The OP Forum is over a year old and we missed the birthday

One of the very first.......

(Can't help but show off to the newbies, maybe we should make a no talk or share rule for a minimum of 90 days...........)

I got 9 months plus up, I also spent a mnth or two looking in from outside the doors before I fronted up & admitted I had & problem with "alcoholism"
Still I must surely be regarded as an oldtimer, even one of the first 100, when we write the Big Orange Book, my story will be in there, also the storys of those poor unfortunates, marey, becket, clara, o shit can't help myself, 6 bloody beer binge, can't drive for crackers, 6 bloody beers, lol lol

Thanks Agent Orange!
AA wounded...
Arguments weak...
Trolls angry...

Clara and I joined about the same time.

Anyway, I am glad the OP is here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSszDzU5fNY

thanks orange , I really didn't want to spend a lifetime in miserable AA meetings

The first birthday belongs to Orange, the rest to the doorknob

thanks Orange !! this forum really helped when ST went down. We needed it.

So Orange, how'd you do it? Lol

I remember it starting and joined and then for some reason I got deleated along the way. It's good to be back here again, there are some decent people from around the world.

"Another Reason Why I Don't Keep A Gun In The House"

"The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
He is barking the same high, rhythmic bark
that he barks every time they leave the house.
They must switch him on on their way out.

"The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
I close all the windows in the house
and put on a Beethoven symphony full blast
but I can still hear him muffled under the music,
barking, barking, barking,

"and now I can see him sitting in the orchestra,
his head raised confidently as if Beethoven
had included a part for barking dog.

"When the record finally ends he is still barking,
sitting there in the oboe section barking,
his eyes fixed on the conductor who is
entreating him with his baton

"while the other musicians listen in respectful
silence to the famous barking dog solo,
that endless coda that first established
Beethoven as an innovative genius. " ~ Billy Collins

Happy Birthday, OPF.

I received an e-mail from Gerald J Brown of the Baldwin Research Institute. The $20 million defamation lawsuit against AAWS was dismissed years ago by the Judge right after he admitted he was an AA member. Baldwin chose not to appeal this decision, apparently due to lack of resources. The information above was supplied to me by Mr Brown. And so it goes.

and may all his decisions be overturned.

What a douche for not recusing himself.

solid handshake to you my friend. Thankyou.

Geez, it's been a year? How time flies. It doesn't seem that long.
Oh well, so it goes.

I suggest that you contact Gerald J Brown of the Baldwin Research Institute directly for the documentation and proof you seem to want. I reported what was told to me by Mr Brown; if you require more information, contact him yourself.

I suggest that you contact Gerald J Brown of the Baldwin Research Institute directly for the documentation and proof you seem to want. I reported what was told to me by Mr Brown; if you require more information, contact him yourself.

I was wondering about that case. I wish I knew more about the case, and was counting on Pennywise to wade through that boatload of legalese, but since he's not going to... ; )

Just for grins, tried to figure out who are (or were) the "first 100" of OPF. There appears to be no number 1 (possibly the blog administrator account) and Orange is number 2. So now the survey population is 101.

Lots of blank spots (OPF kills people? LOL!) to start with. Excluding the people who haven't posted in a long time (relapse?) and excluding the people who only recently started posting again (missed the meeting?), the survey says: 6% of the first 100 are still here on OPF.

Of course, this is an unscientific survey using extracted data from OPF. Orange has access to the raw data and can either confirm or deny this survey.

Did the rest relapse? Did Bill Wilson kill them? Gee, 6% isn't very impressive . . . is that including the wrenches like me mucking it up, or did I come late to the party? Thanks for the head count!

"OFP kills people." Priceless.

You didn't think of it. It must be flawed. It must be.

Well . . . what does logging in have to do with anything? Please explain the mechanics of this information-gathering - you are such an expert at this.

WTF? I missed collecting my OPF 9 month chip!
I haven't posted regularly because?
a) I was studying for my fake master's degree.
b) Accepting my make believe Grammy.
c) 13 stepping my underage female sponcees.
d) I was on a call to a 2 alarm fire.
e) I am currently earning my GED. I just haven't got around to the math unit yet.
f) Riding a motorcycle across the country.
g) Busy writing 16th century prose.
h) I relapsed into a 6 beer binge!

Dig Deeper...duh!

Thanks for your site! It is because I read the hell out of it, and some books you recommended, that I unhooked myself by using the Rational Recovery book. THANKS A MILLION FOR LISTING BOOKS AND ALTERNATIVES TO THE 12-STEP MURDER INDUSTRY!!! I have to give you cred' for helping me save my own ass! I hope I can get to Oregon some day to shake your hand, if that's okay with you! Rock on, brother. May you have good health and long life!!! You are definitely one of my heroes!
Sincerely,
Teatotaler