself or with others, it didn't matter. Alcohol caused me and her to break up, but that's another sto...

firewoman122 · firewoman122

The 12 steps of AA 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. 1. We admit we have given power to alcohol - that we have lost control of our lives. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 2.Came to believe that WE could r...

Quetzal · Quetzal

As I journey through recovery, more and more I learn that accepting myself and my idiosyncrasies - laughing at myself for my ways - gets me a lot further than picking on myself and trying to make myself perfect. Maybe that's really what it's all about - absolute loving, joyous, nurturing self-accepta...

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	Rescuing Ourselves (Preview) No one likes a martyr. How do we feel around martyrs? Guilty, angry, trapped, negative, and anxious to get away. Somehow, many of us have developed the belief that depriving ourselves, not taking care of ourselves, being a victim, and suffering needlessly will get us what we want. It is our job...	Quetzal	1	249	Aug 16, 2008 by Rosie
	Day 5 (Preview) Hi All, I am on day 5 and feeling so much hope. I do not have the panic and anxiety that I felt when I quit this past year (the many times). You all are God sends to me. This forum is wonderful. It was hard to feel better physically but this time because of the help with my mental state my body has responded in kin...	Rosie	8	263	Aug 16, 2008 by Rosie
	The Planet Earth 12 Step Key Note Speaker (Preview) Thank you...!	SirChristopherAlanGreenEsquire	5	434	Aug 16, 2008 by Doll
	PEOPLE SUCCCKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Preview) GGGGggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr	jonijoni1	14	408	Aug 16, 2008 by lani
	Day 4 (Preview) Hi All, I am on Day 4 sober. I was thinking how when I was not keeping track that by day 4 it seemed like it had been a few weeks sober! It is odd how the mind can fool me in my quest to stay sober. And I would l feel so up an at em with all kinds of boosting about being sober for a few weeks when it had only been a few days...	Rosie	6	248	Aug 15, 2008 by Rosie
	Daily Reflections ~ Didn't We Hurt Anybody? (Preview) Some of us, though, tripped over a very different snag. We clung to the claim that when drinking we never hurt anybody but ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 79 This Step seemed so simple. I identified several people whom I had harmed, but they were no longer available. Still, I was unea...	Sobrietyspell	0	354	Aug 15, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 15th Aug 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic. Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are, in a short time, as bad as ever. If we have admitted we are alcoholics, we must have no reservations of any kind, nor any lurking notion that some day we will be immune to alcoho...	Sobrietyspell	0	317	Aug 15, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	hello all (Preview) hello out there, i'm new to this room, i have never posted here but have read a lot this a.m.. i am 2 1/2 years sober after being introduced to a.a. 27 years ago. i was 23 then, i am now a happy 50...this is the first time i've incorporated prayer & meditation in to my daily routine & it's made all t...	kitkat	2	260	Aug 15, 2008 by Returned_Here
	Its been awhile!!!! (Preview) Just thought I'd drop and say hi Think the last I checked in was around celebrating 5 years in the program and things seemed to be going fine. Until I hit a road block, as you would say it, have to laugh now. but that is ok, we all need a bit of a challenge, and I guess mind hit the day after my aniversary. Lo...	Tina	6	284	Aug 15, 2008 by Rosie
	Sponsors and Sponsorship (Preview) Sponsors and sponsorship. There is an official AA pamphlet on sponsorship that is usually available in the literature collection of most AA meetings. It may also be requested from the local AA Central Office. Virtually all AA meetings and members recommend that newcomers obtain an AA spons...	Phil	2	482	Aug 15, 2008 by rodney2007
	A Few Thoughts From a New Guy (Preview) Hi All -- I just found this forum and signed up. I'm an AA retread now approaching 11 years of continuous sobriety. I guess I'll introduce myself by sharing a few thoughts I drank my way to AA. I drank too much, too often, for too long. In the end I was no longer drinking to have fun, relax, or be sociable....	booradley	9	478	Aug 15, 2008 by Rebecca
	Is alcohol the problem or a symptom? (Preview) When you first started drinking was it because you liked the feeling or was it a solution for other problems?	firewoman122	11	1478	Aug 15, 2008 by TLH
	The "dating posts" (Preview) I really love this Board, thanks to everyone who posts, I havent posted much, but I do read a lot. Tonight when I signed on I was a little wound up because I have been spending a lot of time on the net posting my profile and looking at profiles on internet dating sites. And as soon as I started reading the po...	FindingFreedom	8	460	Aug 15, 2008 by JoBredaNL
	We're only as sick as our secrets. (Preview) Mine is I never finished college and few people knew this. I was up for a promotion at work, I'm qualified and after holding the position I have for more than 5 yrs, I have the experience. But because I don't have that piece of paper they gave it to someone who does! Soooo, I've decided to go back to school....	Doll	8	3458	Aug 15, 2008 by mamacat81
	Growing in Recovery (Preview) First of all I would like to say hello to everyone. It has been quite sometime since I have been on the message board. I recently celebrated a year and it was a very good year. I know for some people the first year is hard. I found it to be much easier than drinking everyday. Thanks to my HIgher Power I h...	Rosco	7	398	Aug 15, 2008 by Rosie
	Another thought on co-dependancy, counterdependency (Preview) Hi, I have been mulling over the thoughts on co-dependency and counterdependency again and was wondering if this is actually why I am like I am. I have never thought about WANTING to be independant, or PROVING that im independant, its just the way it happened when i had to leave home. When I say that I li...	KLT	6	1527	Aug 15, 2008 by lani
	Leaving Room for Feelings (Preview) We need to allow enough room for others and ourselves to have and work through our feelings. We are people, not robots. An important part of us - who we are, how we grow, how we live - is connected to our emotional center. We have feelings, sometimes - difficult ones, sometimes disruptive ones, and som...	Quetzal	1	268	Aug 15, 2008 by Rosie
	Day 3 (Preview) Hi All, I have been sober for 3 days today and I am so grateful to not be hung over and feeling like my life is out of my hands. I helped my daughter in law with she and my sons budget and to teach her somethings about interest rates etc. This was yesterday. It was a great day and I played with my grandkids a bit a...	Rosie	10	314	Aug 15, 2008 by Rosie
	People Places and Things (Preview) Hi all, I have been fighting to stay sober for a number of months now and have had a hard time due to a breakup from an abusive relationship and not wanting to face the pain of it all and because that is my coping mechanism. One big problem that arises in me is dealing with certain people who drink and live in u...	Rosie	4	274	Aug 15, 2008 by Rosie
	Whiteboard? (Preview) Hi all It showed I had two white board messages but when I checked it only showed one. Do you know how that works anyone? Thank you Rosie	Rosie	5	338	Aug 14, 2008 by Rosie
	Daily Reflections ~ Repairing The Damage (Preview) We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves. If we havent the will to do this, we ask until it comes. Remember it was agreed at the beginning we would go to any lengths for victory over alcohol. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76 Maki...	Sobrietyspell	0	365	Aug 14, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 14th Aug 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ "None of us like to think that we are bodily and mentally different from others. Our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove that we could drink like other people. This delusion that we are like other people has to be smashed. It has b...	Sobrietyspell	0	231	Aug 14, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Owning Our Power (Preview) Many of us have someone in our life that challenges our ability to trust and care for ourselves. When we hear that person's voice or are in his or her presence, we may forget all we know about what is real, about how to own our power, about how to be direct, about what we know and believe to be true, about ho...	Quetzal	1	263	Aug 14, 2008 by Rosie
	Day 2 (Preview) Hi All, I am going to post each day and talk about how things are going. Today I got up to dishes I had not done for a few days and things to do. I always hate it when I have drank and not taken care of myself, my finances and my home. I see so much damage in all those areas and know that when I am sober I excel and feel...	Rosie	2	282	Aug 13, 2008 by Rosie
	I have a date....... (Preview) I have finally met someone who can see me through the thin outerwrapping that encompasses myself. Someone who is willing to take a chance on me again. She knows I am in recovery. My question is this. I am not very willing to lay the whole story on my sleeve for her to digest on a first date. I think that would...	mstrmsn66	6	443	Aug 13, 2008 by jonijoni1
	A follow on from the "I have a date" post. Questions (Preview) Hi, with reference to the replies in the "I have a date" post, could somebody explain to me the meaning of co-dependancy cos im not too sure I understand it properly. Because of my upringing, I have always tended to stay away from relationships and have been very independant in my throughou...	KLT	7	427	Aug 13, 2008 by jonijoni1
	Hello All (Preview) Hi I am a new member. I'm not sue if there's a new member section.....A little about me, I'll be 29 in 1 week and I've been drinking heavily for about 6 years. I've ended up in the hospital numerous times-blacking out in the street, fights, etc. So I would drink after long stressful days at work Even great d...	TysonMike	21	482	Aug 13, 2008 by TLH
	Daily Reflections ~ A Clean Sweep (Preview) . . . and third, having thus cleared away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with every human being we know. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 77 As I faced the Eighth Step, everything that was required for s...	Sobrietyspell	0	344	Aug 13, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 13th Aug 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ "We had but two alternatives; one was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could, and the other was to accept spiritual help. We became willing to maintain a certain simple attitude toward life. What seemed at...	Sobrietyspell	0	320	Aug 13, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Friends (Preview) Don't overlook the value of friendship. Don't neglect friends. Friends are a joy. Adult friendships can be a good place for us to learn to have fun and to appreciate how much fun we can have with a friend. Friends can be a comfort. Who knows us better, or is more able to give us support, than a good frie...	Quetzal	2	246	Aug 13, 2008 by Rosie
	Newcomer needing help (Preview) Hi All, I am an alcoholic and have been in an abusive relationship with a sex addict for 8 yrs. We broke up five months ago in March and he moved to Florida. I live in Vermont. I have not had any word from him at all since March. His abuse was nonstop. Verbal, emotional and physical. I became house bound after...	Rosie	9	397	Aug 13, 2008 by Rosie
	The Battles Lost... The War's Won spirituality alcoholics Heaven Higher Power (Preview) Hi Everyone, Just wanted to share a "feel good" story with ya. About a month ago I received an e-mail from a lady in upstate New York. Her brother had just passed away and she was wondering if I had ever written a poem about an alcoholic going to heaven because he had already spent his time in h...	Dave Harm	3	7044	Aug 13, 2008 by lani
	Daily Reflections ~ A Look Backward (Preview) First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 77 As a traveler on a fresh and exciting A.A. journey of recovery, I experienced a newfound peace of mind and the hori...	Sobrietyspell	0	299	Aug 12, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 12th Aug 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ "There was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet by Alcoholics Anonymous. By doing so, we have a spiritual experience which revolutionizes our whole attitude toward life, toward others, and toward God's universe. The cent...	Sobrietyspell	0	278	Aug 12, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Greetings from the newly sober (Preview) Well, I have learned from other posts that I should introduce myself and qualify - so here goes! I am a 37 year old single mom from the west coast. I have a beautiful 16yr old daughter and it has basically been just the two of us for that 16 yrs. My sobriety date is 8/2/8 - and so far so good! I have heard a lot o...	tlcate	9	608	Aug 12, 2008 by Rosie
	Directness (Preview) Direct people are a joy to be around. We never have to guess what they're really thinking or feeling, because they're honest about their thoughts and openly express their feelings. We never have to wonder if they're with us because they want to be, or if they're there out of guilt and obligation. ...	Quetzal	1	387	Aug 12, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections ~ Removing "The Ground Glass" (Preview) The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking the ground glass out of us, the emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 140 My Eighth Step list use...	Sobrietyspell	0	362	Aug 11, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 11th Aug 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ "While alcoholics keep strictly away from drink, they react to life much like other people. But the first drink sets the terrible cycle in motion. Alcoholics usually have no idea why they take the first drink. Some drinkers have excuses with which they are satisfied, b...	Sobrietyspell	0	281	Aug 11, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Step Work (Preview) http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=42763	tlcate	6	506	Aug 11, 2008 by surfergirl
	Healing (Preview) Let healing energy flow through your body. The healing energy of God, the Universe, life, and recovery surrounds us. It is available, waiting for us to draw on it, waiting for us to draw it in. It's waiting at our meetings or groups, on the words of a whispered prayer, in a gentle touch, a positive word...	Quetzal	0	258	Aug 11, 2008 by Quetzal
	Just Wanted To Share This With You All (Preview) Hi Guys, Someone sent me this link this morning in an email and I just wanted to share it with you all. It's so thoughtful and peaceful and I couldn't keep it to myself. http://www.findingjoymovie.com/ Take care, Carol	Quetzal	3	446	Aug 10, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	QUESTIONS THAT HAUNT ME!!!!! (Preview) Can you cry under water? How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? Why do you have to 'put your two cents in'... But it's only a 'penny for your thoughts'? Where's that extra penny going to? Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearin...	Doll	4	359	Aug 10, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Asking for What We Need (Preview) Decide what it is you want and need, and then go to the person you need it from and ask for it. Sometimes, it takes hard work and much energy to get what we want and need. We have to go through the pains of identifying what we want, then struggle to believe that we deserve it. Then, we may have to experience t...	Quetzal	1	365	Aug 10, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Happy 2nd Birthday Tim!!! (Preview) Hi Tim, Many congratulations on two years of sobriety!!!! That is fantastic. Well done. And, Tim, it's so good to see you posting again! How's life treating you? I do hope that everything is great for you. Take care, Carol	Quetzal	7	452	Aug 10, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections ~ Redoubling Our Efforts (Preview) To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he had hurt, and in what ways. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 77 As I continue to grow in sobriety, I become more aware of myself as a person of wort...	Sobrietyspell	0	325	Aug 10, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 10th Aug 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ "The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We who have found this solution to our alcoholic problem, who are properly armed with the facts about ourselves, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic. We who a...	Sobrietyspell	0	321	Aug 10, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	A warning for the newly sober and a reminder for the veterans... (Preview) I've been with a new company since getting sober and fortunately neither my superiors nor my coworkers were made aware of my little problem with the drinky drinky. It's never really been an issue since I've managed to avoid social functions and situations where alcohol has been involved. This time h...	Tipsy McStagger	13	481	Aug 10, 2008 by TLH
	Alcohol and Relationships (Preview) When I started going out with my first serious girlfriend, who I later fell in love with, I was pretty much drinking every night, for no particular reason other than the fact that I liked to get drunk. By myself or with others, it didn't matter. Alcohol caused me and her to break up, but that's another sto...	paul86	10	461	Aug 10, 2008 by paul86
	12 Steps....my opinion (Preview) The 12 steps of AA 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. 1. We admit we have given power to alcohol - that we have lost control of our lives. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 2.Came to believe that WE could r...	firewoman122	8	608	Aug 10, 2008 by tlcate
	Letting Go of Perfection (Preview) As I journey through recovery, more and more I learn that accepting myself and my idiosyncrasies - laughing at myself for my ways - gets me a lot further than picking on myself and trying to make myself perfect. Maybe that's really what it's all about - absolute loving, joyous, nurturing self-accepta...	Quetzal	0	307	Aug 10, 2008 by Quetzal
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