Letter to my brother
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Letter to my brother
This is a letter to my alcoholic brother. The first paragraph in italics is a portion of a letter written to me about him not attending my son's wedding
“But I could not possibly have been a part of that wedding, there was no place in it for me. I'm glad I didn't go to it, and they should never have invited me. If I'd been there, I might have gotten drunk and insulted everybody.”
This statement is a sad commentary. Alcohol splits you off from the herd then it kills you. It will allow nothing to come between you and it. Friends, family, love, God, your health, your happiness are willingly sacrificed to the alter of booze. Let’s face it, “People that care about you screw up your drinking so the obvious solution is to remove them from your life.”
Real people and real emotions are what bring real joy and yes, real sadness. The problem with booze is that it numbs both sadness and happiness so you are condemned to this gray world where the only time you feel happy or angry is when you are drunk. I know of what I speak because that was my life for a very long time but there is another way with quitting drinking being the very beginning.
AA has worked for me beyond my wildest dreams. These are the AA promises and they have all come true for me. Please read them word for word because they can come true for you as well. I do not care about your drinking but I do care about you happiness.
THE A.A. PROMISES
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us—sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.
“But I could not possibly have been a part of that wedding, there was no place in it for me. I'm glad I didn't go to it, and they should never have invited me. If I'd been there, I might have gotten drunk and insulted everybody.”
This statement is a sad commentary. Alcohol splits you off from the herd then it kills you. It will allow nothing to come between you and it. Friends, family, love, God, your health, your happiness are willingly sacrificed to the alter of booze. Let’s face it, “People that care about you screw up your drinking so the obvious solution is to remove them from your life.”
Real people and real emotions are what bring real joy and yes, real sadness. The problem with booze is that it numbs both sadness and happiness so you are condemned to this gray world where the only time you feel happy or angry is when you are drunk. I know of what I speak because that was my life for a very long time but there is another way with quitting drinking being the very beginning.
AA has worked for me beyond my wildest dreams. These are the AA promises and they have all come true for me. Please read them word for word because they can come true for you as well. I do not care about your drinking but I do care about you happiness.
THE A.A. PROMISES
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us—sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.
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