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My home group insists that an expence be paid and we then explain that if the member did not want the funds they could quietly donate it to the basket. That way the expense is recorded in the checkbook and the next person to rotate to that task is free to accept reimbursement. Some people need the r...

Alcoholics Anonymous page 86 On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. Under these conditions we can emp...

Hi Nick and Welcome to e-AA. I am jim and I am alcoholic. I came in with the notion that I was a 'believer' (christian) but I was just as drunk and out of control as any. I needed as much help with a concept of a higher power as any who honestly announce that they don't 'believe'. I would not even r...

BB Kate wrote:True. But that is no-one's business but the person doing the thinking.

And, sometimes, claims of overthinking can be made by others as a way to silence those who ask difficult (but valid) questions.

Sometimes we ask the wrong people for those answers.

jim k

I have -next day - physical symptoms, not unlike the booze hangovers that I remember, when I lack in sleep and nutrition and take too much caffiene - sugar - smokes etc.

jim k

http://www.aa.org/aatimeline/

check this out for info on AA's success.

jim k

jakpar wrote:getting my mind back on track after last couple of days of doubt, without a relapse

YAY!

Anonymity is so funny it's almost a joke,... It is no joke once we understand it. When we read the book The 12 Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous it helps us to understand what the seriousness is all about. The back of the Big Book also has the long form of the Traditions which is helpful. Our pers...

Are there AA meetings in your home town? There are people there like us that can answer questions and offer sober friendship. We at e-AA offer the same. You are welcome here. I need both face to face help and online support.

jim k

Here is a link to AAWS pamphlet The 12 Concepts Illustrated.

http://www.aa.org/lang/en/catalog.cfm?c ... product=28

Click on the PDF Version link for online viewing.

Glad to find that when the calander has a 13th on a Friday it is really a non-issue.

jk

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Thank you Jim. As a member of AA I now do what I can to help NA become stronger in my rural area. A strong NA group inthe area allows my AA group to strengthen. I keep an NA meeting list available in my aa home group meetings My AA group studies and learns about the traditions I've acquinted myself...

Walked without my cane on my new hip for a couple of days now. Got my socks on without the plastic 'sock sled' twice now.

jim k

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going to a study meeting tonight. Have had beer. I am sad

Sadness is survivable.

Alcoholism kills.

jim k