LECTIO
Sat. March 3rd Group is at 9:00a & 10:30a
Sat. March 10th Group is at 5pm
SATURDAY 2/11/12
Anyone can get sober . . .
The trick is to stay and to live sober.
--Living Sober
Newcomer
At one meeting someone mentioned having had a slip. He had been back in recovery for three days. To be honest, it makes me think about seeing what it would be like to have a few drinks or a drug again, just for a day or a weekend.
Sponsor
Over the years, I've watched people come and go in recovery. I've been grateful to the people who relapsed and were lucky enough to come back and share their experience. They taught me a lot by talking about how their disease had continued progressing even when they weren't active in it, and about how much more quickly their misery had returned this time. I'm grateful to them for having had the slip for me; now I don't have to risk it. There's a danger in going back out to experiment with controlled using; few who leave ever make it back. This is a life threatening disease. People like us, who depend on using an addictive substance, can die from it. We understand the seriousness of our addictions and have no need to test recovery by trying to use "safely."
Write a two (2) page reflection over the following:
1. What does the sponsor know that the newcomer does not?
2. What happens to the vast majority of alcoholics who attempt controlled drinking?
3. What is your plan for use after you are off of supervision?
4. Based upon your past with substances - what is the statistical chance your plan will work?
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