There is an outside issue raging on the tv news regarding a famous actor and the organization he belongs to in reagrds to such things as psychiatry, treatment and meds etc. Well, after I began to get sober in AA they passed the basket for the group to pay expenses of course (self supporting) and no one told me that I got there by being "Lazy or ignorant of some type of philosophy or methodolgy" I wound up in the "rooms" (no one finds these funny liitle clubs and church basements by "accident") since I had hit bottom and wanted to stop hurting! I discovered beside the physical, I had a disease which affected me mentally and spiritually (not "religiously" religious belief or lack of it not a requirement for membership only a DESIRE to stop drinking and or using!!)
No one asked for money at the door or after the meeting..however they did suggest I take the cotton of my ears and put it in my big mouth for a while! I was told I had paid my dues during my drinking days!!! (No dues or fees)
After I was diagnosed with a disorder other than alcholism, a sponsor who was also a professional in the field of Substance Abuse and Treatment REFERRED ME to not one but 2 physician specialists, but never charged me for this service nor ordered me to take this medication or not. I realize today had I not I may have gone out of control and picked up a drink!
Without the support of AA and the people in it, not only in the US but in a foreign country as well, I doubt if I would be sitting here today typing this tome of gratitude, I probalbly would be in an institution or perhaps in jail or dead, who knows? There but for the Grace of G-d Go I.
Who cares then what some talking head says on the news, I know in my heart what is right living and right (not stinking) thinking for me..Just for Today!!!!!!
PS Read the "promises" of AA every day from the Big Book..it is amazing what two "drunks" with humility and a sense of humor started in 1935!
PS the "sponsor" I referred to above knew Bill W. from 1958, when this amn cane into AA till 1971 when Bill passed away...in 1959 this person told Bill he was an atheist and "different" and could not work "these Steps"..asked Bill..what can I do to stay sober? Bill thenpicked up a Big Book and signed it thus.. J--- simply "Pass it On"..Bill W. Well J--- passed it on for 29 years and died sober!
If you have a drinking problem..then you are are in the right place! KISS (keep it simple stupid)!
No one asked for money at the door or after the meeting..however they did suggest I take the cotton of my ears and put it in my big mouth for a while! I was told I had paid my dues during my drinking days!!! (No dues or fees)
After I was diagnosed with a disorder other than alcholism, a sponsor who was also a professional in the field of Substance Abuse and Treatment REFERRED ME to not one but 2 physician specialists, but never charged me for this service nor ordered me to take this medication or not. I realize today had I not I may have gone out of control and picked up a drink!
Without the support of AA and the people in it, not only in the US but in a foreign country as well, I doubt if I would be sitting here today typing this tome of gratitude, I probalbly would be in an institution or perhaps in jail or dead, who knows? There but for the Grace of G-d Go I.
Who cares then what some talking head says on the news, I know in my heart what is right living and right (not stinking) thinking for me..Just for Today!!!!!!
PS Read the "promises" of AA every day from the Big Book..it is amazing what two "drunks" with humility and a sense of humor started in 1935!
PS the "sponsor" I referred to above knew Bill W. from 1958, when this amn cane into AA till 1971 when Bill passed away...in 1959 this person told Bill he was an atheist and "different" and could not work "these Steps"..asked Bill..what can I do to stay sober? Bill thenpicked up a Big Book and signed it thus.. J--- simply "Pass it On"..Bill W. Well J--- passed it on for 29 years and died sober!
If you have a drinking problem..then you are are in the right place! KISS (keep it simple stupid)!
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