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Denial
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Am I in denial? Can someone provide insight?
I was raised in an alcoholic home. My father is a recovering alcoholic. My mother drank alongside and since quit. They are divorced. My brother and I have drank excessively on and off throughout the years and have suffered consequences as a result. Both s...
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BB Quote 2/4
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"...I would enter upon a new relationship with my Creator; that I would have the elements of a way of living which answered all my problems. Belief in the power of God, plus enough willingness, honesty and humility to establish and maintain the new order of things, were the essential requirements." ~...
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How we came to be
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Ø The Creation
In the beginning God created day and night
He created day for footy matches, going to the beach and barbies.
He created night for going prawning, sleeping and barbies.
God saw that it was good.
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Doublewinner?
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Hey gal, I think I have online shopping withdrawals! I miss you! I miss your posts! 
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Phil
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Phil, where did you settle into? The Canadian outback? You look like that Dundee guy in your caricature. Just had to razz you, and hope to see you back on the boards, when you unpack your boxes. (I am peeking). From that lady who tried to Romance th...
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Have a great time Stan!
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Bon Voyage ol' buddy!!
Have a blast in Spaghetti Central and I look forward to hearing what mischeif you manage to get up to. Crikey, you might even come back cultured or something...
I'm gonna miss my lunatic mate... think of me when de biiiig maaama's serve de paaaaastaaaaah!
Laugh lots, don'...
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What a great program!
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After several years in the program, my sobriety was starting to get "stale" as I was frequenting the same AA meetings week after week. So on Wednesdays now, another AA friend of mine & I travel just 20 minutes down the highway to a BB meeting. What a nice bunch of folks! We've been so warmly received t...
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Slow down and let go
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Slow down and let go
On a road trip up the California coast a while back, I tried to call home only to find that the batteries in my cell phone had died. I worried. What if someone needed to get in touch with me? What if there was a problem with the house? What if my family couldn't find me and got wor...
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BB P13
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There I humbly offered myself to God, as I then understood Him, to do with me as He would. I placed myself unreservedly under His care and direction. I admitted for the first time that of myself I was nothing; that without Him I was lost. I ruthlessly face...
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Jellinek Chart, interesting site....
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"God" (as you understand it) Bless Bush
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Crime and Punishment
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Yesterday I was run over in the road and then repeatedly assaulted. My assailant made loud and abusive threats to a number of people.
Yet the Police will not be pressing any charges because they have a "new policy"!.
As far as I see it the new policy is to persecute honest law abiding citizens li...
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Phil are you there are you OK?
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Hey man if you need help give me a bell.
we are here for you bud
Just reach out and let us take the weight
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BB Quote p56-57
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Fear
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Fear is the absence of faith. --Paul Tillich
We all experience fear. Sometimes we fear small things that only seem large at the time, like a test in school, or meeting a new boss, or going to the dentist. Sometimes we fear big things like serious illness or death, or that someone we love will come t...
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Today's gift 2/2
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The beginning is the most important part of the work. --Plato
On occasion we feel a bit sad as we ready ourselves for bed, knowing that our bedtime routine marks the end of another day. We may experience a slight sense of loss - time lost, opportunities lost, and a piece of life gone forever...
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BB QUOTE 2/2
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"There may be some wrongs we can never fully right. We don't worry about them if we can honestly say to ourselves that we would right them if we could." Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg 83 -----------------------------------
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Today's gift 2/1
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Everyday . . . life confronts us with new problems to be solved which force us to adjust our old programs accordingly. --Dr. Ann Faraday
Facing the day straight on is occasionally difficult to do. There are those days we feel like crawling under the covers and staying there, certain that...
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BB Quote 1/30/05
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"We had a new Employer. Being all powerful, He provided what we needed, if we kept close to Him and performed His work well. Established on such a footing we became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and designs. More and more we became interested in seeing what we could contribute...
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BB Quote p56-57
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thus was our friend's cornerstone fixed in place. no later vicissitude has shaken it. his alcoholic problem was taken away. that very night, years ago, it disappeared. save for a few brief moments of temptation the thought of drink has never returned; and at such times a g...
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BB Quote 2/1
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"To get over drinking will require a transformation of thought and attitude. We all had to place recovery above everything, for without recovery we would have lost both home and business." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, To Employers, pg. 143~
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Good moring.....
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I'm sitting here with my cup of tea, have been reading post when I get a chance. I've read a lot of good stuff. Rick, thanks for all the BB sharing, seems there is nothing that helps me more then AA or Al-anon literature , even if it is something I've heard over and over, if it is something I need for tha...
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Thought 2/1
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It's not enough to talk to plants, you also have to listen. --David Bergman
Plants grow best when we pay attention to them. That means watering, touching them, putting them in places where they will receive good light. They need people around them to notice if they are drooping at the edges or lo...
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Thought 1/31
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Thou shalt not should thyself. --Anonymous
When someone tells us we should do something, do we want to do it, or do we feel mad that someone else is telling us what we want to do? Sometimes we forget that these messages are not our own, but are the desires of others. It's important to listen to what w...
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Resentment
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Resentment is anger that we do not want to turn over to our Higher Power. Sometimes, we want to keep our anger. Maybe we want to "get even". It's hard to be spiritual and full of anger at the same time. When we hold on to anger, it turns into self-will. ----A...
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BB quote 1/31/05
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"All these, and many others, have one symptom in common: they cannot start drinking without developing the phenomenon of craving. This phenomenon, as we have suggested, may be the manifestation of an allergy which differentiates these people, and sets them apart as a distinct entity. It has nev...
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B Day#16
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I was fortunate to celibrate 16 years fo continuous sobriety last week and this is a mile stone for me. It is with the help of the 12 step program that I was able to attain this. I still only have one day at a time to live sober.
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Today's gift 1/31
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We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it. . . . --Mark Twain
There was once a young girl who thought that if only she tried a little harder, she could please her parents; if only she were prettier, her friends would like her better....
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This Moment
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This Moment THIS MOMENT I may never see tomorrow, there's no written guarantee, And things that happened yesterday belong to history, I can not predict the future, I can not change the past, I have just the present moments, I must treat it as my last, I must use this moment wisely for it soon will pass awa...
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Todays gift 1/30/05
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AA may be human in its organization, but it is divine in its purpose. The purpose is to point us toward a Higher Power and a better life. Participating in the privilege of the movement, we will share in the responsibilities, taking it upon ourselves to carry our fair share of the l...
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Thought 1/30/05
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Everyone has his own fingerprints. The white light streams down to be broken up by those human prisms into all the colors of the rainbow. Take your own color in the pattern and be just that. --Charles R. Brown
We are often amazed at how different members of the same family seem to be. Contra...
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What's my life all about?
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Have you ever really questioned what's important to you in your life and what you're focusing on? When was the last time that you called a time-out, sat down, and really reflected on what your priorities were and where you were investing your energy, your emotion, and your passions? We get so busy that...
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Grateful
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Today I will be grateful for where I am now.
My life might not be perfect, and I might not have achieved the goals I thought I would have by now; I might not be living the kind of life I thought I would be or want to be, but I'm grateful for this day, right now, and the fact that I've made a commitment t...
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Should I bother?
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Have been sober for various periods, up to 5 years at one point. Locally, I found many "AA clubs" locally that only follow 12 traditions when convienent. Found out that they like to talk about folk rather than to them. I even confronted them, and asked them to talk about me, since I was there. I am large an...
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quotes
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to find out if your mission on earth is finished; if you're still alive, it isn’t
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every disappointment or challange, is an opportunity, for growth.
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you cannot disc...
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1/28/ Reading and Thought of the Day
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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Be A Sponsor*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ SERVING MY BROTHER The member talks to the newcomer not in a spirit of power but in a spirit of humility and weakness. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE p. 279 As the days pass in A.A., I ask God to guide my thoughts and the words that I speak. In this la...
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27th Anniv. - Round 4
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Today is our 27th Wedding Anniv.  Just wanted to say that my spouse has worked his program solidly since Jan. 2nd. (We were not working with me in alanon and him not working a program). Anyway, I have found a huge relief and a partner back in my life s...
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Kicking and Fighting
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Hi All,
This mornings meditation walked me back through one of my friendships, so I thought I might share this.
I have a friend who is born on the same day as me. He is the 5th child of large landowners and hoteliers here in Aus. He went to private schools and he is particularly well educated. I really a...
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Yup-Hope I never forget.:)
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[Alcoholic Anonymous] Rate Your Night
Rate your Night
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One-Star Hangover (*)
No pain.
No real feeling of illness.
You're able to function relatively well. However, you are still parched. You
can drink 5 sodas and still feel this way....
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Thought 1/29/05
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Think in terms of depletion, not depression . . .. You can understand how a body can replenish itself, whereas it may be difficult to understand the way out of depression. --Claire Weekes
Despair and depression may come over us suddenly, for no reason we can figure out. But if we stop and reflect...
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BB quote 1/29/05
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"We are like men who have lost their legs; they never grow new ones. Neither does there appear to be any kind of treatment which will make alcoholics of our kind like other men. We have tried every imaginable remedy. In some instances there has been brief recovery, followed always by a still worse r...
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holding your own
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Holding Your Own
Trust yourself. Trust what you know.
Sometimes, it is hard to stand in our own truth & trust what we know, especially when others would try to convince us otherwise.
In these cases, others may be dealing with issues of gui...
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Its a chilli out day-this will crack yu up
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Subject: Fw: Chilli Bake Off
> Some of you probably got this one before but it will still put tears in your
> eyes from laughing.
> Phil
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> Subject: FW: Chilli Bake Off
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> > The notes are from an inexperienced Chili taster named Frank, who was
> > visiting Texas from the East Coast:
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> > Fran... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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BB quote 1/27/05
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"In meditation, we ask God what we should do about each specific matter. The right answer will come, if we want it." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 69~
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God's cake
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GOD"S CAKE Sometimes we wonder, "What did I do to deserve this", or "Why did God have to do this to me". Here is a wonderful explanation! A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong... she's failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is moving away. Meanwhile...
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A couple of cute bumper stickers
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Im a drunk
Im not an Alcoholic
Alcoholics go to meetings.
Drugs lead to nowhere
But its the scenic route.
I child proofed my house
But they still get in.
Take revenge
Crap on a pigeon
Where the hell is
"Easy Street?"
If money is the root
of all evil
Why do churc...
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Good morning all....
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Just stopped by this morning to check in. I have been busy since Sat, morning, I had to take my 77 yr old Mother to the ER and they admitted her to the hosp., she has emphsema and many other medical problems. They called me early Mon. morning,said she wasn't going to make it, by the time I got there and called...
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Thought 1/27/2005
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When men are rightfully occupied, then their amusement grows out of their work as the color petals out of a fruitful garden. --John Ruskin
What do we need most in order to be happy? Certainly we all need to be loved. Yet we need even more than that. The spirit also wishes to be needed. When we...
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Best Telly Programme - Ever
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Thank you Channel 4 for the best telly programme ever - Anatomy for Beginners.
It features a guy who looks like Dr Who with a husky German accent doing real time dissections on human bodies. There is a running commentary from someone in white coat, who looks like he just came out of a washing powder a...
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In the midst of winter
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In the midst of winter, I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer. --Albert Camus
When things seem to be going badly and everyone appears to be against us, what do we see? Do we think things will never get better, or is there a ray of hope inside us that believes everything will s...
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