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my name is dora I'm an alocoholic,
I have been basicly reading your emails but
keeping my simpel mouth shut.I had to cause I have not been able to
get to a computer very offten . Also deleated some as much as I could
to keep it simpel .I to sobered up In the rooms of aa I did this
because treatment never Worked for me. I CALL IT SPIN DRY ! I had to
committ to stay sober and work the steps and I had to trust someone or
I 'd die drunk. SO I GOT A SPONSER ALMOST RIGHT AWAY. I KNEW THAT TO
HAVE A SPONSER IS TO HAVE A GUIDED NOT A PAL SO I ASKED MINE TO NOT BE
MY FRIEND BUT TO GET ME THROUGH THE STEPS AND WE DID JUST THAT! NOWI'M
2 YEARES OLD IN MY FINALLY WORKED FOR SOBERITY MY BIRTHDAY WAS JUNE 03
2005! IM SO GRATFULL BUT NO SAINT YET!!





Thu Jul 7, 2005 1:09 am

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my name is dora I'm an alocoholic, I have been basicly reading your emails but keeping my simpel mouth shut.I had to cause I have not been able to get to a...
joycomesintheam
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Jul 7, 2005
1:10 am

Dora! :>} Trish...
trish&jack
pinkcloud111
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Jul 7, 2005
2:30 am

A belated happy birthday Dora. "Sainthood" comes not for me or for many, thank God! Larry C. joycomesintheam <joycomesintheam@...> wrote: my name is dora...
Larry C.
onewaythere
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Jul 7, 2005
6:38 am

Congratulations, Dora! I like what you said about wanting your sponsor to help you through the steps, you did not need a pal! That describes this 21 month...
Bill Triebe
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Jul 8, 2005
10:00 am

i am new to aa i have been sober 60 days and have been going to aa meetings about 4 times a week. i really enjoy the meetings and i find the bb very ineresting...
traceyfost
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Jan 5, 2009
5:33 pm

welcome to the group!...
seekerk ofpa
ddlynn44
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Jan 5, 2009
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i am new to aa i have been sober 60 days and have been going to aa meetings about 4 times a week. i really enjoy the meetings and i find the bb very ineresting...
traceyfost
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Jan 5, 2009
5:33 pm

... find ... hope ... Great job Tracey- Congratulations keep up the good work, keep coming Brian K...
Brian
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Jan 5, 2009
6:06 pm

Hang in there, Brian - like a tic on a hound dog! Bob S. www.4dgroups.org ==================================================== From:...
Robert Stonebraker
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Jan 6, 2009
4:45 pm

... Hi Tracey and welcome to AA. Besides the Big Book we have another book called The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions which is good supplemental reading. I...
doorgunner_joe
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Jan 6, 2009
11:11 pm

Joe , there'll always be discussions /arguments/misleading statements in AA . But I take your point ,enough of the discussion . AA says disease or not is an...
Francis Quinlan
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Jan 6, 2009
11:43 pm

Hey Tracey and everyone else.  I am new to this post, however have been sober for quite a while(time isn't that important to me-all I have is NOW).    It is...
les hymel
cajunles2000
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Jan 5, 2009
6:54 pm

From an opening statement at my home group. "Here, we believe that everything you need to know about recovery from the disease of alcoholism can be found in...
rhinebeck2007
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Jan 5, 2009
7:15 pm

Rhine I have to disagree with part of what u said.  Nowhere in the basic text does it say that alcoholism is a disease Les Hymel 678-936-1080 ... From:...
les hymel
cajunles2000
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Jan 5, 2009
8:35 pm

Would the term Malady qualify?? Mark M ... From: BBS_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BBS_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of les hymel Sent:...
Mark Matta
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Jan 6, 2009
3:32 am

The term malady would suit the problem, I agree. Joe From: BBS_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BBS_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark...
Joe Nugent
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Jan 6, 2009
7:26 pm

Les, Sorry, but I should have been more through and considerate in my questioning. I see the term malady used rather liberally in the text and see that as...
Mark Matta
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Jan 6, 2009
3:50 am

Sorry for butting in ,but I have read the longest (fifty pages) about the subject of "disease or not" by Ernst Kurtz who is a friend of AA . And he has come to...
Francis Quinlan
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Jan 6, 2009
4:18 am

Most definitely(So says the BB). Page 64-Resentment is the number one offender.................. Les Hymel 678-936-1080 ... From: Mark Matta...
les hymel
cajunles2000
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Jan 6, 2009
4:13 am

Actually from what i read on the history, Bill wanted to call it a disease, however, he didn't want to offend the medical community, who didn't think it as a...
les hymel
cajunles2000
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Jan 6, 2009
4:24 am

Your last para says what I wanted to say ,better . I knew there was something amiss when I had grown tired of hearing that we have a disease and i thought...
Francis Quinlan
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Jan 6, 2009
5:25 am

The AMA says it is a Disease. The program has not changed but what we know about alcoholism and the meetings have changed over the years. Also the idea of what...
seekerk ofpa
ddlynn44
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Jan 6, 2009
3:26 pm

Thanks Francis.  I agree.  When the medical profession labeled it a disease, it enabled treatment to be covered by insurance.   I hope our trusted servants...
les hymel
cajunles2000
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Jan 6, 2009
4:31 am

Alcoholism is covered under the American Disabities Act as a dibilitating disease.                                   ...
Kitty
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Jan 6, 2009
3:33 pm

How do you know that?? ... From: Kitty <medickat37@...> Subject: RE: [BBS_Open_Discussion] Re: hello everyone To: BBS_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com ...
Christine Berger
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Jan 6, 2009
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It doesnt really matter what any member says IN AA . Its the FACT that AA doesnt proclaim it as a disease . Thats the issue at hand here , isnt it . But...
Francis Quinlan
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Jan 6, 2009
11:21 pm

Because I used to be a union stewart for a local hospital and I read the disabilities act due to having to defend a coworker. ...
Kitty
medickat37
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Jan 6, 2009
4:51 pm

hey im greatful to be a part of this as we know ,left to my own devices i "WILL" drink again down to brass tacks the doc explains i have an allergy to the drug...
tim forney
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Jan 7, 2009
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It's all "Outside Issues", therefore irrelevant Les Hymel 678-936-1080 ... From: Kitty <medickat37@...> Subject: RE: [BBS_Open_Discussion] Re: hello...
les hymel
cajunles2000
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Jan 6, 2009
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