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Today's Gift - 2/14
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All human failures are the result of a lack of love. --Alfred AdlerHow much easier it is to continue working toward a challenging goal when we're bolstered by the loving support of a favorite person, a spouse, or parent. We'll not succeed at every job or game we attempt - nor should we expect to. For all o...
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Sunrise Quote
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To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.~ Lao Tzu
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Traded in my chip this morning...
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and got a newer one to put inside of my ignition key holder. This one had an I at the end that signified I have just completed one more year assuring myself that I would not give my life up today to booze. My home group family is awesome and it is their recoveries that become the pedestal for my own. Maha...
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Sunrise Quote
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You cant wrap love in a box, but you can wrap a person in a hug.~ Anonymous
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Today's Gift - 2/13
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Recovery is about more than walking away. Sometimes it means learning to stay and deal. It's about building and maintaining relationships that work. --Beyond CodependencyProblems and conflicts are parts of life and relationships - with friends, family, loved ones, and at work. Problem solving...
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Grapevine
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February 13 "I am easier led by example than ordered to obey. I am grateful to those who have shown me how [Tradition Two] works. Being a trusted servant is humbling. Being an equal part of a spiritual whole is enriching."
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Welcome Destiny
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Welcome to MIP Destiny ... glad you found us ... looking forward to hearing more of your ESH ...
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Welcome ClaraT
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Welcome to MIP ClaraT ... looking forward to your ESH ... and I DO agree that IRS 's tax day is as good a day to quit as any, LOL ... Love ya and God Bless, Pappy
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Sunrise Quote
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Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.~ Denis Waitley
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Today's Gift - 2/12
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In life, the difficult periods are the best periods to gain experience and shore up determination. As a result, my mental status is much improved because of them. --The Dalai LamaLife is a process of meeting and solving problems. Solving problems is a way that we test and develop our spiritual muscle...
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Grapevine
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February 12 "Faith is never a necessity for AA membership ... sobriety can be achieved with an easily acceptable minimum of it ... our concepts of a higher power and God as we understand him afford everyone a nearly unlimited choice of spiritual belief and action."
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Sunrise Quote
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The moment of enlightenment is when a persons dreams of possibilities become images of probabilities.~ Vic Braden
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Today's Gift - 2/11
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man. --Henry Ward BeecherWhen we're selfish, we close off the channels of exchange with others. Not only are we grabbing and holding all the goods or attention we can get, but we are denying others the possibility of sharing with us in the benefits. We may be selfi...
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Grapevine
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February 11 "The day we begin working the Steps, the bottom becomes the foundation."
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Sunrise Quote
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Your past cannot be changed, but you can change your tomorrow by your actions today.~ David McNally
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Anyone ever experience this?
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When I was getting through the steps and got well my sponsor burned me bad. i mean I fell hard, was fed to the dogs, took years off my life. basically she wanted a boyfriend but wasnt getting one so she gave me bad advice then watched me suffer horrendously from doing what she said Which made her feel so good...
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Grapevine
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February 10 "I can remember ... how the agonies of alcoholism, the pain of rebellion and thwarted pride, have often led me to God's grace, and so to a new freedom."
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Welcome 'onestein'
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Welcome to MIP 'onestein', ... glad you found us ... looking forward to you sharing your ESH ...
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Today's Gift - 2/10
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Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life. --Burton HillisThe start of a new month is a natural time to take a look at our lives. Are we happy most days? Do we know how to be happy?We can choose to be happy, no matter what happened in our past or what is going on around us now. But being happy doesn'...
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Sunrise Quote
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We are given one life, and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.~ Omar Nelson Bradley
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Today's Gift - 2/9
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Seeking strength from others prevents us from finding our own strength. --Georgette VickstromThe principles of this program, the friends we have made here, sponsors, and the contact we have with an ever-available Higher Power afford us valuable strength. However, it's important that we develo...
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Grapevine
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February 9 "The day came when the members of AA started giving me compliments on how I was doing and the smiles I returned were genuine because I knew I was in fact doing better. I could finally face the woman in the mirror and smile and be absolutely overwhelmed by the gratitude toward God and the...
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Sunrise Quote
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Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.~ James Rogers
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Today's Gift - 2/8
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"Come to the edge," he said. "No, we will fall," they replied. They came to the edge. He pushed them . . . and they flew. --ApollinaireWithout courage it is virtually impossible to progress along the spiritual path. Courage enables us to face the fears that arise when we go for wh...
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Spiritual lessons learned from the Superbowl
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NFL MVP player 2015 from the Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers said after their amazing loss to the Seattle Seahawks which elevated the Seahawks to the Superbowl game..." God doesn't care about football"....(LOL) Oh Yeah Aaron try this on for size...Just like your team ha...
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Finally got an AA meeting brought into the facility I work at through the institutions committee
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I was worried that the boys would not take to it well because they are so young and typically don't even label themselves as having drug and alcohol problems even though they do. I was so pleased and proud of how respectful they were to the volunteer who told his story last night and will be facilitating...
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Sunrise Quote
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You will never change your actions until you change your mind.~ Van Crouch
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Spiritual things I remind myself Today
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I heard an alcoholic described as an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.. It never dawned on me that that was a rather kind analysis...I didn't have an inferiority complex..I WAS simply just inferior... a gas bag of irrelevency I mean when I got honest and analyzed myself I really accomplished d...
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Today's Gift - 2/7
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Anyone can get sober . . . The trick is to stay and to live sober. --Living Sober NewcomerAt one meeting someone mentioned having had a slip. He had been back in recovery for three days. No one criticized him; in fact, everyone applauded. To be honest, it makes me think about seeing what it would be like to...
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The power of addiction
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66cYcSak6nE
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Grapevine
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February 4 "Forgiveness has healed my soul."
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Need help
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Hi- I am currently separated from my wife, after drinking and going into a rage on Sunday. I have struggled with my anger for all of my life, and had never truly understood that my "normal" experience is actually depression. I therefore have had a life of what seemed like ok-ish periods, a...
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Heard @ Meetings
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Was He For all you Guys , Stateside . BUT . This could apply to any one of US. I heard this in my first couple of days of sobriety . YES , I Wrote it down . Was He . Christopher Columbus IS the only man on record . WHO , did not know where he was going , when he set sail . WHERE he was When he got ther...
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Stepping Stones Support Needed
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(Reposted from the AAHistoryLovers forum. I'm sure they wouldn't mind.) If the continued unencumbered access to Bill and Lois Wilson's historic home is important to you, please write to the Bedford NY Board of Town as suggested below. Almost all of AA's developing principles and theories were wri...
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so heres my story
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Recently moved to liverpool about a year ago now to start fresh from all my bad habbits and to clear my head after a attemptd suicide fail after breaking up with my ex .. i have always told my self i can stop drinking where ever i like but its clear i cant .. i work shifts so on my four days off work i will isolate...
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Today's Gift - 2/3
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Attitudes and Limitations"My greatest limitations," a member said, "are in my mind. Until I came to this group, I wasn't even aware that many of the negative circumstances in my life were the direct result of my distorted attitudes."I brought myself a lot of unnecessary mise...
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Medical Update!
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Blood Transfusion Alert ( if its not too late ) MEDICAL UPDATE Remember this the next time you have major surgery and need a blood transfusion! This is good to know. MEDICAL ALERT: Australian Medical Association researchers have found that patients needing blood transfusions may benefit from re...
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A Hui Ho Carson...
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Was messaged by Tom your brother that you had passed beyond our physical barriers and was saddened to hear it. You and Bonnie are great recovery family and so many of us enjoyed your Experience, Strength and Hope; your recovery when you lived amongst us and then left. Actually you have never left b...
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Trying to get the courage to go to a meeting
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Hello, I have never been to an AA meeting, and have never posted on any board. Honestly, I scared as H*** to post here. I know that I abuse alcohol and I know that it is because I was raped and am trying not to deal with it. I know it is hurting many people in my life, but I cannot seem to stop it. I'm very afraid th...
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Welcome Yally
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Welcome to MIP Yally ... tell us a little about yourself ... God Bless, Pappy
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Today's Gift - 2/1
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To be alive is to be hungry.Our appetite for life is good. It keeps us reaching, growing, enjoying, and yearning to fulfill our potential. When our basic needs are satisfied, our hunger propels us to search for more elaborate gratification.Here is where we often run into trouble. Instead of progres...
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Today's Gift - 1/31
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Reflection for the DaySince I came to The Program, I've become increasingly aware of the Serenity Prayer. I see it on literature covers, the walls of meeting rooms, and in the homes of new-found friends. "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the th...
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This 'Day and Age' is Here!
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Sent by an AA brother ... "I had a power outage at my house this morning and my PC, Laptop, TV, DVD, IPad, and my new surround sound music system were all shut down. Then I discovered that my iPhone battery was flat. To top it off, it was raining so I couldn't go for a walk, bike or run. The garage door...
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Sunrise Quote
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Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.~ Mother Teresa
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Grapevine
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January 30 "I recalled the part of chapter five that says 'no human power could have relieved our alcoholism.' And that God could and would, if he were sought. This became my answer."I sent God into those dark places within my subconscious. It was there I seemed to store painful memories, t...
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Today's Gift - 1/30
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained.We pray for "courage to change the things we can.'' Change requires giving up familiar old ways to try something new. Even though the old ways brought us pain, they were known. Changing them for new ones feels risky; it could lead to pleasure . . . or to even more p...
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Sunrise Quote
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Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.~ George Bernard Shaw
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Grapevine
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January 29 "Our personal ambitions will have to be set aside every time they conflict with the safety or the effectiveness of our Fellowship ... We must sometimes love our Society more than ourselves."
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Today's Gift - 1/29
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Nothing is so bad that relapse won't make it worse. --AnonymousThe stories we hear in meetings often shock us. It seems hard to believe that some members could have harmed themselves in such ways. We hear about arrests, bankruptcies, loss of family and home, lost jobs, violence, jail, physical inju...
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Spiritual Things I Remind Myself Today
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Amigo.. you frequent that awful restaurant called "The Past"...The only thing they serve there are thick slices of resentment..with a side order of self pity..topped with sweet and sour ego sauce... You ALWAYS wind up with a case of spiritual diarrhea..and you "should" a...
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