Member: Connee R.
Location: Mass.
Date: 1/25/98
Time: 1:51:36 PM

Comments

HI everyone. Accidently stumbled across this site today and have been doing some great reading. Thanks.


Member: don w
Location: akeley mn.
Date: 1/25/98
Time: 2:06:46 PM

Comments

keep coming back connie r and all others new to this site. i live in rural norhtern mn. so interaction with other via. this medium is wellcome addition to my day.. now if could learn to type ha. ha.


Member: Tim V.
Location: Poconos, PA
Date: 1/25/98
Time: 2:24:16 PM

Comments

Congratulations to all the celebrants.


Member: Suzanne H.
Location: Burlington, Ontario Canada
Date: 1/25/98
Time: 3:20:36 PM

Comments

Hi! My name is Suzanne and I'm an alcoholic. Aaahhhh Yes! Super Bowl Sunday! I'm not a football fan but the other 4 in the family are so I get more time on the computer. I have been researching "ALCOHOLIC NEUROPATHY" on the internet but I am getting fed up with all the medical terms etc. If there is anyone out there who suffers from this feel free to e-mail me. My E-Mail address is Kmartsh0pr@aol.com To all, have a great 24 hours.


Member: Gary B
Location: Wisconsin
Date: 1/25/98
Time: 4:23:59 PM

Comments

Hi Folks. Found this web site by doing a little focused web prowling. Going to be the first NA (or is it AA) Superbowl in many years for me. Oh yeah....the NA means non-alcohol.

Thanks for being out here......


Member: tomk
Location: va
Date: 1/25/98
Time: 5:14:57 PM

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Member: tomk
Location: va
Date: 1/25/98
Time: 5:17:39 PM

Comments

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Member: tomk
Location: va
Date: 1/25/98
Time: 5:18:05 PM

Comments

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Member: Ken F.
Location: Orangeville, Ontario
Date: 1/25/98
Time: 5:28:28 PM

Comments

Just looking around never been here before new at this web stuff but I will be sober 10years on Feb13. Maybe I'll check in later. Don't Drink Go To Meetings , Don't Drink Go To Meetings, Don't Drink Go To Meetings are 3 good suggestions for any new comer see you all later.


Member: Kerry B.
Location: Idaho
Date: 1/25/98
Time: 6:50:47 PM

Comments

Tom K. - If we can do it, so can you!!! Thank your Higher Power (whoever or whatever that may be today) for your 2 days. You will find your way - we did!! Thank you for sharing.


Member: Jerry S
Location: Iowa
Date: 1/25/98
Time: 8:05:47 PM

Comments

hi from Iowa, been sober 19 years. thank the good lord and the AA program for many years of happiness to the man who has been sober a few days hang in there keep going to meetings, and DON'T DRINK. all you need is a desire, real strong desire.

yours in AA Jerry


Member: Jerry S
Location: Iowa
Date: 1/25/98
Time: 8:10:06 PM

Comments

hi from Iowa, been sober 19 years. thank the good lord and the AA program for many years of happiness to the man who has been sober a few days hang in there keep going to meetings, and DON'T DRINK. all you need is a desire, real strong desire.

yours in AA Jerry


Member: Jerry S
Location: Iowa
Date: 1/25/98
Time: 8:10:23 PM

Comments

hi from Iowa, been sober 19 years. thank the good lord and the AA program for many years of happiness to the man who has been sober a few days hang in there keep going to meetings, and DON'T DRINK. all you need is a desire, real strong desire.

yours in AA Jerry


Member: Robb W.
Location: Mississauga Ont. Canada
Date: 1/25/98
Time: 9:07:39 PM

Comments

Hi! I'm an alcoholic, name's Robb. Just keepin in touch. Another great day today. Almost time to go to bed and thank God for another 24 hours. TomK two days is a couple of 24 hours! Keep up the good work. As was mentioned "Don't drink, go to meetings" Remember "Easy does it... but do it!!" M.Y.D.D.N.C. Yours in Love and Service Robb


Member: Treasurer
Location: PA
Date: 1/25/98
Time: 10:58:11 PM

Comments

Please see "Pass the Hat" at this time


Member: Cherise D.
Location: PA
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 9:01:08 AM

Comments

Hi Tom Welcome!!!!

It's no coincidence that you found us when the topic is the first step. Hang in there and listen to learn and learn to listen to the experience strength and hope of those who made it through. It really does work!!!


Member: David C.
Location: NC
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 9:41:03 AM

Comments

tomk

We are all miracles here one day at a time.

as a friend of mine says..."the program is bulletproof"

keep coming back.


Member: Suzanne H.
Location: Burlington, Ontario Canada
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 9:50:54 AM

Comments

Hi! Suzanne again, recovering alcoholic. I have an appointment with the doctor today. I think I suffer from ALCOHOLIC NEUROPATHY. Going to get this checked out! I understand there are many tests to be done, and I will have to wait some time for the results. In the meantime I would like to talk to anyone out there who suffers from this. I feel alone. I researched it on the internet and just got all the medical information nothing for support. My e-mail address is Kmartsh0pr@aol.com. Thanks to all for listening and have a great day! To TomK, Congrats on the 2 days!


Member: Susie S.
Location: Dallas, TX
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 1:09:46 PM

Comments

Just checking out the great conversation and great coffee - Congrats to everyone celebrating - Keep coming back, I know I will!! Signed a GREATFUL Recovering Alcoholic


Member: SteveW
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 2:19:20 PM

Comments

Hi everybody. I was just browsing hoping to find a meeting schedulein my area. I just moved here and want to get to some meetings while I feel stromhg enough to admit my needs. This may not be the best place to find out but as a start does anybody know where I can get a good online list of meetings in the South and west San Francisco Bay area? Thanks


Member: SteveW
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 2:19:33 PM

Comments

Hi everybody. I was just browsing hoping to find a meeting schedulein my area. I just moved here and want to get to some meetings while I feel stromhg enough to admit my needs. This may not be the best place to find out but as a start does anybody know where I can get a good online list of meetings in the South and west San Francisco Bay area? Thanks


Member: Frank D.
Location: Willowgrove Pa.
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 2:26:45 PM

Comments

Thanks Gary: For saying NA (No Alchol) But here is is a better one.NA stands for No-Ansewers And AA stands for all the Ansewers. Thanks One Day At A Time. Big Frank


Member: Tony G.
Location: Pequannock, N. J.
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 2:30:27 PM

Comments

Hi, my name is Tony G. I am a alcoholic. Found the chat room and am glad. Been trying to get program for two years. Would like comments, thanks.


Member: susan s
Location: Terre Haute, Indiana
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 2:40:17 PM

Comments

Hi Family:

So good to find another recovering group online ( or anywhere ). Congrats to all the b-days, the newcomers, and everyone else. I will be back.

Staying in today and more appreciative of life than before...


Member: Jim M.
Location: Lima, O.
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 3:07:03 PM

Comments

Tony G. from some unpronounceable place in N.J. ! please explain what you mean by "Get the program " How long has it been since your last drink? just an interesed alcoholic.....


Member: Glen H
Location: Denton, TX
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 5:36:36 PM

Comments

Suzanne - How long have you been sober ? A lot of those symptoms are fairly common to anyone newly sober.


Member: Markw
Location: Scotland
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 6:03:36 PM

Comments

Hello there my dear fellows across the ocean, my name is Mark and I'm an alcoholic. Imagine getting a meeting here in my own sitting room! Congratulations to the Birthday people. Happy to join you and glad to be sober.


Member: jerry m.
Location: toledo  oh.
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 6:39:56 PM

Comments

hi everyone my name is jerry and i'm grateful to know i'm an alcoholic today. tried to share last week but the server cut me off.it's frustrating when ya hunt & peck. hey to mark in scotland spent some time there in the u.s. navy working on my lead. don't drink, get a sponser, join a group, and go to lots of meetings. it gets better. it works if you work it.


Member: Bonny M
Location: Vancouver Island
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 7:53:19 PM

Comments

Hi everyone; Just stumbled across this meeting. What's a chat room? Sobriety is the first subject that I searched on the internet. Almost eight years sobriety and I finally get cyber! I'm waiting for my sponsor to get her computer now, since I moved out of town. Thanks for being here


Member: Nan D.
Location: Pocono Mt.'s Pa
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 10:15:36 PM

Comments

hi everyone, Nan here alcoholic and drug addict, its been awhile since i've been here. Congradulations Barry and Cherise, sorry i missed your ann. last night. And congrads to all the other celebrants, it shows me this program works. Tony G.Keep coming, you will get it from osmosis. Tom K. now you have three days, one day at a time, congrads to you. John M. in md. your in pain and i feel it, make a physical meeting, and talk to people. Steve W. Look up AA in your local phone book, call that number they will give you directions to your closest meeting for that day, then you can get a meeting list there. Good Luck. I feel so fortunate today that i didn't drink. I have a womens big book study that we do in a lady's house with eight of us girls, and i wish everyone can have something like this, it is so wonderful sitting around in someone's living room talking about recovery, and what it was like. i do not want to trade my sobriety for all the tea (or coffee) in China. I am a miracle, and so are all of you. Thanks to AA and the power that's greater then myself for keeping me clean and sober today. I hope to make this coffee pot and the meeting more often. Love you all. Good Night


Member: Judith T.
Location: Utica, NY
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 11:01:56 PM

Comments

Hi! My name is Judith and I am an alcoholic. Just found this web sight .. it's great .. will come back again to hear from you and to share some stuff myself. I've been in the program for almost four years ... love it ... love the people and feel very much at home in the rooms of AA ... It's great so I think I'll keep coming back ...


Member: kay h.
Location: vergreville, alberta canada.
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 11:53:21 PM

Comments

hi everyone. kay from alberta in can. grateful recovering alcholic,by the grace of GOD and A.A. CONGRATS TO ALL THE BIRTHDAY PEOPLE.just goes to show you this program does work if you work it. wishing you all another safe and sober 24. thanks.


Member: Joan M
Location: Lake Forest, California
Date: 1/26/98
Time: 11:59:07 PM

Comments

Just found you AA'ers. I'm new to this area. Got sober on Maui 5/18/85 and lived there a total of 20 years. The Fellowship and the sobriety is great here but I miss 'my family'. I feel more alone than ever before. I go to daily meetings, participate, sponsor & have a service position. I'm told it just takes time. Open to views & thoughts on relocation. In the Fellowship, Joan


Member: Eric.C.
Location: The Desert
Date: 1/27/98
Time: 8:30:32 AM

Comments

Hi . Frank, for yet another answer....Keep comin' back.


Member: patsyv
Location: nc
Date: 1/27/98
Time: 9:15:13 AM

Comments

hi all name is patsy. Been sober 7 years and 27 days. still feel like a new comer. have been home ill for 4 days and haven't been able to get to meetings. Glad to have this site.thanks for letting me join in. Todays reading was inspiring. Last night a woman I sponsor went out and added to her story...God gave her another chance and she called me today... patsy


Member: patsyv
Location: nc
Date: 1/27/98
Time: 9:15:15 AM

Comments

hi all name is patsy. Been sober 7 years and 27 days. still feel like a new comer. have been home ill for 4 days and haven't been able to get to meetings. Glad to have this site.thanks for letting me join in. Todays reading was inspiring. Last night a woman I sponsor went out and added to her story...God gave her another chance and she called me today... patsy


Member: Bill S.
Location: southwest Fl.
Date: 1/27/98
Time: 9:52:14 AM

Comments

Hi everyone I got a real problem and could use a hand.I have a sponcee that I realy cant stand being around any length of time. Problem is he got booted from a halfway house this morning and has no place to stay. Question is this.Is it my responsibilty as his sponcer to take him in?I have a roommate who would not take kindly to the idea and it would create some problems.The guy has some real anger problems not unlike myself a few years ago. Well I need some input on this. Thanks.WStorey216@aol.com


Member: Jacque R.
Location: Nebraska
Date: 1/27/98
Time: 10:03:34 AM

Comments

Suzanne, whether you find out you have "alcoholic neuropathy" or not, the treatment of this sounds pretty simple, just like this program. It says to abstain from alcohol and take over the counter analgesics for pain. For severe cases (the kind where even clothing rubbing your skin hurts) small amounts of Rx pain killers are recommended. However, the dependence on these drugs is dangerous given the disease the patient has, so they are used sparingly. There is one cause for alcoholic neuropathy and one treatment. Unless, of course, you were marooned in a tropical forest and now suffer from beri-beri. Take care and I hope you find your answers.


Member: arlynf
Location: Ohio
Date: 1/27/98
Time: 12:57:35 PM

Comments

I need help! I am an alcoholic and have let it mess up my life to many times and it's abuot to end another very special part of my life...my family. If you would like to E-Mail me you can do so at aflint@in-touch.net I don't have any friends in this area and could sure use someone to talk to.


Member: Glen H
Location: Denton, TX
Date: 1/27/98
Time: 2:08:14 PM

Comments

Bill S - I don't remember shelter being a sponsor's obligation. If he was tossed from a halfway house, that is his problem, although he probably could use some help in looking at what his part in that was.

But, if you can't stand to be around him, how effective a sponsor can you really be ? Don't cheat him - be HONEST; recommend another sponsor to him and then trust God.


Member: Susie S.
Location: Dallas, TX
Date: 1/27/98
Time: 3:46:29 PM

Comments

Hello everybody!! To Bonny M. in Vancover - a chat room is where people are typing (or talking) to each other live online. I'm new to this cyberstuff too and I will have eight years in May, God willing. Thanks for all of the great comments, everybody - it really helps when I need a pick me up - HaHa!!

TTFN, A Grateful Recovering Person


Member: Tony G.
Location: Pequannock N. J.
Date: 1/27/98
Time: 4:26:15 PM

Comments

Hi gang, tony g. again. Jim M. what I mean by can not seem to get it is that when things are looking up or when I get really depressed the first thought is much stronger than the first. I have tryed talking to my sponsor but it does not seem to work. I get the thought and act out on it. Sometimes I think like it says in How It Works that I am incapiable of being honest with myself (and can't spell either). The sad thig is I know it works for I see it when other new comers come in and celibrate ninety days and one year. I know also I am on the pity pot and can easily get off it if I work at it but for the fact I am scared of life without alcohol. You know what I mean. thanks for caring. Tony G.


Member: Corey J.
Location: MN
Date: 1/27/98
Time: 6:11:05 PM

Comments

What a neat site, just found it a couple days ago.To Tony G. My sponsor told me to think all I want to, just check with him before acting on it. 90 meetings in 90 days also saved me more than once. Good luck, keep coming back.


Member: L.B.
Location: Pittsburgh
Date: 1/27/98
Time: 8:27:43 PM

Comments

Hi everyone, my name is Lynn and I am recovering. So far I haven't found a live chat that really could be considered a chat, but I'm here. If anyone is monitoring these postings in real time, I would love to chat


Member: Elaine B
Location: Plainville, CT
Date: 1/27/98
Time: 9:02:39 PM

Comments

Hi I'm Elaine, cross-addicted. Rob G from Atlanta who just relocated. Are you relocating from Connecticut? Did you work in Wallingford/Meriden?


Member: Elaine B
Location: Plainville, CT
Date: 1/27/98
Time: 9:02:52 PM

Comments

Hi I'm Elaine, cross-addicted. Rob G from Atlanta who just relocated. Are you relocating from Connecticut? Did you work in Wallingford/Meriden?


Member: Elaine B
Location: Plainville, CT
Date: 1/27/98
Time: 9:04:02 PM

Comments

Hi I'm Elaine, cross-addicted. Rob G from Atlanta who just relocated. Are you relocating from Connecticut? Did you work in Wallingford/Meriden?


Member: deniseC.
Location: Oklahoma
Date: 1/27/98
Time: 9:36:32 PM

Comments

I live with an alcoholic, my husband. He is a binge alcoholic and I'm not real sure how that differs from regular alcoholism, all I know is when he gets the urge to go drink, he drinks way too much and it may be days, weeks or longer before he does it again. He consumes sometimes $50 worth of beer at a time. Can someone give me more info on this type of alcoholism? thanks! denise


Member: Kerry B.
Location: Idaho
Date: 1/27/98
Time: 10:15:08 PM

Comments

To Denise C. - Check your local listings in the phone book for Al-Anon, the people there will be able to help YOU.

To Joan in Lake Forest - be grateful you have some time under your belt. I relocated from L.A. to Idaho almost 7 years ago. At that time I had 11 years. I can only say that I knew it would be foolish of me to think that I could "replace" my "family ", so I did'nt try too. I did go to alot of meetings here for 5 years and just coulnt seem to feel "at home" . It's just different here. I did service for awhile, and found that the "politics" and I just don't get along. I think the biggest problem is a lack of "oldtimers", don't get me wrong, I learn alot from newcomers also. But I do need to share with people who have gone before me, so that they my share their experience, strength, and hope with me. Just because I've been sober for a long time does'nt mean that I don't have the disease anymore. Anyway, I certainly don't want you to think it will be the same there. At least you won't encounter the prejudice towards Californians that I have. By the way, I'm still glad I moved. Nobody can make me leave the program. Nobody!


Member: Nan D.
Location: Pocono Mt's. Pa
Date: 1/27/98
Time: 11:44:59 PM

Comments

Nan alcoholic and drug addict. Hi everyone glad to be here again tonight. Sobriety gave me another wonderful day, a day i spent with my grandson, that never would have happened if i was still using. Tony G. I identify with where you are right now. Living clean and sober scared the crap out of me. The problem I had, i never gave the program enough time, i went in and out for awhile, and by the grace of my higher power, i made it back, and have been here a few 24 hours, and realy enjoying life today, would not trade it for the world. The main thing that realy helped me was the one day at a time slogan. When i thought about not drinking for the rest of my life, i just could not do it, one day or one minute at a time works, try it. Try 90 meetings in 90 days, if you are not comfortable with sobriety after that and want to go back out, your misery will be waiting for you. Good Luck. Everyone have a great night.


Member: MIKE S
Location: OH
Date: 1/28/98
Time: 12:23:58 AM

Comments

i am mike and i am an alcoholic. GLEN Hdio on the words to BILL S and bill take it and run. icome to this site just about every day.i get so much from itbe it raw recovery or long term, we all help each other when we share


Member: Deanna S
Location: Lake Forest, CA
Date: 1/28/98
Time: 12:53:43 AM

Comments

I am Deanna and I am an alcoholic -- on line for the first time! First things first, so this is the first web site I checked out. Suzanne with neuropathy, my dad has it real bad and drinks for the pain and has bottles and bottles of pills. His doctor says it would get better if he would stop drinking. He can't. I have a sponsee who just went back out from a Dr. medication which led to a rock which led to a beer, and now she has a few days again.

I used to love a guy in San Diego who "lived in the sunlight of the spirit" and "did life on the natural." That's where I want to be. I'm sober 9 years and yesterday I heard the promises read in a mtg and realized every one had come true for me. Today it seemed like none of them were. I'm grateful that I want what I have today, and that I can listen to my sponsor when she tells me that my sponsee is affecting my serenity and I need to let her go. I told her today I can't cash her checks and can't loan her money. And I can't enable by not allowing her to suffer the consequences of going back out.

Sorry if I exceeded my 3-5 minutes. Enjoyed reading all the comments and look forward to more--

Deanna


Member: Tony G.
Location: Pequannock N.J.
Date: 1/28/98
Time: 11:49:55 AM

Comments

Hi gang, Tony G. here again. I am an alcoholic, boy am I an alcoholic. Thank GOD I have friends who understand my problems like you all do. Nan D. thanks I needed that. Last night I tryed to get over on a friend of mine for money to get alcohol, he saw right through me if he did not i'd have been in such bad shape this morning i'd probably been embarrest to write right now. Even while writing yesterdays entry I felt the urge to drink. My HP was looking after me though and gave me no way to do so. Since entering the program I went from a continuous drinker to a binge drinker the difference is that there is no difference in my mind. If I was not drinking I am sitting on the fence waiting for the time to drink. The obession is the same as a continuous drinking and the pain after is just as bad. Through out all of this is the fear, what will my life be like without alcohol? What can I now use to escape? I know, Iknow the program and each other but(sorry no buts). I also have a problem with trust. I have been burned many times. Most of them were my fault and I am reluctant to put my trust in anyone or anything for fear of being burned again. O'kay I spilled the milk of my pity party on the table so I want to leave here on an up note. From here I am going to a one o'clock meeting and remembered a thought the first time I heard the words 'group concious' said at a meeting. Those two words contradict each other when it comes to some groups i have been around. Thanks For Reading, Tony G of pequannock (pa kwon nokk) N.J.


Member: Suzanne H.
Location: Burlington, Ontario Canada
Date: 1/28/98
Time: 12:13:29 PM

Comments

Woke up this morning with the attitude "A New Day" Hmmmmm 24 hours to Live, Learn and Suvive! Sounds great to me. Oh, my name is Suzanne and I am a grateful alcoholic. Thanks to all who come here for your words of wisdom. It really does help!


Member: Paul C
Location: Antioch Ca
Date: 1/28/98
Time: 12:49:48 PM

Comments

Hi everyone, Paul the alkie here. Another day, normal, regular, uneventful, "How sweet it is" to live life on life's terms. Heard a good one in a meeting the other day that I've not heard before..."NO is a complete sentence" SeeYa


Member: FYI
Location:
Date: 1/28/98
Time: 1:57:10 PM

Comments

FYI: There is a recovery chat channel at www.myrtleweb.com/aarecovery/javachat.htm

Under "Select Channel" got to AA Recovery First, then click on "Chat". Not many people there yet, but for people that want to chat online, thought this would be the place to go


Member: Swede S
Location: Mt. Laurel NJ
Date: 1/28/98
Time: 2:32:23 PM

Comments

Swede - recovering alcoholic here

Another good chat site is

WWW.billh.org/chatnow.html


Member: Val S.
Location: Illinois
Date: 1/28/98
Time: 9:11:23 PM

Comments

Hello friends...Val an alcoholic. Good to see so many posts from people around the world staying and trying to stay sober. Tony G...just keep at it!!! Hope to meet you all on the cyberhighway soon.


Member: Eileen D
Location: Pa.
Date: 1/29/98
Time: 8:03:55 AM

Comments

Hi everyone. I am a recovering alcoholic of just two weeks, but in just that littl bit of time, I find life is terrific without the alcohol. With God's help and yours I hope to stay sober one day at a time. I can't find the words to discribe how grateful I am. Thanks for listening. Eileen


Member: diane c
Location: utah
Date: 1/29/98
Time: 9:51:21 AM

Comments

I just faced the fact yesterday that I have a problem with my drinking. I almost refuse to admit I am an alcoholic, but guess what, I am. phew, that was hard. Even harder to admit to myself. I stopped drinking this morning. I am a strong woman, but somehow, I don't get any strength from drinking. Good luck to all of you and wish me luck. I guess it isn't luck, is it? Wish me strength, that is all I have right now.


Member: Tony G.
Location: Pequannock N.J.
Date: 1/29/98
Time: 10:14:02 AM

Comments

Hi gang, Tony G. again woke up this morning feeling pretty good. Oh I am an alcoholic, I have my coffee and a few thoughts. I read the 24 hour book and it talks about our fee on entering in this program. I can not remember how much it cost me but I know I paid the price. I paid the price not just financially but mentally and physically. Socially I was bankrupt too but(GOOD BUT) this program gave me a new set of friends I would not give up for the world. Though my family does not fully understand this price they now back my efforts to get sober and pray for me. I am yet again ten days sober and face the future at this time with hope only time will tell and it will only reveal itself in the future. I know I sound melodramatic but its the way I feel. Here I can say the way I feel without fear of being shut up before I can express my self. I hate when people shut me up when I try to say something even when it sounds like it comes from left field. If they listen they would see where I am going.thanks for reading Tony G.


Member: diane c
Location: utah
Date: 1/29/98
Time: 10:56:48 AM

Comments

Tony G. I can't tell my family, I feel I must do this on my own. I am glad your family backs you. I could not admit to anyone I am weak.I have had so much adversity, I have been called a "hero". So how could I admit I am not a hero. It would let everyone down. I could'nt bear it. You are stronger than I. I guess the first step is to admit it and accept it. In my heart I know I have a problem.


Member: David P.
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 1/29/98
Time: 11:52:29 AM

Comments

Hello from San Diego. I need to remember that it's easier to stay sober than to get sober.


Member: Glen H
Location: Denton, TX
Date: 1/29/98
Time: 12:07:00 PM

Comments

Tony, a lot of times we are not very good at just listening. We get caught up in our own excitement over the program and forget what it's like to be new. (We work on self-centeredness forever).

I have found that God is a pretty good listener; he doesn't have a lot to say nor does he interrupt.

Keep praying and going to meetings !


Member: Jim M.
Location: Lima, O.
Date: 1/29/98
Time: 1:07:09 PM

Comments

A suggestion to new friends in the program: Take a deep breath and relax! If you want to stop drinking you are about to be exposed to a program of principles (Not personalities) that works. It's history and the testimony of untold numbers of annoyomous alcoholics like myself. Hear the inmates truly run the institution! You begin a wonderful journey this way: For the next 24 hours you don't drink and you share the experience with us.. a group of people that you may soon find are so VERY much like you...


Member: Jim M.
Location: Lima, O.
Date: 1/29/98
Time: 1:20:28 PM

Comments

Amendment to last comments (!) : I meant to type that the history/testimony is the PROOF that AA works. and I would love to be able to change the word "Hear" to "Here"....an imperfect alki am I...


Member: Deanna S
Location: Lake Forest, CA
Date: 1/29/98
Time: 2:19:24 PM

Comments

Home sick today and reading the big book, my homework for my committed step study. My sponser is holding one for her sponsees, and we're really bonding through it. Just so happens she's getting a lot out of it too! Wanted to say hi to Joan in Lake Forest. I live there too and go to meetings on Alton in Irvine (noon and 5:30 at new community), and hope to see you there. I relocated here from SAn Diego and raised my hand for my first 30 days as a visitor, cause I wanted to make sure people knew me and my situation. It helped. I hooked up with a sponsor from SD too (we have the same keychain, our 90day token from SD that has the serenity prayer on one side and SD AA on the other. We got sober the same way and so we stay sober the same way, through working the steps and principles of the program in our lives on a daily and lifetime basis. We respect each other's programs, and she's really taught me a lot about needing others. So hope to see you in a meeting Joan, and thanks to all for 12 stepping me today.


Member: Robb W.
Location: Mississauga,Ontario,Canada
Date: 1/29/98
Time: 6:16:17 PM

Comments

Hi! Robb here, alcoholic. Just stopped in to read some good thoughts. I try to stop in at least once every day. Although I don't think "chatting" in cyberspace will ever replace actually meeting and talking to real live alcoholics, I really enjoy reading everyone's thoughts every day. Wishing you all another sober and serene 24 hours... Robb


Member: Dawn W
Location: St.Joseph Michigan
Date: 1/29/98
Time: 7:13:41 PM

Comments

hey y'all Dawn W totally greatfull alcoholic. What an awesome room. Live in St.Joe,Michigan getting ready to move to Phoenix,Arizona..excited yet nervous! I will say that God and AA have helped me soo much I've been sober two and a half years and God has given me back my life For me to stay sober I have to stay focused on me and a continual 10th step because I used to not care about people and today i do. For all the newcomers it does get easier and remember Easy Does It Progress not Perfection and Keep coming back it works Im living Proof!! Love Ya All!!


Member: Ruthie C
Location: Georgia
Date: 1/29/98
Time: 9:13:32 PM

Comments

My name is ruthie and I think, actually I'm sure I have a problem with alcohol. I have been drinking steadily for almost ten years. I have been drinking about a 5th of booze everyday. I spend a great deal of time hiding this from every one I know. Going to different liq stores, pouring liquor in different bottles. I don't even put liquor bottles in my trash, I take them to trash bins. I really want to quit and I've tried to get some information on how. I do not have medical insurance or disability. My work is self-employed - not work - no pay. I have high blood pressure, diabieties, kidney and liver problems, I'm sure they all stem from drinking so, I just want to quit. I read one book that said just stop (back to eden), other books that I have read say that if you have been a heavy drinker that just stopping could cause heart failure and other serious problems. Please help me, can I just stop and if I do how will I know when I'm in trouble and need to go for get help. I'm not ready to reveal to everyone my problem. When I found this on the net, I was thrilled! I know it's not a long term solution, but it might help me get started...I just don't want to kill myself trying.

I've read many of your comments and they made me cry and felt someone here knows how I feel and has been there and done that...Help me!

I will be checking everyday for someone's response, I feel as if I am dying and clock is at the zero hour.


Member: Alan H
Location: Tennessee
Date: 1/29/98
Time: 9:23:36 PM

Comments

hi, this is my first ever attempt at this sort of thing. i've drank beer or mixed drinks almost everyday after work and almost continuously on weekends for several years. I know that it is going to kill me eventually, I know that sooner or later I may be in trouble if i am caught out in a car with a drink, I know that this mental weakness is robbing my beautiful family of money that should be spent on them instead of my pitiful desire. I was told by my doctor oday, I have not had a drink. I have been home since work, almost 4 hours now, and have spent quality time cooking a meal for my family. Please, God give me the courage not to drink.


Member: Jacque R.
Location: Nebraska
Date: 1/29/98
Time: 9:36:20 PM

Comments

Ruthie C.- Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program... Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now. If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it-then you are ready to take certain steps. Remember, that we deal with alcohol-cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. Pg. 58 "Alcoholics Anonymous" This is the only book you need to read right now if you want what we have. To obtain one, just look in your phone book under A.A. and call them. Good luck!


Member: Peter B.
Location: St. Paul, MN.
Date: 1/29/98
Time: 11:01:27 PM

Comments

Greetings to you all!

Special thanks to TIM V. from the Poconos for cluing me into Staying CYBER...

Yahoo!


Member: Jerry S
Location: Iowa
Date: 1/29/98
Time: 11:24:21 PM

Comments

to peter b from st. paul sobeerred up in fairmont,mn,invovlved a little in so. mn service work, miss it, but did get involved in Iowa. ttthinggs going good. to the neewwcomer,it gets better, keep coming back,it works. Jerry


Member: Jerry S
Location: Iowa
Date: 1/29/98
Time: 11:24:41 PM

Comments

to peter b from st. paul sobeerred up in fairmont,mn,invovlved a little in so. mn service work, miss it, but did get involved in Iowa. ttthinggs going good. to the neewwcomer,it gets better, keep coming back,it works. Jerry


Member: Matt F.
Location: minneasota
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 1:17:00 AM

Comments

A friend once said I'd rather go through life stone cold sober beliving I'm an alcholic then go through life drunk just a little bit drunk trying to convince myself that I'm NOT thanks for the advice Black Wally RIP


Member: doug t
Location: central florida
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 6:30:48 AM

Comments

hi ya'll, i'm doug an alcoholic. so glad i found this sight. had a few bad thoughts past couple of days and you people have helped me through it.

ruthie c,if you are really concerned about your health see a doctor and be HONEST with him/her. aa will work for you but you don't need to bring that kind of baggage with you. it amazes me that one worries that stopping will hurt them but, continue to drink KNOWING it is killing you.

i wish you the best. good luck. we all love you.

doug


Member: Eileen D.
Location: Pa.
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 8:38:51 AM

Comments

To Matt in Minn. that's a great little saying to keep in my mind. Thanks for sharing it with us. Eileen


Member: Glen H
Location: Denton, TX
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 10:50:58 AM

Comments

Ruthie - the bad news is that detox from alcohol is dangerous, the good news is that the worst usually only lasts for a day or two. The best news is that AA is full of people who have been through what you have and have come out the other side.

Do as Jacque suggested - call AA, go to a meeting (even if you have had a drink) and leave with 1 book and some phone #'s.


Member: Suzanne H.
Location: Ontario Canada
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 10:52:03 AM

Comments

Hi! My name is Suzanne and I am an alcoholic. To Ruthie C. - I have been sober 6 months after 11 years of daily drinking. I had the same concerns about going through withdrawal. I was desperate to stop drinking due to health and family problems. I looked through the yellow pages under ADDICTIONS. There I found listings for treatment and detox centres. I checked into a DETOX centre, sobered up, received counselling, and then with the aid of the staff (who were all recovered alcoholics) I made arrangements to check into a treatment program. Withdrawal for me was not bad. I felt better knowing I was being surpervised by professionals. Within two short days after checking into detox, I was on the road to building a new life for myself, and what a great one it has been. Keep coming back!


Member: Suzanne H.
Location:
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 11:00:42 AM

Comments

Suzanne again! RUTHIE C. if you want to talk e-mail me at Kmartsh0pr@aol.com


Member: Randy B.
Location: Mattawa, Wa.
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 11:06:09 AM

Comments

Hi everyone. Just sitting here reading all the comments. I am Randy and I am an alcoholic. For the new comers out there, and a lot of us with a little time, the one best thing I found for me in this program of principles is the "serenity prayer". The first 2 years of my sobriety was spent saying that prayer. I know now that all my prayers have been answered in one form or another. God bless you all!


Member: DavidC
Location: NC
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 11:06:14 AM

Comments

Ruthie...you told my story!!!! I was there a few 24 hours ago. Like has been said before, AA is everywhere. There are also some public detox facilities. Fulton County detox in Atlanta is one. That might be a resource.

Keep it one day at a time and do whatever it takes. For me doors suddenly came open when I was HONEST about the problem, OPEN to whatever I needed to do, and WILLING to go to any lengths to not drink.


Member: Erma M
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 12:57:54 PM

Comments

I just stumbled onto this page,too. I got a warning from my boss today. Next time I'm kaputs. No job. Just because I wanted to drink, My mother is urging me to call AA but it's foreign to me, I know I have a drinking problem. have to desire to quit but I don't know. I have fun when I drink but it's ruining my life. I have a young son four years old and I take care of him on my own. I have to get my act straight for him. Shoot me!

erma.meekis@knet.on.ca


Member: Monte G
Location: Iowa
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 1:23:04 PM

Comments

Hi all, my name is Monte. It has been almost 3 years since my last drink and what a wonderfull life! I just got on-line about a week ago and couldn't wait to find a place like this. Can anyone tell me where and when there is a "chat" meeting? I would really appreciate it! Thank you and KISS!!


Member: Davidc
Location: NC
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 1:29:34 PM

Comments

Alan H....just keep saying that prayer and one day at a time it works.

I was born and raised in Franklin, Tn


Member: Jean S.
Location: Washington State
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 2:23:39 PM

Comments

Erma..........AA was foreign to all of us when we arrived. If you have a desire to stop drinking and cannot seem to get on with the process, you probably would get something out of AA. Give it a try. Picking up the phone I know to call AA is difficult, but donn't be afraid. It is o.k. Nothing is going to happen to you from calling. If you go to a meeting and you are not alcoholic, you won't catch it there. You may be surprised how many of the stories or parts of them you can relate to. Give it a try. Good luck. It worked for me and I drank a long time............jean


Member: Robb W.
Location: Mississauga,Ontario,Canada
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 5:21:07 PM

Comments

Hi gang! I'm Robb and an alcoholic. So good to see so many newcomers showing up online! There's lots of help out there for those who "want what we have" The best advice was given by Jean above, Just pick up the phone and call AA. I liked the sentiment that if you're not an alcoholic you won't catch it at any meeting. LOL You might even have a good time. God grant you all another 24 hours. Robb


Member: Suzanne H.
Location: Burlington, Ontario Canada
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 5:25:43 PM

Comments

I remember the "fun" I had drinking. The loneliness, the lying, hiding the booze, neglecting my kids, the damage I was doing to my body and how it caused my life to become unmanageable. Oh, how Sobriety brings Serenity!


Member: Mary T.
Location: Dayton Oh
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 6:34:03 PM

Comments

Hi everyone, I'm Mary and I'm an alcoholic. Glad to be here, and glad you all are here. Somehow just tapping in to this website makes me feel better. Being in AA means that I am never alone...anywhere, anytime. Thanks!


Member: Amanda R
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 6:56:01 PM

Comments

Hello, my name is Amanda R. and I have been sober now for 6 years, 3 months and 13 days. This life is so much better than what I had before. Everyday is not perfect, but then nobody ever said they would be. All I know is that now I wake up instead of coming to; I never have to go out and check my car in the morning to be sure it is where I parked it; I can look in the mirror and not be ashamed of what I see. For the newcomers, this program works if you work it. Oh, by the way, my husband is in recovery also, (we met in treatment and everyone told us we would never make it and almost 6 years later we are still loving and staying sober together). Getting ready to move back to Texas (our home) and will be looking for a new home group. KISS, Amanda


Member: AlanH
Location: TN
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 9:24:33 PM

Comments

For the past twenty-four hours (and counting, I have not drank any alcohol. I honestly cannot remember a Friday night that I have not been drinking, usually excessively, in probably twelve to fifteen years. Last night I happened upon this site as I was actually searching for help for the very first time. I have thought throughout today what alchohol has meant in my life, and if I can actually quit drinking. I know that it is the best thing that I could do right now for my health, my family, my finances, and myself. Thanks to all of you who seem to understand what it is like. I appreciate your web site and to Mary T, who mentioned that it makes you feel better somehow just to check in to this site, well, I know what you mean. Davidc, Franklin is a beautiful city, and growing a lot too, as are all these small towns around Nashville. I live about 50 miles north of Franklin.


Member: Mike K.
Location: Atlanta
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 10:14:50 PM

Comments

Welcome Alan H!

You didn't only make yourself feel better by by checking into this site. You made me grateful for all the pain that AA has saved my wife, daughter, and myself by showing me the way to sobriety..

I got wasted every friday night for about 12 to 15 years too. But tonight I picked up a three year medallion.

Keep coming back. It does work.


Member: ruthie c
Location: georgia
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 10:23:44 PM

Comments

To Everyone, I have really appreciated your encouragement and support.

Tomorrow is Saturday and I plan to get up with the plan to STOP DRINKING, I think one day at a time is all I can handle, so perhaps tomorrow will be day 1.

I read someone's comment that said it was helpful to check in on the web. Well it's been a blessing for me. I feel your strength and it makes me feel like I can do it to. It's funny (sad) how alcohol affects your life. For years I've known I drink a little bit more each year. I'm not one of these people who appears drunk or blacks out or who really has any outward appearance of drinking. Believe me, I've fooled people for over 15 years, butt you can't fool yourself. My body has revealed to me this last few years that I have limits and that I can go on as I am and kill myself or I can find some help. Alcoholism runs in my family, my mom and my dad were denial dying alcoholics. Watching my mom pass out everyday, falling down steps, being classified as the neighborhood drunk, I thought I knew what it looked like to be an alcoholic. I was wrong. I've never passed out, most people think I don't drink, this disguise gave me the cover of thinking I don't have a problem. Boy was I wrong.

I'm going to start my new life and I need all of you new ones and olds ones and I am looking forward to checking the web for your thoughts.

To Jacque, I just can't call AA just yet, however, I am closer to getting help today because of all that I have read the last two days. I feel like although I've had this problem for years, TODAY! TODAY! TODAY! is the first day that I see it as an illness that must be cured for me to continue living. And I received that from stumbling across my 1st 50 free hours on the internet.

Jacque In reading your message you said "alcohol -cunning, baffling, powerful!" I was not sure what that meant on page 58 of AA could you tell me.

To doug t you are right I need to be honest with my doctor, you are an angel. I have avoided my doctor every since she asked for a liver ultra sound, because I knew she would know who I was at that time. Thank You, I will try to tell her if I can.

To Glen H, I've never had a big brother, but reading your response made me feel like I had one and you are right, I'm not sure when but I will try to make that phone call soon.

David C, tommorow is my day to start 1 day at a time, don't forget to check in on me!

Suzanne H I especially appreciated your response. Reading the web page and all the reponses of the memeber's is hard, because you find yourself in those pages. I was afraid, lost and really down and you reached through the darkness and got me. Yes! I would love to talk to you and I will contact you this weekend. AS A MATTER OF FACT I will probably live on this line this weekend as I start my day 1 on no drinking.

Thanks you and I'm sorry this was so long


Member: Don S
Location: Huntswille, Tx.
Date: 1/30/98
Time: 11:31:05 PM

Comments

Hi everyone!!! This is my first visit to this page. Thanks everyone for sharing. Esp. AlanH and RuthieC!!! Ruthie, when you make your first meeting you will be surprised!! Will be thinking of you on saturday!! Good luck !!

Don S


Member: John M
Location: Dallas
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 1:41:35 AM

Comments

Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill today because they pissed me off and also, help me to be careful of the toes I step on today, as they may be connected to the ass I kiss tomorrow. -anonymous


Member: travis k
Location: montana
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 3:53:27 AM

Comments

hi, is anyone in the meeting


Member: cherylf
Location: nc
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 6:17:14 AM

Comments

Hi everyone, Thanks for all the shares. I just found this website and will keep coming back. Thanks for being here. I have recently moved and have not been to many f2f meetings, so it's great to start my day with AA from my computer. God bless alll of you for being here.


Member: Robb W.
Location: Mississauga,Ontario,Canada
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 7:03:45 AM

Comments

Hi gang, Robb W here, alcoholic. I'm just going to pick up my kids and maybe take in a meeting with them this afternoon. Is this program full of miracles or what?!. Wishing all of you another 24 hours, Robb


Member: Suzanne H.
Location: Ontario Canada
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 7:22:23 AM

Comments

My husband and three children are very loving and supportive in my recovery. Yesterday my 9 year old daughter came to me with a paper she got at school. It read:

Yesterday is the past, tomorrow is the future and today is a GIFT, that's why they call it the present.

I looked up at her, smiled and gave her a big hug. It is at times like this when I give that extra special thanks to my Higher Power for giving me the strength and courage to stay sober today! To Alan H. and Ruthie C.- Good luck To Mike K. congrats on the 3 year medallion To All - Keep Coming Back Love Suzanne, a grateful recovering alcoholic.


Member: UncleRon
Location: Pusan, Korea
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 8:40:10 AM

Comments

Hi all. First time here. Love the first meeting. I do apriciate the warning about email addresses, just that I do need a contact here in my new town. I just got in from Huntington Beach. Any way I'll take the risk and post my email address in hopes that some has information on an AA group here. Thanks for haveing this page. <uncleeron@usa.net> please let me know of any AA members here you might know of, thanks


Member: PATL
Location: KANSAS CITY MO
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 9:10:37 AM

Comments

HELLO, IM BACK... This is PatL. I started a terrific job this week and havent had time to do a thing. I am on such a pink cloud I think it just turned red. EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE...WHATS WRONG? This must be serenity. Whoa.. I kinda like this. You are where you are because you are doing what you are doing. Good to be back, thanks for letting me share. DIRTYFERTY@HOTMAIL.COM


Member: Amanda R.
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 9:26:42 AM

Comments

Good morning all, Amanda R, alcoholics and drug addict. Ruthie C. just wanted to tell you about my bad old days. I felt I couldn't be an alcoholic because it never effected my work. I was the picture of efficiency, the office did not run without me. I never drank before 5:00 p.m.; I never drank at lunch; I never missed work because of drink. My co-workers were amazed when I went into treatment. What they did not know about me was that every day when I left work the first thing I did was light a joint to smoke on the way to the bar. I would drink until I blacked out and then drive home. Thus the reason for having to check my car every morning. If I bothered to go home first I would drink a magnum of wine until I passed out on the family room floor. It didn't matter to me that I had two beautiful daughters to take care of. I couldn't have a problem because I cut back to two glasses of wine each night at home, but they were 12 oz. tumblers. As we all can tell you this disease has its own brand of insanity. Good luck with your first day sober and believe me if you want this program it will certainly help. I was told to do 90 meetings in 90 days but I was so scared of using again that I did 168 meetings in 90 days. By the grace of GOD I got the program and now don't want to ever let it go. Love to all, Amanda


Member: Whitey A.
Location: Idaho
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 10:40:58 AM

Comments

Interesting site. First time here. C&S since 9/8/81. Life is bitchin'. Oh yea, bitchin' is good. Haven't been to a real meeting in almost two years. That should give some of you something to think about. It would have scared me to death 10 years ago. Even without meetings I continue to live the steps, not work the steps, live the steps. Only through AA was I able to establish a consious contact with God as I understand him. Only through the living of the steps am I able to maintain that contact. I am sooooooo grateful that the obsession to consume mind alterants has been removed. Now if only I could get past reliving negative aspects of my past. For the psycoqwacks in the group that last thought refers to a common problem amongst us, namely resentments. I'm only joking, I am aware the only way past those resentments is to LIVE THE STEPS. Wow, this was good for me. Now I really have to work on humility.


Member: AlanH
Location: TN
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 1:00:38 PM

Comments

Day 3 is underway. I feel very different in an odd kind of way. I haven't been waking up in the middle of the night with heartburn or restlessness. I actually feel pretty good. Thanks to everyone on this site for your positive words of encouragement. I read some of your testimonies and can't fathom the idea that I could go on for years at a time without a drink, but hearing it from real folks like you, I realize that many of you were in my situation at one time.

Again, thanks to everyone on this site. I consider you my friends although we have never met, somehow, I feel like I know you.

her goes my first dry weekend that I can remember.


Member: Glen H
Location: Denton, TX
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 1:28:54 PM

Comments

Ruthie, probably the best thing for you right now is to try to stop without doing the things suggested by AA. There is a saying around AA that AA is not for people who need it, rather it is for those who want it.

It's probably difficult to believe from where you are right now, but there is a whole lot more to this deal than just not drinking. The people here weren't this nice when they got here. Each step lays a foundation for the next, and even if you can string a few days together now, you won't be prepared for the emotional roller coaster that follows unless you have connected with a local group.

Anyway, the one sure thing is that when it gets bad enough, you'll do whatever it takes to stay sober.


Member: bill c
Location: arkansas
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 1:30:17 PM

Comments

hey whitey a,

maybe instead of humility you should work on going to a meeting...........


Member: DougT
Location: Central Florida
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 1:44:50 PM

Comments

Hi all. I'm Doug an alcoholic....does anybody know anything about online sponsorship? Ran across a sight not long ago that implied that there was such a thing but, before I could explore it my puter crashed. Please post any info you might have.

thanx........Have a great 24

Doug


Member: Glen H
Location: Denton, TX
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 4:41:59 PM

Comments

Doug, E-mail the group secretary for info on online sponsorship

secretary@stayingcyber.org


Member: Sic Steve
Location: Paducah Ky.
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 4:48:16 PM

Comments

Sic Steve today is my 12th birthday in the program. To start off this new day i had breakfest with my sponser, and went to a meeting. I am very greatful to be alive, sober, and somewhat sane today. Thank God for the program of AA, and the people who have been there for me from the start.


Member: Whitey A.
Location: Idaho
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 8:34:43 PM

Comments

Hey Bill C. from Arkansas, thanks for sharing. Life is a celebration, we can all stay sober and celebrate the wonderful gift we have been given. We can utilize the intuitive thought and inspiration we are granted through the eleventh step or we can surrender to our desease and merely go to another meeting. It is way true, I was introduced to the steps in open meetings. I can't honestly remember actively working any of the steps in a meeting. It is an inside job. At a meeting I'm a little too worried about how I look to be seeking my HP's will. The dirty work of living the steps is generally done out there amongst the regular folks. The ones that somehow don't need a set of spiritual principles with which to live their lives. It is done at my kitchen table with pad and pen and with my AA friends, the ones I share with. We all need feedback, I'm certainly not a case of "Me, God & the Big Book." Have a good soberiety Bill C. Remember we're all God's kids, he loves us all equally, and I 'm certain he has a way to get his message to me if I'm in a meeting or on a riverbank. Thanx.


Member: Gary B
Location: Wiscosnin
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 9:15:12 PM

Comments

Hi Again folks.... "Birthday of a sort"----1 month of complete sobriety. A *good* meeting this morning. The sun actaully came out here in Wisconsin. Take care, All


Member: Jenn B.
Location: Chicago
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 9:24:09 PM

Comments

Hi, I'm Jenny and I'm an alcoholic and addict. I've been sober for 21 days now. I was feeling prett confident at 1st but my moral is low now. I'v been going to meetings and outpatient treatment which helps alot. This is my longest sobriety since the age of 13, now being 24 I feel as though I lost a lot of my life and I don't want to keep losing. I want to live! wish me luck. thanks.


Member: CHAD M.
Location: FT. LEWIS  WASHINGTON
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 11:33:32 PM

Comments

Keep commin back Jen! It only gets better. Rememeber that your best day high cannot compare with your wrost day S.O.B.E.R.


Member: Jacque R.
Location: Nebraska
Date: 1/31/98
Time: 11:40:58 PM

Comments

Ruthie C.- Once more I turn to the Big Book for your answer. "There was an insistent yearning to enjoy life as we once did and a heartbreaking obsession that some new miracle of control would enable us to do it. There was always one more attempt-and one more failure." It's cunning in that we keep turning to it, baffeling in that we don't know why we keep turning to it and powerful because it keeps us thinking that we need to keep turning to it....over, and over, and over again.

Right now your disease is telling you that you can get sober, secretly, just like you get drunk, secretly. One more attempt to control it-one more failure at doing so.

You are in my prayers, Ruthie, and thanks for your questions...it keeps my program strong. Betcha didn't think you were capable of helping another alcoholic, didja?


Member: SC Tech
Location:
Date: 2/1/98
Time: 2:06:31 AM

Comments

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