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I should be happy, its July 4th and I'm at work. I got to spend time with my nephew today which is always fun..he's 1. However all I can think about today are the 'what if my A starts drinking again today?' etc. I've had bad experiences with holidays of any kind many times in the past and as good as the last 4 years have been with my one qualifier who's been clean and sober 4 years its still hard not to overanalyze.. you know?
Its getting me really down really fast and I hate that feeling! other than praying does anyone have any advice? there aren't any meetings I can go to today. thanks
Keep striving to find joy in what you are doing with your own life and your own choices. Don't waste it obsessing over other grown people's choices. Let go.
Keep striving to find joy in what you are doing with your own life and your own choices. Don't waste it obsessing over other grown people's choices. Let go.
Amen Amen AMen.....I am not much on prayer, but I do meditate and find peace when my body and my head are in sync with each other
when I am meditating, focusing on my breath, being mindful of my body from the toes to the top of my head, I cannot obsess.....when a thought...wanted or unwanted comes to me, I don't fight it, I just go "ok, thought there you are" and I let it go and go back to my breathing
if I am having trouble staying in my breath, I do ONE breath at a time...just like sometimes we hae to live 1 day at a time and sometimes 1 hr. at a time...
its hard...not to obsess and "oh what if.............." but i get off that by going into meditation...
PEACE and good energy to you :)
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Live and let live and do it with peace and goodwill to all!!!!
Phoenix ((((hugs))))....I've never seen a day; holiday or not where a meeting isn't held. I've seen it come close to a cancel and then I've actually been the only one to sit a meeting a time or two when no one else came. One of one is great!! and spontaneous ones are wonderful...you know whenever there are two or more members there is a meeting. Imagine being serene and peaceful without even a suspicion about whether he is drinking or not? God was that wonderful!! Keep coming back. In support . (((((hugs)))))
