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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
so desperately.
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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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evening drinking
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hi all ive come here looking for some support!
im 21 and have a 2 yaer old son and a full time job, i never drink during the day, work hard all day come home clean up bath my son put him to bed and then pour myself a drink.........
last week i drank about 20 pints of...
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today's gift
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I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural, clean in mind and clean in body. . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid. --Elbert Hubbard
Growing up, we learned there were many places to make wish...
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today's thought
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The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. --Walter Babehot
Everyone knew Jacob was a bitter old hermit who hated people. He lived by himself in a cabin in the woods. He never came to town, never talked to anyone, and never put up a mailbox or put in a phone. But he had one thing...
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12 STEP PROGRAMS Available to ALL
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12 STEP PROGRAMS
There are many Twelve Step programs for codependents: Al-Anon, Adult Children of Alcoholics, CoDa, Families Anonymous, Nar-Anon, and more. We have many choices about which kind of group is right for us and which particular group in that category meets our needs. Twelve Step gro...
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ridell me this
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how can you work on a marridge when one of the two parties isnt willing to talk,share,and coexsist,is it pay back from past hurts?cause you cant change any of the past and you cant set the future ,most of us know we have to love now and for this very minute ,butt is that extreme . cause at this moment m...
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day one
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everyday for the past month I have walked out my front door intending on going to a meeting, but chickened out and walked right past it to the beer store.
Today I got up the nerve and walked in the door. I have never been so scared in my life, but I cant wait to go back tomorrow.
How does the sponsor th...
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Daily Reflections Feb 27
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A UNIQUE STABILITY Where does A.A. get its direction? . . . These practical folk then read Tradition Two, and learn that the sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience. . . The elder statesman is the one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who holds no r...
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I survived !
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Well, nothing changes if nothing changes, and my mother has not changed. She tried desperatly to put a week visit into 24 hours ~ I'm exhausted!
Same old same old, my poor sister, her poor children, blah, blah, blah. Didn't ask about ME or MY kid, when I tried to talk to her about what's going on, i.e. my...
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I really need some help
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I'm seeing my girlfriend in Canada in a few days, and I thought I'd stop drinking, she thinks I've stopped drinking.
I haven't, I still sometimes buy a bottle of wine, and a couple of cans a day, I know it's not lots, compared to some people, but I want it to stop!
I want to be good for her, and stable...
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Daily Reflections Feb 26
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NO ORDINARY SUCCESS STORY A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 35 Upon entering A.A. I listened to others talk about the reality of their drinking: loneliness, terror and pain. As I li...
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today's gift
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Disappointment and Frustration
If we blindly accept someone else's beliefs or opinions -- taking them as our own -- then we set ourselves up for disappointment and heartache. If we do not examine another's viewpoint, in the light of our own experiences and abilitie...
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today's thought
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From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began . . . --John Dryden
Our family is like a small orchestra. Each of us has an important part to play. To achieve harmony we tune in to how others are sounding. We recognize that every orchestra needs a conductor, a center for directio...
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Never Forget
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Your presence, is a present to the world. You're unique and one of a kind. Your life can be, what you want it to be. Take the days, just one at a time.
Count your blessings, not your troubles. You'll make it through, whatever comes along. Within you, are so many answers. Understand, have courage, be str...
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Passing of Old Timer Vietnam Rick Miller
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I'm posting this message to contact all whom new Vietnam Rick Miller.
He resided in Bellflower, California, United States of America
Rick was found to have graduated this program on February 22, 2006 in his home. To my knowledge, he had a heart attack. Funeral arraingments and/or memori...
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The MONSTER [asian wife]returns
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Don't know if anyone remembers me and/or my last posts around new years. My wife was the binge drinker that drinks until she pukes 3 to 4 times a year. she is thai, i'm amerikan [just for the record].
maybe i'm generalizing, but having lived in asia for the last 13 yrs i feel that i can hones...
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Yoo Hoo Rob
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FORGIVENESS
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I was thinking this morning about forgiveness. It often seems like something we offer to each other after an insult, some horrible mis-communication, or some hurtful thing has been passed between two people. But this morning, as I considered it, it seemed like much more. First I thoug...
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I WAS SO SERIOUS*BEFORE AA
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The most useless day of all is that in which we have not laughed. --Sebastian R. N. Champort
We are told that laughter is sunshine filling a room. And where there is laughter, there also is life. They say that people who laugh a lot live longer than do the sour-faced. When we laugh together, gratitud...
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hi
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hi there not sure if this is where i post but came across this board whilst looking for somewhere for support in stopping drinking
if this is the right place then hi i am d and if it isn't then if someone could point me in the right direction please
thankyou
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today
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has been a rough day. i had a good day, so it was suprising that i wanted to use. i was listening to music and the doors came on, and all i wanted to do was acid. its weird though because i usually only want to use when ive had a bad day, and today was good. i hung out with the guy i like, i was with my best friend all d...
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LOVE
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Love must be learned, and learned again and again; there is no end to it. Hate needs no instruction, but only waits to be provoked. --Katherine Anne Porter
We often enter into our relationships believing there is one perfect way to act, and if we can only find that way, we'll be successful...
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my weely bitch
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ok so most of you know i have been sober close to six months now.needless to say im not up for any outstanding pearson awards,but i have tried very hard to right the wrongs (i know there is quit a bite to right)but i started whith me and straighting out some lic issues i have had hanging .i got my lic and i have...
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clean up my HEAD--clean up my SPACE
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Clearing Your Space For Change In life,
we tend to have an easier time acquiring possessions than we do getting rid of them. Just as we harbor emotional baggage that is difficult to let go of, our lives can tend to be filled with material objects that we may feel compelled to hold on to. Most...
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today's gift
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The Evolving Relationship
. . . a partner who provided a place to climb.
Once when climbing rocks with friends, a woman reached a place she decided was impossible to move beyond. She wanted to retreat, but her belayer encouraged her to try again. She felt angry and scared, and she was st...
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Welcome to the Guests
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Hi,
I just noticed that there are 11 Guests here, reading and checking out this Board,
I just want to Extend a Welcome to all of you, and if there is anything you would like to say , please feel free to do so, we all start as Guests. That was how I started, and have enjoyed all of what I have fo...
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It's been a while!
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That power greater than myself is very good to me. Aside from the modem going out, things are starting to get a lot busier.
Being the type of drunk I was, I had many different types of jobs and got basic experiance in several different fields. Most of them were construction and manual labor.
A week or...
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