I was very sensitive in early sobriety and can relate w AB. I strongly suggest to call a friend before going into a sticky situation ( a bar, club, etc). then when you leave call them again. it just helps me sty accountable. the thing is I shouldn't go in places where the temptation is strong but sometimes it is unavoidable. god bless all my as friends b/c I have 10+ numbers of ppl I can call anytime. Its great

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must not have it in our homes; we must shun friends who drink; we must avoid moving pictures which show drinking scenes; we must not go into bars; our friends must hide their bottles if we go to their houses; we mustn't think or be reminded about alcohol at all. Our experience shows that this is not necessarily so. We meet these conditions every day. An alcoholic who cannot meet them, still has an alcoholic mind; there is something the matter with his spiritual status. His only chance for sobriety would be some place like the Greenland Ice Cap, and even there an Eskimo might turn up with a bottle of scotch and ruin everything! Ask any woman who has sent her husband to distant places on the theory he would escape the alcohol problem.

In our belief any scheme of combating alcoholism which proposes to shield the sick man from temptation is doomed to failure.note If the alcoholic tries to shield himself he may succeed for a time, but he usually winds up with a bigger explosion than ever. We have tried these methods. These attempts to do the impossible have always failed.note

So our rule is not to avoid a place where there is drinking, if we have a legitimate reason for being there. That includes bars, nightclubs, dances, receptions, weddings, even plain ordinary whoopee parties. To a person who has had experience with an alcoholic, this may seem like tempting Providence, but it isn't.

You will note that we made an important qualification. Therefore, ask yourself on each occasion, "Have I any good social, business, or personal reason for going to this place? Or am I expecting to steal a little vicarious pleasure from the atmosphere of such

PS we recover by the steps we take- not the meetings we make.

Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these mstep (not meetings, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics and practice the principles (Twelve Step) i9n all our affairs. AA, 60

in reply to this thread title only...I live in St. Louis MO where AB does mean something entirely different...so I thought you were of course saluting our hometown Anheiser Bush brewery....LOL AB I never thought of her name as that until I found that thread your referring to...LOL

My name is Anheiser Bush and I am an alcoholic .... Just for you Bill!

Thanks for all reply, however, as this was a purely AA discussion I wanted it to be more on a AA more orientated site.

With this in mind I have asked either CM or EJG to close this thread.

Regards G8

Discussion has moved to aaspokenhere sub-group.