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Checking In
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Happy New Year All. I have been off line for a while. Was away on a boating trip which was very good to get all of my thoughts together. I am on day 79 of my sobriety and have had some days that where harder than others but I am still standing strong. Christmas Day I had 16 family and friends over for the day....
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Sunrise Quote
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"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. - Helen Keller
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Holiday Drinking Warning
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While it's always tempting to over-indulge during the holidays, don't let YOUR picture end up on this holiday warning brochure I picked up at the Humane Society!!! 5 beers 2 glasses of wine 2 bottles of wine - Shared of course too many margaritas 3 Kamikazes 7 rum & cokes 1 large purple h...
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wishing you good fortune
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Just so you know.. I appreciate that you have been in my life !!Wishing you aHappy New Year Some thoughts that are good year round To realize the value of a sister/brother: Ask someone who doesn't have one. To realize the value of ten years: Ask a newly divorced couple. To realize the value of four year...
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Grapevine
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January 7 "Each of us must conform reasonably well to AA's Steps and Traditions, or else we shall go mad or die of alcoholism."
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On my return......
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After 4 months of heavy drinking, after relapsing in AA, I am glad that those old timers had kept those doors open. These are the lessons I had learned. AA's 12 steps is not an individual program, but rather a program for the individual. I cannot work it my way. "At some of these we balked. We though...
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Grapevine
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January 6 "The word powerless ... described my situation with alcohol perfectly and completely. My life was more than unmanageable, it was illegal."
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Wow, but the months do pass...
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So this guy walks into a bar... Just playing...I wouldn't know the end of that joke cuz I wasn't there. In fact, I can't remember the last time I was in one of those but I could certainly describe the front door of the bar that shares a building with the Alano club I sometimes frequent. Imagine t...
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Time for a Joke ... Female Urologist ... 'X'
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An old guy goes to his doctor for his physical and Gets sent to the Urologist as a precaution. When he gets there, he discovers the Urologist is a Very pretty female doctor. The female doctor says,"I'm going to check your Prostate today, but this new procedure is a little ...
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When lying to myself is good.
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Well I am ok with one lie I am telling myself infact it is changing me and becoming the truth. It started after hitting my bottom and pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization seemed like a step up from where I was. I was afraid with no hope I would kill myself. I told myself a simple lie on the day I deci...
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A woman can surely bring a lot of change into my life... with a quickness! LOL
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Won't go into any details, but 2014 started showing itself to be a good year right off the bat. Got a check for work I did almost 2 years ago and had given up on ever getting, got several very good, well paying jobs back to back, bought and sold a car (1998 Cadillac DeVille) and while I didn't make any real m...
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Happy New Year!
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I just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Happy New Year! Thank you all for helping me so much with your words of encouragement, love and support. Had I not found this board, I am sure I would have quit AA, started drinking and be hungover this a.m. after celebrating another New Year's Eve drunk. Happy &...
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SOS but don't have to drink
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As the first day of another New Year starts, I realized that I had all these anticipations and expectations of the first day of the new year. I have let myself down as I am totally exhausted and depressed from something that happened which hurt my feelings and made me feel like a piece of cra*. I haven't...
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Sunrise Quote
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If we dont change we dont grow. It we dont grow we are not really living. Gail Sheehy
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Today's Gift - 1/4
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Later is now. --Roseanne Barr Newcomer I guess I do have some addiction problems, but right now is a terrible time for me. I know you'd like me to be more involved, use the program more, but I need time - there's something else I have to deal with first. I've tried talking about it at meetings, but no one rea...
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Guilt......
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Just got off the phone with my sponsor and I have a lot of guilt today. Guilt for not being with my children, guilt for not being in Oklahoma to help with a house that is falling apart, guilt for the things that I have said to my wife in the past while I was under the influence.........just a lot of guilt. Good...
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almost a year
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This year has had its ups and downs and I am proud to say that January 24 I will have 1 year sober if I continue on the right path! I have been reflecting these past couple days and I was wondering how anyone felt at 11 months sober?
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Today's Gift
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A Year To GrowThis new year can be a time of growth in sobriety. While we have no crystal ball that tells us what luck and fortune the year will bring, we do have a program that gives us the power to make the best of this year, to grow in sobriety. We can make progress in overcoming resentment and selfishness...
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Today's Gift
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I will radiate love and good will to others that I may open a channel for God's love to come to all. --Paramahansa Yogananda Our spiritual well-being is hindered whenever we isolate ourselves, whenever we withhold our care and attention from the group or a friend. During these moments, our self-cent...
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Today's Gift
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You have to sniff out joy, keep your nose to the joy-trail. --Buffy Sainte-MarieNewcomer I heard an old-timer say, "You can be right, or you can be happy." What does that mean? When something is wrong, am I supposed to deny what I can see with my own eyes? Sponsor This program saying is not mea...
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Today's Gift
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Serenity = Reality = Inner peace and strength. --Anonymous Most of us chased an elusive thing called serenity for years. We thought our journeys outside reality brought us peace and serenity. When we returned to reality we found harshness and pain that caused us to run back to using. So it went, day af...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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December 30, 2013 Quote of the Week "When I did my 4th step it felt as if my life was being turned upside down - but it was really being turned right side up." I first heard this saying right when I needed it most - when I was in the middle of my 4th step and I thought I was losing my mind. I remembe...
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Grapevine
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December 31 "Remembering to observe the Traditions of anonymity and nonendorsement, the AA member can carry AA's message into every troubled area of this very troubled world"
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Marajuana Legal in Colorado
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I still cannot get over this. If you are a resident of Colorado you can buy an ounce, if a non-resident you can buy a quarter of an ounce. Isn't this a drug? I have heard shares in meetings where people say they relapsed by smoking pot--not alcohol--and go up and get another white chip in an AA meeting. Very...
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Hope This Prints ... for Tasha
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Sunday, 548 | 8 °FRainChance of Precipitation100% Monday, 611 | 3 °FClearChance of Precipitation0% Tuesday, 722 | 13 °F We get cold too!!! Revised:Sunday, 548 | 8 °FRainChance of Precipitation100% Monday, 611 | 2 °FClearChance of Precipitation0% Tuesday, 722 | 13 °FClearCha...
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Do you read the "Day By Day" book?
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I'm writing a book about the Denver Young People's Group, and the daily meditation book written by some of their members, Day By Day. I would like to include testimonials from people who use Day By Day to support their recoveries. If you're interested in submitting your experience with Day By Day for i...
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Strange Dream
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I think the title I used to do my previous post caused me to remember a dream I had last night.... In my dream there was a baby who needed her diapers changed. I didn't recognize the baby (didn't look like my daughter did when she was a baby) but no one else in the room picked her up to change her, so I did. (Yuck...
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2014 New Year's Resolution
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I kind of blew yesterday...and had a wake up call from another poster which made me realize that I was the one who chose to feel the way I was feeling yesterday, which caused me to feel blahhhh and not use the time my HP gave me wisely. (Except for coming to this board and going to a meeting yesterday as I don'...
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Withdrawal
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Hi, my AH has been drinking for 5+ days, and this is is the worst what I had seen, he does t seem to stop himself, which he could before on about day 4. This is already day 6 and I am sure he got more. he is saying no to go to a doctor, he never did before. He is in the worst shape I ever saw him. I am afraid he is going to...
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Lonliness and the Urge to Drink
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"Thoughts of a drink seem to sneak into our minds much more smoothly and slyly when we are alone. And when we feel lonesome and an urge for a drink strikes, it seems to have special speed and strength." "Such ideas and desires are much less likely to occur when we are with other people, e...
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Bad Boys Bad Boys
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It's a slow night tonight on MIP and I am alone. I hope no one minds another post by me. One of those cop shows just came on and I usually change the channel, but didn't. In this show, they have arrested two people for drinking and driving, there was a fight between a couple--the husband walked in and caug...
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Grapevine
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January 2 "Let it never be said that the spiritual way is a cowardly or escapist approach to life. On the contrary, it requires maximum diligence and persistence to seek divine guidance when all the evidence of our eyes and ears tries to tell us that life is largely physical, intellectual and e...
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Sunrise Quote
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"No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm" - Paul Boese
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Step 1-2-3
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Step one seems easy for me now. Powerless and unmanageable are obvious in my life alcohol has kicked my butt. Step two seemed an easy quick duh step, but the longer I'm sober the more my insanity hits me. Daily I'm realizing how insaine I've been. Even perceptions from the day before are clearing up and m...
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Sunrise Quote ... Happy New Year ... It's good to be Sober!
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"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like its heaven on earth." - William Purkey
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Self Esteem and AA
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I read something which I want to share, but before I do I wanted to share this first..... One of the meetings I attend is one which breaks up into three different meetings depending on the steps being discussed. I have been attending a Beginner's Meeting (Steps 1, 2 and 3)since I first became sober. At fi...
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How Can I Forgive??
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Hi everyone! I can't remember if I've ever posted on this topic before...so, this might be a re-run. I'm posting this because I'm seeing that there are quite a few new folks who are approaching Step Four right now, and nearly all of us have a lot of trouble with getting to a place where we can forgive tho...
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H.A.L.T. (Hungry Angry Lonely Tired) Important Acronym For Alcoholics Especially the Newcomers to AA
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I learned early in AA to be aware of these four things which could lead me to drink. Being aware of these things that are going on can save your life and H.A.L.T. your desire to drink. Are you..... HUNGRY  ANGRY  LONELY  TIRED  The two times during my sobriety when I was...
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I don't like meetings
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They make me very anxious and uncomfortable : not just because I don't want to talk with strangers, although that is A big thing : I am a housewife, have been for at least 4.5 years, and about 5 before that. No, it isn't just that. I can't stand the business: everyone pushed me to get a sponsor,after one...
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Funny - (In my mind, ... I see Tasha and her husband when I read this)
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On a bitterly cold winter morning a husband and wife were listening to the radio during breakfast. They heard the announcer say, "We are going to have 8 to 10 inches of snow today. You must park your car on the even-numbered side of the street, so the Snow plows can get through". So the...
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How was your Christmas?
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Hi everyone, I took a trip to Georgia for Christmas to spend it with my sister and her husband. Watched a few movies on the road, from my tablet on the dashboard. LOL They really put together a really nice dinner for me and my lady friend. Then gave us a really nice surprise... a high end hotel room with a...
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Today's Gift
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Living todayThe beginning of the New Year will often bring back sad memories. This has been the big day for hangovers, coming down, remorse, guilt, and shame. But if we stay with our new purpose - staying clean and staying close to our Higher Power - we don't have to fear the New Year. God has forgiven our...
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Just wanting to die.
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I'm stuck in my disease again and all I want to do is die. The truth is I've been stuck here the whole time, only getting glimpses of what recovery and living actually look and feel like. I've been trying to get sober since May and have yet to make it past the sixty day mark. I got out of inpatient two weeks ago...
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Sunrise Quote
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Sorry folks, (especially to those who looked forward to them) ... my Sunrise Quotes suddenly stopped the day after Christmas I think ... ??? ... I signed up again for the daily, but noth'n ... ... I did come across this short 3 min. movie clip that is beautiful AND inspirational for those of you who lik...
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Exhaustion detox and coffee
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One month on the first. Feeling better but I'm wondering if others were exhausted when first sober? I ran around like a teenager when I was getting loaded now it seems like my body is getting revenge. Coffee helps the mind but my body is still down. Does anyone know how long it takes to repair the body? I sh...
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Timeout for a 'Funny' ... one of the best commercials ever!
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Be sure your 'sound' is up ... and don't miss the end ... (42 sec.)
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happy new years
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Havent checked on for a while glad to see mip is still alive and well. Found this on mr sponsor pants this morning and wanted to share it. DECEMBER 31, 2013 New Year's Eve, 2013 New Year's Eve was never my holiday.It is the evening of unmet expectations -- all fuse, no boom. Amateur night in the ba...
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Today's Gift
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Celebrate: To observe an occasion with appropriate ceremonies of respect, festivity, and rejoicing. --The American Heritage Dictionary New Year's Eve marks the end of one year and the beginning of another. In the old days of our using, we used this day as an excuse to drink, use drugs, and act wild an...
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Crazy Final Basketball Score Southern Univeristy 116 Champion Baptist College 12
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Nothing to do with alcoholism, but I thought maybe some of you basketball fans might be interested in this...I did have to check to see if this was played in Colorado  -- Edited by betterthanyesterday52 on Tuesday 31st of December 2013 09:35:01 AM
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Relationships Quote
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"Having healthy relationships with people means loving them for what they are now, not for what you hope they will be like tomorrow." Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D. One of the biggest faults I have is expecting too much from other people. Not just romantic relationships, but friendships a...
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