Forum: Recovery Topics and Questions
04-07-2016, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 16,845
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Forum: Recipes
11-13-2015, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 22,740
Lima Bean, Barley, and Vegetable Soup
Ingredients
Serves: 6
• 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped onions
• 3 ribs celery, sliced
• 4 cups low-sodium vegetable or chicken broth
• 4 cups...
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Forum: Recovery Topics and Questions
11-02-2015, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 11,606
A sense
B is belonging. ''We" belong have place to be. Have others truly understand as we understand them. It gives us understanding and hope. What more could we ask for today.
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Forum: Humor
10-27-2013, 11:00 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 8,646
Women
Women are like cell phones. They like to be held and talked to, but if you push the wrong button, you'll be disconnected.
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Forum: General Forum
10-25-2013, 10:33 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 8,008
O is Opportunites
O is opportunities. Is it time to work on personal life and the steps. Am I applying to my everyday life? Do I need to get touch with with my HP? Do I need to keep in the present?
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-25-2013, 10:21 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 15,409
THE Right Thing
"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it." Norman Schwarzoff
Sometimes we waffle over what to doing a difficult situation simply because...
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Forum: Recipes
10-25-2013, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 13,567
QUICK & EASY YEAST ROLLS
1 pkg dry active yeast
3/4 c. water (105-115~)
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp veg. oil
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
2 1/2 c. four
soft butter or margarine
Dissolve yeast in water in...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
10-25-2013, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 32,275
Every Addiction
Every addiction arises from an unconscious refusal to face and move through your own pain. Every addiction starts with pain and ends with pain. Whatever the substance you are addicted to - alcohol,...
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Forum: Humor
10-20-2013, 10:24 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 10,393
Younger Years
An Al-Anon lady showed off her new sobriety ring to some ladies before a meeting.
She explained, "When he's sober, it turns green. When he's drunk, it leaves a red mark on his forehead."
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Forum: Inspirations, Poetry, Quotes, Thoughts, Etc
10-19-2013, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 17,081
freedom
“We are free when we move from a focus on getting love, abundance, peace and freedom to being love, abundance, peace, and freedom.” ~ Brent Kessel
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Forum: Inspirations, Poetry, Quotes, Thoughts, Etc
10-19-2013, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 16,326
Why do some of us wait so long?
So people want to work the program at the their own pace, but I could not wait 20 years to find someone to be my sponsor. I need some to help unpack my baggage.:61:
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Forum: Recipes
10-12-2013, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 12,796
Dinner in a Pumpkin
Servings: 9
Ingredients:
1 medium sugar pumpkin
1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
1 1/2...
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Forum: Humor
10-11-2013, 11:14 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 6,071
HOSPITAL CHART BLOOPERS
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HOSPITAL CHART BLOOPERS (Actual entries on hospital charts)
1. The patient refused autopsy.
2. The patient has no previous history of suicides.
3. Patient has left white blood...
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Forum: Inspirations, Poetry, Quotes, Thoughts, Etc
10-11-2013, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 7,525
God and the Spider
Belief is the acceptance of a map, faith is taking the voyage.
God and the Spider
(Author Unknown)
During World War II, a US marine was separated from his unit on a Pacific island. The...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-11-2013, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 30,160
Embracing the New Meditation
Embracing the New
Meditation by Orin and DaBen
I pay attention to all the energy
about me right now.
I feel the surface I am sitting or lying on.
I hear the sounds around me.
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Forum: Humor
10-08-2013, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 4,787
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Forum: Daily Gratitude
10-07-2013, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 14,819
Happiness Boot Camp
Happiness Boot Camp: How to Take Charge of Your Own Happiness
Most people know the importance of exercising the body. Did you know that you can actually exercise your brain to increase happiness?...
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Forum: Prayers and Prayer Requests
10-06-2013, 11:24 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 33,313
Earle M. Memorial Prayer
Dear God,
Help me to realize this day that it is Your will,
not mine that is to be done, and then do it.
Help me to accept myself as I am,
but to constantly hope that I may become better.
Help...
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Forum: Inspirations, Poetry, Quotes, Thoughts, Etc
10-04-2013, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 459
Views: 171,227
Quotes
“If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in...
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Forum: Humor
10-01-2013, 10:17 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 4,891
Classifieds
COMPLETE SET OF ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. 45 Volumes. Excellent
Condition. $1,000 or best offer. No longer needed. Married now and
wife knows everything.
WEDDING DRESS FOR SALE. Worn once by...
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Forum: Family and Friends of Alcoholics and Addicts
10-01-2013, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 22,026
The act of forgiveness
There are no mistakes.
The act of forgiveness takes place in our own mind. It really has nothing to do with the other person.
When we blame another, we give our power away because we’re placing...
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Forum: General Forum
10-01-2013, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 18,273
A Simple Path – To a Useful Life
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ~ William James
Egg drop soup and fried rice was the perfect lunch combination on a chilly autumn day recently. After filling my spoon with the...
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Forum: Family and Friends of Alcoholics and Addicts
09-30-2013, 11:24 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 13,647
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-30-2013, 11:11 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 16,390
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Forum: General Forum
09-29-2013, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 18,891
Control your thoughts
When negative thoughts show up, acknowledge it. Then, ask yourself the following questions.
* Why am I thinking about this?
* Am I in the past or in the now?
* What is the benefit of holding on to...
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Forum: General Forum
09-29-2013, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 16,324
Discipline
Life is difficult.
This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. The first of the "Four Noble Truths" which Buddha taught was "Life is unsatisfactoriness." It is a great truth because once we...
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Forum: Inspirations, Poetry, Quotes, Thoughts, Etc
09-29-2013, 10:04 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 11,589
Life Is Not Perfect
Life Is Not Perfect
Go ahead with life as it is, with the bumps and pitfalls. However it is, give your best to every moment.
Don’t spend your time waiting for the perfect situation, something...
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Forum: Family and Friends of Alcoholics and Addicts
09-28-2013, 11:27 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 17,847
Detachment with love gains new meaning
One of the great gifts of the recovery movement is the concept of detachment with love.
Originally conceived as a way to relate to an alcoholic family member, detachment with
love is actually a...
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Forum: General Forum
09-26-2013, 12:21 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 20,200
ATTITUDE ~~
Attitude, according to me, is more important than facts.
It is more important than the past, than education, than money,
than
circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-22-2013, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 30,145
Helping
Helping others is a significant part of the program, and there are many ways the program gets passed on. When you live the program and share it with others, you are carrying the message, especially...
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Forum: Inspirations, Poetry, Quotes, Thoughts, Etc
09-21-2013, 08:29 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 19,760
~ Live In The Present ~
~ Live In The Present ~
One day at a time...this is enough.
Do not look back and grieve over the past,
for it is gone;
and do not be troubled about the future,
for it has not yet come.
Live...
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Forum: Inspirations, Poetry, Quotes, Thoughts, Etc
09-21-2013, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 5,843
]~ One Day ~
~ One Day ~
Today is one day of your life,
tomorrow one day less.
We forget so easy,
think that all is endless.
Listen - stand still,
look around - and dont forget that,
Today is one day of...
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Forum: Daily Gratitude
09-18-2013, 11:49 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 10,549
The Day’s Closing
by Madisyn Taylor
Evening time is often overlooked in our busy lives, but is an important time of day for reflection on our day's actions.
From the beginning of time, a richly colored twinge...
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Forum: Humor
09-18-2013, 11:38 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 9,547
Couple Humor
One evening a husband, thinking he was being funny, said to his wife, 'Perhaps we should start washing your clothes in 'Slim Fast.' Maybe it would take a few inches off of your butt!'
His wife was...
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Forum: Prayers and Prayer Requests
09-18-2013, 11:29 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 21,154
As a seeker of serenity, courage and wisdom
... grant me the
Serenity to accept things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can, and the
Wisdom to know the difference
... grant me
Patience for the things that take time...
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Forum: Humor
09-18-2013, 11:12 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 14,371
SIGNS FOUND IN KITCHENS:
:hungry:
- I clean house every other day. Today is the other day!
- So this isn't Home Sweet Home.... Adjust!
- Ring bell for maid service. If no answer, do it yourself!
- If you write in the...
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Forum: Inspirations, Poetry, Quotes, Thoughts, Etc
09-17-2013, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 6,554
When I first came
:85:.
When I first came to Alcoholics Anonymous, I thought that
quitting drinking was the end of my journey. What I've been
amazed to learn is that quitting drinking was the beginning of my...
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Forum: Family and Friends of Alcoholics and Addicts
09-17-2013, 09:12 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 21,308
A LETTER FROM AN ALCOHOLIC
THE ALCOHOLIC SPEAKS TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS:
I am an alcoholic. I need your help.
Don't lecture, blame or scold me. You wouldn't be angry at me for having TB or diabetes. Alcoholism is a...
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Forum: Inspirations, Poetry, Quotes, Thoughts, Etc
09-16-2013, 10:26 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 8,357
Life
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Eric Butterworth
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Forum: Family and Friends of Alcoholics and Addicts
09-16-2013, 09:48 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 19,135
To "let go"
To "let go" does not mean to stop caring,
it means I can’t do it for someone else.
To "let go" is not to cut myself off,
it’s the realization I can’t control another.
To...
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Forum: Family and Friends of Alcoholics and Addicts
09-14-2013, 09:43 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 37,911
Patience
“Patience - the gift of being able to see past the emotion. ”
Rodney Williams
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Forum: Daily Gratitude
09-14-2013, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 10,343
Sometimes
Sometimes you think life could get any better. God gives you more; A friend helps you out. By show maybe your problems were not as bad has you thought. I got out of the Coffee Shop.
Low and behold...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-14-2013, 09:15 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 13,726
In-Your-Face Productions
by Alan Cohen
Why do you have that big bandage on your leg?" I asked my friend Corey.
"I burned my leg during a Sweat Lodge ceremony," she answered. "I was sitting in the back of the lodge, and...
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Forum: Family and Friends of Alcoholics and Addicts
09-13-2013, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 18,501
Detachment. How Can I?
by Joe Herzanek
When life becomes one crisis after another, when emotional pain and endless drama become “the norm” what am I supposed to do? Over the past few decades I’ve received this question...
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Forum: Prayers and Prayer Requests
09-12-2013, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 43,457
Pray and Then Work
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by: Thomas S. Monson, Aspiring to Greatness
"A mammoth 747 jetliner, while flying over the Pacific, sustained a gigantic tear on its side, ejecting nine passengers to their deaths,...
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Forum: Humor
09-12-2013, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 8,066
Fragile Package
When a woman decided to send the old family Bible to her brother in another state, the postal worker asked her if there was anything breakable in the package.
“Only the Ten Commandments,” she...
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Forum: Family and Friends of Alcoholics and Addicts
09-12-2013, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 18,171
Staying Out of the Middle
"I don't want to get in the middle, but..."
is a sign that we may have just stepped into the middle.
We do not have to get caught in the middle of other people's
issues, problems, or...
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Forum: Family and Friends of Alcoholics and Addicts
09-12-2013, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 19,006
Staying Out of the Middle
lighthouse: "I don't want to get in the middle, but..."
is a sign that we may have just stepped into the middle.
We do not have to get caught in the middle of other people's
issues, problems, or...
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Forum: Humor
09-11-2013, 11:43 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 16,636
Our younger days
Sensitive Men!
:9:Steve, Bob, and Jeff were working on a very high scaffolding.
Suddenly, Steve falls off. He is killed instantly. After the
ambulance leaves with Steve's body, Bob and Jeff...
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Forum: Humor
09-11-2013, 11:36 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 15,729
A COWBOY'S GUIDE TO LIFE
Don't squat with your spurs on.
Don't interfere with something that ain't botherin' you none.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
The easiest way to eat crow is while...
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