Way to go, SKG....90 days is HUGE and thank you for sharing your journey with us....Your ESH is so refreshing to read and I am blessed to have you cross my path and walk with you in this journey of recovery....
Happy, happy Birthday!!!!!
xoxo
Stacey
Thanks for the encouragement.
We really ARE a selfish lot, aren't we? Whether I was in myself displaying me not being into myself or pretending that I was 'making a difference' in the lives of others "because I should" or "using my gifts to help others" or whatever the self-depricating reasons, my reverse selfishness really kicked my a**. I could drink because I'd done all of this stuff for everyone else and I was rewarding me. Now, it's all about me and my recovery and how I react and how I am responsible and how I get along with others and how MY HP is helping ME. Heck, I even get to talk about me and my "adventures" in hopes they'll help others when, in fact, I just want ME to get better. To a non-judgemental audience, too. ROTFLMAO
Had I only known! I was destined to become an alcoholic!
Seriously, though, I owe it all to you folks and the meetings I go to. I'd never ever have thought something so simple could make such a profound change in my life.
We really ARE a selfish lot, aren't we? Whether I was in myself displaying me not being into myself or pretending that I was 'making a difference' in the lives of others "because I should" or "using my gifts to help others" or whatever the self-depricating reasons, my reverse selfishness really kicked my a**. I could drink because I'd done all of this stuff for everyone else and I was rewarding me. Now, it's all about me and my recovery and how I react and how I am responsible and how I get along with others and how MY HP is helping ME. Heck, I even get to talk about me and my "adventures" in hopes they'll help others when, in fact, I just want ME to get better. To a non-judgemental audience, too. ROTFLMAO
Had I only known! I was destined to become an alcoholic!
Seriously, though, I owe it all to you folks and the meetings I go to. I'd never ever have thought something so simple could make such a profound change in my life.
YAAAAYYYYYYYY
Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, hapy birthday dear SKG happy birthday to you...90 days way to go, one day at a time
Light and love zac
Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, hapy birthday dear SKG happy birthday to you...90 days way to go, one day at a time
Light and love zac
Happy birthday skg!!!!!! Ninety wonderful days of a new improved YOU!!
Happy happy happy (multiply by ninety) birthday!!
Happy happy happy (multiply by ninety) birthday!!
Oh heck I'll post a chip over here too, lol 
Way to go SKG!
Way to go SKG!
Thanks, YOU. :)
It's really strange how something so silly can mean so much, isn't it? A nice shiny object to obsess over? I traded in my 60 for a 90 and I've already marked my calendar for anniversaries!
So I made a meeting yesterday--I really missed those folks--and it was like I had slipped back in my level of comprehension/sobriety. Silly, really, because I've not been drinking, but I now know what a Dry Drunk feels like. AWFUL. The spirituality was missing, the ability to share/listen, the desire to progress. It was all put on hold for a WHOLE WEEK! I can see that THIS is where a sponsor would be a good thing and Zac, I would have called, but (luckily) I didn't have your number all the way over there in NZ! :)
Thanks, everyone, for the patience and sharing.
It's really strange how something so silly can mean so much, isn't it? A nice shiny object to obsess over? I traded in my 60 for a 90 and I've already marked my calendar for anniversaries!
So I made a meeting yesterday--I really missed those folks--and it was like I had slipped back in my level of comprehension/sobriety. Silly, really, because I've not been drinking, but I now know what a Dry Drunk feels like. AWFUL. The spirituality was missing, the ability to share/listen, the desire to progress. It was all put on hold for a WHOLE WEEK! I can see that THIS is where a sponsor would be a good thing and Zac, I would have called, but (luckily) I didn't have your number all the way over there in NZ! :)
Thanks, everyone, for the patience and sharing.
Hey SKG,
Well done on 90 days man!!
Still havent gotten down your way yet , when I do I will let you know via your website, In SC tonite, but return towards Canada tommorrow,
Your doin good SKG keep it up!!
Take Care Ginge
Well done on 90 days man!!
Still havent gotten down your way yet , when I do I will let you know via your website, In SC tonite, but return towards Canada tommorrow,
Your doin good SKG keep it up!!
Take Care Ginge
SKG, Fantastic!! Congradulations on 90 days of continued sobriety. I enjoy reading your posts!! Celebrate and do something nice just for you.
Take Care, Chris
Take Care, Chris
You're welcome SKG! Hi to everyone else too!
I know what you mean about a dry drunk....I have really slacked off on my meetings, I use to go to one meeting a day and I know it puts me in a slippery place when I go without...most of the time when I asked a person why they drank again, I get the same answer, I stopped going to meetings...man, I ran into a fellow AAer at the Gas station, they are all over this town ~ lol! I miss the fellowship, I need to get into a meeting routine again! Glad your back with us!
I know what you mean about a dry drunk....I have really slacked off on my meetings, I use to go to one meeting a day and I know it puts me in a slippery place when I go without...most of the time when I asked a person why they drank again, I get the same answer, I stopped going to meetings...man, I ran into a fellow AAer at the Gas station, they are all over this town ~ lol! I miss the fellowship, I need to get into a meeting routine again! Glad your back with us!
Wow! I knew I felt good about the accomplishment, but THANK-YOU! It's inspiring just feeling the warmth and genuine concern from you folks and, even though we've never F2F, I get a sense of compassion and realism.
Ginge: I'm in the Montgomery, AL phone book if you're ever this way, and if you send me an e-mail: sgramling at hotmail.com I'll be glad to buy you lunch! I ran through SC up/down 85 just a couple days ago!
Chris: Thanks again. I celebrated by picking up a green coin! I gotta admit I felt a bit wobbly as I'd not been to my group in a week, but it's coming back. Seems that if I'm not addicted to one thing it's another! LOL
VW: I really had no AWARENESS of being "high and dry" until I went through it this last time. I was GRIPPING--white knuckling--'cause I KNEW there was a way to feel better but I couldn't get to a meeting. To ME (and only MY thoughts) it probably would have been good to have a sponsor at that time. I don't subscribe to the insistence by so many that you "gotta get a sponsor" and rather, I follow the "attraction rather than promotion" philosophy that's lain out in the 12th Tradition. All I need is to let someone get under my skin, and thus my sobriety, by "telling" me what's good for me. It didn't work when I was drinking/whatevering, and it ain't likely to work now.
:)
Lacey: I guess I'm the rookie on this board and it's still new to me. I think what I enjoy most is the sense of inner peace that's settled over me--and if I believed in the Holy Ghost/Trinity/Heavenly Spirit I'd probably liken its presence to what I feel. Or maybe it's just the Pink Elephant? :) Thanks!
Stacey: You rawk. Thanks!
Zac: I LMAO when I got your e-mail after arriving home. Yes, I still have my fingers. ~grin~ Thanks for your sharing--
Thanks to everybody! I really have latched onto this set of friends as my sponsors--hope y'all don't mind...
:)
Ginge: I'm in the Montgomery, AL phone book if you're ever this way, and if you send me an e-mail: sgramling at hotmail.com I'll be glad to buy you lunch! I ran through SC up/down 85 just a couple days ago!
Chris: Thanks again. I celebrated by picking up a green coin! I gotta admit I felt a bit wobbly as I'd not been to my group in a week, but it's coming back. Seems that if I'm not addicted to one thing it's another! LOL
VW: I really had no AWARENESS of being "high and dry" until I went through it this last time. I was GRIPPING--white knuckling--'cause I KNEW there was a way to feel better but I couldn't get to a meeting. To ME (and only MY thoughts) it probably would have been good to have a sponsor at that time. I don't subscribe to the insistence by so many that you "gotta get a sponsor" and rather, I follow the "attraction rather than promotion" philosophy that's lain out in the 12th Tradition. All I need is to let someone get under my skin, and thus my sobriety, by "telling" me what's good for me. It didn't work when I was drinking/whatevering, and it ain't likely to work now.
:)
Lacey: I guess I'm the rookie on this board and it's still new to me. I think what I enjoy most is the sense of inner peace that's settled over me--and if I believed in the Holy Ghost/Trinity/Heavenly Spirit I'd probably liken its presence to what I feel. Or maybe it's just the Pink Elephant? :) Thanks!
Stacey: You rawk. Thanks!
Zac: I LMAO when I got your e-mail after arriving home. Yes, I still have my fingers. ~grin~ Thanks for your sharing--
Thanks to everybody! I really have latched onto this set of friends as my sponsors--hope y'all don't mind...
:)
Not in the slighest! I think it is wonderful how we all help each other from our little computers dotted around the globe!!
I talk to my Sponsor about once a week now and send her an email message if I need to bounce something off of her...she is out of state now...so I connect with other women and men on the program and this site in order to identify with others and realize I don't have to do this thing alone. So glad we are all here and each and everyone of you are helping me to stay sober one day at time, and I thank you!
