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UT_OH
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Ok friends, Remind me why I dont want to drink!!!! Having a bad day! Yelled at my daughter, told her shes self centered because all;'s I ever do is run her around and she talks back at me.... Yelled at husband, because everytime I ask him a question I feel like he;'s jumping down my throat....Dont even wan...
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Holiday Card for all MIP members
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Happy Holidays to all Miracles In Progress Members! Lots of Love, from Rose and John
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The fear inside of me!
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Getting and staying sober has shown me just how afraid I am and have always been....... It started at a very young age. My first memories are in kindergarten. I didn't fit in. My coloring wasn't as good as someone else's. The other kids wore better clothes. I had to go to a baby-sitters after school whi...
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Truth - Keeping it simple
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The truth is more important than the facts. --Frank Lloyd Wright. Before recovery, we relied on false facts about addiction. We said things like, "I can quit anytime I want." "If you had my family, you'd drink too." The truth is, we were out of control. We couldn't manage our liv...
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Happy Tuesday All!
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Hey Everyone! Hope you all are having a purfect day! I sure am! Health is finally back to "normal". Praying it stays that way. Today is day 4 for me from EVERYTHING! Longest time I have had in over a year! Love you all! Allison
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This guy musta been an Alky....I can identify..:)
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December 8 - 6:00 PM It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat For hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses Print. So romantic we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow! December 9 ...
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Work Roles
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How easy it is to dive into roles at work. How easy it is to place other people in roles. Sometimes, this is necessary, appropriate, and expedient.
But we can also let our self-shine through our role.
There is joy in giving our gift of skill at work, at giving ourselves to the task at hand so thoroughl...
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Daily Reflections 12/19
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UNDERSTANDING THE MALADY When dealing with an alcoholic, there may be a natural annoyance that a man could be so weak, stupid and irresponsible. Even when you understand the malady better, you may feel this feeling rising. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 139 Having suffered from alcoholism, I should und...
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Quitting
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Dont Quit!! When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all up hill, When the funds are low, and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer with it's twists and t...
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Bad health in sobriety too.
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Im 14 days sober today and this last week havent felt too clever at all. I LOVE being sober but I dont know what to do about my health and the pain. I suffer with fibromaelgia, endometriosis and tietzes syndrome. The fibromaelgia and the tietzes syndrome both effect the muscles around my chest and bac...
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A good read for me!
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Got this from a friend today, and I can definitely apply it to my recovery. I hope you don't mind me sharing it with you! The Law of the Garbage Truck How often do you let other people's nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive employee ruin your day? Unle...
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fed up of AA at the moment
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hmmm, we've all been there, but i guess it's my turn- again. i have a love/hate relationship with AA!!! but it hasn't done me any harm at all- i've been sober for a while now, but my meetings have gone down to a minimal amount as of recent. it's probably just a phase, but sometimes the negativity in the room...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 18th Dec 07
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Unless we have the key of faith to unlock the meaning of life, we are lost. We do not choose faith because it is one way for us, but because it is the only way. Many have failed and will fail. For we cannot live victoriously without faith; we are at sea without a rudder or an anchor, dr...
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Is everyone getting into the SPIRIT???
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My first day. Feeling positive.
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Hi Everyone, It is great to find this board. I attended my first meeting today. I've been without a drink now for about 12 hours and feeling good. A.
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3 weeks today/sobriety sucks, etc.
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Well, okay, sobrietys not that horrible per se... Of course im datin some girl who doesnt drink at all, sooo.. that sorta makes it easier i guess...of course im disobeying the old veterans advice bout datin, but meh... Anyways 21 days today, and havent really been thirsty, which is good. I have discov...
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~As Bill Sees It~
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Never Again! "Most people feel more secure on the twenty-four-hour basis than they do in the resolution that they will never drink again. Most of them have broken too many resolutions. It's really a matter of personal choice; every AA has the privilege of interpreting the program as he likes. &...
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Newbie here
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[spoiler]
Hello!
As you can see I'm new here, but not that new to AA. The 22nd of this month will be 2.5 yrs sobriety for me. I'm just looking for new people to meet and share stories with and, of course, to learn.
I have my favorite meetings that I attend regularly and, of c...
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~As Bill Sees It~
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Newcomer Problems The temptation is to become rather possessive of newcomers. Perhaps we try to give them advice about their affairs which we aren't really competent to give or ought not give at all. Then we are hurt and confused when the advice is rejected, or when it is accepted and brings still grea...
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Taking Care of Ourselves Emotionally
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What does it mean to take care of myself emotionally? I recognize when I'm feeling angry, and I accept that feeling without shame or blame.
I recognize when I'm feeling hurt, and I accept those feelings without attempting to punish the source of my pain. I recognize and feel fear when that emotion pr...
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Testing.....
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Trying to figure out how to work this picture thingy into my posts.... did it work? Hope so.... sorry guys!! Joni
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Daily Reflections 12/17
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A PRICELESS REWARD . . . . work with other alcoholics. . . . It works when other activities fail. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 "Life will take on a new meaning," as the Big Book says (p. 89) This promise has helped me to avoid self-seeking and self-pity. To watch others grow in this wonderful pr...
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Nurturing Ourselves
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Many of us have been so deprived of nurturing that we think it's silly or self-indulgent. Nurturing is neither silly nor self-indulgent; it's how we show love for ourselves. That's what we're striving for in recovery - a loving relationship with ourselves that works, so we can have loving relations...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 17th Dec 07
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The way of faith is, of course, not confined to A.A. It is the way for everybody who really wants to live. But many people can go through life without much of it. Many are doing so, to their own sorrow. The world is full of lack of faith. Many people have lost confidence in any meanin...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 16th Dec 07
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The way of A.A. is the way of faith. We don't get the full benefit of the program until we surrender our lives to some Power greater than ourselves and trust that Power to give us the strength we need. There is no better way for us. We can get sober without it. We can stay sober for som...
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Finally getting some help
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I'm not gonna start whining and complaining this time... but I'm finally getting some help, realizing I need help, and admitting to things I've been denying all year, can't deny it anymore after the last few days especially, last few weeks even but was still trying to until 2 days ago. I'm absolute...
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Christmas Without Kids
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Well, My husband's boys are not coming for Christmas this year. They are 8 and 12, and live 1,000 miles away. He only sees them twice a year, well, this year, they came for 6 weeks in the summer. I feel bad for my husband, as I know he is hurt and sad. But he works SO many long hours in the winter, towing heavy...
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Daily Reflections 12/16
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PARTNERS IN RECOVERY . . . nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics . . . Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress. . . . Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no ma...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 15 th Dec 07
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Service to others makes the world a good place. Civilisation would cease if all of us were always and only for ourselves. We alcoholics have a wonderful opportunity to contribute to the well-being of the world. We have a common problem. We find a common answer. We are uniquely...
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here's a good one...
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So Im sitting here tonight all alone because hubby's working and kids are at sleepovers (scared at first because I knew I'd be alone tonight and the last time I drank I was in the same situation...Home alone.....Had to pick up my daughter from cheering at a basketball game and slightly tempted that I'd...
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grateful...
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I'm grateful I don't have to drink anymore... went to a meeting tonight, and was talking to a woman afterward, and she called me when we got home after the meeting and we talked awhile... she had to get to bed so we got off the phone and I called my bf, little bit later the woman called me back, said her daug...
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Merry Christmas from My House!!
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Me, Josh, Scouty and Kidderoo :o)
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Sobriety and the opposite sex
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One of the things that I find really challenging when trying to quit drinking is the thought of how I'm going to enjoy the company of women. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I need to be drunk to be with a woman, it's just that it's always been part of my MO to have copious amounts of alcohol involved wh...
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~As Bill Sees It~
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The Shared Gift AA is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven't been given the truth may die. *** Faith is more than our greatest gift; its sharing with others is our greatest responsibility. May we...
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not cheerful
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grief sucks, and i am well aware that there is'nt enough dope or booze in the world to take this pain away. i just have to wait it out. all i can say is f..k it's dark and cold in here. if it was'nt for the fact that my son needs me, i think i would be toast. thank god for carol posting the language of letting go, ca...
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fly by post
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Just to say hi. :) Ive been staying pretty busy, but sober. Im chairing a tue meeting, have three sponsees, and Im the district grapevine chair for my area. That and the job, remodeling the house, bla bla bla. :) Hope every one has a wonderfull holliday!
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My apoligies to all blondes, but I couldn't resist this one..:)
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A blonde wanted to go ice fishing. She'd seen many books on the subject and finally getting all of the necessary tools together, she made for the ice. After positioning her comfy footstool, she started to make a circular cut in the ice. Suddenly, from the sky, a voice boomed; "THERE ARE NO FISH...
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serious question
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im a few weeks away from 3 yrs sobriety. did anyone's heads still feel cloudy after this amount of time? of course, when i quit the drink my head was totally fucked up big time, and the periods of time and severity of foggyness have both lessened, but still it seems to persist. i did have loads of black outs...
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Feelings
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It's okay to have and feel our feelings - all of them.
Years into recovery, we may still be battling with ourselves about this issue. Of all the prohibitions we've lived with, this one is potentially the most damaging and the most long-lived.
Many of us needed to shut down the emotional part of ours...
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Long Narcissistic Uninteresting Gods-Will Post
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Im having my mid-morning smoke break at work. I brought a cup of water with me which Ive never done. Im feeling antsy and self centered. I tell God that I surrender to his will. What do you want me to do? I reach in my pocket and fell my medicine I forgot to take. Then I see the water. I thought that was pretty ob...
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My Step One
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Well, no doubts that I am an alcoholic. Not a doubt in my mind. I admit that. It is the first part of Step One. I can't have one, I can't stop when I start, and I can't drink without trouble. Is my life unmanageable though? This is the part where I get lost down the road, I believe. What to do? I am making a comm...
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Moving this to the top of the page, for Sobrietyspell
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Sobrietyspell wrote: TipMc I'm getting a sense you may want this so do yourself another service, sit down, concentrate & answer the questions in the attached file. They will help you break through your ego to a little surrender & serenity inside. Report back with your results. Good luck &am...
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My 12 Steps
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We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable.
Fine, I admit it, I'm powerless over alcohol and my life is an unmanageable mess because of it...surprise surprise
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to s...
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Clear Thinking
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Strive for clear thinking. Many of us have had our thinking clouded by denial. Some of us have even lost faith in ourselves because we've spent a degree of time in denial. But losing faith in our thinking isn't going to help us. What we need to lose faith in is denial.
We didn't resort to denial - either o...
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~As Bill Sees It~
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Seeking Fool's Gold Pride is the basic breeder of most human difficulties, the chief block to true progress. Pride lures us into making demands upon ourselves or upon others which cannot be met without perverting or misusing our God-given instincts. When the satifaction of our instincts for sex, s...
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My 12Step Retreat
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So, tis Friday & I'm just getting round to giving feedback on last weekend! lol There're so many posts to read & reply to here@MIP that it has been fitting to save the best til last. LOL KIDDING!!!!!!! It sounds like everyone has been having a better time of it this week though my prayers are with...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 14th Dec 07
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ The way of A.A. is the way of service. Without that, it would not work. We have been "on the wagon" and hated it. We have taken the pledge and waited for the time to be up with impatience. We have tried in all manner of ways to help ourselves. But not until we begin to help o...
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The "OTHER" AA Meetings
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Gosh, what a great meeting last night. The best part of all was that for this particular meeting, my sponsor who has 15 years sober, still picks us ladies up, so we can have a great 45 minute "Meeting before and after the meeting". These car rides are great stuff. All of us have cars and our lice...
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~As Bill Sees It~
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Quantity or Quality "About this slip business-- I would not be too discouraged. I think you are suffering a great deal from a needless guilt. For some reason or other, the Lord has laid out tougher paths for some of us, and I guess you are treading on of them. God is not asking us to be successful. He i...
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I am constitutionally incapable of being honest with myself...
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or anyone else for that matter.
I am really sick of the roller coaster I've been on for the past 10 years. You folks have witnessed it here on these boards countless times...some of you have even been compelled to inform me that you're sick of me too. It's not always nice to be agreed with.
I just can'...
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