going to AA meetings makes me want to drink more....

[skribbelfaze]

why is that????
has anyone had this happen???

"you see mr vond, you couldnt be my father because my blood type is A negative,
and yours is preparation H."
-Pynchon

[Gail]

skribbelfaze wrote:
> why is that????
> has anyone had this happen???
>
> "you see mr vond, you couldnt be my father because my blood type is A
> negative, and yours is preparation H."
> -Pynchon


Nope! That was a good enough excuse for me to keep on drinking. ;) I chose
to drink and that was that. NO one or NOTHING made me drink.
Best,
Gail

[Jonathan Bratt]

In message <20030701145635.11524.00001380@mb-m13.news.cs.com>,
skribbelfaze <humongojugomango@cs.coma> writes
>why is that????
>has anyone had this happen???
>
>"you see mr vond, you couldnt be my father because my blood type is A negative,
>and yours is preparation H."
>-Pynchon

Yes. Happily I didn't follow those particular feelings
--
Jonathan Bratt

[Blue Moon]

On 01 Jul 2003 18:56:35 GMT, humongojugomango@cs.coma (skribbelfaze)
wrote:

>why is that????
>has anyone had this happen???

If all that gets discussed is drunkalogues, then I'd suggest you
explore meetings elsewhere. I think the only times I began to feel
comfortable in meetings was when the discussion went beyond what could
be heard in any bar.
--
Blue Moon

[M]

"Blue Moon" <mfoco@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:09454c57180b4135a386db2014246b82@free.teranew s.com...
> On 01 Jul 2003 18:56:35 GMT, humongojugomango@cs.coma (skribbelfaze)
> wrote:
>
> >why is that????
> >has anyone had this happen???
>
> If all that gets discussed is drunkalogues, then I'd suggest you
> explore meetings elsewhere. I think the only times I began to feel
> comfortable in meetings was when the discussion went beyond what could
> be heard in any bar.
> --
> Blue Moon

An interesting topic, Mr. Moon. Sometimes all the newcomer has is the
drunka log. And I use mine in hopes that folks will recognize themselves in
my rather run-of-the-mill storry. But, even with a few years of recovery, I
confess that I get uncomfortable when someone romances a drink in a meeting.
I suppose that stuff (lurid descriptions of the frost on a beer mug) is
pretty honest, but it isn't about a solutions.

I need solutions. I've done more drinking than my body could tolerate.
Today, I don't want to go back to that place. Frosty beer mug, or not, my
life was a mess.

Cheers,

Mouse

[pauly]

skribbelfaze wrote:
> why is that????
> has anyone had this happen???
>
> "you see mr vond, you couldnt be my father because my blood type is A
> negative, and yours is preparation H."
> -Pynchon

Have I seen that sig before on another trolling post?
If not then maybe you should't go to meetings anymore.

[Bobby L.]

"M" <notlikely@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:KHIMa.144$MX3.28@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com.. .
>
> "Blue Moon" <mfoco@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:09454c57180b4135a386db2014246b82@free.teranew s.com...
> > On 01 Jul 2003 18:56:35 GMT, humongojugomango@cs.coma (skribbelfaze)
> > wrote:
> >
> > >why is that????
> > >has anyone had this happen???
> >
> > If all that gets discussed is drunkalogues, then I'd suggest you
> > explore meetings elsewhere. I think the only times I began to feel
> > comfortable in meetings was when the discussion went beyond what could
> > be heard in any bar.
> > --
> > Blue Moon
>
> An interesting topic, Mr. Moon. Sometimes all the newcomer has is the
> drunka log. And I use mine in hopes that folks will recognize themselves
in
> my rather run-of-the-mill storry. But, even with a few years of recovery,
I
> confess that I get uncomfortable when someone romances a drink in a
meeting.
> I suppose that stuff (lurid descriptions of the frost on a beer mug) is
> pretty honest, but it isn't about a solutions.
>
> I need solutions. I've done more drinking than my body could tolerate.
> Today, I don't want to go back to that place. Frosty beer mug, or not, my
> life was a mess.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mouse
>
>

If I don't hear about "what happened" or "what it's like now" then it's
likely nothing has happened so why would it be any different.

Bobby L

[Bobby L.]

"Blue Moon" <mfoco@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:f9d4ce4d20f374db8f9094971ac4af93@free.teranew s.com...
> On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 22:56:59 -0400, "Bobby L."
> <BobbyL2000nospam@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> >If I don't hear about "what happened" or "what it's like now" then it's
> >likely nothing has happened so why would it be any different.
>
> If you only hear about "what happened" and little or nothing about
> "what it's like now" (even if "now" is any different - not everyone
> who speaks in an AA meeting is sober!) what incentive is there to
> recover?
>
> --
> Blue Moon

I shouldn't try to be witty -- I tend to leave stuff out. We need to know
what it was like. We need to talk about what it was like. How's anyone
going to know they're in the right place if we don't... by the same
token...we need to offer recovery too. Otherwise it's just a bunch of
drunks at a bar swapping war stories - and every day is just like the first
day.

Bobby L

[Blue Moon]

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 22:56:59 -0400, "Bobby L."
<BobbyL2000nospam@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>If I don't hear about "what happened" or "what it's like now" then it's
>likely nothing has happened so why would it be any different.

If you only hear about "what happened" and little or nothing about
"what it's like now" (even if "now" is any different - not everyone
who speaks in an AA meeting is sober!) what incentive is there to
recover?

--
Blue Moon

[rosie readandpost]

> I shouldn't try to be witty -- I tend to leave stuff out. We need to know
> what it was like. We need to talk about what it was like

i agree.
we need to "qualify" and then move on to THE ACTION/SOLUTION.

--
read and post daily, it works!
rosie

the mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief
in injustice and tragedy. what the caterpillar calls
the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.
......................................r. bach




"Bobby L." <BobbyL2000nospam@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:AZMMa.7915$AK1.778@fe04.atl2.webusenet.com...
>
> "Blue Moon" <mfoco@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:f9d4ce4d20f374db8f9094971ac4af93@free.teranew s.com...
> > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 22:56:59 -0400, "Bobby L."
> > <BobbyL2000nospam@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >
> > >If I don't hear about "what happened" or "what it's like now" then it's
> > >likely nothing has happened so why would it be any different.
> >
> > If you only hear about "what happened" and little or nothing about
> > "what it's like now" (even if "now" is any different - not everyone
> > who speaks in an AA meeting is sober!) what incentive is there to
> > recover?
> >
> > --
> > Blue Moon
>
> I shouldn't try to be witty -- I tend to leave stuff out. We need to know
> what it was like. We need to talk about what it was like. How's anyone
> going to know they're in the right place if we don't... by the same
> token...we need to offer recovery too. Otherwise it's just a bunch of
> drunks at a bar swapping war stories - and every day is just like the first
> day.
>
> Bobby L
>
>
>

[skribbelfaze]

>Have I seen that sig before on another trolling post?
>If not then maybe you should't go to meetings anymore.
>

trolling post????
i dont troll--- i ask questions that i have an honest desire to have answered.

"you see mr vond, you couldnt be my father because my blood type is A negative,
and yours is preparation H."
-Pynchon

[s76fitz]

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 18:56:35 GMT alt.recovery.addiction.alcoholism Tue 01
Jul 2003 02:56:35p

> why is that????
> has anyone had this happen???
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

happens much less often here

www.agnosticAAnyc,org

--
fitz
in nyc, ny, usa