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Today's Gift
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True expressions of love are said to come from a source which lies beneath words and thoughts. --W. Timothy Gallwey Remember when we just knew Grandmother loved us, even if she didn't say anything? Her smile or hug said it all. We can always feel another's love - when it's real. Likewise, the words o...
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Making Step-work Time For Sponsorees
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Hi everyone, One thing that appeals to me about this MIP Forum is the stimulating and thought-provoking discussions that we have here. There is always a lot of good input. With that in mind, I'd like to create some discussion here about making time for those we've agreed to sponsor. While my own spo...
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A very helpful post, on a great site!
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I know the site author Barefoot. Very cool dude. Traveled much on his beloved motorcycle. Lots of time and lots of love.
Many great AA links and posts. One of my favorites. 103 Musts from he Big Book.
http://www.barefootsworld.net/aa103musts.html
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The Wilmington Preamble
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I heard a guy read this in a meeting the other day...I liked it. So I looked it up and thought I'd share it. The Wilmington PreambleWe are gathered here because we are faced with the fact that we are powerless over alcohol and unable to do anything about it without the help of a Power greater than ourselv...
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I discovered something yesterday.. my birthday!
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I posted earlier about Dec 6th being my birthday, well it is! Problem is, I completely missed acknowledging a year! I'm 55, not 54! (Dec 6th 1958) My sister says that during the first year of being separated from my ex, I was so emotionally sick, and didn't do anything that would have created any memo...
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Missing everyone
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Hi everyone, You may or may not have noticed that I've not been around for awhile. My laptop is no longer. Borrowing one temporarily to get some Christmas shopping done. However, I've been procrastinating (lol) over letting go of my hard earned dollars. Would rather catch up on this board and...
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Today's Gift 12/05
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Truth is the daughter of time. --Anonymous When we were drinking or using, sometimes we loved the feeling we had when we were high. Our fear fell away. We could stand in a room and not want to rush for a corner or the door. We felt all-powerful or attractive. And when we crashed later, no matter how bad we fe...
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Today's Gift 12/06
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Hatred is never anything but fear - if you feared no one, you would hate no one. --Hugh Downs On those occasions when we find the bigger person within, we are more generous in spirit toward others. But sometimes we think too much about what is wrong with others and how they ought to change. That is a form of...
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Sunrise Quote 12/07
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Life is made of memorable moments. We must teach ourselves to really live...to love the journey not the destination. Ann Quindlen
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Today's Gift 12/04
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Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory. --Clare Boothe Luce Resentments are guaranteed to hinder our growth. We can never know full happiness when resentment clouds our vision. Why is it so hard for us to "forget" the small injuries of life? We have never been pr...
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Nightmares??? Third step....
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I woke up last night after a bad nightmare. In my dream I was at one of my lowest turning point alcohol related times and I said "I know I did this to myself I am responsible for my drinking and actions". In my dream I started sobbing. Then woke up. This past time in my life was when a huge painful ps...
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Sunrise Quote 12/05
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Behind me is infinite power. Before me is endless possibility. Around me is boundless opportunity. Why should I fear? Stella Stuart
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"Alcoholism is an Equal Opportunity Destroyer"
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Sunrise Quote 12/06
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It doesnt matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going. Brian Tracy
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Today's Gift 12/07
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Pray to God but row to shore. --Proverb There exists a Divine partnership between God and man that is wonderfully depicted in the following story. A young minister was driving through the countryside when he spotted a farmer tilling 40 acres of magnificent farmland. The minister pulled over and ad...
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Butterfinger and Other MIP Newbies Hope To See You Here on MIP
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Would love to hear how you other newbies are doing this Thanksgiving Day. (((((newbies)))))) Have a Happy Thanksgiving. gobble, gobble is so much better than chug, chug.
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Today is my birthday...
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Yes, today is my birthday. Thank you everyone who sent me happy birthday wishes on FB! Wow... 54 yrs old. There was a time in my life that I did not believe I would live past my 30's. Life has had its up's and down's, its good's and bad's, its joy and it's pain's.. but I wouldn't want to trade my life for any one...
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Speaker CD's
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My sponsor gave me a few speaker CD's to listen to which I have really enjoyed on my 40min ride to and from work each day. Does anyone know of any good sources to either buy or download some good ones. One of the CD's was Bill W telling his story on the same day Dr. Bob passed, which I really enjoyed listenin...
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Heard in AA......
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"God works by law. If we jump off a cliff, then gravity will act @9metres/second. It does not matter how we slipped." I dragged my feet for the first 3years with the working of the steps. I would of relapsed because my alcoholism was progressing although I was sober. I did not know what a spiri...
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I quit drinking and smoking so glad to find this place!
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Hello, I'm new again! I grew up in and out of rehabs from 13 on and it took 23 years to get it. I'm 36 and an alcoholic. I suffer from an odd malady of allergy in the body and the soul called alcoholism. I finally looked over my life and realized all major issues were due to my alcohol use. The lonely empty pain a...
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Grapevine
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December 6 "Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want."
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Looking for guidance
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Hi, my name is Nick, 27 years old, and I am new to this website. I am not too sure what to really expect out of signing up on this site, but I figured what's the worse that can happen. I recently received my second DUI this past weekend. I do not believe I have a drinking problem in the sense of always needin...
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Sunrise Quote
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"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."- Maya Angelou
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my partner binge drinks
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Hello i haven't done anything like this before but here goes,i left my partner today he started drinking 3pm Saturday and was still drink this afternoon 48 hrs non stop, he got abusive emotionally says in useless and i was a disaster when i was born, a unfit mother, i gave up everything up a house famil...
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11 days....
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11 days since my last drink. Feeling good but a little disappointed. I could be sitting on five months right now. Why? Just really ticks me off sometimes!! I am still on the good path.....just for today. That's all I can do. Just wanted to get that off my chest.......:)
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Any one heard from GoHawks?
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"Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery:" Pg 59 AA book.
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These are the only words I can say to a newcomer sometimes. How often I had to stop there. Some people tell me: "Is that it?" I say: "Yes, that's it." I heard a friend share last night. He is 11 years sober now. I had spoken to him about 17 years ago. He was upset with me because I suggest...
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no offense intended...
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I mean no harm and do not wish to offend anyone who is non christian, but felt compiled to share this video to help get those who are christian moving into the spirit of the forthcoming holidays.
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Grapevine
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December 5 "Some of us take a long time to 'come to' before we can 'come to believe' that there is any hope for us."
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Getting a Sponsor
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Good morning all. K, here's my dilemma, I am willing to do whatever it takes this time, and I know I have to start by getting a sponsor, my question is who? I have know idea how to pick one, I know it should be someone with good sobriety, a decent amount of time, and definitely someone who has worked (does wor...
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Grapvine
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December 4 "No matter how truthful the words of my message, there could be no deep communication if what I said and did was colored by pride, arrogance, intolerance, resentment, imprudence, or desire for personal acclaim -- even though I was largely unconscious of these attitudes"...
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The Wait......
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Had a wonderful, sober long weekend with the family! Thanksgiving was great and I have a lot to be thankful for. Now to the subject. I firmly believe that my God will not give me any more than i can handle. I have been SEVERELY tested over the last 24 hours! Flight out of Michigan was delayed for almost thre...
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Today's Gift
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To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves. --Virginia Woolf Freedom is a funny thing. In a way, it makes life harder. We are free to do what we want, but every choice makes a difference in our lives. Some choices make us happy, and some bring trouble. We can make good choices. We can control our action...
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Welcome to MIP Chris (FLKeys)
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Welcome Chris, ... Glad you found us ... would love to see you share your ESH with us here .... always nice to have new members here ... Love ya and God Bless, Pappy
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Checking In
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I had been a little out of touch over the last week. I had a week off from work and was busy with family coming down to Florida to visit. Still sober and still working very hard. It was stressful at times but I enjoyed having everyone here to help celebrate my first sober Thanksgiving. I had some moments...
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This program gave me my life, the courage to be myself and the ability to laugh again...
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Hope your moving is going well Pappy - stay with us man...
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Grapevine
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December 3 "Only the sharing of despair can bring us ... illumination."
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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December 2, 2013 Quote of the Week "No is a complete sentence." Having been raised in an alcoholic home, boundaries were something I didn't learn much about. My mother, an untreated Al Anon, scurried about trying to make everything OK, and I learned that the best way to avoid trou...
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Last day I ever "came to"
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Good morning and blessings of this day! On a cold December 2nd,Sunday morning, I came to for the last time in my life. Through God's grace and mercy I lifted my head from the floor of a farmhouse I had been staying at, made the decision to do whatever it took to find recovery after more than 25 years of devas...
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What is Your Favorite Food to Eat on Thanksgiving Day?
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Mine has to be pecan pie. My mom used to make these at Thanksgiving and I haven't had any I like as much. With a big scoop of vanilla ice cream on a slice which has been heated...yummm!
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Unrealistic Expectations
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Today I became frustrated and disappointed in a family member. After considering the circumstances, I realized that my expectations of this person were unrealistic. So now that I figured out why I'm irriated, how do I deal with my feelings? My expectations weren't unrealistic for a "norm...
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Honesty and Acceptance........
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Have not been around in a while and wanted to let you all know how I was doing............. Honestly, last Saturday, I relapsed. As you can imagine, I am very disappointed in myself for being weak and not following the program on that specific day like I had been. On a positive note, my wife appears to be a...
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OMG!
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You guys!!! I just came home from a meeting and you'll never guess who was there!!!!!!!!!! Well - just to let you know - I grew up in a TEEENSY TINY little town here in Wisconsin about 100 miles from where I live now, and where AA is something people scratch their heads at and wonder what the heck happened...
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Grapevine
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December 2 "I sabotage myself if I attach my sobriety to people, places, or things."
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My Happy Mug
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I purchased a mug at a nearby thrift store. It is divided in the middle and so it is really two mugs in one. It is a fairly large size one. On one half it has the word "Happy". You turn it over and on the other half is the word "Crap*y" (rhymes with Happy). When I was drinking, I felt prett...
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I'll show YOU!
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Today is a new day. My HP does not hold grudges. How can I be good to me if I am not a reflection of what I believe my HP is? I have no problems other than the fact that I kept my kids home from school today to end the constant battle of tears in the morning about going... thinking I would 'kill this attitude' with...
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Question About "Who We See Here and What We Hear Here Stays Here"
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How much is too much to share on boards like this and with other AA'ers.? I don't have any friends outside AA, and even if I did, I wouldn't share names of other AA'ers. If something happened to me directly which involved another member at a meeting place either before or after the meeting and bothered m...
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Today's Gift
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There is an end to grief if we have the courage to accept our personal goodness and our ongoing right to happiness.-- Justin LangleyMaking peace with our losses takes time and trust. In the past, we may have acted in ways that were heartbreaking to ourselves and others. But now we have a new choice; we ca...
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Hi!
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Just wanted to pop in and say 'Hi' to my buddies at MIP:) I have received a few messages from people here which are much appreciated. I am still getting used to people wanting me around LOL! It's a relatively new concept to me after years of being the manipulator of getting not so positive attention or inq...
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Love This Book!
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"Be Aware of the Snowball Effect of Your Thinking" "Choose Your Battles Wisely" "Surrender to the Fact That Life Isn't Fair" "Become More Patient" "Learn to Live in the Present Moment" The above are just a few of the names of the chapters in...
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