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confusion over this site????Why are we all here????
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Hi all, As a newbie on this site I an finding myself confused about what this site is actually for. I am amazed at the amount of posts I have read about "flushing out the druggies" and "flushing out the A**holes". Not to mention all the negative comments I have been reading. I thought the reason AA worked w...
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“Mr Nicholson, have you ever thought about quitting drinking?”
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Here's an encouraging story of a bloke who finally got honest with himself: How to give up drinking By LENNOX NICHOLSON From The Weekend Australian MagazineAugust 4th, 20179 min read'I’d been out until 8am on New Year’s Day and hadn’t had a sip of alcohol. I had held firm although everyone around...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 8-7
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August 7, 2017Quote of the WeekBe all right with being all right. I was always irritable, restless, and discontent before recovery. As a kid I was anxious and afraid of things. When I found alcohol, I finally found a way to be comfortable, hopeful even. Drinking gave me that sense of ease and confide...
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Something Weird
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I have been sober for six years, and they have absolutely been the worst years of my life. Before you think I'm in danger of a relapse, well, it's not gonna happen. I'm poorer than I've ever been. I'm practically homeless. I'm considering filing for bankruptcy. And I'm entertaining thoughts of suicid...
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A new start to a new life
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Hi all, would just like to thank all you guys for posting on this site. Today marks 60 days and 60 meetings for me, and the changes in my life have already been more than I could have possibly imagined. I have completed step one and am now working on step two- the anxiousness has turned into excitement and I...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 7-31
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July 31, 2017Quote of the WeekWatch out; I still have a self-destruct button." I used to be the master of self-sabotage and self-destruct. If things were going well or might go well I had the knack for ruining them. Surprise party for someone close to me? I would get tight at the party and spoil it. G...
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Simple Reminders
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Today's Gift - July
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The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live. -- Flora WhittemoreWe often hear the phrase, "When one door shuts, another opens." It means everything has a beginning and an end. When our travels on one path are completed, another path lies ahead.It's not easy to feel a door close. Relati...
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people that slip
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Hi all, thanks for the previous replies to my questions. They have really helped. Last night at the meeting I found that one AA friend slipped on Saturday, and one drank two bottles of vodka and cut her wrists. These are the first people I have seen slip since I joined AA and I have found it very difficult....
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Happy 4th !
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Celebrating Independence, ... Freedom... not just on a national level but on a personal level as well. Freedom from active alcoholism and addiction... Freedom from me, Freedom to live a life beyond my wildest dreams... simply celebrating Freedom... I hope each of you have a great day... and embra...
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Today's the day chaps.
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Who'd a thought it?
From a drunk in the doghouse, to a man in the penthouse in just ten years.
Today is the day I thought I'd never see.
I'm getting married at three.
I'm sitting in my car, the rain is hooning down and for mid summers day in Scotland it's pure baltic. I don't care. Skin is watertight an...
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Overwhelmed At all the Resources
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I was actually looking for things to do while on the computer this afternoon....I really don't have any problems...I have extraordinary Peace of Mind....Most of my reading is of a spiritual nature. I have been sober now over 43 years of continuous sobriety, since my very first meeting thanks to AA...
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that voice in your head that tells you that you are not an alcoholic!!!!!
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Hi guys, Just wondering what members do when they get "that voice"? I have been making some good surrenders and progress, but the more I give into the program, the more that internal voice fights back and tells me that I am over-exaggerating the problem, and that I dont need to be in AA. Even when I tried r...
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Sponsorship of new members
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I have only been a member of AA for around six weeks, and I have a question regarding sponsorship that I would like to hear other members opinions on. Firstly I would like to say that I LOVE AA, and reading the big book has been the best and most inspiring thing I have ever done. The changes in my life due to t...
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Welcome Back, Pappy
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Tanin
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Wisdom of the Rooms 7-24
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July 24, 2017Quote of the WeekHappiness is not having what I want, but wanting what I have. I spent many years trying to get things to make me happy. If only I could get my college degree, then Id be happy. As soon as I get the right job, then Ill feel fulfilled. When I meet the one, then I will be complete a...
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New Here
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I'm not really sure where to start. I have never thought of myself as having a drinking problem, but after a fight with my husband the other night I think I may need to reevaluate some things. I don't drink every day and sometimes I go for a long period of time without having a drink, but when I do drink I alw...
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Scared its too late!
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hello. My name is Mike. I've been sober for 2 days after decades of drinking. I'm 42 now. I started when I was 12. Drank on the weekends with friends and this continued till I was about thirty and then things changed. For the past 12 years I went from a beer or two a night. Then to a six pack a night. Then f...
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Finally Trying to Quit Smoking
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Yesterday at 8:30 a.m. I made a decision to stop smoking cigarettes. My sponsor and my mom both told me not to overdo it by trying to quit smoking and drinking at the same time. I kept telling myself I was going to stop and it was hard. Guess I felt I had given up one addiction, I "didn't have to" gi...
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Damned Weddings... Origins of Alcoholism
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I hope I don't catch too much Flack for this one but here goes: So Where did the Alcoholism come from anyway? Well, This Debate can go all the way back to when Man began crushing grapes. I think it was at that Damn Wedding where Jesus said 'Let them all have more wine than they'll ever be able to drink'. Bingo...
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William Westman, RIP
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http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/06/28/life-storypay-william-westman
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Actor Reaches Bottom?
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I have been casually following the adventures of 31-year old actor Shia Labeouf in recent years. It's really a typical story of problem drinking rushing headlong to an out-of-control state of the malady that affects us all here. I see the video clips of truly cringeworthy behavior and can remember m...
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So, can you have more than one Home Group?
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I ask because i don't know the answer. I regularly attend different groups. Initially my HG was Wednesday Gawber, becasue it was the first meeting i attended. i still have a spot for that group and work permitting it's the one I don't miss. Then there's Monday Mapplewell, which is a step meeting, but I d...
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Conscience meeting matter
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Hi can anyone tell me if the set up of the room is a conscience meeting issue?
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Home Groups & Group Conscience
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Ok---at A.A. in many states over many years I have always understood that: (1) I select one home group (not 2 or 3) (2) My home group is the group to which I commit my service first (before doing service work in support of some other group) (3) When issues of group conscience have been discussed (by...
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Current Status
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Hey Family, ... Monday, go for platlet testing, an injection of some sort, and prepfor final Chemo drip .... ... ... Fri is last scheduelded treament ... Using Cane, Walker, andsometimes Wheelchair . .. havin't driven in 4 moonths now ... it sucks ... this ain't so painful as it just makes you so sick yo...
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Need Help With a Drinking Problem?
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http://www.aa.org/pages/en_US/need-help-with-a-drinking-problem
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"Hi, my name is Charlie, and I'm not an alcoholic."
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A slice of life from a far away AA meeting... A Father-Son Trip to Alcoholics Anonymous https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59z7nz/a-father-son-trip-to-alcoholics-anonymous
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DUI at 40
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i got pulled over the week I turned 40 and my brother turned 41. I wasn't expecting to drink as much as I did but it happened. Trump just got elected As well. I take full responsibility for it but I'm getting railroaded. First time offense in 24 years of driving. No other incidences ever! Instead of d...
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When did you decide to quit?
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Do you have a particular moment when you decided that you have to quit alcohol? Or an incident that prompted you to quit? I am sure almost everyone will have something. No one decided to quit alcohol just like that. For me it was an incident. I had a habit of getting drunk and reaching home (somehow) comp...
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Bill W. On Slips
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Quantity or Quality "About this slip business-- I would not be too discouraged. I think you are suffering a great deal from a needless guilt. For some reason or other, the Lord has laid out tougher paths for some of us, and I guess you are treading on of them. God is not asking us to be successful. He is only...
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What it looks like when God builds with me
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"God, I'm not happy with my appearance, help me lose weight please". Months go by I put on an additional 30 lbs. Well geez, thanks a lot God. I eventually get so disgusted with the mirror that I finally take action and lose all the weight, plus more. Feel amazing. _________ "God, please make this person g...
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Friends
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I am just recently breaking the news to my friends, shit to myself, that I am an alcoholic. So funny how they react. "Well, I mean, you are just going to quit during the week right? I mean what about holidays?" It's like yes, what about all of that? Figuring out myselt...don't you think I have wondered how...
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Why Bother?
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Because sometimes I can have a little fun crafting a decent reply to the same old same old stupid questions. 'Why is it so hard?'... Well that one is a bit different and brings back a memory of HighSchool Biology class discussing Human Anatomy during which some Dumb Blonde asked the teacher: 'What is th...
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Kudos To PythonPappy For Service Here
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I noticed that Pappy recently hit another milestone on this forum: 11,000 posts. Wow. More posts than any other member...ever. Whenever some new person comes around...whenever somebody posts about some troubles...whenever somebody asks for some help...whenever the time is right for a joke or f...
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Beginner looking for some input...
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I'm brand new to the program - 4 days in. I'm having trouble sleeping for two reasons: 1) I must be having nightmares that I can't remember because today I was up at 0300 having a full blown panic attack. When it passed I decided to accept what was happening and stayed up so I could attend a meeting at 0700. I...
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We beg of you
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To be fearless and thorough from the very start. what part of this does your newcomer ass not understand? That long face about why the meeting didn't work doesn't move me. I am quick to wipe my hands with a lazy one. We don't need nor should we be pampering anyone interested in sobering up permenently.
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Newbie
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I am new to the forum. I know my life can exist without alcohol but I'm not sure how to adapt it. Is that even the right verbiage? I'm drinking now when I should be in bed. I'm 31 years old and get "the shakes." I love my baby girls more than anyone could know...but get adjetated with them when I shouldn't....
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Been sober for a week now.
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I've been an addict since my late teens. I'm trying to be sober and have succeeded for a week now. How many survivors here ? Share your experiences
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New on here
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21 years old and realised that I really need to cut out drinking. I am not a frequent drinker, but when I do drink I cannot stop.
Back story is nothing terrible. Mother and father had a very unamicable break up when I was 16. Went to university at 18, where I didn't drink a lot in my third year and I only turn...
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Newbie! How to allow the want to be sober overcome the crave to drink?
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Hey guys!! Glad I found this site, looking forward to reading everyone's messages. I've tried the live chat but it wasn't so much for me. So... here's my deal... I started drinking at about 14 and haven't stopped since (with the exception of when I was pregnant). It's been 19 years... WOW.... I don't th...
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Day 6 of sobriety
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Hib. I just joined this site and Im so excited that this forum exists. I have been in and out of AA for many years. I am 60 years old woman who had been sober for almost 10 yrs with the help from my higher power and the fellowship of AA. I lost my sobriety when my mom got suddenly sick in 2013. I got away from meeti...
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Cross Talk in AA Meetings
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Good Morning All,
I was just reading the Board, and I saw something that is sort of one of my little "pet
peeves" And that is someone with a lot of time, giving unsolicted advised to someone that is newer in the Program.
Whether it be someone saying good quality sharing, or some unsolici...
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The Book that started it all.
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Yay . I received my copy of "The Book That Started It All" at a bargain too. Last time it was on offer . I wanted to order a copy . All up it was going to cost me $160us dollars. Postage was the deterrent . This time , book & freight $59Aussie dollars. Pity I can't bid on the original.
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New to here ..today is day 1
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Today is day 1back in program very scary
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Mflorea
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Online penpal
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Hi, I'm looking for an online penpal or sponser who I can write to and say how my week is going. I find writing very cathartic but don't really have anyone I can write to that understands the alcohol addiction. If interested please let me know your email. Don't have to use real names if not wanted. Just th...
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New here, just saying hello!
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Hi everyone, I am sober 3 weeks now and trying hard to stay that way. I find it hardest not to drink when I'm alone and know that my husband will be gone for hours (like now). I feel like I can sneak out and have a drink and he would never know. But I would know. So I'm not gonna do it. I have PTSD and when I'm a...
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Akron Beacon Journal’s first published account of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1939
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http://www.ohio.com/news/read-the-beacon-journal-s-first-published-account-of-alcoholics-anonymous-in-1939-1.772631
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A time to be honest...
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I tell you, there is nothing worse than a head full of AA and a belly full of beer. I'm 37 soon, and I've had my spells in and out of the rooms since my early twenties, 3 years having been the longest I've been sober, or should I say DRY? Back then in my earlier years I never really had much, so i always felt a lit...
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is this relapse
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Hello all; I am a friend of Bills, and have been sober for going on four years working a program of AA. So what i am about to ask is a hard subject for me. I am not a drug addict, on the other hand if I take a drink, well all the things in the doctors opinion come true for me. I am a alcoholic... The the other day I r...
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