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hi there room I have been working my butt off doing 8pm and 1:30am everday at work hows everone been ?
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Surviving Our Emotions
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"We use the tools available to us and develop the ability to survive our emotions."
Basic Text pg. 30
"Survive my emotions?" some of us say. "You've got to be kidding!" When we were using, we never gave ourselves the chance to learn how to survive them. You don't survive your feelings, we t...
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withdrawl after 2 uses?
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Hi, I'm not really sure who to ask about this, especially since it's really a matter of curiousity more than anything. I figure there is probably more wisdom here on the subject than most anywhere.
I'm a fairly typical recreational drug user.. mostly marijuana, which for years and years i abused...
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I realize change is difficult
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I of al people know that change is not easy but please bare with me thru this transition I have been given certain guidlines to follow in the service position I have taken. And believe me it's not always fun, but trust it will be better for the room it is going to take time to adjust but I am only doing what is a...
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looking for online support
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i am on a ship and want to be connected with other addicted and stay focus and strong. fof the last 6 yrs i have been struggling to get clean from a relapsed. today i am looking at the past but what i can do now to be a better person. i am open for any suggestions.  -- Edited by lumumbal at 13:12, 2006-...
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jumped the gun....
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i don't technically have the apartment...the landlord told me i could put down 50 dollars to keep it, which i gave 40...now she says i need 1/2 of the rent, and she is going through other applicants references...
to give her another day
my heart has sunk a little today
because i am in a tra...
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BIG guilt trip
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My ex ex girlfriend whom I am still friends with since breaking up with her nearly 3 years ago is really upset over me having found someone new in my life.
Before meeting Melissa the gal i'm with now Me and her talked alot on the phone and now i've not been in touch with her as much and she says i've left he...
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time 4 me
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as some have noticed I am not an op right now this is a temporary arrangement. I needed time to take for my recovery I am also helping get another room reactivated with john I will be op on fridays and from then we will keep you posted on progress or any changes ty mip for allowing me to be a part of such a...
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Reason Season Or a Lifetime
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People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficu...
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25 days
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Tired of everything being such a fight. I so wish i didnt have to fight the urge to use today. I wish i could go back in time. I spent alot of my life wishing that my past would change into a better one. I wish i was the kind of person that could just get up and go, especially when things dont go my way. I often fail...
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Thanks Peggy
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I saw what you wrote to Tahir and that was very kind of you to say.
I'm glad your here you give alot to this board also, thankyou.
{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}}
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wow, talk about gifts
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in recovery,
i was saying yesterday, holy crap!! if one more good thing happens to me i might have to go into hiding!!!!! jus' kiddin';)
i found an apartment, well actually it kind of found me, seriously, it jumped out at me from the newspaper...i had pretty much decided to take another already
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Sunday 10 AM EST Meetings
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Hi Family,
The Sunday Morning meetings here at MIP Chatroom have been happening since the last two weeks. Please participate with your presence at these meetings. Our participation is what makes it a great meeting. We can only keep what we have by giving it away.
The timing is Sunday 10 AM (Easter...
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The Steps
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I am going to quote someone, this is so neccessary for us to understand and do and I feel I am sitting on my laurels and need to get busy again on the steps, asking Tahir if he will sponsor me on this journey?
HEres what I read this morning:
God removes the compulsion to use/addi...
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psychic journey !!
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Hi folks,,,
thanks for being there as i share a great experience with you !!!!
I played last weekend at the Indian Navy Ball,, in a city thats about 500 miles from here !!!
I dove there in my jeep and played well that nite.
Good vibes all around,,we played dance and rock and roll and the 3000...
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pain and opiates
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Hey all, I'm back at work today for the first time since I kicked. It's cold, I have fibromyalgia/ rheumatoid arthritist, and was a drug addict b-4 all that but I'm in pain, major pain, can't move very well and have tried to take ibeuprophen but it's not working. I am stuck in a head of I deserve to take opia...
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-- Edited by rayne at 18:50, 2006-12-11 -- Edited by rayne at 15:37, 2006-12-12
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attention meeting chairs
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Hi Friends, Check the service workers message board. There is a new copy of mIRC there with the meeting readings built into it and a quick tutorial on how to use it. The subject of the post is mIRC. Try it out and see what you think. use the one a couple posts down= mirc6.2b.zip I changed the alias.i...
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heavy keyboard.......
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Typing this is just like picking up that heavy phone. My name is Shelley, and i am an addict.
Until a month ago, I had a year clean. Now I'm drinking. I still can't stand me. Tonight I have no one to call, no one to go to. I'd rather pull the trigger. I haven't been to meetings cause I have no car right now. I th...
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Did the IRC chat get hijacked or something
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oK GUESS IT WAS JUST DOWN FOR AWHILE MY BAD! -- Edited by BigV at 10:35, 2006-12-11
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The Triangle of Self-Obsession
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The Triangle of Self-Obsession When we are born we are conscious only of ourselves, we are the universe. We perceive little other than our basic needs, and if these needs are met we are content. As our consciousness expands we become aware of a world outside ourselves.&nb...
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COMEON POST
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Get in here and post you guys/gals lets keep things rolling if you check in just leave a comment or start a topic I know theres stuff going on in each of your lives that you could share, open up
Dr. Vini says so thats your prescription for this day
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(((((MIP))))))
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got a quick moment on a computer
just wanted to say hello, i miss you's and i'm doing ok
, day 27 today:)
still in a transition house but i've started looking at apartments, really my whole life is up in the air...lol.....no literally ...isn't that step 2 and 3?
wish i had time to go into some of it
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5 months clean
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4 months now and still kicken. I've gotten past the relapse and moving on , I am struggling some with sereness  since so much is going on but lifes gotten better since that relapse, it made me ease up on myself and life and good things are happening. Thanks to this program teaching a new way of thinki...
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SERENITY PRAYER
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SERENITY PRAYER
God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
Serenity Serenity, which is the immunity to all addictions, is characterized by feelings of tranquility, gra...
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Thank you
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Hi all
I just want to thank you for your love and support through these crazy times (no pun intended) You have made a world of difference to me. The kindness you offer helps me so much..I just wanted to spread the love
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A suggestion...or 3
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Hi all!! So I was thinking..(uh Oh) Maybe the Sunday meeting could be bumped up a couple hours? I know we are all on different time zones but 10:00 am "here" is 6:00am In this place.(yes, the world DOES revolve around me) 
Also I think we should have more meetings now that we have grown s...
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what are u thinking?
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What are you thinking?
"I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it."
-- William Faulkner
What have you been thinking lately?
Do you know? We get so accustomed to our thoughts that we lose awareness of them. We don’t see how they are stuck in old habitual patter...
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A bit of a tall order
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Hello everyone,
I met peggy in the chatroom the other evening (for me) and said I'd write a few words on here by way of introduction.
I'm addicted to opoid painkillers, having a chronic back condition that doesn't respond to any other treatments. I haven't taken any strong stuff (availabl...
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how are you doing Jenny?
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Dear Jen,
how are you doing?
i haven't seen you on chat so i thought i'd write you a short note.
telling you that you're in my thoughts and prayers...
i'm here for you girl.. you're not alone ...
YOUR friend in recovery and behond....peggy...
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