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What a ride
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It's now 1:40 am on the 19th of the 11th, 2011 where I am. 12 months ago - almost to the minute - I was stumbling into bed with a bellyful of beer and wine. I had to get up at 6am because I had an appointment to go into a rehab. That was the last drink I had. What a wonderful, life-changing, exciting, exhilaratin...
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I need help
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I'm struggling.... My name is Nick. Ive got about 16 months of sobriety. I have been through the steps, but somewhere along the line I lost my spirituality. Somewhere along the line I lost my "Willingness to believe God could restore me to sanity." As a result, i am scared, empty, and dont wa...
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I never have to drink again...
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I never have to feel so hungover I wished I was dead. I never have to feel the gutwrenching remorse and sadness after a night out. I never have to come home drunk and say rude things to the person I love. I never have to feel like an emotinal wreck due to alcohol. But I have zero confidence in myself that...
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It's been three days..I decided to change my life
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Hey all..I'm obviously new here..I decided mondaybthat I need to get off this hamster wheel I've been on since I'm 14.. I'm now 36 ..I don't know how to do it or who I am anymore..I'm the life of the party girl ..notvsure how not o be..I'm the one every one admires..yet I'm home breaking at the seams,.I too...
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Clue-less
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Don't have a clue how this works...the format that is, My AA B-day is Dec 5 1998, AMAZING !!! H P for Sure! Thinking about traveling to Nepal soon I hope... maybe 6months, maybe sooner and it occured to me today??? It would be REALY GOOD to have AA conection! My reason for comming is Dharma Sanga. Not d...
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Thoughtful reflection on P80
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of the Daily Reflection. After sharing that page with Thereishope yesterday I did a reflection on that page and what it mean't to me on 11/8/11 or the Tuesday before last. I was done with work and on my way to get a rain hat at the Army surplus store cause we've been getting tons of it and I work outside mo...
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Daily Reflections ~ Overcoming Loneliness & 24hrs a Day
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Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didnt quite belong. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 90 The agonies and the void that I often felt inside occur less and less frequently in my...
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A Step at a time!
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Morning and blessings of this day! Looks as if we may be accelerating our move to Florida in May now and not July. Took another step last night telling guys in band (been working with about 6 months)that I will be leaving and discussed what we want to do for the next amount of months.It is just one more step...
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Happy Belated 50th, kld47 & billyjack!
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Dear Karen & Bill, I notice the two of you shared your 50th birthday anniversaries on Monday 7th of November.. Born in 1961 making you both 60s children & 70s teemagers, 80s young adults, 90s in your prime, the noughties old enough to know better and life beginning at 40! I hope you had beautifu...
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Daily Reflections - Page 80
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I'm wondering if anyone can post the reading from daily reflections from page 80...a days plan. My sponsor always reads it when I call her every morning, and I havent been able to talk to her for 3 days b/c of death in her family and Im not sure where else to turn. thanks everyone.
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Been a couple of months...
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.. since I've been here. I've been trying to catch up a little the last couple of days, but feel I've been away forever. Things have been steady for me. A little over for months sober now, with no real desire to drink (except for one difficult 30 minute period) a few weeks ago. The AA meetings have bee...
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Taking a break
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Hi all--I'm taking a break from internet recovery sites for a while. I use several and will "lurk" a bit--but I need to re-balance my priorities for daily sober sailing. Nothing to excess, as they say. I'm cutting way back on Farmville too LOL. I have pvt msg e-mail on my profile, so feel free...
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60 days abstinent/Little Gods
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Hi, I have finally reached the 60 days mark with my overeaters program. It was a struggle at times especially to do with the feelings that were surfacing. Lately I have been reading daily from a little book called "What Bill Says". For such a little book it has helped me through some funny...
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30 days sober today!!
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Couldnt do it without all of you. What have I been doing different? Got a local sponsor, call him every day, tons of meetings, service work and working the steps. It really is simple. Going to pick up my son after work and hit a meeting and get my coin! Thanks again!
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Daily Reflections ~ Inspiration and Intuition & 24hrs a Day
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. . . . we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We dont struggle. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 I invest my time in what I truly love. Step Eleven is a discipline that allows me and my Higher Power to be together, reminding me that, with Gods help, intuition a...
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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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