so like how many of u guys go to these meeting's and all that ? whats the deal with Na online very clever !!! so i have been clean for a while now .. and i quit going to meetings and i am still sober i work the 12steps everyday... but damn soberity is a bitch
hey antsgrl..... i go to meetings about every other day....... I use this message board as a suppliment to my recoery when I am not able to get out.... It's a way to stay connected to recovery thoughts when there isn't a meeting....... I wonder why have you stopped going to meetings??? Being clean for me today is a wonderful thing... sure it's not perfect because my mental health is on the slide, but thank god I don't feel like using anymore.......thanks to the 12 steps life without drugs is way better and more enjoyable than life with drugs.....but hey keep coming back and welcome to the site
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Hi and Welcome I do the wednesday night meeting here not sure whats going on to be honest with other chair people I get people to help then they disappear after awhile and I seldom get notified so at this point I haven't a clue other then my commitment night and that has had low turn out lately .
When I stay plugged into recovery, being clean isn't a "bitch" for me. I have friends that I've met at meetings and conventions and doing service. I hear exactly what I need to hear to make me grateful for my clean time at every meeting I attend. Recovery is about much more than the steps. It's about fellowship and support and meetings and a sponsor and doing service and helping the newcomer. My guess is that if you incorporated those things into your life, you'd no longer see being clean as a burden but rather as a gift.
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The truth does not change based on my inability to stomach it - Flannery O'Connor
My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance and in inverse proportion to my expectations - Michael J. Fox
hello AntsGrl, welcome and thanks for your post. I was told recovery is like sex, if you ain't enjoying in, REALLY enjoyiing it, then your probably not doing something right. I loved Jana's post and agree wholeheartedly. Get involved, make NA a way of life instead of just 'those meetings' you attend and as you continue to LIVE the steps you will blossom as a human being. Big NA Hugs and please, keep coming back!! Dan
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