Alcoholics Anonymous

GammyRose · GammyRose

Hey guys, I need to share a little about a friend who killed himself this week. He was 30 years old, had 3 small children and this awful disease consumed his life.He had gone to treatment, but never was able to get sober, then he started doing drugs. As I sat next to my daughter and so...

Phil · Phil

Before we can become self-affirming, we need to learn about the effects of negativism in our lives. Negative self-scripts are the:Negative beliefs you have about yourself and of which you remind yourself daily.Negative statements about yourself which sprinkle your everyday conversation...

Kay · Kay

i dont know if im ready to go to a AA meeting. im pretty scared too becuase then i feel like im really an alcoholic. when in reality i dont know. sometimes its very bad, but sometimes i can control it. or is it control? im kinda scared too that what will i do instead of drinking to numb my problems? that sounds...

Doll · Doll

"The Hangover" 1. You'd rather have a pencil poked in your eye than be exposed to sunlight. 2. Trying to gain control of the situation, you continue to tell your room to "stay still." 3. Looking at yourself in the mirror induces the same reaction as chugging a glass of fresh paint. 4. You're convinced...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Payoffs from Destructive Relationships Sometimes it helps to understand that we may be receiving a payoff from relationships that cause us distress.The relationship may be feeding into our helplessness or our martyr role.Maybe the relationships feeds our need to be needed, enhancing our s...

Phil · Phil

Risk Taking is Free To laugh is to risk appearing the fool, To weep is to risk appearing sentimental, To reach out for another is to risk involvement, To expose feelings is to risk exposing true self, To place your ideas, your dreams before the crowd is to risk their loss, To love is to risk not being l...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Hope for Today - October 10 Sometimes I need to work Step One backwards.I don't always recognize when I'm powerless, but I certainly notice when my life becomesunmanageable. Then I remember that usually when I'm feeling insane, I'm forgetting my powerlessnessand trying to control outcomes or oth...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose. --Billie Holiday Our struggles with other people always take their toll on us. They often push us to behavior we're not proud of. They may result in irreparable rifts. They frequently trigger an emotional relapse. No battle is worth the damage to t...

Phil · Phil

You have a good trip my freind. And stay sober hu? :) If you find the need to make a call when youre gone-just pick up a phone, and call 1-519-369-5631.Collect-- Ile be around here somewhere, or one of my daughters will be. If no answer--keep tryin. Been told by the Doc to d...

Doll · Doll

 If somebody hurts us and we are sore, we are in the wrong also.  

FraKctured · FraKctured

I haven't been able to attend any meetings in the past week because of work and everything else. I feel myself trying to make excuses to drink. I DJed a party tonight and had a lot of intoxicated folks in my face all night. Many offered to buy me a drink. I said "sure, a Pepsi or Coke would be nice." Some see...

Doll · Doll

1. We admitted that we were powerless over seriousness -- that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that only by lightening up could we achieve a state of non-seriousness. 3. Made a decision to turn our constant self-criticism over to our sense of humor and learn to "lovingly and whol...

Phil · Phil

Just dropping in to say hi to everyone here-been outa commission for a couple days--could be a few more yet-but am home, and glad to be. My best to all of you.

Doll · Doll

I'm intrigued by the fact you call yourself an old hippie. Just curious if you'd like to share what puts you in that catagory? I happen to be a "new" hippie. Found The Dead about 20 yrs ago and it changed my life!! Hope you'll share.

Doll

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Order "We emphasize setting our house in order because it brings us relief."Basic Text p. 93 Focusing on what others are doing can provide momentary relief from having to take a look at ourselves. But one of the secrets of success in Narcotics Anonymous is making sure our own house is i...

Doll · Doll

Today I will try to remember that when I feel down everything I do seems to come out wrong. When my self-pity begins to build, I will stop, rest, gather my thoughts, and ask my Higher Power for help. God reminds me there is a tomorrow and that I can begin anew by living one day at a ti...

Rick · Rick

Phil called on friday night and ask me to say hello to all. He hopes to be back on soon. I am leaving for a hunting trip on WED and probably won't be online untill Nov 1 or so. I may try tp get in touch with him today but for now He's doing good. I've been so busy trying to get ready th...

Doll · Doll

 

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

hi am rosie, and i abused alcohol to escape the pain of my childhood abuse.....my beer/wine was my **tranquilizer*......when life was ok??? i was ok with having a beer and stopping....but life was not **ok* very often, so i would, at night, drink till i got a buzz on and fantasize a...

wagon · wagon

The Serenity Prayer God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sin...

Rick · Rick

Learn what you are and be such. --Pindar The most precious gift we can give those closest to us is honesty. Yet we often hide our true selves from friends, fearing we won't be accepted or loved if we let them see the real us. Often, we show parts of ourselves that hide who we really are. We have often h...

Rick · Rick

People have a need to feel their pain. Very often pain is the beginning of a great deal of awareness. As an energy, it awakens consciousness. --Arnold Mindell Better the Pain Than to Remain the Same The Barbara I met at my high school reunion was not the same person I had known a dec...

Rick · Rick

Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality. -Les Brown

Kay · Kay

how am i supposed to knwo ifi have a driniking problem? im 18 and i drink with friends at parties and such i do however drink by myself sometime s before igo to bed i love wine but i drink vodka to get drunk or jsut to fall asllep kinda like now i donno if i need help or if this is norma...

Kay · Kay

i just wanted to thank everyone for ur help. i found this site last night when i finished drinking my problems away for the night. after going through ur posts and web sites, i realized that yes i do have a problem. i just dont know how to fix it. im not a terrible alcoholic but im surly on my way there. its t...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

A New Pattern Of Living "We suspect that if we do not use what we have, we will lose what we have." Basic Text p. 75 Addiction gave a pattern to our lives, and with it a meaning - a dark, diseased meaning, to be sure, but a meaning nonetheless. The recovery program gives us a new pattern of living to r...

wantneeda · wantneeda

Today is October 6, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery! FORGIVENESS "Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." -- Hannah Arendt Early in sobriety I found it easy to forgive others but hard to forgive myself. This kept me sick and negative, even in recovery, because I was unable to p...

Rick · Rick

There are two kinds of slaves, the prisoners of addiction, and the prisoners of envy. --Ivan Ilich No emotion brings us more personal pain or wastes more of our time than envy. When we envy, we are never free from stress, because envy takes no holidays. Shakespeare called envy the green sicknes...

Cabbageheadchris · Cabbageheadchris

Hi all. I survived the stag weekend, but not sober, really fluffed up and got wasted 3 nights running. I've got video footage of me running into the sea naked at 3am and then losing all my clothes, my friends had to dress me and carry me off the beach. I'm lucky to have friends that would do that. Totally p...

Doll · Doll

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

There are two kinds of slaves, the prisoners of addiction, and the prisoners of envy. --Ivan Ilich No emotion brings us more personal pain or wastes more of our time than envy. When we envy, we are never free from stress, because envy takes no holidays. Shakespeare called envy the green sickness....

wantneeda · wantneeda

ARIES Drinking style: Impulsive Aries people like to party and sometimes don't know when to call it a night. Their competitive streak makes them prone to closing time shot contests. They're sloppy, fun drunks, and they get mighty flirty after a couple tipples. Getting Aries people drunk is a good wa...

Sick of being sick · Sick of being sick

Since I really got back on this sobriety business, I've found that, once in a while, especially after a little "channeling" (sort of like a meditative poking around in the subconscious closet of the mind) that I can find my brain has left the station without me. It's actu...

Doll · Doll

 

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

hi , i am rosie, recovering alcoholic......i cannot remember if this is off the "NA" daily or the "AA" daily.....i read both because i get so much out of them both!!!!! so i hope it is ok, that i gave my take on this daily with you all......peace/ rosie....... i kno...

Phil · Phil

Effects of Traumatic Experiences A National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet by Eve B. Carlson, Ph.D. and Josef Ruzek, Ph.D. When people find themselves suddenly in danger, sometimes they are overcome with feelings of fear, helplessness, or horror. These events are called traumatic experiences. So...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Depending On Our Higher Power "As recovering addicts, acoas, or codas, we find that we are still dependent, but our dependence has shifted from the things around us to a loving God and the innerstrength we get in our relationship with Him."Basic Text pp.67-68 For many addicts, rebelliousness is s...

TipsyMcStagger · TipsyMcStagger

How lucky we are that our "disease" can be cured simply by not picking up a bottle of booze again...if only cancer patients or diabetics could be so fortunate! Please people, be honest with yourselves...it's a character defect, like picking your nose in public or not covering your mouth when you...

TipsyMcStagger · TipsyMcStagger

I dont exactly know the proper way to do it, I'm not sure if there's some sort of protocol or etiquette, all I know is that I am totally hopeless on my own...alcohol is too strong for me, it's beaten me and without help it will always have me in it's grip. This morning I prayed, pleaded and sucked up to god as b...

Rick · Rick

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...

wantneeda · wantneeda

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...

Rick · Rick

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...

Doll · Doll

DAILY MONITORING     &nb...

Doll · Doll

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...

wantneeda · wantneeda

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...

Doll · Doll

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Phil · Phil

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.   ...

Doll · Doll

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

Sick of being sick · Sick of being sick

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...

Phil · Phil

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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	Sharing... (Preview) Hey guys, I need to share a little about a friend who killed himself this week. He was 30 years old, had 3 small children and this awful disease consumed his life.He had gone to treatment, but never was able to get sober, then he started doing drugs. As I sat next to my daughter and so...	GammyRose	6	616	Oct 10, 2005 by cheri
	Affirmations (Preview) Before we can become self-affirming, we need to learn about the effects of negativism in our lives. Negative self-scripts are the:Negative beliefs you have about yourself and of which you remind yourself daily.Negative statements about yourself which sprinkle your everyday conversation...	Phil	0	632	Oct 10, 2005 by Phil
	not ready? (Preview) i dont know if im ready to go to a AA meeting. im pretty scared too becuase then i feel like im really an alcoholic. when in reality i dont know. sometimes its very bad, but sometimes i can control it. or is it control? im kinda scared too that what will i do instead of drinking to numb my problems? that sounds...	Kay	7	710	Oct 10, 2005 by HumbleOne
	A little humor I can relate to ! (Preview) *"The Hangover"* 1. You'd rather have a pencil poked in your eye than be exposed to sunlight. 2. Trying to gain control of the situation, you continue to tell your room to "stay still." 3. Looking at yourself in the mirror induces the same reaction as chugging a glass of fresh paint. 4. You're convinced...	Doll	3	585	Oct 10, 2005 by Mikel
	payoffs from bad relationships (Preview) Payoffs from Destructive Relationships Sometimes it helps to understand that we may be receiving a payoff from relationships that cause us distress.The relationship may be feeding into our helplessness or our martyr role.Maybe the relationships feeds our need to be needed, enhancing our s...	rosie light shines	6	587	Oct 10, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Taking a Risk? (Preview) *Risk Taking is Free* To laugh is to risk appearing the fool, To weep is to risk appearing sentimental, To reach out for another is to risk involvement, To expose feelings is to risk exposing true self, To place your ideas, your dreams before the crowd is to risk their loss, To love is to risk not being l...	Phil	1	661	Oct 10, 2005 by rosie light shines
	WOW!! big lesson on surrender (Preview) Hope for Today - October 10 Sometimes I need to work Step One backwards.I don't always recognize when I'm powerless, but I certainly notice when my life becomesunmanageable. Then I remember that usually when I'm feeling insane, I'm forgetting my powerlessnessand trying to control outcomes or oth...	rosie light shines	0	594	Oct 10, 2005 by rosie light shines
	bending with the wind (Preview) *Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose. --Billie Holiday* Our struggles with other people always take their toll on us. They often push us to behavior we're not proud of. They may result in irreparable rifts. They frequently trigger an emotional relapse. No battle is worth the damage to t...	rosie light shines	0	518	Oct 10, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Rick (Preview) You have a good trip my freind. And stay sober hu? :) If you find the need to make a call when youre gone-just pick up a phone, and call 1-519-369-5631.Collect-- Ile be around here somewhere, or one of my daughters will be. If no answer--keep tryin. Been told by the Doc to d...	Phil	0	662	Oct 10, 2005 by Phil
	Daily Reflections Oct 10 (Preview)  If somebody hurts us and we are sore, we are in the wrong also.	Doll	1	758	Oct 10, 2005 by Phil
	I need a meeting (Preview) I haven't been able to attend any meetings in the past week because of work and everything else. I feel myself trying to make excuses to drink. I DJed a party tonight and had a lot of intoxicated folks in my face all night. Many offered to buy me a drink. I said "sure, a Pepsi or Coke would be nice." Some see...	FraKctured	3	929	Oct 9, 2005 by FraKctured
	Over-Serious Anonymous 12 Step Program (Preview) 1. We admitted that we were powerless over seriousness -- that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that only by lightening up could we achieve a state of non-seriousness. 3. Made a decision to turn our constant self-criticism over to our sense of humor and learn to "lovingly and whol...	Doll	3	1207	Oct 9, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Hi (Preview) Just dropping in to say hi to everyone here-been outa commission for a couple days--could be a few more yet-but am home, and glad to be. My best to all of you.	Phil	6	663	Oct 9, 2005 by Doll
	Hey! Dan? (Preview) I'm intrigued by the fact you call yourself an old hippie. Just curious if you'd like to share what puts you in that catagory? I happen to be a "new" hippie. Found The Dead about 20 yrs ago and it changed my life!! Hope you'll share. Doll	Doll	5	624	Oct 9, 2005 by GammyRose
	putting my house in order (Preview) Order "We emphasize setting our house in order because it brings us relief."Basic Text p. 93 Focusing on what others are doing can provide momentary relief from having to take a look at ourselves. But one of the secrets of success in Narcotics Anonymous is making sure our own house is i...	rosie light shines	0	1069	Oct 9, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Today I Will Remember (Preview) Today I will try to remember that when I feel down everything I do seems to come out wrong. When my self-pity begins to build, I will stop, rest, gather my thoughts, and ask my Higher Power for help. God reminds me there is a tomorrow and that I can begin anew by living one day at a ti...	Doll	0	586	Oct 9, 2005 by Doll
	hello from phil (Preview) Phil called on friday night and ask me to say hello to all. He hopes to be back on soon. I am leaving for a hunting trip on WED and probably won't be online untill Nov 1 or so. I may try tp get in touch with him today but for now He's doing good. I've been so busy trying to get ready th...	Rick	2	598	Oct 9, 2005 by Doll
	Daily Reflections Oct 9 (Preview)	Doll	0	727	Oct 9, 2005 by Doll
	for newbees...a light hearted look at the steps (Preview) hi am rosie, and i abused alcohol to escape the pain of my childhood abuse.....my beer/wine was my *tranquilizer......when life was ok??? i was ok with having a beer and stopping....but life was not *ok very often, so i would, at night, drink till i got a buzz on and fantasize a...	rosie light shines	4	641	Oct 9, 2005 by Rick
	serenity prayer (Preview) The Serenity Prayer God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sin...	wagon	2	815	Oct 9, 2005 by Rick
	10/8 THOUGHT (Preview) *Learn what you are and be such. --Pindar* The most precious gift we can give those closest to us is honesty. Yet we often hide our true selves from friends, fearing we won't be accepted or loved if we let them see the real us. Often, we show parts of ourselves that hide who we really are. We have often h...	Rick	0	643	Oct 9, 2005 by Rick
	10/8 GIFT (Preview) *People have a need to feel their pain. Very often pain is the beginning of a great deal of awareness. As an energy, it awakens consciousness. --Arnold Mindell* Better the Pain Than to Remain the Same The Barbara I met at my high school reunion was not the same person I had known a dec...	Rick	0	552	Oct 9, 2005 by Rick
	Today's Quote (Preview) Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality. -Les Brown	Rick	0	607	Oct 9, 2005 by Rick
	question (Preview) how am i supposed to knwo ifi have a driniking problem? im 18 and i drink with friends at parties and such i do however drink by myself sometime s before igo to bed i love wine but i drink vodka to get drunk or jsut to fall asllep kinda like now i donno if i need help or if this is norma...	Kay	5	605	Oct 9, 2005 by Rick
	thanx (Preview) i just wanted to thank everyone for ur help. i found this site last night when i finished drinking my problems away for the night. after going through ur posts and web sites, i realized that yes i do have a problem. i just dont know how to fix it. im not a terrible alcoholic but im surly on my way there. its t...	Kay	6	639	Oct 9, 2005 by Rick
	i want to KEEP what i got (Preview) A New Pattern Of Living "We suspect that if we do not use what we have, we will lose what we have." Basic Text p. 75 Addiction gave a pattern to our lives, and with it a meaning - a dark, diseased meaning, to be sure, but a meaning nonetheless. The recovery program gives us a new pattern of living to r...	rosie light shines	1	745	Oct 9, 2005 by Rick
	tis a great day for recovery-forgiveness (Preview) Today is October 6, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery! FORGIVENESS "Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." -- Hannah Arendt Early in sobriety I found it easy to forgive others but hard to forgive myself. This kept me sick and negative, even in recovery, because I was unable to p...	wantneeda	4	671	Oct 8, 2005 by rosie light shines
	10/7 thought (Preview) *There are two kinds of slaves, the prisoners of addiction, and the prisoners of envy. --Ivan Ilich* No emotion brings us more personal pain or wastes more of our time than envy. When we envy, we are never free from stress, because envy takes no holidays. Shakespeare called envy the green sicknes...	Rick	2	599	Oct 8, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Check in (Preview) Hi all. I survived the stag weekend, but not sober, really fluffed up and got wasted 3 nights running. I've got video footage of me running into the sea naked at 3am and then losing all my clothes, my friends had to dress me and carry me off the beach. I'm lucky to have friends that would do that. Totally p...	Cabbageheadchris	6	735	Oct 8, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Worry (Preview)	Doll	6	673	Oct 8, 2005 by rosie light shines
	addiction or envy it is still slavery (Preview) *There are two kinds of slaves, the prisoners of addiction, and the prisoners of envy. --Ivan Ilich* No emotion brings us more personal pain or wastes more of our time than envy. When we envy, we are never free from stress, because envy takes no holidays. Shakespeare called envy the green sickness....	rosie light shines	0	700	Oct 8, 2005 by rosie light shines
	alcohoroscopes:) (Preview) ARIES Drinking style: Impulsive Aries people like to party and sometimes don't know when to call it a night. Their competitive streak makes them prone to closing time shot contests. They're sloppy, fun drunks, and they get mighty flirty after a couple tipples. Getting Aries people drunk is a good wa...	wantneeda	5	714	Oct 8, 2005 by Doll
	My Brain Train (Preview) Since I really got back on this sobriety business, I've found that, once in a while, especially after a little "channeling" (sort of like a meditative poking around in the subconscious closet of the mind) that I can find my brain has left the station without me. It's actu...	Sick of being sick	3	685	Oct 8, 2005 by Doll
	Daily Reflections Oct 8 (Preview)	Doll	0	940	Oct 8, 2005 by Doll
	making amends with NO expectations (Preview) hi , i am rosie, recovering alcoholic......i cannot remember if this is off the "NA" daily or the "AA" daily.....i read both because i get so much out of them both!!!!! so i hope it is ok, that i gave my take on this daily with you all......peace/ rosie....... i kno...	rosie light shines	1	1083	Oct 7, 2005 by GammyRose
	Traumatic Experiences (Preview) Effects of Traumatic Experiences A National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet by Eve B. Carlson, Ph.D. and Josef Ruzek, Ph.D. When people find themselves suddenly in danger, sometimes they are overcome with feelings of fear, helplessness, or horror. These events are called traumatic experiences. So...	Phil	6	818	Oct 7, 2005 by rosie light shines
	leaning on my higher power (Preview) Depending On Our Higher Power "As recovering addicts, acoas, or codas, we find that we are still dependent, but our dependence has shifted from the things around us to a loving God and the innerstrength we get in our relationship with Him."Basic Text pp.67-68 For many addicts, rebelliousness is s...	rosie light shines	0	883	Oct 7, 2005 by rosie light shines
	I cannot accept that we call it a disease (Preview) How lucky we are that our "disease" can be cured simply by not picking up a bottle of booze again...if only cancer patients or diabetics could be so fortunate! Please people, be honest with yourselves...it's a character defect, like picking your nose in public or not covering your mouth when you...	TipsyMcStagger	12	714	Oct 7, 2005 by GammyRose
	I surrender (Preview) I dont exactly know the proper way to do it, I'm not sure if there's some sort of protocol or etiquette, all I know is that I am totally hopeless on my own...alcohol is too strong for me, it's beaten me and without help it will always have me in it's grip. This morning I prayed, pleaded and sucked up to god as b...	TipsyMcStagger	7	715	Oct 7, 2005 by amanda2u2
	today's gift (Preview) *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...	Rick	0	643	Oct 7, 2005 by Rick
	conditions (Preview) 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...	wantneeda	2	676	Oct 7, 2005 by GammyRose
	10/6 THOUGHT (Preview) *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...	Rick	0	586	Oct 7, 2005 by Rick
	Daily Reflections Oct 7 (Preview) DAILY MONITORING   * * &nb...	Doll	1	682	Oct 7, 2005 by Phil
	8 Stages of Sobriety (Preview) 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...	Doll	2	2806	Oct 6, 2005 by Doll
	finally!!!!! (Preview) 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...	wantneeda	6	1432	Oct 6, 2005 by cheri
	DISEASE - Noun (Preview) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------	Doll	0	619	Oct 6, 2005 by Doll
	TODAY (Preview) 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.   ...	Phil	3	783	Oct 6, 2005 by Phil
	What's up Tipsy? (Preview) 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	Doll	4	672	Oct 6, 2005 by Doll
	Blizzard of '05 (Preview) 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...	Sick of being sick	3	624	Oct 6, 2005 by Cabbageheadchris
	Thoughts For Thursday (Preview) 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...	Phil	9	664	Oct 6, 2005 by Phil
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