Forum: 12 Steps and 12 Traditions
04-18-2015, 07:05 AM
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eye of the storm
After what seemed an eternity of silence, the phone finally rang.
It startled me. The last few days spent licking my artificial wounds by
a point about an unorthodox welding skill was in...
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Forum: 12 Steps and 12 Traditions
03-15-2015, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 11
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down the staircase
There was a full moon the night I stood at the bottom of my
parents driveway on the side of the road. I'll never forget,
looking up into the night sky at this very large full moon,
blaming it,...
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Forum: 12 Steps and 12 Traditions
02-21-2015, 07:34 AM
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Feem and scheme
"Try smiling at the joy of your confusion."
"I love to give an opinion on experiences I've never had."
"If you don't care, I can't care...,
If you do care, I have to care."
"Your past is...
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Forum: 12 Steps and 12 Traditions
02-06-2015, 04:46 AM
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picking the pickle
And, it is now that I realize that this is not some sort of story where a guy finds A.A. at the end, and all of the characters live happily ever after. It is more like a conviction. A confession. ...
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Forum: 12 Steps and 12 Traditions
10-24-2014, 11:48 PM
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Lost in the keys
My idea of a geographical cure for my ills merely
accelerated my drinking. An anonymous feeling
of no one recognizing me, was intoxicating. I felt
I could do anything I could get by with, and...
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Forum: 12 Steps and 12 Traditions
09-20-2014, 06:24 AM
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nowhere left to run
A common theme without a doubt, was this feeling that somewhere
over the horizon, happiness awaited, chasing the very thing that
I never wanted to catch. The concept of success was an illusion...
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Forum: 12 Steps and 12 Traditions
09-19-2014, 05:31 AM
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Replies: 11
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fleeting
Man, I'm really glad that post is over.
Its important for me to realize prior to a fifth step, that I may
not cover everything at one time, and that I may not do it
exactly right. I'm not...
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Forum: 12 Steps and 12 Traditions
09-05-2014, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,056
the needle in the thread
What I'm about to tell you has rattled around in my head for a very long time, going into so many different directions as to how exactly to reference the subject matter, and in what way it can be...
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Forum: 12 Steps and 12 Traditions
09-03-2014, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,056
an intro for 5: the report card
Although this will be something, it is still uncertain, at least to me, exactly what it might be. I only know that some housecleaning needs to be done on my part, and that if (and we both know what...
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Forum: 12 Steps and 12 Traditions
09-03-2014, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,056
In something read recently, I came across a...
In something read recently, I came across a passage that stated the following:
Step four is a spiritual exercise; not an immoral inventory.
This exercise has also reminded me of another...
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Forum: 12 Steps and 12 Traditions
09-03-2014, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,056
my fifth step
My name is Kevin, and I'm an alcoholic.
This may not be everything, but it'll be most of it.
Some of it isn't pretty, then again whose is?
"We pocket our pride and go to it, illuminating every...
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