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Alcohol abuser
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I was asked why I thought I was an alcoholic. My answer is that it has a better ring to it than alcohol abuser and there is no abusers anonymous group that I know of. My therapist says I am not an alcoholic based on my behavior with alcohol. I don't HAVE to have it. I just choose to. Now granted some of the chose...
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My Story
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Hopefully I'm doing this correctly. If not, let me know and I'll post this somewhere else. Been a heavy drinker since I was 18yrs old. I'm 37 now. Where I live, everyone and anyone is a regular drinker. Drinking never really got me in trouble sans maybe some dumb bets at the casino. No DUI's, no alco...
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alcholic - please help
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i hit my rock bottom yesterday. i dont remember anything past 3pm yesterday. drove off road. no damage to vehicle or me, except a hangover and feeling worse about myself now. i drank 375mL of rum in 3 hours. ended up in hospital. i don't know if i still have a job to go back to. my husband says he may take my 7 w...
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Comic ... it ain't like 60 years ago, that's for sure ...
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Recovery Coaching
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Hello Everyone, My name is Jennifer. I'm an alcoholic in recovery. I'm also a student studying to become a recovery coach. I never had a recovery coach back in the day - I'd never even heard of one, and I wonder if a coach might have helped me. Today, I want to be for people what I wish I'd had - a partner i...
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dealing with a relationship breakup
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My sister who is a lesbian was in a relationship which broke up recently. I have been her only support during trying times. I have been beside her encouraging her to enjoy life , do things which she likes and not to exert herself too much. I am scared, in spite of all my efforts, if she is falling into depres...
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So I decided to do further research...
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Hi all, Sadly this isn't my first time as a poster on this board. I was quite busy here for sometime a few years ago, and then as the title said... I just had to find out if I really was a true alcoholic. Well, 3 or so years later I think that question has been well and truly answered. God. What a mess. Just like t...
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Sober New Years Eve Party
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I am going to a sober New Years Eve Party tonight and I am nervous. How do you get rid of the anxiety, I mean its with like 150 people from the meetings in my area and I know some of them so why be so nervous? I am not nervous to go to meetings anymore? lol Does anybody have any suggestions or like conversation st...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 3/6
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March 6, 2017Quote of the WeekThe secret to my recovery is no secret. When I was new to recovery, staying sober even one day at a time was a seemingly impossible task at times. Old triggers lurked around every corner, and feelings descended on me without warning. While I was in a meeting I was O.K., b...
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Thanks!
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Hi Everyone, On behalf of the transition committee, I just wanted to thank everyone for your donations! After the last donation drive we had we came out about a year ahead on our fees to Sparklit, who is the host of our board, so we decided to stop taking donations for a little while.We may have another c...
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At a loss
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Not sure what to do about my situation. It took me years to have my eyes open to the deception some people used. I don't know whether to cry or feel angry. My former husband and I were married in the Catholic Church which means no sex unless we are trying to conceive. He did not like it, so he went and got a bott...
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The Dilemma of No Faith
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The Dilemma of No Faith By Bill W.Copyright © AA Grapevine, Inc, April 1961 The phrase "God As We Understand Him" is perhaps the most important expression to be found in our whole AA vocabulary. Within the compass of these five significant words there can be included every kind and degree of fa...
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Today's Gift -- Feb.
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A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake. --ConfuciusStep Ten tells us that when we are wrong, we must "promptly" admit it. We aren't used to admitting our mistakes. We defend ourselves or blame others. This is called denial. Denial is bad for two reasons...
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Simple Reminder -- Feb.
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Courage and Prudence
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Courage and Prudence When fear persisted, we knew it for what it was, and we became able to handle it. We began to see each adversity as a God-given opportunity to develop the kind of courage which is born of humility, rather than of bravado. ------------------------------ Prudence is a workable mid...
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Wisdom of the Rooms 2/27
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February 27, 2017Quote of the Week"I wanted to be famous but God made me anonymous." I had some pretty big plans when I entered the program. Even though my sponsor told me it wasn't about money, property and prestige, I knew better. I was convinced that, being sober, I would finally write the books an...
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What to say?
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I got a great sponsor who is battling cancer. He'll be starting Chemo soon and his wife tells me it is going to be very aggressive. I called him the other day and he spoke to me about dreams he's been having about drinking. He says they're very vivid and it reminds him of the very difficult struggles he had w...
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Editorial on First Tradition by Bill W. 1947
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On the 1st TraditionBy Bill"Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of agreat whole. A.A. must continue to live or most of us will surely die.Hence our common welfare comes first. But individual welfare follows close afterward."Our whole A.A. program is securely founded on the pri...
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Grateful.
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I was just going through some of my old posts on this board since April 2010. I am truly grateful for John, who put this forum together. Despite his own challenges, he kept this place alive. Some of my old friends like Toni and Larry have passed on, but they gave me so much of love. I also appreciate the mode...
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Traveling need a meeting
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Need contact with the fellowship can't get to meeting
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Review the Day...
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When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest, or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What could we have done better? Were we thin...
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To Watch Loneliness Vanish
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To Watch Loneliness Vanish Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by lonliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn't quite belong. Either we were shy, and dared not draw near others, or we were noisy good fello...
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Pappy
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I know , if we are on vacation or travelling . We can not use these devices. I have not seen anything from Pappy for weeks . You Ok Man.
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Tradition Three
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At one of the groups I attend, we study the 12 Traditions. Tonight, it's tradition three. We use the questions from the Traditions Checklist (a service piece available at the AA Website). The chairperson of the meeting - tonight it's me - reminds everyone that there are no right or wrong answers, just...
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6 Months Sobriety
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I haven't posted much lately but just wanted to check in and say I'm still sober with 6 months sobriety.
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Wisdom of the Rooms 2/20
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February 20, 2017Quote of the Week"A God defined - is a God confined." Long before recovery, and even many years into it, I had a need to understand who and what God was. I was sure that if I was "good" and acted the way I thought God wanted me to act, then I could control Him, and ultimately I would get wha...
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Returning member
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Hi. How you all doing? I haven't been here for a while. My sobriety date hasn't changed. I just haven't been to this site. It's nice to see not much has changed. I see a lot of new names, but many of the older members are still here, allowing the newer members to be where they're at long enough to figure out wh...
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7th Tradition request for contributions to keep MIP Boards viable
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In keeping with the Seventh Tradition that states "Every group should be self supporting", the MIP transition committee, voted to solicit contributions from each MIP Board to clear a billing from the Vendor that hosts the Miracle in Progress Boards . This billing indicates that ther...
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Starting an AA group
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Good Morning All, I'm currently going to start an AA group at my employment location. My first group also. I'm an Addiction/Substance Abuse Counselor and there is a need in my area. I would like some advice on how to pick a name for the group? any thoughts.
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anger and resentment towards my sister, how can i let it go give it to god and ask to love her ?
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I don't love my sister, I don't like her and there is year of tension and rivalry we live together i want to stop judging her and start loving her i am praying for it now
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Relieving the Mental Obsession
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Hello, I m a little over 10 months sober. Throughout this period i've had some major ups and downs in the road. I have dealt with anxiety all my life. Panic Attacks, depression, etc. I am now today at another point, as it happened previously around 6 months, where I feel depressed and anxious and I get ur...
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Guilt is killing me..
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I am actually staying in the house until Monday, 9am for work. This is really bad. Help
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What to do with it?
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Sober 1 month yes this is the longest in a while
I've quit before but when I quit I remember why I drink.
And it is raising its ugly head.
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slips
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I had five months sober, than I had a slip. I drank a six pack of beer. I am currently three months sober. I hate going to meetings now because it reminds me of my failure. It makes me depressed. My boyfriend thinks I should go, but I'm doing good on my own.
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A New Life
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Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is only the first gift of the first awakening. If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life--the one that did not work--...
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Out of the Dark
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Self-searching is the means by which we bring new vision, action, and grace to bear upon the dark and negative side of our natures. With it comes the development of that kind of humility that makes it possible for us to receive God's help. Yes it is only a step. We will want to go further. We will want the go...
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Third Step: an investigating of what it means to turn it over.
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Greetings!I am new to this forum, and have joined because I'd like more perspective. Every time I do a third step, my sponsor gives me this assignment. "Ask as many people as it takes to accumulate 300 years how they know they're doing God's will."As an alcoholic who has answered this question, it's a n...
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Has the election tempted anyone to relapse?
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It feels like a trigger - not the outcome but all the stress leading up to it.
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Using The 24-Hour Plan
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Using the 24 Hour PlanUsing the 24-hour plan In our drinking days, we often had such bad times that we swore, "Never again." We took pledges for as long as a year, or promised someone we would not touch the stuff for three weeks, or three months. And of course, we tried going on the wagon for various perio...
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Man Arrested For 14th Time For Drunk Driving
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There but for the grace of God... Michigan Man, 54, Arrested For 14th Time For Drunk DrivingA Michigan man whose rap sheet includes 13 convictions for drunk driving has again been arrested for operating a 8 vehicle while intoxicated.Zenon Bialokur, 54, was nabbed Friday after a sheriffs deputy pu...
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Handing out AA chips in a meeting for the first time!
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I have been going to my meetings for 6 months now and recently been asked to hand out the chips. After listening to others do this, it is pretty simple what is said when handing out these chips but I was just wondering if you are one that does this on a regular basis, can you please tell me what you say when pr...
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A question for my Counselor!!!
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Hello, I have a question for someone to answer, if anyone would like. This will be for my counselor. 1) How do I know I have crossed the line with an Alcoholic or Addict?
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My friend is facing charges because of his alcohol addiction
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Hi , I am here to share my friend's story, and to get some advice. My friend, David, he is an alcoholic. He was in a relationship with a girl for some months. Things were going smooth, of course, there was his drinking problem on one side, but other than that, as to what we could see, he was in a good relation...
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pain & oxycontin
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i learned to keep my medication for pain a secret. Most people do not have severe chronic pain, and oxycontin has been so maligned in the press, u could be 100% reliable, but once some people know u r on oxy they get all weird and distrustfull.
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Urgent help
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I am at my wits end dealing with my alcoholic son. He comes home fully drunk and goes on a rampage. Initially I tired advising him which turned futile. I can tolerate anything than see my dear son throw and damage household things. I am quite aware that this is just a passing phase, but I am finding it diff...
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Hey baby...take off your shirt
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noticing some people wearing drinking/party shirts at a festival the other day. You know, like "it's 5 o'clock somewhere" and that kind of thing. I Quit Drinking...it was the worst 5 minutes of my life everybody needs something to believe in...I believe I'll have another beer theres th...
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Not sure I'm in the right place
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Long overdue to speak about this. *Sigh*. Welllllll.....I hope you guys can be kind to me. I work in the adult entertainment industry. 27yrs old now but heavy drinking to blackout since I was 19 yrs old. I'd take 1 monthly vacation each year from my job for the alcohol and sleep all day with non stop exces...
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My husband keeps bringing up past mistakes
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Hi, Im new to the forum, and sobriety. I have 3 and a half months sober. My problem is...my husband continually brings up lies i told, stupid things i did, and basically makes my life a living hell. I dont have any good answers for him, and I dont know how to make ammends. He makes me feel like I'm living in th...
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guys need help for books please donate
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hi guys im archie from philippines ive been in aa meetings and sober for 2 years but since i transfer to another city i really need help any donation for big books etc.for me to start a meetings with new alcoholic people who need help please advice i really need hand outs and materials please guys any supp...
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So Glad to happen apon this forum
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I have been sober 2 years Jan 11 and have been privately struggling. God will always do for us what we cannot do for ourselves and I decided to google that fraze and when I did this forum popped up!!! I am a witness to the power of God and the Power of AA!
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