Contradictory states of being? Not for this alcoholic. What to do, what to do? Gonna make some great soup.Yep, that'll help. Always grateful for my own homemade soup. Would like it better, though, if my beloved were here to enjoy it with me. But no, he left & ain't coming back, as near as I can tell. Two years (maybe longer-I have no sense of time) gone leads me to that conclusion.
Grateful for still being sober, grateful for our friendly continued communications, grateful for support received through the steps & steppers in my life. But lonely at Christmas-yeah. Not having a pity-party, just dealing with reality. So--vegetable broth with red lentils, garlic and onions or cream of fresh mixed mushrooms? Sprinkle with Serenity Prayer at serving.
I will eat my turkey sub in spirit with you! This is the time of year where we think the world is better off than us, but many are infected with the materialism that becomes less and less important to us. I will be in a lonely hotel room in Portland Maine, but I am looking forward to the empty waterfront! Merry Christmas all. Tom
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LeeU, it's wonderful just to see your face and writings on the board. Missed you. As for that other stuff, it's just another day that some people get more exited about than others, me not so much.
Always good to see you Lee!My grandmoms always had a cure for everything with soup,split pea,consumee(yuk) etc.We share how we feel and we move forward.I wish you a blessed and spirit of a God filled Christmas and holiday period...
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Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.
Thanks LeeU -- I've got a non-AA family around me and still feel the same way. But then I think of my AA family, which includes you guys on here, and my face to face meeting tomorrow, and I'm OK.
I know what you're saying Leeu even though I don't have much of a lonely problem that by being a loner most of the early years so when I am alone I get the gratitudes of being able to be anywhere I want with as many or not people who are there and I'd not obligated to get attached. The soup sounds great...lots of crackers pleeeezzzee. Love yourself...you've lived your whole life with you. ((((hugs))))
Contradictory states of being? Not for this alcoholic. What to do, what to do? Gonna make some great soup.Yep, that'll help. Always grateful for my own homemade soup. Would like it better, though, if my beloved were here to enjoy it with me. But no, he left & ain't coming back, as near as I can tell. Two years (maybe longer-I have no sense of time) gone leads me to that conclusion.
