Alcoholics Anonymous

mmerlino · mmerlino

I really did not know what meant to be truly grateful. I was talking to a friend back in December saying how grateful I was for this and that. However, in the next sentence over. I said some really negative things. He then said how could I have said that; when I am so grateful. So, he asked me to go home a...

wagon · wagon

Resentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Resentments are the blocks that hold us back from loving others and ourselves. Resentments do not punish the other person; they punish us. They become barriers to feeling good and enjoying life. They prevent us from being in harmony with the world. Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loo...

Doll · Doll

"LET'S KEEP IT SIMPLE" A few hours later I took my leave of Dr. Bob. . . The wonderful, old, broad smile was on his face as he said almost jokingly, "Remember, Bill, let's not louse this thing up. Let's keep it simple!" I turned away, unable to say a word. That was the la...

tina · tina

Just dropped in was able to get to a meeting last nite, it was the first in a while. Felt nice to get out to the meeting, guess sometimes its just hard enough to try and not get caught up in the life of being busy and remembering to get back to the basics. Glad I was able to get out and spend time talking to o...

sheilasdad · sheilasdad

Hi to everyone here at MIP, First of all thanks for the experience, strength, hope, and laughter you add to my life everyday. While I don't post all the time, I visit every day. I feel sometimes I take much more than I give, because I get a lot here. Anyway... today I am sober for 11 years. God has ble...

Doll · Doll

When I first came to AA, my biggest resentment was toward my ex-husband, for oh so many reasons. Even though we'd been divorced for many years, I just could not let some things go. He & I had always promised to be 'friendly' but once I got into the program we no longer had anything in com...

Doll · Doll

SERVING MY BROTHER The member talks to the newcomer not in a spirit of power but in a spirit of humility and weakness. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE p. 279 As the days pass in A.A., I ask God to guide my thoughts and the words that I speak. In this labor of continuous participation in the Fellowship, I h...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Life is not life at all without delight. -- Coventry Patmore Newcomer I'm tired of following the same routines week after week, month after month. I've been thinking about taking a trip for a few days. I know, I know, you warned me about geographic changes. But I want to do something different...

Robert · Robert

am A criminal its official , I have had fun today trying to sort this out. we have establised 99.9% that I have a criminal record, but it was commited in 2003 by someone who lives in arnold ( i live in long eaton) and he has tattoos on both arms I have none. but he claims he is Robert F Greco DOB 05/...

Phil · Phil

Why Men Wear Earrings THIS EXPLAINS THE ORIGIN OF WHY MEN STARTED WEARING EARRINGS. A man notices that his co-worker is wearing an earring. This man knows his co-worker to be a normally conservative fellow, and is curious about his sudden change in "fashion sense." "So," he sa...

Doll · Doll

"WE PAUSE . . . AND ASK" As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.87 Today I humbly ask my Higher Power for the grace to find the space between my impulse and my action; to let flow a cooling breeze when I would r...

Sick of being sick · Sick of being sick

When I was 21.....it was a very good year

Wren · Wren

Laws are the dictates of nature. When adhered to, they produce harmony. Human laws ideally ought to reflect laws of nature. When they don’t, then disharmony is created. When we think of harmony we typically think of music, as this is a clearly seen, or heard, expression of harmony. When sounds...

Phil · Phil

The Language of Letting Go Owning Our Power There is one feeling we need to pay particular attention to in recovery: feeling victimized. We do not need to become comfortable with that feeling. How do we feel when we've been victimized? Helpless. Rageful. Powerless. Frustrated. Feeling victim...

Quetzal · Quetzal

WILL POWER = Our WILL-ingness to use a Higher POWER. -- Anonymous One of the greatest decisions any of us ever made concerned our Third Step. This decision seemed to go against everthing we wanted to do. We all know so well that every time we tried to manage our own lives, we produced misery and heartache...

tina · tina

Just thought in Haven't been on lately, but things are going ok. Been busy, with work, kids and went to a GSR meetin last week and it felt great to actually be sittin around fellow AA members. Things with my son are a slow process, he still has his own path to take and makin some progress,...

Doll · Doll

ROUND-THE-CLOCK FAITH Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.16 The essence of my spiritually, and my sobriety, rests on a round-the-clock faith in a Higher Power. I need to remember and rely on the God of my understanding as I pursue all of my...

Phil · Phil

Once upon a time, a young lad was born without a belly button. In its place was a golden screw. All the doctors told his mother that there was nothing they could do. Like it or not, he was stuck with it. All the years of growing up was real tough on him because ...

tina · tina

REFLECTIONS You know, time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just married and embarking on my new life with my mate. And yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years went. I know tha...

Phil · Phil

The Language of Letting Go Gratitude Sometimes in life, things happen too fast. We barely solve one problem when two new problems surface. We're feeling great in the morning, but we're submerged in misery by nightfall. Every day we face interruptions, delays, changes, and challenges. We face pe...

timverton · timverton

Wow!! It's been about six weeks since he and I have gotten together after having lunch at least once a week and maybe throwing a day or two of woodworking in there also. I feel like I'm meeting a friend for lunch tomorrow whom I haven't seen in years. It was both of our schedules over the Holidays; me with th...

mmerlino · mmerlino

I am asking for everyone's prayers today. I have two very dear friends that are having issues. They both are in the program. I found a possible indication of both them possibly using. And, I am concerned about them. They both have 2 boys a piece and I just would like for all of u...

Doll · Doll

WOULD A DRINK HELP? By going back in our drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 23 When I was still drinking, I co...

Quetzal · Quetzal

When am I manipulative? Without understanding our motives, we can easily lapse into behavior aimed at manipulating others. Sulking is a means of letting others know we are displeased and forcing them to attempt to win our approval. Flattery is a false expression of approval that we don't reall...

CAM · CAM

Not sure where it's from this phrase helps me when i need to take a "leap of faith." “Jump and the net will appear” christine

Phil · Phil

The Language of Letting Go The behavior we call "acting as if" can be a powerful recovery tool. Acting as if is a way to practice the positive. It's a positive form of pretending. It's a tool we use to get ourselves unstuck. It's a tool we make a conscious decision to use. Acting as if can be helpful when a fe...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

I just heard Ron Hutchcraft tell a story that hit home with me: He said that one of his nephews decided to try on a dog collar that his father had. It wasn't a regular one, but was one of those that gives a little shock when the dog barks. The child decided to call out to a friend that was in the d...

Quetzal · Quetzal

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Rarely does a chain break in a strong link. Only the weak links fail. If we fail this day-by-day program, it will likely be where we are weakest. To be more steadfast, we emphasize constant contact with our Higher Power. Do I still have secret thoughts that I am in complete contro...

debbi · debbi

looking for suggestions.....how to get out of that stuck in a rut place inside myself....in my head i know exactly what i need to be doing to take care of myself.....that's as far as i can get tho!....im sure ya all can understand what im saying when i say, ive been thru an aweful lot the past 5 years....it...

Doll · Doll

HAPPINESS COMES QUIETLY "The trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us happiness and peace of mind in just the particular order we wanted to get it - by the alcohol route. And we weren't successful. But when we take time to find out some of the spiritual laws, and familiariz...

RyanS · RyanS

This smoking deal is by degrees no different than drinking. And my reaction, waking up to it, has been about the same (by degrees) as drinking. All hell broke loose. Powerdrive against it with all my might, when exact opposite is what I need. Only this time around, I am now recognizing that I ha...

Doll · Doll

My HG's speaker didn't show up, so it happened that a woman who got sober there 12 yrs ago, and had moved away, was visiting family this weekend. She was asked to speak. Telling her story she included that she had been married and often cheated on her then husband by picking up men at bars w...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

www.normanrosenthal.com new book out in 2005 on Seasonal Affective Disorder by Dr. Norman Rosenthal. This book can be ordered to check out for free from your local library system. Also, "Beating the Blues" New Approaches to Overcoming Dysthymia and Chronic M...

wagon · wagon

hope all is well with everyone, things here in iowa are good, just very busy, these days. i always wonder what i would do with spare time when not drinking, i still womder cause i have none. lol , oh by the way picking up my 2 year chip tonight. be safe all and thanks heaps wagon

Quetzal · Quetzal

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare. -- Ai Ibn-Abu-Talib When we entered recovery, we had buddies we drank or used with and people we hung out with, but often no one we could really call a friend. For a long time, we hadn't been "friend material." Too poor in body, mind, and spirit...

Doll · Doll

HITTING BOTTOM Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. For practicing A.A.'s remaining eleven Steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no alcoholic...

Phil · Phil

We learn some behaviors have self-defeating consequences, while others have beneficial consequences. We learn we have choices. It is so easy to come to the defense of others. How clear it is when others are being used, controlled, manipulated, or abused. It is so easy to fight their battles, become...

Phil · Phil

Having an unsound mind....and the odd moment of Sometimers... I would like to take the opportunity, to Congratulate YOU on ELEVEN Biggies..as of this comming Saturday... Thats a lot of days...one day at a time..And you have accomplished many great things, within that time.. Keep on truckin...

Quetzal · Quetzal

What I think about surrounds me. What I allow to be entertained in my mind becomes a reality. If I think negatively, I will attract negativity in my life. On the other hand, if I concentrate on developing positive thoughts, I will attract positive people and events to my life. My potential will be incre...

Sally · Sally

OOps I put this as a reply on my own topic and think I should have it as a new topic...anyway. Thanks for advice and support from everyone. I managed to get through last night without a drink and felt pretty pleased with myself as a result! I feel like the week will be OK because I have never really had...

Doll · Doll

AN UNSUSPECTED INNER RESOURCE With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 569-70 From my first days in A.A., as I struggled for sobri...

Wren · Wren

"I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself." -- Rita Mae Brown Where do you need to think for yourself? When we begin to cultivate awareness of our thoughts and emotions, we begin to see just how much we live according to other people’s and society’s beliefs an...

Quetzal · Quetzal

We have days when we experience the small coincidences in life -- our car breaks down and we run into an old friend at the service station; we're thinking about someone and she calls just because we've been on her mind; we ask ourselves a question and the answer appears on the side of a bus or out of the mout...

Lucky McSober · Lucky McSober

I dont count the day before yesterday because I woke up drunk...so the way I see it it's day two. I'm feeling pretty good...fortunate that I've decided to face reality and salvage the incredible life that I have. I've even been "shudders* praying every time my mind starts to obsess about bo...

Doll · Doll

Today is January 14, 2007 A Great Day for Recovery! RESPONSIBILITY "The fault is in us." -- Hannah Arendt As a drunk I would blame everybody for my problems: My family was too controlling. I did not have people around who understood me. I worked too hard and the people were too deman...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Part of the ego reduction necessary to our recovery is the acceptance of the fact that we are not and never will be perfect. Perfectionism gets in the way of recovery because it imposes impossible, unrealistic goals which guarantee failure. If we do not think we have to be perfect, then we can accept ou...

LisaF · LisaF

I'm moving this weekend, Monday at the latest... to Nebraska. My new roommate will be here tomorrow!!! eek! I'm really nervous... we've been online friends for around 7 months but we've never met... He was driving a friend down here to buy a semi about 5 hours east of here... and has a couple of days to ki...

Phil · Phil

Undoing alcohol's damage to the mind With sobriety, the brain can begin to restore some lost function, researchers find.By Melissa Healy Times Staff Writer December 25, 2006 In addition to claiming lives, marriages, homes and careers, alcoholism has a greedy way of robbing its victims of bra...

Doll · Doll

NO REGRETS We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.83 Once I became sober, I began to see how wasteful my life had been and I experienced overwhelming guilt and feelings of regret. The program's Fourth and Fifth Steps assisted me enormously in healing those t...

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	Remaining in the state of Gratefulness (Preview) I really did not know what meant to be truly grateful. I was talking to a friend back in December saying how grateful I was for this and that. However, in the next sentence over. I said some really negative things. He then said how could I have said that; when I am so grateful. So, he asked me to go home a...	mmerlino	0	445	Jan 22, 2007 by mmerlino
	big book (Preview) Resentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally...	wagon	2	495	Jan 22, 2007 by mmerlino
	Resentments (Preview) Resentments are the blocks that hold us back from loving others and ourselves. Resentments do not punish the other person; they punish us. They become barriers to feeling good and enjoying life. They prevent us from being in harmony with the world. Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loo...	Quetzal	3	503	Jan 22, 2007 by mmerlino
	Daily Reflections Jan 22 (Preview) "LET'S KEEP IT SIMPLE" A few hours later I took my leave of Dr. Bob. . . The wonderful, old, broad smile was on his face as he said almost jokingly, "Remember, Bill, let's not louse this thing up. Let's keep it simple!" I turned away, unable to say a word. That was the la...	Doll	0	417	Jan 22, 2007 by Doll
	Morning (Preview) Just dropped in was able to get to a meeting last nite, it was the first in a while. Felt nice to get out to the meeting, guess sometimes its just hard enough to try and not get caught up in the life of being busy and remembering to get back to the basics. Glad I was able to get out and spend time talking to o...	tina	4	482	Jan 21, 2007 by Quetzal
	Happy, joyous, and free (Preview) Hi to everyone here at MIP, First of all thanks for the experience, strength, hope, and laughter you add to my life everyday. While I don't post all the time, I visit every day. I feel sometimes I take much more than I give, because I get a lot here. Anyway... today I am sober for 11 years. God has ble...	sheilasdad	15	631	Jan 21, 2007 by sheilasdad
	The gift of desperation..... (Preview) When I first came to AA, my biggest resentment was toward my ex-husband, for oh so many reasons. Even though we'd been divorced for many years, I just could not let some things go. He & I had always promised to be 'friendly' but once I got into the program we no longer had anything in com...	Doll	2	681	Jan 21, 2007 by timverton
	Daily Reflections Jan 21 (Preview) SERVING MY BROTHER The member talks to the newcomer not in a spirit of power but in a spirit of humility and weakness. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE p. 279 As the days pass in A.A., I ask God to guide my thoughts and the words that I speak. In this labor of continuous participation in the Fellowship, I h...	Doll	1	452	Jan 21, 2007 by Phil
	Life is not life at all without delight (Preview) Life is not life at all without delight. -- Coventry Patmore Newcomer I'm tired of following the same routines week after week, month after month. I've been thinking about taking a trip for a few days. I know, I know, you warned me about geographic changes. But I want to do something different...	Quetzal	0	530	Jan 21, 2007 by Quetzal
	very upset (Preview) am A criminal its official , I have had fun today trying to sort this out. we have establised 99.9% that I have a criminal record, but it was commited in 2003 by someone who lives in arnold ( i live in long eaton) and he has tattoos on both arms I have none. but he claims he is Robert F Greco DOB 05/...	Robert	11	642	Jan 20, 2007 by Robert
	Now We know... (Preview) Why Men Wear Earrings THIS EXPLAINS THE ORIGIN OF WHY MEN STARTED WEARING EARRINGS. A man notices that his co-worker is wearing an earring. This man knows his co-worker to be a normally conservative fellow, and is curious about his sudden change in "fashion sense." "So," he sa...	Phil	1	490	Jan 20, 2007 by Doll
	Daily Reflections Jan 20 (Preview) "WE PAUSE . . . AND ASK" As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.87 Today I humbly ask my Higher Power for the grace to find the space between my impulse and my action; to let flow a cooling breeze when I would r...	Doll	0	454	Jan 20, 2007 by Doll
	When I wasn't old (Preview) When I was 21.....it was a very good year	Sick of being sick	5	512	Jan 20, 2007 by sheilasdad
	The Law of Harmony (Preview) Laws are the dictates of nature. When adhered to, they produce harmony. Human laws ideally ought to reflect laws of nature. When they don’t, then disharmony is created. When we think of harmony we typically think of music, as this is a clearly seen, or heard, expression of harmony. When sounds...	Wren	2	511	Jan 19, 2007 by Wren
	And The Snow Justa Keeps on acommin eh... (Preview) The Language of Letting Go Owning Our Power There is one feeling we need to pay particular attention to in recovery: feeling victimized. We do not need to become comfortable with that feeling. How do we feel when we've been victimized? Helpless. Rageful. Powerless. Frustrated. Feeling victim...	Phil	0	554	Jan 19, 2007 by Phil
	Will Power (Preview) WILL POWER = Our WILL-ingness to use a Higher POWER. -- Anonymous One of the greatest decisions any of us ever made concerned our Third Step. This decision seemed to go against everthing we wanted to do. We all know so well that every time we tried to manage our own lives, we produced misery and heartache...	Quetzal	1	546	Jan 19, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Just dropped in to say hi (Preview) Just thought in Haven't been on lately, but things are going ok. Been busy, with work, kids and went to a GSR meetin last week and it felt great to actually be sittin around fellow AA members. Things with my son are a slow process, he still has his own path to take and makin some progress,...	tina	3	555	Jan 19, 2007 by tina
	Daily Reflections jan 19 (Preview) ROUND-THE-CLOCK FAITH Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.16 The essence of my spiritually, and my sobriety, rests on a round-the-clock faith in a Higher Power. I need to remember and rely on the God of my understanding as I pursue all of my...	Doll	0	523	Jan 19, 2007 by Doll
	An Alky had to have written this.. (Preview) Once upon a time, a young lad was born without a belly button. In its place was a golden screw. All the doctors told his mother that there was nothing they could do. Like it or not, he was stuck with it. All the years of growing up was real tough on him because ...	Phil	2	552	Jan 18, 2007 by Doll
	Just giving a little back (Preview) *REFLECTIONS* You know, time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just married and embarking on my new life with my mate. And yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years went. I know tha...	tina	5	503	Jan 18, 2007 by tina
	Makes Sense hu...and have a nice day.:) (Preview) The Language of Letting Go Gratitude Sometimes in life, things happen too fast. We barely solve one problem when two new problems surface. We're feeling great in the morning, but we're submerged in misery by nightfall. Every day we face interruptions, delays, changes, and challenges. We face pe...	Phil	1	563	Jan 18, 2007 by timverton
	Seeing my sponsor (Preview) Wow!! It's been about six weeks since he and I have gotten together after having lunch at least once a week and maybe throwing a day or two of woodworking in there also. I feel like I'm meeting a friend for lunch tomorrow whom I haven't seen in years. It was both of our schedules over the Holidays; me with th...	timverton	4	505	Jan 18, 2007 by Phil
	Asking For Everyones Prayers (Preview) I am asking for everyone's prayers today. I have two very dear friends that are having issues. They both are in the program. I found a possible indication of both them possibly using. And, I am concerned about them. They both have 2 boys a piece and I just would like for all of u...	mmerlino	4	528	Jan 18, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Daily Reflections Jan 18 (Preview) WOULD A DRINK HELP? By going back in our drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 23 When I was still drinking, I co...	Doll	0	433	Jan 18, 2007 by Doll
	When am I manipulative? (Preview) When am I manipulative? Without understanding our motives, we can easily lapse into behavior aimed at manipulating others. Sulking is a means of letting others know we are displeased and forcing them to attempt to win our approval. Flattery is a false expression of approval that we don't reall...	Quetzal	0	566	Jan 18, 2007 by Quetzal
	safety net (Preview) Not sure where it's from this phrase helps me when i need to take a "leap of faith." “Jump and the net will appear” christine	CAM	1	500	Jan 17, 2007 by Phil
	Acting "As If" (Preview) The Language of Letting Go The behavior we call "acting as if" can be a powerful recovery tool. Acting as if is a way to practice the positive. It's a positive form of pretending. It's a tool we use to get ourselves unstuck. It's a tool we make a conscious decision to use. Acting as if can be helpful when a fe...	Phil	1	773	Jan 17, 2007 by wandajf
	the dog collar (Preview) *I just heard Ron Hutchcraft tell a story that hit home with me:* He said that one of his nephews decided to try on a dog collar that his father had. It wasn't a regular one, but was one of those that gives a little shock when the dog barks. The child decided to call out to a friend that was in the d...	amanda2u2	0	516	Jan 17, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Constant Contact With Our Higher Power (Preview) THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Rarely does a chain break in a strong link. Only the weak links fail. If we fail this day-by-day program, it will likely be where we are weakest. To be more steadfast, we emphasize constant contact with our Higher Power. Do I still have secret thoughts that I am in complete contro...	Quetzal	1	917	Jan 17, 2007 by amanda2u2
	stuck in a rut (Preview) looking for suggestions.....how to get out of that stuck in a rut place inside myself....in my head i know exactly what i need to be doing to take care of myself.....that's as far as i can get tho!....im sure ya all can understand what im saying when i say, ive been thru an aweful lot the past 5 years....it...	debbi	4	582	Jan 17, 2007 by CAM
	Daily Reflections Jan 17 (Preview) HAPPINESS COMES QUIETLY "The trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us happiness and peace of mind in just the particular order we wanted to get it - by the alcohol route. And we weren't successful. But when we take time to find out some of the spiritual laws, and familiariz...	Doll	0	430	Jan 17, 2007 by Doll
	Smoking (cough cough) (Preview) This smoking deal is by degrees no different than drinking. And my reaction, waking up to it, has been about the same (by degrees) as drinking. All hell broke loose. Powerdrive against it with all my might, when exact opposite is what I need. Only this time around, I am now recognizing that I ha...	RyanS	2	537	Jan 17, 2007 by timverton
	Moral of THIS story ? (Preview) My HG's speaker didn't show up, so it happened that a woman who got sober there 12 yrs ago, and had moved away, was visiting family this weekend. She was asked to speak. Telling her story she included that she had been married and often cheated on her then husband by picking up men at bars w...	Doll	8	529	Jan 16, 2007 by Doll
	SAD book, mood disorders book (Preview) www.normanrosenthal.com new book out in 2005 on Seasonal Affective Disorder by Dr. Norman Rosenthal. This book can be ordered to check out for free from your local library system. Also, "Beating the Blues" New Approaches to Overcoming Dysthymia and Chronic M...	wallsal55	1	637	Jan 16, 2007 by Phil
	hey (Preview) hope all is well with everyone, things here in iowa are good, just very busy, these days. i always wonder what i would do with spare time when not drinking, i still womder cause i have none. lol , oh by the way picking up my 2 year chip tonight. be safe all and thanks heaps wagon	wagon	4	506	Jan 16, 2007 by Phil
	Friends (Preview) He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare. -- Ai Ibn-Abu-Talib When we entered recovery, we had buddies we drank or used with and people we hung out with, but often no one we could really call a friend. For a long time, we hadn't been "friend material." Too poor in body, mind, and spirit...	Quetzal	1	484	Jan 16, 2007 by Phil
	Daily Reflections Jan 16 (Preview) HITTING BOTTOM Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. For practicing A.A.'s remaining eleven Steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no alcoholic...	Doll	1	483	Jan 16, 2007 by Phil
	Standing Up For Ourselves (Preview) We learn some behaviors have self-defeating consequences, while others have beneficial consequences. We learn we have choices. It is so easy to come to the defense of others. How clear it is when others are being used, controlled, manipulated, or abused. It is so easy to fight their battles, become...	Phil	1	716	Jan 15, 2007 by wallsal55
	HEY!! Mike In Boston!! (Preview) Having an unsound mind....and the odd moment of Sometimers... I would like to take the opportunity, to Congratulate YOU on ELEVEN Biggies..as of this comming Saturday... Thats a lot of days...one day at a time..And you have accomplished many great things, within that time.. Keep on truckin...	Phil	4	494	Jan 15, 2007 by Wren
	Optimism (Preview) What I think about surrounds me. What I allow to be entertained in my mind becomes a reality. If I think negatively, I will attract negativity in my life. On the other hand, if I concentrate on developing positive thoughts, I will attract positive people and events to my life. My potential will be incre...	Quetzal	1	574	Jan 15, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Binging or alcoholism? (Preview) OOps I put this as a reply on my own topic and think I should have it as a new topic...anyway. Thanks for advice and support from everyone. I managed to get through last night without a drink and felt pretty pleased with myself as a result! I feel like the week will be OK because I have never really had...	Sally	6	531	Jan 15, 2007 by Phil
	Daily Reflections Jan 15 (Preview) AN UNSUSPECTED INNER RESOURCE With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 569-70 From my first days in A.A., as I struggled for sobri...	Doll	0	428	Jan 15, 2007 by Doll
	Think for Yourself (Preview) "I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself." -- Rita Mae Brown Where do you need to think for yourself? When we begin to cultivate awareness of our thoughts and emotions, we begin to see just how much we live according to other people’s and society’s beliefs an...	Wren	1	981	Jan 15, 2007 by TLH
	Be aware of wonder (Preview) We have days when we experience the small coincidences in life -- our car breaks down and we run into an old friend at the service station; we're thinking about someone and she calls just because we've been on her mind; we ask ourselves a question and the answer appears on the side of a bus or out of the mout...	Quetzal	3	2699	Jan 14, 2007 by timverton
	Day two... (Preview) I dont count the day before yesterday because I woke up drunk...so the way I see it it's day two. I'm feeling pretty good...fortunate that I've decided to face reality and salvage the incredible life that I have. I've even been "shudders* praying every time my mind starts to obsess about bo...	Lucky McSober	7	523	Jan 14, 2007 by Sally
	RESPONSIBILITY (Preview) Today is January 14, 2007 A Great Day for Recovery! RESPONSIBILITY "The fault is in us." -- Hannah Arendt As a drunk I would blame everybody for my problems: My family was too controlling. I did not have people around who understood me. I worked too hard and the people were too deman...	Doll	0	445	Jan 14, 2007 by Doll
	Perfectionism (Preview) Part of the ego reduction necessary to our recovery is the acceptance of the fact that we are not and never will be perfect. Perfectionism gets in the way of recovery because it imposes impossible, unrealistic goals which guarantee failure. If we do not think we have to be perfect, then we can accept ou...	Quetzal	4	566	Jan 14, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Moving... so nervous (Preview) I'm moving this weekend, Monday at the latest... to Nebraska. My new roommate will be here tomorrow!!! eek! I'm really nervous... we've been online friends for around 7 months but we've never met... He was driving a friend down here to buy a semi about 5 hours east of here... and has a couple of days to ki...	LisaF	4	500	Jan 14, 2007 by cindy
	Mentally Retarded...And Can't Get It Started.. (Preview) Undoing alcohol's damage to the mind With sobriety, the brain can begin to restore some lost function, researchers find.By Melissa Healy Times Staff Writer December 25, 2006 In addition to claiming lives, marriages, homes and careers, alcoholism has a greedy way of robbing its victims of bra...	Phil	8	835	Jan 14, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Daily Reflections Jan 14 (Preview) NO REGRETS We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.83 Once I became sober, I began to see how wasteful my life had been and I experienced overwhelming guilt and feelings of regret. The program's Fourth and Fifth Steps assisted me enormously in healing those t...	Doll	0	443	Jan 14, 2007 by Doll
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