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Saturday morning meeting
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Just a reminder there will be a meeting tomorrow morning at 11 am eastern and another at 9pm eastern. Come join the recovery.
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My story
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I hope im writing this , in the right place. And I'll try to write this as good as I can and I feel I should type this before reading anyone else's story. I think I was 14 years old when I started drinking. And I was 17 when I started drinking all the time. I would drink over 4-5 days a week or more. it wasn't unti...
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Step 9 amends
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Hi folks. I am in the process of beginning my step 9. I have a big one to kick off with. I am really struggling with it, however. I can't get past the idea that making amends is selfish. Really, I don't see what this person will get out of a conversation about this particular issue, and that it will come acros...
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Participants needed
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Are you thinking about attending AA or have you just started to attend? If so, PLEASE participate in a short study about your experience and get a free Starbucks gift card? If interested call Amy (213) 706-1800
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The wanderer
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This is how I would sum myself up. As a kid, I'd isolate and just wander through the neighborhood or the woods idly passing time. As a teenager, I did the same, going on long journeys on foot by myself- well, not really, because by this time I had a bottle with me. As an 'adult' I'd do the same- literally wand...
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John Started it --- Tools Explained (A new one)
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Even if you have never actually used these tools, you have probably assisted or watched someone use them in this fashion. I must confess.....I have actually used some of these. TOOLS AND HOW TO USE THEM EXPLAINED SKIL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make boards too short. BELT SANDER: An ele...
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Yesterday, 4-11-13
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Went to a meeting yesterday and who's chairing this meeting? G! For those of you not familiar, I posted a thread called "Prayers for G." not too long ago, and the response was great! (G. was hospitalised w/ a staph infection, a worrisome state, to say the least!) And there he was, telling s...
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I'm feeling better now.
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Thank everyone - I guess I just had PMS like Pappy - LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Okay Pappy - I had to and YOU SAID IT FIRST!!!! LOL
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Statistics Don't Lie!
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STATISTICS DON'T LIE!!! How to stay safe in the world today! Where IS the Safest Place? 1.. Avoid riding in automobiles because they are responsible for 20% of all fatal accidents. 2.. Do not stay home because 17% of all accidents occur in the home. 3... Avoid walking on streets or side...
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Maybe I was Wrong!
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Okay, tonight after our regular meeting, which was very good I might add, we had our 'group conscience' meeting ... ... ... it started off okay ... old business was quick to get out of the way and new business was brought to the floor ... this included a discussion on 'birthday eating meetings' ... (we ty...
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Grapevine
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April 12"My soul remained a mystery until my Higher Power settled inside me, appearing to me as a very real feeling of love and caring. Kindness slowly took precedence, and I became comfortable with the idea that I didn't need a drink."
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A funny
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A DEA Agent stopped at a ranch in Texas and talked to an old rancher. He told the rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs." The rancher said, "okay, but don't go into that field over there...", as he pointed out the location. The DEA Agent verbally exploded and said, "look mister...
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Today's Gift 04-12
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He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. --Thomas Fuller We have all seen adventure movies in which the heroes or villains are caught on a bridge that collapses. As they fall to whatever lies below, they are perhaps able to cl...
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Crosstalk
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I found a new life in AA. It took sometime in doing it, but after having a man approach me and say "Come with me, I can help you" He began to take me thorught the steps and literature that really made me feel good about myself. My early life as a child was filled with fear, criticism, and ridicule...
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Two weeks now under my belt.
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I'm at the two week mark now. Which to me is pretty amazing. I don't think I have gone this long without drinking before since I was 16 years old. The thing that I really find amazing is two weeks ago I was waking up from a black out state, my living room a caos not idea of what happened the night before. Now tha...
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He knows what's best for me.
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I woke this morning to see the world had been softly blanketed by 3 inches of snow, and it was so perfectly white out the window, I almost screamed in horror! People, places and things do not always behave and dance around happily for me as I'd have them do. A few winks earlier we were at the skating rink, a...
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Meeting
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I can chair a meeting tonight at 9:00 pm eastern if people would care to have one. -- Edited by Bob K on Thursday 11th of April 2013 06:44:08 PM
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Great song on AA and relapsing
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I found this song by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, I feel like I can really relate to this guy. I never found a song speaking so open about AA and Soberity before. -- Edited by mandm on Tuesday 9th of April 2013 08:41:24 AM
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Cleaned out my 'Tool' Belt
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Well, I procrastinated long enough and decided to upend my 'tool belt' on my work bench and clean it out ... seems that I kept 'pocketing' other tools in this belt till it became hard for me to find the right tool even when I knew it was right there ... Wow ... there were about 6 pencils, 3 carpenter's pencil...
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Today's Gift 04-11
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A married couple I know were recently on vacation on an island in a foreign country. When the wife reached out to switch on the hotel lamp, she was surprised to be jolted by an electrical shock. Then she got another shock. Her husband just glanced at her briefly, and then said, "You'd better hurry u...
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Grapevine
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April 11 "An old-timer once told me that he believed that AA was a great leveler: When you're up high, your friends help bring you down a little bit. When you're down low, they help bring you up a little bit."
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Paul Harvey from 1965
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http://stg.do/9LDc -- Edited by Rob84 on Thursday 11th of April 2013 12:46:59 AM
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Grapevine
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April 10 "AA is a caring community ... of people who understand how others can be trapped in deep loneliness and despair.""
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Today's Gift 04-10
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There seemed to be endless obstacles preventing me from living with my eyes open, but as I gradually followed up clue after clue it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear. --Joanna Field How often have we complained that we would be able to do something if only another thing weren't preventing u...
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On This Day In AA History - April 7
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April 7, 1941 - Ruth Hock reported there were 1,500 letters asking for help as a result of the March 31, 1941 Saturday Evening Post Article by Jack Alexander. -- Edited by Tanin on Sunday 7th of April 2013 10:05:27 PM
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Meeting tonight?
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Anyone up for the meeting tonight?
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Secrets under the sink
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This morning I decided to conduct a thorough cleaning of my kitchen. I cook frequently, but my kitchen is generally fine with an evening counter wipe and a light sweep. Today, though, I wanted to go into all of my cabinets, drawers, and other hidden areas to make sure that everything was cleared out and...
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The Serenity prayer.
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The Full Version of the Serenity Prayer God, grant me the Serenity To accept the things I cannot change... Courage to change the things I can, And Wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time, Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace. Taking, as He did, this sin...
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First 12th step case, could use some support...or maybe just a kind ear.
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There is a new fellow that is having trouble staying sober. For various reasons he connects better with me than most. He wants me to be his sponsor, but I know for a fact I am too green. Won't be good for me, won't help him. Yet I have been trying to work with him some while he finds a sponsor. I have asked f...
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Terminally unique??
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So, I've been having this feeling lately that I just don't quite fit in anywhere. Call it a funk- a bad funk. After a somewhat humurous breakdown about my physical appearance, I'm not all that comfortable in my skin. I don't like what I see in the mirror, and have increased my calorie consumption accord...
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As Paul Harvey would say ... 'The Rest of the Story'
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Okay, this one is for Mr. David, ... ... ... Before going to Nashville about 3 weeks ago, Adam and Tasha talked me into and through making a good healthy 'smoothie' ... ... ... Adam said to add Spirulina or some gawd awful looking green powder to the smoothie for reasons I can't remember, Tasha gave me a l...
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Today's Gift 04-09
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You have freedom when you're easy in your harness. --Robert Frost Flowing with whatever comes to us in life eases us through each day's demands. When we resist change and the unfamiliar, we imprison ourselves and hide from God's invitations to grow. Only when we willingly experience God's lessons w...
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Burnout
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Before I got sober I did not understand the need for balance in life. So, I am currently in a rather insane work-education situation for the next month which is a product of the unbalanced situation I got myself into. Things should improve in the summer. Today I have not felt well. I was in a work situatio...
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Chairing
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I'm going to chair a meeting tonight at the meeting I've been going to this entire year, where they require you to have a year sobriety to do it. It's a very very large meeting, and people take it pretty seriously, coming up with things ahead of time to talk about etc. I've chaired lots and lots of meetin...
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Grapevine
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April 9 "When I go to a meeting today, I no longer have the delusion that I am supporting a good cause. I need AA; AA did quite well without me during my ten years of self-exile. I go to AA meetings today to hear and see how God is working. When I share at a meeting, it is not to try and 'help' those poor wr...
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What are we searching for in that bottle anyway?
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Is it just me... or does it feel like we're just searching and searching for something our whole drinking lives... and when we come to AA we either find it, or we don't? I went to a fairly large meeting tonight. I thought I could tell who was finding what they were looking for, and who was still searching...
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Today's Gift 04-08
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Talk doesn't cook rice. --Chinese proverb Some of us are crazy about self-help books, inspirational tapes, and personal improvement seminars. We'll buy or sign up for anything, whatever the price, if it promises revolutionary insights or a foolproof new system. We want relief in a day and deliver...
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Day 7 and feeling much better!
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I'm very happy to say i'm on day Seven, I had a small craving to drink something yesterday for no paticular reason, but instead I called my sponser and talked to her about work, which completely got my mind off things. i've been hitting the gym, and really focusing on my art business. I even dodged my dri...
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Poll: Is Alcoholism a Sin or a Disease?
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Is Alcoholism a Sin or a Disease? Choices1. Alcoholism is a disease with no aspect of sin.2. Alcoholism is definitely a sin. Calling it a disease is a modern copout.3. Alcoholism is an addiction. It starts out as a sin but ends up being a strong force of habit that takes away free will.4. I really don't k...
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Schafer 2008
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Good wine- GREAT wine. A good vintage for this vineyards Cabernet. At over 250$ a bottle, I was more than pleased to serve several bottles to a table I had recently. At the end of the meal, the host of the group offered me the remainder left- close to a full bottle. This is a very generous gesture, and graci...
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New Career (Humor)
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Never too late to start another career.Someone asked me what I do since I have retired.... Do I have a partime job?I replied, I am my wife's sexual advisor."Somewhat shocked, they said, "I beg your pardon, but what do you mean by that?""Very simple. My wife told me that when she w...
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Home, Sweet Home!
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Got home Fri. and all is well (after three weeks)... ... ... Got in long 'nap' yesterday and sat down today to watch Nascar race today and slept through the whole thing ... LOL ... woke up when they were presenting the trophy ... ... ... Ann(my wife) is going to Houston, Tx this week on business, so I wil...
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Prayers
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First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who along the way has been so helpful and given me your wisdom in the past years. It has given me the tools to cope with this dreadful disease. It has now come to pass that although, I thought with the passing of my ex.AH that so much misery, heartache, ect. th...
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Mania and alcohol abuse
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Common? i think so. Are a lot of alcoholics suffering from bipolar dissorder? Speaking Personally, yes. Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?
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April 6, 1983
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I smell OK, hair is clean, can walk steady, am safe to drive. I take myself over to the 11:30 AM Wednesday "Seminary Self-Study" group in Northside Richmond. (It's still going, on Thursday now!) I feel shame and guilt for the risk and danger I subjected my child to, but I have no reservati...
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Grapevine 04-07
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April 7 "Sometimes taking somebody else's inventory can be most beneficial. When I was doing my Fourth Step, an old-timer suggested I list the names of those against whom I held resentments, followed by two or three sentences describing what they had done to earn my displeasure. Then, after...
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Today's Gift 04-07
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There can be a lot of hurt in love, and there is always risk, and one can't help wondering sometimes if there couldn't be a better way to live. --Merle Shain We want to love and be loved, and we mistakenly believe the right significant other will complete our world. The pain and troubling times that feste...
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@ Dean & all who misunderstood
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My last drink was April 3rd 1983. I am celebrating my 30th, April 6 being the date I picked up my last while chip. I have been taking myself--and you guys --on a 6 day retro-recall of "what it was like & what happened", and tried to convey the depth of my gratitude for "what it is like no...
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Another 24 hours
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Nothing major happened today- just another 24 hours under the belt. I did realize a few things about myself, though. Often when I have realizations about my own behavior, things I've heard others say in meetings run through my head. I understand that I'm not all that unique, much to my dismay at times....
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Countdown continues
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I remember finally getting someone to take my child to school. And I remember them bringing her home with a bag of easy-to-fix groceries. Apaprently she let it slip that she hadn't eaten for two days because mommy was sick and there was no food in the house. I remember nothing else of day five in the seque...
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