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life
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hi all things are good here. just thinking back to the first months .how close i came to giving up.i glad with everyones help i made it through it boy that was tough.now sober for some months i got a handle on my life again and ready to take a few chances in life again . thinking about investing in the r...
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Hey everyone...
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Just a quick check in....I guess I'm doing okay. Still packin', how does one accumulate soooooo much stuff. I am the queen of stuff, but I'm tossing out a lot, giving alot to charity, will have a garage sale. Last week-end my son send home some furniture because he moved to a different apartment so I have...
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Angels
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Angels appear in the Bible from the beginning to the end, from the Book of Genesis to the Book of Revelation. The Bible is our best source of knowledge about angels - for example, Psalms 91:11, Matthew 18:10 and Acts 12:15 indicate humans have guardian angels. Angels announce the birth of Jesus to the s...
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Now I'm curious
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Hi all.
Well, now I'm just curiousas to whether this message board is approved, endorsed or affiliated with AA.
The homepage does ask that 2 traditions be observed, they are anonymity and topics. I could not find anywhere that it stated "AA aproved" , etc.
Did I miss it? If s...
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Thanks to my friends
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Hi Friends, I haven't taken the the time to say Thanks ya'll, for the hard work that I believe it has taken to get this site where it is today. I have tried a few other online recovery groups, and was sadly disapointed by the bickering amongst the members, so so sad. but the Big Book tells me there's o...
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Thoughts For Tonight
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What other people think of us affects us all, but all what other people think of us really affects is our fragile ego. We have to rise above our own ego. We have to believe what we know to be true, not what someone else thinks of us. If we do not do this we are compromising ourselves to satisfy someone else.
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" Redoubling Our Efforts"
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August 10 To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he has hurt, and in what ways. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p. 77
As I continue to grow in sob...
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really? i can post a thread?? get out!
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we'll see if it sticks anyways..
ok another day in the life of Wendy
i planned to sit on the computer for just a little while..drat...5 hours later i made myself go do something else. Got a good rain here today which was nice after all the really hot weather we/ve had. Made some phone call...
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another great day for recovery:)
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Letting Go of Perfection As I journey through recovery, more and more I learn that accepting myself and my idiosyncrasies - laughing at myself for my ways - gets me a lot further than picking on myself and trying to make myself perfect. Maybe that's really what it's all about - absolute loving, joyous,...
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ooooo yaaaa eh?
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Letting Go of Perfection
As I journey through recovery, more and more I learn that accepting myself and my idiosyncrasies - laughing at myself for my ways - gets me a lot further than picking on myself and trying to make myself perfect. Maybe that's really what it's all about - absolute loving, joy...
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FOR THE WOMEN
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A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm a woman," she told him. "I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will." Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?" "All women cry for no reason," was all his dad c...
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Aug 9- a great day for recovery
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Today is August 9, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery!
ACCEPTANCE
"The man who has become a thinking being feels a compulsion to give to every creature the same reverence for life that he gives to his own." -- Albert Schweitzer Today I accept people. Even the people with who I do not agree...
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Looking Good
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Thoughts for tonight
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There is nothing more painful than walking around with bitterness in your heart.
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We must accept that fate sometimes seems cruel, and let go. We must be confident that time will heal if necessary. Even when we are scared, and our emotions overtake us we must trust that fate is right...
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TODAY'S GIFT
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My relationship with nature and plants is almost like religion with me. --Monty Cralley
Feeling connected to something outside of ourselves is important to our perception of life. And being alive assures us of many new situations. Maybe it's a move to a smaller residence or our recove...
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Today
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What is without periods of rest will not endure. --Ovid
When we are tired, we need to stop and give ourselves time to rest. Sometimes we think we can't spare the time. But without rest, all our activity soon becomes a burden and there is no joy in it. Animals know it is necessary to take time to rest. Th...
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"... Of All Persons We Had Harmed"
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August 9 ...and became willing to make amends to them all. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p. 77
One of the key words in the Eight Step is the word all. I am not free to select a few names for the list and to disregard others. It is a list of all persons I have harmed. I can see immediately th...
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"Made A List..."
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August 8 Made a list of all persons we had harmed... Twelve Steps And Twelve Traditions p.77
When I approached the Eighth Step, I wondered how I could list all the things that I have done to other people since there were so many people, and some of them weren't alive a...
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The Unknown
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The unknown is the place from which all realities spring. It is a pure place without exception or judgement or lack.(unknown)
  Our lives are governed by things invisible.We are blind, in essence. Yet when we look inward...
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what is mine
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it's so hard to let go of a toxic person and have them bring you right into there misery.
had my ex reem me out for another persons opinion in the matter-who i shouldn't have shared with--and now he is out of control trying to control and trying to blame me for everything.
i accepted whats mine i...
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What a wonderful day, Today
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Hi all. Just a little update on my situation. I'll try to get to the point without going on and on. LOL
I surrendered again yesterday morning and it felt great. This is what I believe happended to me: I read a post on another website the other day that said something like "the BB and a cookbo...
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looking for insight
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Hello all,
I've read quite a few posts and I am impressed by your fight for sobriety.
I'm going to post my tale, succinctly and would love any suggestions.
My husband is 37 years old, always drank too much when out but never drank at home.
Eventually, he realized that he was intending on grabbin...
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Post By Wantneeda
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Cant get your post on separate Wendy? Here-grab my hand--wele give you a boost gal.:)
There yu go!!
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hi there
another one of those days where i can't start a new thread...sigh...so if you don;'t mind i'll add my day here
been doing l...
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Tact!
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Ha ha, some / all of you may well be aware of this problem associated with being sober.
You tend to stop taking S**t, you tend to be more honest.
For the Blokes, When your woman says ' is my arse looking big in this?' it's not deplomatic to reply that it would look big in the Melinnium dome (thankfully i'...
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online speaker tapes
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http://www.elmoware.com/spktapes.htm
thought i'd share
hugs, Wendy
ps....(op i tried to post a reply to your last post, lost it in the shuffle i'll try again though)
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Life Is Short--Grab It
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Gratitude for what's been offered us in our lives softens the harsh attitudes we occasionally harbor. Life presents us with an assortment of blessings; some bring us immediate joy; some invite tears; others foster fear. What we need help in understanding is that all experiences are meant for our go...
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Letting Go
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Letting go is accepting and loving others as they are, not as we would like them to be
02. Letting go is accepting that we cannot control or change another, that we can only control or change ourselves.
03. Letting go is encouraging others to make their own decisions and to learn from the results.
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lady
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glad you were able to figure it out. wasn't a problem in helping you...always nice to help others.
have a good morning evening have a good day!
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How It Works
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Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunate...
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Hey Gammy Gal?
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Thinking about you. You doing ok?
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A great day for recovery, Tomorrow
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Thanks Wendy for your continueing to post the "great day for recovery" I really do love them and it's Perfect for me right now. I really need it. But in MY case, Tomorrow is a great day for recovery.
I TRIED to surrender last night from my slip on Thursday, couldn't do it. The...
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Where can I download aa podcasts?
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I will be travelling soon to NYC. I have an ipod. Are there any AA podcasts that I can download?
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Benefits Of Patience
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Benefits of Patience In reality most of our emotional problems are nothing more than a failure to accept things as they are - in which case it is patient acceptance, rather than attempting to change externals, that is the solution. For example, many of our relationship problems arise because we do no...
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Forgiving
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The old line, "You did the best you could with the information you had at the time" gets me through the "remember and release" painful periods. I cannot judge yesterdays actions with the expanded information I have today. As I remember and release, this line helps me to forgive my part of the situation...
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Hi Folks
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 Hello everybody, My name is Bobby Dean, I'm an Alcoholic. Its good to be here and look forward to getting used to the site and meeting you folks.
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To ChipChum
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Congratulations on day 17! (or would it be 18 now).
We all understand. The only difference in our stories are the people, places and timeline. Same stuff with everyone. So, do not feel alone. You are not alone anymore.
How's the AA meetings going? Are you reading the Big Boo...
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aug 6- a great day for recovery
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Today is August 6, 2005 A Great Day for Recovery!
LEARNING
"If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." -- Jesus (Matthew 15:14) I need to understand before I can teach; I need to listen before I give advice; I need to associate myself with the "winners" to become a w...
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Turn it over
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I have 2 big emotional conflicts.
TRYTING TO TURN THEM OVER
GET A LETTER TODAY GOING TO NEED A HEARING
JUST WHAT I DIDN'T NEED OR MAYBE I DO NEED IT ???
JUST TRYING TO PRAY IT AWAY FOR NOW AND GIVE IT TO GOD
LIFE'S UNFAIR AT TIMES SO ARE POLICIES OF OUR GOV'T OR HOW DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE TREATED.
it...
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Hey Chris Bud
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Got youre email--yup-you actually do look better than your board pic-hahaha
And thanks for the info.
Im pretty open minded about things Chris--feel free to share your beleifs and thoughts re mail, anytime.
All the best to you. Have a good weekend.
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Patiently Accepting
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Dealing with Anger
Since it is impossible to fulfil all our desires or to stop unwanted things happening to us, we need to find a different way of relating to frustrated desires and unwanted occurrences. We need to learn patient acceptance.
Patience is a mind that is able to accept, fully and happ...
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Todaay's gift--i needed it
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RESOLVING CONFLICT
... a new level of personal dignity
Over time we are each treated to the full range of what the other has to dish out. We may put out our worst at times of great stress. Maybe we feel sick, face unemployment, or feel personally attacked in an argument. These events seem like a threa...
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faith
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I want to believe, and I do believe that someday I will. --Toni J.
Most of us have learned to have more faith in things than in relationships. We believe our tires will give us 30,000 miles, but have little faith our loved ones will provide such dependability. Too often, this is the attitud...
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Starting over
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Well, I blew it! Had 2 beers yesterday! 34 days, down the shit hole!
yesterday started great. I was off work, so ran some errands, then my guy picked me at noon for a day at the lake. On the way there he informs me he packed beer in the cooler, along with water, cola's, etc. I had not tol...
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Relationships
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For a relationship to succeed long term, both partners must be at a similar personal development level. A relationship cannot last unless both partners are at a similar personal development level. When one person has learned what they need from another the purpose of the relationship is fulfilled...
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Newbie questions
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Hey, all, I recently realized I was an alcoholic. Been sober 16 days now. Been to 7 meetings so far. Plan to keep going every day. I have been going to different meetings to check out the different locations, people, and types of meetings (study, opens discussion, etc.).&n...
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hello
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good to be sober today
wow what a ride
yesterday is gone
only have today, make the best of it
Love u all Rick
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hey everyone
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i miss my routine. getting on the board half as much these days. got my eye on an apartment situation a month by month thing so i can live in my own space...which i am looking foward to...
part of my new journey consists of a divorce which i have been coming to terms with for months now...
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Powerlessness
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What is powerlessness?
Powerlessness is the:
Sensation of being out of control with no apparent solution to help you to regain control.
Complete lack of control, authority, or status to affect how others will treat or act towards you.
Lack of capability to affect the realities of life ou...
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Just dont drink
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Thanks for all your replies to my questions on drinking and the stinking thinking.
I agree Nic. As much as I deny it and dont want to hear it. I know it is the most important thing to do and the only way to my recovery. I must just not drink. If I am not an alcoholic then why would I...
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