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2 things at once, or is it one?
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I went to my first meeting last Monday. I'm now sober 9 days, the longest ever. I've read the big book and have been to 4 meetings. I never prayed to God but a handfull of times, and it was always a selfish prayer.
Last Thursday, after reading the agnistic chapter I clutched the book...
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Maybe Everything...
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The Language of Letting Go.
Letting Go
"How much do we need to let go of?" a friend asked one day.
"I'm not certain," I replied, "but maybe everything."
Letting go is a spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical process, a sometimes mysterious metaphysical process of releasing to God and...
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From Living Sober: Staying away from the first drink
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Expressions commonly heard in A.A. are "If you don't take that first drink, you can't get drunk" and "One drink is too many, but twenty are not enough."
Many of us, when we first began to drink, never wanted or took more than one or two drinks. But as time went on, we increased the number. Then, in late...
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Newbie
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I'm new here and just wanted to tell everyone hi.
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Daily Reflections Dec 5
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A NEW STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state of consciousness and being. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p 107 Many of us in A.A. puzzle over what is a spiritual awakening. I tended to look for a miracle, something dramatic and earth shattering. But what usual...
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It's good for your heart
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It's good for your heart.
"I know I've got some emotions up, just brewing right beneath the surface," Jake said one day. "I'm edgy, irritable, and definitely not centered. But I don't want to look. I don't want to go into the emotions. I don't like feelings. Whenever I give into them, I en...
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Starting Your Day Well
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December 4, 2006 Setting The Tone Starting Your Day Well
The choices you make upon waking can have a profound impact on your day. If, still drowsy, you hit the ground running, rushing to prepare yourself to face your worldly obligations, you will likely feel fatigued and overwhelmed for mos...
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a small accomplishment
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Well today we bought our tree and me and the kids decorated it tonight. First time in years I haven't been drunk doing it. feels good.
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Relationships & Justin Don't Mix
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I'm so confused. I went out on a date Saturday night with a girl in the program and things didn't go according to Justin's plans. Imagine that!
Right now I'm presently beating the hell out of myself. I am an idiot.
Don't get the wrong idea. I didn't do anything wrong. I just don't feel like...
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a door opens
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i put the word out among my friends that i was looking for a new place to live and today i look at a new apt. upstairs from some friends in recovery that bent over backwards to get me this place. everyone is so helpful and im so grateful. i gave my notice and now im terrified and excited at the same time. the new...
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Dr. Twerski's Sober Thought
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Quote for 6/8/2006 Everyone Can Learn from the Twelve Steps - The real difference between addicts and nonaddicts is that the former use chemicals and the latter do not. That is, the struggles and emotional problems addicts face are really no different from those experienced by anyone else. It also m...
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Geee
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quite a few on
everyone stickin at home because of the wheather?
Nice to see you all
hi
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How's the weather?
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At 6:30 his morning in northern North Dakota, the temperate was 15 below zero F (-32C), but the wind has died down to about 5mph; a balmy winter morning compared to the -30 to -40 temps we are sure to see in January and February.
Hey Phil....where is that condo again, that you were m...
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Daily Reflections Dec 4
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INTO ACTION A.A. 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. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 13 I desperately wanted to live, but if I was to succeed, I had to become active in our...
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There is a way to be a part of the action
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I want to feel myself part of things, of the great drift and swirl; not cut off, missing things, like being sent to bed early as a child. -- Joanna Field
Feeling apart from the action and always looking on; wanting attention, and yet afraid of being noticed; no doubt these are familiar memories to...
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dont fit in
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how can I not fit in at an aa meeting? I have been avoiding meetings as I hate the scenario when it comes to a break and everyone talks in twos and im always left out, I hate that, it takes me back to my lonelyness and makes me feel less than, could it be that im not even good enough to fit in at an aa meeting, if so w...
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How can I show my gentle side today?
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I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields that it kisses them so gently. -- Lewis Carroll
In different times and places, clouds can produce snowflakes, raindrops, or even hailstones. Each one seems to have its own purpose and mood as it falls from the sky. The snowflake is the lightest of th...
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aa big book
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What is this but a miracle of healing? Yet its elements are simple. Circumstances made him willing to believe. He humbly offered himself to his Maker then he knew.
Even so has God restored us all to our right minds. To this man, the revelation was sudden. Some of us grow into it more slowly. But He has co...
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Shhhhhhhhhh
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Holy cow, I have never seen the board so quiet. Baby's sleeping, or has everyone gone ice fishing for the day? I've been absent, came in to check all the posts I knew I'd missed today, and there was a word from the UK. Everybody else just skipped out, eh? Well then, have a wonderful weekend, all, and hope by...
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Thought for the night...
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Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
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To you guys in the west? I've had 5 fans on the front lawn pointed west..trying to blow this snow shit, back your way eh...
Didn't work...(smile)
Have a good night...
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Ain't It The Truth?
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It's been my experience, that it's usually one of the 3 L's...that gets
most Alcoholics to the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous.
"Liver......Lover....or Lawyer"
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Daily Reflections Dec 2
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SERENITY Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 106 As I continued to go to meetings and work the Steps, something began to happen to me. I felt confused because I wasn't sure what it was that I was feeling, and then I realized I was experi...
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trying to change my registry
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For the last couple of weeks I am having a problem upon leaving this site. I receive notification by McAfee that it is trying to make changes to my registry. Is anyone else experiencing this? I accepted it a week ago, and it messed up my computer,,, so I did an ad-aware update and scan...
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Daily Power Words
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"Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever- ascending,ever- improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb." Sir Win...
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Daily Reflections Dec 1
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"SUGGESTED" STEPS Our Twelfth Step also says that as a result of practicing all the Steps, we have each found something called a spiritual awakening. . . . A.A.'s manner of making ready to receive this gift lies in the practice of the Twelve Steps in our program." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITION...
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high five
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THIS POST CONTAINS BOOBIES
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HA THAT MADE YOU LOOK!!!!!!!!
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HOLY SHEEP !@#%
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I am in total shock!!!
I have a date set up for tomorrow or Saturday!!!!
Oh my God!!!!
I just can't tell you how good it feels to know someone would like my company in a not-so-normal way! I thought God wants me to be single and alone. I am not setting expectations or thinking totally irrational righ...
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From This Point On.....
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It's easy to think of yourself as the person you have been. Yet it is far more powerful to see yourself as the person you can become.
The mistakes and disappointments of the past may seem to be a major presence in your life. At this very moment, however, you can choose to leave them completely behind.
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We can get off our life-is-difficult soapbox
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When I hear somebody sigh "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, compared to what? -- Sydney J. Harris
We've probably heard all the negative quotations about life. There was also probably a time when we believed them all. Based on the state of our lives at the time, it was probably no surprise...
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quick hello
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to my MIP friends!!!!
and to let you know i'm doing ok.
what's his name...lol...jk....wants me to move back, i said no.
have had a couple of offers from program people, just really mulling over my options
looking hard for a job
going to a meeting every day if not 2!!!
working on day 20;)
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Being Emotionally Blocked
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Hi All,
Well yesterday, I did see someone about a huge knot-like block that was inside, needed to get professional help, face to face, about my relationship with my incarcerated Son.
Went there, poured out my heart, and talked about the block, and then I listened, really listened for an an...
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Confession time
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Where to start.... I am a 46 year old mother of two married and as of today admit to you and myself that I am an alcoholic. I guess it's called a functioning alcoholic. You know, get the kids to school on time, pick them up, laundry, pay bills, even cook dinner during blackouts, wake up the next morning stil...
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falling into old habits...
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I'm not depressed, honestly, but I'm isolating again... shutting things out of my mind, shutting people out... not talking about stuff because I don't want to think about it... I want some semblance of normality in my life, and if I shut everything away, things seem normal. But it's causing problems...
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Life is to be enjoyed
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All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it. -- Samuel Butler
If we take time to watch animals, we see that they have a zest for life that seems to engage them totally in whatever they are doing. A cat chasing its tail, a dog going after a ball, a horse running along the shore, a...
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Daily Reflections Nov 30
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PROTECTION FOR ALL At the personal level, anonymity provides protection for all members from identification as alcoholics, a safeguard often of special importance to newcomers. At the level of press, radio, TV, and films, anonymity stresses the equality in the Fellowship of all members by putti...
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Realizations........
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Have you ever wondered why after going to A.A. for a period of time you here something for the 100th time and it finally sinks in?
I'm just coming to realize that this program isn't all about me. Imagine that! In order for myself to function in a peaceful, serene environment I need to get the hell out of m...
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Living in an marriage to an alcoholic-medical-professional.
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It is sometimes hard from one "not to drink" when the one is not the "alcoholic" in the family and the one who is the "alcoholic" is a medical-professional who's opinion in society from their position would seem to "out-rank" the "non-medical-family-member" who drinks-socially... The marriage be...
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Slip
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I slipped. I started with a 1/4 glass of red wine someone told me I just had to try. Before you ask: no, that person didn't know I am an alcoholic. Anyway, as you might expect, it sure seemed harmless at the time, but I guess that's the way it works. It didn't kill me and neither did the full-on drink I...
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Daily Reflections Nov 29
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ACTIVE GUARDIANS To us, however, it represents far more than a sound public relations policy. It is more than a denial of self-seeking. This Tradition is a constant and practical reminder that personal ambition has no place in A.A. In it, each member becomes an active guardian of our Fellowship. TWE...
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Change
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Change
A problem can ultimately bring us a gift.
We start our relationship in excitement, hope, and good feelings, with perhaps a measure of fear mixed in. Our history is yet to evolve. A beginning is more a time of romance than reality. But no lasting connection is built on a steady...
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Daily Awareness
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"I want to know the thoughts of God; the rest are details."
-- Albert Einstein
Everything -- absolutely everything -- that happens in our lives has a spiritual cause. Events on all other levels -- mental, emotional and physical -- are only effects.
When we are struggling with any challenge, wh...
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The Understanding Underneath
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Experiences With Multiple Meanings
Though we humans are self-aware, we nonetheless cannot distance ourselves from the world around us and have a natural tendency to ascribe meaning to all that we experience. The significance we perceive in our experiences is rooted in our observation of patte...
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Miracles Really Do Happen!
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Hi everyone,
I just wanted to try to share what has happened in the last twenty-four hours to me. It's been amazing!
I was chosen to look after all of the literature at my home group last night. I feel really good about that and I'm looking forward to doing it.
This morning, I received all of t...
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Another Gift Of The Program
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I am celebrating 9 months of sobriety today. It's still kind of shocking to me the events that have taken place to get me to this point. The good and the bad.
All I know right now is that without this program and a HP I would be still out there.
This is one grateful alcoholic!
Just wanted to say thanks t...
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A-Z of Recovery
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Hi everyone,
I came across this on another website and thought I'd share it here.
Take care,
Carol
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Acceptance (of having to start over)
Beyond My Wildest Dreams
Change the things you can.
Daily...
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A quote...
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"Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control. These three alone lead to sovereign power."
– Alfred Tennyson
My friend posted this on another board... and when I read it, it reminded me of what I need to strive for actually... it actually coincides with the meeting I went to yesterday ab...
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Cherri
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Hi Cherri, starting a new topic is on the top of the box when you come into the site, upper right, right under user details.
Welcome to the board. I think many of us here have done exactly what you're sharing--going back out always was harder and harder on me. The more I heard in the program, the worse my r...
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Daily Reflections Nov 28
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ATTRACTION, NOT PROMOTION Through many painful experiences, we think we have arrived at what that policy ought to be. It is the opposite in many ways of usual promotional practice. We found that we had to rely upon the principle of attraction rather than promotion. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITION...
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Winning and Losing
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I haven't won yet but I haven't lost, either.-- Dennis C.
A favorite saying in sports is, "It isn't losing to get knocked down. Losing is staying down."
In life as in sports, that idea makes great sense. Like "Let go and let God" or "Let it begin with me, " it is a saying that reminds us of an impor...
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