A Shot Glass of Recovery

Just one of the many gifts of a worldwide pandemic....was meeting people like Jolie from a part of my own Country I'd never visited. Jolie's sobriety date is close to one I gave up for "outside issues", it's amazing what EGO can take from us...sobriety, peace, joy, presence.
I'm glad she got it when she did and shared her journey and experience to where she is at today. 
I love that she talked about what she called "drybriety" because it is definitely a part of our recovery journey that is not talked about enough!
I've seen people with 20, 30 years sobriety behave completely against any principles that they tout in their shares about sobriety and recovery. Principles such as tolerance, patience, forgiveness, humility, letting go and letting God. When someone talks of those principles but leaves a home group in a huff because they took offence to something, that's a perfect example of Dry-briety. Saying we trust in God but only of course until something bad, challenging or unexpected happens, then they cry out, "why me god?". Dry-briety.
 
Jolie has got what I want. SOBRIETY and principles.
 
 
 

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Ethan is a member of my homegroup AA Solution Seekers. He joined us from my former homegroup online which always seemed to be a place of chaos. 
Just goes to show that the people who seek a solution will gravitate towards like minded individuals. 
Ethan is a humble man who walks the walk of sobriety, he doesn't always have a lot to say and he certainly isn't the loudest in the room. But I heard a great quote that makes me think of Ethan, "When the silent man speaks the world listens.".
 
We are glad he found us and shares what his 3 old timers shared with him.
23 years of sobriety and a steady pace, one day at a time.
 
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The Big Book Study with Lisa and Friends: Part 23
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Jabari has 43 years of sobriety at the time of this recording. Getting sober in the 80's.
He called an AA helpline for help and advice. The first time "didn't take" in his words. But he was ready the second time he reached out.
 
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The Big Book Study with Lisa and Friends: Part 22
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Our speaker today is Matt!
 
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Janet has over 40 years sobriety and some great stories.
She has been around and spoken at a lot of meetings.

Our good friend and humble servant of AA mr Tony B brings us some great guest speakers from his home group Jamaica Presentation in NY.
This is one of them, please enjoy Still Bill.
(besides a great story - he's got a nicname...now come ON! can't get much cooler than that!)
 
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I met Lucy when one of my sponsees brought her to Solution Seekers as a guest. She experienced first hand how we try to be inclusive to all our members and guests. My sponsee and Lucy are both blind. They are active participants of our group and amaze us with their contributions and service. 
 
Contact AA General Service Board to get them working on providing copies of the AA Big Book in braille. They do have it but it is not currently in publication. It took me almost a year to find a local area intergroup that had a copy on a dusty shelf! It was worth the hunt.
It is just another example of how excuses can bar results IF you let them. Nothing has to stand in the way of your recovery, not even loss of sight.
Thanks for being examples to us all Lucy and Bel. 
xo