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Why am I going backwards??!
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I just returned from a 3 week trip to Europe where I did service work and worked with people from around the world. I stayed sober throughout it all and as of today I have 104 days of sobriety. Before I left my sponsor and I worked through steps 4-7 and I left for Europe with great momentum. Now that I'm back h...
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The Twelve Step Rewards
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The Twelve Step Rewards ~ 1. Hope instead of Desperation 2. Faith instead of Despair 3. Courage instead of Fear 4. Peace of Mind instead of Confusion 5. Self Respect instead of Self Contempt 6. Self Confidence instead of Helplessness 7. The Respect of Others instead of their Pity & Contempt 8. A C...
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Letting Go
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I posted on here several months ago about my 19 year old niece who had experienced a bad trip with the drug Ecstasy and ended up in a mental ward while she was away at college. My mom and I sent for her to come home then and she took a medical leave from college. She told us that she was an alcoholic, and she im...
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Hi everyone I'm new here
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Hi all, I've just had broadband connected here at home, and I'm sooo glad, because being here on this board is really important. I've returned from a meeting tonight (my first in a few months) to which I dragged myself in desperation following a horrid horrid weekend binge (my second, and I hope my last...
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Peer pressure
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I used to laugh when I was a teenager and "old people" talked about peer pressure. I've been at my family's. At the pool, cooking out...NOT drinking. I think I'm the only one there sober. Not that they're pushing drinks to me, it's just everywhere. They keep going to the shed for anothe...
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Hi, I'm new here.
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Hello- It was suggested to me by a senior member of this forum that I begin my own thread and tell my story and share my ESH (which after a couple minutes of confusion, I realize is experience, strength, and hope) so here goes. I'm relatively young to be in AA, 24 years old. On September 6, 2007 God gave me r...
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My Second AA Meeting!
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Just wanted everyone to know that I went to my second AA meeting tonight. It was actually my second meeting of the day. My wife also went to Al Anon tonight to show her support. The meeting was a closed meeting and it was great! It is my intention to go to a meeting per day over the next 90 days. Again I jus...
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God works in mysterious ways
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Just thought I'd drop in, My son got a email the other day, from a woman who at one point had children by my kids father. I knew of them and brought my children up with the knowledge of havin a sister, (half). I spoke with the both of them today and we're gonna make arrangements to set up something for all 3 o...
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Sober Community in Miami Florida
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I am not a spammer. I just wanted to post the address to a sober living community in Miami. www.villagemidtown.com Great place for sober people in miami to live for cheap. Not a halfway house, etc. Just a recovery community. I currently live there. Must be sober to reside.
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Sorry to only come back when I slip.
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Hey All, The last time I was active here was last June when I slipped last. Well I did it again. It is just insane. I bought a bottle and measured it, rationed myself, I never got sick, I never got a hangover, I was very shrewd. BUT I HATE MYSELF! So much of my integrity is rolled up in my past victories ov...
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Beginner's meeting experience
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I just wanted to share a revelation I had as I attended yet another beginner's meeting. I still go to 3 of them a week. When I started there were so many white chips. Several of us made it to 90 days. In my first meetings, I looked at those people with over 90 days as being so strong. Then I became one. Tha...
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WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW PEOPLE HERE!!!!
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Hi There to All of You,
My name is Toni, and I usually post here, but having an eye problem, so have to stay off of computer.
Missing this MIP board so much I just had to break the Doctors orders for a few minutes , but will be back soon.
So AMAZING to see all the New wonderful folks joining MIP. this is an...
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TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY LEVEL OF INSANITY!!!
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OPPSS LOL here's showing my level of insanity!!!At lunchtime, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hairdryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.Page yourself over the intercom, and don't disguise your voice.Everytime Ask you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.Pu...
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'Hello' introduction
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Hi there, I am new to this and made a few posts but I thought I would say a proper 'hello' I had been attending meetings for almost 9 months before I picked up again - it was a huge shock to honest, I really did think I was doing all the right things and working this. But I guess it just shows me how cunning this...
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Just thought I'd drop
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Hi Just thought I'd drop in and let you guys I'm still here, been busy hours at work have increased somewhat. Busy getting start with my daughter going to camp for a month at the end of June, she'll be gone for a month. I'm excited for her and I'm gonna miss her at the same time. She now works along side he...
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Introduction if I may.
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I hope I am posting this in the correct forum. If not, please direct me to the correct one. Well, I am here finally. I began drinking about 3 years ago and I think over the last several days I have come to the realization that I need help to quit. I am not physically addicted (no shakes, no need of a drink in th...
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I'm back, and starting again
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I know that I need this, It's just so hard. I was sober for over 2 months. Out of nowhere, I slip up and can't seem to get my footing again. I was going to go to a meeting today, but it's an hour earlier on Saturdays and Sundays. I'll be there tomorrow. I had some issues come back from the past to bite me, and...
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Prayers Needed Please
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Hi everyone,
I have just received a very upsetting 'phone call. My cousin's youngest daughter, aged 13, is in hospital yet again. She was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis shortly after she was born. She has been in hospital for the last five or six weeks. Recently, she has been on a feeding tube.
She...
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sober holdiay weekend!
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The weather is great here and it's a great weekend. Yesterday I visited my grandma, watched some supermoto practice at the local track, rented a jack and re-leveled my shed, did yard work, got a pallet of retaining wall blocks for a project, BBQ'd, had backyard campfire, went to a meeting, went for a m...
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Daily Reflections ~ A List of Blessings & 24Hrs
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Daily Reflections A LIST OF BLESSINGS One exercise that I practice is to try for a full inventory of my blessings. . . . AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37 What did I have to be grateful for? I shut myself up and started listing the blessings for which I was in no way responsible, beginning with having been born of sound m...
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******* 500 POSTS********
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.... that is, since I changed my profile and started again at 0, last year or something like that.... :o) Yaaaaaaayyyyyyyy
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intro from me...
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hello I have been sober for 6 years. but as of late I feel I need allot of reinforcement spiritually, I do attend a walk in meeting, and I just foun this message board, also reading the big book...hope to get to know you all better... looking forward to taking one day at a time with you all...
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Daily Reflections ~ Spiritual Health & 24hrs
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When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p 64It is very difficult for me to come to terms with my spiritual illness because of my great pride, disguised by my material successes and my intellectual power. Intelligence is not incompa...
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Memorial Day
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Missing my Hero, and Oh so proud of him!
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He wont stop drinking & she wont let him go
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I am in a desperate situation & need urgent help. My partner & I live in my mums house and since she got with her bloke & married him last summer this household has been hell. He is a drinker & cause`s nothing but arguments every day/ night. The police have been called several times but...
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Can you please help me ? I'd really appreciate it!
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Hi there, I wonder if you could please help me?I am a member of AA and am currently conducting a study for my undergraduate dissertation on ' 'perspectives of time', anxiety & spirituality in 12-step addiction recovery ' and I'd really appreciate it, if you could help by completing my online surv...
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New Doctor's Orders
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I saw my "Carl Jung" this afternoon (you would never believe how much this Dr. reminds me of Jung!!), and he has prescribed a lifestyle change for me. I have been worrying about my level of stress and exhaustion lately, and was asked when I get up in the morning. "Oh, 5:30". When d...
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Back to everything
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Well, I just got back last night from being in Europe for 3 weeks. What a trip it was! I stayed at a youth center in Wales for 2 weeks doing some service work for the local forestry service (clearing footpaths, building small bridges). Of the 14 people I stayed with, I was the only one that spoke fluent Engl...
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Wonderful News Today
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I have been working so hard in a new role at work the past 6 months, it is hard to explain, but it has been soooo stressful, just the nature of it, and 99% of my time not being with my beloved patients anymore, being stuck at a desk and dealing with all kinds of issues, pathology, and medication changes, not...
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Simple Evening Gratitude.... for newbies and old timers...
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Welcome to my quiet living room here tonight. It is evening and time to get calm, relax, clear the mind. I am aware of my own peace tonight, and I want to share it with you. Pajamas on, sitting in the recliner, logging on to MIP in the quiet, dog lying on the floor next to me, and seeing what miracles you all ar...
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Sh*t, still have sensitive feelings..........................
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Witchy women talking about me at work, the boss getting on my butt and taking stuff out on me from out of nowhere. Really felt like telling them all to go to hell, and just driving away, leaving them hanging like fools, with mouths wide open. But hey, I guess I didn't get sober to act like that. I can at least...
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Death in your Family
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I find it amazing how GOD works in misterious ways. My granfather passed this a.m. and I prayed last night although I knew if it was his time to go he would. When I prayed last night I asked for him to visit in my dreams(which I new he would) but he passed at 5:30 a.m. I did not see him nor do I think I wanted to do...
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please pray for
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Please say a little prayer for a young woman that has been led astray. She is most likely using/ possible a few chemical dependancys. Her whereabouts are hard to pinpoint and she has little contact with her family. When she makes an attempt to get help they are thwarted. She has other problems and they s...
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AA ~ Altered Attitudes
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The 5 As of Adjustment ~ Awareness ~Until we admit awareness of a problem or a character defect, we cannot possibly let it go. Steps 4 & 5 apply here. Attitude ~This is the Willingness A. Do we justify our thoughts or actions? Do we want to keep doing what we are doing & get different result...
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New to Board
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Hello, I am new to the board. Just past one year actually today is 13 months. I had a long drinking career, but finally found the help that I needed to get sober. I am a member of a small but very good group that has great structure. Just looking for some more AA buddies. Best Wishes to All Dale G.
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Please help
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Need prayers, enough said. MDC
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I'm new here
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Hi everyone, My name is Barton and I'm an alcoholic and an addict. I had 10 years sobriety until I started taking pain medication. I'm off the Tramadol but now I have a nasty and horrible addiction to cough syrup. Generic Robittussin DM brand. Today I have hit rock bottom and I want to get back to my life a...
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God???
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I don't know exactly why I was brought here, but I want to thank everyone here. You all have seen what I've been going through and have been supportive. I came here looking for just one person to say, "I care, " I've gotten so much more that that. I was here ready and willing to die. Through...
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nightmares
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hello i am new to this website. i am early in recovery, 4 1/2 months. working a program, somewhat. Def hitting mtg's and making calls for sure, it works. been around before with my mouth shut and never picking up the phone. anyhow its too late to call anyone now. i just awoke from a nightmare that my m...
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Daily Reflections ~ One Day At A Time & 24Hrs
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Daily Reflections ONE DAY AT A TIME Above all, take it one day at a time. AS BILL SEES IT, p.11 Why do I kid myself that I must stay away from a drink for only one day, when I know perfectly well I must never drink again as long as I live? I am not kidding myself because one day at a time is probably the only way I can...
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This was sent to me...
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By an old friend from my teen years.... He's going on twenty years sober this year, I believe holding the distinction of being my childhood friend with the most years under his belt (A funny statistic unless you take into consideration that I know like three people from my childhood who are living and a...
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when did i become such an angry person.
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today was day nine ...again like i have said before the hours of 5pm and on are really difficult for me for some reason. This morning i went to church stayed late to talk with friends and let my daughter play with the church children. We came home and enjoied each others company till my husband got off duty...
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Daily Reflections: 'We Forgive. . . .' & 24 Hrs a Day
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Daily Reflections WE FORGIVE. . . . Often it was while working on this Step with our sponsors or spiritual adviser that we first felt truly able to forgive others, no matter how deeply we felt they had wronged us. Our moral inventory had persuaded us that all-round forgiveness was desirable, but it was...
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Hmmmm......
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I was just thinking, I wonder what happened to nique?
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16 months
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WOW....I knew I'd make it this far this time, however, I did not plan on so many people out there who care about me making it this far. I love my sobriety and have so much support. I thank GOD daily for whatever kind of day I have had, and they are mostly good one's. I just want to say thanks to all of you for lett...
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Trying
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I'm really trying this. With All that is going on, I'm just so confussed and tired. How does one deal with the emotional issues/suicidal thoughts associated with this disease. All the problems that pile up seems like it's more than I can take. I don't understand why I'm felling this way. If I was...
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Congrats on Jane's 500th post
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Jane wrote Thank You If this doesn't get deleted it will be my 500th postings here at MIP.And what a great place!!From what one of you told me, I will be what you call an old-timer (here) with this post.And nothing could be further from the truth.I did, in part, get to 500 postings by posting some really co...
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I felt like hitting this guy at a meeting.
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This isn't good- I have a few anger and resentment issues. I was at a meeting last Saturday and everything was fine- good share etc.. Then, at just 8:40, one of the duty members started tidying up and collecting cups when the chairperson had just started handing the meeting around the room. His reason b...
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is this okay to post this here
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My husband is an alcoholic and I am getting reallly tired of him going off when he is drinking over nothing. I am tired of being verbally abused. Is this a good place to post and look for help?
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up thinking.
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today is day number 8 that i have been sober. It is probably the longest ive been sober in about 4 years.
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