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A Page on Acceptance
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Acceptance is the recognition that something is wrong and a person needs help. This is true of cancer, diabetes, and heart disease, as well as drug addiction and alcoholism. With any disease, if a person does not recognize, admit, and accept that they have a problem, there is no solution. Acceptance...
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A new day
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A.A. Thought for the Day
The new life can't be built in a day. We have to take the program slowly, a little at a time. Our subconscious minds have to be reeducated. We have to learn to think differently. We have to get used to sober thinking instead of alcoholic thinking. Any one who tries it knows that...
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PENNIES LET THERE ALWAYS BE PENNIES
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Subject: Re: PENNIES LET THERE ALWAYS BE PENNIES God Bless you Chris, Thank you for sharing with us. I will get this up under Inspiring Stories. Everyone looks for miracles... They all want something BIG! This might be the smallest of miracles.. 1 cent. But it is also the largest.. Because it centered...
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A little history
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Origins of AA - Henrietta Seiberling Transcript of Henrietta's remarks presented at Founder's Day, June 10, 1971 Henrietta Seiberling is the lady who introduced Bill Wilson to Dr. Bob Smith. Henrietta Buckler Seiberling May, 1972 In the spring of 1971, the newspapers reported the passing of Bill...
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Adult ADHD
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Not to overwhelm anyone, but my spouse is an alcoholic with Attention Deficit Disorder running in his family. I particularly found this website helpful: www.help4adhd.org Click on living with ADHD. Also CHADD has a website, too.
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reaching out...
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I slipped & went boom!
It's so baffling...I think I can handle it & now, 24 hours later, I have one great big anxiety attack that will last all day long....my mind is racing & I'm paranoid now.
Alcohol is controlling me. Yes, my life is unmanagable because of it.&n...
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JUST CHECKING IN :)
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JUST CHECKING IN
Author unknown
A minister passing through his church in the middle of the day, Decided to pause by the altar and see who had come to pray.
Just then the back door opened, a man came down the aisle, The minister frowned as he saw the man hadn't shaved in a while.
His shirt was kind...
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Cold Cold Stuff
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It was autumn, and the Indians on the remote reservation asked their new Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild.
Since he was an Indian Chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets, and when he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the weather was going to be.
Neve...
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Behavior and Hatred
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How does my behavior reflect hatred?
When I hate a person or a group of people, I:
harbor the most extreme level of anger possible against them.
ignore and avoid them; they don't exist for me.
am easily aggravated by their behavior, looks, or attitudes.
get agitated when I think ab...
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Thank God Im on
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Thank God I got back in here ( hope everyone feels the same LOL) my default had
gotten changed and I was going thru terrible frustration and withdrawal geeeesh
I have been learning so much from these message boards could not understand why
I couldnt get on asked John if some of us wer...
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Good Morning
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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. --The Serenity Prayer
The principles of our program of recovery help us with everything in our lives. We can use the Serenity Prayer every day to keep us fr...
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Howdy
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Man cannot remake himself without suffering. For he is both the marble and the sculptor.
--Alexis Carrell
A sculptor begins with an unformed piece of marble. He must be able to envision what he wants to create. Then, armed with tools and courage, he begins to chink away at the marble he does not n...
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Hello
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Been looking in for a while. Time to say hello. Good board, Ive enjoyed the posts. Back in recovery 9 months, after a 7 year road trip. Cunning baffiling powerful--wow!! Had 6 years sober, out for 7. Anyway going to try to be part of the board. Found this board by accident a while back, and lo...
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A warm Welcome to pjb235
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Hey Pat? welcome to the board> Weve gotta lot of caring, warm freinds that share
in here. Feel free to share with all of us, at any time, and again> Welcome to our AA family.
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Hey--Welcoming Rick And Chuck
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Hey Guys? good to have you here.
Identify with you both.
Rick? I remember being sober for over a year and quit going to meetings.
a little voice said "hey? Everythings pretty good now--you can likely handle it. Well 4 years later, Everything and everyone was gone, and it had handled me. Yu...
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A Key Word in Communication - Courtesy
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Five Guides to Communication
(Adapted from "The Dilemma of the Alcoholic Marriage", Page 30-32)
Discuss don't attack
Keep the voice low and pleasant
Stick to the subject
Listen to his/her complaints
Don't make demands
A Key Word in Communication - Courtesy
(From the Dilemm...
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Have A Sober Sunday!!
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A.A. Thought for the Day
The A.A. program is more a way of building a new life than just a way of getting over drinking, because in A.A. we don't just stop drinking. We did that plenty of times in the old days when we "went on the wagon." And, of course, we always started to drink again, because we were on...
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a teen in need of help
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I dont know who else to turn to at the moment. I am 17 years old and have a problem with drink. I drink when im sad I drink when Im happy i make excuses to drink. When I have had a bad day I go home and reach for the nearest bottle and dont stop til I feel better again. My family have noticed it and I have pushed them a...
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OLD TIMER'S PRAYER
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OLD TIMER'S PRAYER
Lord, keep me from the habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion. Release me from the craving to straighten out everybody's affairs. Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details - give me wings to get to the point. I a...
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The Enemy--Resentment
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What is resentment?
Resentment is the:
harboring of animosity against a person or group of people whom I feel has mistreated me.
unresolved anger I have over a negative event which occurred in my past life.
seething, aching emotional turmoil I feel whenever a certain person or event...
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Thanks Phil
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Thanks, I always feel I am at crossroads, or forks in the road (in life or throughout our marriage). Man, left or right, shoulda, coulda, woulda. Looking back,did I let something get away, or did I let the right things go, and I'll be OK.
It's just like when you get to the Pearly Gat...
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To Wall
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Regret Quotes
The bittersweet tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
Lost time is like a run in a stocking, it always gets worse.
The biggest regrets in life are the chances you never take.
I would trade ten thousand tomorrows for just one single yes...
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Anger Management In Sobriety
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ANGER MANAGEMENT IN SOBRIETY
Thomas P. Hollander, Ph.D.
Angry feelings is one of the greatest challenges for recovering alcoholics and addicts. Relapse is often related to the inability to constructively handle anger. Mismanged anger poses a threat to recovery for the newcomer and the ol...
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just puttering
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Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
--Dorothy Bernard
All things come to him who waits -- provided he knows what he is waiting for.
--Woodrow Wilson
Courage is more than standing for a firm conviction. It includes the risk of questioning that conviction.
--Julian Weber Go...
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Sharing An Article On Depression
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Why Depression Is So Difficult
For Some People To Shake Off
Someone who is "down in the dumps" or feeling "blue" might welcome and be cheered by a kind word. Someone with clinical depression, however, not only might not welcome such a gesture, but might prefer to hear something negative. That'...
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RIGHT WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE
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THANKS FOR COMING TO GET ME:) . I'VE BEEN HAVING A PROB WITH MY P.C I'VE STARTED CALLING IT APOLLO 13. I WAN'T TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CHRIS AND I'M A GRATEFUL DRUNK:) I HAVE NO IDEA HOW I FOUND THIS SITE OR, WHEN I SIGNED IN. I GOT THIS P.C FROM A NICE GUIY IN OREGON THAT REPAIRS PUTERS AND HE S...
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I think DW Fell In.... : ) (tease)
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Just had to get this one in.....say...Miss the Young Gal.  Hoping she will be back soon.
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Ouch!!
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Often you'll hear 12 Steppers make a statement like 'don't get angry, you'll slip.' If there's someone around with some time they may point out that resentment, not anger is the real threat to continuous abstaining.
The differences between the two are important.
Anger is defined as 'a stro...
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Have a good day :)
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A.A. Thought for the Day
When we were drinking, we were living an unnatural life physically and mentally. We were punishing our bodies by loading them with alcohol. We didn't eat enough and we ate the wrong things. We didn't get enough sleep or the right kind of rest. We were ruining ourselves phys...
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Just checking in
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Not even sure how i found this site. I've been in AA for over 5 years since9/3/99. Life is something I do in between meetings :)
Chris
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Death due to this damn disease!
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Hi Everyone
I am having big time troubles today!!!!! I feel I need to write, scream something other than picking up a damn drink!!!!!!!!!!! I had yet again another Uncle die, that's two within three months,had to also grieve over a friend who committed suicide this time last year. Phil, as you know I...
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From The Language Of Letting Go
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Emotional Balance
The goal of recovery is balance - that precious middle ground.
Many of us have gone from one extreme to another: years of taking care of everyone but ourselves, followed by a time of refusing to focus on anyone's needs but our own.
We may have spent years refusing to id...
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Hi Phil...
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I like that, just when I think I understand everything, I regain consciousness. I don't know, having a rough time, maybe the sun needs to come back out, or I need to find that shut-off valve for the Heart. duh! Head has it, not the heart yet. doy, feel stupid. The...
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Finally made it
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Hi All - any chance of anyone popping in on the online meetings over the next few weeks? It might be good to get these happening... in the interests of those who pop into the board and are maybe hesitant or considering their first f2f meeting.
Also those who live too far from those meetings, and&...
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Honesty In Recovery
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Good Evening My Friends
When i entered into this program i thought of myself as an honest person but something happened today that made me rethink that. i allmost found myself slipping back into an old pattern. today a friend of mine asked me if i had ever stolen anything in my addiction? i was surpriz...
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A Really BIG page on ANGER
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THE FOUR FACES of ANGER
by Mark Gorkin, LICSW
What's the first thought that comes to mind when you hear the word ANGER? Frustration? Yelling? Loss of Control? Violence? Maybe fear, silence or avoidance? All reasonable responses...Or are they? A bit one-sided, for my taste, that is, the "ange...
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For some of us older folks
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Reason to smile:
Every Seven minutes of every day, some one in an aerobics class, pulls a hamstring.
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They keep telling us to get in touch with our bodies.
Mine isnt always that comunicative.
But I heard from it the other day
When I said
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Thank you to each and everyone
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My Dear Friends,
Thank you for being here when I needed you most! I was very much in shock, devastated and at a loss of self. Thank you for giving me a shove in the right direction when I hesitated. Thank you for giving me hope. Thank you for bringing peace to my heart and for all the wonderfu...
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Prayer And Medatation
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Good Afternoon My Friends
For a very longtime now i have struggled with prayer and medatation whenever i start to pray i get a 101 thoughts that start running through my head and they are at lighting speed. i pray for there removal they go away for a minute or two but then as soon as i start to pray again th...
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World Time Clock
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http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
For those like me... who just can't seem to get the whole international time thing sorted... A friend has just sent the answer to my prayers.
Hope others find it useful.
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The Meeting From Here
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Good Afternoon My Friends
Last night i went to the online meeting that is on this website the one for Tuesday and Saturday nights at 9pm. it could really use some support there was only two people there last night it was a great meeting but it could really use some of our help i remember my sponsor...
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Goodmoring...
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Well, good Monday morning all.Just finished my first cup of tea and need to get going for the day. Just want to share a little of my weekend. I was ask a few weeks ago to start a recovery program at my church, so I did ,we use the Alcoholics for Christ program, anyone heard of it? Anyway, we have had some good m...
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Todays Stuff
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A.A. Thought for the Day
"We cannot get along without prayer and meditation. On awakening, let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking. Our thoughts lives will be placed on a much higher plane when we start the...
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learned living
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"Don't let your worries get the best of you. Remember, Moses started out as a basket case" Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited - until you try to sit in their pews. Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisers . It is easier to preach ten sermons than it is to l...
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just feel like talking...
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there were a lot of things that led to my wanting sobriety. i've been drinking for 9 years, which is almost half of my life, and the funny thing is is that i never thought of alcohol to be a problem. when i was 15 i started using meth daily until i got pregnant at 17. i sobered up during the...
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First meeting
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Well I finally went tonight. My husband went with me to the open meeting. It was ok. I wasn't crazy how they went around the room and I had to at least introduce myself. I would have liked to have just sat in the back and listened but there was no "back". It was set up with tables set in a U shape so people were in...
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TO SERENITY & SCHLEICH...
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I want to welcome you both and I hope you'll keep coming back often... the more you share and get feedback, the better you get to know who and what you're all about. Going to lots of face-to-face AA meetings speeds up the process.
I came into AA thinking I was St. Alice, the sacrificial martyr.... you kn...
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Bizarre Thoughts And Feelings
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Life gives us so much time to collect bizarre thoughts and feelings. -
-Claire Weekes
As we go through life, we run into all kinds of negative messages: teasing on the school bus, insulting nicknames, and other put-downs. Pretty soon we may discover that some of these messages stick in our mind...
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Dealing With Anger
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Angry feelings is one of the greatest challenges for recovering alcoholics and addicts. Relapse is often related to the inability to constructively handle anger. Mismanged anger poses a threat to recovery for the newcomer and the oldtimer. Sometimes the greatest threat is to relationships.
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Self-Righteous Anger
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Good Afternoon My Friends,,,, This passage is taken from Step Six in our AA 12 And 12, Self righteous anger can also be very enjoyable in a preverse way we can actually take satisfaction from the fact that many people annoy us for it brings a comfortable feeling of superority. gossip barbed with our ang...
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