Paul, thank you for reaching out. I feel your pain. I too have had some rough times this year. Just a week ago I experienced the most pain I've ever felt in my...
hi I am vienna, I am a totally screwed up addict, studing to be a drug counselor in college, and have not been able to stay clean for crack for a week or more....
{{{Vienna}}} a BIG N.A. hug to you, Thank you for sharing and being so honest with us. I can identify with your story, I was caught in the grips of addiction...
The weekly meeting topic is: "I am going to begin this New Year by taking my inventory to see if there is anything that is no longer working for me that I...
thanks for the caring and insightful response scott....(or shall i call you dad?) When i was tired of being sick and tired the 12 step fellowships held my ...
I liked this one this morning and thought I would share it. Have a great day people! January 2, 2004 Today's Positive Thought: People see you according to the...
The weekly meeting topic is: "I am going to begin this New Year by taking my inventory to see if there is anything that is no longer working for me that I...
Vienna, You need some help sister, but it sounds like you know that. Knowing something and living it inyour heart are 2 different things. You sound like you ...
i know for myself that the 10th step has to be part of everyday living so i can see what part i play in things around me. just getting out of the way Paul ...
Vienna, I pray that you find the help you need. Addiction is such an ugly disease. It tells us we are having a ball as it slowly kills us. You know there are...
Vienna, In the basic text it states that any addict can lose the desire to use and find a new way to live. I truly believe this. I thought I was destined to...
Vienna I know for myself, I had to want to stop more then i wanted to use, i had to go and get any and all help i could get, I can't tell you what to do, I can...
The weekly meeting topic is: There are a couple of newcomers who cant stop using and need your support, please give them some hope. Always remember that YOU...
Welcome Newcomer:-) I know life sucks for you right now. You don't want to use and you don't want to stay clean. Everything you do triggers a craving. You...
Hi All For me it was also a nightmare getting clean and staying clean. I have had 5 relapses since 1999 and each one worse than the last i was firmly refunded...
The weekly meeting topic is: There are a couple of newcomers who cant stop using and need your support, please give them some hope. January 4 This is your TIME...
Dear Ones, In the early days of AA when someone said they wanted to quit Bill W. & Dr. Bob would ask them if the KNEW FOR SURE and CERTAIN that they had taken ...
just like the child that calls out for Gods help when he/she was in troulBe, so it was with me when i reached the end of my rope where i could not drink nor...
thanks for that.it's kind of where I'm at,I've been realy working on staying in the moment, I thought about what my first sponser told me, IF YOU HAVE ONE FOOT...
I think what helped me most when I was struggling with the idea that I could never drink or use again was something my sponsor told me to try. Instead of...
Even when some messages you hear feel harsh, the truth remains that until i was willing to go to any length to remain sober, i remained a drunk even when i was...
If you are just toying with the idea of not using or your true desire is not there it won't work! A Sponsor of mine would always ask me two questions that got...
Thanks Monk.....aint it the damn truth....Lisa in New Mexico....alki/addict recovering through Gods Love and grace...what a beautiful gift we have been given ....
Hi Vienna...name is Lisa and I am an addict/alki. crack was a major lover in my life for many years.....Today i despise it's very exsistence( There is help if...
The weekly meeting topic is: How do you know what God's will is? I know what it's not. I have wanted to ask this for some time? January 5 Today I am willing to...
hey most of my life has been my will, then I came to my bottom, and found out that I was not god, see I don't always get what I want but I always seem to get...
I heard it put this way; "If God is Love, and will is thought, then God's will is loving thought." Keeping it simple this seems to show me that a healthy...
You Decide This is an old lesson, but it bears repeating and remembering. We don't have to let anyone control our lives our choices, our joy. No matter how...
There are a couple of newcomers who cant stop using and need your support, please give them some hope. Hello, Lu Anne, addict from Missouri. Below is a...
