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Originally Posted by Music The secret is this for me. I don't get all caught up in someone else's program. My wife and I have been married going on 43 years and the main reason we're together today in spite of us both being recovering drunks is that when it comes to our AA programs, we keep our mouths shut. We ask each other questions on occasion, but we never argue about what either of us should do or say. My AA program is my personal business and I'll either succeed or fail on my own merits...thankyou very much. We all have both differences and similarities in how we practice our programs, and the only true test of someone's success, is not taking a drink today. |
couldnt agree more.
today I have to retain my sense of individuality, otherwise I just pathologise myself and feel seperate. For me I have had unsettling experiences with lying to myself about what I believe and dont believe - i.e I thought being nervous for a job interview was signs of 'illness'. Which, in my reality, is bullship.
That is why I posted about sharing with others outside of AA and it making me feel intensley humand and understood. for they too could identify and nod their heads. where as in a meeting, some would have turned it into a symptom of alcaholisim, which maybe true. but not for me. not today.
Thanks music, you made a lot of sense.