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Mia
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My cat is really sick, but doesn't look it. She has a rare disease and she is diabetic. My partner and I are at our breaking point. It is difficult to care for her and she is having litter box issues. If any of you have had a cat you know this is the kiss of death. We are dealing on a day to day basis and latel...
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Hey Stepchild
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Hey man, ... if you're still reading the board, I just wanted you to know I miss you and your posts ... Hope and pray all is well with you ... drop in and post if you can ... would love to hear from you ... Pappy
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Today's Gift 9-22
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When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but really loves you, then you become real. --Margery Wilson Intimacy with another is a necessary risk if we're to know love. This means loving enough to let someone in on our most hidden parts, daring to share the awful truths about ours...
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Poll: "Is Anyone Willing To Sponsor Another AA Member?"
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Do you raise your hand in meetings when they ask something like, "Is anyone willing to sponsor another AA member? Why or why not? -- Edited by Tanin on Saturday 11th of August 2012 02:21:48 PM
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Still fighting the obsession..
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I got 45 days today but the obsession still lurks. My mind tells me I can enjoy a couple on friday night, all the kids are gone, it will be ok... but I know what will happen.... Serenity prayer time.
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Looking for a 60-90 day rehab...
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Wrecked my car, lost my job, went to the hospital for drug withdrawal and then was revived by my brother after an OD of drugs/alcohol. Clearly, something isn't working and so with the insistence of my family and my own desire to safely get off everything, I'm looking for a rehab center, a good one. Askin...
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How do I pick a meeting?
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http://www.aasf.org/meetingsBrowse.cfm?getRegion=SF&getTimeCode=N&s=h.
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Life is Like Coffee
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Here's a short clip to make you think! ... enjoy! Life is Like Coffee!
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Been kinda quiet...
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Hey all:) I've noticed that there hasn't been all that much activity on the site over past couple of days... I COULD post some silly thing about buying a vacuum lol, but I'd rather hear about what's going on with everyone else.. Old timers and newbies alike:)
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Friday again, lol!!
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I guess I need to really accept the fact that life will continue to throw me curve balls and there is no such thing as out of the woods with this disease. Its my third Friday night in a row sober and I wish it was like the saying..."third times a charm" but I know thats not the case. I really thought...
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aliasisme
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Dont know how to talk to my kids about being an alcoholic
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Hello everyone, I havent posted in a few weeks,been reading just havent known what to say. Yesterday was 21 days without a drink. Still not feeling very well but I am sober... the thing I need a little advice on is how to talk to my kids about this. My 8 yr old son is in cub scouts and his weekly scout meeting i...
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HA! I work too much.
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My partner just finished telling me I have been working too much. I was tempted to say "That is a big improvement over your last boyfriend who was a lazy freeloader" but thankfully I used restraint of pen and tongue (although not keyboard cuz I'm writing it now) and I agreed pretty much. Mak...
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A Design for Living
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I find that recovery isn't an easy process but it's simple. It requires willingness, open-mindedness, and honesty. So it's basically the willingess to do the 12 steps and continue seeking, to be open-minded to whatever I find and see how it applies to me, and to be honest with myself even when it hurts...
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Outgrowing Fear
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One of the main things I'm doing in recovery is I'm going back and I'm filling in all the growth I missed, probably since about age 12 or 10 or even 8, I can't remember some days what it was really like being me at that age. Even my teenage years and definitely my 20s are a blur...some might say that's from dri...
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Congrats to tippytoes, Our 5000th Member
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Hey, this forum now has 5000 members!And the 5000th is tippytoes.Glad you found us, TT.
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Newbie from a land DownUnder
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Thank You , to those who have allready welcomed me . I am Rick , I am alchaholic . My sobriety date is 11th August 1986 , what a Blessing . I had promised myself I was going to drink myself to death before I turned 40 . Up till now I have had 26 bonus years . If I keep doing what I am doing now , may be another 26 . Fou...
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Going to the Mountains
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Greeting fellow crew members. I'm leaving for the NC Blueridge to work on my favorite house for a week. My dial up service there is like watching paint dry. I'll check in mid week somewhere. Be good! Dean
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My mom's sobriety is keeping me from getting sober
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Hi everyone. This is my first time posting and I've never been to an AA meeting (well I have, but not for ME). So I hope I'm posting in the right forum... My story: I lived my entire childhood with an abusive, rage-filled, depressed single mother. She got sober when I was 16. Although getting sober was an i...
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God Calling - Taste and Trust
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God is good. Trust in Him. Know that all is well. Just leave in His hands the present and the future, knowing only that He is good. He can bring order out of chaos, good out of evil, peace out of turmoil. God is eager to share His goodness with you and He will do this. Trust and be not afraid.
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Today's Gift 9-21
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Accepting Change The winds of change blow through our life, sometimes gently, sometimes like a tropical storm. Yes, we have resting places - time to adjust to another level of living, time to get our balance, time to enjoy the rewards. We have time to catch our breath. But change is inevitable, and des...
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Congrats for Paul - ONE MONTH SOBER!
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Excellent Paul - congradulations!
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Can someone help me with this topic?
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Ok Basically i have a saint wife and she in no way shape or form resembles and alc/addict. Is there some stuff you can say to her to try to get her to understand where im coming from. my dream is for her to go to alanon but its kinda messed up for me to preach that she go. i want her to be attracted to alanon!!!! ca...
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ABC's 20/20 Feature: Intoxication Nation
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Might be interesting to watch this 20/20 feature, tomorrow, Friday, September 21.Tanin Kristen Johnston Takes on Traverse CitySeptember 20, 2012By Beth MilliganPhoto courtesy of David Khinda In 2006, Emmy-winning actress Kristen Johnston appeared to have the life of every aspiring entert...
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Smoking weed as a substitute
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Hello all. Long time reader first time poster. Love the board. I was just wondering everybody's thoughts of using pot as a substitute for alcohol. I'm 19 and a soph in college. I started drinking like two years ago and I used to just get trashed and make a fool of myself. I enjoyed myself but was mostly a be...
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Nuts
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On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts. 'One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me,' said one boy. Several dropped and rolled down...
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Today's Gift 9-20
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The only way out is through. The only way to heal the pain is to embrace the pain. --Fritz Perls You are like a diamond that is continually being polished and perfected. As this purification proceeds, old thought forms and negative patterns rise to the surface to be released. Past unfinished business...
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Happy Biological Birthday Jerry F!
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Much Love and Joyous Birthday Greetings to my Island Brother 
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Bill W. --New Documentary
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Bill W.A new documentary. http://www.page124.com/
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speaker meeting
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I attend a sunday night discussion meeting that has a monthly speaker meeting and i have been invited to tell my story. How many of you have done this and any advice you can offer. I am excited and nervous.
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Staying Sober As a Living Amends
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I have been thinking about this quite a bit lately and would love to hear your opinions on it. I often hear about staying sober as a living amend to those you have hurt/damaged/affected with your drinking. On one hand I understand that. Staying sober does halt that particular type of chaos. On the other...
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15 days sober
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I am crawling out of my skin. Unfortunately this isn't my first time getting sober. Multiple treatments and sober livings. Here I am at 15 days, working with a sponsor, journalling every morning, gratitude list, finished 4th step, waiting for time with sponsor for 5th. Meetings, living in sober hou...
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Newcomer here.....scared
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I am just admitting that I drink too much on a regular basis. Not sure how to stop. I quit smoking....that was easy compared to this. Worst thing is I think about how I will function at BBQs where there is drinking.......Xmas parties where there is drinking. Camping where there is drinking... I am...
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A bit of clarity
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Hey all:) I've noticed quite a few changes within the past 4 months of sobriety. Up until a couple of weeks ago, I was just kinda a mess. I thought that my brain just didn't function 'normally' anymore lol. I was foggy, exhausted, easily confused.. My memory was kinda gone. I had no focus or clarity in dai...
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Today's Gift
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Procrastination is the thief of time. --Edward Young When we have a problem with putting things off, we seem to add to our troubles by mentally flogging ourselves. We know we are losing time. We criticize ourselves for our irrational behavior. Whether we are putting off an important task in our lives...
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What do we think?
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http://kck.st/QuzFa4 Not sure how to make this link work but it's to a video depicting a promotion of recovery however it comes. I'm all for the Traditions & I know we're anonymous not invisable but I'd also like to know what others think. There's a lot of change going on in the world to...
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Going back into recovery
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Hey, my name is Jeff I went to rehab a yr ago and went to AA for 6months where I stayed sober without even really thinking of drinking at all. i got cocky and arrogant and stopped going to meetings and then began to try to drink normally. I started out ok but it quickly became very habitual and I began drin...
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Comparing Ourselves to Others
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One of the most deadly problems of this disease is that the ego (which is where it lives) loves to compare ourselves to others. If someone we know isn't doing well or goes into pain, the alcoholic ego can sometimes feel inflated by their pain, as in, "Well at least I'm doing better than her." W...
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another Friday night come and gone
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So I was headed home from work tonight, just go home actually, and I stopped by the gas station. There were a few kids hanging out on the side of the building, skateboarding. One kid I know was 12 years old, now its 12:30 at night!! My thoughts were wondering if the parents were passed out somewhere and did...
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Today's Gift
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It's better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. --James Thurber Recovery is an inner journey, but it often means going outside ourselves. In the past, we often were deaf to the words of others. Now we are discovering that God gave us ears for a reason. Listening to others may be new to us...
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3 Weeks Sober!
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Hello everyone, I have come upon my third week of being sober, and no, still no meetings, if some of ya need to know, and no sponser, well like I said, just awsome support from my wife and kids! I'm finding in my healing that more and more that my family is to blame for all that is happened to me, My dad, a fath...
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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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