I KNOW I'M AN ALCOHLIC. I'M A SOCIAL DRINKER, FOR YEARS, NOT CRAVING, BUT LOVE TO HAVE A DRINK OR FIVE WITH MY HUSBAND WHOS THE SAME, AND WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING TIME TOGETHER. BUT, I (WE) SO WANT TO QUIT THIS. I'M A VERY OPEN MINDED SPIRITUAL (NOT RELIGIOUS) PERSON, I CAN FEEL SO MUCH JOY IN EVERY DAY LIFE IF THAT IS WHERE MY FOCUS IS. BUT THEN IF I DRINK OR 'TIE ONE ON' , THAT FEELING OF PEACE GOES AWAY IN THE AFTERMATH AND I HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. WHEN A PERSON FEELS SO FULFILLED AND 'SPIRITUALLY CONNECTED' AND ON THE POSITIVE PATH, HOW DOES ONE BLOCK OUT THE BOREDOM AND WANT TO HAVE SOME DRINKS AND GET THAT EUPHORIA? I'M ON THIS ROLLER COASTER! I TRY SO HARD, MY MIND, BODY AND SOUL IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE I KNOW, BUT HOW DO I GET PAST THAT FEELING OF 'MISSING OUT' ON THE GREAT TIMES I GET AFTER A DRINK?
I believe when I drink (and I haven't had one in almost 2.5 years)...that my conscious contact with God (my Higher Power) is broken...I become spiritually sick...AA (which is a 12 step program) teaches one how to become spiritually fit again, if you will. Good luck to you.
Hey CINDOG hows things
First of all is it boredom or routine?
Your spirituality never leaves you and is only put into the background when a session of drinking occurs. You don't have to start all over again just replace the time spent drinking with meditation or anything else connected to a positive spiritual developement.
There could be a spiritual church near you or shop that deals in all +ve spiritual choices.
When i got into recovery i stopped drinking but still thought i was evil because of my past and a catholic upbringing of fear, i went to a spiritual counsellor and found out i wasn't evil since then my spiritual development is directly proportional to my recovery i get out what i put in.
Like a bulb, the soul is planted. In good soil, its roots go deep into the earth. Its only needs, light and love.
And given those, it surely will flower.
(out of Rosemary Altea's book Proud Spirit)
Light and love
Zac
First of all is it boredom or routine?
Your spirituality never leaves you and is only put into the background when a session of drinking occurs. You don't have to start all over again just replace the time spent drinking with meditation or anything else connected to a positive spiritual developement.
There could be a spiritual church near you or shop that deals in all +ve spiritual choices.
When i got into recovery i stopped drinking but still thought i was evil because of my past and a catholic upbringing of fear, i went to a spiritual counsellor and found out i wasn't evil since then my spiritual development is directly proportional to my recovery i get out what i put in.
Like a bulb, the soul is planted. In good soil, its roots go deep into the earth. Its only needs, light and love.
And given those, it surely will flower.
(out of Rosemary Altea's book Proud Spirit)
Light and love
Zac
Cindog,
Don't worry that feeling of missing out will pass. I have been sober for almost 9 months and I think that was my biggest fear. How will I ever have fun again? I tell you one of the things I like to do now is watch all the drunk people and be glad that it isn't me. I have gone about it a bit different because I don't go to AA and I still go to social functions with alcohol and still have my same friends. Many say I am flirting with disaster but I have been fine. There are times when I really miss it but it is what it is. I cannot have just one drink so I don't. Next time you are out and about just be aware of the drunk people. It's amusing.
Soon you will have plenty of lucid memories and you won't have to miss the drunk ones.
Take care,
Peace and Love,
Valarie
Don't worry that feeling of missing out will pass. I have been sober for almost 9 months and I think that was my biggest fear. How will I ever have fun again? I tell you one of the things I like to do now is watch all the drunk people and be glad that it isn't me. I have gone about it a bit different because I don't go to AA and I still go to social functions with alcohol and still have my same friends. Many say I am flirting with disaster but I have been fine. There are times when I really miss it but it is what it is. I cannot have just one drink so I don't. Next time you are out and about just be aware of the drunk people. It's amusing.
Soon you will have plenty of lucid memories and you won't have to miss the drunk ones.
Take care,
Peace and Love,
Valarie
