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08-25-2013, 07:11 PM

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deeker

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24 Hour Club Sign up Sheet Part 14, All Are Welcome!

Hey Folks! Glad you stopped in. This is a sign up sheet and we sign
in daily and commit to staying clean and sober for 24 Hours. Post
your time and commit.

Why not make today the day you get off the fence and make
a change!!

Welcome To Our Newest Members--jaynie04 - desertsweetpea - ChloeB

Congratulations and Way To Go!

erratic 1 week!
bitmap 3 weeks!
resolute50 1 month!
LyingDog 2 months!
LDT 8 months!

Anniversaries are based on consecutive days clean and sober. Honesty
is appreciated. If I missed your special day please send me a pm
and I will update very soon.

If you had a slip please just start again! We need you!

The next 24 hours starts NOW and ends 10 pm EST 8/26. But the New list
does not start taking shape until 7:45 am EST 8/26.

If you sign in from now until 7:30 am EST you will be on every list of
the day 7:45 am, 7 pm and 10 pm.

If you sign in anytime after 7:30 am EST and before 7 pm EST you
will make 2nd list at 7 pm EST as well as final list of the day at 10 pm EST.

If you sign in after 7 pm EST and before 10 pm EST you will make final list of day only.
Then that list is scratched and a new one starts again at 7:45 am. So if you are not on
this list below it means you signed in before 10 pm EST 8/24.

Way to go Everyone getting through the last 24 Hours!

All these Cool Cats signed in within the last 24 Hours which
began at 10 pm EST 8/24 and ends now 10 pm EST 8/25.

calico
soberhawk
EternalQ
Coldfusion
neferkamichael
Goat
Vicki31
BarbieKen
Tempebrenn
tootsl1
ersatzmatriarch
yukonm
Lostmyoffswitch
ZoeM
SeanMc
IWLSAST
Levitz
Carlotta
BigShoe
erfra
ZoeM
tgirl
serenityforever
Silvy69
Westpark707
Ladybug
desertsweetpea
BoozeFree
Eleni58
Humbug
1stepup
LDT
lifetplant
Murchovski
ando68
Grace2
BigTeddy
huntingtontx
raku
ChloeB

Thanks for your honesty BoozeFree glad you are back!

Forgiveness

Forgiving someone doesn't always mean forgetting what someone
did or said to you.

We have to remember the things that pass between us and others,
the painful things, for the mere fact that we may need to avoid
repeating the same mistakes. We need to learn the lessons.

Maybe in the future it's best that we set clear boundaries with
certain people who tend to want to cross them and interfere with our
peace of mind, or harm us or we need to avoid situations which
bring out the worst in us.

What forgiveness for me means, is that I allow myself to move beyond
the past incident that I believed was hurtful, I stop dwelling on it in my
mind. I have to let it go. I have to release the anger I feel towards them.
Or it eats me up.

When we forgive someone it does not mean we have to allow them
into our lives again to once again cross our boundaries.

Although I always keep in mind that everyone is going through
their own spiritual journey and my mind is always open to allowing
someone back in my life if their behavior is changing.

I know I would want others to forgive me for I have
done much harm. I would hope they would allow me to
repair the relationship if I am making changes.

But to me it means to let it go. It's over.

Holding onto unforgiveness is only a poison to us. It keeps us in turmoil
and steals our peace.

To forgive is to set the prisoner free and realize that prisoner was you.

There comes a time in your recovery when you realize that having
a calm and peaceful mind is really special. And the anger and
unforgiveness just isn't worth it.

I know it isn't always easy but I have found that praying for people I
have resentments towards does something.

Maybe it does not change them or even the situation (often
it does) but it actually changes my own heart, it softens it.

But when I pray for them I am saying that I am still a human being
and I have compassion. I personally want everyone to find
peace and be at their personal best .

Song For The Day - Forgiveness - Matthew West