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looneymex


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 in my active drinking my favorite number was 1-800-help me momma,it wasnt until my mom told me that every single time she bailed me out of jail or came and got me, she was 'interfering with Gods will for me",Thank God for Al-Anon,and thank God for A.A.,i havent found it necessary to take a drink since jan. 10.2006

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Hi John, thanks for sharing.

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hey John, welcome to the board. My mom got me out of the county jail (drunk in public) and couple times (at 15 and 17) on the condition that I attend an AA meeting that night. I just chuckled to think that next year will be 35 years since my first AA meeting, wow I must be getting old. smile.gif

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Hola John R..."In all of the open AA meetings I've ever been to, not once have I
heard a recoverying alcohol thank their momma for their recovery."   You got thee
gift at birth my man...and she got it when get got to the doors of Al-Anon and
learned that NO was a complete sentence.   The program got to me before my
mother did and she was grateful.  Al-Anon and AA gave her the son she wanted
in the first place.

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Jerry F wrote:



Hola John R..."In all of the open AA meetings I've ever been to, not once have I
heard a recoverying alcohol thank their momma for their recovery."


I do it all the time.  Mom has 34 years sober this December.  She got sober when I was 15 and was leaving AA pamphlets in my sock drawer regularly for the next 3 years. I probably wouldn't have made it in if it weren't for her.

 



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Aloha Dean....First times for me are learning experiences and AHAs!! smile

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Welcome to MIP, John Ray. Long may your sobriety continue 1Day@aTime. Do you care to return & share with us how you did it? ;) Danielle x

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hi danielle,thanks for the encouragement,...this really is a one day at a time program,sometimes when i'm struggling ,one chunk of day at a time.i think for me,being stubborn and hardheaded,i had to find out the hard way that this disease doesnt discriminate despite being raised in an ideal environment,underneath the surface there was a deep fear of abandonment,loneliness and shame.after several relapses over several years i think what changed for me in 2006 was that i got "involved".My sponsor made a requirement that if he was to sponsor me i would have to do service.That forced me to let people get to know me...that was a huge fear and now my best friends are in the rooms...Thank God for that

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