Week 9 - Post Freedom

Week 9 - Post Freedom - Sunday, May 13 - Mother's Day - 43 Days 1030 @ CW - Disease is still out there, in the starting blocks, waiting for the gun Sobriety = keystone. If it goes, it ALL goes. ONE job = to stay sober Bottomless bottoms, except not bc any one could be your last. Russian roulette. Your alcoholism didn't get you arrested, you did. 430 @ CW - Everyday is new, different, and odd. Its not good or bad, it just is. SHARED* Monday, May 14 SWAN - Step 5. Respect a dog for its master. *SHARED/READ Just bc I'm sober, doesn't mean I'm sane. If you say it, you'll forget it. If you write it, you'll regret it. Beginners - TIME = Time I Must Earn As long as its not my idea, it's probably a good idea. Tuesday, May 15 FREEDOM ALUMNI! #4 Wednesday, May 15 R's NA Homegroup - Stay on your toes. Monkey is still around. Trudging through feelings. *SHARED Thursday, May 16 Swat Thurs - Wanting to be a story collector. Related A LOT to speaker. *SHARED The only meeting you're late to is the first one. Friday, May 17 530 @ CW - Alcohol will always be there, my alcoholism doesn't have to be. Scared me into here. 730 Haverford - Build my recovery on those painful events/memories. *SHARED My actions not matching my values Saturday, May 18 1030 @ CW - ABCs are not Apartment, Babe, Car. They're Attitude, Behavior, Consequences. The only way to get through something, is to go through it, not around it. I was afforded the gift of desperation Sat Night Alive - Anger was topic. Lots of good shares. Made it to 12 meetings this week. Shared at 5 meetings this week. Tried 2 different meetings this week. Made 1 new girlfriend. Since I've been out of keystone I've only missed a meeting 3 days in 63 days. I have gone to 93 meetings in 63 days (9 weeks)

Week 8 - Post Freedom

Week 8 - Post Freedom - Sunday, May 6 St. Kevs - Speaker. Went w/ R. Met M there. Can't help someone until they're ready. Monday, May 7 Noon Womens - Love and tolerance. Went w/ J. Made new friend. *SHARED/READ SWAN - If you like everyone in AA, you're not going to enough meetings. *SHARED/READ Beginners - She is going to bring me down with her before I can build her back up. Saw J from Freedom there. Coiled spring analogy. Tuesday, May 8 530 @ CW - BB Vision 4 You. Language of the Heart pg. 201. FREEDOM ALUMNI! #2 Wednesday, May 9 8pm Sproul - They have free will too. *SHARED Thursday, May 10 Swat Thurs - J spoke. Let in be. Serene mothering. *SHARED Friday, May 11 6pm Back 2 Basics - We're many and we're varied. *SHARED Unity. Common welfare. Safe Haven. Quiet or not so quiet suffering/desperation. Topic - disruptions/fights etc FREEDOM ALUMNI! #3 Saturday, May 12 Fell sleep. Tired. Sick. Made it to 10 meetings this week. Shared at 5 meetings this week. Tried 2 different meetings this week. Made 1 new girlfriend. Since I've been out of keystone I've only missed a meeting 3 days in 56 days. I have gone to 81 meetings in 56 days (8 weeks)

Week 7 - Post Freedom

Week 7 - Post Freedom - Sunday, April 29 - Day 29! Step Sunday - Tradition #4. Rule #62. 430 @ CW - Shared Monday, April 30 - 30 Days!!! SWAN - Read. 30 day chip. Beginners - Shared. 30 day chip. Step #1 Tuesday, May 1 730 @ CW - Step 3. Young ppl. Newbies. *SHARED Wednesday, May 2 FREEDOM ALUMNI! First one! Thursday, May 3 RP FF 10 - Feelings aren't facts. But, its a fact that I'm feeling a certain way. Helping people is like putting $ in the sobriety bank. Drunks are full of lame excuses. Broken shoe lace problems. Be happy you have shoes?! Page 30, 62, 89. Promises page 83, 84. *SHARED 530 Frederick Club - Matching calmality with serenity. *SHARED Friday, May 4 Happy Hour Frederick - Step #4. Fact finding proposition. Do no more damage in step 1-3, address them in step 4. Emotional sobriety workbooks. Reach one teach one. *SHARED Saturday, May 5 830 Frederick - BB Page 354 Lifeguard that doesn't know how to swim Made it to 10 meetings this week. Shared at 5 meetings this week. Tried 4 different meetings this week. Made 1 new girlfriends. Since I've been out of keystone I've only missed a meeting 2 days in 49 days. I have gone to 71 meetings in 49 days (7 weeks)

Week 6 - Post Freedom

Week 6 - Post Freedom - Sunday, April 22 - Day 22! 7pm St. Mads - Topic = service... Monday, April 23 SWAN - Topic= One Day At a Time. Be present. Pray. Reactive mode. Anxiety is when we worry about the future. Depression is when we dwell on the past Can't save your ass and your face at the same time. Shared* Tuesday, April 24 Safari - anniversary. defend my right to drink until the end Wednesday, April 25 CW Noon- Grapevine. My bottom is my bottom, it doesn't matter what it is, as long as I find it. My thinking took me back out drinking. You're too young (to be an alcoholic). You don't look like one (alcoholic) Today, my dark past is my best asset. Don't look for the people in AA, look for the AA in people. Functioning alcoholic = drunk with a job CW Bigbook - Dr. Opinion. Guilt, Shame, Remorse --> Fuels Drinking --> Fuels guild, shame and remorse Either headed towards a drink, or away. CW Women's - Daily reflection = grateful. Fill the hole, in your soul Thursday, April 26 Sober Sisters in Bryn Mawr - shared, brought kaelie Friday, April 27 CW @ 530 - pg. 164 . speaker. when the gavel drops, the joking stops Saturday, April 28 As Bill Sees It - p. 162.Those other people. Judging/Inventory - causes more damage (my experience in keystone, those people) CW Women's - Big Book, housewife story Made it to 10 meetings this week. Shared at 3 meetings this week. Tried 2 different meetings this week. Made 2 new girlfriends. Since I've been out of keystone I've only missed a meeting 2 days in 42 days. I have gone to 61 meetings in 42 days (6 weeks)