Alcoholics Anonymous

wantneeda · wantneeda

.... hello family with a great big hug my nieces's daddy died this week, he would have been 42 this year. he was drunk...and home alone...we believe he had an asthma attack..they say that an asthma attack can go into cardiac arrest. my niece is 19 years old and has been named beneficiery. All decisions r...

Phil · Phil

We see so many people in meetings, and out on the streets, still stumbling around with the program, hurting, whining and crying, still all covered up with the Great 3 S's of our disease, Self-pity, Self-righteousness, and Self-Bullshit, and wondering why they can't get "IT" . . . In every...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Having boundaries doesn't complicate life; boundaries simplify life. -- Beyond Codependency There is a positive aspect to boundary setting. We learn to listen to ourselves and identify what hurt us and what we don't like. But we also learn to identify what feels good. When we are willing to take som...

twintots · twintots

i want to quit. i quit for a year and went back. then i quit for about 7 months and went back. i want and need to quit for good. also, i feel ashamed that my twin sons have seen me drink at inappropriate times and places. please help.

Wren · Wren

June 14, 2007 Demolishing Angers Walls Resentment Anger, when channeled into the pursuit of change, can be a useful tool in our emotional palette. Anger is experienced by most people, some more than others. It is when anger has no outlet and morphs into resentment that it carries with it the potenti...

Quetzal · Quetzal

I can change only myself, but sometimes that is enough. -- Ruth Humlecker Happiness is more fleeting for some of us than for others. We may ponder this notion but fail to grasp the reason. However, careful attention to how "the happy ones" go through life will enlighten us. We will note how s...

Doll · Doll

MAKING A. A. YOUR HIGHER POWER ". . . . . You can . . . make A. A. itself your 'higher power.' Here's a very large group of people who have solved their alcohol problem. . . . .many members . . . . have crossed the threshold just this way. . . . .their faith broadened and deepened. . . . transformed, they cam...

Doll · Doll

WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGH It is a design for living that works in rough going. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 15 When I came to A.A., I realized that A.A. worked wonderfully to help keep me sober. But could it work on real life problems, not concerned with drinking? I had my doubts. After being sober for more th...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

In A.A. we have to learn that drink is our greatest enemy. Although we used to think that liquor was our friend, the time came when it turned against us and became our enemy. We don't know just when this happened, but we know that it did because we began to get into trouble-jails and hospitals. We realize n...

alligot · alligot

step 1-- accept the truth step 2 --have faith in the truth step 3 --commit to the truth step 4 -- examine the truth step 5-- share the truth step 6-- want the truth step 7 -- be the truth step 8 --find the truth step 9-- recover the truth step 10 -- be aware of the truth step 11 -- live the truth step 12 -- give the t...

Robert · Robert

(email from the seller of an item i won on ebay): Item: Korg Triton Rack - Excellent Condition - Extra RAM () This message was sent after the listing closed. "Your item is in the mail, sorry for the delay... I have an unusual request. There is a grey plastic bag attached to the outside of the box...

ally · ally

(((((((((((((((Guys)))))))))))))))) I read a post about Intamacy, and wow, It has given me some food for thought. For the last few years, I have not gone near sex..Because I never trusted anyone enough to let them close to me. Last year I started having sex, as you all know. And It was like learning...

Phil · Phil

Two distinct ways of feeling "bad" afflict every human being. How those afflictions work -- and how they can be healed -- find clearest expression in the lives of alcoholics and addicts. Neither experience is unique to the alcoholic, but each has a special place in the process of recovery...

Quetzal · Quetzal

"When the time is right, child." When the time is right. How often have we heard those words - from a friend, a sponsor, our Higher Power? We want things so badly - that job, that check, a relationship, a possession. We want our life to change. So we wait, sometimes patiently, sometimes anxio...

Robert · Robert

Howdy folks. I was assulted today, some person who I shall call THUG decided that it would be a good idea to throw (like a frisbie) a car hub cap at me. It shocked me as if my calculations are correct the hub cap travelling at say 20 and me at 50= a sore chest. The only snag was I was on my motorbike with no jacket...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ When we came into A.A., we made a tremendous discovery. We found that we were sick persons rather than moral lepers. We were not such odd ducks as we thought we were. We found other people who had the same illness that we had, who had been through the same experiences that we had been th...

Wren · Wren

When someone has hurt us, consciously or unconsciously, one of the most difficult things we have to face in resolving the situation is the act of forgiveness. Sometimes it feels like it's easier not to forgive and that the answer is to simply cut the person in question out of our lives. In some cases, en...

Wren · Wren

"I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change." -- Jim Rohn "Slowness to change usually means fear of the new." -- Philip Crosby Just as the tumultuous chaos of a thu...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Do we go about our daily work dutifully but joylessly? Have we settled for less in our jobs, homes, or relationships than we want? Have we substituted financial security or physical comfort for the freedom to pursue our heart's desires? Very few of us give ourselves the opportunities to explore our r...

Wren · Wren

Leading By Example We all know from experience that we cant change other people, yet most of us have a tendency to try. This is because we naturally feel the need to do something to change situations that we find troubling. It often doesnt occur to us that the best way to create change is not to try to convi...

Doll · Doll

LIVING OUR AMENDS "Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic. The entire family is to some extent, ill." ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 122 It is important for me to realize that, as an alcoholic, I not only hurt myself, but also those around me. Making ame...

LisaF · LisaF

Started off the day checking on my babies out in the barn... and I lost 2 turkeys... I left them loose in the barn last night, I really think something scared these 2, or at least one of them, he was between 2 cages with his wing stuck through the bars of one, spread out, and his head twisted around in the ot...

Doll · Doll

I've gotten some PM's and a couple emails asking if I'm OK, "you don't post the Daily Reflections anymore" - Just wanted you all to know it's due to this site. I usually posted the DR from work on my break, but over the last month or so it takes forever to sign on, start a new topic etc.......It's...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We want to travel baggage-free on this journey. It makes the trip easier. Some of the baggage we can let go of is lingering feelings and unfinished business with past relationships: anger, resentments, feelings of victimization, hurt, or longing. If we have not put closure on a relationship, if we c...

frederico · frederico

Hello. This is my first post here. I found this site after being fortunate enough to hear from 5 members of AA last week. I was pulled over in January and received my first DUI. I have been attending a drunk driver program to get my license back. It was suspended for 90 days. One of the guys said something th...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Practice being spontaneous. Practice having fun. The joy of recovery is that we finally get to experiment. We get to learn new behaviors, and we don't have to do them perfectly. We only need to find a way that works for us. We even have fun experimenting, learning what we like, and how to do what we like. M...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Sometimes I like a little emotional feedback for mental (& perhaps ego stimulation). I've been allowing my stories & attitude to unfold in response to other people's posts & not starting very many of my own at all. Is it a faux pas to share of yourself in reply to another's post & then e...

timverton · timverton

That didn't sound right. No, I didn't fail at 9 months, thirty days...It's just that I was so busy today I didn't realize it until I came here a few minutes ago. Cool! Life is good. And in the last post from Quetzal about the Five freedoms, Thinktank had mentioned something about the ability to reali...

Doll · Doll

FORMING TRUE PARTNERSHIPS But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society at large that many of us have suffered the most. We have been especially stupid and stubborn about them. The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with an...

Phil · Phil

"When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation--some fact of my life--unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment."--Alcoholics Anonym...

nursedebbiepink · nursedebbiepink

hi all, a month ago, my A has deceided to get back into AA. (was very involved for 3 years then fell off the wagon for a while) since returning to AA he is so quiet. doesn't talk much. i am just wondering what he is going through. is this usual when someone stops drinking? thanks and have a good one........

Quetzal · Quetzal

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength. - A. J. Cronin There is always something to worry about. What if it rains tomorrow on the family picnic? What if the baby gets sick and we can't go? What if we can't find a shady spot for our lunch table? Will the water be too cold fo...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Only you can decide whether you want to give A.A. a trywhether you think it can help you. We who are in A.A. came because we finally gave up trying to control our drinking. We still hated to admit that we could never drink safely. Then we heard from other A.A. members that we were sick. (We thought so for yea...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Much as we would like, we cannot bring everyone with us on this journey called recovery. We are not being disloyal by allowing ourselves to move forward. We don't have to wait for those we love to decide to change as well. Sometimes we need to give ourselves permission to grow, even though the people we l...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the day ~ If we have had some moral, religious, or spiritual training, we're better prospects for A.A. When we reach the bottom, at this crucial moment when we're thoroughly licked, we turn instinctively to whatever decency is left in us. We call upon whatever reserves of morality an...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We finally came to the bottom. We did not have to be financially broke, although many of us were. But we were spiritually bankrupt. We had a soul-sickness, a revulsion against ourselves and against our way of living. Life had become impossible for us. We had to end it all or do so...

LisaF · LisaF

The guineas eating... and a couple of turkeys Chicks Polish chicks Turkeys... Booger (standing up) and Jewel (lying down)... Booger follows me around everywhere lol and Jewel's still hurt, legs still taped together... not healing too well Bobbie Callie

John · John

Hello Family, This is actually Rose. I am need to know who is going to try to make it to North Carolina for the wedding. I know a few of you are and I am so grateful!!! I do have access to some hotel rooms but they are going fast. Please let me know asap Thanks and love you all Rose ImFree2004

Quetzal · Quetzal

Self care means taking responsibility for ourselves. Taking responsibility for ourselves includes assuming our true responsibilities to others. Sometimes, when we begin recovery, we're worn down from feeling responsible for so many other people. Learning that we need only take responsibili...

Phil · Phil

The Missing Piece: The Spiritual Malady by Mike L., West Orange, NJ "Carry THIS Message" Group, West Orange, NJ From "The Doctor's Opinion" to the end of "More About Alcoholism" the Big Book discusses the first part of Step 1, which states, "We admitted we wer...

miller2 · miller2

Something I was thinking about... Im like the guy that climbs the mountain looking for the guru that sits on top, to seek the meaning of life. The awnser to all of lifes questions... Seems I spent most my life searching for that great big awnser. True spirituality ... kinda, is knowing that I'll never kn...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Few situations - no matter how greatly they appear to demand it - can be bettered by us going berserk. -- Codependent No More Don't panic! If a swimmer was crossing a great lake, then suddenly focused too heavily on the distance remaining, he might start to flounder and go under - not because he couldn't...

LisaF · LisaF

Hey y'all... just thought I'd check in... been really busy since I got home from my trip... finally got around to calling my dad last night, he said he wondered when he was gonna hear from me, I'd been home for a week lol Kinda tryin to take it easy too... my back got worse about halfway through my trip...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The FREEDOM to see and hear what is here, instead of what should be, was, or will be. The FREEDOM to say what you feel and think, instead of what you should. The FREEDOM to feel what you feel, instead of what you ought. The FREEDOM to ask for what you want, instead of always waiting for permission. The FREED...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic. We always get worse, never better. We are never cured. Our alcoholism can only be arrested. No matter how long we have been sober, if we try liquor again, we're as bad or worse than we ever were. There is no exception to this rule in the whol...

cindy · cindy

here is one of mine, ( ive got lots) . i would like to hear some of yours. this one is about the time i was early in recovery. long enough to have made some good friends. i hit a very low spot, made a decision to get drunk, i however thought i should call my 2 friends to tell them so as to spare them hearing it throu...

Laura · Laura

Hi, It's been a while and I thought I'd just check in and let you all know that I'm still sober. I just read Lisa's post--Hi, Lisa--glad to see others checking in. I have been so crazy busy and I haven't been to any meetings over the past couple of weeks. I honestly, have little to no time with school coming...

ThinkTank · ThinkTank

Hey all, I'm Dave. I'm 30 and live in the Waukesha, WI area. I've gone back to school this last year at UW-Milwaukee. I'm extremely wet behind the ears with my 'once again' new found sobriety. I'm currently sitting at 48 hours...or is it better put 2x24hrs. In any case I came across this site and figured t...

Ironman · Ironman

Hello All: Well, I stood up in a Mens group (60+ guys) on Friday the 11th of May and revealed that while I had not had a drink in over 7 months.....I never stopped smoking pot. It was time to be true to myself, so I handed my chip to my sponsor, and revealed my new sobriety date of May 8, 2007. I'm just about 30 da...

Bryan39 · Bryan39

Hello I saw that Lisa and Laura had checked in so I thought I would as well. I'm 74 days sober just finished step 4 and I'm making friends and learning to lean not only on my sponsor but to some extent on all of my local fellowship. I'm making new friends, learning to love and learning to be loved again. F...

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	sad (Preview) .... hello family with a great big hug my nieces's daddy died this week, he would have been 42 this year. he was drunk...and home alone...we believe he had an asthma attack..they say that an asthma attack can go into cardiac arrest. my niece is 19 years old and has been named beneficiery. All decisions r...	wantneeda	7	920	Jun 16, 2007 by learning
	The Prescription (Preview) We see so many people in meetings, and out on the streets, still stumbling around with the program, hurting, whining and crying, still all covered up with the Great 3 S's of our disease, Self-pity, Self-righteousness, and Self-Bullshit, and wondering why they can't get "IT" . . . In every...	Phil	2	516	Jun 16, 2007 by learning
	Feeling Good (Preview) Having boundaries doesn't complicate life; boundaries simplify life. -- Beyond Codependency There is a positive aspect to boundary setting. We learn to listen to ourselves and identify what hurt us and what we don't like. But we also learn to identify what feels good. When we are willing to take som...	Quetzal	1	350	Jun 16, 2007 by cindy
	need encouragement (Preview) i want to quit. i quit for a year and went back. then i quit for about 7 months and went back. i want and need to quit for good. also, i feel ashamed that my twin sons have seen me drink at inappropriate times and places. please help.	twintots	5	503	Jun 15, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Demolishing Anger's Walls (Preview) June 14, 2007 Demolishing Angers Walls Resentment Anger, when channeled into the pursuit of change, can be a useful tool in our emotional palette. Anger is experienced by most people, some more than others. It is when anger has no outlet and morphs into resentment that it carries with it the potenti...	Wren	2	399	Jun 15, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Change (Preview) I can change only myself, but sometimes that is enough. -- Ruth Humlecker Happiness is more fleeting for some of us than for others. We may ponder this notion but fail to grasp the reason. However, careful attention to how "the happy ones" go through life will enlighten us. We will note how s...	Quetzal	0	400	Jun 15, 2007 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections June 15 (Preview) MAKING A. A. YOUR HIGHER POWER ". . . . . You can . . . make A. A. itself your 'higher power.' Here's a very large group of people who have solved their alcohol problem. . . . .many members . . . . have crossed the threshold just this way. . . . .their faith broadened and deepened. . . . transformed, they cam...	Doll	1	346	Jun 14, 2007 by Doll
	Daily Reflections June 14 (Preview) WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGH It is a design for living that works in rough going. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 15 When I came to A.A., I realized that A.A. worked wonderfully to help keep me sober. But could it work on real life problems, not concerned with drinking? I had my doubts. After being sober for more th...	Doll	1	427	Jun 14, 2007 by timverton
	June 14 - A.A. Thought for the Day (Preview) In A.A. we have to learn that drink is our greatest enemy. Although we used to think that liquor was our friend, the time came when it turned against us and became our enemy. We don't know just when this happened, but we know that it did because we began to get into trouble-jails and hospitals. We realize n...	Sobrietyspell	0	364	Jun 14, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Steps made simple (Preview) step 1-- accept the truth step 2 --have faith in the truth step 3 --commit to the truth step 4 -- examine the truth step 5-- share the truth step 6-- want the truth step 7 -- be the truth step 8 --find the truth step 9-- recover the truth step 10 -- be aware of the truth step 11 -- live the truth step 12 -- give the t...	alligot	2	403	Jun 14, 2007 by Phil
	does this sound dodgy to you guys? (Preview) (email from the seller of an item i won on ebay): Item: Korg Triton Rack - Excellent Condition - Extra RAM () This message was sent after the listing closed. "Your item is in the mail, sorry for the delay... I have an unusual request. There is a grey plastic bag attached to the outside of the box...	Robert	11	492	Jun 14, 2007 by Robert
	REMEMBERING SEX....LOL (Preview) (((((((((((((((Guys)))))))))))))))) I read a post about Intamacy, and wow, It has given me some food for thought. For the last few years, I have not gone near sex..Because I never trusted anyone enough to let them close to me. Last year I started having sex, as you all know. And It was like learning...	ally	8	606	Jun 14, 2007 by alligot
	Guilt and Shame (Preview) Two distinct ways of feeling "bad" afflict every human being. How those afflictions work -- and how they can be healed -- find clearest expression in the lives of alcoholics and addicts. Neither experience is unique to the alcoholic, but each has a special place in the process of recovery...	Phil	0	476	Jun 14, 2007 by Phil
	Letting Go Of Timing (Preview) "When the time is right, child." When the time is right. How often have we heard those words - from a friend, a sponsor, our Higher Power? We want things so badly - that job, that check, a relationship, a possession. We want our life to change. So we wait, sometimes patiently, sometimes anxio...	Quetzal	1	399	Jun 14, 2007 by alligot
	man im in pain (Preview) Howdy folks. I was assulted today, some person who I shall call THUG decided that it would be a good idea to throw (like a frisbie) a car hub cap at me. It shocked me as if my calculations are correct the hub cap travelling at say 20 and me at 50= a sore chest. The only snag was I was on my motorbike with no jacket...	Robert	8	422	Jun 14, 2007 by alligot
	24 Hours a Day ~ 12th June 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ When we came into A.A., we made a tremendous discovery. We found that we were sick persons rather than moral lepers. We were not such odd ducks as we thought we were. We found other people who had the same illness that we had, who had been through the same experiences that we had been th...	Sobrietyspell	5	365	Jun 13, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Empowered Perspective (Preview) When someone has hurt us, consciously or unconsciously, one of the most difficult things we have to face in resolving the situation is the act of forgiveness. Sometimes it feels like it's easier not to forgive and that the answer is to simply cut the person in question out of our lives. In some cases, en...	Wren	0	340	Jun 13, 2007 by Wren
	Change (Preview) "I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change." -- Jim Rohn "Slowness to change usually means fear of the new." -- Philip Crosby Just as the tumultuous chaos of a thu...	Wren	0	372	Jun 13, 2007 by Wren
	Depression and Despair (Preview) Do we go about our daily work dutifully but joylessly? Have we settled for less in our jobs, homes, or relationships than we want? Have we substituted financial security or physical comfort for the freedom to pursue our heart's desires? Very few of us give ourselves the opportunities to explore our r...	Quetzal	2	394	Jun 13, 2007 by alligot
	Owning the Roots~OM (Preview) Leading By Example We all know from experience that we cant change other people, yet most of us have a tendency to try. This is because we naturally feel the need to do something to change situations that we find troubling. It often doesnt occur to us that the best way to create change is not to try to convi...	Wren	3	385	Jun 13, 2007 by alligot
	Daily Reflections June 13 (Preview) LIVING OUR AMENDS "Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic. The entire family is to some extent, ill." ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 122 It is important for me to realize that, as an alcoholic, I not only hurt myself, but also those around me. Making ame...	Doll	1	383	Jun 13, 2007 by Quetzal
	rough day... not much serenity right now... (Preview) Started off the day checking on my babies out in the barn... and I lost 2 turkeys... I left them loose in the barn last night, I really think something scared these 2, or at least one of them, he was between 2 cages with his wing stuck through the bars of one, spread out, and his head twisted around in the ot...	LisaF	6	436	Jun 13, 2007 by Doll
	Website difficulties ??????? (Preview) I've gotten some PM's and a couple emails asking if I'm OK, "you don't post the Daily Reflections anymore" - Just wanted you all to know it's due to this site. I usually posted the DR from work on my break, but over the last month or so it takes forever to sign on, start a new topic etc.......It's...	Doll	9	384	Jun 13, 2007 by timverton
	Hanging on to Old Relationships (Preview) We want to travel baggage-free on this journey. It makes the trip easier. Some of the baggage we can let go of is lingering feelings and unfinished business with past relationships: anger, resentments, feelings of victimization, hurt, or longing. If we have not put closure on a relationship, if we c...	Quetzal	0	419	Jun 13, 2007 by Quetzal
	first timer (Preview) Hello. This is my first post here. I found this site after being fortunate enough to hear from 5 members of AA last week. I was pulled over in January and received my first DUI. I have been attending a drunk driver program to get my license back. It was suspended for 90 days. One of the guys said something th...	frederico	13	639	Jun 12, 2007 by miller2
	Spontaneity and Fun (Preview) Practice being spontaneous. Practice having fun. The joy of recovery is that we finally get to experiment. We get to learn new behaviors, and we don't have to do them perfectly. We only need to find a way that works for us. We even have fun experimenting, learning what we like, and how to do what we like. M...	Quetzal	2	402	Jun 12, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	I felt sorry for myself before (Preview) Sometimes I like a little emotional feedback for mental (& perhaps ego stimulation). I've been allowing my stories & attitude to unfold in response to other people's posts & not starting very many of my own at all. Is it a faux pas to share of yourself in reply to another's post & then e...	Sobrietyspell	13	515	Jun 12, 2007 by destinydreamer
	Ten Months WAS Today (Preview) That didn't sound right. No, I didn't fail at 9 months, thirty days...It's just that I was so busy today I didn't realize it until I came here a few minutes ago. Cool! Life is good. And in the last post from Quetzal about the Five freedoms, Thinktank had mentioned something about the ability to reali...	timverton	10	404	Jun 12, 2007 by cindy
	Daily Reflections June 12 (Preview) FORMING TRUE PARTNERSHIPS But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society at large that many of us have suffered the most. We have been especially stupid and stubborn about them. The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with an...	Doll	1	363	Jun 12, 2007 by timverton
	Just for today...and Keep on truckin!! (Preview) "When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation--some fact of my life--unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment."--Alcoholics Anonym...	Phil	0	353	Jun 11, 2007 by Phil
	depression when quitting drinking? (Preview) hi all, a month ago, my A has deceided to get back into AA. (was very involved for 3 years then fell off the wagon for a while) since returning to AA he is so quiet. doesn't talk much. i am just wondering what he is going through. is this usual when someone stops drinking? thanks and have a good one........	nursedebbiepink	9	458	Jun 11, 2007 by ThinkTank
	Worries (Preview) Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength. - A. J. Cronin There is always something to worry about. What if it rains tomorrow on the family picnic? What if the baby gets sick and we can't go? What if we can't find a shady spot for our lunch table? Will the water be too cold fo...	Quetzal	1	371	Jun 11, 2007 by timverton
	Is AA For You? (Preview) Only you can decide whether you want to give A.A. a trywhether you think it can help you. We who are in A.A. came because we finally gave up trying to control our drinking. We still hated to admit that we could never drink safely. Then we heard from other A.A. members that we were sick. (We thought so for yea...	Quetzal	0	475	Jun 11, 2007 by Quetzal
	Moving Forward (Preview) Much as we would like, we cannot bring everyone with us on this journey called recovery. We are not being disloyal by allowing ourselves to move forward. We don't have to wait for those we love to decide to change as well. Sometimes we need to give ourselves permission to grow, even though the people we l...	Quetzal	2	383	Jun 11, 2007 by cindy
	24 Hours a Day ~ 10th June 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the day ~ If we have had some moral, religious, or spiritual training, we're better prospects for A.A. When we reach the bottom, at this crucial moment when we're thoroughly licked, we turn instinctively to whatever decency is left in us. We call upon whatever reserves of morality an...	Sobrietyspell	0	349	Jun 10, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hours a Day ~ 9th June 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We finally came to the bottom. We did not have to be financially broke, although many of us were. But we were spiritually bankrupt. We had a soul-sickness, a revulsion against ourselves and against our way of living. Life had become impossible for us. We had to end it all or do so...	Sobrietyspell	1	409	Jun 10, 2007 by Wren
	Some pics of my babies... :) (Preview) The guineas eating... and a couple of turkeys Chicks Polish chicks Turkeys... Booger (standing up) and Jewel (lying down)... Booger follows me around everywhere lol and Jewel's still hurt, legs still taped together... not healing too well Bobbie Callie	LisaF	8	367	Jun 10, 2007 by Wren
	Wedding RSVP (Preview) Hello Family, This is actually Rose. I am need to know who is going to try to make it to North Carolina for the wedding. I know a few of you are and I am so grateful!!! I do have access to some hotel rooms but they are going fast. Please let me know asap Thanks and love you all Rose ImFree2004	John	1	389	Jun 10, 2007 by learning
	Responsibility (Preview) Self care means taking responsibility for ourselves. Taking responsibility for ourselves includes assuming our true responsibilities to others. Sometimes, when we begin recovery, we're worn down from feeling responsible for so many other people. Learning that we need only take responsibili...	Quetzal	1	346	Jun 10, 2007 by amanda2u2
	A LONG ONE (Preview) The Missing Piece: The Spiritual Malady by Mike L., West Orange, NJ "Carry THIS Message" Group, West Orange, NJ From "The Doctor's Opinion" to the end of "More About Alcoholism" the Big Book discusses the first part of Step 1, which states, "We admitted we wer...	Phil	1	1053	Jun 9, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	My take on spirituality (Preview) Something I was thinking about... Im like the guy that climbs the mountain looking for the guru that sits on top, to seek the meaning of life. The awnser to all of lifes questions... Seems I spent most my life searching for that great big awnser. True spirituality ... kinda, is knowing that I'll never kn...	miller2	2	399	Jun 9, 2007 by Wren
	Panic (Preview) Few situations - no matter how greatly they appear to demand it - can be bettered by us going berserk. -- Codependent No More Don't panic! If a swimmer was crossing a great lake, then suddenly focused too heavily on the distance remaining, he might start to flounder and go under - not because he couldn't...	Quetzal	0	361	Jun 9, 2007 by Quetzal
	hey everyone! (Preview) Hey y'all... just thought I'd check in... been really busy since I got home from my trip... finally got around to calling my dad last night, he said he wondered when he was gonna hear from me, I'd been home for a week lol Kinda tryin to take it easy too... my back got worse about halfway through my trip...	LisaF	8	488	Jun 8, 2007 by LisaF
	The Five Freedoms (Preview) The FREEDOM to see and hear what is here, instead of what should be, was, or will be. The FREEDOM to say what you feel and think, instead of what you should. The FREEDOM to feel what you feel, instead of what you ought. The FREEDOM to ask for what you want, instead of always waiting for permission. The FREED...	Quetzal	3	439	Jun 8, 2007 by ThinkTank
	24 Hours a Day ~ 8th June 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic. We always get worse, never better. We are never cured. Our alcoholism can only be arrested. No matter how long we have been sober, if we try liquor again, we're as bad or worse than we ever were. There is no exception to this rule in the whol...	Sobrietyspell	0	350	Jun 8, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	spiritual experiances (Preview) here is one of mine, ( ive got lots) . i would like to hear some of yours. this one is about the time i was early in recovery. long enough to have made some good friends. i hit a very low spot, made a decision to get drunk, i however thought i should call my 2 friends to tell them so as to spare them hearing it throu...	cindy	6	487	Jun 8, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Just Checking In (Preview) Hi, It's been a while and I thought I'd just check in and let you all know that I'm still sober. I just read Lisa's post--Hi, Lisa--glad to see others checking in. I have been so crazy busy and I haven't been to any meetings over the past couple of weeks. I honestly, have little to no time with school coming...	Laura	9	427	Jun 8, 2007 by Phil
	Intoduction... (Preview) Hey all, I'm Dave. I'm 30 and live in the Waukesha, WI area. I've gone back to school this last year at UW-Milwaukee. I'm extremely wet behind the ears with my 'once again' new found sobriety. I'm currently sitting at 48 hours...or is it better put 2x24hrs. In any case I came across this site and figured t...	ThinkTank	13	487	Jun 8, 2007 by Phil
	Gave up my 6 month chip......... (Preview) Hello All: Well, I stood up in a Mens group (60+ guys) on Friday the 11th of May and revealed that while I had not had a drink in over 7 months.....I never stopped smoking pot. It was time to be true to myself, so I handed my chip to my sponsor, and revealed my new sobriety date of May 8, 2007. I'm just about 30 da...	Ironman	11	639	Jun 8, 2007 by Phil
	Hey (Preview) Hello I saw that Lisa and Laura had checked in so I thought I would as well. I'm 74 days sober just finished step 4 and I'm making friends and learning to lean not only on my sponsor but to some extent on all of my local fellowship. I'm making new friends, learning to love and learning to be loved again. F...	Bryan39	6	402	Jun 8, 2007 by Phil
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