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Good Morning Gang,

Since we have several newcomers who are posting and checking here I thought it would be nice to post helpful tips. Newcomers feel free to post your own plans on what you are going to do today to stay sober:

First of all, I prayed to God like I do every morning. I thanked him for keeping me sober yesterday and asked Him to help me stay sober today. I am planning on going to a noon meeting and I may go to an evening meeting as well. It has been a hairy month and when I am extra "anything" besides serene, I up my meetings. And posting on this board is helping me stay sober. I will also do some reading from an AA related book as well as from a Joyce Meyer's book. She is a motivational Christian leader/writer and it is hopefully helping me work on my spirituality.

I hope everyone has a great and sober day.



-- Edited by hopefulone on Wednesday 23rd of September 2015 07:54:09 AM

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Good afternoon all. 

For me, I listened to the music that's been helping me this morning.  I gave a plea to the universe to help me through my tenth day of sobriety.  Then I decided to make myself useful and ran some errands for my parents.  Now I'm going to fill up my afternoon and evening with getting some laundry done, a little more organizing and most importantly, taking my dogs out for a good exercise session. :)  I've also found little "mind teaser" games to be helpful when I start to get really antsy.  Either on my phone or a little Nintendo ds I found from years ago. The game Scribblenauts has proven to be a delightful distraction.  It sounds silly, but whatever works, right?

Hope all are well!



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yesterday , my wife and I drove 60m up to a 'resort' seaside town for a uke jam.

had a 'fish & chip' lunch , then did the 1pm meeting. I will do our 'lunchtime meeting'

today . Was inspired yesterday though , "old mate" who is 40y sober rocks up to this

meeting with a friend who was visiting , he Still does 5/6 meetings a week.



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@ 37 I was too young & good looking to be an alkie.

still too young , still got th good looks. still n alkie.



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I'm utilizing the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. That is my 'program of recovery'.

That is what has always worked for me, for many years now, and it is really the ONLY thing that has worked to allow me to live a sober life, contented and grateful for my sobriety, on a daily basis. I tried lots of other ideas, and also tried staying sober based on no particular idea at all, which all ended up with me either drinking again or feeling miserable about being sober, before I got a good AA sponsor who had experience with the steps and took the 12 steps myself and began basing my daily life on the principles of the steps. That changed everything.

I'm also going to an AA meeting, where I benefit from the 'fellowship of AA'. The fellowship with other sober alcoholics is very important for me, but the fellowship alone is not my 'program of recovery'. My 'program of recovery' is the 12 steps.



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I'm not going to take that first drink! ...



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how ironic a post for me...:(

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davep12and12 wrote:

I'm utilizing the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. That is my 'program of recovery'.

That is what has always worked for me, for many years now, and it is really the ONLY thing that has worked to allow me to live a sober life, contented and grateful for my sobriety, on a daily basis. I tried lots of other ideas, and also tried staying sober based on no particular idea at all, which all ended up with me either drinking again or feeling miserable about being sober, before I got a good AA sponsor who had experience with the steps and took the 12 steps myself and began basing my daily life on the principles of the steps. That changed everything.

I'm also going to an AA meeting, where I benefit from the 'fellowship of AA'. The fellowship with other sober alcoholics is very important for me, but the fellowship alone is not my 'program of recovery'. My 'program of recovery' is the 12 steps.


 Fully agreed.



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I start my day with a little prayer asking God what He wants me to do today. Through the day I will ask for inspiration and direction when I run into any problems. If a resentment begins to pop up I ask that He please remove these "stupid thoughts at once" anf He usually does.

My hope today is to get to Ubud, where there are some meetings, and find an alcoholic to work with, if that is God's will. Who knows? He might have other plans for me. But if I get there it will be my first meeting since April 27.

Last night I remembered to thank Him for the great life he has given me and the many blessings that have come my way, and to review the day and my behaviour, to see if there are any amends I need to make.

During today, if I make a mistake and upset someone, I will admit my wrong immediately and make amends if needed. Experience has shown this practice to be a real life saver.

For me the daily routine is about staying spritually fit. I don't think about drinking or not drinking. He removed that problem. My job now is to try and use His gift in the way I think He would have me. By doing that, the drink problem seems to stay away.

When I was new I had a spell where I was staying sober by sheer determination, very much hanging on one day at a time, sometimes one hour at a time. But that was a temporary state of affairs. I never could sustain sobriety for any length of time in that way. When I began living the program I realised it was possible to stay sober "for good and all" by living one day at a time as suggested in step eleven.



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What a great post Fyne Spirit .... ... ... I try to follow the routine you just laid out in just the same way ... When I do, I feel so much better and have no problems with 'the drink' ... and I want to thank others that don't follow these simple actions, for showing me what can happen when this routine is not in place ...

Good post brother and I hope your travels are fulfilling your dream ... especially when you are placed in a position to help someone else ... God Speed Mike ...


Love ya and God Bless,
Pappy



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