January 2014 - AA Thread

[acadiaofmaine]

January 2014 - AA Thread

Also, Betty, I think you handled it with your daughter beautifully. Perfectly. She will admire you for your strength and honesty!

Ann

[SlipperyPete]

January 2014 - AA Thread

Thanks for the advice to calm down, everyone. I try, but the perfectionist and worrier in me is still alive, although that part of me is getting smaller.

Betty, I wouldn't worry about it too much. My sponsor gets confused a lot and mixes up the times we're suppsoed to meet and doesn't always answer my texts or calls. And the temporary sponsor I had didn't return a few of my calls. And some other people in AA didn't return calls, either. I had to remember that it's not about me, they probably just had something else going on and forgot.

Some fun info on benzos: One of the few drugs that can kill you off the withdrawals alone are benzos and alcohol. I think barbiturates are the others. Not even heroin withdrawal by itself will kill you. Good times!

I haven't been to a meeting since Wednesday, and I got into a little funk last night that I haven't gotten out of yet. I'm going to one tonight, and going to see my sponsor in a few minutes, so hopefully that will get me out of it. I might just get bummed out on the weekends when I don't have a lot of plans. There's a large part of me that assumes that everyone works Mon-Fri 9-5 and then goes out Friday and Saturday night, and I'm missing out on some great adventures. It's a shitty mentality to have, and it fills me with self-pity. Either I have to start going out more on the weekends or come to the conclusion that I'm not missing anything, but rather living my own life and navigating recovery.

[bettygirl]

January 2014 - AA Thread

thanks ann!


hope everyone is ok...ive been off the puter this week...needed a break!

peace!

[retteacher]

January 2014 - AA Thread

Hi Everyone: My husband & I were on a trip from Massachusetts to Texas to visit our son, so I was off this thread for a while. I loved the discussion about the whole drinking/hiding issue. My husband didn't have any idea about how much I drank. It was only when I was taken to the ER (sound familiar?) that he found out. Now that it's all out in the open, I feel like I'm really living life instead of fitting some kind of life around my drinking.

As I said, my daughter is still in some denial about my drinking life, but that is not my problem. I've admitted it to her, & now I don't drink. That's the important thing.

I went on line & found the meetings for this area. I'll be going to my first meeting tomorrow. I find it so comforting that I can walk into an AA meeting anywhere & find the same feeling of belonging. It's why we have the traditions in AA.

Take care one & all. mary