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Sunrise Quote - 11/14
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It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do.~ Elbert Hubbard
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Today's Gift - 11/14
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Being present is an expression of love.When someone we care about is in distress, we may not know what to say. We'd like to make the hurt go away and set everything right, but we feel awkward and powerless.Sometimes the greatest gift we can give each other is our presence, our attention. As we recover, w...
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Grapevine
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November 14 "A new chapter has once again started in my life -- a chapter that has no ending, a chapter that I did not write, but a chapter with many characters."
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info please
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New to site. How do I find help in working the steps?
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Today's Gift - 11/13
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Everything is so dangerous that nothing is really very frightening. --Gertrude SteinLife is full of dangers and risks and challenges. We can choose to meet them fearfully or in a spirit of welcome. To choose fear, to say, "I won't take that risk because I might lose," is to prevent ourselv...
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Grapevine
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November 13 "We don't have to go to Akron, Ohio, to see Dr. Bob's memorial. Dr. Bob's real monument is visible throughout the length and breadth of AA. Let us look again at its true inscription -- one word only, which we AAs have written. That word is sacrifice."
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7TH Tradition
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Hi and thanks for taking the time to respond. We were having a discussion at our business meeting around what our funds can be used to do. Of course everyone agreed on sustaining our group with rent coffee and supplies. There was also agreement on sending money to our service organizations. There...
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Too Cute Not to Share!!! ... (Humor)(Robert's Wedding Night)
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Robert, 88, married Jane, a lovely 25 year old. Since her new husband is so "Dam Old" Jane decides that after their wedding, she and Robert should have separate bedrooms, because she is concerned that her (NEW), but aged, husband may over-exert himself if they spend the entire night...
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Grapevine
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November 12 "I don't just hear the slogans anymore; I feel them when I speak them ... They take hold of me; they change the course of my day if I let them "
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Sunrise Quote - 11/12
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Ones life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others by means of love, friendship, indignation, and compassion.~ Simone De Beauvoir
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Today's Gift - 11/12
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If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. -- Abraham MaslowWhen we can take a long view of our problems, we can sometimes see that we're using inappropriate tools to try to solve them. What's necessary for us to do is to move away, to detach. That may show us a whole new con...
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Sunrise Quote - 11/11
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The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.~ Mark Twain
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Today's Gift - 11/11
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The Evolving Relationship . . . a partner who provided a place to climb. Once when climbing rocks with friends, a woman reached a place she decided was impossible to move beyond. She wanted to retreat, but her belayer encouraged her to try again. She felt angry and scared, and she was stuck. She fought w...
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Grapevine
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November 11 "Sobriety -- freedom from alcohol -- through the teaching and practice of the Twelve Steps, is the sole purpose of an AA group."
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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November 3, 2014Quote of the Week"Listen for the similarities not the differences." I was given this suggestion right before my first ever meeting, and not only did it allow me to pay closer attention, but it also helped me to identify and come to see how I fit in. I relied on this and kept lis...
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Today's Gift - 11/10
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Management is doing things right. Leadership is doing the right things.~ Peter F. Drucker
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Grapevine
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November 10 "Notes in the same key resonate together .... No matter how much continuous sobriety I have to my and AA's credit, I am still only one drink away from a drunk, just like everybody else in these meeting rooms."
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Today's Gift - 11/10
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Hurts do heal.Time has a wonderful way of erasing bad feelings and leaving us with good ones. Our memories are selective, and fortunately, the pleasant ones seem to have more staying power. Whatever has been real and meaningful for us tends to remain with us - the rest gradually fades away. We can assi...
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Identity Crisis
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Being a professional drunk for so many years I have surrounded myself with various items of booze worship. Metal signs, banners, specialty drink glasses, flasks, bottle openers, etc. I have grown an attachment to these things, somehow they made me feel justified in partaking in my craft. I real...
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Today's Gift - 11/9
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I must changeSpirit of the Universe, I pray to remember,No one can make me change.No one can stop me from changing.No one really knows how I must change,Not even I. Not until I start.Help me remember that it only takes a slight shiftIn direction to begin to change my life.
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A Big Thank You to Dean ...
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Whether part of recovery or not, some things learned here simply apply to life in general ... Between Jerry, Dean, and Tasha, I've learned some good 'health related' tips ... the latest, Dean and Tasha's 'herbal tea' for joint health ... just got my shipment in a few minutes ago, the Turmeric/Ginger T...
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Sunrise Quote - 11/8
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Ive learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.~ Martha Washington
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Today's Gift - 11/8
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Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind. --Alice MeynellIt's all too easy to blame a friend, spouse, or co-worker for the uneven quality of our lives. If only others would behave according to our plans and dictates, then all would go well, we think. What seldom is remem...
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Sunrise Quote - 11/7
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Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.~ Roy L. Smith
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Grapevine
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November 7 "I may be a Loner but I am never alone spiritually. For this, I am deeply grateful."
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Today's Gift - 11/7
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Practicing SerenityWe often urge ourselves to hurry up when there's no good reason for it. At such times, all we really do is create needless tension and anxiety.The slogan "Easy does it" is our answer to such calls to hurry. The slogan suggests that we simply move into the rhythms of life a...
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SPIRITUAL thoughts that I remind myself Today
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Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results Bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results. One suffers through wrong thought...It is an indication one is out of harmony with self...with the laws of his Being. the sole and supreme use of suffering is to purify..to burn out all t...
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Grapevine
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November 6 "Practicing the Eleventh Step, along with reworking all the other Steps, has given me greater integrity and strengthened my sobriety. This is the kind of dependence I need: a healthy dependence on the Twelve Steps."
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Sunrise Quote - 11/6
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Every one of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves.~ Diana, Princess of Wales
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Today's Gift - 11/6
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How we look at the world.The world we live in has much that is good and much that is bad. Each day we can seek out the positive or the negative. If we choose to dwell on the negative, then that is what we will experience. But if we dwell on the positive, then that is more likely what we will experience.The choi...
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Have to learn the rules to break them.
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Permalink Oh... how I feel love today - to those who taught me the rules to 'recovery' with all the ridged splendor of a sparkling spider web in the sun. I got 'stuck in it' for a while - as I'm so sure today I was meant to do... only to find if I did not struggle to break free... I could just step out. Oh lo...
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Today's Gift - 11/5
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The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. --E. E. CummingsOne of the true gifts of recovery is that we learn to laugh again. No matter how beat up our spirits have been by our addiction, no matter how heavy or hard our hearts have become, one day we find ourselves laughing. The lightness in our h...
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Sunrise Quote - 11/5
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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and Ill show you someone who has overcome adversity. ~ Lou Holtz -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Wednesday 5th of November 2014 05:22:43 PM
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Spiritual Things I remind Myself Today
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An Act is the blossom of thought....Joy and suffering are its fruits If one endure in purity of thought .....joy The mind.... either cultivate or neglect.. I'm also reminded of the ingrown person...a product of fear....24 hr book Nov 5th. "That certainly is not God's Will for me "My sob...
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Resistance has proven futile
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I am 31 years old and am finally ready to surrender. I'm not entirely sure where to begin. I have not lost everything as a result of my drinking yet, but I have lost enough to finally realize that all of it has a root in my drinking behaviors. I have had a huge internal struggle with spirituality and the c...
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Pen pals
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Hello I am new to this.... I am wondering if anybody would be interested in having a sober pen pal. Alexandraholland1987@hotmail.com
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Grapevine
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November 5 "Growing pains are never to be feared, provided I am willing to learn the truth about myself from them."
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Sobriety Coin Question for Friend's Anniversary/Birthday
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Hi, a friend of mine is approaching her 5 year sobriety anniversary, and I'm making a display box for her sobriety coins. However, as the coins I ordered have not yet arrived, I can't finish the display. I'm wondering if someone here can give me the dimensions of these coins in inches and/or mm. From wha...
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Today's Gift - 11/4
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Enjoying realityCloud Nine does not compare to the joys and beauty of a clean life. In fact, Cloud Nine is opposed to our new way of life. It's a fantasy, a trip, a high - like that first drink, fix, or pill.Now we are dealing with reality - a real and beautiful place instead of a fanciful dream. Each day can...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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November 3, 2014Quote of the Week"The difference between my will and God's will is that my will starts out easy and gets hard, and God's will starts out hard and gets easy." A perfect example of this quote is the program itself. My will told me it was much easier to keep using and doing what...
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Grapevine
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November 3 "No self-pity, no anger, no jealousy, no hate. What had this program done to me?"
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Sunrise Quote - 11/3
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All glory comes from daring to begin.~ Eugene F. Ware
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Today's Gift - 11/3
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All things pass... Patience attains all that it strives for. -- St. Teresa of AvilaSome days, it seems like our struggles will never end. The pain, the loss, the heartaches, the failures we can recount them all. Where is the strength to go on?What if we began our day by acknowledging that all things pas...
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Starting fresh
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I had a year sober last year and then had a glass of wine at a family gathering. I despise wine, so the resulting headache made me realize that I can;t drink wine. But, because "I" had been so good for over a year, I decided I could have a beer or 2 occasionally and "I" could stay in co...
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Sunrise Quote - 11/2
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Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.~ Sir James M. Barrie
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Spiritual Things i remind myself today
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Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature and your life. This is when the spontaneity of your own nature will have a chance to flow, When looking back on your life you will see that the moments which seemed to be great failure followed by wreckage were the incidents...
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Weekly Thought --- (religious concept)
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Weekly Quote The word of God hidden in the heart is a stubborn voice to suppress. Billy Graham Weekly Thought Its not that hard to take a wrong turn in life. Doing the wrong thing, if were honest, has an allure. Its called temptation. When we look around, its common to spot someone who has gone astrayw...
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argumentative vs guilt
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At a meeting the other day, the topic was how we have improved in AA. It was kind of a gratitude subject and I truly enjoyed it. Of course I over analyze everything, and I begin to think, OK, the pink cloud has passed, how have I not improved in AA? What comes to mind is the feeling of guilt I get from the progra...
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Sunrise Quote 11/1
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The world breaks everyone and afterward many are stronger at the broken places.~ Ernest Hemingway
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Today's Gift - 11/1
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Defining good in my life is up to me. We've heard, "Life is as good as we make it," but this sounds far too simplistic. We look at friends, family, and co-workers and often see much unhappiness. If it's up to us to make life good, why do so few take advantage of the opportunity? It's not that we do...
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