The SR Top Ten
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The SR Top Ten
With over 400,000 posts, you have a lot of choices...nominate a post or thread for the SoberRecovery All-Time Top Ten by posting a link to the post as well as your comments. If you're new to SR-well, you have a lot of catching up to do...get busy!!!
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I like this one too. Shame I can't find Codieland or The Codie Christmas Carol. Someone must have been dusting or something like that.
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ight=lawnmower
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ight=lawnmower
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Great idea Jon.This is one of my favs.Unfortunatly,its in the Mens room.Sorry ladies. Dream machines and scrap heaps
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Who could forget the night we all waited up for Journeygal to have her baby...our first on-line SR baby. 
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ad.php?t=54651
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ad.php?t=54651
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And how about the Don't Quit thread on Newcomers? All about one addict/alcoholic helping another and another and another.
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ad.php?t=27076
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ad.php?t=27076
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http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...3&page=1&pp=20
I like this one.
The subject, and the fact I didn't post in it.
I like this one.
The subject, and the fact I didn't post in it.
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Ann beat me to the DQ thread. But I've been keeping tabs on that thread since it started almost two years ago. Many have, come, many have gone, but many have stayed and still contribute to that thread.
The current post count is 6286, we lost 2535 posts when it was prunded the first year, we lost about 3500 posts in the crash of '03 making the true post count closer to 12,321. It's a family within itself.
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ad.php?t=27076
The current post count is 6286, we lost 2535 posts when it was prunded the first year, we lost about 3500 posts in the crash of '03 making the true post count closer to 12,321. It's a family within itself.
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ad.php?t=27076
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I don't know how to find it or post it but, a few years back Pernell and many of had a discussion on, I can't think of the word. I'll look during night and get back. However, some might know the word or remember the discussion. I think it began with psd, maybe psdyumn, anyway it was a strange spelling. It was all about learned behavior, about ourselves. We even became the person, at times, that we thought others thought we were. Make any sense?
I remember at the time, maybe 99, the hits were like a thousand which was big back them. Jon, this was back when Julie, Casey and Pernell posted alot. You also added much to the thread. Like I said much of it came from childhood. Our minds also were convinced these lessons were true. However, iot might be gone due to the computer crash but, in my mind certanly not forgotten. Don W
I remember at the time, maybe 99, the hits were like a thousand which was big back them. Jon, this was back when Julie, Casey and Pernell posted alot. You also added much to the thread. Like I said much of it came from childhood. Our minds also were convinced these lessons were true. However, iot might be gone due to the computer crash but, in my mind certanly not forgotten. Don W
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Originally Posted by abtchonamission
Thanks.Now who's going to be brilliant and find Codieland?
Psalm 118:24
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http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...0&page=8&pp=20
03-10-2005, 05:20 PM #143
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Posts: 217 Captainizing...Just wanted to thank you for starting this thread. I don't have alot of time when I come here but always search for this thread to see if anything new has been posted. Not sure if this has been posted before or not.
On being a Mother...author unknown
After 21 years of marriage, My wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie.
She said, "I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you."
The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally.
That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. "What's wrong, are you well," she asked?
My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news.
"I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you," I responded.
"Just the two of us." She thought about it for a moment, and then said, "I would like that very much."
That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on.
She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel's. "I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed," she said, as she got into the car. "They can't wait to hear about our meeting." We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and cozy.
My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu.
Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips. "It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small," she said.
"Then it's time that you relax and let me return the favor," I responded.
During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation - nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other's life. We talked so much that we missed the movie.
As we arrived at her house later, she said, "I'll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you." I agreed.
"How was your dinner date?" asked my wife when I got home. "Very nice. Much more so than I could have imagined," I answered.
A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn't have a chance to do anything for her. Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same place mother and I had dined. An attached note said: "I paid this bill in advance. I wasn't sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates - one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son."
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: "I LOVE YOU" and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve.
Nothing in life is more important than your family.
Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till "some other time."
I fight back tears on this one all the time. My mother came close to death 2 years back
If, you can read this and not call your mom or dad up to tell them you love them You got a hard heart!!!!
03-10-2005, 05:20 PM #143
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On being a Mother...author unknown
After 21 years of marriage, My wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie.
She said, "I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you."
The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally.
That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. "What's wrong, are you well," she asked?
My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news.
"I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you," I responded.
"Just the two of us." She thought about it for a moment, and then said, "I would like that very much."
That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on.
She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel's. "I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed," she said, as she got into the car. "They can't wait to hear about our meeting." We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and cozy.
My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu.
Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips. "It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small," she said.
"Then it's time that you relax and let me return the favor," I responded.
During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation - nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other's life. We talked so much that we missed the movie.
As we arrived at her house later, she said, "I'll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you." I agreed.
"How was your dinner date?" asked my wife when I got home. "Very nice. Much more so than I could have imagined," I answered.
A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn't have a chance to do anything for her. Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same place mother and I had dined. An attached note said: "I paid this bill in advance. I wasn't sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates - one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son."
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: "I LOVE YOU" and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve.
Nothing in life is more important than your family.
Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till "some other time."
I fight back tears on this one all the time. My mother came close to death 2 years back
If, you can read this and not call your mom or dad up to tell them you love them You got a hard heart!!!!
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This is one of my favorite SR posts.
I'm kicking myself that I don't know who posted it.
Maybe it doesn't matter...the message is big.
"This morning when I woke up, there was a bouquet of roses on my bathroom counter and a card from my son.
This is what the card said:
I'll bet you've had just about enough of people telling you how strong you are and how great you are doing during this awful, difficult period in your life.
Maybe you'd rather hear someone say how much this sucks, how outrageous and unfair it is.
Maybe you'd rather hear someone tell you that you don't have to be strong all the time. Or that it's definitely okay to curse fate and throw a tantrum or two.
So here I am to tell you all that stuff and more. And to let you know where I stand, which is right in your corner. There is no right way and no wrong way at a time like this.
However you work through this thing is immaterial to me.
All I care about is that you ask for what you need, lean on those who love you, and try to trust me when I say that you'll come out the other side."
Those words..."ask for what you need, lean on those who love you and try to trust me when I say that you'll come out on the other side" have stuck with me ever since I first read that post. Wonderful son...lucky Mom.
I'm kicking myself that I don't know who posted it.
Maybe it doesn't matter...the message is big.
"This morning when I woke up, there was a bouquet of roses on my bathroom counter and a card from my son.
This is what the card said:
I'll bet you've had just about enough of people telling you how strong you are and how great you are doing during this awful, difficult period in your life.
Maybe you'd rather hear someone say how much this sucks, how outrageous and unfair it is.
Maybe you'd rather hear someone tell you that you don't have to be strong all the time. Or that it's definitely okay to curse fate and throw a tantrum or two.
So here I am to tell you all that stuff and more. And to let you know where I stand, which is right in your corner. There is no right way and no wrong way at a time like this.
However you work through this thing is immaterial to me.
All I care about is that you ask for what you need, lean on those who love you, and try to trust me when I say that you'll come out the other side."
Those words..."ask for what you need, lean on those who love you and try to trust me when I say that you'll come out on the other side" have stuck with me ever since I first read that post. Wonderful son...lucky Mom.
We all need each other.
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I'm becoming kind of partial to this one:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ad.php?t=67512
...........and I am definitely an alcoholic.
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ad.php?t=67512
...........and I am definitely an alcoholic.
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I have to say ....What Addict Do ...that thread changed me
Pray for Little Andy...by Calvin....That thread touched me
And BigEzell's thread...me and alot of others just loved that thread period
Pray for Little Andy...by Calvin....That thread touched me
And BigEzell's thread...me and alot of others just loved that thread period
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http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...ead.php?t=27076
They were with me when my son came home.
I have a special place in my heart for this thread.
They welcomed me with open arms, even let me sit on the comfy chair.
They were with me when my son came home.
I have a special place in my heart for this thread.
They welcomed me with open arms, even let me sit on the comfy chair.
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(((Gabe))) Im brilliant I'm brilliant !!!!!!!! I found Codieland
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ad.php?t=10986
hahahaha !!!!
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ad.php?t=10986
hahahaha !!!!
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Here's my contribution:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ead.php?t=2471
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ead.php?t=2471
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