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Location: Fredericksburg, Va.
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Trucker the internet is AWESOME. Although a mighty ocean seperates us, we have walked in the same pair of shoes through the gates of hell and a complete stranger took us by the hand and showed us the way out, like you and I he too had been there! Unless he had been there he could not have showed us the way out! Pwoerful share my British brother.
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: uk
Posts: 2,548
Taz ..
i love to imagine im sitting in that foyer watching bill pace up and down...bar at one end....phone booth at the other.
He knew he had to contact another alcoholic.......thats a powerful thing.......even though he was a flat out drunk........to turn your back on the bar and call another alkie.....
the power of one alcoholic sharing with another.....bob gave him a few minutes.......you know the rest...
i am an alcoholic......i can share stuff with you.......and you know..
i share the same stuff with my wife and she thinks im an alien.....lol....
have a great evening taz....and thankyou for all the time you spend with the newcomer here......
i love to imagine im sitting in that foyer watching bill pace up and down...bar at one end....phone booth at the other.
He knew he had to contact another alcoholic.......thats a powerful thing.......even though he was a flat out drunk........to turn your back on the bar and call another alkie.....
the power of one alcoholic sharing with another.....bob gave him a few minutes.......you know the rest...
i am an alcoholic......i can share stuff with you.......and you know..
i share the same stuff with my wife and she thinks im an alien.....lol....
have a great evening taz....and thankyou for all the time you spend with the newcomer here......
The New Me starting 1/11/09
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: California
Posts: 678
Collegegirl -
Everyone else has given you great advice and you should spend whatever energy, effort, money, etc. you have to in order to get sober. It needs to be your #1 priority.
But, a topic that isn't spoken of too often is the cost of recovery. Some people just use the cost as an excuse to not get help, see a therapist, etc. (Note that the cost of NOT recovering is way more than the cost of seeing a therapist, but in case this is an issue for you...)
I remember that my wife kept telling me that I should go see a therapist and I just couldn't bring myself to spend $100+ / hr to do it (even though I probably should have).
But, when I went to AA (which probably costs you $1-2 per meeting), all of a sudden I found an experience that was worth way more than $100 / hr, was keeping me sober, (and was a pretty good value
).
For me, it was AA, actively working on my recovery, and also SR. I use SR to fill in the gaps between my AA meetings and my service work with other alcoholics.
So, it is an integrated program of recovery, and it costs me $10 / wk plus a little gas.
Everyone else has given you great advice and you should spend whatever energy, effort, money, etc. you have to in order to get sober. It needs to be your #1 priority.
But, a topic that isn't spoken of too often is the cost of recovery. Some people just use the cost as an excuse to not get help, see a therapist, etc. (Note that the cost of NOT recovering is way more than the cost of seeing a therapist, but in case this is an issue for you...)
I remember that my wife kept telling me that I should go see a therapist and I just couldn't bring myself to spend $100+ / hr to do it (even though I probably should have).
But, when I went to AA (which probably costs you $1-2 per meeting), all of a sudden I found an experience that was worth way more than $100 / hr, was keeping me sober, (and was a pretty good value
).For me, it was AA, actively working on my recovery, and also SR. I use SR to fill in the gaps between my AA meetings and my service work with other alcoholics.
So, it is an integrated program of recovery, and it costs me $10 / wk plus a little gas.
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: German Village, OH
Posts: 3,427
Originally Posted by trucker 
Taz ..
i love to imagine im sitting in that foyer watching bill pace up and down...bar at one end....phone booth at the other.
He knew he had to contact another alcoholic.......thats a powerful thing.......even though he was a flat out drunk........to turn your back on the bar and call another alkie.....
the power of one alcoholic sharing with another.....bob gave him a few minutes.......you know the rest...
i am an alcoholic......i can share stuff with you.......and you know..
i share the same stuff with my wife and she thinks im an alien.....lol....
have a great evening taz....and thankyou for all the time you spend with the newcomer here......
i love to imagine im sitting in that foyer watching bill pace up and down...bar at one end....phone booth at the other.
He knew he had to contact another alcoholic.......thats a powerful thing.......even though he was a flat out drunk........to turn your back on the bar and call another alkie.....
the power of one alcoholic sharing with another.....bob gave him a few minutes.......you know the rest...
i am an alcoholic......i can share stuff with you.......and you know..
i share the same stuff with my wife and she thinks im an alien.....lol....
have a great evening taz....and thankyou for all the time you spend with the newcomer here......
-Goat
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