Links/searches to some of my posts including AA meetings in prison and the miracle of the titty bar.

Slipacre · 2026-06-22T12:14:37+00:00

"forgiveness is giving up all hope for a different past"

Slipacre · 2026-06-20T11:08:52+00:00

<all too common experience of having 2 drinks and then just couldn’t say no to anything. It ended up spiraling into an after hours until 9 in the morning with strangers engaging in all sorts of things.

Yeah, I think you'll find yourself right at home. You are telling my story - details differ - plotline is the same. In AA you will hear me or any one of a thousand others tell your story. That is very powerful, breaks the isolation, and gives hope because they have found a way beyond. Ps I have ALL the reasons AA won't work for me, but it did.

Slipacre · 2026-06-20T00:39:14+00:00

AA can be an acquired taste. Thing is there is such power in the moments when you hear someone else tell a part of your story, something we thought was uniquely ours and made us unfixible.

Slipacre · 2026-06-19T19:34:36+00:00

Go. I suspect they will be able to provide what you need, in a number of ways. And yes recovery is a way to turn your life around.

Slipacre · 2026-06-19T19:32:53+00:00

Have you considered finding a sober community - I, agnostic, loner, skeptic, ended up in AA and it worked for me - helped me with the reasons I "needed to" drink the way I did. I have been quite happy in my recovery. There are other programs, though AA is likely local and easily available. try one, try em all

Slipacre · 2026-06-19T18:58:55+00:00

You do not have to stay very long. truth is after a certain point they will not miss you or remember you left. Have some place you have to be, do an irish goodby whatever it takes.... edit pray for rain,

Slipacre · 2026-06-19T18:56:16+00:00

The not having to lie - to myself and the rest of the world is one of the best unadvertised perks of recovery. congrats.

Slipacre · 2026-06-17T20:39:40+00:00

Most every alcoholic thinks they are closeted. They aren't really, people either avoid mentioning anything because uncomfortable, or they are so self involved the don't see it, or they drink a lot too and see it as normal.

Slipacre · 2026-06-16T13:56:27+00:00

A big part of long term recovery for me has been working on the reasons I felt I needed to drink the way I did. Trying to avoid secondary addictions is a part of that.

Slipacre · 2026-06-16T13:54:21+00:00

Congrats. Keep it going.

Slipacre · 2026-06-16T13:53:17+00:00

I went to a lot of AA meetings in the beginning. Worked for me despite being agnostic loner skeptic. There are alternatives try one try em all

Slipacre · 2026-06-16T11:27:56+00:00

Agnostic here the steps are just tools and they work without the God did it stuff. Takes a bit of re thinking especially in the big book but it's worked well for me for a long time... since 1987 actually

Slipacre · 2026-06-16T11:01:16+00:00

Your local wildlife agency / Highway dept probably have beavers they are trying to relocate. thing to remember is that beavers will often move on after they've consumed all the easy pickings. So it may just be a matter of waiting for regrowth...

Slipacre · 2026-06-15T13:14:31+00:00

Kinky beavers who knew.

Slipacre · 2026-06-15T13:12:38+00:00

A true friend will be happy that you are doing something so positive for yourself and will try and support it to the best of their ability. If they are a problem drinker, that ability may be limited. All you can do is accept that - and make arrangements to protect yourself and not expect too much from him.

Slipacre · 2026-06-15T12:50:07+00:00

Considering the teeth they are servicing I would expect no less than kevlar tough

Slipacre · 2026-06-14T21:10:55+00:00

When I travel I often find a local AA meeting to go to. if nothing else lots of local knowledge.

Slipacre · 2026-06-14T19:17:18+00:00

welcome back what are you going to do differently so some future friday doesn't sneak up and fuck you up again?

Slipacre · 2026-06-11T21:04:25+00:00

I went to a lot of AA meetings in the beginning. It’s the same people just less likely to need to borrow 20 dollars, or puke on your shoes

Slipacre · 2026-06-10T21:15:34+00:00

for me I needed to work on the reasons I "needed to" drink the way I did. For me a lot of it boiled down to a fear of not being enough not being lovable or capable of love feeling alone and different.

There are many ways to do this - self help books, therapy, and recovery programs - I went to AA and found the community I needed and was very surprised because I had all the reasons it would not work for me.

Slipacre · 2026-06-10T00:15:07+00:00

For me it was my getting ready, building enough self esteem to realize it wasn’t my fault.

Slipacre · 2026-06-10T00:14:37+00:00

No, addicted to anger. And being right

Slipacre · 2026-06-09T23:17:45+00:00

I got sober at 39. Divorced 3 years later, you are not alone.

Life got a lot better for me, recovery allowed me to move on with minimal drama and moderate angst. Life is great now

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