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Help
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Im new here...pretty down today. Where do I start?
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wtf is she talking about.....emotionally unavailable?
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THIS is what shes talking about Einstein.... i thought i had many relationships, however, i only had one that was repeated over and over. the "end" result leading to a spiritual discovery is attached. -- Edited by phoenix24x on Saturday 16th of May 2015 08:40:00 AM
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Today's Gift 5/16
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Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. --Doug LarsonLife is never just one thing. It is quite possible to feel optimistic and happy even when some things are not right with us. An optimistic outlook gives us energy to handle the harder things that we have to deal with. Rese...
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Grapevine
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May 12 "I do not agree that the newcomer is the most important member at any meeting. In my opinion, equally important are those old-timers who showed me the way, and any middle-timer who may today be suffering. If newcomers are indeed the lifeblood of AA, old- and middle-timers are its skin a...
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Sunrise Quote
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Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be applauded...~ Audre Lord
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Today's Gift
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"Depressions are transition times for me," an older fellow stated. "I look at my lows as a preparation period, an inner time to grow and change even though I'm not consciously aware of what's going on inside me. But I didn't always think this way."I used to get terrified when I go...
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Today's Gift 5/14
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Nature is the Art of God. --Sir Thomas BrowneThe most relaxing activities may be the ones in which we do absolutely nothing. And if we can do nothing amid the sounds of nature - birds chirping, water bubbling in a brook, the wind rustling in the trees - so much the better. During these moments, away from t...
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Grapevine
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May 15 "I know that my life is no longer my own. My life now is in the hands of 'a new Employer.' Even though I still complain now and then about the working conditions and sometimes have trouble getting along with my fellow employees, it's a great improvement over the way things were when I was in c...
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Tradition Five
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What does "its" refer to by the reading in the Twelve and Twelve?
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pickled
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like me when I was drinking. would have put th fire out.
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Two people working on one character defect together
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Suggestions for a format for two people working on the same character defect, but not as sponsor sponsee?
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Sweet Dreams
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I am making an effort he said through clenched teeth. I told you to empty yourself of EMOTION Yeah, I'm finding that hard at the moment Harry snarled Then you will find yourself easy prey for the dark side. Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wal...
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In need of a sponsor.
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I am looking for an online sponsor, even if it is a temporary sponsor. Of course id much rather have one I could meet with face to face but at the moment I don't feel like that is much of an option. I recently moved back to my hometown and relapsed a few months ago. The closest real recovery is over an hour away...
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need advice
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Hei all!My sister is a member of AA. She is the sponsor for a lady. This lady was chairing yesterday AA meeting and many participants of the meeting realized that she was drunk. They asked her about it and she said that she visited a dentist and received an injection with anesthetic.She left immediatel...
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Grapevine
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May 6 "We need to be aware not only of our limitations, defects and shortcomings, but also of our strengths, talents and successes."
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Grapevine
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May 5 "The sanity I've received through work on the Steps is far more than I could have hoped for."
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Sunrise Quote
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No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.~ Charles Francis Adams
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Today's Gift 5/5
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Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. --Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe NewcomerI signed up to take a course in something I'm kind of interested in. I'm pretty anxious about it. I don't have the skills and experience that the other students have. I don't know if I can keep up with the work and still...
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Higher Power ramblings
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Since December 2006, I started discovering my true Higher Power...Whom I choose to call God. I think of Him as my creator. I was under duress when I discovered Him, and it happened because there wasn't a church service of my affiliation (in Baghdad). I was invited to a Christian service and enjoyed it v...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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May 4, 2015Quote of the Week"You may be the only Big Book anyone ever reads." As I was leaving a meeting at a church near my home the other night, I saw one of our members bring his cigarette onto the church parking lot (smoking is not allowed on church property), and then throw it on the groun...
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Today's Gift 5/4
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I hope I shall follow firmness of virtue enough to maintain that I consider the most enviable of all titles - the character of an honest man. --George WashingtonHappiness in recovery and in society depends on our honesty. We create pain for others, and ourselves, when we are dishonest. True honesty b...
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Yup, still around
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Hello, all of my MIP buddies! It's been a while, for sure- but I miss it here, so I figured I'd drop a quick 'Hello'. It's great to see so many newer people here- this place really helped me tremendously as a supplement to meetings and all that. I'm coming up on 3 years, holy crap! Haha- I'd have never believ...
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Had one of those Home Group meetings....
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You know the ones you wish wouldn't end...they go a bit overtime and the recovery shared is top drawer. It was one of those and the consequence for me is that feeling of gratitude which confirms that I am in the right place which was suggested to me by a power greater than myself and listening to others...
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'Eskimo'
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I'm trying to find a reference in AA literature about the term "Eskimo". I found one reference on page 101, but that's not the one I'm looking for. I remember years ago people at meetings talking about 'Eskimos' as someone who suddenly appeared in their life to give them direction or guidan...
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Today's Gift 5/3
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We can practice forgiveness each day.Resentments have a way of creeping back into my psyche even after I have let go of them. I know that holding a grudge is harmful to my emotional health and can threaten my abstinence, but what can I do when I keep feeling anger toward someone?In the interest of recove...
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pirate or alkie
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Trigger and grateful for it.
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I just got triggered by the story of a new comer and while his inventory was taking me back into my pre-program history I started to member my most well oiled tool...Gratitude. Coming from where I came from...inside the disease at the age of 9 and not even knowing the word,,,how it was said and what i...
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Today's Gift 5/2
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The gifts we receive are meant to be shared.Thanks to the progress I am making in recovery, I like to think I am more loving, more open, more spontaneous, more confident. I believe these gifts have come to me through my Higher Power, the Twelve Steps, and the friends who have helped me grow.If I am to keep...
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Today's Gift 5/1
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A man is what he thinks about all day long. --Ralph Waldo EmersonThis is true for women too. We sure learned that about our disease as well. It kept us thinking about alcohol or drugs all day every day until we could think of little else. Finally we became addicts, gobbled up by our all-consuming thought...
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Grapevine
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April 29 "I think we simply fail to recognize miracles for what they are. Sobriety -- one-day-at-a-time -- is truly a miracle."
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Today's Gift 4/30
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Patience is a particular requirement. Without it, you can destroy in an hour what it might take you weeks to repair. --Charlie W. SheddEnjoying the moment, in its fullest, makes possible a peaceful and patient pace. Progress is guaranteed if our minds are centered in the present, on the only event de...
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Sunrise Quote
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It doesnt matter where youve been, it only matters where you are going.~ Brian Tracy
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Grapevine
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April 30 "Peace and enlightenment come when you stop evaluating in terms of good or bad and merely accept all of life as it is and try to learn from it."
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Going to jail (its a good thing!)
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I went to the tuesday night meeting, it's the highlight of my week. After the meeting, one of the ladies asked me if I would like to join the jail outreach group. They have lots of volunteers for the men, and only one lady for the women. I immediately felt the need to be of service. Helping others helps...
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Today's Gift
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Happy people are likeable Personal RelationsWho are the people we really like, and like to be with? Most of the time, they are happy people, people who like themselves and others.Being happy is almost the entire secret of being likeable. Though no person can expect to be liked by everybody, the likea...
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together or not
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i have finally decided that i can not stop drinking on my own. my wife feels the same way about her drinking. should we go to aa meetings together
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No Hope
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I am posting in an effort to understand how to restore my life after acquiring 2 DUIs in just two years. I am only 25 years old. I have clearly made some stupid mistakes. I do not drink often, but when I do, I have no control over how many I have. I have never done illegal drugs before, don't even smoke. I am in t...
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Looking for volunteers to take part in a focus group on sponsors in the San Diego, CA area.
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Are you in AA/NA? Do you have a sponsor? Are you a sponsor? Looking for volunteers to take part in a focus group examining aspects of the AA/NA model that are helpful. Volunteers must be a current member of AA/NA and have a sponsor or be a sponsor. Participation is completely voluntary and will invo...
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Today's Gift 4/28
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Taking it slowlyLet's not make haste and demand perfection at once - this would only blind us. If we are impatient, we cannot work a daily program. But by exercising patience, we learn to recognize daily opportunities for growth.It is worth waiting for, striving for, and working to develop a relatio...
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Today's Gift 4/26
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Speaking from the HeartThrough fellowship, we offer each other mutual support. Since we believe that the Higher Power works through the group, what one of us is prompted to say is probably just what another member needs to hear.Sometimes we are reluctant to speak of what is in our heart for fear of bei...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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April 27, 2015Quote of the Week"If you baby them, you bury them." People in recovery are a stubborn lot, used to running their lives on massive amounts of self will fueled by old ideas. It's hard for us to take direction and "rebellion dogs our every step." We are constantly lo...
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Sunrise Quote
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Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.~ Charles Dickens
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Today's Gift 4/27
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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great. --Niccolo MachiavelliAcceptance may be one of the most difficult things to learn, for it means we must give up the desire to control our life and its outcome. Once we have truly received this great gift we will learn that acceptance ne...
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Grapevine
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April 27 "Inside of every human being there is a healing power. I had cut my finger and it had gotten well; I'd broken a bone and it had gotten well ... How come? That to me, in its simplest form, is a concept of a power greater than I am."
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Thanks, but no thanks!
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Today was one of those days... It was a great day, actually! I got to start moving into the new house. I have a little finishing work to do and I'm a crew of one. I'm building a loft so I have some space to call my own... A place to meditate and relax. I'll probably also use it as my bedroom. I had just got ba...
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Today's Gift 4/25
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The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it. -- AeschylusThe Fellowship keeps us grounded in the current moment. We learn to live today. Our planning and scheming and dreaming about tomorrow becomes less time consuming. The idea of living one day at a time makes sense to us. Ou...
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Marijuana Maintenance Plan
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Hi all! It's me, Allison. I know it has beeen a long time since I have posted. I have been using pot to calm my cravings for alchol and it works when I have it, but here is the problem, from time to tiime(more often than I care for) we cant find any pot or cant afford it. When these times hit what do I do?? I ru...
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Grapevine
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April 24 "I grew up thinking that I had to perfect my personality, then I got into AA, and AA said, no, that isn't the way we do it; only God can remove our defects. I was amazed to find that I couldn't be a better person simply by trying harder!"
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Today's Gift 4/24
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Gratitude is larger than life.One day, a friend called me on the phone. He was going through a difficult time and wondering if and when things would ever turn around and improve. I knew he was in a lot of pain, I didn't know then that he was considering suicide."If you could give a person only one thi...
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Dealing with relapse in others
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It has been one of those weeks - multiple people that I am close to in the program have relapsed. I'd be grateful to hear any ESH on this. I'm having a really hard time trying not to 'fix it'.
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