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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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Rick
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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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As long as I try,with all my heart and soul, to...
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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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ok
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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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Alive, well, and sober
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Thanks guys and gals for asking 'bout me. I read the posts. WOW! I got a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye....... I've been out of town with work the past few days. Glad to be back!
How about some quotes I ran across from another site.......
"WE ARE TRAMPLED MOST OFTEN BY FORCES W...
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chocolate bunnies
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Remember the chocolate bunnies we got at Easter? The ones that looked like a huge amount of chocolate but when we bit into them, we discovered they were hollow??
Sometimes, that's how I feel...like a hollow easter bunny. I look normal, but there is nothing inside.
So today I am filling up that empt...
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Hey Gammy
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I see you were lurking
Hope thinks are going better for you!!
Everything is so hard at times.
WHEN IT'S GOOD WE GOTTA ENJOY
I have a lot of trouble with these keys-- caps lock is one
this typing is a job---cut and paste is my thing
take care have a good weekend
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Let go let god
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"...we were at Step Three, which is that we decided to turn our will and our life over to God as we understood Him. Just what do we mean by that, and just what do we do? The first requirement is that we be convinced that any life run on self-will can hardly be a success. On that basis we are almost always in coll...
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NORMAL?
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The reason most people are bad is because they do not try to be good. --Frank Baum
Many of the best people you'll ever meet are addicts in recovery. "Normal" people just don't pay as much attention to how they live their lives. Recovering addicts really work at being good people, and it sho...
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Rick? Thats Hilarious Man!!
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FEAR
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A tree grown in a cave does not bear fruit. --Kahlil Gibran
A tree planted in a cave would soon be stopped short in its growth. There would be no room for it to grow tall or blossom. It would only grow so far and then would grow no bigger.
Fear can be like a cave. We sometimes become fearful for the sam...
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Run in the Rain...
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A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Target. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow d...
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a great day for recovery-aug 19
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Today is August 19, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery!
DECISION
"When you see a snake, never mind where he came from." -- W. G. Benham So many alcoholics have died looking for "the problem" that made them drink. The wife, family, neighborhood or unemployment was why they though they go...
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Have a good night everybody
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grant me the to accept the things I cannot change to change the things I can and the to know the difference
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Thurs. 8/18/05
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Good morning, my wonderful MIP family
Just wanted to touch base and let you all know I'm fine and say that I hope you all are too. From the looks of the posts being made everyone is rowing their little ole hearts out. Think I'll grab a paddle too.
My memories have subsided some since my last "...
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Checking in....
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Hey everybody, Well the rollercoaster just keeps moving, the miracle is I'm still sober and I haven't thrown-up . I did have a migraine last night.
In the middle of packing up the house, I had to drop everything yesterday morning and drive my husband to the city 100 miles from us, to be checked in to a ho...
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what alcoholics do
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this is what active alkies do. You cannot nor will not change my behavior. You cannot make me treat you better, let alone with any respect. All I care about, all I think about, is my needs and how to go about fufilling them. You are a tool to me, something to use. When I say I love you I am lying th...
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Today,s gift
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Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with. --Mark Twain
We share this planet that supports us. We share it with other living creatures, each one offering a necessary ingredient that nurtures and sustains the continuation of th...
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Early morning thoughts
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Quote:
..look at that word blame. It's just a coincidence that the last two letters spell the word me. But that coincidence is worth thinking about. Other people or unfortunate circumstances may have caused you to feel pain, but only you control whether you allow that pain to go on. If you w...
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COLORS
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http://www.spiritisup.com/colors1.swf
jUST A LINK kinda neat
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To Wendy and Cheri
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    -- Edited by Phil at 20:13, 2005-08-18 -- Edited by...
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Still giving it away
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I've always tried really hard to make everyone around me believe I'm OK, that I've got my shit together. Truth is I'm not OK. Never have been! I have a home, a job AND a business,a great teenage son who thinks his mom is the coolest, wonderful friends and a man in my life who is so supportive, non judg...
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There's Always a Way When You Really Try
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There's Always a Way When You Really Try
By Dr. Robert Schuller
We have several walnut trees on our church grounds. California crows love the meat of the walnut. How can a crow crack a walnut to get at the meat? Imagine if you were a crow-how would you do it? The crows have figured out a way. They pick th...
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The fifth part of Twelfth Step work is continuance. This means staying with the prospects after they have started on the new way of living. We must stay with them and not let them down. We must encourage them to go to meetings regularly for fellowship and help. They will le...
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Ramblings For This evening
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Negative imagination is very destructive. Negative imagination fuels our insecurities. When our negative imagination is at work, we must stop our negative imagination, because what our negative imagination is doing, is entangling our insecurities around our soul.
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When w...
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time
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Today was like a shadow. It lurked behind me. It's now gone forever. Why is it that time is such a difficult thing to befriend? --Mary Casey
Each passing minute is all that we are certain of having. The choice is ever present to relish the moment, reaping fully whatever its benefits, knowing that we...
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one foot in front of the other
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Up early, going to head down to hospital. Last night I Wasn't sure what I was doing today. Now I know! Off early hope to get to a noon meeting. God only knows, going to try to relieve the girls. so they can get a lillte sleep. All is going weell, considering the inju...
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Andrew
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Youre going forward buddy, youre going forward--thats all that matters. Whatever works for you.
As you continue to attend meetings you will find many more, that you will be able to identify with--you will meet new freinds--and you will become a part of something that is huge,- you will get a feelin...
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Ever so drunk you wet yourself - I was!
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Hi I'm new here, a recovering alcoholic. I'm only 26 and have had some rough times with alcohol. Some nights I would get so wasted that I'd end up wetting my pants. yeah that's right, a grown man peeing himself. God it was horrible, totally embarrassing! Just wondering if anyone else ever had this happe...
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Hey Smitty?
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Hows things going today? did you get to watch the space "go blast" thing? Howd the meeting go? Feeling a bit better?
Last time I was down there--it was Seaworld. Wanted to kiss a Dolphin, like everyone else, but fell into the tank. Was fished out by a couple of guys, that wouldnt give me back, my half bot...
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Guilt And Shame
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a great day for recovery-Aug 17
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Today is August 17, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery!
COURAGE
"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome." -- Samuel Johnson There was a time when I never attempted anything because I said it "can't" be done. I could never get sober. I could neve...
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Does Evil Exist?
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Does evil exist? Did God create evil? The University professor challenged his students with this question. "Did God create everything that exists?" A student bravely replied, "Yes he did!" "God created everything?" The professor asked. "Yes sir", the student replied. The professor answered, "...
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Gotta give it away.......
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They told me in AA in order to keep it, I have to give it away. I've spent too much time in my own head tonight and I'm having "memories" if you will, of the times I was "uncomfortable in my own skin" . Things I had forgotten or just really realized....
Right now the first one that comes to mind is about age 5 o...
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Healing Thoughts
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Healing Thoughts
Think healing thoughts.
When you feel anger or resentment, ask God to help you feel it, learn from it, and then release it. Ask Him to bless those who you feel anger toward. Ask Him to bless you too.
When you feel fear, ask Him to take it from you. When you feel misery, force grati...
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Rick?
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Get youre butt back in here. lol
I know youre going through some stuff Buddy. I talked to your answering machine last night.
Ive seen you lurking in the shadows, on the board.
Talk to us Pal. We love you and we care.
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Hello Phil
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Posted a couple times
gotta run
take care
thanks for everything
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Nic
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I love the post from a couple days ago! So true let the mate handle her thing. I'm toooo much the care taker. I love the property. I was told I would never have to put hay in etc. Guess who handles most of it. I told her one day I gave up most of my life for hers. This is a high mat...
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Back Pain Anyone?
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I got my Mri results yersterday. It shows I have a ruptured disk, I will be starting physical therapy for 6-8weeks. I have sciatica (pinched nerve in my back), plus arthritis in my back. They also found a cyst on my ovaries ( it might explain why I look 5 months pregnant).
I am on medicade after having he...
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Rick ?
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Just wondering if anyone has heard from Rick? I'm still praying.
(((Hugs)))
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Online Meetings
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What time are they actually at? On the main forum page is says 9PM EST, but when you click the link, it says 8PM EST.
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we are all in the same boat
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You are reading from the book Touchstones.
We did not all come over on the same ship, but we were all in the same boat. --Bernard M. Baruch
As we listen to others' stories and tell our own, we see roads into this program are different. Some of us hit bottom. Others were spared the worst catastroph...
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