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Grapevine
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July 29 "Every day, every meeting, there's something more to learn."
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Today's Gift - 7/30
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The winds of grace are blowing all the time. You have only to raise your sail. --Sri RamakrishnaIf God seems far away, who moved? At the center of our being a fullness of life exists that wants to flow through us as vitality, love, harmony, happiness, and success. Why, then, are we not more in touch with i...
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Today's Gift - 7/29
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Other people's actions need not affect us.Our program friends are showing us how to detach from other people and their problems. We have learned we aren't the cause of a family member's alcoholism or the never-ending trauma in a friend's life, though our family and friends may try to blame us for thei...
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Gods work
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I've had a rough month. I'm feeling things I haven't in a very long time. Anger, jealousy, fear, you get the idea. I haven't made many meetings, and when I do Im not really listing. Just forcing my way through it. Tonight was no different. I show up 5 min late. I make a cup of coffee and sit in the corner with t...
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What If You Had Gotten Everything You Ever Wanted?
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Warning: Im here to interrupt your regularly scheduled life to bring you a completely optional announcement. This post may or may not momentarily screw your day up, then make it orders of magnitude better, and finally, proceed to send your life on a detour. Results may vary, and are not guaranteed. H...
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Can you think of one?
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I have a question. It's a little hard to word though. Can you think of any 'horrible' event or circumstance in your life, that hasn't set you on a road to a treasure that you would have gladly paid the price of that event? For instance, active alcoholism. If you haven't been there, words are of no use. ...
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Grapevine
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July 30 "The alcoholic is in no greater peril than when he takes his sobriety for granted."
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25 Years, Dean!
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Happy Soberversary, Dean, my beautiful Big Brother! You were instrumental in my early recovery on so many levels & I love you forever for it. Also, because you're simply a swell guy & I know how much we all love you too! Watch... Thank you for staying sober it means the world to me. Love you, Dani...
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Rockin' agent comes through
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...as advertised. The wife and I received an eviction notice of fifteen days. The wife was going to see her father who is on his death bed for a week (which means a week without income plus expenses to get there and back). We planned that trip with $3.12 in the bank and the eviction notice came while she...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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July 28, 2014Quote of the Week"GOD - Good Orderly Direction." Like many newcomers, I had a lot of conflicting feelings and ideas about the God concept in early recovery. I didn't trust the God I had grown up with and so had a hard time turning my will and life over to Him. I was growing pretty d...
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Today's Gift - 7/28
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Nobody's family can hang out the sign, "Nothing's the matter here." --Chinese ProverbNone of us come from a perfect family, but if we have any family at all, it's worth the effort to see what there is to enjoy about it. Sometimes it's difficult or impossible, because there's been so much da...
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Recently out of rehab and new here
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Hi all, I wanted to briefly introduce myself here. I am a 41 year old mother of two, married 13 years. I have been drinking heavily for at least 15 years. I received my first DUI this past June under highly upsetting circumstances. As a result of that emotional blow, I attempted suicide and ended u...
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The line between relaxation and isolation.
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Hi! Just sitting here enjoying a lazy lazy Saturday. I haven't even gotten up to leave the house. I haven't talked to anyone, only via text. I always start off my cherishing this down time, but many hours into it my mind starts going and going and the down time starts feeling depressing. My mind is such a d...
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This is a really good talk. I highly recommend it.
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character.http://www.xa-speakers.org/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=1551
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Early sobriety
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I'm new to MIP. I'm coming up on 6 months of sobriety on August 2nd. My sponsor is great but he travels for a living. Not easy to get ahold of. I'm attempting my 4th step and it's kicking amy ass. Got a lot of crap coming up that I buried a long time ago. Anyway I'm just putting myself out there.
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Sunrise Quote - 7/27
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There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.~ Henry Drummond
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Sunrise Quote - 7/26
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The perception of whats possible is on the other side of fear!~ Leslie Zann
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Today's Gift - 7/27
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There are as many ways to live and grow, as there are people. Our own ways are the only ways that should matter to us.--Evelyn MandelWanting to control other people, to make them live as we'd have them live, makes the attainment of serenity impossible. And serenity is the goal we are seeking in this reco...
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Today's Gift - 7/26
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Worry and Stress"Make plans but don't plan results." This is a simple phrase cautioning us against unnecessary worry and stress. If our plans involve other people, we would be wise to work joyfully toward realizing our dreams, but we should not expect or worry if others do not want the sam...
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Sunrise Quote - 7/23
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The person on top of the mountain did not fall there.~ Unknown
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Welcome to Capital K!
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Good to have you aboard!!
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Sunrise Quote - 7/25
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Happiness is a choice, not a response.~ Anonymous
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Today's Gift - 7/25
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A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something. --Wilson MiznerA good salesperson is usually a good listener. Being a good listener also helps in being a good parent or spouse, neighbor or friend. When we are truly able to hear what others are trying to say, w...
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A program of rigorous honesty
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This board played a big part of my initial foray into recovery. A huge part. I posted honestly about how I was doing, what was going on, and benefitted enormously from hearing people's experiences in response. I've kind of dropped the ball on the honesty thing of late, and I want this board to be a part o...
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Doing the next right thing anyway.
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The home that we currently live in is a mobile home across the front yard from our landlady. The landlady had her daughter, her daughter's boyfriend and her grandson move out to the property three months ago. They moved into the landlady's RV. We offered to move into the RV and give the kids the trail...
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Today's Gift - 7/24
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Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not see.-- Bill W.At times, we'll go through pain and hardship. At times, we'll have doubts. At times, we'll get angry and think we just don't care anymore. These things can spiritually blind us. But this is normal. Ho...
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Sunrise Quote - 7/24
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Once you wake up thought in a man, you can never put it to sleep again.~ Zora Neale Hurston
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takes a deep breat and plunges into a new life direction
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After more than thirty five years with the same company, actually at 35years and 1 day....
I was told there's no funding for my job.
I've been job hunting within the company ever since and what have I achieved? Nothing. nada. F*** all.
So I've been offered a package to leave. Not quite a golden good...
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This week
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Trying to focus on Anniversary week, as I've let the last few slip by without celebrating at all. This Friday, in 1989, was the first day I stayed sober, on this continuous journey. Thanks to you all, especially my Family of choice here on MIP, from this grateful recovering drunk.
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Grapevine
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July 24 "Sobriety is a constant process of uncovering, discovering, and discarding."
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Reply help
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Anyone know how to fix not getting e-mails when some posts after you? I use to get them and do click on the box in the lower left corner but now it's not working?
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Today's Gift - 7/23
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The best thing that can come with success is the knowledge that it is nothing to long for. --Liv UllmannSuccess may be defined in many ways. In our youth, we may have measured success in terms of having a million dollars, two cars, a swimming pool. But we are coming to believe that success means staying c...
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Sunrise Quote - 7/22
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There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.~ George Sand
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Today's Gift - 7/22
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No person is your enemy, no person is your friend, and every person is your teacher. --Florence Scovel ShinnWe can open ourselves to opportunities today. They abound in our lives. No circumstance we find ourselves in is detrimental to our progress. No relationship with someone at work or at home is s...
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Grapevine
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July 23 "A large part of my recovery has been in learning how not to listen to myself."
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Off the beaten path
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Anyone have any advice on how to find a rental with bad credit without having to go to some slumlord. This divorce destroyed it since the wife noooo work. Short of righting a letter explaining my situation anyone face this situation?
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Congrats to 'GoingtoTry'
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I have come to know that 'GoingtoTry' has reached the 1 Year sober mark ... ... ... A BIG Congrats to him ... keep up the good job ... (When I first started trying to sober up ... it took me 13 years to finally get one year without a single drink ... a modern miracle for sure ...)
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Hi :). New here, and testing the waters....
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Hi. My name is Bongo, and I'm an alcoholic. I have been spared the horrors of this disease through the 12 steps and AA. At the end of August I will have 30 years of continuous sobriety. I got sober at a young age, take really good care of myself, and when people ask how long I've been sober they generally...
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Grapevine
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July 22 "I still don't know much about heaven, but I've learned some valuable lessons about life on earth."
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Sent from a Non-Alcoholic Friend
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Food for Thought
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A Facebook friend post a daily quote. I thought this one was worth sharing. Have to admit, however, wonder how often the author has pondered upon his own words! "As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking (a little whiskey) or smoking whatever wor...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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July 21, 2014Quote of the Week"Look for a way in, not for a way out." When I was new, I was constantly looking for a way out. I listened for the parts of your stories that didn't match up with mine, and knew you needed the program but that I didn't. When my sponsor suggested I go to a meeting a day...
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Welcome Barbara and Kat
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Welcome to MIP, ... I'm a 50's kid too ... let us hear more from you guys and/or about you ... Pappy
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Grapevine
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July 21 "By the fall of 1937 we could count what looked like forty recovered members. One of us had been sober three years, another two and a half, and a fair number had a year or more behind them. As all of us had been hopeless cases, this amount of time elapsed began to be significant. The realizati...
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Looking for other AAs battling ADD/ADHD Please help
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Hi friends I'm a 27 year old female new to AA, have been battling ADD and using medication since the age of 8. Have a hard time getting going, getting things accomplished, focusing etc without my medication. Have gone off my medication before.. results= not good. Find that the meds however throw me i...
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Blessings Laura Story (Note: This is God Stuff)
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This video was sent to me from a close friend. I was really moved and thought others in recovery may like it. The music is wonderful and the pictures are beautiful as well..Blessings to all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CSVqHcdhXQ
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Welcome Paula
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Welcome to MIP Paula ... ... ... good to see you post your story ... can't wait to hear more from you ... stick around, we get better 'together' here ... ... ... Love ya and God Bless, Pappy -- Edited by Pythonpappy on Friday 18th of July 2014 09:37:43 AM
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Today's Gift - 7/21
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Reflection for the Day The slogan "Live and Let Live" can be extremely helpful when we are having trouble tolerating other people's behavior. We know for certain that nobody's behavior - no matter how offensive, distasteful or vicious - is worth the price of a relapse. Our own recovery i...
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Here's some Old Humor
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DUCKS IN HEAVEN !!! Three women die together in an accident And go to heaven. When they get there, St. Peter says, 'We only have one rule here in heaven: Don't step on the ducks!' So they enter heaven, and sure enough, There are ducks all over the place. It is almost impossible not to step on a duck, And alt...
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Sunrise Quote - 7/20
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Laughter is an instant vacation.~ Milton Berle
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