Alcoholics Anonymous

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

Hey gals and guys, you're getting a little vacation from me, literally. Going skiing with Mrs. Dean tomorrow, be back in 8 days. No internets there unless I can find a cyber coffee shop. I'll miss you. -- Edited by StPeteDean at 20:31, 2008-01-17

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The new life can't be built in a day. We have to take the program slowly, a little at a time. Our subconscious minds have to be reeducated. We have to learn to think differently. We have to get used to sober thinking instead of alcoholic thinking. Anyone who tries it knows that the...

Doll · Doll

WOULD A DRINK HELP? By going back in our drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 23 When I was still drinking, I co...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Sometimes in life, things happen too fast. We barely solve one problem when two new problems surface. We're feeling great in the morning, but we're submerged in misery by nightfall. Every day we face interruptions, delays, changes, and challenges. We face personality conflicts and disappoint...

Sobrietyspell · Jan 18, 2008 by lani

For all my dear Sober~vibers.. I want to share with you this. I went right back when MIP was new@activeboard. I wanted a flavour of our heritage & came back with this from the archives. Only had a quick skip down those memoir lanes but enjoyed it thoroughly. Thanks to everyone for keeping on coming b...

LINDA · LINDA

Hi everyone i went to a meeting last night it was graet it always is for me. But i realise that i take everthing too seriouse my life just about evey one, And it has taken me 8 years to see this how mad is that . love Linda xxx

Birdman · Birdman

I have been sober 14 years - November 26, 1993. I have never relapsed with alchohal or drugs, but have found my way to other addictions. Sex, internet, gambling, pornography, ect. I have become very lazy in my recovery. I have not gone to a meeting in about 6 months - I simply leave my house as if I am going...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ It doesn't do much good to come to meetings only once in a while and sit around, hoping to get something out of the program. That's all right at first, but it won't help us very long. Sooner or later we have to get into action by coming to meetings regularly, by giving a personal wit...

Doll · Doll

HAPPINESS COMES QUIETLY "The trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us happiness and peace of mind in just the particular order we wanted to get it - by the alcohol route. And we weren't successful. But when we take time to find out some of the spiritual laws, and famil...

Doll · Doll

HITTING BOTTOM Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. For practicing A.A.'s remaining eleven Steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no alcoholic...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Prayer for the Day ~ The A.A. program is more a way of building a new new life than just a way of getting over drinking, because in A.A. we don't just stop drinking. We did that plenty of times in the old days when we "went on the wagon." And, of course, we always started to drink again, becaus...

ChicknLittle · ChicknLittle

I went in this mornin to get my adenoids out and tubes put in my ears... you'd think I'd be passed out right now, right? no... wide awake, even with the pain meds. but after my last surgery I was like this too, once the anesthesia wore off I was wide awake the rest of the day... weird huh? lol Oh well....

Quetzal · Quetzal

As a matter of fact, prayer is the only real action in the full sense of the word, because prayer is the only thing that changes one's character. A change in character, or a change in soul, is a real change. -- Emmet Fox, The Sermon on the Mount Erica Jong has said that we are spiritual beings who are human...

wagon · wagon

Today i have 3 yrs, by the grace of god i go. wagon

hjf · hjf

I've been sober since April 30, 2000. It's been almost 8 years. Wow. Sobriety has been really great for me. I got married 3 and a half years ago, have 2 kids, bought a house and a business, have a great job... Since I moved 2.5 years ago I haven't got to a meeting. Haven't read the Big Book. I haven't wa...

Symposium · Symposium

Hello. I'm an alcoholic currently working on controling my drinking. Basically just being a social drinker. Not getting drunk, but not quiting entirely. For the past week I have succeeded in this. I still feel that feeling, though. The voice that tells me to drink more and more and more. I resis...

4 members & 2 guests online · Sobrietyspell

4 members & 3 guests online at 1 time, hey! Glad tis yous. Wherever 2 or more are gathered.. Feels good. Hope you guys are good. Love you all loads. Gotta go! ;) Danielle xxxxxxx -- Edited by Sobrietyspell at 10:16, 2008-01-16

Phil · Phil

Step Ten: Building the spiritual basis for recovery each day The Twelve Step program of recovery from alcoholism and other addictions rests on a notion of spirituality that is not about having the "right" beliefs. Instead, it is about adopting daily practices that help people stay c...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The A.A. program is a way of life. It's a way of living and we have to learn to live the program if we're going to stay sober. The twelve steps in the book are like guide-posts. They point the direction in which we have to go. But all members of the group have to find their own best way t...

lani · lani

Hey all: Throwing this out for some suggestions: Our neighbors called and asked us to go out on friday to a mexican place with the other neighbors. There are four houses in a row and weve all partied together over the last 8-10 years. We really havent hung out with them for the last 6 mos or so as my husband a...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Anger is one of the many profound effects life has on us. It's one of our emotions. And we're going to feel it when it comes our way -- or else repress it. -- Codependent No More If I were working a good program, I wouldn't get angry.... If I were a good Christian, I wouldn't feel angry.... If I were really u...

Doll · Doll

AN UNSUSPECTED INNER RESOURCE With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 569-70 From my first days in A.A., as I struggled for sobri...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We learn some behaviors have self-defeating consequences, while others have beneficial consequences. We learn we have choices. -- Beyond Codependency It is so easy to come to the defense of others. How clear it is when others are being used, controlled, manipulated, or abused. It is so easy to fi...

concerned123 · concerned123

I am so grateful for all of you sharing your adivce and your own experiences with me. I am trying to understand my A's problem and to read your stories makes me truly understand that I can't "save" him but i can do my best to be there for him, that it isn't my fault and that i need to take care of mys...

"a members eye view of AA" · lani

Cool pamphlet my husband found has this to say, I rather like it... "I am personally convinced that the basic search of every human being, from the cradle to the grave, is to find at least one other human being before whom he can stand completely naked, stripped of all pretense or defense, and trus...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When we first came into A.A., a sober life seemed strange. We wondered what life could possibly be like without ever taking a drink. At first, a sober life seemed unnatural. But the longer we're in A.A., the more natural this way of life seems. And now we know that the life we're l...

Doll · Doll

NO REGRETS We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.83 Once I became sober, I began to see how wasteful my life had been and I experienced overwhelming guilt and feelings of regret. The program's Fourth and Fifth Steps assisted me enormously in healing those t...

Doll · Doll

I did my first 4th & 5th step last Saturday. As I posted before, I was exhausted for a few days afterwards, but then began to feel so much better...Now....Not feeling so good. I've started having very colorful, crazy dreams ! AND I've had 3 or 4 drinking dreams, too! I, again, am exhausted. Just don...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi everyone, I got back from my trip late last night and it is so good to be back home. But, it was a super break and my parents are looking well. I saw lots of my relatives and that was good and I spoke to so many more of them over the 'phone. On the second day there I told Mum that I was an alcoholic and attend...

LINDA · LINDA

Thnkyou all for all your love.I went to a meeting tonight it was nice seing old friends. Any way thats all from me today i need to put this foot up. Love and fellowship to you all xxxx

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When we were drinking, we were living an unnatural life physically & mentally. We were punishing our bodies by loading them with alcohol. We didn't eat enough and we ate the wrong things. We didn't get enough sleep or the right kind of rest. We were ruining ourselves physi...

Quetzal · Quetzal

When we talk about feelings in recovery, we often focus on the troublesome trio - pain, fear, and anger. But there are other feelings available in the emotional realm - happiness, joy, peace, contentment, love, closeness, and excitement. It's okay to let ourselves feel pleasurable feelings too...

Doll · Doll

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 The most common alcoholic fantasy seems to be: "If I just don't drink, everything will be all right."...

Doll · Doll

12 Signs of a Spiritual Awakening 1. An increased tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen. 2. Frequent attacks of smiling. 3. Feelings of being connected with others and nature. 4. Frequent overwhelming episodes of appreciation. 5. A tendency to think and act spontaneously rath...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The longer we're in A.A., the more natural this way of life seems. Our old drinking lives were a very unnatural way of living. Our present sober lives are the most natural way we could possibly live. During the early years of our drinking, our lives weren't so different from the...

paul86 · paul86

Hi again all, well i'm on day 2 and things are pretty tough. The desire to drink is on my mind all the time, but suprisingly enough I do notice a difference even between just the first 2 days of not having liquor in my body. I'm just wondering some of the strategies or things that some of you did to keep your mi...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The goal of recovery is balance - that precious middle ground. Many of us have gone from one extreme to another: years of taking care of everyone but ourselves, followed by a time of refusing to focus on anyone's needs but our own. We may have spent years refusing to identify, feel, and deal with our...

LINDA · LINDA

It seems to me i cant stop feeling this way i am at home at the moment sick with uclsers on my feet so i cant go to work' And i cant see them geting anybetter so thats why i feel like this. I know i am lucky because i am sober today thankgod but i cant help the way i feel anyone out there with any idears thanks Linda x...

John · John

Hi Everyone, I'm really feeling bad tonight. A sponsee of 7 years that I truly got to know, befriend and cherish died about 2 weeks ago, after a really short bout with cancer. He died clean and sober. He was a true friend in recovery. We worked steps together, did 12 Step calls together, went to AA and...

lani · lani

Well, its been a week + that our fine friend has left us! An early welcome home to you!!!!! You were sure missed by all, especially me!!!!!! Hope your trip was a good one! Cant wait to hear the details!!!! Lani

jonijoni · jonijoni

We Cannot Stand Still In the first days of AA, I wasn't much bothered about areas of my life in which I was standing still. There was always the alibi: "After all," I said to myself, "I'm far too busy with much more important matters." That was my near perfect prescription for com...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

I just thought I'd drop you all a line and tell you that I'm doing well. I hope you all had a great holiday and new year. I also wanted to ask you guys to vote for me on CKNW's Talk Idol. It will take literally 2 seconds and your vote could get me my own radio talk show on one of the most respected radio stations in...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

"There's a good trick that people in dysfunctional relationships use," said one recovering woman. "The other person does something inappropriate or wrong, then stands there until you feel guilty and end up apologizing." It's imperative that we stop feeling so guilty. Muc...

Hasan80 · Hasan80

Hi, I am planning to go to my first AA meeting this weekend, I just wanted to get an idea of peoples reactions to their first time at an AA meeting and also what occurred at their first meeting. Just kind of nervous about going. Also wanted to know if it is good to take someone with me the first time or not.(i'...

wantneeda · wantneeda

happy new year to you's may it be filled with good health, happiness and prosperity! I just wanted to say that i have not deserted you's, i spend majority of my time on the NA side of MIP. I do however, come here often to read your posts. Nice to see lots of new faces :) I recently celebrated my 1st birthday an...

lani · lani

Thought I would start a new thread on boundaries.... Im not quite sure what they are or what mine are. "The purpose of setting boundaries is to take care of our self. Being forced to learn how to set boundaries is a vital part of learning to own our self, of learning to respect ourselves, of learnin...

Tina · Tina

Just wanted to check in, and say all is going ok. Just been busy checking into some things is all hopefully all will go well this week. Hit a few bumps along the way, but managing to deal with them one thing at a time. At one point, I thought i was gonna explode which wasn't good. Managed to kick myself in th...

Doll · Doll

ACCEPTING OUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES Our very first problem is to accept our present circumstances as they are, ourselves as we are, and the people about us as they are. This is to adopt a realistic humility without which no genuine advance can even begin. Again and again, we shall need to return to tha...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When we were drinking most of us never thought of helping others. We liked to buy drinks for people, because that made us feel like big shots. But we only used others for our own pleasure. To really go out and try to help somebody who needed help never occurred to us. To us, helpi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When we were drinking, most of us had no real faith in anything. We may have said that we believed in God, but we didn't act as though we did. We never honestly asked God to help us and we never really accepted His help. To us, faith looked like helplessness. But when we came into A.A...

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	Going Away for awhile (Preview) Hey gals and guys, you're getting a little vacation from me, literally. Going skiing with Mrs. Dean tomorrow, be back in 8 days. No internets there unless I can find a cyber coffee shop. I'll miss you. -- Edited by StPeteDean at 20:31, 2008-01-17	StPeteDean	7	505	Jan 18, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 18th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The new life can't be built in a day. We have to take the program slowly, a little at a time. Our subconscious minds have to be reeducated. We have to learn to think differently. We have to get used to sober thinking instead of alcoholic thinking. Anyone who tries it knows that the...	Sobrietyspell	0	348	Jan 18, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	WOULD A DRINK HELP? Daily Reflections 1/18 (Preview) WOULD A DRINK HELP? By going back in our drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 23 When I was still drinking, I co...	Doll	0	367	Jan 18, 2008 by Doll
	Gratitude (Preview) Sometimes in life, things happen too fast. We barely solve one problem when two new problems surface. We're feeling great in the morning, but we're submerged in misery by nightfall. Every day we face interruptions, delays, changes, and challenges. We face personality conflicts and disappoint...	Quetzal	0	376	Jan 18, 2008 by Quetzal
	New thread re an old thread (Preview) For all my dear Sober~vibers.. I want to share with you this. I went right back when MIP was new@activeboard. I wanted a flavour of our heritage & came back with this from the archives. Only had a quick skip down those memoir lanes but enjoyed it thoroughly. Thanks to everyone for keeping on coming b...	Sobrietyspell	4	1260	Jan 18, 2008 by lani
	Being to seriouse (Preview) Hi everyone i went to a meeting last night it was graet it always is for me. But i realise that i take everthing too seriouse my life just about evey one, And it has taken me 8 years to see this how mad is that . love Linda xxx	LINDA	3	435	Jan 17, 2008 by LINDA
	Help!! (Preview) I have been sober 14 years - November 26, 1993. I have never relapsed with alchohal or drugs, but have found my way to other addictions. Sex, internet, gambling, pornography, ect. I have become very lazy in my recovery. I have not gone to a meeting in about 6 months - I simply leave my house as if I am going...	Birdman	10	741	Jan 17, 2008 by LINDA
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 17th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ It doesn't do much good to come to meetings only once in a while and sit around, hoping to get something out of the program. That's all right at first, but it won't help us very long. Sooner or later we have to get into action by coming to meetings regularly, by giving a personal wit...	Sobrietyspell	0	398	Jan 17, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	HAPPINESS COMES QUIETLY - Daily Reflections 1/17 (Preview) HAPPINESS COMES QUIETLY "The trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us happiness and peace of mind in just the particular order we wanted to get it - by the alcohol route. And we weren't successful. But when we take time to find out some of the spiritual laws, and famil...	Doll	0	505	Jan 17, 2008 by Doll
	Hitting Bottom - Daily Reflections 1/16 (Preview) HITTING BOTTOM Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. For practicing A.A.'s remaining eleven Steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no alcoholic...	Doll	2	1770	Jan 16, 2008 by cooncatbob
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 16th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Prayer for the Day ~ The A.A. program is more a way of building a new new life than just a way of getting over drinking, because in A.A. we don't just stop drinking. We did that plenty of times in the old days when we "went on the wagon." And, of course, we always started to drink again, becaus...	Sobrietyspell	1	434	Jan 16, 2008 by lani
	Had surgery today... rambling lol (Preview) I went in this mornin to get my adenoids out and tubes put in my ears... you'd think I'd be passed out right now, right? no... wide awake, even with the pain meds. but after my last surgery I was like this too, once the anesthesia wore off I was wide awake the rest of the day... weird huh? lol Oh well....	ChicknLittle	5	717	Jan 16, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Prayer (Preview) As a matter of fact, prayer is the only real action in the full sense of the word, because prayer is the only thing that changes one's character. A change in character, or a change in soul, is a real change. -- Emmet Fox, The Sermon on the Mount Erica Jong has said that we are spiritual beings who are human...	Quetzal	0	497	Jan 16, 2008 by Quetzal
	not me! a hp!! (Preview) Today i have 3 yrs, by the grace of god i go. wagon	wagon	7	544	Jan 16, 2008 by Quetzal
	New Here - Please Help (Preview) I've been sober since April 30, 2000. It's been almost 8 years. Wow. Sobriety has been really great for me. I got married 3 and a half years ago, have 2 kids, bought a house and a business, have a great job... Since I moved 2.5 years ago I haven't got to a meeting. Haven't read the Big Book. I haven't wa...	hjf	7	611	Jan 15, 2008 by LINDA
	Do you think it's possible? (Preview) Hello. I'm an alcoholic currently working on controling my drinking. Basically just being a social drinker. Not getting drunk, but not quiting entirely. For the past week I have succeeded in this. I still feel that feeling, though. The voice that tells me to drink more and more and more. I resis...	Symposium	16	834	Jan 15, 2008 by Doll
	4 members & 2 guests online (Preview) 4 members & 3 guests online at 1 time, hey! Glad tis yous. Wherever 2 or more are gathered.. Feels good. Hope you guys are good. Love you all loads. Gotta go! ;) Danielle xxxxxxx -- Edited by Sobrietyspell at 10:16, 2008-01-16	Sobrietyspell	1	486	Jan 15, 2008 by Doll
	A Share From Hazelden (Preview) Step Ten: Building the spiritual basis for recovery each day The Twelve Step program of recovery from alcoholism and other addictions rests on a notion of spirituality that is not about having the "right" beliefs. Instead, it is about adopting daily practices that help people stay c...	Phil	3	581	Jan 15, 2008 by Doll
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 15th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The A.A. program is a way of life. It's a way of living and we have to learn to live the program if we're going to stay sober. The twelve steps in the book are like guide-posts. They point the direction in which we have to go. But all members of the group have to find their own best way t...	Sobrietyspell	1	447	Jan 15, 2008 by lani
	Got invited... (Preview) Hey all: Throwing this out for some suggestions: Our neighbors called and asked us to go out on friday to a mexican place with the other neighbors. There are four houses in a row and weve all partied together over the last 8-10 years. We really havent hung out with them for the last 6 mos or so as my husband a...	lani	8	526	Jan 15, 2008 by lani
	Accepting Anger (Preview) Anger is one of the many profound effects life has on us. It's one of our emotions. And we're going to feel it when it comes our way -- or else repress it. -- Codependent No More If I were working a good program, I wouldn't get angry.... If I were a good Christian, I wouldn't feel angry.... If I were really u...	Quetzal	13	827	Jan 15, 2008 by StPeteDean
	AN UNSUSPECTED INNER RESOURCE - Daily Reflections 1/15 (Preview) AN UNSUSPECTED INNER RESOURCE With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 569-70 From my first days in A.A., as I struggled for sobri...	Doll	0	479	Jan 15, 2008 by Doll
	Standing Up for Ourselves (Preview) We learn some behaviors have self-defeating consequences, while others have beneficial consequences. We learn we have choices. -- Beyond Codependency It is so easy to come to the defense of others. How clear it is when others are being used, controlled, manipulated, or abused. It is so easy to fi...	Quetzal	0	435	Jan 15, 2008 by Quetzal
	Thank you (Preview) I am so grateful for all of you sharing your adivce and your own experiences with me. I am trying to understand my A's problem and to read your stories makes me truly understand that I can't "save" him but i can do my best to be there for him, that it isn't my fault and that i need to take care of mys...	concerned123	3	481	Jan 14, 2008 by concerned123
	"a members eye view of AA" (Preview) Cool pamphlet my husband found has this to say, I rather like it... "I am personally convinced that the basic search of every human being, from the cradle to the grave, is to find at least one other human being before whom he can stand completely naked, stripped of all pretense or defense, and trus...	lani	4	2432	Jan 14, 2008 by lani
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 14th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When we first came into A.A., a sober life seemed strange. We wondered what life could possibly be like without ever taking a drink. At first, a sober life seemed unnatural. But the longer we're in A.A., the more natural this way of life seems. And now we know that the life we're l...	Sobrietyspell	0	411	Jan 14, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections 1/14 - NO REGRETS (Preview) NO REGRETS We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.83 Once I became sober, I began to see how wasteful my life had been and I experienced overwhelming guilt and feelings of regret. The program's Fourth and Fifth Steps assisted me enormously in healing those t...	Doll	0	906	Jan 14, 2008 by Doll
	Post 4th & 5th Steps... ES&H needed. (Preview) I did my first 4th & 5th step last Saturday. As I posted before, I was exhausted for a few days afterwards, but then began to feel so much better...Now....Not feeling so good. I've started having very colorful, crazy dreams ! AND I've had 3 or 4 drinking dreams, too! I, again, am exhausted. Just don...	Doll	10	1789	Jan 14, 2008 by Doll
	I'm Back & Have Good News!!! (Preview) Hi everyone, I got back from my trip late last night and it is so good to be back home. But, it was a super break and my parents are looking well. I saw lots of my relatives and that was good and I spoke to so many more of them over the 'phone. On the second day there I told Mum that I was an alcoholic and attend...	Quetzal	6	616	Jan 13, 2008 by FindingFreedom
	A thankfull alcoholic (Preview) Thnkyou all for all your love.I went to a meeting tonight it was nice seing old friends. Any way thats all from me today i need to put this foot up. Love and fellowship to you all xxxx	LINDA	3	418	Jan 13, 2008 by LINDA
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 13th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When we were drinking, we were living an unnatural life physically & mentally. We were punishing our bodies by loading them with alcohol. We didn't eat enough and we ate the wrong things. We didn't get enough sleep or the right kind of rest. We were ruining ourselves physi...	Sobrietyspell	0	421	Jan 13, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	Good Feelings (Preview) When we talk about feelings in recovery, we often focus on the troublesome trio - pain, fear, and anger. But there are other feelings available in the emotional realm - happiness, joy, peace, contentment, love, closeness, and excitement. It's okay to let ourselves feel pleasurable feelings too...	Quetzal	1	479	Jan 13, 2008 by jonijoni
	"It Doesn't Happen Overnight" Daily Reflections 1/13 (Preview) IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 The most common alcoholic fantasy seems to be: "If I just don't drink, everything will be all right."...	Doll	1	404	Jan 13, 2008 by lani
	12 Signs of a spriritual awakening (Preview) *12 Signs of a Spiritual Awakening* 1. An increased tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen. 2. Frequent attacks of smiling. 3. Feelings of being connected with others and nature. 4. Frequent overwhelming episodes of appreciation. 5. A tendency to think and act spontaneously rath...	Doll	2	414	Jan 13, 2008 by lostmdboy
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 12th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The longer we're in A.A., the more natural this way of life seems. Our old drinking lives were a very unnatural way of living. Our present sober lives are the most natural way we could possibly live. During the early years of our drinking, our lives weren't so different from the...	Sobrietyspell	1	418	Jan 12, 2008 by lani
	Keeping your mind off it. (Preview) Hi again all, well i'm on day 2 and things are pretty tough. The desire to drink is on my mind all the time, but suprisingly enough I do notice a difference even between just the first 2 days of not having liquor in my body. I'm just wondering some of the strategies or things that some of you did to keep your mi...	paul86	19	650	Jan 12, 2008 by rudd
	Finding Balance (Preview) The goal of recovery is balance - that precious middle ground. Many of us have gone from one extreme to another: years of taking care of everyone but ourselves, followed by a time of refusing to focus on anyone's needs but our own. We may have spent years refusing to identify, feel, and deal with our...	Quetzal	1	463	Jan 12, 2008 by jonijoni
	Being feed up with me Help (Preview) It seems to me i cant stop feeling this way i am at home at the moment sick with uclsers on my feet so i cant go to work' And i cant see them geting anybetter so thats why i feel like this. I know i am lucky because i am sober today thankgod but i cant help the way i feel anyone out there with any idears thanks Linda x...	LINDA	7	8083	Jan 12, 2008 by LINDA
	Sponsee of 7 years died, it hurts (Preview) Hi Everyone, I'm really feeling bad tonight. A sponsee of 7 years that I truly got to know, befriend and cherish died about 2 weeks ago, after a really short bout with cancer. He died clean and sober. He was a true friend in recovery. We worked steps together, did 12 Step calls together, went to AA and...	John	9	889	Jan 12, 2008 by Quetzal
	Where in the world is Quetzal (Preview) Well, its been a week + that our fine friend has left us! An early welcome home to you!!!!! You were sure missed by all, especially me!!!!!! Hope your trip was a good one! Cant wait to hear the details!!!! Lani	lani	4	523	Jan 12, 2008 by Quetzal
	~as Bill Sees It~ We Cannot Stand Still (Preview) *We Cannot Stand Still* In the first days of AA, I wasn't much bothered about areas of my life in which I was standing still. There was always the alibi: "After all," I said to myself, "I'm far too busy with much more important matters." That was my near perfect prescription for com...	jonijoni	0	351	Jan 12, 2008 by jonijoni
	Hey all! Here's a me update! (closed) (Preview) I just thought I'd drop you all a line and tell you that I'm doing well. I hope you all had a great holiday and new year. I also wanted to ask you guys to vote for me on CKNW's Talk Idol. It will take literally 2 seconds and your vote could get me my own radio talk show on one of the most respected radio stations in...	Tipsy McStagger	11	832	Jan 12, 2008 by Phil
	Letting Go of Guilt (Preview) "There's a good trick that people in dysfunctional relationships use," said one recovering woman. "The other person does something inappropriate or wrong, then stands there until you feel guilty and end up apologizing." It's imperative that we stop feeling so guilty. Muc...	Sobrietyspell	1	754	Jan 12, 2008 by jonijoni
	First time AA meeting experiences (Preview) Hi, I am planning to go to my first AA meeting this weekend, I just wanted to get an idea of peoples reactions to their first time at an AA meeting and also what occurred at their first meeting. Just kind of nervous about going. Also wanted to know if it is good to take someone with me the first time or not.(i'...	Hasan80	6	1336	Jan 12, 2008 by LINDA
	hello! (Preview) happy new year to you's may it be filled with good health, happiness and prosperity! I just wanted to say that i have not deserted you's, i spend majority of my time on the NA side of MIP. I do however, come here often to read your posts. Nice to see lots of new faces :) I recently celebrated my 1st birthday an...	wantneeda	7	651	Jan 12, 2008 by lostmdboy
	Boundaries (Preview) Thought I would start a new thread on boundaries.... Im not quite sure what they are or what mine are. "The purpose of setting boundaries is to take care of our self. Being forced to learn how to set boundaries is a vital part of learning to own our self, of learning to respect ourselves, of learnin...	lani	3	2197	Jan 12, 2008 by lani
	Just me (Preview) Just wanted to check in, and say all is going ok. Just been busy checking into some things is all hopefully all will go well this week. Hit a few bumps along the way, but managing to deal with them one thing at a time. At one point, I thought i was gonna explode which wasn't good. Managed to kick myself in th...	Tina	3	417	Jan 12, 2008 by Doll
	Daily Reflections 1/12 (Preview) ACCEPTING OUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES Our very first problem is to accept our present circumstances as they are, ourselves as we are, and the people about us as they are. This is to adopt a realistic humility without which no genuine advance can even begin. Again and again, we shall need to return to tha...	Doll	0	370	Jan 12, 2008 by Doll
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 11th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When we were drinking most of us never thought of helping others. We liked to buy drinks for people, because that made us feel like big shots. But we only used others for our own pleasure. To really go out and try to help somebody who needed help never occurred to us. To us, helpi...	Sobrietyspell	0	568	Jan 11, 2008 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hrs a Day ~ 9th January 2008 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When we were drinking, most of us had no real faith in anything. We may have said that we believed in God, but we didn't act as though we did. We never honestly asked God to help us and we never really accepted His help. To us, faith looked like helplessness. But when we came into A.A...	Sobrietyspell	3	491	Jan 11, 2008 by lani
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