Alcoholics Anonymous

Coogi · Coogi

I hope everyone had a good day today. This day usually brings reminders of sadness, but today I kept myself busy being constructive. As everyone is out hitting the sales, going fishing, camping, BBQing or whatever they do on long weekends, I stayed home and worked all day on a project. The phrase &qu...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

May 25, 2015Quote of the Week"Would you rather be right, or would you rather be happy?" Now that was a hard one to answer when I was new. In fact, my answer back then was, "But I was right! He/she/they were wrong! It has nothing to do with being happy!" How wrong I was. And by cling...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Nobody can change my thoughts but me.The first of the Twelve Steps asks us to admit we are powerless. Our first question might be, Why? Shouldn't we try to change the conditions in our lives? Shouldn't we try to influence others to change too? If we put ourselves in good hands in this fellowship, we wi...

gonee · gonee

The Alcoholics Anonymous PreambleCopyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc. Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requir...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new. --Ursula K. Le GuinIn the first phases of a relationship, everything is new and exciting. It seems as though nothing could ever go wrong.Yet as we move out of this "honeymoon" phase of the r...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Aloha MIP family...I'm home still sitting in the atmosphere of powerlessness with the assurance that I can't...God can...and I will let God. No I didn't drink and yes I lost the compulsion to drink up to the moment. Last Monday at about this same time I was being medevac'd over to Oahu and another s...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It took me a long time to realize that when I hate somebody it doesn't hurt them. Only me. ***** Call your sponsor before, not after, you take your first drink. ***** Nothing is so bad that relapse won't make it worse. ***** I can't handle it, God. You take over. ***** You cannot think your way into right a...

mandm · mandm

I found this video on Alcohol addiction I though I would share. Its amazing to see someone strugle with such similar struggles with alcohol.Vodka Addiction I'm so greatful that 2 years later I am clear and sober.

Coogi · Coogi

Tomorrow is our town's Tuesday night meeting. I'm anxiously waiting. I'll be there unless mom is having a bad day. Every time I leave the house for a short time something happens. Or she's fine when i leave but stressed out when I get back. The things I've been doing the last few days are necessary t...

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 20"Feelings are neither right nor wrong. It is what we do with them that we need to concentrate on."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Change your thoughts and you change your world.~ Normal Vincent Peale

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We must continuously fine-tune our bearings.No one can set sail and expect to forget the wind. First you stand in the open air, feel the wind touch your face, and take note of its direction and force. Then you set your sail to carry your boat toward your goal. And you continue to recheck the wind because i...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

To err is human; to blame it on the other guy is even more human. --Bob GoddardWe are on a path that leads us to become better people with greater insight and stronger character. A central theme on this path is learning to take responsibility for ourselves, our mistakes, and our choices as we deal with ou...

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 21 "I cannot give anyone the precious gift of sobriety; but I can listen to a newcomer's problems and tell her how it works for me."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

May 18, 2015Quote of the Week"Humility is not thinking less about yourself, but rather thinking about yourself less." Oh, how the ego rebels against the thought of humility. "If I'm humble, I'll be a nothing. I'll vanish! I must be distinguished, different, better than! Only by s...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A man takes a drink, the drink takes another, and the drink takes the man. -- Proverb NewcomerI've heard Alcoholics Anonymous members say, "It's the first drink that gets you drunk," and Overeaters Anonymous members say, "Don't take that first compulsive bite." It seems a li...

evoliroc4178 · evoliroc4178

Yesterday was hard. I had been on a binge for around a week. Don't remember but small portions of anything that happened those few days. It always amazes me how quickly things go from going great to firestorm! I ended up in the hospital getting fluids and then I was off to my local AA group. I have my s...

Toad · Toad

May 17 1979, Was the last time I found it necessary to drink. It was a decent drunk as drunks go. Three days later all Hell Literally broke loose. The demons would not back down. Laughed at my puny pistol. I called the cops on myself. They say No way, Hose'. The cops give me a member of A.A. phone number. I...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The process rather than the product is primary in caring, for it is only in the present that I can attend to the other. --Milton MayeroffThe moment that captures us now is all we have for certain. We can dream endlessly about next week and next year but there are no guarantees. Thus, it is important to car...

Coogi · Coogi

Sober life is good! I got my cabin yesterday. It will be delivered on Wednesday. This is my second major accomplishment since getting sober. For the last 6 months, I've lived dirt poor, worked hard and saved hard to accomplish my goal of getting a mini cabin and a patch of land in the boonies to call h...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Letting Go of Old BeliefsTry harder. Do better. Be perfect.These messages are tricks that people have played on us. No matter how hard we try, we think we have to do better. Perfection always eludes us and keeps us unhappy with the good we've done.Messages of perfectionism are tricks because we can ne...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

May 11, 2015Quote of the Week"Try praying. Nothing pleases God more than hearing a strange voice." This quote hit me on several levels. First, it reminded me of how often I forget to use one of the most powerful tools in my spiritual toolkit - prayer. I was taught early on that praying is sim...

Christopher Robin · Christopher Robin

Im new here...pretty down today. Where do I start?

phoenix24x · phoenix24x

THIS is what shes talking about Einstein.... i thought i had many relationships, however, i only had one that was repeated over and over. the "end" result leading to a spiritual discovery is attached. -- Edited by phoenix24x on Saturday 16th of May 2015 08:40:00 AM

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. --Doug LarsonLife is never just one thing. It is quite possible to feel optimistic and happy even when some things are not right with us. An optimistic outlook gives us energy to handle the harder things that we have to deal with. Rese...

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 12 "I do not agree that the newcomer is the most important member at any meeting. In my opinion, equally important are those old-timers who showed me the way, and any middle-timer who may today be suffering. If newcomers are indeed the lifeblood of AA, old- and middle-timers are its skin a...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be applauded...~ Audre Lord

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Depressions are transition times for me," an older fellow stated. "I look at my lows as a preparation period, an inner time to grow and change even though I'm not consciously aware of what's going on inside me. But I didn't always think this way."I used to get terrified when I go...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Nature is the Art of God. --Sir Thomas BrowneThe most relaxing activities may be the ones in which we do absolutely nothing. And if we can do nothing amid the sounds of nature - birds chirping, water bubbling in a brook, the wind rustling in the trees - so much the better. During these moments, away from t...

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 15 "I know that my life is no longer my own. My life now is in the hands of 'a new Employer.' Even though I still complain now and then about the working conditions and sometimes have trouble getting along with my fellow employees, it's a great improvement over the way things were when I was in c...

stilljohnny · stilljohnny

What does "its" refer to by the reading in the Twelve and Twelve?

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

like me when I was drinking. would have put th fire out.

PeggyONeal · PeggyONeal

Suggestions for a format for two people working on the same character defect, but not as sponsor sponsee?

Amigo · Amigo

I am making an effort he said through clenched teeth. I told you to empty yourself of EMOTION Yeah, I'm finding that hard at the moment Harry snarled Then you will find yourself easy prey for the dark side. Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wal...

Melissakay · Melissakay

I am looking for an online sponsor, even if it is a temporary sponsor. Of course id much rather have one I could meet with face to face but at the moment I don't feel like that is much of an option. I recently moved back to my hometown and relapsed a few months ago. The closest real recovery is over an hour away...

couragetobeme · couragetobeme

Hei all!My sister is a member of AA. She is the sponsor for a lady. This lady was chairing yesterday AA meeting and many participants of the meeting realized that she was drunk. They asked her about it and she said that she visited a dentist and received an injection with anesthetic.She left immediatel...

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 6 "We need to be aware not only of our limitations, defects and shortcomings, but also of our strengths, talents and successes."

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 5 "The sanity I've received through work on the Steps is far more than I could have hoped for."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.~ Charles Francis Adams

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. --Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe NewcomerI signed up to take a course in something I'm kind of interested in. I'm pretty anxious about it. I don't have the skills and experience that the other students have. I don't know if I can keep up with the work and still...

Coogi · Coogi

Since December 2006, I started discovering my true Higher Power...Whom I choose to call God. I think of Him as my creator. I was under duress when I discovered Him, and it happened because there wasn't a church service of my affiliation (in Baghdad). I was invited to a Christian service and enjoyed it v...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

May 4, 2015Quote of the Week"You may be the only Big Book anyone ever reads." As I was leaving a meeting at a church near my home the other night, I saw one of our members bring his cigarette onto the church parking lot (smoking is not allowed on church property), and then throw it on the groun...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I hope I shall follow firmness of virtue enough to maintain that I consider the most enviable of all titles - the character of an honest man. --George WashingtonHappiness in recovery and in society depends on our honesty. We create pain for others, and ourselves, when we are dishonest. True honesty b...

Col · Col

Hello, all of my MIP buddies! It's been a while, for sure- but I miss it here, so I figured I'd drop a quick 'Hello'. It's great to see so many newer people here- this place really helped me tremendously as a supplement to meetings and all that. I'm coming up on 3 years, holy crap! Haha- I'd have never believ...

Jerry F · Jerry F

You know the ones you wish wouldn't end...they go a bit overtime and the recovery shared is top drawer. It was one of those and the consequence for me is that feeling of gratitude which confirms that I am in the right place which was suggested to me by a power greater than myself and listening to others...

ElizabethK · ElizabethK

I'm trying to find a reference in AA literature about the term "Eskimo". I found one reference on page 101, but that's not the one I'm looking for. I remember years ago people at meetings talking about 'Eskimos' as someone who suddenly appeared in their life to give them direction or guidan...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We can practice forgiveness each day.Resentments have a way of creeping back into my psyche even after I have let go of them. I know that holding a grudge is harmful to my emotional health and can threaten my abstinence, but what can I do when I keep feeling anger toward someone?In the interest of recove...

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

yup

Jerry F · Jerry F

I just got triggered by the story of a new comer and while his inventory was taking me back into my pre-program history I started to member my most well oiled tool...Gratitude. Coming from where I came from...inside the disease at the age of 9 and not even knowing the word,,,how it was said and what i...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The gifts we receive are meant to be shared.Thanks to the progress I am making in recovery, I like to think I am more loving, more open, more spontaneous, more confident. I believe these gifts have come to me through my Higher Power, the Twelve Steps, and the friends who have helped me grow.If I am to keep...

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	Memorial Day (Preview) I hope everyone had a good day today. This day usually brings reminders of sadness, but today I kept myself busy being constructive. As everyone is out hitting the sales, going fishing, camping, BBQing or whatever they do on long weekends, I stayed home and worked all day on a project. The phrase &qu...	Coogi	1	629	May 26, 2015 by davep12and12
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) May 25, 2015Quote of the Week"Would you rather be right, or would you rather be happy?" Now that was a hard one to answer when I was new. In fact, my answer back then was, "But I was right! He/she/they were wrong! It has nothing to do with being happy!" How wrong I was. And by cling...	Pythonpappy	0	588	May 25, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 5/25 (Preview) Nobody can change my thoughts but me.The first of the Twelve Steps asks us to admit we are powerless. Our first question might be, Why? Shouldn't we try to change the conditions in our lives? Shouldn't we try to influence others to change too? If we put ourselves in good hands in this fellowship, we wi...	Pythonpappy	0	417	May 25, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Lest we forget.. (Preview) The Alcoholics Anonymous PreambleCopyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc. Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requir...	gonee	0	570	May 25, 2015 by gonee
	Today's Gift 5/24 (Preview) Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new. --Ursula K. Le GuinIn the first phases of a relationship, everything is new and exciting. It seems as though nothing could ever go wrong.Yet as we move out of this "honeymoon" phase of the r...	Pythonpappy	0	453	May 24, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Absolute powerlessness - Back home (Preview) Aloha MIP family...I'm home still sitting in the atmosphere of powerlessness with the assurance that I can't...God can...and I will let God. No I didn't drink and yes I lost the compulsion to drink up to the moment. Last Monday at about this same time I was being medevac'd over to Oahu and another s...	Jerry F	9	764	May 22, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 5/22 (Preview) It took me a long time to realize that when I hate somebody it doesn't hurt them. Only me. *** Call your sponsor before, not after, you take your first drink. * Nothing is so bad that relapse won't make it worse. * I can't handle it, God. You take over. *** You cannot think your way into right a...	Pythonpappy	0	419	May 22, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Addiction Story (Preview) I found this video on Alcohol addiction I though I would share. Its amazing to see someone strugle with such similar struggles with alcohol.Vodka Addiction I'm so greatful that 2 years later I am clear and sober.	mandm	4	723	May 21, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Stress and guilt (Preview) Tomorrow is our town's Tuesday night meeting. I'm anxiously waiting. I'll be there unless mom is having a bad day. Every time I leave the house for a short time something happens. Or she's fine when i leave but stressed out when I get back. The things I've been doing the last few days are necessary t...	Coogi	11	933	May 21, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) May 20"Feelings are neither right nor wrong. It is what we do with them that we need to concentrate on."	Mike B.	1	513	May 21, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Change your thoughts and you change your world.~ Normal Vincent Peale	Pythonpappy	0	488	May 21, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 5/21 (Preview) We must continuously fine-tune our bearings.No one can set sail and expect to forget the wind. First you stand in the open air, feel the wind touch your face, and take note of its direction and force. Then you set your sail to carry your boat toward your goal. And you continue to recheck the wind because i...	Pythonpappy	0	485	May 21, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 5/19 (Preview) To err is human; to blame it on the other guy is even more human. --Bob GoddardWe are on a path that leads us to become better people with greater insight and stronger character. A central theme on this path is learning to take responsibility for ourselves, our mistakes, and our choices as we deal with ou...	Pythonpappy	0	447	May 21, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) May 21 "I cannot give anyone the precious gift of sobriety; but I can listen to a newcomer's problems and tell her how it works for me."	Mike B.	0	440	May 21, 2015 by Mike B.
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) May 18, 2015Quote of the Week"Humility is not thinking less about yourself, but rather thinking about yourself less." Oh, how the ego rebels against the thought of humility. "If I'm humble, I'll be a nothing. I'll vanish! I must be distinguished, different, better than! Only by s...	Pythonpappy	0	547	May 18, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	A man takes a drink (Preview) A man takes a drink, the drink takes another, and the drink takes the man. -- Proverb NewcomerI've heard Alcoholics Anonymous members say, "It's the first drink that gets you drunk," and Overeaters Anonymous members say, "Don't take that first compulsive bite." It seems a li...	Pythonpappy	2	750	May 18, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Happy to be back... (Preview) Yesterday was hard. I had been on a binge for around a week. Don't remember but small portions of anything that happened those few days. It always amazes me how quickly things go from going great to firestorm! I ended up in the hospital getting fluids and then I was off to my local AA group. I have my s...	evoliroc4178	7	719	May 18, 2015 by mikef
	Grateful Still -- (Preview) May 17 1979, Was the last time I found it necessary to drink. It was a decent drunk as drunks go. Three days later all Hell Literally broke loose. The demons would not back down. Laughed at my puny pistol. I called the cops on myself. They say No way, Hose'. The cops give me a member of A.A. phone number. I...	Toad	6	722	May 18, 2015 by mikef
	Today's Gift 5/18 (Preview) The process rather than the product is primary in caring, for it is only in the present that I can attend to the other. --Milton MayeroffThe moment that captures us now is all we have for certain. We can dream endlessly about next week and next year but there are no guarantees. Thus, it is important to car...	Pythonpappy	0	470	May 18, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Home sweet home (Preview) Sober life is good! I got my cabin yesterday. It will be delivered on Wednesday. This is my second major accomplishment since getting sober. For the last 6 months, I've lived dirt poor, worked hard and saved hard to accomplish my goal of getting a mini cabin and a patch of land in the boonies to call h...	Coogi	6	718	May 17, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 5/17 (Preview) Letting Go of Old BeliefsTry harder. Do better. Be perfect.These messages are tricks that people have played on us. No matter how hard we try, we think we have to do better. Perfection always eludes us and keeps us unhappy with the good we've done.Messages of perfectionism are tricks because we can ne...	Pythonpappy	0	518	May 17, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) May 11, 2015Quote of the Week"Try praying. Nothing pleases God more than hearing a strange voice." This quote hit me on several levels. First, it reminded me of how often I forget to use one of the most powerful tools in my spiritual toolkit - prayer. I was taught early on that praying is sim...	Pythonpappy	1	547	May 17, 2015 by Coogi
	Help (Preview) Im new here...pretty down today. Where do I start?	Christopher Robin	36	1131	May 16, 2015 by Coogi
	wtf is she talking about.....emotionally unavailable? (Preview) THIS is what shes talking about Einstein.... i thought i had many relationships, however, i only had one that was repeated over and over. the "end" result leading to a spiritual discovery is attached. -- Edited by phoenix24x on Saturday 16th of May 2015 08:40:00 AM	phoenix24x	5	725	May 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 5/16 (Preview) Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. --Doug LarsonLife is never just one thing. It is quite possible to feel optimistic and happy even when some things are not right with us. An optimistic outlook gives us energy to handle the harder things that we have to deal with. Rese...	Pythonpappy	0	427	May 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) May 12 "I do not agree that the newcomer is the most important member at any meeting. In my opinion, equally important are those old-timers who showed me the way, and any middle-timer who may today be suffering. If newcomers are indeed the lifeblood of AA, old- and middle-timers are its skin a...	Mike B.	1	503	May 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be applauded...~ Audre Lord	Pythonpappy	0	420	May 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) "Depressions are transition times for me," an older fellow stated. "I look at my lows as a preparation period, an inner time to grow and change even though I'm not consciously aware of what's going on inside me. But I didn't always think this way."I used to get terrified when I go...	Pythonpappy	0	424	May 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 5/14 (Preview) Nature is the Art of God. --Sir Thomas BrowneThe most relaxing activities may be the ones in which we do absolutely nothing. And if we can do nothing amid the sounds of nature - birds chirping, water bubbling in a brook, the wind rustling in the trees - so much the better. During these moments, away from t...	Pythonpappy	0	368	May 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) May 15 "I know that my life is no longer my own. My life now is in the hands of 'a new Employer.' Even though I still complain now and then about the working conditions and sometimes have trouble getting along with my fellow employees, it's a great improvement over the way things were when I was in c...	Mike B.	0	431	May 15, 2015 by Mike B.
	Tradition Five (Preview) What does "its" refer to by the reading in the Twelve and Twelve?	stilljohnny	1	523	May 13, 2015 by davep12and12
	pickled (Preview) like me when I was drinking. would have put th fire out.	Zoomtopz	0	514	May 12, 2015 by Zoomtopz
	Two people working on one character defect together (Preview) Suggestions for a format for two people working on the same character defect, but not as sponsor sponsee?	PeggyONeal	6	635	May 11, 2015 by Tanin
	Sweet Dreams (Preview) I am making an effort he said through clenched teeth. I told you to empty yourself of EMOTION Yeah, I'm finding that hard at the moment Harry snarled Then you will find yourself easy prey for the dark side. Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wal...	Amigo	1	557	May 11, 2015 by Coogi
	In need of a sponsor. (Preview) I am looking for an online sponsor, even if it is a temporary sponsor. Of course id much rather have one I could meet with face to face but at the moment I don't feel like that is much of an option. I recently moved back to my hometown and relapsed a few months ago. The closest real recovery is over an hour away...	Melissakay	2	579	May 7, 2015 by StPeteDean
	need advice (Preview) Hei all!My sister is a member of AA. She is the sponsor for a lady. This lady was chairing yesterday AA meeting and many participants of the meeting realized that she was drunk. They asked her about it and she said that she visited a dentist and received an injection with anesthetic.She left immediatel...	couragetobeme	5	629	May 6, 2015 by Tanin
	Grapevine (Preview) May 6 "We need to be aware not only of our limitations, defects and shortcomings, but also of our strengths, talents and successes."	Mike B.	0	371	May 6, 2015 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) May 5 "The sanity I've received through work on the Steps is far more than I could have hoped for."	Mike B.	1	461	May 5, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.~ Charles Francis Adams	Pythonpappy	0	470	May 5, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 5/5 (Preview) Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. --Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe NewcomerI signed up to take a course in something I'm kind of interested in. I'm pretty anxious about it. I don't have the skills and experience that the other students have. I don't know if I can keep up with the work and still...	Pythonpappy	0	570	May 5, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Higher Power ramblings (Preview) Since December 2006, I started discovering my true Higher Power...Whom I choose to call God. I think of Him as my creator. I was under duress when I discovered Him, and it happened because there wasn't a church service of my affiliation (in Baghdad). I was invited to a Christian service and enjoyed it v...	Coogi	2	807	May 5, 2015 by gonee
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) May 4, 2015Quote of the Week"You may be the only Big Book anyone ever reads." As I was leaving a meeting at a church near my home the other night, I saw one of our members bring his cigarette onto the church parking lot (smoking is not allowed on church property), and then throw it on the groun...	Pythonpappy	0	753	May 4, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 5/4 (Preview) I hope I shall follow firmness of virtue enough to maintain that I consider the most enviable of all titles - the character of an honest man. --George WashingtonHappiness in recovery and in society depends on our honesty. We create pain for others, and ourselves, when we are dishonest. True honesty b...	Pythonpappy	0	489	May 4, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Yup, still around (Preview) Hello, all of my MIP buddies! It's been a while, for sure- but I miss it here, so I figured I'd drop a quick 'Hello'. It's great to see so many newer people here- this place really helped me tremendously as a supplement to meetings and all that. I'm coming up on 3 years, holy crap! Haha- I'd have never believ...	Col	10	756	May 3, 2015 by StPeteDean
	Had one of those Home Group meetings.... (Preview) You know the ones you wish wouldn't end...they go a bit overtime and the recovery shared is top drawer. It was one of those and the consequence for me is that feeling of gratitude which confirms that I am in the right place which was suggested to me by a power greater than myself and listening to others...	Jerry F	2	698	May 3, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	'Eskimo' (Preview) I'm trying to find a reference in AA literature about the term "Eskimo". I found one reference on page 101, but that's not the one I'm looking for. I remember years ago people at meetings talking about 'Eskimos' as someone who suddenly appeared in their life to give them direction or guidan...	ElizabethK	14	6806	May 3, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 5/3 (Preview) We can practice forgiveness each day.Resentments have a way of creeping back into my psyche even after I have let go of them. I know that holding a grudge is harmful to my emotional health and can threaten my abstinence, but what can I do when I keep feeling anger toward someone?In the interest of recove...	Pythonpappy	0	470	May 3, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	pirate or alkie (Preview) yup	Zoomtopz	2	578	May 2, 2015 by Coogi
	Trigger and grateful for it. (Preview) I just got triggered by the story of a new comer and while his inventory was taking me back into my pre-program history I started to member my most well oiled tool...Gratitude. Coming from where I came from...inside the disease at the age of 9 and not even knowing the word,,,how it was said and what i...	Jerry F	4	800	May 2, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 5/2 (Preview) The gifts we receive are meant to be shared.Thanks to the progress I am making in recovery, I like to think I am more loving, more open, more spontaneous, more confident. I believe these gifts have come to me through my Higher Power, the Twelve Steps, and the friends who have helped me grow.If I am to keep...	Pythonpappy	0	544	May 2, 2015 by Pythonpappy
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