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this is priceless
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Skinny Dipping... An elderly man in Georgia had owned a large farm for several years. He had a large pond in the back. It was p roperly shaped for swimming, so he fixed it up nice with picnic tables, horseshoe courts, and some apple, and peach trees . One evening the old farmer decided to go down to the pond...
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Getting started working the steps
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Alright...... I want to start working the steps. My problem is I do not have a sponsor. Not only do I live in an area where there are very ( and I mean very) few meetings, but I also work long hours and have a newborn at home. Can anyone help me? Be a temporary sponsor? or be a sponsor online? Is that possible? I...
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Question Of The Day 9-18-09
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What was going on the last time you thought "O.K. God/H.P. I get it" What was the "IT" ?
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Hi Ya'll- New to this forum
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Hey everyone! I am new to this forum. I have almost five months clean ( May 18th, 2009). I live in a little town in the middle of nowhere, and the nearest NA meeting is 60 miles away- and even then, they're not reliable on their meeting times. Anyway- I go when I can, and let God lead my life. I am really bless...
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Question Of The Day 9-28-09
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What person , place or thing do you still need to turn over to your H.P. ?
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Hi Family
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just an update: things are good atm QUIET which is wonderful. Extremely grateful for peace of mind, seems to be few and far between lately so when my mind does stop racing I cherish every second. Looking for another shrink the one I went to is NOT going to work. All I can do is pray for guidance so my HP will l...
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quiet in my mind
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Finally, A quiet mind again. Caught up on some well needed rest. There are no circles under these eyes anymore Thank God cause I do give the God of my understanding the glory in all things in my life, even the trials for they make me stronger. Sometimes I wonder if Karma has caught up with me. Cause when it r...
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getting clean in a rural area
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My name is michele, i live up in the jemez mountains in new mexico. today will be my first day clean. yesterday i smoked pot and today i have 4 days without meth. i am unable to go to "town" (albuquerque) to get to 90 meetings in 90 days as i live an hour from town and don't have a reliable vehicle. s...
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so many different emotions
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i don't know how to feel! i just got a call from my sister sarah and she's engaged. he proposed the perfect way. they are in niagra falls watching fire works and he called her name and when she looked he was already down on one knee. so romantic. im so happy for her. im going to kent state university tomorrow...
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I acutally made it to a quarter of a century
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hey just thought i'd post that it's my birthday on sunday, and i'm shocked that i made it. I remember a time where I wasn't sure I was going to make it through the night. What a change this program has given me. I'm no longer dying or wanting to die....such a wonder feeling..... just thought i'd share th...
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Joy in the journey!
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Was a great saturday event",MEN DO RECOVER"( my saturday)homegroup put on a "speaker jam< fish fry and spade tournament over the weekend! Topic for speakers.Joy in the journey"This time our kitchen put on some whiting(fish fry) and then had a spade tournament at 9:00 pm....
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Question Of The Day 9-25-09
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Where did you go for your last non fellowship related get away ? How long ago was it , who did you go with ?
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10th funeral in 15 months.
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I met her in a recovery chat room about this time last year . She lived about 5 miles up the road . I would pick her up , take her to meetings drive her home. Talk about recovery . I convinced her to look for a sponsor and she did it. She was in and out for awhile , then just out. Hope she found the peace she was s...
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Daughtry
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man he is coming to town and I want to go his music has alot of meaning to me right now as it seems I am living his lyrics I hope I am able to purchase tickets anyway that was kinda RANDOM but I guess that is one of the joys of being me hope ya'll don't mind me posting just every day stuff you are who I "talk&qu...
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Tradition One= Unity !
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The green and gold book," It works, how and why" is emphatic that phone calls and text messages to other recovering addicts by letters, online forums or emails are all valid alternatives to face-to face meetings. There will be times in recovery when a recovering adict, newcomer or oldtim...
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THE PSYCHO IS BACK IN MDOC!!!
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It's amazing how safe I feel all of a sudden... all those phone calls from Mississippi couldn't possibly have been from him... probably his daughter trying to get hold of me for him. Fat chance!!!
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There are new comers asking whats up with the meetings
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is anyone helping out running meetings here at all ? Be nice to have a few of you get into service and run a 1 hour meeting 1 night a week if possible.
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Question Of The Day 9-24-09
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When was the last time you got a 911 call from someone in the fellowship? What suggestions did you offer them?
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When I wallow in the mire!
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Hello family! As I was doing my daily meditations(prayers)and including all as I do it really brought to mind something our literature tells us ,it says"some are sicker than others"or in another form it reminded me of "if you think you got it bad,take a look around you"I think...
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Question Of The Day 9-23-09
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What's the last thing you gave back to the fellowship that wasn't given at a meeting?
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Thank You So Much
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I was once in a dark place myself. I know the pain and heart ache of loving an addict who cant or wont walk down the path to recovery. This is for all who have ever felt my pain, rage, anger and the final realization that the person we love is an addict and cannot be trusted. My life fell apart on April 6, 2009 du...
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I FINALLY STARTED Anger management
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OH WOW that's all I can say I am so glad I got turned onto this group by a friend in recovery. The group is for people like me who want to change there lives who keep making the same mistakes over and over in their personl lives. The group teachs HOW to be a therapeutic person for yourself and for the ones you lo...
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Having A Hard Time Focusing On My Recovery
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I've been home from rehab for about 6 wks now and it's almost impossible to make myself get out of my own selfish will. I thought it would be easier by now but some days it's harder than the very first one when I decided to enter detox. It's not so much about using on the bad days but how to live through them w/o...
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tisa2 response to wanting drama and mental illness outta my life
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sometimes it is so much easier said than done I just hope I don't lose what sanity I have left trying to get a head above the water it is so hard to breathe right now it is un real I have literally lost a month of my life since my drama has landed in my lap which has caused me to dissociate the past month is a blur ju...
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Question Of The Day 9-22-09
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What's your routine maintenance schedule for your recovery?
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Taking openmindedness too far !
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I heard a nice story/ parable from India once. It set me up to see things as they may become if too much advice or input is taken, even on trivial matters.An addict like me can, under the pretense of openmindedness, decide by default ! So here it is. Raja the washerman is resting in his house on a warm Sun...
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New here
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I am just starting to go through detox, cold turkey. I am finding the emotional addiction to the pills is worse then the physical addiction. I'm not sure what to do, where to turn, how to even get through the day. I have 4 kids and I need to be there for them but th guilt that I have that I have done this to mysel...
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thought this fit
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"A cup of coffee shared with a friend is happiness tasted and time well spent."God knows us addicts drink alot of coffee
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new to all of this - an introduction
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I think I have an unusual relationship with drugs. I only once had an actual drug of choice...which was coke. After I got control with that it's just been random binges on whatever I could get my hands on...which added up to being a lot. I have a problem with self destructive behavior, and drugs have al...
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RENEWAL
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RENEWAL Retched memories, but, as promised, without regret, wrenching the miracle of recoveryfrom the depths of hell, Even hell masquerading as heaven, and I, the slumgoddess of the lower east side,milking it for all it was worth, Never once considering the destruction to come, Eventually s...
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