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CAPTAINZING2000 · 05-05-2005, 09:13 PM

You know you are in recovery if...

1. You drink more coffee per day than Starbucks sells in one week.

2. Emails to your friends have "HALT" as the subject header.

3. You and your buddies get thrown out of expresso bars
and teahouses for being "too rowdy."

4. Songs like "There's a Tear In My Beer" make you
cry for reasons different than most people.

5. For parties with your friends, you buy a couple cases
of Mountain Dew and Pepsi-Cola.

6. Dining out, you wonder how someone at the next
table, can drink half a glass of wine and leave the rest.

7. There is at least one magnet on your refrigerator, plaque on your wall,
or bumper-sticker on your car with an inspirational message printed on
it.

8. You don't know the last names of most of your best friends.

9. If you need advice on money, you ask the guy in your
meeting who used to be bankrupt.

10. When you empty your purse or pockets you find at least one of the
following: an anniversary chip, scraps of paper with phone numbers of
people you met in meetings, pocket-sized Big Book, wallet-sized
Preamble.

11. Your idea of a pick-up line is, "I really liked what you shared."

12. No matter how bad a day you had, if you go to bed
clean and sober, you consider yourself a winner!

best · 05-05-2005, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CAPTAINZING2000

12. No matter how bad a day you had, if you go to bed
clean and sober, you consider yourself a winner!

Amen!

namommy · 05-06-2005, 05:54 AM

"I really like what you shared.".....

That is how my husband first approached me.

osier59 · 05-06-2005, 08:53 AM

dang it zing, you're a day ahead of me. I just got that and was going to post it here myself!

wantneeda · 05-06-2005, 08:56 AM

yup, i can yes to just about all of the above!
: )

Chy · 05-06-2005, 09:19 AM

Hey you beat me to that one! Great isn't it! *LOL*

nocellphone · 05-06-2005, 03:00 PM

[QUOTE=CAPTAINZING2000]You know you are in recovery if...

11. Your idea of a pick-up line is, "I really liked what you shared."

QUOTE]

I'm pretty sure this was how I initiated conversation with my wife...

Can I add something similar that I like?

You know you're recovering when you're in a roomful of people, someone yells "Hey A$$hole!"...and you don't turn around.

05-05-2005, 09:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,445 Blog Entries: 1	You know you are in recovery if... You know you are in recovery if... 1. You drink more coffee per day than Starbucks sells in one week. 2. Emails to your friends have "HALT" as the subject header. 3. You and your buddies get thrown out of expresso bars and teahouses for being "too rowdy." 4. Songs like "There's a Tear In My Beer" make you cry for reasons different than most people. 5. For parties with your friends, you buy a couple cases of Mountain Dew and Pepsi-Cola. 6. Dining out, you wonder how someone at the next table, can drink half a glass of wine and leave the rest. 7. There is at least one magnet on your refrigerator, plaque on your wall, or bumper-sticker on your car with an inspirational message printed on it. 8. You don't know the last names of most of your best friends. 9. If you need advice on money, you ask the guy in your meeting who used to be bankrupt. 10. When you empty your purse or pockets you find at least one of the following: an anniversary chip, scraps of paper with phone numbers of people you met in meetings, pocket-sized Big Book, wallet-sized Preamble. 11. Your idea of a pick-up line is, "I really liked what you shared." 12. No matter how bad a day you had, if you go to bed clean and sober, you consider yourself a winner! __________________ 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

05-06-2005, 05:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
namommy Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Never, Never land Posts: 2,851 Blog Entries: 1	"I really like what you shared."..... That is how my husband first approached me. __________________ I came into this program to save my a** and found out it was attached to my soul. -- Anonymous

05-06-2005, 08:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
osier59 No More Mrs. Nice Guy Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 724	dang it zing, you're a day ahead of me. I just got that and was going to post it here myself! __________________ ~~Put on your big girl panties and deal with it!

05-06-2005, 08:56 AM	#5 (permalink)
wantneeda Miss Behavin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: regina,saskatchewan Posts: 975	yup, i can yes to just about all of the above! : ) __________________ nothin' changes if nothin' changes

05-06-2005, 03:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
nocellphone Cruelty-Free Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Body: South Florida Heart: Yosemite National Park Posts: 913	[QUOTE=CAPTAINZING2000]You know you are in recovery if... 11. Your idea of a pick-up line is, "I really liked what you shared." QUOTE] I'm pretty sure this was how I initiated conversation with my wife... Can I add something similar that I like? You know you're recovering when you're in a roomful of people, someone yells "Hey A$$hole!"...and you don't turn around. __________________ Oh, yeah!!! Recovery is not a mysterious process. The only mystery is why it took some of us so long to get here... and why some choose not to stay.

05-06-2005, 09:19 AM	#6 (permalink)
Chy Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: El Paso, Tx Posts: 5,867	Hey you beat me to that one! Great isn't it! LOL

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