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Trudging that road.
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Of course, as time went on, I began to get my health back and began to be so I didn't have to hide from people all the time---It's just been wonderful. I still go to meetings, because I like to go. I meet the people that I like to talk to. Another reason that I go is that I'm still grateful for the good years that I've had. I'm so grateful for both the program and th...e people in it that I still want to go. And then probably the most wonderful thing that I have learned from the program---I've seen this in the A.A. Grapevine a lot of times, and I've had people say it to me personally, and I've heard people get up in meetings and say it--- is this statement: "I came into A.A. solely for the purpose of sobriety, but it has been through A.A. that I have found God."
~ Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition pg. 192~
c Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, INC.
c Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, INC.
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I used to think AA was purely a way to NOT drink. I remember having this mindset during my early experiences with AA. Honestly, I don't remember much else of those days. I had a sponsor I didn't call, I didn't work any steps, and AA was an obligation I disliked because it was a means to an end. Go figure.
I am learning much more of a spiritual way to live through the steps. Incredible how you people told me they work and by golly they do.
I am learning much more of a spiritual way to live through the steps. Incredible how you people told me they work and by golly they do.
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Originally Posted by paul99 
reminds me of that old expression : God brought me to AA, and AA brought me to God.
And for me this alcoholic needs my mettings , because I need my mechanic's. I need alignment constantly. I feel it if I go more than a couple days without being around my kind..
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Originally Posted by Fernaceman
I used to think AA was purely a way to NOT drink. I remember having this mindset during my early experiences with AA. Honestly, I don't remember much else of those days. I had a sponsor I didn't call, I didn't work any steps, and AA was an obligation I disliked because it was a means to an end. Go figure.
I am learning much more of a spiritual way to live through the steps. Incredible how you people told me they work and by golly they do.
I am learning much more of a spiritual way to live through the steps. Incredible how you people told me they work and by golly they do.
Trudging that road.
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When I first came to AA I didn't want to be here and I surely didn't want to quit drinking. I did however want all the pain and consequences to go away but I didn't want to work for it. I guess its a no wonder why I spent many years in & out of AA & NA.
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Originally Posted by newby1961
When I first came to AA I didn't want to be here and I surely didn't want to quit drinking. I did however want all the pain and consequences to go away but I didn't want to work for it. I guess its a no wonder why I spent many years in & out of AA & NA.
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