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What is Vulnerability?
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What is vulnerability? Vulnerability is: Feeling of being exposed to emotional hurt, being taken advantage of, or abused. Feeling of being fragile, weak, or susceptible to emotional pain and suffering. Feeling of being trapped or imprisoned in a situation where your feelings and right...
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Another Day
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I have come to realize that all my trouble with living has come from fear and smallness within me. --Angela L. Wozniak
We create problems for ourselves because we think we need to be more than we are. We fear that we are inadequate to the task before us, fear that another person is more attractiv...
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For Anyone new coming to AA
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For Anyone New Coming to A.A. For Anyone Referring People to A.A. This information is both for people who may have a drinking problem and for those in contact with people who have, or are suspected of having, a problem. Most of the information is available in more detail in literature published by...
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'stay in the light'
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Obsession is this diseases middle name..well actually, first, middle and last!!! The only way to put that into remission is to practice taking our thoughts elsewhere as soon as we realize thats what we're doing!. Practice makes correction! Before we know it, it's happening less often... My head is...
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hard thing
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im doing pretty good except that old friends do not treat me the thesame as they did when i was drinking so i just been staying away and staying closer to my family these friends are of course still drinking . i miss some of them do you have to give up these friends forever somewhat sad . ...
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USA
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Im just wondering is anyone else in here from the USA besides me?
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dpendancy
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Hi guys
Hoped someone could help clear this up a bit for me. Since my recovery in AA started I have realised recently that alcohol aside, I have dependancy problems. I latch onto something and then I am reliant on it or them.
I have realised and accepted that after 12 years of mar...
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What Is Trust?
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What is trust?
Trust is:
Letting others know your feelings, emotions and reactions, and having the confidence in them to respect you and to not take advantage of you.
Sharing your inner feelings and thoughts with others with the belief that they will not spread them indiscriminately....
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Where have you been?
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I love Australia, but am still yet to make it over west...I love travelling, especially on my bike. I can roam for hours and days if life lets me. I love the long roads, the different people, and the wildlife when you get out in the boonies. I love the Queensland weather for roaming, but enjoy the historic...
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long time no see...
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hey guys and gals...
I started this new job and are doing work on the computer at home and I haven't had the time to breath...
I never had to do serious work on the comp before and was entirely burnt out ant the thought of getting on this board and seeing the comp was not as relaxing as it was before...lol...
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Today-A Changed Outlook
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What makes you laugh?
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I just love it when important people...or people who are trying to be important...do dumb things like the rest of us. You know...when Camillia or the Prime Minister trips over...or when newsreaders have a cough...I love that stuff.
When I stood very majestically for my wedding waltz (knowing ful...
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What scares you?
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My biggest fear would be losing my kids. There is a boy here in Australia who went missing 18 months ago. He went to buy Christmas presents for his family and was never seen again. I ache for his parents and his twin - the pain must excrutiating. The thought makes me shudder.
I don't fear drinking anymor...
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New hobbies-staying sober
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 I have already decided to get a sewing machine. I have made up my mind that part of my obsession with drinking was keeping myself busy, only with something poisonous to my body and mind and spirit. I feel so much better already and have gone to a couple of amazing meetings. I start the real work...
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Tonight....
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Tonight is birthday night at AA, I am on my way to pickup the cake.One of our members is having his 15th birthday and we may have one with a year also.But you know the most important person at the meeting will be any newcomer who might be there tonight.I have to always remember that, and reach out to them, li...
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alone@sad
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Im so tired of being alone and Sad, Its so hard not haveing any friends, my feelings sometimes get out of control and Im overly emotional,,, most of the time I just don't know what to do when that happens..
Oh well just venting,,
Godbless!
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Say Yes to Life!!!
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AMBITION
"Show me a thoroughly satisfied man - and I will show you a failure." --Thomas Alva Edison I need to strive for new things in my life. I need to push out into new areas and discover the richness of God's world. I need to explore the varied creativity of creation.
There is so much th...
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tryin' is good...doin' is even better!!
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i never thought you would get to this day and gone so far in getting clean. i guess that came from the first time you went to rehab, after that i lost confidence but you've proved me wrong. for the first time in my life i'm glad to be proved wrong ---but you need to give yourself lotsa time and have lotsa p...
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Today-Readiness to serve others
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Yupper!!
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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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Fears
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What are fears? Faceless horrors that lie waiting in the silent darkness of night. Unsound phobias that Exist in the furthest reaches of the mind Approaching shadows that threaten to blot out all light. All are contained in the worthless Scripts know as fears, a terrible script th...
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How can AA change me ?
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Hello I have another question. Im wondering how AA can change someone who's main problems are disabilities? Like I said before I have not drank since the year 2001 drinking is not messing up my life right now, but my disabilities are..
They always have and that is the reason I ever start...
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Step Board
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Cheri has posted Step Two for AA. Please stop by the board and add your share.
Love in Recovery - Dot
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Mrbillfrog...Mrsbillfrog
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Hey Mrs... I just read your post below on Walk the Walk. First things first, to edit your profile,click on User Details and then click on edit profile. That should do it.
And since I Hail from the great state of Tx also, I can say we're havin' checking for supper this evenin' with a big glass of sweet tea,...
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If you drink like a fish, drink what a fish drinks
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Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket? I am the Queen. Why? Because my pantyhose say so. Buckle up. It makes it harder for the aliens to snatch you from your car. If you drink like a fish. Drink what a fish drinks. If all is not lost, where is it. I only do what my Rice Crispies tell me to do. If I has tw...
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sad
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went to the cementary this morning to see a old friend of mine the booze got him what a waste!!!!!a sad wagon god bless yas wagon
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Today - Our Primary Purpose
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Affirmations
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Affirmations What are negative self-scripts? Before we can become self-affirming, we need to learn about the effects of negativism in our lives. Negative self-scripts are the: Negative beliefs you have about yourself and of which you remind yourself daily. Ne...
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I can't cope
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My husband doesn't believe me because he thinks I was drunk.
My mother went crazy.... she punched her little dog in front of me and I said "if you do that again I will punch you"
She went like excorcist....upstairs and I thought I had to call the doc cos she wouldn't stop scream...
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Butterflies can't go back.
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I found sobriety in the city. I had a General Service Office around the corner...Meetings available for breakfast, morning tea, lunchtime, dinner and supper...A bookshop that was open everyday except weekends...about 3 rehabs, the A&E, and psychward were within 5 minutes for when I&...
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family
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hey i just got back from a couple days ofvisiting family in minnesota this is going to be a tough one asturns out to be a big party by six oclock everyone was in the bag i went for a walk and visited a church after hours to get away from it all i made it though it.with the support of aa and everyone in this f...
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25 years of 'getting out ' of things
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I am 47. I started drinking at college. It got worse in my first marriage. It got worse in my second marriage, I plummeted in my third marriage, was arrested for domestic violence,my fourth marriage ended in two months, was arrested for DUI after my fourth marriage. I thought it was all under control af...
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I Surrender
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Powerlessness and Unmanageability
Willpower is not the key to the way of life we are seeking. Surrender is.
I have spent much of my life trying to make people be, do, or feel something they arent, dont want to do, and choose not to feel. I have made them, and myself, crazy in that process, said one rec...
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Today-True Tolerance
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The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking. 12x12 pp 139
I heard the short form of the Third tradition in the Preamble. When I came to AA I could not accept myself, my alcoholism, or a Higher Power. if there had been any physical, mental, moral, or religious requi...
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Hey everybody....
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Got back from Kansas Wednesday evening and have been playing catchup. Welcome to all the newbies who are posting , glad you are here. It's good to be home and I'll get back into posting more. I missed ya'll !
I hope all are having great sober night or day whatever the case may be.
(((Hugs)))
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Today-Equal Rights
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Daily Reflection May 28
At one time or another most AA groups go on rule making benders...After a time fear and intolerance subside. [and we realize] We do not wish to deny anyone his chance to recover from alcoholism. We wish to be just as inclusive as we can, never exclusive.
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WALK THE WALK
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People may doubt what I say, but they always believe what I do. --Ellie E.
It's maddening and frustrating when people don't believe what we say. Not that they think we're liars, exactly, just that they don't believe us. When we tell them we've made a commitment, for example, they may just...
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something to think about
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the destructive effects of alchol or any mind altering substance. we used thes things in the past to put our feelings to sleep and as a rsult our lives have turned into a nightmare. but now we have woken upwe are free to live our lives againand feel again, knowing that godand our recovery friends will be t...
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the gift of being yourself
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you are reading from The Gift of Being Yourself by David Benner
The self that God persistently loves is not my prettied up pretend self but my actual self-the real me. But master of delusion that i am, i have trouble penetrating my web of self deceptions and knowing this is the real me. I continually co...
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Today
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guilt...   &nb...
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Why didn't I think of this??
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Only a Texan could think of this ... from the County where drunk driving is considered a sport, comes this true story. Recently a routine police patrol parked outside a bar in Bandera, Texas. After last call the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so intoxicated that he could barely walk. The man stum...
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Growing Old Is Manditory, Growing Up Is Optional
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The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged
us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around
when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.
I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me
with a smile that lit up her entir...
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long weekend
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as i get set for the long memeriol day weekend thinking of what ive done for many years in the past on the long weekend. 3 full days of drinking, from the time i got up to the time i woukd pass out or black out and how this year is going to be so great spending time with my family instead.i am doing pretty good so f...
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People hurt
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well been hurt lots of times in my life by people I trust, this may be happening again, If this does I have decided to not take any more chances with people, I have decided not to go to any AA meetings because, why should I ? When all people do is hurt others?? been there done that way too many times, first time...
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Be a friend
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Friends are people who help you be more yourself, more the person you are intended to be. --Merle Shain
Sometimes a teacher, sometimes a neighbor, almost always our moms and dads encourage us to try new activities or to improve our schoolwork, sports, drawing, or gardening. Because they are o...
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an island of feelings
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Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge and all of the others, including Love… One day, it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all repaired their boats and left. Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to p...
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How It All Works
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HOW IT WORKS Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our directions. 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...
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Today
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Daily Reflection may 26
Our spiritual and emotional growth in AA does not depend so deeply upon success as it does upon our failures and setbacks. If you will bear this in mind, I think that your slip will have the effect of kicking you upstairs, instead of down. &nb...
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common emotional defenses
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By Robert Burney "Attempting to suppress emotions is dysfunctional; it does not work. Emotions are energy: E-motion = energy in motion. It is supposed to be in motion, it was meant to flow. Emotions have a purpose, a very good reason to be - even those emotions that feel uncomfortable. Fear is a warnin...
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happy for me
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went to my aa meeting and was great i received my 3 month coin so my family and i plan to go and celebrate PIZZA AND POP .may god bless all of you wagon
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