TOPIC: Looking For A Safety Net 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 "POISON" since 8-11-90. For that and you I am truely grateful. When you were born you trusted those loved ones to be there for you each step of the way as you grew. We were to get that love and care to guide and protect us just like a safety net there to catch us if we fall. Did u have that safety net to catch u when u were growing up? Or did you go out looking for safety or security in all the wrong people, places and things like I did? I had working, church going, well know to the community family and yet i lived in a dysfunctional family. One parent sick with a dr. jeckel mr. hyde personality and very verbally and physically abusive to me. Very controling and instilled fear in every ounce of my being. I moved on in my yrs looking for security or a safety net in many and never found true happiness. I eventually got sober in 90 and over the past 19 yrs. lived and worked the steps of my awesome program to guide me and strengthen me to where i finally found that safety net. Honesty and trust has lead me to an awesome reward and gift provided from my HP. Several yrs ago my search for that security net was over. Today from living the AA way of life, my sober life is now rewarding. The promises are continueing to come true for me. Where is ur safety net? Or how safe is ur safety net? |
Hey, Nice post. I became strongly aware of my strong need for other people, the wrong people. when I wandered into Alanon. AA was just half of my ingrained sickness. Alanon introduced me to the other half. Coming from a long line of Alcoholics and mental illness, I had no idea how deep the sickness ran. Today I don't feel damaged, broken, or anymore sick than anyone else. My safety net today is large and wide. It encompasses a higher power, AA fellowships, honest friends, family that I took for granted, and my children. We all have access to a strong safety net if we can just open our eyes and see it. |
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