Hi All
I was reading another members post and a line struck me.
You can't buy sobriety.
With all the money in the world you can't buy your way out of our problem.You also can't talk your way out. It requires work and it is hard. Many tools available but it will require will power and determination in the beginning. It will require sacrifice. Depending on the grip al has over you it might become the hardest thing you have to do in your lifetime. If your goal is AF you can't be happy with drinking a lot less than you used to. AF is not drinking. I say this because i wasted many years thinking I was doing better. Looking back it prevented me from making the commitment required to be AF.We are buying into this site with the idea that it is MY WAY OUT as compared to AA or other programs. Well we have no hard and fast rules but we all do agree the only way this works is by being honest. Each of us has to be honest first with themselves and then each other. We have to look into that mirror and ask ourselves are we working at this with all we have.I wanted al out of my life for years. I failed many times because I wasn't digging deep enough in my commitment to being sober.Reading here and taking the advice given to me by others has made a big difference. I finally dug deep enough and looked at the alcoholic I had become. I wanted out bad enough that being sober was and is the most important thing in my life.
That noise is me getting of the soap box. Just felt good for me to put it out their.
Stay Healthy and Keep Fighting
AF 5-16-08
I was reading another members post and a line struck me.
You can't buy sobriety.
With all the money in the world you can't buy your way out of our problem.You also can't talk your way out. It requires work and it is hard. Many tools available but it will require will power and determination in the beginning. It will require sacrifice. Depending on the grip al has over you it might become the hardest thing you have to do in your lifetime. If your goal is AF you can't be happy with drinking a lot less than you used to. AF is not drinking. I say this because i wasted many years thinking I was doing better. Looking back it prevented me from making the commitment required to be AF.We are buying into this site with the idea that it is MY WAY OUT as compared to AA or other programs. Well we have no hard and fast rules but we all do agree the only way this works is by being honest. Each of us has to be honest first with themselves and then each other. We have to look into that mirror and ask ourselves are we working at this with all we have.I wanted al out of my life for years. I failed many times because I wasn't digging deep enough in my commitment to being sober.Reading here and taking the advice given to me by others has made a big difference. I finally dug deep enough and looked at the alcoholic I had become. I wanted out bad enough that being sober was and is the most important thing in my life.
That noise is me getting of the soap box. Just felt good for me to put it out their.
Stay Healthy and Keep Fighting
AF 5-16-08
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