Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
03-08-2019, 10:22 PM
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They say that when we experience our first...
They say that when we experience our first traumatic experience or pick up that first drug, we stop growing emotionally if we stuff the feelings and emotions attached to it.
Maturity for me was...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
03-05-2019, 12:46 AM
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Had to make choices today. My son turned off my...
Had to make choices today. My son turned off my alarm, which I didn't hear even though it was at the end of my bed. He knew I hadn't slept last night, so he let me sleep.
I had a choice, let it go...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
03-05-2019, 12:46 AM
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Replies: 182
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Had to make choices today. My son turned off my...
Had to make choices today. My son turned off my alarm, which I didn't hear even though it was at the end of my bed. He knew I hadn't slept last night, so he let me sleep.
I had a choice, let it go...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
04-01-2018, 02:40 PM
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Today is my birthday. i thought it was the...
Today is my birthday. i thought it was the reason for the way i was, until I found out that I was an alcoholic. I was in denial when I came to the doors of recovery and even though I stayed clean...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
02-24-2018, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 182
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What Did I Do Today?
So you've been around...
What Did I Do Today?
So you've been around for many years, helping to spread A.A.
You've worked like he!! since you first came in but what did you do today?
I heard your pitch it was kind of...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
02-19-2018, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 182
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Written in 2009
Today I can admit I don't...
Written in 2009
Today I can admit I don't know. My attitude before recovery and in early recovery was "I'm a leading authority on everything, just ask me." My boss use to say, "I hate it when you...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-23-2017, 06:07 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-11-2017, 03:39 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
06-09-2017, 11:04 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
06-08-2017, 11:31 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
06-03-2017, 04:05 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
12-17-2016, 11:07 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
12-16-2016, 12:10 AM
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A Cockeyed Optimist lyrics
"South Pacific"...
A Cockeyed Optimist lyrics
"South Pacific" soundtrack
Nellie:
When the sky is a bright canary yellow
I forget ev'ry cloud I've ever seen,
So they called me a cockeyed optimist
Immature and...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-11-2016, 04:56 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-11-2016, 04:54 AM
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The Three headed Dragon
Long long ago in...
The Three headed Dragon
Long long ago in ancient times in a far away place..over the sea and though the valleys there was a place called SELF.
In Self was many villages and towns. Self was run...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-02-2016, 07:56 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-29-2016, 10:21 AM
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The 12 Promises of AA gave me hope and they are...
The 12 Promises of AA gave me hope and they are what kept coming back. I wanted that new freedom and a new happiness that the first one offered. When I walked through the doors of AA, I got hope. ...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-15-2016, 08:29 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
06-29-2016, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 182
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Balance
Tonight at the meeting I attended, I...
Balance
Tonight at the meeting I attended, I was glad that it was a woman speaker. As I said earlier, I felt like I needed a meeting where I could sit back, shut up and listen.
The speaker...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
06-26-2016, 12:58 AM
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Love this, it reminds me that I can't allow...
Love this, it reminds me that I can't allow things to rent space in my head.
Worry can be such a worrisome thing! It is not easy to let it go.
http://i.123g.us/c/cute_hugs/card/111283.gif
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
06-14-2016, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 182
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All my life it seems that I have been in...
All my life it seems that I have been in competition. I always wanted to be number one, I wanted to be the center of attention, and my whole attitude was "Feast your eyes upon me, I'm here, I'm here,...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
06-08-2016, 07:43 PM
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Replies: 182
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Feel the truth In every moment, in every...
Feel the truth In every moment, in every circumstance there is a new truth to be discovered. Life is rich with possibilities for deeper, more profound understanding.
You are, at the same time,...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
05-12-2016, 09:24 AM
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Replies: 182
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Control is what I call the "C" word. Not only...
Control is what I call the "C" word. Not only because it is part of the three "Cs" but because I couldn't comprehend the word powerlessness until I substituted this word.
All my life I tried to...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
05-12-2016, 09:22 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
05-12-2016, 09:20 AM
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Honesty was a biggy for me. I thought I got...
Honesty was a biggy for me. I thought I got honest first, and realized it was what came last to me.
I was cash register honest mainly because of the spiritual principles taught to me growing up...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
05-12-2016, 09:18 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
05-12-2016, 09:17 AM
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This Step was the beginning of a new life and a...
This Step was the beginning of a new life and a new awareness for me. I often think they put the '-' into this Step because there isn't enough space to list all the things that I am powerless over,...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
05-12-2016, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 182
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Step One
The following are posts I made on another site in June 2005
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol/alcoholics-that our lives had become unmanageable.
As I have grown in the program, I...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
05-09-2016, 08:12 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
04-19-2016, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 182
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
03-16-2016, 04:24 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
02-27-2016, 08:00 PM
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What a marvellous thought. I have seen so many...
What a marvellous thought. I have seen so many people leave the fellowship when they hear people talk about God, Jesus, and religious beliefs.
They can't seem to grasp that this is a spiritual...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
02-25-2016, 05:28 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
02-24-2016, 02:41 PM
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Reading this makes me realize that I am there...
Reading this makes me realize that I am there again. I have tried to make an effort to get out to more meetings, but it doesn't happen. As they say, the road is paved with good intentions, yet I...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
02-21-2016, 03:35 AM
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Replies: 182
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From Higher Awareness - something I posted on...
From Higher Awareness - something I posted on another site in 2004
Being open to other concepts than my own was not an easy task for Ms. Perfection. To let go of the old tapes that had been...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
02-17-2016, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 182
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This looks more like a donkey than a cow.
...
This looks more like a donkey than a cow.
http://www.sealitepainthorses.com/cow_angel_flying_hg_clr.gif
Guess I just need to look at what lesson I need to learn in today. I started out having...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
02-06-2016, 02:04 AM
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Replies: 182
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This could be a repeat
Many people say...
This could be a repeat
Many people say that recovery didn't work for them. So seldom they are not willing to work for it. We may recover, but our disease is always there waiting for us get...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
01-30-2016, 09:55 PM
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Replies: 182
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Posted this on another site yesterday:
R is...
Posted this on another site yesterday:
R is for Rest. It doesn't mean rest on your laurels. That means: to be satisfied with your achievements and not to make an effort to do anything else:...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
01-27-2016, 07:27 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
12-06-2015, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 182
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Like this because it affirms my own personal...
Like this because it affirms my own personal belief. You have to identify your feelings, allow yourself to feel them, in order to let them go. As the saying goes, "Just because you have a feeling,...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-27-2015, 12:37 AM
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Replies: 182
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What ever the substance, for me it doesn't...
What ever the substance, for me it doesn't matter, when I am acting out in my disease, I can get addicted to more of anything.
I went about four years ago to a Casino for the first time in...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-15-2015, 10:18 PM
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Replies: 182
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Welcome to our site. There are many tools to...
Welcome to our site. There are many tools to sobriety and we invite you to peruse the board to find material that will help you on your journey to recovery.
Some helpful suggestions - basic tools...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-15-2015, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 182
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-12-2015, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 182
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It's All In Our Head
That was what I was told for years. I tend to take exception to that. When I was finally diagnosed with fibromyalgia it gave a reason for why I thought and acted the way and gave me validation as to...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-12-2015, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 182
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
09-18-2015, 07:35 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
08-28-2015, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 182
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Just Breathe
In with the new, out with the...
Just Breathe
In with the new, out with the old, a time honoured way of letting go. So easy said, but often forgotten, especially when we are caught up in the moment.
Just remind yourself to...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
08-23-2015, 02:48 AM
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Replies: 182
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Sorry, had plans to do some posting, but things...
Sorry, had plans to do some posting, but things are catching up to me. Horns have been honking, people yelling outside my apartment, car alarms going off, plus many other sounds that has got my head...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
08-15-2015, 12:32 AM
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Replies: 182
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
07-15-2015, 05:06 AM
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