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That God could
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"That God could and would if He were sought." AA book pg 60. Whenever I struggle with something that I find I cannot resolve despite using the best resources available, this short bit from the AA book resolves it for me. I have got to be honest though. Firstly I ask myself, Gonee do you really a...
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Is Alcoholism a Pychiatric illness.....??
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Hi all, I had a conversation with someone that made a statement to me that in their opinion alcoholism is a pychiatric illness..... I did not offer any opinion....changed the subject...but for some reason the question is sort of haunting me.... When we drink, and in our disease, at many stages, clear...
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Stumbling.
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"Suppose we fall short of the chosen ideal and stumble? Does that mean we are going to get drunk? Some people tell us so. But this only a half-truth. It depends on us and our motives. If we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we believe we will b...
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Not in my wildest dreams
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: Reflection for the Day Not in my wildest dreams could I have imagined the rewards that would be mine when I first contemplated turning my life and will over to the care of God, as I understand God. Now I can rejoice in the blessing of my own recovery, as well as the recover...
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Don't quit five minutes before the miracle happens
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: Don't quit five minutes before the miracle happens. --Anonymous When 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 stripp...
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Goals
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When I found the gift of sobriety... I tried to acquire two, what I thought were simple goals. The first one was that I wanted to live a "boring" life. And what I mean by boring is a simple life. I didn't want the drama that I had in my past. I didn't want to be known by the police or stick out in a c...
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Glastonbury Festival!
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Hello my sweet Sobervibers! I need to tell you I'm away until Tuesday & will miss you all though I'll be having a fabulous time in Glastonbury Music Festival with Carl :) I'll be thinking of you & holding you with me in spirit xx I'll be on the look out for friends of Bill W & report back with my f...
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sponsorship
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hi everyone, 12.35midday irish time just thought id mention that as there as so many different time zones :) hope everyone is having a good day. i just wanted to share, im over 3 and a half yrs now after 7 yrs going to meetings, and no one has ever approached me about sponsorship, im not saying that in an ego...
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My 14 yr.old son passed out last night
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Hello all, I went to a meeting last night, but was accused by my husband of doing drugs afterwards, or being on something. It kind of bothered me, because I am sober as a judge. After a large coffee and a few pieces of candy, I can get pretty wired,though. I walked the floor from room to room as I couldn't sl...
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Making amends is more than an apology
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From Hazelden -------------------------- Making amends is more than an apology Addiction creates moral wreckage. People who become addicted to alcohol or other drugs might lie, cheat, or steal in order to get and use their drug of choice. Often what's left behind is a trail of shattered relations...
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What happens to us is not as important as how we respond.
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: What happens to us is not as important as how we respond. The external events of our lives are largely beyond our control. We do not choose our parents, our emotional environment, the historical period in which we live, our body type, or the flow of circumstances that...
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Wondering what to expect from AA!
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Hi I am moving to Liverppol soon and i have decided to finally pluck up the courage to join aa. I have been sober for nearly a year now and have been thinking about joining aa for a long time now. As i a am moving away from home i think i will need support even more to keep me on the straight and narrow. Prev...
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My prayer for you.
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I want to pray for you. I don't care whether you are atheist, agnostic or whatever. I pray that you will be blessed. I pray that our Father will protect you from any harm. I pray that He will look after your families and give you serenity and peace in your homes. I pray that you will know joy in your life and no...
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MALTA CONVENTION ANYONE??
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http://www.aa-europe.net/eventdocs/Malta5thconv.pdf
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Hi My Friends
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Hi All Just thought I'd and say hi, it's been a while. Been workings and well needless to say I've slept during the day. Things are as well as can be expected, kids are fine and my daughter is starting her first job this sunday, she'll be gone for 9 weeks. Gonna miss her, the realization is she is growing...
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Had to put our 15 year old cat "Tigger" to sleep this afternoon **Updated with baby pics**
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One of the hardest things I've ever had to do. Every cell in my body was trying to get me to turn the car around, on the way to the Vet. Earlier this week she stopped eating and drinking and her breathing was very labored. Took her to the vet wednesday and he found a tumor in her abdomin, and told us she wou...
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Daily Reflections ~ Today, I'm Free & 24hrs a Day
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This brought me to the good healthy realization that there were plenty of situations left in the world over which I had no personal power--that if I was so ready to admit that to be the case with alcohol, so I must make the same admission with respect to much else. I would have to be still and know that He, no...
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Lack of humility
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Found this on the internet. Thought that it might great spiritual tool for me, in terms of my Step 10s. Just for the record, I've got a ways to go yet in humility: today I'm probably still ticking all of these boxes. Some of the "evidences" might be a bit harsh, especially for those us who lack s...
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How We Perceive "Normal" Drinking
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I went to a birthday party this past weekend for a friend, one of those milestone "surprise" affairs. Probably 75 people in attendance from age 10 to 85, but the median age was high enough that at 52, I was one of the "young-uns" there. There was a bar and drinks were being meted ou...
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Sometimes we feel cheated
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: 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 an...
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No human power could
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" That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism." AA Book Pg 60. Despite our best efforts, recovered AA's, doctors, helpers etc. we are not able to relieve alcoholism. This is one of the most difficult illness known to man. That's because of the unique emotional nature o...
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Introduction
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Hi all, I just wanted to introduce myself. I've just come over from a different sobriety message board (got frustrated with what I felt was heavy-handed editing of posts by the moderator) and reading the posts here, it seems like a positive and supportive community. I've been going to AA meetings for...
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Atheism and Alcoholism
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First off, I mean absolutely no ill will towards theists. I was raised as a devout Shi'ite Muslim. I started loving astronomy, and as I matured I realized god was a delusion. I realized we we weren't as special as we thought. It led me to a nihilistic philosophy. My alcoholism didn't seem like a big...
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Letting go to save our lives
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: 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...
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We Are Who We Think We Are
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: 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...
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Sues Share ... The bad old days ....
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Hi All , I havent been on this site for a long time now infact just read a post I left on here 08 ..... funny the way things work never fails to amaze me .... Im able to see in black and white how my sober life is progressing and today I find myself in a far more healthy place and time ... Anyway as I haven done a meet...
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Alcoholic brother's comment
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Hello everyone, My practicing alcoholic brother dropped by yesterday. It was good to see him in spite of what he does. He did have a water bottle and I noticed it was rather yellow water,lol. He finally admited he was drinking wine and hiding from his wife who thought he was working. I was on the computer...
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Daily Reflections ~ Release From Fear & 24hrs a Day
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The problem of resolving fear has two aspects. We shall have to try for all the freedom from fear that is possible for us to attain. Then we shall need to find both the courage and grace to deal constructively with whatever fears remain. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 61 Most of my decisions were based on fear. Alcoho...
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What was up this last Sunday night.
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Dearest friends at MIP, On Sunday night after a wonderful year of continuous sobriety, I put my Higher Power on hold and drank alcohol. I am tentative about making any comments about this that edge towards revelation, opinion or judgement. Number one at the moment is that I am willing to get real and h...
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Vacation
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So, I am now recovering from what turned out to be a 2 week vacation of camping at a lake. I worked pretty hard clearing land, working on boat motors, running kids including my 2 kids, 2 nieces and all the neighborhood kids up and down the lake skiing, keeping the in laws happy, and making sure my wife go...
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I hate being let down!
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Yeah, I really do. Honestly, I know it's because I still place unreasonable expectations on others.My own fault, but I'm just sayin'. Brian
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All the Good I Can
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Today's thoughts from Hazelden are: All the Good I Can Dear God, guide me to Do all the good I can By all means I can In all ways I can In all places I can To all people I can As long as I can.
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AHA, AGO!!! XXX
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Thank you so much for all the quality posts you've contributed here@MIP, AGO & Congratulations on reaching your *500* mark making you our latest official *MIP OLD TIMER*!!! Thank you truly for being here. I love your message & how you carrying it has impacted on me, your sister here in Live...
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This is SOOOOO HARD !!!!
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Hi Everyone, Just needing so badly to vent... As most of you know I have one Son in a Prison, have not heard from him in ages, his brother told me he was supposedly in Solitary Confinement for refusing to have a cell mate..... That was over 2 months ago, and also at that time I did hear that he supposedly thou...
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The one lesson my dad taught me
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: The one lesson my dad taught me: If you're going to do anything in life, do it right. --Monty Cralley Our parents may have had a way of instructing that often bordered on shaming us. No matter what we might remember about it, or them, they meant well. Their own experienc...
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I want to help fellow members get back to work.
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June 16 is my 4th Birthday. I'm still a alcoholic and will always be one. But At least i have this wonderful gift of sobriety, and all of you to thank for it. Life has been good this past year for me and I want to celebrate my birthday by trying to give back to those in their time of need, Here is what I have to g...
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So Who Am I Anyway?
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I thought this worthy of it's own thread spinning off from Larry's. I've often found it difficult to put into words what early sobriety was like for me. I often say that I didn't have a sudden spiritual experience a la Bill W., but the more I think about it and try to express what happened to me - well, may...
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Do I have a problem?
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I really don't know were to start. I drink almost every night. Not to the point of passing out. But every night I have some drinks and if I am going to be honest I must say that I throw in a percocet or two. I feel fine in the mornings (most of the time) I still get up and take care care of my family and home. A...
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Women's Meeting... just what I needed
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Wow, went to a women's meeting tonight, and about 30 women there, discussion format, and I loved every moment of it. I am going to make it a second homegroup. I know it is where I truly "belong". ((((hugs))))
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My daughter's grades make me feel like a failure myself
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1GEOMETRYF58Olson, Darrell06-15-20102ENGLISH 1F31.1Larson, Cristopher06-09-20103COORD SCIENCEF51.4Flanagan, Catherine06-15-20104FAMILY HEALTHUnsatisfac33.2Gudgeon, Corie06-14-20105NJROTC 1C-72Weinstock, Jeffrey06-01-20106WALKINGF52.8Levin, Joanne06-15-2010 An &q...
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Daily Reflections ~ A.A. Regeneration & 24hrs a Day
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Such is the paradox of A.A. regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one's old life as a condition for finding a new one. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 46 A thousand beatings by Barleycorn did not encourage me to admit defeat. I believed it was my moral obligation to conque...
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Oh well..............the best laid plans.......
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......of mice and men gang aft agley, to quote Robert Burns. So as my son and daughter do not want to see me, thus they don't want me to attend my Mother in Law's funeral (Consequences of my past actions) I think the next right thing to do is put their needs before my wants. I've discussed this with Eileen w...
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Help-I do not know how to be apart of the human race
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My new baby and a cool quote from Ghandi
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"Prayer is not asking: it is the longing of the soul. It is the daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without heart." M.K. Ghandi Peace, Rob
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This made me laugh
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This came from a site that a newbie spammed into the AA story thread.
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When we make amends
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. --Step Nine When we make amends we need to be clear about what we're apologizing for and the best way to say we're sorry. What we are really doing with our amends is tak...
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I need a sponsor.
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I have been attending meetings but have not been able to break out of my shell and participate. I have been sober since January 30th and am surprised I have made it this far. I need to find a sponsor and get started on the steps. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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5 years sober and nobody noticed
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Am I wrong to expect my wife to aknowledge my anniversary ? She never has and I guess I was expecting her to say something. I don't expect a party or anything like that but maybe a simple hug or congrat's. I guess I should just be grateful for my 5 years and the friends I've made in AA who do understand what I'...
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I need help...I can't do this anymore
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I have been in AA before and now I need to come back because I am powerless over alcohol. I was arrested last night for DWI and various other traffic offenses. I am severely depressed right now as a result of what has happened. I don't know how I let this happen to me again. I don't know why I let myself dri...
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still suckin' air (and it sucks at times)
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Yah, doing ok..... been sleeping a lot when not doing "self care" crap.... off to a meeting tomorrow.... I am on some medication that is probably doing me a world of good, albeit sleepy at the "wrong times" and up half the night at other times (tonight, for instance).... not on th...
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