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The Promises
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THE PROMISES The Promises, that are read in many A.A. Meetings can be found on page 83-84, of the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous.THE A.A. PROMISES If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happ...
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Fear & Temptation.
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The AA book talks about victory over 2 major fears of the alcoholic. The first one is people & the other is economic insecurity. These fears are eliminated by working on the steps from 4 to 9. 5 years into my sobriety & I became "economically insecure." I had lost my job & my debts...
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God Calling ~ Every Problem Solved
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"Man has such strange ideas of the meaning of My invitation "Come unto Me." Too often has it been interpreted as an urge to pay a duty owed to a Creator, or a debt owed to a Savior. "Come unto Me" for the solution to every problem, for the calming of every fear, for all you need - p...
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Inspite of the way I feel
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Since 1996 I have been coming in and out of the doors of AA. I've stayed dry 18 months, 9 months, 13 months... nothing permanent. As relapse and drinking goes, of course I have wrecked my life. Of course that doesn't feel good. Running from everything and now abrubtly quit running, the feelings are runn...
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Simple Question
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A few weeks ago I was the opening speaker for the Tri City Area Conference in Petersburg, VA. They recorded and made a CD of my share which they kindly gave me a copy of. Should or shouldn't I share it on this site, and if so, should or shouldn't I let it be known here that it is a share by the founder and webmas...
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Rememberance Day
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Today is the day where we in Britain remember the sacrifices of our armed forces since the first world War. there will be a 2 minute silence at 11 am today. There will be short memorial events and services at war memorials around the country. On sunday there will be larger, more formal services. What has...
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God Calling ~ Heaven's colors
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"Looking back you will see that every step was planned. Leave all to Me. Each stone in the mosaic fits into the perfect pattern, designed by the master artist. It is all so wonderful! But the colors are of heaven's hues, so that your eyes could not bear to gaze on the whole until you are beyond the...
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It's been a long time
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Just thought I'd check in and see how you kids are doing.
I'm doing okay I guess, still fighting the good fight. Work is going well, im writing for new TV series. My lovely and patient partner hasn't thrown me our or smothered me in my sleep. We had a beautiful baby girl who makes everything else seem uni...
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Blessings of this day
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Been real caught up in band,baby,hunting and other life on life happenings. All good,welcome newcomers and those just coming around.Just For Today,you NEVER HAVE TO USE AGAIN, start today being all God(of your understanding)intended you to be and reach out and help someone,It will definitely he...
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Hardest Day of the Year to Stay Sober
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Why Is Tomorrow (Sunday) the hardest day of the year to stay sober?
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Early sobriety transitions
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Today, I am sober 5 days. Although this isn't a huge accomplishment for me because I tend to follow the binge drinking cycle of alcoholism, I am really struggling today. Today being Friday, I feel very triggered to go out and grab "a few" (read: as many as it takes to black out, and then many mo...
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Only half of Day 4 and Was Not going to go to another meeting today with my sponsor
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This is only my 4th day not drinking after I visited "HELL" on Sun. Last Sun morning the Police came into my bedroom about 11am while I was still in the bed, after I just got to sleep at 9am. I they took me outside the house to question me because my Girlfriend/6 year old Daugthers Mom called th...
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this prayer is so healing
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Eleventh Step Prayer Of St.Francis "Lord make me a channel of thy peace -- that where there is hatred, I may bring love -- that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness -- that where there is discord, I may bring harmony -- that where there is error, I may bring truth -- that where t...
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Where I'm at
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Hello everyone. Just want to be strait. Despite feeling strong about recovery I got into negative thinking that spiraled pretty bad the last two days. Had an emergency powwow with my sponsor and that helped. It's possible that I need to make even bigger changes in my life and I just don't know what...
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Daily Reflections ~ An Individual Adventure & 24hrs a Day
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Meditation is something which can always be further developed. It has no boundaries, either of width or height. Aided by such instruction and example as we can find, it is essentially an individual adventure, something which each one of us works out in his own way. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS...
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God Calling ~ Self kills power
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"When you dwell with Me, desiring only My will and to do My work, My spirit cannot fail to pass through the channel of your life into the lives of others. Many think it is humility to say they do little, and are of little value to My world. To think that is pride. What if the pipe were to say, "I do...
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A request for prayers
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Hi everyone, I would like to ask all of you to say a little prayer for me if you are willing. I'm not doing so well right now (but not so poorly that I would drink). Wednesday, my sponsor fired me and I didn't really see it coming. For my part, I demonstrated some very very poor judgment last Saturday in br...
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Spiritual trap.
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Be careful of self justified anger. It's a spiritual trap. It's when we are wronged and we feel that we are justified to be angry. This when our spiritual condition is tested. We might not manifest it outwardly, but the danger is very present inside and only extreme prayer can conquer this malady. This...
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God Calling ~ I am beside you
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"Do not seek to realize this fullness of joy as the result of effort. This cannot be, any more than joy in a human friend's presence would come as the result of trying to force yourself to like having that friend with you. Call often My name. The calling of My name does not really summon Me. I am besi...
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MIP facebook page
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Does MIP have an official facebook page? I know a lot of members use FB and although we are anonymous I think it would be a great way to spread the word and get new members and stay connected with others here on the board. Just wondering if I may be missing out on something. Thanks
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i need help
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i am so depressed, embarrassed and don't know where to turn. drank yesterday and am so scared today. i quit drinking for 16 years and started again 2 years ago. things are starting to get bad.
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On Forgiveness
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I've just returned from a retreat, three days and two nights with NO radio, NO television, NO internet, NO newspapers, NO phone signal and nuthin' to do but get to the bottom of things. I've been home nearly three hours and STILL haven't put the radio on. The theme was forgiveness and I learned such a lot...
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Feeling Betrayed
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Wow. Just got through an ordeal at work. I am governed by a manual. The manual is very open to interpretation. Insanely, my actual boss does not apply the manual to my work, there are "schedulers" that do it. The schedulers have a supervisor. One of the supervisors blatently imposed...
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God Calling ~ God in Action
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"Power is just God in action. Therefore whenever a servant of Mine, however weak he humanly may be, allows God to work through him, all he does is powerful. Carry this thought with you through the days in which you seem to accomplish little. Try to see it is not you, but the divine Spirit in you. Al...
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Help with slips
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Let me start by saying I have been sober now for 23 years and I am always looking for suggestions to help me and other members of AA. I went to a meeting this afternoon and found out two people had gone back out drinking. Of course they were hurting but the good news is they found their way back to the meeting t...
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You, yeah you...the one with the face.
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new to sobriety
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Hey everyone! I am new on here and new to sobriety. I am 29 and have been drinking since I was 14. In the last 4 years my drinking has been out of control. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 and after treatments I turned to alcohol to numb the pain and anxiety of everything that happened. I have rec...
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Daily Reflections ~ The Quality of Faith & 24hrs a Day
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This. . . has to do with the quality of faith. . . . In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves. . . . We had not even prayed rightly. We had always said, Grant me my wishes instead of Thy will be done. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p.32 God does not grant me material possessions,...
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Practice these principles in ALL our affairs?
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Hey everybody. I'm having a bit of an issue practicing the principles at work and at home. I know that my Higher Power delights in giving me opportunities to practice my newfound tools of patience, tolerance, and giving love, but it is so very hard in certain circumstances! I find it easy to be loving, k...
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Daily Reflections ~ A Daily Discipline & 24hrs a Day
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. . . when they [self-examination, meditation and prayer] are logically related and interwoven, the result is an unshakable foundation for life. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 98 The last three Steps of the program invoke Gods loving discipline upon my willful nature. If I devote just a few...
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hello im new here and happy to be sober
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hello everyone. my name is jason im 38 from kansas. ive been a alcoholic and an drug addict since i was 15. ive had periods of sober time 2 years was my longest. im not the type of drunk who needs to drink everyday. but when i do watch out! its all or nothing. i have black outs and put myself in dangerous positi...
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resentment??
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I've been sober for 169 days and I'm beginning to dislike everything my boyfriend does, especially when he smokes pot. We've lived together for 18 months and he's always smoked. When I first quit drinking it didn't bother me but now it does and I don't know why it would since I haven't smoked pot in 21 y...
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Daily Reflections ~ Keeping Optimism Afloat & 24hrs a Day
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The other Steps can keep most of us sober and somehow functioning. But Step Eleven can keep us growing. . . . THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 240 A sober alcoholic finds it much easier to be optimistic about life. Optimism is the natural result of my finding myself gradually able to make the best, rather tha...
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God Calling ~ Spend
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"Give, give, give. Keep ever an empty vessel for Me to fill. In future use all for Me, and give all you cannot use. How poor die those who leave wealth! Wealth is to use, to spend for Me. Use as you go. Delight to use." 365 One-minute Meditations from God Calling
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Support from significant other
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My boyfriend of 14 months gave me a 3 year medallion with a very thoughtful card. I never expected that from him. He went to intergroup to get one of those fancy medallions. Very sweet. He seems to view my recovery as something to admire. I would not have been ready for a relationship like this at yea...
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Unexpected Joy!
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So my son Alex is 20 tomorrow. He left home a couple of years ago and we were all a little worried about him. He lost his mother when he was 15, and he has an alcoholic father. Though he never experienced active alcoholism, I have always told him to be aware that he may be predisposed towards alcoholism. I he...
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Daily Reflections ~ I Cannot Change The Wind & 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 My first sponsor told me there were two things to say about prayer and meditation: first, I had to start and second, I had to continue. W...
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God Calling ~ Prayer of Joy
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"Prayer can be like incense, rising ever higher and higher, or it can be like a low earth-mist, clinging to the ground, never once soaring. The prayer of real faith is the prayer of joy, which sees and knows the heart of love it rises to greet, and which is so sure of a glad response." 365 One-...
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this is not an out of body
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hey family, this is not an out of body experience, it just feels like it. i feel and see myself slipping away from my program and can't seem to stop myself. my sponsors life got way too busy, so we agreed i should find someone else( about 6 weeks ago!!) so i don't have an active relationship with a sponsor, h...
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My Friend Zac, and the Revolving Door that Jammed
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I have read a lot recently about AAs and this sites revolving door policy. Newcomers and relapsers are told the door swings both ways, that if you go out to do more research, you can always come back if it doesnt work out. Of course newcomers and relapsers are always welcome back, more than welcome, in fa...
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Happy Sober Halloween!~~
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Hope you all stay sober, safe and have fun~~ mmmm candy :)
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Hudson/Mohawk/Berkshire 2011 CONVENTION
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NOVEMBER 4-6,$5.00 WALK IN DONATION AT fISHKILL cCONFERNECE cENTER Fishkill new york.Can google HMB 2011 CONVENTION FOR MORE INFO ABOUT STAYS /EVENTS ETC...MAYBE I'LL SEE YOU THERE ,GOING WITH A COUPLE AA,S PROBABLY SUNDAY AFTER CHURCH........WE GOT BELTED WITH A FREAK SNOWSTORM UP IN THE HUDSO...
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God Calling ~ The Hardest Lesson
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"Wait, and you will realize the joy of the one who can be calm and wait, knowing that all is well. The last and hardest lesson is that of waiting. So wait. I would almost say tonight, "Forgive Me that I allow this extra burden to rest upon you even for so short a time." I would have you know...
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I need help
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just getting myself to reach out and go to a meeting
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Congrats to our newest Oldtimer@MIP, SoberSteve! :)
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Now just to rack up those sober days one at a time, Steve ;) I also want to acknowledge Gonee & Leeu. Thank you both for 500 posts a piece of beautiful recovery & example. Treasured amongst us. Thank you all, Danielle x -- Edited by Sobrietyspell on Saturday 29th of October 2011 05:09:41 PM
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HMB (HUDSON/MOHAWK/BERKSHIRE) 2011 CONVENTION
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November 4-6....Ramada Conference Center Fishkill New York (14 miles from my crib!!!) "We are responsible for A.A's Future" -Let it begin with us- Google HMB Convention 2011 if interested, see you there..............:)T...
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Torches and Pitchforks...I Bring You SCIENCE!
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My doctor and I had a discussion today about how my last relapse went down. How 8 ounces of vodka in a quart of V8 that was supposed to last all afternoon lasted 45 minutes, and landed me in hot water with the Department of Human Services and the pleasure of bi-weekly visits by social-workers for six mon...
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God Calling ~ Discount Money
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"Never count success by money gained. That is not the mind of My kingdom. Your success is the measure of My will and mind that you have revealed to those around you. Your success is the measure of My will that those around you have seen worked out in your life." 365 One-Minute Meditation...
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New to here and so ashamed of myself
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How did I let myself become the selfish drunk that put a glass of wine ahead of her family. I've had a bad year with earthquakes, snow and a husband - soon to be ex - that collapsed paralysed. I'm doing the single mum thing but every time I need to step up I lose the plot and get drunk and black out. My life is...
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Daily Reflections ~ Our Survival & 24hrs a Day
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Since recovery from alcoholism is life itself to us, it is imperative that we preserve in full strength our means of survival. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 177 The honesty expressed by the members of A.A. in meetings has the power to open my mind. Nothing can block the flow of energy that hone...
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