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Old 01-10-2015, 02:06 PM
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Robin Williams

"I used to think that the worst thing in life is to end up all alone.

It's not.

The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone."
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Old 01-10-2015, 02:20 PM
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if someone is making me feel something, then I am a willing participant....

feeling alone in a crowd was my own doing

just my experience
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Old 01-10-2015, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by sugarbear1 View Post
if someone is making me feel something, then I am a willing participant....

feeling alone in a crowd was my own doing

just my experience
"feeling alone in a crowed is my doing"

I can see how one could feel that way.

So you have the control?
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I was full of self centered fear then

today, it's about fully human interaction
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People that would make me feel all alone
were the very ones right there in my
immediate family. It was the lack of
understanding and communication.

Once I got into recovery and was
taught and learned about my addiction
I immediately became knowledgeable
about it. That knowledge left the rest
of my family in question.

I always say that it takes an addict
or alcoholic to know one and in my
situation, I was the only one with an
addiction to alcohol in my little family
so they truly didn't know me or understand
my illness or my recovery.

Anyway, that is why I felt all alone in
my family because of that lack of under-
standing and communication. So, I retreated
to many many AA meetings to surround
myself with others just like me who have
been there or done the same similar things
in life I have.

And..... WE in recovery have a solution to
incorporate in our everyday life in learning
to live a sober, clean, healthy, happy, honest,
way of life for many yrs to come.

Im no longer ALL ALONE like I use to
be yrs ago. Today I BELONG.
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Old 01-10-2015, 03:57 PM
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AAA: "I want some of the stuff you got "
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Old 01-10-2015, 06:15 PM
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Old 01-11-2015, 09:56 AM
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I have a picture of Robin with that quote on my work desk. May his soul rest in peace. I too used to be around people who made me feel all alone. It's a constant struggle to get out of that mindset. Robin was doing great for a long time, then it got him again and sucked him back in. I've been there many times myself. I only hope that the publicity of Robin's death will show people that they don't have to die alone. There is hope. We are all here together in this.
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Old 01-11-2015, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by aasharon90 View Post
people that would make me feel all alone
were the very ones right there in my
immediate family. It was the lack of
understanding and communication.

Once i got into recovery and was
taught and learned about my addiction
i immediately became knowledgeable
about it. That knowledge left the rest
of my family in question.

I always say that it takes an addict
or alcoholic to know one and in my
situation, i was the only one with an
addiction to alcohol in my little family
so they truly didn't know me or understand
my illness or my recovery.

Anyway, that is why i felt all alone in
my family because of that lack of under-
standing and communication. So, i retreated
to many many aa meetings to surround
myself with others just like me who have
been there or done the same similar things
in life i have.

and..... We in recovery have a solution to
incorporate in our everyday life in learning
to live a sober, clean, healthy, happy, honest,
way of life for many yrs to come.

im no longer all alone like i use to
be yrs ago. Today i belong.
well said!
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