Hi,

My name is Dan. I have been sober for a year now. Man has it been a struggle. My year of sobriety has been achieved through AA. Although I have found a life without alcohol, I am still unhappy most of the time. I find Alcoholics anonymous very difficult to be a part of. I am all for living a spiritual way of life, a life based on principles like honesty and forgiveness, which I believe is what AA is all about it. But for some reason I cannot find a home there, like I have see so many others do. I never really feel comfortable. At times I feel like I am in a different world in alcoholics anonymous. For example, I get very irritated when I hear another sponsee of my sponsor just repeats things he heard our sponsor say. I'm thinking...dude, our sponsor just said that yesterday, can't u be original. I also am very much against many ideas about alcoholism that people in AA come up with. I don't really know where I am going with this post, this is actually my first post. I'm really just throwin it out there, because this is something I have struggled with throughout my sobriety. I'd love to hear for both aa and non aa members. Thanks.