Hello, I am new. I am an alcoholic married to an alcoholic. I feel powerless and out of control and am searching for a support system. I hope I can find that here.
Phil said
Nov 23, 2005
Welcome Seren. Im sure this board, and the people on it, will add to your support, and recovery system.. re sharing our experience, strength and hope.
Pretty good bunch here.
Feel free to share with us....take what you need, and leave the rest...We care.
Phil said
Nov 23, 2005
Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way. They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty. There chances are less than average. There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest.
Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now. If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it - then you are ready to take certain steps.
At some of these we balked. We thought we could find an easier, softer way, but we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.
Remember that we deal with alcohol - cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. But there is One who has all power - that one is God. May you find Him now!
Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon.
Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery:
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.
Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Many of us exclaimed, "What an order! I can't go through with it." Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints. The point is that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines. The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection.
Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas:
a. That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives.
b. That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism.
c. That God could and would if He were sought.
recovering jb said
Nov 23, 2005
Welcome!
Someone who has more time sober said if we do these 5 things each day, we never have to drink or use drugs:
1. Pray on your knees in the morning and night, and meditate-
2. Call your sponsor and work the 12 steps out of the AA book-
3. Call another alcoholic/addict in recovery-
4. Go to an AA/NA meeting-
5. Help another person-
Joel
cheri said
Nov 23, 2005
Welcome! I'm cheri, alcoholic and also married to an alcoholic. I have 5 yrs of recovery and he has 15 yrs of recovery.
I want you to know that you are not alone...that feeling of powerlessness will go away. If you have not attended an AA meeting yet I encourage you to go. Whether your spouse goes or not is up to them, not you, but you should go for yourself. Recovery has been the single most important thing in my life.
Please feel free to ask any questions or post any concerns that you have here...you will get lots of experience shares from the people here.
Love, cheri
GammyRose said
Nov 23, 2005
Welcome, I'm glad you have found MIP, keep coming back. As you may already see, there's much support here. As stated go to face to face meetings and keep posting.
(((Hugs)))
GammyRose
Mikelally60 said
Nov 23, 2005
Hi Serendipity,
My name is Mike and I'm an alcoholic and I'm married to an alcoholic as well. we're both sober. Her 18 years and me ten. I second what others have suggested and would highly recommend getting to a meeting in your area. Try to go early, head over to the coffee maker and let him/her know that you're situation. i find that the coffee members are usually well informed as to who to go to in the group. Try to talk to someone (girls with girls, guys with guys is usually recommended). sobriety really is great. My marriage is awesome. i wish you the best and hope to hear more from you.
ps I'm also new to this group.
buckeyebear said
Nov 25, 2005
Welcome
I'm new myself but find a lot of support here. Like what was told to you already, do your best to find a few meetings to go to. You will be surprised on how much you have in commen with everyone of us. I could tell you stories that would make you think I was spying on you. Also get as much reading material as possible and lay it around the house where you set, eat or the throne room.
Well you take care and keep comming back,,You can e-mail me also if you want. Would be glad to hear from you. buckeyebear@bright.net ...Your friend David
Welcome Seren. Im sure this board, and the people on it, will add to your support, and recovery system.. re sharing our experience, strength and hope.
Pretty good bunch here.
Feel free to share with us....take what you need, and leave the rest...We care.
Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way. They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty. There chances are less than average. There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest.
Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now. If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it - then you are ready to take certain steps.
At some of these we balked. We thought we could find an easier, softer way, but we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.
Remember that we deal with alcohol - cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. But there is One who has all power - that one is God. May you find Him now!
Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon.
Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery:
Many of us exclaimed, "What an order! I can't go through with it." Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints. The point is that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines. The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection.
Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas:
a. That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives.
b. That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism.
c. That God could and would if He were sought.
Welcome!
Someone who has more time sober said if we do these 5 things each day, we never have to drink or use drugs:
1. Pray on your knees in the morning and night, and meditate-
2. Call your sponsor and work the 12 steps out of the AA book-
3. Call another alcoholic/addict in recovery-
4. Go to an AA/NA meeting-
5. Help another person-
Joel
Welcome! I'm cheri, alcoholic and also married to an alcoholic. I have 5 yrs of recovery and he has 15 yrs of recovery.
I want you to know that you are not alone...that feeling of powerlessness will go away. If you have not attended an AA meeting yet I encourage you to go. Whether your spouse goes or not is up to them, not you, but you should go for yourself. Recovery has been the single most important thing in my life.
Please feel free to ask any questions or post any concerns that you have here...you will get lots of experience shares from the people here.
Love, cheri
Welcome, I'm glad you have found MIP, keep coming back. As you may already see, there's much support here. As stated go to face to face meetings and keep posting.
(((Hugs)))
GammyRose
Hi Serendipity,
My name is Mike and I'm an alcoholic and I'm married to an alcoholic as well. we're both sober. Her 18 years and me ten. I second what others have suggested and would highly recommend getting to a meeting in your area. Try to go early, head over to the coffee maker and let him/her know that you're situation. i find that the coffee members are usually well informed as to who to go to in the group. Try to talk to someone (girls with girls, guys with guys is usually recommended). sobriety really is great. My marriage is awesome. i wish you the best and hope to hear more from you.
ps I'm also new to this group.
Welcome
I'm new myself but find a lot of support here. Like what was told to you already, do your best to find a few meetings to go to. You will be surprised on how much you have in commen with everyone of us. I could tell you stories that would make you think I was spying on you. Also get as much reading material as possible and lay it around the house where you set, eat or the throne room.
Well you take care and keep comming back,,You can e-mail me also if you want. Would be glad to hear from you. buckeyebear@bright.net ...Your friend David