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Helpful Acronyms For Today
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F.E.A.R. ... Face Everything And Recover
D.E.N.I.A.L. ... Don't Even Notice I'm Lying
H.O.P.E. ... Happy Our Program Exists
S.L.I.P. ... Sobriety Losing It's Priority
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BEAUTIFUL....
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Thought you might enjoy some photos of the brilliant change of seasons here in my hometown, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Enjoy!!
Joni -- Edited by jonibaloni at 09:20, 2006-10-07
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DROWNING??????
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This is a story that was told to me many years ago... I did post it below in a reply to a message,. but for those that did not see it, it is a wonderful story about reaching out for help. Enjoy.
A man was standing on the front porch of his house, and flood waters starte...
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Have a good day...
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Each Day a New Beginning.
There is a divine plan of good at work in my life. I will let go and let it unfold. --Ruth P. Freedman
We are never certain of the full importance or the eventual impact of any single event in our lives. But of one thing we can be sure: Each experience offers something valua...
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Turkey
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Well..I went hunting for a turkey this morning... for Thanksgiving...
Found one....and every time I went to pull the trigger..I couldnt do it...
We introduced ourselves...His name is Bigfeather...
I invited him home for Thanksgiving dinner...
Looks like Rice a Roni..out of the box..an...
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To the newcomer
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My name is Justin and I'm an alcoholic.
Just wanted to say welcome to this forum to all the new people.
This is my 4th go around with this program. The main thing that I've learned through out this bout with trying to stay sober is that I absolutely have to work the steps. There are no if's and's or but's...
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Nightmares
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Wow, had a duzzy of one last night, woke up at 4:00 in the morning, and rather than go back to bed, felt better to turn on all the lights all over my house, and especially in here, in my office.
And the formula that I thought of, worked so well, just signed on to MIP, read all the Posts, and resp...
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Goodmorning Family
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Good morning, family. This weekend is here already. Its raining here right now. I'm very grateful for what God has put in front of me today.. So today is going to be all about focusong on the day in front of me, My recovery, and what I can do to make it a productful day. It's our da...
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Changing
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Changing
The old saying is true: You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. It's the same with addiction and recovery. People can take away our drugs and put us in treatment, but no one can make us clean and sober.
When it hurts enough, when we're scared enough, when we're sick and t...
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Murphy, my bullie, has a new girl coming
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This is the new
little bugger that's
coming to keep
Murphy company:
a little mini-aussie
pup. I'm excited
for both of us.
Whoops, not so
good at adding pictures, ya think?
-- Edited by Wren at 18:14, 2006-10-05 -- Edited by Wren at 18:15, 2006-10-05
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OK I did it...!!!
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Last night after like an hour contemplating weather or not I should open a bottle of wine, passing back and forth and breaking down on my kitchen floor with frustration, I called a friend of my husband and he's taking me to my first meeting. He was the only one I knew who was in AA and he was happy to take me. I...
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bad night
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Had a bad night last night... started wanting to drink... I've had too much going through my mind lately and a few of those things just hit me full force and I got this totally overwhelmed feeling, my head was buzzing, my chest felt fluttery and I was shaking and all these thoughts were just going full for...
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Got a number....
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I've gotten numbers before when I was a newcomer, but i feel foolish calling them now after it's been so long.
I know i could if i needed to. Seems like I don't need to except to find a sponsor.
Anyway, she approached me after my local meeting. Very sweet woman with many years in th...
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Serenity
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The first time I felt serenity, first it scared me and then I got bored. I had been living in adreniline and drama for so long that I was bored with serenity. Now I'm grateful for it. I don't have to look for someone or something to make myself crazy with. Sometimes it c...
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My Last Relapse:
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Hello Everyone. Here's alittle about me. I just thought that maybe it would kind of help some out and also, it is just alittle about me, so some of you can get to know me abit more. I am a recovering Herion addict. I also have Persitis in my hips. Arthritis in my lower back and three herniated disc in my lower...
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Daily Reflections Oct 6
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FACING OURSELVES . . . . and Fear says, "You dare not look!" TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49 How often I avoided a task in my drinking days, just because it appeared so large! Is it any wonder even if I have been sober for some time, that I will act that same way when faced with what appears to be a mon...
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Going Camping...
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Headed over to my mom's tonight when hubby gets home, then we're leaving tomorrow around noon to go out to Petit Jean Arkansas State Park until Tuesday! I'm excited but nervous... should be a good way to relax after everything that's been going on... tons of hiking trails, you can hear the waterfalls f...
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sad girl
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so i have been doing lots of work on my "issues" for the last couple of years, not such a victim anymore. cut out the people who were abusive (family mostly) . lots of nasty surprises with people i thought were friends in the program, which i have to say resulted in a lot of growth spiritual and just plain gr...
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Anonymity Broken
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"Anonymity is the Spiritual Foundation of All our Principles, ever reminding us to place principles above personalities."
I am really upset, something I shared in an AA meeting was mentioned to my sister, twice by two different AA members, one sober for 4 or 5 years and the other celebrat...
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starting to feel alive
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it has been ingrained in me since birth that I am no good. I have only recently found out this is not correct. Kick a dog often enough and it will believe it is bad.
feel a sense of achievement that I have dropped the dose on the medication, want to come off them altogether soon and gain control of my life in...
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Every slip has a beginning.
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Hi everyone,
I posted this a few months back, but I thought it was worth re-posting for any new-comer to AA and sobriety.
Take care,
Carol
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Every slip has a beginning. Know your danger signals.
Start missing Meetings for any re...
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A Broken Spirit
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Hi to all,
Well in the last few days, I have been dealing with some trauma memories, that have been difficult, and have been sharing all of this with my own Therapist, in detail and will continue to do so, for a while, twice a week.
Powerlessness, Prayer, using all the tools of the Program. Jus...
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being a good sponsor
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hey guys, i'd like to know your defination of this.
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Fear of the unknown
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I can stand what I know. It's what I don't know that frightens me. -- Frances Newton
Fear of the unknown, often referred to as free-floating anxiety, catches up to us on occasion. But it needn't. The program offers us strength whenever we need it, and faith diminishes all fear. It is said that fea...
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Daily Reflections Oct. 5
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YESTERDAY'S BAGGAGE For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong. 12 & 12, p. 88 I have more than enough to ha...
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Open to Trust
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Open to trust "When I grip the wheel too tight, I find I lose control." -- Steve Rapson WE SEEK TO CONTROL OUR LIVES WHEN WE DO NOT TRUST, WHEN WE DO NOT LOVE. Our ego, perceiving itself to be vulnerable and insecure, uses control in an effort to protect itself. At the root of our need to control, we find FEAR...
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Common Misconceptions??????????
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Hi all,
I have a question for ya.
As many of you know I am an alanon. -----------------Sooner or later I will stop announcing that, like a disclaimer lol 
I am currently taking a class called Chemical Dependency 101 and I have a term paper to write up. And I have been bouncing back and forth b...
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24 Hours a Day
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Twenty-Four Hours A Day A.A. Thought For The Day Do I have any hard feelings about other group members or for any other A.A. group? Am I critical of the way a group member thinks or acts? Do I feel that another group is operating in the wrong way and do I broadcast it? Or do I realize that all A.A. members, no m...
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All Is Mind
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"I want to know the thoughts of God; the rest are details."
-- Albert Einstein
Everything -- absolutely everything -- that happens in our lives has a spiritual cause. Events on all other levels -- mental, emotional and physical -- are only effects.
When we are struggling with any chal...
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Vocational Rehabilitation...
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Anyone here done vocational rehabilitation? Apparently that's something I'll be doing soon...
So I'm trying to figure out school, and how to get those grants for the disabled... couldn't find anything online. Finally called the university here and asked financial aid about it, they sent me o...
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Just needed a place to vent
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Just needed a place to vent and all advice is welcome. The last few months have been extremely intense. First I had a miscarriage after trying for a year, I was devastated. Then a few weeks later I took my sister in because her husband is an a$$ and kicked her out. But that's another issue that I wont get int...
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Making peace with our losses ...
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There is an end to grief if we have the courage to accept our personal goodness and our ongoing right to happiness. - Justin Langley
Making peace with our losses takes time and trust. In the past, we may have acted in ways that were heartbreaking to ourselves and others. But now we have a new choice...
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Daily Reflections Oct 3
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SERENITY AFTER THE STORM Someone who knew what he was talking about once remarked that pain was the touchstone of all spiritual progress. How heartily we A.A.'s can agree with him. . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p p. 93-94 When on the roller coaster of emotional turmoil, I remember that grow...
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Daily Reflections Oct 4
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A NECESSARY PRUNING . . . . we know that the pains of drinking had to come before sobriety, and emotional turmoil before serenity. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 94 I love spending time in my garden feeding and pruning my beautiful flowers. One day, as I was busily snipping away, a neighbor stop...
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checking in
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checking in, met up with my sponcer, realised how much my partner is wearing me out, seems like a conditional relationship of what we can get rather than give, its all fear related.
I do love her, dont get me wrong, but I believe that things cant make you happy, happiness is a choice and if one chooses to...
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First step
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I made if off the couch...........2nd step, I made it into work, I'm not happy about it, but I'm here........ya'll pray my "punishment will fit the crime" and they won't want to give me the death penalty. My boss will be here in a hour. I'm soooooo nervous.........thanks for all the love and support......
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Meeting in town
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I went to the local meeting here in my town. I like this one better but it's only twice a week so I go the other one in between that has two everyday. I found the earlier in the day, the better day I have.
I still haven't shared. I can't the word "alcoholic" passed my lips. I stammer &...
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SKOOL DAYZ
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"School Days, School Days
Dear old Golden Rule days
Reading and writing and 'Rythmetic
Talk to the tune of the Hickory Stick
She was my Queen in calico,
I was her bashful barefoot Beau
And she wrote on my slate, "I love you Joe"
When we were a couple of kids..."
My grammy used to si...
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Having Enough
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It seems that everybody has a plan, a goal to which they give their heart and soul; they plot a course, do everything they can... and suddenly the keyword is control. I see how everybody hits a wall, from time to time it’s just what comes to be; no matter how they do it, they seem to fall... despite their p...
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Owning our Tendencies~OM
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Owning Your Tendencies Understanding All Sides Whenever we examine our lives, we examine them from a particular side or angle. Most of us tend to favor one side over the others. For example, we may tend to look at things from an emotional perspective rather than a financial perspective, or we may pref...
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FALL
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' HAPPY FALL TO YOU'
From one pumpkin to another!!!!!!! A woman was asked by a coworker, "What is it like to be a Christian?" The coworker replied, "It is like being a pumpkin." God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Then He cuts off the top a...
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The universe is full of magical things ...
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The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. -- Eden Phillpotts
We hear others talk about how they got out of debt. We see people who have peace and serenity in their lives, who have healthy relationships and dream jobs. We realize that being debt-free me...
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Hey all!
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I just wanted to say that I'm still around and still sober, thanks to God and a great support system, including this board! I read, but don't have a lot of time, as I'm in therapy for an eating disorder right now. Take care and remember, if you don't take the first drink, you can't take the 2nd...
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Life
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You know, you guys, life is one -helluva- lesson in life, aint it?
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A Human's Best Friend
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The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. -Anonymous Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. -Ann Landers If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. -Will Rogers There is no psychiat rist...
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Thought For The Night
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If you want to follow your dream? Go for it.
But first? You hafta wake up.
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Time...
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hello all:
i don't want to get into much. but, i have alot on my plate. have for yrs. poor mom just had another seizure last night. along with congestive heart failure. im going to need time. u probably won't see me in here for awhile. i will keep u posted...
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Off Topic... Guess what?!
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I decided I'm going back to school!!! I only went for less than a year, the year after I graduated high school, flunked out both semesters because my anxiety was so bad I'd hardly ever go to class. Well I think I'm ready for it now, my anxiety's getting a lot better, and they have so many classes online now t...
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Time to just step back for a minute...
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You know, I love how you can find AA online, I love this message board so much, and I have a couple of others with chat that I go to... one of them has been nothing but problems... I stay there because I tell myself those are just sick people... and because there are people there I love. But when I relapsed, th...
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Emotional Time and Mental Time
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Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows. -- Henry David Thoreau
What comes to mind when you think about time? Is it a quantity that you measure? Time is certainly how we measure our lives in hours, years, or decades. We kill it, we waste it, we pass it, and we sometimes savor it...
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