The mind - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

toad · 07-19-2007, 10:02 PM

"In most cases, the mind is not in the control of the being even though it was given to him for his work. What happened is that the being fell under the control of the mind. The king has become the puppet of the slave!"
Yogi Bhajan

"Therefore the main problem of the alcoholic centers in his mind, rather than his body. If you ask him why he started on that last bender, the chances are he will offer you any one of a hundred alibis. Sometimes these excuses have a certain plausibility, but none of them really makes sense in the light of the havoc an alcoholic's drinking bout creates."
Alcoholics Anonymous page 21

So true.............even when I had a good excuse for drinking, it just didn't hold up to the mess I always got myself in. That remorse I experienced sooooo many mornings was the nightmare of my drinking career. My body might have been streched to it's limits, and my physical pain almost unbearable, but my mind was what was killing me. Today by the grace of a loving God in my life, and the program of Alcoholics Anonymous helping to clear away the wreckage of my past, my mind does not suffer the pain of alcohol related remorse..........God is doing for me what I could not do for myself. Thanks for letting me share...........toad

Jimmy Pickles · 07-19-2007, 10:12 PM

This is my first read and my first reply. Your words are true and encouraging. I can say with assurance that, since I did not drink today, I don't have a drinking problem, but I do have a thinking problem. It is 12:10 here on the East Coast and the start of a new and wonderful day. With God in one hand and AA in the other I am pretty sure there is no way I can pick up a drink. God Bless you Bro Jimmy Pickles

best · 07-20-2007, 12:35 AM

Welcome Jimmy

Glad to have you aboard.

BillJ · 07-20-2007, 08:34 AM

Welcome, Jimmy. Hang out a while!

**Astro** · 07-20-2007, 09:03 AM

How ya doin' Jimmy? Glad you're here!

toad · 07-20-2007, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimmy Pickles

This is my first read and my first reply. Your words are true and encouraging. I can say with assurance that, since I did not drink today, I don't have a drinking problem, but I do have a thinking problem. It is 12:10 here on the East Coast and the start of a new and wonderful day. With God in one hand and AA in the other I am pretty sure there is no way I can pick up a drink. God Bless you Bro Jimmy Pickles

Hey Jimmy Pickles, welcome and thanks for sharing your experience, strength and hope with us. I agree with the fact that alcohol was not my problem, my problem also was my thinking. I find it ironic that the Big Book of AA has no chapter on thinking. My best thinking brought me crawling back to AA year after year until I surrendered....

Jazzed_N_AZ · 07-21-2007, 05:35 AM

Welcome Jimmy. Sounds like you have an outlook on how to approach your day. Keep doin wacha doin and ya keep gittin wacha gittin!!

Rarly Harley · 07-23-2007, 03:50 PM

Welcome Jimmy Pickles: Glad you found us. We are all doing it one day at a time and it gets easier with more like-minded souls on the oars....

Jimmy Pickles · 07-24-2007, 10:55 PM

Love the shot gotta be on a two wheeler. Hope to be a useful pretense here on this site. I am a newbe to the net (about a year and ahalf). Not a newbe to recovery. I am 54 years old; 27 years ago at age 27 (9-10-80) I was given the gift of recovery. I relapsed in 1991 and surrendered to AA in 1996, July 6th. I now have more time than my first time and really know today what "one day at a time" is all about. I have been doubly blessed even though I can say without self pity is trip has been ravishing. If God had not been carrying me I'd a been a gonner long ago. Take my word I've been around. Today I keep myself on a short leash. Thanks for being there!!

best · 07-24-2007, 11:07 PM

2 years on me but almost the same life story. My relapse was a spiritual decline that brought me to my knees in 98. Been a great ride ever since.

07-19-2007, 10:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
toad Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: mountain grove, missouri Posts: 1,439	The mind "In most cases, the mind is not in the control of the being even though it was given to him for his work. What happened is that the being fell under the control of the mind. The king has become the puppet of the slave!" Yogi Bhajan "Therefore the main problem of the alcoholic centers in his mind, rather than his body. If you ask him why he started on that last bender, the chances are he will offer you any one of a hundred alibis. Sometimes these excuses have a certain plausibility, but none of them really makes sense in the light of the havoc an alcoholic's drinking bout creates." Alcoholics Anonymous page 21 So true.............even when I had a good excuse for drinking, it just didn't hold up to the mess I always got myself in. That remorse I experienced sooooo many mornings was the nightmare of my drinking career. My body might have been streched to it's limits, and my physical pain almost unbearable, but my mind was what was killing me. Today by the grace of a loving God in my life, and the program of Alcoholics Anonymous helping to clear away the wreckage of my past, my mind does not suffer the pain of alcohol related remorse..........God is doing for me what I could not do for myself. Thanks for letting me share...........toad

07-19-2007, 10:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jimmy Pickles Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chester Pa. Posts: 3	Me A First Timer to SoberRecovery This is my first read and my first reply. Your words are true and encouraging. I can say with assurance that, since I did not drink today, I don't have a drinking problem, but I do have a thinking problem. It is 12:10 here on the East Coast and the start of a new and wonderful day. With God in one hand and AA in the other I am pretty sure there is no way I can pick up a drink. God Bless you Bro Jimmy Pickles Last edited by Jimmy Pickles; 07-19-2007 at 10:17 PM. Reason: spelling correction

07-20-2007, 12:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
best Don't get undies in a bunch Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Shore MA Posts: 7,166	Welcome Jimmy Glad to have you aboard. __________________ * I asked God to spare me pain. God said "No", Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me. Recovery Related Acronym B. E. S. T. = Been Enjoying Sobriety Today?

07-20-2007, 08:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
BillJ Casual Hero and Raconteur Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Austin, TX, USA Posts: 1,240	Welcome, Jimmy. Hang out a while! __________________ Bill J. from Austin Rigid rat shovel (AKA "The Bitch") Ratted-out Evo FLT (AKA "The Bagger") The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom, and I'm trying to get there as fast as I can!

07-20-2007, 09:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
Astro Forum Leader Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ, one big happy dysfunctional family! Posts: 11,839	How ya doin' Jimmy? Glad you're here! __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty, and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming---WOW-What a ride!"

07-21-2007, 05:35 AM	#7 (permalink)
Jazzed_N_AZ Biker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the West Valley, AZ. Posts: 486	Welcome Jimmy. Sounds like you have an outlook on how to approach your day. Keep doin wacha doin and ya keep gittin wacha gittin!!

07-23-2007, 03:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
Rarly Harley Have we seen a person fail... Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: S.S. Marie, Ont. Can. Posts: 708	Welcome Jimmy Pickles: Glad you found us. We are all doing it one day at a time and it gets easier with more like-minded souls on the oars.... __________________ Rarly 2002 FLHTC "Annie" " as we let our own light shine, we unconciously give other people permission to do the same"... Nelson Mandela

07-24-2007, 10:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
Jimmy Pickles Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chester Pa. Posts: 3	Love the shot gotta be on a two wheeler. Hope to be a useful pretense here on this site. I am a newbe to the net (about a year and ahalf). Not a newbe to recovery. I am 54 years old; 27 years ago at age 27 (9-10-80) I was given the gift of recovery. I relapsed in 1991 and surrendered to AA in 1996, July 6th. I now have more time than my first time and really know today what "one day at a time" is all about. I have been doubly blessed even though I can say without self pity is trip has been ravishing. If God had not been carrying me I'd a been a gonner long ago. Take my word I've been around. Today I keep myself on a short leash. Thanks for being there!! __________________ Only fear the Lord And serve Him in truth For consider the great things He has done for YOU.

07-24-2007, 11:07 PM	#10 (permalink)
best Don't get undies in a bunch Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Shore MA Posts: 7,166	2 years on me but almost the same life story. My relapse was a spiritual decline that brought me to my knees in 98. Been a great ride ever since. __________________ * I asked God to spare me pain. God said "No", Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me. Recovery Related Acronym B. E. S. T. = Been Enjoying Sobriety Today?

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