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I heard this in my homegroup today:

"Drinking became like a sad song I was singing to myself."

#wow
#relatable
#AA
#RecoveryPosse
#12Steps
#AlcoholicsAnonymous
#sober

"Since I worked the #12Steps in #AA I no longer live in fear.

I just have a vacation home there."

Thanks, AA.🙏🙏🙏

#alcoholicsAnonymous
#RecoveryPosse

I'm a #ScientificRationalist, who #prays. I know, weird. Right? But, please give me a chance to explain.

I'm an #alcoholic. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. I got sober through #AA and would likely not be here today w/o having worked the #12Steps. Some take issue with the program. I'm sorry if your experience was unpleasant. It worked for me. Getting sober is unpleasant business.

I like to think I'm a #spiritual being, and I learned that spirituality through AA. When I came into the program I was told I needed to begin praying to a higher power. And, holy shit I struggled with that. I rebelled, and I relapsed -- hard. Hard enough that I became desperate. Desperate enough that I became teachable.

I was still struggling with the higher power concept a year later -- without taking a drink. I went back to finish my undergrad in psychology. There, I came across the concept of mindfulness. Which, to me, looked a lot like prayer. And, SNAP. It all fell into place.

I realized I didn't have to pray to any "thing." Or, any "one." Indeed, to "name" what I was praying to impressed me as the pinnacle of human presumption. To NAME the ineffable? WTF??? To name something is to hold power over it. It clicked that religions are not about spirituality. They're about power. Holding power through our natural inclination to spirituality by giving the ineffable a name.

Thus, I learned that prayer, together with mindfulness, was a way to focus and quiet my hamster-wheel brain. I took AA's advice and began praying to a higher power. I became mindful that my prayers focused solely on gratitude. I invented prayer-mantras of gratitude -- to nothing. To, everything.

Today, I practice them habitually. My mind is, as AA members like to say, no longer a "dangerous neighborhood." The bonus? I got to remain the scientific rationalist I always was, without trading my convictions in the process. And learned, I could be a spiritual being at the same time.

I'll end with one more little piece of AA doggerel:

"Religion is for people who are scared of going to hell. Spirituality is for those have been there ... and returned to tell their stories."

Asher led our #AA homegroup on a step 8 reading today.

We talked about guilt and shame.

At the end four people got white chips because they are starting or restarting their #sobriety.

#grateful
#12steps
#AlcoholicsAnonymous
#RecoveryPosse

I have worked the #12Traditions in workshops before. But never personally the same way I work the #12Steps. Looking forward to that and the #12Concepts. Working out of #PathsToRecovery and #ReachingForPersonalFreedom, both of which are #AlAnon #ConferenceApprovedLitetature.

I tried to speech-to-text "Hashtag salad!!!" just now. It wrote #Salad.

My #AA Homegroup - a cold rainy day, I didn't really want to go.

Got there just on time, a shy young woman with 2 years led on helping others, a woman with 7 months talked about her #sponsee, a new guy's been present for his sick elders and picked up a one month chip, someone got a white chip for their first day back, and it was really good to be #home.

#AlcoholicsAnonymous
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@recoveryposse
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#xa

#introduction
Hi, I'm Cary, a
#queer #nonbinary #agender #gay #adhd #lutheran pastor in the #sf #sanfrancisco #eastbay, specifically #richmondca, but I follow #oakland topics as well. I'm into #marvel #marvelcomics #comicbooks, particularly the #xmen and #spiderman, and all things #mcu. I love #disney, #starwars (but I avoid the fandom), #GoT #GameofThrones

#recovery #12steps #justfortoday #aa #na

#leftism #communism #socialism

@aethelshane #script #575prompt #threelines #haiku #micropoem #micropoetry #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #recovery #12step #12steps #CompulsiveOvereating #compulsiveeater

don't follow the script
binge, relapse, obesity
one day at a time
--jdw

@AutisticMumTo3 @benda @kkarhan @DaemonFC @TheTraveler

Thank you! It was really the only path forward for me, that I liked the end result.

If anyone ever has any #alcohol #recovery questions, feel free to DM me.

I can share some wisdom that I've picked up in 12 step rooms and the #TTC without any pressure or sales pitch. I've also been playing around with an #agnostic and #taoist #12steps to see what that would look like.

All I have to offer is my experience, strength and hope.

I told my #sister I might need #help with the #Scary #mail pile and she looked at it opened her eyes wide and let out a blood curdling scream 😅 .

And her being like that is why I've forgiven her for everything that happened in the early 1980's.

#12steps
#sisters
#grateful

@cea

Well met, #12steps friend!

Grateful #sober member of #AA and #AlAnon here.

You can find more of us at #recoveryPosse or by following @recoveryposse

@aethelshane #575prompt #threelines #beginning #haiku #micropoem #recovery #12steps

surrender control
ask for help and these twelve steps
mark the beginning

--jdw

#compulsiveovereater

Hello! Like many of you, I just left twitter. Here’s my #introduction. I live in Wilmington, NC. I used to own a yoga studio in NJ. ☀️ Now my full-time ‘job’ is hanging out with my one year old grandson. 💗 #12steps #antiracistbaby #votingrights

Step 3-2) Degoogling and de-Appleing your mobile life
You will most likely need a new phone, whether pre-done or simply factory unlocked:
Pick & Install Your ROM:
https://techfreedom.pro/2022/03/24/install-your-rom/

If you have an android, and money is tight, follow these steps to mitigate Google's spying abilities:
Install Alternate App Stores:
https://techfreedom.pro/2022/03/21/f-droid-aurora-store/
#freedomsaturday #TechFreedom #pathtofreedom #12steps #degoogle #degoogleyourlife

Step Eleven!

Here is an article about my own journey to find "conscious contact through prayer and meditation" in my #recovery

It was first published in The Outer Circle, the official newsletter of SAA.

Although it was written for sex addicts, the 11th step concepts are universal for any member of the #recoveryposse who is working the #12steps, specifically step 11.

https://nomad929.wordpress.com/2022/11/18/conscious-contact-with-god-through-prayer-and-meditation/

My name is Lew, and I’m a New England Patriots fan. #12steps

Looking for my #RecoveryPosse and tribe!
#odaat
#12steps

In amongst the new users, are some returning users such as myself. It's good to be back. For the benefit of all, here are a bunch of tags that capture my interests.

#heavymetal (almost all flavours of #metal)
#science specifically #physics
#stoicism and #12steps
#nethack and #roguelikes
#progressive thinking
#technology with an emphasis on #computing

#introduction
Hi, I'm Cary, a
#queer #nonbinary #agender #gay #adhd #lutheran pastor in the #sf #sanfrancisco #eastbay, specifically #richmondca, but I follow #oakland topics as well. I'm into #marvel #marvelcomics #comicbooks, particularly the #xmen and #spiderman, and all things #mcu. I love #disney, #starwars (but I avoid the fandom), #GoT #GameofThrones

#recovery #12steps #justfortoday #aa #na

#leftism #communism #socialism

That's it for now.