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Into Orbit
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It doesn't matter if they're hurting themselves. It doesn't matter that we could help them if they'd only listen to, and cooperate with, us. IT DOESN'T MATTER, DOESN'T MATTER, DOESN'T MATTER, DOESN'T MATTER. -- Codependent No More
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welcome to NJ- it's not the heat- it's the humidity!
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It's pushing 99 here in NJ today, but that's not the topic- just the eye catcher. I had an interesting week, for me...speaking of boredom. This may be roundabout, but it will make sense and hopefully be relevant to several recent posts. I painted my kitchen (old news) with the help of a friend. O...
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meeting today
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Im in the chat room waiting for it to start!!!!! Hurry up!!!!
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Panic
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Few situations - no matter how greatly they appear to demand it - can be bettered by us going berserk. -- Codependent No More
Don't panic!
If a swimmer was crossing a great lake, then suddenly focused too heavily on the distance remaining, he might start to flounder and go under - not because he coul...
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Fun
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Have some fun - with life, with the day.
Life is not drudgery; that is an old belief. Let go of it. We are on an adventure, a journey. Events will come to pass that we cannot now fathom.
Replace heaviness and weariness of spirit with joy. Surround yourself with people and things that bring lightness o...
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sunday meeting
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I'm really sorry- I expected to click on chat room and just be there; I got so's I could see what Dean and Lani were writing, but nothing I did could get me into the chat room. So I thought may be I needed to download that MERC thingy, which only got me frozen, and when I cancelled it and went back to the chat...
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Group Conscience Meeting
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It's been suggested that we should schedule a group conscience meeting to discuss getting some regular AA meetings going in the chat room, and some guidelines for discussion on the message board. Can we start with picking a time for the GC meeting? Everyone is welcome. Thanks, Dean
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It's a newbalanche!!!
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Wow, there's a lot of newbs around here these days! That's great! I'm not grounded or sane enough to offer you new people any advice other than to say stick around, visit the board often, there's a lot of wisdom and genuine care and concern here...be a sponge and soak up as much as you can handle. And if you...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 7th Jun 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Alcoholism is a progressive illness. We go through the three stages of social drinking, trouble drinking, and merry-go-round drinking. We land in hospitals and jails. We eventually lose our homes, our families, and our self-respect. Yes, alcoholism is a progressive ill...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 6th June 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Drinking is the way we alcoholics express our maladjustments to life. I believe that I was a potential alcoholic from the start. I had an inferiority complex. I didn't make friends easily. There was a wall between me and other people. And I was lonely. I was not well adjusted to...
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The Gift of Readiness
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Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. -- Step Six of Al-Anon
We progress to the Sixth Step by working diligently, to the best of our ability, on the first Five Steps. This work readies us for a change of heart, openness to becoming changed by a Power greater than oursel...
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Sponsors
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Thought Id start a new thread and ask those of you that have a sponsor what exactly they have you "do" to keep sober...... I know go to meetings, read the literature.. How for example do you work the steps, how often do you meet, does your sponsor have you call them everyday, do they offer sugge...
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Back Again....and Thanks
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I think it has been close to 9 days now that I have last posted anything and about 11 days since having anything to drink. I know it doesn't sound like much but we all have to start somewhere right? I wanted to thank all of you who responded to my first post. Thanks for all your kind words of encouragement a...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 5th June 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~
We alcoholics are fortunate to be living in a day and age when there is such a thing as Alcoholics Anonymous. Before A.A. came into being, there was very little hope for the alcoholic. A.A. is a great rebuilder of human wreckage. It takes men and women whose personality probl...
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Looney Binz
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Wow. What a week. I have not been on the computer much at all lately, as I come home wiped out every night. Thought I would check in. There is a busy dry-club on my way home from work, and my recovery beckoned me to go in and get a meeting a couple of times this past week, which was very much needed. I have had a fe...
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Daily Reflections 6/5
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Daily Reflections ENTIRELY READY? "This is the Step that separates the men from the boys.". . . the difference between "the boys and the men" is the difference between striving for a self determined objective and for the perfect objective which is of God. . . . It is suggested th...
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Combating Shame
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Shame can hold us back, hold us down, and keep us staring at our feet. -- Beyond Codependency
Watch out for shame.
Many systems and people reek of shame. They are controlled by shame and may want us to play their game with them. They may be hoping to hook us and control us through shame.
We don't have...
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Staying in the present
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Keep It Simple Life is only this place, this time, and these people right here and now.---Vincent Collins(cousin of Dean!!!) Staying in the present can be hard. This busy world pulls our focus from the present. We often wonder if the future will bring good times or bad times. Life is right before us. Lo...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 4th June 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Some things I like since becoming dry: feeling good in the morning; full use of my intelligence; joy in my work; the love and trust of my children; lack of remorse; the confidence of my friends; the prospect of a happy future; the appreciation of the beauties of nature; knowing...
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Hey just thought I'd check in
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Morning to all Just thought i'd check, been out of work for the last week in a half and taking a break for to work on me and to get out of worryin about everyone for a chance. guess I got caught with dealing with others and the expectations of others, found my self to be very unhappy. I will evenually look for...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 2nd June 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Some more things I do not miss since becoming dry: wondering if the car is in the garage and how I got home; struggling to remember where I was and what I did since my last conscious moment; trying to delay getting off to work, and wondering how I will look when I get there; dreading...
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it's been awhile...
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Hey y'all, it's been awhile since I've stopped in here... life has been a bit crazy (as usual lol). I'm still in Mississippi, I'd thought about moving but it looks like that's not happening now... I've still got my house full of animals - 2 dogs, 1 cat, 2 birds, 4 roosters, 2 guineas, and a turkey I wa...
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Hello, Am new here!
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Hello, Just wanted to say hi, and introduce myself. I'm 34 Male, self employed, living a life of hiding my pain with drinking. I realize it is no excuse, but I really need people to talk to that can relate. Want to get sober again.
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Indians in Sobriety
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Indians in Sobriety annual camp-out July 24-27, 2008 at Lukachukai, Arizona
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Taking a Second Look
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Importance of Second Chances When we meet someone for the first time, we often create a defining image in our minds of who that person is. We may also determine whether or not that someone is worth getting to know. Sometimes when an initial interaction is particularly uncomfortable or challenging, w...
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If one more person says ...
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I just need to exercise a little more and eat better to get healthy, I just might slap them. Some people just don't get it. F'em.
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keep it simple
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Easy Does It We must learn to walk before we can run. That's why we have these slogans. I use that "Easy Does It" every day, to slow me down a little. I have to watch myself all the time. So I don't just take the inventory at night -- I take it continually throughout the day. Before I step out and do a...
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Prayers
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"Prayers are always answered"........so the saying goes. A special little plea goes out for a gentleman I heard today was in rehab. WHAT?! I didn't even know he drank let alone know that he's been down this road three times previous. Sort of one of those deals where I always sort...
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Hey Wren!!
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Nobody else is here
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Another newb here...
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I'm glad I found an online forum to share stories of alcoholism/recovery. About me: 31, female, CA, USA, alcoholic with just under a month sober. I'm short on time, but I'll add or explain more later. I'm looking to make some new friends here..and learn, listen, share, vent, laugh with fellow alchies...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 1st June 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Some things I do not miss since becoming dry: that overall awful feeling physically, including the shakes, a splitting headache, pains in my arms and legs, bleary eyes, fluttering stomach, droopy shoulders, weak knees, a three day beard, and a flushed complexion. Also, fa...
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Dealing With Fear
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Dealing with Fear Pity those who fear what they shouldn't and fear not what they should How sad it is to see people spend their lives haunted by fear. The joy of life is squeezed out of them by fear of failure, criticism, betrayal, change, rejection, loneliness, poverty, growing old, getting sick, los...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 30th May 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I am part of A.A., one among many, but I am one. I need the A.A. principles for the development of the buried life within me. A.A. may be human in its organization, but it is Divine in its purpose. The purpose is to point me toward God and a better life. Participating in the privileg...
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New to the Forum
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Hello to everyone, I am new to this forum today and also new to seeking help and advice with my drinking problem. I am an alcoholic and always thought I could control or manage my drinking....how wrong was I. I feel like I am 2 different people, and don''t the the one that drinks. I don't know what to do b...
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Reaching out
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AA Thought for the Day May 29, 2008 Reaching Out Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail. . . You can help when no one else can. . . Life will take on new meaning. Reprinted from Alcoh...
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A selfish program ?
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Page 14-15: "For if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he could not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead." Page 20, paragraph 1: "Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers depend upon our constant thoug...
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gday from adelaide
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hello i just found this site today after i thought it probably existed, i used to go to meetings in adelaide, but i moved away from the city a few years ago and the arthritis makes it hard to get around so when im not in my vegie garden im on the pc learning all its new tricks from a chair, ive been sober since 19...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 29th May 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We who have learned to put our drink problem in God's hands can help others to do so. We can be used as a connection between an alcoholic's need and God's supply of strength. We in Alcoholics Anonymous can be uniquely useful, just because we have the misfortune or fortune to be al...
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back again!
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I didn't really get the chance to go on here yesterday but I did finally get the book I've been reading it to to my boyfriend over the phone and he helps me understand what I'm reading by making me repeat some of a passage and how that applies to me. I also made the 'resentment' list-- which is actually lis...
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Crossing Over? (Last post for a while I promise!)
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This may not pertain to anybody at all.. Just wondering.. First off let me say.. I do not wish to recover from my ED at the moment.. so not pushiness ;x let me just whip jack daniel's butt first! haha. But here's the question.. I have Anorexia Nervosa.. every once in a while.. I quit drinking for it.. to foc...
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Acceptance
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Keep It Simple The more one judges the less on love.---Balzac At times we need to make judgments about people's behavior. We stand back and look at how their lives affect our sobriety. We have to do this to choose people whose relationships will be good for us. We have to do this before we trust someone in...
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Delirum Tremens?
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sometimes all of a sudden I feel something come over me.. like panic.. my brain screams and it goes "I NEEEEDDDDDDDDD AAAAA DRRRRINNKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and i start quivering all over and my chest hurts me so bad and i feel like i'm choking in my neck and chest and i can't breathe at a...
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Reaching out
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May 29, 2008 Reaching Out Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail. . . You can help when no one else can. . . Life will take on new meaning. Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, Pag...
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lonely in texas
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well. it took a lot of courage to do this... but here goes. hi. my name is krystel dawn and i'm an alcoholic. i'm 22 years old. i've been drinking since i was 17. it started out with a couple beers here and there until it turned into full blown alcoholism. i've been through evulation hospitals, trying my be...
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For all the newbies
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I like to post these daily thoughts randomly because they offer so much to me...Makes me think of where I am today..This is a great one for the new people here. Life does get better, not perfect, but definetly better than it was when I was drinking. Give it a try.... Laughter Then I began to see the miracle...
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I'm 26, and I have a family of alcoholics. My dad just quit a couple of years ago when he got sick, and I have two brother who drink more than me. I am only a 5'3, 90 girl and I drink about 10 16 oz. beers a day. I know I'm killing myself and I want to stop but I'm scared. I'm married and want to have kids but I know I ca...
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Judging? I'm scared.. =/
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I stated a post about my husband's drinking. I said how long he drink and how long he was sober.. and it's a good bit of years.. people always give me hell because I am married to an older man.. I do not wish to disclose his age as I cannot stand to be upset.. especially not right now.. people don't understand...
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Crying (sorry if I'm posting too much)
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Sorry for asking another question.. I'll try to shut up. I've just been needing to talk about things for so long.. to another alcoholic.. not just my best friend or my husband. Even tho they are truly supportive and hubby was alcoholic for 10 years and recovered.. I don't think they truly understand. H...
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Day 4
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Hi guys.. first off.. let me say THANK YOU for the wonderful welcome.. Today is Day 4 of my sobriety. It got VERY hard last night. I felt like I was going to crash today, but haven't. Doing better today. Calmer.. I do have a question, tho. Is it normal to feel sad for giving up drinking?? I feel like I'm losin...
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