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Maude posted an update in the group
Dual Diagnosis 8 years, 4 months ago -
B-rad replied to the topic Looking for service work? 12 Step Online has open service positions for you! in the forum Group Forums 8 years, 4 months ago
Hi Beth! Welcome. I am so happy yo hear that you’re interested in some service work here. Start coming to the tables regularly. After about 30 days of regular attendance, we can get you setup to start serving. If you want to serve now, the best way would be to start getting involved in the forums. Links are…[Read more]
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B-rad started the topic Came to Believe in the forum
Alcohol Recovery Group 8 years, 5 months agoThis is such a difficult concept for some to take, myself included. I was born and raised as a Sunday and Holiday’s Catholic as a child and the Catholic faith left a bad taste in my mouth. I thought they were all hypocrites. And I was right. None of us are perfect – people in church included. I had no idea that there was a difference between…[Read more]
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B-rad started the topic More About Alcoholism in the forum
Alcohol Recovery Group 8 years, 5 months agoI have read the Alcoholics Anonymous book “The Big Book” several times over and have spent countless hours pondering and relating to the ideas in it. Bill W., one of the AA founders, was the author of the majority of it. Being new to recovery and accepting the fact of alcoholism as a disease can be a hard concept for many newcomers to…[Read more]
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B-rad started the topic More About Alcoholism in the forum
Alcohol Recovery Group 8 years, 5 months agoI have read the Alcoholics Anonymous book “The Big Book” several times over and have spent countless hours pondering and relating to the ideas in it. Bill W., one of the AA founders, was the author of the majority of it. Being new to recovery and accepting the fact of alcoholism as a disease can be a hard concept for many newcomers to…[Read more]
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B-rad started the topic More About Alcoholism in the forum
Alcohol Recovery Group 8 years, 5 months agoI have read the Alcoholics Anonymous book “The Big Book” several times over and have spent countless hours pondering and relating to the ideas in it. Bill W., one of the AA founders, was the author of the majority of it. Being new to recovery and accepting the fact of alcoholism as a disease can be a hard concept for many newcomers to…[Read more]
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Maude posted an update in the group
Dual Diagnosis 8 years, 5 months agoHey everyone I’m Maude and I’m an alcoholic. I’m excited about this forum. I have bipolar 2 and complex ptsd. I was basically untreated for twenty five years. It wasn’t until I was properly medicated for my bipolar 2 and did some work on my ptsd that I was even really able to participate in AA. 60% of addicts have a cocurring mental/mood…[Read more]
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Wow. I never knew about CPTSD. Amazing. I relate to it. I too was diagnosed borderline although that was later replaced with bipolar 1. Mental health roulette I guess.
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Maude joined the group
Dual Diagnosis Recovery Group 8 years, 5 months ago -
B-rad started the topic 12 Steps of PTSD in the forum
Dual Diagnosis 8 years, 5 months agoTwelve Steps
1. We admitted we were powerless over our trauma and the effects of the trauma–that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless…[Read more]
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B-rad started the topic Forum and Meeting Rules in the forum Dual Diagnosis 8 years, 5 months ago
As with any open forum, there are rules. We have four very simple ones. Since this website was built for the purpose of finding recovery through the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, we also recognize ALL of the 12 Traditions as a foundation of how we operate.
Be respectful: We’re all at different stages of recovery. As such, we all have…[Read more]
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B-rad started the topic Forum and Meeting Rules in the forum Dual Diagnosis 8 years, 5 months ago
with any open forum, there are rules. We have four very simple ones. Since this website was built for the purpose of finding recovery through the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, we also recognize ALL of the 12 Traditions as a foundation of how we operate.
Be respectful: We’re all at different stages of recovery. As such, we all have…[Read more]
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B-rad started the topic Forum and Meeting Rules in the forum
Dual Diagnosis 8 years, 5 months agoAs with any open forum, there are rules. We have four very simple ones. Since this website was built for the purpose of finding recovery through the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, we also recognize ALL of the 12 Traditions as a foundation of how we operate.
Be respectful: We’re all at different stages of recovery. As such, we all have…[Read more]
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B-rad created the group
Dual Diagnosis Recovery Group 8 years, 5 months ago -
Maude posted an update in the group
Women in Recovery 8 years, 5 months agoI wanted to share this quote that I love:
“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.”It makes me think of Step 4. I’m not quite ready yet to move from Step 3 but this quote reminds me that I must move forward with thi…[Read more]
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Maude posted an update in the group
Women in Recovery 8 years, 6 months ago -
B-rad posted an update in the group
Friends and Family 8 years, 7 months agoThis is an excellent read for those friends, family and loved ones of an alcoholic. The path is not always an easy one. This article shows how great life can be in sobriety. https://emptyingthejunkdrawer.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/what-i-learned-by-staying-the-other-side-of-alcoholism/
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B-rad and
Joe are now friends 8 years, 7 months ago -
B-rad started the topic Disease of mind AND body in the forum
Alcohol Recovery Group 8 years, 7 months agoI recall distinctly, after going out on another binge, my wife and in-laws asking me, “I don’t understand, when your life and family and all you love is on the line, why you CHOOSE to drink.” The truth is, I didn’t understand it either. It was unexplainable. I had been in the program of AA for over a decade, with several long stretches of…[Read more]
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B-rad started the topic Disease of mind AND body in the forum
Alcohol Recovery Group 8 years, 7 months agoI recall distinctly, after going out on another binge, my wife and in-laws asking me, “I don’t understand, when your life and family and all you love is on the line, why you CHOOSE to drink.” The truth is, I didn’t understand it either. It was unexplainable. I had been in the program of AA for over a decade, with several long stretches of…[Read more]
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B-rad started the topic Disease of mind AND body in the forum
Alcohol Recovery Group 8 years, 7 months agoI recall distinctly, after going out on another binge, my wife and in-laws asking me, “I don’t understand, when your life and family and all you love is on the line, why you CHOOSE to drink.” The truth is, I didn’t understand it either. It was unexplainable. I had been in the program of AA for over a decade, with several long stretches of…[Read more]
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