Okay, so I am new here. I thank God for finding this. I have really been hurting lately. I am not sure what is wrong. I spoke about complacency at a meeting I went to on Friday night; I spoke frankly. I have become complacent slowly over time. It has happened so quickly that I didn't realize it was happening. My meeting attendance decreased, I stopped reading my Big Book, and I feel exrememly detached from my Higher Power. I haven't had a drink since August 6, 2005 but as of late I have a case of the f*-its. For so long the desire had been lifted completely . . . I am now struggling to remind myself of Step One and the POWERLESSNESS that my life had become before the program and my surrender. I have obviously lost touch with any level of gratitude if I have the f*-its. I guess I just need to vent. I would appreciate any feed back on this as I realize I am not a unique alcoholic. I just want to feel happy, joyous, & free again. Thanks for any replies and thanks for listening.
thanks very much! i like that, that you don't have to drink to start over . . . i don't want to have to drink to start over. i have just found a new sponsor (i think), and i am looking forward to starting from square one sort of speak. i feel blessed with this awareness (that i am slipping spiritually).
Welcome to MIP. I love being part of this on-line 'family' and there is so much inspirational reading here. I do hope that you'll stay around.
A little while ago, I felt just where you are. So, I started going to new meetings and made a point of starting my day with reading from Big Book and making out a list of all of the things that I had to be grateful for. As the list grew, I was amazed and it did me so much good. I also went back and re-read everything that I had written down in my step one and it brought it all back to me of just how bad it had been for me when I was drinking.
My sponsor told me that I can start a new day at any point in time that I want to. So, if I'm not feeling really 'right' I just start the day over. And, it works for me.
Please keep posting and letting us know how things are going for you, won't you?
Take care,
Carol
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
and welcome. congrats on 2 years or sobriety, that's a huge accomplishment that not many get to. Imagine what your life over the past 2 years would've been like had you not been sober? Take some time and reflect on it really, where you'd be and what you might have lost, then make a gratitude list.
I think that you're right where you're supposed to be at 2 years. You may have been riding on a pink cloud for awhile and now you'll have to get working again. You're not out of the woods yet. I look back at the decisions that I was making at 3 and 5 years and my sanity level at that time and just shake my head.
Try to make some new friends in the program that are doing well spiritually and otherwise and you will gain a lot thru osmosis hanging around with them. Try to eliminate negative thoughts and judgements in your day to day world. Separate yourself from negative people (if you can) or at least limit your exposure to them, they can really bring you down. Turn off the TV news, it's all bad. Get out and exercise, enjoy the changing of the season, walk thru the woods and do some animal watching. That's whats real.
awesome replies! thank you so much! i am so stoked about having found you all here. i am looking forward to reading more later. have a great day everyone!
OK Been Sober for 1 yr +18 days and I am reverting back to my childish ways right now because I can't find a formal way to talk to someone on this website! Sorry to sound like a spoiled rotten BRAT but right now I really would like to chat with someone!!!! Is ther anybody out there?
