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Well I prefer to be out at a bar, with some risk, that be in my dorm room depressed with self pity, and just thinking BS.
The AA Book is only a suggestion. It doesn't mean that YOU HAVE to do everything that's in the book to be sober. Some things work for you other don't. AA is not the only way to be sober. I have friends that are alcoholics but they've stopped by themselves. Another friend he's a DJ he's in the middle of drugs/alcohol all the time and he has been sober for 5 years+.
Different things work for different people. I only take what I need from AA. I don't like AA 100%. In my opinion it has flaws and things I don't like. But anyway, who am I to judge. I use what it works for me and up until now it has been great for me. I feel better than I have ever felt in my life.
The AA Book is only a suggestion. It doesn't mean that YOU HAVE to do everything that's in the book to be sober. Some things work for you other don't. AA is not the only way to be sober. I have friends that are alcoholics but they've stopped by themselves. Another friend he's a DJ he's in the middle of drugs/alcohol all the time and he has been sober for 5 years+.
Different things work for different people. I only take what I need from AA. I don't like AA 100%. In my opinion it has flaws and things I don't like. But anyway, who am I to judge. I use what it works for me and up until now it has been great for me. I feel better than I have ever felt in my life.
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What other people think of me, is none of my business. If I continue to do the next right thing. Their "complaints" about me are just that, "Theirs".
How I react to them, is my business.
How I react to them, is my business.
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requiredfield IndyNA... i have to say, i too go bars, and clubs on ocasions....i'm a muscian... not by profession, it was a big part of my story...
after almost two years into recovery, i ventured back... i worked my (_|_) off to able to do what i love... play music...as mentioned, i was shurly spiritualy fit before i did... it was the best experiance of my life... doing it sober for a change... i must admit... its stil risky business... the smell, the atmosphere, the mood lighting ect... none were triggers... YET!!!....
good wishes, .................................. xxoo, pattee
Assuming we are spiritually fit, we can do all sorts of things alcoholics are not supposed to do. People have said we must not go where liquor is served;
after almost two years into recovery, i ventured back... i worked my (_|_) off to able to do what i love... play music...as mentioned, i was shurly spiritualy fit before i did... it was the best experiance of my life... doing it sober for a change... i must admit... its stil risky business... the smell, the atmosphere, the mood lighting ect... none were triggers... YET!!!....
good wishes, .................................. xxoo, pattee
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Originally Posted by IndigoNA
Well I prefer to be out at a bar, with some risk, that be in my dorm room depressed with self pity, and just thinking BS.
The AA Book is only a suggestion. It doesn't mean that YOU HAVE to do everything that's in the book to be sober. Some things work for you other don't. AA is not the only way to be sober. I have friends that are alcoholics but they've stopped by themselves. Another friend he's a DJ he's in the middle of drugs/alcohol all the time and he has been sober for 5 years+.
Different things work for different people. I only take what I need from AA. I don't like AA 100%. In my opinion it has flaws and things I don't like. But anyway, who am I to judge. I use what it works for me and up until now it has been great for me. I feel better than I have ever felt in my life.
The AA Book is only a suggestion. It doesn't mean that YOU HAVE to do everything that's in the book to be sober. Some things work for you other don't. AA is not the only way to be sober. I have friends that are alcoholics but they've stopped by themselves. Another friend he's a DJ he's in the middle of drugs/alcohol all the time and he has been sober for 5 years+.
Different things work for different people. I only take what I need from AA. I don't like AA 100%. In my opinion it has flaws and things I don't like. But anyway, who am I to judge. I use what it works for me and up until now it has been great for me. I feel better than I have ever felt in my life.
“Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program………….”
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Originally Posted by anvilhead
i'd like to chime in here - two things i wish to address, IMHO.....
1) i first got sober in '87, and after a year or so, i too returned to the bar scene. not a problem i said. and for a long long time it wasn't. until at 7 and 1/2 years sobriety i choose to drink again. funny, i was IN the bar at the time.
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1) i first got sober in '87, and after a year or so, i too returned to the bar scene. not a problem i said. and for a long long time it wasn't. until at 7 and 1/2 years sobriety i choose to drink again. funny, i was IN the bar at the time.
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