Comments on: 1944 BILL GETS DEPRESSED

By: bill m

bill m — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:26:09 +0000

Are we looking for sobriety or sanity? If one is looking for sobriety “just don’t drink, go to meetings and read the 12&12, thats what I did for 14yrs and then tried to commit sucide. I was lead through the steps in the BB and saw that my “depression” was due to my sex conduct. Its been 10yrs from crippling depression. I am on board with Tom P.

By: Chip I.

Chip I. — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:36:10 +0000

Very thought provoking. Must say from my own experience I always felt like I was missing something in the 12 steps. I checked into treatment 18 years without a drink for compulsive infidelity issues. The first thing they did was go after cause and condition stuff. The truama and core beliefs that developed into the impaired coping mechanisms of drugs, alcohol and sex to numb myself. In my experience this provided a fuller picture and a greater level of freedom from the “what happened”. It required me to go deeper into the “what happened”, face it, and in many cases working towards forgiveness where freedom eventually came from resulting in a true God connection.

By: Dave S.

Dave S. — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:01:37 +0000

Psychological and religious conversion views needn’t be either/or. My sobriety and my life is always in God’s hands. The 12×12 helps me connect the dots, understand the relationship between one’s misdirected emotions and another’s reactions. My life has not devolved into contemplating my navel.

By: Missy C

Missy C — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:41:33 +0000

I find it more comforting and obtainable, sobriety, based on a Psychological View rather than a Religious Conversion View. I am glad I found these sites, my first sponsor did a lot of damage because she was not knowledgable about anything other than the big book, to be honest, and I found sobriety very unobtainable with her. I have a new sponsor now who is very open minded.