Recovery from AA
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Recovery from AA
Finally graduated from AA after detoxing myself two months ago. I lost 22 lbs - back to a normal BMI of 23 for me. Yea! Joined the Y again 2 blocks up the street and started going to a local Buddhist Temple. I feel so great I can barely stand it! only problem is my 65 year old spine, which I abused the first half of my working life in Food Service and the Last half in healthcare. I'm permanently retired and loving it. Hope you can stand my happiness, but I've over come a LOT of compulsive disorders. thanks. Zig 
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Azblues, welcome to SR. Glad youre sober and have found peace in your life!
You might check the Secular Rcovery Connections threads!
Nice to meet you!
Love from Lenina
PS. AA isn't for everyone.
You might check the Secular Rcovery Connections threads!
Nice to meet you!
Love from Lenina
PS. AA isn't for everyone.
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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Well done on 2 months sober. AA isn't the answer for everyone, but I do believe working hard to find a happy and content life is important for sobriety. AA and the Steps provide that life for many, but for others the program isn't a good fit. It sounds like you're working hard to create a solid sober life for yourself.
My unsolicited advice is to not let down your guard; thoughts of drinking will persist for some time, so be prepared to deal with them when they arrive.
My unsolicited advice is to not let down your guard; thoughts of drinking will persist for some time, so be prepared to deal with them when they arrive.
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Not so much for some of the Smart Recovery groups in my area.... some were thinly disguised as Subox clinic hookups, others are run by "definitely" non professional facilitators who mixed up AA and CBT. as a retired RN who actually led groups as a professional (psych) and volunteer (domestic violence) back in the dark ages of the '90's (when mental health system began to implode). AA meetings are really not safe or therapeutic - watch out for pathological OLD timers who as still as sick as when they stopped ingesting alcohol decades ago, but still carry their DSM's rather proudly I might add. I think Buddhism is the last stop for me on the road to total recovery. I still have 25 years to contribute something to society. peace out.
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Originally Posted by sugarbear1 
graduated? just not interested in those steps?
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Hey there AZBluesGal
Well done on the two months. And I hope you enjoy and are enriched by Buddhism. As a Christian I happily embrace the Five Precepts, and have huge respect for the way of the bodhisattva.
May you be happy, at peace, and free from all suffering.
P.S. A word to the wise. Remember that in the fourth precept we are careful not to use words that harm others. You might want to be just a little careful in how you talk about AA - I am sure you would not want to undermine the basis of many people's long term sobriety.
Well done on the two months. And I hope you enjoy and are enriched by Buddhism. As a Christian I happily embrace the Five Precepts, and have huge respect for the way of the bodhisattva.
May you be happy, at peace, and free from all suffering.
P.S. A word to the wise. Remember that in the fourth precept we are careful not to use words that harm others. You might want to be just a little careful in how you talk about AA - I am sure you would not want to undermine the basis of many people's long term sobriety.
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you can call a negative experience "bashing" so be it. I went back to AA to make some friends, but was humiliated in a meeting by a methadone maintenance person who related some very personal information AT and DURING a meeting - specifically - his "sponsor" (a woman since he is gay) called me an "emotional vampire" privately to him, and he felt the need to share MY name and HER name specifically in a meeting. Does that constitute AA BASHING? If so, I am entirely too healthy to be around such sick people even with 24 years and one year of sobriety. NO THANK YOU. I have half a million reasons to stay sober long enough to enjoy it. I did not blow my whole life and don't have HepC or herpes thank god. That's MY Serenity.
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