Why is this so damn hard. I have no insurance to cover it and everyone i talk to wants to know my insurance.
I just want to talk to people that have a drinking issue.
Wtf. Why are such things so hard?
Trying to clean up my drinking.
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I'm following up on your post this morning to see how you are doing and what, if anything, you have decided to do?
I said a prayer for you last night as we closed our Friday night AA meeting here, asking for a moment of silence for people still out there suffering and that they might find the gift of AA, and I was thinking specifically of you.
Hope all is well with you.
Attended 2 meetings. One focused on steps 1 thru 3. Went 2 days without drinking then drank last night, sigh.
The meetings are good. So far nothing wacky, just an emphasis on shedding the self and embracing a higher authority, which as a Christian have no issue with.
I'm going to keep going to the meetings. Someone told me last night 90 meetings first 90 days, so will make effort to attend every day.
Thanks for following up and prayers.
Good for you. Yes, at the beginning it can be a little rocky. There is sound medical reason (which the Old Timers didn't know about, but they knew that SOMETHING happened in 90 days)... and a doctor in AA told me recently. A study done in the last 5 years or so found that after stopping drugs and alcohol, it takes roughly 3 months for the brain to begin rewiring itself back to "normal" thinking.
So the Old Timers were on to something, they just didn't know the medical reason for it. So 90 meetings in 90 days does have a reasoning behind it.
So here's something I learned years ago in AA: "I used to drink for pleasure...then I drank out of habit... then I drank out of necessity. After coming to AA I came out of necessity....then I came out of habit ...and now I come for pleasure." There is a certain symmetrical truth to that statement.
Most of my friends are AA friends, but a few of them are at my gym and others in my circle of musicians. Life is truly blessed now, and I am grateful for AA for giving me a second chance at life.
Our God is a God of Second Chances, and AA was a huge second chance for me.
Best of luck to you... stick with the winners, find meetings you enjoy, stay away from negative people, and enjoy the good humor you will find in the meetings.