09-16-10
"Two's Up"
2nd month chip. Actually, it should have been last week, but I was on vacation.
July 11th marks day one of sobriety. These chips are strange. I don't count the days until the next one. I don't look at them as a goal to obtain. Yet, when it is time for me to get my month's chip... I want the damn thing.
The big blue book itself? Well, I get more out of the speakers than I do the book. The book is rigid in its structure, yet analytical people (like myself) don't tend to work that way.
I get more out of the speakers we have with varying years of sobriety. Each speaker I can understand or relate to... but there is always one part of their story, experience, or persona that I identify completely. Some of these people went completely by the big blue book... others went at sobriety at their own discretion... using the big blue book as a guide to find their own path. These people don't let the book tell them what direction to take or how to take the path.
The group itself seem to listen to others. No matter how rigid or not you are with the big blue book, each listen to others' stories and issues and pick useful information that they can apply to their own situation.
It's an interesting process, group, journey, and struggle. As I've learned for myself... one day at a time.
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09-16-10
"Two's Up"
2nd month chip. Actually, it should have been last week, but I was on vacation.
July 11th marks day one of sobriety. These chips are strange. I don't count the days until the next one. I don't look at them as a goal to obtain. Yet, when it is time for me to get my month's chip... I want the damn thing.
The big blue book itself? Well, I get more out of the speakers than I do the book. The book is rigid in its structure, yet analytical people (like myself) don't tend to work that way.
I get more out of the speakers we have with varying years of sobriety. Each speaker I can understand or relate to... but there is always one part of their story, experience, or persona that I identify completely. Some of these people went completely by the big blue book... others went at sobriety at their own discretion... using the big blue book as a guide to find their own path. These people don't let the book tell them what direction to take or how to take the path.
The group itself seem to listen to others. No matter how rigid or not you are with the big blue book, each listen to others' stories and issues and pick useful information that they can apply to their own situation.
It's an interesting process, group, journey, and struggle. As I've learned for myself... one day at a time.
68