The giving up/cutting down alcohol thread part VI

graemecarter

Leigh73 wrote: »

At the AA meeting on Saturday, I just found myself feeling, as you say, 'resentful' of them.

It also annoys me, how some of them seem to just recount AA'ism's parrot fashion!

Today, I just feel so overwhelmed, and can't focus on f*ck all.

That's usual. In the early stages it sounds like a different language. However, I am sure they there are many similarities between you and the other members of AA. Listen to identify, not to differentiate.
If they need to recount these things parrot fashion, then leave them be. They are managing to stay sober, so they must be doing something right.

I think of alcoholism as a forgetting disease. How many times did I say to myself :

• I am never drinking again
• I am never drinking spirits again
• I am not going to get drunk, just a few for me
• I am going to leave the pub at 7pm

and then a few days later 'forget' I had said those things and drink?

I forgot how bad I felt after drinking. If I remembered, I am sure I wouldn't have drunk again. There are many on this thread who feel the same.
The people at AA probably need to hear the same things time and time again otherwise the alcoholism will help them forget how bad it was

I was recommended that I go to 90 meetings in 90 days when I first came in. That was an excellent suggestion. Putting the drink down was the priority. I couldn't sort out the rest of my messy life if I was still drinking. My sobriety comes first, always.
Whatever I put before my sobriety I will eventually lose

jo1972

69chick wrote: »

great news on the new job by the way, as I havn't been about, is it in another school?

Gotta go, the kids are making sticker pictures with all my best craft stash :eek:

Hi 69chick

Yes it's in another school just 1 minutes drive from my house

Hope your craft stash survived :eek:

Miss_Piggy wrote: »

won't stay and bore everyone

You could never bore anyone Miss P :A

Back from forest and farm, met a old workmate and her DS who is the same age as my DS and they hit it right off! They had a great time playing footie, frisbee my mate had brought a kite with her, it was perfect kite-flying weather today! We had a nice lunch in the cafe and now I'm home and exhausted and full up. This it the only thing I've done on my list so far but I did leave at 10.30am and only just got back.

I know I did mention hoovering.......but, I am tired

Off to kitchen now to do a food inventory and do a shopping list

Though to be honest I could just sit here in the chair for half hour

jo1972

YM, why are you up, you only just went to bed??? (or should I have put this one up instead don't want to ruin your annominity (spspsp???)

saorsie

11 for me after last night please WBF and 15.5hrs into the 96hour challenge Sparkles!

-s-

jo1972

saorsie wrote: »

15.5hrs into the 96hour challenge Sparkles!

-s-

Oh, I forgot about that challenge thing....

jo1972

I tell you what, I'm having a blast with this new smilie site I've found, I've even found MP on there!!

yellowmonkey

jo1972 wrote: »

YM, why are you up, you only just went to bed??? (or should I have put this one up instead don't want to ruin your annominity (spspsp???)

Been up since 11:30

Had to get to Argos for a Little pet shop car thing that was the only one in a radius of 20 miles for DDs birthday and also had to get shopping that I did not get on the way home this morning so had all that going on in my head and did not want to oversleep

Loving the smilies by the way :T

jo1972

You never heard of the online reserve facility at Argos YM

yellowmonkey

jo1972 wrote: »

You never heard of the online reserve facility at Argos YM

I have, and indeed I did take advantage of said service, but was still panicking that I would oversleep and wake up at 18:05 and the shop would have been closed. Ever the optimist

....Off to cook Spag Bol

jo1972

yellowmonkey wrote: »

....Off to cook Spag Bol

I lurve spag bol, I've not done my food inventory yet, or done my shopping list, or in fact, gone shopping!! Best go and do it now