Emergency Preparedness – Its Theme Day!
March 1, 2007 by Mark
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
And it’s March 1st! And its Third Step month! Third Tradition Month. What else? Third Concept Month (meaning I’ll have to get you the Second Concept first not third or second 8O).
Let’s see – what thoughts do I have about emergency preparedness for you alkies out there? Consider the newcomer first -
Hmmm – what do I do about going to my first wedding and reception?
Phone numbers! Take your phone numbers! Fill your pocket with quarters! Oh, yeah, we have cell phones today… forgot. If you’re in another town, city, state or out of your ordinary “comfort” zone find the phone number of the hotline before you go to the wedding/reception.
Get your own drinks. Don’t send someone to the bar for a coke for you, get it yourself. My first reception my wife got us our drinks and came back with two rum and cokes. Thankfully, I gave my drink the sniff test and asked her to take a sip first. That’s another thought – ask someone like your spouse to take a sip for you.
Bring your own car – have a way out! Don’t get caught riding with someone else in their car. You might find yourself desperate to leave and not be able to leave.
Go late, leave early.
Call your sponsor in the morning before the wedding. Make arrangements to speak with your sponsor during or after the wedding again. Communicate with your support group.
Develop a support group. Have a sponsor.
Practice using the 500 lb. telephone ahead of time – you know the one, its that one that is waaaaaaaay tooooooo heavy for you to pick up when your life is on the line. Talk to your sponsor or support group with regularity now, before your first wedding arrives.
Other thoughts…
Related to everyday living sober;
“Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order.”
Make sure your own house is in order.
“But obviously you cannot transmit something you haven’t got.”
Get it.
“See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others.”
Maintain your spiritual connection and spiritual health.
“Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us.”
Folks, if you can add others, please do…
You’ll actually realize that everyone doesn’t get s*itfaced at weddings. You only thought they did because you were too drunk to notice in the middle of the dance floor. (well, at least I was)
And you’ll stop thinking of every wedding as, “Great, an open bar! Party!” (didn’t you used to love receptions?) and start to focus on the real meaning of the event.
Absolutely right on Jen…
Believe it or not we just got an invite to a wedding and all I thought of was hey a grown up night with my wife ,and I’m sure there will be a few people there to keep it green for me .I ve been to several weddings in sobriety an there s always been one or more “normal” drinkers to keep me grateful.
BTW the Irishmen is in there gray bar hotel picked up yesterday , maybe i;ll go to a meeting at the river head complex ?lol
Coincidence eh? Once again – I think not lol…
What do you mean by the Irishmen comment – you lost me a bit.
Matt Talbout gets a statue at the “OUR LADY OF THE ISLAND shrine ” with steps being represented in one word for each step/ Thanks Farther Roy