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Today's Gift 7/16
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The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water and breeds reptiles of the mind. -- William BlakeWe seek the answer. Sometimes we think we have found a central truth and later learn that beneath it is another truth. Or what seemed so crucial as a guiding principle for our lives last year is st...
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Acceptance Recovery Quote of the Day July 13, 2015
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Acceptance "And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, It is because I find some person, place, thing, situation -- Some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, And I can find no serenity until I accept That person, place, thing, or situation As being exactly the way...
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Anonymity and Social Media
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I was and still am quite surprised when other AAer's ask me my last name. A couple have caught me off guard. We will be talking about what a great meeting we just had or something else and all of a sudden...."What is your last name?" Is it just me, or is this inappropriate? I also get questioned...
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Sober Quote for Today, Wednesday July 15, 2015
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"I tried to drown all my fears but the bastards learned to swim." I used to be able to "forget" about my fears with just one or two drinks. Then the longer I drank and more I drank it was taking more to "get my mind off" of my problems. Eventually, 2 became 4, 4 became 7 or 8,...
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Welcome to MIP Tom D. AKA Aquinas Hall
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Welcome Tom, ... Please come by more frequently and share some of your ESH ... Love ya Bro and God Bless, Pappy
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Wisdom of the Rooms 7/13
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July 13, 2015Quote of the Week"Did God introduce me to the program, or did the program introduce me to God?" In the beginning of my recovery, I spent a lot of time resenting that I had to go to all those meetings and do all that work. "Why can't I just lead a normal life?" I cried. It...
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Today's Gift 7/15
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We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend. --Robert Louis Stevenson Addiction destroyed many of our relationships. It took away our ability to get close to others. The above quotation reminds us that real friends are more impo...
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Today's Gift 7/14
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Daily Surrender - No RegretsThis I pray, Higher Power: I will surrender to Your will today, which brings me peace and joy that makes all things new. I no longer have that trampled look of someone forced to remember every mistake he or she has made. I no longer hide under that blanket of regrets.My daily s...
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Today's Gift 7/13
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Is there any stab as deep as wondering where and how much you failed those you loved? --Florida Scott MaxwellTreating our loved ones as we hope to be treated is our assurance against failing them. And if we listen to our inner voice, we'll never falter in our actions toward others. There is always a righ...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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July 6, 2015Quote of the Week"Bring the body, the mind will follow." This is a quote I heard early on in my recovery, and it has served me well over and years. Over and over again, when I haven't wanted to go to a meeting, I went anyway and once my body was there, my mind ended up being glad it wen...
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God and Science
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God and Science It has been estimated that Man has been on earth for 200,000 years its not the purpose here to establish that as a scientific fact but to give a fairly good recognizable frame of reference. Perhaps my direct ancestor stared at the moon with his dog Fido little knowing that 200,000 years...
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Promises
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Resentments
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Controlling the group by sending texts even when on holiday
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To my shame I've been made aware of my shortcomings by my sponsor for texting people to remember certain things in my absence. I have been told with tough love that I must LET GO AND LET GOD and butt out when im away. i think I have had a bit of a shock in being able to see my controlling ways and I will change th...
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Grapevine
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July 9 "We neither ran nor fought. But accept we did. And then we began to be free."
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IN CASE YOU ARE INTERESTED - this resonated and found it interesting -
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I've been sober for a few years and now I'm drinking socially - under control but with a LOT of effort - especially during summer and holidays. I am involved in this show and find the stories SO VALUABLE. Check it out. This video gets REALLY interesting after minute Hope it inspires and help continue th...
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Sad Day
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So, my daughter's birthday is today. Every year I have sent her an email wishing her a Happy Birthday and sending her some money. Never hear a thank you or any response. (That is what I get for having expectations.) I am considering not contacting her today. It is something I haven't prayed enough about...
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Grapevine
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July 6 "My willingness to have my defects of character removed was bolstered by the realization that little, if any, spiritual growth was possible as long as I held on to my old ideas and defects."
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Common Causes of Alcohol Relapse and 9 Warning Signs of Relapse
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Common triggers of relapse among recovering alcoholics are: Alcohol Exposure: Food cooked with alcohol; thinking you can handle "just a little" Environmental Triggers: People, places or activities associated with drinking; social pressures to drink Stress: Since many alcoholic...
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I am new - I'm in a relationship with an addict (clean/sober 8 yrs)
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Hi, If I'm in the wrong place, let me know. I have some questions. I just started going to f2f meetings, still awkward. If I can ask someone off-line/email you personally would help me a great deal. It would help me get a better understanding, I am wiling to try. Deena
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Stepwork + Spouce = muddy. Help ?
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I wont bore you with a story but cliff notes up to this point, been in and out of AA for 8-10 years now. Never got more than 6 mos sobriety so I decided to do the steps with a sponsor this time. I'm 3 months sober and have been meeting with a BB sponsor weekly and recently took a 3rd step and started into the wr...
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alcohol free for 40 years but had a breakdown on prescribed drugs 15 years ago
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Can anyone give their opinion on whether a person who has been alcohol free for 40 years can be free to celebrate those 40 years with his home group even though he had a nervous breakdown through some life situations and took prescription drugs 15 years ago. it would mean so much to him because he hasn't t...
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Today's Gift 7/5
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Stop Fixing OthersDear Higher Power,When I am overly dependent on others, I try to fix them. I have a real talent in pinpointing what is wrong with other people. But the very thing that enables me to see their defects most often blinds me to the same, sometimes even worse, shortcomings in myself.Help m...
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Today's Gift 7/4
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Celebrate your freedomToday in the United States; we celebrate our nation's independence. Why not take a moment to celebrate your independence as well? Whether you've found freedom from an addiction or from codependency, or you've discovered the freedom to live your life as fully as possible, ta...
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Today's Gift 7/3
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. . . I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy. --Marie CurieWe are looking for progress, not perfection; however, we sometimes get lost or confused between the two. Expecting ourselves to be perfect at something we are only now learning is a familiar affliction. As we accept ou...
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Have a Happy and Sober 4th of July!
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Hope everyone has a happy and sober 4th of July! I am staying off the roads this holiday. So many drunks and prefer to stay here, go to a meeting and throw something on the $5 electric outdoor grill I got at a yard sale. (The food really tastes like the charcoal grilled food!) For the newly recovering alcoh...
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HAVING HAD A BALL GAME EXPERIENCE.......
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When I read Bill's Story, the part where Ebby takes him through the steps as they then existed, I am struck by the combination of speed and effect. Putting myself in his shoes I well remenber the massive burdens I was carrying, misery, guilt, remorse, shame, frustration, fear, alienation, hopelessn...
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Today's Gift 7/1
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Seeing the good. The beauty of our souls shines in many ways. The greatest of these is love.In the spirit of loving kindness, every day a little ugliness is removed; our perspective on life grows broader and deeper. In the spirit of love, our lives become fresher, our souls humbler; evil seems to disap...
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Do any of you find sobriety somewhat dull?
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I know, I know, drinking causes us horrific remorse, crushing guilt and agonizing misery yadda, yadda, yadda...but despite all of that do you ever find yourself bored silly being sober? I'm not trying to justify going on a bender. We're all here for good reason and for us the party's over. We're far be...
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Today's Gift 6/30
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Doing nothing, that hurts you. --John ArnoldDoing nothing as a steady diet would wear thin after a while, but doing nothing once in a while is good therapy. We need to let our minds and bodies rest. Being always booked for an activity gives us too little time for reflection about our lives. We have come a...
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Sharing Early in Sobriety
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When I first got sober, it was months before I shared, and I did so because an old timer who was sitting next to me punched me in the arm. No joke. It was with his balled up fist and it hurt. He had been trying to talk me into sharing, saying "It's your turn" to me during a few of the previous meetings...
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So who's not dead yet?
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Me. That's who :) How is everyone? Good I hope! I'm great! My wife has yet to smother me in my sleep. I've yet to choke to death on my own vomit in a drunken stupor. And my greatest achievement of all, I've somehow managed to successfully persuade my wife to copulate with me TWICE to create two lovely litt...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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June 29, 2015Quote of the Week"I'm glad that what's going on in my head isn't happening in my life." I don't know why, but my perception of my life is always different - and worse - than the reality of my life. I can be in line at Starbucks, and that's what's happening, but in the storm in my hea...
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Today's Gift 6/29
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Money may not buy happiness, but it can buy the type of misery you can live with. -- ZiggyWe think to ourselves, "Wouldn't it be nice not to have to worry about the washer breaking down?" "Wouldn't it be nice to drive a reliable car?" "Wouldn't it be nice to take a Caribbean va...
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Today's Gift 6/28
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One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it. --Helen HayesOur habits, whatever they may be, were greatly influenced, if not wholly formed, during childhood. We learned our behavior through imitation - imitation of our parents, our siblings, and our peer group. But we need not be s...
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Today's Gift 6/27
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Separateness ... put our efforts where we can succeed. The appeal of a "fix" tempts us. One day we dream, "If only I had a different job my life would be happy, or if only I had a different house." Perhaps we even dream of having a different partner. When we waste so much precious ene...
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Today's Gift 6/26
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Honesty is the best policy. --David Tuvill NewcomerI've heard people talk about "firing" their sponsors, about sponsors "firing" their sponsees. I find that term disillusioning I thought we were here to help one another.SponsorHuman relationships change, for all sorts...
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Today's Gift 6/25
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Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of good luck. --H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Managing desires is one of the most crucial elements of being an adult. Children want many things that aren't good for them, and their impulses can often get them into trouble. They need loving, caring a...
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AA Acronyms
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AA Absolute Abstinence AA Adventurers Anonymous AA Altered Attitudes AA Altruistic Action AA Acknowledge Acceptance AA Attitude Adjustment (from the friendofdrbob.com site) AA Alive Again AA Always Available AA Applied Actions AA Attitude Adjustment AA Avoid Anger (from the allacronyms.co...
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Wanna Drink? Have Your Cake and Eat it Too!
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This helped me early in sobriety and I have developed a heck of a sweet tooth.....keep some candy or something sweet near you. When you first are trying to get sober, this is very important....I didn't realize it but alcohol has alot of sugar. Your body misses this sugar when you stop drinking and when y...
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Grapevine
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June 24 "No matter what is going on in my life, no matter how bad things seem, I can always find something to be grateful for if I just look hard enough."
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Today's Gift 6/24
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Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward. --Soren Kierkegaard Once, in a small village, there was a huge fire. The blaze spread and several homes and businesses were burned to the ground. After a long while, the fire was brought under control and put out. Villagers banded to...
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1 year again ODAT !!
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Well it's been a while since I've posted. My sobriety date 6/20/2014. Only last year in april &may i was living out of my truck and someones office space. I showered at Planet Fitness. I feel like Doogie Howser posting today why IDK. But i do know each new day this year is gonna be, wait for it wait for i...
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Today's Gift 6/23
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What happens to us is not as important as how we respond.The external events of our lives are largely beyond our control. We do not choose our parents, our emotional environment, the historical period in which we live, our body type, or the flow of circumstances that shape our experience. These are gi...
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Love, Patience and Tolerance
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I never really thought that I was a person who was not tolerant of others. This program has made me realize that I have had and still have at times a problem with that. When a relative said something to me about a week or so ago, I could feel anger welling up in me. I had not felt that way towards this person in a...
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2nd chances
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Tipsy mcstaggers post well the replies, prompted some thoughts.
Around ten years ago I reached the pinnacle of being a poor father.
Since then I've got and stayed sober. Tried and failed to rebuild my marriage. Tried and failed to reconnect with the now adult children I sired.
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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June 22, 2015Quote of the Week"Praying is talking to God, Meditation is listening for the answer." In step 11 we "sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with a power greater than ourselves..." For a long time I wondered what the difference be...
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Today's Gift
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I wasn't exactly brought up in one of those Norman Rockwell paintings you used to see on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. --Reggie JacksonWe have many myths about other people's lives. When we compare ourselves to these stories, we come up short. We have the TV families in our minds. We may hav...
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Reality bites
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Life is full of surprises and those surprises seem to happen when everything's going well and according to plan. I guess HP has His own plans, so I'm doing my best to hang on for the ride. Mom got bad news from the doc, skin cancer...don't know how involved it is yet, they're just getting started in help...
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Today's Gift 6/20
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The one lesson my dad taught me: If you're going to do anything in life, do it right. --Monty CralleyOur parents may have had a way of instructing that often bordered on shaming us. No matter what we might remember about it, or them, they meant well. Their own experiences colored how they parented us. Th...
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