Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-24-2014, 10:20 AM
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"If You Want What We Have"
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"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin
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If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. Virginia Woolf
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-24-2014, 10:19 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-23-2014, 07:56 AM
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"If You Want What We Have"
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"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin
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Would you take a stick and punish your hand because it lacked understanding? --Rabbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-22-2014, 09:41 AM
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"If You Want What We Have"
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"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin
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Happy for us if the grace of God enables us to live so that we retain innocency and freshness of character down...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-21-2014, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 115
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"If You Want What We Have"
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"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin
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Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Soren Kierkegaard
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-20-2014, 11:07 AM
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"If You Want What We Have"
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"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin
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The readiness is all. William Shakespeare
Newcomer
I went to two different Step meetings this week, in...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-19-2014, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 115
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"If You Want What We Have"
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"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin
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Showing up for life. Being blessed with the rebirth that recovery brings. One day at a time. --Betty Ford
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-17-2014, 09:24 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-16-2014, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 37,933
"If You Want What We Have"
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"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin
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Happiness is a way-station between too little and too much. Channing Pollock
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-15-2014, 07:57 AM
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Replies: 115
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"If You Want What We Have"
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"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin
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Say what you mean and mean what you say, but don't be mean when you say it. Saying Heard At Meetings
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-12-2014, 08:39 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 37,933
"If You Want What We Have"
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"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin
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I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention. Diane Sawyer
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-11-2014, 07:10 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 37,933
"If You Want What We Have"
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"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin
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Other people don’t always dream your dream
LINDA RONSTADT
Newcomer
When people at meetings use the...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-10-2014, 08:57 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-09-2014, 09:28 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-08-2014, 07:16 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-07-2014, 08:25 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-06-2014, 07:57 AM
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Views: 37,933
"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship...
"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin
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Try this bracelet: if it fits you, wear it;but if it hurts you,
throw it away no matter how shiny.
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-05-2014, 09:09 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 37,933
"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship...
"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin
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When you get to the end of your rope,
tie a knot and hang on.
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-04-2014, 07:01 AM
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Replies: 115
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-02-2014, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 37,933
"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship...
"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin
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I want to change things. I want to see things happen.
I don’t want just to talk about them.
JOHN KENNETH...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-01-2014, 09:24 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 37,933
"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship...
"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin
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…who share their experience, strength and hope with each other…
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS PREAMABLE
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-31-2014, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 37,933
"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship...
"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin
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Ukwenza kuya emuva kuye phambili.
The doing moves backward, then forward.
NDEBELE PROVERB
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-30-2014, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 115
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The best things in life are not...
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The best things in life are not things.
ANN LANDERS
Newcomer
Style has always mattered to me. When I was active, I felt scorn for people who had no taste or flair. I know there’s ...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-29-2014, 11:48 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-28-2014, 08:43 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-27-2014, 08:24 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-26-2014, 07:27 AM
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Anticipate the good so that you...
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Anticipate the good so that you may enjoy it.
ETHIOPIAN PROVERB
Newcomer
I’m getter closer to ninety days—I’m in the eighties now. I’m excited. It’s a miracle that I’ve been able...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-25-2014, 08:47 AM
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Replies: 115
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This is a simple program for...
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This is a simple program for complicated people.
SAYING HEARD AT MEETINGS
Newcomer
I heard a speaker with years in recovery share that she’d always done it her own way—the she met...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-24-2014, 08:37 AM
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My giant goes with me wherever I...
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My giant goes with me wherever I go.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Newcomer
This town is full of memories I’d like to get away from. I haven’t had a change of scenery for al long time, and...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-23-2014, 07:16 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 37,933
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Put some gratitude in your...
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Put some gratitude in your attitude.
SAYING HEARD AT MEETINGS
Newcomer
Often I hear someone say, “I’m so grateful” or “I’m a grateful recovering (whatever they say).” I don’t...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-22-2014, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 115
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We feel and know that we are...
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We feel and know that we are eternal.
BARUCH SPINOZA
Newcomer
I’m feeling anxious and overwhelmed. My mind is tormenting me. I could hardly sit still at the meeting I went to. How...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-21-2014, 07:37 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-20-2014, 09:47 AM
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I still have my days when I have...
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I still have my days when I have trouble, and I have to sit down and think about how far I’ve come.
WOMAN IN RECOVERY
Newcomer
I’m overwhelmed again. There’s so much that I should...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-19-2014, 10:12 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-18-2014, 08:10 AM
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The easiest kind of relationship...
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The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.
JOAN BAEZ
Newcomer
Where were you yesterday? I called you at nine in the morning and...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-14-2014, 09:16 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-13-2014, 10:30 AM
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I am years gone from my family,...
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I am years gone from my family, and miles away.
JERROLD MUNDIS
Newcomer
I keep hearing that recovery is a bridge back to life, but I don’t think that I’ll ever have a decent...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-10-2014, 10:21 AM
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Replies: 115
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We should pray as if...
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We should pray as if everything depended upon God, and act as if everything depended upon us.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL
Newcomer
I hear so much about “letting go.” But there are ...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-09-2014, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 115
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It is improper for us to stoop in...
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It is improper for us to stoop in order to please.
JEAN PAUL SARTRE
Newcomer
I used to be arrogant about everything. I always had to be right. I constantly feared that people were...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-07-2014, 07:33 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-05-2014, 07:47 AM
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Views: 37,933
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What loneliness is more lonely...
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What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
GEORGE ELIOT
Newcomer
When I hear, in Step Three, “turn our will and our lives over to the care of God,” my hackles go up. I want to...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-03-2014, 08:06 AM
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Replies: 115
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-01-2014, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 37,933
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Anything done with focus,...
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Anything done with focus, awareness, or mindfulness is a mediation.
DAVID HARP
Newcomer
I hear people talk about meditating, but I don’t seem to know how. When I try sitting...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
09-30-2014, 09:02 AM
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Replies: 115
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Chance everywhere has power. ...
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Chance everywhere has power.
OVID
Newcomer
I heard someone say the other day that “coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.” Am I really supposed to believe that God...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
09-29-2014, 10:14 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 37,933
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The difficulty in life is the...
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The difficulty in life is the choice.
GEORGE MOORE
Newcomer
I’m confused. Should I spend the evening with my old friends? I haven’t told them I’m in this program yet; I’m...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
09-28-2014, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 37,933
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
09-27-2014, 11:53 AM
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Views: 37,933
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
09-25-2014, 08:13 AM
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Views: 37,933
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
09-23-2014, 10:25 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 37,933
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My way is to begin with the...
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My way is to begin with the beginning.
GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON
Newcomer
Things have been going badly for me ever since I got up. This has been one of my worst days in recovery....
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
09-22-2014, 07:12 AM
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Replies: 115
Views: 37,933
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