Alcoholism Support Group
Alcoholism is the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages, even when it is negatively affecting your health, work, relationships and life. If you think alcohol is causing you to lose control, it's time to seek help. Our group is a safe place to vent, check in, get back up if you fall, and reach sobriety.
A common rationalization about not making the program goes like this: "Harry over there slipped ten times before he made it. So what if I slip a few times?"
What is overlooked is that the last time Jack slipped, he slipped into a coffin; the last time Bob slipped, his baby son burned to death in a crib because of Bob's negligence, the last time Ann slipped, she got strychnine poisoning and became blind; and the last time Jim slipped, he tried to kill his wife and nearly did.
We're not playing games here. This is a matter of life and death.
Have I stopped slipping?
Higher Power, let me know that it is not only my life but the lives of others that I endanger by playing loaded games.
What is overlooked is that the last time Jack slipped, he slipped into a coffin; the last time Bob slipped, his baby son burned to death in a crib because of Bob's negligence, the last time Ann slipped, she got strychnine poisoning and became blind; and the last time Jim slipped, he tried to kill his wife and nearly did.
We're not playing games here. This is a matter of life and death.
Have I stopped slipping?
Higher Power, let me know that it is not only my life but the lives of others that I endanger by playing loaded games.
that sounds egotistical..........but He knows my pain threshold. and i know eventually i will break..............but for now we are butting heads..............
just a wink...............He knows my love and respect for things i don't understand.
Good topic,gjm! Just remembering the pain of 3 bouts of my pancreatitis and me having to roll my husband's dead body over, after he had died of liver failure at age 53, in our bed: those help keep me sober.
Sorry folks, I'll put the grim reaper away, but gjm gave good topic tonight. Makes me thankful and keeps my on my toes.
This also means that I will stay aware of what the REAL problem in alcoholism is - the spiritual malady. If I remind myself each day that I can't drink and go to meetings to be reminded of what it was like, or would be like if I drank then my focus is in the wrong place.
Stay that way too long and a relapse is inevitable.