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Getting Old doesn't have to be Depressing!
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I hope this will post okay ... some way-some how you need to view this lady's invocation at a retirement dinner, or what-ever function it was ... she's absolutely great, a real pearl ... you'll love her and I pray it brings a bright spot to your day .... for all those out there that are depressed, feeli...
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Guilt
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Going through another round of the guilts today. Hopefully it will pass soon. Tracey
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Heaven for a Cat
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In my feeble attempt to brighten the spirit of this board or rather the spirit of those who have come here today with all sort of reasons they are unhappy, I'm reprinting another of my 'old jokes' here ... Can ya'll at least 'pretend' to be getting a little chuckle here and there ??? Heaven One day a ca...
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Not Sure, but I think Tasha sent this to me last Fall !!!
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My sweet husband invited me to go hunting with him this year. I Couldn't believe it...the first time ever! I never thought he'd be willing to share his 'guy time' with me. And being the thoughtful man that he is, he even gave me an opening day present. He calls it 'The First Timers Lucky Hat'. I'm so fort...
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It's Snowing!! WTF!
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okay, I whined about the pump on the pressure washer, about the fuel pump on the truck, about my dog needing to go to the vet... not being able to get ahead, that I "Can't get a break".... Well, we have had such good weather here the past two or three weeks that I have busted ass trying to get work lined up, don...
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How does a chairperson ask for temporary sponsors at the end of the meeting?
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I am chairing my home group meeting in Barbados and wanted to ask for temporary sponsors as I heard them say it in the states but do not knohorse say it correctly?
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Has anyone ever tried this?
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Well, I got my period today. DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHH Natasha! You're a psycho the days before your period - time to try something different or keep getting what you're getting... which is pure insanity, and I'm tired of putting you guys through it, and my family and myself. I'm reall...
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Today's Gift 02-16
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. . .the living touch of another human being. When tragedy strikes, we fight to understand why. Something may strike out of nowhere and turn our lives around. We would like to believe that there is some way to explain tragedy. We think that if we could explain it, maybe we could protect ourselves. We won...
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Morning Coffee
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"You are absolutely invited to join me for a cup of coffee this morning." I woke relatively early this morning. Sat up, put feet on the floor, then leaned forward and asked my Higher Power to guide me through this day, and thanked Him for giving me another one. I got off the bed, stumbled into the kitchen...
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Support thread for Pappy and Biker Bill
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Hey guys - I know I'm not the only one who loves you guys - and it's SOOOOOOOO brave and wonderful of you to be newbies all over again in regards to smoking. Seems there isn't a lot of support and love out there for people trying to quit the cigs. I seriously could have benefited from a Smokers Anonymous gr...
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Life on Life's terms...
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A week or so ago my brother passed away from cancer. He fought the good fight and then went into the locker room. Not long after my family and I had dinner and discussed "were we come from" and of course the dynamics and destruction of such diseases including alcoholism and drug addict...
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I understand this picture!!
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Aloha Family...hope yer all fine. Just decide to share a bit of recovery Huh?? whicher all. I have the best business in he world right now and I am blessed in more directions than I can count because it came at me during the economic turn down and the owners of this hotel told me "we think you are r...
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I want it all
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*I want my husband to have a sponsor so he will treat me better and get with the program for me... not for his sake duh! *The in laws that I have been avoiding, now excluded me from an invitation to my neices birthday party. They sent the invite to my husband - they have never done this before - and he never to...
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Today's moment of gratitude
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I have a daughter who will turn 16 in a month. Last night, I came home (at a normal time), made her pancakes for dinner while she kept me company in the kitchen and told me about her day. Then I drove her to a hockey game, ran an errand and waited for her in the parking lot outside the rink and read a book. On t...
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Can't get a break!
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I work and I work hard. Of course this time of year is extremely slow for pressure washing and painting. But I keep putting the word out there and catch a job or two a week, which just allows me to hold on until spring. I even sold my Ford F250 work truck and got a small Nissian truck which saves me a bunch on...
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Sponsee taking my inventory
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Hi. I've just joined this message board because I've got a dilemma I don't feel comfortable bringing up in a meeting. I've been sponsoring "Nellie" for about five months now. Twice in the last two months we've had run-ins caused by things posted on Facebook. (FYI, I have since instruct...
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Great song
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I can't get enough of it at the moment. This would make a great 12 step song. Enjoy Sorry guys I can't seem to work out how to get it to click. I still have trouble working out this darn thing. The song is called Good To Be Alive by Jason Gray. -...
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Eggs Benedict
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Sober holidays
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Just a few weeks ago I didn't know how I would make it through the holidays sober. A few weeks before that I wouldn't have cared. Thank you to everyone for all your support and guidance. I am in gratitude. Love, Chaya
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Today's Gift 02-15
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When all is said and done, willingness is everything. --Frank D. Most of us know very well that recovery doesn't happen, nor is there any positive growth, unless we are first of all willing. Sometimes we get confused over the difference between willing and wanting. We don't have to want, let alone enj...
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Hello MIB... Newbee checking in..
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Hi my name is Chris and I am a Alcoholic and a Addict...... I just found this forum and I am SOOO Glad I did.. I am new to this sobriety thing my date is 1/8/13 and I am currently doing my 90/90... I have a group and a sponser,,,, But still strugerling everyday.... I work nights in the streets of NYC and it is so e...
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Happy Valentines Day!
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Thank you all for the love and recovery you share here XOXOXOXOXOXO -- Edited by justadrunk on Thursday 14th of February 2013 09:41:50 AM
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I'm addicted to coffee
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I was playin it cool - sticking to 2 cups in the morning - then a cup in the afternoon. Then I started sneaking one in around 5pm before heading out to the meeting. Then since I already had one and was gonna be up late - I may as well have one at the meeting too... then the next morning, I figured I had so many ye...
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Thanks For 24 Years
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24 hours at a time. Barisax
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thinking
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"It's not a HUGE mess Mom, it's just a lot of little messes bunched together!" Okay my sweetest 3 yr old - you're right... there isn't a HUGE mess... that is just my perception. It was this sort of thinking that could be called optomistic right? More of a 'look on the bright side of things' or...
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The Spoon
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The spoon: A lesson on how consultants can make a difference in an organization. Very Impressive!Last week, we took some friends to a new restaurant, 'Steve's Place,' and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket. It seemed a little strange. When the busboy bro...
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Welcome Elinor from Canada
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Welcome to MIP Elinor, ... we're glad you found us ... stick around and make yourself at home !!! God Bless, Pappy
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My road trip.
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I just come back from a road trip, which my wife and I decided to do last year.This is Knysna on the east coast of South Africa. Some of the most beautiful places in the world. We did a 4000km, six day trip with our car. I am grateful that I can enjoy these journeys in sobriety. I was 3 years sober in 1991, when I...
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Coming home
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This day I got to know my Angel. I got to ride with a lady my age(ish) who just spent the past 8.5 yrs in prison for things no worse than I have done. She commented "this is a nice car" and I noticed that she noticed that cars have gotten smart... I felt very stupid for a moment, then I noticed she...
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Today's Gift 02-14
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I will love you no matter what. I will love you if you are stupid, if you slip and fall on your face, if you do the wrong thing, if you make mistakes, if you behave like a human being - I will love you no matter. --Leo Buscaglia Wouldn't it be nice if there were just one person in our lives who loved us no matter wh...
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Grapevine
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February 14 "My stability came out of trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive."
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Using the program to justify the next drink..(questions)
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I know a person who has been in and out of the rooms for over 20 years. It appears that all they have learned in that 20 years is how to use the program to justify the next drink or drug. They seem to have gotten the point of "powerless" down pretty good, They seem to have gotten the point of "God either has or...
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Grapevine
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February 13 "I borrowed others' faith for a long time, and now I'm beginning to get a bit of my own."
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Today's Gift 02-13
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Ordinary moments ... they in turn enrich our lives Our spiritual life is on the same plane as our everyday relationships. It's not just something within our mind or feelings, and it's not just lofty and in the clouds. Spirituality is between people and in all relationships. Its growth depends on the w...
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My gratitude...347 and 18...
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Today, I am grateful for 347 days sober and for my 18 year old daughter. I am grateful that God is restoring for me, years and relationships that I could never get back on my own. I am grateful for the new found depth of emotion that I, in sobriety, now get to experience. I am grateful that I have both the Big B...
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Why We Were Chosen...
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Why We Were ChosenGod in His wisdom selected this group of men and women to be purveyors of His goodness. In selecting them through whom to bring about this phenomenon He went not to the proud, the mighty, the famous or the brilliant. He went instead to the humble, to the sick, to the unfortunate. He w...
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Today's Gift 02-12
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Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life. --Herbert Otto The rewards of our new life are apparent to us because of how we feel, and apparent to others by what they can see. Many of us had reached our bottom point, and we...
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Grapevine
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February 12 "Hope is tremendous progress for someone who once was 'hopeless.'"
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Take Our Word... (Video)
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Just Joined Today - Guess Im a Newbie.
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Wanted to say hi to everyone. Any advice on using the site would be appreciated.
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A story for python
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Im broke. Seriously broke. Embarrassingly broke. And im down to three cigarettes. So i thought for a bit about quitting. Seriously considered it. The health benefits, the monetary benefits, the spiritual benefits (because quutting takes some serious self discipline). And i, being a good alcoh...
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go figure.....
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The recovering acholic is the one who makes the beer run for all the snowed in neighbors! 29" here took 6 hours to get my car garage, and garbage cleared, took condo association all day, and more tomrrow. So sitting around, happy and content, while my friends tie one on, I'll relax with the kids by t...
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What is it about snowstorms?
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Yup, there's nothing like a good snowstorm! I love them:) The city shuts down for a bit, and only a few brave souls venture out of the cozy comfort of their homes. Im amongst those brave ( or stupid) souls. There's a great satisfaction to being one of a few out there battling the elements, it's a very solit...
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Others Attitudes
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I haven't been on for a while but wanted to run something by you all. In the last couple of weeks we had a flood come through the area we live. Thankfully our house is on the side of a hill, others though are not so lucky. There's a fellow who lives down the road from us who is an alcoholic. His property is ve...
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Today's Gift 02-11
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I have learned this: it is not what one does that is wrong, but what one becomes as a consequence of it. --Oscar Wilde There are countless ways to take shortcuts in life or to grab for pleasures. We could cheat on our income taxes, excuse a food binge, or lie to a loved one about where we've been. We say, &quo...
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Welcome Darren
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Welcome to MIP Darren, glad you found us when you did ... You posted : My roommate and I made it home that night. He said he was going to bed and I sat down on the couch to watch the rest of the Super Bowl. The doorbell rang, which was odd because I never have visitors. The guy at the door was looking for my room...
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I sorta want to be sober...
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I have a 3-yr-old, and I absolutely adore my child. I am also married to the baby's father (we've been together for nine years), and I very much love him too. For some reason, I can't shake this absolute compulsion to drink. I'm drunk right now. I would love to be a mother of the caliber I see on TV, or even i...
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The Mirror Never Lies
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Just Wanted to Share...
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I just want to take a moment to share the final update I added to a post from a week or so past... This might sound strange but the primary lesson I learned while I was at my friends house and my daughter was with her dad was how very much I hate being without my daughter. Being away from her took the...
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How it works
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*Prompted by Tipsy's thread "Lets be honest, it's not the drinking that makes us miserable..." Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually me...
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