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Quetzal · MIP Old Timer

Newbie Here!

soberdrunk · MIP Old Timer

Hello Carol, and good morning to you from the states.

Glad to have you aboard. Hope you stick around. If you spend time on your computer this is a great place to share experience, strength, and hope. Have a good one!

Quetzal · MIP Old Timer

Hi Justin,

Thank you for your welcome. That was truly great to receive!

I will definitely be sticking around as this looks a super place to be. It's always great to be with other AA folk and to learn from them.

Take care and have a great day,

Carol

Phil · MIP Old Timer

And a BIG welcome from Canada ..Carol...and YOU have a GOOD day...

Sick of being sick · MIP Old Timer

Hi Carol,

I'm Dan, and I'm an alcoholic.

Welcome to the M.I.P. board! You will find lots of good sharing here. Hope to hear more from you.

zoomie · Senior Member

Just wanted to add a hi and a welcome!!!

Quetzal · MIP Old Timer

Hi Phil,

Thanks for the super welcome - that was great. I hope that you have a SUPER day.

Take care,

Carol

iffer · Senior Member

Good morning and welcome Carol. Lots of good stuff on this board. Congrats on 7 months sober! Good luck with your 4th step!

Jen

Quetzal · MIP Old Timer

Hi Dan,

Thanks for taking the time to welcome me. That was very much appreciated.

I plan on sticking around here as I truly love the look of the M.I.P. board. I'm sure that there are lots of useful shares, advice and tips. I will be posting as much as I can.

Take care,

Carol

Quetzal · MIP Old Timer

Hi zoomie,

Thanks for the hi and welcome. I'm looking forward to getting to know folk on this board.

Take care,

Carol

jonibaloni · MIP Old Timer

Hi Carol, from the birthplace of AA, Akron Ohio

We just celebrated the 70th AA Founder's Day here, and I happened to meet a few chaps from London... how exciting!!! You are welcome here and so very much loved!!!

Joni

Quetzal · MIP Old Timer

Hi Jen,

Thanks for that. Yup, 7 months sober is starting to feel truly wonderful. I can't believe how much my life is starting to change for the better.

I really liked the look of this board and joined this morning. I can see that there is so much support available here. It just seems to be a great place.

My step 4 is going well this morning. I have worked hard for the last several hours and I'm off for a well earned cup of coffee!

Take care,

Carol

Quetzal · MIP Old Timer

Hi Joni,

Thanks for such a super welcome. Wow, I so wish that I lived in the birthplace of AA. I know that I would get so much out of that. But, one day in the future .... who knows?

We recently had a guy attend several of our AA meetings from New York. He was saying that the meetings here in the UK are different from what he was used to. We spent ages comparing notes and it was fascinating. But, I'm so glad that AA is world-wide and that no matter where I am, I'll never be far from a meeting. That's good to know.

Very best wishes to you,

Carol

jeannie · Senior Member

Hello - my name is Jeannie and I am an alcoholic. I have been sober for nine months.

I am with everyone here when I say hello, big hugs. Keep it Super Simple - this is what I am trying to do with my step four. Hope it goes well for you. I don't like to use the word stupid because when you really think about it we are the smart ones to find this program. Just my share at this moment in time.

I am also with Phil with a Big Welcome from Canada.

Later - Jeannie

Toni Baloney · MIP Old Timer

hi carol,

and WELCOME to this Miracles in Progress Forum. This Forum has been probably the greatest asset in my own Recovery.

Looking forward to getting to know you dear.

A Big Hug,Toni

Quetzal · MIP Old Timer

Hi Jeannie,

Thanks for your welcome and for your wise words, too. Congratulations on nine months of sobriety!

I agree with you about keeping it Super Simple. I can so easily complicate the most simple thing. I have been putting in the hours on my step four today and I'm feeling good about all that I have done. I still have a very long way to go, but I had the time to sit and really work and reflect. I feel that I have started to learn about myself again today. It's frightening, daunting and thrilling all at the same time.

I completely agree with you that we are the smart ones in finding this great program. And, I'd like to add that we are the lucky ones, too! My heart goes out to the folks who haven't discovered the joy of living sober yet.

With all best wishes,

Carol

Quetzal · MIP Old Timer

Hi Toni,

Thanks for your welcoming words.

I feel truly lucky that I have discovered this Forum. I know that it is going to be a wonderful tool for me and a super asset, too. I plan on being around here for a long time and posting often.

Take care,

Carol

Wren · Senior Member

Welcome to the MIP board, Carol. I loved getting up and reading not only a newcomer here but such a happy one, LOL! I got to smile before I had my first cup of coffee. I am so looking forward to hearing about your experience, strength and hope here. This is a good place to be! Wren

Quetzal · MIP Old Timer

Hi Wren,

Thanks for a lovely warm welcome.

Yes, I am happy. My life is changing and getting better on a daily basis. Recently, my neighbour's little boy hurt his foot. His father was out and so he came to me. I helped him, washed the injury and dressed it for him. The joy to me was that I was stone cold sober and I knew that I was doing everything correctly. I get so much pure joy now from the little things in life. They are the things that matter most to me.

Wren, this isn't a good place to be - it's a FANTASTIC place to be! I have been made to feel so welcome today that at times I could have sat and cried.

Have a GREAT day, won't you?

Take care,

Carol

WRbeachbum · Veteran Member

Hi Carol, welcome!

I look forward to hearing more from you. Enjoy!

Quetzal · MIP Old Timer

Hi WR,

Thanks for your message. It's been amazing just how many folk have bothered to say 'hi' to me! U can't believe my luck in finding this Forum.

Best wishes,

Carol

wagon · Senior Member

i would like to welcome u also. im wagon, i live in iowa, it nice to meet you!! and keep on truckin!!wagon

DanaBanana · Senior Member

Hiya Carol....so glad you joined us. Welcome!!! I'm Dana and I'm a grateful alcoholic. Congrats on your sobriety and see ya on the boards!

hugs,

Dana

Quetzal · MIP Old Timer

Hiya Wagon,

What a wonderful lot of welcome messages I am receiving. I cannot believe what a wonderful bunch of folk are here! Thank you for your kind welcome, too.

It's good to meet you, too, Wagon. And, I'll keep truckin!!

Take care,

Carol

Quetzal · MIP Old Timer

Hi Dana,

Thanks for taking the time to reply to me. It means a lot. I cannot get over the warmth of the welcomes that I have received today. It has been truly staggering.

It was good to read that you are a grateful alcoholic. When I first started with AA, I was very resentful of the fact that I was an alcoholic. But, I am so truly grateful today for all that AA is helping me to achieve. Now, I, too, am a grateful alcoholic.

Congrats on your sobriety and you take care,

Carol

DanaBanana · Senior Member

Hi again, Carol...

Yah...gratefulness...it's a toughy. I didn't understand it and most certainly didn't feel it when I first came into the Program. Infact, anytime someone introduced themselves as a "Grateful Alcoholic" I wanted to spit at them! LOL I would think to myself they were totally and completely full of SHIT!

But today, I get it. Today I feel it. Today I know it for myself....this gratitude for my Alcoholism.

Glad you're here, hun!

hugs,

Dana

LisaF · Senior Member

Hi Carol! I'm new here too, just joined a few days ago, I'm pretty new to AA too, just started going a week ago. 3 days sober right now. Anyway, good to meet you, congrats on your 7 months! That's encouragement to me, seeing how long everyone's gone without alcohol! Hope to get to know you better!

Lisa

Dori · Veteran Member

Hi,

I am so glad you are here and glad for you working the steps they are esential in ourhealing and getting well

dori

Quetzal · MIP Old Timer

Hi Dana,

I had to laugh at how you used to handle grateful alcoholics because you described me. I couldn't see how anybody could be grateful. I just couldn't get it. It wasn't as if when I left school I said that I wanted to be an alcoholic!

But, thankfully, life is changing for me. Sure, I get good and bad days, but even the bad days are better than the drunken 'good days' that I used to have. I don't always see it at the time, but I'm learning.

Have a great day,

Carol

Quetzal · MIP Old Timer

Hi Dori,

This is just one great place to be. I am so pleased that I found the Forum as I have never 'met' such a friendly group of folk.

I have always been determined to work the steps and to do my level best. I want the very best sobriety that I can organise for myself.

Thanks for your welcome - it was good to get.

Take care,

Carol

Quetzal · MIP Old Timer

Hi Lisa,

Thanks for posting to me as you did. That was really good to get.

Congratulations on 3 days sober!!! You must be feeling pretty proud of yourself at the moment. I remember the early days so well. I'm so glad that you are going to AA meetings. They really do work for me and I now enjoy going to them. When I first started, I went because I knew that AA worked and I wanted to stop drinking, but I couldn't see myself ever enjoying them. But, now they are great.

Keep going to meetings and take everything one day at a time. Then, you'll find that it does get better. It really does. (I used to hate it when folks said that to me. I just couldn't see it. But, they were right).

Have a great and sober day.

Take care,

Carol