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2019-10-04 at 3:55 PM UTC35
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2019-10-04 at 4:05 PM UTC
Originally posted by OG_GREENPLASTIC_JOHNSON_III I'm supposed to find like a totally new mindset/way to live that I've never learned before.
I've always heard that one has to hit bottom before they change destructive behavior. Just maybe this is yours. If so, you need to figure out where to go from here in order to attain the life you want. Seek help. You may just be surprised at how the rest of your life turns out. Good luck, don't wallow in self pity and make a plan to help you get to where you deserve to be. -
2019-10-04 at 4:09 PM UTCThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-10-04 at 4:34 PM UTC
Originally posted by Solstice AA is even worse. Especially Lead meetings where someone just talks for an hour. At least in discussions you can bounce ideas or situations off each other and get different perspectives and opinions sometimes. The leads are all just the same format; their life started off okay, then something bad happens and they turn to drugs and alcohol, then they fuck up and have to get sober and now they've found Jesus and their life is so much better. There, I just saved everyone from having to bother with going to a meeting. They're literally all like that. Bunch of creepy old men power drinking bad coffee and chain smoking in the parking lot like it's the only thing keeping them going.
Yeah, the pass it on speaker meetings are shit, don't bother going and also the step meetings are gay it's higher power the whole time.
However, the ones where you basically talk about what's going on in your life and ask people about stuff is extremely helpful and it's free group therapy. Download the Meeting Guide AA app or the NA app to find meetings and see what type they are so you don't walk into a crappy one.
They have lots of meetings for young people where I live, but they don't call it the land of 10,000 rehabs for nothing. -
2019-10-04 at 4:36 PM UTCI like those NA/AA meetings where they start pushing religion and Jesus heavy, and then they even start trying to get you to donate time and money to whatever religion is backing them.
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2019-10-04 at 7:09 PM UTCThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-10-04 at 7:14 PM UTCSpectral only started smoking weed when Canada legalized it, he's definitely never been to NA.
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2019-10-04 at 7:16 PM UTC
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2019-10-04 at 8:18 PM UTC
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2019-10-04 at 8:28 PM UTC
Originally posted by CASPER Thats literally exactly the opposite of what the 12 Step structure is.
Yep. They ask for donations but I think it's because they want to keep AA/NA self contained and not have outside influence that would have power over them to alter the program in any way. It's explicitly non-denominational. -
2019-10-04 at 9:04 PM UTC
Originally posted by OG_GREENPLASTIC_JOHNSON_III fuck my life, i can't fall asleep in the bed i made for myself because the plan the whole time was just "lol i'm just going to keep doing drugs until it's miserable then i'll kill myself anyways because its pointless anyways" but when that point got reached i'm too much of a pussy to actually do it. so i just sit here in shock and horror at how obscenely stupid throwing away my entire life was. it's like i can't believe it. i don't want to accept it.
Well look at my life. Imsure you dont have it that bad. -
2019-10-04 at 9:07 PM UTC
I just ruined everything for the stupidest reasons, stupid reasons i held to because of anxiety that was blown out of proportion but by the time i realized how ridiculous it had gotten it was way too late. i just can't stop obsessing over things that aren't even relevant to anyone other than me anymore. it's fucking stupid and i don't understand why i couldn't just be normal.
I feel this way all the time. I obsess about my weaknesses constantly. -
2019-10-04 at 9:09 PM UTC
Originally posted by GAAAAALM Yep. They ask for donations but I think it's because they want to keep AA/NA self contained and not have outside influence that would have power over them to alter the program in any way. It's explicitly non-denominational.
Well some of the folks, more so in AA, like to explicitly say God and Jesus when they're talking about their higher power. It's not necessarily pushing it on anyone, but they can be pretty adamant about making sure its known that it is the Christian God and not just some random higher power that has helped them stay sober and changed their life. -
2019-10-04 at 10:57 PM UTCMany AA/NA groups are run by groups like the Red Cross, the Shepherds of Good Hope and the Salvation Army, all of which are religious charities and push religion into their spiels.
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2019-10-04 at 11:31 PM UTC
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2019-10-04 at 11:57 PM UTCDamn kids today haven't even heard of the Shepherds.
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2019-10-04 at 11:59 PM UTC
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2019-10-05 at 12:03 AM UTC
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2019-10-05 at 12:12 AM UTC
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2019-10-05 at 3:25 AM UTCThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
