TOPIC: Guess What Works On Fear Like A Charm Everytime?
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
Posts: 15,238
TOPIC: Guess What Works On Fear Like A Charm Everytime?
Hi my name is Sharon and Im an Alcoholic.
By the Grace of my HP and people like
you here in SR I havent had a drink
of alcohol since 8-11-90.
For that and you I am truely grateful.
As a child of parent that mixed alcohol
and meds and acted out in periods
of rages and inflicted verbal and
physical abuse on me, I faced
and delt with fear at an early
age.
There were many periods of my
life where i tried to stand strong
against ridicule and embarresment.
However a few yrs down the road
I became helpless...powerless.
I had a problem. A drinking problem.
Just like the commercial says about
Lay's potato Chips....I couldnt have
just one drink.
Of course the excessive drinking only
made me think i was tough ...never thinking
at the time i was an alcoholic.
It wasnt until my accident in Feb 90 then
a family intervention in Aug 90 that AA happened
to me.
I picked up the tools and knowledge of
my disease and listened and absorbed
what i heard from many of those before
me....
They told me that I didnt have to carry
all the burdens i had been carrying on my
shoulders alone anymore. That I didnt have to
be afraid because of a Power Greater than
myself would be there to help me.
And if i gave AA a chance then i didnt have
to have those fears anymore. That I didnt
have to drink anymore. It was the AA road
of our recovery 12 step principles to follow
or the drunken highway.
Thank goodness I chose AA.
If I should feel fear welling up inside me then
I know what the problem is,,,,ive lost my
HP connect....and when that happens
then its time to get back into action and
reach out to another alcoholic to help.
Each time i do this..... life works like a charm.
Thanks for letting me share.
By the Grace of my HP and people like
you here in SR I havent had a drink
of alcohol since 8-11-90.
For that and you I am truely grateful.
As a child of parent that mixed alcohol
and meds and acted out in periods
of rages and inflicted verbal and
physical abuse on me, I faced
and delt with fear at an early
age.
There were many periods of my
life where i tried to stand strong
against ridicule and embarresment.
However a few yrs down the road
I became helpless...powerless.
I had a problem. A drinking problem.
Just like the commercial says about
Lay's potato Chips....I couldnt have
just one drink.
Of course the excessive drinking only
made me think i was tough ...never thinking
at the time i was an alcoholic.
It wasnt until my accident in Feb 90 then
a family intervention in Aug 90 that AA happened
to me.
I picked up the tools and knowledge of
my disease and listened and absorbed
what i heard from many of those before
me....
They told me that I didnt have to carry
all the burdens i had been carrying on my
shoulders alone anymore. That I didnt have to
be afraid because of a Power Greater than
myself would be there to help me.
And if i gave AA a chance then i didnt have
to have those fears anymore. That I didnt
have to drink anymore. It was the AA road
of our recovery 12 step principles to follow
or the drunken highway.
Thank goodness I chose AA.
If I should feel fear welling up inside me then
I know what the problem is,,,,ive lost my
HP connect....and when that happens
then its time to get back into action and
reach out to another alcoholic to help.
Each time i do this..... life works like a charm.
Thanks for letting me share.
IO Storm
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Southern California
Posts: 18,436
Surrender..and trust.
"All is as it should"
"Thy will be done, not mine"
Sharing my fears with good friends...getting support..
and my butt kicked at times too!
Works for me Sharon...13 months now!
Love,
Thanks Sharon.
Thanks, friends..
And first and foremost..
Thanks, HP!
"All is as it should"
"Thy will be done, not mine"
Sharing my fears with good friends...getting support..
and my butt kicked at times too!
Works for me Sharon...13 months now!
Love,
Thanks Sharon.
Thanks, friends..
And first and foremost..
Thanks, HP!
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
Posts: 15,238
Im speechless.... 
Seeing that number 17 is mind boggling.
It couldnt have been possible without you
guys....all of us working to help, support,
guide, care as we trudge out road of
recovery to a happy destiny.
Just a few ODAAT collected to get u and
I where we r today. Right?
Love and Care to SR.
Seeing that number 17 is mind boggling.
It couldnt have been possible without you
guys....all of us working to help, support,
guide, care as we trudge out road of
recovery to a happy destiny.
Just a few ODAAT collected to get u and
I where we r today. Right?
Love and Care to SR.
:) Just For Today! :)
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 14
That is awesome, 17 years, and so true about your HP. I've got 95 days and your experience, strength and hope makes me happy. Just last week I found I started getting irritated with little things and having racing thoughts (and you know in your head is a horrible place to be) and my boyfriend, who is also a recovering addict, told me I needed to talk to my HP and do some step work. I did and guess what??? It worked like a charm!!! Keep up the great work!
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