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Setting Our Own Course
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We are powerless over other people's expectations of us. We cannot control what others want, what they expect, or what they want us to do and be.
We can control how we respond to other people's expectations.
During the course of any day, people may make demands on our time, talents, energy, money,...
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H.A.L.T. WEEK FOR ME
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Well, the good old AA slogans come to the rescue once again!!!!! I have been putting in massive hours studying this weekend, as I take my National Certification Exam next Saturday Morning for Medical Office Management and Medical Assisting. Without AA and recovery, I would definitely not have been...
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Our Path
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I just spent several hours with someone from my group, and I feel like I'm losing my mind. This woman insisted that the only way I would make progress in my program was to go to her church and succumb to her religious rules. She pushed and insisted, and insisted and pushed. She's been in the program so much...
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24 Hours A Day, Feb 18
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Monday, February 18, 2008
You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours)
A.A. Thought for the Day
After I became an alcoholic, alcohol poisoned my love for my family and friends, it poisoned my ambition, it poisoned my self-respect. It poisoned my whole life, until I m...
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Being Right
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Recovery is not about being right; it's about allowing ourselves to be who we are and accepting others as they are.
That concept can be difficult for many of us if we have lived in systems that functioned on the "right/wrong" justice scale. The person who was right was okay; the person who...
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Win the "Git-R-Done" mobile
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[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodge-Ram-1500-4x4-Sport-Larry-the-Cable-Guy-2000-Dodge-Ram-Truck-Fully-Loaded_W0QQitemZ25...
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Newbie- Alcoholic? I need to take control!
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So they say admitting your weakness is the first step in getting help. I've never considered myself an alcoholic, I just thought I needed to find my "limit" and stay in control of that. Well that never seems to work. I've been reading and find that i'm probably a binge drinker and I guess that...
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24 Hours A Day, Feb 19
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours)
A.A. Thought for the Day
Many things we do in A.A. are in preparation for that crucial moment when, walking down the street on a nice sunshiny day, we see a nice cool cocktail lounge and the idea of h...
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I'm Not Different - Daily Reflections - February 19
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I'M NOT DIFFERENT In the beginning, it was four whole years before A.A. brought permanent sobriety to even one alcoholic woman. Like the "high bottoms, " the women said they were different; . . . The Skid-Rower said he was different . . . so did the artists and the professional people, the ri...
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Our Paths Are Our Own - Daily Reflections - February 18
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OUR PATHS ARE OUR OWN ... there was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 25 My first attempt at the Steps was one of obligation and necessity, which resulted in a deep feeling of discouragement in the face of all those adverbs: cour...
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Acceptance
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Our basic recovery concept that never loses its power to work miracles is the concept called acceptance.
We do not achieve acceptance in a moment. We often have to work through a mirage of feelings - sometimes anger, outrage, shame, self-pity, or sadness. But if acceptance is our goal, we will achi...
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24hrs a Day ~ 17th February 2008
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Alcohol is poison to the alcoholic. Poison is not too strong a word, because alcoholism leads eventually to the death of the alcoholic. It may be a quick death or a slow death. When we go by package stores and see various kinds of liquor all dressed up in fancy packages to make it l...
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The Love in Their Eyes - Daily Reflections - February 17
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THE LOVE IN THEIR EYES Some of us won't believe in God, others can't, and still others who do not believe that God exists have no faith whatever He will perform this miracle. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 25 It was the changes I saw in the new people who came into the Fellowship that helped me lose...
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COMMITMENT - Daily Reflections - February 16
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COMMITMENT Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 125 There came a time in my program of recovery when the third stanza of the Serenity Prayer -- "The wisdom to know the difference" -- be...
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Happy Valentines day
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Everyone have a SWEET day! xo Lani -- Edited by lani at 23:51, 2008-02-13
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SABOTAGE??????
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No, not the Beastie Boys' song.... LOL I mean in my recovery. I have at times before gotten so wrapped up in "achieving" outside of AA, that I have at times slacked severely on the things that keep me sober. I can't go through this again, guys. I am taking Certification Exams soon for my degree...
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24hrs a Day ~ 15th February 2008
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ If alcoholism were just a physical allergy, like asthma or hay fever, it would be easy for us, by taking a skin test with alcohol to find out whether or not we're alcoholics. But alcoholism is not just a physical allergy. It's also a mental allergy or obsession. After we've beco...
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TAKING ACTION - Daily Reflections - February 15,
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TAKING ACTION Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us--sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 One of the most important things A.A. has given me, in addition to freedom from booze,...
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Leading Meetings
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Can Alanoners lead an AA meeting? I live in a very small rural community. I have been going to AA meetings here rather than drive the 30 miles in the snow. I offered to start concurrent Alanon meetings. I have had a few meetings. The usual leader for AA said he couldn't be at the meeting Mon nite and asked me...
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Detachment
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The concept of letting go can be confusing to many of us. When are we doing too much or trying too hard to control people and outcomes? When are we doing too little? When is what we're doing an appropriate part of taking care of ourselves? What is our responsibility, and what isn't?
These issues can cha...
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24hrs a Day ~ 14th February 2008
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Thought for the Day ~ After that first drink, we had a single track mind. It was like a railroad train. The first drink started it off and it kept going on the single track until it got to the end of the line, drunkeness. We alcoholics knew this was the inevitable result when we took the first drink, but stil...
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Control
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Sometimes, the gray days scare us. Those are the days when the old feelings come rushing back. We may feel needy, scared, ashamed, and unable to care for ourselves.
When this happens, it's hard to trust ourselves, others, the goodness of life, and the good intentions of our Higher Power. Problems s...
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Trusting Ourselves
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What a great gift we've been given - ourselves. To listen to ourselves, to trust instinct and intuition, is to pay tribute to that gift.
What a disservice not to heed the leadings and leanings that so naturally arise from within. When will we learn that these leadings and leanings draw us into God's r...
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Valentine's Day
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For children, Valentine's Day means candy hearts, silly cards, and excitement in the air.
How different Valentine's Day can be for us as adults. The Love Day can be a symbol that we have not yet gotten love to work for us as we would like.
Or it can be a symbol of something different, something better...
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WE CAN'T THINK OUR WAY SOBER - Daily Reflections - 2/13
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WE CAN'T THINK OUR WAY SOBER To the intellectually self-sufficient man or woman, many A.A.'s can say, "Yes, we were like you--far too smart for our own good.... Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brain power alone." AS BILL SEES IT, p. 60 Even the most brillian...
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24hrs a Day ~ 13th February 2008
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Thought for the Day ~ Sometimes we can't help thinking: Why can't we ever drink again? We know it's because we're alcoholics, but why did we have to get that way? The answer is that at some time in our drinking careers, we passed what is called our "tolerance point." When we passed this point,...
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Go to any lengths...
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Go to any lengths to get home that is!!!!! So, Go to my home group early tonight because it was my turn to set up, etc. My meeting is basically behind my house at my old church but I drive around the block to get there. Snowing and cold here you know! So after the meeting, start my car, get out to scrape the snow...
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M.I.P. AA Pet Show :o)
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ChickenLittle has inspired me to share my pets!! Everybody come share your babies here!!! My animals have provided such a comfort in my recovery... I am truly grateful for them!! There was a time when I could not even take care of myself, yet now thanks to AA I have a little family that is thriving!! Jon...
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EXPECTATIONS vs. DEMANDS - Daily Reflections - 2/14
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Happy Valentine's Day! EXPECTATIONS vs. DEMANDS Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98 Dealing with expectations is a frequent topic at meetings. It isn't wro...
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There's more to life....
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I took up photography lately. Another one of those ideas I spent hours talking about from the bar stool, without ever taking a shot. Anyway I went out last saturday to a local market to take some portraits of the sellers. What do you think? Any good? It was so good (and strange) to be out on a fine saturday m...
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24hrs a Day ~ 12th February 2008
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ As we look back on all those troubles we used to have when we were drinking, the hospitals, the jails, we wonder how we could have wanted that kind of life. As we look back on it now, we see our drinking life as it really was and we're glad we're out of it. So after a few months in A.A., w...
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New "kids"!!!
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Well... working on building up my zoo... lol I lost my bunny... still planning to get another one I think, found a breeder up in TN but I've got my hands full for awhile and gotta do a lot of researching, so might hold off on a new bunny for awhile lol Someone gave me a mated pair of Cockatiels!! And the...
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I am new to A.A. on the outside, just out of prison
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I am looking for direction and guidance, especially on how to handle my new life on the outside as I have been released from prison after doing 12 years. I am lost out here. Help! Note: I have been involved and sober since 9/06/2000. Also, I found this becuase my nephew is helping with all this internet s...
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"THE ROOT OF OUR TROUBLES" - Daily Reflections - 2/12
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"THE ROOT OF OUR TROUBLES" Selfishness--self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of all our troubles. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 62 How amazing the revelation that the world, and everyone in it, can get along just fine with or without me. What a relief to know that people, places and...
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Let Go of the Past
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"Your journey has molded you for your greater good, and it was exactly what it needed to be. Don't think that you've lost time. There is no short-cutting to life. It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the now. And now is right on time." -- Asha Tyson No regrets. A...
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Letting Go of Those Not in Recovery
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We can go forward with our life and recoveries, even though someone we love is not yet recovering.
Picture a bridge. On one side of the bridge it is cold and dark. We stood there with others in the cold and darkness, doubled over in pain. Some of us developed an eating disorder to cope with the pain. Some...
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24hrs a Day ~ 11th February 2008
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ If we're going to stay sober, we've got to learn to want something else more than we want to drink. When we first came into A.A., we couldn't imagine wanting anything else so much or more than drinking. So we had to stop drinking on faith, on faith that some day we really would want...
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shingles and alcohol
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i had shingles last year and eye infection and i still have phn and i feel alcohol irritates the phn around eye
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All Roads Closed and In for the day.:)
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Husband (a doctor) and his wife are having a fight at the breakfast table. Husband gets up in a rage and says, 'And you are no good in bed either,' and storms out of the house. After some time he realizes he was nasty and decides to make amends and rings her up. She comes to the phone after many rings, and the i...
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ESP
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I was the speaker at my home groups Saterday night live last night. Being sober only over a year I just feel that I did not have very much sobriety to speak of. 30 yrs. of drinking and one of sobriety lead to a lot of drinking stories. I tried to point out where I went wrong in my first attempt to get sober, a...
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THE LIMITS OF SELF-RELIANCE - Daily Reflections - 2/11
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THE LIMITS OF SELF-RELIANCE We asked ourselves why we had them [fears]. Wasn't it because self-reliance failed us? ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.68 All of my character defects separate me from God's will. When I ignore my association with Him I face the world and my alcoholism alone and must depend on sel...
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Divinely Led
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Send me the right thought, word, or action. Shaw me what my next step should be. In times of doubt and indecision please send your inspiration and guidance. -- Alcoholics Anonymous
The good news of surrendering ourselves and our life to a Power greater than ourselves is that we come into harmony wit...
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24hrs a Day ~ 10th February 2008
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Since I realized that I had become an alcoholic and could never have any more fun with liquor and since I knew that from then on liquor would always get me into trouble, common sense told me that the only thing left for me was a life of sobriety. But I learned another thing in A.A.,...
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Letting Go of Sadness
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A block to joy and love can be unresolved sadness from the past.
In the past, we told ourselves many things to deny the pain: It doesn't hurt that much.... Maybe if I just wait, things will change.... It's no big deal. I can get through this.... Maybe if I try to change the other person, I won't have to cha...
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Just me...
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Hey y'all, Hope everyone's doing ok... my internet has been horribly slow lately especially on this site for some reason... so just checking in every once in awhile... but I'm hoping to get high speed internet really soon. I did my 5th step in a "hurricane" Tuesday night... the storms t...
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I DON'T RUN THE SHOW - Daily Reflections - 2/10
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I DON'T RUN THE SHOW When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is, or He isn't. What was our choice to be? ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.53 Today my choic...
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I CAN'T COTROL HIM - IT'S NOT MY LIFE - I HAVE TO ACCEPT IT
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Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! My 17 yr old son had moved in with a teenage married couple and the girl's baby a few months ago. The baby (who is precious btw) belongs to one boy, she's married and now separated from another boy and MY son is now her boyfriend!!!!! ARRRRRGGGHHHHH!!! I know I can't control him! B...
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Another Death
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I went to my home group tonight only to find out one of our members died during the week. He was a great young guy, only 22. He hanged himself during the week. Everyone was really upset, couldn't believe it. That brings to two in the last 2 months. The other member died after going back out after 5 years sobr...
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24hrs a Day ~ 9th February 2008
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In the past, we kept right on drinking in spite of all the trouble we got into. We were foolish enough to believe that drinking could still be fun in spite of everything that happened to us. When we came into A.A., we found a lot of people who, like ourselves, had had fun with drinki...
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To all the newcomers
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Welcome to MIP! Keep coming back. I am an Alanoner. I come to this board and go to open AA meetings occasionally. I want to learn to let go of my AHsober and to support the alcoholics. At meetings and here online, There is power in our stories and our pain. It may not seem like you are making progress but you a...
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