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| spud (profile) wrote, on 6-10-2014 at 11:00pm | |
| Current mood: exhausted Subject: this whole sobriety thing |
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| *tolkien analogies in italics i think i might try to start posting my AA stuff on here, just because i would like to have a place to put my thoughts and progress, and this seems a more suitable venue than facebook. current status: i have a sponsor. i make it to as many meetings as possible, but tuesday night and friday night men's stags are my mainstays, as they fit into my schedule well, and i like the stag meetings. since i started my job, going every day has not been an option. not even close. even the monday night meetings with david have stopped, but i do talk to him on tuesday nights at least. to sum up briefly (i may come back later and edit): don't drink. if only for the next five minutes, ten minutes, an hour, a day. don't worry about forever, or even tomorrow, just don't drink today. fix the spirit first - the mind and body will follow don't think your way into right living, live your way into right thinking. pick the god that you want to be in charge of your life. if you're giving all control of your life to god's will, it should be a god that you're comfortable entrusting with it. (my god laughs at fart jokes) gandalf don't drink. pray. all the time. establish a routine. ask for guidance in the morning (and remind yourself who's in charge while you're at it), say thanks at night. don't drink. be honest. completely, brutally, painfully honest. about everything. be cognizant of what's going on between your ears. motives behind activities are important (WHY you're doing something helps determine whether or not it is advisable to do so). don't let yourself get too hungry, angry, lonely, or tired (HALT) be honest, open, and willing (HOW) don't drink. alcohol is cunning, baffling, powerful. the one ring you have a disease, which is why you see others (who don't have it) drinking with impunity. be of service. be available to help. look to be used for god's will. don't drink. it's pretty simple, really. i was just making shit unnecessarily complicated all this time. might not be easy, but it's simple. and it permeates everything in my life, whether i like it or not. |
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jessa_lynne | 06-15-14 4:10am How do you think that would work if you didn't believe in God? |
spud | Re: , 06-15-14 8:53pm that's the catch, it doesn't.
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