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Wisdom of the Rooms
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June 30, 2014Quote of the Week"Just because you're having a bad day doesn't mean you're having a bad life." It's amazing the way my mind used to work. When things were good, it told me they wouldn't last. When things were bad, it told me they were going to get worse. When I was having a bad da...
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Day one and scared but hopeful
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This is my first day here and was my first serious day in getting real with myself and admitting how bad things have been for a while and how much I need to change. I went to a meeting this morning and met a really nice woman who I met for tea later in the day. She has offered to take me through the steps. I am scar...
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Day 3 and going strong!
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I woke up this morning to my two young children jumping on my bed asking me for pancakes, lol. What was great was, my first thought wasnt , please be quiet I have a headache. I scooped them up and gave them the biggest kisses. Then preceded to get up, make my coffee and make them pancakes. Its little victori...
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Sunrise Quote - 6/30
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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stand at a times of challenge.Martin Luther King, Jr.
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6-1/2 Things You Should Stop Expecting of Others & Are You Secretly Lonely
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http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Things-You-Shouldnt-Expect-from-Other-People BTY
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Grapevine
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June 30 "Today, there are hundreds of [AA] centers shedding their warm illumination upon the lives of thousands, lighting the dark shoals where the stranded and hopeless lie breaking up -- those fingers of light already stretching to our beachheads in other lands. "Now comes another li...
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Today's Gift - 6/30
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No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions. --Charles P. Steinmetz We often pass up the chance to ask a question of someone because we don't want to feel stupid. In the past, we kept very busy trying to look like we were in control; trying to seem as though we already knew what we needed t...
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ODAT
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I had another good day today. Just ended it with a good beginners meeting. Somebody shared for 30 min then they picked a topic. Tonite was step nine. Heard the message and not anyone's mess. There was even laughter about out past transgressions. All right so here's a question. How does one truly know if...
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Day 2
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Good morning everyone. I went to bed last night feeling very grateful that I found this site and for all of the people I have already connected with. Today I feel driven, enthusiastic, and proud about my future. I have so many plans for myself and my family and I will be putting all of my energy towards tha...
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What State Do Most Americans Drink Themselves To Death The Most
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ww.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/26/alcohol-deaths-states-us_n_5532034.html?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl2|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D494195(I was surprised it was this state--I would have thought this one would be far down on the list.) BTY -- Edited by betterthanyesterday52 on Su...
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unscribe
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Dear administrators... please unscribe me from this site. I keep getting error messages when I try. I have tried deactivating my account.. reactivating try to unscribe. . It says unscribe failed.. the notifications are taking over my email account. Please help me with this. Thank you..
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Weekly Thought --- (religious concept)
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Weekly VerseTherefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1Weekly QuoteA spiritual secret is to learn contentment with the things God doesnt explain to us. Amy CarmichaelWeekly ThoughtWe are blessed to have two types of peace: the peac...
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Now What?
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I have been sober for 795 days. Amazing milestone. I also have just been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. How ironic . Go back to drinking? I don't think so. Took me to many years to climb out of THAT hell hole. Oh well. Not sure how to feel right now, only that drinking will not help the situatio...
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Sunrise Quote - 6/29
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The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.Walt Disney
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Today's Gift - 6/29
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Remember the Golden KeyWhenever trouble arises, the first thing to do is to turn it over to our Higher Power. We can take all necessary practical steps to solve a problem, but we don't need to decide what the answer may be. Do this, and you'll soon be out of your difficulty.This is essentially the formul...
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New and scared
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Hello all. I'm new here and dont really know where to start. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Friendship Bread and AA
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Years ago, I was given a bowl of liquid with instructions. The woman who gave it to me lived across the street from me and I had never met her. We saw one another in passing and I am not even sure if we waved at one another. I thought it a bit strange that this woman who I had not had one conversation with, knocke...
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Today's Gift - 6/27
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Stopping, calming, and resting are preconditions for healing. When animals in the forest are wounded they find a place to lie down and rest completely for many days . . . They just rest and get the healing they need.--Thich Nhat HanhWe hurt. We suffer. We wrong our loved ones and they do wrong by us. Reac...
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Sunrise Quote - 6/28
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The most important thing about goals is...having one.Geoffrey Abert
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Today's Gift - 6/28
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The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.--Ralph HodgsonToo often we are superstitious and interpret signs in negative or hostile ways. Because we don't believe in ourselves, we tend to think that fate is against us.But life isn't for us or against us. If we are attentive, we will see many signs of...
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Sunrise Quote - 6/27
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You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.James Allen
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Today's Gift - 6/26
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Self-esteem comes from doing esteemable acts.I once had a beautiful plant. It sat on my dining room table for three weeks as I waited for it to blossom. Each week, I waited for something to happen. By week three, instead of a luscious blooming bush, what revealed itself was a dry, shriveled piece of not...
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Grapevine
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June 26 "I know that my errors of yesterday still have their effect; that my shortcomings of today may likewise affect our future. So it is, with each and all of us."
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Grapevine
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June 25 "Even though some of the ghosts of the past may still be spooking around, popping up from time to time to scare me, today I can pretty much handle them. Today the only real monster I have to face is myself, that part of me that tries to urge me back to drinking."
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Sunrise Quote - 6/26
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Person to person, moment to moment, as we love, we change the world.Samahria Kaufman
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Step 4
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Hi all, Am starting my 4th step and would like to find someone (female) who would be my online sponsor and help me through this and the remaining steps. I have done steps 1 - 3. Thank you, Dotrix
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Tenth Step (and yes, it really IS a dance)
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We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Step Ten of the Twelve Steps So, that means I need to admit I was wrong the other night by not removing the whole thread instead of just the personal posts. My apologies to any one who was hurt. It was NOT a case of singlin...
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In a funk bad thinking.... Need to tell on myself
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So I'm on the site again to tell on myself. From the outside I'm doing everything I should. I go to meetings most days and sometimes two meetings a day. Did step 4 & 5 which led to 6- 7- 8- 9. This is my second go round so a lot of this work has been done meaning my 9th step. I have made the family amends and the...
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Today's Gift - 6/25
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Overachieving may be symptomatic.Suffering from low self-esteem is common. Some of it may be blamed on growing up in families affected by alcohol or other drugs. Perhaps the criticism heaped on us at school or in a bad marriage triggered it. We may have thousands of reasons for lacking a sense of our w...
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Sunrise Quote - 6/25
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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.Demosthenes
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Still here
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Well I'm still sober which is a good thing. Asking God to give me the willingness to take action and get on with my life. Asking him to help me surrender. Went to the Gym this morning which tired me out a little. Which is a good thing keeps the thoughts at bay and more manageable with less stress.
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HP on the move
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This is going to be long. I spend time on a number of MIP boards and the following is a series of three posts that I've made elsewhere on MIP and decided to share here as well. Here was the first post: Back in May of last year, my doctor gave me a choice: quit work or live to see Christmas. I quit. I didn't ha...
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Welcome Ayla
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Hi Ayla, ... Welcome to MIP ... You mentioned the thought of trying non-alcoholic wine in your post ... don't think that's a good idea, although, I drink Welch's grape juice for breakfast every day, LOL ... but it doesn't come in a 'wine' bottle with the cork or cap sealed either ... I just love the tast...
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Sunrise Quote - 6/24
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Passionate living is when we align our head and heart through action.Marica Weider
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Today's Gift - 6/24
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Don't quit five minutes before the miracle happens. --AnonymousWhen we came into the Program, most of us had very little to show for our lives. We believed in nothing. We had experienced great disappointments. The greedy creditor that was our addiction had stripped away everything of meaning to us...
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Making Amends--Warning! Religious content (Fr. Richard Rohr)
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Wise AmendsTuesday, June 24, 2014We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Step Nine of the Twelve StepsStep Nine is an example of the wisdom implicit in the Twelve Steps. Eastern religions often called such wisdom skillful means. Wisd...
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Grapevine
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June 24 "Tradition Six enjoins the group never to go into business nor ever to lend the AA name or money credit to any 'outside' enterprise, no matter how good ... We would thus divide the spiritual from the material, confine the AA movement to its sole aim and insure (however wealthy as individ...
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Best lessons
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What are some of your best lessons in sobriety? I figured there are many lessons that have been learned here an thought this may be a great place to post them as we go along and remember them. You can't dress up a garbage can, no matter how well you make yourself look, if you're filled with trash you're ju...
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Revenge
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A man whose son was injured grievously at the hands of another, went to his brother and said, "Help me to get revenge upon this man." His brother tried to dissuade him saying, "It is better to leave vengeance to God." Angrily, he refused and said, "I shall not rest until I e...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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June 23, 2014Quote of the Week"Recovery is the only place where you can walk into a room full of strangers and reminisce." When I began going to meetings, I remember how uncomfortable it was being around so many people that I didn't know. As soon as they found out I was new, many of them came...
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"Anyway"
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I like This - People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centred - Love them Anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives - Be kind Anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies - Succeed Anyway. If you are honest and f...
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14 days sober
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I've been struggling with alcohol for maybe the last 6 years or so. My friends and family (except my sister) never have seen any of my struggle, bc my favorite place to drink is at home and alone. I have a great job and a good network of friends, and have been fortunate enough to not experience any severe co...
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Hi everyone
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Hi everyone, I wanted to take a moment and introduce myself. My name is Marc and I live in South Carolina, I'm 49 and have been sober since Nov of 86, I was 22 when I finally got the gift. For the first 18 years I was very active in the program and the last 10 not so much, I have noticed myself relating out instea...
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Grapevine
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June 23 "The temporary security of material things is a hollow shelter if built at the expense of spiritual growth."
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Today's Gift - 6/23
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The Importance of MoneyWe cannot afford to allow our focus in life to be money. That will not lead us into the abundance we're seeking. Usually, it will not even lead to financial stability.Money is important. We deserve to be paid what we're worth. We will be paid what we're worth when we believe we des...
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Sunrise Quote - 6/23
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Pioneers blaze their paths where highways never run.Unknown
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Audio Book of personal stories from the BB.
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http://www.silkworth.net/audiobigbook/audiobigbook.html What I'm hoping to find - is an audio version of the personal stories section after chapter 11. I have a long comm...
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Cleveland 1939 (Long One)
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From the October 21, 1939 Cleveland Plain Dealer© Alcoholics Anonymous Makes Its Stand Here By ELRICK B. DAVIS Much has been written about Alcoholics Anonymous, an organization doing major work in reclaiming the habitual drinker. This is the first of a series describing the work the group is doing...
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Today's Gift - 6/22
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If you go around thinking you are being cheated, life becomes very unpleasant. --Felix Salten Sometimes we feel cheated that we have been given this darn disease to cope with. Why us? Why can't we just be like normal people? Why did we have to get into so much trouble and pain as a result of a disease tha...
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Weekly Thought --- (religious concept)
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Weekly VerseIn the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me. Psalm 86:7Weekly QuoteIt is the trial of our faith that is precious. If we go through the trial, there is so much wealth laid up in our heavenly bank account to draw upon when the next test comes. Oswald ChambersWeekly Though...
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