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Title of discussion thread	Replies	Author	Start time	Last reply	Recs	Views
the Admins changed the group purpose to include family and friends	15	NMDemDist2	Feb 2012	Feb 2017	7	32247
Does anyone else here do SMART recovery?	6	bif	Monday	2 hrs ago	0	305
Does this group include tobacco cessation?	8	SheltieLover	Sunday	Sunday	0	257
I remember all of my friends that are long gone.	1	multigraincracker	Jun 8	Wednesday	4	504
What are the plusses of being sober for you?	8	bif	May 13	Jun 6	2	1174
Summer drinking season starts tonight.	6	irisblue	May 27	Jun 6	4	731
Thanks for the IFS and DBT replies. Not sure now if I can see that therapist, as	1	GPV	Jun 2	Jun 2	1	663
Anyone have experience with the following? Seeing a new therapist this wk.	6	GPV	May 31	May 31	3	636
The idea of Working on an "Attitude of Gratitude" for a....." Very Long Time......"	0	Stuart G	May 18	May 18	5	1176
What are your thoughts on interventions?	3	bif	Apr 22	May 1	9	1456
Still struggling on weekends. But still staying clean!	5	bif	Apr 19	Apr 19	11	1307
You Can't Change The Past....	6	Stuart G	Apr 17	Apr 17	5	880
Update time	13	kozar	Apr 11	Apr 17	5	833
The Wire+Waylon+"I got one more high left in me..."	1	irisblue	Apr 8	Apr 17	0	1421
Binged during a meeting (zoom.)	7	GPV	Apr 15	Apr 17	12	1622
Hooray!!!	47	RevBrotherThomas	Mar 2021	Mar 18	202	7104
I read a story, elsewhere, about a family who has a member drink a bottle at a holiday gathering	18	irisblue	Dec 2020	Mar 2021	54	5319
when the neighbors cat notices...a small giggle	0	irisblue	Mar 2021	Mar 2021	8	1472
Need some advice.	17	bif	Mar 2021	Mar 2021	5	1107
Ugh! Another Saturday night!	5	bif	Feb 2021	Feb 2021	5	2543
hi!	4	irisblue	Feb 2021	Feb 2021	9	1038
5,475 days. By the grace of God.	9	onecaliberal	Feb 2021	Feb 2021	7	2123
Anyone else have using/drinking dreams? I had a powerful one last night!	4	bif	Jan 2021	Jan 2021	5	3067
Almost feel like drinking to celebrate the inauguration.	9	bif	Jan 2021	Jan 2021	0	1290
Hey All....as righteously angry/in feelings as we are today. Don't use	4	irisblue	Jan 2021	Jan 2021	10	2548
Todays gratitude	1	irisblue	Jan 2021	Jan 2021	8	496
Words I'm going to keep in mind in the New Year...	1	bif	Jan 2021	Jan 2021	7	883
How are you celebrating New Years Eve? Pizza and chips in a moderate amount, and 24 hours of SMART	7	GreenPartyVoter	Dec 2020	Jan 2021	4	1419
So, 1 January 2021	5	irisblue	Jan 2021	Jan 2021	8	531
A tough Holiday season for me this year.	13	bif	Dec 2020	Dec 2020	16	1381
I don't know if this is appropriate to ask - What is the street cost of opioids (fentanyl?)?	21	RamblingRose	Nov 2020	Dec 2020	1	1854
Another Round-netflix movie-long & spoilers	2	irisblue	Dec 2020	Dec 2020	0	1063
I know this song is about opioid addiction, but so many of us cross use	1	irisblue	Dec 2020	Dec 2020	5	1061
How do you handle this time of year?	4	bif	Dec 2020	Dec 2020	0	669
Here come the Holidays!!!	1	bif	Dec 2020	Dec 2020	3	729
My liver is going to have me arrested for domestic violence- heard at a meeting	1	irisblue	Dec 2020	Dec 2020	2	932
Thursday December 3, 2020..Gratitude...	2	Stuart G	Dec 2020	Dec 2020	2	544
Day 43 and feeling strong	5	kozar	Nov 2020	Dec 2020	9	724
Tuesday 17 Nov gratitude	1	irisblue	Nov 2020	Nov 2020	4	901
Have a clean and safe Thanksgiving everyone!	2	bif	Nov 2020	Nov 2020	3	408
Missouri Drug Deaths Increase As National Numbers Fall For The First Time In Decades	4	Sherman A1	Jul 2019	Nov 2020	3	1362
Well, I survived another weekend!	11	bif	Nov 2020	Nov 2020	13	907
Made it back home,	19	kozar	Nov 2020	Nov 2020	78	2744
Anyone else (besides me) bothered by the many posts ...	8	left-of-center2012	Nov 2020	Nov 2020	6	1247
Trying to slow down my nightly wine drinking. Every other night	8	Peregrine Took	Oct 2020	Nov 2020	6	1392
Was tempted to drink, then remembered from past experience a full stomach works wonders	4	progree	Nov 2020	Nov 2020	3	873
To anyone new to recovery, it really does get better! Trust me.	5	bif	Nov 2020	Nov 2020	5	750
Checking in with the group	1	JDC	Nov 2020	Nov 2020	3	639
My alcoholic son tells me AA condones drinking for pain relief.	19	rzemanfl	Oct 2020	Nov 2020	1	1452
Why this election is totally addcitive..??	1	Stuart G	Oct 2020	Oct 2020	4	1084
Seems there will be a new Pre,z when im seen agai..	13	kozar	Oct 2020	Oct 2020	16	1126
Rough night last night.	21	bif	Oct 2020	Oct 2020	60	2049
Sometimes, you just gotta touch a toe	5	kozar	Oct 2020	Oct 2020	10	911
Hey anyone up to be a temp sponsor?	5	irisblue	Oct 2020	Oct 2020	2	813
My Grandmother was 58 and my Grandfather was 57 when they died	1	cally	Oct 2020	Oct 2020	9	956
some great crisis, avoided	7	kozar	Oct 2020	Oct 2020	8	697
My cousin and my Mother-in-law both died on Thursday	20	bif	Sep 2020	Oct 2020	55	2604
Alcoholics Anonymous vs. Other Approaches: The Evidence Is Now In.	18	elleng	Mar 2020	Sep 2020	13	2057
Carson McCullers' "A Domestic Dilemma" was read on Selected Shorts/NPR this morning	1	irisblue	Sep 2020	Sep 2020	3	744
Tomorrow's another day with few choices.....	1	3Hotdogs	Sep 2020	Sep 2020	3	552
Gratitude for today	7	irisblue	Sep 2020	Sep 2020	20	1252
Steps 4, 8,&9	1	irisblue	Sep 2020	Sep 2020	5	868
OA DUers, do you write out your planned meals/snacks	3	irisblue	Sep 2020	Sep 2020	1	495
Sober October, Relapse and an NPR article (and I Will Not Drink With You Today)	3	irisblue	Sep 2020	Sep 2020	6	818
Today's my two-year anniversary!	10	bif	Sep 2020	Sep 2020	15	781
I need to talk	4	kozar	Sep 2020	Sep 2020	3	758
I have thought alot about this video, the young woman losing her BF to his addictions	4	irisblue	Sep 2020	Sep 2020	2	636
I would really like a glass of wine today.	6	irisblue	Sep 2020	Sep 2020	10	875
Todays Gratitude	2	irisblue	Sep 2020	Sep 2020	4	595
Still struggling on weekends.	12	bif	Aug 2020	Aug 2020	8	1492
I will not do my addictions today. Entire post right there	4	irisblue	Aug 2020	Aug 2020	7	1178
Frankly I dont need to post shit,,,	4	kozar	Aug 2020	Aug 2020	2	1045
Dreams, do you have them?	5	kozar	Aug 2020	Aug 2020	3	927
God,, I love her,,but	14	kozar	Aug 2020	Aug 2020	3	1153
Close call this weekend...	0	bif	Aug 2020	Aug 2020	5	996
To anyone new to recovery: It really does get better.	5	bif	Jul 2020	Jul 2020	16	820
Does anyone else have using dreams?	5	bif	Jul 2020	Jul 2020	2	1226
can anyone help provide me with some insight to nicotine addiction from vaping?	13	RamblingRose	Jul 2020	Jul 2020	0	1412
gonna post this here,,	9	kozar	Jul 2020	Jul 2020	18	1003
I could feel the wheels getting wobbly the last couple weeks. My thinking was	7	GreenPartyVoter	Jul 2020	Jul 2020	9	1064