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Today's Gift - 10/6
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It only takes one person to change your life - you.--Ruth CaseyChange is not easy, but it's absolutely unavoidable. Doors will close. Barriers will surface. Frustrations will mount. Nothing stays the same forever, and it's such folly to wish otherwise. Growth accompanies positive change; deter...
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Sunrise Quote - 10/5
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A mans reputation is what other people think of him; his character is what he really is.~ Jack Miner
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AA Anniversary
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The calendar reminds of my AA anniversary. I am grateful to God, the AA program and all its members for my sobriety. There's no way for me to do it solo. It's an amazing thing, really.
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life changes
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So at the end of july I was paid off from work. I was going to scrape by on the payoff until pension time.
In the intervening coiple months I've near finished renovating the house. I took a lodger in (not doing that again) and told myself I was on a gap year.
a week ago I bought a thiers-issard le dandy strai...
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Today's Gift - 10/5
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Doing our bestPerhaps we are saving our best effort for the "big break." When such and such happens, then I'll give it my best shot. What we don't realize, however, is that success comes from doing a lot of little things well. Learning to live means learning to manage all our daily responsib...
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How does one become a "winner" ?
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Hi, My name is Brian and Im an Alcoholic. Ive been attending meetings for a while and I want to win. Booze really turned me into a person that was just awful all around, and I don't want that. I once had a really good life and I dont have that right now. Im doing my best to stay sober and Im trying to beat thi...
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AA meeting on Tuesday 9:00 est.
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Did anyone attend? I tried several times but chat room was empty. Just making sure it's not me
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humor
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I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless man who asked me for a couple of dollars for dinner.I took out my wallet, extracted ten dollars and asked,"If I give you this money, will you buy some beer with it instead of dinner?""No, I had to stop dr...
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Young Adult Struggling
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Being only 22 years old, I am having a hard time struggling with what I think may be an addiction. Everyone I know drinks but I find myself obsessing over it. I don't know why, or how to make the obsessions lessen. I feel like I am way too young for this. I feel like I should be able to drink with my peers but not...
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Just can't live like this anymore
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Haven't been to a meeting in years due to shame and apparently a feeling like I can do whatever I want with no consequences... that feeling has got me in trouble so much in my life. I feel like I've been a tantruming toddler for the last four years and now I've drank myself into a situation (a handful of sit...
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struggling hard
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I am a 46 year old Mother of three wonderful children. I am married and three years ago my Mother came to live with us in the later stages of Alzheimers, I had to quit my sales job, I had a very serious anxiety attack. I was always a partier but my drinking got out of control. I then got a DUI early this year. ...
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Today's Gift - 10/4
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The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.--Sebastien R. N. ChamfortWhen we first started going to Twelve Step meetings we were often stunned to hear so much laughter. But we soon learned that a good hearty laugh or a joyful smile is as important to our recovery as all the serious iss...
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Struggling
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I realize this is a contraversial issue, but I know it helps to talk about my problems and maybe help someone else along the way. Was on Celexa for 10+ years and my first 6 + years of sobriety. Celexa- Depression & Anti Anxiety medication. Also, used for OCD. Last Spring, it seemed to stop working...
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Sunrise Quote - 10/4
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Dont be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.~ Belva Davis
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Today's Gift - 10/3
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The salvation of man is through love and in love. --Viktor FranklThe panhandler on the busy street corner reels forsaken. The elderly woman whose phone doesn't ring stares through a gap in her drawn drapes and wonders if she's been forgotten. And awaiting the prayed for visit from a potential foster...
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Welcome to the site tlcstuff2005
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Glad to have you with us. Tell us about yourself.
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Grapevine
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October 2 "Keeping a Tenth Step journal about my day-to-day life, my relations with other people, and the stuff that still roiled around in my head helped me see patterns in my thoughts and behavior, which I could discuss with my sponsor. And once I began to sit quietly, reflect on what I'd wri...
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Sunrise Quote - 9/20
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A curious person who asks questions may be a fool for five minutes; he who never asks questions remains a fool forever.~ Vern McLellan
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Today's Gift - 9/22
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If there's a harder way of doing something, someone will find it. -- Ralph E. RossWhen we used alcohol or other drugs, we did most things the hard way. We could turn a simple task into a day-long project. We could turn a simple problem into an argument. We were creative giants in doing things the hard way!...
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ADVICE I GIVE MYSELF JUST FOR TODAY
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I was looking up to the heavens...communing with the gods....not even paying attention to where I was going... I stepped into a pile of Great Dane size...dog crap. I remember something that I heard....proceed through life, following your own path...Birds wit S**T on you don't even bother to wip...
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Grapevine
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October 1 "A sincere attempt to exercise the first ten Steps brings into play some of the finest virtues in the human character: humility, hope, faith, honesty, courage, and sincerity."
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AA people
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I started a new job on Monday. Got my anonymity broke by a AA friend I referred to the company. Know the solutions. Reached out for support - going to keep on keepin on and keep looking up. -- Edited by justadrunk on Friday 26th of September 2014 08:00:33 PM
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ADVICE I GIVE MYSELF...JUST FOR TODAY
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The Chief ACTIVATOR of ALL my DEFECTS has been self centered FEAR.....12 X 12 Page # 76 When I feel uncomfortable, irritated or depressed...I look for fear..."The evil corroding thread is the root of my distress"....fear of Failure...fear of others "opinions"....fear of H...
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HP
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this morning im going down on my knees asking for help,, i do hope it helps as i need help with my life
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Today's Gift - 9/23
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I believe that every single event in life happens as an opportunity to choose love over fear. --Oprah WinfreyWhen our past is strewn with tragic and abusive experiences, it's not easy to recall events as opportunities to love. Yet today we are safe, and we have come to believe a Higher Power has been wa...
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Grapevine
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September 25 "Through the Twelve Steps I was shown how to sweep aside the primacy of concern with self, to discard the selfishness and arrogance that stood in the way. All these were obstacles to love, and as I began to learn to turn my life and will over to God as I understood him, the first fain...
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Grapevine
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September 24 "The parent who overstays his time can only hamper the growth of his offspring. This I must not do. My proper place will soon be along the sidelines, cheering you newer ones as you carry on."
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Surreal
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Did this all really happen? I'm certain we all have asked that. How was I so blind and uncaring at the same time? Dear God, will I start this all over again? What I'm thinking at this moment isn't a question it's simply- I am fortunate. It gets old telling people my story and I know it's especially tiring t...
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ADVICE I GIVE MYSELF TODAY
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Never concentrate on disease or darkness...Concentrate on Harmony...Center thought on the spirit. Concentrate on Peace & Harmony admidst the worldiness of Turmoil You must become aware of your Master despite the Crowding of the M...
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Grapevine
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September 23 "I'm learning the freedom that comes with facing my problems fearlessly and without resistance. They are not all resolved, but I've done my part. God will take it from there."
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Grapevine
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September 22 "The great gratitude I've always felt made it possible to connect the miracles in my life and so many others' with surrender to the Steps and the practice of their principles. One day, I simply heard myself talking about Step Three to a new 'baby,' and I knew I believed what I was sa...
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"in Seattle"
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been "mia" for th last week . Family reunion in Co , flew over to Seattle this a.m . Got th rental , over th next week heading down th West coast to Eureka Ca / then over to Redding Ca , then back up to Seattle , through Portland . Any one for a possible catch up "pm" me please . Can't promi...
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Today's Gift - 9/21
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I couldn't hit a wall with a six-gun, but I can twirl one. It looks good. --John Wayne Many of us fake emotions because our past experiences never taught us how to use boundaries when dealing with feelings. Now we are oftentimes stumped when it comes to knowing how we should feel or act when we are faced w...
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Never too old
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I got to go to my home group AA meeting today. It was a grapevine meeting. This means they were reading out of the grapevine which is AA's monthly magazine filled with recovery stories. This month's topic was starting recovery late in life. An 82 year old woman I have come to really respect started the r...
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Today's Gift 9/20
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The only way out is through. The only way to heal the pain is to embrace the pain.--Fritz PerlsYou are like a diamond that is continually being polished and perfected. As this purification proceeds, old thought forms and negative patterns rise to the surface to be released. Past unfinished business...
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struggling
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hey all I am struggling over my old Girl friend she wants me back I refuse to go back with her. She is a alcoholic, drug addict and wont get help her self. I can not afford to reck 7 yrs AA and 5 Yrs NA anyhow I am looking for a on line sponsor anyone willing to do it? Dec 26 2000 quit day thanks Rod Canada Ontario
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Sunrise Quote 9/19
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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.~ John F. Kennedy
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Today's Gift - 9/19
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It is only with the heart that one can see rightly....--Antoine de Saint ExuperyIf we look at the world through suspicious or angry eyes, we'll find a world that mirrors our expectations - a world where tension will mount, arguments will abound, strife will be present where none need be. However, our...
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The Serenity Prayer
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http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/3789512699001/father-jonathan-morris-on-the-power-of-serenity-prayer/#sp=show-clips
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Grapevine
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September 19 "I practice the Twelve Steps of AA every day to the best of my ability. As long as I do that, I will not need to drink, no matter what situation I am faced with."
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Hello! I'm new .....
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Hi all, is this the right board to introduce myself on? I am a 35year old female living in the UK and have finally, finally promised myself I would get some support. I am a binge drinker and have been since 13. Unfortunately I have not learned how to control this despite some awful experiences and many ma...
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AA In New Movie
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AA in a big time movie again. I wonder how accurate the depiction is? Anyone see it? Liam Neeson joined AA meetings for movie role Posted: Wednesday 17 September 20142014Actor LIAM NEESON attended Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings for his role in new crime movie A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES. T...
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Standing on the burning deck
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I remember my first time in an AA room. I was in a thirty day treatment program while my discharge from the Navy was being processed. We would go for outside meetings in the evenings shortly after dinner. I thought I didn't belong there, in my mind AA was for old drunkards who used to drink cheap corn liquo...
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Grapevine
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September 18 "Once upon a time, all AA meetings were held in homes. There weren't any committees and nobody put up a cent. We hadn't even a name and founders were unheard of. It was that simple. "Yet we did enjoy one 'service' -- a valuable one, too. Wives baked cakes and brewed strong coffe...
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On the door of the 12 step clubhouse in town
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"If I am alright with me, I have no need to make you wrong". At this point in my recovery - I sometimes learn the most from those who are capable of saying nothing at all. I see they are watching, listening - and exercising choices. The right to treat themselves the way an all loving HP woul...
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ADVICE I GIVE MYSELF TODAY
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ETERNITY is a dimension of here and now. The divine lives within Me LIVE AMIGO from your own center... That's where its at....and you will never die. MY Sobriety is contingent on my spiritual well being TODAY...... The Big Book of AA
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Grapevine
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September 17 "If we're willing to expose the pages of our lives to the love and understanding of our Higher Power and a fellow alcoholic, we'll surely know a new freedom and a new happiness. We'll discover that love is never having to feel alone again; that God's presence in our lives has become p...
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ADVICE I GIVE MYSELF TODAY
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WISDOM AND FOOLISHNESS are practically the same...Both are indifferent to the opinion of the world. That statement brings to me laughter and a sense of freedom... In any case I need not take myself or others that seriously. MY SOBRIETY is contingent on my spiritual well being TODAY
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Blessings/Curses
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In Buddhist scripture, we are taught that human beings are cosmically lucky because we have a level of consciousness that allows us greater opportunities for enlightenment and happiness than animals and lesser beings possess. Yes, we suffer and are painfully aware of our suffering, but this awar...
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Gratitude for your life
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Someone stated they disagree with discussing gratitude for life. I don't. I love meetings where the topic is gratitude. Prior to recovery I was a negative person, a complaining person, and due to filtering the world through that mindset, I had incredible cravings and a desire to get hammered eve...
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