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Additional Rules of this Group: Please read before posting: 0 Stuart G Oct 2021 Oct 2021 11 12672
the Admins changed the group purpose to include family and friends 16 NMDemDist2 Feb 2012 Oct 22 10 55129
deleted by the person who posted this 0 Stuart G May 2024 May 2024 0 1172
The Most Addictive Object for Me & Maybe You Too... "THE COMPUTER & THE INTERNET." 6 Stuart G Jan 2024 Feb 2024 3 1613
"A man who limps still walks" 2 Electric Monk Jul 2016 Jan 2017 5 1766
"Democratic Underground" is " highly addictive". I have said this before, need to say it again. Can't stop being here. 6 Stuart G Oct 2023 Oct 2023 12 2383
"Don't focus on who you were, but who you want to be." That's my mantra! 4 bif Mar 2022 Apr 2022 5 3062
"Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot." 2 bif Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 578
"I celebrate the Fourth on the third with a fifth." 2 bif Jun 2019 Jun 2019 3 1515
"I don't drink alcohol anymore. It makes me break out..." --Johnny Cash 3 Taverner Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2317
"It gets better" isn't just a cliche. Take it from me. 30 bif Sep 2021 Oct 2021 22 4770
"Normies" can do this? 6 irisblue Dec 2018 Jan 2019 1 1909
"This is not a one person job." 6 JayhawkSD Mar 2017 Mar 2017 11 2098
"To Matthew Perry, God was a bunch of drunks in a Room"---Incredible Description of Recovery 6 cally Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 2462
"You can't change the past, but you can make the present better." 5 bif Jan 2020 Jan 2020 4 1425
#AlcoholInThreeWords is on my twitter time line. 3 irisblue Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1719
🎄Checking in🎄 9 irisblue Dec 2018 Dec 2018 5 1856
"Brain Buzz" - is this normal for quitting alcohol? 9 Taverner Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 4112
"It's not the meetings you make, it's the Steps you take" 13 NMDemDist2 Feb 2012 Oct 2012 1 4360
"M.I.C.A. dual-diagnosis" treatment does not exist. Holding out hope for it is cruel. 2 HelpmeHelp Aug 2012 Sep 2012 0 3329
"Tradition 3" at the heart of all 12 Step Programs. 6 Stuart G Feb 2015 May 2015 2 2887
"We have nothing to fear but fear itself." FDR should be Conference Approved Literature! nt 1 raccoon May 2014 Jul 2014 4 1489
..... 1 NMDemDist2 Sep 2013 Sep 2013 5 1846
10 Years thanks to a loving higher power. 8 Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 Oct 2013 1 2563
10-23-80. 20 yallerdawg Oct 2017 Nov 2017 13 2923
101 days per the tracker. Huh 7 irisblue Sep 2021 Oct 2021 9 1611
12 Step Alternatives 9 TommyCelt Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 3234
164 days is a long time 10 irisblue Nov 2021 Dec 2021 7 1618
18 months sober 10 RainCaster Jan 2023 Feb 2023 33 3212
2 addiction counselors at halfway house die from overdose (crosspost) 5 janterry May 2017 Jul 2017 2 2144

Addiction & Recovery Continued...

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2-28-1992 18 NMDemDist2 Feb 2012 Mar 2012 3 4273
21 years 15 NMDemDist2 Feb 2013 Mar 2013 3 2725
23 years today 8 charin Aug 2013 Oct 2013 6 2532
26 weeks is 182 days. Wow 7 irisblue Nov 2021 Dec 2021 12 1254
270 days equals 23328000 seconds 0 irisblue Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 1282
28 years today 6 Andy823 Oct 2013 Nov 2013 1 2230
29 years sober today.. [View all] 90 Permanut Sep 2023 Oct 2023 72 7036
3 years today: no booze 37 LudwigPastorius Jan 2023 Jan 2023 31 5142
30 years of sobriety today. gonna celebrate by jumping in the ocean at Waikiki! 22 msongs Nov 2019 Nov 2019 51 2565
320 people a day 2 NMDemDist2 Apr 2013 Jun 2013 2 1806
34 years ago I went into rehab. 19 multigraincracker Jan 2024 Feb 2024 37 2298
4 1/2 years sober yesterday! 21 bif Mar 2023 Mar 2023 27 2430
5 March 2023, things I am grateful for, in no particular order. 5 irisblue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 23 4596
5 Things Nobody Tells You About Quitting Drinking (cracked) 4 Taverner Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 4023
5,475 days. By the grace of God. 9 onecaliberal Feb 2021 Feb 2021 7 3238
60 days sober 41 RainCaster Sep 2021 Sep 2021 78 3282
7/1/14 1 am EDT anyone awake? n/t 3 irisblue Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1925
7/13 graditude 6 irisblue Jul 2018 Jul 2018 6 1736
9 years smokefree today .....34 years sober January 4 5 oldhippydude Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 3984
9 years. I should have posted here... 22 HopeAgain Nov 2017 Nov 2017 70 6267
9/21. gratitude 2 irisblue Sep 2018 Sep 2018 5 1418
9/9/18. Tomorrow's my 5th anniversary of sobriety! 17 bif Sep 2023 Sep 2023 19 2821
90 in 90 7 irisblue Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2177
90 in 90 11 TommyCelt Mar 2018 May 2018 3 1698
90 meetings in 90 days? 9 tavalon Mar 2012 Mar 2012 2 3482
A 34th anniversary of a different sort. 8 KY_EnviroGuy Sep 14 Sep 15 14 536
A Beautiful song about recovery and hope... 4 FrankfurtCat Dec 2016 Dec 2016 2 2378
A bit of wisdom. 2 irisblue Jan 2020 Jan 2020 8 1390
A challenging event over the weekend... 7 bif Apr 2023 Apr 2023 17 2418
A Conference for Atheist and Agnostic Alcoholics is Taking Place in California This Weekend 8 rug Nov 2014 Jul 2015 1 2533

Addiction & Recovery Continued...

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A couple more challenges ahead of me. 11 bif Apr 2023 Apr 2023 10 3559
A fellow DU'er told me about this article 2 mountain grammy May 2013 May 2013 5 1758
A few tips on getting through the Holidays 6 bif Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1606
A group of AAs meet Michele Obama 4 cally Feb 2012 Feb 2012 1 2464
A Happy and sober Thanksgiving everyone! 5 bif Nov 2022 Nov 2022 7 2218
A horror story about Ativan 4 Koch Ebola Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1876
A prayer to get through this day and this moment: 5 Stuart G Jun 2019 Jul 2019 5 1798
A reminder, just for today you do not to need to do your addictions 1 irisblue Jan 2020 Jan 2020 9 1233
A request for help from DU's Recovery Community... 7 TygrBright Dec 2011 Jan 2012 2 2886
a sober drinking game for the Rep debates/edit 1 5 irisblue Aug 2015 Sep 2015 6 1862
A Sobering Story 3 libodem Sep 2014 Nov 2014 2 1901
A suggestion for friends and family of folks in recovery 13 bif Mar 2022 Jun 2022 32 4070
A tip to try to avoid the nightly cocktail hour - 4 Peregrine Took Apr 2012 May 2012 1 2938
A tough Holiday season for me this year. 13 bif Dec 2020 Dec 2020 16 2458
A trick to almost instantly stop your computer session...it is easy, won't hurt, and works 3 Stuart G Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1875
A twitter truth today. 😁 5 irisblue Jul 2018 Jul 2018 5 1828
A very respresentative room..this is.... 7 Stuart G Apr 2013 Jun 2013 2 2170
A wound covering nearly half my face had dried to the upholstery Wapo article 1 irisblue Sep 2015 Sep 2015 3 1869
AA on TV+NA 12/7/12 update 0 irisblue May 2012 May 2012 0 1713
About going to meetings...one idea only..."Don't Give Up" That is it, and that is the secret. 7 Stuart G Mar 2019 Apr 2019 5 2062
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