Alcoholics Anonymous

hopefulone · hopefulone

I have often gone to meetings and seen folks with lots of sobriety time and they looked absolutely miserable. Some would share, some would be quiet. I looked for happy people in the meetings....watched what they did, listened to what they said. I wanted what they had. I listen to "I" inste...

StPeteDean · StPeteDean

BTGOG I had my last drink tonight

hopefulone · hopefulone

So I have been having coffee with another AA'er for quite a while. I am a Christian. She is a non believer. Our get togethers have been fine under the condition I let her talk on and on about her not believing in God--or a Higher Power-- and how she thinks AA is brainwashing others with their "religio...

davep12and12 · davep12and12

I went down to the garage in my condo building this morning to drive to my regular Saturday morning meeting and discovered that my car had been stolen. Dang it. This is now the second time this has happened in 18 months. It happens to be a very popular car for car thieves because it's easy to steal. So I've...

gonee · gonee

You are always in my prayerful thoughts. Thanks for always posting and keeping this forum alive. I dip in here most days just to read your thoughts. It's like being at a meeting.

gonee · gonee

As many of you might know that Pappy is not well. Let's keep him in our prayer and ask God to heal him of all his health issues.

regaldozer · regaldozer

I have been through the sink-hole of life for the past 4.5 years. Because of my health and a failed marriage with three children. I turned to drinking 2 years ago and went to meetings and was able to stop. Or so i thought. 6 months ago, it was one beer with dinner and 1 or 2 rowdy nights at bowling. Now I can't e...

hopefulone · hopefulone

I had a close call last night. I got upset at something someone said and did. Didn't see it coming and my guard was down. Self pity started in....got a bit resentment for this and that....more self pity...and bam, next thing I know I was thinking about taking a walk to the nearest "wasted" rec...

hopefulone · hopefulone

"Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity" By the time I got sober I had lost just about all the faith I had in the God of my understanding (who is God, btw). I prayed along with the folks in the rooms of the AA meetings anyway. I noticed something pretty wei...

naderman · naderman

Hello everybody: This is humbling to me to share this. I want to come back to the program after a long and embarrassing relapse (I mean, something like 7 1/2 years). I once had long term sobriety, over 20 years. Violated "h.a.l.t." and "to thine own self be true." What I mean on th...

hopefulone · hopefulone

Step One "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable." ----------------------------- I thought I could handle the alcohol until the amount got to be so much then I started to wonder. Didn't stop me from drinking though. Then I wasn't able to work...

Quakeroat1 · Quakeroat1

6 months ago a triple A meeting started All Addictons Anonymous, some were sceptical some still are but I find that so many of my AA friends have other addictions they would like to talk about and,hear themselves work out. we know that alcohol is just a symptom of our illness and this is somewhere that gi...

rockman q · rockman q

Just joined AA. Tired of drinking every day. I am 55 years old and have been drinking every day since I was 21. I Had a horrible upbringing, 9 kids growing up in a 3 room house very poor and super abusive father and uninvolved cold mother. I am one of those guys who always shows up for work early, but hides...

hopefulone · hopefulone

...alcohol. I had to decline an offer to go on a trip for several days. I could easily cop a resentment. Beautiful Smokey Mountains, Native American crafts...darn! All but one person who we would be visiting are drinkers. Not alcoholics like I am. Just those damned irritating "normal" dr...

Baba Louie · Baba Louie

Below, I am going to list the advantages of drinking. Feel free to add to my list. .

StillTipsyMcStagger · StillTipsyMcStagger

Good luck finding it because it isn't there. So why does the modern day AA program place so much emphasis on it? As if the end all be all, only path to sobriety is getting a sponsor and following his/her orders. Personally I think it's a mistake and the dwindling success rate of todays AA compared to the ea...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

I am still amazed, after years of recovering, at how easily I can begin to talk myself out of attending meetings. I am also still amazed at how good I feel when I go. --AnonymousWe don't have to stay stuck in our misery and discomfort. An immediate option is available that will help us feel better: go to a m...

Jerry F · Jerry F

I'm big on it and into my second reading of PASS IT ON Bill. W and the AA message. This is a very good read. Give it a try. You can get the book at your AA Central Office or maybe your sponsor has it. From Page 102; "Bill listened entranced, as Silkworth explained his theory. For the first time in...

Baba Louie · Baba Louie

on coffee.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

July 27, 2015Quote of the Week"Anxiety is the difference between now and then." Before recovery, I had a hard time staying in the present. Without permission my mind would race into the future where it was quickly mired in anxiety and the dread of "What's going to happen then?&q...

Erorbot · Erorbot

I like to drink a 40oz after work almost everyday. It doesn't affect my life in a negative way. I probably do it 4 times a week after work before bed. My friendships are fine. But I do alternate 7elevens because I don't want them thinking I drink a lot. So in a way I'm sort of self conscious about it. I haven't...

WeDoRecover12 · WeDoRecover12

We've added a ton of new AA speakers to our channel lately. Check them out here https://www.youtube.com/user/WeDoRecover12

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? --Albert CamusSometimes, we say we're getting our lives together. Together with what? With our selves. The Twelve Steps help us clean up the mess we've made. We're fixing our mistakes. We're looking at ourselves clo...

davidc · davidc

My wife got out of recovery about 70 days ago. Both my wife and I are atheists. She has been dealing with how much religion there is in the AA meetings but she admits, other than that aspect, she has gotten a lot out of the meetings and is very proud of herself being 70 days clean. About 2 weeks ago she got a spo...

Paradigm · Paradigm

Hello everyone,My wife who previously had an addiction problem before we met and went through the program to get clean 15 years ago started drinking a few years ago. It has slowly progressed into a serious problem and I am pretty new to understanding this and trying to get her help.With some help from h...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. --Arthur Somers RocheA trickle of water that drains down the side of a hill poses no problem to the hill, its vegetation, or the people living in the valley. But if that t...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

...alone in the company of our partner.To be alone in the wilderness is less painful than to feel alone in the company of our partner. When we shut down in silence because we feel wounded by our partner, we slam the door on healing. We may justify emotionally abandoning our partner by telling ourselves...

Mike B. · Mike B.

July 21 "There is no you or me or them. Everything is connected and the salvation of each of us is linked to the salvation of all of us."

hopefulone · hopefulone

http://silkworth.net/grapevine_no_date_other_articles/keeping_it_simple.html

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. --William JamesMany of us learned as children that rejection and abandonment are part and parcel of being alive. We are so used to feeling as though things won't work out, that fear - like a shadow - is alwa...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

July 20, 2015Quote of the Week"Everyone has a Higher Power, and it's not me." What a relief it was when I heard this quote. I've spent a lot of time thinking about what's best for you, a lot of energy trying to arrange things for you, and a lot of time worrying about what's going to happen to y...

Amigo · Amigo

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. --Samuel Johnson The Power of Optimism A truly powerful force in the universe is that of optimism. Optimism lies at the root of our mental and physical health. Feelings of hope can stimulate the body's immun...

hopefulone · hopefulone

"I have this weird self esteem issue where I hate myself, yet think I'm better than everyone else." When I first heard in AA that we alcoholics have huge ego problems, I thought that was a bunch of hogwash. How could I hate myself and want to die and feel like such a loser and think I was "a...

Tanin · Tanin

Atheism in AA has come up recently in threads here and at the Alanon board. Here is a nice example I found that exemplifies an important point for atheist alcoholics: God is not necessary to get or stay sober in AA. As an alcoholic in AA who does believe in God, I appreciate this important point. AA must...

hopefulone · hopefulone

"Don't Let Others Rent Space in Your Head" I am good about this one. Being a people pleaser most of my life I have always worried about what others think about me, say about me. So I am ultra-sensitive. I am not as bad as I used to be. Things are said to me now and I think to myself..."Wow! No...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things. --Pablo CasalsThe Third Step refers to "God as we understood Him." The pathways to meeting our Higher Power and to our spiritual awakening are all around. Every tree and every l...

downperiscope · downperiscope

I went 4 years being sober but was not as hard a drinker as I was when I restarted this last time. I was lucky in the point I did not actually feel the physical need to have alcohol when I stopped. This time is different I have been physically ill now for 5 days, shaky, sweats. sick on my stomach and feel out of i...

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

Yep . I AM Grateful. Because for me . The gutter could be my Biggest fall.

Still trying · Still trying

I've been through a year of AA court ordered, so my heart wasn't in it. I went into rehab twice, court ordered, after suicide attempts. I hated the AA thing, but I think it was more because it wasn't my choice. I'm still a rebel at heart. (at 52). I'm an alcoholic, have been since I started drinking at 12, w...

hopefulone · hopefulone

"I came for my drinking and stayed for my thinking." I had "perfected" my drinking by the last time I came into the AA meetings to get help. I had reached the point I could out drink some of the college bar hoppers. I could out drink my bf. I had not had enough to drink until I passed ou...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water and breeds reptiles of the mind. -- William BlakeWe seek the answer. Sometimes we think we have found a central truth and later learn that beneath it is another truth. Or what seemed so crucial as a guiding principle for our lives last year is st...

hopefulone · hopefulone

Acceptance "And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, It is because I find some person, place, thing, 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...

hopefulone · hopefulone

I was and still am quite surprised when other AAer's ask me my last name. A couple have caught me off guard. We will be talking about what a great meeting we just had or something else and all of a sudden...."What is your last name?" Is it just me, or is this inappropriate? I also get questioned...

hopefulone · hopefulone

"I tried to drown all my fears but the bastards learned to swim." I used to be able to "forget" about my fears with just one or two drinks. Then the longer I drank and more I drank it was taking more to "get my mind off" of my problems. Eventually, 2 became 4, 4 became 7 or 8,...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome Tom, ... Please come by more frequently and share some of your ESH ... Love ya Bro and God Bless, Pappy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

July 13, 2015Quote of the Week"Did God introduce me to the program, or did the program introduce me to God?" In the beginning of my recovery, I spent a lot of time resenting that I had to go to all those meetings and do all that work. "Why can't I just lead a normal life?" I cried. It...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend. --Robert Louis Stevenson Addiction destroyed many of our relationships. It took away our ability to get close to others. The above quotation reminds us that real friends are more impo...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Daily Surrender - No RegretsThis I pray, Higher Power: I will surrender to Your will today, which brings me peace and joy that makes all things new. I no longer have that trampled look of someone forced to remember every mistake he or she has made. I no longer hide under that blanket of regrets.My daily s...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Is there any stab as deep as wondering where and how much you failed those you loved? --Florida Scott MaxwellTreating our loved ones as we hope to be treated is our assurance against failing them. And if we listen to our inner voice, we'll never falter in our actions toward others. There is always a righ...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

July 6, 2015Quote of the Week"Bring the body, the mind will follow." This is a quote I heard early on in my recovery, and it has served me well over and years. Over and over again, when I haven't wanted to go to a meeting, I went anyway and once my body was there, my mind ended up being glad it wen...

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	If You Want What We Have...... (Preview) I have often gone to meetings and seen folks with lots of sobriety time and they looked absolutely miserable. Some would share, some would be quiet. I looked for happy people in the meetings....watched what they did, listened to what they said. I wanted what they had. I listen to "I" inste...	hopefulone	1	637	Aug 8, 2015 by Tanin
	Once upon a time in 1989 (Preview) BTGOG I had my last drink tonight	StPeteDean	17	1331	Aug 7, 2015 by Dodsworth
	Higher Power Non Believers and Patience (Preview) So I have been having coffee with another AA'er for quite a while. I am a Christian. She is a non believer. Our get togethers have been fine under the condition I let her talk on and on about her not believing in God--or a Higher Power-- and how she thinks AA is brainwashing others with their "religio...	hopefulone	10	936	Aug 7, 2015 by Amigo
	Stolen car (Preview) I went down to the garage in my condo building this morning to drive to my regular Saturday morning meeting and discovered that my car had been stolen. Dang it. This is now the second time this has happened in 18 months. It happens to be a very popular car for car thieves because it's easy to steal. So I've...	davep12and12	7	821	Aug 7, 2015 by hopefulone
	Just saying hi. (Preview) You are always in my prayerful thoughts. Thanks for always posting and keeping this forum alive. I dip in here most days just to read your thoughts. It's like being at a meeting.	gonee	10	1005	Aug 5, 2015 by lashqueen
	Prayer for Pappy. (Preview) As many of you might know that Pappy is not well. Let's keep him in our prayer and ask God to heal him of all his health issues.	gonee	10	1230	Aug 5, 2015 by Coogi
	Every morning I wake up.... (Preview) I have been through the sink-hole of life for the past 4.5 years. Because of my health and a failed marriage with three children. I turned to drinking 2 years ago and went to meetings and was able to stop. Or so i thought. 6 months ago, it was one beer with dinner and 1 or 2 rowdy nights at bowling. Now I can't e...	regaldozer	15	1038	Aug 4, 2015 by hopefulone
	Watchdog on my A** (Preview) I had a close call last night. I got upset at something someone said and did. Didn't see it coming and my guard was down. Self pity started in....got a bit resentment for this and that....more self pity...and bam, next thing I know I was thinking about taking a walk to the nearest "wasted" rec...	hopefulone	6	774	Aug 4, 2015 by hopefulone
	Step Two (Preview) "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity" By the time I got sober I had lost just about all the faith I had in the God of my understanding (who is God, btw). I prayed along with the folks in the rooms of the AA meetings anyway. I noticed something pretty wei...	hopefulone	5	908	Aug 2, 2015 by Jerry F
	Coming back home after a LONG Relapse (Preview) Hello everybody: This is humbling to me to share this. I want to come back to the program after a long and embarrassing relapse (I mean, something like 7 1/2 years). I once had long term sobriety, over 20 years. Violated "h.a.l.t." and "to thine own self be true." What I mean on th...	naderman	7	1027	Aug 2, 2015 by Jerry F
	Step One (Preview) Step One *"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable."* *-----------------------------* I thought I could handle the alcohol until the amount got to be so much then I started to wonder. Didn't stop me from drinking though. Then I wasn't able to work...	hopefulone	12	1013	Aug 2, 2015 by lashqueen
	Triple A meeting becoming very popular (Preview) 6 months ago a triple A meeting started All Addictons Anonymous, some were sceptical some still are but I find that so many of my AA friends have other addictions they would like to talk about and,hear themselves work out. we know that alcohol is just a symptom of our illness and this is somewhere that gi...	Quakeroat1	3	1393	Jul 31, 2015 by Tanin
	tired of drinking (Preview) Just joined AA. Tired of drinking every day. I am 55 years old and have been drinking every day since I was 21. I Had a horrible upbringing, 9 kids growing up in a 3 room house very poor and super abusive father and uninvolved cold mother. I am one of those guys who always shows up for work early, but hides...	rockman q	15	956	Jul 31, 2015 by Baba Louie
	Darn Miserable Nasty Yucky (Preview) ...alcohol. I had to decline an offer to go on a trip for several days. I could easily cop a resentment. Beautiful Smokey Mountains, Native American crafts...darn! All but one person who we would be visiting are drinkers. Not alcoholics like I am. Just those damned irritating "normal" dr...	hopefulone	4	990	Jul 31, 2015 by Tanin
	Advantages of drinking (Preview) Below, I am going to list the advantages of drinking. Feel free to add to my list. .	Baba Louie	1	766	Jul 31, 2015 by Zoomtopz
	Can someone please show me in the orginal literature where it talks about "sponsors"? (Preview) Good luck finding it because it isn't there. So why does the modern day AA program place so much emphasis on it? As if the end all be all, only path to sobriety is getting a sponsor and following his/her orders. Personally I think it's a mistake and the dwindling success rate of todays AA compared to the ea...	StillTipsyMcStagger	6	890	Jul 30, 2015 by justadrunk
	Today's Gift 7/29 (Preview) I am still amazed, after years of recovering, at how easily I can begin to talk myself out of attending meetings. I am also still amazed at how good I feel when I go. --AnonymousWe don't have to stay stuck in our misery and discomfort. An immediate option is available that will help us feel better: go to a m...	Pythonpappy	1	639	Jul 30, 2015 by gonee
	Literature.... (Preview) I'm big on it and into my second reading of PASS IT ON Bill. W and the AA message. This is a very good read. Give it a try. You can get the book at your AA Central Office or maybe your sponsor has it. From Page 102; "Bill listened entranced, as Silkworth explained his theory. For the first time in...	Jerry F	1	647	Jul 29, 2015 by gonee
	I need to cut down (Preview) on coffee.	Baba Louie	10	941	Jul 27, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) July 27, 2015Quote of the Week"Anxiety is the difference between now and then." Before recovery, I had a hard time staying in the present. Without permission my mind would race into the future where it was quickly mired in anxiety and the dread of "What's going to happen then?&q...	Pythonpappy	0	1036	Jul 27, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	I'm not sure how I should feel about my behavior (Preview) I like to drink a 40oz after work almost everyday. It doesn't affect my life in a negative way. I probably do it 4 times a week after work before bed. My friendships are fine. But I do alternate 7elevens because I don't want them thinking I drink a lot. So in a way I'm sort of self conscious about it. I haven't...	Erorbot	30	1446	Jul 27, 2015 by Erorbot
	Tons of New AA Speakers! (Preview) We've added a ton of new AA speakers to our channel lately. Check them out here https://www.youtube.com/user/WeDoRecover12	WeDoRecover12	2	3624	Jul 25, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 7/25 (Preview) But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? --Albert CamusSometimes, we say we're getting our lives together. Together with what? With our selves. The Twelve Steps help us clean up the mess we've made. We're fixing our mistakes. We're looking at ourselves clo...	Pythonpappy	0	567	Jul 25, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Forcing prayer? (Preview) My wife got out of recovery about 70 days ago. Both my wife and I are atheists. She has been dealing with how much religion there is in the AA meetings but she admits, other than that aspect, she has gotten a lot out of the meetings and is very proud of herself being 70 days clean. About 2 weeks ago she got a spo...	davidc	64	1775	Jul 24, 2015 by StillTipsyMcStagger
	Looking for help/advice and an interventionist in the NJ area (Preview) Hello everyone,My wife who previously had an addiction problem before we met and went through the program to get clean 15 years ago started drinking a few years ago. It has slowly progressed into a serious problem and I am pretty new to understanding this and trying to get her help.With some help from h...	Paradigm	2	767	Jul 24, 2015 by Tanin
	Today's Gift 7/23 (Preview) Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. --Arthur Somers RocheA trickle of water that drains down the side of a hill poses no problem to the hill, its vegetation, or the people living in the valley. But if that t...	Pythonpappy	0	608	Jul 23, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift (Preview) ...alone in the company of our partner.To be alone in the wilderness is less painful than to feel alone in the company of our partner. When we shut down in silence because we feel wounded by our partner, we slam the door on healing. We may justify emotionally abandoning our partner by telling ourselves...	Pythonpappy	0	623	Jul 22, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) July 21 "There is no you or me or them. Everything is connected and the salvation of each of us is linked to the salvation of all of us."	Mike B.	2	585	Jul 21, 2015 by gonee
	Keep it Simple Silkworth (Preview) http://silkworth.net/grapevine_no_date_other_articles/keeping_it_simple.html	hopefulone	1	604	Jul 21, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 7/21 (Preview) Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. --William JamesMany of us learned as children that rejection and abandonment are part and parcel of being alive. We are so used to feeling as though things won't work out, that fear - like a shadow - is alwa...	Pythonpappy	0	587	Jul 21, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) July 20, 2015Quote of the Week"Everyone has a Higher Power, and it's not me." What a relief it was when I heard this quote. I've spent a lot of time thinking about what's best for you, a lot of energy trying to arrange things for you, and a lot of time worrying about what's going to happen to y...	Pythonpappy	0	923	Jul 20, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	The Power Of oPTIMISM (Preview) The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. --Samuel Johnson The Power of Optimism A truly powerful force in the universe is that of optimism. Optimism lies at the root of our mental and physical health. Feelings of hope can stimulate the body's immun...	Amigo	0	922	Jul 20, 2015 by Amigo
	Sober Quote for Today, Monday July 20, 2015 (Preview) "I have this weird self esteem issue where I hate myself, yet think I'm better than everyone else." When I first heard in AA that we alcoholics have huge ego problems, I thought that was a bunch of hogwash. How could I hate myself and want to die and feel like such a loser and think I was "a...	hopefulone	0	901	Jul 20, 2015 by hopefulone
	The Atheist Way Through AA Tradition 5 Atheism Atheist God not necessary Tradition 3 (Preview) Atheism in AA has come up recently in threads here and at the Alanon board. Here is a nice example I found that exemplifies an important point for atheist alcoholics: God is not necessary to get or stay sober in AA. As an alcoholic in AA who does believe in God, I appreciate this important point. AA must...	Tanin	21	3821	Jul 19, 2015 by Tanin
	Sober Quote for Today, Friday July 17, 2015 (Preview) "Don't Let Others Rent Space in Your Head" I am good about this one. Being a people pleaser most of my life I have always worried about what others think about me, say about me. So I am ultra-sensitive. I am not as bad as I used to be. Things are said to me now and I think to myself..."Wow! No...	hopefulone	3	814	Jul 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 7/19 (Preview) In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things. --Pablo CasalsThe Third Step refers to "God as we understood Him." The pathways to meeting our Higher Power and to our spiritual awakening are all around. Every tree and every l...	Pythonpappy	0	666	Jul 19, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Getting through withdrawl symptoms (Preview) I went 4 years being sober but was not as hard a drinker as I was when I restarted this last time. I was lucky in the point I did not actually feel the physical need to have alcohol when I stopped. This time is different I have been physically ill now for 5 days, shaky, sweats. sick on my stomach and feel out of i...	downperiscope	11	1324	Jul 19, 2015 by Tanin
	I AM Grateful (Preview) Yep . I AM Grateful. Because for me . The gutter could be my Biggest fall.	Zoomtopz	6	795	Jul 19, 2015 by mikef
	Can I really do this? (Preview) I've been through a year of AA court ordered, so my heart wasn't in it. I went into rehab twice, court ordered, after suicide attempts. I hated the AA thing, but I think it was more because it wasn't my choice. I'm still a rebel at heart. (at 52). I'm an alcoholic, have been since I started drinking at 12, w...	Still trying	28	1086	Jul 18, 2015 by Tanin
	Sober Quote for Today, Thursday July 16, 2015 (Preview) "I came for my drinking and stayed for my thinking." I had "perfected" my drinking by the last time I came into the AA meetings to get help. I had reached the point I could out drink some of the college bar hoppers. I could out drink my bf. I had not had enough to drink until I passed ou...	hopefulone	1	810	Jul 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 7/16 (Preview) The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water and breeds reptiles of the mind. -- William BlakeWe seek the answer. Sometimes we think we have found a central truth and later learn that beneath it is another truth. Or what seemed so crucial as a guiding principle for our lives last year is st...	Pythonpappy	0	728	Jul 16, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Acceptance Recovery Quote of the Day July 13, 2015 (Preview) Acceptance "And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, It is because I find some person, place, thing, 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...	hopefulone	1	647	Jul 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Anonymity and Social Media (Preview) I was and still am quite surprised when other AAer's ask me my last name. A couple have caught me off guard. We will be talking about what a great meeting we just had or something else and all of a sudden...."What is your last name?" Is it just me, or is this inappropriate? I also get questioned...	hopefulone	4	1015	Jul 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Sober Quote for Today, Wednesday July 15, 2015 (Preview) "I tried to drown all my fears but the bastards learned to swim." I used to be able to "forget" about my fears with just one or two drinks. Then the longer I drank and more I drank it was taking more to "get my mind off" of my problems. Eventually, 2 became 4, 4 became 7 or 8,...	hopefulone	2	610	Jul 15, 2015 by hopefulone
	Welcome to MIP Tom D. AKA Aquinas Hall (Preview) Welcome Tom, ... Please come by more frequently and share some of your ESH ... Love ya Bro and God Bless, Pappy	Pythonpappy	0	694	Jul 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms 7/13 (Preview) July 13, 2015Quote of the Week"Did God introduce me to the program, or did the program introduce me to God?" In the beginning of my recovery, I spent a lot of time resenting that I had to go to all those meetings and do all that work. "Why can't I just lead a normal life?" I cried. It...	Pythonpappy	0	733	Jul 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 7/15 (Preview) We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend. --Robert Louis Stevenson Addiction destroyed many of our relationships. It took away our ability to get close to others. The above quotation reminds us that real friends are more impo...	Pythonpappy	0	562	Jul 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 7/14 (Preview) Daily Surrender - No RegretsThis I pray, Higher Power: I will surrender to Your will today, which brings me peace and joy that makes all things new. I no longer have that trampled look of someone forced to remember every mistake he or she has made. I no longer hide under that blanket of regrets.My daily s...	Pythonpappy	0	597	Jul 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift 7/13 (Preview) Is there any stab as deep as wondering where and how much you failed those you loved? --Florida Scott MaxwellTreating our loved ones as we hope to be treated is our assurance against failing them. And if we listen to our inner voice, we'll never falter in our actions toward others. There is always a righ...	Pythonpappy	0	623	Jul 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) July 6, 2015Quote of the Week"Bring the body, the mind will follow." This is a quote I heard early on in my recovery, and it has served me well over and years. Over and over again, when I haven't wanted to go to a meeting, I went anyway and once my body was there, my mind ended up being glad it wen...	Pythonpappy	0	785	Jul 15, 2015 by Pythonpappy
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