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"Don't Quit"
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To my new friends, Rick and Wendy who recently stumbled, but now have their feet back on the road, and to Phil who is currently having to face some of the worst that life has to dish out, this is especially dedicated.
But, it is also for the other wonderful folks who have welcomed me to this site, a...
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Writing my story...
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Hello campers,
I just did something I have not done since doing my 4th Step. I wrote, as opposed to told, my story. I have to say, it was an amazingly freeing experience. I can't explain why. I wrote it and posted it on my blog. I have never felt the presence of God with me as I did while I typed away at the key...
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i AM SICK AND TIRED
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YES I REALLY AM AND I DON'T WANT TO LIVE LIKE THIS
NOTHING CHANGES IF NOTHING CHANGES
GOING TO A NOON MEETING
GONNA STAY SOBER TODAY IF IT KILLS ME
i GUESS ALL I GOT IS TODAY--YESTERDAY WAS A BLURR AND IS GONE
THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT AGAIN
GOD I HATE THIS--YEARS OF THIS CRAP
TO THE SHOWER AND TO...
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good morning,
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Update
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Hi Everyone,
I’m still here. Went on a family vacation for a few weeks & w/o internet.
Still sober, three weeks today J
Dealing with it…being with my dysfunctional family was helpful & hurtful, trying to come to grips with it all, but trying to...
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Hurt, Sorrow, and Doubt
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We all hurt, we all have sorrows, and we all have doubts. Hurt, sorrow and doubt cannot be avoided, and we should not attempt to avoid hurt, sorrow and doubt. Hurt, sorrow and doubt are a part of us. We should embrace our hurt, our sorrow and our doubt, we should learn from our hurt, sorrow and doubt, and wh...
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Yu know guys
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I dont like sympathy. I dont like being felt sorry for. Im my own person. I try to do whats right, on a daily basis, and I try, to the best of my ability to work this program, on a daily basis. Im far from perfect at it, and never will be. I trip--I fall-I stumble. But the big thing is I do my best, with what I have-...
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rick if your out there!!!!
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when i came in here you and many others help me with my illness! you always have help me so much with your post. i guess saying the program and working the program are two separate things. i hope u make it back god bless wagon
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Hey everybody...
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Welcome to the newcomers, glad you are here.Keep coming here and posting.
Guys, it's been a rough 2 days. Some good things have happened in my life. But the Alcoholic in my life is really stealing the serenity and the good from me, I 'm letting him. I have a big decision to make, I will go talk to his peer c...
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New to the Forum
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Hi My name is Rick L., and I am an alcoholic. It seems strange to type that as opposed to saying it in a meeting. I am back in the rooms since January of 2004. I say "back" in because I am not a first time winner, but I am a winner today and every day I stay sober. Finding this web site is so cool. My looking for it ha...
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Prayer under pressure
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Whenever I find myself under acute tensions, I lengthen my daily walks and slowly repeat our Serenity Prayer in rhythm to my steps and breathing. If I feel that my pain has in part been occasioned by others, I try to repeat, "God grant me the serenity to love their best, and never fear their worst." This b...
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Family Emergency Be Back Next Week
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Hey Guys,
I've gotta go out of town until next week. Dougs son (27 yrs old) is in the Hospital. He is in the trama center in ICU.
He was playing pool at a bar ( had a little too much to drink). He stepped on some guys new shoes .The man didnt appreciate it and sucker punched him, Doug JR. fell to the ground.....
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the choice is mine
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when i am tuned in to my ego:
i try to control
i don't notice my blessings
i need
i am insensitive
i am in turmoil
i am blocked
i don't know i count
i repel
i make a-difference
i take
i am bored
i am empty
i am filled with self-doubt
i am dissatisfied
i have tunnel vision
i wai...
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i'm dusted off , i think....
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i still don't feel too good today. Cancelled my dentist appointment, made it for another day.
gotta take it easy on Wendy today
i want to ask those that have slipped what your first steps were in getting back up.
Steps 1, 2 and 3 are our foundation steps
i need to reinforce my foundation, make it&...
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(((Rick)))
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we love you.
what i think i learned from my slip most of all is that i don't love myself enough yet. I was going through my days thinking i'm strong, courageous, and ok.
i'm not
i stopped praying like i was early in my sobriety, no meditation like before. Just going through the days kind of numb.
it...
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meeting
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hey guys got a quick one for you. our aa group went to talk with a group in recovery.after the meeting i had one young man that wanted my phone number. so he could call if he gets in trouble. which is fine with me but hes also a recovering from meth dont know much about that stuff. ithink i can help with his drin...
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Thursday
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It's astonishing in this world how things don't turn out at all the way you expect them to! --Agatha Christie
Probably every day of our lives, a plan goes awry. Often we have counted heavily on a particular outcome. We generally assume we have all things under control and know exactly what's best f...
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(((Phil)))
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i just want to thank you for your words on my other thread
alot of feelings and thoughts there Phil
i hope you feel better.
i know life sucks sometimes, it really does
i know #1 today is not to drink
together we will!!
i'm really tired tonight and hoping i'm somewhat back to feeling normal tom...
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day 2..........:(
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i gotta tell everyone.
i'm on day 2 today
i need you
give me shit, enocuragement, whatever
i'm so glad you are here
not liking me very much right now
i didn't even think about the consequences, just did it
i hate this diseae, bottom line it hates me more, i don't want to die
i don't want to l...
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intuitively know how to handle........
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Well, people, I've had an interesting couple of days. It started like this: my teenage son broke his wrist skateboarding on Sunday. We spent 5 hrs in the ER, then find out since it's so swollen they can only put a temp cast on it, which is good for 7 - 10 days, gave me the number for our local orthopedists and...
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Thanks to all
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 To all of you who sent a friendly welcome, many thanks! I already feel that finding this site is going to help me greatly in my recovery.
I am thankful that I recieved the message from AA, so I knew where to look, when I finally "got" the message. And am&...
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Checkin in
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Lotta great posts on here over the last few days--a few new faces--great to see, and a lot of involvement.
Trip was cut short because of illness. Stuff happens.
By the time I got to where I was going, I was mentally, emotionally and physically drained,and likely looked like a 80 year old drunk--&nb...
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a power greater than myself
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The sun's the life giver. . . I talk to it like you would to a god. --Peter Firth
Having a Power greater than ourselves to believe in is like knowing the sun is in the sky. There are days when the sun shines with a brilliance that lights up everything around us--tree branches, snowflakes, the faces o...
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simple truth
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You can't go back and have a brand new start, but anybody can start now and have a brand new end.
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When God measures us, He puts the tape around the heart instead of the head.
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Be careful about the bridges you burn, because one might turn out to be the one you later want to cross.
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a little character defect ?
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Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from hell. --Philip James Bailey
A co-worker wins a grand prize in a drawing. A neighbor inherits enough money to add a room to her house and to take a great vacation. A friend's son or daughter wins a scholarship. What's our reaction? Do we automatically re...
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told I love you???
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I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved . . . the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. --George Eliot
We've all heard many times that we must love ourselves if we're ever to love another. Too often we mistakenly think that means we shouldn't need to hear som...
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Wanting peace of mind...
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Today I am feeling a bit anxious about everything. My mind will not stop thinking of things I wish to get accomplished in my life (but physically cannot work at it fast enough). And I'm finding it difficult to just slow down and take things one step at a time. I have a sponsor, m...
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thought
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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun. --Katharine Hepburn
The first good news each day is that we wake up. We are breathing. Our heats are beating, our minds working. The adventure of living begins. What does the day hold in store? We have no way of knowing what surprises lie in wait...
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sometimes slowly
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sometime slowly for me is me I started AA in april and just now am starting to get better I'v drank for so long to me any ways. I'm 29 now and been drinking since I was 9. I now that doesn't seem long to old timers. well any ways i'm haveing a hard time with the cravings but i am taking campral to help it something...
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Turned out great!!!
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Thanks everyone for your advice!!!Appreciate it!!! Having your own drink in hand..will come in handy when your invited outside of your home. The questiong of needing a drink can be avoided,... cuz you already have one.
Gammy Rose: I learned my lesson last time I got on a 4 wheeler...my back hurt for...
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I am only human
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We're often told that alcoholics and other addictive persons are perfectionists, impatient about any shortcomings - especially our own. We tend to set impossible goals for ourselves, struggling fiercely to reach our unattainable ideals. Then, of course - since no person could possibly meet the...
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Explain this
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Hi all,
I am a member of Alanon and go to f2f meetings and post on the Alanon site.
I have been married to my recovering A husband for 31 years. He has been sober for 22 years. This last 5 years have been difficult at best. I think that the correct term would be a dry drunk. We went to a couples workshop. I as...
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just me
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I Am Me In all of the world, there is no one else exactly like me. Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine because I alone choose it. I own everything about me: my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions, whether they be to others or to myself. I own my fantasies, m...
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Just checkin' in....
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Hey Guys, I'm just checking in to see how everybodies Sunday has been. I was thinking about the ring of fire Rick said they all light, trying to invision what that would look like, about how pretty that must be.Our town doesn't do anything special for the week-end.
Today has been a long o...
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want to quit but always fail
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This is my first post to this message board. I just joined yesterday. I don't want to drink anymore. That's what I say every morning. But as the day passes on, I fail and give in to the drinks, to comfort me. But it's always a false comfort, but, it's all I feel I have. I want to quit but always fall and fail. An...
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February 1956 AA Grapevine
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AA on Toast February 1956 AA Grapevine This is what I told Joe: "There are no musts in AA. Take it cafeteria style -- take it your own way. Don't worry about the spiritual part of the program. Take the First Step, but never mind the rest of them right now. Just stay away from the first drink for twen...
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My Fellow Man? Happening's IN THE STROM
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http://http://www.livejournal.com/users/insomnia/599039.html "My friend Cheryl is a Jefferson Parish deputy. I spoke with her this am- she told me there are dead bodies on my street - they also found a 7 year old huddled under a stairwell, she had beeb raped and left for dead. Cheryl's hus...
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scared
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Decided against posting this. -- Edited by Cabbageheadchris at 17:48, 2005-09-03
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Asking for support Please!!
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I could use a little extra support tomorrow if ya"ll dont mind.
We are having a Labor Day Party tomorrow here at my place. Some of the guys and their familes are coming over for a BBQ. I"m a little worried about the alchol being around. To say the least!!
I'll be in my comfort zone, so that will he...
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Hi Folks
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Sorry I have been away, but like a good little Alcoholic I have an excuse, 
Seriously though I got swamped with work and needed to play catchup. Guess you folks on the other side of the world heard about our little hurricane here in Mississippi. I would like to ask for a special prayer for thos...
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positive thoughts
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Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. --Abraham Lincoln
Our negative thoughts can be like pebbles rolling down the mountainside. One pebble bumps into another one. The second begins rolling and slams into a third. On and on it goes until thousands of pebbles, rocks, an...
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Hello
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Hello, my name is Dan, and I'm an alcoholic.
I attended AA meetings briefly when I was required to by court order several years ago. Didn't truly get the message then, because I hadn't honestly taken the first step. My wife is a great little codependant who strongly encouraged m...
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Hey! Phil!
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Have an awesome time....... I'll miss ya round here......... take care, be safe, and most of all ENJOY yourself.
Much love to ya
Doll
-- Edited by Doll at 20:48, 2005-09-02
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Depression Drugs
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Hi all.
Serious warning. I was diagnosed with depression and panic attacks a few months ago. My doctor prescribed a drug called Citalopram, which is in the same group of drugs as Prozac (Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors)
Three months later I've stopped taking it after suffering from t...
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Hey OP
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Hey OP , We're wondering how you are doing? Did you get your PC up again. Are you still checking in when you can? Hope all is well, we miss you.
(((Hugs)))
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Have a good week everybody!!
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Hey! To each and every one of you "I love you"
Im outa here, and riding into the sunset--into new territory. Thats scary for an Alky but when Gods steering the sled, and you feel RIGHT about it all inside--its walk through the fear--and enjoy the ride.
Back on the board next Friday. I wish each and e...
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its national Recovery month!!!!
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i have a link in my signature:)
check it out
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a great day for recovery-Sept 3
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Today is September 3, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery!
SOLITUDE
"One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude." -- Carl Sandburg I need to be alone. Being alone is not the same as being lonely. I need to be alone with me in order to love me, understand me,...
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PRAYER - pettiness
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Found this on another site, thought it was good enough to share.
Keep us, oh God, from pettiness. Let us be large in thought, in word, in deed. Let us be done with fault finding & leave off self-seeking. May we put away all pettiness & meet each other face to face, without sel...
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relief
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this was sent to me by a friend
.HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF < Hurricane Katrina Relief By Janice Price The magnitude of the Hurricane Katrina devastation has overwhelmed rescue efforts. Men, women and children lack food, water and even the minor conveniences of life. The elderly lack shelter a...
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