Alcoholics Anonymous

Doll · Doll

BROTHERS IN OUR DEFECTS We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to overcome them. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 167 The identification that one alcoholic has with another is mysterious, spiritual--almost incomprehensible. But...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Inch by inch, row by row Someone bless these seeds I sow . . . 'Til the rain comes tumblin' down. --David Mallett We plant a garden with faith, never knowing exactly what the harvest will bring. We attend to those aspects of gardening, which we have some control over, planting good seeds in rich soil, in s...

LisaF · LisaF

*sigh* I don't know what's wrong with me today... I haven't been this depressed in I don't know how long. I just want to cry and I can't, and I don't even know why I want to. No thoughts of drinking... but thoughts of something else I shouldn't do (another bad coping mechanism) and I haven't done it in m...

Wren · Wren

"We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems. -- Margaret Mead A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. -- Francis Bacon "What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifeti...

nancyjo59 · nancyjo59

Hello, I'm going to be looking for a sponsor. Can anyone tell me what to look for. I've heard people asking for one at meetings...I have a hard time asking my own family for anything, and havent had the nerve to speak up and ask for one. Thanks Nancy Jo

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ As I look back over my drinking career, have I learned that you take out of life what you put into it? When I put drinking into my life, did I take out a lot of bad things? Hospitals with the D.T.'s? Jails for drunken driving? Loss of job? Loss of home and family? When I put drinking in...

nursedebbiepink · nursedebbiepink

hi folks, just need to vent. my active A is the best guy with a horrible disease. he was involved with AA for 3 years and was dry.i am involved with alanon. my problem is with intimacy. he has been on a daily drinking binge for about 2 months.works all day at his business and comes home to a bottle. i don't...

Doll · Doll

SELF-HONESTY The deception of others is nearly always rooted in the deception of ourselves. . . . When we are honest with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and with God. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 17 When I was drinking, I deceived myself about reality, rewriting it to what I wa...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Many of us were oppressed and victimized as children. As adults, we may continue to keep ourselves oppressed. Some of us don't recognize that caretaking and not setting boundaries will leave us feeling victimized. Some of us don't understand that thinking of ourselves as victims will leave us feel...

LisaF · LisaF

Still in a lot of pain from my back... First dr I saw said it was nerve pain, but didn't run tests or anything. Second dr I saw said it's not nerve pain. Thinks it's muscle spasms. Sent me in for xrays and set up physical therapy. Xrays come back, don't show anything. I start physical therapy, physical ther...

Phil · Phil

This dance of Codependence is a dance of dysfunctional relationships - of relationships that do not work to meet our needs. That does not mean just romantic relationships, or family relationships, or even human relationships in general. The fact that dysfunction exists in our romantic, family, a...

oOOoOoOoOOo · oOOoOoOoOOo

My dad has been drinking for 8 days, he doesn't eat, he just drinks. I don't live with him, so I can't really control him. Today I visit his hous and he told me, that he is going 2 stop drinking. When I visit his house, he had 16 empty buttols on his table. I'll visit him tmorrow again, but I don't think he will...

Sobrietyspell · Sobrietyspell

A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Every time we go to an A.A. meeting, every time we say the Lord's prayer, every time we have quiet time before breakfast, we're paying a premium on our insurance against taking that first drink. And every time we help another alcoholic, we're making a large payment on our drink...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We often refer to recovery from codependency and adult child issues as self-care. Self-care is not, as some may think, a spin off of the me generation. It isn't self-indulgence. It isn't selfishness - in the negative interpretation of that word. We're learning to take care of ourselves, instead of o...

barisax · barisax

If you clicked on this thinking you might find something useful to the newcomer... well, my topic is actually the opposite. I have some sobriety... I don't know if I qualify as an oldtimer, but it seems as time goes by, I seem to have less of value to share with the newcomer. Often in the past, it seemed tha...

Doll · Doll

LOVE AND FEAR AS OPPOSITES All these failings generate fear, a soul-sickness in its own right. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49 "Fear knocked at the door; faith answered; no one was there." I don't know to whom this quote should be attributed, but it certainly indicates clearly t...

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

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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...

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	Daily Reflections Apr 19 (Preview) BROTHERS IN OUR DEFECTS We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to overcome them. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 167 The identification that one alcoholic has with another is mysterious, spiritual--almost incomprehensible. But...	Doll	0	458	Apr 19, 2007 by Doll
	Seeds Of Joy (Preview) Inch by inch, row by row Someone bless these seeds I sow . . . 'Til the rain comes tumblin' down. --David Mallett We plant a garden with faith, never knowing exactly what the harvest will bring. We attend to those aspects of gardening, which we have some control over, planting good seeds in rich soil, in s...	Quetzal	0	496	Apr 19, 2007 by Quetzal
	What's wrong with me? (Preview) sigh I don't know what's wrong with me today... I haven't been this depressed in I don't know how long. I just want to cry and I can't, and I don't even know why I want to. No thoughts of drinking... but thoughts of something else I shouldn't do (another bad coping mechanism) and I haven't done it in m...	LisaF	8	659	Apr 18, 2007 by miller2
	Opportunity (Preview) "We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems. -- Margaret Mead A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. -- Francis Bacon "What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifeti...	Wren	0	435	Apr 18, 2007 by Wren
	Sponsor (Preview) Hello, I'm going to be looking for a sponsor. Can anyone tell me what to look for. I've heard people asking for one at meetings...I have a hard time asking my own family for anything, and havent had the nerve to speak up and ask for one. Thanks Nancy Jo	nancyjo59	4	488	Apr 18, 2007 by nancyjo59
	24 Hours a Day ~ 18th April 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ As I look back over my drinking career, have I learned that you take out of life what you put into it? When I put drinking into my life, did I take out a lot of bad things? Hospitals with the D.T.'s? Jails for drunken driving? Loss of job? Loss of home and family? When I put drinking in...	Sobrietyspell	0	470	Apr 18, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	intimacy with my A (Preview) hi folks, just need to vent. my active A is the best guy with a horrible disease. he was involved with AA for 3 years and was dry.i am involved with alanon. my problem is with intimacy. he has been on a daily drinking binge for about 2 months.works all day at his business and comes home to a bottle. i don't...	nursedebbiepink	7	479	Apr 18, 2007 by Tina
	Daily Reflections Apr 18 (Preview) SELF-HONESTY The deception of others is nearly always rooted in the deception of ourselves. . . . When we are honest with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and with God. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 17 When I was drinking, I deceived myself about reality, rewriting it to what I wa...	Doll	0	408	Apr 18, 2007 by Doll
	Freedom (Preview) Many of us were oppressed and victimized as children. As adults, we may continue to keep ourselves oppressed. Some of us don't recognize that caretaking and not setting boundaries will leave us feeling victimized. Some of us don't understand that thinking of ourselves as victims will leave us feel...	Quetzal	0	423	Apr 18, 2007 by Quetzal
	frustrated, still having back pain... (Preview) Still in a lot of pain from my back... First dr I saw said it was nerve pain, but didn't run tests or anything. Second dr I saw said it's not nerve pain. Thinks it's muscle spasms. Sent me in for xrays and set up physical therapy. Xrays come back, don't show anything. I start physical therapy, physical ther...	LisaF	4	473	Apr 17, 2007 by Doll
	Codependency And Letting Go (Preview) This dance of Codependence is a dance of dysfunctional relationships - of relationships that do not work to meet our needs. That does not mean just romantic relationships, or family relationships, or even human relationships in general. The fact that dysfunction exists in our romantic, family, a...	Phil	6	1708	Apr 17, 2007 by miller6
	What should I do? (Preview) My dad has been drinking for 8 days, he doesn't eat, he just drinks. I don't live with him, so I can't really control him. Today I visit his hous and he told me, that he is going 2 stop drinking. When I visit his house, he had 16 empty buttols on his table. I'll visit him tmorrow again, but I don't think he will...	oOOoOoOoOOo	13	765	Apr 17, 2007 by Phil
	24 Hours a Day ~ 17th April 2007 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Every time we go to an A.A. meeting, every time we say the Lord's prayer, every time we have quiet time before breakfast, we're paying a premium on our insurance against taking that first drink. And every time we help another alcoholic, we're making a large payment on our drink...	Sobrietyspell	0	501	Apr 17, 2007 by Sobrietyspell
	Self-Care (Preview) We often refer to recovery from codependency and adult child issues as self-care. Self-care is not, as some may think, a spin off of the me generation. It isn't self-indulgence. It isn't selfishness - in the negative interpretation of that word. We're learning to take care of ourselves, instead of o...	Quetzal	2	758	Apr 17, 2007 by Phil
	Useful to the Newcomer (Preview) If you clicked on this thinking you might find something useful to the newcomer... well, my topic is actually the opposite. I have some sobriety... I don't know if I qualify as an oldtimer, but it seems as time goes by, I seem to have less of value to share with the newcomer. Often in the past, it seemed tha...	barisax	6	522	Apr 17, 2007 by sheilasdad
	Daily Reflections Apr 17 (Preview) LOVE AND FEAR AS OPPOSITES All these failings generate fear, a soul-sickness in its own right. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49 "Fear knocked at the door; faith answered; no one was there." I don't know to whom this quote should be attributed, but it certainly indicates clearly t...	Doll	0	388	Apr 17, 2007 by Doll
	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	638	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	498	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	517	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	428	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	457	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	2953	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	450	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	463	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	410	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	453	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	524	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	566	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	527	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	628	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	731	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	599	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	657	Apr 10, 2007 by barisax
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