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re: I'm Seeking Help For Alcoholism
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:29 pm to Mr Personality
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:29 pm to Mr Personality
90 meetings in 90 days...find a sponsor...do the 12 steps...only way to quit and find peace in yourself
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Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:37 pm to ksayetiger
quote:
Take your trolling uninformed arse out of this thread.
I might troll light-heartedly in dumb threads, but when it comes to twelve step nonsense I'm not trolling and I'm more informed than most.
The stats support me and the lack of research on the side of the twelve steppers is deafening.
Trust me, this is one of like three things I post about in a serious way. It's my SFP circumcision topic.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:38 pm to LucasP
How long have you been sober?
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:42 pm to ksayetiger
quote:
How long have you been sober?
Not sure, I don't have a chip to remind me.
ETA sorry that was kinda trollish. Don't wanna detract from the actual discussion cause it's important. Sorry again. Serious answer, I'm not sober, I've never tried to get sober but if I ever do I'll seek professional help not a book written by a religious zealot with no psychological training.
This post was edited on 9/1/15 at 9:46 pm
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:43 pm to LucasP
Ballpark it
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:44 pm to Mr Personality
AA is the best way to go in my personal opinion. Going on a year myself
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:46 pm to LucasP
You don't know the day/year you stopped?
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:48 pm to LucasP
quote:
I'm not sober, I've never tried to get sober but if I ever do I'll seek professional help not a book written by a religious zealot with no psychological training.
So you DONT KNOW WHAT THE frick YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:51 pm to ksayetiger
AA isnt really about seeking professional help. professional help is something you pay for and most of the time is someone who learned about your condition through texbooks. AA is about people helping people all with the same problem. The people that have been sober for 10 yrs were once in your shoes, but still attend meeting and what not..It's a support system. If you can do it alone then so be it but most people cant
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:52 pm to Mr Personality
Just do whatever you need to do to put time between you and your last drink. I was able to get sober many years ago with the help of AA. Many may say that it's a cult or a clique. It is what you make it.
Hearing other people's stories was good for me. I was able to connect with many of them. You may not find your exact story, but I would guess that you will relate to a lot of them. Maybe I would have gotten sober without AA, but I can tell you that it worked for me. If something else works for you, good luck. But I suggest that you give AA a try.
I am not as active in AA now as I was almost 20 years ago, but I know that if I have the urge to go back to the insanity that was my drinking, I can go back any time and I will get what I need to keep me sober.
Best wishes.
Hearing other people's stories was good for me. I was able to connect with many of them. You may not find your exact story, but I would guess that you will relate to a lot of them. Maybe I would have gotten sober without AA, but I can tell you that it worked for me. If something else works for you, good luck. But I suggest that you give AA a try.
I am not as active in AA now as I was almost 20 years ago, but I know that if I have the urge to go back to the insanity that was my drinking, I can go back any time and I will get what I need to keep me sober.
Best wishes.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:53 pm to LucasP
quote:if you have never tried to get sober then why are you commenting on getting sober? I have never scuba dived.... so I don't give advice on spear fishing in the gulf. However, I listen and ask questions to my brother, who has hundreds of times, to get tips should that day come.
, I'm not sober, I've never tried to get sober but if I ever do I'll seek professional help not a book written by a religious zealot with no psychological training.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:54 pm to IonaTiger
You could do like my coworker and just get stoned all the time.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:54 pm to ksayetiger
Yeah there is no religion in AA. The only place it tells you to seek power from is a God of your understanding not the people in AA. If he read the book he clearly misunderstood it.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:54 pm to ksayetiger
quote:
DONT KNOW WHAT THE frick YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
This is a blacklivesmatter tactic. An objective look at facts is dismissed because someone can't understand things from your perspective. Good job. So you wanna discuss the actual program or just tell people they don't understand?
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:55 pm to lsunatchamp
From my experience, no one can do it alone. I know i couldnt. But relating to other people who did the same things i was doing helped me. They told me what they did to stop, but not only stop, but how to see myself and what i was doing wrong. In a non judgemental way.
I live a better, happier life now. Not only because i quit drinking, but because i live life with a better outlook.
I live a better, happier life now. Not only because i quit drinking, but because i live life with a better outlook.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:56 pm to LucasP
So what dog do you have in the fight?
I went to a meeting tonight. Several people with several years of sobriety there. Should I let them know the program doesn't work? Or should I let them continue believing the lies?
I went to a meeting tonight. Several people with several years of sobriety there. Should I let them know the program doesn't work? Or should I let them continue believing the lies?
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:58 pm to LucasP
And i went to "professional" help as well. They were about as helpful as a lame horse.
And Bill W. wasnt a religious zealot you dolt.
And Bill W. wasnt a religious zealot you dolt.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:58 pm to LucasP
You don't have facts. You have "studies" that show that people that drop out of the program don't stay sober. Those of us with real experience see it working everyday.
ETA: Its pretty clear you haven't read the book. And it's pretty clear you have an agenda for whatever reason. I'm not saying AA is the only way to get sober. But it is one way. And it's helped millions.
ETA: Its pretty clear you haven't read the book. And it's pretty clear you have an agenda for whatever reason. I'm not saying AA is the only way to get sober. But it is one way. And it's helped millions.
This post was edited on 9/1/15 at 10:01 pm
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:58 pm to Crow Pie
quote:
you have never tried to get sober then why are you commenting on getting sober?
I've never had cancer but if I have a loved one who gets cancer and decided to pray the tumor away rather than get help, I'll have a strong opinion about it.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 10:01 pm to Mr Personality
Likely when you dry out you'll have to change your screen name to Mr. Used To Be Fun.
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