Sentences with phrase «stayed sober»
«He stayed sober for 33 years until he died of a sudden heart attack in 2002,» Croft says.
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Being a Brit, I didn't know anybody at eighteen who stayed sober at a party.
Seek out the people in AA who have successfully stayed sober for some time Try to put into practice the AA program of recovery.
I stayed sober, but it's a hell of a way to stay happy.
He cleaned up and has stayed sober all on his own.
Many people who are atheist or agnostic have gotten sober and stayed sober by replacing the bottle they worshiped with a philosophy (AA is a philosophy, by the by, a way of looking at Life and Being), with the wisdom of the group or even of humanity in general, with whatever works for them.
The first group did in fact have its share of alcoholics who wandered by; but the «real» alcoholics who «really tried» (as Bill Wilson described them) were a sturdy band of «last gasp» alcoholics who had stayed sober for about two years since A.A.'s founding days of 1935.
If he stayed sober, so would they.
It seems probable that many of those who gained temporary sobriety through Emmanuel therapy stayed sober for an extended period.
He stayed sober, and gradually his ideas began to change.»
AA waqs helpful for me the first couple years and then I stopped the meetings and have stayed sober since 98.
«Knowing that you're going to go to the AA meeting tomorrow sort of inspires one to stay sober today.»
The 25 - year - old star recently opened up to INSIDER about how she copes with the urge to drink and the pressure to stay sober in the public eye.
An alcoholic in AA uses the power of the groups experience, strength, and hope in getting sober and staying sober.
While managing to stay sober for the large part of his career, he relapsed in 2012.
Found this all over the place in Alcoholics Anonymous, leaving AA as well while staying sober.
That is her journey this part I cite comes from step two perhaps someday she will be able to get to step 3 or at least stay sober trying:)
Only as we strive to help you, can A.A. continue or any of us stay sober.
Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety.»
The more people you know, the better time you'll have and the easier to stay sober.
They're more of the tools that Alt gives us to use, if we want to, in staying sober.
We discover that it pays not to forget that staying sober is always our first problem; other problems can be solved gradually, but only if we maintain our sobriety.
Even if such a person stays sober, other symptoms are likely to appear.
He explained to Dr. Bob how much he needed him if he was to stay sober.
People need help to quit drinking and stay sober... but this humble and serve junk sounds like religion anyway.
For those people claiming AA has a 10 % success rate are misguided... AA is available for those WHO WANT TO STAY SOBER.
It does seem to increase the success rate for those who were the most determined to stay sober prior to beginning the program but those who were less determined are actually better off seeking help elsewhere as the tend to fail more often when they attend AA than if they did nothing, and their suicide rates go up.
We're all here because this is the best way we know of helping ourselves stay sober.
Studies show that it doesn't really increase one's chance of staying sober over any other program.
AA recognizes that there must be a reorientation of the personality if the person is to stay sober.
Keep coming back, Glad the hundreds of recovered alcoholics I personally interacted with over the past 19 years have some how manged to stay sober through this program that doesn't work LOL
It has the same overall success rate as attempting to stay sober on one's own.
They explain that anybody can stay sober for twenty - four hours if that person really wants to.
Our primary purpose in AA is to stay sober and help other alcoholics who want to get sober.
Further, it did not capitalize fully on the recognition that helping other alcoholics helps the alcoholic patient to stay sober himself.
Part of how we stay sober and less self - centered is by giving away to others what we've so freely received.
Contrary to popular belief, most alcoholics don't stay sober by continually resisting the temptation to drink.
That can be anything from a religious God, to just a belief in the program of AA to help you stay sober because you can't do it alone, obviously.
The reality is that few if any addicts will stay sober without a follow up program of recovery.
If you dedicate everything you have to staying sober, you can do it.
If we could all stay sober, we wouldn't be here.
I'm proud to say this because I'm active in AA working a program and I know it's by the Grace of God or a Higher Power that this program exists and that even these athiests can stay sober (thanks to AA and the 12 steps).
, the best that they could come up with was a FIVE PER CENT «success» rate (i.e. of the AA attendee actually staying sober after 1 year!).
As a sober member for 24 years, I celebrate her success in staying sober and being a useful and participating member of the human race.
What is important is that she participates in this connectedness and stays sober as a result.
Congratulations on being and staying sober!
I go to the meetings and I pray because it inspires me to be a better person and stay sober.
that staying sober is the most important thing.
While that may be a useful crutch for some for awhile, it still does perpetuate the ongoing... «ya» can't get and stay sober, unless you go to meetings / work the steps, etc...»
For alcoholics who have tried and failed time after time to stay sober by themselves, for alcoholics who have tried and failed after using any one of innumerable techniques, that which finally does keep one sober becomes «God» (Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham, The Spirituality of Imperfection: Modern Wisdom from Classic Stories [New York: Bantam Books, 1992], p. 208; bold face added).