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One week sober.
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Last week at this time I was finishing off a bottle of wine thinking no one would notice. What followed was likely the worst night of my life in terms of sadness and tears. My four-year-old asked me today, "Mommy why were you crying last week?" Hearing this, my other daughter asked, "W...
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Super Fun AA Girl-Day
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I am so excited about tomorrow!! My friend in AA is a manicurist. As a gift my sponsor bought me a nice sized gift certificate to go see her. Tomorrow my sponsor and I are both going to go get pedicures! How fun!! Then tomorrow night, my other AA sister whom I haven't seen in a few months, is going to have me ov...
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Starting a College Group
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Hi I just found out that the local Community College did have a group but disbanded after people graduated or went on to the bigger colleges. Anybody have advice as to how to approach to get a new Group started. I have seen a few people at the school that I see in meetings.
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Youve got to give time, time.
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Whats this mean to you? Pretty self explanatory I guess. I really like this saying.... it takes time for giving time to work..
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I'm a klutz!
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I have been working with this guy these last few days taking apart an old corn drier. The thing is like two and a half stories tall. I was up on the ladder with a wrench and an impact gun and I was taking the last bolt and nut apart on this giant row of sheet metal. I honestly can't tell you what happened. I was ru...
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ESH on step 9
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I'm right in the middle of it. Got my list. Worked on the easier stuff first. Took a sort of break to work on something else important. Now, I'm trying not to get uneasy or fussy about continuing on. I feel like it would be good to have feedback related to ESH of others on this step. I imagine there are...
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30 days sober today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Love Jingles
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Thought you might like this... I got an e-mail yesterday about an "event" on another site - it's a 14 day video about getting into recovery... Here is the note they sent I realize you probably receive quite a few pitches, but I hope you'll find this marketing initiative both spirit-lifting...
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Dave Harm
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Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
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Whats this mean to you? I take it as related to drinking and getting no where or even anything in life, where you are doing the same thing over and over but not succeeding. -- Edited by SoberSteve on Wednesday 3rd of March 2010 11:36:12 PM -- Edited by SoberSteve on Wednesday 3rd of March 2010 11:36:2...
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Fearless & Thorough
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Finally did it!!!! 4th step is complete!!!! I just got off the phone with my sponsor. Gonna do my 5th step next week. I have been putting this thing off for too long. It's funny because it's been on my mind constantly and I was doing nothing about it. I think I have more names on there than my last one. That's...
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Daily Reflections ~ A Lifelong Task & 24hrs a Day
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"But just how, in these circumstances, does a fellow 'take it easy?' That's what I want to know." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 26 I was never known for my patience. How many times have I asked, "Why should I wait, when I can have it all right now?" Indeed, when I was first p...
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The Fallacy of Defiance
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I found this on www.Blisstree.com after googling the defiance of God's Love which I feel I've been suffering with throughout my recovery & fearing of surrender to an appropriate dependency upon my Higher Power. I can identify with & I'm grateful for the wisdom in this person's words. If an...
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Higher Power? Having a hard time with that....
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Hi all - Just a note to say good morning to everyone.... But also a note to see if I could get some feedback about some thoughts I'm struggling with.... If any of you have read some of my previous posts, you know that I'm struggling with alcoholism. That's a known fact. I'm doing my best to keep it under cont...
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Long Time Lurker checking in
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Hi everyone, my name is Andrew, and I am an alcoholic. I have been reading this forum off and on for a few years, I was initially introduced to web based programs through my studies of codependency actually. I have been sober and an active member of AA most of my adult life, initially getting sober in 1992...
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My story with advice needed....
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I posted this in the story section but figured Id post it here for the replies to advice so it dont take up room in that section... THANKS I am 28 years old (born may 1st 1981) and here is my story leading up to today. I remember my first drink being 15 years old. It was champagne in Canada on New Years. My f...
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Daily Reflections ~ Hope & 24hrs a Day
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Do not be discouraged. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60 Few experiences are of less value to me than fast sobriety. Too many times discouragement has been the bonus for unrealistic expectations, not to mention self-pity or fatigue from my wanting to change the world by the weekend. Discouragement is a w...
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Got a new sponsor!~!
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My old sponsor is moving out of state so I asked another guy I trusted and he said he would be honored!
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SoberSteve
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Lets Get Honest
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Hi Everybody... I just wanted to stop by and share some personal thoughts with you. The first board I ever belonged to on MIP was this one. As time moved on, I joined a few others and found a home at one of them. Though I do come back here every now and then, after all, in the MIP world, this is my "home...
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Dave Harm
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One day at a time...
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What does this mean to you?
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SoberSteve
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Lovely. Back to Day 1.
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Trying to make some important decisions today... 90 in 90 or outpatient? Last night was a nightmare. I spent an hour crying, sobbing, at a meeting. I don't think I said one word. I just put my head down and cried through the whole thing. Went with a bottle of wine in my belly, which I put down in about 30...
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New here
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I am so greatful to have found this forum. I have recognized for quite some time that I have a problem with alcohol. I always drink to get drunk and the situation keeps escalating. I am a wife and mother to 2 beautiful. I want to kive a sober life for them and for me. I am sick and tired of the guilt, regrets, ha...
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QUESTION ABOUT SOBRIETY DATE!!!
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My last drink was on 2-1-10 so my first day completely sober without a drink was 2-2-10... today is 2-25-10 so I was under the imptession I have 24 days sober. I just used the sobriety calculator on the homepage http://www.12stepforums.net/counter.html and it said I have 25 days sober...?
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Step One - Posted on the Step Board
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Hello MIP Family, I have posted Step One on the step boards and am hoping to get a little more traffic on this portion of the MIP web site. I am a double winner, though I have not posted much here on the AA site. I have gone through the steps once and am preparing to take my second round through them. I see ne...
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Hello everyone. I am seeking some suggestions on finding a sponsor.
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The meetings I have been attending are predominantly men, and the few women are relatively new, like myself. I would appreciate guidance. Many thanks to you all.
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Bad luck blueeeessss :(
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Hi Everyone: I realize I've been posting pretty often here lately.... I've been trying to stay extremely positive about sobriety, taking into consideration what everyone here has said, as well as my girlfriend who is supportive, and overall - just what the booze does to my body/mind/spirit. I just...
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Starting to have some success!
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Hey all. Just wanted to say that I'm starting to have some success with a new meeting a friend and I started! Starting to have some success with my sobriety too! I am celebrating an anniversary tomorrow. 37 years of life! It's nice to look forward to a sober birthday. I am really starting to feel that I hav...
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Just steadying my head.
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Saturday afternoon, my first shift ever on the helpline starts in 50 minutes, Italy v Scotland on the TV and a regimental curry night tonight. Have I got enough on my plate?
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the promises for us to keep and remember
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The AA 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 happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No m...
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The log and the ant
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heard this at a conference in Redding a couple of weeks ago. there was an ant on a log that was floating down a river. the ant was scurrying back and forth, up and down, positive that it was steering the log. LMAO!!!! how much like this ant am I? the log is my life, the river is my Higher Power..... ...
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The Lois Wilson Story starring Winona Ryder...
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The Lois Wilson Story-the Founding of Al-Anon and her life with Bill Wilson... Hallmark Hall of Fame April 25, 2010-looks like a very important production especially for people in recovery... "WHEN LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH" TO AIR ON CBS NETWORK SUNDAY, APRIL 25 AT 9 PM EST http://williambor...
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Daily Reflections ~ What No President? & 24hrs a Day
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When told that our Society has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues. . . . our friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be . . ." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 132 When I finally made my way to A.A., I could not believe that t...
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25 days sober...
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I know not to count the days but make the days count but I really want my to earn my 30 day coin again as it helps inspire me. Please say a prayer for me that I may get this in 5 days, as I will pray for you to stay sober to, thanks!
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Daily Reflections ~ A Unique Stability & 24hrs a Day
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Where does A.A. get its direction? . . . These practical folk then read Tradition Two, and learn that the sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience. . . The elder statesman is the one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who holds no resentment over his...
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How is this sponsor/sponsee thing supposed to work?
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I mentioned before that I have a sponsor. She's a nice woman, but I feel like I'm making all of the effort to stay in touch with her. Is that silly? Is this a program where I am supposed to be an adult and, as the sponsee, keep calling her? Do sponsors usually check in, too? There is another woman that I m...
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What are sobriety dates for?
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Sobriety dates are not for 'us', really... each minute we stay sober is important, but it starts all over the next day. " I " did not even do it, God did. Sobriety dates are just one way of showing newcomers that it works.
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Giving and Getting...
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So yesterday I stopped in to the business of my close friend, favorite client and my tattoo artist to pay for and discuss my next tattoo. I'm always very friendly to his customers and sometimes help out with answering his phones, giving bids or selling appointments for him. I'm comfy there and he's co...
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and last night I had the washing machine going in my head.
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but eventually I turned it off. I have a man cold again, not as bad as last time as I went to the chemist for some remedy before getting too ill. Yesterday morning I woke up with one eye glued shut - got some sort of infection in my left eye. Bathed it, looked at it (big bloodshot thing going on here, much worse...
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RULE 62 9aka - why I am proud to be a Yorkshire lass) Post your jokes here thread FOR A LIMITED TIME, be nice!
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This is copied from one of my Facebook friends and being a Yorkshire lass through and through I LOVE IT!!!! THE DIFFERENCE IF YOU MARRY A Yorkshire lass The first man married a woman from Essex. He told her that she was to do the dishes and house cleaning.. It took a couple of days, but on the third day, he ca...
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Daily Reflections ~ No Ordinary Success Story & 24hrs a Day
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A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 35 Upon entering A.A. I listened to others talk about the reality of their drinking: loneliness, terror and pain. As I listened further, I soon hea...
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Can you find a sponsor without going to a meeting first?
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I suppose my subject line is pretty self-explanatory. I think my lack of motivation to go to a meeting comes from a few different places (all of which will most likely seem like excuses, etc, to most or all of you). First of all - this is day 5 for me of being sober. To tell you the truth, i'm not having as diff...
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I'm a bit peeved right now
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with a condo association president and manager (customer). Finished the job in December, been waiting for final payment and in the mean time they've been getting creative about extra work that they want to be done for free. 3 punch out lists later, with agreements to everyone that the job would be a...
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Too much time on my hands....boredom setting in
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Idle time to an alcoholic mind is dangerous!!! Since I was laid off last Friday the water pump went out on my car. A friend is out there in the cold fixing it now. I just can't stand sitting here day after day with nothing to do! I borrowed my sons car Monday to put some applications in & have been online p...
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Chaired my first AA meeting..
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I was nervous but am glad I did!
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SoberSteve
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concerned about husband. i am an alki myself
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i posted in alanon too. my husbands drinking is getting slowly worse. i dont know if he has a problem or not. his drinking is not social drinking but its not like bad bad either. we used to drink together and loved it, before i got into aa ive been sober 10 years now. i sobered up he kept on. he does drink heavy...
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Is it possible to keep your "drinking" friends while becoming sober?
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Hi Everyone, As I am about to start reading a free version of an online version of the Big book (Thank you StPeteDean!). I have been thinking, all afternoon, about how I have to/want to/need to go about doing this, how I can "work the program" (as I've heard many of you have discussed), and a fe...
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5 Days Sober
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5 Days sober! Mood swings are still up and down but mostly Im just really tired now.I feel like I could go to sleep for a few days, but Im Feeling alot better.Taking it One day at a time and trying to stay focused.Got a Long road ahead of me. Still havn't spoke at any meetings.I dont think Im ready to start sha...
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Something I heard in a meeting the other evening...God based...
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This is God based so wanted to warn others in case they'd prefer not to read.... A guy was talking at the meeting the other evening & said his dad never could figure out when he got a bonus, extra hours, etc that either his car would break down, one of the kids would get sick, etc. He never could seem to ge...
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STICKY TOPICS
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Is it just moderators and Admins who can make topics sticky ones?? If so, is it possible to have a sticky topic where we can post funnies, like jokes or funny stories etc. It'd be good to have a RULE 62 (Jokes) page
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Speaking on a topic at an AA meeting...
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I've been in the program for 18 months. Being sober a few days from 2 years & although the old timers encourages me to talk in a meeting saying I have some good advice to offer. I find myself stumbling for the right words & feeling like I'm rambling. I can sit here on this message board & type ou...
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Trigger. Ack. One day at a time!
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Lost my best paying freelance gig today. Sure, the money loss sucks, but the feelings of worthlessness it provokes are worse. Making it to bed time... that's the goal.
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