Just my exp. Not drinking was not enough. I had to take direction & the program into action so I could change & grow.

As I have mentioned often without change there can be no growth.

I knew I wasn't "fine" just "not drinking" but I do truly believe that now, after some major life changes, I am finally happy & content with my life. I don't know what more I could ask for. My family is well, my life is good and I will do anything necessary to keep what I have. My cup runneth over! :)

For me it's always about letting go of old ideas, even if they're ones that helped me get through yesterday.

good post

Movement is necessary. We either move towards the drink or away from it.

~Chris

well the way my behaviour was going recently in all aspects i was kinda slippin in old behaviour and for a second a thoguht to drink did pop back in my head.. and i am quickly turnin it around.. trying to anyway...i have to let go of my old ideas . they never work... again this was a good post to read.. thanks :)

great post! i agree with all that you said, howver, if we didnt drink today, just my opinion we are all winners. (new to the group but not sobriety- hi all!) maureen

bumo

mel, that is key is if we can identify what is wrong with us & correct it half the battle is won. before recovery i couldn't identify with nothing because i was totally hopeless from a hopeless state of mind.

nemo, can totally relate to what your saying.

i never let go of "old" ideas...................i have stood still.......only to people.

i tried chagne and it f^^^ed me up

good news.......in the past 3 weeks i have found the old me. i have found peace...the love of my life and i am now once again house trained.


life is good.................i still have hurdles.................my "trainer" will learn me how to jump in "our" time.

for now i have steered Curtis away from chess and moved him to euchre


peace all...............and find peace in all lew.

awww lew...my wife loves euchre. I grew up with pitch...I concede and havent playe a game of pitch in YEARS....

Curtis would love pitch.

Hey All.

I mentioned this in a previous post .Bill Wilson once said "Good can sometimes be the enemy of the best."

When some people say if it doesn't get any better than this I'll be happy. I think to myself there can be so much more your only scratching the surface.

And I can relate to what they are saying but it comes back to this If nothing changes nothing changes.

And what is written in your post

'Well, I'm sober and I'm happy.
What more can I want, or do?
I'm fine the way I am.'
We know that the price of such
self-satisfaction is an inevitable backslide,
punctuated at some point
by a very rude awakening.
We have to grow or else deteriorate.

My disease is progressive and so is my recovery so there are certain things I must do daily to maintain my sobriety. So when my disease raises it's ugly head I'll have the tools to smash it.

Today life is real different and it's been because of change and growth.

Even though I suffer from Peter Pan Syndrome.lol

Thanks for posting.

God Bless..

Lionel

Great Post!... Something that really hits home to this alcy. I'm 37 yrs old in the body, and I feel like I just turned 17!!! ... Emotional growth has been the big one for me - being able to express myself appropraitely is something extremely NEW for me, but each day I take a little step forward in this area. Without Change, there can be no growth...

Lovely post. I got sober on fear - terrible, mortal, soul destroying fear. But at least it propelledd me into AA. Then I had to do the steps and all the other learning that goes on around them to both keep me sober, but learn so much more about myself, life and other people. The opportuinities for learning are endless.