Alcoholics Anonymous

cooncatbob · cooncatbob

Received an e-mail from a friend back in my old home town, bad news an old family friend died alone in his apartment around Christmas. Howard was assistant manager of this apartment complex and hadn't been seen for several days. The listed cause of death is probably a heart attack but we know better, Ho...

Doll · Doll

THE VICTORY OF SURRENDER We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength. Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turn out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be built. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITION...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Without discipline, there's no life at all. -- Katharine Hepburn We all have deadlines we must meet. We have bills to pay, responsibilities at work, children with school projects --all the innumerable small markers that push life forward. When we realize we're procrastinating, we nee...

Doll · Doll

I logged on to bitch about God* having a sense of humor......and that I am not amused........You see, my 16 yr old has gotten himself kicked out of school and I refuse to let him quit, so after much praying and many phone calls I finally found a private one that I can SOMEWHAT afford.....We enrolle...

wandajf · wandajf

Some real wisdom in this little story: Death was walking toward a city one morning and a man asked, "What are you going to do?" "I'm going to take 100 people," Death replied. "That's horrible!" the man said. "That's the way it is." Death said. "That...

annmarie · annmarie

Hi everyone, My ex bf is an alcoholic. I am an alanoner, and I have gotton some great advice from you in the past. I was hoping you would help me again. I left my bf a few weeks ago. His binges were too much for me, almost constant disappearing and drinking. I got a new place and left. I felt it was all I coul...

Doll · Doll

TOTAL ACCEPTANCE He cannot picture life without alcohol. Some day he will be unable to imagine life either with alcohol or without it. Then he will know loneliness such as few do. He will be at the jumping-off place. He will wish for the end. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.152 Only an alcoholic can u...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Agreement is usually not necessary. Many of us have lived as if we always had to be right. We did not stop to notice that other things we cared about were being lost such as friends who got tired of our persistent need to be right, or children whose self-esteem was undermined when there was no room f...

mmerlino · mmerlino

I have always heard this statement. And, I recently hear it from my boyfriend. Because, I was taking and using my past against us in our relationship. This week-end past. His sponsor took him and his sponsees to Vegas. Boy, that was a good one. I did not know how...

barisax · barisax

Anybody who has been around a while knows this to be true. Some people read this as "We are not all saints". I read it as "There is not a saint among us". The truth be told, there is not a saint among the saints. Not the kind we are told about, those totally selfless, perfect people who have never hurt anyone,...

Phil · Phil

CAM has 90 days today.....Happy Birthday Christine!! -- Edited by Phil at 17:05, 2006-12-28

Nvizable_Mike · Nvizable_Mike

I would like to thank all of you who sent Christmas cards and care packages to us at the Miricales in Progress recovery house. Your support ment so mutch to all of us. As Christmas aproched I was feeling so alone and was sarting to f...

Phil · Phil

The Language of Letting Go. Separating from Family Issues We can draw a healthy line, a healthy boundary, between our nuclear family and ourselves. We can separate ourselves from their issues. Some of us may have family members who are addicted to alcohol and other drugs and who are not in re...

Doll · Doll

BEGIN WHERE YOU ARE We feel that elimination of our drinking is but a beginning. A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.19 It's usually pretty easy for me to be pleasant to the people in an A.A. se...

Quetzal · Quetzal

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.... -- Antoine de Saint Exupery If we look at the world through suspicious or angry eyes, we'll find a world that mirrors our expectations -- a world where tension will mount, arguments will abound, strife will be present where none need be. Howe...

LisaF · LisaF

I'm being as stupid as I was when I was drinking lately... apparently I'm very good at hurting people right now... I don't think the divorce is stupidity at all, that's the one thing I'm sure of... in a way this possibility of going into a new relationship might be stupidity... but we're taking it slow, n...

timverton · timverton

Yes...Brought in the New Year with the old, nicely fizzy Alka Seltzer Plus cocktails and a couple of shots of Robitussin. My sponsor was down with a cold/flu over Christmas and he let me know via e-mail of his malaise. Well, I thought I had virus protection here but that one must have slipped through bec...

Phil · Phil

Five recovering alcoholics, standing on a bridge. Four decide to jump off. How many are left? There are still five - because there's a difference between "deciding" and "doing."

Quetzal · Quetzal

Much as we would like, we cannot bring everyone with us on this journey called recovery. We are not being disloyal by allowing ourselves to move forward. We don't have to wait for those we love to decide to change as well. Sometimes we need to give ourselves permission to grow, even though the peopl...

Doll · Doll

POWERLESS We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21 It is no coincidence that the very first Step mentions powerlessness: An admission of personal powerlessness over alcohol is a cornerstone of the founda...

Robert · Robert

HAPPY NEW YEAR. ALL THE BEST ROB PS thanks for all the support.

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi everyone, Last week I received a 'phone call from a member of AA that I know well. She was on 'phone service and asked me to get in touch with a lady who lives my area who had contacted the helpline. I called her, but she didn't want to talk. I gave her my mobile 'phone number and left it at that. Thi...

Robert · Robert

I just wanted to share with you. I have had an afternoon nap and woke up, went to the kitchen to make a cuppa and there was a bottle of plonk, my girlfriend has had a glass, no worries for me taking any or anything, aint that wonderful? I have no desire to drink the content, and she knows it.

Quetzal · Quetzal

It is clear the future holds opportunities - it also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to seize the opportunities, avoid the pitfalls, and get back home by 6:00. -- Woody Allen Sometimes we take ourselves far too seriously. We draw our lives in the absolutes of black and white, with no shadings o...

Doll · Doll

FIRST, THE FOUNDATION Is sobriety all that we can expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning. As Bill Sees It, p. 8 Practicing the A.A. program is like building a house. First I had to pour a big, thick concrete slab on which to erect the house; that, to me, was the...

RyanS · RyanS

I got hungry tonight, went to digging around in the deep freezer. I just made the last payment on this damned thing, 400 total. (Freezer coils wrap all the way around. It's big enough to live in. It rocks.) And the only thing of mine in it was ground beef and two corn dogs. For months, I got plenty of satisfa...

mmerlino · mmerlino

A friend in recovery just gave this to me. Thought it would be a great way to start the New Year and Day for All Please enjoy and have a Wonderful New Year!! This is from a daily affirmation book: Today I have a fresh start. I choose to begin a new letting go of un...

Phil · Phil

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...

Doll · Doll

Happy New Year! January 1, 2007 Daily Reflections "I AM A MIRACLE" The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could n...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The new is but the old come true; each sunrise sees a New Year Born. -- Helen Hunt Jackson We know that a totally new life can begin on any day of a year, at any hour of the day, or at any moment of an hour. That new life began the moment we decided to surrender and admit to powerlessness over a substance or an imp...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky; The flying cloud, the frosty light; The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. -- Alfred, Lord Tennyson Past New Year's Eves may have meant times of excessive chemical use. We may have embarrassed ourselves in many ways. We may have...

Wren · Wren

Living in harmony "Peace comes not from the absence of conflict, but from the ability to cope with it." -- Unknown Source Angeles Arrien says that life will be simple if we follow the four-fold way counselled by indigenous peoples: 1. Show up, being present with all four mental, emotional, p...

Phil · Phil

You see things that are and say 'Why?' But I dream of things that never were and say 'Why not?'"

LisaF · LisaF

really having to try hard to live one day at a time right now... everything is up in the air... I don't have an exact date on when I'm moving... I tentatively plan on Jan 13th leaving town, but it all depends on weather between here and Nebraska, so I can't set an exact date. Plus my friend I'm moving in with m...

Doll · Doll

Ever wonder about the abbreviation A.S.A.P.? Generally we think of it in terms of even more hurry and stress in our lives. Maybe if we think of this abbreviation in a different manner, we will begin to find a new way to deal with those rough days along the way. ********...

Doll · Doll

Today is December 31, 2006 A Great Day for Recovery! CHANGE "It is not necessary to get away from human nature but to alter its inner attitude of heart and mind." -- J. F. Newton An understanding of sobriety and serenity that has proved helpful to me is that we are not only changing bu...

Doll · Doll

Daily Resolutions The idea of "twenty-four-hour" living applies primarily to the emotional life of the individual. Emotionally speaking, we must not live in yesterday, nor in tomorrow. As Bill Sees It, p. 284 A New year: 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes--a time to consid...

mmerlino · mmerlino

I have almost 90days clean and sober and I have a big problem. I seem not to be okay with truly listening to what someone has to say. I am a head strong New Yorker, which is self-explanatory in itself. I hear what someone says and if it is important to my recovery. Most of the ti...

Doll · Doll

THE ANT AND THE CONTACT LENS A true story by Josh and Karen Zarandona Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go rock climbing. Although she was very scared, she went with her group to a tremendous granite cliff. In spite of her fear, she put on the gear, took hold of the rope, and started up the face of th...

Phil · Phil

The Language of Letting Go. Learn the art of acceptance. It's a lot of grief. Sometimes, as part of taking care of ourselves, it becomes time to end certain relationships. Sometimes, it comes time to change the parameters of a particular relationship. This is true in love, in friends...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings. -- Barbara Grizzuti Harrison The world we live in depends on the responsible contributions each of us mak...

tina · tina

Hope all has went well for those whom had Santa come and visit. Had enough turkey yet? Just wanted to say hi, and things are going well one day at a time. Haven't been to a meetin for a bit, guess it's high time to kick myself the ass and get to one. Been checkin the board and well be...

Doll · Doll

ANONYMITY Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 564 Tradition Twelve became important early in my sobriety and, along with the Twelve Steps, it continues to be a must in my recovery. I became...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hope smiles on the threshold of the year to come, whispering that it will be happier. -- Alfred, Lord Tennyson At the start of this new year, we look back at what has been and we look forward to the future. Our path has been filled with healing and hope. Rewards have come to us each day. Now, looking t...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

My spouse (now sober) loves to critique restaurants, fried chicken. It's always, "This is the best chicken I've ever had." Five weeks later, it will be someone elses that's the best. This chicken isn't so good, doesn't measure up to Joe's place. On and on, it...

Wren · Wren

It’s precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life." -- Max Frisch "Don’t get your hopes up!" Were you warned of this as a child? What does this say? It says that life is bound to disappoint you. It says, don’t aim high be...

Scott · Scott

I just wanted to make a short post to say how GREAT it is to be sober! I love not waking up with a hangover, feeling queezy and woozy all day, headaches, palpitations, sore lungs from smoking my brains out, and the self-loathing. I think that's the worst...worse than all the physical sympt...

barisax · barisax

Discovered this board a while ago, I have been posting on the Alanon board for a while but not this one, so I thought I'd say hello. I am a sober member of AA, and also active in Alanon. I was thinking about my last drink (so far!) and how at the time, I had no idea it was my last drink. I had never attempted t...

hersheyjames · hersheyjames

Good afternoon... my name is James and I am an alcoholic. I am making my first trip any significant distance from home next week since getting sober. I'm heading to Greenville, Sc. and staying at the Hilton. Can anyone tell me what meetings are close? I will be available to go to meetings after about 6pm...

Phil · Phil

The Language of Letting Go. Don't panic! If panic strikes, we do not have to allow it to control our behaviors. Behaviors controlled by panic tend to be self-defeating. No matter what the situation or circumstance, panic is usually not a good foundation. No matter what the situation or circumst...

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	Lost another one. (Preview) Received an e-mail from a friend back in my old home town, bad news an old family friend died alone in his apartment around Christmas. Howard was assistant manager of this apartment complex and hadn't been seen for several days. The listed cause of death is probably a heart attack but we know better, Ho...	cooncatbob	8	598	Jan 6, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Daily Reflections Jan 6 (Preview) THE VICTORY OF SURRENDER We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength. Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turn out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be built. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITION...	Doll	0	715	Jan 6, 2007 by Doll
	Meeting Deadlines (Preview) Without discipline, there's no life at all. -- Katharine Hepburn We all have deadlines we must meet. We have bills to pay, responsibilities at work, children with school projects --all the innumerable small markers that push life forward. When we realize we're procrastinating, we nee...	Quetzal	0	479	Jan 6, 2007 by Quetzal
	Well, now, I feel stupid (Preview) I logged on to bitch about God* having a sense of humor......and that I am not amused........You see, my 16 yr old has gotten himself kicked out of school and I refuse to let him quit, so after much praying and many phone calls I finally found a private one that I can SOMEWHAT afford.....We enrolle...	Doll	3	482	Jan 5, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Food for thought (Preview) Some real wisdom in this little story: Death was walking toward a city one morning and a man asked, "What are you going to do?" "I'm going to take 100 people," Death replied. "That's horrible!" the man said. "That's the way it is." Death said. "That...	wandajf	3	553	Jan 5, 2007 by MsgBo
	how much does it take? (Preview) Hi everyone, My ex bf is an alcoholic. I am an alanoner, and I have gotton some great advice from you in the past. I was hoping you would help me again. I left my bf a few weeks ago. His binges were too much for me, almost constant disappearing and drinking. I got a new place and left. I felt it was all I coul...	annmarie	4	695	Jan 5, 2007 by annmarie
	Daily Reflections Jan 5 (Preview) TOTAL ACCEPTANCE He cannot picture life without alcohol. Some day he will be unable to imagine life either with alcohol or without it. Then he will know loneliness such as few do. He will be at the jumping-off place. He will wish for the end. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.152 Only an alcoholic can u...	Doll	0	477	Jan 5, 2007 by Doll
	Differences (Preview) Agreement is usually not necessary. Many of us have lived as if we always had to be right. We did not stop to notice that other things we cared about were being lost such as friends who got tired of our persistent need to be right, or children whose self-esteem was undermined when there was no room f...	Quetzal	0	477	Jan 5, 2007 by Quetzal
	Letting Go and Letting God (Preview) I have always heard this statement. And, I recently hear it from my boyfriend. Because, I was taking and using my past against us in our relationship. This week-end past. His sponsor took him and his sponsees to Vegas. Boy, that was a good one. I did not know how...	mmerlino	3	668	Jan 5, 2007 by mmerlino
	We Are Not Saints (Preview) Anybody who has been around a while knows this to be true. Some people read this as "We are not all saints". I read it as "There is not a saint among us". The truth be told, there is not a saint among the saints. Not the kind we are told about, those totally selfless, perfect people who have never hurt anyone,...	barisax	4	2322	Jan 4, 2007 by cooncatbob
	Psssst...Hey Cam!! (Preview) CAM has 90 days today.....Happy Birthday Christine!! -- Edited by Phil at 17:05, 2006-12-28	Phil	8	662	Jan 4, 2007 by Quetzal
	THANKX FOR CHRISTMAS CARDS (Preview) I would like to thank all of you who sent Christmas cards and care packages to us at the Miricales in Progress recovery house. Your support ment so mutch to all of us. As Christmas aproched I was feeling so alone and was sarting to f...	Nvizable_Mike	2	569	Jan 4, 2007 by Quetzal
	For Those That are Going Through....some of this stuff eh... (Preview) *The Language of Letting Go. Separating from Family Issues* We can draw a healthy line, a healthy boundary, between our nuclear family and ourselves. We can separate ourselves from their issues. Some of us may have family members who are addicted to alcohol and other drugs and who are not in re...	Phil	2	767	Jan 4, 2007 by Phil
	Daily Reflections Jan 4 (Preview) BEGIN WHERE YOU ARE We feel that elimination of our drinking is but a beginning. A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.19 It's usually pretty easy for me to be pleasant to the people in an A.A. se...	Doll	0	478	Jan 4, 2007 by Doll
	When we see with our hearts .... (Preview) It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.... -- Antoine de Saint Exupery If we look at the world through suspicious or angry eyes, we'll find a world that mirrors our expectations -- a world where tension will mount, arguments will abound, strife will be present where none need be. Howe...	Quetzal	0	568	Jan 4, 2007 by Quetzal
	stupidity (Preview) I'm being as stupid as I was when I was drinking lately... apparently I'm very good at hurting people right now... I don't think the divorce is stupidity at all, that's the one thing I'm sure of... in a way this possibility of going into a new relationship might be stupidity... but we're taking it slow, n...	LisaF	2	502	Jan 3, 2007 by Doll
	New Year Cocktails (Preview) Yes...Brought in the New Year with the old, nicely fizzy Alka Seltzer Plus cocktails and a couple of shots of Robitussin. My sponsor was down with a cold/flu over Christmas and he let me know via e-mail of his malaise. Well, I thought I had virus protection here but that one must have slipped through bec...	timverton	5	566	Jan 3, 2007 by cooncatbob
	The Bridge (Preview) Five recovering alcoholics, standing on a bridge. Four decide to jump off. How many are left? There are still five - because there's a difference between "deciding" and "doing."	Phil	1	562	Jan 3, 2007 by Ironman
	Moving Forward (Preview) Much as we would like, we cannot bring everyone with us on this journey called recovery. We are not being disloyal by allowing ourselves to move forward. We don't have to wait for those we love to decide to change as well. Sometimes we need to give ourselves permission to grow, even though the peopl...	Quetzal	1	475	Jan 3, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Daily Reflections Jan 3 (Preview) POWERLESS We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21 It is no coincidence that the very first Step mentions powerlessness: An admission of personal powerlessness over alcohol is a cornerstone of the founda...	Doll	0	2025	Jan 3, 2007 by Doll
	HAPPY NEW YEAR (Preview) HAPPY NEW YEAR. ALL THE BEST ROB PS thanks for all the support.	Robert	12	582	Jan 3, 2007 by Robert
	Putting Back Into AA! (Preview) Hi everyone, Last week I received a 'phone call from a member of AA that I know well. She was on 'phone service and asked me to get in touch with a lady who lives my area who had contacted the helpline. I called her, but she didn't want to talk. I gave her my mobile 'phone number and left it at that. Thi...	Quetzal	2	767	Jan 2, 2007 by Sick of being sick
	Trust (Preview) I just wanted to share with you. I have had an afternoon nap and woke up, went to the kitchen to make a cuppa and there was a bottle of plonk, my girlfriend has had a glass, no worries for me taking any or anything, aint that wonderful? I have no desire to drink the content, and she knows it.	Robert	1	478	Jan 2, 2007 by Zster
	Taking Ourselves Too Seriously (Preview) It is clear the future holds opportunities - it also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to seize the opportunities, avoid the pitfalls, and get back home by 6:00. -- Woody Allen Sometimes we take ourselves far too seriously. We draw our lives in the absolutes of black and white, with no shadings o...	Quetzal	3	720	Jan 2, 2007 by Zster
	Daily Reflections Jan 2 (Preview) FIRST, THE FOUNDATION Is sobriety all that we can expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning. As Bill Sees It, p. 8 Practicing the A.A. program is like building a house. First I had to pour a big, thick concrete slab on which to erect the house; that, to me, was the...	Doll	0	423	Jan 2, 2007 by Doll
	Turbulent beginnings (Preview) I got hungry tonight, went to digging around in the deep freezer. I just made the last payment on this damned thing, 400 total. (Freezer coils wrap all the way around. It's big enough to live in. It rocks.) And the only thing of mine in it was ground beef and two corn dogs. For months, I got plenty of satisfa...	RyanS	2	3108	Jan 1, 2007 by Phil
	Welcoming a New Day and New Year (Preview) *A friend in recovery just gave this to me. Thought it would be* *a great way to start the New Year and Day for All* *Please enjoy and have a Wonderful New Year!!* This is from a daily affirmation book: Today I have a fresh start. I choose to begin a new letting go of un...	mmerlino	0	615	Jan 1, 2007 by mmerlino
	Last Post For 2006....Wishing each of you, another sober 24...and thanks for being here.. (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...	Phil	4	562	Jan 1, 2007 by timverton
	Daily Reflections Jan 1 (Preview) Happy New Year! January 1, 2007 Daily Reflections "I AM A MIRACLE" The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could n...	Doll	0	455	Jan 1, 2007 by Doll
	A New Beginning (Preview) The new is but the old come true; each sunrise sees a New Year Born. -- Helen Hunt Jackson We know that a totally new life can begin on any day of a year, at any hour of the day, or at any moment of an hour. That new life began the moment we decided to surrender and admit to powerlessness over a substance or an imp...	Quetzal	0	568	Jan 1, 2007 by Quetzal
	Tonight is an ending; tonight is a beginning (Preview) Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky; The flying cloud, the frosty light; The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. -- Alfred, Lord Tennyson Past New Year's Eves may have meant times of excessive chemical use. We may have embarrassed ourselves in many ways. We may have...	Quetzal	3	804	Dec 31, 2006 by nmike
	Harmony (Preview) Living in harmony "Peace comes not from the absence of conflict, but from the ability to cope with it." -- Unknown Source Angeles Arrien says that life will be simple if we follow the four-fold way counselled by indigenous peoples: 1. Show up, being present with all four mental, emotional, p...	Wren	1	479	Dec 31, 2006 by Sick of being sick
	YUP.... (Preview) You see things that are and say 'Why?' But I dream of things that never were and say 'Why not?'"	Phil	5	530	Dec 31, 2006 by cooncatbob
	one day at a time... (Preview) really having to try hard to live one day at a time right now... everything is up in the air... I don't have an exact date on when I'm moving... I tentatively plan on Jan 13th leaving town, but it all depends on weather between here and Nebraska, so I can't set an exact date. Plus my friend I'm moving in with m...	LisaF	1	515	Dec 31, 2006 by Doll
	ASAP (Preview) Ever wonder about the abbreviation A.S.A.P.? Generally we think of it in terms of even more hurry and stress in our lives. Maybe if we think of this abbreviation in a different manner, we will begin to find a new way to deal with those rough days along the way. ********...	Doll	0	464	Dec 31, 2006 by Doll
	Dec 31 Meditation (Preview) Today is December 31, 2006 A Great Day for Recovery! CHANGE "It is not necessary to get away from human nature but to alter its inner attitude of heart and mind." -- J. F. Newton An understanding of sobriety and serenity that has proved helpful to me is that we are not only changing bu...	Doll	0	468	Dec 31, 2006 by Doll
	Daily Reflections Dec 31 (Preview) Daily Resolutions The idea of "twenty-four-hour" living applies primarily to the emotional life of the individual. Emotionally speaking, we must not live in yesterday, nor in tomorrow. As Bill Sees It, p. 284 A New year: 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes--a time to consid...	Doll	0	407	Dec 31, 2006 by Doll
	How to Stop and Listen (Preview) I have almost 90days clean and sober and I have a big problem. I seem not to be okay with truly listening to what someone has to say. I am a head strong New Yorker, which is self-explanatory in itself. I hear what someone says and if it is important to my recovery. Most of the ti...	mmerlino	11	695	Dec 31, 2006 by mmerlino
	Amen! (Preview) THE ANT AND THE CONTACT LENS A true story by Josh and Karen Zarandona Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go rock climbing. Although she was very scared, she went with her group to a tremendous granite cliff. In spite of her fear, she put on the gear, took hold of the rope, and started up the face of th...	Doll	1	706	Dec 30, 2006 by cindy
	Moving On (Preview) *The Language of Letting Go. Learn the art of acceptance. It's a lot of grief.* Sometimes, as part of taking care of ourselves, it becomes time to end certain relationships. Sometimes, it comes time to change the parameters of a particular relationship. This is true in love, in friends...	Phil	3	961	Dec 30, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Responsible Contributions (Preview) Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings. -- Barbara Grizzuti Harrison The world we live in depends on the responsible contributions each of us mak...	Quetzal	4	552	Dec 30, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Morning all (Preview) Hope all has went well for those whom had Santa come and visit. Had enough turkey yet? Just wanted to say hi, and things are going well one day at a time. Haven't been to a meetin for a bit, guess it's high time to kick myself the ass and get to one. Been checkin the board and well be...	tina	2	437	Dec 30, 2006 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections Dec 30 (Preview) ANONYMITY Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 564 Tradition Twelve became important early in my sobriety and, along with the Twelve Steps, it continues to be a must in my recovery. I became...	Doll	1	467	Dec 30, 2006 by Phil
	The Start Of A New Year (Preview) Hope smiles on the threshold of the year to come, whispering that it will be happier. -- Alfred, Lord Tennyson At the start of this new year, we look back at what has been and we look forward to the future. Our path has been filled with healing and hope. Rewards have come to us each day. Now, looking t...	Quetzal	0	500	Dec 30, 2006 by Quetzal
	Hi....Critiqueing....... (Preview) My spouse (now sober) loves to critique restaurants, fried chicken. It's always, "This is the best chicken I've ever had." Five weeks later, it will be someone elses that's the best. This chicken isn't so good, doesn't measure up to Joe's place. On and on, it...	wallsal55	8	499	Dec 29, 2006 by wallsal55
	Daily Awareness-Hope and Disappointment (Preview) It’s precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life." -- Max Frisch "Don’t get your hopes up!" Were you warned of this as a child? What does this say? It says that life is bound to disappoint you. It says, don’t aim high be...	Wren	1	497	Dec 29, 2006 by mmerlino
	I love being sober! (Preview) I just wanted to make a short post to say how GREAT it is to be sober! I love not waking up with a hangover, feeling queezy and woozy all day, headaches, palpitations, sore lungs from smoking my brains out, and the self-loathing. I think that's the worst...worse than all the physical sympt...	Scott	13	2672	Dec 29, 2006 by mmerlino
	Hello (Preview) Discovered this board a while ago, I have been posting on the Alanon board for a while but not this one, so I thought I'd say hello. I am a sober member of AA, and also active in Alanon. I was thinking about my last drink (so far!) and how at the time, I had no idea it was my last drink. I had never attempted t...	barisax	6	545	Dec 29, 2006 by sheilasdad
	Greenville, SC? (Preview) Good afternoon... my name is James and I am an alcoholic. I am making my first trip any significant distance from home next week since getting sober. I'm heading to Greenville, Sc. and staying at the Hilton. Can anyone tell me what meetings are close? I will be available to go to meetings after about 6pm...	hersheyjames	3	602	Dec 28, 2006 by Quetzal
	Panic (Preview) *The Language of Letting Go*. Don't panic! If panic strikes, we do not have to allow it to control our behaviors. Behaviors controlled by panic tend to be self-defeating. No matter what the situation or circumstance, panic is usually not a good foundation. No matter what the situation or circumst...	Phil	2	531	Dec 28, 2006 by cindy
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