Daily Reflections 4/12
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Daily Reflections 4/12
Daily Reflections
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GIVING UP INSANITY
. . . where alcohol has been involved, we have been strangely insane.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 38
Alcoholism required me to drink, whether I wanted to or not. Insanity dominated my life and was the essence of my disease. It robbed me of the freedom of choice over drinking and, therefore, robbed me of all other choices. When I drank, I was unable to make effective choices in any part of my life and life became unmanageable.
I ask God to help me understand and accept the full meaning of the disease of alcoholism.
~ Reprinted from Daily Reflections, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
Hmmm...sometimes I feel strangely insane even without alcohol.But for the most part,life is very good today
phoenix
by A.A. Members for A.A. Members
GIVING UP INSANITY
. . . where alcohol has been involved, we have been strangely insane.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 38
Alcoholism required me to drink, whether I wanted to or not. Insanity dominated my life and was the essence of my disease. It robbed me of the freedom of choice over drinking and, therefore, robbed me of all other choices. When I drank, I was unable to make effective choices in any part of my life and life became unmanageable.
I ask God to help me understand and accept the full meaning of the disease of alcoholism.
~ Reprinted from Daily Reflections, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
Hmmm...sometimes I feel strangely insane even without alcohol.But for the most part,life is very good today
phoenix
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Thanks for the insight
Yesterday I was having a hard time with the voices in my head, the sleepless nights and the "insanity" of missing that which was so miserable. I would say it came under the catagory of this insanity.
i hope that this will soon pass, but I guess, because I am an addict in the first place, those qualities are already in place, and will always be. As a child of an alcholic, many of these "wierd" thoughts and desires came natural to me. I spent a few years in ACA in the 80's and wish I had of stayed with that group.
The Twelve Step Program that I was working then, is the same one I have worked (half-assed) for the past ten years. And because I have failed to give one hundred percent to staying clean and working the program, I have seen little positive results.
I am glad I found this site. i am amazed at the numbers that relapse. I thought I was such a failure for having to come here once again. Not a failure in sobriety, a failure in controling my use. Each and every time I have gone back out there, I thought I was stronger and more capable to "not let the drugs do me". WRONG!!! I even went out there a few times to try and demonstrate to other addicts the "how to's" of controlled using. i remember the first time I confronted a using addict(I was using also) with the thought that we were "addicts". i almost got my butt kicked! Now this is insanity!!!!
Thanks for letting me share....I am not planning on using today. i have already done one step to prevent that by getting online this AM. i have other things to do to insure I wont pick up today, but there is a real good chance I am going to have another clean day, by His power and my actions.
livingproof.........
i hope that this will soon pass, but I guess, because I am an addict in the first place, those qualities are already in place, and will always be. As a child of an alcholic, many of these "wierd" thoughts and desires came natural to me. I spent a few years in ACA in the 80's and wish I had of stayed with that group.
The Twelve Step Program that I was working then, is the same one I have worked (half-assed) for the past ten years. And because I have failed to give one hundred percent to staying clean and working the program, I have seen little positive results.
I am glad I found this site. i am amazed at the numbers that relapse. I thought I was such a failure for having to come here once again. Not a failure in sobriety, a failure in controling my use. Each and every time I have gone back out there, I thought I was stronger and more capable to "not let the drugs do me". WRONG!!! I even went out there a few times to try and demonstrate to other addicts the "how to's" of controlled using. i remember the first time I confronted a using addict(I was using also) with the thought that we were "addicts". i almost got my butt kicked! Now this is insanity!!!!
Thanks for letting me share....I am not planning on using today. i have already done one step to prevent that by getting online this AM. i have other things to do to insure I wont pick up today, but there is a real good chance I am going to have another clean day, by His power and my actions.
livingproof.........
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