Alcoholics Anonymous

Quetzal · Quetzal

One day, my son brought a gerbil home to live with us. We put it in a cage. Some time later, the gerbil escaped. For the next six months, the animal ran frightened and wild through the house. So did we - chasing it. "There it is. Get it!" we'd scream, each time someone spotted the gerbil. I, or m...

senor mouse · senor mouse

i haven't been to a meeting for a week, and dont know when i'll go to one next. the reason being that ive been sick as a parrot since friday night. this horrible fever came over me and i felt like my body was on fire. haven't eaten hardly anything for four days- but starting to eat a bit more now. i will have to r...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We have slips in A.A. It has been said these are not slips but premeditated drunks, because we have to think about taking a drink before we actually take one. The thought always comes before the act. It is suggested that people should always get in touch with an A.A. before takin...

TenderheartsKS · TenderheartsKS

I have been following a fairly local story with a hurting heart. It takes me back to the days where risky behavior and alcoholism went hand in hand for me. When I left home at 18, I was full of anger, resentment, pain, and hostility. Once I discovered that magic 'elixir' in the bottle, I was a freight train...

Doll · Doll

PROTECTION FOR ALL At the personal level, anonymity provides protection for all members from identification as alcoholics, a safeguard often of special importance to newcomers. At the level of press, radio, TV, and films, anonymity stresses the equality in the Fellowship of all members by putti...

Zarathustra · Zarathustra

MEH.. Okay so for you guys that read my long, rambling, and most likely totally discontinuous and incompresible first post about my alcohol induced "epiphone", lemme just tellya what the girl said to me today (We met up to hangout at a coffee shop or whatever). She was like I wanna be like yo...

Doll · Doll

"When a man or a woman has a spiritual awakening, the most important meaning of it is that he has now become able to do, feel, and believe that which he could not do before on his unaided strength and resources alone. He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state of consciousness and being. H...

lani · lani

Hope all of you are well! I was just thinking how lucky I am to have such great new AA friends!!! From the people on MIP that allow me to share my true feelings and offer up hope and understanding and an unconditional love no matter what to the friends Ive met in meetings. Sure I have friends and family but Im...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The A.A. way is the way of sobriety, and yet there are slips. Why do these slips occur? Why don't we all accept A.A. and stay sober from then on? There are many reasons, but it has been proved without exception that once we have become alcoholics we can never drink successfully ag...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The A.A. way is the way of sobriety. A.A. is known everywhere as a method that has been successful with alcoholics. Doctors, psychiatrists, and clergymen have had some success. Some men and women have got sober all by themselves. We believe that A.A. is the most successful an...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Go back to the Steps. Go back to a Step When we don't know what to do next, when we feel confused, upset, distraught, at the end of our rope, overwhelmed, full of self will, rage, or despair, go back to the Steps. No matter what situation we are facing, working a Step will help. Focus on one, trust your i...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi all, Someone emailed me a few AA acronyms and I just thought that I'd share them with you all. Have a great day, Carol ************************************* F.I.N.E. [I'm] Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic, Emotional F.E.A.R. Face Everything And Recover N.U.T.S. Not Using...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Do your best and leave to God the rest. -- Proverb There comes a time in facing a challenge when we have done all that we can, and still the situation remains unresolved. This is the time to turn the problem over and release our cares into the hands of spirit. When we let the Universe take charge, anythin...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

Hey y'all... Well, my back is better, the sciatica is mostly better... I'm driving again, getting to meetings, only a bit of problems with my leg after the long drives, but tolerable enough... went to a couple of really good meetings the past 2 nights, Sunday I went to my old homegroup in Memphis, a 1...

Zarathustra · Zarathustra

Okay, this is Cut/pasted from my blog, where ill try to keep track of my progress at http://diaryofamadman11.blogspot.com/ mainly cause retyping it would be a bitch. Okay, tail end of one of the worst benders of my life...8 days long prolly, all day/night basically (including on the job which is...

xSTEVEx · xSTEVEx

Hello, I have been drinking since I was 12 years old, and very heavily in the past 5 years, I am 27 now. After many blackouts and few bouts of vomitting up a large amount of blood. (where it came from, my stomach? I have no idea) I decided to try giving the old cold turkey a shot. It has now been about 6 days sinc...

Ironman · Ironman

I have not been to a meeting in 3 months!!! Yet..... I feel I am progressing, and have gone through tough emotional tests and came out strong with my faith intact and sober. I know I'm doing the wrong thing.....but I've rationalized that the $$ and family are where I should spend my time, and I have. But....

Doll · Doll

My granny would have labeled it "ugly" & then she'd say "God don't like ugly" ..It was silly, petty and childish..But it's buggin the crap outta me. I'd readily call my sponsor but she's out of town this week..... so, ya'll get ready laugh. There are soooo many other things...

Doll · Doll

ATTRACTION, NOT PROMOTION Through many painful experiences, we think we have arrived at what that policy ought to be. It is the opposite in many ways of usual promotional practice. We found that we had to rely upon the principle of attraction rather than promotion. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITION...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The way of A.A. is the way of sobriety, fellowship, service, and faith. Let us take up each one of these things and see if our feet are truly on the way. The first and greatest to us is sobriety. The others are built on sobriety as a foundation. We could not have the others if we did no...

Quetzal · Quetzal

For many of us, the issue is not whether we can trust another person again; it's whether we can trust our own judgment again. "The last mistake I made almost cost me my sanity," said one recovering woman who married a sex addict. "I can't afford to make another mistake like that.&quo...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Congratulations on your 1st Anniversay, Jarrod! Happy Sober Day! I hope you're enjoying the best your life has to offer today. May more be revealed as you troop onwards & upwards 1Day@aTime. Well Done, dear. You're a real inspiration. Keep on keeping on & in all your hard won work & effor...

Doll · Doll

THE PERILS OF THE LIMELIGHT In the beginning, the press could not understand our refusal of all personal publicity. They were genuinely baffled by our insistence upon anonymity. Then they got the point. Here was something rare in the world -- a society which said it wished to publicize its principle...

Jazzii · Jazzii

So this will be my first post since checking out this site. Since then a lot has happened. Finally did the detox thing which was a walk through hell and back. Amidst all that turmoil, after 17 years I finally laid eyes on my biological Father for the first time in my life. There are no hard feelings between...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Continuing our thoughts about the rewards that have come to us as a result of our new way of living, we have found that we have got rid of many of our fears, resentments, inferiority complexes, negative points of view, self-centeredness, criticism of others, over-sensitive...

lani · lani

Hey Dean: Saw you were on...Welcome back, and hope you had a great trip with your wife!!! Lani

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I am not so envious of other people, nor am I jealous of other people's possessions and talents. When I was drinking, I was secretly full of jealousy and envy of those people who could drink normally, who had the love and respect of their families, who lived a normal life and were...

Sobrietyspell · Nov 26, 2007 by Dannyc

Hello, All@MIP. I have my settings adjusted so that I can see most recently added to posts so this from DannyC came up but it's originally from April earlier this year. Danny has added to it today. I may have used a clumsy way of going about it but have copied & pasted so everyone can catch up with Danny...

Doll · Doll

THE HAZARDS OF PUBLICITY People who symbolize causes and ideas fill a deep human need. We of A.A. do not question that. But we do have to soberly face the fact that being in the public eye is hazardous, especially for us. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 181 As a recovered alcoholic I must make an ef...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Look how far we've come! It's good to focus on the task ahead, on what remains to be done. It's important to stop and feel pleased about what we've accomplished too. Yes, it may seem that the change has been slow. At times, change is grueling. Yes, we've taken steps backward. But we're right where we...

rodney2007 · rodney2007

I go to AA and NA as well my AA seams to be longer then NA but ? is does anyone say NA is sep from AA when I go to NA they say alcohol is a drug. according to a few in AA its a diffrent matter I think so to sorry for off topic

Doll · Doll

"Years of lining with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic. The entire family is, to some extent, ill." Let families realize, as they start their journey, that all will not be fair weather. AA BB, Ch.9 Before coming into AA I thought my drinking only affected me! T...

Quetzal · Quetzal

When we first become aware of a problem, a situation, or a feeling, we may react with anxiety or fear. There is no need to fear awareness. No need. Awareness is the first step toward positive change and growth. It's the first step toward solving the problem, or getting the need met, the first step towa...

Doll · Doll

A POWERFUL TRADITION In the years before the publication of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous," we had no name. . .by a narrow majority the verdict was for naming our book "The Way Out." . . .One of our early lone members. . . found exactly twelve books already titled "The Way O...

nique · nique

I am in excruciating pain. I have a nevve disease called shingles and it is the most painful thing in the world. I have made myself make meetings although misserable through them as all I want to do is ly down. Because I am an addict it is very hard to get narcotic pain meds. If every I needed them it is no...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Instead of pretending to be perfectionists, in A.A. we are content if we are making progress. The main thing is to be growing. We realize that perfectionism is only a result of false pride and an excuse to save our faces. In A.A. we are willing to make mistakes and to stumble, pro...

Doll · Doll

A UNIVERSAL SEARCH Be quick to see where religious people are right. Make use of what they offer. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 87 I do not claim to have all the answers in spiritual matters, any more than I claim to have all the answers about alcoholism. There are others who are also engaged in a spiritual se...

Dannyc · Dannyc

In a few minutes I will be leaving to go to my second meeting of the day. I am totally freaked out! I have 6-1/2 years in the program and feel as though I am trying to get sober for the first time. I lost my job in February and then got a new one last month. I have chronic back pain and have not been able to last...

Quetzal · Quetzal

I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there's gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it was going to be a terrible day. -- Judith Viorst Some days, for all our good intent...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I no longer refuse to do anything because I cannot do it to perfection. Many of us alcoholics use the excuse of not being able to do something perfectly to enable us to do nothing at all. We pretend to be perfectionists. We are good at telling people how a thing should be done, but w...

Ironman · Ironman

Hey Gang! I have only browsed the forum lately, ut I wanted to report that on the 26th, I'll have 1 year since I quit drinking! My life is great in all areas now. 1. Marriage is great 2. Family relationships great 3. Energy is normalized 4. Work is going great I can't complain and I must also Thank GOD for my o...

Quetzal · Quetzal

What if we knew for certain that everything we're worried about today will work out fine? What if . . . we had a guarantee that the problem bothering us would be worked out in the most perfect way, and at the best possible time? Furthermore, what if we knew that three years from now we'd be grateful for th...

Doll · Doll

HOLD YOUR FACE TO THE LIGHT Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not see. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 3 One Sunday in October, during my morning meditation, I glanced out the window at the ash tree in our front yard. At once I was overwhelmed by its magnificent, golde...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

Hey y'all... Well, I'm doing much better... as long as I don't overdo it... and I'm bad about overdoing it lol I think I'm still not supposed to be driving... but I drove to town yesterday, about 7 miles away, and did a little shopping and picked up prescriptions... was hurting on the drive home, b...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Gratitude and acceptance are two magic tricks available to us in recovery. No matter who we are, where we are, or what we have, gratitude and acceptance work. We may eventually become so happy that we realize our present circumstances are good. Or we master our present circumstances and then move f...

Doll · Doll

When I was a young turkey, new to the coop, My big brother Mike took me out on the stoop; Then he sat me down, and he spoke real slow, And he told me there was something that I had to know. His look and his tone I will always remember, When he told me of the horrors of ... Black November; "Come about August,...

lani · lani

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my dear friends!! May it be a very special day for everyone!! I realize the holidays are probably difficult for a lot of us but this year I plan to put one of the slogans to work! "Keep it simple!" Im hosting the day and everyone coming over is either in the program or...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have got rid of most of my boredom. One of the hardest things that a new member of A.A. has to understand is how to stay sober and not be bored. Drinking was always the answer to all kinds of boring people or boring situations. But once you have taken up the interest of A.A., once yo...

Quetzal · Quetzal

I sat in the car, looking at the sign on the door of the food shelf office: "Closed until Friday." It was Wednesday. I had two hungry children and myself; I had no money. I laid my head on the steering wheel. I couldn't take it anymore. I had been so strong, so brave, so trusting for so long. I...

Doll · Doll

ONLY TWO SINS . . . . there are only two sins; the first is to interfere with the growth of another human being, and the second is to interfere with one's own growth. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 542 Happiness is such an elusive state. How often do my "prayers" for others involve "hidden&qu...

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	Detachment (Preview) One day, my son brought a gerbil home to live with us. We put it in a cage. Some time later, the gerbil escaped. For the next six months, the animal ran frightened and wild through the house. So did we - chasing it. "There it is. Get it!" we'd scream, each time someone spotted the gerbil. I, or m...	Quetzal	1	293	Nov 30, 2007 by nique
	my metings... (Preview) i haven't been to a meeting for a week, and dont know when i'll go to one next. the reason being that ive been sick as a parrot since friday night. this horrible fever came over me and i felt like my body was on fire. haven't eaten hardly anything for four days- but starting to eat a bit more now. i will have to r...	senor mouse	10	1618	Nov 30, 2007 by senor mouse
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 30th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We have slips in A.A. It has been said these are not slips but premeditated drunks, because we have to think about taking a drink before we actually take one. The thought always comes before the act. It is suggested that people should always get in touch with an A.A. before takin...	Sobrietyspell	0	260	Nov 30, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	I feel compelled to post this (Preview) I have been following a fairly local story with a hurting heart. It takes me back to the days where risky behavior and alcoholism went hand in hand for me. When I left home at 18, I was full of anger, resentment, pain, and hostility. Once I discovered that magic 'elixir' in the bottle, I was a freight train...	TenderheartsKS	1	299	Nov 30, 2007 by Doll
	Daily Reflections 11/30 (Preview) PROTECTION FOR ALL At the personal level, anonymity provides protection for all members from identification as alcoholics, a safeguard often of special importance to newcomers. At the level of press, radio, TV, and films, anonymity stresses the equality in the Fellowship of all members by putti...	Doll	0	432	Nov 30, 2007 by Doll
	Reason why i drink (typical alkie share, no one else exactly to tellit to tho right now) (Preview) MEH.. Okay so for you guys that read my long, rambling, and most likely totally discontinuous and incompresible first post about my alcohol induced "epiphone", lemme just tellya what the girl said to me today (We met up to hangout at a coffee shop or whatever). She was like I wanna be like yo...	Zarathustra	9	537	Nov 29, 2007 by Doll
	Daily Reflection not avail for today....12&12 instead! (Preview) "When a man or a woman has a spiritual awakening, the most important meaning of it is that he has now become able to do, feel, and believe that which he could not do before on his unaided strength and resources alone. He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state of consciousness and being. H...	Doll	2	295	Nov 29, 2007 by Sick of being sick
	FRIENDS!!! (Preview) Hope all of you are well! I was just thinking how lucky I am to have such great new AA friends!!! From the people on MIP that allow me to share my true feelings and offer up hope and understanding and an unconditional love no matter what to the friends Ive met in meetings. Sure I have friends and family but Im...	lani	5	411	Nov 29, 2007 by lani
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 29th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The A.A. way is the way of sobriety, and yet there are slips. Why do these slips occur? Why don't we all accept A.A. and stay sober from then on? There are many reasons, but it has been proved without exception that once we have become alcoholics we can never drink successfully ag...	Sobrietyspell	0	268	Nov 29, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 28th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The A.A. way is the way of sobriety. A.A. is known everywhere as a method that has been successful with alcoholics. Doctors, psychiatrists, and clergymen have had some success. Some men and women have got sober all by themselves. We believe that A.A. is the most successful an...	Sobrietyspell	3	1004	Nov 29, 2007 by StPeteDean
	Back to the Steps (Preview) Go back to the Steps. Go back to a Step When we don't know what to do next, when we feel confused, upset, distraught, at the end of our rope, overwhelmed, full of self will, rage, or despair, go back to the Steps. No matter what situation we are facing, working a Step will help. Focus on one, trust your i...	Quetzal	3	303	Nov 29, 2007 by senor mouse
	A Few AA Acronyms (Preview) Hi all, Someone emailed me a few AA acronyms and I just thought that I'd share them with you all. Have a great day, Carol ************************************* F.I.N.E. [I'm] Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic, Emotional F.E.A.R. Face Everything And Recover N.U.T.S. Not Using...	Quetzal	0	336	Nov 29, 2007 by Quetzal
	Turning It Over (Preview) Do your best and leave to God the rest. -- Proverb There comes a time in facing a challenge when we have done all that we can, and still the situation remains unresolved. This is the time to turn the problem over and release our cares into the hands of spirit. When we let the Universe take charge, anythin...	Quetzal	0	792	Nov 29, 2007 by Quetzal
	just checkin in... (Preview) Hey y'all... Well, my back is better, the sciatica is mostly better... I'm driving again, getting to meetings, only a bit of problems with my leg after the long drives, but tolerable enough... went to a couple of really good meetings the past 2 nights, Sunday I went to my old homegroup in Memphis, a 1...	ChicknLittle	5	329	Nov 28, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Introductory post/Epiphone (Preview) Okay, this is Cut/pasted from my blog, where ill try to keep track of my progress at http://diaryofamadman11.blogspot.com/ mainly cause retyping it would be a bitch. Okay, tail end of one of the worst benders of my life...8 days long prolly, all day/night basically (including on the job which is...	Zarathustra	6	1145	Nov 28, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Health questions (Preview) Hello, I have been drinking since I was 12 years old, and very heavily in the past 5 years, I am 27 now. After many blackouts and few bouts of vomitting up a large amount of blood. (where it came from, my stomach? I have no idea) I decided to try giving the old cold turkey a shot. It has now been about 6 days sinc...	xSTEVEx	21	2162	Nov 28, 2007 by xSTEVEx
	Confession (Preview) I have not been to a meeting in 3 months!!! Yet..... I feel I am progressing, and have gone through tough emotional tests and came out strong with my faith intact and sober. I know I'm doing the wrong thing.....but I've rationalized that the $$ and family are where I should spend my time, and I have. But....	Ironman	7	1166	Nov 28, 2007 by Ironman
	I did something ugly today.... (Preview) My granny would have labeled it "ugly" & then she'd say "God don't like ugly" ..It was silly, petty and childish..But it's buggin the crap outta me. I'd readily call my sponsor but she's out of town this week..... so, ya'll get ready laugh. There are soooo many other things...	Doll	9	531	Nov 28, 2007 by nique
	Daily Reflections 11/28 (Preview) ATTRACTION, NOT PROMOTION Through many painful experiences, we think we have arrived at what that policy ought to be. It is the opposite in many ways of usual promotional practice. We found that we had to rely upon the principle of attraction rather than promotion. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITION...	Doll	0	259	Nov 28, 2007 by Doll
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 27th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The way of A.A. is the way of sobriety, fellowship, service, and faith. Let us take up each one of these things and see if our feet are truly on the way. The first and greatest to us is sobriety. The others are built on sobriety as a foundation. We could not have the others if we did no...	Sobrietyspell	0	355	Nov 27, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	We Can Trust Ourselves (Preview) For many of us, the issue is not whether we can trust another person again; it's whether we can trust our own judgment again. "The last mistake I made almost cost me my sanity," said one recovering woman who married a sex addict. "I can't afford to make another mistake like that.&quo...	Quetzal	4	375	Nov 27, 2007 by lani
	Happy Birthday Ironman 1yr Today! (Preview) Congratulations on your 1st Anniversay, Jarrod! Happy Sober Day! I hope you're enjoying the best your life has to offer today. May more be revealed as you troop onwards & upwards 1Day@aTime. Well Done, dear. You're a real inspiration. Keep on keeping on & in all your hard won work & effor...	Sobrietyspell	4	325	Nov 27, 2007 by Doll
	Daily Reflections 11/27 (Preview) THE PERILS OF THE LIMELIGHT In the beginning, the press could not understand our refusal of all personal publicity. They were genuinely baffled by our insistence upon anonymity. Then they got the point. Here was something rare in the world -- a society which said it wished to publicize its principle...	Doll	0	242	Nov 27, 2007 by Doll
	Daily Struggles... (Preview) So this will be my first post since checking out this site. Since then a lot has happened. Finally did the detox thing which was a walk through hell and back. Amidst all that turmoil, after 17 years I finally laid eyes on my biological Father for the first time in my life. There are no hard feelings between...	Jazzii	8	477	Nov 27, 2007 by Jazzii
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 26th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Continuing our thoughts about the rewards that have come to us as a result of our new way of living, we have found that we have got rid of many of our fears, resentments, inferiority complexes, negative points of view, self-centeredness, criticism of others, over-sensitive...	Sobrietyspell	0	259	Nov 26, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	welcome back (Preview) Hey Dean: Saw you were on...Welcome back, and hope you had a great trip with your wife!!! Lani	lani	4	348	Nov 26, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 25th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I am not so envious of other people, nor am I jealous of other people's possessions and talents. When I was drinking, I was secretly full of jealousy and envy of those people who could drink normally, who had the love and respect of their families, who lived a normal life and were...	Sobrietyspell	2	333	Nov 26, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	FAO MIP ~ Post for DannyC (Preview) Hello, All@MIP. I have my settings adjusted so that I can see most recently added to posts so this from DannyC came up but it's originally from April earlier this year. Danny has added to it today. I may have used a clumsy way of going about it but have copied & pasted so everyone can catch up with Danny...	Sobrietyspell	5	555	Nov 26, 2007 by Dannyc
	Daily Reflections 11/26 (Preview) THE HAZARDS OF PUBLICITY People who symbolize causes and ideas fill a deep human need. We of A.A. do not question that. But we do have to soberly face the fact that being in the public eye is hazardous, especially for us. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 181 As a recovered alcoholic I must make an ef...	Doll	0	282	Nov 26, 2007 by Doll
	Letting Go of Self-Criticism (Preview) Look how far we've come! It's good to focus on the task ahead, on what remains to be done. It's important to stop and feel pleased about what we've accomplished too. Yes, it may seem that the change has been slow. At times, change is grueling. Yes, we've taken steps backward. But we're right where we...	Quetzal	0	348	Nov 26, 2007 by Quetzal
	AA and NA (Preview) I go to AA and NA as well my AA seams to be longer then NA but ? is does anyone say NA is sep from AA when I go to NA they say alcohol is a drug. according to a few in AA its a diffrent matter I think so to sorry for off topic	rodney2007	7	360	Nov 25, 2007 by rodney2007
	The family afterwards - ES&H (Preview) "Years of lining with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic. The entire family is, to some extent, ill." Let families realize, as they start their journey, that all will not be fair weather. AA BB, Ch.9 Before coming into AA I thought my drinking only affected me! T...	Doll	2	3146	Nov 25, 2007 by lani
	Awareness (Preview) When we first become aware of a problem, a situation, or a feeling, we may react with anxiety or fear. There is no need to fear awareness. No need. Awareness is the first step toward positive change and growth. It's the first step toward solving the problem, or getting the need met, the first step towa...	Quetzal	2	273	Nov 25, 2007 by lani
	Daily Reflections 11/25 (Preview) A POWERFUL TRADITION In the years before the publication of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous," we had no name. . .by a narrow majority the verdict was for naming our book "The Way Out." . . .One of our early lone members. . . found exactly twelve books already titled "The Way O...	Doll	1	338	Nov 25, 2007 by nique
	Dealing with extreme physical pain (Preview) I am in excruciating pain. I have a nevve disease called shingles and it is the most painful thing in the world. I have made myself make meetings although misserable through them as all I want to do is ly down. Because I am an addict it is very hard to get narcotic pain meds. If every I needed them it is no...	nique	9	1866	Nov 25, 2007 by Doll
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 24th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Instead of pretending to be perfectionists, in A.A. we are content if we are making progress. The main thing is to be growing. We realize that perfectionism is only a result of false pride and an excuse to save our faces. In A.A. we are willing to make mistakes and to stumble, pro...	Sobrietyspell	0	270	Nov 24, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections 11/24 (Preview) A UNIVERSAL SEARCH Be quick to see where religious people are right. Make use of what they offer. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 87 I do not claim to have all the answers in spiritual matters, any more than I claim to have all the answers about alcoholism. There are others who are also engaged in a spiritual se...	Doll	0	842	Nov 24, 2007 by Doll
	I Need Help! (Preview) In a few minutes I will be leaving to go to my second meeting of the day. I am totally freaked out! I have 6-1/2 years in the program and feel as though I am trying to get sober for the first time. I lost my job in February and then got a new one last month. I have chronic back pain and have not been able to last...	Dannyc	17	1022	Nov 24, 2007 by Dannyc
	Living One Day At A Time (Preview) I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there's gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it was going to be a terrible day. -- Judith Viorst Some days, for all our good intent...	Quetzal	0	926	Nov 24, 2007 by Quetzal
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 23rd Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I no longer refuse to do anything because I cannot do it to perfection. Many of us alcoholics use the excuse of not being able to do something perfectly to enable us to do nothing at all. We pretend to be perfectionists. We are good at telling people how a thing should be done, but w...	Sobrietyspell	1	465	Nov 23, 2007 by Wren
	1 Year No Booze November!!!!!! (Preview) Hey Gang! I have only browsed the forum lately, ut I wanted to report that on the 26th, I'll have 1 year since I quit drinking! My life is great in all areas now. 1. Marriage is great 2. Family relationships great 3. Energy is normalized 4. Work is going great I can't complain and I must also Thank GOD for my o...	Ironman	8	377	Nov 23, 2007 by Wren
	Letting Go of Worry (Preview) What if we knew for certain that everything we're worried about today will work out fine? What if . . . we had a guarantee that the problem bothering us would be worked out in the most perfect way, and at the best possible time? Furthermore, what if we knew that three years from now we'd be grateful for th...	Quetzal	1	328	Nov 23, 2007 by Phil
	Daily Reflections 11/23 (Preview) HOLD YOUR FACE TO THE LIGHT Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not see. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 3 One Sunday in October, during my morning meditation, I glanced out the window at the ash tree in our front yard. At once I was overwhelmed by its magnificent, golde...	Doll	0	271	Nov 23, 2007 by Doll
	Just me... (Preview) Hey y'all... Well, I'm doing much better... as long as I don't overdo it... and I'm bad about overdoing it lol I think I'm still not supposed to be driving... but I drove to town yesterday, about 7 miles away, and did a little shopping and picked up prescriptions... was hurting on the drive home, b...	ChicknLittle	6	352	Nov 22, 2007 by ChicknLittle
	The Magic of Gratitude and Acceptance (Preview) Gratitude and acceptance are two magic tricks available to us in recovery. No matter who we are, where we are, or what we have, gratitude and acceptance work. We may eventually become so happy that we realize our present circumstances are good. Or we master our present circumstances and then move f...	Quetzal	2	1043	Nov 22, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	A Thanksgiving Poem (Preview) When I was a young turkey, new to the coop, My big brother Mike took me out on the stoop; Then he sat me down, and he spoke real slow, And he told me there was something that I had to know. His look and his tone I will always remember, When he told me of the horrors of ... Black November; "Come about August,...	Doll	3	399	Nov 22, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	HAPPY THANKSGIVING (Preview) Happy Thanksgiving to all of my dear friends!! May it be a very special day for everyone!! I realize the holidays are probably difficult for a lot of us but this year I plan to put one of the slogans to work! "Keep it simple!" Im hosting the day and everyone coming over is either in the program or...	lani	10	433	Nov 22, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 22nd Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have got rid of most of my boredom. One of the hardest things that a new member of A.A. has to understand is how to stay sober and not be bored. Drinking was always the answer to all kinds of boring people or boring situations. But once you have taken up the interest of A.A., once yo...	Sobrietyspell	0	324	Nov 22, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Financial Fears (Preview) I sat in the car, looking at the sign on the door of the food shelf office: "Closed until Friday." It was Wednesday. I had two hungry children and myself; I had no money. I laid my head on the steering wheel. I couldn't take it anymore. I had been so strong, so brave, so trusting for so long. I...	Quetzal	4	342	Nov 22, 2007 by lani
	Daily Reflections 11/22 (Preview) ONLY TWO SINS . . . . there are only two sins; the first is to interfere with the growth of another human being, and the second is to interfere with one's own growth. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 542 Happiness is such an elusive state. How often do my "prayers" for others involve "hidden&qu...	Doll	0	425	Nov 22, 2007 by Doll
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