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MIP ATHON WAS AWESOME
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(((((((((((((YO ROOMIES))))))))))))))))) This weekends Mip athon was awesome....I admit I was so tired...lol I stayed up all of the first night. Went to bed at 8.30am. I was just so amazed by what I was seing..The people in the room were totally honest....And It was people from every recovery gr...
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REACHING OUT: didn't get anywhere with local al-anons ugh! help
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I got a phone call back from a lady who is the contact person for my area, and she just said they don't make "home visits" and they are a separate entity from AA. I may just have to get someone to help me with Java on my puter and go to f2f AA meetings and do my best. this was just such a blow becaus...
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does anyone use MSN messenger? I need to chat with someone
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I am going thru so much trying to figure out what went wrong with my Java since my dad had to do recovery on my puter that all I have is MSN messenger--hippietrippiechick is the name you will find me on. Some one please let me know. Stacie I am so lonely I need to talk to someone.
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First real poem I did--"ONE DAY AT A TIME"
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ONE DAY AT AT TIME We only have one day at a time. To think of more would be a crime. To hurt ourselves with useless worry. Just makes us stressed, tense, and hurried, If we could only see that living in today is all we are promised, Oh Lord we pray. Then we might not have to cry or go astray. Just trust in the Lor...
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Wishing you all a good day...and sharing an article from the AA board
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Alcoholism is a primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychological, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. This disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by continuous or periodic: impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with...
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ON TOP OF THE WORLD
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(((((((((((((((((Guys))))))))))))))))))))) WOOHOO::::::: Ally is back, with a vengence...lol I done my first chair at face to face last night...There were fourteen people there...I have never read from a book, in fourteen months at a meeting....I had a phobia, a fear of reading in front of any o...
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Happy Mothers Day!
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Hi all, Hope all you mums out there are all having a lovely Mothers Day! Best Wishes, Barbs.
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someone please read. I am so lonely
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Monday, March 19, 2007It is 9:07 p.m. and I have had another tired day. It seems that lately either because of exhaustion and trying to get over this surgery (maybe a combination of both) have made me so tired. I know that I am going thru a depression because of the major sudden change in My A & I's...
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Could Have, Would Have, Should Have
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Lots of talk here lately about the couldas, shouldas, wouldas and I seemed to remember that there was a poem (of course) related to the same and so I found it and have shared with others and wanted to share it with all of you. Words speak volumes to me and oftentimes seem to say in black and white what I feel i...
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she just died
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i placed a call to my husband a few minutes ago, ''uuuh, there is no easy way to tell you this , your mother just died.'' ''when? last night?'' he asked. ''no, just a few minutes ago,'' i replied. his mother was over eighty years old. it was her time...
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When I say I am a Christian.....
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I hope you don't mind me posting this. It gave me alot of strength and I've saved it for years. I hope you enjoy this: When I say... "I am a Christian" -By Maya Angelou When I say... "I am a Christian"I'm not shouting "I'm clean livin'."I...
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Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes
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How many times have we all heard this statement? It's simple and to the point. Why is it then that it has taken me so long to really hear it? I think it was just because I wasn't ready to hear it. I experienced it time after time with my A husband. In the 5yrs that we have been together I couldn...
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I HAVE ISSUES
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Hi everybody. It's been quite a while since I have posted and I hope everybody is doing well. I have been through quite a bit since...I am finally divorcing my husband of ten years. He came home from prison last August and we were fighting a lot and he started using again and i kicked him out for the las...
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Love and Tears
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I don't cry too often.... in fact, in my drinking years I probably never cried at all. When I was a kid, I was the "easy mark" on the playground. Didn't take to much messing with me to bring the tears, and the inevitable humiliation. I learned to respond with anger instead of tear...
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What a strange few months!
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Hello again ((((((precious Alanuts)))) A and I separated 13 months ago. I continue to live here in Turkey and am bumping along pretty well. Last time I saw him was back in July when I handed over our little pup for him and his family to care for while I was in Uk helping with the arrival of my first Grandchil...
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it's all about me.....
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it's all about me. i hear that in alanon many times. and, yes, it sure is. but not in the way i think. for sure i need to take care of myself, for sure i need to pay bills, be responsible, and, enjoy the good things in life. but, it's pretty darn hard to live in "just for today", when i conti...
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HBO documentary- Addiction
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Anyone watch this last night? I thought it was really interesting. It lasted about 1 and 1/2 hours. I thought it was very informational, don't know if I agree with all of it---I wish they had focused some more on the need to use support groups (especially AA), but I thought all in all it was good. ...
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Psychotic Episode or Alcohol?
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I need to know if this is "normal" for an alcoholic. My sister has done some pretty crazy stuff before, and now she's into cutting. Being depressed myself, I can understand that part, but what I don't understand is what she did after that. She used the blood from her cuts to writ...
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HP, god as we understand it
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Hiya all I am having trouble finding a higher power, a god. I have been to two churches, to a pow wow, and went to the Berkshire mountains looking for a god, HP, something to grasp on to. This may sound silly, but I am truthful and am searching. I hear everyone talking of thier HP, but I am still looking for mi...
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i'm not sure what happened to me
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I've been in this program for the past 4 years. I have worked the steps, I have had a sponser, I make calls, I go to meetings, I have a home group and I come here. I see the replies already "get another sponcer, work the steps again!" I hear you and I will. But right this minute I have lost my min...
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Boundries meditation
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Once I have learned to set my boundaries, others may try to ignore them or accuse me of being selfish. I know my boundaries have been crossed when I begin to feel uncomfortable inside, and I need to pay attention to this feeling. If others are used to relating to me in a certain way, and I'm changing, i...
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mip-athon 2007
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I thoroughly enjoyed the mip-athon events that I was able to attend. It was inspiring to hear many heartfelt shares, people's real stories, things they have overcome and moved beyond with happiness. What a program :) wp aka ms you know who
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Becky1 - Don't ya all just love birthdays!!!!!
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If memory serves me correctly (95% of the time), I do recall today is Becky1 Birthday Happy Birthday Becky, I hope you have an awesome day. your friend in recovery, Maria
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I hate the stupid things the A can do
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Hello all, It is amost 4:30 am, eastern time. I was sound asleep and who comes rapping at my bedroom window--my A! See, I had been seriously planning to come see him at his little hole in the wall. This afternoon he told me not to call and if I came I came and if not o well. I never really called much of anyone. S...
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now he asks me.
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The A and I are separating shortly. In a week or so I will be living in a different place. In theory we will still see quite a bit of each other while he works out how to transition. The irony for me is that now he is asking me to marry him! Of course I have said no citing his debt. At the same time its no coincide...
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recovering
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I try so hard each day.....to be aware,to take care of me,to be carefull not to control others with my reactions, to know that I am ok just the way I am and that I am working towards healing. But each day is so hard....and just with the people I love/am closest to. Sometimes I really think I would be better of...
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Irish Blessings
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(((((((((((Family)))))))))), This Russian-Filipino gal wants to wish her MIP family a HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY for tomorrow. I know it can be tough on us with active As. But allow me to take this point to count my blessings for all of you. I will be wearing green tomorrow (I have to, it's part...
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I did the right thing and it sucks!
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I cancelled my date with the felon/alcoholic. I was really excited about our date tomorrow but know that it's not going to go anywhere so I cancelled and said I couldn't talk to him anymore. What a bummer! It sucks doing the right thing sometimes!
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Why would he do this? More on the friend saga...
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I dropped the letter to my friend in the mail today, the one that I have been having such a horrible time with. Today has been very bizarre since then. I went to lunch, and I didn't think we would run into eachother, but my friend was there with someone else. About halfway through my lunch, my serve...
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Feeling SAD today!
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I have been emailing back and forth with my husband and he sounds pretty certain that he doesn't want me anymore which is making me sad and I'm not sure why. I have been seeing this guy who I know is completely BAD for me! I'm supposed to see him tomorrow night and I know he really likes me a lo...
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Happy Birthday Tea
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Thanks to our new friend Leetle, I was reminded that today is ((((((((((((Tea's birthday)))))))))))))))) A special thank you for all you do for us here at MIP Tea. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Teatime love ya, Maria
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I made a big step
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Hello everybodee! If anyone remembers Grover from sesame street long long ago, I just loved that being his opening line. anyway, I wanted to tell you I called an Al-anon hotline and then got to talk to some one who lives in my town. Although she does not drive much either, they are going to try to find a way...
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i lost it today........or maybe i gained it ???
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i don't know what to say. my brothers brief visit has triggered something in me. i called my daughter today. i wanted to maintain some semblence of control, but......., i lost it. " i feel this way'', i said, ''i feel that way'', i said, ''i feel concern fo...
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Blaming
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Hello friends! I am feeling very sad, confused, and very emotional right now and I am not sure who to turn to at the moment, so I thought I would put my feelings here. My A and I are in marriage counseling and things do not seem to be getting better. My A stopped drinking since Sept and was doing very well. He w...
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Making amends to a 3 yo
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I just hate the feeling of being one straw away from a melt down. That is where I sadly still am. This morning, my daughter would not cooperate while I was getting ready to leave for daycare and then work. I spanked her...she peed all over herself and her St. Patrick's day outfit and...I lost it. ...
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Im really hurting.
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Everytime Ive gone to write this I end up not posting it so Im sorry if I ramble on and just dont make to much sense.. On tuesday I said goodbye to my father at his funeral for the last time after many years of him being an A, I didnt really get to know him, there was alot of violence, mental and physical, until h...
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trying to set boundaries-what do think about this one?
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Okay, the other night I came into our room and it absolutely reeked of beer, like it does most nights. But that night it was worse for some reason. I said "Wow what stinks in here?" and he said "i don't know, what's it smell like?" I said it reeks like beer. and he said, w...
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Loosing trust
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((((((((((Roomies))))))))))) As some of you know I’m going through a really rough time in my life right now. I know I have been withdrawn and not offering much support and for this I am sorry. I am the one in need of support right now and I feel very let down by certain people in my life. I have thought I h...
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my brother was here
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my brother was here, now he is gone, i come from a very abusive, dysfunctional family. years ago i moved far away from my family, to try to live a healthier life. last week my brother showed up at my home. he is not comfortable in my house so he stayed at my daughters home. she is only 21, all the easier to func...
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when things are good
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I just wanted to check in when things were fine for a change, I tend to post when times are troubled. The weather is great here, that probably helps. The class I'm taking is almost over. I'm doing good at my new job, at least that's what people are saying. Got my ey...
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So nervous about starting a new relationship
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Ok, I have in the past 4 weeks been asked out 3 times by a lovely new gentleman friend. We have been out for coffee once. And the thought of possibly starting a new relationship, is both tempting but at the same time making me feel like running! My very brief history.....married for 16 years to my AH, 3 c...
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2 Wolves
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Hi Family, This seemed most appropriate for our program. Not CAL, but good for me. Two Wolves One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jeal...
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I Think I am finally getting it!
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My 25 yr old son was recently jailed for failure to pay his first DUI ticket. I had been paying his rent, having been assured that he was concentrating on paying off the ticket. The pain and shock that he has been lying is so unwelcome, yet so necessary for my recovery. I have lost three of my nine siblin...
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so nice to know i am not alone
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My ex ah was here last night. He watches the kids while i work. So when i got here he was receiveing and sending all these text messages. But being very sneaky about it and then he always stays to watch Lost with me but he made some lame excuse about having to call his sponser and being tired and he left. Why...
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A question
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My husband and I have always have an extremely active sex life. During the last 4 weeks when he hasn't been drunking it has all come to a screaching halt. Any ideas?
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Please all of you keep me in your prayers
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Hello all, I haven't posted in a while, since my surgery I have just been so exhausted and after a while it gets painful to sit up at the computer. I am planning to try to quit smoking soon again. I have an 800 number I am going to call for Al-anon and maybe someone will come visit and maybe help me out. Doe...
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AH just got arrested - he's in jail!!!
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I am FREAKIN' out here. My AH called me 2 days ago after 3 weeks of no word from him. He wanted to get into our storage unit for his gun safe so he could sell it. His credit cards are all max'd out now. I told him that I'd meet him there. He called later than afternoon and said he wouldn't...
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My AH and I have split up again
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I couldn't tell you how many times my active AH husband and I have seperated in the five years we have been together. I lost count a long time ago. I do know that with each time it get's easier. It seems to me that it doesn't matter how much alanon I have under my belt, I just can't seem to...
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JulieLynn
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MIP Members Wedding Invitation!
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Our Wedding Reception Will be held at Pearsall Memorial Church 3902 Market Street, Wilmington, NC Saturday, July 7th, 2007 Dinner at 7 PM Dancing Starts at 8 PM Map To Wedding - Hugh MacRae ParkMap To Reception - Pearsall Memorial Church
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DISCOVERED A MIRACLE WITHIN ME
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(((((((((((((((((((((((((GUYS))))))))))))))))))))) Okay, I have been an emotional nightmare the last few months...But in the last few days something has happened to me....I am feeling a whole new feeling regarding things in my life..... I saw my friend tonight through the window.. And he look...
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12th Step Call
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Last night, one of my AH sponsees (R) relapsed. His family had taken him to the ER with a blood alcohol level of .365 (I don't know much about levels but I think I'm saying that right - he was just under the alcohol poisoning level). As God works, my AH's co-sponsor was working at the hosp...
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Went to a meeting - now kinda confused
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Hi everyone - I went to my first meeting last nite - there were about 7 other than me and a couple of them spoke about their A husbands and how they are still with them and some of the husbands are even sober now - I just left my A husband because i'm so fustrated and physcially and emoitionaly hurt and exh...
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DISCOVERING A MIRACLE WITHIN ME
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(((((((((((((((((((((((((GUYS))))))))))))))))))))) Okay, I have been an emotional nightmare the last few months...But in the last few days something has happened to me....I am feeling a whole new feeling regarding things in my life..... I saw my friend tonight through the window.. And he look...
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Search Question - finding specific posts
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A couple of members had asked me to look at some recent (inappropriate) posts from a new person, and it looks like they have now been taken care of... A question re: searching.... When I want to find posts by a specific person, I go to Search, Advanced Search, and then enter the person's name?? Is th...
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Good morning!
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Just a word to tell you all you are in my thoughts and heart as always, and I wish you a good day. Here's a morning smile... http://dailypuppy.com/index.php?itemid=953 Diva
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Help! I am so angry and sad!
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Hi all. I haven't written in awhile but I am finding myself so angry and sad at AH. I don't know what to do. I just want to scream! He was doing so well. Just before xmas he went on a drinking bindge for a week because he failed his breathilizer in his car. He thought he was going to jail again (he was ar...
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AH and Jail Update.
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My AH is sitting in jail and still can't tell me the truth. He told me he was arrested for parafinalia.......well, as it turns out, he was arrested for possession of narcotics. DUH!! I knew it. I just knew it. His step dad told me it was not my place to worry about how to handle him any more. It is...
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New to this board and desperately need help
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I am a 57 your old woman who has never drank alcohol, sinmply because it makes me nauseaus. Long story short, I remet my high school sweetheart in 2000 and moved back to Georgia from California where I had lived for 25 years and we got married. He is an attorney and I am a paralegal. He was always been a dr...
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MEETING FOR NEWCOMERS
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(((((((((((((((((GUYS))))))))))))))))))))))) We have a new meeting that has started on a Saturday night at 7pm est...... It is especially designed for new members to Al-Anon.....It will help you to find out what Al-Anon is all about.....Also you will find out if it is for you or not...... I would r...
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Concentrating on my happy life
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There are many of us who are living with active As and who struggle each day just to get through it. There are those of us whose As are sober...for which we are thankful...but who complain still, wondering whether "sober" is better. We have one life kiddies. It is important that we spend that...
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