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Im a Killer :(
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Was well upset on my walk with charlie dog, saw a toad at the side of the road and I love animals and all other creatures apart from wasps, so I bent over to stroke its back, then charlie got excited and trod on it, this scared the toad, and it hopped away strait across the road and at that precise moment a car w...
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A vision For You
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"It may seem incredible that these men are to become happy, respected, and useful once more. How can they rise out of such misery, bad repute and hopelessness? The practical answer is that since these things have happened among us, they can happen with you. Should you wish them above all else, and be...
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Interesting News
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I answered the phone earlier in the week. The person said "Bret?" (my brother) and I said no this is Justin. The guy said this is Bob, and I said Uncle Bob? Turns out it was my uncle who I haven't talke to in eons. He and my Grandfather are coming to visit in the middle of next month and no one told me. Kind of str...
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Newcomer, in trouble
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Hi,
I am 33, a single mother, currently unemployed and on welfare. I recenlty finished a PhD and do have a job teaching English literature coming up next semester at a local university (sorry if this all sounds a bit pompous, I'm just trying to convey the incongruity of the situation). At the moment I...
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As one gets Older.....
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I have entered the Snapdragon phase of life...part of me has snapped...and the rest is dragon
I have a photographic memory.....I just dont have any film
I always know that the Higher Power wont give me any more than I can handle..I just wish He didnt trust me, quite as much
My balanced diet is.......
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**** Thank you, John****
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Hi John,
Just wanted to take a minute to tell you how much I appreciate the Privledge of being of service to this, Your MIP Recovery Forum. It strengthens my own Recovery, and am sure that we all share those feeling of Gratitude for this Board.
Thank You,
Toni
-- Edited by Toni Baloney a...
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suicide by alcohol
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When I was starting to experience health problems when I was still drinking, I knew deep down that alcohol was going to slowly destroy my body if I continued. I knew that the damage I was causing could even kill me if I kept drinking. Yet, the emotional pain and anguish I was fe...
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BYE BYE DEPRESSION
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I have found a daily fix to rid me of depression, I take vit c, B3 and a B6 complex, and GLA, GLA is magic, it can be found in evening primrose, to get the desired amount of GLA you may want to take 2-3 caps a day, or go for a GLA complex that has the desired amount, its like magic!
PS this comes from a book called...
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Opening to Feelings
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May 19, 2006 Opening To Feel Ways We Numb Ourselves
"We are born equipped to experience a complex array of diverse emotions. Many of us, however, are uncomfortable confronting our most powerful emotions. We may shy away from delight and despair and deny life's colors by retreating into a wo...
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Back at work
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Boy have I had a learning week! sent one personal email, and my manager tried to do me for email abuse, aeven though the policy is that you can send a minimum amout as long as it does not affect work! then said thaqt that does not apply to me, because i am on a back to work plan,the words petty spring to m...
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Robert
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What can family members do to help?
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I am not an A. My spouse is a recovering A. Things are not going well. They seem to be worse now. What would you want from your spouse or significant other or relatives while you recover day by day?
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Solving Problems
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The Language of Letting Go.
Solving Problems
"Shame is the first feeling that strikes me whenever I, or someone I love, has a problem," said one recovering woman.
Many of us were raised with the belief that having a problem is something to be ashamed of.
This belief can do many damaging thin...
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HELLO
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JUST A QUICK HELLO AND CHECK IN. HOPE ALL ARE WELL AND SOBER.
As we learn we always change, and so our perception. This changed perception then becomes a new Teacher inside each of us. --Hyemeyohsts Storm
Hyemeyohsts Storm's book, Seven Arrows, tells the stori...
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Hey All
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Toni, Phil, Iffer, Soberdrunk, Robert, Rob---so many of you that mean so much to me. I only wanted to be here to share how I've stayed sober, one day at a time. I wanted to help the new comer. I wanted to support and share with those of us who have been around for awhile. There is a person on this board who need...
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Good evening all
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Hi everyone. Just checking in.
All ok, having a great week, back at work and it's busy.
Just started going to a different meeting. After my last slip, I decided to start from scratch and went to a 'beginners meeting'.
12 members with 140 years of sobriety between them.....beginners???
Great...
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Have a good Thursday...
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Today's Gift.
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. --Thomas Fuller
We have all seen adventure movies in which the heroes or villains are caught on a bridge that collapses. As they fall to whatever lies below, th...
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Tradition 10 - Outside Issues
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Tradition Ten "Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy."
NEVER since it began has Alcoholics Anonymous been divided by a major controversial issue. Nor has our Fellowship ever publicly taken sides on an...
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Phil's post about Love
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I've been thinking about ways to love people, even when they are busy making a point of not loving those around them. The types whose egos overshoot their brains, and have a tendency to just like hearing their own voice, so they talk. We run into these people everywhere, and I personally have a great dea...
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Yoo Hoo ALICE
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Just wanted to make a Post to you, I have/ we are missing you, you were here for 2 days, and now your absence is felt by all of us.
Hope you are well, and no matter what, look forward to you making a Post again.
Toni
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Am I really an alcoholic?
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HOW CAN I TELL IF I'M REALLY AN ALCOHOLIC? Only you can make that decision. Many who are now in A.A. have previously been told that they were not alcoholics, that all they needed was more willpower, a change of scenery, more rest, or a few new hobbies in order to straighten out. These same people finally t...
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IM an alki but my life IS manageable
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Hi.. My names Rob(ert) and im an alcoholic.. I drink every night (mostly).. I dont drink in the morning or during the day .. though sometimes abit earlier than normal at weekends..
My life is not what it could be, its not how it really should be.. I miss out on alot and my life is fairly dull alot of the tim...
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Growth and Loving
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Growth is the only evidence of life. --John, Cardinal Newman
We should be thankful we can never reach complete serenity. If we could, we would never have the need to improve ourselves. We would stop growing, because there would be no reason to learn any more than we already know, and we would bec...
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Talking Helps
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Awhile ago I was a nervous wreck.
I got some help to get me in check.
To my surprise, it taught me much more than my imagination had ever seen before.
Now, you may think that lifes a bummer, but LEARN IT, LOVE IT, LIVE IT, and you will no longer ponder over things that once disgraced you.
Use t...
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DUMPING AT MEETINGS
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My sponcer has accused me of "dumping" at meetings.
What I see in my share is what is going on and how I dealt with it. it looks to me like my sponcer is looking only that I mention what a tough time I have been having, but not the end bit, that says how i dealt with it.
Im tired so I shall not say too much, only...
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advice vs. suggestions
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work vs life
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So I worked 2 shifts yesterday, only got 5 hours of sleep and missed my meeting. I'm thinking that its pretty unsustainable. Note to self: you can't really put a dollar sign on free time, health, and meetings, even if that dollar sign is time and a half...
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Day 1
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Got through it without a drink. It sure felt good this morning. Now I am working on Day 2. I will try to keep that in my head, only today, and not jump forward like I tend to do. Your comments and advise are helping. Just reading the different posts helps me keep in mind what I need...
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The Prescription
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We see so many people in meetings, and out on the streets, still stumbling around with the program, hurting, whining and crying, still all covered up with the Great 3 S's of our disease, Self-pity, Self-righteousness, and Self-Bullshit, and wondering why they can't get "IT".
In every meetin...
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Believe In Yourself
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" Believe in yourself and in your dream Though impossible things may seem, Someday, somehow, you'll get through To the goal you have in view.
Mountains fall and seas divide Before the one who in his stride Takes a hard road day by day, Sweeping obstacles away.
Believe in yourself and in your plan...
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Change
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I had some tragic news yesterday. My 13 year old sister took 96 paracetomals to attempt to kill herself. As you can imagine I was upset, this is the 4th attempt since xmas..she has been in a special care unit were she gets counselling and supervision but was released again at the weekend. The thing that h...
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Going to rehab....
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Hi everyone. I am off to a short spell in a rehab. leaving on 29th May. NOT GOING TO DRINK BEFORE I GO!! I have had to borrow money from the family but they have been lovely about it and just want me to get well. 5 days today since my last 'slip' and I pray that will be my last ever and I can now finally move o...
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Bad Day
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Last night I came home feeling really weird. I prayed about it and went to sleep. This morning I woke up with a horrible headace. Didn't think much of it. After I got to work this morning I started feeling weird again. Chills, shakes, dizziness, along with a pounding headache. I told my boss and came home...
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New member
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I am new to this program. Hello, all. I am struggling quite a bit with sobriety and could use some encouragement. I have tried AA meetings and honestly, I hate them. I find them to be very depressing and I have never met anyone that I connected with so I am giving this forum a try. Thanks for "listening".
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geographic location
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Hi all,
As an Alanoner, I always have many questions about what my AH does. We use to move every 2-3 years. Then we lived in one location for 10 years. One day he walked in and said he wasn't happy and wanted to move. This move was harder for me because I had 2 little babies and had a wonderful job. Now that I l...
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Monday
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Difficulties, opposition, criticism--these things are meant to be overcome, and there is a special joy in facing them and in coming out on top. It is only when there is nothing but praise that life loses its charm, and I begin to wonder what I should do about it. --Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
To be aliv...
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What A Wonderful Weekend!
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If I felt any better I'd be twins. LOL! I spent over four hundred bucks this weekend, more than I earned. Got all my rent paid + mother's day gifts and all.
It feels good to be part of the family. This is probably the most functional my family has ever been!
I spent most of the weekend with my brother. Wen...
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Sad
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My heart goes out to those Mothers, that due to circumstances, cant be with their children today...
There are many....
I have 3 kids that have communicated, very little, with their Mother.over the past 7 years..they have their own reasons for not doing so...
I cant get in the middle...and I can...
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Greetings
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Having a good day today, just copying some CD;s onto the MP3 player and then takin the dog out. may be sacking the sponcer as I had a hard week before last and he was not there for me one bit. hasd not returned my calls...so glad that I am sober today.
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do something special
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hi all, feeling down today, and sad.with my mother passing in feb and today being mothers day and all. for all that have their mother yet do something special today, for you never know how long you will have them. god bless wagon
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Sunday
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Miracles are instantaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them. --Katherine Anne Porter
Each of us has miraculously been summoned to the road to recovery. We no doubt felt hopeless many times. We no doubt pleaded, a...
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Happy Mother's Day!
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Happy Mother's Day to all! and a happy day to all those that make us to be mothers! kids and fathers.
I had an amazing spiritual awakening last yesterday at a special charismatic retreat. I went into it feeling down and in need, and came out feeling totally amazed at how God 'enter...
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just a quick hello
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hi every one . just thought id say that ive nissed being able to read and post with you all .things are still going well for me im still sober and hp has realy been taking good care of me and my familey. my new job is great i miss being home butt it seems that much more speacial to me when i get the chance to be here...
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Gratitude for this Board
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-- Edited by Toni Baloney at 11:41, 2006-07-19
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Daily OM
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May 12, 2006 Repression _Expression Passive Aggressive Behavior
If you've ever found yourself repressing your anger and behaving in other ways to get your point across, you may be someone who is adept at engaging in passive-aggressive behavior. Although passive-aggressive behavior i...
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Have a good day everybody..
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Each Day a New Beginning.
Your sense of what will bring happiness is so crude and blundering. Try something else as a compass. Maybe the moralists are right and happiness doesn't come from seeking pleasure and ease. --Joanna Field
We think we know what will make us happy. Seldom do we r...
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Get the message Chris
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Hi All, I'm Chris and I'm an alcoholic, I'm also a real stubborn person.
stub·born (stŭb'ərn) adj., -er, -est.
Unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; bullheaded.
Firmly resolved or determined; resolute. See synonyms at obstinate.
Characterized by pe...
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Mother's Day
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Happy Mothers Day to all of the Mothers here.
Toni -- Edited by Toni Baloney at 12:26, 2006-05-13
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Oh shucks
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Im sorry!
Quite ashamed of my silly posting, get a bit depressed when im tired.
Hope I have not peed any 1 off.
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Change Is Difficult...
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Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. ~ Arthur Christopher Benson~ The reality is that changes are coming... They must come. You must share in bringing them. ~John Hersey~ We must learn to view change as a natural phenomenon - to anticipate it and to plan for it. The f...
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Anyone know a good book to read?
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I'm thinking about picking up a good book to read and I'm open to suggestions. I was kind of looking for something that is inspirational that you people in here have read that has some how impacted your recovery. Something to enjoy. I would appreciate any suggestions and comments. Thanks and ha...
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