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Self-Centeredness and Selfishness
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The Difference Between Self-centeredness and Selfishness
BY JOYCE AND BARRY VISSELL
From the "Divine Selfishness " article on their website, reprinted with permission.
On of the great paradoxes in life as well as relationship is the concept of loving oneself and the concept of selfishnes...
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is there?
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is there an australian based version of this forum?if there is please let me know.i have noticed that there are online meetings on tuesday and saturday at 9 but is that 9 australian time?
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so glad this forum is here
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hi everyone out there i have only just found this site today and am very thankful.i have been an alcoholic since the first time i picked a drink up,even though i have been through vast periods without a drink i seem to forget how bad things can be and i start drinking again until i have done something so stu...
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Another Lg and LG??
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Is this another Let go and Let God? A bit of a long story about yesterday.
My sponsor/friend mentioned to me a couple of months ago that there was a cabinetmaking class at a local college and asked if I'd be interested in attending. I said "yes" but never did much abou...
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thought for the day
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thought for the day:
Blessed are those who can give without remembering
and take without forgetting.
Have a great holiday weekend.
Wanda
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How To Get Rid Of All Resentments...
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Toward the end of the Sunday service, the Minister asked, "How Many of you are willing to forgive your enemies?" 80% held up their hands. The Minister then repeated his question. All responded this time, except one small elderly Lady. "Mrs. Jones, Are you not willing to forgive your enemies?" "I don'...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONI BALONEY
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Yaaaayyyy!!!!!
It's Toni Baloney's biological birthday today....
Happy Birthday Toni!!!!!
I just LOVE you to PIECES!!!!!!!!!!!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
Love, Your buddy,
Joni
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Highs And Lows
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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.
T...
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Hi i'm new here
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Hi my names Dave and i'm just starting out on this long road of recovery. Been poisoning myself for far too long!
Gonna stick around and fight back! 
Any tips guys?
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spiritual experience
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I've recently had my first spiritual experience... and it feels soooo good. It happened sometime in the past couple of weeks... My whole outlook on life has changed, I feel sooo much better. I'm not depressed anymore, and I'm not manic either, I Just feel really good. I thought it was my niece being bor...
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Step 8
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Hi,
I am working throught the steps and I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to go about the letter's to people that we have caused harm or hurt due to our drinking?
Thank you
Freshstart71 -- Edited by freshstart71 at 23:17, 2006-08-29
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Progress??
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My name is Jana and I am an alcoholic.
I can't believe this realization and admission has flipped everything upside down for me. In the last four days, I have attended four meetings. This is honestly the first time that I have stood back and took a good look at what I have bee...
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From "Helping Others"
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Hi everyone,
I came across this reading earlier and it so described me when I was drinking that I wanted to share it with everyone. How great that now even I can see the progress that I'm making!
Take care and have a great day,
Carol
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From "Helping Othe...
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GOD's WILL ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Welp, despite 'issues' I have had in the past due to my addictions, and some legal 'road blocks', God has 'unblocked' the road for me to be a nursing student starting October 2nd.
This has been a real test in the spiritual realm, of 'things aren't always what they seem', and ANYTHING is poss...
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Daily Reflections Sept 9
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WILLINGNESS TO GROW
If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As Bill Sees It, p.8 Sobriety fills the painful "hole in the soul" that my alcoholism created. Often I feel so physically well that I believe my work is done. However, joy is not just the absence of pain; it is the gift of con...
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Still an alcoholic named Ryan
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Hi all,
I had an experience the other day I thought I out to share, because I learned a lot from it, and it impacted me deeply.
Iwas tearing of a roof on a duck club, got down for water, and got to poking around the place, abandoned till duck hunting starts. Saw a couple old fridges b...
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Every Great Mistake ...
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Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied. --Pearl S. Buck
We make mistakes because we are human, we are imperfect, we are frequently out of touch with the rhythms of the moment. When our minds are one place, either still trapped by the pas...
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The Excitement Of Learning
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The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning you're not old. - Rosalyn S.Yalow
I believe that if you are not learning, you are not living What is more exciting than learning? A group of managers in a technology firm were totally unaware about how they came a...
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It's Official!
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My husband accepted the job offer in North Carolina, so we are officially moving to another state! Whoa nellie! Big changes ahead for this alkie--and you all know how much we alks loooove change. 
Obviously, one of the first things I will do down there is get to a mee...
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F*****d up again
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So sorry every one had another drrink dont know why just guess I am an alcoholic scared I am going to die of this disease!!!
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Learn from Experience
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"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him."
-- Aldous Huxley
What was your peak experience of this past week? What was your most challenging experience?
Stepping back to review your week can offer many insights. Normally we can’t see the forest for th...
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Recieved this from a friend...Its worth sharing...
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Something did not turn out the way you wanted. And maybe, it was for the best. Disappointments and setbacks can have a way of becoming positive turning points. When something does not work out, it makes room for other possibilities. Be careful not to attach your sense of fulfillment too tightly to spe...
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Welcoming Change
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"There is nothing more certain in our lives than change. Yet many of us fear change and make elaborate plans to avoid it. We fear the new and find comfort and stability in the known and familiar.
But to grow, you need not only to accept change, but to embrace it, jopyfully. Think of a flowing stream as re...
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Reflections & Meditation Aug 31
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A UNIQUE PROGRAM Alcoholics Anonymous will never have a professional class. We have gained some understanding of the ancient words "Freely ye have received, freely give." We have discovered that at the point of professionalism, money and spirituality do not mix. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIO...
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Back in the saddle...and how you all doin eh...
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Just saying "HELLO!!!!"
Whole lotta catchin up to do...
giddy up..go!! and have a good day!!
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Don't be a Victim
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Surviving
Some people refer to us as victims of our problems, but we should not accept such labeling. A better term for us is survivors.
Working in step with our Higher Power, we should view ourselves as capable of rising above all the challenges and conditions that confront...
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FUNNY BUMPER STICKER
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I saw this on the car in front of me, driving an hour back from Cleveland the other day......
Don't Believe Everything
You Think
LOL.
Joni
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Value
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I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money. -- Pablo Picasso
Some of us were taught not to place a lot of value on money. After all, it's only money, and money can't buy happiness. True enough. While many of us don't place much value on money, we manage to value the possessions that money can buy. T...
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Daily Reflections Aug 30
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THE ONLY REQUIREMENT. . . "At one time. . .every A.A. group had many membership rules. Everybody was scared witless that something or somebody would capsize the boat. . .The total list was a mile long. If all those rules had been in effect everywhere, nobody could have possibly joined A.A. at all. . ." T...
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Re: The purpose of this Board
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Hi All,
Last week, there was some talk about a Sticky Post, that should remain on the top of the front page, regarding the purpose of this Board, and what it is, to bring out the fact that this Message Board should not be considered a replacement for a meeting of Alcoholic's Anonymous.
Phil and Wren h...
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The Simple Things
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Hi everyone,
I was just thinking about my last two AA meetings and what happened when I got home afterwards.
On Thursday, I got home at just gone nine-thirty. There was a note stuck to my front door. One of my neighbours had a computer problem and wanted me to pop in as soon as I got home and try to so...
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Reaching out
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Hi-
My name is Jana and I am faced with the realization that I am an alcoholic. I have been avoiding this truth for years. Every time something bad happens, as a direct result of my drinking, I have different excuses for my behavior. However, ow...
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School: Still Clearing the Wreckage
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I have been eagerly awaiting word from a school here in my area that has an accelerated RN program for folks already in the medical field. I have been very nervous about it.
I did finally get word today. The school feels I would be a 'very good candidate'.... HOWEVER...
There are 2 'items' that came u...
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7 Day Site Stats
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Soul Perspectives on Relationships
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Relationships
All of our relationships have the potential of showing us who we are as souls. Our relationships with other human beings force us to acknowledge both our perfection as souls and our limitations as personalities. We are also challenged to accept the opposites and to experience dual...
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Seizure knowledge or experiences wanted
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I'm 36. Been drinking for 20 years. The last four years have been pretty consistent hard liquor everynight; atleast a pint; sometimes pint and a half.
Obviously I'm an alcoholic and have been trying to quit since March. I've been quitting unsupervised, meaning untreated withdrawals. For you exp...
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God's Will ~ My Will
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When I think back to my first experiences with Step 3, I recall having an overwhelming sense of fear and anticipation regarding, "What is God's will, and what is my will?" I first learned that my will was my thoughts and actions, and my motivations, or instincts. It was easier to see what my will had been...
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Oh Jeannie, Where Art Thou???
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!
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Reflections & Meditation Aug 29
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I CHOOSE ANONYMITY We are sure that humility, expressed by anonymity, is the greatest safeguard that Alcoholics Anonymous can ever have. 12 & 12, p.187 Since there are no rules in A.A. I place myself where I want to be, and so I choose anonymity. I want my God to use me, humbly, as one of His tools in th...
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??? Bubba ???
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Did I miss a post that said he's going on vacation?
or what?
Where is Phil?
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Six Months!
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For some odd reason I was allowed another chance to get sober after almost flushing my life down the toilet permanently.
This is familiar territory for me, having six months sober. What isn't familiar is actually working the steps as best as I can.
Life is good today. No complaints from this alchy...
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Hearing others
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Really be there for another
"Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. You can see that when you think how the friends that really listen to us are the ones we move toward, and we want to sit in their radius as though it did us good, like ultraviolet rays."
-- Brenda Ueland
How wel...
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All experience is an arch to build on.
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All experience is an arch to build on. -- Henry Brooks Adams
We can learn something from any experience, even one that is painful. In fact, we often learn more from painful experiences than from pleasant ones. When we say or do something foolish or hurtful that causes us embarrassment or guilt, pa...
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My first real craving...
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I can truly say that in the 3 months, I've not had a real craving. I mean, I've thought, "Boy, I'd like to have a drink!" but only when I'm stressed and wanting to unwind. Throughout the day and evening last night, I really, really, really wanted a drink...not for stress, but for the whole th...
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Hi everyone!
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Been super busy...but I'm still sober...and I even got through my Brother's wedding without drinking (despite our Dad going on a major bender-and we used to be drinking buddies). I actually had the most fun I've had in a very long time! I partied and danced all night long...sober...have I meantioned...
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Daily Reflections Aug 28
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LIGHTENING THE BURDEN Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now. . . . the dark past is . . . the key to life and happiness for others. Alcoholics Anonymous, p.124 Since I have been sober, I have been healed of many pains: deceiving my par...
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Some Pictures...from Tim
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Hi all and Wanda,
Yesterday, I got a very big surprise. Tim sent me an email saying he was going to go look at my new Puppy, and wow did he Surprise me. I had told him he lived in the same town, and out of the Blue, he went over and took these adorable pictures.
Tim, I am still just feeling amaz...
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Toni Baloney...
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Working With Others
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I've been struggling with this guy I have been working with.
He just doesn't want to work this program.
I've been trying and trying to show him how the principles of this program are applied in daily life. He just won't follow directions! I don't know what to do.
He keeps relapsing. Gets sober for...
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Meditation Aug 27
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Today is August 27, 2006 A Great Day for Recovery!
PURPOSE
"I have never doubted that God created man for great purposes . . . " -- Preston Bradley I am special today. I know that there is a purpose for my life and that it is essentially good and creative. I know that beauty is not just in...
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