Student of Life p319-327

Good evening fellas,

Just your reminder this week we'll be reviewing Student of Life p319-327. 

I like this section of the book "They Stopped in Time" (part II of the personal stories) because they really illustrate just how varied & different our bottoms can be. For many, the lack of consequences was equal to proof of not having a problem. However, in my case, I was only got clear headed enough after getting sober to really see the consequences of my actions -- it's probably one of the reasons we kept drinking past the point of sanity; to keep us oblivious to the reality of our drinking.
  

Sometimes, we may feel we still have some legs under us as far as the drink goes. This weekend I accompanied my girlfriend to a bar in San Pedro for her department's after-hours work party and Ohhhhhhh Mmmaaaaaaaaaan!! They had some drinks I'd never heard of and now they've got these portable beer fountains they bring straight to your table!!

Thank god I've made a decision to turn my will life, my thoughts and my life over to the care of God as I understood him... As I was looking around at all these 20-something year olds with bright shiny faces, whoopin' & hollerin' and have a helluva a good ol' time... Instead of feeling like a martyr for not drinking, which I used to do, I remembered and -- more importantly today -- believe in what the book says on page 30: "The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the GREAT OBSESSION of every abnormal drinker." That night, I really had to really get down on my knees and thank god for another day of sobriety.

What I've come to believe in is that the only bottom I will EVER have to worry about is my own. There were no trophies to be had from digging just a little longer and we've all tried to dig a little longer than we should. As the fellow in this story puts it "You hit bottom when you stop digging." (p325)

Good night folks, see you Wednesday!

David t.

2015 Meeting Dates

11/26/14 Speaker Meeting <Roy M>

-->Reading: Being Sober and Becoming Happy

01/28/15 Speaker Meeting <Steve W.>

02/25/15 Speaker Meeting <Gerard P>

03/25/15 Speaker Meeting <Mark D.>

--> Reading: A New Pair of Glasses by Chuck C. 

04/29/15 Speaker Meeting <Russ W.>

05/27/15 Speaker Meeting <Omar P.>
06/24/15 Speaker Meeting <Ricardo A.>

--> Reading: Personal Stories back of Big Book of AA <--

07/29/15 Speaker Meeting <Adam S.>
08/26/15 Speaker Meeting <Kevin M.>

09/30/15 Speaker Meeting <Fred D.>
10/28/15 Speaker Meeting <Owen A.>

11/25/15 Speaker Meeting <Roy M.>

12/02/15 My Chance to Live p309-318

12/09/15 Student of Life p319-327

12/16/15 Crossing the River of Denial p328-337

12/23/15 Because I'm an Alcoholic p338-348

12/30/15 Speaker Meeting

1/06/16 It might Have Been Worse p348-358

1/13/16 Tightrope p359-368

1/20/16 Flooded with Feeling p369-374

1/27/16 Speaker Meeting

2/03/16 Winner Takes All p375-381

2/10/16 Me an Alcoholic? p382-387

2/17/16 The Perpetual Quest p388-397

2/24/16 Speaker Meeting