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life is kicking me in the butt...but its prayer over 20 proof
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Hope for Today - November 15
When I heard "Let Go and Let God" for the first time, it didn't make sense to me. Let go of what? And let God do what? The little I did understand was the futility of my efforts to try to control other people, places, and things. Al-Anon told me I could turn m...
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good bye
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after seeing this post i have deciced to leave this forum. it too easy for people to access and get into personal issues. thats not why im here to have something else to worry about. i love u all and god bless, good bye wagon
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Hazelton
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There are two benefits from recovery: we have short-term gains and long-term gains.
The short-term gains are the things we can do today that help us feel better immediately.
We can wake up in the morning, read for a few minutes in our meditation book, and feel lifted. We can work a Step a...
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Quote sharing.
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We cannot learn real patience and tolerance from a guru or a friend. They can be practiced only when we come in contact with someone who creates unpleasant experiences. Enemies are really good for us as we can learn a lot from them and build our inner strength.""
"Learn to get in touch with the silence...
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wondering the purpose of this.....
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~*~*~*~*~*~Post deleted by John~*~*~*~*~*
Any further post such as this could result in the posting party being banned from our board.
John F. -- Edited by John at 08:19, 2005-11-17
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Monday PM
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"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
'Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help you creat...
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God grant me...............
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You are reading from God Grant Me . . . We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought.ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD There’s a good reason that one of the slogans we use most in recovery is this one: Think. We are alwa...
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We are worthy!
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Happy Monday, everyone. How goes it?
Last night's meeting once again reinforced my resolute conviction that we, as recovering alcoholics, are not somehow second-class citizens. There was a newcomer there, on his fourth day of sobreity, very humble, with (literally) hat in hand....
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AA reflection....gee i have been forgetting step 11
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Daily Reflections INTUITION AND INSPIRATION . . . . we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 I invest my time in what I truly love. Step Eleven is a discipline that allows me and my Higher Power to be together...
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Iain
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I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black It's hard to dance with the devil on your back,
I met Iain in the autumn after I left high school and we were inseperable, closer than brother`s, loved the same music had a passion for motorbikes spaggetti westerns and horror films he got me my first real job...
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Rick
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Got your email Bud.
Im no authority on this stuff--and if Im perfectly honest ...know very little..but I will share..
People like to lay guilt trips on other people re their crap......Ive done it.
Then...theres also the blame game...and thats another book..in itself.
Was in a situation.....
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Daily Reflections Nov 14
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INTUITION AND INSPIRATION
 
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YOU HAVE A PURPOSE !
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Pray to God, but row to shore. --Russian proverb
As each of us gets in touch with the specific ways to serve, it is tempting to judge the importance of our work by comparing it to someone else's achievements. And when that person or group earns more money, receives more praise and recognit...
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Friendship and community are, first of all, inner qualities
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. --Henri J. M. Nouwen
Many of us mistakenly search outside ourselves for answers. We feel small inside and not very powerful. Many of us have tried to change our lives by affecting the people around us. Naturally, when we think of making friends, we assume we would start by getting a frie...
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sweet child o`mine
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She's got a smile that it seems to me Reminds me of childhood memories Where everything Was as fresh as the bright blue sky Now and then when I see her face She takes me away to that special place And if I'd stare too long I'd probably break down and cry She's got eyes of the bluest skies As if they thought of ra...
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AA thought..who am i to judge ANYone??
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A.A. Thought for the Day
Who am I to judge other people? Have I proved by my great success in life that I know all the answers? Exactly the opposite. Until I came into A.A., my life could be called a failure. I made all the mistakes one could make. I took all the wrong roads there were to take. On the basis...
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how r things in my zoo? monkey still in the cage.you have a great day!!! god bless wagon
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Overcomming Resentment
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Dealing with resentment and being able to forgive others is a quality which takes a great deal of grace and maturity. The important thing to remember is that bitterness is a poison which harms you far more than the person who has upset you. So working toward forgiveness is a positive act not only for t...
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Daily Reflections Nov. 13
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HEY PHIL
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WELCOME BACK
YES I'M SOMEWHAT STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE******KINDA IN THE MIDDLE OF IT---------
MY DAUGHTER LEFT HER ABUSSIVE MAN**HELPING HER GET AN APARTMENT READY FOR HER. BETTER YET GETTING ONE READY!! BEEN KINDA NUTS HERE --PHONE CALLS --CARS TURNING AROUND IN THE DRIVEWAY, ETC--HO...
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The Promises - (again).
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Chris got me thinking ......... I've heard The Promises read so many times at meetings, I realize, sometimes, I'm not really listening, my mind wanders. So, thought I'd post them for anyone else who, like me, can become easily complacent or distracted.
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Tipsy
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Just a thought;
James Frey, addict/alcoholic, author of "A Million Pieces". He's been clean and sober over 13 yrs and didn't do it thru AA. Or James Christopher's book, How to Stay Sober: Recovery Without Religion. Christopher describes his own "recovery without religion." He foc...
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When I grow up........
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When I was a little kid, barely old enough to walk, I used to dream of the day that I would grow up and be an alcoholic. As my life progressed, I longed for the time when I would be able to crash cars and almost kill myself and other people. When I was a teenager and beginning my career as an alcoholic, I loved le...
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i am POWERLESS
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You are reading from God Grant Me . . . Turn your wounds into wisdom. OPRAH WINFREY We’ve all been hurt. We all carry scars from the healing of wounds—big ones and small ones. In early recovery, we think about those wounds and how we got them and what we might have done differently if we could do it all ove...
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thought.........
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God grant me the laughter to help me see the past with perspective, face the future with hope, and celebrate today--- without taking myself too seriously.
God, grant me the laughter to help me see the past with perspective, face the future with hope, and celebrate today--- without taking my...
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Just Sharing for Today
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Acceptance is not a state of passivity or inaction. Acceptance is, in fact, the first step to successful action. If you don't fully accept a situation precisely the way it is, you will have difficulty changing it. Moreover, if you don't fully accept the situation, you will never really know if...
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what happened to LIVE and LET live????
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hey all, i wrote this on the end of my *justice* post, and really should have done a new post on it........geeeeez can i just work my program the best way that is best for me?????? or have the "sugesstions" now become RULES???????
below is what i wrote in respo...
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Change of plans...
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Well, one day at a time...my plans to go to the city for the AA Gratitude meeting have changed, so I will not be going. I'm okay with not going, not so thrilled about what I'll be doing instead but will grin and have a good time anyway, that's my choice today.I would have loved to spent time wit...
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morning music and gratitude
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I;ve been starting my morning routine, readings, breakfast, etc, while listening to this streaming baroque site-
http://www.bach-radio.com/onair.php
Very serene way to start the day! It is nice to be clean and sober, and able to enjoy this sort of thing.
I'm also feeling very ...
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Hey eh?
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Back in the saddle. How we all doin? (Smile)
EASY DOES IT ....... KEEP IT SIMPLE........ LIVE AND LIVE LIVE......... LET IT GO...SOMEONE ELSE RUNS THE SHOW.......AND ME THINKS ITS GOING TO SNOW.... HAVE A NICE DAY
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY
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No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it. --Ellen Glasgow
Jimmy and Karen were out catching insects for their science class. Jimmy had caught a gray moth and Karen a monarch butterfly.
"My moth sure isn't very pretty," Jimmy said as he looked at the two insects. "Now...
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TODAY'S GIFT
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Don't worry if your job is small, and your rewards are few. Remember that the mighty oak, Was once a nut like you. --Anonymous
We feel better about ourselves when we can laugh at ourselves a bit. All it takes is a little attitude adjustment. For example, if I decide to learn to ski and my first day out I fa...
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TODAY'S GIFT 11/11
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Don't waste your time hating a failure. --Clarissa Pickola Estes
We are members of the human community. We make mistakes as we trek through this forest. We must remember that our mistakes offer us opportunities for new understanding. If we lived without error, our lives would be static, unch...
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I guess I just don't want it bad enough
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I've abandoned the idea of "faith" for too long, I cant deal with turning over my will and my life to some mystical higher power. I don't want to spend the rest of my life struggling and fighting for the scraps of some elusive happiness and fleeting sense of peace and serenity. I dont want to be some religi...
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thankyou
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To everyone here for your undertanding and supportive replys, I reacted to a situation with my partner last friday by picking up a drink and then running with it by projecting an outcome that didnt happen, My partner came home from work and instead of playing the end game I had built up in my head, she sat...
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nobody's gonna GIVE me justice....i gotta TAKE it
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i decided that wendy/ amanda and rick are right!!!! i belong ANYwhere i THINK i belong.....
so i am gonna post as i dang well please becuz i know my posts help / reach people......so here is my take on "JUSTICE"
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Nobody can give yo...
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Freak out...
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I went to a small big book meeting for the first time last night. It's a private meeting that my temp sponsor got me into with about 11 other guys in it who are all really decent stand up dudes from what I could tell. All very committed to their sobriety but still able to have a great time and laugh about it all...
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Today...
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Morning all. Just thought I put a gratitude list down today...
Today I am grateful...
that my Mom taught me how to thread a needle, so I could fix a hem at 5 am for my daughter.
that the buck I almost hit with my car last night is eating my grass this morning. What a beautiful sight.
that God, in his wi...
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don't ask why
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I posted this before
I always say to myself don't ask why
The Questions God Answers
By Dr. Robert Schuller
We often ask: "When will help come?" "When will this pain cease?" "When will my faltering faith be restored?" When? was the question asked again and again by the Old Testament pr...
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"There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation. But we saw that it really worked in others..." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 25~
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Giving advice
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There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you've worked on your own corner. --Aldous Huxley
Taking responsibility for our own attitudes, acti...
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hello
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REally busy trying to get an apartment ready for my daughter. She left her abussive man and needs my help. Been flat out for 3 or 4 days. hope all is well for all of you
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Self-centeredness
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One year ago, I became very ill. I had a wonderful career in social work. Because of my illness, I have had to step away from my job till who knows when. I have always been very active in recovery and maintained a balance in family, career, and recovery. I will have 10 years coming up in a wonderful ne...
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Day 14
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Not all that impressive unless you take into account that it's the second longest stretch of sobriety I've had since I started drinking 15 years ago.
I'm feeling pretty good, fairly strong, resolute...I read the literature, go to lots of meetings, share. I try to meet as many people as I can and ho...
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Will it ever end????
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These ups and downs. My moods have been all over the place. I had to take a walk the other day because my wife and boys were arguing. I found myself bitching at God and begging for an answer. If anybody would have saw me they probably would have thought I was a raving lunatic.
Good Grief! I'm going to meeti...
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Today's Thought
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Today's thought is:
I have an intense desire to return to the womb. Anybodys!
--Woody Allen
Some days the world just doesn't seem safe. Maybe a friend died and you are hurting. Maybe you argued with a loved one. You just want someone to take care of you. You want to feel safe and warm.
Turn...
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Congratulations jb
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Way to go jb, two weeks sober!  
I know that it is a miracle, we only have to do it one day at a time.....Keep doing what your doing.
(((Hugs)))
GammyRose -- Edited by GammyRose at 10:08, 2005-11-10
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My Life on life's terms
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Just because I'm in recovery and sober today, does not mean my life is a bed of roses. It does not mean I'll get a raise at work and be running the company soon, that my kid won't get into trouble, that I won't lose someone I love, that financial difficulties will go away, or that I'll be "miss happy su...
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My opinion..... What's yours?
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There have been some interesting topics here lately and here's one I'm curious about.....
My F2F has a few that use the "marijuana maintenance program." One of them has no problem sharing this. I guestion the word "maintenance". In my opinion, that's the biggest load of horse...
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