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Struggling With Severe Depression
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Hey all. I'm having a really rough time right now. I've not really had any "pink cloud" times, this time around. It's been all one big, black ugly cloud. I am struggling with just functioning at all during the day. I'm dealing with anxiety attacks a lot, and when I'm no...
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PC just went KABOOM!!
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Was trying to open some pics. and pc went KABOOM, have been sitting here with my PC. Tried System Restore CD. and did get back on just to tell you all, I have had it with PC today, spent 2 hours to get it up to this speed, and it is not functioning.
My LOVE-HATE relationship, has gone into the "...
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Open to Awareness~
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Open to awareness
"Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness. It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment, and then sustaining that attention over time as best we can. In the process, we become more in touch with our lif...
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How it Works
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How It Works
Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are suc...
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A Few Thoughts!
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Hi everyone,
I came across these in an old copy of Share magazine and I thought I would pass them on.
Have a great and sober weekend,
Carol
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* When I became a member of AA I became a newcomer to life.
* No publican ever said "keep coming back - it...
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Hi Soberdrunk.....
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Did You get to a meeting tonight? I didn't.... just chillin' w/sore throat... yucky-poo...
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More About Alcoholism
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More About AlcoholismMost of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows. Therefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink l...
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Tears of JOY... OH BOY!!
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I enjoyed 'tears of joy' again today. Feel so grateful for that.
I used to not be able to cry, only if I were 'blacked out' with anger. Only in the past few months, have I been blessed with the gift, that just a few precious times, I have burst into beautiful happy smiling tears with gratitude. Today was o...
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Just some humour
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This was an e-mail that was sent to me - thought I might share. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Good advice HOW TO STAY YOUNG 1. Try everything twice. Once seen on a tombstone epitaph... "Tried everything twice...loved it both times!" 2. Keep only cheerful friends. The gr...
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WELCOME DennisSarge !!!!!!
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Glad to have you here!!! Can't wait to get to know you!!!!
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Welcome to ....
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.... The Oblivion Modulus.
This is the nether region. This is the shadowy place under the kitchen table where the cobwebs drape and no-one ever peers. This is the hidden voice. This is the silent scream. This is the place where the angels encounter a strange blankness they can’t explain nor d...
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Wrong information
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Just checking in - the receptionist at my doctors office had told me I was to visit an oncologist. SHE WAS WRONG. I have to see an ecologist - a specialist of thyroid and diabetes problems. Found this out a few days ago. I would like to thank everyone who pm...
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Daily Reflections Aug 4
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SEEDS OF FAITH Faith, to be sure, is necessary, but faith alone can avail nothing. We can have faith, yet keep God out of our lives. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 34 As a child I constantly questioned the existence of God. To a "scientific thinker" like me, no answer could withstand a thorough d...
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Yoo Hoo Moderators
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Hi to all,
Just noticed a Post down on the page that was 'Closed' , and when I read the Post, I felt certain, that this had to be accidental.
Last week, when one of the Posts was closed, and then reopened, it puzzled me, so I went back to page 30 or so, and did an experiment.
As Moderators, we have...
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Overworked and Underpaid!
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Can anyone relate?
I have the opportunity at work to get overtime. I view this as a good thing. For some reason when the end of the eight hour day rolls around I find myself volunteering to do more. Justin the over-achiever......
The thing is I don't know the meaning of moderation. I figure if I bust m...
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What should you do?
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Situational Awareness Scenario:
You are driving in a car at a constant speed. On your left side is a
valley an d on your right side is a fire engine traveling at the same speed
as you.
In front of you is a galloping pig which is the same size as your car
And you cannot overtake it. Behind you is...
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A Few Pics
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Hi all,
I was looking at some lovely pics posted here yesterday and it got me to check out a few that I have taken recently. The first one is a sunrise taken close to where I live. The other four are of a favourite forest walk of mine. I walk a fair bit and it helps me to relax and focus on my recovery.
An...
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YOOOO-HOOOO... Hillybilly.... :o)
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missed you!!!!
Are you out there??? ...
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PICKLE?
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http://flash-movies.freeonlinegames.com/
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I need some help
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This is, as you can see, my first post. I found this message board and registered because I need help. I'm 31 and have been drinking heavily for about two years. I never really drank as a teenager or even as a college student. Drank socially with the occassional binge throughout my 20's, but it was never o...
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Went to AA tonight
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Well, today was one very depressing day. I broke down in tears throughout and when it came time to go to AA, I wept to my dad about how depressed I was and that I really didn't even want to go. He said that I needed to, because the times when you least want to face it are the times you need it most.&...
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My BABY'S BIRTHDAY
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Scouty is one Year Old today, August 4th!!!
Yaaaaayyyy!!!!!!!!! She will be getting a cupcake and scoop of vanilla ice cream... SPOILED....
LOL
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From "A New Direction"
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"I hear talk of the 'weak-willed' alcoholic, but I am one of the strongest-willed people on earth! I now know that my incredible strength of will is not enough to save my life. My problem is not one of 'weakness,' but rather of direction. When I, without falsely diminishing myself, accept my honest lim...
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Owning Our Own Power
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The Language of Letting Go.
So much of what I call my codependency is fear and panic because I spent so much of my life feeling abused, trapped, and not knowing how to take care of myself in relationships. -- Anonymous
No matter how long we have been recovering, we may still tend to give up our power...
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Camping pics!
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Just thought I'd post a couple pics from our Camping trip...enjoy! 
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Hi, New here
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Hi, I just wanted to say hi! I'm 2 1/2 months sober and attend AA meetings 2 times/week, but I thought that it would be nice to have another outlet. This certainly is a tough way of life, but so is drinking, I suppose. Hope everyone is doing well!
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My Daughter's Call
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Once I learned how to accept a call from a prison, Sunny Lynne and I connected. (first time, I didn't do something right, and it disconnected. I was scared to death she'd think I was rejecting her call.) So after ten minutes of nausea and spinning, she tried again and this time it worked. We crammed as muc...
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August 3, Daily Reflections
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. .TO BE OF SERVICE Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 77 It is clear that God's plan for me is expressed through love. God loved me enough to take me from alleys and jails so that I could be made a useful participant in His wor...
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BIG FAT BLESSING tonight...:o)
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IN SPITE OF the fact that I am a recovering alcoholic, with a horrible drug addiction... have been trying hard to work a decent program, for what it's worth.
Tonight I opened my mail, and I have been CONSIDERED for acceptance into an accelerated nursing program.. after breaking my anonymity on the o...
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My weekend...a bit long, but worth the read!
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So we took out our new Tent Trailer on this weekend into the wilderness!
First though, my day leading up to leaving for the trip was a tad hellish....found lice in my best friend's son's hair-I've been babysitting him the past couple weeks. Then, shortly...
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REMINDER for WOMEN... (or men.. :o)...
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I have WORTH TODAY...
Why??
Not because my house is meticulously clean 24/7.... it's not.
Not because I am a subservient wife, running around all day in an A-pattern skirt and apron, pretending to be June Clever..... I don't.
Not because my children behave 100% of the time, are perfectly pol...
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Footpirints In The Sand
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Hi everyone,
I just came across this and thought of me and my HP. I wanted to share it with you.
Take care,
Carol
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FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND
One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord.
Many scenes from my life flashed...
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"ANGER", Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.
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"Often anger is a sign of engagement with life. People who are angered are touched deeply by the events of their lives and feel strongly about them. As an emotion, it has limitations and it certainly has very bad press, but my experience with ill people suggests that there is something healthy about it...
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AA resentment
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Alright, at the risk of being risky I have decided to post a topic here. First of all, be forwarned this isn't going to be pretty.
I started out in AA, and F*** you if you don't like NA and you want to call it the other fellowship. the reason I left is in the area I live in, most of the pe...
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Alcohol and Nicotine
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Hi all. Just wanted to say that HillBilly's post on quitting smoking was a 2x4 right in my forehead! I used to only smoke while drinking, since joining AA as of last July I have become a "pack a dayer". Have thought many, many times, I need to quit, but find that I'm just a...
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Working the 12 Steps...keeping our eyes on the Prize
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The Promises......................... If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity a...
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Off topic really, but wanted to share
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Hi to All,
I take a medication that requires a thourough rinseing of Scope, or something similar, to offset the threat of getting a Yeast infection in my gum area. Do this religously every morning, and every nite.
For some reason, now have a little graveling feeling up in front of my mouth an...
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Booze and Tylenol
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I combined them for years. Always liked a shot of Nyquil at the end of a night of drinking because it was the only thing that would knock my ass out. Without Nyquil I'd drink til the sun came up.
Come to find out they are a deadly combo. I'm sure my liver has suffered damage. I'm 36 and have done it since I was...
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Believe!! And Don't Quit!!
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Success is doing the best you can, in as many ways as you can. It is being just and honest and true -- not in a few things, but in everything you do. Always look ahead and never look back, believe you can make all your dreams come true. Always believe in the best you can be and have faith in the things that you do...
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ANNIVERSARY
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August 1st.... I have 18 months today.
A year and a half ago, I was a newly-wed. I had been sober for over 2 years and had gotten caught up in the blessings of a 'semi-normal life', so much so, that I was no longer putting my program at the top of my priority list. Job, new marriage (first time married at age...
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why fear
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why am I so fearful for a positive change in my life? I have been preying for this change, and it has come and I am now worried about the what if's - I am not happy where im at, so I am looking to leave all that behind me, but still I am worried....
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Sobriety - The Life Hereafter
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(Copied from another source)
Sobriety is much more than just not drinking. It is a whole new way of thinking. One of those new thoughts is that, for me, the Life Hereafter is from this moment on.
I have come to know that what I do, each moment, affects my subsequent life. I create my own pers...
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Fending Off Loneliness (long)
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from "Living Sober"
Alcoholism has been described as “the lonely disease,” and very few recovered alcoholics argue the point. Looking back at the last years or months of our drinking, literally hundreds of thousands of us remember feeling isolated even when we were amo...
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H. A. L. T.
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Good Morning all,
Well this sayings, are alive and well in my Recovery today, qualifying for a couple. Need to address and change them.
Just the last two, had to stay in, with some eye irritation that affected my vision, so, don't drive, came up for me. And when we stay inside, and are not feel...
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Daily Reflections August 2
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WE BECOME WILLING. . . . . At the moment we are trying to put our lives in order. But this is not an end in itself. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS , p. 77 How easily I can become misdirected in approaching the Eighth Step! I wish to be free, somehow transformed by my Sixth and Seventh Step work. Now, more than ever, I am v...
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Woohoooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
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Over and done! I just got home about an hour ago. Went up to my room and kind of quieted my mind for an hour like the book says and asked God to help me with the willingness to turn some stuff over which I'm not entirely ready for.
I'm not sure if I posted on here about my pre-5th step thoughts. I was planning o...
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Advice/Comments Needed
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Hi everyone,
I have a slight problem and if anyone could offer any advice or suggestions, then that would be great. I would really appreciate it.
It's my parents golden wedding anniversary next week and I am due to go and spend some time with them. As I'm an only child, getting out of going is p...
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Hi all
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Hi there, I came back from wales early. I had to get back as my family were driving me nuts with old behavior and I do not wear that identity any more and they desperatly "need" me to get back to where I was as its a co dependent family and im the scape goat.
Have been quite productive today with my c...
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Ut Oh
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Just talked to my sponsor. He just got back from some kind of vacation for a week.
5th step tomorrow.
I'm nervous as hell. Still not done entirely with the 4th. Eeegad! Finishing it is no biggy but I'm scared! Talk about overwhelming fear.
I'm going to a meeting.
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Meditation & Daily Reflection Aug. 1
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Today is August 1, 2006 A Great Day for Recovery!
SELF-RELIANCE
"The way to greatness is the path of self-reliance, independence and steadfastness in times of trial and stress." -- Herbert Hoover Today I take responsibility for my life. Today I take responsibility for my disea...
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