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Balance ?
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The difficulty in life is the choice. --George Moore
How we choose to spend our time says much about what is important to us. If we have no goals, we may try to kill time. If we have too many goals, there may not be enough time in the day to do all we set out to do. We must make some choices based on our valu...
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forgotten interests
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hello there I wanted to share a frustration and hopefully get insight towards a solution. Before my drinking career I was training to become a pro musician. I am really struggling getting back into it and would like to know if anyone else has had the same thing or simular and if so how you combatted it?
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Giving Up Too Soon
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Just dropping in to say "HI" and have a good night eh?
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Growing up, many of us heard this phrase from our parents, grandparents and teachers: "Never give up!" While many people believe in this theory, they often fail to demonstrate it in their li...
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It was very bad news
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Hi all
Most of you know the mess our state of affairs are in when we finally surrender.
Well my wife and I were working and planning our way out of this mess and things were looking better, when I got the worst news that sent us back in a deeper hole than we were in at the beggining..
Well I just about ble...
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Acceptance
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"And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation--some fact of my life--unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be...
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HOW IT WORKS-CHAPTER 5 Bigbook
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Chapter 5
How It Works
Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with them...
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hey, rob
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how ya doin?
love in recovery,
amanda
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Who are they talking about?
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Two nights ago I was struggling to fall asleep when I dug out a big book from my basement. It's probably the first time I have read out of this particular big book in a long time, seeing that I have numerous big books, ones from rehab, jail, half-way houses etc. Anyways this particular book came from my fir...
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today's gift
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There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening, we shall hear the right word. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Perhaps it was only yesterday or the day before that we doubted our value to society, or to our family or friends. We often lose our direction. That's normal and consistent with th...
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Sharing something that was sent by a freind...
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Strength and Courage
It takes strength to be certain, It takes courage to have doubts.
It takes strength to fit in, It takes courage to stand out.
It takes strength to share a friend's pain, It takes courage to feel your own pain.
It takes strength to hide your own pain, It takes cour...
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listen to this !
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This was mailed to me
My heart pounded; I gripped the phone tighter and eyed my husband, who was now turning to face my side of the bed.
Mama?" I could hardly hear the whisper over the static. But my thoughts immediately went to my daughter. When th...
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Struggling with guilt.
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Hi everyone I just need to get this off my chest - I just seem to be full of guilt all the time about the things I did when I was drinking. It is often the small things that bother me things I said and things like taking my kids with me to the shop to but booze and drinking with them in the house. I often feel I am wor...
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today's thought
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Each man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. --Mark Twain
What does it mean to be different? How does it feel? Is it okay to act or look or be different from everyone else at times? Sometimes, maybe even most of the time, it feels safer to blend into the crowd. We don't want to stick out lik...
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An article on "FEAR"
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Dealing with Fear
Pity those who fear what they shouldn't and fear not what they should
How sad it is to see people spend their lives haunted by fear. The joy of life is squeezed out of them by fear of failure, criticism, betrayal, change, rejection, loneliness, poverty, growing old, getting...
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Phil
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Forgiving OR not
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Forgiving Individuals The five steps in granting the gift of forgiveness to others (according to R. Klimes, PhD) are: A. Acknowledge the anger and hurt caused by the clearly identified specific offense(s). B. Bar revenge and any thought of inflicting harm as repayment or punishment to the offende...
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from "Came to Believe"
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"In the late stages of our drinking, the will to resist has fled. Yet when we admit complete defeat and when we become entirely ready to try AA principles, our obsession leaves us and we enter a new dimension - freedom under God as we understand Him." p.27
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Taking Action
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Today I took action against a disease that wants me dead. I started my IOP and contributed my thoughts and received relief. I have a couple of sober friends on their way to see me and I feel good about myself today. This is improvement!!! I'm trying my best to stay in the here and now. So far so good! I...
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to PHIL
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phil i just had to say that U offer some AWSOME posts......i get so much out of your shares----
keep up the GR8 work, my friend, LOVED that share on shame and guilt....i am going to do a "journal" on it, cuz i see areas where i am still ashamed of me.......
oh well,&nb...
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is anyone there?
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I know it's late, but is anyone available to chat with?
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the stories of the elephant, & the globe
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The first story,, "The Six Blind Men and the Elephant":
There were six blind men in India, who had never seen an elephant, and they wanted to know what an elephant was like. One of them knew the palace elephant keeper and so they went to the palace and the elephant keeper brought out an elephant f...
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Toughness Counts
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There is an obvious connection between depression & self-esteem. The more depression we experience, the more difficulty we usually have in retaining a positive sense of self. Depression is flattening. It could actually be called a spiritual steamroller.
Many ex...
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I'm having trouble getting started
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I was just released from prison. I've been going to meetings and trying to stay focused and I'm having alot of trouble. Serenity is foreign to me. This is my fourth attempt at getting sober and I want a life. Right now I'm relying on family to keep a roof over my head and It's a struggle not to be self-relian...
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Hi
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Hi everyone..
Well my pc has been pissing about these last few days.. had to format it twice so far.. think im gona have to do it again.. bloody thing..
Thanx for asking after me etc....
Well..
I drank too much friday.. but.. well yesterday (saturday) i felt really awfull.. i got up for li...
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Another day!!!
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I just got home from a big book meeting. It looks to me as if I've made it through another day! Thankyou for your comments earlier. I found them extremely helpful. I never knew that I could find help for this disease online. I start my IOP classes tomorrow and I'm looking forwards to it. I guess all I really...
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Paralyzing FEAR? ZuZu
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Hi Zuzu,
I could not respond to your Post, my PC is acting up, but it would let me make a new Post
I just want to say that I will be Praying so much for you dear, I have watched you walk thru this Pretty unpleasant divorce. There are alway unpleasant, but when you add a fight over custody, I don't thi...
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Are you a Carrot, an Egg or a coffee bean?
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This may be old but I thought it was pretty neet.
ARE YOU A CARROT, AN EGG, OR A COFFEE BEAN? by Mary Sullivan - used with her expressed permission.
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it a...
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Send up some prayers...
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Good morning all!
It is a cold, overcast, rainy day here NY. I am really in need of some prayers this week. I found out Friday that the custody decision re: my 3 y/o twins is coming in the next three days. I have been waiting almost six months feeling like I am spinning my wheels in a rut in the road bu...
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Life is Ok
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Hello everyone,
When I wake up each morning I am happy. As I indulge in my daily life activities, I am joyous, and provided I don't take a drink, I remain free. Happy, Joyous and Free.
For me, the opposite of Happy, Joyous and Free is Restless, Irratable , and Discontent.
One of the Re...
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March 13...AA Daily Reflection
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A WORLD OF THE SPIRIT
We have entered the world of the Spirit. Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness. This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our lifetime.
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from 'Came to Believe'
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Many people pray as though to overcome the will of a reluctant God, instead of taking hold of the willingness of a loving God. p. 26
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today's thought
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In our group we often hear the slogan "Easy Does It." We who suffer our affliction always do everything to excess. We indulge our emotions. We worry too much. We have too many resentments. We tend to be addictive. We tend to hurt ourselves physically, men- tally, and spiritually by too much of...
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Another new day
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Good morning, I think I shall make posting here a regular thing as it keeps me in touch with reality and other like minded peope. I am afraid today. I still have two weeks off work due to bad back and the results of MRI scan are due this week, the thing is I do not know what I am going to do with myself. I do not kno...
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Easy does it
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In our group we often hear the slogan "Easy Does It." We who suffer our affliction always do everything to excess. We indulge our emotions. We worry too much. We have too many resentments. We tend to be addictive. We tend to hurt ourselves physically, men- tally, and spiritually by too much of...
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Thanks to you all.
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Thanks I enjoy comming here and reading peoples thoughts.
I'm still a newby getting close to 5 months but working the steps this time around and calling people in AA when my stinking thinking gets going,,I haven't for a few months thought about a drink until satuday when I went to a driving class to ge...
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Promises...
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"If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down t...
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The Dream...
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I dreamed one night I passed away and left this world behind. I started down that lonely trail some of my friends to find. I came to a signboard on the trail, the directions it did tell. Keep right to go to heaven, Turn left to go to hell.
I hadn't been to good on earth, just a hopel...
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Day by Day - March 12
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Some of us said taht we didn't know if we were 'addicts' or not when we came into the fellowship. We knew we were unhappy and that we drank and used drugs too much. But we hadn't resolved whether we were unhappy because we used chemicals too much, or used chemicals too much because we were unhappy.
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Your caring
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Thank you all for the caring words and personal emails in response to my request earlier.
It seems that any issue we may face in our lives is greatly diminished simply by knowing we are not facing it alone.
Suddenly, my worries seem trivial! 
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Good morning
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GOOD DAY TO ALL
"We alcoholics are undisciplined. So we let God discipline us..." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 88~
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The Miracles I See
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Good Morning All,
I was just looking, and for a while there were 8 people signed in. And I was thinking of how this AA Program has brought us, from many many different places to here, one meeting spot, for all of us. The Program, the Process of working the Steps up and out of our former lives...
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AA Daily Reflectiom March 12
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A DAY'S PLAN
On wakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. 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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to all o y'all
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Well,, I told you all a little whle ago.. I like to hear from people every once in awhile.. do I am feeling that today. Roll Call!
love in recovery,
amanda
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hey, rob
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just wondering how you're doing,, and saying a little prayer.
love in recovery,
amanda
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from 'we came to believe'
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There is no materialism in AA - just spirituality. If we take care of our inner needs, our other needs will be provided for. p. 4
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you learn
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"You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so you learn to love God and man by loving. Begin as a mere apprentice and the very power of love will lead you on to become a master of the art." ~St Francis De Sales
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Would appreciate a little prayer
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Something bad seems to be flairing back up in my upper right side. Seems to be fairly steady burning pain like I was starting to feel when I finally got wise enough to stop drinking. It eases at times, but has been going on for a little over a week now. Seems to hit the wors...
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Finally Remembered to LAUGH!
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Hi everyone,
This is just a quick note, but I wanted to say that with this annoying stiff neck, and soreness, I was letting it start to take over how my day was going to go.
And I was looking at it from a completly different prespective this morning, payed no attention to it, and Laugh directly at it.&n...
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flumpy?
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I still got you in prayer,,, wondering how the little one's birthday went,,, and hoping you are feeling better.
God bless you,
amanda
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Highly scientific poll
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Just curious--
with all the different types of meetings out there (step, literature, speaker, general topic open meeting...I've even hiked up a mountain for one out here in the Puget Sound)...
what's your favorite type of meeting? Gimme your two cents... 
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Furballs, anyone?
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Just wondering if anyone's got some furballs in their life that helps them get through the day. Anytime I'm feeling down at work, I can take a little break, pop out my iPod, and play some music while looking at pictures of my pets--instant healing for me.
Bennie loved me unconditionally...really...
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