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THE MOMENT
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This instant is the only time there is. --Gerald Jampolsky
How many precious moments of sunshine, birds' song, or friends' laughter we never lay claim to because we're lost in our thoughts about yesterday or tomorrow. God has given us these moments we're experiencing right now, and in...
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Greetings all
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I just got back into AA this week after a foolish 8-year hiatus. I did not drink constantly during that time. A health kick phase kept me dry for a couple of years. Alas, my house was built on sand though. Without clinging to the truth of my higher power I was doomed. I have now been sober for a week and...
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PAWS
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i was just curious if anybody here had any experience with PAWS(Post Acute Withdrawel Symptoms),,ive been reading up on it,,and curious how it has affected others
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Wings
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When my son, Justin, was four, he found a caterpillar and put it in a jar. Each day he fed it fresh grass and leaves. In a few weeks the caterpillar was fat and ready to sleep. One morning we discovered the caterpillar wrapped in a cocoon. It hung from the top of the jar, an example of one of nature's wonders....
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Went out after 11 years. Have been using for six months. It's getting worse, this may be a bottom.
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I have to tell someone as it's a secret I carry. I can't carry the weight of the drink on my back anymore, it's killing me.
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Kewl site
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I just got out of Rehab today and went looking for an AA channel and came across this forum,,,pretty cool,,I start my 90/90 tonight!
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If I knew
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If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep. If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more. If I knew it would be the last time I'd hear your voi...
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coincidences
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Chance everywhere has power. --Ovid
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I heard someone say the other day that coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous. Am I really supposed to believe that God is involved in every insignificant piece of luck I have? It's a bit much for me to believe that my Higher Power is i...
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PEOPLE PLEASING ?
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... self-love is an unequivocal acceptance of the validity of getting what one wants--of respecting one's needs. --Marion Weinstein
Once there was a woman who loved her husband and children so much that she did everything for them and nothing for herself. She thought taking care of herself w...
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Still Sober....
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Hi everyone!
DAY 5! Still sober & loving it. I have to be honest with everyone, tho, here. My real name is Christine. I used Catherine probably because it's a deniel mechanism, I dunno. I DO know that I want to be honest so I am coming clean with my real name. ...
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Meetings starting in september!!
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Great news yall!!!
Meetings will resume in the AA room on Tuesday Sept 6th. This will be a regular event and the meetings will begin at the scheduled time, and days.
I hope to see you there, as we need all the support we can get. If you would like to help with the meetings, perhaps chair a meeti...
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Recovery
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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. You...
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letting go
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Letting Go By Barry Elwin-Jones WHAT IS LETTING GO? Letting go can be the most terrifying experience we can have. Letting go means having no support mechanism for our egos. Put simply, when we let go, we trust that everything is going to work out in our best interest even when we are in the middle of an exp...
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thought of the day
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To those of us who knew the pain of valentines that never came and those whose names were never called when choosing sides for basketball. --Janis Ian
Each of us at some time has known the feeling of not belonging; the painful emptiness of feeling left out. We've stood on the sidelines longing to be...
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emotions
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The Journey to the Emotional Frontier Within - emotional defense mechanisms
"I had to become aware that there were such things as emotions that lived in my body and then I had to start learning how to recognize and sort them out. I had to become aware of all the ways that I was trained to distan...
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12 traditions for relationships
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1 - Our common welfare should come first; a healthy relationship depends upon unity. 2 - For our family or relationship purpose, there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as He may express Himself in our informed family conscience. Each member is God's trusted servant and no one governs. 3 - Tw...
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Trust
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Letting others know your feelings, emotions and reactions, and having the confidence in them torespect you and to not take advantage of you. Sharing your inner feelings and thoughts with others with the belief that they will not spread them indiscriminately. Placing confidence in others so that t...
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Emotional Abuse
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Emotional abuse is when one person in a relationship tries to control the other person's feelings or thoughts in order to gain power over them.
Emotional abuse is also called emotional violence or mental, verbal or psychological abuse.
When emotional abuse occurs t...
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My primary purpose -
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The preamble states: My primary purpose is to stay sober and help the alcoholic who still suffers...
p.164 BB: Ask him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick..(a vision for you) ask and you will receive, seek and you shall find, knock and t...
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Musta Been An Alky Reporter
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Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says [No, really?] Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers [Now that's taking things a bit far!] Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over [What a guy!] Miners Refuse to Work after Death [No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-sos!] Juvenile Court to T...
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Thoughts For Today
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Fear of commitment can be a roadblock to recovery.
As we proceed along the path of recovery, we are invited to make commitments. If we're following a Twelve Step program, these commitments are not demanded of us, but they are strongly recommended by people who have traveled a similar path.
The...
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accept it
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Whenever you fall, pick something up. --Oswald Avery
There was once a very active boy who fell and broke his leg. He could run again in the spring, the doctors said, but only if he stayed in bed for an entire month and kept his leg still. At first the boy fought the rule, but he found that the more he th...
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Seeking Emotional Stability
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August 22 When we developed still more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself. We found that dependence upon His perfect justice,forgiveness, and love was healthy , and that it would work where nothi...
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Inventory
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Inventory
The first time I took an inventory of myself, it was because I had to. I was in a treatment program. A judge had sentenced me there "for as long as it takes." The treatment staff wasn't going to let me out until I sat down and took a look at myself.
"A searching and fearless moral inve...
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It was great talking with you this morning Rick-thanks for the call. Easy does it Buddy, and Keep it Simple. One day at a time-one thing at a time. Sober.
God can do the driving, but we hafta put the gas in the car.:)
And I agree. Sometimes, we just hafta look at whats important and whats really not.
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Self Disclosure
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We're only as sick as the secrets we keep. --Sue Atchley Ebaugh
Harboring parts of our inner selves, fearing what others would think if they knew, creates the barriers that keep us separate, feeling different, certain of our inadequacies.
Secrets are burdens, and they weigh heavily on us,...
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A NEW LIFE
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The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. --Emerson
The same miracle that started our recovery from addiction gave us a chance for a second life. It also brought us a purpose in life. This was something we had lacked for years. This purpose for our life makes it possible to achieve a...
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Kindness
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Kindness and inspiration by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross I have never met a person whose greatest need was anything other than real, unconditional love. You can find it in a simple act of kindness toward somone who needs help. There is no mistaking love. You feel it in your heart. It is the common fiber of lif...
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Resentments of John
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Resentments that I need to let go of. I pray for this every morning and every night. Some days they're on the back burner, but some days they're still boiling away. It sickens me to feel this way......
The man in life is wonderful, usually. We've been "on again, off again" for over 2 yrs. I don'...
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Two Wolves
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Two Wolves One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a debate that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, gui...
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We Just Try
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goodbye, I will miss you all
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Everyone, just wanted to say my goodbye's. A wonderful (not!) thunderstorm zapped my computer.Wiped it out! Gone! Poof!  I'm using my neighbors right now! And it was like pulling teeth for her to say "OK" . 
Don't know when I'll be able to get a new one. Finances are tight n...
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For the last time....
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For the last time, I have tortured & abused myself. For the last time, I have tortured & abused my loved ones.
How will I do it, one day at a time....having faith in my HP, doing the steps & not taking that very FIRST DRINK.
trying one mo' time, please, let this...
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ok
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just stolling along and doing ok we canned tomatoes we grew in our garden yesterday. yum!just thougtht i stick my head in and let you know i am doing good . everyone take it easy and be good .god bless you all wagon
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Hey...
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Hey all, I posted a little about what's my day was like below in response to Rick. I didn't talk about today being my 22nd wedding anniverary. My husband and I have never really celebrated it, we did on our 20th , took the family to the mountains and stayed for a few days in a nice cabin. It was beautiful, and...
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Alive, well, and sober
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Thanks guys and gals for asking 'bout me. I read the posts. WOW! I got a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye....... I've been out of town with work the past few days. Glad to be back!
How about some quotes I ran across from another site.......
"WE ARE TRAMPLED MOST OFTEN BY FORCES W...
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chocolate bunnies
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Remember the chocolate bunnies we got at Easter? The ones that looked like a huge amount of chocolate but when we bit into them, we discovered they were hollow??
Sometimes, that's how I feel...like a hollow easter bunny. I look normal, but there is nothing inside.
So today I am filling up that empt...
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Hey Gammy
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I see you were lurking
Hope thinks are going better for you!!
Everything is so hard at times.
WHEN IT'S GOOD WE GOTTA ENJOY
I have a lot of trouble with these keys-- caps lock is one
this typing is a job---cut and paste is my thing
take care have a good weekend
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Let go let god
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"...we were at Step Three, which is that we decided to turn our will and our life over to God as we understood Him. Just what do we mean by that, and just what do we do? The first requirement is that we be convinced that any life run on self-will can hardly be a success. On that basis we are almost always in coll...
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NORMAL?
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The reason most people are bad is because they do not try to be good. --Frank Baum
Many of the best people you'll ever meet are addicts in recovery. "Normal" people just don't pay as much attention to how they live their lives. Recovering addicts really work at being good people, and it sho...
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Rick? Thats Hilarious Man!!
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FEAR
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A tree grown in a cave does not bear fruit. --Kahlil Gibran
A tree planted in a cave would soon be stopped short in its growth. There would be no room for it to grow tall or blossom. It would only grow so far and then would grow no bigger.
Fear can be like a cave. We sometimes become fearful for the sam...
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Run in the Rain...
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A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Target. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow d...
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a great day for recovery-aug 19
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Today is August 19, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery!
DECISION
"When you see a snake, never mind where he came from." -- W. G. Benham So many alcoholics have died looking for "the problem" that made them drink. The wife, family, neighborhood or unemployment was why they though they go...
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Have a good night everybody
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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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Thurs. 8/18/05
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Good morning, my wonderful MIP family
Just wanted to touch base and let you all know I'm fine and say that I hope you all are too. From the looks of the posts being made everyone is rowing their little ole hearts out. Think I'll grab a paddle too.
My memories have subsided some since my last "...
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Checking in....
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Hey everybody, Well the rollercoaster just keeps moving, the miracle is I'm still sober and I haven't thrown-up . I did have a migraine last night.
In the middle of packing up the house, I had to drop everything yesterday morning and drive my husband to the city 100 miles from us, to be checked in to a ho...
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what alcoholics do
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this is what active alkies do. You cannot nor will not change my behavior. You cannot make me treat you better, let alone with any respect. All I care about, all I think about, is my needs and how to go about fufilling them. You are a tool to me, something to use. When I say I love you I am lying th...
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Today,s gift
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Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with. --Mark Twain
We share this planet that supports us. We share it with other living creatures, each one offering a necessary ingredient that nurtures and sustains the continuation of th...
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Early morning thoughts
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Quote:
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