Alcoholics Anonymous

GammyRose · GammyRose

REAL INDEPENDENCE The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are.  

HumbleOne · HumbleOne

For the first year or year and a half of my sobriety I was in fear of going back out. I was "AROUND" AA twice before. Once for 7 months and another time for 20 months. So this time around, for that year or year and a half, I was always wondering if I was going to go back out tomorrow, next week, next month or next y...

JWill · JWill

I'm an alchohic. I'm 22 years old and I've been a severe alcholic for about seven years. My parents, grandparents, uncles, etc... are also alcholics or were before they died. During these last few years I have hardly no memory of nothing and have been locked up for things I do not re...

Rick · Rick

Reflection for the Day Little by little, I'm getting over my tendency to procrastinate. I always used to put things off until tomorrow, and, of course, they never got done. Instead of "Do it now," my motto was "Tomorrow's another day." I've learned in the Program that it's far bette...

Rick · Rick

"We have three little mottoes which are apropos. Here they are: First Things First Live and Let Live Easy Does It." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 135~

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

I haven't drank since last June due to incarceration. I consider my release date, when I came back to AA, my sobriety date which is Feb. 28th. Last week I was at a meeting and this one guy spoke and I thought to myself this has to be my sponsor. I just knew it. After the meeting I asked him if we could t...

Phil · Phil

Blame and Denial Blaming others for any set of consequences usually constitutes Denial. Denial keeps all addicts in their addictions. Defense Mechanisms Rationalizing - I don't drink/use every day, I don't have a problem. Minimizing - I don't drink/use half of what Sam drinks. Cockiness - I got it...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

The 12 Steps are divided into 3 groups of Steps: there are Steps 1 - 3, which are the Steps in which we admit that we have not been living in effective ways, ways that work and we come to believe that there is a loving God that can guide us into a better way of living and who takes up the slack when even the...

Phil · Phil

Once in my life when I was small I would sleep on the floor at the end of the hall. It was cooler there and I could lie awake Thinking all the things in life it would take. To become what I wanted to be, never happened, to a guy like me. My drinking started at an early age, And often I went into a rage. Striking out...

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

Hi all, hope your all well! Just found this on the web, posting for interest value only! Everyone is entitled to have a way of recovery, I think this one costs! http://nomoreaddiction.com/ Best wishes to all here. Stick with the 12, it works Bye for now Chris. Ps: Different things seem...

Rob · Rob

Well today... Didnt go see manager in end.. .. .. But at end of day he called me and Ashely into office.. spoke bout lack of work going out etc.. Well impressed with Ashley cos he spoke up and said he was to blame.. .. I spoke up about other points.. manager was cool... didnt moan.. just well we al...

GammyRose · GammyRose

MYSTERIOUS WAYS . . . out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a mysterious w...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Last night at my meeting there was a whole bunch of talk about this infamous brick wall which came from our reading. How many times do I have to run into this wall before I figure out " hey this hurts. " Yet, here I go again backing up and revving up my engine " brain " to come charging my way towards this darn wa...

Robert · Robert

Boy am I glad its the weekend! I no longer have to be alone. I am in a good frame of mind and looking forward to going to a meeting on sunday. I am still anxious about work, I am off with a bad back, and they are coming to do a home visit on thurs to see if they can aid me back to work. I have not had any absence i...

Phil · Phil

Blaming others for the pain we feel each time someone fails to live up to our expectations is no different than burning our tongue on coffee that's too hot to swallow, and then calling our cup an idiot! -

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot tran...

Rick · Rick

As Happy As I make it I guess ? Phil--loved the worry anda nxiety post. How we waste our time on things we have NO CONTROL OVER. -- Edited by Rick at 07:32, 2006-03-17

Rick · Rick

A old Timers words: Try calling 1-800-Wine-wine-wine. If it dosen't work try another meeting.

Rick · Rick

Love is always open arms. --Leo Buscaglia There is a story about a boy who left home and dishonored his father by spending a large amount of money on fast and reckless living. When the boy's money ran out, he was faced with the prospect of returning home to face his father, knowing the father had ev...

zoomie · zoomie

I'm in so much hot water over my 15 year old's behavior. She has gone wild and I'm trying so very hard to help her. I swear to God I have appointments everyday for her or sometimes two a day with shrinks,socail workers,we had court the other day to where we have 6 people there waiting to take my...

Rick · Rick

Easy Does It So, you surrendered. You let go. Now you're ready to face a particular challenge. So you hunker down and garner all your forces. And you hit the wall again. What's wrong? you may ask. I'm doing all the spiritual things I'm supposed to do. And things still aren't working, I can'...

Rick · Rick

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 16, 2006 The Message If Alcoholics Anonymous had provided me with a social life, a job, and a husband, I'd have had no reason to place my reliance upon God. If they had done anything other than carry the message of recovery, I might have missed it. Tha...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

from the '12 Steps and 12 Traditions' book: "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all" "Steps 8 and 9 are concerned with personal relations. First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to r...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is only the first gift of the first awakening. If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life - the one that did not work - fo...

Phil · Phil

You know that it is going to be a bad day when you: - You wake up face down on the pavement. - You see a "60 Minutes" news team waiting in your office. - Your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles. - Your twin sister forgot your birthday. - Your car horn goes off accidentally and remains stu...

Rob · Rob

hi all Well tomorrow is looking like it will be a nightmare... looks like i might be in shit at work.. though its not really my fault.. been chattin with friend on phone tonight.. talking bout work. she aggrees with me that its so hard working with guy im currently working with.. tomorrow is proba...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

HELP!!!! Today I am trying to be helpable. I'm not sure if that's a word or not. I realize that I can only stay sober by asking for help, wherever that may be. I really like this message board. I was told that I might wanna try journaling and I find that this message board works very well for focusing my min...

sober rocker · sober rocker

hey everyone, not only new to the Message Board, but Sobriety also (coming up on 5 months) I'm going to be in SD April 21 & 22 and I'm looking for a support network during that time. I found some meetings on line, just wondering if anyone around hear lives in those parts. thanks

Rick · Rick

What the H---l ? Just passing on what I get. Violins ? Piano ? LOST ? 'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hands. He could not make Antonio Stradivarius violins without Antonio. --George Eliot When she was four years old, she climbed onto the pi...

Rick · Rick

Optimism The Program works if you want it to work. --Anonymous Rarely do climbers stare up to see how far away the top still is. Instead, when they rest, they look down toward the starting point of their journey. The view they see assures them that they have already come a long, long way....

Phil · Phil

INTO THE HEART OF YOUR HEALING Joan Levy, LCSW Emotional Injuries Hide In Our Unconscious Throughout our lifetime, most of us have in some significant way been wounded. The physical wounds we can see. Their solutions, if available to us, are fairly straightforward. But those that take place in our m...

Bonzo43 · Bonzo43

Early recovery is supposed to be kinda weird, right? Well, I'm a bit of an oddball, I've been accused of thinking too much (well, about SOME things, maybe!) but let me relate a little incident that happened and I think it's an example of my Higher Power working in his usual way of mystery laced with humor...

GammyRose · GammyRose

AS WE UNDERSTAND HIM My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea. . . . "Why don't you choose your own conception of God?" That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I stood in the sunlight at last. It was only a matt...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power. This is the last paragraph from more about alcoholism. These words are...

Rick · Rick

When I Whine

Rick · Rick

Feeling any better ? Hope so. Your ok you caught that food thing ?? What 12 steps ?

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

I just got home from my IOP program about an hour ago. I'm having a problem. My brain seems to be offline today. Thoughts are scrambled, hands are shaking, feel like a big pile of poop. The thing is I haven't relapsed. Normally I would feel this way after drinking and drugging. The effects of my use have de...

Phil · Phil

The last month has been quite a ride... There were some days..I was laughin on the outside..but it was a different story on the inside..going through Medical... Chemo..and Depression crap.. There were some days..I felt like bangin a car into a tree..and other days...like a Zombie.. Thanks t...

GammyRose · GammyRose

My PC's been on the blink GR March 14 THE KEYSTONE He is the Father, and we are His children. Most good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom. &nbs...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi to everyone, It seems I can never go thru the Month of March, without honoring the Ides. They can represent Change, and I usually focus on these Mid month days, as representing something good about to happen, change for the better, is always a good thing. And somehow, if you really believ...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

haven't been on the boards as much as my back is out AGAIN, and i am wondering how long i can go b4 i am disabled....i will do all i can to take care of me, but not expect too much...day to day, just trying to work on the soft tissue "knots" i find in there, and doing my cleansi...

Phil · Phil

One of the major paradoxes of life is that we never get to where we really want to be until we realize we were already there before we left.

Rick · Rick

The difficulty in life is the choice. --George Moore How we choose to spend our time says much about what is important to us. If we have no goals, we may try to kill time. If we have too many goals, there may not be enough time in the day to do all we set out to do. We must make some choices based on our valu...

Rick · Rick

We don't want to live in the past, but we do need to learn to live comfortably with it. "We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it." This is a promise of the Twelve Step program. One of the most useful tools we have for learning to live with our past is the Fourth Step inventory. Once we h...

Robert · Robert

Good morning folks. I am not doing too great today. I have been stuck in the house for too long with my own thoughts. I need to interact with others! I am going to a meeting this evening, but until then I am in the house! Rob

Lonza · Lonza

I just wanted to say "Hello!" from Coffee Springs, Alabama, USA! I'm not new to the internet, but I am new to this site. I'm a severe depressive turned alcoholic who's celebrating her 23rd day of sobriety and COUNTING!

To find out more about me, please go to my own personal website: HTTP://LONZA.EX...

Phil · Phil

Just dropping in to say "HI" and have a good night eh? --------------------------------------------- Growing up, many of us heard this phrase from our parents, grandparents and teachers: "Never give up!" While many people believe in this theory, they often fail to demonstrate it in their li...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Chapter 5 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 being honest with them...

buckeyebear · buckeyebear

Hi all Most of you know the mess our state of affairs are in when we finally surrender. Well my wife and I were working and planning our way out of this mess and things were looking better, when I got the worst news that sent us back in a deeper hole than we were in at the beggining.. Well I just about ble...

ZuZu · ZuZu

"And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation--some fact of my life--unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	March 18 AA daily Reflection (Preview) REAL INDEPENDENCE The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are.	GammyRose	0	512	Mar 18, 2006 by GammyRose
	Just For Today (Preview) For the first year or year and a half of my sobriety I was in fear of going back out. I was "AROUND" AA twice before. Once for 7 months and another time for 20 months. So this time around, for that year or year and a half, I was always wondering if I was going to go back out tomorrow, next week, next month or next y...	HumbleOne	3	240	Mar 18, 2006 by GammyRose
	Hi my name is John (Preview) I'm an alchohic. I'm 22 years old and I've been a severe alcholic for about seven years. My parents, grandparents, uncles, etc... are also alcholics or were before they died. During these last few years I have hardly no memory of nothing and have been locked up for things I do not re...	JWill	10	310	Mar 19, 2006 by JWill
	PROCRASTINATION (Preview) Reflection for the Day Little by little, I'm getting over my tendency to procrastinate. I always used to put things off until tomorrow, and, of course, they never got done. Instead of "Do it now," my motto was "Tomorrow's another day." I've learned in the Program that it's far bette...	Rick	1	330	Mar 18, 2006 by Rick
	3 LITTLE MOTTOES (Preview) "We have three little mottoes which are apropos. Here they are: First Things First Live and Let Live Easy Does It." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 135~	Rick	1	391	Mar 18, 2006 by Rick
	I could use a little help here (Preview) I haven't drank since last June due to incarceration. I consider my release date, when I came back to AA, my sobriety date which is Feb. 28th. Last week I was at a meeting and this one guy spoke and I thought to myself this has to be my sponsor. I just knew it. After the meeting I asked him if we could t...	soberdrunk	8	539	Mar 20, 2006 by paul
	Blame and Denial (Preview) Blame and Denial Blaming others for any set of consequences usually constitutes Denial. Denial keeps all addicts in their addictions. Defense Mechanisms Rationalizing - I don't drink/use every day, I don't have a problem. Minimizing - I don't drink/use half of what Sam drinks. Cockiness - I got it...	Phil	2	307	Mar 17, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Steps 10, 11, and 12 (Preview) The 12 Steps are divided into 3 groups of Steps: there are Steps 1 - 3, which are the Steps in which we admit that we have not been living in effective ways, ways that work and we come to believe that there is a loving God that can guide us into a better way of living and who takes up the slack when even the...	amanda2u2	0	198	Mar 17, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Once in my life.... (Preview) Once in my life when I was small I would sleep on the floor at the end of the hall. It was cooler there and I could lie awake Thinking all the things in life it would take. To become what I wanted to be, never happened, to a guy like me. My drinking started at an early age, And often I went into a rage. Striking out...	Phil	2	364	Mar 18, 2006 by John
	The Alternative view (Preview) Hi all, hope your all well! Just found this on the web, posting for interest value only! Everyone is entitled to have a way of recovery, I think this one costs! http://nomoreaddiction.com/ Best wishes to all here. Stick with the 12, it works Bye for now Chris. Ps: Different things seem...	Cabbageheadchris	1	273	Mar 17, 2006 by Phil
	Didnt make it to a meeting but a good day (Preview) Well today... Didnt go see manager in end.. .. .. But at end of day he called me and Ashely into office.. spoke bout lack of work going out etc.. Well impressed with Ashley cos he spoke up and said he was to blame.. .. I spoke up about other points.. manager was cool... didnt moan.. just well we al...	Rob	6	286	Mar 18, 2006 by trudi
	March 17 AA Daily Reflection (Preview) MYSTERIOUS WAYS . . . out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a mysterious w...	GammyRose	0	267	Mar 17, 2006 by GammyRose
	The Brick Wall (Preview) Last night at my meeting there was a whole bunch of talk about this infamous brick wall which came from our reading. How many times do I have to run into this wall before I figure out " hey this hurts. " Yet, here I go again backing up and revving up my engine " brain " to come charging my way towards this darn wa...	soberdrunk	5	346	Mar 17, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Its the weekend! ! ! (Preview) Boy am I glad its the weekend! I no longer have to be alone. I am in a good frame of mind and looking forward to going to a meeting on sunday. I am still anxious about work, I am off with a bad back, and they are coming to do a home visit on thurs to see if they can aid me back to work. I have not had any absence i...	Robert	6	284	Mar 17, 2006 by Phil
	Doh! (Preview) Blaming others for the pain we feel each time someone fails to live up to our expectations is no different than burning our tongue on coffee that's too hot to swallow, and then calling our cup an idiot! -	Phil	5	294	Mar 17, 2006 by amanda2u2
	From Chapter 11, A Vision For You (Preview) Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot tran...	Toni Baloney	2	302	Mar 17, 2006 by Rick
	Happy Friday (Preview) As Happy As I make it I guess ? Phil--loved the worry anda nxiety post. How we waste our time on things we have NO CONTROL OVER. -- Edited by Rick at 07:32, 2006-03-17	Rick	2	370	Mar 17, 2006 by Robert
	HARSH, But true (Preview) A old Timers words: Try calling 1-800-Wine-wine-wine. If it dosen't work try another meeting.	Rick	1	240	Mar 17, 2006 by Phil
	LOVE (Preview) *Love is always open arms. --Leo Buscaglia* There is a story about a boy who left home and dishonored his father by spending a large amount of money on fast and reckless living. When the boy's money ran out, he was faced with the prospect of returning home to face his father, knowing the father had ev...	Rick	0	361	Mar 17, 2006 by Rick
	Crappy times (Preview) I'm in so much hot water over my 15 year old's behavior. She has gone wild and I'm trying so very hard to help her. I swear to God I have appointments everyday for her or sometimes two a day with shrinks,socail workers,we had court the other day to where we have 6 people there waiting to take my...	zoomie	9	334	Mar 17, 2006 by GammyRose
	RELAX (Preview) Easy Does It So, you surrendered. You let go. Now you're ready to face a particular challenge. So you hunker down and garner all your forces. And you hit the wall again. What's wrong? you may ask. I'm doing all the spiritual things I'm supposed to do. And things still aren't working, I can'...	Rick	0	219	Mar 17, 2006 by Rick
	The Message (Preview) AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) March 16, 2006 The Message If Alcoholics Anonymous had provided me with a social life, a job, and a husband, I'd have had no reason to place my reliance upon God. If they had done anything other than carry the message of recovery, I might have missed it. Tha...	Rick	1	271	Mar 17, 2006 by Phil
	Step 8 (Preview) from the '12 Steps and 12 Traditions' book: "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all" "Steps 8 and 9 are concerned with personal relations. First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to r...	amanda2u2	0	203	Mar 16, 2006 by amanda2u2
	from "Came to Believe" (Preview) Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is only the first gift of the first awakening. If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life - the one that did not work - fo...	amanda2u2	0	209	Mar 16, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Worry and Anxiety (Preview) You know that it is going to be a bad day when you: - You wake up face down on the pavement. - You see a "60 Minutes" news team waiting in your office. - Your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles. - Your twin sister forgot your birthday. - Your car horn goes off accidentally and remains stu...	Phil	1	303	Mar 16, 2006 by jimdadin
	BRAIN OVER LOAD..Fed up.. NEED some support (Preview) hi all Well tomorrow is looking like it will be a nightmare... looks like i might be in shit at work.. though its not really my fault.. been chattin with friend on phone tonight.. talking bout work. she aggrees with me that its so hard working with guy im currently working with.. tomorrow is proba...	Rob	9	382	Mar 19, 2006 by juliedene
	Leaning On Others (Preview) HELP!!!! Today I am trying to be helpable. I'm not sure if that's a word or not. I realize that I can only stay sober by asking for help, wherever that may be. I really like this message board. I was told that I might wanna try journaling and I find that this message board works very well for focusing my min...	soberdrunk	4	257	Mar 16, 2006 by GammyRose
	South Dakota (Preview) hey everyone, not only new to the Message Board, but Sobriety also (coming up on 5 months) I'm going to be in SD April 21 & 22 and I'm looking for a support network during that time. I found some meetings on line, just wondering if anyone around hear lives in those parts. thanks	sober rocker	1	301	Mar 16, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	thought-sure made me think ???? (Preview) What the H---l ? Just passing on what I get. Violins ? Piano ? LOST ? *'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hands. He could not make Antonio Stradivarius violins without Antonio. --George Eliot* When she was four years old, she climbed onto the pi...	Rick	1	544	Mar 16, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Works if u work it (Preview) Optimism *The Program works if you want it to work. --Anonymous* Rarely do climbers stare up to see how far away the top still is. Instead, when they rest, they look down toward the starting point of their journey. The view they see assures them that they have already come a long, long way....	Rick	1	233	Mar 16, 2006 by trudi
	Healing (Preview) INTO THE HEART OF YOUR HEALING Joan Levy, LCSW Emotional Injuries Hide In Our Unconscious Throughout our lifetime, most of us have in some significant way been wounded. The physical wounds we can see. Their solutions, if available to us, are fairly straightforward. But those that take place in our m...	Phil	10	355	Mar 16, 2006 by Phil
	Symbolic or what? (Preview) Early recovery is supposed to be kinda weird, right? Well, I'm a bit of an oddball, I've been accused of thinking too much (well, about SOME things, maybe!) but let me relate a little incident that happened and I think it's an example of my Higher Power working in his usual way of mystery laced with humor...	Bonzo43	4	404	Mar 16, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	AA Daily Reflection March 16 (Preview) AS WE UNDERSTAND HIM My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea. . . . "Why don't you choose your own conception of God?" That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I stood in the sunlight at last. It was only a matt...	GammyRose	1	1135	Mar 16, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	What do I need a higher power for? (Preview) Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power. This is the last paragraph from more about alcoholism. These words are...	soberdrunk	5	394	Mar 16, 2006 by amanda2u2
	When I Whine (Preview) When I Whine	Rick	3	240	Mar 15, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Hey soberdrunk (Preview) Feeling any better ? Hope so. Your ok you caught that food thing ?? What 12 steps ?	Rick	2	266	Mar 15, 2006 by Rick
	Temporarily Out Of Service (Preview) I just got home from my IOP program about an hour ago. I'm having a problem. My brain seems to be offline today. Thoughts are scrambled, hands are shaking, feel like a big pile of poop. The thing is I haven't relapsed. Normally I would feel this way after drinking and drugging. The effects of my use have de...	soberdrunk	7	387	Mar 16, 2006 by GammyRose
	Just a short note to all of you... (Preview) The last month has been quite a ride... There were some days..I was laughin on the outside..but it was a different story on the inside..going through Medical... Chemo..and Depression crap.. There were some days..I felt like bangin a car into a tree..and other days...like a Zombie.. Thanks t...	Phil	2	328	Mar 15, 2006 by zoomie
	Daily Reflections (Preview) My PC's been on the blink GR March 14 THE KEYSTONE He is the Father, and we are His children. Most good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom. &nbs...	GammyRose	2	238	Mar 15, 2006 by Phil
	The Ides of March - Today (Preview) Hi to everyone, It seems I can never go thru the Month of March, without honoring the Ides. They can represent Change, and I usually focus on these Mid month days, as representing something good about to happen, change for the better, is always a good thing. And somehow, if you really believ...	Toni Baloney	13	410	Mar 16, 2006 by Pauly
	sometimes life just wears me out (Preview) haven't been on the boards as much as my back is out AGAIN, and i am wondering how long i can go b4 i am disabled....i will do all i can to take care of me, but not expect too much...day to day, just trying to work on the soft tissue "knots" i find in there, and doing my cleansi...	rosie light shines	6	302	Mar 15, 2006 by Rick
	Thought For The Day (Preview) One of the major paradoxes of life is that we never get to where we really want to be until we realize we were already there before we left.	Phil	3	339	Mar 15, 2006 by Phil
	Balance ? (Preview) *The difficulty in life is the choice. --George Moore* How we choose to spend our time says much about what is important to us. If we have no goals, we may try to kill time. If we have too many goals, there may not be enough time in the day to do all we set out to do. We must make some choices based on our valu...	Rick	0	177	Mar 15, 2006 by Rick
	The past (Preview) We don't want to live in the past, but we do need to learn to live comfortably with it. "We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it." This is a promise of the Twelve Step program. One of the most useful tools we have for learning to live with our past is the Fourth Step inventory. Once we h...	Rick	4	253	Mar 15, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Reaching out for help (Preview) Good morning folks. I am not doing too great today. I have been stuck in the house for too long with my own thoughts. I need to interact with others! I am going to a meeting this evening, but until then I am in the house! Rob	Robert	16	671	Mar 16, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Just wanted to say "Hello!" (Preview) I just wanted to say "Hello!" from Coffee Springs, Alabama, USA! I'm not new to the internet, but I am new to this site. I'm a severe depressive turned alcoholic who's celebrating her 23rd day of sobriety and COUNTING! To find out more about me, please go to my own personal website: HTTP://LONZA.EX...	Lonza	5	472	Mar 21, 2006 by Lonza
	Giving Up Too Soon (Preview) Just dropping in to say "HI" and have a good night eh? --------------------------------------------- Growing up, many of us heard this phrase from our parents, grandparents and teachers: "Never give up!" While many people believe in this theory, they often fail to demonstrate it in their li...	Phil	2	301	Mar 15, 2006 by amanda2u2
	HOW IT WORKS-CHAPTER 5 Bigbook (Preview) Chapter 5 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 being honest with them...	Toni Baloney	0	333	Mar 14, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	It was very bad news (Preview) Hi all Most of you know the mess our state of affairs are in when we finally surrender. Well my wife and I were working and planning our way out of this mess and things were looking better, when I got the worst news that sent us back in a deeper hole than we were in at the beggining.. Well I just about ble...	buckeyebear	3	279	Mar 15, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Acceptance (Preview) "And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation--some fact of my life--unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be...	ZuZu	4	377	Mar 15, 2006 by amanda2u2
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