Wed Night AA Riverside Men's Group

Good afternoon everyone!  I am getting an early start on the e-mail today so you know what that means... it's a slow Monday!! First, I wanted to thank our speaker from last week Alex G. for his excellent share. Alex gave an awesome share all while getting through jetlag and a traveler's cold -- that's going to any length baby!! This week we'll be diving into  He Lived Only to Drink p446-451 . I can already relate with just the title!! One thing I like about this last group of stories (Part III: They Lost Nearly All) is that even though these guys went about as low as you can go and although it can be hard to relate, not having experienced skid row or the likes myself, their  complete psychic change  ( ie : spiritual awakening) is so excessively clear that it gives me a strong sense of hope for my own life. When you're sleeping under a cardboard box over a hot air vent to keep from freezing one day and are on the AA general services board the n...

Dear O, I realize I'm writing this email somewhat out of the blue but I didn't get a chance to give any feedback yesterday at the noon speaker meeting during which you said  "I wouldn't go so far as to call myself recovered.... Next thing you know I'd be one of those guys saying I stopped going to meetings and went back out again..."  (or at least, that's what I Heard). I gotta be honest I was taken by surprise by that and felt a somewhat attacked by it. Obviously, you know where I got the idea from, my sponsor, but I wanted a chance to explain why  I  say it. What had happened to me after my relapse was a total implosion of my self-confidence. I had been doing half-measures and getting nowhere. Not only that but on the outside, things seemed to be getting worse; divorce, bankruptcy and family conflict - these were the payments I was making for clearing away parts of the wreckage of my past and I was miserable. Then the thought came to me, what t...