My newfound ladylove and i headed for this wonderful place.... Im not religious but this place was a good choice because; 1. not too many hippie westerners or Indian tourists 2. mainly focussed on Meditation. 3. I felt like the people of this place,, refuees from their land, tryin to make good in these new surroundings.
The experience was great,, not because all of it was good and pleasent and all; but because I left comfort zones,,, actually Stepped outside confort zones, especially with my lady love...
Burning passions and greedy desires tempered by the hours spent in Solitude and Meditation.....
few hours spent in Meditative Bliss cleaned me up Spiritually,,, freeing me from compulsive reactive patterns...........
( I alos have pics of the Gods there, but will not post em here in keepin with the Traditions. However Id love to email them if some wants,, my email id is sramaniyer2003@yahoo.co.in
-- Edited by Raman on Thursday 11th of November 2010 02:13:39 AM
Good for you Raman. I know all about comfort zones. I am like a big baby when I have to step out of mine. My home group has decided to move the meetings farther away from where I live. It would put an unacceptable strain of my gas budget and wear and tear on my vehicle. So even though I will attend once in a while, my connection to this "home" is broken. Unbelievable the emotional roller coaster this has put me on. I'll adjust and things will be ok, but untill I get there I have to feel all those icky unwanted feelings. OK Everybody...repeat after me..... "AWWWWWWWW.....POOR DON" LOL there now .......it's allllllllll better.
hey Don! yup I know the feeling also.3 mONTHS AGO THEY MOVED 'AREA' MEETING TO SOME FORSAKEN SPOT IN hUDSON nEW yORK about 55 miles from where I live.Now mind you I only go to area 1 time a month but was I whining about that.You know 'can't see at night,too far,be out all night,no one shows up...blah blah...boy but I sure had no problem running 2 hours to cop and drive while blind,with no concern!! hmmmm......anyway,it will work out for ya!! peace
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Thanks Fiesty,,,, had a reat day but the evenin saw me frayed and tired.. then a few words in anger did the damage....
we were supposed to meet after the NA meetin but anger put paid to all that....
to think that I did many thins to keep her happy in the day but one sentence said in anger closed the evenin and we went seperate ways...
Sometimes i really think that another addict will be less likely to judge, more likely to understand and that the heart of NA beats when one addict shares with another.....
while normal people will be quick to judge, harsh in their condemnations and most likely will never acknowlede their parts in angry moments in the relationship !!!
I guess it's us recoverin addicts that need to be careful,,, cause defects can drive us into corners where we can be in a lot of un-necessary emotional pain and also threaten our clean time.....
God knows Ive tried long nuff and hard nuff to be acceptable to normal folks,,,, I think it's time to stop that cravin for acceptance.....
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Raman an addict clean and serene just for today in NA Worldwide ; live to love and love to live the NA Way !!!