When one alcoholic/addict shares with another alcoholic/addict

[MajestyJo]

People are like magnets, they draw certain energies toward
themselves. I have noticed that anytime my focus turns
negative, it's because I have been focusing on what I might
be doing wrong, real or imagined! Must be me, right?
Nope! This is just those old tapes replaying in my head....

People with negative energy try to suck us in, pulling us into
that same black hole they live in. The only way to battle this
pull is getting back to basics, restoring positive energy and
balance in my life.

Unknown to me

I am a firm believer that we attract like energy. What I put out, I will get back. Negative things happen, but instead of "Oh woe is me!" I try to look for the positive and how I can change that negative into something that is good for me. I have learned that what is positive for me may not be good for someone else and visa versa.

I have had a lot of pain, felt kind of blue, and considering a pity party when the phone rings. If it is someone who is positive, I will hesitate to pick it up but if I do answer I let them know that it isn't really good for me to talk in the moment. Other times, when I know the person tends to be an energy stealer, a taker instead of a giver, I will talk to them and nine times out of ten, the negative energy around me is gone and I have feeling better.

When I get an message on my answering machine, I listen for their voice and if I hear sighs, oh woe is mes, along with a hard luck story, I answer when it is good for me.

Posted on another site by me in 2010