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Do not be discouraged.
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So many become discouraged because things are not going our way. But I found that God has a plan for me, which my limited mind cannot see. If I just submit and allow Him to do the work that has been planned for me, then when I look back I find that it was the best. Many things that I wanted, if I had got them would...
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Joke for just us.
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My sponsor told me this one yesterday: If I were a normal drinker.... I'd drink all day!!!!!  -- Edited by Tasha on Monday 16th of January 2012 04:24:25 PM
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Honeymoon
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So me and the new Mrs. SoberSteve went to Seaside (the beach) this weekend for our little honeymoon. WOW so much alcohol there. It started right away when we checked in the clerk gave me 2 complimentary certificates for free red wine. I showed my wife she ripped them up. We went to breakfast the next...
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"It's not that I say things I don't mean..."
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It's not that I say things I don't mean, it's that I say things that I really do mean, but I absolutely do not need to say. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's not. I don't realy need to tell my wife about the imperfections with tonights dinner...everytime she cooks, or strike up a good argument ever...
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Keys of Sobriety
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We hear a lot about the "Keys of Sobriety" Can anyone give me a comprehensive list of what they are? I know there are a few places in the 12&12 where some are listed pg 34 Willingness pg 153 Humility I know there are more but I would like to know what they are and where they are listed. Thanks...
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Natural Highs
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Sent to me by a new member (and old friend) Don "You should get high just reading this! Don" Natural Highs 1. Falling in love. 2. Laughing so hard your face hurts. 3. A hot shower. 4. No lines at the supermarket. 5. A special glance. 6. Getting mail. 7. Taking a drive on a pretty road. 8. Heari...
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What happened? (sorry, long post)
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I still don't know. I share this for my brothers and sisters in sobriety and those maybe wondering about sobriety. I'm not the first and won't be the last. I drank after 7 months of really great sobriety. I mean to tell you, I thought I had this sobriety thing down to a science. I was doing it all right, chai...
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The last few 24 hours-Read if your bored.
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I have been sober since 12/09/2009. I got out of jail that day and by the grace of God walked straight up the hill to a morning meeting. I had a beard and long hair from months of "being down". I took a friends anti-whatever pills while I was in jail so I could sleep, so I wasn't actually sober ti...
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took 2.5 years, but i got 90 days!
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i'm happy to share this day with my community - you. thanks all. no caps, sick baby on other arm. this practice of rigorous honesty has a price. my wife has now been told of my hidden relapses and isn't taking it very well. won't seek help for herself and is resentful of my serenity. time takes time, i guess...
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Coffee
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I'm thinking about getting a coffee roaster and was wondering, What makes a cup of Coffee good to you? Some like it Black and strong, and some like weak and loaded with cream. I like mine black and mild with a nice light roast, occasionally I'll put a scoop of sugar or two but mostly black. What makes a cup...
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The Addiction Club
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What does this mean to you?
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I've heard this recently at meetings and thought it would be a good topic to post here. 'You can be right or you can be happy, but you can't be both." Prior to working The Program it was really important for me to be right. I guess it was for selfish reasons and a way to boost my pride and ego. Simple...
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Alcoholics Anonymous big book and TRIGGERS???????????????
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Does Alcoholics Anonymous big book acknowledge that somethings may trigger you to want to drink again?
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My program.
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continuing personal inventory & amends for harm done [step 10]; continuing prayer & meditation to improve contact with God[step 11]; continuing to carry the message to alcoholics & practicing the principles [step 12]. Why make resolutions when AA has done it for us 76 years ago...
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What's your favorite meeting?
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I was sitting in an open discussion at lunch yesterday and it was a good one. It got me thinking about some of the types of meetings we go to on a daily basis, open, closed, discussion, speaker, step, tradition, and a host of others. I guess I just want to know what your favorite type of meeting is and why? I...
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The Addiction Club
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God Calling ~ Faith-Works
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"Pray daily for faith. It is My gift. It is your only requisite for the accomplishment of mighty deeds. Certainly you have to work, you have to pray, but upon faith alone depends the answer to your prayers - your works. I give it you in response to your prayer, because it is the necessary weapon fo...
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Thoughts on not using. Sponsor?
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I posted almost three weeks ago with a promise to stop drinking. I have done that. I am proud to say this yet is easlier than I had thought it would be. I think the only really difficult moment was when my husband was caught in a couple "white" lies that I had to deal with. Normally I would hav...
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WHY AM I AN ALCOHOLIC? MY STORY ABOUT INSANE THINKING
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-- Edited by daria on Wednesday 19th of January 2011 02:27:23 PM
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I am getting ready to do the fourth step and my sponsor keeps having other oblications
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It like I am ready and she isnt, or I have done my inventory and now I have more inventory...I seem to be able to talk with me better than women. I am envious that they have a husband, boyfriend, just being loved, you have to be there for them. Me I am just another alcoholic and that's it...The man I loved be...
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Come home to a letter from a friend
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"Dean, the state of Indiana has finally put me in prison for my 6th DUI. It was the night before court, for my 5th DUI, when I pulled out of the liqour store parking lot, right in front of a unmarked State Trooper." He's serving 3 years. Wife is leaving him, his home will be foreclosed on by...
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99 ways to increase our consciousness
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http://wakeup-world.com/2011/05/19/99-ways-to-help-live-more-consciously/
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Ego
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Ego is unavoidable... Maybe there are people who aren't egotistical but usually if they say they aren't it means they are  I'm egotistical. Not bragging, not complaining, it's just the truth, or rather my opinion since I've got only one perspective. What other people think is none of my busines...
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What if?
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"Rarely have we seen a person fail..." BB pg 58. I used to hear this part of the book being read every day at meetings. Notice there are no statistics given here. In almost every other area, if people want to indicate success, they will provide numbers. This completely took me by surprise, be...
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God Calling ~ Relax
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"Relax, do not get tense, have no fear. All is for the best. How can you fear change when your life is hid with Me in God, who changes not? Claim My power. The same power with which I cast out devils is your today. You cannot ask too much. Never think you are too busy. As long as you get back to Me and r...
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God Calling ~ Mighty and Marvelous
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"Glad indeed are the souls with whom I walk. Walking with Me is security. The coming of My spirit into a life, and its working, is imperceptible, but the result is mighty. Learn of Me. Kill the self. Every blow to self is used to shape the real, eternal, imperishable you. Be very candid and rigo...
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Sponser is holding me back... not sure what to do... HELP!
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I'm only sober a couple of weeks, but I'm naturally working through the steps. They are happening to me, without my even really trying all that hard. Just the idea that I have this cure in my grips, has moved me through these first three steps with my HP. Even the spiritual awakening which I thought I woul...
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The lepers
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One of the things that has kept me humble is the suffering I see every day in AA, Alanon and Alateen. But I find that this pain and suffering is the touchstone to spiritual progress. If i remove this by not going to meetings and witnessing first hand suffering from alcoholism, then I become like the moder...
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New Comers
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I thought it would be nice to hear from the ladies and gentlemen who are pretty new to the program, just to see what's going on in your lives, what you're doing to stay sober, and most importantly. How Are You Doing?
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The Addiction Club
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90 days today! Longest I have ever had!!!!
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Thank you all so much for your support!!!!! This is the longest I have ever had and it is the best feeling in the world!!!! Going to get my 90 day chip tonight :)
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God Calling ~ Thanks for Trials
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"You must say "thank you" for everything, even seeming trials and worries. Joy is the whole being's attitude of "thank you" to Me. Be glad. Rejoice. A father loves to see his children happy. Seek to find a heart-home for each truth I have imparted to you. Use all I giv...
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Honeys, I'm hoooooome.
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I've decided to quit drinking.
For real this time.
I hope I'll be welcomed back in spite of my previous shortcomings.
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My vision.
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My sponsor used to say that if you were ever want to know God, then travel the high seas. A 150000 ton ship which looks so huge in the harbour is like a tiny twig. Containers are like a matchstick in the storm, broken free from the big chains and spun around like a top. If the depth of vision changes, then the...
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20 Ways to Get Good Karma
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20 Ways to Get Good KarmaBy The Dalai LamaPublished 11/16/2006Wisdom Rating: Unrated Instructions for Life by The Dalai Lama The Dalai Lama Ask The Dalai Lama a Question Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.When you lose, dont lose the lesson.Follow the th...
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Facing the "Risk Taker"
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Aloha all...been growing still abided by HP and the program versus my current life status and physical, mental, emotional and spiritual condition. Listening to an old tape in my head with my elder sponsors voice telling me, "If you're not recovering on all four levels, all at the same time, y...
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Do you ever wonder what your purpose is?
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In my last 10 or 15 years of drinking when I was to the point of I didn't want to live without drinking and I didn't want to live drinking, I used to wonder why I was always "blessed?" with being saved a journey to jail, institution or death. My grandson is 8. Due to a # of circumstances he has spent...
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Long Time Since I Posted!!!
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Hi everyone,I hope that you are all good and had a lovely, sober Christmas and New Year.I haven't posted for quite while as I have been busy. Life is good and I am still sober (six years on 5th February, God willing).My sobriety keeps getting better and better and I love my life without alcohol in it. I rem...
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I want to stop
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I need help. I have a problem with alcohol. I drink brandy or whiskey almost every night. Probably the equivalent of 2 6 shots. Sometimes when I drink too much and do something stupid and embarrassing I can stop drinking for a week or two but soon decide that I can control it and start again. I really...
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Hello. I am new and looking for inspiration and motivation
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Hello everyone,
This is my first time visiting.
I felt I needed to look online for support since I have not been able to control my desire for a drink.
I find myself enjoying being awake more with a drink. Weekdays, I can't wait until I get home from work. Weekends - cant wait for noon for a reason.
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30 Things To Stop Doing To Youself
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Saw this on facebook (thanks Bill) As Maria Robinson once said, Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. Nothing could be closer to the truth. But before you can begin this process of transformation you have to stop doing the things that have been h...
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Anyone here with long term sobriety who's interested in being a temp sponsor?
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We could skype or you could just tell me what to do via email.
Whaddya say?
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confectionary and desserts with alcohol in them
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This has been happening to me a lot lately. On Monday evening I was at a work supper. The meal was lovely, the dessert choice terrible, only one dessert had no alcohol in it. I am thinking about writing to the restaurant. The service was great, the start and main course excellent but the last aspect gave n...
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8 months, 4 months, 2 months
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I picked up my 4 month chip today at a meeting I am currently the secretary for. I know some people were surprised that it wasn't an 8 month chip. It's true that I haven't had any alcohol for 8 months. I did indulge in pot nightly for the first four months to help with sleep though. After working (and still wo...
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HAPPY 3 YEAR BIRTHDAY JJ (Yesterday Jan 8th)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Congrats to you Sheila!. You are truly an inspiration to me!!!! You have helped me more than you will ever know!!!! Thank you so much! You are a true MIRACLE!!! -- Edited by SoberSteve on Tuesday 10th of January 2012 01:36:28 AM
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I'm new :)
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Hi there, I drink too much. It is hurting my relationships and my health. I have tried to stop drinking before. But i constantly fail, I really want to heal myself and get on with my life. Right now i usually drink everyday, usually beer. On the weekends I binge while out with my friends.. I am confu...
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Break-up led me to AA and I'm shattered
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I had been widowed four four years when I met "Bill". Everything deemed to fit perfectly as a new couple we talked three or four times a day. We spent every free moment together. Wow!!! We said out loud "I Love You" to each other. We were planning all the things we would do together....
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Tollerence.
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Hi guys new here. My tolefence has become incredible recently. Im drinking 28 or more units a night and im still not getting drunk. i can drink all night and not get smashed. Its 03:05 here in the uk and iv been drinking for hours and im still not smashed yet. I wil be stopping drinking in the next day or tw...
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Try again - 5th Soberversary and Christmas Present to my self
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Here it is, the first tattoo of my life and quite possibly the last.
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Happy 23rd Anniversary Sandrajay!
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Happy 23rd Sandy, from another member of the Class of '89! -- Edited by StPeteDean on Tuesday 3rd of January 2012 12:24:49 PM
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Sugar and alcoholism?
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I was thinking about what some of my triggers to drink are, and I noticed a big thing, when I am sober I crave sugar like crazy! When I am actively drinking I have no desire for sweet things. Has anyone noticed the blood suger connection? What has been helping me is when I do get cravings to drink, having so...
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How long does it take to work the steps?????
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How long does it normally take to work throught the 12 steps. And yes I know that some of the steps are on going but to get to my 12th step what is the avg time frame?
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Yes, we are responsible for all our choices
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I no longer have the excuse of being drunk or hungover when i make up my mind to do something that is not right for me or that hurts others. I know right from wrong and i know good from bad.... but sometimes it is so tempting to want a 'person, place, or thing' from my past that will not be healthy for my s...
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