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Wishing you all the best for Christmas
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Hi all, Just letting you know that I'm away for the next month (getting maried in NZ) Probably won't get a chance to get on the internet, so this is my last chance for a while to say: Happy Christmas folks. Hope you all have a good one and a sober one. All the best for everyone in the new year too.
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Am I an alcoholic?
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Okay I do not drink all the time. But it seems like once I start drinking, I can not stop. I mean I drink until I am totally drunk! I know I shouldnt do that but I forget what I do and dont know after the first drink it seems.
Tell me the truth am I an alcoholic and what can I do to stop!
I am thinking to totally g...
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Today's gift
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Some of us have an insatiable desire to do something about every situation that occurs in our lives. We fret about this, we rush into that, and we push our confused minds to the edge of despair. Weary from our relentless struggling, we become short-tempered, highly critical, and completely...
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What Is Hostility?
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What is hostility?
When I am hostile I am: sarcastic, filled with bitter humor. biting and acerbic in my criticism of others. cynical and unmoved. suspicious and often unlikable. defensive, paranoid, and self-protective. untrusting and disbelieving in others. ``self-focused'' rather th...
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Tuesday
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Across the fields I can see the radiance of your smile and I know in my heart you are there. But the anguish I am feeling makes the distance so very far to cross. --Deidra Sarault
Looking down the hallway of our lives, we sense many uncomfortable corners. And they are there. But through the discomf...
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AA Step One
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Step One "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, w...
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Ask yourself
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Many of us seek the answers to life's questions by looking outside of ourselves and trying to glean advice from the people around us. But as each of us is unique, with our own personal histories, our own sense of right and wrong, and our own way of experiencing the world that defines our realities, looki...
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God don't let me forget how i USED to be
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Keep It Simple God gave us memory that we might have roses in December.--James M. Barrie. Do you remember what it was like to not have sobriety? Remember the shame? Remember the loneliness? Remember lying and wishing you could stop? Remember the powerlessness? Do you remember, also, how it felt wh...
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Easy Does It
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Those Who Listen
When you do all the talking you only learn what you already know. --Anonymous One of the secrets for finding answers to any emotional problem is to talk with fellow members we can confide in fully. We don't need to look any farther than our sponsor or the members who are part of our reco...
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EVEN THE SMALLEST STEP
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A tiny little improvement is infinitely better than doing nothing. For those tiny little improvements add up. A small word of encouragement is far better than no encouragement at all. Just imagine what it might mean to someone. Today you have the opportunity to make the world a better place. Much mor...
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Monday
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Patience is needed with everyone, but first of all with ourselves. --Saint Francis De Sales
One night Sandra was having trouble putting a puzzle together. Angrily, she pushed all the pieces into a huge pile.
"I can't do this," she said. She got up and walked over to the couch and plopped down....
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Remember When
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On a plane bound for New York, the flight attendant approached a inebriated passenger sitting in the first class section and requested that he move to economy since he did not have a first class ticket. The man replied, "I'm going to G.S.O. in New York to learn how to stay sober and I'm no...
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Thought For The Day
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A.A. Thought for the Day
Doctors think of the A.A. fellowship as group therapy. This is a very narrow conception of the depth of the A.A. fellowship. Looking at it purely as a means of acquiring and holding sobriety, it is right as far as it goes. But it doesn't go far enough. Group therapy is directe...
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hello
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hi everyone,just a note things a good today,had the xmas party last night for work got allittle extra this year from the boss said my work had improved over the last year. not being hung over might have something to do with that. just saying hi from iowa, have a safe and sober sunday!!!!!!...
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Still off of it.
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Just wanted to check back in. Been 3 weeks now. No good news to report other than that.
Doug -- Edited by User Name at 10:43, 2005-12-10
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Forgiving And Forgetting
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What is forgiving and forgetting in a relationship?
1. Forgiving is allowing another person to be human for faults, mistakes, or misdeeds. Forgetting is putting these behind you; they are no longer brought up and no longer remain a barrier to your relationship.
2. Forgiving is letting anoth...
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Recipes for Holiday Cooking
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If you are interested, there are two recipes on the alanon board. One is for pork and the other is a party appetizer. May be great for that AA, open, whatever you may be attending!
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hey everyone
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By my count I have 43 days today- I'd like to give thanks to evreyone here for those first encouraging posts.
Hope all is well, and have a fantastic weekend- Take Care,
Joel -- Edited by recovering jb at 18:53, 2005-12-09
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The Forgiving State
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The forgiving state of mind is a magnetic power for attracting good. No good thing can be withheld from the forgiving state of mind. --Catherine Ponder
Forgiveness fosters humility, which invites gratitude. And gratitude blesses us; it makes manifest greater happiness. The more grateful...
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hi
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hi everyone, everything here is as good as it get for now, learning more about myself everyday! got to finish xmas shopping tomorrow. also have company xmas party tomorrow night, hit the meal and probably hit the road before it gets to stupid with the booze, lol im doing great and b...
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Favorite Slogans...
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It seems I don't hear the slogans as much I use to at meetings.The meetings I go to are in churches , so they aren't hanging on the wall like they do in clubs.Here are a few that saved my life....what are some of yours?
Easy Does It....I didn't know how to do anything the soft way, the easy way, I was t...
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Daily Reflections Dec 9
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What Is Trust??
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Letting others know your feelings, emotions and reactions, and having the confidence in them to respect you and to not take advantage of you. Sharing your inner feelings and thoughts with others with the belief that they will not spread them indiscriminately. Placing confidence in others s...
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BIG diference between *help and rescue*
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FRIDAY , DECEMBER 09, 2005
You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=1271>.
Asking for Help
It's okay to ask for help.One of the most absurd things we do to ourselves is not asking for the help we need from a friend, a family member,...
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hey, hi, ho
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just stoppin' in before i go to work to say hi. Let you's know i'm alive, well and still smilin'
hope all is well here, i hope to have some time this weekend to catch up on the posts.
have a great sober day
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No bragging but had a good week
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I've been busy this last week, but managed to get threw my first step four and went to a Native American Lakota and spilt my guts on things I thought only I could have done,,Lordy why in the world did I hold onto this part of my insane self for so long. So as you can guess I'm in the process of doin...
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Hazelden
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To do nothing is failure. To try, and in the trying you make some mistakes and then you make some positive changes as a result of those mistakes, is to learn and to grow and to blossom. --Darlene Larson Jenks
Life is a process, one that is continuously changing. And with each change, we are offered...
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Daily Reflections - Dec. 8
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its hard, but i am willing to allow the pain
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allowing the pain
i had this VERY important lesson i would like to share.... i have a bad back..muscle spasms..turn the wrong way and i can feel it "tweak" and i am down for days....big knots, and pain its awful
well last night i "tweaked" my back AGAIN... in times before, i would curse my karma, curs...
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Wrapping Paper
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Gold Wrapping Paper
The story goes that some time ago a mother punished her 5 year old daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and she became even more upset when the child used the gold paper to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Neverth...
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Hey Phil...
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Phil, Heard today is your birthday....Happy Birthday!
How old are ya! Older than me ? Have a great sober day!Hey, the candles will keep ya warm.
(((Hugs)))
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Thursday
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From "From hell to the mountaintop:"
"Now [December 1934], he and Lois were waiting for the end. Now, there was nothing ahead but death and madness. This was the finish, the jumping-off place. 'The terrifying darkness had become complete,' Bill said. 'In agony of spir...
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Help
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-- Edited by Mia at 07:27, 2005-12-08
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Good reasons not to drink.
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Hi all.
I saw a person today that was as good a motivation as anyone should need to stay sober.
The deceased was in his mid thirties, cause of death was:
Bleeding esophageal varices (varicose veins in the throat caused by liver problems and the 'acid' effect of the alcohol,) general organ failur...
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Anyone else wanna post anything eh? (smile)
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Another Fear Thing.....
'Paranoid personality disorder' is characterized by a distrust of others and a constant suspicion that people around you have sinister motives. The person with a Paranoid Personality Disorder essentially has an ongoing, baseless suspiciousness and distrust of peop...
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Christine1
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I was just scanning old posts and saw your update. How are things going now. Have you found a support group ? Please keep posting here.Glad you are back at work.
(((Hugs)))
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Today
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When the Time is Right
There are times when we simply do not know what to do, or where to go, next. Sometimes these periods are brief, sometimes lingering.
We can get through these times. We can rely on our program and the disciplines of recovery. We can cope by using our faith, other people, and ou...
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Hazelden
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A.A. Thought for the Day
People who have had a slip are ashamed of themselves - sometimes so ashamed that they fear to go back to A.A. They develop the old inferiority complex and tell themselves that they are no good that they have let down their friends in A.A., that they are hopeless, and that they...
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Girlfriend of AA member .....
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Hey Guys, I am new here. Just to give you some background my boyfriend and I have been dating for 4 years and living together for 2. We are best friends and been through EVERYTHING together... I'm 20 my B/f is 27.... We both used to get high and drunk together but im glad to say that we are now both a year clean...
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Monday
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The Language of Letting Go.
Difficult People
Few things can make us feel crazier than expecting something from someone who has nothing to give. Few things can frustrate us more than trying to make a person someone he or she isn't; we feel crazy when we try to pretend that person is someone he or sh...
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What else can go wrong !!! ...
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I have an adult daughter, 22yo, that is on her own in another town who we've been helping get through nursing school. She moved out to be on her own when she was 18yo. Yesterday afternoon she called and said she was on her way to see us and needed to talk.
Long story short. She told me is on heroin. She tol...
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A Daily Thing
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Step Ten "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it."
As we work the first nine Steps, we prepare ourselves for the adventure of a new life. But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weath...
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Step 1
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Step 1: Admitted that we were powerless over alcohol; that our lives had become unmanageable.
Hi, I'm Dan and I'm an alcoholic. I have found, at least for me, I need to verbally reaffirm that, out loud, once a day; not especially for anyone else, but for my own ears to hear my own vo...
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Those dangerous places
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Hi to all. Just got back from a shopping trip with wife. She wanted to hit the malls this weekend, and, for us, that means at least a 1 and 1/2 hour drive one way. Christmas shopping, ya know.
Hey Phil, sorry I missed your reply earlier this morning, but was already on the road...
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1st step
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i can't quit i need a sponsor someone to show me the way i've tried this progam so many times. now i'm addicted to crack and speed.
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did you say Anxiety????
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Thursday, December 1, 2005
Anxiety As soon as anxiety gets your attention, its job is done. From that point on, there is no good reason to maintain that anxiety.
Anxiety can be useful in making you aware of actions that need to be taken. As soon as you have that awareness, anxiety has served its purp...
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Hello all
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Good evening, morning, afternoon, or night, to all here.
Hope you are all well and sober.
I apologise for my lack of attendance here, I'm finding that my new job makes demands on my time that limit the time I can spend online. I can occationally get a chance to read posts at work, but can't reply (all c...
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Thank you so much
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Thank you all for all the wonderful advise. Please keep it coming. I am doing all that you suggested. Thank you. If anyone is on "yahoo", or "aim", if you have screen names I would love to shat sometime.
Yahoo..........shebrattie1
AIM..............shebrattie2
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IS THIS TRUE OR WHAT????????
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Obstacles do not have to stop you. If you run into a wall, do not turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb over it, go through it, or work around it.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusi...
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Deterioration Article
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SOME REASONS WHY RELATIONSHIPS DETERIORATE
1. Lack of education in effective communication. We have not been educated in how to communicate openly and honestly.
2. Poor examples - Role models. We learn through imitation. We contain within us much more of our parents? programming than we ar...
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