Alcoholics Anonymous

mama krall · mama krall

As a member since 4/98, I am wondering how y'all keep your long term sobriety fresh. after 6 1/2 years I went out for 3 months in '03. I recommited myself and recently celebrated my 11 year anniversary on 2/20 this year. I am trying to reignite my program and having a hard time of it. Meetings are gett...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Doing the right thing is more important than doing the thing right.~ Peter F. Drucker

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

People-PleasingFor some of us, people-pleasing has become a way of getting our needs and wants met. But people-pleasing is manipulative and condescending. And it cheats us. When we are busy pleasing others, we are not being true to ourselves (nor those we are pleasing).Rather than manipulating p...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 27 "I used to be a champ at unrealistic self-appraisal. I wanted to look only at the part of my life which seemed good."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. --Step One of Alcoholics AnonymousAccepting powerlessness is a prerequisite of recovery. As adult children, the very idea may seem puzzling or even laughable. Haven't we felt powerless all along? Shouldn't we b...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 26 "Having an honest relationship with my sponsor allowed me an honest relationship with myself and others."

KatrinaLM · KatrinaLM

Hi all I'm Katrina. As much as I hate to admit it, im an alcoholic. I never really had a problem handling it. I could out drink anyone. I hurt everyone I loved tho. I still remember the day that changed my life and thinking forever. My mama (also an alcoholic) had been begging me for a week to come b...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

In wildness is the preservation of the world. - Henry David ThoreauNature confronts us with its beauty in a flower or a furry animal. The awesomeness of nature is in a lightning bolt or a majestic mountain. Every variety of tree has its own uniquely textured bark. Each annual ring in a tree trunk is a na...

Coogi · Coogi

Not long ago, I would've handled extreme stress and anxiety differently. I would've made an excuse to be by myself and drank myself silly, convincing myself that things were ok. I would've eventually passed out believing that my problem was taken care of. Sober me knows better and the Serenity Pr...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. ~ Theodore Roosevelt

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination. --Barbara Grizzuti HarrisonOur minds mold who we become. Our thoughts not only contribute to our achievements, they determine the postur...

Amigo · Amigo

There was a great bar at the Panama Canal Yacht ClubI would drink ginger ale with my friend Scott and other sailors while watching football and baseball. Scott was a good sociable guy but he is now in prison for trying to smuggle one ton of cocaine in his boat into Canada.. There was this other acquaint...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

March 23, 2015Quote of the Week"We go to meetings for relief; we work the steps for recovery" It happens every time - I always feel better after a meeting. Regardless of what's going on, or what my mood is, after a meeting I always feel more centered, more connected, and more at peace. The o...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Embracing virtues and new attitudesBecause of our addiction, our actions (and inaction) have fostered cynicism, futility, and distrust. How could we ever have hoped to succeed with attitudes like that? Now we are cultivating the virtues of understanding, love, and patience. It is often slow and...

Coogi · Coogi

Thinking back, I did some outrageous things to drink. I hid my drinking, hid bottles of booze, lied about money spent on booze, got in trouble at work, made excuses or created situations where drinking would be acceptable. I was ashamed of myself. I didn't like myself at all. Getting sober (with he...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.~ Anonymous

Coogi · Coogi

Gratitude is... Being sober, just for today! Sitting here on the floor of an empty trailer with my cat, and realizing the trailer is my temporary home...and it's so full of love it isn't empty at all! Gratitude is walking away from a lavish life with nothing and finding I have more than I ever had...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Even if you understand and follow all of the rules for more effectively engaging manipulators, life with them is not likely to be easy. --George K. Simon Jr.Sometimes they want something. Sometimes they want someone to give them something or to feel a particular way. They want power in some way, shap...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Don't talk to the parrot Wanda's dishwasher quit working so she called in a repairman. Since she had to go to work the next day, she told the repairman, "I'll leave the key under the mat. Fix the dishwasher, leave the bill on the counter, and I'll mail you a check. Oh, by the way don't worry about my...

New online member, not new to recovery · Coogi

Hello, My name is Jerricka and I'm an alcoholic. I'm here with an attitude of gratitude...so thankful to have found AA recovery/fellowship, through my phone, of all things! I live in a one-horse town that doesn't even have one horse...and a meeting only once a week. I finally made it to the meeting l...

Amigo · Amigo

There is no vindication in hatred. Besides we are ALL PRODUCTS OF OUR OWN DEVILS. Hate kills the spirit. Don't waste your time on vengence. Vengence is depressing...Better to forget your enemies than to invite madness. Humor feeds the soul. If the soul is starved, so does the conscience and your cons...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.~ Leonardo DaVinci

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

F.I.N.E.[I'm] Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic, EmotionalF.E.A.R. Face Everything And RecoverN.U.T.S. Not Using The StepsE.G.O. Edging God Out.D.E.N.I.A.L. Don't Even Notice I Am Lying.H.A.L.T.[Don't get too] Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired.H.O.P.E. Happy Our Pro...

BGG · BGG

I haven't been on the board for quite some time, but decided to come on and check in. I've been going through a grieving process since late November when my sponsor passed away unexpectedly. I've certainly been here before, since I have had three sponsors in the 29 years I've been in A.A., and each of t...

Mike B. · Mike B.

Well, the struggles of my teens(2) drug use has worn me down. I removed my daughter from my house on 1/1/2015. For sons(16) use progressed to a daily basis. The symptoms are all there: lying, isolating, anger and his world getting smaller. He can't wait for me to go to a meeting or leave the house so he ca...

Tanin · Tanin

Interesting development. Interesting issues.http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20150317/NEWS01/150319611/Marijuana-shop-approved-to-open-near-AA-chapter-

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.~ Brian Tracy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It's an esteemable act to stop and smell the roses.For years I diligently and faithfully read my daily meditations. I worked them into my routine activities, just as I shower, brush my teeth, and press my clothes. After each reading, I'd stop and digest the material, allowing myself to mentally inte...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 19 "Through uncovering and admitting my character defects, I realized that I was no different than the people I was so afraid of. I understood that we were all suffering and that I didn't need to disguise my authentic self."

Sharonmack · Sharonmack

I am a 33 year old woman with a beautiful daughter and wonderful husband but I really have a problem with alcohol . Today is day 2 of being sober and I feel miserable not because of not having alcohol but because I am depressed from what alcohol makes me do. so here I go , I am one of those peoples that gets ho...

Enigma · Enigma

Looks like I'm going to be a single dad. Well last piece of the puzzle the house is being foreclosed on the 23rd. The ex still has no job income or place to go which is not my problem but the children are. I planned for this day 8months ago. I'm anxious sometimes knowing I'll have full time parenting respons...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 18 "Most of the important and astounding things that have happened to me in the last eighteen years of sobriety in AA have been slow in coming and impossible to recognize or appreciate until long after they took place."

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 17 "The expression of true humility is the willingness to serve others without expectation of reward, prestige or recognition for our services to them. It should be done in a spirit of cheerfulness and joy."

Tanin · Tanin

Happy St. Paddy's!

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love, you want the other person. --Margaret AndersonThe expression of real love is so easy between grandparents and children - and between good friends it passes effortlessly. But why is it so hard to share real love with a spouse or lover? Why...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

March 16, 2015Quote of the Week"When fear knocks on the door, and faith answers, no one is home." When I was new to the program, I was taught that I could not be in fear and in faith at the same time. I was either living in fear, or I was living in faith. What recovery has taught me is that today I h...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Your future depends on many things, but mostly yourself.~ Frank Tyger

John · John

When I first came into AA, I thought I was like joining a AARP club with all the grey haired, false teeth, bifocal wearing old folks in it... Today I am just grateful that I stuck around long enough to have grey hair, false teeth and reading glasses, and to qualify for that other AA... RP program too!! LOL

Jerry F · Jerry F

yet the symptoms are recklessly similar. I rely on the program and my large recovering family too stay sober and to support me as we all do thru problems other than booze. I have been blessed beyond my wildest imagination as a lifetime member of AA. Outside of our program we have other maladies as o...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Love is the beauty of the soul.~ St. Augustine

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

What we lack are not scientists but poets and people to reveal to the heart what the heart is ready to receive. --Joseph CampbellA short time ago, a friend handed me the following credo. It read:This is the artist's dream:To receive the inspiration to create,To share that creation with others,And to...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

When we lose God, it is not God who is lost. --AnonymousAt times any of us can fall into the trap of trying to make deals with God. The thought seems to be, if I can make a deal with God, then I can control the outcome that God alone seems to determine.We cannot make deals with God - not because God is so hard-no...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away. -- Job 11:16Many of us have painful memories we carry with us like pictures in a wallet. We keep these memories alive through feelings generated by those moments. Why are we so attached to unpleasant memories?It's dif...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 11 "In AA I learned to take the risk of being real."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP Onzello, ... glad to have you here AND thanks for sharing your story with us ... I'm happy to know you've found a home in AA and pray for you to continue to have the strength and desire to stay this time ... Like you, I tried AA about 1995, but I didn't come to stay until '08, it saved me from my dy...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ligeira · Ligeira

Hello everyone, I am very new around here. I started about two months ago attending a local AA group as a periodical alcoholic. I still haven't found a sponsor. I seek alcohol and cannot stop and binge when I experience difficult emotions, especially those concerning my relationship with my partne...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.~ Henry David Thoreau

Rayray · Rayray

Hey everyone. It's me again. So here we go. I didn't drink for 2 weeks then my boyfriend takes me out and asks if I'm ready to drink....Well let's start from the beginning, he wanted me to quit, told me I needed AA. Well I stopped for 2 weeks and then he asks if I'm ready for a drink. In my head I feel, of course I...

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	Long Term Sobriety---Keeping it Fresh (Preview) As a member since 4/98, I am wondering how y'all keep your long term sobriety fresh. after 6 1/2 years I went out for 3 months in '03. I recommited myself and recently celebrated my 11 year anniversary on 2/20 this year. I am trying to reignite my program and having a hard time of it. Meetings are gett...	mama krall	15	2033	Mar 28, 2015 by Tanin
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Doing the right thing is more important than doing the thing right.~ Peter F. Drucker	Pythonpappy	0	466	Mar 28, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/28 (Preview) People-PleasingFor some of us, people-pleasing has become a way of getting our needs and wants met. But people-pleasing is manipulative and condescending. And it cheats us. When we are busy pleasing others, we are not being true to ourselves (nor those we are pleasing).Rather than manipulating p...	Pythonpappy	0	402	Mar 28, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) March 27 "I used to be a champ at unrealistic self-appraisal. I wanted to look only at the part of my life which seemed good."	Mike B.	0	483	Mar 27, 2015 by Mike B.
	Today's Gift 3/27 (Preview) We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. --Step One of Alcoholics AnonymousAccepting powerlessness is a prerequisite of recovery. As adult children, the very idea may seem puzzling or even laughable. Haven't we felt powerless all along? Shouldn't we b...	Pythonpappy	0	501	Mar 27, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) March 26 "Having an honest relationship with my sponsor allowed me an honest relationship with myself and others."	Mike B.	0	436	Mar 26, 2015 by Mike B.
	New Here (Preview) Hi all I'm Katrina. As much as I hate to admit it, im an alcoholic. I never really had a problem handling it. I could out drink anyone. I hurt everyone I loved tho. I still remember the day that changed my life and thinking forever. My mama (also an alcoholic) had been begging me for a week to come b...	KatrinaLM	5	671	Mar 25, 2015 by peecee
	Today's Gift 3/25 (Preview) In wildness is the preservation of the world. - Henry David ThoreauNature confronts us with its beauty in a flower or a furry animal. The awesomeness of nature is in a lightning bolt or a majestic mountain. Every variety of tree has its own uniquely textured bark. Each annual ring in a tree trunk is a na...	Pythonpappy	0	423	Mar 25, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Strength in a time of weakness (Preview) Not long ago, I would've handled extreme stress and anxiety differently. I would've made an excuse to be by myself and drank myself silly, convincing myself that things were ok. I would've eventually passed out believing that my problem was taken care of. Sober me knows better and the Serenity Pr...	Coogi	3	973	Mar 24, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. ~ Theodore Roosevelt	Pythonpappy	0	465	Mar 24, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/24 (Preview) Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination. --Barbara Grizzuti HarrisonOur minds mold who we become. Our thoughts not only contribute to our achievements, they determine the postur...	Pythonpappy	0	484	Mar 24, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Just Pure Evil (Preview) There was a great bar at the Panama Canal Yacht ClubI would drink ginger ale with my friend Scott and other sailors while watching football and baseball. Scott was a good sociable guy but he is now in prison for trying to smuggle one ton of cocaine in his boat into Canada.. There was this other acquaint...	Amigo	5	817	Mar 23, 2015 by Amigo
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) March 23, 2015Quote of the Week"We go to meetings for relief; we work the steps for recovery" It happens every time - I always feel better after a meeting. Regardless of what's going on, or what my mood is, after a meeting I always feel more centered, more connected, and more at peace. The o...	Pythonpappy	0	501	Mar 23, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/23 (Preview) Embracing virtues and new attitudesBecause of our addiction, our actions (and inaction) have fostered cynicism, futility, and distrust. How could we ever have hoped to succeed with attitudes like that? Now we are cultivating the virtues of understanding, love, and patience. It is often slow and...	Pythonpappy	0	508	Mar 23, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wiling to go to ANY length (Preview) Thinking back, I did some outrageous things to drink. I hid my drinking, hid bottles of booze, lied about money spent on booze, got in trouble at work, made excuses or created situations where drinking would be acceptable. I was ashamed of myself. I didn't like myself at all. Getting sober (with he...	Coogi	2	1024	Mar 22, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.~ F. Scott Fitzgerald	Pythonpappy	0	512	Mar 22, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.~ Anonymous	Pythonpappy	0	608	Mar 21, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Gratitude (Preview) Gratitude is... Being sober, just for today! Sitting here on the floor of an empty trailer with my cat, and realizing the trailer is my temporary home...and it's so full of love it isn't empty at all! Gratitude is walking away from a lavish life with nothing and finding I have more than I ever had...	Coogi	3	775	Mar 21, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/21 (Preview) Even if you understand and follow all of the rules for more effectively engaging manipulators, life with them is not likely to be easy. --George K. Simon Jr.Sometimes they want something. Sometimes they want someone to give them something or to feel a particular way. They want power in some way, shap...	Pythonpappy	0	545	Mar 21, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Time for a Funny!!! (Preview) Don't talk to the parrot Wanda's dishwasher quit working so she called in a repairman. Since she had to go to work the next day, she told the repairman, "I'll leave the key under the mat. Fix the dishwasher, leave the bill on the counter, and I'll mail you a check. Oh, by the way don't worry about my...	Pythonpappy	1	525	Mar 21, 2015 by Coogi
	New online member, not new to recovery (Preview) Hello, My name is Jerricka and I'm an alcoholic. I'm here with an attitude of gratitude...so thankful to have found AA recovery/fellowship, through my phone, of all things! I live in a one-horse town that doesn't even have one horse...and a meeting only once a week. I finally made it to the meeting l...	Coogi	4	816	Mar 21, 2015 by Coogi
	Spiritual Lessons That I Remind Myself Today (Preview) There is no vindication in hatred. Besides we are ALL PRODUCTS OF OUR OWN DEVILS. Hate kills the spirit. Don't waste your time on vengence. Vengence is depressing...Better to forget your enemies than to invite madness. Humor feeds the soul. If the soul is starved, so does the conscience and your cons...	Amigo	0	578	Mar 20, 2015 by Amigo
	Today's Gift 3/20 (Preview) I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.~ Leonardo DaVinci	Pythonpappy	0	486	Mar 20, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/20 (Preview) F.I.N.E.[I'm] Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic, EmotionalF.E.A.R. Face Everything And RecoverN.U.T.S. Not Using The StepsE.G.O. Edging God Out.D.E.N.I.A.L. Don't Even Notice I Am Lying.H.A.L.T.[Don't get too] Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired.H.O.P.E. Happy Our Pro...	Pythonpappy	0	645	Mar 20, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grieving (Preview) I haven't been on the board for quite some time, but decided to come on and check in. I've been going through a grieving process since late November when my sponsor passed away unexpectedly. I've certainly been here before, since I have had three sponsors in the 29 years I've been in A.A., and each of t...	BGG	3	848	Mar 20, 2015 by Tanin
	Support and Hope (Preview) Well, the struggles of my teens(2) drug use has worn me down. I removed my daughter from my house on 1/1/2015. For sons(16) use progressed to a daily basis. The symptoms are all there: lying, isolating, anger and his world getting smaller. He can't wait for me to go to a meeting or leave the house so he ca...	Mike B.	5	673	Mar 20, 2015 by Coogi
	Pot shop approved near AA chapter (Preview) Interesting development. Interesting issues.http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20150317/NEWS01/150319611/Marijuana-shop-approved-to-open-near-AA-chapter-	Tanin	5	1002	Mar 19, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.~ Brian Tracy	Pythonpappy	0	558	Mar 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/19 (Preview) It's an esteemable act to stop and smell the roses.For years I diligently and faithfully read my daily meditations. I worked them into my routine activities, just as I shower, brush my teeth, and press my clothes. After each reading, I'd stop and digest the material, allowing myself to mentally inte...	Pythonpappy	0	565	Mar 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) March 19 "Through uncovering and admitting my character defects, I realized that I was no different than the people I was so afraid of. I understood that we were all suffering and that I didn't need to disguise my authentic self."	Mike B.	0	467	Mar 19, 2015 by Mike B.
	New to board. My story (Preview) I am a 33 year old woman with a beautiful daughter and wonderful husband but I really have a problem with alcohol . Today is day 2 of being sober and I feel miserable not because of not having alcohol but because I am depressed from what alcohol makes me do. so here I go , I am one of those peoples that gets ho...	Sharonmack	13	2258	Mar 18, 2015 by justadrunk
	New territory (Preview) Looks like I'm going to be a single dad. Well last piece of the puzzle the house is being foreclosed on the 23rd. The ex still has no job income or place to go which is not my problem but the children are. I planned for this day 8months ago. I'm anxious sometimes knowing I'll have full time parenting respons...	Enigma	4	818	Mar 18, 2015 by Enigma
	Grapevine (Preview) March 18 "Most of the important and astounding things that have happened to me in the last eighteen years of sobriety in AA have been slow in coming and impossible to recognize or appreciate until long after they took place."	Mike B.	0	507	Mar 18, 2015 by Mike B.
	Grapevine (Preview) March 17 "The expression of true humility is the willingness to serve others without expectation of reward, prestige or recognition for our services to them. It should be done in a spirit of cheerfulness and joy."	Mike B.	0	454	Mar 17, 2015 by Mike B.
	St. Patrick's Day March 17 (Preview) Happy St. Paddy's!	Tanin	0	585	Mar 17, 2015 by Tanin
	Today's Gift 3/17 (Preview) In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love, you want the other person. --Margaret AndersonThe expression of real love is so easy between grandparents and children - and between good friends it passes effortlessly. But why is it so hard to share real love with a spouse or lover? Why...	Pythonpappy	0	463	Mar 17, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) March 16, 2015Quote of the Week"When fear knocks on the door, and faith answers, no one is home." When I was new to the program, I was taught that I could not be in fear and in faith at the same time. I was either living in fear, or I was living in faith. What recovery has taught me is that today I h...	Pythonpappy	0	519	Mar 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Your future depends on many things, but mostly yourself.~ Frank Tyger	Pythonpappy	0	522	Mar 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	My almighty thought for the day... (Preview) When I first came into AA, I thought I was like joining a AARP club with all the grey haired, false teeth, bifocal wearing old folks in it... Today I am just grateful that I stuck around long enough to have grey hair, false teeth and reading glasses, and to qualify for that other AA... RP program too!! LOL	John	1	722	Mar 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Something other than a drunk (Preview) yet the symptoms are recklessly similar. I rely on the program and my large recovering family too stay sober and to support me as we all do thru problems other than booze. I have been blessed beyond my wildest imagination as a lifetime member of AA. Outside of our program we have other maladies as o...	Jerry F	9	865	Mar 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Love is the beauty of the soul.~ St. Augustine	Pythonpappy	0	625	Mar 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/15 (Preview) What we lack are not scientists but poets and people to reveal to the heart what the heart is ready to receive. --Joseph CampbellA short time ago, a friend handed me the following credo. It read:This is the artist's dream:To receive the inspiration to create,To share that creation with others,And to...	Pythonpappy	0	529	Mar 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 3/12 (Preview) When we lose God, it is not God who is lost. --AnonymousAt times any of us can fall into the trap of trying to make deals with God. The thought seems to be, if I can make a deal with God, then I can control the outcome that God alone seems to determine.We cannot make deals with God - not because God is so hard-no...	Pythonpappy	3	592	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Today's Gift 3/14 (Preview) You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away. -- Job 11:16Many of us have painful memories we carry with us like pictures in a wallet. We keep these memories alive through feelings generated by those moments. Why are we so attached to unpleasant memories?It's dif...	Pythonpappy	0	512	Mar 14, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) March 11 "In AA I learned to take the risk of being real."	Mike B.	1	522	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Welcome Onzello (Preview) Welcome to MIP Onzello, ... glad to have you here AND thanks for sharing your story with us ... I'm happy to know you've found a home in AA and pray for you to continue to have the strength and desire to stay this time ... Like you, I tried AA about 1995, but I didn't come to stay until '08, it saved me from my dy...	Pythonpappy	5	590	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson	Pythonpappy	1	494	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	How to deal with slips? (Preview) Hello everyone, I am very new around here. I started about two months ago attending a local AA group as a periodical alcoholic. I still haven't found a sponsor. I seek alcohol and cannot stop and binge when I experience difficult emotions, especially those concerning my relationship with my partne...	Ligeira	10	1370	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.~ Henry David Thoreau	Pythonpappy	1	484	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
	I'm baaack (Preview) Hey everyone. It's me again. So here we go. I didn't drink for 2 weeks then my boyfriend takes me out and asks if I'm ready to drink....Well let's start from the beginning, he wanted me to quit, told me I needed AA. Well I stopped for 2 weeks and then he asks if I'm ready for a drink. In my head I feel, of course I...	Rayray	12	813	Mar 14, 2015 by BoozeWar
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