Hi all first time poster and very excited to have found you all online here. Here is our share that I never did send off to our share magazine ! But maybe one day.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Happy, Content, Sober and Serene,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Why, Because I decided to' keep coming back.'
This is my second time back into the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous,and for one thing I am certain about in my life today is, if I keep making AA my number one priority,I will continue to have a life today that is like the promises say,beyond my wildest dreams.It was my path and I know today that I need to pass it on.
Perhaps the first time I had the cotton wool in my ears,as I had been told by my sponsor then to make AA my number on priority if not I would drink again. And she saw me slip away,helpless to help me, as I stayed away from my meetings and because of that, I stopped hearing the message. I convince myself that AA had given me all that I needed, I was sober and happy as I embarked upon a new relationship. Not with my higher power ! But with my future husband. Him having been sober 6 1/2 years myself 3yrs. We sailed the seas in a our new yacht every week-end,worked all week far too busy to even think of the most important thing in our lives AA meetings.We would read the literature together at the end of our busy days with a smile. The inevitable happened and soon we were both back to drinking, we had let it all slip away.
It took us another 5years before we were able to return. And that in itself is a miracle. I was sectioned for my own safety as I could no longer live with the drink or without it. Returning to AA saying I needed friends to help me. I could not do this alone.Our old familiar friends embraced me with loving arms.It was my first year back and during that year my husband returned too, but this time back he was unable to stop drinking with the meetings and friends alone.He was so desperate and tormented that while I was attending a meeting on Valentines day he felt there was no other way out but to take his own life.While in the hospital he found his way back to AA again and passed the message to others within the hospital.
We were loosing everything materialistic and we had lost ourselves in the process.We had been to the gates of insanity.And boy did I search and pray to my higher power,Big book in my hands desperate to find the miracle within the pages.
As I did so and closed the Big Book there was my spiritual awakening,everything I needed to know was within this book. How it started, How it works and How to pass it on. The AA way of living.
Today we have a life beyond our wildest dreams. We moved to North Cyprus because we contacted the fellowship here first, this was our number one priority.We assured friends and family that everything would work out well, how did we know.Because we came here for a reason,our higher power had given us both a second chance,a chance to open our arms to the newcomers here, to share with them our experience,strength and hope.But most of all to let them know that by walking into our AA rooms and working our simple program they too can experience the miracle of being happy,content sober and serene.A day at a time and always
sharing that we must all '' Keep coming back ''
Maria and Vic. 8yrs and 7yrs sober this second time around. Thanks to having a program for living.
North Cyprus.
With grateful thanks to all our true good friends in the Essex area we miss you all. xx
Thank you for your reply. Other plans, no way. This time I know its for life. I have been given a purpose to live for. To stay sober and help another alcoholic.
And that's our plans for every day. :) And to do that I need to fill up a seat at a meeting :)
We are told to give it away once we have it and what a joy it is to give it away :) To see people loose the fear they came into the rooms with. To watch them change.
Staying sober has given my family peace of mind today that we are both doing the right thing after what they saw us go through.
I called myself Polly on here I have no idea why ? But I can still do funny things..Its Polly put the kettle on because I love making tea.
No other plans for us because we love coming back.
Your all more than welcome. I thought I would give you a little but of my/our path. The hell we went through and how great things change if we work for them and want all to change.
I am happy to have come across this site and will try my very best to become a regular on line visitor :}
That's all I can do is try my best in each day and for sure,to be sure, that should help me stay sober ! it has so far :}
Thank you all for my warm welcome onto this wonderful AA Forum. I think its Fab :}
I went to my meeting and told them that the other night at 3am I found you all. they smiled. :}
To,be sure,to,be,sure ,This grateful Ex drunk is no longer an active Alcoholic but a recovering Alcoholic because I am doing something about it today :}
Hi all first time poster and very excited to have found you all online here. Here is our share that I never did send off to our share magazine 
! But maybe one day.