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A tough lesson
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I know that I cannot keep somebody else sober. I know it intellectually, but it hadn't stopped me from trying. I think that I have been extremely blessed in my sobriety. Before I even stepped foot in a meeting, or read the BB, or even really knew what alcoholism was, I knew I would stop drinking. My last ni...
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Today's Gift 05-13
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"God, grant me the serenity. . ." The Serenity Prayer has the potential of changing our lives concretely. The hardest part is remembering to rely on it. What the prayer offers is an opportunity to quiet our minds long enough to sense what our Higher Power wishes for us. In the stillness, we'...
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really tired today. Just need to tell anyone
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i feel pretty fked right this second. I havent had a drink and I dont want a drink. But I am feeling really anxious, bordering on anxiety attack and I am just so exhausted emotionally sad, distraught, and i feel very alone. my husband has recently gone abroad for work, and it will be for a very long time. I...
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How we treat ourselves when we are out there
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Today a woman at a meeting shared that her daughter in law had died from choking on her own vomit. I have been thinking about how little regard I had for my own safety. We treated ourselves so badly when we were out there! I know I did: unexplained bruises and scratches and burns, a tumble down a metal stair...
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Just a good funny....
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Just watched this and it made me smile so I thought I would share it here...
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Grapevine
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May 13 "When I can identify my own shortcomings in another, the battleground between us is removed."
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Doing other things alcoholically
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I had a couple of cigarettes with a friend yesterday and I haven't smoked in six years! I'm feeling alcoholic shame and guilt. So weird and not a good feeling. I didn't even really enjoy the smokes so I won't be repeating it but I don't like this feeling.
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Today's Gift 05-12
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Reflection for the Day There is no advantage, no profit and certainly no growth when I deceive myself merely to escape the consequences of my own mistakes. When I realize this, I know I'll be making progress. "We must be true inside, true to ourselves, before we can know a truth that is outside us,...
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On a lighter note
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True story (well it is an honest programme) I got sober in Callen Park Psychiatric hospital in Sydney Australia 1986. about a year later , the patients of ward 3 & 5 - ward 3 & 5 was the Drug & Alcohol related Brain damage wards , ward 4 was th tuff nuts , ward 6 Korsikoffs. Well these bloke start...
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Happy Mother's Day
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This is for all the Mothers out there, or if you had a Mother ... enjoy:http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/heart-of-a-mother/?cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_-FR-_-05.10.13-_-HOAMmovie&j=129570&e
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1st f2f meeting
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Well I went to a f2f meeting tonight for the first time. Not sure when or if I can make it back again but at least I went. One fellow said something that struck me. He said putting grog, people etc aside the problem is me. It comes back to me.
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Today's Gift 05-11
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Real friends are those who, when you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel that you've done a permanent job. --Erwin T. Randall What kind of friends do we have? Are they people who complain a lot? Are they people who laugh at us or put others down? The kind of people we want to be will decide what kind of fri...
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90 Day Sober
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Dear MIP, 90 days ago I woke up feeling deep regret and sickness. I'm not sure what made this particular day any more miserable than every other day I had woken up feeling the same (read: the past 10 years), but I finally came to terms with the fact that I was totally powerless over alcohol and I was a prison...
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MIPBB Study: The Doctor's Opinion
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http://anonpress.org/bb/docsopin.htmWE OF Alcoholics Anonymous believe that the reader will be interested in the medical estimate of the plan of recovery described in this book. Convincing testimony must surely come from medical men who have had experience with the sufferings of our members...
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Sobriety is more than about just not drinking.
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I personally believe I have to be sober physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. So there are exercises that I attempt to practice on a daily basis. The disease is 3 fold; an allergy of the body, an obsession of the mind and a malady of the spirit. Just not drinking takes care of the allergy. I...
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back to the bar agian..
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So i've been doing really good with my soberity. There is only one problem, i'm finding myself bored out of my skull at night. And sundays , sometimes I litterly watch paint dry :) A little background on myself i'm 29 years old, single guy, and I work from home, I'm an online seller and I have a few clients...
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On the Road Again!
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Hey Family, ... My youngest, the one in the wheelchair, underwent major back surgery last week in Nashville ... couple days ago, he was try to get his socks on and pulled his leg up close to him and 'snapped' the big bone in his leg, the one from the hip, right in to ... broke it clean at an angle ... now, in a...
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A basic gratitude list
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I have been feeling profoundly grateful as of late. I'm not sure why, but a lot of the inner turmoil that is usually my constant companion seems to have settled a tad as of late. Just a quick list of reasons off the top of my head. 1) I'm sober 2) my HP is always with me- He's my buddy 3) I'm not a TOTAL bitch all t...
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Maturity
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Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction. Maturity is patience. It is the willingness to pass up immediate pleasure in favor of the long-term gain. Maturity is perseverance, the ability to sweat out a project or a situation in spite of heavy op...
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MIPBB Study: Bill's Story
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http://anonpress.org/bb/Page_1.htmThe first time I read this story...I didn't really get a lot out of it. I was in rehab still defogging...And as someone mentioned before...It seemed like a novel about a guy in the 1930's who had nothing in common with me. I've heard this from other AA members as we...
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Today's Gift 05-10
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My relationship with nature and plants is almost like religion with me. --Monty Cralley Feeling connected to something outside of ourselves is important to our perception of life. And being alive assures us of many new situations. Maybe it's a move to a smaller residence or our recovery from the dea...
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The fog lifting
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It seems every time I think "ah-ha! The fog has lifted!" something happens to remind me that it is still a bit foggy. As a prime example- I have a love\hate relationship with one particular meeting. It's the first meeting I went to... And is known for being a bit rough. I walked into this meeti...
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meeting tonight
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I'll chair a meeting tonight if anyone wants to join me.
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Grapevine
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May 9 "It's not the wonderful people I've met from throughout these great lands who have helped keep me sober most of the time, but those wonderful people sitting around the table in my hometown who loved me when I could not love, who waited for me to quit lying, who tolerated me when I would b...
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Today's Gift 05-09
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If we see only ourselves, it's a very lonely world.We can learn the difference between taking care of ourselves positively and being so negatively self-centered that we are forced into solitary confinement, where we dry up for lack of genuine interchange. We should know who we are. But we should als...
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Looking in the mirror
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I had an unusual moment a couple of days ago that helped me understand that I am making good progress in my recovery. Basically, when I was drinking I had a really difficult time looking at myself in the mirror. That might sound weird, but it's true. When I was drunk I hated seeing my eyes because they look...
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Conquer Yourself.
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For some reason, I have been trying lately to figure out how I would fix all the problems of the world if somehow I was made King Of The World. Why? I don't know--I have been having trouble sleeping lately and I find if I put my mind to work on something difficult, I fall asleep faster. Anyhoo, I have actuall...
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Humor Time!!!
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I have had a 'relapse' of CEAS!!!!! Camera Equipment Acquisition Syndrome!!!! I have been socking away $$ for a new lens and am almost there!!! *doing the Happy dance*
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UNDERSTANDING POWERLESSNESS
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Recent experience with a fellow AA member reminds me just what it means to be powerless. It means to have no power, no choice, no option. Powerless over alcohol means I have no choice of my own, whether I drink, whether I control the amount, or whether I don't drink, it's all beyond my power. Lack of power...
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Our beliefs...
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God is mentioned often in AA. But 'who' do we believe in? 'God' is our HP. Our Higher Power. What our Higher Power is does not matter, as long as we trust. As has been mentioned, Religion does not have a place in AA. Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Pagan or whatever. I will be honest and say I am a Pag...
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Today's Gift 05-08
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. . .we may surprise ourselves by discovering a treasure.Not all secrets are bad. Some secrets are more like unspoken, unacknowledged mysteries than sinister destructive forces. We may quietly know what it is like to be a man or a woman in an intimate relationship, but we may never have told anyone in...
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Grapevine
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May 8 "Only mutual trust can be the foundation for great love -- each of us for the other, and all of us for God."
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online meeting tonight
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Hello - Hubby is working late - I GET TO do the bedtime routine and baths... so I will not be able to chair a meeting : ( Sorry - maybe next wednesday!
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Today's Gift 05-07
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Often happiness calls but we are too busy to answer. --Ellen H. In the pursuit of happiness many people are too busy to find that which they seek. Frequently the happiness we so passionately desire is found in little events that are but whispered. If we don't pay attention, we miss them. There can be hap...
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9 Months...
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My wife and I planted lettuce today. I cannot remember a time when I just was a human being and not a human doing. We lost track of time playing the dirt. The only thing that mattered was the moment. I have nine months sober and I could cry because I am so damn happy. My higher power has blessed me more th...
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Today's Gift 05-06
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. --Joseph AddisonHaving someone to bestow our love on - a child, friend, or lover, perhaps a pet - will provide us with a time each day for intimacy, a time for sharing affection, a time, wh...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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May 6, 2013 Quote of the Week "If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy." Gratitude lists have been an important tool in my spiritual tool kit for a long time. Whenever I feel the old self-pity creep back in, I get out a piece of paper, number it from on...
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Grapevine
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May 7 "It is our experience as alcoholics that makes us of unique value ... We can approach sufferers as no one else can."
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I miss Frodo
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The Joys and blessings of recovery a day at a time!
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A blessed family period with my son Michael on left(46) from Tejas for a week,my daughter Sarah(25) and my other son Eric(27)in from New York for 22 days..My other daughter Michelle(47) coulndn't make it from Tejas...God has truly blessed our family and has reunited all after years of devastation...
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Faith in God.
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20 years ago, I was fired from my job. I had done nothing to warrant my dismissal. As I left the office I prayed: "Lord, you have changed my direction. Please let know what your will is for me." I suddenly was faced with a very large financial burden, which humanly speaking were impossible to s...
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MIPBB Study: Foreward
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http://anonpress.org/bb/foreword.htm There is quite a bit loaded into these few paragraphs. I like how they how they start right off the bat that this is a "We" program. We, OF Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeles...
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The Arrow
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Bob K
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2 programs in sync
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Sometimes my husband and I are both 'on' and we have such a wonderful go of it. Other times, one or the other is 'off' and I'm not even going to talk about the days we're both off! Yesterday, we went out for our anniversary, and it was a joy. We were both 'on' during the day in regards to working our program....
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Time for a laugh!
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An atheist was seated next to a little girl on an airplane and he turned to her and said "Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger." The little girl who had just started to read her book replied to the total stranger, "What do you wa...
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A note to myself
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Hello, its saturday night, I missed the meeting tonight for someone reason I fell asleep at 830 after making myself too big of a dinner and just woke up now at almost midnight. (i might be getting old) I've been sober for awhile now , two or three weeks, I don't count, i have it written down somewhere. bu...
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mandm
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P.M.S. ( no, it's not what you think boys...)
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A friend of mine called it this- a term I hadn't heard yet. What 'it' is? A strange, anxious, bewildered, exhausted 'WOW'... Like what the F just happened within the past year? And before that? Being in the position of looking for a job in a new arena is also adding to this. What am I qualified to do? What ca...
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Ping JerryF Headed for Hawaii tomorrow
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Hey Jerry, I'm headed your way tomorrow, albeit Maui. I know one of your friends must have a helicopter. Cruise over and pick me up. The rest of you's Behave! -- Edited by StPeteDean on Friday 3rd of M...
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Help?
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I drank again. I met hy husband of 25 years, soon to be. 05.07 in AA. He started drinking before I did. I do not blame him. I used his drinking as an excuse to drink. After all, he is my Husband and he is so I can. Please.
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PhotoPhreak
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Col and I
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Col and I have become good friends over the last few months ... recently we got to gether to share a hug ... she insisted on giving me a kiss, ... ... ... I wasn't ready for that!!!
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Pythonpappy
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