Introduce Yourself

[bluidkiti]

Hi, I am Tammy. If you haven't done so yet, I hope everyone will take a moment to stop in and introduce themselves to us. Have a great day! :17:

[MajestyJo]

Hi, my name is JoAnne, otherwise known as Majesty Jo. I hail from Ontario, Canada. Hope you will sign in and make yourself known.

[dwmoeller]

:17: Hi my name is Dave and I am an alcoholic. I live in North Dakota. Glad that you are here!

[Al Cooper]

I have been sober in AA since 1/19/73 and now live happy, joyous, and free in The Villages, Florida. I have been a member of this forum for several years but recently lost my connection and had to sign in again. I am now legally blind and do not post comments but I enjoy having my computer read your comments to me.

[willbe275]

Hello family my name is Wayne aka Willbe275 from Brooklyn N.Y. I have been sober in AA since 7/13/88 I have been a member of this site sense 2011. I will redo my profile soon.
I'm so grateful to Tammy and her crew for all the hard work they do:33:

You can't control how other people see you,
you can only control the things you do.
W.O.W 101:13:

[bluidkiti]

:67: Al and Wayne! :17: So very glad to hear from you both. I hope you both will continue to come and share with us. Have a great Monday!

[MajestyJo]

Thank Al and Wayne for stopping in and saying hello. Welcome to the site and appreciate your participation.

[Magie]

Hi Im Magie,, Good to be here ,, Thanks for all the great readings..

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Magie, so glad you made the decision to join our family. Hope you will continue to come and sharing your recovery with us.

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[bluidkiti]

:67: Magie, :17: So glad to have you join us. I look forward to getting to know you better. Keep coming and sharing with us.

[dwmoeller]

Al, Wayne, and Magie,

Welcome from North Dakota. I'm glad you are here.

[Kraam]

Just checking in.

[schell81208]

Hi my name is Michele (call me Schell) I am an alcoholic and a and a...you know those many isms...which I love the word alcoholism....I am addicted to of course booze, drugs, food, shopping, overspending (borrowing from peter to pay off paul....my disease is one of a slow suicide, self destruction to the max...my story most likely matches all of yours...I have found my self in you all....I hide my face in my hands for many meetings...was i really powerless over alcohol and other things? Deep inside I knew I was...I came to that point where I could not live with or without alcohol...I drank all day...my day being determined by how much alcohol I could consume before work, during work and after work...what a way to live....as my obsession lifted through getting a sponsor who was dedicated to working me through the steps and reading the BB page by page, highlighting sentences as we read...amazing...things started making sense...God can do for us what we cannot do alone...but for me I had to go to meetings to be with others , and work the steps, do service work which got me out of self....didn't realize how darn screwed up my alcoholic thinking is....I found Bludikiti site by accident...have been coming here since I think february 2011? 2010? It doesn't matter all we need is two alcoholics and a BB! I have found that by keep coming back to meetings and here...I am growing...something I never thought I would even want to happen to me...I never wanted to grow up but as I am learning to be responsible and honest , the darkest days I have the opportunity to start over anything with an action , whether making a phone call, or meditating or praying or reading something....a change in a action...I don't simply re act in today....we are here for each other...and for that I am grateful! Peace, Schell

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Kraam, so good to have you here, hope you will keep coming back.

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[bluidkiti]

Hey kraam and schell, :17: Glad to see you both here.

[Susan]

I am Susan. Thank you for the welcome.

[captpaulge]

Hello Susan welcome.

[dwmoeller]

:17: Hi Susan. Welcome from North Dakota!

[nicolebell]

Hi, I'm Nicole From Katy, TX.....wonderful to find you guys online, thanks for this great forum, looking forward to the spiritual progress! ;)

[LookingOut]

Welcome Nicole!

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Nicole, so glad you found us. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[bluidkiti]

Hey Nicole, :17: Glad to have you join us. I hope you will continue to come and share with us here. Have a great weekend!

[dwmoeller]

Nicole,

:17: Greetings from North Dakota. I'm glad you are here!

[Jason39]

I'm Jason from Virginia Beach. Glad to be a part of this forum.

[bluidkiti]

:67: Jason, :17: Glad to have you join us. I hope you will continue to come and share with us here. Have a great weekend!

[Ericka Heaney]

HI, I have to make this quick but I've been getting readings everyday for years and just now joined the site. Thanks for the great emails!

[dwmoeller]

Ericka,

:17: Welcome from North Dakota. I'm glad you are here!

[bluidkiti]

:67: Ericka, :17: So glad to have you join us. I hope you will continue to come and share with us here. Have a great day! :42:

[LookingOut]

Welcome Jason and Ericka. Glad to have you here!

[KatieD]

Hi I'm Katie, I am an alcoholic and I live in Las Vegas. I'm 64 days sober :)

[yukonm]

Welcome Katie!! Glad to have you join our community. I look forward to hearing more from you. :67:

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Jason, Ericka, and Katie. Sorry I am late welcoming you to our site.

Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us. Thank you for making the decision to be part of our family.

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[dwmoeller]

Katie,

:17: Welcome from North Dakota! Congrates on 68 days sober.

[bluidkiti]

:67: Kate! :17: It is great having you join us. Please keep coming and sharing with us.

[honeydumplin]

First and foremost, I'm an alcoholic.

I was also a drug addict. As a matter of fact used marijuana, cocaine,
and various other stimulants, narcotics, and depressants over the course
of about twenty years, give or take. Alcohol broke my inhibition,
the coke took me up, and the pot brought me back down again.

My home group is the Men's Group here. Every sober day I experience
can in some way be attributed to a power much greater than myself.
Sponsorship, the fellowship, the brief time I've put forth into working the steps,
and the God of my very limited understanding have been paramount in going
yet another day without drink or drug. For that I am truly grateful.

Sorry that I have not introduced myself sooner.
It isn't that I've been that preoccupied, for ample
time has been there. Nor could the case be made
that there's been nothing to say, because it has.
I just haven't put forth the effort until now.

I saw something the other day(probably in this
forum) that said, "The best things in life, aren't
really things at all." They're more like that powerful
stir that I felt deep within my soul, the afternoon
that I sat and watched a sober sunset, early in recovery,
or reading a book, and being so enthralled that time
doesn't mean anything, sharing an innermost thought
with a person, appreciating a form of intimacy
with another human being for the very first time.
Seeing an aura in a person. Feeling at home,
not only in my own skin, but in my home, in general.

I mean, sometimes I am granted the serenity to listen
to devine messages of hope and renewal, and everything
wonderful in its entirety, and get this overwhelming
sense of gratitude, when peace and joy flows through every
fiber of my being, and I am at one with the universe.
But then there's also those unique occasions, when I see
and hear a guy pick up a white chip, that I also feel just
as humble, and just as grateful, as I did when I picked up one.

Still, I must disclose in a general way, what happened, before I can
ever get to the part where I can tell you where I am now.

Desperation is what brought me through the door.
And what a narrow door it is. As a matter of fact the
further I get from that white chip, the smaller that
door appears, and the more precious crossing through
it becomes.The fear of complacency, tends to move
me through the steps in a way. As confusing as it may be,
it is when I feel myself starting to slide backward, that
I find myself wanting to go forward.

One of the many similarities of other alcoholics I've heard
speak is that rather raw abnormality; that subtle rare
quality that's been like a thorn in my side ever since I can
remember trying to cohabitate with the human race.
For years I just felt like I was out of step with the
entire galaxy.

Why couldn't I talk to people in general conversation?
I thought. Why would I not just be normal? Why did
the tears flow over the small stuff, and how did I find
such dysfunctional humour during a crisis? Why couldn't
I have a relationship with the opposite sex without
sabbotaging it through drugs and alcohol? Why could
I not have a relationship with anyone for that matter?

These questions, along with a lot of other confusion, and
distorted thinking seem to go hand and hand with alcohol
and drug addiction. Actually, they tend to play off of each
other. I drank to distort the confusion, and more I drank,
the more confused I got. Working the steps, the mere
passage of time, and seeking some sort of conception
of serenity have gradually removed those “whys” that
seemed so important.

It has only been recently that I've been able to experience
something like normal confusion. Some days maybe its
organized chaos. Other days, just abundant chaos.
Nevertheless, there is this small undertone of normality
that reveals itself on occasion. Frequently I've found
that those same tones tend to run parallel with the
feeling of being completely powerless of certain things.

Powerlessness over the apocalypse for instance. Over
politics. Over religous zealots. Over other people's
predisposed opinions and biases. To live and to feel that
I have absolutely no control over that stuff relieves
me of a very huge burden, and allows me to distance
myself a bit from the narcissitic, self-absorbed alcoholic
that I have been for so long, and can still be at times.
An ebb and flow, if you will.

I mean there was a period several years ago when I battled
some real demons. At one time, I even thought I was
the antichrist. Is there anything more self-centered, and
power hungry, and pathetic than that?

In consideration of the stuff that I was doing at the time,
it was totally against christian beliefs. So even though I
may not have been biblically the antichrist, I was certainly
participating in acts that were not in line at all with following
Christ.

That's how messed up I was. I was skewed, so why
wouldn't my thought process be skewed as well? And
it was. Just as I would begin to feel how scary it was
to be sober, I'd anxiously anticipate the day I could skew
my head back into drunkeness, in order to not let that be
a thought anymore.

I used to tell me people that I was in recovery. My days
of recovery were Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
I'd say it with a smile too, as if I really had everything together.
And I would somehow find a way to cherish it, no matter
how small that recovery was, and tried to use it to my advantage,
as I did practically any other thing at my limited disposal.

When I'd take that very last hit on Saturday at three
or four in the morning, something would kick in. I knew
that with little or no money,the next four or five days would
be tough, and I had to get serious, and buckle down.
Conserve my resources. Which wasn't that hard,
considering there weren't any.

Once I changed gears from getting drunk and high, to
getting a little rest, and doing a few healthy activities like
exercise, and reading some inspirational literature I would
be okay. I'd write a little poetry. Listen to soft music. All I
needed was some time to gain hold of my illusional
willpower. If I could just muster enough, and get my self-
discipline back in order, I'd be alright. But thankfully,
that didn't happen.

And also, there were those rare, and unique times when I
didn't have a penny to my name, and Thursday would go
off without a hitch. I'd think, man this is kinda neat.
Why maybe I can pull this off. Also, to no avail.

That night, I'd have a good meal, maybe get to bed at a
decent hour. Some times I would even run late getting
to the bank to get my check cashed, so that my twisted
idea of recovery could inforced. Without a pocket full
of cash, it was relatively easy. I would even have a few
beers and relax, knowing that I'd made it another day.
Talk about a false sense of security. I was eat up with it.

Then the next day I would be sitting at stop light. In a
split second, with what little resolve I had mustered tossed
to the wind, and a week's salary of cash eating a whole
in my pocket, every idea I had about going a few days
clean would vanish into thin air. I would leave the house
with the best of intentions to go to the grocery store,
and never actually make it to the grocery store.
Sometimes I wouldn't get home until the next day.
And so the cycle continued.

There were times I'd jones for that particular twisted
view of recovery so much, that I craved the calm after
the storm. It was one of the few things that felt real.
Imagine, subconciously wanting to have a hangover
so I could remind myself how awful it was, so that I
would in turn, not want to drink anymore.

To surrender without giving up. To live and let live.
These were phrases plainly spoken to me. Sayings that
I used as life's little mantras when I actively used that I
never had a clue about, but would mention them
nonetheless, as if they were deniable denial; an anthem
excuse for being the drunk that I'd supposedly, refused
to become.

Now, I find that these same sayings are the things
I continue to struggle with in sobriety. But giving
them away, and sharing them, really does help me
to stay sober another day. To realize what they mean.
To say them. To feel them. Its like having an unknown
language translated, right in front of me. But it can only
remain habit-forming, when I commit to it, and practice
it, otherwise it slips away. If I don't use it, I lose it.

Thanks. I hope you don't mind if I share some of it
with you.

[yukonm]

Welcome honeydumplin, Thank you for sharing your story. I am so glad you found us. You will find support and encouragement here. Please continue to post.
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[Maryann]

Hey all, I am an alcoholic named Maryann from Michigan.
Glad to be here.

[bluidkiti]

:67: Maryann, :17: It is great having you join us here. I hope you will continue to come and share with us.

[captpaulge]

Capt Paulge here in Liberia. Reaching out here to find friends of Bill W.
Hello to my friends here. Boat has not arrived. I've got my crib about ready to move in.
Still rainy season here, This morning water came in the doors and windows like the rising tide.
I am grateful for all the opportunities and friends I'm making.
Peace
Capt Paul:17::mrs_salut:

[LookingOut]

Welcome, hd, and thank you for sharing some of your story!

Welcome, Maryann and capt paulge!

[bigcory707]

Hello all.

I found this site on accident but obviously it was meant to me.
I was looking for a topic for an H&I meeting I am doing next week. This site helped a lot.

I will keep coming back

[bluidkiti]

Hi Cory, :17: Glad to have you join us. I look forward to you sharing more with us.

[willbe275]

You and I are We.
WE are stronger than
either One could be.
We are greater then
the sum of Our parts.
WE are joined by Our Souls
and our Hearts. Eternally...We.
From:gina2840

W.O.W 101

[Tx.trailblazer]

Howdy to all! I'm Lori Lynn (Tx.trailblazer) from Texas. I have beensober for 8 year's and I am truly grateful for God's grace and mercy. I'm a work in progress! It's been difficult at times but it most definately gets easier as I travel on this journey of sobriety! I'm always willing to help, listen, pray with/for anyone who needs a friend. It keeps me accountable and in check! Im honest with those that cross my path. So if you are seeking truth... Just know that I don't beat around the bush! Thank God there were others in sobriety that were willing to tell me the truth 8 yrs ago and... Still do today ( whether I want to here it or not). I'd be drunker than Cooter Brown if they would have been dishonest with me! I work with women that are or have been in abusive relationships, addicts, as well as those who are being sex trafficked. I don't have all the answers but I give you my word that I will help anyone who ready for change. I'm not afraid to stand beside someone if they need it or want it. I don't have a problem dragging anyone out of a bad situation. I don't knock on the door of crack houses... I just bust on in! I'd rather die helping someone who wants and needs help than laying awake at night knowing that I could have helped but chose not to! That's just me. I'm crazy and I'm fearless. I've gotten the crap beat out of me because I chose to help those who nobody wants to deal with because of my passion. So be it! I'm by no means a miracle worker but I'm sure not about giving up on anyone either! I will help you, be your friend, defend you when it's justified. All of us addicts are professional liars and masters at manipulating those around us in order to get our way. I'm no different... I just made a choice to not let that little selfish demon that is always waiting for me to slip up and let him out! I can be an angel or the devil himself in disguise so I'm very careful about keeping myself in check. I have been in the past so good at manipulatingand lying that I can almost instantly tell when someoneis trying to do it to me. It takes one to know one, right? Therefore... With that being said... My point is this... I'm always ready and willing to help but at the same time I have learned what discernment means. I have no problem walking away when my sobriety or sanity is in jeopardy! Everything I've learned and am still learning has been the hard way! I always thought I knew it all! News Flash to this little Texan... I actually knew nothing! But by the grace of God.... I'm learning! So may God Bless Each and EVERYONE of you on your journey. And never ever let anyone try to tell you you're worthless or that you cant get clean or stay clean... Because you are very special in more ways than you could ever imagine!!! And... I am here for each and everyone of you! See... This is a "WE" deal!! None of us are ever alone! Now that I've totally blabbed you into boardom.. I'll shut up and apologize... But I'm just a friendly Texan and yes... I talk too much sometimes! Lol.. Peace be with you... If you need an ear... And I'm not on the forum just find me on Fbook. Search for Dirty Boot Recovery. That's me! Blessings and chow for now! ... Lori Lynn Schuerenberg-Schultz ( and no I'm not going to spell check all this!! Lol

[BW1]

Thank You Lori
Grateful to have you on this journey with us

[MajestyJo]

Hello all.

I found this site on accident but obviously it was meant to me.
I was looking for a topic for an H&I meeting I am doing next week. This site helped a lot.

I will keep coming back

Thanks you for sharing. I was H & I chair here in Ontario, Canada. I am afraid it was so long ago, don't remember much. Just that we all met, all the reps for the different committees. I left AA to go to NA when it became time to address my pill addiction, and found out that a drug is a drug, even my computer, if I put it before who my God wants me to be in today. I was blessed by having the opportunity to get NA started in the jails. I had been for AA and had gotten a request for NA. I was able to go to meetings in detox.

When I go to do anything, be it new or just something that I find worrisome and stressful, I say the Serenity Prayer, the AA Third Step and Seventh Step Prayers, they help me get out of the way an allow my God to work through me, instead of around or over me.

May your God be with you.

Welcome to the site, sorry I wasn't here to respond earlier. My computer was down and so was I.

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[MajestyJo]

Welcome to all the new people, so sorry for my late welcome. I hope you continue to come and share your journey with us.

Capt. Paul good to hear from you.

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[Judymt]

Hi I I'm grateful for life

[MajestyJo]

Thanks for signing in and we are grateful that you made the decision to join our family.

I saw this and had the thought, thanks to recovery, everything isn't black or white, either or. There are shades of gray, called compromise, agreeing to disagree, and coming from a place of Love and seeing the whole picture.

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[captpaulge]

:171:Good morning My name is Paul and I am an alcoholic. I have not found any place here in Liberia to share that but gratefully I brought this tool with me.

[MajestyJo]

Me too! Continued prayers.

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[stillme82698]

Good morning everyone, my name is Tawnye and I am a recovering alcoholic. By the grace of God, A.A and its members, I have managed to put together 15 years of recovery. I hope to find and share experience, strength and hope through this site.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Tawnye, so glad you found us and signed in to say hello. Hope you will continue to come and share your esh with us.

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[mrchips225]

Hi Everyone

My name is Jim S. and I AM AN ALCOHOLIC. My friends call me Chips because I give out the coins at my home group.

My sober date is 07/19/2002 so a little over 11 years - Sober today through the Grace of GOD & the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous.

I live on Long Island, New York and I go to about 10 or 12 meetings a week - including 1 Rehab and 1 Psych Ward at my local hospital.

I look forward to reading about what helps you guys get and stay sober.

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[captpaulge]

Welcome MR Chips. Thank you for sharing your sobriety.
Thank you for your service. It is a very important job, showing a new comer that staying sober opens the future world and closes the door to the past a little more. Getting better a being alive is a lot better than staying in the past.
My name is Paul and I am an alcoholic.

[JackieO]

Hi there am a senior citizen, been around AA some 33 years and know with out shadow of a doubt it was my best choice ever made, change egads yes yes everything and am still changing, love it. Thanks for being there, love you.

[JackieO]

Forgot to sign my name. JackieO

[captpaulge]

:170:Hello Jackie O. Thanks for reaching out to another alcoholic. I know I get caught up in my own stuff and forget that my time may be spent better reaching out to someone else than stirring the stew in my head for useless, endless hours that probably will not contribute to finding a solution to the problem.
My name is Paul I am an alcoholic, in Liberia, where to this point there are no meetings. I use this site along with my phone back hometo stay attached to the program as best as I can.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Jackie O, so glad you signed in and made the decision to join our family. I hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

This program is one day at a time, and I too am so glad that I get to practice it daily.

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[MajestyJo]

A belated greeting Mr. Chip, sorry I missed you. Hope you continue to come and share your journey with us. Remember this is a we program, and I need you for my sobriety.

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[dwmoeller]

To all newcomers to this forum,

:17: Welcome from North Dakota! Glad you are here.

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[aasavedme]

Good Morning, my name is Joe, I am an alcoholic from Lockport, NY.
I start every day with the recovery readings.
The readings put me in a good place, and help me to never forget what I am.
The readings have helped me in countless other ways with the advice and philosophy that is presented here every day.
I admire the love and dedication of those who make this site possible.
I don't know why it took me so long to introduce myself; today is a good time to do it because I am up an hour early. I forgot to set the clocks back. In a way that is a bonus-I get an extra hour of being sober.
I love to play golf and cook.
My user name is aasavedme.

[honeydumplin]

an extra hour sober...I love it.
welcome.
and thanks for your post.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome to you both, thank you for sharing. It is good to share the "good" in recovery, I like that extra hour too. Doesn't matter if the day is short or long, a lot of it is our state of mind and our ability to put thought into action.

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[captpaulge]

Each day we stay sober, we stand a chance to create a better life. Fear doesn't have to rule. I can attest to that. While i was drinking and thinking alcoholically I was afraid to change or try anything. Today I am in Liberia. with a 27ft boat ready to start a charter fishing business. All because of AA, my home groups, my sponsor, my sober friends and a family that believes I have changed.
My name is Paul and I am a grateful alcoholic.

[Rcouse72]

Hello and good morning. This is the first site out of MANY that I have found that really has fit me. I am in my first 30 days of sobriety and recently out if an intensive outpatient treatment program. I'm having a difficult time trying to find "the way" outside of constant care. I'm going to meetings but still haven't reached out to anyone to become my sponsor. I'm a tad bit of a control lady so letting someone help has been some what of a challenge. Thank you already got this site. This is what I've been looking for.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Rcouse72 for making the decision to join our family. Thank you for sharing and congratulations on your sobriety.

Recovery is a process and takes time. My primary purpose was to stay clean and sober, no matter what, just for today.

I was told to look for someone I could identify with and someone who had what I wanted. I chose one who was spiritual. She fired me because she said she wasn't well enough to give me the attention I needed. I was one of the very sick ones. The second lady oozed peace and serenity, but she let me go, because she didn't see me at the meetings that she went to. I had moved to the opposite end of the city. I got a sponsor, who was very much her own woman, worked for a treatment center in Toronto. She had a VW convertible, and we would drive with the top down, smoking cigarillos, sing country music, and got lots of stares because we both had gray hair. I ended up going back to my first sponsor.

Wishing you well on your journey. I hope you continue to come and share. Perhaps you could start your own daily check in, just to let us know you are still with us. Feel free to ask questions, there is a lot of material here, hopefully you can find something that meets your needs.

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[LucyW]

Hello all----I'm Lucy and I am a cross addicted alcoholic. My anniversary is 12/4/08 and it's not getting easier---just harder. Need some inspiration to find my happiness and work on my program.
Thanks for being here.:13:Lucy

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Lucy, glad you decided to join us. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us. It is one day at a time, and I know for me, I need the program just as much as I did when I came through the doors.

I qualify for just about any door I walk through, so I try to identify instead of comparing. I know I am an addict, I used people, places, and things for many, many years.

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[dogbert570]

Long time since i have been in recovery.....feels good

[MajestyJo]

Welcome to the site dogbert, hope you will continue to come and share your recovery with us.

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[Cosby]

Hello All, Cosby here. Nine months into recovery with AA and Life:) Blessed to find, and Happy to join Bluidkiti Forum. Enjoy the Blessings of today! Much Love. CCJ from South Carolina USA.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Cosby, congratulations on your sobriety. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[toothpickjim]

Hi I'm Jim and a recovering alcoholic since August 01, 2005. Currently retired and living in Spain.
Moved here a year ago and it is a pleasure to find such a good source of recovery.
Life here is peaceful, but 24 sometimes can be trying.
ODAT

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Jim, so glad you found us. Hope you can check in often and share your journey with us.

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[Judymt]

Hang in there Jim life does get easier. Sometimes it is one hour at a time.

We are on a spiritual journey. Progress not perfection. Our sobriety is contingent on our spiritual connection just for today.

Life is such adventure. Spain must be lovely. Enjoy the beauty.

Judymt

[justfortoday]

Hi my name is Scott. Thank you for being a part of my Daily Recovery.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Scott, so glad you made the decision to join our family.

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[Mochababy]

Hi, I am Tammy. If you haven't done so yet, I hope everyone will take a moment to stop in and introduce themselves to us. Have a great day! :17:
Hello, I am new to this site! My sponsor referred me to this. Just want to say Hi and I am excited to be on here :92:

[Mochababy]

I am glad to be on this site! My sponsor referred me to this!

[sunlight]

Welcome. I am new as well.

May you find your way and we can trudge these roads together.
[
I hope you find this website to be as full of hope as I have.

Have a happy, joyous and free day.
E][/QUOTE]

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Mochababy, so glad you found us. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[MajestyJo]

Thanks for sharing Sunlight, so glad you kept coming back.

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[Sean]

Hi, I am Tammy. If you haven't done so yet, I hope everyone will take a moment to stop in and introduce themselves to us. Have a great day! :17:

Hello, I'm Sean, I'm a recovering alcoholic, I've been dry for about three months. I get to plenty meetings and will soon be starting the steps with my sponsor.
It's pretty tough this time of year so some helpful tips would be appreciated.
Thanks.

[Chance]

Hi, I am Tammy. If you haven't done so yet, I hope everyone will take a moment to stop in and introduce themselves to us. Have a great day!
Hi Everyone! Tammy invited me to the site. So I thought after maybe a week of more of procrastination I would go ahead and introduce myself. I'm trying to be more anonymous and most of you know me, some of you don't. However, with that said, you may address me as Luckyv if you like to that should give you a hint on who I am if not maybe this guy can help you....

[bluidkiti]

Hey Luckyv, :17: Always very glad to see you. I hope you get to feeling better soon. Keep us posted. :42:

[MajestyJo]

Glad to see you my friend, it is good to have you back with us. We are the lucky ones.

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[MajestyJo]

Hope all is well Sean and you made it through the holiday. Did you check out the tips posted on the site. Remember it is a one day at a time program. What do I need to do in today, to stay clean and sober.

We often think if we pick up another substance, we aren't using because it isn't our drug of choice. If we don't misuse it and abuse it, and allow it to abuse ourselves and others, we can stay sober, although it has been proven many times over, it can take you back to your drug of choice, if it stops working for you.

I found that when I got clean of drugs and alcohol, I had to deal with my food addiction.

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[westpalmchef422]

:11::11::14:Good Morning All,
focus focus focus


Especially the newcomer.
Hope that everyone has a wonderful day.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome West Palm Chef, so glad you made the decision to join our family. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us. A wonderful day to you too.

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[Ginamarie49]

Hi. I am Ginamarie and I am an alcoholic. I am so thrilled to have found this site. I am living in South Carolina and am 9 months sober.

Thank you for the opportunity to join in.

[BW1]

Hi Ginamarie

So happy to have you with us...
Welcome to the site and to the journey

Congratulations on 9 months...That is an awesome milestone!!!!

Please feel free to browse around and jump in where ever you feel comfortable..Let us know if we can be of service or help you in any way in navigating around.

Hope you come back real soon and often.

Peace on the journey

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Ginamarie, so glad you found us. Congratulations on your 9 months. Lots of material here, hope you find what you want and need.

Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us. Bringing out the welcome wagon for you.

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[Rob E]

My name is Rob and I just joined this morning. I am from New York and have been had some slips since starting the program about 14 months ago. After 40 plus years of hard core daily partying I believe I am starting to get a grip.
Daily readings offer great hope.
I am starting a rehab at St. Christopher's here in NY next week and hope to make it stick!
Peace.
:61:

[Rob E]

Congratulations on 9 months!
;)

[Harebell]

Hi, my name's Ellen. I've just joined. Hope this site will be of help between meetings.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Rob E and Harebell. Glad you both made the decision to join our family. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

A lot of recovery here from several fellowships, so I hope you will make yourself at home. If you have questions, please feel free to ask. If you find something that speaks to you, post on the quick reply to respond, or click on reply if you want to format and put on a picture.

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Hugs to you both.

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[Harebell]

Thank you, Jo.

[BW1]

Hi Rob

Hi Ellen


I love seeing new folks pop in...There is always a seat open

Welcome to the site and to the journey.

Hope you both come back often..Please feel free to browse around and jump in where ever you feel comfortable...

So glad to have you with us

[fifth]

Hello I'm new here, my real name is Jes I'm on my second sober day after 16 years of binge drinking, sometimes I stop for a couple of days, maximum 5 days but after that I'm always back drinking. Now I'm sick of being sick. So glad I found this forum

[BW1]

Hi Jes

Welcome to the site and to the journey.

you never have to feel the way you did prior to 2 days ago if you don't want o
And you never have to drink again if you choose not to

Please come back often and share with us your progress

There is a great deal of information, love, encouragement and support here
WE trudge this journey together

[Themetalguy]

Hi, my name is Brian, I am Addict
I am so glad I found this site. Thank you

[yukonm]

Hi Brian,
Welcome!! I am glad you found us. Hope to hear more from you soon.
:67:

[BW1]

Hi Brian

Welcome!!! Glad to have you with us

Hope you come back often

[jose easy does it g.]

Hi, I am Tammy. If you haven't done so yet, I hope everyone will take a moment to stop in and introduce themselves to us. Have a great day! :17:

I'm new in recovery, very grateful for this site

[jose easy does it g.]

Very grateful for this site! !

[yukonm]

Welcome, Jose!! Glad you found us!!

[Toots]

I am new to recovery. Had a few slips but on the right path now. Thank you for this site. It really helps.:61:

[r.tennes]

Hi, I am Rory. Just found this site yesterday from another Recover Readings site that I had been using. This is a great site with valuable tools we can all use to help ourselves and each other in recover. After all , this is a " we " program and we can't do it alone . Thanks !

[BW1]

Hi Annie

Hi Rory

Welcome to the site and to the journey. Lots of love, support and encouragement here...

I hope you both come back real often

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Jose, Annie and Rory, so glad you made the decision to join our small family.

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Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[liza3]

hi:smiley:

[MajestyJo]

Hi Liza, welcome to the site. So glad you made the decision to join us.

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[jbmom]

My name is Jenny. I am an alcoholic from Ormond Beach Florida. My sobriety date is February 9, 2008. Thank you for this amazing recovery forum!

[BW1]

Hi Liza..

Hi Jenny

Welcome to the site and to the journey

So glad to have you both here with us

I hope you come back often

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Jenny. Glad you made the decision to join our family. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[kathy7744]

Hi
I'm kathy and I'm from australia. Feel blessed to have found this site. So thank you for the daily readings x

[BW1]

Hi Kathy

So glad you came out from the land of "Down Under" ;) to join us on this journey

Please come back often

[Deb]

Hi Everyone! My name is Deb and I'm an alcoholic. Thank you to all the wonderful folks that set this site up. I'll start learning my way around. Peace and love to all.:17:

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Kathy & Deb. Thanks for making the decision to join our family. Hope you both will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[gal77551]

Hello.... New at this....

[raidie]

Hi my name is Raidie and I'm very blessed to be a part of AA I am 73 days clean and sober. I'm starting to enjoy life again! I am so grateful for these recovery readings, it's a great way to spend my mornings! Thank you!
Have a wonderful day to you all!

[MajestyJo]

Welcome gal and raidie, so glad you signed in to say hello. Hope you will continue to come so you don't have to come back.

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[altoforalways]

Hi I'm Donna from St Louis Missouri, my sobriety is 12/24/08

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Donna, so glad you made the decision to sign in and say hello. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

Congratulations on your recent anniversary.

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[dougitsasecrete]

Im an alcoholic and an addict, been enjoying recovery for 20 months, thanks for this site

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Doug, so glad you joined us and stopped to say hello. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us. If you find something you can identify with, give us a thanks to let us know you are still coming.

Congratulations on your 20 months.

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Make that a safe and sober one!

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[leonmayiilove]

Hi i am leon. Greatful ro be alive and sober.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Leon, glad you are here and sober. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[amarrero33]

Hi my name is Alex, I'm new to this group. A friend recommended that check out this site. After 18yrs of drinking and drugging, the disease almost took my life at the end of my run. This is my first time ever getting sober. I just turned 31and just received my nine month chip. First sober birthday, thanksgiving, Christmas, and newyear in 18yrs. It wasn't easy, but very simple. Go to meetings, don't drink or drug, ask for help, get a sponsor, work the steps, and help another alcoholic/addict. Anyway I'm very pleased to be here and can't wait to be apart of the fellowship. -alex-

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Alex, so glad you found us. I hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us. Congratulations on your recovery. I tried my way and it didn't work, I came to AA and stayed. I had outside issues and over the years, have gone to NA, CA, CoDA, ACoA, Al-Anon, and Nar-Anon, as well as personal counselling.

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[BW1]

Hi Leon

Hi Alex

Welcome to the site and to the journey

So glad you both found us

I hope you come back often

[Paul G.]

I am a sober alcoholic (8-10-10) from San Antonio and so glad to have found this wonderful community!

[amarrero33]

Hi, my name is Alex. I'm a new member.

[amarrero33]

Hi my name is Alex. I'm a new member. I have 9months sober. Grateful to be apart of this fellowship. I was recommended by a friend. So far I love this site. Getting sober was very hard, but it was very simple. Don't drink/drug, ask for help, go to meetings, get a sponsor, join a group, and / get active.

[amarrero33]

Hi my name is Alex. I'm a new member and I have, 9months sober.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome to you both, glad you found us. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

Congratulations on your sobriety Alex.

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[ebaby216]

Hi everyone:85:

[MajestyJo]

Welcome ebaby, so glad you stopped to say hello. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[Mac]

I'm new to this type of internet exchange of information. I'm very leery of this because the format takes some real knocks. I read about "trolling" and other forms of invasion, and that is scary.
I've been sober a while and the *** I was using became full of contention for which I might have been partly responsible, b/c I didn't realize there is a segment of "sober" folk who get off on creating havoc, dissent and obfuscation.
Thank you for having the doors open here.
maybe I could actually get comfortable. we'll see.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Fran and Mac, so glad you made the decision to join us. I hope the both of you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[dwig64]

Hi! My name is Doug I'm an alcoholic from Lancaster Pa...thanks for the forum

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Doug, glad you found us. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[BW1]

I love seeing so many new folks!!!

Thank You for being here and allowing us to share the journey with you

It is so awesome to see you all

i hope you all come back often

None of us can do this journey alone

We need each other.

I have found it is easier to stay clean & sober than it is to get clean and sober.. Nothing in life is worth loosing my clean and sober time for...For me---just for me...Anything and everything in life that one can think of that would "cause" a person to drink or use are nothing more than excuses. Today I do not use excuses..I reach for the solution and for my spiritual tool box

I hope that all of you come back often and share your jouney with us

[ksquared]

Good Morning...My name is Kathy and I'm an alcoholic originally hailing from NE PA but now live in ATL....have a great day and thank you so much for this site and all the readings available....I start my day every morning with ya'll and I thank you.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome KSquared, thank you for signing in and saying hello. Hope you will continue to come and share your recovery with us.

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[leonmayiilove]

Hi my is Leon im an alcoholic from Port Arthur, Tx.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Leon, thanks for signing in and saying hello. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[Mary]

Hi,

My name is Mary and I am from Lake Geneva, WI. I look forward to meeting all of you!

God bless you,

Mary

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Mary, we have a Lake Geneva here in Ontario. So glad you made the decision to sign in and join us. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[websad]

Hi,

My name is Cheryl. I currently live in Oregon but travel for my job so that will change momentarily!

Glad to have found this site. I will take all the inspiration I can find on my road to recovery.

God Bless.

[flyboyboy]

Looking forward to learning here...flyboyboy

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Cheryl and Flyboyboy. glad to have you both here. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[daviddlaugh]

good to be sober today, want to stay that way.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome David. Hope you will continue to come so you won't have to come back.

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[westpalmchef422]

Good morning,
Sober by Gods grace and the program..Just another beautiful day in paradise.

[Harry]

Hey~~Took me a while to get through some shame so here I am.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Harry, so glad you made the decision to join us. We have all been there, hope you will feel at home here.

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[Mary]

Hi,

I am Mary and I live in the new arctic Lake Geneva WI!

My sobriety day is 8/15/86.That being said, I have today which is what matters!

I look forward to many happy joyous and free days with you! :)

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Mary, look forward to sharing with you.

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[Eeemblem@aol.com]

Sober since May 16, 1991 thanks to God working through the fellowship. It works it really does if we have the capacity to be honest.... A day at a time!

[yukonm]

Hi Eeemblem@aol.com,
Welcome to our community!! So glad to have you here. Looking forward to hearing more from you. Congratulations on your sobriety.....that's a lot of experience, strength and hope.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Eeemblem, so glad you signed in and shared. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

Congratulations on your sobriety. You managed to get to the doors 3 months before me. :)

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[KDK48]

Hi I'm Kris and live in Michigan

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Kris, I am just across the border in southern Ontario. So glad you signed in to say hello. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[daviddlaugh]

My name is David and my sober day is 4.26.2010. thank you for letting me come to this site and read the daily readings. I believe this is one of the ways they cut is using to help me stay sober and pursue sobriety. Thank you very much for the opportunity.

[MajestyJo]

Thank you for signing in and sharing. I hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

Congratulations on your sobriety.

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[iamproud8888]

Hi. My name is Tracy. I am so happy to be here and to ne sober. My sobriety date is September 2, 2013. I am so grateful for your site. Your daily gratitude reading for in the mirror is so mind soothing. I feel so good being sober. My entire way of life has improved. Thank you for helping me begin my day better. :15:

[MajestyJo]

Thanks for sharing. When we stay in today, the days add up. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[KevinV]

Hello everyone: I'm Kevin, and I'm an alcoholic. And I'm happy to be a part of the group!

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Kevin, thanks for signing in and saying hello. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

The lion represents: Learn to relax, don't carry the stress of one situation into another. Strengthen family ties. Strength, courage, energy and releasing stress and attention. D. J. Conway

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[DavidVSoberInMiami]

Hi I'm David V 12 months sober :). I feel blessed. Joyful to be here with everyone.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome David, congratulations on your 1 year. Hope you will continue to come to the site and share your journey with us.

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[daniel koeppol]

:smileyhello my name is Dan I am an alcoholic I am very glad to have found the site to my sponsor I'm very glad that you are all here for support love and recovery thank you for the introductions thank you for inviting me and making me feel at home

[yukonm]

Hi Daniel,
Glad you found us. Hope to hear more from you soon. :67:

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Dan, so glad you found us. Thanks for signing in and sharing. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[MamaGoat]

Hi I'm hoping to make some friends in recovery here......:D

[Mentaldefect]

Hi my name is Bill S. I currently live with n the southwest with my wife. We relocated here from northeast Ohio. You can find me at my home group every Monday night at 8:00 pm. North West Alano club. Stay out the way group in Tucson. Got sober 03/17/1991.

[Mentaldefect]

Hi my name is Bill S. I currently live with n the southwest with my wife. We relocated here from northeast Ohio. You can find me at my home group every Monday night at 8:00 pm. North West Alano club. Stay out the way group in Tucson. Got sober 03/17/1991.
The fastest way to get on your feet, is to get off your ass. It's about what we do. Not about what we say.

[Liddie]

I'm Barbie, Living in Southern AZ with my husband. Grateful to wake everyday and serve my higherpower helping others.

[MamaGoat]

Hi my name is Bill S. I currently live with n the southwest with my wife. We relocated here from northeast Ohio. You can find me at my home group every Monday night at 8:00 pm. North West Alano club. Stay out the way group in Tucson. Got sober 03/17/1991.

Hi Bill, I like your user name lol!! :):grin:

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Mama Goat, Bill and Liddie, so glad you made the decision to join our family. Hope you will continue to come and share your recovery journey with us.

Congratulations on your 22+ years of sobriety Bill.

It is so good to have so many new members.

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[eric]

What a wonderful sight this is. I have made this sight part of my daily reads. Thank you all for sharing.

[MajestyJo]

Thank you for your share. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us. Hugs.

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[LittleWing7]

Hi I am grateful for this site. THANKYOU:-)

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Little Wing, we are grateful you signed in to say hello. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[Happymoose]

Wow what a fantastic site this is...I'm Peter and I am a very happy sober alcoholic.

Hi to all of you out there in the big wide world. I live in Brighton UK and am 49 years old. I've been dry for just over a year and a half. Look me up if you are in Brighton.... :)

[yukonm]

Hi Peter!! Glad you are here!!
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[MajestyJo]

Welcome Peter, so glad you are hear. Congratulations on your recovery. I am across the big sea in Canada.

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[Michael Rose]

Hi y'all I'm back. Somehow got off track and forgot this place in my tool box of "sobriety solutions". Celebrated 4 yrs last Christmas day . Hopefully with a bit of repetition I can turn comin' back to these forums/links/chats back into a routine again. Always helped when I came here in my Early days of abstinence. Thanks fer bein' there then, and I am so glad you're still here now.:)

[carol tuesday]

Hi and thanks for the welcome.. glad to find this forum. Grateful again today in my recovery by the grace of God.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome back Michael Rose. Hope to see more of you. Congratulations on your 4 years.

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[MajestyJo]

Welcome Carol Tuesday. Thank you for signing in and saying hello. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[plumbing1953]

My name is Steve,originally from Wisconsin,now living in Georgia,sober 2-1/2 yrs.God definitely did for me what I could not do for myself! I'm a Vietnam vet who struggled with demons for many years...not any more since turning my life and will over to a loving God!

[Stickymicky]

Hello, I'm Stickymicky & this is my "maiden voyage" on this site.

[LookingOut]

Welcome to the site! :D

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Steve and StickyMicky, glad you made the decision to join our small family. Hope you will continue to come to the site and share your journey with us.

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[tessie1961]

I am a new member here. I have had lots of troubles staying clean and sober from benzodiazepines. They are really nasty pills to come off of.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Tessie. So glad your found us, there is a lot of recovery material here. The substance is but a symptom of our disease. For me it was the thinking and issues that lead me to reach out time and again. Have you been to AA or NA. My last AA sponsor was a heroin and she found NA a trigger, so using was not an option, so she went to AA, where the 12 Steps originated.

Feel free to ask questions or respond to any post on the site.

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[Richardf]

My name is Richard and I am an alcoholic. Thank you for providing this forum and the readings.

[WadeF]

Hi, I'm Wade, I'm an alcoholic and a drug addict. 17 days into my 5th attempt. Happy to be here (channeling George Burns): Hell, I'm happy to be anywhere!

[LookingOut]

Welcome Richard and Wade! Happy to have you here! And George Burns, too, LOL!

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Richard and Wade. So glad you made the decision to join our family. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

The spider says go within. What a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceived. We need to get honest, open our minds, and willing to go to any length to stay clean and sober in today.

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[Cuba]

Hello, my name is Misael ,as of now I feel really bad because of my dependency to alcohol,I need help to recover,hopefully I will find it in others ,thank you.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Cuba, thank you for signing in, sharing, and making the decision to join our family.

We do this one day at a time, just for today, I choose not to use and abuse people, places and things. Alcoholism is a mental obsession and an allergy to the body, we don't metabolize alcohol and other drugs the way others do. It is a thinking disease. I would suggest AA, it worked for me. After going to AA, I could stop and stayed stopped.

Hope you will continue to come, read all the related literature, and pray that you find the willingness to quit and keep coming, so you don't have to come back.

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[candy]

Hi my name is Candy, I'm from Sarasota FL and am new to this site not sure how it works yet so any help would be appreciated, Oh and I am an alcoholic /addict 2years sober

[candy]

:embarrassed: Im confused on how this works am I introducing myself to everyone or am I replying to 1 person

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Candy, glad you found us. You are introducing yourself to everyone. I am welcoming you.

If you want a new post, you click on New Thread, if you want to add to a post that already exists, you click on Post Reply or use the Post Quick Reply which is after the last post made to that section. Feel free to comment on anything that speaks to you. Your experience, strength, and hope is always appreciated.

Hopefully you will find what you need here, there is a lot of recovery material here as well as spiritual blessings.

Congratulations on your 2 years.

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[altenq]

Hi, I am new on this site. WOW it's great. I don't really know what I'm doing and whether I'm doing rhis right....Can someone help me to get emails of the daily readings? My sponsor gets them but can't work out how he did it!

Love and respect AL

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Al, glad you made the decision to join our family. I think it is something in your profile that you have to click an okay to, but others are better equipped to handle the technical side of things.

Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[nayblev]

My name is Renee and I have been clean for 3 months. Happy to find such an inspiring forum to learn new things and maybe help someone else along the way.

[MajestyJo]

Thank you Renee, welcome to the site. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[sunshine2014]

Hi,

I am new to forum use for recovery, usually attend meetings but have found recently can't always get there as often as i would like so stumbled across this and thought would give it some time.

I will have been around in recovery for 12 years on June 26th. Alcohol and cannabis use became a problem for me and today I am happy to say they are not. I work to keep things simple everyday, as everyday I find myself trying to complicate it.

So for today I am happy to be living in the solution, not the problem.

Paula:173::87::61::61:

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Paula, so glad you found us. Congratulations on your years of sobriety. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[mardee]

Hi, my name is Mardee. Right now, I feel a mess but hopefully will recover. Thanks.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Mardee, thank you for signing in and saying hello. We have all been there, hope you will find something on the site that is a blessing, an enlightenment, and a new awareness.

It is one day at a time, stay in today, don't drag in the past or project into the future. Things will come up, but we deal with them one day at a time, don't look at the whole picture, ask yourself "What is imporant? For me, my sobriety." "What is a priority? First things first, my recovery, because without me I have nothing, and my friends and family don't have me either.

Do you belong to a Fellowship for alcohol and addiction and/or other addictions like food, sex, gambling, work/busy, computer, codependency, a family member of someone who is an addict. There is something here for everyone. When you read a post, substitute your drug of choice in the place of what is printed, be it attention, anxiety, depression, etc.

As the saying goes, this too shall pass.

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[Fjm2323@gmail.com]

Hey all my name is jay, from Chicago, I am an alcoholic. So glad you're all here. I'm at work at this late hour of 1230 am Tuesday. New to this site twenty years sober may 1, 1993. Feeling like a newbie and have been saying the serenity prayer a lot tonight. Just me. Not them! Thanks for being here. Talk to you soon!

[MajestyJo]

Welcome FJM, so glad you found us. Congratulations on your sobriety.

I can identify with those feelings and that type of day, that is when I do what was suggested to me by my sponsor, Get Back To Basic.

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[aerynn]

Hi, my name is Aerynn. I have been in a 12 step group for 3 years. I still struggle with abstinence. I have had success in the past by incorporating recovery readings into my morning ritual. I am excited to find this site. Thanks so much!

[MajestyJo]

Welcome aerynn, thank you for signing in and saying hello. There is a lot of recovery material on the site, plus readings followed by recovery thoughts. The 12 Steps are a common denominator between all Fellowships.

Hope you will keep coming so you don't have to come back.

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[M3G1]

Hi, my name is Karrie and I'm admitting for the first time that I am an alcoholic and desperately need help. I'm terrified, but it's time....

[MajestyJo]

Welcome M3G1, hope you will keep coming to the site. More importantly, call a help line and get help, or go to detox or a meeting. The do things are don't pick up just for today, no matter water. Go to meetings, find a home group and a sponsor to help you go through the Steps. Phone numbers are important, a good support group helps us when we slide or fall. We can slip, even if we don't pick up our drug of choice. We don't have to do it alone.

Hugs not drugs.

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[Denzov]

Hi, my name is Denis, from Moscow. Glad to find this forum. I am a former addict. I choose life. I chose freedom. Thank you.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Denis, thank you for signing in and saying hello. Hope you will continue to come and share your recovery journey with us.

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[talkswithands]

Hi, my name is Bridget. I am new to the page and not sure how to ueit.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome ., so glad you signed in to say hello. Not good on sharing technical issues, so will have to connect with bluidkiti or yukonm.

Click on a heading, and it will show all the posts under that heading. You can use the quick reply at the bottom of the post, or press reply to any post, new or old. Press New Thread if you want to introduce a new topic.

Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[amberolie6520]

My name is Amber, I am an alcoholic from Louisville Ky currently residing in Ashland Ky. My sobriety date is January 4, 2012. Thanks for all the recovery readings!

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Amber. Thank you for signing in and saying hello. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[Havana]

Hi I'm Hannah grateful recovering addict. I'm 7 months sober thanks for all the recovery material. I love it hope everyone enjoys a happy and sober day.:):170:

[MajestyJo]

Thank you Havana, hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us.

Congratulations on your 7 months. Many more, one day at a time. Just for today, I choose not to use.

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[ScaryCarrrie]

Hi all,

Carrie B here. Alcoholic, with a lot of other icks too. Sober since 2/2/08. I have a home group, sponsor women, and have a sponsor. I do service work and particularly enjoy doing BB studies. In the past I have led them at a women's county jail and in rehabs. I never thought I'd be doing this. In fact, back in the mohawk/leather/pierced everything/go to H*** days, I would have hated the me I am today. I hated anything that looked healthy back then. I was scared of everything, and hated anything I was afraid of.
Today I'm still scared of a lot of things, but I know we have something to help with that, and I try to remember to turn to it often. You'd think that with 6+ years I'd be a lot less afraid, but it seems to really be ODAT for me. Sometimes slowly. I'm looking forward to digging in here.
Thanks.

[MajestyJo]

Thanks you for sharing. There wasn't very much of me that I liked and it took a long time to look at myself. I learned to love myself, but didn't like myself.

I too got involved in service, and it helped my self-esteem. I told the girls in jail and detox, the only difference between me and them was 1) I internalized my anger instead of acting it out. 2) I never got caught, true words spoken by my ex-husband.

I didn't need steel bars to enclose me, I was a prisoner of my own mind. My self-erected barriers, took a long time to come down. Had problems finding the key!

Congratulations on your 6 years of recovery, many more, one day at a time.

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[MajestyJo]

Welcome Ricky, so glad you sign in to say hello. Please keep coming, don't look at forever, this is a one day at a time program. This is a one day at a time program, if you fall, pick yourself up and try again.

I went to meetings, meetings, and more meetings. First things first, was my recovery. I got a home group and a sponsor. Without me, I had nothing. It is a process, not a quick fix, so please keep coming back.

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[LittleWing7]

Hi Ricky, sorry that your dad died...I relapsed after my mom died, not knowing how the disease of alchoholism worked, I thought I'd be able to stop when I wanted to. I became a ten times worse drinker within a matter of months and did something horrid in a blackout that cost me my freedome for a while. In withdrawals there I almost died, I had had DTs once before but nothing like this! I'd never been three days out with nothing.I begged for my life, my very soul. For the first time I wanted to live, I wanted to be able to share this with other Alchoholics and addicts to maybe help them prevent from doing something as horrid as I had done. I never in my wildest dreams thought I could do something so horrid-I asked for. "Recovery" . Miracles followed. I got out and a friend put the money up for me to go off to a place that held meetings five times a day. I was there five weeks, I was so grateful! It had gotten to the point where drinkin didn't "work", so even before that horrid thing I wanted to stop but had to keep going to keep from being sick/ through the people and the meetings and the reading and the steps I got free! The single most important thing in my life is what happened then, and that years later the program, meetings, friends, and my Higher Power keep me HAPPY AND FREE one day at a time. I thank you for being here and for loving yourself. I am thankful that you posted here! You are in my thoughts, I will keep you in my prayers. Hope you have a good day today.

[kwAL72]

Hello, my name is Al and I am an alcoholic. I'm four years clean and sober and I discovered this forum a few weeks ago while away on vacation and away from my homegroup. I just wanted to say hello and thank those in charge for providing this wonderful service. I hope to get to know a few of you on here. :11:

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Al, so glad you stopped to say hello. Congratulations on your four years.

Hope you continue to come and share your journey with us.

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[arkyboetie]

HI! I'm Brian, 5 months sober "again" the daily readings are a great start to another sober day. THANKS!

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Brian, do hope you will continue to come so you don't have to come back.

If you have any questions, a topic to be discussed, or an experience to share, please feel to make a new post or respond to one already on the site.

We do this one day at a time. There is no "again," it is about today. All we lose is our dry date.

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[LittleWing7]

Hi Brian, glad that you are sober! You are in my thoughts and prayers- hope it lasts forever for you!:)

[Newlife]

Hi, my name is Julia and I'm an alcoholic. I've been sober for nearly 8 months, one day at a time. Thought I'ld join this forum today. I am loving everything AA, it has changed my life!

[LookingOut]

Welcome, Julia!!! :D

[MajestyJo]

Welcome to the site Julia, thank you for signing in and saying hello. Many more days of sobriety to you, AA changed my life and I too am grateful for it.

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[Rugby98]

Hi, I'm Racheal M. & my sponsor suggested this site to me. Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome! 😊

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Racheal, so glad that you are here. Hope you will continue to come and share your journey with us. So glad you made the decision to join our site.

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[leonmayiilove]

Hi my name is Leon and i am an alcoholic i am in relapse tryn to come out i hate meetings in my hometown so im going to use God and this to stay sober

[MajestyJo]

Getting sober takes honesty, and open mind, and willingness. Hope you will find information here to help you get sober. I suggest you pray for the willing to find what you need here, and the willingness to apply it to your life.

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[sikntired]

My name is Ruth, I am new to this site and I hope it will help. I've been addicted to coccaine for 18 years. I'm 41 and so very sick of this life.

[MajestyJo]

Welcome Ruth, thank you for signing in and sharing. My son has the same issues and more and a self-admitted addict. Becoming aware and willing to do something about it is the first step, along with honesty as to whether you need help and willing to get it.

Hope you will continue to come and share with us. There are posts here for all addictions, but a drug is a drug. The problem was me and it was my thinking behind my disease, that kept me using for so many years.

As they said to me, "Keep bringing the body and the mind will follow." I belong in just about any room you put me. I went to CA with an ex-boyfriend and they said, "Cocaine and all mind altering substance." I belonged to a Woman's group there and at AA and NA.

One day at a time, it get's better. Life doesn't always get better, but I do. I get the tools to handle life on life's terms, and I was no longer alone.

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[Bonnie J]

Hello to all ... my name is Bonnie and I am an equal opportunity abuser and recovering addict, returning to the rooms and your forum. I found help and acceptance here before and got much just from reading the daily recovery readings, daily meditations and the stories from other members. I look forward to being a part of your community once again. Thank you and God bless you all.