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Always have faith in yourself...
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It is not easy to Live life sometimes, And face the world with a smile. When you're crying inside, It takes a lot of courage To reach down inside yourself Hold on to that strength That's still there, And know that tomorrow, Is a new day With new possibilit...
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New for this board
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Hello, all.
I'm an alcoholic named Karen. I'm new to this message board, but not new to recovery. I just wanted to introduce myself and say thanks for being here.
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Afternoon All
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I have been to Hospital again today. All is well. I do not need to go under the knife so to speak the oestiopath will be able to fix me, so he says. I am anxious about work, I think I might get the sack for being ill. I know this does happen but they have done it before. I feel no escape from that place. Also they ke...
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Kinda Embarassed
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Ok so im kinda embarassed about last night...
fuck sake..
stupid thing was.. cos i had finished work early i thought.. "well if i drink abit earlier than normal but dont go over the 4 cans ..then tomorrow i will feel better".. which would have been true.. but.. hmm not sure how much i...
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Pet Peeve Post
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Two meetings in three days people have cross-talked. God this drives me crazy. It's one thing to talk at a meeting but when people start arguing over stuff in the middle of one, what do you do? I know what my first reaction is but I'm learning to bite my tongue these days. It doesn't really say anything abo...
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Some more...Letting Go...
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I know that the only thing I lose when I let go of something I am afraid to live without, is the fear itself. I am stronger than anything that frightens me!
I let go of the past, and I am free to think clearly and positively in the present. I am not my past.
Letting go is the natural release which alw...
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Sorry
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Hi all. Cabbagehead has finally cracked.
Been sober since 19 september 2004.(with a minor slip)
Was drinking as medication for panic attacks.
Today was OK at work, 1 funeral, no problems. Picked the wife up from her job, No problems. 15 mile drive to drop off some paperwork at a crematorium......
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Freinds Are Treasures
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Friends are treasures. Horace Bruns
Valuing our friends, we come to value ourselves. Accepting & enjoying the goodness of special people in our lives is an adventure in getting to know the depth of our own hearts. Friends teach us about our own capacity...
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hey im fucked tonight!!
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I am trying to keep people updated with me
Most people hav asked me to.
Well today i had a half days holiday at work cos i was tired.. i went into town and got vitamins etc that i needed..
Well today i am drunk as hell..
I want to improve.. i want to stop drinking but at the moment i am dr...
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Honest
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I went to see a Chiropractor today , he ran some tests on me but refused to treat me as he thinks I have a damaged disk and will need surgery to correct it. At least he was honest.
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As I Walk In Sobriety...I have learned..
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I've learned... that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them. I've learned... that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back. I've learned... that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it. I'...
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Powerlessness
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Step one tells me that only through my admission of powerlessness over alcohol can I start to recover. As I look around and try to figure out what I do have control over I realize there is very little. I have control over my actions. I can choose whether or not to pick up that first drink today. Sometimes I f...
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We are human---We make mistakes
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Make 'Successful' Mistakes
By Maud Purcell, LCSW, CEAP "Successful mistakes." Sounds like an oxymoron, doesn't it? Can there actually be a link between blunders and success? The answer to this question is a resounding yes! As human beings we err regularly -- mistakes are common. Unfortunate...
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Struggling lately, in so many ways
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Hi folks, just checking in as per Amanda`s instructions Not having the best of times to be honest. Sleep patterns still all over the place, still have that constant fuzzy head feeling It`ll be 10 weeks on Thurs, I genuinely thought I`d feel..well...different I suppose, if...
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Hi all!
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I do believe I've lost my mind, can someone help me find it? I didn't mean to disappear for so long, things just got quite insane! I had such a nice weekend, had good weather, planted some seeds and flowers.
Went to work that Monday morning (20th) to find that the manager at the apartments where I work pa...
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Money Back Guarantee
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I am nicking a quote from an old timer called Matt- bless his soul.
"Come to A.A for three months, do 90 meetings in 90 days, and if you are not satisfied, we will refund all your Misery".
That stuck with me. no refund thank you very much
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More bout meetings... sober over a year
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Last week, my first meetin, there were alot of people there.. the more i think about it the more i am convinced there were alot more there last week than this week... And the majority of people attending last weeks meeting were "sober over a year!"
This week there were plenty of people sober ove...
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Is this site operational?
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Hi
I came back in today, and the site seems all mixed up, wrong dates on the right side, and cannot send private message, when I click on the name to send PM,
my PC freezes. Did send one PM, then nothing else.??
I am thinking that this time, it could be my PC, not the site.
Anyone else having prob...
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A very Sad Story
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Hi all,
I got a call very late last nite, from my Son, telling me about one of his cousins in the Bay area.
This young man,38, had a sudden seizure, and was in a Rehab. home. Was doing o.k.
Then, one afternoon, he wanted to just get out of this Home, desperate, probably, and just figured...
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24 Hour Meditation and Prayer
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March 30
Meditation;
Be calm, be true, be quiet. Do not get emotionally upset by anything that happens around you. Feel a deep, inner security in the goodness and purpose in the universe. Be true to your highest ideals. Do not let yourself slip bac...
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The Only Requirement to be a Member of Alcoholics Anonymous
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Alcohlics Anonymous:
"The only Requirement for membership, is a Desire to stop Drinking"
Amen
Toni
-- Edited by Toni Baloney at 10:49, 2006-03-30 -- Edited by Toni Baloney at 10:51, 2006-03-30
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Father Leo's Meditation
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REASON "For here we are not afraid to follow wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate error so long as reason is free to combat it." -- Thomas Jefferson As an alcoholic I was so often afraid to challenge the thinking and ideas of other people. My "people pleasing" demanded peace at any price. And yet so much o...
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My partner
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Hi there, My partner is showing signs of stress mainly to do with work, do you think the other fellowship for partners of alcoholics would help her if she were to take the steps as I am ?
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anxious
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i am off work sick, i have been on light duties which was suggested by my manager. i was visited theother day by her and her manager. When my manager came to visit me her manager stated somthing about me not doing my proper duties for a long time and if I was capable of doing my job. Well I feel that I have been b...
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is it just me?
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is anybody else experiencing problems with this site now? or only me in the Twilight Zone? tadadada tadadada
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And This Too Shall Pass
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One day Solomon decided to humble Benaiah ben Yehoyada, his most trusted minister. He said to him, "Benaiah, there is a certain ring that I want you to bring to me. I wish to wear it for Sukkot which gives you six months to find it."
"If it exists anywhere on earth, your majesty," replied Benaiah, "I w...
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Hafta look at this one..each and every day....
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Don't Quit
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest, if you must, but do not quit.
Life is queer with its twists and tu...
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What Is Patience...
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Patience is the ability to: Sit back and wait for an expected outcome without experiencing anxiety, tension, or frustration.Let go of your need for immediate gratification. Display tolerance, compassion, understanding, and acceptance toward those who are slower than you in developing matu...
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ANYONE HAVING PROBS ACCESSING THIS SITE??
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Anyone else having problems accessing this site? iv had loads of probs.. icouldn get on full stop this morning.. and tonight it keeps doing the 'page cant be displayed' crap.. have to keep refreshing it.. actualy its been buggering about for a few days now but today its not very good at all and th...
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Having trouble with site also
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It takes me forever to add a topic. Keeps opening to a page that says does not exist..Thanks
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Pauly
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I replied to your post, but it went into the Twilight Zone.
I'm glad you checked in, and sorry to hear that it is kind of hard times.
Here are some things to check: Are you eating well? getting B vitamins and protein and all? exercizing? Yoga helps me. When was the last time you had a check...
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Something beautiful in yesterdays meeting
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Iv just remembered something said at yesterdays meeting which was really cool.
I guy behind me was asked to talk.. he said that he has been sober for 90 days now, I think he said he had been told to do the 90 meetings in 90 days thing and that he had done that..and he was talking breifly about his two childr...
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Acceptance
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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...
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Wednesday
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People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges
The best relationship is the one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
True creativity quite simply starts with balancing your emotions and activating the power of the heart. Through practicing e...
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Step 11
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When it comes to Prayer and Meditation I do not really know what to do.
I have been to a budhist centre and have had a run through with them, but when it comes to doing it at home I am no good and have no structure. My prayers are a little better but still could do with improvement, are there any web sites that...
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Today I will not drink
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Hi all,
Today I will not have a drink because:
I love my wife and don't want to cause her to be stressed.
I love being alive and I don't wish to cause myself to become deceased through my own actions.
I love eating, so I don't want to fill myself with high the calorific value of alcohol.
I hate pani...
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Forgiveness
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Reprinted from The Sermon On the Mount, by Emmet Fox
FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES, AS WE FORGIVE THEM THAT TRESPASS AGAINST US
This clause is the turning point of the Prayer. It is the strategic key to the whole Treatment. Let us notice here that Jesus has so arranged this m...
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Check in
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Hi all, not been around much recently, just checking in and saying hello!
All ok at this end, just the usual problems that life throws at us.
Hope you are all well,
Best wishes
Chris.
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Future
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I now know why it is so important to live in the day.
With ill health and emotional unrest, it is so easy at times to panic about the future.
I have applied for University in september, As it is an honest program I am telling you, I cant go on the way I am. I earn quite alot of money and that keeps me trapped....
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My 2nd Meeting :-)
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Hi all
I better start off by sayin iv just opened my first can... I didnt drink before meeting or anything.
OK.. I went to my second meeting tonight.. Was shitting myself again before hand.. Got in there spoke to alan... He said to phone him instead of drinking, i said well basicaly i said like...
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Xtra Xtra long take on "abandonment"
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ABANDONMENT
Because of the chronic distress in an alcoholic family, every person in that family attempts to adapt to the chronic stress. Each becomes hypervigilant, anxious and chronically afraid. In such an environment, it is impossible for anyone to get...
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hi every one
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well just wanted to say hi to all of you ,i wanted to let you all know things are going well,its amazing what can happen while you are sober .any way i went to a school in indianapolis and got my cdl and have a great job offer already.the wife and i are doing well working on things a little at a time and the kidds...
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Spiritual Experience -- appendix II
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SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE
The terms “spiritual experience” and “spiritual awakening” are used many times in this book which, upon careful reading, shows that the personality change sufficient to bring about recovery from alcoholism has manifested itself among us in many different forms.
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Love Yourself
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Love yourself
"If you had a friend who talked to you like you sometimes talk to yourself, would you continue to hang around with that person?"
-- Rob Bremer
Thanks to the power of our inner critics, most of us have a very poor opinion of ourselves. Yet self-contempt merely keeps us miserable and s...
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Today
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I am five hundred and eighty two days sober today.
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Struggling with the 6th and 7th
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In today's 24 hour Book, it speaks to the Two things that give us a full abundant life.
Faith and Obedience.
I do feel solid in my Sense of Faith today, but the Obedience, the daily practice of living with gratitude, humility, honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love.
I believe th...
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No tittle.. maybe tomorrows meeting
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Ok.. am rather drunkish.. Im sorry to all you for posting on here in this state....
I have just txt Alan.. Basicaly saying sory for wierd txt i sent to him yesterday.. Sayin that i will be at tomorrows meeting and was he gona be there.. he replied "good see you there".. so atleast i have aggreed to...
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Not regret the past nor shut the door on it.
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I know there is a time for everything and I'm where I'm at for a reason but this is one of the hardest for me to except, even though I'm getting there.
Needless to say I was a badddddddd boy certain times of my life and blew a lot of friendship trust and love away... I know I'm supposed to remem...
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Questions about the fourth step
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I was at a meeting last night. I was talking to a guy who I respect a whole lot. I started to ask him some questions about who to put on the resentment list. Being specific I asked him whether or not I should put myself on there. I was told that I should not and also not to put God on there. I guess I am just a little...
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