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fifth step...again
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Today i did my second fifth step with my sponsor. Ive been sober for a year and did my first fifth when i had 4 or 5 months but my sponsor figured it was time for another one. A few days ago when he first asked me to do this i was a little pissed - like as if i even needed to do one!...
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Need to share
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Hi everyone...I'm Jen and I'm an alcoholic.
I would like to share with all of you a bit of my story. I have just finished my 5th step with my sponsor and for some reason I feel the need to share today.
I was raised in an alcoholic family but was never neglected, abused, etc. My Dad pa...
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The perals
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Jenny was a bright-eyed, pretty, five year old girl. One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl necklace priced at $2.50. How she wanted that necklace! When she asked her mother if she would buy it for her, her mother said, Well,...
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Please keep me in your prayers.
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Hi everyone
I'm not use to asking for help but I do have a chance for a very good local job in the next month or so and have tried a few times before to get one there. I have a brother in AA who has 35 years at this job putting a good word in for me,,,I'n doing my best as a mear human to not let my hopes get to high,,,...
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I AM RESPONSIBLE: The Hand of AA
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I AM RESPONSIBLE: The Hand of AA Selected stories from the AA Grapevine The Key to Belonging Growing up, I was an angry, lonely, frightened kid. I didnąt know how to make friends, and I wasnąt sure I wanted to. Recess was the most painful part of my day ? Iąd sit on the outskirts of the play-ground, sensing...
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what on earth is this
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http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/5544750/a/Alcoholic+Death+Noise.htm
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worried about partner
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My partner is in bed at the mo after having a anxiety attack.
since coming to aa I have chilled out alot, but she is like chicken licken, if things dont get done NOW were all going to die!!
I have tried to help her, and when I pointed out this was her objectives to live in a perfect house, for things to get d...
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Today
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Goodness I could barly get out of berd this morning with my bad back, I got out at 12 ish.
as you know I am on long term sick, (doctor signed me off)
work have done a home visit with my boss and the bosses boss, poking for floors in my sickness, oops I meant "just making sure im ok" then this friday they call...
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From an AA site..and borrowed from the Alanon Board...
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Sobriety will necessarily have its ups and downs, its good times and its bad times, if only because we live in a world which we are inseparably joined. One doesn't always sustain sobriety at the same level. There are fluctuations, shocks and setbacks which, when addressed within the context of the A....
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My name is Rob etc
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I'm concerned about my drinking so I joined this board. Come Friday and more frequently Thursday nights, I head straight down the off licence after work and grab myself an 8 pack of Fosters Lager. These I drink by myself whilst watching films or chatting on the internet.
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just a simple hello
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just wanted to say hi see how you all are doing im on my way out to a f2f its my home group now i guess every sat night 7 pm i realy like it.butt ill never forget this place and will always be around to say hi and update you all on my progress.the wife and the kidds are all great we went to the buffalo zoo the otherda...
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April 2 Daily Reflections
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CHARACTER BUILDING Demands made upon other people for too much attention, protection, and love can only invite domination or revulsion.... TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 44 When I uncovered my need for approval in the Fourth Step, I didn't think it should rank as a character defect. I wante...
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Good Sunday
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Just a hello
Busy here. All is good and sober. Just a quick check in.
It is wealth to be content. --Lao-tzu
On the evening of the first day of spring, a woman gave her husband a bright red geranium in a clay pot. To celebrate, he placed it on the windowsill, and together they marvel...
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LISTEN
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Many of us achieve only the semblance of communication with others; what we say is often not contingent on what the other has just said, and neither of us is aware that we are not communicating. --Desy Safan-Gerard
When we don't listen fully to each other, when we don't revere the Spirit w...
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New York Times Article
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Hi,
Someone just called me and said there was an editorial on AA, in this mornings paper, that AA has become the top organization as far as the people being the most intelligent, even used the words Brillant, and gifted, and creative people ever to gather in one organization. Also went...
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Night.. im so tired..
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HI .. everyone..
Im nackerd.. so i will speak to everyone tomorrow..
Night .. Rob
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hey Phil
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how you doing today.
I know you pull out alot of info from web sites and post them....got one on Gods will.
outside of AA literature?
post it if you do.
Have a good day eh?
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Amanda,
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Why do I...
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Why do i do this to myself night after night
Why do i want to do this to myself
Why do i desire to do something that makes my life so shit
Why do i want something that i DONT want!??!??
Why do i want something so easy yet so hard?
Why do i do something so destructive yet so promising?
Why do i do somet...
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Love being sober
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Hi all. Thanks for all the welcomes. One of the things I love about AA is no matter where I am, I'm at home!
I just wanted to share a little bit about the fact that I love being sober today. There was a time when I thought getting sober would be the end of everything - the end of fun! ...
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I have started to cry a lot!
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Just recently I have been getting emotions back I think I have drunk away before. I suppose this is a normal part of recovery. I suddenly have something I did when I was drinking come into my mind and I just can not believe I did some of the things I did. But I know if I learn from those mistakes and do everythi...
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Confused HP
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I am well confused at the Moment.
I am practising the steps and inviting a HP into my life, I have a Christian friend who gives me scare tactics and says that this is all wrong and their is only one god and to make my own is a sin and I wil go to hell and all that Jazz., I went to his church once but I dont feel it is...
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Trivia, Enlarging a Smiley
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You highlight over the word and smiley, and hit copy, once it is copied, you need to undue on the smiley page, before closing.
then when you hit Paste, the smiley and word will appear where ever your curser is.
Then highlight and remove the word, then with the curser to the left of the smiley, m...
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Going Easy...
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Going Easy
Go easy. You may have to push forward, but you don't have to push so hard. Go in gentleness - go in peace.
Do not be in so much of a hurry. At no day, no hour, no time are you required to do more than you can do in peace.
Frantic behaviors and urgency are not the foundation for our new way of lif...
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Joke
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Incase you didnt see it on my other post!!
the one I like is the joke about the new comer telling another aa member that they are having problems with their sexual instincts and fancy all the other members of AA and want to 13 step them, they just can not resist the urge and chat the...
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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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