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sleepless, mum's funeral in twelve hours
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So it's quarter to two and I'm wide awake. I've tossed and turned in bed since eleven and slept maybe an hour or two tops. I need to set off for Yorkshire in five hours, 180 miles. Mum knows her kids better than we thought, she's planned her own funeral to the last dot and comma, no room for egos there. Lea...
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Dealing with someone in denial
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Good morning. I have never really spoke with anyone regarding this, and the reason being is that I was in denial that my husband had a problem- he was very manipulating and convincing. We got married young and the binge drinking was portrayed as something "all college kids do". As time prog...
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Grapevine
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May 7 "Everyone's recipe for serenity is different. It's like vegetable soup -- nobody makes it quite the same."
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Mike B.
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Right Brain ???
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The Right Side of The Brain This is one of those great emails that show when you are using your Right or Left side of your brain. If you see the picture exactly as it is, you are using the left side. When you stare you will see the figure shift; and you will be using your right brain. You can switch back and fo...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/6
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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.Oprah Winfrey
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who would have thought.....
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that i would be celebrating 2 years sober on cinco de mayo, my old favorite holiday! it still blows my mind that i was able to quit drinking ans smoking. i guess i was just ready. that and the fact that there is a great resouceful mobile support network sitting rite here. i dont post, hardly ever but i vis...
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Problems Other Then Alcohol
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Problems Other Than Alcohol: What Can Be Done About Them? by Bill W. -- A.A. Grapevine, February, 1958 [Any time is a good time to review our relations with each other and with the world outside. In the following article Bill has done this with the accent on special groups which seek to handle drug addi...
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God as my parent
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In a Family Intensive Retreat in my home, a girl called her sister stupid. I am stupid too! I declared happily, I poured my juice in the sink and washed the cup...instead of drinking it. And grandpa is stupid, and Beethoven is stupid and... Soon we were singing I am stupid, you are stupid, they are stupid...
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Today's Gift - 5/6
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Reflection for the DayI can attain real dignity, importance and individuality only by a dependence on a Power, which is great and good, beyond anything I can imagine or understand. I will try my utmost to use this Power in making all my decisions. Even though my human mind cannot forecast what the outc...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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May 5, 2014Quote of the Week"Those who piss us off the most are our greatest teachers." In the old days (before recovery), a lot of people, places and things really pissed me off. To start with, I resented my family for always trying to tell me what to do (thinly veiled as, "We're jus...
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The Power of Prayer
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Well, I went to the prison tonight for the AA meeting. I have prayed everyday since I was first asked to be the speaker for the meeting there. I asked my Higher Power, who is God to me, to take away any nervousness I may feel, to get it through my (sometimes thick) head that it is not about me. I told myself not...
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HALT
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I'm 56 and working harder than ever in my life (full time job and side business). I suppose this is because early sobriety required so much time and attention. And because the Recession pretty much wiped me out. I'll remember not to make emotional investments in the future. Over the past few days I'...
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TallMikeH
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Grapevine
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May 6 "It doesn't matter who or what God is if I can just remember it's not me!"
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It's the Little Things in Life Which Make Quirky
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Ok....a member with long term sobriety gives me her number a few nights ago. That night I get a text with no message, no name--just a number. (Since I am receiving numbers from quite a few people now, I haven't been the best at entering them into my phone.) I know that there are all kinds of virus's, telem...
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Does Steroid Affect Clean Time
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Basically I have been sober for a year and half and i want to get back into the gym and work out. I was told that Steroids for women help burn fat quick and help with bringing my appetite back. I also suffer from ED and i would like my appetite to get healthy and it is hard for me to work out because of my body hurt...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/5
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.Henry Ward Beecher
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Grapevine
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May 5 "My sponsor taught me how to be of service with grace and gratitude. She taught me how to listen, how to be respectful, and most importantly, to mind my own business."
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Mike B.
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coffee???
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Sunday morning version
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of AA at the bay and the winners were there with those who liked being on the team. By rote we opened the meeting...we know the words by heart and we close our eyes and watch them being rewritten across the white boards of our minds and if we are still and listen the only other sound of the ocean against th...
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Someone asked me for this..Here it is :)
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Surviving the Pink Cloud in Recovery The Joy of Recovery Getting free of drugs or alcohol is something to celebrate. Addiction destroys lives and escaping this hell is certainly a wonderful achievement. Enjoying the freedom and newness of early recovery is to be encouraged. It is a time for waking u...
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Today's Gift - 5/5
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GrowingWe all perform on two stages: one public, one private. The Public stage is what we do and say. The Private stage is what we think and what we rehearse in our minds to do on the Public stage. Even though we may never perform it, what we rehearse in our minds helps mold our character and guide our actio...
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twisted emotions
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Well i really don't know what to say. My STBXW I love how after 15yrs of marriage someone can be so spitefull actually corrosive hate is more like it, a black soul. IDK who this monster is anymore. I'm glad she is starting a new chapter. Its sad that someone can't live on their own and be more mature but sh...
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The clock stops
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The child draws a deep breath and lets out a sigh. She sounds like a baby still. Sleep - relaxing rythm and sweet delicate face pressed into my neck. Life slows down for me now as it spins by... I no longer drink the poison that is fear and chaos, and hope the other person dies. When I listen to the chatt...
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Today's Gift - 5/4
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Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and dust doth corrupt, where thieves break through and steal; but lay up treasures in heaven ... for where your treasure is, there will be your heart also. --Matthew 6:19 21The True TreasureConsider the following story of misplaced prioriti...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/4
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To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.Mark Twain
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Weekly Thought --- (religious concept)
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Weekly VerseBlessed is the man who fears the Lord, who finds great delight in his commands. Psalm 112:1Weekly QuoteJoy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. We need to be light-hearted in what we do to avoid taking ourselves too seriously. It is a cheerful revolt against self and pride. Or wo...
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A Prayer Place
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After seeing the wonderful picture of Hopee's special Prayer Place, I was stirred to say something about how a place that is set aside just for prayer and meditation can change the whole complexion of our devotional life in working Step Eleven. I'd definitely have to say that it changed things for m...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/3
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If you have much, give of your wealth; If you have little, give of your heart.Arab Proverb
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Need participants for a study. Will get coffee gift card for participation.
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Are you thinking about attending a self-help group or have you just started to attend?If so, PLEASE participate in a short study about your experience and get a free Starbucks gift card.call Amy at 213-706-1800
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Today's Gift - Great 'follow-up' to an earlier Tasha Post!!! ... r.e. 'balance'
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Some days I feel like a tightrope walker. - Jeannette N. We all perform a balancing act, trying to keep perspective on what's important and what is not. Sometimes we fall crazy drivers cut into our lane, the supermarket line takes forever, the baby's crying. At those times a minor insult at work or a cr...
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My first written breathalyser test
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Yep
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Luvit
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uh uh
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is that like "wanting to only being a little bit pregnant"
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Keep Coming Back--Even If You Relapse--Keep Coming Back
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I had tried AA four times before this last time. Guess I wasn't ready or "hadn't had enough". One thing which kept me from getting right back into a meeting after I would relapse was feeling embarrassed and ashamed of what others would think of me. I was worried about appearing to be a failure...
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What I want in a relationship
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I could not answer this a year ago when asked I just didn't know.
I want someone who has a spiritual relationship with God, I want someone who is honest, compassionate, understanding, emotionally available, supportive, communicative, who loves themselves, accepting, not afraid of emotional or...
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The Promises
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What a great day! I feel calm and relaxed and am optimistic about what this day will bring. It is certainly a change from the other day when I posted that I was feeling down. I realized that almost every month since being sober that within a week or so before I reach another month of sobriety that something...
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Checking in after 60 days
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Well its been 60 days, I picked my 30 day chip after we last spoke, I relapsed, My new 30 days is May 6. I have no more desire to drink & drug except when calamities arise but so far through calling my sponsor twice a day, going to a meeting every day I'm better able to work through, also through prayer and...
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This Makes Me Wish I Was A Vegetarian
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CNN exclusive: A meat processing plant in California was buying diseased dairy cows and processing them when government inspectors weren't there, federal officials tell CNN. After the cows were killed, employees at Rancho Feeding Corp., based in Petaluma, California, would hide the warning si...
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South - Southeast - Florida family
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Sending thoughts and prayers your way. May the Highest of All Powers watch over you all and keep you from harms way. Do your part too. From the Pacific. ((((hugs))))
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Sunrise Quote - 5/2
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You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.John Wooden
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Hurt, Anger and Letting Go
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"Anger that we feel justified in holding on to because of the circumstances. According to the Big Book, there is no justification for remaining angry about anything. Often we 'justify' the anger so we don't have to look at ourselves and our own part in creating it. The Twelve and Twelve reminds u...
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Today's Gift - 5/2
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We can act ourselves into right thinking easier than we can think ourselves into right acting.--AnonymousThe best thing for us to do in our 12 Step Program is to be honest in how we act and think. We must be true to that belief.We can't think for others, and they can't think for us. Friends can tell us the l...
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Grapevine
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May 2 "God has given me this day to use as I wish; Alcoholics Anonymous shows me how to live it without a drink."
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Up and Down
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Feeling a bit low tonight. Cannot sleep and decided to come here and "talk". It is so surprising I am so full of words and more myself on here than in meetings, although I talk more than I did, when it comes to shares--well, most of the time-- I don't. Still have that insecurity thing I guess. Yo...
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A BIG ONE
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It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. To the precise extent that we permit these, do we squander the hours that might have been worth while. But with the alcoholic , whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience, this busine...
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Visiting my old home group next week
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Just some nice news to report. I got sober in southern California 25 years ago and moved up here to the SF area about seventeen years ago. My old home group in SoCal is still going strong and many of the people I met there when I was new are still there. But that's about 400 miles between SoCal and SF so I usua...
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Busy day
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Had a busy day today with several errands. Also PU my divorce papers. Have the kids with me for next two days. Starting orientation tommorow at a new job. Dropped some parking tickets and toll fees to the STXW. She asked who's are these. Which I replied there yours on your car check the plate. She was so ma...
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Balance
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Balance The goal is balance. We need balance between work and play. We need balance between giving and receiving. We need balance in thought and feelings. We need balance in caring for our physical self and our spiritual self. A balanced life has harmony between a professional life and a personal lif...
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Tasha
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Grapevine
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May 1 "I had been introverted and tense. I had been blocked by a fat ego that made sharing impossible, by a lack of communication, by a fear of love. The Fifth Step swept away all those barricades. With some humility, I could begin to find joy in the simple delights of life."
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Mike B.
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