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Some Pictures...from Tim
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Hi all and Wanda,
Yesterday, I got a very big surprise. Tim sent me an email saying he was going to go look at my new Puppy, and wow did he Surprise me. I had told him he lived in the same town, and out of the Blue, he went over and took these adorable pictures.
Tim, I am still just feeling amaz...
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Toni Baloney...
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Working With Others
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I've been struggling with this guy I have been working with.
He just doesn't want to work this program.
I've been trying and trying to show him how the principles of this program are applied in daily life. He just won't follow directions! I don't know what to do.
He keeps relapsing. Gets sober for...
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Meditation Aug 27
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Today is August 27, 2006 A Great Day for Recovery!
PURPOSE
"I have never doubted that God created man for great purposes . . . " -- Preston Bradley I am special today. I know that there is a purpose for my life and that it is essentially good and creative. I know that beauty is not just in...
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Thought For The Day
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
This program has no quarrel with medicine, psychiatry, or religion. We have great respect for the methods of each. And we are glad for any success they may have had with any of us. We are desirous always of cooperating with them in every way. The more doctors, the more psychiatri...
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Good morning!
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Today is going to be a good day. For the first time in a long time I woke with a light heart.
My younger daughter and I are going to the Minnesota State Fair today. My older daughter doesn't want to come and I decided not to force her like I have for the last 2 years - "we are going to have fun damn...
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How do you be a supportive significant other?
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My girlfriend is sober now
She told me last week, and did a month ago, that when she goes to college [she's only 18] she's not so sure she wants to be sober any more.
Her roomate is in AA also, and sober now.
I'm worried as hell. Can someone in AA drink casually? Get drunk once in awhile?
The day we got...
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A Modern Fairy Tale
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  ~~~~~~~~ a beautiful, independent, self-assu...
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Daily Reflections Aug 27
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CENTERING OUR THOUGHTS
When World War II broke out, our A.A. dependence on a Higher Power had its first major test. A.A.'s entered the services and were scattered all over the world. Would they be able to take the discipline, stand up under fire, and endure . . . ? As Bill Sees It, p.200 I will center my t...
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feeling un-good
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It was two years since I picked up a drink on tues but I didnt go to a meeting to pick up a chip because I was asshamed of myself as I picked something else up about 4 months ago (not alcohol) feeling kind of blue and lost in sobriety.
dont know who or what I am now.
am in between meetings too because of bully...
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AA birthday coming Up in 18 days..QUESTION
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Hi there,
I have an AA Birthday coming up in 18 day, and have really been scratching me head with this, never in a Million years, did I think this would happen to me.
So Very Grateful, cannot even put words to the feeling of Humble Gratitude.
But there have been a few Birthdays in the past, where the m...
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AA summertime treat
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I had to throw this out here for all of you who might be interested. I know that after "cleaning out" and even for a long time after, I get this craving for sweets from the lack of sugar that my over-worked liver is no longer producing from alcohol. This sure beats candy in my opinion. I...
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Daily Reflections Aug 26
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GIVING IT AWAY Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober, that motive became secondary. It was transcended by the happiness they found in giving themselves to others. Alcoholics Anonymous, p.159 Those words, for me, refer to a transference of power, through which...
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Just posting...
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Hi all - just feel like sharing what's been going on with me lately.
The last few weeks have been spent absorbing the fact that I'm an alcoholic. Went to 2 meetings last weekend which I enjoyed. Made it through another business dinner this week with my diet Coke. Just said no thank...
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Taking It Easy
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Easy does it.
Pushing does not help our program; it only causes more pressure within us. "If it doesn't work," we have thought, "get a bigger hammer." But if we only wait for the opportunity, we will be given the opportunity to work out each of our difficulties.
It is better to work out a problem...
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HP has put me in my place......
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Well, as some of you who have been around here awhile may (or may not) have noticed, I have gotten a bit 'controlling' here with my frustrations in my 12th Step work lately. I have been a bit harsh, and unkind at times, in the name of having 'been there, done that'. I have been downright bossy. I have...
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I'm Moving
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Hey everyone! My husband just got a job offer down in North Carolina and he's taking it. We live in Ohio now, so it will be out of state. I have lived in this area my whole life and I've always wanted to move (long before I became an alcoholic.) So this is exciting! My siste...
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Checking in
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Feeling better today.
Just received another raise at work!
Have an interview set on Monday for a supervisor position at work!
Don't think I'll get it but I put a bid in on the job because I am capable, hell I'm an alcoholic!
Anyways, I'm going to a meeting and I am looking forwards to it. Feel good...
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yup
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How To Clean Your Toilet
1. Put both lids of the toilet up and add 1/8 cup of pet shampoo to the water in the bowl.
2. Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.
3. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids. You may need to stand on the lid....
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The heart of the program
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Here's what I am afraid some of the folks who have visited here did not fully comprehend:
"If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any lengthsteps."   &nb...
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Moving Forward
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Time past is gone forever, and we can never go back to it. Even our disease progresses forward. We cannot expect to control it by a return to measures which may have worked for a time in the past. Those methods eventually failed, and trying them again will only bring us to the same point of failure.
Th...
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Daily Reflections Aug 24
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THE GIFT OF BONDING Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 63 Many times in my alcoholic state, I drank to establish a bond between myself and others, but I succeeded only in establishing the bondage of alcoholic loneliness. Through the A.A. way of lif...
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Fear And Relationships
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by Dr. Paula Sunray
Fear keeps us from leading meaningful lives and having meaningful relationships.
Inner DragonsOur inner dragons of fear can keep us from having meaningful relationships. These fears can make us run from love and intimacy and hide from the very things we say we most wa...
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Checking In
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Hey everyone,
Been having a tough time of things lately. Kind of came to two conclusions.
I'm coming up on six months in the program, sober. I've heard it said that with certain anniversaries it can be a major struggle. I've heard it said too many times by too many people to totally discount t...
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The Practice
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Hi all,
I came across this a few minutes ago and I thought that I would share it with you all. It certainly gave me something to think about.
Have a great and sober day,
Carol
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The Practice:
1. Spend 5 minutes at the beginn...
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2 Things I Became Willing to Do
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Well, after a long, heated argument with my poor hostage (aka my husband), I bawled like a baby, got on my knees and begged for willingness to do something, anything. I WANT to want to live. I WANT to want sobriety and mental health. I'm either going to put a bullet in my brain o...
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Acceptance frees us
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Conflict can result from trying to change a person or situation that we don't like. And conflict causes stress and agitation, both of which limit our lives. They steal our ability to be open to opportunities for growth and change.
Why is it so hard to accept situations we don't like? Twelve Step pr...
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24 Hours a Day....August 24th
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Twenty-Four Hours A Day A.A. Thought For The Day "When we saw our faults, we listed them. We placed them before us in black and white. We admitted our wrongs honestly and we were willing to set these matters straight. We reviewed our fears thoroughly. We asked God to remove our fears and we commenced to o...
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Meditation & Reflections Aug 24
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Today is August 24, 2006 A Great Day for Recovery!
LIMITATIONS
"Why would we kill off a good watchdog just because he could not fly?" -- Frank Mar God has created this world with variety and we all have different gifts. Some people make music, others write stories and many are pract...
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Acceptance Is The Key....
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And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be...
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Dreaded morning to great morning!
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I had posted earlier on another thread how I was sort of dreading to go and do a task today. I had to alter a bathroom vanity I had made for the kinda-in-laws (I say KIL because their daughter and I have been together for over 5 yrs. and haven't married.) and doing the work there, any work, can be a pain...
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9 month chip
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I'm picking up my 9 month chip tonight. How'd I do it? Didnt drink anything. Kinda feels good, but I would remind myself of two things that are as true today as they where at the beginning.
1. If it still worked, I'd still be drunk.
2. If God hadnt seen fit that I outta be sober, I'd still be drunk or worse...
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Live Big
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Live big! -- Brady Michaels
Sometimes, that's the best advice we can hear. Win or lose, succeed or fail, go for it, and go all the way.
There are times when it's wise to be cautious. And there are times when the best thing we can do -- the only thing we can do -- is go for it by living big. Ask him/her...
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Now What?
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Well, here it is again. Day one. I was just a couple days shy of one month and I blew it. Looking back, sadly, I think I did it on purpose because I always balk at doing things with 100% effort (not perfection, just effort.) I knew in the back of my mind I'd eventually fall again.&...
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first time on
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Hi,
I am glad to have found this site. For the past 3 years I have had nothing but bad luck, I was engaged to the person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with we lived together for 5 years, in he went from prince charming to being verbally abusive then to breaking up with me with no consience what s...
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Night Light
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What must I do is all that concerns me---not what people think. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own---but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Really Uncomfortable Dream~~
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I woke up this morning in the middle of a horrible dream. I was in a 'using' place, and someone was going to make me do something I did not want to do. In real life during my using and drinking, I would have ended up doing this 'thing', as my addiciton would have required it. But in my dream I knew I didn't have t...
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How far to go to Help?
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A friend in the program is a nurse. She has a few weeks 'sober', so far as I know, and asked me to take her for a diagnostic test, as she will be on Valium before the test. I took her to one other appointment and her doctor had given her some Valium to take before another non-invasive diagnostic test. I have to...
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Scared....Scared.....Scared.....
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Well, ya'll, this Bubetta goes back to work tomorrow at 4am after being out on medical leave for 3 months. I'm terrified. I have a new Boss that I've never met. I hope my ID badge will let me in the door. I hope someone is on call for TSG at 4am cause all my security codes have to be reset. That is i...
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Pulled his covers so he's left.
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No one understands him, so Rob deleted his membership.
I went through an out patient treatment program and 2 nights a week we had relapse prevention group. It met Wedesday and Friday from 7:30 to 9:00 PM. There was this pot addict and he could make it from Wed to Fri clean but couldn't make it from Fri to...
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Funny
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There are a lot of Mexican people that I work with. This one guy, Carlos, told me how to say I'm finished in Spanish. A little while later I told this other guy who doesn't speak English so well that I was done with the build. This guy is married but likes guys, okay. He looked at me funny and then went back to w...
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How to have a good day in AA
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Nobody's perfect, that's for sure. But I have stumbled upong this prayer and it is a good way to start out my day in AA. Having worked the 12 Steps, and continuing to work them, my life is a thousand times better. This prayer reminds me of what my focus is today. I think I will get back to this, as amo...
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Hi all, been a while..Am I an Alcoholic or is it something else?
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Hi all
Im really confused
For years i have though i was an alcoholic.
But now im really wondering if its something else thats wrong.
Yeah iv drank most nights for years.. But i think it might be because of other reasons..
I mean if i...
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Am I In Tune With My Heart Today?
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It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
--Antoine de St. Exupery
A tuning fork is a small tool that is used to tune musical instruments. It is tapped softly and then set down. As it vibrates, it gives off a musical tone. When its vibrations p...
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Responsibility For Family Members
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The Language of Letting Go.
I can still remember my mother clutching her heart, threatening to have a heart attack and die, and blaming it on me. --Anonymous
For some of us, the idea that we were responsible for other people's feelings had its roots in childhood and was established by members of...
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It didn't kill me.....
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Well, all, my ID badge got me in the door and it was downhill from there. Our system has been changed so our KY home office wasn't able to put me back into the computer. I was told at 4:15am it is now done "in house" our inhouse TSG team clocks in at 8:30! So, I twidled my thumbs until then. Turns out TSG w...
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So ANGRY!
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I have been depressed and angry for over a month now. At first, I hated feeling angry. I hated being a b****. I have always stuffed my feelings in and been so nicey-nice to everyone, even when I was feeling awful inside.
Yesterday, my step-grandmother passed away, and I still wen...
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New Baby! :)
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My niece was born Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 9:15am. Her name is Ava Elizabeth, she's 7 pounds 7 ounces and 19 inches long 
Me and Ava
My niece Julia (big sister) and Ava
My Mom and Ava
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Haste makes Waste
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Just really some humor here............ last night, I had just finished cooking Scapi, and a great Salad, for my Son, that was arriving at 7:00. Just before 7:00, this young guy Richard, came by to look at an area, where I need it to be fenced off. We were talking about the fence and 3 other i...
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A Life of Learning-OM
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August 21, 2006 A Life Of Learning Earth School
Life is the province of learning, and the wisdom we acquire throughout our lives is the reward of existence. As we traverse the winding roads that lead from birth to death, experience is our patient teacher. We exist, bound to human bodies as we are, to e...
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