TOPIC: You Have An Addiction But The Addiction Doesn't Have To Have You.
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
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TOPIC: You Have An Addiction But The Addiction Doesn't Have To Have You.
Hi Im Sharon and Im an Alcoholic.
By the grace of my HP and people
like you here in SR I havent found
it necessary to pick up a drink of
alcohol since 8-11-90.
For that and u I am truely grateful.
Sure we have an addiction. Addicted
to drugs or alcohol. However just
because we have this addiction
doesnt mean we dont have to let
or allow it to control us ever again.
During my drinking career you could
have told me and i surely wouldnt
have believed it. That's why giving
up the drink was impossible. I was
completely powerless over it. It
controlled every part of my being
and my life was totally unmanageable.
After a family intervention took
place back in Aug. 1990, i was handed
tools and knowledge of my disease,
my addiction to alcohol and how to
learn to live one day at a time without
it just by following the principles
of a 12 step program. To also rely
on something more powerful than I.
I was brought up in the Catholic Faith
and so believing in a Power greater
than I wasnt difficult to accept.
I learned to place my will and life
over to that Power to guide me
and protect me each day as i
travel along the road of reovery.
Today I am incharge of the choices
i make with help each day with my
12 step program and the fellowship
of wonderful people here in SR.
There isnt anything I need to face
alone in this life ever again without
the help of my AA program, you and
my Higher Power.
For all that I am truely grateful.
By the grace of my HP and people
like you here in SR I havent found
it necessary to pick up a drink of
alcohol since 8-11-90.
For that and u I am truely grateful.
Sure we have an addiction. Addicted
to drugs or alcohol. However just
because we have this addiction
doesnt mean we dont have to let
or allow it to control us ever again.
During my drinking career you could
have told me and i surely wouldnt
have believed it. That's why giving
up the drink was impossible. I was
completely powerless over it. It
controlled every part of my being
and my life was totally unmanageable.
After a family intervention took
place back in Aug. 1990, i was handed
tools and knowledge of my disease,
my addiction to alcohol and how to
learn to live one day at a time without
it just by following the principles
of a 12 step program. To also rely
on something more powerful than I.
I was brought up in the Catholic Faith
and so believing in a Power greater
than I wasnt difficult to accept.
I learned to place my will and life
over to that Power to guide me
and protect me each day as i
travel along the road of reovery.
Today I am incharge of the choices
i make with help each day with my
12 step program and the fellowship
of wonderful people here in SR.
There isnt anything I need to face
alone in this life ever again without
the help of my AA program, you and
my Higher Power.
For all that I am truely grateful.
mergirl
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Paradise
Posts: 4,161
If I can't face it alone, I have you all! The week before I quit I would have told you it was impossible. Having people here to encourage me, and help me deal with the REALLY hard stuff like shame and resentments made it doable. Now if I am scared or upset, I allow myself an extra bowl of ice cream at night=)
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Location: Baton Rouge, La.
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Ice cream does help....luvs ice cream .
Right now its Heavenly Hash....YUM..!
However my weakness is jewelry. : )
After the ice cream as come and gone,
i have my jewelry to last me forever....
People here in SR Are AWESOME. The
fellowship here is tremendous.
I love you guys, cus i never feel alone
with u here for me.
Right now its Heavenly Hash....YUM..!
However my weakness is jewelry. : )
After the ice cream as come and gone,
i have my jewelry to last me forever....
People here in SR Are AWESOME. The
fellowship here is tremendous.
I love you guys, cus i never feel alone
with u here for me.
where the light is
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 2,763
In Micheal J. Fox's book, he refers to his Parkinsons and alcoholism in a similar way:
Own the disease, don't let it own you.
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I look at it the same way.
I fully accept (own) that I am an alcoholic but at the same time, it doesn't define me. It's just a small part of who I am.
And yeah, alcohol owned me for way too long...
Own the disease, don't let it own you.
***
I look at it the same way.
I fully accept (own) that I am an alcoholic but at the same time, it doesn't define me. It's just a small part of who I am.
And yeah, alcohol owned me for way too long...
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