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i dont even know what to say..I tried to go to my first meeting.. and just my luck.. because of the holiday there is no meeting and i shouda known..... Read More

I spent the day today with my room mate who had started drinking a few days ago(he only fessed up this a.m. all though we had an idea) My room mate is one of those "special" people always there for others hardly thinking of him self. At one time he had 9 years of abstinence from alcohol and drugs and some very good recovery. Some months ago he was put on constant oxygen for severe emphysema. He had a very hard time adjusting to this. To be with him today brought up a lot of things... Read More

Happy New Year to you all. Mine started out great. Survived the local traffic, just said NO to slashing that mans tires for not letting me go up my own street (self control, another benefit of the program) and had a pretty quiet evening over all..Till I got up this morning..."Did you hear about ______. He O.D.'d last night. The police just left." Those were the first words spoken to me this morning before I left for work. This conversation took place in my F***ing living room, and... Read More

Readiness to Change We had to ask ourselves
why we shouldn't apply to our human problems
this same readiness to change our point of view.
We were having trouble with personal relationships,
we couldn't control our emotional natures,
we were a prey to misery and depression,
we couldn't make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness,
we were full of fear, we were unhappy,
we couldn't seem to be of real help to other people --
was not a b... Read More

Stay Here I did not know then that if you want to Get Ahead
with any degree of peace,
you must first learn to Stay Here.
It takes guts to Stay Here;
it takes self-discipline and resolution.
Anyone with sufficient energy and a one-track mind
can Get Ahead; witness the robber barons,
the dictators, the demagogues.
But to Stay Here, you must know where you are
before you can know where you are going.
You must seek before you can find, and you must a... Read More

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