Alcoholics Anonymous

Doll · Doll

A GENUINE HUMILITY . . . . we are actually to practice a genuine humility. This is to the end that our great blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of Him who presides over us all. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 192 Experience has taught me that my alcoh...

lani · lani

Just a BIG GIANT welcome back to Danielle!!!!!!! Hope you had a great trip and had lots of time to spend working on you!!!! I'll bet you feel totally fulfilled and may the experiences and discoveries last for a long time!!! Sure did miss you!!!!! (wanted to surpize you with a post!!!!!) Lani -- Edited by...

visch1 · visch1

Lately my isyms have been poking at me a bit harder which probably means I need more meetings. BUT I think my ego is telling me that with all the sober years behind me that its just an aging factor phase. For my first twenty or so years I averaged around 5-6 meetings a week and was quite active. In the last...

girlscout · girlscout

Hi. Actually my username is a joke. I'm no girlscout. I've tried to quit, but I often need a few to get the edge off. I've given myself all the reasons to drink: I'm second wife, and his grown kids were hostile to his divorce. I live far, far away from all my family and friends. The only friend I really have o...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Our drinking fellowship was a substitute one, for lack of something better. At the time, we did not realize what real fellowship could be. Drinking fellowship has a fatal fault. It is not based on a firm foundation. Most of it is on the surface. It is based mostly on the desire to...

nique · nique

Some really good threads go un-noticed because they dont always go back to the top of the list like they should. I scroll the whole board and look at the dates and times of the last post so I dont miss any. A suggestion in case you dont already do this. I didnt when I first came here but then I started search...

nique · nique

Feeling great today as it is day 1 truly clean and sober. It started earlier than I had planned. I had a little pot to smoke last night before I went to bed, well my brother knocked on my door. He got out of prison last night and is on his way to a 2 year program on Tuesday. Well he needed a safe clean sober en...

Diana · Diana

Hi, everyone. My name is Diana, and I am an alcoholic. I am trying this board, looking for some ES&H for times between meetings. My sobriety date (after a relapse) is 11/24/07. Glad I made it back to the rooms, not everyone does. That's all I got for now. Any tips for navigating this place would be ap...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Can We Choose? We must never be blinded by the futile philosophy that we are just the hapless victims of our inheritance, of our life experiences, and of our surroundings - that these are the sole forces that make our decisions for us. This is not the road to freedom. We have to believe that we can really c...

Doll · Doll

CARRYING THE MESSAGE Now, what about the rest of the Twelfth Step? The wonderful energy it releases and the eager action by which it carries our message to the next suffering alcoholic and which finally translates the Twelve Steps into action upon all our affairs is the payoff, the magnificent reali...

Quetzal · Quetzal

It's okay to ask for help. One of the most absurd things we do to ourselves is not asking for the help we need from a friend, a family member, our Higher Power, or the appropriate resource. We don't have to struggle through feelings and problems alone. We can ask for help from our Higher Power and for s...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Be gentle with folks around the holidays. Most people are unduly stressed out with a whole lot more added to their plates than usual around this time. I can only speak for myself as a woman, but I am sure that men feel more pressure in December as well. But, that said, many women take on extra things like ba...

learning · learning

May be offline for a few days. Seems the area is being blessed with a repeat of last year's ice storm. Power went off 3 times last night. Not much ice then. This am. the car is now covered. Forecast says it will be next few days of the same. So may be heading across the road. My parents have a g...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

Sorry y'all, I've gotten way behind on reading posts here, between driving myself crazy last week lookin for a place to live, and this weekend tryin to keep myself busy and not worry about where I'm gonna live lol But I went to a good meeting last night, topic was fear... an oldtimer I know there pulled...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

I took Carole's advice and went to change my settings and noticed that the "see signatures" was turned off. So I turned it on. Then I went back to the board and saw that I had a Larry the Cable Guy picture as my signature. Well I didn't know it because I couldn't see anyones signatures not eve...

Doll · Doll

LOVE WITH NO PRICE TAG When the Twelfth Step is seen in its full implication, it is really talking about the kind of love that has no price tag on it. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 106 In order for me to start working the Twelfth Step, I had to work on sincerity, honesty, and to learn to act with humi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Hello my lovely fellow sober~vibers! I hope you all have a nourishing weekend no matter where you are in your trials. I'm going away for a couple of nights to do some AA work on myself & I'm looking forward to answers that may be found that we're always looking for! Hopefully I'll have lots to give whe...

Quetzal · Quetzal

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The way of A.A. is the way of fellowship. We have read a good deal about fellowship and yet it is such an important part of the A.A. program that it seems we cannot think too much about it. Human beings were not meant to live alone. A hermit's life is not a normal or natural...

nique · nique

I have been sober for 4 months from alcohol. But....... there is a minor drug I did not give up. Well it is conflicting with my program so it has to go bye-bye. It saddens me as I really like it but I will be a better person because of it. I have extra motivation from my Mom. She bought me a beautiful cross...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

I called the apartments my sponsor lives in... they told me they don't have rental assistance now and they don't allow pets anymore. I've spent the morning calling the housing authorities in different areas, trying to find low-income housing that allows pets, or allows a 40lb dog... no luck. Ei...

Tina · Tina

Just want to drop and say hi, Things are ok, not good, not bad. But gettin through it, one day at a time. Kids are well and well lets put it this way, my son spent time with his father and has made a decision to move in with his father. I'm not against it, hope all goes well with that, spoke to their father a few t...

jonijoni · jonijoni

It was delicious. HP must have had something to do with that! Joni

nique · nique

I belong to 3 AA message boards and you all are my online homegroup!! You are the most friendly and real out of all of them. Thank you all for being so Honest Openminded and Willing. This group is a shinning star of spiritual principles. Love you all in the Fellowship of the Spirit, Allison

Quetzal · Quetzal

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The length of time of our sobriety is not as important as its quality. A person who has been in A.A. for a number of years may not be in as good mental condition as a person who has only been in a few months. It is a great satisfaction to have been an A.A. member for a long time...

KLT · KLT

I grew up with a very loving father and a mother who really didnt want us. One thing she was a stickler for though was the we spoke properly, only queens english would do. When I first entered the rooms of AA, I was surprised how few alcoholics there were in there. At the meetings I went to they all seemed t...

lani · lani

Back in the days of the Great Depression a Missouri man named John Griffith was the controller of a great railroad drawbridge across the Mississippi River. One day in the summer of 1937 he decided to take his eight-year-old son, Greg, with him to work. At noon, John Griffith put the bridge up to allow sh...

lani · lani

Just trying out some functions here...Color is nice...Trying to figure out how to add some fun stuff...No clue!!! So all's you get is color.....

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Go Me!!! lol I'm actually really chuffed to have managed this & 1year's sobriety in 2007. Two Big achievements for me. I'm made up lol I stopped smoking on Saturday 1st December too & going strong. I'm so proud of my efforts this year & how me & my life have changed. Thanks for being here...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

In the morning I'm calling the apartment complex my sponsor lives in... gov't housing, income-based... and hopefully will be going up there to see about getting into them... really been praying about this, because I don't see any other options right now. My sponsor knows of 2 apartments next to her t...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Yikes. Hubby brought home a couple of bushels of golden delicious apples from WA state. (Long story). I thought, "well, whatever I cannot pawn off to friends and family who bake, I will bake some pies and apple crisps." Well, I have not baked a pie since childhood. Not unless you simply remo...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When people come back to A.A. after having a slip, the temptation is strong to say nothing about it. No other A.A. member should force them to declare themselves. It is entirely up to them. If they are well-grounded in A.A., they will realize that it's up to them to speak up at the...

nmike · nmike

I had posted here that I went to AA meetings in my small town rather than drive the 30 miles in a snowstorm. So I felt like I was welcome but I felt that I needed to stay focused on my own issues and not the A's. I started a separate Alanon meeting a month ago. Too cool. I have had a couple of Alanoners show up. We A...

Quetzal · Quetzal

There are times when we simply do not know what to do, or where to go, next. Sometimes these periods are brief, sometimes lingering. We can get through these times. We can rely on our program and the disciplines of recovery. We can cope by using our faith, other people, and our resources. Accept unc...

Doll · Doll

TRUE AMBITION True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the deep desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 124-25 During my drinking years, my one and only concern was to have my fellow man think highly of me. My ambition in...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Many of us were victimized, sometimes more than once. We may have been physically abused, sexually abused, or exploited by the addictions of another. Understand that if another person has abused us, it is not cause for us to feel shame. The guilt for the act of abuse belongs to the perpetrator, not t...

Doll · Doll

Some History of AA Chips The traditions of chips, medallions and birthdays vary in different parts of the country and I thought it would be interesting to present some of their history. There is evidence that early on many people in AA carried personal momentos to remind themselves of the importanc...

Zarathustra · Zarathustra

Okay well i wrote this on a drunken planeride-- it was my own ending to edward arlington robinsons 'valley of the shadow'... I was just going over some things and found it as much as i like the poem, i really think it shows my alcoholic attitude pretty well. It is something i hope that i have either gotten p...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Few things can make us feel crazier than expecting something from someone who has nothing to give. Few things can frustrate us more than trying to make a person someone he or she isn't; we feel crazy when we try to pretend that person is someone he or she is not. We may have spent years negotiating with rea...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ People who have had a slip are ashamed of themselves-sometimes so ashamed that they fear to go back to A.A. They develop the old inferiority complex and tell themselves that they are no good, that they have let down their friends in A.A., that they are hopeless, and that they ca...

lani · lani

Heard this in a meeting tonight....Hope I do it justice.... Staying sober is like riding a bike. As long as you keep pedaling slowly along you can have some sort of balance. (Keep it simple) Perhaps you can even coast along but that only works going down hill! When times get tough, you need to pedal a litt...

Doll · Doll

WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN When we developed still more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself. We found that dependence upon His perfect justice, forgiveness, and love was healthy, and that it would work where nothing else would. If we really depended upon God...

Quetzal · Quetzal

"How much do we need to let go of?" a friend asked one day. "I'm not certain," I replied, "but maybe everything." Letting go is a spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical process, a sometimes mysterious metaphysical process of releasing to God and the Unive...

carolinagirl · carolinagirl

Hi, I am a grateful recovering alcoholic. I just really need and want to share this about the dangers of alcoholism. It is quite frightening. My friend is an active alcoholic who has drank heavily for many years. He is only 39 years old. However, right now, he is unaware that he is even existing in t...

Wren · Wren

For some reason, when I hit the submit button, I get a blank page, so I will try this in response to the post from CarolinaGirl. Welcome CarolinaGirl, (my first post dissipated when I tried to submit it). So, I'll try again. Thank you so much for this share. It is a strong reminder of how insidious this dis...

KLT · KLT

Well this is my 3rd day sober. I couldnt sleep last night at all and also suffer with endometriosis to which I have been ABUSING co-codomol for some years. It started again last night and as I cant take anything that will work now, ive not had a good day at all. Im tired and in pain. My house is like a bomb...

Doll · Doll

T'was the night before Christmas, we'd been on a bender, Not a creature was stirring, not even a bartender. The empties were stacked by the chimney just fine, In hopes that St. Nick would fill them with wine. With Mama passed out and I still with my booze, She'd just settled down for a short litt...

Doll · Doll

A NEW STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state of consciousness and being. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p 107 Many of us in A.A. puzzle over what is a spiritual awakening. I tended to look for a miracle, something dramatic and earth shattering. But what usual...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In spite of all we have learned in A.A., our old way of thinking comes back on us, sometimes with overwhelming force, and occasionally some of us have slips. We forget or refuse to call on the Higher Power for help. We seem to deliberately make our minds blank so far as A.A. traini...

jonijoni · jonijoni

I am 16 days sober today, after a relapse of a few weeks. Boy, I cannot express how fortunate I feel to have so much support available for me, from years past in the program. My family are members of Al Anon as well, and that is a blessing in and of itself. To have countless folks around me in my life who UNDERS...

Pytbull · Pytbull

I have been away for awhile and was away from the booze for awhile.I have started to drink again and now I am drinking hard stuff instead of beer.I am feeling pressured in my personal life and I think that is the reason for my relapse.When I was drinking beer,I was just drinking beer.Now that I am drinking...

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	Daily Reflections 12/11 (Preview) A GENUINE HUMILITY . . . . we are actually to practice a genuine humility. This is to the end that our great blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of Him who presides over us all. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 192 Experience has taught me that my alcoh...	Doll	0	304	Dec 11, 2007 by Doll
	WELCOME BACK DANIELLE (Preview) Just a BIG GIANT welcome back to Danielle!!!!!!! Hope you had a great trip and had lots of time to spend working on you!!!! I'll bet you feel totally fulfilled and may the experiences and discoveries last for a long time!!! Sure did miss you!!!!! (wanted to surpize you with a post!!!!!) Lani -- Edited by...	lani	6	465	Dec 10, 2007 by lani
	I know I’m not unique, BUT (Preview) Lately my isyms have been poking at me a bit harder which probably means I need more meetings. BUT I think my ego is telling me that with all the sober years behind me that its just an aging factor phase. For my first twenty or so years I averaged around 5-6 meetings a week and was quite active. In the last...	visch1	18	496	Dec 10, 2007 by StPeteDean
	on the cross (Preview) Hi. Actually my username is a joke. I'm no girlscout. I've tried to quit, but I often need a few to get the edge off. I've given myself all the reasons to drink: I'm second wife, and his grown kids were hostile to his divorce. I live far, far away from all my family and friends. The only friend I really have o...	girlscout	12	507	Dec 10, 2007 by girlscout
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 10th Dec 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Our drinking fellowship was a substitute one, for lack of something better. At the time, we did not realize what real fellowship could be. Drinking fellowship has a fatal fault. It is not based on a firm foundation. Most of it is on the surface. It is based mostly on the desire to...	Sobrietyspell	1	315	Dec 10, 2007 by jonijoni
	Scrollin, scrollin, scrollin!!! (Preview) Some really good threads go un-noticed because they dont always go back to the top of the list like they should. I scroll the whole board and look at the dates and times of the last post so I dont miss any. A suggestion in case you dont already do this. I didnt when I first came here but then I started search...	nique	4	427	Dec 10, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Day One! (Preview) Feeling great today as it is day 1 truly clean and sober. It started earlier than I had planned. I had a little pot to smoke last night before I went to bed, well my brother knocked on my door. He got out of prison last night and is on his way to a 2 year program on Tuesday. Well he needed a safe clean sober en...	nique	5	354	Dec 10, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	New to this board (Preview) Hi, everyone. My name is Diana, and I am an alcoholic. I am trying this board, looking for some ES&H for times between meetings. My sobriety date (after a relapse) is 11/24/07. Glad I made it back to the rooms, not everyone does. That's all I got for now. Any tips for navigating this place would be ap...	Diana	8	500	Dec 10, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	~As Bill Sees It~ (Preview) Can We Choose? We must never be blinded by the futile philosophy that we are just the hapless victims of our inheritance, of our life experiences, and of our surroundings - that these are the sole forces that make our decisions for us. This is not the road to freedom. We have to believe that we can really c...	jonijoni	0	260	Dec 10, 2007 by jonijoni
	Daily Reflections 12/10 (Preview) CARRYING THE MESSAGE Now, what about the rest of the Twelfth Step? The wonderful energy it releases and the eager action by which it carries our message to the next suffering alcoholic and which finally translates the Twelve Steps into action upon all our affairs is the payoff, the magnificent reali...	Doll	0	292	Dec 10, 2007 by Doll
	Asking for Help (Preview) It's okay to ask for help. One of the most absurd things we do to ourselves is not asking for the help we need from a friend, a family member, our Higher Power, or the appropriate resource. We don't have to struggle through feelings and problems alone. We can ask for help from our Higher Power and for s...	Quetzal	3	2484	Dec 9, 2007 by jonijoni
	Don't Forget! Be GENTLE....... (Preview) Be gentle with folks around the holidays. Most people are unduly stressed out with a whole lot more added to their plates than usual around this time. I can only speak for myself as a woman, but I am sure that men feel more pressure in December as well. But, that said, many women take on extra things like ba...	jonijoni	5	404	Dec 9, 2007 by lani
	May be offline (Preview) May be offline for a few days. Seems the area is being blessed with a repeat of last year's ice storm. Power went off 3 times last night. Not much ice then. This am. the car is now covered. Forecast says it will be next few days of the same. So may be heading across the road. My parents have a g...	learning	5	408	Dec 9, 2007 by jonijoni
	Facing fears (Preview) Sorry y'all, I've gotten way behind on reading posts here, between driving myself crazy last week lookin for a place to live, and this weekend tryin to keep myself busy and not worry about where I'm gonna live lol But I went to a good meeting last night, topic was fear... an oldtimer I know there pulled...	ChicknLittle	6	463	Dec 9, 2007 by jonijoni
	I had to laugh (Preview) I took Carole's advice and went to change my settings and noticed that the "see signatures" was turned off. So I turned it on. Then I went back to the board and saw that I had a Larry the Cable Guy picture as my signature. Well I didn't know it because I couldn't see anyones signatures not eve...	StPeteDean	6	1068	Dec 9, 2007 by jonijoni
	Daily Reflections 12/9 (Preview) LOVE WITH NO PRICE TAG When the Twelfth Step is seen in its full implication, it is really talking about the kind of love that has no price tag on it. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 106 In order for me to start working the Twelfth Step, I had to work on sincerity, honesty, and to learn to act with humi...	Doll	0	275	Dec 9, 2007 by Doll
	12Step Retreat (Preview) Hello my lovely fellow sober~vibers! I hope you all have a nourishing weekend no matter where you are in your trials. I'm going away for a couple of nights to do some AA work on myself & I'm looking forward to answers that may be found that we're always looking for! Hopefully I'll have lots to give whe...	Sobrietyspell	4	748	Dec 9, 2007 by StPeteDean
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 9th Dec 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The way of A.A. is the way of fellowship. We have read a good deal about fellowship and yet it is such an important part of the A.A. program that it seems we cannot think too much about it. Human beings were not meant to live alone. A hermit's life is not a normal or natural...	Quetzal	0	256	Dec 9, 2007 by Quetzal
	My Bright Idea (please don't judge me) (Preview) I have been sober for 4 months from alcohol. But....... there is a minor drug I did not give up. Well it is conflicting with my program so it has to go bye-bye. It saddens me as I really like it but I will be a better person because of it. I have extra motivation from my Mom. She bought me a beautiful cross...	nique	8	426	Dec 8, 2007 by lani
	not looking good... (Preview) I called the apartments my sponsor lives in... they told me they don't have rental assistance now and they don't allow pets anymore. I've spent the morning calling the housing authorities in different areas, trying to find low-income housing that allows pets, or allows a 40lb dog... no luck. Ei...	ChicknLittle	5	418	Dec 8, 2007 by ChicknLittle
	I'mmmm Back, lol (Preview) Just want to drop and say hi, Things are ok, not good, not bad. But gettin through it, one day at a time. Kids are well and well lets put it this way, my son spent time with his father and has made a decision to move in with his father. I'm not against it, hope all goes well with that, spoke to their father a few t...	Tina	1	318	Dec 8, 2007 by jonijoni
	Update on the pie (Preview) It was delicious. HP must have had something to do with that! Joni	jonijoni	5	324	Dec 8, 2007 by jonijoni
	Love You Guys! (Preview) I belong to 3 AA message boards and you all are my online homegroup!! You are the most friendly and real out of all of them. Thank you all for being so Honest Openminded and Willing. This group is a shinning star of spiritual principles. Love you all in the Fellowship of the Spirit, Allison	nique	7	414	Dec 8, 2007 by Phil
	24Hrs a Day ~ 8th Dec 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The length of time of our sobriety is not as important as its quality. A person who has been in A.A. for a number of years may not be in as good mental condition as a person who has only been in a few months. It is a great satisfaction to have been an A.A. member for a long time...	Quetzal	0	262	Dec 8, 2007 by Quetzal
	How our upbringing can effect us (Preview) I grew up with a very loving father and a mother who really didnt want us. One thing she was a stickler for though was the we spoke properly, only queens english would do. When I first entered the rooms of AA, I was surprised how few alcoholics there were in there. At the meetings I went to they all seemed t...	KLT	5	428	Dec 7, 2007 by learning
	sacrifice (Preview) Back in the days of the Great Depression a Missouri man named John Griffith was the controller of a great railroad drawbridge across the Mississippi River. One day in the summer of 1937 he decided to take his eight-year-old son, Greg, with him to work. At noon, John Griffith put the bridge up to allow sh...	lani	4	362	Dec 7, 2007 by jonijoni
	Bored (Preview) Just trying out some functions here...Color is nice...Trying to figure out how to add some fun stuff...No clue!!! So all's you get is color.....	lani	6	427	Dec 7, 2007 by nique
	MIP Old~Timer!!! (Preview) Go Me!!! lol I'm actually really chuffed to have managed this & 1year's sobriety in 2007. Two Big achievements for me. I'm made up lol I stopped smoking on Saturday 1st December too & going strong. I'm so proud of my efforts this year & how me & my life have changed. Thanks for being here...	Sobrietyspell	9	652	Dec 7, 2007 by Bryan39
	Hey y'all (Preview) In the morning I'm calling the apartment complex my sponsor lives in... gov't housing, income-based... and hopefully will be going up there to see about getting into them... really been praying about this, because I don't see any other options right now. My sponsor knows of 2 apartments next to her t...	ChicknLittle	4	349	Dec 7, 2007 by jonijoni
	who... ME? follow DIRECTIONS??????? (Preview) Yikes. Hubby brought home a couple of bushels of golden delicious apples from WA state. (Long story). I thought, "well, whatever I cannot pawn off to friends and family who bake, I will bake some pies and apple crisps." Well, I have not baked a pie since childhood. Not unless you simply remo...	jonijoni	3	354	Dec 7, 2007 by jonijoni
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 7th Dec 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When people come back to A.A. after having a slip, the temptation is strong to say nothing about it. No other A.A. member should force them to declare themselves. It is entirely up to them. If they are well-grounded in A.A., they will realize that it's up to them to speak up at the...	Sobrietyspell	0	474	Dec 7, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Our new Alanon group (Preview) I had posted here that I went to AA meetings in my small town rather than drive the 30 miles in a snowstorm. So I felt like I was welcome but I felt that I needed to stay focused on my own issues and not the A's. I started a separate Alanon meeting a month ago. Too cool. I have had a couple of Alanoners show up. We A...	nmike	2	373	Dec 7, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	When the Time is Right (Preview) There are times when we simply do not know what to do, or where to go, next. Sometimes these periods are brief, sometimes lingering. We can get through these times. We can rely on our program and the disciplines of recovery. We can cope by using our faith, other people, and our resources. Accept unc...	Quetzal	2	475	Dec 7, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections 12/7 (Preview) TRUE AMBITION True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the deep desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 124-25 During my drinking years, my one and only concern was to have my fellow man think highly of me. My ambition in...	Doll	0	285	Dec 7, 2007 by Doll
	Letting Go of Shame (Preview) Many of us were victimized, sometimes more than once. We may have been physically abused, sexually abused, or exploited by the addictions of another. Understand that if another person has abused us, it is not cause for us to feel shame. The guilt for the act of abuse belongs to the perpetrator, not t...	Quetzal	1	343	Dec 6, 2007 by nmike
	Some History of AA Chips (Preview) Some History of AA Chips The traditions of chips, medallions and birthdays vary in different parts of the country and I thought it would be interesting to present some of their history. There is evidence that early on many people in AA carried personal momentos to remind themselves of the importanc...	Doll	2	8640	Dec 6, 2007 by Phil
	Alcoholic Poetry...? (Preview) Okay well i wrote this on a drunken planeride-- it was my own ending to edward arlington robinsons 'valley of the shadow'... I was just going over some things and found it as much as i like the poem, i really think it shows my alcoholic attitude pretty well. It is something i hope that i have either gotten p...	Zarathustra	7	2176	Dec 6, 2007 by lani
	Difficult People (Preview) Few things can make us feel crazier than expecting something from someone who has nothing to give. Few things can frustrate us more than trying to make a person someone he or she isn't; we feel crazy when we try to pretend that person is someone he or she is not. We may have spent years negotiating with rea...	Quetzal	4	387	Dec 6, 2007 by jonijoni
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 6th Dec 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ People who have had a slip are ashamed of themselves-sometimes so ashamed that they fear to go back to A.A. They develop the old inferiority complex and tell themselves that they are no good, that they have let down their friends in A.A., that they are hopeless, and that they ca...	Sobrietyspell	1	323	Dec 6, 2007 by lani
	Bicycles (Preview) Heard this in a meeting tonight....Hope I do it justice.... Staying sober is like riding a bike. As long as you keep pedaling slowly along you can have some sort of balance. (Keep it simple) Perhaps you can even coast along but that only works going down hill! When times get tough, you need to pedal a litt...	lani	2	318	Dec 6, 2007 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections 12/6 (Preview) WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN When we developed still more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself. We found that dependence upon His perfect justice, forgiveness, and love was healthy, and that it would work where nothing else would. If we really depended upon God...	Doll	0	392	Dec 6, 2007 by Doll
	Letting Go (Preview) "How much do we need to let go of?" a friend asked one day. "I'm not certain," I replied, "but maybe everything." Letting go is a spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical process, a sometimes mysterious metaphysical process of releasing to God and the Unive...	Quetzal	5	377	Dec 6, 2007 by Zarathustra
	Please Read!! Need to share!! (Preview) Hi, I am a grateful recovering alcoholic. I just really need and want to share this about the dangers of alcoholism. It is quite frightening. My friend is an active alcoholic who has drank heavily for many years. He is only 39 years old. However, right now, he is unaware that he is even existing in t...	carolinagirl	6	645	Dec 6, 2007 by carolinagirl
	CarolinaGirl (Preview) For some reason, when I hit the submit button, I get a blank page, so I will try this in response to the post from CarolinaGirl. Welcome CarolinaGirl, (my first post dissipated when I tried to submit it). So, I'll try again. Thank you so much for this share. It is a strong reminder of how insidious this dis...	Wren	1	298	Dec 6, 2007 by carolinagirl
	In a bad place today (Preview) Well this is my 3rd day sober. I couldnt sleep last night at all and also suffer with endometriosis to which I have been ABUSING co-codomol for some years. It started again last night and as I cant take anything that will work now, ive not had a good day at all. Im tired and in pain. My house is like a bomb...	KLT	4	531	Dec 5, 2007 by lani
	Santa's 12th Step Call (Preview) T'was the night before Christmas, we'd been on a bender, Not a creature was stirring, not even a bartender. The empties were stacked by the chimney just fine, In hopes that St. Nick would fill them with wine. With Mama passed out and I still with my booze, She'd just settled down for a short litt...	Doll	5	337	Dec 5, 2007 by Phil
	Daily Reflections 12/5 (Preview) A NEW STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state of consciousness and being. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p 107 Many of us in A.A. puzzle over what is a spiritual awakening. I tended to look for a miracle, something dramatic and earth shattering. But what usual...	Doll	0	321	Dec 5, 2007 by Doll
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 5th December 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In spite of all we have learned in A.A., our old way of thinking comes back on us, sometimes with overwhelming force, and occasionally some of us have slips. We forget or refuse to call on the Higher Power for help. We seem to deliberately make our minds blank so far as A.A. traini...	Sobrietyspell	0	281	Dec 5, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	~~ Not taking thie for granted!! ~~ (Preview) I am 16 days sober today, after a relapse of a few weeks. Boy, I cannot express how fortunate I feel to have so much support available for me, from years past in the program. My family are members of Al Anon as well, and that is a blessing in and of itself. To have countless folks around me in my life who UNDERS...	jonijoni	5	725	Dec 5, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Been awhile and not for the better (Preview) I have been away for awhile and was away from the booze for awhile.I have started to drink again and now I am drinking hard stuff instead of beer.I am feeling pressured in my personal life and I think that is the reason for my relapse.When I was drinking beer,I was just drinking beer.Now that I am drinking...	Pytbull	5	368	Dec 4, 2007 by Pytbull
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