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Wisdom of the Rooms 11-26
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November 26, 2018Quote of the Week"After five years of sobriety you get your brains back, after ten you learn how to use them, and after fifteen years you realize you never needed them anyway." What a cord of recognition this struck when I first heard it at ten years sober. I remember the first five ye...
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New Daily Readings App
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Please check out the new Android app named Recovery Today, free in the Google Play store. It has seven different readings in there, you can select the reading and select any day from the calendar. It is free and there are no ads - I'm just a recovering AA member and wanted to share it. For now it's only a...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 11-19
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November 19, 2018Quote of the Week"Happiness is not having what I want, but wanting what I have." I spent many years trying to get things to make me happy. If only I could get my college degree, then Id be happy. As soon as I move to the right city, then Ill feel fulfilled. When I meet the one, then I will b...
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Serenity prayer
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The longer I try to live out this prayer in my life the more impossible it seems. The idea of having serenity even though some people will NEVER forgive me, no matter how many times I make amends is appalling, infuriating, nauseating, overwhelming, etc... And then trying to muster up the courage to cha...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 11-12
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November 12, 2018Quote of the Week"Give all your problems to God. Hell be up all night anyway!" When I first heard this saying, I instantly thought of all the nights I used to lie in bed worrying, rehashing, or trying to solve all my problems. In fact, before early recovery it was actually easier to sl...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 11-5
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November 5, 2018Quote of the Week"When did [. . .] become your Higher Power?" I used to believe that people, places, or things would fix me. I was sure that if only I could get the perfect relationship or career, or finally have enough money to be set for life, or whatever, then I would be happy or secure...
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Preserving the integrity of AA
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Our AA literature tells us this is a spiritual program, not a religious program. That we are expected to develop faith in our Higher Power. But our imperfect founders persisted in using the monotheistic term "god" as if it's a synonym for Higher Power; and further referred to their god as male, as Chr...
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Today's Gift - Oct
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Everything is so dangerous that nothing is really very frightening. --Gertrude Stein Life is full of dangers and risks and challenges. We can choose to meet them fearfully or in a spirit of welcome. To choose fear, to say, "I won't take that risk because I might lose," is to prevent ourselves from ever...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 10-29
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October 29, 2018Quote of the Week"Would you rather be right, or would you rather be happy?" Now that was a hard one to answer when I was new. In fact, my answer back then was, But I was right! He/she/they were wrong! It has nothing to do with being happy! How wrong I was. By clinging to my self-righteou...
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Simple Reminders - Oct
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In need of help
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I just currently completed rehab and came back to where I thought was "home" to all of my belongings in a storage unit that I can't even get to no car & now homeless due to my controlling fiancee ( I was a stay at home mother while he worked) he is also in recovery and could careless about my situation. I'...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 10 - 22
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October 22, 2018Quote of the Week"Youre only as sick as your secrets." When I first entered the program, I was filled with guilt and shame over some of the things I had done. When I sat in meetings and heard others share openly about some of their past behaviors, I was shocked by how honest they were. Eve...
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If God Spoke to AA
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The use of quotation marks. Is that just a literary technique or is there an actual source/author?
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Wisdom of the Rooms 10-15
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October 15, 2018Quote of the Week"Take the mess to your sponsor, take the message to the meeting." A friend in recovery shared something once that Ive never forgotten. He was newly married and struggling with the transition from living alone for many years as a bachelor. His therapist suggested t...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 10-8
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October 8, 2018Quote of the Week"Be all right with being all right." I was generally irritable, restless, and discontent before recovery. As a kid I was anxious and afraid of things. When I found alcohol, I finally found a way to be comfortablehopeful even. Drinking gave me that sense of ease and co...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 10 - 1
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October 1, 2018Quote of the Week"Surrender is not a onetime thing." After a weekend of hard drinking, I would commit to sobriety on Monday. By Tuesday, I began to feel better, and by Thursday night Id allow myself a couple of beers. By the weekend, Id be hard at it again, and Monday morning Id swear off...
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Today's Gift - Sept
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A.A. Thought for the Day Anyone can fight the battles of just one day. It is only when you and I add the burden of those two awful eternities, yesterday and tomorrow, that we break down. It is not the experience of today that drives us mad. It is the remorse or bitterness from something that happened yeste...
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Simple Reminders - Sept
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Wisdom of the Rooms 9-24
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September 24, 2018Quote of the Week"The degree of my anxiety is a measure of my distance from God." Anxiety used to be the master of my life. Without a relationship with God, I faced life alone and was in constant fear of not getting my needs met or of losing something I had so desperately fought to get....
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Does Drinking can give you Dental problems
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Hi All, I don't know if this is the right place to ask you people about this. Still looking forward to getting an answer.I am a social drinker, I do drink occasionally mostly red wines, As I got to the office a regular coffee is almost to get a kick-start to my day. As days go by I started to notice my teeth col...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 9-17
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September 17, 2018Quote of the Week"Act as though, until it becomes so." One of the dangers of being alone for me is that I start thinking. Now for a normal person that may be OK, but for an alcoholic like me that almost always means trouble. Colored by the disease of alcoholism, my mind seeks problem...
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Sober Anniversary Today
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Full of Gratitude today! Went to a beginners meeting at the place my home group meets (Blind Pass Group). 3rd step meeting, just what I needed. Thank you all for keeping me sober Dean
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Still plugging
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About 5-1/2 months so far. Still plugging. Grateful to be a sober alcoholic.
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Looking for AA members in Dakar, Senegal
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Hello! I would like to start a AA group in Dakar! Please call me, my name is Veronique: Tel: 78 122 77 70. Looking forward to hearing from you and sharing with you! Have a Great 24h sober day!
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Wisdom of the Rooms 9-10
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September 10, 2018Quote of the Week"Its not going to get easier, but its going to get better." When I got sober, I thought my life would get easier. I mean, I wasnt drinking to blackout any longer, and now that I was sober, everyone should be happy for me. I even thought I deserved some kind of an award. I...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 9-3
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September 3, 2018Quote of the Week"God bless you - God change me." I was at a speaker meeting one night where the speaker began his sharing in this way: If I say something tonight that you dont agree with or that angers you, then say a prayer for me. God knows I could use the prayers, and you could proba...
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The Little Doctor Who Loved Drunks
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Saw this story today. We are lucky Dr. Silkworth was around at the right time... The Little Doctor Who Loved DrunksCopyright © A.A. Grapevine, Inc, May, 1951 A drunk is lying on a bed in a hospital, and a doctor is sitting beside the bed. The drunk is talking earnestly to the doctor. “...a wave o...
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Today's Gift - Aug
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I think my peace comes from my good fortune. --Jim Burns How we define "good fortune" is a significant indicator of one's attitude. While winning the lottery might be judged as good fortune by all of us, virtually every other occurrence will be evaluated in a very individualistic way. What seems like...
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Simple Reminders - Aug
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Wisdom of the Rooms 8-27
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August 27, 2018Quote of the Week"The bottom started falling out faster than I could lower my standards." The last few years of my drinking and using sure were ugly. It had stopped working long before I got sober, but I had failed to realize it. Instead, I obsessively pursued oblivion, and all those th...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 8-20
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August 20, 2018Quote of the Week"Act as though until it becomes so." What a wonderful lesson this was for me to learn early on in recovery. At first I didn't think I could make it through the day or week sober and my sponsor would tell me to "act as if" I were going to make it. He told me to go to meetings, take...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 8-13
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August 13, 2018Quote of the WeekTake my advice, Im not using it. Before I entered recovery, I thought I knew everything. I knew the right way you should be living your life, the right diet to eat, the right way to vote, etc. And because I knew everything, I was quick to tell you about it. Problem was,...
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Senegal
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Hello friends, I'm going to be spending 3 weeks over Xmas in Dakar, Senegal and would be grateful for any ideas / contacts for AA meetings / support there. Many thanks
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Sober in Senegal and looking for other sober people
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I just moved to Senegal, West Africa and I am looking for other sober people. I contacted World Services and they gave me the name of one person but he just moved back to the States. If you are sober and are in Senegal, please contact me. I would love to meet up! or at least talk on the phone. Thanks!
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Wisdom of the Rooms 8-6
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August 6, 2018Quote of the Week"If you stay on the train long enough, the scenery will change." Whenever I talk to a newcomer, I remember the insanity of early recovery. I used to talk in endless circles about my problems and about the people, places and things responsible for them. I went on and on abo...
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Today's Gift - July
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Recovery sets us free. Freedom is what recovery is all about. Not only are we free from addictive behavior, but we are free to become who we are and enjoy all that life has to offer. We may not hear bands playing and see fireworks every day, but we will know a new dimension of peace and serenity. Although re...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 7-30
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July 30, 2018Quote of the Week"Learning to live life one day at a time..." My girlfriend went into her office a couple hours late today because of an early doctor's appointment and found that 14 people in her department had been laid off that morning. I'm home recovering from a gallbladder operatio...
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Simple Reminders - July
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Withdrawing from nicotine today
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Been using snuff and/or cigarettes for about 28 years. Took my last dip a few days ago and smoked my last cigarette last night. This really sucks gang. Nicotine withdrawal seems to be a lot more difficult for me than getting sober 4 months ago was. Keep me in your prayers everyone.
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Demi Lovato
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I've been out of the State's 14 years but I do keep up with the News. Several months ago there was an article that Ms. Lovato sober 6 years picked up...For other recovering alcoholics hearing someone picked up is sad...we generally say a prayer for them for the grace to come back....I think I read at the t...
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And Sleep apnea
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Just for those alkies who are curious and want to be prepared. I'm in a sleep testing program and this morning asked the question is sleep disturbance affected by alcoholism and the nod was affirmative, "even if the person has long term sobriety"? and the nod was affirmative. Guess what I'm gonna b...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 7-23
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July 23, 2018Quote of the Week"Trying to understand God just makes His job harder." I can't tell you how much time I've spent trying to figure out who or what God is. I've spent years trying to understand the Catholic God I was raised with, and more years trying to define God from a philosophical pers...
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Fear of relapse
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I've been sober now for seven months and 18 days. It's really crazy how extreme the ups and downs are at times. I have some really good stretches when everything's going great, but then that's followed by an unexpected crash. I also suffer from clinical depression related to my alcoholism. I have this...
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Desiderata.....
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Day 45 Here's a nice poem... :) Have a great day everyone! Desiderata "Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,and remember what peace there may be in silence.As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even t...
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DON’T WORRY, HE WON’T GET FAR ON FOOT
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Seem an interesting movie. DON'T WORRY, HE WON'T GET FAR ON FOOTWritten and directed by Gus Van SantWith Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack BlackRated R http://www.goerie.com/entertainment/20180716/movie-review-highly-emotional-story-of-cartoonist-john-callahan-is...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 7-16
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July 16, 2018Quote of the Week"H.A.L.T. - Hungry Angry Lonely Tired" One of the things we get in recovery is a "spiritual toolkit" that contains new ways of thinking about and dealing with life. Before recovery so many situations and people used to baffle me, and I was ill prepared to deal with them a...
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Support
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Hey everybody!!! i know it's been a while since I've posted. I have no excuse. So, I'm not gonna try to make one. I still do check in here every few weeks, and read posts. So...last week, I hit 4 years. I never would have thought it was possible. I've gotta say, this forum, and a few members who are regularl...
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Easing concerns of spouse
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Before getting sober I was a secret drunk. As a member of the clergy I suppose I am expected to have a good reputation in the community. People in our small town community are starting to find out that Im a recovering alcoholic now, so the cats out of the bag now. My wife cried herself to sleep last night bec...
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old timers
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Old timers, when does one consider to be?
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An explicit "AA" sign outisde a meeting place--problem?
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A group just moved and members want to hang one of those blue AA signs outside to guide people to the new space. The sign would be on a heavily traveled city street in front of a building that is otherwise closed. It is not a huge step of logic to think the people entering a builiding after hours with the big o...
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