Hi everyone,
Here's another alcoholic's "Here's my Story". I would apologize, but looking around the site there's not much to read today anyway, so here's a little more paper for the fire!
I just came here from SMART, where I was a member from early 2007 until last week. Now SMART is not a BAD place, but it's getting a little inbred and their choice of director and moderators reminded me of something you may know already: becoming abstinent won't necessarily make a person more intelligent, nor will it necessarily cure their personality disorder!
And what really set them off was me trying to start a "Moderation Joural" on their threads. Don't try that there unless you like red faces screaming and spitting in your direction. So I followed a friend over to MWO and I'm hoping for a good fit. I'm a lifetime moderator who accepts the fact that he is an alcoholic ;and if there's to be drink, there must also be vigilance. It's going very well. I'm happy; my family is happy; the corner beverage store's cash register is happy. We are all happy that I don't get drunk anymore. I'm happy that I still get to have a drink. Did you catch that? "A" drink....
Before becoming determined to moderate I was AF for about a year. I was not happy. If a person can be AF and be happy, I believe that is the way to go. Alcohol is not good for us and for an addict that hasn't pretty well mastered moderation, it is like playing Russian Roulette. But I was really unhappy, not depressed, just not happy being AF. So here I am, "happier",at least...
So, my handle here is "Kid Shelleen".If you know who the KId is, you are probably about my age! I look forward to utililizing this wonderful site and getting to know the wonderful members.
~Kid~
Here's another alcoholic's "Here's my Story". I would apologize, but looking around the site there's not much to read today anyway, so here's a little more paper for the fire!
I just came here from SMART, where I was a member from early 2007 until last week. Now SMART is not a BAD place, but it's getting a little inbred and their choice of director and moderators reminded me of something you may know already: becoming abstinent won't necessarily make a person more intelligent, nor will it necessarily cure their personality disorder!
And what really set them off was me trying to start a "Moderation Joural" on their threads. Don't try that there unless you like red faces screaming and spitting in your direction. So I followed a friend over to MWO and I'm hoping for a good fit. I'm a lifetime moderator who accepts the fact that he is an alcoholic ;and if there's to be drink, there must also be vigilance. It's going very well. I'm happy; my family is happy; the corner beverage store's cash register is happy. We are all happy that I don't get drunk anymore. I'm happy that I still get to have a drink. Did you catch that? "A" drink....
Before becoming determined to moderate I was AF for about a year. I was not happy. If a person can be AF and be happy, I believe that is the way to go. Alcohol is not good for us and for an addict that hasn't pretty well mastered moderation, it is like playing Russian Roulette. But I was really unhappy, not depressed, just not happy being AF. So here I am, "happier",at least...
So, my handle here is "Kid Shelleen".If you know who the KId is, you are probably about my age! I look forward to utililizing this wonderful site and getting to know the wonderful members.
~Kid~
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