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Staying Open to Our Feelings
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Many of us have gotten so good at following the "don't feel" rule that we can try to talk ourselves out of having feelings, even in recovery.
"If I was really working a good program, I wouldn't feel angry."
"I don't get angry. I'm a Christian. I forgive and forget."...
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Everyone have a good Christmas?
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Hey y'all, Well, I thought I'd just check in, people in various places online are starting to wonder if I've fallen off the face of the earth lol My boyfriend got in town early Saturday morning, so I haven't been online much really, he should be here thru Sunday or Monday We had a good Christmas, we...
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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 ~ 27th Dec 07
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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 set-backs, many mistakes, many failures, but still de...
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Alcoholic rules...
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I'm reading Anthony Kiedis' book "Scar Tissue" again after a couple years and today ran across a paragraph that struck me as familiar to my own trip with alcohol (pp 147-148): "Before I left L.A. I was using more heroin than I wanted to. I started off with these rules that I'd do it once a...
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I'M OUTTA HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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LOL... In case I don't get the chance, I wanted to post a message before I leave for Fla. in a couple of days. May everyone at MIP have a very enjoyable, blessed and SOBER Christmas and New Year!!! To John and Rose and everyone, thanks for welcoming me back recently. This is a terrific group, and a wonderfu...
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Glad to be BACK!!
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Hello everyone this is Rosco here to happily say that I am back on the site after completing 5 months @ a halfway house. I just did a step 5 with a network person. The steps are the best thing for me. I am truly learning and living the AA way of life. It is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I just ce...
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Happy New Year
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Hi all, Thought I'd start a new thread!!!! Hahahahaha To all of you, Have a very happy new year!!!!
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 25th Dec 07
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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...
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Merry Xmas MIP
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Thankyou all for being here with me. You mean so much. More than I could say though I manage a little nearly everyday! ;) I've been off on a mini~adventure of self~discovery. It has been hardwork & I have disappointed myself more than once but I have learned alot. Even what not to do & what I wa...
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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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24 Hrs a Day ~ 26th Dec 07
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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 h...
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Merry Christmas to Everyone at MIP!
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I want to wish everybody at MIP a wonderful, safe and sober Christmas.
And, just to say 'thank you' for making this board such a very special place all through the year.
With love,
Carol
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Just saying Hey
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My name is John, and I just joined. My sobriety date is 1/2/07. I was just looking for a meesage board that was more AA oriented. I have 3 (2-6 and 1-13) children and a wife that I am grateful not to have lost, because of my drinking. I am so happy to be sober today even though as you could emagine my house...
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Outta here, too!
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This is my last night to work. Off for the next 10 days! Woo Hoo! Headed to my John's, then we're hopping on the Harley for a road trip ..... IF this old body can take it (say a prayer)..... Ya'll be safe, sober and have a great Holiday Hugs, love, and peace to all. Jen
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Almost forgot
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Well my friends! Believe it or not, I almost forgot I have two months finally!!!!!!!! (yesterday actually!!!) Didnt get a coin cuz we were at an open lead and they only give out coins to "their" group members. Couldnt have done it without HP and of course all of you!!!!! So, thanks!!!! Lani
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What???
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....And they heard him exclaim, as he flew out of sight: "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!" Our best to you all!!!...Tim and Michelle
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The Holidays
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Sometimes, the holidays are filled with the joy we associate with that time of year. The season flows. Magic is in the air.
Sometimes, the holidays can be difficult and lonely.
Here are some ideas I've learned through personal experience, and practice, to help us get through difficult holidays...
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xmas
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Merry christmas to all!!!!! Shake your groove thing!!!!! Here comes santa clause here comes santa clause dancing all the way! Shakin his booty root to ta toody!!!! jinglin all the way!!!!! xo Lani
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Christmas wish to all
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I took this exerpt from the "tip of the day" on the Dr. Andrew Weil (health & nutrition guru) website: Today, take a moment to think about the special people in your life, and ways you can keep those relationships strong. Make it a priority to spend some time each week with at least one of...
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Daily Reflections 12/25
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Merry Christmas!December 25, 2007 Daily Reflections AT PEACE WITH LIFE Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our activities. "How can I best serve Thee - Thy will (not mine) be done." ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 I read this passage each morning, to start of...
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Shining Through the Clouds
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When were in a good mood, we shine like the sun. But if we find ourselves in the presence of a person, or people, in a grumpy mood, it can feel like a dark cloud approaching to dim our radiance and block our positive way of seeing the world. We can remind ourselves that clouds pass, while the sun and stars con...
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Getting Through the Holidays
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For some, the sights, signs, and smells of the holidays bring joy and a warm feeling. But, while others are joyously diving into the season, some of us are dipping into conflict, guilt, and a sense of loss.
We read articles on how to enjoy the holidays, we read about the Christmas blues, but many of us s...
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anyone STRESSED yet???
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LOL..... AAAAARGH!~!!!!! OK... anyone who wants to join me in Primal Scream Therapy....??? On the count of 3... One.... Two.... THREE... AAAAAAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!! OK, I feel better now.
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Daily Reflections 12/24
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A "SANE AND HAPPY USEFULNESS" We have come to believe He would like us to keep our heads in the clouds with Him, but that our feet ought to be firmly planted on earth. That is where our fellow travelers are, and that is where our work must be done. These are the realities for us. We have found noth...
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Holiday Triggers
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"One year, when I was a child, my father got drunk and violent at Christmas. I had just unwrapped a present, a bottle of hand lotion, when he exploded in an alcoholic rage. Our Christmas was disrupted. It was terrible. It was frightening for the whole family. Now, thirty-five years later, whenev...
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Expectations of Others
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It is our job to identify our needs, and then determine a balanced way of getting those needs met. We ultimately expect our Higher Power and the Universe - not one particular person - to be our source.
It is unreasonable to expect anyone to be able or willing to meet our every request. We are responsibl...
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Hello!
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Well....It's good to be back and somewhat settled in to the new surroundings. I have been checking in as often as I have been able to from another computer but did not take the time to sign in. There have been some great discourses and very good reading. I have managed to get through over a month of unse...
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Seasons Greetings
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Just wanted to say SEASONS GREETINGS To all of you and hope all goes well, be safe and see you all soon. Thanks for being here at this time of year, Hugs to all. Son's is coming up for a few weeks and I have a week off and look forward to it. Hugs Tina
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 23rd Dec 07
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We have definitely left that dream world behind. It was only a sham. It was a world of our own making and it was not the real world. We are sorry for the past, yes, but we learned a lot from it. We can put it down to experience, valuable experience, as we see it now, because it has given...
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Daily Reflections 12/23
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RECOVERY, UNITY, SERVICE Our Twelfth Step - carrying the message - is the basic service that AA's Fellowship gives; this is our principal aim and the main reason for our existence. THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 160 I thank God for those who came before me, those who told me not to forget the Three Legacie...
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Your ES&H NEEDED
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One of the supervisors at my job appears to have gone off the deep end......He was my direct sup a couple years ago and was well respected by all. Early this yr he had to have his knees replaced. He was out for quite a while. When he came back, he was different......He now appears to have highs and lows, he...
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~As Bill Sees It~
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The Wine of Success Disagreeable or unexpected problems are not the only ones that call for self-control. We must be quite as careful when we begin to achieve some measure of importance and material success. For no people have ever loved personal triumphs more than we have loved them; we drank of succ...
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Smoking at Meetings...
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Hi Everyone, I have something I need to say... I think it is irresponsible for people to smoke before and after meetings. There are people who come to meetings who want to stop drinking. Maybe they haven't had a cigarette for ten years and all of a sudden they are associating with a bunch of very heavy smo...
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Daily Reflections 12/22
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PRINCIPLES, NOT PERSONALITIES The way our "worthy" alcoholics have sometimes tried to judge the "less worthy" is, as we look back on it, rather comical. Imagine, if you can, one alcoholic judging another! THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 37 Who am I to judge anyone? When I first en...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 22nd Dec 07
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ As we look back over our drinking careers, we must realize that our lives were a mess because we were a mess inside. The trouble was in us, not in life itself. Life itself was good enough, but we were looking at life throught the bottom of a whiskey glass, and it was distorted. We co...
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Good Things Coming
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Do not worry about how the good that has been planned for you will come.
It will come.
Do not worry, obsess, and think you have to control it, go out hunting for it, or tangle your mind trying to figure out how and when it will find you.
It will find you.
Surrender to your Higher Power each day. Trust...
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Daily Reflections 12/21
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LISTEN, SHARE AND PRAY When working with a man and his family, you should take care not to participate in their quarrels. You may spoil your chance of being helpful if you do. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 100 When trying to help a fellow alcoholic, I've given in to an impulse to give advice, and perhaps that...
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Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas to all my wonderful friends! May your holidays be filled with lots of love, joy and happiness!! Totally love the grinch!!!! Used to have a grinch who stole xmas party every year. I'd cook and everyone had to bring an ornament! The best ornament EVER, was the 200 (at least) foot paper cha...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 21st Dec 07
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Have I ceased being inwardly defeated, at war with myself? Have I given myself freely to A.A. and to the Higher Power? Have I got over being sick inside? Am I still wandering mentally or am I "On the beam?" I can face anything if I am sure I am on the way. When I am sure, I sh...
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~30 Days Today~ (again!)
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Balance
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Strive for balanced expectations of others. Strive for healthy tolerance.
In the past, we may have tolerated too much or too little. We may have expected too much or too little.
We may swing from tolerating abuse, mistreatment, and deception to refusing to tolerate normal, human, imperfect be...
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Speaker Meetings Online
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Hi- I'm Toby and I am an incurable speaker meeting junky. I love great speakers, especially funny ones but anything AA and interesting/informative is cool with me. I have a collection of CDs that fill a wallet to get me through my long drive home or the days I can't make a meeting and feel like I should. I a...
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~As Bill Sees It~
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Toward honesty The perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one permeates human affairs from top to bottom. This subtle and elusive kind of self-righteousness can underlie the smallest act or thought. Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaws is the essence of character-bu...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 20th Dec 07
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ Our faith should control the whole of our life. We alcoholics were living a divided life. We had to find a way to make it whole. When we were drinking, our lives were made up of a lot of scattered and unrelated pieces. We must pick up our lives and put them together again. We do it by r...
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Hear about the midnight rambler....
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Well not quite midnight. But I'm rambling again. I guess I do that sometimes, when I get the rambling itch. Feel free to skim. I can't guarantee a word of it makes even a bit of sense. Went to a Living Sober meeting tonight. I never realized how much I skim. I also never realized how much chapte...
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Daily Reflections 12/20
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THE REWARDS OF GIVING 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 the divine paradox of this kind of giving he has found his own reward, whether his brother has yet received anything...
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It's interesting to note...
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The different ways we all drank and the reasons for not drinking now. For instance, I'm not one of those who had to have a drink daily, but when the urge to get drunk hit me it was full steam ahead! I never got a violent case of the shakes. What I did get were blackouts and felony charges for assaulting poli...
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UT_OH
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Ok friends, Remind me why I dont want to drink!!!! Having a bad day! Yelled at my daughter, told her shes self centered because all;'s I ever do is run her around and she talks back at me.... Yelled at husband, because everytime I ask him a question I feel like he;'s jumping down my throat....Dont even wan...
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Holiday Card for all MIP members
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Happy Holidays to all Miracles In Progress Members! Lots of Love, from Rose and John
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