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Good Morning World!!
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"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable." Who cares to admit complete defeat? Practically no one, of course. Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness. It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnE2VGRS3Q8 Is it getting better Or do you feel the same Will it make it easier on you now You got someone to blame You say... One love One life When it's one need In the night One love We get to share it Leaves you baby if you Don't care for it Did I disappoint you Or leave a b...
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I am new in here
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I think.. well I don't think I know i have a problem. Idrink every night. I hate myself in the morning, when I even see the morning. I hate myself all day. But still do the same thing again. I don't understand why I do this. My husband does not drink. I actually go in a panic if I look in the fridge and see that I o...
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Just embarrased
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I am so embarassed. it started with a beer here and there, but I now can't stop. I actually haven't not had a drink in a few years, with the exception of if i was sick. Please read my reply in the post i am new here. Jenny
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Son of a ............. BEACH!!
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It's THAT time again. Myrtle Beach BIKE WEEK. Woo Hoo! Heading out in a few hours and will be on the beach by 3pm today. The bad news, we're trailering the bikes this year due to my physical ailments. The good news, it won't matter in the long run. THIS one is about the destination not the journey. I have a ca...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 11th May 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ We can depend on those members of any group who have gone all out for the program. They come to meetings. They work with other alcoholics. We don't have to worry about their slipping. They're loyal members of the group. I'm trying to be a loyal member of the group. When I'm tempte...
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LISTS....... (???)
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Need to bitch, and then be grateful. Anyone want to join me, you are welcome to. It is all about Balance, right??? LOL Bitch List: Going to rain every single day this week. Sunny today, but have horrible cramps. (gggrrrrrrrrr) Back yard looks like crap. Need a meeting. Can't afford a deck yet. just paid...
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As Bill Sees It - page 1
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Personality Change"It has often been said of A.A. that we are interested only in alcoholism. That is not true. We have to get over drinking in order to stay alive. But anyone who knows the alcoholic personality by firsthand contact knows that no true alky ever stops drinking permanently withou...
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The un-numbing
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I think my greatest attraction to alcohol was the deadening of my feelings and emotions...if I felt the signs a manic high or dark morose low approaching I could always nip them in the bud along with all the internal chaos and turmoil that came with either. No matter what I was facing/fearing alcohol wa...
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Time to say Goodbye
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Just realized my heading probably really grabbed your attention!!!! lol You have to check out sarah brightman and andrea bocelli video on You tube..."Time to say goodbye(Romanza)" Classical music but oh does it give me goose bumps!!!!! She was in the Phantom of the opera for a spell......
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Me and my EXPECTATIONS
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UGH. I had expected to do quite well on my externship evaluation. Throughout the entire month and a half I was there at the cardiovascular group, I was given much praise and encouragement. I got along well with everyone, and excelled at clinical tasks. But, My school externship coordinator called m...
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? regarding WITHDRAWAL (I guess)
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One of the gals in my HG had 14 months sober, she went out for about 8-10 hours the other day. She called me last night to tell me and said she 'pounded' drinks like she was trying to make up for lost time (her words). I think she said this was Monday night. Anyway as of yesterday she still felt hungover and sic...
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S&%$ F%$@ DAMN IT! GRRRRRR!!!!
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To top off all the other things I'm dealing with, vinyl siding, 2 car wrecks, excruciating (unbelievable) physical pain today, I walk into the laundry room this morning and step in a puddle. Water heater is leaking like a sieve! I was able to get a plumber here and have it replaced for upwards of $400...
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All Well
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Hello Everyone.... Things at office went great. I got a good deal, and fresh lease of life at work.I am so grateful for having got this opportunity. My problems at work was recognised by management, at the same time I realised that my sickness is having affect on my beaviour with my line manager also. Ha...
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I'm Back
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Hi everyone! I have been gone quite a while. Was out there doing that ugly research again. No it has not gotten any better out there. I went through 2 weeks of hellish detoxing and am just feeling good enough to sit up and type. I really did a number on myself. I pray I have hit my last bottom. I found a wo...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 9th May 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day~ We alcoholics used so little self control when we were drinking; we were so absolutely selfish, that it does us good to give up something once in a while. Using self-discipline and denying ourselves a few things is good for us. At first, giving up liquor is a big enough job for al...
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Ifs
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AA Thought for the Day May 9, 2008 Ifs Alcoholism respects no ifs. It does not go away, not for a week, for a day, or even for an hour, leaving us nonalcoholic and able to drink again on some special occasion or for some extraordinary reason -- not even if it is a once-in-a-lifetime occasion or if a big sorro...
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A new day
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So far today I it has been a good day, my fever is down, my sinuses are dry, but I admitt that I have lost my voice, can barely speak. So it is a mixed bag today, some good and some bad. My poor websites, last night all three were working and this morning only two were working and after about an hour of fiddlin...
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Learning New Behaviors
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Sometimes we'll take a few steps backward. That's okay too. Sometimes it's necessary. Sometimes it's part of going forward. -- Codependent No More
Life is a Gentle Teacher. She wants to help us learn.
The lessons she wants to teach us are the ones we need to learn. Some say they are the lessons we ch...
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icky Drinking Feeling
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Yuck. I have been feeling totally wiped out today and in a fog. Just general exhaustion from the new job, home repairs, spring cleanup, and they turned the water off 3 times since yesterday to fix a water-main which burst down the street, so I got behind on all my chores. I had the day off so I stayed close...
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24 Hrs a Day 7th May 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ It's very important to keep in a grateful frame of mind, if we want to stay sober. We should be grateful that we're living in a day and age when an alcoholic isn't treated as he often used to be treated before Alcoholics Anonymous was started. In the old days, every town had its tow...
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Daily Reflections for May 8
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May 7, 2008
Daily Reflections
RESPECT FOR OTHERS
Such parts of our story we tell to someone who will understand, yet be
unaffected. The rule is we must be hard on our self, but always
considerate of others.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 74
Respect for others is the lesson that I take out of this p...
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Thought for the day
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The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
--E. E. Cummings
One of the true gifts of recovery is that we learn to laugh again. No matter how beat up our spirits have been by our addiction, no matter how heavy or hard our hearts have become, one day we find ourselves laughing. The lightness in o...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 8th May 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I'm grateful that I found a program in A.A. that could keep me sober. I'm grateful that A.A. has shown me the way to faith in a Higher Power, because the renewing of that faith has changed my way of life. And I've found a happiness and contentment that I had forgotten existed, by si...
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Feeling Good
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Make yourself feel good.
It's our job to first make ourselves feel better and then make ourselves feel good. Recovery is not only about stopping painful feelings; it is about creating a good life for ourselves.
We don't have to deny ourselves activities that help us feel good. Going to meetings,...
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I feel awful, but things will get better soon.
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I woke up several times during the night because I was sick (flu I think). It is just a matter of time before I get well again. I will be ok in a few days. I am glad there is a way for me to go to meetings right now without going to meetings and spreading the flu. I used to go to meetings when I was sick regardless...
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Things you wouldn't do in front of your sig. other/family/friend
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. Get your mind outta the gutter ... I mean like silly stuff. Here's one I like to do and would NEVER in a million years do in front of my John or would even want him to know about..... I like to take hot chocolate mix and layer it in between ice cold milk and eat it with a spoon. It doesn't mix up like Nestle Quick...
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What is wrong with me!
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Lately ive noticed that I cant party like I use to. I use to be able to go out and drink a lot and be fine. But now, for some reason, I get all nervous and shaky when I am about to drink or drinking. I can drink half a beer and I will start feeling nausea. Can somebody please tell me why I get like this now or has anyb...
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Where is Phil?
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I have not seen him here lately and he has not emailed me in quite a while....did I miss a post that he was taking a break?
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wHERE IS jc2008?
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hEY jEN jUST THINKING OF YOU! hOPE ALL IS WELL!!!!!!!!
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Pleasant surprize
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I was not expecting to have the bulk of my websites up and going until late Friday evening or early Saturday morning. and the reason for that was I was expecting the transfer from one web hosting company to another would take a couple more days that it did. About lunch time today the transfer was complete...
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reconstruction
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Reconstruction Yes, there is a long period of reconstruction ahead. We must take the lead. A remorseful mumbling that we are sorry won't fill the bill at all. We ought to sit down with the family and frankly analyze the past as we now see it, being very careful not to criticize them. Their defects may be g...
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Daily Reflections for May 7
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Daily Reflections
RESPECT FOR OTHERS
Such parts of our story we tell to someone who will understand, yet be
unaffected. The rule is we must be hard on our self, but always
considerate of others.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 74
Respect for others is the lesson that I take out of this passage. I mus...
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Thought for the day
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The Four Absolutes
by the Oxford Group, used by early AAs before the Twelve Steps were written
Absolute Honesty
Both with ourselves and with others, in word, deed, and thought.
Absolute Unselfishness
To be willing, wherever possible, to help others who need our help.
Absolute Love
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I have a new little closed forum discussion going on
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I created a special closed meeting/forum for all 12 steppers that is password protected with a password that any body that is working the 12 steps should be able to figure out. I have also created an open forum for any 12 stepper. They can be found at www.opendiscussionsite.com and www.opendiscussio...
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Woke up throw'd off
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I woke up this morning annoyed, full of anxiety and fear. I did get upset yesterday and stress over something for about an hour so I guess I could have an "emotional hangover" but I dont think so. I think I just wake up screwed up sometimes as part of the lovely side effects of being an alcoholic...
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24 Hrs a Day ~ 6th May 08
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I've noticed that the ones who do the most for A.A. are not in the habit of boasting about it. The danger of building myself up too much is that, if I do, I'm in danger of having a fall. That pattern of thought goes with drinking. If one side of a boat gets too far up out of the water, it'...
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Grateful
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"If you learn to appreciate more of what you already have, you'll find yourself having more to appreciate." -Michael Angier Love, love, love this!!!! I am so grateful for sooo many things! It has been a wonderful week and Ive enjoyed every moment of it....Could it be because I had a week off...
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Thought for the day
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Freedom is like taking a bath - you have to keep doing it every day!
--Flo Kennedy
Nothing stands still. Change is the law of life. We may sometimes feel that our personal gains have to be won over and over again. But looked at from another perspective, that's not s. Our solid personal gains are the one...
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Daily Reflections for May 6
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May 6, 2008
Daily Reflections
"HOLD BACK NOTHING"
The real tests of the situation are your own willingness to
confide and your full confidence in the one with whom you
you share your first accurate self-survey. . . . Provided
you hold back nothing, your sense of relief will mount...
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good read for the fearful and dreamers
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Walk in Dry Places Dealing with Fear____ Challenges Some of us suffer from a free-floating anxiety that is like a general fear, while others have specific fears that cause distress. Sometimes the specific fears are easier to face, because they can at least be identified. Most of us dread that othe...
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STRANGLE-A-HUSBAND DAY
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OK... I'm over it. :o/ -- Edited by jonijoni at 21:33, 2008-05-03
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I am frustrated to tears by a web hosting company
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It has been a little while since I did any posting here at MIP. You may notice that I have a new signature for my posts. For the most part I would like to apologize to anyone that has tried to connect to any of my web sites. 3 out of 4 are currently down and have been down for some time now, if everything goes as p...
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Is it totally absurd...
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to be an admitted alcoholic who allows him/herself one or two controlled benders a year?
Now before you give me a verbal fisting please hear me out...all I'm asking is would it be so awful if it was planned, properly supervised with certain rules and restrictions put in place for safety. It would be...
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Thought for the day
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Do I trigger gossip?
There is a saying that listening to gossip is gossip. How true! If there were no listeners, there would never be any gossip.
Some of us who pride ourselves in refraining from gossip may still have a problem with it. It's possible we still keep ears open for any juicy gossip that c...
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Daily Reflections for May 5
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May 5, 2008
Daily Reflections
THE FOREST AND THE TREES
. . . . what comes to us alone may be garbled by our own
rationalization and wishful thinking. The benefit of talking
to another person is that we can get his direct comment and
counsel on our situation. . . . .
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HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND?
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Mine has been good. It started Thursday evening, and I have successfully finished my kitchen updates, cooked, cleaned, grocery shopped, cut and colored my hair for the month (gray hair is upon me!). It has been raining for days, but that is ok with me, because I got a lot done. Looking forward to some m...
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Freedom from Compulsive Disorders
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Thank you for keeping me straight yesterday. Please help me stay straight today. -- paraphrased from Alcoholics Anonymous
When I first began my recovery from codependency, I was furious about having to begin another recovery program. Seven years earlier, I had begun recovery from chemical dep...
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a design for living that works in rough going ?
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i have 50 days back, and ten days ago my mom passed away... some moments i feel drinking is not an option, and she wouldnt want me to go out over this... she was my biggest supporter for being sober, though she has no idea i had my last relapse... other times i just want that ease and comfort that i still belie...
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