Check-In .. Tuesday 12/15

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This morning I feel a lack of control and powerlessness - but not unmanageability. My home computer has a virus, my Twitter account seems to have reset its password and I cannot access it, and the economy is so slow that there is actually nothing to do at work this morning! These little things are the challenges that life is presenting to me - what is important is how I deal with the small stuff. I have utilized the serenity prayer and went to a morning meeting - now I must take action to resolve these technological issues. I hate when the computer at home doesn't work - the sense of being disconnected makes me feel out of control .. at least my life isn't unmanageable as a result. Back in the drinking days - this would have been enough frustrating fuel to spark a big drunken mess!

 

An interesting question was brought up at the meeting today regarding an expression that is tossed around fairly regularly and without any challenge: "My worst day sober is still better than my best day drinking". One member disagreed today, saying he has lots of good memories drinking! WOW - true! Every time I drank wasn't necessarily bad, but every time I was in trouble drinking certainly was involved. Very thought-provoking!!

 

 

Tuesday motivations:

 

+ "Tough times never last, but tough people do." ~ Robert H. Schuller

 

+ "There is no education like adversity." - Disraeli

 

+ Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall." - Confucius

 

+ "Forgiveness won't change the past, but it will change your future." Kitamori

 

 

Tuesday Tunes:

• Bob Seger - Old time Rock and Roll ♫ http://blip.fm/~hsus1
• Guns N' Roses – Paradise City  ♫ http://blip.fm/~hsmz5
• Billy Joel - My Life ♫ http://blip.fm/~hsbf8
• Rolling Stones – Satisfaction ♫ http://blip.fm/~hs9h6

 

 

Jonathan, Alcoholic from New Jersey

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