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today's gift
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Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. --Gerald Brenan
As teenagers, most of us were very self-conscious and concerned about how we looked to others. That was a normal stage in development. But, for many of us, our addictions beg...
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conditions
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we set them, others set them, we get let down, but life goes on
i can stew on it or make pie...
jeez, did any of that make sense???
i am going ahead with my road trip plans, i don't care what happens or who thinks what, where, when, why or how!!!!
i just looked up meetings in calgary, wow theres a ton of...
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10/6 THOUGHT
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What we do upon some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are: and what we already are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline. --H. P. Viddon
In the ninth inning of the baseball game with a tie score and the bases loaded, the batter hit a home run. The fans and the t...
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Daily Reflections Oct 7
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DAILY MONITORING
   
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8 Stages of Sobriety
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1. Surrender. So absolutely important in my recovery. After recognizing I had a problem with booze I found out the only way to win was to surrender. To admit I was, without a doubt, beaten.
2. Uncertainty: Coupled with fear. Will I be the same? What is going to become of me? Will I really stop drinking j...
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finally!!!!!
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i'm going to Calgary this weekend!!!!!!! to see my mom and my sister!!!
i very rarely get a whole weekend off, and it so happens that this weekend is thanksgiving for us here in canada
i'm so excited!!! my mom says she is too.
i haven't seen them now for a couple of years
my sister asked if i could ta...
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DISEASE - Noun
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TODAY
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Today I will delete from my diary
two days: yesterday and tomorrow
Yesterday was to learn
and tomorrow will be the consequence
of what I can do today.
 
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What's up Tipsy?
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Hey man. Haven't seen you around this site for a about a day now. How you holding up? Made it to a meeting yet?
Inquiring minds want to know. 
Hugs,
Doll
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Blizzard of '05
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Well, we've made it through the first winter storm of the season! We went for 12 hours without electricity because the heavy wet snow, combined with the high winds, knocked down a lot of trees and powerlines! October 5 is absurdly early, EVEN for this far north!
Got kinda chilly living...
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Thoughts For Thursday
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Its amazing how someone can break your heart but you can still love them with e v e r y broken peice of it ..
Love doesnt require you to be p e r f e c t but it does require you to f o r g i v e
Love isnt finding the perfect person its seeing a imperfect person perfectly
Sometimes you just gotta figure .. if an...
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hello everone
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hey guys took the day off work going to see my son in college for most of the day, have lunch and just visit. i been looking forward to this.maybe stop at walmart for i have not been in a walmart yet. yep to busy drinking before. man what a life i had. evey one stay safe today god bless u wagon
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Daily Reflections 10/6
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FACING OURSELVES    
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Hi Y'all
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Sitting here watching the first snow of the season sift down...I am always amazed at how clean it looks. Snowball fight anyone???
Love cheri
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ANOTHER "ism"
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Well, MIP family, still no word from John. I emailed him this morning and asked "what's going" on, he read it, but has yet to answer, he may have emailed me at home, I'll find out in a few hours. In the meantime I've been trying to figure this all out. Some of you may be aware of this other " ISM ",...
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Ladies, Thank you
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Today is a new day. I will not sit on my pity pot over John today. I will not allow him to rent space in my head today. I pray I will learn from this experience and I will grow from it. My recovery comes first, without that, nothing else matters.
Nothing happens by mistake. And *God don...
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Mikel........
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Just checking on ya! How you holding up today?
Keep posting.
You're in my thoughts
Doll
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Yep! I've been dumped
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And the bad part is, he hasn't even bothered to tell me yet. Still no phone call, no email. I am OK, other than a bit frustated as to WHY all of a sudden....... another woman is my guess........... ya'll pray for my obsessing over WHY to end soon. It's better today than ye...
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Hello There
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Hi. I'm Mikel, and I'm an alcoholic. Boy, am I ever. Two days ago, when I found myself purchasing a fifth of Wellers at ten in the morning, it suddenly gripped me by the gonads: This has to stop. So I went home, went to the Internet, found a detox hospital, and checked mys...
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Hey Rick...
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Good to see you back friend. It's been kind of quiet here without you and Phil. How was your trip? Going to Colorado are you? I'm getting a bit envious....
(((Hugs)))
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Am I normal?
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A normal alcoholic I mean...because it's day five and I feel weird. I feel like I can't concentrate, I feel tense and my muscles kind of ache, and I'm really hypersensitive and cranky. I've quit for spurts here and there before but I don't remember feeling this way. Is this what happens when you sto...
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big book
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Big Book On Line
Now available The Big Book Online Fourth Edition - Table of Contents ... V. The Religious View on AA · html · VI. How to Get in Touch With AA · html ... www.aa.org/bigbookonline/en_tableofcnt.cfm - 8k - Cached - Similar pagesget bored ,want to do some reading, i use this w...
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Daily Reflections 10/05
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Yesterday's Baggage
For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong. 12 Steps and 12 Traditions p.88
I have mor...
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Surrender story for Tipsy
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Hi Tip,
I can't really define surrender, but I can share my story with you. I think for each of us, it is a personal thing- this surrender and being powerless- but I can sure tell you what happened with me. If it helps you or anyone else, it's worth telling.
I had my first drink when I was 14...
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Wendy...
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I just wanted to say I hope you are having a good day. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Have you got the car running yet?
(((Hugs)))
GammyRose
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A little humor to brighten the day
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A Minneapolis couple decided to go to Florida to thaw out during a >particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the same hotel where >they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier. Because of hectic >schedules, it was
>difficult to coordinate their travel schedules. > >So...
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life
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Today is October 4, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery!
LIFE
"I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today." -- William Allen White Today I have confidence in my life and I am experiencing consistency in my behavior and attitude. In recovery, things follow a nat...
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Daily Reflections 10/4
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........we know that the pains of drinking had to come before sobriety, and emotional turmoil before serenity. 12&12 p. 94 (my favorite!) I love spending time in my garden feeding and pruning my beautiful flowers. One day, as I was busily snipping away, a neighbor stopped by. She comment...
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Today I Will Remember
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I posted this about a month ago, guys. Hope no one minds the "repost". I need it today, maybe someone else does also.
Much love, Doll
We're often told that alcoholics and other addictive persons are perfectionists, impatient about any shortcomings - especially our own. We tend t...
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Today sucks
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I'm sorry, I don't mean to be so negative but sobriety better get more attractive pretty damn fast our I'm going to crawl inside a bottle and not come out until spring :(
I feel restless, grumpy and fat.
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What's Up?
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I just ducked in to see what's happenin'. How is everybody doing?
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FamMon
Serenity Now!
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"I" have become unmanageable
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well..i had a horrible sleep the other night..after 7 or so drinks, had to work yesterday, was very tired
yup, actions and consequences...was it worth it????....NO
all i know is today i will not drink!!!!!!'
i admit i am powerless over alcohol and I have become unmanageable
hugs, Wendy
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ACTION AND CONSEQUENCE
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ACTION AND CONSEQUENCE The actions you take have consequences, and some of those consequences can be painful. Yet life would be hopelessly more painful if there were no consequences. If actions had no consequences, there would be no reliable way to achieve anything. There would be no way for you to d...
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Daily Reflections 10/03
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SERENITY AFTER THE STORM
Someone who knew what he was talking about once remarked that pain was the touchstone of all spiritual progress. How heartily we AA's can agree with him...... 12&12 pp 93-94
When on the roller coaster of emotional turmoil, I remember that growth is often painful. My...
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And then there were two...
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Two whole days have gone by and I feel pretty good. Sundays are somewhat difficult for me because it's my custom to meet up with my drinking associates and swill beer in whatever neighborhood pub we haven't recently been thrown out of. It's usually a very relaxing day and normally I don't get too wasted...
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I'm waving a pair of my white undies and it aint helping...
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I am somewhat confused by something and I'm hoping one of you can help me. I hear the word "surrender" being used often and while dictionary.com defines it as...
"dr)
v. sur·ren·dered, sur·ren·der·ing, sur·ren·ders
v. tr.
1. To relinquish possession or control of to another becau...
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I didnt get drunk tonight
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Instead I stayed home and watched 'Bowling For Columbine' with my dog. I guess I'll still wake up with a bitch but least I wont wake up hungover :)
My resolve is so darn strong on day one! I usually crack around day six. Any tips for day six?
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Happy Sober Sunday Morn'!
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Sunday morning has always been a great day of the week for me. I reminds me of rebirth. Change can happen!
Another good point, I have finished all of my taped TV shows from the week. I have 2 VCR's & multiple tapes...confusion is very easy as I tape a lot of s...
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Im outa here!! and on vacation from me:)
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Taking 10 days guys and going South to spend time with a buddy.
Kickin back--smokin good cigars-relaxing-enjoying-and hitting a few meetings, and meeting some new freinds.
And Doll? Im sure wele make a point of hookin up. You smoke cigars?? lol
The only concern I have is getting these Canadia...
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Emotional Sobriety
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This letter appeared in the "Grapevine" January 1958. Bill suffered from acute chronic depressions for the first 14 years of his sobriety. "I think that many oldsters who have put our AA "booze cure" to severe but successful tests still find they often lack emotional sobriety. Perhaps they will be t...
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Still waiting
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Hi all. I hope everyone has had a great, sober day..... I worked my butt off. I'm probably the only person I know who hates Saturdays ! I just try to be grateful to have a job, some days it's hard.
Today was a tough one for me........ I saw John Tuesday night and chick...
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Wendy
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You are appreciated, and loved, by each and every one of us, on this board.
You keep comming back, and you keep trying Gal. Thats what matters.... and you are a big
part of the support system we share here.
You do, what you gotta do for you, and noone judges you, or critisizes yo...
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CAM
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Well done on 44 days.
I just wanted to say I hope you don't wait for the "urge" to "find" a meeting. I hope you all ready have a plan of action, should that time arise........
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Acceptance
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For some of us there is no hope or light at the end of the tunnel. We will drink forever and slowly watch our lives deteriorate until we die. I realize now that this is my fate, I accept it, I will stop trying to fight what is in my nature. I know that I will flush everything good in my life down the toilet one dou...
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Fear Of The Unknown
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The deepest darkest fear In all the world dwells in our Mind. It never eats it never sleeps But it waits with infinite patience Upon when to strike its prey
You
Like a leech, it feeds off the Deepest and most hateful emotions, Churning and seething until one dark moon less night, You stare out in...
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hi guys
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hey everyone!!! everything good here with me,just been keeping real busy.still trying to hit a few meeting a week. my oldest son is off to college that was a test for me, of some lomesome for him,but i put it in god hands and as time passes it get easier, or maybe god is takin care of things. just want to say h...
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The difference a day makes
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Yesterday I posted about accepting the fact that I'm a drunk and will be a drunk forever and that there wasn't anything or anybody who could help me . I had a few hundred dollars in my wallet and was just about to leave to meet up with my drinking buddies and get wasted when I posted it. And I did go out and get d...
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the noise of optimism:)
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Today is October 1, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery!
LAUGHTER
"We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can." -- Will Rogers When I first heard recovering alcoholics laughing, I thought I was in the wrong place. I was angry that they treated the disease so lightly. Then s...
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Here's My Story
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I am 18 years old. I am an only child. My mom drank when I was a little kid, but I didn't know. Then she got help(voluntarily on her own) and quit(possibly I'm unsure if this is true). When I was about 8 years old she got in a relationship with a drinker and started drinking again(or she may have never s...
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hugs
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just thinking about my friends who aren't popping in so often....
Cheri???
how are you doing??
OP???
miss ya, hope you are well
Rick??
are you safe and smilin'???
Ellen???
are you out there??
i saw nancy-jo below, hugs to ya
how are you feeling Phil and gammy???
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