Alcoholics Anonymous

WRbeachbum · WRbeachbum

I just got a telephone message from my office wanting me to call and let them know how I am doing. I am still not feeling well enough to go to work. I do contract work and I left on kinda bad terms because they were mad that I went off so abruptly (I posted about this before). I had to take ca...

Sick of being sick · Sick of being sick

Hey Phil, do you have MP's as bright as our Congressmen & Senators in the USA? How about you folks on the other side of the pond? With these folks representing us, I wonder why folks from other countries don't pronounce it...You Ass, Eh? I have always said that, while it may be true th...

jmc612989 · jmc612989

I thought about Tim and Elena today. At a meeting a newcomer was totally baffled by his repeated failures to stay sober, even going to meetings. I met Tim when I was 6 months sober and he was even newer, and Tim was not getting it, In fact he was not staying sober and being a royal pain at the same time. Tim wou...

flumpy · flumpy

In the words of CYPRESS HILL I WANNA GET HIGH....SO HIGH, Yet I shall not. I have just indured the worst week of my entire life (to date) and I just want to drink away the pain and hurt but I shall not. If I were a normal person I would have hit the bottle right off, but I shall not. For tho...

Robert · Robert

I dusted off one of my favourite old records last night, I could tell that I had not listened to it since I got sober, or indeed since 1999, it was covered in vomit. I wonder if there is such a thing that can clean vomit from records? I tried soapy water but the needle did not trudge through the grooves at al...

Sycorax · Sycorax

Well,just that. I rang up my local AA today and found out there was a women's meeting with creche facilities that I could go to on Friday night (and bring my 3 y/o). Felt quite alright until about half an hour ago. I was on my way home from the shops, driving, and thought, oh crap, just think of all the awful t...

iffer · iffer

I don't know what the F is wrong with me. I just can't stay sober to save my life!!! Maybe that's the problem......I haven't been in enough pain yet. Haven't lost enough. The thing is, I don't want to lose everything!!!! Are there actually people who make it in this pro...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Good Morning to Everyone: I copied and Pasted this excerpt from "How it Works", Chapter 5, Alcoholics Anonymous. This is the part I LISTENED to everyday, VERY INTENSELY. It is read at the begining of each meeting. With my Chronic Relapse history, and failure to grasp this Program, for a 10 ye...

Dawn · Dawn

Hi Everyone, I've been going to AA meetings for a month. I haven't had a drink for 31 days, which in itself is a miracle. :) I've had a horrid time and I just wanted to share. I won't talk about all the things which I used as excuses to drink, except to summarise in the quickest way possib...

Phil · Phil

Today's Gift. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. --Antoine de St. Exupery A tuning fork is a small tool that is used to tune musical instruments. It is tapped softly and then set down. As it vibrates, it gives off a musical tone. Wh...

Sycorax · Sycorax

If you can call this 'a topic'. Just gave my daughter a bath. She wants me to play 'dolly hospitals' with her, and I feel really played out for the day, to be honest. I have a really sore throat today and I keep thinking, wouldn't a glass of red be nice and soothing? Idiotic, since I'd have to smoke at the sa...

recovering jb · recovering jb

SO, my sponsor is usually cool, he has 5 years sober, brings a meeting to a detox, has a sponsor himself, works the steps, and I am up to step 11 with him, but there is a bit of a problem- Recently he got in a fight about some people in our group who are sponsoring the opposite sex, and somehow in the mids...

Sick of being sick · Sick of being sick

I needed to quit, long before I wanted to quit. I needed to quit because it was damaging my health. I needed to quit because I behaved irresponsibly when I drank, causing myself embarrassment at best and financial and legal problems at worst. But, I didn't want t...

WRbeachbum · WRbeachbum

Hey Toni, you were right. I am now a "veteran memeber" after only one week. Cool! What a nice way to feel a part of. Now I just have to figure out how to get a photo up and what it should be of ... hmmm, must get creative. This could take weeks :) I can't even get my emoti...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Does anyone know a sight where I can download 4th step worksheets. I would greatly appreciate the help. Thankyou!!!!!

jmc612989 · jmc612989

Wren · Wren

Centered Silliness Laughing Meditation Many people might be surprised to think of laughter as a form of meditation. Yet not only is laughing meditation one of the simplest forms of meditation, but also it is a very powerful one. The physical act of laughing is one of the few actions involvin...

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

Hi All. I'm Chris and I'm A raging alcoholic with a big problem. Have been drinking for about 3 weeks again, just having completed a detox...... F*****g Idiot. Big arguement with wife tonight.... told her the truth. Losing it big time at the moment... I don't have any excuses, just faile...

Robert · Robert

Hiya, back at work now, hardest place to work the program, my boss has it in for me, when other people chit chat he ignores them, I was speaking to a co worker about a work related issue and he started giving me funny looks, he called me into a meeting and said that I need to talk less and do more work, takes the...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

The Promises If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. N...

jmc612989 · jmc612989

Lord get me out of this one and I swear I’ll never drink again! So many of my friends tell me their foxhole prayers, and their subsequent forgetfulness regarding their hasty pledge. I don’t remember ever thinking I had better stop. What I remember was trying to moderate my drinking, pray...

Phil · Phil

Powerlessness and Unmanageability Willpower is not the key to the way of life we are seeking. Surrender is. "I have spent much of my life trying to make people be, do, or feel something they aren't, don't want to do, and choose not to feel. I have made them, and myself, crazy in that process," said one r...

Noel A · Noel A

The urge to abuse myself is sometimes overwhelming. I was talking with a friend of mine yesterday who I haven't spoken with for about 3 yrs. He does not understand the alcoholic situation, although he drinks heavily himself. But, he is a friend of mine from the age of 8. I have to respect his misundersta...

Rob · Rob

I duno where i am at the moment.. I keep wanting to drink.. Each night.. or afternoon (when im not working) Since tuesday, and including, i have been off work cos of my back and neck. I have been gettin drunk either startin in the evening or afternoon.. Sleepin in abit the next day.. then going for a...

Wren · Wren

One day I was this happy little hippy, complete with flowers in her hair.(seriously). I went to love ins at Irvine Park, CA. I went to Venice, CA. and got high for the first time. I was 16 and married. I stayed high on drugs, off and on, for the next few years. Then I found methamphetamine, and...

jmc612989 · jmc612989

I was about a year sober when a grizzled old timer growled out in a meeting, “It takes 5 years in AA to get your brains back, and 10 years to learn how to use them.” I remember thinking to myself, “You must be pretty damn slow ‘cause I’m getting this deal.” By the time I was 8 years sober I was pray...

Eight members! holy cow · soberdrunk

Hi Everyone!!!!

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Celebrated 90 days yesterday. My fourth time doing so. Sometimes I have to ask myself "what's different this time?" Have to make sure that I am on the right path and depend on others to let me know if I'm messing up. Talked to my sponsor yesterday and he's going to be really on me to get this fourth step done...

cindy · cindy

so this week i had a situation that i experianced a lot in my drinking days but hasnt happened for many years. in the old days i just drank more when an "unfortunate incident" like that happened. this time i had friends to call and they all said the same thing. after all this time in the program i have learne...

jmc612989 · jmc612989

Over the years I've heard thousands of relapse stories and they all had one thing in common. Every relapse began with either a dramatic fall-off in meetings or they stopped going at all. I have a pet theory I'd like to tell you about. Most people believe that things get crazy if an alcoholi...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi To all, Just crossed my mind that this week-end was a long week-end for most of us. And I do remember wishing many a happy holiday. I was thinking (well that's not always a good thing). (Smile) This is a Holiday, honoring all that have given their lives, for this Great Country that most of us he...

Wren · Wren

Giving The Freedom To Live Accepting The Journeys Of Others Each of us, in life, walks on the special path that the soul is destined to undertake. Our journeys are very different and we progress at different rates. The pitfalls and blessings we encounter are unique, yet we are all learning and no one...

Phil · Phil

Have read a lot of great shares, on here this morning...and have identified with each and every one of them.. And its great to see...all the new faces...that have joined us.....in the AA boat.. Another day, in sobriety...living life on lifes terms... Hope you all have the best day yu can eh.....

lehrbob · lehrbob

I used to have a problem when I was the center of the universe of thinking no one liked me. An old-timer said to me "Out of 10 people, 3 will like me, 3 will be neutral and 3 wo'n't care for me that much!" I said "that's only 9 people, what about the 10th?" He replied "The 10th person determines whether you're h...

lehrbob · lehrbob

I've spent a little time on www.healthboards.com - addiction site and have come to the conclusion that the board should be re-named to www.denialboards.com Does accepting the journey of others include those in deep denial? I know the answer to that one already! Sure is hard looking at all the pain ou...

Phil · Phil

"If you want what we have" "Are willing to go to any lengths" "Half measures avail us nothing" "Willingness does not get us there...Action does" "Dont pick up a drink today, and go to a meeting" "Surrender, and Accept"

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Hi everyone, I haven't really been posting that much latlely. I finally found some time to sit back and actually enjoy the internet! I think I might need some Shoppers Anonymous meetings. Just kidding. I pretty much went window shopping today and that was fun. Had a good meeting tonight. Had a rem...

Rob · Rob

If there are so many different people with so many different personalities and different beliefs. Why is there only one program? Just cos one program works for one person there is no reason to say it will work for another and vice versa.. I guess no one has got the umph together to make a d...

Sycorax · Sycorax

Well, I did not have a very good weekend. Thanks Toni Baloney for your very kind message, it comforts me to know that relapsers can 'get it' eventually. No drink yet today. It is getting worse, in a way: the more I want to stop, the more I want to drink! Even at the least appropriate times. Beachbum men...

jmc612989 · jmc612989

I didn't realise until years after getting sober just how turbulent my drinking years had been. While I was living those years what I was experiencing seemed normal. The continual cascade of failed relationships, getting into and then back out of trouble, lost jobs and unreasonable cops....

jmc612989 · jmc612989

The Insanity Defense Over the years I've heard thousands of relapse stories and they all had one thing in common. Every relapse began with either a dramatic fall-off in meetings or they stopped going at all. I have a pet theory I'd like to tell you about. Most people believe that things get crazy if an...

jmc612989 · jmc612989

I did not arrive in AA based on the power of my resume, nor did I come to AA looking to fill a sudden lull in my social calendar. What happened was I was bleeding from the bowels, throwing up blood, and shaking like a leaf. I had no food, no shelter, and no transportation. I was unemployed and unemployable. S...

Attention AOL Users · John

In order to be seen in our chatroom our IRC server provider (StarChat.net)requires that AOL users chatroom nicknames be registered. So, if you are a AOL user, please follow the link below and get your nickname registered so you can join us in the chatroom for meetings. AOL Users Nickname R...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

We were now at Step Three. Many of us said to our Maker, as we understood Him: "God, I offer myself to Thee -- to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would h...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Chapter 5 - Book of Alcoholic Anonymous How It Works Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of...

Sycorax · Sycorax

Sorry if people are getting sick of this. At lunch with Aunt yesterday she asked me if I wanted a sherry and like a robot I said yes. Had no more for hours. Then had abut four glasses of wine in quick succession while on phone to my ex, started to feel rather sick, terminated conversation and went to bed (d...

zoomie · zoomie

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WRbeachbum · WRbeachbum

Hi everyone, I have not been able to get to a face to face AA meeting in almost a week. My home group is tomorrow night and I will go to that. I just wanted to let you know that this forum has really helped ground me this week and keep me plugged into the program. Thanks for posting here....

Wren · Wren

Seek union over separation "Beliefs separate. Loving thoughts unite." -- Paul Ferrini Our ego focuses on how we are different from the rest of the world. Our soul lives when we experience how we are the same. Any time you separate yourself from other people or from situations, you know your p...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

HI ALL, JUST WANT TO ADD A LITTLE CORNEY HUMOR FOR THIS AFTERNOON. WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO SOME POLITICIAN RUNNING FOR SOMETHING - WHO KNOWS - BUT HER PITCH ON THE MORNING NEWS WAS: "I COME FROM AN ITALIAN SAUGAGE & PACKAGING FAMILY - AND LET ME TELL YOU, I KNOW.... BALONEY.........W...

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	Help! (Preview) I just got a telephone message from my office wanting me to call and let them know how I am doing. I am still not feeling well enough to go to work. I do contract work and I left on kinda bad terms because they were mad that I went off so abruptly (I posted about this before). I had to take ca...	WRbeachbum	7	308	Jun 1, 2006 by carmie
	Politicians as usual (a little long but funny) (Preview) Hey Phil, do you have MP's as bright as our Congressmen & Senators in the USA? How about you folks on the other side of the pond? With these folks representing us, I wonder why folks from other countries don't pronounce it...You Ass, Eh? I have always said that, while it may be true th...	Sick of being sick	4	316	Jun 1, 2006 by DanaBanana
	A Pair Of Chronic Relapsers (Preview) I thought about Tim and Elena today. At a meeting a newcomer was totally baffled by his repeated failures to stay sober, even going to meetings. I met Tim when I was 6 months sober and he was even newer, and Tim was not getting it, In fact he was not staying sober and being a royal pain at the same time. Tim wou...	jmc612989	6	1452	Jun 1, 2006 by DanaBanana
	OH DEAR ME... :( (Preview) In the words of CYPRESS HILL I WANNA GET HIGH....SO HIGH, Yet I shall not. I have just indured the worst week of my entire life (to date) and I just want to drink away the pain and hurt but I shall not. If I were a normal person I would have hit the bottle right off, but I shall not. For tho...	flumpy	6	347	Jun 1, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	record cleaner (Preview) I dusted off one of my favourite old records last night, I could tell that I had not listened to it since I got sober, or indeed since 1999, it was covered in vomit. I wonder if there is such a thing that can clean vomit from records? I tried soapy water but the needle did not trudge through the grooves at al...	Robert	6	291	Jun 1, 2006 by DanaBanana
	arg! bought booze but have not drunk it (very long) (Preview) Well,just that. I rang up my local AA today and found out there was a women's meeting with creche facilities that I could go to on Friday night (and bring my 3 y/o). Felt quite alright until about half an hour ago. I was on my way home from the shops, driving, and thought, oh crap, just think of all the awful t...	Sycorax	3	360	Jun 1, 2006 by DanaBanana
	AAARRRRRGGGGG!!! I am NOT "getting" this (Preview) I don't know what the F is wrong with me. I just can't stay sober to save my life!!! Maybe that's the problem......I haven't been in enough pain yet. Haven't lost enough. The thing is, I don't want to lose everything!!!! Are there actually people who make it in this pro...	iffer	14	916	Jun 1, 2006 by DanaBanana
	"There are such unfortunates" (Preview) Good Morning to Everyone: I copied and Pasted this excerpt from "How it Works", Chapter 5, Alcoholics Anonymous. This is the part I LISTENED to everyday, VERY INTENSELY. It is read at the begining of each meeting. With my Chronic Relapse history, and failure to grasp this Program, for a 10 ye...	Toni Baloney	1	4154	Jun 1, 2006 by DanaBanana
	Sharing (Preview) Hi Everyone, I've been going to AA meetings for a month. I haven't had a drink for 31 days, which in itself is a miracle. :) I've had a horrid time and I just wanted to share. I won't talk about all the things which I used as excuses to drink, except to summarise in the quickest way possib...	Dawn	5	278	Jun 1, 2006 by DanaBanana
	Thoughts For Wednesday (Preview) *Today's Gift. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. --Antoine de St. Exupery* A tuning fork is a small tool that is used to tune musical instruments. It is tapped softly and then set down. As it vibrates, it gives off a musical tone. Wh...	Phil	7	335	May 31, 2006 by Phil
	5.23 pm and still sober... (Preview) If you can call this 'a topic'. Just gave my daughter a bath. She wants me to play 'dolly hospitals' with her, and I feel really played out for the day, to be honest. I have a really sore throat today and I keep thinking, wouldn't a glass of red be nice and soothing? Idiotic, since I'd have to smoke at the sa...	Sycorax	7	355	May 31, 2006 by Robert
	switching sponsors? (Preview) SO, my sponsor is usually cool, he has 5 years sober, brings a meeting to a detox, has a sponsor himself, works the steps, and I am up to step 11 with him, but there is a bit of a problem- Recently he got in a fight about some people in our group who are sponsoring the opposite sex, and somehow in the mids...	recovering jb	5	290	May 31, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Needing to quit versus wanting to quit (Preview) I needed to quit, long before I wanted to quit. I needed to quit because it was damaging my health. I needed to quit because I behaved irresponsibly when I drank, causing myself embarrassment at best and financial and legal problems at worst. But, I didn't want t...	Sick of being sick	6	397	May 31, 2006 by DanaBanana
	Veteran Memeber (Preview) Hey Toni, you were right. I am now a "veteran memeber" after only one week. Cool! What a nice way to feel a part of. Now I just have to figure out how to get a photo up and what it should be of ... hmmm, must get creative. This could take weeks :) I can't even get my emoti...	WRbeachbum	6	319	May 31, 2006 by DanaBanana
	???????? (Preview) Does anyone know a sight where I can download 4th step worksheets. I would greatly appreciate the help. Thankyou!!!!!	soberdrunk	3	430	May 31, 2006 by rosie light shines
	In Preparation To Receive A Gift (Preview)	jmc612989	2	320	May 31, 2006 by Phil
	Laughing Meditation-OM (Preview) Centered Silliness Laughing Meditation Many people might be surprised to think of laughter as a form of meditation. Yet not only is laughing meditation one of the simplest forms of meditation, but also it is a very powerful one. The physical act of laughing is one of the few actions involvin...	Wren	5	285	May 31, 2006 by Wren
	Total honesty (Preview) Hi All. I'm Chris and I'm A raging alcoholic with a big problem. Have been drinking for about 3 weeks again, just having completed a detox...... F*****g Idiot. Big arguement with wife tonight.... told her the truth. Losing it big time at the moment... I don't have any excuses, just faile...	Cabbageheadchris	12	349	May 30, 2006 by DanaBanana
	Working the program (Preview) Hiya, back at work now, hardest place to work the program, my boss has it in for me, when other people chit chat he ignores them, I was speaking to a co worker about a work related issue and he started giving me funny looks, he called me into a meeting and said that I need to talk less and do more work, takes the...	Robert	5	291	May 30, 2006 by DanaBanana
	****THE PROMISES**** (Preview) The Promises If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. N...	Toni Baloney	2	282	May 30, 2006 by DanaBanana
	Sought Through Prayer And Medication (Preview) Lord get me out of this one and I swear I’ll never drink again! So many of my friends tell me their foxhole prayers, and their subsequent forgetfulness regarding their hasty pledge. I don’t remember ever thinking I had better stop. What I remember was trying to moderate my drinking, pray...	jmc612989	2	411	May 30, 2006 by Phil
	Powerlessness (Preview) Powerlessness and Unmanageability Willpower is not the key to the way of life we are seeking. Surrender is. "I have spent much of my life trying to make people be, do, or feel something they aren't, don't want to do, and choose not to feel. I have made them, and myself, crazy in that process," said one r...	Phil	7	331	May 30, 2006 by Phil
	What a trip. (Preview) The urge to abuse myself is sometimes overwhelming. I was talking with a friend of mine yesterday who I haven't spoken with for about 3 yrs. He does not understand the alcoholic situation, although he drinks heavily himself. But, he is a friend of mine from the age of 8. I have to respect his misundersta...	Noel A	7	342	May 30, 2006 by Noel A
	Duno where i am at the moment (Preview) I duno where i am at the moment.. I keep wanting to drink.. Each night.. or afternoon (when im not working) Since tuesday, and including, i have been off work cos of my back and neck. I have been gettin drunk either startin in the evening or afternoon.. Sleepin in abit the next day.. then going for a...	Rob	8	405	May 30, 2006 by Noel A
	A Short Story (sorta) (Preview) One day I was this happy little hippy, complete with flowers in her hair.(seriously). I went to love ins at Irvine Park, CA. I went to Venice, CA. and got high for the first time. I was 16 and married. I stayed high on drugs, off and on, for the next few years. Then I found methamphetamine, and...	Wren	9	316	May 30, 2006 by Wren
	Superstitions, Traditions, And Set Ideas (Preview) I was about a year sober when a grizzled old timer growled out in a meeting, “It takes 5 years in AA to get your brains back, and 10 years to learn how to use them.” I remember thinking to myself, “You must be pretty damn slow ‘cause I’m getting this deal.” By the time I was 8 years sober I was pray...	jmc612989	3	350	May 29, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Eight members! holy cow (Preview) Hi Everyone!!!!	soberdrunk	4	356	May 29, 2006 by soberdrunk
	90 Days! (Preview) Celebrated 90 days yesterday. My fourth time doing so. Sometimes I have to ask myself "what's different this time?" Have to make sure that I am on the right path and depend on others to let me know if I'm messing up. Talked to my sponsor yesterday and he's going to be really on me to get this fourth step done...	soberdrunk	10	330	May 29, 2006 by soberdrunk
	life on lifes terms (Preview) so this week i had a situation that i experianced a lot in my drinking days but hasnt happened for many years. in the old days i just drank more when an "unfortunate incident" like that happened. this time i had friends to call and they all said the same thing. after all this time in the program i have learne...	cindy	2	326	May 29, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	The Insanity Defense (Preview) Over the years I've heard thousands of relapse stories and they all had one thing in common. Every relapse began with either a dramatic fall-off in meetings or they stopped going at all. I have a pet theory I'd like to tell you about. Most people believe that things get crazy if an alcoholi...	jmc612989	1	298	May 29, 2006 by cindy
	Quiet Somber Holiday (Preview) Hi To all, Just crossed my mind that this week-end was a long week-end for most of us. And I do remember wishing many a happy holiday. I was thinking (well that's not always a good thing). (Smile) This is a Holiday, honoring all that have given their lives, for this Great Country that most of us he...	Toni Baloney	0	250	May 29, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Accepting the Journey of Others (Preview) Giving The Freedom To Live Accepting The Journeys Of Others Each of us, in life, walks on the special path that the soul is destined to undertake. Our journeys are very different and we progress at different rates. The pitfalls and blessings we encounter are unique, yet we are all learning and no one...	Wren	4	300	May 29, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Have a good Sunday... (Preview) Have read a lot of great shares, on here this morning...and have identified with each and every one of them.. And its great to see...all the new faces...that have joined us.....in the AA boat.. Another day, in sobriety...living life on lifes terms... Hope you all have the best day yu can eh.....	Phil	5	301	May 29, 2006 by Phil
	People liking me (Preview) I used to have a problem when I was the center of the universe of thinking no one liked me. An old-timer said to me "Out of 10 people, 3 will like me, 3 will be neutral and 3 wo'n't care for me that much!" I said "that's only 9 people, what about the 10th?" He replied "The 10th person determines whether you're h...	lehrbob	1	282	May 29, 2006 by Phil
	Is this 12 stepping? (Preview) I've spent a little time on www.healthboards.com - addiction site and have come to the conclusion that the board should be re-named to www.denialboards.com Does accepting the journey of others include those in deep denial? I know the answer to that one already! Sure is hard looking at all the pain ou...	lehrbob	1	287	May 29, 2006 by jmc612989
	A few Quotes..and you guys have a good Monday eh.. (Preview) "If you want what we have" "Are willing to go to any lengths" "Half measures avail us nothing" "Willingness does not get us there...Action does" "Dont pick up a drink today, and go to a meeting" "Surrender, and Accept"	Phil	1	301	May 28, 2006 by Phil
	What it was like, what happened, and what it's like now (Preview) Hi everyone, I haven't really been posting that much latlely. I finally found some time to sit back and actually enjoy the internet! I think I might need some Shoppers Anonymous meetings. Just kidding. I pretty much went window shopping today and that was fun. Had a good meeting tonight. Had a rem...	soberdrunk	2	318	May 28, 2006 by WRbeachbum
	A different apprough to sobriety.. That works? (Preview) If there are so many different people with so many different personalities and different beliefs. Why is there only one program? Just cos one program works for one person there is no reason to say it will work for another and vice versa.. I guess no one has got the umph together to make a d...	Rob	11	420	May 28, 2006 by Rob
	For slippers and relapsers... (Preview) Well, I did not have a very good weekend. Thanks Toni Baloney for your very kind message, it comforts me to know that relapsers can 'get it' eventually. No drink yet today. It is getting worse, in a way: the more I want to stop, the more I want to drink! Even at the least appropriate times. Beachbum men...	Sycorax	4	904	May 28, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Children of Chaos (Preview) I didn't realise until years after getting sober just how turbulent my drinking years had been. While I was living those years what I was experiencing seemed normal. The continual cascade of failed relationships, getting into and then back out of trouble, lost jobs and unreasonable cops....	jmc612989	1	990	May 28, 2006 by WRbeachbum
	RE Slippers (Preview) The Insanity Defense Over the years I've heard thousands of relapse stories and they all had one thing in common. Every relapse began with either a dramatic fall-off in meetings or they stopped going at all. I have a pet theory I'd like to tell you about. Most people believe that things get crazy if an...	jmc612989	3	282	May 28, 2006 by jmc612989
	Angels, Slightly Scruffy (Preview) I did not arrive in AA based on the power of my resume, nor did I come to AA looking to fill a sudden lull in my social calendar. What happened was I was bleeding from the bowels, throwing up blood, and shaking like a leaf. I had no food, no shelter, and no transportation. I was unemployed and unemployable. S...	jmc612989	2	279	May 28, 2006 by jmc612989
	Attention AOL Users (Preview) In order to be seen in our chatroom our IRC server provider (StarChat.net)requires that AOL users chatroom nicknames be registered. So, if you are a AOL user, please follow the link below and get your nickname registered so you can join us in the chatroom for meetings. AOL Users Nickname R...	John	0	315	May 28, 2006 by John
	Third Step Prayer (Preview) We were now at Step Three. Many of us said to our Maker, as we understood Him: "God, I offer myself to Thee -- to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would h...	Toni Baloney	2	274	May 28, 2006 by soberdrunk
	HOW IT WORKS (Preview) Chapter 5 - Book of Alcoholic Anonymous How It Works Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of...	Toni Baloney	1	297	May 28, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Slipped again, two days in, sober today.... (Preview) Sorry if people are getting sick of this. At lunch with Aunt yesterday she asked me if I wanted a sherry and like a robot I said yes. Had no more for hours. Then had abut four glasses of wine in quick succession while on phone to my ex, started to feel rather sick, terminated conversation and went to bed (d...	Sycorax	13	425	May 27, 2006 by WRbeachbum
	Testing (Preview) 123456	zoomie	4	306	May 27, 2006 by Phil
	Face to face meetings (Preview) Hi everyone, I have not been able to get to a face to face AA meeting in almost a week. My home group is tomorrow night and I will go to that. I just wanted to let you know that this forum has really helped ground me this week and keep me plugged into the program. Thanks for posting here....	WRbeachbum	1	269	May 27, 2006 by Phil
	Union and Seperation (Preview) Seek union over separation "Beliefs separate. Loving thoughts unite." -- Paul Ferrini Our ego focuses on how we are different from the rest of the world. Our soul lives when we experience how we are the same. Any time you separate yourself from other people or from situations, you know your p...	Wren	0	267	May 27, 2006 by Wren
	AARG! POLITICIANS (Preview) HI ALL, JUST WANT TO ADD A LITTLE CORNEY HUMOR FOR THIS AFTERNOON. WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO SOME POLITICIAN RUNNING FOR SOMETHING - WHO KNOWS - BUT HER PITCH ON THE MORNING NEWS WAS: "I COME FROM AN ITALIAN SAUGAGE & PACKAGING FAMILY - AND LET ME TELL YOU, I KNOW.... BALONEY.........W...	Toni Baloney	5	994	May 27, 2006 by WRbeachbum
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