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Not to worry
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Hello......just want folks to know that I'm not going to be on the board much for a while...gotta pull back a bit from all-things-computer. For me to maintain sobriety, serenity, and a sound spiritual condition on a daily basis I must attend to all the elements that come together to create balance ov...
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Grapevine
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May 3"The rewards of asking for help - increased humility, connection, and trust - are well worth the effort."
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Oil For Your Lamp! ... (for the ladies)
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This is a 2 minute video clip that I can't remember if I posted or not ... check it out if you haven't already ... enjoy! Pappy
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Old habits die hard
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Ive always had this feeling of being 'stuck'. When I'm in bad or unhealthy siuations, I often feel as though there's not much I can do about it. In the past, it has been a source of twisted pride to 'tough it out'. One of my most glaring character defects is feeling the victim of life circumstance. Another...
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Alcoholic Insanity
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I shared this story on the Al-Anon board in response to another members post, and just thought I would share it here... might give ya good chuckle. About 26 years ago, I woke up in the local nut hut, with my head shaved, with what looked like green baby diarrhea all over me. I had been in a black out for tw...
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In a Funk and I hate it!
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I have not been posting or replying to post lately, mainly because I'm in a bad funk. I read some of the stuff here and on a few of the other boards on MIP and I get overwhelmed, like I have nothing to contribute that could possibly help anyone else, and I don't want to dump my "stuff" here when so many others...
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Meeting
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Meeting tonight (5/2) at 9pm eastern. Come join the fellowship and recovery.
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Radio
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Just before on family life radio a man said that our family's health depends on the time we spend with our Higher Power. Food for thought. Tracey
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Repercussions
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I'm not feeling to well today. About 2 days ago I received a call from my daughters counselling office. They hadn't heard from her in a while and were seeing she was still alive. Actually really living!!!!! It didn't hit me at the time I just thought it was casual conversation. Then yesterday a lad...
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12 Step Worksheet
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I found this while I was online looking for material on the 12 steps. I had previous knowledge of an NA step working guide but not one for AA in particular. I'm not sure if they would be considered the same considering both groups work with steps. I uploaded the worksheet for feedback. I wanted somet...
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Grapevine
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May 2"I cannot adequately describe how light I feel since I took the Fifth Step, and how soundly I sleep."
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Could we do a Wednesday night meeting at 9 too?
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Just wondering if anyone would be up for it...
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Making amends for acting stupid?
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One of the worst mornings of my early drinking life was waking up in the basement of a friend's house the night after a party she was hosting while her parents were away for the weekend. I had arrived to the party at around 8pm and immediately began taking shots of vodka and chain smoking cigarettes in the...
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3rd time is the charm
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I'm so glad I found this site. I'm in treatment now(just beginning) and this will help supplement my recovery. I don't have but one meeting around me and I drive quite a way to my treatment center. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all and have an extra place to go. I have been in recovery fo...
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Are we doing a meeting tonight at 9pm?
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Today's Gift 05-01
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I walked across an open field at winter's break as the sun danced on the last few drifts. I imagined my fears would melt one by one as I learned to love myself. --Laurel Lewis Fear is as familiar as our image in a mirror. Although we have resolved many of the fears that bound us to old behavior, our original f...
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Grapevine
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May 1"The actual experience of turning myself inside out for the first time in the presence of an AA member left me drained and numb; but when feeling started to come back, I found that I had changed. For the first time in my AA experience, I could feel the sunshine of God's love on my wounds, and tru...
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It's the little things....
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I woke up this morning happy that it was not yesterday. I had sort of a bad day yesterday. Dentist appointment with a major migraine afterwards...and it lasted all night long! No meeting and no gym!!! So anyhow...I went about my day today returning uniforms to work...picking up my last paycheck...
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Experience
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"Sometimes you're the wind; sometimes you're the bug; sometimes you're the windshield. Experience is what I get when I don't get what I want." -Pocket Sponsor I read this quote recently and it made me think a lot about alcohol and the effect that it has had on my sense of "experience&...
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For Those Who use Text-ing!
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They found his cell phone still in his hand but his head was missing. Texting can be fun but not when driving a car. Drinking and driving can produce the same results!!! ... Let's us stick around a while, okay? ... ... ... Pappy
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I dont know...
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how I could afford to drink...The last while it was borrow from Paul to pay Peter..then it was borrow from Hank to pay Paul....then it was borrow from Tom to pay..Peter.... Jeee sus.... Now that Im sober....theres noone to borrow from.....and its gonna take some lookin up....to get through some days...
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Sponsor Question
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I lost my license for a year. My sponsor is fully aware of this, but today he made a comment that I'm not meeting with him enough. I don't have any way of getting to him and he knows this. He hasn't made any plans to meet me. I'd like to meet with him more and made that clear. Has anyone else experience anyt...
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Grapevine
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April 30 "Every recovery, though it may go unnoticed, improves the world in some way.""
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Today's Gift 04-30
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I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. -- Winston Churchill We are used to learning the hard way. Many of us think we're different and can do things our own way. But then we get in too much trouble or pain. The first A.A. members were just like us. They knew how it was to hate be...
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E.S.H.
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To be honest, I didn't really think I had much experience, strength, or hope to share. I had all 3... But thought I needed more time in sobriety to share it. Around here, and I'm sure elsewhere, there are many schools of thought on newcomers and their place in AA. I'm blessed to be able to attend a variety o...
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Step 4.
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Having eradicated resentment through prayer for tolerance and patience with others, we now look at ourselves. Where am I to blame? I have to now identify my defects of character and list them on paper. The reason for this is to eradicate my faults so I can live in fellowship with other human beings. We a...
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How Do You See Yourself?
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The following is a 3 minute movie clip for your thought and enjoyment ... Comments? -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Monday 29th of April 2013 04:36:11 PM
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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April 29, 2013 Quote of the Week "It's not old behavior if I'm still doing it." It's easy to let go of things that are causing more pain than pleasure. Like when my drinking and using was killing me, I stopped, and even though it was hard at first, I found that being sober really was the easie...
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Misled Individuals - (funny)
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For those misled individuals who moved out of the South ( some would call them idiots, but not me ), and those who haven't been blessed to have the the extreme privilege of living in the South, here is the answer to an old question. What are Grits? Nobody knows. Some folks believe Grits are grown on bu...
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Moving south
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Moving isn't an option for me. Not being a woman isn't either. I'm going to live where it's winter the majority of the time, and I'm going to have PMS for at least 1/4 of the time until I get to go through menopause and have it all the time. So - it's going to take some work on my part - to not go so far down into t...
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God, grant me the serenity...
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The meeting I attend daily is a great mix of people from all walks of life. We have a lot of old timers whom I love to listen to, and learn a lot from. Unfortunately, there seems to be an undercurrent of sexism amounts these guys. They snicker and make comments when women, especially younger women share. T...
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Standing at the start of a very long road.
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I will definitely share my story, as it is quite lengthy, in time. I just wanted to comment on the meeting tonight and how amazing that it is that we have a tool such as online communication to share our experiences. I am feeling so much more confident about starting on this road to recovery than befor...
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Today's Gift 04-29
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Learn to say I am We hear a lot about becoming whole. "Become a complete human being." "Start on the pathway to becoming whole." "You won't find romantic love until you know you're complete." Frankly, these kinds of comments often confused me. But then I decided th...
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BAD HABIT?
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For many years now I haven't felt the need to burden meetings with my personal problems. It has seemed to me that AA is not equipped, nor intended, to advise me on the many issues that life seems to throw up. For example, I just had a problem with my life insurance which I am sure the group could not have hel...
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Perfection
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PerfectionLife is an incredible totality that ranges from good to evil, from beauty to horror, from bliss to agony. One extreme cannot exist without the other. There would be no music if high C were the only note, no art if spectrum red were the only color, no joy in pleasure if pleasure were the only fee...
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Hello It Has Been some time since i posted here
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Hello i have not posted here for some Time ,i started here about 2005 maybe , my other ID was Mikey50 which i could not remeber till now Wen i first started here i was going threw a lot of Physical Problems i could hardly get around, i was home alot this forum was very helpful to me and i am Greatful for that . My...
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just to say hello, new member
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Hi, off booze 5 weeks (again) been relasping on and off since last Sept. Infact i have been relasping for 20 years. Get long periods off the drink, longest 2 years, but since then been 7 months her 2 there. I return because the obsession returns and i fight it for days then give in. The whole thing starts...
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Broke up with my final drinking friend.
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Finally, I had to resort to the big guns, I have a friend that I've complained on these board who always has a way to get under my skin and get me to break my cycle. He usally pushes and pushes me sometimes 5 or 6 calls a day to get me to go out. Some times I can hold him off for a few days but i have always given in. I'...
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Writing a book about your recovery and healing
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I'm wondering how many people in 12-step programs feel the need to write a book about their experiences with recovery as a way of anchoring their recovery, seeing their lives with increased clarity and learning self-acceptance and forgiveness. Have any of you written a book about your recovery or b...
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Today's Gift 04-28
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One cannot have wisdom without living life. --Dorothy McCall Living life means responding, wholly, to our joys and our pitfalls. It means not avoiding the experiences or activities that we fear we can't handle. Only through our survival of them do we come to know who we really are; we come to understa...
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Welcome evoliroc4178
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Welcome to MIP 'evoliroc', ... ... ... glad you found us ... looking forward to your shares ... Pappy
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Today's Gift 04-26
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Reflection for the Day Why do I do what I do? Why did I say what I said? Why on earth did I put off an important responsibility? Questions like these, best asked of myself in a quiet time of meditation, demand honest answers. I may have to think deeply for those answers, going beyond the tempting rationali...
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Today's Gift - I am finally over this!
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: Fear of Giving It is often the fear of rejection that makes us afraid to give of ourselves. The person who is reluctant to share at a meeting may be holding back because of this fear. To share is to reveal who we are and where we are. If we feel inadequate, we do not want to e...
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my story
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Hello! I'm a 32 year old alcoholic. I started drinking at 13. I hung around with a bunch of other kids and we all drank and partied all of the time. I married my High school sweat heart when I was 21. We both were part of the same delinquent group of kids. Around the time we got married I wasn't really drinki...
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Question!!!
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I have a question for John, Dean, PC, Rob, or Bob K ... ... ... Doesn't matter which of you respond ... here goes: I know we have a method here to have private communications between members, using the PM system ... ... ... My question is what if two or more members, at any time, want to just simply chat with...
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Jar full of rocks
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Rocks, Pebbles and Sand A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a large, empty jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2" in diameter. He then asked his students if the jar was full. They all agre...
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Finding the truth in the matter.
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It's not always easy. My alcoholic mind plays tricks on me. My perceptions are distorted. My thinking gets me stinking. But I have you, to remind me that everything will be okay. And it is. Thanks family - Have a great weekend!
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An overwhelming prospect
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My sponser hit me with a very overwhelming idea yesterday- that I need to start sponsering others. Like NOW. Like today start putting myself out there as a potential sponser. I know in the old days, if you had a day sober you should sponser others. Things are different now, and Im blessed to live in an are...
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Grapevine
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April 27 "Serenity and peace of mind are a direct result of accepting our lives as they are at this moment, and all the money in the world cannot purchase this kind of peace." Click to learn more Cornwall, Ontario, January 2005 "From Rags to Riches" Voices of Lon...
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My First Meeting Was Today
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I've tried putting down the bottle on my own and by reading books and online material for some time now. Sometimes, I have managed long periods of sobriety, but always end up slipping back into drinking again. I'll start thinking to myself that I'll just have a glass of wine and relax while I cook dinn...
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