Feeling Vicious
Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 157
Yes, it sounds like you need to work on your anger. I thought in the "program" you are not to judge but show compassion. Also, not tell others how to work their program. Everyone is different, everyone progresses on their own terms, and some people need more support than others. They say addicts relapse 6 to 7 times before they get straight or die.
I would reread the blue book, there is NEVER enough love in this world.
I would reread the blue book, there is NEVER enough love in this world.
Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Green,green grass of home
Posts: 600
who cares,how the AA message is carried??tough love,hard core,softies,huggers,,,,we ALL belong,and ALL,have our, place.Who am i to judge how one recieves the message?God will guide us to those who we may be helpful to.Different strokes for the many different folks.smile!!!!
Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: anomaly
Posts: 2,180
I pick up my sponsee from rehab center tell'in me they had a hell
of a day with the excuses sesions or how they got comfronted with their BS.
And how they just wanna run from the rehab center.lol
So i go get them ice cream just to mellow them out...
And they say they can't afford books or literature and stuff like that,
which is true..so I go exchange some green papers for some books
for them...whatesle ? whatelse ? whatelse ?
and as if I didn't go to a meeting oneday telling people i might not
be able to attend meetings anymore becuase I didn't have any gas
money....the group took all the money out of the basket and gave it to
me...whatelse, whatelse, whatelse...lol
Coffee Drinker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Lobstah Land
Posts: 1,122
My personal philosiphy is simple.
If I dont have anything worthwile to say, as when I have not had a particular experience, I don't say anything at all.
I read many more posts than I respond to.
When I do post it is because I feel that I may be able to say something to help someone.
I don't coddle, but I usually dont get hard nosed either. How can I? I don't even have six months yet. What the h3ll do I know?
I only know what is working for me.
When I post I say what I feel. Sometimes nicely and sometimes abruptly.
I simply try to speak from the heart.
The way I was taught to speak from the podium.
Oh, and sometimes I make no sense, but that's ok too.
Ted
If I dont have anything worthwile to say, as when I have not had a particular experience, I don't say anything at all.
I read many more posts than I respond to.
When I do post it is because I feel that I may be able to say something to help someone.
I don't coddle, but I usually dont get hard nosed either. How can I? I don't even have six months yet. What the h3ll do I know?
I only know what is working for me.
When I post I say what I feel. Sometimes nicely and sometimes abruptly.
I simply try to speak from the heart.
The way I was taught to speak from the podium.
Oh, and sometimes I make no sense, but that's ok too.
Ted
Its_me_jen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Salina, Ks
Posts: 8,547
Originally Posted by Emimily 
alright-i need to vent this.
for the most part, i am a sweet, mild-mannered girl with a job and friends and a beat up station wagon and i listen to jam bands and wear long skirts and love life and my dog. but, there is a tiny part of me that is so very angry.
for the most part, i am a sweet, mild-mannered girl with a job and friends and a beat up station wagon and i listen to jam bands and wear long skirts and love life and my dog. but, there is a tiny part of me that is so very angry.
Nice rant.
Originally Posted by Emimily
... but, please understand that you have no right to dissect a program of recovery that's works for 70+ years.
Originally Posted by Emimily
it works for me, and countless others. if you have a "feeling" that it just won't work for you, then my suggestion is one of two things - 1) take the cotton out of your ears and put it in your mouth, or 2) go out and drink until you're desperate enough to work for what you want.
Originally Posted by Emimily
there's nothing unique about a newcomer
(this might just be to make me feel better)
That's the end of my rant. I just had to get that out too. No offense intended Emimily.
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cleveland Ohio
Posts: 290
When I went to A.A. I was hurting... I was depressed... I saw no escape... the only thing that eased the pain was alcohol yet I knew it was destroying me physically... I wanted to just take a day off... so on a whim I went to an AA meeting...
I'll tell you this... I wasn't at my first AA meeting because I wanted to quit drinking forever... I was there because I wanted to do something significant... to help me moderate... (well not drink that night)...
Why did I go back... because I felt welcomed... I felt not judged... I felt like I could tell folks what was on my mind... I could get stuff off my chest without worrying about being judged.
Doctors don't do surgery... even life saving surgery... if the person is too weak to survive the surgery...
In AA someone might be just doing wah wah wah... and someone probably does need to give them verbal a slap across the face and say quit your whining... but how many folks would turn around and never come back?
I'll tell you this... I wasn't at my first AA meeting because I wanted to quit drinking forever... I was there because I wanted to do something significant... to help me moderate... (well not drink that night)...
Why did I go back... because I felt welcomed... I felt not judged... I felt like I could tell folks what was on my mind... I could get stuff off my chest without worrying about being judged.
Doctors don't do surgery... even life saving surgery... if the person is too weak to survive the surgery...
In AA someone might be just doing wah wah wah... and someone probably does need to give them verbal a slap across the face and say quit your whining... but how many folks would turn around and never come back?
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: anomaly
Posts: 2,180
My ESH the people on SR saved my ass..they really, really did.
a lot of surpport and encouragement....straight up !
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...t-program.html
a lot of surpport and encouragement....straight up !
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...t-program.html
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