tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077562163557081479.post309332622020055621..comments2023-09-06T05:15:42.810-04:00Comments on The Junky's Wife: Like Herding Cats.joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453075718683708291noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077562163557081479.post-71950116050264011232007-08-27T18:00:00.000-04:002007-08-27T18:00:00.000-04:00wow. thank you. love the $24,000 spent on readin...wow. thank you. love the $24,000 spent on reading the steps with a verve ... on the surface, it could sound tongue-in-cheek ... but below the surface ...isabella morihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01150933640442379951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077562163557081479.post-80983011549944756032007-08-27T16:39:00.000-04:002007-08-27T16:39:00.000-04:00Girl I am so happy that he decied on his own to go...Girl I am so happy that he decied on his own to go to the meeting. Maybe something along the line sunk in. <BR/>MY net was down since Fri o I have alot of reading to catch up on. <BR/>PS I started my own blog. I mean I have been doing it on Myspace but Im going to give it a shot here. So come on by check it out and help ya Brooklyn sis spread the word. <BR/>Hope all is well with you and yours!sKILLzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14572696409704376386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077562163557081479.post-50159333317228244052007-08-27T11:41:00.000-04:002007-08-27T11:41:00.000-04:00G-d I LOVE this post. It is such a great descript...G-d I LOVE this post. It is such a great description of how we are at meetings. It made me laugh and it also really touched my heart.<BR/>JW, I was JUST like him at my first several meetings -- exactly. Hat pulled down, not looking up much, doodling something (I can't draw), not getting any of those stupid-ass key tags. Just like him. But I was THERE and I LISTENED and, damnit, if it didn't all get inside of me somewhere along the line.....<BR/>It's a process for us and some of us never really get into it. I have hope that G will.<BR/>I can't wait to hear about the AA experience. They are nice, clean, respectable people in pretty, wealthy churches. They aren't raw and don't swear as much. And they are very, very, very Caucasian. But I also find them to be more spiritual in a Caucasian kind of way that is so hard to explain.<BR/>NA and AA are night and day. But I love them both, and even attend one AA meeting a week. It's just that NA has captured ALL of me, heart and soul.<BR/>I, too, am excited that he went! I feel really dorky for that but I am!!!!! Yea, G!!!!!! Yea, you!!!!<BR/>Yea, all of us who are trying to do this damn thing!!!!<BR/>Love,<BR/>ScoutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077562163557081479.post-13683170381121871862007-08-27T02:38:00.000-04:002007-08-27T02:38:00.000-04:00I'm glad he went to a meeting. I'm glad he went b...I'm glad he went to a meeting. I'm glad he went because he wanted to. I'm glad you resisted the urge to fix their meeting, although I'm sure they needed it! ;)Mary P Jones (MPJ)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10251787926841410344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077562163557081479.post-37716903590681021902007-08-26T22:10:00.001-04:002007-08-26T22:10:00.001-04:00Wash. Rinse. Repeat.Good news is always welcome,...Wash. Rinse. Repeat.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Good news is always welcome, good luck.The Discovering Alcoholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913529327963432244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077562163557081479.post-79135668783361654192007-08-26T21:55:00.001-04:002007-08-26T21:55:00.001-04:00I'm so glad you got there together. I've gone to ...I'm so glad you got there together. I've gone to a few local NA meetings. They are really different from our little group. And I've had a similar feeling about wanting to "fix" their meetings, and then laughing at myself.Recovery Discovery (R)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04118170655390372410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077562163557081479.post-35776838869593296852007-08-26T21:27:00.000-04:002007-08-26T21:27:00.000-04:00... Oh yeah... I've yet to go get any chips either...... Oh yeah... I've yet to go get any chips either. I kind of feel that I need to be working the steps before I go up and get chips. I don't know if I will or will not at this point. Doesn't mean I can't go to a meeting and just feel good.Wayward Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16169683029085558375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077562163557081479.post-46998651286902684282007-08-26T21:24:00.000-04:002007-08-26T21:24:00.000-04:00Maybe I am being silly but this is exciting to me!...Maybe I am being silly but this is exciting to me! My experience with NA is similar. It just doesn't have the oomf for me that the AA meetings have. And some people who are seeking help from drugs, as opposed to alcohol, do seem to be in deep pain and as a newcomer that is difficult for me. I would love to one day be so strong that I could be of service to those that are so deep in pain. But right now that pain disturbs me because it reminds me of when I was that way.<BR/><BR/>I remember my first meeting (AA) at the beautiful little church. I was sheepish and because I do not draw I would cast my eyes upwards in an effort to not have to look at those around me. The ceiling in the church was beautiful in the simplest of ways—vaulted with these carved dark wooden beams. As my eyes began to drop and my gaze fell upon the people there, the beauty of it didn't fade. I have since realized that it was how I felt that was beautiful and because I felt that way everything else felt beautiful as well. <BR/><BR/>I'm generally a lightly sardonic person with a sharp, biting wit—just a nudge away from being bitter. So waxing on like this about the boofy beauty of things is not my normal state of existence. But in this situation I feel connected so I don't care. <BR/><BR/>I am glad you could read the steps with some kind of verve and expression. Mostly people have a difficult time with just pausing where the periods are. That is the part of the meeting that makes me want to stick an ice pick in my eye. But I manage because I know that over all I will feel better than if I had not come at all.<BR/><BR/>Can't wait to hear about AA.<BR/><BR/>WSWayward Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16169683029085558375noreply@blogger.com