When you do all the talking you only learn what you already know. --Anonymous
One of the secrets for finding answers to any emotional problem is to talk with fellow members we can confide in fully. We don't need to look any farther than our sponsor or the members who are part of our recovery. We quickly find those who always hear with a complete understanding about how we feel. Such friends are perfect listeners because they have suffered and survived the same types of problems. They are compassionate and sympathetic. They listen to us patiently while we completely describe our emotions. Only then do they share details about how they survived. Just knowing that they understand is comforting to us. My listeners can't solve my problems for me. But they do show how they used the tools that are available in the Program to work through the same kinds of problems.
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* We eventually realize that just as the pains of alcoholism had to come before sobriety, emotional turmoil comes before serenity. *
When you do all the talking you only learn what you already know. --Anonymous had to ponder on this a bit but how true,we are lucky to have such great help so readily here and in our groups thanks for the post god bless stay safe wagon
>>>>>>>>>>My listeners can't solve my problems for me. But they do show how they used the tools that are available in the Program to work through the same kinds of problems.
ROSIE>>>>>>>>>>OMG. i used to do all the talking and none of the listening.....now, i like to go to meets and sit back and watch and listen and observe....knowing that others know how i feel/ cope is such a comfort, i can share and be validated and listen to how THEY dealt wiht the SAME issues..................yep, don't know WHAT i would do w/out my recovery mates.........thanks, YFIR/ rosie
