Hello! As you can see I'm new here, but not that new to AA. The 22nd of this month will be 2.5 yrs sobriety for me. I'm just looking for new people to meet and share stories with and, of course, to learn.
I have my favorite meetings that I attend regularly and, of course, my home groups of which I have several. I love learning new ways of working the steps and I love to laugh. I rarely, if ever, laughed until I entered AA. You people are just as crazy as I am!
I haven't checked all the message boards yet, but I hope to find some topics started on anger issues. I do attend one anger meeting that is the s***. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard! Talk about a crazy bunch of people! lol I'm hoping to find more "whacked" people like myself. It's just so much more fun when I'm with a crazy group of people like myself.
So this is a free invite for any others out there who have developed a palette for foot and crow (9th Step) to please share. I've got the tissues ready for whoever has the best story to make me laugh so hard I cry.
Ready? Go!
Spry
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Welcome to the board sprygrl. I like your drive for sobriety, it's a rariety these days it seems, many are looking for "custom made programs" lol. Your thread probably has legs, but it's traditional for the thread poster to go first.
Thanks for the warm welcomes. I look forward to getting to know everyone better .
I'm trying to think of a side splitting story to share, but I'm just drawing a blank. I did, however, get to have some more crow last week. Seems I'm developing quite a palette for it!
It's an issue I've spoken to my apartment manager about several times and I've tried politely talking to the other tenants about the problem with our parking area. The lines need repainting badly. So bad that these other people are constantly parking crooked or partially in the spot next to them. I wind up with just enough space to park my vehicle, but then can barely get in or out of it. Well, it happened again last Monday and I got so mad that I left a nasty note on the car next to mine. I justified my actions by my self-righteous anger by saying to myself: "I tried asking politely, but do they listen? Well, how do you like this for a Happy Holidays card, &*%$@?!" All week long I felt ill and my actions that morning kept coming back to haunt me even though I tried to brush it off with my self-righteous pride. I didn't get a good nights sleep all week. I didn't realize all of this was from my leaving her the nasty note until I FINALLY admitted to myself that I was wrong and what I did was wrong and I apologized to her. The funny part of this story is that she didn't even know who left the note and here I made myself sick and sleepless all friggin' week with guilt and self-righteousness! As many of you know, by making amends (9th step), I instantly felt at peace, the aches in my body quietly disappeared and I slept better than I had all week! What I find funny about this is that I put myself through this kind of crap more than I care to admit. I think I lack some ingredient that can only be found in foot and crow. lol
Okay, I know it's not the funniest story, but that's what I have at the moment. Hopefully when I hear others' stories it'll jog my memory too.
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Hi Sprygrl, Welcome. I thought your story was rather humorous. God only knows I've done similar. Laughing at our own follies is some of the best medicine. Think you'll find this a great site ...... There is a little bit of everything....from the serious to humorous. Always, always it gives inspiration, hope and support. Wanda
Welcome to MIP, Sprygurl. Great to have you here. Well done with your 2.5yr sobrietyspell 1Day@aTime. Fantastic to meet you. Come & mix it up with us. I hope you enjoy the board. Danielle of Liverpool x
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"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. "
Well, My thinking has not been the healthiest of late. For the past year, after my 2nd sober anniversary, I slowly but surely began the year-long process of easing the AA program out of my life, through school, and a lot of isolating and telling myself I was doing great on my own. Then at the end of Octiber of this year, I was restless, irritable and discontent. I could not sleep well. I was full of anxiety. Did I go to a meeting? Nope. Did I go see a counsellor or talk to my sponsor? Nope.
I went out and bought a whole new bedroom set, thinking I would sleep and feel better if I had a new bed (and all the matching furniture). Shopping did not "cure me". I slept in the bed for one night, found out my husband had had some 'indiscretions', and was gone from my home for weeks thereafter, on a relapse from hell. I had no program to help me cope. He returned the furniture while I was gone, so I had slept in the bed for one or two nights!!
Anyway, I am coming up on a month sober again soon, and so glad to be back to AA and getting my head screwed back on straight. My new mattress and box spring are lonely on the floor (as our old bed is now in the spare room), but we are working on the marriage, as I work on my recovery. Seems I was quite the bitch for the past year or so.... Go Figure!!
A relative in Al Anon has ordered my husband and I a new bed for Christmas. So it is all working out now, and more importantly, I am home and sober.
Lesson here? Complacency... and furniture shopping... do not work.
Joni
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Wow, joni, you made it a year without any meetings??? I've done exactly what you said, but didn't even last a month! My boss, co-workers and loved ones all noticed right away that something was wrong. I knew exactly what it was: no meetings! There's something so healing and therapeutic about walking into one of those rooms. Even if I don't share anything I still come out feeling like I just got my head screwed back on straight. It tells me I truly NEED to be here whether I think I do or not.
LOL "Complacency.... and furniture shopping..... do not work!" Amen sister!
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Phil from Ontario Canada...Welcome to the MIP big boat!!
