Alcoholics Anonymous

WRbeachbum · WRbeachbum

Good morning everyone and happy Canada Day to us northerners! We are experiencing a heat wave in BC right now and it sure is great! Lots and lots of water, not booze. I was at the beach yesterday and saw a lady smoking a cigarette. Suddenly I thought to myself that a cigarette and a d...

Robert · Robert

Having a bit of a troubling time at the mo, everyone I love seems to be dying, a close member died last night, i have not drank on it, and the program has met its "acid test" as it says in the big book, its just nice for me to be strong when other people are breaking down, I can be there for them, in the past it woul...

Rob · Rob

This is probably gona come off all wrong... I know alot of people pray to have the courage to not drink for "today".. Does anyone pray to have the courage to go to a meeting? Does anyone pray that tomorrow they will get to a meeting? Does anyone pray that nomatter what happens that they w...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

A monthaversary, yay! That's probably a new word, but it fits. I had to ask my sponsor today if I should announce that I have four months. The only reason I asked is because AA annaversarys are at one, three, six, nine months, one year, two years, etc. He told me I should be proud of myself and to definitely...

HDoggie · HDoggie

Hey everyone! I'm on day 5 here. I was just wondering how you all deal/have dealt with your cravings in the first few weeks of sobriety? Any good tidbits, besides the telephone, of course.

Thanks!

Dolphin123 · Dolphin123

Hello All, I wanted to introduce myself as I have been doing some reading on the board, and have so far been able to get alot from the posts that I have read. I have been a member of alanon for almost 6 years and have been with my alcoholic for 9 years. I have attend many AA and NA meetings (he is also an addi...

Wren · Wren

Support others with your presence "The purpose of therapy is not to remove suffering but TO MOVE THROUGH IT to an enlarged consciousness that can sustain the polarity of painful opposites." -- James Hollis How do we support others who are suffering? When we understand how soul works throug...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

Just cut and pasted a step one worksheet I got from Quetzal here on this board. Have used it along with a young lady I am sponsoring and we really both got a lot out of it. Of course, read the book. But this worksheet was an eye-opener for me. Jonibaloni Step One worksheet: Hav...

flumpy · flumpy

hi all, hope you are keeping well and out of trouble! i need you at answer me a question.....if you can. i have had a lot going on in my life of late and it's taken it's toll, i haven't been eating my wieght is down to 8st from 11st, and i have been drinking due to the constant pain i am in caused m...

vangellic · vangellic

I need to talk with someone and decided to log in to this message board for some comfort......... maybe someone out there might know or has also been diagnosed with liver damage and is going through the final stages. I live with an alcoholic (I am not) that has just been diagnosed with no li...

Phil · Phil

Scenario: You are driving in a car at a constant speed. On your left side is a valley and on your right side is a fire engine travelling at the same speed as you. In front of you is a galloping pig which is the same size as your car and you cannot overtake it. Behind you is a helicopter flying at ground level. Bo...

im done · im done

I am in my 30's and the mother of two precious chidren. I am recently divorced but in a relationship with a wonderful man who has opened my eyes to my drinking problem. He's been on me about it for about 18 months, all the time I resented him for it, saying he just didn't drink, so he didn't understand, or he w...

CAM · CAM

Thanks all for your support to my 104 days............still counting............now 108 days!! I had surgery on Tuesday for bad arteries in my legs. that was my left leg & will go in again for the right leg soon as possible, probably a few weeks. Out of work & going to attempt t...

recovering jb · recovering jb

Hey- Had 8 months yesterday, I'm not quite all there but things are going much better- Still going to 5-6 meetings per week, have worked thru step 11 with a sponsor, and am doing pretty well staying out of trouble. -JB

Quetzal · Quetzal

Today is turning out to be a truly wonderful day for me. Earlier this morning, I sat and re-read my Step 1. I had poured out everything in it. All of the dreadful things that I had done and thought whilst drinking where there for me to see in black and white. I couldn't believe the very words that I had wr...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

Hope everyone here in the U.S.of A. has a safe and fun plan for the Holiday! For those here and abroad, it is a special day for alkies, too, to celebrate Independence... from alcohol. I remember a few years ago I attended a huge night-time fireworks display, for the first time, SOBER.... the AA who w...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi all, I have just come across this long and sobering list of effects of alcohol on the body. I knew most of them, but I didn't know them all. Alcohol is dangerous and frightening. I need to be reminded of this on a daily basis. Take care, Carol ********************************** ...

Rob · Rob

OK what the hell sparked everyone to go mental??? What the hell did i say yesterday to cause such an camotion??????????????? Holy .... Whatever it is i think its caused some great misunderstanding. If its about me sayin that i wasnt sure i wanted to post what happend last...

Phil · Phil

RISK "We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it." --Mark Twain I need to risk in life. I need to try again. I need to face life and not run from it. Early in my sobriety I was scared to try new things because I was afraid I might get hurt. I was afraid to express my feelings. I hi...

John · John

Wanting to see if ActiveBoard.com fixed the problem with the way our post/replies are ending up on the board. Ya'll Let me know if you think they have it solved, k? John

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi all, I just came across some of these AA slogans. I think that some of them are great and wanted to share them. I am getting so much out of being here on MIP that I wanted to try and put back in a little of all that I am taking from it. Thank you everyone. Take care, Carol *************...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

Anyone here have some good suggestions for deeper meditation for me? I got the coolest light-thingy from HomeMedics... plays Japanes lyre-type music and pale lights move... you can almost still see the colors when your eyes are closed.... It is helping me to unwind and 'let go' of thought... An...

Rob · Rob

Gota post this cos im excited.. Out of my choices for tonight i decided to go fishing. I caught a CHUB... It weighed about 1 pound or just over, not a massive fish by any accounts but im chuffed to bits, ever since seeing one on a dvd i really wanted to catch one but held no real hope as yet due to where...

HDoggie · HDoggie

After lurking for a couple of days and getting a feel for the place, I decided to say hi. I'm new to sobriety, but not really new to the program. I'm a chronic relapser I guess. After almost 10 months of drunkenness, I've been beaten into submission--literally--by alcoholism.&nb...

Phil · Phil

Then..again....They won the Hockey Stanely Cup..in North carolina...and we Canadians have a resentment... I must forgive.... To put this in simple terms...John is working on it guys and gals..:)

Dori · Dori

Thank you dori

Dori · Dori

Hi, I am Dori and a grateful alanon .I have been in alanon for 3 years and it is been alot of work.When I first came in I was a mess I came into change the person I was in love with . Instead I changed me.The A in my life went our own ways.it was painful but I got through it.I had alot a sister to a drunk driver an...

zoomie · zoomie

Wow, last night did I ever have a big craving to drink. It came out of the blue and for no reason at all. I was not sad as a matter of fact I was happy. I tell you if someone would have offered me a drink, I just might have taken it. I did however use my tools and talk to another recoveri...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

Once and alcoholic, always an alcoholic.... You long-timers teach me by example, how to be a bit more GENTLE with life (I have a looonnnggg way to go on that one!!).... I have been, and still struggle with, EXTREMISM..... LOL What I mean is, I got so beat up the last time out, and FLEW b...

Rob · Rob

-- Edited by Rob at 03:39, 2006-06-25

CAM · CAM

Well, it's been 104 days, 15 weeks since my last drink. It was an awful travel bottle of some vanilla tasting vodka crap. I drank it just before my Dad picked me up for a meeting. I had had a full two days of bingeing. I was a mess. I couldn't function without shaking. I h...

Wren · Wren

Welcome Andrew. At the top of the posts, there's a title that says Last Post above the column. Above that in blue are the words " start topic" or something similar. Click on that and you'll get the screen to post a new topic. Welcome to MIP. Blessings, Wren

Phil · Phil

The Language of Letting Go. Being Vulnerable Part of recovery means learning to share ourselves with other people. We learn to admit our mistakes and expose our imperfections -- not so that others can fix us, rescue us, or feel sorry for us, but so we can love and accept ourselves. This sharing i...

ChopperBabe · ChopperBabe

Of course I had to change my riding buds when I got sober. Those poker runs usually went from bar to bar. But I've learned riding is riding and I still LOVE it. Several of us got a sober group together about 6 months back. So, any of you ride? Be interested in hitting the road with me?

Wren · Wren

Live now "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." -- Annie Dillard We lose the power of the moment because we're so rarely in it. We're reliving the past or speculating about the future. We continue to believe that tomorrow's the day when I'll be more capable, more wealthy, mo...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

"Though he came to scoff, he remained to pray..." I love this quote from the Big Book. When I came to AA, it was the last resort for me. I did not show up because everything was "Fine, thankyou..", and I was just curious. I came because I had tried literally EVERYTHING else, and to no av...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

The dates on peoples posts seem to be advancing. Say you posted three days ago, not it says you posted yesterday. Verrrrrrrry Straaaaange??? I'm lost. I don't know if anyone has lost their post or what due to this. Time to take a breather I guess.

wallsal55 · wallsal55

I know I am obsessing today....I called folgers 800# to find out how much caffeine I am getting in Folger's Singles (like little tea bags, individual servings). 116.7 mg caffeine per Folgers Single. Hmmm....now I have to figure out if I am getting any...

JMAS · JMAS

hi all i feel great nomore beating myself up on my relapes after 16 years.i have been reading the bigbook, going to meetings, making coffee,got a sponser. we are working on relating to Bills story its so different this time im blessed to have another chance. thank you so much for caring untill i could .s...

LisaF · LisaF

It's been 8 days since my relapse... my moods have been all over the place... my sponsor said that's normal when getting sober, she did the same thing, I guess it doesn't help that we're bipolar though. That first week after my first meeting I was on this pink cloud, along with getting hypomanic on occas...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

Very very excited tonight.... I have been talking lately with a young lady who has a very similar story as me... and she has been in and out of the program. She has 3 months now and her sponsor had wanted her to do a 'quick 4th step', which she did, involving writing down the person, and then talking about...

Niall · Niall

Thank you all so much for your support. I am trying to surrender at this stage. I am taking very little baby steps towards picking up a phone or calling a doctor. I am terrified to do that, and I am terrified to drink. And I am terrified not to drink. You know by the time I lost my friends, my family stoppe...

jeannie · jeannie

Don't use LOVE as an excuse to abuse!!!! You make me feel unimportant. You treat me like a child. You put me down. You don't like my friends. You get angry when I see them. You don't want me to succeed. You undermine me, nothing I say or do is correct. You think the things I'm interested in...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi, Just a note to say I just received a call from Chris, (Wren) that she will not be Posting, as her PC is not working. She does not know when she will be back, maybe tomorrow, maybe much longer. She did not want anyone wondering why she was not Posting. So Chrissy, we do and will miss you until your...

Rob · Rob

To set things straight... I am posting on these boards because i have a drink problem.. Just because i have a problem with drink doesnt mean i can just simply slip into a program and all be well. I have problems with that.. I have been gettin drunk every night since i was about 1...

Robert · Robert

Good to be home! woke up with a wet nose and waggy tail, yes the dog woke me up! nice to be relaxing in my own surroundings, I loved the holiday though. spoke to two alcoholics last night, one was my sponcer, and another was a guy I am "buddying" going to go to a meet today, but first I am going to have to get up...

Niall · Niall

I have been on this board quite a bit but it has been some time since I posted. I got some great help from some of you at various times. I can relate to many of you, particularly the likes of Rob because I, like him am finding it very hard to just stop and surrender. Let me explain. I am now what you might cal...

Dori · Dori

Hi, I have noticed in some of my posts my last name is being added why is that ? How do I stop that I really dont want my last name given.It is part of my email. address is that why ? dori

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi, i think it is my PC, it has been really slow in the last few days, but now I am having sign in problems, just wondering if anyone else is having a slower than usual sign in, and then when Responding, cannot do that.???? Any advice, cannot stay here anyway, have to go out, but hoping it is the si...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

Gosh, I don't know. I just do not know when I have my spouses full attention to communicate. I know I am up against a very short attention span, (ADD or ADHD), a lot of caffeinated/sugary sodas he consumes, and mild hearing loss. I just know I am so tired of...

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	Happy Canada Day! (Preview) Good morning everyone and happy Canada Day to us northerners! We are experiencing a heat wave in BC right now and it sure is great! Lots and lots of water, not booze. I was at the beach yesterday and saw a lady smoking a cigarette. Suddenly I thought to myself that a cigarette and a d...	WRbeachbum	3	480	Jul 1, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Its working (Preview) Having a bit of a troubling time at the mo, everyone I love seems to be dying, a close member died last night, i have not drank on it, and the program has met its "acid test" as it says in the big book, its just nice for me to be strong when other people are breaking down, I can be there for them, in the past it woul...	Robert	5	380	Jul 1, 2006 by virgo
	Id really appreciate an answer to this... (Preview) This is probably gona come off all wrong... I know alot of people pray to have the courage to not drink for "today".. Does anyone pray to have the courage to go to a meeting? Does anyone pray that tomorrow they will get to a meeting? Does anyone pray that nomatter what happens that they w...	Rob	11	473	Jul 1, 2006 by virgo
	Four Months Today (Preview) A monthaversary, yay! That's probably a new word, but it fits. I had to ask my sponsor today if I should announce that I have four months. The only reason I asked is because AA annaversarys are at one, three, six, nine months, one year, two years, etc. He told me I should be proud of myself and to definitely...	soberdrunk	11	425	Jul 1, 2006 by virgo
	Just Wondering... (Preview) Hey everyone! I'm on day 5 here. I was just wondering how you all deal/have dealt with your cravings in the first few weeks of sobriety? Any good tidbits, besides the telephone, of course. Thanks!	HDoggie	5	363	Jul 1, 2006 by Dolphin123
	Appropriate to be here? (Preview) Hello All, I wanted to introduce myself as I have been doing some reading on the board, and have so far been able to get alot from the posts that I have read. I have been a member of alanon for almost 6 years and have been with my alcoholic for 9 years. I have attend many AA and NA meetings (he is also an addi...	Dolphin123	8	425	Jul 1, 2006 by Dolphin123
	"The first duty of Love is to Listen" (Preview) Support others with your presence "The purpose of therapy is not to remove suffering but TO MOVE THROUGH IT to an enlarged consciousness that can sustain the polarity of painful opposites." -- James Hollis How do we support others who are suffering? When we understand how soul works throug...	Wren	4	634	Jul 1, 2006 by CAM
	Welcome to 'im done'... (Preview) Just cut and pasted a step one worksheet I got from Quetzal here on this board. Have used it along with a young lady I am sponsoring and we really both got a lot out of it. Of course, read the book. But this worksheet was an eye-opener for me. Jonibaloni Step One worksheet: Hav...	jonibaloni	2	371	Jul 1, 2006 by im done
	can any one tell me ? (Preview) hi all, hope you are keeping well and out of trouble! i need you at answer me a question.....if you can. i have had a lot going on in my life of late and it's taken it's toll, i haven't been eating my wieght is down to 8st from 11st, and i have been drinking due to the constant pain i am in caused m...	flumpy	9	450	Jul 1, 2006 by flumpy
	HELP (Preview) I need to talk with someone and decided to log in to this message board for some comfort......... maybe someone out there might know or has also been diagnosed with liver damage and is going through the final stages. I live with an alcoholic (I am not) that has just been diagnosed with no li...	vangellic	6	428	Jul 1, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Have you ever been in this situation? I Have.:) (Preview) Scenario: You are driving in a car at a constant speed. On your left side is a valley and on your right side is a fire engine travelling at the same speed as you. In front of you is a galloping pig which is the same size as your car and you cannot overtake it. Behind you is a helicopter flying at ground level. Bo...	Phil	11	476	Jul 1, 2006 by Phil
	Introducing Myself...(long) (Preview) I am in my 30's and the mother of two precious chidren. I am recently divorced but in a relationship with a wonderful man who has opened my eyes to my drinking problem. He's been on me about it for about 18 months, all the time I resented him for it, saying he just didn't drink, so he didn't understand, or he w...	im done	3	398	Jul 1, 2006 by WRbeachbum
	Hey again.... (Preview) Thanks all for your support to my 104 days............still counting............now 108 days!! I had surgery on Tuesday for bad arteries in my legs. that was my left leg & will go in again for the right leg soon as possible, probably a few weeks. Out of work & going to attempt t...	CAM	3	367	Jun 30, 2006 by Phil
	8 months sober and clean (Preview) Hey- Had 8 months yesterday, I'm not quite all there but things are going much better- Still going to 5-6 meetings per week, have worked thru step 11 with a sponsor, and am doing pretty well staying out of trouble. -JB	recovering jb	5	416	Jun 30, 2006 by iffer
	My Gratitude (Preview) Today is turning out to be a truly wonderful day for me. Earlier this morning, I sat and re-read my Step 1. I had poured out everything in it. All of the dreadful things that I had done and thought whilst drinking where there for me to see in black and white. I couldn't believe the very words that I had wr...	Quetzal	6	403	Jun 30, 2006 by Quetzal
	July 4th coming up soon... (Preview) Hope everyone here in the U.S.of A. has a safe and fun plan for the Holiday! For those here and abroad, it is a special day for alkies, too, to celebrate Independence... from alcohol. I remember a few years ago I attended a huge night-time fireworks display, for the first time, SOBER.... the AA who w...	jonibaloni	4	387	Jun 29, 2006 by LisaF
	Effects Of Alcohol On The Body (Preview) Hi all, I have just come across this long and sobering list of effects of alcohol on the body. I knew most of them, but I didn't know them all. Alcohol is dangerous and frightening. I need to be reminded of this on a daily basis. Take care, Carol ********************************** ...	Quetzal	11	2173	Jun 29, 2006 by Quetzal
	OK... WHAT THE HELL????? (Preview) OK what the hell sparked everyone to go mental??? What the hell did i say yesterday to cause such an camotion??????????????? Holy .... Whatever it is i think its caused some great misunderstanding. If its about me sayin that i wasnt sure i wanted to post what happend last...	Rob	14	525	Jun 29, 2006 by Rob
	Todays Bit (Preview) RISK "We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it." --Mark Twain I need to risk in life. I need to try again. I need to face life and not run from it. Early in my sobriety I was scared to try new things because I was afraid I might get hurt. I was afraid to express my feelings. I hi...	Phil	1	391	Jun 29, 2006 by jeannie
	Testing Msg Board (Preview) Wanting to see if ActiveBoard.com fixed the problem with the way our post/replies are ending up on the board. Ya'll Let me know if you think they have it solved, k? John	John	3	428	Jun 29, 2006 by Phil
	A Few AA Slogans (Preview) Hi all, I just came across some of these AA slogans. I think that some of them are great and wanted to share them. I am getting so much out of being here on MIP that I wanted to try and put back in a little of all that I am taking from it. Thank you everyone. Take care, Carol *************...	Quetzal	6	429	Jun 29, 2006 by Quetzal
	Need MEDITATION help.... (Preview) Anyone here have some good suggestions for deeper meditation for me? I got the coolest light-thingy from HomeMedics... plays Japanes lyre-type music and pale lights move... you can almost still see the colors when your eyes are closed.... It is helping me to unwind and 'let go' of thought... An...	jonibaloni	1	370	Jun 29, 2006 by Quetzal
	Just wanted to post this (Preview) Gota post this cos im excited.. Out of my choices for tonight i decided to go fishing. I caught a CHUB... It weighed about 1 pound or just over, not a massive fish by any accounts but im chuffed to bits, ever since seeing one on a dvd i really wanted to catch one but held no real hope as yet due to where...	Rob	4	363	Jun 29, 2006 by Quetzal
	Brand Spankin' New (Preview) After lurking for a couple of days and getting a feel for the place, I decided to say hi. I'm new to sobriety, but not really new to the program. I'm a chronic relapser I guess. After almost 10 months of drunkenness, I've been beaten into submission--literally--by alcoholism.&nb...	HDoggie	8	384	Jun 28, 2006 by Dori
	Head Ofice is in the process of rectifying board problems (Preview) Then..again....They won the Hockey Stanely Cup..in North carolina...and we Canadians have a resentment... I must forgive.... To put this in simple terms...John is working on it guys and gals..:)	Phil	3	488	Jun 28, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Toni (Preview) Thank you dori	Dori	1	394	Jun 28, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	to all (Preview) Hi, I am Dori and a grateful alanon .I have been in alanon for 3 years and it is been alot of work.When I first came in I was a mess I came into change the person I was in love with . Instead I changed me.The A in my life went our own ways.it was painful but I got through it.I had alot a sister to a drunk driver an...	Dori	3	382	Jun 28, 2006 by DanaBanana
	cravings (Preview) Wow, last night did I ever have a big craving to drink. It came out of the blue and for no reason at all. I was not sad as a matter of fact I was happy. I tell you if someone would have offered me a drink, I just might have taken it. I did however use my tools and talk to another recoveri...	zoomie	7	377	Jun 28, 2006 by zoomie
	Dear Gentle People......... (Preview) Once and alcoholic, always an alcoholic.... You long-timers teach me by example, how to be a bit more *GENTLE* with life (I have a looonnnggg way to go on that one!!).... I have been, and still struggle with, EXTREMISM..... LOL What I mean is, I got so beat up the last time out, and FLEW b...	jonibaloni	4	397	Jun 28, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Tonight (Preview) -- Edited by Rob at 03:39, 2006-06-25	Rob	24	1012	Jun 28, 2006 by Wren
	104 DAYS (Preview) Well, it's been 104 days, 15 weeks since my last drink. It was an awful travel bottle of some vanilla tasting vodka crap. I drank it just before my Dad picked me up for a meeting. I had had a full two days of bingeing. I was a mess. I couldn't function without shaking. I h...	CAM	7	369	Jun 28, 2006 by John
	Andrew (Preview) Welcome Andrew. At the top of the posts, there's a title that says Last Post above the column. Above that in blue are the words " start topic" or something similar. Click on that and you'll get the screen to post a new topic. Welcome to MIP. Blessings, Wren	Wren	1	465	Jun 28, 2006 by Phil
	Being Vulnerable (Preview) *The Language of Letting Go. Being Vulnerable* Part of recovery means learning to share ourselves with other people. We learn to admit our mistakes and expose our imperfections -- not so that others can fix us, rescue us, or feel sorry for us, but so we can love and accept ourselves. This sharing i...	Phil	10	530	Jun 28, 2006 by Phil
	Anyone here RiDe? (Preview) Of course I had to change my riding buds when I got sober. Those poker runs usually went from bar to bar. But I've learned riding is riding and I still LOVE it. Several of us got a sober group together about 6 months back. So, any of you ride? Be interested in hitting the road with me?	ChopperBabe	4	374	Jun 28, 2006 by Phil
	Live Now (Preview) Live now "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." -- Annie Dillard We lose the power of the moment because we're so rarely in it. We're reliving the past or speculating about the future. We continue to believe that tomorrow's the day when I'll be more capable, more wealthy, mo...	Wren	3	326	Jun 28, 2006 by Quetzal
	Though he came to scoff... (Preview) "Though he came to scoff, he remained to pray..." I love this quote from the Big Book. When I came to AA, it was the last resort for me. I did not show up because everything was "Fine, thankyou..", and I was just curious. I came because I had tried literally EVERYTHING else, and to no av...	jonibaloni	0	1525	Jun 27, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Something is definitely not right! (Preview) The dates on peoples posts seem to be advancing. Say you posted three days ago, not it says you posted yesterday. Verrrrrrrry Straaaaange??? I'm lost. I don't know if anyone has lost their post or what due to this. Time to take a breather I guess.	soberdrunk	4	411	Jun 27, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Caffeine.... (Preview) I know I am obsessing today....I called folgers 800# to find out how much caffeine I am getting in Folger's Singles (like little tea bags, individual servings). 116.7 mg caffeine per Folgers Single. Hmmm....now I have to figure out if I am getting any...	wallsal55	11	443	Jun 27, 2006 by recovering jb
	15 days sober (Preview) hi all i feel great nomore beating myself up on my relapes after 16 years.i have been reading the bigbook, going to meetings, making coffee,got a sponser. we are working on relating to Bills story its so different this time im blessed to have another chance. thank you so much for caring untill i could .s...	JMAS	3	1107	Jun 27, 2006 by JMAS
	8 days sober (Preview) It's been 8 days since my relapse... my moods have been all over the place... my sponsor said that's normal when getting sober, she did the same thing, I guess it doesn't help that we're bipolar though. That first week after my first meeting I was on this pink cloud, along with getting hypomanic on occas...	LisaF	9	480	Jun 27, 2006 by LisaF
	My 12th Step Blessing (Preview) Very very excited tonight.... I have been talking lately with a young lady who has a very similar story as me... and she has been in and out of the program. She has 3 months now and her sponsor had wanted her to do a 'quick 4th step', which she did, involving writing down the person, and then talking about...	jonibaloni	4	410	Jun 27, 2006 by Wren
	Where I am (Preview) Thank you all so much for your support. I am trying to surrender at this stage. I am taking very little baby steps towards picking up a phone or calling a doctor. I am terrified to do that, and I am terrified to drink. And I am terrified not to drink. You know by the time I lost my friends, my family stoppe...	Niall	5	531	Jun 27, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Thoughts To Live By: (Preview) Don't use LOVE as an excuse to abuse!!!! *You make me feel unimportant.* *You treat me like a child.* *You put me down.* *You don't like my friends.* *You get angry when I see them.* *You don't want me to succeed.* *You undermine me, nothing I say or do is correct.* *You think the things I'm interested in...*	jeannie	0	522	Jun 27, 2006 by jeannie
	Wren's Computer Stopped Working (Preview) Hi, Just a note to say I just received a call from Chris, (Wren) that she will not be Posting, as her PC is not working. She does not know when she will be back, maybe tomorrow, maybe much longer. She did not want anyone wondering why she was not Posting. So Chrissy, we do and will miss you until your...	Toni Baloney	4	366	Jun 26, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Setting things straight... kinda (Preview) To set things straight... I am posting on these boards because i have a drink problem.. Just because i have a problem with drink doesnt mean i can just simply slip into a program and all be well. I have problems with that.. I have been gettin drunk every night since i was about 1...	Rob	8	2576	Jun 26, 2006 by Wren
	Morning All (Preview) Good to be home! woke up with a wet nose and waggy tail, yes the dog woke me up! nice to be relaxing in my own surroundings, I loved the holiday though. spoke to two alcoholics last night, one was my sponcer, and another was a guy I am "buddying" going to go to a meet today, but first I am going to have to get up...	Robert	2	433	Jun 26, 2006 by Rob
	hello (Preview) I have been on this board quite a bit but it has been some time since I posted. I got some great help from some of you at various times. I can relate to many of you, particularly the likes of Rob because I, like him am finding it very hard to just stop and surrender. Let me explain. I am now what you might cal...	Niall	10	493	Jun 26, 2006 by DanaBanana
	Phil or john (Preview) Hi, I have noticed in some of my posts my last name is being added why is that ? How do I stop that I really dont want my last name given.It is part of my email. address is that why ? dori	Dori	2	363	Jun 26, 2006 by Dori
	Having connection Problems (Preview) Hi, i think it is my PC, it has been really slow in the last few days, but now I am having sign in problems, just wondering if anyone else is having a slower than usual sign in, and then when Responding, cannot do that.???? Any advice, cannot stay here anyway, have to go out, but hoping it is the si...	Toni Baloney	6	368	Jun 26, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Com 'moooo' nication :) :( (Preview) Gosh, I don't know. I just do not know when I have my spouses full attention to communicate. I know I am up against a very short attention span, (ADD or ADHD), a lot of caffeinated/sugary sodas he consumes, and mild hearing loss. I just know I am so tired of...	wallsal55	2	384	Jun 26, 2006 by jeannie
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