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wombat posted an update 1 year ago
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wombat posted an update 1 year ago
You learn something new every day.
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wombat wrote a new post, 12 Tips for Celebrating Sober 1 year ago
I know we’re not doing anything too terribly original here, but this comes up a lot in our meetings.. So here’s a list of 12 tips for celebrating sober this holiday season!1. Remember that “No” is a […]
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An excellent post! One thing that helped me is remembering that we only do this one day at a time. This disease does not take a holiday, so I can’t afford to take a holiday from sobriety. Someone in one of my meetings uses “Play the tape forward.” Long before you pick up that first drink, remind yourself of all the things that happened after you drank/got drunk. Those things are typically a deterrent since I don’t want to go through that pain again.
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wombat wrote a new post, Isolation 1 year, 4 months ago
At the end of my using and drinking, in the terminal phase, I was very much inclined toward isolation. I didn’t feel connected to the people in my life, the few that remained. I didn’t feel like I could open up […]
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Thank You. I Needed This.
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I can so relate to this post. At the end of my drinking, I was totally isolating. Every day, I would come home from work and start drinking with the sole goal of getting to oblivion. I am not a social butterfly today and my sponsor calls me a loner. 🙂 But, I do love the people in the meetings here and in my local area. he
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wombat wrote a new post, Catastrophizing 1 year, 11 months ago
It always starts the same way.
Something, some small thing, goes wrong. No alarms go off, no immediate action is needed, but a fuse is lit. Construction has begun. A mole hill will soon become a mountain, and […]
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Outstanding post. I wish I had read this one a long time ago. 🙂 I told my sponsor today that even when I feel fear, at least I know now everything will turn out as it is supposed to and I will be OK.
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wombat wrote a new post, Serenity Now 2 years ago
God, grant me the.. what now? Serenity?
When I first heard someone mention serenity in these rooms, I wasn’t sure what to think. It seemed like such a lofty goal, and if I’m being honest, a bit of a reach. […]
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wombat wrote a new post, Perspective 2 years, 2 months ago
The life I led as an addict was not easy, nor was it enjoyable. Were there good times? Sure, but the bad outweighed them, and by a lot. I need to remember that, and to remember how much it really hurt there at the […]
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Thanks, God bless us all, Amen. Pass
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wombat wrote a new post, A Message to the Addicts of Earth 2 years, 7 months ago
While reading through a meeting the other day, someone’s share about hitting rock bottom piqued my interest. They had accepted it and they were grateful for it, happy to have finally ceased making the problem […]
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Hi billfitz here….happy sober fathers day
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I think maybe you saw my share, I hit rock bottom early this year, and I had another chance at working the program even though the rock bottom was not an alchoholic relapse, it was a workoholic thing that was going on with me. I am in workholic anonymous now as a result!. If it
was not my share that you are referring to your in amazing blog then I am thankful for reading your writing!.
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wombat wrote a new post, I Will Destroy This Machine 2 years, 8 months ago
“Resentment is the number one offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else.” (Big Book, pg. 64)
I sometimes resent my resentments. I know what they are, I know that they’re mostly irrational, and I […]-
Thank you Matt- always look forward to your writing!
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This is very difficult for me I know have work it out for myself it eats away at me! I have a long way to go! Thnks
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wombat wrote a new post, On Gods and Dogs 2 years, 10 months ago
I don’t think I’ve mentioned my best friend in this blog before.
I’m sure you don’t know her. She doesn’t speak much English and doesn’t have any troubling addictions. She isn’t in recovery as we are, she […]
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I love this article. It should be easy for us as people to be accepting of life as our beloved pets.
Love, loyalty, and trust on both sides is indeed a higher power and a beautiful thing.
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wombat wrote a new post, Everything Looks Like a Nail 2 years, 11 months ago
I’ve dealt with depression, among other mental health issues, for most of my life. Having been in counseling since the age of seven, I’m fairly sure that my alcoholism and drug use weren’t the root cause of this, […]
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It is amazing as an Alcoholic to read your blog!!! I am 11 years and 3 months sober!!! I am go Meeting everyday!!!: Today I found this website for the first time!!! I am learning use it, hopefully I would not be discouraged. The Oracle says: ” Know Thy Self” and you are doing that! The clarity that mental illness and addiction like Alcoholism, and Drug addiction need different approaches: This is true, I agree with you!!!: I find myself when I get too confident denying that I have a mental illness and only focusing on the 12 Step program. Thank for such an amazing Blog.
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I just listened God bless us always. Amen .Pass
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wombat wrote a new post, The Wisdom to Know the Difference 3 years, 2 months ago
Like most middle-class, suburban Americans, I was raised on a healthy diet of exceptionalism. I believed, without a doubt, that my life had some greater meaning. I may have suffered humble beginnings, but I was […]
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Outstanding
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wombat wrote a new post, The Welcoming Committee 3 years, 3 months ago
I’ve been at this for a long time. Not as long as many others, of course, but half of my life has been spent in these rooms.
You wouldn’t know it from looking at me — well, you probably would, but let me have […]
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That gave my goosebumps; especially the last line.
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I loved this one the most- probably because I’m a newbie but also because I smiled when you said you liked to watch and learn from the newcomers- great writing!
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i am still very leery of all the happy people. and if anyone tries to hold my hand, i might puke.
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update: 101 days sober. and feeling so much better. who wants to hold my hand?
(thank you)
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Congrats on 101 days. Keep it up!
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So many people participate.
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wombat wrote a new post, That’s a Big “If” 3 years, 3 months ago
“… and I’m an alcoholic.”
It took me a long time to say those words, and even longer to mean it.
I’m not sure if alcoholics are contrarian by nature, even if we are typecast as a rowdy, incorrigible bunch. […]
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I think it works but my head is the one that don’t help so much and take to another choices and I’m having troubles tu make the right choices
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wombat wrote a new post, Forever is a Long Time 3 years, 4 months ago
Our membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism. Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover. Nor ought A.A. membership ever depend upon money or conformity. Any two or three alcoholics gathered […]
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That was amazing thank you! I look forward to reading the rest.
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Love that reading!
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wombat wrote a new post, It’s Time to Leave the Capsule if You Dare 3 years, 5 months ago
I’ve always looked up to astronauts, even if I consider them to be brave and foolish in equal measure.
They aren’t just tough — they’re smart, and courageous. They further the cause of science and advance the […]
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Good reading.
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wombat wrote a new post, This is fine. 3 years, 5 months ago
I try not to let alcohol’s dominance of the cultural zeitgeist get to me. I used to drink socially, many moons ago, and I didn’t always abuse it. There are a lot of people out there who can drink without […]
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Another great one!
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wombat changed their profile picture 3 years, 5 months ago
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wombat wrote a new post, Feeding the Donkey Spongecake 3 years, 6 months ago
“He would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies.” (Orwell, Animal Farm)
There’s a saying in Brazil — I write this as if I’ve ever bee […] - Load More
