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I contacted a former sponsor tonight
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After hearing your opinions regarding e-sponsorship not being the same as the face to face kind I decided to take your advice and see if maybe I could reconnect with someone I already know and who I'm comfortable with and who I trust. She was a wonderful sponsor and did everything in her power to help me b...
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Today's Gift
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Reflection for the Day Now that I know I can't use bottled courage, I seek and pray for 24-hour courage to change the things I can. Obviously, this isn't the kind of courage that will make me a strong and brave person for life, able to handle any and all situations courageously. Rather, what I need is a per...
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Welcome Sue Soaring Sun
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Welcome to MIP SSS, ... glad you found us ... please share your ESH with us ... can't wait Love ya and God Bless, Pappy
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Would you keep coming back if you didn't have to?
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If you were somehow cured tomorrow and knew for certain that you'd never touch alcohol again would you be finished with AA or would you continue to come to meeting and share and sponsor?
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Sorry, I meant to post this last month!!!
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A bald man with a wooden leg gets invited to a Halloween Party. He doesn't know what costume to wear to hide his head and his leg, So he writes to a costume company to explain his problem. A few days later he received a parcel with the following note: Dear Sir, Please find enclosed a pirate's outfit. The sp...
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Thanksgiving Day Plans...what are you doing if you care to share
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I am not sure what I am going to be doing this Thanksgiving. I usually get a ham or turkey and bake it. I am too late to get a turkey because it needs some "thaw time". Just fixed a ham stew yesterday with the rest of the ham I had leftover and frozen since last Easter. (Had a slight tinge of freezer...
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Turkey Day Fun !!!
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Okay, this might have been me a long time ago: ... (most of you have seen me post this before, this is for the newbies ... ...) I'm passing this on because it worked for me today. A Dr. on TV said to have inner peace we should always finish things we start & we all could use more calm in our lives. I looked...
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REAL Dark Birthday Meeting...
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Tonight was birthday night at my home group. I was recruited to be one of the chair persons. (In Houston, we have 2 people chair the meeting:one does the topic and the other makes announcements,etc.. I did the latter.) We had folks celebrating 2 years, 6 years, 22 years, and 25 years. There was also one w...
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Sunrise Quote --- Happy Thanksgiving!
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"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, What! You too? I thought I was the only one!"- C.S. Lewis
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Alcohol Free Vanilla Flavoring for Your Thanksgiving Recipes
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I have been very conscientious about not using any ingredients which contain alcohol since being sober. In recipes containing vanilla, I have been leaving that out. I had the vanilla with alcohol, and had been scared to use it (I did throw it away). I have heard different stories about whethe...
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Today's Gift --- DON'T miss this one !!!
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Oh Boy, ... did this one hit home for me ... I used to get 'down' with all the things (problems) that popped up out of nowhere ... newly sober, they almost consumed me, I allowed them to make me a very negative person ... today, with a few years sober AND living the AA principles, I have come to realize just ho...
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Today's Gift
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Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you. --Madeline Bridges Sometimes we feel lazy or bored, and then we don't do our best work. Perhaps we are daydreaming instead of listening closely to what a friend is trying to tell us. When we are not really paying attention to our activ...
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I am Grateful More Than Ever This Thanksgiving ....
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I never had all that many friends. The longer and more I drank, the less friends I had and the less I wanted. I was content with alcohol being my only friend. But the alcohol turned into my biggest enemy..... At first I was scared to walk into an AA meeting. I had tried it a few times and I never made it p...
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One drink for one million dollars
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Very early on the question arose "Would you take one drink for one million dollars?". At that time, I said a quiet 'no'. I had found something that no price tag could buy. It was a miraculous day. It was the day I was sure of what I wanted, what I desired, what I believed and my faith almost so...
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Lazy days with loved ones
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This year is the first time in a very long time I have used most of my vacation. I have almost 7 weeks to take. I have take from the 20th of Nov and Dec off to the ends of those months! Lots of wife time, family time. it is quite cold and dreary outside. It is warm inside. I am getting out the Christmas decor...
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Odd AA meeting last night
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Someone brought up Jesus, another one got upset and "shared" (to put it mildly) of his displeasure. A couple of people in front of me kept talking during shares and it was very distracting. Still another one told me and another member to Get the He** out of his way in a loud voice when we were ta...
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Today's Gift
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I would be honest, for there are those who trust me. --Howard Arnold Walter Some of those around us seem to see only the good in us. They trust and respect us, even when we ourselves may not feel we deserve it. A young girl once talked about her grandfather. She said, "He was the only person in my life...
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Sunrise Quote
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"When you stop comparing what is right here and now with what you wish were, you can begin to enjoy what is."- Cheri Huber
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Grapevine
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November 26 "I was amazed at the things I was grateful for: those painful situations that served to show me my character defects; the ability to accept and share my pain with others; the opportunities to do things I was afraid to do which gave me strength and confidence."
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Dealing with loss through alcohol.
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I lost my Dad in April. He was my best friend in the whole world. he was the only constant I have ever known. I miss him more and more each day. I use alcohol to numb the pain, but it now is getting to the point where it is interfering with my everyday life. I love my wife and 2 small boys more than everything. Not...
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Just Look Up
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THE BUZZARD If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner.The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, it will...
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Hmmmmm Pumpkin bars
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I never let myself eat sweets when I was drinking - I wanted to save the calories for the alcoholic stuff I have been enjoying some PRETTY SWEET treats this past couple years, and especially since I always despised the taste of my prior calories - alcohol - EW it was soooooooo yucky! I HATED beer and har...
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Hi
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Hi everyone. I am confused about whether I belong in AA or not, and I am hoping for some inspiration or guidance. Last weekend I got blackout drunk and have done the tired old shame spiral, terrible conversation with husband, massive paranoia, etc. bit. This is all very familiar to me, as I've been cyc...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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November 25, 2013 Quote of the Week "We didn't get here because we sangtoo loud in church." It's amazing how self-righteous we alcoholics can sometimes be. Before recovery many of us acted in destructive, demoralizing and often illegal ways, many times hurting ourse...
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Grapevine
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November 25 "I ask the newcomer to help me wash the coffeepot, or put chairs away, because service was, and still is, my key to belonging."
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Today's Gift
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When I hear somebody sigh "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, compared to what?--Sydney J. HarrisWe've probably heard all the negative quotations about life. There was also probably a time when we believed them all. Based on the state of our lives at the time, it was probably no surp...
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Sunrise Quote
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"Joy seems to me a step beyond happiness; happiness is a sort of atmosphere you can live in sometimes when you're lucky. Joy is a light that fills you with hope and faith and love."- Adela Rogers
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Daily Reflections 11/25/13
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A POWERFUL TRADITION In the years before the publication of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous," we had no name. . .by a narrow majority the verdict was for naming our book "The Way Out." . . .One of our early lone members. . . found exactly twelve books already titled "The Way O...
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I'm going to try hypnosis
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Why not? What have I got to lose? Maybe it will help me not be so high-strung. Maybe it will help me get closer to the "psychic change" everyone is always talking about. Who knows, maybe it'll work splendidly and remove all desire to drink. I'll keep you posted.
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It's Okay to Cry....
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When I was a child, I was told "don't cry" a lot of times. Someone hurt my feelings, fights with my siblings..."don't cry!" or "shut up!". I heard this more from my dad than my mom. I learned to bottle up my emotions because I learned not only would I have to deal with th...
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Donation/Contribution Sign is Lite Again
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Hi Everyone, I literally hate having to post this stuff but each year our bills come due again for the MIP site. The domain name registration, the web hosting, message boards, etc, cost money. If you can make a donation that will help offset some of the expense it would be gratefully appreciated. T...
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I didn't realize how much I lied when drinking
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My mouth was never ending fountain "little white lies" about where I was going, what I was doing, who I was doing it with. I feel a lot of shame about it now but at the time it felt so normal. In my mind if want to go on a bender you concoct a story about a business trip and go stay in a seedy hotel for a f...
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Sunrise Quote
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"Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty...they merely move it from their faces into their hearts."- Martin Buxbaum
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hello MIP!!
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Hi everyone! my name is sarah Phillips and I'm from laguna beach. I think I may have a drug and alcohol problem so my dad says that AA might be good for me. I just got my 2'nd DUI, and it happened to be (litteraly!) the 3'rd time i wrecked a car! I'm sure he can afford another one, but he's not going to just fix it...
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Today's Gift
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We will sabotage ourselves if we don't believe we deserve success. Maybe we could try a different approach - stop torturing ourselves for the things we have done wrong and then try forgiveness instead. We can make amends by doing service work a way of keeping that self-sabotaging guilt at bay. Somet...
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Need advice on drinking and quitting
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Hi members, I need help with drinking but I don't know (or want to admit) I'm an alcoholic. I was born and raised in an alcoholic family. I started drinking 30 plus years ago when I was a teenager. I drink during the week (3-4 beers a day although I may drink more and get pretty hammered). On the weekends it s...
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Trying to find someone!
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Hello everyone! Im trying to find a person and the only way I can think of I have left is here. Its my uncle im looking for, who used to have something to do with the spike hostel in liverpool aswell as AA membership. His name is Terry but I dont want to put his surname. My search has led me here, but im not even...
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Keira Noelle
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Hello and blessings of this day....My 24 year old had her 2nd child yesterday,,Keira Noelle....WE are so blessed and excited.My daughter just got out of ICU today as last minute complications but is fine and home maybe tomorrow ,Saturday..Her sister Jaelyn Amyiah(on my lap here), Already calls he...
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Sunrise Quote
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"Within you there is stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at anytime and be yourself."- Hermann Hesse
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Been having fun...son's birthday gift.
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Hi everyone! Just wanted to share what I've been having fun doing in the last few days. Our youngest son turns 21 this coming week, and since he's a totally badass guitarist, I thought I'd get him something guitar/ music related. I'd been thinking about it for weeks. Wanted to come up with somethin...
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Please....
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Refrain from excessive cursing, name calling, etc. We all get upset and are prone to that at times. Me included. Kumbaya folks. LOL.
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Hello...
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...beautiful souls :) I hope you're having a wonderful day and glad you popped on to MIP this morning to join the quest to be a proud member of our human family! My favorite lady from my home group - Lois - always says "I'm glad you're all here, I'm glad I'm here and WANT to be here". That last p...
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Joke for BTY ... (Humor is a large part of my Recovery!)
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Okay BTY, ... Let's see if I can remember this baby ... here goes: There was this older woman who lived near a zoo ... One day she went out to the street to get her mail ... As she was returning from the mailbox, she looked up and noticed there was a big Gorilla on the roof of her house ... So she went in the house...
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Frustrated...
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Hello All. This may be a venting post but interested in your thoughts. So my wife has been pretty supportive of me and my recovery but I can see signs that it is starting to ware on her. She is diagnosed Bi-Polar which has its own set of challenges and used to be one of my excuses for drinking. She is star...
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Today's Gift
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With Laughter O God, as the day returns and brings us the silly Rounds of irritating duties, help me perform Them with laughter and a kind face. Let cheerfulness overflow in my work; Give me joy during my business all this day; Bring me to my resting bed tired and content And grant me the gift of sleep. --...
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Welcome to MIP Chrisha ...
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Welcome Chrisha ... glad you came to join us in celebrating life here without the need for drugs and alcohol ... I just know you'll be a great addition here ... Love ya and God Bless, Pappy P.s. ... Congrats on 13 years ... Happy Birthday! -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Saturday 23rd of November 20...
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New here!
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I have been a functioning alcoholic for about 4 years now. I get so drunk that I damage my home by stumbling around and smashing into things. Then I have enormous guilt about what I did when I was drunk. Then I drink to get rid of guilt. I am really going to try to not drink tonight. My family deserves a b...
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Today's Gift
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How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter? --Woody Allen If our introduction to religion and God was filled with threats of punishment and hell it would make perfect sense for us not to want to believe in something so scary. Even though we m...
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Graepvine
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November 22 "For all its usual destructiveness, we have found that fear can be the starting point for better things. Fear can be a stepping-stone to prudence and to a decent respect for others. It can point the path to justice, as well as to hate. And the more we have of respect and justice, the mor...
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Don't Eat The Fly
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I watched the Everyone Loves Raymond show tonight where Robert, (Raymond's brother) is dating a girl who eats a fly. Robert doesn't believe it when Raymond tells him until he goes in her bedroom and sees frogs in an aquarium, stuffed frogs on her bed and frog posters on her wall. The girlfriend catc...
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