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Hi, all rumours of my demise are false
I’m still here and still sober, but I’m not going to go on again about how I can’t beleive I haven’t posted anything for ages….
Truth is I have been totally immersed in the trials of life, and as I didn’t see much evidence that anyone is reading this, I’ve left it on the back burner – or should that be the way back burner!
Anyway, evidence not withstanding, it seems that I do indeed have a readership ( thats YOU Dave! ) so I suppose I’d better write something
I’ve been going through the mill a fair bit of late, mostly down to employment/money issues, but of course this then spills over into every other area of life and all the old excuses for getting smashed come jumping out at me – well they can jump and scream all they like, I’m having none of it – my sobriety and the second chance it has given me is way too important to compromise.
Last night I bumped into my first sponsor at a meeting I hadn’t been to in ages – he’d relapsed a couple of years ago and is now back in the fellowship, back in service and doing all the right things.
I had been letting meetings slip a bit lately, only going every few weeks, but after a good chat with my sponsor I am now back in regular attendance.
Anyway, I mentioned this to my old sponsor and his reply was right on the money -
“what’s the first thing you do when you want to stop drinking – come to meetings.”
“whats the first thing you do when you want to start drinking again – stop coming to meetings.”
Food for thought.
Be well
fluke

Oh My God!!! I cannot believe I haven’t posted anything since September-where have I been you may well ask.
Well, I’m still sober and attending meetings, still having a challenging time financially but generally it’s all good.
Even the finances are on the up.
I run a couple of other websites which have been taking up a lot of my time lately, but I hope to be posting more here in the not too distant future….

I’ve also recently been trying to help an old friend to get sober, with limited success. Its been quite a hard lesson for me as he genuinely seems to want to stop drinking but is having a hard time of it. Maybe he’s never going to get it and I’ll just have to accept that.

I’m away from home at the moment and haven’t been to AA for a couple of weeks,  but as soon as I’m back I’ll be getting to a meeting and hopefully taking my friend with me.

If you’re in the same boat as my pal and struggling with alcohol, or any other addiction, I’ve recently read a great book that may help:

No Big Deal by John Coats – It’s probably the best book on recovery from addictions I have read – I’ll post a link to it when I get home but you can get it now from  Ye Olde Exalky’s Shoppe for around £7.99

Be well

fluke

I KNOW I really ought to post more often…..

I’ve been more than a bit wrapped up in the trials of life in general lately-but I’m still sober and grateful to be so

I should have more time to post some stuff here in the near future, in the meantime here’s a thought from Abraham:

“A happy life is just a string of happy moments. But most people don’t allow the happy moment, because they’re so busy trying to get a happy life.”

Be well

fluke

Hi again,

Recently I was lucky enough to celebrate my third year without a drink. I’m visiting  the Czech Republic and managed to get to a meeting for my big day – even managed to share in my broken “survivors guide” Czech !!

But I have to remember that it really is One day at a time, and while I’m getting all smug about my sobriety, my alcoholism is out in the car park doing push-ups and getting ready to kick my head in.

I got here by listening to, and following some of, the suggestions made to me by various members of AA, and those in it’s literature. I have no doubt whatsoever that without this help I would be either dead or under lock and key.

Instead I have my sobriety, my spirituality, my family and a good life-not without problems, but I am able to deal with them.

Thank You  Alcoholics Anonymous

I know what you’re thinking. Surely I can use this law of attraction stuff to make some money, and you’d be right.
Maybe some of you are thinking you can use the law of attraction and EFT to “cure” your alcoholism, and again you’d be right.
All things are possible.
Whoah! hold on just a second there, you’d have to be pretty sure you could create money before you quit your job right?
So why risk something as valuable as your sobriety unless you are absolutely certain of success?
Stinkin’ Thinkin’ again I’m affraid-how would you test if you had cured your alcholism-by having a drink?
What does a cured alcoholic do-does he now drink like a gentleman?
The purpose of this blog is to offer ideas and means to spiritual progress to fellow alcoholics and addicts, not to purport some kind of quick fix alternative to AA.
Without AA I would either be drunk or dead and this blog would not exist.
If you’re new to recovery or still struggling, get to as many meetings as you can.
By the time you have become proficient enough in the law of attraction and EFT to really be able to use it to drink like a gentleman, I suspect the desire to do so will have long since passed.
But what about money?

Well, don’t quit your job just yet, but why not have a go at attracting some moolah! It won’t do you any harm. I’ll post some interesting stuff about the Law of Attraction and money in the near future…..

Be Well,

fluke