http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/ SuburbanGroup Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:08:54 GMT archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11905 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11905 God's chosen; us. Prayers will become powerful when we allow God to change our desires so that they correspond to His will for us. PRINCIPLES TO LIVE BY 1. Get Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:06:49 GMT David Jones http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11904 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11904 **~*~/A//.A. Thoughts For The Day/~*~* *^*^*^*^*^* *(\ ~~~ /)* *( \(AA)/ )* *(_ /AA\ _)* * /AA\* *^*^*^*^*^ * ** *Resentments* *F**ew people have been Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:18:51 GMT Mike Custer http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11903 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11903 TOTAL ACCEPTANCE He cannot picture life without alcohol. Some day he will be unable to imagine life either with alcohol or without it. Then he will know Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:19:23 GMT WooDY http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11902 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11902 Small actions carried out continuously over a period of time demonstrates growth in recovery - actions speak louder than words. For example, the burden of Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:04:35 GMT amemberofalcoholicsanonymous http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11901 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11901 "We think it no concern of ours what religious bodies our members identify themselves with as individuals. This should be an entirely personal affair which Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:55:51 GMT archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11900 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11900 Going to meetings and not applying the principles of the Program in our lives is like putting a band-aid on a major wound. REGRET CITY I had not really planned Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:55:21 GMT mrbigbookthumper http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11899 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11899 "For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline" (II Timothy 1:7, NLT) So many people today are missing out on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:24:27 GMT archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11898 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11898 God's capacity for restoring life is beyond our understanding, forests burn down and are able to grow back, broken bones heal, even grief is not a permanent Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:15:00 GMT David Jones http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11897 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11897 * *~*~/A//.A. Thoughts For The Day/~*~* *^*^*^*^*^* *(\ ~~~ /)* *( \(AA)/ )* *(_ /AA\ _)* * /AA\* *^*^*^*^*^* *Coping* *G**od willing, we members of AA Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:14:44 GMT suzi Lamb http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11896 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11896 Quote of the Week   "The longer I'm sober, the drunker I was."   Denial is an amazing thing. When I first entered the program, I had no intention of staying Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:46:48 GMT WooDY http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11895 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11895 The topic of the Daily Reflections reading today focuses on new beginnings. This is very appropriate since it's a new year with a clean slate ahead of us - I Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:28:48 GMT mrbigbookthumper http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11894 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11894 "Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word. ...that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:13:52 GMT amemberofalcoholicsanonymous http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11893 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11893 "Above all, we should try to be absolutely sure that we are not delaying because we are afraid. For the readiness to take full consequences of our past acts, Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:59:45 GMT jermkiller1975 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11892 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11892 Hello I am new to the group. I really dont know what to say about myself or my problems. I really dont know how anyone can help other then moral support. And, Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:53:43 GMT Mike Custer http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11891 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SuburbanGroup/message/11891 BEGIN WHERE YOU ARE We feel that elimination of our drinking is but a beginning. A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our