Alcoholics Anonymous

Phil · Phil

More About AlcoholismMost of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows. Therefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drin...

Doll · Doll

CLEANING HOUSE Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p 60 It wasn't unusu...

trudi · trudi

Hi everyone, just wanted to connect. Sober today ( been a few days now ) and life is so much better than those drinking days. I have just got to keep my eye on the ball and never forget how cunning, baffling and powerful this illness is! Thanks to everyone on this site whose posts have been so much hel...

Phil · Phil

The Language of Letting Go. Freedom from Compulsive Disorders Thank you for keeping me straight yesterday. Please help me stay straight today. -- paraphrased from Alcoholics Anonymous When I first began my recovery from codependency, I was furious about having to begin another recov...

Doll · Doll

"ENTIRELY HONEST" We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or happily in this world. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 73-74 Honesty, like all virtues, is to be shared. It began after I shared ". . . [my] whole life's story with someone . . . " in order to find my place in the Fellowship. La...

Robert · Robert

Hiya, Its a lovely hot sunny day today, and I have been living it up, been sat on a deck chair eating good food, drinking good water! and generally having fun, my sponce came over today and we went through some stuff, I am not too worried but he has just come back from a 2 week holiday in spain and in june he i...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

THURSDAY , MAY 04, 2006 You are reading from the book Twenty-Four Hours a Day - Hardcover (24 Hours) </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=1096>. A.A. Thought for the Day When I was drinking, I always tried to build myself up. I used to tell tall stories about myself. I told them so ofte...

december · december

Thanks to all of you who responded to my post "Did I Have A Slip." I didn't feel like I did but being an alcoholic I feel guilty about just about everything! I did talk to my sponsor and she didn't think I did. What I learned from it is to not even go there. I will have to be satisfied with ibprofin (spelling). I...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Good Afternoon or Evening In Dublin, You have been on my mind all night, and hope that we hear from you today. Praying that you have picked-up that 500 lb. phone and are reaching out to another human being. We are all Rooting for you, but this is cyerspace, and leaves a lot to be desired, with...

Phil · Phil

Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. &n...

Niall · Niall

Thank you Toni. Thank you for writing such a personal account of your struggle & recovery and thank you to all others who replied. I am at work at the moment (amazingly have managed to hold down a job although some days I am just wandering around like a zombie). Did drink last night but not as much as I e...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Been a while since I posted. I was just doing some thinking.(uh oh!) I was thinking about how tired I've been feeling these past few days and how it would be nice to stay home and miss a meeting. I then had another thought. When my sponsor asked me if I was willing to go to any lengths and follow suggestions I...

Robert · Robert

1. GET MORE EXERCISE Everybody knows that exercise is good for you, but did you know that it can actually help you feel good, too? So how does exercise get you high? Well, when you exercise your body produces more endorphins: these are the body's natural painkillers and 'feel-good' chemic...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

hi i am rosie and this topic "why suicide" is a real "walk down memory road" for me...... this is MY esh and MY take only , i think for me it was the hoplessness of my life...i had horrific injuries, and even tho i was MILES away from recovery, i kn...

Phil · Phil

Love without condition "I love you as you are, as you seek to find your own special way to relate to the world, or the way you feel that is right for you. It is important that you are the person you want to be and not someone that I or others think you should be."

Rob · Rob

I thought i was gona make it tonight I held off buying drink till about 8:10 pm tonight or just after.. i cant bleve i made it that long.. but i did buy drink.. and iv drank it.. But, and this might not impress many people.. i bought a set amount and i have had that.. but i didnt go ba...

Robert · Robert

Life is so much better without having to get outta reality., so much talent is wasted with alcoholics, cause lets face it we are not dumb, its tragic really. For the grace of god I have not taken a drink today and I am grateful for that, had a little shock today that rocked me a bit! called my uni up and they...

Phil · Phil

The human soul needs to be honest in evaluation of the self and its divine calling. This honesty is an important factor in the movement from ego control to spirit dominance. Honestly evaluate personal growth in the material arena, and in the unification of personal presence. Consciously evaluat...

Rick · Rick

The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery. --Ralph Hodgson Too often we are superstitious and interpret signs in negative or hostile ways. Because we don't believe in ourselves, we tend to think that fate is against us. But life isn't for us or against us. If we are attentive, we will see man...

Niall · Niall

I'm scared. I don’t think I am ready to stop drinking yet. I am 38 years old and have lost nearly all through drinking. My home, my marriage, credit, reputation, friends, family. Drinking has brought me bad health and endless fear and anxiety. I tried again recently in AA but walked out again a...

Wren · Wren

Honesty: Today's word poses one of the biggest challenges; it calls upon us to be completely truthful. The biggest deceptions are usually the ones we place upon ourselves. Every time we convince ourselves we are not worthy, attractive, capable, etc. we become the great deceivers of ourUniverse. W...

Robert · Robert

http://www.funnyjunk.com/movies/111/Human+Beat+Box/stream

Robert · Robert

A young woman buys a mirror at an antique shop, and hangs it on her bathroom door. One evening, while getting undressed, she playfully says "Mirror, mirror, on my door, make my bustline forty four". Instantly, there is a brilliant flash of light, and her breasts grow to enormous proportions. Excited...

Doll · Doll

I have suffered from the mildly for quite a while, and decided to check into it..... A person experiences relief from panic after drinking alcohol, then finds that as it wears off, his anxiety returns more intensely than before, creating a treacherous and hard-to-break cycle. {i...

december · december

Hi- I have been sober for almost two years. Awhile back I got sick and it was necessary for me to take some pain pills. I followed the directions for usage, but a couple of times I took an extra pill that maybe I really didn't need to. It became hard for me to differenciate between needing them and wanting th...

Rick · Rick

Every conflict has many levels Some couples live as if they are fighting a cold war. Conflicts are handled by retreat into silence with each feeling like a self-righteous victim. When we retreat into this role we abandon ourselves and our commitments to our relationship. We tear a...

Rick · Rick

"Despite all we can say, many who are real alcoholics are not going to believe they are in that class. By every form of self-deception and experimentation, they will try to prove themselves exceptions to the rule, therefore nonalcoholic. If anyone who is showing inability to control his drinki...

Doll · Doll

LIGHTING THE DARK PAST Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have - the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p 124 No longer is my past an autobiography; it is a reference book to be tak...

texas mike · texas mike

What is a good day ? To me a good day consists of drinking coffee and water, a good long meditation, praying for those that need a H/P and his assistance and a long hard day of work. With all this in tune I go forth and have a greatful day of guidance and not doing my will but his, this for me is a must to keep me i...

iffer · iffer

Hi everyone. I have to say I am so grateful today to be sober. Just for the moment I am grateful. I have been doing alot of praying and really want to get back on track with AA and the program. I would appreciate any guidance and support for getting my head screwed back on right af...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

Interesting word, comes from a word that means: To Decide. A synonym to 'crisis' is the word Juncture. www.m-w.com Type in "crisis" for more.

Robert · Robert

I have a real juicy resentment about my brother, he is the type of person who feels better by putting others down. When he last spoke to me he just had to slip into the conversation "you have no friends" that really p'eed me off because it is exactly what he used to say when I was drinking and depended on him f...

Doll · Doll

Your circumstances do not determine what your life will be; they reveal what kinds of images you have chosen up until now. To change yourself, look at what you fear and what you hate. Start There. We are all at once teachers and learners in every encounter of our lives. What's over is over. You did what yo...

Doll · Doll

HEALING HEART AND MIND Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 55 Since it is true that God comes to me through people, I can see that by keeping people at a distance I also keep God at a distance. God is nearer to me tha...

Rob · Rob

IM in a real mess tonight.. yeah iv been drinking my mum is having a go at me.. though i duno how much of it is cos she is drunk or cos of me drinking i am just going out of my mind.. yeah iv been drinking todayu..i started drinking at 12 noon.. i slept sometime this afternoon..th...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

Read the posts below on Self-Discipline and Staying on the Path---I needed that! Recently, I wrote down six tips, ideas for myself to regain self-discipline in my days....and then at the bottom I wrote: "There is no Adult Supervision in my head when I get too much into my...

CAM · CAM

Left the halls of AA and I have returned. I "did some research" and have to tell you guys, it's still the same strange game out there.....Glad to be back among the other strange game again.... I prefer this "strange" to that "strange." My "check engine" light has been on for week...

Phil · Phil

LETTING GO TAKES LOVE To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, but allow learning from natu...

Rick · Rick

Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly --Langston Hughes Watching birds spread their wings and soar can remind us of the best in ourselves. In joyful moments we all feel our own desire to fly, to reach toward what we dream of doing. Our dreams give us a di...

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

Good evening / Morning / Afternoon. Hope you are all well and keeping sober. I'm back here again now that the medication I was on has reduced to a low enough dosage where I can stay awake long enough to post! Panic attacks gone, doctor thinks it was due to a lack of some vitamins (B1) and too much coff...

Phil · Phil

Recovery Prayer This prayer is based on a section of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous: Thank you for keeping me straight yesterday. Please help me stay straight today. For the next twenty-four hours, I pray for knowledge of Your will for me only, and the power to carry that through. Ple...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

I went up to the meeting place(club) to help fix the place up today. It was cool for a while. Then a couple of hours later two women came and I got thrown for a loop. They started talking to me like I wasn't doing anything and I started to get really angry. I kept my mouth shut but boy was I screwed up in the head....

carmie · carmie

Well guess what

I'm very excited an honored to say My first sponsee asked me to sponsor her last nite!!!!!!

I told it would be a great honor

ne way I'm very happy bout this.

carmie · carmie

Hello everyone, My name is Carmie and I'm an alcoholic, I am also an addict too. Because A/A has a singleness of purpose wich is Alcoholisim I show my respect for the a/a program and introduce my self as an alcoholic there is no room for my ego. A/A derived from the washatonins...

Robert · Robert

Howdy troops, i have a worse memory than my gran, and she still thinks its 1975!!! it says in a website of AA that : Alcohol can also lead to: Dementia - memory loss, rather like Alzheimer’s dementia. I wondered if any of you guys have this/had this and how you got better, i cant remember half...

Robert · Robert

A man bought a camel from a woman at the market, the woman said "to make him go say 'phew' to make him stop say 'Amen'." So the man hopped on the camel and said 'Phew' to make him go. The camel started running out of control. The man couldn't remember what to say to make him stop so he started calling out any o...

Robert · Robert

addiction counselling trust The Addiction Counselling Trust is a registered charity which offers a free and confidential drug and alcohol service to people living in Buckinghamshire. Our staff are all fully...

Wren · Wren

A little mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What food might this contain?" the mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning, "There is a mousetrap in the...

kspear · kspear

Hello, all! I just got back from a AA conference in Canandaigua, NY - it was awesome! (as it is every year - I've gone every year since I've been sober) If you have never been to a conference or convention, please consider it. It is a wonderful retreat into some great sobriety, sereni...

wagon · wagon

There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self- searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation. But we saw that it really worked in others, and we had come to believe in the hopelessness and futility of life as we h...

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	Chapter 3...from the Big Book (Preview) More About AlcoholismMost of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows. Therefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drin...	Phil	1	1351	May 4, 2006 by soberdrunk
	May 3 ~ CLEANING HOUSE (Preview) CLEANING HOUSE Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p 60 It wasn't unusu...	Doll	2	303	May 4, 2006 by rosie light shines
	touching base (Preview) Hi everyone, just wanted to connect. Sober today ( been a few days now ) and life is so much better than those drinking days. I have just got to keep my eye on the ball and never forget how cunning, baffling and powerful this illness is! Thanks to everyone on this site whose posts have been so much hel...	trudi	5	343	May 4, 2006 by trudi
	Thursday (Preview) *The Language of Letting Go. Freedom from Compulsive Disorders* Thank you for keeping me straight yesterday. Please help me stay straight today. -- paraphrased from Alcoholics Anonymous When I first began my recovery from codependency, I was furious about having to begin another recov...	Phil	1	302	May 4, 2006 by rosie light shines
	May 4 ~ "ENTIRELY HONEST" (Preview) "ENTIRELY HONEST" We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or happily in this world. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 73-74 Honesty, like all virtues, is to be shared. It began after I shared ". . . [my] whole life's story with someone . . . " in order to find my place in the Fellowship. La...	Doll	1	367	May 4, 2006 by rosie light shines
	gu'day (Preview) Hiya, Its a lovely hot sunny day today, and I have been living it up, been sat on a deck chair eating good food, drinking good water! and generally having fun, my sponce came over today and we went through some stuff, I am not too worried but he has just come back from a 2 week holiday in spain and in june he i...	Robert	1	311	May 4, 2006 by rosie light shines
	what a diference the program can make (Preview) THURSDAY , MAY 04, 2006 You are reading from the book Twenty-Four Hours a Day - Hardcover (24 Hours) </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=1096>. A.A. Thought for the Day When I was drinking, I always tried to build myself up. I used to tell tall stories about myself. I told them so ofte...	rosie light shines	0	297	May 4, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Thanks! (Preview) Thanks to all of you who responded to my post "Did I Have A Slip." I didn't feel like I did but being an alcoholic I feel guilty about just about everything! I did talk to my sponsor and she didn't think I did. What I learned from it is to not even go there. I will have to be satisfied with ibprofin (spelling). I...	december	1	309	May 4, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	To: Niall (Preview) Good Afternoon or Evening In Dublin, You have been on my mind all night, and hope that we hear from you today. Praying that you have picked-up that 500 lb. phone and are reaching out to another human being. We are all Rooting for you, but this is cyerspace, and leaves a lot to be desired, with...	Toni Baloney	0	250	May 4, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder (Preview) Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. &n...	Phil	7	360	May 4, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	Another day closer to the bottom... (Preview) Thank you Toni. Thank you for writing such a personal account of your struggle & recovery and thank you to all others who replied. I am at work at the moment (amazingly have managed to hold down a job although some days I am just wandering around like a zombie). Did drink last night but not as much as I e...	Niall	6	356	May 4, 2006 by paul
	Hi Everyone (Preview) Been a while since I posted. I was just doing some thinking.(uh oh!) I was thinking about how tired I've been feeling these past few days and how it would be nice to stay home and miss a meeting. I then had another thought. When my sponsor asked me if I was willing to go to any lengths and follow suggestions I...	soberdrunk	2	292	May 4, 2006 by paul
	Three ways to get high naturally (Preview) 1. GET MORE EXERCISE Everybody knows that exercise is good for you, but did you know that it can actually help you feel good, too? So how does exercise get you high? Well, when you exercise your body produces more endorphins: these are the body's natural painkillers and 'feel-good' chemic...	Robert	4	331	May 3, 2006 by recovering jb
	LONG--someone asked me "why suicide"??? (Preview) hi i am rosie and this topic "why suicide" is a real "walk down memory road" for me...... this is MY esh and MY take only , i think for me it was the hoplessness of my life...i had horrific injuries, and even tho i was MILES away from recovery, i kn...	rosie light shines	2	2133	May 3, 2006 by John
	Good morning...and have a nice day... (Preview) Love without condition "I love you as you are, as you seek to find your own special way to relate to the world, or the way you feel that is right for you. It is important that you are the person you want to be and not someone that I or others think you should be."	Phil	2	326	May 3, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	I thougth i was gona make it tonight, i didnt but Im nowhere near as bad as lately. (Preview) I thought i was gona make it tonight I held off buying drink till about 8:10 pm tonight or just after.. i cant bleve i made it that long.. but i did buy drink.. and iv drank it.. But, and this might not impress many people.. i bought a set amount and i have had that.. but i didnt go ba...	Rob	7	375	May 3, 2006 by Doll
	evening all (Preview) Life is so much better without having to get outta reality., so much talent is wasted with alcoholics, cause lets face it we are not dumb, its tragic really. For the grace of god I have not taken a drink today and I am grateful for that, had a little shock today that rocked me a bit! called my uni up and they...	Robert	3	308	May 3, 2006 by Robert
	Honesty (Preview) The human soul needs to be honest in evaluation of the self and its divine calling. This honesty is an important factor in the movement from ego control to spirit dominance. Honestly evaluate personal growth in the material arena, and in the unification of personal presence. Consciously evaluat...	Phil	1	348	May 3, 2006 by Rick
	Handwriting on the wall (Preview) *The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery. --Ralph Hodgson* Too often we are superstitious and interpret signs in negative or hostile ways. Because we don't believe in ourselves, we tend to think that fate is against us. But life isn't for us or against us. If we are attentive, we will see man...	Rick	1	347	May 3, 2006 by Rick
	ROCK BOTTOM (Preview) I'm scared. I don’t think I am ready to stop drinking yet. I am 38 years old and have lost nearly all through drinking. My home, my marriage, credit, reputation, friends, family. Drinking has brought me bad health and endless fear and anxiety. I tried again recently in AA but walked out again a...	Niall	7	878	May 3, 2006 by Cabbageheadchris
	Daily Power-Honesty (Preview) Honesty: Today's word poses one of the biggest challenges; it calls upon us to be completely truthful. The biggest deceptions are usually the ones we place upon ourselves. Every time we convince ourselves we are not worthy, attractive, capable, etc. we become the great deceivers of ourUniverse. W...	Wren	1	368	May 2, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	some one remove the mic from that poor guys mouth (Preview) http://www.funnyjunk.com/movies/111/Human+Beat+Box/stream	Robert	3	406	May 2, 2006 by carmie
	Joke of the day (Preview) A young woman buys a mirror at an antique shop, and hangs it on her bathroom door. One evening, while getting undressed, she playfully says "Mirror, mirror, on my door, make my bustline forty four". Instantly, there is a brilliant flash of light, and her breasts grow to enormous proportions. Excited...	Robert	3	308	May 2, 2006 by Robert
	I've been doing some reading on Panic Attacks (Preview) I have suffered from the mildly for quite a while, and decided to check into it..... A person experiences relief from panic after drinking alcohol, then finds that as it wears off, his anxiety returns more intensely than before, creating a treacherous and hard-to-break cycle. {i...	Doll	4	384	May 2, 2006 by Phil
	Did I have a slip? (Preview) Hi- I have been sober for almost two years. Awhile back I got sick and it was necessary for me to take some pain pills. I followed the directions for usage, but a couple of times I took an extra pill that maybe I really didn't need to. It became hard for me to differenciate between needing them and wanting th...	december	8	419	May 2, 2006 by Doll
	conflict (Preview) Every conflict has many levels Some couples live as if they are fighting a cold war. Conflicts are handled by retreat into silence with each feeling like a self-righteous victim. When we retreat into this role we abandon ourselves and our commitments to our relationship. We tear a...	Rick	2	302	May 2, 2006 by Phil
	BB Quote (Preview) "Despite all we can say, many who are real alcoholics are not going to believe they are in that class. By every form of self-deception and experimentation, they will try to prove themselves exceptions to the rule, therefore nonalcoholic. If anyone who is showing inability to control his drinki...	Rick	1	449	May 2, 2006 by Phil
	May 2 ~ LIGHTING THE DARK PAST (Preview) LIGHTING THE DARK PAST Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have - the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p 124 No longer is my past an autobiography; it is a reference book to be tak...	Doll	0	282	May 2, 2006 by Doll
	Good Day ? (Preview) What is a good day ? To me a good day consists of drinking coffee and water, a good long meditation, praying for those that need a H/P and his assistance and a long hard day of work. With all this in tune I go forth and have a greatful day of guidance and not doing my will but his, this for me is a must to keep me i...	texas mike	1	291	May 2, 2006 by Phil
	Praying to get back on track (Preview) Hi everyone. I have to say I am so grateful today to be sober. Just for the moment I am grateful. I have been doing alot of praying and really want to get back on track with AA and the program. I would appreciate any guidance and support for getting my head screwed back on right af...	iffer	7	498	May 2, 2006 by soberdrunk
	The word "Crisis" (Preview) Interesting word, comes from a word that means: To Decide. A synonym to 'crisis' is the word Juncture. www.m-w.com Type in "crisis" for more.	wallsal55	1	929	May 1, 2006 by Phil
	Resentment (Preview) I have a real juicy resentment about my brother, he is the type of person who feels better by putting others down. When he last spoke to me he just had to slip into the conversation "you have no friends" that really p'eed me off because it is exactly what he used to say when I was drinking and depended on him f...	Robert	5	325	May 1, 2006 by Phil
	Staying On The Path (Preview) Your circumstances do not determine what your life will be; they reveal what kinds of images you have chosen up until now. To change yourself, look at what you fear and what you hate. Start There. We are all at once teachers and learners in every encounter of our lives. What's over is over. You did what yo...	Doll	2	318	May 1, 2006 by Phil
	May 1 ~ HEALING HEART AND MIND (Preview) HEALING HEART AND MIND Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 55 Since it is true that God comes to me through people, I can see that by keeping people at a distance I also keep God at a distance. God is nearer to me tha...	Doll	1	398	May 1, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Ive got to stop drinking... arrgh my life is such a mess (Preview) IM in a real mess tonight.. yeah iv been drinking my mum is having a go at me.. though i duno how much of it is cos she is drunk or cos of me drinking i am just going out of my mind.. yeah iv been drinking todayu..i started drinking at 12 noon.. i slept sometime this afternoon..th...	Rob	24	824	May 1, 2006 by Rob
	Humor in Journaling (Preview) Read the posts below on Self-Discipline and Staying on the Path---I needed that! Recently, I wrote down six tips, ideas for myself to regain self-discipline in my days....and then at the bottom I wrote: "There is no Adult Supervision in my head when I get too much into my...	wallsal55	1	365	May 1, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	I'm back.... (Preview) Left the halls of AA and I have returned. I "did some research" and have to tell you guys, it's still the same strange game out there.....Glad to be back among the other strange game again.... I prefer this "strange" to that "strange." My "check engine" light has been on for week...	CAM	7	364	May 1, 2006 by trudi
	Letting Go... (Preview) LETTING GO TAKES LOVE To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, but allow learning from natu...	Phil	2	375	May 1, 2006 by Busbe
	A little Joy ? (Preview) *Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly --Langston Hughes* Watching birds spread their wings and soar can remind us of the best in ourselves. In joyful moments we all feel our own desire to fly, to reach toward what we dream of doing. Our dreams give us a di...	Rick	1	329	May 1, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Hi All (Preview) Good evening / Morning / Afternoon. Hope you are all well and keeping sober. I'm back here again now that the medication I was on has reduced to a low enough dosage where I can stay awake long enough to post! Panic attacks gone, doctor thinks it was due to a lack of some vitamins (B1) and too much coff...	Cabbageheadchris	12	409	May 1, 2006 by iffer
	Monday (Preview) Recovery Prayer This prayer is based on a section of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous: Thank you for keeping me straight yesterday. Please help me stay straight today. For the next twenty-four hours, I pray for knowledge of Your will for me only, and the power to carry that through. Ple...	Phil	1	480	May 1, 2006 by Rick
	What a day...... (Preview) I went up to the meeting place(club) to help fix the place up today. It was cool for a while. Then a couple of hours later two women came and I got thrown for a loop. They started talking to me like I wasn't doing anything and I started to get really angry. I kept my mouth shut but boy was I screwed up in the head....	soberdrunk	4	345	May 1, 2006 by Phil
	Hey Everyone!!! (Preview) Well guess what I'm very excited an honored to say My first sponsee asked me to sponsor her last nite!!!!!! I told it would be a great honor ne way I'm very happy bout this.	carmie	5	303	May 1, 2006 by Phil
	Singleness of Purpose (Preview) Hello everyone, My name is Carmie and I'm an alcoholic, I am also an addict too. Because A/A has a singleness of purpose wich is Alcoholisim I show my respect for the a/a program and introduce my self as an alcoholic there is no room for my ego. A/A derived from the washatonins...	carmie	5	748	May 1, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Dementia (Preview) Howdy troops, i have a worse memory than my gran, and she still thinks its 1975!!! it says in a website of AA that : Alcohol can also lead to: Dementia - memory loss, rather like Alzheimer’s dementia. I wondered if any of you guys have this/had this and how you got better, i cant remember half...	Robert	6	436	May 1, 2006 by elna
	Camel Joke (Preview) A man bought a camel from a woman at the market, the woman said "to make him go say 'phew' to make him stop say 'Amen'." So the man hopped on the camel and said 'Phew' to make him go. The camel started running out of control. The man couldn't remember what to say to make him stop so he started calling out any o...	Robert	1	5322	Apr 30, 2006 by Robert
	ROB (Preview) addiction counselling trust The Addiction Counselling Trust is a registered charity which offers a free and confidential drug and alcohol service to people living in Buckinghamshire. Our staff are all fully...	Robert	2	291	Apr 30, 2006 by Robert
	Another thought on purpose (Preview) A little mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What food might this contain?" the mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning, "There is a mousetrap in the...	Wren	1	315	Apr 30, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Conference/Gifts of this program (Preview) Hello, all! I just got back from a AA conference in Canandaigua, NY - it was awesome! (as it is every year - I've gone every year since I've been sober) If you have never been to a conference or convention, please consider it. It is a wonderful retreat into some great sobriety, sereni...	kspear	0	371	Apr 30, 2006 by kspear
	big book (Preview) There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self- searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation. But we saw that it really worked in others, and we had come to believe in the hopelessness and futility of life as we h...	wagon	1	335	Apr 30, 2006 by Wren
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