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Bipolars dealing with Alcoholism ForumsGeneral & SupportCan't Make Yourself Read the BIG BOOK?
06/14/2012 04:03 PM
Bangbang
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I have a AA friend that hates it when he reads the Big Book at meetings.
You are not drunk unless you have to hang on while lying on the floor.
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06/15/2012 02:49 PM  Top
sarahtroy
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Buying one of the Big Book covers at the Central Office really helped me to read it more. My cover is cool! Cool Mine is one where you can slide an AA chip/coin into it. I still have the first AA chip I ever got in my BB cover - for 24 hrs of sobriety. (Maybe it's a girl thing, but anything helps!)

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Post edited by: sarahtroy, at: 06/15/2012 02:54 PM

Bipolar II, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Attacks, Agoraphobia & PTSD; Alcoholic in recovery since 3/21/07.

Aplenzin 522mg; Pristiq 200mg; Lamictal 400mg; Geodon 160mg; Ativan 1mg TID; Deplin 15mg; Xanax PRN; Metoprol 100mg.

• "Don't give up 5 minutes before the miracle happens."
• "My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet." ~Edith Wharton
• "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." ~Ian MacLaren (Usually mis-attributed to Plato)
• "And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." ~Anais Nin

My support and advice is not a replacement for medical diagnosis, treatment, or professional medical advice.

06/16/2012 07:08 AM  Top
Bangbang
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My sponser has one of those too. Not a girl thing at all. I see lots of men with that cover.
You are not drunk unless you have to hang on while lying on the floor.

06/18/2012 07:45 PM  Top
sarahtroy
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My Big Book is a little bit like a telephone directory. It has tons of names and phone numbers written in it.
Bipolar II, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Attacks, Agoraphobia & PTSD; Alcoholic in recovery since 3/21/07.

Aplenzin 522mg; Pristiq 200mg; Lamictal 400mg; Geodon 160mg; Ativan 1mg TID; Deplin 15mg; Xanax PRN; Metoprol 100mg.

• "Don't give up 5 minutes before the miracle happens."
• "My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet." ~Edith Wharton
• "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." ~Ian MacLaren (Usually mis-attributed to Plato)
• "And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." ~Anais Nin

My support and advice is not a replacement for medical diagnosis, treatment, or professional medical advice.

06/21/2012 10:03 AM  Top
sarahtroy
sarahtroy  
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I can't believe nobody else here has trouble making themselves read the Big Book! Where are our posters?
Bipolar II, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Attacks, Agoraphobia & PTSD; Alcoholic in recovery since 3/21/07.

Aplenzin 522mg; Pristiq 200mg; Lamictal 400mg; Geodon 160mg; Ativan 1mg TID; Deplin 15mg; Xanax PRN; Metoprol 100mg.

• "Don't give up 5 minutes before the miracle happens."
• "My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet." ~Edith Wharton
• "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." ~Ian MacLaren (Usually mis-attributed to Plato)
• "And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." ~Anais Nin

My support and advice is not a replacement for medical diagnosis, treatment, or professional medical advice.

06/24/2012 09:36 AM  Top
sarahtroy
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How about the people new, or coming back, to AA? How about our other posters? I can't believe nobody else here has trouble making themselves read the Big Book.
Bipolar II, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Attacks, Agoraphobia & PTSD; Alcoholic in recovery since 3/21/07.

Aplenzin 522mg; Pristiq 200mg; Lamictal 400mg; Geodon 160mg; Ativan 1mg TID; Deplin 15mg; Xanax PRN; Metoprol 100mg.

• "Don't give up 5 minutes before the miracle happens."
• "My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet." ~Edith Wharton
• "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." ~Ian MacLaren (Usually mis-attributed to Plato)
• "And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." ~Anais Nin

My support and advice is not a replacement for medical diagnosis, treatment, or professional medical advice.
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