Willing to continue to seek emotional and spiritua

[caressa]

Not sure some of these are defects, more like characteristics, be they positive or negative.

This disease if four fold and I need food for the body, mind and spirit. That is why I like the daily meditaitons.

Too often I hear people say, "Well I've been doing 'it' for years and it has ....." My best thinking got me into recovery; it only seemed right that I should change some of that thinking and behavior. That is why there is a fourth Step.

Complacency and thinking I know it all, along with not going to meetings, spells trouble for me. I was just doing Al-Anon for a while and I came to realize that my thinking was off and that I needed to get back rooted in AA because as much as Al-Anon helped me, I must never forget that I am an alcoholic.

AA keeps me sober. Al-Anon helped me to find and take care of myself.

[majestyjo]

This post makes me glad that I just joined an AA Group called Four Directions. I need that Good Orderly Direction in my life, especially now when there is only two of us posting on the site.

I qualify for many programs, so I need to look at the whole picture. What are my triggers? Do I still remember where I came from? They say if you don't remember your last drink, you haven't had it yet. That is scarey. I am glad that mine was at a Steak House with a friend who was leaving to go back to Hawaii on August 20, 1991. We had a half bottle of white wine. I had already reached out and asked for help in August and the social worker there, helped me to get off my pills, and she helped me to get into treatment in November 2, 1991. My dry date is August 21, 1991. I was debating about celebrating, but I was told by two people that I needed to acknowledge it and help others by letting them know it can be done. It is 17 years without a cigarette, and my clean date for that is December 21, 1998.