Weekly AA Thread - May 16 - May 22

[retteacher]

Weekly AA Thread - May 16 - May 22

Last night's meeting was on Step 7. What rang true for me was that fear is the basis of all our character defects. I drank to alleviate the fear only to have it turn on me in the end. Now, I have to learn to go through life on life's terms. I have to learn to work through the fear.

I sat next to a woman who was just coming back after a relapse. She had 5 days sober & received her 24 hr. chip. She looked like a deer caught in the headlights, but I think she's committed now. She has a sponsor & has committed to daily meetings. We'll see...I hope so.


Mary

[Doggygirl]

Weekly AA Thread - May 16 - May 22

Phil, hope you are traveling safely home!!

Mary, I have come to realize that so much of my behavior through the years has been driven by fear. I have always felt a need to put on a very brave exterior no matter what is going on inside. That comes from my early years and what I was "trained" to do. Doesn't matter how long I have operated that way - I can still learn new and better ways to deal with fear and lots of other things too.

I am a work in progress.

DG

[dancelot]

Weekly AA Thread - May 16 - May 22

Hi everyone -

About not liking everyone or everyone liking you - I heard a speaker recently say that an old timer told him early on, "If you haven't met anyone at AA you don't like, you haven't been to enough meetings!" :H

I hope everyone's doing well. I've been having to limit my internet time and start to participate more in real life (thanks to my sponsor kicking my butt), so I haven't been around MWO much. Actually I spend way too much time on online Scrabble, so there's no time for anything else - online I mean!

The good thing is, my life is moving forward. I was so stuck for so long. Looking back at it in terms of alcoholism, it makes total sense. 20/20 hindsight. Insanity indeed, unmanageable, and on and on. The last ten years (at least). No wonder I felt dead or dying.

I started working part time. I haven't had a "job" job in years,and haven't had any contract work in over 2 years, and it feels really good to be doing something! It's a start anyway. We (my brother and me) finally put my mom's old house on the market, a buyer signed papers last week, and we're cleaning it out for the end of this month. My butt kicking sponsor deserves so much credit. I am a major procrastinator (found out my brother is too).

I really like what working the steps with my sponsor brings out. It's slow going (I'm still on Step 2), but so enlightening (and I thought I was enlightened! Delusional maybe.....).

It's nice to feel more and more alive again. I do have to thank AA for that. I have been having to go to different meetings because of my work schedule (usually evenings). I can't get to all my favorite meetings, but do get to meet and interact with different people because of going to different ones. And I definitely do miss it when I can't get to any. I guess I should drop in here more often.

I hope everyone has a good Sunday! :h

[cpn1004]

Weekly AA Thread - May 16 - May 22

Greeting all. I finally made it home Friday night. My 1015am flight was cancelled and the next flight I could get a seat on was at 430pm. Yikes! In the old days that would be an excuse to party all day at the airport enjoying $6 beers.
Instead I found a meeting, left the airport and took a cab to the Twelve Step Club in Fort Lauderdale.
Wow, what a better way to live. One of members gave me a ride back to the airport, how cool.
For me, life in AA does get better each day.

[catch22]

Weekly AA Thread - May 16 - May 22

Hi everyone :l
Dancelot, so good to read your post, knowning that your moving forward and have a part time job well done!

Got to say am finding it hard to get on here, been busy plus the weather been good, still going to lots of AA meetings did another chair sunday just gone, and felt so much better this time round didn't depressed myself, so am learning not to
Right am going on to this weeks thread to say HI to you all again.. x:lx