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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
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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
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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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Expectations
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Good morning to everyone...or good afternoon, depending on where you are!
I have been having trouble with this letting go of expectations.
I am struggling with this daily at home and at work...
Here are my thoughts.
Isn't it natural to expect someone to do what they say they will? It se...
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Hey Rob its Rob
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Morning Rob.
Where abouts in the world do you live bud?
Hope to hear from you soon, the door is always open here, this is one place that never closes.
we are not fair weather friends, we are people who have been through what you must be going through, and it sounds corny but we are here for you, just li...
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evening all
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feeling better than I did this morning, had to sleep for a few hours today. took a warm bath then had tea. I think I am feeling a bit odd because I am having money problems.
I shall try to deal with this inside the day.
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The addiction
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I was just listening to Warren Zevon's 'Carmalita' and the same thing goes with any addiction. It is a very hard road, if you want it to be. Sometimes though, it's easier said then done.
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Hmm .. Hi all...
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I feel kinda bad for lettin you guys down..
I am drinking again tonight..
Thanx for being such great friends..
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Have had a few requests for relationship topics..heres one..
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Relationships: Too Easy To Leave by: Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
Katheryn and Mathew, both in their 50’s, have been together for two years. Both have been previously married and divorced. When they met, they fell madly in love, which lasted for a few months. Then the conflicts started. Both K...
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morning
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Good morning all
I am feeling a bit low today,.I feel like I have been forgotten about - I am still off work with a bad back and I am off for a a further 3 weeks. people do not ask how I am doing, becase my back is always bad, I find when people ask if your alright, they are just saying hello, not actually asking...
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Good Morning
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Hope all are well and doing Ok.
Robert take care of that back.
Listen to your feelings. They tell you when you need to take care of yourself, like finding a friend if you feel lonely, crying if you feel sad, singing and smiling if you feel happy, and acting frisky if you feel good. --Pat Palmer
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suppliments
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Hi there, I have read things about suppliments, and I think I am the type of alcoholic that is omega 3 deficient and also the allergic type.
I am interested in suppliments, in the chemistry side of things would gamma help me? what else?
my sponcer thinks I should come off anti depressants as it may ha...
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made a new commitment to ME!!!
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boy talk about an "awakening".....this weekend i didn't feel so good.....took too much of my GABA (changed brands and didnt' notice it was 750 mgs, instead of my 250mgs) and i felt like CRAP........
so as i rested , i did some thinking!!!! and 2 very nice souls answered my...
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Elated
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I am now employed. I have been really struggling with not knowing how to make ends meet and trying to help my family instead of being a financial burden. I feel high on life. Anxiety is really bad right now because I'm so excited but it will pass.
Give it a couple of weeks and I'll be complaining about how...
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Hope Springs Eternal
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Hope Springs Eternal
Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest: The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. -Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, Epistle I, 1733
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Bill W's take on the "Selfish Program"
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"I can see why you are disturbed to hear some A.A. speakers say, 'A.A. is a selfish program.' The word 'selfish' ordinarily implies that one is acquisitive, demanding, and thoughtless of the welfare of others. Of course, the A.A. way of life does not at all imply such undesirable traits.
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Sometimes we need reminding
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"Who would like this $20 bill?"
Hands started going up.
He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you
but first, let me do this.
He proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill.
He then asked, "Who still wants it?"
Still the hands were up in the air.
Well, he replied, "What if I do this?"
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Have a good night...
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Step 10...CHECKING OUR INVENTORY
“Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow.” ANONYMOUS
In Step Four we did an inventory that had many of us digging into our past to determine what our shortcomings, wrongs & defe...
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I spoke to Alan
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I kinda txt ALAN..
He phoned me back..
I am gona see him at meetin tomorrow..
i think ifinaly got shit of my chest!!// obv iv been drinking.. but least i said how i drink and how often. omg.. first time iv spoken to him properly... had a good chat with him.like i said. first time.. .. h...
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Grattitude
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I have stated the day according to page 86
check this link out! if you have not got a big book- you now have! I have two but they are sometimes out of reach so I click here: http://www.nokama.com/bigbook/ and in the search, type 86 fot the page number and it advises me exactly what to do.
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Motivation
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Hey I wondered if you guys could help. since I come off the drink, I cant seem to motivate myself, I have a computer upstairs seperate to this that is devoted to make music on but I only manage to spend 10- 15 mins a week on it as I am struggling to motivate myself, can you reccommend a way round this? I had no pr...
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There Is A Solution
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The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so called will power becomes practically nonexistent. We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a we...
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