Alcoholics Anonymous

Quetzal · Quetzal

Here are some of my favorite prayers: Help. Please. Don't. Show me. Guide me. Change me. Are you there? Why'd you do that? Oh. Thank you. Today, I will tell God what I want to tell God, and listen for God's answer. I will remember that I can trust God. From The Language of Letting Go

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

When brimming with gratitude, ones heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, . . . . AS BILL SEES IT, p.37 While practicing service to others, if my successes give rise to grandiosity, I must reflect on what brought me to this point. What has been given joyfully, with love, must be passed on withou...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Continuing the consideration of the term spiritual experience: "What often takes place in a few months could seldom have been accomplished by years of self discipline. With few exceptions, our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource, which t...

karinm · karinm

Hi, Finding I am having a hard time staying away from alcohol after withdrawing from benzodiazapenes (Lorazepam)...If I drink at all it is a very bad thing because my body has not recovered from the drug yet and I have been off since Aug. 3... Doesn't look like there is much activity here..my chat featu...

TysonMike · TysonMike

Hey guys, hope all is well with everyone. Work has been a nightmare-I dread waking up in the mornings. I feel like I'm having a late 20's-life crisis... But it's been 54 days without a drink and that I'm grateful for. I had a dream where I was at a party or some social event with loud music and lots of people....

hills alive · hills alive

hows it going everyone, have a great day, or night, cheers peter.

nique · nique

As most of you know I lost my sponsor/best friend last Oct. 10 For a year she was my main focus. We spent almost every day together. I gave her showers, took her to apts. visited often cause she was lonley. I basically lived to take care of her. This whole year has been awful. Well it dawned on me that th...

Doll · Doll

Anyone planning to attend? If so, I would love to meet up. http://www.aageorgia.org/prepaid.htm ~ Jen

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Continuing the consideration of the term spiritual experience: "The acquiring of an immediate and overwhelming God consciousness, resulting in a dramatic transformation, though frequent, is by no means the rule. Most of our spiritual experiences are of the educat...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

and beckons me to tell everyone that alcoholics are often young and unseen, as I thought I was...(Im sure most know this already but, just in case). I had two months sober and then I drank last week because i thought that since my tolerance would be low, one time would be harmless. Wrong. I drank like i did...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

http://www.videosift.com/video/Funny-Alcoholics-Anonymous-Commercial

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job wife or no wife we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98 Before coming to A.A., I always had excuses for taking a drink: She said . . . , He sai...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Our task is not a naive one of feeling safe, of living and loving in a utopian world. One woman commented that our task is making ourselves feel safe while learning to live and love in a world that is unsafe. We do not want to dwell on the danger for that gives power to the negative. Neither do we want to ign...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Let us consider the term "spiritual experience" as given in Appendix II of the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous: "A spiritual experience is something that brings about a personality change. By surrendering our lives to God as we understand Him, we are change...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Dear Mr. W. Your letter has been very welcome indeed. I had no news from Rowland H. anymore and often wondered what has been his fate. Our conversation which he has adequately reported to you had an aspect of which he did not know. The reason that I could not tell him everything was that those days I had to b...

nique · nique

Hello family! As most of you know I have been going to doctor after doctor trying to get help for my sore tounge and ear. Well after 4 docs and an ER visit I had an apt. with a brand new doc today and she was wonderful! She really cared and I didnt feel intimidated like I ususally do with doc. Anyway she kne...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Even God cannot change the past. -- Agathon Holding on to the past, either through guilt, longing, denial, or resentment, is a waste of valuable energy - energy that can be used to transform today and tomorrow. "I used to live in my past," said one recovering woman. "I was either t...

nique · nique

Dancing With God When I meditated on the word Guidance I kept seeing 'dance' at the end of the word. I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing. When two people try to lead, nothing feels right. The movement doesn't flow with the music, and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic. Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever. If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be i...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Let us continue with Step Twelve. We must practice these principles in all our affairs. This part of the twelfth step must not be overlooked. It is the carrying on of the whole program. We do not just practice these principles in regard to our drinking problem. We practice them i...

KLT · KLT

Congratulations on 1 year sober. Sorry its late, not been reading on here as much as usual. Im one year at the beginning of December one day at a time and like others, I thought you had longer with your knowledge and great advise. I still feel like a baby in A.A. You seem to have great recovery. God ble...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We can accept ourselves as people who have needs - the need for comfort, love, understanding, friendship, and healthy touch. We need positive reinforcement, someone to listen to us, someone to give to us. We are not weak for needing these things. These needs make us human and healthy. Getting our nee...

tlcate · tlcate

So, I can hear the little voice inside my head saying "just let it go, just wait until you actually get there" - but it won't go away and is causing me a little discomfort - so what does it hurt to ask...??? (I am only on step 2 with my sponsor) And - I know my sponsor is the appropriate person to ask...

nique · nique

I'll be a monkey's uncle! I am a Senior Member here on MIP! What a great honour! Now the quesiton is,,,,,,,,,,how do I become an Oldtimer? LOL! Love you all! You are the best family I could ask for. Lots of Love, Allison

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Step Four is, "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." Step Five is, "Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our, wrongs." Step Six is, "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these de...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

He [Bill W.] said to me, gently and simply, Do you think that you are one of us? ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 413 During my drinking life I was convinced I was an exception. I thought I was beyond petty requirements and had the right to be excused. I never realized that the dark counterbalance of my attitude w...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Step Twelve is, "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs." Note that the basis of our effectiveness in carrying the message to others is the real...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Practice tolerance. Tolerate our quirks, our feelings, our reactions, our peculiarities, and our humanness. Tolerate our ups and downs, our resistance to change, and our struggling and sometimes awkward nature. Tolerate our fears, our mistakes, our natural tendency to duck from problems...

Doll · Doll

http://www.aahistory.com/ Found this website looking for AA history. It has links to The BB, The Grapevine, Meeting schedules, Just for Today, etc. along with some other cool stuff like Trivia, sobriety calculator....... Enjoy! ~ J

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Don't mean to upset anyone, but this is just another reason to stay clean and sober.... love you, all my female friends here. We can make it, we really can!!! Love, Joni

Doll · Doll

....and 10,000 ass-kicking nights. But I finally made it! Woo Hoo! Thanks to all of you who have been so instrumental in this process of recovery. (((hugs))) -- Edited by Doll at 07:51, 2008-09-22

lizziep · lizziep

Hi Ive just joined site and this is my first posting so apoligies if I get it wrong .. Ive been in the rooms 5yrs now and have managed to stay sober a day at a time (not bad for a girl that had to hit rock rock bottom before finding the rooms)! However I struggle with emotional sobriety people intereaction is...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Thanks for the many years of laughs and ES&H, Phil!!! This is YOU, from 2004...... The why and how of things 1. Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it? 2. Why is it that no matter what color of bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white? 3. Is there ever a day that mattres...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Like a gaunt prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, our pick struck gold. Joy at our release from a lifetime of frustration knew no bounds. Father feels he has struck something better than gold. For a time he may try to hug the new treasure to himself. He may not see at once that he has barely...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Step Eight is, "Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all." Step Nine is, "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." Making restitution for the wrong...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

My name is Carl and I am an Alcoholic. For me, to drink is to die. The last drink I had was on 27th July 2007 and at that time my life was helpless, homeless and hopeless. I had spent the previous hours debating whether to kill everybody in the world or myself. As the affects of my last drunk wore off I knew the w...

jonijoni1 · jonijoni1

Last week one of the best-known teetotalers in the U. S., John D. Rockefeller, had 60 people to dinner. No cocktails were served, for several of Mr. Rockefeller's guests were members of "Alcoholics Anonymous," a widespread, publicity-shy group of one-time guzzlers who have cured...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Many of us believed that heeding the words of God or our Higher Power meant following rigid rules, an instruction booklet for life. Many of us now believe differently. The rigid rules, the endless instructions, the exhortation to perfection, are not the words our Higher Power whispers. The wor...

nique · nique

Oh yes, it is Sunday morning. Every Sunday morning I come up with some excuse not to go to church. Well this morning I guided through my satalite tv to see what is on today and there is an all day marathon I want to watch today so of course wasnt going to go to church. So Im sitting here enjoying my program a...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. Alcoholics Anonymous Page 84 The last promise in the Big Book came true for me on the very first day of sobriety. God kept me sober that day, and on every other day I allowed Him to operate in my life. He gives me the strength...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day Let us continue with Steps Four, Five, Six, Seven, and Ten. In taking a personal inventory of ourselves, we have to face facts as they really are. We have to stop running away. We must face reality. We must see ourselves as we really are. We must admit our faults openly and try to co...

BIGBrandon2785 · BIGBrandon2785

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-- Edited by BIGBrandon2785 at 15:38, 2008-09-20

Doll · Doll

My noon F2F was an awesome one, today. A LOT of good shares. Things I had never heard before. I listened & hung on every word of everyone. So, here's what I learned about myself....... I never knew just how much pain I was in, until I came to Alcoholics Anonymous. There has been all types of pain fo...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

Well, for those of you who might have forgotten, the alcohol is still there and it does the same things it used to do... Leading up to Monday night, I had this itch to do some "research", to see if maybe my mindset was different, that maybe all this calamity of the last 6 months had changed my app...

Quetzal · Quetzal

One thing at a time. That's all we have to do. Not two things at once, but one thing done in peace. One task at a time. One feeling at a time. One day at a time. One problem at a time. One step at a time. One pleasure at a time. Relax. Let go of urgency. Begin calmly now. Take one thing at a time. See how e...

nique · nique

Hello family! The other night my 6 month old kitty was really sick. My hubby and I felt sooo powerless!! I think I felt more powerless over this than alchol, maybe not but close. Anyway, we had not a single dime to our name and my hubby was getting paid the next day but we felt she couldnt wait. I called...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Our whole treasured philosophy of self-sufficiency had to be cast aside. This had not been done with old-fashioned willpower; it was instead a matter of developing the willingness to accept these new facts of living. We neither ran nor fought. But accept we did. And then we were free. BEST OF THE GRAP...

nique · nique

Well thank you whoever prayed for me cause I took my DMV test over this morning and passed with flying colors!! I am soooo happy. And I am so greatful I didnt drink over it yesterday cause lord knows if I had drank I would have never been able to take the test this morning! Love you all! Allison

nmike · nmike

I attended an awesome AA/Alanon camp-out this weekend on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona. Freedom in Sobriety. The speakers were inspiring - AA, Alanon, and Alateen. The Alateen speakers in particular were so powerful. I went to sleep under a full moon listening to a drum group. I am committed to ke...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us. Alcoholics Anonymous Page 164 Having a right relationship with God seemed to be an impossible order. My chaotic past had left me filled with guilt and remors...

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	Prayer (Preview) Here are some of my favorite prayers: Help. Please. Don't. Show me. Guide me. Change me. Are you there? Why'd you do that? Oh. Thank you. Today, I will tell God what I want to tell God, and listen for God's answer. I will remember that I can trust God. From The Language of Letting Go	Quetzal	0	362	Sep 28, 2008 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections ~ Without Reservations (Preview) When brimming with gratitude, ones heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, . . . . AS BILL SEES IT, p.37 While practicing service to others, if my successes give rise to grandiosity, I must reflect on what brought me to this point. What has been given joyfully, with love, must be passed on withou...	Sobrietyspell	0	537	Sep 27, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 27th Sep 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Continuing the consideration of the term spiritual experience: "What often takes place in a few months could seldom have been accomplished by years of self discipline. With few exceptions, our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource, which t...	Sobrietyspell	0	457	Sep 27, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	New here...having trouble navigating (Preview) Hi, Finding I am having a hard time staying away from alcohol after withdrawing from benzodiazapenes (Lorazepam)...If I drink at all it is a very bad thing because my body has not recovered from the drug yet and I have been off since Aug. 3... Doesn't look like there is much activity here..my chat featu...	karinm	12	1020	Sep 27, 2008 by karinm
	Hello! (Preview) Hey guys, hope all is well with everyone. Work has been a nightmare-I dread waking up in the mornings. I feel like I'm having a late 20's-life crisis... But it's been 54 days without a drink and that I'm grateful for. I had a dream where I was at a party or some social event with loud music and lots of people....	TysonMike	7	445	Sep 27, 2008 by TysonMike
	the howya thread. (Preview) hows it going everyone, have a great day, or night, cheers peter.	hills alive	5	458	Sep 27, 2008 by hills alive
	God answered my prayer quickly! (Preview) As most of you know I lost my sponsor/best friend last Oct. 10 For a year she was my main focus. We spent almost every day together. I gave her showers, took her to apts. visited often cause she was lonley. I basically lived to take care of her. This whole year has been awful. Well it dawned on me that th...	nique	2	387	Sep 27, 2008 by nique
	55th Annual GA Convention (Preview) Anyone planning to attend? If so, I would love to meet up. http://www.aageorgia.org/prepaid.htm ~ Jen	Doll	3	478	Sep 26, 2008 by matay
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 26th Sep 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Continuing the consideration of the term spiritual experience: "The acquiring of an immediate and overwhelming God consciousness, resulting in a dramatic transformation, though frequent, is by no means the rule. Most of our spiritual experiences are of the educat...	Sobrietyspell	0	415	Sep 26, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	experience shows me (Preview) and beckons me to tell everyone that alcoholics are often young and unseen, as I thought I was...(Im sure most know this already but, just in case). I had two months sober and then I drank last week because i thought that since my tolerance would be low, one time would be harmless. Wrong. I drank like i did...	Dodsworth	6	587	Sep 26, 2008 by lani
	FUNNY AA COMMERCIAL (Preview) http://www.videosift.com/video/Funny-Alcoholics-Anonymous-Commercial	jonijoni1	5	1242	Sep 26, 2008 by lani
	Daily Reflections ~ First Things First (Preview) Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job wife or no wife we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98 Before coming to A.A., I always had excuses for taking a drink: She said . . . , He sai...	Sobrietyspell	1	1107	Sep 26, 2008 by lani
	Feeling Protected (Preview) Our task is not a naive one of feeling safe, of living and loving in a utopian world. One woman commented that our task is making ourselves feel safe while learning to live and love in a world that is unsafe. We do not want to dwell on the danger for that gives power to the negative. Neither do we want to ign...	Quetzal	0	409	Sep 26, 2008 by Quetzal
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 25th Sep 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Let us consider the term "spiritual experience" as given in Appendix II of the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous: "A spiritual experience is something that brings about a personality change. By surrendering our lives to God as we understand Him, we are change...	Sobrietyspell	0	379	Sep 25, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Reply from Dr. Carl Jung To Bill W ~ 01.30.61 (Preview) Dear Mr. W. Your letter has been very welcome indeed. I had no news from Rowland H. anymore and often wondered what has been his fate. Our conversation which he has adequately reported to you had an aspect of which he did not know. The reason that I could not tell him everything was that those days I had to b...	Sobrietyspell	0	494	Sep 25, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Persistance (Preview) Hello family! As most of you know I have been going to doctor after doctor trying to get help for my sore tounge and ear. Well after 4 docs and an ER visit I had an apt. with a brand new doc today and she was wonderful! She really cared and I didnt feel intimidated like I ususally do with doc. Anyway she kne...	nique	6	497	Sep 25, 2008 by nique
	Peace with the Past (Preview) Even God cannot change the past. -- Agathon Holding on to the past, either through guilt, longing, denial, or resentment, is a waste of valuable energy - energy that can be used to transform today and tomorrow. "I used to live in my past," said one recovering woman. "I was either t...	Quetzal	0	420	Sep 25, 2008 by Quetzal
	Dancing With God (Preview) Dancing With God When I meditated on the word Guidance I kept seeing 'dance' at the end of the word. I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing. When two people try to lead, nothing feels right. The movement doesn't flow with the music, and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky...	nique	0	428	Sep 25, 2008 by nique
	Daily Reflections ~ Vigilance (Preview) We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic. Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever. If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be i...	Sobrietyspell	0	864	Sep 24, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 24th Sep 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Let us continue with Step Twelve. We must practice these principles in all our affairs. This part of the twelfth step must not be overlooked. It is the carrying on of the whole program. We do not just practice these principles in regard to our drinking problem. We practice them i...	Sobrietyspell	0	473	Sep 24, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Hey Doll (Preview) Congratulations on 1 year sober. Sorry its late, not been reading on here as much as usual. Im one year at the beginning of December one day at a time and like others, I thought you had longer with your knowledge and great advise. I still feel like a baby in A.A. You seem to have great recovery. God ble...	KLT	1	417	Sep 24, 2008 by Doll
	Allowing Ourselves to be Needy (Preview) We can accept ourselves as people who have needs - the need for comfort, love, understanding, friendship, and healthy touch. We need positive reinforcement, someone to listen to us, someone to give to us. We are not weak for needing these things. These needs make us human and healthy. Getting our nee...	Quetzal	0	524	Sep 24, 2008 by Quetzal
	Step 4 Question (Preview) So, I can hear the little voice inside my head saying "just let it go, just wait until you actually get there" - but it won't go away and is causing me a little discomfort - so what does it hurt to ask...??? (I am only on step 2 with my sponsor) And - I know my sponsor is the appropriate person to ask...	tlcate	6	1262	Sep 24, 2008 by Doll
	Looky Looky!! (Preview) I'll be a monkey's uncle! I am a Senior Member here on MIP! What a great honour! Now the quesiton is,,,,,,,,,,how do I become an Oldtimer? LOL! Love you all! You are the best family I could ask for. Lots of Love, Allison	nique	7	674	Sep 23, 2008 by matay
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 20th Sep 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Step Four is, "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." Step Five is, "Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our, wrongs." Step Six is, "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these de...	Sobrietyspell	2	536	Sep 23, 2008 by Marc T.
	Daily Reflections ~ I Was An Exception (Preview) He [Bill W.] said to me, gently and simply, Do you think that you are one of us? ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 413 During my drinking life I was convinced I was an exception. I thought I was beyond petty requirements and had the right to be excused. I never realized that the dark counterbalance of my attitude w...	Sobrietyspell	0	556	Sep 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 23rd Sep 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Step Twelve is, "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs." Note that the basis of our effectiveness in carrying the message to others is the real...	Sobrietyspell	0	458	Sep 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Tolerance (Preview) Practice tolerance. Tolerate our quirks, our feelings, our reactions, our peculiarities, and our humanness. Tolerate our ups and downs, our resistance to change, and our struggling and sometimes awkward nature. Tolerate our fears, our mistakes, our natural tendency to duck from problems...	Quetzal	3	552	Sep 23, 2008 by nique
	Cool AA 'stuff' (Preview) http://www.aahistory.com/ Found this website looking for AA history. It has links to The BB, The Grapevine, Meeting schedules, Just for Today, etc. along with some other cool stuff like Trivia, sobriety calculator....... Enjoy! ~ J	Doll	4	512	Sep 23, 2008 by eastcoastscott
	We women need to stay sober!!!! (Preview) Don't mean to upset anyone, but this is just another reason to stay clean and sober.... love you, all my female friends here. We can make it, we really can!!! Love, Joni	jonijoni1	3	568	Sep 23, 2008 by eastcoastscott
	365 Days......... (Preview) ....and 10,000 ass-kicking nights. But I finally made it! Woo Hoo! Thanks to all of you who have been so instrumental in this process of recovery. (((hugs))) -- Edited by Doll at 07:51, 2008-09-22	Doll	19	700	Sep 23, 2008 by eastcoastscott
	Let it be ?? (Preview) Hi Ive just joined site and this is my first posting so apoligies if I get it wrong .. Ive been in the rooms 5yrs now and have managed to stay sober a day at a time (not bad for a girl that had to hit rock rock bottom before finding the rooms)! However I struggle with emotional sobriety people intereaction is...	lizziep	10	596	Sep 22, 2008 by jonijoni1
	Repost: Funnies from Phil 2004 (Preview) Thanks for the many years of laughs and ES&H, Phil!!! This is YOU, from 2004...... The why and how of things 1. Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it? 2. Why is it that no matter what color of bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white? 3. Is there ever a day that mattres...	jonijoni1	4	493	Sep 22, 2008 by Phil
	Daily Reflections ~ A Limitless Lode (Preview) Like a gaunt prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, our pick struck gold. Joy at our release from a lifetime of frustration knew no bounds. Father feels he has struck something better than gold. For a time he may try to hug the new treasure to himself. He may not see at once that he has barely...	Sobrietyspell	0	1275	Sep 22, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 22nd Sep 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Step Eight is, "Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all." Step Nine is, "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." Making restitution for the wrong...	Sobrietyspell	0	457	Sep 22, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Carl's Recovery Share (Preview) My name is Carl and I am an Alcoholic. For me, to drink is to die. The last drink I had was on 27th July 2007 and at that time my life was helpless, homeless and hopeless. I had spent the previous hours debating whether to kill everybody in the world or myself. As the affects of my last drunk wore off I knew the w...	Sobrietyspell	3	490	Sep 22, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Time Magazine's 1940 AA Article (Preview) Last week one of the best-known teetotalers in the U. S., John D. Rockefeller, had 60 people to dinner. No cocktails were served, for several of Mr. Rockefeller's guests were members of "Alcoholics Anonymous," a widespread, publicity-shy group of one-time guzzlers who have cured...	jonijoni1	3	2293	Sep 22, 2008 by jonijoni1
	Trusting Ourselves (Preview) Many of us believed that heeding the words of God or our Higher Power meant following rigid rules, an instruction booklet for life. Many of us now believe differently. The rigid rules, the endless instructions, the exhortation to perfection, are not the words our Higher Power whispers. The wor...	Quetzal	0	387	Sep 22, 2008 by Quetzal
	Wanna Make God Laugh? Tell Him your Plans!! (Preview) Oh yes, it is Sunday morning. Every Sunday morning I come up with some excuse not to go to church. Well this morning I guided through my satalite tv to see what is on today and there is an all day marathon I want to watch today so of course wasnt going to go to church. So Im sitting here enjoying my program a...	nique	2	462	Sep 21, 2008 by jonijoni1
	Daily Reflections ~ The Last Promise (Preview) We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. Alcoholics Anonymous Page 84 The last promise in the Big Book came true for me on the very first day of sobriety. God kept me sober that day, and on every other day I allowed Him to operate in my life. He gives me the strength...	Sobrietyspell	0	3407	Sep 21, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 21st Sep 08 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day Let us continue with Steps Four, Five, Six, Seven, and Ten. In taking a personal inventory of ourselves, we have to face facts as they really are. We have to stop running away. We must face reality. We must see ourselves as we really are. We must admit our faults openly and try to co...	Sobrietyspell	0	393	Sep 21, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (Preview) aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-- Edited by BIGBrandon2785 at 15:38, 2008-09-20	BIGBrandon2785	8	981	Sep 21, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Pain - F2F topic today (Preview) My noon F2F was an awesome one, today. A LOT of good shares. Things I had never heard before. I listened & hung on every word of everyone. So, here's what I learned about myself....... I never knew just how much pain I was in, until I came to Alcoholics Anonymous. There has been all types of pain fo...	Doll	4	437	Sep 21, 2008 by tlcate
	Relapsed with 67 days.. (Preview) Well, for those of you who might have forgotten, the alcohol is still there and it does the same things it used to do... Leading up to Monday night, I had this itch to do some "research", to see if maybe my mindset was different, that maybe all this calamity of the last 6 months had changed my app...	Dodsworth	7	598	Sep 21, 2008 by StPeteDean
	Letting Go of Urgency (Preview) One thing at a time. That's all we have to do. Not two things at once, but one thing done in peace. One task at a time. One feeling at a time. One day at a time. One problem at a time. One step at a time. One pleasure at a time. Relax. Let go of urgency. Begin calmly now. Take one thing at a time. See how e...	Quetzal	1	358	Sep 21, 2008 by Doll
	Relieved! (Preview) Hello family! The other night my 6 month old kitty was really sick. My hubby and I felt sooo powerless!! I think I felt more powerless over this than alchol, maybe not but close. Anyway, we had not a single dime to our name and my hubby was getting paid the next day but we felt she couldnt wait. I called...	nique	3	418	Sep 20, 2008 by Doll
	Daily Reflections ~ Loved Back to Recovery (Preview) Our whole treasured philosophy of self-sufficiency had to be cast aside. This had not been done with old-fashioned willpower; it was instead a matter of developing the willingness to accept these new facts of living. We neither ran nor fought. But accept we did. And then we were free. BEST OF THE GRAP...	Sobrietyspell	2	662	Sep 20, 2008 by lizziep
	I passed!!!!! (Preview) Well thank you whoever prayed for me cause I took my DMV test over this morning and passed with flying colors!! I am soooo happy. And I am so greatful I didnt drink over it yesterday cause lord knows if I had drank I would have never been able to take the test this morning! Love you all! Allison	nique	5	591	Sep 20, 2008 by Dodsworth
	Awesome Camp-out for AA/Alanon (Preview) I attended an awesome AA/Alanon camp-out this weekend on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona. Freedom in Sobriety. The speakers were inspiring - AA, Alanon, and Alateen. The Alateen speakers in particular were so powerful. I went to sleep under a full moon listening to a drum group. I am committed to ke...	nmike	4	1908	Sep 20, 2008 by hills alive
	Daily Reflections ~ H.P. As Guide (Preview) See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us. Alcoholics Anonymous Page 164 Having a right relationship with God seemed to be an impossible order. My chaotic past had left me filled with guilt and remors...	Sobrietyspell	1	508	Sep 20, 2008 by lani
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