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Easy Does IT
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12 Step Slogans Easy Does ItEasy Does It... But Do It! Easy Does It is seen on walls of 12 Step meeting halls for Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12 Step groups. Sponsors tell their Sponsees, "Easy does it," and 12 Steppers say it to each other often. Usually it's good advice. Those of us re...
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Grapevine
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June 4 "A little voice deep inside me said, 'Hello, I am here.' It was a small voice, and sounded as if it were buried underneath the cushions of my couch. It was my soul ... I had forgotten it.""
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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June 2, 2014Quote of the Week"I'd rather go through life sober believing I'm an alcoholic, than go through life drunk, trying to prove I'm not." I love it when newcomers share at meetings that they don't think they are alcoholics. Sure they like to party, they admit, and perhaps they ha...
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Grapevine
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June 3 "I am not rich, I am not in good health, and I do not have a job, but AA only promised me sobriety. After thirty-three years in this Fellowship, I am at peace and I am grateful.""
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Grapevine
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June 2 "I don't know when it happened, but one day I felt like I belonged in my group of sober guys ... I didn't have to leave.
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Today's Gift - 6/2
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When it seems we have no recourse, we can always pray.Coming to believe that a Higher Power can help us and relieve us of our worry may take time if we have spent years trying to stop someone's drinking or worrying about how to keep the family together. From others in this program we can learn the steps to t...
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Welcome to the board Raeanne
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Raeanne Newbie Status: OfflinePosts: 1Date: 2 days ago Reply Quote More I have been considering AA for a long time now...ever since my daughter was born which was about a year ago. I have extremely bad post partum depression and drinking has been my way to "cope" with it or so I though...
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Sunrise Quote - 6/2
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Winners develop the habit of doing the thing losers dont like to do.Ed Foreman
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MIP Site Hosting and Domain needs your support
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Miracles In Progress 12 Step Recovery Forums is hosted by GoDaddy.com. Two years of web hosting cost 242.00. Our domain address (12stepforums.net) cost 33..00 for two years. Both are due for renewal at this time. Please consider helping us meet this expense by sending in a donation using the Do...
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"Did you hear what (insert name/insert action)?" Getting rid of gossip in my life
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I guess I really didn't know what "gossiping" is...I am still learning. Early on in AA I was accused of gossiping. The conversation I had with another was about me and another person. I had no idea it was "gossip" and since it was about "me" and my reaction (which was ho...
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Weekly Thought --- (religious concept)
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Weekly VerseIt is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. Philippians 2:13Weekly QuoteThe Lord doesnt promise to give us something to take so we can handle our weary moments. He promises us himself. That is all. And that is enough. Charles SwindollWeekly Thought A fathe...
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Today's Gift - 6/1
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We have within us a limitless supply of new beginnings. --Joan FitzgeraldWe can start our day over any time we choose. If we wake up crabby, on the "wrong side of the bed," we are not doomed to a day of gloom. Each minute can be a new reality for us. We can start a new day with just an ounce of willin...
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Sunrise Quote - 6/1
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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.Maya Angelou
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Giving Up "I thought it, so it must be true"
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Since being in the AA program of recovery and having the ability to change my life for the better, I have been watching my thoughts so much more carefully. Over the last 50-something years, I have been a victim of my own thoughts. Countless times I bought into the belief that things which entered my mind...
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Today's Gift - 5/31
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If one is going to be truthful, one has to be very tender. --Florida Scott-MaxwellHonesty is always the best policy, right? We glibly recite that saying, but it's important to reevaluate its meaning when we are eager to correct or direct the actions of the other people. If being honest will unnecessa...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/31
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The world is but a canvas to the imagination.Henry David Thoreau
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Serenity
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Many folks do not understand the meanings of the Serenity Prayer, and of consequence are left in a limbo of constant confusion as they continue to battle the conditions of life. Let us examine this marvelous Prayer of Supplication to the Higher Power, which speaks to all human beings from deep down wi...
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Checking in
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Well the job is still going well. The Apt. Hunt continues since the one I wanted got rented to the landlords friend. Guess God has something else in store. I've been able to detach from my wife and the divorce is still proceeding. We've talked about parenting plan, the house, property, health insuranc...
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Made it to One Year
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Whew! It seems so unreal to me. When I thought that I couldn't get through one day without a drink and I got through 365 of them. And it is strange to me that I don't feel the need to post any long-winded declaration of it like I have other milestone bd's. I am just very grateful to my HP, who is God for me, AA an...
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Grapevine
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May 30 "I have learned to keep quiet when I disagree and to give others freedom to express opinions widely different from my own -- without giving in to the urge to enlighten them. I am grateful for all the voices of AA."
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Type 1 and 2 alcoholism
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I've known about this for a while. Wondering what you think about it. I know I was a type 1 alcoholic. I think this is accurate. Type 1 alcoholism accounts for about 75% of alcoholics and is characterized by the following signs and symptoms: equally male and female with less genetic link Onset of a...
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Today's Gift - 5/30
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At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice. --Maya Angelou We had to surrender to a power greater than ourselves to get to where we are today. And each day, we have to turn to that power for strength and guidance...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/30
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Fate is a future you didn't try hard enough to change.Joe Konrath
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Grapevine
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May 29Grapevine Quote I am thankful to God for all that I have, and for all that I dont have.Woodbourne, N.Y., July 1980 With the Aid of AA, My Life Took Another Path, AA Grapevine
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Step 3.
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Prayer without love is a waste and so is empowerment without skills. Step 3 gives us 3 levels of understanding God: 1. He is Director. 2. He is Principal. 3. He is Father. He directs and I play the role He assigns; He is the Principal and I am His intelligent agent, using my God given intelligence to bring a...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/29
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It is not living that matters, but living rightly.Socrates
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We Get What We Pray For
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I realized this a.m. after I said my prayers to my HP that I created the drama which happened the last two days. At first I thought this conclusion came to me out of nowhere....I was wrong about that as I was not at the point where I was going to admit that. The last couple of days, I have been driven by fear and...
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Today's Gift - 5/29
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Using today's toolsAre we becoming stuck in the "if onlys"? "If only I had more money." "If only I were more attractive." "If only my parents had listened to Dr. Spock." The "if onlys" will get us nowhere. We would do better to think about what w...
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Self Doubts
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It never ceases to amaze me....within a short time from when I get a "milestone" or whatever they are called when you reach 1 month, 3 months, etc., things will happen which confuse and cause me to question my progress. Crappy last couple of weeks which I have posted on here. Had a very few day...
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Alcoholism before recovery
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No amount of being shown holes in the brains of alcoholics, livers the size of watermelons, or sobbing family members who's loved one was killed by a drunk driver was going to stop me from taking my next drink. That was the sad truth I was living in. In fact, hearing the threats, the cries and rational way...
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Self-esteem
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People are often confused about what it means to have self-esteem. Some think it has to do with the way you look or how popular you are with your friends or others. Others believe that having a great body will help you gain self-esteem, while others think you actually need to have accomplished somethi...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/28
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Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you havent planted.David Bly
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Sunrise Quote - 5/27
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The only thing that will stop you from fulfilling your dreams is you.Tom Bradley
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Grapevine
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May 28 "The most beautiful gifts of my life come to me in packages I do not recognize at first glance. In fact, I often don't see them until I've stumbled over them. Yet I know that when I go about my business in service to AA and to others these gifts will appear, usually in the most unexpected places....
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Today's Gift - 5/28
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Thought for the week: Learn a new skillIt's an esteemable act to have the courage to learn something new.Affirmations for the week:I am willing to learn a new skill. This week, I will do something I'm not yet good at.Esteemable actions for the weekHave you ever avoided doing something because it was t...
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Acceptance
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And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to b...
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Too Funny Too True
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"Service is like wetting your pants. Everybody sees it, but you're the one who feels the warmth." (I don't know who wrote this originally. Different variations are online.)
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Wisdom of the Rooms
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May 26, 2014Quote of the Week"Go to 90 meetings in 90 days. If you're not satisfied, we'll gladly refund your misery." I'll never forget how crazy I was when I was new. My poor sponsor had to listen to my endless rants, my objections to his suggestions, and all my 'better ideas'. Worst of a...
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Today's Gift - 5/27
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The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.--Eden PhillpottsWe hear others talk about how they got out of debt. We see people who have peace and serenity in their lives, who have healthy relationships and dream jobs. We realize that being debt-free means m...
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Grapevine
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May 27 "I have learned in the program not to listen to the voice of my ego when it starts whispering things."
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MIP Site Hosting and Domain Reg. Funding Met!
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A big thank you goes out to everyone who made a donation to help pay for 2 years coverage on our web hosting and domain address! The total donated in the past 48 hours is 323.52. 275.00 was needed to cover our web site hosting and domain name registration (12stepforums.net) for 2 years. This leaves us...
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GOD DON'T BUILD NO JUNK
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I came into AA as an unemployable stockbroker at 30The problem I couldnt make it in to the office most of the timebecause I drank 24/7. I was offered a fine job in Boston with a firm that I apparently interviewed with at a barbut couldnt remember the firm I interviewed with as an Institutional Bond Trader...
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Emotional Sobriety
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"Staying physically sober presents no particular problem for me. I'm amazed at how easy it is for me to accomplish today that which I found impossible before the program. Emotional sobriety, on the other hand, presents quite a different problem. This requires considerably more of my focused...
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The Lord's Prayer
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Just a quick note, my favorite part of the prayer. " Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil". This to me is such a powerful request. We, or I, am faced with temptation and evil everyday, and it makes me feel good to asked my HP to relieve of these temptations and evils. In the begin...
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I salute you!
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45 years ago I completed my active duty during the Vietnam Era (65-72)On this day ,especially, I remember all the warriors of yesterday,today and tomorrow.The ones I served with and didn't make it back and those still in theater.The God of my understanding had other plans for me and for this I am trul...
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What Have You Gotten Out of Sponsoring Another Alcoholic
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My first meeting with my sponsee is in about an hour. I read everything I could last night about sponsoring others and this morning I re-read Chapter 7 "Working With Others" and tried to remember everything which happened in the first meeting with my sponsor....everything I was told. Sur...
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Wedding sermon needed for a couple in recovery. Can you help?
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Thanks for your time... I'm in need of a wedding sermon or message to give at a wedding ceremony for a couple in recovery. If you can help, I'd be very appreciative... limegreenery
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AA Romances
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"AA romances are not usually a good thing. There is a small chance that they might work if both parties have twenty years of sobriety and spiritual programs of planetary perfection. For a newly sober sponsee it may be better to take a break from sex and romance until some progress has been made on h...
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Sunrise Quote - 5/26
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My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.John F. Kennedy
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Today's Gift - 5/26
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The best things in life are appreciated most after they have been lost. --Roy L. SmithHumankind has made such great technological progress, developing marvelous tools and instruments to make our life easier, that it is hard to imagine the struggles our ancestors endured. We are so used to these pro...
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