Posted on 12/11/2004 5:37:20 AM PST by RobFromGa
Glad you enjoyed it! Have a nice day.
Rob N.
We had a meeting and voted and after several recounts, I an pleased to reportm, it was unanimous!!!
You've been accepted for the Addiction Recovery ping list!
This is a low volume list, ping me if you see something related so I can alert the other wagon-riders.
Rob N.
Welcome to the party. I'm a recovering alcoholic myself as are many others on this thread. I'm online just after midnight central time most nights. Feel free to Freepmail me anytime BEFORE you drink.
Bookmarking for later this morning.
you have a family? children? here is the good news.
my dad was a nasty drunk, but totally functioning, in the work environment, until ... it caught up with him at age 47. hit the bottom. trashed his career (USAF) and finally, his wife left and took the last two children with her. She had about 5 years in Al-anon and had learned how not to enable (difficult). Dad found Bill W, thank God. He got sober and was sober for 2 years. There was some media speculation that a detoxed alcoholic might be able to have just a little. Not him. But he had to try it. two weeks later, some friends of Bill W found him in a crummy motel and intervened. He awoke again and was sober for 27 years until the day he died. I found him years later, a man i had never really known. The past is gone, and my good news is that whatever has happened, its done and those who were hurt will also recover. I remember the bad times, but when I think of him, all i feel is love and admiration, and pride, that he was my dad. Lester Earl Clark.
Thanks for sharing your story, I have three kids and they hopefully don't have any bad memories about me drinking-- thank God. I know it destroys a lot of families.
Have a great day!
bump
Bumping this thread!
"Alcoholism is NOT a disease bump."
Cool, you bumped my bump, LOL!
SO what do you think?
insomnia 12 step bump
Lol.
I believe "alcoholism" is a choice. The proper term should be "drunk" as opposed to "alcoholic". But, hey- we live in a PC world.
So there ya go.
I, too, believe alcohol is a choice.
It's just more of a choice for some than others.
Famous quotes overheard at 12 Step meetings.
Treat your mind like a bad neighborhood - don't go there alone.
Ten out of ten people die, so don't take life too seriously.
Be profound, funny or quiet.
After you talk in a meeting, listen to hear if you said anything.
I don't need your help today.... Love, God.
Our sickness is between our ears.
Want to hear God laugh? Tell Him your plans.
Don't expect to learn about people from books; a person can't fit in a bookcase.
Now I can wake up and say, "Good morning, God!" rather than "Good God, it's morning!"
When I turned myself over to God, I took my life out of the hands of an idiot.
When the world comes to an end, it will do so without my permission.
If you pray for a Cadillac and God sends a jackass, ride it.
There's no one too dumb for this program, but it's possible to be too smart.
All I wanted was to control you, myself and everything else.
My disease is an elephant. As long as I remember it's there, I won't get stepped on.
Try praying. Nothing pleases God more than to hear a strange voice.
Reality can be hell when you're only visiting.
God save me from myself.
"keep it simple"
We're all here because we're not all here.
Constructive criticism: I tell you what's wrong with you.
Destructive criticism: You tell me what is wrong with me.
My mind is out to get me.
I need to get the cotton out of my ears and put it in my mouth.
Come to ninety meetings in ninety days. If you're not satisfied, we'll refund your misery.
Things I turn over to God most easily are those things already fixed.
EGO: Easing God Out
God has never been a problem in my life, but I have been a problem to God all my life.
I know that I'm not yet the person I can be, but I thank God I'm not the person I used to be.
If you think you're happy, you are. If you think you're wise, you're not.
When I don't have expectationsof others, anything positive they do is a pleasant surprise.
"It's just more of a choice for some than others."
How so?
Please add me to your recovery list Rob, and thanks for the thread.
(Quit 1/1/1989--thanks Bill W. for the tools. Thank You Jesus for everything!)
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