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Monday PM
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"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
'Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help you creat...
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We are worthy!
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Happy Monday, everyone. How goes it?
Last night's meeting once again reinforced my resolute conviction that we, as recovering alcoholics, are not somehow second-class citizens. There was a newcomer there, on his fourth day of sobreity, very humble, with (literally) hat in hand....
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Rick
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Got your email Bud.
Im no authority on this stuff--and if Im perfectly honest ...know very little..but I will share..
People like to lay guilt trips on other people re their crap......Ive done it.
Then...theres also the blame game...and thats another book..in itself.
Was in a situation.....
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YOU HAVE A PURPOSE !
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Pray to God, but row to shore. --Russian proverb
As each of us gets in touch with the specific ways to serve, it is tempting to judge the importance of our work by comparing it to someone else's achievements. And when that person or group earns more money, receives more praise and recognit...
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Friendship and community are, first of all, inner qualities
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. --Henri J. M. Nouwen
Many of us mistakenly search outside ourselves for answers. We feel small inside and not very powerful. Many of us have tried to change our lives by affecting the people around us. Naturally, when we think of making friends, we assume we would start by getting a frie...
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Overcomming Resentment
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Dealing with resentment and being able to forgive others is a quality which takes a great deal of grace and maturity. The important thing to remember is that bitterness is a poison which harms you far more than the person who has upset you. So working toward forgiveness is a positive act not only for t...
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Daily Reflections Nov. 13
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AA thought..who am i to judge ANYone??
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A.A. Thought for the Day
Who am I to judge other people? Have I proved by my great success in life that I know all the answers? Exactly the opposite. Until I came into A.A., my life could be called a failure. I made all the mistakes one could make. I took all the wrong roads there were to take. On the basis...
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phil
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how r things in my zoo? monkey still in the cage. you have a great day!!! god bless wagon
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The Promises - (again).
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Chris got me thinking ......... I've heard The Promises read so many times at meetings, I realize, sometimes, I'm not really listening, my mind wanders. So, thought I'd post them for anyone else who, like me, can become easily complacent or distracted.
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HEY PHIL
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WELCOME BACK
YES I'M SOMEWHAT STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE******KINDA IN THE MIDDLE OF IT---------
MY DAUGHTER LEFT HER ABUSSIVE MAN**HELPING HER GET AN APARTMENT READY FOR HER. BETTER YET GETTING ONE READY!! BEEN KINDA NUTS HERE --PHONE CALLS --CARS TURNING AROUND IN THE DRIVEWAY, ETC--HO...
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When I grow up........
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When I was a little kid, barely old enough to walk, I used to dream of the day that I would grow up and be an alcoholic. As my life progressed, I longed for the time when I would be able to crash cars and almost kill myself and other people. When I was a teenager and beginning my career as an alcoholic, I loved le...
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Tipsy
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Just a thought;
James Frey, addict/alcoholic, author of "A Million Pieces". He's been clean and sober over 13 yrs and didn't do it thru AA. Or James Christopher's book, How to Stay Sober: Recovery Without Religion. Christopher describes his own "recovery without religion." He foc...
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morning music and gratitude
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I;ve been starting my morning routine, readings, breakfast, etc, while listening to this streaming baroque site-
http://www.bach-radio.com/onair.php
Very serene way to start the day! It is nice to be clean and sober, and able to enjoy this sort of thing.
I'm also feeling very ...
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I guess I just don't want it bad enough
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I've abandoned the idea of "faith" for too long, I cant deal with turning over my will and my life to some mystical higher power. I don't want to spend the rest of my life struggling and fighting for the scraps of some elusive happiness and fleeting sense of peace and serenity. I dont want to be some religi...
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Change of plans...
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Well, one day at a time...my plans to go to the city for the AA Gratitude meeting have changed, so I will not be going. I'm okay with not going, not so thrilled about what I'll be doing instead but will grin and have a good time anyway, that's my choice today.I would have loved to spent time wit...
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thought.........
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God grant me the laughter to help me see the past with perspective, face the future with hope, and celebrate today--- without taking myself too seriously.
God, grant me the laughter to help me see the past with perspective, face the future with hope, and celebrate today--- without taking my...
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i am POWERLESS
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You are reading from God Grant Me . . . Turn your wounds into wisdom. OPRAH WINFREY We’ve all been hurt. We all carry scars from the healing of wounds—big ones and small ones. In early recovery, we think about those wounds and how we got them and what we might have done differently if we could do it all ove...
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what happened to LIVE and LET live????
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hey all, i wrote this on the end of my *justice* post, and really should have done a new post on it........geeeeez can i just work my program the best way that is best for me?????? or have the "sugesstions" now become RULES???????
below is what i wrote in respo...
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Just Sharing for Today
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Acceptance is not a state of passivity or inaction. Acceptance is, in fact, the first step to successful action. If you don't fully accept a situation precisely the way it is, you will have difficulty changing it. Moreover, if you don't fully accept the situation, you will never really know if...
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Hey eh?
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Back in the saddle. How we all doin? (Smile)
EASY DOES IT ....... KEEP IT SIMPLE........ LIVE AND LIVE LIVE......... LET IT GO...SOMEONE ELSE RUNS THE SHOW.......AND ME THINKS ITS GOING TO SNOW.... HAVE A NICE DAY
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY
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No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it. --Ellen Glasgow
Jimmy and Karen were out catching insects for their science class. Jimmy had caught a gray moth and Karen a monarch butterfly.
"My moth sure isn't very pretty," Jimmy said as he looked at the two insects. "Now...
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nobody's gonna GIVE me justice....i gotta TAKE it
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i decided that wendy/ amanda and rick are right!!!! i belong ANYwhere i THINK i belong.....
so i am gonna post as i dang well please becuz i know my posts help / reach people......so here is my take on "JUSTICE"
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Nobody can give yo...
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TODAY'S GIFT
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Don't worry if your job is small, and your rewards are few. Remember that the mighty oak, Was once a nut like you. --Anonymous
We feel better about ourselves when we can laugh at ourselves a bit. All it takes is a little attitude adjustment. For example, if I decide to learn to ski and my first day out I fa...
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TODAY'S GIFT 11/11
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Don't waste your time hating a failure. --Clarissa Pickola Estes
We are members of the human community. We make mistakes as we trek through this forest. We must remember that our mistakes offer us opportunities for new understanding. If we lived without error, our lives would be static, unch...
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My opinion..... What's yours?
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There have been some interesting topics here lately and here's one I'm curious about.....
My F2F has a few that use the "marijuana maintenance program." One of them has no problem sharing this. I guestion the word "maintenance". In my opinion, that's the biggest load of horse...
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Will it ever end????
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These ups and downs. My moods have been all over the place. I had to take a walk the other day because my wife and boys were arguing. I found myself bitching at God and begging for an answer. If anybody would have saw me they probably would have thought I was a raving lunatic.
Good Grief! I'm going to meeti...
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WHY the attraction to other alkies???
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Hope for Today - November 8
Why am I so attracted to alcoholics? I dwelled on that question for more than five years. Then while listening to an adult child speaker at Al-Anon's First International Convention, I had an unexpected spiritual awakening. It occurred to me that my m...
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thankyou
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To everyone here for your undertanding and supportive replys, I reacted to a situation with my partner last friday by picking up a drink and then running with it by projecting an outcome that didnt happen, My partner came home from work and instead of playing the end game I had built up in my head, she sat...
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Today...
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Morning all. Just thought I put a gratitude list down today...
Today I am grateful...
that my Mom taught me how to thread a needle, so I could fix a hem at 5 am for my daughter.
that the buck I almost hit with my car last night is eating my grass this morning. What a beautiful sight.
that God, in his wi...
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Freak out...
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I went to a small big book meeting for the first time last night. It's a private meeting that my temp sponsor got me into with about 11 other guys in it who are all really decent stand up dudes from what I could tell. All very committed to their sobriety but still able to have a great time and laugh about it all...
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Today's Thought
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Today's thought is:
I have an intense desire to return to the womb. Anybodys!
--Woody Allen
Some days the world just doesn't seem safe. Maybe a friend died and you are hurting. Maybe you argued with a loved one. You just want someone to take care of you. You want to feel safe and warm.
Turn...
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Day 14
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Not all that impressive unless you take into account that it's the second longest stretch of sobriety I've had since I started drinking 15 years ago.
I'm feeling pretty good, fairly strong, resolute...I read the literature, go to lots of meetings, share. I try to meet as many people as I can and ho...
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hello
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REally busy trying to get an apartment ready for my daughter. She left her abussive man and needs my help. Been flat out for 3 or 4 days. hope all is well for all of you
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BB
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"There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation. But we saw that it really worked in others..." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 25~
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don't ask why
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I posted this before
I always say to myself don't ask why
The Questions God Answers
By Dr. Robert Schuller
We often ask: "When will help come?" "When will this pain cease?" "When will my faltering faith be restored?" When? was the question asked again and again by the Old Testament pr...
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Giving advice
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There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you've worked on your own corner. --Aldous Huxley
Taking responsibility for our own attitudes, acti...
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leaving the board..i'll never forget you all
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hi guys,
after careful thinking about it, i feel i don't belong on this board.
i am going to stick with the alanon/coda/acoa boards, because , basically my issues are codependency
i came here because i DID, B4 recovery abuse alcohol...i wasn't ready/able to face my demons...
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last night i cried AND had minor slip
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hey y'all, i just gotta share this with you guys
last night i saw this movie about a guy who had lived with this woman, she had a baby, a boy, whom the guy thought was his...well he wasn't, she had fooled aroudn on him while they were living together, an...
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Live and let live.
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Reflection for the Day
The slogan "Live and Let Live" can be extremely helpful when we are having trouble tolerating other people's behavior. We know for certain that nobody's behavior - no matter how offensive, distasteful or vicious - is worth the price of a relapse. Our own recovery is...
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Congratulations jb
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Way to go jb, two weeks sober!  
I know that it is a miracle, we only have to do it one day at a time.....Keep doing what your doing.
(((Hugs)))
GammyRose -- Edited by GammyRose at 10:08, 2005-11-10
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are you grateful??????
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I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels.
SORRY--THIS POST WAS BETTER--CAN'T GET THE WHOLE THING TO GO -- Edited by Rick at 05:11, 2005-11-09
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My Life on life's terms
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Just because I'm in recovery and sober today, does not mean my life is a bed of roses. It does not mean I'll get a raise at work and be running the company soon, that my kid won't get into trouble, that I won't lose someone I love, that financial difficulties will go away, or that I'll be "miss happy su...
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LIFE
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Question????
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Hey guys, Mikel brought up something in the post below that I'm wondering about. Does anyone else know anyone else that's in the program who admits to having a glass of wine everynight?(Sorry, what Mikel said was every Friday night,but still?) I mean in the program of AA...I just have ne...
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Daily Reflections Nov. 9
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Alcohol KILLS
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My 42 year old friend will be buried tomorrow. Just thought I'd share an article regarding alcohol and the liver. It also causes kidney failure, heart failure, bleeding ulcers, and on and on.........
Alcoholic Liver Disease
By Howard J. Worman, M. D.
Alcohol abuse is a leading cause of morbid...
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todays gift11/8
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I have become quite good at blocking out what I don't want to hear or notice.
I have become such an expert at this that, even when not in crisis, I don't hear what other people are saying, including my children. I can be looking straight ahead at the television and not know what I'm watching. Th...
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today's gift 11/7
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So when you are listening to somebody, Completely, attentively, then you are Listening not only to the words, but also To the feeling of what is being conveyed, To the whole of it, not part of it. --J. Krishnamurti
Most of us are better talkers than listeners. When someone is talking we of...
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Back In! (really frickin' frustrated)
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Thanks gang- I'm happy to say that we got things straightened out at the meetings. I vented there as I did here and it was understood.
I probably pissed a few off in the process but there is nothing I can do about it right now. I apologized for my outburst. It was suprising to me that many of the "oldtime...
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