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Stress ... How To Deal with It!
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How do we make the right choices to get rid of stress? We have 5 tips to strip away your stress so you can live life blissfully!5 Inspiring Ways to Stress-Proof Your Life1) Slow down to go faster.By slowing down we can take time to discover our purpose and choose to fully live it each and every dayMaking...
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Update drugs...............
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My friend's son has "swallowed the entire Big book." He knew all the steps. I learned that drugs are, more cunning, more baffling more powerful. I could only sit and listen.
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Drink'n Buddies
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Ole and Sven were drinking buddies who worked as aircraft mechanics in Minneapolis and one day the airport was fogged in and they were stuck in the hangar with nothing to do. Ole said, "I vish ve had somethin ta drink!" Sven says, "Me too. Y'know, I hear ya can drink dat jet fuel and get a b...
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Today's Gift - 4/16
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt In this moment, we are the best we can be. Today, we can work at loving the best in ourselves and not fearing the worst. We are truly wonderful and growing people with gifts and qualities that make us who we are. No one can make us f...
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Sunrise Quote - 4/16
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Your past cannot be changed, but you can change your tomorrow by your actions today.David McNally
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Tech Support
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This ought to make you feel better about your computer skills! Tech support: What kind of computer do you have?Customer: A white one... Tech support: Click on the 'my computer' icon on to the left of the screen.Customer: Your left or my left?**************************** Custo...
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Cute Story #3
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What we gonna do now is go back. Way Back. Back into time. Remember that song. The troglodyte. That was me. Always looking for a woman and I never found one until I learned to dance. I always thought dance was a noun. But it's actually a verb also. An action word. I think if AA was a word it would be a noun and a v...
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Grapevine
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April 16 "Gratitude is a tool, a form of perspective, reminding me to appreciate the simple things."
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Anxiety and Sobriety
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I hit one year and 10 months sobriety on April 10. I wanted to ask if others on the AA board have experienced any anxiety issues after being sober for over a year and how they deal with the problem of anxiety. Whether it's through AA principles, psychiatry, medication or coping techniques..any advice o...
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Cute Story #1
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I was just thinking about a meeting we put on in detox about a year ago. Some of our group members were relatively early in recovery but they were eager to do service so I asked them to tag along. They were a bit worried that they might be asked to speak and I said don't worry, I'm the member with the longest so...
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ENJOYING YOUR SPRING??????? Winter Weather Live Updates: Snow, Record Cold Temperatures In the East, Central U.S.
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http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-live-updates-snow-ice-latest-20131106 BTY
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Starting a new week with the munchies from Hell
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I made it through the weekend. I know I'm in the "Honeymoon" stage but it wasn't that bad. Got to a meeting today and had some quality time and coffee with a girl in a similar position as myself after. My skin is looking so much better, no more puffy moon-face. I'm hanging in there and deali...
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Cute Story #2
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I was reading some of my old posts, back in 2012. I didn't see any from 2013. I don't think I was here at all that year. I was busy, getting older and maybe wiser. In September of 2012, I was having a conversation on a popular social media site. I had left the recovery house I was working in, I had a job but I want...
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Plans for tonite
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It was a productive day. Brought son to eye Dr and out to lunch. Got a job interview set up for Thursday. Wife made me a to go bag for dinner and just waiting to go on a speaking commitment with the AA boys tonite.
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Finally
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I didn't give up and I have a way to an AA meeting tomorrow night. I am so excited. Once I get there I will ask one of the members to see if they can help me get to meetings and then I intend to try the 90 meetings in 90 days. Thanks for everyone's helpful advice. The people on here have been supportive a...
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Sunrise Quote - 4/15
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Calm and peaceful, the home should be the one place where people are certain they will be welcomed, received, protected and loved.Ed Young
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I keep coming back
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Hi. I haven't been here for a long time. About a year, maybe longer. I was out of work for a while, I lost my internet connection, it was inconvenient, but oh well. I got through it. There are actually a lot of face to face meetings out there in the real world, beyond the constricts of my computer desk. Been a...
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Grapevine
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April 15 "Every day will bring me challenges, but now I have the spiritual tools to cope with life on life's terms. I am no longer the prisoner of my past, my wants, my sorrows, my addictions"
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Thought for the day
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Monday, April 14, 2014You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours) Thought for the Day A police captain once told about certain cases he had come across in his police work. The cause of the tragedy in each case was drunkenness. He told his audience about a man who got into an a...
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Drugs...............
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I am not a drug addict and my choice was alcohol. But we have a number of addicts in our group. They are our brothers. One individual is 18 months clean and another is 12 months clean. Many do not identify with me, but still we have very good friendship. Tonight I am taking a friend's son to our meeting. He i...
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Grapevine
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April 14 "We are sure there must be a million alcoholics who would join Alcoholics Anonymous tomorrow if only they knew what we do. We keenly realize that any fundamental disunity among us could instantly disillusion tens of thousands who would again turn their faces to the wall. Hence thos...
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Today's Gift - 4/15
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We do not have to get caught in the middle of other people's issues. -- Melody Beattie Learning to respect boundaries, our own and other people's, eliminates much of the stress that hinders relationships. Accepting the behavior and the opinions of our friends as legitimate for them allows our relat...
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Checking in
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Got a good days sleep and I'm off to work soon. Talked to my sponser today he comes back from FLA on Thursday thank God. Was agitated and doubtful when I woke up. Felt upset I was backed into a corner defending myself against the wife. Then I realized this is how she feels when I accuse or hold her in contempt...
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Grand meeting....
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Attended the Sunday version of my home group this morning and the topic took off from the reading of the day for the "Reflections" daily reader...self pity and pity party and martyrdom. Most of the fellowship are mid and old timers and yet we have the several newbies listening to the old t...
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Sunrise Quote - 4/14
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People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because theyre not on your road doesnt mean theyve gotten lost.H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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My Drinking Dream
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I had what I considered to be a nightmare last night. I started to post about it this a.m. and I just didn't want to even think about it. In the dream, I was with an old drinking friend of mine. We used to drink together in wine glasses larger than any I had ever seen before. I felt less guilty using those glass...
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Na na .. nana na na .. nana na na.. na na na na.
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Well I am excited to say that I am one year sober now. Woot woot woot, its funny how its only been a year that has passed, that a year ago I had this daily occurrence of a hang over and no self respect at all, no money, no nothing. Fast forward a year later, now sober and my business is taking off, I'm getting mar...
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My song, my new life.
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This morning was an amazing singing event in church. Just goose bumpy and wonderful. Music was always an outlet for me, to escape or explain reality in a way that allowed me to also hide behind the impression of it. To express something in a vulnerable way, and be exposed as if in a secret language, wh...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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April 14, 2014Quote of the Week"When I wake up in the morning, 80% of the things in my head are none of my business." I don't know about you, but some mornings when I wake up I'm so overwhelmed with what I'm thinking that I can barely get out of bed. "What if I don't make enough money thi...
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Today's Gift - 4/14
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Taking an honest look at ourselves is necessary if we want peace.Step Four asks us to admit our character defects. That's not an easy assignment. How "defective" could we be? In truth, we do have many assets, and it will help us to admit our defects if we also own our assets. The founders of th...
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Rockbottom.
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About to hit rockbottom 26 years ago...................
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When The Beer Cans and Bottles Hit the Bin
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Gorgeous day. I woke up with a headache (prob. allergies), backache(every morning mostly due to my own making of not exercising--laziness) and not having had much sleep due to the wonderful and natural part of life every woman goes through when we reach my age. I wanted to complain about how crappy I f...
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Today's Gift - 4/13
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Though we be sick and tired and faint and worn--Lo, all things can be borne. --Elizabeth Chase Akers What bothered us most a year ago? A month ago? Even a week ago? It's probably that whatever it was, we were obsessed with it, certain that our futures were ruined, that there was no reasonable solution....
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Sunrise Quote - 4/13
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Dont judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.Robert Louis Stevenson
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Amends
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Made a amend to the 1st former wife tonite. Went way better than expected. It felt good to clean my side of the street with her. I can see it wasn't so much about me as it was her. I honestly could hear the forgiveness in her heart for herself. I could tell it brought her consolation and comfort. I'm on cloud n...
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Happy Birthday Big Book!
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I was at a meeting the other day and a guy had one in front of him. 75th year anniversary commemorative reproduction of the first edition. We had a lot of newcomers from a rehab at the meeting...And I commented on it....How it had the the large print, wide margins and thick paper that gave the book it's n...
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Self pity
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Today at my morning meeting topic was from today's daily reflections namely self pity. I've had enough self pity in the last 14 days to go around this whole site and share it with all of you equally. Today I'm not in my pity pot. I asked God to be divorced from self pity when down on my knees this morning. My c...
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It's Warmer Now Time to Do Some Sober Fishing!
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Now this is what I'm talking about....warm weather (finally), frying up some chicken, making homemade potato salad, deviled eggs and something sinfully sweet for dessert and taking the rubber boat I found which someone threw away and going to one of the lakes to catch the big ones....well, hopeful...
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Sunrise Quote - 4/12
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Giving people a little more that they expect is a good way to get back a lot more than you would expect.Robert Half
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Today's Gift - 4/11
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Self-control is one of the greatest skills I've learned. --Jim BurnsMost of us assume we have mastered self-control by now. And perhaps we have. A good test is to monitor how we respond to a nagging spouse or a disrespectful postman or vile-mouthed teenager. Do instances such as these make us angry or...
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Weekly Thought --- (religious concept)
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Weekly VerseWe have different gifts, according to the grace given us. Romans 12:6Weekly QuoteThrough my handicaps, I have found my self, my work, my God. Helen KellerWeekly ThoughtSome people dont need to fight with anyone to be at war. Their battles are with themselves. Maybe it was a tough upbr...
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Drama
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Well trying to get through the day. Going to hang out with a friend this afternoon otherwise I don't think I feel safe or should be alone. The next major hurdle is my upcoming court date on 2 misdomenors. Wreckage of the present never mind the past. I never got in trouble with the law when I was drinking why...
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Black and white thinking
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So part of this ongoing learning about the depths of my black and white thinking have unfolded some exciting discoveries. I always thought my first impressions of people were Solid and important and highly accurate. I walked away from people based solely on the sound of their voice, the way they l...
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Sponsoring An Inmate
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Does anyone have experience with sponsoring someone who is currently locked up? I am praying and following my intuition, but as part of that I thought I would see if anyone else has had any experience and has any tips. My question is specifically about working the steps with someone. Aj
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Today's Gift - 4/12
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If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes.--Gaelic proverbWhen we deal with our faults and imperfections, we are dealing with the basic issues of being a person. We can become bitter and cynical about the imperfections of others, or we can reali...
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how some sports get started
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Used to be.
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At one time about 12yrs ago I was the good supportive non abusive husband, good father, not battling depression. Life was grand. But alcohol changed all that. It took everything. I can be that person again only better but without the alcohol this time. Trudging the road to happy destiny they call it. I...
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update on mum.
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Got a message last night that mum's being transferred to a more local hospital today to start rehabilitation to help her learn to live within her physical limits.
good news that. Scope for endless teasing. Mum's gonna rehab. Mum's gonna rehab.
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Yup!! This Works!!
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The Italian Secret to a Long Marriage: At St. Peter's Catholic Church in Wilmington, they have weekly husbands' marriage seminars. At the session last week, the priest asked Giuseppe, who said he was approaching his 50th wedding anniversary, to take a few minutes and share some insight into how he...
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Grapevine
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April 11 "I cannot afford to take sobriety for granted ... I count my blessings and enjoy them all, large and small."
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