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Yes,
My sponsor loves that analogy.
Everyone has two sides to their brain. A left side and a right side.
Now the left side controls our emotions, our artistic and musical and abstract thought.
The right side is our analytical side, the side that controls math, accounting, logic, etc.
The alcoholic brain is just a little bit dirrerent. One side creates bull$***, and the other half believes it!
I can stop anytime [BULL] / I believe it!
I am fine [BULL] / I believe it!
I will be fine if I stay home today instead of going to a meeting [BULL] / I believe it!
I really like the parachute one too, you don't HAVE to pull the ripcord (drumroll please) [BULL] / I believe it! Bada Boom!
Ted
My sponsor loves that analogy.
Everyone has two sides to their brain. A left side and a right side.
Now the left side controls our emotions, our artistic and musical and abstract thought.
The right side is our analytical side, the side that controls math, accounting, logic, etc.
The alcoholic brain is just a little bit dirrerent. One side creates bull$***, and the other half believes it!
I can stop anytime [BULL] / I believe it!
I am fine [BULL] / I believe it!
I will be fine if I stay home today instead of going to a meeting [BULL] / I believe it!
I really like the parachute one too, you don't HAVE to pull the ripcord (drumroll please) [BULL] / I believe it! Bada Boom!
Ted
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Taz and Ed, I hope I didn't offend you guys too much,
Steph my dear just learn from the slips, keep going to those meetings, draw closer to your HP, get your self a sponsor and work it!!! You will be dancing a jig in no time! I would dance a jig myself but I doubt my knees could handle it!
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim 
I went to another meeting and I am sober again tonight. Yay. Thank you my God and AA and SR. Goodnight from me. I look forward to hearing how you are doing tomorrow. I love you all.
xxxxoooo
xxxxoooo
I'll be out rockin' tomorrow too
but I'll be around at night...so, to you as well as all my other Aussie and Kiwi mates, have a good Anzac Day holiday !D
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i'm so glad that you are making meetings, steph. i admire you for that.
fyi - everyday i look at your thread title - "scared". and you know what,
i'm scared too. but coming here and going to alanon and my recovery tools - they help me. YOU help me. so thank you! blessings, k
fyi - everyday i look at your thread title - "scared". and you know what,
i'm scared too. but coming here and going to alanon and my recovery tools - they help me. YOU help me. so thank you! blessings, k
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Hi D - happy ANZAC day to you too my friend. Now there's something to be grateful for huh? I am grateful to our men and women who died in service to our country. Our heros. They were scared too. We will remember them.
taz - I would be honoured to do a jig with you and if your knees can't handle it, we can waltz.
PR - When I started this thread I hoped the title would not be relevant for long. It is no longer the title I want for my thread. I am going to start a new one. I have no idea yet what I will call it but I am so pleased I can throw away my fear today.
taz - I would be honoured to do a jig with you and if your knees can't handle it, we can waltz.
PR - When I started this thread I hoped the title would not be relevant for long. It is no longer the title I want for my thread. I am going to start a new one. I have no idea yet what I will call it but I am so pleased I can throw away my fear today.
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim
Hi D - happy ANZAC day to you too my friend. Now there's something to be grateful for huh? I am grateful to our men and women who died in service to our country. Our heros. They were scared too. We will remember them.
taz - I would be honoured to do a jig with you and if your knees can't handle it, we can waltz.
PR - When I started this thread I hoped the title would not be relevant for long. It is no longer the title I want for my thread. I am going to start a new one. I have no idea yet what I will call it but I am so pleased I can throw away my fear today.
taz - I would be honoured to do a jig with you and if your knees can't handle it, we can waltz.
PR - When I started this thread I hoped the title would not be relevant for long. It is no longer the title I want for my thread. I am going to start a new one. I have no idea yet what I will call it but I am so pleased I can throw away my fear today.
peace
D
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taz - I would be honoured to do a jig with you and if your knees can't handle it, we can waltz.
Glad to hear the fear is gone for now, once you get working the steps with a sponsor once you do steps 4&5 you will find the majority of your fears will dissappear or become very managable. Every one has fears, even normal people, dealing with them sober for an alcoholic is something new and has to be learned.
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2 step? Sure that sounds fun. Not to be mixed up with step 2. I have something to confess. I have bad knees too. Is that a common affliction for drunks like us?
Your sticky post got through to me big time Taz. Making sobriety number one priority hadn't actually got through to this thick alcohol infested head of mine. It helped relieve my fear. I have no room in my head or time for wallowing in negative emotions. They will interfere with the big number one. Thank you for that. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Dee! I am not in a huge hurry. I have the rest of my life on this road. Maybe I will get around to starting a new thread tomorrow. Peace to you 2 Ozzy.
Your sticky post got through to me big time Taz. Making sobriety number one priority hadn't actually got through to this thick alcohol infested head of mine. It helped relieve my fear. I have no room in my head or time for wallowing in negative emotions. They will interfere with the big number one. Thank you for that. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Dee! I am not in a huge hurry. I have the rest of my life on this road. Maybe I will get around to starting a new thread tomorrow. Peace to you 2 Ozzy.
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim
Dee! I am not in a huge hurry. I have the rest of my life on this road. Maybe I will get around to starting a new thread tomorrow. Peace to you 2 Ozzy.
sorry !
D
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Hi Dee and Taz
So my knees are just stuffed cos I am getting old. Greeeeaaaaat!
No hurry. Nothing to do today except stay sober. The rest is fluff. SOme of it is important fluff like feeding the dog, getting to work on time, doing my job the best I can, keeping house, eating, resting, and generally stuff that living requires. Still fluff though.
Dee - I didn't think you were being insistent. I just thought you might be wondering why I was taking so long so I thought I would explain. No need to apologise my Ozzie mate.
I woke up a bit anxious today. I had a bad dream. We can consiously empty our heads of thoughts that don't help us stay sober but dreams just come. It wasn't a good one. I was in one of the houses of my childhood. It got more and more complicated and more and more filled with family - I ended up running outside onto the lawn on my own and curling up in a ball. THe craving I had for a drink was enormous. Hmmmpf. Dream cravings. No awake ones at the moment thanks to God.
Today will be a trudge I think. So I think I'll ask for help and hitch a ride on the newbie bus for this part of the journey.
Love to everyone. My wish today is that everyone on this site finds peace today.
So my knees are just stuffed cos I am getting old. Greeeeaaaaat!
No hurry. Nothing to do today except stay sober. The rest is fluff. SOme of it is important fluff like feeding the dog, getting to work on time, doing my job the best I can, keeping house, eating, resting, and generally stuff that living requires. Still fluff though.
Dee - I didn't think you were being insistent. I just thought you might be wondering why I was taking so long so I thought I would explain. No need to apologise my Ozzie mate.
I woke up a bit anxious today. I had a bad dream. We can consiously empty our heads of thoughts that don't help us stay sober but dreams just come. It wasn't a good one. I was in one of the houses of my childhood. It got more and more complicated and more and more filled with family - I ended up running outside onto the lawn on my own and curling up in a ball. THe craving I had for a drink was enormous. Hmmmpf. Dream cravings. No awake ones at the moment thanks to God.
Today will be a trudge I think. So I think I'll ask for help and hitch a ride on the newbie bus for this part of the journey.
Love to everyone. My wish today is that everyone on this site finds peace today.
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim
Hi Dee and Taz
So my knees are just stuffed cos I am getting old. Greeeeaaaaat!
No hurry. Nothing to do today except stay sober. The rest is fluff. SOme of it is important fluff like feeding the dog, getting to work on time, doing my job the best I can, keeping house, eating, resting, and generally stuff that living requires. Still fluff though.
Dee - I didn't think you were being insistent. I just thought you might be wondering why I was taking so long so I thought I would explain. No need to apologise my Ozzie mate.
So my knees are just stuffed cos I am getting old. Greeeeaaaaat!
No hurry. Nothing to do today except stay sober. The rest is fluff. SOme of it is important fluff like feeding the dog, getting to work on time, doing my job the best I can, keeping house, eating, resting, and generally stuff that living requires. Still fluff though.
Dee - I didn't think you were being insistent. I just thought you might be wondering why I was taking so long so I thought I would explain. No need to apologise my Ozzie mate.
No, no wondering here, Steph..all cool !
I woke up a bit anxious today. I had a bad dream. We can consiously empty our heads of thoughts that don't help us stay sober but dreams just come. It wasn't a good one. I was in one of the houses of my childhood. It got more and more complicated and more and more filled with family - I ended up running outside onto the lawn on my own and curling up in a ball. THe craving I had for a drink was enormous. Hmmmpf. Dream cravings. No awake ones at the moment thanks to God.
Today will be a trudge I think. So I think I'll ask for help and hitch a ride on the newbie bus for this part of the journey.
Love to everyone. My wish today is that everyone on this site finds peace today.
Today will be a trudge I think. So I think I'll ask for help and hitch a ride on the newbie bus for this part of the journey.
Love to everyone. My wish today is that everyone on this site finds peace today.
have a great day Steph...hope the trudge is easier than you expect...
D
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