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jester

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  1. Congratulations on your 2 year anniversary!!!! Thank you for being of service to help me stay sober ODAAT! jester
  2. Thanks for posting this NJTomatoGuy which is a great reminder to keep an open mind to not only those that came before me, but to those that came after me. The message my HP wants me to get can come from anyone who shares at a meeting. Scary thing was that having a serious motorcycle accident in March 2006 with server head injuries and major memory issues has helped me to too an open mind on those that share at a meeting. I have trouble remembering some things, but I am grateful I remembered who I am, what I am and where I belong. Besides that I need to be reminder of that and how to continue to stay sober not just clean. Hope everyone stays cool with the weather we've been having lately jester
  3. I've had the pleasure to take two courses that Mark instructed at the local HS. First was about 25 yrs ago when I first got into flyfishing, which was about freshwater flyfishing. Then again last year where he was the instructor of a saltwater course. He did a great job both times and the money for the course was well worth it as casting lessons were included with both of them. This past year besides the saltwater flyfishing course, he added a fly tying course which included simple patterns for both fresh and satlwater. Hoping to take the fly tying course next year as I can always use instruction with all parts of my flyfishing and fly tying with Mark being a great insructor with a whole lotta patience and enthusiasm.
  4. I was at the Sunday morning beach meeting in Westport, Ct and had a hard time concentrating on the topic of relationships as there were fish breaking all over the place. I had my ears in the meeting, but my eyes were on the water watching the fish beak. I did hear what I needed, but it wasn't what what I wanted to hear. Then again, it's never been about what I want, but what I NEED. Hell if I got everything that I wanted I'd be dead by now or at the very least in a psych ward somewhere.. Hope everyone had a good sober day today.
  5. When trying to pass the message and relying on technology can be frustrating as it breaks sometimes just like we do. Here is one of 4 daily meds that I recieve: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AAOnline.net) June 11, 2011 A Sturdy Start We still don't think it is very smart to keep trying to see in the dark if you can simply switch on a lamp and use its light. We didn't get sober entirely on our own. That isn't the way we learned to stay sober. And the full enjoyment of living sober isn't a one-person job, either. When we could look, even temporarily, at just a few new ideas different from our old ones, we had already begun to make a sturdy start. - Living Sober, p.73 Thought to Ponder . . . I stood in the sunlight at last. AA-related 'Alconym' . . . H O W = Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness Thanks again for the service that you do for us NJ Tomatoguy. It helps keep me sober ODAAT which is all I have anyway.
  6. Thanks for posting this NJ Tomatoguy and thank you for your service. I don't always post, but I always read it. I knew none of these things when I first got sober and didn't have faith in my Higher Power. At one point in my recovery I lost sight of it as I put work and family in front of it. The saying that you lose whatever you put in front of your recover is very true because it happened to me. The only thing that I didn't do was to pick up, but I was on such a dry drunk that I may have well picked up. It wasn't until I left my family for another woman whom I thought I was in love with that I got a homegroup, a sponsor who would call me on all my ******** and got back into service for the meetings I attended. I am grateful I have learned from that without picking up, but will always consider myself a beginner as I need to remain teachable to keep growing and being of service. As long as I know I don't know everything I will be ok, ODAAT
  7. My deepest condolences to the family and friends of Shane Stalcup. Another star shines in the sky above us.
  8. Very nice fly Saltydog. What size tubing did you use..
  9. Nice and simple.. I like that.. Thanks for sharing this Clouserkid1! jester
  10. Well put Diamondd.. My kids are teenagers and not being in the house with them, any time I have a chance to be with them is a gift, no matter what kind of mood they are in and with a teenage girl that can change from moment to moment. To me that doesn't matter. It's the time that I get to experience with them that I cherish the most. They are both my gifts of recovery. Without AA and all that comes with it I would have nothing, with it I have the world. jester
  11. Thanks for this one.. I have to constantly rely on my HP to help me with all the relationships I have today. Left to my own devises, I will ruin them and end up alone. I actually did that at one point. Then I started getting back into meetings and listening to what was being said in the meeting. It was then that I realized that my HP was talking to me through all the people sharing at the meetings. When I go to a meeting I listen and wait to hear what my HP wants me to know that pertains what's going on in my life at that time. jester
  12. Thanks Diamondd. My sponsor used to say,"Make a friend of change and you've made a friend for life." I HATED when he'd say that to me, but that's probably because he was right and I didn't want to accept that at the time. I try to live by that, but don't always and when I don't I usually pay for it and end up going through the process anyway. Just my e,s,& h.. jester
  13. This reminds me to always look ahead and not back. Actually you can look back, but don't stare too long and looking forward is more of looking at where you feet are and not projecting into the future. The past and future are things you have no control over. It's only the present where you have the control. jester
  14. The past is something you can't change, but you can change the moment. When I slipped it took 2 days to be honest with my sponser. From then on I did was he told me to do and I did because it worked for him for 6 years. He made sure that I understood that it's only about today, not yesterday, not tomorrow but today. Keeping things in the moment makes things alot simpler. That's one of the ways that's helped me to stay sober, One Day At A Time. jester
  15. This reminded me of a saying I heard early on, "To keep it ya got to give it away." Being of service to to the beginner, but not just the beginner is what it's about for me. Some may have more time, experiences and sober references, but still need help because they are alcoholics dealing with life on life's terms on a daily basis. Thanks for posting this. jester
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