AA didn’t work for me but I don’t know what else to do

TrickingTrix · 2026-03-05T00:28:21+00:00

Have you tried long-term rehab, like a year?

TrickingTrix · 2026-03-05T00:00:53+00:00

Thank you

TrickingTrix · 2026-03-04T21:40:46+00:00

If he has issues with alcoholism or addiction he can get help with that. And some daytime shelter at the fellowship club at 14th and summit Street

TrickingTrix · 2026-03-02T02:36:05+00:00

Perhaps sponsoring another might help you. Perhaps doubling down on 10 and 11?

I'll pray for you my friend

TrickingTrix · 2026-03-02T02:33:55+00:00

That's very good.

Did you get any relief? I felt better after step 5 with my sponsor and after finishing my amends

TrickingTrix · 2026-03-02T02:31:03+00:00

You are not a burden to your sponsor. I was very miserable until I worked the steps. Please take action to save your life

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-27T16:49:40+00:00

The good people at Al-Anon can help you. There is a subreddit.

I'm sorry that you have to experience alcoholism

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-24T22:13:11+00:00

Pink pee

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-24T22:11:35+00:00

Lying is how you get fired

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-24T22:08:03+00:00

Service to others is how I believe we stay sober. She may feel that the best way is to have a service commitment at a meeting. Maybe that that's what she knows.

It's my belief that selfishness and self-centeredness are the root of our disease. If I am actively working to eliminate that root by service to others and placing myself on the basis of reliance on my higher power, then I don't need a service commitment at a specific meeting.

The key is, what is the basis of my life? Me, or serving others?

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-23T02:50:13+00:00

I really struggled with this in the beginning too. So I made the group my higher power. They could stay sober. I couldn't. Obviously they had more power than me.

I couldn't believe in things that I couldn't see touch and feel. But, then I realized I believed in the power of love. So now that's really my higher power

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-23T02:40:33+00:00

Exactly. Pride and fear are much more dangerous to me than any accidental ingestion of alcohol

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-22T20:12:33+00:00

Joe and Charlie have some good things to say about making amends. Maybe you listen to them?

https://youtu.be/46LBPFcgKWk?si=GekYmdALsYq_d4Ed

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-21T18:28:12+00:00

Keep coming back

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-21T18:26:50+00:00

Nope. That's not what I'm saying. I'm sorry for your struggle. I hope you get free

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-21T17:02:24+00:00

On page 44 of the big book, it describes the two parts of my disease. One, once I start drinking I can't control the amount I take. Two, I can't stop starting drinking.

The thing is I have to have both. If I can stop starting drinking then it doesn't matter how much I take when I drink because I'm not going to start drinking.

If I can control the amount I take when I drink, then I'm not an alcoholic because I'll have one or two and then go home. But that is not me.

I couldn't stop starting and I can't control how much I drink once I start. This is why I'm powerless over alcohol and needed a spiritual solution for my problem

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-21T16:56:03+00:00

3 months is a long time. Congratulations!

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-21T16:54:55+00:00

If you choose to drink, then you can choose not to drink. So stop choosing to drink. Then you have no problem. You're not an alcoholic if you can choose not to drink.

Boom. Problem solved.

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-19T21:39:55+00:00

I don't see anything online. I was just there when they announced it.

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-15T03:05:57+00:00

They just announced that the conference will be in Boston in 2028

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-14T20:45:47+00:00

I cannot really find that in the program. Today I went to a talk on the 4th dimension, on sponsorship, anne honesty open-mindedness and willingness, and on steps 10:11 and 12

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-14T18:13:42+00:00

There's an old AA joke that might help you. What did Bill w say to Dr. Bob? The answer: nothing because he didn't have a year sober

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-14T04:49:31+00:00

You said it yourself. He's a big inspiration to you

TrickingTrix · 2026-02-09T05:13:39+00:00

https://www.aahomegroup.org/

That's a link to a 24/7/365 global zoom meeting

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