If Drinking is Just a Choice
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Don't worry Tatsy, you haven't offended me in the least! I was dithering over whether it was worth sacrificing deep held beliefs for a bit of company haha
The recovery woman I saw yesterday was bulldozing me into the 3 month program that starts on Monday telling me it wasn't a full on AA thing, which she knew I had reservations about, said there was a lot of CBT in it.
Today, she said, they do the first 3 steps, other AA stuff and apart from attending there 5 days a week I would also have to attend 3 other AA meetings in my spare time.
I came home, read a bit of RR and rang her back and pulled out.
I can't do it. I don't believe in a thing she was offering. I won't become a "need company, do anything for it" sellout.
I'll look for a voluntry job until I can get a paid one
The recovery woman I saw yesterday was bulldozing me into the 3 month program that starts on Monday telling me it wasn't a full on AA thing, which she knew I had reservations about, said there was a lot of CBT in it.
Today, she said, they do the first 3 steps, other AA stuff and apart from attending there 5 days a week I would also have to attend 3 other AA meetings in my spare time.
I came home, read a bit of RR and rang her back and pulled out.
I can't do it. I don't believe in a thing she was offering. I won't become a "need company, do anything for it" sellout.
I'll look for a voluntry job until I can get a paid one
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Originally Posted by sainos 
I came home, read a bit of RR and rang her back and pulled out.
This will save you a lot of time and effort.
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Sainos, I'm so relieved I didn't offend you. This whole alcohol issue is really, life or death, once it progresses. I was at that stage. But I logged on here, after discounting the group recovery route and ramping up my intake whilst following the same group recovery movement.
The alternative is like a laser beam, stopping the destructive (albeit it normal) life instinct/habit from hi-jacking our minds. We are not our autonomic brains . We are higher, regulating, true self, thinking about long term rewards (sobriety) over short term aims, drinking. You can do this too, Sainos.
The alternative is like a laser beam, stopping the destructive (albeit it normal) life instinct/habit from hi-jacking our minds. We are not our autonomic brains . We are higher, regulating, true self, thinking about long term rewards (sobriety) over short term aims, drinking. You can do this too, Sainos.
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I know I can, but it's also nice to hear it coming from someone else haha
I am now going to reaquaint myself to the method I am most comfortable with. The isolation is a different matter, having just come off a binge I didn't recognise that I was mixing the two issues.
I have no ambivalance over choosing RR to concentrate on
I can't squeeze myself into a place that doesn't fit me.
Choice is a marvelous thing. There should be more of it in face to face recovery.
But for me now, the angst of choosing a method and a plan is over. A new life begins!
I am now going to reaquaint myself to the method I am most comfortable with. The isolation is a different matter, having just come off a binge I didn't recognise that I was mixing the two issues.
I have no ambivalance over choosing RR to concentrate on
I can't squeeze myself into a place that doesn't fit me.
Choice is a marvelous thing. There should be more of it in face to face recovery.
But for me now, the angst of choosing a method and a plan is over. A new life begins!
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