Alcoholics Anonymous

Lauramarie · Lauramarie

I went to a meeting last evening. I am at a place that I didn't want to go, but I needed to go. So I went. Well, it was one of the best meetings that I ever went to. I am sure you all know what I mean. I just had to share this with everyone here. Oh I also learned something from EVERYONE who shared. ...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

https://www.facebook.com/tashaeswaby/videos/769495383088113/

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A person shows their true self by how much they need other people. --AnonymousWhat giving we have discovered in our Fellowship! From the very first meeting, we received an outstretched hand that offered us help. People gave freely and asked nothing in return. We, who had known so much taking, could h...

Thankfulheart62 · Thankfulheart62

I am not new to AA but I am a newcomer anyway. I went to AA meetings 15 years ago but I never admitted to being an alcoholic. I've been drinking for 25 years. My last drink was on September 8, 2015. I admitted to being an alcoholic in August. So I know some about the steps. I have now been sober for 33 days...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You cannot travel on the path until you become the path itself. ~Buddha on Spirit and Spirituality

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It's okay to have fun.Although we're working hard on recovering, we can also have fun. In fact, we can have much more fun now than we did before we found the program. With the awakening of our spiritual self, life takes on new zest. We smile more and frown less.We can give ourselves permission to enjoy wh...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP Redchile ... we're glad your here ... We know of all the problems alcohol usage can cause in one's life, believe me, we've "Been There, Done That" ... from your post, you seem to be nearing a 'crossroads' in your life ... you don't see how in the hell you can keep drink'n OR how in...

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

I found out with two days sober, on June 7. Haven't shared it here for whatever reason. We're both out here in LA but we're driving across the country in 10 days to move closer to her family in Pennsylvania. I still can't wrap my head around it. Me? A father? What?

beemer · beemer

sorry

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

October 12, 2015Quote of the Week"Quit with the thinking and start with the doing." It took me a long time to learn that I can't think myself into feeling better. If I'm sitting at home depressed and I wait until I feel like going to a meeting or feel like calling someone, it means I'm going t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow. ~Norman Vincent Peale

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. --Aldous HuxleyThis is a hard concept for us addicts to get. We believed avoidance was a form of self-care. Our illness depended on our ability to deny its existence. Only when we were bleeding out of every pore of our body, were we willing to admit th...

gonee · gonee

A Vision For You FOR MOST normal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. It means release from care, boredom and worry. It is joyous intimacy with friends and a feeling that life is good. But not so with us in those last days of heavy drinking. The old ple...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better. ~Rohn, Jim on Leaders and Leadership

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation it would be the ability of each individual to learn to laugh at himself. --Charles SchulzIn recovery, we learn to laugh at the kind of person we were when our addiction was out of control. We don't laugh at the fact of our addiction; w...

mphleg · mphleg

One of my favs is "My Name Is Bill W." It's and oldie but a goodie. And, from what I know pretty accurate historically. Here are some movies about addiction and recovery I put together on my site. The movies play well on laptops or desktops, but other devices not to sure. The movies are meant to...

Tanin · Tanin

The calendar informs my soberversary is at hand. I am grateful, humbled, satisfied, relieved and amazed. I thank God, AA, and all its members because there is no way I could have stayed sober by myself. Man, am I glad to be living a sober life today. Am going to pick up a chip at a meeting today...

Kaz8375 · Kaz8375

Morning everyone, someone must really be looking after me(my higher power i think), went to work yest for a meeting and managed to keep my job, after asking them could i have some unpaid leave of absence to get well, they suggested i go to the doctors and get a sick note for 4wks and that way i will still get...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Let each become all that he was created capable of being. ~Carlyle, Thomas on Excellence

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The most useless day of all is that in which we have not laughed. --Sebastian R. N. ChamportWe are told that laughter is sunshine filling a room. And where there is laughter, there also is life. They say that people who laugh a lot live longer than do the sour-faced. When we laugh together, gratitude com...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. --George EliotWho are we, really? It seems like we are one person on the inside, and yet we often act like someone else. Can a good person do bad things? Can a bad person do good things? It's pretty confusing, isn't it?Our recovery program teache...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Faith believes in spite of the circumstances and acts in spite of the consequences. ~Adrian Rogers

Tanin · Tanin

This story runs somewhat parallel to the Patrick Kennedy story I posted yesterday. For example, I see the "pathology of silence" prominent in the Belushi case. And, of course, denial is present (exhibited by the funniest joke about alcoholism denial I have ever read). Ebert does a fine j...

Kaz8375 · Kaz8375

Feeling great although i am under no illusions that this illness can tap me on the shoulder at any time. Ive got a plan for today to keep busy and am looking forward to one of my favourite meetings tonight. How is everyone elses day going? xxx

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Never look down on anybody, unless you're helping them up. ~Jesse Jackson Sr.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Being openSometimes we think we're supposed to have more recovery under our belts. Perhaps we feel the need to impress our peers with our success in staying off mind-altering chemicals. But perhaps we are really just trying to convince ourselves. We know how difficult recovery is, and surely our Hi...

Lauramarie · Lauramarie

I have been in AA for a number of years. It has helped me stay sober. I now have a new boyfriend. You guessed it, he drinks. This is the first boyfriend that I have, since being sober, that drinks. Just wanted to get this out there. You can all image what is going through my mind. Oh some days lif...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Courage is fear that has said its prayers. -- Dorothy BernardNo one of us is always courageous. With trepidation we embark on many journeys. Fear is dispelled each time we rely on our inner strength and trust that our lives are in good hands.Self-talk is powerful and will prepare us to meet whatever li...

peppergirl1901 · peppergirl1901

I'm scared I'm going to fail at this and let everyone down.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. ~Voltaire

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Coming together is beginning;keeping together is progress;working together is success.Henry Ford

Kaz8375 · Kaz8375

Morning all, and what a beautiful day it is here. Got some good news, me and my husband have been offered a house to rent from a friend, just need to view it but think were gonna take it. Our daughter will be over the moon, its got a big garden for her to play in, as we only had a yard in our old house. Also on my 8th...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

RAMBLINGS OF A RETIRED MIND Today I was in a store that sells sunglasses, and only sunglasses. A young lady walks over to me and asks, "what brings you in today?"I looked at her, and said, I'm interested in buying a refrigerator. She didn't quite know how to respond. Am I getting to be th...

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

yeppers , this IS how an Alkie would think.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Was just think'n 'bout you ... hope thing's are well ... Love ya and God Bless, Pappy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

October 5, 2015Quote of the Week"How do you know when you've hit bottom? When you stop digging." For years I was driven by an obsession to drink. In the beginning I tried to control it, but after a while it had complete control of me. Alcoholism took me to a deep emotional, spiritual and phy...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced. --Soren KierkegaardMaybe our debt is spiraling so out of control we can't face it. We can't tolerate sitting at the table one more time trying to manipulate figures to meet the month's expenses. If we're responsible for creating the de...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Gifts of the SpiritThrough the program, we come to desire spiritual gifts as well as material necessities. Experience shows us that serenity is priceless and something to be desired. Courage, wisdom, faith, hope, love, humility - these are all spiritual gifts which come to us from our Higher Power...

PhotothingNYC · PhotothingNYC

I am walking home from my 10AM meeting 5 blocks from my apartment. While walking home out of the corner of my eye I see a large young woman with a big smile walking toward me,I don't engage because she is clearly high and she's not one of my neighbors. She says "Haaay!" and then she says loudly in...

Flying Picket · Flying Picket

I have decided to stop drinking, still haven't decided if I am alcoholic and to be honest it doesn't really bother me if I am or not, if I am, then it's not so bad as I'm a happy drinker and it doesn't effect my work or bill paying and I don't drink daily or in the house or become violent etc. However, at least ev...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Turning an adversity into opportunity is possible.We didn't escape problems just because we came to a Twelve Step program. Problems still exist, whether it's a car that won't run, a neighbor who complains, a spiteful co-worker, or a family member who drinks or uses other drugs.The difference is, n...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

My greatest achievement was my relationship with the young son of a good friend. -- Maria Regnier KrimmelMaria was a world renowned silversmith. Because she is female, this was considered an even greater achievement, and yet she considered a particular relationship with a youngster to have been m...

mandm · mandm

I recently moved into a new house, and when we arrived there was a gift basket with a bottle of wine in it. I looked at it and laughed. Two years ago the bottle of wine wouldn't have lasted the night, it would have been consumed, out of my own control ( or that what I would have made myself believe). It was the f...

hopefulone · hopefulone

....... -- Edited by hopefulone on Saturday 31st of October 2015 04:38:55 PM

hopefulone · hopefulone

After being "under the influence of" for so long (and you all know what I mean), the word "influence" has taken on an additional meaning for me..I have spent way too much time focusing on the people who I HAVE LET have a negative influence on me. (And I put the words all in caps inten...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me. --Judy CollinsThe child within each of us is fragile, but very much alive, and she interprets our experiences before we are even conscious of them. It is our child who may fear new places, unfamiliar people, and strange situations. Our chil...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

I sure could use some of your positive thoughts, prayers, mojo etc... I had a biospy down on some enlarged lymph nodes in my neck today. Second time around as the test last week yielded no results. Dr said it could be a number of things, may something simple, that's pray for that. -- Edited by StPeteDe...

hopefulone · hopefulone

Birds.... I don't see as many birds as I used to see. I remember growing up and birds were everywhere. I was always hearing their sweet and comforting sound. I wondered to myself...are they chirping, singing to others? Are they sending a message to other birds? Do other birds understand this communic...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Self Pity"Poor little ol' me." The PLOMS. How often do we succumb to this temptation? Usually it's an excuse for not doing what we know we should do, but do not want to do. Or it's a way to manipulate someone else into doing something for us which we should be doing ourselves. If we spend our tim...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

...praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. -- Second half of Step ElevenStep Eleven teaches us how to pray. We pray for God's will to replace ours. Our will got us in trouble. God's will guides us to simple serenity. We pray for power to live a spiritual life. This is im...

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	Last night's meeting. (Preview) I went to a meeting last evening. I am at a place that I didn't want to go, but I needed to go. So I went. Well, it was one of the best meetings that I ever went to. I am sure you all know what I mean. I just had to share this with everyone here. Oh I also learned something from EVERYONE who shared. ...	Lauramarie	2	457	Oct 14, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Struggling with a Higher Power? (Preview) https://www.facebook.com/tashaeswaby/videos/769495383088113/	Pythonpappy	0	509	Oct 14, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/14 (Preview) A person shows their true self by how much they need other people. --AnonymousWhat giving we have discovered in our Fellowship! From the very first meeting, we received an outstretched hand that offered us help. People gave freely and asked nothing in return. We, who had known so much taking, could h...	Pythonpappy	0	391	Oct 14, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Newcomer, steps 1-3 (Preview) I am not new to AA but I am a newcomer anyway. I went to AA meetings 15 years ago but I never admitted to being an alcoholic. I've been drinking for 25 years. My last drink was on September 8, 2015. I admitted to being an alcoholic in August. So I know some about the steps. I have now been sober for 33 days...	Thankfulheart62	7	858	Oct 13, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/13 (Preview) You cannot travel on the path until you become the path itself. ~Buddha on Spirit and Spirituality	Pythonpappy	0	364	Oct 13, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/13 (Preview) It's okay to have fun.Although we're working hard on recovering, we can also have fun. In fact, we can have much more fun now than we did before we found the program. With the awakening of our spiritual self, life takes on new zest. We smile more and frown less.We can give ourselves permission to enjoy wh...	Pythonpappy	0	419	Oct 13, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Redchile ... Welcome (Preview) Welcome to MIP Redchile ... we're glad your here ... We know of all the problems alcohol usage can cause in one's life, believe me, we've "Been There, Done That" ... from your post, you seem to be nearing a 'crossroads' in your life ... you don't see how in the hell you can keep drink'n OR how in...	Pythonpappy	0	418	Oct 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	I'm going to be a father (Preview) I found out with two days sober, on June 7. Haven't shared it here for whatever reason. We're both out here in LA but we're driving across the country in 10 days to move closer to her family in Pennsylvania. I still can't wrap my head around it. Me? A father? What?	Dodsworth	11	772	Oct 12, 2015 by Dodsworth
	I'm new, where do i start? (Preview) sorry	beemer	6	653	Oct 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) October 12, 2015Quote of the Week"Quit with the thinking and start with the doing." It took me a long time to learn that I can't think myself into feeling better. If I'm sitting at home depressed and I wait until I feel like going to a meeting or feel like calling someone, it means I'm going t...	Pythonpappy	0	648	Oct 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/12 (Preview) Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow. ~Norman Vincent Peale	Pythonpappy	0	472	Oct 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/12 (Preview) Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. --Aldous HuxleyThis is a hard concept for us addicts to get. We believed avoidance was a form of self-care. Our illness depended on our ability to deny its existence. Only when we were bleeding out of every pore of our body, were we willing to admit th...	Pythonpappy	0	436	Oct 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	My Dry Drunk Syndrome before AA. (Preview) A Vision For You FOR MOST normal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. It means release from care, boredom and worry. It is joyous intimacy with friends and a feeling that life is good. But not so with us in those last days of heavy drinking. The old ple...	gonee	1	536	Oct 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/11 (Preview) A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better. ~Rohn, Jim on Leaders and Leadership	Pythonpappy	0	382	Oct 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/11 (Preview) If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation it would be the ability of each individual to learn to laugh at himself. --Charles SchulzIn recovery, we learn to laugh at the kind of person we were when our addiction was out of control. We don't laugh at the fact of our addiction; w...	Pythonpappy	0	376	Oct 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	What are some of your favorite recovery movies movies (Preview) One of my favs is "My Name Is Bill W." It's and oldie but a goodie. And, from what I know pretty accurate historically. Here are some movies about addiction and recovery I put together on my site. The movies play well on laptops or desktops, but other devices not to sure. The movies are meant to...	mphleg	5	815	Oct 10, 2015 by Tanin
	Soberversary (Preview) The calendar informs my soberversary is at hand. I am grateful, humbled, satisfied, relieved and amazed. I thank God, AA, and all its members because there is no way I could have stayed sober by myself. Man, am I glad to be living a sober life today. Am going to pick up a chip at a meeting today...	Tanin	25	908	Oct 10, 2015 by Baba Louie
	Fantastic start to the day (Preview) Morning everyone, someone must really be looking after me(my higher power i think), went to work yest for a meeting and managed to keep my job, after asking them could i have some unpaid leave of absence to get well, they suggested i go to the doctors and get a sick note for 4wks and that way i will still get...	Kaz8375	6	558	Oct 10, 2015 by justadrunk
	Sunrise Quote 10/10 (Preview) Let each become all that he was created capable of being. ~Carlyle, Thomas on Excellence	Pythonpappy	0	394	Oct 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/10 (Preview) The most useless day of all is that in which we have not laughed. --Sebastian R. N. ChamportWe are told that laughter is sunshine filling a room. And where there is laughter, there also is life. They say that people who laugh a lot live longer than do the sour-faced. When we laugh together, gratitude com...	Pythonpappy	0	425	Oct 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/9 (Preview) Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. --George EliotWho are we, really? It seems like we are one person on the inside, and yet we often act like someone else. Can a good person do bad things? Can a bad person do good things? It's pretty confusing, isn't it?Our recovery program teache...	Pythonpappy	1	411	Oct 9, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/9 (Preview) Faith believes in spite of the circumstances and acts in spite of the consequences. ~Adrian Rogers	Pythonpappy	0	377	Oct 9, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	John Belushi; A Sad Natural History Of A Disease (Preview) This story runs somewhat parallel to the Patrick Kennedy story I posted yesterday. For example, I see the "pathology of silence" prominent in the Belushi case. And, of course, denial is present (exhibited by the funniest joke about alcoholism denial I have ever read). Ebert does a fine j...	Tanin	2	581	Oct 9, 2015 by Lauramarie
	Day nine (Preview) Feeling great although i am under no illusions that this illness can tap me on the shoulder at any time. Ive got a plan for today to keep busy and am looking forward to one of my favourite meetings tonight. How is everyone elses day going? xxx	Kaz8375	12	682	Oct 8, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Never look down on anybody, unless you're helping them up. ~Jesse Jackson Sr.	Pythonpappy	0	374	Oct 8, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/8 (Preview) Being openSometimes we think we're supposed to have more recovery under our belts. Perhaps we feel the need to impress our peers with our success in staying off mind-altering chemicals. But perhaps we are really just trying to convince ourselves. We know how difficult recovery is, and surely our Hi...	Pythonpappy	0	292	Oct 8, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Just thinking out loud... (Preview) I have been in AA for a number of years. It has helped me stay sober. I now have a new boyfriend. You guessed it, he drinks. This is the first boyfriend that I have, since being sober, that drinks. Just wanted to get this out there. You can all image what is going through my mind. Oh some days lif...	Lauramarie	8	665	Oct 8, 2015 by Fyne Spirit
	Today's Gift 10/7 (Preview) Courage is fear that has said its prayers. -- Dorothy BernardNo one of us is always courageous. With trepidation we embark on many journeys. Fear is dispelled each time we rely on our inner strength and trust that our lives are in good hands.Self-talk is powerful and will prepare us to meet whatever li...	Pythonpappy	2	410	Oct 7, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	New here (Preview) I'm scared I'm going to fail at this and let everyone down.	peppergirl1901	11	618	Oct 7, 2015 by mikef
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. ~Voltaire	Pythonpappy	0	298	Oct 7, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Coming together is beginning;keeping together is progress;working together is success.Henry Ford	Pythonpappy	0	421	Oct 6, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Things are looking up (Preview) Morning all, and what a beautiful day it is here. Got some good news, me and my husband have been offered a house to rent from a friend, just need to view it but think were gonna take it. Our daughter will be over the moon, its got a big garden for her to play in, as we only had a yard in our old house. Also on my 8th...	Kaz8375	6	488	Oct 6, 2015 by gonee
	from an AA Friend ... (humor) (Preview) RAMBLINGS OF A RETIRED MIND Today I was in a store that sells sunglasses, and only sunglasses. A young lady walks over to me and asks, "what brings you in today?"I looked at her, and said, I'm interested in buying a refrigerator. She didn't quite know how to respond. Am I getting to be th...	Pythonpappy	0	545	Oct 6, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	th way we think (Preview) yeppers , this IS how an Alkie would think.	Zoomtopz	7	648	Oct 6, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Hey Kaz ... How you Do'n??? (Preview) Was just think'n 'bout you ... hope thing's are well ... Love ya and God Bless, Pappy	Pythonpappy	6	662	Oct 6, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) October 5, 2015Quote of the Week"How do you know when you've hit bottom? When you stop digging." For years I was driven by an obsession to drink. In the beginning I tried to control it, but after a while it had complete control of me. Alcoholism took me to a deep emotional, spiritual and phy...	Pythonpappy	0	338	Oct 6, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/6 (Preview) Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced. --Soren KierkegaardMaybe our debt is spiraling so out of control we can't face it. We can't tolerate sitting at the table one more time trying to manipulate figures to meet the month's expenses. If we're responsible for creating the de...	Pythonpappy	0	504	Oct 6, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/5 (Preview) Gifts of the SpiritThrough the program, we come to desire spiritual gifts as well as material necessities. Experience shows us that serenity is priceless and something to be desired. Courage, wisdom, faith, hope, love, humility - these are all spiritual gifts which come to us from our Higher Power...	Pythonpappy	0	332	Oct 6, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Got Called Out on the Street (Preview) I am walking home from my 10AM meeting 5 blocks from my apartment. While walking home out of the corner of my eye I see a large young woman with a big smile walking toward me,I don't engage because she is clearly high and she's not one of my neighbors. She says "Haaay!" and then she says loudly in...	PhotothingNYC	11	775	Oct 4, 2015 by PhotothingNYC
	AA & religion (Preview) I have decided to stop drinking, still haven't decided if I am alcoholic and to be honest it doesn't really bother me if I am or not, if I am, then it's not so bad as I'm a happy drinker and it doesn't effect my work or bill paying and I don't drink daily or in the house or become violent etc. However, at least ev...	Flying Picket	25	3364	Oct 4, 2015 by BLUESMAN
	Today's Gift 10/4 (Preview) Turning an adversity into opportunity is possible.We didn't escape problems just because we came to a Twelve Step program. Problems still exist, whether it's a car that won't run, a neighbor who complains, a spiteful co-worker, or a family member who drinks or uses other drugs.The difference is, n...	Pythonpappy	1	388	Oct 4, 2015 by BLUESMAN
	Today's Gift 10/3 (Preview) My greatest achievement was my relationship with the young son of a good friend. -- Maria Regnier KrimmelMaria was a world renowned silversmith. Because she is female, this was considered an even greater achievement, and yet she considered a particular relationship with a youngster to have been m...	Pythonpappy	0	386	Oct 3, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	The gift of wine (Preview) I recently moved into a new house, and when we arrived there was a gift basket with a bottle of wine in it. I looked at it and laughed. Two years ago the bottle of wine wouldn't have lasted the night, it would have been consumed, out of my own control ( or that what I would have made myself believe). It was the f...	mandm	5	595	Oct 2, 2015 by davep12and12
	down (Preview) ....... -- Edited by hopefulone on Saturday 31st of October 2015 04:38:55 PM	hopefulone	27	1077	Oct 2, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Influence.... (Preview) After being "under the influence of" for so long (and you all know what I mean), the word "influence" has taken on an additional meaning for me..I have spent way too much time focusing on the people who I HAVE LET have a negative influence on me. (And I put the words all in caps inten...	hopefulone	0	715	Oct 2, 2015 by hopefulone
	Today's Gift 10/2 (Preview) I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me. --Judy CollinsThe child within each of us is fragile, but very much alive, and she interprets our experiences before we are even conscious of them. It is our child who may fear new places, unfamiliar people, and strange situations. Our chil...	Pythonpappy	0	375	Oct 2, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	I'm in need of some help (Preview) I sure could use some of your positive thoughts, prayers, mojo etc... I had a biospy down on some enlarged lymph nodes in my neck today. Second time around as the test last week yielded no results. Dr said it could be a number of things, may something simple, that's pray for that. -- Edited by StPeteDe...	StPeteDean	42	1750	Oct 2, 2015 by gonee
	Birds... (Preview) Birds.... I don't see as many birds as I used to see. I remember growing up and birds were everywhere. I was always hearing their sweet and comforting sound. I wondered to myself...are they chirping, singing to others? Are they sending a message to other birds? Do other birds understand this communic...	hopefulone	1	536	Oct 1, 2015 by Baba Louie
	Today's Gift 10/1 (Preview) Self Pity"Poor little ol' me." The PLOMS. How often do we succumb to this temptation? Usually it's an excuse for not doing what we know we should do, but do not want to do. Or it's a way to manipulate someone else into doing something for us which we should be doing ourselves. If we spend our tim...	Pythonpappy	0	323	Oct 1, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 9/30 (Preview) ...praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. -- Second half of Step ElevenStep Eleven teaches us how to pray. We pray for God's will to replace ours. Our will got us in trouble. God's will guides us to simple serenity. We pray for power to live a spiritual life. This is im...	Pythonpappy	0	436	Sep 30, 2015 by Pythonpappy
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