Alcoholics Anonymous

Doll · Doll

I made if off the couch...........2nd step, I made it into work, I'm not happy about it, but I'm here........ya'll pray my "punishment will fit the crime" and they won't want to give me the death penalty. My boss will be here in a hour. I'm soooooo nervous.........thanks for all the love and support......

CAM · CAM

I went to the local meeting here in my town. I like this one better but it's only twice a week so I go the other one in between that has two everyday. I found the earlier in the day, the better day I have. I still haven't shared. I can't the word "alcoholic" passed my lips. I stammer &...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

"School Days, School Days Dear old Golden Rule days Reading and writing and 'Rythmetic Talk to the tune of the Hickory Stick She was my Queen in calico, I was her bashful barefoot Beau And she wrote on my slate, "I love you Joe" When we were a couple of kids..." My grammy used to si...

Phil · Phil

It seems that everybody has a plan, a goal to which they give their heart and soul; they plot a course, do everything they can... and suddenly the keyword is control. I see how everybody hits a wall, from time to time it’s just what comes to be; no matter how they do it, they seem to fall... despite their p...

Wren · Wren

Owning Your Tendencies Understanding All Sides Whenever we examine our lives, we examine them from a particular side or angle. Most of us tend to favor one side over the others. For example, we may tend to look at things from an emotional perspective rather than a financial perspective, or we may pref...

jeannie · jeannie

' HAPPY FALL TO YOU' From one pumpkin to another!!!!!!! A woman was asked by a coworker, "What is it like to be a Christian?" The coworker replied, "It is like being a pumpkin." God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Then He cuts off the top a...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. -- Eden Phillpotts We hear others talk about how they got out of debt. We see people who have peace and serenity in their lives, who have healthy relationships and dream jobs. We realize that being debt-free me...

SheIsSober · SheIsSober

I just wanted to say that I'm still around and still sober, thanks to God and a great support system, including this board! I read, but don't have a lot of time, as I'm in therapy for an eating disorder right now. Take care and remember, if you don't take the first drink, you can't take the 2nd...

RyanS · RyanS

You know, you guys, life is one -helluva- lesson in life, aint it?

Wren · Wren

The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. -Anonymous Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. -Ann Landers If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. -Will Rogers There is no psychiat rist...

Phil · Phil

If you want to follow your dream? Go for it. But first? You hafta wake up.

kittn38 · kittn38

hello all: i don't want to get into much. but, i have alot on my plate. have for yrs. poor mom just had another seizure last night. along with congestive heart failure. im going to need time. u probably won't see me in here for awhile. i will keep u posted...

LisaF · LisaF

I decided I'm going back to school!!! I only went for less than a year, the year after I graduated high school, flunked out both semesters because my anxiety was so bad I'd hardly ever go to class. Well I think I'm ready for it now, my anxiety's getting a lot better, and they have so many classes online now t...

LisaF · LisaF

You know, I love how you can find AA online, I love this message board so much, and I have a couple of others with chat that I go to... one of them has been nothing but problems... I stay there because I tell myself those are just sick people... and because there are people there I love. But when I relapsed, th...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows. -- Henry David Thoreau What comes to mind when you think about time? Is it a quantity that you measure? Time is certainly how we measure our lives in hours, years, or decades. We kill it, we waste it, we pass it, and we sometimes savor it...

Doll · Doll

I called into work (again) today. I didn't go to work Friday, either. I have no sick days left, they were all used up when I had surgery over the summer, so I'll be written up. I called in BEFORE my boss gets in so I could just leave him a voice mail and not have to talk to him...This is the first day I've g...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Step One "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable." Who cares to admit complete defeat? Practically no one, of course. Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness. It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we hav...

LisaF · LisaF

I'm actually really wanting to go to meetings now, and get together with my sponsor to do stepwork and all that... I was supposed to meet with my sponsor yesterday, and also supposed to go to my mom's, I was actually considering meeting with my sponsor over going to my mom's, but then my sponsor wound up w...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

Prayer works. When all else has failed in my marital woes, I stop trying to control manipulate and change, and I start praying. I pray for God to heal the relationship, instead of "Make my husband do such and such". And the results are good, for today. Praying changes me. It keeps me centered on what is...

Doll · Doll

THE ACID TEST As we work the first nine Steps, we prepare ourselves for the adventure of a new life. But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weather or foul. Then comes the acid test: can we stay sober, keep in emotional balance, and live to...

Dolphin123 · Dolphin123

(((Hi all))), Can an alanon have too much program?

Ok this was weird and funny so I wanted to share it. And yes I know I am bonkers, lol just more proof of it. Last night I was dreaming. I was trying to find an oyster burried in a shrimp. (yes strange, but hey it's me). While I was hunting fo...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

Welp, it is in the 40's here now in Northeastern Ohio, rainy and dark as night all day long... and I have today come down with a sinus infection!! So glad it waited until my trip was over... school is next week!! UGH... I was just thinking of what a blessing sobriety is.. that when I am sick I can justify go...

Robert · Robert

I have reduced the dose yesterday from top whack to half dose, things are good but i just dont feel good, I cant get happy anymore, i feel like a living dead, when I was drinking I may as well been dead, I want to enjoy being sober, I am going to see the dr and see a way to come off altogether, he said to drop the do...

Phil · Phil

- By Dr. Al Infande Have you ever tried to control things in your life that you cannot control? The Serenity Prayer is a gift from God that teaches us how to separate those things in life that we can change, from those things that we cannot change. The Serenity Prayer goes like...

Elizabeth · Elizabeth

Hello, Has anyone heard of Sobrenity Ranch? Does anyone know anything about it? www.sobrenityranch.com

Quetzal · Quetzal

All human beings hold to the tools of their own destruction. -- Barbara Gordon, author of "I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can" [1979] People who live in the forests and mountains of India have an age-old method of catching monkeys. They do not run after the monkeys, and they do not use ropes. Rather they re...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Just wanted to drop in and send out a big HELLO! Met up with my sponsor Wednesday and went over my 8th step. He wants me to do some stuff with it, like breaking it up into columns like I did my 4th, with different headings. Okay! This whole making amends deal is kind of frightening! This is definitely on...

kittn38 · kittn38

hi friends: well hope u are my friends after i tell u this. im so bad. im so ashamed. i been feeling so down and sick and weird these last few days. feel better now. except only if for one thing. (please don't kill me.) i had one. just one rum. i know.....

kittn38 · kittn38

hello all: going to my second meeting tonight. probably a different group of people. i hate going alone. my bro in law is not coming tonight. he is busy. i allways been that way though. anything is better when u have someone to do it with or go with.&n...

Phil · Phil

My head says one thing My emotions says another I hide behind walls of denial Fear, doubt, what ifs Scared to cross bridges Whats on the other side? Some of those bridges I've tried to cross before But the storms turn me back Walking through those storms Is the only way To get to the other side Or o...

LisaF · LisaF

I don't feel quite so overwhelmed today... actually I pretty much feel at peace today. Maybe everything's starting to fall into place and sort itself out. I know once I start back on my workbook for counseling I'll get overwhelmed again, I always do... but for now I feel really good. I'm enjoying this p...

kittn38 · kittn38

hello all: there was alot of talk at the first meeting that i went to about the higher power. i was chatting with someone tonight. he told me online that he could never touch a drink. his higher power won't let him. i asked him to explain this. but, he was having a bad ni...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Acceptance When we have given our lives back to our Higher Power, we gradually learn to accept what happens to us as part of God's plan. Most of us made a mess of trying to run our own lives. We are amazed at how much better things go when we acknowledge that the Power greater than ourselves is i...

cindy · cindy

hi guys, sorry i havent been in touch, had some computer trouble and took a long time to get up and running again. really missed all of you, i love you guys!

LisaF · LisaF

I've been soooo overwhelmed lately... at first it was overwhelmed with tons of bad memories, things I'm trying to deal with now... it was a bad kind of being overwhelmed... and I just couldn't back off from it either, I couldn't just take a break... I was just diving in with my workbook I'm using and goin...

CAM · CAM

I see at the top of this page that there's supposed to be a meeting tonight online. It seems everytime I try it, the room is empty. Will there be one tonight? Christine

Phil · Phil

You mean theres two of us?? Well..Don't that beat all...eh... Im South of Owen Sound in Durham....Where you at?? If youre around Orillia..theres a one day Roundup there...on November 18th... Im thinkin of goig up... You in AA... Area 86? -------------- I just realized that youre a new...

Phil · Phil

Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change The Courage to change the things I cannot accept And the Wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they peeved me off And also help me to be careful of the toes I step on As they may be connected to the butt That...

CAM · CAM

I'm doing better. Went to a meeting yesterday & then saw a friend perform. It was at a bar but I didn't drink. I had non-alcoholic beer. I know some people of different views on this but it's what I did & I'm sooooo glad I did. Cheered me up to see some of the drunks...

freeatlast44 · freeatlast44

Hi Ya'll, I'm sorry I haven't been around. I've been moving and getting settled in. Selling stuff on eBay since ex isn't paying alimony. (He's appealed the divorce

) It's really been busy around here. My question is: Did any of you try...

Robert · Robert

I have noticed that when I am not entirly focussed on me, and focussed on helping others in either face to face 12 step or generally helping others less fortunate than me, I get a real sense of escape that I sought after all those years at the bottom of a bottle or a cardboard wine box in my case.

Quetzal · Quetzal

A new guy in town walks into a bar and reads a sign that hangs over the bar... FREE BEER! FREE BEER FOR THE PERSON WHO CAN PASS THE TEST! So the guy asks the bartender what the test is. Bartender replies "Well, first you have to drink that whole gallon of pepper tequila, the WHOLE thing at once and you can...

Pytbull · Pytbull

I borrowed a copy of the big book from my friend today.it was given to her by her mother who is an alcoholic.i am going to start to read it when i go to bed.i am not sure of what to expect but i hope i can get something out of it like everybody else seems to have.

LisaF · LisaF

I'm already feeling better after crashing earlier today. When I talked to my sponsor, she said that overwhelming need to cry is just emotions, and when you're getting sober your emotions are screwed up and you might just want to cry out of the blue for no reason. She said it happened to her a lot. So at lea...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Do we manage ourselves to the best of our ability? Some of us are in the program because the drinkers in our lives are out of control and we feel crazy. Others of us come to the program certain that we are managing our lives very well but hoping to learn how to better manage someone else. For some of us, t...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

That is the simplest term I can put my current marital challenge into. I like when the road gets narrower. Much simpler in spiritual terms. Now I finally know what it is I am supposed to work on. Joni

kittn38 · kittn38

hello all: i went to my first AA meeting last night. i was so inspired by it. i was so scared to go. i went with my bro in law. he introduced me to lots of the people. i really enjoyed listening to them. i don't feel so alone. well i should go.. have g...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

I thought maybe we could all share one AA slogan or two, with all the newcomers to this board. Let's keep it going, guys!! I'll go first. "One Day at a Time." To me, this means that I only have to stay sober for 24 hours. I may not be able to make a decision to go the rest of my life without a drink, but I kno...

Wren · Wren

"Ordinarily, everything we do is in our self-interest. Everything." -- Anthony de Mello "Remember, most of the things you think you need are ego trips designed to bolster your image and your perception of security.... You'll waste a lot of energy satisfying your ego only to find that, as soon as...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

I have come to find that I really don't know what to do with myself when I am hurting. Last night's 'talk' with the hubby ended on a decent note... and I was very very busy throughout the day.... But now he is going out to eat with the guys and didn't inform me til the last minute. Expectations... I Know....

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	First step (Preview) I made if off the couch...........2nd step, I made it into work, I'm not happy about it, but I'm here........ya'll pray my "punishment will fit the crime" and they won't want to give me the death penalty. My boss will be here in a hour. I'm soooooo nervous.........thanks for all the love and support......	Doll	7	559	Oct 3, 2006 by Doll
	Meeting in town (Preview) I went to the local meeting here in my town. I like this one better but it's only twice a week so I go the other one in between that has two everyday. I found the earlier in the day, the better day I have. I still haven't shared. I can't the word "alcoholic" passed my lips. I stammer &...	CAM	2	504	Oct 3, 2006 by Quetzal
	SKOOL DAYZ (Preview) "School Days, School Days Dear old Golden Rule days Reading and writing and 'Rythmetic Talk to the tune of the Hickory Stick She was my Queen in calico, I was her bashful barefoot Beau And she wrote on my slate, "I love you Joe" When we were a couple of kids..." My grammy used to si...	jonibaloni	2	550	Oct 3, 2006 by Quetzal
	Having Enough (Preview) It seems that everybody has a plan, a goal to which they give their heart and soul; they plot a course, do everything they can... and suddenly the keyword is control. I see how everybody hits a wall, from time to time it’s just what comes to be; no matter how they do it, they seem to fall... despite their p...	Phil	1	513	Oct 3, 2006 by CAM
	Owning our Tendencies~OM (Preview) Owning Your Tendencies Understanding All Sides Whenever we examine our lives, we examine them from a particular side or angle. Most of us tend to favor one side over the others. For example, we may tend to look at things from an emotional perspective rather than a financial perspective, or we may pref...	Wren	0	459	Oct 3, 2006 by Wren
	FALL (Preview) ' HAPPY FALL TO YOU' From one pumpkin to another!!!!!!! A woman was asked by a coworker, "What is it like to be a Christian?" The coworker replied, "It is like being a pumpkin." God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Then He cuts off the top a...	jeannie	1	583	Oct 3, 2006 by Phil
	The universe is full of magical things ... (Preview) The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. -- Eden Phillpotts We hear others talk about how they got out of debt. We see people who have peace and serenity in their lives, who have healthy relationships and dream jobs. We realize that being debt-free me...	Quetzal	1	552	Oct 3, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Hey all! (Preview) I just wanted to say that I'm still around and still sober, thanks to God and a great support system, including this board! I read, but don't have a lot of time, as I'm in therapy for an eating disorder right now. Take care and remember, if you don't take the first drink, you can't take the 2nd...	SheIsSober	4	509	Oct 3, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Life (Preview) You know, you guys, life is one -helluva- lesson in life, aint it?	RyanS	14	570	Oct 3, 2006 by jonibaloni
	A Human's Best Friend (Preview) The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. -Anonymous Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. -Ann Landers If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. -Will Rogers There is no psychiat rist...	Wren	9	684	Oct 3, 2006 by Phil
	Thought For The Night (Preview) If you want to follow your dream? Go for it. But first? You hafta wake up.	Phil	4	565	Oct 2, 2006 by RyanS
	Time... (Preview) hello all: i don't want to get into much. but, i have alot on my plate. have for yrs. poor mom just had another seizure last night. along with congestive heart failure. im going to need time. u probably won't see me in here for awhile. i will keep u posted...	kittn38	6	544	Oct 2, 2006 by freeatlast44
	Off Topic... Guess what?! (Preview) I decided I'm going back to school!!! I only went for less than a year, the year after I graduated high school, flunked out both semesters because my anxiety was so bad I'd hardly ever go to class. Well I think I'm ready for it now, my anxiety's getting a lot better, and they have so many classes online now t...	LisaF	3	549	Oct 2, 2006 by freeatlast44
	Time to just step back for a minute... (Preview) You know, I love how you can find AA online, I love this message board so much, and I have a couple of others with chat that I go to... one of them has been nothing but problems... I stay there because I tell myself those are just sick people... and because there are people there I love. But when I relapsed, th...	LisaF	4	585	Oct 2, 2006 by RyanS
	Emotional Time and Mental Time (Preview) Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows. -- Henry David Thoreau What comes to mind when you think about time? Is it a quantity that you measure? Time is certainly how we measure our lives in hours, years, or decades. We kill it, we waste it, we pass it, and we sometimes savor it...	Quetzal	4	546	Oct 2, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Life is kicking my butt (Preview) I called into work (again) today. I didn't go to work Friday, either. I have no sick days left, they were all used up when I had surgery over the summer, so I'll be written up. I called in BEFORE my boss gets in so I could just leave him a voice mail and not have to talk to him...This is the first day I've g...	Doll	8	594	Oct 2, 2006 by Phil
	Step One...... (Preview) Step One "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable." Who cares to admit complete defeat? Practically no one, of course. Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness. It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we hav...	Toni Baloney	2	619	Oct 2, 2006 by jonibaloni
	wanting to go to meetings (Preview) I'm actually really wanting to go to meetings now, and get together with my sponsor to do stepwork and all that... I was supposed to meet with my sponsor yesterday, and also supposed to go to my mom's, I was actually considering meeting with my sponsor over going to my mom's, but then my sponsor wound up w...	LisaF	4	508	Oct 2, 2006 by LisaF
	Update.... (Preview) Prayer works. When all else has failed in my marital woes, I stop trying to control manipulate and change, and I start praying. I pray for God to heal the relationship, instead of "Make my husband do such and such". And the results are good, for today. Praying changes me. It keeps me centered on what is...	jonibaloni	3	525	Oct 2, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Daily Reflections Oct 2 (Preview) THE ACID TEST As we work the first nine Steps, we prepare ourselves for the adventure of a new life. But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weather or foul. Then comes the acid test: can we stay sober, keep in emotional balance, and live to...	Doll	0	483	Oct 2, 2006 by Doll
	Too much program????? (Preview) (((Hi all))), Can an alanon have too much program? Ok this was weird and funny so I wanted to share it. And yes I know I am bonkers, lol just more proof of it. Last night I was dreaming. I was trying to find an oyster burried in a shrimp. (yes strange, but hey it's me). While I was hunting fo...	Dolphin123	13	718	Oct 1, 2006 by Dolphin123
	~~WHAM!!!!~~ (Preview) Welp, it is in the 40's here now in Northeastern Ohio, rainy and dark as night all day long... and I have today come down with a sinus infection!! So glad it waited until my trip was over... school is next week!! UGH... I was just thinking of what a blessing sobriety is.. that when I am sick I can justify go...	jonibaloni	15	588	Oct 1, 2006 by HDoggie
	antidepressants (Preview) I have reduced the dose yesterday from top whack to half dose, things are good but i just dont feel good, I cant get happy anymore, i feel like a living dead, when I was drinking I may as well been dead, I want to enjoy being sober, I am going to see the dr and see a way to come off altogether, he said to drop the do...	Robert	2	673	Oct 1, 2006 by cindy
	The Power Of The Serenity Prayer (Preview) - By Dr. Al Infande Have you ever tried to control things in your life that you cannot control? The Serenity Prayer is a gift from God that teaches us how to separate those things in life that we can change, from those things that we cannot change. The Serenity Prayer goes like...	Phil	4	578	Oct 1, 2006 by Wren
	Sobrenity Ranch (Preview) Hello, Has anyone heard of Sobrenity Ranch? Does anyone know anything about it? www.sobrenityranch.com	Elizabeth	1	763	Oct 1, 2006 by Phil
	Letting Go (Preview) All human beings hold to the tools of their own destruction. -- Barbara Gordon, author of "I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can" [1979] People who live in the forests and mountains of India have an age-old method of catching monkeys. They do not run after the monkeys, and they do not use ropes. Rather they re...	Quetzal	2	550	Oct 1, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Mornin' Family (Preview) Just wanted to drop in and send out a big HELLO! Met up with my sponsor Wednesday and went over my 8th step. He wants me to do some stuff with it, like breaking it up into columns like I did my 4th, with different headings. Okay! This whole making amends deal is kind of frightening! This is definitely on...	soberdrunk	5	638	Oct 1, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Last Longer Next Go... (Preview) hi friends: well hope u are my friends after i tell u this. im so bad. im so ashamed. i been feeling so down and sick and weird these last few days. feel better now. except only if for one thing. (please don't kill me.) i had one. just one rum. i know.....	kittn38	10	599	Oct 1, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Second Meeting... (Preview) hello all: going to my second meeting tonight. probably a different group of people. i hate going alone. my bro in law is not coming tonight. he is busy. i allways been that way though. anything is better when u have someone to do it with or go with.&n...	kittn38	7	542	Sep 30, 2006 by kittn38
	What Is Real (Preview) My head says one thing My emotions says another I hide behind walls of denial Fear, doubt, what ifs Scared to cross bridges Whats on the other side? Some of those bridges I've tried to cross before But the storms turn me back Walking through those storms Is the only way To get to the other side Or o...	Phil	6	534	Sep 30, 2006 by Phil
	maybe things are starting to fall into place... (Preview) I don't feel quite so overwhelmed today... actually I pretty much feel at peace today. Maybe everything's starting to fall into place and sort itself out. I know once I start back on my workbook for counseling I'll get overwhelmed again, I always do... but for now I feel really good. I'm enjoying this p...	LisaF	2	597	Sep 30, 2006 by kittn38
	Higher Power.. (Preview) hello all: there was alot of talk at the first meeting that i went to about the higher power. i was chatting with someone tonight. he told me online that he could never touch a drink. his higher power won't let him. i asked him to explain this. but, he was having a bad ni...	kittn38	6	596	Sep 30, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Acceptance (Preview) Acceptance When we have given our lives back to our Higher Power, we gradually learn to accept what happens to us as part of God's plan. Most of us made a mess of trying to run our own lives. We are amazed at how much better things go when we acknowledge that the Power greater than ourselves is i...	Quetzal	2	596	Sep 30, 2006 by jonibaloni
	apology (Preview) hi guys, sorry i havent been in touch, had some computer trouble and took a long time to get up and running again. really missed all of you, i love you guys!	cindy	3	826	Sep 30, 2006 by jonibaloni
	overwhelmed (Preview) I've been soooo overwhelmed lately... at first it was overwhelmed with tons of bad memories, things I'm trying to deal with now... it was a bad kind of being overwhelmed... and I just couldn't back off from it either, I couldn't just take a break... I was just diving in with my workbook I'm using and goin...	LisaF	7	1115	Sep 30, 2006 by LisaF
	Online Meetings? (Preview) I see at the top of this page that there's supposed to be a meeting tonight online. It seems everytime I try it, the room is empty. Will there be one tonight? Christine	CAM	2	638	Sep 30, 2006 by CAM
	Yo..Pytbull (Preview) You mean theres two of us?? Well..Don't that beat all...eh... Im South of Owen Sound in Durham....Where you at?? If youre around Orillia..theres a one day Roundup there...on November 18th... Im thinkin of goig up... You in AA... Area 86? -------------- I just realized that youre a new...	Phil	4	547	Sep 30, 2006 by Phil
	The "Other" Serenity Prayer (Preview) Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change The Courage to change the things I cannot accept And the Wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they peeved me off And also help me to be careful of the toes I step on As they may be connected to the butt That...	Phil	8	1145	Sep 30, 2006 by Quetzal
	thank you all - update (Preview) I'm doing better. Went to a meeting yesterday & then saw a friend perform. It was at a bar but I didn't drink. I had non-alcoholic beer. I know some people of different views on this but it's what I did & I'm sooooo glad I did. Cheered me up to see some of the drunks...	CAM	7	538	Sep 29, 2006 by CAM
	Wise to stop smoking this soon? (Preview) Hi Ya'll, I'm sorry I haven't been around. I've been moving and getting settled in. Selling stuff on eBay since ex isn't paying alimony. (He's appealed the divorce) It's really been busy around here. My question is: Did any of you try...	freeatlast44	7	575	Sep 29, 2006 by freeatlast44
	noticing (Preview) I have noticed that when I am not entirly focussed on me, and focussed on helping others in either face to face 12 step or generally helping others less fortunate than me, I get a real sense of escape that I sought after all those years at the bottom of a bottle or a cardboard wine box in my case.	Robert	9	675	Sep 29, 2006 by RyanS
	The Dangers Of Alcohol (Humour) (Preview) A new guy in town walks into a bar and reads a sign that hangs over the bar... FREE BEER! FREE BEER FOR THE PERSON WHO CAN PASS THE TEST! So the guy asks the bartender what the test is. Bartender replies "Well, first you have to drink that whole gallon of pepper tequila, the WHOLE thing at once and you can...	Quetzal	7	977	Sep 29, 2006 by Quetzal
	Got a Copy (Preview) I borrowed a copy of the big book from my friend today.it was given to her by her mother who is an alcoholic.i am going to start to read it when i go to bed.i am not sure of what to expect but i hope i can get something out of it like everybody else seems to have.	Pytbull	6	590	Sep 29, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	I'm changing.. a lot... and it's good :) (Preview) I'm already feeling better after crashing earlier today. When I talked to my sponsor, she said that overwhelming need to cry is just emotions, and when you're getting sober your emotions are screwed up and you might just want to cry out of the blue for no reason. She said it happened to her a lot. So at lea...	LisaF	4	522	Sep 29, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Do we manage ourselves to the best of our ability? (Preview) Do we manage ourselves to the best of our ability? Some of us are in the program because the drinkers in our lives are out of control and we feel crazy. Others of us come to the program certain that we are managing our lives very well but hoping to learn how to better manage someone else. For some of us, t...	Quetzal	1	613	Sep 29, 2006 by Phil
	Staying off someone else's WHIRL (Preview) That is the simplest term I can put my current marital challenge into. I like when the road gets narrower. Much simpler in spiritual terms. Now I finally know what it is I am supposed to work on. Joni	jonibaloni	5	589	Sep 29, 2006 by Phil
	First Meeting.. (Preview) hello all: i went to my first AA meeting last night. i was so inspired by it. i was so scared to go. i went with my bro in law. he introduced me to lots of the people. i really enjoyed listening to them. i don't feel so alone. well i should go.. have g...	kittn38	16	568	Sep 29, 2006 by Quetzal
	Slogans for the Newbies (Preview) I thought maybe we could all share one AA slogan or two, with all the newcomers to this board. Let's keep it going, guys!! I'll go first. "One Day at a Time." To me, this means that I only have to stay sober for 24 hours. I may not be able to make a decision to go the rest of my life without a drink, but I kno...	jonibaloni	5	640	Sep 29, 2006 by Quetzal
	Be Aware of Your Motives (Preview) "Ordinarily, everything we do is in our self-interest. Everything." -- Anthony de Mello "Remember, most of the things you think you need are ego trips designed to bolster your image and your perception of security.... You'll waste a lot of energy satisfying your ego only to find that, as soon as...	Wren	6	550	Sep 29, 2006 by Phil
	Hurting.... (Preview) I have come to find that I really don't know what to do with myself when I am hurting. Last night's 'talk' with the hubby ended on a decent note... and I was very very busy throughout the day.... But now he is going out to eat with the guys and didn't inform me til the last minute. Expectations... I Know....	jonibaloni	6	538	Sep 29, 2006 by jonibaloni
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