Post by blueskye on Sept 15, 2015 16:43:06 GMT -5
There are some pearls of wisdom that I would like to be able to read and re-read. This is one of them. When I have a minute or more, I will continue this thread. ............
gwampa69 # 18314.1635(1635 of 1641) Replied to: forajAug-26 5:52 PM
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Hi Lou
For me, the decision to pursue sobriety was a scary proposition mainly because I was acknowledging that I was embarking upon a process that I wasn't sure I could succeed in.
The fear of failure kept me drinking for many years. I find it ironic that the idea of getting healthy kept me sick. Looking back on those days, I sometimes shake my head at the pure madness in that thinking. But at the time, drinking alcohol was all I knew. I also knew the pain and fear that it brought me. In the end, I simply wanted to be sober more than I wanted to be drunk. That was the key for me and I never imagined at that time how powerful those words would be when I read them here as written by Mark_LA. When I read words that were written by someone that knew exactly what I was going through, that was the moment that I realized I wasn't so damn alone. My alcoholism caused me to become extremely isolated. My drinking was done alone in secret and it consumed me completely. Finding like minded people made the difference for me.
I wish you strength to overcome the fear of what may seem like an exotic, almost mythically unachievable goal. But it's not exotic or unachievable at all. You just have to want it more than you want where you are right now.
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Brett
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gwampa69 # 18314.1635(1635 of 1641) Replied to: forajAug-26 5:52 PM
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Hi Lou
For me, the decision to pursue sobriety was a scary proposition mainly because I was acknowledging that I was embarking upon a process that I wasn't sure I could succeed in.
The fear of failure kept me drinking for many years. I find it ironic that the idea of getting healthy kept me sick. Looking back on those days, I sometimes shake my head at the pure madness in that thinking. But at the time, drinking alcohol was all I knew. I also knew the pain and fear that it brought me. In the end, I simply wanted to be sober more than I wanted to be drunk. That was the key for me and I never imagined at that time how powerful those words would be when I read them here as written by Mark_LA. When I read words that were written by someone that knew exactly what I was going through, that was the moment that I realized I wasn't so damn alone. My alcoholism caused me to become extremely isolated. My drinking was done alone in secret and it consumed me completely. Finding like minded people made the difference for me.
I wish you strength to overcome the fear of what may seem like an exotic, almost mythically unachievable goal. But it's not exotic or unachievable at all. You just have to want it more than you want where you are right now.
O and U
Brett
JFDI