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FEAR???
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If you have butterflies in your stomach ask them into your heart. --Cooper Edens
We've all had butterflies in our stomachs. It happens on the first day of school or the first day on a new job. It happens most anytime we try something new or risky. These butterflies are nervous and fluttery and som...
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Just a few things I have learned and wish to share
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Positive love is what is needed to share a lifelong relationship. Positive love is a mature, deep and knowing love. Positive love is the love of knowing someone, seeing their faults clearly and not wanting to change them. Positive love is the difference between loving someone because of who they are...
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Nancyjo, where are you?
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Hey NJ,
Where are you? You disappeared after the party you attended........ I hope all is well...... Let me know.
Love to you
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hi momto2
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just thinking about you and wondering how you are doing.?
i hope you are taking care of yourself, you and yours are most important.
hugs, Wendy
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Hey Flumpy
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Welcome to the board. Now if we can find Cabbage head. Ile email him and try to hook you up.
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hello
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hi everyone looking forward to another weekend sober oh how sweet it is!we are getting ready to send our oldest son off to college, boy time flies by.he starts on monday. my other boyis a freshman in high school.im doing great ,everyone have a good and dober weekend.and god bless u all wagon &nbs...
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MORNING PHIL
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HEY I SEE YOUR STILL ONLINE
YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY--YOU DESERVE IT
GOING TO BE A REAL NICE ONE HERE
A FEW HOURS WORK --THEN PLAY--MOTORCYCLE RIDE? BOAT AND LAKE??
just hafta see what the day brings
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KEEP IT SIMPLE
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A.A. Thought for the Day
Another of the mottoes of A.A. is "Easy Does It." This means that we just go along in A.A. doing the best we can and not getting steamed up over problems that arise in A.A. or outside of it. We alcoholics are emotional people and we have gone to excess in almost everythin...
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Does your family have a TV-Worthy Christmas?
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We're looking for families to film this Christmas as part of a documentary about how Americans celebrate the holidays, which will air on a major tv network. We're looking for families throughout the U.S. Tell us about your family and how you celebrate. What makes your family different (or a good repr...
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a great day for recovery-Aug 26
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Today is August 26, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery!
SECURITY
"Nobody in this world is more secure than a man in a penitentiary." -- Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. In one sense it is safe to live in a prison --- but at what price? To live is to be free and have the responsibility of choice. Addic...
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husband sober for 15 days
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I wanted to update everyone--you all were so kind to respond to my posts.
My husband completed a 7 day inpatient rehab and started IOP. He's attended AA but not everyday. He went back to work today. He hasn't worked since March.
I'm cautiously optimistic at this...
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A.S.A.P.
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Ever wonder about the abbreviation A.S.A.P.? Generally we think of it in terms of even more hurry and stress in our lives. Maybe if we think of this abbreviation in a different manner, we will begin to find a new way to deal with those rough days along the way. ************* There's work to do, deadlines...
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Very brief update...
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Wow, it is great to see soooo many newbies. That's what this is all about , reaching out to the still suffer alcoholic and the newcomers.
Well, I'm still in the process of packing, where did all this stuff come from?Since I was gone some last week, I'm a little behind.My husband is doing o...
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newcomer
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Hi. I'm a newcomer to AA. I've been sober 5 days now. I went to my first real AA meeting last Tuesday. I say "real" because over the years I have attended AA 3 different meetings in three different states, but last Tuesday was the first time I really knew that I was an alcoholic. I've been in denial for too ma...
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Hey Walt?
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Welcome. A few of us here have been in those sand castles with yu.:) Torrential rains kinda flooded them out.:)
I think I know a close freind that lives close to you. Where are you at? If you dont mind me asking.
Another day Buddy. Truck on!!
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THE MOMENT
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This instant is the only time there is. --Gerald Jampolsky
How many precious moments of sunshine, birds' song, or friends' laughter we never lay claim to because we're lost in our thoughts about yesterday or tomorrow. God has given us these moments we're experiencing right now, and in...
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Greetings all
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I just got back into AA this week after a foolish 8-year hiatus. I did not drink constantly during that time. A health kick phase kept me dry for a couple of years. Alas, my house was built on sand though. Without clinging to the truth of my higher power I was doomed. I have now been sober for a week and...
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PAWS
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i was just curious if anybody here had any experience with PAWS(Post Acute Withdrawel Symptoms),,ive been reading up on it,,and curious how it has affected others
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Wings
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When my son, Justin, was four, he found a caterpillar and put it in a jar. Each day he fed it fresh grass and leaves. In a few weeks the caterpillar was fat and ready to sleep. One morning we discovered the caterpillar wrapped in a cocoon. It hung from the top of the jar, an example of one of nature's wonders....
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Went out after 11 years. Have been using for six months. It's getting worse, this may be a bottom.
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I have to tell someone as it's a secret I carry. I can't carry the weight of the drink on my back anymore, it's killing me.
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Kewl site
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I just got out of Rehab today and went looking for an AA channel and came across this forum,,,pretty cool,,I start my 90/90 tonight!
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If I knew
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If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep. If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more. If I knew it would be the last time I'd hear your voi...
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coincidences
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Chance everywhere has power. --Ovid
Newcomer
I heard someone say the other day that coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous. Am I really supposed to believe that God is involved in every insignificant piece of luck I have? It's a bit much for me to believe that my Higher Power is i...
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PEOPLE PLEASING ?
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... self-love is an unequivocal acceptance of the validity of getting what one wants--of respecting one's needs. --Marion Weinstein
Once there was a woman who loved her husband and children so much that she did everything for them and nothing for herself. She thought taking care of herself w...
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Still Sober....
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Hi everyone!
DAY 5! Still sober & loving it. I have to be honest with everyone, tho, here. My real name is Christine. I used Catherine probably because it's a deniel mechanism, I dunno. I DO know that I want to be honest so I am coming clean with my real name. ...
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Meetings starting in september!!
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Great news yall!!!
Meetings will resume in the AA room on Tuesday Sept 6th. This will be a regular event and the meetings will begin at the scheduled time, and days.
I hope to see you there, as we need all the support we can get. If you would like to help with the meetings, perhaps chair a meeti...
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Recovery
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If you have a desire to stop drinking and your drinking is causing you problems -- or, if you have discovered that living without alcohol is uncomfortable, and you get restless, irritable or discontented when not drinking -- it is highly suggested that you find a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. You...
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letting go
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Letting Go By Barry Elwin-Jones WHAT IS LETTING GO? Letting go can be the most terrifying experience we can have. Letting go means having no support mechanism for our egos. Put simply, when we let go, we trust that everything is going to work out in our best interest even when we are in the middle of an exp...
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thought of the day
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To those of us who knew the pain of valentines that never came and those whose names were never called when choosing sides for basketball. --Janis Ian
Each of us at some time has known the feeling of not belonging; the painful emptiness of feeling left out. We've stood on the sidelines longing to be...
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emotions
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The Journey to the Emotional Frontier Within - emotional defense mechanisms
"I had to become aware that there were such things as emotions that lived in my body and then I had to start learning how to recognize and sort them out. I had to become aware of all the ways that I was trained to distan...
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12 traditions for relationships
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1 - Our common welfare should come first; a healthy relationship depends upon unity. 2 - For our family or relationship purpose, there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as He may express Himself in our informed family conscience. Each member is God's trusted servant and no one governs. 3 - Tw...
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Trust
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Letting others know your feelings, emotions and reactions, and having the confidence in them torespect you and to not take advantage of you. Sharing your inner feelings and thoughts with others with the belief that they will not spread them indiscriminately. Placing confidence in others so that t...
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Emotional Abuse
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Emotional abuse is when one person in a relationship tries to control the other person's feelings or thoughts in order to gain power over them.
Emotional abuse is also called emotional violence or mental, verbal or psychological abuse.
When emotional abuse occurs t...
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My primary purpose -
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The preamble states: My primary purpose is to stay sober and help the alcoholic who still suffers...
p.164 BB: Ask him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick..(a vision for you) ask and you will receive, seek and you shall find, knock and t...
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Musta Been An Alky Reporter
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Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says [No, really?] Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers [Now that's taking things a bit far!] Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over [What a guy!] Miners Refuse to Work after Death [No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-sos!] Juvenile Court to T...
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Thoughts For Today
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Fear of commitment can be a roadblock to recovery.
As we proceed along the path of recovery, we are invited to make commitments. If we're following a Twelve Step program, these commitments are not demanded of us, but they are strongly recommended by people who have traveled a similar path.
The...
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accept it
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Whenever you fall, pick something up. --Oswald Avery
There was once a very active boy who fell and broke his leg. He could run again in the spring, the doctors said, but only if he stayed in bed for an entire month and kept his leg still. At first the boy fought the rule, but he found that the more he th...
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Seeking Emotional Stability
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August 22 When we developed still more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself. We found that dependence upon His perfect justice,forgiveness, and love was healthy , and that it would work where nothi...
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Inventory
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Inventory
The first time I took an inventory of myself, it was because I had to. I was in a treatment program. A judge had sentenced me there "for as long as it takes." The treatment staff wasn't going to let me out until I sat down and took a look at myself.
"A searching and fearless moral inve...
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It was great talking with you this morning Rick-thanks for the call. Easy does it Buddy, and Keep it Simple. One day at a time-one thing at a time. Sober.
God can do the driving, but we hafta put the gas in the car.:)
And I agree. Sometimes, we just hafta look at whats important and whats really not.
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Self Disclosure
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We're only as sick as the secrets we keep. --Sue Atchley Ebaugh
Harboring parts of our inner selves, fearing what others would think if they knew, creates the barriers that keep us separate, feeling different, certain of our inadequacies.
Secrets are burdens, and they weigh heavily on us,...
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A NEW LIFE
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The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. --Emerson
The same miracle that started our recovery from addiction gave us a chance for a second life. It also brought us a purpose in life. This was something we had lacked for years. This purpose for our life makes it possible to achieve a...
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Kindness
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Kindness and inspiration by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross I have never met a person whose greatest need was anything other than real, unconditional love. You can find it in a simple act of kindness toward somone who needs help. There is no mistaking love. You feel it in your heart. It is the common fiber of lif...
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Resentments of John
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Resentments that I need to let go of. I pray for this every morning and every night. Some days they're on the back burner, but some days they're still boiling away. It sickens me to feel this way......
The man in life is wonderful, usually. We've been "on again, off again" for over 2 yrs. I don'...
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Two Wolves
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Two Wolves One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a debate that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, gui...
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We Just Try
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goodbye, I will miss you all
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Everyone, just wanted to say my goodbye's. A wonderful (not!) thunderstorm zapped my computer.Wiped it out! Gone! Poof!  I'm using my neighbors right now! And it was like pulling teeth for her to say "OK" . 
Don't know when I'll be able to get a new one. Finances are tight n...
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For the last time....
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For the last time, I have tortured & abused myself. For the last time, I have tortured & abused my loved ones.
How will I do it, one day at a time....having faith in my HP, doing the steps & not taking that very FIRST DRINK.
trying one mo' time, please, let this...
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just stolling along and doing ok we canned tomatoes we grew in our garden yesterday. yum!just thougtht i stick my head in and let you know i am doing good . everyone take it easy and be good .god bless you all wagon
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Hey...
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Hey all, I posted a little about what's my day was like below in response to Rick. I didn't talk about today being my 22nd wedding anniverary. My husband and I have never really celebrated it, we did on our 20th , took the family to the mountains and stayed for a few days in a nice cabin. It was beautiful, and...
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