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SteveK · 02-01-2009, 01:15 PM

Before I got to his site, I assumed "recovery" meant dealing with the 12 steps, but after chatting a while last nite, they told me most don't go to AA, they use other avenues, psychotherapy, this site, whatever. Idon't believe they had 1 year combined. I think consecutive time is the "proof in the pudding". Glad to have found AA before the chat room here....

CAPTAINZING2000 · 02-01-2009, 01:33 PM

glad you're here

**CarolD** · 02-01-2009, 02:33 PM

We do have members exploring all sorts of ways to get sober.
Hope they can find the joy and peace that AA gives me.

There are AA meetings held in the Chat room
several times a week.
They also have some meetings not program specific.
If you are interested in Chat meeting times..please
look at the Chat shedule.

Welcome to our Alcoholism 12 Step Support Forum...

**Dee74** · 02-01-2009, 02:46 PM

Welcome Steve
I've learn all kinds of things from members here - some had years, some had a day, some did AA, some didn't (I don't just so you know).

The trick IMO to be open to that which I'm meant to hear, but not so freeform that I'll follow whatever the last guy just said to me

I haven't stopped learning yet.

D

Tommyh · 02-01-2009, 06:19 PM

hi Steve,I`m a A guy.Love the Fellowshiping too

keep coming back and lets see where all this takes us

Tazman53 · 02-02-2009, 07:56 AM

Welcome to SR Steve, AA alone worked for me just fine before I ever came to SR, but that is not to say that another program may not have worked for me. That being said I doubt very seriously I would have ever stayed sober coming just to SR, I am sure there are some that do though.

I have picked up some real good stuff here, both from AA folks and non-AA folks. The primary thing I have picked up from the non-AA folks is that I would have never stayed sober without AA and I can see that the people who have stayed sober without AA are practicing many parts of the AA program.

There are some great folks here at SR both in and out of AA.

dgillz · 02-02-2009, 10:44 AM

Steve,

There are many paths to recovery, AA is just one of them (and my path). Glad you are here.

navysteve · 02-02-2009, 12:23 PM

Even the Big Book says we don't have a monopoly on God. It also says that if our new prospect wishes to choose anothe rpath, our hats are off to him. I too am glad I found AA. I need the face to face interaction with people. But, as a military person, I have at times found sites like this to be a real lifeline when I can't make meetings. I will be the first to say that meeting makers simply make meetings. There are plenty of people in AA who still suffer from untreated alcoholism. I think that we have to put our lives on a different level. The prayer of St Francis is where I ask to be made a channel of God's Peace, to become a conduit of His grace. I have found many AA meetings to be the best place for me to do His Will. The same God who relieved me of the obsession to drink wants me to show others how I recovered. I do that in meetings.

02-01-2009, 01:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
SteveK Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Allentown, PA Posts: 23	Glad to be here Before I got to his site, I assumed "recovery" meant dealing with the 12 steps, but after chatting a while last nite, they told me most don't go to AA, they use other avenues, psychotherapy, this site, whatever. Idon't believe they had 1 year combined. I think consecutive time is the "proof in the pudding". Glad to have found AA before the chat room here....

02-01-2009, 01:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,445 Blog Entries: 1	glad you're here __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6

02-01-2009, 02:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
CarolD Forum Leader Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Serene In Dixie Posts: 34,835	We do have members exploring all sorts of ways to get sober. Hope they can find the joy and peace that AA gives me. There are AA meetings held in the Chat room several times a week. They also have some meetings not program specific. If you are interested in Chat meeting times..please look at the Chat shedule. Welcome to our Alcoholism 12 Step Support Forum... __________________ Each Day Sober Is A Victory!! Joy In AA Recovery!

02-01-2009, 02:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dee74 SR Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Seas Posts: 42,357	Welcome Steve I've learn all kinds of things from members here - some had years, some had a day, some did AA, some didn't (I don't just so you know). The trick IMO to be open to that which I'm meant to hear, but not so freeform that I'll follow whatever the last guy just said to me I haven't stopped learning yet. D __________________ “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be”Lao Tzu

02-02-2009, 07:56 AM	#6 (permalink)
Tazman53 Follow Directions! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Fredericksburg, Va. Posts: 9,745	Welcome to SR Steve, AA alone worked for me just fine before I ever came to SR, but that is not to say that another program may not have worked for me. That being said I doubt very seriously I would have ever stayed sober coming just to SR, I am sure there are some that do though. I have picked up some real good stuff here, both from AA folks and non-AA folks. The primary thing I have picked up from the non-AA folks is that I would have never stayed sober without AA and I can see that the people who have stayed sober without AA are practicing many parts of the AA program. There are some great folks here at SR both in and out of AA. __________________ All BB quotes are from the First Edition of the BB Follow directions! Sobriety date 18 Sept. 2006 Sober today thanks to AA

02-01-2009, 06:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
Tommyh Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: N.C. Posts: 18,391	hi Steve,I`m a A guy.Love the Fellowshiping too keep coming back and lets see where all this takes us

02-02-2009, 10:44 AM	#7 (permalink)
dgillz Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 3,457	Steve, There are many paths to recovery, AA is just one of them (and my path). Glad you are here. __________________ He should be fine...if he survives the detox process that is..... Any quotes from the big book of AA are from the first edition, or are otherwise exempt from copyright infringement under the "fair use doctrine".

02-02-2009, 12:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
navysteve Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,870	Even the Big Book says we don't have a monopoly on God. It also says that if our new prospect wishes to choose anothe rpath, our hats are off to him. I too am glad I found AA. I need the face to face interaction with people. But, as a military person, I have at times found sites like this to be a real lifeline when I can't make meetings. I will be the first to say that meeting makers simply make meetings. There are plenty of people in AA who still suffer from untreated alcoholism. I think that we have to put our lives on a different level. The prayer of St Francis is where I ask to be made a channel of God's Peace, to become a conduit of His grace. I have found many AA meetings to be the best place for me to do His Will. The same God who relieved me of the obsession to drink wants me to show others how I recovered. I do that in meetings.

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