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If God is Your Co-Pilot, Change Seats
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September 17, 2012 Quote of the Week "If God is your co-pilot, change seats" Before the program, I wouldn't even let God on the plane. I was the pilot and co-pilot of my life and, fueled by self-will and self seeking, I took off and flew through the lives of others like a tornado. My tho...
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How to drop a sponsor?
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I have been sober for 87 days today, and have been "working" with my sponsor for about 6 weeks now. In that 6 week timeframe, I have met with her once. We had planned on meeting two other times, and she cancelled on me both times. I call her every day (per her request) and on average, I actually ta...
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Three Women Meet Up Years After High School
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Why People Hate To Attend High School ReunionsJan, Sue and Mary haven't seen each other since High School. Theyrediscover each other via a reunion website and arrange to meet forlunch in a wine bar. Jan arrives first, wearing beige Versace. She orders a bottle ofPinot Grigio. Sue arrives shor...
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Jet Fuel Drink
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Dick and Jim were a couple of drinking buddies who worked as aircraft mechanics in Louisville, Kentucky .. One day the airport was fogged in and they were stuck in the hangar with nothing to do. Dick said, 'Man, I wish we had something to drink!' Jim says, 'Me too. Y'know, I've heard you can drink jet f...
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One Choice
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This is a 2 1/2 minute video clip to help make you think ... about today's choice ... enjoy!http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/one-choice/?cm_mmc=CheetahMail-_-MO-_-09.17.12-_-ONCHmovie-USCAXX-&utm_source=CheetahMail&utm_campaign=ONCHmovie
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Sometimes you discover why you need a sponsor.
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As I have, because sometimes I cannot trust my own judgement and it knifes me in the back. Sometimes I need my sponsor to rip me a new one (as last night), sometimes I need my sponsor to be a right f*ck*n Nazi B*st*rd (as today). I love my sponsor to bits.
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I'm amongst the lucky ones
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Last night I'm leaving work, it's around 1030 after a long workday. I'm just happy to be headed home as I have to wake at 4am-thinking 'well, it's not ideal, but it is what it is'. Kinda wrapping up the day in my head yknow...and as I'm walking along I pass by a bar just a few doors down from my workplace and, o...
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question-opinion
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Just looking for another opinion. My boyfriend and I haven't talked since last awful Sunday, just a few texts. He wants to get together tonight to talk. I know hes going to want to talk about what happened last Sunday. I haven't drank since then and spent the beginning of the week hating myself for the th...
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1 week
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My last drink was last Sunday so I think that makes it an official week of sobriety. It has, all in all been a good week. I had school all day and I'm headed in to work in a few so the night should go well and then I will begin again tommorow. One quick admission, and please let me know if this is normal. Some of yo...
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Is a relapse to be taken lightly?
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I have found that sometimes we take relapses lightly. For me one relapse is too many. I have worked with my sponsees, very strongly and made certain that they did not relapse. I got them into recovery immediately and embarked on the working of the steps with them. Why do I say this? Because I nearly died o...
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Daily Reflections ~ A New Life & 24hrs a Day
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Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. . . . Life will mean something at last. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 152 Life is better without alcohol. A.A. and the presence of a Higher Power keeps me sober, but the grace of God does even better; it br...
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Could I relapse?
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Cunning, baffling, powerful. The AA book uses these 3 adjectives to describe alcohol. Not surprising, that we who are alcoholic are prone to relapse. Once a relapse happens, the power of alcohol will destroy us, because our bodies are physically allergic to alcohol. The tragedy is we do not see it, u...
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God Calling - Money Values
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"The eye of the soul is the will. If your one desire is My kingdom, then truly shall your whole body be full of light. When you are told to seek first the kingdom of God, the first step is to secure that your will is for that kingdom. Know no values but spiritual values. Only seek material gain when t...
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Drunk Me, Sober Me.
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The only picture I could find of myself during the height of my drinking. Of course the right is me now. There's been some changes :) -- Edited by pinkchip on Friday 14th of September 2012 08:16:48 AM
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Anyone here wear dentures?
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Got my extractions and immediates on Tuesday, still in pain and feels awkward, any tips? thanks
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I changed my mind
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Hey all:) I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank those of you who asked after my well being. It is sincerely and hugely appreciated. Early sobriety can be a bitch- but this bitch isn't gonna take me down- no way. It's also wonderful, fulfilling, rewarding.. Confusing. I know beyond a doubt, fo...
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Alcoholic since conception
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"moment of conception" David Byrne
At the moment of conception
I could see someone approaching
Will you be my disco dancer?
I could use a little coaching
Will you be my secret lover?
Mother, Father, Sister, Brother too
I was born without a conscience
Full of freedom, full of nons...
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Sober house in foreclosure REO status seeking SOLUTIONS please
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Currently fully occupied (10 residents, producing income, manager on site.
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Just some random stuff that hopefully makes you smile : )
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My son at 1 yr. Where is my son's hand going... and why? LOL We still haven't figured that out. -- Edited by justadrunk on Friday 14th of September 2012 01:56:07 PM -- Edited by justadrunk on Friday 14th of September 2012 03:05:16 PM
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Success
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http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/change-is-good-v/?cm_mmc=CheetahMail-_-FR-_-09.14.12-_-CHGOmovie-USCAXX-&utm_source=CheetahMail&utm_campaign=CHGO...
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A Senior's Driver's License
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A SENIORS DRIVER'S LICENSE A man was sitting on a lawn sunning and reading, when he was startled by a fairly late model car crashing through a hedge and coming to rest on his lawn. He helped the elderly driver out and sat her on a lawn chair. My goodness he exclaimed, you are quite old to be driving! Y...
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To newcomers.
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My daughter turns 30 today and I am grateful to God, for granting me sobriety when she was in grade1. I would have damaged her very badly if I had continued drinking. Besides the physical damage we inflict on our families, the emotional damage is far greater. My dad's alcoholism damaged my schooling an...
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What are some good movies that deal with alcoholism?
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Ive seen clean and sober with Michael Keaton, really liked it, also seen Leaving Las Vegas with Nicolas Cage...Im sure theres a lot more, any recomendations? Thanks...
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Questions
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Hi, I found this site for my husband, also for myself. My husband stopped drinking 5days. He is a heavy closet drinker. He finally started to see a therapist about a month ago and started on antidepressants. He didn't stop drinking tho till 5days ago. He went thru the shakes nightmares and such. He seem...
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It's all there in black and white
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I began a " sobriety journal". I had stopped keeping a journal for the last couple of years of my drinking, there were, however random entries here and there. I thought it might be an interesting exercise to skim through my old journals. Good Lord, the level of denial I had been living in is qu...
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My son breaks again.
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My 5 yr old son broke his arm again yesterday. He did it just a hair under six months ago. You know how come I know exactly how long ago? Because I was only a few days sober. It was the day I was skipping out on seeing my whole family who had just been told that I was an alcoholic by my husband. I had invited e...
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Today's Gift
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I want to change things. I want to see things happen. I don't want just to talk about them. --John Kenneth Galbraith Newcomer I feel as if I should be doing so much more than just staying in recovery and going to meetings. And yet, when I have free time, I'm not accomplishing much these days. I go to a meetin...
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What's easy
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At this point, I'm teetering between sitting back, and letting myself be a newcomer, and sometimes swinging waaaaaaaay up into the reaching out to those area's where I can be of service. I really do feel like I'm just flying up and down from one thing to the next - gobbling up some knowledge on one end as...
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Hope for the future
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I'm writing this in regards to anyone who might be reading who is still suffering in a really awful situation. This is nothing but a reflection of my experience with AA, but hopefully I might be able to shine a light on someone who is where so many people are -which is what so many AA members are trying to d...
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Great Googly Moogly...1 Year
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I quit drinking and joined AA on May 9, 2011. I went to meetings, read the literature and got a a dedicated, loving sponsor who worked the steps with me. In the summer of 2011 I mentioned to her, quite casually, that I was still smoking a little pot at night to help me sleep. She told me she wouldn't be able to...
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Today's Gift
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Reflection for the Day Even with a growing understanding of The Program and its Twelve Steps, we sometimes might find it difficult to believe that our new way of life leads to personal freedom. Suppose, for example, I feel imprisoned in an uncomfortable job or troublesome personal relationship. Wh...
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To all the newcomers on the board....
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This is one time where the influx of newcomers has been exceptionally high. I'm talking people with 1 week leading up to 1 year of recovery. I just wanted to state that that 1st year was the hardest one of my life, but also the best one. You guys are the lifeblood of the program and I'm so happy to be readi...
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Gift of the Day
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So..........I'm in a hurry and just lurking (uh, I mean checking in) and I am running out of time. I start to scroll, and scroll, and scroll. I don't click into much, just scroll the subjects. And it was awesome!!!!!! Got a whole lot out of just mentally linking together all the stuff put out there. Try...
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Joy, sorrow, victory sadness.
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1. A man walks into AA recovery at the age of 67 and stays sober for 8 years, makes amends to the family he has hurt and dies at the age of 75. The timeline is not so important as the culmination of the life of one human being in peace. Sorrow for the families and members of AA but joy for the fellowship as a whol...
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Fear
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I had a peculiar experience today... Not peculiar to many of you all, I know. But to me.. I have really only experienced strong urges to drink maybe once ( to the point that I was in fear of relapsing). Tonight at work I'm going about my business, and these two coworkers of mine are being all annoyingly fli...
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The disease of more
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The meeting I went to today was a grapevine meeting. One of the central themes in the story was that the writer had never been able to practice moderation in almost any area of life. Of course when it came time to share, I discussed how binge eating, dieting, exercising, working, and sex have all been p...
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My 12th Day! :)
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Well everyone, hit my 12th Day being Sober, doing good, been a long week at work, been really busy of late, work for the Military. I have a friend thats been sober for 12yrs that I do side work for on the weekends, he's been in AA for 13yrs, he called me for work this Saturday and we talked on being sober, AA an...
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Today's Gift
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The elevator is broken; use the Steps. --Anonymous Elevators are easy. We push a button and we go right to the top. The way is fast, quick, and silent. We don't work up a sweat. We don't get out of breath. We can't trip and fall. There is not much time to communicate with anyone else along the way so we don't h...
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GREAT 'Wisdom of the Rooms' piece --- a must read
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September 10, 2012 Quote of the Week "Put the magnifying glass down andpick up the mirror" Oh how I love focusing on you. If you would only stop doing this or that, or if you'd start doing this or that, then finally, maybe I'd be happy. Relieved of the responsibility of self, it was so...
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Alcoholism before AA.
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No amount of being shown holes in the brains of alcoholics, livers the size of watermelons, or sobbing family members who's loved one was killed by a drunk driver was going to stop me from taking my next drink. That was the sad truth I was living in. In fact, hearing the threats, the cries and rational way...
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Week Devotional
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The Blessing of Trouble Can't see the images? | Add Simpletruths@newsletter.simpletruths.com to your Address BookForward to a FriendWeekly VerseCast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. -1 Peter 5:7Weekly QuoteHow often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go...
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Does it happen for everyone like this?
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Do you all of a sudden feel like it just CLICKS! The second you admit to yourself, truly and undeniably, that you have a disease, that you're allergic to alcohol, you just think of it differently? Like the poison it is to your body, instead of just something you do to get through everything big or small? T...
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Dr. Bobs Nightmare...
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newcomer.http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline/en_drbobnightmare.pdf
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The perfect drunk?
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I did have good momentum going. I was calling my sponsor when I had the urge to buy liquor instead of coffee. I was doing a min. of 3 meetings per week, reading... thinking! Started to slip when I felt like a burden to my family being gone all the time, taking so much time to myself to exercise, read, do thing...
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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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