Sober 34 years now, I sponsor 3 guys at various stages of sobriety. I go out of my way to avoid talking about medical issues, political opinions, or much of anything else not related directly to recovery.
The 12 steps of alcohols anonymous gave me back my life. With the grace of god, and by sharing my experience, strength, and hope with others I have remained sober for over 30 years, and have a life I would never have dreamed possible.
Sober 34 years now, I sponsor 3 guys at various stages of sobriety. I go out of my way to avoid talking about medical issues, political opinions, or much of anything else not related directly to recovery.
God always wins.
Don’t lose your Will. https://www.lucid.news/bill-wilson-lsd-and-the-secret-psychedelic-history-of-alcoholics-anonymous/
you turn it over to god
The 12 steps of alcohols anonymous gave me back my life. With the grace of god, and by sharing my experience, strength, and hope with others I have remained sober for over 30 years, and have a life I would never have dreamed possible.
People can and should be told. Showing and telling are not mutually exclusive, as we all should have learned by now.
Q's aphorism "you can't tell people, you must show them" is wrong.
You must show them and also tell them the principles they need to follow in order to understand what they are seeing.
The brainwashed will never see enough to free themselves because they don't understand what they are seeing unless you tell them.
I went through a 1-step method to stop drinking.
My wife said "Stop drinking."
There wasn't a need for the other 11 steps.
Heh, I once heard in a meeting a fellow say he had gotten into the AA program on the "honor system"..... "Yes, your honor.... no your honor."
Casual Drinkers are great. Those are the people you hang out with when you are in sobriety.
"I closed my eyes and using the power of my mind made it so." How Charlie sheen and I stopped drinking