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Help / Advice Please new member here
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I have finally accepted the this addiction has taken over my life and only I can change it. I want to enjoy life again for ME and my children the thought of feeling and living like this for another 30,40 years is not an option. ive tried to log onto the chat room but cant seem to from laptop or phone . I really...
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SPECIAL BIRTHDAY MEETING TONIGHT IN THE CHATROOM (05/10/14 at 8.30 pm London time)
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Hello All Tonight we have a special meeting. Our website is three years old this week - also one of our members has celebrated a very special AA birthday week - this member has achieved 50 years continuous sobriety and this is quite amazing as I'm sure that you will agree. We would love to see you at the...
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its a start....
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All. Not sure if im alcoholic but was drinking 2 Bottles of red wine a night and very little else
had the shock of my life when there was a small amount of blood when passing water last week.
not drank for 5 days so far.
feeling good but not the type of thing you share. Hoping im in control..
any advice or t...
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Same Old Mistake
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I have been in and out of AA for the last 5 years although my last meeting was over a year ago, up intill Boxing Day i would have been sober 6 months & 18 days. I made the fatal mistake of going to the pub with old friends and picking up that first drink, only to be carried out after falling over a table full...
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newbie with a problem
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Don't really know what to say lol. Seen as nobody I know will see this i can admit I have a problem. Drinking 12 + cans each night or a bottle of whiskey on payday. Its been like this for 7+ years and its affecting my day to day life now but I dont know what to do
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Struggling ?
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If you are struggling at the moment with something, please feel free to share it here - you never know another member might have the same experience and this is a good place to recieve support or member's suggestions.
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Online AA meetings
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Hi, how do I join in to an AA meeting online? Thanks
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I am greatful today because.............
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I have something that I thought I would never have. My family who never run from me, my partner who is by my side through thick and thin and my lovely daughter who hugs me no matter how I feel and makes it all worth while. x
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Member's Stories
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Please post here your stories of recovery, sharing your experience, strength and hope . . .
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Space to share . . .
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Please share here, anything you like good, bad, happy, sad or indifferent 
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The 12 Steps of Alcoholic's Anonymous
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Please feel free to post anything relevant 
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AA Birthdays
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Please feel free to post your AA birthday and when it comes around we will make sure you get some virtual cake
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How I stopped drinking . . .
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please share how you managed to stop and stay stopped (one day at a time) . . .
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Need advice re: withdrawal
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Hi all, I hope this finds you well and on the road to recovery. Has anyone here gone through withdrawal via their doctor? I have real problems with the headache and nausea - but the panic and anxiety kill me. A drink helps. Always has My GP has picked up, via blood test when I had pneumonia, that my liver...
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Coping with cravings
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Hi has anyone got any tips on how to overcome cravings for alcahol ?
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Feel like I am suffering withdrawal symtoms
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I have been sober for nearly 5 months and I have done really well and found it easy but now I am suffering my head is a mess even thought about drinking. Someone in a meeting told me about Paws post alcohol withdrawal symtoms. Does anyone else feel like me?
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Bad times...
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Hi. I'm an alcoholic and for a while now I've not just been battling with alcohol but life it's self feels like one hell of a battle! I'm not as strong as I used to be. I was told today that I'll always be a nothing and that I will never amount to nothing and that was by my own family member. It hurt of course it hu...
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Don't forget our lovely meetings and recovery support in the chatroom :-)
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Hello All Firstly I would like to apologise, I've not been as active on here as I should like. I'm suffering at the moment with morning sickness and feeling rather rotten :-S I just really wanted to enourage people to keep joining us and posting and remind everyone that we do have two lovely meetings...
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difficult times
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hi i have been going to meetings since feb although i hvent had a drink since 2006. it was my mad head that brought me back to the fellowship. in march this year i was diagnosed with breast cancer, and i am currently having chemo. i am struggling with getting to meetings because i have felt so ill and someti...
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Acceptance - page 449 of the Big Book
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Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God's world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and i...
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Comments, Suggestions, Feedback
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Please leave your comments, suggestions and feedback here - ty
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The Promises of Alcoholics Anonymous
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The AA Promises If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matte...
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Gratitude
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If your feeling grateful or need to remind yourself why you should be . . .
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The Big Book
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The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous - please post any passages, quotes that you feel relevant or useful or wish to discuss
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Help !
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Please post here if you need Help with your drinking or are struggling at the moment . . .
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