wow - I went to a 'meeting' tonight. they read the second step from the BIG BOOK again. I don't need to get into any details, but as people were sharing for the next 45 minutes I wanted to scream. But I just sat there and listened.
How can someone after so many years still give the same woe is me speech time and time again. I could almost finish the story for them. And it seemed much of the sharing was aimed at me for some reason. Speaking in confidence to a sponsor goes out the window when you declare to said sponsor you can't buy into it all. So now I am an outcast. Until I find god I will forever be a dry drunk. That is a shame.
For me, I don't use a label. There were times in the past I didn't drink. I never needed an excuse or a label. I just didn't drink.