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Grapevine
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March 11 "In AA I learned to take the risk of being real."
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Welcome Onzello
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Welcome to MIP Onzello, ... glad to have you here AND thanks for sharing your story with us ... I'm happy to know you've found a home in AA and pray for you to continue to have the strength and desire to stay this time ... Like you, I tried AA about 1995, but I didn't come to stay until '08, it saved me from my dy...
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Sunrise Quote
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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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How to deal with slips?
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Hello everyone, I am very new around here. I started about two months ago attending a local AA group as a periodical alcoholic. I still haven't found a sponsor. I seek alcohol and cannot stop and binge when I experience difficult emotions, especially those concerning my relationship with my partne...
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Sunrise Quote
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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.~ Henry David Thoreau
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I'm baaack
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Hey everyone. It's me again. So here we go. I didn't drink for 2 weeks then my boyfriend takes me out and asks if I'm ready to drink....Well let's start from the beginning, he wanted me to quit, told me I needed AA. Well I stopped for 2 weeks and then he asks if I'm ready for a drink. In my head I feel, of course I...
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Today's Gift 3/13
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I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time. --Charles SchulzLiving one day at a time is a big project. Most of us have just enough faith, patience, and courage to last 24 hours. We all seem to be in need of a daily refueling.Living in today helps keep our lives balanced and simple. At f...
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Grapevine
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March 13 "I must learn to open my mind as well as my eyes."
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Today's Gift 3/11
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People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind. -- W. B. YeatsIt's a bitter pill to swallow, but our intelligence only gets in the way when we're dealing with things that really count -- our feelings and how we express them. Love is the be all and e...
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I Am Reminded We Are Indeed Connected With All life
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I was empting the "honey bucket" off the aft deck before boarding my dinghy on a hot sunny beautiful morning...A big turtle about 2 feet long emerged to the surface as if he saw a Carl's Junior Roadside Sign for a hungry lunchtime 12:30 PM pit stop...He enthusiastically imbibed..and how...
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Happy Belated 7th Anniversary Pappy!
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Amazing! A good word for you because they way you reach out here consistently to others and keep giving back is amazing. Even in spite of health issues....I bet you don't even realize how many folks you have helped. You have also been the "rock" of this board for at least the last year. Go...
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Alcoholics Anonymous Celebrates 75 years in Philadelphia
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Alcoholics Anonymous marks 75 years in Philadelphia, cheering successesAlfred Lubrano, Inquirer Staff Writer POSTED: Saturday, March 7, 2015 People cheered the man who was 50 years sober, but they stood and screamed wildly for the guy who hadn't had a drink in a day. "That's for you, Mr. On...
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Today's Gift 3/10
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Accepting LoveMany of us have worked too hard to make relationships work; sometimes those relationships didn't have a chance because the other person was unavailable or refused to participate.To compensate for the other person's unavailability, we worked too hard. We may have done all or most of...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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March 9, 2015Quote of the Week"It is the mosquitoes that will chase me out of the woods, not the bears!" It's amazing how I intuitively know how to handle the big things. A few weeks ago my brother and his wife - who live right around the corner from me - came home from vacation to find their h...
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Today's Gift 3/9
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Reflection for the DayWhen I sit quietly and compare my life today with the way it used to be, the difference is almost beyond belief. But things aren't always rosy; some days are a lot better than others. I tend to accept the bad days more easily on an intellectual level than I do emotionally, or at gut-l...
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Today's Gift 3/8
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Some of the experiences we go through are hard. We get heavy at times. "I'm drowning in my grief," I told a friend after my son died. "It feels like I'm swimming across an ocean, and I'm getting tired." When it's too difficult to keep swimming, float.Action:What's more irritati...
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confused
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my first time on here. Am looking for support.
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Today's Gift 3/7
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Every new moment that arises in your life can now be a point of choice. . .in which you can choose to treat yourself and others with Compassion rather than Judgment. --David Harp NewcomerI wince every time I hear the words "God as we understood Him" and "Higher Power." When meeti...
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Today's Gift 3/6
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When you do something you are proud of, dwell on it a little, praise yourself for it. --Mildred NewmanEach one of us is very good at something. Maybe it's baseball or tennis where we display talent. Maybe we're good in math or at giving reports. A few people are talented at being good listeners or helpfu...
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Spiritual Lesson I Remind Myself Today
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Train yourself Amigo in the way of serenity...find that inner tranquillity and peace....Then, you will be a power for peace. Do not fear the unknown not even death itself . For with every forward step you take you are entering a fuller existence. As you step forward you will carry the light which will r...
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Welcome 'atlas927' ...(Alan)
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Welcome to MIP 'atlas', ... glad to have you here to share your ESH ... Love ya Brother and God Bless, Pappy
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Grapevine
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March 5 "Today I can look upon myself and others with understanding, acceptance, forgiveness, and love ... Recovery is a wonderland."
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Sunrise Quote
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Friendship doubles your joy and divides your grief.~ Swedish Proverb
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Today's Gift 3/5
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I was talking to a friend about something I didn't want to do but believed I needed to do anyway. I was dreading it and feeling irritable. Often when we talk like that, other people scowl and say, "Oh, don't let shoulds control your life. If you don't want to do it, don't."But this man unders...
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Today's Gift 3/4
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G.O.D. = Good Orderly Direction --Anonymous When we decided to turn our will and lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him, we made a declaration of independence. We declared our freedom from the chains of our self-centered ego and the unrelenting demands of our self-will. When we decided t...
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Grapevine
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March 4 "Even in self-protection, we do not wish to erect the slightest barrier between ourselves and the fellow alcoholic who still suffers. We know that society has been demanding that he conform to its laws and conventions. But the essence of his alcoholic malady is the fact that he has bee...
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Desiderata Poem in the Big Bookj
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Sunrise Quote
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It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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Today's Gift 3/3
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The first skill needed for the Inner Game is called "letting it happen." This means gradually building a trust in the innate ability of your body to learn and to perform. --W. Timothy GallweyA strange and intriguing mystery confronts us in the Twelve Steps. We are mending our ways; we are b...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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March 2, 2015Quote of the Week"The difference between me and God is that God doesn't want to be me." I can't tell you how many times I've tried to arrange all of life to suit my needs. I've planned and schemed, worked and manipulated, hoped and dreamed, and then manipulated some more all...
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Another Joke ... 'Just Take Care of Dad'
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A young cowboy from Texas goes off to college.Half way through the semester, having foolishly squandered all his money .... he calls home. "Dad," he says, "You won't believe what modern education is developing!They actually have a program here at A&M that will teach our dog, O...
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Am I on the wrong board?
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Well hello everyone , when I first quit drinking my smoking picked up, I was never a sober smoker in my life, in my drinking days I would often wake up finding a pack of smokes that I bought over the course of the night and now was just a foggy memory. However when I quit drinking I found my self smoking. The...
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Sorry, I Gotta Send One More
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Laugh for the day! Crisis runs in the family Bobbitt Family Update In a recent news broadcast, it was announced that Lorena Bobbitt's sister Louella was arrested for an alleged attempt to perform the same act on herhusband as her famous sister had done several years ago . Sources reveal the sis...
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Desiderata
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Go placidly amidst the noise and 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 the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.Avoid loud and aggressi...
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New Member
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Hello. My name is Abby, and I am an alcoholic. I am 28 years old and engaged to a wonderful man. I met him shortly before my 23rd birthday. I didn't have my first sip of alcohol until I was 21. I never drank in high school and very rarely drank in college. My father was an alcoholic until I turned 2 and then he re...
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The Rock Bottom that Dropped me into the Abyss by a lady alcoholic
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In July 2012 I hit rock bottom, no I thought I'd hit rock bottom. I fell into the longest binge I've ever known. I just stopped going to work and stayed home and drank and drank. I'd stop for about 3hrs, long enough to go and pick my daughter up from school. If you could have seen my apartment. It was absolute...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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February 23, 2015Quote of the Week"Worrying is praying for things you don't want to happen." I don't know where my tendency to worry came from - perhaps I learned it from my mother - but I'm sure good at it. Before the program I would worry and stress over most areas of my life and even if somet...
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Sunrise Quote
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Your hopes, dreams, and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the storms, above the clouds - if you will only let them.~ Diane Roger
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Today's Gift 3/2
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Love doesn't just sit there like a stone: it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new. --Ursula K. Le GuinEveryone could use a new batch of love every day. Way too often, we forget to make a new batch. Then we end up eating hard, old, crumbly stuff that doesn't even taste good. We forget to ta...
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Take a Break ... Here's a 'Test' for Y'all
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I'm only sending this to the brightest of my elderly friends! This test will keep that dreaded disease that effects your memory at bay! New Senior's Exam, you only need 4 correct out of 10 questions to pass. 1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last? 2) Which country makes Panama hats? 3...
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Santa and the Big Bunny
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Amigo if you were playing Golf the object of the game would be to hit the ball and get it into the cup over 9 or 18 holes..You do that by employing Golf clubs If you are sober the object is to be happy joyous and free to have a clear communication with God...This you can do by emplying the steps... Along the co...
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Welcome buckys
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Welcome to MIP Laura, ... glad you found us ... ODDLY, I went years to 'Fayette New Beginnings' in Georgia ... A great group ... My sponsor and I met there for noon meetings and had lunch afterwards at least once a month ... it's a very good group ... Love ya and God bless, Pappy I was known as Roger G the...
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Sunrise Quote
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When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Today's Gift - 3/1
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When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin Delano RooseveltNewcomer Initially, I was excited about recovery. I felt better for a while. I hate to say it, but now that I'm not at the beginning any more, everything seems worse. I feel more cynical than ever.Sponsor What you're...
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Ten Years Sober on 2/19/15!! I didn't think I had a chance!! Thanks to my Higher Power, my AA family, and trying to be
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of service to others. I haven't been on this message board in a while. We are all miracles in progress. I look forward to tomorrow because of today. Today, I was sober and this one day is as important and essential as my ten years of sobriety. Thinking that first drink through has always been a powerful...
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Sunrise Quote
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Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing.~ Matt Biondi
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Today's Gift - 2/28
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Finding balanceLet's not forget to play. Our new way of life is a serious matter, but it is not intended as a punishment; nor do we need to repent and suffer for the rest of our lives. Our new way of life is intended to produce growth.But growth takes work. And work needs play for balance. If we forget to pla...
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Graepvine
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February 27 "I need grace to recover happily, to be comfortable in my sobriety, and to be able to help others do the same."
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Today's Gift - 2/24
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Don't take storms personally.Somewhere out in the Pacific, a storm brewed and swirled and thrashed and died without ever touching the land. Three days, later, under a clear blue sky, the storm surge reached the California coast near Los Angeles. The sea threw rocks at my house, and the waves stacked...
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Grapevine
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February 26 "I'm free to be the person I've always wanted to be, but never before had the courage to become."
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