newby1961

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"We alcoholics are sensitive people. It takes some of us a long time
to outgrow that serious handicap."

~Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition The Family Afterward pg. 125~
c Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, INC.

todd6138

I R 1 lol

IndaMiricale

I remember hearing and being told when I came in...

In sobriety I had to learn to grow thick skin. It took me a little time to see what that truly meant, but it is so true..

Fernaceman

I was definitely over-sensitive. I took everything personally and literally. I had to be liked by everyone, and if you didn't like me, I ate at me. I *had* to know why. There was obviously something majorly wrong with me if you didn't like me.

Now I am practicing a very simple principle, "What others think of me is none of my business." Crazy concept, but true.

It's exhausting pleasing everyone all the time. Also makes me be a fake person. Through this program, I no longer have to do that. I can accept me for me at this moment in time, and try to be a little bit better every day.

shaun00

My emotional state was child like, .. out grow, or grow up means the same i guess, .... sometimes i still catch myself doing child like things or behaviours that resemble a spoilt teenager lol , ...

I guess my reactions have become right sized, i grew a skin , took a long look at some instincts completely out of control, and began the sometimes painful process of growing up.

newby1961

I am still like that to a much lesser degree. My sponsor still tries to drill into my head what others think of me in none of my business.
It is awful presumptuous of me to think everyone is going to like me, when the truth is I don't like everyone.I am pretty out spoken, and many people usually other woman, don't like that. I have even had that happen on some of these sites, but its weird cause after some of us get to know each other we end up being long time friends. God's plan not mine go figure.

stepping

Gosh, I was so sensitive when I drank. The slightest remark would set me up for a bad day/week. I would allow it to be my excuse to drink for YEARS sometimes.

I thank God now in sobriety I can laugh about most of those things people say that would have set mt into a tail spin back then. Today as I realize that it is not my problem, it's theirs. I now understand these people are spiritually sick. And all I want to do for them today is pray for them.

IndaMiricale

Thats my girl.. Your growth in incrediable ......

Jeni26

I'm getting better...but I'm still that over-sensitive kid at heart!!

Mcribb

1/3 of the people don't like me It even gets worse as I gain better more responsibility. Luckily the more I grow as a person, the less I care what they think. I guess the closer to death I am the closer to God I am thus the less I care.

paul99

I like to think that my sensitivity is also an asset in that I can be empathetic and am able to tune into myself and others where I might not have been able to before with the fog of alcohol and self-will. I feel that the same part of me that would allow me to feel wounded so easily can also take in positive energy and be able to react to that as well.