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Month: February 2008

NERAASA and angry comments from the peanut gallery…

25/02/2008 Johnnyboy

NERAASA was awesome. I will be a better GSR because of this assembly and not only improve my own life, but the service involvement of my homegroup as well. Pretty simple stuff, if I work it.

I have had to enable my ‘comment moderation’ button due to a very angry and dangerous blogger named Micky. I came home form the weekend to find his nasty and angry words filling the fields. I apologize for all those who wish to comment freely, but I must now review your words. I have reported him as a spammer, so maybe that will help as well. The gist of his 14 comments (14!) was that AA is the work of Satan and we are all going to burn in hell. All this does is remind me that despite the true christian (small ‘C’) teachings in the Bible (Love, Tolerance, Forgiveness, etc…) there are some really crazy and violent people out there who use a book of love and kindness to harm to innocent people trying to get well in a way that works for them.

Poor soul. He probably tried AA and wasn’t willing to ask for help, so people stopped talking to him. Now he has a resentment and is taking it out on all of us. I’ve met some of these folks in the flesh and they are truly troubled. I can see the fear on their faces.

Johnnyboy

Final therapy appointment….and more…

20/02/2008 Johnnyboy

Today was the final day of a 6 year relationship with my therapist. It went well, and we discussed what we had accomplished in that time. I owe him a great deal for my recovery from PTSD and other issues concerning my family, but it was time for me to sever the cord and go out in the world on my own. He gave me tools to live with, and showed me how to use them. I will always look back on this time as an enormous positive influence in my life.

This weekend is the NERAASA Convention in West Atlantic City, NJ. It will be a working weekend of panels, discussions, and service networking for GSO, regional, area, and district AA service folk from all over the Northeast US. It should be pretty big. I’ll be driving down with my DCM, co-Alternate DCM, and a few other GSRs. Pretty cool.

I have also finally liased the relationship between my mother and the home companion that will be living with her while I am in the Balkans this summer. A huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders with this act. Now I can focus more mental energy on my schoolwork and getting ready to leave for Europe on May 4th.

This sobriety thing rocks!

Johnnyboy

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