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Lincoln, Nebraska
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My daughter is finishing up a short term in-house treatment for meth addiction (and alcohol and pot, too) in Lincoln. Her counselors REALLY want her to remain in Lincoln so that she can attend daily meetings. (She can't drive. In my town there is one meeting a week, so her counselor feels her returning...
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getting past fear
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Heya, folks--
one of the things that attracts me to AA is that it's a guide for living, not just "not drinking." Back in the day, fear controlled every aspect of my life. I'd be afraid of people, situations, and constantly obsessing about the future or past. Blacking out was the one time I could find...
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Question about AA meetings...feedback please
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I have a question I would like feedback on. I have never been to an AA meeting where they pass around a notebook at every meeting and ask you to write your name, soberity date, and phone number down. The self appointed chairman of a meeting I attend recently started this procedure, I am not happy wi...
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love and tolerance of others??
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hello my friends, hugs to you. Just a few things on my mind today...I've been on quite the emotional rollercoaster this week. My ex is driving me mad...well I guess i'm letting him...giving my power away... I've been praying for him for a while now. Page 552 in the BB...I'm trying so hard not to hate...
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Confession of a crazy woman
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Hey guys, I have got to tell someone besides God(although He was right there, saw and heard the whole thing) what I did last night. He and I did have several conversations about this last night and this morning.
I had been asking my husband for 2 months if he would take the weedtrimmer to my Mom's and wac...
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Welcome joniboloni
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Hey Joni, Just wanted to say I read your post to "Drinking dreams" , really liked what you said. Welcome to the board and please keep coming back.
(((Hugs)))
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breathing
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The Zen master Ling Chi said that a miracle is not to walk on burning coal, or in the thin air, or on the water; the miracle is just to walk on earth. You breathe in. You become aware of the fact that you are alive. You are still alive and you are still walking on this beautiful planet...The greatest of all mir...
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This little guy helps me smile
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I picture this little dude when my mate annoys me with all his totally innocent questions about why his computer won't do what he wants it to do. It helps.
Turn ya volume up.
http://beverlys.net/LJ/BuggingYou.swf
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Nic?
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Since the last time I was talking to Stan, Ive changed residences, and there are still boxes unpacked. I know Stans number is somewhere, but Where? is the question. Ile keep looking.
As for DW? She retired from the board a while back. I talk to her on the phone bout once a month. Shes been going th...
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language of letting go -july 22
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Learning to Trust Again Many of us have trust issues. Some of us tried long and hard to trust untrustworthy people. Over and again, we believed lies and promises never to be kept. Some of us tried to trust people for the impossible; for instance, trusting a practicing alcoholic not to drink again. Some...
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hello
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Hi guys and gals Phil and Gammy
just real busy
I have a lot more time in the cold months
Yes i'm sober Gammy
You all take care
I will try to drop in. Actually forgot how long it's been!
Gotta run flat tire on the tractor to handle. Just when I needed it!!!! HA HA...
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hi
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hi everyone just a note to tell u im doing good! op i proud of you more than you will ever know! keep it up. rick great to have u back. you to phil. hey nic,and gammy.im going fishing this weekend with my youngest son just me and him, he is so looking forward to it as am i.
can not re...
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Unconditional Love
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Love without condition
"I love you as you are, as you seek to find your own special way to relate to the world, or the way you feel that is right for you. It is important that you are the person you want to be and not someone that I or others think you should be."
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Sharing a bit......
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Hi all. I hope this post finds everyone well & sober tonight.
My day has ended up being another good day. I was a bit tired, not sleeping well from the crazy dreams, but once I got a cup of joe and started my day, I felt much better. It's midinght and I still have not wanted a drink so far, m...
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I am responsible
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for myself; my recovery, my well-being, my happiness, all these things are, ultimately, my own responsibility. --Anonymous
Our Higher Power does not lay claim to our free will. We can choose not to be responsible and make ourselves more miserable by going to new levels of despair...
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language of letting go-july 21
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Being Is Enough We are not always clear about what we are experiencing, or why. In the midst of grief, transition, transformation, learning, healing, or discipline - it's difficult to have perspective. That's because we have not learned the lesson yet. We are in the midst of it. The gift of clari...
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Does it ever stop???
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Good morning all. Well, yesterday was a good day. Did some much needed things in the house and the yard. Had a great couple AA meets. Tried to go to bed early, but found I couldn't sleep, tossed and turned, so I got up and read the BB some more. Finally fell out about 2am, then the dreams starte...
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Its going to be ok OP, and thanks
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Im ok Op. It takes time for things to heal. I accept that. I beleive Ive let a lot out on here, the past few days, and in turn listened to all the feedback from everyone on the board.
The past? I did the best with what I had each day, and accept Im not perfect and never will be. I dont beat myself up over i...
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Phil :)
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 Just wanted to say thank you for all your replies. Getting feedback is an awesome thing, helps my mind to go in a different, welcomed direction.
But more important: How are YOU today?
Love and Peace
"op"
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Ignorance meditation
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Today is July 21, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery!
IGNORANCE
"Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge." --Alfred North Whitehead How little I understood when I was living as an alcoholic. How little I wanted to know. Ignorance was bliss in my addiction....
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3 days and counting
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Hello All,
I should probably be posting to a marriage counseling forum. Thanks for the responses to my previous posting. It's 5:30 am where I am this morning and I've had another sleepless night. My wife and I have been married for a little over two months now and have just finished the worst week of...
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Just Sharing a Bit.......
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Good Morning, All. It is 8:30am here and I am off work today. Slept in some and slept great last night. No dreams, crazy or scary for the first night in a week or so. Looks like my prayers are being answered. I have a child in the house and a dream or 2 has caused me to wake and upset him.... It's day 20 of sobriet...
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Worry
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Today is July 20, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery!
WORRY
"When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened." --Winston Churchill I know I can worry myself into the gr...
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My flag is white
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I am feeling troubled today. My kids are happy and recently brought home their best report cards ever. My work is inspired and easy after some recent restructuring and I am enjoying it enormously. The farm is flourishing and the critters are content. My mate too, has arrived back on the farm with a yout...
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Resistance
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Letting Go of Resistance
Do not be in such a hurry to move on.
Relax. Breathe deeply. Be. Be in harmony today.
Be open. There is beauty around and in us today. There is purpose and meaning in today.
There is importance in today - not so much in what happens to us, but in how we respond.
Let today ha...
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Goodnight...
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Just dropped by to read the posts. I had a great day, I traveled 100 miles to take my son out to lunch for his 19th birthday.He was my sobriety baby, the one that got all my attention. It was fun, 2 of his roommates met us and we ate seafood. It was just a wonderful time, lots of laughing, joking and just...
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Just a little Humor
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Hope no one minds......
Question: How can you tell two AA's are on their second date? Answer: Theres a U-Haul in the driveway!
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Thoughts
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"To be truly humble is to feel a tender acceptance of all reality just as it is, which includes compassion for ourselves just as we are. This kind of humility is a surrender of our whole being to the simple truth of love."
Outer circumstances do not determine my reactions to life, which are the natural...
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One of the hardest things to do Ive ever done.
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Tonight, I let to let go of someone in my life that I love very much, and I had to do that for me.
Over the past few months Ive given my all to someone who meant the world to me.
So much so that I started to neglect my children, my responsibilities. and taking care of me, mentally and emotionally and spirit...
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More Letting go....
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Letting Go By Barry Elwin-Jones WHAT IS LETTING GO? Letting go can be the most terrifying experience we can have. Letting go means having no support mechanism for our egos. Put simply, when we let go, we trust that everything is going to work out in our best interest even when we are in the middle of an exp...
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language of letting go
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Language of Letting Go - July 18
Time to Get Angry It's about time you got angry - yes, that angry. Anger can be such a potent, frightening emotion. It can also be a feeling that guides us to important decisions, sometimes decisions difficult to make. It can signal other people's problems, our pr...
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" Surrender And Self-Examination"
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July 17 My stabiliy came out of trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive.
Thus I think it can work out with emontional sobriety. If we examine every disturbance we have, great or small, we will find at the root of it some unhealthy dependency and its consequent unhealth...
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"A Measure Of Humility"
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July 16 In every case, pain had been the price of admission into a new life. But this admission price had purchased more than we expected. It brought a measure of humility, which we soon discovered to a healer of pain. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 75
It was...
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life
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life has it's ups and downs and life can be difficult.
pain is a part of life; misery is optional
to have things happen in your life and to not resolve these issues can tear apart your whole world. they can make or break you.
to have faith in a higher power. to surrender, give up the fight, and a...
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Goodmorning all...
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Well, I'm on my 2nd cup of tea, and just trying to get my mind in gear this morning. It's been a very long week-end.I had two jobs this week of house,yard ,and cat sitting. At one of the houses the roof was being replaced, very noisy, and the cat's were not happy at all, scared to go in or out, just not go...
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Sharing
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Guilt is a feeling of being responsible for negative circumstances that have befallen yourself or others.
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life comes with problems
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Life comes with problems
"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin -- real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that...
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first time online
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Hello All,
I'm used to the conventional meetings where I introduce myself as an alocoholic/drug addict. It's been 7+ years since I attended AA meetings regularly. Its been two days since my last drink.
I joined a chapter in Buffalo after travelling through the midwest and f...
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Yesterday Today and Tomorrow
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Back To Basics
YESTERDAY....
TODAY and TOMORROW
There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is YESTERDAY with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, it...
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roommates
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http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=42727&subForumID=94433&action=viewTopic&commentID=3561852&topicPage=
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Dear Lord, I thank you for this day.....
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Dear Lord, I thank You for this day. I thank You for my being > Able to see and to hear this morning. I'm blessed because > You are a forgiving God and an understanding God. > > You have done so much for me and Y...
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" Pride "
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July 15 For thousands of years we have been demanding more than our share of security, prestige and romance. When we seemed to be suceeding, we drank to dream still greater dreams. When we were frustrated, even in part, we drank for oblivion. Never was there enough of what w...
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Sharing
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Have been sorting and going through some stuff today, and just wanted to share something I found with you.
Love is what makes life great...
A careless word may kindle strife. The cruel word usually wrecks a life. Timely words help level stress, but its loving words that heal and bless.
The happi...
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Drinking Dream
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I had a pretty bad drinking dream last night that was SO real!! Some of my friends went to a show last night they wanted me to go to. For several reasons, I didn't. But in the dream I went and I relapsed. It was my friend Kate's birthday and I remember I took her to the bar and bought...
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Coffee flavoured Keyboard - Phil
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Allo folks - Have come over to use my mates comp, as during a moment of enthusiastic inspiration yesterday morning, I managed to fill my keyboard with coffee and will no be "non communique" until I can get over to a town and replace it. I can still see the board but am unable to contribute.
Yes - ya'll g...
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New lonley member
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I decided to join this message board because I need some insight. I've been an alcoholic for the past 3 years. I am only 19 years old. I moved away from all the so called bad influences in life for a year only to find myself back where I started (in the same town) Ive done good. I occuasionaly go out now for dri...
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nagativity
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Today is July 17, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery!
NEGATIVITY
"My life has been nothing but a failure." --Claude Monet I can identify with Claude Monet because for years I considered myself a complete failure. For years I wallowed on my pity-pot until it became too painful. Whateve...
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Newcomer Needs Insight FAST
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Well, it's day 15 of sobriety. And I feel awesome!! Had a decent day at work, made an afternoon meeting, and think I got myself a sponsor (we're having lunch next week). BUT, there's one thing that's bothering me, my boyfriend! I mentioned him in one of my first posts, and got some sound advice fro...
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ajohnson27659
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It's awesome you know you're an alcoholic at such an early age. I can't stress enough that if you want to stay sober AA is the ONLY way to do it. You won't be lonely anymore, either, I promise. AA is a wonderful fellowship. I am on day 16 of sobriety after drinking for 25 yrs and I too was scared to stop due to lo...
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interpretation of the serenity prayer
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GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY....I have known peace. The peace that comes in front of a fireplace on a cozy winter's night; the peace of the mountains. But when I would leave the mountains, the peace would leave me. When the fire went out or the phone rang, the peace would be gone. Peace came rarely a...
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