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Today's Gift - 8/20
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Moving Forward Much as we would like, we cannot bring everyone with us on this journey called recovery. We are not being disloyal by allowing ourselves to move forward. We don't have to wait for those we love to decide to change as well. Sometimes we need to give ourselves permission to grow, even thou...
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need to share
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Need to reach out... tonight the pain is too much...can't think...can't get in front of it. Too much for too long ...no breaks. Stared crying...can't stop. Hurts too much. Pouring sweat... It'll pass though...maybe tomorrow grateful for autocorrect...hands arent' working correctly...fi...
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Sunrise Quote - 8/20
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Grapevine
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August 20 "For thousands of alcoholics yet to come, AA does have an answer. But there is one condition. We must, at all costs, preserve our essential unity; it must be made unbreakably secure. Without permanent unity there can be little lasting recovery for anyone. Hence our future depends...
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We have Alcoholism....NOT a drinking problem
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The most important fact for me to keep in front of me is the fact that Alcoholism is not a drinking disorder..
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Character Defects.
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I feel something so right doing the wrong thing. I feel something so wrong doing the right thing. This is how it went for me when I first started tackling my defects. I did not know any other way, giving into them my whole life. So doing the next right thing was uncomfortable and unnerving. Faced with the f...
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Sunrise Quote - 8/19
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Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, What! You too? I thought I was the only one!~ C. S. Lewis
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Today's Gift - 8/19
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God grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. --The Serenity Prayer NewcomerWhat if the person to whom I'm trying to make amends is still too angry to accept my apology or doesn't want anything to do with me?S...
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Grapevine
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August 19 "What I have learned in the past twelve years is that my relationship with God and my spiritual practice is the only answer, even when I'm not sure of the question."
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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August 18, 2014Quote of the Week"The key to happiness is usefulness" This quote really resonated with me the instant I hear it. I immediately thought about how serenely happy I am right after working with a sponsee, and how that feeling can last for hours. The secret of course is being of se...
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Grapevine
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August 18 "With each passing year we increasingly realize the immense importance of adequately presenting the program to every new prospect who is in the least inclined to listen. Many of us feel this to be our greatest obligation to him and our failure to do so our greatest dereliction. The di...
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Self-Diagnosis if I am or I am not alcoholic
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It's all about experience. I've learnt that I must try to identify in what is written in Big Book about the real alcoholic to see if there is necessary to take these Steps. This topic is provoked by other topic about alcoholism and drinking problem, so I decided to write some words about it.So, let's sta...
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Sunrise Quote - 8/18
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If you don't think you can do it, who will? You control the most important tool in success, your mind.~ Jeffrey Gitomer
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Today's Gift - 8/18
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Reflection for the DayLooking back, I realize just how much of my life has been spent in dwelling upon the faults of others. It provided much self-satisfaction, to be sure, but I see now just how subtle and actually perverse the process became. After all was said and done, the net effect of dwelling on t...
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Today's Gift - 8/17
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I am responsible for myself, my recovery, my well-being, my happiness. All these things are, ultimately, my own responsibility. --AnonymousOur Higher Power does not lay claim to our free will. We can choose not to be responsible and make ourselves more miserable by going to new levels of despair an...
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Weekly Thought --- (religious concept)
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Weekly Thought He was a faithful prophet of God, full of zeal and integrity. He knew right from wrong. Thats why Gods call for him to preach to the godless people of Nineveh caught him off guard. He may have had zeal and honor, but compassion and love werent part of his spirit. So in a fit of anger and rebe...
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Sunrise Quote - 8/17
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You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.~ Zig Ziglar
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Today's Gift - 8/16
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Resolve to be thyself; and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery.--Matthew ArnoldWe all have known the braggarts, the boastful ones who constantly toot their own horns. These people crave approval because they don't yet approve of themselves. There are those who do the same thing but th...
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If you're bored then your boring.
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I am on my most boring vacation ever. In West Virginia at a park in a cabin with my whole family 10 adults, a baby and a dog. The setting is beautiful. But there's not much to do here. Normally I would be drin
I'm sober 70 days, and I struggle a great deal with depression. This vacation hasn't really helped...
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Living Life....
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It wasn't long ago I was told I have cancer...it always happens to others till it hits us. The interesting thing here is my family have expressed to me that I seem to be aloof regarding this monumental situation, and I assure them I fully understand what's going on. They believe I am in some type of denia...
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Sunrise Quote - 8/16
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.~ Aristotle
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When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically.
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Pretty simple statement. From page 64 of the Big Book. It really is what the whole program of AA is about....Isn't it? We are spiritually sick and when we get better spiritually getting better mentally and physically will follow. That's what those steps are for...To face and be rid of the things that...
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Question about dry drunk?
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I have a question do dry drunk have a harder time facing themselves in emotional recovery? He has been dry for 30 years and has been attending aa for 3 years. He started emotional sobriety, it was a h*** of a ride. What spewing of abuse and blame toward me not facing himself and his demons. he does not have a...
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Sunrise Quote - 8/15
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Patience is the ballast of the soul, that will keep it from rolling and tumbling in the greatest storms.~ Charles Hopkins
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One Month
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Got me a red chip today :) Just wanted to share.
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Alcohol helps us become so alone
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So, I was thinking about alcohol this morning (ha). As my mind started wandering toward the idea of spiritual growth, I thought about how one of our basic human needs is connection. We are happy when we feel connected to friends, we are happy when we feel connected to loved ones, we are happy when we feel...
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Today's Gift - 8/15
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Each of my days are miracles. I won't waste my day; I won't throw away a miracle.-- Kelley VickstromIt's so easy to forget to be grateful for our many blessings. We may take our freedom from the compulsion to drink or use for granted. Having learned to monitor our behavior and change it when necessary, w...
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Daily Reflections 8/15/14
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DIDN'T WE HURT ANYBODY? Some of us, though, tripped over a very different snag. We clung to the claim that when drinking we never hurt anybody but ourselves. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 79 This Step seemed so simple. I identified several people whom I had harmed, but they were no longer avai...
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Today's Gift - 8/14
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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the act.--William JamesStep Two speaks of believing. For many years, we had given up believing in ourselves, in a Higher Power, and in others. Now our program tells us to believe in love. We are lovable, and we can love others without hu...
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Early sobriety and marital issues
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Hello. I have been lurking here for awhile and have a couple of questions but will start with the most important one. I am nearing the 30 day mark. Like most alcoholics, my marriage of almost 22 years has been on the rocks for a long time. I've always been a drinker to some extent but it really took off the l...
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Today's Gift - 8/13
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If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.--Henry Wadsworth LongfellowMost of us make trouble for ourselves by over-reacting to what others say or do. We have conditioned ourselves to see everyone else a...
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Sunrise Quote - 8/14
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It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.~ Garcia Marquez
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Daily Reflections 8/14/14
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I have to start posting these again. My homegroup reads from this every morning. This being the eighth month....They talk about step eight. REPAIRING THE DAMAGE We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves. If we haven't th...
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a bit of Gratitude
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don't need to say much on this one. It speaks for itself.
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The Me, Me, Me in Social Media
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I have long been a big user of social media. I signed up for Facebook when it debuted in 2005 and have been using it pretty much ever since. I have Instagram, Twitter, and used to stay in touch with friends almost exclusively through AOL Instant Messenger. In a strange change of pace, I haven't been using...
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Grapevine
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August 14 "Let all of us AAs, whether we be trustees, editors, secretaries, janitors, or cooks -- or just members -- ever recall the unimportance of wealth and authority as compared with the vast import of our brotherhood, love, and service."
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Robin Williams
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RIP dearest friend of Bill W.
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Sunrise Quote - 8/13
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View change as the one constant in your life. Welcome it. Expect it. Anticipate it. ~ Denis Waitley
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Grapevine
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August 12 "Our sobriety should be founded on 'unselfish selfishness' ... It's not sound, we have been told, to try to stay dry for the sake of a wife or a sweetheart or someone else dear to us."
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Grapevine
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August 11 "The question arises of just what constitutes an amend. Many of us find that the old rationalization, 'If I stay sober, that's amends enough to those I have hurt,' just doesn't work. We have to be willing to go further."
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pity potty
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I think I've seen this one on here b4 . Just a reminder Yep , must b time to Get Off th Pity Potty
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Today's Gift - 8/11
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We honor the spirit in other people when we listen to them.God's messages surround us. The 24 hours before us are special, never to be repeated. The people we share the day with carry our lessons within their words and actions. Let's be vigilant in our attempts to listen. We have so much to learn, and tha...
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Grapevine
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August 13 "If we fail to 'repair,' we can only impair."
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Sunrise Quote
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.~ Vernon Howard
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Moving on
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Well it's been a busy last week and weekend. Worked extra hours to recooperate the money I put down on apt. Moved into the new apt. Saturday. Spent All day Sunday unpacking and picking up odds and ends. The only think left is the dishes. Wife #1 is giving me some silver ware. Got to several meetings also. I...
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Today's Gift
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God creates. People rearrange. --Joseph CaseyBeing alive is our invitation to act in fresh, inventive ways. All it takes is concentrating on our inner vision in combination with external reality. The components for accomplishing any task are at our fingertips, awaiting discovery. Our burdens a...
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Time flys
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At this time 0630 east coast Aussie time . 28 yrs ago I was driving myself to work . At 0645 I made th decision to go back to th psych hospital & get help . BUT this time I was going to stay there until I was well . At 0700 I made THE Biggest decision in my life . To stop drinking & give AA a try . My Friends Tha...
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Sunrise Quote - 8/11
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.~ Henry David Thoreau
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Today's Gift - 8/10
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ChangingThe old saying is true: You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. It's the same with addiction and recovery. People can take away our drugs and put us in treatment, but no one can make us clean and sober. When it hurts enough, when we're scared enough, when we're sick and tired enou...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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August 11, 2014Quote of the Week"Instead of telling God how big your fears are, start telling your fears how big your God is." Before recovery, we were driven by a hundred forms of self-centered fear. During steps 6 and 7, we began to release some of these character defects, but some hab...
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