Alcoholics Anonymous

Wren · Wren

August 16, 2006 Coming Out Of Hiding Isolation There are times in our lives when withdrawing from our social obligations and taking some time to be alone is necessary to rejuvenate our energy and renew our connection to ourselves. However, there are also times when withdrawal is a red flag,...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The program has given me the best days I've ever had. But thinking about all that lost time can still bring me down. --Jane S. Telling the difference between yesterday, today, and tomorrow may be easy for most people, but it isn't for many of us. Our past tends to overshadow both the prese...

Phil · Phil

Leaving Room for Feelings We need to allow enough room for others and ourselves to have and work through our feelings. We are people, not robots. An important part of us - who we are, how we grow, how we live - is connected to our emotional center. We have feelings, sometimes difficult ones, somet...

Phil · Phil

Each Day a New Beginning. Love is a force. It is not a result; it is a cause. It is not a product; it produces. It is a power, like money, or steam or electricity. It is valueless unless you can give something else by means of it. --Anne Morrow Lindbergh Love and feeling loved--how often both elude...

Doll · Doll

"I HAD DROPPED OUT" We might next ask ourselves what we mean when we say that we have "harmed" other people. What kinds of "harm" do people do one another, anyway? To define the word "harm" in a practical way, we might call it the result of instincts in collision, which cause physical, mental, emotional...

Niall · Niall

Ok, would like to share again guys. Anyone who has read my posts knows I am one of these chronic relapsers who has been bouncing in and out of AA for years without really committing and embracing the life, even though I have never fully departed from AA, have always kept reading the literature, and e...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Everyone make sure your windows version is up to date! Really bad virus out there! Microsoft actually called my brother's work about it. 1st time that's ever happened! If you don't know how to update heres instructions. The very top tool bar of the internet explorer says tools. Click on it-go t...

LisaF · LisaF

I'm in another group where all they do is jump my case for my relapses and anything else I'm going through... I just have to say thank you for being supportive... I feel like y'all know/remember what it's like starting out in AA and how the relapses go and y'all aren't going to judge me... I'm in a relapse a...

Doll · Doll

My sponsor is not available at the moment and there is no other AA that I would share this with. So, ya'll please, bare with me....... I'm in the midst of my 4th step (again) and I've discovered that I am THE MOST HORRIBLE PERSON AND MOTHER ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. In my late teens due to...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

Where ya' been, buddy???? Joni

beachbaby · beachbaby

Hi guys, I am a double winner, I do alot of posting on al anon but not as much here. Not that I dont like you guys or anything!!

I wanted to say after reading some very moving posts , I feel overwhelming gratitude for the support and love from everyone on these two sites. Its amaz...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

"Just before she meets with Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Alice enters the wood-of-no-names and encounters a fawn. Neither the fawn nor Alice can remember their names. No matter. They walk a ways together, 'Alice with her arms clasped lovingly around the neck of the fawn', until they come to the edge o...

Quetzal · Quetzal

To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it. --Mother Teresa Our spiritual nature must be nurtured. Prayer and meditation lovingly kindle the flame that guides us from within. Because we're human, we often let the flame flicker and perhaps go out. And then we sense the dreaded alone...

Niall · Niall

Hi all, I'd like to talk abou this passage from the BB: “Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates. They...

cooncatbob · cooncatbob

I went to move my car out of the garage so I could clean the garage and the keys weren't on the hook by the door where there supose to be. I've looked everywhere including the garbage. This is one of those smart F**king keys and keyless remote and it would cost $200 plus to replace, I have 2 extra keys and anot...

Scott · Scott

Well, it would have been 2 weeks tomorrow. Yesterday my wife and kids were out of the house, and I decided to go to the bookstore, which is where I am going now for my alone time, instead of the bar. Unfortunately, on my way over there, the urge came on strong, and I ended up going to the bar instea...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Twenty-Four Hours A Day A.A. Thought For The Day "None of us like to think that we are bodily and mentally different from others. Our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove that we could drink like other people. This delusion that we are like other peopl...

Quetzal · Quetzal

The moment an individual can accept and forgive himself, even a little, is the moment in which he becomes to some degree lovable. --Eugene Kennedy If we owe a bill and pay it in full, do we return to pay that same bill over and over again? If we did, someone would surely question what was wro...

HDoggie · HDoggie

Hey y'all. I had a "close call" tonight. I was really, really having an attitude of "F*** this. I just want to get drunk!" And came really close to getting some alcohol. I had to pray with all of my strength to fight the urge to drink. What do you do when you suddenly hav...

Doll · Doll

REPAIRING THE DAMAGE We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves. If we haven't the will to do this, we ask until it comes. Remember it was agreed at the beginning we would go to any lengths for victory over alcohol. ALCOHOLIC...

Doll · Doll

The new car, the huge house, the handsome husband, my own business & a high falultin' (<sp?) job. I'd always gotten what I wanted. That is until I didn't want it anymore..........Quickly, I became tired of the car payments. I became tired of cleaning the new...

buckeyebear · buckeyebear

I'm still hitting about 4 to five meetings a week and it seems I'm always chairing a group. I get really busy during the summer. I'll have 10 months the 19th of this month,,,,AA has saved my life and I know I have to continue working the program in order to recieve all the promises. I'll be on here more oft...

jonibaloni · jonibaloni

Oh LORRRD, have mercy on this household. Our visit with the boys was fantastic, until we dropped them off and all drunken-hell broke loose. (My husband and I were sober, by the way

) His ex-mother-in-law, completely loaded, tried to climb insode the driver's side window of our car as we we...

LisaF · LisaF

I've created an MSN group for bipolar alcoholics... is it ok to post the link here? I know some places don't allow it...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Hi all, I found these notes on my computer about my drinking a few minutes ago and it was horrible to read them. They were written very shortly after I first became sober. This morning they have served to remind me of how bad those times were and how far I've come since then. Now, I'm sober and have...

wagon · wagon

hey all, hope you are well, things for me are good, got my tomato crop coming in and looks good so will have to start canning soon, we make salsa. and cann them whole makes great chile in the winter months.got potaotes too. i still hit 3 to 4 meetings a week and life is good. take care all wagon

iffer · iffer

My sponsor had me write out the passages from the Big Book from page 60---"Being convinced..." to page 63---"We were now at Step three" replacing all of the "we and us" with "I and me".... writing it from my perspective. It was enlightening. As I wrote out things like...

Rjs · Rjs

I had a thought on something i figured I outta share. About in drinking, how everyday chisled away a little more of us. But here and there, a little moment of seeming clarity. An occasional sense of well being. A stretch of what seemed like happiness, a change of scenery, something awesome coming along...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Twenty-Four Hours A Day A.A. Thought For The Day "We had but two alternatives; one was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could, and the other was to accept spiritual help. We became willing to maintain a certain simple attitude toward lif...

Doll · Doll

A CLEAN SWEEP . . . . and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with every human being we know. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 77 As I face the Eighth Step, everything that was r...

ram6 · ram6

hey all i need a suggestion,,,,,iam thinking of going to culinary school,,,,i have long term sobriety,,,but i have noticed they use a lot of wine in cooking,,,,that scares me,,,,what do you think,,,i really want to go to cooking school,,not sure what to do,,,maybe there are some chefs on here tha...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi Everyone, This is my new baby, arriving sort of my stork, or car like stork, late September. I have named him NeNe, he cannot walk yet, but just wanted you all to see my new family member. Was looking and feeling exhausted, then Joni found this Site for me. Thank You Joni Oni. Ta Da....

Robert · Robert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMpeZmBM_O0&mode=related&search=

Doll · Doll

Today is August 12, 2006 A Great Day for Recovery! LIFE "The tragedy of life is what dies in man while he lives." -- Albert Schweitzer Addiction progressively takes away the vitality of life. It robs life of meaning. Addiction isolates; it kills by atrophy. People, places and thi...

LisaF · LisaF

a couple of my friends are trying to talk me into treatment... because of my relapse and my suicide attempts. Hubby basically said if I go into any treatment that lasts longer than a month he'd leave me because he wouldn't be seeing me, he might as well leave. There's a couple of 28 day alcohol treatments...

Wren · Wren

August 11, 2006 The Journey Of Release Tied In Knots When we become overwhelmed and things are not going as planned, it is natural to hold tighter to our goals and try to force things to go our way. In the process, we tie ourselves in knots, tensing our shoulders, jaws, and muscles throughout our bodie...

Quetzal · Quetzal

Dear Lord, so far today I am doing all right. I have not gossiped, lost my temper, been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish or self indulgent. I have not bitched, whined, cursed or eaten any chocolate. I haven't even charged on my credit card. However, I will be getting out of bed in a few moment...

Phil · Phil

In life, regrets are inevitable – kind of like paying taxes and dying. Pardon the morbidity, and we don’t mean to sound fatalistic, but you will always have regrets no matter how much you do or don’t plan for the big decisions and for the future. Because what could have been and what we can’t know for sure...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Did not know if you would go to the bottom of that earlier thread, so I wanted to thank you for that clarification. I thought a 4 x 4, was like a 4" x 4", as in a large stick to contain animal in Dog House, ROFLMAO Baloney Brains

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

If what you are doing is not working, take a moment to stop and take a look at what you are doing and, if necessary, take another path. --Jan Ruhe "Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." --Ralph Waldo Emerson When it is time to die, let us not discover t...

DanaBanana · DanaBanana

I have a pretty full August...we are booked solid this month so I'm not going to be around much, if at all. I have 7 months of sobriety in 4 days-this program works if you work it! So, keep working the program, everyone....taking it one 24 at a time! Your sister in recovery, Dana xo

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Happiness...we all crave it, seek it, work for it, demand it, command it, embrace it, and bathe in it. When it doesn’t materialize on cue, we are saddened and disappointed. And when it is swirling around us, we are often oblivious to its magic. The late Indian philosopher and guru Osho tells a tale of go...

Wren · Wren

Today's word is a reminder to enjoy the whole of your life more. There is a tendency to fixate on all the things/situations we feel the need to attain to make us happy, or bring us peace. When we focus on these things as the ultimate destination, we lose sight of the wonderful journey we are on. Every day of...

Rjs · Rjs

Hello, I'm a drunk from Arkansas, and an expat from Texas. Found this site, good to see plenty of EXPERIENCE available a short hop from a search engine, witch is where many a sick and tired individual may very well begin their 'search'. Yall are manifesting the "whenever anyone, anywhere, reaches o...

Sick of being sick · Sick of being sick

It was a very good year...... (Just still feeling like experimenting with avatars!) This was over 30 years ago! I was working on the young Mathew Broderick look before young Mathew Broderick was out of the sandbox! (Also a year before I started college and my flower child p...

iffer · iffer

Happy Friday! I am feeling very grateful for this program and thought I would share how this is working for me today..... Last Saturday I did my 3rd step with my sponsor. I didn't have any "sudden spiritual awakening" , no white light, epiphany of any kind. I can say that I have had a ver...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Just got a letter from the Sec. of State's Office. They removed a financial hold totalling $3,982.46. Alrighty then! Let's see, now I only have to pay another $2,064 to clear up my financial responsibilities. Anyone know a loan shark I can borrow some money from? Just kidding! The money is really...

Sick of being sick · Sick of being sick

From Wikipedia: "The Scream (Skrik, 1893) is a seminal expressionist painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. Regarded by many as his most important work, it is said by some to symbolize modern man taken by an attack of existential angst. The landscape in the background is Oslofjor...

Doll · Doll

REMOVING "THE GROUND GLASS" The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking the ground glass out of us, the emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits. AS BILL SEES IT,...

Phil · Phil

When a person drowns himself in negative thinking he is committing an unspeakable crime against himself. -- Maxwell Maltz Negative thoughts can rule our lives as compulsively as an addiction. The feelings of power we get from holding a dismal and gloomy outlook deprive us of the positive and...

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	Isolation~ Daily OM (Preview) August 16, 2006 Coming Out Of Hiding Isolation There are times in our lives when withdrawing from our social obligations and taking some time to be alone is necessary to rejuvenate our energy and renew our connection to ourselves. However, there are also times when withdrawal is a red flag,...	Wren	3	484	Aug 16, 2006 by Phil
	Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Preview) The program has given me the best days I've ever had. But thinking about all that lost time can still bring me down. --Jane S. Telling the difference between yesterday, today, and tomorrow may be easy for most people, but it isn't for many of us. Our past tends to overshadow both the prese...	Quetzal	3	1032	Aug 16, 2006 by timverton
	Recouping from exhaustion...and yes...I missed yu... (Preview) Leaving Room for Feelings We need to allow enough room for others and ourselves to have and work through our feelings. We are people, not robots. An important part of us - who we are, how we grow, how we live - is connected to our emotional center. We have feelings, sometimes difficult ones, somet...	Phil	7	522	Aug 16, 2006 by Phil
	Love Is A Force (Preview) *Each Day a New Beginning*. Love is a force. It is not a result; it is a cause. It is not a product; it produces. It is a power, like money, or steam or electricity. It is valueless unless you can give something else by means of it. --Anne Morrow Lindbergh Love and feeling loved--how often both elude...	Phil	1	520	Aug 16, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Daily Reflections Aug 16 (Preview) "I HAD DROPPED OUT" We might next ask ourselves what we mean when we say that we have "harmed" other people. What kinds of "harm" do people do one another, anyway? To define the word "harm" in a practical way, we might call it the result of instincts in collision, which cause physical, mental, emotional...	Doll	1	463	Aug 16, 2006 by Phil
	Some thoughts to share... (Preview) Ok, would like to share again guys. Anyone who has read my posts knows I am one of these chronic relapsers who has been bouncing in and out of AA for years without really committing and embracing the life, even though I have never fully departed from AA, have always kept reading the literature, and e...	Niall	5	509	Aug 16, 2006 by Rjs
	WARNING!!!!! (Preview) Everyone make sure your windows version is up to date! Really bad virus out there! Microsoft actually called my brother's work about it. 1st time that's ever happened! If you don't know how to update heres instructions. The very top tool bar of the internet explorer says tools. Click on it-go t...	soberdrunk	7	508	Aug 16, 2006 by Quetzal
	thank you (Preview) I'm in another group where all they do is jump my case for my relapses and anything else I'm going through... I just have to say thank you for being supportive... I feel like y'all know/remember what it's like starting out in AA and how the relapses go and y'all aren't going to judge me... I'm in a relapse a...	LisaF	3	472	Aug 15, 2006 by Doll
	OMG! I'm a HORRIBLE person (Preview) My sponsor is not available at the moment and there is no other AA that I would share this with. So, ya'll please, bare with me....... I'm in the midst of my 4th step (again) and I've discovered that I am THE MOST HORRIBLE PERSON AND MOTHER ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. In my late teens due to...	Doll	7	540	Aug 15, 2006 by Doll
	Ohhh PHIL.......!!!??? (Preview) Where ya' been, buddy???? Joni	jonibaloni	4	580	Aug 15, 2006 by Phil
	Gratitude (Preview) Hi guys, I am a double winner, I do alot of posting on al anon but not as much here. Not that I dont like you guys or anything!! I wanted to say after reading some very moving posts , I feel overwhelming gratitude for the support and love from everyone on these two sites. Its amaz...	beachbaby	2	483	Aug 15, 2006 by Quetzal
	Sweet Solitude (Preview) "Just before she meets with Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Alice enters the wood-of-no-names and encounters a fawn. Neither the fawn nor Alice can remember their names. No matter. They walk a ways together, 'Alice with her arms clasped lovingly around the neck of the fawn', until they come to the edge o...	jonibaloni	0	500	Aug 15, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Our Spiritual Nature (Preview) To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it. --Mother Teresa Our spiritual nature must be nurtured. Prayer and meditation lovingly kindle the flame that guides us from within. Because we're human, we often let the flame flicker and perhaps go out. And then we sense the dreaded alone...	Quetzal	1	533	Aug 15, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Hi. some questions for all.... (Preview) Hi all, I'd like to talk abou this passage from the BB: “Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates. They...	Niall	5	563	Aug 14, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Lost car keys, going crazy (Preview) I went to move my car out of the garage so I could clean the garage and the keys weren't on the hook by the door where there supose to be. I've looked everywhere including the garbage. This is one of those smart F**king keys and keyless remote and it would cost $200 plus to replace, I have 2 extra keys and anot...	cooncatbob	4	530	Aug 14, 2006 by cooncatbob
	12 days and then I screwed up.... (Preview) Well, it would have been 2 weeks tomorrow. Yesterday my wife and kids were out of the house, and I decided to go to the bookstore, which is where I am going now for my alone time, instead of the bar. Unfortunately, on my way over there, the urge came on strong, and I ended up going to the bar instea...	Scott	4	514	Aug 14, 2006 by Quetzal
	24 Hours a Day......August 14th (Preview) Twenty-Four Hours A Day A.A. Thought For The Day "None of us like to think that we are bodily and mentally different from others. Our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove that we could drink like other people. This delusion that we are like other peopl...	Toni Baloney	1	487	Aug 14, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Monday's Thought (Preview) The moment an individual can accept and forgive himself, even a little, is the moment in which he becomes to some degree lovable. --Eugene Kennedy If we owe a bill and pay it in full, do we return to pay that same bill over and over again? If we did, someone would surely question what was wro...	Quetzal	1	510	Aug 14, 2006 by jonibaloni
	What Do You Do When...? (Preview) Hey y'all. I had a "close call" tonight. I was really, really having an attitude of "F*** this. I just want to get drunk!" And came really close to getting some alcohol. I had to pray with all of my strength to fight the urge to drink. What do you do when you suddenly hav...	HDoggie	4	537	Aug 14, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Daily Reflections Aug 14 (Preview) REPAIRING THE DAMAGE We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves. If we haven't the will to do this, we ask until it comes. Remember it was agreed at the beginning we would go to any lengths for victory over alcohol. ALCOHOLIC...	Doll	0	439	Aug 14, 2006 by Doll
	I'd always gotten what I wanted.... (Preview) The new car, the huge house, the handsome husband, my own business & a high falultin' (<sp?) job. I'd always gotten what I wanted. That is until I didn't want it anymore..........Quickly, I became tired of the car payments. I became tired of cleaning the new...	Doll	3	515	Aug 13, 2006 by Doll
	Checking in also (Preview) I'm still hitting about 4 to five meetings a week and it seems I'm always chairing a group. I get really busy during the summer. I'll have 10 months the 19th of this month,,,,AA has saved my life and I know I have to continue working the program in order to recieve all the promises. I'll be on here more oft...	buckeyebear	6	519	Aug 13, 2006 by jonibaloni
	EVIL Ex-Inlaws!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Preview) Oh LORRRD, have mercy on this household. Our visit with the boys was fantastic, until we dropped them off and all drunken-hell broke loose. (My husband and I were sober, by the way) His ex-mother-in-law, completely loaded, tried to climb insode the driver's side window of our car as we we...	jonibaloni	14	635	Aug 13, 2006 by jonibaloni
	is it ok? (Preview) I've created an MSN group for bipolar alcoholics... is it ok to post the link here? I know some places don't allow it...	LisaF	2	527	Aug 13, 2006 by LisaF
	Where Alcohol Took Me (Preview) Hi all, I found these notes on my computer about my drinking a few minutes ago and it was horrible to read them. They were written very shortly after I first became sober. This morning they have served to remind me of how bad those times were and how far I've come since then. Now, I'm sober and have...	Quetzal	6	553	Aug 13, 2006 by wagon
	checking in (Preview) hey all, hope you are well, things for me are good, got my tomato crop coming in and looks good so will have to start canning soon, we make salsa. and cann them whole makes great chile in the winter months.got potaotes too. i still hit 3 to 4 meetings a week and life is good. take care all wagon	wagon	4	523	Aug 13, 2006 by buckeyebear
	Pgs. 60-63 (Preview) My sponsor had me write out the passages from the Big Book from page 60---"Being convinced..." to page 63---"We were now at Step three" replacing all of the "we and us" with "I and me".... writing it from my perspective. It was enlightening. As I wrote out things like...	iffer	2	5996	Aug 13, 2006 by Quetzal
	Recovery (Preview) I had a thought on something i figured I outta share. About in drinking, how everyday chisled away a little more of us. But here and there, a little moment of seeming clarity. An occasional sense of well being. A stretch of what seemed like happiness, a change of scenery, something awesome coming along...	Rjs	5	537	Aug 13, 2006 by Rjs
	Twenty Four Hour Book, Aug. 13th (Preview) Twenty-Four Hours A Day A.A. Thought For The Day "We had but two alternatives; one was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could, and the other was to accept spiritual help. We became willing to maintain a certain simple attitude toward lif...	Toni Baloney	3	538	Aug 13, 2006 by Quetzal
	Daily Reflections Aug 13 (Preview) A CLEAN SWEEP . . . . and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with every human being we know. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS , p. 77 As I face the Eighth Step, everything that was r...	Doll	0	470	Aug 13, 2006 by Doll
	any chefs here (Preview) hey all i need a suggestion,,,,,iam thinking of going to culinary school,,,,i have long term sobriety,,,but i have noticed they use a lot of wine in cooking,,,,that scares me,,,,what do you think,,,i really want to go to cooking school,,not sure what to do,,,maybe there are some chefs on here tha...	ram6	5	658	Aug 13, 2006 by Quetzal
	New Mother Jitters.... (Preview) Hi Everyone, This is my new baby, arriving sort of my stork, or car like stork, late September. I have named him NeNe, he cannot walk yet, but just wanted you all to see my new family member. Was looking and feeling exhausted, then Joni found this Site for me. Thank You Joni Oni. Ta Da....	Toni Baloney	4	512	Aug 13, 2006 by jonibaloni
	drumming on yer head (Preview) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMpeZmBM_O0&mode=related&search=	Robert	1	525	Aug 12, 2006 by Sick of being sick
	Mediation & Reflections Aug 12 (Preview) Today is August 12, 2006 A Great Day for Recovery! LIFE "The tragedy of life is what dies in man while he lives." -- Albert Schweitzer Addiction progressively takes away the vitality of life. It robs life of meaning. Addiction isolates; it kills by atrophy. People, places and thi...	Doll	0	422	Aug 12, 2006 by Doll
	treatment... (Preview) a couple of my friends are trying to talk me into treatment... because of my relapse and my suicide attempts. Hubby basically said if I go into any treatment that lasts longer than a month he'd leave me because he wouldn't be seeing me, he might as well leave. There's a couple of 28 day alcohol treatments...	LisaF	7	531	Aug 12, 2006 by HappyMe
	Journey of Release~OM (Preview) August 11, 2006 The Journey Of Release Tied In Knots When we become overwhelmed and things are not going as planned, it is natural to hold tighter to our goals and try to force things to go our way. In the process, we tie ourselves in knots, tensing our shoulders, jaws, and muscles throughout our bodie...	Wren	2	450	Aug 12, 2006 by HappyMe
	Morning Prayer (Humour) (Preview) Dear Lord, so far today I am doing all right. I have not gossiped, lost my temper, been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish or self indulgent. I have not bitched, whined, cursed or eaten any chocolate. I haven't even charged on my credit card. However, I will be getting out of bed in a few moment...	Quetzal	5	553	Aug 12, 2006 by HappyMe
	Regrets... (Preview) In life, regrets are inevitable – kind of like paying taxes and dying. Pardon the morbidity, and we don’t mean to sound fatalistic, but you will always have regrets no matter how much you do or don’t plan for the big decisions and for the future. Because what could have been and what we can’t know for sure...	Phil	4	514	Aug 11, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Jeannie........ (Preview) Did not know if you would go to the bottom of that earlier thread, so I wanted to thank you for that clarification. I thought a 4 x 4, was like a 4" x 4", as in a large stick to contain animal in Dog House, ROFLMAO Baloney Brains	Toni Baloney	0	570	Aug 11, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Today IS a Good Day! (Preview) If what you are doing is not working, take a moment to stop and take a look at what you are doing and, if necessary, take another path. --Jan Ruhe "Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." --Ralph Waldo Emerson When it is time to die, let us not discover t...	Toni Baloney	13	531	Aug 11, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Just so ya's know... (Preview) I have a pretty full August...we are booked solid this month so I'm not going to be around much, if at all. I have 7 months of sobriety in 4 days-this program works if you work it! So, keep working the program, everyone....taking it one 24 at a time! Your sister in recovery, Dana xo	DanaBanana	4	480	Aug 11, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Happiness (Preview) Happiness...we all crave it, seek it, work for it, demand it, command it, embrace it, and bathe in it. When it doesn’t materialize on cue, we are saddened and disappointed. And when it is swirling around us, we are often oblivious to its magic. The late Indian philosopher and guru Osho tells a tale of go...	Toni Baloney	3	488	Aug 11, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	Journey (Preview) Today's word is a reminder to enjoy the whole of your life more. There is a tendency to fixate on all the things/situations we feel the need to attain to make us happy, or bring us peace. When we focus on these things as the ultimate destination, we lose sight of the wonderful journey we are on. Every day of...	Wren	1	470	Aug 11, 2006 by Sick of being sick
	Hello (Preview) Hello, I'm a drunk from Arkansas, and an expat from Texas. Found this site, good to see plenty of EXPERIENCE available a short hop from a search engine, witch is where many a sick and tired individual may very well begin their 'search'. Yall are manifesting the "whenever anyone, anywhere, reaches o...	Rjs	9	516	Aug 11, 2006 by Rjs
	When I was 17..... (Preview) It was a very good year...... (Just still feeling like experimenting with avatars!) This was over 30 years ago! I was working on the young Mathew Broderick look before young Mathew Broderick was out of the sandbox! (Also a year before I started college and my flower child p...	Sick of being sick	7	550	Aug 11, 2006 by soberdrunk
	How it's working for me......... (Preview) Happy Friday! I am feeling very grateful for this program and thought I would share how this is working for me today..... Last Saturday I did my 3rd step with my sponsor. I didn't have any "sudden spiritual awakening" , no white light, epiphany of any kind. I can say that I have had a ver...	iffer	5	496	Aug 11, 2006 by soberdrunk
	Drivers License??? (Preview) Just got a letter from the Sec. of State's Office. They removed a financial hold totalling $3,982.46. Alrighty then! Let's see, now I only have to pay another $2,064 to clear up my financial responsibilities. Anyone know a loan shark I can borrow some money from? Just kidding! The money is really...	soberdrunk	4	530	Aug 11, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Strange Art (Preview) From Wikipedia: "The Scream (Skrik, 1893) is a seminal expressionist painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. Regarded by many as his most important work, it is said by some to symbolize modern man taken by an attack of existential angst. The landscape in the background is Oslofjor...	Sick of being sick	3	502	Aug 11, 2006 by jonibaloni
	Daily reflections Aug. 11 (Preview) REMOVING "THE GROUND GLASS" The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking the ground glass out of us, the emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits. AS BILL SEES IT,...	Doll	0	468	Aug 11, 2006 by Doll
	Negative Thoughts... (Preview) *When a person drowns himself in negative thinking he is committing an unspeakable crime against himself. -- Maxwell Maltz* Negative thoughts can rule our lives as compulsively as an addiction. The feelings of power we get from holding a dismal and gloomy outlook deprive us of the positive and...	Phil	0	513	Aug 10, 2006 by Phil
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