skg I want to thank you publicly for what you have done for me. You have helped me gain acceptance by reading your posts and things you have said to me. Might have taken a long time to get through this hard head of mine but it was YOU who helped me gain acceptance whether you know it or not. I just wanted you to know that I feel that you should be acknowledged for it. so Thank you very much. I also want to thank you publicly for accepting my apology for my mean behaviour to you when you were trying to offer your help to me. Wishing you a great sober day!
Thank-you. Now finish The Steps and pay it forward. :)
And don't drink today.
And don't drink today.
GREAT post about the reasons we won't drink today. Here's mine:
I won't drink today because of what alcohol does to me and my family, it is too real the destruction and chaos alcohol creates in my life. I won't drink today because I want to see my granson's as a sober nana; I want my daughters to trust me to care for my grandson's again without passing out in a drunken stupor. I want to leave a legacy and not a history of drunken behavior for my daughters to pass on to their children. I want to use my God given talent to bring joy back into my life and those around me.
I won't drink today because of what alcohol does to me and my family, it is too real the destruction and chaos alcohol creates in my life. I won't drink today because I want to see my granson's as a sober nana; I want my daughters to trust me to care for my grandson's again without passing out in a drunken stupor. I want to leave a legacy and not a history of drunken behavior for my daughters to pass on to their children. I want to use my God given talent to bring joy back into my life and those around me.
Don't want to embarrass you Skg but I can't not second that.
I projected a ton of negative stuff onto you when I first came here. I'm grateful to several people who gave me the unconditional support I needed to feel safe enough to stay here, to Valarie for talking to me in a way that enabled me to hear her and others without projecting as much onto them, and to you and others for delivering very clear, direct challenges.
It was the combination that worked for me and enabled me to get some vital insight about myself (...only baby steps yet...)
And the help you've given me by email since then has been invaluable. Thanks.
I projected a ton of negative stuff onto you when I first came here. I'm grateful to several people who gave me the unconditional support I needed to feel safe enough to stay here, to Valarie for talking to me in a way that enabled me to hear her and others without projecting as much onto them, and to you and others for delivering very clear, direct challenges.
It was the combination that worked for me and enabled me to get some vital insight about myself (...only baby steps yet...)
And the help you've given me by email since then has been invaluable. Thanks.
Thank you for the thoughts, but it's part of my 12th Step work... ~grin~
If you REALLY want to thank someone, pick up a sponsor and lavish them with your attention. It works if YOU work it... Look: The first three steps are problem identification an resolution. The next 6 are action steps--YOU gotta do the work--the last 3 are growth and lifestyle steps. See? You only have to do HALF the work!
And just imagine--you'll have something to share besides the incessant hand-wringing...
~wink~
If you REALLY want to thank someone, pick up a sponsor and lavish them with your attention. It works if YOU work it... Look: The first three steps are problem identification an resolution. The next 6 are action steps--YOU gotta do the work--the last 3 are growth and lifestyle steps. See? You only have to do HALF the work!
And just imagine--you'll have something to share besides the incessant hand-wringing...
~wink~
Hey Martin,
It's all part of recovery. That is part of the reason I come to these boards. People call me on my stuff. We addicts and alkies are also very cunning so it's easy to snow the "normies". Here everyone has been there and done that so it's hard to pull anything over on people. It helped me when I first started coming here. Many times the only person I was fooling was myself.
Have a peaceful sober evening! :-)
It's all part of recovery. That is part of the reason I come to these boards. People call me on my stuff. We addicts and alkies are also very cunning so it's easy to snow the "normies". Here everyone has been there and done that so it's hard to pull anything over on people. It helped me when I first started coming here. Many times the only person I was fooling was myself.
Have a peaceful sober evening! :-)
