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Patterns....
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Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. Amelia Earhart
When we feel angry, lonely, worried, or sad we can ask ourselves, “Is there a pattern here?” That simple question can help us take a giant step forward in recovery. When we feel these thing...
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A Canadian wabbit....
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A woman opened her refrigerator and found a large white rabbit asleep
inside. "Why are you in my refrigerator?" she asked. The rabbit
replied, "This is a Westinghouse, isn't it?"
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Movie---Drunks
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Anyone seen this? I think I saw a thread about this a while back and I decided to rent it and watched it today after my employer sent me home from work because I am still sick.
I thought it was pretty true to life of AA....
It made me think about the dangers and consequences of relapse for sure...b...
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Newbie
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Hi everyone,
I have been sober for 5 days now. The last time I was drunk, I went on a binge for 4 days with my common-law partner. I am taking it day by day... and thought this would be a good place to start for support, understanding and encouragement.
I thought today was saturday and was...
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Not yet sober?? read this helpful info.
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Hi all, hope you are all well.
Found this today, hope someone who reads it finds a help.
What else can I do right now?
It is dangerous to stop drinking instantly if you are physically dependent on alcohol. The brain is depressed by alcohol and...
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called someone
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Well, I called DART to find out our local AA hotline number -- guess there's not one here. But, they connected me to Women Sobriety. I spoke to a woman named Mary who has quit for 4 years. Made me feel a whole lot better. She suggested that I should go into rehab -- but rehab isn't...
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A Message For Young People
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A Message to Young People... How to tell when drinking is becoming a problem
ALCOHOLISMAlcoholism is a rough word to deal with. Yet nobody is too young (or too old) to have trouble with booze. That's because alcoholism is an illness. It can hit anyone. Young, old. Rich, poor. Black, white. An...
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Just keeping it all simple....
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Acceptance means that you
Can find the serenity within
To let go of the past
With it's mistakes and regrets
Move into the future
With a new perspective
And appreciate the opportunity
To take a second chance
Acceptance means you'll find
Security again
When difficult times come...
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Are you sensitive to words?
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So many gifted people,
now walk upon earth.
Some feel the words,
from all the hurts in their life.
Others go further and feel the intend
from the words being given.
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full Serenity Prayer
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The Serenity Prayer     By
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change Courage to change th...
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2nd attempt to be funny
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ouch
caught in the act
nice comb over
Always wear a helmet
Thats better!
Finding Nemo
Giz a kiss
Thats it.
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binge-drinking
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hi all,
new here and just wondering if any of u got some advice for a girlfriend of a binge-drinker..?
says he´ll go for a couple of pints and won´t be back late..7 hours later he´s still in the pub..
any comments will be appreciated..thanks
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Desiderata
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Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud...
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did any of you go through this???
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did any of you go through this????
Hi, since i got into recovery 26 months ago, deciding to , for the FIRST time, FACE my pain instead of running away via alcohol, drugs, other addictions but to FACE it, i never felt so bad in my LIFE
the emotions part i expected, but not the PHYSICAL part....
my bo...
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I drank today. But I went to a NEW meeting and I liked it!
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Ok... so i will start this post/thread off by saying i have been drinking today..
Well what im gona do is paste what i put in an email to someone here.. to say about my night..
I'm quite excited..
I have been drinking today.., quite abit.. but not drank for about .. well j...
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Sausages
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Oh yes!
having a big breakfast this eve! I cook the sausages in the oven for 30 mins GM 6 then slap the beans over the top and cook for a further 5 mins, in the mean time slice some fresh bread and thickly butter it, and dry fry some smoked bacon and button mushrooms, and oven bake the hash browns, a meal fit f...
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Do I pity myself ?
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There the penitents took off their shoes And walked barefoot the remaining mile. --Robert Lowell
Some people have to have pain. If dirt doesn't fall on their heads from the sky, they sulk in corners and hope their flesh turns to dust. They do everything the hard way, even when they know better, a...
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ASSMOSIS
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Hi Everyone,
Heard something today that is a real "keeper" for me.
When you attend any kind of meeting, repetitiously, you begin to absorb information. That process, as you probably know, is called osmosis.
But in the case of Alcoholics Anonymous the greatest abs...
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Tough Week
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I'm determined to make today a good day. I've been feeling really goofy lately and not in a good way. I'm going to go to a meeting in a couple of hours and go to my IOP late. I need to hear the message. I haven't been to a morning meeting in a year and a half. I remember how much I used to love starting the day off wi...
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Today's gift
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As a child, I walked through the world with wonder and awe. Each day started with a question and ended with a question. I had the mind of a beginner. --Anonymous
Did you ever notice that children ask the best questions? Why are things the way they are? How do they work? How did we get here? Who...
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Good Friday Morning!
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Good Morning everyone!
I hope this day brings all of you serenity and peace.
I have been ill the past few days and have not made a meeting since monday. I am feeling the isolation acutely this morning. I am going to work today though.
I want to thank you all for posting here. It h...
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morning
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Hi there, this 7 weeks to sobriety book works!
I have been taking the vitamins and minerals as suggested and for two days now I have been free from depression, today my back pain is mild and not as bad as it has been.
Its a great sunny day and have just taken the pooch for a bound in the par...
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Just an update..
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Hi everyone..
Well not alot to say at the moment.. Not much improvement with me at the mo..
I fell out with my dad last night, we had both been drinking, he started it by saying something, i over reacted and said stuff back.. kinda both down to misunderstanding.. and we both over reacted.. i to...
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just me
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 Hello to everyone on the board today. Hope all is well for ya'll and getting better.
I am just sitting back relaxin' for a while to see how it really feels, thing is I have nothing to compare it to anymore. Any how I am having a day that is herd to discribe, my heart and body feel great due to H/P being w...
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working the program
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Hi there I have had a great day today.
for the first time in a while I have had fun, and actually felt alive!
I need to start working the program though !
I am not going ver well with my daily investory and I need to be more diciplined , what did you guys do when in that situation?
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I know its childish but I think its funny
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Now thats just scary
that one made my ribs hurt!!
what the heck is that? a parrat a donkey and a cat?
Ok now im crying!!
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allergy not just to alcohol?
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do you know anything about allergys to things like raw suger wheat and all that sorta thing?
I have noticed I feel sluggish when I have eaten pizza followed with giant tesco's finest choc chip cookies and 2 litres of coke.
I think that may be my gripe now and wondered what you knew?
Rob
when I have...
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I'm back & need HELP
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Thurs. Apr. 13
Hello Everyone - its been a long time since I have been on the board. U might remember me also as " Both sides of the fence ".
I am in aweful pain from Fibromyalgia. I have not drank and 99 o/o of the time, I don't want to - THANK YOU GOD for your grace...
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Questions and Answers on Sponsorship (pdf format)
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Questions and Answers on Sponsorship
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Today's gift
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Courage is fear that has said its prayers. -- Dorothy Bernard
No one of us is always courageous. With trepidation we embark on many journeys. Fear is dispelled each time we rely on our inner strength and trust that our lives are in good hands.
Self-talk is powerful and will prepare us...
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i was a mouse on a treadmill
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THURSDAY , APRIL 13, 2006
You are reading from the book Touchstones </OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=212>.
Are you willing to be sponged out, erased,/ cancelled,/made nothing?/Are you willing to be made nothing?/dipped into oblivion?/If not, you will never really change....
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um...
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Hoppy Thursday...
And good morning...
For some strange reason...my ears are getting longer...theres white fur growing all over my body...and Ive got this obsessive craving for carrotts...
Strange things happen in sobriety....
Was going to have a nap...but this big voice from above is s...
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somtimes quickly sometimes slowly
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for the first months of being sober it was a struggle, i think that how fast or slow this thing works is when we except and surrender, for the last while i can feel the promises working in my life!!!!! thanks every one!!! wagon ps sorry i dont have any neat pictures like in other post.
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Bad Day
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Just got home from a meeting. Feel like crap. I vented. The end of We Agnostics describes one persons spiritual experience and I was a real jerk about describing how I feel about that. My mind can't comprehend an epiphany. I believe that the spiritual experience comes with alot of time and alot of hard w...
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About Our Thoughts
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Be aware of your thinking
"There is a thought in your mind right now. The longer you hold on to it, the more you dwell upon it, the more life you give to that thought. Give it enough life, and it will become real. So make sure the thought is indeed a great one."
-- Ralph Marston
Most o...
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faces
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them faces were not supposed to be there on my last reply to manda.
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Physical Appearance?
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Hi all,
Need some advice on something thats worrying me. I am sober now just a short time, less than a week. I had been drinking heavily for years and towards the end developed a permanent red, blotchy face and nose, particularly either side of my nose, my cheekbones and my nose itself. Blotchy & red...
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Yoo Hoo Rosie Pie
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Hi Rosie,
Just wanted to say that your plans for the Holiday are pretty cool,
Your own Swimming Pool (lucky ducky)
Sun, lot's of it,
Books, and DVD's
I can't think of anyone that deserves a few warm days in the sun, like you do my dear friend.
Live is Easy, Everything is Good and God is Great, h...
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Heres me
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sorry pics didnt come out
-- Edited by Robert at 11:12, 2006-04-13
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morning all
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Good morning everyone. feeling ok today. done my morning routine and now it is time to start the day, me thinks a sauna would be good and also a swim followed by a nap if I feel the urge.
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Daily Reflections april 13
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THE FALSE COMFORT OF SELF-PITY Self-pity is one of the most unhappy and consuming defects that we know. It is a bar to all spiritual progress and can cut off all effective communication with our fellows because of its inordinate demands for attention and sympathy. It is a maudlin form of martyrdom, wh...
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Free Money
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Ha!!! only kidding- just seeing if I can beat Robs 164 hits !
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Program
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Hello to all you AA family freinds and others, I am back to the board again and am here to stay.
All is going well for me and can't do anything but get better from here. What I want to say is that if I would have been smart the last time and actually worked my program and turned everything over t...
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the BIG picture
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April 12 The Big Picture
"All spiritual awakenings have some things in common. Common elements include an end to loneliness and a sense of direction in our lives."Basic Text p. 48Some kinds of spiritual experiences take place when we confront something larger than we are. We suspect that force...
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How to live in 24 hours
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On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. Under these conditions we can employ our mental faculties wit...
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Expectations & Forgiveness
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Somewhere in the 12 step book it asks, 'why don't we just forgive them right now, one and all?'
When I read this, (by Abe Lincoln,) I understood how I could. And why I should! -paul
Forgiveness…
Lincoln offers the following advice: “For...
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Not directed at anyone personaly
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Hi everyone.
I just want to say that the things i said last night.. especialy the F**K OFF stuff was not directed at anyone here.. it probably looked like i was telling amanda to f**k off. but i really wasnt.. I was just so pissed off last night.. and i just wanted to say to hell with the worl...
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Ceased Fighting...
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"And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone--even alcohol." Pg 84 AA
This has been powerful, transforming advice for me...-paul
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WED
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Well today seems to be better although I am still really tired and have headaches.
I wonder if its because I have stated using tablets that are suggested in 7 weeks to sobriety and I may be over doing it? in the morning it tells me to take calium and magnesium x 2 + aminos and glutomine 2 of each plus 3 multi...
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Marriage Councelling...
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A husband and wife go to a counselor after 45 years of marriage. The counselor asks them what the problem is. The wife goes into a tirade, listing every problem they have ever had in the 45 years they've been married. She goes on and on. Finally, the counselor gets up, goes around the desk, embraces the wo...
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