Life after death

Dave Harm · Senior Member

Life after death

learning · MIP Old Timer

Dave,
How true! And may your Easter be a good one.

To Everyone Here,
Happy Easter!

Sobrietyspell · MIP Old Timer

Thankyou, Dave. I really loved that lol Happy Easter to you & y'all :) Danielle x

Jerry F · MIP Old Timer

How true Dave...I also related to sobriety being a resurrection also. Heaven on
earth can happen. Happy joyous and free.

Jerry F smile

bikerbill · MIP Old Timer

unfortunately couldn't view the youtube video for some reason, but never mind. when i was drinking I often wondered if there was life Before death, those last 8 months of non stop, daily drinking to blackout and the chaos that went with it and the last drunk, may they live in my memory forever, never to be repeated. How close i came during those last 8 months of finding out if there is life after death, there was no meaningful, productive, worthwhile life before death in those days.

Is there life after death? i don't know and today i'm in no rush to find out. Is there life before death, there certainly is. I'm sitting here in my office at home, it's Easter Monday, i've done some productive work and if i sit up straight i can look out of the window and see the bird table. I've got my RSPB bird book to hand and in a moment will look up the pretty little birds with the red caps and yellow and brown striped wings to see what they are.

tomorrow morning i set off on a 400 mile journey to Inverness, I've got my meetings planned and my hotel is within walking distance of the inverness meeting. Wednesday i go to Greenock and yes, the meeting is within wlaking distance of the hotel (I look where the meetings are first then book the hotel). I'll be back home on Thursday night.

Roughly 30 months since my last drunk. Roughly 30 years of drinking, first as a functioning alkie, then as a dysfunctioning alkie, then finally in my own, rock bottom, hellbound misery. My rock bottom might not be as low as some or might be lower than others, all i know was it hurt enough for me an that's all that matters.

pinkchip · MIP Old Timer

I went to church for the first easter in probably a decade. My typical response to holidays was to be drunk so that when my family called from 1000 miles away doing the whole get together thing, I wouldn't really care and I'd be like "F**k easter...christmas...thanksgiving...I've got better things to do." Anyhow, the service was about resurrection and life after death. I haven't focused on the meaning of holidays in a long time. Part of the sermon had me reflecting on my recovery because when I stepped into AA, I was emotionally, spiritually, and almost physically dead. Thus far, this journey has been a resurrection of me...not to compare myself to christ or anything, but I am glad to have had a clear head to see some positive meaning from this holiday. Furthermore, in 6 and a half months I have seen people pass away, get sick, family members die in the fellowship. I come to realize that they live on mostly through those of us still living and drawing strength from their spirit, the help they gave us, and the person they are/were. I am grateful to be part of a helping community because, if I stay sober, allow myself to be helped, and help someone else...part of me lives on forever in AA.