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How to clean a clogged drain?
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Better not go there yourself, I had such an experience - and I realized that in the end I only made it worse. And now I know that you should always rely on people who understand this. If you want to get a quality result - contact industrial plumbing . There will be no more problems for you. I really want peopl...
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How does French drainage work?
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See here https://www.pomwaterproofing.ca/french-drain/ - this is how pipes are installed and grooves break through so that water can freely pass through natural filters, which are also made by hand - this is gravel, sand, and fine-grained earth. Everything works very well together, so you can d...
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The Original 1930'S "HOW IT WORKS"
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This is the original manuscript of How It Works. You'll find some of the wording very interesting. HOW IT WORKS Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our directions. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program,...
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Entertainment
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What Canadian casinos can you advise me on?
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"Where in the world......"? (Share your stories of finding AA in far-flung or unexpected places!)
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Hi all! The recent thread about Uzbekistan has prompted me to start this thread about sharing our stories of finding AA in remote places while traveling, or perhaps our surprising encounters with stumbling across a meeting unexpectedly. Some of us shared a few of these stories over in the Uzbekista...
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Step 11 - Meditation Revealed
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Ok, down and dirty, let's stop talking about Meditation and DO some!!!! Go here to download Step 11.1 and a Guided Meditation example, both FREE! https://www.dropbox.com/sh/x975u3rkl57oqnk/AABUuy8-GCpGHGPx1DE0ZsLOa?dl=0And please let me know how it works for you!! My email address is in...
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I think my server lied about a non-alcoholic drink
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Last night I think my server lied about putting alcohol in a drink. I went to dinner with a friend. I am four years sober and she knows it. She gets migraines so she drinks rarely. Both of us only had water. At the end of the meal the server brought two drinks, both in cocktail glasses, saying, "My special...
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New Entertainment
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God kveld, i dag vil jeg anbefale deg de 10 beste casinoene: beste casinoer på nett. Velg et offisielt kasino med ekte penger, les reglene nøye før du registrerer deg, få en velkomstbonus og gjør et innskudd. Ikke glem å dele din mening med andre lesere. Ansvarlighet og kontroll over midler er avgjøre...
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Gaming platforms
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https://slotsmegacasino.com/en-ca/minimal-deposit-casinos
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Banning a person from a group
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I've read previous post but nothing that hits this exactly. We have a person that claims to have many, many years of sobriety that includes years of alcohol and drug use. This person has been seen drinking and has offered drugs to people in and outside of the meeting room. Person has actually opened...
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esophageal varices
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Anyone ever dealt with this? I fear I might have them.
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Maintenance and Growth
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Maintenance and Growth It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. To the precise extent that we permint these, do we squander the hours that might have been worthwhile. But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritu...
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Entertainment is good
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Hi, where can I have a good time?
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How to do homework faster?
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Struggling with the question of "how to do homework faster"? Then here we have come up with the best solutions for you. Today students have to face a lot of difficulty in doing their homework and this is absolutely true because with the growing ages their burdens of doing homeworks is also increasing...
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Umbrella Group or stand alone meeting?
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What kind of meeting do members here go to, Umbrella Groups or stand alone meetings? For those that are unfamiliar a Umbrella Groups a meeting where a facility is rented and multiple meetings are held there. Sometimes it'll be a room rented at a church where they'll have a meeting every night or more co...
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Big week coming up
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I have ten days off from work and head out tomorrow morning on a 7 day, 2000 mile motorcycle trip with four other guys. I skipped this trip last year because I was about a month into sobriety and all but one of the guys was drinking (he's back to it this year). I've got my daily reflections, 24 hr book, big b...
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Where to Find Organic Chemistry Homework Help?
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Organic chemistry investigates the composition and structure of organic compounds, as well as how to create materials with certain characteristics. Because the subject is so difficult, students face a lot of trouble solving problems. So if youre one of them and have a lot of organic chemistry ho...
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Poking My head in the door
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I have not been here in a very long time, but I am OK and I hope you are all safe and well. It's been so long that I don't remember how long it's been. I had been working at the recovery home when the pandemic hit us all. I did that for a couple more years. In April of 2021, I thought I had retired. But what's that li...
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Big Book Step Study
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Big Book Step Study Meetings I suffered in the rooms of AA for almost 10 years without having had an experience of the Spiritual kind, only had by going through the steps as they are laid out within the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. I found many "Alternate Solutions" that I have come to kn...
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Is a Memorial Meeting as per AA Traditions ?
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I'm a sober AA member from India. Yesterday a group converted its regular AA Open Meeting in to a Memorial Meeting for a member who had passed away a fortnight back. We are told that the group had taken a "group conscience" (may be of "well informed one" variety) before making ann...
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Wedding Picture Slide Show
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[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=ihqhaatglws] Hope you enjoy, looks like a mobster, ganster gathering to me LOL
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Dating Sober
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Dating sober is at the same time the most wonderful experience inamginable and completely terrifying. I'm convinced much of the time I'm going to screw this up eventually incredibly afraid to open up to this woman. I'm fighting desperately my long time tendancy toward codependance On the other h...
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Nephews Wedding
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Hi All, I went to my nephews wedding and had a wonderful time. They had sparkling cider instead of champagne and no one had a drink at all who was there. I found that to be such a blessing and everyone laughed and loved told stories and it was a gorgeous wedding on a gorgeous day!! At the end of the wedding we a...
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Entertainment
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What helps you live and not need anything?
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Been A While
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It's been a while. Still alive, though. I'm retired now, so I don't have any cute stories about work. My home group is back to zoom meetings. we're having pandemic issues again. It is what it is. We either adapt to life on life's terms or we can have our misery refunded to us. On November 30, I celebrated 24...
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Wisdom of the Rooms - (Big Book falling apart)
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March 24, 2014Quote of the Week"A Big Book that's falling apart is usually carried by a person who isn't." I have heard so many times in meetings that the answers to my alcoholism and to the problems in my life are to be found in the Big Book. The question I have to ask myself is how often...
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Dating someone in recovery, please help me understand
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Hi, So I'm really new to this, and I've been talking to this guy for a little over a year now. We finally started to date back on November 7th. Everything was great or so I thought and He was two years sober. I wanted to support him through his recovery, offered to go to meetings with him and whatever he need...
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25/F/Newbie/ready for change
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Hello everyone, My name is Agnes. I still have a bottle of gin which I indulged in today (after telling myself I wouldn't) after a night of throwing up from drinking since noon. I have gone to an outbound group setting at CAMH (here in Toronto) for a while (about a year) which did not help. I probably shou...
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reviving friendships after making amends to them
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Hello Everyone, Last year I made several amends to people and I am wondering if these people actually accepted my apology. The reason I say this, is that after several attempts since then to keep in touch via email, these people have not replied. The amends I made concerned things that took place 35 yea...
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What Conference Approved Literature Means
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What Conference Approved Literature Means I receive questions about this all the time; and people at conferences, Central Offices, and meetings are confronted with the "conference approved" nonsense with great frequency. Any AA can read anything any time anywhere for any purpose....
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I think my brother has ARD. He has no insurance.
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Hey there everyone, First off, I hope all are well and happy. I am not an alcoholic but my brother is. Over these past couple of months he has been showing all signs of ARD. I researched everything and he has all the signs. It's very heart breaking to see a 56 year old man laying on the floor of my parent...
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Dating advice
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I'm sure this has been covered here before. But how and when do you tell someone you're an alcoholic. I finally have ask a woman out!!!! I Don'y hear from the comittee in my head as often as i used to but man they are sounding of on this one. Any advice helpful thanks Bryan
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Cleaning House
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Today I wrote out six ammends as part of my 9th step work. Got very emotional with one of them. My feelings of hurt must go deep it's been 16 yrs since I spoke with them. Peeling another layer of the onion I guess and trimming the dead wood for new growth. I don't want to be the drink or the tornado anymore I act...
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Mind Games
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Hi all, I 34 days in and I reach an all time low day. My partner went to a kids Christmas party and I don't no why I was at work from 8 this morning until 6 got kept back as part of a group bollicking not fun. The incredible overwhelming feeling of anxiety has been terrible all day long. Been home an hour and sti...
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Anonymity at the level of Press, radio and Film.........
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...... I suppose we all know or know of some 'famous' people who are in recovery. I could list several autobiographies which break the anonymity of the author - I suppose it's a case of how and why it's done. One I read, the author made it clear that 'at meetings I'm just an alcoholic called Eric - another...
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Do you believe the Big Book was divinely inspired by a higher power???
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Heard this said before, wondering your thoughts, I believe it was, I mean we know man created it but I believe a HP inspired them on things to write etc...
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Liverpool Meetings
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looking for meetings in and around Liverpool...at present i visit all the anfield meetings, old swan, and town centre...wanting meetings in kirkby, rainhill and any others close to these, can anyone help please?
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MIP Family intergroup...
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Hi Y'all from NZ. When I was in the USA I attend various groups- in AA clubrooms- which are dotted everywhere. I am a member of Alanon and ACA. I qualify for being an AA member, but have never really joined. I am the group rep for my local Alanon group, at the moment- and If I joined Aa, I would be disquali...
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Do you feel connected to nature?
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Greetings, everyone. I am an Adult Child of an Alcoholic, and I am also a masters student studying biology at Miami University. For a research project this semester, I am interested in learning about how individuals with experiences with addiction connect to nature. Please take 5 minutes to fill...
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Meeting attendance verified electronically
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I recently got a DUI and the court made me pay $8 for a phone application that verifies meeting attendance. All our local meetings are supposed to have a code that we scan, but one of the meetings I went to didn't have the code. Does anyone have any thoughts on how I can get credit for that meeting? -- Edite...
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Married tomorrow..
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I know its not SUGGESTED to be in a relationship in the first year however I really believe my higher power directed me to be with her. We click like we have known each other forever and both of us support each other. Our parents get along like best friends and our kids are like brothers. Please dont com...
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Tradition Three, online meetings, and trolls
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Tradition Three: The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. Tough traditions question here. Online AA meetings often have something I had never experienced in face-to-face meetings. Trolls. People who show up to disrupt the meeting, and who may return day after day to haras...
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Don't know if you can play free online casino games? I know a lot of royalty-free myself, it depends on which site, but better than this site I don't know who will tell you about free casino games. The site drbet uk will tell you popular free casino games, free casino games technology, how to play free g...
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What are you doing to stay sober this New Year's Eve?
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I know, for me, the holidays were painful, unsettling, and generally depressing for several years after I got sober. Our tiny AA group here has been struggling the past couple of years. It's always been a tradition for them to host a New Year's Eve party, complete with finger foods, board games, cards...
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Alcohol in restaurant meals
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Hi Last night we were out for dinner, it was a set meal with no choices. At the end of the meal there was some home made chocolate ice-cream and chocolate cake. Half way through eating this I got to thinking what's this made of? Is there alcohol in it? This time I don't think there was, but do you ask in resta...
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Greetings and Salutations! St.PeteDean looking for regulars to check in.
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Hello Fellow Sobrarians, sorry for my absence, been a little busy navigating C-19. Celebrated XXXII in July, everything is good. 6 years cancer free. I spent 30 minutes kicking out the spammers and deleting their posts. getting a little burned out on zuckerburgs place. hopefully I'll be in h...
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Wet Brain
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Hello New to this board, wanted to see what anyone knows about wet brain? Is it very common, how long does it last, does it go away, what are the symptoms etc?
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My sober kitchen re-decorating project
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Done!!!! It has taken me 4 weekends. AARGH!! I love the results though, and my kitchen is much happier now too. I had 3 different kinds of mis-matched wood in there, and it was dark and tiny. hope I have brightened it up a bit. I made the knobs myself out of cermaic that you bake in the oven. Have not put them a...
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winner, losers, and property taxes
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Eastern High was a new team and most of the players were freshman. They were playing Central that day, a team that had already won many prizes, and they had 3 players that were accomplished seniors. It was the first quarter.
One of Eastern's best players was out with an injury. It was the first time tha...
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Recovery Poetry
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