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Child support
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Maid my first two child support payments today the divorce is still looming. I'm glad I can try to pay for the rest of the bills too until I find a second job. I know I'm doing the right thing by her but I'm also sad that this might come to pass. I know she needs her space and that is the best thing for now. I wish I...
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The Funk
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Well I've had a good past two days. But now it seems the funk wants to come creeping in. This means more meetings, more praying, reaching out to people and trusting in God that he has a plan for me as well as my family. Need to keep my God glasses on and not let this disease that centers on the mind start kickin...
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The Charles Schulz Philosophy --- Interesting
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The following is the philosophy of Charles Schulz, the creator of the 'Peanuts' comic strip. > > > You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just ponder on them. > > > Just read the e-mail straight through, and you'll get the point. > > > 1. Name the five wealthiest...
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Grapevine
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April 10 "Finally came April 1939. The book was done. Tales of recovery for its story section had been supplied by Dr. Bob and his Akron brethren. Others were supplied by New Yorkers, New Jerseyites. One came in from Cleveland and another from Maryland. Chapters had been read and discussed a...
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The Original Meaning Of AA
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it don't take much to make me smile these days
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All it took today was a phone call from my mum to tell me she's recovering well, not in pain and determined to get home.
she sounded bright and 'together' and really positive.
so thoughtful of her to call me to put my mind at ease. Bless you mum. See you Sunday.
In fact I felt so good that later this evenin...
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THANK YOU BILL W.
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The Founders of Alcoholics Anonymous "A seemingly unplanned meeting in Akron, Ohio in 1935 between two men, both of whom were termed "hopeless" alcoholics, began a program of recovery that has helped millions find sobriety and serenity. Bill W. was one of those men. In fighting h...
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Testing my barely existent faith
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First of all, thanks to each one of you for helping me get to day 20. I still can't quite believe it and there is no way I could have done 24 hours let alone 4800 of them on my own, so I am grateful to those in AA near and far. Understandably, many on here are very big into God. The word tends to make me cringe. ...
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Wreckage of past
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Went to court today to give my version and setting child visitation. It worked out better than I expected even though we are getting a divorce after 16yrs together. Some people can't heal from the wreckage of the past Namely my wife who I still love dearly and wish her the best. We have two beautiful chil...
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Grapevine
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April 9 "Success is more a state of heart and mind than a sum total of material assets."
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Today's Gift - 4/9
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Agreement is usually not necessary. Many of us have lived as if we always had to be right. We did not stop to notice that other things we cared about were being lost such as friends who got tired of our persistent need to be right, or children whose self-esteem was undermined when there was no room for thei...
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Sunrise Quote - 4/9
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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.Edith Wharton
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Meeting
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I went to an actual AA meeting tonight. I enjoyed it. I also engaged in the topic. There is nothing like being there in person. I am on my way of the 90 meetings in 90 days. I tried to go to the online meeting on this site, but don't know what time I was suppose to be on here.
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Grapevine
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April 8 "Awareness is the most accessible doorway to spirituality."
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AA Meetings in Prison and Psychiatric Wards....Need Advice
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I was asked to be the guest speaker at a women's prison next month. I am quite nervous about it as I still don't share that much and I have never been a speaker before. I will be doing alot of praying to God before that happens to help me. I have learned in AA when someone asks me to do something, I should say yes...
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Higher Power
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I am confused on the "Higher Power" thing. What does that mean? What is the "Higher Power" as they understand it meaning? This part has thrown me off before. I know people do not share their Higher Power, but I am confused on what my Higher Power should be. I hope I am making se...
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Today's Gift - 4/8
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People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are.--George Bernard ShawIt's easy to let circumstances determine how we think and behave. While it's true that some events seem devastating, our relationship with a Higher Power can help us accept and even grow from experiences that se...
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From My Heart
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You Know Me You know me, I'm your best friend I'll be with you until the end I'm the reason you get into fights I'm the one destroying your life. I was there when you got in trouble with the law You know me, I'm alcohol I'm there when no one else is I'm the one who helped you lose your spou...
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pre alcohol alcoholism
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I accept that the consumption of alcohol is but a symptom of alcoholism. I came to AA to get help with my drinking, but I stayed to get help with my thinking. Way back, well over forty years ago, when I was at school, I was studying for my o levels and spent half a day effectively on work experience with the la...
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Watching Old Friends Suffer
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When I was in high school, Jay was my best friend. We were inseparable. Neither of us drank or did drugs, but instead spent most of our free time watching movies, walking up to the center of our town to eat, or just talking about life. In fact, one night a group of our friends decided that they were going to c...
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Definition of "I Got Your Back'
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Subject: : Definition of "I've Got Your Back" Photo of a soldier sleeping during an airport layover with his caninepartner. There is no measure of loyalty greater than that shown here.Sleep soundly soldier. A worthy goal in life is to be as good a person as your dog thinksyou are.
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Cleaning up the mess
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As someone who has only recently quit drinking my health is poor. I feel like I might even be a diabetic but I recently took a new job and will not be covered by health insurance there for a month or two. I know it is reckless to be without but it was an effect of my reckless and insane lifestyle over the past...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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April 7, 2014Quote of the Week"You're not who you think you are." I was in a meeting the other day when a woman shared that early in recovery she told her sponsor she was going to commit suicide. "If you did that you wouldn't be committing suicide, you'd be committing homicide,"...
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Today's Gift - 4/7
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There is no happiness; there are only moments of happiness. -- Spanish proverb How happy we are right now may hinge on dinnertime - whether it is just before or just after. It may also depend on whether we are examining ourselves to see if we are happy or not. There's nothing like a little introspection...
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Judging Others
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Appraising, ascertaining, assessing, deciding, discerning, checking, distinguishing, estimating, evaluating, gathering (information), mediating, reviewing, resolving, testing. Judgment is everywhere in our society as well as in other cultures. There is no such thing as living in a wor...
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Grapevine
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April 7 "May those who come to know the truth never forget it."
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New
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I am new to the AA online thing. Would anyone be willing to help me out and tell me how this works? I am thirteen days sober today and want to continue on that path. I am looking for a way to receive help without going to meetings, where you are not heard or seen. Thank you so much.
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Weekly Thought --- (religious concept)
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Weekly VerseThe man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 1 Corinthians 2:14Weekly QuoteThe point of having an open mind, like having an open mouth, is...
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Today's Gift - 4/6
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Home wasn't build in a day.--Jane AceNewcomerI'm a lot better than when I was active in my addiction. But parts of my life still feel beyond my control. I don't mean earthquakes or floods. I mean getting to the dentist, repairing the car, doing the laundry, eating well. There are a lot of things I'm not t...
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Meetings
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I have put good use to my computer this morning. I have two numbers to call later that will hopefully lead to me getting a ride. When I do I am going to try the 90 meetings in 90 days. I appreciate everyone who has given me advice on here so far. I also intend on starting Chapter 5 of the Big Book today. I am...
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Who I am with a HP
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Yes - lets talk about family :) We are family here - family of choice! I get a feel for what a real family is all about. I learn to go with the flow, I learn I can adapt to the changes, I learn there are things for me, and there is a place for me. That I'm a special part of this, and we each have our own special pa...
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One Step at a time
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I Could Really fly through this . But I like to take it - One Step at a Time
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Learning about my many roles
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"Another method for identifying our control or attempted control of others involves a look at the roles and behaviors that a controlling person uses. We have identified the aggressor, enabler, martyr, and obsessive-compulsive personality. Here are other roles and behaviors that ident...
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Meetings
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When are the online meetings?
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May be a little religious, or may be just spiritual ...
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Hey, people. Today I was reading from the Bible. I've always tried to escape from reading Peter. But, now I'm trying to do the things that I don't want to do - just to see what will happen and just to see how I'm going to die, while I do the things that I don't want to do (my poor ego). This is now some kind a law fo...
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Today's Gift - 4/5
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Not what we would, but what we must, makes up the sum of living.--Richard Henry Stoddard"We must do the things we must" is frequent advice in the Program. Each Step is evidence of what our founders did in order to achieve abstinence and keep it going with serenity and security. All of the &qu...
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Wine in food
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What are your thoughts on foods that have a little wine in the sauce? I am going to a restaurant where I usually get clams, and I know they use some white wine when cooking them. I believe the alcohol is cooked off, but don't know entirely how it works. My father was in AA for 30 years and he would eat thin...
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YEP!!
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Sunrise Quote - 4/4
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The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.Flora Whittemore
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Emotional Sobriety
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Emotional Sobriety: Emotions produce euphoric and intoxicating effects. They can produce a sense of ease and comfort and contentment. When we are operating under the influence of our emotions verses the influence of our intelligence -- we are Emotionally Inebriate. The euphoric and intoxicati...
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Short break
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Short Break for me...I am an alcoholic and get caught up in my own self-destructive thinking. I was depressed all yesterday and am having board withdrawals. I don't want to quit something I started like I have done so much of in the past. I like this quote....Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet com...
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Chocolate Krispie Treats
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Wow! I'm really loving baking for the meetings and trying out all kinds of different things. I am kind of lazy when it comes to recipes and alot of times throw things together. Here is a quick one which is a variation of the marshmallow and rice crispies squares I grew up with....without the butter and ma...
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GOD IS DEAD
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I frequently start my daychecking the scores on Yahoo and simply shocked at many of the headline stories.. concluding the world is in quite a mess. If you let it One story.. A billboard God is DEAD.. So sad, so childish, so egocentric, so depressing.. I thought the person who wrote that must be in such...
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Today's Gift - 4/4
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Easy Does ItSo, you surrendered. You let go. Now you're ready to face a particular challenge. So you hunker down and garner all your forces. And you hit the wall again.What's wrong? you may ask. I'm doing all the spiritual things I'm supposed to do. And things still aren't working, I can't get anywhere...
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Thoughts For Friday
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Sunrise Quote 4/2
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There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.Orison Swett Marden
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Care taking
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Caretaking: the act of taking responsibility for other people while neglecting responsibility for ourselves. When we instinctively feel responsible for the feelings, thoughts, choices, problems, comfort, and destiny of others, we are caretakers. We may believe, at an unconscious level, tha...
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Grapevine
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April 4 "I am responsible as a trusted servant to be informed -- my group expects and deserves that. That responsibility requires me to take action, to do some reading, and to find out what the principles say -- not what I think ... The beautiful thing about AA is that we don't have to reinvent th...
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Changing everything
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It is so hard to look, when we try to look at ALL OF IT, and then attach 'A FIX' to each 'thing' in our mind. So in other words, if I think that I am seriously messed up in many many ways... I better do many many things to fix me. While it is true that this program only asks us to change one thing: Everything ------...
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Sober Quote for the Day and Taking a Break for Some Serious Introspection
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"Live and Let Live" I am not sure who originally said this. I do know that it is an AA expression. I posted something on this board earlier this week and realized that I need to take some time and practice "Live and Let Live" in my life. I looked this up and found varying meanings of th...
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