I cant log into my macbook pro

and it doesnt recognize my apple ID password even after i reset it. helppp

These seem like two different issues from the way your message reads...
1. You can't log into your user account on your MacBook Pro, and;
2. You're using your Apple ID to try to log into your user account.
Your Apple ID (which you used to log into this forum) is generally not the same as your user account ID (unless you've set them up to be the same, which would be odd).
You've verified, by logging in here, that your Apple ID is working just fine, so I'm assuming that it's your user account that you can't log into.
Either way, try here - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4798 or here - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1274.
Hope that I'm understanding your problem(s),
Clinton

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