Alcoholics Anonymous

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Anticipate the good so that you may enjoy it. --Ethiopian Proverb NewcomerI'm getting closer to 90 days - I'm in the 80s now. I'm excited. It's a miracle that I've been able to stay in recovery without interruption for this long. But I feel worried, too - or maybe I'm scared. I don't know what I'm feeling...

Mike B. · Mike B.

December 9 "I can make any decision about my behavior and life, as long as I am prepared to deal with the consequences. I can decide to get drunk every night if I want to take the consequences ... Or I can decide to stay sober another day, and enjoy the consequences of that decision -- being able to de...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

December 8, 2014Quote of the Week"If you can't learn to laugh at yourself, we'll do it for you..." Oh how serious everything was when I entered recovery. Overwhelmed by the problems I'd created, a home life that was in shambles, unemployed and unemployable, I didn't find very many thing...

myownhell · myownhell

Today is the student holiday. I remember 2 years ago when I've already was in A.A. that I was sure that I won't drink, because I thought that I know many things about this disease. You can guess what happened - I got drunk, and my collegues got me home. And today I am thinking about it. About the self-knowle...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

He who helps a friend in woe is like a fur coat in the snow. --Russian ProverbWe came in from a very hard life when we came into recovery, kind of like coming in from a blizzard in Siberia! The old life was dangerous, cold, and lonely, and it forced us to use all our energy just to survive. Sooner or later it wo...

Mike B. · Mike B.

December 8 "It doesn't matter too much how the transforming spiritual experience is brought about so long as one gets one that works ... Somehow the alcoholic must get enough objectivity about himself to abate his fears and collapse his false pride.""

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

On this day, Sunday, December 7th, 1941 at just before 8 a.m., Japan initiated an unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii ... (2 thousand killed, 1 thousand injured in a single 2 hour attack) ... Although I wasn't born yet, the effect on my parents and all their friends was profou...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It doesn't happen all at once.... You become. It takes a long time. --Margery WilliamsOur spiritual awakening is partly a process of becoming real. We're moving from the external controls of image and others' opinions to the internal controls of honesty, listening to our inner voice, and having tr...

Amigo · Amigo

I thought of giving an opinion about something disturbing I heard about AA but why bother...It just limits myself in my own spiritual voyage...accomplishes nothing. All is quickly forgotten and my focus is on Spiritual things that I remind myself today for personal growth. Love is an Inward Beauty...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Other people can't meet our needs if we don't tell them what our needs are.We need tenderness and caring from our families and friends. We need their acceptance, understanding, and support. Sometimes we need their criticism and forgiveness.Whatever our needs are, other people will probably be in...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Be determined to handle any challenge in a way that will make you grow.~ Les Brown

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Reflection for the DayI know today that getting active means trying to live the suggested Steps of the Program to the best of my ability. It means striving for some degree of honesty, first with myself, then with others. It means activity directed inward, to enable me to see myself and my relationship...

mikef · mikef

The work continues,,,another hour ,another day, another year.....In Gods(of your own understanding) grace and mercy we continue in our Solution ,application of the Program(STEPS) worked with a sponsor and ingrained in our daily lives.....Have a blessed and productive day

Mike B. · Mike B.

December 4 "I have never mastered the art of self-sponsorship, and I doubt that I ever will."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Should everybody like me?When people say they are people-pleasers, they're acknowledging that it's a problem.It's a problem because it reflects a desire to have everybody's acceptance and approval - to be universally liked. But from what we know about human relationships, this is not possible....

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Even though I can't solve your problems, I will be there as your sounding board whenever you need me. --Sandra K. LambersonThe prize we each have been given is our ability to offer full and interested attention to people seeking our counsel. And seldom does a day pass that we aren't given the opportuni...

AA_For_Life · AA_For_Life

https://www.spiritrock.org/calendarDetails?EventID=396...

Mike B. · Mike B.

December 3 "The whole world became mine when I had nowhere else to go."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Its not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.~ Mother Teresa

Mike B. · Mike B.

December 2 "What unites all members on the program is a common sincerity. We are all seeking the truth; we are trying for honesty. In practice, any useful conception of God must relate to this idea of truth. Some people would say that God is truth -- no more and no less."

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

God grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. --Reinhold NiebuhrSome things I cannot change: my age, who my relatives are, my eye color, my height, my childhood experiences, my inborn talents, my nature, s...

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

I wrote this , then put it onto timber. I Am Still inspired by this to this day . I hope others find "Hope" & Inspiration in it. -- Edited by Zoomtopz on Sunday 30th of November 2014 03:44:20 AM

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

December 1, 2014Quote of the Week"Expectations are premeditated resentments." Oh how I still like to try to control people, places and things. Even though the first step teaches me about my powerlessness, and the third step gives me the tools to dealing with life, I still find myself re...

FindingFreedom · FindingFreedom

if anyone is out there, my internet has been down all day, just got it back, does anyone have any advice regarding cross talk, we have a problem in our meeting with cross talk and i want to address it, is there anything in the big book that can help me? thanks sorry for the short notice, life in the islands ok...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.~ Anthony Robbins

Mike B. · Mike B.

December 1 "There are many kinds of spiritual experience. Some are like the conversions of the great religious leaders of the past; others seem purely psychological. Some are sudden or instantaneous; others are a gradual learning experience. But all of them, whatever form they take, have...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression. --Dodie SmithWhen we change our lives, we give up old patterns. Some of these old patterns, as harmful as they may have been, were like our best friends. We could turn to them for comfort and escape. After giving them up, and after the first ela...

caznh · caznh

I've been looking at my computer screen for 10 minutes before writting anything, because I am so afraid to face my drinking problem. However, it is time to change. I am a 45 year-old woman who has been binged drinking and blacking out since I was 15. I'm tired of being an alcoholic; I'm depressed, sc...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

An inspiring book, a caring friend, a moment of silence - all can offer the guidance we seek.We are learning to seek guidance on how to handle the serious circumstances of our lives. We used to feel we had to figure out everything for ourselves. What a gift it is to seek suggestions from friends we can tru...

mandm · mandm

JK. I'm a year and a half sober now! thanks y'all. I check into this board from time to time to remind me of where I came from. I'm doing great, still doing my art, I'm shocked to think its only been a year and a half. I don't even remember what it is like to drink, I still keep away from social setting that are i...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.~ Count Leo Tolstoy

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Fill up your life.One of the good things about the blues is their power to make me feel better. No matter how bad it gets in my little world, I can be pretty sure that B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, or Stevie Ray Vaughn has seen worse. Sometimes, it just feels good to vocalize all those bad feelings.Bad things...

EJH13 · EJH13

I'm 30 years old and here I am again... Same story since I was 12... Hungover, shaking & embarrassed as all hell. The guilt & shame seems unbearable. I haven't worked a program since I was 18. I don't want to live like this forever. I feel so alone. But most of all... There is this fear. Fear of Fail...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it. --Mother TeresaOur spiritual nature must be nurtured. Prayer and meditation lovingly kindle the flame that guides us from within. Because we're human, we often let the flame flicker and perhaps go out. And then we sense the dreaded aloneness....

John · John

Without a cigarette! Next month is my 56th birthday, my 25th sober anniversary, and the holidays... what better gift could I give myself than stop smoking which has been reducing my quality of life for the past few years? Keep me in your prayers as this is so very important I do at this time. Just 7 day...

Tanin · Tanin

To all the regulars, to all the infrequent posters, to all the visitors, to all the missing, to all who have left freely, to all who have been booted, to all the newcomers, to all the oldtimers, to all the gurus, to all the neophytes, to all to those who have drifted away from recovery, to those across the U...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Welcome to MIP Dobby from 'down under' ... glad to have you with us ...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Okay, ... home alone sickish ... can't give this crap to my son ... sooooo ... my mind is up to no good, LOL ... have a chuckle on me!!! ... -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Thursday 27th of November 2014 03:36:04 PM

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

THE SILENT MEETINGA member of a certain AA group, who previously had been attending meetings regularly, stopped going. After a few weeks, another group member decided to visit him. It was a chilly evening.. The group member found the man at home alone, sitting before a blazing fire. Guess...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Caffeine Is My ShepherdCaffeine is my shepherd; With it besides me, I shall not doze.It maketh me to wake in green pastures:It leadeth me beyond the sleeping masses.It restoreth my buzz:It leadeth me in the paths of consciousness for its name's sake.Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shado...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Standing_Tall · Standing_Tall

Have not checked in in a while and thought I would do so. Complete honesty here........I have had a couple of relapses over the last year and am really struggling with what to do about things. I am still maintaining contact with my sponsors on a daily basis, attending meetings, keeping a job, but I am sic...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The Wolf and the CraneA wolf had been eating when a bone became stuck in his throat. Soon, the pain became excruciating. He rushed to a pond, thinking water would loosen the bone. But he could not swallow. Frantic, he looked around and saw a crane watching him. "I would give anything," he ras...

Mike B. · Mike B.

November 26 "If we expend even five percent of the time on Step Eleven that we habitually (and rightly) lavish on Step Twelve, the results can be wonderfully far-reaching."

Connie F · Connie F

I'm going to be brave and go out on the limb here. I am NOT an old timer. I am no religious expert, nor even religious at all. But, the miracles I have received from learning how to incorporate having a Higher Power/God in my life, as a result of learning the steps from my sponsor, I wanted to share these br...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy. ~ Ralph H. Blum -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Thursday 27th of November 2014 08:39:26 AM

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

The best way to predict the future is to create it.~ Peter F. Drucker

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

Count Your Blessings Count your many blessings, name them one by one, Count your many blessings, see what God has done! --from Count Your Blessings by Johnson Oatman Jr.

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

You start preparing when you're thirty for the person you'll be at eighty. --Janice ClarkWe can't get away from ourselves, at least not entirely. Who we were at ten and twenty and forty and fifty remain as threads in our tapestries. Many of us shudder because some details of our personal panorama were...

Pythonpappy · Pythonpappy

(For those of you who like these, sorry, I been very ill ... trying to get back on my feet!) I always have two lists: things I'm happy about and things I'm not. It's my choice which list I focus on. --Anne ArthurWhy do we all too eagerly see the glass as half empty rather than as half full? It need not be a habi...

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	Today's Gift - 12/9 (Preview) Anticipate the good so that you may enjoy it. --Ethiopian Proverb NewcomerI'm getting closer to 90 days - I'm in the 80s now. I'm excited. It's a miracle that I've been able to stay in recovery without interruption for this long. But I feel worried, too - or maybe I'm scared. I don't know what I'm feeling...	Pythonpappy	0	498	Dec 9, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) December 9 "I can make any decision about my behavior and life, as long as I am prepared to deal with the consequences. I can decide to get drunk every night if I want to take the consequences ... Or I can decide to stay sober another day, and enjoy the consequences of that decision -- being able to de...	Mike B.	0	465	Dec 9, 2014 by Mike B.
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) December 8, 2014Quote of the Week"If you can't learn to laugh at yourself, we'll do it for you..." Oh how serious everything was when I entered recovery. Overwhelmed by the problems I'd created, a home life that was in shambles, unemployed and unemployable, I didn't find very many thing...	Pythonpappy	0	583	Dec 8, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today (Preview) Today is the student holiday. I remember 2 years ago when I've already was in A.A. that I was sure that I won't drink, because I thought that I know many things about this disease. You can guess what happened - I got drunk, and my collegues got me home. And today I am thinking about it. About the self-knowle...	myownhell	2	482	Dec 8, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/8 (Preview) He who helps a friend in woe is like a fur coat in the snow. --Russian ProverbWe came in from a very hard life when we came into recovery, kind of like coming in from a blizzard in Siberia! The old life was dangerous, cold, and lonely, and it forced us to use all our energy just to survive. Sooner or later it wo...	Pythonpappy	0	524	Dec 8, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) December 8 "It doesn't matter too much how the transforming spiritual experience is brought about so long as one gets one that works ... Somehow the alcoholic must get enough objectivity about himself to abate his fears and collapse his false pride.""	Mike B.	0	428	Dec 8, 2014 by Mike B.
	Let Us Not Forget Pearl Harbor (Preview) On this day, Sunday, December 7th, 1941 at just before 8 a.m., Japan initiated an unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii ... (2 thousand killed, 1 thousand injured in a single 2 hour attack) ... Although I wasn't born yet, the effect on my parents and all their friends was profou...	Pythonpappy	1	600	Dec 7, 2014 by mikef
	Today's Gift - 12/7 (Preview) It doesn't happen all at once.... You become. It takes a long time. --Margery WilliamsOur spiritual awakening is partly a process of becoming real. We're moving from the external controls of image and others' opinions to the internal controls of honesty, listening to our inner voice, and having tr...	Pythonpappy	1	467	Dec 7, 2014 by justadrunk
	I Thought about Giving an Opinion but why Bother (Preview) I thought of giving an opinion about something disturbing I heard about AA but why bother...It just limits myself in my own spiritual voyage...accomplishes nothing. All is quickly forgotten and my focus is on Spiritual things that I remind myself today for personal growth. Love is an Inward Beauty...	Amigo	3	675	Dec 7, 2014 by justadrunk
	Today's Gift - 12/6 (Preview) Other people can't meet our needs if we don't tell them what our needs are.We need tenderness and caring from our families and friends. We need their acceptance, understanding, and support. Sometimes we need their criticism and forgiveness.Whatever our needs are, other people will probably be in...	Pythonpappy	0	468	Dec 6, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Be determined to handle any challenge in a way that will make you grow.~ Les Brown	Pythonpappy	0	418	Dec 5, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/5 (Preview) Reflection for the DayI know today that getting active means trying to live the suggested Steps of the Program to the best of my ability. It means striving for some degree of honesty, first with myself, then with others. It means activity directed inward, to enable me to see myself and my relationship...	Pythonpappy	0	499	Dec 5, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Thank all for their continued support (Preview) The work continues,,,another hour ,another day, another year.....In Gods(of your own understanding) grace and mercy we continue in our Solution ,application of the Program(STEPS) worked with a sponsor and ingrained in our daily lives.....Have a blessed and productive day	mikef	2	625	Dec 5, 2014 by Jerry F
	Grapevine (Preview) December 4 "I have never mastered the art of self-sponsorship, and I doubt that I ever will."	Mike B.	2	417	Dec 4, 2014 by Mike B.
	Today's Gift - 12/3 (Preview) Should everybody like me?When people say they are people-pleasers, they're acknowledging that it's a problem.It's a problem because it reflects a desire to have everybody's acceptance and approval - to be universally liked. But from what we know about human relationships, this is not possible....	Pythonpappy	2	506	Dec 4, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/4 (Preview) Even though I can't solve your problems, I will be there as your sounding board whenever you need me. --Sandra K. LambersonThe prize we each have been given is our ability to offer full and interested attention to people seeking our counsel. And seldom does a day pass that we aren't given the opportuni...	Pythonpappy	0	448	Dec 4, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Recovery Meditation Live Casting (Preview) https://www.spiritrock.org/calendarDetails?EventID=396...	AA_For_Life	0	493	Dec 3, 2014 by AA_For_Life
	Grapevine (Preview) December 3 "The whole world became mine when I had nowhere else to go."	Mike B.	0	459	Dec 3, 2014 by Mike B.
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) Its not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.~ Mother Teresa	Pythonpappy	0	370	Dec 2, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) December 2 "What unites all members on the program is a common sincerity. We are all seeking the truth; we are trying for honesty. In practice, any useful conception of God must relate to this idea of truth. Some people would say that God is truth -- no more and no less."	Mike B.	0	421	Dec 2, 2014 by Mike B.
	Today's Gift - 12/2 (Preview) God grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. --Reinhold NiebuhrSome things I cannot change: my age, who my relatives are, my eye color, my height, my childhood experiences, my inborn talents, my nature, s...	Pythonpappy	0	472	Dec 2, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	I wrote this in early Sobriety (Preview) I wrote this , then put it onto timber. I Am Still inspired by this to this day . I hope others find "Hope" & Inspiration in it. -- Edited by Zoomtopz on Sunday 30th of November 2014 03:44:20 AM	Zoomtopz	4	1071	Dec 2, 2014 by Zoomtopz
	Wisdom of the Rooms (Preview) December 1, 2014Quote of the Week"Expectations are premeditated resentments." Oh how I still like to try to control people, places and things. Even though the first step teaches me about my powerlessness, and the third step gives me the tools to dealing with life, I still find myself re...	Pythonpappy	0	400	Dec 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	need some help regarding Cross Talk (Preview) if anyone is out there, my internet has been down all day, just got it back, does anyone have any advice regarding cross talk, we have a problem in our meeting with cross talk and i want to address it, is there anything in the big book that can help me? thanks sorry for the short notice, life in the islands ok...	FindingFreedom	5	10069	Dec 1, 2014 by MakingWaves
	Sunrise Quote 12/1 (Preview) It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.~ Anthony Robbins	Pythonpappy	0	383	Dec 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) December 1 "There are many kinds of spiritual experience. Some are like the conversions of the great religious leaders of the past; others seem purely psychological. Some are sudden or instantaneous; others are a gradual learning experience. But all of them, whatever form they take, have...	Mike B.	1	406	Dec 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 12/01 (Preview) Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression. --Dodie SmithWhen we change our lives, we give up old patterns. Some of these old patterns, as harmful as they may have been, were like our best friends. We could turn to them for comfort and escape. After giving them up, and after the first ela...	Pythonpappy	0	465	Dec 1, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	paralyzed (Preview) I've been looking at my computer screen for 10 minutes before writting anything, because I am so afraid to face my drinking problem. However, it is time to change. I am a 45 year-old woman who has been binged drinking and blacking out since I was 15. I'm tired of being an alcoholic; I'm depressed, sc...	caznh	6	801	Nov 30, 2014 by justadrunk
	Today's Gift - 11/30 (Preview) An inspiring book, a caring friend, a moment of silence - all can offer the guidance we seek.We are learning to seek guidance on how to handle the serious circumstances of our lives. We used to feel we had to figure out everything for ourselves. What a gift it is to seek suggestions from friends we can tru...	Pythonpappy	0	472	Nov 30, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	falling off the wagon.... (Preview) JK. I'm a year and a half sober now! thanks y'all. I check into this board from time to time to remind me of where I came from. I'm doing great, still doing my art, I'm shocked to think its only been a year and a half. I don't even remember what it is like to drink, I still keep away from social setting that are i...	mandm	6	960	Nov 29, 2014 by mandm
	Sunrise Quote - 11/29 (Preview) There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.~ Count Leo Tolstoy	Pythonpappy	0	452	Nov 29, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 11/29 (Preview) Fill up your life.One of the good things about the blues is their power to make me feel better. No matter how bad it gets in my little world, I can be pretty sure that B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, or Stevie Ray Vaughn has seen worse. Sometimes, it just feels good to vocalize all those bad feelings.Bad things...	Pythonpappy	0	435	Nov 29, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Fearful (Preview) I'm 30 years old and here I am again... Same story since I was 12... Hungover, shaking & embarrassed as all hell. The guilt & shame seems unbearable. I haven't worked a program since I was 18. I don't want to live like this forever. I feel so alone. But most of all... There is this fear. Fear of Fail...	EJH13	30	1273	Nov 28, 2014 by pinkchip
	Today's Gift - 11/28 (Preview) To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it. --Mother TeresaOur spiritual nature must be nurtured. Prayer and meditation lovingly kindle the flame that guides us from within. Because we're human, we often let the flame flicker and perhaps go out. And then we sense the dreaded aloneness....	Pythonpappy	0	418	Nov 28, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	7 days... (Preview) Without a cigarette! Next month is my 56th birthday, my 25th sober anniversary, and the holidays... what better gift could I give myself than stop smoking which has been reducing my quality of life for the past few years? Keep me in your prayers as this is so very important I do at this time. Just 7 day...	John	10	789	Nov 27, 2014 by justadrunk
	Happy Thanksgiving To All (Preview) To all the regulars, to all the infrequent posters, to all the visitors, to all the missing, to all who have left freely, to all who have been booted, to all the newcomers, to all the oldtimers, to all the gurus, to all the neophytes, to all to those who have drifted away from recovery, to those across the U...	Tanin	4	519	Nov 27, 2014 by justadrunk
	Welcome Dobby (Preview) Welcome to MIP Dobby from 'down under' ... glad to have you with us ...	Pythonpappy	0	393	Nov 27, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Need a Laugh ??? (Preview) Okay, ... home alone sickish ... can't give this crap to my son ... sooooo ... my mind is up to no good, LOL ... have a chuckle on me!!! ... -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Thursday 27th of November 2014 03:36:04 PM	Pythonpappy	1	430	Nov 27, 2014 by Jerry F
	The Silent Meeting (Preview) THE SILENT MEETINGA member of a certain AA group, who previously had been attending meetings regularly, stopped going. After a few weeks, another group member decided to visit him. It was a chilly evening.. The group member found the man at home alone, sitting before a blazing fire. Guess...	Pythonpappy	0	466	Nov 27, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Coffee, it's Not Just for Breakfast Anymore (Preview) Caffeine Is My ShepherdCaffeine is my shepherd; With it besides me, I shall not doze.It maketh me to wake in green pastures:It leadeth me beyond the sleeping masses.It restoreth my buzz:It leadeth me in the paths of consciousness for its name's sake.Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shado...	Pythonpappy	0	489	Nov 27, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Morn'n Coffee - (Humor) (Preview)	Pythonpappy	6	663	Nov 27, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Checking in and struggling!!! (Preview) Have not checked in in a while and thought I would do so. Complete honesty here........I have had a couple of relapses over the last year and am really struggling with what to do about things. I am still maintaining contact with my sponsors on a daily basis, attending meetings, keeping a job, but I am sic...	Standing_Tall	7	681	Nov 27, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 11/2 (Preview) The Wolf and the CraneA wolf had been eating when a bone became stuck in his throat. Soon, the pain became excruciating. He rushed to a pond, thinking water would loosen the bone. But he could not swallow. Frantic, he looked around and saw a crane watching him. "I would give anything," he ras...	Pythonpappy	2	476	Nov 27, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Grapevine (Preview) November 26 "If we expend even five percent of the time on Step Eleven that we habitually (and rightly) lavish on Step Twelve, the results can be wonderfully far-reaching."	Mike B.	2	429	Nov 27, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	If You're Struggling with the Belief in a Higher Power, Maybe This Can Help! (Preview) I'm going to be brave and go out on the limb here. I am NOT an old timer. I am no religious expert, nor even religious at all. But, the miracles I have received from learning how to incorporate having a Higher Power/God in my life, as a result of learning the steps from my sponsor, I wanted to share these br...	Connie F	6	937	Nov 27, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy. ~ Ralph H. Blum -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Thursday 27th of November 2014 08:39:26 AM	Pythonpappy	0	398	Nov 27, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Sunrise Quote (Preview) The best way to predict the future is to create it.~ Peter F. Drucker	Pythonpappy	0	394	Nov 27, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 11/27 (Preview) Count Your Blessings Count your many blessings, name them one by one, Count your many blessings, see what God has done! --from Count Your Blessings by Johnson Oatman Jr.	Pythonpappy	0	419	Nov 27, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 11/26 (Preview) You start preparing when you're thirty for the person you'll be at eighty. --Janice ClarkWe can't get away from ourselves, at least not entirely. Who we were at ten and twenty and forty and fifty remain as threads in our tapestries. Many of us shudder because some details of our personal panorama were...	Pythonpappy	0	440	Nov 27, 2014 by Pythonpappy
	Today's Gift - 11/25 (Preview) (For those of you who like these, sorry, I been very ill ... trying to get back on my feet!) I always have two lists: things I'm happy about and things I'm not. It's my choice which list I focus on. --Anne ArthurWhy do we all too eagerly see the glass as half empty rather than as half full? It need not be a habi...	Pythonpappy	0	456	Nov 27, 2014 by Pythonpappy
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