jackc

Thanks, Guys!

marty888

Listened to an old bloke share at AA tonight with 51 years sober !!! He had what he termed a "bust" after 6 weeks in AA, and has since got 51 years

Gypsy Feet

There is a chance I am not an alcoholic by some standards. I did it/am doing it on my own, no 12 steps, no turning that particular aspect of my life over to anyone. I don't reckon I care whether or not I am an ex alki, drunk, what ever, just so long as I never get pissed again and open that door.

That being said, I weird out on "slips", and appreciate the post tommy. I understand when someone has so much turmoil in their life, they just make the decision to numb it for a bit. What I can't wrap my head around are the people who have had alcohol bend them over a barrel, and a few weeks later think maybe drinking would be fun again.

I have heard the siren's call. My drinking voice has told me every ridiculous thing in the book to get me to pick up again. But I can't forget (nor would I want to) what happened when I was last drunk, and I'm not going there again.

Living with someone who had 6 months, decided to drink, and is in the throws of an absolutely frightening, seemingly never-ending binge is pretty good deterrent as well

jamdls

Great post Tommy very sound advice. One of the worst if not the worst thing about my drinking life was the lies, I lived a lie got to the point I didn't seem to know what truth was. From the beginning of my sobriety I vowed to stop lying about anything, it's not always easy but I've been 99% honest (there's always the little things like "you like fine" when someone says "do I look fat in this"). God did not gt me sober but he gave me the strength to get sober and I choose to honor him by staying sober.

gerryP

YeeHA Vegi!! and Amen to that.

You GO Girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tommyk

Every once in a while I have to ask myself if my posts here are helpful to the newcomer.

Or am I feeding 'my way' and/or 'my ego'?

It is all part of the honesty vs. denial subject (the subject of this thread, incidentally).

Does anyone else ever ask themselves... before they post here?

Quse56

To me, God doesn't KEEP me sober; a hand doesn't come down and block the martini from reaching my lips if I decide to drink.

However having faith in a POWER GREATER THAN MYSELF shows me that life is a lot bigger that me and my little plans and my little self-centered life, and if I want a life, a family, and sanity, I need to do certain things to be rid of my selfishness - the first of those is to put down the bottle.

I pray, I meditate on the things higher and loftier that my shitstorm of a self-centered world, and that helps me NOT pick up a drink, one glorious day at a time.

Dee74

all the time Tommy
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vegibean

tommy, I don't think it matters, you're sharing, I think that does.