TOPIC: No Reservations. No Lurking Notion. 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 glass of "POISON" since 8-11-90. For that and you I am truely grateful. How many of you have a Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous? It's a blue book. Mine was given to me back in 1990 when i entered rehab. That book and a little black 24 Hours a Day book were with me 2 4 7 as i learned thru the yrs it carried all the answers of how to stay sober one day at a time. It was one of many TOOLS I have used along with my recovery program. I think on page 33 it should have a passage that says..... We have see the truth demonstrated again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic." Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever. If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol. If we want to quit drinking, we are going to have to quit drinking. A A = Absolute Abstinence. I did heed that warning and did have the desire to not drink ODAAT. I also know that i am one drink away from a drunk and i chose to not drink. JUST FOR TODAY. I cant believe i have collected that many ODAAT together to get me where I am today. Not focusing on the future or whats down the road has kept me in today. |
Thanks for this I needed to read this today. I love you sharing Sharon it really helps me and always have.:c011: |
Originally Posted by aasharon90
(Post 2542979)
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 glass of "POISON" since 8-11-90. For that and you I am truely grateful. How many of you have a Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous? It's a blue book. Mine was given to me back in 1990 when i entered rehab. That book and a little black 24 Hours a Day book were with me 2 4 7 as i learned thru the yrs it carried all the answers of how to stay sober one day at a time. It was one of many TOOLS I have used along with my recovery program. I think on page 33 it should have a passage that says..... We have see the truth demonstrated again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic." Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever. If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol. If we want to quit drinking, we are going to have to quit drinking. A A = Absolute Abstinence. I did heed that warning and did have the desire to not drink ODAAT. I also know that i am one drink away from a drunk and i chose to not drink. JUST FOR TODAY. I cant believe i have collected that many ODAAT together to get me where I am today. Not focusing on the future or whats down the road has kept me in today. "Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday." -Dale Carnegie |
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