mellofello1
Junior Member
lesson learned
well, what i have gathered from this thread is that people who don't know me are not going to believe that I have been sober for 9 months because I'm not in AA. So I am going to go to an AA meeting and find out what it's all about. There is one tonight at 8 p.m. It will be good for me to have a weekly reminder of where I came from. I guess I should add that there were several other occurances in which my abuse of alcohol had a negative impact on my life and the lives of my friends and family. So there really is not a question, I am an alcoholic, not just because I got 2 DUI's. The reason I did not contact AA when I quit drinking was that I lived in a small town, and couldn't get to the meetings.
After I quit without their help, I guess I just thought I didn't need them. It has gotten easier over time, but I am still aware that I could fall back into drinking very quickly. So I can understand why many of you are distrustful of me. I just don't understand all the condescension. Don't you want me to succeed ?
well, what i have gathered from this thread is that people who don't know me are not going to believe that I have been sober for 9 months because I'm not in AA. So I am going to go to an AA meeting and find out what it's all about. There is one tonight at 8 p.m. It will be good for me to have a weekly reminder of where I came from. I guess I should add that there were several other occurances in which my abuse of alcohol had a negative impact on my life and the lives of my friends and family. So there really is not a question, I am an alcoholic, not just because I got 2 DUI's. The reason I did not contact AA when I quit drinking was that I lived in a small town, and couldn't get to the meetings.
After I quit without their help, I guess I just thought I didn't need them. It has gotten easier over time, but I am still aware that I could fall back into drinking very quickly. So I can understand why many of you are distrustful of me. I just don't understand all the condescension. Don't you want me to succeed ?