Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.Socrates

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I realized this a.m. after I said my prayers to my HP that I created the drama which happened the last two days. At first I thought this conclusion came to me out of nowhere....I was wrong about that as I was not at the point where I was going to admit that. The last couple of days, I have been driven by fear and...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Using today's toolsAre we becoming stuck in the "if onlys"? "If only I had more money." "If only I were more attractive." "If only my parents had listened to Dr. Spock." The "if onlys" will get us nowhere. We would do better to think about what w...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

It never ceases to amaze me....within a short time from when I get a "milestone" or whatever they are called when you reach 1 month, 3 months, etc., things will happen which confuse and cause me to question my progress. Crappy last couple of weeks which I have posted on here. Had a very few day...

Tasha · Tasha

No amount of being shown holes in the brains of alcoholics, livers the size of watermelons, or sobbing family members who's loved one was killed by a drunk driver was going to stop me from taking my next drink. That was the sad truth I was living in. In fact, hearing the threats, the cries and rational way...

Philipld · Philipld

People are often confused about what it means to have self-esteem. Some think it has to do with the way you look or how popular you are with your friends or others. Others believe that having a great body will help you gain self-esteem, while others think you actually need to have accomplished somethi...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you havent planted.David Bly

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The only thing that will stop you from fulfilling your dreams is you.Tom Bradley

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 28 "The most beautiful gifts of my life come to me in packages I do not recognize at first glance. In fact, I often don't see them until I've stumbled over them. Yet I know that when I go about my business in service to AA and to others these gifts will appear, usually in the most unexpected places....

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Thought for the week: Learn a new skillIt's an esteemable act to have the courage to learn something new.Affirmations for the week:I am willing to learn a new skill. This week, I will do something I'm not yet good at.Esteemable actions for the weekHave you ever avoided doing something because it was t...

Philipld · Philipld

And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to b...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"Service is like wetting your pants. Everybody sees it, but you're the one who feels the warmth." (I don't know who wrote this originally. Different variations are online.)

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

May 26, 2014Quote of the Week"Go to 90 meetings in 90 days. If you're not satisfied, we'll gladly refund your misery." I'll never forget how crazy I was when I was new. My poor sponsor had to listen to my endless rants, my objections to his suggestions, and all my 'better ideas'. Worst of a...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.--Eden PhillpottsWe hear others talk about how they got out of debt. We see people who have peace and serenity in their lives, who have healthy relationships and dream jobs. We realize that being debt-free means m...

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 27 "I have learned in the program not to listen to the voice of my ego when it starts whispering things."

John · John

A big thank you goes out to everyone who made a donation to help pay for 2 years coverage on our web hosting and domain address! The total donated in the past 48 hours is 323.52. 275.00 was needed to cover our web site hosting and domain name registration (12stepforums.net) for 2 years. This leaves us...

Tomas · Tomas

I came into AA as an unemployable stockbroker at 30The problem I couldnt make it in to the office most of the timebecause I drank 24/7. I was offered a fine job in Boston with a firm that I apparently interviewed with at a barbut couldnt remember the firm I interviewed with as an Institutional Bond Trader...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"Staying physically sober presents no particular problem for me. I'm amazed at how easy it is for me to accomplish today that which I found impossible before the program. Emotional sobriety, on the other hand, presents quite a different problem. This requires considerably more of my focused...

joby · joby

Just a quick note, my favorite part of the prayer. " Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil". This to me is such a powerful request. We, or I, am faced with temptation and evil everyday, and it makes me feel good to asked my HP to relieve of these temptations and evils. In the begin...

mikef · mikef

45 years ago I completed my active duty during the Vietnam Era (65-72)On this day ,especially, I remember all the warriors of yesterday,today and tomorrow.The ones I served with and didn't make it back and those still in theater.The God of my understanding had other plans for me and for this I am trul...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

My first meeting with my sponsee is in about an hour. I read everything I could last night about sponsoring others and this morning I re-read Chapter 7 "Working With Others" and tried to remember everything which happened in the first meeting with my sponsor....everything I was told. Sur...

limegreenery · limegreenery

Thanks for your time... I'm in need of a wedding sermon or message to give at a wedding ceremony for a couple in recovery. If you can help, I'd be very appreciative... limegreenery

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"AA romances are not usually a good thing. There is a small chance that they might work if both parties have twenty years of sobriety and spiritual programs of planetary perfection. For a newly sober sponsee it may be better to take a break from sex and romance until some progress has been made on h...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.John F. Kennedy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The best things in life are appreciated most after they have been lost. --Roy L. SmithHumankind has made such great technological progress, developing marvelous tools and instruments to make our life easier, that it is hard to imagine the struggles our ancestors endured. We are so used to these pro...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose. --LongfellowEvery day for us is a period of spiritual growth. Restful sleep prepares us for fruitful days. As each day begins, a new adventure in growth lies ahead. We se...

Flynn · Flynn

Because it contains a Truth the fellowship doesn't want you to know or hear about. I can tell you about how the "Woodstock/Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice/Easy Rider generation" gave me a big green light to "join the herd" by partaking in all sorts of substances...includ...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly VerseThere will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land. Deuteronomy 15:11Weekly QuoteWe cannot do great things on this earth, only small things with great love. Mother TeresaWeekly Thought...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

You Can't Make Me Angry by Dr. Paul O. (I was researching on the internet last week trying to find a AA related book which deals with anger issues as I posted I was having a rough time of it. I did find a book which I am confident will help me deal with people, places and things better. Dr. Paul was a popular spe...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

If you dont like something, change it. If you cant change it, change your attitude. Dont complain.Maya Angelou

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Relaxing when things don't go as you planned.So, the boyfriend calls, says he's going hiking with his buddies for a week, cancels his date with you and says he hopes you won't be mad.Or the bank calls and says you're overdrawn, and you don't know how that can be. You've been trying to carefully watch you...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Nothing happens but first a dream.Carl Sandburg

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I just wanted to apologize to those of you who look forward to these daily posts ... for some reason, unknown to me, they stopped coming to me ... they're back, so here goes: The last of ones freedoms is to choose ones attitude in any given circumstance.Viktor Frankl

Enigma · Enigma

Well the new job is going well. All my criminal court is behind me no jail time. I found a apartment I'm interested in yesterday and have first dibs. It just kind of fell in my lap, thanks GOD. Trying to hash out with the wife about who gets what and who's responsible for what. She agreed to let me have some th...

Angell · Angell

Ever have one of those ah-ha moments when you realize that things have changed and you didn't recognize it til this moment? Just had one of those. I have recently shared some e-mails with a couple of local folks in AA and the things shared were, in my opinion, some high quality spiritual snippets. I w...

Philipld · Philipld

EASY DOES ITKEEP IT SIMPLEHOW IMPORTANT IS ITLIVE AND LET LIVELET GO AND LET GODDONT OVER ANALYZEDONT THINK THINK THINKLEARN TO RELAXLIGHTEN UPGET OFF THE TRAINIF ITS FIXED DONT FIX ITSTAY OUT OF THE DRAMATHE ONLY ONE YOU CAN CONTROL IS YOUDONT SWEAT THE PETTY STUFFACCEPT THE THINGS YOU CANNOT CHANG...

Lizmccal · Lizmccal

So I have a new male friend. I'm not dating I only have 6 months and honestly I'm doing what is suggested of me. This person I really really like. He has an amazing story. He is two years younger than me and has 13 years sober. We have gone to coffee and dinner and I have now had him to my house for dinner. We bare...

Philipld · Philipld

This Matter of Fear By Bill W. As the AA Book says, "Fear is an evil, corroding thread; the fabric of our lives is shot through with it." Fear is surely a bar to reason, and to love, and of course it invariably powers anger, vainglory and aggression. It underlies maudlin guilt and paralyzing d...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life. Like being blown out as one blows out a light.--Evelyn ScottWe need to know that we matter in this life. We need evidence that others are aware of our presence. And thus, we can be certain that others need the same att...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I have been a victim of my own self-defeating thoughts for most all of my life. I bought into my flawed belief system in that when a thought entered my mind, I believed it. No matter how ridiculous, absurd, unfair, unkind, negative, and especially how untrue it was--it was "true" to me becau...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

The other night right before a meeting, I was reaching into the fridge to get a can of water. When I did this, I knocked out a glass of milk (we use glasses for creamers for our coffee sometimes when I'm too lazy to wash the creamer). The glass hit the floor and milk went everywhere--under the fridge, front...

Philipld · Philipld

What is a dry drunk, and the dry drunk syndrome as it is sometimes called? It can best be described as someone who fits one of two conditions. The first is someone who has given up drinking and drugging and not made any internal or emotional changes, they stay the same but the substance is gone. Or in the se...

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 22"Over the years I've gone to different types of groups to meet different needs in my life or to share experience, strength, and hope about a particular problem I was struggling with. Some days I've been part of the solution for another suffering alcoholic; other days I've been the one who w...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Patience is needed with everyone, but first of all with ourselves.--Saint Francis De SalesOne night Sandra was having trouble putting a puzzle together. Angrily, she pushed all the pieces into a huge pile."I can't do this," she said. She got up and walked over to the couch and plopped dow...

Mike B. · Mike B.

May 23 "The word 'alcoholic' does not turn me off anymore; in fact, it is music to my ears when it applies to me."

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

Example: Having coffee with another AA'er and my bf. (This person does not have a sponsor, has not worked the steps and is several years sober.) I have overlooked his joking comments about me in the past however decided to take up for myself last night (I was busy yesterday

) and gave it back...

gonee · gonee

The great thing about AA recovery, is the freedom to chose. It's in this environment that I best see the recovery of the individual, from alcoholism. When I came into AA in 1988, I made an investment in my recovery. I bought all the literature that was available at that time, sought the best sponsorshi...

gonee · gonee

Prayer is the language of the heart to talk to God. We may use words to express it. Meditation is the listening of the heart to God's word. We may use our ears to listen. AA's step 11: "Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only f...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

"You silly thing," said Fritz, my eldest son, sharply, "don't you know that we must not settle what God is to do for us? We must have patience and wait His time."--Johann R. WyssThe story of the shipwrecked Robinson family is a lesson in patience. It was years before their rescue...

Philipld · Philipld

Twelve Steps of a Relapse 1. I decided I could handle any emotional problems if other people would just quit trying to run my life. 2. I firmly believe that there is no greater power than myself and anyone who says differently is insane. 3. I made a decision to remove my will and my life from God, who didn't...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Sunrise Quote - 5/29 (Preview) It is not living that matters, but living rightly.Socrates	Pythonpappy	1	253	May 30, 2014 by Mike B.
	We Get What We Pray For (Preview) I realized this a.m. after I said my prayers to my HP that I created the drama which happened the last two days. At first I thought this conclusion came to me out of nowhere....I was wrong about that as I was not at the point where I was going to admit that. The last couple of days, I have been driven by fear and...	betterthanyesterday52	6	603	May 30, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 5/29 (Preview) Using today's toolsAre we becoming stuck in the "if onlys"? "If only I had more money." "If only I were more attractive." "If only my parents had listened to Dr. Spock." The "if onlys" will get us nowhere. We would do better to think about what w...	Pythonpappy	1	329	May 29, 2014 by Philipld
	Self Doubts (Preview) It never ceases to amaze me....within a short time from when I get a "milestone" or whatever they are called when you reach 1 month, 3 months, etc., things will happen which confuse and cause me to question my progress. Crappy last couple of weeks which I have posted on here. Had a very few day...	betterthanyesterday52	9	618	May 29, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Alcoholism before recovery (Preview) No amount of being shown holes in the brains of alcoholics, livers the size of watermelons, or sobbing family members who's loved one was killed by a drunk driver was going to stop me from taking my next drink. That was the sad truth I was living in. In fact, hearing the threats, the cries and rational way...	Tasha	11	729	May 28, 2014 by Tomas
	Self-esteem (Preview) People are often confused about what it means to have self-esteem. Some think it has to do with the way you look or how popular you are with your friends or others. Others believe that having a great body will help you gain self-esteem, while others think you actually need to have accomplished somethi...	Philipld	1	711	May 28, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote - 5/28 (Preview) Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you havent planted.David Bly	Pythonpappy	1	282	May 28, 2014 by Philipld
	Sunrise Quote - 5/27 (Preview) The only thing that will stop you from fulfilling your dreams is you.Tom Bradley	Pythonpappy	4	409	May 28, 2014 by Philipld
	Grapevine (Preview) May 28 "The most beautiful gifts of my life come to me in packages I do not recognize at first glance. In fact, I often don't see them until I've stumbled over them. Yet I know that when I go about my business in service to AA and to others these gifts will appear, usually in the most unexpected places....	Mike B.	1	263	May 28, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 5/28 (Preview) Thought for the week: Learn a new skillIt's an esteemable act to have the courage to learn something new.Affirmations for the week:I am willing to learn a new skill. This week, I will do something I'm not yet good at.Esteemable actions for the weekHave you ever avoided doing something because it was t...	Pythonpappy	0	256	May 28, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Acceptance (Preview) And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to b...	Philipld	8	623	May 28, 2014 by dennistech07
	Too Funny Too True (Preview) "Service is like wetting your pants. Everybody sees it, but you're the one who feels the warmth." (I don't know who wrote this originally. Different variations are online.)	betterthanyesterday52	5	383	May 28, 2014 by dennistech07
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) May 26, 2014Quote of the Week"Go to 90 meetings in 90 days. If you're not satisfied, we'll gladly refund your misery." I'll never forget how crazy I was when I was new. My poor sponsor had to listen to my endless rants, my objections to his suggestions, and all my 'better ideas'. Worst of a...	Pythonpappy	5	356	May 28, 2014 by Mr_David
	Today's Gift - 5/27 (Preview) The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.--Eden PhillpottsWe hear others talk about how they got out of debt. We see people who have peace and serenity in their lives, who have healthy relationships and dream jobs. We realize that being debt-free means m...	Pythonpappy	5	337	May 28, 2014 by Mr_David
	Grapevine (Preview) May 27 "I have learned in the program not to listen to the voice of my ego when it starts whispering things."	Mike B.	4	378	May 28, 2014 by Mr_David
	MIP Site Hosting and Domain Reg. Funding Met! (Preview) A big thank you goes out to everyone who made a donation to help pay for 2 years coverage on our web hosting and domain address! The total donated in the past 48 hours is 323.52. 275.00 was needed to cover our web site hosting and domain name registration (12stepforums.net) for 2 years. This leaves us...	John	2	489	May 27, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	GOD DON'T BUILD NO JUNK (Preview) I came into AA as an unemployable stockbroker at 30The problem I couldnt make it in to the office most of the timebecause I drank 24/7. I was offered a fine job in Boston with a firm that I apparently interviewed with at a barbut couldnt remember the firm I interviewed with as an Institutional Bond Trader...	Tomas	8	724	May 27, 2014 by Mike D
	Emotional Sobriety (Preview) "Staying physically sober presents no particular problem for me. I'm amazed at how easy it is for me to accomplish today that which I found impossible before the program. Emotional sobriety, on the other hand, presents quite a different problem. This requires considerably more of my focused...	betterthanyesterday52	1	353	May 27, 2014 by Mike D
	The Lord's Prayer (Preview) Just a quick note, my favorite part of the prayer. " Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil". This to me is such a powerful request. We, or I, am faced with temptation and evil everyday, and it makes me feel good to asked my HP to relieve of these temptations and evils. In the begin...	joby	6	689	May 27, 2014 by Stepchild
	I salute you! (Preview) 45 years ago I completed my active duty during the Vietnam Era (65-72)On this day ,especially, I remember all the warriors of yesterday,today and tomorrow.The ones I served with and didn't make it back and those still in theater.The God of my understanding had other plans for me and for this I am trul...	mikef	5	528	May 26, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	What Have You Gotten Out of Sponsoring Another Alcoholic (Preview) My first meeting with my sponsee is in about an hour. I read everything I could last night about sponsoring others and this morning I re-read Chapter 7 "Working With Others" and tried to remember everything which happened in the first meeting with my sponsor....everything I was told. Sur...	betterthanyesterday52	14	536	May 26, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Wedding sermon needed for a couple in recovery. Can you help? (Preview) Thanks for your time... I'm in need of a wedding sermon or message to give at a wedding ceremony for a couple in recovery. If you can help, I'd be very appreciative... limegreenery	limegreenery	6	3407	May 26, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	AA Romances (Preview) "AA romances are not usually a good thing. There is a small chance that they might work if both parties have twenty years of sobriety and spiritual programs of planetary perfection. For a newly sober sponsee it may be better to take a break from sex and romance until some progress has been made on h...	betterthanyesterday52	19	1737	May 26, 2014 by Flynn
	Sunrise Quote - 5/26 (Preview) My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.John F. Kennedy	Pythonpappy	1	266	May 26, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift - 5/26 (Preview) The best things in life are appreciated most after they have been lost. --Roy L. SmithHumankind has made such great technological progress, developing marvelous tools and instruments to make our life easier, that it is hard to imagine the struggles our ancestors endured. We are so used to these pro...	Pythonpappy	2	293	May 26, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift - 5/25 (Preview) Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose. --LongfellowEvery day for us is a period of spiritual growth. Restful sleep prepares us for fruitful days. As each day begins, a new adventure in growth lies ahead. We se...	Pythonpappy	2	266	May 26, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	The Story You Won't See In The Big Book (Preview) Because it contains a Truth the fellowship doesn't want you to know or hear about. I can tell you about how the "Woodstock/Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice/Easy Rider generation" gave me a big green light to "join the herd" by partaking in all sorts of substances...includ...	Flynn	5	1195	May 26, 2014 by Flynn
	Weekly Thought --- (religious concept) (Preview) Weekly VerseThere will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land. Deuteronomy 15:11Weekly QuoteWe cannot do great things on this earth, only small things with great love. Mother TeresaWeekly Thought...	Pythonpappy	2	301	May 26, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	You Can't Make Me Angry Dr. Paul O.'s book (his story is in 3rd Ed. of BB) (Preview) You Can't Make Me Angry by Dr. Paul O. (I was researching on the internet last week trying to find a AA related book which deals with anger issues as I posted I was having a rough time of it. I did find a book which I am confident will help me deal with people, places and things better. Dr. Paul was a popular spe...	betterthanyesterday52	6	4048	May 25, 2014 by Tasha
	Sunrise Quote - 5/25 (Preview) If you dont like something, change it. If you cant change it, change your attitude. Dont complain.Maya Angelou	Pythonpappy	0	259	May 25, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 5/24 (Preview) Relaxing when things don't go as you planned.So, the boyfriend calls, says he's going hiking with his buddies for a week, cancels his date with you and says he hopes you won't be mad.Or the bank calls and says you're overdrawn, and you don't know how that can be. You've been trying to carefully watch you...	Pythonpappy	4	307	May 25, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote - 5/24 (Preview) Nothing happens but first a dream.Carl Sandburg	Pythonpappy	2	268	May 25, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote - 5/23 (Preview) I just wanted to apologize to those of you who look forward to these daily posts ... for some reason, unknown to me, they stopped coming to me ... they're back, so here goes: The last of ones freedoms is to choose ones attitude in any given circumstance.Viktor Frankl	Pythonpappy	3	431	May 25, 2014 by Mr_David
	Moving on (Preview) Well the new job is going well. All my criminal court is behind me no jail time. I found a apartment I'm interested in yesterday and have first dibs. It just kind of fell in my lap, thanks GOD. Trying to hash out with the wife about who gets what and who's responsible for what. She agreed to let me have some th...	Enigma	7	605	May 24, 2014 by pinkchip
	Collateral damage (Preview) Ever have one of those ah-ha moments when you realize that things have changed and you didn't recognize it til this moment? Just had one of those. I have recently shared some e-mails with a couple of local folks in AA and the things shared were, in my opinion, some high quality spiritual snippets. I w...	Angell	2	417	May 24, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	SATURDAY (Preview) EASY DOES ITKEEP IT SIMPLEHOW IMPORTANT IS ITLIVE AND LET LIVELET GO AND LET GODDONT OVER ANALYZEDONT THINK THINK THINKLEARN TO RELAXLIGHTEN UPGET OFF THE TRAINIF ITS FIXED DONT FIX ITSTAY OUT OF THE DRAMATHE ONLY ONE YOU CAN CONTROL IS YOUDONT SWEAT THE PETTY STUFFACCEPT THE THINGS YOU CANNOT CHANG...	Philipld	3	375	May 24, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Um am I being stupid to have a friend? (Preview) So I have a new male friend. I'm not dating I only have 6 months and honestly I'm doing what is suggested of me. This person I really really like. He has an amazing story. He is two years younger than me and has 13 years sober. We have gone to coffee and dinner and I have now had him to my house for dinner. We bare...	Lizmccal	30	754	May 23, 2014 by Tomas
	Fear (Preview) This Matter of Fear By Bill W. As the AA Book says, "Fear is an evil, corroding thread; the fabric of our lives is shot through with it." Fear is surely a bar to reason, and to love, and of course it invariably powers anger, vainglory and aggression. It underlies maudlin guilt and paralyzing d...	Philipld	0	430	May 23, 2014 by Philipld
	Today's Gift - 5/23 (Preview) To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life. Like being blown out as one blows out a light.--Evelyn ScottWe need to know that we matter in this life. We need evidence that others are aware of our presence. And thus, we can be certain that others need the same att...	Pythonpappy	2	243	May 23, 2014 by Mike B.
	Flooding My Mind With AA (Preview) I have been a victim of my own self-defeating thoughts for most all of my life. I bought into my flawed belief system in that when a thought entered my mind, I believed it. No matter how ridiculous, absurd, unfair, unkind, negative, and especially how untrue it was--it was "true" to me becau...	betterthanyesterday52	14	668	May 23, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Don't Cry Over Spilt (or Spilled) Milk (Preview) The other night right before a meeting, I was reaching into the fridge to get a can of water. When I did this, I knocked out a glass of milk (we use glasses for creamers for our coffee sometimes when I'm too lazy to wash the creamer). The glass hit the floor and milk went everywhere--under the fridge, front...	betterthanyesterday52	1	604	May 23, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Dry Drunk (Preview) What is a dry drunk, and the dry drunk syndrome as it is sometimes called? It can best be described as someone who fits one of two conditions. The first is someone who has given up drinking and drugging and not made any internal or emotional changes, they stay the same but the substance is gone. Or in the se...	Philipld	4	3072	May 23, 2014 by 2granddaughters
	Grapevine (Preview) May 22"Over the years I've gone to different types of groups to meet different needs in my life or to share experience, strength, and hope about a particular problem I was struggling with. Some days I've been part of the solution for another suffering alcoholic; other days I've been the one who w...	Mike B.	3	318	May 23, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift - 5/22 (Preview) Patience is needed with everyone, but first of all with ourselves.--Saint Francis De SalesOne night Sandra was having trouble putting a puzzle together. Angrily, she pushed all the pieces into a huge pile."I can't do this," she said. She got up and walked over to the couch and plopped dow...	Pythonpappy	1	238	May 23, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Graepvine (Preview) May 23 "The word 'alcoholic' does not turn me off anymore; in fact, it is music to my ears when it applies to me."	Mike B.	0	260	May 23, 2014 by Mike B.
	Quick ? About Amends (Preview) Example: Having coffee with another AA'er and my bf. (This person does not have a sponsor, has not worked the steps and is several years sober.) I have overlooked his joking comments about me in the past however decided to take up for myself last night (I was busy yesterday ) and gave it back...	betterthanyesterday52	5	544	May 23, 2014 by Mike D
	My personal recovery. (Preview) The great thing about AA recovery, is the freedom to chose. It's in this environment that I best see the recovery of the individual, from alcoholism. When I came into AA in 1988, I made an investment in my recovery. I bought all the literature that was available at that time, sought the best sponsorshi...	gonee	3	439	May 22, 2014 by Mike D
	Step 11.. (Preview) Prayer is the language of the heart to talk to God. We may use words to express it. Meditation is the listening of the heart to God's word. We may use our ears to listen. AA's step 11: "Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only f...	gonee	3	352	May 22, 2014 by tomsteve
	Today's Gift - 5/19 (Preview) "You silly thing," said Fritz, my eldest son, sharply, "don't you know that we must not settle what God is to do for us? We must have patience and wait His time."--Johann R. WyssThe story of the shipwrecked Robinson family is a lesson in patience. It was years before their rescue...	Pythonpappy	2	289	May 22, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Relapse (Preview) Twelve Steps of a Relapse 1. I decided I could handle any emotional problems if other people would just quit trying to run my life. 2. I firmly believe that there is no greater power than myself and anyone who says differently is insane. 3. I made a decision to remove my will and my life from God, who didn't...	Philipld	3	513	May 22, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
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