Christmas is coming...
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Originally Posted by sugarbear1 
Chattanooga AA Central Office
Call the AA intergroup office and ask about Christmas dinners or Alcathons, you won't be alone!
Call the AA intergroup office and ask about Christmas dinners or Alcathons, you won't be alone!
If nothing else I can just stop going if I still don't like it.
Geebus, thanks again SR
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Originally Posted by Leana
I understand, it's a long drive. But... if you change your mind let me know. He is planning on leaving TN on Sunday. If not, maybe Easter??
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malcolm my friend, I am so glad you are still getting through this with me.
It's not that other peoples issues are more or less important than yours or mine, but we started this journey at the same time and that means a lot to me, to see someone at my stage still getting through it.
hang on tight man, like i said before and will always believe, we can all get through this together.
It's not that other peoples issues are more or less important than yours or mine, but we started this journey at the same time and that means a lot to me, to see someone at my stage still getting through it.
hang on tight man, like i said before and will always believe, we can all get through this together.
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If I would have known my thread would have brought so many tears to my eyes, I woulda got some tissues beforehand.... even my doggie is wondering why I am leaking out of my eye sockets lol
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I cherish my time alone. Truly.
In all the different kinds of work I do, I have a great many and a variety of interactions with other people. And I love being myself with them, regardless of the setting and the context. I get to use the human skills that I've discovered within myself and that I've cultivated during all my sober years, and to practice my professional skills as well.
Reading a good book, enjoying video gems (I don't watch conventional TV, though I do watch some videos that originally air on TV), tinkering with vintage and current Macs, taking a walk to nowhere...my mind is rarely close to being inactive while I'm awake. And my dreams...oh boy, my dreams. Very rich and very memorable, which is not necessarily always a good thing.
I agree with doing service. It truly helped me in my early years of sobriety, and the personal return is priceless. Following my first of two total hip replacements in November of 2012, and then this past August, I returned to the place where I rehabbed (which, as is the case most of the time these days, doubles as a nursing facility) every few weeks, including the Christmas following my rehab. I enjoyed my time there, and met some very good but very lonely people. I'll be back this Christmas morning as well, bearing the treats I know my inherited posse likes.
Christmas for me has gone from being a drink/drunk/hangover fest, to just another day, to a day I look forward to for very different reasons than I did while drinking.
Help someone out, even if it seems a small thing to you. It's the giving season.
In all the different kinds of work I do, I have a great many and a variety of interactions with other people. And I love being myself with them, regardless of the setting and the context. I get to use the human skills that I've discovered within myself and that I've cultivated during all my sober years, and to practice my professional skills as well.
Reading a good book, enjoying video gems (I don't watch conventional TV, though I do watch some videos that originally air on TV), tinkering with vintage and current Macs, taking a walk to nowhere...my mind is rarely close to being inactive while I'm awake. And my dreams...oh boy, my dreams. Very rich and very memorable, which is not necessarily always a good thing.
I agree with doing service. It truly helped me in my early years of sobriety, and the personal return is priceless. Following my first of two total hip replacements in November of 2012, and then this past August, I returned to the place where I rehabbed (which, as is the case most of the time these days, doubles as a nursing facility) every few weeks, including the Christmas following my rehab. I enjoyed my time there, and met some very good but very lonely people. I'll be back this Christmas morning as well, bearing the treats I know my inherited posse likes.
Christmas for me has gone from being a drink/drunk/hangover fest, to just another day, to a day I look forward to for very different reasons than I did while drinking.
Help someone out, even if it seems a small thing to you. It's the giving season.
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