An alcoholic in recovery is shipwrecked miles out to sea. He winds up on an uncharted, deserted island andhas to make the best of it. Five years later, he ...
Hi Friends. I was on the receiving end of the statement I used as the title of this post. I heard this on the job in my role as "Manager" ~ not for the first...
Hi Dean, I used the, ''I'm an alcoholic, what do you want from me.'' line myself. I used it to try and excuse my behaviour, to try to justify my behaviour, and...
Bill that joke was so funny I sure needed it. This is Tanya. Well Life is going by one day at a time. I went to a therapist that my ASAP probation officer...
Hello, all my Recovered Friends! In another group to which I belong, someone posted: >>Don't ever think that you can defeat alcohol. If that were true.....you...
Hi Bill, It is not that we think we can defeat alcohol. It is the realisation and the acceptance that alcohol has defeated us. In accepting we must then follow...
Bill, I'm not sure if someone hosting a beginner's group would want to have 10th step quotes included(though my homegroup encouraged reading 10th & 11th from ...
Super Response Barb. You got right to the heart of the matter ~ "Causes & Conditions"! My Opinion & Experience ~ It Is NEVER TOO EARLY to introduce the...
Thanks, Dean. wasn't sure if I should jump in or not. And OMG- one step a year? are there really those promoting that? That is *very* far off from the first...
I have a question. I know some are against the very idea but many groups have a set of "by-laws". Do any of you belong to a group that does and if so, do you...
Dean, I've heard that 1 step a year claptrap too. Had I followed that notion I surely would be dead or drooling in my tapioca right now. God blessed me by...
Tanya, Positively *milk* everything bit of wisdom and insight that you can out of your sentence. Get absolutely every crumb that is to be had. Come home in...
An Irishman goes to the Doctor with botty problems.... "Dactor, it's me arse. I'd loik ya ta teyhk a look, if ya woot". So the doctor gets him to drop his...
Steve, I am on the revision committee for the Intergroup by-laws in my Intergroup - I have attached a copy for your use. It's a draft and is a work in...
Of course we can't defeat alcohol - but God can and will if sought. We do that, as quickly as possible through the taking of the 12 steps. I like others here,...
Sent by mistake, sorry Joe _____ From: We_Have_Recovered@yahoogroups.com [mailto:We_Have_Recovered@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Nugent Sent: Monday,...
Joe, I wasn't feeling 2 grand either until I read it ! Its just what I needed this afternoon ! Jocelyn ... it's me ... look. "Incredible" he ... eases the ......
I will defeat alcohol when I die until then I will be recovering. Tanya http://thesims2.ea.com/mysimpage/mysimpage.php?user_id=204859 God Bless Tanya ... ...
If you truly believe that statement, then why do you belong to a group called "We Have RecoverED"? :) The line in the Big Book which this is quoted from says,...
Liz, I think differently. I feel that I will always be recovering. I will be recovered when I am in heaven. We always say one day at a time, think about...
Joe that was cute I liked that. Tanya http://thesims2.ea.com/mysimpage/mysimpage.php?user_id=204859 God Bless Tanya ... Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate...
hi all.. i am one of the moderators of the group that started this thread...that which Bill T. refered to... the fellow made the statement regarding "defeating...
Hi All, With respect to alcohol and defeat, AA and the program has taught me humility, not futility. Why bang my head against a brickwall when I can sit down...
Tanya, I guess it all depends on what you are recovering from.... the BB says this.. " We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who...
Thanks for the booboo. I needed a good laugh. Tanya http://thesims2.ea.com/mysimpage/mysimpage.php?user_id=204859 God Bless Tanya ... Yahoo! for Good Click...
Jocelyn, I too went right away and worked those steps. Some old timers told me that was crazy that I will not make it if I work the program that way. Well my...
Tanya, I am not a moderator of this group, but i can tell you that-far from being in the wrong group-you are in the RIGHT group! Here, you will hear us say,...
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