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		<title>Not Embarassing &#8211; Something Else</title>
		<link>http://recoveryboy.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/not-embarassing-something-else/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sad. Seeing someone you recognise from the meetings wasted in Tescos, sparring with the security and shouting at tourists filled me with sadness. Other people in the store thought it was funny. I hope I see him back in a meeting soon. Powerless. Filed under: Addiction<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveryboy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7935679&amp;post=3393&amp;subd=recoveryboy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Uplifting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you hear a chair that is just so uplifting &#8211; humorous, poignant and charming. I left the meeting lifted &#8211; even if I thought that the rest of the meeting was flat. I guess I was naive in thinking the sharing back could match it. Filed under: Addiction, Meetings, Recovery Tagged: Alcoholics Anonymous<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveryboy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7935679&amp;post=3391&amp;subd=recoveryboy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Professional Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I don&#8217;t think this is a cake we can bake using a home made recipe.&#8221; &#8211; Anon Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveryboy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7935679&amp;post=3389&amp;subd=recoveryboy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Self-care</title>
		<link>http://recoveryboy.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/self-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 07:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I was sitting in my garden wondering how it could have come to this. I had a beautiful wife, beautiful children, a lovely house and garden. My work was going well. Yet I felt totally suicidal.&#8221; He wasn&#8217;t looking after himself in so many ways and his message was to make sure you do. You [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveryboy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7935679&amp;post=3387&amp;subd=recoveryboy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Resentment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 07:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;As smoking is to the lungs, so is resentment to the soul; even one puff is bad for you.&#8221; ~ Elizabeth Gilbert Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveryboy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7935679&amp;post=3385&amp;subd=recoveryboy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Step One</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finished writing my Step One &#8211; second time round. This time it was done in a different frame of mind, with more experience and much more thorough approach. I was pleased to do it first time the AA Big book way &#8211; however it only really scratched the surface. Using the green and gold [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveryboy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7935679&amp;post=3383&amp;subd=recoveryboy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Aristotle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.&#8221; &#8211; Aristotle Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveryboy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7935679&amp;post=3381&amp;subd=recoveryboy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Step Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s where the change comes. The meetings keep you&#8217;re mood in check but if you want to help re-wire your brain then you&#8217;ve got to do the Steps. I better get on with it then. Filed under: Addiction, Meetings, Recovery, Twelve Steps Tagged: Narcotics Anonymous<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveryboy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7935679&amp;post=3378&amp;subd=recoveryboy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Insurance</title>
		<link>http://recoveryboy.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/insurance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We can choose to look at the programme as a form of insurance &#8211; it provides cover in times of great stress or destruction and gives us a type of &#8220;life buffer&#8221;. As with any insurance you have to pay up front &#8211; in the case of recovery you go to meetings and work the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=recoveryboy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7935679&amp;post=3375&amp;subd=recoveryboy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One Of The Best Drug Tales</title>
		<link>http://recoveryboy.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/one-of-the-best-drug-tales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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