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07-29-2013, 05:18 PM

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deeker

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Join Date: Sep 2012

Location: Gulf Coast, Florida USA

Posts: 5,731

24 Hour Club Sign Up Sheet Part 11 Please join us!

Hi There! Another Monday! Time is flying by. When we take it 24 hours at a time, the
days really add up. If you are just passing by we hope you will join us for this 24 hours
and commit to staying clean and sober for another 24. Just post time you are commiting
and location if you choose.

Welcome to Our Newest Members -Eleni58 - silentrun- NewSoberDad -
dirk41 - soberbythesea

Congratulations!

Avra 1 week!
Tang 1 week!
yoohoo 14 days!
Louise82 3 weeks!
huntingtontx 3 weeks!
silentrun 100 days!

Anniversaries listed are based on consecutive days clean and
sober without interruption. We appreciate your honesty.Please pm
me with any updates or corrections or if I missed a special goal you
have reached. Thank You!

Remember if you slipped and that does happen, please just come
right back and start over 24 hours at a time. We want everyone to
achieve sobriety no matter how many trys it takes.

You all are awesome! Look who signed in since 10 pm EST 7/28 24 .This 24
ends at at 10 pm EST 7/29.1 hr 45 min Still Time!

Pedro1234
Tempebrenn
wehav2day
calico
ColdFusion
raku
HappyDesyimy3
butterfly46
joygirl
Silvy69
silentrun
Ptcapote
trikyriky
NarbieKen
Serenitatem
tgirl
Zencat
Goat
ersatzmatriaerch
britgilr
TAQ
HappyFeet
IWLSAST
WestPark707
BlurFrancis
medic61310
Peach2013
Goose1
jazzfish
yukonm
Babs1234
Tempebrenn
messyliver
SallyLou
huntingtontx
serenityforever
Humbug
Levitz
Carlotta
Eleni58
SobrietyP
ZenCat
BuddinK
Sandgirl
LifeBeginsAt41
dragon12
ando68
jimv
1stepup
Murchovski
Pedro1234

If I missed you my apologies, please sign in now and I will update
throughout the day.

We Help Each Other

I know not all of you are going the AA/NA route to
recovery but this is interesting and very true...

In The AA Big Book It Says....

“NOTHING WILL SO MUCH INSURE IMMUNITY FROM DRINKING as intensive work
with other alcoholics.” The book states clearly that intensive work with other
alcoholics is one of the most powerful tools to staying sober.

Insert addict in there as well.

It is how AA began in 1935, one alkie talking to another. 2 people.
They realized they could stay sober. Then NA branched off from there in 1953.

Bill W the founder of AA was often plagued by waves of self-pity and
resentment that almost drove him back to drink but he found that when
all other measures failed, work with another alcoholic would save the day.

Funny how that works.

I find when I encourage another alkie/addict that I get out of myself and the
last thing I want is to drink or drug .

I have hope and I want to give other people hope .

It is obvious that alkies and addicts understand each
other like no one else and that is why AA/NA
has produced many miracles and SR too.

It's hard to stay stuck in self pity when you are doing
service work or reaching out to another alkie/addict in love.
Or anyone for that matter.

We may not always have the answers but we can encourage
someone not to give up.

Encourage someone today, send them a private message. By doing so
you just may be insuring yourself another 24 hours clean and sober.

Also by reaching out to someone you may be just the thing that person
needed to get through the rest of their day.

It's one of the reasons this works. The therapeutic value of one alkie/addict
helping another.

*Song/Video For The Day - Manic Monday - The Bangles