I could have started my day with a meeting--love those early morning meetings. Instead, I chose to start my day with a difficult conversation with my husband who is 3 weeks out of a detox, but not in recovery. (Imagine that: an alcoholic marrying an alcoholic--wonder how that happened).
Tomorrow, I will make a different choice and start my day with a meeting. That is what I need to do to make my life better.
There are still a few more hours in this day, so I will make the best of them--turn the day around from its rough start: yoga, time with my kids, a phone call to someone who invited me to a meeting tomorrow night, another phone call to another program person, and a meeting tonight. I think there is still hope for today, if I choose to live rather than wallow.
12 step programs help us make better choices, it is up to me how good of a choice i make. keep coming back!! i was told i can start my day over at any time. hugs from jj/sheila
along the lines that alcohol is all we had in common.....
i met my husband 27 years ago in a little neighborhood bar. all we had in common was we both worked full time and liked to drink alcohol after work. we dated 4 years and my Mom got worried about me (even tho she didn't know the extent of the drinking part) she started sharing that she and Dad would like to see me settle down. i had been a single Mom for almost 10 years. so i thought, yeah, i will marry my drinking date and everything will be fine. we got married and all hell broke loose. we both kept drinking and our lives kept getting worse. well, finally, 3+ years ago, i started working the AA program and suprise, our marriage is (getting) better. my husband has been open to spiritual things ever since my Mom was losing her battle with cancer. he loved my Mom and she prayed for us a lot. so now we have one thing in common, again. working on our spiritual lives. he doesn't have a program, and my life still gets unmanageable when start doing my own thing. we still have a lot of differences and different perspectives. but, we are still together, which i find amazing. in June we will be married 23 years. the program is helping keep me sane and helping me become a better listener. jj/sheila
My husband and I met in AA we took out time though..But we kinda just kept smiling at each other at the meetings in out small town back home. Just two a week back in the day when we first me. I had lived on my own for 18yrs and he 6yrs. It was not easy when we eventually lived together ! But we did have AA in our lives. We had our first dance at a convention and all our friends smiled as we danced and looked so happy :} And at the end of the night they played One Day At a Time :}
Some on here may know the story by now, we stopped coming back, ''' years of hell and insanity''' :{
Saved by our higher powers to carry the message again. He has our path for us :} And we both have such gratitude for that. Every night I do my list and read it again in to mornings. Along with loads of other good stuff. Today AA working on ourselves and along with all in our groups is the most important thing in our life.
Most do not get the chance to get back into the rooms we know this. No way could I pick up a drink today. I try to imagine its a glass of Bleach or a class of vomit. Now could you drink that ! I think not !
Keep coming back its gets better and even better than THAT TOO :} Believe me you just have to keep trying to get there :} Its in my heart along side my God of my understanding.
Thanks for keeping me sober another day. I love this Forum.
