just a thought
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just a thought
Something I heard at a meeting last night, the following well-known quote from the BB was the subject:
"Remember that we deal with alcohol, cunning, baffling, powerful!
The gentleman sharing said, he was once told that the most important word in that quote is the word, "remember".
I can identify strongly. Things are going good right now, at 5+ months, but I easily forget how bad things were. If I don't remember, I'm going to wander back to the same people, places, things....
I need to remember that I'm dealing with alcohol.
"Remember that we deal with alcohol, cunning, baffling, powerful!
The gentleman sharing said, he was once told that the most important word in that quote is the word, "remember".
I can identify strongly. Things are going good right now, at 5+ months, but I easily forget how bad things were. If I don't remember, I'm going to wander back to the same people, places, things....
I need to remember that I'm dealing with alcohol.
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Originally Posted by SDSurfn 
Something I heard at a meeting last night, the following well-known quote from the BB was the subject:
"Remember that we deal with alcohol, cunning, baffling, powerful!
The gentleman sharing said, he was once told that the most important word in that quote is the word, "remember".
I can identify strongly. Things are going good right now, at 5+ months, but I easily forget how bad things were. If I don't remember, I'm going to wander back to the same people, places, things....
I need to remember that I'm dealing with alcohol.
"Remember that we deal with alcohol, cunning, baffling, powerful!
The gentleman sharing said, he was once told that the most important word in that quote is the word, "remember".
I can identify strongly. Things are going good right now, at 5+ months, but I easily forget how bad things were. If I don't remember, I'm going to wander back to the same people, places, things....
I need to remember that I'm dealing with alcohol.
I don't know that "I" can use this tool to think I can effectively remember.
My experience has been that even if I remember...when that mental obsession is driving me...it's no use.
There is one who has all power. That one is God. I hope He gives me that defense now and every day that I seek Him.
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Thanks! This reminds me to go write in my journal about how bad things were and how good things are. I find I need to take daily stock of my drinking habits and consequences to remember.
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Yup this alcoholic is not only a quick forgetter but my disease tell's me that it was all good, and this time those bad things wont happen.. Thats what the insanity is about in the 2 step.. Not how insane my life was, but how it trys to tell me that it will be different this time..
In my beginnings I would slip up, and it wasnt cause of something bad either.. For me it was I couldnt handle things going to good.. I got to well to fast,and forgot.
In my beginnings I would slip up, and it wasnt cause of something bad either.. For me it was I couldnt handle things going to good.. I got to well to fast,and forgot.
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