my HP, the people in AA and the AA organization saved my worthless ass. i take no credit whatsoever. i couldnt stop for anything. i have no anger or resentment to anyone. i will tell anyone that wants to listen what it was like for me though. i want people to know there is more than one line of thought in AA

im not gonna agree with everyone in AA and they wont agree with me. i find it pointless to tell people to go to meetings and work the steps to the letter. i think the only one that should b concerned about what step im on or when my last meeting was, is me. AA never worked for me till i went because it was the last house on the block.

Hi Mike! Good to see you've come back to see us. I hope you stick around. There are a lot of newcomers here at all times. It would be nice, from one drunk to another, if you could help a few with your experience.:):):)

thanks gr8

heaven and hell, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfbzUof-h64

Yes, to each then own, Mike... whatever works. I also get annoyed at the personalities that perceive " it has to be such and such a way".

AA has no monopoly on sobriety. It is a way, however, that has worked for many.

I appreciate the experience, strength, and hope you've shared, also.

I don't attend as many meetings as I did in early sobriety. But I do go because I want to give what was freely given to me... but it doesn't stop there... I have a life where that message of hope is carried over to outside activities. I've come to understand that I can be teachable, and have learned what to do, and what NOT to do, in AA, and elsewhere.

Acceptance... I'm learning, and am reminded not to judge , and read that ' Dr., Alcoholic, Addict' ( 3rd edition, in 4th edition it's entitled' Acceptance was the Answer', I believe)... I read that often.

That story speaks VOLUMES, to me, anyway . And there is also an excerpt on pg. 45 (3rd ed) that states the Big Books main objective...'to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem."

I have had MANY problems in life... not just alcohol... I read that into those other problems ...therein lies what has helped me not only do not drink, but to live life at a higher level.
I didn't just have a drinking problem, I had a LIVING problem, which I used alcohol to ease the pain of.

i gave all my big books away. when a get to a meeting one day ill buy a new one. i miss having one to read. i have my daily reflections still. today is "getting well", very deep, sometimes quite forgotten, damaging emotional conflicts persist below the level of consciousness. 12steps and traditions pp.79-80

the Big Books main objective...'to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem."

bingo. indeed, alcoholism is the tip of my iceberg. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZgwC2L45Ac

we were talking about drinking at work the other day and my old buddy russ said that i had seen the "light". i said yes i saw the light through the hole in my liver. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbfmYLFTpsY

slipstream, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr6maEQvi5Q

wind up, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZXj20MjNek

i dont drink but im still the same wild and crazy guy. my function here is to share how it was for me

wond'ring aloud, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0W7rgo3IDI

sober, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqmRDV0a_70