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Brian
  • By Brian · New reply yesterday at 10:58 pm
  • Journal · 113 replies
  • When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...

I need AA!

queenjenine814
  • By queenjenine814 · New reply October 8, 2008
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • my name is charlene and i just realized at the tender age of 24 that i am a alchoholic. I never tought I had a problem until recently when the shakes started and i couldn't get out of bed because i NEEDED ...

Grandmother, home in heaven now....

Mystic
  • By Mystic · New reply October 4, 2008
  • Journal · 11 replies
  • Hi ladies. Just wanted to let you all know that I will be out of town for the next few days. My 87 yr.old grandmother died last night after a long battle with Parkinsons. She is in her heavenly home now ...

A Mile Stone........

Mystic
  • By Mystic · New reply October 1, 2008
  • Journal · 11 replies
  • Taking time to see my life for what it was, and now for what it is. How differently I can see myself today. There were so many times that I fell to the floor, useless and defeated. Finally, I have been ...

need advice on recovery

rbig
  • By rbig · New reply September 16, 2008
  • Discussion in Recovery · 1 reply
  • I have a daughter who is an alcoholic. What's bad about it is leads her to depressed fits whenever she drinks. She obsessed with a breakup with an abusive boyfriend. Lately, the drinking bouts have led ...

Help !!!

Mystic
  • By Mystic · New reply September 14, 2008
  • Journal · 25 replies
  • I'm new to the AA program so I have a question that I really need an answer for. Can anyone tell me what it means when someone in a group disscussion says that you are cross talking? I went to a meeting ...

26 Months and Still Going Strong

rosey
  • By rosey · New reply September 1, 2008
  • Journal · 8 replies
  • On June 30th, 2008 I celebrated 26 months clean and sober ...

Joining the meetings

Mystic
  • By Mystic · New reply September 1, 2008
  • Journal · 21 replies
  • Yesterday I attended my 3rd AA meeting. Somehow it has turned out quiet differently than I had thought it would. I am very pleased to have joined in the meetings. Everyone is so nice and so awesome when ...

Happy Labor Day

Mystic
  • By Mystic · New reply September 1, 2008
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • Just wanting to wish everyone a very safe, happy and healthy Labor Day holiday. I'm praying for us all as we continue to travel down our many paths to a healthier life. May you all be happy and filled ...

Something nice to share......

Mystic
  • By Mystic · New reply August 31, 2008
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep, I am in a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow. I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the field of ripening grain ...

Ouch, my poor car !!!!

Mystic
  • By Mystic · New reply August 23, 2008
  • Journal · 8 replies
  • Yesterday while I was on my way to my dentist, listening to the Oldies Goldies and minding my own business for a change sometime that I tried to prevent happen. Now I know that I can be out there, real ...

Writing from the mended heart

Mystic
  • By Mystic · New reply August 11, 2008
  • Journal · 11 replies
  • Good evening heart sisters. Just wanted to share with all of you that I have begun my 5th novel. I write all the time, but do little to be published. I guess I just write for my own purpose, therapy and ...

rotor rooter

Mystic
  • By Mystic · New reply August 2, 2008
  • Journal · 17 replies
  • Hi sister hearts, Just say a prayer for me. Tomorrow I go in for a "ROOT CANAL". I'm soooo afraid of dental work it's not even funny. I need 2 xanaxs, Demerol and a shot of anything alcholic just to get ...

A brother , lost in evil.

Mystic
  • By Mystic · New reply July 21, 2008
  • Journal · 23 replies
  • All of my life I was taught, " Do unto to others as you would have others do unto you." For me that message sounded fairly easy. I was wrong. I have a brother, his is the 4th child in the line of 6. He ...

The moment of thruth ?

Mystic
  • By Mystic · New reply July 11, 2008
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • Ever had one of those weeks when everything you do was just wrong? When every appointment you made, you ended up cancelling or changing? When every person that you haven't talked to for the past six months ...

Upcoming improvements to the messaging system

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply July 7, 2008
  • Journal · 23 replies
  • Hello everyone. I'm writing to let you know about some long overdue improvements that we'll be making to this site's messaging system later this week. The messages section is the most frequently visited ...

Improvements to the message system are complete

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply June 22, 2008
  • Journal · 14 replies
  • Hello everyone. Just a quick note to let you know that the improvements to the message system that I wrote about previously are complete. You can check them out now. You'll notice that we've grouped your ...

For my Dad, with love.

Mystic
  • By Mystic · New reply June 16, 2008
  • Journal · 10 replies
  • I know that this is a place where all of the sisters hearts come to talk and share with each other. This is our " woman's" site. But today I want to say thanks to my dad. My mom has been gone almost 8 ...

A drink is just a drink, right?

Mystic
  • By Mystic · New reply June 8, 2008
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • Hello, my screen name is mystic, but of late I go by CJ. Honestly I have never been to any type of meetings for alcoholics. So what now? Here's the deal. I joined women heart because I have had heart ...

**Updated** System maintenance: Tuesday June 10th, 5 am - 7 am Eastern

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply June 5, 2008
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • ** Updated ** Due to power outages caused by storms in the Washington, DC area, we need to postpone this maintenance until Tuesday June 10th, from 5 am to 7 am. Thanks for your patience. ** Updated ...

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