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BB QUOTE
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"In thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a wh...
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90 tools for recovery
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90 TOOLS FOR SOBRIETY
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 f...
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DO IT-ANYWAY
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DO IT ANYWAY
People are often unreasonable,
illogical and self centered;
FORGIVE THEM
ANYWAY
If you are kind, people may accuse you
of selfish ulterior motives;
BE KIND
ANYWAY
If you are successful you will win some friends...
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A Sponsor
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Twelve Ways To Tell The Difference Between Your Sponsor And Your Therapist.
1. Your sponsor isn't all that interested in the "reasons" you drank. 2. Your therapist thinks your root problem is your lack of self-esteem, negative self-image, and your poor self-concept. Your sponsor thinks your pr...
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How It Works
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Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunate...
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29 Ways To Deal With Stress
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29 ways to deal with stress
1. Use your Mastercard to pay your Visa and vice-versa.
2. Pop some popcorn without putting the lid on.
3. When someone says "have a nice day", tell them you have other plans.
4. Make a list of things to do that you have already done.
5. Dance naked in front of your pets...
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Quote for Today
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"The finish line isn't a given, it is earned." --from the back of a T-shirt of a sporting event last night. 
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Serenity
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The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sin...
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What a wonderful fellowship we have !
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I made coffee today as usual for our Friday morning AA meeting - we're averaging over 30 people per meeting which is really good for us. The range of sobriety at the meeting was absoultely incredible - we had folks there on their 3rd day, one celbrating her 1st year of sobriety & a few newcomers early...
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Senior Moments
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A very elderly gentleman, (mid nineties) very well dressed, hair
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Whew!! Used To Have A Big Problem With This One
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Appearance to the world of the people-pleasing personality
Very organized
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John
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I have noticed John, that you never respond when people speak with you on this board.
Why is that, John?
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A good reminder
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"We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: 'Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic.' Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever." Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 33
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Just sharing And wishing you all a great FRiday.
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Life, and recovery, are multi-leveled dynamics. There are multiple levels within the horizontal level. There are multiple layers to our wounding. Part of the reason it is so important to start to learn how to have internal boundaries is so that we can start seeing the different levels - start...
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Some good "A" Slogans and have a great day:)
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A
If you are in the center of AA, you won't fall off the edge.
Directions to AA: Just go straight to hell and make a U-turn.
Move closer to AA and move closer to yourself.
AA:It's Alcoholics Anonymo-us, not Anonymo-me
sent in by Alan of Sacramento, CA
AA: Being a part of somethi...
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Man!! Its Great!!
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Hey?? Hi to everyone here!! Its been a "H" of a ride re computer repairs--withdrawals-and not being able to share much on here lately.
Back on a different server and rockin on!!
Stress levels are unwinding. Patience, tolerence--Serenity prayer on one side, and wanting to kick someones b...
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Overcomming Negative Emotions
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Overcoming Negative Emotions - by Kim Eickhoff
One of the many lessons I have learned in my life, and continue to learn, is that my thoughts create my emotions, and my emotions create my behaviors, and then it circles back around. Once this cycle begins it seems almost impossible...
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Developing spiritually
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Developing spiritually
We read in the Big Book that no human power could have relieved our addiction -- not ourselves, our spouse, the law, clergy, counselors, or friends. Through trial and error and many failures, we come to know that another human being is not the way. To recover, we nee...
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Love
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Love cures people--both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it. --Karl Menninger
Receiving a loving hug from a parent or perhaps a smile from a friend or even a stranger gives us a special feeling inside. We know we are important to others when they show us their love through attention. A...
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Doing the Next Right Thing
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Okay, I am totally frustrated and need some advice. My fiancee' is also in recovery, he as about 114 days, we have been together 3 1/2 years and have 2 kids. I am 38 he is 23. I once again see relapse behaviour starting. I try to head it off before it becomes a problem, but reminding him of the things he is doin...
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AMANDA
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http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/ny2/clarence_hplightbulb.html
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Online AA Meeting Tonight at 9pm est
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C'on in and join us! Your participation and support is valued.
http://www.12stepforums.net/chatroom1.html
Just click link above and let the page fully load, don't do anything.. just sit there for
a moment or two .. .until you see the inside of the room.
First thing to type and s...
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tolerance
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I have a problem with my sponcer. We have different higher powers and it bothers me a lot. I feel like we are not spiritually connected at all. Should I get a new sponcer? -- Edited by Jocelion at 14:47, 2005-02-12 -- Edited by Jocelion at 14:48, 2005-02-12
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A.A. Thought for the Day
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A.A. Thought for the Day
Do we have any hard feelings about other group members or for any other AA group? Are we critical of the way a group member thinks or acts? Do we feel that another group is operating in the wrong way and do we broadcast it? Or do we realize that all AA members, no matter wha...
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Time for a new topic
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Something needs to replace jagerman's horrible & yes, pathetic post.
So does anyone want to share their thoughts on "GRATITUDE"?
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Help
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I was sober for 8 yeasr and have relapesed. I am in need of help and at this time am unable to make meetings. I have no home phone and am desperate for help. Please send e-mails or even post back to me.
sweatermt2@hotmail.com
 
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Problems ?
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Oh, a trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce, Or a trouble is what you make it, And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts, But only how you take it. --Edmund Vance Cooke
Once, a woman decided to throw a problem-exchange party. As guests arrived, they shed all their personal problems and t...
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Meditation
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Meditation is not a way to enlightenment, nor is it a method of achieving anything at all. It is peace and blessedness itself. It is the actualization of wisdom, the ultimate truth of the oneness of all things. --Dogen Translated by Stephen Mitchell
Meditation need not be limited to tim...
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Is there a reason ??
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Life deals more rigorously with some than others. --Lewis F. Presnall
How often we think about a friend, He sure is lucky! And probably just as often we say to ourselves, Why did that happen to me? It's not fair! The truth is, life isn't always fair. We don't all get the same experiences, the same l...
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Today's gift 2/11
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The universe if full of magical things, Patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. --Eden Phillpotts
We hear others talk about how they got out of debt. We see people who have peace and serenity in their lives, who have healthy relationships and dream jobs. We realize that being debt-...
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Thought-who am I
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A bird does not sing because he has an answer. He sings because he has a song. --Joan Walsh Anglund
Each of us has a song to sing, just as birds do. Part of knowing who we are is appreciating our own songs. Are our songs gentle like the robins, or are we brilliant leaders like the bluejay? Are we easy to...
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Frustration
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Frustration is the name of the game. The Serenity Prayer is the key.:)
Got into this site by the Grace of God, and some days He is pretty testy.
I might not be back on here for 6 or 7 days my Freinds.
I have blown up the servers Main office--Kidding. But its likely something Ide react to IF I was drinkin...
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Today's Gift
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Life is too short even if we live the whole of it to its fullest, but many of us have wasted so many years of our lives that we must now double our efforts if we hope to do any living at all. Truly, for us, it is later than we think.
There is one consolation, however, and that is, that it...
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A Biggy about Anger
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Is silent withdrawal an expression of anger?
By silently withdrawing into myself, isolating myself from others, I show anger in a passive way. I am:
angry over some real or perceived offense.
incapable of venting my anger openly and prefer to remain silent.
afraid of an outburst of a...
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Be kind to yourself
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Leave yourself alone. --Jenny Janacek
Three women were talking. One blamed herself for an unkind remark someone had made to her. Another blamed herself for not getting work done. The other compared her looks to those of the movie stars and thought she was ugly.
The women each noticed how the...
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BB quote 2/9
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"We found that God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him. To us, the Realm of Spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive; never exclusive or forbidding to those who earnestly seek. It is open, we believe, to all men." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, Page 46~
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what should i do???
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 I live in a small town(aprox 600 people)and have bin thinking about going to a local AA meeting. Im just worried that if I do go someone will see my truck there, or someone will spread rumors around town. If things do get around town I could loose my jo...
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Hi Everyone.......UPDATE
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Hello
Checking in to say Hello to each and everyone. I have been away to due to an accident which had affected my eyes tremendously. I am doing well but surely miss you all!!! Just when I decided to make a committment in sharing my ESH on a more regular basis >>this happened. I just l...
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The 12 steps we arrived with
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1. We admitted we were powerless over nothing -
that we could manage our lives perfectly and those of anyone who would allow us.
2. We came to believe that there was no power
greater th...
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New Here & looking for Caduceus
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Hi everyone. My name is Kim and I have been in recovery since 7-9-01. I have recently moved to Virginia Beach and have gotten established into AA/NA programs here. However I am trying to find caduceus meetings in my area, and I have no idea where to look for them. Can anyone point me in the right direction...
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Responsibility
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Responsibility
I believe that God created people. Although we could have been made like puppets on a string, we were given the capacity to think and behave as we choose.
If what I believe is true, then each person must be responsible for his or her own th...
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Worry
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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
A rolled-up ball of yarn does not take up much space--it sits, ready to be used when needed. It gets unrolle...
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Hey Guys?
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I lost a lot of email addresses last week re computer repairs and stuff.
Rick? Yours was one of them. Anyone wishing to be put back on my list, drop me a line at Phil@personainternet.com
Thanks guys and wishing you all a great day!!
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Sharing a big page re Anxiety
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The Attitude that Causes Anxiety
When Buddha described the evolution of samsara -- the cycle of constantly recurring problems in which we are presently trapped, he said that its origin was ignorance. This is a specific type of ignorance, one that misunderstands the nature of existen...
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pride
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Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. --Arthur Schopenhauer
Pride, like all emotions, has two faces: one healthy and one sick. It is our challenge to use the healthy side well. Sick pride fills us with ourselves, looks down on others, and has no room for generosity...
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Have a good day everyone here:)
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Resentment, bitterness, inner anger --- how they get started
Resentment, bitterness, inner anger have a starting point. The
starting point is angry, bitter, resentful thoughts.
Resentment, bitterness, anger are built up through a mechanism,
through a process. The secret to not h...
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A partly Poetic Moment
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There's something special about em, I'd have to say..
The blokes with the cabbage head, and the turnip truck
Who pop up into my life and encourage me
no matter whether life is cruising, or I'm feeling stuck...
(I love that)
And those inspring types with the courage to...
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thought 2/7
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It is the weak who are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. --Leo Rosten
When we think of strength, do we think of someone who shows no emotion and intimidates others with physical power? True strength is the freedom to show all kinds of feelings. Strong people aren't afraid o...
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BB quote 2/6
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"We represent no particular faith or denomination. We are dealing only with general principles common to most denominations." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, Page 93~
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Feb 6th, Reading and Thought
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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Be A Sponsor*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ RIGOROUS HONESTY Who wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? Who cares anything about a Higher Power, let alone meditation and prayer? Who wants to sacrifice ti...
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