Did my first step 4 about a month ago. Man, 58 years to go back over. Once I got over the fear of starting I found it to be a very clinical...
Found a new meeting this morning-6 guys counting me-Love the fact you can pour your guts out to total strangers and everyone feels better-guy came...
Baby steps-all it takes is to "make a decision to". That's enough to start. If I believe I have enough power to stop drinking, I would not be at...
Sigh!!! Yup, probably has to hit his bottom. Went to a speaker meeting yesterday-the speaker was describing his career as taking an elevator down...
Have you tried AA your self-try an open meeting, share-and talk to a sponsor-is your son open to a visit from a couple of sober AA's?
One thing I have learned as a father of an alcoholic-I enabled his behavior. I was letting him kill himself one sip at a time. Al Anon is a good...
My son and I are both in AA-81 days and 100 days respectively. Came to believe...that was a tough one for me until my son's sponsor asked me if I...
That little dog
For those of you who live in a city of at least 400,000 people, think of all the crap that occurs in the space of three or four days. Why am I...
That was the first prayer my sponsor introduced me too. Acceptance is a cornerstone of my 92 days of sobriety. I can not change people places or...
I'm an alcoholic, my son is an alcoholic, my father was an alcoholic. It's true that you can't tell a drunk anything, we are to self centered....
Day 91-met with a local nun , who I learned at the end , has been doing step 5's since 1977. Off to meet with the sponsor tonight, watch a...
Thanks Wisp. I am early in recovery but have figured out how to believe in something, besides me-that didn't work. Hard to admit to myself and...
Thanks for sharing you guys- I started drinking when I was 13 or 14-weed, acid, mescaline/mda, (thought I was a pharmacist for a while) a year...
It's a new year a new dawn LOL Both my son (61 days) and I (80 days) had our first sober season in over 5 years. very grateful
real common man Remember you don't have to make a decision on monday that is the path for the rest of your life. thats what parents are for (and...
Just live in it-a pad to sleep, a place for clothes, a place for books and a spot to read them. A window that lets fresh air in. Smoke lots of...
hey man-thats the reason I finally stopped doing weed and acid. I just got too paranoid, horrible psychotic events-it was no longer fun-just can't...
Had the week off and managed 6 meetings this week-nothing else to do, once the chores were done-72 days thanks for the support have yourselves a...
Noted-I.S.C.
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