Dan Ballance
06-24-2003, 10:35 AM
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 21:04:20 +1000, "Robert McGregor"
<robert_mcgregor@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>Although AA proclaims "The only requirement for membership is a desire to st
>op drinking" and you don't want to completely stop,
i guess my feeling is that I only attend meetings while sober and
inetnt on staying sober for some time. I'm just not sure about saying
'never again'. If we are to focus on keeping it in the day, then I
attend a meeting with an intention of getting through that day sober.
>I met many very similar
>to your persona when I attended. At least one of those became an AA sponsor.
>
>Must add it did bamboozle at least one of his sponsees, who told me he could
>not comprehend his inability to drink and stop, like his sponsor could.
>
>Bob
>
cheers bob, i can see that going on to take on the role of a sponsor
would be problematic to say the least!
<robert_mcgregor@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>Although AA proclaims "The only requirement for membership is a desire to st
>op drinking" and you don't want to completely stop,
i guess my feeling is that I only attend meetings while sober and
inetnt on staying sober for some time. I'm just not sure about saying
'never again'. If we are to focus on keeping it in the day, then I
attend a meeting with an intention of getting through that day sober.
>I met many very similar
>to your persona when I attended. At least one of those became an AA sponsor.
>
>Must add it did bamboozle at least one of his sponsees, who told me he could
>not comprehend his inability to drink and stop, like his sponsor could.
>
>Bob
>
cheers bob, i can see that going on to take on the role of a sponsor
would be problematic to say the least!