Hopeworks

An active alcoholic is a man with a gun to his head with the hammer cocked and his finger on the trigger. If he makes that conscious decision to stop drinking it is like he just uncocked the gun but it is still pointed at his head. Each positive step in his program of recovery results in the gun being moved farther away... set down on the table... pushed further away... placed in a safe, the safe locked, the key thrown away into a deep ocean.

Every alcoholic can determine for himself how far away the gun is ... is it in his hand? on the table? in the safe? How far away is a drink (the gun)?

Some alcoholics keep the gun close by and others have deep sixed the entire safe with the gun in it in the deepest part of the ocean never to drink again. They are "recovered".

CarolD

I wondered who had dug up this years old thread....
Many of these members have moved on from SR...don't be
surprised if they don't reply.
Bless them all on their journy.

sacheldog....Welcome to our SR Alcoholism Forum...

winslynn

The message of AA is that if your lifes all screwed up from drinking and you're not feeling good about that fact....You take the 12 steps of AA,have a spiritual awakening and you won't feel that way anymore.Basic and simple but a price must be paid,going to meetings,having a good sponsor,taking directions,and so on.
First thing is to get yourself into a meeting and let people know you're new and serious about stopping this madness.They will talk to you with genuine concern and start you on the way.

Cheers,Steve