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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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Question Of The Day 9-17-09
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What's your favorite form of service? Is one type more important than the rest?
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HELP W/ TAGS OR THREADS???
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Vic or John, Why do I get a tag or thread on every one of my post? How do I remove them? Thanks, Stacey -- Edited by sstaceye69 on Sunday 20th of September 2009 08:57:48 AM
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Brand New To Board
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Hello everyone. In desperate need of a few suggestions. I just returned home from detox and then a 5-6 wk recovery house. The place was great but I am a single mom w/ 2 teenage dd's. I've only been to 2 meetings this week. Yes, i know i need to do 90 in 90 and I do plan too. My mom is staying w/ me. Sorry, i am rambl...
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Am I over participating here ?
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I heard a nice story/ parable from India once. It set me up to see things as they maybe become if too much advice or input is taken, even on trivial matters. So here it is. Raja the washerman is resting in his house on a warm Sunday afternoon. He can hear and smell his pretty wife Rani cooking in the kitch...
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Ok here's a few of my house
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OFFICE DINING ROOMLIVING ROOM -- Edited by BigV on Tuesday 15th of September 2009 09:36:15 AM
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the truth will set you free
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I have heard that the truth will set you free. I have had a few rum and cokes enjoying every sip I take as I slip further in to comfortably numb the peace is so calming the reality sinks in as the alcohol takes affects my mind starts to drift into a vortex of complete confusion knowing that the insanity has to...
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day one
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time to start checking days with my relapse and disorders strange stuff is brought to my attention the rum makes sit worse imagine that. I had 3 years here at mip since 2005 ty family for that I am too nervous around ppl right now to go out to a meeting I have to crawl b4 I walk I need a guide other thantt litera...
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Womens Group
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You know I am new to talking to people and letting them know the real me. I went to this womens group and I talked to people and wasn't afraid to show them who i was. It was a freeing moment. I can't speak for all women but I can say that I had a hard time being around women and talking to them and dealing with them...
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some thing simple
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The simple things http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzVchabIOg8 says it all that's why I am here need to breathe need to see a simple smile simple ppl with simple llifes but there is nothing simple about me or the ppl around me let's see if we can get interactive post a video or lyrics that explains you t...
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AMONIMITY
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God grant me the serintity to accept the things I cannot change courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference that is all I can say with out acting in anger -- Edited by Manon on Wednesday 16th of September 2009 02:01:19 AM
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I want to, but wont....whats the deal?
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Hey everyone. I am not sure how to word this so Ill just write lol. As you all know I am 2 years clean but in a relapse of a different nature, and I KNOW what to do to find my way back.... But everytime, I mean EVERY TIME, I say okay starting Monday, its 90 in 90.....I make some sort of excuse (though at the time it...
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Question Of The Day 9-16-09
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What does it mean to be "emotionally balanced", and are you?
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Question Of The Day
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What's the last thing you tried to get enough of the feel better?
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Damaged relationships
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Has anyone had a past relationship that ended badly and then tried to get back together with that person and had nothing but dead ends. I am trying to mend my past with this girl and it seems like all we do is fight about who did what to one another and it makes me defensive with her. What should I do? Or what sh...
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my pal larry.
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i was talking to a fellow addict last night. someone who has helped me TREMENDOUSLY! i dont know if you all know Larry (pete in the chat room) but he has asked for all of your prayers. apparently his father had passed away suddenly and it was very tough for Larry. He used and is commiting to 90 days of treatm...
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Recovery without the steps!
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i have been clean for awhile and i did it without the steps. not using is one thing but the healing inside is so important and I need to work the steps to feel it help heal me inside.
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laughter is good for healing
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Subject: FW: Actual Court Transcripts These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place. ATTO...
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Now the second phase of God's work!
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First of all to my family here,your support for our family has been a blessing and allowed me to "get out" whats inside has taught me that I need to step out on faith even when I remain guarded.You can't get help if you dont say whats up.I still have that "I'll fix it " scenario even af...
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WOW I am speachless
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I was told to google this song have not had the time to do sotill today I am litterally speachless "Don't go chasing waterfalls" A lonely mother gazing out of her window Staring at a son that she just can't touch If at any time he's in a jam She'll be by his side But he doesn't realize he needs her s...
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music continues to move me
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b4okTAgU3Q it says it all
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MIKE!!!!!
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read your whiteboard as usual I am confused
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heard a great song today will share the lyrics and then the link
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A woman's heart is filled with passion, A woman's heart is filled with lust, If you don't believe that these things happen, Could be the biggest mistake that a man can make; A woman's night is filled with dreaming, Of the perfect man who may not be you, If we don't see what she's been missing, Could be the b...
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getting lost in music as it sooths the soul
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0HKTTUMqUo hope this helps
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