A speaker at my group made a comment that just annoyed the crap out of me. Here's a guy sober 28 years and he says "I don't know how AA works, it just does"....
hello, rough day here. emotionally, mentally. ya, and spiritually too. i feel abandoned. i have lost that connection with my higher power. yesterday morning...
Lost ALLLLLLLL my emails - among them your with your phone number before I put it in my cell phone phone book - could you, would you, send it again, privately?...
I am often very judgmental, which is one of my character defects. (OK, OK, I can hear some of you now… "No SHIT!!" * sigh * C'mon! Gimme a break! Hear me...
One of the things I learned early on was that anything I said in a meeting was fair game. People were going to comment on what I said from time to time and I...
In a 12&12 step meeting I used to go to regularly it was written right into the guidelines before each meeting. It basically said "No cross talking about the...
Anybody going up to Bill W's for the picnic and hike of Mt Aeolus? I want to know if there is going to be any competition for the history quiz that there...
Let's get a little lively here. Hypothetical question: I have a problem with booze. I have lost my business, my family, mostly all of my friends. I have been...
Happy Mother's Day H-is for the happiness you give to me. A- is for the Angel that I so clearly see. P- is for the patience you gave thru the years P- is for...
I often sit in meetings and listen to people with relatively long term sobriety claim how "sick they are" or "crazy" or whatever. It puzzles me that we don't...
The study up at The Wilson House was a great success! Dave and I had a great time presenting it and we had plenty of happy participants! Even though the...
From another list: "Recovered alcoholic" is great for the outside world, but in the AA fellowship, the phrase "recovering alcoholic" works and connotes an ...
While the doorknob discussion is interesting I often defer to our basic text as the source of where AA sits on this issue. More often than not I believe that...
"I wish for you..." Comfort on difficult days, Smiles when sadness intrudes, Rainbows to follow the clouds, Laughter to kiss your lips, Sunsets to warm your...
Sponsoring others has changed me profoundly. Has it changed you? In what ways? It's obvious as to why a sponsee benefits from sponsorship. But why do you think...
Karen wrote: << Sponsoring others has changed me profoundly. Has it changed you? In what ways? >> For me, sponsoring has taught me to look closer at my...
In We_Have_Recovered@yahoogroups.com, "Karen" <honey_dot_com@y...> ... .....well, its about time somebody started a 12 step group for people such as yourself...
Much of what we hear in meetings has nothing to do with the AA Program. Much of it has become part of the AA lexicon without any basis in AA at all. Here are a...
I mean... I understand the theory. Everyone must have their own concept of a Higher Power. Who your God is is none of my business, and who my God is is none of...
Yes, we of agnostic temperament have had these thoughts and experiences. Let us make haste to reassure you. We found that as soon as we were able to lay aside...
Out in Eastern Long Island where I spend my weekends there is a Saturday Men's Meeting which I usually attend in the off-season. One guy there just annoys the...
I take it that everyone had a fulfilling and prosperous weekend. I did. I learned some things about myself, I learned some things about some of my friends and...
Hi guys and gals.. This is Tom {in oregon}. Joined the group today and had a chance to read about half of the post so far. Some were on "sponcees/pigions"....
Hello, My name is Scott, and I have Recovered from alcoholism. Going to and leaving meetings usually left me feeling empty. I couldnt understand the reason my...
Chapter 7 does caution us about being specific regarding the discussion of God and spiritual principles: "If the man be agnostic or atheist, make it emphatic...
There was a time when I believed that everything that happened was God's will. As time passed it made belief in a Power greater than myself more difficult to...
Our relationship with God, of our own individual understanding, is a very personal matter. I am pleased to see alot of discussion about God, our belief in a...
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