Member: john r
Location: sunny
Date: 2/22/98
Time: 1:53:41 PM

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Hey AA...Just checking in ..more later stay grateful!!!


Member: JERRY W
Location: THOMPSON N DAK
Date: 2/22/98
Time: 2:53:11 PM

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hello from warmer then norm. north dakota i'm jerry and a alcoholic sober today it is 9 years to day and it was a day at a time and some times a hour at a time ever thing i have to day i can say aa was done it for me just got this computer and was goof off that i would try to see if i could get aa on line and i found this and some other aa things i'm happy about that if i can get good i typing as i i'm at taking at meetings my wife tells me you popple are in trouble big time LOVE ALL POPLE IN AA JERRY


Member: John R.
Location: sunny Buffalo,NY
Date: 2/22/98
Time: 4:42:27 PM

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Jerry-congrats on the anniversary...I got a 7yr. pin today,myself...ONE DAY AT A TIME !!! so a good friend of mine Ann D. just left and as soon as she left I came back to see what is up here ...she was one of my first contacts in AA. We were in "Group" together and when I showed her this site she dug it..so here I am still sober and still in crazy about AA...how about the topic : go to any lengths to get sober . I see a lot of struggles lately and when I got here they told me to make this my number one priority , not the $$, or the relationship, or even the problems I was facing,stay close to a Sponsor and get a HOME GROUP and stop whining ...I guess I was handed the gift of desperation and hopelessness...and then I was out of excuses and sincerely was ready to do as I was TOLD, not what I felt I was ready for ... so many times I witness the struggle of others and only wish I could tell them the key is the EGO DEFLATION only reached by TOTAL SURRENDER!!! FIRE THE DEBATE COMMITEE and do as you are told not as you want..thank God for the ol'timers who had the love and concern to tell me to SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN , if you want what we have , do as we have done.So all of you and especially my first sponsor , bless his soul, LONNIE S.,do as your told and tell me more about going to any lengths to get sober...I need to hear it...JR:)


Member: pam l
Location: fruita co
Date: 2/22/98
Time: 4:55:33 PM

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hi everyone pam l here i'm on my 4th day and everyone tells me the 5th is the hardest help. i'm so frightened of the panic attacks that come with the 5th day please anyone who's been there help and pray for me!!!!


Member: don w.
Location: Akeley mn.
Date: 2/22/98
Time: 5:44:58 PM

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Hi i am Don Agretefull recovering alcoholic.... ONE DAY AT A TIME.. is a ok topic.. to pam 1 find a local AA meeting or phone book look up AA.. This concept of one day at a time was very foriegn to me when i got into AA. had no idea how it could posibibly work at all... I did not know much.. Today I understand the beauty of this concept.. YOU can not take on all of life's problems in a day. i can only work on me so much for one day.. Aperson in AA early on told me that some days you will not know if you want this program or if you want to go and drink...He said if 51% of you wants to stay sober then stay sober.as you will probably never be 100% sure of any thing at least for a while or maybe never.. With ONE DAY AT A TIME> it breaks it down to the fact that in this one day or one hour we can go to whatever lenght that it takes to get sober and to stay sober... The miricle of this program has allowed me find a HP . get back a life, a wife a family and the blessing have been so great that. if i could type it would take more then 1 day to type them all.. God blees you all. don.


Member: Tony G.
Location: Pequannock N. J.
Date: 2/22/98
Time: 6:38:36 PM

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Hi, Tony alcoholic. One day at a time, is sometimes the hardest thing for me to grasp. It comes down to hours and tens of minutes for me. Thanks for listening.


Member: John K.
Location: N. Calif.
Date: 2/22/98
Time: 7:02:15 PM

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John K. alcoholic\addict Hi, I'm going to see a new sponsor tonight and I am nervous! I've been to a meeting today and I pick up that the topic is "one day at a time?" That's hard for me as I always seem to be "planning" or putting things off. But I learn that talking to other people in recovery helps me to put things into perspective again. When my head comes up with a plan I better run it by my sponsor or someone before I act. I can do that today. Thank You for letting me share my little bit today. John K.


Member: Charels G.
Location: Central Okla.
Date: 2/22/98
Time: 7:15:34 PM

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Charles G. Central Okla. Feb. 22, 1998 6:15 p.m.

"One day at a time is a great topic". I read one time that "today is all I have, all I need, and all I can handle". I have a red dot on my watch crystal and when I look at the time it reminds me that the "time is now", and that is all I really have. Congratulations to the the birthday person and to the new comer just hang in there as soberity is worth it.


Member: trei j.
Location: alabama
Date: 2/22/98
Time: 7:17:58 PM

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hi everyone. my name is trei and i am an alcoholic. one day at time is great topic. i have over five years sober and i am just finding out how much i still do not live my life on day at a time. as i have heard from some members, five years for them was about the time they realized that not drinking and going to meetings was not quite enough for a emotionally sober life. as far as drinking, today God has relieved that obsession, but for my living problems, i am just now letting go, a day at a time, a minute, a second if need be. practicing these principles in all my affairs is simple but not easy. for me, going to meeting, reading the Big Book, and talking to my sponsor is a part of my life, but i have to stay in action internally, if i am to remain sober one day at a time.


Member: pam l
Location: co
Date: 2/22/98
Time: 8:48:28 PM

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hi don thanks for your support i am taking it one minute at a time so hard still trying to find my HP hopefully he will come in time. what can i do in the meantime? HAPPY BD TO ME i am officially now over 40 now 41. but i did not even have a drink..........


Member: Phyllis C
Location: Delray Beach,Florida
Date: 2/22/98
Time: 8:57:36 PM

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Congratulations to Jerry and John on their sobriety anniversaries, and welcome, Pam, to Alcoholics Anonymous, a program that not only helped me to lose my desire to drink, but has taught me to live one day at a time. Truthfully, in all my years of drinking (16 on a daily basis), I never heard of one day at a time. I was either living in yesterday or dreaming about tomorrow or even worse, worried about tomorrow. In fact, I learned in AA to take it even one step further and live in the moment. I never knew how to do that! I lost my desire to drink long ago, thanks to the people in AA and to a magical,mystical power greater than myself.However, by continuing to go to meetings, I listen to others and I learn how to LIVE ONE DAY AT A TIME. I am so grateful for this fellowship.


Member: Jerry G
Location: WI
Date: 2/22/98
Time: 9:05:19 PM

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Need desperately to stop. admitting serious problem. Please help.


Member: tom h
Location: buffalo ny
Date: 2/22/98
Time: 9:07:12 PM

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hi everyone tomh alky have over 8 yrs of one day at a time can rember doing it an hour at a time just got home from a meetimg in niagra falls group celibrated 52 years and i'm full of graditude don't drink and thank god for another day


Member: Debbie K.
Location: South Dakota
Date: 2/22/98
Time: 9:45:46 PM

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Hi I'm Debbie and I an alcoholic. I was glad to find AA online. Wow what a concept " One day at a time" I have 8 &1/2 years of one day at a times. Sometimes its hard to stay in my day , the senerity prayer helps. I can remember eaerly on soberity that I would try the seneriry prayer I would get God grant out and my mind would go blank then I would concentrate harder on what the rest of the prayer was a pretty soon I'd be back in my day.Thanks for being there for me. I am so grateful to AA on the old timers. Glad to be sober!!! Debbie K.


Member: Jacque R.
Location: gray, dreary Nebraska
Date: 2/22/98
Time: 10:44:21 PM

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Hi, I'm Jacque and I'm an alcoholic.

Jerry G.--open up a phone book and look under Alcoholics Anonymous...then call the number you see there. If you can find this place, you can find that place.

One day at a time has probably saved my butt more than anything else in this program. Today I can use it to my advantage, too, like when work is not going so smoothly, I know it will only be for today. That gives me strength. As for experience, just like anyone else around here, there were times when I was on my knees crawling to the door begging God not to let me go out because I was going to get drunk. I was down to seconds and praying for my life and He was there because He would turn those seconds into minutes, into hours, into days....every time! Even when I got to be blessed with another disease and had to go through treatments for that, one day at a time saved me again and again and again. I would struggle for the moment and then the moment would be gone and if I concentrated on the present moment instead of how many I had struggled through or how many more I had to struggle through (as if I knew) the panic would not be there and I would become stronger. My hope comes from the experience and strength...I know one day at a time will continue to work for me in the future, the same way it has worked for me in the past. God will see to that. Thanks for the space. Peace.


Member: Frank R.
Location: Charleston,S.C.
Date: 2/22/98
Time: 11:36:10 PM

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Frank Alcoholic here.Hi everyone.Hope J.G.finds a good group of alcoholics that can help....Was at a meeting last nite and the topic was gifts from the PROGRAM. There were many responses from true friendships to sucess in life.I really liked one thought from an old timer. He sat for a moment and responded about the program saving his life and the spiritual growth he experiences daily. He said we try to loose our ego but we all liked to be stroked once in a while and if HP does the stroking that's all you'll ever need. This is the experience I've had in my first year of sobriety (hopefully March 16)... I hope J.G. gets the same rewards and feelings i've experienced.Let HP watch over all of you.THANKS!


Member: Barbara B
Location: Cold & Wet  W. PA
Date: 2/22/98
Time: 11:58:58 PM

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hi everyone, congrats to those celebrating anniversaries and welcome to Pam and other newcomers. Ain't it a great day to be sober? One day at a time, now that's a concept. Six years sober and still hit and miss that one. It seems every time I step out of today and into next weak. Only God can carry tomorrow, let him. Last time I had the obsession to drink I was two weaks down the road. Too heavy for me. On page 37 in the Big Book Bill W. defined insanity as lack of proportion,of the ability to think straight. That we are obliged to admit that our justification for a spree was insanely insufficient in the light of what always happened. (3rd Paragr.p 37) He was talking about how we were armed with the facts about ourselves yet pushed them aside in favor of the foolish idea that we could drink like other men. Been there done that. To me that says lack of complete understanding of the first step, that my life was unmanageable, and have not yet come to believe a power greater that myself could restore me to sanity. Turn all the worries, and fears of tomorrow and next week to God, who is greater than even our mistakes.Gee I feel so much better now, Bless you all.


Member: mary w.
Location: somewhere in kansas
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 12:02:34 AM

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i'm mary and i am an acoholic/addict. no leader and no topic this week? no need to be alarmed. it happens to the best of us, it's not like there is no meeting! maybe our H.P. has other plans. it seems to me that i read somewhere that" nothing, absolutely nothing happens in gods world by mistake". and since when did any meeting stay completely on topic? actually there is only one topic in every meeting, ALCOHOLISM, the rest is only variations on a theme. this being a closed meeting and all, i am glad that all you alkies, are tolerant of us who have multiple problems. i for one, have felt very unwelcome at some meetings when i introduced myself with multiple problems. the only requirement is the desire to stop drinking- and i definately have that! pam in co. don't dread tomorrow, it's not here yet. don't morn yesterday, nothing can be changed. just live in today, just dread one day at a time! wishing for years of sobriety wont work, it's like wishing for millions of dollars, it would be nice to have, usually you have to work long and hard to achieve it. problems don't go away with years of sobriety, the desire to drink is less (but not always). when i first recovered, there was this guy with 25 years sober - not soon afterwards he had a drink. O.D.A.A.T. HUGS TO ALL, M.


Member: scott h
Location: lv. nv.
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 12:05:17 AM

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hi just found you folks will spread the word about this group, here in las vegas bye for now


Member: Mat C.
Location: Anaco, Venezuela
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 12:44:44 AM

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Hola from Mat in Venezuela, where I've been for eight months working in a school as a teacher. I realized that I sorely missed A.A. from back home (MN) and so I was fortunate enough to find this group on the net and continue my active sobriety. We have a small group of fellow teachers here and many of them drink - one to access and so my wife and I voiced our concern to him some weeks back and he's "thinking" about his drinking and we pray that he gets an evaluation at some point soon. Anyway, I need this program very much and to Jerry: please go to meetings as the gentleman suggested you can do - as a Minnesotan, I know how you Green Bushers like to slug it down - I'm glad you're reaching out for help - please persist in your initial attempts to get stay sober - it'll save your life and your loved ones' love and respect for you! Well, that's all I've got for tonight - it's almost 2:00 A.M. here and I need to get some shut-eye. Gratefully sober but rusty, Mat C. in Anaco, VE


Member: Mat C.
Location: Anaco, Venezuela
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 12:45:02 AM

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Hola from Mat in Venezuela, where I've been for eight months working in a school as a teacher. I realized that I sorely missed A.A. from back home (MN) and so I was fortunate enough to find this group on the net and continue my active sobriety. We have a small group of fellow teachers here and many of them drink - one to access and so my wife and I voiced our concern to him some weeks back and he's "thinking" about his drinking and we pray that he gets an evaluation at some point soon. Anyway, I need this program very much and to Jerry: please go to meetings as the gentleman suggested you can do - as a Minnesotan, I know how you Green Bushers like to slug it down - I'm glad you're reaching out for help - please persist in your initial attempts to get stay sober - it'll save your life and your loved ones' love and respect for you! Well, that's all I've got for tonight - it's almost 2:00 A.M. here and I need to get some shut-eye. Gratefully sober but rusty, Mat C. in Anaco, VE


Member: Scott H.
Location: Alaska
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 1:41:39 AM

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Hello Im Scott and i am an Alcoholic.I guess after 13 years of waken up in the morning with a goal in life not to drink anymore," One Day at a Time" has gone through my head a million times,I have'nt been to a meeting in God knows how long,I always try to do something constructive everyday.But there is a problem with that,even though I donot drink anymore,I have to find kindness and forgivness for people.(im a grouch)Im so glad i found this site.Thank you guys im going Back to spred this sober stuff around and help someone like they helped me.Jerry G.You are definitly on the rite track bud Hang in there.


Member: Jenne H 
Location: Oregon
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 2:33:36 AM

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Hi, my name is Jenne, I'm a grateful member of Alcoholics anonymous. I've been relieved of the compulsion to drink by the grace of my higher power-my daily reprieve is a miracle to me. I hope that everyone who is struggling will find their own higher power, and a life that includes some emotional sanity and serenity. I have 2 & 1/2 years, because all i had to do was to not drink between meetings, and let higher power do the rest. Thank you for being here. Jenne


Member: Fran P
Location: Buffalo NY
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 6:54:11 AM

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Morning all. To Pam: Glad to see you back! Write me at magic@bluemoon.net if you feel the need. One day at a time--and we can let our Higher Power take care of even that if we let him. If we do the foot- work--not pick up the first drink, use the phone, go to a meeting, pray, our HP will take care of the rest--like today, tommorow and next week and yesterday.


Member: Bill M
Location: Maranatha
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 7:21:49 AM

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I remember when I first decided to let go and let God. It was one minute at a time. I had to keep the program constantly on my lips. As time went on I was able to slow down my anixety thinking to half hours and than hours and than days and than weeks, and some one reminder me its not one week at a time its one day at atime. So I very grateful to be able to live the AA way and have learned that as I discovered that even in my soberity its progress not perfection as you see I needed to get some feedback to stay on course. Ain't it a wonderful day.


Member: Jane  M.
Location: Ma.
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 8:37:09 AM

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Yes, Bill it IS a wonderful day!! What freedom living ODAT. If it isn't today's problem, it's not today's worry. Useful tool dealing with things like biopsies, job insecurity, ....life. Aside from sobriety itself, it's the greatest gift in the new way of living ala Alcoholics Anonymous.


Member: Gail B
Location: Texas
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 8:59:21 AM

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Hi Gail, akly. I have been sober for 1 year 3 months and 16 days. The one day at a time message is so true. I have decided to turn my new life into a healthy one and started using herbs and eating right. I found a recipe for mead and decided to make it - it is a fermented (supposedly energizing) honey & water drink. Not knowing what "mead" was, fortunately I looked it up in a dictionary and discovered it is an "intoxicating" brew. Thank God I didn't drink any and today I am still sober "one day at a time". Alcoholism - Cunning & Baffling! Whew - close call!

Thanks for being here.


Member: Eric S.
Location: penna.
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 9:26:15 AM

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hi eric alco/addict this last weekend i received my 90 day pin,which was wondeful.Today is a little tough and i need some feedback,im feeling a lot of anxity over work issues. ive discussed it with my sponser but it is still working me over. Thankyou and keep coming back Eric S.


Member: BEN L.
Location: LOS ANGELES
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 9:47:21 AM

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IT IS BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION THAT MY LIFE COULD BE THIS GOOD AFTER ALL IT REALLY GOT BAD. I JUST SHOW UP AND BECOME WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN LIFE AND HOW CAN I DO THAT WHEN I'M A MESS. I'M GRATEFUL TODAY THAT I'M NOT IN PRISON OR LAYING IN A PUDDLE OF MY OWN VOMIT AND I FEEL ALIVE. WHAT A CHANGE. THANKS TO ALL WHO WHERE THERE FOR ME.


Member: JoeD
Location: CAN
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 9:48:54 AM

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Hi - JoeD here. This is my first day and I feel pretty scared. So happy to find the site and the one-day-at-a-time topic sure helps. I've attended AA meeting before - 6 yrs ago and 3 yrs ago. I figured I could do it on my own but here I am again. I want to stay this time. I'm afraid if I wait for the fourth time it might be too late. Wishing all of you sobriety one day at time.


Member: linda m
Location: Ohio
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 11:12:02 AM

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Hi, everyone!

Yes, this is a good topic! I've been focusing on a minute at a time in terms of being grateful, loving, and unselfish. My "stinking thinking" has been a problem and felt that doing things a minute at a time was a way to keep focused on the present moment.

Congratulations to Jerry on his 9th. To pam l: please remember to pray. The God of your understanding is closer than you realize!

Thanks for this neat on-line meeting!


Member: linda m
Location: Ohio
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 11:12:09 AM

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Hi, everyone!

Yes, this is a good topic! I've been focusing on a minute at a time in terms of being grateful, loving, and unselfish. My "stinking thinking" has been a problem and felt that doing things a minute at a time was a way to keep focused on the present moment.

Congratulations to Jerry on his 9th. To pam l: please remember to pray. The God of your understanding is closer than you realize!

Thanks for this neat on-line meeting!


Member: linda m
Location: Ohio
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 11:12:39 AM

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Hi, everyone!

Yes, this is a good topic! I've been focusing on a minute at a time in terms of being grateful, loving, and unselfish. My "stinking thinking" has been a problem and felt that doing things a minute at a time was a way to keep focused on the present moment.

Congratulations to Jerry on his 9th. To pam l: please remember to pray. The God of your understanding is closer than you realize!

Thanks for this neat on-line meeting!


Member: Jamie W.
Location: Rainy No. Calif.
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 11:19:19 AM

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Hi...Jamie, addict/alcoholic. First time to this group....I love this online stuff. Can have a meeting any time!!! One day at a time I have been sober for over 14 months now. Took me a long time of having every addiction in the book but gambling (yet) to get here, and am I so ever grateful now. I also had no concept of the idea of taking one day (hour, minute) at a time. How was I to know I had anymore than that anyway? It is a concept that got me 24 hours of sobriety, and then 48, and now many 24 hours. And, of course, continues to work in my life as much as it did 14 months ago. Welcome to the newcomers....other things that were new to me and work...."this too shall pass" and "first things first". What a concept to sit through, and not run, from a feeling/situation, whatever...that was uncomfortable and not to my liking!!! Still is hard for me, but it works. Love to all of you. Love AA and sobriety!!


Member: Tony G.
Location: Pequannock N. J.
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 11:55:31 AM

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Hi group,Tony G. alcoholic. One day at a time, hokay. If you have one foot in tomorrow and one foot in yesterday your $#@%!%* on today. Was said to me at a meeting just the other day(boy my ears burned). Gail of Texas, Hoooo your HP must of been really on His/Her toes then, glad you made it. Well good day for now Tony G.


Member: Joel H
Location: Asia
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 11:57:40 AM

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Joel H, here, Alkie/Druggi,

This is about as close to home as a topic has ever been for me. I'm in Asia (for three years now), and without the fellowship of you people, i'd lost contact with my HP. I was attempting to play director again. I felt as i did when i first came in selfish, self centered, self pity (you know the drill) and all the misery that comes with a dry drunk. I'd lost that gratitude that i used to have. Some of you must know what i mean. I was so worried things weren't going my way, or the way i wanted them to go, Or the way i needed them to be with regard to my career (the way they should go, ha). i don't have the compulsion to drink, thank God. I guess i found you just in the nick of time. I have been blaming, (poor me) no one understands me, no one here is like me on the fact that there are no meetings here. But i've been on the net for the entire time, and in my infinite wisdom (ha) it only took me the entire three years to find you here. Thank my HP i did in time.

Pam hang in there, and thank you. I need you more than you know, to remind me of where i come from. I'm sober today only one minute at a time (for 8 yrs)

To those picking up the chips, congrats, keep hanging, we only have this one day to worry with, and this too is not in our control.

To those who don't know if this online stuff is keeping within the traditions of AA, it's saving my life as you read this. Keep coming back.


Member: pam l
Location: fruita co
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 1:06:33 PM

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hi everyone 5th day here and i am praying that i can get throught this i'm going to keep busy and stay on track. i love this online meeting. one day at a time is really helping well here's to day 5.


Member: Angi G
Location: Houston, TX
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 1:17:53 PM

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Hi Angi here alkie. One Day At A Time is the way I have to live my life. If I go trying to think of next week, month, year, I get in big trouble. Just consentrating on today, right now is all I can handle. Thanks to my HP I can let him do the rest. Just knowing he is there and more than willing to guide me is a miracle for me. Pam hang in there and get to a meeting


Member: Jan M
Location: Westchester NY
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 2:53:03 PM

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Just found this site, never really thought to look for one. I have not had a drink in 14 years. Last was April 1984. Have a much better life today. One day at a time.


Member: Jack C.
Location: Flagstaff, AZ
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 3:43:30 PM

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Hi there, Jack C., alcoholic. Good topic for me. Been around for a few 24 hrs. and still need constant reminding to live in today. That committee of 3rd graders in my head can sure take control if I let them. HP does a much better job than they do. Welcome to the newcomers, B-day folks and those living out of the country. To JoeD, welcome back. If I live One Day At a Time, I don't have to go back out there. I KNOW I have another drunk in me, but I'm not too sure about another recovery. Hang in there. Peace.


Member: Jimmy S.
Location: Kentucky
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 4:38:13 PM

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This is my first time. I have been trying to deny my drinking problem for 5 years. I realize that I can't make it on my own. I need help. How can I regain my self esteem?


Member: Monte G
Location: iowa
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 4:39:38 PM

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Hi, Monte here, an alcoholic. Congrats to all b-days and a big welcome to all newcomers!!! You are always the most important people at any meeting as was told to me when I first went to AA. My wife, bless her, picked up this little wall hanging that says,"Help me belive in what I could be and all that I am. Show me the stairway I have to climb, Lord, for my sake, teach me to take One Day At A Time" We have it hung in our bathroom and although it severely clashes with everything else in there, we will never take it down. It is a constant reminder of what I need to do each and every morning. It is conveniatly hung in front of our toilet so I gets read often!!

Thank you to this site, and thank you to all who share.

Monte


Member: Alice D
Location: Greene County, PA
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 5:18:29 PM

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Hi, I'm Alice and I am an alcoholic. I knew nothing about the "one day" concept before coming into AA. In fact, I don't think I ever spent much time in the moment. I was really worrying about the future or beating myself up for all my mistakes because little did I know that I was a perfectionist and I could never give myself permission to be less than perfect. So, I have to realize that I still do go back to my old patterms of behavior behavior at times today, but the good news is -- I recognize it and try to make progress with it -- one day at a time.

I know for me, the "all or nothing" concept gets in the way of my "one day at a time" thoughts. I still think, at times, that If I feel or act a certain way now it is that way forever, but I am learning through this program that all I have is today and I can get through anything just for today.

Also, I have to agree with Ben, it just keeps getting better, by working this program and trusting in HP one day at a time.

Love to all, I pass. Alice.


Member: pam l
Location: fruita co
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 7:03:10 PM

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hi pam her and i'm almost through my 5th day can't wait say 6th one day at a time is really the only way that anyone can cope. i still have the shakes and my belly hurts and i have a severe headache. any comments or suggestions on the physical aspects of withdrawals? to jimmy s hang in there and maybe we can help each other through the early days. find a meeting i'm going to tonight.godspeed on our journey


Member: Robb W.
Location: Mississauga,Ontario,Canada
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 7:07:41 PM

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Hi! Robb here, alcoholic.ODAAT great concept! We have a little piece of prose in my area that we read to open each meeting called "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" I'm sure most of you have heard it. This was the first thing that I took away from A.A. when I started coming back and actually LISTENING (another great concept!!). As long as I ask my HP for "knowledge of his will for me and the power to carry that out" I know that today will be O.K. Until man learns to travel through time it'll be one day at a time for me!! Thanks for all your sharing and allowing me to do the same. Wishing you all another sober 24 hours.

Robb W.


Member: Mark F
Location: Yuba City
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 9:17:09 PM

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Hello, Iam now joining this web site for the first time. I think I have a drinking problem and am taking steps to look into this problem. I really don't think that I am anm alcoholic but I feel that alcohol is taking over my life and I need to get a handle on it. Please help me in this venture.


Member: Jon J
Location: South Florida
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 9:45:19 PM

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I'm an alcoholic,I'm a member of the Melrose Park Group [Florida],and my name is Jon. Tonight at my home group I celebrated my 16th year in AA. They gave me a card which read: There's one in every group........Someone very special Someone whose smile lights up a room Someone who leads by example Someone like you! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.

I wanted to share that with you folks because without this program there is no way anyone would feel that way about me; and for that I am truly grateful! Thank you, Jon J


Member: Tom B.
Location: Jeffersonville, IN
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 11:09:26 PM

Comments

This is really cool ! Just when I thought I had seen everything. I don't have any words of wisdom that I can share other than you have all helped me a great deal by just being there everywhere I go. Sometimes I take sobriety for granted and forget just how awful all that misery was. Thanks for helping me to remember!


Member: Gary S.
Location: San Diego
Date: 2/23/98
Time: 11:43:55 PM

Comments

Even with over 17 years of sobriety, I am still one drink away from a drunk. That fact helps keep me sober, one day at a time!


Member: Wayne S.
Location: M'Boro, Tn.
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 12:04:34 AM

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ODAAT! Who could have thought that up but another drunk? Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift, thats why it's called, "the present." Yesterday is what I have to grow from, not live in, tomorrow is my destination, by living in the present. By doing the next right thing today, my HP allows me to experience the "promises," so my life is can be HJF.

To Joel H. in Asia, I was invited to start attending AA MTG in Guam 2/21/89 by my Co. in the US Navy, and I know about that take charge, helpliness, woe is me, pity pot feeling. Thank God, pity pots can't be flushed. I've also dicovered a big difference between, sodriety, an soberity. It's called peace of mind. I have to pray to a HP that I choose to call God, today. I have to keep and use the 12 Steps and 12 Tradations in all my dealings with my fellow man in order to recieve what has been freely given to me. Look around there are English language meetings in about any country where there is a US Embassey. Put that medalion under your tongue and when it melts you can have a drink!

Oh bye the way my name is Alcoholic, and Wayne is the problem.


Member: Wayne S.
Location: M'Boro, Tn.
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 12:04:50 AM

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ODAAT! Who could have thought that up but another drunk? Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift, thats why it's called, "the present." Yesterday is what I have to grow from, not live in, tomorrow is my destination, by living in the present. By doing the next right thing today, my HP allows me to experience the "promises," so my life is can be HJF.

To Joel H. in Asia, I was invited to start attending AA MTG in Guam 2/21/89 by my Co. in the US Navy, and I know about that take charge, helpliness, woe is me, pity pot feeling. Thank God, pity pots can't be flushed. I've also dicovered a big difference between, sodriety, an soberity. It's called peace of mind. I have to pray to a HP that I choose to call God, today. I have to keep and use the 12 Steps and 12 Tradations in all my dealings with my fellow man in order to recieve what has been freely given to me. Look around there are English language meetings in about any country where there is a US Embassey. Put that medalion under your tongue and when it melts you can have a drink!

Oh bye the way my name is Alcoholic, and Wayne is the problem.


Member: RITA R.
Location: MARION IN.
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 12:15:03 AM

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HI! MY NAME IS RITA AND IAM A VERY GRATEFUL ALCOHOLIC. ONE DAY AT A TIME IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MEAND MY LIFE.I'M NOT DOING IT PERFICT BT I AM MUCH BETTER.still getting the hang of this computer.Hang in there newcomers and it will get better.SCALE DOWN THE DAYS AND NIGHTS HOW EVER YOU NEED TO.ALL WHO ASK FOR HELP SHALL RECEIVE IT.YOUR H.P. WILL TAKE THE DSIRE TO DRINK AWAY FROM YOU HE DID IT FOR ME AND HE LOVES YOU THE SAME.READ THEB.B. GO TO MEETINGS AND DONT DRINK THE PATH IS CLEAR WE CAN WALK IT TOGETHER.FIRST TIME IN THIS MEETING. I'M HAPPY YOU ARE HERE.


Member: Bobbye E.
Location: McKinney, Texas
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 12:47:39 AM

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Hi! I am Bobbye E. a grateful recovering addict/alcoholic. By the grace of a God that believes in me in spite of my self I am still sober today. I like to go to the calculate your time page. Tonight I found that One day at a time God did a miraculous thing today is 4,620 days. Wow I am amazed. I know I didn't make that happen. I just remain as willing as I can be at any given moment.

When in doubt I refer back to the basic instructions my first sponsor gave me early on: "Breath in, Breath out, Put one foot in front of the other, follow my face around and do what is in front of it, and don't put anything in my hand that will get near my face that will change my sobriety date." She also said when in doubt, confusion, or overwhelm the recite these BASIC INSTRUCTIONS out loud.

She challenged me to live in this 3 seconds for a twenty-four hour period. I am still practicing this one and have only achieved it a hand full of times. It helps me to practice being in the moment. Asking myself important questions like, "Where am I?" "What am I really doing?" Keeping me exercising the HOW of the program, Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness.

I served in Desert Storm, and remember one of the most significant times in my recovery, When it was just me, HP, and the black part of the Big Book (what is printed on the page). It was 3 months before I found other friends of Bill W. at the "Camel %?!@ Group" Alcoholics Anonymous. There is a promise on every page of that book. The one I carry closest to my heart is this. "Job or no job, wife or no wife you can stay sober. Burn this concept into the conciousness of each man." Since my return from Over there my life events have continued to keep me practicing the principles one day at a time. Don't get me wrong I am part of the "We are not Saints Club" I learn only a little each day. Thank God for sobriety and the fellowship of AA.

Loving regards from beautiful, Spring like, 70 degree weather, sunshine, and blooming fruit trees, North Central Texas.


Member: Howard G.
Location: Central Florida
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 12:52:24 AM

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I'm happy I'm here. Need more be said?

Love To All Howard G. Sober


Member: Chelle M.
Location: McKinney, Texas
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 12:55:15 AM

Comments

hi! I'm Chelle, alcoholic. Thank God and you all for this opportunity to hit a meeting tonite. ODAT, is a really hard thing to really "get". A counselor challenged me to be "genuine"-you know, be real with myself and others...what she was really saying was to live for this moment, not to be who I've been in the past, or who I'm gonna be when I'm "finished", just be, right now, every now that comes along. If thats not ODAT, I don't know what is. If I'm am living right now, concentrating on whats in front of me, I cant be foolin you or myself or HP about who I am or what I'm about. What a gift and a freedom it is. My sponsor challenged me to find and underline all the "Musts" in the BB's first 164 pages... It took 7 months of trying tolive ODAT before I ever found the first one... Thank Creator and my friends and family for not demanding of me anything but the integrity to live this simple, genuine way. God bless and goodnite! Chelle


Member: melinda h
Location: tx.
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 1:39:40 AM

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hi, I'm Melinda H.and am new to all of this. trying hard to hang on,sure not easy. please pray for me. god bless and goodnight.


Member: melinda h
Location: tx.
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 1:40:47 AM

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hi, I'm Melinda H.and am new to all of this. trying hard to hang on,sure not easy. please pray for me. god bless and goodnight.


Member: Major J
Location: Los Angeles
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 1:45:44 AM

Comments

It's 11:45 P.M., and I'm about to turn in. Finally my insides (my gut, my committee) are convinced that I can make it through the rest of the day sober, sane, and reasonably comfortable.

Tomorrow I'll try to get this feeling a little earlier in the evening.

Someday I'll get it when I wake up. Then maybe I can live that day ODAT.

But I haven't done it yet. I, too, am a charter member of the Not Saints group.

'Night, all. Be well.


Member: Barb B            
Location: Western Pa
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 1:59:47 AM

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Barb B, and Ive got alcoholism. But thank God I don't have to drink today. Just for today, God will see me through. God doesn't live in yesterday with its mistakes and regrets, and He doesn't live in tomorrow with all of its fears he lives in today, His name is not I was, or I will be, but as He told Moses, "I AM". Guesss what? Moses believed Him and I do too.


Member: Michael
Location: Pittsburgh P.A
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 2:49:36 AM

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Just wanted to say hi my name's Michael and I'm an alcoholic, Got my first day in today :)Had three and a half years once pray for me. Thank you all.


Member: pam l
Location: fruita co
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 12:22:38 PM

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hi pam l here and happy to say i made it to day 6 i spent almost 2 hours reading the big book and still trying to learn the ODAAT! ti jimmy s how's it going? hope you're still sober and hanging it seems to be a little better but am still trying to find about the physical aspects of withdrawals no one seems to want to talk about it. still having stomach aches and low back pain things i didn't notice when i was drunk all the time. hang in there jimmy s will get better later or so i am told. have another one day at a time!!!!


Member: ShelleI
Location: Austin
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 12:46:35 PM

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ShelleI, alcoholic: Pam, what helps me is to pay attention to my diet, eat well balanced meals with plenty of fruits and vegetables and LAY OFF THE SUGAR!! At least I know that FOR ME sugar makes the cravings worse. A good diet and nutrition will also help repair the physical damage that alcohol has done to your body. Takes long walks and hold conversations with God. Do something nice (without telling them) for someone. Go to meetings - keep reading.


Member: JoeD
Location: CAN
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 12:51:37 PM

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Hi cyberfriends, JoeD here. Back for my second day. For some reason I held on to my Big Book from my last time. Deep down I guess I knew I'd be needing it again. Funny how we can delude ourselves that way - only for so long though. Thanks Jack C. for the welcome. I'm really focussed on one day at a time this time. I think contact with everyone on this site will be a big support. Jimmy S. - I know what you're feeling. Self-esteem hits rock bottom at times like this. Staying sober one day at a time can only bring it back up - slowly but surely. Hang in there.


Member: JoeD
Location: CAN
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 12:51:58 PM

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Hi cyberfriends, JoeD here. Back for my second day. For some reason I held on to my Big Book from my last time. Deep down I guess I knew I'd be needing it again. Funny how we can delude ourselves that way - only for so long though. Thanks Jack C. for the welcome. I'm really focussed on one day at a time this time. I think contact with everyone on this site will be a big support. Jimmy S. - I know what you're feeling. Self-esteem hits rock bottom at times like this. Staying sober one day at a time can only bring it back up - slowly but surely. Hang in there.


Member: Tony G.
Location: Pequannock N. J.
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 1:12:59 PM

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Hi, I am Tony G. I am an alcoholic. We are all time travellers. One to one frame and we have several ways to participate in this travell. The best I'm told is with a sponsor and a HP. I have one and beginning to trust the other.

With an openmind I will continue to watch, Your friend Tony G.


Member: Dan H
Location: Washington state
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 1:58:35 PM

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Hi my name is Dan and I woke up this morning sick and tired . I am sick and tired of being sick and tired and want to become sober. It will be a challenge exspecially since most people I know drink! I hope to achieve living in the moment since I know it has been years since I have seen the light of day Thanks for all your inspiring coments and wish me luck for the road ahead will be a challenge!


Member: Mike O
Location: Pontiac, Michigan
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 2:15:55 PM

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Hi..My name is Mike and I am a alcoholic..One day at a time sounds so simple..but...for me it is alot of work trying to keep my life in that perspective all day long. I always find myself wandering off into the future..but...for sure, I do live one day at a time. I am planning on a move to Oregon from Michigan but for a change...for good reasons...in my drinking days I did it for the geographical cure...never worked.. I guess that haunts me a bit..tho I know my reasons are good. My dos is 6/15/85. I am looking forward to this new adventure and know wherever I go...AA is there waiting. Thanks everyone :-)


Member: Mike O
Location: Pontiac, Michigan
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 2:16:15 PM

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Hi..My name is Mike and I am a alcoholic..One day at a time sounds so simple..but...for me it is alot of work trying to keep my life in that perspective all day long. I always find myself wandering off into the future..but...for sure, I do live one day at a time. I am planning on a move to Oregon from Michigan but for a change...for good reasons...in my drinking days I did it for the geographical cure...never worked.. I guess that haunts me a bit..tho I know my reasons are good. My dos is 6/15/85. I am looking forward to this new adventure and know wherever I go...AA is there waiting. Thanks everyone :-)


Member: Mike O
Location: Pontiac, Michigan
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 2:16:27 PM

Comments

Hi..My name is Mike and I am a alcoholic..One day at a time sounds so simple..but...for me it is alot of work trying to keep my life in that perspective all day long. I always find myself wandering off into the future..but...for sure, I do live one day at a time. I am planning on a move to Oregon from Michigan but for a change...for good reasons...in my drinking days I did it for the geographical cure...never worked.. I guess that haunts me a bit..tho I know my reasons are good. My dos is 6/15/85. I am looking forward to this new adventure and know wherever I go...AA is there waiting. Thanks everyone :-)


Member: Michelle M.
Location: McKinney TX
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 5:12:27 PM

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Hello everyone- Chelle/alcoholic. Pam1- my sponsor told me that if i had to do something, a coke and a hershey bar will get me through almost anything... I like em with nuts- that way we have something in common... Take care and hang in there- read, pray and laugh11 It all gets better eventually-- this too shall pass. God Bless you all-- Chelle


Member: ann c
Location: france
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 5:30:46 PM

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One day at a time is what helped me to stop drinking, tho it took a while to make it more than a couple of days without being sucked back into the bottle. now i often feel good for the day, as long as I don't regret yesterday or get lost in tomorrow. For the first time I'm living the present moment, but still find the past necessary as a rear view mirror to keep going on straight. Was glad to find this site. Love you all. ANN


Member: Jimmy S.
Location: Kentucky
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 5:48:16 PM

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Hi everyone. Thanks for the support. I'm doing quite well. It's difficult to put my mistakes behind me and only concentrate on today. My parents have lost trust in me and my girlfriend for over a year dumped me. I would love to win her back and be the man that I used to be. I miss my self respect. Thanks again JIMMY S.


Member: pam l
Location: fruita co
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 6:03:30 PM

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thanks shelle this pam here and it's snowing and the windis blowing and i just looked out the window and someone is flying a kite somehow that made me reach out and talk to my HP i think he's sending me a message. fly free you can do it if someone can get a kite up in a snowstorm anything's possible right.


Member: Chris B
Location: Camino Ca
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 6:58:10 PM

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Chris B alcoholic here. I was just over on the "coffee pot" asking for advise on ODAAT. I look here and there it is. Still don't think I get it yet.I'm new to this program and have basically everything to learn. I am going to do my best to make 90 meetings in 90 days. One thing I do know is that I MUST change. If I don't I'll die. (thats a sobering reality.) I think this is a great forum to talk when meetings aren't available . Thanks for listening.


Member: Marilyn P
Location: upstate New York
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 7:21:47 PM

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My name is Marilyn, and I'm an alcoholic.The weather is really wicked today but I'm grateful for this meeting. It keeps me connected and focused. ODAT was a hard one to learn, but after awhile it starts to sink in. Life gets much better living in the moment. Actions in the program changed my thinking. I joined a home group, got a job in the group, got a sponsor, starting working the steps and with others and my crazy thinking changed.

Welcome to the newcomers! Keep coming back, we love you. Pam, I'll pray for you. Go to a meeting. Get phone numbers( women) and start making calls. You help us by talking with us. Get a sponsor. Find someone who has what you want.

Mark, if you aren't sure you're an alcoholic, you can find out. Go to an open AA meeting and ask questions. It worked for me. Good luck, I'll be praying for you.


Member: Marcia B.
Location: St.Pete FL
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 7:45:32 PM

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Hi, I'm Marcia and a grateful recovering alcoholic. For florida, It's cold, but for now, no rain! Any way,what a great topic. I had just gotten off the phone with my mother up in Mass., where she is dying of lung cancer. She has just completed here 2nd set of chemo sessions. Though my heart breaks for her, her illness has made me truelly live one day at a time. Her illness has let me ,not only find my HP, but finally trust in him/her. I'm so grateful hearing from the newcomers here, because they continue to remind me of where I was, and where I am today. I no longer need to shut the door on the past, but don't need to regret it. I so very much hope to pam; jimmy, and the others who have begun this journey, that this way of life in AA continues for you ONE DAY AT A TIME!!! My sponser continuelly reminds me that, when I'm am having a bad day with any person, place, or thing, that I can start my day over. At first, that made absolutely no sense at all. but as each situation presented itself to me, I would breathe deep and say to myself the serenity prayer. From there, I could start again. It worked for me 5 years ago, when I was first sober, and it still works for me today. I have read so many good suggestions at this meeting that I keep forgetting. I need to remember that these suggestions will always work in my life if I let them. One other suggestion given to me is H.A.L.T.;hungry,angry,lonely,and tired. If I don't take care of those things in my life, that pretty soon I'll be heading straight for a bar room door!! I keep H.A.L.T. taped up on my refridgerator to remind me daily that I must take care of my mind, soul, and body. Thank you all for being here, and helping me one day at a time, and sometimes, one minute at a time.


Member: Barb C.
Location: West Alllis, WI
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 9:44:47 PM

Comments

Hi everyone! My name is Barb and I am an alcholic. Welcome to the all the newcomers. Hang in there! When I first came to AA, I could not believe all the one liners I heard. Keep it simple, Bring the body and the mind will follow, easy does it and of course, One day at a time. I could not believe that people were so gullible they would believe these quips could acutally help keep them sober. But somehow, I managed to keep my mouth shut and my ears open. I finally figured these people managed to stay sober longer than I ever had and they used these little gentle reminders, what did I have to lose. My sponsor told me, I didn't have to take the whole day. Just five minutes or a minute. Anyone can do anything for a minute. That was a few 24 hours ago. Sometimes I still have times when I need to take it one minute at a time. It works. It's one of the simple things of this program I will be forever grateful for. Take care everyone and thank you for helping me to grow a little bit today.


Member: Kevin M.
Location: Indiana
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 10:28:42 PM

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Hi! My name is Kevin M., a recovering alcoholic. I have returned to AA for the last 8 months and for that I am greatful. One day at a time is all I have to handle today and life is so much more manageable that way. Without my local group I would be lost and now that I have found this group, I'm really excited about meeting new members. I'm new to the Internet, so patience please! Thank you!


Member: Bill P
Location: ILLINOIS
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 11:31:33 PM

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it was a good meeting . And i needed it.


Member: Tom B.
Location: Jeffersonville, IN
Date: 2/24/98
Time: 11:39:20 PM

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Tom B. alcoholic. This game called life sure can be a hoot. I have found that even when I don't mean to, I live in the solution. That dosn't mean that I don't make mistakes. But I get in the positive , instead of the negitive. As I can honestly look at myself I see that I dont have but two choices; one to go to the bitter end trying to blot out the awful existance the best that I can , or to seek spiritual help . Sounds like something that I read somewhere. Just as true today as ever. Thanks for listning.


Member: Mike C.
Location: OHIO
Date: 2/25/98
Time: 5:18:33 AM

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hi MIKE c. sometimes one day at a time becomes one moment at a time for me. tia the only way IKNOW HOW TO STAY SOBER.


Member: Jane M.
Location: Ma.
Date: 2/25/98
Time: 9:39:18 AM

Comments

Hi everyone. Pam, you're an inspiration. It had to be rough for me (sobering up); it helped me stay sober almost 18 years--who would want to go through withdrawls ever again!? What we don't do in AA is make the decision for another individual if they need clinical detoxing. To Jimmy S. Self esteem came gradually through the 12 Steps of recovery, especially steps 4&5 which come a bit later. One consolation I learned in AA is that in ODAT living, God will not give me more than he and I can handle in one day. Still true. Praying for the newcomers, Jane


Member: Becky S.
Location: OH
Date: 2/25/98
Time: 10:13:22 AM

Comments

Hi folks, my name is Becky and I'm an alcoholic/addict. I've been sober for a while now, and I can help you with your questions Pam. Hang in there, it gets better. You are where you are supposed to be right now in your sobriety. Don't ever forget this awful feeling of drying out. You may need to remember it some day. Each persons detox is different. It depends how much you drank. I was in detox for 5 days in a rehab. on heavy medications. I was convulsing and hallucinating, they were trying to prevent further episodes. I was shaking so bad I had to run around in the shower just to get wet. (joke) I was still shaking when I left treatment 34 days later. My point is, I've been reading your comments for your sobriety length and each day you're sober you've sounded better. we cannot see our own growth, but others can. Keep doing what you're doing and by all means learn to pray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nothing fancy just start talking to God. By the way, nutrition and excercize sure can help you feel better physically. Nothing stays the same unless you let it. K.I.S.S. In sobriety, Becky


Member: Chuck S.
Location: Cntrl WV.
Date: 2/25/98
Time: 11:24:47 AM

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"If Nothing Changes,Nothing Changes"!!Change is SCARY but nessessary!

TFTS!!cs


Member: margret k
Location: phoenix,arizona
Date: 2/25/98
Time: 7:56:42 PM

Comments

hi i'm over 2 years sober and everyday I get the urge to drink. I work around recovery all day,sometimes it makes i worse. Am I crazy? I feel good and I'm pretty happy most of the time. I guess I should be grateful for that.I would appreciate any suggestions. Prayer does work at times, but it's the time is doesn't I'm worried about.Thanks for listening,


Member: Debi M.
Location: Soo, Canada
Date: 2/25/98
Time: 8:55:17 PM

Comments

Hi, Deborah alcoholic. Just stumbled into this meeting and what a great topic. I left treatment Nov 1997, and things have been improving steadily since, am I on that pink cloud? I have been fired from my job and sure I greived abit, but I am still happy and hopeful for my futrure, I go to meetings, and read meditation and the twelve steps, its like I don't trust this good feeling, when is the bottom going to drop.


Member: Debi M.
Location: Soo, Canada
Date: 2/25/98
Time: 8:55:57 PM

Comments

Hi, Deborah alcoholic. Just stumbled into this meeting and what a great topic. I left treatment Nov 1997, and things have been improving steadily since, am I on that pink cloud? I have been fired from my job and sure I greived abit, but I am still happy and hopeful for my futrure, I go to meetings, and read meditation and the twelve steps, its like I don't trust this good feeling, when is the bottom going to drop.


Member: Melissa M.
Location: Texas
Date: 2/25/98
Time: 10:13:52 PM

Comments

Hi I am Melissa M. day one sober and a little timid which if you knew me you would not believe. I am in Texas and in counseling with a chemical dependency counselor. I don't do drugs I just drink. I don't know what to do next. Ideas? what will I do for the weekend? I teach, eight year olds. I have four children, and a husband. I have really made a mess of my life.

Thank you for having a place I can vent. Not a lot of my friends understand, in fact to my knowledge none of them do.


Member: Sandra
Location: Texas
Date: 2/25/98
Time: 10:44:46 PM

Comments

Hi, my name is Sandra and I am a grateful alcoholic & addict; grateful because I have been taught a different way of living. Sometimes I forget my way though and places like this and meetings like I attended today pull me back to center. I'm better after reading some of the postings and realizing that I need to STAY in TODAY.

So glad the topic is "One Day at a Time" -- I need reminding that I can't change the past or arrange the future, I can only turn my will and my life over to the care of God.

I recently moved to another city and have started a new job; lost a boyfriend a couple of weeks ago to his X and have been stuck in fear and resentment. I even called in sick today and had a pity party but did at least make a noon meeting... So many changes and so many feelings I want to drown but I'm JUST NOT GOING TO DRINK TODAY!

I feel for the newcomers -- not so long ago, I too was where you are. March 6th I'll have 9mos. Keep coming back, this stuff WORKS!

Sober Sandra


Member: margaret k
Location: Phoenix,AZ.
Date: 2/26/98
Time: 12:13:54 AM

Comments

Hi, I'm Margaret an I'm an alcoholic, drug addict. I'm very grateful for my just over 2 years sober. I didn't think was an alcoholic until recently. I work at a drug and alcohol rehab,and it most definately made me take a look at myself and the lies I was telling myself. I know that if I drink there's no way I'll survive. I'm 36 and very grateful for LIFE. I take my days one day at a time and my hours one hour at a time. I pray alot and it really works. I guess I can't expect 100 percent happiness but I'm glad for the happiness I do have. It"s the little things I appreciate!


Member: Kerry B.
Location: Idaho
Date: 2/26/98
Time: 1:14:35 AM

Comments

Thanks for the meeting!! I always need to hear what is shared in AA. One day at a time is really a relief for me because I spent so many years with my head in the past, or in the future. What a concept "today". After a little while in the program concentrating on today I asked my sponser what to do about days that were getting down right rotten. We all have those days. She simply told me to start my day all over again, with a different attitude. What a concept, that meant that I was not a slave to the clock. I could just simply start the day again in my head. To Melissa, you never have to drink again if you don't want to. The mess you may have made will probably go away with time. And Pam, have you thought to speak to a doctor?? It may help you understand what's going on physically. Thanks again for being here.


Member: Karl E.
Location: Houston, Texas
Date: 2/26/98
Time: 3:54:35 AM

Comments

Hi I'm an alcoholic and addict, my name and probblem is Karl. One day at a time is very important to me right now. I am begining the 56 day of mt sobriety and I feel great. It is hard to stay in the moment alot of the time, but I have picked up some tools from the program that are very helpful. Prayer and meditation are first and foremost. Although not mentioned until step 11 I was told to do this everymornig and night and whenever was uncomfortable (angry, tired, resentful etc.)as stated in the Big Book, and right away. The results have been awesome! Also by pausing and recognizing what each of my five senses (Sight, smell, touch, sound and taste) is feeling I am pulled into the moment and relize that I am in that moment, sober and ok. Also repeating a short statment over and over in my head, such as "thy will not mine be done", for as long as it takes, I suddenly relize these thoughts or feelings are gone. Some days I live one minute at a time and thats ok with me if it keeps me sober. Congradulations to the b-day folks. To Pam and Jerry: I to am in the infancy of my sobriety, but it has gotten a little easier every day. I try not to think, but listen and do what I'm told to keep me sober. I go to two meetings a day, I have 3 sponsers that I am truly greatful for. I use the phone and suit up and and show up, especially when I don't feel like it. I make time for prayer and meditation everyday, whether I want to or not. I was told that this program works but for only one day, so I must live each day with the ferver as my first few. An old timer told me this "I will probably never know if I truly enjoy my sobriety and I'll take the first drink five minutes before the miricle happens. I am truley grateful for AA, this group, all you other drunks, my higher power and a chance to live the life I've always wanted to. Peace and easy does it!


Member: ANNIE C
Location: LONG  ISLAND,NY
Date: 2/26/98
Time: 9:44:15 AM

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HI EVERYONE MY NAME IS ANNIE C. AND I'M A GRATEFUL ALCOHOLIC. CONGRADULATIONS TO ALL.YOU GIVE ME HOPE. PAM, THIS IS TRULY A ONE DAY AT A TIME PROGRAM, I AM LIVING PROOF.I AM 35 DAYS SOBER BUT IT TOOK ME FULLY ACCEPTING THE FIRST STEP TO GET HERE.YOU HAVE TO TAKE BABY STEPS.I TRIED TO DO IT OVER NIGHT AND JUST KEPT FALLING DOWN.THE BEST ADVICE I GOT WAS PROGESS NOT PERFECTION AND KEEP COMING BACK.JUST REMEMBER YOU CAN'T SLIP OR TRIP IF YOUR ON YOUR KNEES (SOMETHING ELSE I NOW DO ALOT )LOVE ANNIE C.


Member: ANNIE C
Location: LONG  ISLAND,NY
Date: 2/26/98
Time: 9:44:56 AM

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HI EVERYONE MY NAME IS ANNIE C. AND I'M A GRATEFUL ALCOHOLIC. CONGRADULATIONS TO ALL.YOU GIVE ME HOPE. PAM, THIS IS TRULY A ONE DAY AT A TIME PROGRAM, I AM LIVING PROOF.I AM 35 DAYS SOBER BUT IT TOOK ME FULLY ACCEPTING THE FIRST STEP TO GET HERE.YOU HAVE TO TAKE BABY STEPS.I TRIED TO DO IT OVER NIGHT AND JUST KEPT FALLING DOWN.THE BEST ADVICE I GOT WAS PROGESS NOT PERFECTION AND KEEP COMING BACK.JUST REMEMBER YOU CAN'T SLIP OR TRIP IF YOUR ON YOUR KNEES (SOMETHING ELSE I NOW DO ALOT )LOVE ANNIE C.


Member: Martina G
Location:
Date: 2/26/98
Time: 11:15:27 AM

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Hi - I am a new online AA member, and am still figuring this out. I can't find the topic so I'll just say that I am grateful for my sobriety of 12 years one day at a time. Life has certainly not been a bed of roses, but now I can wake up in the morning and with the Lord's help face what each day brings with hope rather than despair. To Pam and any newly sober: sobriety is definitely worth evrything.


Member: Hector  M.
Location: Miami,Fla
Date: 2/26/98
Time: 4:01:26 PM

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Hi everybody my name is hector and i am an alcoholic and addict. Im real greatfull today because i didnt have to drink or drug today.Ive just come back to the rooms after a long relapse , i have 19 days without a drink or a drug and im feeling better about myself. I just got a sponser At my meeting last night and i feel that i have to let others do for me what hector does not want to do for himself.Im going to do things the AA way ,I have to and the only way I can do that is by practicing the steps and taking suggestions from all of you . I know that Im not alone,THANK YOU..


Member: Hector  M.
Location: Miami,Fla
Date: 2/26/98
Time: 4:01:48 PM

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Hi everybody my name is hector and i am an alcoholic and addict. Im real greatfull today because i didnt have to drink or drug today.Ive just come back to the rooms after a long relapse , i have 19 days without a drink or a drug and im feeling better about myself. I just got a sponser At my meeting last night and i feel that i have to let others do for me what hector does not want to do for himself.Im going to do things the AA way ,I have to and the only way I can do that is by practicing the steps and taking suggestions from all of you . I know that Im not alone,THANK YOU..


Member: Barb B  
Location: Standing next to Him
Date: 2/26/98
Time: 5:00:32 PM

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Hi, My name is Barb B and I've got alcohol-isms.Okay, so I'm sober a little over six years, but I still have the isms. Those little defects that have character, bad character that still need to be removed or maybe just turned around for God's purposes. Whatever, its the realization of the unmanageability they cause in my life, the being sick and tired of being sick and tired of them so I can finally surrender and humbly ask God for his help. All of this and the one day at a time, the attitude OF LOVE and of willingness, the graditude and the lets go help that newcomer so I can get out of myself that makes my life worth while and keeps me coming back. These are a few of my favorite things. So relax, God's in charge.


Member: Margaret K
Location: Phoenix,Az.
Date: 2/26/98
Time: 5:30:01 PM

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I jut wanted everyone out there to know just how grateful I am to have this meeting. I don't get to go to very many meetings cause I work the graveyard shift. I do get treatment where I work at the rehab. But I feel I'm missing something. Like I'm missing a piece of my life somewhere. I'm glad I found a place where I fit in. I"ve had alot of urges to use lately and it's getter harder to just say no. I know you guys are out there, and I could sure use a little support right now. Please let me know you're listening, any sugestions would be grately appreciated. I don't want to drink or drug today, but then again I do. I just want this feeling to pass. Thanks.


Member: Danielle
Location: Québec, Canada
Date: 2/26/98
Time: 6:57:20 PM

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Salut! Danielle, Alcoolique. On the topic of One day at a time I would like to share that I am having some anxiety feelings because as of Sunday morning I will be a non smoker. I imagine it will be like with alcohol, I must do it one day at a time. I went to a meeting this afternoon and one of the topics was confidence in oneself. That too I'm sure will help me in my efforts. It is a bad habit of 31 years! I have learned in aa that with the help of my Higher Power, I will do it. Cheers!


Member: Joseph
Location: Maine
Date: 2/26/98
Time: 9:19:00 PM

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One day at a time I take myself too seriously.


Member: BOWMAN J
Location: LAS VEGAS
Date: 2/26/98
Time: 9:48:03 PM

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HELLO TO ALL FOR PAM AND JERRY AND ALL NEWCOMERS MAKE SURE YOU FIND AN AA MEETING THAHT YOU SHOW UP IN PERSON AT.THE PEOPLE AT THE MEETINGS ARE THE REAL SAVERS.I HAVE 9 YEARS IN PROGRAM


Member: Colin R
Location: calif
Date: 2/26/98
Time: 9:58:32 PM

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Hello to all, especially the newcomers. "one day at a time" is one of those slogans that sounded trite to me when I first got sober(I still don't like, think,think,think) but as I have been able ,through the grace of God, to stay sober since 1994,I have slowly come to realize that it (sobriety) really can"t be had any other way. I am grateful to you all for being "present" -Colin


Member: Doug B.
Location: Connecticut
Date: 2/26/98
Time: 10:01:14 PM

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Hi everyone, I'm Doug B., and I'm an alcoholic. One day at a time kept me away from the bottle early on, now it does that plus keep me from those dangerous words "I was thinking". There've been situations in my life recently which have caused me to feel the victim again, and that's a bad place to be, one day at a time I can go to a meeting, call my sponsor, pray, and not drink. I have two and 1/2 years sober now, and the five basics just mentioned work, and work every day only if I work them. Thank God for AA and the people in recovery, I'd be dead without you.


Member: becky w
Location: st. louis, mo
Date: 2/26/98
Time: 10:36:56 PM

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Hi. I'm Becky, and I'm alcoholic. This on-going AA meeting is really helpful for those of us who have small kids and husbands who are frequently absent. I had 30 days, stopped my daily readings, prayers, 3 x / week meetings, had no sponsor, and drank. Picked myself up, dusted myself off, and I'm on day 7 (again). This ODAAT is beginning to sink in as a way to truly cope with the changes in my life that not drinking has brought about. I have time on my hands that I didn't have before...I'm in the here-and-now rather than absent. I can do this ODAAT. I can't think about tomorrow because it isn't here, and I get nervous thinking I might not use the tools at my fingertips. Thanks for all the sobriety I've read here, and thanks for all the newcomers and support I've seen.


Member: mary w.
Location: kansas
Date: 2/26/98
Time: 11:19:57 PM

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i'm mary and i am an alcoholic/ addict. to the newcomers-y'all are the most important people here! how is this you ask, what about all these people with bunches of sobriety? yes we have alot of cool stuff to say and help y'all , but the fact that you still are coming in those doors means it is still the same out there. and by helping you, we are helped by the helping. keep coming back, it gets better!

hugs to all-mary


Member: Barb B.
Location: Pgh., PA
Date: 2/27/98
Time: 9:21:28 AM

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Barb B., PEARL here, (person entering a recovered life) from Pgh., Hi Margaret, we're listening, I know the feelings, I work long hours too at times and don't get to meeting for days and feel very isolated. Time to seek God's help during that time, brings to mind that part in the big book where it says as certain times there is no defense against the first drink except for a Higher Power. And remember no human power could relieve us of our alcoholism. There again the third pertinent idea God could and would if he were sought. Use the telephone, I was just seeking someone to talk to myself this a.m., made a phone call, no answer, but left a msg. makes me feel better to know that I may have helped someone by just leaving a msg. even in my own need. It all works together for good. Danielle, I celebrate 6 yrs. this march without cigarettes. Pray, have faith in yourself, but remember, who restores you to sanity. Cigarettes made my life unmanageable, 3 packs a day, a lit cigerette always and sometimes two.I even dropped the weight I put on after I quit. Drink chamomile tea, to calm your anxiety. Love you all. As my friend Gene R. says "Ain't it a great day to be sober." Never seen a greatful heart drink.


Member: Barb B.
Location: Pgh., PA
Date: 2/27/98
Time: 9:22:13 AM

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Barb B., PEARL here, (person entering a recovered life) from Pgh., Hi Margaret, we're listening, I know the feelings, I work long hours too at times and don't get to meeting for days and feel very isolated. Time to seek God's help during that time, brings to mind that part in the big book where it says as certain times there is no defense against the first drink except for a Higher Power. And remember no human power could relieve us of our alcoholism. There again the third pertinent idea God could and would if he were sought. Use the telephone, I was just seeking someone to talk to myself this a.m., made a phone call, no answer, but left a msg. makes me feel better to know that I may have helped someone by just leaving a msg. even in my own need. It all works together for good. Danielle, I celebrate 6 yrs. this march without cigarettes. Pray, have faith in yourself, but remember, who restores you to sanity. Cigarettes made my life unmanageable, 3 packs a day, a lit cigerette always and sometimes two.I even dropped the weight I put on after I quit. Drink chamomile tea, to calm your anxiety. Love you all. As my friend Gene R. says "Ain't it a great day to be sober." Never seen a greatful heart drink.


Member: J.L.
Location: Massachusetts
Date: 2/27/98
Time: 12:43:49 PM

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My name is Jay and I am an alcoholic. Great meeting. When One Day at a Time gets to be too much take whatever you can handle. I've taken five minutes or thirty seconds, whatever works. And it has worked for just over twenty years (ODAAT). To Margaret, we are listening and praying for your success, the success of every new comer enhances our own. One caution- Don"t be fooled into thinking that because you are "working in the field" that you are taking care of business". You may find that working with others in recovery increases the need for you to attend meetings for "yourself". Remember - you can not give away what you don't have. Hang in there, get to meetings and be good to yourself.

Thanks to everyone for the meeting.


Member: michael p
Location: sweden
Date: 2/27/98
Time: 6:58:31 PM

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Hello!

I´m herer for my first time. And I have never bin on a meeting like this. I have bin sober for about 60 days, So tomorrow i will get my 60 days pin.


Member: nanc c
Location: IL
Date: 2/27/98
Time: 7:38:13 PM

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Pam, I know how tough it is - - can you talk with someone or go to a meeting?


Member: john r
Location: sunny Buffalo,NY
Date: 2/27/98
Time: 10:48:06 PM

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Well as I sit here and listen to 3rd Eye Blind , and read the latest comments I gotta say ...Thank God for Sponsorship...I'm amazed at the amount of new people that have so many important things to tell us all...the wise observations and all the answers this time around...it makes me all warm and fuzzy that THIS TIME AROUND will be different---that is really great!!! really,it is.However, I am so grateful that when I came in a # of 24hrs. ago they (oldtimers) told me to SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!!! go to meetings,pray and don't drink...and while your at it, don't THINK either,just DO...what your told...not what you feel good about....and while we are at it, what is the woman with 6yrs. doing with a still wet newcomer,and yes that early you are still wet...get with the MEN or play around and get the same results...your call...I am glad to see even on -line there is b.s. rampant with us twisted people...GET BUSY and GET SOBER


Member: Barb  B                          
Location: Standing next to Jesus
Date: 2/28/98
Time: 3:20:47 AM

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Barb B. alcoholic, Yes indeed we do have to go to meetings. When I first came in I did 90 in 90. The best thing that ever happened to me. And even now years later I still do many meetings whenever possible. But when I can't make it I do use the phone, a handy little trinket to call all those women who generously gave me their love until I could love myself.


Member: Glen H
Location: Debton, TX
Date: 2/28/98
Time: 6:04:50 AM

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Yes, and besides "b.s. <being> rampant with us twisted people" apparently pent up anger comes through quite clear as well.


Member: john r
Location: sunny Buffalo,NY
Date: 2/28/98
Time: 7:39:57 AM

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and yes apparently psycho-babble terms and every group has their bleeding deacon...again thank you old-timers for being brutally honest with no psycho-babble...it truly saved my a-- again...GET BUSY and GET SOBER !! till then.. :-}


Member: Diane H.
Location: Michigan
Date: 2/28/98
Time: 8:54:32 AM

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Just bursting to share with someone that today is my 1 year, 5 month 'birthday' through the grace of a loving God and this program. To all newcomers, it is hard work but TOTALLY WORTH IT. Keep coming back!


Member: Brian G
Location: Sunny Prairie, WI
Date: 2/28/98
Time: 9:03:37 AM

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Hi, I'm Brian and I'm still an alcoholic. ODAAT is something that I have neglected in the recent past. I started to look at things in the week and month view and before to long, I was right back into the stinking thinking. I got my lazy butt down to an AA meeting and relearned what I thought I knew so well. ODAAT IS the way to work the program. PAM, if you are still having cravings and the shakes, one thing that I have read and tried is that hundreds of years ago up until now, the Chineese herbalists have used celery stalks to curb the cravings. It also acts as a liver de-toxifier which will help take care of some of your lower back pains. Give it a try - nothing to loose.


Member: ANNIE C
Location: HOLBROOK, LONG ISLAND
Date: 2/28/98
Time: 1:38:07 PM

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HI AGAIN EVERYONE IT'S ANNIE C. A VERY STUBBORN ALCOHOLIC WHO HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE ROOMS SINCE NOV. OF 1996.I PRAY THIS TIME AROUND IS IT.TO ALL NEWCOMERS I AM PROOF OF THE SAYING KEEP COMING BACK IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT.I FINALLY SURRENDERED AND YES BY THE WILL OF MYSELF AND MY HIGHER POWER IT IS WORKING.TAKING ALL INSTRUCTIONS FROM MY SPONSER AND OTHERS AND SINCERLY APPLYING TO MY DAILY LIFE AND DAILY MEETINGS I FEEL STRONGER EVERY DAY. LET GO AND LET GOD ANNIE C


Member: mark d
Location: las vegas, nv
Date: 2/28/98
Time: 10:18:17 PM

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mark here alike ah yes, the ol' one day at a time thingy....I am into living life one day at a time....couldn't quit drinking for an hour so not drinking for a day didn't make a lot of sense to me....let me tell how I sobered up....Hp saw fit to have a sherriff toss a pair of handcuffs on me, and then he marched me off to a cell. Not once, not twice, but like 8 (yes i sais 8) times...I spent years getting loaded behind bars...and thank you God that someone saw fit to put me in the program unit where they (the folks with the keys) knew all the tricks also. You think getting to a meeting is just too hard...try doing 24-7's for almost 2 years...cause after they opened the cage, I got my a** to a social model recovery home where I stayed untill the director told me it was ok for me to leave...

so for this alkie, contingent upon the maintenance of a spiritual condition... I get a daily reprieve from the obsession to drink...One day at a time...

get powerless and stay that way........mark