Sucks being new huh?
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Sucks being new huh?
You're feeling like hell, totally ashamed of yourself and it's all you can do to keep water down. You feel like it's never gonna end and think the only thing that will make it better is to have a few drinks and knock down that anxiety.
IT GETS BETTER!! I PROMISE! I am on day 7 of sobriety, have 8 AA meetings under my belt and am chapter 4 in the big book.
I don't care if you are an athiest, agnostic or bible thumping religious fanatic AA will embrace you and let you know YOU ARE NOT ALONE AND THERE IS A WAY OUT OF THIS INSANITY!
Just go and sit and listen if anything, what have you got to lose? Is the insanity of my first paragraph better? Is sitting in jail better than sitting in a room with a bunch of people that admit they can't handle booze, wether you think you can or not?
Are you worth it? Do you want to get sober? Do you want to end the insaine cycle you have been in?
The answer is simple.
IF YOU ARE HERE ON SR READING THIS MESSAGE, DON'T TRY AND FOOL YOURSELF, THE ANSWER IS YES TO ALL OF THE ABOVE
IT GETS BETTER!! I PROMISE! I am on day 7 of sobriety, have 8 AA meetings under my belt and am chapter 4 in the big book.
I don't care if you are an athiest, agnostic or bible thumping religious fanatic AA will embrace you and let you know YOU ARE NOT ALONE AND THERE IS A WAY OUT OF THIS INSANITY!
Just go and sit and listen if anything, what have you got to lose? Is the insanity of my first paragraph better? Is sitting in jail better than sitting in a room with a bunch of people that admit they can't handle booze, wether you think you can or not?
Are you worth it? Do you want to get sober? Do you want to end the insaine cycle you have been in?
The answer is simple.
IF YOU ARE HERE ON SR READING THIS MESSAGE, DON'T TRY AND FOOL YOURSELF, THE ANSWER IS YES TO ALL OF THE ABOVE
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Seattle, WA
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As an agnostic, I thought AA wasn't for me. As a younger person, i thought AA wasn't for me. As an alternative, hip, geeky, internet savvy person, i thought AA wasn't for me. After i went to AA, with my mouth shut, my ears and my heart and my mind open i realized, as an alcoholic, AA was just for me.
Basically, i have nothing in common with the people in my AA group except the fact that i'm an alcoholic and that's been the driving force of my life for the past 8 years. I love those people and they love me.
Basically, i have nothing in common with the people in my AA group except the fact that i'm an alcoholic and that's been the driving force of my life for the past 8 years. I love those people and they love me.
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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Originally Posted by DisplacedGRITS 
As an agnostic, I thought AA wasn't for me. As a younger person, i thought AA wasn't for me. As an alternative, hip, geeky, internet savvy person, i thought AA wasn't for me. After i went to AA, with my mouth shut, my ears and my heart and my mind open i realized, as an alcoholic, AA was just for me.
Basically, i have nothing in common with the people in my AA group except the fact that i'm an alcoholic and that's been the driving force of my life for the past 8 years. I love those people and they love me.
Basically, i have nothing in common with the people in my AA group except the fact that i'm an alcoholic and that's been the driving force of my life for the past 8 years. I love those people and they love me.
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Location: LA - Lower Alabama
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Originally Posted by john44
Tears are pouring down my face reading this. Got sober (again) a few weeks ago. Went to an aa meeting id never been to before and spilled my guts. Those wonderful people enveloped me with love and understanding. Here i am, relapsing and feeling horrible again. I cant believe im in this place again. I feel like ive dishonored my previous struggles to get sober.
We don't shoot our wounded.
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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Hi Hiptobesquare,
You sound in a great frame of mind. Keep up the good work in your recovery. May your force be with you. Love it. AA helped me get sober wouldn't knock it.
John get back to the meetings that's the main think never give up.
love to you both
CaiHong
You sound in a great frame of mind. Keep up the good work in your recovery. May your force be with you. Love it. AA helped me get sober wouldn't knock it.
John get back to the meetings that's the main think never give up.
love to you both
CaiHong
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