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Furthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure or success? Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or pride? Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity? Can we steadfastly content ourselves with the humbler, yet sometimes more durable, satisfactions when the brighter, more glittering achievements are denied us? TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 112

After I found A.A. and stopped drinking, it took a while before I understood why the First Step contained two parts: my powerlessness over alcohol and my lifes unmanageability. In the same way, I believed for a long time that, in order to be in tune with the Twelve Steps, it was enough for me to carry this message to alcoholics. That was rushing things. I was forgetting that there were a total of Twelve Steps and that the Twelfth Step also had more than one part. Eventually I learned that it was necessary for me to practice these principles in all areas of my life. In working all the Steps thoroughly, I not only stay sober and help someone else to achieve sobriety, but also I transform my difficulty with living into a joy of living.


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I fear iam losing my wife i would like to blame ptsd and my brain injury two things that were controlable before i started drinking again i am going to kuwait next year i need back in i am making excuses to drink when i am done righting this i am going to drink to help me sleep.

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Welcome to MIP, John. I'm sorry to hear that life has been difficult for you & I'm consoled that you realise your drinking is not helping you as desperately as you might hope. I know for myself today that there is no problem in my life that I won't make worse by pouring a drink on top of it. You have admitted your problem here & I ask, is it followed closely with a desire to stop? I know for me I had to swallow my pride & ask for help. I could not stay stopped on my own until I joined AA & took what was on offer seriously for me.

Posting here is a good beginning for you but to start turning this around you will have to back it with action. Try some meetings & share with the men you meet there how life & drinking has been for you. They will understand & offer you every support in changing, sharing with you what has worked for them. You say you're in fear of losing your wife which I've taken to mean it's not too late yet but I have to say that even if this should happen you would still need to quit for yourself. We don't know what the future will hold for us. We live life 1Day@aTime but I can promise that if you put the drink down, attend meetings & begin to change, your life will get better & you will again be able to manage your health conditions.

Wishing you every luck & success in your journey. Keep coming back, Danielle x

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