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mandm


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GREAT!  So I've been working as the head chef at a resturant by my house. 

Yesterday I walked in and I was informed that the resturant was going to close for renos for 6 months and that I would be hired back on when the Reno are done. I was a bit upset because I was enjoying the position but apperently even though the food sales where doing amazing the rest of the restaurant and club wasn't. The restaurant consists of four floors: restaurant two dance club floors and a roof top patio. Its a pretty sweet building but it needed some help in the club department.

 

Needless to say i as pretty upset when I was informed the club was closing down ( I had even hired a guy two days before I had no idea the club was going to close). I went home and I had the biggest urge to knock down a 15 pack as I would normally do in a stressful situation. I came online to a meeting and no one was online. I even skipped out on seeing my gf saying I was not  in the mood, which is something I would typically do in the past so I could drink. 

So I began writing and it helped get my mind off things needless to say I am very happy i didn't go. I woke up fresh and excited to do some painting and move forward. I woke up this morning thinking about how I would have felt a ton of resentment  if I had drank in the situation, and even the look on my girlfriends face who has become a alcohol detective ever since I've given it up. 

 

I haven't had a drink in months and I wasn't going to start yesterday. 

 



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Good job, brother! Keep the faith. Read your Big Book and be sure to ask for God's help throughout the day.

This too shall pass - I went through some nasty stuff in my early sobriety, but none of it was as bad as my alcoholic brain wanted to make it.

Six months will fly by before you know it and you'll be working again. As long as you keep practicing the program, everything will work out.

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I empathize with your situation, mandm. It's a disappointment to be let go. Perfect reason to get drunk.

But, not really.

Losing a job is not a good reason to go back to what we used to do before. It would only screw things up.

I hope you can get another gig until your restaurant opens up again.

It's great that you tried to get to a meeting. That was a good move. But our meeting situation here is not exactly a reliable one.

Here's a site with 4 or 5 online meetings a day:

http://aaonline.net/

The 8:30 AM just ended but there are meetings at 1:30 PM, 6:30 PM and 9:30 PM later today.

Keep up the good work. It'll work out. Maybe you'll even get a better gig.



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Thanks Mandm for sharing your ESH ... ... ... We don't always know what to expect ... glad you are active in your program of recovery so that you didn't allow King Alcohol to make a move on you ... great job ...



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No need for a meeting just some good old fashion will power..

but i'll keep it in mind thanks :)

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mandm wrote:

No need for a meeting just some good old fashion will power..

but i'll keep it in mind thanks :)

 

Sorry, but that's a bad idea. Did your will power work for you before? AA isn't about will power. If you're not actually practicing the steps, this would be a VERY good time to start.



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Thanks for your concern Q. There is a good song quote i use all the time " I had to loose myself to find out who I really was, and what I was becoming" I used to want to drink now I want to be sober. It kind of flicked like a light switch for me, it was just over.

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Yeah, that was my experience too, but this illness is cunning, baffling, and powerful. Vigilance is indispensable. If you're not working on your recovery every day, it'll sneak up and bite you in the ass. Unless you're not really an alcoholic, of course - some folks are just heavy drinkers and they can put it down without much effort.

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Way to go Mandm, glad you didn't drink over something you might have in the past.

If a heavy drinker wants to identify as an alcoholic that's fine by me. More fellowship is better!!
My will power was shot before I can to these AA rooms/places. My best decisions and continuing not to surrender my will brought me to depravity.
Now, life is much better!!

Hope you get a new gig soon Mandm!!

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