When one alcoholic/addict shares with another alcoholic/addict

[MajestyJo]

Most alcoholics would rather die than get sober.
And they do. - Anon.

From Alkiespeaks

How true this is. I have had people tell me they spilled more than I drank. Another person said, "If I drank like you, I would still be drinking."

Well I no longer wanted to drink like me. It wasn't fun any more. It stopped working, and I kept needing more. I couldn't afford to keep me in the style I would like to become accustomed. I didn't want to do what I would have had to do to maintain my habit.

For so many years, it was, "Don't tell me what to do!" I'll show them, and I would have another drink, generally another bottle. I drank to their health, yet it was hurting me and I couldn't see it.

My program does not work in principle. It only works in practice.

Pocket Sponsor

I practice the principles in all my affairs. It works when I work it. My sponsor always said, "Practice, practice, practice."

One day I just might get it right from beginning to end.

Something I think was on the old site.

Love the quote here, they are so true in my life. From the time I found AA 25 years ago, using was not an option. For me, it was to die and I chose to live.

Thanksgiving is an all year found thing for me even though I lag behind expressing it each day. Thanksgiving is my favourite holiday because I love the Fall and all the trimmings to a Thanksgiving dinner.