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Im back and strong!
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Im back! I havnt had a drink in a 1month and 2weeks! Im SO happee! And guess what Im pregnant. Im doing good.. And Im in school, And when I need a drink.. I do other things! Im so happee!
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Clear Thinking
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Strive for clear thinking. Many of us have had our thinking clouded by denial. Some of us have even lost faith in ourselves because we've spent a degree of time in denial. But losing faith in our thinking isn't going to help us. What we need to lose faith in is denial.
We didn't resort to denial - either o...
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Patchy but, happy
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Okay, So.. I know Im not the greatest person alive. But, I do understand that Im carrying something so precious, I know Ill be a good mother to my son/or daughter.. Im trying not to stress.. Its been like almost 2 months now, since Ive got completly wasted off my ass.. Its been 4 days since Ive gotten high (...
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rough week...
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Hey y'all, Well, my dad's been battling cancer for the last few months... esophageal cancer, which is a pretty aggressive one. He finished chemo and radiation and they did an endoscopy and the tumor was gone, so Monday they were supposed to do surgery to remove part of his esophagus and stomach to ke...
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Hi All
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I am so grateful to finally be able to post on this site. I have been reading the messages and posts from some of you for about a month now. It has been a struggle and today I have 72 days. In my fellowship, that means I have a pinkchip that will turn red on day 90 God willing. This 72 days has been a period of gr...
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Daily Reflections ~ Thinking of Others
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Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20 Thinking of others has never come easily to me. Even when I try to work the A.A. program, Im prone to thinking, How do I feel today. Am I happy, joyous and fr...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 13th Dec 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day We come now to A.A. fellowship. It is partly group therapy. It is partly spiritual fellowship. But it is even more. It is based on a common illness, a common failure, and a common problem. It goes deep down into our personal lives and our personal needs. It requires a full opening...
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Hello
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Hello everyone, Just want to introduce myself and to thank you for accepting my request to join the board. My D.O.S. is Feb. 18th, 2005. I'm looking forward to spending some time here. Thanks! P.S. I will fill out my profile a little later.
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Daily Reflections ~ A Common Solution
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The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action. This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 1...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 12th Dec 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day The clergy speaks of the spiritual fellowship of the church. This is much closer to the A.A. way than mere group therapy. Such a fellowship is based on a common belief in God and a common effort to live a spiritual life. We try to do this in A.A. We also try to get down to the real probl...
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Pictures of sons 19th B-day
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For those who don't know what I look like I'm the short one on the right side of the screen and these are my 2 beautiful kids, my son who is 19 and my daughter who is 16 years. Love them both, and these are my strength in my recovery... Proud of both of them..... Thanks and have a good day!!! With LOVe Tina
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God's Will
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Each day, ask God what God wants us to do today; then ask God to help. A simple request, but so profound and far reaching it can take us anywhere we need to go.
Listen: all that we want, all that we need, all the answers, all the help, all the good, all the love, all the healing, all the wisdom, all the fulfil...
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Forward-Thinking Day
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Off to morning work and then my appointment this afternoon, to try and tackle the issues from depression. Just knowing I am on the right track in seeking help has brought some sunlight back into my life this week. And being "off" the antidepressant for several weeks now is creating in me a sp...
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Hi
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Hi, Just thought I'd drop in and let you know I'm doing ok. Been back to work part-time and give some of my time to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Kids are doing well, and getting ready for Christmas. And managing to take things one day at a time, as a family we've had to deal with a couple situations in t...
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Remember When
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It's Time For All The New Year's Eve Parties... and a good time to remind everyone of The Five Stages Of Drunkenness Stage 1 - SMART- This is when you suddenly become an expert on every subject in the known Universe. You know you know everything and want to pass on your knowledge to anyone who will listen...
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Affirmations
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Thursday, December 11, 2008 You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Affirmations One of our choices in recovery is choosing what we want to think - using our mental energy positively. Positive mental energy, positive thinking, does not mean we think unrealistically or rever...
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Empowerment
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You can think. You can make good decisions. You can make choices that are right for you.
Yes, we all make mistakes from time to time. But we are not mistakes.
We can make a new decision that takes new information into account.
We can change our mind from time to time. That's our right too.
We don't...
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Daily Reflections ~ Love With No Price Tag
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In order for me to start working the Twelfth Step, I had to work on sincerity, honesty, and to learn to act with humility. Carrying the message is a gift of myself, no matter how many years of sobriety I may have accumulated. My dreams can become reality. I solidify my sobriety by sharing what I have recei...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 9th Dec 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day The way of A.A. is the way of fellowship. We have read a good deal about fellowship and yet it is such an important part of the A.A. program that it seems we cannot think too much about it. Human beings were not meant to live alone. A hermit's life is not a normal or natural one. We all n...
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Enjoyment
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Father Leo's Daily Meditation ENJOYMENT "All animals, except man, know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it." -- Samuel Butler Today I choose to enjoy my life. Regardless of the problem and difficulties that this day will bring, I have an inner joy that comes with my recovery from addic...
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Asking for Help
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It's okay to ask for help.
One of the most absurd things we do to ourselves is not asking for the help we need from a friend, a family member, our Higher Power, or the appropriate resource.
We don't have to struggle through feelings and problems alone. We can ask for help from our Higher Power and for s...
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A Friend Back Out
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I know this is a common story, but it's sort of a first for me. I found out recently that a long time friend in the program is drinking again. It's not surprising, he quit going to meetings some time ago and I lost touch shortly after - it seemed we had nothing in common if he wasn't doing meetings. He had so...
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Happiness during a Depression
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Yes, I am suffering a depression, it shows in the way I sleep, eat, what I can actually bring myself to accomplish right now here at home and at work (not much), and my total lack of interest in my art, music, friendship, and all the things that make me so "ME" and special. Not good. But I finally...
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Happy 61st Phil!!!
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Here's to many more new beginnings.. Each Day another opportunity to be shiny & new.. God blessing you, Phil.. 1Day@aTime & Always ~ Danielle x
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Daily Reflections ~ Service
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Life will take on a new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you. to have a host of friends - this is an experience you must not miss. . . . Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our lives. A...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 8th Dec 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day The length of time of our sobriety is not as important as its quality. A person who has been in A.A. for a number of years may not be in as good mental condition as a person who has only been in a few months. It is a great satisfaction to have been an A.A. member for a long time and we often...
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New to AA
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Hi everyone I found this website after a night of drinking. I am sipping a cup of coffee and sobering up. I have been to several AA meetings off and on over the last three months, never entirely committed. Tonight, after an extensive conversation with a good friend, I've determined that I am an alcoholi...
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Finally! A diagnosis!
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As most of you know I've been living with chronic pain for many years now and it got so much worse after a car accident. I have finally found a doctor who takes the time to talk and more important listen to me! Thoracic Radiculopathy is what I have! I've always believed knowing what's wrong is 1/2 the batt...
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Help me with this one
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I am an Al-Anoner. I live in a small rural community. I attend the local open AA meetings. I always intro myself as Al-Anon and offer to leave the room for a separate meeting (sometimes I leave the room and do the readings myself). Haven't had any takers in a year. So I attend regularly to stay in my program...
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There's A Hole In My Sidewalk
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I: I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost I am helpless. It is not my fault. It takes forever to find my way out. II: I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in. I cant believe I am in the same place. But...
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Valuing Our Needs
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When we don't ask for what we want and need, we discount ourselves. We deserve better.
Maybe others taught us it wasn't polite or appropriate to speak up for ourselves. The truth is, if we don't, our unmet wants and needs may ultimately come back to haunt our relationships. We may end up feeling angry...
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Daily Reflections ~ True Ambitions
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True ambition is not what we thought is was. True ambition is the deep desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 124-125 During my drinking years, my one and only concern was to have my fellow man think highly of me. My ambition in everything I d...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 7th Dec 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day When people come back to A.A. after having a slip, the temptation is strong to say nothing about it. No other A.A. member should force them to declare themselves. It is entirely up to them. If they are well grounded in A.A., they will realize that it's up to them to speak up at the ne...
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When the Time is Right
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There are times when we simply do not know what to do, or where to go, next. Sometimes these periods are brief, sometimes lingering.
We can get through these times. We can rely on our program and the disciplines of recovery. We can cope by using our faith, other people, and our resources.
Accept unc...
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Daily Reflections ~ When The Chips Are Down
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When we developed still more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself. We found that dependence upon His perfect justice, forgiveness, and love was healthy, and that it would work where nothing else would. If we really depended upon God, we couldnt very well p...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 6th Dec 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day
People who have had a slip are ashamed of themselves - sometimes so ashamed that they fear to go back to A.A. They develop the old inferiority complex and tell themselves that they are no good that they have let down their friends in A.A., that they are hopeless, and that they ca...
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I just want to say thank you all
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Well, sometime in the next couple of hours, it will be 12 months since my last drink. I want to say a big THANK YOU to everybody here for being here for me. Without this message board and especially all you people on here I wouldnt have plucked up the courage to get back to meetings after being back out...
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Daily Reflections ~ A New State of Consciousness
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He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state of consciousness and being. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p 107 Many of us in A.A. puzzle over what is a spiritual awakening. I tended to look for a miracle, something dramatic and earth shattering. But what usually happens is that a sense of w...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 5th Dec 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day In spite of all we have learned in A.A., our old way of thinking comes back on us, sometimes with overwhelming force, and occasionally some of us have slips. We forget or refuse to call on the Higher Power for help. We seem to deliberately make our minds a blank so far as A.A. traini...
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Difficult People
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Few things can make us feel crazier than expecting something from someone who has nothing to give. Few things can frustrate us more than trying to make a person someone he or she isn't; we feel crazy when we try to pretend that person is someone he or she is not. We may have spent years negotiating with rea...
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Daily Reflections ~ Into Action
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A.A. is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who havent been given the truth may die. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 13 I desperately wanted to live, but if I was to succeed, I had to become active in our God-given progra...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 4th Dec 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day If we allow an alcoholic thought to lodge in our minds for any length of time, we are in danger of having a slip. Therefore we must dispel such thoughts at once, by refusing their admittance and by immediately putting constructive thoughts in their place. Remember that alcohol...
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Re-investing
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It's been about 9 months since being reborn. So happy and fortunate to have 2 birthdays to celebrate. So incredibly grateful the compulsion to drink left with all the baggage of the former life. The 1 talent I am incredibly grateful for is my ability to forget the things that bother, or hurt me. Eventua...
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Letting Go
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"How much do we need to let go of?" a friend asked one day.
"I'm not certain," I replied, "but maybe everything."
Letting go is a spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical process, a sometimes mysterious metaphysical process of releasing to God and the Unive...
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Trying to Plug In
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I am traveling in St. Louis and trying to plug in. I called my sponsor and he told me to get to a meeting and I tried to but I couldn't get to one. I talked to a guy from Intergroup in St. Louis who put me in contact with a local member who gave me a number to a local clubhouse but no one answered. I am without a ca...
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AA ~ Altered Attitudes
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The 5 As of Adjustment ~ Awareness ~ Until we admit awareness of a problem or a character defect, we cannot possibly let it go. Steps 4 & 5 apply here. Attitude ~ This is the Willingness A. Do we justify our thoughts or actions? Do we want to keep doing what we are doing & get different results? We mu...
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Road Blocks went up today >;(
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Been trying to get in to see my old psyche to talk to him about the issues I am having with depression after some years of reprieve in that department, but he is now a clinical director of a county-run agency, and I cannot see him because I do not qualify as someone needing serious "case management&q...
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Welcome Back ~ Gammy Rose!
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I saw you there online after being away for quite some time! Happy Sober Day, Lady :) I hope you'll return & share some of your lovely Experience, Strength & Hope with us Regulers & Newcomers. Know You're Loved ~ In Fellowship, Danielle x
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Developing healthy tolerance.......In carols absense......
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Developing Healthy Tolerance Many of us are skilled at denying and discounting what hurts us. We may endure a particular situation, telling ourselves repeatedly it's not that bad; we shouldn't be so demandi...
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Just a few things I've heard in AA
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AA SLOGANS.
.... easy does it 2.... first things first 3.... live and let live 4.... but for the grace of god 5....think......think.......think 6....one day at time 7....let go and let god 8....kiss---keep it simple stupid 9....act as if......... 10....this too shall pass 11....expect miracl...
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