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The Fifth Step
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I know we have a few people here that haven't done this wonderful step....And at least one that has one coming up real soon. I liked this step...Here is a great article out of the A. A. Grapevine from 1989...I thought it was well written whether you've taken this step yet or not....Enjoy! http://silkwo...
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Think think think
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Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
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Per Davids Request
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A blue house is made of blue bricks. A yellow house is made of yellow bricks. A red house is made of red bricks. An orange house is made of orange bricks. What would a green house be made of?
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Violent Pandas
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A panda walked into a bar. He went up to the bar and said "I'd like a steak and kidney pie and a Coke please" so the barman took his order and the panda went to sit down. Soon a waiter brought over his meal. The panda ate it up, thanked and tipped the waiter and paid the bill.
All this seemed pretty...
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WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE???
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I AM NOW 10 MONTHS CLEAN!! AND I HAVE BEEN IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH SIX CHILDREN THREE OF THEM ARE HIS, THE OTHER THREE ARE GROWN NOW,, OFF AND ON FOR 15 YRS THIS RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN UP AND DOWN ... NOW THAT I CAN'T FIND A JOB AND GAINING ALOT OF WEIGHT HE DECIDES THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON.. HE IS CL...
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Comprehending Serenity...Meditation that does wonders.
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I found something in the promises that is really good for the alcoholic mind... It says that we will comprehend the word SERENITY, and we will know peace... I recently meditated for a while in a dark room on what the word means and everything it entitles. What I found was an immediate way to start winding...
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Where All Our Problems Started
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Re-posted below! -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Thursday 19th of July 2012 08:06:08 AM
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I can feel god calling
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Im going to my 40th or 43rd ? meeting in the last 15-18 days or so. Ive realized something...This evil thing in my soul is alcohol...and hold on, I never really noticed it but I did a whole dumptruck of drugs too? didnt i? When Did it start, mustve been in high school with some real losers for friends,...
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negativity at a meeting
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The topic at the discussion meeting I went to this morning was acceptance, a subject that I'm really working hard on. Most just shared their experiences with working on it. But the very last person to speak said life's a joke, a farce, a waste of time and we humans just keep going through it over and over a...
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Dear pythons fox....
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Before my addiction, My father was in recovery. His original clean date was my birthday. And I remember my dad had a plant. A bonsai tree. It was in my room until I was 10. I couldn't touch this tree, that I named dougherty. And I asked him why. Dad said that tree held his serenity, and if I killed it, it would...
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My HP is soooo great
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I had every intention of making a 7 pm meeting yesterday. Unavoidable things got in the way and at 7:15 I returned home to re-group. I REALLY NEEDED a meeting, that much I was sure of. My attitude was pure ugly yesterday and I was craving a drink like I hadnt' in a couple of days. I went online looking for any...
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Distractions
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A grocery store sells products that are priced in a certain way. A daffodil is worth 8 cents, a carrot worth 6 cents, a peach worth 5 cents, a zuccini worth 7 cents, and an orange worth 6 cents. What is a plum worth?
Answer in my profile. No cheating. -- Edited by Ruhig on Wednesday 18th of July 2012 09:26...
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Summary of Life
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Summary of Life GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED: 1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats..2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let herbrush your hair.3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They alwayscatch the second person.4) Never ask your 3-year old brothe...
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Don't think I'd make it without MIP
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Can't make a meeting today, had my grandson all day, and I REALLY need another one! I don't think I'd make it if I couldn't come here! The bottle is talking to me again... but at least this time it's a whisper and not loud singing! I'm coming up on 48 hours and I like it. I want that and more DAMMIT
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The Twelve Rewards...
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The Twelve Rewardsof the Twelve Step Program Ann C. wrote this "a number of years before" the 1985 Internation Convention in Montreal, Canada where she set it to tape at the Oldtimers Meeting. She wrote it to show the contrast that can take place in any of our lives if we will try to follow th...
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Made my first meeting...
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Well... I made it to a meeting last night. I was a nervous wreck, had no idea what to expect and pretty much declined to talk at all but it's a start, right? Listening to the others did give me a good feeling of sorts. Couldn't even give it a name... just a feeling. Unfortunately, I cracked open a beer the min...
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How's Your Attitude?
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Check out this 3 minute clip!!! ... ... ... Enjoy [video=http://www.powerofattitudemovie.com/?cm_mmc=CheetahMail-_MO-_-07.16.12-_-TPOAmovie&utm_source=CheetahMail&utm_campaign=TPOAmovie] -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Tuesday 17th of July 2012 10:30:55 PM
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Health-wise
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You think it is "too much" to drink a pint and a six pack 4x a week? Hypothetical...? Health-wise? After struggling with "sobriety" for five years I guess I'm tryin to cop a plea with alcohol and myself. That's it.
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connections
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Since finishing my 90x90, I've been going to 3 meetings per week. At first, I thought maybe I burnt myself out on AA. Juggling a family and working in a meeting or 2 every day was a lot for us. Toward the end, every time I merely walked by the front door, my daughter would run up to me, grasp my legs and cry &...
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SO I NEEDED A MEETING...
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Last Monday morning I was laying in bed knowing I wasn't going to make an afternoon meeting. A morning meeting is what I needed! We have a club that has 7am meetings each week day (or so I thought). Laying in bed at 5:15am and not able to sleep, I thought I better check the schedule just to make sure. Af...
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Rule 62
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(62: don't take yourself too seriously)
Silly Bird Riddles
What birds spend all their time on their knees?
Birds of pray
What do you call a very rude bird?
A mockingbird.
Where do birds meet for coffee?
In a nest-cafe.
What do you call a bunch of chickens playing hide-and-seek?
Fowl pla...
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The Silent Meeting
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THE SILENT MEETINGA member of a certain AA group, who previously had been attending meetings regularly, stopped going. After a few weeks, another group member decided to visit him. It was a chilly evening.. The group member found the man at home alone, sitting before a blazing fire. Gu...
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Ban Fox Hunting ???
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Please don't misread our intentions....We are in NO way in agreement with any type of gun control, but after seeing this..we are, unfortunately, in agreement that something needs to change... If you agree with this please send to the powers that be. Hope we can stop it. While we always agree that hu...
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Today's Gift
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We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend. --Robert Louis Stevenson Addiction destroyed many of our relationships. It took away our ability to get close to others. The above quotation reminds us that real friends are more impor...
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Progress
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It's all about progress ... 2 min. video ... enjoy!!!http://www.bestwayout.com/?cm_mmc=CheetahMail-_-WK-_-07.15.12-_-BWOTdevo&utm_source=CheetahMail&utm_medium=07.15.12&utm_campaign=BWOTdevoca
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FULL NAMES VISIBLE
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Maybe this is common knowledge on this board but my full name was easily visible on my profile I'm pretty open about my AA ness in real life, but online I fear I may say things about my family who I do not want to implicate publicly.
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Anticipation&Obsession
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I had a slight hiccough at work on Monday. And when I realized this, my stomach dropped. Sick with guilt and frustration. If only I could rewind 4 hours. Dammit. How could I let this happen-- twice in two weeks none the less. I quickly made up as best I could where I could. The person very forgiving.
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The chickens are counting on me, and I am counting on those eggs.
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It's been about... A ZILLION... degrees out lately here in west central WI. Day after day, my poor sweet farm animals suffer through the heat with little attention from us other than when we rush out to quickly get them some cold water and fresh hay. I would normally bust out the door at about 7am to do m...
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Just another day
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Was on the phone last night to one of my closest friends (in AA) and we were shooting the breeze, getting caught up and I was telling him how great my life had been for the last year, since right after July 4th as a matter of fact...we hang up and I hear this horrific crash outside, I mean loud, peeling tires,...
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Frogs...
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"" "Five frogs were sitting on a log in their favorite pond. Two frogs decided to hop onto a warm rock. How many frogs were left on the log""
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Pride as an Asset!
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I've recently discovered that lacking pride can be a defect of mine. I was running in the wrong direction in how I've heard regarding defective pride. Today, I realise I can use pride to get things done, do a good job, take pride in my work, appearance, actions, attitude, hope, want to develop and enjoy...
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Stranded in Bluefield VA Looking to get to a meeting! Anyone in the area?
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Looking for someone in or near bluefield VA - trying to get to a meeting! Stranded without a car! Any help would be great!!! My number is 914.413.5332
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60 days!!!
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Hit 60 days sober today! Wtf!?! Can't even believe it! I never never thought I would be able to be a functioning sober person..and what a whirlwind. I'm learning so much it's unreal. I never realized what a dumbass I was haha! (and still am lol)Guess that's what happens when you spend over 20years looki...
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Each day is a MIRACLE.
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Hi all,good to be posting again and greatful that I found you all again in cyber world. :} But most of all truley greatful that I found you all in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous. Great to have a program of living, a way of living and giving in my world today. And so happy to have found my higher power, God o...
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God Calling - Refuge
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"Know My divine power. Trust in Me. Dwell in My love. Laugh and trust. Laughter is a child's faith in God and good. Seek safety in My secret place. You cannot be touched or harmed there. That is sure. Really feel as if you were in a strong tower, strongly guarded, and against which nothing can...
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Today's Gift
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Readiness is a precondition for change. If we earnestly and conscientiously apply the tools of our program, we are certain to experience positive change. We are promised new freedom and happiness and assured that a Higher Power can and will remove our negative characteristics. The question is, ar...
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Right, Happy or none of the above?
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Venting. Too late to call anyone. So I go to meeting today early to set up. A couple of people already there sitting in the few seats. As I and a few others start setting up chairs A. and B. ( 2 of the people sitting) start arguing loudly. It's a small room so it was pretty in your face. After a minute or so...
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Hate and anger of other AA members HELP!!!
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I've been shafted by more "recovery" people than "normal people. After 6 1/2 yrs sobriety I drank. Today by the grace of God I have 11 yrs in August. My problem is that my ex-sponser, his AA wife, My ex-AA girlfriens best friend and 13 others in recovery have hung me out to dry to the tune...
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Newcomer
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Im a couple days sober from Nashville,tn. just trying to reach out.
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No Regrets
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Daily Surrender - No Regrets This I pray, Higher Power: I will surrender to Your will today, which brings me peace and joy that makes all things new. I no longer have that trampled look of someone forced to remember every mistake he or she has made. I no longer hide under that blanket of regrets. My daily s...
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Today's Quote
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Our problem is not needing to know the truth about tomorrow, it's needing to live the truth we know today.- Charles R. Swindoll
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How It Works (on me)
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So I have all these rolled up posters I need to sort. I decided I needed a box with holes in it, so I could put the rolled posters in specific holes to organize them. So I went to a local liqoour store, asked for a few boxes, they said sure, I waited a few mins, they brought a bunch up from the basement, I took em...
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The Wrong Funeral
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THE WRONG FUNERAL Consumed by my loss, I didn't notice the hardness of the pew where I sat. I was at the funeral of my dearest friend - my mother. She finally had lost her long battle with cancer. The hurt was so intense; I found it hard to breathe at times. Always supportive, Mother clapped loudest at my...
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Unfulfilled
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It feels like I am at the beginning again, but coming from a deeper perspective. I have been in AA for several years and searching for some kind of understanding (meaning). My life has changed so much, that, all my concepts, ideals which I lived by, hold very little meaning and seem quite fu...
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Sad News this morning
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Found out today that a close friend of mine passed away suddenly last Saturday. I spoke to him last week and he was doing ok. Jack was a big brother/mentor to me. He was kind, unassuming and unselfish. He was the past Pres of the local IBEW for 2 decades. 6 years ago he helped me (I helped him) wire my mountai...
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Acceptance
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Just read the Acceptance story from the 3rd edition of the big book. Wow, what a great read!! "My serenity is directly proportional to my level of acceptance"
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Hazelden
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I really love the "Thought for the Day" at this site. I thought maybe others who don't know about it could benefit from it too. You can choose from "thoughts" directed towards women, men, family, etc. Even from Twenty-Four Hours a Day.
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Why am I such a nut?? Lol
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Ok, so I've realized quite a few things about myself during the course of my 58 days of sobriety. Some of the things are positive:), many, however are not. Put simply, I'm a nut sometimes (well..maybe often lol). Here's an example..of course as one goes to more and more meetings, one tends to encounter...
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REAL Alcoholics
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Some new comers struggle with if they really are alcoholics. Some people don't, they have spent majority of their lives drinking and generally all around mucking things up. In the big book it asks 2 questions: "Two simple questions. Can you quit entirely when you want to quit? Do you have little...
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Today's Riddle
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You are on a horse, galloping at a constant speed. On your right side is a sharp drop-off. On your left side is an elephant traveling at the same speed as you. Directly in front of you is a galloping kangaroo and your horse is unable to overtake it. Behind you is a lion running at the same speed as you and th...
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