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Comment on TODAY, IT'S MY CHOICE by Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:34:23 +0000

What great comments. All perfectly right ON! Thank you my AA friends.

Comment on TODAY, IT'S MY CHOICE by RT

RT — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:41:19 +0000

“Gotcha”

No matter how I slice it Either I’m part of the problem or part of the solution.It’s amazing what principles before personalities can do for a situation. One drink is too many and a thousand is never enough. Once I pick up a drink or a drug, I activate my disease and awaken the monster. By then it’s too little too late. only death or jail will stop me.

Every day, I make a choice not to pick up. Lots of times I must flip the script to keep my sanity.But when I come correct to people, places and things and do the next right thing , life happens. I’ll be the first one to tell you, I’m the best at manipulation but the worst at dealing with reality.When I first arrived in AA I thought I was this wonderful guy or some kind of one man army.

Bring the body and the mind will follow!!

Comment on TODAY, IT'S MY CHOICE by Jamey

Jamey — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:52:16 +0000

When I stoped drinking,I stoped geting dwi’s-hum….when I stoped lighting people up,I stoped geting in to fights-hum,ect….when I started treating people how I want to be treated(with love,kindness and respect) I started making some really great friends-it all starts and ends with me-I am the cause of 99% of what happens in my life-if I don’t like it,I can change it ;~) god bless all. Jamey

Comment on TODAY, IT'S MY CHOICE by Bob S.

Bob S. — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:47:55 +0000

This morning I was thinking about the relationship dynamics in resentments. One person wrongs another, or two persons wrong each other, or neither person wrongs the other they just think so. So there are two people involved and an interpretation of the circumstance. The resentment comes when I interpret the event. My interpretation can be changed when I ask God to reform my instincts, emotions, and/or perception. The circumstance does not get changed but my attitude does. Then I can make the right choices to move forward.

Perhaps the “position to be hurt” is my attitude.

Comment on A LIFELONG TASK by Charles Reid

Charles Reid — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:16:41 +0000

I am here to say,AA works, If you want it to,
I came to AA in 1961, Was in a good group in Greenpoint B’klyn. Went to 3 meetings in our own group, Then to other groups the other 4 days.
I was told not to count the days, But to live 1 day at a time,And I did just that. Feb 3rd This year I was (and still am)sober 49 Years.
I belive in “This to shall pass” Work at it and you will to.
Charlie

Comment on SURRENDERING SELF-WILL by Bob S.

Bob S. — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:24:49 +0000

I used to think of surrender as giving up or quitting. This was completely foreign to me and felt contradictory to my idea of solving a problem. One day I realized that the difficult part of surrendering my will to God’s will is changing direction. Invariably I had to exert myself to stop and change directions. This required effort and I had to fight against my old ideas that resisted change. Fighting was something I could understand, I just had to redirect my fight against my old beliefs. I had to use my will power to join the spiritual battle against my self-defeating behaviors.

Comment on TURNING IT OVER by RT

RT — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:39:59 +0000

The “Pain Box”

This morning I’ll make the change to stick with the winners. Many times my intentions to stay sober were good but didn’t fully reconize the warning signs ahead of me. Back in the day, I always used the phone to call family or friends only to escape from what I really felt inside. It was a genuine concern although my focus wasn’t on taking my own inventory.
The best meetings I find today in recovery are the ones that talk about the solution rather than the troubles of alcoholism. War stories absolutely never got anyone nowhere. God is omnipotent all the time.