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Hello and happy 4th (late)
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I hope everyone had a great 4th of July. It still feels strange, being sober at parties...Good but strange. Best of luck to all of you. Keep strong, it's worth it, not easy, but worth it.
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Who made the international Conference
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I live in Texas, so it was in my back yard. My sponsor and I made a road trip. The most amazing AA event. I had the pleasure of standing, holding hands and saying he lords prayer with 65,000 alcoholics. My gratitude toward AA is overwhelming. I owe my life to alcoholics anonymous and will try my hardest to p...
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Destruction of Relationship - and why i wont drink agian.
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A few weeks ago I descovered I had a drinking problem , well I guess I descovered awhile ago but I came to the realization recently. Unfortuanly while i was busying drowning myself in my own sorrows, I lost the love of my life, It started off with negliecting her because I was always hung over, it then foll...
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Daily Reflections ~ And Letting Go of It & 24hrs a Day
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. . . primarily fear that we would lose something we already possessed or would fail to get something we demanded. Living upon a basis of unsatisfied demands, we were in a state of continual disturbance and frustration. Therefore, no peace was to be had unless we could find a means of reducing these dem...
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We are Kin
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I just want to let you all know how much I love you all. People in these rooms have saved my life. I am grateful to know that I'm not the only insane way of thinking person. I'm not a bad guy but just sick guy striving to get better. May your day be blessed. Because of you all mine will be. I do wear my nick name Buc...
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Wedding Bells!
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Found out today that my oldest daughter is engaged to be married. I got to thinking on how I would have thought geeze I will have to do so much and spend alot of money and sorta dread the whole thing when I was drinking. But 2 1/2 years of sobriety lets me relize what a blessing it is and I can truely be happy f...
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Will you read the "I Miss Joni Post" and respond?
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Hi To all my friends, I woke up to a PM that truthfully was extremely disturbing, and I believe it came from someone complete confused....and feel the need to ask for help.... Apparently when I sent a PM to the Poster, trying to reasure her, well as best I could that Joni was busy with work, in a very brief e...
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Just Toni
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Try, Try Again
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Just thought I'd share from a book of uncommon quotes FROM "Don't Forget to sing in the Lifeboats." For those new comers starting out and for those who are coming back to the Program: Try, Try Again NEVER QUIT. IT IS THE EASIEST COP-OUT IN THE WORLD. SET A GOAL AND DON'T QUIT UNTIL QUIT UNTIL Y...
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To All Yanks...
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Wishing you a Happy & SOBER 4th of July! One day/hour/minute at a time. It's good to be free...kind of. For my English friends...nothin' personal. How were WE supposed to know we were sitting on all this gold, oil, glacier-enriched soil and iron? It was about taxes and religion...honest. Actua...
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AAA fellowship
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Our Monday night 12 step study group has decided to show a movie this month. We invite AA , Alanon and Alateen. We bring and share some snacks during and after the movie. It also gives us some time to meet families of the newcomers who are on recovery. We find that many newcomer finds the fellowship that he...
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Why I Cherish My AA Friends
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I love my "still-drinking" life-long friends too, but a funny thing that happened this weekend made me appreciate the level of understanding I get when I spend time with the friends I have made in AA... At a BBQ, I spent a lot of time catching up with a good friend (who drinks) who proceeded to...
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When we reach a stressful time in our lives, our vision gets narrow
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. -- Seneca When we reach a stressful time in our lives, our vision gets narrow. We fail to see the options and possibilities we have. If we give ourselves over t...
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Weird Symptom
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Hi all, As an update to my last thread, I am doing much better, feeling much more positive, and dealing much better with my breakup and other stuff going on. I had a great sober weekend at BBQs with supportive friends. They were all drinking, but oddly I didn't even feel tempted. Went to a lot of meetings a...
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Daily Reflections ~ Identifying Fear & 24hrs a Day
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The chief activator of our defects has been self-centered fear. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 76 When I feel uncomfortable, irritated, or depressed, I look for fear. This evil and corroding thread is the root of my distress: Fear of failure; fear of others opinions; fear of harm, and many ot...
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Hear about this one? 19 years in prison, what happens a month after he gets out....
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http://www.omaha.com/article/20100517/AP09/305179885/-1
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I miss Joni
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I understand, that it is normal to not mention those that are no longer around...but I still miss Joni...Joni Bolognie. She is out there and we should pray for her. Janet
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my character defects encouraged alcohol abuse
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the steps have pointed out to me certain things in my life, like how i chose to see myself and others was encouraged by my alcohol abuse, but was not the cause of alcholism. i drink because i am an alcoholic. drinking numbed, just hid my character defects and moral defects from me. so now that i am ...
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Another holiday over with.
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Hi Brothers and Sisters Hope all went well over the holiday weekend. I tell you the best years of my life have been while I was working the program. I would be dead by now if it wasn't for AA and all my friends. I do not regret going back out; I hope it helped some of my AA friends, to see what it turned me to while...
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For those who don't have a Big Book
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I found this website http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline/en_tableofcnt.cfm where we can read it online. ;) jj
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My cat has better sense than me.
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I really respect the intelligence of cats. I was looking into my cat's eyes today and thinking, this cat has never once questioned why he's here. But he has a pretty good life. The answer to the question of why he's here is completely beyond his ability to comprehend anyway, even if he did ask it - and...
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senior member
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I just noticed that I am now a senior member Feel like I just received a chip!!! Love the boards!! Have a great sober day every one! On my way to a meeting!
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Is it just me, but....
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I have been clean & sober now almost 9 months, taking in a couple of meetings a week but I have noticed something I think is quite peculiar....I have become very dis-interested in people. I still enjoy the meetings and sharing. I get calls to go places and find I don't return calls because I am bore...
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Thought for Today: To Live for a greater purpose than myself
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LOL i am very self centered, so this is a great reminder. I am where I am supposed to be for SOMEONE ELSE. no room for self righteousness for doing the right thing.... sheesh! talk about a new way of living. but it is possible, my HP is here to help me see the greater good outside and inside. like, it's an...
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Anyone else going to San Antonio this weekend?
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I took today off to take care of some last-minute stuff before my ungodly-early (5:45 am!!) flight tomorrow morning. I have several friends who are going, and I hope to make some new ones at the convention. Anybody else going? Maybe we could meet somewhere?
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Sleeping problems, and a relapse ? am I dependant on drinking? help please
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So I have been drinking for my entire 20's i am 26 years old and I had decided enough is enough, I am done with the throwing up I am done with wasting away my life. I was a heavy drinking at least a half a bottle a night, any night. My main problem is since I work for myself with my online business there was no one r...
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Welcome to all of our newbies, that signed up in the last month, that we haven't heard from yet.
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kittykatNewbie4 days ago4 days agojpmyraNewbie---10h, 21m agoDFWM247Newbie---7 days agokitkat87Newbie---7 days agomariposaNewbie---6 days agosinbadNewbie---6 days agoPO002Newbie8 days ago8 days agoJEFFERSONNewbie10 days ago10 days agoMurfNewbie---June 14thzenNewbi...
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4th of July and all is well.
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I am in my little basement in Queens New York on standby for work. There is some serious partying going on outside! I never got called to work today, so I worked on my car, cleaned up the basement, and watched a LOT of John Wayne movies. I currently am watching "The Cowboys" where John Wayne h...
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AA Birthday
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Hi All Today is my 8 Year AA Birthday. Yeah I still made it. I will be getting the 8 Year Token/Chip at a meeting tommorrow night.
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HI you all
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Hope all is well with you. I have 22 days thus far. I messed up pretty good this time. I keep thinking I've hit bottom so many times it sounds like a spanking. I'm the slowly get it type, verrrry slowly. I do know if I work the steps and and do the first step perfectly, that I can fumble around and do my best with...
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3rd of July and all is well.
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Its Saturday the 3rd and all around me there is partying and drinking. I am happily sitting down in my basement watching "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy". I am very happy to be sober. Tomorrow, I will wake up healthy and ready for the world. It really is Independence Day verses &qu...
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Daily Reflections ~ A Natural Faith & 24hrs a Day
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. . . deep down in every man, woman and child, is the fundamental idea of God. It may be obscured by calamity, by pomp, by worship of other things, but in some form or other it is there. For faith in a Power greater than ourselves, and miraculous demonstrations of that power in human lives, are facts as old a...
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Feelings suck.
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Well, most of them. That is all.
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Hello to All of our Guests.
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I can see that we've had 10 guest in the last 10 minutes. Please sign up and join us.
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Spiritual Experience
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As some of you know I've been having a rough week. My life's been unmanageable. I've been praying, talking to my sponsor alittle, probably not as much as I should be. I've been trying to practice our principles in all my affairs but I was being blocked by something. This morning, I picked up As Bill...
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Update on life changes
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I just thought I'd "get current" with everyone here. I have a lot of changes happening and more on the horizon, and I learned a long time ago that when life changes, upping my AA "practice" is a good thing. I only have one day of work left, I've been here for 3 years and 3 months. Th...
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Drinking Again
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(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5150_%28Involuntary_psychiatric_hold%29)
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Resentment
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Today is my wife's birthday. She is 40. She wanted to do something special on her B-day. I had planned to hike Mt Washington here in NH with her and her sister and husband. We were going to do this after July 9th. because of the kids/work schedules. My sister in-law is worried about hiking that far so...
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What IS it like to go a meeting of AA?
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This is what it was like for me
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My Birthday
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Okay. So what happened today? It was uneventful, but yet possibly the best birthday I have had. I had a day were just about everything was as it was supposed to be at this moment in time and it was the first birthday I have ever felt like this...not caring what I got but just grateful for where I am and wha...
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The strength of this fellowship
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Blows me away sometimes. As some of you know and others will learn now, my Mother in Law died on Monday 14th June 2010. I was really upset but my brothers and sisters in the fellowship back here have picked me up and carried me through this. I initially decided that I wouldn't go to the funeral, I thought I w...
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Psychology, Psychiatry, Meds, Sobriety
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When I got divorced at 5 years sober, I started seeing a psychologist almost immediately when I found out my wife was leaving. I think as much as anything I just wanted someone's undivided attention for 50 minutes a week. I deliberately chose a psychologist rather than a psychiatrist because I didn...
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Daily Reflections ~ Experience: The Best Teacher & 24hrs a Day
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Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times. ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS , p. 87 Some say that experience is the best teacher, but I believe that experience is the only teacher. I have been able to learn of God's love...
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Learning to identify negative thoughts
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Today's thought from Hazelden is: We have the power to direct our minds to replace the feelings of being upset, depressed, and fearful with the feeling of inner peace. --Gerald G. Jampolsky Learning to identify negative thoughts is a powerful way to begin changing our negative behavior. We always t...
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Now HERE's a med that works
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Sound familiar? -- Edited by AGO on Sunday 27th of June 2010 06:58:10 PM
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Happy Bellybutton Birthday, Pinkchip!
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Happy Sober Day, Mark. I hope you're enjoying a wonderfully serene & joyous 24hours all for you. Thank you for your sobriety & sharing your experience, strength & hope here continuously. May your day be a celebration of all that is you & all that is life. Thank you for being here. God b...
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Sad
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Last night as my daughter, grandson, and I were getting her car loaded up to go swimming at a relative's home, we heard sirens. We waited a few mins. before taking off as to allow the vehicles passage on the highway we were going to travel over. The wailing did not cease as more soon followed. A wre...
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Scared of not having a sponser
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Hello, I am frustrated and a bit scared right now with the situation Im in. I am hoping someone out there has some information or has been in this situation and knows how to handle it. Any comments, words of wisdom, suggestions, information on my situation would be greatly appreciated. Thank you fo...
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Help
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Need advice. My daughter is engaged to a guy living in London. His parents are in France and want to meet her. She is 7 months sober and clean. He has told her that his family would consider it an insult if he doesn't have a drink with them. Of course she can't drink they are in there 70's and don't seem to unde...
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September Date
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September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in the United States. A couple of months ago, a facility in Hot Springs, Arkansas contacted me about the possibility of speaking at their treatment center. This is another dream of mine to just travel around the States and share my ESH...
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Dave Harm
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Daily Reflections ~ The Heart of True Sobriety & 24hrs a Day
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We find that no one need have difficulty with the spirituality of the program. Willingness, honesty and open-mindedness are the essentials of recovery. But these are indispensable. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 570 Am I honest enough to accept myself as I am and let this be the "me" that I let...
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