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Take a Break for a little Humor
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I used to watch his show as a kid ... he had many faces, all of them funny ... and yes, he was known for his good clean humor, like Jack Benny and others ... Red Skelton's RecipesFor those of you old enough to remember Red Skelton, I think you will enjoy this e-mail. For those of you not old enough you will se...
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lacking focus
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I'm not RID nor suffering from any HALT. I'm not craving or worried. I'm not obsessing.
I just can't focus. I have work to do and a house to pack and I'm buggering about on the mobile writing posts.
Of course. Slightly distracted because girlfriend came home two days ago after nearly a month away. (Go s...
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FRODO:DO NOT READ THIS POST.
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Dammit Frodo, I told you not to read this...
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A Want and a Need.
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I remember one time someone saying A.A. is a want, not a need. Speaking for myself, though, I have to admit that yeah, I really need this fellowship. I have no problem with it. Weakness? Okay. It's what's keeping me from drink numero uno. I live in a world where any excuse to drink is out there. I'll bet th...
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Thought for the day
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Thursday, July 18, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Time to Get Angry It's about time you got angry - yes, that angry. Anger can be such a potent, frightening emotion. It can also be a feeling that guides us to important decisions, sometimes decisions difficult to make. It ca...
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Started Packing again!
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Got the important stuff safely packed already - the guitars. Other than that I have 3 weeks to pack the house up ready to move on the 7th August. Fortunately I kept all the packing boxes - but let's hope that I don't have to use them all. Spare bedroom is packed now - but then all that was in there was a bed and 4...
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AAADD, oh no, I think I have it ... ... ... for Q
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OH NO,No, No, No, No ..... I think I have this AAADD .... It's like someone was following me around all day and writin' this stuff down ... OH MY!!!!! .... Lord help me! AAADD KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ! Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder Somehow I feel better even t...
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Grapevine
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July 18 "Though my sobriety had come easy, the growing up business hadn't. Both emotional and spiritual growth have always been mighty difficult for me."
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Today's Gift 07-18
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Enjoying the Good Days Good feelings can become a habitual part of our life. There is absolutely no virtue in the unnecessary suffering many of us have felt for much of our life. We don't have to allow others to make us miserable, and we don't have to make ourselves miserable. A good day does not have to b...
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The 6 pack
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Yep. Went to the store for cigs and a beverage and what did I see? A 6 pack of the jolly old harmful. Thought about purchasing it. Can't. It wouldn't be enough, I'd have to wobble back for another. That wouldn't be enough, I'd have to stagger back for another. A case isn't enough. A thirty pack isn't enough...
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New ...bad relapse
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Mother's Day was terrible. I thought I've changed, that my family would notice. They didn't. It doesn't seem worth the fight sometime. No one will love me back even though I've tried to reconcile with them the things I've done in the past, trying to over come what others did to me. They see still pun...
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Today's Gift 07-17
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Inches make champions. -- Vince Lombardi What's the difference between success and failure? Ideal conditions? Half again as much effort? Twice the talent? Ten times "the breaks"? Or is it simply that some people have what it takes and some people don't? Vince Lombardi, the football co...
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Thought for the day
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Love, in Words and Actions Many of us have confused notions about what it means to be loved and cared about. Many of us were loved and cared for by people who had discrepancies between what they said and did. We may have had a m...
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Old friendships, visiting each other families.
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Took a nap at 6pm.....not a good thing for sleeping the night through, so here goes some writing. Hung out with my friend who I've known since he was three and his brother. We are 48, his brother is 54. We went to see their father, who they had just put in a home that specializes in dementia/Alzheimer's...
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Today's Gift
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013You are reading from the book Today's Gift Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by. Carl Sandburg There is a song that says joy is like the rain. It comes across our windowpane and then goes away again. When joy comes knocking at our window we can reach out a...
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Turn the season upside down
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Somethings not right. Life has abandoned me. the world smells different today. the food doesn't taste the same. The video games are no longer fun. The sun saps my energy. The world is a corpse. The living dead. an echo of what once was. I have moved on. We have moved on. Sometimes when I hear those old son...
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Beginning today
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Beginning today I will no longer worry about yesterday. It is in the past and the past will never change. Only I can change by choosing to do so. Beginning today I will no longer worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will always be there, waiting for me to make the most of it. But I cannot make the most of tomorrow...
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Bad News for Beer Drinkers!
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Glad I don't have to worry about this today!!! Bad Buzz: Mosquitoes Love to Bite Beer DrinkersFiled under DISEASE, HEALTH, RESEARCH Roughly 20 percent of people are more frequent meal tickets for mosquitoes than the rest of the population, and Smithsonian Magazine set out to investigate:...
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RIP Finn Hudson
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Seems Ironic (in a very sad way) that the guy who was playing the "all american kid" from Glee - Cory Monteith was found dead of an apparent drug overdose at age 31. Such a horrible epidemic.
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Today's Gift 07-16
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Inertia is a powerful force. So is compulsive behavior. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results," writer Earnie Larsen has said for years. I think it goes one step further. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over because we can't find the butt...
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Grapevine
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July 16 "In the years that lie just ahead Alcoholics Anonymous faces a supreme test - the great ordeal of its own prosperity and success. I think it will prove the greatest trial of all. Can we but weather that, the waves of time and circumstance may beat upon us in vain."
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A beer drinkers logic
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DIALOGUE BETWEEN A LADY INTERVIEWER WITH A MALE BEER DRINKER: Lady Interviewer: Do you drink every day? Man: Yes. Lady Interviewer: How much a day? Man: Around 3 six-packs starting at noon. Lady Interviewer: How much does a 6-pack cost? Man: Roughly $10.00 at a deli. Lady Interviewer: And how long h...
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Craziness
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Well my wife finally went off the deep end with her mental illness and tried to kill herself and also assaulted me again. My kids are currently away. She has completely lost it with her bipolar this time. I'm left with no choice but to file a restraining order and to seek full custody of the kids. I wish thi...
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Suppose!
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"Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, 'Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,' but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead." -James 2:15-17We...
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A Memo From God
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"Good Morning, I am God. Today I will be handling all of your problems. Please remember that I do not need your help." "If the devil happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, DO NOT attempt to resolve it. Kindly put it in the SFJTD (something for Jesus to do) box. It wil...
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Grapevine
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July 15 "I opened the door and walked into the warmth, the laughter, the acceptance, and the love that is AA. No one asked me who I was or what I wanted; no one asked me how much money I had or what I did for a living; no one asked me where I did my drinking or what my sexual preferences were. The smiling ma...
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Feeling Good
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I just wanted to say thanks for being here for me today - but especially over the past week and a half or so. I can never fall too far, there is always you to catch me, and wow - that feels GOOD!
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Today's Gift 07-15
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Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves, without any insistence that they satisfy you.--Dr. Wayne Dyer It's generally a struggle to let a child develop a new skill, particularly if it's not one we share or appreciate. It's even more dif...
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Group Conscience
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I can no longer work a regular job due to my physical health deteriorating. In fact, and this will be the last time I share this on the site, my doctor believes I'll be graduating and completing my thirteenth step some time in the next two to three years. In the meantime, my higher power has convinced me...
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Thought for the day
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Sunday, July 14, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go We Are Lovable Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay. Codependent No More Do you ever find yourself thinking: How could anyone possibly love me? For many of us,...
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my new house
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Apparently eagle's nest has been used before for a mountain retreat by a chap in Germany who ended up not so popular in the forties.
Let's have a game...rename bill's house.
I came up with ego's rest
My work colleagues came up with biker grove (there's an area in Newcastle called byker which led to a k...
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Joke
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FREE PENCIL SHARPENER FROM THE IRSThe IRS has announced that they will give a free pencilsharpener to all taxpayers who pay their taxes on time this year. It can be placed onyour desk as a constant reminder of the "public service" theyprovide to you each year.One picture is worth a t...
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Joke #3
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"Woman stops gator attack with a small Beretta pistol."This is a story of self-control and marksmanship by a brave, cool-headed woman with a small pistol against a fierce predator. What is the smallest caliber that you would trust to protect yourself?A Beretta Jetfire testimonial.He...
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Joke #2
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***TOP TEN INDICATORS THAT YOUR EMPLOYER HAS CHANGED TO THE NEW HEALTH CARE PLAN (Ob-macare):*** (10) Your annual breast exam is done at Hooters. (9) Directions to your doctor's office include "Take a left when you enter the trailer park." (8) The tongue depressors taste faintly of...
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Today's Gift 07-14
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Sometimes, the way is not clear. Our minds get clouded, confused. We aren't certain what our next step should be, what it will look like, what direction we are headed. This is the time to stop, ask for guidance, and rest. That is the time to let go of fear. Wait. Feel the confusion and chaos, and then let i...
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Grapevine
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July 9 "My soul remained a mystery until my Higher Power settled inside me, appearing to me as a very real feeling of love and caring. Kindness slowly took precedence, and I became comfortable with the idea that I didn't need a drink."
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The doctor put me on the Paleo Diet.
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Said my cholesterol was too high. Eat like a caveman, he said. So I'm thinking: we've lots of deer around these parts - I guess I have to wrestle one down with my bare hands, club it to death with a rock, then chew on the bloody corpse. Then I can have some spiders and grass for dessert.
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Bow before your new king.
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Im taking over this discussion board. From now on I want you all to refer to me as "KING" your "YOUR HIGHNESS" Im in charge now.
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A.A sponsorship
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At my group there is a real reluctance to become a sponsor. There are many long term sober members who when asked to become my sponsor , and I really need one , who are very reluctant to do so . Now I know that it is not just an issue with myself, it is an over all issue that seems to be manifest within the group an...
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Respect.
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Please respect this forum. It is a place for the recovery from alcoholism, which in itself is a fatal disease. Let us also keep our sharing to personal experience and refrain from giving advice. -- Edited by gonee on Sunday 14th of July 2013 08:15:17 AM
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Remember that one time...?
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Hi all:) I think I have been very fortunate and blessed to have experienced few cravings for booze- its more the insanity of an alcoholic mind that I struggle with, as opposed to the notion that drinkings a good idea for me. That being said, the cravings I do get seem to come out of nowhere full- force. As m...
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Unfolding the Rosebud
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UNFOLDING THE ROSEBUD It is only a tiny rosebud, A flower of GOD's design; But I cannot unfold the petals With these clumsy hands of mine. The secret of unfolding flowers Is not known to such as I. GOD opens this flower so sweetly, When in my hands they fade and die. If I cannot unfold a rosebud, This flower...
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Law of the garbage truck
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The Law of the Garbage TruckOne day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the oth...
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Welcome!
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To all my new friends on the board. Stay with us, we understand. WELCOME!!!
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Today's Gift 07-10 (Robbie)
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When I read this, I first thought of Robbie's trouble with the AA 'way of doing things' ... I pray he reads this and takes it for the value it holds ... Limited expectations yield only limited results. - Susan Laurson Willig Our thoughts determine our actions, and when our thoughts are negative, ou...
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Choose your own God- What is this? Gregopolis??
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Love the program that has saved my life, but me and a friend who are both of the generic Christian persuasion were kidding around the other night about the ability to "choose your own conception of God". The online game Gregopolis came to mind. The one that advertises, choose your God, buil...
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Grapevine
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July 12 "I sometimes forget to feel gratitude for my sobriety ... This is why I must continue to work with others, to go to meetings, to be of some service to the world around me -- not because these are 'good' things, but rather so that I can once again be stimulated into feelings of gratitude for th...
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Today's Gift 07-13
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Problems are opportunities for stretching our minds. Wringing our hands over circumstances gone awry wastes our energy. In any twenty-four hours we will experience many situations that will evolve according to God's plan, rather than our own. We'd feel our spirits being lifted if we could assume...
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Showing my "stuff" off... an ad I created to gain more work... :)
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Thought for the day - (Let God be a Higher power of your understanding) - this is not a religious program.
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Friday, July 12, 2013You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Letting Go of Fear of Abandonment "Where are you, God? Where did you go?" So many people have gone away. We may have felt so alone so much. In the midst of our struggles and lessons, we may wonder if God has gone away to...
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