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**CarolD** · 03-02-2008, 08:38 PM

I noticed I was using the term recovered
when I was about 10 years AA sober.
It simply happened that I shifted my perception.

2 members of my home group got peeved with me
because I often said Carol...recovered alcoholic.

Sooo, I did some on line checking and found
a site that listed all 87 times recovered was
used in our basic text...with page numbers.
( The Primary Purpose site I think.)

I printed it out and handed it to both members

and here we are years later

I still say Carol...recovered alcoholic.
And they still mumble.
We are all active in our group and sober!

Sharing my experience with recovered vs recovering.
I hope everyone is finding their way into recovery.

03-02-2008, 08:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
CarolD Forum Leader Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Serene In Dixie Posts: 34,835	I noticed I was using the term recovered when I was about 10 years AA sober. It simply happened that I shifted my perception. 2 members of my home group got peeved with me because I often said Carol...recovered alcoholic. Sooo, I did some on line checking and found a site that listed all 87 times recovered was used in our basic text...with page numbers. ( The Primary Purpose site I think.) I printed it out and handed it to both members and here we are years later I still say Carol...recovered alcoholic. And they still mumble. We are all active in our group and sober! Sharing my experience with recovered vs recovering. I hope everyone is finding their way into recovery. __________________ Each Day Sober Is A Victory!! Joy In AA Recovery!