March 28

Tina Says:

The longer I live, the more I realize that in a negative situation or circumstance, 30 percent of my pain comes from the situation, and 70 percent of my pain comes from my own thoughts and attitudes I have in my head. If I can clear out the 70 percent of my own stinking thinking, may the actual 30 percent won't seem so bad anymore.

March 29

Lynn D. Says:

My drug of choice is alcohol and being able to have a place to go to admit out loud to a room full of people who and what I am is such a relief. I am a fully active member of AA and will be eternally grateful to the members of the fellowship.

Jill A. Says:

When I came to AA five months ago, I thought my only problem was alcohol abuse. Through AA meetings and reading the Big Book, I realize, what most AA members have, my fears were eased by alcohol at the beginning. Then, came the addiction that made the fears worse and changed my personality to someone I did not like. I am very grateful for AA, without it I could not change the unmanageable patterns. It works!

March 31

Tina Says:

I thank my higher power everyday for my friends in AA and Al-Anon. They fill the areas of my life that my biological family is not capable of filling. There is no rule that all the things we have been deprived as a child has to be fulfilled by our family of origin. They can be fulfilled by our family of choice just the same. Let's stop going to the hardware store to buy bread.