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Wisdom to know the difference
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Okay - since coming into AA and trying to live a sober life I've yielded on many, many points of contention and responded passively to many situations, filing them under "the things i cannot change" and not putting many things into the "change the things I can." Now I have to make...
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Love and Service
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Dr Bob's Last message was: "But there are two or three things that flashed into my mind on which it would be fitting to lay a little emphasis; one is the simplicity of our Program. Let's not louse it all up with Freudian complexes and things that are interesting to the scientific mind, but have very...
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Out and About
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In the words of Canned Heat - I'm on the road again. Well not quite but starting next week. Tuesday Grimsby, Wednesday Warrington, Thursday London, following week, 3 days and 2 nights in Glasgow., In a perverse way I'm looking forward to it and I'll be able to get to different meetings in Glasgow (this l...
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Great spiritual day
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This morning, I woke to a text message from soon to be ex (ok, will call him "ex" from now on), apologizing for treating me like a pile of SH%! last night, because I ordered a pizza a few minutes later than I had been "instructed to do" by phone. (Ex was up for over 48 hours working on a...
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Daily Reflections ~ Respect For Others & 24hrs a Day
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Such parts of our story we tell to someone who will understand, yet be unaffected. The rule is we must be hard on our self, but always considerate of others. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 74 Respect for others is the lesson that I take out of this passage. I must go to any lengths to free myself if I wish to find t...
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Happy 40th Runner Girl!!!
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Happy Happy Joyful BIG1 Birthday, Laurie!!! I hope you spent it peaceful & sober. Please let us know how it was for you, dear sister. Godbless you. Love in recovery, Danielle x
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Yay!!! I'm going to bed before 1am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Life is good. Tomorrow's another day at the playground! (looks just like my elkhound baby girl Scouty!!) -- Edited by jonijoni1 on Tuesday 4th of May 2010 11:29:10 PM
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Larry Miller's Five Stages of Drinking
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Sorry if this is a re-post. But this kind of is my "what is was like" part of the story. Absolutely classic: Larry Miller's Five Stages of DrinkingLEVEL 1:It's 11.00 on a weeknight, you've had a few beers. You get up to leave because you have work the next day and one of your friends buys anothe...
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Humorus Signs You Might Be an Alcoholic
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Here are some Humorus Signs You Might Be an Alcoholic. PLease add your own to these and see how many we get. Larry, ------------ We are not a glum lot ----------------------------------- 1. Your bar bill last month was twice your mortgage payment. 2. You don't understand why people have problems q...
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Humility - by Dr. Bob
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Humility "Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. "It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised, it is to have a b...
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Thanks and Prayer
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Thank you all for just being there and just being your selves. You are a special bunch who care. Here is my prayer for you. Each and every one. May God the Father heal you. May He come to your home and dwell with you, so that no evil may touch you. May He guard your life. He got tired of seeing us alcoholics suf...
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HALT
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Good Stuff, that HALT - Hungry...covered, ate a bunch of taquitos. Angry...stating to get too one-way with my oldest kids about their caonstant fighting and treatng each other lousy. Lonely...Yeah, I guess a little. Wife belongs to Baby, kids belong to homework, most of my old friends are still on...
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A new MIP record set today
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Hey, a new MIP record set today "The most users ever online was 10 member(s) and 9 guest(s) at 5:35pm May 04, 2010"
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Had to make some CHANGES today
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After much discussion with my sponsor, I have made it my last Group Treatment Session. Why? Let me explain. I have been to treatment on several occasions. I have lived ina treatmetn center for a grand total of 7 months, that was years ago. I have worked in a treatment center as a residential superviso...
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Daily Reflections ~ The Forest And The Trees & 24hrs a Day
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. . . . what comes to us alone may be garbled by our own rationalization and wishful thinking. The benefit of talking to another person is that we can get his direct comment and counsel on our situation. . . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 60 I cannot count the times when I have been angry and frust...
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Got Through Graduation Celebrations
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Just to let those of you who so kindly responded to my desperation cry know, I successfully got through Grad Celebrations. It was a huge success and although there was some drama, it was sort of a close call as I found my self looking to drink because, I was happy, I was disappointed, I was jealous, I was o...
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Trip to the E.R. Today!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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LOL..... yep, it's true. Was in Big Lots shopping for a few odds and ends for the apartment and I went ot go throught the checkout, and WHAM!!!! An old shelf, those grocery store ones that are metal and painted cream, the ones that they can raise and lower the shelves with those little diamond shaped hole...
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Heard at a AA Meeting
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I was at a meeting just recently and a man who was sober for 42 years made the following statement."I have been sober for 42 years and unless you have been sober for 43 years or longer you have absolutely nothing to offer me. You can't help me be sober for 43 years unless you have done it. I am here to...
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Growing -- from Hazelden
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: Growing We all perform on two stages: one public, one private. The Public stage is what we do and say. The Private stage is what we think and what we rehearse in our minds to do on the Public stage. Even though we may never perform it, what we rehearse in our minds helps mol...
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What is your experience with Sponsorship?
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As a sponsor I mean For me it has been by far the most rewarding part of the program, I get 10% by learning, 90% by teaching, in every case whatever I was passing on to my sponsee was exactly what I needed to hear at that time. I have had maybe 100 Sponsees over the years, maybe 30 of whom I made it to step 12 with,...
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Offensive on every level
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OK, sound track is safe, watching with kiddies over your shoulder isn't, NSFW if someone is looking I am sorry but this as "what it was like" made me spray coffee out my nose all over the monitor What it was Like Of course that was what it was like, and what happened, this is what it's like now muc...
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One giant hug!
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If I could suggest, we all get up out of our seats,walk over to someone,give them a hug and tell them you love them and then we'll move forward,doing God's will ,loving Him and loving others!
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Dumping
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I'm feeling really alone and helpless right now. Plotting. Not good. But it feels like the only way I can rely on feeling good. Even though I know I will utlimately feel worse.
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Well this Post is gong to be difficult....
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To all my brothers and sisters here, sure hope more that anything, I will not offend in any way as to the nature of this Post. My first thoughts were "Well certainly cannot a Post about it, I do not share this in meetings, only with one other person, that has a very ill child. So here goes, as most of yo...
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Celebrate with me!!
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You know that bawling I was doing about not having anyone to eat Chinese with in my new bare apartment on the floor at 11pm?? Well, YOU all can do that with me. :o) Thanks for coming over!!
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Step 3 - Step Work Board
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http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=42763
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90 Days Sober
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I have been sober since January 31, 2010. I have been making better decisions, living better, developing relationships that just wasn't possible before. I started AA on April 10th. I have bought the big book and am starting chapter 6 Into Action. I will be attending an AA meeting in the next half ho...
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Daily Reflections ~ "Entirely Honest" & 24hrs a Day
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We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or happily in this world. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 73-74 Honesty, like all virtues, is to be shared. It began after I shared ". . . [my] whole life's story with someone . . . " in order to find my place in the Fellowship. Later I sh...
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Did you just come to MIP and then leave.....
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This is a Posting of Oblongs that was down the Page, so I thought I would bring it up to the surface---for it's content: Oblong wrote: One of the first things I thought of when I woke up this morning was about this website and "well, I guess I can't go back on there anymore". But I am back here beca...
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The True Treasure
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Today's thought for Hazelden is: Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and dust doth corrupt, where thieves break through and steal; but lay up treasures in heaven ... for where your treasure is, there will be your heart also. --Matthew 6:19 21 The True Treasure Consider the followi...
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pain after first sip
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Hi everyone! This might sound odd to some people but after I take that very first sip of alcohol (no matter in what form) I get a bit of a pain. It's not really so much of a pain as it is a feeling of pressure or something in my urethra (I know, I know, I'm sorry but I had to say where... it might be relevant!) And i...
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Do not be discouraged.
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The AA book says "Do not be discouraged............." Why would I be discouraged? The only time I became discouraged was when my own selfish needs were not met. I am hardly ever discouraged these days because I consistently work with newcomers. The context of the book is referring to the w...
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One year sober
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Hello all! Just thought I would let everyone know that it is my one year anniversary of sobriety. Thank you all for you help!
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An informal poll on how did you get to AA?
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A short time ago Dean started an informal poll on Quitting drinking. I would like to start another one about how did you get to AA. This is just for fun to see what the demographics of the MIP members is. Select which number fits you best. 1. Came straight to AA was sick and tired of being sick and tired and a...
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Is anyone having problems with how this site usually functions???
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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxmxmxmxmx ok lets see if this prints....if so, I dont think the Site is functioning as it usually does.....
Here is a test...
Ok, the preview worked, so maybe just a little hick up......
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I scolded her with love...
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I thought about it first and came up with the opportunity anyway. She was there at my home group Sunday morning meeting at "AA at the Bay" Hilo. Before the meeting started we did our Ahas!! and hugged. I listened as best I could to her "coming out" statements but no doubt I'm dea...
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Breaking Good
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Hey...I am going on a 2 week vacationstaying w/my sister down south and we will go see my daughter. So looking forward to this!! Dunno about internet, so not to worry if I dont post for a while. I know Ill check e-mail at the library, at a minimum, so write if u wish. Check yall L8TR:)
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Today is day one
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Need I say more? well I will... I am so ashamed of myself I can't even tell you. I went and drank last night. I guess that voice got stronger and stronger. And ya, nothing bad happened or anything, but I feel like crying all day today or throwing up or something just from the guilt of it. It was a stupid mistak...
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Acceptance is the key to all my problems today
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Trying to turn it over to the best of my ability. Having relationship issues and my default setting is to dive right in and fix everything. I need to know the end result of all this now. With this thinking I've kicked god out of the drivers seat and replaced him with me. Not a good idea. What I've learn...
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The aim of AA is not Sobriety but Happy Sobriety
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The Eye Opener from Hazelden The aim of AA is not Sobriety but Happy Sobriety. The most effective and incidentally the soberest group, is the happiest group. It is possible that you can't speak at meetings, maybe you are not in a position to "carry the message," but you can and sho...
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Cunning, Baffling, Powerful but Not Surprising
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I'm shocked and saddened to learn of the alcoholic death of an old friend from the program. Yet, like my father's death many years ago, it's not surprising that a person would die from a fatal disease. My friend had some years of sobriety. He was a good friend, we did have other activities together bes...
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My Mind.
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AA book pg 27. The doctor said: "You have the mind of a chronic alcoholic. I have NEVER seen one single case recover, where that state of mind existed to the extent that it does in you." Towards the end of my drinking I wondered what was wrong with me. I could not understand how I was able to funct...
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Ya HOO, I did it! I did it!... I DID IT!!!!
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Hi Friends, Feeling so happy, I did what looked like the Impossible to do, and I did it. My computer just went south the other day, I was able to get on and made a few folders and was really missing my computer the way it had been. So I kept, very cautiously trying to not mess it up further, but see if I could s...
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Fear
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: I walked across an open field at winter's break as the sun danced on the last few drifts. I imagined my fears would melt one by one as I learned to love myself. --Laurel Lewis Fear is as familiar as our image in a mirror. Although we have resolved many of the fears that boun...
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Joyous, Happy & Free!!!!!!
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We spent the day at the Mayo Clinic and while we don't have FINAL answers we have very good news! IF (and I mean IF) little River Rose has a carnitine deficiency disorder it would be one of the easily manageable kinds (very meaty diet or simple supplement required) and the blessing is that it was caug...
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Everybody poops. Except me.
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Aren't I such a lady? Sorry folks but it must be addressed. This is not for the faint of heart. Since I have quit drinking, I can't. I don't. Coffee, veggies, salad, fruit, fiber one... nothing makes a difference. Now I realize wine can have a laxative effect but I didn't realize how much. Now I woul...
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Doesn't it get old?
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Doesn't it get painful old listening to people, like me, who are constantly battling their sobriety... Thinking they just need one more time to give it a try, see if it can work. I haven't picked up, but I'm fighting it tooth and nail. For those of you who have completely given yourselves to the progr...
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Daily Reflections ~ Lighting The Dark Past & 24hrs a Day
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Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have - the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p 124 No longer is my past an autobiography; it is a reference book to be taken down, opened and sha...
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4am and I'm a mess,,
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the last 3 weeks have been pretty bad, even to my standards (which isn't sayin much considering AA groups). I drove drunk and broke through some dude's fence (Badly), had multiple fights with a certain person and just have drank really bad since. A 5th of vodka without a sweat (no pun intended), that w...
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Schizophrenia
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Hey MIP friends I need help. Last night following a meeting I agreed to sponsor a person coming back from an extended research period. He shared with me that he has Schizophrenia that is severe at times. He is on and off medication for it depending on his whim of the moment. Am I at risk physically arou...
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