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YUP....
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You see things that are and say 'Why?'
But I dream of things that never were and say 'Why not?'"
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one day at a time...
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really having to try hard to live one day at a time right now... everything is up in the air... I don't have an exact date on when I'm moving... I tentatively plan on Jan 13th leaving town, but it all depends on weather between here and Nebraska, so I can't set an exact date. Plus my friend I'm moving in with m...
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ASAP
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Ever wonder about the abbreviation A.S.A.P.? Generally we think of it in terms of even more hurry and stress in our lives. Maybe if we think of this abbreviation in a different manner, we will begin to find a new way to deal with those rough days along the way. ********...
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Dec 31 Meditation
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Today is December 31, 2006 A Great Day for Recovery!
CHANGE
"It is not necessary to get away from human nature but to alter its inner attitude of heart and mind." -- J. F. Newton An understanding of sobriety and serenity that has proved helpful to me is that we are not only changing bu...
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Daily Reflections Dec 31
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Daily Resolutions 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 minutes--a time to consid...
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How to Stop and Listen
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I have almost 90days clean and sober and I have a big problem. I seem not to be okay with truly listening to what someone has to say. I am a head strong New Yorker, which is self-explanatory in itself. I hear what someone says and if it is important to my recovery. Most of the ti...
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Amen!
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THE ANT AND THE CONTACT LENS A true story by Josh and Karen Zarandona Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go rock climbing. Although she was very scared, she went with her group to a tremendous granite cliff. In spite of her fear, she put on the gear, took hold of the rope, and started up the face of th...
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Moving On
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The Language of Letting Go.
Learn the art of acceptance. It's a lot of grief.
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 friends...
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Responsible Contributions
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Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings. -- Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
The world we live in depends on the responsible contributions each of us mak...
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Morning all
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Hope all has went well for those whom had Santa come and visit.
Had enough turkey yet?
Just wanted to say hi, and things are going well one day at a time. Haven't been to a meetin for a bit, guess it's high time to kick myself the ass and get to one. Been checkin the board and well be...
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Daily Reflections Dec 30
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ANONYMITY 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...
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The Start Of A New Year
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Hope smiles on the threshold of the year to come, whispering that it will be happier. -- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
At the start of this new year, we look back at what has been and we look forward to the future. Our path has been filled with healing and hope. Rewards have come to us each day. Now, looking t...
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Hi....Critiqueing.......
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My spouse (now sober) loves to critique restaurants, fried chicken. It's always, "This is the best chicken I've ever had." Five weeks later, it will be someone elses that's the best. This chicken isn't so good, doesn't measure up to Joe's place. On and on, it...
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Daily Awareness-Hope and Disappointment
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It’s precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life."
-- Max Frisch
"Don’t get your hopes up!"
Were you warned of this as a child? What does this say? It says that life is bound to disappoint you. It says, don’t aim high be...
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I love being sober!
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I just wanted to make a short post to say how GREAT it is to be sober! I love not waking up with a hangover, feeling queezy and woozy all day, headaches, palpitations, sore lungs from smoking my brains out, and the self-loathing. I think that's the worst...worse than all the physical sympt...
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Hello
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Discovered this board a while ago, I have been posting on the Alanon board for a while but not this one, so I thought I'd say hello. I am a sober member of AA, and also active in Alanon.
I was thinking about my last drink (so far!) and how at the time, I had no idea it was my last drink. I had never attempted t...
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Greenville, SC?
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Good afternoon... my name is James and I am an alcoholic. I am making my first trip any significant distance from home next week since getting sober. I'm heading to Greenville, Sc. and staying at the Hilton. Can anyone tell me what meetings are close? I will be available to go to meetings after about 6pm...
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Panic
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The Language of Letting Go.
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 circumst...
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Working Today
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As we approach a new year, many of us feel fear. We look back on the past and worry about the future. But if we remember we only have today, we can work to make that future better. We have found true friends in our fellowship, and this is a time to be with them.
Am I ensuring a fruitful future by working wit...
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Pain free?
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It's just about midnight here and I'm feeling SO alive! Many of you here are aware of the problem I have had with the thoracic area of my spine from previous injuries which caused me to become "disabled" as far as my employability is concerned. This has been a major reason for my taking heavily to the bott...
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Upward And Forward
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The Language of Letting Go.
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 w...
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Words to Consider
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Although all men share a common destiny, each individual also has to work out his personal salvation for himself. We can help each other find the meaning of life, but in the last analysis, each is responsible for finding himself. -- Thomas Merton
One of the great spiritual truths is that each pe...
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Becoming a Better Person (well, we're trying, right?)
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At some point in our lives, many of us find ourselves overcome with the desire to become better people. While we are all uniquely capable of navigating this world, we may nonetheless feel driven to grow, expand, and change. This innate need for personal expansion can...
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The Way It used To Be....(Long One)
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Those veils and masks I put on to hide and conceal the real me. The cover up and disguises I habitually use; the excuses, delaying tactics, addictions and control. All the deceptions, in part or in whole, that camouflage and conceal my real self. When considered as a whole, their multiplicity represe...
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lazteuQ yadhtriB yppaH
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I hope you make it a glorious day! Happy birthday my friend...Tim
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Dec 27 Daily Reflections
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PROBLEM SOLVING "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. Whenev...
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Shares For a New Book
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To My Fellows;
Children, Parents, Families of addicts and alcoholics.
I am requesting stories in the following categories. I am seeking those shares for a book called: “Please Understand.” The reason for I am writing this book those in our lives that don’t...
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Merry Christmas Everyone!
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Hi everyone,
I just wanted to wish everybody on MIP a very wonder filled, peaceful and sober Christmas.
Have a great day.
Carol
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Decisions
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Decisions are like Jello molds. They only turn out firm when the right amount of water is added. -- Roy Palm
A big decision is like a mountain built on a million small rocks. When we find ourselves stuck and feeling paralyzed about making a big decision, perhaps it is because we didn't pay attenti...
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UM.......
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If anyone here, sees a guy in a red suit, and sleigh...still flying through the skies..somewhere....could you yell up at Him? and tell Him..."Thanks for the new car eh"?
The only problem was....He musta been gettin pretty tired..cause He left it in the wrong driveway....
I could'nt find the key...
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Haunting memories of Christmas past
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Hi Everyone –
I hope (and pray) that this post doesn’t damper your Christmas spirit – but at times I need to write. Whether it is poetry, stories, or articles for my websites, books, or my newspaper column – it seems to be a great form of “self-therapy.”
Christmas brings mixed emotions for me. F...
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A Christmas Gift for Everyone!
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For all members of Miracles In Progress 12 Step Recovery Forums, I and Rose designed a small Christmas web page for you to view. It has music on it, so turn your speakers on or off, whichever you prefer as you view it.
http://www.12stepforums.net/christmas/index.html
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Beginning Again
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Namaste each and everyone!
Please allow me to share a meditation with you:
"Creation is ongoing. The world begins anew each day. This is the miracle that makes not a sound but which changes everything, if we can be quiet enough to feel it happen. When we can participate in this, we begin anew each da...
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Honor Yourself
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"I’d gone through life believing in the strength and competence of others; never in my own. Now, dazzled, I discovered that my capacities were real. It was like finding a fortune in the lining of an old coat."
-- Joan Mills
Take a moment to stop and think about what you give to the people and life arou...
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Gratitude
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We have no right to ask, when sorrow comes, Why did this happen to me? unless we ask the same question for every joy that comes our way. -- Philip S. Bernstein
All of us have reasons to be grateful. Usually, the word implies we have received something. We often think of gratitude as that warm feelin...
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Daily Reflections Dec 25
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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 off my day, because it is a continual reminder to "practice these prin...
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angels
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i have so much emotional pain at this time of the year...i swear i can feel angels close to me to keep me safe. from my first sober christmas to this one. those angels have their hands full with the likes of us! love u guys.
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Step 12 at 27 days??
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I met a newcomer on his first day Wednesday. He had the stench of alcohol seeping through his pores. After the meeting I introduced myself, got his number, talked and then called him at home a few times (3) including this morning.
He's been in and out of the program in LA. He...
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the eternal
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Words to remember during this stressful holiday season, to maintain your balance:
Tao Te Ching -Chapter 29
Do you think you can take over the universe and improve it? I do not think it can be done.
The universe is sacred. You cannot improve it. If you try to change it, you will...
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myspace
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I have made a myspace, its a real good website to tell people about yourself I have a address: http://www.myspace.com/gmixstudios
friends are always welcome to drop on by, I have not put everything up yet, but made a start.
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Big party at my house last night...
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And I drank perrier all night. First time in a long while that:
a) I wasn't half in the bag by the time people started showing up.
b) I didn't burn the ribs.
c) I remember everything pretty well (shoot- I may be sober but still my memory is maybe not so bueno)
d) I was the last one up.
e) I woke up ha...
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Feelin At Peace with the HOLIDAYS
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Just wanted to share a little
I know that I haven't been on here long, but wanted to say thank you to each and everyone of u for making me feel welcome. Opps, sorry had a brian fart here, it'll come to me.
Ok here it goes, I met some great people on here who have touch my heart, in ways that is hard exp...
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My Gratitude List
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Hi everyone,
I have been thinking a lot about gratitude today. I have a lot to be grateful for and I decided to make a list and share it with you all. I could go on and on with the list; I suddenly have so much to be truly grateful for.
Have a wonder filled Christmas Eve,
Carol
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Daily Reflections Dec 23
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RECOVERY, UNITY, SERVICE
Our Twelfth Step - carrying the message-is the basic service that AA;s Fellowshp gives: this is our principal aim and the main reason for our existence. The Languare of the Heart p 160
I thank God for those who came before me, those who told me not...
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Dating at 3 months of sobriety?
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First time on this message board, and very glad I found it! This is going to be a pretty long post - I would like to explain the situation fully to get the best advice possible.
My sobriety date is September 12, 2006. The last time I had a drink was July 9th, but I was addicted to Vicodin as wel...
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Time to Relax
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Mate Ive broken up from work and uni now for xmas and this year I have felt wonderful,
this time last year I was in a bad space, which prompted me to pick up the 12 steps, now look how far ive come, and plenty of room yet for growth, got another mark back today from uni,got an A- and a B+ so an overall combined m...
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Countdown to Christmas
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Well, here we are. It's Saturday and Christmas is Monday, and we probably have some activities having to do with the holiday today. And it is still Hannuka too.
I did stop last night, played some games, and went to bed. I do feel better this morning that if I'd continued to p...
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This Christmas
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Every Christmas I hope for the best but expect the worst. -- Adult child group member
As bells ring out and carols echo everywhere, we should not be surprised if our spirits take a nosedive. It isn't that we don't understand the meaning of Christmas, or that we reject it, but rather that the ideal...
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Merry Christmas to you all
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I would like to wish everyone here a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Thanks everyone for your support this past year. May God be with you all in the coming year!! wagon
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Creating Happiness
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"It is our basic right to be a happy person, happy family, and eventually a happy world. That should be our goal."
-- Dalai Lama
Little adjustments to our attitude and approach each day can create a major difference in our appreciation of life. On the surface, nothing changes. At the same time, abs...
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