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Affirmations
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I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday.
When your dreams turn to dust, vacuum.
Difficult things take a long time, impossible things a little longer.
There is more to life, than increasing its speed.
Thinking with ones heart will give the right answers to the questions.
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March 26 AA daily Reflection
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THE TEACHING IS NEVER OVER
Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us a...
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from "Came to Believe"
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Is sobriety all that we can expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is only the first gift of the first awakening. If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life - the one that did not work - for a...
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Making Amends
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Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. --Step Nine
When we make amends we need to be clear about what we're apologizing for and the best way to say we're sorry. What we are really doing with our amends is taking respon...
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The Serenity Prayer (long version)
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God,
Grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference,
Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time, accepting hardship as a pathway to peace, taking this sinful world as it is, not as I would...
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hey all
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not much new here, just waiting for spring so get my garden going again. tomatos and potatos mainly. i found a site that gives my sober heart beats 37,625,583. and counting, i hope!! take care all wagon
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A few thoughts for Sunday..and have a good day eh?
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Emotional Availability is probably one of the key factors in establishing and maintaining healthy relationships. WE are emotionally unavailable in a relationship when we are afraid. We want true love but are terrified of how it may hurt us, how it may recreate some painful experience, how we may be...
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Father Leo's Daily Meditation -Mar 26
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TEACHING "The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery." -- Mark Van Doren I have a need of a "sponsor" in my life. Somebody I turn to when I have problems, when I am confused or in pain, when I simply need to talk, when I feel lonely or when I am about to make a major change in my life. Every addict need...
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AA Speaker Tapes
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Hi hope all is well
I just wanted to share a web-site I found to download AA speaker tapes. I downloaded all 8 tapes of Joe and Charlie. http://www.elmoware.com/spktapes.htm Hope this is new news for someone. Thanks
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4th Step helper
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Never used this myself but some may find it helpful.
You'll need to download the latest version of Adobe Reader as it's a .pdf
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I'm supposed to get a topic e-mail
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Hi all
I'm supposed to get a topic e-mail every day but haven't been getting any for over a week. Just woundering if something is wrong.
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March 25 AA Daily Reflection
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A FULL AND THANKFUL HEART
I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion that we can ever know.
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"Selfish"?
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HELLO AGAIN ALL ;o)
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HI ALL,
I AM SORRY THAT I POSTED IN THE WAY THAT I DID AND THEN DIDN'T COME BACK TO REPLY TO YOU ALL, BUT I HAD TO HAVE MY PUTER RE-CONFIGERD OR SOMETHING! AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK IT NOW!!
EVERYTHING GOT DUMPED.
ANTWAY I AM FEELING MUCH BETTER, I THINK IT IS MUCH TO DO WITH TH...
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Accepting what is...
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All human problems arise from not accepting whatever is. As the serenity Prayer says, "Lord, grant me the courage to change what I can change, accept what I cannot and the wisdom to tell the difference...."
Even things which may be changed can be changed faster and easier when we first ac...
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Working on my fourth step
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Hello everyone, I hope today is a good day for you all.
I am working on my fourth step and I have come to the sex inventory part. I am struggling with this. I guess I'm not sure what exactly I am supposed to do...My sponsor gave me some suggestions and I will call her again later today but I was...
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I Wish For You.....
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Comfort on difficult days, Smiles when sadness intrudes, Rainbows to follow the clouds, Laughter to kiss your lips, Sunsets to warm your heart, Gentle hugs when spirits sag, Friendships to brighten your being, Beauty for your eyes to see, Confidence for when you doubt, Faith so that you can believe...
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A couple of questions please..
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Hi.. just a few questions really
What does IC stand for?.. might be being dumb but i ent figured it yet..
What does a sponsor do? I really dont know anything about this i dont think at the mo i want anyone to sponsor me. but at mo i have no real idea of what a sponsor does.. etc.. the guy who arranged...
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as Bill sees it
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from 'as Bill sees it', p. 123
"When alcoholism strikes, very unnatural situations may develop which work against marriage partnership and compatiible union. If the man is affected, the wife must become the head of the house, often the breadwinner. As matters get worse, the husband becomes a sic...
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NOT SO SCARED TODAY
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Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to say that this morning, I woke up feeling a lot better.
Even after I wrote about it yesterday, watching the three people I had mentioned, speaking of their individual Relapses, I could not shake the over all feeling of "Feeling Scared" yesterday. Maybe it had som...
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March 24 AA Daily Reflection
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ACTIVE, NOT PASSIVE
Man is supposed to think, and act. He wasn't made in God's image to be an automaton.     &nb...
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Hope everyone has a good weekend.
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Well i did drink last night.. but i managed to put my last drink down halfway through it and crawl into bed and i do feel better for that..
Im off to wales straight from work today and coming back sunday.. Iv got my new tent to try out and make sure thats ok and get some sea fishing done... and possibl...
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Deep Drunk Thoughts
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Maybe not totally appropriate but my warped sense of humor finds these funny.
Booze related Deep Thoughts from Jack Handy:
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Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's ca...
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Forgiveness Is Letting Go Of Pain
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And accepting what has happened, Because it will not change. Forgiveness is dismissing The blame. Choices were made that Caused the hurt; We each could have chosen Differently, But we didn't Forgiveness is looking At the pain, Learning the lessons It has produced, And understanding What we have le...
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Welcome Iffer
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Iffer, I just read your post to Rob's post below and want to say welcome to MIP. I'm glad you are here. Congratulations on your 3 and a half months sober. Keep coming back .
(((Hugs)))
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H.O.W. it was explained to me
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Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness are the three essentials to an alcoholic in recovery.
When I first came into the program I was told this. I remember thinking that doesn't sound so hard. I didn't really have a god to believe in and when it came to god of my understanding I was stumped. So muc...
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SCARY* RELAPSE*
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Hi Every one,
Went to a meeting yesterday, attendance was real small, only about 12 people showed for this meeting, which was very unusual.
But what was also unusual, were that there were three people in this Meeting, that had Relapsed.
When they introduced themselves, the Secretary asked ar...
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Ohhhh--This is a difficult one...
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The 12-Step Program for Internet Addicts
1) I will have a cup of coffee in the morning and read my newspaper like I use to.
2) I will eat breakfast with a knife and fork and not with one hand typing.
3) I will get dressed before noon.
4) I will make an attempt to clean the house, w...
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Desperation, Hope and a Higher Power
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Three ingredients that contributed to me getting sober and finding recover. The gift of desperation, to be alive and to live, sick and tired of being sick and tired, and wanting to live my life differently, having a new life to live. And at my first meeting I felt that flicker of hope. Hoping that this wa...
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defective thinker
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I wish I could just turn my brain off for a little while. These last couple of days have been tough for me. I'm staying sober. Sometimes I feel like that should be enough. Last night we talked about dealing with the " wreckage of the past. " I guess that's part of what's getting to me. I lost my g...
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yes it does feel good to CRY
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You are reading from the book Today's Gift </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=2121>.
It feels so good to cry. . . . --Susan Cygnet
Some of us were taught that it's bad to express our feelings directly--crying, wailing, jumping up and down for joy--that it's good manners to talk s...
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STRONG material---something i had to accept
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God's Gift
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Our relationship with our Higher Power is a two-way street. In prayer, we speak and God listens. When we meditate, we do our best to listen for the will of our Higher Power. We know that we are responsible for our part of the relationship. If we do not pray and listen, we shut our Higher P...
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JUST TURNED 21! GOING CRAZY
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this is my first post on this board. I turned 21 a week ago and also got my one year two days ago. The past few days have been a freaking head trip. I have worked through all the steps (and try to do so on a continual basis), have a sponsor, make meetings and even visit a halfway house for 12 step work.&nb...
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Some Stuff re Anxiety...
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Grief is a tidal wave that over takes you, smashes down upon you with unimaginable force, sweeps you up into its darkness, where you tumble and crash against unidentifiable surfaces, only to be thrown out on an unknown beach, bruised, reshaped... Grief will make a new person out of you, if it doesn't k...
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Recovery Poem
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This was sent to me from another A/A community I belong to, hope it brings some peace to others as it did me.
I feel like a child lost in a crowd, my mind is spining, I think about leaving, I think about runnning. This disease of mine is so very cunning.
It's talking to me,&nb...
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today's gift
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be either good or evil. --Hannah Arendt
How often have we found ourselves in a predicament and innocently said, "How did I get into this?" When someone has been injured by our actions because we failed to think about t...
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Hi Rob
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Hi there Rob, hope you have managed another meeting or will do. Hope things are looking up for you. Trudi.
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feelings
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It feels so good to cry. . . . --Susan Cygnet
Some of us were taught that it's bad to express our feelings directly--crying, wailing, jumping up and down for joy--that it's good manners to talk softly, slowly, and politely and to sit still.
But what happens to our feelings when we sit still? If t...
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March 23 AA Daily Reflection
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  We have seen the truth again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic." . . . If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any...
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The 4 Absolutes
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Spelled out as such, the Four Absolutes are not a formal part of our AA philosophy of life. Since this is true, some may claim the Absolutes should be ignored. This premise is approximately as sound as it would be to suggest that the Holy Bible should be scuttled. The Absolutes were...
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I have not been honest
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It is 11.10 in the morning and I am drinking tennents super strength lager, I bought them last night and hid them, because I knew I would need them today.
It is happening more and more offten...I stopped going to meetings, sometime ago, I stopped coming here. I thought I could control it, but it is gett...
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I gota go to another meeting
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Im scared shitless of my next meeting.. i really am. but i am looking forward to it. scared as i am.... i have to do this.. ...i really hope things start to make more sense.... im still drinking..ffs.. toniht was such a possitive thing!!.. i really cant convey how much it scared the shit out of me..but i ca...
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Some funny, some serious, all true!
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http://www.frontiernet.net/~jlbeam/specials/life/life.htm
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I DONT WANT THIS ANYMORE!!
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I have been drinking tonight
I phoned AA tonight.. spoke to lovely girl.. I have aggreed to go to a meeting tomorrow night.. I know., roughly, where it is.. i gota be there by 18:15 to meet a guy called Chris who girl is gona phone tonight to give him my mobile number and sort it out.... ...
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Just For Today...Phil, anyone
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On the Alanon board, I posted Just for Today....It is written on our alanon bookmarks we distribute. If you're interested in reading it there, or you are proficient and "click, copy and paste" to the AA side, go for it.
It sure helps me thing about One Day Only!  &n...
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I actualy made it to a meeting!
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Hi to everyone who has posted to me..
Iv got possitive and negative things to say tonight..
I guess ill start with the negative first.. I am drinking now tonight;. i duno how much im gona drink.. at the moment im on my 2nd.. so im not drunk.. at the moment
Maybe im not trying hard enuf.. hard to unders...
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March 22 AA Daily Reflection
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NO MORE STRUGGLE. . .
And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone--even alcohol.     ...
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sticking with WINNERS
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Today's thought is:
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt
In this moment, we are the best we can be. Today, we can work at loving the best in ourselves and not fearing the worst. We are truly wonderful and growing people with gifts and qualities that make u...
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to be a member of AA
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to be a respected member of AA,, all that is required is the desire to stop drinking. Respect does not require, nor does membership require that one has stopped drinking. I guess for some people it is really easy to stop drinking and they don't have any urges to drink again at all. Lucky for...
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Real food
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Hi all.
Many people when they are alcoholic also suffer from malnutrition. Remember the feelings of can't eat, don't want to eat (because it reduces the effects of the alcohol), living alone, can't be bothered cooking or just don't know how to. Money too short to waste on food, I'll get the required...
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