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Learing to be average
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Hey all, wanted to start a new thread, picking up on a comment of Lin's in another thread that just blew me a way. It hit right on what's been troubling me... Quote "...and I had to start laughing, you know we all have this "childhood idea" of God? Like recovering Catholics have this &quo...
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Daily meditations
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ACOA - SUCCESS "TODAY I APPROACH ALL OF MY PROJECTS WITH CONFIDENCE" I deserve to live this day triumphantly. Today I choose to experience joy as I keep my heart and mind open to wonderful experiences. I approach all projects today with confidence and faith in my success. Whether a small...
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Daily Reflections ~ The Challenge of Failure & 24hrs a Day
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In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 31 How thankful I am today, to know that all my past failures were necessary for me to be where I am now. Through much pain came experience and, in sufferi...
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coffee anyone?
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HANDERSONVILLE N.C.
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Hi, I am moving to Hendersonvelle, NC and I would like to meet people who are in AA. LisaHicks@netzero.com
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Keeping our motives honest
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: Keeping our motives honest Motives are important in dealing with other people. If we're frank with someone and that person gets upset, we might think he or she just can't handle our directness, our honesty. But "honesty" without love is more like bruta...
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Sharing at home group celebration
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So tomorrow I "celebrate" 1 year at my home group, though my real date is this Friday. I find I'm a bit anxious and nervous, though I've done comittments at some rehab facilities without a problem and have no trouble sharing at meetings. Plus I speak regularly at business meetings for wor...
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Daily Meditations (combined)
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A Walk in Dry Places Selfishness We're told again and again that we have to be selfish about our own recovery, but this seems to be in conflict with the fact that selfishness is the root of our problem. How can selfishness be both good and bad? The selfishness we need for recovery is a devotion to self-im...
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Daily Reflections ~ Mysterious Paradoxes & 24hrs a Day
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Such is the paradox of A.A. regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one's old life as a condition for finding a new one. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 46 What glorious mysteries paradoxes are! They do not compute, yet when recognized and accepted, they reaffirm somethi...
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Leave room for God to surprise you!
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: Leave room for God to surprise you! --Ernie K. It is human to be disappointed when we don't get what we want. But when we dwell on our disappointment, as if we should have gotten what we wanted, then we forget to trust that God may have something different in store for us....
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We Always Have Choices (Walk in Dry Places)
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Decision Making Self-pity is often rooted in the strong feeling that we have been victimized by people or conditions. "I never had a chance" and "You deceived me!" are common complaints that reveal self-pity. It is astonishing and humbling to learn that we always have choic...
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Staying on Course (Walk in Dry Places)
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Power in Purpose When riding in an airplane on automatic pilot, I marvel at the way the aircraft stays on course even while bouncing and shaking through pockets of turbulence. Even more significant is the pilot's calm indifference to these minor movements as he checks occasionally to make sure the...
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Secret of Healing (God Calling)
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"Love the busy life. It is a joy-filled life. I love you and bid you be of good cheer. Live outside whenever possible. Sun and air are My great healing forces. Never forget that real healing of body, mind, and spirit comes from within, from the close, loving contact of your spirit with My Spirit...
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Letting Go (ACOA)
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"TODAY I LET GO OF THE THINGS I CAN'T CONTROL" The concept of letting go is difficult to grasp. When my home life was chaotic, I tried everything in my power to control what I could. When my home life was rigid, I was taught that to be out of control was disastrous. To conceive of letting go of...
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Unexpected Disappointments (Walk in Dry Places)
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Acceptance As life unfolds, we sometimes get unexpected disappointments that seem undeserved - the car breaks down, a business deal goes sour, or a close friend betrays us. As alcoholics, most of us don't handle such things too well. "Why me..?" we often respond. Our best approach is...
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One More Benefit of Sponsorship...
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So, I'm having a burger with my sponsor discussing my sponsees' statii and he tells me "Your Grandsponsor wants me to tell you "thanks." and I asked "What for?" My sponsor tells me that sponsorship isn't just about the Service & Recovery elements of the triangle, bu...
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Bleeding Deacon "All you need is the Big Book"
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Tonight at a meeting i mentioned that i am using a workbook i found on the internet to guide me through the steps. I may have mentioned to you guys that four years ago i had 16 months of sobriety, and relapsed. In those sixteen months, i had read the "Big Book" and the "12 steps/12 Traditio...
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Always God First!
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prayers.Yesterday,work/hospitals/doctor's/police/family/meetings/airplanes&airports
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God, help me remember to be thankful even when the gift is not quite what I expected
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thought from Hazelden is: Dear God, Thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy. --Children's Letters to God Sometimes we look around, assess the situation, and decide what we think we need. So we go to God and begin praying. Out of the blue, our prayers get answered. But the answer i...
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Daily Reflections ~ Guidance & 24hrs a Day
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... this means a belief in a Creator who is all power, justice, and love; a God who intends for me a purpose, a meaning, and a destiny to grow, however... haltingly, toward His own likeness and image. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 51 As I began to understand my own powerlessness and my dependence on God, as I understa...
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What Equals 101%
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http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=h60r2HPsiuM&feature=youtube_gdata_player -- Edited by StPeteDean on Monday 21st of February 2011 05:04:11 PM
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Health (ACOA)
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"I EXPECT TO BE HEALTHY" It is God's intention to create a universe that is whole, pure and balanced. So, too, my physical health is an expression of what God intends. The truth is that I am meant to be well and whole. As a child of an alcoholic, I sometimes tend to ignore my physical needs. F...
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CODA BOARD..
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Letting Go, Letting God, Reclaiming our Lives, Releasing Resentment (Dedicated Video)
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I thought I would share this video with the members of AA, although it was originally created and dedicated to a member of MIP Al-Anon. It's a 1 hour, 15 minute video... so please allow yourself enough time to view it in whole, so that you might be able to get the full message of what it carries for you. John...
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Do more meetings unfailingly lead to better sobriety?
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A fairly new (under a year) member of one of my groups posited the question: "Are we addicted to meetings now instead of alcohol?" His wording was unfortunate, obviously. But I think what he was getting at may have been legitimate.Some people go to AA every day. Good for them. That is obvi...
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Building on Mistakes (ACOA)
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"I ACCEPT MY MISTAKES AND LET THEM CONTRIBUTE TO MY LEARNING AND GROWTH" "The price I must pay for any knowledge is to discover it for myself. I must learn my own lessons - I must make my own mistakes. I must pay my own consequences. The knowledge that I gain presents me with a challeng...
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Prayer and support
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I am a true believer in the power of prayer and thru the years I have learned that sharing my anxieties and pain with others just like me is integral for my continued positive spiritual condition.My wifes younger sister(40"s)was just admitted to ICU for suicide attempt,we are still finding out...
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"Nothing Can Hurt" (God Calling)
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"Only self can cast a shadow on the way. Be more afraid of spirit-unrest, of soul-disturbance, than of earthquake or fire, or any outside forces. When you feel the absolute calm has been broken - away alone with Me until your heart sings and all is strong and calm. All that you have to do is to ke...
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A Day of Acceptance (Walk in Dry Places)
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Releasing the Past "We will not regret the past nor fear the future," goes one of the promises in Twelve Step programs. Neither the past nor the future should control what we're thinking and doing today. After all, if our Higher Power is everything, no person or action an be outside of thi...
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something had to snap...and it was me.
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Today I may get fired. At the very least I will get a pedantic ass-chewing. As we recover from a self-prophesized recession, A can't pay B and B can't pay C and so on. My annual salary, ALL commission, qualifys as "working poor". It's annual bonus time and I NEED my bonus to get a car out of the sh...
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"Claim Your Rights" (God Calling)
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"In everything by prayer and supplication let your requests be made known unto God." But do not beg. Rather come as a business manager bringing to the owner the needs, checks to be signed, etc., and knowing that to lay the matter before him means immediate supply. I long to supply, but the a...
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A Taste for Alcohol
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Having the acquired taste for alcohol in whatever form doesn't seem to be a requirement for alcoholics. I've heard a number of AA members say that they hated the taste of beer/booze/whatever, and drank only to get drunk. A speaker I heard recently said it took him several years to "get it"...
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Ya HOOO! Dodworth!!!
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Hi Dod's, So happy your are doing it....we all watched your struggling for so long.. A giant Big Hats off to you my friend... Please let us hear from you, can barely wait to see how your doing, and loving your new Sobriety! Love and Hugs, and.... Tonicakes
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Relationships/Rollercoasters
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I know with all my heart that intimate relationships in early recovery can be very deadly at worst, and extremely painful and uncomfortable at times, at best. Do I want to continue to have the high of elation, and the low of a bear trap closing in on my chest, one then the other, like a merry go round? Joy, p...
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Eyup, I'm Back
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Oh boy what a hell of a past couple weeks. Been separated over 5 years now, been sober over 4 years. Got a glimpse of how life could be and it rocked me to my boots. Realised we (Eileen and I) have been 'idling in a regressive groove' for so long we are growing apart. How can it be that I love her so much but I'm cu...
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God and the Devil page 11 BB
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God and the Devil Must a Christ be crucified in every generation for the benefit of those who have no imaginationGeorge Bernard Shaw Christ, is a title, Jesus is the name, the man from Galilee who could rarely rub two shekels together and could make no claim to lay his head night or day. A fellow so plain,...
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"Let Me Do It" (God Calling)
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February 18 "Never miss these times. It is not what I reveal to you so much as the linking up of your frail natures with the limitless Divine Powers. Already, forces are set in motion. Only My Will is coming to pass. And now God is blessing you very richly. You think that there is much to do in a cri...
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Through my unbearable pain......
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This was given to me:If God is planning our lives, then why should we get involved? Except to pray according to His will which is clearly defined by our Lord Jesus Christ in the prayer which He gave us in the Gospel of St Matthew 6:9-15. Our uttermost desires and requests must be placed with Him. He will pl...
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Appeal hearing for reinstatement of drivers license
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Good evening! I'm new to this forum, and now glad I have found it as this will be a simple tool for me to use on my way to recovery. I'm an active AA member, but this is just icing on the cake for me to do some pondering when I'm not at my local AA meeting. Can't wait to discuss future topics with you all!! With t...
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The promises
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Where do I find the promises on this site?
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Daily Reflections ~ Our Paths are Our Own & 24hrs a Day
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... there was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 25 My first attempt at the Steps was one of obligation and necessity, which resulted in a deep feeling of discouragement in the face of all those adverbs: courageously; complete...
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Watch: My name is Bill. W and When love isnt enough here free... EDIT inside!
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I believe this site was posted on the AA links above but for those that might miss it or didnt know you can actually watch free versions of My Name is Bill W and When love isnt enough, theres also tons of other free AA media... http://silkworth.net/freestuff.html EDIT--- Nevermind, it seems they have a...
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Never Ruffled (God Calling)
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"Even were I never to speak to you, you would be well rewarded for setting apart this time, if you only sat still and longed for Me, if you just drew hungering breaths for Me, as you do for the fresh pure air of the open." Be still, be calm. Wait before Me. Learn of Me, patience, humility, peace...
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Does your higher power have a voice?
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Not to offend or start any type of drama, if you dont wish to answer I respect that but for those that choose to share: I was wondering if your HP has a voice and if so how do you hear it? Does it come audible in your ears? Is it more of a judgemental thing like an angel on your shoulder devil on the other? Do yo...
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Step 6 is posted on the step work board
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To Newcomers.
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I have observed that there are many new people that have come to the board. Firstly, I want to encourage you to stay in recovery. Secondly, do not be discouraged. We have all been there. I can write a book about my 1st day, my 1st month, my 1st year. Having lost all faith in myself and despite myself, I still...
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Inspiration - Not Aspiration (God Calling)
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February 15 "You shall be used. The Divine Force is never less. It is sufficient for all the work in the world. I only need the instruments for Me to use. To know that would re-make the world. The world does not need super-men, but super-natural men. Men who will persistently turn the self out...
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Alcohol cutting/suicidal
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Sometimes when I'm real drunk I have urges/feelings of cutting myself and wanting to die.
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Even worse today..... in tears
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My God, what have I DONE??????? I have not drank. But when I did relapse this winter, I got in more trouble with the law, and now I can't find a job. I badly need a job. My ex is not paying his support, and I can no longer afford my divorce lawyer! So I have to wait around for a low-income legal service to schedul...
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Our spiritual nature must be nurtured
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it. --Mother Teresa Our spiritual nature must be nurtured. Prayer and meditation lovingly kindle the flame that guides us from within. Because we're human, we often let the flame flicker and perhaps go out. And th...
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