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Some Helpful Numbers | Some Reminders | March 23, 2006 |
| AA - Alcoholics Anonymous | Dosing hours Monday through |  |
| 214-887-6699 | Friday are 5:30 am to 11:30 am |
| NA - Narcotics Anonymous | |
| 972-699-9306 | Counseling is available |
| www.dallasareana.org | 5:30 am to 12:30 pm |
| OA - Overeaters Anonymous | | Recovery is a Journey |
| 512-327-2802 | Clinic hours on Saturday are | "There is only one corner of the |
| Problem Gamblers Help-Line | 6:00 am to 9:00 am | universe you can be certain of |
| 800-742-0443 | | improving; and that is your own self." |
| SA - Sex/Love Addicts Annon. | Closed on Sunday | |
| 800-477-8191 | | Taking responsibility for our own |
| DA - Debtors Anonymous | Please remember to bring your | attitudes, actions, and neglects is |
| 713-797-8441 | lock boxes. | far more difficult than managing |
| Shoplifters Anonymous | COME TO GROUP | and directing the lives of other |
| 713-840-1833 | WE ARE MEETING EVERY | people. |
| Recovery Related Stuff | SATURDAY FROM | |
| www.hazelden.org | 8:30 AM TO 9:15 AM | Giving advice to another person, for |
| Hepatitis Information | | example, is much easier than prac- |
| www.hepatitisneighborhood.com | Autobiography In Five Short | ticing what we preach. If we would |
APAA | Chapters | apply our advice to our own lives, |
The Association of Persons | by Portia Nelson | we would have less time to criticize, |
Affected by Addiction | 1. I walk down the street. | correct, or interfere in someone |
| There is a deep hole in the | else's difficulties. We would be |
The Twelfth Step Ministry | sidewalk. | amazed at how many alternatives |
214-706-9526 | I fall in. | we have within our grasp that could |
Lots of support groups of | I am lost…I am helpless. | solve, or at least alleviate, the |
various interests. | It isn't my fault. | problems in our lives. |
Visit their web site. | It takes forever to find a way | |
| www.llumc.org | out. | Problem Solving |
| 2. I walk down the same street. | 1. Identify the problem. Be specific. |
| 3. Same street. | There is a deep hole in the | 2. Generate all possible options. |
| There's a deep hole. | sidewalk. | -Don't judge any option, at first. |
| I see it is there. | I pretend I don't see it. | -Wild ideas are welcome. |
| I still fall….it's a habit. But, | I fall in again. | -Think of as many options as |
| my eyes are open now. | I can't believe I am in the | possible. |
| I know where I am. | same place, but it isn't my | 3. Eliminate any obviously bad |
| It is my fault. | fault. | choices. |
| I get out immediately. | It still takes a long time to get | 4. Examine the remaining options |
| out. | one at a time. |
THERE ARE TWO MORE VERSES. | see column 1 | 5. Pick the"best"and go to it. |
| SEE YOUR COUNSELOR. | | ******************** |
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