Alcoholics Anonymous

Sick of being sick · Sick of being sick

I took this exerpt from the "tip of the day" on the Dr. Andrew Weil (health & nutrition guru) website: Today, take a moment to think about the special people in your life, and ways you can keep those relationships strong. Make it a priority to spend some time each week with at least one of...

Doll · Doll

Merry Christmas!December 25, 2007 Daily Reflections AT PEACE WITH LIFE Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our activities. "How can I best serve Thee - Thy will (not mine) be done." ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 I read this passage each morning, to start of...

Wren · Wren

When were in a good mood, we shine like the sun. But if we find ourselves in the presence of a person, or people, in a grumpy mood, it can feel like a dark cloud approaching to dim our radiance and block our positive way of seeing the world. We can remind ourselves that clouds pass, while the sun and stars con...

Quetzal · Quetzal

For some, the sights, signs, and smells of the holidays bring joy and a warm feeling. But, while others are joyously diving into the season, some of us are dipping into conflict, guilt, and a sense of loss. We read articles on how to enjoy the holidays, we read about the Christmas blues, but many of us s...

jonijoni · jonijoni

LOL..... AAAAARGH!~!!!!! OK... anyone who wants to join me in Primal Scream Therapy....??? On the count of 3... One.... Two.... THREE... AAAAAAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!! OK, I feel better now.

Doll · Doll

A "SANE AND HAPPY USEFULNESS" We have come to believe He would like us to keep our heads in the clouds with Him, but that our feet ought to be firmly planted on earth. That is where our fellow travelers are, and that is where our work must be done. These are the realities for us. We have found noth...

Quetzal · Quetzal

"One year, when I was a child, my father got drunk and violent at Christmas. I had just unwrapped a present, a bottle of hand lotion, when he exploded in an alcoholic rage. Our Christmas was disrupted. It was terrible. It was frightening for the whole family. Now, thirty-five years later, whenev...

Quetzal · Quetzal

It is our job to identify our needs, and then determine a balanced way of getting those needs met. We ultimately expect our Higher Power and the Universe - not one particular person - to be our source. It is unreasonable to expect anyone to be able or willing to meet our every request. We are responsibl...

timverton · timverton

Well....It's good to be back and somewhat settled in to the new surroundings. I have been checking in as often as I have been able to from another computer but did not take the time to sign in. There have been some great discourses and very good reading. I have managed to get through over a month of unse...

Tina · Tina

Just wanted to say SEASONS GREETINGS To all of you and hope all goes well, be safe and see you all soon. Thanks for being here at this time of year, Hugs to all. Son's is coming up for a few weeks and I have a week off and look forward to it. Hugs Tina

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We have definitely left that dream world behind. It was only a sham. It was a world of our own making and it was not the real world. We are sorry for the past, yes, but we learned a lot from it. We can put it down to experience, valuable experience, as we see it now, because it has given...

Doll · Doll

RECOVERY, UNITY, SERVICE Our Twelfth Step - carrying the message - is the basic service that AA's Fellowship gives; this is our principal aim and the main reason for our existence. THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 160 I thank God for those who came before me, those who told me not to forget the Three Legacie...

Doll · Doll

One of the supervisors at my job appears to have gone off the deep end......He was my direct sup a couple years ago and was well respected by all. Early this yr he had to have his knees replaced. He was out for quite a while. When he came back, he was different......He now appears to have highs and lows, he...

jonijoni · jonijoni

The Wine of Success Disagreeable or unexpected problems are not the only ones that call for self-control. We must be quite as careful when we begin to achieve some measure of importance and material success. For no people have ever loved personal triumphs more than we have loved them; we drank of succ...

mr_clean · mr_clean

Hi Everyone, I have something I need to say... I think it is irresponsible for people to smoke before and after meetings. There are people who come to meetings who want to stop drinking. Maybe they haven't had a cigarette for ten years and all of a sudden they are associating with a bunch of very heavy smo...

Doll · Doll

PRINCIPLES, NOT PERSONALITIES The way our "worthy" alcoholics have sometimes tried to judge the "less worthy" is, as we look back on it, rather comical. Imagine, if you can, one alcoholic judging another! THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 37 Who am I to judge anyone? When I first en...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ As we look back over our drinking careers, we must realize that our lives were a mess because we were a mess inside. The trouble was in us, not in life itself. Life itself was good enough, but we were looking at life throught the bottom of a whiskey glass, and it was distorted. We co...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Do not worry about how the good that has been planned for you will come. It will come. Do not worry, obsess, and think you have to control it, go out hunting for it, or tangle your mind trying to figure out how and when it will find you. It will find you. Surrender to your Higher Power each day. Trust...

Doll · Doll

LISTEN, SHARE AND PRAY When working with a man and his family, you should take care not to participate in their quarrels. You may spoil your chance of being helpful if you do. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 100 When trying to help a fellow alcoholic, I've given in to an impulse to give advice, and perhaps that...

lani · lani

Merry Christmas to all my wonderful friends! May your holidays be filled with lots of love, joy and happiness!! Totally love the grinch!!!! Used to have a grinch who stole xmas party every year. I'd cook and everyone had to bring an ornament! The best ornament EVER, was the 200 (at least) foot paper cha...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Have I ceased being inwardly defeated, at war with myself? Have I given myself freely to A.A. and to the Higher Power? Have I got over being sick inside? Am I still wandering mentally or am I "On the beam?" I can face anything if I am sure I am on the way. When I am sure, I sh...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Keep Coming Back!!!!!!

Quetzal · Quetzal

Strive for balanced expectations of others. Strive for healthy tolerance. In the past, we may have tolerated too much or too little. We may have expected too much or too little. We may swing from tolerating abuse, mistreatment, and deception to refusing to tolerate normal, human, imperfect be...

TLH · TLH

Hi- I'm Toby and I am an incurable speaker meeting junky. I love great speakers, especially funny ones but anything AA and interesting/informative is cool with me. I have a collection of CDs that fill a wallet to get me through my long drive home or the days I can't make a meeting and feel like I should. I a...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Toward honesty The perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one permeates human affairs from top to bottom. This subtle and elusive kind of self-righteousness can underlie the smallest act or thought. Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaws is the essence of character-bu...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Our faith should control the whole of our life. We alcoholics were living a divided life. We had to find a way to make it whole. When we were drinking, our lives were made up of a lot of scattered and unrelated pieces. We must pick up our lives and put them together again. We do it by r...

TLH · TLH

Well not quite midnight. But I'm rambling again. I guess I do that sometimes, when I get the rambling itch. Feel free to skim. I can't guarantee a word of it makes even a bit of sense. Went to a Living Sober meeting tonight. I never realized how much I skim. I also never realized how much chapte...

Doll · Doll

THE REWARDS OF GIVING This is indeed the kind of giving that actually demands nothing. He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay him, or even to love him. And then he discovers that by the divine paradox of this kind of giving he has found his own reward, whether his brother has yet received anything...

sprygrl · sprygrl

The different ways we all drank and the reasons for not drinking now. For instance, I'm not one of those who had to have a drink daily, but when the urge to get drunk hit me it was full steam ahead! I never got a violent case of the shakes. What I did get were blackouts and felony charges for assaulting poli...

lani · lani

Ok friends, Remind me why I dont want to drink!!!! Having a bad day! Yelled at my daughter, told her shes self centered because all;'s I ever do is run her around and she talks back at me.... Yelled at husband, because everytime I ask him a question I feel like he;'s jumping down my throat....Dont even wan...

Holiday Card for all MIP members · John

Happy Holidays to all Miracles In Progress Members! Lots of Love, from Rose and John

Doll · Doll

Getting and staying sober has shown me just how afraid I am and have always been....... It started at a very young age. My first memories are in kindergarten. I didn't fit in. My coloring wasn't as good as someone else's. The other kids wore better clothes. I had to go to a baby-sitters after school whi...

Doll · Doll

The truth is more important than the facts. --Frank Lloyd Wright. Before recovery, we relied on false facts about addiction. We said things like, "I can quit anytime I want." "If you had my family, you'd drink too." The truth is, we were out of control. We couldn't manage our liv...

nique · nique

Hey Everyone! Hope you all are having a purfect day! I sure am! Health is finally back to "normal". Praying it stays that way. Today is day 4 for me from EVERYTHING! Longest time I have had in over a year! Love you all! Allison

Phil · Phil

December 8 - 6:00 PM It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat For hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses Print. So romantic we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow! December 9 ...

Quetzal · Quetzal

How easy it is to dive into roles at work. How easy it is to place other people in roles. Sometimes, this is necessary, appropriate, and expedient. But we can also let our self-shine through our role. There is joy in giving our gift of skill at work, at giving ourselves to the task at hand so thoroughl...

Doll · Doll

UNDERSTANDING THE MALADY When dealing with an alcoholic, there may be a natural annoyance that a man could be so weak, stupid and irresponsible. Even when you understand the malady better, you may feel this feeling rising. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 139 Having suffered from alcoholism, I should und...

Phil · Phil

Dont Quit!! When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all up hill, When the funds are low, and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer with it's twists and t...

KLT · KLT

Im 14 days sober today and this last week havent felt too clever at all. I LOVE being sober but I dont know what to do about my health and the pain. I suffer with fibromaelgia, endometriosis and tietzes syndrome. The fibromaelgia and the tietzes syndrome both effect the muscles around my chest and bac...

TenderheartsKS · TenderheartsKS

Got this from a friend today, and I can definitely apply it to my recovery. I hope you don't mind me sharing it with you! The Law of the Garbage Truck How often do you let other people's nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive employee ruin your day? Unle...

senor mouse · senor mouse

hmmm, we've all been there, but i guess it's my turn- again. i have a love/hate relationship with AA!!! but it hasn't done me any harm at all- i've been sober for a while now, but my meetings have gone down to a minimal amount as of recent. it's probably just a phase, but sometimes the negativity in the room...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Unless we have the key of faith to unlock the meaning of life, we are lost. We do not choose faith because it is one way for us, but because it is the only way. Many have failed and will fail. For we cannot live victoriously without faith; we are at sea without a rudder or an anchor, dr...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Tis' the season!!

mr_clean · mr_clean

Hi Everyone, It is great to find this board. I attended my first meeting today. I've been without a drink now for about 12 hours and feeling good. A.

Zarathustra · Zarathustra

Well, okay, sobrietys not that horrible per se... Of course im datin some girl who doesnt drink at all, sooo.. that sorta makes it easier i guess...of course im disobeying the old veterans advice bout datin, but meh... Anyways 21 days today, and havent really been thirsty, which is good. I have discov...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Never Again! "Most people feel more secure on the twenty-four-hour basis than they do in the resolution that they will never drink again. Most of them have broken too many resolutions. It's really a matter of personal choice; every AA has the privilege of interpreting the program as he likes. &...

sprygrl · sprygrl

[spoiler] Hello! As you can see I'm new here, but not that new to AA. The 22nd of this month will be 2.5 yrs sobriety for me. I'm just looking for new people to meet and share stories with and, of course, to learn. I have my favorite meetings that I attend regularly and, of c...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Newcomer Problems The temptation is to become rather possessive of newcomers. Perhaps we try to give them advice about their affairs which we aren't really competent to give or ought not give at all. Then we are hurt and confused when the advice is rejected, or when it is accepted and brings still grea...

Quetzal · Quetzal

What does it mean to take care of myself emotionally? I recognize when I'm feeling angry, and I accept that feeling without shame or blame. I recognize when I'm feeling hurt, and I accept those feelings without attempting to punish the source of my pain. I recognize and feel fear when that emotion pr...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Trying to figure out how to work this picture thingy into my posts.... did it work? Hope so.... sorry guys!! Joni

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	Christmas wish to all (Preview) I took this exerpt from the "tip of the day" on the Dr. Andrew Weil (health & nutrition guru) website: Today, take a moment to think about the special people in your life, and ways you can keep those relationships strong. Make it a priority to spend some time each week with at least one of...	Sick of being sick	9	500	Dec 25, 2007 by StPeteDean
	Daily Reflections 12/25 (Preview) Merry Christmas!December 25, 2007 Daily Reflections AT PEACE WITH LIFE Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our activities. "How can I best serve Thee - Thy will (not mine) be done." ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 I read this passage each morning, to start of...	Doll	0	297	Dec 24, 2007 by Doll
	Shining Through the Clouds (Preview) When were in a good mood, we shine like the sun. But if we find ourselves in the presence of a person, or people, in a grumpy mood, it can feel like a dark cloud approaching to dim our radiance and block our positive way of seeing the world. We can remind ourselves that clouds pass, while the sun and stars con...	Wren	9	417	Dec 24, 2007 by lani
	Getting Through the Holidays (Preview) For some, the sights, signs, and smells of the holidays bring joy and a warm feeling. But, while others are joyously diving into the season, some of us are dipping into conflict, guilt, and a sense of loss. We read articles on how to enjoy the holidays, we read about the Christmas blues, but many of us s...	Quetzal	1	407	Dec 24, 2007 by lani
	anyone STRESSED yet??? (Preview) LOL..... AAAAARGH!~!!!!! OK... anyone who wants to join me in Primal Scream Therapy....??? On the count of 3... One.... Two.... THREE... *AAAAAAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!* OK, I feel better now.	jonijoni	16	505	Dec 24, 2007 by lani
	Daily Reflections 12/24 (Preview) A "SANE AND HAPPY USEFULNESS" We have come to believe He would like us to keep our heads in the clouds with Him, but that our feet ought to be firmly planted on earth. That is where our fellow travelers are, and that is where our work must be done. These are the realities for us. We have found noth...	Doll	0	305	Dec 24, 2007 by Doll
	Holiday Triggers (Preview) "One year, when I was a child, my father got drunk and violent at Christmas. I had just unwrapped a present, a bottle of hand lotion, when he exploded in an alcoholic rage. Our Christmas was disrupted. It was terrible. It was frightening for the whole family. Now, thirty-five years later, whenev...	Quetzal	2	361	Dec 24, 2007 by TLH
	Expectations of Others (Preview) It is our job to identify our needs, and then determine a balanced way of getting those needs met. We ultimately expect our Higher Power and the Universe - not one particular person - to be our source. It is unreasonable to expect anyone to be able or willing to meet our every request. We are responsibl...	Quetzal	3	1792	Dec 23, 2007 by lostmdboy
	Hello! (Preview) Well....It's good to be back and somewhat settled in to the new surroundings. I have been checking in as often as I have been able to from another computer but did not take the time to sign in. There have been some great discourses and very good reading. I have managed to get through over a month of unse...	timverton	16	643	Dec 23, 2007 by Wren
	Seasons Greetings (Preview) Just wanted to say SEASONS GREETINGS To all of you and hope all goes well, be safe and see you all soon. Thanks for being here at this time of year, Hugs to all. Son's is coming up for a few weeks and I have a week off and look forward to it. Hugs Tina	Tina	7	371	Dec 23, 2007 by Wren
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 23rd Dec 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We have definitely left that dream world behind. It was only a sham. It was a world of our own making and it was not the real world. We are sorry for the past, yes, but we learned a lot from it. We can put it down to experience, valuable experience, as we see it now, because it has given...	Sobrietyspell	1	334	Dec 23, 2007 by lani
	Daily Reflections 12/23 (Preview) RECOVERY, UNITY, SERVICE Our Twelfth Step - carrying the message - is the basic service that AA's Fellowship gives; this is our principal aim and the main reason for our existence. THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 160 I thank God for those who came before me, those who told me not to forget the Three Legacie...	Doll	0	490	Dec 23, 2007 by Doll
	Your ES&H NEEDED (Preview) One of the supervisors at my job appears to have gone off the deep end......He was my direct sup a couple years ago and was well respected by all. Early this yr he had to have his knees replaced. He was out for quite a while. When he came back, he was different......He now appears to have highs and lows, he...	Doll	9	430	Dec 22, 2007 by StPeteDean
	~As Bill Sees It~ (Preview) *The Wine of Success* Disagreeable or unexpected problems are not the only ones that call for self-control. We must be quite as careful when we begin to achieve some measure of importance and material success. For no people have ever loved personal triumphs more than we have loved them; we drank of succ...	jonijoni	0	264	Dec 22, 2007 by jonijoni
	Smoking at Meetings... (Preview) Hi Everyone, I have something I need to say... I think it is irresponsible for people to smoke before and after meetings. There are people who come to meetings who want to stop drinking. Maybe they haven't had a cigarette for ten years and all of a sudden they are associating with a bunch of very heavy smo...	mr_clean	15	486	Dec 22, 2007 by jonijoni
	Daily Reflections 12/22 (Preview) PRINCIPLES, NOT PERSONALITIES The way our "worthy" alcoholics have sometimes tried to judge the "less worthy" is, as we look back on it, rather comical. Imagine, if you can, one alcoholic judging another! THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 37 Who am I to judge anyone? When I first en...	Doll	0	258	Dec 22, 2007 by Doll
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 22nd Dec 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ As we look back over our drinking careers, we must realize that our lives were a mess because we were a mess inside. The trouble was in us, not in life itself. Life itself was good enough, but we were looking at life throught the bottom of a whiskey glass, and it was distorted. We co...	Sobrietyspell	0	298	Dec 22, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Good Things Coming (Preview) Do not worry about how the good that has been planned for you will come. It will come. Do not worry, obsess, and think you have to control it, go out hunting for it, or tangle your mind trying to figure out how and when it will find you. It will find you. Surrender to your Higher Power each day. Trust...	Quetzal	0	357	Dec 22, 2007 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections 12/21 (Preview) LISTEN, SHARE AND PRAY When working with a man and his family, you should take care not to participate in their quarrels. You may spoil your chance of being helpful if you do. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 100 When trying to help a fellow alcoholic, I've given in to an impulse to give advice, and perhaps that...	Doll	3	314	Dec 21, 2007 by lani
	Merry Christmas (Preview) Merry Christmas to all my wonderful friends! May your holidays be filled with lots of love, joy and happiness!! Totally love the grinch!!!! Used to have a grinch who stole xmas party every year. I'd cook and everyone had to bring an ornament! The best ornament EVER, was the 200 (at least) foot paper cha...	lani	10	621	Dec 21, 2007 by lani
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 21st Dec 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Have I ceased being inwardly defeated, at war with myself? Have I given myself freely to A.A. and to the Higher Power? Have I got over being sick inside? Am I still wandering mentally or am I "On the beam?" I can face anything if I am sure I am on the way. When I am sure, I sh...	Sobrietyspell	1	334	Dec 21, 2007 by lani
	~30 Days Today~ (again!) (Preview) *Keep Coming Back!!!!!!*	jonijoni	11	487	Dec 21, 2007 by timverton
	Balance (Preview) Strive for balanced expectations of others. Strive for healthy tolerance. In the past, we may have tolerated too much or too little. We may have expected too much or too little. We may swing from tolerating abuse, mistreatment, and deception to refusing to tolerate normal, human, imperfect be...	Quetzal	0	312	Dec 21, 2007 by Quetzal
	Speaker Meetings Online (Preview) Hi- I'm Toby and I am an incurable speaker meeting junky. I love great speakers, especially funny ones but anything AA and interesting/informative is cool with me. I have a collection of CDs that fill a wallet to get me through my long drive home or the days I can't make a meeting and feel like I should. I a...	TLH	6	14161	Dec 20, 2007 by learning
	~As Bill Sees It~ (Preview) *Toward honesty* The perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one permeates human affairs from top to bottom. This subtle and elusive kind of self-righteousness can underlie the smallest act or thought. Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaws is the essence of character-bu...	jonijoni	0	341	Dec 20, 2007 by jonijoni
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 20th Dec 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Our faith should control the whole of our life. We alcoholics were living a divided life. We had to find a way to make it whole. When we were drinking, our lives were made up of a lot of scattered and unrelated pieces. We must pick up our lives and put them together again. We do it by r...	Sobrietyspell	0	357	Dec 20, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Hear about the midnight rambler.... (Preview) Well not quite midnight. But I'm rambling again. I guess I do that sometimes, when I get the rambling itch. Feel free to skim. I can't guarantee a word of it makes even a bit of sense. Went to a Living Sober meeting tonight. I never realized how much I skim. I also never realized how much chapte...	TLH	10	573	Dec 20, 2007 by lani
	Daily Reflections 12/20 (Preview) THE REWARDS OF GIVING This is indeed the kind of giving that actually demands nothing. He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay him, or even to love him. And then he discovers that by the divine paradox of this kind of giving he has found his own reward, whether his brother has yet received anything...	Doll	0	299	Dec 20, 2007 by Doll
	It's interesting to note... (Preview) The different ways we all drank and the reasons for not drinking now. For instance, I'm not one of those who had to have a drink daily, but when the urge to get drunk hit me it was full steam ahead! I never got a violent case of the shakes. What I did get were blackouts and felony charges for assaulting poli...	sprygrl	3	370	Dec 20, 2007 by TLH
	UT_OH (Preview) Ok friends, Remind me why I dont want to drink!!!! Having a bad day! Yelled at my daughter, told her shes self centered because all;'s I ever do is run her around and she talks back at me.... Yelled at husband, because everytime I ask him a question I feel like he;'s jumping down my throat....Dont even wan...	lani	8	475	Dec 19, 2007 by lani
	Holiday Card for all MIP members (Preview) Happy Holidays to all Miracles In Progress Members! Lots of Love, from Rose and John	John	6	578	Dec 19, 2007 by jonijoni
	The fear inside of me! (Preview) Getting and staying sober has shown me just how afraid I am and have always been....... It started at a very young age. My first memories are in kindergarten. I didn't fit in. My coloring wasn't as good as someone else's. The other kids wore better clothes. I had to go to a baby-sitters after school whi...	Doll	12	617	Dec 19, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Truth - Keeping it simple (Preview) The truth is more important than the facts. --Frank Lloyd Wright. Before recovery, we relied on false facts about addiction. We said things like, "I can quit anytime I want." "If you had my family, you'd drink too." The truth is, we were out of control. We couldn't manage our liv...	Doll	1	320	Dec 19, 2007 by TenderheartsKS
	Happy Tuesday All! (Preview) Hey Everyone! Hope you all are having a purfect day! I sure am! Health is finally back to "normal". Praying it stays that way. Today is day 4 for me from EVERYTHING! Longest time I have had in over a year! Love you all! Allison	nique	6	410	Dec 19, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	This guy musta been an Alky....I can identify..:) (Preview) December 8 - 6:00 PM It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat For hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses Print. So romantic we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow! December 9 ...	Phil	7	641	Dec 19, 2007 by lani
	Work Roles (Preview) How easy it is to dive into roles at work. How easy it is to place other people in roles. Sometimes, this is necessary, appropriate, and expedient. But we can also let our self-shine through our role. There is joy in giving our gift of skill at work, at giving ourselves to the task at hand so thoroughl...	Quetzal	1	402	Dec 19, 2007 by lani
	Daily Reflections 12/19 (Preview) UNDERSTANDING THE MALADY When dealing with an alcoholic, there may be a natural annoyance that a man could be so weak, stupid and irresponsible. Even when you understand the malady better, you may feel this feeling rising. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 139 Having suffered from alcoholism, I should und...	Doll	0	305	Dec 19, 2007 by Doll
	Quitting (Preview) Dont Quit!! When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all up hill, When the funds are low, and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer with it's twists and t...	Phil	6	384	Dec 19, 2007 by TLH
	Bad health in sobriety too. (Preview) Im 14 days sober today and this last week havent felt too clever at all. I LOVE being sober but I dont know what to do about my health and the pain. I suffer with fibromaelgia, endometriosis and tietzes syndrome. The fibromaelgia and the tietzes syndrome both effect the muscles around my chest and bac...	KLT	5	634	Dec 18, 2007 by lani
	A good read for me! (Preview) Got this from a friend today, and I can definitely apply it to my recovery. I hope you don't mind me sharing it with you! The Law of the Garbage Truck How often do you let other people's nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive employee ruin your day? Unle...	TenderheartsKS	5	612	Dec 18, 2007 by lani
	fed up of AA at the moment (Preview) hmmm, we've all been there, but i guess it's my turn- again. i have a love/hate relationship with AA!!! but it hasn't done me any harm at all- i've been sober for a while now, but my meetings have gone down to a minimal amount as of recent. it's probably just a phase, but sometimes the negativity in the room...	senor mouse	9	1881	Dec 18, 2007 by senor mouse
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 18th Dec 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Unless we have the key of faith to unlock the meaning of life, we are lost. We do not choose faith because it is one way for us, but because it is the only way. Many have failed and will fail. For we cannot live victoriously without faith; we are at sea without a rudder or an anchor, dr...	Sobrietyspell	0	315	Dec 18, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Is everyone getting into the SPIRIT??? (Preview) *Tis' the season!!*	jonijoni	7	404	Dec 18, 2007 by Phil
	My first day. Feeling positive. (Preview) Hi Everyone, It is great to find this board. I attended my first meeting today. I've been without a drink now for about 12 hours and feeling good. A.	mr_clean	13	653	Dec 18, 2007 by StPeteDean
	3 weeks today/sobriety sucks, etc. (Preview) Well, okay, sobrietys not that horrible per se... Of course im datin some girl who doesnt drink at all, sooo.. that sorta makes it easier i guess...of course im disobeying the old veterans advice bout datin, but meh... Anyways 21 days today, and havent really been thirsty, which is good. I have discov...	Zarathustra	9	1777	Dec 17, 2007 by lani
	~As Bill Sees It~ (Preview) *Never Again!* "Most people feel more secure on the twenty-four-hour basis than they do in the resolution that they will never drink again. Most of them have broken too many resolutions. It's really a matter of personal choice; every AA has the privilege of interpreting the program as he likes. &...	jonijoni	1	402	Dec 17, 2007 by lani
	Newbie here (Preview) [spoiler] Hello! As you can see I'm new here, but not that new to AA. The 22nd of this month will be 2.5 yrs sobriety for me. I'm just looking for new people to meet and share stories with and, of course, to learn. I have my favorite meetings that I attend regularly and, of c...	sprygrl	11	460	Dec 17, 2007 by sprygrl
	~As Bill Sees It~ (Preview) *Newcomer Problems* The temptation is to become rather possessive of newcomers. Perhaps we try to give them advice about their affairs which we aren't really competent to give or ought not give at all. Then we are hurt and confused when the advice is rejected, or when it is accepted and brings still grea...	jonijoni	2	292	Dec 17, 2007 by jonijoni
	Taking Care of Ourselves Emotionally (Preview) What does it mean to take care of myself emotionally? I recognize when I'm feeling angry, and I accept that feeling without shame or blame. I recognize when I'm feeling hurt, and I accept those feelings without attempting to punish the source of my pain. I recognize and feel fear when that emotion pr...	Quetzal	4	555	Dec 17, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Testing..... (Preview) Trying to figure out how to work this picture thingy into my posts.... did it work? Hope so.... sorry guys!! Joni	jonijoni	12	374	Dec 17, 2007 by mr_clean
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