Weekly AA Thread - Week of Nov. 30 - Dec. 6
DG: I too see myself doing the steps over & over, but suspect that the first time around is probably the most powerful...at least for me, in terms of stopping drinking, coming out in the open about my alcoholism, & turning my life around. I've been thinking about asking a woman from my most-loved group to take me through another time. I'm going to wait a bit. But, after the new year, I'm going to see what she says about it. She's just my age & will be retiring early next year. We have a lot in common.
It truly is a miracle...taking life on life's terms w/serenity, calmness, & grace. When I think about what small wrinkles in life drove me to the bottle, I shake my head. I never, ever want to go back to that lifestyle.
Okey: I love SLIP. I'm going to put it in my little notebook of things to remember.
Tonight's meeting was the chapter to the wives in the BB. I enjoy reading that particular chapter, as it makes real the destructiveness of the life I was leading. There's a young woman in the group who takes real issue w/the male-dominated language & gets very distracted by it. I recognize that the book was written in the 1930's & that society has changed. I just translate in my head as I read. I find it more distracting when she reads & tries to make it more gender neutral as she reads along.
Take care one & all. My husband is away for the weekend, & this would have been an open invitation to drink unfettered. Instead, I mentioned it to my AA group tonight in order to hold myself accountable. I'm also going to have my 2 small grandsons stay overnight. We'll watch "Santa Buddies."
Take care one & all.
Mary
DG: I too see myself doing the steps over & over, but suspect that the first time around is probably the most powerful...at least for me, in terms of stopping drinking, coming out in the open about my alcoholism, & turning my life around. I've been thinking about asking a woman from my most-loved group to take me through another time. I'm going to wait a bit. But, after the new year, I'm going to see what she says about it. She's just my age & will be retiring early next year. We have a lot in common.
It truly is a miracle...taking life on life's terms w/serenity, calmness, & grace. When I think about what small wrinkles in life drove me to the bottle, I shake my head. I never, ever want to go back to that lifestyle.
Okey: I love SLIP. I'm going to put it in my little notebook of things to remember.
Tonight's meeting was the chapter to the wives in the BB. I enjoy reading that particular chapter, as it makes real the destructiveness of the life I was leading. There's a young woman in the group who takes real issue w/the male-dominated language & gets very distracted by it. I recognize that the book was written in the 1930's & that society has changed. I just translate in my head as I read. I find it more distracting when she reads & tries to make it more gender neutral as she reads along.
Take care one & all. My husband is away for the weekend, & this would have been an open invitation to drink unfettered. Instead, I mentioned it to my AA group tonight in order to hold myself accountable. I'm also going to have my 2 small grandsons stay overnight. We'll watch "Santa Buddies."
Take care one & all.
Mary
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