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Need Advice From You Seasoned AAer's
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I'll try to make this short....I've been an alcoholic for 30+ years. This is my third attempt in last five years at trying to get straight. I have been living with a man during this time. Thought it was "true love". We are both alcoholics...met in a bar...need I say more? The alcohol has reall...
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Just some thoughts on prayer.
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Last night I was unable to sleep no matter how hard I tried. My mind would not switch off. I tried breathing exercises, physical exercise to no avail. Eventually I just got into bed and asked God to clear all memory. When I got up this morning, I felt like I had a blackout sleep. I cannot recall what time I sl...
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60 days
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I haven't been on here for a while...I think I joined when I started treatment. I cannot believe how much has changed since then. I'm doing pretty good but have been dealing with some painful things in treatment. Learning to deal with my emotions....oh how that can be tough but willing to go to any l...
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Today's Gift 04-16
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Having realistic expectations. Sometimes we expect much too much of people and things. We will never be happy if we expect our doctor to work instant cures or if we blame our teacher for what we failed to learn. We need to examine what's realistic to expect of others and what we are responsible for ourse...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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April 15, 2013 Quote of the Week "The only thing worse than my problemsare my solutions to them." Before recovery, I couldn't understand why my life wasn't getting better despite what I did to fix it. If my boss was a jerk, I'd quit. If my girlfriend wasn't paying attentio...
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Don't let perfection get in the way of the good
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A friend of mine in the program said this to me recenty as I was carrying on about how imperfect I am, and my plans to change this. Im not always aware of my habit of doing this- I need it to be pointed out. I understand the theory of 'progress not perfection', and it sounds great.. In theory. I tend to hold mys...
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As Bill Sees It 1
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Personality Change It has often been said of A.A. that we are interested only in alcoholism. That is not true. We have to get over drinking in order to stay alive. But anyone who knows the alcoholic personality by firsthand contact knows that no true alky ever stops drinking permanently without u...
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One situation that continues to annoy me - feedback welcome
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My partner and I went out to a gathering and it was a party for someone at a restaurant. I thought "Cool. A dinner thing. Sounds nice." Okay, so we get there and they are waiting for an hour to seat us and I don't know the reason, but in that time all that is going on is people slamming mojitos a...
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Weekly Thought
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Weekly Quote Let your love grow as God wants it to grow. Seek goodness in others. Love more persons more. Love them more impersonally, more unselfishly, without thought of return. The return, never fear, will take care of itself. -Henry DrummondWeekly Thought Have you ever noticed that we tend to b...
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Funny
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No matter what your job is, you should always try to make it as interesting as possible...
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On my return.......
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....to Alcoholics Anonymous, the 4 months on the outside had broken me adequately to become teachable. Any further experimentation would have resulted in my demise. I was very sick but not stupid, and so I came back a little worse off but not totally insane. I tried my own resources and they did not wor...
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God will make a way
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I always find that God will make a way where there is no human way possible.
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Programme in action in every day life
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Well, I suppose that a big part of my recovery was and still is the 12 step programme and applying this in my life, as step 12 says. So I manage a small team of technical draughtsmen, who also climb structures and work in hazardous locations on the structures. Every other climber (apart from managers) ge...
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In awe of the 'normies'
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Due to my current industry of employment, I have front- row seating to watching many people drink. It's odd.. How bizarre to be an alcoholic in recovery and be surrounded by booze. I have learned many valuable things through this experience. First and foremost- I AM an alcoholic. Truly, deeply, alwa...
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Today's Gift 06-18
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We Are Who We Think We Are How we think about ourselves has an impact on what we do. If we decide that we are less of a person because we have an illness, then we may not fulfill our potential. If we decide our illness will consume our every thought and action for the rest of our lives, then it probably will. I...
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The Gifts of The Program
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I thought I would share a special message that was forwarded to me that my daugther(16) posted on Facebook. I'm not a member of Facebook. I'm grateful for the gifts my HP(God) has given me and The 12 Step Program. This is what can happen to folks who suit up and show up and work The Program. Everyone is...
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Grapevine
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June 18 "As I peel away the layers of day-to-day expediency, I realize that my zigzag, erratic, and inconsistent course was in the general direction of progress all the time."
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Welcome Q
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Glad you found us, ... looking forward to your ESH ... God Bless, Pappy
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Balance
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Normally I'm on one side of life or the other - trying to figure out what 'balance' really is. I know that life with children has a wider range of emotions to offer. I know it widens the spectrum for my husband and I too. I was meditating this morning and some things that drifted by were thoughts of life w...
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What I've Learned about Sobriety...So Far!
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Coming up on 27 years of continuous sobriety...thank you AA for helping me find a God who has blessed me by removing the obsession of the mind ONLY by working the steps of this beautiful program of living. The first thing I learned was that, just because I'm powerless does NOT make me helpless! Addition...
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Broken Hearts Still Beat
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On May 31st, after twenty-two years of marriage, my husband passed away in my arms at the hospital. He'd had various health issues over the past fourteen years including strokes and a weak heart. Weak according to medical standards. According to me, his heart was one of the finest ones I have had the ho...
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Thought for the day
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Monday, June 17, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Surrender Master the lessons of your present circumstances. We do not move forward by resisting what is undesirable in our life today. We move forward, we grow, we change by acceptance. Avoidance is not the key; surrender o...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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June 17, 2013 Quote of the Week "When I entered recovery, I was dropped into the landscape of Grace." Before recovery, my life was a living hell. Driven by an obsessive mind and a disease that wanted me dead (and settled for drunk), I was driven by a hundred forms of self-centered fear...
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Today's Gift 06-16
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He who is swift to believe is swift to forget. -- Abraham Joshua Herschel Life is full of questions. Many people tell us they have the answers. We have to be careful of who and what we believe. Other people's ideas may not fit us. The program doesn't tell us much about what to believe. It teaches us how to b...
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Grapevine
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June 17 "We have to keep looking for something better than dullness, better than average living, better than mediocre spirituality."
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AA' fathers day message.
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"Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our Director. He is the Principal; we are His agents. He is the Father, and we are His children. Most Good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom....
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The prayer answered.
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God answered my desperate call for help. A phone call came from a man who was 6 months sober. He had a list of numbers he was calling, to carry the 12th step message. My name was not on that list, but God put it there. A mix up resulted in my name being picked. The miracle was granted,[13 April 1988] but after 2...
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Happy Fathers Day
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To the amazing Fathers out there who have inspired me to become a better parent through the help of God, AA and each other - Happy Fathers Day and thank you for being here!
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Today's Gift 06-17
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To stop behaving in a certain way is to risk the unfamiliar. --Jan Lloyd Old patterns grip us so tightly! Even when the behavior pinches us painfully, we are loathe to give it up. Its familiarity makes it tolerable, knowable, somewhat manageable, and far less scary than trying something new. Howeve...
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Thought for the day
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Sunday, June 16, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Feeling Good Having boundaries doesn't complicate life; boundaries simplify life. Beyond Codependency There is a positive aspect to boundary setting. We learn to listen to ourselves and identify what hurt us and what...
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Welcome Juanita
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Welcome to MIP Juanita, ... ... ... Thank you for posting your story ... sounds very familiar in many ways ... I'm the same age, so I can relate very well, as far as the alcohol entering and taking control of my life too ... especially in the latter stages of the disease ... Glad you're here, Pappy
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Gift
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Recieved a call last night from a former Sponsee. Haven't talk to him in over a year. Work with him while he was in rehab and got him through Step 3. He left the Rehab and The Program of AA behind. He went back out to do some more research. He called drunk, but with a willingness to change. He reminded m...
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When You Think Nobody Cares
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This inspirational presentation will make your heart sing!!
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Will there be a meeting tonight???
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big decision time
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Ok. Found the house. Not perfect but close enough. Two bedrooms box room upstairs. Shower room upstairs. Two rooms and kitchen, bathroom and scullery downstairs. Huge garage (needs some work) two room brick built wash house outside. Patio, lawn, vegetable plot behind. Street fronted. Central he...
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Belongs on the NA Board but I'm Sure y'all Will Love It Anyway
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XtEppsR7Yc4
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Today's Gift 06-15
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The readiness is all. --William Shakespeare Newcomer I went to two different Step meetings this week, in different parts of town, and both of them were on the Fourth Step. I keep hearing that "there are no coincidences." Does this mean I'm supposed to start the Fourth Step now? How do I kno...
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The miracle.
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A friend of mine kept relapsing in AA. Eventually he struggled to gain a few months of sobriety. Then the most horrible thing happened. He had a car accident and became a quadriplegic. I used to visit him in hospital for almost a year and he fully expected that God will give him a miracle and make him walk a...
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En Bloc Blackouts !!
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Hello Guys, I am a 35 years old Male from Chandigarh (The City Beautiful), India. I have been drinking since 1992 when I was 16. In fact, my DAD offered me a BEER when I cleared my High School with Distinction Grades & ever since, there is no looking back. I am not a daily drinker but a weekend freak who...
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Grapevine
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June 14 "The power in these rooms is greater than the sum total of those of us present."
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I need help...
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I'm going through difficult times and have turned my back on just about everything except alcohol...I finally realize that I cant get through this by myself. I need help so bad...kjjeep27@gmail.com.
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Today's Gift 06-14
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Letting go to save our lives I crouched in the doorway of the airplane next to my skydiving coach. I held on to the doorway with my right hand for balance. With my left hand, I firmly grasped my coach's gripper, a padded piece of cloth on his jumpsuit. It was up to me to give the count. "Ready, set. . .&q...
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Alcohol Nightmare
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Last night I had the worst alcohol-related nightmare I have had in at least a year. I don't have many, but when I do they hit really hard. In a nutshell, I dreamt that I was at a party with co-workers when I became incredibly drunk and start putting the moves on one of my co-workers. I remember in the dream sl...
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th 'pity potty'
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like this one Pappy We have a couple here in Aussie as well - Get over it Get a Life.
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Grapevine
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June 13 "We are alcoholics. Even though now recovered, we are never too far removed from the possibility of fresh personal disaster. Each knows he must observe a high degree of honesty, humility, and tolerance, or else drink again."
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On This Day In AA History - April 10
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April 10, 1939 - Publication date of the book titled: Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered From Alcoholism -- Edited by Tanin on Wednesday 10th of April 2013 10:06:23 AM
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Today's Gift 06-13
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet. --Isaac B. Singer We all know men and women who are too often critical and negative. Sometimes we, too, are these people. And when we fall into this trap of negativity, our life becomes unnecessarily complicated. An...
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Thought for the day
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Spontaneity and Fun Practice being spontaneous. Practice having fun. The joy of recovery is that we finally get to experiment. We get to learn new behaviors, and we don't have to do them perfectly. We only need to find a wa...
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had a reminder yesterday
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Now it's been a while ago since I last took alcohol and I was starting to forget how ill it made me.
I'm in self imposed training for a charity cycle event and like to do fifty or sixty miles a week on my pushie ( only had it a couple months, not having ridden one since I was sixteen and that's forty years ago )
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My decent into alcoholism
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My first drink was given to me by my sister at the age of 11. She told me mom had two beers in the fridge and I could have them if I wanted. I took it in the bathroom and drank it. I was in love with the first beer. Something in my mind clicked and this was the feeling I had been searching for all of my short life. I wa...
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