Alcoholics Anonymous

Doll · Doll

AVOIDING CONTROVERSY All history affords us the spectacle of striving nations and groups finally torn asunder because they were designed for, or tempted into, controversy. Others fell apart because of sheer self-righteousness while trying to enforce upon the rest of mankind some millennium of...

lani · lani

Hey all: Its been a great day!! Sun was shining, trees are gorgeous and Im still not working!! But have lots of prospects and a second interview tomorrow with a company I would LOVE to work for. Had a few interviews and a couple more in the works. In God's time and whatever his plan is for me is ok with me. Alt...

Tina · Tina

Now that I am older God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the difference. Now that I'm older here's what what I have discovered. I started out with nothing and I still have most of it. My wild oats have turned i...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have real friends, where I had none before. My drinking companions could hardly be called my real friends, though when drunk we seemed to have the closest kind of friendship. My idea of friendship has changed. Friends are no longer people whom I can use for my own pleasure or p...

Curtis · Curtis

Thank you to all who replied to my very first posting yesterday. I am so very glad to be a member of this forum and of course, AA. Your words of love and encouragement are very inspirational and helpful. I certainly realize now that during my first 5 years of sobriety, I was nothing more than a 'Dry Drunk'....

cindy · cindy

please help me i cried and god said "i am". and so i drag my ass to meetings and get involved with helping newcomers and do the stuff im supposed to do for my recovery. so i cry and laugh and watch miracles, a girl we all thought wasnt gonna make it comes to the halloween dance last night looking gr...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We have a real life of our own. Yes, we do. That empty feeling, that senses that everyone except us has a life - an important life, a valuable life, a better life - is a remnant from the past. It is also a self-defeating belief that is inaccurate. We are real. So is our life. Jump into it, and we'll see. Today,...

Curtis · Curtis

Greetings all, Well, sadly, on Oct 20 I threw away 5 years, 4 months & 1 day of sobriety by drinking a few beers. I had a bad fight with my wife and felt it might finally be over, so why not just give up on everything and start drinking again? I must say, the experiance was not what I thought it would be. Oh...

Doll · Doll

LIVE AND LET LIVE Never since it began has Alcoholics Anonymous been divided by a major controversial issue. Nor has our Fellowship ever publicly taken sides on any question in an embattled world. This, however, has been no earned virtue. It could almost be said that we were born with it. . . . "...

Wren · Wren

"Any situation that you find yourself in, is an outward reflection of your inner state of beingness."-- El MoryaWe have discussed that OUR WORLD MIRRORS WHO WE ARE BACK TO US. When we get upset by something outside of us, our reaction shows us that we have an inner wound to be healed.Just as w...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ My relationships with my children have greatly improved. Those children who saw me drunk and were ashamed, those children who turned away in fear and even loathing have seen me sober and like me, have turned to me in confidence and trust and forgotten the past as best they coul...

Doll · Doll

OUR SURVIVAL Since recovery from alcoholism is life itself to us, it is imperative that we preserve in full strength our means of survival. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 177 The honesty expressed by the members of A.A. in meetings has the power to open my mind. Nothing can block the flow of ene...

Quetzal · Quetzal

A magical potion is available to us today. That potion is called acceptance. We are asked to accept many things: ourselves, as we are; our feelings, needs, desires, choices, and current status of being. Other people, as they are. The status of our relationships with them. Problems. Blessings. Fina...

Phil · Phil

Have you ever tried to love someone, but you could feel their emotional walls? You can feel them not letting you in. You can feel the little person trapped inside. Or have you ever felt somebody trying to get to you, but you can feel yourself stopping it? This is how most of us experience relationships. T...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

27th A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Seventh, I can help other alcoholics. I am of some use to the world. I have a purpose in life. I am worth something at last. My life has a direction and a meaning. All that feeling of futility is gone. I can do something worthwhile. God has given me a new lease on life so that I can...

lani · lani

Today I really need to eat some humble pie! I have lost perspective on what life really means....When working with my patients I always believed that I was so lucky to have my health, etc. I always tried to be a happy, joyous person and bring a little something to their lives. God knows I got back more th...

Phil · Phil

The Sandpiper by Robert Peterson She was six years old when I first met her on the beach near where I live. I drive to this beach, a distance of three or four miles, whenever the world begins to close in on me She was building a sand castle or something and looked up, her eyes as blue as the sea. "Hello,&...

nmike · nmike

Hi AA, I go to AA mtgs in my small town when I can't go to Alanon about 30 miles away. Our Alanon is small or nil so when I drive down I am disappointed when we don't have a mtg. Usually I don't go if the weather is bad like snow and ice. The last time I went another Alanoner came and we had a good mtg. When we walked t...

Bella · Bella

I am so grateful I found this site. I have read some of your stories and they touch my heart. I have needed the soothing balm of kind words, of recovery words. I have been away for awhile. Not drinking, but of just not living in the solution. My mind has traveled many miles of negativity, the landscape has b...

Doll · Doll

AN UNBROKEN TRADITION We conceive the survival and spread of Alcoholics Anonymous to be something of far greater importance than the weight we could collectively throw back of any other cause. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 177 How much it means to me that an unbroken tradition of more than h...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The Eleventh Step asks us to meditate as a route to improving our conscious contact with God. Meditation is different than obsessing or worrying. Obsession and worrying are fear connections. Meditation means opening our mind and our spiritual energy to the God connection. To connect with God, we n...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

Hey everyone! Hope everyone here is doing well... I'm all settled in now, going to some really good meetings, meeting some great people.... got 6 months yesterday... I have a temporary sponsor now.... finally "finished" my 4th step but am wanting to either get to know my temp sponsor b...

Doll · Doll

GLOBAL SHARING The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety. These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.'s...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Our problem is that we expect to feel secure. Many of us have had past crises and problems, yet our worries and anxieties continue in the present. We believe that our situation causes our fears and we say, "If only things were different, I could relax." Yet even when everything is going well...

Wren · Wren

Living Life With Trust As we create the life of our dreams, we often reach a crossroads where the choices seem to involve the risk of facing the unknown versus the safety and comfort of all that we have come to trust. We may feel like a tightrope walker, carefully teetering along the narrow path to our goa...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

Life is good... I got a little kitten curled up next to me with her head resting on my arm I got 2 kitties today.... everyone is surprised I didn't take all 4 lol The one I posted the pic of earlier is named Lily.... and the one curled up by me right now is Bella, she's already spoiled rotten lol Lily i...

Quetzal · Quetzal

I know better than to not trust God., But sometimes, I forget that. When we are in the midst of an experience, it is easy to forget that there is a Plan. Sometimes, all we can see is today. If we were to watch only two minutes of the middle of a television program, it would make little sense. It would be a d...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Sixth, I have A.A. meetings to go to, thank God. Where would I go without them? Where would I be without them? Where would I find the sympathy, understanding, the fellowship, the companionship? No where else in the world. I have come home. I have found the place where I belong. I...

lani · lani

Hi all. Hope this finds you well! The sun is shining here finally and Im going off to a meeting then take my fat dog (and my dog!!!haha) for a walk. Planning on baking a little today and just enjoying the day. I had yet another interview yesterday with a awesome new hospital in town here! It is gorgeous and t...

Wren · Wren

As our consciousness rises, our perspective becomes more and more impersonal. What does this mean?It means we are increasingly able to view our lives and the rest of the world with detachment. This does not mean we are cold and uncaring. Rather, we are self-contained. We have well-defined boundar...

Doll · Doll

ONE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authoritya loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 132 When I am chosen to carry some small responsibility for my fellows, I ask that God grant me the patience, open-min...

Tina · Tina

Just thought drop in, and say hi. Little insight on how things are going, still dealing with a few things in a legal matter from the past. Also had to deal with an "EX HUSBAND" whom still drinks, and well one day at a time. Kids are doing well, my son is adjusting to startin work this past Tuesd...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Fifth, I have learned to live one day at a time. I have finally realized the great fact that all I have is now. This sweeps away all vain regret and it makes my thoughts of the future free from fear. Now is mine. I can do what I want with it. I own it, for better or worse. What I do now, in t...

Doll · Doll

A.A.'s HEARTBEAT Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; . . . . AS BILL SEES IT, p. 125 Without unity I would be unable to recover in A.A. on a daily basis. By practicing unity within my group, with other A.A. members and at all levels of this great Fellowship, I receive a pronounced feeling o...

Quetzal · Quetzal

... in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me when as yet there was none of them. -- Ps. 139:16 Some people believe that each of our days were planned, Divinely Ordered, before we were born. God knew, they say, and planned exactly what was to transpire. Others suggest w...

Doll · Doll

I was lieing in bed last night, trying to sleep, I was in so much pain I finally gave up, turned the TV on to my local news channel. After seeing this, right in my own backyard, I realized just how wonderful my life is. With all it's problems from recent relapse, screwed up relationship, children running...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Fourth, I have turned to a Power greater than myself. Thank God, I am no longer the centre of the universe. All the world does not revolve around me any longer. I am only one among many. I have a Father in heaven and I am only one of His children and a small one at that. But I can depend o...

jonijoni · jonijoni

There were some Southern Californians here in membership on this site at one time, and probably still are. I am pledging to pray for these folks, their homes and their loved ones through this difficult and frightening time with the wildfires. Will you join me?

justme · justme

I am still sober. My boyfriend is not! I am really having a tuff time with him. He got drunk on Thursday and told me that I am not a drunk and that my depression means I am weak. He was rude cold and mean! I was also told that I had better not start effecting his drinking because he likes it. He acused me of judgin...

lani · lani

Hi All: Sounds like everyone is doing great and hangin in there one day at a time eh!? I love hearing all the words of wisdom everyone has to offer. Still havent got a job but had a few interviews. My problem is, Im picky and dont want to work the night shift! (I could have a job alot sooner if Id work nights) It...

Doll · Doll

"BY FAITH AND BY WORKS" On anvils of experience, the structure of our Society was hammered out. . . . Thus has it been with A.A. By faith and by works we have been able to build upon the lessons of an incredible experience. They live today in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, whic...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Open ourselves to the love that is available to us. We do not have to limit our sources of love. God and the Universe have an unlimited supply of what we need, including love. When we are open to receiving love, we will begin to receive it. It may come from the most surprising places, including from within...

Wren · Wren

Apologies In life there will always be times when > we are affected by the actions of another person. > When this happens, we often receive an apology. More > often than not we say, "It's alright," or " It's > okay," and by saying this we are allowing, > accepti...

cassidy · cassidy

I am looking for recovery based intramural sports leagues in the dallas area. volleyball, softball, flag football, etc. I have been told they exist, and I have called the central office, as well as googled, and they were not able to point me in the right direction. can anyone help me out in regards...

Phil · Phil

LETTING GO TAKES LOVE To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, but allow learning from natural consequences. To let go is to admit powerlessness, whi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Third, I have learned how to be honest. What a relief! No more ducking or dodging. No more tall tales. No more pretending to be what I am not. My cards are on the table, for all the world to see. "I am what I am," as Popeye used to say in the comics. I have had an unsavoury pas...

Kriszti · Kriszti

Hello Everyone, I'm a long-time alcoholic. I went to my first AA meeting last Tuesday (dont' count the one the judge made me attend 17 years ago). I haven't had another DUI because I tend to do my drinking at home, and I have a wonderful (although enabler) non-alcoholic husband who does all the drivin...

justme · justme

Hello my name is Jennifer. I have been sober for two days now. I live in a very small town so AA is out of the question for me. I am doing this on my own. My recent decision to stop drinking is because I am a violent drunk. I have hurt everyone around me and lost every friend I have ever had because of my mean ways w...

Doll · Doll

WHAT WE KNOW BEST "Shoemaker, stick to thy last!" . . . better do one thing supremely well than many badly. That is the central theme of this Tradition [*Five]. Around it our Society gathers in unity. The very life of our Fellowship requires the preservation of this principle. TWELVE STEPS...

Quetzal · Quetzal

There is an important message for us first thing every day. Often, once we get started with the day, we may not listen as closely to life and ourselves as we do in those still moments when we first awaken. An ideal time to listen to ourselves is when we are laying quietly, our defenses are down, and we're op...

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	Daily Reflections 1031 (Preview) AVOIDING CONTROVERSY All history affords us the spectacle of striving nations and groups finally torn asunder because they were designed for, or tempted into, controversy. Others fell apart because of sheer self-righteousness while trying to enforce upon the rest of mankind some millennium of...	Doll	0	255	Oct 31, 2007 by Doll
	Good news.... (Preview) Hey all: Its been a great day!! Sun was shining, trees are gorgeous and Im still not working!! But have lots of prospects and a second interview tomorrow with a company I would LOVE to work for. Had a few interviews and a couple more in the works. In God's time and whatever his plan is for me is ok with me. Alt...	lani	4	389	Oct 30, 2007 by lani
	FOOD FOR THOUGHT (Preview) Now that I am older God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the difference. Now that I'm older here's what what I have discovered. I started out with nothing and I still have most of it. My wild oats have turned i...	Tina	4	404	Oct 30, 2007 by learning
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 30th Oct 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have real friends, where I had none before. My drinking companions could hardly be called my real friends, though when drunk we seemed to have the closest kind of friendship. My idea of friendship has changed. Friends are no longer people whom I can use for my own pleasure or p...	Sobrietyspell	0	306	Oct 30, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Thanks for the replies (Preview) Thank you to all who replied to my very first posting yesterday. I am so very glad to be a member of this forum and of course, AA. Your words of love and encouragement are very inspirational and helpful. I certainly realize now that during my first 5 years of sobriety, I was nothing more than a 'Dry Drunk'....	Curtis	3	394	Oct 30, 2007 by learning
	broken hearts and god (Preview) please help me i cried and god said "i am". and so i drag my ass to meetings and get involved with helping newcomers and do the stuff im supposed to do for my recovery. so i cry and laugh and watch miracles, a girl we all thought wasnt gonna make it comes to the halloween dance last night looking gr...	cindy	2	452	Oct 30, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Self Value (Preview) We have a real life of our own. Yes, we do. That empty feeling, that senses that everyone except us has a life - an important life, a valuable life, a better life - is a remnant from the past. It is also a self-defeating belief that is inaccurate. We are real. So is our life. Jump into it, and we'll see. Today,...	Quetzal	0	298	Oct 30, 2007 by Quetzal
	New to the forum! (Preview) Greetings all, Well, sadly, on Oct 20 I threw away 5 years, 4 months & 1 day of sobriety by drinking a few beers. I had a bad fight with my wife and felt it might finally be over, so why not just give up on everything and start drinking again? I must say, the experiance was not what I thought it would be. Oh...	Curtis	7	452	Oct 30, 2007 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections 10/30 (Preview) LIVE AND LET LIVE Never since it began has Alcoholics Anonymous been divided by a major controversial issue. Nor has our Fellowship ever publicly taken sides on any question in an embattled world. This, however, has been no earned virtue. It could almost be said that we were born with it. . . . "...	Doll	0	216	Oct 30, 2007 by Doll
	We Project Our Strengths (Preview) "Any situation that you find yourself in, is an outward reflection of your inner state of beingness."-- El MoryaWe have discussed that OUR WORLD MIRRORS WHO WE ARE BACK TO US. When we get upset by something outside of us, our reaction shows us that we have an inner wound to be healed.Just as w...	Wren	0	271	Oct 29, 2007 by Wren
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 29th Oct 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ My relationships with my children have greatly improved. Those children who saw me drunk and were ashamed, those children who turned away in fear and even loathing have seen me sober and like me, have turned to me in confidence and trust and forgotten the past as best they coul...	Sobrietyspell	0	326	Oct 29, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections 10/29 (Preview) OUR SURVIVAL Since recovery from alcoholism is life itself to us, it is imperative that we preserve in full strength our means of survival. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 177 The honesty expressed by the members of A.A. in meetings has the power to open my mind. Nothing can block the flow of ene...	Doll	0	317	Oct 29, 2007 by Doll
	Acceptance (Preview) A magical potion is available to us today. That potion is called acceptance. We are asked to accept many things: ourselves, as we are; our feelings, needs, desires, choices, and current status of being. Other people, as they are. The status of our relationships with them. Problems. Blessings. Fina...	Quetzal	0	274	Oct 29, 2007 by Quetzal
	Emotional Walls (Preview) Have you ever tried to love someone, but you could feel their emotional walls? You can feel them not letting you in. You can feel the little person trapped inside. Or have you ever felt somebody trying to get to you, but you can feel yourself stopping it? This is how most of us experience relationships. T...	Phil	1	4359	Oct 28, 2007 by lani
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 27th & 28th Oct 07 (Preview) 27th A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Seventh, I can help other alcoholics. I am of some use to the world. I have a purpose in life. I am worth something at last. My life has a direction and a meaning. All that feeling of futility is gone. I can do something worthwhile. God has given me a new lease on life so that I can...	Sobrietyspell	0	339	Oct 28, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Perspective (Preview) Today I really need to eat some humble pie! I have lost perspective on what life really means....When working with my patients I always believed that I was so lucky to have my health, etc. I always tried to be a happy, joyous person and bring a little something to their lives. God knows I got back more th...	lani	4	395	Oct 28, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	A True Story (Preview) The Sandpiper by Robert Peterson She was six years old when I first met her on the beach near where I live. I drive to this beach, a distance of three or four miles, whenever the world begins to close in on me She was building a sand castle or something and looked up, her eyes as blue as the sea. "Hello,&...	Phil	4	366	Oct 28, 2007 by TLH
	Hangin' with AAers (Preview) Hi AA, I go to AA mtgs in my small town when I can't go to Alanon about 30 miles away. Our Alanon is small or nil so when I drive down I am disappointed when we don't have a mtg. Usually I don't go if the weather is bad like snow and ice. The last time I went another Alanoner came and we had a good mtg. When we walked t...	nmike	2	358	Oct 28, 2007 by learning
	RE: Found You (Preview) I am so grateful I found this site. I have read some of your stories and they touch my heart. I have needed the soothing balm of kind words, of recovery words. I have been away for awhile. Not drinking, but of just not living in the solution. My mind has traveled many miles of negativity, the landscape has b...	Bella	4	363	Oct 28, 2007 by learning
	Daily Reflections 10/28 (Preview) AN UNBROKEN TRADITION We conceive the survival and spread of Alcoholics Anonymous to be something of far greater importance than the weight we could collectively throw back of any other cause. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 177 How much it means to me that an unbroken tradition of more than h...	Doll	0	259	Oct 28, 2007 by Doll
	Meditation and Prayer (Preview) The Eleventh Step asks us to meditate as a route to improving our conscious contact with God. Meditation is different than obsessing or worrying. Obsession and worrying are fear connections. Meditation means opening our mind and our spiritual energy to the God connection. To connect with God, we n...	Quetzal	0	241	Oct 28, 2007 by Quetzal
	New addition to the family :) (Preview) Hey everyone! Hope everyone here is doing well... I'm all settled in now, going to some really good meetings, meeting some great people.... got 6 months yesterday... I have a temporary sponsor now.... finally "finished" my 4th step but am wanting to either get to know my temp sponsor b...	ChicknLittle	6	457	Oct 27, 2007 by Bella
	Daily Reflections 10/27 (Preview) GLOBAL SHARING The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety. These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.'s...	Doll	1	359	Oct 27, 2007 by Phil
	Expecting To Feel Secure (Preview) Our problem is that we expect to feel secure. Many of us have had past crises and problems, yet our worries and anxieties continue in the present. We believe that our situation causes our fears and we say, "If only things were different, I could relax." Yet even when everything is going well...	Quetzal	0	360	Oct 27, 2007 by Quetzal
	Living Life with Trust (Preview) Living Life With Trust As we create the life of our dreams, we often reach a crossroads where the choices seem to involve the risk of facing the unknown versus the safety and comfort of all that we have come to trust. We may feel like a tightrope walker, carefully teetering along the narrow path to our goa...	Wren	1	383	Oct 27, 2007 by Quetzal
	my kittens :) (Preview) Life is good... I got a little kitten curled up next to me with her head resting on my arm I got 2 kitties today.... everyone is surprised I didn't take all 4 lol The one I posted the pic of earlier is named Lily.... and the one curled up by me right now is Bella, she's already spoiled rotten lol Lily i...	ChicknLittle	5	319	Oct 26, 2007 by cooncatbob
	Clarity (Preview) I know better than to not trust God., But sometimes, I forget that. When we are in the midst of an experience, it is easy to forget that there is a Plan. Sometimes, all we can see is today. If we were to watch only two minutes of the middle of a television program, it would make little sense. It would be a d...	Quetzal	2	310	Oct 26, 2007 by Doll
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 26th Oct 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Sixth, I have A.A. meetings to go to, thank God. Where would I go without them? Where would I be without them? Where would I find the sympathy, understanding, the fellowship, the companionship? No where else in the world. I have come home. I have found the place where I belong. I...	Sobrietyspell	1	365	Oct 26, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Still searching (Preview) Hi all. Hope this finds you well! The sun is shining here finally and Im going off to a meeting then take my fat dog (and my dog!!!haha) for a walk. Planning on baking a little today and just enjoying the day. I had yet another interview yesterday with a awesome new hospital in town here! It is gorgeous and t...	lani	3	329	Oct 26, 2007 by lani
	Practice Detachment (Preview) As our consciousness rises, our perspective becomes more and more impersonal. What does this mean?It means we are increasingly able to view our lives and the rest of the world with detachment. This does not mean we are cold and uncaring. Rather, we are self-contained. We have well-defined boundar...	Wren	1	320	Oct 26, 2007 by Doll
	Daily Reflections 10/26 (Preview) ONE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authoritya loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 132 When I am chosen to carry some small responsibility for my fellows, I ask that God grant me the patience, open-min...	Doll	0	383	Oct 26, 2007 by Doll
	Hey All (Preview) Just thought drop in, and say hi. Little insight on how things are going, still dealing with a few things in a legal matter from the past. Also had to deal with an "EX HUSBAND" whom still drinks, and well one day at a time. Kids are doing well, my son is adjusting to startin work this past Tuesd...	Tina	5	392	Oct 25, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 25th Oct 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Fifth, I have learned to live one day at a time. I have finally realized the great fact that all I have is now. This sweeps away all vain regret and it makes my thoughts of the future free from fear. Now is mine. I can do what I want with it. I own it, for better or worse. What I do now, in t...	Sobrietyspell	0	296	Oct 25, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections 10/25 (Preview) A.A.'s HEARTBEAT Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; . . . . AS BILL SEES IT, p. 125 Without unity I would be unable to recover in A.A. on a daily basis. By practicing unity within my group, with other A.A. members and at all levels of this great Fellowship, I receive a pronounced feeling o...	Doll	0	246	Oct 25, 2007 by Doll
	Letting Go of the Past (Preview) ... in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me when as yet there was none of them. -- Ps. 139:16 Some people believe that each of our days were planned, Divinely Ordered, before we were born. God knew, they say, and planned exactly what was to transpire. Others suggest w...	Quetzal	0	293	Oct 25, 2007 by Quetzal
	I am so thankful.....and blessed. (Preview) I was lieing in bed last night, trying to sleep, I was in so much pain I finally gave up, turned the TV on to my local news channel. After seeing this, right in my own backyard, I realized just how wonderful my life is. With all it's problems from recent relapse, screwed up relationship, children running...	Doll	2	420	Oct 25, 2007 by Quetzal
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 24th Oct 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Fourth, I have turned to a Power greater than myself. Thank God, I am no longer the centre of the universe. All the world does not revolve around me any longer. I am only one among many. I have a Father in heaven and I am only one of His children and a small one at that. But I can depend o...	Sobrietyspell	2	340	Oct 24, 2007 by lani
	Prayers for Californians (Preview) There were some Southern Californians here in membership on this site at one time, and probably still are. I am pledging to pray for these folks, their homes and their loved ones through this difficult and frightening time with the wildfires. Will you join me?	jonijoni	6	455	Oct 24, 2007 by learning
	Drinking stinks (Preview) I am still sober. My boyfriend is not! I am really having a tuff time with him. He got drunk on Thursday and told me that I am not a drunk and that my depression means I am weak. He was rude cold and mean! I was also told that I had better not start effecting his drinking because he likes it. He acused me of judgin...	justme	5	435	Oct 24, 2007 by justme
	whatz uuuup! (Preview) Hi All: Sounds like everyone is doing great and hangin in there one day at a time eh!? I love hearing all the words of wisdom everyone has to offer. Still havent got a job but had a few interviews. My problem is, Im picky and dont want to work the night shift! (I could have a job alot sooner if Id work nights) It...	lani	7	540	Oct 24, 2007 by lani
	Daily Reflections 10/24 (Preview) "BY FAITH AND BY WORKS" On anvils of experience, the structure of our Society was hammered out. . . . Thus has it been with A.A. By faith and by works we have been able to build upon the lessons of an incredible experience. They live today in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, whic...	Doll	0	334	Oct 24, 2007 by Doll
	Opening Ourselves to Love (Preview) Open ourselves to the love that is available to us. We do not have to limit our sources of love. God and the Universe have an unlimited supply of what we need, including love. When we are open to receiving love, we will begin to receive it. It may come from the most surprising places, including from within...	Quetzal	0	305	Oct 24, 2007 by Quetzal
	Empowered Forgiveness (Preview) Apologies In life there will always be times when > we are affected by the actions of another person. > When this happens, we often receive an apology. More > often than not we say, "It's alright," or " It's > okay," and by saying this we are allowing, > accepti...	Wren	1	318	Oct 23, 2007 by lani
	intramural leagues in dallas (Preview) I am looking for recovery based intramural sports leagues in the dallas area. volleyball, softball, flag football, etc. I have been told they exist, and I have called the central office, as well as googled, and they were not able to point me in the right direction. can anyone help me out in regards...	cassidy	1	335	Oct 23, 2007 by Phil
	"Letting Go" (Preview) LETTING GO TAKES LOVE To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, but allow learning from natural consequences. To let go is to admit powerlessness, whi...	Phil	0	8175	Oct 23, 2007 by Phil
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 23rd Oct 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Third, I have learned how to be honest. What a relief! No more ducking or dodging. No more tall tales. No more pretending to be what I am not. My cards are on the table, for all the world to see. "I am what I am," as Popeye used to say in the comics. I have had an unsavoury pas...	Sobrietyspell	1	391	Oct 23, 2007 by lani
	newbie here (Preview) Hello Everyone, I'm a long-time alcoholic. I went to my first AA meeting last Tuesday (dont' count the one the judge made me attend 17 years ago). I haven't had another DUI because I tend to do my drinking at home, and I have a wonderful (although enabler) non-alcoholic husband who does all the drivin...	Kriszti	13	491	Oct 23, 2007 by Zster
	Staying sober (Preview) Hello my name is Jennifer. I have been sober for two days now. I live in a very small town so AA is out of the question for me. I am doing this on my own. My recent decision to stop drinking is because I am a violent drunk. I have hurt everyone around me and lost every friend I have ever had because of my mean ways w...	justme	13	478	Oct 23, 2007 by StPeteDean
	Daily Reflections 10/23 (Preview) WHAT WE KNOW BEST "Shoemaker, stick to thy last!" . . . better do one thing supremely well than many badly. That is the central theme of this Tradition [*Five]. Around it our Society gathers in unity. The very life of our Fellowship requires the preservation of this principle. TWELVE STEPS...	Doll	0	347	Oct 23, 2007 by Doll
	Morning Cues (Preview) There is an important message for us first thing every day. Often, once we get started with the day, we may not listen as closely to life and ourselves as we do in those still moments when we first awaken. An ideal time to listen to ourselves is when we are laying quietly, our defenses are down, and we're op...	Quetzal	1	305	Oct 23, 2007 by Phil
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