http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/ Keywords: Alcoholics Anonymous, Twelve Steps, Friend of Bill W, recovery, alcoholism Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:25:02 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37730 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37730 Step 7 The short form of step 7 begins with "Humbly asked.........." A tangible definition for humility helped me understand step 7. From the 12&12 step 5 is: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:23:50 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37729 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37729 The AA Traditions General introduction The 12 Traditions are a set of guidelines for the health of an AA group and, where applicable, for AA as a whole. They Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:13:06 GMT Archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37728 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37728 By starting to practice the 12 Steps, we begin to end our isolation with God. DON'T DRINK AND GO TO MEETINGS IS NOT THE ANSWER Since alcoholism effects us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:12:15 GMT Archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37727 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37727 God is more pleased when we are just, fair and help others then when we give Him gifts. Although God is all-powerful and all-knowing, He has chosen to let us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:08:32 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37726 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37726 Daily Reflections   A NATURAL FAITH .  .  .  deep down in every man, woman and child, is the fundamental idea of God.  It may be obscured by calamity, by Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:25:08 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37725 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37725 In the early years of the Conference (parti- cularly during the trial Conferences) the Delegate election usually occurred last. During November/December 1950, Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:23:48 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37724 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37724 http://wingsofeaglesrecovery.org/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:23:17 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37723 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37723 http://recoveryusa.net/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:22:26 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37722 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37722 The Serenity Prayer ............ long form. God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:20:34 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37721 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37721 Today is July 4, 2009 A Great Day for Recovery! FREEDOM "Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better." --Albert Camus Human beings are not puppets. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:19:12 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37720 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37720 Precious freedom Freedom is what makes the very best possibilities possible. It is truly a treasure that nothing else can replace. Freedom does not guarantee Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:18:39 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37719 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37719 Comparisons July 04, 2009 Story of the Day September 1974 Vol. 31 No. 4 AROUND THE TABLES, we often hear the adage "Don't compare." Usually, it is said to Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:16:54 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37718 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37718 Random Recovery Thoughts Collected In Meetings and Chats "Sobriety is the leading cause of relapse." "A treatment center is where you go and pay $15,000 to Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:15:19 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37717 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37717 Saturday 4 July 2009 I want to be free I don't want any ready-made systems I am here to find within my being what belongs to me. Only what is me can make me Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:14:44 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37716 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/37716 35th Annual Bluff City Fellowship October 15-18, 2009 in Memphis, Tennessee