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.

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okiyoe1 02/05/2013

It can show itself in many forms, its like a mindset even after one is sober. Mainly it depends on what one is really covering up. Secrets held to close and not shared with others.... tends to keep the cycle spinning. I became aware of the inconsistencies in my thinking and as time has passed staying in the middle of how I react and believing I'd be alright tends to slow it down enough to see it in a different light , if I really wanted change to occur . What I resist persists! It just gets sneakier! Even Sober!:)
Billy
http://panicdisorder.about.com/od/livingwithpd/tp/All-Or-Nothing-Thinking.htm

lr33 02/05/2013

"What I resist persists!"
I'm going to ponder that today. I've got a rough day today, and I pray my brain is just building it up to be worse that it will actually be.
But, I made a list yesterday, and prepping a document for today was the top priority - I was still working on it at 11:30 last night!!!
So, yes, I've got to stop the procrastination on the unpleasant things in my life, and move on.
Thanks for the thought for today - very appropriate for me.
(I'll check out the link later - sometimes, thinking of this thing actually does cause my heart to race, and my head to feel like it's going to explode - feels like it is some type of panic for fight/flight reaction - hopefully the link describes coping to get through the moments)

paulokes 02/05/2013

Nks for the reminder Billy...been a little inconsistent myself last few days maybe...what is that? That persists, inconsistently hehe :)

As for me, things in my head that didn't "need" discussing with another person...ah, ya big spoilsport!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DWvPncUtOdf8

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paulokes 02/05/2013

^^^ oops, thanks not Nks!

gjm 02/05/2013

So true Billy, its all about mindset and change the way we think.
The only issue I have today is right between my years with that said grateful when that happens I can identify the problem and correct it.

True gift.

Stay well my friend.

deleted_user 02/05/2013

Learning to follow the precise, specefic clear-cut directions in the book "Alcoholics Anonymous" will solve that problem.

We recover by the steps we take, not the meetings we make!

stickywick 02/05/2013

Yes it can persist if we arent "painstakingly honest" at each stage. I was as honest as I could be my first time through the steps, more was revealed and I learned more when i took a sponsee through, and the same thing happened the next time through:-)
I've found I can put almost any problem life throws at me through the steps, and / or the tools I've learned in AA. Sometimes its as simple as writing it down and putting it into my god box. Sometimes I need to do a thorough 4th and 5th on something specific. I do a daily written 10th step and often discover I owe an amends.
Anyway on it goes. If we arent growing away from a drink, we are moving toward one.

okiyoe1 02/05/2013

No it really is a false assumption Wait you'll see!
Billy

okiyoe1 02/05/2013

I've found the steps and all of the other service is a good guide post and as they say a blue print for living , But it is all so much more than that ,as you branch out and become more better:) at least for me and very disciplined with the 11th and 12th step too. Including meditation and intuition just as much a guide post as all the other simple directions to be had you have life well lived and fully experienced. Thank God for the reality" I say" , as it is so different now than when I began to understand all of this. Kinda like a Doctor practices medicine ... Practice is the key to change! and a better understanding of a body we call a person or a human being:) Honestly!!!
Billy

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