Old 08-08-2010, 11:46 AM
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Boleo
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Originally Posted by discoveringme View Post

What do you all think about these situations?
IMO it is about boundaries and spiritual fitness. I had to set tight boundaries in my early days of sobriety because I was not spiritually fit enough to survive being around wet faces and wet places.

Now that I am spiritually fit, I can be around them if I have a valid reason to be there. I now view bars, restaurants that serve alcohol and wet parties as if there were a sigh out front saying "Danger - Falling Rocks".

I go into this zone to get my work done, but I don't hang around to see what will happen after that.
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