Alcoholics Anonymous

LoriLou · LoriLou

Hello! Just found this site and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Lori and I am a recovering alcoholic!

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

I just realized that I had used this term in a previous post, in jest. I truly hope I didn't hurt anyone's feelings by it. Around here in AA, we call eachother 'old farts', when we have 10 years sober or more... it is used the same way as "Old Timers".... funny thing is, some of them are still in their 2...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

....sigh.... I no longer seek to create drama 'around' myself, but I do create plenty of it within!! Just when I feel like I'm not thinking so much anymore, I notice all the stupid stuff my mind has indeed come up with.... subtle and overt forms of self-pity, selfishness, and the like... Progress,...

iffer · iffer

Hello everyone...... I am always hearing "This is a disease of perception" I have been thinking alot on this lately. I have for many years perceived myself to be a worthless person. Not good enough for my husband and daughter, not strong enough to quit drinking, not ni...

Phil · Phil

Today's Gift. A good laugh heals a lot of hurts. --Madeleine L'Engle The ability to laugh at ourselves has always been important. In old days, fools and jesters held an important place in the royal courts. Today we have clowns who make us laugh. If we look closely at a clown's face, we will of...

Doll · Doll

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. This is something I make damned sure I do every day. For me, it's not done through osmosis, it's done through actions. Praying, asking for the gift of abstinence and sobriety today, going to me...

Doll · Doll

"THE GOOD AND THE BAD" "My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad." ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76 The joy of life is in the giving. Being freed of my shortcomings, that I may more freely be of service, allows humility to grow in me. My shortcomings can be humbly placed in God's l...

KCB · KCB

A little over 5 years ago, following an especially heavy drinking period, I went to AA and got sober, and have remained alcohol-free since that time. This spring I met and fell in love with the woman of my dreams. We have just recently moved in together. I am a musician and play reg...

Wren · Wren

Love the message in this---life really is what about how we chose to experience it. Wren The quality of the life we live, is based upon the learning we derive from our experiences. I know that for myself, it is sometimes easy to feel that "Life has taught me some tough lessons...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

go to meetings and get all wacky religious...I dont want to talk like I'm a helpless victim of some alleged cunning baffling "disease". I dont want to pray to some god I dont believe in and I dont want to feel like I'm obligated to care about or owe anything to a bunch strangers who can...

Phil · Phil

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to prov...

thief · thief

My name is Brian and, yes, I am an alcoholic. I have been in recovery for 16 years, but I have not been in an AA program for the past 11 years. I hope to get to know you all better as we continue this journey into sobriety. Thanks!

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

Thanks for helping me through these past few 'wierdo weeks', all. Just being able to share my struggles 24/7 is a real blessing!!! My clouds are gone, for the time being. YAAAAYYY!!!!!

DanaBanana · DanaBanana

I noticed you already deleted your status here...I sent you a PM so I doubt you'll get it now...but I wanted to see if we could still communicate via email. So maybe if you see this, you can let me know if you are interested. Miss ya already, dana xo

Dori · Dori

Hi, I found out my 17 year old son was drinking and his friend and he drove my son home drunk.I was at a loss what to do , my son knows my sister was killed by a drunk driver. I grounded him talk to him about drinking and driveing,. I feel absolutely sick to my sotmach i know i will wor...

Doll · Doll

An alcoholic fell in a hole and couldn't get out. A businessman went by and the alcoholic called our for help. The businessman threw him some money and told him to buy himself a ladder. But the alcoholic would not buy a ladder in this hole he was in. A doctor walked by. The alcoholic said, "Help I can't get o...

Phil · Phil

Today's Gift. Dependency (on another human being) is the inability to experience wholeness or to function adequately without the certainty that one is being actively cared for by another. --M. Scott Peck No matter what we may think, overdependence on another can be very unloving because...

Phil · Phil

To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, but allow learning from natural consequences. To let g...

Doll · Doll

A PRICELESS GIFT By this time in all probability we have gained some measure of release from our more devastating handicaps. We enjoy moments in which there is something like real peace of mind. To those of us who have hitherto known only excitement, depression, or anxiety--in other words, to all of u...

Wren · Wren

Pain and suffering will visit you at various times in your life, and it's thus of significant consequence to understand what you're meant to learn from such experiences. Pain can be a valuable teacher, and it's important to allow your teacher in when it knocks on your door. Our "somatic se...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Experience, Strength, and Hope When it comes to meetings, I come there to find solutions to the problems I experience in day to day living. For the most part I try and keep it centered around my alcoholism/drug addiction. The answers to the majority (all) of my problems can be found in the Big Book of A...

Wren · Wren

Keeping Our Minds Supple Questioning Everything A lot of people feel threatened if they feel they are being asked to question their cherished beliefs or their perception of reality. Yet questioning is what keeps our minds supple and strong. Simply settling on one way of seeing things and refusin...

jeannie · jeannie

I have heard some members at meetings speak of a football in the stomach. Could someone please clue me in on what this feels like, and what exactly it is? Does your stomach feel hard, bloated and does this happen after you eat. It hurts when I sit, stand, lay down. ...

Dori · Dori

Joni, Thank you for your wise words on the other side.I could sit and lsiten to you all day you have a godo case of recovery and I want that. you have a big heart and it shows through. i am praying for you this week dori

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

I've been in and out of the program a couple of times with my longest dry spell being about 3 months. It seems like such a monumental task to go back and start again at the beginning...christ I don't even have 24 hours yet. Well. I kinda feel like a loser

LisaF · LisaF

Got my 1 month chip last night!!! It really doesn't seem like it's been that long... I guess a month isn't really that long, but it feels like a big accomplishment

I actually scanned my chip and posted it on the other message board I go to and in my livejournal and everything lol I'm just so happy...

Doll · Doll

SHORTCOMINGS REMOVED But now the words "Of myself I am nothing, the Father doeth the works" began to carry bright promise and meaning. 12 & 12, p. 75 When I put the Seventh Step into action I must remember that there are no blanks to fill in. It doesn't say, "Humbly asked Him to (fill in the blank) remo...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

re·cov·er re·cov·er [ri kúvvər] (past re·cov·ered, past participle re·cov·ered, present participle re·cov·er·ing, 3rd person present singular re·cov·ers) 1. regain something: to get back something previously lost 2. return to normal: t...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

Not that it's an amazing achievement or anything, I'm not really a daily drinker, my cycle is usually binge drinking two or three times a week, but I feel a whole lot better than yesterday. I apologized to my friend who I punched in the face the night before and it wasn't as big a deal as I had t...

flumpy · flumpy

hiya all, just need to ask is it ok if you go to an AA meeting drunk, i don't want to seem as if i'm mocking the situation coz i'm not, just that i've been told to keep drinking for the time being, and when i say drunk i don't mean totaly sloshed i just mean had a couple? thankyou kate

im done · im done

I'm not! I woke up with a headache, feeling bloated and very tired, kind of groggy...and my first thought was...oh no, I blew it, didn't I..what did I do??? Feelings of disappointment, and shame and discouragement rushed through me. But then I got my bearings and realized I haven't dran...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

Coming out of the hole.... so glad I haven't picked up, by the Grace of God.... Have been doing meetings meetings meetings, praying a lot, resting a lot, keeping my side of the street clean and VOICING my difficulties to other alcoholics and to my husband. This too, is passing. Halfway to jubila...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

...for you 'old farts'.... hahahaa (just kidding... I can see the Private Messaging now....) Just imagine, or try on your own, what it takes to let out a really big, celebratory, "WOOOOT!!!!!!!" No further explanation needed???..... Jonibaloni

LisaF · LisaF

I only got about 3 hours of sleep last night so I'm worn out... but I'm still feeling pretty good. I've had those ups and downs of getting sober... and I'm working on some things from my past that get me pretty down, I'm supposed to be journaling about it and I'm doing it in small doses so it doesn't affect me...

DanaBanana · DanaBanana

In my "Powerlessness" post a few days back you said: Phil wrote: Howdy Dana.....Hows it goin? Thought for the day....."If one quits feeding the monkeys, bananas....They will stop sitting on your shoulder" You have a good day.... I'm a touch lost with what you meant by it(okay, more than a to...

DanaBanana · DanaBanana

Saturday was my half-birthday...6 months sober babeeeeeee!!!!!

WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Thank GOD for this program!!! Wishing ya's all another 24! hugs, Dana

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

"A long and exhausting walk" According to Microsoft Works word processing dictionary... Boy, ain't THAT the truth now and again!!! Jonibaloni a.k.a. "Madame Librarian"

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

I have been struggling the past few days, but I know if I stay sober it will get better... well, 'it' may not, but I will.... This kind of stuff can make or break us. I have thought of a drink several times over the past few days... and it was pretty heavy. But then, by the Grace of God, I would cry an...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi Phil, Well if you say, or your Owl say Hoot, and you add the South, then it does makes sense, but where does that leave us Californians??? Maybe "Fo'ot! Will work, oh well, I'll try in on someone and let you know, think I change that to Toot!! Gotta get out a Dictionary, need to do that ofter these day... < YEP

Phil · Phil

YESTERDAY.... TODAY and TOMORROW There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is YESTERDAY with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. YESTERDAY has passe...

green · green

Hi-New here-don't type so pardon me from the start! Got back from a HG meting -still heavy in the heart. Today is day 65 for me and I'm going for 90 in 90.Been journaling from the start-my hand seems to be able to keep up even when my head is outta control! Problem is-my H is having an online affair with a girl...

DanaBanana · DanaBanana

I just wanted to thank you for posting the Daily Reflections for us....I really appreciate it because I get so very much from these readings. Hugs, Dana

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi Dana, Just a little question, does your Avatar represent the Trudging Part of this program, to you?? have had some people asking about the word "Trudging" and the dictionary didn't seem to give me a real good answer, so I think I will use your Visual of the Trudgeing. Thanks. And Happy B...

Doll · Doll

nancyjo59 wrote: Trying to convince myself I'm not an alcholic (ha-ha)... Thank you, nancyjo. What a profound statement this is to me. It was not until last night that I realized I was doing the same thing. Although I had no problem labeling myself an alcoholic, I don't think I had actually acce...

Doll · Doll

GRATEFUL FOR WHAT I HAVE, p.208 During this process of learning more about humility, the most profound result of all was the change in our attitude toward God. 12 & 12, p. 75 Today my prayers consist mostly of saying thank you to my Higher Power for my sobriety and for the wonder of God's abundance, b...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

I got drunk and punched a friend in the face. He's a drunk too and he kind of deserved it but I still feel bad. Why am I incapable of stopping drinking? Why am I so powerless over this silly little liquid? What do I need to do? -- Edited by Tipsy McStagger at 12:32, 2006-07-18

JMAS · JMAS

IM VERY GRATEFUL TO THIS BOARD FOR GETTING ME BACK ON TRACK im looking at 35 days sober thanks jean

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

Don't leave us like that... stay logged on and talk through it.. jonibaloni

Robert · Robert

Morning all. Feeling good today went to a meeting at 7 this morning, was good to see my past sponcer he is well too, I then went to the pool for a swim then a sauna, now gonna have a bath when my lunch has gone down and then go to work on the moped., not too bothered about that fool at the meeting, (see yesterdays...

Phil · Phil

Alcoholism and Alcoholics Not too long ago, alcoholism was viewed as a moral problem. Today, many regard it primarily as a health problem. To each problem drinker, it will always remain an intensely personal matter. Alcoholics who approach A.A. frequently ask questions that apply to their own e...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	First time here (Preview) Hello! Just found this site and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Lori and I am a recovering alcoholic!	LoriLou	7	312	Jul 23, 2006 by jonibaloni
	"OLD FARTS"............. (Preview) I just realized that I had used this term in a previous post, in jest. I truly hope I didn't hurt anyone's feelings by it. Around here in AA, we call eachother 'old farts', when we have 10 years sober or more... it is used the same way as "Old Timers".... funny thing is, some of them are still in their 2...	jonibaloni	12	441	Jul 23, 2006 by jonibaloni
	DRAMA QUEEN.................... (Preview) ....sigh.... I no longer seek to create drama 'around' myself, but I do create plenty of it within!! Just when I feel like I'm not thinking so much anymore, I notice all the stupid stuff my mind has indeed come up with.... subtle and overt forms of self-pity, selfishness, and the like... Progress,...	jonibaloni	2	309	Jul 23, 2006 by Dori
	Perceptions (Preview) Hello everyone...... I am always hearing "This is a disease of perception" I have been thinking alot on this lately. I have for many years perceived myself to be a worthless person. Not good enough for my husband and daughter, not strong enough to quit drinking, not ni...	iffer	3	308	Jul 22, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Laughter and Trust (Preview) *Today's Gift. A good laugh heals a lot of hurts. --Madeleine L'Engle* The ability to laugh at ourselves has always been important. In old days, fools and jesters held an important place in the royal courts. Today we have clowns who make us laugh. If we look closely at a clown's face, we will of...	Phil	1	304	Jul 22, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Topic - Step 3 (Preview) 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. This is something I make damned sure I do every day. For me, it's not done through osmosis, it's done through actions. Praying, asking for the gift of abstinence and sobriety today, going to me...	Doll	0	262	Jul 22, 2006 by Doll
	Daily Reflections and Meditation July 22 (Preview) "THE GOOD AND THE BAD" "My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad." ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76 The joy of life is in the giving. Being freed of my shortcomings, that I may more freely be of service, allows humility to grow in me. My shortcomings can be humbly placed in God's l...	Doll	4	599	Jul 22, 2006 by Doll
	Advice for an alcoholic with a girlfriend who drinks? (Preview) A little over 5 years ago, following an especially heavy drinking period, I went to AA and got sober, and have remained alcohol-free since that time. This spring I met and fell in love with the woman of my dreams. We have just recently moved in together. I am a musician and play reg...	KCB	11	371	Jul 22, 2006 by KCB
	Learning from Life--Long article (Preview) Love the message in this---life really is what about how we chose to experience it. Wren The quality of the life we live, is based upon the learning we derive from our experiences. I know that for myself, it is sometimes easy to feel that "Life has taught me some tough lessons...	Wren	8	332	Jul 22, 2006 by iffer
	I dont want to... (Preview) go to meetings and get all wacky religious...I dont want to talk like I'm a helpless victim of some alleged cunning baffling "disease". I dont want to pray to some god I dont believe in and I dont want to feel like I'm obligated to care about or owe anything to a bunch strangers who can...	Tipsy McStagger	11	393	Jul 22, 2006 by brad
	A Reason, A Season, or a Lifetime (Preview) People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to prov...	Phil	2	293	Jul 21, 2006 by jeannie
	Hi, everyone! (Preview) My name is Brian and, yes, I am an alcoholic. I have been in recovery for 16 years, but I have not been in an AA program for the past 11 years. I hope to get to know you all better as we continue this journey into sobriety. Thanks!	thief	10	292	Jul 21, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Happy Puppy is BAAA-AAACK!! (Preview) Thanks for helping me through these past few 'wierdo weeks', all. Just being able to share my struggles 24/7 is a real blessing!!! My clouds are gone, for the time being. YAAAAYYY!!!!!	jonibaloni	4	273	Jul 21, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Toni.... (Preview) I noticed you already deleted your status here...I sent you a PM so I doubt you'll get it now...but I wanted to see if we could still communicate via email. So maybe if you see this, you can let me know if you are interested. Miss ya already, dana xo	DanaBanana	3	267	Jul 21, 2006 by jonibaloni
	my 17 year old son (Preview) Hi, I found out my 17 year old son was drinking and his friend and he drove my son home drunk.I was at a loss what to do , my son knows my sister was killed by a drunk driver. I grounded him talk to him about drinking and driveing,. I feel absolutely sick to my sotmach i know i will wor...	Dori	7	312	Jul 21, 2006 by jonibaloni
	It is a WE program of Recovery (Preview) An alcoholic fell in a hole and couldn't get out. A businessman went by and the alcoholic called our for help. The businessman threw him some money and told him to buy himself a ladder. But the alcoholic would not buy a ladder in this hole he was in. A doctor walked by. The alcoholic said, "Help I can't get o...	Doll	1	255	Jul 21, 2006 by thief
	Dependency...and Being Is Enough (Preview) *Today's Gift. Dependency (on another human being) is the inability to experience wholeness or to function adequately without the certainty that one is being actively cared for by another. --M. Scott Peck* No matter what we may think, overdependence on another can be very unloving because...	Phil	2	320	Jul 21, 2006 by Quetzal
	The Let Go Poem (Preview) To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, but allow learning from natural consequences. To let g...	Phil	5	10380	Jul 21, 2006 by DanaBanana
	Daily Reflections & Meditation July 21 (Preview) A PRICELESS GIFT By this time in all probability we have gained some measure of release from our more devastating handicaps. We enjoy moments in which there is something like real peace of mind. To those of us who have hitherto known only excitement, depression, or anxiety--in other words, to all of u...	Doll	0	307	Jul 21, 2006 by Doll
	The Somatic Self, pain and suffering (Preview) Pain and suffering will visit you at various times in your life, and it's thus of significant consequence to understand what you're meant to learn from such experiences. Pain can be a valuable teacher, and it's important to allow your teacher in when it knocks on your door. Our "somatic se...	Wren	3	352	Jul 20, 2006 by jonibaloni
	EXPERIENCE, STRENGTH, and HOPE (Preview) Experience, Strength, and Hope When it comes to meetings, I come there to find solutions to the problems I experience in day to day living. For the most part I try and keep it centered around my alcoholism/drug addiction. The answers to the majority (all) of my problems can be found in the Big Book of A...	soberdrunk	2	263	Jul 20, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Keeping Our Minds Supple~OM (Preview) Keeping Our Minds Supple Questioning Everything A lot of people feel threatened if they feel they are being asked to question their cherished beliefs or their perception of reality. Yet questioning is what keeps our minds supple and strong. Simply settling on one way of seeing things and refusin...	Wren	1	256	Jul 20, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	In need of an answer. (Preview) I have heard some members at meetings speak of a football in the stomach. Could someone please clue me in on what this feels like, and what exactly it is? Does your stomach feel hard, bloated and does this happen after you eat. It hurts when I sit, stand, lay down. ...	jeannie	5	316	Jul 20, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	joni (Preview) Joni, Thank you for your wise words on the other side.I could sit and lsiten to you all day you have a godo case of recovery and I want that. you have a big heart and it shows through. i am praying for you this week dori	Dori	1	227	Jul 20, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Beginning again... (Preview) I've been in and out of the program a couple of times with my longest dry spell being about 3 months. It seems like such a monumental task to go back and start again at the beginning...christ I don't even have 24 hours yet. Well. I kinda feel like a loser	Tipsy McStagger	8	307	Jul 20, 2006 by recovering jb
	Woot! :) (Preview) Got my 1 month chip last night!!! It really doesn't seem like it's been that long... I guess a month isn't really that long, but it feels like a big accomplishment I actually scanned my chip and posted it on the other message board I go to and in my livejournal and everything lol I'm just so happy...	LisaF	8	289	Jul 20, 2006 by Wren
	Daily Reflections July 20 (Preview) SHORTCOMINGS REMOVED But now the words "Of myself I am nothing, the Father doeth the works" began to carry bright promise and meaning. 12 & 12, p. 75 When I put the Seventh Step into action I must remember that there are no blanks to fill in. It doesn't say, "Humbly asked Him to (fill in the blank) remo...	Doll	0	1460	Jul 20, 2006 by Doll
	~"RECOVERED"~ (Preview) re·cov·er re·cov·er [ri kúvvər] (past re·cov·ered, past participle re·cov·ered, present participle re·cov·er·ing, 3rd person present singular re·cov·ers) 1. regain something: to get back something previously lost 2. return to normal: t...	jonibaloni	0	252	Jul 20, 2006 by jonibaloni
	24 hours! (Preview) Not that it's an amazing achievement or anything, I'm not really a daily drinker, my cycle is usually binge drinking two or three times a week, but I feel a whole lot better than yesterday. I apologized to my friend who I punched in the face the night before and it wasn't as big a deal as I had t...	Tipsy McStagger	8	312	Jul 20, 2006 by iffer
	need to ask? (Preview) hiya all, just need to ask is it ok if you go to an AA meeting drunk, i don't want to seem as if i'm mocking the situation coz i'm not, just that i've been told to keep drinking for the time being, and when i say drunk i don't mean totaly sloshed i just mean had a couple? thankyou kate	flumpy	10	345	Jul 20, 2006 by flumpy
	Woke up feeling hungover but... (Preview) I'm not! I woke up with a headache, feeling bloated and very tired, kind of groggy...and my first thought was...oh no, I blew it, didn't I..what did I do??? Feelings of disappointment, and shame and discouragement rushed through me. But then I got my bearings and realized I haven't dran...	im done	5	377	Jul 20, 2006 by iffer
	Gettin' there..... (Preview) Coming out of the hole.... so glad I haven't picked up, by the Grace of God.... Have been doing meetings meetings meetings, praying a lot, resting a lot, keeping my side of the street clean and VOICING my difficulties to other alcoholics and to my husband. This too, is passing. Halfway to jubila...	jonibaloni	0	256	Jul 20, 2006 by jonibaloni
	The MEANING of ~WOOT~.... (Preview) ...for you 'old farts'.... hahahaa (just kidding... I can see the Private Messaging now....) Just imagine, or try on your own, what it takes to let out a really big, celebratory, "WOOOOT!!!!!!!" No further explanation needed???..... Jonibaloni	jonibaloni	8	332	Jul 20, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Tired but feeling good (Preview) I only got about 3 hours of sleep last night so I'm worn out... but I'm still feeling pretty good. I've had those ups and downs of getting sober... and I'm working on some things from my past that get me pretty down, I'm supposed to be journaling about it and I'm doing it in small doses so it doesn't affect me...	LisaF	5	286	Jul 20, 2006 by Quetzal
	Phil....question for ya... (Preview) In my "Powerlessness" post a few days back you said: Phil wrote: Howdy Dana.....Hows it goin? Thought for the day....."If one quits feeding the monkeys, bananas....They will stop sitting on your shoulder" You have a good day.... I'm a touch lost with what you meant by it(okay, more than a to...	DanaBanana	10	371	Jul 19, 2006 by Phil
	6 months (Preview) Saturday was my half-birthday...6 months sober babeeeeeee!!!!! WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Thank GOD for this program!!! Wishing ya's all another 24! hugs, Dana	DanaBanana	7	275	Jul 19, 2006 by DanaBanana
	dictionary: ~TRUDGE~ (Preview) "A long and exhausting walk" According to Microsoft Works word processing dictionary... Boy, ain't THAT the truth now and again!!! Jonibaloni a.k.a. "Madame Librarian"	jonibaloni	1	290	Jul 19, 2006 by DanaBanana
	STRUGGLING...... (Preview) I have been struggling the past few days, but I know if I stay sober it will get better... well, *'it'* may not, but I will.... This kind of stuff can make or break us. I have thought of a drink several times over the past few days... and it was pretty heavy. But then, by the Grace of God, I would cry an...	jonibaloni	5	326	Jul 19, 2006 by cfmclean
	Hoot & Woot ?? (Preview) Hi Phil, Well if you say, or your Owl say Hoot, and you add the South, then it does makes sense, but where does that leave us Californians??? Maybe "Fo'ot! Will work, oh well, I'll try in on someone and let you know, think I change that to Toot!! Gotta get out a Dictionary, need to do that ofter these day... < YEP	Toni Baloney	1	296	Jul 19, 2006 by Phil
	Wednesday (Preview) YESTERDAY.... TODAY and TOMORROW There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is YESTERDAY with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. YESTERDAY has passe...	Phil	2	263	Jul 19, 2006 by jonibaloni
	acceptance!!! ugh! (Preview) Hi-New here-don't type so pardon me from the start! Got back from a HG meting -still heavy in the heart. Today is day 65 for me and I'm going for 90 in 90.Been journaling from the start-my hand seems to be able to keep up even when my head is outta control! Problem is-my H is having an online affair with a girl...	green	6	292	Jul 18, 2006 by green
	Doll....here please. (Preview) I just wanted to thank you for posting the Daily Reflections for us....I really appreciate it because I get so very much from these readings. Hugs, Dana	DanaBanana	1	252	Jul 18, 2006 by Doll
	To Dana banana girl! (Preview) Hi Dana, Just a little question, does your Avatar represent the Trudging Part of this program, to you?? have had some people asking about the word "Trudging" and the dictionary didn't seem to give me a real good answer, so I think I will use your Visual of the Trudgeing. Thanks. And Happy B...	Toni Baloney	1	354	Jul 18, 2006 by DanaBanana
	Just a little of My ES&H (Preview) nancyjo59 wrote: Trying to convince myself I'm not an alcholic (ha-ha)... Thank you, nancyjo. What a profound statement this is to me. It was not until last night that I realized I was doing the same thing. Although I had no problem labeling myself an alcoholic, I don't think I had actually acce...	Doll	1	298	Jul 18, 2006 by DanaBanana
	Daily Reflections July 18 (Preview) GRATEFUL FOR WHAT I HAVE, p.208 During this process of learning more about humility, the most profound result of all was the change in our attitude toward God. 12 & 12, p. 75 Today my prayers consist mostly of saying thank you to my Higher Power for my sobriety and for the wonder of God's abundance, b...	Doll	1	407	Jul 18, 2006 by DanaBanana
	Last night... (Preview) I got drunk and punched a friend in the face. He's a drunk too and he kind of deserved it but I still feel bad. Why am I incapable of stopping drinking? Why am I so powerless over this silly little liquid? What do I need to do? -- Edited by Tipsy McStagger at 12:32, 2006-07-18	Tipsy McStagger	6	317	Jul 18, 2006 by DanaBanana
	thank you! (Preview) IM VERY GRATEFUL TO THIS BOARD FOR GETTING ME BACK ON TRACK im looking at 35 days sober thanks jean	JMAS	3	260	Jul 18, 2006 by DanaBanana
	YOOHOOO---TIPSY McSTAGGER... (Preview) Don't leave us like that... stay logged on and talk through it.. jonibaloni	jonibaloni	2	286	Jul 18, 2006 by Doll
	Feeling good (Preview) Morning all. Feeling good today went to a meeting at 7 this morning, was good to see my past sponcer he is well too, I then went to the pool for a swim then a sauna, now gonna have a bath when my lunch has gone down and then go to work on the moped., not too bothered about that fool at the meeting, (see yesterdays...	Robert	3	246	Jul 18, 2006 by Robert
	Alcoholism and Alcoholics (long) (Preview) Alcoholism and Alcoholics Not too long ago, alcoholism was viewed as a moral problem. Today, many regard it primarily as a health problem. To each problem drinker, it will always remain an intensely personal matter. Alcoholics who approach A.A. frequently ask questions that apply to their own e...	Phil	2	313	Jul 18, 2006 by jonibaloni
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