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Jul 1, 2019 11:58:41   #
Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)
 
WISDOM OF THE ROOMS

July 1, 2019

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"I could drink, or I could do everything else."

By the end of my drinking, my world had become very small. I lost my job, again, but this time I didn’t get a new one. Most of my friends and family didn’t want to hang out with me much because I was usually drunk, or well on my way there. I had long ago abandoned my hobbies like photography and reading; they tended to get in the way of my drinking. In the end, I was alone on my couch with my booze.

I’ll never forget my first meeting—on a Tuesday night in Westwood, California. It was a large, hip speaker meeting at a church. There were probably a couple of hundred people there, and it was like I had arrived at a concert. People were talking, laughing, racing in and out of the room at the break. Wow! For a brief instant, I felt part of the human race again. Later, after I had joined the program, I learned that the path back to life was through the Twelve Steps, and I committed to taking them.

As I got sober, my life did open up. There were lots of meetings, sober parties, fellowship, and more. I got a job again, learned how to be of service, and started sponsoring others. In sobriety, I’ve traveled the world, gotten married, started businesses, written and published books. And each morning I greet the new day with joy and optimism. These days whenever I think of a drink, I think of everything else I would have to give up. Nothing, especially a drink, is worth all I’ve been blessed with in recovery...

I Could Sign This As If I Wrote It, The Longer I'm Here The More I Understand We (Most Anyway) Are a Like... Don D.

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Jul 1, 2019 12:33:01   #
ACP45 Loc: Rhode Island
 

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Jul 2, 2019 09:44:46   #
Wonttakeitanymore
 
Amen!

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Jul 2, 2019 09:44:46   #
Wonttakeitanymore
 
Amen!

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Jul 2, 2019 19:58:19   #
Highlander66 Loc: Illinois
 
There’s never been a problem so bad in your life, that alcohol couldn’t make worse. I won that battle in 1993.

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Jul 2, 2019 22:01:22   #
Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)
 
Highlander66 wrote:
There’s never been a problem so bad in your life, that alcohol couldn’t make worse. I won that battle in 1993.

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Good For You, Stay Sober, Me It Was 1978... Don D.

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Jul 2, 2019 22:42:17   #
Wonttakeitanymore
 
Highlander66 wrote:
There’s never been a problem so bad in your life, that alcohol couldn’t make worse. I won that battle in 1993.


I won mine with Gods help in 1992 when I found out at 38 that I was pregnant with the love of my life! Been sober for 26 years in September! My baby was born in 1993! Praise God!

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Jul 3, 2019 00:05:44   #
debeda
 
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
WISDOM OF THE ROOMS

July 1, 2019

Quote of the Week

"I could drink, or I could do everything else."

By the end of my drinking, my world had become very small. I lost my job, again, but this time I didn’t get a new one. Most of my friends and family didn’t want to hang out with me much because I was usually drunk, or well on my way there. I had long ago abandoned my hobbies like photography and reading; they tended to get in the way of my drinking. In the end, I was alone on my couch with my booze.

I’ll never forget my first meeting—on a Tuesday night in Westwood, California. It was a large, hip speaker meeting at a church. There were probably a couple of hundred people there, and it was like I had arrived at a concert. People were talking, laughing, racing in and out of the room at the break. Wow! For a brief instant, I felt part of the human race again. Later, after I had joined the program, I learned that the path back to life was through the Twelve Steps, and I committed to taking them.

As I got sober, my life did open up. There were lots of meetings, sober parties, fellowship, and more. I got a job again, learned how to be of service, and started sponsoring others. In sobriety, I’ve traveled the world, gotten married, started businesses, written and published books. And each morning I greet the new day with joy and optimism. These days whenever I think of a drink, I think of everything else I would have to give up. Nothing, especially a drink, is worth all I’ve been blessed with in recovery...

I Could Sign This As If I Wrote It, The Longer I'm Here The More I Understand We (Most Anyway) Are a Like... Don D.
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