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Just writing to say that today was 31 days for me being dry... I have only gone to one meeting so far though and I hear it's a very very good idea to get to as many as possible, but I haven't gone back. I know we just had this topic and many of you posted on it, but I am not a religious person by any means....
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Our Troubles Are Tools
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Change of scene has no effect upon unconscious conflicts. -- Edmund Bergler, M.D. There's no running away from the internal strife. Whatever haunts us must finally be confronted and resolved if we're ever to grow and thus contribute to our world its due. When we keep secrets locked away, th...
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Things could be lookin up !!!!
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Got some interesting news last nite, in regards to my son gettin a job. A friend of the family whom I've known since the young fellow was 2, contacted me last via msn. Knows of the situation with my son and well both of my children look upto this young man who is in his 20's as a brother. This young...
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Taking Care Of Ourselves
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We cannot simultaneously set a boundary and take care of another person's feelings. It's impossible; the two acts contradict. What a tremendous asset to have compassion for others! How difficult that same quality can make it to set boundaries! It's good to care about other people and...
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24 Hours a Day ~ 11th March 2007
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Thought for the Day ~ By having quiet times each morning, we come to depend on God's help during the day, especially if we should be tempted to take a drink. And we can honestly thank Him each night for the strength He has given us. So our faith is strengthened by these quiet times of prayer. By listen...
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Joke funny, cute.
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This was funny thought i'd share this one Hot and Cold sex after his exam the doctor said to the elderlyman: "you appear to be in good health. Do you have any concerns? In fact, I do, said the old man. "After I have sex I am usually cold and chilly, and then, after the second time, I am hot and...
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Keepin thoughts simple
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Just for today I'm keeping thoughts simple and positive. One day at a time, been considering going for my drivers license for awhile and felt when the time is right. I'll be able to get it done, and when my higher power would set it in to play. I'm heading out on Monday to do the written par...
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Letting Go Of Confusion
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Sometimes, the way is not clear. Our minds get clouded, confused. We aren't certain what our next step should be, what it will look like, what direction we are headed. This is the time to stop, ask for guidance, and rest. That is the time to let go of fear. Wait. Feel the confusion and chaos, and then l...
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Problems with the 'god' aspect of AA
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Hello, I am Seth and I am an alcoholic. Even though I have been going to meetings fairly regularly since I was introduced to AA 3 years ago, I have always been hung up on quite a few of the steps. Mainly 3, 6, 7 and 11. And the god part of step 5. I have worked on the other steps, including my version of 5, for...
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Keeping Our Motives Honest
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Motives are important in dealing with other people. If we're frank with someone and that person gets upset, we might think he or she just can't handle our directness, our honesty. But "honesty" without love is more like brutal frankness. If we want to be confrontational, we have...
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24 Hours a Day ~ March 7th 2007
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Thought for the Day ~ There are two important things we have to do if we want to get sober and stay sober. First, having admitted that we're helpless before alcohol, we have to turn our alcoholic problem over to God and trust Him to take care of it for us. This means asking Him every morning for the stre...
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24 Hours a Day ~ 9th March 2007
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Thought for the Day ~ If we had absolute faith in the power of God to keep us from drinking and if we turned our drink problem entirely over to God without reservations, we wouldn't have to do anything more about it. We'd be free from drink once and for all. But since our faith is apt to be weak, we ha...
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CANADIAN ALERT!!! Valuable Quarters
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Hang on to any of the new Newfoundland Quarters. If you have them, they may be worth much more than 25 cents. The Canadian Mint announced today that it is recalling all of the Newfoundland quarters that are part of its program featuring quarters from each province. This action is being taken after nu...
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24 Hours a Day ~ 10th March 2007
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Thought for the Day ~ We also strengthen our faith by working with other alcoholics and finding that we can do nothing ourselves to help them, except to tell them our own story of how we found the way out. If the other person is helped, it's by the grace of God and not what we do or say. Our own faith is str...
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The Difference between Anger and Resentment
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Anger and Resentment - What's the Difference?Anger is normal; resentment is a killer Often you'll hear 12 Steppers make a statement like 'don't get angry, you'll slip.' If there's someone around with some time they may point out that resentment, not anger is the rea...
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AA
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About Alcoholics Anonymous The AA Preamble Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is...
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Daily Reflections Mar 10
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TODAY, IT'S MY CHOICE . . . we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.62 With the realization and acceptance that I had played a part in the way my life had turned out came a dramatic chang...
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Have you seen "The Secret" ? Just curious
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What did you think? Would/could you incorporate it into your soberiety?
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Others' Freedom
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Accepting The Journeys Of Others Each of us, in life, walks on the special path that the soul is destined to undertake. Our journeys are very different and we progress at different rates. The pitfalls and blessings we encounter are unique, yet we are all learning and no one form of kno...
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Daily Reflections Mar 9
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SURRENDERING SELF-WILL Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 34 No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can one turn his own will and his own life over to the care of whatever God he thinks there is? In my se...
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Just my thoughts for today
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A young woman desparately desired to be able to play piano. She went to an instructor and asked him for lessons. After a few lessons, the woman expressed frustration that she couldn't play anything. The instructor told her that fine playing took time and hard work. No one simply sat down and...
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One of my favorite inspirations
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I just read Jeanie's post and found in it useful reflection. It reminded me of a favorite Mohandas Gandhi quote, 'though now that I've reread it, I see that it is different, but that's OK. Maybe someone else will find inspiration and reflection in it as well. "Man often becomes...
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Fighting Yourself
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"When you fight something, you’re tied to it forever. As long as you’re fighting it, you’re giving it power." -- Anthony de Mello What are you fighting? Resistance always brings pain. Examine your struggle. What does your personality want from the situation? What does your soul want? Wh...
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New Member
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Hello, I am Seth and I am an alcoholic. I found this website through google because I need someone to talk to and all meetings in my area are over for the night. I am currently living in a city right outside Tel Aviv, Israel. I am here as a volunteer paramedic for a year. I am from Washington D.C. and have...
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It started like any other day
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I will never drink again. -- Edited by fallenangel at 11:25, 2007-03-08
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That time of the week again
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I have that sickly feeling in my stomach. THere is a girl at uni who has the grumps with me, ever since I refused to be part of her putting other people down and excluding them purposefully, well now I am being excluded. we sit in a line and I dred the words from the lectura "right now everyone form a gro...
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The Serenity Prayer
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Contrary to a LOT of popular misconception the Serenity Prayer perhaps wasn't created by Anonymous. It was actually (possibly) written by a guy named Reinhold Niebuhr. He's the guy I find it...
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The Wisdom of Surrender
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Relying On Others Most of us pride ourselves on our self-sufficiency. We like to be responsible for taking care of ourselves and pulling our own weight in the world. This is why it can be so challenging when we find ourselves in a situation in which we have to rely on someone else. This ca...
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24 Hours a day ~ 8th March 2007
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Thought for the Day ~ We must go to A.A. meetings regularly. We must learn to think differently. We must change from alcoholic thinking to sober thinking. We must reeducate our minds. We must try to help other alcoholics. We must cooperate with God by spending at least as much time and energy on the A.A....
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Rarely...
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Excerpt from the fifth chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being hones...
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Daily Reflections Mar 8
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TURNING IT OVER Every man and woman who has joined A.A. and intends to stick has, without realizing it, made a beginning on Step Three. Isn't it true that in all matters touching upon alcohol, each of them has decided to turn his or her life over to the care, protection, and guidance of Alcoholics An...
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Now Is Our Time
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No day is like any other day. Isn't that interesting? And you never know what the next day will bring, and that's exciting. -- Alpha English Alpha has not lost her zest for life. Although nearly ninety, she nurtures a young mind and a wise heart. Her attitude influences those around her too, ma...
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a turn of events
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Just a little update to share, last couple of days it seemed like the impossible. For the past week, it seemed that all my son and I did was disagree on everything. My last post I had mentioned that I gave 3 weeks to find a job or he wouldn't like the results if he didn't at least put an honest effo...
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Hello..I'm New
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Hi! So I've just started out with everything...and I could really use some help. I don't know how to work the chat room and anyways does anyone log on for the tuesday and saturday meetings? any help would be great. thanks.
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Dr. Twerski's Sober Thought
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Quote for 12/29/2006 Self-Esteem is a Powerful Force - How we react to criticism depends on our self-image. An alumnus from our treatment center called hysterically one day because her husband had been verbally abusive, berating her as a failed wife and mother. After the woman calmed down a bit, I sa...
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Daily Reflections Mar 7
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THE KEY IS WILLINGNESS Once we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can always open it some more. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 35 The willingness to give up my pride and self-will to a Power greater than myself has proved to be the o...
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Overachieving may be symptomatic
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Overachieving may be symptomatic. Suffering from low self-esteem is common. Some of it may be blamed on growing up in families affected by alcohol or other drugs. Perhaps the criticism heaped on us at school or in a bad marriage triggered it. We may have thousands of reasons for lacking a sense of our w...
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Getting Out Of Self Centeredness..
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I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others aut...
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Prayers for grandson
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My oldest grandson attempted suicide last night. Prayers would be appreciated. Bill
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Solitude
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We've all been lonely. You may understand how one weary traveler felt as he sat alone on the edge of the bed in his motel room. He reached for the Gideon Bible in the drawer and opened it. Inside was a page that said, "If you are lonely and restless, read Psalm 23 and Psalm 27, Old Testament."...
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54 year Sobriety Medallion
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I thought perhaps some of you might be interested in seeing this gem. It is the 54 year Sobriety Medallion presented to Geneva Vessels. Her grandson gave it to us yesterday. I was not priviledged to know this awesome lady but her sobriety date is Jan 10, 1944. Miss Geneva passed away a few years ago b...
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Focus On Today
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Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. -- Matthew 6:34 To worry about something ahead of time is a waste of time and energy that could be better spent on living a full life today. For instance, if we spend hours today worrying about an important test at schoo...
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24 Hours a Day ~ March 6th 2007
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Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we must surrender, give up, admit that we're helpless. We surrender our lives to God and ask Him for help. When He knows that we're ready, He gives us by His grace the free gift of sobriety. And we can't take any credit for having stopped drinking, because we didn...
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Daily Reflections March 6
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THE IDEA OF FAITH Do not let any prejudice you might have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 47 The idea of faith is a very large chunk to swallow when fear, doubt and anger abound in and around me. Sometimes just the idea of doi...
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Help...
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Hi, I'm new here and just hitting the point where I need positive reinforcement. I quit drinking last week for 6 days but I went off the wagon this weekend and now my old problems are back. I'm a drinker to curb my anxiety and panic attacks, but mostly they come in the morning from being hungover and I'm a "h...
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Boy howdy
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Hey out there, how are things? Just dropping a quick note to say hey and to let you all know that on Friday 3/9/07 I will be picking up my 1 yr. chip. Thanks to all of you and the whole AA family I have learned so much as to how to live this wonderful new life. Thank to you Phil just for being there, and just so t...
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making ammends
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Sorry for the way I treated everyone over the past few days. especially Melora. I have looked at my part in it. It is my birthday and when my family come to stay I get anxious it brings up old behaviour in me and I start to act like the idiot I get treated like. Anyway it is not your fault and I wanted to say sorry...
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Hi
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Just wanted to say I was able to get to a meeting tonight, it's been a while. And sitting through the meetin well just what I need, afterwards I left and well, just went into tears. the feeling of be overwhelme hit me, and well needed to cry and let go. It felt good do that, but I'm all better now,...
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If it aint in the book
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I find IF ITS NOT IN THE BOOK IT AINT AA. for example someone advised me as if he were a Dr before xmas and told me to come off a tablet i was taking. I nearly TOOK MY OWN LIFE beware of Dr aa!!
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Alanoner goes to an AA mtg
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I had a terrible fight with my AHsober whom I am separated from (his choice). And of course I took it out on everyone at work. I knew I needed a meeting. This was on Mon and Alanon was on Tues and 30 miles away. So I went to the local open AA meeting Mon night. It was the best thing that I could of done for myself. I...
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