tahIt strikes me that it would be useful to write down my story so that when I tell it, when I "qualify" as they say on the East Coast, I'm a little less off-the-cuff and a I'm a little more coherent. Breaks down into 3 sections. 1) What it was like. (I was a drug addict and alcoholic.) 2) What happened (I encountered AA and I got sober) and 3) What it's like now. ( lead a useful, productive life of joy and integrity, free from active addiction.)
I have a bottom for every substance under the sun. I qualify for every program there is, including 'what they call being a people pleaser." If there's a crowd, I'll play to it. I always go for the laugh. But mostly I just want you to have a good evening, a good life - I want you to have what we've all found.
I love to get people nodding. So I'll try to say something funny, or say something original - and people just stare or glaze over. Start thinking about what they're going to have for dessert or what they would share if they were talking instead of me. I'm not judging. So I did an experiment - I just stay the old timers told me, or what my sponsor told me, and then everyone's heads start going - it's the AA bobble head effect. Everybody's laughing. And I don't know why those oldtimers and my sponsor Milton get all the credit.
Go to 90 meetings in 90 days. Don't drink between meetings. And if you don't find your life has gotten better, we'll refund your misery. You don't even need to put a dollar in the basket. Totally free.
There are no dues or fees for AA membership.
We are self-supporting through our own contributions.
How does that even make sense?
I'm buying dinner but I forgot my wallet.
We give out gratitude. If you're new - don't bother.
part 1 - feelings of anxious apartness. I want to connect with people. But I don't know how. I feel different and I want to know - and that can manifest itself in ways. But I also need to connect. When I did drugs, I was part of something. A counter culture. and when I found punk rock, I was counter-culture. If I could list punk rock as my race I would. The other thing was that I just needed more of everything. Walked into a party, with Emily, Lena, Suzy and Me - I felt okay.
Drugs connected me. The walls fell.
"Want to be calm in all situations" Well that rules out having a family and having a career.
I want to be inspired. I want to live life to the fullest.
I have a bottom for every substance under the sun. I qualify for every program there is, including 'what they call being a people pleaser." If there's a crowd, I'll play to it. I always go for the laugh. But mostly I just want you to have a good evening, a good life - I want you to have what we've all found.
I love to get people nodding. So I'll try to say something funny, or say something original - and people just stare or glaze over. Start thinking about what they're going to have for dessert or what they would share if they were talking instead of me. I'm not judging. So I did an experiment - I just stay the old timers told me, or what my sponsor told me, and then everyone's heads start going - it's the AA bobble head effect. Everybody's laughing. And I don't know why those oldtimers and my sponsor Milton get all the credit.
Go to 90 meetings in 90 days. Don't drink between meetings. And if you don't find your life has gotten better, we'll refund your misery. You don't even need to put a dollar in the basket. Totally free.
There are no dues or fees for AA membership.
We are self-supporting through our own contributions.
How does that even make sense?
I'm buying dinner but I forgot my wallet.
We give out gratitude. If you're new - don't bother.
part 1 - feelings of anxious apartness. I want to connect with people. But I don't know how. I feel different and I want to know - and that can manifest itself in ways. But I also need to connect. When I did drugs, I was part of something. A counter culture. and when I found punk rock, I was counter-culture. If I could list punk rock as my race I would. The other thing was that I just needed more of everything. Walked into a party, with Emily, Lena, Suzy and Me - I felt okay.
Drugs connected me. The walls fell.
"Want to be calm in all situations" Well that rules out having a family and having a career.
I want to be inspired. I want to live life to the fullest.