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The Serenity Prayer
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Though clearly circulating in oral form earlier, the earliest established date for a written form of the prayer is various versions printed in newspaper articles in the early 1930s by or reporting on talks given by Winnifred Crane Wygal, a pupil and collaborator of Niebuhr's.[1] Wygal included th...
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Warning About AA's Success Rate Articles
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I have been reading some articles about the success rate of Alcoholics Anonymous. There are some grim "findings" (or so they call them) and I question the accuracy of such articles because since it is an anonymous program how can any of these "results" possibly be accurate? I t...
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Some Interesting Short Quotes
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Here are a few quotes I came across today and found especially meaningful: Here is a simple but powerful rulealways give people more than what they expect to get.-Nelson Boswell Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.-James Baldwin You get the b...
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Making Mistakes Quote
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"The most honorable thing is not to never make mistakes, but to admit to them when you do make them, and then to follow through and do your best to make the wrong things right. Mistakes are part of growing. They are a natural part of every worthwhile endeavor. If someone refuses to support you as yo...
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What others say
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I realize I have gone into overdrive with my postings and apologize if they have been annoying. "Progress not perfection". Guess I have felt overly comfortable with this board. My week just keeps getting better.  BTY -- Edited by betterthanyesterday52 on Friday 16th of May...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/16
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The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising after you fall.Vince Lombardi
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The Flapping of the Tongue
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Ok you guys...my mind is a bit in overload and I have really done so much praying today. I think it is like I heard that this disease doesn't want me sober and it will do anything to derail me. First of all...I don't want to drink and I do not have any desire to drink at all. However, (I am trying to stop using &q...
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Whoa!!
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God direct my thinking today so that it be divorced of self pity, dishonesty, self-will, self-seeking and fear. God inspire my thinking, decisions and intuitions. Help me to relax and take it easy. Free me from doubt and indecision. Guide me through this day and show me my next step. Go...
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It's a fine day for disillusionment.
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I mentioned the other day in my first post since returning, that I had just come from the doctors with a host of new diagnosis's. The truth is, there are some serious things wrong. But here's the thing: The pain level is the same as it was last week. The weakness is the same as it was last week. The fatigue...
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did more research
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it speaks for its self i need some serious help i used to be in here years ago.. its been a progression and i know i am better than this thats why i am back .. i miss the me i found .. and i know it was my will that got me here and my choices.. i need to get off drinking.. and drugs... ...
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Welcome to the site Gus!
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Look forward to having you share your ESH with us. Welcome.
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Confusing Point....Bonanza Quote
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Bonanza series: Relatives were visiting the Cartwright's. They were "well-to-do" and one of them was making hurtful remarks about the lesser-to-do man at the table a woman had chosen to marry. The woman replied to her..... "I've had enough upbringing to know you don't make fun of p...
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Duck!
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I had the mistaken idea that once I got sober and attended AA meetings my life would get so much better. It did get better in some ways. In others, it didn't... and I guess I was what some call a "dry drunk". I didn't need a sponsor or need to work those Steps. In my mind, as long as I did the first one...
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Today's Gift - 5/16
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The Fox without a TailOne day a fox became caught in a trap. In his struggle to free himself, he left his tail behind. On his way home, he devised a way to head off being made the butt of jokes. He trotted back into the forest and called together all the foxes."Foxes are much more attractive when they d...
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Checking In
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Hello MIP! I am happy to say that I have made it to 6 months without a drink or substitute. I have learned a lot of patience through the months and I am now understanding that the longer I stay sober, the more that is revealed. I am not in a hurry today for all of my thoughts to change, but I am ready to work on...
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Weekly Thought --- (warning religious content)
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Weekly VerseThrough us [He] diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ. 2 Corinthians 2:14-15 (NKJV)Weekly QuoteMy Mother planted seeds of faith and watered them with love. Alice GrayWeekly ThoughtMothers are a lot like flowerseach one is u...
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Being Into "Me" is Sometimes a Scarey Place To Be
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This week has been a bit hairy for me. I had slipped back into the kind of thinking which led me to slip back into drinking in the past. More prayer, more study, more meetings and more trying to be more into helping others and less into "me" is the key, I believe. I had a conversation with a member...
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Today's Gift - 5/15
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The crisis of our time . . . is a crisis not of the hands but of the hearts.--Archibald MacLeishWe singlemindedly search for love, for belonging, for affirmation from others that will wipe out the torment of alienation that haunts our wakefulness and our dreams. "Does he truly care?" we wo...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/15
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It isnt the big pleasures that count the most; it is making a great deal out of the little ones.Anonymous
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Grapevine
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May 15 "During days and nights of darkness as I face the demons of self, the knowledge that my God is always in charge keeps me trudging to the end of each journey. With God, AA, and willingness I can meet the other me and begin putting my fractured self together again."
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But, it was all a blessing....
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Monday was one of those crazy Mondays that usually causes people to hate Mondays. Seemed like everything was going wrong. First this happened...then that happened...then...something else. And, everything that happened seemed to lead to another thing going sour. Yet, I tackled each little...
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"I Wish to Live" quote
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"I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love. Therefore, since I have known all of these things, I have found them to be reason enough and--I wish to live. Moreover, because this is so, I wish others to live for generations and generat...
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It's Good To Be Back
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I have been out of the forum for a while. Not because I wanted to but I was having computer problems then I lost my pass word and was having all kinds of technical problems but this morning I was able to reset my password and I'm back. I hope you are all well.......It has been 7 months sober and I'm feeling go...
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Detachment - Melody Beattie
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Property Lines A helpful tool in our recovery, especially in the behavior we call detachment, is learning to identify who owns what. Then we let each person own and possess his or her rightful property. If another person has an addiction, a problem, a feeling, or a self-defeating behavior, that is th...
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Denial.
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Sad to lose a 32 year old to alcoholism. Came to AA but remained in denial. Alcoholics Anonymous offers a life time solution to the problem of alcoholism, but few take it. People with other life threatening diseases easily accept their plan of recovery, but not with alcoholism.
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My story/Help
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Hello everyone. Alcohol has completely ruined my life. How I'm not in jail or worse is nothing short of a miracle. I got pulled over this weekend and somehow the cop didn't arrest me. He just took my home, I couldn't believe it. The next morning I woke up with bruises from stumbling into my furnitur...
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Good moment all
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Hello all. I lost internet service for a long bit but I've got it back. Good to be back. I hope everyone is doing well. Oh, and I celebrated 22 years on Saturday. :)
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Anger
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I thought yesterday was just the crappiest day for me. One thing happened which upset me. Then another and I felt depressed and drained most of the day. When my sponsor made up my list of character defects "angry" was not one of them. I realized today that I needed to add that to my list, as I hav...
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Grapevine
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May 14 "Sometimes I wonder if this illness isn't a gift rather than a problem."
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Today's Gift - 5/14
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Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of life.--Carl JungThe times that life works best are when we get out of the way and let the power work through us. The writer says of an inspired short story, "I didn't write this story; it seemed to write itself." After...
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Step 4 with a sponsee
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How do you all handle a resentment that is justified and of no fault of the sponsee? Such as an verbally abusive, degrading mother? Or the case of a step father who physically molests the sponsee and a mother who turns a blind eye. These are currently two sponsee situations I am dealing with. I have be...
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IT WORKS! How Many Days of Sobriety Do You Have?
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343 for Me! 
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When You Measure Somebody Quote I LOVE THIS
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Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? When they done good and made things easy for everybody? Well then, you ain't through learning-because that ain't the time at all...when you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done taken...
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Welcome to MIP fiberfreak
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Welcome fiberfreak ... glad you found us ... please let us know a little about you ... Pappy
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Today's Gift - 5/13
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Having boundaries doesn't complicate life; boundaries simplify life.--Beyond CodependencyThere is a positive aspect to boundary setting. We learn to listen to ourselves and identify what hurt us and what we don't like. But we also learn to identify what feels good.When we are willing to take som...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/13
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I don't ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning. There they are, and they are beautiful.Pete Hamill
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Step three
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Step 3 Made a decision to turn our will and our lives our to the care of God as we understood Him. If the writer of a textbook has an understanding of a word, but the reader of the book has a DIFFERENT understanding of the SAME word, then the information that comes through will be garbled and incomplete. The...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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May 12, 2014Quote of the Week"Drinking gave me the feeling of a job well done without having done a thing." I remember a restaurant/bar in the rich neighborhood of Brentwood , CA I used to go to after work. I'd saddle up to the long, swank bar and order cocktails while I watched the successf...
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Grapevine
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May 13 "While I have years of sobriety, I really only have this day."
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Today's Gift - 5/12
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Every human being is a problem in search of a solution.--Ashley MontaguEach of us is a strong and fragile creature. We're always subject to forces outside our control, and we're learning steps for living that help us cope and rise above these problems. Our particular situation might seem special to...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/12
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If you're not riding the wave of change. You'll find yourself beneath it.Unknown -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Monday 12th of May 2014 04:32:55 PM
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Can Someone Please Come and Kick My Butt?
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Had a great Mother's Day. Went to see my mom and got along with her superbly. No second guessing, paranoid feelings about what she meant when she said something. It was wonderful. My daughter sent me an email last night wishing me a Happy Mom's Day and telling me she is proud of my sober time. Oh, and she en...
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Step Two
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Step 2 Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. The chapter "We Agnostics", which begins on page 44, starts with a good review of Step 1: "In the preceding chapters you have learned something of alcoholism. We hope we have made clear the distinc...
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Is recovery for abstinence or moderation?
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What is the goal of recovering or recovered alkies? Is it complete abstinence from alcohol or is it moderation?
I've read and heard various experiences with this.
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substitute for booze
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Do recovering or reformed alcoholics substitute something else for the booze?
I have known and heard about some people who begin using drugs, overeating or sugar drinks/ foods.
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Grapevine
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May 12 "I'm still mystified by how I got sober, and the only answer that makes sense is that I stopped drinking through the grace of God. I was thinking about the difference between those of us who get sober and those who are still drinking, and I believe the difference is that we have accepted the...
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Partner's father died
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He was 72 and an alcoholic. He latched on to a little bit of AA towards the end (in the last 3 years or so). His quality of sobriety was questionable because of being so doped up on meds that it still seemed like he was drunk much of the time and he half-assed it with no step work so he still flipped out period...
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New to AA
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My name is Katie and I'm an alcoholic. I am a functional alcoholic looking to stop drinking. Coming on here for support.
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Sweet Alert
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I have gone sugar crazy since being sober. Went through almost a pound of M&M's last night while watching a Lifetime movie. Had had a couple of pieces of fudge and brownies earlier and a bowl of Nutty Buddy Ice Cream. It is amazing I am not as big as the place I live in. I only eat one meal a day, so that may...
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