Lesson from AA
Alcoholics Anonymous, or more commonly known as AA, teaches many important lessons on how to be a decent person, and they are lessons that everyone, regardless of whether you’re an alcoholic/addict, can learn from. These lessons taught in AA will lead to a happy, and purposeful life. Although I do not regularly go to meetings anymore, what I learned in AA is invaluable in my recovery. I’ve said it before, but I firmly believe in each person taking control of their own recovery. What works for me may not work for someone else. With recovery, I have found it helpful to take a little bit of everything from what I learn and create my own. It is a lifestyle I live. After looking through my notes from the meetings I went to in 2016, I compiled the most common, yet important, themes that can help anyone.
I have two more lessons, but some people may perceive them as rather hardcore, but even a “normal” person can learn from them. To that I say, it is life or death for many people in recovery.
If I come off extreme it is because my time using, and subsequent recovery, have made it that way. I must be deadly serious with my recovery, or I may not survive the next OD. So, these are some of the more powerful themes I picked up from my notes from attending meetings in my area. I try to change my meetings up when I do go, and not get too comfortable with one group of people. Falling into complacency is dangerous for someone like me, so it is good to avoid falling into habitual patterns. If anyone has any other important themes they learned, feel free to share them with us! I would like to end with a quote I overheard, “things that come easy don’t last, and what lasts does not come easy.” God bless. Thank you for reading.
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