By Brent on
7/4/2008 10:31 AM
I am back at going to meetings after going on a drink and drug bender for the past two years. In hind sight, it was a lot easier the first time than it is now. When I say first time I do not mean my first attempt I mean when I truly surrendered and made a decision to do something about it . My something about it was , no drink, no drugs, 100 % abstinence, AA meetings, work the steps, service work, etc. I had no idea the gifts I would receive by putting down the drink, and didn't care. I knew I was in pain and could not take any more, death was an option. After going to meetings for awhile, strangely enough, when my lips were moving I wasn't lying, WOW ! I had not been doing things I had to be ashamed of, so why lie, No reason. It was inconceivable to me that I did not have to lie. My point being I started to grow for the first time in my life.I began to forge a healthy foundation instead of living off of what was given to me for my first 27 years on this planet, a ...
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