Alcoholics Anonymous

wantneeda · wantneeda

in recovery, i was saying yesterday, holy crap!! if one more good thing happens to me i might have to go into hiding!!!!! jus' kiddin';) i found an apartment, well actually it kind of found me, seriously, it jumped out at me from the newspaper...i had pretty much decided to take another already g...

LisaF · LisaF

We went to my nephew's christmas program last night, and wound up sitting right next to someone I hadn't seen since I was a child - the woman my dad cheated on my mom with. I had to talk to her and be nice and civil, it was really awkward and uncomfortable and brought back old resentments toward her and my dad...

annmarie · annmarie

Hi everyone, My boyfriend is an alcoholic and I attend alanon. I have been here a few times in the past and have gotton much needed advice and honest opinions. I just wanted to give you an update on my circumstances. Well, my bf continued with his binges, every weekend, whenever he had money rea...

Phil · Phil

How we think and behave is determined by the polar opposite emotions of the human sensory experience: love and fear. Everything we think and do - every action and reaction - arises from an initial thought or feeling anchored in love or fear (i.e. acceptance is a feeling that emerges from a state of love...

Quetzal · Quetzal

... there are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real and, vice versa, many real diamonds which go unvalued. -- W. M. Thackeray It's high praise to say that someone is "genuine - the real thing." We use the image of jewelry when we talk about character: "Pure gold - 14 karat - rings true -...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Developing ourselves We must realize in our hearts that we are becoming better people. We do this by using our highest standards and making our best efforts. We do this, in part, by turning our lives over to God, who will guide us if we sincerely ask. As we develop, we find we're offering much mo...

Doll · Doll

COMMON SOLUTION The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action. This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism. ALC...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Finally did it! Yippeeeeeeeeee! Fired my sponsor! LOL! I'm just joking. No real joy here. Got me a new sponsor. Finally. It had been suggested to me by many people to do this. I'm not acting on impulsive thoughts here. I do feel good about this though. I believe I need to have an sponsor that can l...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Where is God? AA members have always had a difficult time explaining the "God business." We didn't want to be considered religious, but at the same time we've always believed some contact with a Higher Power is necessary for real personal growth. There's nothing wrong for our purposes in si...

Wren · Wren

"One word frees us from the weight and pain of life; that word is love." --Sophocles In exploring the enneagram, Riso and Hudson have identified ‘lost messages’ that we needed to hear as children but didn’t. The absence of these words may be at the heart of our most basic fear. And unconsciously we ma...

Phil · Phil

LIVE LIKE A DOG - AND BE HAPPY!! If a dog were the teacher, you would learn stuff like : When loved ones come home, always run to greet them. Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride. Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your f...

crazyblonde · crazyblonde

Shelley, and i'm an alcohlic. Damn that hurt to type. I had been sober a year, till a month ago. Now i'd rather stick a gun to my head. I'm tired of the hurt and the trying. I can't believe I'm even here and typing this. I don't have a car right now to go to meetings. I just can't believe i feel so weak. I...

Doll · Doll

A GENUINE HUMILITY . . . . we are actually to practice a genuine humility. This is to the end that our great blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of Him who presides over us all. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 192 Experience has taught me that my alcoh...

CAM · CAM

December 10, 2006 Pride Often, I suspect that pride kills as many alcoholics as liquor does. . . My reaction to fast-progressing alcoholism was chiefly a frantic effort to hide it. Ask for help? What an idea! The day came when my pride was squashed flat, and I did call for help. I called on p...

New Member · Hey_Lady

Hi everyone. I'm so glad to have found this site. I've been trying to stop drinking for going on a year now. The frequency is less, about once a week, but it's still a routine, I even schedule the day I'll drink, just like I schedule a trip to the store. I know some of you will th...

LaneysMom · LaneysMom

Gosh, I don't even know where to start. My battle with alcohol is a long and horrific one. I've been close to death more times than I probably know. I was assaulted, I've gotten a DUI, I woken up in places and not known where I was or how I got there. I've flirted with sobriety in t...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi all, Jarrod and Robert have both shared so much this evening and it made me want to share, too. And, it has done me good. I have been feeling pretty down all day, but looking back at where my drinking was taking me, I feel I have so much to be grateful for and to feel good about. Anyway, here's my st...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

There was a post last year, somewhere, that really made a difference in my enjoyment of the holidays,,, and I'd like to share the concept with you all now: We often have ideas about what the holidays are 'supposed to' be. Family is supposed to get together. We are supposed to have a nice b...

cindy · cindy

suffering sucks, i hate that part of recovery. it seems necessary to process the emotions however, cause if you dont they come out sideways and it can get self destructive. sometimes i dont get why it has to hurt so much then something happens to show me the reasons. there is always reasons and its alway...

Robert · Robert

72489322 for me,. oh 72489323 oh 72489324 I think i better lie down!! you check!! http://silkworth.net/aa/calc.html

Quetzal · Quetzal

Everything's got a moral if only you can find it. -- Lewis Carroll We must make many choices in our recovery. Some of these will strengthen our character, for they will be hard to make and sometimes even harder to accept. One of the most meaningful sayings in our program is Let go and let God. We und...

tina · tina

Got this sent to me, hope you enjoy it. lol, takes one away from thinkin Finally! -- a Blonde GUY Joke! Blonde guy gets home early from work and hears strange noises coming from the bedroom. He rushes upstairs to find his wife naked on the bed, sweating and panting. "What's up?"...

Robert · Robert

I had been drinking since I was 15. It made me feel human for the first time in my life. It took away my fear and gave me an inner glow I never felt before. Most importantly it took me out of myself. I soon discovered that if I drank enough, I got this mystery power and id wake in the morni...

Jon · Jon

Hi, Im Jon a 32 year old alcoholic from NJ. Last year i recieved my 4th DUI. I'm right out of rehab and looking for all the help I can get. I hope to get to know some of you. thanks, jon N

Robert · Robert

http://www.xa-speakers.org/pafiledb.php?action=category&id=13-- Edited by Robert at 11:44, 2006-12-08

CAM · CAM

"God grant the Serenity to accept the person i cannot change, Courage to change the person i can, Wisdom to know that person is me.

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

This is the worst I've felt in a long time. Part of me just wants to fire my sponsor, say f AA, and go it alone. These past two nights I've just layed in bed crying. I feel so horrible. I don't really know what's causing it either. I called my psych doctor yesterday and tried to set an appointment to no avail...

CAM · CAM

"We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us" "One's first step in wisdom is to question everything and one's last is to come to terms with everything" "Life's challenges are not suppose to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you d...

CAM · CAM

When more love, understanding, and harmony are needed in a family, it's really a change of heart by the individuals that is needed. I pray for a change-not to change the other people in my family, but for the wisdom to realize that the only person I am responsible for changing in or am abl...

Quetzal · Quetzal

All We Have Is Now We can only live now, this moment. We cannot erase the mistakes we made yesterday or bring back the good times we had. We cannot know what tomorrow will require of us, nor can we ensure future security and happiness. Now is what we have, and now is everything. We can fo...

Doll · Doll

SERVICE Life will take on a new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you. to have a host of friends - this is an experience you must not miss. . . . Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Everyday . . . life confronts us with new problems to be solved which force us to adjust our old programs accordingly. -- Dr. Ann Faraday Facing the day straight on is occasionally difficult to do. There are those days we feel like crawling under the covers and staying there, certain that we can'...

Sick of being sick · Sick of being sick

Downloaded a real recent photo of me as my avatar. Booze is hard on ya man!

Phil · Phil

>* 1. Schizophrenia --- Do You Hear What I Hear? > >* 2. Multiple Personality Disorder --- We Three Kings Disoriented Are > >* 3. Dementia --- I Think I'll be Home for Christmas > >* 4. Narcissistic --- Hark the Herald Angels Sing About Me > >* 5. Manic --- Deck the Halls and W...

wantneeda · wantneeda

got a quick moment on a computer just wanted to say hello, i miss you's and i'm doing ok been averaging 2 meetings a day, day 27 today:) still in a transition house but i've started looking at apartments, really my whole life is up in the air...lol.....no literally ...isn't that step 2 and 3? wis...

timverton · timverton

Well there, if you figured that out, you can't be too old! Have a wonder-filled day buddy...Tim

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

I don't know what's going on in Justins' head anymore. Pure insanity yesterday. I feel like Scrooge. Bah Humbug! Yesterday I had either two choices to pick from. Anger or depression. Which ever one felt better. I got so pissed at work I chose to march into the head bosses office and let him know that I'm t...

tina · tina

Hi everyone Just wanted to say the hit road block, lol. Guess it took me sometime to realize that I've road block, not drinkin though. Guess we make some decisions that at the time seems to be the right one in sobriety, than realize it's not turning out the way it should or things don't fall in to pla...

Doll · Doll

TRUE AMBITION True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the deep desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 124-25 During my drinking years, my one and only concern was to have my fellow man think highly of me. My ambition in...

Phil · Phil

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you wi...

LisaF · LisaF

I was working on my ab*se workbook, and the last section was on hopes when you were growing up, and how they were crushed.. I was supposed to list 3 things that I hoped for and how they were crushed. I was only able to come up with one thing that I'd hoped for as a child - that my dad would marry this girlfriend I...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The Simple Approach to the 12 Steps! Step 1: There's a power that will kill me. Step 2: There's a power that wants me to live. Step 3: Which do I want? (If you want to die, stop here. If you want to live, go on.) Step 4: Using examples from your own life, understand that selfishne...

Phil · Phil

"Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it." As we work the first nine Steps, we prepare ourselves for the adventure of a new life. But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weather or foul. Then co...

Ironman · Ironman

My drunken personality always saw the bad things in all situations. No matter what, no matter how perfect something was I always found it's flaw and made it a point to do so. How arrogant is that? Seeing the positive side of things now helps me through each day. I have learned to le...

somethingawful · somethingawful

I don't want to argue, but I need help. I don't want to create a god or anything so that I can rely on it, but I would like some advice from people who don't believe in god and all that.. I am not trying to hurt your board, but there must be other people like me out there who are having a really hard time and ju...

Doll · Doll

WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN When we developed still more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself. We found that dependence upon His perfect justice, forgiveness, and love was healthy, and that it would work where nothing else would. If we really depended upon God...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

LOVE The Wonderful Love of a Beautiful maid, The Love of a Staunch True Man and the Love of a Baby Unafraid have Existed since man began. But the Greatest Love, the Love of All Loves Even than that of a Mother is the Tender, Compassionate, Infinite Love of One Alcoholic for Ano...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Each day provides its own gifts. -- Ruth P. Freedman We are guaranteed experiences that are absolutely right for us today. We are progressing on schedule. Even when our personal hopes are unmet, we are given the necessary opportunities for achieving those goals that complement our unique de...

JoBredaNL · JoBredaNL

Hi All AA friends I am sober since August working on the programm daily, and need to start working again which I like. But my work makes me traveling a lot! how do you handele this and how do you go in new meetings? Pleas advice regards Jo

Wren · Wren

Find peace inside "All spiritual disciplines are done with a view to still the mind. The perfectly still mind is universal spirit." -- Swami Ramdas Getting into the habit of meditating, praying and/or resting daily helps us pull back from our preoccupation with the material world. In silenc...

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	gifts (Preview) in recovery, i was saying yesterday, holy crap!! if one more good thing happens to me i might have to go into hiding!!!!! jus' kiddin';) i found an apartment, well actually it kind of found me, seriously, it jumped out at me from the newspaper...i had pretty much decided to take another already g...	wantneeda	3	409	Dec 12, 2006 by timverton
	resentment, anger, and a hurt little girl (Preview) We went to my nephew's christmas program last night, and wound up sitting right next to someone I hadn't seen since I was a child - the woman my dad cheated on my mom with. I had to talk to her and be nice and civil, it was really awkward and uncomfortable and brought back old resentments toward her and my dad...	LisaF	1	460	Dec 12, 2006 by timverton
	my story (Preview) Hi everyone, My boyfriend is an alcoholic and I attend alanon. I have been here a few times in the past and have gotton much needed advice and honest opinions. I just wanted to give you an update on my circumstances. Well, my bf continued with his binges, every weekend, whenever he had money rea...	annmarie	1	469	Dec 12, 2006 by Phil
	Love based or Fear based (Preview) How we think and behave is determined by the polar opposite emotions of the human sensory experience: love and fear. Everything we think and do - every action and reaction - arises from an initial thought or feeling anchored in love or fear (i.e. acceptance is a feeling that emerges from a state of love...	Phil	1	507	Dec 12, 2006 by timverton
	Genuine - the real thing (Preview) ... there are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real and, vice versa, many real diamonds which go unvalued. -- W. M. Thackeray It's high praise to say that someone is "genuine - the real thing." We use the image of jewelry when we talk about character: "Pure gold - 14 karat - rings true -...	Quetzal	1	461	Dec 12, 2006 by tina
	Developing ourselves (Preview) Developing ourselves We must realize in our hearts that we are becoming better people. We do this by using our highest standards and making our best efforts. We do this, in part, by turning our lives over to God, who will guide us if we sincerely ask. As we develop, we find we're offering much mo...	Quetzal	2	455	Dec 12, 2006 by tina
	Daily Reflections Dec 12 (Preview) COMMON SOLUTION The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action. This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism. ALC...	Doll	0	373	Dec 12, 2006 by Doll
	I finally did it!!! (Preview) Finally did it! Yippeeeeeeeeee! Fired my sponsor! LOL! I'm just joking. No real joy here. Got me a new sponsor. Finally. It had been suggested to me by many people to do this. I'm not acting on impulsive thoughts here. I do feel good about this though. I believe I need to have an sponsor that can l...	soberdrunk	3	468	Dec 11, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Where is God? (Preview) Where is God? AA members have always had a difficult time explaining the "God business." We didn't want to be considered religious, but at the same time we've always believed some contact with a Higher Power is necessary for real personal growth. There's nothing wrong for our purposes in si...	Quetzal	2	464	Dec 11, 2006 by amanda2u2
	What Message Did You Most Need to Hear? (Preview) "One word frees us from the weight and pain of life; that word is love." --Sophocles In exploring the enneagram, Riso and Hudson have identified ‘lost messages’ that we needed to hear as children but didn’t. The absence of these words may be at the heart of our most basic fear. And unconsciously we ma...	Wren	2	538	Dec 11, 2006 by Phil
	WOOF!!! (Preview) LIVE LIKE A DOG - AND BE HAPPY!! If a dog were the teacher, you would learn stuff like : When loved ones come home, always run to greet them. Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride. Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your f...	Phil	2	458	Dec 11, 2006 by wagon
	my name is... (Preview) Shelley, and i'm an alcohlic. Damn that hurt to type. I had been sober a year, till a month ago. Now i'd rather stick a gun to my head. I'm tired of the hurt and the trying. I can't believe I'm even here and typing this. I don't have a car right now to go to meetings. I just can't believe i feel so weak. I...	crazyblonde	9	508	Dec 11, 2006 by tina
	Daily Reflections Dec 11 (Preview) A GENUINE HUMILITY . . . . we are actually to practice a genuine humility. This is to the end that our great blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of Him who presides over us all. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 192 Experience has taught me that my alcoh...	Doll	0	355	Dec 11, 2006 by Doll
	AA Thought for the Day (Preview) December 10, 2006 Pride Often, I suspect that pride kills as many alcoholics as liquor does. . . My reaction to fast-progressing alcoholism was chiefly a frantic effort to hide it. Ask for help? What an idea! The day came when my pride was squashed flat, and I did call for help. I called on p...	CAM	0	439	Dec 10, 2006 by CAM
	New Member (Preview) Hi everyone. I'm so glad to have found this site. I've been trying to stop drinking for going on a year now. The frequency is less, about once a week, but it's still a routine, I even schedule the day I'll drink, just like I schedule a trip to the store. I know some of you will th...	Hey_Lady	8	493	Dec 10, 2006 by Wren
	I'm new here (Preview) Gosh, I don't even know where to start. My battle with alcohol is a long and horrific one. I've been close to death more times than I probably know. I was assaulted, I've gotten a DUI, I woken up in places and not known where I was or how I got there. I've flirted with sobriety in t...	LaneysMom	6	434	Dec 10, 2006 by Doll
	My Drinking Story (Preview) Hi all, Jarrod and Robert have both shared so much this evening and it made me want to share, too. And, it has done me good. I have been feeling pretty down all day, but looking back at where my drinking was taking me, I feel I have so much to be grateful for and to feel good about. Anyway, here's my st...	Quetzal	4	518	Dec 9, 2006 by HappyMe
	'supposed to' (Preview) *There was a post last year, somewhere, that really made a difference in my enjoyment of the holidays,,, and I'd like to share the concept with you all now:* *We often have ideas about what the holidays are 'supposed to' be. Family is supposed to get together. We are supposed to have a nice b...*	amanda2u2	2	392	Dec 9, 2006 by Quetzal
	feelings good and bad (Preview) suffering sucks, i hate that part of recovery. it seems necessary to process the emotions however, cause if you dont they come out sideways and it can get self destructive. sometimes i dont get why it has to hurt so much then something happens to show me the reasons. there is always reasons and its alway...	cindy	2	417	Dec 9, 2006 by amanda2u2
	how many sober heart beats? (Preview) 72489322 for me,. oh 72489323 oh 72489324 I think i better lie down!! you check!! http://silkworth.net/aa/calc.html	Robert	3	453	Dec 9, 2006 by Phil
	Let go and let God (Preview) Everything's got a moral if only you can find it. -- Lewis Carroll We must make many choices in our recovery. Some of these will strengthen our character, for they will be hard to make and sometimes even harder to accept. One of the most meaningful sayings in our program is Let go and let God. We und...	Quetzal	0	418	Dec 9, 2006 by Quetzal
	Joke for today, lol (Preview) Got this sent to me, hope you enjoy it. lol, takes one away from thinkin Finally! -- a Blonde GUY Joke! Blonde guy gets home early from work and hears strange noises coming from the bedroom. He rushes upstairs to find his wife naked on the bed, sweating and panting. "What's up?"...	tina	1	611	Dec 8, 2006 by tina
	my story (Preview) I had been drinking since I was 15. It made me feel human for the first time in my life. It took away my fear and gave me an inner glow I never felt before. Most importantly it took me out of myself. I soon discovered that if I drank enough, I got this mystery power and id wake in the morni...	Robert	4	421	Dec 8, 2006 by Robert
	New here (Preview) Hi, Im Jon a 32 year old alcoholic from NJ. Last year i recieved my 4th DUI. I'm right out of rehab and looking for all the help I can get. I hope to get to know some of you. thanks, jon N	Jon	14	487	Dec 8, 2006 by Ironman
	Helped me in the young days (Preview) http://www.xa-speakers.org/pafiledb.php?action=category&id=13-- Edited by Robert at 11:44, 2006-12-08	Robert	3	439	Dec 8, 2006 by Robert
	serenity prayer - revised (Preview) "God grant the Serenity to accept the person i cannot change, Courage to change the person i can, Wisdom to know that person is me.	CAM	3	424	Dec 8, 2006 by Robert
	Struggling (Preview) This is the worst I've felt in a long time. Part of me just wants to fire my sponsor, say f AA, and go it alone. These past two nights I've just layed in bed crying. I feel so horrible. I don't really know what's causing it either. I called my psych doctor yesterday and tried to set an appointment to no avail...	soberdrunk	7	444	Dec 8, 2006 by Robert
	Wisdom (Preview) "We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us" "One's first step in wisdom is to question everything and one's last is to come to terms with everything" "Life's challenges are not suppose to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you d...	CAM	1	400	Dec 8, 2006 by tina
	Enriching My Family (Preview) When more love, understanding, and harmony are needed in a family, it's really a change of heart by the individuals that is needed. I pray for a change-not to change the other people in my family, but for the wisdom to realize that the only person I am responsible for changing in or am abl...	CAM	0	413	Dec 8, 2006 by CAM
	All We Have Is Now (Preview) All We Have Is Now We can only live now, this moment. We cannot erase the mistakes we made yesterday or bring back the good times we had. We cannot know what tomorrow will require of us, nor can we ensure future security and happiness. Now is what we have, and now is everything. We can fo...	Quetzal	3	492	Dec 8, 2006 by tina
	Daily Reflections Dec 8 (Preview) SERVICE Life will take on a new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you. to have a host of friends - this is an experience you must not miss. . . . Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our...	Doll	0	373	Dec 8, 2006 by Doll
	Acting "as if" (Preview) Everyday . . . life confronts us with new problems to be solved which force us to adjust our old programs accordingly. -- Dr. Ann Faraday Facing the day straight on is occasionally difficult to do. There are those days we feel like crawling under the covers and staying there, certain that we can'...	Quetzal	0	405	Dec 8, 2006 by Quetzal
	Quit hiding my real picture. (Preview) Downloaded a real recent photo of me as my avatar. Booze is hard on ya man!	Sick of being sick	2	464	Dec 7, 2006 by Phil
	Christmas Carols For The Disturbed..:) (Preview) >* 1. Schizophrenia --- Do You Hear What I Hear? > >* 2. Multiple Personality Disorder --- We Three Kings Disoriented Are > >* 3. Dementia --- I Think I'll be Home for Christmas > >* 4. Narcissistic --- Hark the Herald Angels Sing About Me > >* 5. Manic --- Deck the Halls and W...	Phil	0	440	Dec 7, 2006 by Phil
	(((((((((MIP))))))))) (Preview) got a quick moment on a computer just wanted to say hello, i miss you's and i'm doing ok been averaging 2 meetings a day, day 27 today:) still in a transition house but i've started looking at apartments, really my whole life is up in the air...lol.....no literally ...isn't that step 2 and 3? wis...	wantneeda	3	391	Dec 7, 2006 by Phil
	lihP yadhtriB yppaH (Preview) Well there, if you figured that out, you can't be too old! Have a wonder-filled day buddy...Tim	timverton	14	546	Dec 7, 2006 by Phil
	Yesterday was a doozy (Preview) I don't know what's going on in Justins' head anymore. Pure insanity yesterday. I feel like Scrooge. Bah Humbug! Yesterday I had either two choices to pick from. Anger or depression. Which ever one felt better. I got so pissed at work I chose to march into the head bosses office and let him know that I'm t...	soberdrunk	7	491	Dec 7, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Hit a road block (Preview) Hi everyone Just wanted to say the hit road block, lol. Guess it took me sometime to realize that I've road block, not drinkin though. Guess we make some decisions that at the time seems to be the right one in sobriety, than realize it's not turning out the way it should or things don't fall in to pla...	tina	6	471	Dec 7, 2006 by tina
	Daily Reflections Dec 7 (Preview) TRUE AMBITION True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the deep desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 124-25 During my drinking years, my one and only concern was to have my fellow man think highly of me. My ambition in...	Doll	0	352	Dec 7, 2006 by Doll
	A reason..A season..or A lifetime.. (Preview) People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you wi...	Phil	3	534	Dec 7, 2006 by timverton
	lack of hope (Preview) I was working on my ab*se workbook, and the last section was on hopes when you were growing up, and how they were crushed.. I was supposed to list 3 things that I hoped for and how they were crushed. I was only able to come up with one thing that I'd hoped for as a child - that my dad would marry this girlfriend I...	LisaF	3	379	Dec 6, 2006 by psychoktty
	The Simple Approach to the 12 Steps (Preview) The Simple Approach to the 12 Steps! Step 1: There's a power that will kill me. Step 2: There's a power that wants me to live. Step 3: Which do I want? (If you want to die, stop here. If you want to live, go on.) Step 4: Using examples from your own life, understand that selfishne...	Quetzal	2	445	Dec 6, 2006 by Quetzal
	Maintenance...long one (Preview) "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it." As we work the first nine Steps, we prepare ourselves for the adventure of a new life. But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weather or foul. Then co...	Phil	0	418	Dec 6, 2006 by Phil
	Seeing the Positive side. (Preview) My drunken personality always saw the bad things in all situations. No matter what, no matter how perfect something was I always found it's flaw and made it a point to do so. How arrogant is that? Seeing the positive side of things now helps me through each day. I have learned to le...	Ironman	3	549	Dec 6, 2006 by Quetzal
	I'm an Atheist (Don't want to be converted but looking for help) (Preview) I don't want to argue, but I need help. I don't want to create a god or anything so that I can rely on it, but I would like some advice from people who don't believe in god and all that.. I am not trying to hurt your board, but there must be other people like me out there who are having a really hard time and ju...	somethingawful	8	514	Dec 6, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Daily Reflections Dec 6 (Preview) WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN When we developed still more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself. We found that dependence upon His perfect justice, forgiveness, and love was healthy, and that it would work where nothing else would. If we really depended upon God...	Doll	0	376	Dec 6, 2006 by Doll
	LOVE (Preview) LOVE The Wonderful Love of a Beautiful maid, The Love of a Staunch True Man and the Love of a Baby Unafraid have Existed since man began. But the Greatest Love, the Love of All Loves Even than that of a Mother is the Tender, Compassionate, Infinite Love of One Alcoholic for Ano...	Toni Baloney	9	491	Dec 6, 2006 by JoBredaNL
	Each day provides its own gifts (Preview) Each day provides its own gifts. -- Ruth P. Freedman We are guaranteed experiences that are absolutely right for us today. We are progressing on schedule. Even when our personal hopes are unmet, we are given the necessary opportunities for achieving those goals that complement our unique de...	Quetzal	0	392	Dec 6, 2006 by Quetzal
	AA and traveling (Preview) Hi All AA friends I am sober since August working on the programm daily, and need to start working again which I like. But my work makes me traveling a lot! how do you handele this and how do you go in new meetings? Pleas advice regards Jo	JoBredaNL	3	388	Dec 6, 2006 by Quetzal
	Find Peace Inside~Higher Awareness (Preview) Find peace inside "All spiritual disciplines are done with a view to still the mind. The perfectly still mind is universal spirit." -- Swami Ramdas Getting into the habit of meditating, praying and/or resting daily helps us pull back from our preoccupation with the material world. In silenc...	Wren	1	392	Dec 5, 2006 by Ironman
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