Alcoholics Anonymous

wagon · wagon

glad i dont live like this now!!!!!things are good in iowa take care, wagon

Phil · Phil

by Kali Munro, M.Ed., Psychotherapist, 2000 Simple as it may seem To listen to what's deep inside It is the hardest thing To let go from the heart what hidesYou deserve to listen... -Susan Herrick, You Deserve Intense emotion can be overwhelming for all of us. And if you're just opening up to an emotio...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we have insurance. Our faith in God is a kind of insurance against the terrible things that might happen to us if we ever drink again. By putting our drink problem in the hands of God, we've taken out a sort of insurance policy, which insures us against the ravages of drink...

Doll · Doll

ANGER: A "DUBIOUS LUXURY" If we were to live, we had to be free of anger. The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They may be the dubious luxury of the normal men, but for alcoholics these things are poison. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 66 "Dubious luxury." How often have I reme...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We do not have to work so hard at gaining our insights. Yes, we're learning that painful and disappointing things happen, often for a reason and a higher purpose. Yes, these things often work out for good. But we don't have to spend so much time and energy figuring out the purpose and plan for each detail...

POOKISTAN · POOKISTAN

When I first showed up, yeah, I wrote long-ass posts partially because of the desire to see if anyone could find anything to say to help me out with finding a reason to stay sober because, well, other than your health I didn't see much reason to. That said, I still really don't - I was a functional alcohol...

Quetzal · Quetzal

If I have freedom in my life, And in my soul am free, Angels alone that soar above Enjoy such liberty. -- Richard Lovelace When a cow decides to stop nursing her calf, she isn't rejecting it. She knows it's time for the calf to be on its own. Although the calf might feel rejected and puzzled at first, it soon...

Tina · Tina

Just thought I'd give an update on my son, spoke to him yesterday and things are going well one day at a time for him. I'm really happy that things are going well and the he's doing well, He called me on his cell from Canadian Idiol. He started home schooling and did his first exam, no doubt that he'll do w...

Doll · Doll

THE BONDAGE OF RESENTMENTS . . . harboring resentment is infinitely grave. For then we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the spirit. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 5 It has been said, "Anger is a luxury I cannot afford." Does this suggest I ignore this human emotion? I believe not. Before I learned...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Terrible things could have happened to any one of us. We will never know what might have happened to us when we were drunk. We usually thought: "That couldn't happen to me." But any one of us could have killed somebody or have been killed ourselves, if we were drunk en...

nancyjo59 · nancyjo59

I'm working on being sober once again. It's been some time since I last posted. It's my second week of outpatient treatment. My Doctor said she wouldn't see me any longer unless I entered treatment. I was all kinds of pissed off...and ended up thanking her this past week. Going to take some time and cat...

Quetzal · Quetzal

"Make plans but don't plan results." This is a simple phrase cautioning us against unnecessary worry and stress. If our plans involve other people, we would be wise to work joyfully toward realizing our dreams, but we should not expect or worry if others do not want the same goals. Nor shou...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ A police captain once told about certain cases he had come across in his police work. The cause of tragedy in each case was drunkeness. He told his audience about a man who got into an argument with his wife while he was drunk and beat her to death. Then he went out and drank some mor...

Wren · Wren

Springtime Spring comes when the earth, coaxed by lengthening days and warmer temperatures, begins to awaken from her winter slumber. She stretches open to receive the rain that gives drink to flower buds and seedlings. She takes a deep breath, and on her exhale the leaves on trees unfurl like tiny f...

LisaF · LisaF

I like to read the promises every so often... was filling out one of those "about me" surveys online tonight, and it asked if you have any regrets... and one of the promises popped into my mind, had to go read them again... Just thought I'd post um... The AA Promises If we are painstaking ab...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi everyone, Yesterday evening I went to my usual AA meeting and it was good, as always, to be there. But, last night I met someone outside the meeting who had called the AA helpline on Tuesday. I wasn't sure if she would turn up or not, but she did. She actually shared in her first meeting and said that she f...

Phil · Phil

http://wonderofitall.com/

Bryan39 · Bryan39

Well here I am at day 19 and as I've said in a couple other post life is good I feel great 90% of the time. A couple of nights ago I survived a particularly bad craving with the help of some friends in the program. Thinking afterword about the cravings I'm still having I've figured something out. Its about...

Phil · Phil

Alcoholism stages can be categorized into three stages of alcoholism -- early stage, middle stage and end stage alcoholism or late stage alcoholism. Alcoholism stages generally take years to develop. Alcoholism is a disease where alcoholic beverage consumption is at a level that interferes wit...

Quetzal · Quetzal

One of the prohibitions many of us learned in childhood is the unspoken rule; don't have fun and enjoy life. This rule creates martyrs - people who will not let themselves embrace the pleasures of day-to-day living. Many of us associated suffering with some sort of sainthood. . Now, we associate it wi...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Having found my way into this new world by the grace of God and the help of A.A., am I going to take that first drink, when I know that just one drink will change my whole world? Am I deliberately going back to the suffering of that alcoholic world? Or am I going to hang onto the happin...

Quetzal · Quetzal

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. - Abraham Maslow When we can take a long view of our problems, we can sometimes see that we're using inappropriate tools to try to solve them. What's necessary for us to do is to move away, to detach. That may show us a whole new con...

LisaF · LisaF

I didn't understand until now when my bf said his pain really messes with his head... I've been in bad pain all week... and it really started gettin to me last night when stupid me decided to not take any pain killers... and was up most the night.. everything's getting to me, I feel like...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Picture yourself swimming floating - peacefully down a gentle stream. All you need to do is breathe, relax, and go with the flow. Suddenly, you become conscious of your situation. Frightened, overwhelmed with "what if's?" your body tenses. You begin to thrash around, frantically look...

TLH · TLH

Had a great meeting last night and it gave me lots of food for thought. Just was thinking about stuff between the lumberyard and the job site and decided to pop into the office before work and write a little. Aloha- Toby Im what they call a high functioning alcoholic. I sometimes laugh at this term becau...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ This sober world is a pleasant place for an alcoholic to live in. Once you've got out of your alcoholic fog, you find that the world looks good. You find real friends in A.A. You get a job. You feel good in the morning. You eat a good breakfast and you do a good day's work at home or out...

nancyjo59 · nancyjo59

Hello, Its been a long time since I"ve posted.It's been a long time since I"ve been sober.I've been sober for 2 weeks now. My doctor said she wouldn't treat me anymore unless I went into outpatient treatment. I was really offended at first.It didn't take me long to realize she did me a big fa...

Phil · Phil

How it Works When, therefore, we speak to you of God, we mean your own conception of God. This applies, too, to other spiritual expressions which you find in this book. Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. At the star...

Tina · Tina

I was told this past weekend that I looked like I'm in the prime of my life, and never really thought about it. Later on the same nite while at work I was given a complainment by a customer that i was hot. I was stunned to realized that a female had said this. Thought to my self OMG, did i just hear that rite....

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In that alcoholic world, one drink always leads to another and you can't stop till you're paralyzed. And the next morning it begins all over again. You eventually land in a hospital or jail. You lose your job. Your home is broken up. You're always in a mess. You're on the merry-g...

Doll · Doll

A WORD TO DROP: "BLAME" To see how erratic emotions victimized us often took a long time. We could perceive them quickly in others, but only slowly in ourselves. First of all, we had to admit that we had many of these defects, even though such disclosures were painful and humiliating. Where...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Other people can't meet our needs if we don't tell them what our needs are. We need tenderness and caring from our families and friends. We need their acceptance, understanding, and support. Sometimes we need their criticism and forgiveness. Whatever our needs are, other people will probably be in...

LisaF · LisaF

I say "sorta" because it's an online sponsor... I'm on a women's AA email list, and someone sent to it a list of temporary online sponsors... one of the women on the list was someone who had recently posted her "open talk" she had just done at a meeting, said a lot in there about ho...

miller2 · miller2

Hello all. I sometimes hear folks introduce themselves at meetings, "hi, Im *** and Im a recovered alcoholic". When I ask about this, some tell me that the big book says where hundreds of hopless alcoholics have recovered. They say it gives others hope to hear it is possible to recover. I p...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When I came into A.A., I came into a new world. A sober world. A world of sobriety, peace, serenity, and happiness. But I know that if I take just one drink, I'll go right back into that old world. That world of drunkenness, conflict, and misery. That alcoholic world is not a pleas...

Phil · Phil

How It Works Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such u...

Doll · Doll

GROWING UP The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 115 Sometimes when I've become willing to do what I should have been doing all along, I want praise and recognition....

POOKISTAN · POOKISTAN

Feel free to mention if any movies are "tied" but try to get it down to just three if you can... It took quite a bit of thinking before I came up with this list but if there were any three movies that I'd reccomend anyone to go see within their lifetime it would be the following: 1) Fight Club 2) ...

LisaF · LisaF

My little brother has been having some problems... not alcohol related - yet anyway... but I wouldn't be surprised if he goes down that path eventually too... he's going through things I went through, at about the same age I started. He's been depressed for at least a couple of years. He was in cou...

POOKISTAN · POOKISTAN

Well, where to start? Guess introductions since I haven't shown my face around here yet - I'm a 23 year old whos main pursuit is morality. I work a shit job like most do now that corporations have forced the majority of the population into servitude to survive (roughly 80% of the wealth in the US is co...

characidae · characidae

Hello out there I have only 3 months sobriety under my belt and I feel great. That being said, I am having difficulty reaching out when the alcoholic in me resurfaces. I am by nature a very shy and introverted person; I can't get up the nerve to verbally communicate the issues I am having in my new found so...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Third, alcoholics recover their proper relationship with other people. They thimk less about themselves and more about others. They try to help other alcoholics. They make new friends so that they're no longer lonely. They try to live a life of service instead of selfishn...

TLH · TLH

I love em. Literature one of the huge redeeming features of humanity, IMHO. "Only the half mad are wholly alive." Edward Abbey "Say what you mean and mean what you say." Alice- Through the Looking Glass. Don't look forward to the day you...

Wren · Wren

Subject: [NCE-DCC] How Many List Members Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb? Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 09:10:31 -0700 One to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed. Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been cha...

Assortedfamily · Assortedfamily

Hi there everyone, I am fairly new in sobriety and I keep hearing the terms abstinence and recovery thrown around a lot at meetings. Do they have different meanings to you guys and have they changed as you have stayed sober? For me abstinence is just about not drinking and recovery is about getting bett...

Quetzal · Quetzal

I don't precisely know what you need to do to take care of yourself. But I know you can figure it out. -- Beyond Codependency Rest when you're tired. Take a drink of cold water when you're thirsty. Call a friend when you're lonely. Ask God to help when you feel overwhelmed. Many of us have learned how to dep...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Learning to be a healthy giver can be a challenge. Many of us got caught up in compulsive giving - charitable acts motivated by uncharitable feelings of guilt, shame, obligations, pity, and moral superiority. We now understand that catering and compulsive giving don't work. They backfire. Careta...

ally02 · ally02

(((((((((Roomies)))))))))))) My life has been really good the last few weeks...Because it's mostly been about me.. I have been putting myself first, for a change. I have been setting up my new group, and feeling really pleased with myself. Chairing meetings, and doing good with them.. I have a thy...

Doll · Doll

FREEDOM FROM "KING ALCOHOL" . . . let us not suppose even for an instant that we are not under constraint. . . . Our former tyrant, King Alcohol, always stands ready again to clutch us to him. Therefore, freedom from alcohol is the great "must" that has to be achieved, else we go mad...

Robert · Robert

I have a friend in canada who is a big user of cocain cannabis and alcohol. its 2 in the morning and he has done an 8-ball he is desperate for alcohol to sort him out as he is high as a kite, he is just off to raid his parents vinatage wine collection in their sleep. what can I do but wish him well on his jorney. I ha...

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	this song reminds me what addiction was like (Preview) glad i dont live like this now!!!!!things are good in iowa take care, wagon	wagon	9	635	Apr 16, 2007 by Doll
	What To Do With Your Feelings (Preview) by Kali Munro, M.Ed., Psychotherapist, 2000 Simple as it may seem To listen to what's deep inside It is the hardest thing To let go from the heart what hidesYou deserve to listen... -Susan Herrick, You Deserve Intense emotion can be overwhelming for all of us. And if you're just opening up to an emotio...	Phil	1	494	Apr 16, 2007 by Doll
	24 Hours a Day ~ 16th April 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we have insurance. Our faith in God is a kind of insurance against the terrible things that might happen to us if we ever drink again. By putting our drink problem in the hands of God, we've taken out a sort of insurance policy, which insures us against the ravages of drink...	Sobrietyspell	0	514	Apr 16, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections Apr 176 (Preview) ANGER: A "DUBIOUS LUXURY" If we were to live, we had to be free of anger. The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They may be the dubious luxury of the normal men, but for alcoholics these things are poison. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 66 "Dubious luxury." How often have I reme...	Doll	0	425	Apr 16, 2007 by Doll
	Letting Things Happen (Preview) We do not have to work so hard at gaining our insights. Yes, we're learning that painful and disappointing things happen, often for a reason and a higher purpose. Yes, these things often work out for good. But we don't have to spend so much time and energy figuring out the purpose and plan for each detail...	Quetzal	0	454	Apr 16, 2007 by Quetzal
	Seems like keeping my mind entirely occupied isn't required anymore... (Preview) When I first showed up, yeah, I wrote long-ass posts partially because of the desire to see if anyone could find anything to say to help me out with finding a reason to stay sober because, well, other than your health I didn't see much reason to. That said, I still really don't - I was a functional alcohol...	POOKISTAN	22	2946	Apr 15, 2007 by aaqld
	Rejections Can Set Us Free (Preview) If I have freedom in my life, And in my soul am free, Angels alone that soar above Enjoy such liberty. -- Richard Lovelace When a cow decides to stop nursing her calf, she isn't rejecting it. She knows it's time for the calf to be on its own. Although the calf might feel rejected and puzzled at first, it soon...	Quetzal	1	442	Apr 15, 2007 by Doll
	Progress (Preview) Just thought I'd give an update on my son, spoke to him yesterday and things are going well one day at a time for him. I'm really happy that things are going well and the he's doing well, He called me on his cell from Canadian Idiol. He started home schooling and did his first exam, no doubt that he'll do w...	Tina	4	460	Apr 15, 2007 by Doll
	Daily Reflections Apr 15 (Preview) THE BONDAGE OF RESENTMENTS . . . harboring resentment is infinitely grave. For then we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the spirit. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 5 It has been said, "Anger is a luxury I cannot afford." Does this suggest I ignore this human emotion? I believe not. Before I learned...	Doll	0	407	Apr 15, 2007 by Doll
	24 Hours a Day ~ 15th April 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Terrible things could have happened to any one of us. We will never know what might have happened to us when we were drunk. We usually thought: "That couldn't happen to me." But any one of us could have killed somebody or have been killed ourselves, if we were drunk en...	Sobrietyspell	0	452	Apr 15, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Sober Once Again (Preview) I'm working on being sober once again. It's been some time since I last posted. It's my second week of outpatient treatment. My Doctor said she wouldn't see me any longer unless I entered treatment. I was all kinds of pissed off...and ended up thanking her this past week. Going to take some time and cat...	nancyjo59	4	504	Apr 14, 2007 by destinydreamer
	Worry And Stress (Preview) "Make plans but don't plan results." This is a simple phrase cautioning us against unnecessary worry and stress. If our plans involve other people, we would be wise to work joyfully toward realizing our dreams, but we should not expect or worry if others do not want the same goals. Nor shou...	Quetzal	1	545	Apr 14, 2007 by Phil
	24 Hours a Day ~ 14th April 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ A police captain once told about certain cases he had come across in his police work. The cause of tragedy in each case was drunkeness. He told his audience about a man who got into an argument with his wife while he was drunk and beat her to death. Then he went out and drank some mor...	Sobrietyspell	0	520	Apr 14, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Affirmation (Preview) Springtime Spring comes when the earth, coaxed by lengthening days and warmer temperatures, begins to awaken from her winter slumber. She stretches open to receive the rain that gives drink to flower buds and seedlings. She takes a deep breath, and on her exhale the leaves on trees unfurl like tiny f...	Wren	1	464	Apr 14, 2007 by Phil
	Promises (Preview) I like to read the promises every so often... was filling out one of those "about me" surveys online tonight, and it asked if you have any regrets... and one of the promises popped into my mind, had to go read them again... Just thought I'd post um... The AA Promises If we are painstaking ab...	LisaF	1	456	Apr 14, 2007 by Wren
	The AA Hand Of Friendship (Preview) Hi everyone, Yesterday evening I went to my usual AA meeting and it was good, as always, to be there. But, last night I met someone outside the meeting who had called the AA helpline on Tuesday. I wasn't sure if she would turn up or not, but she did. She actually shared in her first meeting and said that she f...	Quetzal	5	651	Apr 13, 2007 by nancyjo59
	Did You Ever Wonder? (Preview) http://wonderofitall.com/	Phil	4	588	Apr 13, 2007 by Roderick
	Day 19 (Preview) Well here I am at day 19 and as I've said in a couple other post life is good I feel great 90% of the time. A couple of nights ago I survived a particularly bad craving with the help of some friends in the program. Thinking afterword about the cravings I'm still having I've figured something out. Its about...	Bryan39	5	503	Apr 13, 2007 by Roderick
	Alcoholism Stages Article (Preview) Alcoholism stages can be categorized into three stages of alcoholism -- early stage, middle stage and end stage alcoholism or late stage alcoholism. Alcoholism stages generally take years to develop. Alcoholism is a disease where alcoholic beverage consumption is at a level that interferes wit...	Phil	1	565	Apr 13, 2007 by learning
	Enjoyment (Preview) One of the prohibitions many of us learned in childhood is the unspoken rule; don't have fun and enjoy life. This rule creates martyrs - people who will not let themselves embrace the pleasures of day-to-day living. Many of us associated suffering with some sort of sainthood. . Now, we associate it wi...	Quetzal	2	545	Apr 13, 2007 by timverton
	24 Hours a Day ~ 13th April 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Having found my way into this new world by the grace of God and the help of A.A., am I going to take that first drink, when I know that just one drink will change my whole world? Am I deliberately going back to the suffering of that alcoholic world? Or am I going to hang onto the happin...	Sobrietyspell	0	544	Apr 13, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Detachment (Preview) If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. - Abraham Maslow When we can take a long view of our problems, we can sometimes see that we're using inappropriate tools to try to solve them. What's necessary for us to do is to move away, to detach. That may show us a whole new con...	Quetzal	1	521	Apr 13, 2007 by christy67
	I'm a mess (Preview) I didn't understand until now when my bf said his pain really messes with his head... I've been in bad pain all week... and it really started gettin to me last night when stupid me decided to not take any pain killers... and was up most the night.. everything's getting to me, I feel like...	LisaF	4	511	Apr 12, 2007 by nursedebbiepink
	Letting Go Of Fear (Preview) Picture yourself swimming floating - peacefully down a gentle stream. All you need to do is breathe, relax, and go with the flow. Suddenly, you become conscious of your situation. Frightened, overwhelmed with "what if's?" your body tenses. You begin to thrash around, frantically look...	Quetzal	2	525	Apr 12, 2007 by miller2
	Rambling... (Preview) Had a great meeting last night and it gave me lots of food for thought. Just was thinking about stuff between the lumberyard and the job site and decided to pop into the office before work and write a little. Aloha- Toby Im what they call a high functioning alcoholic. I sometimes laugh at this term becau...	TLH	4	529	Apr 12, 2007 by TLH
	24 Hours a Day ~ 12th April 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ This sober world is a pleasant place for an alcoholic to live in. Once you've got out of your alcoholic fog, you find that the world looks good. You find real friends in A.A. You get a job. You feel good in the morning. You eat a good breakfast and you do a good day's work at home or out...	Sobrietyspell	1	837	Apr 12, 2007 by Bryan39
	"Long time no topic" (Preview) Hello, Its been a long time since I"ve posted.It's been a long time since I"ve been sober.I've been sober for 2 weeks now. My doctor said she wouldn't treat me anymore unless I went into outpatient treatment. I was really offended at first.It didn't take me long to realize she did me a big fa...	nancyjo59	7	627	Apr 11, 2007 by miller2
	After Powerlessness is accepted...then comes... (Preview) How it Works When, therefore, we speak to you of God, we mean your own conception of God. This applies, too, to other spiritual expressions which you find in this book. Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. At the star...	Phil	4	647	Apr 11, 2007 by Bryan39
	being in the prime of life (Preview) I was told this past weekend that I looked like I'm in the prime of my life, and never really thought about it. Later on the same nite while at work I was given a complainment by a customer that i was hot. I was stunned to realized that a female had said this. Thought to my self OMG, did i just hear that rite....	Tina	12	730	Apr 11, 2007 by barisax
	24 Hours a Day ~ 11th April 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In that alcoholic world, one drink always leads to another and you can't stop till you're paralyzed. And the next morning it begins all over again. You eventually land in a hospital or jail. You lose your job. Your home is broken up. You're always in a mess. You're on the merry-g...	Sobrietyspell	0	598	Apr 11, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Daily Reflections Apr 11 (Preview) A WORD TO DROP: "BLAME" To see how erratic emotions victimized us often took a long time. We could perceive them quickly in others, but only slowly in ourselves. First of all, we had to admit that we had many of these defects, even though such disclosures were painful and humiliating. Where...	Doll	0	436	Apr 11, 2007 by Doll
	Needs (Preview) Other people can't meet our needs if we don't tell them what our needs are. We need tenderness and caring from our families and friends. We need their acceptance, understanding, and support. Sometimes we need their criticism and forgiveness. Whatever our needs are, other people will probably be in...	Quetzal	0	454	Apr 11, 2007 by Quetzal
	Sorta found a sponsor... (Preview) I say "sorta" because it's an online sponsor... I'm on a women's AA email list, and someone sent to it a list of temporary online sponsors... one of the women on the list was someone who had recently posted her "open talk" she had just done at a meeting, said a lot in there about ho...	LisaF	1	467	Apr 10, 2007 by miller2
	Recovered? (Preview) Hello all. I sometimes hear folks introduce themselves at meetings, "hi, Im *** and Im a recovered alcoholic". When I ask about this, some tell me that the big book says where hundreds of hopless alcoholics have recovered. They say it gives others hope to hear it is possible to recover. I p...	miller2	12	656	Apr 10, 2007 by barisax
	24 Hours a Day ~ 10th April 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When I came into A.A., I came into a new world. A sober world. A world of sobriety, peace, serenity, and happiness. But I know that if I take just one drink, I'll go right back into that old world. That world of drunkenness, conflict, and misery. That alcoholic world is not a pleas...	Sobrietyspell	0	510	Apr 10, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	There are no easier softer ways....I've tried them all (Preview) How It Works Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such u...	Phil	5	501	Apr 10, 2007 by Phil
	Daily Reflections apr 10 (Preview) GROWING UP The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 115 Sometimes when I've become willing to do what I should have been doing all along, I want praise and recognition....	Doll	0	507	Apr 10, 2007 by Doll
	What are the three single movies you would reccomend anyone to see? (Preview) Feel free to mention if any movies are "tied" but try to get it down to just three if you can... It took quite a bit of thinking before I came up with this list but if there were any three movies that I'd reccomend anyone to go see within their lifetime it would be the following: 1) Fight Club 2) ...	POOKISTAN	11	527	Apr 10, 2007 by TLH
	how can I help him?? (Preview) My little brother has been having some problems... not alcohol related - yet anyway... but I wouldn't be surprised if he goes down that path eventually too... he's going through things I went through, at about the same age I started. He's been depressed for at least a couple of years. He was in cou...	LisaF	3	504	Apr 9, 2007 by LisaF
	I recovered from 3 years of alcoholism and I honestly don't feel any sort of accomplishment... (Preview) Well, where to start? Guess introductions since I haven't shown my face around here yet - I'm a 23 year old whos main pursuit is morality. I work a shit job like most do now that corporations have forced the majority of the population into servitude to survive (roughly 80% of the wealth in the US is co...	POOKISTAN	34	4297	Apr 9, 2007 by TLH
	Reaching out (Preview) Hello out there I have only 3 months sobriety under my belt and I feel great. That being said, I am having difficulty reaching out when the alcoholic in me resurfaces. I am by nature a very shy and introverted person; I can't get up the nerve to verbally communicate the issues I am having in my new found so...	characidae	4	520	Apr 9, 2007 by characidae
	24 Hours a Day ~ 9th April 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Third, alcoholics recover their proper relationship with other people. They thimk less about themselves and more about others. They try to help other alcoholics. They make new friends so that they're no longer lonely. They try to live a life of service instead of selfishn...	Sobrietyspell	0	514	Apr 9, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Little quips and quotes... (Preview) I love em. Literature one of the huge redeeming features of humanity, IMHO. "Only the half mad are wholly alive." Edward Abbey "Say what you mean and mean what you say." Alice- Through the Looking Glass. Don't look forward to the day you...	TLH	13	1582	Apr 9, 2007 by livingthedream
	Could NOT resist posting this----- (Preview) Subject: [NCE-DCC] How Many List Members Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb? Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 09:10:31 -0700 One to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed. Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been cha...	Wren	7	535	Apr 9, 2007 by sky
	Abstinence and Recovery (Preview) Hi there everyone, I am fairly new in sobriety and I keep hearing the terms abstinence and recovery thrown around a lot at meetings. Do they have different meanings to you guys and have they changed as you have stayed sober? For me abstinence is just about not drinking and recovery is about getting bett...	Assortedfamily	6	569	Apr 9, 2007 by sky
	Self Care (Preview) I don't precisely know what you need to do to take care of yourself. But I know you can figure it out. -- Beyond Codependency Rest when you're tired. Take a drink of cold water when you're thirsty. Call a friend when you're lonely. Ask God to help when you feel overwhelmed. Many of us have learned how to dep...	Quetzal	3	485	Apr 9, 2007 by sky
	Giving (Preview) Learning to be a healthy giver can be a challenge. Many of us got caught up in compulsive giving - charitable acts motivated by uncharitable feelings of guilt, shame, obligations, pity, and moral superiority. We now understand that catering and compulsive giving don't work. They backfire. Careta...	Quetzal	1	492	Apr 9, 2007 by timverton
	WHO'S WORSE THE ALCOHOLIC OR US.. (Preview) (((((((((Roomies)))))))))))) My life has been really good the last few weeks...Because it's mostly been about me.. I have been putting myself first, for a change. I have been setting up my new group, and feeling really pleased with myself. Chairing meetings, and doing good with them.. I have a thy...	ally02	4	689	Apr 9, 2007 by sky
	Daily Reflections Apr 9 (Preview) FREEDOM FROM "KING ALCOHOL" . . . let us not suppose even for an instant that we are not under constraint. . . . Our former tyrant, King Alcohol, always stands ready again to clutch us to him. Therefore, freedom from alcohol is the great "must" that has to be achieved, else we go mad...	Doll	0	436	Apr 9, 2007 by Doll
	glad im not there (Preview) I have a friend in canada who is a big user of cocain cannabis and alcohol. its 2 in the morning and he has done an 8-ball he is desperate for alcohol to sort him out as he is high as a kite, he is just off to raid his parents vinatage wine collection in their sleep. what can I do but wish him well on his jorney. I ha...	Robert	4	472	Apr 9, 2007 by Robert
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