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POSTING GUIDELINES
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Posting Guidelines This forum is intended to provide an atmosphere of open communication, where each member can share his or her own insights and opinions. To help achieve this goal, we ask that you:Do not post threatening, abusing, defamatory, libelous or illegal material.Do not post harassing...
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A Simple Thank You
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Hello Everyone, As the founder and webmaster of Miracles In Progress I want to extent a personal "Thank You" to each of you for valuing and utilizing the CoDA portion of our site. As we grow in our recoveries from alcoholism, addiction, or being a family member of a loved one who suffers from this di...
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STICKY:
MIP Business Board
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The MIP Business board has been set up at https://mipbusiness.activeboard.com MIP Business is a place where members of all the fellowships in Miracles in Progress can be informed and have a say in changes that affect the MIP website pages. This is a place to communicate, discuss, and, when neces...
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STICKY:
Codependent No More Book Study - Links to All Chapters
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http://coda.activeboard.com/t41972579/book-study-codepende...
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Need help getting started during COVID
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I am new to CoDA and I have been attending phone meetings this week. I am currently reading Codependent No More and in therapy and I feel I am on a good path for myself to heal finally and learn to have healthy relationships for the first time in my life. I honestly can't think of one truly healthy relations...
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Glad to see that this board is active
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Hello Brothers and Sisters, been away for a little while, ski season is over. very nice to come in and see the board is active, thanks for keeping the lights on. 
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7th Tradition for Forum Hosting
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It's time for voluntary contributions to support our MIP forums. We are currently paid up through May 2020, and need $215.76 to extend that through the next 12 months. The donation link is below. Please note that the form says Al-Anon Family Groups, but donations will support all the forums on MIP...
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TAKE CARE
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TAKE CARE. ...breathe deeply... ...let us reach out to others around us in a healthy way... The virus is history - in the making. Not a history we would wish on the world. . I find the serenity prayer- to be helpful.
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CODA TWELVE TRADITIONS
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The Twelve Traditions of Codependents Anonymous Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon CoDA unity. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving higher power as expressed to our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; the...
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CODA TWELVE STEPS...
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The 12 steps are:1We admitted we were powerless over others – that our lives had become unmanageable.Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.Made a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of God as we understood God.Made a searching and fearless m...
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Conquering Codependence...
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Hi y'all... ...I am pinning this link below- because I believe it is an honest critique of the 12 Step movement. Relates highly to AA, in particular. In my 20's I flip-flopped from one relationship to another. And i got worse. While I lived in the city- my last two girlfriends had done jail tim...
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For all you travellers and searchers out there- Merry Christmas...
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Cheers and best wishes, from good old new Zealand...
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Achieving trust and integrity...
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...what codependency isn't... I really love following this speaker... and following her journey... ...a bit wordy...??? But thinking along the way- is to die for!
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What is a codependent?
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The word 'codependency' has grown into the vocabulary over the last 30 or 40 years. It originated in addiction treatment centres to describe significant others, or family members, and friends, of people who had addiction. I was going to discuss this at length. My old self certainly would have tri...
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Post Melody Beattie- What??? !!!
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I am not saying that Brene is the answer... I was always curious about everything- and this really saved my life- because I eventually found answers. Or, at least, answers that got me by. Answers that I felt satisfying... ... so I not putting Brene up h...
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Step One.
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We admitted we were powerless over others - that our lives had become unmanageable. I admit that I am an agenda bender- that I often change the first word here, to "I". And from "our lives" to 'my life'. Having said that, I also enjoy being in a group- and being able to relate... and to join others. I ha...
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Boundaries- or barriers...?
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THE B WORD. The B word, boundaries has only been around for 20 or 30 years. That is for use around personal relationships. The story I hear was to remove barriers and create healthy boundaries. It might be hard enough f2f, or in a crowd of people. But here online? Some space in the middle of nowhere. I have...
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Some CODA thoughts...
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There is a move around the MIP boards to support each other, to keep in touch. This is the healthy framework I sought in my journey- where i grappled with my codependency issues. I may never be a regular member here but will support those who choose to meet here, the respect the integrity of CODA. It was...
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CODA 12 Steps
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The 12 Steps of Co-Dependents Anonymous1. We admitted we were powerless over others - that our lives had become unmanageable.2. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.3. Made a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of God as we understood God. ...
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Recovering codependent
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I somehow ended up on this site looking for recovery stuff, stuff to work on, as I lost virtually everything as my ex-partner was able to deny me access to my house from one day to the other. Fortunately I had already decided to rent a house to at least have a place away from him, from my house, from my home, b...
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are there any online meetings I can join? -- Edited by Mysticlaw on Sunday 5th of May 2019 03:11:53 AM
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Taking the Right Steps
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Well.... I guess I'm going to try to tackle it all at once so, I registered for this board. I am just start (again) my ACoA program and my experience says this goes hand in hand with that program. Wish me luck. SueAnn
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I AM SO HAPPY MY WIFE IS BACK TO ME AGAIN
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My life was destroyed when my husband sent me packing, after 13 years we have been together. I was lost and helpless after trying so many ways to my husband back to me. One day at work, I was distracted, not knowing that my boss called me, so he sat and asked me what it was all about, I told him and he smiled an...
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I'm new, please help!
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Hi. I'm new to CoDA. I have struggled for many years ... my whole life with many issues. I am 42 and have made a lot of strides but feel I'm right back where I've always been. But, in a fresh, new hell. It is my relationship with my wife. Basically, I have been married for 19 years - together for 22. I have tak...
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Help Needed for MIP Web Hosting Renewal
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Please see the post on the MIP Business Board
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Step Study Is anyone interested?
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I would like to get a step study going on here. I am involved in one face to face group local to me. I can not find a time to add a group to my in person schedule. I am hoping to kick start something here.
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ON LINE CODA meetings
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Hi, I am wondering if there are coda meetings on line one can attend. I have CODA meetings in my town which I intend to attend. Starting tonight. I also want to have access when I get the codependent crazies. I have been in a 3 yr relationship with an alcoholic and have finally gotten him to move out for a br...
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New to CODA and somewhat lost
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The title pretty much sums it up. Been in one disastrous event after the other my entire life not realizing I am a prime CODA candidate. This is a relatively new understanding of myself. I've read the traits, characteristics and behavior models posted on a number of information sites. I hit about 85-9...
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Introduction
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Hello, I've been coming to the realization lately that I have a lot of issues and may be (am likely) codependent. I think the point where it really hit me that I had a problem was listening to my dad and my brother fighting (my brother is a drug and alcohol abuser, as well as having a mood and personality di...
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CODA 12 Steps.... and Step One.
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The Twelve Steps of Co-Dependents Anonymous 1. We admitted we were powerless over others - that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of God as we understood God...
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