--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CG300016 Date: 11/30/95 From: LINDA PINE Time: 11:01pm \/To: RICH WARD (Read 1 times) Subj: ALWAYS AM POWERLESS I FIND THAT IF I REMAIN POWERLESS, I REMAIN TEACHABLE. ALL WE HAVE IS TODAY AND I WANT TO LEARN ALL I CAN --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: The Support Network BBS * San Jose CA * 408/259-0297 (1:143/131) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CG300017 Date: 11/30/95 From: MARTIE LORENZEN Time: 10:18am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Newcomer/God Hello to all, May I stick a very tentative toe in these waters? I was a newcomer to the program of AA who went through a tremendous struggle with the whole "God" issue. When I came to the program I had the impression that I must believe in "God" or sobriety would be out of reach for me. I know that for myself certain words create an image in my mind. Like, I read or hear the word "apple" I see the image, if just for a fleeting moment, of an apple in my mind. I have found that some words just are associated with an image for me. So for myself when I read or hear the word "God" there is an associated image attached to this word for me. I suppose the image I associate to this word was imprinted from a lifetime of reading and hearing the word "God" used and followed with "He" or "Him". So the image reflected in my mind is of a man. This image makes me very uncomfortable. So, I have noticed that when I am at a meeting and a speaker refers to "God", this word triggers the image, I become uncomfortable, and I find that my hearing becomes slightly affected. Because of the unsettling feeling I get, my ears close a little bit to what is being said. It is different for me when a speaker speaks using the words "Higher Power". I find the words "Higher Power" not to be so specifically defined in my mind. When at a meeting and a speaker is using "Higher Power", I associate my own self-defined guiding force to these words. I then feel comfortable, and I find myself able to listen with my full attention. ... OFFLINE 1.38 .............................................................................. . --- WM v3.01/93-0495 * Origin: Friend's BBS Omaha Ne (402)896-2669 (1:285/662.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CG400000 Date: 12/01/95 From: EDWIN HANEY Time: 08:52am \/To: LINDA YUILL (Read 1 times) Subj: NOW ECHOING Linda Yuill babbled in a message to All: LY> Hi Everyone, LY> Just a note to let you know that Church Online from LY> Lancaster, PA is now echoing this conference. Great! You know there a lot of us who are members of AA and NA who have come to believe and are "Quick to see where religious people are right" (quoted from the Big Book for those of you I have just offended.) Hope to see more of you here in the future. Best of Luck ! LY> Linda (co-sysop) LY> --- FLAME v1.1 LY> * Origin: Church Online - To grow you and your church... LY> (1:270/419) LY> @PATH: 270/419 415 3615/50 396/1 270/101 203/15 8055 164 Take Care, Edwin Haney --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Edwin Haney, Sacramento, CA. 916-484-1250 (1:203/164.6) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CG400001 Date: 11/23/95 From: PAUL BUNYON Time: 10:22am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: hello? Hello? is anybody there? There are no messages in here so I'll just say that my name is Jon and I'm an addict. Please let me know if anybody is here since this is a new bbs and I don't see any messages anywhere. :) ttyl Jon --- PCBoard (R) v15.22/M 2 * Origin: Eureka, California (707)441-8407 thebay.com (1:125/38) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CG500000 Date: 12/01/95 From: TOM ANDERSON Time: 01:57am \/To: HARRIET LEVY (Read 1 times) Subj: SOBER PROGRAMING Hello Harriet! In a message to Tom Anderson <11/27/95> Harriet Levy wrote: TA> ... Only XT users know that January 1, 1980 was a Tuesday! HL> Wow....you just took me back to my first programming class....it was HL> 1985, BASIC programming and we used dual floppy XT's.... Geeez... 1985, Seems like yesterday... Got sober that year. (G) Keep Commin Back !!! TomA ... Suddenly, Nothing Happened! but, it happened suddenly. --- GEcho/32 1.20/Pro * Origin: Michiana Online, Michigan City, IN (1:230/15) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CG500001 Date: 12/01/95 From: ECHOLIST Time: 08:06am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: New RECOVERY EchoList Update The next message contains the latest RECOVERY EchoList. If you have any questions about the RECOVERY EchoList or the EchoList utility, please address them to Mark Sawyer at the address below. 1DAAT ... Mark ... Sysop of The Easy Does It: Recovery BBS 1:132/131.0@fidonet.org --- el v1.60-01 * Origin: Easy Does It:Recovery * Bow,NH * 603-228-0705 (1:132/131.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CG500002 Date: 12/01/95 From: ECHOLIST Time: 08:06am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: RECOVERY EchoList A Collective Effort Of Higher Power As Manifested Through Each Of Us The Meetings of the RECOVERY Echo -=> December 1, 1995 <=- ST City Name Telephone Zon:Net/Node isc == =============== ============================ ============ ============ === AK Eagle River THE DARKSIDE BBS 907-696-8308 1:3550/501 AR Mountain Home SIRIUS 501-424-2510 1:19/14 BC Port Coquitlam SOUND STAGE NODE 2 604-944-6479 1:153/7070 BC Quesnel ELECTRIC ZEN 604-747-0017 1:17/5 BC Quesnel THE RUSTY PIPELINE 604-992-2781 1:3404/155 CA El Segundo THE SPIDERS WEB 310-416-9901 1:102/541 CA Fresno TURN ON TO TEENS BBS 209-292-6403 1:205/80 CA Manhattan Beach URSA MAJOR II 310-545-7482 1:102/128 CA Palm Desert COACHELLA VALLEY HUB 619-862-0072 1:219/800 CA Sacramento GARBO'S ARENA 916-332-8788 1:203/1109 CA San Jose THE SUPPORT BBS 408-259-0297 1:143/131 CO Denver THE RAIN FOREST BBS 303-322-9824 1:104/901 FL Jacksonville RUBY'S JOINT 904-777-6799 1:112/129 GA Roswell WA4BRO'S HAMBOARD BBS 770-552-0868 1:133/6016 GA Woodstock THE INDEX SYSTEM TM 770-924-8472 1:133/201 IA Des Moines DA BEAR'S CAVE 515-288-3984 1:290/6 IN Michigan City MICHIANA ONLINE 219-929-1922 1:230/15 KY Louisville LOUISVILLE HOT HOUSE 502-969-3806 1:2320/180 MA Shrewsbury DREAMER'S LOT BBS 508-798-4188 1:322/758 MA Shrewsbury KEYSTONE BBS 508-753-3767 1:322/743 MA Worcester THIS IS THE PLACE 508-793-8502 1:322/739 MD Ellicott City THE GREYHAWK BBS N1 410-720-5084 1:261/1116 MN Chaska BLACK HOLE BBS 612-442-6429 1:282/4070 MO Independence BORN TO BE WILD 816-461-6267 1:280/157 MO Joplin SECOND CITY 417-623-3187 1:286/711 MO Mexico THE BEARLY BORED 314-581-6717 1:289/1 NE Omaha FRIEND'S BBS VETLINK 67 402-896-2669 1:285/662 NH Bow EASY DOES IT 603-228-0705 1:132/131 NH Nashua LEGAL BEAGLE 603-883-4466 1:132/115 NM Alamogordo MAX ONLINE 505-434-5366 1:308/90 NY Latham FALCONETTI'S SERVER 518-785-0819 1:267/161 NY New York COMMUNICATION SPECIALTIES 212-627-3571 1:278/307 NY Rochester KNIGHT MOVES 716-865-2322 1:2613/313 NY Rochester TRUCK STOP BBS 716-235-0992 1:2613/403 NY Wappingers Fall THE WORLD'S END BBS 914-298-0158 1:2624/610 OH Cleveland COMPUTER CONNECTION 216-671-2574 1:157/574 ON Sarnia LAMBTON COUNTY 519-336-9359 1:246/7 PA Reading THE GLASS MENAGERIE II 610-478-1430 1:2607/401 SA Regina THE GREEN ZONE 306-789-7652 1:140/23 SA Regina THE GREEN ZONE II 306-789-4684 1:140/21 TN Nashville PROMISES A RECOVERY BBS AND 615-367-4410 1:116/3000 TX Austin DINGLE DELAWARE 512-442-8145 1:382/48 TX Dallas PSYCHOLOGY FORUM 214-342-2519 1:124/2121 TX Round Rock CROSSROADS 512-310-7705 1:382/506 TX Texarkana MICROTALK 903-832-3722 1:3819/120 VA Richmond THE BACK DOOR 804-264-2107 1:264/165 WA Graham MOODY BLUES 206-893-3101 1:138/155 WA Spanaway COVENANT BBS 206-846-3852 1:138/228 WA Tacoma TACOMA RECOVERY BBS 206-589-3820 1:138/240 WI Elm Grove EXEC-PC 414-789-4350 1:154/280 Key To Miscellaneous Information ================================ O-OPUS, R-RBBS, Q-QBBS, H-HST ST City Name Telephone (Int #) on:Net/Node == =============== =========================== ================== =========== NS Burwood THE EAGLES 011-61-2-745-3500 3:712/704 QL Redcliffe REDCLIFFE LIBRARY 011-61-7-283-0315 3:640/203 * * * * * * * * The RECOVERY EchoList includes: a) BBS's that have originated messages to the RECOVERY echo during the past 60 days, and b) whose net/node information was detectable in the origin line by the echolist utility software, and c) whose net/node was listed in the FidoNet nodelist. The RECOVERY EchoList does not include: a) BBS's that belong only to nets other than one of the nets listed in (c) above (because they are not in a nodelist), or b) points and unlisted BBS's (likewise, and because they generally are not available to callers), or c) BBS's that carry the echo but from which no messages have been entered in the last 60 days, or d) BBS's for which the origin line information was so incomplete that the net/node information could not be determined. If you know of a board in the third category and would like to see it listed, call it and enter a message in its RECOVERY Echo message area. If the message, with its origin line, reaches 1:132/131 it will appear in the next list. Sysops can file request RCVRYBBS.LST from 132/131 at any time for the current list. The RECOVERY EchoList is updated periodically and is distributed to the RECOVERY Echo on a monthly basis. Thanks, as always, to all the callers, sysops, and lurkers who help me to stay sober one day at a time. 1DAAT ... Mark ... Sysop of The Easy Does It: Recovery BBS 1:132/131.0@fidonet.org * * * * * * * * The RECOVERY Echolist Copyright (C) Mark Sawyer 1990-1995 This list may be freely printed and posted in its original form only. * * * * * * * * --- el v1.60-01 * Origin: Easy Does It:Recovery * Bow,NH * 603-228-0705 (1:132/131.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CG500003 Date: 12/01/95 From: HARRIET LEVY Time: 03:50am \/To: ESTHER LINDENFELD (Read 1 times) Subj: Sponsership ==> A hush fell over the room when Esther Lindenfeld said to Harriet Levy <== Hi Esther, HL> Where in NY are you? I'm in Brooklyn, NY. EL> I am in Flushing, Queens. What part of Bklyn are you in as I EL> was brought up in Bklyn. I know people in Starret, Sheepshead EL> Bay, and Canarsie. I use to ride my bike to Coney Island and am EL> pretty familiar with most of Bklyn. Anyway you take care and EL> write back. I grew up in Midwood, then moved upstate for a few years, then back to Sheepshead Bay. Now I'm downtown, in Carroll Gardens. HL> ... Life's a witch, and then you fly.... EL> Like the tag. Think I will steal it as there aren't too many EL> Wiccan tags or should I say Pagan tags? Ahh...but you don't know.... Harriet P.S. Communications Specialties is a pay BBS...but it's a strange payment system. It only costs of you want to access the internet or netmail... call and find out. ... Pagans have better sects ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 [NR] --- * Origin: Communication Specialties, NYC * (212) 645-8673 (1:278/307) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CG500004 Date: 12/02/95 From: MARTIN WAXMAN Time: 04:36pm \/To: DAN SHELLY (Read 1 times) Subj: Who is God Dan Shelly wrote to Martin Waxman on and announced .. DS> Thanks for your input. God is alive in AA and his people are sharing the DS> truth with a lost world. Your welcome. Seems to me that he is in Phoenix AZ. Too. Hey, do you think that he can be in both places at the same time or is one an imposter? ;-) Marty --- msgedsq 2.0.4 * Origin: Marty's Place Mesa, AZ (1:114/136.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 231 RECOVERY Ref: CGA00000 Date: 12/04/95 From: EDWIN HANEY Time: 12:08pm \/To: DAN SHELLY (Read 1 times) Subj: Who is God , Part 2 Dan Shelly in a message to Edwin Haney: DS> @MSGID: 1:138/228.0 30be8d52 DS> @REPLY: 1:203/164.6 a7446a0 DS> Great to hear someone who knows the truth the way and how to DS> get a life beyond AA. Folks there is life out there and the DS> Big Book does state to take what you learn here and go out DS> and apply it out there in the real world. Only been sober DS> for alittle while but the Lord has delievered me from a life DS> of being a drunk. Walk on brother and keep the faith!!!! My Sponcer once told me that step 3 is a life time process and its even more true for me today than it was 13 years ago. Comming from an athiest point of view to the child of god I'm today has involved a lot of "Comming to believe" , but the big book says If we believe or are willing to believe it will come. Thanks for the mail and Welcome. DS> --- Maximus 3.00 DS> * Origin: Covenant BBS Tacoma, Washington (1:138/228) DS> @PATH: 138/228 146 270/101 203/15 8055 164 Take Care, Edwin Haney --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Edwin Haney, Sacramento, CA. 916-484-1250 (1:203/164.6)