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october 4 just for today
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October 4 Thirty-Day Wonder "When we first begin to enjoy relief from our addiction, we run the risk of assuming control of our lives again. We forget the agony and pain that we have known."Basic Text p.48 Many of us have been "thirty-day wonders." We were desperate and dying wh...
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october 5 just for today
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October 5 Ask For Mercy, Not Justice "Many of us have difficulty admitting that we caused harm for others... We cut away our justifications and our ideas of being a victim."Basic Text p.37 Our lives are progressing nicely. Things are going good, and each year in recovery brings more mater...
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Went to a GREAT meeting tonight.
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So i went to this awesome meeting in cambridge tonight, and afterwords hung out with this really cool kid my age that has multiple years clean, he moves to san diego on tuesday though, that pisses me off, but i'm being more open and talking to people at meetings, and i almost asked someone to be my sponser...
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october 3 just for today
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October 3 Losing Self-Will "Our egos, once so large and dominant, now take a back seat because we are in harmony with a loving God. We find that we lead richer, happier, and much fuller lives when we lose self-will."Basic Text p.101 Addiction and self-will go hand in hand. The unmanageabil...
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Just for Today
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I'm not going to say "this time i'm going to stay clean for good" or anything like that, i mean, that is what i want, but i'm only going to worry about the day i'm living in, i was going to pick up a journal tomorrow, so i can sort through my emotions, and make lists of things to get done that day, to h...
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I NEED A CHAIRPERSON FOR TUESDAY OCTOBER 2
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I NEED SOMEONE TO CHAIRPERSON TOMORROW NIGHT OF YOU CAN PLEASE. I WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH DALLAS. LET ME NOW ILL BE ON T5OMORROW ABOUT 5:00
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once a addict always a addict
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Hi everyone So gald to find a group where people understand . I have been clean since Sept 17th 1987. My husband got hurt a few years back and was put on pain pills . I not kidding you once those pills were around my brain started thinking about those pills. Even after almost at the time 17 years of recovery...
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I am so sorry
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that I missed chairing last night's meeting!!! The time got away from me and I sincerely apologize for my not being here..... Love and Hugs to all.....Glora W
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Suggestion
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I suggest we have a chairperson workshop once a month. There are a few people that are willing and we could always use a few more. It would make training easier to do it all at once. When I was trained, there was a 60 day clean time requirement. I am willing to host the first workshop. What does everybody thi...
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self pity why me
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self pity why me by jayson cole I am convinced, the longer I live, that life and its blessings are not so entirely unjustly distributed (as) when we are suffering greatly we are so inclined to suppose. --Mary Todd Lincoln S...
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self pity why me
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self pity why me by jayson cole I am convinced, the longer I live, that life and its blessings are not so entirely unjustly distributed (as) when we are suffering greatly we are so inclined to suppose. --Mary Todd Lincoln S...
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OCTOBER 2 JUST FOR TODAY
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October 2 Keeping Faith "We grasp the limitless strength provided for us through our daily prayer and surrender as long as we keep faith and renew it."Basic Text p.44 There are two parts to recovery: getting clean, and staying clean. Getting clean is comparatively easy because we only ha...
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october 1 just for today
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October 1 Not Just A Motivation For Growth "We learn that pain can be a motivating factor in recovery."Basic Text p.29 "Pain - who needs it!" we think whenever we're in it. We see no good purpose for pain. It seems to be a pointless exercise in suffering. If someone happens to ment...
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hello all.....
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hello all.....hope you are having a better time of life than i am at this point......i am trying to detox, for the 3rd time, and feeling like i am not making much progress.....50 yrs old, mom of three, chronic pain and i guess relatively heavy use of Vicodin, on and off (mostly on) for the last 8 years or so...
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i can't do this anymore
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I just got back from the hospital, my best friend just ODed, and the only reason she got to the hospital was because i threatend the people she was with that weren't going to drive her to the hospital, she was a mess, she was on these machines, and she was just crying hysterically, she wouldn't even hug me,...
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be who you are
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somebody saved me
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SOMEBODY SAVED ME By: Jayson Cole As I walked though the valley of shadow of quilt. I take a look at my life and realize there's not much left. I roamed the streets at night. I learned how to steel and learned how to fight. I fought I lied, and did anything to get drugs. I hurt people that I loved to much. Somet...
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september 30 just for today
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September 30 Being Ourselves "Our real value is in being ourselves."Basic Text, p.101 Over and over, we have tried to live up to the expectations of those around us. We may have been raised believing that we were okay if we earned good grades in school, cleaned our rooms, or dressed a certai...
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a little scared and confused
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My boyfriend relapsed a couple days ago and told me about it yesterday. He said he was afraid to tell me because he thought I would want to go use now too. Actually the first thing that popped into my head when he told me was "I shouldn't be with him anymore." although i didn't say that. He tried t...
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So far so good.
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So i'm in my old hometown, and i just hooked up with some old friends (clean ones) and i'm really glad to be here, and using isn't on my mind has much as i thought it would be being here, i probably won't be able to make the online meetings this week, but i'll keep you guys updated
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september 29 just for today
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September 29 Just For Today "When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably."Basic Text, p.96 "Just for today" - it's a comforting thought. If we try to live in the past, we may find ourselves torn by painful, disquieting memories. The less...
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new members
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hello all......i just wanted to say hello.....i am a 50-yr old mother of three, Midwest resident for 20 yrs, Texan born and raised...we have beautiful children, Joseph, 18, a freshman at school in Iowa, Kyle, 15 yr old soph. in high school and my "pearl of great price," Hannah Joy, 11. i wa...
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Please read !!!
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something I read this day that I had to share with you all ! "Sharing Grief Opening To Receive Comfort When we experience something that causes us to feel shock and sadness, we may feel the urge to withdraw from life. It may seem like remaining withdrawn will keep us protected from the world, but du...
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Life With An Addict
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Don't know if I'm in the right place as I am a family member of an addict and not an addict. My ex husband has been addicted to drugs for over 20 years He has been in rehab twice only to turn back to the drugs. Last Jan he was found with drugs and arrested. He spent 3 months in jail to be released two weeks later an...
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Wantaneeda :) Congratulations!!!!
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WAY TO GO Wendy on 9 MONTHS CLEAN & FREE!!!! Yellow, my name is Wendy, I am an addict. It represents the sun. We can see it when we get up in the morning, instead of coming in after a night of using. There is nothing yellow about being in recovery. We're also pregnant with the program at 9 months. How do we...
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Congratulations on 90 DAYS!!!
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WAY TO GO Debbie on 90 days of freedom!!! Red - Stoplight, stop & look at your program. Thank God we're not dead. We should have RED our Basic Text by now. The color our eyes used to be when we got high, now they are red because we have feelings and we can cry today. 90 days. No slips, dips, or acid trips. Ho...
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september 28 just for today
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September 28 Hope "Gradually as we become more God-centered than self centered, our despair turns to hope."Basic Text, p.92 As using addicts, despair was our relentless companion. It colored our every waking moment. Despair was born of our experience in active addiction: No matter wh...
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I am going to start actively praying more
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for all the newcomers we have showing up to our meetings, many are really struglling with this thing and having a hard time hanging on to even a day or two. So lets get some community prayer going for these folks so they can join the living. Tonight I first give thanks to my higher power for this board and it...
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How do you deal with regret and shame?
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So last night, i started to think about my ex-girlfriend, and i was so overwhelmed with shame and regret i couldn't sleep, oh man.. she is the most amazing girl, but i was horrible to her, i always asked her for money, and took all her pain meds when she had surgery once, and lied to her, i lied to her so much,...
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god my higher power and best friend
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god my higher power and best friend by jayson cole god is my dad being that my real dad was never there and left me to deal with this cold cruel world all alone and god is the only one who has been pulling me thru it all. when i was four years old my r...
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