Alcoholics Anonymous

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ A.A. also helps us to hang onto sobriety. By having regular meetings so that we can associate with other alcoholics who have come through that same door in the wall, by encouraging us to tell the story of our own sad experiences with alcohol, and by showing us how to help other alcoho...

Doll · Doll

March 17, 2007 Daily Reflections MYSTERIOUS WAYS . . . out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "mov...

Doll · Doll

Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion's guest room. Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel...

Quetzal · Quetzal

You can think. You can feel. You can solve your problems. You can take care of yourself. Those words have often benefited me more than the most profound and elaborate advice. How easy it is to fall into the trap of doubting others and ourselves. When someone tells us about a problem, what is our reaction...

Tina · Tina

My son left this morning to toronto, please help me keep him in our prayers and hope for the best. I will feel assure when I know he got there safe, and feel comforted in knowing I did the right thing for his sake, he will get the help he needs. Thinks it's time for new beginnings in my relationship with...

LisaF · LisaF

Wow, went all day and didn't realize I've got 7 months until we went to a meeting tonight and they were asking who had birthdays lol my ex remembered before I did, he sent me an email congratulating me on it tonight... Up here you're s'posed to give a "speech" when it'...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ Before we decided to quit drinking, most of us have to come up against a blank wall. We see that we're licked, that we have to quit. But we don't know which way to turn for help. There seems to be no door in that blank wall. A.A. opens the door that leads to sobriety. By encouragi...

Tina · Tina

Um well This week has been pretty much for the shits, I'm at my wits end, son is going tomorrow weather he wants to or not. Yesterday was not a good day at all. He missed the bus yesterday and well turned in battle of the wits, deep down he wants to go and realizes that he needs to do something. His acti...

Doll · Doll

AS WE UNDERSTAND HIM My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea . . . "Why don't you choose your own conception of God?" That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I stood in the sunlight at last. It was on...

Quetzal · Quetzal

It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong. It takes practice to see what's right. Many of us have lived around negativity for years. We've become skilled at labeling what's wrong with other people, our life, our work, our day, our relationships, our conduct, our reco...

Phil · Phil

Gonna see if this works.... Its been long overdue... And some of you guys... Will see.... Who youre talkin to... A redneck from Cana..du..ehhhhh Have a good night.... -- Edited by Sick of being sick at 06:35, 2006-11-27

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ We alcoholics were on a merry-go-round, going round and round, and we couldn't get off. That merry-go-round is a kind of hell on earth. In A.A. I got off that merry-go-round by learning to stay sober. I pray to my Higher Power every morning to help me to keep sober. And I get the st...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Trust can be one of the most confusing concepts in recovery. Who do we trust? For what? The most important trust issue we face is learning to trust ourselves. The most detrimental thing that's happened to us is that we came to believe we couldn't trust ourselves. There will be some who tell us w...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Don't others see how much I'm hurting? Can't they see I need help? Don't they care? The issue is not whether others see or care. The issue is whether we see and care about ourselves. Often, when we are pointing a finger at others, waiting for them to have compassion for us, its because w...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

http://www.hbo.com/addiction/thefilm/index.html?current=5

Quetzal · Quetzal

Time has a wonderful way of erasing bad feelings and leaving us with good ones. Our memories are selective, and fortunately, the pleasant ones seem to have more staying power. Whatever has been real and meaningful for us tends to remain with us - the rest gradually fades away. We can assist this select...

Doll · Doll

THE GOD IDEA When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God. Our ideas did not work. But the God idea did. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 52 Like a blind man gradually being restored to sight, I slowly groped my way to the Thir...

Robert · Robert

I have been having a tough time this week. when I get upset enough it always leads towards the offlicence, I need to stop this becasue I am going to get drunk, part of me earlier said sod it no one will mind if you just have the one bottle. I feel lonely in sobriety because all my peers at uni and work do what I ca...

Wren · Wren

Bitterness It is natural to feel resentment or anger when life does not unfold as expected. We consciously or unconsciously anticipated one experience, and we grieve for the loss of it when the universe puts something else in our path. Most of the time, we work through these feelings and they pass. Oc...

Sick of being sick · Sick of being sick

Here is a little musical interlude for those of you who enjoy the finer arts. PS. For those of you who are unfamaliar with the "Diggeridoo", it was created thousands of years ago by the indigenous people of Australia's outback, and is believed to be one of the oldest (if not the oldest) m...

Ironman · Ironman

Hello all: Working on month 4. I'm looking for a new sponsor. The one I have is young (29), has 18 months sober and is not in and has not been in the same place in life as I. He was an in-out of Jail-drug-alky and never had much. His biggest issues in life now tend to deal with his resenment toward his...

Phil · Phil

As human beings..we all want to be happy and free from misery We have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as.. Anger..Resentment...Attachment...Fear...and Suspicion... While Love and Compassion... And a sense of U...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ Can I get well? If I mean: "Can I ever drinbk normally again," the answer is no. But if I mean, "Can I stay sober?" the answer is definately yes. I can get well by turning my drink problem over to a Power greater than myself, that Divine Principle, in the universe...

Phil · Phil

by Phil Rich, Ed.D., MSW Communication involves almost every aspect of our interactions with others; for this reason, communication and relationships are inseparably connected. You can't have a relationship with someone without communicating with them. Communication involves how we ex...

Tina · Tina

Just an update on things Son is leaving tomorrow to go for this Job, he starts on Friday. Certains fears have set in and well he's realizing that he must come to terms with becoming a young adult, he still has some child like behaviour and well, I assured him that it is time to start making adult decisi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ We've got rid of our false, drinking selves. And we turn to God, our Father, for help, just as the Prodigal Son arose and went to his father. At the end of the story, the father of the Prodigal Son says: "He was dead and is alive again, he was lost and is found." We alcohol...

Laura · Laura

Today, well this weekend, was long and drawn out in a cold gray fashion. The daemon came back and crawled up to my ear with perculating despondence. A hangover feels better then his whispering breathe; his impregnating empty space that spreads inside of me. 26 days sober. The daily little victory dan...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ The Prodigal Son "took his journey into a far country and wasted his substance with riotous living." That's what we alcoholics do. We waste our substance with riotous living. "When he came to himself, he said: 'I will arise and go to my father.'&quo...

destinydreamer · destinydreamer

Just writing to say that today was 31 days for me being dry... I have only gone to one meeting so far though and I hear it's a very very good idea to get to as many as possible, but I haven't gone back. I know we just had this topic and many of you posted on it, but I am not a religious person by any means....

Quetzal · Quetzal

Change of scene has no effect upon unconscious conflicts. -- Edmund Bergler, M.D. There's no running away from the internal strife. Whatever haunts us must finally be confronted and resolved if we're ever to grow and thus contribute to our world its due. When we keep secrets locked away, th...

Tina · Tina

Got some interesting news last nite, in regards to my son gettin a job. A friend of the family whom I've known since the young fellow was 2, contacted me last via msn. Knows of the situation with my son and well both of my children look upto this young man who is in his 20's as a brother. This young...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We cannot simultaneously set a boundary and take care of another person's feelings. It's impossible; the two acts contradict. What a tremendous asset to have compassion for others! How difficult that same quality can make it to set boundaries! It's good to care about other people and...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ By having quiet times each morning, we come to depend on God's help during the day, especially if we should be tempted to take a drink. And we can honestly thank Him each night for the strength He has given us. So our faith is strengthened by these quiet times of prayer. By listen...

Tina · Tina

This was funny thought i'd share this one Hot and Cold sex after his exam the doctor said to the elderlyman: "you appear to be in good health. Do you have any concerns? In fact, I do, said the old man. "After I have sex I am usually cold and chilly, and then, after the second time, I am hot and...

Tina · Tina

Just for today I'm keeping thoughts simple and positive. One day at a time, been considering going for my drivers license for awhile and felt when the time is right. I'll be able to get it done, and when my higher power would set it in to play. I'm heading out on Monday to do the written par...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Sometimes, the way is not clear. Our minds get clouded, confused. We aren't certain what our next step should be, what it will look like, what direction we are headed. This is the time to stop, ask for guidance, and rest. That is the time to let go of fear. Wait. Feel the confusion and chaos, and then l...

6_10_1987 · 6_10_1987

Hello, I am Seth and I am an alcoholic. Even though I have been going to meetings fairly regularly since I was introduced to AA 3 years ago, I have always been hung up on quite a few of the steps. Mainly 3, 6, 7 and 11. And the god part of step 5. I have worked on the other steps, including my version of 5, for...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Motives are important in dealing with other people. If we're frank with someone and that person gets upset, we might think he or she just can't handle our directness, our honesty. But "honesty" without love is more like brutal frankness. If we want to be confrontational, we have...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ There are two important things we have to do if we want to get sober and stay sober. First, having admitted that we're helpless before alcohol, we have to turn our alcoholic problem over to God and trust Him to take care of it for us. This means asking Him every morning for the stre...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ If we had absolute faith in the power of God to keep us from drinking and if we turned our drink problem entirely over to God without reservations, we wouldn't have to do anything more about it. We'd be free from drink once and for all. But since our faith is apt to be weak, we ha...

Tina · Tina

Hang on to any of the new Newfoundland Quarters. If you have them, they may be worth much more than 25 cents. The Canadian Mint announced today that it is recalling all of the Newfoundland quarters that are part of its program featuring quarters from each province. This action is being taken after nu...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ We also strengthen our faith by working with other alcoholics and finding that we can do nothing ourselves to help them, except to tell them our own story of how we found the way out. If the other person is helped, it's by the grace of God and not what we do or say. Our own faith is str...

Phil · Phil

Anger and Resentment - What's the Difference?Anger is normal; resentment is a killer Often you'll hear 12 Steppers make a statement like 'don't get angry, you'll slip.' If there's someone around with some time they may point out that resentment, not anger is the rea...

Phil · Phil

About Alcoholics Anonymous The AA Preamble Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is...

Doll · Doll

TODAY, IT'S MY CHOICE . . . we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.62 With the realization and acceptance that I had played a part in the way my life had turned out came a dramatic chang...

Doll · Doll

What did you think? Would/could you incorporate it into your soberiety?

Wren · Wren

Accepting The Journeys Of Others Each of us, in life, walks on the special path that the soul is destined to undertake. Our journeys are very different and we progress at different rates. The pitfalls and blessings we encounter are unique, yet we are all learning and no one form of kno...

Doll · Doll

SURRENDERING SELF-WILL Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 34 No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can one turn his own will and his own life over to the care of whatever God he thinks there is? In my se...

jeannie · jeannie

A young woman desparately desired to be able to play piano. She went to an instructor and asked him for lessons. After a few lessons, the woman expressed frustration that she couldn't play anything. The instructor told her that fine playing took time and hard work. No one simply sat down and...

Laura · Laura

I just read Jeanie's post and found in it useful reflection. It reminded me of a favorite Mohandas Gandhi quote, 'though now that I've reread it, I see that it is different, but that's OK. Maybe someone else will find inspiration and reflection in it as well. "Man often becomes...

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	24 Hours a Day ~ 17th March 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ A.A. also helps us to hang onto sobriety. By having regular meetings so that we can associate with other alcoholics who have come through that same door in the wall, by encouraging us to tell the story of our own sad experiences with alcohol, and by showing us how to help other alcoho...	Sobrietyspell	0	369	Mar 17, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections March 17 - Happy St. Patricks Day! (Preview) March 17, 2007 Daily Reflections MYSTERIOUS WAYS . . . out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "mov...	Doll	0	348	Mar 17, 2007 by Doll
	Things aren't always what they seem (Preview) Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion's guest room. Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel...	Doll	3	426	Mar 17, 2007 by Zster
	Empowering (Preview) You can think. You can feel. You can solve your problems. You can take care of yourself. Those words have often benefited me more than the most profound and elaborate advice. How easy it is to fall into the trap of doubting others and ourselves. When someone tells us about a problem, what is our reaction...	Quetzal	1	411	Mar 17, 2007 by amanda2u2
	well (Preview) My son left this morning to toronto, please help me keep him in our prayers and hope for the best. I will feel assure when I know he got there safe, and feel comforted in knowing I did the right thing for his sake, he will get the help he needs. Thinks it's time for new beginnings in my relationship with...	Tina	4	431	Mar 16, 2007 by learning
	7 months... rambling... (Preview) Wow, went all day and didn't realize I've got 7 months until we went to a meeting tonight and they were asking who had birthdays lol my ex remembered before I did, he sent me an email congratulating me on it tonight... Up here you're s'posed to give a "speech" when it'...	LisaF	4	424	Mar 16, 2007 by learning
	24 Hours a Day ~ 16th March 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ Before we decided to quit drinking, most of us have to come up against a blank wall. We see that we're licked, that we have to quit. But we don't know which way to turn for help. There seems to be no door in that blank wall. A.A. opens the door that leads to sobriety. By encouragi...	Sobrietyspell	0	436	Mar 16, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	update on hopin for the best (Preview) Um well This week has been pretty much for the shits, I'm at my wits end, son is going tomorrow weather he wants to or not. Yesterday was not a good day at all. He missed the bus yesterday and well turned in battle of the wits, deep down he wants to go and realizes that he needs to do something. His acti...	Tina	2	448	Mar 16, 2007 by Tina
	Daily Reflections Mar 16 (Preview) AS WE UNDERSTAND HIM My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea . . . "Why don't you choose your own conception of God?" That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I stood in the sunlight at last. It was on...	Doll	0	374	Mar 16, 2007 by Doll
	Positive Energy (Preview) It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong. It takes practice to see what's right. Many of us have lived around negativity for years. We've become skilled at labeling what's wrong with other people, our life, our work, our day, our relationships, our conduct, our reco...	Quetzal	0	411	Mar 16, 2007 by Quetzal
	Time to be real.... (Preview) Gonna see if this works.... Its been long overdue... And some of you guys... Will see.... Who youre talkin to... A redneck from Cana..du..ehhhhh Have a good night.... -- Edited by Sick of being sick at 06:35, 2006-11-27	Phil	45	1317	Mar 15, 2007 by cooncatbob
	24 Hours a Day ~ 15th March 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ We alcoholics were on a merry-go-round, going round and round, and we couldn't get off. That merry-go-round is a kind of hell on earth. In A.A. I got off that merry-go-round by learning to stay sober. I pray to my Higher Power every morning to help me to keep sober. And I get the st...	Sobrietyspell	0	419	Mar 15, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Trusting Ourselves (Preview) Trust can be one of the most confusing concepts in recovery. Who do we trust? For what? The most important trust issue we face is learning to trust ourselves. The most detrimental thing that's happened to us is that we came to believe we couldn't trust ourselves. There will be some who tell us w...	Quetzal	1	482	Mar 15, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Removing the Victim (Preview) Don't others see how much I'm hurting? Can't they see I need help? Don't they care? The issue is not whether others see or care. The issue is whether we see and care about ourselves. Often, when we are pointing a finger at others, waiting for them to have compassion for us, its because w...	Quetzal	1	411	Mar 15, 2007 by amanda2u2
	HBO Addiction (Preview) *http://www.hbo.com/addiction/thefilm/index.html?current=5*	amanda2u2	0	380	Mar 15, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Hurts do heal. (Preview) Time has a wonderful way of erasing bad feelings and leaving us with good ones. Our memories are selective, and fortunately, the pleasant ones seem to have more staying power. Whatever has been real and meaningful for us tends to remain with us - the rest gradually fades away. We can assist this select...	Quetzal	2	531	Mar 15, 2007 by Tina
	Daily Reflections Mar 15 (Preview) THE GOD IDEA When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God. Our ideas did not work. But the God idea did. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 52 Like a blind man gradually being restored to sight, I slowly groped my way to the Thir...	Doll	0	380	Mar 15, 2007 by Doll
	logging in (Preview) I have been having a tough time this week. when I get upset enough it always leads towards the offlicence, I need to stop this becasue I am going to get drunk, part of me earlier said sod it no one will mind if you just have the one bottle. I feel lonely in sobriety because all my peers at uni and work do what I ca...	Robert	5	427	Mar 15, 2007 by Laura
	Bitterness and how it can paralyze growth. (Preview) Bitterness It is natural to feel resentment or anger when life does not unfold as expected. We consciously or unconsciously anticipated one experience, and we grieve for the loss of it when the universe puts something else in our path. Most of the time, we work through these feelings and they pass. Oc...	Wren	0	399	Mar 15, 2007 by Wren
	Dueling Diggeridoo (Preview) Here is a little musical interlude for those of you who enjoy the finer arts. PS. For those of you who are unfamaliar with the "Diggeridoo", it was created thousands of years ago by the indigenous people of Australia's outback, and is believed to be one of the oldest (if not the oldest) m...	Sick of being sick	5	465	Mar 14, 2007 by Robert
	Update (Preview) Hello all: Working on month 4. I'm looking for a new sponsor. The one I have is young (29), has 18 months sober and is not in and has not been in the same place in life as I. He was an in-out of Jail-drug-alky and never had much. His biggest issues in life now tend to deal with his resenment toward his...	Ironman	5	456	Mar 14, 2007 by Robert
	Another Key... (Preview) As human beings..we all want to be happy and free from misery We have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as.. Anger..Resentment...Attachment...Fear...and Suspicion... While Love and Compassion... And a sense of U...	Phil	4	448	Mar 14, 2007 by Wren
	24 Hours a Day ~ 14th March 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ Can I get well? If I mean: "Can I ever drinbk normally again," the answer is no. But if I mean, "Can I stay sober?" the answer is definately yes. I can get well by turning my drink problem over to a Power greater than myself, that Divine Principle, in the universe...	Sobrietyspell	0	389	Mar 14, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS (Preview) by Phil Rich, Ed.D., MSW Communication involves almost every aspect of our interactions with others; for this reason, communication and relationships are inseparably connected. You can't have a relationship with someone without communicating with them. Communication involves how we ex...	Phil	0	472	Mar 13, 2007 by Phil
	Well hope for the best (Preview) Just an update on things Son is leaving tomorrow to go for this Job, he starts on Friday. Certains fears have set in and well he's realizing that he must come to terms with becoming a young adult, he still has some child like behaviour and well, I assured him that it is time to start making adult decisi...	Tina	2	426	Mar 13, 2007 by Quetzal
	24 Hours a Day ~ 13th March 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ We've got rid of our false, drinking selves. And we turn to God, our Father, for help, just as the Prodigal Son arose and went to his father. At the end of the story, the father of the Prodigal Son says: "He was dead and is alive again, he was lost and is found." We alcohol...	Sobrietyspell	0	505	Mar 13, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Does this sound familiar to anyone? (Preview) Today, well this weekend, was long and drawn out in a cold gray fashion. The daemon came back and crawled up to my ear with perculating despondence. A hangover feels better then his whispering breathe; his impregnating empty space that spreads inside of me. 26 days sober. The daily little victory dan...	Laura	4	649	Mar 12, 2007 by Laura
	24 Hours a Day ~ 12th March 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ The Prodigal Son "took his journey into a far country and wasted his substance with riotous living." That's what we alcoholics do. We waste our substance with riotous living. "When he came to himself, he said: 'I will arise and go to my father.'&quo...	Sobrietyspell	0	413	Mar 12, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	been awhile (Preview) Just writing to say that today was 31 days for me being dry... I have only gone to one meeting so far though and I hear it's a very very good idea to get to as many as possible, but I haven't gone back. I know we just had this topic and many of you posted on it, but I am not a religious person by any means....	destinydreamer	4	438	Mar 12, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Our Troubles Are Tools (Preview) Change of scene has no effect upon unconscious conflicts. -- Edmund Bergler, M.D. There's no running away from the internal strife. Whatever haunts us must finally be confronted and resolved if we're ever to grow and thus contribute to our world its due. When we keep secrets locked away, th...	Quetzal	1	461	Mar 12, 2007 by cindy
	Things could be lookin up !!!! (Preview) Got some interesting news last nite, in regards to my son gettin a job. A friend of the family whom I've known since the young fellow was 2, contacted me last via msn. Knows of the situation with my son and well both of my children look upto this young man who is in his 20's as a brother. This young...	Tina	2	446	Mar 11, 2007 by Tina
	Taking Care Of Ourselves (Preview) We cannot simultaneously set a boundary and take care of another person's feelings. It's impossible; the two acts contradict. What a tremendous asset to have compassion for others! How difficult that same quality can make it to set boundaries! It's good to care about other people and...	Quetzal	2	469	Mar 11, 2007 by Laura
	24 Hours a Day ~ 11th March 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ By having quiet times each morning, we come to depend on God's help during the day, especially if we should be tempted to take a drink. And we can honestly thank Him each night for the strength He has given us. So our faith is strengthened by these quiet times of prayer. By listen...	Sobrietyspell	0	460	Mar 11, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Joke funny, cute. (Preview) This was funny thought i'd share this one Hot and Cold sex after his exam the doctor said to the elderlyman: "you appear to be in good health. Do you have any concerns? In fact, I do, said the old man. "After I have sex I am usually cold and chilly, and then, after the second time, I am hot and...	Tina	4	539	Mar 11, 2007 by Tina
	Keepin thoughts simple (Preview) Just for today I'm keeping thoughts simple and positive. One day at a time, been considering going for my drivers license for awhile and felt when the time is right. I'll be able to get it done, and when my higher power would set it in to play. I'm heading out on Monday to do the written par...	Tina	8	488	Mar 11, 2007 by Tina
	Letting Go Of Confusion (Preview) Sometimes, the way is not clear. Our minds get clouded, confused. We aren't certain what our next step should be, what it will look like, what direction we are headed. This is the time to stop, ask for guidance, and rest. That is the time to let go of fear. Wait. Feel the confusion and chaos, and then l...	Quetzal	0	689	Mar 11, 2007 by Quetzal
	Problems with the 'god' aspect of AA (Preview) Hello, I am Seth and I am an alcoholic. Even though I have been going to meetings fairly regularly since I was introduced to AA 3 years ago, I have always been hung up on quite a few of the steps. Mainly 3, 6, 7 and 11. And the god part of step 5. I have worked on the other steps, including my version of 5, for...	6_10_1987	22	702	Mar 10, 2007 by TLH
	Keeping Our Motives Honest (Preview) Motives are important in dealing with other people. If we're frank with someone and that person gets upset, we might think he or she just can't handle our directness, our honesty. But "honesty" without love is more like brutal frankness. If we want to be confrontational, we have...	Quetzal	2	512	Mar 10, 2007 by amanda2u2
	24 Hours a Day ~ March 7th 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ There are two important things we have to do if we want to get sober and stay sober. First, having admitted that we're helpless before alcohol, we have to turn our alcoholic problem over to God and trust Him to take care of it for us. This means asking Him every morning for the stre...	Sobrietyspell	2	447	Mar 10, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hours a Day ~ 9th March 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ If we had absolute faith in the power of God to keep us from drinking and if we turned our drink problem entirely over to God without reservations, we wouldn't have to do anything more about it. We'd be free from drink once and for all. But since our faith is apt to be weak, we ha...	Sobrietyspell	2	484	Mar 10, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	CANADIAN ALERT!!! Valuable Quarters (Preview) Hang on to any of the new Newfoundland Quarters. If you have them, they may be worth much more than 25 cents. The Canadian Mint announced today that it is recalling all of the Newfoundland quarters that are part of its program featuring quarters from each province. This action is being taken after nu...	Tina	2	481	Mar 10, 2007 by Tina
	24 Hours a Day ~ 10th March 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ We also strengthen our faith by working with other alcoholics and finding that we can do nothing ourselves to help them, except to tell them our own story of how we found the way out. If the other person is helped, it's by the grace of God and not what we do or say. Our own faith is str...	Sobrietyspell	0	407	Mar 10, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	The Difference between Anger and Resentment (Preview) Anger and Resentment - What's the Difference?Anger is normal; resentment is a killer Often you'll hear 12 Steppers make a statement like 'don't get angry, you'll slip.' If there's someone around with some time they may point out that resentment, not anger is the rea...	Phil	0	454	Mar 10, 2007 by Phil
	AA (Preview) About Alcoholics Anonymous The AA Preamble Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is...	Phil	0	424	Mar 10, 2007 by Phil
	Daily Reflections Mar 10 (Preview) TODAY, IT'S MY CHOICE . . . we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.62 With the realization and acceptance that I had played a part in the way my life had turned out came a dramatic chang...	Doll	0	421	Mar 10, 2007 by Doll
	Have you seen "The Secret" ? Just curious (Preview) What did you think? Would/could you incorporate it into your soberiety?	Doll	6	928	Mar 10, 2007 by Doll
	Others' Freedom (Preview) Accepting The Journeys Of Others Each of us, in life, walks on the special path that the soul is destined to undertake. Our journeys are very different and we progress at different rates. The pitfalls and blessings we encounter are unique, yet we are all learning and no one form of kno...	Wren	1	400	Mar 9, 2007 by Laura
	Daily Reflections Mar 9 (Preview) SURRENDERING SELF-WILL Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 34 No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can one turn his own will and his own life over to the care of whatever God he thinks there is? In my se...	Doll	1	427	Mar 9, 2007 by Phil
	Just my thoughts for today (Preview) A young woman desparately desired to be able to play piano. She went to an instructor and asked him for lessons. After a few lessons, the woman expressed frustration that she couldn't play anything. The instructor told her that fine playing took time and hard work. No one simply sat down and...	jeannie	7	454	Mar 9, 2007 by Phil
	One of my favorite inspirations (Preview) I just read Jeanie's post and found in it useful reflection. It reminded me of a favorite Mohandas Gandhi quote, 'though now that I've reread it, I see that it is different, but that's OK. Maybe someone else will find inspiration and reflection in it as well. "Man often becomes...	Laura	2	464	Mar 9, 2007 by Phil
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