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just popping in to say hi
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Just wanted to say hello and I hope everyone had a great day.
I want to stop by at least once every day even if I have nothing to share but a smile.
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Going to really miss this board for a few days.:)
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Wishing each and every one of you a good week and a great weekend, one day at a time.
Taking off again till Monday, and flying to the coast to spend time with my wife. God works, if we LET HIM.
You will all be in my thoughts. With Love Phil
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Tuesday
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I came to the conclusion then that "continual mindfulness". . . must mean, not a sergeant-major-like drilling of thoughts, but a continual readiness to look and readiness to accept whatever came. --Joanna Field
Resistance to the events, the situations, the many people who come into our lives...
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True Brotherhood-april 5th
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We have not once sought to be one in the family, to be a friend among friends, to be a worker among workers, to be a useful member of society. Always we tried to struggle to the top of the heap, or to hide underneath it. This self centered behavior blocked a partnership relation with an...
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Stan's young fella
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Hey Stan,
I dunno why I'm having so much trouble staying in line with your comms, but I have been missing them...sorry, keep finding everything heaps late. You tack some good stuff on the ends of other posts..
Anyway...re: contacting your son
There is obviously lots to weigh up and if you think c...
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Quotes from Meetings
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Quotes from Meetings
"When you have reached the end of all the light that you know, and you must step out into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things will happen: either you will have something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly!"
"I am not guilty; I a...
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Crying for the moon
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This very real feeling of inferiority is magnified by his childish sensitivity and it is this state of affairs which generates in him that insatiable, abnormal craving for self-approval and success in the eyes of the world. Still a child, he cries for the moon. And the moon, it seems, won't hav...
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Monday
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All we are asked to bear we can bear. That is a law of the spiritual life. The only hindrance to the working of this law, as of all benign laws, is fear. --Elizabeth Goudge
There is no problem too difficult to handle with all the help available to us. Let's not be overwhelmed. The program tells us to "Le...
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Hello
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Today was day six for me.
Hello Everyone.
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Progress
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About 6 months ago a couple of ponies came out to our farm. A white one was chosen by my youngest daughter, who desperately wanted a pony. He was old and beautiful and had come from a now defunct petting zoo, so I figured he'd be a good teacher. None of us are horse savvy... I know dogs, and I'm not bad with goa...
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Positively Negative
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A clearer way of looking at things: We can be positive that our drinking was negative.
We drank for happiness and became unhappy. We drank for joy and became miserable. We drank to be outgoing and became self-centred. We drank for sociability and became argumentative. We drank for sophisti...
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Hanuman...
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Thanks for the post with the searchable version of the BB.
How's everything going with you? Miss you when you don't post.
(((Hugs)))
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Welcome Christine
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Ohh Boy!! Another Eskimo!! :)
Im in Ontario bout 2 hrs nw Of Toronto. Used to be a city slicker, but AA caught up to me.
In a small town now, where everbody knows everybodys business, but anythings better than the rat race, of the past.
Good to have you here amongst freinds, as we share...
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Anger
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Q1: What is it? A1:
Anger is an emotional state that varies in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and rage. Q2: How frequently does it occur? A1:
Anger is a completely normal and healthy emotion to feel and to express in a constructive manner. Q3: What may I b...
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Murphys Other Laws
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> > > 1. Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film. > > 2. He who laughs last, thinks slowest. > > 3. A day without sunshine is like, well, night. > > 4. Change is inev...
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Looking For
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Was hoping to find some of my old brothers from the former 5th Chapter MC. I was very involved both nationally and in the Midwest, Particullary looking for Animal in Iowa and Hippy in Tulsa and any others from the Midwest.
God Bless!
John
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RESENTMENT
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Resentment is the number one offender. It distroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick.
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Have a good Saturday guys
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Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. --Step Four of Al Anon
By the time we get to the Fourth of the Twelve Steps, we are ready to face our darker side, the side that prevents us from loving others, from letting others love us, and from enjoying life and ourselves. The purpose o...
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Alcohol Warnings
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Newly issued alcohol warnings
The Toronto Board of Health has proposed that warning signs be placed on all alcohol bottles to tip off drinkers about the possible peril of drinking a pint or two of any alcoholic beverage. 1. WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may cause you to wake up with a breath tha...
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Nic?
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Nic, I'd like to know if this is a common sight down there:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/115765832/121731511qTdfDS
love in recovery,
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NIC
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i really see where you are coming from. i guess that maybe i shouldn't haqve jumped the gun with my comment to stans reply. i may have taken for granted that information and not given respect to the fact that not ALL of us knows that.
i have been thinking about our threads yesterday and slept on it...
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April Fools Day Thoughts
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How important does a person have to be before they are considered >assassinated instead of just murdered? > >If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches? Since bread >is square, then why is sandwich meat round? > >Why do you have to "put your...
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Stress
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A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "how heavy is this glass of water?"
Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it."
"If I hold i...
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Thursday
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Each Day a New Beginning.
Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the cruelest words. --Joyce Brothers
Anger is familiar to us all. We feel it toward others and from others. The expression and acceptance of anger is where we often falter. Most of us were told when we were small g...
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Life moves forward.
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Life moves forward.
The past is past - over - finished. Our job is to move with the flow of the present. We are propelled by what went before, but we do not try to swim against the current of our present lives by regretting or yearning for old times.
Each day of recovery releases us from the pas...
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No defense ?
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Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few rare cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 4...
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Challenge
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Nic has come up with Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy.
Can anyone else come up with a more complicated word associated with getting pissed too much?
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Wednesday
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A.A. Thought for the Day
Before I met A.A., I was very unloving. From the time I went away to school, I paid very little attention to my mother and father. I was on my own and didn't even bother to keep in touch with them. After I got married, I was very unappreciative of my spouse. Many a time I would go out a...
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Nic....
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Hey Nic,
Thanks for all the info, it is very educational. I wish I had known some of it years ago, but I guess it would not have stopped my Alcoholism any sooner.I am so glad that today I don't have to take that first drink, and I can deal with life on lifes terms.I always pass this stuff on to people I know bu...
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Alkie Rats...real rats.. (not Stan, Phil or Nic..)
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"Alcoholic" Rats Treated with Gene Therapy
Study suggests possible treatment for human addictions
By Gabe Romain
Betterhumans Staff
5/7/2004 3:54 PM
Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Brain fix: In previous studies, a gene therapy that cuts alcoholic behav...
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Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy
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Yeah Stan...I've been digesting dictionaries again. Just thought these might be worth posting.
Alcoholic cardiomyopathyhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000174.htmAlternative names Cardiomyopathy - alcoholic
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Alcoholic Neuropathy
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Alcoholic neuropathyhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000714.htmAlternative names Neuropathy - alcoholic; Alcoholic polyneuropathy
Definition Alcoholic neuropathy is a disorder involving decrease...
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Parenting Perspective: Kids of Alkies
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A Parenting Perspective: Children of Alcoholics
How can I help my children?
This is a big concern for many parents. After all, about 7 million children in the U.S. have a parent suffering from alcoholism or a drug dependency. You may know that a family history of alcoholism may put your children a...
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Big Book Online
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This is the link for the Big Book online...
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Suzy/Sheebee
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A New Day
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Each Day a New Beginning.
Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in the person of another. --Ayn Rand
The struggle to love one another may be a daily one for us, and it is made more difficult because we are still stumbling in our attempts at self-love....
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Stans mate
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Allo mate,
Just read your post about your flatmate...
Has triggered some memories for me. When I first got sober Stan, I couldn't have done what you're doing. I separated from society and focussed very much on kids for the first couple of years, because I figured they were safer...and heaps smart...
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Never saw this one before-thought Ide share it:)
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Remember your ABC's
A - Avoid negative sources, people, places, things and habits.
B - Believe in yourself.
C - Consider things from every angle.
D - Don't give up.
E - Enjoy life today; yesterday is gone.
F - Family and friends are hidden treasures. Seek them a...
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Holy Mackeral!! Ellen made it home!! :)
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Happy to see you back here gal. And yes, thanku Amanda. :)
My two brain cells were doing flip flops over this one. hahaha There is a God, and He works through people.
Whatd yu do with those cookies Ellen? Eat em all by yourself?? hehehe
Onward We Go!! Hugs to yu.
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THANK-YOU ALL-PHIL-AMANDA
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I AM BACK!!!!!!!!!!! AMANDAS SUGGESTION WORKED!!!!
THANK-YOU AND I AM SO GRATEFULLY HAPPY. TO HAPPY TO WRITE ANYMORE GONNA E-MAIL TOO.
HAVE A BLESSED DAY AND MORE LATER.....LOVE YOU ALL ELLEN
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To Nic or anyone that can help--from Ellen
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got caught up with family yesterday and really i didn't feel like being aggravated with this board problem. the actual problem is this...(pass this on to nic). i can get on the home page get everything on the home page except for the TECH PROBLEM querry and all message boards. what...
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Balance
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Balance
Seek balance.
Balance emotions with reason.
Combine detachment with doing our part.
Balance giving with receiving.
Alternate work with play, business with personal activities.
Balance tending to our spiritual needs with tending to our other needs.
Juggle responsibil...
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Facts and feelings
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Facts vs Feelings
When ever bad feelings prevail.
Don't let them shadow and take control of your life
or you will end up living that feeling which will cause
you to fail, lead you to resentments, self-pity, remorse,
self-centeredness, giving up and ultimately emotional im...
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it's a holiday
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I am having the same kind of problems I always have on holidays,,, similar to last Christmas,,,, but guess what? I learned a lot since my Christmas 'research' and I am coping much better. I am not drinking. I did cut back and am skipping some of the things I had planned,...
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An Angel says, "Never borrow from the future.
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Help!!!
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Hey Guys? Ellen has been having problems getting onto the board. She can get to the site ok, but not to the board.
Any hot tips I can pass onto her?
If so, can you email me at philipld@sympatico.ca
And I will forward them unto her. Im stumped on this one.
Thanks a bunch.
Ide give out her email addr...
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Have a good Easter Weekend Guys and Gals
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How It Works
Utter confusion, misery and pain,
Humiliation, remorseful, ashamed.
Dreading to face the light of each day,
Not wanting to hear what people would say.
Like, "Where is your power? Where is your pride?"
They don't understand that deep down inside
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Friday
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AFFIRMATIONS - LIVING DAY BY DAY
1. It is a victory, not a failure, to admit that I cannot control my
problems, for then I can turn to a higher power and begin to find
serenity.
2. It is constructive to take an honest look at myself, face the true
feelings and communicate hone...
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The good times and the bad...
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Hey all,
It seems as through I just don't have the time to check in with you guys as much as I would like, or need to. I really get alot out of the posts, miss you all.
Tomorrow will be a sad day as we will be burying another one of our AA members, she was 86 years old and sober for 39 years. Talk about wisdom, s...
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Intoxication Versification
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Big celebration, with much fermentation, produces grand sensation, bright conversation, much fraternization, loud vocalization, great jollification, hot synchopation, and large head inflation. Then comes sly flirtation, with bold invitation, smart molestation, and attempted o...
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