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- In the book Alcoholics Anonymous, the story of Fred, who was an accountant, who had a successful day one day, and then decided to drink, unable to foresee the consequence of him blacking out and going on a bender, tells of how spiritual principles...
- This idea that many if not all real alcoholics will not believe they are in the class of people who cannot drink alcohol without consequences both bodily and mentally, but try to prove they aren't, was very important for me. The day that I...
- The first line in More about Alcoholism, out of Alcoholics Anonymous is "most of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics." I know that was the case with me. It goes on to say that no person wants to admit they are different, and...
- Recovering from a hopeless condition of mind and body, isn't an easy thing to do, but There is a Solution, does say it's purpose, and the whole literature of Alcoholics Anonymous' purpose is to show a person how he or she can recover from a hopeless...
- Now that I know I am dealing with a 2 part illness, in where my body sets off a craving and my mind sets off an obsession to do so, when it comes to drinking, if I take just one single drink, I can learn, how to treat that. Bill's Story showed me...
- On Pg. 9 of Bill's Story his friend comes over to his house, after Bill has lost all hope of every having a solution for his inability to not drink. This concept of passing the information, often life saving information, along to the next person...
- In the middle of Bill's story he sees that he could "not take so much as one drink." He says he was "through forever." He then gets drunk, again, and states that there was no recollection of him seeing he can't take one drink. He begins to...
- Now that I know a bit of my medical history by reading the Doctor's Opinion, Bill's Story if a person is choosing AA as a way to treat their alcoholism, shows an example of what it was like, what happened, and what it's like now. In just the few...
- According to the Doctor in the book Alcoholics Anonymous, alcoholism is an affliction. The definition is something that causes pain or suffering. The question of if as alcoholics, people are choosing to drink, and not take care of their lives,...
- I use AA to help with my alcoholism. AA begins it's education of what alcoholism is, to it's audience, by asking the person interested in the subject to consider some things in the Doctor's Opinion. The Doctor's Opinion is at the beginning of...
- Just checking in, but with such little activity on this site, kind of feels like a waste of time. This site used to have a really active alcoholism support board, but after the format change, which happened about 8 years ago, it's been very poor...
- I have entered into a chapter in my life where I want to appreciate people more. With that, comes a bit of an insecurity, still gripped from the past that I will disappoint them one way or another. This obstacle is a huge deviant to me building...
- Lately, I have been consumed with resentment. I know it is an offender, and I know it is something that has to be removed, but I also know that AA teaches that we cannot remove it ourselves, and we do have to confess the cause of it, so maybe that...
- I think I haven't been as invested in recovery as I once was. I have to admit, I am irritated by some of the AA rituals and norms. I have been feeling it kind of culty lately, and I have been feeling some of the guys acting like David Koresh or Jim...
- Life has been unmeaningful as of recently, I kind of feel like I am just a servant to be used. There is a really good AA speaker tape by a man named Don who says for him, feelings are not reality. Or shall I say, feelings are not the total...