Alcoholics Anonymous

Supercub · Supercub

Last night my grandmother passed away at 92 years old. She lived a full life and died peacefully in her sleep. She was the only grandparent I have ever known and I love her very much. I'm grateful to have had her in my life and I am going to miss her always. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers thi...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

After trying to stop smoking countless times for over two decades I was finally able to kick it a while back. My success wasn't due to some wonder drug, nicotine gum/lip balm/inhaler, or any of the other dozens of things I had tried in the past. What finally helped me say goodbye to tobacco permanently w...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We need to make a distinction between powerlessness and owning our power. The first step in recovery is accepting powerlessness. There are some things we can't do, no matter how long or hard we try. These things include changing other people, solving their problems, and controlling their behavi...

BLUE · BLUE

being in the program is not always easy.they say if you dont,drink you had a good day .well for me there's more first i have to take the steps like it's in the big book,then i have to let god in my heart and life.and become willing to be like he wants me too.thats the hard part,when i have to face the pain.t...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) ~ Scroll down for share ~ February 8, 2009 Decision It is by circumstance rather than by any virtue that we have been driven to AA, have admitted defeat, have acquired the rudiments of faith, and now want to make a decision to turn our will and our lives over...

Jane05 · Jane05

Day Eight/8:00 PM: "You can't laugh and think at the same time! So every time you laugh you're getting a break from you." ~Ken D. (P 153, Alkiespeak) I take my program seriously, not myself. Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Hazelden author of ' Day By Day' & other Meditation Book...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees ItPg. 39 Dealing with Resentments Resentment is the Number One offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physical ill, we have also been spiritually ill. When our spiritual malady is o...

Tina · Tina

Hi to all Just thought I'd drop and say hi, and to let you know things are somewhat better, I'm getting a few more shifts at work and well I'm been busy with my daughter and volunteering some of my time to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. My son's in there too, and we get together at least try to anyways once...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi everyone, Today marks three years of continuous sobriety for me! I can hardly believe it. It's only through regular meetings, my support network of AA friends, my sponsor, working the steps and my Higher Power that I have managed this. For anyone who is just starting out in sobriety that's how...

learning · learning

Hi everyone, Bad modem has kept me offline for about a month. Not priority to fix as there were other things higher on the list of priorities. Update: Middle son officially left states on Feb. 3rd to head to Iraq. Should be settling in Kuwait about now for 2 wks before he arrives at his ass...

laurenrich777 · laurenrich777

Just wondering. I just happened to notice that they are offered. How many of you attend?

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

The minute I stopped arguing, I could begin to see and feel. Right there, Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I cant say upon what occasion or upon what day I came to believe in a Power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now. To acquire it, I had to stop fightin...

laurenrich777 · laurenrich777

I currently have 34 days without alcohol. My story is a bit different than the ones that you hear in the meetings. I am a mother of three, two of which are under 24 months of age. I am a full time Realtor here in Atlanta with a team of three assistants under me. I'm married to an amazing man who is not an alcohol...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees ItPg. 38 Pipeline to God "I am a firm believer in both guidance and prayer. But I am fully aware, and humble enough I hope, to see there may be nothing infallible about my guidance. "The minute I figure I have got a perfectly clear pipeline to god, I have become egotistical enoug...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 7, 2009 Simplicity The simple words "Thy Will Be Done" and the simple ideas of honesty and of helping others are taking on a new meaning for me. I should not be surprised to find myself coming to the astounding conclusion that God, who...

Vinohrady · Vinohrady

Hi everyone! This is my first post on this forum. Just thought I would introduce myself. I am 26 and have been abusing alcohol for about 7 or 8 years. I decided to get help two weeks ago today and haven't drank since. After a course of Valium and plenty of recouperation, I feel a lot better and have started...

lost4now · lost4now

Hello group, I am new to all this and could use a few words of both encouragement and advice. I have been sober for 1 day. I recently had an incident that made me realize that I want to get sober, I need to get sober. I have made an appointment with an AODA counselor, and I have found the location of a meeting t...

cramcj01 · cramcj01

Edging on 5 months now. Woo hoo! A couple of weeks ago I had the flu....bad. I laid on the couch and was thinking, why me? I mean, I felt like total junk. Then, I closed my eyes for a minute and started to think of the feeling I had every morning before I got enough alcohol in my body to rid the shakes. ...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us. Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33 I feel that A.A. is a God-inspired program and that God is at every A.A. meeting. I see, believe, and have come to know tha...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day On a dark night, the bright lights of the corner tavern look mighty inviting. Inside, there seems to be warmth and good cheer. But we don't stop to think that if we go in there we'll probably end up drunk, with our money spent and an awful hangover. A long mahogany bar in the tropica...

laurenrich777 · laurenrich777

I think there will be different answers to this however, I hear repeatedly that you should attend on a daily basis. That beings said, how in the world do you do this with a family (who you are feeding around meeting times in the evenings) and a full time career? I saw someone say "you made the time to d...

Jane05 · Jane05

This is something I got this morning, in an e-mail, that made me sit up. Have a good day! Thought for Today Thursday, February 5, 2009 Is it possible that I am so busy doing That I no longer have time to enjoy being? Wilson

Jane05 · Jane05

Good morningFriendsDay Six/9:00 PM: We often miss opportunity knocking at the door because it can be disguised as a huge problem. With the next problem you encounter, ask, "What can I learn from this?" I watch for big problems; they disguise BIG opportunities. Excerpt from the Pocket S...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Before recovery, many of us lacked a frame of reference with which to name the victimization and abuse in our life. We may have thought it was normal that people mistreated us. We may have believed we deserved mistreatment; we may have been attracted to people who mistreated us. We need to let go, on a...

tomvlll · tomvlll

Do you think it's ok for a person to identify him/herself as an alcoholic ANDA drug addict, given our fifth tradition?

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees ItPg. 37 A Full and Thankful Heart One exercise that I practice is to try for a full inventory of my blessings and then for a right acceptance of the many gifts that are mineboth temporal and spiritual. Here I try to achieve a state of joyful gratitude. When such a brand of gratitude is repea...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 6, 2009 Irrationality Few indeed are the practicing alcoholics who have any idea how irrational they are, or seeing their irrationality, can bear to face it. Some will be willing to term themselves "problem drinkers" but cannot e...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day One thing we learn in A.A. is to take a long view of drinking instead of a short view. When we were drinking we thought more about the pleasure or release that a drink would give us than we did about the consequences that would result from our taking that drink. Liquor looks good fro...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

[img]https://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv314/oldsmobuble/DeanSBXLIIIinsidepr...

Jane05 · Jane05

Day Five/11:00 AM: It's a very interesting thing about human nature, when you stop treating yourself poorly, it will become unacceptable for others to do so. If I don't take care of myself, why should anyone else? Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Hazelden author of ' Day By Day' & other Medi...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 5, 2009 Footprints Stepping into the first footprint that led from the dismal swamp of alcoholism toward the sunlight of sobriety would not take me far enough. Would I muddle along some little trail of my own in the weeds, vaguely paralleling t...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Sometimes A.A. comes harder to those who have lost or rejected faith than to those who never had any faith at all, for they think they have faith and found it wanting. They have tried the way of faith and the way of no faith. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 28 I was so sure God had failed me that I becam...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Treating others to drinks gave us a kind of satisfaction. We liked to say, "Have a drink on me." But we were not really doing the other people a favor. We were only helping them to get drunk, especially if they happened to be alcoholic. In A.A., we really try to help othe...

Jane05 · Jane05

How to Stay Awake in AA Meetings - A Public Service Announcement Do you keep falling asleep in meetings? What about those long and boring drinkables? Here is a way to change all that... 1. Before (or during) your next meeting, prepare yourself by drawing a square. I find that a 5" x5" is a good...

Daveypoos · Daveypoos

Does anyone know where I can download stuf like this? Such as the films I've seen of Bill W. I'm not looking for copyrighted material and I would hopefully be making up some discs for newcommers, I've done the same with speaker MP3 downloads. Many thanks Dave M

chester · chester

Hi I haven't drank in over a month and the last time was newyears. I had 4 beers and a glass of very cheap champane. Someone posted the 5 types of A's. If I have a label I am the functioning one. I used to have 4-5 beers and when the buzz started I would stop although I have to admitt that some times 3-4 times a ye...

Jane05 · Jane05

Day Four/4:00 PM: Part of recovery is becoming whole and that includes relationships. But we must be a whole person seeking a whole person, not a broken person seeking another to become whole. It's not a question of me finding the right person, but becoming the right person. (Especially if I'm al...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Pg. 35 Suffering Transmuted "A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress." {{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}} For Dr. Bob, the insatiable craving for alcohol was evidently a physical phenome...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 4, 2009 Usefulness We hear a lot in meetings that a grateful alcoholic doesn't get drunk. What I have found, though, reaches far beyond feeling grateful, and that is feeling useful. I believe that when I am grateful, It is usually for what I have...

Quetzal · Quetzal

What a journey! This process of growth and change takes us along an ever-changing road. Sometimes the way is hard and craggy. Sometimes we climb mountains. Sometimes we slide down the other side on a toboggan. Sometimes we rest. Sometimes we grope through the darkness. Sometimes we're blind...

Jane05 · Jane05

As Bill Sees It Pg. 34 "Not Allied with Any Sect..." "While A.A. has restored thousands of poor Christians to their churches, and has made believers out of atheists and agnostics, it has also made good A.A.'s out of those belonging to the Buddhist, Islamic, and Jewish faiths. For...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

I never understood how the people I met in AA were able to deal with the thought of never being able to drink again. I believed that they must secretly be suffering and living miserable unhappy lives. I told myself that they probably we're just nice and happy at meetings but then went home and yelled at t...

barisax · barisax

I posted this in the Alanon forum but I thought I's post it here too... since I'm both. I was thinking about it with regard to people in Alanon and their expectations from their recovering alcoholic.... you know, expectations = premeditated resentments . Anyway, here it is... --------------- I...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day By drinking, we escaped from boredom for a while. We almost forgot our troubles. But when we sobered up, our troubles were twice as bad. Drinking had only made them worse. In A.A., we really escape boredom. Nobody's bored at an A.A. meeting. We stick around after it's over and we...

Jane05 · Jane05

Day Three/12:00 AM: Egoism isn't necessarily thinking a lot of yourself--just thinking of yourself a lot. I begin this day by thinking of another first. Who is distressed or frightened that I may offer words of comfort? Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Hazelden author of ' Day By Day' &...

Jane05 · Jane05

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 3, 2009 Philosophy For me, AA is a synthesis of all the philosophy I've ever read, all of the positive, good philosophy, all of it based on love. I have seen that there is only one law, the law of love, and there are only two sins: the first is to inter...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Shame can be a powerful force in our life. It is the trademark of dysfunctional families. Authentic, legitimate guilt is the feeling or thought that what we did is not okay. It indicates that our behavior needs to be corrected or altered, or an amend needs to be made. Shame is an overwhelming negat...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Characteristic of the so-called typical alcoholic is a narcissistic egocentric core, dominated by feelings of omnipotence, intent on maintaining at all costs its inner integrity. Inwardly the alcoholic brooks no control from man or God. He, the alcoholic, is and must be the master of his destiny...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day We got a kick out of the first few drinks, before we got stupefied by alcohol. For a while, the world seemed to look brighter. But how about the letdown, the terrible depression that comes the morning after? In A.A., we get a real kick: not a false feeling of exhilaration, but a rea...

pinkchip · pinkchip

Today marks 4 months of continuous sobriety. I am still keeping track of my days which are now at 124. But I am really starting to count months now. Some weird changes are occurring at meetings, in the fellowship, and with me. Beginners meetings have turned over completely and many of the people t...

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	Asking for prayers (Preview) Last night my grandmother passed away at 92 years old. She lived a full life and died peacefully in her sleep. She was the only grandparent I have ever known and I love her very much. I'm grateful to have had her in my life and I am going to miss her always. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers thi...	Supercub	10	533	Feb 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Do we make it more difficult than it needs to be? (Preview) After trying to stop smoking countless times for over two decades I was finally able to kick it a while back. My success wasn't due to some wonder drug, nicotine gum/lip balm/inhaler, or any of the other dozens of things I had tried in the past. What finally helped me say goodbye to tobacco permanently w...	Tipsy McStagger	4	554	Feb 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Owning Our Power (Preview) We need to make a distinction between powerlessness and owning our power. The first step in recovery is accepting powerlessness. There are some things we can't do, no matter how long or hard we try. These things include changing other people, solving their problems, and controlling their behavi...	Quetzal	1	493	Feb 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	liveing the 12 steps (Preview) being in the program is not always easy.they say if you dont,drink you had a good day .well for me there's more first i have to take the steps like it's in the big book,then i have to let god in my heart and life.and become willing to be like he wants me too.thats the hard part,when i have to face the pain.t...	BLUE	4	460	Feb 8, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	A.A. Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) ~ Scroll down for share ~ February 8, 2009 Decision It is by circumstance rather than by any virtue that we have been driven to AA, have admitted defeat, have acquired the rudiments of faith, and now want to make a decision to turn our will and our lives over...	Jane05	0	640	Feb 8, 2009 by Jane05
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) Day Eight/8:00 PM: "You can't laugh and think at the same time! So every time you laugh you're getting a break from you." ~Ken D. (P 153, Alkiespeak) *I take my program seriously, not myself.* Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Hazelden author of ' Day By Day' & other Meditation Book...	Jane05	0	310	Feb 8, 2009 by Jane05
	Dealing with Resentments (Preview) As Bill Sees ItPg. 39 Dealing with Resentments Resentment is the Number One offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physical ill, we have also been spiritually ill. When our spiritual malady is o...	Jane05	0	649	Feb 8, 2009 by Jane05
	Just me!!!! (Preview) Hi to all Just thought I'd drop and say hi, and to let you know things are somewhat better, I'm getting a few more shifts at work and well I'm been busy with my daughter and volunteering some of my time to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. My son's in there too, and we get together at least try to anyways once...	Tina	1	414	Feb 8, 2009 by Jane05
	3 Years Sober Today! (Preview) Hi everyone, Today marks three years of continuous sobriety for me! I can hardly believe it. It's only through regular meetings, my support network of AA friends, my sponsor, working the steps and my Higher Power that I have managed this. For anyone who is just starting out in sobriety that's how...	Quetzal	9	525	Feb 7, 2009 by Tina
	Back once again..... (Preview) Hi everyone, Bad modem has kept me offline for about a month. Not priority to fix as there were other things higher on the list of priorities. Update: Middle son officially left states on Feb. 3rd to head to Iraq. Should be settling in Kuwait about now for 2 wks before he arrives at his ass...	learning	1	425	Feb 7, 2009 by Tina
	Online Meetings....How Are They? (Preview) Just wondering. I just happened to notice that they are offered. How many of you attend?	laurenrich777	3	443	Feb 7, 2009 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections ~ A Glorious Release (Preview) The minute I stopped arguing, I could begin to see and feel. Right there, Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I cant say upon what occasion or upon what day I came to believe in a Power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now. To acquire it, I had to stop fightin...	Sobrietyspell	2	487	Feb 7, 2009 by beachgirl
	Hello My Name Is Lauren and I'm An Alcoholic (Preview) I currently have 34 days without alcohol. My story is a bit different than the ones that you hear in the meetings. I am a mother of three, two of which are under 24 months of age. I am a full time Realtor here in Atlanta with a team of three assistants under me. I'm married to an amazing man who is not an alcohol...	laurenrich777	8	635	Feb 7, 2009 by laurenrich777
	As Bill Sees It (Preview) As Bill Sees ItPg. 38 Pipeline to God "I am a firm believer in both guidance and prayer. But I am fully aware, and humble enough I hope, to see there may be nothing infallible about my guidance. "The minute I figure I have got a perfectly clear pipeline to god, I have become egotistical enoug...	Jane05	0	371	Feb 7, 2009 by Jane05
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 7, 2009 Simplicity The simple words "Thy Will Be Done" and the simple ideas of honesty and of helping others are taking on a new meaning for me. I should not be surprised to find myself coming to the astounding conclusion that God, who...	Jane05	0	652	Feb 7, 2009 by Jane05
	Hello (Preview) Hi everyone! This is my first post on this forum. Just thought I would introduce myself. I am 26 and have been abusing alcohol for about 7 or 8 years. I decided to get help two weeks ago today and haven't drank since. After a course of Valium and plenty of recouperation, I feel a lot better and have started...	Vinohrady	6	497	Feb 6, 2009 by Tipsy McStagger
	new to all of this (Preview) Hello group, I am new to all this and could use a few words of both encouragement and advice. I have been sober for 1 day. I recently had an incident that made me realize that I want to get sober, I need to get sober. I have made an appointment with an AODA counselor, and I have found the location of a meeting t...	lost4now	10	560	Feb 6, 2009 by Tipsy McStagger
	Hi guys.... (Preview) Edging on 5 months now. Woo hoo! A couple of weeks ago I had the flu....bad. I laid on the couch and was thinking, why me? I mean, I felt like total junk. Then, I closed my eyes for a minute and started to think of the feeling I had every morning before I got enough alcohol in my body to rid the shakes. ...	cramcj01	5	468	Feb 6, 2009 by Tipsy McStagger
	Daily Reflections ~ A Rallying Point (Preview) Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us. Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33 I feel that A.A. is a God-inspired program and that God is at every A.A. meeting. I see, believe, and have come to know tha...	Sobrietyspell	0	435	Feb 6, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 6th Feb 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day On a dark night, the bright lights of the corner tavern look mighty inviting. Inside, there seems to be warmth and good cheer. But we don't stop to think that if we go in there we'll probably end up drunk, with our money spent and an awful hangover. A long mahogany bar in the tropica...	Sobrietyspell	0	379	Feb 6, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	My Question About Meetings~ (Preview) I think there will be different answers to this however, I hear repeatedly that you should attend on a daily basis. That beings said, how in the world do you do this with a family (who you are feeding around meeting times in the evenings) and a full time career? I saw someone say "you made the time to d...	laurenrich777	4	517	Feb 6, 2009 by laurenrich777
	Just a Thought (Preview) This is something I got this morning, in an e-mail, that made me sit up. Have a good day! Thought for Today Thursday, February 5, 2009 Is it possible that I am so busy doing That I no longer have time to enjoy being? Wilson	Jane05	1	482	Feb 6, 2009 by pinkchip
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) *Good morningFriendsDay Six/9:00 PM:* We often miss opportunity knocking at the door because it can be disguised as a huge problem. With the next problem you encounter, ask, "What can I learn from this?" *I watch for big problems; they disguise BIG opportunities.* Excerpt from the Pocket S...	Jane05	0	358	Feb 6, 2009 by Jane05
	Stopping Victimization (Preview) Before recovery, many of us lacked a frame of reference with which to name the victimization and abuse in our life. We may have thought it was normal that people mistreated us. We may have believed we deserved mistreatment; we may have been attracted to people who mistreated us. We need to let go, on a...	Quetzal	0	393	Feb 6, 2009 by Quetzal
	question about ANDA's (Preview) Do you think it's ok for a person to identify him/herself as an alcoholic ANDA drug addict, given our fifth tradition?	tomvlll	9	837	Feb 6, 2009 by Daveypoos
	A Full and Thankful Heart (Preview) As Bill Sees ItPg. 37 A Full and Thankful Heart One exercise that I practice is to try for a full inventory of my blessings and then for a right acceptance of the many gifts that are mineboth temporal and spiritual. Here I try to achieve a state of joyful gratitude. When such a brand of gratitude is repea...	Jane05	0	352	Feb 6, 2009 by Jane05
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 6, 2009 Irrationality Few indeed are the practicing alcoholics who have any idea how irrational they are, or seeing their irrationality, can bear to face it. Some will be willing to term themselves "problem drinkers" but cannot e...	Jane05	0	342	Feb 6, 2009 by Jane05
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 5th Feb 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day One thing we learn in A.A. is to take a long view of drinking instead of a short view. When we were drinking we thought more about the pleasure or release that a drink would give us than we did about the consequences that would result from our taking that drink. Liquor looks good fro...	Sobrietyspell	0	379	Feb 5, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	A little off topic but... (Preview) [img]https://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv314/oldsmobuble/DeanSBXLIIIinsidepr...	StPeteDean	5	543	Feb 5, 2009 by lani
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) Day Five/11:00 AM: It's a very interesting thing about human nature, when you stop treating yourself poorly, it will become unacceptable for others to do so. *If I don't take care of myself, why should anyone else?* Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Hazelden author of ' Day By Day' & other Medi...	Jane05	0	519	Feb 5, 2009 by Jane05
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 5, 2009 Footprints Stepping into the first footprint that led from the dismal swamp of alcoholism toward the sunlight of sobriety would not take me far enough. Would I muddle along some little trail of my own in the weeds, vaguely paralleling t...	Jane05	0	546	Feb 5, 2009 by Jane05
	Daily Reflections ~ When Faith Is Missing (Preview) Sometimes A.A. comes harder to those who have lost or rejected faith than to those who never had any faith at all, for they think they have faith and found it wanting. They have tried the way of faith and the way of no faith. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 28 I was so sure God had failed me that I becam...	Sobrietyspell	0	422	Feb 4, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 4th Feb 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Treating others to drinks gave us a kind of satisfaction. We liked to say, "Have a drink on me." But we were not really doing the other people a favor. We were only helping them to get drunk, especially if they happened to be alcoholic. In A.A., we really try to help othe...	Sobrietyspell	0	412	Feb 4, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	How to Stay Awake in AA Meetings (Preview) How to Stay Awake in AA Meetings - A Public Service Announcement Do you keep falling asleep in meetings? What about those long and boring drinkables? Here is a way to change all that... 1. Before (or during) your next meeting, prepare yourself by drawing a square. I find that a 5" x5" is a good...	Jane05	5	646	Feb 4, 2009 by barisax
	AA related videos DIVX MP4 etc (Preview) Does anyone know where I can download stuf like this? Such as the films I've seen of Bill W. I'm not looking for copyrighted material and I would hopefully be making up some discs for newcommers, I've done the same with speaker MP3 downloads. Many thanks Dave M	Daveypoos	2	497	Feb 4, 2009 by StPeteDean
	A little about things that are happening in my so called life (Preview) Hi I haven't drank in over a month and the last time was newyears. I had 4 beers and a glass of very cheap champane. Someone posted the 5 types of A's. If I have a label I am the functioning one. I used to have 4-5 beers and when the buzz started I would stop although I have to admitt that some times 3-4 times a ye...	chester	7	565	Feb 4, 2009 by chester
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) Day Four/4:00 PM: Part of recovery is becoming whole and that includes relationships. But we must be a whole person seeking a whole person, not a broken person seeking another to become whole. It's not a question of me finding the right person, but becoming the right person. (Especially if I'm al...	Jane05	0	524	Feb 4, 2009 by Jane05
	Suffering Transmuted (Preview) As Bill Sees It Pg. 35 Suffering Transmuted "A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress." {{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}} For Dr. Bob, the insatiable craving for alcohol was evidently a physical phenome...	Jane05	0	397	Feb 4, 2009 by Jane05
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 4, 2009 Usefulness We hear a lot in meetings that a grateful alcoholic doesn't get drunk. What I have found, though, reaches far beyond feeling grateful, and that is feeling useful. I believe that when I am grateful, It is usually for what I have...	Jane05	0	381	Feb 4, 2009 by Jane05
	Enjoying Recovery (Preview) What a journey! This process of growth and change takes us along an ever-changing road. Sometimes the way is hard and craggy. Sometimes we climb mountains. Sometimes we slide down the other side on a toboggan. Sometimes we rest. Sometimes we grope through the darkness. Sometimes we're blind...	Quetzal	0	329	Feb 4, 2009 by Quetzal
	Not Allied with Any Sect (Preview) As Bill Sees It Pg. 34 "Not Allied with Any Sect..." "While A.A. has restored thousands of poor Christians to their churches, and has made believers out of atheists and agnostics, it has also made good A.A.'s out of those belonging to the Buddhist, Islamic, and Jewish faiths. For...	Jane05	3	479	Feb 3, 2009 by Rob84
	When the desire is removed (Preview) I never understood how the people I met in AA were able to deal with the thought of never being able to drink again. I believed that they must secretly be suffering and living miserable unhappy lives. I told myself that they probably we're just nice and happy at meetings but then went home and yelled at t...	Tipsy McStagger	6	559	Feb 3, 2009 by BGG
	Growth (Preview) I posted this in the Alanon forum but I thought I's post it here too... since I'm both. I was thinking about it with regard to people in Alanon and their expectations from their recovering alcoholic.... you know, expectations = premeditated resentments . Anyway, here it is... --------------- I...	barisax	2	511	Feb 3, 2009 by StPeteDean
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 3rd Feb 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day By drinking, we escaped from boredom for a while. We almost forgot our troubles. But when we sobered up, our troubles were twice as bad. Drinking had only made them worse. In A.A., we really escape boredom. Nobody's bored at an A.A. meeting. We stick around after it's over and we...	Sobrietyspell	0	574	Feb 3, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	Pocket Sponsor (Preview) Day Three/12:00 AM: Egoism isn't necessarily thinking a lot of yourself--just thinking of yourself a lot. *I begin this day by thinking of another first. Who is distressed or frightened that I may offer words of comfort?* Excerpt from the Pocket Sponsor, By The Hazelden author of ' Day By Day' &...	Jane05	0	425	Feb 3, 2009 by Jane05
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) February 3, 2009 Philosophy For me, AA is a synthesis of all the philosophy I've ever read, all of the positive, good philosophy, all of it based on love. I have seen that there is only one law, the law of love, and there are only two sins: the first is to inter...	Jane05	0	571	Feb 3, 2009 by Jane05
	Rejecting Shame (Preview) Shame can be a powerful force in our life. It is the trademark of dysfunctional families. Authentic, legitimate guilt is the feeling or thought that what we did is not okay. It indicates that our behavior needs to be corrected or altered, or an amend needs to be made. Shame is an overwhelming negat...	Quetzal	0	456	Feb 3, 2009 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections ~ Rescued By Surrendering (Preview) Characteristic of the so-called typical alcoholic is a narcissistic egocentric core, dominated by feelings of omnipotence, intent on maintaining at all costs its inner integrity. Inwardly the alcoholic brooks no control from man or God. He, the alcoholic, is and must be the master of his destiny...	Sobrietyspell	0	411	Feb 2, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 2nd Feb 09 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day We got a kick out of the first few drinks, before we got stupefied by alcohol. For a while, the world seemed to look brighter. But how about the letdown, the terrible depression that comes the morning after? In A.A., we get a real kick: not a false feeling of exhilaration, but a rea...	Sobrietyspell	0	654	Feb 2, 2009 by Sobrietyspell
	4 months (Preview) Today marks 4 months of continuous sobriety. I am still keeping track of my days which are now at 124. But I am really starting to count months now. Some weird changes are occurring at meetings, in the fellowship, and with me. Beginners meetings have turned over completely and many of the people t...	pinkchip	6	568	Feb 2, 2009 by Doll
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