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In God's Hands
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"As Bill Sees It" pg. 2 In God's Hands When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God's hands were better than anything we could have planned. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My depression deepened unbearably, and finally it seemed to me as though I were at the ver...
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New Years Eve
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My first sober New Years eve in as long as I can remember. My wife and I are playing the Wii and having a good time. It turns out I have no balance. Hope everyone else is doing something fun tonight!
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 1st Jan 2009
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A.A. Thought for the Day When I came into A.A., was I a desperate person? Did I have a soul-sickness? Was I so sick of myself and my way of living that I couldn't stand looking at myself in a mirror? Was I ready for A.A.? Was I ready to try anything that would help me to get sober and to get over my soul-sickness...
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Stuffing Feelings
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It has taken 30 years but I finally found the missing piece to this puzzle called "My Life". I have been stuffing painful feelings forever. It started when I was very little. Knowing that feeling was too complicated and painful thus I self-learned how to stuff feelings and medicate in...
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Affirming the Good
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Fun becomes fun, love becomes love, life becomes worth living. And we become grateful. -- Beyond Codependency Wait, and expect good things - for yourself and your loved ones. When you wonder what is coming, tell yourself the best is coming, the very best life and love have to offer, the best God and His...
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Still Here
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Hello everyone! I'm still around and sober. (Grace of God) Christmas was alright, but I'm glad it's over. I'm still, and proberbly always will be, learning to live with others. Going to see how you all are!
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Have a GOOD DAY!!
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'Twas the night before Xmas, we were all in the club, Providing a meeting, instead of a pub; The ashtrays were clean and the coffee was made, The Big Books were out, and we had all prayed. When out in the lot, there arose such a clatter, We jumped from the table to see what was the matter. The Chair with his Bi...
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Checkin' In......
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Good morning, buddies in recovery! Hope all your holidays were terrific. Mine was exhausting, but sober, and I am looking forward to a New Year of positive lessons in recovery. I pledge to get to more meetings this year. Starting with a 12 & 12 tomorrow night with my sponsor. With God's help, I have...
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Feelings, Isolation, Pity Pots and Using AA to Get Positive
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I am just so sick of this God, how much more do you want me to endure, I am so tired of being alone, it seems I have no where to go, no where to turn, nothing to do but walk the lonely beach by myself, I just am really emotional and crying right now. I was going to go to the beach but I just dont feel like driving dow...
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Happy New Day!!
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I liked this reading today and wanted to share. Happy New Day. From: A New Day- December 31 Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to what is present. -Albert Camus It's the last day of the year and the eve of a new one. For most of us this means it's a time of reflection. It is shor...
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The New Year
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Make New Year's goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you're interested in fully living life in the year to come.
Goals give us direction. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, consc...
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Happy New Day!!
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I liked this reading today and wanted to share. Happy New Day. From: A New Day- December 31 Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to what is present. -Albert Camus It's the last day of the year and the eve of a new one. For most of us this means it's a time of reflection. It is shor...
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Daily Reflections ~ Daily Resolutions
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The idea of twenty-four-hour living applies primarily to the emotional life of the individual. Emotionally speaking, we must not live in yesterday, nor in tomorrow. As Bill Sees It, p. 284 A New year: 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutesa time to consider directions, goals, a...
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We beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start.
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Until I had a little sobriety under my belt I was never able to give a reasonable answer to the question of why I drank the way I did for so long. Now I realize that it was because deep down, beneath my wildly extroverted persona I was/am afraid of almost everything. Without alcohol I'm a nervous wreck in so...
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Thought
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Even the newest of newcomers finds undreamed rewards as he tries to help his brother alcoholic, the one who is even blinder than he. 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 th...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 31st Dec 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day I shall be loyal in my attendance, generous in my giving, kind in my criticism, creative in my suggestions, loving in my attitudes. I shall give A.A. my interest, my enthusiasm, my devotion, and most of all, myself. The Lord's Prayer has become part of my A.A. thoughts for each d...
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Hi to the group
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Hi everyone, I wanted to do a quick post to introduce myself. My name is Craig and I've been sober for 12 days. I went to my first AA meeting last Tuesday. It was kind of strange to say "I'm Craig I'm an alcoholic" in front of a group of strangers. By the end of the meeting I was feeling more com...
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Daily Reflections ~ Anonymity
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Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 564 Tradition Twelve became important early in my sobriety and, along with the Twelve Steps, it continues to be a must in my recovery. I became aware afte...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 30th Dec 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day To the extent that I fail in my responsibilities, A.A. fails. To the extent that I succeed, A.A. succeeds. Every failure of mine will set back A.A. work to that extent. Every success of mine will put A.A. ahead to that extent. I shall not wait to be drafted for service to others, bu...
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Prayers
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What a reminder that if I dont stay sober....death is immenent!! Had a group member pass away the day after xmas. Her mom and her were in the program together and although "mom" got it...Jamie just lost the battle. She has two small children, who have been living with grandma the last coupl...
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Laying the Foundation
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The groundwork has been laid.
Do you not see that?
Don't you understand that all you have gone through was for a purpose?
There was a reason, a good reason, for the waiting, the struggle, the pain, and finally the release.
You have been prepared. The same way a builder must first tear down and di...
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39 steps
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39 STEPS 01. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. 02. Don't worry about what people think, they don't do it very often. 03. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car. 04. Artificial intelligence is no...
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Slips
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I had 13 days under my belt, and then had a drink on Christmas Day, and one yesterday. I am so annoyed with myself. I was really proud of my progress. I scraped through Christmas Eve with some difficulty, and then ruined it for no real reason. Any similar stories, and ways you got through it? Any tips fo...
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Growth
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Just as when we were children and grew out of favorite toys and clothes, we sometimes grow out of things as adults - people, jobs, and homes. This can be confusing. We may wonder why someone or something that was so special and important to us last year doesn't fit the same way in our life today. We may wond...
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Moving On
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Learn the art of acceptance. It's a lot of grief. -- Codependent No More
Sometimes, as part of taking care of ourselves, it becomes time to end certain relationships. Sometimes, it comes time to change the parameters of a particular relationship.
This is true in love, in friendships, with famil...
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E S & H
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What does this stand for?!
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Tomorrow...
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Well folks, as long as I get through the rest of this 24 hours, I will become "red chip" though of course this moniker will still be a good reminder of my progress. So...it is day 89 and the 90/90 is around the corner. Odd feelings, but mostly happy. My spirituality seems to be broadening an...
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Hey sorry been busy.
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I've poped on here and there but been busy with work and meetings. In spite of myself I've acquired 126.. 24 hour days. I don't say the in spite of myself lightly. My thinker is broken but on the mend. Hope the holiday season is going well with you all,,Hugs brothers and sisters.
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Daily Reflections ~ The Joy of Living
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. . . therefore the joy of good living is the theme of A.A.s Twelfth Step. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 125 A.A. is a joyful program! Even so, I occasionally balk at taking the necessary steps to move ahead, and find myself resisting the very actions that could bring about the joy I want. I would...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 29th Dec 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day Participating in the privileges of the movement, I shall share in the responsibilities, taking it upon myself to carry my fair share of the load, not grudgingly but joyfully. I am deeply grateful for the privileges I enjoy because of my membership in this great movement. They...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY XMAS BABY CAROL!!!!!
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wISHING OUR GREAT FRIEND CAROL(Quetzal) A MOST AWESOME BIRTHDAY TODAY!!!! MAY ALL YOUR BIRTHDAY DREAMS AND WISHES COME TRUE!!!!! lOTS OF LOVE TODAY AND ALWAYS!!!!! LAURIE
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Near the Top
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I know you're tired. I know you feel overwhelmed. You may feel as though this crisis, this problem, this hard time will last forever.
It won't. You are almost through.
You don't just think it has been hard; it has been hard. You have been tested, tried, and retested on what you have learned.
Your b...
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Panic
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Don't panic!
If panic strikes, we do not have to allow it to control our behaviors. Behaviors controlled by panic tend to be self-defeating. No matter what the situation or circumstance, panic is usually not a good foundation. No matter what the situation or circumstance, we usually have at least...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 28th Dec 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day A.A. may be human in its organization, but it is divine in its purpose. The purpose is to point me toward God and the good life. My feet have been set upon the right path. I feel it in the depths of my being. I am going in the right direction. The future can be safely left to God. Whateve...
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Going out of town
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I'm new to this board and I joined after looking around for online resourses specifically because I am going out of town to visit my Grandmother. Two and a half years ago, when I was last there, I drank three gallons of bourbon over a very short period of time. I decided that nearly killing myself on that...
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An easier softer way...
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That's all I wanted for Christmas. But I got an iphone...so you know, that's pretty good too. Merry Christmas and happy new year everyone, from your little internet friend with the white-knuckle death grip on sobriety :) Sincerely, Tipsy McStagger
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Daily Reflections ~ Suit Up And Show Up
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In A.A. we aim not only for sobriety - we try again to become citizens of the world that we rejected, and of the world that once rejected us. This is the ultimate demonstration toward which Twelfth Step work is the first but not the final step. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 21 The old line says, Suit up and show up. That...
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John and Rose Christmas Wish to YOU
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Up at 4am............
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Wow, have not been awake at this time since my last drunk. I initially awoke iritated, having a couple of teenagers sleeping over in the living room making noise at this hour........ but I have to laugh, as I am SOBER (and so are they), and on vacation, so I can always take a nap later on today. I will miss m...
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What a long, strange trip it's been.......
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15 months today! Seems like I spent the first 12 figureing out what's 'wrong' and the last 3 trying to work on the solution. Not been easy. I think the first yr was definately a walk in the park compared to what's ahead..... Been dating some. Not into it! I seem to compare everyone to my John, guess that mea...
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For Crystal
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You replied to my "Marijuana Maintenance" message and you were sooooooo right on about how crappy it is of me to get help and spend the little money I do get on drugs and alchol. I am very ashamed of that. And funny thing I got a taste of the other side of this qoin today. This girl I know from AA bu...
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Interesting Historic alcohol factoid: "Old Ironsides" Statistical Information Seldom Shared
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LITTLE KNOWN NAVAL HISTORY The USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) as a combat vessel carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She carried no evaporators (fresh water distillers). However, let it...
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Daily Reflections ~ Problem Solving
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Quite as important was the discovery that spiritual principles would solve all my problems. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 42 Through the recovery process described in the Big Book, I have come to realize that the same instructions that work on my alcoholism, work on much more. Whenever I am angry or frus...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 27th Dec 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day I need the A.A. principles for the development of the buried life within me, that good life, which I had misplaced, but which I found again in this fellowship. This life within me is developing slowly but surely, with many setbacks, many mistakes, many failures, but still deve...
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Daily Reflections ~ Accepting Success or Failure
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Furthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure or success? Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or pride? Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity? Can we steadfastly content ourselves with the humbler, yet sometimes m...
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Happy Holidays!!!!
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Merry christmas to all of my wonderful friends here on MIP!! What a blessing for me to have met such incredible people who share the same love of sobriety that I do!!! We are sooo lucky!!!! Thank you to all of you that have made a huge difference in my life!! Quick share.... My kids really out did themselve...
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Merry Christmas everyone from Bermuda !
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I know I'm a little late but the journey here has been so indicative of the journey I have been on for the last 11 months. I think it is absolutely amazing that I have not even come close to having the urge to have a drink since getting down here. Alcohol is widely consumed and my friends down here respe...
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Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
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Merry Christmas to all of my wonderful friends!!!
I wish everyone here on MIP a truly wonderful, peaceful and sober Christmas and a very Happy New Year.
And, 'thank you' for making this board such a very special place throughout the whole year.
With love,
Carol
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 26th Dec 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day I am glad to be a part of A.A., of that great fellowship that is spreading over the United States and all over the world. I am only one of the many A.A.s, but I am one. I am grateful to be living at this time, when I can help A.A. to grow, when it needs me to put my shoulder to the wheel and he...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 25th Dec 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day Many alcoholics will be saying today: "This is a good Christmas for me." They will be looking back over past Christmases, which were not like this one. They will be thanking God for their sobriety and their newfound life. They will be thinking about how their lives w...
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