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A Spiritual Program
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I am reminded this morning, with all that I have read, (the whole page) that this is a Spiritual Program, nothing less, even when it appears to be something else, that is only an illusion. Reminding myself not to be deceived by outward appearances. Recovery in this Program &nbs...
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today's gift
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Being alone and feeling vulnerable. Like two separate themes, these two parts of myself unite in my being and sow the seeds of my longing for unconditional love. --Mary Casey
How easily we slip into self-doubt, fearing we're incapable or unlovable, perhaps both. How common for us to lo...
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Quote of the month Jan 1980 grapevine
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" The storm has passed. I've learned a little more about peace. It was inside all the time."
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Out of the cardboard box..
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Being patient or tolerant is a practice. Daily we have the opportunity to practice either or both of these qualities. Some days we are better at it than others depending on what else is happening in our personal reality. Perhaps having compassion and empathy for what might be going on in an individu...
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10th Step
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I'm cleaning out and sorting through my stuff, and found a few NA pamphlets. I think Rosie is doing a good thing by putting some of their stuff. It is as good as the other sources we're using.
I found a pamphlet that is about doing the 10th Step.. our daily inventory, and it ha...
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Thankyou xxx
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thank you so much for your support last nite (god seems like forever ago) it really helped me when i really needed it, today has been really hard but i have been able to be there for my friend today with a clear mind i feel i have been able to give her so much more than iwould have been able to give her a week ago s...
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I am having Problems Sending messages
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Hi Everyone,
Will anyone having Problems with navigating around the Board let me know, so I just just stop trying for a while.
it could be my PC, but if you are having similar problems, or not having any problems getting around, will you let know, Please.
Thank you in Advance,
Toni
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Step Eleven & Step Twelve
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It's Working
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It is hard for me to accept that I have been sober for 8 yrs, and am having to just keep reading page 449 in the big book. My van is in the shop and seems to be taking forever.
I will have to continue to wait. Financial pressure has my head working overtime. I believe I need to just get my van and get to my next jo...
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a couple of neat links
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hey,, I found these two links, which I added to my favorites. They are research and resource lists. One has a concordance to the Big Book:
http://open-mind.org/Alcohol.htm
http://open-mind.org/Directory/index.php?ax=list&cat_id=1
love in recovery,
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BB Quote
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"Yes, there is a long period of reconstruction ahead. We must take the lead. A remorseful mumbling that we are sorry won't fill the bill at all. We ought to sit down with the family and frankly analyze the past as we now see it, being very careful not to criticize them. Their defects may be gl...
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Easy Does It”
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Easy Does It”
“Easy Does It” One of A.A.’s Most Workable and Useful Sayings A.A. Grapevine, July, 1948 One of the most useful of the sayings that have been adopted in A.A. is that which advises, “Easy Does It.” So universally workable is this good advice that it qualifies as the expression of o...
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anger
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Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. --Albert Einstein
Anger can be a healthy emotion, provided we don't wallow in it or attack other people. When we express anger honestly and without reservation, we can prevent walls of resentment from building up and blocking us off from the inti...
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Prayer
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St. Theresa's Prayer:
May today there be peace within.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget ...
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Step One ..of the 12 Steps Of Alcoholics Anonymous
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We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable." Who cares to admit complete defeat? Practically no one, of course. Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness. It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have warped our mi...
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Bad night
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Hi all, I'm fully aware that this post is totally irrelevent, I may not even post it. Just venting. I got called out to collect a deceased at 01:06 this morning. No problem, easy job, small person, no stairs.
Driving through a rural village a badger ran out in front of my ambulance. Swerved to avoid it,...
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Daily Reflections March 2
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HOPE Do not be discouraged. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Few experiences are of less value to me than fast sobriety. Too many times discouragement has been the bonus for unrealistic expectations, not to mention self-pity or fatigue from my wanting to change the world by the weekend. Discouragement...
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An Article About Defences
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Defenses
Following is a list of defenses and some information about them. The list is not exhaustive, but covers the big ones.
Displacement -- One way to avoid the risk associated with feeling unpleasant emotions is to displace them, or put them somewhere other than where they bel...
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a setback can be a step forward??
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Success
"Any form of success was frightening and unfamiliar."
Basic Text, p. 14
Before coming to NA, few of us had much experience with success. Every attempt to stop using on our own had ended in failure. We had begun to give up hope of finding any relief from active addiction. We had grown acc...
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struggling
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really need help tonite i just need to get thru the nxt 40 minutes untill the shops shut so thought i wud spend a bit of it typing on here, my friend is 25 weeks pregnant and the baby died today i am heart broken for her and really want to blot this out but no i will be of no use to her drunk how can life be so cruel sh...
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Thoughts For Today
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Im not an alcoholic...Im a drunk..Alcoholics go to meetings
Drugs lead to nowwhere...but it is a scenic route.
Ive got a photographic memory..I just dont have any film.
Wanted: Meaningful overnight relationship.
Some people are only alive...because its illegal to shoot them.
I try no...
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Thanks everyone
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Just to say thanks to everyone on this site as it has helped me no end when I am at a loss as to what to do and feel like a drink I just log in and read all the posts. Thanks again.
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Wednesday Night Thoughts
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Failure, like everything else, is a choice. No matter how trouble infested your life may seem at the moment, there is nothing you cannot handle when you make up your mind to see yourself through it, around it or over it. You are a much stronger swimmer in this sea of life than you may realize.
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higher power
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My Higher Power - The Light Bulb By Clarence H. Snyder (Clarence got sober in 1938, was sponsored by Dr. Bob, & started AA group #3 in Cleveland. In the first few years of his recovery Clarence had a higher recovery rate than Bill W. & Dr. Bob COMBINED. His story, "Home Brewmeister...
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horrible morning---NEED protection prayers
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Anxiety Attack?
"[The] Power that brought us to this program is still with us and will continue to guide us if we allow it."Basic Text, p. 26Ever had a panic attack? Everywhere we turn, life's demands overwhelm us. We're paralyzed, and we don't know what to do about it. How do we break an anxiety att...
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Acceptance
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I have to accept everything as the way it is suppose to be at this moment.
I need not fight or express my opinion unless I choose to do so.
If I choose to open my mouth there may be consequences. I will never agree with everything and not everybody will agree with me. Just the way it is.
I choose my battl...
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on the road again
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ok everyone ,im on the road again 1st stop erie pa to see the kidds and wife then on to indianna for a school to get my cdl.thats some good news .i have been working hard to get to this point only with all of youre suport could i have gotton this far.i will continue to better my self and try to stay sober a day at a...
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third day
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hi everyone, i posted last friday to say i was looking for help in stopping drinking and thankyou for all your kind welcomes, when i posted my messege i did want to stop drinking but not so much as i do now, i have spent a few days reading over some articles and alot of your posts, i did a questionniare online...
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Our Disease
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I hate your meetings. I hate your higher power...I hate anyone who has a program. To all who come in contact with me, I wish you death and I wish you suffering. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the disease of Alcoholism. Cunning, baffling, and powerful.That's me. I have killed millions,and I am please...
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rearranging
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The latest news on how my apartment is coming along is that I have bought some different (not new) furniture, and given away some old. It still seems to be that there are parallels in what is happening now with my apartment, and what is happening with my life. Out with the old and useless, an...
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I got my 21 year token tonight...
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Tonight was birthday night at my home group, we had dinner before the meeting. I got my 21 year chip.
Twenty-one years...7,692 days sober...one day at a time and today was the day that counted the most.Won't bore you with my story...it's not any different than anyone elses...different peop...
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Hey..Benny The Bean
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Hows it goin down there..in the land of Bobby Orr fans...??
You doin ok?
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Daily Reflections March 1
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IT WORKS It works -- it really does. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 88 When I got sober I initially had faith only in the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Desperation and fear kept me sober (and maybe a caring and/or tough sponsor helped!). Faith in a Higher Power came much later. This faith came slowly at fi...
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thought
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The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next. --Ursula LeGuin
The world around us changes constantly. Trees turn from green to beautiful shades of yellow, orange, and brown in the fall. Yet, even if we watched the trees carefull...
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Hey Wagon and Zuzu
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Saw you on the board..
Wondered how you are doing...
Everything going ok? -- Edited by Phil at 18:54, 2006-02-28
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Waiting for the outcome..
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Well, we dont' know anymore now than we knew yesterday. Proscecutor will "read" the case and decide to pursue it or not.........could be weeks before we know anything..
Thanks for all the prayers........means a lot to this old drunk who never knew what it felt like for people to truly care, before s...
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'a we program'
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It is said that this is a 'we' program,,, that we are no longer alone,, that we are going to stop being so selfish and self-centered,, that this self-ishness has been the biggest cause of our problems. We admit that we have seldom felt like we belonged in any group, but have fe...
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Please say a prayer....
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For my son tomorrow. His hearing is at 2pm.
It would be greatly appreciated.
.........Thy Will be done........ not MINE ! To accept the things I can not change....... Nothing happens in God's world by mistake.....
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The how to Manual on Staying Sober
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The How To Manual on how to get and Stay
   
If you :...
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I needed this today
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Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love, Where there is injury, pardon Where there is doubt, faith, Where there is despair, hope, Where there is darkness, light, Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may...
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Daily Reflections Feb 28
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WHAT? NO PRESIDENT? When told that our Society has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues. . . . our friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be . . ." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 132 When I finally made my way to A.A., I could not belie...
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just saying good morning
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just wanted to say hi wish every one a great day.as faras me im in the 2 day of a 90/90 so far so good.the bad news still no job this weather is killing me .lets see what else is going on ,o ya last night after i got back from a f2f i thought id say good night to the wife so i im her and said it well i was tierd and though...
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thought
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Nothing that is worth doing can be done alone, but has to be done with others. --Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr
We who are blessed with a closely-knit family life, where thoughts and actions can be discussed and developed, are aware that what is given is not as important as what is shared. As we help one ano...
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We do have a choice to be happy
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When they take your smile away they might just as well shoot you. --Violet Hensley
Violet is one big smile. And it's not the result of having an easy life. On the contrary, she has worked doubly hard all her life to support her family. However, she has a joyful attitude, and it has made the di...
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Sharing
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Just wish to say Doll....whatever happens tomorrow..IT WILL BE OK....count on it...
If I had maybe.... had the hell scared out of me..when I was 14 or 15..I wouldnt have had to spend over 24 months of my life..on the inside looking out..wondering to myself....what happened and how did I get h...
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Serenity
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That word "serenity" looked like an impossible goal when we first saw the prayer. In fact, if serenity meant apathy, bitter resignation, or stolid endurance, then we didn't even want to aim at it. But we found that serenity meant no such thing. When it comes to us now, it is more as plain recognition -- a...
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giggity ditto ;)
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How many meetings have you made now?
Here's what was suggested to me: 90 meetings in 90 days, put a dollar in a jar at home for every meeting you attend (if you can) at the end of 90 days if AA is not for you, well, you get $90 and your misery refunded.......
Scan the room for sponsor material........
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Off the wagon
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Well im kind falling off the wagon today... Just one of those days.. when you feel that you just really want to drink..
I have decided to drink today..
I have had some and i will no doubt drink more today..
I havnt totaly given up.. I just had to drink today.. ya know.. stupid really..&...
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A Simple Thought For Monday
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The more you try
to force something
for your own benefit,
the less you'll enjoy
what you're seeking
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whith all this help?
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with all this help ,talking ,and understanding,and wisdom why can i not compute it today evry thing in me say to scream i love you ,you stupid bitchbut icant do it alone inside i know she doesnt want it to end anymore than i did/do .butt i just cant seem to stop thinking about them what are they doing ?are th...
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