Don't wanna do this anymore
12-Step Recovered Alkie
Join Date: May 2010
Location: West Bloomfield, MI
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Originally Posted by Sapling 
How about things you don't even think will work?...That was another hurdle I had to get over....Then the craziest thing happens...It actually works. I think that's where the building of faith starts to happen.
My personal favorite: doing things I've never done but "know with 100% certainty" they won't work for me......... but you go do them to shut-up some dope who's riding you to try them up....... and they frickin' work. Sometimes, my false ego is SO strong, I won't even admit it's working - I'd rather be right and miserable than happy and wrong -- LOL
A man on a mission
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: New York
Posts: 38
I had a terrible second half of the day yesterday. My mood went from good to bad in the blink of an eye. Depressed and gloomy. I had no motivation for anything. By 730pm I was ready to sleep. Hoping today is much better.
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 143
Yeah, it would be great if every day got better and better. 2 steps forward, 1 step back at first, I think is normal.
Takes awhile to get our brain back into normal mode - took me about 3 months - then I noticed that feeling good was way more frequent than feeling bad.
Once we decide to quit, the depressed and gloomy feelings will never be fixed by our DOC. It doesn't work anymore. Time to try sobriety. I'm AMAZED (and if I could write that 10 feet in the sky I would) how much better my head is since I stopped drinking and smoking.
Keep on going.
Pam
Takes awhile to get our brain back into normal mode - took me about 3 months - then I noticed that feeling good was way more frequent than feeling bad.
Once we decide to quit, the depressed and gloomy feelings will never be fixed by our DOC. It doesn't work anymore. Time to try sobriety. I'm AMAZED (and if I could write that 10 feet in the sky I would) how much better my head is since I stopped drinking and smoking.
Keep on going.
Pam
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Maryland
Posts: 106
Originally Posted by DayTrader
Heh... yeah, no kidding.
My personal favorite: doing things I've never done but "know with 100% certainty" they won't work for me......... but you go do them to shut-up some dope who's riding you to try them up....... and they frickin' work. Sometimes, my false ego is SO strong, I won't even admit it's working - I'd rather be right and miserable than happy and wrong -- LOL
My personal favorite: doing things I've never done but "know with 100% certainty" they won't work for me......... but you go do them to shut-up some dope who's riding you to try them up....... and they frickin' work. Sometimes, my false ego is SO strong, I won't even admit it's working - I'd rather be right and miserable than happy and wrong -- LOL
I now LOVE going to AA. I love to go see my friends in AA as much as I love to go see my friends who aren't in AA. Often, I'd rather be with my AA friends. I love to go to new meetings in different parts of the world and I am fortunate to be able to do so. I love everything about it. But I was soooo resistant to it, I just KNEW I wouldn't like it and it wouldn't work for me.
I understand it is not for everyone, my rant is less about AA and more about how we think we know so much about something we know absolutely nothing about. Fortunately I was at the end of the rope, I had to be willing to try something different, and you know what...... my preconceived notion was so far off base from what it actually is.
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