Alcoholics Anonymous

Hanuman · Hanuman

Maybe not totally appropriate but my warped sense of humor finds these funny. Booze related Deep Thoughts from Jack Handy: =============================== Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's ca...

Phil · Phil

And accepting what has happened, Because it will not change. Forgiveness is dismissing The blame. Choices were made that Caused the hurt; We each could have chosen Differently, But we didn't Forgiveness is looking At the pain, Learning the lessons It has produced, And understanding What we have le...

GammyRose · GammyRose

Iffer, I just read your post to Rob's post below and want to say welcome to MIP. I'm glad you are here. Congratulations on your 3 and a half months sober. Keep coming back . (((Hugs))) GammyRose

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness are the three essentials to an alcoholic in recovery. When I first came into the program I was told this. I remember thinking that doesn't sound so hard. I didn't really have a god to believe in and when it came to god of my understanding I was stumped. So muc...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

Hi Every one, Went to a meeting yesterday, attendance was real small, only about 12 people showed for this meeting, which was very unusual. But what was also unusual, were that there were three people in this Meeting, that had Relapsed. When they introduced themselves, the Secretary asked ar...

Phil · Phil

The 12-Step Program for Internet Addicts 1) I will have a cup of coffee in the morning and read my newspaper like I use to. 2) I will eat breakfast with a knife and fork and not with one hand typing. 3) I will get dressed before noon. 4) I will make an attempt to clean the house, w...

HumbleOne · HumbleOne

Three ingredients that contributed to me getting sober and finding recover. The gift of desperation, to be alive and to live, sick and tired of being sick and tired, and wanting to live my life differently, having a new life to live. And at my first meeting I felt that flicker of hope. Hoping that this wa...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

I wish I could just turn my brain off for a little while. These last couple of days have been tough for me. I'm staying sober. Sometimes I feel like that should be enough. Last night we talked about dealing with the " wreckage of the past. " I guess that's part of what's getting to me. I lost my g...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

You are reading from the book Today's Gift </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=2121>. It feels so good to cry. . . . --Susan Cygnet Some of us were taught that it's bad to express our feelings directly--crying, wailing, jumping up and down for joy--that it's good manners to talk s...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

God's Gift " Our relationship with our Higher Power is a two-way street. In prayer, we speak and God listens. When we meditate, we do our best to listen for the will of our Higher Power. We know that we are responsible for our part of the relationship. If we do not pray and listen, we shut our Higher P...

d town drunk · d town drunk

this is my first post on this board. I turned 21 a week ago and also got my one year two days ago. The past few days have been a freaking head trip. I have worked through all the steps (and try to do so on a continual basis), have a sponsor, make meetings and even visit a halfway house for 12 step work.&nb...

Phil · Phil

Grief is a tidal wave that over takes you, smashes down upon you with unimaginable force, sweeps you up into its darkness, where you tumble and crash against unidentifiable surfaces, only to be thrown out on an unknown beach, bruised, reshaped... Grief will make a new person out of you, if it doesn't k...

carmie · carmie

This was sent to me from another A/A community I belong to, hope it brings some peace to others as it did me. I feel like a child lost in a crowd, my mind is spining, I think about leaving, I think about runnning. This disease of mine is so very cunning. It's talking to me,&nb...

Rick · Rick

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be either good or evil. --Hannah Arendt How often have we found ourselves in a predicament and innocently said, "How did I get into this?" When someone has been injured by our actions because we failed to think about t...

trudi · trudi

Hi there Rob, hope you have managed another meeting or will do. Hope things are looking up for you. Trudi.

Rick · Rick

It feels so good to cry. . . . --Susan Cygnet Some of us were taught that it's bad to express our feelings directly--crying, wailing, jumping up and down for joy--that it's good manners to talk softly, slowly, and politely and to sit still. But what happens to our feelings when we sit still? If t...

GammyRose · GammyRose

  We have seen the truth again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic." . . . If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any...

Phil · Phil

Spelled out as such, the Four Absolutes are not a formal part of our AA philosophy of life. Since this is true, some may claim the Absolutes should be ignored. This premise is approximately as sound as it would be to suggest that the Holy Bible should be scuttled. The Absolutes were...

Badger · Badger

It is 11.10 in the morning and I am drinking tennents super strength lager, I bought them last night and hid them, because I knew I would need them today. It is happening more and more offten...I stopped going to meetings, sometime ago, I stopped coming here. I thought I could control it, but it is gett...

Rob · Rob

Im scared shitless of my next meeting.. i really am. but i am looking forward to it. scared as i am.... i have to do this.. ...i really hope things start to make more sense.... im still drinking..ffs.. toniht was such a possitive thing!!.. i really cant convey how much it scared the shit out of me..but i ca...

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

http://www.frontiernet.net/~jlbeam/specials/life/life.htm

Rob · Rob

I have been drinking tonight I phoned AA tonight.. spoke to lovely girl.. I have aggreed to go to a meeting tomorrow night.. I know., roughly, where it is.. i gota be there by 18:15 to meet a guy called Chris who girl is gona phone tonight to give him my mobile number and sort it out.... ... When i...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

On the Alanon board, I posted Just for Today....It is written on our alanon bookmarks we distribute. If you're interested in reading it there, or you are proficient and "click, copy and paste" to the AA side, go for it. It sure helps me thing about One Day Only! &n...

Rob · Rob

Hi to everyone who has posted to me.. Iv got possitive and negative things to say tonight.. I guess ill start with the negative first.. I am drinking now tonight;. i duno how much im gona drink.. at the moment im on my 2nd.. so im not drunk.. at the moment Maybe im not trying hard enuf.. hard to unders...

GammyRose · GammyRose

NO MORE STRUGGLE. . . And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone--even alcohol.     ...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Today's thought is: No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt In this moment, we are the best we can be. Today, we can work at loving the best in ourselves and not fearing the worst. We are truly wonderful and growing people with gifts and qualities that make u...

to be a member of AA · amanda2u2

to be a respected member of AA,, all that is required is the desire to stop drinking. Respect does not require, nor does membership require that one has stopped drinking. I guess for some people it is really easy to stop drinking and they don't have any urges to drink again at all. Lucky for...

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

Hi all. Many people when they are alcoholic also suffer from malnutrition. Remember the feelings of can't eat, don't want to eat (because it reduces the effects of the alcohol), living alone, can't be bothered cooking or just don't know how to. Money too short to waste on food, I'll get the required...

Rick · Rick

Real men don't vacuum. --Anna Genich Once, not so long ago, there was a family who tried to divide up housework equally. The father signed up for vacuuming, but he never got around to doing it. One morning he told everyone about his dream the night before. He was lined up in the dining room with a...

Rick · Rick

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt In this moment, we are the best we can be. Today, we can work at loving the best in ourselves and not fearing the worst. We are truly wonderful and growing people with gifts and qualities that make us who we are. No o...

Sick of being sick · Sick of being sick

I have been down to about 1200 calories a day for the past few days, because if I eat too much, it creates terrible burning pain in my liver (I know it can't be gallbladder, cause I had that out years ago). I am only eating that much because I realise I have to try to stay nourished, not because I...

Phil · Phil

True pride has to do with acknowledging and respecting who you are and what you can do, without any outside confirmation or approval. False pride has to do with claiming that you are more than you believe you are, and that you know more than you believe you know. This kind of pride almost always...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

I wasn't going to post today. I'm feeling under the weather. Nothing like a little music to listen and relax to. I can't wait until my meeting tonight. I was at my outpatient classes today and my counselor told me that I could get in this halfway house once I have 30 days sober outside of an institution....

Rick · Rick

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. --Mother Goose Poor Humpty ended up such a scrambled egg. Maybe that's what comes from sitting too long in one place, choosing neither this way nor that, playing both sides against the middle. Maybe he played too much politics, got too...

Lonza · Lonza

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

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

GammyRose · GammyRose

  ...

Phil · Phil

When you get what you want in your struggle for self And the world makes you king for a day, Just go to a mirror and look at yourself, And see what that man has to say. For it isn't your father or mother or wife, Who judgment upon you must pass; The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life Is the...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

The spring equinox happens at 1:26 eastern time this after noon.

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Higher Power "Most of us have no trouble admitting that addiction had become a destructive force in our lives. Our best efforts resulted in ever greater destruction and despair. At some point, we realized that we needed the help of some Power greater than our addiction."Basic Text p. 24Most of u...

Nanaof2 · Nanaof2

I'm not sure how this is going to sound or if it will make sense but I 'm sure someone will get it. I am struggling constantly inside knowing that I NEED to be sober in order to be what I am supposed to be. A good mom, grandmom, wife. I want to blame everyone around me. My husband tells me th...

Phil · Phil

Larry James Shadows of the past are our out-dated precepts and ideas that serve no one. They are our preconceived notions about how we think things should be, should turn out or how things are. They cast their dreary shadow between ourselves and all that is good. We must steadily move clo...

GammyRose · GammyRose

LOVE AND TOLERANCE Love and tolerance of others is our code    

paul · paul

The Promises… If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matt...

soberdrunk · soberdrunk

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

Rick · Rick

I was going to post this earlier. You make me think of it. so heres one for you Where is the yesterday that worried us so? --Joan Walsh Anglund In the fairy tale The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree, the oak tree felt sorry for the day-fly. The day-fly only lives for one day, and the tree was al...

Rick · Rick

FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING, PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS: 1. Peace of mind 2. Peace of heart 3. Peace of soul PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH: 1. Squash gossip 2. Squash indifference 3. Squash grumbling 4. Squash selfishness PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE: 1. Lettuce be faithful 2. Lettu...

Phil · Phil

There is a monster who lives in my head, He talks to me softly he wants me dead. He tells me this time I'll stay in control. He tells me not to let anyone know. He convinces me that no one cares, He whispers the pain is to much to bear. He tells me how wonderful I will feel. He tells me he loves me and it is real. He t...

Rick · Rick

How can disappointments be opportunities to grow? When we feel thwarted, frustrated or empty it is difficult -- but not impossible -- to see the positive side of our pain. Most disappointments come from a sense of failure when our expectations of ourselves or others are not met. If we...

Rick · Rick

I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. --Katherine Mansfield Growing up to be the best people we can be is a lifelong process. As teenagers, we may have thought that twenty-one would be a magic year for us because then we would become adults. We'd be grown up and able to handle an...

Phil · Phil

Compassion – A Powerful Doorway to Personal Growth by: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. What if there was one choice you could make that would change everything in your life for the better? Actually, there is. It’s the choice to move out of judgment and into compassion for yourself and others. Comp...

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	Deep Drunk Thoughts (Preview) Maybe not totally appropriate but my warped sense of humor finds these funny. Booze related Deep Thoughts from Jack Handy: =============================== Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's ca...	Hanuman	3	624	Mar 24, 2006 by jeannie
	Forgiveness Is Letting Go Of Pain (Preview) And accepting what has happened, Because it will not change. Forgiveness is dismissing The blame. Choices were made that Caused the hurt; We each could have chosen Differently, But we didn't Forgiveness is looking At the pain, Learning the lessons It has produced, And understanding What we have le...	Phil	0	417	Mar 24, 2006 by Phil
	Welcome Iffer (Preview) Iffer, I just read your post to Rob's post below and want to say welcome to MIP. I'm glad you are here. Congratulations on your 3 and a half months sober. Keep coming back . (((Hugs))) GammyRose	GammyRose	5	405	Mar 24, 2006 by Rob
	H.O.W. it was explained to me (Preview) Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness are the three essentials to an alcoholic in recovery. When I first came into the program I was told this. I remember thinking that doesn't sound so hard. I didn't really have a god to believe in and when it came to god of my understanding I was stumped. So muc...	soberdrunk	6	484	Mar 24, 2006 by GammyRose
	SCARY* RELAPSE* (Preview) Hi Every one, Went to a meeting yesterday, attendance was real small, only about 12 people showed for this meeting, which was very unusual. But what was also unusual, were that there were three people in this Meeting, that had Relapsed. When they introduced themselves, the Secretary asked ar...	Toni Baloney	12	572	Mar 24, 2006 by GammyRose
	Ohhhh--This is a difficult one... (Preview) The 12-Step Program for Internet Addicts 1) I will have a cup of coffee in the morning and read my newspaper like I use to. 2) I will eat breakfast with a knife and fork and not with one hand typing. 3) I will get dressed before noon. 4) I will make an attempt to clean the house, w...	Phil	9	523	Mar 23, 2006 by Phil
	Desperation, Hope and a Higher Power (Preview) Three ingredients that contributed to me getting sober and finding recover. The gift of desperation, to be alive and to live, sick and tired of being sick and tired, and wanting to live my life differently, having a new life to live. And at my first meeting I felt that flicker of hope. Hoping that this wa...	HumbleOne	2	440	Mar 23, 2006 by Phil
	defective thinker (Preview) I wish I could just turn my brain off for a little while. These last couple of days have been tough for me. I'm staying sober. Sometimes I feel like that should be enough. Last night we talked about dealing with the " wreckage of the past. " I guess that's part of what's getting to me. I lost my g...	soberdrunk	9	727	Mar 23, 2006 by soberdrunk
	yes it does feel good to CRY (Preview) You are reading from the book Today's Gift </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=2121>. *It feels so good to cry. . . . --Susan Cygnet* Some of us were taught that it's bad to express our feelings directly--crying, wailing, jumping up and down for joy--that it's good manners to talk s...	rosie light shines	2	388	Mar 23, 2006 by amanda2u2
	STRONG material---something i had to accept (Preview) God's Gift " Our relationship with our Higher Power is a two-way street. In prayer, we speak and God listens. When we meditate, we do our best to listen for the will of our Higher Power. We know that we are responsible for our part of the relationship. If we do not pray and listen, we shut our Higher P...	rosie light shines	2	402	Mar 23, 2006 by amanda2u2
	JUST TURNED 21! GOING CRAZY (Preview) this is my first post on this board. I turned 21 a week ago and also got my one year two days ago. The past few days have been a freaking head trip. I have worked through all the steps (and try to do so on a continual basis), have a sponsor, make meetings and even visit a halfway house for 12 step work.&nb...	d town drunk	9	505	Mar 23, 2006 by recovering jb
	Some Stuff re Anxiety... (Preview) Grief is a tidal wave that over takes you, smashes down upon you with unimaginable force, sweeps you up into its darkness, where you tumble and crash against unidentifiable surfaces, only to be thrown out on an unknown beach, bruised, reshaped... Grief will make a new person out of you, if it doesn't k...	Phil	0	453	Mar 23, 2006 by Phil
	Recovery Poem (Preview) This was sent to me from another A/A community I belong to, hope it brings some peace to others as it did me. I feel like a child lost in a crowd, my mind is spining, I think about leaving, I think about runnning. This disease of mine is so very cunning. It's talking to me,&nb...	carmie	1	427	Mar 23, 2006 by Phil
	today's gift (Preview) *The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be either good or evil. --Hannah Arendt* How often have we found ourselves in a predicament and innocently said, "How did I get into this?" When someone has been injured by our actions because we failed to think about t...	Rick	1	374	Mar 23, 2006 by d town drunk
	Hi Rob (Preview) Hi there Rob, hope you have managed another meeting or will do. Hope things are looking up for you. Trudi.	trudi	4	361	Mar 23, 2006 by iffer
	feelings (Preview) *It feels so good to cry. . . . --Susan Cygnet* Some of us were taught that it's bad to express our feelings directly--crying, wailing, jumping up and down for joy--that it's good manners to talk softly, slowly, and politely and to sit still. But what happens to our feelings when we sit still? If t...	Rick	0	406	Mar 23, 2006 by Rick
	March 23 AA Daily Reflection (Preview)   We have seen the truth again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic." . . . If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any...	GammyRose	0	422	Mar 23, 2006 by GammyRose
	The 4 Absolutes (Preview) Spelled out as such, the Four Absolutes are not a formal part of our AA philosophy of life. Since this is true, some may claim the Absolutes should be ignored. This premise is approximately as sound as it would be to suggest that the Holy Bible should be scuttled. The Absolutes were...	Phil	1	3969	Mar 22, 2006 by Hanuman
	I have not been honest (Preview) It is 11.10 in the morning and I am drinking tennents super strength lager, I bought them last night and hid them, because I knew I would need them today. It is happening more and more offten...I stopped going to meetings, sometime ago, I stopped coming here. I thought I could control it, but it is gett...	Badger	12	524	Mar 22, 2006 by amanda2u2
	I gota go to another meeting (Preview) Im scared shitless of my next meeting.. i really am. but i am looking forward to it. scared as i am.... i have to do this.. ...i really hope things start to make more sense.... im still drinking..ffs.. toniht was such a possitive thing!!.. i really cant convey how much it scared the shit out of me..but i ca...	Rob	11	445	Mar 22, 2006 by amanda2u2
	Some funny, some serious, all true! (Preview) http://www.frontiernet.net/~jlbeam/specials/life/life.htm	Cabbageheadchris	2	482	Mar 22, 2006 by carmie
	I DONT WANT THIS ANYMORE!! (Preview) I have been drinking tonight I phoned AA tonight.. spoke to lovely girl.. I have aggreed to go to a meeting tomorrow night.. I know., roughly, where it is.. i gota be there by 18:15 to meet a guy called Chris who girl is gona phone tonight to give him my mobile number and sort it out.... ... When i...	Rob	18	581	Mar 22, 2006 by Rob
	Just For Today...Phil, anyone (Preview) On the Alanon board, I posted Just for Today....It is written on our alanon bookmarks we distribute. If you're interested in reading it there, or you are proficient and "click, copy and paste" to the AA side, go for it. It sure helps me thing about One Day Only! &n...	wallsal55	1	382	Mar 22, 2006 by GammyRose
	I actualy made it to a meeting! (Preview) Hi to everyone who has posted to me.. Iv got possitive and negative things to say tonight.. I guess ill start with the negative first.. I am drinking now tonight;. i duno how much im gona drink.. at the moment im on my 2nd.. so im not drunk.. at the moment Maybe im not trying hard enuf.. hard to unders...	Rob	9	509	Mar 22, 2006 by Rob
	March 22 AA Daily Reflection (Preview) NO MORE STRUGGLE. . . And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone--even alcohol.     ...	GammyRose	2	3507	Mar 22, 2006 by GammyRose
	sticking with WINNERS (Preview) Today's thought is: *No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt* In this moment, we are the best we can be. Today, we can work at loving the best in ourselves and not fearing the worst. We are truly wonderful and growing people with gifts and qualities that make u...	rosie light shines	0	421	Mar 22, 2006 by rosie light shines
	to be a member of AA (Preview) to be a respected member of AA,, all that is required is the desire to stop drinking. Respect does not require, nor does membership require that one has stopped drinking. I guess for some people it is really easy to stop drinking and they don't have any urges to drink again at all. Lucky for...	amanda2u2	1	386	Mar 22, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Real food (Preview) Hi all. Many people when they are alcoholic also suffer from malnutrition. Remember the feelings of can't eat, don't want to eat (because it reduces the effects of the alcohol), living alone, can't be bothered cooking or just don't know how to. Money too short to waste on food, I'll get the required...	Cabbageheadchris	4	417	Mar 22, 2006 by Toni Baloney
	today's thought (Preview) *Real men don't vacuum. --Anna Genich* Once, not so long ago, there was a family who tried to divide up housework equally. The father signed up for vacuuming, but he never got around to doing it. One morning he told everyone about his dream the night before. He was lined up in the dining room with a...	Rick	1	393	Mar 22, 2006 by Phil
	today's gift (Preview) *No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt* In this moment, we are the best we can be. Today, we can work at loving the best in ourselves and not fearing the worst. We are truly wonderful and growing people with gifts and qualities that make us who we are. No o...	Rick	0	496	Mar 22, 2006 by Rick
	What alcohol has done to me. (Preview) I have been down to about 1200 calories a day for the past few days, because if I eat too much, it creates terrible burning pain in my liver (I know it can't be gallbladder, cause I had that out years ago). I am only eating that much because I realise I have to try to stay nourished, not because I...	Sick of being sick	7	580	Mar 22, 2006 by GammyRose
	Pride And Humility (Preview) True pride has to do with acknowledging and respecting who you are and what you can do, without any outside confirmation or approval. False pride has to do with claiming that you are more than you believe you are, and that you know more than you believe you know. This kind of pride almost always...	Phil	0	3075	Mar 21, 2006 by Phil
	Hello Friends (Preview) I wasn't going to post today. I'm feeling under the weather. Nothing like a little music to listen and relax to. I can't wait until my meeting tonight. I was at my outpatient classes today and my counselor told me that I could get in this halfway house once I have 30 days sober outside of an institution....	soberdrunk	6	448	Mar 21, 2006 by soberdrunk
	couple thoughts (Preview) *Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. --Mother Goose* Poor Humpty ended up such a scrambled egg. Maybe that's what comes from sitting too long in one place, choosing neither this way nor that, playing both sides against the middle. Maybe he played too much politics, got too...	Rick	1	369	Mar 21, 2006 by wandajf
	Just wanted to say "Hello!" (Preview) I just wanted to say "Hello!" from Coffee Springs, Alabama, USA! I'm not new to the internet, but I am new to this site. I'm a severe depressive turned alcoholic who's celebrating her 23rd day of sobriety and COUNTING! To find out more about me, please go to my own personal website: HTTP://LONZA.EX...	Lonza	5	679	Mar 21, 2006 by Lonza
	March 21...AA Daily Reflection (Preview)   ...	GammyRose	0	1484	Mar 21, 2006 by GammyRose
	Three In One...Have a good day... (Preview) When you get what you want in your struggle for self And the world makes you king for a day, Just go to a mirror and look at yourself, And see what that man has to say. For it isn't your father or mother or wife, Who judgment upon you must pass; The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life Is the...	Phil	0	472	Mar 21, 2006 by Phil
	spring equinox (Preview) *The spring equinox happens at 1:26 eastern time this after noon.*	amanda2u2	1	483	Mar 20, 2006 by amanda2u2
	tryin to keep my HP simple too (Preview) Higher Power "Most of us have no trouble admitting that addiction had become a destructive force in our lives. Our best efforts resulted in ever greater destruction and despair. At some point, we realized that we needed the help of some Power greater than our addiction."Basic Text p. 24Most of u...	rosie light shines	0	346	Mar 20, 2006 by rosie light shines
	Fighting on both ends (Preview) I'm not sure how this is going to sound or if it will make sense but I 'm sure someone will get it. I am struggling constantly inside knowing that I NEED to be sober in order to be what I am supposed to be. A good mom, grandmom, wife. I want to blame everyone around me. My husband tells me th...	Nanaof2	4	425	Mar 20, 2006 by zoomie
	Shadows Of The Past (Preview) Larry James Shadows of the past are our out-dated precepts and ideas that serve no one. They are our preconceived notions about how we think things should be, should turn out or how things are. They cast their dreary shadow between ourselves and all that is good. We must steadily move clo...	Phil	5	569	Mar 20, 2006 by rosie light shines
	March 20 AA Daily Reflection (Preview) LOVE AND TOLERANCE Love and tolerance of others is our code	GammyRose	0	810	Mar 20, 2006 by GammyRose
	To "My name is John..." (Preview) The Promises… If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matt...	paul	1	633	Mar 20, 2006 by Phil
	I could use a little help here (Preview) I haven't drank since last June due to incarceration. I consider my release date, when I came back to AA, my sobriety date which is Feb. 28th. Last week I was at a meeting and this one guy spoke and I thought to myself this has to be my sponsor. I just knew it. After the meeting I asked him if we could t...	soberdrunk	8	666	Mar 20, 2006 by paul
	Hi trudi (Preview) I was going to post this earlier. You make me think of it. so heres one for you *Where is the yesterday that worried us so? --Joan Walsh Anglund* In the fairy tale The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree, the oak tree felt sorry for the day-fly. The day-fly only lives for one day, and the tree was al...	Rick	2	337	Mar 20, 2006 by Rick
	Plant a garden (Preview) FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING, PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS: 1. Peace of mind 2. Peace of heart 3. Peace of soul PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH: 1. Squash gossip 2. Squash indifference 3. Squash grumbling 4. Squash selfishness PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE: 1. Lettuce be faithful 2. Lettu...	Rick	3	367	Mar 20, 2006 by paul
	Relapse (Preview) There is a monster who lives in my head, He talks to me softly he wants me dead. He tells me this time I'll stay in control. He tells me not to let anyone know. He convinces me that no one cares, He whispers the pain is to much to bear. He tells me how wonderful I will feel. He tells me he loves me and it is real. He t...	Phil	6	430	Mar 20, 2006 by trudi
	Disappointment and Frustration (Preview) How can disappointments be opportunities to grow? When we feel thwarted, frustrated or empty it is difficult -- but not impossible -- to see the positive side of our pain. Most disappointments come from a sense of failure when our expectations of ourselves or others are not met. If we...	Rick	1	388	Mar 20, 2006 by Rick
	today's thought (Preview) *I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. --Katherine Mansfield* Growing up to be the best people we can be is a lifelong process. As teenagers, we may have thought that twenty-one would be a magic year for us because then we would become adults. We'd be grown up and able to handle an...	Rick	0	559	Mar 20, 2006 by Rick
	Compassion (Preview) Compassion – A Powerful Doorway to Personal Growth by: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. What if there was one choice you could make that would change everything in your life for the better? Actually, there is. It’s the choice to move out of judgment and into compassion for yourself and others. Comp...	Phil	2	1129	Mar 20, 2006 by Rick
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