Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
06-12-2017, 03:21 AM
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Welcome Chrissy, thank you for signing in and...
Welcome Chrissy, thank you for signing in and sharing. I hope you will continue to do so.
Thanks Tammy for answering, because I didn't know.
I come from your neck of the woods. I worked in...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
12-09-2016, 12:30 AM
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“Do you want to be right or do you want to be...
“Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy?”
In the past, being right was my priority! That was when I was married and that was 30 years ago.
Sometimes I feel it is important to stand...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-27-2016, 01:04 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
08-21-2016, 07:25 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
05-16-2016, 07:26 PM
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Not sure these are based on 12 Step Recovery. A...
Not sure these are based on 12 Step Recovery. A member asked for meditation that was spiritual in nature and not religious, something she could relate to.
We can not balance ourselves to the world...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
04-15-2016, 12:27 PM
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The Steps mean different things to different...
The Steps mean different things to different people. It is also a disease of perception. As a friend of mind said, "Put it on the shelf until you find someone who needs it and you can pass it on. ...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
04-15-2016, 12:23 PM
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This was posted on another site in 2005. It is...
This was posted on another site in 2005. It is hard to believe that it is 11 years later, and I still think the same thing.
Without one step, I set myself up for recovery. Only choosing the one...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
04-11-2016, 09:12 PM
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I was told that when you it a rough patch, get...
I was told that when you it a rough patch, get back to basics, Step One. What did you do when you first came into recovery? Go to meetings, call your sponsor, read the literature, pick up the phone...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
04-11-2016, 09:09 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
04-09-2016, 07:46 PM
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This reminds me of my sister and my...
This reminds me of my sister and my brother-in-law. She didn't go to the doctor until her diabetes was out of control. He went in the hospital on Monday with an appendix that had perforated. They are...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
04-04-2016, 11:01 PM
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Did you pick up a Recovery Tool in today?
...
Did you pick up a Recovery Tool in today?
Tools of Sobriety (Soundness of Mind) Something we all need, no matter what fellowship we belong to.
Monday, September 22, 2014
You are reading from...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
04-03-2016, 09:24 AM
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Ain't It The Truth???
Ain't it the truth!?
Do you know what happened this week back in 1850, 166 years ago?
California became a state.
The State had no electricity.
The State had no money.
Almost everyone spoke...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
01-25-2016, 08:25 PM
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Sobriety is soundness of mind.
I have to...
Sobriety is soundness of mind.
I have to work on my soundness of mind daily.
That means my emotional sobriety. I haven't had a drink in 24 years. That means I am sober.
Do you have...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
01-22-2016, 04:59 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
01-19-2016, 04:09 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
01-16-2016, 06:49 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
01-15-2016, 01:05 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
01-10-2016, 07:29 PM
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How are you feeling today?
F.I.N.E....
How are you feeling today?
F.I.N.E. Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic, and Emotional. The one I like is "...and enjoying it."
Getting in touch with my emotions was difficult. I had shoved them...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
12-19-2015, 06:52 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
12-10-2015, 09:36 PM
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Views: 13,712
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
12-05-2015, 04:20 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
12-02-2015, 06:54 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-22-2015, 08:43 PM
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What Are the Symptoms of Alcohol Abuse?
The...
What Are the Symptoms of Alcohol Abuse?
The following symptoms are associated with alcohol abuse:
Temporary blackouts or memory loss.
Recurrent arguments or fights with family members or...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-21-2015, 02:09 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-21-2015, 02:05 AM
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0nce Y0u L0se Sum0ne... ♥
It's Never The...
0nce Y0u L0se Sum0ne... ♥
It's Never The Exactly The Same Pers0n Who Comes Back....! :'(
SMS2 Text
I felt so different from the person that came through the doors of recovery, I didn't...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-21-2015, 02:02 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-21-2015, 02:00 AM
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Views: 13,712
Don't intellectualize, don't question how it...
Don't intellectualize, don't question how it works. Just know it does and don't question it with Who, Why, and Wheres?
Don't intellectualize, just accept. The program works if you work for it.
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-17-2015, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 13,712
This is a post by a friend in response to a...
This is a post by a friend in response to a newcomer who asked the question "Why can't I leave him." I didn't leave because I thought my son needed a father. I later came to realize my son didn't...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-12-2015, 10:10 AM
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I just finished reading Bill W's autobiography....
I just finished reading Bill W's autobiography. My first 40 Years. Towards the very end in Towns Hospital Ebby gave him a book titled " The Varieties of Religious Experience " by William James. He...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-11-2015, 06:13 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
11-07-2015, 06:35 PM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
10-18-2015, 03:32 PM
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Are you aware that you are a people pleaser?
...
Are you aware that you are a people pleaser?
http://psychcentral.com/lib/21-tips-to-stop-being-a-people-pleaser/
Read over these statements to see if they apply to you under some circumstances:...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
07-05-2014, 07:11 AM
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
06-25-2014, 05:58 PM
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For many years I put aside what I needed or...
For many years I put aside what I needed or wanted to do for others. I lived my life through others and told myself I was happy because they were happy. I liked things because I was doing them with...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
06-25-2014, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 13,712
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
05-21-2014, 10:49 PM
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Views: 13,712
Posted on another site in 2004.
Worry is...
Posted on another site in 2004.
Worry is fear that hasn't said it's prayers. Something I had to keep aware of and act accordingly. I have to find acceptance before I can take action to change. ...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
03-17-2014, 12:37 PM
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Did you know that this disease is cunning,...
Did you know that this disease is cunning, baffling and powerful? Did you know that the body, mind, and spirit is affected, and we need to work on our emotional sobriety daily?
This is a one day...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
03-06-2014, 11:01 PM
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Am I an alcoholic because I am an addict. Am I...
Am I an alcoholic because I am an addict. Am I an addict because I am an alcoholic?
Doesn't matter, in either case, I have a disease. A dis-ease that prevented me to go within to connect with my...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
02-16-2014, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 13,712
Do you ever feel depressed?
Depression is a...
Do you ever feel depressed?
Depression is a big part of grief. Whenever we have a change in our life which brings about change in our daily routine, our daily living structure, and our long-time...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
02-13-2014, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 47
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
02-13-2014, 04:59 PM
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posted in 2007
I had to surrender to win. I...
posted in 2007
I had to surrender to win. I had to substitute the word control for powerlessness before I could understand the meaning of it. I thought I was in control, it was an illusion. Today,...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
02-06-2014, 08:11 PM
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Views: 13,712
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
02-05-2014, 07:44 PM
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Views: 13,712
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
01-28-2014, 12:32 AM
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Views: 13,712
Remember being told that there were no stupid...
Remember being told that there were no stupid questions in AA. I didn't ask because I didn't want to appear 'stupid' and that word kept me sick, because I had been told I was stupid all my life. How...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
01-28-2014, 12:27 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 13,712
I think that all addictions (using something...
I think that all addictions (using something outside of ourselves to make us feel better and to take the focus off us) lead to the same soul sickness. Like so many addictions, the problem isn't the...
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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support
01-28-2014, 12:22 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 13,712
QUESTIONS???
Questions that aren't helpful
“We accept many notions because they seem to be the logical answers to our questions. But have we asked the right questions?”
-- Harold L. Klawans
Sometimes...
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