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WORKING STEP:

Step 12

SOBRIETY DAY:

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SOBRIETY YEAR:

2006

PERSONALITY TYPE:

Thinker

ORIENTATION:

Straight

JOB:

Computers

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N/a

ADDICTION:

Alcohol

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Support

MEMBER SINCE:

11/07/2008

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04/14/2009 13:36:44

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If I have learned one thing in the last 2 ? ?? years and nothing else it is simply that before I met you folks I could not stay sober. If I could have stopped drinking without AA I never would have walked into a meeting.

One night I was graced with the ability to stumble into a meeting of AA. After a few months as my mind began to clear out I realized I was surrounded by a bunch of folks who never judged me, never asked how much money I made or if I was in trouble with the law. You guys made me feel apart of something and I hadn??? ?? ?t felt a part of anything for along, long time. And you taught me that that I only needed two things to stay sober, a God of my understanding and a twelve step program to manage my unmanageable life. So I hung around and did what you told me to do, not because I??? ?? ?m a smart guy or because I??? ?? ?m a good guy but because I was desperate.

I learned after a while that there was another thing I needed to stay sober. And possibly it is the most important??? ???..I needed you people. I couldn??? ?? ?t stay sober until I met you. And I can??? ?? ?t stay sober today without you. And if I need you to stay sober I would never want to do anything to hurt you.

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From: rterrymcintyre

09/24/2009 18:02:36 The “Set Aside” Prayer Dear God, please help me set aside everything I think I know about You, about me, about my fellow man; about the Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions, and please allow me to gain a fresh new vision, perspective and understanding of what You, what me, what my fellow man and The Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions are all about. AMEN

From: rterrymcintyre

09/23/2009 12:44:17

When someone asks me to sponsor them,
it is an honor and a privilege.
Little do they know, that they are sponsoring me.
This is about the therapeutic value
of one person helping another.
Sponsorship is a two way street.
Having a relationship with your sponsor
is the only way to learn to live your life,
that you know nothing about.
A sponsor is only as good as your ability to use him/her.
If you don't call your sponsor, you don't have a sponsor.

From: rterrymcintyre

09/22/2009 11:15:57

I drove to a meeting today. I didn’t become angry
Or yell in traffic. Now there’s a miracle
I shook hands with 20 people at that meeting.
I looked them in the eye. Now there’s a miracle.
I listened to there troubles and ideas. I didn’t try
to have all the answers. Now there’s a miracle.
I stayed afterwards to help rearrange the chairs.
A member invited me around the corner for coffee.
Now there’s a miracle.
I went. That’s a miracle too.
Expect miracles and you will be amazed.

From: rterrymcintyre

09/21/2009 13:26:24

From: rterrymcintyre

09/19/2009 18:41:21

From "Good Housekeeping" article, 1954:

"When you stand outside a room where a group of
Alcoholics Anonymous is meeting, the most frequent
sound you hear is laughter. Mellow laughter, which
can come only from people who have looked destruction
and catastrophe in the face,not once but
continuously over long years, and now are free and
unafraid. The laughter, in short, of people who
hold God's hand and feel safe."

From: rterrymcintyre

09/15/2009 10:02:05 Two gentlemen were drinking in a Club Car. One to the other, “What do you think of the AA outfit?” Second one, “Oh, I don’t know – they seem like a bunch of phonies to me. As a matter of fact, I don’t think they have anything to offer me.” “Ya,” said the first, “I couldn’t stay dry either.”

From: rterrymcintyre

09/14/2009 12:12:55 The A.A. Paradoxes: From weakness(adversity)comes strength. We forgive to be forgiven. We give it away to keep it. We suffer to get well. We surrender to win. We die to live. From darkness comes light. From dependence we found independence.

From: rterrymcintyre

09/12/2009 12:33:20 Camels in a caravan kneel down in the evening and the camel-driver unload their burdens. In the morning, the camels kneel down again, and the camel-driver put the burdens back on. It's the same with prayer: we get on our knees to unload at night, and in the morning we get on our knees again. God gives us just the load we are able to carry that day. (Dr. Bob)

From: rterrymcintyre

09/10/2009 18:11:08

You've Been Tagged

1) I've had hemoglobin levels of 5 several times due to alcohol consumption.

2) My doctor made me a no-code the last hospital admission after giving up on me.

3) My family swears they never knew I drank.
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4) I took a fith of Jack in a carry-on bag on a flight to LA and spilled it in the isle.

5) I painted the windows black in my bedroom and drank for 60 days.

6) I used to crash weddings and drink till I passed out.

7) At my peak I was drinking 2 fifths of Jack a day.

8) Favorite thing was to drive drunk.

9) I passed a sobriety test once after drinking 12 drinks in a bar.

10) I've been homeless twice.

NO FOOLING AROUND HERE. IF WE'RE GOING TO TELL ON OUR DISEASE LET'S GET DOWN AND DIRTY.
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From: rterrymcintyre

09/07/2009 12:54:09

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