Alcoholics Anonymous

glenngds2006 · glenngds2006

My apartment manager recently did an inspection of my apartment. I have to admit my apartment was dirty, somewhat, I was in the process of cleaning when my apartment manager came in. What needed to be done was that the floors needed mopping and the frig needed some cleaning. The apartment manager s...

lani · lani

The Gift By accepting this sobriety gratefully, as a gift, and using it willingly, I have become aware of other gifts available to me as a human being. To get the benefits, I need only to ask and then use. This is the crux of the program and the crux of living: acceptance and action. The gift of understandi...

Quetzal · Quetzal

I still have bad days. But that's okay. I used to have bad years. -- Anonymous Sometimes, the old feelings creep back in. We may feel fearful, ashamed, and hopeless. We may feel not good enough, unlovable, victimized, helpless, and resentful about it all. This is codependency, a condition some des...

timetostop18 · timetostop18

Hey I'm on the chat and no one is showing up i went on at 8 and no one was there so now im on at 9....?

beachgirl · beachgirl

I find it sad that after a year, I still really want to drink. Maybe I am grieving. There are currently no stressors in my life, things are really good. Friends, family- all healthy and happy. I really liked going to sleep drunk. I feel ashamed about that so it's important that I say it. A good test f...

beachgirl · beachgirl

today was a day of gratitude for me- the weather was gorgeous- I planted a rosebush (guaranteed not to fail- right.....) but I planted it anyway, with hope. And yes, there is a metaphor there. Relentless self analysis can be counterproductive, at the risk of sounding clueless again . I chewe...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ All alcoholics have personality problems. They drink to escape from life, to counter act feelings of loneliness or inferiority, or because of some emotional conflict within them, so that they cannot adjust themselves to life. Alcoholics cannot stop drinking unless they...

jonijoni · jonijoni

What a freeing weekend this is becoming. Every spring, I do a major "Pitching Out Session" that lasts for a few weekends. Room by room, basement included, "if it is no longer useful to me, everything MUST GO". (Sounds like AA) I have been wandering the house deciding what can st...

lani · lani

Change In the process of change I can recognize two immensely significant steps for me. The first step I took when I admitted to myself for the first time that all my previous thinking might be wrong. The second step came when I first consciously wished to believe. As a result of this experience I am conv...

Nisha · Nisha

How did u feel when u started writing things about how alcohol destroyed ur life- was it easy, how long did it take? How soon after entering fellowship u actually did it- did u do it because u felt inclined, or ur sponsor said so, or u thought u will do it beacuse the program requires u to look fearlessly int...

jc2008 · jc2008

Earlier today I had the thought: everything is my husband's fault. If only it were that easy, and I didn't have to take responsibility for my actions. He's a critical guy (just like my dad -- what a surprise). I seldom hear good things about myself. Just subtle digs or outright criticism. Like, &...

Phil · Phil

Dealing with Denial in Alcoholism by Mark S. Gold, MD October 4, 2006 Denial is a characteristic distortion in thinking experienced by people with alcoholism. For decades, people who treat alcoholics, and recovering alcoholics themselves, have puzzled over why alcoholics continue to drin...

Quetzal · Quetzal

How sick and tired we may become of people telling us to be patient or to learn patience. How frustrating it can be to want to finally have something, or to move forward, and then not have that happen. How irritating to have someone tell us to wait while our needs have not been met and were in the midst of anx...

lani · lani

Since most of us read the daliy reflections on our own and it was really Doll's baby to begin with, I thought I would start my own reading or quote or whatever for the day.....Feel free to comment or add to it! Its really for me but hope others will benefit from it.......It may be random stuff but bear with m...

lani · lani

Walk in Dry Places Letting Go of Resentment___ Releasing the Past How can we really put an end to festering resentments toward other people? "Pray for these people," the Old-timers said. "Go out of your way to do something good for them." This is a big order for most of us, bu...

timetostop18 · timetostop18

I've been told by my psychiatrist and people who care about me that I have a drinking problem...and I know that I do....but I don't want to stop drinking. I mean I'm only 18...I want to be able to drink champagne on special occasions and drink on my 21st birthday :(. What do I do!??

Nisha · Nisha

Dear All, Today I heard from the woman I requested to be my sponsor over internet.We were both online, and I told her about my slip.Perhaps my fellow members called her, perhaps its just a miracle that she was around today.She asked me to write down the first step- how alcohol affected my life.Though I...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Detachment is a key to recovery from codependency. It strengthens our healthy relationships - the ones that we want to grow and flourish. It benefits our difficult relationships - the ones that are teaching us to cope. It helps us! Detachment is not something we do once. It's a daily behavior in rec...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ People often ask what makes the A.A. program work. One of the answers is that A.A. works because it gets people away from themselves as the center of the universe. And it teaches them to rely more in the fellowship of others and on strength from God. Forgetting ourselves in fell...

glenngds2006 · glenngds2006

I am the site admin, web master of my little forum. All passwords on my little forum somehow got changed to random garbage. I maybe paranoid, but we may have been hacked. I sent out emails to eveybody telling to change their password on my little forum. I am changing my password here just in case.

Quetzal · Quetzal

Recovery is about more than walking away. Sometimes it means learning to stay and deal. It's about building and maintaining relationships that work. -- Beyond Codependency Problems and conflicts are part of life and relationships - with friends, family, loved ones, and at work -- problem-solv...

glenngds2006 · glenngds2006

I have a hell of a story to tell. When I was 18 years old I smoked a joint and got so stoned and about a week later I drank about 12 beers and smoked about 2 joints and did I ever get messed up. The next two years I smoked more and more and drank more and more, switched from beer to bourbon and switched smoking po...

Nisha · Nisha

Hello Everyone ! After a long time I am here. I am getting feeling of drifting away from the program with each passing day.Before I am swept away by the current once and for all(perhaps) I wanted to say my words.Its been wonderful and will continue being so for as long AA will last for me, time spent wit...

Dave Harm · Dave Harm

I don't stop by here as much as I probably should, but a lot of what I read tonight is about the uncertainity of tomorrow. Believe in your Higher Power and everything will work itself out. Below is a graphic I recently made of a picture I drew when I was sober about a month. I really wanted and needed a Higher...

anonymous · anonymous

I just want to let all of you know about my new blog. http://www.alcoholicstory.com/ A diary of my journey throught recovery. -- Edited by anonymous at 23:32, 2008-04-02 -- Edited by anonymous at 23:33, 2008-04-02

Quetzal · Quetzal

Surrender to the moment. Ride it out and through, for all it's worth. Throw yourself into it. Stop resisting. So much of our anguish is created when we are in resistance. So much relief, release, and change are possible when we accept, simply accept. We waste our time, expend our energy, and mak...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When I was drinking, I was absolutely selfish, I thought of myself first, last, and always. The universe revolved around me at the center. When I woke up in the morning with a hangover, my only thought was how terrible I felt and about what I could do to make myself feel better. An...

Phil · Phil

And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Since I've been in A.A., have I made a start towards becoming more loving to my family and friends? Do I visit my parents? Am I more appreciative of my spouse than I was before? Am I grateful to my family for having put up with me? Have I found real understanding with my children? Do...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. -- Step Four of Al-Anon By the time we get to the Fourth of the Twelve Steps, we are ready to face our darker side, the side that prevents us from loving others, from letting others love us, and from enjoying life and ourselves. The purpose of...

lani · lani

LOOKING WITHIN April 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment ÃÂ Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 42 Step Four is the vigorous and painstaking effort to discover what the liabilities in each of us have been, and are. I want to find exactly how, wh...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Thank you all for your recent help with my "Kick Myself in the Butt/Get over It" post. I found a great deal of help in writing out a Step 10, and I have made a good start in doing this regularly. I am also taking some time at night BEFORE I am dog-tired and passing out, to review the day and give stu...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Go easy. You may have to push forward, but you don't have to push so hard. Go in gentleness - go in peace. Do not be in so much of a hurry. At no day, no hour, no time are you required to do more than you can do in peace. Frantic behaviors and urgency are not the foundation for our new way of life. Do not be in...

lani · lani

jonijoni · jonijoni

My friend Crystal lost her infant son this week. She left the baby with his father to go to a meeting, and when she came home, he had shaken the baby and to make a long story short, the baby survived only about 2 weeks after the incident, due to fractures and brain damage. Some of you may have heard about thi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Since I've been in A.A., have I made a start towards becoming more honest? Do I no longer have to lie to my husband or wife? Do I try to have meals on time, and do I try to earn what I make at work? Am I trying to be honest? Have I faced myself as I really am and have I admitted to myself that...

lani · lani

NO ONE DENIED ME LOVE March 31, 2008 On the A.A. calendar it was Year Two . . . . A newcomer appeared at one of these groups . . . . He soon proved that his was a desperate case, and that above all he wanted to get well. . . . [He said], Since I am the victim of another addiction even worse stigmatized than alco...

lani · lani

Well, its almost that time! April fools day....We have lots to celebrate on that day......Dont we danielle!!!!! Got a larger pic so you could see my A.F. day avatar!!!! Let the fun begin..... -- Edited by lani at 17:35, 2008-03-27

jc2008 · jc2008

Are you ready for this? I am not the only person in the world with pain and challenges, and there are many people worse off than I am. When I look at what I have, suddenly it's a lot harder to feel sorry for myself. The way I see it, I have several options today: 1) lie in bed, moan about my back, and miss out...

beachgirl · beachgirl

yesterday I heard a Peter Paul & Mary song (I've just dated myself, yes?) called "Its a Long Walk to Freedom." which reminded me of something I've been resisting- and being irritated by- which is that staying sober is work- who knew? I guess, after a year, I wanted to wake up and h...

lani · lani

Monday, March 31, 2008 You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours) A.A. Thought for the Day Since I've been in A.A., have I made a start towards being more unselfish? Do I no longer want my own way in everything? When things go wrong and I can't have what I want, do I no lo...

lani · lani

Monday, March 31, 2008 You are reading from the book Touchstones Shared joy is double joy, and shared sorrow is half sorrow. --Swedish proverb As recovering men, we know relief and peace when we express our pain and share the burden of a sorrow with each other. Life is too difficult, a day is too l...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Taking financial responsibility for ourselves is part of recovery. Some of us may find ourselves in hard financial times for a variety of reasons. Our recovery concepts, including the Steps, work on money issues and restoring manageability to that area of our life. Make appropriate amends -- ev...

lani · lani

Sunday, March 30, 2008 You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours) A.A. Thought for the Day Before I met A.A., I was very unloving. From the time I went away to school, I paid very little attention to my mother and father. I was on my own and didn't even bother to keep in t...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Experiment. Try something new. Try stepping out. We have been held back too long. We have held ourselves back too long. As children, many of us were deprived of the right to experiment. Many of us are depriving ourselves of the right to experiment and learn as adults. Now is the time to experimen...

Tuggboat · Tuggboat

Found this new guy playing the Bistros of New York City while I was researching some web designs. Kinda laid back, Jazz blues and this tune has some soul to it. http://www.lipbone.com/ Struggling throught he high f...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Picture yourself walking through a meadow. There is a path opening before you. As you walk, you feel hungry. Look to your left. There's a fruit tree in full ripe. Pick what you need. Steps later, you notice you're thirsty. On your right, there's a fresh water spring. When you are tired, a resting pl...

Doll · Doll

March 29, 2008 Daily Reflections TRUSTED SERVANTS They are servants. Theirs is the sometimes thankless privilege of doing the group's chores. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 134 In Zorba the Greek, Nikos Kazantzakis describes an encounter between his principle character and an old man bu...

beachgirl · beachgirl

I have trouble with the disease thing, even after a year. The act of taking a drink is my responsibility/choice- whatever may be driving it and even if it is a disease- oh, hell. I'm not like normal people and that fills me with shame

beachgirl · beachgirl

In therapy, being honest...finding it's not a matter of "triggers"- but "permission points"- There is always a narrative that goes with what started a relapse....why at any given moment I let it be an option is what I struggle with.

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	I have a problem brewing (Preview) My apartment manager recently did an inspection of my apartment. I have to admit my apartment was dirty, somewhat, I was in the process of cleaning when my apartment manager came in. What needed to be done was that the floors needed mopping and the frig needed some cleaning. The apartment manager s...	glenngds2006	6	447	Apr 7, 2008 by Phil
	The gift (Preview) The Gift By accepting this sobriety gratefully, as a gift, and using it willingly, I have become aware of other gifts available to me as a human being. To get the benefits, I need only to ask and then use. This is the crux of the program and the crux of living: acceptance and action. The gift of understandi...	lani	1	339	Apr 7, 2008 by Phil
	Those Old Time Feelings (Preview) I still have bad days. But that's okay. I used to have bad years. -- Anonymous Sometimes, the old feelings creep back in. We may feel fearful, ashamed, and hopeless. We may feel not good enough, unlovable, victimized, helpless, and resentful about it all. This is codependency, a condition some des...	Quetzal	5	431	Apr 7, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Meetings? (Preview) Hey I'm on the chat and no one is showing up i went on at 8 and no one was there so now im on at 9....?	timetostop18	6	415	Apr 7, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	sad (Preview) I find it sad that after a year, I still really want to drink. Maybe I am grieving. There are currently no stressors in my life, things are really good. Friends, family- all healthy and happy. I really liked going to sleep drunk. I feel ashamed about that so it's important that I say it. A good test f...	beachgirl	15	405	Apr 6, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	peaceful (Preview) today was a day of gratitude for me- the weather was gorgeous- I planted a rosebush (guaranteed not to fail- right.....) but I planted it anyway, with hope. And yes, there is a metaphor there. Relentless self analysis can be counterproductive, at the risk of sounding clueless again . I chewe...	beachgirl	10	507	Apr 6, 2008 by StPeteDean
	24Hrs a Day ~ 6th April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ All alcoholics have personality problems. They drink to escape from life, to counter act feelings of loneliness or inferiority, or because of some emotional conflict within them, so that they cannot adjust themselves to life. Alcoholics cannot stop drinking unless they...	Sobrietyspell	0	293	Apr 6, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Less is MORE, for me at least........ (Preview) What a freeing weekend this is becoming. Every spring, I do a major "Pitching Out Session" that lasts for a few weekends. Room by room, basement included, "if it is no longer useful to me, everything MUST GO". (Sounds like AA) I have been wandering the house deciding what can st...	jonijoni	6	453	Apr 6, 2008 by lani
	change (Preview) Change In the process of change I can recognize two immensely significant steps for me. The first step I took when I admitted to myself for the first time that all my previous thinking might be wrong. The second step came when I first consciously wished to believe. As a result of this experience I am conv...	lani	6	418	Apr 6, 2008 by lani
	Your First Time (Preview) How did u feel when u started writing things about how alcohol destroyed ur life- was it easy, how long did it take? How soon after entering fellowship u actually did it- did u do it because u felt inclined, or ur sponsor said so, or u thought u will do it beacuse the program requires u to look fearlessly int...	Nisha	8	497	Apr 6, 2008 by Tuggboat
	husband problems (Preview) Earlier today I had the thought: everything is my husband's fault. If only it were that easy, and I didn't have to take responsibility for my actions. He's a critical guy (just like my dad -- what a surprise). I seldom hear good things about myself. Just subtle digs or outright criticism. Like, &...	jc2008	2	441	Apr 6, 2008 by jonijoni
	Denial (Preview) Dealing with Denial in Alcoholism by Mark S. Gold, MD October 4, 2006 Denial is a characteristic distortion in thinking experienced by people with alcoholism. For decades, people who treat alcoholics, and recovering alcoholics themselves, have puzzled over why alcoholics continue to drin...	Phil	2	775	Apr 6, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Patience (Preview) How sick and tired we may become of people telling us to be patient or to learn patience. How frustrating it can be to want to finally have something, or to move forward, and then not have that happen. How irritating to have someone tell us to wait while our needs have not been met and were in the midst of anx...	Quetzal	0	244	Apr 6, 2008 by Quetzal
	new daily reading (Preview) Since most of us read the daliy reflections on our own and it was really Doll's baby to begin with, I thought I would start my own reading or quote or whatever for the day.....Feel free to comment or add to it! Its really for me but hope others will benefit from it.......It may be random stuff but bear with m...	lani	1	297	Apr 5, 2008 by Doll
	Walk in dry places (Preview) Walk in Dry Places Letting Go of Resentment___ Releasing the Past How can we really put an end to festering resentments toward other people? "Pray for these people," the Old-timers said. "Go out of your way to do something good for them." This is a big order for most of us, bu...	lani	1	316	Apr 5, 2008 by jonijoni
	scared and confused (Preview) I've been told by my psychiatrist and people who care about me that I have a drinking problem...and I know that I do....but I don't want to stop drinking. I mean I'm only 18...I want to be able to drink champagne on special occasions and drink on my 21st birthday :(. What do I do!??	timetostop18	8	461	Apr 5, 2008 by jonijoni
	Writing Down the first Step (Preview) Dear All, Today I heard from the woman I requested to be my sponsor over internet.We were both online, and I told her about my slip.Perhaps my fellow members called her, perhaps its just a miracle that she was around today.She asked me to write down the first step- how alcohol affected my life.Though I...	Nisha	4	2148	Apr 5, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Detaching in Love (Preview) Detachment is a key to recovery from codependency. It strengthens our healthy relationships - the ones that we want to grow and flourish. It benefits our difficult relationships - the ones that are teaching us to cope. It helps us! Detachment is not something we do once. It's a daily behavior in rec...	Quetzal	0	276	Apr 5, 2008 by Quetzal
	24Hrs a Day ~ 5th April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ People often ask what makes the A.A. program work. One of the answers is that A.A. works because it gets people away from themselves as the center of the universe. And it teaches them to rely more in the fellowship of others and on strength from God. Forgetting ourselves in fell...	Sobrietyspell	0	286	Apr 5, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Strange things are occurring (Preview) I am the site admin, web master of my little forum. All passwords on my little forum somehow got changed to random garbage. I maybe paranoid, but we may have been hacked. I sent out emails to eveybody telling to change their password on my little forum. I am changing my password here just in case.	glenngds2006	5	382	Apr 4, 2008 by lani
	Negotiating Conflicts (Preview) Recovery is about more than walking away. Sometimes it means learning to stay and deal. It's about building and maintaining relationships that work. -- Beyond Codependency Problems and conflicts are part of life and relationships - with friends, family, loved ones, and at work -- problem-solv...	Quetzal	0	346	Apr 4, 2008 by Quetzal
	Hello, My name is Glenn S. and I am an alcoholic and addict (Preview) I have a hell of a story to tell. When I was 18 years old I smoked a joint and got so stoned and about a week later I drank about 12 beers and smoked about 2 joints and did I ever get messed up. The next two years I smoked more and more and drank more and more, switched from beer to bourbon and switched smoking po...	glenngds2006	9	584	Apr 3, 2008 by Tuggboat
	Drifting away (Preview) Hello Everyone ! After a long time I am here. I am getting feeling of drifting away from the program with each passing day.Before I am swept away by the current once and for all(perhaps) I wanted to say my words.Its been wonderful and will continue being so for as long AA will last for me, time spent wit...	Nisha	12	575	Apr 3, 2008 by Nisha
	slips, trips, uncertainities, and spirituality (Preview) I don't stop by here as much as I probably should, but a lot of what I read tonight is about the uncertainity of tomorrow. Believe in your Higher Power and everything will work itself out. Below is a graphic I recently made of a picture I drew when I was sober about a month. I really wanted and needed a Higher...	Dave Harm	0	348	Apr 3, 2008 by Dave Harm
	My new blog (Preview) I just want to let all of you know about my new blog. http://www.alcoholicstory.com/ A diary of my journey throught recovery. -- Edited by anonymous at 23:32, 2008-04-02 -- Edited by anonymous at 23:33, 2008-04-02	anonymous	2	413	Apr 3, 2008 by anonymous
	Acceptance (Preview) Surrender to the moment. Ride it out and through, for all it's worth. Throw yourself into it. Stop resisting. So much of our anguish is created when we are in resistance. So much relief, release, and change are possible when we accept, simply accept. We waste our time, expend our energy, and mak...	Quetzal	0	291	Apr 3, 2008 by Quetzal
	24Hrs a Day ~ 3rd April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When I was drinking, I was absolutely selfish, I thought of myself first, last, and always. The universe revolved around me at the center. When I woke up in the morning with a hangover, my only thought was how terrible I felt and about what I could do to make myself feel better. An...	Sobrietyspell	0	326	Apr 3, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Page 449 (Preview) And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be...	Phil	2	3755	Apr 2, 2008 by Sept_19_2002
	24Hrs a Day ~ 2nd April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Since I've been in A.A., have I made a start towards becoming more loving to my family and friends? Do I visit my parents? Am I more appreciative of my spouse than I was before? Am I grateful to my family for having put up with me? Have I found real understanding with my children? Do...	Sobrietyspell	0	350	Apr 2, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Facing Our Darker Side (Preview) Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. -- Step Four of Al-Anon By the time we get to the Fourth of the Twelve Steps, we are ready to face our darker side, the side that prevents us from loving others, from letting others love us, and from enjoying life and ourselves. The purpose of...	Quetzal	0	334	Apr 2, 2008 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections 4/1 (Preview) LOOKING WITHIN April 1, 2008 \| Leave a Comment ÃÂ Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 42 Step Four is the vigorous and painstaking effort to discover what the liabilities in each of us have been, and are. I want to find exactly how, wh...	lani	0	306	Apr 1, 2008 by lani
	Whaddup? (Preview) Thank you all for your recent help with my "Kick Myself in the Butt/Get over It" post. I found a great deal of help in writing out a Step 10, and I have made a good start in doing this regularly. I am also taking some time at night BEFORE I am dog-tired and passing out, to review the day and give stu...	jonijoni	1	368	Apr 1, 2008 by lani
	Going Easy (Preview) Go easy. You may have to push forward, but you don't have to push so hard. Go in gentleness - go in peace. Do not be in so much of a hurry. At no day, no hour, no time are you required to do more than you can do in peace. Frantic behaviors and urgency are not the foundation for our new way of life. Do not be in...	Quetzal	2	331	Apr 1, 2008 by lani
	HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANIELLE!!!!!! (Preview)	lani	6	481	Apr 1, 2008 by lani
	Need Prayers for a Friend. (Preview) My friend Crystal lost her infant son this week. She left the baby with his father to go to a meeting, and when she came home, he had shaken the baby and to make a long story short, the baby survived only about 2 weeks after the incident, due to fractures and brain damage. Some of you may have heard about thi...	jonijoni	6	332	Apr 1, 2008 by jonijoni
	24Hrs a Day ~ 1st April 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Since I've been in A.A., have I made a start towards becoming more honest? Do I no longer have to lie to my husband or wife? Do I try to have meals on time, and do I try to earn what I make at work? Am I trying to be honest? Have I faced myself as I really am and have I admitted to myself that...	Sobrietyspell	0	330	Apr 1, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections 3\31 (Preview) NO ONE DENIED ME LOVE March 31, 2008 On the A.A. calendar it was Year Two . . . . A newcomer appeared at one of these groups . . . . He soon proved that his was a desperate case, and that above all he wanted to get well. . . . [He said], Since I am the victim of another addiction even worse stigmatized than alco...	lani	0	279	Mar 31, 2008 by lani
	April Fools (Preview) Well, its almost that time! April fools day....We have lots to celebrate on that day......Dont we danielle!!!!! Got a larger pic so you could see my A.F. day avatar!!!! Let the fun begin..... -- Edited by lani at 17:35, 2008-03-27	lani	17	619	Mar 31, 2008 by Tuggboat
	BREAKING NEWS (Preview) Are you ready for this? I am not the only person in the world with pain and challenges, and there are many people worse off than I am. When I look at what I have, suddenly it's a lot harder to feel sorry for myself. The way I see it, I have several options today: 1) lie in bed, moan about my back, and miss out...	jc2008	8	556	Mar 31, 2008 by Sept_19_2002
	songs (Preview) yesterday I heard a Peter Paul & Mary song (I've just dated myself, yes?) called "Its a Long Walk to Freedom." which reminded me of something I've been resisting- and being irritated by- which is that staying sober is work- who knew? I guess, after a year, I wanted to wake up and h...	beachgirl	2	338	Mar 31, 2008 by Sept_19_2002
	24 hours a day-March 31 (Preview) Monday, March 31, 2008 You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours) A.A. Thought for the Day Since I've been in A.A., have I made a start towards being more unselfish? Do I no longer want my own way in everything? When things go wrong and I can't have what I want, do I no lo...	lani	0	266	Mar 31, 2008 by lani
	24-too (Preview) Monday, March 31, 2008 You are reading from the book Touchstones Shared joy is double joy, and shared sorrow is half sorrow. --Swedish proverb As recovering men, we know relief and peace when we express our pain and share the burden of a sorrow with each other. Life is too difficult, a day is too l...	lani	0	235	Mar 31, 2008 by lani
	Finances (Preview) Taking financial responsibility for ourselves is part of recovery. Some of us may find ourselves in hard financial times for a variety of reasons. Our recovery concepts, including the Steps, work on money issues and restoring manageability to that area of our life. Make appropriate amends -- ev...	Quetzal	1	335	Mar 31, 2008 by lani
	24 hours a day-March 30 (Preview) Sunday, March 30, 2008 You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours) A.A. Thought for the Day Before I met A.A., I was very unloving. From the time I went away to school, I paid very little attention to my mother and father. I was on my own and didn't even bother to keep in t...	lani	0	4106	Mar 30, 2008 by lani
	Experiment (Preview) Experiment. Try something new. Try stepping out. We have been held back too long. We have held ourselves back too long. As children, many of us were deprived of the right to experiment. Many of us are depriving ourselves of the right to experiment and learn as adults. Now is the time to experimen...	Quetzal	1	389	Mar 30, 2008 by lani
	Working on Gratitude (Preview) Found this new guy playing the Bistros of New York City while I was researching some web designs. Kinda laid back, Jazz blues and this tune has some soul to it. http://www.lipbone.com/ Struggling throught he high f...	Tuggboat	0	334	Mar 30, 2008 by Tuggboat
	Getting Needs Met (Preview) Picture yourself walking through a meadow. There is a path opening before you. As you walk, you feel hungry. Look to your left. There's a fruit tree in full ripe. Pick what you need. Steps later, you notice you're thirsty. On your right, there's a fresh water spring. When you are tired, a resting pl...	Quetzal	1	410	Mar 30, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Trusted Servants (Preview) March 29, 2008 Daily Reflections TRUSTED SERVANTS They are servants. Theirs is the sometimes thankless privilege of doing the group's chores. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 134 In Zorba the Greek, Nikos Kazantzakis describes an encounter between his principle character and an old man bu...	Doll	2	2362	Mar 29, 2008 by lani
	shame (Preview) I have trouble with the disease thing, even after a year. The act of taking a drink is my responsibility/choice- whatever may be driving it and even if it is a disease- oh, hell. I'm not like normal people and that fills me with shame	beachgirl	7	839	Mar 29, 2008 by StPeteDean
	sober for a year- faltering (Preview) In therapy, being honest...finding it's not a matter of "triggers"- but "permission points"- There is always a narrative that goes with what started a relapse....why at any given moment I let it be an option is what I struggle with.	beachgirl	12	860	Mar 29, 2008 by Tuggboat
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