Guest guest Posted April 14, 2000 Report Share Posted April 14, 2000 Welcome. Make yourself at home. > Hi > I've just joined your group. Haven't had a drink in 17 months and > no meeting for 6 months. Not sure what else to say but I'm looking > forward to others opinions and thoughts on recovery. > > . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2000 Report Share Posted April 14, 2000 What about the term " dry drunk " . What a joke. I am nothing like I was when I was drinking and am not craving. Just another ploy to get people to keep coming back. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2000 Report Share Posted April 14, 2000 Welcome . I'm not sure what else to say either except I'm glad you joined us! Judith > Hi > I've just joined your group. Haven't had a drink in 17 months and > no meeting for 6 months. Not sure what else to say but I'm looking > forward to others opinions and thoughts on recovery. > > . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2000 Report Share Posted April 15, 2000 Ah yes, another free-thinker leaves the herd. > > I found these twelve steps written by someone who had left AA. > > > . > > > 1. I admitted that I was not powerless over my existence - that I was an adult > > who could manage his own life. > > 2. I came to believe that only my own power could bring me to happiness. > > 3. I made a decision to take my will and my life back from the power of > > rigid and oppressive religious beliefs. > > 4. I made a searching and shameless list of my virtues. > > 5. I admitted to myself and others the exact nature of my good points. > > 6. I was entirely ready to accept myself for who I was. > > 7. I proudly learned to revel in and promote my own strengths. > > 8. I made a list of all who had harmed me, and resolved to stop making > > excuses for them. > > 9. I allowed myself to feel anger and the desire for revenge, and no longer > > felt guilt and shame about it. > > 10. I continued to take personal inventory and when I was right promptly > > admitted it. > > 11. I sought through reading and reflection to discover my own deepest > > desires for my life, and nourished the strength to realize my dreams. > > 12. Having had a spiritual liberation as a result of these steps, I resolved to > > let others find their own path, but that I would practice these principles in all > > my own affairs. > > > > > Ivan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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