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kelsh · 06-30-2009, 05:09 PM

I have had that happen to me but it was only one or two people that did it when they came to the meeting...so if they were at the same meeting I was, I just quit sharing at that meeting.

It is unnerving to have someone be critical towards you when you have shared some part of your life and what happened in a similar circumstance. I worked very hard to stay sober & I did not like it when someone picked apart how I was working my program.

I have been sober 20 years so have seen a lot go on at the tables. I always disliked the "Big Book Thumpers" that felt their way was the only way to get sober and stay sober.

We all are different people with the same illness but learn different ways & what works for one might not work for others. AA was the biggest part of my staying sober but I utilized some other tools of recovery along my way to a stable sober life that I enjoy each and every day. I still use the Serenity Prayer every day or even more than once or twice in a day. It has been the one "important" part of my recovery.

kelsh

06-30-2009, 05:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
kelsh Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Omak WA Posts: 879	Confronted after you have shared at a meeting... I have had that happen to me but it was only one or two people that did it when they came to the meeting...so if they were at the same meeting I was, I just quit sharing at that meeting. It is unnerving to have someone be critical towards you when you have shared some part of your life and what happened in a similar circumstance. I worked very hard to stay sober & I did not like it when someone picked apart how I was working my program. I have been sober 20 years so have seen a lot go on at the tables. I always disliked the "Big Book Thumpers" that felt their way was the only way to get sober and stay sober. We all are different people with the same illness but learn different ways & what works for one might not work for others. AA was the biggest part of my staying sober but I utilized some other tools of recovery along my way to a stable sober life that I enjoy each and every day. I still use the Serenity Prayer every day or even more than once or twice in a day. It has been the one "important" part of my recovery. kelsh __________________ God Grant Me the Serenity to Accept the Things I Cannot Change..the Courage to Change the Things I Can Change..and the Wisdom to Know the Diifference. Sobriety Date: July 10, 1988