http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/ Keywords: Alcoholics Anonymous, Twelve Steps, Friend of Bill W, recovery, alcoholism Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:14:46 GMT Archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40357 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40357 For a person to become an alcoholic, he must have consumed alcohol. REGRET CITY I had not really planned on taking a trip this time of year, and yet I found Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:14:38 GMT Archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40356 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40356 God wants us to burden Him with what burdens us. Pray for what we feel we need. GLASS OF MILK One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:59:13 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40355 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40355 Crisis in Recovery When we first begin our recovery through meetings, a sponsor, and the 12 Steps, we are usually pretty amazed that we could actually remain Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:14 GMT Kevin Feuerlicht http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40354 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40354 Wants and Needs November 20 So many of us have been brainwashed to think that we can't have what we want in life. That is Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:52:45 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40353 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40353 Daily Reflections "THY WILL, NOT MINE"   .  .  .  when making specific requests, it will be well to add to each one of them this qualification.  ".  .  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:17:58 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40352 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40352   ACIM Workbook Healing Perspectives   Lesson 206 “Review VI: "I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me." "Salvation of the world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:17:45 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40351 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40351 Today's thought from Hazelden is: THOUGHT FOR THE DAY By having our quiet moments each morning, we come to depend on the help of our Higher Power during the Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:55:32 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40350 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40350 Today is November 19, 2009 A Great Day for Recovery! FORGIVING "He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself. For every man Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:33:04 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40349 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40349 The Springfield Seven This "AA moment to remember" was the police raid on the Springfield, Missouri AA Clubhouse on August 24, 1948. Here are some of the Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:27:32 GMT Archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40348 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40348 God wants us to be good to ourselves and others. Pray for the wisdom to build a better tomorrow on the mistakes and experiences of yesterday. HELPING OTHERS A Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:27:31 GMT Archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40347 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40347 For a long period of time, we may not be aware of the progression of a relapse, as it takes place subconsciously. When I first came through the doors of Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:27:18 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40346 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40346 Too Many Newcomers? November 19, 2009 Story of the Day   November 1985 Vol. 42 No. 6 AAs in the 1980s who see a lack of long-time sobriety in meetings should Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:18:58 GMT Kevin Feuerlicht http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40345 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40345 Accepting Our Feelings November 19 Why do we struggle so with our feelings? Why do we work hard to deny our emotions, Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:24:17 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40344 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40344 Things Got Ya Down? Well Then, Consider These situations. In a hospital's Intensive Care Unit, patients always died in the same bed, on Sunday morning, at Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:15:38 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40343 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FOBWi/message/40343 Daily Reflections "I WAS SLIPPING FAST"   We A.A.'s are active folk, enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities of life,  .  .  .  So it