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"What Other People Think About Me Is None of My Business"
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I love this quote. I never heard it until I started in AA. Now, if I can only remember it when I need to.... Being a people pleaser a lot of my life, it really bothers me when I am not liked by everybody and their dog, cat, mouse in the house, potted plant. I notice that if I am going through a down funk (well, mos...
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Reading
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You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours) Thought for the Day To the extent that I fail in my responsibilities, A.A. fails. To the extent that I succeed, A.A. succeeds. Every failure of mine will set back A.A. work to that extent. Every success of mine will put A.A. ahead...
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More evidence that I am not unique and never was - not terminally anyway lol
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It Ain't All About Me
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This is one of the first things I remember hearing when I got into AA that "it is not all about me." (Well, after "One day at a time", and "Don't drink", of course). I have realized that this has been one of my biggest problems getting over myself. I catch myself severa...
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Thanks to the Grace of God, and the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, it's been 36 years since my last drink. Thank you all!
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Anyone else struggling over Christmas and New Year?
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Hi all, I am new here and really struggling with the new year and christmas. There is drink everywhere plus family struggles to deal with. I am really trying hard not to drink and staying at home with my parents at the moment which is very claustraphobic and my Mum is constantly angry with me about my drin...
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Face to Face or Online?
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Which do you feel is best for you? i like face to face I think. Forum discussions feel like a coffee shop chat. Kinda like the meeting after the meeting. There is a bit more of the Take what you like and leave the rest here. Not just on shares but your actual program of sobriety. I think that works for som...
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Spontaneous Conversation With My Son...
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Hi to all, I just wanted to share what's on my mind right now. My 21 year old son is home from college for the holidays, and he sat down across the table from me the other night and started talking. He started telling me how thankful he is for how I raised him, and all the knowledge and understanding I've pa...
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My son back in jail... and "Porter Potty Paul" in detox
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Hi everyone,Just throwing this out there, into the four winds tonight. I got a call this afternoon from my son, from jail. As some of you already know, this time last year (the same week before Christmas), I bailed him out of jail and he jumped the bond and ran three days later. I had to go through the pr...
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Frustrated this morning...............
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Some of you who have been following my posts have known that I have moved on a temporary basis to Michigan to live with my family. I have connected with a local group, found a sponsor that has just been a God send, and for me life is good........and sober!!! What I am struggling with is that my wife and child...
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Is the big book really outdated?
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http://www.aastudy.org/_articles/Is_the_BB_really_antiquated.pdf very short aarticle a pretty good site!
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Have You Ever Thought Of This?
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One day a long time ago, this thought came to me out of the blue. Have you ever thought about this? If you wanted to get in to see the President of the United States and tell him your troubles, express your feelings, or just talk with him, it's not very likely that you'd ever get to see him personally. And,...
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Quote
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"Mountains viewed from a distance seem unscalable, but they can be climbed, and the way to begin is to take the first upward step. From that moment the mountains are less high. The slopes seem to level off as we near them." Anonymous
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Anything is better than drinking at this point!
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I had too much coffee. I guess the body is healing a bit, coffee is keeping me up, I am no longer exhausted. I found a hobby I like I can do at night. Jewelry making seems like I'm good at it. My car is down so I'm walking to a meeting tomorrow and Monday I'll get it towed into the mechanics before walking to a noo...
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This is the day
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This is the day I came crashing down and called myself an alcoholic for the first time ever. I came to you folks here at MIP and I was totally clueless. You guided me through that 3 month slippery start and loved me through to sobriety and recovery. This day is more special to me than my sobriety date, an...
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Found in My Mailbag!
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At last, here is something non-controversial, non-partisan,just something to lift up your spirits. Ever have one of those days, When something seems a bit "off" But you just can't put your finger on it... Or it seems like all the people around youare grouchy and just w...
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Today's Gift
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Over the years, my brothers and sisters have brought out the best and the worst in me.--Sam FriendIt sometimes seems that our parents love our brothers and sisters more than they love us. Being jealous of a brother or sister is often a confusing kind of jealousy. One minute we hate them and the next we lo...
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Driving Tip
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This has nothing to do with alcoholism and I hope it is okay to post it. Just read a news article about a woman who was killed in a car wreak on New Year's Eve. Her father is a fight fighter and pulled her out not knowing it was his daughter at the time he was trying to save her. In all my driving years I have never...
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I need to just switch off and chill down
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I know I haven't been a regular on here of late.
Indulge me. I find I can write stuff on here and as I write stuff gets reorganised and right sized. It hrlps me prepare for talking to others both within and outwith the fellowship.
I have had far too much going on the past couple months.
House renovations...
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Merry Christmas - Happy Holidays
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Excitement! Anticipation!!
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two grand kids are old enough to be excited about Christmas morning! And are they ever! Oh the excitement!! They will read with mommy, my daughter, in a bed sheet tent draped over a few kitchen chairs and off to bed. What does this have to do with AA? Everything! I got sober to live. This is living! C...
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Merry Christmas Everyone! Would Love to Hear How My MIP Family is Celebrating Today
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Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I am going to do some more baking for the meeting today as well as neighbors. Always told myself I was going to bake some goodies for neighbors in the past, but with the drinking, never followed through on it. Yesterday, after I got my bee...
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Grapevine
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December 27 "Service made me feel useful. Twelfth Step work taught me to accept my past."
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Thank you
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I hit bottom last month. Almost one month sober. First Christmas in a while I'm not Waisted. It's tough but I will get through. I had to hide and cry for a while but that's ok too. Im 25 lbs heavier than last year the one thing I had was being skinny in a heavy family it made me feel good about myself. They know I...
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Holiday Blues Blahs and Humbugs
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I have been somewhat of a Scrooge this year and am in a bit of a funk. First time that I can remember that I didn't send my daughter and mom their holiday "money" gifts yet. It's not that I didn't have it, although it wouldn't be as much as I usually send, I had something, but just didn't. Thin...
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Today's Gift
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Fear No More I will not fear those who have hurt me, For You have given me power. I shall sleep without nightmares; You have given me peace. I shall awaken with a clear and rested mind; You have given me clarity. I shall start my day happy, joyous, and free; You have given me my recovery; You have given me a ne...
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Grapevine
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December 26 "I heard my future told around the tables at my home group."
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Sunrise Quote
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Look at everything as though you are seeing it for the first time, with eyes of a child, fresh with wonder. Joseph Cornell
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Excited about the new year.......
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To make a long story short, I have relocated to Michigan to focus soley on my recovery for a while. After two meetings at new club house, I have already found a new sponsor, made some good contacts, and for once am enjoying my sobriety! Things are looking up!!!!!
Wife does not know yet, but I feel we need...
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Today's Gift
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The feeling of belonging is a gift.The feeling of belonging - knowing that we have a place - is one of the most important gifts that two partners can give to each other. When we agree to commit ourselves to a partnership, we give each other the key to our daily lives. We allow our mate to be there with us in a w...
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Sunrise Quote 12/20
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has courage to lose sight of the shore. André Gide
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From Hawaii
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Mele Kalikimaka e Hauoli Makahiki Ho...translation? Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Pass it on.
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Merry Christmas Eve
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The kids got to open these up today...
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Today's Gift
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To him, it was not the gift that mattered, but the giver. --Walter de La Mare In our material world today, we often get off track. We forget that what we really need in our lives is love and close friendships. It's too easy to take our relationships for granted. It's also too easy to take our sobriety for gr...
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Sunrise Quote
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Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests. LUKE 2:13-14
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A Power Greater Than Ourselves & Tolerance for Others Right to Choose Their Own HP
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Christmas is tomorrow and I was just curious about this.... Most of the AA meetings I attend are held in churches. We say at least one of the following and a lot of times two of these at each of the meetings I have attended: "The Lord's Prayer", "The Third Step Prayer" and "The...
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Don't drink and go to meetings!
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Sone interesting observations othis is saying. Some stays regarding chips given out and AA success rates. http://www.aastudy.org/_articles/Don't_Drink_&_Go_To_Meetings.pdf
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Christmas Down Under
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To All at MIP , a Happy , SAFE & Sober Christmas & Prosperous New Year To those who don't celebrate Christmas , enjoy Your day & all the best to you as well.
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Have a Good Christmas!!
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Twenty five years ago today.........
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Twenty five years ago today, I dragged my butt into a AA holiday marathon at a local AA club, scared and badly shaken by a mercifully brief relapse that happened after spending several months on the fringes of AA and trying to stay sober on my own - mostly by just showing up in meetings and hanging out with...
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Reflections......
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As I look back on this year, so many things have happened. Some for the good, and some for the very bad!! At the beginning of the year, I lost someone who was very dear to me. She showed me the kind of person that I really did want to spend the rest of my life with. Unfortunately, we were both 'sick' people at th...
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Grapevine
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December 24 "Experience has taught us that simplicity is basic in preservation of our personal sobriety and helping those in need."
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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December 23, 2013 Quote of the Week "It's progress not perfection,we are not saints." I had some friends over the other night for dinner and we started talking about road rage. We each had a story to tell about how we had participated in an escalating episode of honking, c...
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Today's Gift
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How we treat other people comes back to us always. Offering others understanding and compassion changes how we perceive the world around us on a daily basis. Our acts of love inspire love from others. What we send out to the people who share our path changes, ever so subtly, the complexion of each life...
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Sunrise Quote
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If we continually practice filling our minds with thoughts of faith, hope and gratitude, it will eventually crowd out our fears. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
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Want to go for a Helicopter Ride ???
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Want a good laugh, watch this... The ride is over before it begins, however, the facial expression of the passengers is quite memorable... http://www.youtube.com/embed/bAYrcu5_Pko?rel=0 -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Tuesday 24th of December 2013 03:45:11 PM
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The Back Nine
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This is just an interesting email I got recently and thought I'd pass it on ...!!! *_THE BACK NINE_* *I FIRST STARTED READING THIS EMAIL & WAS READING FAST UNTIL I REACHED THE THIRD SENTENCE. I STOPPED AND STARTED OVER READING SLOWER AND THINKING ABOUT EVERY WORD. THIS EMAIL IS VERY THOUGHT PRO...
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24 years ago today....
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I surrendered to the process of recovery and started this amazing journey. Thank you for trudging the road of happy destiny with me. John
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What do we stick with?
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I heard that we should stick with winners. The ones with a long time sober that are working the program. Seems simple enough. It was what I was told. it makes me wonder why we have so many threads discussing simple things in the big book like they are a complex equation. We are not talking about the qua...
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Giving up - letting go
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I had all but given up on selling our house - and for the last showing I didn't even put in much effort at all - I had already let go. I reported here that we had no luck and began the acceptance process and continued to seek God's will for my life through prayer. Then a great offer from that last couple came th...
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