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Feeling Bad
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I don't know what's going on. My brain is so screwed up right now. I can really see why people go out and drink over the decision to not deal with the 4th step. Man, it would be nice to just drown my past away. Not ready to do it today though.
I went to the meeting tonight and it was a BB study on To The Wives. Sho...
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There is Only Now-OM
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There Is Only Now
It can be easy for us to walk through the world and our lives without really being present. While dwelling on the past and living for the future are common pastimes, it is physically impossible to live anywhere but the present moment. We cannot step out our front door and take a...
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The promises
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The AA Promises
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know pea...
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Welcome Terri!!!
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Good Morning Terri,
i saw you come in last night, and make a Response, and just thought I would make a Post to you, so that hopefully we can get to know you, and Congratulations on this being now your Second Day. We all start there. day l, day 2, and so it goes.
I am, We are, looking so forward to getti...
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Hello friends
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Hi everyone,
I have been reading posts and am so happy to see some new members reaching out. Welcome to you! I look forward to getting to hear your experience. Rather than saying "keep coming back" I would rather say "stay!". I am glad you are here. The progra...
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Happy week!
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Hi everyone,
Hope you all had a good, sober weekend. I had a quiet time. Did some gardening, played with my kids, went to a movie, dinner at the in-laws. What a "normal" life I have now. I love it! I always thought sobriety would be boring, and when I first came into the...
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I bet
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that if you could take an alcoholic & show them through a crystal ball how wonderful their life would be if they quit drinking than I bet we would have very few alcoholics. My heart goes out to those who have very little family support or those who have many more problems than alcoholism.&nbs...
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12 Step Info
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Anyone looking for information on the 12 step program should check out My Name is Bill W, which is coming out on DVD pretty soon. Its a good watch about the history of AA and how/why it was founded.
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My Secret Life With Alchol
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My Secret Life with Alcohol
www.pittsburghdietdiaries.blogspot.com
I started getting drunk at about 16. Throughout my teens and in my 20s, even after the birth of my daughter, I got drunk. I can remember some pretty shocking and stupid things I have done and said while drinking. At one poi...
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Nervous family
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My husband has been absolutely wonderful in helping me quit drinking. Luckily I didnt end up hitting bottom or losing anything from my drinking. It started to cause problems at home--with my husband but luckily I was ready to quit--I was too tired of trying to find new hiding spots, too f...
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Anger at meetings
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Was at this meeting tonight. It's like all the anxiety just travelled straight into my brain\body.
This guy brought up a topic. After a few of us started sharing our experiences in dealing with the subject the guy started to get real uneasy and cross-talk, getting really defiant. I thought there wa...
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ahh what a day
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feeling good, taken the pooch for a walk now going for a picnic, this beats hugging the loo anyday
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Not allowed to edit our own posts now?
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Just out of interest why has the option to edit ones own posts now not available..?
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Rob
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Just saying 'Hi'
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Hi there everyone 
I did actually try and post this earlier but I think I forgot to fill the 'topic' section in and so no post! 
Anyway, just want to say 'Hi' to you all and say 'Thankyou' to all who have read and replyed to my last post In my week of need 
I have thus f...
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Working with Others
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Chapter 7
Working With Others
Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail. This is our twelfth suggestion: Carry this message to other alcoholics! You can help when no one el...
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Havent gone past step one
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Hello! I am new here--posted once tonight already--I tend to be compulsive when I do things! Drinking was definately one of those compulsive things. Anyhow, I have been going to AA for a little over 6 months. I "think" I was an alcoholic for about the past 6 years. It i...
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Harboring Regrets
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Eight Common Excuses for Harboring Regrets What's yours? A closer look at why you hold on to regrets is the start of letting them go. 1. “It’s too late to let go of my regret.” The passage of time neither improves nor impairs our ability to let go of regrets. Letting go is a function of willingnes...
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My Mum
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My mum n dad are going away tomorrow for two weeks, house and dog sitting for their friends whilst they are way.. nice house, nice place etc.. Mum and dad both drank tonight.. dad went to bed early.. Mum, cos shes over weight doesnt eat much.. and ofcourse still drinks alot.. so thats why sh...
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Stalling ...
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Ok, I am doing everything I can to avoid calling my boss back. I am running out of laundry. The time must be coming. GRRR! I hate doing things I don't want to do! I am such a child sometimes.
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About AA
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If you have a desire to stop drinking and your drinking is causing you problems -- or, if you have discovered that living without alcohol is uncomfortable, and you get restless, irritable or discontented when not drinking -- it is highly suggested that you find a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. Y...
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Taking Responsibility-om
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Answering The Call Taking Responsibility For Your Destiny
There are those of us who believe that our lives are predestined and that we should resign ourselves to our lots in life. Yet the truth is that it is up to each one of us to decide what that des...
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Thanx everyone and esp Toni: also I want to say something abouth 'therapy'
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To be honest, because my last post was so negative and self-pitying and also written while I was not 100% straight, I really expected to be kicked off this board. Imagine my relief when I logged in today and found 5 caring, sympathetic responses! You guys really are great (I'm almost tearful as I write t...
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Confused...(long...sorry)
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Hi all,
I'm new here, and I am just looking for...I suppose...suggestions, past experiences, etc.
I'm a stay at home mom of two darling girls, ages 2 and 5. My husband is a successful businessman, and we live a nice life. My husband and I have been married for 8 years, but togeth...
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how to annoy your manager
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Ha
my manager was well cheesed off! I am the piece of turd at work and all the managers keep this info close to them, I have seen their documents "watch everything Rob does" "Robs a trouble maker" bla bla bla.
Well I had my first week on the phones this week (I work in a call centre) and I have never done...
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Following Your Dream
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Each Day a New Beginning.
Follow your dream . . . take one step at a time and don't settle for less, just continue to climb. --Amanda Bradley
Dreams are common to us all. Dreams are special as well. We probably keep to ourselves many of our dreams for fear of derision or misunderstanding....
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Denial
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Denial is the psychological process by which human beings protect themselves from things which threaten them by blocking knowledge of those things from their awareness. It is a defense which distorts reality; it keeps us from feeling the pain and uncomfortable truth about things we do not want t...
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embittered and long....don't read if you are feeling crappy yourself!
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Was just wondering. I think in a post I made previously I referred to Van Gogh - miserable his whole adult life, an alcoholic and also apparently a misogynist who assaulted prostitutes....when I was younger (a LOT younger) I really romanticised the whole 'wastoid' lifestyle. In 1986, when I w...
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"A Quart Low"
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Good Morning everyone,
I was sitting in a meeting, yesterday, listening, or trying to listen to a young woman, that was in my mind really struggling with where she was at, was talking a lot about how staying sober, was difficult for her, as she and her husband did a lot of traveling.
And the trav...
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Good Morning
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Hello everyone. Day 3 for me again. I talked with my sponsor yesterday for a long time. I went to my home group meeting and I spoke up and told them that I slipped again. I talked with my boss yesterday about my calling in sick on Wednesday and told her the truth. She is a go...
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Alcoholics Anonymous
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WHAT IS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS? There are two practical ways to describe A.A. The first is the familiar description of purposes and objectives that appears earlier: "Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may sol...
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Recovery tunes
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On a lighter note, what is your favourite song that you relate to recovery?
Mine is Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles. I listened to it on the way to meetings all the time in my first 6 months. I can really relate to that song.
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Guilt And Resentment
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Guilt and resentment are states of mind that destroy love and create suffering. They seem to be caused by what happened but they're not. They are caused by how you relate to what happened. Fortunately, since you created them, you can also release them. Guilt
When you have guilt, you reinfo...
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Can it work even if you don't do a meeting a day????
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So many in AA say that alcohloics need a meeting a day, especially at first. Well, this is just not possible for me - I'm not making excuses here: I have a three year old child and apart from the fact that she would act up terribly at a meeting, and probably distract people, I don't especially...
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Simple
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Man I am no longer depressed and all I did was change my diet. my tip for the day is go to a nut shop and get a bag of linseed, put 1/2 a teaspoon on some bread or add three teaspoons to pasta sauce, or breakfast cerial. it contains Omega 3,6 and Gla which are excellent if your an alky like me, its alot cheaper tha...
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Hello All!
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Howdy, just wanted to "Holla" n say hello to everyone been very buzy with school, work, ballgames. Toodlezz!!
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Help!
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I just got a telephone message from my office wanting me to call and let them know how I am doing. I am still not feeling well enough to go to work. I do contract work and I left on kinda bad terms because they were mad that I went off so abruptly (I posted about this before). I had to take ca...
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Politicians as usual (a little long but funny)
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Hey Phil, do you have MP's as bright as our Congressmen & Senators in the USA? How about you folks on the other side of the pond? With these folks representing us, I wonder why folks from other countries don't pronounce it...You Ass, Eh?
I have always said that, while it may be true th...
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A Pair Of Chronic Relapsers
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I thought about Tim and Elena today. At a meeting a newcomer was totally baffled by his repeated failures to stay sober, even going to meetings. I met Tim when I was 6 months sober and he was even newer, and Tim was not getting it, In fact he was not staying sober and being a royal pain at the same time. Tim wou...
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OH DEAR ME... :(
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In the words of CYPRESS HILL I WANNA GET HIGH....SO HIGH,
Yet I shall not.
I have just indured the worst week of my entire life (to date) and I just want to drink away the pain and hurt but I shall not.
If I were a normal person I would have hit the bottle right off, but I shall not.
For tho...
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record cleaner
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I dusted off one of my favourite old records last night, I could tell that I had not listened to it since I got sober, or indeed since 1999, it was covered in vomit.
I wonder if there is such a thing that can clean vomit from records? I tried soapy water but the needle did not trudge through the grooves at al...
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arg! bought booze but have not drunk it (very long)
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Well,just that. I rang up my local AA today and found out there was a women's meeting with creche facilities that I could go to on Friday night (and bring my 3 y/o). Felt quite alright until about half an hour ago. I was on my way home from the shops, driving, and thought, oh crap, just think of all the awful t...
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AAARRRRRGGGGG!!! I am NOT "getting" this
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I don't know what the F is wrong with me. I just can't stay sober to save my life!!! Maybe that's the problem......I haven't been in enough pain yet. Haven't lost enough. The thing is, I don't want to lose everything!!!! Are there actually people who make it in this pro...
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Sharing
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Hi Everyone,
I've been going to AA meetings for a month. I haven't had a drink for 31 days, which in itself is a miracle. :)
I've had a horrid time and I just wanted to share.
I won't talk about all the things which I used as excuses to drink, except to summarise in the quickest way possib...
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Thoughts For Wednesday
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Today's Gift.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. --Antoine de St. Exupery
A tuning fork is a small tool that is used to tune musical instruments. It is tapped softly and then set down. As it vibrates, it gives off a musical tone. Wh...
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5.23 pm and still sober...
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If you can call this 'a topic'. Just gave my daughter a bath. She wants me to play 'dolly hospitals' with her, and I feel really played out for the day, to be honest.
I have a really sore throat today and I keep thinking, wouldn't a glass of red be nice and soothing? Idiotic, since I'd have to smoke at the sa...
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switching sponsors?
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SO, my sponsor is usually cool, he has 5 years sober, brings a meeting to a detox, has a sponsor himself, works the steps, and I am up to step 11 with him, but there is a bit of a problem-
Recently he got in a fight about some people in our group who are sponsoring the opposite sex, and somehow in the mids...
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Needing to quit versus wanting to quit
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I needed to quit, long before I wanted to quit.
I needed to quit because it was damaging my health. I needed to quit because I behaved irresponsibly when I drank, causing myself embarrassment at best and financial and legal problems at worst.
But, I didn't want t...
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Veteran Memeber
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Hey Toni, you were right. I am now a "veteran memeber" after only one week. Cool! What a nice way to feel a part of. Now I just have to figure out how to get a photo up and what it should be of ... hmmm, must get creative. This could take weeks :) I can't even get my emoti...
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????????
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Does anyone know a sight where I can download 4th step worksheets.
I would greatly appreciate the help.
Thankyou!!!!!
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In Preparation To Receive A Gift
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