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Today's Gift - 4/24
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In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on. -- Robert Frost If we've ever dug in a garden and unearthed an ants' nest, we can recall their first reaction to our unintended destruction: they do everything possible to save their lives and supplies. The ants scurry around,...
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Today's Gift - 4/25
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I think my peace comes from my good fortune. --Jim Burns How we define "good fortune" is a significant indicator of one's attitude. While winning the lottery might be judged as good fortune by all of us, virtually every other occurrence will be evaluated in a very individualistic way. Wha...
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Sunrise Quote - 4/24
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You never know when one kind act, or one word of encouragement, can change a life forever.Zig Ziglar
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Sunrise Quote - 4/25
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One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.Albert Schweitzer
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Sunrise Quote - 4/26
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It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement.Mabel Newcomer
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Today's Gift - 4/26
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.--Pearl BaileyIs our glass half full or half empty? We may see ourselves as positive people, but when we take the time to examine our thoughts closely, we ma...
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Big Thumbs Down......I Use Yeast in Recipes for Baking and This Guy Is Encouraging People To Drink More By Using It!
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Article Name: "How to Drink All Night Without Getting Drunk" http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/how-not-to-get-drunk?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_170976&dom=zerg&src=syn&mag=esq (I don't bel...
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My day
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Well tried to get out of my head. Went to the beach and gather sea glass, worked out, went to two meetings, talked to about 7 people from my home group, and called my sponser. Sponser says I'm going to be up and down for a while but this to shall pass. Try to take my mind off it pray to God to remove that obsessio...
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Can I be successful without religion?
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Hello everyone, I have been doing research on A.A. and have been reading many of your lovely posts, hoping to figure if it is possible for me to be successful in it without religion. I see the 12 step program and there is much to do with giving yourself over to G-d. I am not asking this because i do not believ...
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Getting Outside of My Own Head So I Don't Get In My Own Way
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I have less than one year of sobriety. Prayer has probably has kept me sober more than any other thing and helped me get through weak times when I really thought about throwing in the sober towel and soaking up some more alcohol. Even when I first became sober and didn't believe in God, I prayed anyway hop...
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Still here and sober
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Well I did the right thing and turned myself in to the PD for violating my restraining order. Spend 7 days in jail which wasn't pleasant. No I'm not facing FELONY charges. All misdomenors they didn't revoke bail instead released me on personal recognizance since I have no criminal record. But have to s...
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Grapevine
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April 24 "I look upon a pain in my feelings as temporary indigestion of the mind. When I get a stomach-ache, it is generally because I've eaten something that hasn't agreed with me. Likewise, my mental indigestion comes from some story, bit of gossip or circumstance that I've swallowed withou...
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The disease that keeps telling you that you don't have it
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My brain has been so loud lately! The disease keeps telling me that I don't have it, and that it will be different this time. It is so hard not to believe that stuff sometimes. I'm going to meetings, I'm trying to help others, I'm praying. It just seems like there's a constant tug of war in my head sometime...
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Bumpity Bump
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After the hardest winter in 40 years...Spring has sprung Reminds me of an AA saying Watch out for the potholes :)
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Pass it on.
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3 short words but very powerful from our founder Bill W. My sponsors favourite line. Also my favourite line. It deals with resentment, depression and fear. I took a member, who had relapsed to a meeting last night. All I could tell him was: "Pass it on." In other words let's move along. If we p...
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Today's Gift - 4/23
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There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream - whatever that dream might be.--Pearl S. BuckNo new door is opened without the inner urge for growth. Dreams guide us, encourage us, stretch us to new heights - and...
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Grapevine
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April 23 "Love mediates faith to others -- by caring what happens to them, by patience, by persistence, by humor."
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Sunrise Quote - 4/23
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Climb up on some hill at sunrise. Everybody needs perspective once in a while, and youll find it there.Robb Sagendorph
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Question About Resentments
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I was just curious that when something happens which causes me to have a resentment, should I pray for God to immediately remove it, should I write it down and outline it the way I did my other resentments and then pray to God to remove it? This is something which I won't need to make any amends for as I didn'...
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Powdered alcohol
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Hello everyone, Thank you for keeping the light on. I first started here in 2010. I guess I wasn't convinced enough. Maybe what I had experienced in AA at first was just way too overwhelming for me at that time. As it turns out, I guess all those experiences were just custom made for my alcoholic stor...
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birth, marriage, divorce or death....we don't lift the first drink.
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I was prompted to write after reading enigma's last post.... as I hear in Scotland birth, marriage, divorce or death, we don't lift the first drink. There is no situation in life that cannot be made worse by a drunk. So, how's it going bill? Well I'm dog sitting for a buddy. He has had to move in with his sis...
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Gollum/Smeagol - Lord of the rings - Addiction
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I love fantasy literature and the Tolkien books. It did occur to me when watching the movies/reading them again in sobriety that the Gollum/Sméagol character is completely that of an end stage alcoholic/addict. I actually found a link that says the same thing: http://discoveringalcoholic.co...
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Just being here is amazing.
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Last evening my wife and I attended one of our 11 year old granddaughters softball games. It was pink t-shirts and ponytails all around. I know that seems like a pretty ordinary thing to most normal folks. People do it all the time. But, this morning it really struck me how something so ordinary cou...
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Sunrise Quote - 4/22
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When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. Seneca
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Grapevine
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April 22 "I live in the Three Legacies of Unity, Recovery, and Service, and have gained 36 spiritual principles to help me through life one day at a time."
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Today's Gift - 4/22
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Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.--Florence Scovel ShinnShould we make this move? Should we change jobs? Should we talk to others about our feelings? We are seldom short on prayers when we're filled with fear and indecision. We are, however, short on a...
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Sunrise Quote - 4/21
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I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.Christopher Reeve
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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April 21, 2014Quote of the Week"If you still have some plans left, they suck, and you'll use them." I hear some people share regularly at my Tuesday night meeting, and they always wish the newcomers one thing - desperation. At first this seemed harsh to me but I realized that if I hadn't...
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Holy Humor
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- Holy Humor - - During these serious and troubled times, people of all faiths should remember these four great religious truths: 1... Muslims do not recognize Jews as God's Chosen People. 2... Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. 3... Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the lea...
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Today's Gift - 4/21
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The cut worm forgives the plow.--William BlakeWould anyone believe that rain abuses grass, or accuse roots, hungry for a better hold on life, of digging too far into earth's flesh? Look closely at the small world of busy life overturned in the garden each spring. No ant there curses another bug, and n...
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Grapevine
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April 21 "My need lay along spiritual lines, part of which consisted in helping others -- something startlingly new to me."
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Celebrating the Holidays With Blessings Instead of Booze
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This time last year I am sure I had already finished several beers or several glasses of wine. I was crazy drinking. Holidays were just an excuse for me to drink more and if I had any guilt at all about drinking earlier in the day or more during the day, that quickly disappeared as fast as the liquid in my co...
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Today's Gift - 4/20
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Each day is different and has a surprise in it, like a Cracker Jack box.--Alpha EnglishIt's interesting to ponder the notion of surprise. Not every one of them is all that welcome. Hearing bad news about a friend or having a special trip we'd been counting on canceled can leave us dismayed and worried,...
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Funny Easter Videos
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja7jQ2N48Ec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbqiDk4baYI
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Some Easter Jokes for You
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Ok...I had to delete some of the ones from this site because there were bunches of them and I tried to get the ones which were "eggstra" special. There are some racy ones which I didn't post unless I overlooked any. Site link is below if you want to read more.. Where does the Easter Bunny get...
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Sunrise Quote - 4/20
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The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.Ralph W. Stockman
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Disappointed
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The Easter bunny wont be coming this year.. He went to a party last night and fell off the wagon I feel sorry for his kids....He has 242 of them...Oops!! Make that 253
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Today's Gift - 4/19
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The Bookshop has a thousand books,All colors, hues, and tinges,And every cover is a doorThat turns on magic hinges.--Nancy Byrd TurnerWhen we start our day, we have a wealth of meditation books to help lead our focus to faith, strength, and hope. Throughout each day, we have pamphlets and books to en...
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God working
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Got a lot accomplished today. Have to job interviews lined up thank you God. Speaking commitment was awesome last nite. Settling in for the evening now.
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Did you ever?
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Have one of those days when your body just didn't want to move?
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I Cannot Control Anyone's Drinking Except My Own
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I gave a newcomer my name and phone number and she gave me hers after a meeting. This has been a hard thing for me to overcome--giving my name/number and actually picking up the phone and calling other alcoholics to see how their day is going. I have had to do it though. I called the woman and invited her to a...
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Sunrise Quote - 4/19
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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.Edith Wharton
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Today's Gift - 4/18
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A problem can ultimately bring us a gift.We start our relationship in excitement, hope, and good feelings, with perhaps a measure of fear mixed in. Our history is yet to evolve. A beginning is more a time of romance than reality. But no lasting connection is built on a steady string of good times. Relat...
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Sunrise Quote - 4/18
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There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.Orison Swett Marden
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I'm done
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I'm in a vert bad place. You see I could not leave well enough alone and caught my wife with another man. Just didn't want her stringing me along so I could get on with my life. Now I'm in violation of my RO. This is too much for one alcoholic heart to take in a lifetime. Drinking won't help or change anything....
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People (Places and Things)
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The last couple of days have been rough ones for me. Got my feelings hurt again at a meeting the other night and I told myself what a loser I am and that it doesn't really matter because I will probably not be able to stick to this "no drinking" thing for the long run anyway. Contacted my sponsor a...
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Recovery Birthdays
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So I was in a meeting last night and in the mist of sharing I realized that I completely overlooked my 2 yr sobriety birthday, by a couple of days. In that moment I broke down and cried because I remember thinking back to the beginning of my early days 2 yrs seemed so far away. Then the more I thought about it I...
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Emotional Sobriety
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EMOTIONAL SOBRIETY"I think that many oldsters who have put our AA "booze cure" to severe but successful tests still find they often lack emotional sobriety. Perhaps they will be the spearhead for the next major development in AA, the development of much more real maturity and ba...
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The Wife's Message ...
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Got home real late last night after a full day of golfing and hanging out with the guys, and my better half had left a message in the kitchen. I think she wants me to eat more fruit, bless her heart! She is always thinking of me.
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