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2nd step of the 12 steps from AA 12 and 12
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Step Two "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."
The moment they read Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted with a dilemma, sometimes a serious one. How often have we heard them cry out, "Look what you people have done to us! You have convinced u...
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My morning prayer
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Dear Lord*, So far I've done all right. I haven't gossipped, haven't lost my temper, haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty,
selfish, or overindulgent. I'm really glad about that. But in a few minutes, God*, I'm going to get out of bed. And from then on, I'm going to need a lot more help.
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just plain help!!!!!!!!!
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ok so im new to this and up till latley i have been doing a good job of not drinking but it seems to get more and more difficult,i need a sponsor or at least some one to talk to ,i am serious about keeping myself sober and would like to kick it up a noch.so a friendly ear or a little chat would be helpfull at this ti...
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no happy thoughts today...
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I wish I would have found this website BEFORE I wrecked my car and got arrested. but I think in my case, that's what I needed to have happen to get the help I needed. I got lucky, I didn't hurt anyone else, just me and it was fairly minor, I did rear-end a truck though. ...
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happy thought of the day :)
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Imagine half a dozen grade-school kids running around in the pouring rain wih big water guns! that was hilarious, especially when the the old chinese guy grabbed a bucket and took them on! My job isnt't always boring...
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on the lords prayer
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i have a a ton of help today who knew asking for help would be so easy.i was in a deep dark hole yesterday and some of today but i see light (thank HP).I have a few things to do tonight ,and the first thing is an i will list (a list of things i will do)ive already been thinking of it and im excited.i hope its not goi...
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Staying The Path
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Staying on the Path ~ Your circumstances do not determine what your life will be; they reveal what kinds of images you have chosen up until now. To change yourself, look at what you fear and what you hate. Start There. We are all at once teachers and learners in every encounter of our lives. What's over is...
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Significant AA Dates - February
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Feb 1908 - Bill made boomerang. Feb 1916 - hazing incident Norwich University, Bill & sophomore class suspended Feb 1938 - Rockefeller gives $5,000 to AA. - Saves AA from professionalization. Feb 1939 - Dr Harry Tiebout, 1st Psychiatrist to endorse AA and use in his practice. Feb 1939 - Dr Howard...
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hI GAMMY
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i SEE U LURKING
HAVE A GREAT DAY
TIME FOR THIS GUY TO SHUT DOWN THE PC
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Today's Thought
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I don't think you're suddenly going to begin to look at the world with new eyes when you're eighty if you haven't been doing it when you're thirty. --Janice Clark
We are creatures of habit as evidenced by our getting stuck in old viewpoints long after they have quit serving us. However, that fact do...
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Daily Reflection Feb 1
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GOAL: SANITY "...Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I can't say upon what occasion or on what day I came to believe in a power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 27 "Came to believe!" I gave lip service to my beli...
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Welcome Wandajf
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Just wanted to say welcome to MIP Wanda. I read your post below, living life on lifes terms, one day at a time.Thanks for your share and keep posting, please.
(((Hugs)))
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P.A.W.
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Bonzo mentioned Post Acute Withdrawal. Here's a website in case anyone's interested.
http://www.tlctx.com/ar_pages/paw_part1.htm
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FRAAANNNKKKLIN
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Where you hidin' dude??? You gotta find time to at least check in every couple days or I get worried.     
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No changes in the first year?
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Is it true that someone seeking recovery is not supposed to make any major life changes in the first year? i.e. divorce, moving, etc? If this is true, then what would it mean if someone were to make those major life changes in the first couple months of recovery??
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hope nobody minds...
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but I' rather share the positive feelings! c'mon everyone, be happy! I like sharing all the stuff that I used to miss. go to laugh.com, funnier than **** just don't get offended too easy.
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Sharing An Article about Self..
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SELF ESTEEM, SELF LOVE and SELF CENTEREDNESS
by Nancy Poitou, M.A., M.F.T.
I have been asked often about what is self-esteem, self-love and self-centeredness. These are very good questions and it is a fine line that separates these concepts.
Self esteem means to hold oneself in high estee...
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Something on Forgiving..
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The decision to forgive yourself or somebody else is a vote to live in the present moment. "I'll never forgive my mother for that!" "I can't forgive myself!" Are these familiar expressions? If we refuse to forgive somebody then we are really saying, "Instead of taking some action to improve matters,...
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Resentment
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Resentment is the: harboring of animosity against a person or group of people whom I feel has mistreated me.unresolved anger I have over a negative event which occurred in my past life. seething, aching emotional turmoil I feel whenever a certain person or event is discussed. lack of forgiving, t...
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Greetings from the U.K.
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Where do I start. I Hope you guys do not object to me posting on here given the distance involved. Big day for me on Friday, had my customary cans of lager (8 on Thursday) the night before, started the day as usual: slow, groggy, no headache..and something changed. I started searching the web, googling a...
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Good Morning
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Pc**needed to be reformated and if been off line a couple days. I don't know if i'll ever be able to catch up on posts. Site has got pretty active. Hope all is well here. Amanda got that apt fixed ??
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Daily Reflection Jan 31
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OUR COMMON WELFARE COMES FIRST The unity of Alcoholics Anonymous is the most cherished quality our Society has. . . . We stay whole, or A.A. dies. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 129 Our Traditions are key elements in the ego deflation process necessary to achieve and maintain sobriety in Alco...
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Is it more possible to stay sober if you get divorced?
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What are the statistics of permanent recovery resulting from divorce? Is it believed that for a full recovery you have to completely start your life over, and divorcing your spouse because maybe you feel as though your problems are a result of your marriage?
I'm curious to know how ma...
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The 1st Drink, Tolerance, Guilt
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The First Drink It is the first drink which triggers, immediately or some time later, the compulsion to drink more and more until we are in drinking trouble again. Many of us have come to believe that our alcoholism is an addiction to the drug alcohol; like addicts of any sort who want to maintain recove...
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need a sincere reply
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Hi I am jack
I am having a troubled time-I have been going to meetings for 34 years-i relapsed in '99
I just celebraed my 6th year. tonight. I should be happy but the last 6 years have been a night mare. I watched my brother perish in the 9/11 =wtc bldg 1. I survived that with out drinking-last august I wa...
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No Cross Talk - Please
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Good morning all,
I just want to mention something - that came with me when I moved from the bay area. There was a Suggestion at the beginning of ALL AA Meetings that before the meeting began, it was stated, Please limit your shares to five minutes if you can, so that others will have their turn, a...
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To "LET GO"
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To "let go" does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To "let go" is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To "let go" is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. To "let go" is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome...
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acceptance-449 BB
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"Acceptance"
"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, p...
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Daily Reflection Jan 30
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FREEDOM FROM . . . FREEDOM TO We are going to know a new freedom. . . . ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p. 83 Freedom for me is both freedom from and freedom to. The first freedom I enjoy is freedom from the slavery of alcohol. What a relief! Then I begin to experience freedom from fear - fear of people, of economic ins...
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please help
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I am a mother of two children 3 and 2 I have had 13 months sober upto November 2005 and I was secretary for a meeting. But I picked up 8th November 2005 and got done for drink driving. Since then I have found it hard to put the drink down for good. I can go several weeks or even a few days and then it happens...
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topic - boundaries
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Many of us have not had a healthy concept of 'boundaries', and have been, rather, 'all of nothing' in our attitudes. Many of us have come from dysfunctional families in which we were not allowed to have healthy boundaries. We were violated in many ways, and witnessed others being violat...
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Hi everyone!
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I just felt like sharing a bit of my happiness.
It's raining here again, but yesterday we had a few hours of no rain. It's always nice to get outside and play. Did some soccer practice with my 10 year old girl, she just started playing indoor soccer at the boys&girls club.&nbs...
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have a great day!
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I just got back from the cultural celebration at church. I enjoyed myself. There was music, food, people. I didn't used to be able to join in and feel like I belonged anywhere. But I am making progress, even though I am not yet perfect.
The topics of this morning? Good topic...
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compassion
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Living the Compassionate Life by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
As human beings we all have the potential to be happy and compassionate people, and we also have the potential to be miserable and harmful to others. The potential for all these things is present within each of us.
If we wa...
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Luck is coming my way!
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I haven't had the time to post about my personal struggle lately, but things are going ok for me. Still have some hard times ofcourse but I'm still able tofight them, and it is getting easier!
But Í just had to share the following stuff with you guys:
* I got a new job starting this monday, paying real g...
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Gratitude!
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Good Morning,
I am going to spend the day cleaning up, washing windows, polishing wood, vacuuming, and making things look really their best.
I am Roasting a Duck, tommorow, by Request, for a person that I have only known for 8 months, that is moving out of state.
It is a farewell to someone...
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90 Tools For Sobriety
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1 ) Stay away from that first drink, taking the 1st step daily. 2 ) Attend AA regularly and get involved. 3 ) Progress is made ONE DAY AT A TIME. 4 ) Use the 24 Hour plan. 5 ) Remember, your disease is incurable, progressive and fatal. 6 ) Do first things first. 7 ) Don't become too tired. 8 ) Eat at regular hours...
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On Tolerance ..... Want to share?
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Just wanted to share what tolerance means to me. The first thing that comes to mind, before I look elsewhere, Is to practice Tolerance with myself - my shortcomings, -self forgiveness must come before we can extend that to others, as was mentioned in an Earlier Post. Forgiveness...
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Craving, Suffering, and Choice lectures
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Hey-
I had read about this forum on Buddhism and Neuroscience at Stanford University, featuring the Dalai Lama and a panel scientists- Very interesting lectures- One series is on Craving, Suffering, and Choice.
You can download them from this site- http://itunes.stanford.edu/
Yo...
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Daily Reflection Jan 29
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THE JOY OF SHARING Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you. to have a host of friends - this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it. Frequent contact with newcomers and...
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Principles Of The 12 Steps
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Principles of the 12 Steps:
STEP: (The steps are printed on pages 59 & 60 of the Big Book.)
1. Surrender. (Capitulation to hopelessness.)
2. Hope. (Step 2 is the mirror image or opposite of step 1. In step 1 we admit that alcohol is our higher power, and that our lives are unmanageabl...
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Let go of it
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The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. --Martin Luther King, Jr.
An essential aid to following the path of the inner voice is practicing forgiveness. Resentment comes from the Latin word resentir to feel over and over again. By repeatedly re-experiencing the old resentments...
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big book
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AA Thought for the Day
January 28, 2006
Tolerance
Honesty with ourselves and others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way. Experience shows that few alcoholics will long stay away from a group just because they don't like the way it is run. Most return and adjust themselves to...
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the victim
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The self-defined “Victim” uses stealth personal power strategies to cope with anger, to“control” situations and other people in order to punish and to maintain a sense of superiority. Making use of "stealth" behavior provides the self-defined "Victim" a safety net while acting out this negativ...
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topic - Practice These Principles
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"Practice these principles in all our affairs"
That is really not easy to do,, but what is the point otherwise? If I only practice the principles at certain times, when I feel like it, or with certain easy-to-get-along-with likable favorites, or if I practice them only half way, I wil...
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How Many Alcoholic Do You Need
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Question: how many Alcoholics do you need to change a lightbulb?
Answer: Only one, but the Lightbulb really has to want to be changed!
Quiz for the day is OVER, thank God!
Love you all and Have a Great Saturday!
Toni
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Friday night
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Well, here we are. We made it thru the week. Thank God. Things are mostly the same, but.. I'm plodding through it all. How about you all?
love in recovery,
amanda
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Feeling out of Control!
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Well I did go to a meeting today and it was really good - am starting to fit in, first I had to tell them why I was not feeling like I was fitting in, my old thinking stuff.
But I have a Problem today with my PC, and it is making me feel #*$$#*&##$%&(*...
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SHARE
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I have something good to say today because it is my sixth month of sobriety today. I can not believe that it has been this long! It has been especially hard the last couple of weeks with the loss of a very close friend. This to shall pass. The s...
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Saturday
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Staying in the Present Moment
Often, one of our biggest questions is "What's going to happen?" We may ask this about our relationships, our career, our recovery, and our life. It is easy to tangle us up in worrisome thoughts.
Worrying about what's going to happen blocks us from functioning eff...
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