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Prayer
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I found that my prayer today is totally different from what it was in the past. What changed. My prayer used to be a string of petty requests and futile petitions to God. I was eventually taught to change that to a prayer of thanksgiving and praise for God, primarily because of the things which He had alre...
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Vacation from Hell with Pending Hidden Blessings
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Yeah...(AGO) Lee is very aware of all the phases & symptoms of the Relapse Progression, Gorski-style!! Definately on guard and taking action. Scary thing, ain't it?Anyway, here's the gift I got yesterday-went to a Collin Raye concert and he sang this (just for me?) What I Need (Karen Taylor-G...
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Daily Reflections ~ Freedom To Be Me & 24hrs a Day
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If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p 83 My first true freedom is the freedom not to have to take a drink today. If I truly want it, I will work the Twelve Step...
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Why my life is peaceful.
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I used to be a selfish and self centred person, who was a restless, irritated and discontented individual. Through recovery I learnt how to give. This has been my daily practise. To give quitely and stop complaining about what others are not doing or doing wrong. It's difficult but I always try to focu...
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Meditation
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Meditation. I have recently started, tried before and gave up, trying again now and it is helping. My sponsor meditates and i really want to do it as i know it helps her and i want it to help me. It has been helping recently find a connection to i guess my HP. my sponsor says prayer is talking to HP and medit...
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Unbearably painful night/divorce/grief/"goodbyes"...
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God, I don't even know how to start this post. Tonight my husband who I will soon be divorced from met me at the house to clean out the basement together. It was hard work, and you should see the tree lawn! There were already people in SUV's coming by to pick through some useful stuff that we set out, because...
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STILL ALIVE, STILL SOBER.................
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Still wondering who or what keeps stealing my TIME??? I swear that whoever says there are 24 hours in a day must lead a very boring life!! I dunno how I ever found the time to drink. I am secretary for my church now, which is almost like a full time job, I am starting to get into crafting (mostly making c...
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"RU a friend of Bill's"?
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Had my first "RU a friend of Bill's" question today. Was on the train this AM and reading today's entry in Daily Reflections and guy across me asked that. I smiled and said yes. Turned out that he was visiting from another country for three weeks. I gave him some meetig tips on local meetings a...
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Checking in
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Hello to you all! I just wanted to say I never really realized that I was isolating myself so much from my A.A. home group, until I started going back again regularly. It is amazing how much better I feel when I go to my meetings, even if I can't stay for the metting at all or for just 30 min. I think my favorite...
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Daily Reflections ~ We Forgive... & 24hrs a Day
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Often it was while working on this Step with our sponsors or spiritual adviser that we first felt truly able to forgive others, no matter how deeply we felt they had wronged us. Our moral inventory had persuaded us that all-round forgiveness was desirable, but it was only when we resolutely tackled St...
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I want a nap.
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No real reason. 5-year old daughter is being a bit demanding and I have work to do today, but no overwhelming issues. No passengers in my mental canoe that don't belong there. I just want to lay back on my favorite old sofa with the shredded web-decking and the bottomed-out springs, rest the brim of my...
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Just checking in
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Not been on line for a while, busy days past and ahead. Got conned at work on Tuesday, I was asked if I would escort 2 engineers on site, as I was going to be there for a couple of hours anyway on another job. I was told the engineers would be done by 1 p.m. They didn't finish until 5 p.m. and we were 80 miles from...
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Vacation from Hell
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Took 2 weeks off from work...just back now and have to return to work tomorrow. Dreading it...hate the place...need to hang in until retirement, which is just a few years. . Went to see my sister and my daughter. Visit with sister didnt go so well, but we have since resolved most of it and committed to con...
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4th & 5th step retreat.
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Just got back from my wonderful retreat. We had 5 first timers at our retreat of the 21 who had attended. The seaside resort was nice. Friday night was 3rd step and fellowship time. All of us took the 3rd step prayer in the AA book. Saturday day was 4th step workshop, some fellowship and then 5th step shari...
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Alcoholics Change Their Circumstances To Fit Their Behavior
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Disclaimer: This is not my writing but it is interesting and as an Alcoholic I can identify with it. Larry, ------------------- Alcoholics Change Their Circumstances To Fit Their Behavior A normal way of approaching life is to change your behavior to fit your circumstances. For example, if you w...
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Family confusion
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Wow, really don't know what to think....I have been sober for almost 2 and half years. It has been great getting into a life I love and starting to be comfortable in my own skin. I live a very simple life. I am 50 retired, I run, go to meetings spend time with my daughters and my sober boyfriend on weekend...
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My son is SO cool!
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He's watching & listening to this video to learn the guitar part. Good song about acceptance. He's 11. I wish I was as cool as him! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnQ8N1KacJc Peace, Rob
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Long time check in!!!
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Hello people. Probably not many here that remember me.Just dropping by to say a big HELLO! to all of ya in recovery. Big hugs to you all! Life gets better, Never give up!Love ya.Chris.
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My Head is Like My Canoe...
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No free rides. The seats comes with paddles; if an uninvited rider is not moving this vessel forward, they're weighing it down. Hope they can swim. To keep an even keel I have to pay close attention to my head's "thrust-to-weight ratio". Now I know what so many of ya'll have meant by "...
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Went to a meeting
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Went to back to back meetings tonight. Kind of got some perspective on whats going on and with the help of my family here on M.I.P. and friends in the program. I just got a phone call from my brother. Just as I was typing. He doesn't want me living here if I'm getting high. I promised him I will not relapse bef...
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Grateful to have a "Full Plate"
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Honestly I don't know what I would do right now if God hadn't given me SO many responsibilities and "issues" to deal with right now. Drinking has never sounded nor felt so WRONG and stupid than it does right now. lol Old house is 90% cleaned out now (God, it is so pretty). Check. The "part...
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The Alcoholic Is The Professional "Victim"
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Disclaimer: This is not my writing but it is interesting and as an Alcoholic I can identify with it. Larry, ------------------- The Alcoholic Is The Professional "Victim" In keeping with their feeling that everything is everyone else's' fault, the alcoholic assumes the role of pr...
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This is a We Program
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This is a "we" Program, we hear that at meetings all the time Many people who say that are able to stay sober by frequent meeting attendance, who say "we" refers to all of the people in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, who use meetings for group therapy and for them it does, my hat...
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Even If I Don't Know The Question
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... I still find my answers in meetings. Some people say that the program is in the book, that meetings are just icing on the cake. Not for me. Without meetings, there is no AA for me. So often, I have no idea what is going on with me. I will have a feeling of unease that won't go away, and I can't find it. I'...
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Interesting Lead tonight--- what do you think??
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Hi guys, just got back from a lead meeting. The young man at the podium tonight described how this disease took him to a bridge and he stated that he was so selfish that he even resolved to smoke his entire last pack of cigarettes before he jumped, lest God forbid someone else found them and got to smoke his...
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I need help
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I feel like I am dying inside. I was talking to my brother for the 1st time since I overdosed. I feel like such a piece of shit. He asked me why I relapsed, that I should be stronger than that by now. Told me it seemed like I hadn't been working a program. I told him I stopped a month ago when I got to the 8th step. T...
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The Alcoholic And Constant Rationalization/Justification
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Disclaimer: This is not my writing but it is interesting and as an Alcoholic I can identify with it. Larry, ------------------- The Alcoholic And Constant Rationalization/Justification The alcoholic can rationalize and justify anything and everything. And since their behavior is often...
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Bill Wilson and Henry Ford
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Henry Ford did not invent the car; he produced an automobile that was within the economic reach of the average American. While other manufacturers were content to target a market of the well-to-do, Ford developed a design and a method of manufacture that steadily reduced the cost of the Model T. Inst...
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"God, grant me the serenity. . ."
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: "God, grant me the serenity. . ." The Serenity Prayer has the potential of changing our lives concretely. The hardest part is remembering to rely on it. What the prayer offers is an opportunity to quiet our minds long enough to sense what our Higher Power w...
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4th & 5th step retreat.
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My Monday night group leaves for a retreat this weekend, to a resort on the south coast of Natal in SA. 22 of us alcoholics go there to do a strenuous work to help new ones with their steps. Friday night, after supper we take the 3rd step prayer together. During the week preceding the retreat the elders of t...
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I love this message board!
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That's all. I just wanted everyone to know that I love it here.
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She is gone and in a better place
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My grandma died last night. She was 89!!! She was my mother's mother. My mother died in an alcoholic car accident when she was 29. My grandma had to bury her at such a young age. My grandma had 11 children. She put up with a mean angry alcoholic (my grandpa) who never got sober. My grandma came to her senses a...
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I never realized how lucky I was
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That AA was so simple when I got sober You just did what you were told, and the funny thing? it worked it worked for everybody I know I came to AA young, so I listened, and there was a strong program in my area, which was The San Francisco Bay Area in the early 90's, actually right north, place called Marin, wh...
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Rough Day
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My father passed away on September 23, 2008. Today is his birthday and I really miss him. We had our rough patches but the last five years he was my best friend. The sadness and anxiety set in early and became more powerful throughout the day. I left work early, prayed, and went for about an hour long w...
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me, have resentments?????
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last night at a meeting the topic was resentments.... the ones that are hard to let die. turning a resentment over to our HP is not effective if we keep dwelling on it after we "turned it over" and keep bringing it up to the surface and to other AAs. meetings are great places to air the probl...
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Normally mild mannered and nice, my nerves have shot that to the curb again
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Hello there good people, (Note: I currently have a clean driving record) I went to the gas station last week. A guy pulls right out in front of me in the parking lot and I couldn't stop in time, so boom. That man didn't a bit more look at me when he was driving than the man in the moon, i said to the police off...
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Introduction
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Hi, my name is Laurie and I'm an alcoholic. Thought I'd try starting my day off this way and see where it goes...
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Crabby Alcoholic
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... and boy does it show!! Gotta sh&tload of resentments I am working on right now in Step 4 too.... more will be revealed! Love you guys
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Three grand essentials to happiness -- from Hazelden
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. --Joseph Addison Having someone to bestow our love on - a child, friend, or lover, perhaps a pet - will provide us with a time each day for intimacy, a tim...
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Daily Reflections ~ The Easier, Softer Way & 24hrs a Day
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If we skip this vital step, we may not overcome drinking. Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 72 I certainly didn't leap at the opportunity to face who I was, especially when the pains of my drinking days hung over me like a dark cloud. But I soon heard at the meetings about the fellow member who just didn't want to t...
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Something valuable to share!
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Outside reading.I have found this pertinent to all who carry the message of recovery.It talks of 'SOMETHING VALUABLE TO SHARE" a simple honest message of recovery from alcoholism always rings true.Check it out! YOU MAY IiDENTIFY... Your sitting at a meeting/celebration etc and first few...
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Looking for an affirmation...
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Let me hear it from you fellows...Anyone experience crosstalk jabber during the opening protocol of your meetings specifically during the reading of "how it works" when just before the reader mentions "the point is..." someone shouts out "So what's the point?"...
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Re: Divorce
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Hi, I need some advice. I am new to the forum and this is my first post. I have recently stopped drinking and am two months sober. Two days after I decided that I needed to quit drinking, my husband hit me with divorce papers, on my birthday nonetheless. He is angry and his biggest issue with me is that i...
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17 days today..
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Long time no update...Feeling ok... I wish I could just fast forward sometimes. I hate having almost 60 blowing it, then almost 90 and blowing it. But this time I am determined to try and not blow it again... one day at a time..
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Top priority for me,the rest will trickle down!
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My spiritual readings for this morning tell me"When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now. Only by the Grace of God(His unmerited favor for me)do I enter today,sober and striving thru prayer and meditation to improve my co...
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The Alcoholic And Mood Swings
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Disclaimer: This is not my writing but it is interesting and as an Alcoholic I can identify with it. Larry, ------------------- The Alcoholic And Mood Swings Each time the medication (alcohol) is taken, it reacts within the alcoholic's system. So theoretically, if that "system"...
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HORSE now has a full saddle....
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Hi All, Never talk about this, very personal, and also did not "feel good" about it.....for Medical reasons, I have had to stay away from crowds of people,which of course rules out AA Meetings, have only gone to some on Sundays where I know the attendance is very low.... But for the last 2 we...
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Who are you when you black out?
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How do you explain to others/yourself who you become when you've blacked out? Do you feel as if you become an entirely different person, or that you are acting out feelings you normally keep pent up inside? Apparently when I was drinking, I told my friend that I loved her romantically, but I have no me...
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Come out of the rain
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I have to admit I am finding online AA new, different and confusing, it's like suddenly, after living for 20 years where the sky is blue, to a place where the sky is green, it's literally that foreign and confusing to me. It's like I come from a place where it rained on me every day, i got sores, fell down, co...
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Trigger (s)
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Hi, My name is Rob and I'm alcoholic. I've been drinking alcoholically since Spring, 1980 sometime around my 14th birthday. I was fully immersed at my first drunk. I've been in AA since July 6th 2009 and it seems like every 90-120 days or so I get drunk again, each one worse than the last. I know that I need...
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