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Commitment
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As we walk through life, there are many things and people we may lose, or lose out on, if we are unwilling to commit. We need to make a commitment for relationships to grow beyond the dating stage, to have the home or apartment we want, the job we want, or the car we desire. We must commit, on deep levels, to c...
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Memories
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I walked a mile with Sorrow, And ne'er a word said she; But, Oh, the things I learned from her When Sorrow walked with me! -- Robert Browning Hamilton We may think that forgetting the past is essential for growth and peace of mind. It's a tempting idea: we'll start over again, we think, fresh and new. But i...
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Lesson #5
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A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy." "Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull.They're packed with nutrients." The turkey pec...
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24 Hours a Day ~ 1st June 2007
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A.A. Thought for the day ~ Some things I do not miss since becoming dry: that overall feeling physically, including the shakes, a splitting headache, pain in my arms and legs, bleary eyes, fluttering stomach, droopy shoulders, weak knees, a three-day beard, and a flushed complexion. Also, facing m...
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Could use some strength today
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I have been fighting this monkey on my back for years. Was able to stay sober for almost a year then last Feb. relasped big time. Started going to meetings and did goog again. In the last two weeks I really screwed up. Got drunk, fought with my husband, called 911 (we were both drunk) got arrested you m...
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Made it snother day
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Went to my AV weeting tonight. They so inspire me Had a great day
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Be good....and if yu cant be good? Be good at it..:)
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CONFUSED BY A'S BEHAVIOR:::ANYONE HELP
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((((((((((Guys)))))))))))))))) I have been fantastic for a few weeks, really working my programme. I am back at work, working long shifts. It's 11pm, I am up at 6am, and I cannot sleep, my mind is racing, due to the A's behavor... You know my history with this guy. We had a long time friendship that led...
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24 Hours a Day ~ 31st May 2007
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ I shall not wait to be drafted for service to A.A. I shall volunteer. I shall be loyal in my attendance, generous in my giving, kind in my criticism, creative in my suggestions, loving in my attitudes. I shall give to A.A. my interest, my enthusiasm, my devotion, and most of all,...
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Legitimate Anxieties
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The purpose of life is not to get rid of the butterflies in your stomach, but to make them fly in formation. -- Author unknown Did you know that your anxiety could help you at work? Anxieties are a signal; they are a warning system within us saying "Halt!" "Look!" "Listen!&q...
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24 Hours a Day ~ 30th May 2007
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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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The 12 pitfall areas in a relationship...
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The following twelve areas are pitfalls in any relationship, that if allowed to flourish will cause that relationship to degrade and suffer. Therefore to keep your relationship healthy and alive, avoid the dirty dozen. 1. Insufficient shared information creates a relationship vacuum and promo...
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What We See
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Judging Others Though it is human to evaluate people we encounter based on first impressions, the conclusions we come to are seldom unaffected by our own fears and our own preconceptions. Additionally, our judgments are frequently incomplete. For example, wealth can seem like proof that an in...
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Changing Consciousness (really like this one)
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Why should we care about raising our consciousness? When we set an intention to change and grow, we begin a journey in which we move from coping, to learning and finally, to the enjoyment of living. Here are some of the shifts we move through: From dependence on the clock, to charting a direction, to mo...
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blame
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I center my life around alcohol - i find a way to connect anything and everything to it; i blame my actions/thoughts/lifestyle-related things on the fact that I have alcoholic parents. How do I stop this? Ever feel this way or do this? ESH needed. Lanchas
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Hey Timbo!!
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You have 10 months comming up bud....way to go!! You mentioned "too easy".... I was an alky that wasnt used to "easy"....was used to the familiar stuff..."The Hard Road" I just wanted to share... that this kid had it easy for 15 months....and the world by the tail......
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Little excitement here today
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Just wanted to share that had a little excitement here today, my daughter's cat got pregnant my my other male cat and was awaken to find out she had her kittens this morning. 2 orange and 2 black and white kittens. One more thing I would like ask is for some prayers to be sent to a family whom is going throug...
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24 Hours a Day ~ 29th May 2007
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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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alcoholic tendencies
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I am afraid that I may have alcoholic tendencies even though I don't drink. I think of Coca Cola as my alcohol........ * I can't stop drinking it. *I drink can after can or glass after glass. *all the time *especially when I am mad * I killed two bottles of 2-liter bottles in two days. * I use it to...
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Telling the Truth
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When the pencil box disappeared, the little girl saw her chance. Going up to the teacher, she said, "I saw Timmy around the desk. He took the pencil box." The little girl had not liked Tim, and she felt that it would be great fun to get him into trouble. The teacher brought Timmy into the...
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As Bill Sees It
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Whose Inventory? We do not relate intimate experiences of another member unless we are sure he would approve. We find it better, when possible, to stick to our own stories. A man may criticize or laugh at himself and it will affect others favorably, but criticism or riducule aimed at someone els...
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WOW..GUESS WHO CAME TO A MEETING
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(((((((((((((GUYS)))))))))))) You will not believe this. I didn't, you all know I opened a f2f group. And tonight I didn't feel like going. I was tired after working all week. And the other woman who goes with me text me to apologise, she couldn't make it...argg. So I said "Ally Girl, YOU made a co...
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The Tyrant
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In the life of each AA member, there lurks a tyrant. His name is alcohol. He is cunning, ruthless. And his weapons are misery, insanity, and death. No matter how long we may be sober, he always stands at each man's elbow, ever watchful of an opportunity to resume his destruction. Like an agent of the Gest...
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Today
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I'm feeling a little better today. I'm the secretary of a sunday big book study so of course I had to be at the meeting yesterday. Thats what I love about group service work, invarably I wont want to go because of my mood or whatever, and the responsibility keeps my connected. I shared at the meeting yeste...
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Acceptance And Letting Go
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And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation some fact of my life unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at...
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Alcohol Withdrawal
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Withdrawals Can Be Mild, Moderate or SevereAlcohol withdrawal refers to a group of symptoms that may occur from suddenly stopping the use of alcohol after chronic or prolonged ingestion. Not everyone who stops drinking experiences withdrawal symptoms, but most people who have been drinking for...
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Alcoholism And Denial
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One of the most frustrating factors in dealing with alcoholism, as a relative, friend or professional, is it is almost always accompanied by a phenomenon known as "denial." In the long path the alcoholic takes toward mental, physical and moral decline, usually the first thing to go is ho...
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The Three Most Dangerous Words From An Alcoholic
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Anger And Resentment...Whats The Difference?
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Anger is normal; resentment is a killerOften you'll hear 12 Steppers make a statement like 'don't get angry, you'll slip.' If there's someone around with some time they may point out that resentment, not anger is the real threat to continuous abstaining. The differences between the two are import...
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24 Hours a Day ~ 28th May 2007
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In A.A. we learn that since we are alcoholics we can be uniquely useful people. That is, we can help other alcoholics when perhaps somebody who has not had our experience with drinking could not help them. That makes us uniquely useful. The A.A.s are a unique group of people bec...
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struggling a little...
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No, no thoughts of drinking... just... this is tough, doing the family thing... it's a heck of a lot easier to live 12 hours away and just talk to them on the phone a couple times a week lol I do love seeing my family, but I can only take so much... even when I lived here I could only take so much, I might h...
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Hi everyone
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Good morning everyone. I'm new to message boards and a recovering alcoholic/addict so an AA board seemed the right place to pop in and say Hi. I'm kind of at a loss as to what to say. I'm currently going through a lot of chaos right now. Relationship stuff. You know what they say at meetings, " relati...
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hello all
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Hi everyone, Hope today finds u all well, Its a long weekend here in the states, been busy here, went to c my son yesterday, he just finsihed college for the year and is working a job for the summer, When i first got sober he sent me a big book in the mail, i havent seen to much of him the last couple of years but...
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All is well, buttttttt
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Hi folks Just thought I'd check in, things are going ok. Kids are doing well, and getting ready for summer. One thing that is well concerning me is well now I have a bit of an issue. My feet have been acting up lately, got the left check out and as a result got a spur on the bottum of my foot and has progresse...
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Letting Go of Self Doubt
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A married woman who had recently joined Al-Anon called me one afternoon. She worked part-time as a registered nurse, had assumed all the responsibilities for raising her two children, and did all the household chores, including repairs and finances. "I want to separate from my husband,&quo...
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Growing Ourselves
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The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes We are all on a life-long journey. It is a search for who we are and why we are here. It is a journey that expands our consciousness. There is an urge within each of us to move forward in life...
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24 Hours a Day ~ 27th May 2007
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In twelth-step work, the fifth thing is continuance. Continuance means our staying with prospects after they have started on the new way of living. We must stick with them and not let them down. We must encourage them to go to meetings regularly for fellowship and help. They w...
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Recognizing Choices
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We have choices, more choices than we let ourselves see. We may feel trapped in our relationships, our jobs, our life. We may feel locked into behaviors such as caretaking or controlling. Feeling trapped is a symptom of codependency. When we hear ourselves say, I have to take care of this person . . . I h...
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Learning from Life
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The quality of our life is not dependent on the circumstances we encounter. The quality of our life is dependent on what we learn from the circumstances we encounter. Perhaps the greatest example of this wisdom is present in the life of Nelson Mandela. He is a man that suffered great pain and hardship...
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Only In Cana Du
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A Canadian is walking down the street with a case of beer under his arm. His friend Doug stops him and asks, "Hey Bob! Whacha get the case of beer for?" "I got it for my wife, eh." answers Bob. "Oh!" exclaims Doug, "Good trade."
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Have a nice day..:)
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"Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it." As we work the first nine Steps, we prepare ourselves for the adventure of a new life. But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weather or fou...
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Gossip
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Intimacy is that warm gift of feeling connected to others and enjoying our connection to them. As we grow in recovery, we find that gift in many, sometimes surprising, places. We may discover we've developed intimate relationships with people at work, with friends, with people in our support group...
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24 Hours a Day ~ 25th May 2007
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In twelth-step work, the third thing is conviction. Prospects must be convinced that they honestly want to stop drinking. They must see and admit that their life is unmanageable. They must face the fact that they must do something about their drinking. They must be absolute...
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FOR SOBRIETYSPELL
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(((((((((((((((((ss)))))))))))))) ..no, It was nothing you said or done..... I can't even find the reply your talking about..lol. You have ALL been wonderful, and understanding...And I love how I can so idenify with you all....lol will keep reading all your posts..and gaining valuable insight...
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i witnessed a miracle tonight
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American idol had started and I had decided to stay home and be a couch potato when a little after seven I had the sudden urge to go to a meeting unbeknownst to me the same thing happened in a couple other homes elsewhere in town. Meanwhile across town at the local camel club (where most of our meeting here...
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LEAVING MIP
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(((((((((ROOMIES))))))))))))) Nothing lasts for ever...I have enjoyed my time at mip, meeting lovely people, sharing my experience with you all...I also have received wisdom on numerous occasions...... In growing within Al-Anon, we become whole again, we start to believe we ARE worth somet...
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Inspiration
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Inspiration starts in the home. -- Alpha English What does being inspired really mean? Alpha would say it means having the faith to tackle difficult tasks. She surely had it. In a time when few women went to college, she did and with honors. Then after a lifetime of teaching in a small Arkansas town, s...
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24 Hours a Day ~ 24th May 2007
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A.A. Thought for the Day ~ In twelth-step work, the second thing is confession. By frankly sharing with prospects, we get them talking about their own experiences. They will open up and confess things to us that they haven't been able to tell other people. And they feel better when this confession has...
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No More Playing Small
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I was talking on the phone to a woman about a business matter. I didnt know her but I was impressed by her work. When the conversation ended, I reflected on how many times I had been apologetic about who I was and what I was doing. There was no need for that! Marianne Williamsons words came to mind: Your play...
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Looking Deeply
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The Good In All Sometimes we find it difficult to see the good in people, places, or situations that arent to our liking. We focus on the things we dont like in our lives as a way of fueling our efforts to create change. There is nothing inherently wrong with this, and it is one way we make progress. Ho...
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