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CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS????
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BEER
Chock full of nutrients (including iron, magnesium and B vitamins) and antioxidants, beer fights cellular inflammation and may prevent chronic diseases, concludes a new Austrian study. Drinking a glass a day also lowers your risk of developing dementia by 20 percent, accor...
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Program works
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Had a hard day today, a loved one in my family died yesterday of cancer, she was diagnosed as critical last week, and also the LEA are not going to fund me for uni, I am currently 3K short of making my life work, if anyone gets a winning scratch card please think of me!!
I did not drink on it and I discussed it...
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Spiritual Life or Alcoholic Death
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One of my favorite speakers shared this at a round-up once:
As a survey, stand outside a Walmart, and ask the people coming out if they would rather live a spiritual life or die an alcoholic death.
The normies would say "by "alcoholic death" do you mean getting all puffy and yellow and so sick...
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Check in
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Good morning all. Stopped drinking 48 hours ago, and the shaking has just about stopped. Been eating vit B pills and other vits, drinking loads of water, still dehydrated though. Food is just starting to become an option again.
I'm not looking for sympathy.....that comes between Sh*t and syphili...
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poll question
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Poll Question: you must eat only biscuits or only sausage rolls..which?
Biscuits (one type only)
(1 vote, 14.2%)
Sausage rolls
(5 votes, 71.4%)
I'd top myself
(1 vote, 14.2%)
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life
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hello all, things here in iowa are great. just wanted to let you know how its going for me.been busy with my meetings and my aa stuff,but most of all getting on with my life. doing things with my boys, one going to start his second year at college and the other a sophmore in high school,they both have jobs an...
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Our Fears
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Today's Gift.
Fear not that life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. --J. H. Newman
Our fears lock us up if we let them. They can prevent us from tasting adventure, from experiencing new wonders. We are often terrified of unknowns and fret about what might...
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Research (Humorous)
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MAKE A BEAUTIFUL LIFE....
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How to make a Beautiful Life
Love yourself.
MAKE PEACE with who you are and where you are at this moment in time.
Listen to your heart.
If you can't hear what it's saying in this noisy world, MAKE TIME for yourself.
Enjoy your own company.
Let your mind wander among the stars.
TRY.
Take c...
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restless, irritable, and discontent
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What a day......
Ever have one of those days where nothing seems to go right? Well, it's been one! It's like the simplest tasks become near impossible feats of strength. LOL! Was at work today just struggling, struggling and that's when all those crappy feelings started kicking in. Man, oh man. Wha...
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sluggish
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nearly got angry at work today, I have not been trained to do what i do, and I didnt know what to do on a call, every time I need help the manager seems to not be there, and when he is he cant be bothered! its really good practice for tolerence, but i nearly had my way today, that aint good thy will be done
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just got back from a meeting
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Well i did it folks i entered the rooms again and noone kicked me out.Im going to be alright one day at a time.Thanks you for helping me find my way
god bless
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The Racing Brain
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Listening to Thought
In opening the mind, or 'letting go', we bring attention to one point on just watching, or being the silent witness who is aware of what comes and goes. With this insight meditation, we're using the three characteristics of change,displeasure,honesty) to observe mental and...
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Its past midnite in New York
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So Technically it is June 13, here in California, must be pretty bored tonight, cause I really made this Post so I could be the FIRST to make a Post for the 13th.
Some are sicker than others, I am living PROOF.
ROFLMAO,
Toni
Happy Tuesday, from one that is still in Monday in the Sunshine s...
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Just a Quick Update
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Hi Everyone,
The MIP Chat Rooms are now on a new server called
irc.chat4all.org. You really only need this information if you use an IRC
program like mIRC to enter the #aachat room. Just add this server to your
server list on your IRC program.
I have also upgraded the j...
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Needing to slow down.......
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I don't know what's going on with me lately. Can't concentrate, can't focus. Trying to exercise, brain still won't come off overdrive. Talked to my sponsor about it. He told me it's a double edged sword dealing with an anxiety/depression disorder along with alcoholism. That's kind of hard to accept...
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Thank God I am sober
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 Hi everyone,
My son had a bad biking accident on the weekend. We just took his training wheels off and he was riding on his own. He was going too fast and I was yelling for him to slow down when he hit a rock and went over his handlbars. It was a mess. He lost his front teet...
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Wishing you all another sober 24...
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Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option”
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.”
Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.”
We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that w...
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A Bad Joke to Share at an A.A. Meeting
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Last week there was this guy telling jokes before the meetings, just like he always does. Got to laugh, right? Well he ended with this one how many blah blah does it take to screw in a light bulb. Anyways, I told my joke which was not received well. Must've been the audience. I'll shut up now.......
How m...
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aaah! oh my god this is hard!
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What is this! Im going insane! this is my fourth or third day sober i dont even know, Ive never been so anxious in my life i want to pull my hair out or run or scream. My skin is crawling my body is swollen with water my ears are ringing my muscles are tense what the hell. My room is a mess. I didnt realize i hadnt c...
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More.. on Emotional Sobriety & the 12 Steps
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EMOTIONAL SOBRIETY
2. And The Steps of AA
Emotional Sobriety (ES) loosely follows the path of AA’s Twelve Steps, but through necessity, is formatted to suit a new approach. In our system, there is a need to group some steps in order to undertake certain goals. These groups are looked upo...
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Onion-OM
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Peeling The Onion Breaking Through Barriers
The human psyche is almost infinitely complex, made up of layers upon layers of thoughts, experiences, emotions, fears, loves, and goals. Those who seek to find the true essence of being or to move past a fear find that there are many intermediat...
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my mom has no faith in me
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I think i may be one of the youngest in here.
so this morning (or i should say afternoon) I wanlked through my back door into the kitchen. My dad gave me a cheery "hello boo!" I said hello. "Where have you been?" I could see the concern in his eyes through that fake smile.. " I slept at cindy's" He wanted to b...
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first time
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hi this is my first post, not sure how it all works , i live in scotland and regularly attend meetings i have been sober for 8 months 1daat. and truly believe AA to be the best thing ever to come into my life.i regularly give myself problems to learn from and have never been let down by the twelve step program...
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Risk
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To laugh, is to risk playing the fool. To weep, is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another, is to risk involvement. To expose feelings, is to risk exposing our true selves. To put your ideas, your dreams, before the crowd is to risk loss. To love, is to risk not being loved in return. To live...
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Good Sober Sunday Morning
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Hi everyone........I haven't been posting lately but have been reading whenever I get a free moment. Life is a little nutty right now. Since my last drunk May 30th my husband was ready to pack up and leave..........I started going to meetings everyday, which causes stress at home as wel...
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Not AA approved...but a lot of groups still use it..
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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 pas...
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Alls Well
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Just checking in, to say hi my names Rob and Im an alcoholic. Have not posted for a while, life has kicked in and where has the weekend gone? running a salt bath, so gotta run, hope to catch up soon, I have been reading from page 85 to the end of the chapter and that is setting a groove now, try it! see what comes...
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Stuck - Needing some Advice
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Good Morning,
i have been feeling pretty stuck in this last week. I have this Strong desire to do the Steps in Order again.
I have been going to weekly Step Meetings, and have had the need to re-do the Steps,
have asked a few people, but with the amount of time in the Program, no one else is will to...
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7th Step Prayer
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"My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do your bidding. Amen."
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Happy Birthsay AA
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today's gift
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The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed. --Chamfort
When we are adrift in our addiction, we take ourselves very seriously and often lose contact with reality. We become lost in fantasy and obsession. Life becomes joyless because we can't see beyond our addiction...
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This is my first time, im scared
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Im scared. I try every day to stop numbing myself with alcohol or drugs, but when im sober i hold so much pain i dont want to look at it anymore. People tell me to just stop, but they dont understand how hard it really is. I try everything, i even quit my jobs as a weitress in bars because at the end of the night i...
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Putting it on Stop
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We need to stop. Just stop. Stop for a moment. Before anybody Says or does anything That may hurt anyone else. We need to be silent. Just silent.
Silent for a moment. Before we forever lose The blessing of songs That grow in our hearts. We need to notice. Just notice. Notice for a moment. Before the fu...
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Had a request for this...here it is...
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The Blame Game
In my journey of healing from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) without realizing it for a great number of years I was constantly blaming others for my problems and for my pain.
It is very typical for someone with BPD to honestly believe, while in the throes of a...
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Rain, rain go away...
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Okay--rain is a good thing--especially for the garden we planted & some of the flowers but this is a bit much! I did notice that I dont dislike rainy days as much as I used to--when I was drinking. Funny but I dont dislike alot of things now that Im not drinking. I was looking at the...
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big book there is a solution
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We, in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men. What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, "a design for living" that really works.
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Most Bizzare A.A. Meeting I've Ever Attended
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Went to a meeting last night. It was this ladies first meeting ever. Okay, first step meeting, right? The guy chairing the meeting asked her to tell us a little bit about herself so we could help her out with the first step. She goes on to tell us that she is strictly an Marijuana addict. No problem with alc...
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Cooperation---OM
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Acting Together Cooperation
Cooperation seems simple: working together toward a common goal for the benefit of all involved. But amazingly it can be quite challenging, even when we have so many successful examples all around us. Human society is based upon the concept of cooperation,...
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Stinkin thinkin....
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I'm sure this has been a topic many a time...but nevertheless, I was reminded just this evening how DRINKING is not my problem anymore but rather my THINKING!
"Keep it simple"
"Easy does it"
both very important slogans for me right now....and both things I haven't been practicing.
Soooo ton...
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Hello**goodmorning
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HI all just a quick check in and hello.
First we work the program because we have to. Then we work the program because we are willing to. Finally we work the program because we want to.
*****
When you do all the talking you only learn what you already know.
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Fear is the darkroom where nega...
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Wren....
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From which book did you get the post and quote by Dan Millman? I really enjoyed that!
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MISS ME?
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Hey Everyone
I am back - hope you missed me (or not). I had what I thought to be a major computer problem - it turned out to be a power failure in the computer. All fixed up now. I have noticed that there are quite a few new comers - which is great to see - WELCOME - keep comin...
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16 YEARS SOBER/NOMORE
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I HAD SIXTEEN YEARS SOBER 2 MONTHS AGO I AM DRINKING EVERYDAY
MY FATHER IS DYING AND MY 19 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER JUST GOT MARRIED
I AM WORKING EVERYDAY AND FUCTIONING OK
I OWN MY OWE BUSINESS IT IS DOING WELL
I COUNT MY GLASSES OF WINE EACH DAY I STARTED AT 1 NOW IM AT 4 A NIGHT BEFORE BED
I LOVE TO B...
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Booze Cues
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Ever eyed James Bond's shaken-not-stirred martini-and wanted one yourself? Your kids probably have, say Dartmouth researchers who found that children's movie-watching habits affect their decision to drink. Of the more than 600 popular movies the scientists studied, 89% of PG an...
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Bill W. 1958 ...The Next Frontier
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The Next Frontier: Emotional Sobriety by Bill Wilson
AA Grapevine, Inc, January 1958
I think that many oldsters who have put our AA "booze cure" to severe but successful tests still find they often lack emotional sobriety. Perhaps they will be the sp...
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sorry if i ever sounded judgemental/ insensitive
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i have read posts in these past months and i woudl see a poster and instead of saying "i hear ya" or "hey i can relate" or "gee i am sorry for ur pain" i would jump right in and get on their case with "what step r u working on???" or "do u have...
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Bill W's Favorite Prayer
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Prayer of St. Francis This translation of St Francis' well-known prayer is found on Page 99 of Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions as a suggestion for meditation. It is reported to have been Bill W's favorite prayer.
Lord, Make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me bring lov...
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Life Is A Process
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The process of living, for each of us, is pretty similar. For every gain there is a setback. For every success, a failure. For every moment of joy, a time of sadness. For every hope realized, one is dashed. --Sue Atchley Ebaugh
The balance of events in our lives is much like the balance of nature. T...
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how should I prey
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I have been reading page 86 which gives a detail of when to do what, but I dont know if my prayers are working or not, it comforts me, but i dont know if big g hears me or not? am i being selfish and asking for the wrong things?
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