I had the joy of setting down and having coffee with a man that has been in AA and sober for 40 yrs…practically my whole life. When he speaks at meetings…he says life changing things. I wish I would have taken notes today. He is hilarious, intellient, compassionte, and just over all an amazing mentor. (I don’t know if he knows it, but in my mind he is my mentor)
Some of what i can remember from today and all the meetings I have been in (minus the f word, man cusses like a sailor)
Only one person knows what it will take for you to stop drinking. You! I can tell what it takes for me, the people I have sponsored. But its on you.
If the 12 steps were easy, no one would be a drunk. We would just take a drunk hand them the 12 steps and problem solved. Takes work, your sponsor is just a guide. Its up to you to look internally.
Keep coming back. Didnt hear what made sense to you. Leave it at the table. Not everyone will have what you need. When you hear what speaks to you write that shit down and live it.
we drunks dont know how to live. Thats what this chair does for me. It helps me live today. If i want to stay sober, i keep coming back.
Advice is like coffee…there is good coffee and bad coffee. Someone passes you coffee and swears to God its the best coffee, the only coffee you should drink…throw that shit out. Its been on the burner to long.
lack of humility leads to relapse. The bigger the ego the harder the fall. Thats why we have tell another human our issues. Yes you know them, yes God knows them…but it takes a humble person to look at another person and tell them their defects.
I love all of this. You’re lucky to have met someone like that. I hope as I enter my journey further at some point I come across someone with that kind of time and wisdom. Thanks for this
That is a lot of brilliance right there. PLEASE share more of his pearls of wisdom occasionally. I think he may be able to help many of us, even if he never knows it.
