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It's become a way of life.
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Hi, i'm new here and I wanted to get a post off my chest. I'm Paul, 21 years old, and i'm an alcoholic. I don't know how this happened, what series of steps led me to this point, but the days i'm living right now are the worst i've ever been living in my life. I'm rapidly spiraling downward, and it's time to put...
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Nurturing Self Care
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... there isn't a guidebook for setting boundaries. Each of us has our own guide inside ourselves. If we continue to work at recovery, our boundaries will develop. They will get healthy and sensitive. Our selves will tell us what we need to know, and we'll love ourselves enough to listen. -- Beyond Cod...
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Happy New Year
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Happy New Year to all Miracles In Progress Family!
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 1st January 2008
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ When I came into A.A., was I a desperate person? Did I have a soul-sickness? Was I so sick of myself and my way of living that I couldn't stand looking at myself in the mirror? Was I ready for A.A.? Was I ready to try anything that would help me to get sober and to try to get over my soul-...
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Sharing My Recovery Journey
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My recovery journey began in 1997, when I went to my first AA meeting, I knew I was an alcoholic because it very obvious to me that when I drank, I drank until I passed out. In addition, I made very bad decisions. When I drank I would do coke, or I would have unprotected sex, or I would weave when driving, ob...
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Daily Reflections 1/2
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FIRST, THE FOUNDATION Is sobriety all that we can expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning. As Bill Sees It, p. 8 Practicing the A.A. program is like building a house. First I had to pour a big, thick concrete slab on which to erect the house; that, to me, was the equivalent...
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Healthy Limits
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Boundaries are vital to recovery. Having and setting healthy limits' is connected to all phases of recovery: growing in self esteem, dealing with feelings, and learning to really love and value ourselves.
Boundaries emerge from deep within. They are connected to letting go of guilt and shame, a...
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Starting New
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A Moment of Choice There are times in our lives that lend themselves to starting something new. The beginning of a new year, finishing school, leaving a job, or changing homesthese all are times that turn our minds to fresh starts. Their advantage is that they bring with them the energy of that event, c...
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Moving On
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Learn the art of acceptance. It's a lot of grief. -- Codependent No More
Sometimes, as part of taking care of ourselves, it becomes time to end certain relationships. Sometimes, it comes time to change the parameters of a particular relationship.
This is true in love, in friendships, with famil...
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nervous
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I just watched Intervention and they had said that when someone stops drinking they get seizures - according to the National Institutional of Health or something like it. Well my mom used to have seizures but hasn't since I was 8 (I'm 20 going on 21) now I'm even more scared about the idea of her quitting...
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saying hello to the board
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i found this website about a year ago, i was looking for online support and found this one, never wrote in, just knew i needed some help. i haven't had a drink or a line of coke since feb 1997, but i have been on and off weed the for ten years, until i finally hit my "real" bottom, march 27, 2007. i...
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Daily Reflections 1/1
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January 1, 2008
Daily Reflections
"I AM A MIRACLE"
The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our
Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed
miraculous. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us
which we could never d...
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The New Year
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Make New Year's goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you're interested in fully living life in the year to come.
Goals give us direction. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, consc...
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Daily Reflections 12/31
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Daily Resolutions The idea of "twenty-four-hour" living applies primarily to the emotional life of the individual. Emotionally speaking, we must not live in yesterday, nor in tomorrow. As Bill Sees It, p. 284 A New year: 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes--a ti...
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Loving Presence
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In our everyday life we are surrounded by a variety of people. Some of the people we deal with on a daily basis are a joy to be with, and their loving presence nurtures and encourages us. Others may have the opposite effect, draining us of our energy, making us feel tired and exhausted. Our well-being can...
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Affirming the Good
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'Fun becomes fun, love becomes love, life becomes worth living. And we become grateful.' -- Beyond Codependency
Wait, and expect good things - for yourself and your loved ones.
When you wonder what is coming, tell yourself the best is coming, the very best life and love have to offer, the best Go...
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Laying the Foundation
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The groundwork has been laid.
Do you not see that?
Don't you understand that all you have gone through was for a purpose?
There was a reason, a good reason, for the waiting, the struggle, the pain, and finally the release.
You have been prepared. The same way a builder must first tear down and di...
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Rationalizing / dennial - funny
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A man walks into a pub. The bartender asks him, "What'll you have?"
The man says, "Give me three pints of Guinness please."
So the bartender brings him three pints and the man proceeds to alternately sip one, then the other, then the third until they're gone. He then orders...
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The Value of Just Being
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"To do great work a man must be very idle as well as very industrious." -- Samuel Butler Many of us have been taught to believe that we are valued for what we do, not just for who we are. Doing is important, but to keep life in balance, we also need time to just be. Henry David Thoreau expressed th...
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Makes sense to this kid!! :)
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Alternative Affirmations for the New Year... 1. As I let go of my feelings of guilt, I am in touch with my inner sociopath. 2. I have the power to channel my imagination into ever-soaring levels of suspicion and paranoia. 3. I assume full responsibility for my actions, except the ones that are someone e...
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Daily Reflections 12/30
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ANONYMITY Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 564 Tradition Twelve became important early in my sobriety and, along with the Twelve Steps, it continues to be a must in my recovery. I became...
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Looking for a member in Fallon, Nevada
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I am in California and have family in Nevada, would love to talk to someone in the Fallon area.
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Advice - Suggestions - Thoughts - OFF topic Help needed
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Let me preface this by stating if anyone objects to this thread, please by all means, Mods, delete it. Any and all suggestions, advice and thoughts are greatly appreciated. Some of you know, I own a Beauty Salon, have for the last 7 years, worked there for 3 of those prior to my divorce and being forced to...
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I'm afraid I'm going to backslide
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So many issues. So much crap and no sponsor yet has me wondering how much longer I can go on like this. Even with everything I have going on right now I'm not desiring to drink, but I can see what can happen in the future if I'm not careful and I'm terrified! How does one find a sponsor who isn't more intereste...
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AA slogans
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Thought I'd share these slogans as a lot of them Ive never heard before....Enjoy The steps keep us from suicide; the traditions keep us from homicide. The only thing alcoholics do in moderation is the 12 steps! The elevator is broken - take the steps! Step 13: My life is unmanageable, and I want to share...
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Daily Reflections 12/29
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THE JOY OF LIVING . . . . therefore the joy of good living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 125 A.A. is a joyful program! Even so, I occasionally balk at taking the necessary steps to move ahead, and find myself resisting the very actions that could bring about th...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 28th Dec 07
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ A.A. may be human in its organization, but it is divine in its purpose. The purpose is to point me toward God and the good life. My feet have been set upon the right path. I feel it in the depths of my being. I am going in the right direction. The future can be safely left to God. Whatev...
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Good Luck, Joni! x
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Goodluck, Joni. I want to wish you well in your Stopdate if you're managing to quit smoking today. It'll be a month for me on 1st January so you're in good company. I want to give you a nudge & encourage you to stay strong. I've made this work for me so far with some very strong, adamant, defenceful t...
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The Best Christmas Present
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Hi everyone! This might be a little long but is a good Christmas wish story. It started Dec. 7, 2007. My brother landed on my doorstep. He just got out of jail and was sentenced to a 2 year Recovery place. He had to buy his own bus ticket. So he put it off for days to work for the bus money. He had the money...
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The Day After Christmas
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Jack woke up with a huge hangover after attending his company's Christmas Party. He didn't even remember how he got home from the party. As bad as he was feeling, he wondered if he did something wrong. Jack had to force himself to open his eyes, and the first thing he saw was a couple of aspirins next to a gl...
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Daily Reflections 12/28
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SUIT UP AND SHOW UP In A.A. we aim not only for sobriety - we try again to become citizens of the world that we rejected, and of the world that once rejected us. This is the ultimate demonstration toward which Twelfth Step work is the first but not the final step. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 21 The old line says, "...
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Near the Top
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I know you're tired. I know you feel overwhelmed. You may feel as though this crisis, this problem, this hard time will last forever.
It won't. You are almost through.
You don't just think it has been hard; it has been hard. You have been tested, tried, and retested on what you have learned.
Your b...
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Staying Open to Our Feelings
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Many of us have gotten so good at following the "don't feel" rule that we can try to talk ourselves out of having feelings, even in recovery.
"If I was really working a good program, I wouldn't feel angry."
"I don't get angry. I'm a Christian. I forgive and forget."...
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Everyone have a good Christmas?
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Hey y'all, Well, I thought I'd just check in, people in various places online are starting to wonder if I've fallen off the face of the earth lol My boyfriend got in town early Saturday morning, so I haven't been online much really, he should be here thru Sunday or Monday We had a good Christmas, we...
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Panic
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Don't panic!
If panic strikes, we do not have to allow it to control our behaviors. Behaviors controlled by panic tend to be self-defeating. No matter what the situation or circumstance, panic is usually not a good foundation. No matter what the situation or circumstance, we usually have at least...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 27th Dec 07
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I need the A.A. principles for the development of the buried life within me, that good life, which I had misplaced, but which I found again in this fellowship. This life within me is developing slowly but surely, with many set-backs, many mistakes, many failures, but still de...
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Alcoholic rules...
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I'm reading Anthony Kiedis' book "Scar Tissue" again after a couple years and today ran across a paragraph that struck me as familiar to my own trip with alcohol (pp 147-148): "Before I left L.A. I was using more heroin than I wanted to. I started off with these rules that I'd do it once a...
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I'M OUTTA HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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LOL... In case I don't get the chance, I wanted to post a message before I leave for Fla. in a couple of days. May everyone at MIP have a very enjoyable, blessed and SOBER Christmas and New Year!!! To John and Rose and everyone, thanks for welcoming me back recently. This is a terrific group, and a wonderfu...
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Glad to be BACK!!
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Hello everyone this is Rosco here to happily say that I am back on the site after completing 5 months @ a halfway house. I just did a step 5 with a network person. The steps are the best thing for me. I am truly learning and living the AA way of life. It is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I just ce...
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Happy New Year
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Hi all, Thought I'd start a new thread!!!! Hahahahaha To all of you, Have a very happy new year!!!!
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 25th Dec 07
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A.A. - Thought for the Day ~ Many alcoholics will be saying today: "This is a good Christmas for me." They will be looking back over past Christmases which were not like this one. They will be thanking God for their sobriety and their newfound life. They will be thinking about how their lives...
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Merry Xmas MIP
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Thankyou all for being here with me. You mean so much. More than I could say though I manage a little nearly everyday! ;) I've been off on a mini~adventure of self~discovery. It has been hardwork & I have disappointed myself more than once but I have learned alot. Even what not to do & what I wa...
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Growth
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Just as when we were children and grew out of favorite toys and clothes, we sometimes grow out of things as adults - people, jobs, and homes. This can be confusing. We may wonder why someone or something that was so special and important to us last year doesn't fit the same way in our life today. We may wond...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 26th Dec 07
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I am glad to be a part of A.A., of that great fellowship that is spreading over the United States and all over the world. I am only one of the many A.A.s, but I am one. I am grateful to be living at this time, when I can help A.A. to grow, when it needs me to put my shoulder to the wheel and h...
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Merry Christmas to Everyone at MIP!
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I want to wish everybody at MIP a wonderful, safe and sober Christmas.
And, just to say 'thank you' for making this board such a very special place all through the year.
With love,
Carol
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Just saying Hey
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My name is John, and I just joined. My sobriety date is 1/2/07. I was just looking for a meesage board that was more AA oriented. I have 3 (2-6 and 1-13) children and a wife that I am grateful not to have lost, because of my drinking. I am so happy to be sober today even though as you could emagine my house...
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Outta here, too!
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This is my last night to work. Off for the next 10 days! Woo Hoo! Headed to my John's, then we're hopping on the Harley for a road trip ..... IF this old body can take it (say a prayer)..... Ya'll be safe, sober and have a great Holiday Hugs, love, and peace to all. Jen
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Almost forgot
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Well my friends! Believe it or not, I almost forgot I have two months finally!!!!!!!! (yesterday actually!!!) Didnt get a coin cuz we were at an open lead and they only give out coins to "their" group members. Couldnt have done it without HP and of course all of you!!!!! So, thanks!!!! Lani
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What???
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....And they heard him exclaim, as he flew out of sight: "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!" Our best to you all!!!...Tim and Michelle
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The Holidays
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Sometimes, the holidays are filled with the joy we associate with that time of year. The season flows. Magic is in the air.
Sometimes, the holidays can be difficult and lonely.
Here are some ideas I've learned through personal experience, and practice, to help us get through difficult holidays...
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