avaneesh912 wrote:This is one of the character defects of the fellowship, today we tend to talk about our personal problems and how bad we got, instead of talking about alcoholism. We could improve the chances of somebody getting interested if we talk more about how life has changed because of working the program.
This is so true. Thankfully there are a number of meetings to choose from in my town, and hopefully a number of meetings for you to choose from as well. kelmac. Don't sell yourself short. I didn't lose my home or my family, but I was oh so close. What I did do was lose a job I loved, not because I was released, but because the alcohol clouded my judgement and wouldn't allow my abilities to deal with change at all. As it turned out, resigning from that job was probably the best thing that could have happened to me as it opened up a whole new world of opportunities for me, ONCE i cleared my head with the help of learning to live life according to many of the principals described in the Big Book. Had certain events not transpired in my life that eventually led me to AA, life would not be what it is today for me. And life today, for me is good! Don't get me wrong though, because I was down in the pits of hell from my perspective, and ones perspective has a great deal to do with describing the personal hell that alcohol can certainly bring on if not attended to and allowed to permeate itself into every fiber of ones being. For some, literally losing everything is what it takes. So drawing a comparison of what you've experienced to what others describe isn't always the best thing. It is very much like looking at a piece of abstract art. Your view of it quite possibly could be very different from the next persons view of the same piece. When you see a rat eating a piece of cheese, the next person might see a flower being pollinated by a bee or being pissed on by a dog. Sorry for the graphic, but I think you might be able to draw the distinction there.....
Keep on Keeping on, One Day at a Time.