Originally Posted by tomsteve

I gotta disagree with the get back on the horse thing. that same horse got me to the doors of AA. it wasn't gonna help me get sober. i had to kill it and decided to walk and use the steps.
beating myself up aint good, but i had to get serious about sobriety.

"How can they have made it so long and I am over here like the queen of 1 day relapses"
1st sentence of chapter 5:
Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.

2 words can change location and still be true:
thoroughly have we seen a person fail who has rarely followed our path.

plus this helped me:
If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it-then you are ready to take certain steps.

i made a decision to go to any lengths.


plus this:
We thought we could find an easier, softer way. But we could not.

and this:
Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.


and this:
Half measures availed us nothing.


it is just one day at a time, but this is a serious disease, one that didnt want me to get serious about it. one that told me lies like," itll be ok to try again tomorrow." one that told me,"just one" many times. its a liar.
i got serious about recovery. seemd to work pretty good so far.

listening to them long winded dry drunks with many years without a drink helped,too. they weren't drinkin so they must have had something i would want to hear.