Thanks for sharing… I had the privilege of reading the Promises today at the end of our meeting…I also shared at 8 months sober I am experiencing all those promises… most quickly.
I am also Pro AA and just my opinion if one really truly wants sobriety …why not try every resource available. If you have never been to an AA Meeting…go to one. If you had a bad experience… go to a different one. Keeping your mind open to everything positive to stay sober is the only way to succeed.
I love reading the promises❤️ Many have started to come true for me to I definitely have a new freedom and a new happiness. I try to keep close to me how sick I was to remind me where I’m at today . I totally agree if we’ve truly had enough of living in our addiction s and making those close to us as sick and sad as we are why not try all we can to break the chains without judgement or preconceptions . The soul connection’s I have with those in the rooms cannot be matched outside of them .I feel love bravery, raw honesty and kinship in every meeting and I know more about some than I know my own family ….and in big flashing letters AA IS NOT A RELIGION
proud of you, honey!
No place else for me to go in 1986 so AA was there and im still active and sponsor and doing talks this xmas will be my 39 one sober so it works
You can always do the Jenni program and see how you go…cause you are calling the shots.
When you’re ready to surrender and accept Jenni running Jenni’s life is insanity and unmanageable…then you’re ready for the 100% pure, uncut AA…which is the 12 steps with a sponsor. Just my humble opinion.
I’ve been to AA meetings on and off for 10 years. Was introduced to AA in 2014 because of my first medical detox from alcohol. But mostly for 10 years that’s all I did was go to meetings, I didn’t work steps, I didn’t do inventories or amends or carry the Message, I didn’t practice what was taught in real life, I didn’t have a home group, I didn’t call other alcoholics or socialize with them. So really I had 1 foot in AA and 1 foot out. In the last nine months of my sobriety this time I have fully committed to AA. I don’t have to fully agree with everything I hear but I do take the suggestions because I have nothing else to try. My brain will always occasionally tell me that I can stop going to AA / Working steps And I don’t need that. But I think that’s my addiction trying to get back into my life. Why would I stop doing something that works. I didn’t need to actually work a program till I literally had absolutely no other option or die/ Go to prison From going back to using Or drinking. I’ve checked off all the boxes except death and prison. Not willing to become another statistic and experience those other things. I’m still Learning more every day about the history but it’s pretty simple in the beginning it was just about alcoholics coming together and helping each other because together we can but alone we can’t. But I will say I don’t get offended when people say they Do other programs then AA… Whatever works for you as long as you’re stepping out of your comfort zone and working on your sobriety every day. Being involved in your recovery is all that really matters. So I guess that’s my AA story.
Ps: And I think the big book of Alcoholics Anonymous is literally gold. I’ve never highlighted so many things in my life. For me personally and my story and background it’s dead on. And if anybody ever has the opportunity to go to an AA convention please go. I don’t even have enough words to explain it. Just go.