Alcoholics Anonymous

Tina · Tina

Just thought I'd drop a line, to say I'm still here and sober. Things are doing as well as can be expected, taking slow. Son is now back up in this area and looking into going back to school, and showing signs of doing the walk the walk thing instead of the talk the talk. We"ll see how things go, in Mar...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ A drinking life isn't a happy life. Drinking cuts you off from other people and from God. One of the worst things about drinking is the loneliness. And one of the best things about A.A. is the fellowship. Drinking cuts you off from other people, at least from the people who reall...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Everyone has his own fingerprints. The white light streams down to be broken up by those human prisms into all the colors of the rainbow. Take your own color in the pattern and be just that. -- Charles R. Brown We are often amazed at how different members of the same family seem to be. Contrasts are ofte...

Doll · Doll

FREEDOM FROM . . . FREEDOM TO We are going to know a new freedom. . . . ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 83 Freedom for me is both freedom from and freedom to. The first freedom I enjoy is freedom from the slavery of alcohol. What a relief! Then I begin to experience freedom from fear - fear of people, of economic ins...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Lord: In the past several hours I have not hurt any one. I have not drank. I have peacefully coexisted with life. For that I am gratefull. But I'm about to get out of bed now and I'm really going to need your help.

Kittie · Kittie

I have drank for 22 years. Today I am an alcoholic in recovery for 4 months. I am a single mother with only a part time job right now and have no health insurance or I would go to a doctor about this. I have been so tired since I quit drinking. I only work 5 hours a day and when I get home I just want to sleep. I...

Quetzal · Quetzal

I am still amazed, after years of recovering, at how easily I can begin to talk myself out of attending meetings. I am also still amazed at how good I feel when I go. -- Anonymous We don't have to stay stuck in our misery and discomfort. An immediate option is available that will help us feel better: go to...

Doll · Doll

THE JOY OF SHARING Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you. to have a host of friends - this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it. Frequent contact with newcomers and...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ What a load wasting money puts on your shoulders! They say that members of A.A. have paid the highest initiation fee of any club members in the world, because we've wasted so much money on liquor. We'll never be able to figure out how much it was. We not only wasted our own money, b...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ What a load hangovers put on your shoulders! What terrible physical punishment we've all been through. The pounding headaches and jumpy nerves, the shakes and the jitters, the hot and cold sweats! When you come into A.A. and stop drinking, that terrible load of hangovers fa...

Doll · Doll

THE TREASURE OF THE PAST Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now. Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have -- the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and m...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Often, one of our biggest questions is "What's going to happen?" We may ask this about our relationships, our career, our recovery, and our life. It is easy to tangle us up in worrisome thoughts. Worrying about what's going to happen blocks us from functioning effectively today. It kee...

eastcoastscott · eastcoastscott

Hi folks, new to this board, seems there is a lot of great info here. I'm a 48 yr old guy who's just completed a 28 day treatment program for my alcohol addiction. I am pumped, full of great info and desire (pink cloud) and am in the process of going to meetings etc. One of the things I must do is get a sponsor. I...

nmike · nmike

I attended a Sat morn Alanon mtg. The reading was about adversity. It spoke to many of us. One member shared that she had a dilemma. Another member quoted the Big Book hmm I don't know what page. She said to stop and pause and adjust your attitude. She also said that she was told that to get in the way of some...

lani · lani

Well, as tradition has it ((mine), I'd like to welcome back our fine friend Deano....Know he probably hasnt gotten back from his ski trip yet but just a quick hello and welcome back! Hope all your limbs are still intact!!!! (and, no messed up thumbs! Mine still bother me!!) We missed ya!!!!! Lani

Quetzal · Quetzal

We can find the balance between needing people too much and not letting ourselves need anyone at all. Many of us have unmet dependency needs lingering from the past. While we want others to fulfill our desire to be loved unconditionally, we may have chosen people who cannot, or will not, be there for...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We can learn not to get hooked into unhealthy, self-defeating behaviors in relationships - behaviors such as caretaking, controlling, discounting ourselves, and believing lies. We can learn to watch for and identify hooks, and choose not to allow ourselves to be hooked. Often, people do thi...

eastcoastscott · eastcoastscott

I love these Joe and Charlie tapes. They are free and download-able from this site. I copied them onto my mp3 player to listen to at night in bed. I listened to the " there is a solution" ones last night (chapter 2, P. 17 in BB)......mindblowing stuff. http://silkworth.net/freestuff.ht...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ As we became alcoholics, the bad effects of drinking came more and more to outweigh the good effects. But the strange part of it is that, no matter what drinking did to us, loss of our health, our jobs, our money, and our homes, we still stuck to it and depended on it. Our dependenc...

HBN · HBN

Jack D - no coke for me. What about you guys?

Mister Acceptance · Mister Acceptance

This a pretty long and complicated story, but I will try to keep it simple. The purpose of me posting this here is to get some feedback that's not just regurgitated AA cliches'. I would really like to hear some true, honest experience, strength and hope on this. Me and my girlfriend met about 2 years ag...

zeke · zeke

Hi everyone, I just wnted to thank all of you for ES&H. I don't know how to reply so I just started a new topic. It means a lot to know that people are truely interested in my recovery when we may be miles apart. It is also nice to know that JoniJoni had said that I might have said that she needed to hea...

Doll · Doll

Daily Reflections RIGOROUS HONESTY Who wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? Who cares anything about a Higher Power, let alone meditation and prayer? Who wants to sacrifice time and energy in trying to carry A.A....

Phil · Phil

THE WASHINGTON POST© Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1971 Known to Thousands as Bill W. Alcoholics Anonymous Founder Dies By Donald E. Graham Washington Post Staff Writer Scores of thousands of people learned for the first time the name of the man who helped them recover from alcoholism when William Griffith W...

Doll · Doll

WHAT WE NEED - EACH OTHER . . . . A.A. is really saying to every serious drinker, "You are an A.A. member if you say so . . . nobody can keep you out." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 139 For years, whenever I reflected on Tradition Three ("The only requirement for A.A. membership is...

Quetzal · Quetzal

In order to arrive at possessing everything, desire to possess nothing. - St. John of the Cross Expectations can cause havoc in our daily living. We all have a basic right to be treated with dignity and respect, but that doesn't mean life will always go our way. The twists and turns of life often carry...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We used to depend on drinking for a lot of things. We depended on drinking to help us enjoy things. It gave us a "kick". It broke down our shyness and helped us to have a "good time". We depended on drinking to help us when we felt low physically. If we had a too...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

I put in my application for school down here... for June Semester... maybe I'm getting ahead of myself, and I really don't know if I'll be ready to start school then, but I think it helps me some to have that done and say I'm starting then, God willing... and if it doesn't work I can keep putting it off to t...

vinrouge · vinrouge

Hi all For a long time I have realised I do not sleep like other people. I have noticed many effects, some powerful and some subtle, that alcohol has on my sleep. I am looking for somewhere I can discuss this. I am only interested in discussing it with other people who know what it is to be a habitual heavy dr...

Lee · Lee

Hi. I have been looking for an online something to write and post my feelings on. I came across this board last night after a google search and decided to give it a try. I registered and here I am. I am a 38 year old male. I have been married for 10 years and have 3 kids. Their ages range from 11 to 8 year...

matay · matay

Hi folks, I'd like to introudce myself, my name's Bruce, and I'm a recovered alcoholic. How it was. I'm long winded, especially today, after finding this place, and I'm writing this part last. Just like an alcoholic, huh, can't do things in order. My parents were divorced when I was 6. My mother remarr...

jonijoni · jonijoni

This is the official site, and it will be updated regularly as more information becomes available. http://www.akronaa.org/foundersday/

zeke · zeke

I just lost about 60 words because I hit the tab button. Thank God I can just start over. It wasn't so easy with relapse. I will get back to the subject at hand and try to get close to my original document. In the begining you all told me that I am the most important person in the room. I think this might hav...

jonijoni · jonijoni

What kinds of meetings do you like best and why? All meetings, where one alcoholic can speak the "Language of the Heart" to another are a blessing. But some prefer, or are especially blessed by, certain types of meetings. Mine right now are Big Book Studies. It is the first time that these t...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Alcoholics who are living in a blind alley refuse to be really honest with themselves or with other people. They're running away from life and won't face things as they are. They won't give up their resentments. They're too sensitive and too easily hurt. They refuse to try to...

Doll · Doll

GETTING INVOLVED There is action and more action. "Faith without works is dead." . . . To be helpful is our only aim. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , pp. 88-89 I understand that service is a vital part of recovery but I often wonder, "What can I do?" Simply start with what I have today! I loo...

thgiLduB · thgiLduB

I was a huge bourbon and coke drinker. Now when I go to drink a glass of coke, I swear I can still taste the bourbon. Mind tricks or do I need to get a new dishwasher?

Quetzal · Quetzal

One of the greatest gifts we can give is an open, loving heart. And holding on to negative feelings from past relationships is our greatest barrier to that gift. Most of us have had relationships that have ended. When we examine these relationships, we need to clear the emotional slate. Are we holdi...

Quetzal · Quetzal

It is easy to be negative about past mistakes and unhappiness. But it is much more healing to look at ourselves and our past in the light of experience, acceptance, and growth. Our past is a series of lessons that advance us to higher levels of living and loving. The relationships we entered, stayed i...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Well, I am down with the flu. I just got over pneumonia 2 months ago. Ack! But this time, it isn't because I was running around all hours of the night doing stupid things. I caught this one from my husband. :o) Anyway, I am so grateful, that while I cannot POSSIBLY get out to a meeting this weekend, that MI...

lani · lani

Just had to share because I truly didnt think I would make it this far!!!! FINALLY, have the big ole 90 days!!! Truly could not have done it without my HP, AA and of course my MIP friends that have saved my ass a million times over! Sometimes without even knowing it! Realize I have a LONG road to tow but am def...

jonijoni · jonijoni

Gratitude Should Go Forward "Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward. "In other words, if you carry the message to still others, you will be making the best possible repayment for the help given to you." <<<>>> No satisfaction has been deeper and no j...

Doll · Doll

She had about 8 months in I think, showed up and shared that she'd been drunk for 3 days, had snorted an 8 ball of cocaine and her 'wakeup' was when some guy offered her the crack pipe. She bitched, moaned, cried and screamed. Everyone sat quietly and listened for a moment. Then people started to share the...

rudd · rudd

I don't know how to deal with this. I've been sober about 1 1/2 months. I finally "had enuff" and joined AA, my drinking had been causing problems in my life and in my marriage for several years. I feel good about my recovery, I feel much better about myself overall. When I had enuff afte...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Fun becomes fun, love becomes love, and life becomes worth living. And we become grateful. -- Beyond Codependency There is a new energy, a new feeling coming into our life. We cannot base our expectations about how we will feel tomorrow, or even a few hours from now, on how we feel at this moment. Th...

learning · learning

As most of you are aware I'm sort of the interloper of the group in that I've never developed or had a problem with alcohol consumption. I started out here to learn from the alcoholic's point of view. You have all graciously accepted that and taught me alot. I've read about interventions. I'm curious...

Simple · Simple

I have been a little on and off with posting on the forum, but reading everyone's messages have really helped me in the past few months. When I first found the site I had just moved to a new city, got married, and was newly pregnant. Well, now I have my five-week-old baby on my lap as I type this, and it's he...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Alcoholics are people whose drinking got them into a "blind alley." They haven't been able to learn anything from their drinking experiences. They are always making the same mistakes and suffering the same consequences over and over again. They refuse to admit...

Doll · Doll

HAVING FUN YET? . . . we aren't a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldn't want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying life. We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the world's troubles on our shoulders. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 13...

LINDA · LINDA

I have just found out my son is useing coke and gabling every bit of money he has is there anything i can do to help him. Or should i let go with love and ask god to help us both ,please can any-one help me and tell me what i should do thanks Linda xxxxxxxx

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	Hey all (Preview) Just thought I'd drop a line, to say I'm still here and sober. Things are doing as well as can be expected, taking slow. Son is now back up in this area and looking into going back to school, and showing signs of doing the walk the walk thing instead of the talk the talk. We"ll see how things go, in Mar...	Tina	1	332	Jan 30, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 30th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ A drinking life isn't a happy life. Drinking cuts you off from other people and from God. One of the worst things about drinking is the loneliness. And one of the best things about A.A. is the fellowship. Drinking cuts you off from other people, at least from the people who reall...	Sobrietyspell	0	303	Jan 30, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Uniqueness (Preview) Everyone has his own fingerprints. The white light streams down to be broken up by those human prisms into all the colors of the rainbow. Take your own color in the pattern and be just that. -- Charles R. Brown We are often amazed at how different members of the same family seem to be. Contrasts are ofte...	Quetzal	0	316	Jan 30, 2008 by Quetzal
	FREEDOM FROM . . . FREEDOM TO - Daily Reflections - 1/30 (Preview) FREEDOM FROM . . . FREEDOM TO We are going to know a new freedom. . . . ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 83 Freedom for me is both freedom from and freedom to. The first freedom I enjoy is freedom from the slavery of alcohol. What a relief! Then I begin to experience freedom from fear - fear of people, of economic ins...	Doll	1	308	Jan 30, 2008 by lani
	AA Prayer (Preview) Lord: In the past several hours I have not hurt any one. I have not drank. I have peacefully coexisted with life. For that I am gratefull. But I'm about to get out of bed now and I'm really going to need your help.	StPeteDean	6	893	Jan 29, 2008 by Phil
	HELP ME understand (Preview) I have drank for 22 years. Today I am an alcoholic in recovery for 4 months. I am a single mother with only a part time job right now and have no health insurance or I would go to a doctor about this. I have been so tired since I quit drinking. I only work 5 hours a day and when I get home I just want to sleep. I...	Kittie	12	712	Jan 29, 2008 by lani
	Going to Meetings (Preview) I am still amazed, after years of recovering, at how easily I can begin to talk myself out of attending meetings. I am also still amazed at how good I feel when I go. -- Anonymous We don't have to stay stuck in our misery and discomfort. An immediate option is available that will help us feel better: go to...	Quetzal	1	343	Jan 29, 2008 by lostmdboy
	THE JOY OF SHARING - Daily Reflections - 1/29 (Preview) THE JOY OF SHARING Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you. to have a host of friends - this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it. Frequent contact with newcomers and...	Doll	0	327	Jan 29, 2008 by Doll
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 29th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ What a load wasting money puts on your shoulders! They say that members of A.A. have paid the highest initiation fee of any club members in the world, because we've wasted so much money on liquor. We'll never be able to figure out how much it was. We not only wasted our own money, b...	Sobrietyspell	1	394	Jan 29, 2008 by StPeteDean
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 28th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ What a load hangovers put on your shoulders! What terrible physical punishment we've all been through. The pounding headaches and jumpy nerves, the shakes and the jitters, the hot and cold sweats! When you come into A.A. and stop drinking, that terrible load of hangovers fa...	Sobrietyspell	0	601	Jan 28, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	THE TREASURE OF THE PAST - Daily Reflections - 1/29 (Preview) THE TREASURE OF THE PAST Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now. Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have -- the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and m...	Doll	0	262	Jan 28, 2008 by Doll
	Staying in the Present Moment (Preview) Often, one of our biggest questions is "What's going to happen?" We may ask this about our relationships, our career, our recovery, and our life. It is easy to tangle us up in worrisome thoughts. Worrying about what's going to happen blocks us from functioning effectively today. It kee...	Quetzal	0	353	Jan 28, 2008 by Quetzal
	Sponsor? (Preview) Hi folks, new to this board, seems there is a lot of great info here. I'm a 48 yr old guy who's just completed a 28 day treatment program for my alcohol addiction. I am pumped, full of great info and desire (pink cloud) and am in the process of going to meetings etc. One of the things I must do is get a sponsor. I...	eastcoastscott	7	335	Jan 27, 2008 by matay
	Today's Alanon Meeting (Preview) I attended a Sat morn Alanon mtg. The reading was about adversity. It spoke to many of us. One member shared that she had a dilemma. Another member quoted the Big Book hmm I don't know what page. She said to stop and pause and adjust your attitude. She also said that she was told that to get in the way of some...	nmike	3	459	Jan 27, 2008 by Tuggboat
	Welcome back Dean-- (Preview) Well, as tradition has it ((mine), I'd like to welcome back our fine friend Deano....Know he probably hasnt gotten back from his ski trip yet but just a quick hello and welcome back! Hope all your limbs are still intact!!!! (and, no messed up thumbs! Mine still bother me!!) We missed ya!!!!! Lani	lani	2	573	Jan 27, 2008 by Phil
	Needing People (Preview) We can find the balance between needing people too much and not letting ourselves need anyone at all. Many of us have unmet dependency needs lingering from the past. While we want others to fulfill our desire to be loved unconditionally, we may have chosen people who cannot, or will not, be there for...	Quetzal	0	265	Jan 27, 2008 by Quetzal
	Off The Hook (Preview) We can learn not to get hooked into unhealthy, self-defeating behaviors in relationships - behaviors such as caretaking, controlling, discounting ourselves, and believing lies. We can learn to watch for and identify hooks, and choose not to allow ourselves to be hooked. Often, people do thi...	Quetzal	4	302	Jan 27, 2008 by Tuggboat
	Free Stuff (Preview) I love these Joe and Charlie tapes. They are free and download-able from this site. I copied them onto my mp3 player to listen to at night in bed. I listened to the " there is a solution" ones last night (chapter 2, P. 17 in BB)......mindblowing stuff. http://silkworth.net/freestuff.ht...	eastcoastscott	4	3314	Jan 26, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 26th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ As we became alcoholics, the bad effects of drinking came more and more to outweigh the good effects. But the strange part of it is that, no matter what drinking did to us, loss of our health, our jobs, our money, and our homes, we still stuck to it and depended on it. Our dependenc...	Sobrietyspell	0	305	Jan 26, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Favorite Drink? (Preview) Jack D - no coke for me. What about you guys?	HBN	13	680	Jan 26, 2008 by StPeteDean
	I'm dying inside, but I'm sober. Need some feedback please. (Preview) This a pretty long and complicated story, but I will try to keep it simple. The purpose of me posting this here is to get some feedback that's not just regurgitated AA cliches'. I would really like to hear some true, honest experience, strength and hope on this. Me and my girlfriend met about 2 years ag...	Mister Acceptance	14	920	Jan 26, 2008 by LINDA
	Thanks (Preview) Hi everyone, I just wnted to thank all of you for ES&H. I don't know how to reply so I just started a new topic. It means a lot to know that people are truely interested in my recovery when we may be miles apart. It is also nice to know that JoniJoni had said that I might have said that she needed to hea...	zeke	3	1022	Jan 26, 2008 by lani
	Daily Reflections - RIGOROUS HONESTY - 1-26 (Preview) Daily Reflections RIGOROUS HONESTY Who wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? Who cares anything about a Higher Power, let alone meditation and prayer? Who wants to sacrifice time and energy in trying to carry A.A....	Doll	1	1821	Jan 26, 2008 by lani
	Bill W. passed away on January 24, 1971 (Preview) THE WASHINGTON POST© Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1971 Known to Thousands as Bill W. Alcoholics Anonymous Founder Dies By Donald E. Graham Washington Post Staff Writer Scores of thousands of people learned for the first time the name of the man who helped them recover from alcoholism when William Griffith W...	Phil	4	1902	Jan 25, 2008 by Tuggboat
	WHAT WE NEED - EACH OTHER - Daily Reflections - 1/25 (Preview) WHAT WE NEED - EACH OTHER . . . . A.A. is really saying to every serious drinker, "You are an A.A. member if you say so . . . nobody can keep you out." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 139 For years, whenever I reflected on Tradition Three ("The only requirement for A.A. membership is...	Doll	2	333	Jan 25, 2008 by lani
	Expectations (Preview) In order to arrive at possessing everything, desire to possess nothing. - St. John of the Cross Expectations can cause havoc in our daily living. We all have a basic right to be treated with dignity and respect, but that doesn't mean life will always go our way. The twists and turns of life often carry...	Quetzal	3	6523	Jan 25, 2008 by lani
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 25th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We used to depend on drinking for a lot of things. We depended on drinking to help us enjoy things. It gave us a "kick". It broke down our shyness and helped us to have a "good time". We depended on drinking to help us when we felt low physically. If we had a too...	Sobrietyspell	1	336	Jan 25, 2008 by lani
	Maybe I'm jumpin the gun but... (Preview) I put in my application for school down here... for June Semester... maybe I'm getting ahead of myself, and I really don't know if I'll be ready to start school then, but I think it helps me some to have that done and say I'm starting then, God willing... and if it doesn't work I can keep putting it off to t...	ChicknLittle	7	413	Jan 25, 2008 by Quetzal
	Importance of sleep (Preview) Hi all For a long time I have realised I do not sleep like other people. I have noticed many effects, some powerful and some subtle, that alcohol has on my sleep. I am looking for somewhere I can discuss this. I am only interested in discussing it with other people who know what it is to be a habitual heavy dr...	vinrouge	11	522	Jan 25, 2008 by lani
	Newby (Preview) Hi. I have been looking for an online something to write and post my feelings on. I came across this board last night after a google search and decided to give it a try. I registered and here I am. I am a 38 year old male. I have been married for 10 years and have 3 kids. Their ages range from 11 to 8 year...	Lee	16	410	Jan 24, 2008 by Lee
	A long Introduction. (Preview) Hi folks, I'd like to introudce myself, my name's Bruce, and I'm a recovered alcoholic. How it was. I'm long winded, especially today, after finding this place, and I'm writing this part last. Just like an alcoholic, huh, can't do things in order. My parents were divorced when I was 6. My mother remarr...	matay	12	434	Jan 24, 2008 by Lee
	AA Founder's Day 2008 (Preview) This is the official site, and it will be updated regularly as more information becomes available. http://www.akronaa.org/foundersday/	jonijoni	0	319	Jan 24, 2008 by jonijoni
	It' not all about me! (Preview) I just lost about 60 words because I hit the tab button. Thank God I can just start over. It wasn't so easy with relapse. I will get back to the subject at hand and try to get close to my original document. In the begining you all told me that I am the most important person in the room. I think this might hav...	zeke	4	309	Jan 24, 2008 by jonijoni
	~~Types of Meetings?~~ (Preview) What kinds of meetings do you like best and why? All meetings, where one alcoholic can speak the "Language of the Heart" to another are a blessing. But some prefer, or are especially blessed by, certain types of meetings. Mine right now are Big Book Studies. It is the first time that these t...	jonijoni	6	1178	Jan 24, 2008 by lani
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 24th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Alcoholics who are living in a blind alley refuse to be really honest with themselves or with other people. They're running away from life and won't face things as they are. They won't give up their resentments. They're too sensitive and too easily hurt. They refuse to try to...	Sobrietyspell	0	356	Jan 24, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	GETTING INVOLVED - Daily Reflections 1/24 (Preview) GETTING INVOLVED There is action and more action. "Faith without works is dead." . . . To be helpful is our only aim. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , pp. 88-89 I understand that service is a vital part of recovery but I often wonder, "What can I do?" Simply start with what I have today! I loo...	Doll	1	292	Jan 24, 2008 by jonijoni
	Funny Thing I've Noticed (Preview) I was a huge bourbon and coke drinker. Now when I go to drink a glass of coke, I swear I can still taste the bourbon. Mind tricks or do I need to get a new dishwasher?	thgiLduB	9	492	Jan 24, 2008 by lostmdboy
	Clearing the Slate (Preview) One of the greatest gifts we can give is an open, loving heart. And holding on to negative feelings from past relationships is our greatest barrier to that gift. Most of us have had relationships that have ended. When we examine these relationships, we need to clear the emotional slate. Are we holdi...	Quetzal	1	353	Jan 24, 2008 by lostmdboy
	Appreciating Our Past (Preview) It is easy to be negative about past mistakes and unhappiness. But it is much more healing to look at ourselves and our past in the light of experience, acceptance, and growth. Our past is a series of lessons that advance us to higher levels of living and loving. The relationships we entered, stayed i...	Quetzal	1	425	Jan 24, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	ACK~FLU~ but grateful..... (Preview) Well, I am down with the flu. I just got over pneumonia 2 months ago. Ack! But this time, it isn't because I was running around all hours of the night doing stupid things. I caught this one from my husband. :o) Anyway, I am so grateful, that while I cannot POSSIBLY get out to a meeting this weekend, that MI...	jonijoni	9	397	Jan 24, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	90 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Preview) Just had to share because I truly didnt think I would make it this far!!!! FINALLY, have the big ole 90 days!!! Truly could not have done it without my HP, AA and of course my MIP friends that have saved my ass a million times over! Sometimes without even knowing it! Realize I have a LONG road to tow but am def...	lani	13	2744	Jan 23, 2008 by Tuggboat
	Gratitude Should Go Forward ~As Bill Sees It~ (Preview) *Gratitude Should Go Forward* "Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward. "In other words, if you carry the message to still others, you will be making the best possible repayment for the help given to you." <<<>>> No satisfaction has been deeper and no j...	jonijoni	0	298	Jan 23, 2008 by jonijoni
	HG's Noon F2F Ringer (Preview) She had about 8 months in I think, showed up and shared that she'd been drunk for 3 days, had snorted an 8 ball of cocaine and her 'wakeup' was when some guy offered her the crack pipe. She bitched, moaned, cried and screamed. Everyone sat quietly and listened for a moment. Then people started to share the...	Doll	6	678	Jan 23, 2008 by jonijoni
	Anonymity and spouses (Preview) I don't know how to deal with this. I've been sober about 1 1/2 months. I finally "had enuff" and joined AA, my drinking had been causing problems in my life and in my marriage for several years. I feel good about my recovery, I feel much better about myself overall. When I had enuff afte...	rudd	14	507	Jan 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	New Energy Coming (Preview) Fun becomes fun, love becomes love, and life becomes worth living. And we become grateful. -- Beyond Codependency There is a new energy, a new feeling coming into our life. We cannot base our expectations about how we will feel tomorrow, or even a few hours from now, on how we feel at this moment. Th...	Quetzal	3	464	Jan 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Interventions (Preview) As most of you are aware I'm sort of the interloper of the group in that I've never developed or had a problem with alcohol consumption. I started out here to learn from the alcoholic's point of view. You have all graciously accepted that and taught me alot. I've read about interventions. I'm curious...	learning	6	352	Jan 23, 2008 by matay
	New Baby...and stir crazy! (Preview) I have been a little on and off with posting on the forum, but reading everyone's messages have really helped me in the past few months. When I first found the site I had just moved to a new city, got married, and was newly pregnant. Well, now I have my five-week-old baby on my lap as I type this, and it's he...	Simple	5	602	Jan 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 23rd January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Alcoholics are people whose drinking got them into a "blind alley." They haven't been able to learn anything from their drinking experiences. They are always making the same mistakes and suffering the same consequences over and over again. They refuse to admit...	Sobrietyspell	0	261	Jan 23, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	HAVING FUN YET? - Daily Reflections 1/23 (Preview) HAVING FUN YET? . . . we aren't a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldn't want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying life. We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the world's troubles on our shoulders. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 13...	Doll	0	304	Jan 23, 2008 by Doll
	my son is on coke (Preview) I have just found out my son is useing coke and gabling every bit of money he has is there anything i can do to help him. Or should i let go with love and ask god to help us both ,please can any-one help me and tell me what i should do thanks Linda xxxxxxxx	LINDA	11	608	Jan 23, 2008 by zeke
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