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its a great day for recovery-sept 17
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Today is September 17, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery!
PEOPLE-PLEASING
"I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is try to please everybody." -- Herbert Bayard Swope Part of my recovery is not that I never "people-please" but that...
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thought
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Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all. --Emily Dickinson
We often hum and sing to ourselves because it makes us feel content. It is the melody itself that makes us feel good--words and thoughts do not matter.
Having h...
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todays thought
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The sign must come like dawn. You cannot see its arrival, but know when it is there. --Diane Wakoski
Let us take a break, sit by the river, and watch the current quietly flow. Let's just think, for a moment, about where the current is going, the shores it will brush on its way, the clouds reflected o...
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yes,'tis a great day for recovery
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Today is September 16, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery!
DENIAL
"The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity." -- Oscar Wilde The disease of alcoholism is "cunning, baffling and powerful", and it manipulates us to believe "the lie". There is a point that we reach in our disease whe...
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today's gift
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Taking an inventory helps us know who we really are.
Before calling it a day, let's look honestly at who we were today. Were we thoughtful and courteous to our friends and lovers? Did we criticize them for not living up to our expectations? Did we put ourselves down for not measuring up to the...
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Goodbye and goodluck...
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Thank you all for your kind words and your support. I've decided that AA isn't for me...I feel pretty certain that I will be fine if I just use good judgement and self control. I know that probably sounds like a drunk who just wants to drink again but everyone is different and while some people must stop dr...
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big book
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How many time people have said to us: "I can take it or leave it alone. Why can't he?" "Why don't you drink like a gentleman or quit?" "That fellow can't handle his liquor." "Why don't you try beer and wine?" "Lay off the hard stuff." "His will power must be weak." "He could stop if he wanted to." "She's such...
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mornin
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hi to all just a note things are good here off to work, oh ya, celebrating my eight months birthday today!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks to all of you here:: god bless u wagon 
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too many Zzz's
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For about the last 3 weeks I want to do absolutely NOTHING but SLEEP! I never, my whole life, slept more than 6-7 hrs in a night. And only napped when sick (or hungover). Now, I can take a 2-3 hour nap every afternoon and still hit the bed by 9-10pm and sleep thru the night 8-10 hrs (depending on when I MUST set...
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face life
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Thursday, September 15, 2005
Face life Fear is often much more destructive than that which is feared. Anxiety can often be far more harmful than those things about which you are anxious.
Avoiding effort can be more difficult and time-consuming than the effort itself. Worrying about a negative...
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big book
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More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor. To the outer world he presents his stage character. This is the one he likes his fellows to see. He wants to enjoy a certain reputation, but knows in his heart he doesn't deserve it.
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Hey:) Eh?
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Sometimes, we cannot see a turn on our path, until we reach the bend.
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We must not worry about things which do not work. We must concentrate our energy on things which do work.
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Just because we have not experienced something, does not mean that something is not real...
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Lost For Words
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Yu know guys--A week ago, I was at a dead end. That word "Hope" wasnt in the vocabulary.
I wanted to drink. I wanted to drink bad!! And there some pretty negative thoughts going through this kids mind.
The support from this board and the people on it, is something, I cannot even put into words....
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today's thought
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felt frightened at being different from his brothers and sisters. It scared him to be different. --E. B. White
How ugly and wrong it makes us feel to be different: to be tall when others are short, slow when others are fast, black when others are white.
The miracle, and paradox, is that everyone is d...
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today's gift
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As a sponsor, remember you can carry the word, but not the person.
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When alcoholics are ready, you can't keep the program from them; when they're not, you can't give the program away.
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I didn't get what I wanted from AA; I got what I needed.
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It's a lot easier to stay s...
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Detox - What should I expect?
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I am going to be checking into a detox center within the next couple of days. I am curious as to what to expect. I am a smoker and want to be able to get outside to smoke. I am scared and want some assurances that I will be comfortable. Can anyone who has gone trhough a detox program...
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Help Please
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My husband will be celebrating his 1st birthday on October 10th and I want to do something very original and special for him...Any ideas will be much appreciated...
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today's thought
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Something can't happen every day. You get up, go to work, come back, eat again, enjoy some leisure, go back to bed. Now that's plenty for most folks. --Ntozake Shange
When we were all little kids, before we started school, the days felt so long it seemed like we had time for everything.
But when...
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Hey Tipsy
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You have come a long way fast!!
I thought u were a drunk yerk, F----ing with us.
we care--now u care---just wanted to say good work and glad to have you aboard
see how it works???????
See how we support and like each other ( we have never met...
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I post today's gift and todays thought alot.
do you guy's get these yourselfs or should i keep posting???????
No sense if you don't need them.
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Hare's another one.....
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What's invisible and smells like carrots?
BUNNY FARTS
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Am I an alcoholic?
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I know it's a strange question, and your thinking "if she doesnt know, than she probably is" and thats what I was thinking but everyone is telling me that I'm not. The thing is, my husband is and I have been a member of Alanon for a while now. I am pregnant and obviously havent had a drin...
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Back Home
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Hey guys,
Back Home!!!
My Family Emergency is over. It turned out to be a semi-vacation.
Its nice to get away....even better to get back home again.
I see we have a few newcomers. Welcome!!!
Missed ya"ll...Happy to be back on board.
Nancy Jo
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todays gift
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The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness. --Henry David Thoreau
Life crises seem terrifying and endless when they are happening. As we reflect on these stressful periods, we begin to realize that they provide a chance for change and growth. We get a feeli...
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Thoughts
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Negative imagination is very destructive. Negative imagination fuels our insecurities. When our negative imagination is at work, we must stop our negative imagination, because what our negative imagination is doing, is entangling our insecurities around our soul.
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only post. my story and 4th step
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in first grade there was a girl i can't remember her name, i used to make her let me draw on her butt with magic markers. i stole barbies from my great aunts grandchildren around the age of 10 and when i got caught i told my mom it was an accident. i stole make up from the drugstore, i stole name brand jea...
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The good things...
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I was wondering if you guys and girls would mind sharing with me the good things that have happened in your life since you've quit drinking. I imagine there must be many awesome changes that take place when you stop drinking for an extended period of time. I've only stopped for a week and already I notice...
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...pain is the touchstone.. for Flumpy...
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We hear often in The Program that pain is the touchstone of spiritual progress. We eventually realize that just as the pains of alcoholism had to come before sobriety, emotional turmoil comes before serentiy. We no longer commiserate with all people who suffer, but only with those who suffer in igno...
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duty
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well im off to jury duty again!!!!! seewwhat we can do with a bad guy or girl. have a safe and sober one. god bless you all. wagon
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I wanna kick myself in the ass.
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I am in a deep dark hole that I need to get out of, but I don't know how.
I feel ashamed to be me, too ashmed to tell even my partner of how I feel.
Frightend for my kids that one day soon I might not be here for them.
Pointless going to the doctors...all they do is patt you on the head and send y...
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Checking in
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I have not posted here in a couple of weeks. I am still drinking, but not as much. I am going to be going to a conference in Washington DC this coming weekend. When I return I am probably going to check in to a detox center to get over my withdrawal effects and get off the beer. I wou...
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Jenn and Phil. Have a good day.
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Dad is back playing "Earthquake" for 2 days. I'm the secretary. We wish you all a sober, happy day.
A college class was told they had to write a short story in as few words as possible. The instructions were that the short story had to contain the following three...
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Wendy
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How u doing??
where are u?
Just thinking fo u
Hope all is well
your friend Rick
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Oh no, not again!
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Hi all, I've escaped to terrorise the world with jokes again. As before: Sorry
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I cannot accept And the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off. And also,...
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choices
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Love, a thousand, thousand voices, From night to dawn, from dawn to night, Have cried the passion of their choices To orb your name and keep it bright. --William Rose Benet
We are each in the midst of unique lives, and our choices are based on our own experiences, so it's only natural that they all...
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morning
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I made a list of things to do today I put 2 things on it --that way I'll be pretty sure I can finish it. The 2 things are things my wife wants done. I may be able to start a new list later in the day--no expectations today. I gotta just slooooow down.
Up early see what the day brings...
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Howdy Ya'll !
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Hi my MIP family.
I hope everyone is well tonight.........Just checking in, I suppose. Had a really crappy day at work, nothing new. Same shit, different day. So, I just stayed under the radar and had my own little AA meeting in my head (some are "sicker" than others  ).&nbs...
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*shhh* It's a secret...
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I decided to go to my first AA meeting while my girlfriend was away for a week on business and I was very worried about how she would feel about it. She's a very straight laced, overachieving, well balanced person (what she's doing with me is a mystery) and I was afraid she would think less of me. She knew I w...
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Recovery and Hope :new:
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I wanted to share this web link, it has some great stories on it. I have 85 days today!
http://www.anonymousone.com/stories.htm
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Well McStaggart
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At first I wondered about you, but Im starting to see youre human--just like the rest of here(smile)
We share experience strength and hope.
I remember all those feelings and fear, and wondered what the hell is going on here. These people are accepting me, and care for me, and understand me. Well Ho...
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acceptance
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I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. --Alcoholics Anonymous (The AA Big Book)
Newcomer
Nothing much seems to have changed for me lately. I still have the same problems and issues I had months ago.
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hi found this
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An Old Cowboy's Advice
* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight
and bull-strong.
* Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a
distance.
* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a
John Deere tractor.
* Words t...
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Angelia
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Was great talking with you today, too. Its been a while.
Going down new different roads is scary hu?
Its worse doing it in the dark.
Theres always a light at the end of each tunnel.
I keep looking for the damned switch."On-Off"
Guess there isnt one. lol
Blind faith works. First gear works. B...
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Phil
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Just wanted to say no need to apologize for "taking over the board" whatever the heck that means! You post ALL you want, I do . That's what it's here for.......
Hope you're feeling some better today
You're in my thoughts
Love you
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Hey Phil
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See your here
feel like talking??
I'll give u a ring
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At the risk of sounding callous...
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I am new to this site and have just spent the last few hours reading through some of your threads. I can honestly say with complete sincerity that if this is what "sobriety" looks like I'll pass. I have never seen more depressing negativity in my life...and yes I'll say it, WHINING. If you're so miserabl...
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Rock Bottom
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I am new to AA and have heard many members talk about how a person needs to "hit rock bottom" before they can achieve sobriety. This discourages me because I have not hit what they describe as a typical bottom. I'm not on skid row drinking bottles of cooking sherry out of a paper bag, or waking up in the drun...
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Wisdom for the week
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Two Wolves One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between 2 "wolves" inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy,sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, gui...
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Should I be in AA? (longer)
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I attended my first AA meeting several years ago, because it was court ordered. The situation which resulted in that order did not cause me to loose my job or my family.
I did not attend meetings much past the last month that it was required of me...
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Update...
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Just wanted to update ya'll on what has been going on here. Thursday night I was on the PC, replying to someones post, don't remember who's. I never did finish it. My husbands probation officer knocked on my door looking for him, I told them to go back to his house. I went back, he wasn't there, he'd been th...
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