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Hanging out with a bunch of drunks who aren't drinking can really make you feel better.
You can do whatever you want, but taking advice on how to save your life and how to live from people who are angry, bitter, and unhappy doesn't seem like a great idea.
Are they telling you about what they hate or what they love?
These are difficult times. We don't do politics in meetings for the sake of the whole, but don't expose yourself to people you don't know well either, for the sake of your own ass.
I am still surprised at the positions of some people I know.
It gets different.
It gets different.
Without my sobriety I have nothing.
Literally.
Getting complacent is a killer.
I did, and luckily I'm still here, and back on track.
Keep it together.
Let it go.
Go to a meeting.
Call a friend.
Call your sponsor.
I heard someone say "I have a hard time doing the right thing."
What I learned was to stop making it a debate. As soon as I start to debate whether to do the right thing I'm in trouble.
I was sitting in a meeting where the topic was women in AA. Wow, a lot of men are weird.
I have to never forget what it was like. I've found myself thinking "I wasn't like that" until I remember oh yes I was, it's just been a long time.
Newcomers in a meeting talking about temptation and craving. One said "I guess I'll always have to deal with it, even the old timers do".
No, you don't. That's the point of the program. That's a battle you will eventually lose, and/or live miserably.
It's not a program of white knuckle abstinence, it's learning how to live and be comfortable.
"And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone – even alcohol."
Maybe you could use a meeting.
I've heard and read people who couldn't get into AA because it's a religious program.
It is not. They weren't paying attention.
Almost everyone in AA had that negative reaction at first until they realized it wasn't true.
Don't let your bias kill you.
Things are getting frightening, and people are drawing into the rooms as a source of stability and comfort.
Lots of people have been talking about where people stand, but inside the rooms we don't get into that. Inside. But don't put yourself in danger.
Gotta go talk to a bunch of alcoholics and drug addicts, be right back.
I am powerless. I'm not letting go of power, I'm letting go of the delusion that I have power.
I was promised a better life and that's what I got.
Spent the night with some program friends, old and new, good food and sat around a fire and had a meeting.
Doesn't get much better.
All night Christmas Eve with a bunch of alcoholics.
Have got in the habit of Saturday night meetings, and staying after the late night meeting and talking until the wee hours.
I could do worse.
