Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. ~Abraham Lincoln

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. ~James Oppenheim

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

October 19, 2015Quote of the Week"7 days without God makes one weak." I don't know how or why God seems to disappear from my life, but He does.Monday morning I'll be running late and not have time to pray, and the next thing I know it's Wednesday. I'll go to my meeting that night, but Thur...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive. --Anais NinWe are surrounded by women and men who are necessary for our development. That's a startling revelation perhaps. We don't even like everybody in our life! How can we need them? But we do. Our Higher Power clea...

Thankfulheart62 · Thankfulheart62

Is it okay for a newcomer like me to hang out in steps 1, 2 and 3 for awhile before moving on to step 4 and 5? Steps 4 and 5 scare me a lot. I don't know how to do step 4 and I'm not sure I am ready for that yet. Is it okay to rest in 1-3 and move on to 4 a little later or is it imperative to move through the steps as quick...

Baba Louie · Baba Louie

I found an option to drinking. When things get frustrating, and people are being stupid, and I'm just overall having a bad day, I just grab my sledgehammer and start beating shit. Of course, it also helps to scream at the top of your lungs "you stupid piece of shit!!!" At whatever you're beat...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.

BGG · BGG

Hello Family: I got a call today letting me know that an A.A. friend passed away this morning. My heart hurts because I saw him return to A.A. after relapsing a year ago (he was sober 5 years when he relapsed), and know how difficult we struggle to return to A.A. if we relapse after years of continuous sob...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment. --David D. BurnsGood thoughts are like bright colors in a painting. Negative thoughts are dark and dreary and drab. Each day we paint pictures of our own lives with our thoughts. If we step back and look at the canva...

Thankfulheart62 · Thankfulheart62

Hi everyone......I couldn't find my previous thread about going to my first meeting but I said I would be back after going and so here I am. I went to my first meeting and it was great. They made me feel right at home even asked me some questions. For the first time ever I introduced myself as an alcoholi...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Do you believe in dreams? Don't oversleep if you want your dreams to come true! Don't let dreams become nightmares. ~Henrietta C. Mears

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

When you have come to the edge of all light that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly. ~Patrick Overton

hopefulone · hopefulone

"Trust me"--our favorite words! How long it has taken us to learn not to trust people who can't be trusted." (True for me.) "To trust or not to trust--that is the dualism, and dualisms keep us stuck." Now I need to go look up what "dualism" means...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Reflection for the DayWhen a person says something rash or ugly, we sometimes say they are "forgetting themselves," meaning they're forgetting their best selves in a sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury. If I remember the kind of person I want to be, hopefully I won't "forget myse...

Thankfulheart62 · Thankfulheart62

I was first introduced to AA some 20 years ago and went for awhile, all the while still drinking. I guess I wasn't ready to admit or work the steps. I just sat quietly and listened. I am going to my first meeting since then tomorrow. It was in August that I admitted to being alcoholic. I have been sober...

Tipsy McStagger · Tipsy McStagger

I often come across people who have very negative thoughts about AA. They talk about it like it's either some sort of evil cult that's after all your worldly possessions and your first born child or like it's some sort of spiritual Amway that's brainwashed you into trying to sell your n...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. --Alcoholics Anonymous (The AA Big Book) Newcomer Nothing much seems to have changed for me lately. I still have the same problems and issues I had months ago. Spons...

GreyGirl · GreyGirl

Hey all. Well, the good news is I've been sober for three weeks, three days. Still going strong, even though it's been hard. The bad news is that I got some blood results back that indicate I'm diabetic. :\ My glucose was high but my doctor (delightful person *rolls eyes* He flits in, gives me this...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation. ~FeNelon, Francois on Spirit and Spirituality

Tanin · Tanin

There was an interesting feature on 60 Minutes Sunday about Patrick Kennedy and his book, "A Common Struggle." Alcoholism has hit the Kennedy family pretty hard, it seems. Patrick, who is now in recovery, attendz 12-step meetings daily and is working to promote the importance of better...

Lauramarie · Lauramarie

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Thankfulheart62 · Thankfulheart62

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Dodsworth · Dodsworth

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

beemer · beemer

sorry

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

gonee · gonee

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

mphleg · mphleg

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

Tanin · Tanin

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

Kaz8375 · Kaz8375

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Tanin · Tanin

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

Kaz8375 · Kaz8375

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

Lauramarie · Lauramarie

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

peppergirl1901 · peppergirl1901

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

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

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

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	Sunrise Quote 10/19 (Preview) Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. ~Abraham Lincoln	Pythonpappy	0	495	Oct 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/18 (Preview) The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. ~James Oppenheim	Pythonpappy	0	518	Oct 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) October 19, 2015Quote of the Week"7 days without God makes one weak." I don't know how or why God seems to disappear from my life, but He does.Monday morning I'll be running late and not have time to pray, and the next thing I know it's Wednesday. I'll go to my meeting that night, but Thur...	Pythonpappy	0	668	Oct 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/19 (Preview) Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive. --Anais NinWe are surrounded by women and men who are necessary for our development. That's a startling revelation perhaps. We don't even like everybody in our life! How can we need them? But we do. Our Higher Power clea...	Pythonpappy	0	546	Oct 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Steps 1-3 (Preview) Is it okay for a newcomer like me to hang out in steps 1, 2 and 3 for awhile before moving on to step 4 and 5? Steps 4 and 5 scare me a lot. I don't know how to do step 4 and I'm not sure I am ready for that yet. Is it okay to rest in 1-3 and move on to 4 a little later or is it imperative to move through the steps as quick...	Thankfulheart62	4	2721	Oct 17, 2015 by Fyne Spirit
	Drinking Option (Preview) I found an option to drinking. When things get frustrating, and people are being stupid, and I'm just overall having a bad day, I just grab my sledgehammer and start beating shit. Of course, it also helps to scream at the top of your lungs "you stupid piece of shit!!!" At whatever you're beat...	Baba Louie	6	829	Oct 17, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/17 (Preview) Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.	Pythonpappy	0	488	Oct 17, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Welcoming People Back After A Relapse (Preview) Hello Family: I got a call today letting me know that an A.A. friend passed away this morning. My heart hurts because I saw him return to A.A. after relapsing a year ago (he was sober 5 years when he relapsed), and know how difficult we struggle to return to A.A. if we relapse after years of continuous sob...	BGG	32	8021	Oct 17, 2015 by hopefulone
	Today's Gift 10/17 (Preview) You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment. --David D. BurnsGood thoughts are like bright colors in a painting. Negative thoughts are dark and dreary and drab. Each day we paint pictures of our own lives with our thoughts. If we step back and look at the canva...	Pythonpappy	0	553	Oct 17, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	After First Meeting (Preview) Hi everyone......I couldn't find my previous thread about going to my first meeting but I said I would be back after going and so here I am. I went to my first meeting and it was great. They made me feel right at home even asked me some questions. For the first time ever I introduced myself as an alcoholi...	Thankfulheart62	8	795	Oct 16, 2015 by davep12and12
	Sunrise Quote 10/16 (Preview) Do you believe in dreams? Don't oversleep if you want your dreams to come true! Don't let dreams become nightmares. ~Henrietta C. Mears	Pythonpappy	0	472	Oct 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/15 (Preview) When you have come to the edge of all light that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly. ~Patrick Overton	Pythonpappy	3	611	Oct 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	"Trusting" excerpts from Anne Wilson Schaef (Preview) "Trust me"--our favorite words! How long it has taken us to learn not to trust people who can't be trusted." (True for me.) "To trust or not to trust--that is the dualism, and dualisms keep us stuck." Now I need to go look up what "dualism" means...	hopefulone	2	604	Oct 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/16 (Preview) Reflection for the DayWhen a person says something rash or ugly, we sometimes say they are "forgetting themselves," meaning they're forgetting their best selves in a sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury. If I remember the kind of person I want to be, hopefully I won't "forget myse...	Pythonpappy	0	532	Oct 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Going to First Meeting.....Need Advice (Preview) I was first introduced to AA some 20 years ago and went for awhile, all the while still drinking. I guess I wasn't ready to admit or work the steps. I just sat quietly and listened. I am going to my first meeting since then tomorrow. It was in August that I admitted to being alcoholic. I have been sober...	Thankfulheart62	6	1082	Oct 15, 2015 by Fyne Spirit
	Anti AA Rhetoric (Preview) I often come across people who have very negative thoughts about AA. They talk about it like it's either some sort of evil cult that's after all your worldly possessions and your first born child or like it's some sort of spiritual Amway that's brainwashed you into trying to sell your n...	Tipsy McStagger	31	12198	Oct 15, 2015 by StPeteDean
	Today's Gift 10/15 (Preview) I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. --Alcoholics Anonymous (The AA Big Book) Newcomer Nothing much seems to have changed for me lately. I still have the same problems and issues I had months ago. Spons...	Pythonpappy	0	666	Oct 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Could use some good thoughts... (Preview) Hey all. Well, the good news is I've been sober for three weeks, three days. Still going strong, even though it's been hard. The bad news is that I got some blood results back that indicate I'm diabetic. :\ My glucose was high but my doctor (delightful person rolls eyes He flits in, gives me this...	GreyGirl	3	762	Oct 15, 2015 by Baba Louie
	Sunrise Quote 10/14 (Preview) All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation. ~FeNelon, Francois on Spirit and Spirituality	Pythonpappy	0	502	Oct 14, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	60 Minutes Feature On Patrick Kennedy (Preview) There was an interesting feature on 60 Minutes Sunday about Patrick Kennedy and his book, "A Common Struggle." Alcoholism has hit the Kennedy family pretty hard, it seems. Patrick, who is now in recovery, attendz 12-step meetings daily and is working to promote the importance of better...	Tanin	7	1734	Oct 14, 2015 by Tanin
	Last night's meeting. (Preview) I went to a meeting last evening. I am at a place that I didn't want to go, but I needed to go. So I went. Well, it was one of the best meetings that I ever went to. I am sure you all know what I mean. I just had to share this with everyone here. Oh I also learned something from EVERYONE who shared. ...	Lauramarie	2	600	Oct 14, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Struggling with a Higher Power? (Preview) https://www.facebook.com/tashaeswaby/videos/769495383088113/	Pythonpappy	0	637	Oct 14, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/14 (Preview) A person shows their true self by how much they need other people. --AnonymousWhat giving we have discovered in our Fellowship! From the very first meeting, we received an outstretched hand that offered us help. People gave freely and asked nothing in return. We, who had known so much taking, could h...	Pythonpappy	0	539	Oct 14, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Newcomer, steps 1-3 (Preview) I am not new to AA but I am a newcomer anyway. I went to AA meetings 15 years ago but I never admitted to being an alcoholic. I've been drinking for 25 years. My last drink was on September 8, 2015. I admitted to being an alcoholic in August. So I know some about the steps. I have now been sober for 33 days...	Thankfulheart62	7	1017	Oct 13, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/13 (Preview) You cannot travel on the path until you become the path itself. ~Buddha on Spirit and Spirituality	Pythonpappy	0	495	Oct 13, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/13 (Preview) It's okay to have fun.Although we're working hard on recovering, we can also have fun. In fact, we can have much more fun now than we did before we found the program. With the awakening of our spiritual self, life takes on new zest. We smile more and frown less.We can give ourselves permission to enjoy wh...	Pythonpappy	0	568	Oct 13, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Redchile ... Welcome (Preview) Welcome to MIP Redchile ... we're glad your here ... We know of all the problems alcohol usage can cause in one's life, believe me, we've "Been There, Done That" ... from your post, you seem to be nearing a 'crossroads' in your life ... you don't see how in the hell you can keep drink'n OR how in...	Pythonpappy	0	558	Oct 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	I'm going to be a father (Preview) I found out with two days sober, on June 7. Haven't shared it here for whatever reason. We're both out here in LA but we're driving across the country in 10 days to move closer to her family in Pennsylvania. I still can't wrap my head around it. Me? A father? What?	Dodsworth	11	901	Oct 12, 2015 by Dodsworth
	I'm new, where do i start? (Preview) sorry	beemer	6	816	Oct 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) October 12, 2015Quote of the Week"Quit with the thinking and start with the doing." It took me a long time to learn that I can't think myself into feeling better. If I'm sitting at home depressed and I wait until I feel like going to a meeting or feel like calling someone, it means I'm going t...	Pythonpappy	0	806	Oct 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/12 (Preview) Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow. ~Norman Vincent Peale	Pythonpappy	0	616	Oct 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/12 (Preview) Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. --Aldous HuxleyThis is a hard concept for us addicts to get. We believed avoidance was a form of self-care. Our illness depended on our ability to deny its existence. Only when we were bleeding out of every pore of our body, were we willing to admit th...	Pythonpappy	0	624	Oct 12, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	My Dry Drunk Syndrome before AA. (Preview) A Vision For You FOR MOST normal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. It means release from care, boredom and worry. It is joyous intimacy with friends and a feeling that life is good. But not so with us in those last days of heavy drinking. The old ple...	gonee	1	711	Oct 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/11 (Preview) A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better. ~Rohn, Jim on Leaders and Leadership	Pythonpappy	0	525	Oct 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/11 (Preview) If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation it would be the ability of each individual to learn to laugh at himself. --Charles SchulzIn recovery, we learn to laugh at the kind of person we were when our addiction was out of control. We don't laugh at the fact of our addiction; w...	Pythonpappy	0	552	Oct 11, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	What are some of your favorite recovery movies movies (Preview) One of my favs is "My Name Is Bill W." It's and oldie but a goodie. And, from what I know pretty accurate historically. Here are some movies about addiction and recovery I put together on my site. The movies play well on laptops or desktops, but other devices not to sure. The movies are meant to...	mphleg	5	997	Oct 10, 2015 by Tanin
	Soberversary (Preview) The calendar informs my soberversary is at hand. I am grateful, humbled, satisfied, relieved and amazed. I thank God, AA, and all its members because there is no way I could have stayed sober by myself. Man, am I glad to be living a sober life today. Am going to pick up a chip at a meeting today...	Tanin	25	1072	Oct 10, 2015 by Baba Louie
	Fantastic start to the day (Preview) Morning everyone, someone must really be looking after me(my higher power i think), went to work yest for a meeting and managed to keep my job, after asking them could i have some unpaid leave of absence to get well, they suggested i go to the doctors and get a sick note for 4wks and that way i will still get...	Kaz8375	6	716	Oct 10, 2015 by justadrunk
	Sunrise Quote 10/10 (Preview) Let each become all that he was created capable of being. ~Carlyle, Thomas on Excellence	Pythonpappy	0	548	Oct 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/10 (Preview) The most useless day of all is that in which we have not laughed. --Sebastian R. N. ChamportWe are told that laughter is sunshine filling a room. And where there is laughter, there also is life. They say that people who laugh a lot live longer than do the sour-faced. When we laugh together, gratitude com...	Pythonpappy	0	605	Oct 10, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/9 (Preview) Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. --George EliotWho are we, really? It seems like we are one person on the inside, and yet we often act like someone else. Can a good person do bad things? Can a bad person do good things? It's pretty confusing, isn't it?Our recovery program teache...	Pythonpappy	1	587	Oct 9, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote 10/9 (Preview) Faith believes in spite of the circumstances and acts in spite of the consequences. ~Adrian Rogers	Pythonpappy	0	534	Oct 9, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	John Belushi; A Sad Natural History Of A Disease (Preview) This story runs somewhat parallel to the Patrick Kennedy story I posted yesterday. For example, I see the "pathology of silence" prominent in the Belushi case. And, of course, denial is present (exhibited by the funniest joke about alcoholism denial I have ever read). Ebert does a fine j...	Tanin	2	719	Oct 9, 2015 by Lauramarie
	Day nine (Preview) Feeling great although i am under no illusions that this illness can tap me on the shoulder at any time. Ive got a plan for today to keep busy and am looking forward to one of my favourite meetings tonight. How is everyone elses day going? xxx	Kaz8375	12	847	Oct 8, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Never look down on anybody, unless you're helping them up. ~Jesse Jackson Sr.	Pythonpappy	0	513	Oct 8, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 10/8 (Preview) Being openSometimes we think we're supposed to have more recovery under our belts. Perhaps we feel the need to impress our peers with our success in staying off mind-altering chemicals. But perhaps we are really just trying to convince ourselves. We know how difficult recovery is, and surely our Hi...	Pythonpappy	0	445	Oct 8, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Just thinking out loud... (Preview) I have been in AA for a number of years. It has helped me stay sober. I now have a new boyfriend. You guessed it, he drinks. This is the first boyfriend that I have, since being sober, that drinks. Just wanted to get this out there. You can all image what is going through my mind. Oh some days lif...	Lauramarie	8	818	Oct 8, 2015 by Fyne Spirit
	Today's Gift 10/7 (Preview) Courage is fear that has said its prayers. -- Dorothy BernardNo one of us is always courageous. With trepidation we embark on many journeys. Fear is dispelled each time we rely on our inner strength and trust that our lives are in good hands.Self-talk is powerful and will prepare us to meet whatever li...	Pythonpappy	2	583	Oct 7, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	New here (Preview) I'm scared I'm going to fail at this and let everyone down.	peppergirl1901	11	774	Oct 7, 2015 by mikef
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. ~Voltaire	Pythonpappy	0	447	Oct 7, 2015 by Pythonpappy
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