Weekly AA Thread - Week of April 26 - May 2
Hello to all, and special :wavin: to the new folks who posted this week.
Mary, your daughter is still in my prayers and sister's too. I hope it's nothing. I'm so glad you are holding up and using your tools to stay sober. How did we ever think drinking would help anything in life's difficult situations??? AL sure is a sneaky one making us think all kinds of crazy stuff. Keep hanging in there Mary.
Catch, I really like what you quoted from your little book about hope. Especially the part about how hope is easy to have when times are good, but most important to have when times are difficult (however that went exactly). That made me think of Mary and her daughter as an example. Mary, I hope you both have hope!
Catch that is funny about HP! I do that too - get embarrassed that I don't know something and I don't ask. That's so silly, isn't it? How on earth would one know some of the acronyms we use without asking??? I sort of like the idea of some "HP Sauce!" On a bad day, I could use a little HP sauce on my eggs to straighten out my silly brain. (like yesterday!)
I have been in a bit of a funk this weekend and not really sure why. Other than yesterday started off with a wrinkle in my plans, and even though it was truly not a big deal at all, I don't handle wrinkles in my plans very well. And I need to learn to do better at that, so I suppose all "learning opportunities" are good. I feel much better after going to a meeting this morning. Somehow meetings always seem to help me get out of my own pity party and get my head on a little straighter.
Todays meeting was a good one on Tradition 3 - the only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking. (NOT declaring oneself an alcoholic!) The part of the 12&12 reading that spoke to me today was the part about "fear" being a big driver of rules. Some of the early AA groups that had a lot of rules probably made them due to a fear of the unknown with people that had differences. Gay people, people of color, women, people with mental issues, people who were also drug addicts, rich people, poor people, the list goes on. I am glad that out of all the early "rule" chaos, somebody decided to ensure that AA would always be very open to anyone who wants to stop drinking alcohol.
There was a new guy there today for his first AA meeting ever. He identified as an alcoholic and drug addict. The guy who chairs this meeting is also an alkie druggie and was able to really speak from his heart about how AA is helping him change his life. Who knows what the new guy will do with the info, but it felt good to sit among this diverse group, all with alcoholism in common, and know that we can relate in some way to anyone who might walk through the doors.
Have a fabulous sober day! Strength and hope to anyone who is struggling.
DG
Hello to all, and special :wavin: to the new folks who posted this week.
Mary, your daughter is still in my prayers and sister's too. I hope it's nothing. I'm so glad you are holding up and using your tools to stay sober. How did we ever think drinking would help anything in life's difficult situations??? AL sure is a sneaky one making us think all kinds of crazy stuff. Keep hanging in there Mary.
Catch, I really like what you quoted from your little book about hope. Especially the part about how hope is easy to have when times are good, but most important to have when times are difficult (however that went exactly). That made me think of Mary and her daughter as an example. Mary, I hope you both have hope!
Catch that is funny about HP! I do that too - get embarrassed that I don't know something and I don't ask. That's so silly, isn't it? How on earth would one know some of the acronyms we use without asking??? I sort of like the idea of some "HP Sauce!" On a bad day, I could use a little HP sauce on my eggs to straighten out my silly brain. (like yesterday!)
I have been in a bit of a funk this weekend and not really sure why. Other than yesterday started off with a wrinkle in my plans, and even though it was truly not a big deal at all, I don't handle wrinkles in my plans very well. And I need to learn to do better at that, so I suppose all "learning opportunities" are good. I feel much better after going to a meeting this morning. Somehow meetings always seem to help me get out of my own pity party and get my head on a little straighter.
Todays meeting was a good one on Tradition 3 - the only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking. (NOT declaring oneself an alcoholic!) The part of the 12&12 reading that spoke to me today was the part about "fear" being a big driver of rules. Some of the early AA groups that had a lot of rules probably made them due to a fear of the unknown with people that had differences. Gay people, people of color, women, people with mental issues, people who were also drug addicts, rich people, poor people, the list goes on. I am glad that out of all the early "rule" chaos, somebody decided to ensure that AA would always be very open to anyone who wants to stop drinking alcohol.
There was a new guy there today for his first AA meeting ever. He identified as an alcoholic and drug addict. The guy who chairs this meeting is also an alkie druggie and was able to really speak from his heart about how AA is helping him change his life. Who knows what the new guy will do with the info, but it felt good to sit among this diverse group, all with alcoholism in common, and know that we can relate in some way to anyone who might walk through the doors.
Have a fabulous sober day! Strength and hope to anyone who is struggling.
DG
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