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  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    mickeyrat wrote:
    Asked to speak at the end of the month trying not to rehearse but....

    For me I'm fine up until the opening readings get closer to the introduction.Then the butterflies get to flying something fierce.

    good for you!

    you'll get some spiritual cleansing out of it...

    I try to spend5 minutes on my drunklog (everyone's been there / done that) and 10 minutes on recovery (what everyone is there to hear)..

    Just a suggestion..
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • catch22
    catch22 Posts: 1,081
    locked wrote:
    good for you!

    you'll get some spiritual cleansing out of it...

    I try to spend5 minutes on my drunklog (everyone's been there / done that) and 10 minutes on recovery (what everyone is there to hear)..

    Just a suggestion..

    this time i prepared a few notes for myself and wore a watch. in the past, i try to do what you just said, but always end up running out of time and going from drunk stories to "then i got arrested, sent to rehab, and sobered up. thanks!"
    and like that... he's gone.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,306
    locked wrote:
    good for you!

    you'll get some spiritual cleansing out of it...

    I try to spend5 minutes on my drunklog (everyone's been there / done that) and 10 minutes on recovery (what everyone is there to hear)..

    Just a suggestion..
    we do approx. 45 min. out of the hour .depends on the readings.and i do feel good after doing it.
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    I would say 95% of the speakers at the podium get too caught up in their drunk log..

    (yes, I'm taking inventory)..

    The recovery story and the "gifts" you have been given from your recovery is where the magic is...

    and don't get caught up in all the "you gotta learn the Steps/ Read Big Book!" talk..

    you have to learn to crawl before you can walk..

    Go to as many meetings as you can (mix them up) and get a 24 hour book.. read three paragraphs a day..

    I started out with the 24 hour book (you can buy any of these at Borders or Barnes and Noble) because my attention span is so short...

    also, with the 12 step meetings, you can start on any step the group is reviewing.. just jump in...

    (in my humble opinion)

    You never finish the steps in 12 step recovery.. you keep doing them over and over...

    Wish someone told me that when I first came into the program... I thought I had to get a cetrificate of achievment for each one.. (!)
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,306
    well the last couple I've tried to incorporate the FACT that a higher power was working for my benifit the whole time , just that I didn't/wouldn't care to admit it or recognize it.
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    its progress not perfection my friend..
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,306
    locked wrote:
    its progress not perfection my friend..
    so they tell me.Sllllloooooooowwwwwwly progressing.all good and right on time
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,306
    came to a realization at my home group tonight.One topic was willingness to make amends.I realized during the meeting that whatever my personal feelings are toward a given individual , they are still deserving of my attempt at an amends.Big one for me.Just wanted to share that.
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,306
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • We R Hardcoree PJ Fans but we have our sound too but ...Tribute to the Greatest band ever PJ ... We R from Nepal but residing in Minnesota ..Do chk em coversss .. hope u guys like it

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RntZ2B8yyG4
    Alive cover

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m8p5...ture=re lated

    Yellow Ledbetter cover

    Humble tribute to Eddie and the rest of the Band members from Nepal
  • E.K
    E.K New South Wales, Australia Posts: 7,726
    We R Hardcoree PJ Fans but we have our sound too but ...Tribute to the Greatest band ever PJ ... We R from Nepal but residing in Minnesota ..Do chk em coversss .. hope u guys like it

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RntZ2B8yyG4
    Alive cover

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m8p5...ture=re lated

    Yellow Ledbetter cover

    Humble tribute to Eddie and the rest of the Band members from Nepal

    Yeah you've told us already. Why do you keep posting the same thing on different threads??
    Sydney, Australia - March 12, 1998; Sydney, Australia - February 14, 2003; Sydney, Australia - November 8, 2006; Sydney, Australia - November 25, 2006;  Brisbane, Australia - November, 2009; Gold Coast, Australia - January, 2014, Gold Coast, Australia - November 2024

  • j-bug
    j-bug Posts: 272
    E.K wrote:
    Yeah you've told us already. Why do you keep posting the same thing on different threads??

    Spam alert!
    Seek,
    Find be yourself.
    Don't follow the herd.
    Don't repeat in spite of the encores.
    Be yourself.
    Otherwise you'll bore us.
  • LiteTheMatch
    LiteTheMatch Posts: 1,208
    I'd like to recommend the book:

    The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz


    It may change your life!
    A child's rhyme stuck in my head...
    It said "Life is nothing but a dream."
    I've spent so many years in question
    To find I'd known this all along.
  • My mom just up and left to North Carolina last year without any notice and I listened to Rearviewmirror for a week straight.
  • melodious
    melodious Posts: 1,719
    Whooooooooooooooo HUooooooooooooooooooooooooo

    I support YOU!!!!
    all insanity:
    a derivitive of nature.
    nature is god
    god is love
    love is light
  • melodious
    melodious Posts: 1,719
    I'd like to recommend the book:

    The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz


    It may change your life!
    Thank you...I am on an amazon roll, today...I picked it up for 2.74 + 3.99 shipping...h*ll, ya cant' beat that even in a thrift store... Peace..
    all insanity:
    a derivitive of nature.
    nature is god
    god is love
    love is light
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,306
    I'd like to recommend the book:

    The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz


    It may change your life!
    I recommend the book "Alcoholics Anonymous" do what it says and your life WILL change.
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • melodious
    melodious Posts: 1,719
    litethematch: the book came in the mail today; it's awesome. thank you for the suggestion....

    :) humbly so...
    all insanity:
    a derivitive of nature.
    nature is god
    god is love
    love is light
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,195
    i should of signed up for this a long time ago! *shocked.

    my name is demetrios and i'm a b+p'ing/trading/torrenting/freebing .. audio/video/poster/collecting .. pearl jam alcoholic!

    and i need help, baby! my veins are completely filled with thy pj passion of love. the drug (music) that flow's through my soul inside me is powerful! it can't be controlled.

    d'oh! i am getting help as we speak. taking sometime off, well pacing myself slowly. the pj force is strong with this one.


    ... what the??? i should be in bed right now. work at 6. almost 1 now.

    good night!!!

    :)
  • brain of c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    mickeyrat wrote:
    I recommend the book "Alcoholics Anonymous" do what it says and your life WILL change.

    or just quit drinking.

    i had chinese for dinner and my fortune cookie says...'only you can change your life. no one can do it for you.'

    even some of a.a.'s literature says the same thing.