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MajestyJo · 02-28-2014, 06:27 AM

February 28

"We found that all progress, material or spiritual, consisted of finding out what our responsibilities actually were and then proceeding to do something about them ... We found that we didn't always have to be driven by our own discomforts as, more willingly, we picked up the burdens of living and growing ... We discovered that full acceptance and action upon any clear-cut responsibility almost invariably made for true happiness and peace of mind."

Celebrating The Language of the Heart

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1965
From: "Responsibility Is Our Theme"
The Language of the Heart

MajestyJo · 07-02-2014, 04:00 PM

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JUST FOR TODAY!

Baffling

from: "More about Alcoholism"

"But there was always the curious mental phenomenon that parallel with our sound reasoning there inevitably ran some insanely trivial excuse for taking the first drink. Our sound reasoning failed to hold us in check. The insane idea won out. Next day we would ask ourselves, in all earnestness and sincerity, how it could have happened."

© 2001, Alcoholics Anonymous, page 37

- The Hoffelds

When I came into recovery, I knew there was a God and I knew I wasn't insane. After a year in recovery, I didn't know who God was, and realized I was insane. Thus started my spiritual journey, because I was so baffled because I was soooooooo sure!

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MajestyJo · 07-02-2014, 04:04 PM

Just found this AA pamphlet in my stash of literature and thought, "How true this is. How often we compare and stay sick. How some have used just alcohol while others admit to other addictions such as work, food, gambling, drugs (all types), religion, exercise, excessive cleaning and order, and the list goes on. It has been my experience that those who have added crack to their already addictive behavior, hit a bottom so much faster than others, and yet it is one of the hardest to get off. There are so many 'new' drugs out there that were not a part of the scene when I was there.

How many 'pure' alcoholics are there out there! What makes you think you are different or do you?

Alcohol is a drug?

Posted in 2004

I have seen so many people die as a result of finding recovery and then substituting their drug of choice for other things, and end up going back out there and dying.

A friend of mine just died on the weekend. A long time friend told me she was a pure alcoholic, then admitted to having a problem with gambling and having to go and get help. She said, "But I am an alcoholic first!"

I just reconnected with a girl who I met in treatment 13 years ago, she just got her beginners tag in CA. She had one year in AA at one time. I had a call from a friend on Saturday, he had 18 months, and has been out doing research for four years. It was good to know he was still alive.

For me, I am an addict who used alcohol, just like I did many people, places and things in my life. (Relationships, my job and my bed, pills and volunteer work).

02-28-2014, 06:27 AM	#1
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	February 28 "We found that all progress, material or spiritual, consisted of finding out what our responsibilities actually were and then proceeding to do something about them ... We found that we didn't always have to be driven by our own discomforts as, more willingly, we picked up the burdens of living and growing ... We discovered that full acceptance and action upon any clear-cut responsibility almost invariably made for true happiness and peace of mind." Celebrating The Language of the Heart AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1965 From: "Responsibility Is Our Theme" The Language of the Heart __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

07-02-2014, 04:04 PM	#3
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	Do You Think You Are Different? Just found this AA pamphlet in my stash of literature and thought, "How true this is. How often we compare and stay sick. How some have used just alcohol while others admit to other addictions such as work, food, gambling, drugs (all types), religion, exercise, excessive cleaning and order, and the list goes on. It has been my experience that those who have added crack to their already addictive behavior, hit a bottom so much faster than others, and yet it is one of the hardest to get off. There are so many 'new' drugs out there that were not a part of the scene when I was there. How many 'pure' alcoholics are there out there! What makes you think you are different or do you? Alcohol is a drug? Posted in 2004 I have seen so many people die as a result of finding recovery and then substituting their drug of choice for other things, and end up going back out there and dying. A friend of mine just died on the weekend. A long time friend told me she was a pure alcoholic, then admitted to having a problem with gambling and having to go and get help. She said, "But I am an alcoholic first!" I just reconnected with a girl who I met in treatment 13 years ago, she just got her beginners tag in CA. She had one year in AA at one time. I had a call from a friend on Saturday, he had 18 months, and has been out doing research for four years. It was good to know he was still alive. For me, I am an addict who used alcohol, just like I did many people, places and things in my life. (Relationships, my job and my bed, pills and volunteer work). __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

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