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Leaves of change, a child's delight.
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Today I wake up, take a shower, and head to the kitchen to re-heat a cup of coffee.  Then I decide I will not be too lazy to make some fresh. I stare out the kitchen window, as the coffee pot is filling with cool water, I realize the dark of night is leaving. I look at the clock, 6:36. I'm overjoyed that the d...
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Still here, still sober, still stoopid.
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Aye, been catching upi with the posts I've missed out on, but yep, I'm still here, living a quiet life in Scotland and I'm still sober (or should that be still and sober) Why still stoopid? well i keep on doing the daftest stuff and wondering well bugger me how did that happen? I have a long standing physic...
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Having Second thoughts on the meetings!
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Not really sure how to say this, but what if I dont go to the meetings and did this by myself, I have the books and I'm in my 5th day of being sober! I'm doing this for myself, to make me a better person and I'm getting old health reasons, Its good to be able to talk to people here while I'm doing this, but I dont w...
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Live and let live.
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Can we talk about how you interperate that saying and incorporate it into you life? Or any other AA saying that you like if not this one.
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Today's Gift
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Life moves forward The past is past. Over. Finished. Our job is to move with the flow of the present. We are propelled by what went before, but we do not try to swim against the current of our present lives by regretting or yearning for old times. Each day of recovery releases us from the past and gives us a f...
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Friday
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It is Friday early morning and I am still sober. Yeah for me right, except it is the weekend. This weekend is different because its the first one I have vowed to stay sober for but is that too much. People I have spoken with this week have said only think about today and I understand why so today I will stay so...
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I think you just hit the nail right on the head
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Ive heard this phrase used once or twice in meetings..'an egomaniac with an inferiority complex'. At first, I thought it was funny (it is). Then I thought 'goodness, what a horrible thing to be!'. Then I realized 'oh wow, that's exactly ME'. That's me!! Holy crap. Have any of you heard this term being u...
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Judging others sincerity in regards to AA
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I decidecd to start a new thread in response to something Tasha said in her thread entitled 'question'. Specifically: I do however, get a pang in my heart and gut "picking" certain people who seem "good enough". I feel like I want to help everyone, and I know I can't, but...
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Inner Peace
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I'm passing this on because it worked for me today. A Dr. on TV said to have inner peace we should always finish things we start & we all could use more calm in our lives. I looked around my house to find things I'd started & hadn't finished, so I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of Chardonna...
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** question **
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Yesterday while at a meeting, two people mentioned the death (suicide) of their friend. I believe I had seen her around for a couple months, I think she just got out of a sober house - that's beside the point. She had 3 young children and a husband very worried about her - kept calling into the AA hotline...
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Thank you for today
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I was feeling pretty crummy all day and didn't want to get up to go to a meeting, but my HP gave me a big ol' push and I went anyway. Got there just in time to witness a man receive a chip for his 40th year. Even better, his wife was there to celebrate her 40th Al-Anon anniversary with him. I've only been going to...
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We Become What We Think
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For an incredible insight into the power of the mind ... watch this 3 minute clip ... http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/the-strangest-secret-v/?cm_mmc=CheetahMail-_-FR-_-09.07.12-_-TSSCmovie-USCAXX-&utm_source=CheetahMail&utm_campaign=TSSCmoviePappy
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Fall is Coming
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Fall is coming - read to the end --This is great! GOOD ONE !!!!!! ... (For All Of Us Over Fifty) Love Story I will seek and find you. I shall take you to bed and have my way with you. I will make you ache, shake & sweat until you moan & groan. I will make you beg for mercy, beg for me to stop...
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Today's Gift
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When all else is lost, the future still remains.--Christian BoveeOurs is a program of hope. We sit in meetings and give each other hope. For no matter how long we have been sober - five days or thirty years - there will be times when we feel horrible. This is life. In everyone's life there are times of wond...
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Helping myself/ others/ my family.
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Im wondering if any of the old timers on the site who understand alcoholism very well can tell me what the best way to help a family affected by alcoholism. I understand this is a family disease and we are in fact ill, but it is ME WHO IS THE ALCOHOLIC AND I WANT TO HELP MYSELF AND MY FAMILY. I have been atten...
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Scooping the yuck out
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I'm doing step 8.
Before this program, I wanted to bleach my insides. I wanted to Lysol my soul. I wanted to peroxide my brain.
After going through some of the steps, I feel my mind and body have been dipped in a bubble bath.
And maybe you're right... I did need quite a bit of "brain washing&quo...
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I am over it!
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I am my old self again. Happy inside. Im not a smart man but Im a million times smarter than I was. I am not a drunk anymore, Its a good world the way it once was and Im having a good time, I got a birthday coming up with my family (Later than it was on this site) I have been sober for 9 months and I owe a lot to AA, I...
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Today's Gift
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Freedom is like taking a bath - you have to keep doing it every day! --Flo Kennedy Nothing stands still. Change is the law of life. We may sometimes feel that our personal gains have to be won over and over again. But looked at from another perspective, that's not so: our solid personal gains are the ones t...
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Surveying the damage
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Okay...so having focused on putting my life back together (mental health, finances, relationships, spirituality - not that I am done with any of those things - just that they have been focused on and healed somewhat) that last thing to get focused on was the fact that I had not been to the doctor or the d...
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God Calling - Drop Those Burdens
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"Look to Me for all. Rely on Me for all. Drop those burdens, and then, singing and free, you can go on your way rejoicing. Encumbered with them you will fall. Drop them at My feet, knowing surely that I will lift them and deal with each one as is truly best." 365 One-Minute Meditations fr...
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Progress... Not perfection
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Hey all:) haven't really been around MIP in a couple of days and it's great to see so many newcomers!! Ive realized that many of the small, everyday 'struggles' with early sobriety that I've posted about here are not only pretty common, but also perfectly appropriate to bring up at actual face to face m...
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The literature
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There are a few main books mentioned repeatedly in the meetings. And ofcourse pamphlets. So, what's your favorite? Your go to? Mine is living sober. Love that book.
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my intro thread
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I smoked pot from 14 to 23 years old everyday at least 10 times a day. I drank from 23 til 31. i did outpatient, i did psych counsling, recently i had 13 months sober and lost it. I now have a sponsor and have one week in. I feel like its a totally differnt ballgame when you have a sponsor. the whole recovery see...
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getting in the meeting
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Ok, I am not computer savy and I can't figure out how to get this working. I downloaded and installed the java thing and reopened the window but all I have is the white box with an error message, actually like 3 java lang messages. loading errors I guess. Anyone know what to do, I really need to get in and tal...
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question about aa history
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Hi, I got into a conversation the other day with a fellow group member at my home group about the history of AA about tradition three. I was wondering if anyone on here could help me out. I realize that AA consisted mainly of white men in the early days, but my question is this: DId AA ever turn away anyone be...
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I love my sober life.
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I'm so thankful for you = my AA family and home group away from home group : ) Hope everyone had a relaxing Labor Day. Thanks to my HP for another beautifully laid out sober day. I have so much to be grateful for today thanks to this program and all the love and support you have shown me. This ordinary day...
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All life is a Journey
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All of life is a journey; which paths we take, what we look back on, and what we look forward to is up to us. We determine our destination, what kind of road we will take to get there, and how happy we are when we get there. From A Little Book of Happiness
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Today's Gift
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We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and adventure to discover our own special light. -- Mary Dunbar All of us are gifted. Every person has a gift that can bring great joy and light to those who encounter it. Our task is to stand in the sun and create a climate that will develo...
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Relapse Dreams
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I keep having relapse dreams. They feel so real and I can't stand them! I write them down, talk about them a little but they keep coming back. Anyone else experience this?
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hello all :)
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I've been lurking around the past week or so; figured now's as good a time as any to properly introduce myself. My apologies if this turns into a novel! My name is Emily, and I'm 26 years old. I count May 17, 2009 as my sobriety birthday, as that is the day I (for the 3rd time in 3 years) checked myself in to Bre...
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Is Spam Allowed On This Site?
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first week....and this sucks
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Hello everyone..my name is Jeremiah. I am new to this forum. This is only day 5 and this sucks. I tried the meetings a few years ago but i wasnt really ready...i continued to lie to myself and everyone else. i guess i just wanted to say hello and vent a little
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My First Week Sober! :)
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Well everyone, I made it one week! Congrats to myself! my withdraws are becoming better, which I'm handling pretty well, been eating more than ever, fruits and Vegs. breakfast mostly cause I would be hangover to eat! My sleeping is a major improvement, first cuople of days was tough, but now I can lay d...
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Life feels so normal - wishing I was today.
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I've been at the lake home for the past few days, and being away from my AA family and regular routine of meetings and sponsored work is starting to feel a bit scary. For the first time in 8 months, I'm just me again. Though... there are constant reminders that I'm an alcoholic, and at times, I've wished...
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Newbie
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Hey AA Community. I am new to this Online aa community and would love to introduce myself. My name is Joanne I am almost 8 months sober and looking for some extra support. Glad to be here and would love to make some friends. =)
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Online meeting tonight?
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Hello - I was wanting to figure out how to get the chatroom open for the meeting tonight - but I am at our family cabin, and we have unexpected company coming here - I don't know if I will be able to make it yet or not. I have also never been successful in getting it to work on my computer : ( Hopefully tonight w...
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Growing up around alcohol/drugs
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How come some people grow up surrounded by so much addiction of various kinds? It isnt the norm for most people, and how come some people find it everywhere they turn no matter where they look? is it our families, our friends, what brings more and more addiction into peoples lives, and being associate...
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Mad at everyone
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I'm just pissed at DH (darling husband), AA members from the meeting last night, my parents, my children, anyone and everyone I have ever said hi to in passing...and this includes anyone who reads this!
I don't / didn't have a problem. My life is just peachy. DH has a problem and being a good wife I went...
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Mrs. Robinson
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Cant stop listening to this one... And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson Jesus loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo) God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson Heaven holds a place for those who pray (Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey) We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files We'd like to help you le...
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The still small voice.
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There are always 2 forces operating in my life, one is good and the other evil. Sometimes, when there is the overcrowding of the world in my life, that still small voice gets drowned. I can choose to listen to the voice of resentment and anger or the still small voice of God. The one good thing that I have ov...
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Difficult Experiences
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When I was just through the writing of my 4th step I made a big mistake in my life. I had grown so much and found God and I made the mistake to shoot myself in the foot, so I'd be back in my pain that I was so used to. It took me over 2 years to see that. Self-sabotage. My steps sponsor, the first person I ever truste...
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Life feels so normal-glad I am not "normal"
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Soooooooo, to tag on to Tasha's great post, I wanted to tell a similar story from a different perspective. My job takes me to some really great places, and when I get there, I generally have nothing to do. This is the result of a job change I did reciently. (The old job was pretty fast and furious work, t...
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Second Step
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I took my sponsee hostage (with his kind permission and at his request) over the last couple of days and did some intense step work. We started at step one but step two was where the fun began. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Now in order to want a power greate...
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A small miracle
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Hey all:) 108 days sober..wow. I questioned whether or not it were possible for me to live sober for many years before the necessary (for me) divine intervention that gave me the strength to do it. I started off strong-'pink cloud' or whatever, and have gone up, down, sideways haha! Ive been wrestling...
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First official meeting with my sponsor
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I just got home from my first meeting with my sponsor. She is really awesome. We read chapter one of the twelve steps. We went over each paragraph stopping to reflect and share our thoughts. We had great conversations. Tonight I got just a glimmer of what you all call the fellowship or should I say w...
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AA objective
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Alcoholics Anonymous did not stop me from drinking. It destroyed my pride of self sufficiency, which enabled me to have a relationship with God. He then removed this obsession to drink alcohol and restore me to sanity. AA's objective is to enable us to find God, through the 12 steps of recovery.
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Trouble shooting?
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I only access this site on my mobile device. But when I try to load full site (check & reply messages) I can only see a fourth of the entire page.
Advice??
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Go with the flow.
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Over the years I have learned to take away the controversy and disagreements from my life. I have learned to look for the good in the other persons viewpoint. Many times when I find myself disagreeing with the other brother, God has pointed out to me something in that person, which I am lacking in own per...
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Sick - but not hungover sick : )
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Really strange to be sick for the first time since getting sober. I'm not used to being sick ALL THE TIME anymore, so it kind of hit me hard. Really nothing more than some fever and chills - upper resp. flu/cold, but boy it sure reminded me of all the mornings I was sick and feeling hot/cold clammy sweati...
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Anonymity or Not?
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I just wanted to share my experience with anonymity when I first came in because it was brought up in a meeting the other day. Mind you, this is my experience. When I came to AA and started working the program I didn't mention it to my immediate family. As a matter of fact, believe it or not, my mom, dad, a...
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