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Do you believe the Big Book was divinely inspired by a higher power???
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Heard this said before, wondering your thoughts, I believe it was, I mean we know man created it but I believe a HP inspired them on things to write etc...
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MIP Family intergroup...
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Hi Y'all from NZ. When I was in the USA I attend various groups- in AA clubrooms- which are dotted everywhere. I am a member of Alanon and ACA. I qualify for being an AA member, but have never really joined. I am the group rep for my local Alanon group, at the moment- and If I joined Aa, I would be disquali...
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Do you feel connected to nature?
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Greetings, everyone. I am an Adult Child of an Alcoholic, and I am also a masters student studying biology at Miami University. For a research project this semester, I am interested in learning about how individuals with experiences with addiction connect to nature. Please take 5 minutes to fill...
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Married tomorrow..
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I know its not SUGGESTED to be in a relationship in the first year however I really believe my higher power directed me to be with her. We click like we have known each other forever and both of us support each other. Our parents get along like best friends and our kids are like brothers. Please dont com...
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Tradition Three, online meetings, and trolls
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Tradition Three: The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. Tough traditions question here. Online AA meetings often have something I had never experienced in face-to-face meetings. Trolls. People who show up to disrupt the meeting, and who may return day after day to haras...
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Chance
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Don't know if you can play free online casino games? I know a lot of royalty-free myself, it depends on which site, but better than this site I don't know who will tell you about free casino games. The site drbet uk will tell you popular free casino games, free casino games technology, how to play free g...
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What are you doing to stay sober this New Year's Eve?
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I know, for me, the holidays were painful, unsettling, and generally depressing for several years after I got sober. Our tiny AA group here has been struggling the past couple of years. It's always been a tradition for them to host a New Year's Eve party, complete with finger foods, board games, cards...
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Alcohol in restaurant meals
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Hi Last night we were out for dinner, it was a set meal with no choices. At the end of the meal there was some home made chocolate ice-cream and chocolate cake. Half way through eating this I got to thinking what's this made of? Is there alcohol in it? This time I don't think there was, but do you ask in resta...
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Wet Brain
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Hello New to this board, wanted to see what anyone knows about wet brain? Is it very common, how long does it last, does it go away, what are the symptoms etc?
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My sober kitchen re-decorating project
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Done!!!! It has taken me 4 weekends. AARGH!! I love the results though, and my kitchen is much happier now too. I had 3 different kinds of mis-matched wood in there, and it was dark and tiny. hope I have brightened it up a bit. I made the knobs myself out of cermaic that you bake in the oven. Have not put them a...
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winner, losers, and property taxes
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Eastern High was a new team and most of the players were freshman. They were playing Central that day, a team that had already won many prizes, and they had 3 players that were accomplished seniors. It was the first quarter.
One of Eastern's best players was out with an injury. It was the first time tha...
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Recovery Poetry
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Cross addiction
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I wanted to find out what thoughts you all have on people coming into AA cross addicted (concurrent drug or poly substance dependence). Obviously the BB is not outdated and there's been some discussion of not wanting AA to blend with other programs. I do see how it inevitably is going to blend with or be...
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Is my sponsor correct in saying I'm "not working a program"
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I'm coming back from a relapse in December and I have about 4 1/2 months sober. Yesterday, my sponsor told me the anger that's been coming up for me is understandable, because I "haven't been working a program". I'm in school and have mostly been procrastinating on my 4th step, but I do go to 8-10 meeting...
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Bob Earl
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Anyone know if Bob Earl (writer, speaker 70's 80's) is still alive? lost touch after his auto accident a few years ago. Thanks!
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The Three Ps
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Today, someone mentioned the three Ps of recovery. Two of them are paranoia and paralysis. Anyone know the third? Anyone know where there might be readings on the topic?
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Welcome To The Forum!
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Welcome to the newly-registered forum members: Tim Nelson and ColoradoRyan Let us know if we can help...
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Therapist and "Functioning" Alcoholic Recently Sober
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Hi everyone, Im Tim. Ive been an alcoholic since I was 14. I drank on and off for the first few years but around age 20 is when I drank every day up until about a few months ago. Like most of you know, Ive been ambivalent about stopping since I realized I was an alcoholic, but never really tried. Recently, I ha...
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I NEED SOME HELP WITH STEP 4
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SO IM JUST GETTIN STARTED ON STEP 4...MY SPONSOR BASICALLY TOLD ME TO START OFF MAKING A GRUDGE LIST. AS IM READING ABOUT IT THE 12 IN 12, I AM SOOOOO CON FUSED...STEPS 1-3 WERE PRETTY OK FOR ME...BUT READING STEP 4 IN THE 12 IN 12 IS LIKE READING GERMAN TO ME. SHOULD I BE MAKING A LIST OF PEOPLE I HAVE RESENTM...
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First AA meeting tonight; nervous
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Hi all. I don't use message boards and am jittery with nerves so hopefully I do this right. I'm two days (well, it'll be two days in about an hour) sober and attending my first meeting tonight. I'm extremely nervous, a million thoughts going through my head. Will people be nice? Accepting? Intim...
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Emotional Sobriety online by Tom B tape and another online article if you are interested
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http://alcoholrehab.com/addiction-articles/emotional-sobriety/-- Edited by hopefulone on Thursday 13th of August 2015 11:52:43 PM
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Why We Were Chosen
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Why We Were Chosen
God in HIS wisdom has selected this group of men and women to be the purveyors of His Goodness. In selecting them through whom to bring about this phenomenon, He went not to the proud, the mighty, the famous or the brilliant. He went to the humble, to the sick, to the un...
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How can I stop taking things so personally?
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Or in other words, not take words so literally. If you say to me "call lots of people to take some of the burden off your sponsor", I don't hear that I should call lots of people for my own sake and the sake of another, all I hear is that I'm a burden. Then I spiral down the slippery sloap of discou...
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It's a Tradition going back over25 years that I post my AA anniversy
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January 12th celebrated 48 years of continuous sobriety since my First AA Meeting....Going back now many years....I can see where the Program meets one at the level of your needs... God at times always worked Miracles for me...for that I am profoundly grateful......He gave me almost consecuativ...
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Easy does it
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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/1306/MUaqFV.gif-- Edited by FlyingSquirrel on Saturday 18th of December 2021 02:17:59 AM -- Edited by FlyingSquirrel on Saturday 18th of December 2021 02:19:06 AM
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Home Group Questions...
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I swear I read somewhere in AA literature that if you arent in alignment with your home group to find another group. Does anyone know where I can find this in the literature? My group has 20+ meetings a week. Should there be one group conscience meeting for the entire group? Some members think its the gr...
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online sponsor
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Hello I have 8 years of sobriety which is a lot for my area. I cant find a sponsor here and would like to find one online. My original sponsor relapsed 5 years ago. I spent about 2 years upset about this and the past 3 going through people like theres no tomorrow kind of... I would ask someone and they would sa...
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Fishing Invitation - Mississippi River, L&D #9, Harpers Ferry
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Hiya, Jasper's Sober Fishing thread gave me an idea.... The weather for Sunday, 11/1/09 in Zip Code 52101 looks pretty hard to pass up! At about 11am my (3) kids and I are going on a fishing outing for the day. Any one on this board who wants to stop by is welcome!! We're hoping to get there by 11am and leav...
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Checking in..
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I am responsible
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When anyone, anywhere reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be there. And for that, I am responsible. This is the AA responsibility statement. I have recited this statement before. I have not been very good at putting it into practice, however. Judging by what I have seen on this me...
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I am new
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Greetings. I am on day 7 of my sobriety journey. Today I really felt like drinking for some reason. I didnt do it...but it was close. WM
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The Program Works Group Needs Support
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Hey, Everyone! Come join and support The Program Works Group's online Zoom meeting. Every night at 8 pm EST. www.theprogramworks.com - tap Use App button to join from Facebook page Meeting ID 860-801-229 Note- There is no password, however, meeting greeters will remove any hijackers. Service co...
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When Food Is Cooked With Alcohol
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Since first coming into AA I adopted a zero tolerance for any food that uses alcohol of any type in the recipe. My well meaning "Normal" friends have tried to persuade me for years that "Its OK the alcohol cooks off". I never believed that and would not take any chances eating...
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Pettiness Prayer
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I just read this today. I'd heard it long ago, but forgotten it until now. And look who wrote it! Keep Us From Pettiness ~ Mary Stewart, Queen of ScotsKeep us, O God, from pettiness; let us be large in thought, in word, in deed. Let us be done with faultfinding and leave off self-seeking. May we put away al...
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This is currently the only online message board I haven’t been banned from.
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Need help getting sober
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Day 1
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Gratitude
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Happy Easter to all those who celebrate this day and to those that don't, Happy Sunday. I'm usually at work, but as fate would have it, I'll be available to cook the turkey. I'm only cooking for 2 today because the powers that be have asked us not to have large family gatherings this year and if I've learne...
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It has been a long while since I have been here. Aloha. :)
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Hey, all. I have not been here regularly in a very long time. I have been out of the rooms for around 10 years, and of course you can predict that nothing great resulted from that. Nothing terrible happened, except that I wasted ten more years of my life, doing the same old shit. Anyhow, I am back working...
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The small hours
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Went to my first meeting today and scheduled for rehab on Monday. How do you guys deal with the small hours when you are up, used to drinking by yourself, and everyone is asleep? I am 48 hours without a drink, some withdrawal stuff (no DTs) but need someone to help with ideas that wont have me relapse.
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Newly sober
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Bottom of the Barrel
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Hello my name is David and I am here from NV and I am an alcoholic. I know that I am in the right place when I can speak about my experience with alcohol. I am forty four years old. I grew up pretty normal from the outside although inside alot of turmoil. I got to drinking pretty early around sixteen. I a...
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Sparklit Board & GoDaddy Funding Request
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The Sparklit Board Funding has been expended. We are asking in the spirit of Tradition 7 for funding to continue the forums. Sparklit ActiveBoard Donations GoDaddy will be ready for renewal in May as well. We are looking for a solution for accepting donations. Last year we used my business PayPal a...
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NEW USER
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Hello, new to this Hopefully I can give as well as learn.
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In 13 days I will have a major announcement to make.
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I just know all three of you are on the edge of your seats, wondering what could be so important. Well, you just better be here to see it. This will be world-shattering.
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A Geographical
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Hello Everyone, I am not so well-versed in all AA terminology, so I would like to get your opinion about the term "a geographical." I read that it means to move in order to get a fresh start, or begin with a clean slate. Would changing university majors, transferring to several different universities,...
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sorry folks , couldnt find delete post ,my posted 3x
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Little Free Library
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Anybody got one of these in their area? Im lucky I guess, there are more than a dozen within walking distance of my house. https://littlefreelibrary.org/ https://i.postimg.cc/7YwycNZL/9-EA8-C7-B3-E19-C-4617-847-F-3-EFD1-BAB539-C.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/jjwVNgZM/276-B74-B4-8-...
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Giving it away to keep it.
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Lack of replies to newcomer posts. You know, I want to say that doesnt surprise me about self centered alcoholics. But even I know I have to be willing to help those struggling if I am to stay sober. Else what's the purpose of me being here. Reminds me of the church who doesnt know you if you dont give an offe...
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AA Meetings And Coronavirus
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Two AA clubs in my area have discontinued meetings due to the virus crisis. Over a week now of missed meetings... Another place, with 4 meetings a day, has suspended the custom of holding hands during the meeting-ending Lord's Prayer. How much has AA been affected in your area and what alternatives ar...
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