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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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want to meet people either by email or facebook
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Merry Christmas all
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Best Xmas gift today is that I haven't had a drink today, by the Grace of God. Thanks to you all for this gift of sobriety. Merry Christmas all! Steve
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Sending Prayers for a wonderful holiday this year!
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HI all my MIP friends. It has been a while, so many changes, new people..how wonder to read all your writings, and also happy to see Joni Joni back....YEAH! Wishing every single person a happy, sober and joyful next few days...as well as the whole year! love you all, Tonic...
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A Bill Wilson Christmas Greeting circa 1944
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A Bill Wilson Christmas Greeting From 1944 Below. I think many of us can identify with his message. Hope you enjoy and have a Wonderful Holiday! A Bill Wilson Christmas Greeting The following is a Christmas greeting from Bill W. and others in 1944. ________________________________________...
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Goodwill
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: Goodwill Have you ever envied someone else's good fortune? Consider the friend who calls with a different ring to her voice. Instead of sharing her troubles and woes, she proceeds to tell you good news. Something exciting, financially beneficial, glamorous, won...
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God's grace brings another lucid Christmas!
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THOUGH THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IS NOT ALWAYS JOYOUS AND MERRY FOR ALL, FOR ALL WE ARE REMINDED THAT OUR HIGHER POWER LOVES US AND WE CAN SHARE THAT LOVE WITH OTHERS.I THANK EVERYONE HERE FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT SHARING THEIR SUGGESTIONS AND ESH ,IT IS TRULY A LEARNING EXPERIENCE OF SHARING LIFE WITH OTH...
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Married to Alcoholic who seeks help but...
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Hello, I am new here, and although I have support, my husband is lacking. He is in the military, and has just come to recognize that he has a severe drinking problem - drinking anywhere from 15-30 beer a day. This has been going on for years now. It has affected our marriage (he's moody, and often verba...
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Merry Christmas
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Hi All Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays to All. Please keep those that are still struggling in Your Hearts and Prayers. Also remember Our Troops that are here and overseas keeping this Nation safe for the Generations to come. Be safe in allyou have planned for this weekend, especially if you and your...
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Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas evryone I haven't been on in a few days. But I still sober been 20 days Now. I have just been busy working and with Christmas. We are having a nice WHITE CHRISTMAS. It's snowing right now my boy is so excited We were praying for a white christmas. Wishing everyone here has a wonderful Chris...
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So this is Christmas and what you you done? - Hit rock bottom Day one.
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So this is Christmas, last new year I was worried about my drinking, So I started cutting back, by July I broke up with the love of my life because I had actually stopped kissing her because I didn't want her to smell the booze on my breath, pathetic, and the relationship disolved. So after the break up I to...
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FINDING MY HIGHER POWER!
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So, I'm early in recovery and slowly feeling my way around... things are happening. 'Progress for sure, but not 'perfection' yet (been 'coming back' to meetings again and again since August but have not yet built up one steady month of sobriety... Had a few slips but I'm committed and trying every an...
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Not Recomended
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The Eye Opener Daily Reading December 22 It is frequently distressing to observe the attitude of the slipee when he sobers up and endeavors to get back on the Program. Some apparently think it was something to be expected, others feel that it was a necessary part of their alcoholic education and that t...
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Revisiting SLEEP ISSUES in early recovery
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I am sure we have discussed the issue of sleep in early recovery on this board, but if we could have another discussion about it that would be great. A lot of us in early recovery have a really hard time either getting asleep, or staying asleep. My latest problem for instance, is waking up at 3am every nigh...
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God Said "YES"!!
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AA is not allied with an sect, denomination or organization and neither supports nor opposes any causes. Good! Glad I have that laid down in stone for me. God led me to serve as the media/PR co-ordinator with an interfaith non-profit organization that aims to help the helpless, fight for people's...
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70 days
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Sober. Still feeling excited and just taking it day-by-day. Sometimes, it seems like years, sometimes it seems like yesterday. It's really odd, but has anyone else noticed that once they were sober for a decent amount of time...their capacity to tolerate stress seemed to skyrocket? Things th...
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It's Christmas Time In The Program
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And time once again for the recurring topics... maybe I can throw a bit of a different slant on things. First of all, although I like Charley Brown a lot and could identify with him a lot as a kid, I have never been one to get depressed at Christmas. I think as down as I ever got was the transition from teenh...
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Why I am Back
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I guess I am ready to explain to my caring friends here what the hell happened to me for a few months. Apparently I was on a long mania, though no one including myself saw it for what it was at the time. But I was working, going to school online, going to meetings, starting to play in a band, painting, dating,...
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AQUAMAN!!!! HAPPY 6 MONTHS TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's Aquaman/Rob's 6 month Anniversary today!!! Whooppppeeeeeeeeee!!! Keep up the great work, Rob!
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Life on life's terms? So tired...
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I give up. I wanted to be meds-free so that I could get a chemical-free baseline for a while. Give my doctor a real picture of what type of condition my condition is in. In 18 months I had 4 alcohol lapses. Three that lasted one day and one that lasted two. I haven't had a drink in almost 6 months. I went o...
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10 days today.....
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Hi there. Been a long time, and a very rough road. Glad to be back. More later. Love, Joni
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Dry drunk vs. sober alcoholic
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'A drunk who merely gives up drinking is merely a dry drunk, a drunk who works the program and truly turns his will over to God becomes a sober alcoholic. The choice is yours.' ****************** I just read that on another thread and I'm reading and re-reading it over and over again... It's my birthday...
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Step 5 is posted on the step board
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I shared my experience regarding step 5. Please feel free to take part in the discussion if you wish. All experience from those who have worked the steps as well as questions from those who are in the process or thinking about it are more than welcome. Thank you! Tricia
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Daily Reflections ~ Listen, Share and Pray & 24hrs a Day
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When working with a man and his family, you should take care not to participate in their quarrels. You may spoil your chance of being helpful if you do. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 100 When trying to help a fellow alcoholic, I've given in to an impulse to give advice, and perhaps that's inevitable. But all...
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The Lunar Eclipse and Winter Solstice
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Are you guys catching this? It's amazing, the moon looks close enough to throw a rock at and more 3 dimensional then I have ever seen it, multi hued in shades of red and rust that change while staring at it, it looks surreal like something from a planetarium, the cloud cover has come and gone and the sky is a...
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How do I pick a sponsor?
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Day 8 here! I've been going to meetings as often as I can. 3 days I work double shifts & I feel guilty those days not going. I wish I could find more meetings after 10pm, but I have to sleep too so I guess those days its up to me to be strong. Anyways, all I keep hearing is I need to get a sponsor, I need to get a s...
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A Christmas Message from Bill W.
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A Christmas Message from Bill W. ALL MEMBERS Greetings On Our 10th Christmas, 1944 Yes, it's in the air! The spirit of Christmas once more warms this poor distraught world. Over the whole globe millions are looking forward to that one day when strife can be forgotten, when it will be remembered tha...
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Christmas Cards
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Hmmm.......i've just written and posted the 4 Christmas cards that I'll send to family this year. One each to my Mum, my missus and my children. I was tempted to sign the ones to my children as from the sperm donor - raised a smile but really it's hurtful behaviour from me to them because I ain't getting my...
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I am new and disgusted with myself
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After drinking WAY too much over the weekend (drank a lot on Saturday, and then drank my way through Sunday), I have horrible feelings of shame and guilt. I have never been to an AA meeting, although I was in another program (based on the 12 steps, so I am familiar somewhat with the Big Book, etc) a few yea...
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Prayer of gratitude.
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To all my friends on this board thank you. Hope you and your families have a great holiday season. I pray that God will keep you safe and healthy. I pray that no harm comes to you. I pray that you remain sober. To every one who comes to this board, you have given me a new lease of life and an even closer link to my...
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Life continues to show up!
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Please join me in prayer as tonight we see if my 24 year old is going back to Jail for probation violation. Also my wife is very sick with stomach flu and By God's mercy I am just recovering from Erlichiosis( a tick born bacteria) that I contacted during hunting season(DEC 2nd).The storms of life will alw...
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Daily Reflections ~ The Rewards of Giving & 24hrs a Day
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This is indeed the kind of giving that actually demands nothing. He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay him, or even to love him. And then he discovers that by the divine paradox of this kind of giving he has found his own reward, whether his brother has yet received anything or not. TWELVE STEPS A...
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A Highter Home
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The Eye Opener - Daily Reading December 20 Any constructive program of living is a process of character building that lifts us above commonplace worldly affairs to the higher sphere of the soul. In this way, the house of the soul becomes the temple of the God in us, a cathedral of the spirit, where you an...
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when a man loves a woman
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it's 1.30 in the morning in the uk and I've jusr watched this film. Not sure what to make of it. Least it had a happy ending, pretty harrowing in places.
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I need to hear some E/S/H about CoDeez...
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Hi, My name is Rob. I'm an alcoholic/addict. On Wednesday I will get my 6-month chip. I've been in the program a year and a half. I have a wife of 15 years and 4 kids - 12, 10, 6 & 8mos. For 16 years I was my wife's problem and now it's the other way around. My wife's dad is an alkie. He has slowed down in the l...
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2nd Belly Button Birthday Sober
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Thanks HP, thanks AA, thanks you guys! Steve
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Back from vacation
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Did NOT get through tropical vacation without picking up. Feeling terrible about myself but not beating up on myself... Got straight to a meeting this morning and am back on board. My friends/family think I'm 'fine' because I can control my consumption and my personality and actions (in front of t...
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Blessings in disguise
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Even though I make good money I have been in debt for sometime related to my drinking and poor choices. My bank has been overdrafted for a year each direct deposit will put it in the positive a few hundred and then I overdraft to survive. My mothers name was on the account and the bank called her and told her...
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Almost Here Again
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Hi All No, I have not been out. Just been away a bit more then planned due to the Heavy Load of College Classes. Have 2 more Finals to do on Monday the 20th then done until 2nd week in January. Will be spending the Holidays with Boyfriend and his Mom mostly--The rest of my family is in partly sunny Florida. So...
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Lessons learned this week
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Hi all- A couple of things I would like to share, in hopes it might help another. I was confronted with Alcohol twice this week and it was a disturbing scene for me internally. 1st - I signed up on a secret santa deal with some people - the person I drew wanted good holiday beer, the expensive stuff. I didn't...
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Respite
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The Eye Opener Daily Reading December 19 It is very difficult for an alcoholic to remain sober in continued idleness, and this lesson has been learned the hard way by too many who have tried it. It is also possible to overwork to the point where we think we need a stimulant to keep going. There is a big diff...
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family...when to keep mouth shut.....
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I have learned in the program to stay away from saving family members. I have a sister who i out in the madness. She will be the first to tell you the "she knows" about the program "she knows" shes and alcoholic.... and "she knows" on and on and on. She has had some big s...
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Said goodbye to Jack D tonight...
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The renters in a property I've managed for several years have left to go back home. Part of the protocol is to do a "walk thru" to make sure everything is clean and nothing is broken...almost perfect. While doing the walk thru I saw a half a pint of Jack D on the counter and funny how that become...
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Ativan while in recovery
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I have been sober for 25 years and developed a generalized anxiety after the economy has threatened some of my finances. I could't pull out of it so my doctor put me on .5mg ativan three times a day. I have been taking it but my anxiety remains. I don't want to increase the dose. I know that this is really a go...
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Daily Reflections ~ Honesty with Newcomers & 24hrs a Day
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Tell him exactly what happened to you. Stress the spiritual feature freely. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 93 The marvel of A.A. is that I tell only what happened to me. I don't waste time offering advice to potential newcomers, for if advice worked, nobody would get to A.A. All I have to do is show what has br...
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Mirror, Mirror
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The Eye Opener Daily Reading for December 17 The world is a looking glass; it returns to you what you give to it. All the world and everything in it are but reflections of yourself, and if the world doesn't look good to you, rest assured, you don't look good to the world. The words of every person you meet ar...
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