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- I know the steps and I can apply the steps on anything in my life. I still worry a lot, and I know I need to practice more faith when I do. What things do you do when you need to calm yourself and prevent worrying from becoming a real threat to...
- I think posting different topics in this group to maybe get it going would be good. Today's topic will be "How are you coping with the coronavirus and the news about it while having alcoholism?" It could be good or bad, and if you're still...
- I've noticed the activity on this support group is low. I figure I can do my part and post something for someone to read. I'll keep it simple, and make the topic, how am I staying sober during a pandemic lockdown?Well, it's been challenging. ...
- Unchecked inherent selfishness AA says is the root of my troubles. They say I use this selfishness as a way to function in life, and it ends up stepping on the toes of others, who then retaliate. For me it's been one thing to say I am selfish,...
- It struck me yesterday how much my life has been affected by others judging, through their own opinions, and how often I also judge others, and have an opinion. Remaining humble, mixed with a desire to stay alcohol free as a priority in my life...
- I was becoming irritated at reading the same things over and over in the big book. So I have decided to read each of the stories, I've never done that before. The story I read today, the story after Doctor Bob's Nightmare, had a suggestion in it...
- I do not feel good today. I am going to attempt to see why, by looking at what my feelings are feeling. I like how AA asks me to see my feelings in three different categories. First my "pocketbook", what are my feelings about my financial...
- It's the day after Easter, we've all been asked to put our lives on hold indefinitely, because of Coronavirus, and I'm saying today, I'm deciding to go back to work mentally. I am going to respect the decisions from above in a jurisdictional...
- Well, for a lot of us, this has not been easy, and has been full of unknowns, frustrating and irritating unknowns. Have I considered a drink since this coronavirus event has been going on in the last month? I have not. I have not gone to a...
- My experience has included a good amount of fear recently. The Alcoholics Anonymous literature tells me frankly that fear is evil and corrosive. It also tells me somehow fear touches EVERY aspect of our lives. It says like residue of a burnt...
- "our very lives as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs." This is a very important point to remember for me. I had been resenting people so much lately I forgot this is a must if I...
- I heard a speaker tape once, and the guy was saying most of his sponsees relapse either over sex or checks. Meaning relationships or money issues. There is an interesting portion in the book Alcoholics Anonymous in the Family Afterward (pg. 127)...
- How is everyone? Knowing that I am an alcoholic, and that my life is unmanagable, I would say I am doing better than I have in the past. I can do that step perfectly today. I do have alcoholism, and there is a God that will make my life...
- The last two weeks, I haven't gone to as many meetings as usual. Was this a good thing? Absolutely not. When I search, fearlessly, I see, I didn't go to the meetings, because I wanted to make money and build a career more so than maintain my...
- Reading the news yesterday, two stories enraged me and stole away some spirit last night. The first had to do with people being an accessory to law breaking, in which they were charged as if they did the crime themselves, and the second was a...