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Therapist and "Functioning" Alcoholic Recently Sober
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Hi everyone, Im Tim. Ive been an alcoholic since I was 14. I drank on and off for the first few years but around age 20 is when I drank every day up until about a few months ago. Like most of you know, Ive been ambivalent about stopping since I realized I was an alcoholic, but never really tried. Recently, I ha...
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I NEED SOME HELP WITH STEP 4
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SO IM JUST GETTIN STARTED ON STEP 4...MY SPONSOR BASICALLY TOLD ME TO START OFF MAKING A GRUDGE LIST. AS IM READING ABOUT IT THE 12 IN 12, I AM SOOOOO CON FUSED...STEPS 1-3 WERE PRETTY OK FOR ME...BUT READING STEP 4 IN THE 12 IN 12 IS LIKE READING GERMAN TO ME. SHOULD I BE MAKING A LIST OF PEOPLE I HAVE RESENTM...
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First AA meeting tonight; nervous
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Hi all. I don't use message boards and am jittery with nerves so hopefully I do this right. I'm two days (well, it'll be two days in about an hour) sober and attending my first meeting tonight. I'm extremely nervous, a million thoughts going through my head. Will people be nice? Accepting? Intim...
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Emotional Sobriety online by Tom B tape and another online article if you are interested
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http://alcoholrehab.com/addiction-articles/emotional-sobriety/-- Edited by hopefulone on Thursday 13th of August 2015 11:52:43 PM
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Why We Were Chosen
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Why We Were Chosen
God in HIS wisdom has selected this group of men and women to be the purveyors of His Goodness. In selecting them through whom to bring about this phenomenon, He went not to the proud, the mighty, the famous or the brilliant. He went to the humble, to the sick, to the un...
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How can I stop taking things so personally?
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Or in other words, not take words so literally. If you say to me "call lots of people to take some of the burden off your sponsor", I don't hear that I should call lots of people for my own sake and the sake of another, all I hear is that I'm a burden. Then I spiral down the slippery sloap of discou...
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It's a Tradition going back over25 years that I post my AA anniversy
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January 12th celebrated 48 years of continuous sobriety since my First AA Meeting....Going back now many years....I can see where the Program meets one at the level of your needs... God at times always worked Miracles for me...for that I am profoundly grateful......He gave me almost consecuativ...
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Easy does it
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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/1306/MUaqFV.gif-- Edited by FlyingSquirrel on Saturday 18th of December 2021 02:17:59 AM -- Edited by FlyingSquirrel on Saturday 18th of December 2021 02:19:06 AM
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Home Group Questions...
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I swear I read somewhere in AA literature that if you arent in alignment with your home group to find another group. Does anyone know where I can find this in the literature? My group has 20+ meetings a week. Should there be one group conscience meeting for the entire group? Some members think its the gr...
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online sponsor
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Hello I have 8 years of sobriety which is a lot for my area. I cant find a sponsor here and would like to find one online. My original sponsor relapsed 5 years ago. I spent about 2 years upset about this and the past 3 going through people like theres no tomorrow kind of... I would ask someone and they would sa...
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Fishing Invitation - Mississippi River, L&D #9, Harpers Ferry
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Hiya, Jasper's Sober Fishing thread gave me an idea.... The weather for Sunday, 11/1/09 in Zip Code 52101 looks pretty hard to pass up! At about 11am my (3) kids and I are going on a fishing outing for the day. Any one on this board who wants to stop by is welcome!! We're hoping to get there by 11am and leav...
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Checking in..
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I am responsible
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When anyone, anywhere reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be there. And for that, I am responsible. This is the AA responsibility statement. I have recited this statement before. I have not been very good at putting it into practice, however. Judging by what I have seen on this me...
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I am new
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Greetings. I am on day 7 of my sobriety journey. Today I really felt like drinking for some reason. I didnt do it...but it was close. WM
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The Program Works Group Needs Support
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Hey, Everyone! Come join and support The Program Works Group's online Zoom meeting. Every night at 8 pm EST. www.theprogramworks.com - tap Use App button to join from Facebook page Meeting ID 860-801-229 Note- There is no password, however, meeting greeters will remove any hijackers. Service co...
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Pettiness Prayer
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I just read this today. I'd heard it long ago, but forgotten it until now. And look who wrote it! Keep Us From Pettiness ~ Mary Stewart, Queen of ScotsKeep us, O God, from pettiness; let us be large in thought, in word, in deed. Let us be done with faultfinding and leave off self-seeking. May we put away al...
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This is currently the only online message board I haven’t been banned from.
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Need help getting sober
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Day 1
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Gratitude
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Happy Easter to all those who celebrate this day and to those that don't, Happy Sunday. I'm usually at work, but as fate would have it, I'll be available to cook the turkey. I'm only cooking for 2 today because the powers that be have asked us not to have large family gatherings this year and if I've learne...
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It has been a long while since I have been here. Aloha. :)
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Hey, all. I have not been here regularly in a very long time. I have been out of the rooms for around 10 years, and of course you can predict that nothing great resulted from that. Nothing terrible happened, except that I wasted ten more years of my life, doing the same old shit. Anyhow, I am back working...
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The small hours
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Went to my first meeting today and scheduled for rehab on Monday. How do you guys deal with the small hours when you are up, used to drinking by yourself, and everyone is asleep? I am 48 hours without a drink, some withdrawal stuff (no DTs) but need someone to help with ideas that wont have me relapse.
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Newly sober
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Bottom of the Barrel
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Hello my name is David and I am here from NV and I am an alcoholic. I know that I am in the right place when I can speak about my experience with alcohol. I am forty four years old. I grew up pretty normal from the outside although inside alot of turmoil. I got to drinking pretty early around sixteen. I a...
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Sparklit Board & GoDaddy Funding Request
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The Sparklit Board Funding has been expended. We are asking in the spirit of Tradition 7 for funding to continue the forums. Sparklit ActiveBoard Donations GoDaddy will be ready for renewal in May as well. We are looking for a solution for accepting donations. Last year we used my business PayPal a...
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NEW USER
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Hello, new to this Hopefully I can give as well as learn.
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In 13 days I will have a major announcement to make.
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I just know all three of you are on the edge of your seats, wondering what could be so important. Well, you just better be here to see it. This will be world-shattering.
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A Geographical
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Hello Everyone, I am not so well-versed in all AA terminology, so I would like to get your opinion about the term "a geographical." I read that it means to move in order to get a fresh start, or begin with a clean slate. Would changing university majors, transferring to several different universities,...
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sorry folks , couldnt find delete post ,my posted 3x
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Little Free Library
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Anybody got one of these in their area? Im lucky I guess, there are more than a dozen within walking distance of my house. https://littlefreelibrary.org/ https://i.postimg.cc/7YwycNZL/9-EA8-C7-B3-E19-C-4617-847-F-3-EFD1-BAB539-C.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/jjwVNgZM/276-B74-B4-8-...
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Giving it away to keep it.
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Lack of replies to newcomer posts. You know, I want to say that doesnt surprise me about self centered alcoholics. But even I know I have to be willing to help those struggling if I am to stay sober. Else what's the purpose of me being here. Reminds me of the church who doesnt know you if you dont give an offe...
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AA Meetings And Coronavirus
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Two AA clubs in my area have discontinued meetings due to the virus crisis. Over a week now of missed meetings... Another place, with 4 meetings a day, has suspended the custom of holding hands during the meeting-ending Lord's Prayer. How much has AA been affected in your area and what alternatives ar...
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TODAY IS MY 47 TH YEAR OF SOBRIETY
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Today where I am it is the morning of January 12...12 hours ahead of N. Y time....47 years ago there were no personal computers relating to such a thing as online AA. In 1996 AA as an organization, the internet quite new was just starting up...I learned HTML and designed for myself a website, It still ex...
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Transgender Alcoholics
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I would like to know if there are other transgender alcoholics on here who I can talk with about ways to deal with staying sober? Please help! Thanks, Dawn Mist
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Just an observation......
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Hi all, First month is behind me. On to month 2 one day at a time. I was thinking about the morass of a nightmare drinking becomes and it reminds me of swimming. Profuse drinking really is like swimming under water..you can barely see when you open your eyes, you cant breath, you cant listen or hear and yo...
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ANNIVERSARY THROUGH GODS GRACE AND MERCY
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It was a very cold December 2nd morning in 1984 as I "came to" from another drug induced evening. I was 6 months into my 3rd marriage and the more than two and a half decades of active drug addiction/alcoholism was devastating my life and everything and everyone in its path. I lifted my head from the floor...
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Looking for Red P Tulsa
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Hello all,Does anyone remember someone burring up the message board and chat room looking for a Red P from Tulsa OK? Or am I going crazy? This was a few years ago. Well I think I found him. I talked to him about it. And he was clueless. (He is not a newbie he is an old mossback.) Can someone please help me?
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Detoxing, any advice?
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This shit is hard, been through a few times but this is bad : (
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sponsorship advice
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Hello all just wondering is there any videos on you tube of how to take someone through the 12 steps of AA using the big book. TIA stay safe all ODAAT
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7th Tradition for Forum Hosting
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It's time for voluntary contributions to support our MIP forums. We are currently paid up through May, and need $215.76 to extend that through the next 12 months. The donation link is below. Please note that the form says Al-Anon Family Groups, but donations will support all the forums on MIP ht...
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Is there a 12 step group for me?
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Hi guys, I'm not in the right place but I hope you can point me in the right direction. I'm not an alcoholic - Im addicted to porn, nicotine, junk food, and watching excessive television. Nobody would see my life and think I am out of control with these things - actually the amount I indulge in any of them is...
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The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men
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You know the rest....I was reading my post of JANUARY 12th.. My 46th Anniversary of continuous sobriety... I shared a window of future plan...I did indeed fly several days later to Bangkok with a completed 4 page typed out application for a "China visa"...I was told my itinerary was not SPECIFIC enou...
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Hopefully, God Hasn't Lost His Sense of Humor
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I been sober a few twenty-four hours now. In the beginning, I had a sponsor, one of those old school guys who wouldn't take any of my BS. After he helped me find a Power greater than Bernie, and I was able to get sober and stay sober, I began to sponsor new people because that's why my sponsor sponsored me. He...
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Dropping the word blame
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I don't like change. But with everything that's going on, change is inevitable. I didn't like the zoom online meetings because of the controversy around the app. But, I needed a meeting. So, I re-installed zoom and went to a 7 am meeting. Apparently, they have them at 7 am 7 days a week. They read the Dail...
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Back again
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Hi. My name is Bernie. I've been here before. It was years ago. I can't remember what username I had so I created another one. I'm here again because all the face to face meetings in my district are closed down due to Covid-19. There are some Zoom meetings but I don't like the app so here I am. There are a lot o...
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Ah There I am
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Found the old login info. I had started a new username (Traylorparkboy), but I might as well stick with the old one. I haven't been here in a few years. Hopefully I'm older and wiser. Hope everyone is safe and well. Be talking to you.
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Where does it say anything in the big book that you "absolutely must have a sponsor"?
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Or anything about sponsors at all for that matter? In fact there seems to be many things that have been added to the program that the original founders didn't feel necessary for them to recovery from alcoholism. And it seems these new additions have just become accepted as AA fact, as in that's the way i...
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hi there, just passing though haven't logged on here in quiet sometime forgot my old username and password.... anyway restless and cant sleep. Went to an online meeting this morning that has been sitting with me all day regarding what we were like and what we are like now.
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TODAY: My 46th ANNIVERSARY OF SOBRIETY
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I have a smile on my face TODAY emanating from my heart and soul; my gratitude of a wonderful life God has given me through SOBRIETY...but that long day 46 years ago on the brink of death seems only like yesterday...a life of 30 years of failure....The guy who hired me on, several years before for my job on...
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Declaring Myself an Alcoholic
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Hello There are times I crave alcohol especially when I want to feel some comfort from the anxiety I am experiencing. I have only partially blackout on one occasion and am able to control my drinking most of the time. I find myself drinking and using mary jane to feel comfortable at social events and...
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