Help guys - I'm losing the battle
Great post Dancelot. Thank you.
I did get to the meeting and it was great.
Unfortunately the phone line isn't 24hr manned (that's for the whole of SA). I would have thought so. Actually only half days mondays to fridays and then some contact details for hours outside those. But no one picked up there either. But I don't really care anymore. I foudn the meeting and am grateful for that. As hOney said in the Army thread. Mayb it was meant to be that I missed the other meeting to be at this one
Luuuuv what you're saying about the childhood view/memories. That's such a great way of looking at things. I gotta start using that. Very good advice.
dancelot;885186 wrote: Hi, Johnny - Hang in there. Lots of great advice already. Stay close to this site if nothing else, and I hope you found an AA meeting, as face to face meetings with others who I guarantee are going through the exact same thing would be helpful. Do they have a 24 hour manned phone line (they do here - I am in a large city, I don't know if you are)?
Something I had to relearn when I quit drinking was what I call "seeing things through the eyes of a child", which basically was how far back I had I to go to remember doing things without alcohol being a part of it. Think back when you were a kid - you probably loved football then. What was it like? What did you notice? What was fun about it as a fan and spectator? All of that is still there inside you somewhere. If you were a 10 year old now and this event was happening in your locale, what would that 10 year old perceive, see, feel? He'd be very excited, but not because he was anticipating a drunken debauchery. You can do this, and you can enjoy what it's really about - the game. Take care, OK?
Something I had to relearn when I quit drinking was what I call "seeing things through the eyes of a child", which basically was how far back I had I to go to remember doing things without alcohol being a part of it. Think back when you were a kid - you probably loved football then. What was it like? What did you notice? What was fun about it as a fan and spectator? All of that is still there inside you somewhere. If you were a 10 year old now and this event was happening in your locale, what would that 10 year old perceive, see, feel? He'd be very excited, but not because he was anticipating a drunken debauchery. You can do this, and you can enjoy what it's really about - the game. Take care, OK?
I did get to the meeting and it was great.
Unfortunately the phone line isn't 24hr manned (that's for the whole of SA). I would have thought so. Actually only half days mondays to fridays and then some contact details for hours outside those. But no one picked up there either. But I don't really care anymore. I foudn the meeting and am grateful for that. As hOney said in the Army thread. Mayb it was meant to be that I missed the other meeting to be at this one
Luuuuv what you're saying about the childhood view/memories. That's such a great way of looking at things. I gotta start using that. Very good advice.
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