http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/ Keywords: Alcoholics Anonymous, Twelve Steps, Friend of Bill W, recovery, alcoholism Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:13:37 GMT Archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40284 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40284 Alcoholics have three kinds of memory loss: short-term, long-term and convenient. OVER VIEW OF THE STEPS They completed the Steps in about a month. Then, in Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:10:40 GMT Archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40283 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40283 God wants to forgive us more then we want to be forgiven. Never try to forecast the way God is going to answer our prayers. THE ANT AND THE CONTACT LENS Brenda Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:10:17 GMT Kevin Feuerlicht http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40282 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40282 Beliefs About Money November 10 I was starting a new job for a corporation, I was good at what I did for a living. The personnel Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:03:34 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40281 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40281 Each morning, a man paid a visit to his spiritual advisor.  He began every conversation with a long list of complaints about the day before: the names and Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:38:30 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40280 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40280 Daily Reflections A SENSE OF BELONGING   Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belongingthat comes to us. TWELVE STEPS Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:01:41 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40279 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40279 ACIM Workbook Healing Perspectives Lesson 197 “It can be but my gratitude I earn.” Ingratitude is another word for unforgiveness. The whole ego thought Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:36:21 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40278 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40278 Today's thought from Hazelden is: I haven't won yet but I haven't lost, either. --Dennis C. A favorite saying in sports is, "It isn't losing to get knocked Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:36:17 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40277 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40277 Concept 11 (Short Form) The trustees should always have the best possible committees, corporate service directors, executives, staffs, and consultants. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:35:39 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40276 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40276 Step 11 2007 updates about this writers experience follow paragraphs, as of 2004, next. St. Francis Prayer in the 12&12 confronted me about motives during my Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:34:25 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40275 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40275 Tradition Eleven "Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:31:49 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40274 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40274 Bud Mac D. passed peacefully at 11 P.M. Monday September 22, 2008. Bud was quite a story. He read the Big Book in San Quentin prison, identified with a man in Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:29:43 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40273 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40273 www.tonypowell.wordpress.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:29:31 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40272 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40272 Today is November 9, 2009 A Great Day for Recovery! ACCEPTANCE "Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:29:16 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40271 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40271 http://www.theagapecenter.com/AAinUSA/Florida.htm Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:27:26 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40270 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40270 The Twelve Steps in Plain English (that even I can understand!): 1. Alcohol will kill me. 2. There's a power that wants me to live. 3. Do I want to