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it's a holiday
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I am having the same kind of problems I always have on holidays,,, similar to last Christmas,,,, but guess what? I learned a lot since my Christmas 'research' and I am coping much better. I am not drinking. I did cut back and am skipping some of the things I had planned,...
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Help!!!
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Hey Guys? Ellen has been having problems getting onto the board. She can get to the site ok, but not to the board.
Any hot tips I can pass onto her?
If so, can you email me at philipld@sympatico.ca
And I will forward them unto her. Im stumped on this one.
Thanks a bunch.
Ide give out her email addr...
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An Angel says, "Never borrow from the future.
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Have a good Easter Weekend Guys and Gals
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How It Works
Utter confusion, misery and pain,
Humiliation, remorseful, ashamed.
Dreading to face the light of each day,
Not wanting to hear what people would say.
Like, "Where is your power? Where is your pride?"
They don't understand that deep down inside
I...
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The good times and the bad...
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Hey all,
It seems as through I just don't have the time to check in with you guys as much as I would like, or need to. I really get alot out of the posts, miss you all.
Tomorrow will be a sad day as we will be burying another one of our AA members, she was 86 years old and sober for 39 years. Talk about wisdom, s...
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good morning stan
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so how are you today. just hoping that you didn't get offended by my post yesterday. i guess i was just trying to say that there is more , so much more , than giving up the drink that this program has to offer. and there was a time where i thought that by not drinking everything would all g...
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Check in
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Good morning all.
I'm still here eventhough I've not had time to post recently.
Hope everyone is well.
Best wishes.
Chris.
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BB quote-self
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"Selfishness—self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self- seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that...
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Intoxication Versification
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Big celebration, with much fermentation, produces grand sensation, bright conversation, much fraternization, loud vocalization, great jollification, hot synchopation, and large head inflation. Then comes sly flirtation, with bold invitation, smart molestation, and attempted o...
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hello fellow AA members
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Hi there
I just wanted to check in . I was sober for 5 days and things were going better at home. I felt more in control .I felt proud of myself and I still ended up having a drink. I just dont know how to resist. It is so easy to have a drink. It was an innocent one drink at hom...
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Is my brother being to hard on his wife?
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My brother adn his wife have been married for several years. They've been very active in their sobriety, adn leading many other through their sobreity. They have been very involved together in their recovery. About 6 months ago, my brother's wife went out, she is back in recovery and has 32 day...
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had the daughter talk
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Thank u all on here that helped give me the courage to talk to daughter about
not being able to babysit the 2 boys. Thanks Phil for sharing with me what your
Mom had to say and I copied some of what she said and thank u Cheri for reminding
me u wouldnt wish 2 babies in diapers on anyone. I was in ICU...
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Happiness
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A Thought For Today
The whole secret of happiness is to be interested in a lot of things…
Remember well and bear in mind.
A good - true friend is hard to find.
And when you find one who is good and true.
Don't trade him off for one who is new.
Remember well and bear in mi...
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Hey Stan My Man
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How U Doin? :)
If this program was religious I likely wouldnt be in it mate.
When I sobered up I didnt beleive there was a Higher Power, greater than myself, of any kind.
I used AA meetings as my Higher Power, for a long time. And now, all I know for sure, is--there must be something out there ru...
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Gratitude
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Today is my 4 yr birthday, and I wanted to get all the thoughts running through my head out. I am very grateful that I am sober today. This past year has been, not the best, but the year that alot of things have changed for me, both good and not so good. The biggest change was when we moved from the town I got sob...
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new grandson
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Ok this is the story today our daughter had another son 14 mos later than our last
grandson very precious BUT husband and I tried babysitting Monday eve and thougth
we would lose our ever luvin minds Now I need a reason to say I cant do it Im 60
husband is 66 we were exhausted with just 4 hrs Help...
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A great story
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His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himse...
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Just For Today
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Yesterday - Today - And - Tomorrow
There are two days in every week about which we should not
worry. Two days which should be kept free from fear and
apprehension.
One of these days is yesterday with its mistakes and cares,
Its faults and blunders, Its aches and pains. Yesterday
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BB quote
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"We, in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men. What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, "a design for living" that really works." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There I...
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Suzy.....
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Hi Suzy,
Just checking in to see how you are doing? I am praying that you will be able to stay sober. That is why we are here, to help you do this. It truly is a one day at a time deal. I read what Jen posted and Cheri?, posted. Hang in there. We are all in this together.
Keep posting and reading, get educated...
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Reply to Gammy
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Ive been finding out the hard way that when one quits trying to force something, or control, or change, whatever it may be--throws up their hands in the air and just surrenders completely--and says Screw this--you handle whatever is meant to be --strange things happen.:)
Three months ago I accept...
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Attitudes
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ATTITUDES
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me, is more important than the past, than education,
than money, than successes, than what other people think or
say or do.
It is more important than appearance, giftednes...
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Online Meetings
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http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3&day=22&year=2005&hour=18&min=0&sec=0&...
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Best day of my life
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Hey Elle?
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Surely you realize we are complex people. -haha Some of us could never keep things simple. They give us a simple program, and lots of tools to use. Simple? what the "H" is simple??? lol And Easy Does It? oh Gads! The only thing thats taken care of that one is middle age.:)
Give me som...
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thank-you
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i think that just venting some where was 50% of it. i really have to work on me not caring about what people think. i mean that i really need to set boundries and stick to them. my trouble is that i never really did this so i don't know how to be that way and not be rude. to get my point...
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isolation
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Seeking help or staying isolated -- it's a decision we make every day.
All of us reading these thoughts and sharing these meetings have made a profound decision: We have become willing to ask other people for help. We have quit living in isolation with our problems. Most of us...
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Yupper!!
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Anyway ======= People are often unreasonable, Illogical and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, People may accuse You of selfish motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful, You will win some false friends And some true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and fran...
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Sunday
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A.A. Thought for the Day
When we were drinking, we used to worry about the future. Worry is terrible mental punishment. What's going to become of me? Where will I end up? In the gutter or the sanitarium? We can see ourselves slip ping, getting worse and worse, and we wonder what the finish will be. Some...
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Hey God
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Just in case your wondering whether I've noticed what's been going on under my nose, I thought I should tell you that I have.. and I do wish you didn't work in such subtle ways sometimes...
Do you think you could just be a bit more straightforward?
You know...when I talk to you, I...
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good morning
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good morning all....I hope tat you have a safe and sober day
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St Patrick's Day
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In Siclily I had to go to an Irish themed bar to watch the Real Madrid vs Juventus football (or as some of you might call it, soccer) match.
There was a sign saying:
"God invented liquor to prevent the Irish from conquering the world."
Discuss.
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could use suggestions
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my problem is i just recently had my truck break down on me and my husband is waiting on customers to cut checks for the work that he has already done. some approval thing. now my thing is that during my husbands drinking career he had taken advantage of his mothers good will and he took it upo...
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Just sharing a couple things read this morning.
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Wishing everyone here another serene sober day:)
You will never be sorry...
For thinking before acting.
For hearing before judging.
For forgiving your enemies.
For helping a fallen brother.
For being honest in busine...
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Stan My Man!!
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Hey Mate?? Hows it goin?? --thought you might have fell in love and got hitched or something in your travels.(Smile)
Been thinkin about yu bud. Good to hear that your still alive and kickin. Im not askin who. hahaha
Take care of yourself, my freind. Phil
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How do you celebrate and stay sober?
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It's been a very long hard month at work: we have kicked out an incredible number of tax returns and accounts.
Last night the office got broken into. We coped and are back in business.
Tomorrow is Friday night. If the tax return has not been posted by last post, then it won't meet the deadline. Th...
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Submitted by Dick B.
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I like Alcoholics Anonymous. Anyone got a problem with that?
Dick B. © 2005
I’ve written about the history and spiritual roots of A.A. for over 15 years now. I think the early roots are growing clearer and clearer. There were two distinct sources of the A.A. program. The first was fed by Dr. Bob...
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The Big Wheel
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The Big Wheel In September 1960, I woke up one morning with six hungry babies and just 75 cents in my pocket. Their father was gone. The boys ranged from three months to seven years; their sister was two. Their Dad had never been much more than a presence they feared. Whenev...
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Have a good day all!!
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Let go of resentments
Resentments are sneaky, tricky little things. They can convince us they're justified. They can dry up our hearts. They can sabotage our happiness. They can sabotage love.
Most of us have been at the receiving end of an injustice at some time in our lives. Most of us k...
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? about step board
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self pity
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Good day to you all.
I am just on my second day of sobriety and I am feeling rotten. I have a cold but dont want a drink. I am starting to feel depressed because my husband has to go to a presentation tomorrow night and will possibly go for a drink afterwards. I am upset that he wi...
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letting go
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Recovery: Letting Go
To "let go" does not meant to stop caring, it meansi can't do it for someone else.
To "let go" is not to cut myself off, its therealization that i can not control another.
To "let go" is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To "let go" is to admit p...
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Yo Stan!!
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Insane?? hahaha Yup. Its called "denial in progress" hahaha.
Have a good day Mate. Away from the grog, and TA TA
St. Patricks Day in Canada today. Little green people, running around drinking green beer.
Think Ile stick with the green tea. Its safer.
Be a good boy!! Ya Hear??&nb...
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The Doctor's Opinion
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"We believe, and so suggested a few years ago, that the action of alcohol on these chronic alcoholics is a manifestation of an allergy; that the phenomenon of craving is limited to this class and never occurs in the average temperate drinker. These allergic types can never safely use alcohol in any fo...
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Hey Phil...
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I read your post ??? Things are going ok in the back yard. I think what you were refering to was the fact that my husband is home from the half-way house and is living in the rent house out back...? I am taking things one day at a time , he has been back a little over a month. He is trying to adjust to being b...
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Hey Phil
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That farm thing sounds a litttle like me. 2 horses, sold my 3rd today. He was like an extra wheel or something. Ride 2 leave one home. Only 3 chickens now. Just enough for a few fresh eggs for the old girl and me. 2 dogs 2 cats, no pigs right now. 14 last year. Have to start looking in the spring. G...
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Hey Nic?
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We used to see pink elephants--now its little green men. We must be getting better hu? hahaha No? ohoh Back to the drawing board:) One Step--Two Step-Three Step--fall on butt-One Step --Two Step---
Return us to sanity? Still Hoping....
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Judge not
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I was shocked, confused, bewildered as I entered Heaven's door, Not by the beauty of it all, by the lights or its decor. But it was the folks in Heaven who made me sputter and gasp-- the thieves, the liars, the sinners, the alcoholics, the trash. There stood the kid from seventh grade who swiped my lunch m...
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Reply to Amanda
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Howdy Gal:) Im kinda in and out of the site on a few minutes here and there, thingy. I operate a taxi business in the far north. We do use cars, and not dog sleds as some southerners might beleive.:)
Got in from an Alanon meeting last night--was at the online meeting for a few minutes, and ha...
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One day at a time
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Hi Amanda and Nic
I have tried the list ideas and it really is something I would work on for a long time. I think it is important to write things down and get organised. I have been so disorganised and such a procrastinator for so long that I have to retrain myself to get busy and not just sit a...
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