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barb dwyer · 09-30-2006, 07:01 AM

Hi -

I'm all about the 'work my own program' thing.
The immediacy of my own near demise id far too fresh for me.

My thing seems to be the opposite -

I was a bartender. I am now in AA. I recognize a couple of 'old timers' who're claiming umpty-dozen years sober, when I KNOW I've served them at my own bar in the last year. I was a popular bartender with people like that because they thought I didn't know anyone in town to tell.
Well, I didn't.
I really don't even care.

One is real 'sucky-uppy' with me. The other is almost openly hostile.
I try to ignore them both - answer politely, pray a lot when they're in the room all that.

The way God's let me figure it so far - I'm only 30 days sober.
I tried to kill myself a month ago. What someone else is telling the group is between them and God.

When I told my sponsor about it (I did'nt mention any names or anything) she said that was why she took me back as a sponsee - because I did so much of my own work.

Pray pray pray.

09-30-2006, 07:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 10,933 Blog Entries: 7	along the same lines ... Hi - I'm all about the 'work my own program' thing. The immediacy of my own near demise id far too fresh for me. My thing seems to be the opposite - I was a bartender. I am now in AA. I recognize a couple of 'old timers' who're claiming umpty-dozen years sober, when I KNOW I've served them at my own bar in the last year. I was a popular bartender with people like that because they thought I didn't know anyone in town to tell. Well, I didn't. I really don't even care. One is real 'sucky-uppy' with me. The other is almost openly hostile. I try to ignore them both - answer politely, pray a lot when they're in the room all that. The way God's let me figure it so far - I'm only 30 days sober. I tried to kill myself a month ago. What someone else is telling the group is between them and God. When I told my sponsor about it (I did'nt mention any names or anything) she said that was why she took me back as a sponsee - because I did so much of my own work. Pray pray pray. __________________ Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad.