Well the guys took me out for a night on the town. The bars and all the games never change just the players do. I have never really liked going to bars to talk to girls it's to loud and way to many people. Everyone is all made up to be at there best to impress who ever, all the fake crap that goes along with it. Don't get me wrong the eye candy is nice to look at but it's just not me. Give me a good house party or a cook out where people are more relaxed them self any day. I talked to some girls, just some good conversation not wanting any more then that. It was nice for a few hours to not think about anything but to watch everyone. I'm a people watcher and all the people try to put there best foot forward and make that first impression. The girls dressed in there Saturday nights best to show off what ever they think is there best assets. The guys getting all the liquid courage they can muster without getting to much and making an ass out of there self's. And doing all of this sober was a people watchers dream and it was very funny. Some of my friends had to much to drink and to watch the unhappily marred guy flirting and dancing with girls. Making up stories about him to be more of a catch to the women. The games is what i can't get into about the bars i tell thing how i see them and don't really lie. Life is so much easier to keep track of if you don't make up crap. Just be yourself is what i want to teach our son, i know that is kind of a double standard coming from me. i hide in a bottle for 20 years not wanting to face me. I have learned from quiting drinking that I'm a good man with a lot of great qualities, why did i ever hide them. I do have a new found love for life i want to try to see all of the stuff i have been to afraid to see. The only way a turtle can move forward is to put his neck out there. I have so many new little life phrases like that one and what ever happen i can handle it and one day at a time. One hundred days is coming up that is the day after new years. Wow January 1st i will be in the triple digits, the pride that just hit me is awesome still feels new to have pride in me. But i can handle it.
I will always have pride in myself for staying sober and that is something i never want to lose again. I still hope for the best for all that i love and that includes her. I have been told I'm being way to nice and handling this way to well for someone who is getting divorced. I don't hate her i just want what is best for are son and if we stay positive with each other he will grow up with that message. I love being sober and not hiding anymore to put myself out there is a good thing.
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THE SPIRIT-BEINGS of ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
Posted on August 29, 2008 by mywordlikefire
Don’t tell me those demons are not there. We just can’t see them. The Bible says, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.” (Ephesians 6:12)
Alcoholics Anonymous has been a haven for darkness since its inception. So many Christians see A.A. as a friend, as a wonderful spiritual organization. But the Word is very clear.
According to Galatians 1:6-8, “I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who has called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed.“
But Paul wasn’t finished making his point. He continues, “As we have said before, so I say to you again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you have received, let him be accursed.” (Galatians1:9)
I often think of pastors who allow A.A. meetings in their churches, who preach Christ crucified yet by their acceptance of A.A. contradict their own stated beliefs.
This is happening in a neighboring church in the community where I worship, and the pastor ignores the Bible and allows the meetings to continue. How can he not understand the ramifications of his decision?
Christians in AA shake their heads and point out that A.A. is just a simple “spiritual program.” Is that so? Or, is Alcoholics Anonymous another gospel? A.A. has been ruled a religion by the U.S. Supreme Court.
In Alcoholics Anonymous, “god” can be whatever a person decides “god” will be.
Because of this, Christ our King is considered just one of many higher powers, and not all that a desirable one at that. Consider the words of Jack Alexander of the Saturday Evening Post.
In his article that gained A.A. national publicity in 1941 he accurately describes A.A.’s teaching. Alexander notes the alcoholic “may choose to think of his Inner Self, the miracle of growth, a tree, man’s wonderment at the atom, or mere mathematical infinity. Whatever form is visualized, the neophyte is taught that he must rely on it and, in his own way, to pray to the Power for strength.”
“I am the Lord, that is my name. I will not give my glory to another, not my praise to idols.” (Isaiah 42:8)
Christians in A.A. are in direct disobedience to the Word of God. A.A. itself has become an idol, and they will not leave.
Indeed, they are afraid to. Many years ago New Age publisher Ehud Sperling, quoted in Publisher’s Weekly, called A.A. “a sub trend of the New Age.” Alcoholics Anonymous is not a subset of the New Age, but an integral component.
Things are happening rapidly. Emergent, Contemplative, and 12 Step Spirituality will continue seep and blend into one another. When God’s people no longer rely on His Word, we end up with spiritual rebellion and deception.
The demons in A.A. whisper away, into the ears of believers and non-believers alike. They laugh with glee when a Christian credits the 12 Steps rather than the Lord; they howl with triumph when another hurting alcoholic is pointed away from Christ. By now they expect Christians to defend A.A. Many do just this.
There are no missionaries in A.A. There are few Christians testifying that Jesus is the only way to salvation. There are the demons, doing what darkness does, and doing it very well.
I think you have a great outlook on life.
Thank you for visiting! I love reading others' blogs and I will definitely cathc up on yours when I recover from my mall excursion. I figure an hour on the couch may do it.
Btw, I LOVE the pic with you and your son. So beautiful.
Glad that you are dealing with things. It sounds as if you are doing what you need to do.
Glad to hear you made it out sober after the night out. I'll admit I was a bit worried. Our group of friends are tough to stay sober around for me. I'm always afraid I'm missing somthing. Looks like your not missing a case of the Micky. I caught a dose of it too. I had to kick up my security and say two prayers for him and it was all better by morning. Call me and I'll tell you all about it.
Fish
sheeesh, i remember my first night out sober. scary and hilarious all at once. and then i think. i used to be one of those, faking it and pretending to be enjoying it. and i'm glad i'm not there any longer...
Fishstyx said...
Looks like your not missing a case of the Micky. I caught a dose of it too. I had to kick up my security and say two prayers for him..
Fishstyx,
Please enter here!
THE 12 STEPS DOWN TO HELL
12 Step recovery programs are a slow slide into the jaws of Satan. I was involved with the evil “satanic cult” [AA] for over 30 years but was saved through the POWER of JESUS CHRIST.
He directed me to a counsellor who was into “real” recovery, not the mind destroying, soul destroying, cult, which is AA. I have met two Steppers recently & I imagine they are completely devoid of any emotion or insight.
I feel pain because both these men are decent human beings but AA has destroyed their "brain structure" & they have no idea how to relate apart from expounding AA propaganda.
I imagine Hell to be a continuous flow of AA meetings without any light at the end of the tunnel because one is never REDEEMED. I beg you, to get out before it is too late.
How is one REDEEMED, when one is handing one’s power over to AA. The 12 Steps were written out of Wilson’s head, he certainly didn’t get his guidance from the Bible.
I imagine he was an agent of Satan & he & Smith’s “cult religion” has filled millions of 12 Steppers with their ANTI-CHRIST propaganda.
Step Three of AA is "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him." While many in the Oxford Group placed their faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, there was much leeway given.
Shoemaker, a leader of the Oxford Group, says, "The true meaning of faith is self-surrender to God." He further explains:
Surrender to whatever you know about Him, or believe must be the truth about Him. Surrender to Him, if necessary, in total ignorance of Him.
Far more important that you touch Him than that you understand Him at first. Put yourself in His hands. Whatever He is, as William James said, He is more ideal than we are. Make the leap. Give yourself to Him.
Aside from capitalizing the "H," which Christians do to refer to the God of the Bible, "Him" could refer to any god of one’s own making - BEDPAN.
Can you see what is happening to you? Ask JESUS to take control of your life, read the Bible & instead of 12 Step groups, go to Church. BURN your BIG BOOK or use it as TOILET PAPER.
Can you see the difference: With The 12 Steps, one is being CONTROLLED by SATAN, but with JOHN 3:16 one is offered ETERNAL SALVATION.
The “ball is in your court"?
Emmett Fox
James Allen
William James
Dr. Carl Jung
Emmet Fox
(1886-1951)
One of the most influential New Thought authors of the 20th Century
Statement of Being
God is all, both invisible and visible.
One Presence, One Mind, One Power is all.
This One that is all is Perfect Life,
Perfect Love, and Perfect Substance.
Man is the individualized expression of God
and is ever one with this Perfect Life,
Perfect Love, and Perfect Substance.
James Allen
(1864-1912)
Allen insists upon the power of the individual to form his own character and to create his own happiness. Thought and character are one, he says, and as character can only manifest and discover itself through environment and circumstance, the outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state. This does not mean that a man's circumstances at any given time are an indication of his entire character, but that those circumstances are so intimately connected with some vital thought element within him that, for the time being, they are indispensable to his development.
WILLIAM JAMES
William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher.
Epistemology
James defined true beliefs as those that prove useful to the believer. Truth, he said, is that which works in the way of belief. "True ideas lead us into useful verbal and conceptual quarters as well as directly up to useful sensible termini. They lead to consistency, stability and flowing human intercourse" but "all true processes must lead to the face of directly verifying sensible experiences somewhere," he wrote.[4]
During his Harvard years, James joined in philosophical discussions with Charles Peirce, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Chauncey Wright that evolved into a lively group known as the Metaphysical Club by the early 1870s. Louis Menand speculates that the Club provided a foundation for American intellectual thought for decades to come.
The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America is a Pulitzer Prize-winning 2001 book by Louis Menand, an American writer and legal scholar. The Metaphysical Club recounts the lives and intellectual work of the handful of thinkers primarily responsible for the philosophical concept of Pragmatism,
CARL JUNG
Jung was born in Kesswil, in the Swiss canton of Thurgau on July 26, 1875.
In 1938, he delivered the Terry Lectures, Psychology and Religion, at Yale University. It was at about this stage in his life that Jung visited India. His experience in India led him to become fascinated and deeply involved with Eastern philosophies and religions, helping him come up with key concepts of his ideology, including integrating spirituality into everyday life and appreciation of the unconscious.
Spirituality as a cure for alcoholism
Jung's influence can sometimes be found in more unexpected quarters. For example, Jung once treated an American patient - one Rowland H. - suffering from chronic alcoholism. After working with the patient for some time, and achieving no significant progress, Jung told the man that his alcoholic condition was near to hopeless, save only the possibility of a spiritual experience. Jung noted that occasionally such experiences had been known to reform alcoholics where all else had failed.
I imagine that Fox, Allen, James & Jung were emotional cripples who escaped into their heads because they were too terrified to face their DEMONS.
They ended up becoming agents for SATAN & one can see how the ultimate in SATANIC CULTS [AA] evolved, because of their DEMONIC beliefs.
Has anyone noticed anything in the ABOVE – JESUS CHRIST is not mentioned?
"Hey Bob"
BILL:]
Hey, hey BOB, I had a SPIRITUAL AWAKENING
Hey, hey BOB, my higher power, will always do
I've waited so long for BOOZE to be through
BOB, I can't wait to meet you
My love, my love
[BOB:]
Hey BILL, I've had a BRAINSTORM too
Hey, hey, hey BILL, I want to meet you too
If your PROGRAM is true, if you love AA, BILL!
The BIG BOOK will always be real
My love, my love
[BILL&BOB:]
AA means planning a life for two
Being together the whole day through
True SOBRIETY means waiting and hoping that soon
SATANISM will come true
My love, my love
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