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Post by caressa on Nov 14, 2004 14:09:56 GMT -5
Just found this AA pamphlet in my stash of literature and thought, "How true this is. How often we compare and stay sick. How some have used just alcohol while others admit to other addictions such as work, food, gambling, drugs (all types), religion, exercise, excessive cleaning and order, and the list goes on. It has been my experience that those who have added crack to their already addictive behavior, hit a bottom so much faster than others, and yet it is one of the hardest to get off. There are so many 'new' drugs out there that were not a part of the scene when I was there.
How many 'pure' alcoholics are there out there! What makes you think you are different or do you?
Alcohol is a drug?
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Post by lildee on Nov 14, 2004 14:44:43 GMT -5
Thank you Caressa,
You mention comparing and staying sick. Well for me and my hubby we do what works. Even from one group to another there are differences. Different procedures, different protocols different people different personalities. Who is to say which way is right. It is not a matter of being right. It is a matter of getting clean & sober and staying clean and sober. If it works for you then so be it.
I am glad that you mentioned crack and how hard it is to get off of. my hubby was a purist that is the only thing he used. No alcohol no other drugs just crack. Hubby says that there is a certain intensity to their program that is not found amongst the other 12 Step groups, because the risk of relapse is so high. So there is a lot of involvement by members, family and friends. Anything that will support the addict in his quest for recovery. Well that is the way it is here. We give as much support as we can.
Each individual has to find his or her own recovery and what works for them. Nothing is written in stone. What works for some will not work for others. Some work their program slowly and have to digest each morsel but for some they have to move along at a fast clip just to stay clean. It makes no difference how you find God just as long as you are on the path to Him.
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Post by Baritone on Nov 14, 2004 23:06:18 GMT -5
For me, it was only alcohol. I have trouble relating to a lot of the talk of drugs that i hear in meetings. But i try to remember that people's shares that i can't relate to might be just what someone else needs to hear.
- Jim
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Post by caressa on Nov 15, 2004 22:47:35 GMT -5
Dear Jim,
You are one of the lucky few. I have seen so many people die as a result of finding recovery and then substituting their drug of choice for other things, and end up going back out there and dying.
A friend of mine just died on the weekend. A long time friend told me she was a pure alcoholic, then admitted to having a problem with gambling and having to go and get help. She said, "But I am an alcoholic first!"
I just reconnected with a girl who I met in treatment 13 years ago, she just got her beginners tag in CA. She had one year in AA at one time. I had a call from a friend on Saturday, he had 18 months, and has been out doing research for four years. It was good to know he was still alive.
For me, I am an addict who used alcohol, just like I did many people, places and things in my life. (Relationships, my job and my bed, pills and volunteer work)
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Post by preciouschihua on Nov 18, 2004 13:32:24 GMT -5
Very good topic. I am on Library computer and will get back tomorrow on my response to this. Thanks for posting time is out  Suz |
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Post by caressa222 on Jan 31, 2021 20:41:04 GMT -5
That is how I thought for years. My dad and husband were the alcoholics. I wasn't a falling down drunk. I could out drink both of them, walk a straight line, drive the car home. I didn't know that I was what they call a functioning alcoholic. Soon that function became unmanageable and I had to look at myself and get honest.
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.