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thought
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Nothing that is worth doing can be done alone, but has to be done with others. --Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr
We who are blessed with a closely-knit family life, where thoughts and actions can be discussed and developed, are aware that what is given is not as important as what is shared. As we help one ano...
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We do have a choice to be happy
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When they take your smile away they might just as well shoot you. --Violet Hensley
Violet is one big smile. And it's not the result of having an easy life. On the contrary, she has worked doubly hard all her life to support her family. However, she has a joyful attitude, and it has made the di...
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Sharing
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Just wish to say Doll....whatever happens tomorrow..IT WILL BE OK....count on it...
If I had maybe.... had the hell scared out of me..when I was 14 or 15..I wouldnt have had to spend over 24 months of my life..on the inside looking out..wondering to myself....what happened and how did I get h...
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Serenity
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That word "serenity" looked like an impossible goal when we first saw the prayer. In fact, if serenity meant apathy, bitter resignation, or stolid endurance, then we didn't even want to aim at it. But we found that serenity meant no such thing. When it comes to us now, it is more as plain recognition -- a...
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giggity ditto ;)
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How many meetings have you made now?
Here's what was suggested to me: 90 meetings in 90 days, put a dollar in a jar at home for every meeting you attend (if you can) at the end of 90 days if AA is not for you, well, you get $90 and your misery refunded.......
Scan the room for sponsor material........
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Off the wagon
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Well im kind falling off the wagon today... Just one of those days.. when you feel that you just really want to drink..
I have decided to drink today..
I have had some and i will no doubt drink more today..
I havnt totaly given up.. I just had to drink today.. ya know.. stupid really..&...
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A Simple Thought For Monday
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The more you try
to force something
for your own benefit,
the less you'll enjoy
what you're seeking
so desperately.
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whith all this help?
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with all this help ,talking ,and understanding,and wisdom why can i not compute it today evry thing in me say to scream i love you ,you stupid bitchbut icant do it alone inside i know she doesnt want it to end anymore than i did/do .butt i just cant seem to stop thinking about them what are they doing ?are th...
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evening drinking
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1935.1
hi all ive come here looking for some support!
im 21 and have a 2 yaer old son and a full time job, i never drink during the day, work hard all day come home clean up bath my son put him to bed and then pour myself a drink.........
last week i drank about 20 pints of...
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today's gift
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I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural, clean in mind and clean in body. . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid. --Elbert Hubbard
Growing up, we learned there were many places to make wish...
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today's thought
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The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. --Walter Babehot
Everyone knew Jacob was a bitter old hermit who hated people. He lived by himself in a cabin in the woods. He never came to town, never talked to anyone, and never put up a mailbox or put in a phone. But he had one thing...
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12 STEP PROGRAMS Available to ALL
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12 STEP PROGRAMS
There are many Twelve Step programs for codependents: Al-Anon, Adult Children of Alcoholics, CoDa, Families Anonymous, Nar-Anon, and more. We have many choices about which kind of group is right for us and which particular group in that category meets our needs. Twelve Step gro...
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ridell me this
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how can you work on a marridge when one of the two parties isnt willing to talk,share,and coexsist,is it pay back from past hurts?cause you cant change any of the past and you cant set the future ,most of us know we have to love now and for this very minute ,butt is that extreme . cause at this moment m...
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day one
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everyday for the past month I have walked out my front door intending on going to a meeting, but chickened out and walked right past it to the beer store.
Today I got up the nerve and walked in the door. I have never been so scared in my life, but I cant wait to go back tomorrow.
How does the sponsor th...
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Daily Reflections Feb 27
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A UNIQUE STABILITY Where does A.A. get its direction? . . . These practical folk then read Tradition Two, and learn that the sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience. . . The elder statesman is the one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who holds no r...
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I survived !
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Well, nothing changes if nothing changes, and my mother has not changed. She tried desperatly to put a week visit into 24 hours ~ I'm exhausted!
Same old same old, my poor sister, her poor children, blah, blah, blah. Didn't ask about ME or MY kid, when I tried to talk to her about what's going on, i.e. my...
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I really need some help
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I'm seeing my girlfriend in Canada in a few days, and I thought I'd stop drinking, she thinks I've stopped drinking.
I haven't, I still sometimes buy a bottle of wine, and a couple of cans a day, I know it's not lots, compared to some people, but I want it to stop!
I want to be good for her, and stable...
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Daily Reflections Feb 26
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NO ORDINARY SUCCESS STORY A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 35 Upon entering A.A. I listened to others talk about the reality of their drinking: loneliness, terror and pain. As I li...
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today's gift
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Disappointment and Frustration
If we blindly accept someone else's beliefs or opinions -- taking them as our own -- then we set ourselves up for disappointment and heartache. If we do not examine another's viewpoint, in the light of our own experiences and abilitie...
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today's thought
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From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began . . . --John Dryden
Our family is like a small orchestra. Each of us has an important part to play. To achieve harmony we tune in to how others are sounding. We recognize that every orchestra needs a conductor, a center for directio...
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Never Forget
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Your presence, is a present to the world. You're unique and one of a kind. Your life can be, what you want it to be. Take the days, just one at a time.
Count your blessings, not your troubles. You'll make it through, whatever comes along. Within you, are so many answers. Understand, have courage, be str...
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Passing of Old Timer Vietnam Rick Miller
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I'm posting this message to contact all whom new Vietnam Rick Miller.
He resided in Bellflower, California, United States of America
Rick was found to have graduated this program on February 22, 2006 in his home. To my knowledge, he had a heart attack. Funeral arraingments and/or memori...
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The MONSTER [asian wife]returns
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Don't know if anyone remembers me and/or my last posts around new years. My wife was the binge drinker that drinks until she pukes 3 to 4 times a year. she is thai, i'm amerikan [just for the record].
maybe i'm generalizing, but having lived in asia for the last 13 yrs i feel that i can hones...
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Yoo Hoo Rob
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FORGIVENESS
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I was thinking this morning about forgiveness. It often seems like something we offer to each other after an insult, some horrible mis-communication, or some hurtful thing has been passed between two people. But this morning, as I considered it, it seemed like much more. First I thoug...
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I WAS SO SERIOUS*BEFORE AA
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The most useless day of all is that in which we have not laughed. --Sebastian R. N. Champort
We are told that laughter is sunshine filling a room. And where there is laughter, there also is life. They say that people who laugh a lot live longer than do the sour-faced. When we laugh together, gratitud...
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hi
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hi there not sure if this is where i post but came across this board whilst looking for somewhere for support in stopping drinking
if this is the right place then hi i am d and if it isn't then if someone could point me in the right direction please
thankyou
xxx
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today
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has been a rough day. i had a good day, so it was suprising that i wanted to use. i was listening to music and the doors came on, and all i wanted to do was acid. its weird though because i usually only want to use when ive had a bad day, and today was good. i hung out with the guy i like, i was with my best friend all d...
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LOVE
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Love must be learned, and learned again and again; there is no end to it. Hate needs no instruction, but only waits to be provoked. --Katherine Anne Porter
We often enter into our relationships believing there is one perfect way to act, and if we can only find that way, we'll be successful...
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my weely bitch
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ok so most of you know i have been sober close to six months now.needless to say im not up for any outstanding pearson awards,but i have tried very hard to right the wrongs (i know there is quit a bite to right)but i started whith me and straighting out some lic issues i have had hanging .i got my lic and i have...
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clean up my HEAD--clean up my SPACE
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Clearing Your Space For Change In life,
we tend to have an easier time acquiring possessions than we do getting rid of them. Just as we harbor emotional baggage that is difficult to let go of, our lives can tend to be filled with material objects that we may feel compelled to hold on to. Most...
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today's gift
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The Evolving Relationship
. . . a partner who provided a place to climb.
Once when climbing rocks with friends, a woman reached a place she decided was impossible to move beyond. She wanted to retreat, but her belayer encouraged her to try again. She felt angry and scared, and she was st...
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Welcome to the Guests
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Hi,
I just noticed that there are 11 Guests here, reading and checking out this Board,
I just want to Extend a Welcome to all of you, and if there is anything you would like to say , please feel free to do so, we all start as Guests. That was how I started, and have enjoyed all of what I have fo...
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It's been a while!
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That power greater than myself is very good to me. Aside from the modem going out, things are starting to get a lot busier.
Being the type of drunk I was, I had many different types of jobs and got basic experiance in several different fields. Most of them were construction and manual labor.
A week or...
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today's thought
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Thoughts--just mere thoughts--are as powerful as electric batteries--as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison. --Frances Hodgson Burnett
The truck was in mud to its axles. Three lumberjacks sat in stony silence in the cab. There they were, stuck in the woods on their way to th...
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Worthy of Love
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Ideally, both members of a couple in love free each other to new and different worlds. --Anne Morrow Lindbergh We cannot possess another's spirit, even though we may desire to do so while struggling to feel love. We must not block one another's invitations for adventure even though we fear being left...
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Toodles !
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So no one wonders or worries. Heading out of town for a couple days, leaving early tomorrow morning. Ya'll keep us in your prayers we're headed "home" to see my parents ~ Could be an "Ouch"! But I'm praying it goes well.
See ya in a few days............ Love and Hugs
Jen
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Say hello to our new member Wernicke Korsakoff
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Oh dear..Had a pm chat with one of our posters, brought to my attention a potential reason for my mild head cold type symptoms and the feeling as though I`m slightly punch drunk all the time. Did some research over the last 24 hours, here`s just a selection of the relevant info. So I r...
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Daily Reflections Feb 24
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A THANKFUL HEART I try to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion that we can ever know. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37 My sponsor told me that I should be a gratefu...
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Compassion...
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Living the Compassionate Life
As human beings we all have the potential to be happy and compassionate people, and we also have the potential to be miserable and harmful to others. The potential for all these things is present within each of us.
If we want to be happy, then the important thing is t...
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today's thought
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In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. --Anne Frank
In the face of being hunted for extermination, Anne Frank could write this from her hiding place in an attic. Was she naive? No. She deeply believed in the goodness of creation and the goodness of all creatu...
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wish I had a happy thought tonight
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but, sorry I don't. My husband is a jerk. right now I just hate him completely. He hates me too. I'll just turn to my journal now, that usually helps some.
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today's thought
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A person's best ally is someone who takes care of herself. --Susan Clarke
Once there was a little girl who was learning to walk. The trouble was, her mother wouldn't let her fall down. Every time she was about to fall, her mother would rush over and catch her.
It was hard to learn how to walk if she co...
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Accepting Change
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Change is:A break in the normal routine. A threat to our security. An alteration in our current life-style. The unknown, the ambiguous, the uncertainty one must face after a loss. The challenging of old beliefs, attitudes, and values after a loss occurs. The modification of current patterns of s...
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willingness
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When all is said and done, willingness is everything. --Frank D.
Most of us adult children know very well that recovery doesn't happen, nor is there any positive growth, unless we are first of all willing.
Sometimes we get confused over the difference between willing and wanting. We...
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Abstinence vs. Recovery
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A familiar story among 12-step program members and within the alcohol/drug abuse treatment community is of an AA newcomer who approached an old timer and said, "You know, I'm starting to connect with these ideas and with you people, but there's one thing that I'm just not getting. What's this 'spiri...
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Pauly....
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Have the wife and kids left for their trip? How are things going, being alone?
Just wanted to check on you. I replied to your other post and then remembered they were suppose to be gone.
Hang in there...
(((Hugs)))
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Daily Reflections Feb 23
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MYSTERIOUS PARADOXES Such is the paradox of A.A. regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one's old life as a condition for finding a new one. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 46 What glorious mysteries paradoxes are! They do not compute, yet when recognized and accepted,...
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BB QUOTE
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"In some circumstances we have gone out deliberately to get drunk, feeling ourselves justified by nervousness, anger, worry, depression, jealousy or the like. But even in this type of beginning we are obliged to admit that our justification for a spree was insanely insufficient in the light of wha...
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PPD
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The Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD)
Essential Feature
The essential feature of the paranoid personality disorder (PPD) is a pattern of pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others; the motives of others are interpreted as malevolent. The suspiciousness may be expressed by overt a...
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