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Sunrise Quote 4/25
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You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins. ~Jim Stovall
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BB excerpt
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"The alcoholic may say to himself in the most casual way, "It won't burn me this time, so here's how!" Or perhaps he doesn't think at all. How often have some of us begun to drink in this nonchalant way, and after the third or fourth, pounded on the bar and said to ourselves, "For God's sake, how did I ever ge...
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Today's Gift 4/24
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My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. --Henry FordTo be a friend involves risk. Friends confront each other when it's needed, but they do it out of love and with compassion. All of us need a friend who will tell us when we are acting out of line, when we are "not able to see the forest for the t...
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Simple Reminder 4/24
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Sunrise Quote 4/24
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Adversity is a fact of life. It can't be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it. ~Unknown, Source on Adversity
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Introducing Myself
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Hi. ForFamily is my pseudo name and I'm an alcoholic. I don't normally frequent online forums. But have read many encouraging posts today. Thank you all for sharing. If I'm not traveling for work, I'm spending a good amount of time at the computer. I can already feel I'm going to need some po...
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Problems with Board...
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We are charged 16.95 per month for this board, and when it goes into any arrears, they start to tinker with things some to give us a wake up call. Right now we are 39.00 in arrears. Right now they have it where you can't tell new post or replies from already read ones. Because of the highlighting code on t...
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Sunrise Quote
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You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. ~Margaret Thatcher
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Simple Reminder 4/23
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Today's Gift 4/23
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Each day is a new start. Each moment is a beginning.We do not have to wait until Monday to get back on the program or clean a closet or tackle a difficult report. We do not have to wait until tomorrow morning, either. Now is the moment to stop, to make a phone call, to begin whatever project we have been p...
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Craving
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Watched a relative go through the nightmare of craving alcohol today. I saw him itching for it this morning and look immensely relieved when he felt like it was okay to grab a beer at noon. And then have numerous glasses of wine in the afternoon. And then get upset for a moment when we proposed going to din...
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Today's Gift 4/22
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Possibilities and miracles are one and the same. --AnonymousMany of us have seen happiness as a goal we couldn't find. When we were children, we were taught that "life is a hard row to hoe." We carried that over into our adult lives.Seize the day - We let too many of our days just slide by. None of those hou...
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Simple Reminder 4/22
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Getting Started
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Started a new thread because the last one was so long. I need to find new friends that will support sobriety instead of threatening it. The issue is that so far, from the meetings I've been to were all people in their upper 30's or higher. I am only 19.
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12th Step - What do you wish Old Timers would tell you?
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We're putting on a 12th Step workshop in my area later this month. As many of you know, good ole fashioned 12th step calls have changed (and not always for the better IMHO). Question - If you were attending, what are the top three things about working with others that you would want covered in the worksh...
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Today's Gift 4/21
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Living new livesIf we thank our Higher Power each day for the problems in our lives, we will find that we can live and cope with them. And if it is our Higher Power's will, our problems will be transformed in ways we cannot comprehend. We don't fully understand our lives.If we become willing to let our Hig...
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Drinking dream
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Last night I had a vivid drinking dream. The basic premise was that I was spending the afternoon with a friend and ended up drinking so much that I blacked out for hours of conversation and was trying to remember what happened when I sobered up. The panic. The fear. The shame. The raw guilt that eats at you...
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spiritual experiances
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this has always been my favorite topic. so here is my most recent....my ex and i have been broke-up about a year and i miss him, so doing the grief thing. i was sitting at the computer a few nights ago crying, thinking about him when suddenly a Bat flew in! the cats went crazy! i am not afraid of creatures and...
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Grateful for 8.5 years sober
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Hi all. It's been a while, quite a while in fact. Hoping some of you who shared your es&h with me are still here. I wouldn't be sober if it weren't for you! I started to go back and re-read some of my posts but decided against it until later (I have to admit I'm a little scared, I was such a BYOTCH 8 years ag...
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Simple Reminder 4/20
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Today's Gift 4/20
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What is strength without a double share of wisdom? Vast, unwieldy, burdensome proudly secure, yet liable to fall. --John MiltonWhat do we mean when we say someone is strong? That they have big muscles? Can endure anything without getting tired, let alone giving up? Do strong people never bend? Neve...
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Looking for a recovering alcoholic to go to a NOFX concert with me in JAX this Saturday 04/23/2016
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I have two tickets to the NOFX concert this Saturday (04/23/2016) at Mavericks in Jacksonville, FL. I am new (back) to the program and would like to attend the show, however, I would feel more comfortable if I went with another recovering alcoholic. I will be traveling from Savannah, GA. If anyone is i...
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The World is Ending and I Am Scared...
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*** Begin Rant *** In March of 1996, I quit drinking. About nine months later I had a stroke which nearly killed me. After getting out of the hospital Kim and I divorced. So now I live alone on Social Security Disability and I know what it feels like to live in fear some days. Even at 20 years sober there are d...
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Today's Gift 4/19
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We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us... --Marcel ProustMany of us have known people new to recovery who enter a Twelve Step program only to encounter an enormous crisis or difficulty. It's tempting at that point to question th...
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Hola!
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Hi everyone. It has, once again, been a long time. A lot has changed since I was here last. Probably the most significant is that I have a new son, and he is AWESOME. He is healthy and happy, and my wife and I are crazy about him. I want him to be raised by a father who, unlike my own, really has his stuff togethe...
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I'm asking for support
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Permalink Reply Quote More Edit PostDelete Post ...not so much for me and for a program sister who is going to be going thru yet another open heart surgery which comes with a lack of confidence from her surgeons. Her name is Robin and she has triple decades of sobriety. She is a mutuall...
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Simple Reminder 4/18
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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April 18, 2016Quote of the Week"When I get the flu, I forget I was ever healthy." I've heard that the "ism" in alcoholism can stand for many things, but my favorite is "incredibly short memory." In sobriety, this presents a double problem. First, having a disease that is constantly telling me I don...
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Today's Gift 4/18
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Watching a child acquire language, I realize, again, that naming things demystifies them. --Mary CaseySharing with another our fears of starting a new job, ending a relationship, getting into therapy, or even joining a social club will help us keep the fear in perspective. Fears that go undiscuss...
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Sunrise Quote 4/18
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You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of. ~Jim Rohn
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Online meetings?
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I have tried to get onto these online meetings,but no success.Does anyone know how you can join them?
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Simple Reminder 4/17
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Sunrise Quote
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You need to feel good about yourself, the motivation has to come from within. You have nobody to fall back on except yourself. ~Dana Hill
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Today's Gift 4/17
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I Am Who I AmSometimes we want to be someone else anyone but who we are. We want to be someone who feels more free and at peace. We want to be someone who doesn't have to take medications day after day. We want to be free of the pain and loneliness our illness has brought us. But whether we get what we want or not...
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Today's Gift 4/16
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Asking for help is the first step to healthy living.By admitting to our friends that we don't know what we should do about the many confusing, sometimes scary circumstances in our lives, we open the door for our Higher Power to reach us. That's often the way help comes to us. At times we'll open a book and...
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Sunrise Quote
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You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead. ~George Lucas
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Anyone Up for some More Humor???
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Subject: English LOVE this. No English dictionary has been able to adequately explain the difference between these two words. In a recent linguistic competition held in London and attended by, supposedly, the best in the world, Samdar Balgobin, a Guyanese man, was the clear winner with ...
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Today's Gift 4/15
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Reflection for the Day If I am troubled, worried, exasperated or frustrated, do I tend to rationalize the situation and lay the blame on someone else? When I am in such a state, is my conversation punctuated with, "He did." "She said." "They did."? Or can I honestly admit that perhaps I'm at fault. My p...
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Sunrise Quote 4/15
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You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere. ~Charles F. Kettering
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Simple Reminder 4/15
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-- Edited by Pythonpappy on Friday 15th of April 2016 10:50:29 AM
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Simple Reminder
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Today's Gift 4/14
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Self-esteem comes from honoring your healing journeyMy life is not perfect. I make a lot of mistakes. Sometimes, I stumble and fall. I am a work in progress. And when I remember that simple fact, I am better for the experience.It's easy to start on a path of change and get so busy doing what we need to do th...
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Humor ... Mobile phone etiquette ... I love it.
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Mobile phone etiquette As the train rolled out of the station, a woman sitting next to him pulled out her mobile phone. She started talking in a loud voice: "Hi sweetheart. It's Sue. I'm on the train"."Yes, I know it's the six thirty and not the four thirty, but I had a long meeting. No, honey,...
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Simple Reminder
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Today's Gift 4/13
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The world is a wheel always turning. Those who are high go down low, and those who've been low go up higher. --Anzia Yezierska Everything changes. Nothing stays the same. And letting go of the way things are, anticipating instead what they might become, frees us to live each moment more fully. Time ma...
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I Found This Fascinating (and wanted to share it)
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Subject: Rose Her Name is Rose The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smil...
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Today's Gift 4/12
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Reflection for the DayThe first psychiatrist to recognize the work of Alcoholics Anonymous, Dr. Harry Tiebout, used many concepts of the Program in his own practice. Over many years, the doctor's study of the "conversion experience" led him to see, first, that it is the act of surrender which initi...
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I've been through more than most people my age. By all means there are people who have been through worse but I have taken to alcohol. I tried giving up alcohol but I could not stop thinking about it. For the past year I haven't had money to do much at all because of buying alcohol. My grades in college strug...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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April 11, 2016Quote of the Week"You're exactly where you're supposed to be." For as long as I can remember, I've been unhappy where I was and wished I was somewhere else. In school I always wanted to be in the next grade; at work I wanted a more senior position making more money; when I bought my first ho...
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Sunrise Quote
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Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself. You can succeed if nobody else believes it; but you will never succeed if you don't believe in yourself. ~William Boetcker
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