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BEACHOLOGY
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When I stand up for myself and my beliefs, they call me a BEACH.
When I stand up for Those I love, They call me a BEACH.
When I speak my mind, think my own thoughts or do things my own way, They call me a BEACH.
Being a BEACH means I won't Compromise what's in my heart.
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Property Lines
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Property Lines
A helpful tool in our recovery, especially in the behavior we call detachment, is learning to identify who owns what. Then we let each person own and possess his or her rightful property.
If another person has an addiction, a problem, a feeling, or a sel...
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Amazing
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I was amazed on my way back from a meeting, there was a injured wood pidgeon in the road and another wood pidgeon swooped down, picked this injured bird up with its feet and fluttered it to safty. Why would a bird do that? I always thought it was only humans who were given the gift of God and spirituality, bu...
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A great day
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Hey guys. have done my morning prayer and feeling good, I wondered if you could share insight as to what to pray as I am new.
I know that the book tells us " Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives...
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Today was quite fun.
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Omg i am so tired.. Stayed up online and then watchin film till bout 01:40 this morning.. got to sleep by about 2 or alittle after i gues.. .. Bit of a rough night.. no too bad.. t-shirt soaked when i woke up.. bloody sweats.... Actualy i had a dream that it was today and that i had real bad shake...
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Wednesday
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Real love is like holding an egg in your hand. The tighter you squeeze, the more you lose. Ron P.
When we learn to love the beauty & gifts of others as separate from us, healthy relationships can flourish. Control is the enemy of love & at the heart of our pa...
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I didnt go to a meeting today but i didnt drink either
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Hey everyone.
Well i didnt go to the meeting tonight.. gees im so tired tonight.. even more so when i first left work... I kept thinking of walking into the meeting and the guy called Carl outside sayin "how are you doing?... improvement?".. he said somethign like that last week ..and also facing ala...
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Keep it in today
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One day at a time--this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone. --Ida Scott Taylor
It's not always easy to understand that the day stretching before us is all that counts. Daydreaming about the party last week, or getting upset all over again about a fight we had yester...
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hey all
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well the wheather is getting warm. and im am glad . going to get gared tilled next week. and getting my tomatoes started. (friom seed). also flower box to fill so starting flowers too. life is good!!!! take care all stay sober wagon
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Stress
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Hi A.A.
I think that I suffer with stress and it has to be stopped, I cant seem to be able to relax and I am always anxious about things, I would say my career in business does not help too much, a lady said reiki is my answer today but I do not know if I believe in it!
Have you had a problem with stress? and how...
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IM GONE
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YOU WILL NEVER HEAR FROM ME AGAIN
I KNOW WHEN I AM NOT WANTED
-- Edited by Robert at 19:25, 2006-04-03
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Too Young?
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I did not think as a 23 year old I could be alcoholic, you get a idea in your head of a dirty old man with a trench coat and brown paper bag. I am so glad that my eyes were open to the fact I was, the great alcohol beat me into it , now I need to find another Higher Power.
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Relationships and Expectations
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The Truth About Relationship Expectations
Larry James
Blaming others for the pain we feel each time someone fails to live up to our expectations is no different than burning our tongue on coffee that's too hot to swallow, and then calling our cup an idiot! - Guy Finl...
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screw the challenges---i need some joy AND hugs
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TUESDAY , APRIL 04, 2006
You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=1098>.
All we are asked to bear we can bear. That is a law of the spiritual life. The only hindrance to the working of this law, as of all benign laws, is fear. --Elizabeth...
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The Full Serenity prayer...
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I was just telling Rob how I ran across this on the web. Some of you 'ol timers probably know about the other part to it. I just am really finding it useful lately. "moment by moment..." (Ps:I was not big on the 'God', or 'hereafter' when I first got sober, and never thought I would ever...
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Some funny and some to learn from!
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Fifteen Childhood Characteristics That Sometimes Get Lost in Adults1. Seek out things that are fun to do 2. Jump from one interest to another 3. Curious, eager to try new things 4. Smile and laugh a lot 5. Experience and express emotions freely 6. Creative and innovative 7. Physically active 8. Const...
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i am here---making the best of it
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TUESDAY , APRIL 04, 2006
You are reading from the book Touchstones </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=212>.
What is obvious to me is that we did not create ourselves... life is something inside of you. You did not create it. Once you understand that, .you are in a spiritual realm. -...
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God's time
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Say when it's time to do that difficult thing.
Sometimes, true windows of opportunity open in our lives. We get a chance to make that amend. The perfect time to end or resolve that relationship arises. It's like a gift from God when that window opens up. All we need to do is gently step through...
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addictions and "back up" addictions
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TUESDAY , APRIL 04, 2006
You are reading from the book Food for Thought </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=33>.
Resting
We compulsive overeaters often used food as a stimulant when we felt the need to be busy about something. Of course, food did not keep us stimulated for long, sin...
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balance---being a blessing AND accepting my limits
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You are reading from the book Twenty-Four Hours a Day - Hardcover (24 Hours) </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=1096>.
A.A. Thought for the Day
When I came into A.A., I found men and women who had been through the same things I had been through. But now they were thinking more about h...
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Have a good night eh?
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There are offenses given & offenses not given but taken.
—Izaak Walton
We bring on a lot of unnecessary suffering by being supersensitive. How often, for example, do we get our feelings hurt by what someone else has said? If this is a regular refrain in our lives, we may need to listen mo...
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New Start
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I like what this program brings me.
I can start the day again at any stage, it tells me so in the big book, as we go through the day we pause when agitated
I am not good at posting so please be awaire of that, and if I go off the subject at all please let me know.
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Carrying The Load...
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Man, like the Bridge, was designed to carry the load of the moment, not the combined weight of a year at once. William A. Ward
When trouble tumbles down on us, we are easily overwhelmed. We see problems facing us in the future & mountains of work to do. We loo...
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Robert, Now we're sorry!
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IVE BEEN SILLY
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i HAVE HAD THIS WORRY ABOUT GOING INTO WORK TODAY. HERE IS WHAT THE BIG BOOK SAYS ABOUT WORRY AND RESENTMENT:
To the precise extent that we permit these, do we squander the hours that might have been worth while
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6 & 7
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If it's okay, I need some reminders today...I'd like to hear a little on the 6th and 7th steps, please. There's a situation going on in my life that my character defects are on the rampage with - I've done the inventory (I could still use to talk it over with my sponsor), but I'd really like to hear th...
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for those in the USA
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Here is the information on how to contact the GSO in the USA, in New York City,,, and the general website:
http://www.aa.org/en_information_aa.cfm?PageID=48
http://www.aa.org/?Media=PlayFlash
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for those in the UK
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I found the website for AA in the UK:
http://www.aa-uk.org.uk/Default.htm
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MP3s
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Ive just made possibly the best song I have ever made, and I wanted to share it with you guys. the porblem is I dont know how I would get it on here? save as an MP3 do you think?
or would I need to upload it somewhere?
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Sorry
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Sorry for the daft post I did earlier, there was no excuse at all for it and it was childish. Please dont feel you need to accept my oppology, but I am sorry.
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If you like dogs..
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http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1AXZABD2K5BLM3B0XFWTOD1R30
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An awesome insperational
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I couldn't get this to print here> So try to click on attachment.
Have a great day all
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My Breakfast..
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Wasnt sure wether to post this in the cookbook thread but dont think it would qualify.
With all the talk on marmite and such.. just thouht id tell you what i just had for breakfast cos people at work go "Yuk!" when i tell them iv had this...
2 pieces of toast with tomato sauce and cold (not melted) slice...
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Just a cool quote
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"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix
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jobs for an alky
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Hey there,
I am an unskilled alky, ! ! I want to learn a trade, I cant drive I am fat and I smell !!!
can anyone think of something I could do or learn as a "trade" ?
I suppose I dont smell that bad?
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I respect peoples religion
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Hi Everyone.
Iv made a few posts where i have stated im an athiest and mentioned religion etc especialy in Mistermooks thread.
But i want everyone to know that i have the utmost respect for you and your religion whatever it might be.. When i have posted about this subject i alwa...
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Morning everyone
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I hope your all ok, and having a nice day.
Very cold in this house as the gas will not switch on- brrrr.
Had my meeting with work, they prodded me but did not get a great deal out of me.
I just feel a little flat now and I cant find my sponcers number or my phone for that matter!!
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fifth step...again
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Today i did my second fifth step with my sponsor. Ive been sober for a year and did my first fifth when i had 4 or 5 months but my sponsor figured it was time for another one. A few days ago when he first asked me to do this i was a little pissed - like as if i even needed to do one!...
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Need to share
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Hi everyone...I'm Jen and I'm an alcoholic.
I would like to share with all of you a bit of my story. I have just finished my 5th step with my sponsor and for some reason I feel the need to share today.
I was raised in an alcoholic family but was never neglected, abused, etc. My Dad pa...
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The perals
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Jenny was a bright-eyed, pretty, five year old girl. One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl necklace priced at $2.50. How she wanted that necklace! When she asked her mother if she would buy it for her, her mother said, Well,...
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Please keep me in your prayers.
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Hi everyone
I'm not use to asking for help but I do have a chance for a very good local job in the next month or so and have tried a few times before to get one there. I have a brother in AA who has 35 years at this job putting a good word in for me,,,I'n doing my best as a mear human to not let my hopes get to high,,,...
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I AM RESPONSIBLE: The Hand of AA
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I AM RESPONSIBLE: The Hand of AA Selected stories from the AA Grapevine The Key to Belonging Growing up, I was an angry, lonely, frightened kid. I didnąt know how to make friends, and I wasnąt sure I wanted to. Recess was the most painful part of my day ? Iąd sit on the outskirts of the play-ground, sensing...
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what on earth is this
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http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/5544750/a/Alcoholic+Death+Noise.htm
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worried about partner
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My partner is in bed at the mo after having a anxiety attack.
since coming to aa I have chilled out alot, but she is like chicken licken, if things dont get done NOW were all going to die!!
I have tried to help her, and when I pointed out this was her objectives to live in a perfect house, for things to get d...
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Today
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Goodness I could barly get out of berd this morning with my bad back, I got out at 12 ish.
as you know I am on long term sick, (doctor signed me off)
work have done a home visit with my boss and the bosses boss, poking for floors in my sickness, oops I meant "just making sure im ok" then this friday they call...
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From an AA site..and borrowed from the Alanon Board...
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Sobriety will necessarily have its ups and downs, its good times and its bad times, if only because we live in a world which we are inseparably joined. One doesn't always sustain sobriety at the same level. There are fluctuations, shocks and setbacks which, when addressed within the context of the A....
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My name is Rob etc
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I'm concerned about my drinking so I joined this board. Come Friday and more frequently Thursday nights, I head straight down the off licence after work and grab myself an 8 pack of Fosters Lager. These I drink by myself whilst watching films or chatting on the internet.
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just a simple hello
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just wanted to say hi see how you all are doing im on my way out to a f2f its my home group now i guess every sat night 7 pm i realy like it.butt ill never forget this place and will always be around to say hi and update you all on my progress.the wife and the kidds are all great we went to the buffalo zoo the otherda...
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April 2 Daily Reflections
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CHARACTER BUILDING Demands made upon other people for too much attention, protection, and love can only invite domination or revulsion.... TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 44 When I uncovered my need for approval in the Fourth Step, I didn't think it should rank as a character defect. I wante...
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Good Sunday
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Just a hello
Busy here. All is good and sober. Just a quick check in.
It is wealth to be content. --Lao-tzu
On the evening of the first day of spring, a woman gave her husband a bright red geranium in a clay pot. To celebrate, he placed it on the windowsill, and together they marvel...
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