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Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-24-2014, 10:20 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship...

"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

Newcomer
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-24-2014, 10:19 AM
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"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship...

"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin

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You can look at the past---but don't stare. Francis Brady

Newcomer
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-23-2014, 07:56 AM
Replies: 115
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Posted By bluidkiti
"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship...

"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
...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-22-2014, 09:41 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship...

"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...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-21-2014, 11:47 AM
Replies: 115
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Posted By bluidkiti
"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship...

"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

Newcomers
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-20-2014, 11:07 AM
Replies: 115
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Posted By bluidkiti
"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship...

"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...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-19-2014, 10:34 AM
Replies: 115
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Posted By bluidkiti
"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship...

"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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Posted By bluidkiti
"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship...

"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin

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Creating intimacy is a skill. --Laurel Mellin

Newcomer
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-16-2014, 09:20 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship...

"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

Newcomer
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-15-2014, 07:57 AM
Replies: 115
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Posted By bluidkiti
"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship...

"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

Newcomer
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-12-2014, 08:39 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship...

"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
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-11-2014, 07:10 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship...

"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...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-10-2014, 08:57 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship...

"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin

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Never take anything for granted
BENJAMIN DISRAELI

Newcomer
What is a “dry drunk”?
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-09-2014, 09:28 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship...

"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin



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Surrender sooner.
SAYING HEARD AT MEETINGS
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-08-2014, 07:16 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship...

"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin



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…and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own.
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-07-2014, 08:25 AM
Replies: 115
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Posted By bluidkiti
"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship...

"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin



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Through prayer we may lose some of our
arrogance and resistance.
OH SHINNAH
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-06-2014, 07:57 AM
Replies: 115
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Posted By bluidkiti
"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.
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-05-2014, 09:09 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
"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
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-04-2014, 07:01 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship...

"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin


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To be alive at all is to have scars
JOHN STEINBECK

Newcomer
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-02-2014, 11:05 AM
Replies: 115
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Posted By bluidkiti
"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...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 11-01-2014, 09:24 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
"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

Newcomer
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-31-2014, 09:05 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
"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
Newcomer
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-30-2014, 10:02 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
-----88 ---- 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 ...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-29-2014, 11:48 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
---- 87 ---- Bring the body, and the mind will...

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Bring the body, and the mind will follow.
SAYING HEARD IN MEETINGS
Newcomer
What do people in recovery mean when they say they have “smart feet”?

Sponsor
In recovery, we...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-28-2014, 08:43 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
---- 86 ---- Before a secret is told, one can...

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Before a secret is told, one can often feel the weight of it in the atmosphere.
SUSAN GRIFFIN
Newcomer
When I had a wisdom tooth pulled a few days ago, the dentist gave me a...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-27-2014, 08:24 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
-----85 ---- I think even lying on my bed I can...

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I think even lying on my bed I can still do something
DOROTHEA DIX
Newcomer
I’m not doing well with meditation. I tried going to a class, and I got fidgety after ten or fifteen...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-26-2014, 07:27 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
---- 84 ---- Anticipate the good so that you...

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Anticipate the good so that you may enjoy it.
ETHIOPIAN PROVERB
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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...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-25-2014, 08:47 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
---- 83 ---- 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...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-24-2014, 08:37 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
---- 82 ---- 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...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-23-2014, 07:16 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
-----81 ---- 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...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-22-2014, 09:34 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
---- 80 ---- 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...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-21-2014, 07:37 AM
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Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
-----79 ---- The flower must drink the nature...

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The flower must drink the nature of the soil before it can put forth its blossoming.
JOHN KEATS
Newcomer
I’ve had to cut back on meetings lately, because my life is so full....
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-20-2014, 09:47 AM
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Posted By bluidkiti
---- 78 ---- 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...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-19-2014, 10:12 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
---- 77 ---- For a girl without a self, I was...

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For a girl without a self, I was pretty stubborn.
ELEANOR ANTIN
Newcomer
I feel good today. Thank God I’ve got my willpower back again. I’ve seen the light: I just have to be...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-18-2014, 08:10 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
---- 76 ---- 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...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-14-2014, 09:16 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
-----75 ---- Falling in love…is as much a drug...

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Falling in love…is as much a drug as any that people swallow, snort, smoke, or shoot.
ANDREW WEIL
Newcomer
I’m attracted to another newcomer who goes to some of the meetings I go...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-13-2014, 10:30 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
---- 74 ---- 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...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-10-2014, 10:21 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
-----73 ---- We should pray as if...

-----73 ----

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 ...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-09-2014, 11:05 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
---- 72 ---- It is improper for us to stoop in...

---- 72 ----
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...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-07-2014, 07:33 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
---- 71 ---- A beginning, even the smallest, is...

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A beginning, even the smallest, is all that is needed.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS
Newcomer
I don’t have much faith in anything. How can I possible take Step Three, turn my...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-05-2014, 07:47 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
---- 70 ---- 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...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-03-2014, 08:06 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
-----69 ---- The door must either be shut or be...

-----69 ----
The door must either be shut or be open.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Newcomer
Step Three beings with the words “Made a decision…” Sometimes I wonder whether I did make a decision to come...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 10-01-2014, 09:10 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
---- 68 ---- 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...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 09-30-2014, 09:02 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
-----67 ---- 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...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 09-29-2014, 10:14 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
---- 66 ---- The difficulty in life is the...

---- 66 ----
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...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 09-28-2014, 11:18 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
---- 65----- The place I really have to reach...

---- 65-----
The place I really have to reach is where I must already be.
LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN

Newcomer
I heard someone share that she’d always thought of smoking marijuana as her big,...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 09-27-2014, 11:53 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
---- 64 ---- Someone else’s legs do you no good...

---- 64 ----
Someone else’s legs do you no good in traveling.
NIGERIAN PROVERB

Newcomer
I went over to offer help to someone at a meeting; she’d been sharing about a problem I thought I ...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 09-25-2014, 08:13 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
-----63 ---- I’ve been inside institutions, my...

-----63 ----
I’ve been inside institutions, my family…
SUSAN GRIFFIN

Newcomer
There are some people at meetings who start their sharing by saying, “Hello, Family.” It sounds phony to me—do...
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 09-23-2014, 10:25 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
---- 62 ---- My way is to begin with the...

---- 62 ----
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....
Forum: Newcomers Recovery Help and Support 09-22-2014, 07:12 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 37,872
Posted By bluidkiti
If You Want What We Have: Sponsorship...

If You Want What We Have:
Sponsorship Meditations
By Joan Larkin


----61----
Anyone can get sober…
The trick is to stay and to live sober.
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