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Sock Monkeys And Reading Minds
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This may qualify as being the silliest posting I have on this site. Just had a burning desire to share a dream I had for some reason, so here goes.... First of all I love sock monkeys. They are the stuffed animals people make out of socks (thus, the name--sock monkeys). Well, in my dream this woman was sel...
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Working on Relationships After the Booze is Gone
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I am planning on going to see my mom. It has been at least four years since I have seen her. When I was drinking I always thought about seeing her, however, I couldn't take the lectures I would get about my drinking. I called her sometimes (she never called me because either she was protecting herself or th...
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Today's Gift - 5/10
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Maturity doesn't come with age or intellectual wisdom, only with love.--Ruth CaseyWe may have thought being mature meant being "grown-up." This meant acting rationally, showing good judgment, no longer exhibiting childish behavior. It's doubtful that we ever considered the expre...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/10
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Rain and sun are to the flower as praise and encouragement are to the human spirit.Unknown
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Today's Gift - 5/8
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No matter what faces us an unhappy relationship, a serious operation or illness, a feeling of uselessness or helplessness it is vital to realize that there is a solution.We must not expect that the solution to our problem will bring us immediate peace of mind. Focusing our energies and emotions o...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/8
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Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass its about learning how to dance in the rain.Unknown
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Grapevine
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May 9 "How will I know if I've really hit my bottom?' I asked at my home group. 'When you stop digging,' they told me."
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Today's Gift - 5/9
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To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.--Will DurantSometimes we say bad things about others. When we do this, it makes us look bad too. Our friends worry what we might say about them behind their backs. They're afraid to trust us. We become known as gossips.The things we say ab...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/9
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Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.Pearl S. Buck
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it does not take much to lift me up.
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Wednesday, after mum's funeral, after the post funeral bun fight, after the hour solitude driving to a meeting.
best suit on and big james says 'eyup mate, was it court no 1 or no 2' and I reply no james, my mum's funeral.
brutally, carelessly. The pain in his eyes showed how embarrased and hurt he wa...
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Newbie
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Long story...I am still with my second wife I dearly love...the feeling is just not mutual now. I went to detox, which was more boring than anything, but I got clean. My wife and I hit another rough patch and though I am doing better, I started to hit the bottle again. I know my trigger. It is her and stress a...
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Seeing it from their perspective
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Can someone share any ESH on how someone who was affected by my alcoholism. That doesn't drink. How do they recover. I mean how is it for them in recovery. What do they go through, what difficulties to they face in recovery. I know my part and the past. The BB focuses on the damage we did and what to expect. H...
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Mickey D Magic
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I was toast Wednesday afternoon coming in from my business which is labor...sometimes fast and efficient and other times "HARD". Wednesday was a "Hard" one and I just couldn't make it the next mile to get home. Didn't have the moxie to make my own lunch and sit alone in my hous...
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Step One
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We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. 1. Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness (defects of the thinking mind.)2. We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first ste...
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Found an old note
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I was cleaning up my house as I am preparing to move, and I found an old journal, it was actually one of the many journals I started as an attempt to help myself recover. It goes " Its Jan 01 2013, I need to stop my drinking now, I need help, I cannot continue like this, I either have to stop drinking or ki...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/7
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Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.Robert Brault
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5 Interesting Rules for Life
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Funny, ... when I got this, I thought of Phil ... the 'nut dude' here, ... LOL This is just for some 'comic relief' and in no way represents my view on 'life' ... just soo's you know ... LOL ...
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anti alcohol posters
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http://www.juxtapoz.com/design/soviet-anti-alcohol-posters-from-the-1920s60s
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Today's Gift - 5/7
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God insists that we ask, not because He needs to know our situation, but because we need the spiritual discipline of asking.-- Catherine MarshallAn omniscient God must know what we desire before we ask. God knows that what we really need most is reliance on God. And how do we develop reliance? Like mos...
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Grapevine
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May 8 "Should our present success continue, people will commence to assert that AA is a brand new way of life, maybe a new religion, capable of saving the world. We shall be told it is our bounden duty to show modern society how it ought to live ... "Fortunately most of us are convinced that th...
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sleepless, mum's funeral in twelve hours
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So it's quarter to two and I'm wide awake. I've tossed and turned in bed since eleven and slept maybe an hour or two tops. I need to set off for Yorkshire in five hours, 180 miles. Mum knows her kids better than we thought, she's planned her own funeral to the last dot and comma, no room for egos there. Lea...
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Dealing with someone in denial
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Good morning. I have never really spoke with anyone regarding this, and the reason being is that I was in denial that my husband had a problem- he was very manipulating and convincing. We got married young and the binge drinking was portrayed as something "all college kids do". As time prog...
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Grapevine
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May 7 "Everyone's recipe for serenity is different. It's like vegetable soup -- nobody makes it quite the same."
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Right Brain ???
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The Right Side of The Brain This is one of those great emails that show when you are using your Right or Left side of your brain. If you see the picture exactly as it is, you are using the left side. When you stare you will see the figure shift; and you will be using your right brain. You can switch back and fo...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/6
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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.Oprah Winfrey
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who would have thought.....
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that i would be celebrating 2 years sober on cinco de mayo, my old favorite holiday! it still blows my mind that i was able to quit drinking ans smoking. i guess i was just ready. that and the fact that there is a great resouceful mobile support network sitting rite here. i dont post, hardly ever but i vis...
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Problems Other Then Alcohol
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Problems Other Than Alcohol: What Can Be Done About Them? by Bill W. -- A.A. Grapevine, February, 1958 [Any time is a good time to review our relations with each other and with the world outside. In the following article Bill has done this with the accent on special groups which seek to handle drug addi...
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God as my parent
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In a Family Intensive Retreat in my home, a girl called her sister stupid. I am stupid too! I declared happily, I poured my juice in the sink and washed the cup...instead of drinking it. And grandpa is stupid, and Beethoven is stupid and... Soon we were singing I am stupid, you are stupid, they are stupid...
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Today's Gift - 5/6
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Reflection for the DayI can attain real dignity, importance and individuality only by a dependence on a Power, which is great and good, beyond anything I can imagine or understand. I will try my utmost to use this Power in making all my decisions. Even though my human mind cannot forecast what the outc...
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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May 5, 2014Quote of the Week"Those who piss us off the most are our greatest teachers." In the old days (before recovery), a lot of people, places and things really pissed me off. To start with, I resented my family for always trying to tell me what to do (thinly veiled as, "We're jus...
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The Power of Prayer
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Well, I went to the prison tonight for the AA meeting. I have prayed everyday since I was first asked to be the speaker for the meeting there. I asked my Higher Power, who is God to me, to take away any nervousness I may feel, to get it through my (sometimes thick) head that it is not about me. I told myself not...
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HALT
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I'm 56 and working harder than ever in my life (full time job and side business). I suppose this is because early sobriety required so much time and attention. And because the Recession pretty much wiped me out. I'll remember not to make emotional investments in the future. Over the past few days I'...
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Grapevine
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May 6 "It doesn't matter who or what God is if I can just remember it's not me!"
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It's the Little Things in Life Which Make Quirky
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Ok....a member with long term sobriety gives me her number a few nights ago. That night I get a text with no message, no name--just a number. (Since I am receiving numbers from quite a few people now, I haven't been the best at entering them into my phone.) I know that there are all kinds of virus's, telem...
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Does Steroid Affect Clean Time
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Basically I have been sober for a year and half and i want to get back into the gym and work out. I was told that Steroids for women help burn fat quick and help with bringing my appetite back. I also suffer from ED and i would like my appetite to get healthy and it is hard for me to work out because of my body hurt...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/5
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.Henry Ward Beecher
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Grapevine
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May 5 "My sponsor taught me how to be of service with grace and gratitude. She taught me how to listen, how to be respectful, and most importantly, to mind my own business."
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coffee???
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Sunday morning version
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of AA at the bay and the winners were there with those who liked being on the team. By rote we opened the meeting...we know the words by heart and we close our eyes and watch them being rewritten across the white boards of our minds and if we are still and listen the only other sound of the ocean against th...
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Someone asked me for this..Here it is :)
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Surviving the Pink Cloud in Recovery The Joy of Recovery Getting free of drugs or alcohol is something to celebrate. Addiction destroys lives and escaping this hell is certainly a wonderful achievement. Enjoying the freedom and newness of early recovery is to be encouraged. It is a time for waking u...
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Today's Gift - 5/5
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GrowingWe all perform on two stages: one public, one private. The Public stage is what we do and say. The Private stage is what we think and what we rehearse in our minds to do on the Public stage. Even though we may never perform it, what we rehearse in our minds helps mold our character and guide our actio...
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twisted emotions
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Well i really don't know what to say. My STBXW I love how after 15yrs of marriage someone can be so spitefull actually corrosive hate is more like it, a black soul. IDK who this monster is anymore. I'm glad she is starting a new chapter. Its sad that someone can't live on their own and be more mature but sh...
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The clock stops
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The child draws a deep breath and lets out a sigh. She sounds like a baby still. Sleep - relaxing rythm and sweet delicate face pressed into my neck. Life slows down for me now as it spins by... I no longer drink the poison that is fear and chaos, and hope the other person dies. When I listen to the chatt...
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Today's Gift - 5/4
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Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and dust doth corrupt, where thieves break through and steal; but lay up treasures in heaven ... for where your treasure is, there will be your heart also. --Matthew 6:19 21The True TreasureConsider the following story of misplaced prioriti...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/4
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To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.Mark Twain
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Weekly Thought --- (religious concept)
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Weekly VerseBlessed is the man who fears the Lord, who finds great delight in his commands. Psalm 112:1Weekly QuoteJoy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. We need to be light-hearted in what we do to avoid taking ourselves too seriously. It is a cheerful revolt against self and pride. Or wo...
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A Prayer Place
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After seeing the wonderful picture of Hopee's special Prayer Place, I was stirred to say something about how a place that is set aside just for prayer and meditation can change the whole complexion of our devotional life in working Step Eleven. I'd definitely have to say that it changed things for m...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/3
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If you have much, give of your wealth; If you have little, give of your heart.Arab Proverb
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Need participants for a study. Will get coffee gift card for participation.
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Are you thinking about attending a self-help group or have you just started to attend?If so, PLEASE participate in a short study about your experience and get a free Starbucks gift card.call Amy at 213-706-1800
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Today's Gift - Great 'follow-up' to an earlier Tasha Post!!! ... r.e. 'balance'
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Some days I feel like a tightrope walker. - Jeannette N. We all perform a balancing act, trying to keep perspective on what's important and what is not. Sometimes we fall crazy drivers cut into our lane, the supermarket line takes forever, the baby's crying. At those times a minor insult at work or a cr...
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