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Today's Gift 5/5
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To be alive is power, Existing in itself, Without a further function, Omnipotence enough. --Emily DickinsonBeing a person in this world is an amazing gift. A spiritual awakening promised by this program is open to us. But today, not all of us feel powerful and alive. We may feel weak, inadequate to ou...
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Simple Reminder 5/4
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Today's Gift 5/4
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A.A. Thought for the DayStrength comes from the fellowship we find when we come into AA. Just being with people who have found the way out gives us a feeling of security. We listen to the speakers and we absorb the atmosphere of confidence and hope that we find in the place. Am I receiving strength from t...
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a newby
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My name is JohnR . I got sober in Sydney in 96. I live & work in Sydney & Still Enjoy getting to Regular meetings. I do lots of meetings around the city area, although I live, just on 9 mile(15k) from the city. I am looking forward to getting to know you & assist where I can, as I know you will try to...
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Please help
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I'm a single mum, I've taken the first steps and admitted all to my gp, who has referred me to a drug and alcohol worker, I've admitted all to her too. Feeling very alone right now, the shame is the worst?? Help!!!
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I just spent a few hours with one of my AA friends who lost his wife to cancer about 2 years ago. It was heart wrenching to hear him share about how he misses her. But it made me realize how much we need to love those around us who are still alive. So to all my friends around the world in AA, I just want to say that I...
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Today's Gift 5/3
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Returning to BasicsNow and then, an AA discussion focuses on the theme of "returning to the basics." This is a good time to shake out the excessive concerns that might be cluttering up our lives. No matter how long we've been living in sobriety, we can never afford to dismiss the basic reasons we came to...
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Simple Reminder 5/3
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New York Visit!
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Hello my loving Sobervibers! My partner and I are coming to NYC 1-8th April and will love to know if any of you are there or can make any suggestions please! We're fancying a trip to WSO and Bill's home. Recovery love to all of you. The miracles of this site helped me in my early sobriety including Dean, Pin...
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New Thread Gonee
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Good to hear from you. Prayer for the feelings of loss. This too shall pass. All is reasonable in my life in West Tennessee USA. It amazes me how much my recovery insists on One Day at a Time. Daily reprieve. Love . Toad
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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May 2, 2016Quote of the Week"If you don't have hope then death is a formality." Before recovery, my life was spiraling out of control and each area just got worse and worse. I had lost my job; my relationships had all but ended, and I had lost hope of my future ever getting better. In some of the darker h...
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Simple Reminder 5/2
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Today's Gift 5/2
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The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have. --Leonard NimoyLook around you at the happiest people you know. They are also the most generous and giving people. A generous spirit creates its own environment. In recovery we talk a lot about gratitude - and we have a lot to be grateful for. This...
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Today's Gift 5/1
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Most of all, let love guide your life . . . --Colossians 3:14 Envy of another's good fortune puts distance between us. We forget fortune visits us all, though it's frequently disguised in experiences we dread. Resentments over forgotten appointments or misplaced mementos also result in distanc...
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Simple Reminder 5/1
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Doing 10th
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A friend , outside the fellowship , sent me this. I like it , it is a Very good 10th reminder. Covers it all.
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Today's Gift 4/30
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Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others. --Fyodor DostoevskyThe primary requirement for our recovery is honesty. In order to grow in honesty we first needed to see how we had lied to others and to ourselves. This was not as easy as it first appeared. Our lies to ourselves kept u...
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Simple Reminder 4/30
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Simple Reminder 4/29
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Today's Gift 4/29
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Moving fast is not necessarily the same thing as going somewhere. ***** If you are waiting for your ship to come in - you may have already missed the boat. ***** Courage is fear that has said its prayers. *****Faith is our greatest gift. Sharing it with others is our greatest responsibility. ***** The f...
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Hi all
I am new to the A.A.thing.
I am struggling. I live with a severe alcoholic and never considered myself an alcoholic till this year. I cant escape alcohol and its always around me and I totally at a loss. Ive been with my husband for 11 years and this past year his drinking has led me to drink wh...
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Today's Gift 4/28
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You can feel only your own feelings, not another person's.Having empathy for those we love, and being able to share their joys and sorrows, is part of our nature as warm, caring human beings. Taken to an extreme, however, too much empathy can mean that we lose our boundaries as emotionally separate in...
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Seriously Why Do We Drink Alcohol?
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https://www.thersa.org/discover/publications-and-articles/rsa-blogs/2012/02/seriously-why-do-we-drink-a...
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A Sample 1,2,3
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How I Came To Believe: That's how I came to believe........... now onward to step 4. Hope this helps someone, somewhere. Peace, Scott S. aka Dac. -- Edited by MarcLacroix on Sunday 1st of May 2016 01:13:34 PM
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Fought off the urge...
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....well for now. Big blowup here on the Ponderosa. No details...(you're welcome)....just by myself and that crappy urge to drink came over me. I almost gave into it. I started to look for my shoes and then I just stopped...and thought about things for a bit and prayed. I thought I don't have to do ANYTH...
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Resentment
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Today's Gift 4/27
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The person who is bored in the modern world shows that he is in no full sense a member of it. --Brand BlanshardEnthusiasm doesn't just happen to us. It's an attitude that is either fostered or hindered by our decisions about what we'll bring to our experiences from the most mundane to the momentous. Thi...
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Sunrise Quote 4/27
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You have absolute control over but one thing, and that is your thoughts. This is the most significant and inspiring of all facts known to man! It reflects man's divine nature. ~Napleon Hill
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I'm Confused
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I have been hearing some of you share about the spiritual experience and how important it is. I just read the "Spiritual Experience" in the back of the Big Book. I was (and maybe still am) very confused......I thought once we have that Spiritual Awakening--which I really and truly thought I did awhi...
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Dry Drunk Behavior
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I just realized today that even though I was sober for awhile, I think I was a Dry Drunk. I read this on google..... "Dry Drunk Syndrome Defined. The term dry drunk is believed to originate from 12 Step recovery groups. It is used to describe those who no longer drink alcohol but in many ways behave like th...
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Simple Reminder 4/26
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Sunrise Quote 4/26
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You just can't beat the person who never gives up. ~Babe Ruth
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Today's Gift 4/26
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I want to change things. I want to see things happen. I don't want just to talk about them. --John Kenneth Galbraith Newcomer I feel as if I should be doing so much more than just staying in recovery and going to meetings. And yet, when I have free time, I'm not accomplishing much these days. I go to a meeti...
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Independent Living
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About ten years ago I purchased a refurbished DoubleWide in a gated community. Paid cash money for it so it is mine and I have the title. All was fine until about Two years ago... My MicroWave and My Refrigerator both died. Then came a leak in my bathroom wall so my floor is getting soaked. I walk on water so...
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Please
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Please pray for me...to whatever Higher Power you have. Here I have been trying to help other alcoholics...and cannot "get" this thing myself. I found out my (as I have referred to him in past postings....my "guyfriend" but really has been my "boyfriend"...for the last 8 years) has been cheating on m...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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April 25, 2016Quote of the Week"If I'm not the problem, then there is no solution." When I came into the program, I had a lot of problems and most of them were your fault. My girlfriend didn't understand me; my boss didn't appreciate me; the police didn't like it when I drove after just a few drinks (I w...
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Today's Gift 4/25
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Trust An attitude of helpful expectancy can serve me very well today. My Higher Power has my day in His hands. Whatever happens, it will go most smoothly, and I will feel best about myself, if I am open to what the day brings, and at peace with whatever it holds for me. I can give my best if I do not get bogged...
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Sunrise Quote 4/25
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You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins. ~Jim Stovall
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BB excerpt
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"The alcoholic may say to himself in the most casual way, "It won't burn me this time, so here's how!" Or perhaps he doesn't think at all. How often have some of us begun to drink in this nonchalant way, and after the third or fourth, pounded on the bar and said to ourselves, "For God's sake, how did I ever ge...
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Today's Gift 4/24
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My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. --Henry FordTo be a friend involves risk. Friends confront each other when it's needed, but they do it out of love and with compassion. All of us need a friend who will tell us when we are acting out of line, when we are "not able to see the forest for the t...
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Simple Reminder 4/24
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Sunrise Quote 4/24
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Adversity is a fact of life. It can't be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it. ~Unknown, Source on Adversity
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Introducing Myself
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Hi. ForFamily is my pseudo name and I'm an alcoholic. I don't normally frequent online forums. But have read many encouraging posts today. Thank you all for sharing. If I'm not traveling for work, I'm spending a good amount of time at the computer. I can already feel I'm going to need some po...
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Problems with Board...
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We are charged 16.95 per month for this board, and when it goes into any arrears, they start to tinker with things some to give us a wake up call. Right now we are 39.00 in arrears. Right now they have it where you can't tell new post or replies from already read ones. Because of the highlighting code on t...
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Sunrise Quote
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You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. ~Margaret Thatcher
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Simple Reminder 4/23
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Today's Gift 4/23
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Each day is a new start. Each moment is a beginning.We do not have to wait until Monday to get back on the program or clean a closet or tackle a difficult report. We do not have to wait until tomorrow morning, either. Now is the moment to stop, to make a phone call, to begin whatever project we have been p...
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Craving
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Watched a relative go through the nightmare of craving alcohol today. I saw him itching for it this morning and look immensely relieved when he felt like it was okay to grab a beer at noon. And then have numerous glasses of wine in the afternoon. And then get upset for a moment when we proposed going to din...
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