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StPeteDean [asked] me to introduce myself
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Greetings, I am new to this site, but I have been sober a number of years. I cut my teeth on AA while in treatment. My story is not so remarkable in retrospect, but at the time I was terminally unique. I came by alcoholism quite honestly, another in a long line from each side of my family. Factor in some c...
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Simple and true
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I had heard this line before, but never in an AA meeting. At a meeting last night I heard a guy say "You gotta stand for something or else you'll fall for anything, and if you fall for anything, you won't make it" The way I thought of that was, 'is believing in a HP and in AA so bad? if I don't/can't/...
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please assure me that I'm not a lost cause
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I went to my fist AA meeting last Thursday. I found a group that really stresses that "god" is whatever we understand him to be, which is important to me because I am not a religious person. I have always viewed AA to be really religious-centric, which is a turn-off for me. I was scared to death...
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me!
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just so you know, the pic is of my son and myself at our local alano club. We both volunteer down there. my teenage son has been coming to meetings with me since he was a baby..he has had his own troubles and program has helped us both..now he quotes stuff at me and shocks the heck out of me at times!! out of the...
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Career Suicide and the steps?
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If a person has no career aspirations, but yet still put's their foot in it, is it still career suicide? And more to the point, in the grand scheme of things, does it matter? I was at a whole team meeting at work on Thursday, in Birmingham. (West Midlands, UK, not Alabama). Around 200 of us, with some senio...
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Anybody see the recent article on Good Housekeeping?
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My friend told me about it, but I've yet to see it... I think it's about mommy-drunks. Anyway, curious what issue it's in... if you know, fill me in.
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I'm in trouble
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I have been sober for over a year, since then I have started smoking and overeating. At the beginning of my recovery I suffered depression and fatigue, this is still the case. I don't understand what is happening to me or what I can do
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Daily Reflections - We Can't Think Our Way Sober + 24hrs a Day
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To the intellectually self-sufficient man or woman, many A.A.'s can say, "Yes, we were like you--far too smart for our own good.... Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brain power alone." AS BILL SEES IT, p. 60 Even the most brilliant mind is no defense against...
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Spoken word on the olympics...
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Not sure how I feel about this. (Need to add a bit of levity to my night...)
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I finally discovered how to drink like normal people!!!!!
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I just make sure there's no alcohol in my drinks! Gotcha!
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Public Information Service
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Aloha Family...anyone here done service in their district with Public Information? I need support, ESH, mentoring, sponsorship in this area. Yes I have asked locally and have hitched up with Literature and more and a live voice to listen to would also fill in the contrast. At your convenience and...
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When do you feel the "need" to go to a meeting?
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I planned on going to a meeting at noon. Not feeling the need for one. Now, after struggling trying to get the car out from under the snow, I'm stuck! I need to go to the store, etc & now I'm pi$$ed off at the world! Had to come back in & take a deep breath & accept that I get to sit at home all day...
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Daily Reflections ~ The Limits of Self-Reliance & 24hrs a Day
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We asked ourselves why we had them [fears]. Wasn't it because self-reliance failed us? ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.68 All of my character defects separate me from God's will. When I ignore my association with Him I face the world and my alcoholism alone and must depend on self-reliance. I have never fou...
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I had a spiritual experience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hey all. Gonna give you an update over the past few days. This is great! As you all know I was struggling. In a huge depression. Thursday night I had prayed to God to take me off this planet. I didn't care how, all I know is that I couldn't take this pain anymore and I didn't want to drink over it. Friday mornin...
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Ramblings from an admitted Neurotic
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This is a disease of the body and mind. It's a mental obsession + a physical addition that causes an allergic reaction. It's classified as a mental disorder and it's the only disease that tells you that you don't have one. I used to attend a very popular meeting in Va. affectionately called "...
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Daily Reflections - Getting The "Spiritual Angle" & 24hrs a Day
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How often do we sit in AA meetings and hear the speaker declare, "But I haven't yet got the spiritual angle." Prior to this statement, he had described a miracle of transformation which had occurred in him -- not only his release from alcohol, but a complete change in his whole attitude towa...
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Daily Reflections - I Don't Run The Show + 24hrs a Day
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When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is, or He isn't. What was our choice to be? ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.53 Today my choice is God. He is every...
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Well Informed or Mis-Informed
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I got a funny story for you. Well, it's got a message buried in it too. I been sober quite some time now. I used to know how many days but I stopped counting them. I still go to a fair number of meetings, but not because I need to. I go because the newcomer needs me to. There's this one group I go to, they meet 5 tim...
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New to the fourm
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Hey everyone my names Joe and i fear that i am an alcoholic. I first noticed this in high school when we would do the normal high school party thing . It started out just being friday and Saturday . Then grew quickly to Fri,Sat,Sun Then Fri,Sat,Sun,Mon and so on. But i realized that my friends and i wou...
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Feeling stressed
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Hi All, Have been getting a lot out of all the posts. Am a bit stressed over the last few days and have to practice handing it over. I am on step 4, but sometimes I vacillate between three and four. I am going through a lot of changes at the moment but am careful to listen to my HP as he guides me through some of th...
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Hi I'm new!
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Hi there, I am a newly signed up member and would really like to succeed in becoming sober. So far today I have not had a drink......a good start for me. Here's to another day of sobriety tomorrow. Here's to all of you who have succeeded.
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This is February and today is the 8th
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and that means that 31 years ago both the Jekyll and the Hyde in me screamed "Enough, I'm done...sick and tired of being sick and tired" and the journey began. Every step and every minute has been a miracle for me...every bit of it HP directed, planned and desired. My HP didn't like what I had...
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Alcohol withdrawal effecting my life - Help
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I stopped drinking alcohol 10 days ago, only drank 4-5 days a week 12 pack of beer for 9 months. I am under very bad stress, major financial problems, I have been having very bad anxiety, and panic attacks. How do I stop the anxiety, worry and panic attacks without drugs? What can I take naturally the wi...
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Its been a long time.
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Hello everybody. Well its been a long time since ive been here, too long in fact but im back to say hi and update you all on my life. Im still sober and have been for 3 years in December. I have been really really poorly, in and out of hospital and having tests done. I was diagnosed with lung disease in Dece...
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We are not saints...
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If we were, we would be playing in the superbowl today. Have a safe superbowl sunday everyone! Mark
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Great moments in sobriety
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I had one yesterday. Long story short, it's a friend at work's leaving drinks at a pub. I really wanted to go to this one to see this guy off: he really has been a good friend and colleague. I think that it ticked all the boxes in what the Big Book says about us going to drinking situations. So I went. I had a ton...
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Daily Reflections - Convincing "Mr Hyde" & 24hrs a Day
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Even then, as we hew away, peace and joy will still elude us. That's the place so many of us A.A. oldsters have come to. And it's a hell of a spot, literally. How shall our unconscious--from which so many of our fears, compulsions and phony aspirations still stream--be brought into line with what we actu...
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Is anyone else here from Oregon?
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If so where? Im in Newberg.
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A great passage...
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From the 1944 Witter Bynner translation, from Perigree Books, of the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, Chapter 10. Can you hold the door of your tent wide to the firmament? Can you, with the simple stature of a child, breathing nature, become notwithstanding, a man? Can you continue befriending with no prejud...
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Hey!
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I know I haven't posted in a while...Just want to stop by and say, I'm still here, still in the fight. I check the site often and learn alot. I just don't think my input will help much, I just feel so "negative." Anyway, my prayers are always with you!
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You know who you are... A simple Thank You.
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A few weeks back I asked the members of Miracles In Progress for financial help so the needs of the newcomer into the MIP Recovery Homes could be better met by Rose and I during such a trying economic time. I believe in accountability and transparency in such matters. To say the very least, I was absolut...
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AA Alanon Event
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If anyone from AA or Al-Anon happens to find themselves in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia with nothing to do on the weekend of Feb. 19-21, feel free to drop in to the Holiday Inn on Wyse Road for the 32nd annual midwinter roundup. Its gonna be a blast.
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This One's For Freddie
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This is a parable I heard once in a meeting. I have modified it slightly but I'm sure you've heard it before. One day I was walking along the beach. I saw an old man walking toward me. Every so often, he would kneel down, pick something up and study it for a moment. Then, he would either put it back on the beach...
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Getting out of a slump
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Hello my friends. It's been a while since I've really posted much, but I'm still around, lurking in the shadows. Things are going well for the most part, and I'm still enjoying my new sober life today. The past few days have been a little rough, and I was hoping to get some ESH from my friends here. Depr...
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Sponsorship in the Field of Alcoholism
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Without a sponsor, I doubt I ever would have recovered. I am equally as doubtful that my sobriety will continue if I do not sponsor others. After all, our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety. I have sponsored many alcoholics in the twelve years since I recovered...
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Daily Reflections ~ A Path to Faith & 24hrs a Day
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True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith, and every A.A. meeting is an assurance that God will restore us to sanity if we rightly relate ourselves to Him. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33 My last drunk had landed me in the hospital, totally broken. It was then that I was able to see my pas...
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My Enemy
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Greetings, Just for today it may bid me well not to be my own worst enemy. Ride Easy, Toad
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Struggling
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Hey all. Some serious stuff going on today with our friends on the board. I have to look back and remember all the pain and where everyone is at today. It wasn't that long ago that I could not stop drinking. Took divine intervention (going to jail) to stop me in my tracks. When I think about spiritual princ...
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On the lighter side...
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Most people, and the medical community agree that alcoholism is a disease...but people don't react to it like they do other diseases. You can call in to work after your vacation and say, "I got bit by a mosquito in Brazil and I got malaria. I won't be in to work for a few days," and your boss will...
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I stand alone....Some of my writings to help in my recovery
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Back towards the end of November I sat down one night putting my thoughts on paper & have found this to be an ideal way to help keep me focused on my recovery. A friend told me this was a sort of freestyle poetry,. Anyway here's one that I think was my very best & expressed my feelings when I came into...
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Daily Reflections ~ A Rallying Point & 24hrs a Day
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Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us. "Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33 I feel that A.A. is a God-inspired program and that God is at every A.A. meeting. I see, believe, and have come to k...
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Just Friends
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This story was accepted by the AA Grapevine and was slated for publication next month but due to a mix-up with the postal service I was unable to get the copyright release form back to them in time and it didn't make it in. Thought I'd share it with you. deleted by request of Wolfie due to copyright agreeem...
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Need Help
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I've never been to a meeting. I never wanted to stop drinking I guess. Ot I did and just couldn't. Im sad and drpressed and very afraid. What can I do to get there?
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I know I said I wouldn't be around much, but I'm not sure what to do right now
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I'm five days sober right now and I'm dreaming (awake and asleep) about drinking and I'm not taking my antidepressants. I realize the absurdity of this... the only time antidepressants can really work is without the alcohol, but it's now that I am not taking them. Anyway, I know the recommendation...
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I'm a basket case right now....
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Hi, my name is Tessa & I'm an alcoholic. I've been sober for almost 2 years now (Feb 27th) & yesterday I was fine. No thoughts of drinking or anything. Today I've been to 3 meetings. Two of them being AA & one being an NA meeting. I'm also an addict. I generally attend 7-9 meetings a week. Usuua...
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When do you share birthday/anniversary info in a meeting?
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And what do you think about "Proud time"? I'm sure everyone has their own opinions about it and most will say it's up to the individual, but I'm just wondering what other people here have decided for themselves. I'm coming up on the 1 year mark Feb 16 if I stay sober. When I was new, and they a...
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Great News, and the fear that follows
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Well after having a pretty calm life recently, there are many changes on the horizon. My husband has been interviewing for a new job in our hometown, which is 100 miles from where we are now. He has a very specific job so it's amazing that there is even one opening right now, but he's talking to three com...
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Hello,
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Hello. My name is Shane and I'm an alcoholic. I remember a few years ago when I made that statement for the first time. God, it is probably the hardest sentence I've ever said. Hard to admit what I am. Even harder to admit to myself the damage I'd done to myself and to the ones I loved. Even now the tears flow...
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I am not doing well...
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I am new to this chat room and I have only posted once before. But I need some help. I went to a comedy show Friday night and I had a glass of wine. Well that set me off and I cant stop. I have to work tomorrow and I need to pull myself end together. I have been drinking all weekend and I need t stop. Please s...
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Good example of bad drinking.
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http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/diy-jetpack-sled-experiment-ends-in-burns-ward/story-e6frfku0-1225825748186A MICHIGAN man who rigged an explosive backpack for a backyard sledding stunt suffered b...
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