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Today's Gift
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The gift of love means this: I want to share with you whatever I have that is good. --John Powell, S.J. How loving are we, really? Do we keep score when we do favors for a friend, keeping in mind that we're owed one? Do we hoard rather than share a favorite treat, hoping to prolong our own feast? And the good m...
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What my Hp wants
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Last night I was sitting and doing a jigsaw puzzle when a program came over the radio. It was on how to know ifwe're on the right pathway with our life and making the right decisions. One of the points they made was to make sure that we don't want something more than what our Higher Power does for us. That set...
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Enjoying life....
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Being retired and self employed has many benefits for me. Where I work in contract has me meet many travelers who vacation on my island home. I tend the grounds of a hotel and the center point is a inner garden that is beautiful...with bridges and pools and plants and trees and ...me. Today some vis...
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1 yr sobriety question
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Hello Everyone I am a grateful member of alanon, and have a question about the 1 yr sobriety date of a close friend. He and I have known each other for many many years, but came to know each other in recovery this past year as he began working an AA program and I in Alanon. His 1 yr sobriety date is coming up...
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working with a sponsee who doesn't know if she is alcoholic
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Good morning. I'm in a pickle. I have a sponsee who has gotten into a good bit of trouble. (The last, a domestic violence charge from beating on her boyfriend when drunk.) Her problems come with a toxic combination of alcohol and bad relationships. She thinks her problems come more from the men than the...
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Question on seizures
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I've been working out of my apartment and drinking about 3 bottles of wine over the course of each day (for 5 years).. I need to get clean for a new job, am I at risk for seizures or will it just suck?
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Resulted, Irritable and Discontent
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I have spent the whole day irritable and pissed off and I don't even know why. And I don't even know what it's about. Feels pretty jacked up though. Just wanted to get that off my chest.
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"Always Do Sober......" Quote
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"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." Ernest Hemingway I made a lot of promises when I was drunk. Problem is, I cannot remember them all now that I am sober. So I carry alot of guilt around with me for that. Now I still do it for example, telli...
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Friendship Quote
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A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow. William Shakespeare
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Powerless once more?
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"Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power." AA book pg 43. This one line, reaffirmed my powerless...
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Grapevine
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January 10 "The AA message does not carry itself; somebody must carry it."
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I'm Grateful For This Board
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It amazes me that I don't having the cravings for alcohol like I did. I am not going to question it, but enjoy it one day at a time and continue to work the program. I have been sick with the flu and have missed AA meetings. I have been coming to this board more than I usually do and that has helped me this week. I...
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What can we say?
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"Despite all we can say, many who are real alcoholics are not going to believe they are in that class. By every form of self-deception and experimentation, they will try to prove themselves exceptions to the rule, therefore nonalcoholic. If anyone who is showing inability to control his drink...
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Meetings
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I have only been able to go too about 3 meetings a week for the past two weeks due to car problems. My car is up and running thank God. I can go to meetings at night again. It's not safe to walk at night where I live. Now that I'm sober I recognize this when I was drinking I didn't care. You don't know what you hav...
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Grapevine
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January 9 "By revealing our secrets and thereby ridding ourselves of guilt we can actually change our thinking and by altering our thinking we can change ourselves. What we will be tomorrow is determined by what we think today."
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Helping Others Quotation
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Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own. Albert Schweitzer
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Heartbroken in Nebraska
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I got out of the VA treatment program back in the middle of December. I have PTSD along with addiction which is pretty common with all my brothers. The past eight years plus I have been clean and have had no problems. During this time my girls and I have had a wonderful relationship, they are daddy's littl...
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Doctor's opinion.
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In a nutshell this about sums up my alcoholism and the disease itself. Very basic explanation by good Doctor Silkworth, of the problem, the solution and the prescription. The script is given to the apothecary; AA's 12 steps; the medicine for the illness. "Men and women drink essentially becau...
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"Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern."
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Ran into a snag with this quote the other day at a speaker mtg. Long and short, three individuals were talking throughout the mtg (2 guys fighting over the attention of a girl - and her lapping up the attention), thus being disrespectful to the speakers as well as other attendees. Neither the Secreta...
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"I had a firm unshakeable belief -- in disaster"
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"One AA member recalls that, even during the worst of her drinking career, she never lost her faith. "I had a firm, unshakable belief--in disaster." she explains. "Every morning, almost my first conscious thought was "Oh, my God, I wonder what new troubles are going to h...
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I just had to humble myself the second this thought came up.
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My reaction to reading the BB this morning was "ya ya ya I've been through this for years". I only have 5 weeks sober. I'm an a-hole sometimes and that will take me out. I know nothing and will read before I start my day. Anythoughts are nice. I just wanted to tell someone before the day starts...
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Grapevine
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January 8 "If it were not for the 'we' of AA, there would be no 'I'."
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Strength Quote
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Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at t...
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Okay...Next!!
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I've been put on alert. I've been blessed for such a long time and HP wanted to let me know that I'm still human and subject to "humaness".Friday tried to finish a bathroom remodel for a client and thought (lol) I had all my ducks in line and then of course learned "you don't take a duc...
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why do alcoholics lie about unrelated, insignificate things? and don't recognize that you've changed
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how is it that although they are very moody and can't tell the truth, when you ask them anything, they are never at fault, and you are to blame for everything? How do you constructively deal with this and still maintain a decent relationship
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Question
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Hi
Its been a while since Ive posted. Yesterday a male friend called asking if I would help him to give up the grog. He had seen the alanon pampblets I had sent to his wife so he thougbt he could talk to me. Im aware that its not a good thing long term for male/female. Hopefully Ill get him connected with a mal...
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Would Like Your Input on This
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I have developed a friendship with another alcoholic. We along with my SO have had long chats before and after the meetings, gone out for coffee and meals, etc. for a few months now. This person said recently that they became so angry with another person (not an AA'er, but a stranger) that they actuall...
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Checking In
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Happy New Year All. I have been off line for a while. Was away on a boating trip which was very good to get all of my thoughts together. I am on day 79 of my sobriety and have had some days that where harder than others but I am still standing strong. Christmas Day I had 16 family and friends over for the day....
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Sunrise Quote
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"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. - Helen Keller
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Holiday Drinking Warning
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While it's always tempting to over-indulge during the holidays, don't let YOUR picture end up on this holiday warning brochure I picked up at the Humane Society!!! 5 beers 2 glasses of wine 2 bottles of wine - Shared of course too many margaritas 3 Kamikazes 7 rum & cokes 1 large purple h...
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wishing you good fortune
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Just so you know.. I appreciate that you have been in my life !!Wishing you aHappy New Year Some thoughts that are good year round To realize the value of a sister/brother: Ask someone who doesn't have one. To realize the value of ten years: Ask a newly divorced couple. To realize the value of four year...
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Grapevine
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January 7 "Each of us must conform reasonably well to AA's Steps and Traditions, or else we shall go mad or die of alcoholism."
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On my return......
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After 4 months of heavy drinking, after relapsing in AA, I am glad that those old timers had kept those doors open. These are the lessons I had learned. AA's 12 steps is not an individual program, but rather a program for the individual. I cannot work it my way. "At some of these we balked. We though...
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Grapevine
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January 6 "The word powerless ... described my situation with alcohol perfectly and completely. My life was more than unmanageable, it was illegal."
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Wow, but the months do pass...
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So this guy walks into a bar... Just playing...I wouldn't know the end of that joke cuz I wasn't there. In fact, I can't remember the last time I was in one of those but I could certainly describe the front door of the bar that shares a building with the Alano club I sometimes frequent. Imagine t...
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Time for a Joke ... Female Urologist ... 'X'
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An old guy goes to his doctor for his physical and Gets sent to the Urologist as a precaution. When he gets there, he discovers the Urologist is a Very pretty female doctor. The female doctor says,"I'm going to check your Prostate today, but this new procedure is a little ...
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When lying to myself is good.
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Well I am ok with one lie I am telling myself infact it is changing me and becoming the truth. It started after hitting my bottom and pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization seemed like a step up from where I was. I was afraid with no hope I would kill myself. I told myself a simple lie on the day I deci...
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A woman can surely bring a lot of change into my life... with a quickness! LOL
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Won't go into any details, but 2014 started showing itself to be a good year right off the bat. Got a check for work I did almost 2 years ago and had given up on ever getting, got several very good, well paying jobs back to back, bought and sold a car (1998 Cadillac DeVille) and while I didn't make any real m...
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Happy New Year!
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I just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Happy New Year! Thank you all for helping me so much with your words of encouragement, love and support. Had I not found this board, I am sure I would have quit AA, started drinking and be hungover this a.m. after celebrating another New Year's Eve drunk. Happy &...
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SOS but don't have to drink
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As the first day of another New Year starts, I realized that I had all these anticipations and expectations of the first day of the new year. I have let myself down as I am totally exhausted and depressed from something that happened which hurt my feelings and made me feel like a piece of cra*. I haven't...
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Sunrise Quote
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If we dont change we dont grow. It we dont grow we are not really living. Gail Sheehy
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Today's Gift - 1/4
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Later is now. --Roseanne Barr Newcomer I guess I do have some addiction problems, but right now is a terrible time for me. I know you'd like me to be more involved, use the program more, but I need time - there's something else I have to deal with first. I've tried talking about it at meetings, but no one rea...
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Guilt......
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Just got off the phone with my sponsor and I have a lot of guilt today. Guilt for not being with my children, guilt for not being in Oklahoma to help with a house that is falling apart, guilt for the things that I have said to my wife in the past while I was under the influence.........just a lot of guilt. Good...
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almost a year
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This year has had its ups and downs and I am proud to say that January 24 I will have 1 year sober if I continue on the right path! I have been reflecting these past couple days and I was wondering how anyone felt at 11 months sober?
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Today's Gift
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A Year To GrowThis new year can be a time of growth in sobriety. While we have no crystal ball that tells us what luck and fortune the year will bring, we do have a program that gives us the power to make the best of this year, to grow in sobriety. We can make progress in overcoming resentment and selfishness...
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Today's Gift
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I will radiate love and good will to others that I may open a channel for God's love to come to all. --Paramahansa Yogananda Our spiritual well-being is hindered whenever we isolate ourselves, whenever we withhold our care and attention from the group or a friend. During these moments, our self-cent...
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Today's Gift
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You have to sniff out joy, keep your nose to the joy-trail. --Buffy Sainte-MarieNewcomer I heard an old-timer say, "You can be right, or you can be happy." What does that mean? When something is wrong, am I supposed to deny what I can see with my own eyes? Sponsor This program saying is not mea...
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Today's Gift
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Serenity = Reality = Inner peace and strength. --Anonymous Most of us chased an elusive thing called serenity for years. We thought our journeys outside reality brought us peace and serenity. When we returned to reality we found harshness and pain that caused us to run back to using. So it went, day af...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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December 30, 2013 Quote of the Week "When I did my 4th step it felt as if my life was being turned upside down - but it was really being turned right side up." I first heard this saying right when I needed it most - when I was in the middle of my 4th step and I thought I was losing my mind. I remembe...
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Grapevine
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December 31 "Remembering to observe the Traditions of anonymity and nonendorsement, the AA member can carry AA's message into every troubled area of this very troubled world"
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