Lionhearted1

During my drinking days i was plagued with silly irrational fears in fact i would get silly things popping up that previously i had no issues with.

Now i have been sober again for a week slowly i feel i can cope with stuff again, as time in sobriety goes on does that stuff clear up??????

thanks

BruceJ

Well...fear, according the the program, is a result of irrational self-reliance.

I guess if you are asking if we will get to the point that we can control things beyond our control....well... no.

But, yes, we can get to a point of gracefully accepting it.

Elisabeth888

Yes it does! The more clear your head gets, the more normal you feel.

Alcohol causes me extreme anxiety.

2granddaughters

The Promises of Alcoholics Anonymous begin to come true......


The Promises, that are read in many A.A. Meetings can be found on page 83-84, of the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous.
THE A.A. PROMISES

If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.

Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us—sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.


Couldn't ask for more than that !!

All the best.

Bob R