... journal. ... OK ... Anything for a welcoming from Mamma Sue! I'm glad I stumbled across this list. I have always wanted to start journaling but I'm too ...
I cannot accept the concept of being powerless. In most things I recognize a lack of total control, but in few instances is one truly powerless. To espouse...
...to finally communicate with sober folks who's program omits the reliance on God and acknowledges that we are ourselves responsible for our sobriety! I just...
I've been too busy as of late. Learning to merge living with work and the few family obligations I allow into my life. I'm barely keeping my mouth above the...
Some folks get exercised at the configurations of a Higher Power that others come up with. In my mind, the sophistication of the configuration represents...
I haven't felt much like writing lately. I don't hardly write at all, in fact. Not in my journals, not my typical essays, not even much e- mail. Working has...
Ahh, what to drink? What to drink? I'll admit, those damned little Bailey's bottles have been lurking in my shadows, but it was more to do with my stress...
Christmas Eve, and the snow was falling thick and fast. I made my way to my parents' house, just like every year that I can remember since leaving home. I got...
Funny, how things can come full circle. Yesterday, after spending another day with my parents and my wonderful partner, I went to the women's residence where I...
Ah, my year-end interactions with my family inevitably result in my getting my yearly illness. Think it was the flu, still suffering the swollen glands. I...
I've been thinking lately about how I so feel like I did when I was a teenager. Kinda lost, clueless about the future. But there's a big difference, a...
Hello to all members, I haven't journaled in awhile, which is not a good thing for me. I've had a great deal going on, and I should be writing about it in...
Monday, April 11, 2004 Today, I decided to stay home and get some things in order. So much has happened in the past few months. Life-altering things,...
When I joined AA in 1970 & thru the years in NY I was able to find secular minded members to stay sober with. Living in South Florida 2005 it seems I'm a very...
THE REASON I'VE SUCCEEDED IN REMAINING SOBER USING AA AS MY FOUNDATION IS THAT I'VE NEVER TAKEN THE AA "GOD" ORIENTED PHILOSOPHY FROM THE OXFORD MOVEMENT...
Days go by before I can talk to my group. I am afraid to call anyone on my support group. I feel I am taking away from their time. I have come to write...
Hello Bellestar, I'm Sue, and I'm the listowner of SOSJournal. I appreciate the fact that you're hurting so much, and that you feel you need to write out your...
That's a wonderful idea! Everyone needs a forum. I wish you the best of luck with this. It can be very healing. Thanks for being so understanding. Sue...
Just cashed my single biggest cheque for a week of work ever. 3 grand to be exact, just for answering phone calls at home! But honestly, guys I am not here to...
brylee.stevens9742@...
Dec 13, 2005 3:28 pm
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Well I just got engaged! I can't believe it, just last year I was beginning to think i would never meet anyone. I'm 25 already and I thought it was all over....
brylee.stevens9742@...
Jan 10, 2006 2:55 pm
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Thought i would share something with ya'll. Great fun and it does actually work. Met my girl on here, http://www.meetthemonlinenow.info/itdm and so far...
brylee.stevens9742@...
Jan 15, 2006 2:58 pm
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Hello, My name is Xavier but my friends call me either X or X man. This is actually my first time posting a message on any board so it is interesting. This...
Good Luck! Xavier, are you aware of the sos email group? You can find it by following the links you'll see on the website for the journal group. You'll get...
Hello everyone my name is Lloyd, I am an addict. For Real. I started doing ontravenous drugs at age thirteen. Im fourty-five. I have spent years in prison and...
Hi Lloyd, Once again, I think you need to go to the mainstream SOS email group at sossaveourselves@yahoogroups.com The journal group is just for venting....
Hi All. This is actually something my therapist recomended to me. I am a recovering alcoholic, sober for 11 months so far. I have had the support of my...
March 18, 2006 What has it meant for me, this recovery journey? Seven and a half years ago, when I was consuming four liters of wine a night, still working,...