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A realization
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A number of days ago..I was asked to share on the Alanon board....and try to share some positive stuff..
Im not only an alcoholic....but a member of Alanon as well....
I've come to the point where....I can't do it, anymore...I'm Powerless
All I see is anger, resentment, reacting, and hurt.......
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apparently I'm not sober
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I opened up to my sponsor today... told her how I've been feeling... one of my alters apparently called her before I talked to her today and told her all this, what's going on with me. I also told her about being addicted to sleeping pills, and she said because of that I'm not sober...
She's suggestin...
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The Silent Treatment
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Withholding
The most common form of withholding is what we commonly call "the silent treatment," but withholding encompasses any unwillingness to express your true feelings. It also includes an unwillingness to give support, praise, or positive attention to the people you love. We have all kn...
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Another lesson with expectations!
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Expectations, expectations, expectations! Followed by a long list of expletives!
I just saw my doc. and he said I'll most likely be outta work for another two weeks.
I've been worrying about how this will affect my job, being out of work for three weeks. I've worked so hard to se...
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not doing as good as I act...
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I've been putting on an act with everyone lately... I'm really not doing too great... no one knows how I'm really doing... I'm trying to open up a little online today, where I can get some kind of support... not even my sponsor knows how I'm really doing... well, Nikki, one of my alters, said she was going...
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As Bill Sees It
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In God's Economy
"In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility wich is probably needed, painful though it is."
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We did not always come closer to wisdom by reason of our virtues; our better understanding is oft...
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Daily Reflections Nov 14
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INTUITION AND INSPIRATION . . . . we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 I invest my time in what I truly love. Step Eleven is a discipline that allows me and my Higher Power to be together, reminding me that...
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Times are changing...
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I'm on day 46. Doing well. I'm moving again for the second time in two months. I think it's a good move. One that will submerged me in the AA program.
I pray everyday to get strength to follow my HP's will.
Getting into a rental agreement is causing me to see some of...
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Daily Reflections Nov 13
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LOOKING OUTWARD We ask especially for freedom from self-will, and are careful to make no requests for ourselves only. We may ask for ourselves, however, if others will be helped. We are careful never to pray for our own selfish ends. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 87 As an active alcoholic, I allowed selfi...
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Ten Thoughts to Live By
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Author Unknown
Thou shalt not worry, for worry is the most unproductive of all human activities.
Thou shalt not be fearful, for most of the things we fear never come to pass.
Thou shalt not cross bridges before you get to them, for no one yet has succeeded in accomplishing this.
Thou shalt...
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Moving in Real Time~Daily Om
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November 13, 2006
We all go through times when we wish we could press a fast-forward button and propel ourselves into the future and out of our current circumstances. Whether the situation we are facing is minor, or major such as the loss of a loved one, it is human natur...
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peace of mind
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"In AA we have found that the actual good results of prayer are beyond question. They are matters of knowledge and experience. All those who have persisted have found strength not ordinarily their own. They have found wisdom beyond their usual capability. And they have increasingly found a peace of...
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FIRST STEP:
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The first step is making the first contact - - and admitting we are powerless - - we are out of control and slowing committing suicide. Hard words, yes, but words that are true. We get to the point where we cannot function, where we are out of control. We are destroying ourselves and everything in our path...
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F.E.A.R.
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F.E.A.R. = Frustration, Ego, Anxiety and Resentment. -- Anonymous
We don't want to return to the life we led before recovery, but fear should never be the reason why we don't. Fear keeps us from being open to the Program. If we're only in the Program because we're afraid of the old way of life, we'll...
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Frustration
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don't know what happened, but couldn't get back in, but I'm here. Had to walk away for a few. Some things can be so damn frastrating that I've learn to walk away and evenually things have a way of working out.
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As Bill Sees It
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Getting off a "Dry Bender"
"Sometimes, we become depressed. I ought to know; I have been a champion dry-bender case myself. While the surface causes were a part of the picture- trigger-events that precipitated depression- the underlaying causes, I am satisfied, ran much deeper.
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The Gift of Forgiveness
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This anger management Practice draws on the dual wisdom of Aikido and scientific research, "The gift of forgiveness" will help you explore how to change long term anger into a wider range of life affirming emotions. It is a simple yet profound Practice following the Seishindo principles of Absorpt...
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As Bill Sees It
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For Those That Are Going Through Some Tough Days?
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Thought for Sunday
"Just cut your head off...and do "THE DO THINGS"
Have a good one...
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Thought for the day
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Another part of the answer to how people can live without turmoil and be happy lies in being bound to other members of the group with new ties. They will escape disaster together. New group feeling helps provide them all with a way to identify with each other's common affliction...
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Out Of The 12 and 12
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"Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others."
Good judgment, a careful sense of timing, courage, and prudence--these are the qualities we shall need when we take Step Nine. After we have made the list of people we have harmed, have reflecte...
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Why I can't drink.
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An earlier post from Quetzal about seeing people actually crying about having to give up drinking reminded me of something that crossed my mind a couple nights back.
I was musing about my drinking days...kinda reflecting on how or why I got to where I ended up no longer daring to have that first drink...
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We dare not look....
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"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." Creation gave us instincts for a purpose. Without them we wouldn't be complete human beings. If men and women didn't exert themselves to be secure in their persons, made no effort to harvest food or construct shelter, there would be no su...
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???? Board format
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Is it my imagination, or has the format of the board changed AGAIN? LOL, last time it did this I had to relearn how to read posts. I've no idea how to fix this, nor how it happens in the first place. Phil? Any ideas????
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As Bill Sees It
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Troublemakers Can Be Teachers
Few of us are any longer afraid of what any newcomer can do to our A.A. reputation or effectiveness. Those who slip, those who panhandle, those who scandalize, those with mental twists, those who rebel at the program, those who trade on the A.A. reputation- all such...
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Keep balance
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Sometimes the best way to get something done is to stop working on it for a while. Focused effort is essential to success, and balance is just as important. If all your time, energy, thoughts, efforts and actions are focused in just one direction, you can soon become utterly burned out. You wi...
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Ours is an illness of more
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There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's good. -- Frank Buchman
Ours is an illness of more. More! More! More! The greed of addiction decays the soul and leaves us to desperately try to fill the hole that is left behind, but there is never enough. The greed of add...
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No Judgement
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No judgment
Everything in life holds both a blessing and a curse. We deny this when we label the events of our lives as either good or bad. The following old Zen story illustrates this lesson most effectively.
A farmer had a horse but one day, the horse ran away and so the farmer and his son had to plow t...
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Thanks
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Thanks to those who have welcomed to the board, greatly appreciate it. Wanted to appologized if any inconvenienceusing my last name, hope nothing was taken personal. Was introduced to this by someone whom I look upto and respect. Anyways thanks again.
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Relationship addicts...
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"When relationship addicts see porcupine persons,
they believe turning themselves into pincushions is the way to intimacy." From Laugh! I thought I'd die (if I didn't) June 9
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Correct "telephone" AA contacts
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Just a reminder, but at an Alanon meeting last night, our AA contact numbers were obsolete! The numbers left on flyers were wrong. The number left at recovery centers were outdated. So....it is pretty important to have these numbers double checked once or twice a year.&n...
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cravings
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when i was new i did cry and grieve the loss of the booze cause it was my whole freakin identity, i mean who the hell was i without it? i did not know a single person who wasnt addicted to something. booze was the only thing i could rely on and the idea of life without it was terrifiying. the cravings were sever...
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The History of AA in UK
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Hi everyone,
I came across this earlier today and just thought I'd like to share it with you. I love reading about how AA started around the world and here's how it started here in UK.
Take care,
Carol
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The venue for AA's first meet...
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AA Telephone Support
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Hi everyone,
I was at an AA meeting last night and afterwards my sponsor asked me if I would be interested in doing telephone service for AA and twelve-stepping people who 'phone. She seems to think that I would be good at it and I would love to do it. I feel privileged and humbled to have been asked.
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New on the Board
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Just wanted to introduce myself.
My name Is tina
I'm a single of 2 children 17 and 14 My aniversary date is July 14 2003. Still going sober, and enjoy each experience with the streght and hope of each new day and challenges as they come. Hope that I can help others as they...
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The Time Has Come
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Yep the time has come. I've been putting this off ever since I entered the program. AMENDS!!!
Damn, that's a scary word right now!
Wednesday night, my sponsor and I went over step nine in the 12&12. One sentence really stuck out to me. It said something along the lines of......If we are reasona...
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As Bill Sees It
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Daily Reflections Nov 10
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A SENSE OF BELONGING Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105 That's what it is -- belonging! After a session of meditation I knew that the feeling I was experiencing was a sense of belonging becau...
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What is time for?
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At Oran, as elsewhere, for lack of time and thinking, people have to love one another without knowing much about it. -- Albert Camus
What is time for? How often we say, "I don't have the time for ______" (meaning our marriages, our friends, our children, our hobbies, our parents, ourselves). Just...
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Daily Power Words
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The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven. ~John Milton Mind: The mind is a powerful force, behind the creation of all of our experiences. It can be a powerful tool, or a stealth weapon. Our minds are constantly at work, and our subconscious mind is able to be pro...
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Pain
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Each of us struggles with pain and its repercussions; some of us more than others. At times pain seems unending. Sometimes we hang onto the pain in our lives, maybe because we fear even more what's on the other side. The unknown so easily controls us. Right at this moment, each of us can look back on other...
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Hello
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Been a few. Are you people still sober?
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As Bill Sees It
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True Independence of the Spirit
The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are.
Therefore, independence as A.A. practices it is really a means of gaining true independence of spirit.
At the level of everyday living, it is startli...
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goodness me I have a brain
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you know when you believe what your head tells you, you know it that your no good, it sticks dont it, I was gob smacked yesterday, as you know im at uni, i got my 1st assignment back yesterday. this is the first acedemic writing I have done on 6 years plus active alcoholism in that time as well, I got a "B" that...
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Daily Reflections Nov 9
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STEPPING INTO THE SUNLIGHT But first of all we shall want sunlight; nothing much can grow in the dark. Meditation is our step out into the sun. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 10 Sometimes I think I don't have time for prayer and meditation, forgetting that I always found the time to drink. It is possible to make time f...
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Take Comfort
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You seek comfort by hiding away, but all you get is loneliness. You seek comfort by judging and criticizing others, but all you get is resentment.
You seek comfort by striving and acquiring, but all you get is the insecurity of knowing that those things you have will not last. You seek comfort by insu...
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Jealousy
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OUSTING THE GREEN DEMON
Victory over Jealousy. We hear of successful people who drop their old friends after moving up the ladder. Maybe, however, it wasn't their choice -- maybe they were driven to do so because their friends' jealousy made the friendship unworkable. We have little...
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Daily Reprieve
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We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition.
I remember when I first read this for the 100th time. Haha. I just remember thinking maintenance............???? I don't even know what condit...
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The fine line between supporting and enabling
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Hi all,
I am not really sure how to word this post, I am really feeling happy, joyus and free, so I need to get the "ick" out before it kicks my butt. Let me preface my post by stating that I know I am powerless over alcohol, including someone else's drinking.
Last night my hubby called me from Alaska, an...
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clingy with my sponsor...
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My sponsor told me yesterday morning that I've been getting really clingy to her... I didn't realize it, and I don't realize when I call so much... I used to be this way with my husband when we were dating... I was dx with borderline (the whole "I hate you, don't leave me" thing)... and now apparently I'm b...
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