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License Restoration Hearing
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Hey, guys this is my first post on the site. I came for
some advice. I lost my license January 2011 from a 2nd OWI charge. I'm eligible for a hearing Jan 29th 2012, which is coming up. I have maintained sobriety since Novemer 2010, however I didn't start attending AA until April of this year. I heard in my s...
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Temporary absense coming up
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Today is my last day for posting, well maybe a quick peek and post tomorrow morning lol. I am leaving on a 5 day business/pleasure trip, headed for southern Ontario. Get to see my granddaughter YAY I hope to get a couple of meetings in while I am down that way. I will be staying with my daughter and her com...
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Open vs. Closed meetings
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Has anyone ever heard of a meeting specified as "Closed", but that is open to children with no age limit specified?
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Whoa...
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Like me, Bill Wilson & Dr, Bob were born and raised in Vermont. Bill's hometown was East Dorset, Vt (30 minutes south of Rutland, Vt - my hometown) but from age 2 until age 11 he lived in Rutland Vermont, then moved back to East Dorset. The Bill Wilson House in East Dorset is on the Nat'l Register of H...
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OK Made a commitment.
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This might sound daft, but I feel like I was ready to make a commitment. I talked it through with my sponsor and another trusted friend and I've gone ahead and made the commitment. 2 hours in the chair and I've had a symbol tattooed on my arm, some meaningful words and my sobriety date. The commitment is to...
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GRRRR If you have nothing nice to say say nothing might just apply here
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My partner and I put in almost 2 weeks working on the torch and were pleased to get the order off on time and were looking forward to the paycheck of almost 2 grand for Jan bill money and some Xmas money Canada Post has lost the parcel. I have shown remarkable restraint in dealing with them and sometimes I am...
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New here to this forum
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I'm taking some much needed time for myself. Need to regroup. Thanks to all the support.
-- Edited by MissMonroe on Saturday 17th of December 2011 05:36:46 PM
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Step Two on Step Work Board! Join us!
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We're on Step Two! Join us on the StepWork Board atstepwork.activeboard.comJust click on your group's step two area, read the chairpersons lead on the step, the responses/replies to it and then share your own experience, strength and hope on it.We will start on Step ThreeSunday, Dec. 25th, 2011...
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Random things that make me happy (post your own).
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Bored and anxious right now (what else is new). Decided to list things that make me happy. What makes you happy? 1. Rain, rainy days, the smell of rain. 2. My pets (2 cockatiels and 1 cat) 3.Animals in general 4. lego and puzzles 5. Reading really awesome books (want to get back to that). 6. Sco...
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Christmas humor
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ONIONS & CHRISTMAS TREES A family is at the dinner table. The son asks his father, 'Dad, how many kinds of boobs are there? The father, surprised, answers, 'Well, son, there are three kinds of boobs: In her 20's, a woman's are like melons, round and firm. In her 30's to 40's, they are like pears, stil...
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Happy Bellybutton Bday, Stepchild!!!
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As is traditional for me, I won't mention how old but Happy Sober Day too, hey! God bless, brother. Thank you for lighting up the board with your recovery. A marvellous miracle in progress ;) Danielle x
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Did I do ok?
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Hi there :) I've really appreciated everyone's feedback from asking for experience to help me understand. It has helped me so much more than simple words can begin to express. Im determined to learn as much as I can from your experiences as it helps me grow in my own life but also in understanding my man'...
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Daily Reflections ~ Partners in Recovery & 24hrs a Day
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. . . nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics . . . Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress. . . . Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your presen...
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Anyone seen LarryH?
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Larry where are you? I'm going to heading your way (Ocala) to do some yard work at my property at Lake George. No particular date yet but sometime in the last week of the year. Thought we could do lunch. -- Edited by StPeteDean on Monday 9th of April 2012 08:26:57 PM
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Expectations > Acceptance = Alcoholism
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Expectations. It was always about expectations with me. I expected that life would be like an ABC After-School Special where the bully always got what they had coming to them and the underdog always won. False. Result? Resentment, Fear, Confusion, Sorrow, and Self-Pity. So there the stage was set...
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Peace like I've never felt before...
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I was having stomach pains and since my doctor was concerned that I might have an ulcer he sent me for this procedure where they stick a camera down your throat to see what's happening. They sedated me pretty heavily for it and I was pretty much completely in la la land. I woke up in the recovery room with a v...
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Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
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I recently started using extra virgin coconut oil. I was reading about the benefits of it (organic, non hydrogenated). It is a medium chain fatty acid that actually lowers cholesterol and kills off candida (a yeast in the digestive tract which can turn into a mycelial funagl form under certain condi...
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Hell hath no fury as a woman scorned
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Oh boy am I learning this. I have received a proposed counter financial settlement from my soon to be ex wife. It's pretty severe, no, it's very severe. Due to circumstances that I won't go into here, she really does have me over a barrel. Let's just say that the settlement is effectively a fait accompli...
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The Umbrella of Faith (Part III)
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**Please note: I do not propose to endorse nor oppose any religious belief or religious value in my writings. Having researched and studied this subject of FAITH in somewhat depth, it is my belief based on this research that I could utilize any world religion to support and validate what I write. ...
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A spiritual break through...well kinda...
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I may have mentioned it before but I've been going through a phase (the last decade or so) of being vehemently anti-religion, anti-god and anti-pretty much anything to do with spirituality. I devoured atheist literature, joined atheist Facebook groups and took every opportunity to mock and belit...
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Memories, History and thoughts....
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Hi everyone, I'm not sure why I'm posting this, or if it will get me what I need in the end, but I have to share it and get it out of me. In 1999, ten years sober, I walked into my first Al-Anon meeting... I was sober, but a mess. Al-Anon helped restore me to sanity during this time. I also started Miracless In...
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Light Bulb moment
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I learned the art of glass blowing in 2000 and did that as a full time occupation until 2007 when my journey for recovery took me away from it. I returned home and to glass blowing this past summer. After having been away from it for almost 4 years I expected a learning curve again, much to my delight it se...
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Back to the action!
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Hey everyone. Been in woods hunting ,morning and night consistently since bow season in october 15, until this last saturday .Not going for late Bow season this year. This will be my last season of deer hunting after approx 35 years started at a young 30 years old.I took no shots this year ,had limited...
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I feel like I might drink today
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Actually, I felt that way yesterday and the day before too. Came very close but circumstances kept me from it. I don't want to drink, playing the movie over in my mind and visualizing the outcome depresses me, but I feel the pull.
Whenever I've failed before and drank I knew the minute I woke up in the mo...
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Funny pics to make you laugh...
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For those that need a laugh or some encouragment, I thought I would post this. Feel free to add your own funny pictures. have a good day, remember to laugh!
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Daily positives!
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This is different than the "random happy things" post I started, and the funny pictures post. It's a place where you can post anything positive that happened to you THE DAY you post. The idea is to notice that happy, funny, cool, beautiful, positive things that exist right now in our lives....
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What did you do today?
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When I am not drinking, I tend to get down and do nothing. I thought I would make this thread to list things I do each day. This might encourage me to do more. What I did today (Sunday, December 11th, 2011). 1. 2 loads of laundry (they are still drying) 2. Made bed 3. Cleaned litter box 4. Took our garbage and r...
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Boyfriend in AA
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I'm a little lost and confused about the situation I have recently got into. I have been with my boyfriend for two years and we were living together for a year. He has been an alcoholic since before we met, but I didn't know until we lived together. Now he is in AA meetings and a 12 step program. I tell him I'm...
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Daily Reflections ~ Thinking of Others & 24hrs a Day
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Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20 Thinking of others has never come easily to me. Even when I try to work the A.A. program, Im prone to thinking, How do I feel today. Am I happy, joyous and fr...
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Daily Reflections ~ A Common Solution & 24hrs a Day
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The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action. This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 1...
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Why am I here?
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I am new here and very greatful today. What a day, I was nominated an elected grapevine rep for a group I have attended for about a year and a half. I WAS VERY EXITED. The next day I attended my normal meeting with my sponsor. As usual the meeting was inspired the men's groups usually are. A member was concer...
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Told my "bf" I joined here...
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His name is Mark. In the past when I have hung out with him and tried to stop drinking, he will agree not to buy alcohol when he comes over, and we do, etc. He considers me his girl friend- I consider him a friend I love very much, but not a boyfriend (even though, as a joke, he is listed as my husband on facebook...
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Just over 30 days
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How many times have I picked up a 30 day chip? Just about as many white chips and that has been many since 1996!! And the question is, "what's different this time?" Well, I know for sure the only reason I've ever come through the doors of AA has been for relief-to quit hurting. I never pursued re...
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60 Days today!
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Fitness Professional w/alcohol problems
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Hi everyone, First of all I am a hypocrite. I tell everyone else how to eat/ train/ be fit. 85% of the time I am sober but I keep having these binges. 2-3 days drunka at a time. Spending 3 weeks in the gym working it off. I have no where to go. Everyday now I wake up with the urge to drink. I must add I drank fro...
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meeting names
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Ok. Tired but too early for bed. Borderline bored. Here's a light trivial question: What is your favorite name for a group/meeting? In your area and/or elsewhere?
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Quiting drinking is hard
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Anyone else notice this?
I'm on day two :)
It's about my 3000th day two...but hey, it's 48 hours of feeling pretty good so I'll take it.
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Trouble entering the chat room?
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When I try to enter it says there is a startup error with java (in the white box). Help fixing this?
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Step Two 12 & 12
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Step Two "Came to believe a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." THE moment they read Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted with the dilemma, sometimes a serious one. How often have we heard them cry out, "Look what you people have done to us! You have convi...
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Step Two - Step Work Board
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Hi Everyone, We are now on Step Two, on the Step Work Board. Please use the link below to join us there and participate in the Step Work discussion. We simply ask that you only respond in the 12 step group area you are aligned with, and you stay focused on the current step being addressed. You can ask que...
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12 stepping
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I'm not a sponsor virgin. After my getting my second 1yr coin, my sponsor said I was ready and two weeks later I was asked. I worked on steps with someone for about six months and she decided to go it with out a sister guide. I'm willing and believe what I've been told: that I'm fully capable of passing it...
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Daily Reflections ~ A Genuine Humility & 24hrs a Day
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. . . . we are actually to practice a genuine humility. This is to the end that our great blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of Him who presides over us all. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 192 Experience has taught me that my alcoholic personality t...
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growing up
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so im 19 years old and im marrieddddd and i have a baby on the way!! im married to a marine and hes gone all the time!! idk how to handle a baby by myself i try and try not to drink but it is gettiing hard!! im happpy i have stayed sober for this long and not jeopordize my babys life. im just scared i guess
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New old guy
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Hi everyone, my name is Marc and I'm new to the forum and online AA. I've been sober since 86, and if I make it past midnight tonight that tradition will continue. I got sober in downtown DC at the Metropolis club, which was on top of a liquor store lol. I was a low bottom drunk amongst other things at the ripe...
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Happy Bellybutton Bday, Mike B!
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Wishing you a big, beautiful sober 24hrs, Brother! God bless you. I hope you're having fun, happy, joyous & free :) Recovery love & fellowship, Danielle x
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Birthday Month!
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Today is my belly button birthday... 53 years old... alive, vibrant, active.. kickin' ass in the rooms of recovery ... and this month I will celebrate 22 years clean, on Dec, 21st.God gave me a nice gift today... my girlfriend, who relapsed and almost died... was accepted into a treatment program thi...
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Daily Reflections ~ Carrying The Message & 24hrs a Day
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Now, what about the rest of the Twelfth Step? The wonderful energy it releases and the eager action by which it carries our message to the next suffering alcoholic and which finally translates the Twelve Steps into action upon all our affairs is the payoff, the magnificent reality, of Alcoholics Ano...
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We
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We. Ours. Us. Ourselves. A sponsor told me to read the chapter "How It Works" and count how many times those words appeared. I did, and then reported the number back. He asked me to re-read it and count the singular personal pronouns. I did, and reported back. The affect was profound (as well...
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More about the Big Book.
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I'd like to start a thread here about this book. I credit this book for saving my life...and I really enjoy Big Book Study meetings because I like to hear different views how people understand it. It is the manual for the 12 steps and it is beautifully written...Considering it was written by a bunch of dr...
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More Humor...
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