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03-27-2012, 08:07 PM
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| Member Join Date: Mar 2012
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| What's the greatest piece of advice you've ever received?
Or even quotes. Doesn't have to be advice you've been directly given.
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03-27-2012, 09:22 PM
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| Member  Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here, Now
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From my dad. If you drink your coffee back you'll need to worry about creamer or sugar.
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03-27-2012, 09:41 PM
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| Peace  |
Be here now.
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03-28-2012, 05:26 AM
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Don't buy anything on time .... except for a house.
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03-28-2012, 07:24 AM
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| Random Guy  Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: America
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I am sure it is a quote from someone but I haven't bothered to look it up but I have been told before; "half of the secret to being sucesfull in life is just the courage to show up." Or something like that.
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03-28-2012, 07:43 AM
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| bona fido dog-lover  | Quote:
__________________ I'd rather live in my car with my dogs than live in a castle without them. Dogs may not be our whole lives, but they make our lives whole. Don't wait for the Last Judgement. It takes place every day. -Albert Camus Find the good and praise it. - Alex Haley | |
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03-28-2012, 08:22 AM
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| Decide. Commit. Succeed.  | Quote:
 His quote was my avatar when I first joined SR. It reminds me to take time and reflect on who I am and how I want to be remembered.
__________________ "I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: 'Wait a minute - if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?' And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk." ~Craig Ferguson  | |
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03-29-2012, 04:55 AM
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Stop worrying what people think of you. They're too wrapped up in their own lives to care about yours.
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03-29-2012, 11:57 AM
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| Enlighten and Expurgate  Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ
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"it is better to be silent and thought the fool...then to open your mouth and remove all doubt". and more recently.... "Forgivness is the best form of revenge"
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03-29-2012, 12:11 PM
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| SHARING THE LOAD  Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: In the Slowlane
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| It is none of my business what other people think about me
__________________ "The chains of alcohol are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken" |
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03-30-2012, 03:23 AM
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HALT. Don't make any big decisions if you are Hungry Angry Lonely or Tired.
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03-30-2012, 07:54 AM
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| Enlighten and Expurgate Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ
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"the difference between a bad day and a good day is about 2 days"
__________________ I've seen too much to go back and pretend |
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03-30-2012, 08:04 AM
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| Member  Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Bridgeton
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on staying sober your first year: "Shut up & just do what you are told"...
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04-30-2012, 06:29 PM
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'A pro is never stuck'...this was said to me by a co-worker many years ago and I think of it often, especially when my backs to the wall.
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04-30-2012, 06:33 PM
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| Just livin' the dream  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Somewhere Out There
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You cannot control anyone other than yourself.
__________________ "The difference between a stumbling block and a stepping stone is the character of the person walking the path." - Travis Alexander "So oftentimes it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key." - The Eagles |
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04-30-2012, 06:41 PM
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The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness. Dalai Lama
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04-30-2012, 06:59 PM
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| a southern belle  Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: tennessee
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Just...do the next right thing.
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