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Daily Reflections 3\26
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THE TEACHING IS NEVER OVER March 26, 2008 Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of u...
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All Inclusive!!!!!
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OMG!!! Imagine the most fabulous resort, in Jamaica, away from it all, awesome weather and activities, the best food, all brand name liquor. All of it free for the taking. Well this alcoholic just could not compete and after 3 months of amazing recovery....drank. If you have read any of my posts, you'...
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24Hrs a Day ~ 26th March 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Strength comes also from working with other alcoholics. When you are trying to help a new prospect with the program, you are building up your own strength at the same time. You see the other person in the condition you might be in yourself and it makes your resolve to stay sober s...
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Gratitude
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Hello Everyone.. I apologize if starting a new topic for what follows is not what I should have done. In time, I'll learn the ways of the forum, I hope.. I'm Lee and I'm new here, although i'm not new to the Fellowship. I just want to relate a quick story about gratitude and about how having an "att...
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Gifts, Not Burdens
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Children are gifts, if we accept them. -- Kathleen Turner Crilly
Children are gifts. Our children, if we have children, are a gift to us. We, as children, were gifts to our parents.
Sadly, many of us did not receive the message from our parents that we were gifts to them and to the Universe. Maybe our...
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Alcohol Problems
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my son has 2 dwi"s and calls us to pick him up from bars or friends houses when he wants to come home. We do not want to do this but we are terrified of him getting another DWI AND GOING to jail or him getting into an accident/killing someone on the way home. What do you think we should do/
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made it
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I sweated, cried and prayed it out, and read all of your wonderful posts here. I had terrifying dreams, not about drinking, but about death, losing my job, getting shot, people falling out of windows. I always have vivid, violent dreams when I'm going through a hard time. This just came out of nowhere y...
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BIG FAT CRABBY BUTT!!!!!!
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i TELL YOU, I am in such a rotten mood this weekend. I am having a hard time adjusting to so many hours working during the week, the stress of the field itself, and then MORE endless WORK once the weekend comes. i slept 11 hours between Friday night and Saturday morning, and it STILL did not feel like enoug...
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24-too
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning When I slow down long enough to smell the roses, I usually see the beauty and all else that is ours to share. --Morgan Jennings We overlook so many joys, so many hidden treasures, when we hurry from place to place, person...
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24 hours a day-March 25
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours) A.A. Thought for the Day Strength comes from coming to believe in a Higher Power that can help you. You can't define this Higher Power, but you can see how it helps other alcoholics. You hear them tal...
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Daily Reflections 3\25
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A FULL AND THANKFUL HEART I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain certain conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion that we can ever know. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37 I believe that we in Alcohol...
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Letting Go of Worry
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What if we knew for certain that everything we're worried about today will work out fine?
What if . . . we had a guarantee that the problem bothering us would be worked out in the most perfect way, and at the best possible time? Furthermore, what if we knew that three years from now we'd be grateful for th...
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health scare
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I've had a rough year health wise, not just because of my drinking (though that didn't help). I thought I was emerging from this stuff, but now I'm in the midst of another potential crisis. I'm very scared and angry. Maybe feeling a little sorry for myself, if I'm totally honest. Naturally I want to...
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Daily Reflections 3\24
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Daily Reflections A FULL AND THANKFUL HEART I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain certain conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion that we can ever know. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37 I believ...
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24 hours a day-March 24
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Monday, March 24, 2008 You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours) A.A. Thought for the Day Strength comes from honestly telling your own experiences with drinking. In religion, they call it confession. We call it witnessing or sharing. You give a persona...
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happy easter
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hi all how are ya? I haven't been here in ages as my pc broke and I just got back online. I see some faliliar faces and some new ones. I got sober march 25 2007 ( yay almost one year). this place wasd a life saver those first couple of months so i thought i'd come back and give back good to be here and great to be so...
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Appreciating Ourselves
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We are the greatest things that will ever happen to us. Believe it. It makes life much easier. -- Codependent No More
It is time to stop this nonsense of running around picking on ourselves.
We may have walked through much of our life apologizing for ourselves either directly or indirectly - feeli...
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Easy Way Out
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Its a Sunday and I have had three days straight at home after ages.I am getting irritaed over trivial things, again unable to cope with the stress that my piled up work has put on me. I thought i had got over my break up.But now absolutely i feel so helpless.I feel like crying out at sudden impulse.I feel t...
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thirsty
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I went to my home group meeting this morning and saw my sponsor. Everything was fine. I even got my 30 day chip. Then I went to grocery store with my kids. I went down the aisle next to the wine. I started missing wine something fierce. I long to be a normal drinker, to share a bottle with my husband on the week...
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Happy Easter
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Have a great day! hahahahahaha
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Does anyone even read the daily reflections or 23 hours a day!?
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Daily Reflections 3\23
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March 24, 2008 Daily Reflections . . . AND NO MORE RESERVATIONS We have seen the truth again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic.". . . If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol...
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24 hours a day-March 23
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Sunday, March 23, 2008 You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours) A.A. Thought for the Day Strength comes from the fellowship you find when you come into A.A. Just being with men and women who have found the way out gives you a feeling of security. You listen to the sp...
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Newby
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This is my first time at this site. I am 3 days sober. I just tried to connect the chat and I get a message about java. I have java but do not understand. I hope I can get it working because I would like to participate in meetings on Tuesday and Sunday nights. Can anyone help me with this problem?
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Stopped Counting
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I have stopped keeping track of the days that I have been sobre. Only one day at a time should matter... Today is a national festival out here-its called 'Holi' ..people splash each other with colours , play, merry- some adventurous people drink to celebrate too...I am not among them, so happy to sti...
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30 days
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Well folks, here I am -- 30 days without a drink. I am astounded by how much better I feel, physically and emotionally. Of course, I have a lot of work to do -- I romanticize drinking, I'm self-centered and not always as honest as I should be -- but at least I'm sober (today). I have found so much comfort i...
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5 months!!!!!!
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Well who would have believed it! Feeling great and wondering where all the time went! Life is flying by gloryouosly!!! Thanks to my HP and all of you for seeing me through and allowing this to happen! Isnt life grand!!!! Lani
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Daily Reflections 3\22
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Daily Reflections NO MORE STRUGGLE And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone -- even alcohol. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 When A.A. found me, I thought I was in for a struggle, and that A.A. might provide the strength I needed to beat alcohol. Victorious in that fight, who knows what other battle...
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24 hours a day-March 22
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Saturday, March 22, 2008 You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours) A.A. Thought for the Day We're all looking for the power to overcome drinking. When we alcoholics come into A.A., our first question is: "How do I get the strength to quit?" At first it s...
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more easter fun
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LOVE peeps!!!! Not sure who sent this to me but what a hoot!!!!! One minute a spring flower blooming, the next a foot of snow! Happy Easter!!!!
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Letting Go of Being a Victim
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It's okay to have a good day. Really.
It's okay to be doing okay and to feel like our life is manageable and on track.
Many of us have learned, as part of our survival behaviors, that the way to get the attention and approval we want is to be victims. If life is awful, too difficult, unmanageable, too ha...
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Happy Easter!
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Have a wonderful Easter break all my lovely Sober~Vibing onliners! I'm going upto Perth, Scotland for the weekend on spiritual pursuits. You'll all be with me in spirit & I'll look forward to coming back & seeing how you all are. Look after each other ;) If anyone would like to take care of the 2...
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Considering Commitment
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Pay attention to your commitments.
While many of us fear committing, it's good to weigh the cost of any commitment we are considering. We need to feel consistently positive that it's an appropriate commitment for us.
Many of us have a history of jumping -- leaping headfirst -- into commitments w...
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24 hours a day-March 21
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Thought for the Day Friday, March 21, 2008 You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours) A.A. Thought for the Day In A.A. we forget about the future. We know from experience that as time goes on, the future takes care of itself. Everything works out well, as lon...
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Privacy Issues
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Dear All, Here's something I have been pondering over from some time.Since it was bothering me, and then, I read tuggboat's response to a new member in which he talks about past being best shared with one person(sponser),and also how all information is stored on google, it set me thinking again...I...
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Daily Reflections 3\21
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Daily Reflections MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING Fear... of economic insecurity will leave us. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 Having fear reduced or eliminated and having economic circumstances improve, are two different things. When I was new in A.A., I had those two ideas confused. I thought...
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Daily Reflections 3\20
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Daily Reflections LOVE AND TOLERANCE Love and tolerance of others in our code. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 I have found that I have to forgive others in all situations to maintain any real spiritual progress. The vital importance of forgiving may not be obvious to me at first sight, but my studies tel...
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Releasing
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Let fears slip away. Release any negative, limiting, or self-defeating beliefs buried in your subconscious too. These beliefs may be about life, love, or yourself. Beliefs create reality.
Let go. From as deep within as your fears, resentments, and negative beliefs are stored, let them all go. L...
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24Hrs a Day ~ 20th March 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When we were drinking, we used to worry about the future. Worry is terrible mental punishment. What's going to become of me? Where will I end up? In the gutter or the sanitarium? We can see ourselves slipping, getting worse and worse, and we wonder what the finish will be. Somet...
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TORNADO hit me!
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For those who saw the news.... I just wanted to let ya'll know...I won't be around much.... I still have a house, but not much of one.......No electricity, probably for several more days or a week or possibly 2 they say.... Not much fun sitting in the dark, so here I am at work.... I'm feeling very grate...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 19th March 2008
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When we were drinking, we used to be ashamed of the past. Remorse is terrible mental punishment: ashamed of ourselves for the things we've said and done, afraid to face people because of what they might think of us, afraid of the consequences of what we did when we were drunk. In...
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In need of help and support!
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I'm new to this board. I attempted to quit drinking several months ago, but then I somehow rationalized that I could drink once a week. Bad idea. I feel like a broken person. I humilated myself again, got thrown out of a bar because I was requesting more alcohol, knocking over barstools, and beli...
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Being strong - Day 1
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This is my first day to check out this site. I've enjoyed reading the message boards. One said, "Stay away from the places where you are tempted to drink". For me it's not bars, it's home. (so embarrassing). I guess this has become my coping buddy at home when alone. Sipping wine or be...
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Hey Everyone
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Hello to everyone I have noticed that there are several new people on the board, which is fantastic - and it is great to see the elderstatesmen/women still on the board also. Well, thought I would drop a few lines to let you know that I am still here and still sober. I have been busy looking and have f...
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24-too
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 You are reading from the book Today's Gift Where is the yesterday that worried us so? --Joan Walsh Anglund In the fairy tale The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree, the oak tree felt sorry for the dayfly. The dayfly only lives for one day, and the tree was already 365 years old....
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Daily Reflections 3\19
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Prayer: It works It has been well said that "almost the only scoffers at prayer are those who never tried it enough." Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 97 Having grown up in an agnostic household, I felt somewhat foolish when I first tried praying. I knew there was a Higher Power work...
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I have a sponsor!
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This morning I went to my home group meeting, which I love -- they even have babysitters for the kids! As I walked into the meeting, I saw the woman who was the first person I met at my first meeting. I hadn't seen her since, until today. She hugged me, then asked point blank, "So, do you have a sponsor y...
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Happy Birthday Danielle!!! (Sobrietyspell)
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Happy Birthday Danielle!!! -- Edited by StPeteDean at 22:48, 2008-03-18
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Staying Out of the Middle
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"I don't want to get in the middle, but . . ." is a sign that we may have just stepped into the middle.
We do not have to get caught in the middle of other people's issues, problems, or communication. We can let others take responsibility for themselves in their relationships. We can let them...
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Checking In,,,,,,
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Hi All!! It has been a busy week so far, with great joy as well as sorrow. I love my new clinical site, and they have the most awesome state-of-the-art technology. My husband is finally on the way home from Oklahoma after about 10 hours of delayed flights, due to the flooding in Dallas- Ft. Worth. There ha...
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