Hi, I am new to this board. I live in Lyme CT and slipped after 18 yrs of sobriety during which I did not go to meetings. Got back to AA the day after I slipped and had 2 slips but am going on 11 months sobriety. I have a good support group and attend a meeting a day.
I have taken a few camping trips with gals from AA and found it really relaxes me. We do meditation and have meetings at the campsite.
I am married and my hubby is addicted to boating which I have gotten tired of....so I (we) are looking for other AA women who would like to join us on camping trips.
Welcome to MIP! COMPLACENCY ONE OF THE BIGGEST ENEMIES OF THOSE WITH SUBSTANTIAL SOBRIETY(clean time,freedom from active addiction,etc)!! If we are complacent for too long,the recovery process then ceases!Glad to see you picked yourself up,dusted yourself off and are moving forward getting back to things that were working for you...... Our recovery is definitely an inside job!!..Thanks for sharing and helping someone today ,that includes me.Keep coming back Relapse is not a shame, the shame is not making it back......
-- Edited by mikef on Wednesday 21st of September 2011 10:43:14 AM
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Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.
There was an oldtimer here who went on a week-long bender after 18 years sober. He came right back to AA and stayed sober, as far as I know for the rest of his life (not sure if he's still around). He never talked about his slip, and only a few people apparently knew about it. I wish he had talked about it. I guess he had quit going to meetings some time before, but nobody ever really heard the story. I think it's something we needed to hear. Believe me when I was approaching that 18 year mark, I was thinking about the guy.
Welcome Marcie! Glad to have you aboard. What I'm learning is if I'm not working The Program and taking continous action, I'm heading back toward my old ways and a drink. Step 10 in the BB mentions- what we really have is a daily reprieve based on the maintenance of our Spiritual condition. If I'm not taken action and working The Program, my Spiritual condition suffers and so do I. My friend reminds me that there will come a day when no human power or condition will keep me from a drink, but God can and I need to stay close.
Welcome Back Marie! Engaging the fellowship is (imho) the most often overlooked part of one's program. My daily contact with my sober friends is invaluable. Then I have my daily contact with my virtual family of choice here. I'm constantly circling the wagons. lol
Aloha Marcie and welcome back. I hang around those who relapse because I want to know the journey to that door. Often times when I am not consciously working the program the disease sneaks up on me and wants to engage me in a "friendly" conversation and then it tries to walk off with my mind and then.... Thanks for the valuable share and keep coming back (((((hugs)))))
Hi, I am new to this board. I live in Lyme CT and slipped after 18 yrs of sobriety during which I did not go to meetings. Got back to AA the day after I slipped and had 2 slips but am going on 11 months sobriety. I have a good support group and attend a meeting a day.