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Newbie
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Hi to everyone reading this. As my subject suggests, I'm new to sobriety, 2 months sober.....yay! I can't believe how well I feel in such a short time. I love AA and everything about it. I do what is suggested by my fellow members and it's working. I've got dry on my own (14 years) only to go back down the sl...
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30 Days of Abstinence
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Hi, I wanted to share that I have been 30 days abstinent with my eating. It has been quite a journey, my body still is in shock. The differences in myself and how I am is quite amazing. I realize now that I truly am powerless over the food I put into myself. The first 3 steps, I can't, He can so Let him, has p...
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pot vs alcohol?
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Anyone have opinions on using pot instead of booze and as a way of getting off of booze? What are the pros and cons?
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Drug addict that never liked alcohol wants to switch to AA over NA- I need your opinion
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Hello everyone, I just found this board. I'm an opiate and cocaine addict. I never liked alcohol- it just never did the trick for me. I desperately need a fellowship (support group) and have been unable to find a home in NA. Of course there are exceptions but basicly NA where I live is a sub culture of folk...
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Need help
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Hello Everyone, I am new here and very unsure of myself. I know I drink too much, but I am not sure I want to stop drinking. I started drinking more heavily while my husband was deployed and now I want to drink all the time. I am not sure I am ready to admit I'm an alcoholic because it doesn't seem that extrem...
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Selfishness the root of our troubles. Pg 62 BB.
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I consider myself to be very priviliged to be a member of the AA fellowship. Membership was very expensive, pain & suffering. I have experienced much pain in my life, but I have also experienced so much joy through recovery. I am very grateful for that. But nothing gives me so much joy as to see a new p...
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gonee
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Hi Anyone heard from Toni?
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Hi All It has been too long; anyone at all heard from Toni; good or bad so prayers can be sent, either to her or to the Family. I hope and Pray that nothing bad has happened to her and if it has that doctors can fix what is wrong or help out . She has not been on for almost 4 months now. I am worried, we had a number of...
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Well now - has winter started early?
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It's cold, very windy and lot's of slashing rain. My sister (who's a coronor's officer) tells me the fatal pneumonia season has started early, snow is falling on the scottish mountains (ok they're maybe just hills to you guys, but they're big enough to ski down), I'd like to get the remaining site audi...
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Program works if you work it .... But....
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Hi all ... I joined this board in july and have read it every day...I have found so much information and help here...thank you all. I have been in AA for 9 months now and have attended 3 to 7 meetings a week...I have a sponsor and have been working with her on my steps. I find that I just want to get a 12 pack of be...
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Some feedback on Tradition 6 please.
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The long form of Tradition 6 reads, in part:"Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which require much property or administration, ought to be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the groups. Hence such facilities ought not to use the A.A...
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Daily Reflections ~ Daily Monitoring & 24hrs a Day
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Continued to take personal inventory. . . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 88 The spiritual axiom referred to in the Tenth Stepevery time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with usalso tells me that there are no exceptions to it. No matter how unreasonable ot...
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Couple Things
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Morning and Blessings of this day! I wanted to share 2 things this morning with y'all.First ,my 23 year old going in Monday for back surgery for a bulging disc that has been causing her severe pain for about 11 months now. After much prayer, 1st and 2nd opinions from medical people,ortho's and neuro's s...
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God Calling ~ Rejoice at weakness
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"I know all. Every cry for mercy. Every sigh of weariness. Every plea for help. Every sorrow over failure. Every weakness. I am with you through all. My tender sympathy is yours. My strength is yours. Rejoice at your weakness. My strength is made perfect in weakness. When you are weak...
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My sponsor relapsed.
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Hi All, I received some devastating news on Monday. My sponsor told me that she drank over the weekend and that she feels that she is not in the proper place to be sponsoring someone. I am so fucking upset - not because I need to find a new sponsor or because she relapsed - I'm so fucking pissed at this diseas...
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Daily Reflections ~ Facing Ourselves & 24hrs a Day
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. . . . and Fear says, You dare not look! TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49 How often I avoided a task in my drinking days, just because it appeared so large! Is it any wonder even if I have been sober for some time, that I will act that same way when faced with what appears to be a monumental job, such as...
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God Calling ~ A child's hand
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"Do you no know what it means to feel a little trusting hand in yours, to know a child's confidence? Does that not draw out your love and desire to protect? Think what My heart feels, when in your helplessness you turn to Me. Would you fail that child, faulty and weak as you are? Could I fail you? Ju...
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Movie - "Julia"
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Wow, I just saw the 2008 movie "Julia" with Tilda Swinton in it, and I'm not sure if it is a "good" movie for alcoholics to watch (might trigger some people) but what a terrific example of that crazy alcoholic thinking -- making bad, impulsive decision after bad decision -- that I...
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God Calling ~ No Chance Meetings
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"All your movements, your goings and comings, controlled by Me. Every meeting not a chance meeting, but planned by Me. All blessed. Led by the spirit, a proof of sonship. "As many as are led by the spirit of God, they are the sons of God," then heirs of God. What a heritage! Your suffe...
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What is expected of ME???
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Hi, I've been looking around the internet trying to find some ideas to help my wife get sober, when we first met we were both drinking and hanging out in clubs, at that time I didn't feel like there was problem because we didn't drink all the time, but we did drink a lot because it was a new relationship and w...
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Healing and Hope and Happiness
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I am so excited--beginning vacation mid-week, will hook up w/my sister and then be fully present, fully involved, fully welcome at my daughter's wedding!!! She will have TWO sober parents there, an absolute miracle if there ever was one.
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Help on The Doctor's Opinion & its meaning
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I am new to this program and I am trying to get an understanding to The Doctor's Opinion.HELP ME??
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10 days sober/ anxiety ridden
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Hey. I admit that it is definately better than it was 10 days ago. I have a sponsor who started me reading the Big Book from the beginning and I read some everyday. I feel like every move I make has to be forced. Going out in public- even to a meeting is hard until I actually do it. The constant gnawing in my gut...
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Congrats on 3yrs Today, PinkChip!!!
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I'm ahead by a few hours so I'm still able to catch you during your 24hrs, Mark! God bless you today, brother. You are a beautiful example of how our program works. You bring love, love & love to us at MIP. Long may your experience, strength & hope last 1Day@aTime. I see how much your recovery help...
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my life as a upscale call girl..
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I do not know if this is the place but I would like to interduce myself.. I'm salone.. Im a prostitute for the past 15 yrs..and no Im not the average street walker .. I travel all over the country I dress nice and most of my jons are rich and upscale .. I work in the highest upscale hotels and wear fine suits ha...
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Happy 5 Year Anniversary Sobrietyspell!!!
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Thanks for all you do here! Wishing you a special day! Mark
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God Calling ~ True Meekness
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"How easy it is to lead and guide when you are responsive to My wish! The hurts of life come only when you resist My hand. But in willing My will, there must be a gladness. The meek shall inherit the earth.... that is, the meek shall control others and the material forces of the earth. But this is th...
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Daily Reflections ~ Serenity after the Storm & 24hrs a Day
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Someone who knew what he was talking about once remarked that pain was the touchstone of all spiritual progress. How heartily we A.A.s can agree with him. . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p p. 93-94 When on the roller coaster of emotional turmoil, I remember that growth is often painful. My evo...
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This is the first day. I'm not in a program
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I'm thirty, I started drinking at 15, I never had a crash or hit bottom, but I always liked alcohol way too much. When other people stopped at drink #2, 3, 4, I kept going to 5, 6, 7. My parents nagged me, my friends said I drank too often and too much, but since it was never a problem, I just thought I could keep...
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AA history question
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My sponsor assigned me to find out where the saying "Keep coming back it works if you work it. So work it you're worth it" came from. I remember someone giving the answer to this in an AA meeting once but can't recall what he said. I know it is not really "AA" and it just came about li...
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Daily Reflections ~ Lest We Become Complacent & 24hrs a Day
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It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 When I am in pain it is easy to stay close to the friends I have found in the programs. Relief from that pain is provided in the solutions c...
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God Calling ~ Secret of Prosperity
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"Look to no other source for salvation. Look unto Me, and you shall be saved. Regard Me as your only supply. That is the secret of prosperity for you, and you in your turn shall save many from poverty ad distress. Whatever danger threatens, look unto Me. Whatever you desire or need, or desire o...
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Daily Reflections ~ The Circle and The Triangle & 24hrs a Day
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The circle stands for the whole world of A.A., and the triangle stands for A.A.'s Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity and Service. Within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 139 Early in ym A.A. life, I became employed in its services and I found t...
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Other Sites
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Hi I know this may be really off topic here, but I have started hanging out at another site. At first it seemed ok and now I am wondering if it is not some sort of a AA Sex Site. A lot of chat and or chat rooms do talk about AA and Recovery but at times goes into some really wierd stuff at times. I have helped a few pe...
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hi from sheila
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just checking in, still in school, still loving it, and learning so much. read this quote today, but it did not have the author.... it said "Live honestly, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly & leave the rest to God. some days it is not that easy, but what a great reminder. I...
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So, I am taking a step down/sideways at work....
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So, to make my life less complex, I am making a move with less "responsibility" and "prestige" for more time off with the fam and quality of life. The pay will be fairly close, if not a bit of a loss, but I am really feeling like it is the right thing to do. I am going to focus on the fa...
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Bikerbill, what happened with the property research?
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Hey BB, I have been pretty slack lately. I saw your thread on the commercial facility and was curious about an update. So what the latest??? Tom
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hola creo que bebo demasiado, hay algun terapeuta en linea?
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Hola tengo un problema con mi forma de beber. Hay algun terapeuta en linea? Gracias
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The wreckage of my past
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Hi everyone...just wanted to check in... As most of you have experienced, the wreckage of our past often crowds us very quickly in early sobriety. I am no exception. While on my spree which thankfully came to an end 2 weeks ago, I went and screwed up my finances. My inclination was always to find someo...
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Responsibility?
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Morning, I have something I have been struggleing with......I am going on 4 years sober. My program started with me in jail and a lost license. It was my second offence. It was not a easy journey but I did what I was told and with the help of AA and becoming humble I got my license back after about 2 years...
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Gave it all away...remorsefully
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Looking for perceptions from the MIP AA family. A day ago I gave away a case or two of cold ones after I went thru the lessons and steps of my recovery. Renters left a property I manage just like it has happened before. They left alot of trash including bags of empties...beer and hard and I recognized t...
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God Calling ~ Divine Restraint
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"Is My hand shortened that it cannot save? No! My power to save increases as your power to understand My salvation increases. So from strength to strength, from power to power, we go in union. Limitless is My miracle-working power in the universe, though it has limitations in each individu...
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Daily Reflections ~ Without Reservation & 24hrs a Day
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When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, . . . AS BILL SEES IT, p.37 While practicing service to others, if my successes give rise to grandiosity, I must reflect on what brought me to this point. What has been given joyfully, with love, must be passed on withou...
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If you are new here.
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Do not be discouraged. Life is a series of experiences, designed by God for His express purpose. In AA we choose to work the 12 steps- a series of spiritual experiences which culminate in the 12th step into a spiritual awakening. AA calls it a profound personality change. Some call it conversion. But f...
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Need Suggestions: Recovery Options for Hearing Impaired
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I have been asked by a friend if I know any means by which someone who does not hear can get recovery. He is an alcoholic (as am I) and ready to get help; maybe even enter treatment in addition to AA, but not too long ago had a virus which has left him deaf. He does not yet know ASL so really only communication w...
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God Calling ~ Serve All
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"Remember to serve all. Be ready to prove your sonship by service. Look on all you meet as guests in your Father's house, to be treated with love, consideration, and gentleness. As a servant of all, think no work beneath you. Be ever ready to do all you can for others. When you serve others, you a...
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Campfire meeting tonight
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(I hope it is okay to start new threads as I check in as was suggested of me...if it is not, please let me know and I will post in the same thread...etiquette in these sorts of forums varies and so I want to adhere to whatever is expected/required.) I had a great experience tonight. My temporary sponsor in...
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God Calling ~ Come and Stay
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"Yes, come for rest. But stay for rest. too. Stop all feverish haste and be calm and untroubled. Come unto Me, not only for petitions to be granted, but for nearness to Me. Be sure of My help, be conscious of My presence, and wait until My rest fills your soul. Rest knows no fear, no want. Rest is s...
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When you don't get what you think you want it's because there's something that you need coming
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So guys, here I am, still fianancially challenged but with much more than I need for daily / weekly / monthly expenses, but no possibility of making major purchases or taking on major debt. That's probably a good thing right now. I handed my company car back last week, I knew it was coming and worked out t...
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I came back after 4 days
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I always have had a problem playing a roll. I thought if I could make you believe something about me then it would be true. I especially did this over and over in AA. I never let myself be a newcomer. I learned the words and who was the right sponsor to have by popularity and pretended I was ok. I never let myse...
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David W
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My peculiar mental twist
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8 days in and the poisoned thoughts were starting today...I found today that my first reaction to emotional discomfort and fear is to take a drink. I found that I was envisioning myself sitting at a bar with a beer in front of me...for a second this seemed like a valid solution to what I was feeling -- aga...
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