Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

March 31, 2014Quote of the Week"The people who are the angriest are the people who are the most afraid." It took me a long time to make the connection between my anger and my fear. For years I drowned my fear in alcohol and drugs, and lived pretty detached from my feelings. Those times when I c...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You are the hero of your life.Each of us plays the starring role in the drama that is our life. We co-create the script along with our Higher Power. Sometimes we forget our lines, and so we improvise as best we can. We are heroes, each of us, as we move through the events of the day, refining our character an...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Unless our desire for human compassion is stronger than our desire to be right, to be secure or to belong, love will elude us. --Marsha SinetarKnowing we are loved is what most of us crave. For brief moments we feel it; then it eludes us once again. Why does it slip through our fingers so quickly? One way o...

Mike B. · Mike B.

April 2 "For all the slow mornings, there are just as many when I arise with an open mind, willing to see what God has in store for me that day. Every chapter of self-pity ends when I am willing to abandon my pride and reach out to another alcoholic."

gonee · gonee

I have to thank my many sponsors for the time they made available in their own lives to help a sick alcoholic like me. My sponsor Ronnie used to give at least 2 to 5 hours of time daily. My sponsor Richie from India, with his limited time will spend nearly all of it with me. My last session with him in 1996, was...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober, that motive became secondary. It was transcended by the happiness they found in giving themselves for others. They shared their homes, their slender resources and gladly devoted spare hours to fellow-sufferers....

Mike B. · Mike B.

April 1 "Despite the happy transcendence of the difficulties of yesterday and of today, we nevertheless deeply realize that our negative traits are still with us, and always will be. Therefore our constant responsibility should be that of taking a fearless inventory of our defects as we g...

happyback · happyback

This is how my stop drinking story goes. I realized that these past two months since getting off ativan is pretty much the longest I've been without any medication since I quit drinking. When I quit drinking in June of 2012, my doc put me on zoloft and ativan. I was on that for ten months or so, then quit col...

gonee · gonee

"Step3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him." AA book. "This is the how and the why of it. 1. First of all, we had to quit playing God. It didnt work. 2.Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our Director...

tomsteve · tomsteve

my last drink was 4/21/05. my first AA meeting was 4/23/05. after a little while, I got into a friendship with thom. he was a lil wild, but always had good stuff to share, wasn't afraid to admit he wasn't perfect, and shared often his perception of god. that helped me out quite a bit. he helped learn how to h...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

We come into this world head first and go out feet first; in between it is all a matter of balance.Paul Boese

Philipld · Philipld

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"The thing is if I don't have sobriety, I don't have anything." Matthew Perry BTY -- Edited by betterthanyesterday52 on Monday 31st of March 2014 08:09:30 AM

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. --Marcel Proust How have we felt when we return to our hometowns, childhood homes, old playgrounds, or high schools after years of absence? Suddenly each place isn't as it once seemed because we're looking th...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 31 "If I am in pain, it may be beneficial to me if I am aware of those in even more pain ... The answer for my pain is in the Twelfth Step."

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

This past Thursday I made it 10 months without a drink. If someone told me before I stopped drinking that I would get sober and not drink for this long I would have told them that they were crazy and to leave me alone. The night before I stopped drinking, I was contemplating ending it all. I didn't want to li...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Weekly VerseI sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to Him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. Psalm 34:4-5Weekly QuoteGod walks with us. He scoops us up in His arms or simply sits with us in silent strength until we cannot avoid the awes...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

In the long run, it's easier to carry out our Higher Power's will than our own. The good news of the Twelve Step program is that we don't have to continue trying to make self-will work. Attempting to make the rest of the world conform to what we think we want is a little like trying to push water uphill. It's...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.George Bernard Shaw

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

Instead of the Sober quotation I do everyday, and so the board won't be too filled up with "BTY" (my) postings, I have decided to post this "burning desire" I have to share this instead. I hope it helps someone thinking about attending AA meetings and helps alleviate any fear(s...

Lizmccal · Lizmccal

So the reason I drank and totally accepted I was a piece of shit came up with my 4th step. I am obsessed with this turama from the past. Well years of crap ages 10-23. It hurts and I have seen a shrink and talked about it and talked and talked about it and did everything I can. Everyone agrees my childhood was b...

bikerbill · bikerbill

Visited mum yhis afternnon and she was fast asleep. My sister looks absolutely drained too. Went back this evening and mum had woken up and is looking well for an 88 year old. Staff have no concerns and she responds well to gentle teasing. She's determined to get back home asap.. all very positive and me...

hopee · hopee

Hi, I'm wanda an alcoholic and an addict . So I've been real busy going to AA meetings and other things, that's why I have not been here in awhile. I call my sponser every morning and night rather I need to or not. And when all hell breaks through I call her again. we just went through the 3rd step prayer toge...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

This is not a deep philosophical insight by any means, but this morning as I was getting ready for work it really hit me that at no point in the course of my life have I ever woken up sober and regretted avoiding alcohol the night before. I've never rolled over in bed, bright-eyed and awake, and wished that...

Flynn · Flynn

Ok guys. Wtf are you doing here??? You must still need some kind of proof that there is something greater than yourself "out there" Never mind what you've been "told" It's bullshit. It's "the man behind the curtain in Oz" Pay no attention It's Ed Harris in The Truman...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

Happy Sobriety Birthday, justadrunk! Thanks for sharing your stories, inspiration and hope and helping me stay sober, too! BTY

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"If some days the best I can do is get out of bed and make it to a meeting, then so be it. The day was a success any day that I stay sober is a success." --unknown BTY

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The strength of the team is each individual member The strength of each member is the team.Phil Jackson

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

A woman didn't come home one night. The next morning she told her husband she had slept over at a friend's house. The man called his wife's 10 best friends. None of them knew anything about it. Friendship among Men: A man didn't come home one night. The next morning he told his wife he had slept over a...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

"If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave" Mo Williams BTY

Philipld · Philipld

Snows a melting and the waters risin!!

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Do I trigger gossip?There is a saying that listening to gossip is gossip. How true! If there were no listeners, there would never be any gossip.Some of us who pride ourselves in refraining from gossip may still have a problem with it. It's possible we still keep ears open for any juicy gossip that could...

bikerbill · bikerbill

My mum had a fall a few days ago and busted her leg. She's had a half hip replacement and will be in hospital for some days So it's my great niece's christening on sunday and I've committed to attend purely because it was a chance for mum to have her family round her...of coirse that won't happen npw, only tw...

Philipld · Philipld

When you're home by yourself you're behind enemy lines I'm an egomaniac with an inferiority complex A critic is a person who goes onto the battlefield after the battle has been fought and shoots the survivors I need to put things in perspective because I have a disease of perception My biggest p...

AdamMoz · AdamMoz

Today I was listening to a speaker talk about how he made the transition from heavy drinker to full-on alcoholic. He started drinking with the same frequency as his friends, he said but, "Somewhere along the line, I went from drinking a little too much to becoming an alcoholic." It made me s...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 28 "One of the first insights Dr. Bob and I shared was that all true communication must be founded on mutual need. Never could we talk down to anyone, certainly not to a fellow alcoholic. We saw that each sponsor would have to humbly admit his own needs as clearly as those of his prospect.&q...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Changing destructive habits is what changes lives.People grow accustomed to habits even when they are self-destructive. We who have sought the help of Twelve Step programs were often caught in patterns of behavior that injured us or other people. We want help to change these habits or we wouldn't b...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The best thinking is done in solitude. The worst has been in turmoil.Thomas Edison

rp01921 · rp01921

Hello all, I want to introduce myself to you all. My name is Rebecca and I am 21 years old. I am not a recovered or recovering alcoholic, but I would love to learn about how many of you recovered and continue to recover from your addiction. I struggle with resisting things in my life and I wanted to know how y...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The more I learn of others' problems, the more my own problems automatically dissolve. --Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche Newcomer The second part of Step Eight says, "became willing to make amends to them all." I have to admit that this is a lot harder for me than simply recognizing that I've caus...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

In the confrontation between the river and the rock. The river always wins. Not through strength but by perseverance.Unknown

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 27 "When we early AAs got our first glimmer of how spiritually prideful we could be, we coined this expression: 'Don't try to get too damned good by Thursday!'"

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

I have come to believe that hard times are not just meaningless suffering and that something good might turn up at any moment. That's a big change for someone who used to come to in the morning feeling sentenced to another day of life. When I wake up today, there are lots of possibilities. I can hardly wai...

whitewhineoh · whitewhineoh

I posted yesterday about how I am on a business trip that ended up being very early in my sobriety. It is challenging, but doable. It has to be. Last night I was able to avoid going to the bar with my colleagues and being a bit of a hermit, but it worked for me. Tonight I have to go bowling. Now, I love bowl...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Fall in love with lifeI was sitting in the chair at the beauty shop getting my hair cut one day and listening to my beautician chatter away. She showed me a picture of one of her friends, a woman who had gotten married and recently had a baby girl."She's been so in love since that child was born,"...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.Chang Tsu

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The following is an excerpt of a new book, just thought it appropriate to those of us in recovery also ... (in addition to those with non-alcohol generated problems) ... : Whats your pebble? From The Pebble in the Shoe by Jim FanninEveryone has had a pebble in his or her shoe. You may have one or two now....

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

This was probably next to the biggest fear I had about working these steps. As if the 4th Step wasn't enough--listing my resentments and reading my creeping crud to a person I have known only a few months, then I have to deal with this same person make a list of my "character flaws"! After the m...

betterthanyesterday52 · betterthanyesterday52

Its a great advantage not to drink among hard drinking people. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (I have found it necessary for me not to be around anyone that is drinking no matter how much they are drinking. Staying sober is my number one priority and I have not reached the point where I feel like I...

Mike B. · Mike B.

March 25 "I'm better able to love people when the storm of my judgmental mind settles, when I understand and empathize rather than criticize and condemn."

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	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) March 31, 2014Quote of the Week"The people who are the angriest are the people who are the most afraid." It took me a long time to make the connection between my anger and my fear. For years I drowned my fear in alcohol and drugs, and lived pretty detached from my feelings. Those times when I c...	Pythonpappy	3	297	Apr 3, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 4/3 (Preview) You are the hero of your life.Each of us plays the starring role in the drama that is our life. We co-create the script along with our Higher Power. Sometimes we forget our lines, and so we improvise as best we can. We are heroes, each of us, as we move through the events of the day, refining our character an...	Pythonpappy	0	296	Apr 3, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 4/2 (Preview) Unless our desire for human compassion is stronger than our desire to be right, to be secure or to belong, love will elude us. --Marsha SinetarKnowing we are loved is what most of us crave. For brief moments we feel it; then it eludes us once again. Why does it slip through our fingers so quickly? One way o...	Pythonpappy	0	238	Apr 3, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) April 2 "For all the slow mornings, there are just as many when I arise with an open mind, willing to see what God has in store for me that day. Every chapter of self-pity ends when I am willing to abandon my pride and reach out to another alcoholic."	Mike B.	3	286	Apr 3, 2014 by justadrunk
	Sponsorship (Preview) I have to thank my many sponsors for the time they made available in their own lives to help a sick alcoholic like me. My sponsor Ronnie used to give at least 2 to 5 hours of time daily. My sponsor Richie from India, with his limited time will spend nearly all of it with me. My last session with him in 1996, was...	gonee	3	399	Apr 2, 2014 by Mike B.
	Sober Quote for the Day (Preview) "Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober, that motive became secondary. It was transcended by the happiness they found in giving themselves for others. They shared their homes, their slender resources and gladly devoted spare hours to fellow-sufferers....	betterthanyesterday52	3	298	Apr 2, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) April 1 "Despite the happy transcendence of the difficulties of yesterday and of today, we nevertheless deeply realize that our negative traits are still with us, and always will be. Therefore our constant responsibility should be that of taking a fearless inventory of our defects as we g...	Mike B.	3	341	Apr 2, 2014 by Mike D
	Has anyone had a similar sober path? (Preview) This is how my stop drinking story goes. I realized that these past two months since getting off ativan is pretty much the longest I've been without any medication since I quit drinking. When I quit drinking in June of 2012, my doc put me on zoloft and ativan. I was on that for ten months or so, then quit col...	happyback	29	2180	Apr 1, 2014 by happyback
	My experience Step 3. (Preview) "Step3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him." AA book. "This is the how and the why of it. 1. First of all, we had to quit playing God. It didnt work. 2.Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our Director...	gonee	3	314	Apr 1, 2014 by mikef
	a wee bit angry and sad today (Preview) my last drink was 4/21/05. my first AA meeting was 4/23/05. after a little while, I got into a friendship with thom. he was a lil wild, but always had good stuff to share, wasn't afraid to admit he wasn't perfect, and shared often his perception of god. that helped me out quite a bit. he helped learn how to h...	tomsteve	11	512	Apr 1, 2014 by Stepchild
	Sunrise Quote - 3/31 (Preview) We come into this world head first and go out feet first; in between it is all a matter of balance.Paul Boese	Pythonpappy	4	363	Mar 31, 2014 by justadrunk
	We need to talk!! (Preview)	Philipld	10	712	Mar 31, 2014 by Flynn
	Sober Quote for the Day (Preview) "The thing is if I don't have sobriety, I don't have anything." Matthew Perry BTY -- Edited by betterthanyesterday52 on Monday 31st of March 2014 08:09:30 AM	betterthanyesterday52	1	239	Mar 31, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 3/31 (Preview) The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. --Marcel Proust How have we felt when we return to our hometowns, childhood homes, old playgrounds, or high schools after years of absence? Suddenly each place isn't as it once seemed because we're looking th...	Pythonpappy	2	266	Mar 31, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) March 31 "If I am in pain, it may be beneficial to me if I am aware of those in even more pain ... The answer for my pain is in the Twelfth Step."	Mike B.	2	222	Mar 31, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	10 Months Sober Because Sobriety Is My Number One Priority (Preview) This past Thursday I made it 10 months without a drink. If someone told me before I stopped drinking that I would get sober and not drink for this long I would have told them that they were crazy and to leave me alone. The night before I stopped drinking, I was contemplating ending it all. I didn't want to li...	betterthanyesterday52	12	1007	Mar 30, 2014 by davep12and12
	Weekly Thought --- (religious concept) (Preview) Weekly VerseI sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to Him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. Psalm 34:4-5Weekly QuoteGod walks with us. He scoops us up in His arms or simply sits with us in silent strength until we cannot avoid the awes...	Pythonpappy	2	256	Mar 30, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift - 3/30 (Preview) In the long run, it's easier to carry out our Higher Power's will than our own. The good news of the Twelve Step program is that we don't have to continue trying to make self-will work. Attempting to make the rest of the world conform to what we think we want is a little like trying to push water uphill. It's...	Pythonpappy	2	206	Mar 30, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote - 3/30 (Preview) Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.George Bernard Shaw	Pythonpappy	3	423	Mar 30, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sober Stuff for the Day -----How to Get Through Your First AA Meeting (Preview) Instead of the Sober quotation I do everyday, and so the board won't be too filled up with "BTY" (my) postings, I have decided to post this "burning desire" I have to share this instead. I hope it helps someone thinking about attending AA meetings and helps alleviate any fear(s...	betterthanyesterday52	3	428	Mar 30, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	4th Step issue and obsession (Preview) So the reason I drank and totally accepted I was a piece of shit came up with my 4th step. I am obsessed with this turama from the past. Well years of crap ages 10-23. It hurts and I have seen a shrink and talked about it and talked and talked about it and did everything I can. Everyone agrees my childhood was b...	Lizmccal	6	479	Mar 30, 2014 by Mike D
	my mum (Preview) Visited mum yhis afternnon and she was fast asleep. My sister looks absolutely drained too. Went back this evening and mum had woken up and is looking well for an 88 year old. Staff have no concerns and she responds well to gentle teasing. She's determined to get back home asap.. all very positive and me...	bikerbill	8	368	Mar 30, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	I pick up my 30 day chip 3/26/2014 (Preview) Hi, I'm wanda an alcoholic and an addict . So I've been real busy going to AA meetings and other things, that's why I have not been here in awhile. I call my sponser every morning and night rather I need to or not. And when all hell breaks through I call her again. we just went through the 3rd step prayer toge...	hopee	21	581	Mar 29, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Waking Up Sober (Preview) This is not a deep philosophical insight by any means, but this morning as I was getting ready for work it really hit me that at no point in the course of my life have I ever woken up sober and regretted avoiding alcohol the night before. I've never rolled over in bed, bright-eyed and awake, and wished that...	AdamMoz	7	356	Mar 29, 2014 by Stepchild
	My Eulogy (Preview) Ok guys. Wtf are you doing here??? You must still need some kind of proof that there is something greater than yourself "out there" Never mind what you've been "told" It's bullshit. It's "the man behind the curtain in Oz" Pay no attention It's Ed Harris in The Truman...	Flynn	14	872	Mar 29, 2014 by Stepchild
	Happy Sobriety Birthday justadrunk! (Preview) Happy Sobriety Birthday, justadrunk! *Thanks for sharing your stories, inspiration and hope and helping me stay sober, too!* *BTY*	betterthanyesterday52	13	663	Mar 29, 2014 by StPeteDean
	Sober Quote for the Day (Preview) "If some days the best I can do is get out of bed and make it to a meeting, then so be it. The day was a success any day that I stay sober is a success." --unknown BTY	betterthanyesterday52	4	232	Mar 29, 2014 by Philipld
	Sunrise Quote - 3/29 (Preview) The strength of the team is each individual member The strength of each member is the team.Phil Jackson	Pythonpappy	6	211	Mar 29, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Humor Time!!! Proof, Men have Better Friends! (Preview) A woman didn't come home one night. The next morning she told her husband she had slept over at a friend's house. The man called his wife's 10 best friends. None of them knew anything about it. Friendship among Men: A man didn't come home one night. The next morning he told his wife he had slept over a...	Pythonpappy	15	503	Mar 29, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sober Quote for the Day (Preview) "If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave" Mo Williams BTY	betterthanyesterday52	9	289	Mar 29, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Before and After (Preview) Snows a melting and the waters risin!!	Philipld	1	264	Mar 29, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift 3/29 (Preview) Do I trigger gossip?There is a saying that listening to gossip is gossip. How true! If there were no listeners, there would never be any gossip.Some of us who pride ourselves in refraining from gossip may still have a problem with it. It's possible we still keep ears open for any juicy gossip that could...	Pythonpappy	1	215	Mar 29, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	resentment? maybe i've dealt with this one. (Preview) My mum had a fall a few days ago and busted her leg. She's had a half hip replacement and will be in hospital for some days So it's my great niece's christening on sunday and I've committed to attend purely because it was a chance for mum to have her family round her...of coirse that won't happen npw, only tw...	bikerbill	13	459	Mar 29, 2014 by Mike D
	Thoughts For Today (Preview) When you're home by yourself you're behind enemy lines I'm an egomaniac with an inferiority complex A critic is a person who goes onto the battlefield after the battle has been fought and shoots the survivors I need to put things in perspective because I have a disease of perception My biggest p...	Philipld	8	312	Mar 28, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	That Moment You Cross the Line (Preview) Today I was listening to a speaker talk about how he made the transition from heavy drinker to full-on alcoholic. He started drinking with the same frequency as his friends, he said but, "Somewhere along the line, I went from drinking a little too much to becoming an alcoholic." It made me s...	AdamMoz	11	534	Mar 28, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Grapevine (Preview) March 28 "One of the first insights Dr. Bob and I shared was that all true communication must be founded on mutual need. Never could we talk down to anyone, certainly not to a fellow alcoholic. We saw that each sponsor would have to humbly admit his own needs as clearly as those of his prospect.&q...	Mike B.	2	201	Mar 28, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Today's Gift - 3/28 (Preview) Changing destructive habits is what changes lives.People grow accustomed to habits even when they are self-destructive. We who have sought the help of Twelve Step programs were often caught in patterns of behavior that injured us or other people. We want help to change these habits or we wouldn't b...	Pythonpappy	1	201	Mar 28, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote - 3/28 (Preview) The best thinking is done in solitude. The worst has been in turmoil.Thomas Edison	Pythonpappy	4	204	Mar 28, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Yearning to Learn (Preview) Hello all, I want to introduce myself to you all. My name is Rebecca and I am 21 years old. I am not a recovered or recovering alcoholic, but I would love to learn about how many of you recovered and continue to recover from your addiction. I struggle with resisting things in my life and I wanted to know how y...	rp01921	7	511	Mar 27, 2014 by davep12and12
	Today's Gift - 3/27 (Preview) The more I learn of others' problems, the more my own problems automatically dissolve. --Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche Newcomer The second part of Step Eight says, "became willing to make amends to them all." I have to admit that this is a lot harder for me than simply recognizing that I've caus...	Pythonpappy	3	206	Mar 27, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote - 3/27 (Preview) In the confrontation between the river and the rock. The river always wins. Not through strength but by perseverance.Unknown	Pythonpappy	2	208	Mar 27, 2014 by Philipld
	Grapevine (Preview) March 27 "When we early AAs got our first glimmer of how spiritually prideful we could be, we coined this expression: 'Don't try to get too damned good by Thursday!'"	Mike B.	2	213	Mar 27, 2014 by Philipld
	Sober Quote for the Day ..brought to you by AA (Preview) I have come to believe that hard times are not just meaningless suffering and that something good might turn up at any moment. That's a big change for someone who used to come to in the morning feeling sentenced to another day of life. When I wake up today, there are lots of possibilities. I can hardly wai...	betterthanyesterday52	1	299	Mar 27, 2014 by Philipld
	One week? (Preview) I posted yesterday about how I am on a business trip that ended up being very early in my sobriety. It is challenging, but doable. It has to be. Last night I was able to avoid going to the bar with my colleagues and being a bit of a hermit, but it worked for me. Tonight I have to go bowling. Now, I love bowl...	whitewhineoh	12	622	Mar 27, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 3/26 (Preview) Fall in love with lifeI was sitting in the chair at the beauty shop getting my hair cut one day and listening to my beautician chatter away. She showed me a picture of one of her friends, a woman who had gotten married and recently had a baby girl."She's been so in love since that child was born,"...	Pythonpappy	1	217	Mar 27, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	Sunrise Quote - 3/26 (Preview) To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.Chang Tsu	Pythonpappy	1	267	Mar 27, 2014 by betterthanyesterday52
	The Pebble in the Shoe (Preview) The following is an excerpt of a new book, just thought it appropriate to those of us in recovery also ... (in addition to those with non-alcohol generated problems) ... : *Whats your pebble? From The Pebble in the Shoe* by Jim Fannin**Everyone has had a pebble in his or her shoe. You may have one or two now....	Pythonpappy	3	693	Mar 26, 2014 by Mike D
	Character Flaws? What Character Flaws???? (Preview) This was probably next to the biggest fear I had about working these steps. As if the 4th Step wasn't enough--listing my resentments and reading my creeping crud to a person I have known only a few months, then I have to deal with this same person make a list of my "character flaws"! *After the m...*	betterthanyesterday52	4	704	Mar 26, 2014 by Mike D
	Sober Quote for The Day (Preview) Its a great advantage not to drink among hard drinking people. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (I have found it necessary for me not to be around anyone that is drinking no matter how much they are drinking. Staying sober is my number one priority and I have not reached the point where I feel like I...	betterthanyesterday52	1	315	Mar 26, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) March 25 "I'm better able to love people when the storm of my judgmental mind settles, when I understand and empathize rather than criticize and condemn."	Mike B.	3	282	Mar 26, 2014 by Pythonpappy
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