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Right then, I’m back

This time I’m hoping to create a space to share my thoughts and ideas on sobriety and spirituality with the world, and hopefully get a bit of dialog going…

I do attend AA meetings at present and would thoroughly recommend ANYONE who thinks they have a problem with alcohol to do the same, however I do not necessarily agree with all of AA’s ideas and approaches and I’m sure that there are AA’s who disagree with a lot of mine, and that’s OK.
For the uninitiated, the basic idea behind AA and other similar organizations is of a spiritual remedy for our problems (addiction), consisting of a series of simple steps to not only sobriety, but to a new and better way of life.

A lot of my ideas regarding spirituality may be a bit “out there” for some, but if you have read or seen “The Secret” you will be on the same page more or less.

“The Secret” is basically an introduction to the idea of the “law of attraction”,
that WE are the creators of our own experience, and that we do this “creating” with our THOUGHTS.

If I am honest with myself as the program of AA suggests, I have to agree that the law of attraction is exactly my experience, my truth. I can see from real life events in my past, how I have created my experiences, both good and bad, with my persistent thoughts, and with how I felt about those thoughts.

Now I’ve put the drink down and been doing the AA thing for a few years, and as I am slowly “sobering up” to life and learning about myself, I am drawn to the idea of the law of attraction as a means to growth in all areas of life. However this does seem to raise some issues with the AA mindset, and I’ve been looking for a way to satisfactorily reconcile the two trains of thought.

So thats where I’m at lately.

Just been to a meeting, where the speaker was a lovely lady who I’ve known since I first came to AA. Her “speakers choice” was the “just for today card” which was brilliant! I’d never heard it read aloud before

Anyway, check back soon for more.

Fluke.