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Seeing Beyond the Unknown~OM
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Fear Of Losing What We Have
One of humanity's biggest fears is losing what we have. It is healthy when fear of loss helps us take steps to protect what we have worked hard to attain, but it is unhealthy to continue to fear something we can do nothing about. We need to remember that focusing our energy on f...
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No matter what faces us
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No matter what faces us -- an unhappy relationship, a serious operation or illness, a feeling of uselessness or helplessness -- it is vital to realize that there is a solution.
We must not expect that the solution to our problem will bring us immediate peace of mind. Focusing our energies and emot...
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my alcoholic boyfriend
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Hi everyone,
I'm in the middle of a major decision at the moment, and wondered if you could maybe help me see more clearly. I attend al anon. My boyfriend is an alcoholic and also takes drugs sometimes. He tries not to drink and usually lasts about three weeks and then has a huge bender. He has been to r...
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Mom...
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Hello friends:
Sorry that it has been some time since i have been on here. Mom passed away on friday the 13th at approx. 11pm. I can't believe she is gone. It don't seem real. I'm so upset. We all are. But, the only comforting thing is that she is out of her...
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AA Drones
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I have over six years in AA. I am grateful for my recovery and grateful for my sobriety.(edited for content) I have been accused oby family members who still drink of "thinking I am better." I walk a fine line--being sober, without the preachiness, or acting like I am better. ...
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Surgery
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I went to see my doctor a few weeks ago and he gave me a referral to see this surgeon. Finally got up enough courage last week and went to see him. I'm going to go in for some minor out-patient surgery in a lil over 2 weeks.
When I was talking to the doc. last week, he was explaining what's going to happen. Sca...
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Tech Support For Installing Love
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Ring ring! Tech support: Hello can I help you? Customer: Well, after much consideration, I have decided to install Love. Can you guide me through the process? Tech Support: Yes, ma'am I can help you, are you ready to proceed? Customer: Well, I'm not very technical, but I think I'm ready. What do I do fir...
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New Feelings
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New feelings may seem uncomfortable at first. I may be used to feeling afraid and anxious, or depressed and alone. In my new life, I may begin to feel joy or happiness, or peace and calm.
These new feelings are signs that I'm changing and learning how to accept my new way of thinking. Feeling peacefu...
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Stress Management
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> Stress Management > > A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a > glass > of water and asked, "How heavy is this glass of water?" > Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. > The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends...
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As Bill Sees It
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Pain and Progress "Years ago I used to commiserate with all people who suffered. Now I commiserate only with those who suffer in ignorance, who do not understand the purpose and ultimate utility of pain." *************************************** Someone once remarked that pain is the touc...
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Daily Reflections Oct 17
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A DAILY TUNE-UP Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our activities. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 How do I maintain my spiritual condition? For me it's quite simple: on a daily basis I ask my Higher Power to grant me the gift of sobriety for that day! I have talked to many a...
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Taking Time for Self
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I'm finally going to pull myself away from my job, for some much needed time off.
My wife and I are flying to Oregon this Friday, for a week long visit with our youngest daughter's family. I'll try to check in on the board with my daughter's compu...
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The chains of habit
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The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. -Samuel Johnson
The Twelve Steps won't work for anyone unless they are practiced. That's why so many veterans of this program work the Steps over and over. It's a good habit, and good habits -- just like bad ones -- stre...
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24 Hours a Day
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Twenty-Four Hours A Day A.A. Thought For The Day How seriously do I take my obligations to A.A.? Have I taken all the good I can get out of it and then let my obligations slide? Or do I constantly feel a deep debt of gratitude and a deep sense of loyalty to the whole A.A. movement? Am I not only grateful but als...
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As Bill Sees It
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In God's Hands
When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God's hands were better than anything we could have planned.
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My depression deepened unbearably, and finally it seemed to me as t...
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BYE BYE DEPRESSION
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I have found a daily fix to rid me of depression, I take vit c, B3 and a B6 complex, and GLA, GLA is magic, it can be found in evening primrose, to get the desired amount of GLA you may want to take 2-3 caps a day, or go for a GLA complex that has the desired amount, its like magic!
PS this comes from a book called...
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Daily Reflections Oct 16
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THROUGHOUT EACH DAY This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our lifetime. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 During my early years in A.A. I saw Step Ten as a suggestion that I periodically look at my behavior and reactions. If there was something wrong, I should admit it; if an apology was nec...
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The Enemy Within
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Fears are the greatest enemy of our individual potential. They keep us in place in our lives and stop us from being everything we could be.
Everyone knows how it feels to be afraid. To be afraid is a normal, human characteristic. In fact, the more you develop your intelligence, the more things you hav...
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Weird craving
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I woke up with a huge craving this morning. I NEVER drank in the morning during my drinking days.
What's that all about? Have others experienced cravings at times when they didn't normally drink? It passed after a couple of hours and I'm fine now but t...
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24 Hours a Day
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Twenty-Four Hours A Day A.A. Thought For The Day Am I deeply grateful to A.A. for what it has done for me in regaining my sobriety and opening up an entirely new life for me? A.A. has made it possible for me to take on other interests, in business and in various other associations with people. It has made a f...
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Reminder.....
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DON'T QUIT!
When things go wrong as they sometimes will When the road you're trudging seems all up hill When the 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 tur...
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As Bill Sees It
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Personality Change
"It is often been said of AA that we are interested only in alcoholism. That is not true. We have to get over drinking in order to stay alive. But anyone who knows the alcoholic personality by first-hand contact knows that no true alky ever stops drinking permanently wi...
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self will?
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my home town has changed into not such a great place, lots of homeless, meth addicts and stuff basically it's city stuff that lives here now. the air is bad and the summers have become very hot. prices of rent and everything are driven up well beyond what used to be affordable so im thinking maybe i should...
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My courage must come each day
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Reflection for the Day
My courage must come each day, as does my desire to avoid a single drink, a single tranquilizer, and a single addictive act. It must be a continuing courage, without deviations and procrastination, without rashness, and without fear of obstacles. This would seem like a la...
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Today I have the courage
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When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. -- Franklin D Roosevelt
Newcomer:-
Initially, I was excited about recovery. I felt better for a while. I hate to say it, but now that I'm not at the beginning any more, everything seems worse. I feel more cynical than ever.
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Many paths
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Some people expressed concern because in other threads I had stated that I was not interested in believing in god or in going to meetings. I appreciate the concern and I am always grateful to hear your opinions but I find it off-putting that so many AA'ers (here and in the meetings) seem to feel...
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~~Holistic~~
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Just wanted to share how neat my Nursing Fundamentals Instructor is presenting our material. She is teaching us that recovery from disease or illness requires a Holistic approach... physical, social, mental, emotional, and yes, SPIRITUAL healing for the patient, and respect for his/her belief...
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Hi Tim...
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You mentioned you were going through some POOP right now... you ok? Hangin' in there?
Just wanted you to know this morning that you are appreciated and loved.
Joni
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still kicking...
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 one day at a time.hello to everyone that has read and replied to my previous posts,and anyone else who reads this,its steve from australia and im still kicking as the title suggests.would love to get on to this forum more often and get to know yall better but my life is fairly hectic at t...
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I feel like a chimp
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I do!! I am at uni with "normal" folks and I feel like a different animal, dont know how to communicate with non A.A, how do I overcome this> I feel stupid to ask..
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24 Hours a Day
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Twenty-Four Hours A Day A.A. Thought For The Day How big a part of my life is A.A.? Is it just one of my activities and a small one at that? Do I only go to A.A. meetings now and then and sometimes never go at all? Do I think of A.A. only occasionally? Am I reticent about mentioning A.A. to people who might need h...
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WHACKED
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 uggggghhhh...
I am so exhausted, my sleep pattern and eating pattern and thinking pattern and every pattern there is, or was, to my life, is now in complete upheaval.....
gonna take me awhile to get used to this new routine...
the old man is a little whacked too.. it's a big change fo...
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Popping In........ :o)
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Just wanted to say Hi to all,
and report that all is going well with me and my newfound responsibilities. Just letting HP direct the course of my days for me. Getting to my 3 meetings a week is sooo important, as is speaking with my sponsor almost daily. That's what works for me. I have to keep applying th...
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Cravings, cravings, go away!
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My goodness, what the heck is up with the cravings? I'm coming up on 5 months and quit taking my Campral about 3 weeks ago. Even the smell of my son's grape juice was killing me today! Prayers/thoughts, PLEASE! Back on the Campral for me!
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Some Humor....
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A police officer pulls over a speeding car. The officer says, "I clocked you at 80 miles per hour, sir." The driver says, "Gee, officer I had it on cruise control at 60, perhaps your radar gun needs calibrating." Not looking up from her knitting the wife says: "Now don't be silly dear, you know that this c...
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Daily Reflections Oct 14
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A PROGRAM FOR LIVING When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. . . . On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. . . Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. ALCOHOLIC...
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Honesty
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I heard something at a meeting about a year ago, it was kinda a God moment, and I asked the guy to write it down for me. I found that slip of paper again the other day.
A definition of honesty:
Principle: Honesty
Fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, adherence to fact, means uprightness...
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Fear..Fear......GO AWAY!!!
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Well I do guess this is related to Recovery, all of our "little" problems are, really...at least to me they are.
Had some real surprises this week, once, twice, and then the third on, seemed to grab me right by the throat.
As some of you know, my darling Puppie, is coming this wee...
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I Have to do my first lead tonight.
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I'm nervous as all get out,,,,Just need your prayers,,,Thanks.
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thanks
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my first time on the forum tonight ......
i missed my meeting tonight as i had to do the dad thing and pick up my daughter from work shes 21 now and working as an hairdresser i have brought her up from being eight years old and she isnt very demonstrative as a rule ..tonight she gave me a hug and told me she wa...
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24 Hours a Day
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Twenty-Four Hours A Day A.A. Thought For The Day A.A. work is one hundred percent voluntary. It depends on each and every one of our members to volunteer to do his or her share. Newcomers can sit on the sidelines until they have got over their nervousness and confusion. They have a right to be helped by al...
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Daily Reflections Oct 13
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UNREMITTING INVENTORIES Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear. When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them. We discuss them with someone immediately and make amends quickly if we have harmed anyone. Then we resolutely turn our thoughts to someone we can help...
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We need to feel our emotions
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Today's thought is:
"Stomp, Scram, Spit, Cry," a friend said. "Just don't go numb again. Maybe what you're really angry about is that you've been dead longer than Abe Lincoln, and now you're finally coming back to life."
There's a price to pay for passion. We need to feel our emotions.
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just another new alki
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hi everyone this is first my visit to the site and with little more than a passing glance at the posts i can tell im in a good place ....i went to my first meeting just two short weeks ago and it opened my eyes ...i knew i had a problem and i knew i wanted a little advise on how to get over the cravings and su...
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Craving...
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I cannot believe how strong the actual physical cravings I'm having for alcohol are...I quit smoking nearly two years ago and it's as bad as that was. I'm achy, cranky, moody...I'm real unpleasant to be around right now.
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Prayer Request (& a question)
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My sig. other's daughter was arrested last night, DUI & Posession of a Controlled Substance....Your prayers are greatly needed.........my question: He had allowed her to borrow his car, she's not named on the insurance, her car was in the shop & he loaned her one of his. Does anyone know how...
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almost left...
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I've been watching for a way out of my marriage for a long time... I get those serious thoughts of leaving, but it comes down to not having anywhere to go where I can take my animals, and I can't support myself. I know this isn't a good reason to stay. I thought about it over the weekend while I was camping wit...
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JONI
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It came today, it came today, it came today.............I LOVE it........thank you Sooooo much!!!
Love you. Jen
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The "Letting Go Stuff" in one big bag
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Letting Go: The Journey for your Life - Letting Go
By Barry Elwin-Jones
WHAT IS LETTING GO?
Letting go can be the most terrifying experience we can have. Letting go means having no support mechanism for our egos. Put simply, when we let go, we trust that everything is going to work out in our bes...
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Bad memory contractions...
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I keep having these flashbacks of me being a completely offensive idiot while drinking...some of them recent some from years and years ago. My girlfriend notices me cringing and wincing and asks whats wrong but I cant really explain it to her without sounding like a nut so I tell h...
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