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Sick of being a martyr!
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Maybe it's the new antidepressant working well for me, but I swear I feel so much better. I hated being a martyr. Boo hoo! Poor me! I'm an alcoholic! Waaah! I got so sick of hearing myself whine. Maybe I'm getting closer to acceptance. I don't know...
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My Role as an AA member
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Stay sober, One Day at a Time.
Share my Experience, Strength and Hope with another Alcoholic.
Help another find his/her way through the 12 Steps.
Help keep the meetings going, in whatever way I am able to.
Keep my side of the street clean.
Keep it simple.
Have Patience, Love and T...
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SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Grateful Alcoholic?
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I heard someone say they were a grateful alcoholic tonight. A grateful alcoholic? I've heard people say they are grateful recovering alcoholics before. I can kind of accept that, but a grateful alcoholic? F**K THAT!
I could never be grateful for the pain and hurt I've inflicted upon people...
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Remember when.....
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"AA 12 STEPS IN REVERSE! 1. I declare my complete control over alcohol and everything else; and further declare that my life is in perfect order 2. I recognize no power as great as I am; nor any person as smart as I am, and if you don't like it come outside 3. I made a decision to run my life and everyone else's...
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Meditation & Reflection Sept 16
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Today is September 16, 2006 A Great Day for Recovery!
DENIAL
"The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity." -- Oscar Wilde The disease of alcoholism is "cunning, baffling and powerful", and it manipulates us to believe "the lie". There is a point that we reach in our disease whe...
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AAAAAAAAAHHHHHGGG!!!
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How do you stay focused on sobriety?
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I'm finding that my biggest pitfall in attempting to get my drinking problem under control is that I just really, really, really like drinking! I realize that's nothing profound, but I just am having a very hard time staying focused on sobriety.
I'm very much a health nut...I don't smoke, I l...
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Reflections Sept 15
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A NEW LIFE Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous . . . . Life will mean something at last. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 152 Life is better without alcohol. A.A. and the presence of a Higher Power keeps me sober, but the grace of God does even bette...
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All of my life .....
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All of my life I been like a doubled up fist... poundin', smashin', drivin' - now I'm going to loosen these doubled up hands and touch things easy with them. --Tennessee Williams
Everyone has many sides. Some sides are highly developed and other sides aren't at all. We need not fear turning to a new...
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All taken care of!
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Hey all! I went to my AA group and the guy who tried to kiss me was there again. My dad stayed right by my side the whole time and at the end, I went up to the leader of the group and asked if we could talk. I told him that I didn't want to make a fuss over it, but explained that he was out of line....
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Hi
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Hi there, still Sober today, but feeling lonely, I only have 3 days of full time work left wer hoo! but feeling a bit down, i see people enjoying a drink! and I feel like an alien to them. I dont want to drink , but i feel like I ought to as a student, ,,,,,,,,i know thats madness.
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Good Stuff from a Meeting
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WOW. Great meeting today.
Reminded me, through a friend who is struggling with the 'blah's' at 3 years sober, that no matter how long we stay sober, it is still going to be a carnival ride at times. Life will have its ups and downs, because it is just that... LIFE. We spoiled ourselves into ruination by...
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To Scott
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The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called willpower becomes practically non-existent. We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a...
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Accepting Ourselves And Others...
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Our feelings of isolation and loneliness breed mistrust, misunderstandings, competition, antagonism and the whole series of health destroying emotions such as fear, anger, hatred, jealousy, bitterness, resentment etc. These negative emotions build up a personality complex of their own, an...
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Hey everyone
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Just dropping in to say hello.
Heard a funny thing at a meeting tonight. Someone said that we are the only people that need a manual on how to live! How true! Made me laugh!
Life is going by so quickly these days. Busy, busy, busy, and ummmmmm busy?
Just trying to stay focused on my sobriety and keep t...
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Meditation & Reflection Sept 14
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Today is September 14, 2006 A Great Day for Recovery!
MIDDLE-AGE
"Middle-age is when you begin to smile at things that used to cause you to laugh." -- Anonymous Today I feel so young at heart. I love to laugh, I mean really laugh; I love to play and act silly in my life; I love discoveri...
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still going
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just thought that i would post amessage to all that were there for me about 2 weeks ago big thanks to yall and am happy to say that i am still going to meetings and have remained sober 1 day at a time so thanks heaps and i might be back soon.
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Healing
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Healing
We should learn not to grow impatient with the slow healing process of time. We should discipline ourselves to recognize that there are many steps to be taken along the highway leading from sorrow to renewed serenity... We should anticipate these stages in our emotional convalescence...
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My new and Wonderful Recovery Tool
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Just wanted everyone to see my new little darling, and how his is Growing.
I have always felt that animals are one of the greatest assets we can have in Recovery, I know its not in the Big Book, just a Plus for the doggie Lovers...He will be here at 12 weeks, mid October, by then someone will...
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HP is looking after me
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Well I haven't been here for a while and it is because I have been on a roller coaster ride for the last four months (more give than take). Here's what has been going on - I have been down in the dumps because my financial situation has been in the crapper big time. I have discovered that I have a...
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The Power of Silence
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"Growth takes place in a person by working at a deep inner level in a sustained atmosphere of silence."
-- Dr. Ira Progoff
How can we hear our wise voice of intuition if we are always thinking, talking and distracted by outer events?
If we take time daily to experience physical stillness and to di...
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17 years today
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Good Morning,
Just wanted to say hello to everyone. And share my quiet Joy of this Birthday with you.
Feel so much quiet, humble gratitude to God this morning. A Loving God in my Live and this 12 Step Program, they do work, when we work them.
Did go back for a brief ...
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Happiness consists of ...
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Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.-- Clare Boothe Luce
Resentments are guaranteed to hinder our growth. We can never know full happiness when resentment clouds our vision. Why is it so hard for us to "forget" the small injuries of life? We have never been promised...
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Reflections Sept 13
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REPAIRING THE DAMAGE Good judgment, careful sense of timing, courage and prudence - these are the qualities we shall need when we take Step Nine. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 83 To make amends can be viewed two ways: first, that of repairing damage, for if I have damaged my neighbor's fence,...
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My weekend
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Just wanted to share. Spent 3 days at the GA State HOG (Harley Owner's Group) Rally in Jekyll Island, GA. It was blast..........Lots of food, a band, games and events, a parade, a bike show, and so much more............the alcohol was flowing, and I'd like to say it was easy, but in all honesty I can't. I...
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3 more days
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3 more days and I'll have my 1 month chip (again)!! I had 48 days before my relapse. I'm doing so good this time around though, I know I can stick with it. Haven't had a thought of drinking in the last 28 days, I've been feeling really really good. Maybe I'm on a pink cloud, I dunno. I figured out that I had a spi...
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The Promises
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I'm only in the first step, and fairly new to AA, but I'm already seeing some of the promises come true for me. I have that new freedom and happiness, maybe it's just that I'm on a pink cloud or someth...
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Thanks for the advice!
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Thank you all so much for your advice about the AA member crossing boundaries! I got the phone number for the guy who leads that group and I'm going to call. I'm going to explain to him that I'm not trying to hurt anyone or exaggerate the situation, but that I feel that they might want to know a...
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Hope this print isnt too big...havent got a pair of glasses to find the 3 pair that are missing..:)
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YESTERDAY....
TODAY and TOMORROW
There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is YESTERDAY with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. YESTERDAY has passe...
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If there's a harder way of doing something ...
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If there's a harder way of doing something, someone will find it. - Ralph E. Ross
When we used alcohol or other drugs, we did most things the hard way. We could turn a simple task into a day-long project. We could turn a simple problem into an argument. We were creative giants in doing things the hard w...
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Sad News
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Sad News About Beer
You have to hope that this study is flawed, but the evidence seems irrefutable. Yesterday scientists for Health Canada suggested that, considering the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer, men should take a long hard look at thei...
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BIG CONCERNS... need perspective~
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Well, in a week I will be leaving with my husband for Oklahoma City to see the boys (his children, 7 and 11, from first marriage). We had planned originally just to have them with us the whole time, but plans have changed.
Some of you have read before how their mother, Shelly, acts like a lunatic when I am...
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Serenity
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Serenity
Your body is tense. Your face is sombre and serious, ready to deliver the news. You may be slightly breathless. There's a crisis. It may be real. Or it may be self-created.
Like an audience in a sports arena, we watch the events of life or even The Weather Channel drumming up re...
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Meditation & Reflection Sept 12
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Today is September 12, 2006 A Great Day for Recovery!
SELF-LOVE
"To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance." -- Oscar Wilde Today I am able to say that I love myself. To love myself is to love God and the world in which I live. I cannot befriend, hug, help or create withou...
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Life without alcohol??
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It was almost 2 weeks ago when I finally admitted to myself that I have a very serious drinking problem that will evolve and ruin my life if I don't do something drastic about it. The first week was numbing and last weekend I stayed inside watching movies....afraid of ventur...
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Big Day here.
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Hi all
Guess Phil busted me taking a peek on here yesterday,,
I'm not much for jawing and usally try to get to the point.
I do my best to keep this program simple in this ever increasingly changing world.
Lordy::: there is sure a lot of people we meet and/or work with in our daily lives that needs hi...
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I don't know what to do.
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Tonight, I went to my normal AA where I was actually going to become a home group member. I love that group and go there twice a week, even though it's about 25 minutes away. Until tonight, all experiences have been extra pleasant. But.....
First, let me say that I understand ment...
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restless irritable and discontent
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That is how I feel, I thought maybe a drink would take this away?
I actually thought of having just 4 cans of lager, just enough to change the way I feel.
If I had Lager I would need wine too, I really dont fancy wine, come to think of it the thought of lager is not sitting comfortabally either, I really do...
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A nice lttle prayer
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Saint Theresa's prayer:
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> May today there be peace within. May you trust God that you are exactly
> where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities
> that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you...
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Conflict And Detachment
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In a relationship, there are those wonderful times when things go smoothly for both people, and neither person needs to focus too heavily on the concept of detachment. But there are those challenging times when one person is in crisis or changing - and we need to detach.
Then there are stressful cyc...
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Meditation & Reflection Sept 11
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Today is September 11, 2006 A Great Day for Recovery!
THOUGHT
"To be able to be caught up in a world of thought -- that is being educated." -- Edith Hamilton For years I didn't think I reacted. Things happened and I felt I had to respond -- but rarely was it a considered response. I had n...
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TODAY is all I have ...
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You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today: for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow. -- Harriet Martineau
Worry and Stress
The word "sanity" is derived from the Latin word sanitas which means "health." In ou...
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Recipe
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I am quit a culinary conneisure, and I thought I would share my latest creation.
1 can trappys blackeye peas w/jalapeno
1 good squirt sriracha sauce
1 good squirt lime juice
1 good pinch parsely
1 good pinch garlic powder
Dont ever do that.
It sounded like a good idea, but it sucks. b...
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The Uphill Climb
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Each Day a New Beginning.
It isn't for the moment you are struck that you need courage, but for the long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security. --Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Most of us are on a long uphill climb at this moment. It is a climb we are making together, and yet a climb we can't do f...
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todays another day
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Feeling better today, its no coincidence why, yesterday I spoke to a fellow A.A and he called from a differenct country! this is good stuff! you didnt get that in the pub!
I went to a meeting last night and it was really spiritual and i enjoyed it, I am glad I went to that one as my friend in A.A took me there...
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Robert
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Thought I was being nice.
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Hi ALL
I just have to share.
I for the last few months have been saving about every penny I got my hands on and bought my Wife something nice for her birthday... First time I ever planned ahead,,,We are not poor but a little tight in our money.
Well she got pissed and acted as if I was blowing money...I...
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Perspective
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The Language of Letting Go.
Perspective
Too often, we try to gain a clear perspective before it is time.
That will make us crazy.
We do not always know why things are happening the way they are. We do not always know how a particular relationship will work out. We do not always understand the s...
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WHAT TO DO?
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I have a few questions and was wondering if someone could answer them for me. I attended Al-Anon for many years as I am an adult child of 2 alcoholics. I am now married to someone that I am not sure is an Alcoholic, but certainly has a lot of the symptoms and characteristics of what I am used to seeing and hear...
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just hangin
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Hi all
Just like my topic Im just hangin havent posted on either
side need to get involved again. Im slipping and sliding
so I know I need to hit some meetings too before I lose
all my serenty been gettin into the stinkin thinkin and for
me thats deadly....Just thinkin about all of yas
Luv Bus...
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