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Disappointed in myself
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No I didn't drink, thanfully. But yesterday someone asked me if I was really not going to drink anymore. Rather than say definitively that I was not going to drink anymore I instead gave an answer with exceptions. Such as that before doing any drinking I would make sure I had a plan thought out ahead of ti...
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Hello
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Hello, I have been reading your forum for many months now off and on. You are very encouraging and kind. I am an alcoholic. I am a female, 34 years old. I am also a teacher. I have commited to seeking treatment and quit drinking on April 11th. I am a strict schedule/structure oriented person, so this...
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Grateful for disappointment...?
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Hey, The bank denied us financing for the house we wanted. Boo Hoo. I would have denied us too. So anyway, while my wife was pretty disappointed...I was like "Meh. God took that piece out of play for a reason. Why? How the hell should I know...I'm just another piece in play. As soon as you're ready....
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On My Second Day
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This is literally my second day of sobriety. I've had issues for years where I'm fine, very functional, no problems, and then I binge drink. I do it because I'm not dealing with the stress in my life and lately there's been a lot of stress in my life. I've tried to quit before but it typically only lasts abo...
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Needing a Meeting Tonight
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Hey Ya'll, I don't like chats for the on-line meeting (ask Runnergirl...I type really, r e a l l y slowly and I can't make enough meetings this week. I'm on the road out of town almost every day this week for work (no Noon Group). My town's only night-meeting is tonight. Wife is at campus grinding out s...
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Another of my yets
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My nephew spotted this story in the Buffalo, NY News and sent it to me. I did a lot of crazy things during my active alcoholism but I would have to say that I have not done this yet. Larry, ------------------------------ Police: Drunk Pa. man tried to revive dead opossum The Associated Press Published:...
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up to 7 days this is so hard
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I just need someone to tell me not to give up. Do things get easier?
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Daily Reflections ~ Looking Within & 24hrs a Day
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Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 42 Step Four is the vigorous and painstaking effort to discover what the liabilities in each of us have been, and are. I want to find exactly how, when, and where my natural desires have warped me. I wish...
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SET ASIDE PRAYER
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SET ASIDE PRAYER Dear God, let me set aside everything I think I know about You, and me and this program, and these Steps, for an Open Mind, and a new experience with You, and me and this program, and these Steps. I sure thank You . (- Tom G.)
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Hi, I'm Michael, and I'm an alcoholic.
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I'm new here and very newly sober. I first tried this over 25 years ago for all the wrong reasons (because a sober boyfriend told me he thought I had a drinking problem), but that didn't last because I thought I was so much better than all the alcoholics I heard share at meetings. Cut to a week ago, when I had...
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Reaching out to a family member
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I was curious if anyone has any experience or suggestions I might use to reach out to my brother who I feel has or is developing a drinking problem? He is much like me. I only recently recognized and admitted to myself that I am an alcoholic. I denied I had a problem because I drank infrequently, normally w...
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Unique ?
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this, you are dreadfully like other people. -- James Russell Lowell Sharing our many experiences with our friends in Twelve Step meetings helps us understand how very similar we all are. We are unique only in the sense that each o...
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What a rollercoaster
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I get the one day at a time thing now. Last week was a suck-fest and I teetered on drinking the whole time. Then, I made it to 30 days and felt great for two days... wasn't even obsessing. Now, just 24 hours later, I cannot stop thinking about drinking. I WANT TO DRINK! ARGH! So, I went for a run, I made c...
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Daily Reflections ~ No One Denied Me Love & 24hrs a Day
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On the A.A. calendar it was Year Two . . . . A newcomer appeared at one of these groups . . . . He soon proved that his was a desperate case, and that above all he wanted to get well. . . . [He said], "Since I am the victim of another addiction even worse stigmatized than alcoholism, you may not want me among...
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30 Days
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I made it to 30 days sans alcohol. Glad to have made it here, but thought it might get easier by now. Unfortunately, I've felt pretty trapped and terrified the last few days. Whether that's the 30 day itch, I don't know. Anyway, thanks for all the support from people on the board. A couple of you have re...
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An Observation About Step 3
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3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him. Scary for most of us, huh? The pivotal step on this gangplank to the HMS Happy, Joyous and Free is to do a "trust-fall" with God and most of us had experienced that when we fall backwards and expec...
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WILL POWER
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: WILL POWER = Our WILL-ingness to use a Higher POWER. --Anonymous One of the greatest decisions any of us ever made concerned our Third Step. This decision seemed to go against everything we wanted to do. We all know so well that every time we tried to manage our own live...
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Daily Reflections ~ Our Group Conscience & 24hrs a Day
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". . . sometimes the good is the enemy of the best." ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE, p. 101 I think these words apply to every area of A.A.'s Three Legacies: Recovery, Unity and Service! I want them etched in my mind and life as I "trudge the Road of Happy Destiny" (Alcoholics An...
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Going out on a limb.......
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First of all I would like to say I'm an idiot. I went out on a limb literally! I spent the day with my brother and my nephew yesterday. Got some work done around the house and decided to fly this kite my nephew had. We went to this field where there was only one tree and guess what happened? Okay, kite stuck in t...
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Common Theme Here
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There seems to be a common theme with everyones responses to me. Work with another alcoholic. In the big book it says that nothing insures us immunity from this disease as work with another alcoholic. I had a guy on Wednesday ask me for my number at a meeting. I like to think I am on my way to becoming a spons...
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St pete get ready to dance with the devil
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LOLOLOL cuzz he's IN THE HISOUSE hehehehehehehe
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2 weeks Sober!!
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I'll hit two weeks sober tomorrow,I feel great and Im starting to think more clearly. Going to the Dr.s on Thursday to get a check up on some old injuries, and to see how much damage Ive done. The guys from my Punk Band have been calling... they want to line some shows up for the summer,Im the singer and G...
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Why is turning it over so hard?
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When I really don't want to keep the pain I have trouble turning it over. Recently I was laid off from my job & what money I had saved back is now gone. Finally last night the topic was experience, strength, & hope. The old timer who brought up the topic wanted to know where we are at today in our rec...
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Favorite AA saylings/slogans!!!!
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Please post your favorite AA related slogans and sayings here. Ill start: If you ever want a drink, put your AA coin in your mouth and when it dissolves you can have one... I also love: Dont stop before the miracle happens!
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Thanks Family,nice surprise...
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Hey family! what a nice surprise ,checkin in and seeing birthday wishes from you all.Thanks Daniella for posting my bio,my wife and I spent a wonderful day together,we both took off of work and took a bus trip to Connecticut..Going to do family time this weekend with kids and some friends.Things were...
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Semantics or something more?
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At a meeting the other night, I noticed something that struck me as important. I noticed some people are very specific when they introduce themselves. For example, "My name is Laurie and I am an alcoholic." Other folks make it brief, "Laurie, alcoholic." I noticed my own tend...
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The step board
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Step one is up from a few weeks ago, quite a few people participated, Step 2 started last night, and step 3 is at the top as well Please participate either for the newcomer, or if you are the newcomer, please come get your feet wet, it's how we get well in AA, the steps make sobriety livable http://www.acti...
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Happy 62nd Bellybutton Birthday MikeF!!!
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"Hello Family! My name is MikeF.My clean/sober date is December 2nd,1984. Birth date 3/25/48..Married since June 2nd 1984(3rd marriage) and have 4 children,Eric 23,Sarah 21, in New York and from my first marriage in 1966 Michael 43 and Michelle 44 in Texas.I am an active member in Narcot...
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One Year Sober
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One year sober today. This past week has been kind of rough and I wonder how much these anniversaries affect people in the program. I woke up and it's snowing outside! Yesterday sixty degrees, today snow? Whatever the circumstances, today is a great day to be sober!
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I am addicted to alcohol, I drink every day, am I an alcoholic?
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Not necessarily, I see a great deal of confusion about what an alcoholic is and isn't. How much or how often one drinks doesn't necessarily make one an alcoholic it's what happens when one drinks or quite frankly when one doesn't that differentiates the two classes. When heavy drinkers stop drinking...
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Greetings from high atop the Blueridge moutains
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I forgot to tell my cyber family that I was going away for a week. This trip is the beginning of this years building season and it's good to be back after 5 months albeit earlier than usual as it's late April typically when I drag up here for the first time. The weather treating me pretty well considering...
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Sun is shining
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Brakes are fixed. Got a new battery for the bike and have charged it up. Got the MOT booked for tomorro afternoon. Got a meeting to run for my sponsee tomorrow night. Got some free time on Sunday and if all goes well, me and the bike might just rock over to Blackpool
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First Meeting
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I'll be attending my first meeting tonight. I have been looking forward to it. Having a very bad day and feeling all alone. Hope to find some fellowship and start developing faith in the future.
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ad the ongoing tale of the tape is............
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.......end of week two, another 7 lbs gone (total loss is 11lbs) and an inch off the gut. The skills I have learnt in AA and the new attitudes I have developed are most definitely helping me to stay focussed without geting obsessive.
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Away for the Weekend ~ AA Convention
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Just a little love letter to let you all know I'm away for three nights in Blackpool this weekend to attend our Northern AA Convention which I have been to for the last 4 events since I was 6months sober. I was frightened & nervous when I first went all on my ownsome but when I got there I got into some ser...
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stupid question...
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I have been wondering why some go thru physical withdrawals and some don't? I was put in jail after a blackout dui. When I got out 4 days later my sister said did you go thru withdrawals? I didn't at least not like what i have seen and heard about. Im sure it doesn't make me any less of an alcoholic. Mayb...
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Daily Reflections ~ The Teaching Is Never Over & 24hrs a Day
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Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God...
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Help me get back on track, please
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I went 79 days, then slipped. Let me tell you that that first slip is crucial, BEYOND BELIEF. I drank wine again, apologized and analyzed profusely and then did it again, and again and yet again and then again. It's so easy to ratonalize once you mess up once. Now it's harder than ever to get back on tr...
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Concept of God
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Zero equals infinity. This means there is no Creator or it means the creator is nothing. Therefore there is no God. If there is no God there is no Satan either. Many say there is a Creator that creates everything that is. They say something had to create the earth with its mountains, rivers, clouds...
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Finding a sponser
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This information is most likely already posted somewhere on the board, so I apologize if the question is redundant. I was just looking for information on finding a sponser. I have only been to four meetings so far. I haven't spoken up, just listened. If someone has suggestions on finding a sponser or c...
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I WILL NOT FEAR
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I WILL NOT FEAR Lord, God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I can not know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your Will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please You does in fact...
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Communication Skills
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or lack thereof on occasion Recently I had a conversation with a woman I know, she emailed me and asked for my opinion on something. I had spent a year or so listening to her daily and weekly train wreck drama in tedious detail, day after day, week after week, being gentle, telling the truth, but being gen...
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New and need help!!!!
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ok i am new here.I have been drinking everyday for the past 10 months to the point i pass out every night.I have decieded this is enough!!!! I am a mother of 3 beautiful daughters and i have to get myself together for them and myself.So if anyone can give me some insite as to what i am going to be going through...
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Why did you get/want to get sober? How do you deal with success?
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What do you expect from sobriety? Something a friend of mine wrote today along with the "Aint Life Grand" thread got me thinking When I came into AA I started talking to a guy, I told him I lost my job. he grinned OK, obviously this guy was a moron, so I told him I lost my girlfriend, the love of my l...
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9th Step
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My fight against the false God is working. None of us will ever be the creator. If you think you are or you think you know who it is, good luck with that! Only that which is not created is the creator. Not too long ago I had an epiphany. I realized that I had been harmed by a man who realized I was about to fin...
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Titles
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I scrolled down the thread list the other day and saw mine from last week. Nothing intrinsically good comes from me drinking, and yet I do (I'm sorry even though that is worthless). I think its just a case of habit or something. I know not to drink but I do anyway as if I have no other option, or else I feel tha...
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checkin in
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Just got back from Florida Roundup convention. It was awesome...much more enjoyable and fun 18 months sober as opposed to how it was last year at 6 months sober. I am still not smoking now for over 2 weeks...still single and sort of having fun with it...shrug. Life seems to be okay. In between 4th a...
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Day 5 today - good enough to make a post?
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Hi all - Just a quick post to share that today is day 5 of being sober. I actually haven't made it this far yet, since I've realized that I am an alcoholic. I usually make it to day 3 or 4 and then cave. On top of that, it's my 4th day of no smoking as well (a nasty habit I picked up just 3 years ago, while I was waiti...
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New AA saying?
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Ya know we survive on slogans and mataphore, right? How's this for a new one regarding relapses. "Relapses during AA recovery are a exactly like breathing; as long as you have more "ins" than "outs" you're still doing okay." Thumbs up or thumbs down.... Peace, Rob
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Ain't life grand...
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Well, ain't it. It sure is for me today!!! I hope it is for all of you too. God bless... Brian
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