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I used to be a drunk... [View all] Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 OP
Thanks! irisblue Feb 2018 #1
Great post, and thank you for cilla4progress Feb 2018 #2
Well said. Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #4
I buried my best friend at 45 SCantiGOP Feb 2018 #3
"...even though I really don't think there was anything I could have done that would have worked." Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #5
The line between fear and rage is very thin - fear leads to rage. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #6
For me, rage is fear. Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #9
So cool. cilla4progress Feb 2018 #13
Yep. Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #15
There is a big difference between what I see in myself and what I see in others. JayhawkSD Feb 2018 #7
We will have to agree to disagree, my friend. (N/T). Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #8
thanks old timer Backwoodsrider Feb 2018 #11
Yes to some of us who has been through it we can see addictive behaviors galore in politics Backwoodsrider Feb 2018 #10
"Every day on the news Trump helps me see my character defects in another person" Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #12
I'm afraid they will turn on us - cilla4progress Feb 2018 #14
It's hard for me, sometimes, to not take trumpers inventory. Woman in the Mirror. irisblue Feb 2018 #16
Not an addict but gibraltar72 Feb 2018 #17
Ah geez🤦‍♀️ irisblue Feb 2018 #18
"...a growing awareness something was terribly wrong..." Iggo Mar 2018 #19
Yep. He is also a "higher power" of sorts to them JDC Mar 2018 #20
I've heard people in the program refer to non-alcoholics as "normies," as in normal people. Comatose Sphagetti Mar 2018 #21
IME Many people who don't go to any meetings really raccoon Jul 2018 #23
One of the most important lessons of the meetings...is ..acceptance... Stuart G May 2018 #22
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