aasharon90

Hi Im Sharon and Im an Alcoholic.

By the Grace of my HP and people
like you here in SR I havent had a
drink of alcoholic since 8-11-90.

For that and you I am truely grateful.

Here's a question to think about...

Share your own thoughts on how
u feel this fits in ur own life.

For me, my family thought I needed
recovery in order to stay sober...
I too at the beginning needed it...
but over the yrs and even today I
want it more than anything....

Recovery is for those who want it
not need it....

Having the principles of recovery
to guide me each day to live a
better life, to get along better
with others, to be happy with
me,myself and I, to avoid
resentments, make amends
when necessary, turn my
will and life over to care
of my HP on a daily bases
and so on and sharing my
own ESH with others in order
to achieve sobriety is something
i strive for. In doing so then
the promises offered to us
will eventually come true
for each of us if we truely
want them to.

Thanks for letting me share.

Grizzled

The trick for me wasn't to want to stop drinking. I wanted to do that for a long time. The real trick was to want to stay sober. That took a lot of time to get there, but its been well worth it.

ShouldIBeHere

I'd like all the things you mentioned gained from recovery- tools to deal with life...
The sticking point I have is not wanting to quit drinking.

barb dwyer

both

Missymae737

Hi Sharon,

For myself, I had to ride down to the bottom of the elevator...I had to cheat death...

Then came surrendering and a healthy fear I would die if I continued drinking...

After just one meeting I knew I had found life again, and I truly wanted recovery...

Rowan

I need recovery AND I want it.

Astro

Not only do I need and want it, but I'm totally addicted to it! Recovery rocks!

Rowan

Hoo-ra! It sure does rock!

MsPINKAcres

I need it, I want it - Gotta have it!!

Without it do you realize there would be this Screaming crazy, pill & drinking counting Woman running around Throwing Things again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi, my name is Rita and I'm an Al-Anon & a recovering thrower. I haven't seen fit to throw any item, count any pills or drinks since September 3, 2003 and for that I am humbly grateful!!!! ( got part of this from a wonderful lady at the HUGS retreat this weekend)
Gotta love having a sense of humor in recovery

Great thread Sharon!!

Tazman53

Hmmmm well at first I had no idea what recovery or recovered was, the only thing I knew was if I did not stop drinking I would eventually die!!!

Once I was sober according to a breathalyzer, I was crazy as hell, I knew I needed to stay sober, but I was scared to death I was going to drink and die!!!

I learned what recovery and sobriety was in AA, that is when I knew I needed recovery, because that led to sanity, which led to the urge/need to drink being lifted from me, hich led to where I am at now, depending upon my spiritual condition I oscilate between recovering and recovered.

Great thread Sharon.

Jersey Nonny

Hmmmmmn...this is sorta another "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

I know I don't want to be a drunken, falling down, barfing active alcoholic again...so, in order to avoid going back there...I need to do whatever it takes to stay sober!

Alive

Good question..Sometimes there's a part of me that is so used to be down, that the answer has to be i need it..because when you need it, you can't keep doing it or "wanting" it...

Octoman

My first step was realising that my life had become dull, monotone, one dimensional. I would travel places and see nothing more than the inside of a bar. It doesnt matter where you are if you are drunk in a bar. Its all the same. Life had just become a dull morass of sameness and my spark for life was dying. I wanted to start living again and actually BE in the places I went. Not just physically but actually FEEL the places I went, people I met and take something away other than a hangover.

So I guess the answer was I wanted sobriety becaused I needed it to live the life I wanted.