From the category archives:

Heard in a meeting...

A perminant solution to a temporary problem

February 27, 2009

The very things that I needed to clean up in steps four through nine were the very same things that had made me think suicide was such a great answer when I was ‘out there.
The steps seem to be such a more reasonable solution!

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In Fear

December 15, 2008

“When I am in fear, I should be, because it’s when I get confused and think that I am in charge again! When I find myself in fear, I have to remind myself who/what is in charge and then I can come back to the present moment where everything is always okay.”

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Eblows and telephones

November 10, 2008

Shared by a newcomer:
“My sponsor pointed out to me that my elbow bends the same way for the telephone as it does for a drink!”

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Screw Tops

October 31, 2008

“I thought I knew all about wine when I got here. Then I found out that not all bottles come with screw caps!”
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Ripple

October 30, 2008

I thought of myself as a “connoisseur” when I got here, when what I really was, was a common sewer. I knew that Ripple went with meat, and Thurnderbird went with fish . . . and even that sounds fancier than I was! I took my Ripple to McDonald’s and Thunderbird to [...]

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Solution

October 17, 2008

“I thought for the first year that the line in the Big Book that says “We avoid retaliation and argument.” should end with a comma, not a period.
My prior life completed the sentence with “, unless they are getting in my face.” or “, except when they tried to rip me off.” or [...]

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Heard in a meeting (parking lot)

October 16, 2008

overheard in the parking lot (sponsor to sponsee):
“It’s easy to tell the difference between you and God. God never gets confused and thinks that She is YOU!”

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