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Use this thread to post your sobriety date and any other related stuff like where you got sober, and what group if you like. I got this idea from the NA board, which has 3 pages of replies, most of which are less than a year. Mine is July 25th, 1989. I got sober at the Unity Club in Falls Church, Va. -- Edited...
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Letter To A Woman Alcoholic
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Source: Good Housekeeping, March 1954 A Letter To A Woman Alcoholic Wherever you are, at whatever stage in the long descent, this is for you. It says nothing of shame or scorn or ridicule; it brings only love and understanding. And help If I lived across the street from you and saw you gallantly but hop...
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Looking for Speakers
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Hi Folks, Next month I'll be chairing my home group's weekly, open AA meeting on Zoom, and I'm looking for folks that want to tell their stories. Our format, like many others, starts with some readings, reminding folks of ground rules, then introductions before the meat of the meeting (see what I di...
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MIP Business Board
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The MIP Business board has been set up at https://mipbusiness.activeboard.com MIP Business is a place where members of all the fellowships in Miracles in Progress can be informed and have a say in changes that affect the MIP website pages. This is a place to communicate, discuss, and, when necess...
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Step Work Board Info (Merged)
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Please accept this as your personal invitation to join us at the Miracles In Progress 12 Step Recovery Forums Step Work Board and share with us, your own experience, strength and hope. If you are new to recovery, you can ask questions related to the 12 Steps here, see how others work and apply the step...
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This thread is an archive for members to post their "Story" in a collection in a convenient location for others to read. Please be sure to include the post sobriety portion. Please create an original thread for your story, so that others can reply. After your thread is a few days old, cut...
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Donations needed for web hosting renewal
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Our GoDaddy annual subscription of $187.87 for web hosting is due May 15, 2021. A MIP member has graciously volunteered to collect donations via PayPal and use the funds to pay our bill. Please use PayPal to send donations of any amount to lightning711@yahoo.com For our Sparklit account, which m...
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Website Links To Recovery Based Sites, AA Speaker tapes, etc
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Please use this thread to post (and find) links to sites containing AA literature, step work, or other spiritual material that has helped you. No spam, self promotion, or sites that could be deemed as controversial with regards to the program or specific religious content, thanks. I found this wh...
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MIP Funding Drive
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Reply DeleteKennyFenderjazz Hi everyone the bills to cover the operations of the MIP Boards are again due I have established a pay pal account to receive funds for the Go Daddy bill of: $187.05 and urge all to contribute . Remember a contribution of as little as $5.-- helps. Please note...
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SodaFit: Discover a Smarter Approach to Everyday Weight Management
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Sodafit Maintaining a healthy weight is one of the most common wellness goals for adults today. With busy schedules, changing lifestyles, irregular eating habits, and limited time for physical activity, finding a practical approach to weight management can sometimes feel challenging. Sodafi...
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FREEDOM FROM GUILT Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word "blame" from our speech and thought. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 47 When I become willing to accept my own powerlessness, I begin to realize that blaming myself for all the trouble in my life can be an eg...
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Personality Change
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Personality Change "It has often been said of A.A. that we are interested only in alcoholism. That is not true. We have to get over drinking in order to stay alive. But anyone who knows the alcoholic personality by firsthand contact knows that no true alky ever stops drinking permanently wit...
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AA Speaker tape that deals with unemployment
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Hello Everyone, I have been chronically un/underemployed for years. Can anyone suggest an AA speaker from a speaker tape website that addresses the issue of unemployment, and for me, the side-effects of anger, resentment, giving up hope... BigZen
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AA speaker share: Ben S.
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Pettiness Prayer
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I just read this today. I'd heard it long ago, but forgotten it until now. And look who wrote it! Keep Us From Pettiness ~ Mary Stewart, Queen of ScotsKeep us, O God, from pettiness; let us be large in thought, in word, in deed. Let us be done with faultfinding and leave off self-seeking. May we put away al...
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A New Topic From St. Pete Dean March 22, 2026 Howdy Old Timers!
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It's been about 5 years since I last cleaned up the 1st page of the Time Machine. I'm really hoping to see some of the gang respond to this. It should be fun. ODAT Love to all. Dean
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Got A Favorite "Guy walks into a bar" Joke?
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One good thing came from years of riding a whiskey-saddle at the bar...a fair collection of "guy walks into a bar" jokes. My favorite? A baby seal walks into a bar and the barman asks "what'll it be?" and the baby seal says, "anything but a Canadian Club." Next?
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Irma Livoni - The woman who was kicked out of AA - Tradition Three
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I found this very informative writing while cruising the internet this morning and wanted to share it with the Miracles In Progress family. I believe it will move your heart to understand Tradition 3 in a new light. ************************************** The first woman kicked out of AA This wa...
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The Degrading Social Network Of The Alcoholic
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Disclaimer: This is not my writing but it is interesting and as an Alcoholic I can identify with it. Larry, ------------------- The Degrading Social Network Of The Alcoholic If the alcoholic is not a solitary drinker their social network will gradually degrade because their behavior, moods, an...
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Hi there,I'm just reaching out online for the first time. I'm not particulairly new to the program but I am young (21). This time I've got just about 6 months sober in the program. I live in a remote northern community so at most there's 3 meetings a week. That being said I love the meetings (just wish we co...
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What to do when someone else takes your inventory...Thoughts?
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Had the weirdest experience today of meeting up with an old friend and having them spend some of the time taking MY inventory. I feel like I am centered enough to not become out right angry with the person. I figure this was their first experience in taking inventory and it is easier to explore why someon...
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~As Bill Sees It~
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A New Life Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is the first gift of the first awakening. If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life-- the one that did not wo...
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WHERES THE RULE BOOK....
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I have to share this.. On two occassions now I have made comments at meetings and was told that "perhaps thats something you need to ask before the meeting, questions arent asked here, you should talk to your sponser, you dont put the money in the basket before its passed....Talk to so and so, mayb...
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Is it possible to ban a person from a groups meeting??
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In our group we have three developementally delayed individuals. Two of the three cause few interruptions and are receptive to constructive criticism and are welcomed by our members and visitors alike. A third person has been in and out of our group for years and within the past year his behav...
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'Twas the night before Christmas
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'Twas the night before Christmas, we were all in the club, Enjoying the meeting, instead of the pub; The ashtrays were clean and the coffee was made, The Big Books were out, and all had prayed. When out in the lot, there arose such a clatter, We jumped up from the table to see what was the matter. The Chair w...
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Handling Insecurity
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What is insecurity?
Insecurity is:Feeling of not being ``good enough'' to meet the challenge of a situation you face in life.Sense of helplessness in the face of problems, conflict, or concerns. Belief that one is inadequate or incompetent to handle life's challenges. Fear of being...
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A TA-DA Moment
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A little background first: I am native American. My belief system includes a spirit animal which in my particular case is the mountain lion. My inner child is also personified by a mountain lion - they are the same to me: inner child = spirit animal. So anyway, my wife is driving to work last night in o...
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Pen Pals
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Hi! My name is Allison and I am an alcoholic. I am disabled and online a lot now and would love to have some recovery friends to email with and I also have windows messenger. If you would like to pen pal with me let me know.
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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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Thoughts on my 12 step breakdown article
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Hi Everyone. I hope this is a good place for this. I am an old-school 12 step guy. I have been sober and practicing the steps for over 15 years now. I have taken to a new position where I am providing articles for addiction websites. I just finished one that I would like some feedback on (I am pretty proud of...
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What does this mean? (from The Doctor's Opinion)
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I'll ask my sponsor when I talk to her again but I thought I might be able to get an explanation here tonight or before I talk to her. My assignment right now is reading the Doctor's Opinion and going paragraph by paragraph and writing my feelings on what's said. I got to one paragraph, didn't understand i...
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Abstinence is the leading cause of relapse
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A friend of mine wrote this, and I have seen him post it a few times, I was reading it tonight and I thought I would pass it along, I would post the link but it is a private AA forum, similar to a "closed" meeting, I can provide the link in response to PMs to alcoholics: Abstinence is the leading cau...
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Alcoholic prayer
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ALCOHOLICS PRAYER God bless all the alcoholics wherever they may be Bless those unfortunates who are in most need of sobriety Look upon them with compassion and mercy And lead them onto this wonderful fellowship That they may help themselves as they have helped us And thousands of others Bless those...
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A design for living.
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At our group meeting last night, we were asked to reflect on the year 2011. My sharing was about continued inventory [step10], prayer & meditation to improve my conscious contact with God [ step 11], and working with others [ step 12]. I have done this for 23 years and it works. God has restored me to...
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Communion Wine - a question for those of the Christian Faith
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I would like to know how those alcoholics of the Christian Faith handle Holy Communion? Specifically do you partake of the wine that is supposed to symbolize Christ's Blood? In my early days of sobriety my sponsor informed me that this was an individual choice and that some alcoholics do partake. My...
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The lawyer & the cop.
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Speaker tonight was an ex cop. He spoke of how he arrested this lawyer for drunken driving, during his sober days. The lawyer got sober in AA. Many years later, this cop became an alcoholic & ended up in jail for assault. The lawyer fights the cop's case & 12 steps him into AA. Both are now in AA. La...
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~ As Bill Sees It: Everyday Living ~
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p. 233 The A.A. emphasis on personal inventory is heavy because a great many of us have never really acquired the habit of accurate self-appraisal. Once this healthy practice has become a habit, it will prove so interesting and profitable that the time it takes won't be missed. For these minutes and...
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Water Wisdom
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"When flowing water ... meets with obstacles on its path, a blockage in its journey, it pauses. It increases in volume and strength, filling up in front of the obstacle and eventually spilling past it.... "Do not turn and run, for there is nowhere worthwhile for you to go. Do not attempt to p...
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Sex
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Right this is a tad embarrassing but so be it. Since I stopped drinking I've become obsessed with sex which isn't like me. I've always been take it or leave it when it came to sex but now it's all I can think about. I chase girls with absolutely no shame which I have NEVER done before, and when I get the itch s...
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Sticky Step 9 Amends Problem, What to Do?
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I have a friend Bill working on Step 9 who has a big problem. He owes somebody an amends big time. He thinks he got a married woman pregnant, and she had the child. Bill was trying to get her to leave her husband and she adamantly said no! Tragically, she recently was killed in a car accident. The husba...
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Hi:- I just joined this message board. I'm been sober since 1985. I've sponsored quite a few people, but and not a "guru" and don't "troll" for sponsees. On to the Subject: I'm sponsoring a young man -25 yrs old-who has 16 months of sobiety. He goes to meeting most every day. ...
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When the student Is Ready
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When the Student Is Ready
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Thankfulness from around the world.....
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Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.--Oprah Winfrey Blow, blow, thou winter wind,Thou are not so unkindAs man's ingratitude.--William Shakespeare (As You Like It) Develop an attitude of gratitude,...
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Left Social media and removed all my contacts so I couldn't annoy them. Anyone want to befriend me?
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I'm aware I have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol.I come from a family of drinkers.My FAVOURITE member of my family was my Aunty Sheila. She was swigging vodka whilst being CEO of a major company. (Co-op) When we realised she was an alcoholic, I was 18. I arranged for my family to babysit her and m...
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Just thought it would be nice to hear what you have to say on this topic. 'Twas the topic at my meeting last night. Thanks in advance...
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Merry Christmas Everyone
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My next tattoo
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I've been wanting another tattoo... and I'm going through this thing right now changing my looks, going back to emo style which is what I like most... and my sponsor said not to make any permanent changes to my looks like tattoos until I'm a year sober. So the other night I decided as a 1 year birthday pres...
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