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Complaint or compliant?
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Listened to guy complaining abt how bad people were treating him. After 45 mins. I said, Did you thank those people? God sends those difficult people to purify our characters. My softy friends nearly sent me to an early grave. It was a hard nosed man from India that crushed my self esteem about 21 years a...
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Reflection for the Day
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: Reflection for the Day I know today that getting active means trying to live the suggested Steps of the Program to the best of my ability. It means striving for some degree of honesty, first with myself, then with others. It means activity directed inward, to enable m...
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Glad to have found this website again:)
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Hello everyone, how I have missed the names that I remember seeing. My computer crashed and well i couldn't find you all. Anyway, a close to another chapter in my life..2010 gone, HELLO 2011!!! On 01/15/11 i will have 3 yrs (dare I say it before it happens?) yes I will:) The past year for me has been prett...
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AA Retreat in Youngstown NY in June
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Anyone know any details about this? Seeking info for my sister. It might be held on "spiritual lands" as an annual event, but that's all we know.
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Share Favorite Songs for 2011!!
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A 1000 Beautiful Things lyrics Every day I write the list Of reasons why I still believe they do exist (a thousand beautiful things) And even though it's hard to see The glass is full and not half empty (a thousand beautiful things) So... light...
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What to Say
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Happy 2011, everyone! I am very fortunate to have lots of friends and acquaintances, and I socialize a lot. This holiday party season reminded me that I am still dealing with people asking why I'm not drinking, many of them people I don't know well enough to tell the truth to. I might get it more than othe...
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My A is in detox, then going to rehab, please share your experience, trying to understand...
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Hi everyone, I posted a while back about my AH. I was wondering if some of you can please share your experience, strength, insights with me. Background: My AH is in the health care profession, he's smart, educated, he used to be the one teaching coping skills to the addicts, now, he's the one listening....
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Has gratitude increased?
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I always ask myself if my gratitude for AA has increased since I got sober on the 19 th August 1988. This was the only thing my sponsor was concerned about in my recovery. My gratitude has been expressed through service in AA, the most important of which has been attendance at meetings. Many of the people...
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Feel super lame, but
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Ok I've seen mention of using search to find particular posts or specific information. Dean mentioned it to a newcomer in a new thread. I do not see any search options on the board. How do I do that? I can find my own posts and messages in my home spot, but not other stuff. Help?
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Your Take- 12&12 on Step 3
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What do you make of this? Bear with me. 12 Steps and 12 Traditions, p.40 "Then it is explained that other Steps of the AA program can be practiced with success only when Step Three is given a determined and persistent trial. This statement may surprise newcomers who have experienced nothing but c...
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12 Signs of a Spiritual Awakening
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12 Signs of a Spiritual Awakening 1. An increased tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen. 2. Frequent attacks of smiling. 3. Feelings of being connected with others and nature. 4. Frequent overwhelming episodes of appreciation. 5. A tendency to think and act spontaneousl...
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new sign in name
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Dear all, I have been having trouble with my account, around a little while so while I have been reading posts, I have been unable to post. I got over my second christmas and it was stressful to say the least but am getting to a meeting tonight as the roads are good now and am feeling antsy to say the least, th...
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The best of Bill W
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I remember this realization to be the most painful "growing up" experience I ever had in AA, I called it "The Good Actor Blues" when I learned that I was using my so called "good qualities" to manipulate my perception and those around me, I was deluding myself on the mo...
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Buhbye 2010, Hello 2011 HAPPY NEW YEAR
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Goodbye: Drinking Drugging Ignoring Common Sense/Good Advice Minimal Prayer Hello: Sobriety Growth Taking Direction Prayer Getting the hell out of the way ~Wishing you all a sober, safe and joyous New Year~
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The Canaries
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Not the tweety birds. I am going away to the Canarie Isles on Saturday 11th Dec untill 29th December. Does any one know of any meetings there for me to attend. I am going to the south of the island. Thanks. Chrissy
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To You All.. Dxx
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Dear MIP, I love you all & wish you a wonderful 2011 with evermore new beginnings everyday 1Day@aTime. I'm posting to let you know I'm stepping away from service here to invest time into my studies & allow myself to grow in evermore new ways. Thank you especially to John for your trust. I've l...
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Daily Reflections ~ Daily Resolutions & 24hrs a Day
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The idea of "twenty-four-hour" living applies primarily to the emotional life of the individual. Emotionally speaking, we must not live in yesterday, nor in tomorrow. As Bill Sees It, p. 284 A New year: 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes--a time to consider dire...
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Reflection of this day ,each year!
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Morning,New Years Eve, it seems like only yesterday that the feelings of "25 years of the new years eve syndrome,blasted and twisted, everyday,in total devastation and lost in a hopeless pit wondering how long before my demise and how there was anyone left that could possibly love this very si...
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here endeth the first day back at work
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and only 2 more to go before the weekend. I llike working the days between Christmas and New year, 'cus I can get all that stuff done that I've been putting off through December. So i've had a productive day in the office, just me and Planet Rock, minding my own and getting stuff done. The temptation is to p...
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I've shut the door on yesterday, And thrown the key away
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: I've shut the door on yesterday, And thrown the key away. Tomorrow holds no fears for me, Since I have found today. -- Vivian Yeiser Laramore Feeling guilty or ashamed about the past - about what we did or did not do, about what happened to us, about who we were - can be ou...
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Young people meetings
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Hey everyone, I want to go to my first meeting and I see that there are meetings specifically for young people. I'm 25. Is that right for me or are these generally more for teenagers? I would feel a little weird walking in and being the oldest one there.
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GOODBYE
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-- Edited by ABETTERWAY on Thursday 30th of December 2010 06:30:36 AM
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A NEW DAY - MAKING A 'PLAN' AND BEING PROACTIVE
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... so after a good 4 day stint of being miserable, negative and feeling like giving up (as if that is a viable option)... I woke up this morning, and caught up on all the comments to my posts and read a bunch of your posts here. Taking a few actions toward my sobriety for me: 1. Going to a meeting today at no...
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Daily Reflections ~ Anonymity & 24hrs a Day
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Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 564 Tradition Twelve became important early in my sobriety and, along with the Twelve Steps, it continues to be a must in my recovery. I became aware afte...
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Snowed In at my mountain home.
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Well I still don't have interweb service up here yet and sitting in the front yard (18 degrees here), to surf my neighbors router isn't practical. So I'm sitting in his guest house . I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday. I should be home tomorrow night. Cross you fingers that my chained up tr...
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Coming to terms...
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Another night. Another 2 bottles of wine. I've always been your classic 'binge drinker.' The life and soul of the party. And that was fine. Apart from the next day. But now it's taking on a life of its own. I drink every night just to relax. And I say to myself it'll just be one glass but I know it wont b...
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Fighting the disease despite a busy life and obligations to others.
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OK so I've heard here by many a sober alcoholic that to be successful and achieving and maintaining sobriety with this program it requires constant vigilance (AGREED), 90 IN 90, and a few other important details which I am working on. We true alcoholics cannot do it alone. I get that; I believe t...
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"Reasons"
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I know my insights aren't unique, but I had some thoughts recently that I thought others might find helpful. :) After a recent relapse, all my AA friends asked me, "What happened?" I had seemed to be doing really well. I thought it was a funny question, because of course there were external c...
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Anxiety... a "Gift"?
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I am carrying a great deal of anxiety right now, about something that happened during my using that has already damaged one person (thanks to his own actions), but could damage my life as well. I won't know the outcome possibly for a few months. I could either remain anonymous, or have to become involve...
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To Do
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The Eye Opener Daily Reading December 29 Is someone happier, better or braver because of some act of yours today? If you can answer yes to any or all of them, then you can feel rather confident that you are progressing in the AA way of living. If you can't - then you are not giving it the old College try and yo...
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10 months sober and its my birthday...dont know what to do. y did i get lucky enogh to have this disease when other peou
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I dont know what to do never been sober on my birthday or christmas. I dont know how to act or what to do. Part of me is screaming its your birthday. U can party just this once but i know better cuzthe first drop i drink i turn into a whole other person and i dont want to be her anymore. Ive been doing so good and i h...
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Daily Reflections ~ The Joy of Living & 24hrs a Day
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. . . . therefore the joy of good living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 125 A.A. is a joyful program! Even so, I occasionally balk at taking the necessary steps to move ahead, and find myself resisting the very actions that could bring about the joy I want. I wou...
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Simple Things
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In no particular order:1. My daughter called me, on the phone (my daughter has never called me on the phone) to tell me she is engaged (and he is a great guy!).2. My neighbor brought me a delicious meal. She did not know I was home alone on Christmas or that I did not bother to cook.3. I wasn't really "a...
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starting over
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So here I am and this is my 3rd day sober, after a week that I remember very little of. I haven't ever regularly attended AA meetings, although I sporadically attended Celebrate Recovery meetings for the last year and a half. Key word, sporadically. I have never given myself over to the program, and ins...
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Recovery is Complicated... (understatement of the day...)
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Well isn't that subject matter an understatement???? So here I am 24 hours after an inspiring meeting with a great group of women who pulled me through a tough day to remain sober... only to wake up to a tougher day... I got me a sponsor who I am excited about, but my first call to her was met with no answer an...
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Bon Appetit
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The Eye Opener - A book of daily readings December 27 The average person has so much trouble in finding a satisfactory faith simply because the mind has difficulty visualizing a force so powerful as anthying but a very complex thing. He thinks he must understand it in order to acquire it and use it. When...
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Differences
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The Eye Opener Daily Reading December 28 It is very often easier to identify an alcoholic by his hang-over than by his drinking pattern. Alcoholics, for the most part, resemble the non-alcoholics when they have a load aboard, but in the morning, when the sweats and the shakes set in, then the alcoholi...
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Feels like it's all falling apart...
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So Christmas was tough... emotionally... problems with my daughter and then my mother... I struggled through... went to meetings all through the holiday including Christmas day, got a sponsor last Thursday at my women's bb meeting. Loved her, felt great about her... she insisted I call her eve...
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Forum Guide-thanks Pete
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Hey--believe it or not I'd never read the posting guide. OPPS!!! Lots of good info there...and I will be so much more aware of those multiple exclamation points from now on!!! Seriously, tho, I did not even know we could search for thread topics. Gee, reminds me of a program I've heard about...somethi...
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Easy on others; hard on ourselves
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The Eye Opener Daily Reading December 26 As we alcoholics are selfish by nature, it is but right and proper that we should be more severe in our judgments of ourselves than of others. As we are own own best friend or our worst enemy, depending upon our treatment of ourselves, and as we are the one person i...
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New Year's Resolutions for Pets
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New Year's Resolutions for Pets 15. I will not eat other animals' poop. 14. I will not lick my human's face after eating animal poop. 13. I do not need to suddenly stand straight up when I'm lying under the coffee table. 12. My head does not belong in the refrigerator. 11. I will no longer be beholden to th...
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Daily Reflections ~ Suit Up and Show Up & 24hrs a Day
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In A.A. we aim not only for sobriety - we try again to become citizens of the world that we rejected, and of the world that once rejected us. This is the ultimate demonstration toward which Twelfth Step work is the first but not the final step. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 21 The old line says, "Suit up and show u...
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Well that's Christmas over for another year
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as my Mum would say. So how has it been. Worked Christmas Eve. I work from home and was at the home office all wekk so not a problem then my sober Buddy came over from Preston for the Christmas Break. We both live alone so we keep each other company. Christmas Eve - a meeting, heatwarming. Was referred to as H...
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Unless someone raises their hand...we did it!
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Simple Grace of God kept all on the Board SOBER for one more 24 hours, we are so very Blessed. I am humbled, Thank you GOD!
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Just Toni
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Merry Christmas to all of my MIP friends
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Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas Larry, ------------------------------------------------- "What I used to call boredom, I now call serenity."
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Gift Suggestion
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The Eye Opener December 24 Did you ever think upon forgiveness as a Christmas gift? In addition to its sacred application, the giving of gifts at Christmas is to bring happiness to someone and nothing can bring more happiness than forgiveness. It gives joy to both the giver and the receiver and must al...
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I need help
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I've been a member of this fellowship for 6 years. Today I drank. I need help.
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Love
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Love and Service This not this this not this Merry...
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I'm an alcoholic, my problem is Bill
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I just joined here yesterday. I had been visiting for a few weeks. I actually found this place by investigating some alonon stuff. I am an alcoholic and have been since I took my first breath. Some become alcoholics because they drink too much. I drank too much because i am an alcoholic. I like to start of...
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New Years events for non drinkers?
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Basically I am the daughter of an ex-alcoholic and have been searching the internet for AA parties/events for New Years. This will be my mother's first sober New Years and I can't find any non-drinking events for her to go to and thought maybe someone on here might know of one? I'm pretty desperate.. Sh...
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