Alcoholics Anonymous

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I no longer waste money, but try to put it to good use. Like all of us, when I was drunk, I threw money around like I really had it. it gave me a feelng of importance-a millionaire for a day. But the morning after, with an empty wallet and perhaps some undecipherable checks, was a sad...

John · John

I got over 500 replies regarding the Miracles In Progress Aftercare Recovery House Video. Your comments suggestions, questions and opinions were fabulous and surely encouraged me and will help me with polishing it up a bit as I move forward with this endeavor. Many, many thanks to those who are p...

Tina · Tina

Hi folks Just thought drop in and say hi, Ummmm it's that time of year again, let it snow let it snow. lol. Things are going ok, not bad, not good but ok. Just greatful I'm sober, had to deal with some frustration and let a few things bother me. But I've kept close to my Higher power and sooner or later thing...

Doll · Doll

SERVING MY BROTHER The member talks to the newcomer not in a spirit of power but in a spirit of humility and weakness. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE p. 279 As the days pass in A.A., I ask God to guide my thoughts and the words that I speak. In this labor of continuous participation in the Fellowship, I h...

senor mouse · senor mouse

spoke to a friend today and she reminded me that the universe is in a state of joy. it's just that we aren't! (all the time anyway) i've never heard it put in that exact way before, thought it was good.

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I no longer try to escape life through alcoholism. Drinking built up an unreal world for me and I tried to live in it. But in the morning light the real life was back again and facing it was harder than ever, because I had less resources with which to meet it. Each attempt at escape w...

anna · anna

I just started taking Ativan two days ago. Does anyone else take this? Can you tell me if it helped?

Doll · Doll

"THY WILL, NOT MINE" . . . when making specific requests, it will be well to add to each one of them this qualification. ." . . . if it be Thy will." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 102-03 I ask simply that throughout the day God place in me the best understanding of His will th...

Quetzal · Quetzal

So many of us have been brainwashed to think that we can't have what we want in life. That is the belief of the martyr. It is born of deprivation and fear. Identifying what we want and need, then writing it down, sets in motion a powerful chain of events. It indicates that we are taking responsibility fo...

TwinCities · TwinCities

Been in out out of recovery for the past decade or so. Had six years under my belt at one point but have been relapsing for the past year and have finally made my way back into sobriety. I'm a 32 yr. old male and interested in connecting with others on this board to hear about various meetings in the TC area...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we do not speak much of sex. And yet putting sex in its proper place in our lives is one of the rewards that has come to us as a result of our new way of living. The Big Book says that many of us needed an overhauling there. It also says that we subjected each sex relation to this t...

ron70062 · ron70062

Hi eveyone ! Havent posted in awhile , but Im still sober and just made 5 Mos. (again). In the 14 years of being in the program , Ive heard some things that were so funny they made me cry , Yet they were SO true ! I thought I would post 2 of the best ones . I hope you might post some youve heard , after all, life CAN be...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

My appointment with the back specialist was supposed to be today... this is at the same clinic I went to for my carpal tunnel 5 years ago... and when I made the appointment they said I had to talk to billing because there was an overdue bill on my account, they're claiming my dad never paid the $1000 doctor...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Why do we struggle so with our feelings? Why do we work so hard to deny our emotions, especially concerning other people? They are only feelings! In the course of a day, we may deny we feel frustrated in reaction to someone who is selling us a service. We may deny that we feel frustrated, angry, or hur...

cooncatbob · cooncatbob

I was messing around with Google and came across this site. http://www.drbobs.com/

Doll · Doll

"I WAS SLIPPING FAST" We A.A.'s are active folk, enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities of life, . . . . So it isn't surprising that we often tend to slight serious meditation and prayer as something not really necessary. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 96 I had bee...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Let yourself be nurtured and loved. Let people be there for you. Allow yourself to be held when it would feel good. Let someone listen to you, support and encourage you when you need that. Receive comfort from someone's physical presence when you need that. Allow yourself to be supported emotionally...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have gotten over my procrastination. I was always putting things off till tomorrow and as a result they never got done. "There is always another day" was my motto instead of "Do it now." Under the influence of alcohol, I had grandiose plans. When I was s...

Doll · Doll

The Prayer of St.Francis of Assisi is affectionately known as The Eleventh Step Prayer as it appears in the book "12 Steps and 12 Traditions" in the reading for the eleventh step.According to this website dedicated to St.Francis, this prayer was almost certainly not written by him. It ap...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

Hey y'all, Well I think I've gotten past the worst of this for now, I hope... was able to put off taking the pain pill yesterday till a few hours after I was supposed to have it. was hurting just a bit when I got up today, but not bad enough to justify taking one, so am putting it off again.... praying this i...

Doll · Doll

He's 17. He's lost. He's confused. He doesn't like himself very much. He's hurting.... he's on a road of self destruction......... My prayer for him is to be given 'time' ...... Please add him to your list of those suffering? Many thanks. Love, peace and hugs to you all.

Quetzal · Quetzal

"My greatest limitations," a member said, "are in my mind. Until I came to this group, I wasn't even aware that many of the negative circumstances in my life were the direct result of my distorted attitudes. "I brought myself a lot of unnecessary misery by thinking it was my re...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Everyone has two personalities, a good and a bad. We are all dual personalities to some extent. When we were drinking, the bad personality was in control. We did things when we were drunk that we would never do when we were sober. When we sober up, we are different people. Then we...

Doll · Doll

OVERCOMING LONELINESS Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn't quite belong. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 90 The agonies and the void that I often felt inside occur less...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have got rid of most of my inner conflicts. I was always at war with myself. I was doing things I did not want to do. I was waking up in strange places and wondering how I got there. I was full of recklessness when I was drunk and full of remorse when I was sober. My life didn't make sen...

Quetzal · Quetzal

There are two benefits from recovery: we have short-term gains and long-term gains. The short-term gains are the things we can do today that help us feel better immediately. We can wake up in the morning, read for a few minutes in our meditation book, and feel lifted. We can work a Step and often not...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The belief that life has to be hard and difficult is the belief that makes a martyr. We can change our negative beliefs about life, and whether we have the power to stop our pain and take care of ourselves. We aren't helpless. We can solve our problems. We do have power - not to change or control others...

Doll · Doll

What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 Maintaining my spiritual condition is like working out every day, planning for the marathon, swimming laps, jogging. Its staying in good shape spiritually, and that requ...

Flatbed Fred · Flatbed Fred

Hey All ... I'm amazed that as technology grows ... it seems to be increasisngly difficult to find the information I want. In short, does anyone have any information about when and where the next AA National Convention is going to be held? Can you email me at: fredg57@hotmail.com ?

lani · lani

Hello friends! (who was the old guy that used to do the commercial and said that?) Anyways, not sure if I ever shared this story with you but it came to mind today.... Hope not to offend... My husband and I got really involved in our church a few years back. Raised catholic, always believed in God. Changed...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

From today's Al-Anon's ODAT pg 320 "It is not men' acts which disturb us- but our reaction to them. Take these away, and anger goes. No wrong act of another can bring shame on you." (Marcus Aurelius) From today's Overeater's 'For Today' pg 320 Be not angry that you cannot mak...

senor mouse · senor mouse

hello all, this is my first post on this message board. i am nearly 3 years into my sobriety and, so far, haven't made any use of virtual recovery. about time i did! this is the reason for my post: the higher power. i was one of the seemingly minority that came into AA with a higher power in my life. my history...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I am less sensitive and my feelings are less easily hurt. I no longer take myself so seriously. It didn't use to take much to insult me, to feel that I had been slighted or left on the outside. What happens to me now is not so important. One cause of our drinking was that we couldn't t...

Sideburns · Sideburns

I've been drinking habitually since August this year. I've been drinking long before that, but it was not habitual before August. My brother's best friend was murdered on his birthday, August sixteenth. My brother and I drank together heavily for about a month, then he went to basic training in the U...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ A better way to judge people is to look for all the good in them. If you look hard enough and long enough, you ought to be able to find some good in every person. In A.A. I learned that my job was to try to bring out the good, not criticize the bad. Every alcoholic is used to being judged...

lani · lani

One of my favorite patients from "the old job" passed away. I will always remember him because no matter what he always had a smile on his face and brought much laughter and joy into my life. He would come in for his treatment and always have on some funky wig...Dredlocks, a huge afro or sport s...

Doll · Doll

VITAL SUSTENANCE Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air, light or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds, our e...

Doll · Doll

AA Old Preamble - 1940 We are gathered here because we are faced with the fact that we are powerless over alcohol and unable to do anything about it without the help of a Power greater than ourselves. We feel that each person's religious views, if any, are his own affair. The simple purpose of the program...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

When we own our feelings and come to understand that Anger is a useless emotion, then we are ready to be free from it. Anger is our frustrated response to our misunderstanding that we can not live life on our terms, we must live "life on life's terms". enjoy- Dean ANGER ...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

This is in response to "other" literature currently posted on the subject of Anger. I would've posted it in that thread but last time I did, the poster got angry (go figure). Our Big Book tells us that "...resentment is the number one offender", and "If we were to live, we ha...

cindy · cindy

well let see....my heart got broken and i have been getting over that...back to basics, meetings, get there early for setting up ect. greet new people. first 2 months after the "surprise" i couldnt eat and felt nauseated and had the shakes, i was crying harder than i ever have in my life. i do...

Quetzal · Quetzal

It's okay to be angry, but it isn't healthy to be resentful. Regardless of what we learned as children, no matter what we saw role modeled, we can learn to deal with our anger in ways that are healthy for us and for those around us. We can have our angry feelings. We can connect with them, own them, and feel t...

Doll · Doll

INTUITION AND INSPIRATION . . . . we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 I invest my time in what I truly love. Step Eleven is a discipline that allows me and my Higher Power to be together, reminding me that...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi Lani, I just wanted to wish you well with your new job today. You mentioned in a post yesterday that you were feeling apprehensive because it's something new. Lani, you'll be fine! I know that you will. You'll be in my thoughts. Please let us all know how it goes for you, won't you? Take care, ...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Who am I to judge other people? Have I proved by my great success in life that I know all the answers? Exactly the opposite. Until I came into A.A., my life could be called a failure. I made all the mistakes one could make. I took all the wrong roads there were to take. On the basis of m...

Doll · Doll

OMG! The pain I've been in, again, since Thursday. I had about 10 good days of relief. Really thought I was on the road to being pain free....Found out the last MRI was only cervical. Those IDIOTS didn't scan my whole spine! I truely believe it's another ruptured disks but it's farther down. Been here be...

Doll · Doll

LOOKING OUTWARD We ask especially for freedom from self-will, and are careful to make no requests for ourselves only. We may ask for ourselves, however, if others will be helped. We are careful never to pray for our own selfish ends. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 87 As an active alcoholic, I allowed selfi...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We do not have to wait for others to come to our aid. We are not victims. We are not helpless. Letting go of faulty thinking means we realize there are no knights on white horses, no magical grandmothers in the sky watching, waiting to rescue us. Teachers may come our way, but they will not rescue. The...

Phil · Phil

How to Stay Awake in AA Meetings Do you keep falling asleep in meetings? What about those long and boring drunkalogs? Here is a way to change all that... 1. Before (or during) your next meeting, prepare yourself by drawing a square. I find that a 5" x5" is a good size. Divide the card into colu...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I am less critical of other people, inside and outside of A.A. I used to run people down all the time. I realize now that it was because I wanted unconsciously to build myself up. I was envious of people who lived normal lives. I couldn't understand why I couldn't be like them. And...

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	24 Hrs a Day ~ 21st Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I no longer waste money, but try to put it to good use. Like all of us, when I was drunk, I threw money around like I really had it. it gave me a feelng of importance-a millionaire for a day. But the morning after, with an empty wallet and perhaps some undecipherable checks, was a sad...	Sobrietyspell	0	289	Nov 21, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Video Input was appreciated (Please Read) (Preview) I got over 500 replies regarding the Miracles In Progress Aftercare Recovery House Video. Your comments suggestions, questions and opinions were fabulous and surely encouraged me and will help me with polishing it up a bit as I move forward with this endeavor. Many, many thanks to those who are p...	John	0	356	Nov 21, 2007 by John
	Just little ole me (Preview) Hi folks Just thought drop in and say hi, Ummmm it's that time of year again, let it snow let it snow. lol. Things are going ok, not bad, not good but ok. Just greatful I'm sober, had to deal with some frustration and let a few things bother me. But I've kept close to my Higher power and sooner or later thing...	Tina	5	372	Nov 21, 2007 by Tina
	Daily Reflections 11/21 (Preview) SERVING MY BROTHER The member talks to the newcomer not in a spirit of power but in a spirit of humility and weakness. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE p. 279 As the days pass in A.A., I ask God to guide my thoughts and the words that I speak. In this labor of continuous participation in the Fellowship, I h...	Doll	0	282	Nov 21, 2007 by Doll
	piece of wisdom for the day (Preview) spoke to a friend today and she reminded me that the universe is in a state of joy. it's just that we aren't! (all the time anyway) i've never heard it put in that exact way before, thought it was good.	senor mouse	4	383	Nov 21, 2007 by senor mouse
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 20th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I no longer try to escape life through alcoholism. Drinking built up an unreal world for me and I tried to live in it. But in the morning light the real life was back again and facing it was harder than ever, because I had less resources with which to meet it. Each attempt at escape w...	Sobrietyspell	0	315	Nov 20, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Ativan (Preview) I just started taking Ativan two days ago. Does anyone else take this? Can you tell me if it helped?	anna	15	2713	Nov 20, 2007 by nique
	Daily Reflections 11/20 (Preview) "THY WILL, NOT MINE" . . . when making specific requests, it will be well to add to each one of them this qualification. ." . . . if it be Thy will." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 102-03 I ask simply that throughout the day God place in me the best understanding of His will th...	Doll	1	295	Nov 20, 2007 by lani
	Wants and Needs (Preview) So many of us have been brainwashed to think that we can't have what we want in life. That is the belief of the martyr. It is born of deprivation and fear. Identifying what we want and need, then writing it down, sets in motion a powerful chain of events. It indicates that we are taking responsibility fo...	Quetzal	2	342	Nov 20, 2007 by cindy
	Anyone in Minneapolis area? (Preview) Been in out out of recovery for the past decade or so. Had six years under my belt at one point but have been relapsing for the past year and have finally made my way back into sobriety. I'm a 32 yr. old male and interested in connecting with others on this board to hear about various meetings in the TC area...	TwinCities	6	410	Nov 20, 2007 by lani
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 19th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we do not speak much of sex. And yet putting sex in its proper place in our lives is one of the rewards that has come to us as a result of our new way of living. The Big Book says that many of us needed an overhauling there. It also says that we subjected each sex relation to this t...	Sobrietyspell	1	315	Nov 19, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Funny but True things youve heard said at meetings (Preview) Hi eveyone ! Havent posted in awhile , but Im still sober and just made 5 Mos. (again). In the 14 years of being in the program , Ive heard some things that were so funny they made me cry , Yet they were SO true ! I thought I would post 2 of the best ones . I hope you might post some youve heard , after all, life CAN be...	ron70062	9	2700	Nov 19, 2007 by ChicknLittle
	I HATE DOCTORS!!!!!!!! (Preview) My appointment with the back specialist was supposed to be today... this is at the same clinic I went to for my carpal tunnel 5 years ago... and when I made the appointment they said I had to talk to billing because there was an overdue bill on my account, they're claiming my dad never paid the $1000 doctor...	ChicknLittle	8	503	Nov 19, 2007 by Ironman
	Accepting Our Feelings (Preview) Why do we struggle so with our feelings? Why do we work so hard to deny our emotions, especially concerning other people? They are only feelings! In the course of a day, we may deny we feel frustrated in reaction to someone who is selling us a service. We may deny that we feel frustrated, angry, or hur...	Quetzal	5	324	Nov 19, 2007 by Ironman
	Dr Bobs house (Preview) I was messing around with Google and came across this site. http://www.drbobs.com/	cooncatbob	6	2514	Nov 19, 2007 by Phil
	Daily Reflections 11/19 (Preview) "I WAS SLIPPING FAST" We A.A.'s are active folk, enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities of life, . . . . So it isn't surprising that we often tend to slight serious meditation and prayer as something not really necessary. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 96 I had bee...	Doll	0	622	Nov 19, 2007 by Doll
	Allowing Ourselves to be Nurtured (Preview) Let yourself be nurtured and loved. Let people be there for you. Allow yourself to be held when it would feel good. Let someone listen to you, support and encourage you when you need that. Receive comfort from someone's physical presence when you need that. Allow yourself to be supported emotionally...	Quetzal	3	332	Nov 18, 2007 by Phil
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 18th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have gotten over my procrastination. I was always putting things off till tomorrow and as a result they never got done. "There is always another day" was my motto instead of "Do it now." Under the influence of alcohol, I had grandiose plans. When I was s...	Sobrietyspell	0	311	Nov 18, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	11th Step Prayer (Preview) The Prayer of St.Francis of Assisi is affectionately known as The Eleventh Step Prayer as it appears in the book "12 Steps and 12 Traditions" in the reading for the eleventh step.According to this website dedicated to St.Francis, this prayer was almost certainly not written by him. It ap...	Doll	2	43274	Nov 18, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Getting better, I hope (Preview) Hey y'all, Well I think I've gotten past the worst of this for now, I hope... was able to put off taking the pain pill yesterday till a few hours after I was supposed to have it. was hurting just a bit when I got up today, but not bad enough to justify taking one, so am putting it off again.... praying this i...	ChicknLittle	6	489	Nov 18, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Prayer Request for my son .... (Preview) He's 17. He's lost. He's confused. He doesn't like himself very much. He's hurting.... he's on a road of self destruction......... My prayer for him is to be given 'time' ...... Please add him to your list of those suffering? Many thanks. Love, peace and hugs to you all.	Doll	8	461	Nov 18, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Attitudes and Limitations (Preview) "My greatest limitations," a member said, "are in my mind. Until I came to this group, I wasn't even aware that many of the negative circumstances in my life were the direct result of my distorted attitudes. "I brought myself a lot of unnecessary misery by thinking it was my re...	Quetzal	2	398	Nov 18, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 17th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Everyone has two personalities, a good and a bad. We are all dual personalities to some extent. When we were drinking, the bad personality was in control. We did things when we were drunk that we would never do when we were sober. When we sober up, we are different people. Then we...	Sobrietyspell	0	291	Nov 17, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections 11/17 (Preview) OVERCOMING LONELINESS Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn't quite belong. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 90 The agonies and the void that I often felt inside occur less...	Doll	2	372	Nov 17, 2007 by Quetzal
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 16th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have got rid of most of my inner conflicts. I was always at war with myself. I was doing things I did not want to do. I was waking up in strange places and wondering how I got there. I was full of recklessness when I was drunk and full of remorse when I was sober. My life didn't make sen...	Sobrietyspell	0	296	Nov 16, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Benefits of Recovery (Preview) There are two benefits from recovery: we have short-term gains and long-term gains. The short-term gains are the things we can do today that help us feel better immediately. We can wake up in the morning, read for a few minutes in our meditation book, and feel lifted. We can work a Step and often not...	Quetzal	1	303	Nov 16, 2007 by senor mouse
	The Victim Trap (Preview) The belief that life has to be hard and difficult is the belief that makes a martyr. We can change our negative beliefs about life, and whether we have the power to stop our pain and take care of ourselves. We aren't helpless. We can solve our problems. We do have power - not to change or control others...	Quetzal	1	337	Nov 16, 2007 by Doll
	Daily Reflections 11/16 (Preview) What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 Maintaining my spiritual condition is like working out every day, planning for the marathon, swimming laps, jogging. Its staying in good shape spiritually, and that requ...	Doll	0	263	Nov 16, 2007 by Doll
	Any Info on Next Annual AA Convention? AA National Convention (Preview) Hey All ... I'm amazed that as technology grows ... it seems to be increasisngly difficult to find the information I want. In short, does anyone have any information about when and where the next AA National Convention is going to be held? Can you email me at: fredg57@hotmail.com ?	Flatbed Fred	4	1288	Nov 15, 2007 by lani
	Doorknob (Preview) Hello friends! (who was the old guy that used to do the commercial and said that?) Anyways, not sure if I ever shared this story with you but it came to mind today.... Hope not to offend... My husband and I got really involved in our church a few years back. Raised catholic, always believed in God. Changed...	lani	4	3047	Nov 15, 2007 by lani
	Topic of Al-Anon and OA daily reader today- Anger! (Preview) From today's Al-Anon's ODAT pg 320 "It is not men' acts which disturb us- but our reaction to them. Take these away, and anger goes. No wrong act of another can bring shame on you." (Marcus Aurelius) From today's Overeater's 'For Today' pg 320 Be not angry that you cannot mak...	StPeteDean	2	1696	Nov 15, 2007 by StPeteDean
	higher power from the inside? (Preview) hello all, this is my first post on this message board. i am nearly 3 years into my sobriety and, so far, haven't made any use of virtual recovery. about time i did! this is the reason for my post: the higher power. i was one of the seemingly minority that came into AA with a higher power in my life. my history...	senor mouse	3	551	Nov 15, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 15th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I am less sensitive and my feelings are less easily hurt. I no longer take myself so seriously. It didn't use to take much to insult me, to feel that I had been slighted or left on the outside. What happens to me now is not so important. One cause of our drinking was that we couldn't t...	Sobrietyspell	0	308	Nov 15, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	(un)Comfortably Numb (Preview) I've been drinking habitually since August this year. I've been drinking long before that, but it was not habitual before August. My brother's best friend was murdered on his birthday, August sixteenth. My brother and I drank together heavily for about a month, then he went to basic training in the U...	Sideburns	6	430	Nov 15, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 14th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ A better way to judge people is to look for all the good in them. If you look hard enough and long enough, you ought to be able to find some good in every person. In A.A. I learned that my job was to try to bring out the good, not criticize the bad. Every alcoholic is used to being judged...	Sobrietyspell	4	334	Nov 15, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	attitude (Preview) One of my favorite patients from "the old job" passed away. I will always remember him because no matter what he always had a smile on his face and brought much laughter and joy into my life. He would come in for his treatment and always have on some funky wig...Dredlocks, a huge afro or sport s...	lani	0	320	Nov 15, 2007 by lani
	Daily Reflections 11/15 (Preview) VITAL SUSTENANCE Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air, light or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds, our e...	Doll	0	348	Nov 15, 2007 by Doll
	1940 AA Preamble - (thought this was cooooool) (Preview) AA Old Preamble - 1940 We are gathered here because we are faced with the fact that we are powerless over alcohol and unable to do anything about it without the help of a Power greater than ourselves. We feel that each person's religious views, if any, are his own affair. The simple purpose of the program...	Doll	4	2334	Nov 14, 2007 by lani
	Avoiding Anger- Totally (Preview) When we own our feelings and come to understand that Anger is a useless emotion, then we are ready to be free from it. Anger is our frustrated response to our misunderstanding that we can not live life on our terms, we must live "life on life's terms". enjoy- Dean ANGER ...	StPeteDean	1	1346	Nov 14, 2007 by senor mouse
	AA'a View On Dealing With Anger (Preview) This is in response to "other" literature currently posted on the subject of Anger. I would've posted it in that thread but last time I did, the poster got angry (go figure). Our Big Book tells us that "...resentment is the number one offender", and "If we were to live, we ha...	StPeteDean	4	8498	Nov 14, 2007 by lani
	update! (Preview) well let see....my heart got broken and i have been getting over that...back to basics, meetings, get there early for setting up ect. greet new people. first 2 months after the "surprise" i couldnt eat and felt nauseated and had the shakes, i was crying harder than i ever have in my life. i do...	cindy	5	421	Nov 14, 2007 by StPeteDean
	Letting Our Anger Out (Preview) It's okay to be angry, but it isn't healthy to be resentful. Regardless of what we learned as children, no matter what we saw role modeled, we can learn to deal with our anger in ways that are healthy for us and for those around us. We can have our angry feelings. We can connect with them, own them, and feel t...	Quetzal	1	293	Nov 14, 2007 by lani
	Daily Reflections 11/14 (Preview) INTUITION AND INSPIRATION . . . . we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 I invest my time in what I truly love. Step Eleven is a discipline that allows me and my Higher Power to be together, reminding me that...	Doll	0	232	Nov 14, 2007 by Doll
	Good Luck Lani! (Preview) Hi Lani, I just wanted to wish you well with your new job today. You mentioned in a post yesterday that you were feeling apprehensive because it's something new. Lani, you'll be fine! I know that you will. You'll be in my thoughts. Please let us all know how it goes for you, won't you? Take care, ...	Quetzal	3	293	Nov 13, 2007 by lani
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 13th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Who am I to judge other people? Have I proved by my great success in life that I know all the answers? Exactly the opposite. Until I came into A.A., my life could be called a failure. I made all the mistakes one could make. I took all the wrong roads there were to take. On the basis of m...	Sobrietyspell	0	309	Nov 13, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Can't wait till 1pm f2f (Preview) OMG! The pain I've been in, again, since Thursday. I had about 10 good days of relief. Really thought I was on the road to being pain free....Found out the last MRI was only cervical. Those IDIOTS didn't scan my whole spine! I truely believe it's another ruptured disks but it's farther down. Been here be...	Doll	9	431	Nov 13, 2007 by lani
	Daily Reflections 11/13 (Preview) LOOKING OUTWARD We ask especially for freedom from self-will, and are careful to make no requests for ourselves only. We may ask for ourselves, however, if others will be helped. We are careful never to pray for our own selfish ends. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 87 As an active alcoholic, I allowed selfi...	Doll	0	259	Nov 13, 2007 by Doll
	Taking Care of Ourselves (Preview) We do not have to wait for others to come to our aid. We are not victims. We are not helpless. Letting go of faulty thinking means we realize there are no knights on white horses, no magical grandmothers in the sky watching, waiting to rescue us. Teachers may come our way, but they will not rescue. The...	Quetzal	0	258	Nov 13, 2007 by Quetzal
	Keep An Open Mind, And Keep Smiling :) (Preview) How to Stay Awake in AA Meetings Do you keep falling asleep in meetings? What about those long and boring drunkalogs? Here is a way to change all that... 1. Before (or during) your next meeting, prepare yourself by drawing a square. I find that a 5" x5" is a good size. Divide the card into colu...	Phil	5	487	Nov 12, 2007 by learning
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 12th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I am less critical of other people, inside and outside of A.A. I used to run people down all the time. I realize now that it was because I wanted unconsciously to build myself up. I was envious of people who lived normal lives. I couldn't understand why I couldn't be like them. And...	Sobrietyspell	0	299	Nov 12, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
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