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Is there a "smokers anonymous" !??
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I used to only smoke when I drank, (I was a binge drinker), then when I quit drinking I started smoking all the time. I started to love a cigarette with a cup of coffee in the morning, and nothing is better than one after eating! Then it progessed to lighting up while talking on the phone, driving, an...
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4Th BBQ
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Hi Everyone, I am new here! I am searching for a Sober BBQ in the Seattle area for the 4th??? Does anyone know of any fun groups? Please let me know.... Maureen
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The Nitro Pill
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Been feeling under the weather lately and reading this lifted my spirits a little. :) At the starting line, the six yellow Christmas tree lights flash for an instant and you release the hand-operated brake a smidgen before the light hits green. Suddenly, in the next nanosecond, the supercharged V...
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alcoholism 101
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Yep, me again. Sometimes -- a lot of the time -- I struggle with the nagging question: am I really an alcoholic? Or did I just abuse alcohol as a symptom of other stuff? There are times when this internal debate takes up all of my energy. I torment myself. It feels like everyone in AA, while struggli...
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New 12-Step Gift Shop Online
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Hello to All, Wishing everyone another day of sobriety and serenity! This post is to share with you our new mobile site online 12-step gift shop called Signs of Recovery! http://www.Signs-of-Recovery.com www.Signs-of-Recovery.com Please check us out and pass us on so that we can continue to car...
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How are you Pappy?
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If I am remembering right, your surgery is tomorrow. Just hoping and praying that the Lord will feel you with peace and calmness today and throughout the following days. Love you so much, dear friend.
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A Quote for My Dear Friend.....
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"It's okay to be scared.....being scared means you are about to do something very very brave." --Mandy Hale
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Keeping Pappy in our thoughts and prayer.
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I pray you are well and everything is going according to plan with your heart surgery. Get well soon brother. Jesus will heal you. The still suffering alcoholics like myself need you.
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My son was arrested for DUI
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I'm sitting outside a meeting right now-it's due to start in a few minutes. My 22 year old son was arrested for drunk driving last night. I'm not sure what to do. The stress on my wife and I is pretty high right now. I ask for prayers.
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Why Binge Drinkers Are The Hardest Alcoholics To Treat
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Disclaimer: This is not my writing but it is interesting and as an Alcoholic I can identify with it. Larry, ------------------- Why Binge Drinkers Are The Hardest Alcoholics To Treat Binge drinkers typically don't drink every day, or drink continuously like most alcoholics. Instead, they tend...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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June 27, 2016Quote of the Week"Resentment - Taking poison and hoping the other person dies." Boy was this a shocker the first time I heard it. I was new in recovery and I had so many resentments that I didn't even know about them all yet. What I also didn't realize was that the people, places and things...
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Just Felt the Urge to Post This Up Front!
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We Are Who We Think We AreHow we think about ourselves has an impact on what we do. If we decide that we are less of a person because we have an illness, then we may not fulfill our potential. If we decide our illness will consume our every thought and action for the rest of our lives, then it probably will. If...
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Humor is Good
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So a more uplifting post from this alcoholic..... I have been walking everyday as I posted before. My friend and I go to a beautiful nearby park-like environment and take in all the beauty of the flowers and listen to the birds. Still meditate there as well. Yesterday was quite different than the other...
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The Alcoholic And Anxiety
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Disclaimer: This is not my writing but it is interesting and as an Alcoholic I can identify with it. Larry, ------------------- The Alcoholic And Anxiety The alcoholic is in a constant cycle of getting high and coming down, with brief periods at their optimum comfort level, or buzz. The result i...
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Group In need of your support- Help us fight a group trying to block people from getting treatment
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A group of home owners in Colorado are trying to block a treatment facility from opening because they don't want "those people" in their neighborhood. Please vote in support of the plan. If anyone wants to come to the hearing in Vail, CO in a few weeks and talk about their own recovery and help us overcom...
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Detoxing from Alcohol
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In The Early Days of AA we kept alcohol in our homes quite often for "weaning" alcoholics off alcohol, since Alcoholic withdrawals, unlike opiate or other withdrawals can be fatal, although we did favor hospitalization for the acute alcoholic, but since the advent of treatment centers...
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Alcoholic personality?
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Hi I am perplexed I read about the alcoholic personality and the traits, as well as the personality of children of alcoholics. I am an adult 56 years of age, my father was a severe alcoholic, I remember being embarrassed quite often but I never stopped loving my father. He sobered up for a 5 year period an...
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This One's for You Pappy...(back at cha for prior post...LOL)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbrY1-mlUYs (This is one of the funniest things I have ever seen!!!!)
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Anxiety for Leavetherest
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Leavetherest, thus is Bunchie I still get anxiety it is just normal anxious moments, not overwhelming like when I was drinking . I think the exercise and sleeping are helping plus I took the summer off from my part time job which prevented me from getting any sleep. I think anxiety affects everyone but...
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Leavetherest -- 30 Days
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30 days sobriety for leavetherest. Keep up the good work! -- Edited by Tanin on Wednesday 22nd of June 2016 06:21:35 AM
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Alcoholic Perception
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Alcoholic Perception? I have been sober 10 days, doing meetings , reading about alcoholism. It's funny I knew I was an alcoholic for a very long time but I kept on fighting the disease . I am a classic functioning alcoholic if there is such a thing. I was living a lie and betraying my family, nothing mean...
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For a Special Friend here on this Board! ... You know Who You are, LOL ...
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-- Edited by Pythonpappy on Tuesday 21st of June 2016 10:36:20 AM
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Need a break tonight
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I recently relapsed after three years sober. I have been making meetings on my days off. Work makes it physically impossible to make it to meetings at my group. I just feel drained and the emotions I feel in meetings is more than I want to deal with tonight. Thought I would post this and read some of the the...
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Sponsor Question
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My sponsor told me that is is very important that we talk--not text--on the phone everyday. Sometimes when I leave a message my calls are not returned. This happened when we first started working together and I was staying sober. Now it is happening again. I know my sponsor has a life and is busy with ot...
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Baba Sez:
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WE are the problem!
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It's amazing to realize that life is never going to be a bed of roses just because we got sober! My sobriety date is December 10, 1983, and I thought by this time I would know everything. But it's living, not drinking, that is the problem now. Just yesterday I opened my mouth to a relative about her part...
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Thankful - Day 4. Again
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Working on day 4, 3 days under my belt. To the layperson, that may not seem like much. But, to us, every day is a battle. I've had SEVERAL day 1 and 2s. Not many 3 and 4s. Most ever was two weeks. No stranger to falling off the proverbial wagon - I have a Frequent Faller card that is very worn with many pun...
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am i alcoholic?
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hello, I'm wondering if I'd be considered an alcoholic. I drank in alcoholic fashion, to astronomical proportions from ages 18 to 23, then because of an accident, slowed down. Over the next 5 years I stopped. I also was taking part in another 12 step program during those 5 years, and I believe applicat...
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Promises
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I was at a "Founders day" Rally yesterday & this was the reading. Yes. It is readings like this . That promised me a NEW Life many years ago . I Grabbed it with Both hands . "If it works so well , why fi it".
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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June 20, 2016Quote of the Week"The reason the program works is because we're not all crazy on the same day." After I was in recovery a few years, I remember hearing some people sharing and thinking they were still clearly out of their minds. This scared me because I realized I relied on them to save my...
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Welcome Jaxtraw
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Welcome to MIP Ryan, ... glad you found us ... look'n forward to your share'n your ESH here ... Pappy
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Hey Guys (just so you know)
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I may go MIA for a few days ... I am to check in for a heart cath in the morn'n ... Dr. sez it looks as though I'm a good candidate for a couple stints, BUT, he said he'll have to wait and see how bad things are ... he said if you are too blocked up for the stints, then we'll have to go to 'open heart' surgery ... (my da...
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A simple honest message of recovery from addiction always rings true!
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Morning and blessings of this day! Was quite awhile back, sitting in a meeting and a friend of mine who had just celebrated his first miracle year was asked if he would come up front and share..You could see he was a little on edge, and that was his general demeanor. He says to us, you know I really apprecia...
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Most Certainly
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not my pic. Found this on a 12step fb page . Aussie style.
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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June 13, 2016Quote of the Week"There are no victims, only volunteers - you always have a choice." This was a tough lesson to learn. When I was new to Al-Anon, I was a victim to so many people and situations and when I spoke to people about it, what I was hoping for was some sympathy and understanding. Ima...
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detoxing again
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I have the next available bed at a rehab, I think it'll be tomorrow. Went to the hospital thursday night and the triage guy gave me a cup of coffee. I said I'm not drunk I'm detoxing, he was practically begging me to drive home. I waited there for like 5 hours then I told the guy I didn't feel safe driving,...
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365 days left.
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I had to do a lot of thinking today and I have made a decision. I'm giving this stuff one more year. The last 5 years sober have also been absolutely the worst five of my life. Not one of the promises have come true and my self respect is at an all time low. I'm tired of life being a constant struggle and I'm worn...
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Prayers Needed....Orlando tragedy
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At least 50 killed....53 injured...Orlando nightclub this a.m. another crazy gunman. It is the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Unbelievable senseless tragedy!
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Step One
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Just got back from a Step meeting. I am attending one a week and really needed this one tonight--Step One. May I never forget (or never choose to ignore).....that I am truly powerless over alcohol and that my life had become unmanageable. I told myself that all that was a bunch of nonsense and that I had p...
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portion of ch 5
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werx 4 moi. by using THE Steps.
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Hearing someone's fifth step
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Hi All, Just wanted to share a bit of recent events. I've been sponsoring a new person for a few months and it has been going really well for both of us. This guy is really eager to dive into the program of AA and has been showing great willingness to work the steps. So I just heard his fifth step a few days ago....
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Still here
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im still with you guys...(and gals). I read the new posts every day. I just don't post as much as I used to, cause sometimes I feel like I'm just repeating myself, and I don't have a whole lot new to add. So, I guess I will repeat myself again. life is way better without that nasty poison. once you lose the de...
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Despite myself!
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That despite myself a loving God never let go of my hand. A flimsy reed I thought, but it turned out to be the loving hand of a Father, whom I never understood. He sent His servant to come and rescue me from the ravages of alcoholism and certain death. I thought I could never live life again without alcohol....
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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June 6, 2016Quote of the Week"The longer I'm sober, the drunker I was." Denial is an amazing thing. When I first entered the program, I had no intention of staying sober longer than a few months; I just needed to pull things together a little, get myself under control again. I wasn't like the real alco...
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Back to Meetings
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Well, after my experimenting again and being completely miserable (and still working on the being miserable part), I am going to meetings again--everyday. To be honest, I really don't want to however my sponsor said that in order for me to stay sober I need to go. Nothing was mentioned about 90 in 90. I...
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Miss Your Postings Pappy
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You have me spoiled....saw you posted the other day on another posting so I know you're ok. I have been looking for your daily postings as I have really enjoyed coming here every morning and reading them. Darn, now I have to do some work and look them up myself.
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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May 23, 2016Quote of the Week"It works if you work it." It happens every time - when I get too busy, or too stressed, or too tired, I slow down on the things that make me feel better and, before long, I'm a little bit irritable, slightly discontented, and I feel a growing restlessness with all areas of m...
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I cant do this anymore. please please someone help
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Rock bottoms are an every week occourance for me. Im so overwhelemed, lost and scared. I honestly look forward to getting old so I can be closer to death(not suicidal) . I feel like I have ruined everything and there is no way back. I dont have a voice anymore, no one respects me. I feel like im constantly b...
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Newcomer
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Hi everyone. I''m an alcoholic. I came to this realization 3 years ago (I'm 43) and have been battling it since. I have come close to losing everything - job, kids, money, relationships. Got into some legal trouble. Hoping to receive and offer some advice and support. Day one starts again today. Longe...
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Shortness of Breath And One Day Closer To Death
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Some words from a 'Pink Floyd' song to help individuals give up Tobacco. :) Marc
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