This makes me want to go get a four horsemen tshirt to wear to meetings – as a reminder, an inside joke, and to see who reads the Big Book.
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Agreed: me, myself and I, and me again.
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Ego: Believing even for a second, that I “just one” won’t hurt.
Hubris: Thinking that I can do this alone. I might not need a lot of hand-holding, but an “attaboy” keeps me motivated:
Motivation: Motivations change. It is Discipline that keeps me on the path
Romanticizing: “The Good Old Days” weren’t all that good. I can’t forget this for a minute.
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Resentment, gluttony, old people, old places and things.
There is also Hungry, angry, loneliness and tired.
@DowntroddenGoat “The less people tolerated us, the more we withdrew from society, from life itself. As we became subjects of King Alcohol, shivering denizens of his mad realm, the chilling vapor that is loneliness settled down. It thickened, ever becoming blacker. Some of us sought out sordid places, hoping to find understanding companionship and approval. Momentarily we did—then would come oblivion and the awful awakening to face the hideous Four Horsemen—Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration, Despair. Unhappy drinkers who read this page will understand!” Alcoholics Anonymous, page 151.
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i don’t know it. should you think of it do share!
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I believe the sponsor was asking what does NOT keep you sober that can be found in the first 63 pages…I’ll give y’all two then you can read and find the rest
- Human Power/aid 2. Self knowledge
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Beer, Wine, Whiskey and Beer😂
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Resentfulness (feeling someone was not fair with me, injustice), my family’s judgement (thats why I didnt tell them yet), guilt (of breaking up a relationship, for example) and fomo (be in a wedding party and being “excluded” of funny memories)
This question made me think. I have to reflect more about dealing with those feelings, before they appear in my life again
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Me, Myself, Him & I
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My willpower
Doing this my way
Thinking I can outsmart addiction
Doing this alone
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Work, maybe music, will power, annoyances.
I coveted my neighbour’s goat, or is that a wrong list as well. Pestilence, famine…no, not that either.
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No amount of knowledge, will power, nor change in location (geography), or periods of sobriety will keep me sober!
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Whining and complaining won’t keep me sober. If all I do is focus on the bad then the bad is all I’m going to get
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- My son
- Recovery time
- My way
- Meetings alone (work work work is key for me)
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What would not keep me sober?
Stopping drinking alcohol and starting to smoke marijuana and calling that sobriety.
Not taking personally responsibility for my own personal faults and blaming everything and everyone but myself for my past abuse of alcohol.
Not seeking outside support for my own sobriety on a regular basis.
Not pursuing personal happiness and good mental health.
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According to the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous:
- Self knowledge - p 7
- Fear - p 8
- Will power - p 33
- Other people - p 43
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