Alcoholics Anonymous

Jerry F · Jerry F

From Hilo...cloudy and cold and niiiiice. Wishing you all sober and sane and serene days. Our AA by the Bay, "Brunch before the Christmas Crunch" went awesomely well and wish ya`ll could have been with us. God Bless. (((((Hugs)))))

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Celebration is a forgetting in order to remember. A forgetting of ego, of problems, of difficulties. A letting go. --Matthew FoxA holiday presents us with an opportunity to practice the letting go of this program. This is a special day to set aside our work and our routines, to put our problems and bur...

davep12and12 · davep12and12

Hi All, Today, 12/23/14, I'm celebrating 26 years of continuous sobriety. I just flew into southern California this morning to spend the holidays with my family and I'll be taking the opportunity to visit some old AA friends in some of my old meetings where I got sober. Happy Holidays to all, one day...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.~ Clarence E. Hodges

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

... [To] take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again. --Thomas MoreWe take different kinds of pleasure in giving. Perhaps the purest is the gift to a child so young it doesn't really know who the gift came from; the pu...

Mike B. · Mike B.

December 24 "My miracle occurred when I became willing to go to any lengths to take action. Like the trapeze artist, it wasn't the knowledge of it being there -- it was the action of letting go."

Jerry F · Jerry F

There isn't any doubt and there is no effort to do anything other than accept that description. I was driving home from work with my wife and another passenger in the car. My wife is a very fear based person and her imagination seems to be addicted to it. It is safer for me to let her drive rather than...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by doubling our joys and dividing our grief.~ Joseph Addison

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. --ConfuciusSome of us were raised to decline generosity - to argue over who pays the restaurant bill, not to accept money for helping s...

Mike B. · Mike B.

December 23 "The first 100 members of this Fellowship, who hammered out the Twelve Steps, knew what they were doing. They could have made it two steps or ten steps or twenty-five steps, but they didn't. I don't think they put anything in they didn't think they needed. They were working the whole p...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

December 22, 2014Quote of the Week"When you own your part, you own your power." When I was new to the program, I dreaded doing my fourth step inventory. What possible good could it do me to list all my resentments I wondered? When my sponsor told me there was an invisible category called &...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Be true to the best you know. This is your high ideal. If you do your best, you cannot do more.~ H.W. Dresses

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Keep your recovery First to make it Last. --Anonymous We all encounter places, people, and times of the year which trigger memories of our old lifestyle, pleasant or painful events. Holidays and family gatherings may be especially stressful times for us. There have always been a lot of expectatio...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Verse Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests. Luke 2:14 Quote Love came down on Christmas Day so many years ago and brought the greatest happiness the world would ever know. Peace came down on Christmas Day to fill the hearts of men with all the sweet tranquility...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Forgiveness is all-powerful. Forgiveness heals all ills. --Catherine PonderGetting mad at someone, a friend perhaps, is normal. Everybody gets mad sometimes. But when we stay mad for very long, it ruins all the fun we'd planned on having throughout the day. Staying mad multiplies. Sometimes it s...

thinking · thinking

sharing a book i had read couple week ago, alcohol is my personal future problem to be i guess, anyway the book teaches method of centralized and decentralized people's living condition. they titled it starfish and spiders. Wow that is where i have actually knew about the 12 steps open sys for AA? i en...

Amigo · Amigo

TOMORROW I dress as Santa... beard and all...I bribed my audience 3-10 by buying $100.00 worth of candy "That will get their attention"... I will be making Balloon animals and space helmuts for my audience. I will be bringing my guitar..but will be informing my audience " aint gonn...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A.A. Thought for the Day The satisfaction we get out of living a sober life is made up of a lot of little things, but they add up to a satisfactory and happy life. Don't worry about what life will be like without liquor. Just hang in there and a lot of good things will happen to us. Is my life becoming really w...

Tanin · Tanin

Pamphlethttp://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/nopage/p-15-questions-and-answers-on-sponsorship-- Edited by Tanin on Friday 7th of November 2014 09:52:08 PM

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.~ Barbara De Angelis

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Fear is only an illusion. It is the illusion that creates the feeling of separateness - the false sense of isolation that exists only in your imagination. --Jeraldine SoundersWe are only alone in our minds. In reality, we are each contributing necessary parts offering completion to the wholeness o...

Amigo · Amigo

There are some people whom I am acquainted with who would not give the warmth of their urine to heat a soup kitchen in a Leaper Colony. Then there are those who are totally un-dependable.."How Do they think"? Amigo...do not ATTACK even in your thoughts the ACTIONS of others who IRRITATE o...

Wren · Wren

In the midst of winter, I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer----Albert Camus When things seem to be going badly and everyone appears to be against us, what do we see? Do we think things will never get better, or is there a ray of hope inside us that believes everything will soon be okay?...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A dream doesnt become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.~ Colin Powell

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Love one another, but make not a bond of love. --Kahlil GibranLove doesn't demand; love compromises. It doesn't possess; it frees. Love doesn't gloat; it praises. Love makes friends of strangers. It softens our rough edges and strengthens our assets. Knowing we're loved inspires us and invites fo...

The Ghost of Tipsy · The Ghost of Tipsy

I foolishly thought I had everything under control. Work was great, family was great, I was happy. Somehow all of that good stuff made it easier to slide right back into the bottle. I haven't had a drink for a week but I realize now, after all this time, that it will only take a moment of uncertainty and I'l...

Mike B. · Mike B.

December 18 "The realization that I had experienced something spiritual was in itself a spiritual experience, and I am only slowly understanding its implications. What happened in the past, without my knowledge, is probably continuing now. And in the future, when tomorrow becomes today,...

nutjob · nutjob

I'm recovering and have a 19 yr old using drugs. He is stealing from us - money and pain pills (his Mom's). I have talked to him but it doesn't seem to be the message his Mom thinks I should be telling him. In AA what I know is I can't fix someone else (even my son). What I told him was that the stealing had to...

bostonstrong · bostonstrong

So, the long and short of it is i am still sober but i'm struggling like a * with what they call bipolar and i'm doing ok with going to lots of meetings however when it decides to rear it's ugly head i typically end up in the hospital and from what i can see i joined here back in April of last year and have been hos...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.~ Orison Swett Marden

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

This one is for Tipsy ... don't know why, but I thought of 'the Tipster' when I read this: I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. --Edward Everett HaleWe once heard someon...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

True wisdom lies in gathering the precious things out of each day as it goes by.~ E.S. Bouton

Wren · Wren

"We cant predict the future, but we can choose to be hopeful. We cant control those around us, but we can choose to lovingly disengage from their dramas. And we cant prevent the busy, hectic holiday pace but we can choose calm." ~ Begin With Yes, via Contemplative Monk Perhaps my mantra f...

Amigo · Amigo

Amigo You MUST ALWAYS become aware of your Master despite the crowding of the multitudes that can lead you astray. Concentrate on Peace and Harmony amidst the worldiness of turmoil...The news stories on Yahoo and the like are a snakepit of turmoil..do not even attack in your thoughts... You see t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Will Power - Our willingness to be used by a Higher Power. --Alcoholics AnonymousHow many times have you wanted something very badly, only to realize at a later date that having it would have been a major disaster? Often we pursue a certain want or desire when the Universe has something entirely diffe...

Mike B. · Mike B.

December 16 "The program is a road, not a resting place."

Amigo · Amigo

I was told by a spiritual mentor... that All our problems stem from FEAR and DESIRE..that I must learn to overcome. I was told to work hard but expect nothing.. as the path for overcoming...TRUST GOD I must not critisize or complain...This only imprisons....TRUST GOD....not the limitations of tha...

mikef · mikef

It was December 2nd,1984 (my fathers birthday who died a year and a half before my recovery began)a cold Winter morning in upstate New York ,at an old farmhouse where I came to from another drug induced stupor,lifted my head and asked for mercy.After 25 long years from 1959(a boy of 11 with my first docu...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

December 15, 2014Quote of the Week"I know I have another drunk in me, but I don't know if I have another recovery." A shiver shot down my spine when I first heard this quote. I know how easy it would be for me to pick up a cold Heineken or glass of cabernet sauvignon at a nice restaurant. And my d...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

All of my life I been like a doubled up fist... poundin', smashin', drivin' - now I'm going to loosen these doubled up hands and touch things easy with them. --Tennessee WilliamsEveryone has many sides. Some sides are highly developed and other sides aren't at all. We need not fear turning to a new side...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. --Bill Cosby"Oh, how I wish my dad would get sober." "Oh, how I want my friend to get help with her eating problem." "Oh, how I wish I could make my mom understand."When we become obses...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Learning stamps you with its moments. --Eudora WeltyWe never stop learning. We absorb information every waking moment. And while we sleep, we process what we encounter during the day. The conclusions we reach about these daily lessons will likely be based on the perception that dominates our live...

Amigo · Amigo

If the action of another irritates you and you chafe under a sense of their apparant ignorance and spiritual short sightedness, do not try to attack even in your thoughts, the one who appears to have offended, have you not given yourself to the Master of Love? There can be no compromise; Your way Amigo i...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.~ John Quincy Adams

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm. --Swedish proverbDuring our illness, we hurt others. We hurt ourselves. We messed up a lot. So, a lot of us come into recovery not trusting ourselves very much. The truth is, as addicts, we couldn't be trusted.But in recovery, we can be tr...

Mike B. · Mike B.

December 11 "After endless voting on a title for the new work we had decided to call it The Way Out. But inquiry by Fritz M., our Maryland alcoholic, at The Library of Congress disclosed the fact that 12 books already bore that title. Surely we couldn't make our book the 13th. So we named it Alcoho...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Mistakes are a great educator when one is honest enough to admit them and willing to learn from them.~ Unknown

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Worry and Stress"I'm learning it's what I do with my today that counts," said one group member. "I can make this a day to remember or a day to regret just by the kinds of thoughts I have about it."Let me explain what happened to make me realize this," he continued. "Two d...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Sincere love is not born of possessiveness but of necessary space and distance. --Melanie GainsleyDimestore romance novels and the passion frequently portrayed in movies invite us to mimic behavior that's seldom in our best interests. Focusing attention too narrowly on another person stifles...

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	Merry Christmas (Preview) From Hilo...cloudy and cold and niiiiice. Wishing you all sober and sane and serene days. Our AA by the Bay, "Brunch before the Christmas Crunch" went awesomely well and wish ya`ll could have been with us. God Bless. (((((Hugs)))))	Jerry F	5	601	Dec 26, 2014 by Jerry F
	Today's Gift - 12/25 - Merry Christmas (Preview) Celebration is a forgetting in order to remember. A forgetting of ego, of problems, of difficulties. A letting go. --Matthew FoxA holiday presents us with an opportunity to practice the letting go of this program. This is a special day to set aside our work and our routines, to put our problems and bur...	Pythonpappy	2	349	Dec 25, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Twenty Six years sober today (Preview) Hi All, Today, 12/23/14, I'm celebrating 26 years of continuous sobriety. I just flew into southern California this morning to spend the holidays with my family and I'll be taking the opportunity to visit some old AA friends in some of my old meetings where I got sober. Happy Holidays to all, one day...	davep12and12	9	509	Dec 25, 2014 by Jerry F
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.~ Clarence E. Hodges	Pythonpappy	0	311	Dec 25, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/24 (Preview) ... [To] take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again. --Thomas MoreWe take different kinds of pleasure in giving. Perhaps the purest is the gift to a child so young it doesn't really know who the gift came from; the pu...	Pythonpappy	0	341	Dec 24, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) December 24 "My miracle occurred when I became willing to go to any lengths to take action. Like the trapeze artist, it wasn't the knowledge of it being there -- it was the action of letting go."	Mike B.	0	278	Dec 24, 2014 by Mike B.
	Cunning, Powerful and Baffling... (Preview) There isn't any doubt and there is no effort to do anything other than accept that description. I was driving home from work with my wife and another passenger in the car. My wife is a very fear based person and her imagination seems to be addicted to it. It is safer for me to let her drive rather than...	Jerry F	11	1334	Dec 23, 2014 by Tanin
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by doubling our joys and dividing our grief.~ Joseph Addison	Pythonpappy	0	375	Dec 23, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/23 (Preview) To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. --ConfuciusSome of us were raised to decline generosity - to argue over who pays the restaurant bill, not to accept money for helping s...	Pythonpappy	0	287	Dec 23, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) December 23 "The first 100 members of this Fellowship, who hammered out the Twelve Steps, knew what they were doing. They could have made it two steps or ten steps or twenty-five steps, but they didn't. I don't think they put anything in they didn't think they needed. They were working the whole p...	Mike B.	0	291	Dec 23, 2014 by Mike B.
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) December 22, 2014Quote of the Week"When you own your part, you own your power." When I was new to the program, I dreaded doing my fourth step inventory. What possible good could it do me to list all my resentments I wondered? When my sponsor told me there was an invisible category called &...	Pythonpappy	0	386	Dec 22, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Be true to the best you know. This is your high ideal. If you do your best, you cannot do more.~ H.W. Dresses	Pythonpappy	0	320	Dec 22, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/22 (Preview) Keep your recovery First to make it Last. --Anonymous We all encounter places, people, and times of the year which trigger memories of our old lifestyle, pleasant or painful events. Holidays and family gatherings may be especially stressful times for us. There have always been a lot of expectatio...	Pythonpappy	0	291	Dec 22, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Weekly Thought (Religious Concept) (Preview) Verse Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests. Luke 2:14 Quote Love came down on Christmas Day so many years ago and brought the greatest happiness the world would ever know. Peace came down on Christmas Day to fill the hearts of men with all the sweet tranquility...	Pythonpappy	0	361	Dec 21, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson	Pythonpappy	0	292	Dec 21, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/21 (Preview) Forgiveness is all-powerful. Forgiveness heals all ills. --Catherine PonderGetting mad at someone, a friend perhaps, is normal. Everybody gets mad sometimes. But when we stay mad for very long, it ruins all the fun we'd planned on having throughout the day. Staying mad multiplies. Sometimes it s...	Pythonpappy	0	352	Dec 21, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Patrick STARfish@SpongBob or crowling spiders :- system (Preview) sharing a book i had read couple week ago, alcohol is my personal future problem to be i guess, anyway the book teaches method of centralized and decentralized people's living condition. they titled it starfish and spiders. Wow that is where i have actually knew about the 12 steps open sys for AA? i en...	thinking	1	361	Dec 20, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	What A Gig This will be. (Preview) TOMORROW I dress as Santa... beard and all...I bribed my audience 3-10 by buying $100.00 worth of candy "That will get their attention"... I will be making Balloon animals and space helmuts for my audience. I will be bringing my guitar..but will be informing my audience " aint gonn...	Amigo	2	489	Dec 20, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/20 (Preview) A.A. Thought for the Day The satisfaction we get out of living a sober life is made up of a lot of little things, but they add up to a satisfactory and happy life. Don't worry about what life will be like without liquor. Just hang in there and a lot of good things will happen to us. Is my life becoming really w...	Pythonpappy	0	333	Dec 20, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sponsorship Pamphlet sponsorship pamphlet sponsor sponsee expectations (Preview) Pamphlethttp://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/nopage/p-15-questions-and-answers-on-sponsorship-- Edited by Tanin on Friday 7th of November 2014 09:52:08 PM	Tanin	19	11343	Dec 19, 2014 by Tanin
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.~ Barbara De Angelis	Pythonpappy	0	361	Dec 19, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/19 (Preview) Fear is only an illusion. It is the illusion that creates the feeling of separateness - the false sense of isolation that exists only in your imagination. --Jeraldine SoundersWe are only alone in our minds. In reality, we are each contributing necessary parts offering completion to the wholeness o...	Pythonpappy	0	330	Dec 19, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Musings from a Sober Recovering... Spiritual Bully (Preview) There are some people whom I am acquainted with who would not give the warmth of their urine to heat a soup kitchen in a Leaper Colony. Then there are those who are totally un-dependable.."How Do they think"? Amigo...do not ATTACK even in your thoughts the ACTIONS of others who IRRITATE o...	Amigo	1	414	Dec 18, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Night Light (Preview) In the midst of winter, I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer----Albert Camus When things seem to be going badly and everyone appears to be against us, what do we see? Do we think things will never get better, or is there a ray of hope inside us that believes everything will soon be okay?...	Wren	3	616	Dec 18, 2014 by Tanin
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) A dream doesnt become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.~ Colin Powell	Pythonpappy	0	343	Dec 18, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/18 (Preview) Love one another, but make not a bond of love. --Kahlil GibranLove doesn't demand; love compromises. It doesn't possess; it frees. Love doesn't gloat; it praises. Love makes friends of strangers. It softens our rough edges and strengthens our assets. Knowing we're loved inspires us and invites fo...	Pythonpappy	0	317	Dec 18, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	I'm going to a meeting this morning (Preview) I foolishly thought I had everything under control. Work was great, family was great, I was happy. Somehow all of that good stuff made it easier to slide right back into the bottle. I haven't had a drink for a week but I realize now, after all this time, that it will only take a moment of uncertainty and I'l...	The Ghost of Tipsy	30	1138	Dec 18, 2014 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) December 18 "The realization that I had experienced something spiritual was in itself a spiritual experience, and I am only slowly understanding its implications. What happened in the past, without my knowledge, is probably continuing now. And in the future, when tomorrow becomes today,...	Mike B.	0	349	Dec 18, 2014 by Mike B.
	Recovering with a child using (Preview) I'm recovering and have a 19 yr old using drugs. He is stealing from us - money and pain pills (his Mom's). I have talked to him but it doesn't seem to be the message his Mom thinks I should be telling him. In AA what I know is I can't fix someone else (even my son). What I told him was that the stealing had to...	nutjob	6	625	Dec 17, 2014 by Db1105
	I've been away for a while (Preview) So, the long and short of it is i am still sober but i'm struggling like a * with what they call bipolar and i'm doing ok with going to lots of meetings however when it decides to rear it's ugly head i typically end up in the hospital and from what i can see i joined here back in April of last year and have been hos...	bostonstrong	5	647	Dec 17, 2014 by mikef
	Sunrise Quote 12/17 (Preview) Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.~ Orison Swett Marden	Pythonpappy	0	302	Dec 17, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/17 (Preview) This one is for Tipsy ... don't know why, but I thought of 'the Tipster' when I read this: I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. --Edward Everett HaleWe once heard someon...	Pythonpappy	0	348	Dec 17, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) True wisdom lies in gathering the precious things out of each day as it goes by.~ E.S. Bouton	Pythonpappy	0	328	Dec 16, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	For the Holidays (Preview) "We cant predict the future, but we can choose to be hopeful. We cant control those around us, but we can choose to lovingly disengage from their dramas. And we cant prevent the busy, hectic holiday pace but we can choose calm." ~ Begin With Yes, via Contemplative Monk Perhaps my mantra f...	Wren	2	462	Dec 16, 2014 by mikef
	Spiritual Things I remind Myself Today (Preview) Amigo You MUST ALWAYS become aware of your Master despite the crowding of the multitudes that can lead you astray. Concentrate on Peace and Harmony amidst the worldiness of turmoil...The news stories on Yahoo and the like are a snakepit of turmoil..do not even attack in your thoughts... You see t...	Amigo	1	436	Dec 16, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/16 (Preview) Will Power - Our willingness to be used by a Higher Power. --Alcoholics AnonymousHow many times have you wanted something very badly, only to realize at a later date that having it would have been a major disaster? Often we pursue a certain want or desire when the Universe has something entirely diffe...	Pythonpappy	0	367	Dec 16, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) December 16 "The program is a road, not a resting place."	Mike B.	0	311	Dec 16, 2014 by Mike B.
	I Thought to Give an Opinion but Why bother 2 (Preview) I was told by a spiritual mentor... that All our problems stem from FEAR and DESIRE..that I must learn to overcome. I was told to work hard but expect nothing.. as the path for overcoming...TRUST GOD I must not critisize or complain...This only imprisons....TRUST GOD....not the limitations of tha...	Amigo	5	686	Dec 15, 2014 by Wren
	30 YEARS TODAY, FREE FROM ACTIVE ADDICTION (Preview) It was December 2nd,1984 (my fathers birthday who died a year and a half before my recovery began)a cold Winter morning in upstate New York ,at an old farmhouse where I came to from another drug induced stupor,lifted my head and asked for mercy.After 25 long years from 1959(a boy of 11 with my first docu...	mikef	12	609	Dec 15, 2014 by Mike D
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) December 15, 2014Quote of the Week"I know I have another drunk in me, but I don't know if I have another recovery." A shiver shot down my spine when I first heard this quote. I know how easy it would be for me to pick up a cold Heineken or glass of cabernet sauvignon at a nice restaurant. And my d...	Pythonpappy	0	462	Dec 15, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/15 (Preview) All of my life I been like a doubled up fist... poundin', smashin', drivin' - now I'm going to loosen these doubled up hands and touch things easy with them. --Tennessee WilliamsEveryone has many sides. Some sides are highly developed and other sides aren't at all. We need not fear turning to a new side...	Pythonpappy	0	368	Dec 15, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/14 (Preview) I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. --Bill Cosby"Oh, how I wish my dad would get sober." "Oh, how I want my friend to get help with her eating problem." "Oh, how I wish I could make my mom understand."When we become obses...	Pythonpappy	0	328	Dec 14, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/13 (Preview) Learning stamps you with its moments. --Eudora WeltyWe never stop learning. We absorb information every waking moment. And while we sleep, we process what we encounter during the day. The conclusions we reach about these daily lessons will likely be based on the perception that dominates our live...	Pythonpappy	0	362	Dec 13, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Spiritual Things I Remind Myself Today (Preview) If the action of another irritates you and you chafe under a sense of their apparant ignorance and spiritual short sightedness, do not try to attack even in your thoughts, the one who appears to have offended, have you not given yourself to the Master of Love? There can be no compromise; Your way Amigo i...	Amigo	0	420	Dec 12, 2014 by Amigo
	Sunrise Quote 12/12 (Preview) Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.~ John Quincy Adams	Pythonpappy	0	389	Dec 12, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/12 (Preview) The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm. --Swedish proverbDuring our illness, we hurt others. We hurt ourselves. We messed up a lot. So, a lot of us come into recovery not trusting ourselves very much. The truth is, as addicts, we couldn't be trusted.But in recovery, we can be tr...	Pythonpappy	0	374	Dec 12, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) December 11 "After endless voting on a title for the new work we had decided to call it The Way Out. But inquiry by Fritz M., our Maryland alcoholic, at The Library of Congress disclosed the fact that 12 books already bore that title. Surely we couldn't make our book the 13th. So we named it Alcoho...	Mike B.	1	345	Dec 11, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Mistakes are a great educator when one is honest enough to admit them and willing to learn from them.~ Unknown	Pythonpappy	0	317	Dec 11, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/11 (Preview) Worry and Stress"I'm learning it's what I do with my today that counts," said one group member. "I can make this a day to remember or a day to regret just by the kinds of thoughts I have about it."Let me explain what happened to make me realize this," he continued. "Two d...	Pythonpappy	0	398	Dec 11, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/10 (Preview) Sincere love is not born of possessiveness but of necessary space and distance. --Melanie GainsleyDimestore romance novels and the passion frequently portrayed in movies invite us to mimic behavior that's seldom in our best interests. Focusing attention too narrowly on another person stifles...	Pythonpappy	0	405	Dec 10, 2014 by Pythonpappy
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