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A sincere thak you to the people on this board and a sincere goodbye.
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After a lot of serious consideration I've decided that I'm going to deal with my issues in a different way. I've come to believe that alcohol isn't the cause of my problems but simply a symptom. For as long as I can remember I've struggled with my self image, self esteem and a lot of other things relating b...
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Couple of things I thought I'd share
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When I first started going to meetings, I always had a small pad and pen with me so I could jot down things others shared that really struck me. After a while I started carrying a smaller purse (under the guise of less room less clutter Haha!!!) Anyway, I now have a smartphone and use the notepad app on it i...
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need direction on sponsorship
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Hi, I am new and very alone in a new city. I have 47 days of sobriety. I am thinking and feeling with a lot less fog, and feeling lots of emotions and resentments that are hard to know how to deal with, but committed to not drinking a day at a time. Here is what I need to run by people. I am on my 4th step with spo...
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Serenity Prayer
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I just found this serenity prayer on facebook. It cracked me up. God grant me a vacation to make bearable what I can't change. A friend to make it funny and the wisdom to never get my knickers in a knot because it solves nothing and makes me walk funny.
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Antabuse
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I'm curious. Does anyone currently use Antabuse (disulfiram) in his/her recovery? Anyone ever use it in the past?Facts, opinions, analysis, feelings? Efficacy? -- Edited by Tanin on Monday 6th of August 2012 04:24:50 PM
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Daily Reflections ~ Driven & 24hrs a Day
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Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 62 My selfishness was the driving force behind my drinking. I drank to celebrate success and I drank to drown my sorrows. Humility is the a...
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Cutting ties
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My mother is worried about the safety of me driving my truck. It's a 1999 gmc Sierra. My father crashed it before he died. I used the money I got from him to repair it when I was 15. Since then, I have hit 1 school bus (under the influence) 1 garbage truck (tailgating and texting) a church wall (it's complica...
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Dad and the new I-pad
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This is in German, but it's easy to see what's going on in the commercial ...Audio in German. No need to check audio. No Audio is required. http://www.snotr.com/video/8965/ -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Monday 6th of August 2012 10:28:52 PM
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Never alone again Even in death
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If you are here to read this,Think of those who aren't.Pray for them: good thoughts for thosewho lost their minds, love and yearsto compulsion, addiction and fears.Think of their great sacrifice. We recover on the bones of others.Wrap your loving thoughts around them:alone no more. If you are here...
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God Calling - Dwell Apart
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"Rest more with Me. Refilling with the Spirit is a need. That dwelling apart, that shutting yourself away in the very secret place of your being - away alone with Me. From these times you come forth in power to bless and heal."
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God Calling - Hour of Need
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"I am your healer, your joy. You bid Me, your Lord, come. Did you not know that I am here? With noiseless footfall I draw near to you. Your hour of need is the moment of My coming. Could you know My love, could you measure My longing to help, you would know that I need no agonized pleading. Your need i...
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Does any one know of an affordable rehab?
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I should have just gone to a rehab facility a year ago when I realized I was an alcoholic. I had no clue how dangerous it was going to be getting sober. I was physically ill and litteraly went insane, and ended up with 3 arrests while intoxicated. It didn't make any sense to me how getting off of alcohol I end...
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Happy 65th BB Birthday, Leeu!!!
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Do you get anything free for that in your country?? ;) We get a free bus pass here in Liverpool hehe Love you, Danielle x
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Total Honesty ???
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Another Good 'side-effect' of being in AA and practicing the program daily ... ... ... LOL ... I thought this was hilarious ... Pappyposted on AUGUST 4, 2012Living Without Lies Might Make You HealthierFiled under HEALTH, LIFESTYLE, PREVENTION, RESEARCHFor good health, be sure to eat fruit...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 16th Nov 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day I have got rid of most of my inner conflicts. I was always at war with myself. I was doing things that I did not want to do. I was waking up in strange places and wondering how I got there. I was full of recklessness when I was drunk and full of remorse when I was sober. My life didn't make...
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He just walked in with a beer.
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My husband and I have been stressed and bickering all day. He has not drank (that I know of) since I began AA. I never told him not to, he never said he was going to quit too, he just doesn't really drink anyway. Tonight, he came in, as it seemed to me, with revengeful drinking in front of me. I stopped dea...
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Fun in recovery
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Settled into our new home and I've worked 56 hours this week. This morning my wife and I were able to do a little garage sale cruising this morning before spending all day at the water park and getting an overdose of sun and fun. Yesterday, after work, we stayed home and watched movies and ate popcorn....
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Klean radio
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Hope the link works, check this out good stuff. http://www.kleanradio.com/
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Olympics and Olympians
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OK, so I watch wome of the loympics sometimes, some of the sports I really don't care who wins who loses, it's just a joy to see people doing their best. Sure I've got hooked on the medal table (If Yorkshire was a Country, not a County, then we'd be around 11th in the table, above South Africa!) but that's no...
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Poll: What type of AA meeting do you like the most?
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What type of AA meeting do you like the most? 1. Speaker 2. Big Book Study 3. Step Study 4. Living Sober 5. Open Discussion 6. 24 Hour Book 7. 1st Step 8. Tradition Study 9. Beginner/Newcomer10. Rehab11. Jail12. As Bill Sees It -- Edited by StPeteDean on Sunday 5th of August 2012 08:04:57 P...
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Therapy and aa??
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Hey all:) I am wondering if any of you have thoughts or opinions on seeing a therapist. Specifically, can it be in opposition to working the steps. Weird question.. But I've heard varying opinions on the matter. My sponser, though not entirely opposed to me seeing a therapist, is not 100% supportive e...
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Deep breath
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That fender bender I mentioned a thread or two ago? My break line is shot. But--- I've driven it without knowing that. And my hp has protected me (and some one else) from a car accident. ((many thanks big guy)) but, I'm still concerned. What if I can't pay for the repairs? What if I find more things they cou...
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The ULTIMATE gratitude list.
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#916 The sound of scissors cutting construction paper
#915 When theres leftover cake in the office kitchen
#914 Surprise two-ply
#913 Having a whole row by yourself on the plane
#912 Hanging your hand out the window of a car
#911 Getting served breakfast in bed
#910 When you arrive at your dest...
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The Anxiety of Facing Sober Reality
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Hi All, For the past ten years of my life, every time I have experienced high levels of anxiety, I have reached for alcohol. Doing so has allowed me to avoid many of the real issues in my life by focusing my attention first on being drunk and then on the regret of doing so. It is really a powerful distraction...
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Bless me lager for I have sinned
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Our lager,
Which art in barrels,
Hallowed be Thy drink,
Thy will be drunk,
(I will be drunk),
At home as I am in the tavern.
Give us this day our foamy head,
And forgive us our spillages,
As we forgive those who spill against us,
And lead us not to incarceration,
But deliver us from ha...
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pitter patter
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The wavy hours in the heat of summer slip by as I trudge to the back pen. The animals constantly kick over their buckets of water, and each time I pass the barn, and make my way down the long curvy path to their abode, the grass seems a little crunchier under my feet. The heat beats me down and I lay here achi...
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Hymn #365
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A southern Baptist minister was completing a temperance sermon.With great emphasis he said, "If I had all the beer in the world, I'd take it and pour it into the river." With even greater emphasis he said, "And if I had all the wine in the world, I'd take it and pour it into the river.&q...
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Today's Gift
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The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order. --Eudora Welty We will experience no coincidence today. All situations that transpire in the next 24 hours have their purpose. No single event, not the tired, hurried smile from a bo...
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Ridiculousness
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ALABAMA
It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.
You may not drive barefooted.
It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty.
It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.
Women are able to retain all property the...
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God Calling - Eternal Life
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"You are to do mighty things for Me. Glories and wonders unfold. Life is one glorious whole. Draw into your beings more and more this wonderful Eternal Life. It is the flow of the Life Eternal through spirit, mind and body, that cleanses, heals, restores, renews youth, and passes on from you t...
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Just wondering.....
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Hi, For the last 21 days I have been working a program called the Love Dare. I came across it after someone recommended watching the movie Fireproof. It is a christian based program, looking at our own behaviours and developing better relationships with our HP and others. For myself it has/is brin...
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-- Edited by Harobed 2 on Saturday 11th of August 2012 03:54:06 PM -- Edited by Harobed 2 on Saturday 11th of August 2012 04:15:32 PM
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Finding Joy
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Here's a 3 and 1/2 minute video clip very much worth watching ... I've seen it a dozen times and still love watching every second of it ... Enjoy!http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/finding-joy-v/?cm_mmc=CheetahMail-_-FR-_-08.03.12-_-FJOYmovie-USCAXX-&utm_source=CheetahMail...
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Daily Reflections ~ Vital Sustenance
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Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, or sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air, light or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds, our emotions, and ou...
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I Just Don't Get It
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At my morning meeting today, I heard a guy say he was sober with the help of AA for 15 years and then thought he could drink sociably. He's back because he got a DWI and his life is shit. I also heard from another person that someone I liked and had a lot in common with, and who I thought had a great grasp on the...
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new but kinda hesitant
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realizing lately that when it comes to drinking I go to extremes...years ago went to AA but ran from it due to all the people wanted to talk about was God...problems weren't figured out and walked away. Now I am with a great guy and we've been together 2 1/2 yrs..when I met him we were both drunk but he start...
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Have you had the privilege to see any "famous" speakers in person? If so who? :)
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Theres this weekly speaker meeting held in Portland OR that I try to go to every Saturday. They have "famous" speakers there about once a month. I seen some lady named Polly? She was real good and is my wifes great grandsponsor. They have a list and some of the upcoming speakers were Ralp...
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Psychic Change
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Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible. ~~William Sloan Coffin, Jr . For many of us, the past is sprinkled with endeavors that were never pursued to completion. Perhaps some pursuits were more complicated than we were equipped to handle. But it's likely that, at times, w...
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Free Will
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He always lets people do what they want. ~~Frank N.D. Buchman We are born into the world with free will, and we can do whatever we please. But there are civil laws and, if we disobey them, we are at risk of losing our freedom. The spiritual world also has laws; if we disregard them, we suffer consequences....
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Today's Gift
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Reflection for the Day Someone once defined the ego as "the sum total of false ideas about myself." Persistent reworking of the Twelve Steps enables me to gradually strip away my false ideas about myself. This permits nearly imperceptible but steady growth in my understanding of the tru...
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Old habits die hard
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I have a urine test tommorrow. Now, I'm not sure how many alkies can relate to this but, I have about two weeks sober.
So, my boss anounces, yesterday, that random people will be selected for a drug screen tomorrow. And given my circumstances, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be one of them. So the first chanc...
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Stuck
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So I think I've figured out why I've been feeling "stuck" lately. I simply feel as though I've stopped progressing in the program. Spirituality is more of an issue than I had thought for me. It's not that I don't believe in a higher power, I do believe I've had some strange, distant relations...
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Hi, I'm Kevbo, I'm an Alcoholic. Anyone in Albany,NY area?
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A first post, so I should tell a little about me to say hello: I was sober for 3 years, then had a 17 year second drinking career. I had my second 30day birthday a week or so back. I'm pretty intent on doing it right this time. I am averaging well over one meeting per day, and have only missed a couple of day...
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Dreams... leave me alone!
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I didn't want to continue adding negativity to the positive "Vibrant Dreams" thread... so this one is for the other side of that spectrum. Last night I dreamed that me and my ex were back together and going on a trip. She told me to grab a beer from the fridge for her and for me for the trip. Sid...
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God Calling - Blessed Bond
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"I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. There is no bond of union on earth to compare with the union between Me and a soul who loves Me. Priceless beyond all earth's imaginings is that friendship. In the merging of heart and mind and will, a oneness results that only those who experience it can...
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Today's Gift
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"Stomp, Scram, Spit, Cry," a friend said. "Just don't go numb again. Maybe what you're really angry about is that you've been dead longer than Abe Lincoln, and now you're finally coming back to life." There's a price to pay for passion. We need to feel our emotions. Action: Pay a...
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Quick Hello and Thanks
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Hey and hello! Been dealing with a family matter & then out of state & offline. Turned a sober 65--ain't that a miracle!!! All has been restored, despite the darkest hopelessness of the way it used to be. The Promises may not always be rapid or come true all at one time but ...well, just read the...
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Reeeeee-lapse blah
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Well I went... I think that's FIVE days wasn't it? From Thursday morning to now would be five days I think... damn time was flying!!! Then I find out I totally wasn't getting the steps AT ALL... and I NEED a stricter sponser... preferably one in the same city or at least STATE that I'm in!!!! Told ya... e...
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"smile on your brother, everbody get together"
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Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity."
Editorial by Bill W.
A.A. Grapevine, December, 1947
"Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole. A.A. must continue to live or most of us will surely die. Hence our common we...
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If you need a hearty laugh....
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Folks, to get the laugh I am describing, you must see King of the Hill, Season Ten, Episode Three "Bills House." Do yourself a tabor and check it out. If we can't laugh at ourselves, it just ain't funny.
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