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the SC state convention went well. heard some excellent speakers and really enjoyed being around all sober people. was a very relaxed atmosphere. it was real nice to have my guard down in a big crowd of people, i usually get uptight and clostraphobic. comes from iso...
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Monday
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A.A. Thought for the Day
There are two important things we have to do if we want to get sober and stay sober. First, having admitted that we're helpless before alcohol, we have to turn our alcoholic problem over to God and trust Him to take care of it for us. This means asking Him every morning for the str...
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Hello
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I'm also new and wanted to introduce myself. After stopping and starting and stopping and starting for years, I'm now just a week sober, but with a real commitment this time.
I guess I am still in the throes of my last humiliating mortifying boozy night out, and I'm wondering if anyone has any t...
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Introduction
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Hi Everyone,
My name is Mike M and I have 2.5 years sober. I originally got sober just outside Boston MA and I moved to Northern Virginia 7 months ago. Thats about it.
Nice to meet everyone 
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Just introducing myself.
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Hi how is everyone, better than me at the moment I hope. Okay here goes...again. I'm posting this thread for I'm hoping to purge myself for the better and I would like other like minded people to help me with my problem. For starters I'm not new to AA this is my second visit in three years. Originally I had t...
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A lot of good reading in this-thought Ide share it
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Fear and focus by Chris Joosse
Books to read:
'The Fear Book', by Cheri Huber
Its a common ground that we all share and often joke about, but don't always discuss seriously. We kind of have a tradition of 'bucking up' and 'persisting through it' as a way to deal with fear in ord...
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Sunday
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Peace
Anxiety is often our first reaction to conflict, problems, or even our own fears. In those moments, detaching and getting peaceful may seem disloyal or apathetic. We think: If I really care, Ill worry; if this is really important to me, I must stay upset. We convince ourselves that outcomes w...
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Goodmorning Phil & all ....
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Goodmorning all....
Just finished reading your post on peace Phil. Did I need that one today?Yeah, I sure did. I have been having a problem with living life on life terms the last couple of days. The peace which I deeply cherish has been almost nonexsistent, I can't seem to get the time I need t...
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Amanda
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www.drjan.com
http://webhome.indirect.com/~avroar/P6x.htm
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ACOA characteristics
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1. Adult children of alcoholics guess at what normal behavior is.
2. Adult children of alcoholics have difficulty following a project through from beginning to end.
3. Adult children of alcoholics lie when it would be just as easy to tell the truth.
4. Adult children of alcoholics judg...
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How well do you know the Big Book?
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How well do you know the Big Book? Test your knowledge at this new site I found : Omitted by MIP Admin as Advertisement/Site Promotion The site is not quite finished but I was surprised on how much I knew....
-- Edited by John at 23:47, 2005-03-05
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checking in
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hello all just wanted to say hi and hope you are all doing well. been reading mostly this week. we are having an aa state convention here in columbia sc. went to a wonderful speaker meeting last night. it is so amazing what the program has become... that it is really une...
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AA Thought For The Day
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A.A. Thought for the Day
Sometimes we try too hard to get this pro gram. It is better to relax and accept it. It will be given to us, with no effort on our part, if we stop trying too hard to get it. Sobriety can be a free gift of God, which he gives us by His grace when He knows we are ready for it. But we have to be...
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Just a share for Worriers
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Two powerful techniques to stop worrying right now First, when you start to think of the future and are on the brink of anxiety, just say to yourself, "we'll see".
Two small words, but they are powerful and can prevent a lot of worry. You do not know what is going to happen tomorrow or further down in lif...
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About the jabber box
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Found out, I do not necessarily think it is "isms" with my spouse....He eventually....tells me he knows what he's doing....(the weeds he has to pluck)......so when he said he had been jabber...jabber...jabber.... I said yeah I do not need the Enquirer tabloid, I got you....He just grinned e...
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Have a good Friday!!
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Why I Drank
I drank to be witty - and I became a boor.
I drank to relax - and I couldn't stop my hands from shaking.
I drank to feel good - and I suffered through sickening hangovers.
I drank to be happy - and it made me depressed.
I drank to be a good dancer - and it made me a stranger.
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Reply To Gammy
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Yes Gammy--You are so right. It doesnt matter how long weve been sober. Its the quality and not the quantity.:)
We still get the daily tests, and somedays, living life on lifes terms just is no fun at all.
But thank God we can deal with it sober hu?
Sanity? um-not going there. hahaha
Some d...
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Nic
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Nic, I just finished reading your post about your Gran, and I had tears as I read it. I have been struggling with so much of the same feelings and issues for a couple of years.
My Mother who is 77 years old has lived alone for the last 12 years since my Dad died. She has been very miserable and even att...
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A New Day
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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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Something I realized just now
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As a child, I was miserable.
When I was old enough, I was drunk and miserable.
After I realized that wasn't working, I sobered up. But I was still miserable. After a few years I started drinking again.
I'd made progress though: I was happy as long as I was drunk. (We won't talk a...
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A Big Step To Freedom
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"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." Creation gave us instincts for a purpose. Without them we wouldn't be complete human beings. If men and women didn't exert themselves to be secure in their persons, made no effort to harvest food or construct shelter, there would be no su...
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Anger And Resentment
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What are the two types of anger?
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Smile!! Youll drive everyone nuts!!
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1. Birds of a feather flock together, and then crap on your car.
2. There's always a lot to be thankful for if you take time to look for it. For example I am sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt.
3. When I'm feeling down, I like to whistle. It makes the neighbour's dog ru...
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Hey Rick Buddy??
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We love yu. :) Keep It Simple. Easy Does It. Slow God Mode.
Enjoy your trip my freind.
I remember going to Florida drunk. I remember another one sober.
Sure was a better trip sober.:) I even enjoyed seeing a few places, that I never saw the first tim...
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Intro
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Hi folks.
I'm not sure where to start, so I'll just tell you where I'm at right now. I quit drinking April 10th 2002 (and have not had a drink since) because of a health problem. Actually that's kind of an understatement... I was hauled off to the hospital and they did that routine with the...
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Enabling Personality
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Appearance to the world of the enabling personality
Protect others from the consequences of their own actions
Had a post to share on here, but couldnt get it on. I guess it just wasnt meant to be.
Wishing all my AA Buddies a good night, and a good day tomorrow. -- Edited by Phil at 22:07, 2005-0...
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Bible Study
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My husband and I have been attending a bible study class with a group from our
church. When we got invited to join I told hubs why dont we try it so we can get
to know some of the people intimately so we did. This week we are studying
the beatitudes and this is a tough one for me espec...
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Phil: Question...
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I have to admit my spouse jabbers. Yeah, I know....be grateful, he's sober. Except, where once he no longer spoke at all, he talks all the time. I keep hoping he'll get back to "Him" that he once was. And yet I know that may or may not ever happ...
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Strange Pattern
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What a strange pattern the shuttle of life can weave. --Frances Marion
Each experience we have plays its part in the total picture of our lives. The steps we have taken, the path we travel today, and our direction tomorrow are not by chance. There is a pattern. We each have a destiny. We may have veer...
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Living in Today
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Hi everyone!! Hope this finds everyone happy and healthy!!
I am doing okay today. I am dealing with the repercussions for my actions 2 weeks ago. I had
to go see a therapist for an "evaluation". It went pretty well, its what I needed. He made me realize that the depression I have (which is really bad)...
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Hello
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Hi to all,
My name is Mike and I'm an alcoholic in Boston,MA. I've been looking for an online group and have found that the sharing here contains quite a bit of experience, strength, and hope. I wanted to post right away because opening up is important. I don't really have a...
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Monday--Monday
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You have to have faith that there is a reason you go through certain things. I can't say I'm glad to go through pain, but in a way one must, in order to gain courage and really feel joy."
"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a...
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Nic
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Nic I sent you a private message
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The 12 Promises
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The Twelve Promises
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development:
1) We will be amazed before we are halfway through.
2) We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
3) We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
4) We will...
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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."
Unconditional love is enlarging the self, a...
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OLD TIME AA:
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OLD TIME AA: 1. It's not old behavior if I'm still doing it. 2. If you're looking to have an image in AA, look around at the meetings you go to and take a look at whom you're trying to impress. 3. An alcoholic is a person who wants to be held while he's isolating. 4. Sobriety is the leading cause of relapse. 5...
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BB Quote
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We feel that elimination of our drinking is but a beginning. A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 19~
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Meetings in Sacramento
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I'm new to Sacramento. I've been to the Elk Grove and Land Park Meetings. I've looked on the internet and I cannot locate a meeting for today except in Elk Grove. Can anyone help me.
Thanks
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Have a great Sunday!!
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How It Works
Utter confusion, misery and pain,
Humiliation, remorseful, ashamed.
Dreading to face the light of each day,
Not wanting to hear what people would say.
Like, "Where is your power? Where is your pride?"
They don't understand that deep down inside
I...
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Is This What Its Like?? Ohh Gosh!!
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Three sisters ages 72, 74, and 76 live in a house together. One night the 76 year old draws a bath. She puts her foot in and pauses. She yells down the stairs "was I getting in or out of the bath?". The 74 year old yells back "I don't know. I'll come up and see." She starts up the stairs and pauses. Then she yells...
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Allo All
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Allo folks,
I have returned from my recent reality check in civilisation and am soooo glad to be back on the farm. It really is a crazy world out there. Shared a room with a couple of great girls who were only strangers for about 3 minutes and we giggled our way through a week of workshops an...
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BB fact
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Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize that we only know a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning mediation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit so...
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An article on Anger and Expectations
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Do we have a choice whether to be angry? Can we opt not to feel upset, furious, or resentful? Yes! Here’s why.
Simply put, we get angry when people, situations, and other stimuli don’t meet our expectations - our thoughts about the future, what we look forward to or wait for.
“Expectation is...
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BB Quote
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"Those of us who have spent much time in the world of spiritual make- believe have eventually seen the childishness of it. This dream world has been replaced by a great sense of purpose, accompanied by a growing consciousness of the power of God in our lives. We have come to believe He would like us to kee...
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People pleasing
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Wow, I can relate to the info on people pleasing. Thanks to whoever put it on this site. I have suffered from this dilemma for years, although I think I maybe a little better. But I can still see evidence of it in my behavior now. I do believe as I continue to work the steps it will get better. I know that guilt...
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The Fear Problem
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The Problem of Fear
Regardless of the type, size or location of their first AA meeting, newcomers face a predictable series of challenges that must be overcome in order to begin to benefit from AA. By far the greatest problem most individuals experience when beginning AA is how to deal with their fe...
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BB quote
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"Simple, but not easy; a price had to be paid. It meant destruction of self-centeredness. I must turn in all things to the Father of Light who presides over us all." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Bill's Story, pg. 14~
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Step One
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Step One
"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable." Who cares to admit complete defeat? Practically no one, of course. Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness. It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we h...
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I'm Lost
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(I'm new)
Tell me what to do...
I'm in this spiral that knows no rationality.
I'm going to jail; I'm losing my family.
But yet I act like this.
Daniel
btw welcome.,
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I found the diary of my alcohlic cat
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Day 183 of My Captivity: My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild scolding I get from ruining the occasional piece of furniture...
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