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WOW!!! 12Steps in plain english
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The 12 Steps in Plain English
1. Alcohol will kill me. 2. There's a power that wants me to live. 3. Do I want to live or die? (if you want to die, stop here) 4. Write about how I got to where I am. 5. Tell another person all about me (let God listen). 6. Want to change. 7. Ask a power greater than me to help me ch...
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Great Weekend
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I hope everyone had as great a weekend as I did!
Glad to be home......... missed you all Gotta get to reading now.
Love and hugs
Doll -- Edited by Doll at 18:21, 2005-10-23
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"name calling"
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...words are more powerful than perhaps anyone suspects, and once deeply engraved in a child's mind, they are not easily eradicated. --May Sarton
How burdened we became, as little girls, with the labels applied by parents, teachers, even school chums. We believe about ourselves what others t...
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reaping what i sew with the 12Steps
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Self-knowledge and self-improvement are very difficult for most people. It usually needs great courage and long struggle. --Abraham Maslow
This is a simple program but it isn't easy. We cannot take the principles we learn and thereby possess them as if we were taking a class or reading a book. W...
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focusing more on the SOLUTION
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I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. --D. H. Lawrence
Sometimes when we feel sorry for ourselves we will sit alone in our bedroom. We may even feel so down in the dumps that we decide to stay there, indulging in self-pity, thinking about how the world is against us. However, if we use our imagina...
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hi guys
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hey guys. everything here is good, just that winter is starting to show its ugly face as a few snowflakes this am. oh well, winter is going to be hard for me as i dont like it and did alot of drinking in those months, as work slows down,and more idle time on my hands. everyone be safe god bless wagon:weirdfac...
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inner values
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Express your inner values Do your outer choices reflect your inner values? If not, then your life will move from one conflict to another.
Yet when the choices you make do indeed come from the person you are, then you will travel steadily in the direction of your highest visions. When your actions are...
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love takes time
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Love Takes Time
Love takes time. It needs a history of giving and receiving, laughing and crying...
Love never promises instant gratification, only ultimate fulfillment.
Love means believing in someone, in something. It supposes a willingness to struggle, to work, to suffer, and to rej...
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learning to trust again!!
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Learning to Trust Again
Many of us have trust issues.Some of us tried long and hard to trust untrustworthy people. Over and again, we believed lies and promises never to be kept. Some of us tried to trust people for the impossible; for instance, trusting a practicing alcoholic not to drink again....
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ANOTHER YUP-EH?
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grant me the to accept the things I cannot change to change the things I can and the to know the difference
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FINALLY i can "erase his name"
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this is off the "hope for today" boy i can see my attitude changing becuz this *take" came completely spontaneous/ from my heart!!!!
Hope for Today - October 22
Making amends isn't about apologizing for every problem. It's about figuring out how a relatio...
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I jus want to share
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I am new to this board, and would like to share a little bit of my story. I was first introduced to AA over 12 years ago when I was 18. After starts and fits, I finally achieved a lasting sobriety when I was 19. I worked the program hard, all my friends were AA members, when I wasn't in classes or working I was do...
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test your knowlege
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so i did my first night at my DWI course...for those who don't know it stands for... Driving Without Intoxication this was our first assignment...this course is a requirement for getting my drivers liscence back true or false: 1. the amount of alcohol in an average serving (1 1/2 oz.) is complete...
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Thoughts For Friday Night
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My wife and I divorced over religious differences. She thought that she was God, and I didnt.
I dont suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.
Some people are alive, only because, its illegal to kill them.
I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
You're just jealous because the vo...
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12 promises for beginners
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The Twelve Promises For Beginners (origin unknown) 1. You will know your full name and address. 2. You will be able to shave yourself 3. You will be able to dress and undress yourself. 4. You will know the town, state and country you are in. 5. You will be able to find socks that match. 6. You will be able to s...
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'tis a great day for recovery
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Today is October 21, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery!
CONSCIENCE
"In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place." -- Mohandas Gandhi How I used to hate myself. So many times I caught myself pleasing the crowd, agreeing with people I did not understand or respect, lau...
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TODAY, i will have faith in my recovery
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faith in the "process"
hi everyone, i usually do my shares on the "dailys" taken off the NA/ AA/ Hazeldon , however today i am going to do a share on MY daily....."faith in the process" this is my own journal on having "blind faith in the process".......
as i have traversed in my r...
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Daily Reflections Oct 21
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The Steps made Simple for this newbie
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Step 1: Honesty After many years of denial, recovery can begin when with one simple admission of being powerless over alcohol -- for alcoholics and their friends and family.
Step 2: Faith It seems to be a spiritual truth, that before a higher power can begin to operate, you must...
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Sharing my F2F
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Well, since the parents are gone and I'm leaving tomorrow for the mountains of NC for 3 days (ok, cheri, HILLS !), thought I better stock up on some meetings. And it's bugging me a little so thought I'd throw it out at you all. I don't need any new resentments.
We had a first timer there so decided t...
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BADDD night last night
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boy i need this daily.......last night was *nightmare on elm street*
Detaching with Love
Sometimes people we love do things we don't like or approve of. We react. They react. Before long, we're all reacting to each other, and the problem escalates.When do we detach? When we're hooke...
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transferring the focus onto me
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Hope for Today - October 20
In my first Al-Anon meeting, I listened intently to other people share. One woman spoke of feeling as if she were in a dark and lonely place, like the bottom of a well. The tools of the program helped her see the light at the top of the well, but it was still going to be a t...
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Canadian thought for the day-eh?
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When one gets tired of the dust, from travelling on gravel and dirt roads.
When one gets banged up and bruised, from hitting dead ends, and running over big rocks.
When one just wishes to park the car in a ditch and say "Screw It"
Try a paved road...... There might be a few curves, but there ar...
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NancyJo ?????
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Have been thinking of you.
Where are you? It's been forever since I've seen you here.
Hoping and praying all is well.
Love and hugs,
Doll
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IF YOU SO CHOOSE
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If you so choose, the challenges can make you stronger. If you so choose, the disappointments can make you more determined. If you so choose, every mistake can lead to greater understanding and effectiveness. If you so choose, every frustration can help you to be more patient and more persist...
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woke up, got outa bed...
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made toast an tea for my beloved an me, coffee pot fell out of the cupboard an emptied all over the toaster, went outside to fill my motorcycle from my petrol can, an trod straight in a load of dog poo hey " it happens" rode up to nippers school as he forgot his lunch money, waited to be let in,...
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It matters to me, too
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I read this on another site, thought it was great and wanted to share.
A man walking on the beach saw a little boy tossing starfish back into the ocean. Seeing that there were thousands of starfish beached, the man went to the little boy and asked him what he was doing. The little boy sai...
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not just an ordinary service call
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Not Just Another Customer Service Call Customer: Okay, I'm done. LOVE has started installing itself automatically. Is that normal? Service Rep: Yes it is. You should receive a message that says it will reinstall for the life of your HEART. Do you see that message? Customer: Yes I do. Is it completely...
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I'm baaaaccckkk !
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Well, it was quick and almost painless. The parents have GONE. They decided this afternoon they needed to get on up to NC to see my mother's sister. Said they'd "stop back by" on the way home next week.............Shouldn't I be happy? Then how come I'm not? Kinda hurt my feelings. Now I really do...
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On The Lighter Side
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YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2005, IF
1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk n...
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staying in the *NOW*
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One of the conclusions I have come to in my old age is the importance of living in the ever-present now. In the past, too often I indulged in the belief that somehow or other tomorrow would be brighter or happier or richer. --Ruth Casey
How easily our minds jump from the present to the foibles of the pa...
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woah
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i found this on another site and thought i'd share it with you's.....
Just one... Just tonight... And just like that, the cycle has started again. I just signed off on not knowing where it's going to end by taking, what is infamously called, the first drink. It takes about an hour or so, there's still l...
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The Good Points
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Our Good Points
What's a codependent? The answer's easy. They're some of the most loving, caring people I know. --Beyond Codependency
We don't need to limit an inventory of ourselves to the negatives. Focusing only on what's wrong is a core issue in our codependency.
Honestly, fearless...
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re; Life is Difficult
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Thanks for the share, DM. I needed this one!
Gammy writes ".....you are the only one who could deal with it, the only one who could survive it."
Awesome words, GR! That statement is what is getting me thru this parent visit.
Things are going OK. Except we had to go to the gr...
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Life is difficult
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Life is difficult.
this is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because we truely see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult- once we truly understand and accept it- then life is no longer difficult. Because once it's accepted, the fact...
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It comes after TWO
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STEP THREE "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him"
Practicing Step Three is like the opening of a door which to all appearances is still closed and locked. All we need is a key, and the decision to swing the door open. There is only one key, and it is c...
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Hey my AA Buds
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Anything I copy and post on our board, arent things that are paved in stone.:) They are views from help sites and other AA sites that I use for my own benefit and pass them on to the board. Its a keep an open mind thing. There can be a lot of contraversy with some of it, and some articles do contradict others re...
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What time does the meeting start
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Hello once again,
Just wondering what time meetings on here start? Cause on one page it says Tues & Sat at 9 and another page said 8 pm. so I was just wondering which one it was.
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I will miss you
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One last post before the parents get here. Think my house is in order, the actual one and the spiritual one. Gave a quick call to my sponsor. She's so great!
So, ya'll wish me luck.......... It'll be next week before I'm back, unless I can sneak a peek.
Everyone, &nb...
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Check in
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Hi All. Hope you are all well and sober. I've not been here much in the last couple of weeks because I've got a start date for my new job. I've had to do a lot of research.
I resigned from the job in the PVC door factory because life was hell there. Same thing 80 times a day.
Got a job as an undertaker s...
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i "trashed" the rule book
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Throwing Out the Rule Book
Many of us feel like we need a rulebook, a microscope, and a warranty to get through life. We feel uncertain, frightened. We want the security of knowing what's going to happen, and how we shall act.We don't trust life or ourselves.We don't trust the Plan.We want to be in c...
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no i am NOT my brother's keeper
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When people bother you in any way, it is because their souls are trying to get your divine attention and your blessing. --Catherine Ponder
We are in constant communication with one another and with God in the spiritual realm. No matter how singular our particular course may appear, our path is ru...
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serenity prayer....INDUSTRIAL strength
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Hope for Today - October 18
The guidance embodied in the Serenity Prayer was a foreign concept when I walked into my first Al-Anon meeting. I soon realized it must be important because every meeting I attended since has used it as part of the opening. Applying it to my recovery seem...
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it is good (!?!?)
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
It is good It is good that you are where you are. Because where you are is a place from which you can surely move forward.
It is good that you have made it through the events that brought you to this place and time. Because the journey has provided you with valuable knowledge,...
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Step two
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Step one is a complete surrender and acceptance step-so we are willing to go on into action, from there.
Step Two "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."
The moment they read Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted with a dilemma, sometimes a ser...
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actions for the first step
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I am in need of some guidance on actions that can be done to work on the first step.
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Another Yup-yup-yup-- Eh?
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What is Raging?
Rage is a shame based expression of anger.
Rage is by definition abuse. Ragers react to strong emotions with rage. (i.e. feelings of fear, sadness, shame, inadequacy, guilt or loss convert to rage.) Ragers were typically shamed or punished by their caretakers for expr...
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confession
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Hello there,
I thought there was another way to find serenity, and a piece of mind if I tried to find it in other support groups, that deal with sobriety. I have always had a problem opening up, especially to other women,(have nothing against them, just can't talk to one) anywa...
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i quit fighting it
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Surrender
"We didn't stumble into this fellowship brimming with love, honesty, open-mindedness, or willingness....When we were beaten, we became willing.""Basic Text, p. 20Surrender may be the necessary foundation for recovery, but sometimes we fight it. Most of us look back after some c...
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if i slack off....i screw up
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Spiritual Death
"For us, to use or drink or lose ourselves is to die, often in more ways than one."Basic Text, p.78As newcomers, many of us came to our first meeting with only a small spark of life remaining. That spark, our spirit, wants to survive. recovery nurtures that spirit. The love of the fe...
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