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Off The Hook
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We can learn not to get hooked into unhealthy, self-defeating behaviors in relationships - behaviors such as caretaking, controlling, discounting ourselves, and believing lies.
We can learn to watch for and identify hooks, and choose not to allow ourselves to be hooked.
Often, people do thi...
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Free Stuff
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I love these Joe and Charlie tapes. They are free and download-able from this site. I copied them onto my mp3 player to listen to at night in bed. I listened to the " there is a solution" ones last night (chapter 2, P. 17 in BB)......mindblowing stuff.
http://silkworth.net/freestuff.ht...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 26th January 2008
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ As we became alcoholics, the bad effects of drinking came more and more to outweigh the good effects. But the strange part of it is that, no matter what drinking did to us, loss of our health, our jobs, our money, and our homes, we still stuck to it and depended on it. Our dependenc...
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Favorite Drink?
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Jack D - no coke for me. What about you guys?
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I'm dying inside, but I'm sober. Need some feedback please.
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This a pretty long and complicated story, but I will try to keep it simple. The purpose of me posting this here is to get some feedback that's not just regurgitated AA cliches'. I would really like to hear some true, honest experience, strength and hope on this.
Me and my girlfriend met about 2 years ag...
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Thanks
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Hi everyone, I just wnted to thank all of you for ES&H. I don't know how to reply so I just started a new topic. It means a lot to know that people are truely interested in my recovery when we may be miles apart. It is also nice to know that JoniJoni had said that I might have said that she needed to hea...
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Daily Reflections - RIGOROUS HONESTY - 1-26
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Daily Reflections RIGOROUS HONESTY Who wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? Who cares anything about a Higher Power, let alone meditation and prayer? Who wants to sacrifice time and energy in trying to carry A.A....
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Bill W. passed away on January 24, 1971
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THE WASHINGTON POSTİ Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1971 Known to Thousands as Bill W. Alcoholics Anonymous Founder Dies By Donald E. Graham Washington Post Staff Writer Scores of thousands of people learned for the first time the name of the man who helped them recover from alcoholism when William Griffith W...
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WHAT WE NEED - EACH OTHER - Daily Reflections - 1/25
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WHAT WE NEED - EACH OTHER . . . . A.A. is really saying to every serious drinker, "You are an A.A. member if you say so . . . nobody can keep you out." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 139 For years, whenever I reflected on Tradition Three ("The only requirement for A.A. membership is...
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Expectations
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In order to arrive at possessing everything, desire to possess nothing. - St. John of the Cross
Expectations can cause havoc in our daily living. We all have a basic right to be treated with dignity and respect, but that doesn't mean life will always go our way. The twists and turns of life often carry...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 25th January 2008
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We used to depend on drinking for a lot of things. We depended on drinking to help us enjoy things. It gave us a "kick". It broke down our shyness and helped us to have a "good time". We depended on drinking to help us when we felt low physically. If we had a too...
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Maybe I'm jumpin the gun but...
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I put in my application for school down here... for June Semester... maybe I'm getting ahead of myself, and I really don't know if I'll be ready to start school then, but I think it helps me some to have that done and say I'm starting then, God willing... and if it doesn't work I can keep putting it off to t...
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Importance of sleep
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Hi all For a long time I have realised I do not sleep like other people. I have noticed many effects, some powerful and some subtle, that alcohol has on my sleep. I am looking for somewhere I can discuss this. I am only interested in discussing it with other people who know what it is to be a habitual heavy dr...
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Newby
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Hi. I have been looking for an online something to write and post my feelings on. I came across this board last night after a google search and decided to give it a try. I registered and here I am. I am a 38 year old male. I have been married for 10 years and have 3 kids. Their ages range from 11 to 8 year...
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A long Introduction.
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Hi folks, I'd like to introudce myself, my name's Bruce, and I'm a recovered alcoholic. How it was. I'm long winded, especially today, after finding this place, and I'm writing this part last. Just like an alcoholic, huh, can't do things in order. My parents were divorced when I was 6. My mother remarr...
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AA Founder's Day 2008
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This is the official site, and it will be updated regularly as more information becomes available. http://www.akronaa.org/foundersday/
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It' not all about me!
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I just lost about 60 words because I hit the tab button. Thank God I can just start over. It wasn't so easy with relapse. I will get back to the subject at hand and try to get close to my original document. In the begining you all told me that I am the most important person in the room. I think this might hav...
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~~Types of Meetings?~~
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What kinds of meetings do you like best and why? All meetings, where one alcoholic can speak the "Language of the Heart" to another are a blessing. But some prefer, or are especially blessed by, certain types of meetings. Mine right now are Big Book Studies. It is the first time that these t...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 24th January 2008
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Alcoholics who are living in a blind alley refuse to be really honest with themselves or with other people. They're running away from life and won't face things as they are. They won't give up their resentments. They're too sensitive and too easily hurt. They refuse to try to...
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GETTING INVOLVED - Daily Reflections 1/24
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GETTING INVOLVED There is action and more action. "Faith without works is dead." . . . To be helpful is our only aim. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , pp. 88-89 I understand that service is a vital part of recovery but I often wonder, "What can I do?" Simply start with what I have today! I loo...
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Funny Thing I've Noticed
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I was a huge bourbon and coke drinker. Now when I go to drink a glass of coke, I swear I can still taste the bourbon. Mind tricks or do I need to get a new dishwasher?
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Clearing the Slate
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One of the greatest gifts we can give is an open, loving heart. And holding on to negative feelings from past relationships is our greatest barrier to that gift.
Most of us have had relationships that have ended. When we examine these relationships, we need to clear the emotional slate. Are we holdi...
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Appreciating Our Past
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It is easy to be negative about past mistakes and unhappiness. But it is much more healing to look at ourselves and our past in the light of experience, acceptance, and growth. Our past is a series of lessons that advance us to higher levels of living and loving.
The relationships we entered, stayed i...
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ACK~FLU~ but grateful.....
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Well, I am down with the flu. I just got over pneumonia 2 months ago. Ack! But this time, it isn't because I was running around all hours of the night doing stupid things. I caught this one from my husband. :o) Anyway, I am so grateful, that while I cannot POSSIBLY get out to a meeting this weekend, that MI...
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90 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Just had to share because I truly didnt think I would make it this far!!!! FINALLY, have the big ole 90 days!!! Truly could not have done it without my HP, AA and of course my MIP friends that have saved my ass a million times over! Sometimes without even knowing it! Realize I have a LONG road to tow but am def...
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Gratitude Should Go Forward ~As Bill Sees It~
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Gratitude Should Go Forward "Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward. "In other words, if you carry the message to still others, you will be making the best possible repayment for the help given to you." <<<>>> No satisfaction has been deeper and no j...
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HG's Noon F2F Ringer
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She had about 8 months in I think, showed up and shared that she'd been drunk for 3 days, had snorted an 8 ball of cocaine and her 'wakeup' was when some guy offered her the crack pipe. She bitched, moaned, cried and screamed. Everyone sat quietly and listened for a moment. Then people started to share the...
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Anonymity and spouses
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I don't know how to deal with this. I've been sober about 1 1/2 months. I finally "had enuff" and joined AA, my drinking had been causing problems in my life and in my marriage for several years. I feel good about my recovery, I feel much better about myself overall. When I had enuff afte...
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New Energy Coming
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Fun becomes fun, love becomes love, and life becomes worth living. And we become grateful. -- Beyond Codependency
There is a new energy, a new feeling coming into our life. We cannot base our expectations about how we will feel tomorrow, or even a few hours from now, on how we feel at this moment.
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Interventions
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As most of you are aware I'm sort of the interloper of the group in that I've never developed
or had a problem with alcohol consumption. I started out here to learn from the alcoholic's point of view. You have all graciously accepted that and taught me alot.
I've read about interventions. I'm curious...
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New Baby...and stir crazy!
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I have been a little on and off with posting on the forum, but reading everyone's messages have really helped me in the past few months. When I first found the site I had just moved to a new city, got married, and was newly pregnant. Well, now I have my five-week-old baby on my lap as I type this, and it's he...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 23rd January 2008
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Alcoholics are people whose drinking got them into a "blind alley." They haven't been able to learn anything from their drinking experiences. They are always making the same mistakes and suffering the same consequences over and over again. They refuse to admit...
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HAVING FUN YET? - Daily Reflections 1/23
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HAVING FUN YET? . . . we aren't a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldn't want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying life. We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the world's troubles on our shoulders. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 13...
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my son is on coke
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I have just found out my son is useing coke and gabling every bit of money he has is there anything i can do to help him. Or should i let go with love and ask god to help us both ,please can any-one help me and tell me what i should do thanks Linda xxxxxxxx
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36 Tips for a Powerful New Year
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1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant. 2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to. 3. Buy a Tivo (DVR), tape your late night shows and get more sleep. 4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following stat...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 22nd January 2008
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In the beginning, you want to get sober, but you're helpless, so you turn to a Power greater than yourself and by trusting in that Power, you get the strength to stop drinking. From then on, you want to keep sober, and that's a matter of reeducating your mind. After a while, you ge...
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Miss my sponsor - just sharing
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Well, my sponsor's flight was delayed by a day due to gettting snowed in! I talked to her hubby earlier and she won't land back in S.C. till 9:30 tonight. Got lots going on and really need to share some.... My son came to see me. He's decided not to come back home. He's living with friends, a teenage married...
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History of the disease concept
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We often think of the idea that Alcoholism is a disease as a modern concept. Personally i didn't buy the idea and thought it was a hoax to get money from the insurance company. My sobriety was pretty uncomfortable at first but there came times when I accepted a little more and then a little more that I actu...
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Getting more involved :)
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Hey y'all, I'm going a million miles a minute again tonight... so I'm sorry I know I'm gonna ramble a bit... I really try not to... my friends tell me it's ok cuz they know I can't help it lately but I think it bothers ME more than anyone else lol I went to the meeting down here in MS tonight, it's my homegroup n...
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SERVING MY BROTHER - Daily Reflections 1/21
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SERVING MY BROTHER The member talks to the newcomer not in a spirit of power but in a spirit of humility and weakness. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE p. 279 As the days pass in A.A., I ask God to guide my thoughts and the words that I speak. In this labor of continuous participation in the Fellowship, I h...
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Think I'm going inpatient
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I'm calling my doctor tomorrow.. and I think I'm going inpatient... you know people say "if one person suggests something, listen... if several people suggest something, you better take action"... well several people today have suggested going inpatient. I might have sounded l...
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~As Bill Sees It~ Light From A Prayer
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Light From A Prayer "God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference." <<<>>> We treasure our "Serenity Prayer" because it brings a new light to us that can dissip...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 21st January 2008
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ To grasp the A.A. program, we have to think things out. Saint Paul said, "They are transformed by the renewing of their minds." We have to learn to think straight. We have to change from alcoholic thinking to sober thinking. We must build up a new way of looking at thi...
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My Gratitude List
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How lucky we are in recovery that we can have such a fantastic tool as a gratitude list. I truly believe that a grateful heart can't get drunk. I read that somewhere and it really struck a chord with me.
I've been in pain for just over a week now with a neck condition that has limited what I can and can't do q...
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Wants and Needs
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Part of taking responsibility for us means taking responsibility for what we want and need, and knowing that's okay to do.
Learning to tune in to us, learning to listen to ourselves, is an art. It takes practice. We can use our ability to guess what others want and need and apply that skill to ourselve...
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Welcome to the newcommers..and thoughts are with those going through lifes tests
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LETTING GO TAKES LOVE To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, ...
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just to say hi
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Hi all just wanted to say hi and i hope everyone is ok Linda xxx
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 20th January 2008
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we're all through with lying, hangovers, remorse, and wasting money. When we were drinking we were only half alive. Now that we're trying to live decent, honest, unselfish lives, we're really alive. Life has a new meaning for us, so that we can really enjoy it. We feel t...
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"WE PAUSE . . . AND ASK" - Daily Reflections 1/20
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"WE PAUSE . . . AND ASK" As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.87 Today I humbly ask my Higher Power for the grace to find the space between my impulse and my action; to let flow a cooling breeze when I would r...
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New Beginnings
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Resentments are the blocks that hold us back from loving others and ourselves. Resentments do not punish the other person; they punish us. They become barriers to feeling good and enjoying life. They prevent us from being in harmony with the world. Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loo...
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