Zee

I have only been on this site for a very short period, but have read alot of posts/threads and have replied to a few.

I have been through the mill with my drinking and at only 7 months sober, Im feel on a knife edge as to how to reply to some of the posts. I feel deeply for all the people who are really having a tough time... Im not kidding, it sometimes really upsets me... I know its only typing on the screen, but its peoples lives... sometimes it makes me feel happy, you know, the good news stories, but alot of the time I feel so upset and frustrated at how to get through to people who are having it really hard!

There are times when I type something, then delete it as I don't want to offend someone and really have to think of how to put it in words. Its tough for me as, wierdly enough, Im a sensitive soul! As with anything typed, unless you know the person personally you can't easily express things in a few words to relative strangers!

What Im kind of trying to say is, what is better ...pander to what these suffering people want to hear, or tell it straight... hhmmmm

eJoshua

:horse

I think we pretty well covered this issue here:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...perturbed.html

Zee

OK cheers... told you I was new!!

2granddaughters

Zee, that's why F2F meetings are so important to me. I hear ya....

Bob R

DayTrader

I try to be straight. It's taken me a while to get mature enough to be willing to tell someone what they need to hear knowing it'll make them mad at me vs what they want to hear so they'll like me......but not really do them ANY good.

Dee74

Just share your experience Zee - it's the best thing we have to offer

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Experience, strength, and hope. This is what I try and share with people. I try to keep it to, this is what I did and this is how it was for me. Hope this helps. Logo