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pushing forward
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Picked up a yellow chip yesterday... long thirty days.
I wont say all is great, or that my life is all fixed up, or even that Im happier now. Lots of things still really suck right now. I take some comfort in the fact that I now realize that even folks that arent alchoholics have problems. Im beginning, i...
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Unconditional love
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I lost my new puppy 11 days ago and tried to figure out why.
One girl said she may have gave her life up to save my grandson.
Maybe she was sent to help me with my depression ( bad at the time) and her job was over.
I thought God only knows ( after calling him names and cursing him)
I thought about...
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Dear Alcohol,
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Dear Alcohol, First & foremost, let me tell you that I'm a huge fan of yours. As my friend, you always seem to be there when needed. The perfect post-work cocktail, a beer at the game, and you're even around in the holidays,
Hidden inside chocolates as you warm us when we're stuck in the midst of end...
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Tuesday
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Stopping, calming, and resting are preconditions for healing. When animals in the forest are wounded they find a place to lie down and rest completely for many days . . . They just rest and get the healing they need. --Thich Nhat Hanh
We hurt. We suffer. We wrong our loved ones and they do wr...
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BB QUOTE
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"The less people tolerated us, the more we withdrew from society, from life itself. As we became subjects of King Alcohol, shivering denizens of his mad realm, the chilling vapor that is loneliness settled down. It thickened, ever becoming blacker. Some of us sought out sordid places, hoping to fin...
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instinct to live
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When men and women pour so much alcohol into themselves that they destroy their lives, they commit a most unatrual act. Defying their instinctive desire for self-preservation, they seem bent upon self-destruction. They work against their own deepest instinct.
As they are progressively humbl...
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the value of time
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To realize The value of a sister Ask someone Who doesn't have one.
To realize The value of ten years: Ask a newly Divorced couple.
To realize The value of four years: Ask a graduate.
To realize The value of one year:
Ask a student who Has failed a final exam.
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Facing Your Fears
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Suzy...
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I just read your post below. It sounds to me this may be your bottom, and you said you will not drink today. That is where we all started, just don't pick up that drink today.
I really want to encourage you again to find a face to face meeting and go. If you call the AA number in the phone directory or the the 8...
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Prayer
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Praise God for who he is...just wanted to share this with my friends and family. Dear Lord, I thank you for this day. I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning. I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and an understanding God. You have done so much for me and You keep on bl...
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Wishing each of you a great week!!
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Flying out in the morning to spend a few more days with my wife, on the East coast.
My thoughts are with each and every one of you each day, as we trudge this sobriety journey.
Some days arent easy, and others are great--Whatever the case may be--we do it TOGETHER. We do it with compassion, and underst...
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Faith, Trust, Patience, and Hope
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When our life is not working the way we feel it should be, faith, trust and patience will lead us towards new insights if we allow it. If you can remember not to panic but to be still and "breathe" yes you heard right, I did say breath. Deep slow breaths to calm you down so that you can h...
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I need help. I am so screwed up.
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I got sober the first time back in 83 and stayed sober about 8 years due to lots and lots of meetings, a good sponsor, the steps, all that stuff. But the "God" thing never clicked for me and eventually drove me out of AA. More honestly, I drove myself out because I just felt so different because I could not "G...
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Whew
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Sure is quiet in here.:) everybody in sleep mode??
This is a description of depression.
People with a low self image ... who feel negatively about themselves ... are likely to feel depressed. Low self-esteem is not the only cause of depression. Other possible causes include an actual los...
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Wendy?
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Hi Wendy,
Just wanted to know how things are going for you? How's your Mom?
Love, cheri
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Today
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Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. --Helen Keller
There is wonder in the moment, if we but look for it, let it touch us, believe in it. And with the recognition and celebration of the wonder comes the joy we desire and...
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Julia and Suzy...
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I just want to say welcome to Julia and great to see you posting again Suzy, I've missed you. You are both in the right place to learn about the disease of Alcoholism, to hear how those of us who have found sobriety have done it.It is a one day at a time deal and I have to turn my will over to my Higher Power , who I...
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Patience
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Patience is taking an hour to put a post up on the board, and then having it dissapear completely.
Patience comes into play when one does not kick the computer, and calls it names, but takes a deep breath, and says" Well I got to read it all anyway' hahaha
You guys have a good Monday.!! -- Edited by Phil...
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Sunday
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It's been a week from Hell. But I didn't have to drink.
Thank God for meetings and this site. May you all have a wonderful Blessed Sunday. I pray mine will be better than last Sunday. As i say this week has been a real test, but it's over. ONE DAY AT A TIME
Lead Me and Guide Me
Almighty God, I h...
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Anxiety
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What is anxiety?
Have you ever felt the butterflies in your stomach before a big performance or speech or test? That's anxiety. Put simply, anxiety is fear. Anxiety is normal. It's normal to feel scared before a big event. Anxiety can show up as a variety of body signals: elevated heart rate, excess...
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Thank You
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I can't beleive the caring I feel coming from your replies. It's hard to accept that people really care about me when you don't know me. When i drink that is lkely a good thing. I have gone to a meeting each day and am finding that it gives me strength. This happened last time but I thought I was stonger than a...
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negative thoughts
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Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. --Abraham Lincoln
Our negative thoughts can be like pebbles rolling down the mountainside. One pebble bumps into another one. The second begins rolling and slams into a third. On and on it goes until thousands of pebbles, rocks, an...
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Saturday
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear not absence of fear. --Mark Twain
It is not unusual to feel afraid. It is unusual, however, to hear anyone admit to feeling afraid. Sometimes we think there are some people who are so cool and calm that they never feel afraid. This may make us think we'r...
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Hey Cabbage!! Ole Chap!!
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Read your response to anxiety. Been there. Drove myself nuts between depression, anxiety, and bottled up anger . Went to councelling-did 4rth and fifth steps--the whole ball of wax. Finally went to a good phycologist where I was told my body chemistry was way outa whack likely partly due to al...
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Phil and Rick...and all
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Phil , I want to say thank you for all the encouragement you give me in this situation with my husband , and if I thought it would help I'd sent for each and everyone of you to help , but I think, your prayers will help just as much. So thanks to all who will pray for my husband and me.
And I am smiling to...
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Doin' the happy dance...
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..Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. There you will find release from care, boredom, and worry. You're imagination will be fired. Life will mean something at last. The most satisfactory years of your existence lie ahead. Thus we fin...
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We need your support !
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Hi there we do need your support!
Please visit our new A.A. discussion forum and post a message.
www.AAcanada.com discussion forum.
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smile
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There's one thing you can't give away. You can't give away a smile. It always comes back to you. --Violet Hensley
We have had years of experience with the results of smiling. How many times have we felt better simply because we smiled, even at a stranger? Smiling is somewhat like yawning. When we see s...
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Happy Friday!!
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Coping With Stress
Inevitably, there are times of stress in our lives, no matter how long we've been in recovery.
Sometimes, the stress is outside or around us. We're feeling balanced, but our circumstances are stressful. Sometimes, the stress is within; we feel out of balance.
When the stre...
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wantneeda
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thanks for the site I put it in my "favorites". Now I will be able to do anything on the computer and listen to the program at the same time instead of my music. A must check-out site!
God Bless and Good Night Everybody...
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XA SPEAKERS
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http://www.xa-speakers.org./pafiledb.php?action=category&id=13
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Cultivating Faith-april 21
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"I don't think we can do anything well in this world unless we practice it. And I don't believe we do AA too well unless we practice it....We should practice...acquiring the spirit of service. We should attempt to acquire some faith, which isn't easily done, especially for the person who has al...
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An Article On Handling Fear
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Everyone has times when they're afraid of something. Fear has a legitimate function for us because it alerts us to something which could possibly be harmful to us. Usually, we are able to evaluate the situation and see if there is any real danger, then take steps to deal with it. &n...
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IF I KNEW
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IF I KNEW 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...
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We are not cured
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"It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th E...
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growth
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"Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. At the start, this was all we needed to commence spiritual growth, to effect our first conscious relation with God as we understood Him. Afterward, we found ourselves accepti...
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why can't I seem to do it
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I am so glad I found this site. I have screwed up AGAIN. I hate myself and what I become when I drink. This is my third time coming back and I have to make it this time. I need your help
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I Am Your Disease
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I hate meetings. I am the disease of addiction. I hate everyone who has a program. To all who come in contact with me, I wish you death and I wish you suffering. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the disease of adddicton. Cunning, Baffling, and very powerful; that's me.I have killed millions, and I am ple...
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Relationships
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There are times in all relationships when things don't run smoothly. Often, this is because people have conflicting expectations, are distracted with other issues, or have difficulty expressing what is on their minds in ways that other people can really hear and understand what is being said. Som...
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Wednesday
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One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it. --Helen Hayes
Our habits, whatever they may be, were greatly influenced, if not wholly formed, during childhood. We learned our behavior through imitation, imitation of our parents, our siblings, our peer group. But we need not be...
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Hurried and worried
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Hurried and worried until we're buried And there's no curtain call, Life's a very funny proposition, after all. --George M. Cohan
Often, when we involve ourselves in a whirlwind of activities, plans, and expectations, we push ourselves so hard that we don't derive any satisfaction from suc...
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AA Thought For Today
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A.A. Thought for the Day
The satisfaction you get out of living a sober life is made up of a lot of little things, but they add up to a satisfactory and happy life. You take out of life what you put into it. So I'd say to people coming into A.A.: "Don't worry about what life will be like without liquor. Just h...
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Hi all,
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just thought I'd ask for you's to say a prayer for my mom...she's getting tested for cancer today...i lost my gramma to cancer in '85, she was 57....my mom is 58 this year...I've only recently started communicating with my mom again...a gift of recovery...and to think of losing her now that i'm on the r...
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BB quote
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Let no alcoholic say he cannot recover unless he has his family back. This just isn't so. In some cases the wife will never come back for one reason or another. Remind the prospect that his recovery is not dependent upon people. It is dependent upon his relationship with God. We have seen men get well who...
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Brothers in our defects-april 19
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We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to over come them.
The identification that one alcoholic has with another is mysterious, spititual--almost incoprehensible. But it is there. I "feel" it. ...
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Tuesday
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In the process of defining myself, I have a tendency to set up rules and boundaries and then forget that rules are made to be broken, as are boundaries to be expanded and crossed. --Kathleen Casey Theisen
Recovery has given us the freedom to address life honestly, with forethought and a certainty...
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step 6-7
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i spent 5 months in treatment and while there i completed step 5...my step 4 was a series of 247 questions...yukky...i did my step 5 with a female priest who had never done a step 5 before...so i'm not really sure if my step 5 was all that it could have been...needless to say i've been on 6-7 since november a...
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Psst..Phil....anybody
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Are any of these a problem for the alcoholic? Perfectionism, Procrastination, Paralyisis,
I can see where perfectionism could be if an alcoholic feels in their thinking they could never be enough while growing up, etc. How about the other two?
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Yesterday is over.
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Yesterday is over.
It is a fact of life that what is old dies to make way for what is new. Endings are often painful - we mourn the death of a relationship, we regret leaving a familiar neighborhood, we don't like to say good-bye.
Endings, though, give us the chance to begin ag ain.Anew frien...
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