coping with sobriety
Posted in another group. In that group the full quote was printed, including the answer, but I was more intrigued by the question: God willing, we members of AA may never again have to deal with...
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Well, I won't go into a litany of my personal trials and tribulations, because I'd prefer to use the example of my dear friend, Susan, who six months ago lost her two-year-old to cancer. I asked her...
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ahhhh OK "cope" ok I thought you said Scope and I was going to tell you all that I drank a lot of that in a variety of different institutions. LL Used a few for vision purposes in my day as well thank...
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My husband used to say that it was about 4 little things: 1. Seek God 2. Don't Drink 3. Don't Hurt People 4. Do the Next Right Thing They say it's a simple program for complicated people...I don't...
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If your heart and head are clear isn't it supposed to be simple? It's usually when I start getting into the AA politics that I start getting mad and resentful, to much back-biting. I back off from...
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Well, Chris--if you live in a nice quiet corner of the world, it can be simple. As for me, since I got sober, I've been through three wars, been shot at, dodged a grenade, and had to walk to work...
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Thanks for the reality check Linda, I will deposit it asap. Balance is between two weights.
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I am not coping with anything but boredom these days and I am very grateful that's the way it is now. I used step 11 all the time when I worked to cope with my job and the wreckage of my past. 2 years...
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I probably do live in a nice quiet place in the world. We measure distance in hours. 5 Hours from Dallas, 10 hours from Houston, 5 from El Paso. In the middle of a big smelly oil field. When gas...
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Hmm, sounds like you are stuck for the moment. When my husband died, I sold the house in sweet upstate New York, packed my bags and spent a year in Haifa, followed by a year in the Australian outback....
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I am coping with giving up cigarettes now. I am going to a nicotine anonymous meeting tonight to get a sponsor. I am on the new drug that works on alcohol too but I am having a harder time on it than...
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Smoking information can be found at http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/keepthequit/a/thingstoavoid.htm While they may not seem to be related there is a 30% greater chance of achieving sobriety if the...
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Thanx for the smokers site! I read years ago in some W.F.S. info that women who quit smoking stood a much better chance of quitting booze. Spent the last month month on Chantix, slowed me down, made...
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Spent the last month month on Chantix, slowed me down, made me poorer but still puffing! Hey Chris, My wife just got a prescription for that Chantix last week......$125 per month I heard it came with...
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Kenny, When your wifes head starts spinning....j/k. I turned a little green in the gills. But that cold be because like a true addict I SMOKED away. I also got the nicotrol inhalers but didn't use...
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Chris~ You can dooo it!!!! You will not believe how much better you will feel. And instead of drinking dreams you get. . .smoking dreams, Wooo Hoooo! Ain't life grand?? Huggs to ya!! Tessa
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Yeah I am on Chanitx too. I also found out that Nicotine Anonymous doesn't mind if you try a quit smoking Aid but they are really there to help you get through with it cold turkey. I found that once...
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Aw geez Tessa, I had forgot the drunk dreams. Now with the RLS I'll probably be chasing a bottle of bourbon with a smoke in each hand tonight. Chris
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