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08-17-2007, 06:16 PM

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Dee74

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and I didn't post last night...but I didn't quit either

08-17-2007, 06:20 PM

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Dee74

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yep Kev and I'll keep ya company if you like

08-17-2007, 06:23 PM

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nogard

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yep yep still here and not quitting

08-17-2007, 06:29 PM

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ruch

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still here nogard, thanks. im in good shape. not gonna quit today/tonight. thanks all for the support.

08-17-2007, 06:30 PM

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L Ron Hoover

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Didn't quit today!
I don't think it even crossed my mind.

08-17-2007, 06:31 PM

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Dee74

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good work ruch !

08-17-2007, 06:32 PM

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nogard

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way to go ruch

thinking of you.

08-17-2007, 06:51 PM

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AAFreeportPA

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ruch

I'm currently obsessing. The liquor stores in PA close in less than an hour. I'm sitting here watching the clock. I refuse to quit....but today isn't my easiest day.

Well, guess what? You didn't quit. And that deserves congratulations! Sometimes we don't always do it One Day At A Time. Sometimes some of us do it minute-by-minute until that FEAR subsides. And FEAR is nothing more than False Evidence Appearing Real (something I admit I'm prone to giving into occasionally).

Speaking for myself, even when being with the family and that they drink I didn't imbibe these last couple of days off. A hard lesson is that our Recovery comes first. And I've been in jails, been in institutions and came pretty darn close to the next-to-last house on that particular street.

To recover means to skip that house and be in Recovery. To backslide means to go next door and possibly never to return. Thus our vigilance remains high and we never quit.

There's a future for us all. So instead of quitting I put some more work into a prototype home group member list for my Home Group. That way, if a newcomer is looking for a helping hand we can provide this list to those who are Honest, Open and Willing to Recover. And for that, this small piece of Service work, I'm responsible.

Glad to hear from a fellow Pennsylvanian. And, as this day winds down, I didn't quit either.

Yours in Recovery, Mark B.

08-18-2007, 01:44 AM

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Dee74

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well not the place for an essay, so i'll just say
not.quit.

D

08-18-2007, 03:09 AM

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AAFreeportPA

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Not quitting just For Today. I'm enjoying my granola cereal with soy milk right now.

Yours in Recovery, Mark B.

08-18-2007, 04:56 AM

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Rusty Zipper

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way to go ruch...

another day under your belt.. the more you win for the day, the more days you win the fight...

Dont Quit!!!

08-18-2007, 06:11 AM

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Aysha

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Here I go again...Not quitting and planning on keeping it that way!!!

08-18-2007, 06:36 AM

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gypsytears

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Plan is: don't quit today. Period.

08-18-2007, 08:42 AM

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Surlyredhead

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No quitting for me today!!!!

Cathy

08-18-2007, 01:42 PM

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Dee74

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still not quitting

D

08-18-2007, 03:33 PM

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Rowan

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Not quitting today either.

08-18-2007, 04:45 PM

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nogard

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good to be here
good to be clear headed
got this way cos
I didn't quit

not quitting today

08-18-2007, 07:36 PM

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ubiquity

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chiynita

Here I go again...Not quitting and planning on keeping it that way!!!

welcome back....not quitt'n today

keep coming back.

08-18-2007, 08:38 PM

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IO Storm

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Sometimes some of us do it minute-by-minute until that FEAR subsides..
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Mark

Good point Mark..

From newcomers very early in sobriety to oldtimers going through rough

patches and transitions...

Emotions can be raw and overwhelming....this reminded me of lyrics of a song

(can't recall the guy that did it)

Sometimes when we touch

The honety's too much

And I have to close my eyes

And hide

I wanna hold you till I die

Till we both break down and cry

I want to hold you

Till the FEAR in me subsides...

When those emotions get to be overwhelming...hug yourself tight..

Hold fast to sobriety..ask someone to help you stand fast...

Until the Fear subsides.

Love,

IO