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Letting Go Of Our Need For Control...
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Letting go of our need for control frees us
"If you want to make God laugh, just tell Him your plans." This old Jewish proverb is especially familiar to people in recovery from addiction, but everyone can glean some meaning from these time-tested words. They serve as a gentle...
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ANGER... continued...
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Wow... such good stuff on the "Anger" thread... all stuff I needed to hear. Would like to continue with this very important subject for those of us in recovery. Had another thought, on anger:
True, I am a very important part of a few peoples' daily lives... but to most, I am just a speck in that pe...
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Good Day - For Me
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Hey how is everyone today? My day is great, super and fantastic. The sun is shinning, the birds are chirping and I am going to spend time with my mother. Life is good. How is every one's day. EEHH Big polar bear hug to all. Just my share...
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Hello, I'm new here...
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Just wanted to introduce myself, I'm Steve and I'm an alcoholic.
I came across this board after comming home from a meeting the other night. I post on a few other message boards that have nothing to do with AA or recovery but have plenty of what I don't want in my life anymore, so basically I was lo...
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THE PARALYZING EMOTION OF FEAR
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Hi to all,
I have been in contact with some of the people here, and it has just really grabbed at my heart that the Paralyzing Emotion of Fear, seems to be in control of some.
It takes me back to a class on Self-Esteem that I took at a Junior College. I took this class because I did not have a clue as to w...
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Opinions please?
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Would anyone say that just being a part of this forum would make one a member of Alcoholics Anonymous?
I already know what I think just wanted some input on this!
Plus, what I think can change from minute to minute!
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Joke:
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Q. How many alcoholics does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. One. He simply holds the lightbulb in the socket and waits for the world to revolve around him.
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Having Surgery at 11:00 today
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Hi, I knew the Post title would draw you in, but it was really for just a little laugh. I went to a dematologist, last week, wanted to have an ingrown hair, that was just turning into a big bump, next to my hair line, above my ear. Anyway, I said, well, you can do it today, right? NO! we must schedule this for SU...
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Today's Inspiration
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A thousand eyes, but none with correct vision. --Isacher Hurwitz
William Shakespeare referred to envy as the "green sickness." There are only losers in the game of envy. When we envy someone else, we have judged ourselves and found something lacking.
Lack of self-love is the soil in which e...
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Why I feel good!
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Things to be grateful for:
I can remember what I did yesterday!
I'm not in a room with one door and a lock that I don't have a key to!
I make it to work on time everyday and I'm not in jeopardy of getting fired!
My family actually likes having me around!
Haven't worn those silver bracelet...
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Remember When...while downing a Fifth of Whisky..
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I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice from the other stall saying: "Hi, how are you?" I'm not the type to start a conversation in the restroom but I don't know what got into me, so I answered, somewhat embarrassed, "Doin' just fine!" And the other person says: "So what are you up to?" What kind of qu...
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wearing down
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Hi there, I am starting to get worn out at work again, I have the type of manager who does not recognise achievement, but you do something wrong and he jumps all over you.
It is doing my head in, he just stares at me, like he is looking for something, oh it makes me feel uncomfortable.
today I made a big Co...
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Thanks for listening
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Thanks so much, everyone....I really appreciate ya'lls input! Thanks also for allowing me to vent....I needed to!
After much prayer about it, I've decided that I need to have a heart to heart with my Sponsor....it's not her fault that I'm feeling pressured and frustrated with her. I need to make it...
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Procrastinating....
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I have to confess this...I am totally and completely sitting on The Steps. I am procrastinating getting to Step 4. I recently went back to Step 1, right...I think I shared that a few weeks back...anyhow....my Sponsor is kicking me in the ass big time for it, she's cool beans and she keeps reminding me of...
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Today's Bit
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Today's Gift.
Forgiveness is all-powerful. Forgiveness heals all ills. --Catherine Ponder
Getting mad at someone, a friend perhaps, is normal. Everybody gets mad sometimes. But when we stay mad for very long, it ruins all the fun we'd planned on having throughout the day. Staying mad multi...
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Hatred and Resentment
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Okay, I am new again to the program. Still on step one as far as I know. But this past couple of days, especiallly at work, I've had these horrible feelings and thoughts regarding other people (customers and coworkers). I have always been the nice, courteous waitress. But t...
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Check in
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Hi all.
I've been sitting back and watching the board for a while.
Seems to be a lot of arguements? Re: AA and Religion
I Am in two minds about this, AA in the UK tries to push people into Christianity, Surely we can help people who don't have a 'god' without the 'turnoff; of excess religion!
I stop...
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Bad Apples--Daily OM
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Sweetening A Sour Fruit When A Bad Apple Spoils The Bunch
Because life requires that we interact with different personalities, it is not uncommon for us to encounter a situation where there is one person whose behavior may negatively impact the experiences of others. Someone who is loud and crass...
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It's all in how you handle it.
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Worry and Stress
"I'm learning it's what I do with my today that counts," said one group member. "I can make this a day to remember or a day to regret just by the kinds of thoughts I have about it."
"Let me explain what happened to make me realize this," he continued. "Two days ago, I woke up grumbling ab...
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Thoughts and ideas
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After being around A.A. for a while I have an understanding of how the program works. When I read the big book I find most of it very inspirational. There is no written code by which the meetings should operate. Each group is autonomous. In my mind that means there is no right or wrong way to run a meeting. I...
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Sleeplessness
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Anyone here that can lend their experience(s) on when, upon deciding to sober up, how long it took you to find atleast somewhat normal sleep patterns?
In short, I was the pint a night guy for roughly four years. I sobered up--not to mention three days of very uncomfortable physical symptoms-...
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I think I need advice.....
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Got out of rehab and fell again on the 18th June. Sick of this disease I want my life back. I know it is easy just DO NOT DRINK but my illness is playing games with me!! so f***ing scared I will die of this disease. Doing the right thing right now NOT having a drink talking to my sponsor and going to meeti...
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Emotions--Higher Awareness
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Here's a take from a slightly diff. point of view~wren
Pay attention to your emotions
"Emotions are the next frontier to be understood and conquered. To manage our emotions is not to drug them or suppress them, but to understand them so that we can intelligently direct our emotional energies and...
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laughter.
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Hi,
I have this routine I watch a couple of certain shows before I got ot be it helps me sleep.Last night I heard my self laughing I mean the real laughing not the kind you do so no one knows your heart is breaking and you are loseing your mind but real laughter at the old rerun .
I want...
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Good vs Bad Stress
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Challenging Perspective Good Stress Vs. Bad Stress
In recent years, stress has gotten a very bad name, but studies show that some stress is good for us, increasing our immune systems' capabilities and sharpening our intelligence. Bad stress, on the other hand, has the opposite effect, weakenin...
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Some humor to brighten your day
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Hello All,
Just wanted to share some humor with ya!
Due to a power outage, only one paramedic responded to the call. The house was very dark so the paramedic asked Kathleen, a 3-yr old girl to hold a flashlight high over her mommy so he could see w...
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Hey,
where are you ? How are you ?
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Isn't it great .....?
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Isn't it great to wake in the morning feeling fresh, bright and being able to remember everything that you said or did the evening before? No more claiming being hit by a sudden bug to cover the need for taking aspirin or paracetamol for the blinding hangover; no more having to wonder how to dispose of th...
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Does Honesty Scare You?
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I'm sure some of you have read the anger I expressed in my previous thread. But it was honestly how I felt in the moment. Honesty is a scary thing for me. I'm so used to glossing everything over with a smile and "I'm fine. How are you?" I'm not quite comfortable with sayin...
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Online Meetings
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Hi all,
I have two questions, well for now anyway .
1) Are the AA meetings here online open or closed?
2) The meetings are Tuesday night and Saturday night, right?
Yours in Recovery,
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LIFE and How we respond to it!
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What happens to us is not as important as how we respond.
The external events of our lives are largely beyond our control. We do not choose our parents, our emotional environment, the historical period in which we live, our body type, or the flow of circumstances that shape our experience. These a...
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Toni Baloni
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I replied to your post in my mailbox. I'm not sure I did it right. Did you get a reply from me today?
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Sought my God
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Sought my God, I could not see,
Sought my Soul, it eluded me..
Sought my Brother, found all Three.
Just one of my Sponsor's Favorites, wanted to share it.
Happy Holiday to all of us.
Toni
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Welcome Home Dan- We Missed You
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Just checking in and I saw your name, and said Yahoo, Dan is BACK!!! Hope your vacation was a blast.
R& R is so great, want to hear all about it, noisy little Toni Baloney.
A Big Hug,
you know who
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For those of us...that feel like giving up..some days..
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When things go wrong as they sometimes will When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill
When funds are low and the debts are high And you want to smile, but you have to sigh
When care is pressing you down a bit Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit
Life is queer with its twists and turns As everyon...
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HAPPINESS
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Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind. --Alice Meynell
It's all too easy to blame a friend, spouse, or co-worker for the uneven quality of our lives. If only others would behave according to our plans and dictates, then all would go well, we think. What seldom is rem...
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Alcoholism.... HEARTBREAKING
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Wowee. It is great to be sober.
And painful to see when someone else is not. Reminds me to keep trudging.
Last night I was on my way back from dropping girls off at a treatment center after a meeting. I pulled into a drive-in restaurant to get burgers for my husband for dinner.
I saw a man who...
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Sober now thanks to this board
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Hi all -
A few months ago I started checking out this board and the al anon board desperately seeking answers because of my bf's drinking problem. Not my own mind you, I didn't have a problem! Well, I started to see myself in some of the posts I read and it hit me. Appart...
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Rationalizing behavior through the steps
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How often have we heard someone rationalize their actions and behavior through the tenth step at a meeting? Is it okay to call someone on their bs in a meeting? I hear people with years of sobriety doing this. Oh I acted this way and said this but it's okay because I said I'm sorry. I don't care whether or no...
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From: Night Light
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Either you reach a higher point today, or you exercise your strength in order to be able to climb higher tomorrow----Nietzche
It has been said truth will set us free. Truth is not simply being honest with ourselves and others. It is also the ideals by which we would like to live. Some peo...
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Hi all..
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Ya know i said about the prey thing to get to a meeting.. well i still ent been.. i keep bottling out..
last week, last monday i had a really bad day cso i had drank so much on the sunday, as i already posted about.. Anyway i didnt drink mondya night, just stayed up watching tv for most the ni...
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How do I deal with gossip??
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Can anyone help me I am at my wits end and my head has gone I am in a bad state.
I dont know what to do to deal with this person, yes I pray but nothing resentment wont lift can anyone out there help me I feel like drinking...
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Happy sober 4 of july
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Hi,
Happy 4 th to all and I hope it is a safe and sober day for all of us.
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Life Feels Great!
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Well everyone,
I can't quite believe that I'm saying this but, this evening, I have completed my Step 5!!!
I feel so fantastic about it. I had been dreading doing my Steps 4 & 5, but I finally faced them and the pay-off is terrific. I've just hit 'Wowsville' at one hundred miles per hour!!!
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Also new here
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First time here reading the postings. I can relate to I'm done. I also have 2 small children and I drink alot. I have been wanting for years to stop drinking but because "I'm bored or stressed or need to relax or because that's what we do when we rent movies or its Sunday and I'm cooking or... or.... or...."...
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111 Days - 16 Weeks
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I'm off to a noon meeting this morning - haven't been in a while - it's amazing to me that I'm still sober, usually, a slip is what brings me back to meetings, but not this time!!
Wishing you all well & a happy sober Sunday 
My horoscope says :
"You're not the only one who has this opi...
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A Portion of-A Vision for You, Chapter ll, AA Big Book
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Chapter 11
A Vision For You
For most normal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. It means release from care, boredom and worry. It is joyous intimacy with friends and a feeling that life is good. But not so with us in those last days of heavy drinkin...
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If I am having a Problem with someone else
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Just a little trivia this 4th of July week-end.
And was thinking of how, when I am having a Problem, with another person, the solution to that Problem, always ends up, with me going into a room and looking in a mirror. (Not my favorite thing to do).
I personally really like the new slogan in Alano...
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Happy, Happy 4th of July!!!
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Just wanted to drop in and say that I hope everyone had a great, great Holiday.
Just came back from a Barbecue, Neighborhood thing, and my Co-sponsor came and brought her husband, that I had never met. What a treat that was, they have been married for 25 years, and both have a great sense of humor. So w...
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Canada Day...and Joni Baloney..:)
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Canada Day - HistoryCanada Day used to be known as Dominion Day, the First of July, Confederation Day and July the First. Canada wasn't born on July 1st, but the holiday celebrates the events that took place on this day. On July 1, 1867, the British North America Act created the Canadian federal govern...
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