Alcoholics Anonymous

bikerbill · bikerbill

Tipsy mcstaggers post well the replies, prompted some thoughts. Around ten years ago I reached the pinnacle of being a poor father. Since then I've got and stayed sober. Tried and failed to rebuild my marriage. Tried and failed to reconnect with the now adult children I sired. Engaged in diffe...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

June 22, 2015Quote of the Week"Praying is talking to God, Meditation is listening for the answer." In step 11 we "sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with a power greater than ourselves..." For a long time I wondered what the difference be...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I wasn't exactly brought up in one of those Norman Rockwell paintings you used to see on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. --Reggie JacksonWe have many myths about other people's lives. When we compare ourselves to these stories, we come up short. We have the TV families in our minds. We may hav...

Coogi · Coogi

Life is full of surprises and those surprises seem to happen when everything's going well and according to plan. I guess HP has His own plans, so I'm doing my best to hang on for the ride. Mom got bad news from the doc, skin cancer...don't know how involved it is yet, they're just getting started in help...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The one lesson my dad taught me: If you're going to do anything in life, do it right. --Monty CralleyOur parents may have had a way of instructing that often bordered on shaming us. No matter what we might remember about it, or them, they meant well. Their own experiences colored how they parented us. Th...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Enough's enough already ... where'd this heat come from ??? .... ok, don't answer that, LOL ... Murfreesboro, TN (37127) 3:27 PM CDT on June 15, 2015 (GMT -0500) Rushbrook | Report | Change StationReport StationYou are about to report this weather station for bad data. Please selec...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Change is sometimes necessaryDespite the fact that many of us live turbulent, chaotic lives; we may we don't like change. This causes us to seek our security in familiar places, rather than reach out for the unknown that lies ahead. This may not be real security, however, because familiar places and...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 19 "Not drinking is the first requirement for joy; the second requirement is gratitude."

Baba Louie · Baba Louie

willpower DOES NOT WORK IN THE LONG RUN. You must lose the desire. The Big Book says, and Im paraphrasing, "the desire has been lifted from these men." Or removed. Whatever. Work the steps, hang out with your HP, go to meetings, and eventually, the desire will be lifted. And once the desire i...

hopefulone · hopefulone

Early this morning, I woke up and fixed my coffee. After it brewed (I am impatient when it comes to my morning coffee, so actually I pull out the carafe while it is still brewing :), I added my cream and sugar and went on the back patio and sat down. I drank a few sips and started my morning..... I prayed to my H...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"Thinking," said the little boy, "is when your mouth stays shut and your head keeps talking to itself." --Arkansas BaptistWe need quiet times in order to develop peace and serenity in our lives. We spend most of our days speaking or being spoken to. It's important to set aside t...

Baba Louie · Baba Louie

a year ago today, I was a desperate drunk. Now, I'm just desperate. (Haha)

Jerry F · Jerry F

How are you doing? Usually get to hear from you more often. Got a shout for the board? ((((hugs))))

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The greatest gift we can give another person is the gift of ourselves. When we can share our deepest convictions and failures, our ideals and disillusionments, our hopes and frustrations, our dreams and despairs, our answers and our questions then we are loving our neighbors as ourselves as well a...

heartfan · heartfan

Newbie... alcoholic since 15 years old basically. I went thru residential treatment thru NARA here in Portland Oregon. Been sober since 7-30-14. working on repairing my life. I lost my daughter to DHS due to my drinking, but I have her returned now. She is 10.. we are doing good , been a rough transitio...

DanceofRecovery · DanceofRecovery

The last 24 hours have just been hard. I am four months sober, have worked the program, did a 90-in-90, have a sponsor, and have created a support network of sober friends. Yesterday I learned information that lead me to report my brother and sister-in-law to the department of child and family service...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

One of the attributes of love . . . is to bring harmony and order out of chaos. --Molly Haskell Have we forgotten how to love in our hurried passage through life? Perhaps we need reminding that love focuses our attention and guides our direction. Our actions aren't hurried and our feelings aren't conf...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 16 "The history of AA shows that whenever a great need arises, that need is always met. In this respect, I'm quite sure that our history will go on repeating itself."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

June 15, 2015Quote of the Week"If I'm feeling hysterical, it must be historical." Before recovery, I often wondered why little things caused such a big reaction in me. Somebody driving too slow, other people's comments, little things not going my way - these events often caused big re...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 15 "I no longer view the dishes as an unpleasant task. I see them as an opportunity to meditate ... I concentrate on washing the dishes and not on what I'm going to do next. The most important thing is what's in front of me-now."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Duty is what one expects from others - it is not what one does oneself. --Oscar Wilde NewcomerI do intend to make amends to everyone I've harmed, but I still feel scared to think about it.SponsorThe prospect of facing someone to whom we owe amends may bring up unnecessary fear if we cling to our old notio...

hopefulone · hopefulone

Attend an AA meeting today. To find one in your area: http://www.aa.org/ This is the single most important thing that I have ever done which has helped me stay sober. There is nothing to be afraid of. The meetings are filled with people who like you, are new and ones who have been where you are now. We supp...

maire rua · maire rua

Hi Guys, I used to post a lot to the board in early days but started going to f2f meetings and I make about about 5 a week so online has taken a back seat. I do read from time to time and it does give me great support. I am 5 years now and this board was where it started for me so I will always be grateful. At the momen...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Many of us achieve only the semblance of communication with others; what we say is often not contingent on what the other has just said, and neither of us is aware that we are not communicating. --Desy Safan-GerardWhen we don't listen fully to each other, when we don't revere the Spirit within others t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

One Day at a TimeMy best friend was going through some tough situations in her life. I was in the midst of a hard stretch too. We didn't particularly like the things we had to do in our lives. We talked about our feelings and decided that what we were going through was necessary and important, even though w...

hopefulone · hopefulone

For years I went without visiting my mom. I would put off calling her to see how she was. Sure didn't want to hear any lectures about my drinking and chose alcohol over my relationship with her (and other family members). This went on for years. Since being sober, I have kept in regular touch with her -- mo...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

F.E.A.R. = Frustration, Ego, Anxiety and Resentment --AnonymousWe don't want to return to the life we led before recovery, but fear should never be the reason why we don't. Fear keeps us from being open to the Program. If we're only in the Program because we're afraid of the old way of life, we'll never...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I watched a Lifetime movie last night...it was made in 2013 and I sure hope it is not going to be the "new" treatment for addiction... It was Taken for Ransom and about this woman (played by Teri Polo) who was in a car accident which killed her son. She turned to alcohol and pills and became addi...

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

yep

Jerry F · Jerry F

Another morning alcohol free...feels exhilarating doesn't it. I went and had a cat scan yesterday afternoon on my head/brain to make sure that the last medical procedure is holding; no brain bleed anymore, and I feel confident and excited and healthy. Is it a problem out of the way? I feel sure...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Live your dreams by making deliberate choices, not just responding to whatever life throws your way.~ Marica Weider

hopefulone · hopefulone

Acceptance was such a hard thing for me. A really good loving friend in AA helped me with "accepting the things I cannot change". I worked the Steps and that really helped, but I would still go on and on about this thing or that thing, this person or that person, enjoying the dramas of my life an...

tjaburke8 · tjaburke8

Sorry if this is not in the right section... In August of 2014 I spent 3 months in an alcohol recovery center. I am currently 10 months sober and have never been happier. Recently I've began seeing a woman I just met. She doesn't know anything about my sobriety because we've only been on 2 dates and it...

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 10 (Founders Day): "I knew I needed the alcoholic as much as he needed me ... And this mutual give-and-take is at the very heart of all of AA's Twelfth Step work today. This was how to carry the message. The final missing link was located right there in my first talk with Dr. Bob."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"It was the hardest two years of my life," a woman said. "So many painful, unexpected events happened. I felt so abandoned, so lost. I didn't understand what was happening, and I felt tortured by God and life. I didn't think it would ever end. But it did. Now I can look back on that time an...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Attitudes and LimitationsWhat we consider our greatest strengths can also be our greatest weaknesses.Excessive pride in "being able to handle everything," for example, may result in our taking on other people's responsibilities. In "taking over," we often lessen anoth...

Amigo · Amigo

It was a cold January day, I was sober about a week; usually, I sat in the library reading comic books and listening to Richard Wagner..."talk about on a pink cloud"... I was sure out there...detoxing from 24/7 365 days a year drinking... luckly I was only 30 yrs old. At random I picked up a p...

hopefulone · hopefulone

I hear shares in the rooms "I no longer have the desire to drink" or "The craving for alcohol has been removed" or "I got this". I wonder how many of those shares are on the up and up. I find it easy for me to become judgmental when I hear people say things like those. Then I h...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

...setting aside our carefulness with each other...If we cannot tolerate our mistakes, we will never be able to move on from this place. If we do not step up to the plate with bat in hand, we will grow old without knowing what first base is like. Life is a risk. A committed relationship is a risk. Letting o...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

June 8, 2015Quote of the Week"Wisdom is knowledge you learn after you know it all." You couldn't tell me anything before I entered recovery because I knew it all. I had all the answers for my life, and I had all the answers for yours, too, and I was quick to tell you about it. In fact, my favor...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Healing the PastWe hear much about the long term effects of growing up in a dysfunctional family. Many alcoholics, in fact, have bitter memories of their own parents drinking and may feel this caused needless deprivation and misery.Whether our families were dysfunctional or not, we must agree tha...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I wish you a slow recovery. --Saying heard in meetings NewcomerI feel as if I should be doing better than this by now.SponsorI can identify with your belief that you should be doing better faster. I sometimes feel that about the pace of my own recovery, as if we recovering people are in some sort of race w...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Am I missing summat? I read see hear the word God throughout the book the programme from the mouths of others. As I understand it, it's a God of your own understanding. (In my case gods and godesses) I'll happily accept others have a different conception to me. I'll even accept some people use an inan...

WeDoRecover12 · WeDoRecover12

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCoNWFgxjiSXNemLNnMVmoFDH3YVJwtUw

Lucymae · Lucymae

The reason I am able to post this now is because I am on the other side of my hellish journey. I have not had alcohol for over 21 years, however about 3 years ago due to pain I was prescribed Vicodin. I got hooked. I was in a real dilemma. I was frantic, overwhelmed with shame and guilt. How do I go to my meeting w...

Amigo · Amigo

Just the other day I was reading in "As Bill See's it"... a brief blurb from Bill about the 3rd step and Atheists...and how in AA's beginnings the bar was set rather low.. for anyone with a drinking problem and I couldn't agree more... It sought of communicated to me a visual smile because I...

diane_la · diane_la

OK I realize this might sound dumb to most of you but I went to residential for 30 days and not once did we discuss how to do the steps. I'm home, and I have read them, went to meetings and understand them, but what do I do to complete them?

Mike B. · Mike B.

June 4 "Those who follow the AA program with the greatest earnestness and zeal not only maintain sobriety but often acquire finer characteristics and attitudes as well. One of these is tolerance."

hopefulone · hopefulone

Just wanted to say that yesterday I reached two years of sobriety. I am one grateful alcoholic, that's for sure! I could not have done it without Alcoholics Anonymous. When I came into the rooms, I was a mess! I was completely hopeless! I was pretty beaten up and had made such a mess of my life with my drink...

Arle · Arle

So I'm noticing a lot of people have opinions about my drinking, saying I don't think you're an alcoholic you just need to slow down or deal with other problems in yourself. I know they are trying to be helpful and there was a time I would've used their comments to fool myself and say to hell with it, I can dr...

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	2nd chances (Preview) Tipsy mcstaggers post well the replies, prompted some thoughts. Around ten years ago I reached the pinnacle of being a poor father. Since then I've got and stayed sober. Tried and failed to rebuild my marriage. Tried and failed to reconnect with the now adult children I sired. Engaged in diffe...	bikerbill	4	625	Jun 22, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) June 22, 2015Quote of the Week"Praying is talking to God, Meditation is listening for the answer." In step 11 we "sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with a power greater than ourselves..." For a long time I wondered what the difference be...	Pythonpappy	0	596	Jun 22, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) I wasn't exactly brought up in one of those Norman Rockwell paintings you used to see on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. --Reggie JacksonWe have many myths about other people's lives. When we compare ourselves to these stories, we come up short. We have the TV families in our minds. We may hav...	Pythonpappy	0	432	Jun 22, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Reality bites (Preview) Life is full of surprises and those surprises seem to happen when everything's going well and according to plan. I guess HP has His own plans, so I'm doing my best to hang on for the ride. Mom got bad news from the doc, skin cancer...don't know how involved it is yet, they're just getting started in help...	Coogi	3	676	Jun 21, 2015 by Phyllis K
	Today's Gift 6/20 (Preview) The one lesson my dad taught me: If you're going to do anything in life, do it right. --Monty CralleyOur parents may have had a way of instructing that often bordered on shaming us. No matter what we might remember about it, or them, they meant well. Their own experiences colored how they parented us. Th...	Pythonpappy	0	428	Jun 20, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Okay! ... It's not even Summer Yet (Preview) Enough's enough already ... where'd this heat come from ??? .... ok, don't answer that, LOL ... Murfreesboro, TN (37127) 3:27 PM CDT on June 15, 2015 (GMT -0500) Rushbrook \| Report \| Change StationReport StationYou are about to report this weather station for bad data. Please selec...	Pythonpappy	5	772	Jun 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 6/19 (Preview) Change is sometimes necessaryDespite the fact that many of us live turbulent, chaotic lives; we may we don't like change. This causes us to seek our security in familiar places, rather than reach out for the unknown that lies ahead. This may not be real security, however, because familiar places and...	Pythonpappy	0	453	Jun 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) June 19 "Not drinking is the first requirement for joy; the second requirement is gratitude."	Mike B.	0	427	Jun 19, 2015 by Mike B.
	Desire (Preview) willpower DOES NOT WORK IN THE LONG RUN. You must lose the desire. The Big Book says, and Im paraphrasing, "the desire has been lifted from these men." Or removed. Whatever. Work the steps, hang out with your HP, go to meetings, and eventually, the desire will be lifted. And once the desire i...	Baba Louie	8	737	Jun 18, 2015 by Baba Louie
	"Can You Hear Me Now?" (Preview) Early this morning, I woke up and fixed my coffee. After it brewed (I am impatient when it comes to my morning coffee, so actually I pull out the carafe while it is still brewing :), I added my cream and sugar and went on the back patio and sat down. I drank a few sips and started my morning..... I prayed to my H...	hopefulone	2	649	Jun 18, 2015 by Coogi
	Today's Gift 6/18 (Preview) "Thinking," said the little boy, "is when your mouth stays shut and your head keeps talking to itself." --Arkansas BaptistWe need quiet times in order to develop peace and serenity in our lives. We spend most of our days speaking or being spoken to. It's important to set aside t...	Pythonpappy	0	507	Jun 18, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Happy happy, joy joy (Preview) a year ago today, I was a desperate drunk. Now, I'm just desperate. (Haha)	Baba Louie	18	682	Jun 18, 2015 by hopefulone
	Pappy (Preview) How are you doing? Usually get to hear from you more often. Got a shout for the board? ((((hugs))))	Jerry F	15	936	Jun 17, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 6/17 (Preview) The greatest gift we can give another person is the gift of ourselves. When we can share our deepest convictions and failures, our ideals and disillusionments, our hopes and frustrations, our dreams and despairs, our answers and our questions then we are loving our neighbors as ourselves as well a...	Pythonpappy	0	377	Jun 17, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	newbie here (Preview) Newbie... alcoholic since 15 years old basically. I went thru residential treatment thru NARA here in Portland Oregon. Been sober since 7-30-14. working on repairing my life. I lost my daughter to DHS due to my drinking, but I have her returned now. She is 10.. we are doing good , been a rough transitio...	heartfan	9	756	Jun 17, 2015 by hopefulone
	Somewhere between Step three & suicide... help suicide higher power safety advice (Preview) The last 24 hours have just been hard. I am four months sober, have worked the program, did a 90-in-90, have a sponsor, and have created a support network of sober friends. Yesterday I learned information that lead me to report my brother and sister-in-law to the department of child and family service...	DanceofRecovery	7	7251	Jun 17, 2015 by Fyne Spirit
	Today's Gift 6/16 (Preview) One of the attributes of love . . . is to bring harmony and order out of chaos. --Molly Haskell Have we forgotten how to love in our hurried passage through life? Perhaps we need reminding that love focuses our attention and guides our direction. Our actions aren't hurried and our feelings aren't conf...	Pythonpappy	0	433	Jun 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) June 16 "The history of AA shows that whenever a great need arises, that need is always met. In this respect, I'm quite sure that our history will go on repeating itself."	Mike B.	0	420	Jun 16, 2015 by Mike B.
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) June 15, 2015Quote of the Week"If I'm feeling hysterical, it must be historical." Before recovery, I often wondered why little things caused such a big reaction in me. Somebody driving too slow, other people's comments, little things not going my way - these events often caused big re...	Pythonpappy	0	458	Jun 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) June 15 "I no longer view the dishes as an unpleasant task. I see them as an opportunity to meditate ... I concentrate on washing the dishes and not on what I'm going to do next. The most important thing is what's in front of me-now."	Mike B.	1	434	Jun 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 6/14 (Preview) Duty is what one expects from others - it is not what one does oneself. --Oscar Wilde NewcomerI do intend to make amends to everyone I've harmed, but I still feel scared to think about it.SponsorThe prospect of facing someone to whom we owe amends may bring up unnecessary fear if we cling to our old notio...	Pythonpappy	0	459	Jun 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	How Can I Not Drink TODAY? (Preview) Attend an AA meeting today. To find one in your area: http://www.aa.org/ This is the single most important thing that I have ever done which has helped me stay sober. There is nothing to be afraid of. The meetings are filled with people who like you, are new and ones who have been where you are now. We supp...	hopefulone	3	810	Jun 14, 2015 by maire rua
	Procrastination (Preview) Hi Guys, I used to post a lot to the board in early days but started going to f2f meetings and I make about about 5 a week so online has taken a back seat. I do read from time to time and it does give me great support. I am 5 years now and this board was where it started for me so I will always be grateful. At the momen...	maire rua	5	734	Jun 13, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 6/13 (Preview) Many of us achieve only the semblance of communication with others; what we say is often not contingent on what the other has just said, and neither of us is aware that we are not communicating. --Desy Safan-GerardWhen we don't listen fully to each other, when we don't revere the Spirit within others t...	Pythonpappy	0	437	Jun 13, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 6/12 (Preview) One Day at a TimeMy best friend was going through some tough situations in her life. I was in the midst of a hard stretch too. We didn't particularly like the things we had to do in our lives. We talked about our feelings and decided that what we were going through was necessary and important, even though w...	Pythonpappy	0	502	Jun 13, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Visit with Mom (Preview) For years I went without visiting my mom. I would put off calling her to see how she was. Sure didn't want to hear any lectures about my drinking and chose alcohol over my relationship with her (and other family members). This went on for years. Since being sober, I have kept in regular touch with her -- mo...	hopefulone	3	622	Jun 12, 2015 by Coogi
	Today's Gift 6/11 (Preview) F.E.A.R. = Frustration, Ego, Anxiety and Resentment --AnonymousWe don't want to return to the life we led before recovery, but fear should never be the reason why we don't. Fear keeps us from being open to the Program. If we're only in the Program because we're afraid of the old way of life, we'll never...	Pythonpappy	1	398	Jun 11, 2015 by hopefulone
	Now Here is A New Approach for Intervention (Warning: Spoiler Alert for "Taken for Ransom" Lifetime movie) (Preview) I watched a Lifetime movie last night...it was made in 2013 and I sure hope it is not going to be the "new" treatment for addiction... It was Taken for Ransom and about this woman (played by Teri Polo) who was in a car accident which killed her son. She turned to alcohol and pills and became addi...	betterthanyesterday52	4	8636	Jun 11, 2015 by hopefulone
	th Danger of reading. (Preview) yep	Zoomtopz	3	511	Jun 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	waiting for the news (Preview) Another morning alcohol free...feels exhilarating doesn't it. I went and had a cat scan yesterday afternoon on my head/brain to make sure that the last medical procedure is holding; no brain bleed anymore, and I feel confident and excited and healthy. Is it a problem out of the way? I feel sure...	Jerry F	13	698	Jun 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Live your dreams by making deliberate choices, not just responding to whatever life throws your way.~ Marica Weider	Pythonpappy	0	476	Jun 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Acceptance and Thanks Pappy! (Preview) Acceptance was such a hard thing for me. A really good loving friend in AA helped me with "accepting the things I cannot change". I worked the Steps and that really helped, but I would still go on and on about this thing or that thing, this person or that person, enjoying the dramas of my life an...	hopefulone	2	683	Jun 10, 2015 by Coogi
	When to tell a potential relationship about recovery (Preview) Sorry if this is not in the right section... In August of 2014 I spent 3 months in an alcohol recovery center. I am currently 10 months sober and have never been happier. Recently I've began seeing a woman I just met. She doesn't know anything about my sobriety because we've only been on 2 dates and it...	tjaburke8	7	710	Jun 10, 2015 by peecee
	Grapevine (Preview) June 10 (Founders Day): "I knew I needed the alcoholic as much as he needed me ... And this mutual give-and-take is at the very heart of all of AA's Twelfth Step work today. This was how to carry the message. The final missing link was located right there in my first talk with Dr. Bob."	Mike B.	0	387	Jun 10, 2015 by Mike B.
	Today's Gift 6/10 (Preview) "It was the hardest two years of my life," a woman said. "So many painful, unexpected events happened. I felt so abandoned, so lost. I didn't understand what was happening, and I felt tortured by God and life. I didn't think it would ever end. But it did. Now I can look back on that time an...	Pythonpappy	0	396	Jun 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 6/9 (Preview) Attitudes and LimitationsWhat we consider our greatest strengths can also be our greatest weaknesses.Excessive pride in "being able to handle everything," for example, may result in our taking on other people's responsibilities. In "taking over," we often lessen anoth...	Pythonpappy	0	461	Jun 9, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Some of us have tried to hold on to Old Ideas...The result nil until we let go absolutely (Preview) It was a cold January day, I was sober about a week; usually, I sat in the library reading comic books and listening to Richard Wagner..."talk about on a pink cloud"... I was sure out there...detoxing from 24/7 365 days a year drinking... luckly I was only 30 yrs old. At random I picked up a p...	Amigo	0	1750	Jun 8, 2015 by Amigo
	Using My AA Toolbox (Preview) I hear shares in the rooms "I no longer have the desire to drink" or "The craving for alcohol has been removed" or "I got this". I wonder how many of those shares are on the up and up. I find it easy for me to become judgmental when I hear people say things like those. Then I h...	hopefulone	2	2203	Jun 8, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 6/8 (Preview) ...setting aside our carefulness with each other...If we cannot tolerate our mistakes, we will never be able to move on from this place. If we do not step up to the plate with bat in hand, we will grow old without knowing what first base is like. Life is a risk. A committed relationship is a risk. Letting o...	Pythonpappy	0	488	Jun 8, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) June 8, 2015Quote of the Week"Wisdom is knowledge you learn after you know it all." You couldn't tell me anything before I entered recovery because I knew it all. I had all the answers for my life, and I had all the answers for yours, too, and I was quick to tell you about it. In fact, my favor...	Pythonpappy	0	547	Jun 8, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 6/7 (Preview) Healing the PastWe hear much about the long term effects of growing up in a dysfunctional family. Many alcoholics, in fact, have bitter memories of their own parents drinking and may feel this caused needless deprivation and misery.Whether our families were dysfunctional or not, we must agree tha...	Pythonpappy	0	518	Jun 8, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 6/6 (Preview) I wish you a slow recovery. --Saying heard in meetings NewcomerI feel as if I should be doing better than this by now.SponsorI can identify with your belief that you should be doing better faster. I sometimes feel that about the pace of my own recovery, as if we recovering people are in some sort of race w...	Pythonpappy	0	383	Jun 8, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	that big bad word God. (Preview) Am I missing summat? I read see hear the word God throughout the book the programme from the mouths of others. As I understand it, it's a God of your own understanding. (In my case gods and godesses) I'll happily accept others have a different conception to me. I'll even accept some people use an inan...	bikerbill	2	500	Jun 8, 2015 by peecee
	The Best Big Book Study on the Internet (Preview) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCoNWFgxjiSXNemLNnMVmoFDH3YVJwtUw	WeDoRecover12	0	469	Jun 5, 2015 by WeDoRecover12
	A different way that saved my sanity and my life. (Preview) The reason I am able to post this now is because I am on the other side of my hellish journey. I have not had alcohol for over 21 years, however about 3 years ago due to pain I was prescribed Vicodin. I got hooked. I was in a real dilemma. I was frantic, overwhelmed with shame and guilt. How do I go to my meeting w...	Lucymae	6	750	Jun 4, 2015 by Jerry F
	Atheists and Fox holes (Preview) Just the other day I was reading in "As Bill See's it"... a brief blurb from Bill about the 3rd step and Atheists...and how in AA's beginnings the bar was set rather low.. for anyone with a drinking problem and I couldn't agree more... It sought of communicated to me a visual smile because I...	Amigo	3	625	Jun 4, 2015 by Jerry F
	How to work the 12 steps (Preview) OK I realize this might sound dumb to most of you but I went to residential for 30 days and not once did we discuss how to do the steps. I'm home, and I have read them, went to meetings and understand them, but what do I do to complete them?	diane_la	7	817	Jun 4, 2015 by davep12and12
	Grapevine (Preview) June 4 "Those who follow the AA program with the greatest earnestness and zeal not only maintain sobriety but often acquire finer characteristics and attitudes as well. One of these is tolerance."	Mike B.	0	414	Jun 4, 2015 by Mike B.
	Two Years Sober! It's a Miracle I Tell You! (Preview) Just wanted to say that yesterday I reached two years of sobriety. I am one grateful alcoholic, that's for sure! I could not have done it without Alcoholics Anonymous. When I came into the rooms, I was a mess! I was completely hopeless! I was pretty beaten up and had made such a mess of my life with my drink...	hopefulone	9	770	Jun 2, 2015 by gonee
	People's opinions (Preview) So I'm noticing a lot of people have opinions about my drinking, saying I don't think you're an alcoholic you just need to slow down or deal with other problems in yourself. I know they are trying to be helpful and there was a time I would've used their comments to fool myself and say to hell with it, I can dr...	Arle	11	817	Jun 2, 2015 by StPeteDean
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