Alcoholics Anonymous

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...

lani · lani

Hiya all! Met my new friend from "the program" for dinner then to the AA variety show. What a great night! The show was hilarious and lots of great talent of all sorts! Its a 3 nite thing and it was packed tonight. Im actually lucky that where I live there's a million things to do with your AA bud...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Wait until the time is right. It is self-defeating to postpone or procrastinate; it is also self-defeating to act too soon, before the time is right. Sometimes, we panic and take action out of fear. Sometimes, we take untimely action for revenge or because we want to punish someone. We act or speak t...

lani · lani

"Im glad you are going to try that new job. But make sure that you are only going to "try. If you approach the project in the attitude that 'I must suceed, I must not fail, I cannot fail,' then you practically guarantee the flop which in turn will guarantee a drinking relapse. But if you look at t...

Doll · Doll

MORNING THOUGHTS Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 164 For many years I pondered over God's will for me, believing that perhaps a great destiny had been ordained for my life. After all, having been born into a specific fait...

JoeB · JoeB

I recently was asked to speak for my home group. To share my experience, Strength and Hope. The talk was recorded so I figured hey why not share it online with others in Recovery. Here is the link http://jbhosting.com/joebellspeakermeeting/ Joe B. Sobriety Date: 20 May 1991 -- Edited by JoeB at 18:15...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When I think of all who have gone before me, I realize that I am only one, not very important, person. What happens to me is not so important after all. And A.A. has taught me to be more outgoing, to seek friendship by going at least half way, to have a sincere desire to help. I have mo...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

Hey y'all, it probably sounds like I've been on a rollercoaster ride lately.... doing ok, then doing bad, then doing ok again.... lol I'm at my mom's now, she and my little brother came and picked me up this morning. Starting yesterday I'd switched my pain pill to every 8 hours instead of 12 hours,...

Doll · Doll

SELF-ACCEPTANCE We know that God lovingly watches over us. We know that when we turn to Him, all will be well with us, here and hereafter. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105 I pray for the willingness to remember that I am a child of God, a divine soul in human form, and that my most basic and urgent...

Phil · Phil

To laugh, is to risk playing the fool. To weep, is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another, is to risk involvement. To expose feelings, is to risk exposing our true selves. To put your ideas, your dreams, before the crowd is to risk loss. To love, is to risk not being loved in return. To live...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Being present is an expression of love. When someone we care about is in distress, we may not know what to say. We'd like to make the hurt go away and set everything right, but we feel awkward and powerless. Sometimes the greatest gift we can give each other is our presence, our attention. As we recov...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I am less self-centered. The world used to revolve around me at the center. I cared more about myself, my own needs and desires, my own pleasure, my own way, than I did about the whole rest of the world. What happened to me was more important than anything else I could think of. I wa...

Phil · Phil

Codependency is: at it's core, a dysfunctional relationship with self. We do not know how to Love our self in healthy ways because our parents did not know how to Love themselves. We were raised in shame-based societies that taught us that there is something wrong with being human. The messages w...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

I can't deal with this... I've been doing ok till today I just can't take it anymore. The pain pills wear off after about 6 hours, the muscle relaxer 2 hours after that sometimes help, but it hasn't today, and I still have an hour and a half till I can take another pain pill. I took one a little early last n...

Doll · Doll

A SENSE OF BELONGING Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105 That's what it is -- belonging! After a session of meditation I knew that the feeling I was experiencing was a sense of belonging becau...

Quetzal · Quetzal

He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery! -- Anne Frank Someone once said happiness is like a butterfly: if we chase it, we'll never find it. But if we sit quietly, it will come and land on us. Faith and courage are the same. All we have to do is sit quietly and ask for these gifts from God. In...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have learned to be less negative and more positive. I used to take a negative view of almost everything. Most people, in my estimation, were bluffing. There seemed to be very little good in the world, but lots of hypocrisy and sham. People could not be trusted. They would &quo...

Doll · Doll

STEPPING INTO THE SUNLIGHT But first of all we shall want sunlight; nothing much can grow in the dark. Meditation is our step out into the sun. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 10 Sometimes I think I don't have time for prayer and meditation, forgetting that I always found the time to drink. It is possible to make time f...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Many of us have worked too hard to make relationships work; sometimes those relationships didn't have a chance because the other person was unavailable or refused to participate. To compensate for the other person's unavailability, we worked too hard. We may have done all or most of the work. Thi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have lost much of my inferiority complex. I was always trying to escape from life. I did not want to face reality. I was full of self-pity. I was constantly sorry for myself. I tried to avoid all responsibilities. I did not feel that I could handle the responsibilities of my fam...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thankyou all for being here with me & sharing your stories. I want to give back some gratitude because I'm so happy through contentment. I haven't done my first straight run through the Steps as yet but I am certainly working the rudiments of what I'm learning in recovery on a daily basis. I'm partw...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

I asked the woman I've been talking to, if she would sponsor me... and also asked her about doing my 5th step. She said since I'll be at my mom's all next week, we'll plan to do it as soon as I get back, and she said if I feel that I want to redo it later that would be fine too... she started telling me about st...

lani · lani

Well guess what!!! I am finally going back to work!!! Just got offered a position at a great hospital!!! I start Monday!!! Thank you God! I was sooo stressed this morning and my husband thought I had been drinking!!! He said I was acting weird! (THE NERVE>>>HAHA) Dont blame him but the beauty...

Doll · Doll

AN INDIVIDUAL ADVENTURE Meditation is something which can always be further developed. It has no boundaries, either of width or height. Aided by such instruction and example as we can find, it is essentially an individual adventure, something which each one of us works out in his own way. TWELVE STE...

Quetzal · Quetzal

This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou 'canst not then be false to any man. -- William Shakespeare To thine own self be true. A grounding statement for those of us who get caught up in the storm of needs and feelings of others. Listen to the self. What do w...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

I know some people would probably tell me not to even worry about this right now, not till I get better.... but I'm still wanting to get my 5th step done, had finally "finished" my 4th step a couple of weeks ago... I'd been trying to reach a priest near here that listens to a lot of 5th steps, ce...

BatonRougian · BatonRougian

Hello forum, Ive been lurking but I thought I might get some insight, experience, advice, whatever... Im 11.5 years sober and for most of that time I have struggled with having a relationship with a Higher Power. Every now and then I feel like God is concerned with me personally but most of the time I jus...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have lost my resentments. I have found that getting even with people doesn't do any good.When we try to get revenge, instead of making us feel better, it leaves us frustrated and cheated. Instead of punishing our enemies, we've only hurt our own peace of mind. It does not pay t...

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	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	287	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	1318	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	3269	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	1721	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	576	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	325	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	454	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	363	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	342	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	369	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	2464	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	1374	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	9050	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	449	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	331	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	252	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	312	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	329	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	452	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	280	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	312	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	512	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	319	Nov 12, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Fun, Fun!! (Preview) Hiya all! Met my new friend from "the program" for dinner then to the AA variety show. What a great night! The show was hilarious and lots of great talent of all sorts! Its a 3 nite thing and it was packed tonight. Im actually lucky that where I live there's a million things to do with your AA bud...	lani	2	380	Nov 12, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Timing (Preview) Wait until the time is right. It is self-defeating to postpone or procrastinate; it is also self-defeating to act too soon, before the time is right. Sometimes, we panic and take action out of fear. Sometimes, we take untimely action for revenge or because we want to punish someone. We act or speak t...	Quetzal	1	310	Nov 12, 2007 by lani
	As Bill see's it... (Preview) "Im glad you are going to try that new job. But make sure that you are only going to "try. If you approach the project in the attitude that 'I must suceed, I must not fail, I cannot fail,' then you practically guarantee the flop which in turn will guarantee a drinking relapse. But if you look at t...	lani	0	290	Nov 12, 2007 by lani
	Daily Reflections 11/12 (Preview) MORNING THOUGHTS Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 164 For many years I pondered over God's will for me, believing that perhaps a great destiny had been ordained for my life. After all, having been born into a specific fait...	Doll	0	292	Nov 12, 2007 by Doll
	My Story - Joe B. - Audio download link included AA Speaker Audio my story (Preview) I recently was asked to speak for my home group. To share my experience, Strength and Hope. The talk was recorded so I figured hey why not share it online with others in Recovery. Here is the link http://jbhosting.com/joebellspeakermeeting/ Joe B. Sobriety Date: 20 May 1991 -- Edited by JoeB at 18:15...	JoeB	3	7867	Nov 11, 2007 by learning
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 11th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When I think of all who have gone before me, I realize that I am only one, not very important, person. What happens to me is not so important after all. And A.A. has taught me to be more outgoing, to seek friendship by going at least half way, to have a sincere desire to help. I have mo...	Sobrietyspell	0	331	Nov 11, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Feeling so much better :) (Preview) Hey y'all, it probably sounds like I've been on a rollercoaster ride lately.... doing ok, then doing bad, then doing ok again.... lol I'm at my mom's now, she and my little brother came and picked me up this morning. Starting yesterday I'd switched my pain pill to every 8 hours instead of 12 hours,...	ChicknLittle	2	348	Nov 11, 2007 by ChicknLittle
	Daily Reflections 11/11 (Preview) SELF-ACCEPTANCE We know that God lovingly watches over us. We know that when we turn to Him, all will be well with us, here and hereafter. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105 I pray for the willingness to remember that I am a child of God, a divine soul in human form, and that my most basic and urgent...	Doll	0	421	Nov 11, 2007 by Doll
	RISK (Preview) To laugh, is to risk playing the fool. To weep, is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another, is to risk involvement. To expose feelings, is to risk exposing our true selves. To put your ideas, your dreams, before the crowd is to risk loss. To love, is to risk not being loved in return. To live...	Phil	2	356	Nov 11, 2007 by Quetzal
	Being Present (Preview) Being present is an expression of love. When someone we care about is in distress, we may not know what to say. We'd like to make the hurt go away and set everything right, but we feel awkward and powerless. Sometimes the greatest gift we can give each other is our presence, our attention. As we recov...	Quetzal	0	341	Nov 11, 2007 by Quetzal
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 10th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I am less self-centered. The world used to revolve around me at the center. I cared more about myself, my own needs and desires, my own pleasure, my own way, than I did about the whole rest of the world. What happened to me was more important than anything else I could think of. I wa...	Sobrietyspell	0	397	Nov 10, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Codependency (Preview) Codependency is: at it's core, a dysfunctional relationship with self. We do not know how to Love our self in healthy ways because our parents did not know how to Love themselves. We were raised in shame-based societies that taught us that there is something wrong with being human. The messages w...	Phil	4	606	Nov 10, 2007 by StPeteDean
	can't handle this (Preview) I can't deal with this... I've been doing ok till today I just can't take it anymore. The pain pills wear off after about 6 hours, the muscle relaxer 2 hours after that sometimes help, but it hasn't today, and I still have an hour and a half till I can take another pain pill. I took one a little early last n...	ChicknLittle	5	549	Nov 10, 2007 by StPeteDean
	Daily Reflections 11/10 (Preview) A SENSE OF BELONGING Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105 That's what it is -- belonging! After a session of meditation I knew that the feeling I was experiencing was a sense of belonging becau...	Doll	0	285	Nov 10, 2007 by Doll
	Faith and Courage (Preview) He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery! -- Anne Frank Someone once said happiness is like a butterfly: if we chase it, we'll never find it. But if we sit quietly, it will come and land on us. Faith and courage are the same. All we have to do is sit quietly and ask for these gifts from God. In...	Quetzal	1	333	Nov 10, 2007 by Phil
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 9th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have learned to be less negative and more positive. I used to take a negative view of almost everything. Most people, in my estimation, were bluffing. There seemed to be very little good in the world, but lots of hypocrisy and sham. People could not be trusted. They would &quo...	Sobrietyspell	0	391	Nov 9, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections 11/9 (Preview) STEPPING INTO THE SUNLIGHT But first of all we shall want sunlight; nothing much can grow in the dark. Meditation is our step out into the sun. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 10 Sometimes I think I don't have time for prayer and meditation, forgetting that I always found the time to drink. It is possible to make time f...	Doll	1	375	Nov 9, 2007 by TenderheartsKS
	Accepting Love (Preview) Many of us have worked too hard to make relationships work; sometimes those relationships didn't have a chance because the other person was unavailable or refused to participate. To compensate for the other person's unavailability, we worked too hard. We may have done all or most of the work. Thi...	Quetzal	1	360	Nov 9, 2007 by Doll
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 8th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have lost much of my inferiority complex. I was always trying to escape from life. I did not want to face reality. I was full of self-pity. I was constantly sorry for myself. I tried to avoid all responsibilities. I did not feel that I could handle the responsibilities of my fam...	Sobrietyspell	0	376	Nov 8, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	What AA has done for me.. (Preview) Thankyou all for being here with me & sharing your stories. I want to give back some gratitude because I'm so happy through contentment. I haven't done my first straight run through the Steps as yet but I am certainly working the rudiments of what I'm learning in recovery on a daily basis. I'm partw...	Sobrietyspell	4	874	Nov 8, 2007 by Phil
	Got a sponsor... tryin to stay involved... tryin to hang in here (Preview) I asked the woman I've been talking to, if she would sponsor me... and also asked her about doing my 5th step. She said since I'll be at my mom's all next week, we'll plan to do it as soon as I get back, and she said if I feel that I want to redo it later that would be fine too... she started telling me about st...	ChicknLittle	0	447	Nov 8, 2007 by ChicknLittle
	HALLELUIA!!!!!! (Preview) Well guess what!!! I am finally going back to work!!! Just got offered a position at a great hospital!!! I start Monday!!! Thank you God! I was sooo stressed this morning and my husband thought I had been drinking!!! He said I was acting weird! (THE NERVE>>>HAHA) Dont blame him but the beauty...	lani	12	485	Nov 8, 2007 by lani
	Daily Reflections 11/8 (Preview) AN INDIVIDUAL ADVENTURE Meditation is something which can always be further developed. It has no boundaries, either of width or height. Aided by such instruction and example as we can find, it is essentially an individual adventure, something which each one of us works out in his own way. TWELVE STE...	Doll	0	315	Nov 8, 2007 by Doll
	True to Ourselves (Preview) This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou 'canst not then be false to any man. -- William Shakespeare To thine own self be true. A grounding statement for those of us who get caught up in the storm of needs and feelings of others. Listen to the self. What do w...	Quetzal	0	368	Nov 8, 2007 by Quetzal
	5th step? (Preview) I know some people would probably tell me not to even worry about this right now, not till I get better.... but I'm still wanting to get my 5th step done, had finally "finished" my 4th step a couple of weeks ago... I'd been trying to reach a priest near here that listens to a lot of 5th steps, ce...	ChicknLittle	6	1655	Nov 7, 2007 by StPeteDean
	Faithless (Preview) Hello forum, Ive been lurking but I thought I might get some insight, experience, advice, whatever... Im 11.5 years sober and for most of that time I have struggled with having a relationship with a Higher Power. Every now and then I feel like God is concerned with me personally but most of the time I jus...	BatonRougian	11	552	Nov 7, 2007 by BatonRougian
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 7th Nov 07 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I have lost my resentments. I have found that getting even with people doesn't do any good.When we try to get revenge, instead of making us feel better, it leaves us frustrated and cheated. Instead of punishing our enemies, we've only hurt our own peace of mind. It does not pay t...	Sobrietyspell	0	335	Nov 7, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
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