I know what you mean Trish. An analogy would be my morning meditation: I first began meditation over twenty-five years ago. As I was first learning, I would...

Meditation is a State way out in the mountains were there is always conflict. <peace> <Des> Danny S <danny@...> wrote: I know what you mean...

Hi Danny and All Friends Thank´s for your post. It gave me a laugh (of identification). My ESH: Earlier, when I was sharing in meetings,I was greatly ...

Hi Trish, You obviously sussed me out immediately, my hands are up; I know nothing about meditation. Believe it or not that was one of my own quotes ! ho ho ho...

huh? ... From: Des Green To: BBS_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [BBS_Open_Discussion] Re: he would just...

Danny, I'm not at your level of expertise yet. First of all, I do let a lot of people, places things go now and become "water off..." I still have some...

It cannot be viewed that way. There really is not a "level of expertise". I am just as "expert" as first day. The ability to "do it" does not change. It is the...

SEMANTICS: 1) The branch of philology dealing with meanings. 2) Meanings, connotation. 3) The interpretation of symbols other than words. A flaw in all of our...

Clarifying: You must do something better than I do, Danny! OK, you water the flowers, watch them grow. I do too. (I have lovely roses BTW)Some of us are...

Dave, you are absolutely right. My sponsor said a similar thing. Also God will remove defects of character - not us, on his time not ours. Maybe I have been...

Yes, I feel a little silly at the moment. It's like I'm a cartoon character starting to run. You know how they seem to spin round and round before they take...

-(((((Trish))))))) You know, I was thinking today that it is interesting we are talking about this when our study is on step one. BUT, the thing is, it is...

Janet- Thank you so much for the share, as a beginner to this program and 4 days sober.Step one is something I'm yet to absorb or understand. As I was tellng...

Hi. Jim Cox, alcoholic. For an alcoholic, there is no good reason to fear powerlessness over alcohol. Take a calm and objective look at what happens when you...

Hi Angela still an alcoholic. I don't ever thinkthat my life will be manageable at least not by me. I got to hand it over, How do I hand it over? by workign...

I thought this way for a long time. But, I have a mental obsession as well as the physical allergy. I am powerless over alcohol before I take the first drink....

"After some time of resting on my past experience, I once again found my life unmanagable, and I hadn't picked up the drink." I see no argument here. The...

Dead Solid Perfect Janet! I identify completely with your experience down the line in this post. The end of 2005 wasn't my finest hour. Drinking never entered...

Welcome back Dean... _____ From: BBS_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BBS_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dean M Sent: Sunday, January 08,...

Dean, You have been in my thoughts and prayers. Its good to have you back on board! Jocelyn ... __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL –...

Janet Step One is awesome! I always spend a long time on it with newcomers. I was powerless over alcohol and my life had become unmaneagable. The willingness,...

Paul(Soberfinn) - I know what you mean when you start to share and everyone leaves for coffee or whatever!!! Worse was when I was doing my first panel and the...

Hi Trish I forgot to mention "our two regular meeting-sleepers". They don´t bother anybody (Well, the older sometimes starts to snore but he then gets a kind...