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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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Tisa2U
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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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AnthonyG
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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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Manon
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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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Raman
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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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Tisa2U
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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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BigV
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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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Tisa2U
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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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Tisa2U
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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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DeltaRedd1984
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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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BigV
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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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Manon
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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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Tisa2U
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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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Raman
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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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Manon
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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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LeeU
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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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Tisa2U
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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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