Alcoholics Anonymous

Quetzal · Quetzal

Learning stamps you with its moments. -- Eudora Welty We never stop learning. We absorb information every waking moment. And while we sleep, we process what we encounter during the day. The conclusions we reach about these daily lessons will likely be based on the perception that dominates our live...

ally02 · ally02

((((((((((((((((((GUYS)))))))))))))))))) I'm Ally from Scotland, I'm an @op in Al-Anon room....I met some of you at the MIP Athon at the weekend...I just wanted to say, you have had a huge impact on my life, this week....lol I have grown so much over the last week...I have been through a rou...

Phil · Phil

Practically nobody looks forward to going to their first AA meeting. In most cases this in fact is an occasion of extreme shame, dread and despair. The majority of individuals going to AA for the first time are doing so reluctantly, either because they have promised someone else to go or because they h...

Tina · Tina

Morning everyone Just checkin in, it's been 3 days and things seem to be a little off, I'm doing fine and I'm sure my son is doing well. Guess it will take one day at a time, and go through the emotions we need to, to move on and get through this. I talked to him over the weekend, he seemed to be a...

Robert · Robert

When i got sober I was advised to take up a musical instrument as its good for your self esteem. Now I play piano I wondered if there are others out there like me. I thought it would be nice to join a community. R

LisaF · LisaF

Just talked to my sponsor from back home... and she asked how things were working with my new sponsor, and I told her... how she's so unavailable and I can't ever reach her, and she wants to wait 3 months to start on the steps with me and I feel like I need to get back into the steps... my sponsor b...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ When we were drinking, we used to worry about the future. Worry is a terrible mental punishment. What's going to become of me? Where will I end up? In the gutter or the sanitarium? We can see ourselves slipping, getting worse and worse, and we wonder what the finish will be. Some...

Quetzal · Quetzal

I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. -- Katherine Mansfield Growing up to be the best people we can be is a lifelong process. As teenagers, we may have thought that twenty-one would be a magic year for us because then we would become adults. We'd be grown up and able to handle any p...

Doll · Doll

PRAYER: IT WORKS It has been well said that "almost the only scoffers at prayer are those who never tried it enough." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 97 Having grown up in an agnostic household, I felt somewhat foolish when I first tried praying. I knew there was a Higher Power workin...

Quetzal · Quetzal

If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down th...

Girry · Girry

Hi my first post. I drink alot like every day after work in the evening.I do not know if I am an alcoholic or not i just know that i drink alot.It has got to the position that i wake up still drunk from the evening before.I dont want to drink when i wake up or during the day at work but i like to drink when i get ho...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thankyou one and all for being here with me. It's a real pleasure to be here amongst you, hear your chatterings & share with you. It's my bellybutton birthday 2day & I'm 30 years old! I managed not to celebrate with a hangover with the grace of God that actually seems to live inside...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ When we were drinking, we used to be ashamed of the past. Remorse is terrible mental punishment: ashamed of ourselves for the things we've said and done, afraid to face people because of what they might think of us, afraid of the consquences of what we did when we were drunk. In A...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Many of us, in trying to run away from our essential aloneness, have abused alcohol, work, drugs, food, money, and entertainment. In spite of our frantic activity, we have continued to feel "alone in a crowd," "alone in our dreams," and "lonely in our marriages." T...

Robert · Robert

I have often wondered what you guys all look like. you guys are my friends and I have always had a face to match in the past! I am not asking for a head on a stick like in a indiana jones film! but wondered if we could post pictures on here, or does that goe againts the annonymous bit? hmm

Phil · Phil

Alcoholism is a primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychological, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. This disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by continuous or periodic: impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with...

LisaF · LisaF

Spent last night and today at an AA convention in Lincoln... it was great! it was my second convention to go to... and I get all hyped up after conventions lol I've been wired tonight. There were 2 speakers from Nashvile, TN there today (and I'm from Memphis...) and I asked my bf if I really talke...

Phil · Phil

We cannot erase the past We must let it go. We cannot change yesterday We must accept the lessons learned. We cannot stop time or stand still in a world thats racing in circles We must dance with the wind and sing with the songs that are playing. Let whatever mistakes we have made remain in the sha...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Once I have learned to set my boundaries, others may try to ignore them or accuse me of being selfish. I know my boundaries have been crossed when I begin to feel uncomfortable inside, and I need to pay attention to this feeling. If others are used to relating to me in a certain way, and I'm changing, i...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

Thought for the Day ~ When we alcoholics first come into A.A. and we face the fact that we must spend the rest of our life without liquor, it often seems like an impossibility to us. So A.A. tells us to forget about the future and take it one day at a time. All we really have is now. We have no past time and no fut...

Tina · Tina

as you all know my situation this week, well time for the healing to start and move on. I found myself breaking into tears and well couldn't figure why, but realize that things will get better in time one day at a time. I'm going to a meeting tonite, weather i want to or not. I'll be fine, I kno...

John · John

Come on in and join us... members from a variety of 12 Step programs having a marathon meeting for the next 24 hours... join us by coming into the room at http://www.12stepforums.net/chatroom2.html Hope to see you there!

benny33 · benny33

well 1st off alll id like to say hello. its been awhile since i posted just wanted to check in,see how every one is ill try to catch up with you all .things have been good still sober and still going to meeetings almost2 years now jill and i are still together and constintly working on our relationship.i pi...

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...

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	Learning (Preview) Learning stamps you with its moments. -- Eudora Welty We never stop learning. We absorb information every waking moment. And while we sleep, we process what we encounter during the day. The conclusions we reach about these daily lessons will likely be based on the perception that dominates our live...	Quetzal	0	451	Mar 21, 2007 by Quetzal
	GLAD TO HAVE MET YOU ALL (Preview) ((((((((((((((((((GUYS)))))))))))))))))) I'm Ally from Scotland, I'm an @op in Al-Anon room....I met some of you at the MIP Athon at the weekend...I just wanted to say, you have had a huge impact on my life, this week....lol I have grown so much over the last week...I have been through a rou...	ally02	3	463	Mar 21, 2007 by Wren
	The Newcommer and The First AA meeting (Preview) Practically nobody looks forward to going to their first AA meeting. In most cases this in fact is an occasion of extreme shame, dread and despair. The majority of individuals going to AA for the first time are doing so reluctantly, either because they have promised someone else to go or because they h...	Phil	1	991	Mar 20, 2007 by cooncatbob
	Just checkin in (Preview) Morning everyone Just checkin in, it's been 3 days and things seem to be a little off, I'm doing fine and I'm sure my son is doing well. Guess it will take one day at a time, and go through the emotions we need to, to move on and get through this. I talked to him over the weekend, he seemed to be a...	Tina	2	413	Mar 20, 2007 by Tina
	Music community (Preview) When i got sober I was advised to take up a musical instrument as its good for your self esteem. Now I play piano I wondered if there are others out there like me. I thought it would be nice to join a community. R	Robert	6	435	Mar 20, 2007 by psychoktty
	What?!? a little shocked... (Preview) Just talked to my sponsor from back home... and she asked how things were working with my new sponsor, and I told her... how she's so unavailable and I can't ever reach her, and she wants to wait 3 months to start on the steps with me and I feel like I need to get back into the steps... my sponsor b...	LisaF	5	516	Mar 20, 2007 by psychoktty
	24 Hours a Day ~ 20th March 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ When we were drinking, we used to worry about the future. Worry is a terrible mental punishment. What's going to become of me? Where will I end up? In the gutter or the sanitarium? We can see ourselves slipping, getting worse and worse, and we wonder what the finish will be. Some...	Sobrietyspell	0	446	Mar 20, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Understanding (Preview) I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. -- Katherine Mansfield Growing up to be the best people we can be is a lifelong process. As teenagers, we may have thought that twenty-one would be a magic year for us because then we would become adults. We'd be grown up and able to handle any p...	Quetzal	0	456	Mar 20, 2007 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections Mar 19 (Preview) PRAYER: IT WORKS It has been well said that "almost the only scoffers at prayer are those who never tried it enough." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 97 Having grown up in an agnostic household, I felt somewhat foolish when I first tried praying. I knew there was a Higher Power workin...	Doll	0	355	Mar 19, 2007 by Doll
	The Promises (Preview) If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down th...	Quetzal	0	685	Mar 19, 2007 by Quetzal
	Helo (Preview) Hi my first post. I drink alot like every day after work in the evening.I do not know if I am an alcoholic or not i just know that i drink alot.It has got to the position that i wake up still drunk from the evening before.I dont want to drink when i wake up or during the day at work but i like to drink when i get ho...	Girry	6	552	Mar 19, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Birthday Celebrations! (Preview) Thankyou one and all for being here with me. It's a real pleasure to be here amongst you, hear your chatterings & share with you. It's my bellybutton birthday 2day & I'm 30 years old! I managed not to celebrate with a hangover with the grace of God that actually seems to live inside...	Sobrietyspell	8	550	Mar 19, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	24 Hours a Day ~ 19th March 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ When we were drinking, we used to be ashamed of the past. Remorse is terrible mental punishment: ashamed of ourselves for the things we've said and done, afraid to face people because of what they might think of us, afraid of the consquences of what we did when we were drunk. In A...	Sobrietyspell	0	439	Mar 19, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Accepting Our Aloneness (Preview) Many of us, in trying to run away from our essential aloneness, have abused alcohol, work, drugs, food, money, and entertainment. In spite of our frantic activity, we have continued to feel "alone in a crowd," "alone in our dreams," and "lonely in our marriages." T...	Quetzal	1	664	Mar 19, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	hmm (Preview) I have often wondered what you guys all look like. you guys are my friends and I have always had a face to match in the past! I am not asking for a head on a stick like in a indiana jones film! but wondered if we could post pictures on here, or does that goe againts the annonymous bit? hmm	Robert	23	895	Mar 19, 2007 by timverton
	American Council On Alcoholism (Preview) Alcoholism is a primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychological, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. This disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by continuous or periodic: impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with...	Phil	1	580	Mar 18, 2007 by timverton
	went to a convention... and... sponsors.... (Preview) Spent last night and today at an AA convention in Lincoln... it was great! it was my second convention to go to... and I get all hyped up after conventions lol I've been wired tonight. There were 2 speakers from Nashvile, TN there today (and I'm from Memphis...) and I asked my bf if I really talke...	LisaF	2	447	Mar 18, 2007 by LisaF
	Saturday (Preview) We cannot erase the past We must let it go. We cannot change yesterday We must accept the lessons learned. We cannot stop time or stand still in a world thats racing in circles We must dance with the wind and sing with the songs that are playing. Let whatever mistakes we have made remain in the sha...	Phil	5	473	Mar 18, 2007 by Phil
	Setting Boundaries (Preview) Once I have learned to set my boundaries, others may try to ignore them or accuse me of being selfish. I know my boundaries have been crossed when I begin to feel uncomfortable inside, and I need to pay attention to this feeling. If others are used to relating to me in a certain way, and I'm changing, i...	Quetzal	1	510	Mar 18, 2007 by amanda2u2
	24 Hours a Day ~ 18th March 2007 (Preview) Thought for the Day ~ When we alcoholics first come into A.A. and we face the fact that we must spend the rest of our life without liquor, it often seems like an impossibility to us. So A.A. tells us to forget about the future and take it one day at a time. All we really have is now. We have no past time and no fut...	Sobrietyspell	0	462	Mar 18, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	time for healing (Preview) as you all know my situation this week, well time for the healing to start and move on. I found myself breaking into tears and well couldn't figure why, but realize that things will get better in time one day at a time. I'm going to a meeting tonite, weather i want to or not. I'll be fine, I kno...	Tina	3	425	Mar 17, 2007 by Tina
	MIP Athon is happeing tonight! (Preview) Come on in and join us... members from a variety of 12 Step programs having a marathon meeting for the next 24 hours... join us by coming into the room at http://www.12stepforums.net/chatroom2.html Hope to see you there!	John	0	494	Mar 17, 2007 by John
	its been awhile (Preview) well 1st off alll id like to say hello. its been awhile since i posted just wanted to check in,see how every one is ill try to catch up with you all .things have been good still sober and still going to meeetings almost2 years now jill and i are still together and constintly working on our relationship.i pi...	benny33	3	408	Mar 17, 2007 by Sick of being sick
	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	401	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	374	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	457	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	437	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	463	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	450	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	468	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	473	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	400	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	443	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	1348	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	448	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	514	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	440	Mar 15, 2007 by amanda2u2
	HBO Addiction (Preview) *http://www.hbo.com/addiction/thefilm/index.html?current=5*	amanda2u2	0	406	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	569	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	410	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	455	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	426	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	493	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	487	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	476	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	414	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	501	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	451	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	530	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	675	Mar 12, 2007 by Laura
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