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"Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of maximum helpfulness to others, so never hesitate to go anywhere if you can be helpful. You should not...
Bill Triebe
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Mar 1, 2005
10:08 am
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Also, so much for this being a "selfish" program! Bill Bill Triebe <bill_triebe@...> wrote: "Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of...
Bill Triebe
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Mar 1, 2005
10:37 am
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Good Morning, I guess with awesome freedom comes an awesome responsibility. I couldn't shoulder that much responsibility but together we can. Unity, Service...
david jones
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Mar 1, 2005
11:16 am
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Selfish in that I am "allowed" to put my "needs" 1st... to 1st to please my HP, second to make time to help others... balance... I believe "To the Wives" has a...
Ron
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Mar 1, 2005
12:20 pm
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God bless you for your work. I had no idea Laguna Hills had such a place. I went to New Directions For Women in Costa Mesa. The primary house has room for...
Elsie Jay
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Mar 1, 2005
12:22 pm
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Good morning everyone! A big thanks to Karen for keeping things on track while I was gone! "Chapter 8 - To Wives" begins on page 104. There is some historical...
Jim K
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Mar 1, 2005
12:41 pm
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Hi everyone! Good to be back to civilization although I can do without the damned snow - palm trees and the warm waters of the Carribean are much more my...
Jim K.
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Mar 1, 2005
1:07 pm
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Good point , Bill, about not just spending a wee bit of our time helping others!!!...
trish&jack
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Mar 1, 2005
2:12 pm
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Welcome back Jim. I'm sure you had a great time. I'll UPS you some calamine. You're just in time for your one of best chapters. :) I once said from the...
Danny S
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Mar 1, 2005
3:27 pm
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But Trish, I though it was a Wee Program? You are correct. "A kindly act once in a while isn't enough. You have to act the Good Samaritan every day, if need...
Danny S
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Mar 1, 2005
3:33 pm
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And BOOM! "Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of maximum helpfulness to others." >> Bill The surprise ending, which you just mentioned was...
Danny S
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Mar 1, 2005
3:45 pm
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Thank you for that message, Jim! Sorry you had to come back to snow. We've got it, and continue to get it here in Southwest Pennsylvania. And you are right. We...
Bill Triebe
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Mar 1, 2005
5:35 pm
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Elsie, thanks for telling me about New Directions for women. I'll put it to the top of the referal list for when we are full!!! Our place is "Ashland Home"...
trish&jack
pinkcloud111
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Mar 1, 2005
8:34 pm
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<<regardless of what others might think of us.>> Bill The awful truth the alcoholc who has recovered is that he is concerned at all with what others think of...
Danny S
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Mar 1, 2005
10:02 pm
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Love and Service Trish. You are welcome. There comes a point where we are here to give and not to take. The more we learn about how to serve the better...
Danny S
frunobulax57
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Mar 1, 2005
10:07 pm
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Ain't that the glorious truth? Elsie...
Elsie Jay
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Mar 2, 2005
11:48 am
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Good Morning all! Today we will begin on page 122 - "The Family Afterward." The dynamics of a family that has endured alcoholism are skewed to the point where...
Jim K
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Mar 2, 2005
12:32 pm
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My husband has always disliked AA meetings and refused to go to Al-anon. Since he has retired, though, he does go with me to AA related functions and is the...
trish&jack
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Mar 2, 2005
6:46 pm
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Hi Trish, I think that we are married to the same guy ! My husband is still adjusting to my being an alcoholic. At first he thought it was a "phase " I was ...
Jocelyn
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Mar 2, 2005
8:34 pm
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"Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of maximum helpfulness to others... (BB, pg. 102)" There are dozens of AA groups in Austin. Only a few...
Grant Moore
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Mar 2, 2005
9:05 pm
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Grant, You didn't say what kind of car it was. _____ From: Grant Moore [mailto:geraldmoore420@...] Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 4:00 PM To: Grant Moore ...
Joe Nugent
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Mar 2, 2005
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The New 2005 Ford Five Hundred SEL, fully loaded... ... From: Joe Nugent<mailto:joe-gent@...> To:...
Grant Moore
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Mar 2, 2005
9:31 pm
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In a message dated 3/2/2005 4:34:37 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, joe-gent@... writes: You didn't say what kind of car it was. HA!...
iisabetta1@...
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Mar 2, 2005
9:41 pm
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I could raise your Ford and call it with a 2005 Audi A-8 also loaded....but guess what.... they are only wheels that get me to a meeting or to be with another ...
Jocelyn
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Mar 2, 2005
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I thought about buying a foreign car, but decided to buy American. I am very patriotic. ... From: Jocelyn<mailto:prpllady51@...> To:...
Grant Moore
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Mar 2, 2005
10:14 pm
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I am very blessed to have a wife who is supportive of my AA life. She likes to read the Grapevine when it comes. We talk about what these twelve steps mean. ...
Bill Triebe
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Mar 2, 2005
11:09 pm
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My husband (retired 30 years from Ford) says he's glad you bought a Ford, Grant. Yeah, I drive a truck and am thinking about getting a hybrid soon to set a...
trish&jack
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Mar 2, 2005
11:32 pm
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It will be thirty-two years for my belovedly beautiful wife and me this upcoming May 26! Bill trish&jack <rosebud222@...> wrote: My husband (retired 30...
Bill Triebe
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Mar 2, 2005
11:40 pm
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Do you have a pear orchard, Grant? ... helpfulness to others... (BB, pg. 102)" ... bottom drunks. My home group is one of them. I was a low-bottom drunk and...
Karen
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Mar 2, 2005
11:44 pm
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"Do you have a pear orchard, Grant?" Tut! Tut! Now, Now! (the Rev waves a finger at Karen) Beware of pointing out typos! On another group I subscribe to, they...
Bill Triebe
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Mar 2, 2005
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