When one alcoholic/addict shares with another alcoholic/addict

[MajestyJo]

1) I can respond to this thread, and actually see the humor for a change.

2) Know what they mean when they are talking about "Bill W." & Dr. Bob."

3) Not be "shaking & quaking" in fear at meetings anymore.

4) Sincere honesty doesn't bother me anymore (not quite there yet).

5) I find it easy to call anyone, day or night, on that list they gave me, if necessary. I'm still working on this one.

6) I tend to read recovery texts or daily meditations, rather than do the daily crossword puzzle from the daily newspaper in the morning.

7) I find "service work" humbling. I go to meetings early, so that I may help my sponsor set up for the meeting. I also stay late, for "the meeting" after the meeting. I need it.

8) I offer advice, even when it's not asked for. Grandiose thinking???!!!!

Thanks so much for a great post.

It is always good reminder that we can still have a since humor while sober. Hell, to be perfectly honest, I never had much of one while I was out drinking & using. Everything was pretty much dismal, to be truthful.

But my alcoholic thinking & ways is so very much selective. I tend to want to think of the way it was almost in the very beginning. Things weren't so bad then; I hadn't yet gone down that proverbial "slippery slope" of nearly no return.

I am a newbie. Though familiar with the program, after being in & out for several years, this a new start for me.

I never grow tired of hearing others who have been working the 12 steps for several 24 hours being able to joke around. I literally WANT what they have. To not take a back seat to anyone, yet humble enough for self-deprecating humor.

Anonymous

The greatest gift being able to laugh at myself.

All of the above!