Re: How to handle 'Uncle Al' aka "Alan Schwartz" <uncleal0@ix.netcom.com>

From: Heber (jonathanlokos_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: 29 Jul 2004 22:24:34 -0000

In article <10gitcctp1l924f@corp.supernews.com>
Tom McDonald <tmcdonald2672@nohormelcharter.net> wrote:
>
> Dr_Postman wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 08:41:32 -0700, House Widdershins
> > <sinistre@liripipe.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>X-No-Archive:Yes
> >>On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:35:30 GMT, Dr_Postman <Looky@mysig.foremail>
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 06:14:56 GMT, usenet@mantra.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj)
> >>>wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>In article <sthgg05sp7p2dma51dtc1afaspo94g2kr2@4ax.com>,
> >>>>jamie eckles (aka dr.postman) <jamieemps@mindspring.com>
> >>>> Look@mysig.foremail posted:
> >>>>
> >>>>>[...]
> >>>>
> >>>>Why did you drop out of your recovery in Narcotics Anonymous?
> >>>>Go back to alt.recovery.na where you can actualy help yourself.
> >>>
> >>>You have no clue about arna. It's a flame group, you moron.
> >>>Come visit my home group this September and watch me
> >>>celebrate 17 years. You see, I'm not the slightest bit
> >>>embarrassed about being a member of NA. This attempt
> >>>to mess with me backfired on you, dumbass. Just 6
> >>>days ago someone brought up na.org and I responded
> >>>about my recovery. So your skills at looking up people
> >>>on the net suck pretty hard.
> >>
> >>Wow! Seventeen years. You go, Postman. You rock!
> >>
> >
> >
> > Just a day at a time deal. I'll celebrate at Positive Image
> > Group on the 4th Saturday of September with the other folks
> > who are celebrating that month. Anyone in the neighborhood
> > of Memphis are welcome to drop by at 1399 Airways. We put
> > on a pretty good pot luck for our birthday night.
>
> Doc P,
>
> I wish you well. Hope the party is a great time for you.
>
> I took a little different route. After a one-month outpatient
> program, I spent the next year going to frequent AA meetings
> (several per week); followed by about a year of once-a-week
> meetings; and then a couple of years of check-up meetings.
> After that, I've found no need for me to attend meetings,
> although it is a comfort to know they're their if I need them.
>
> After I got sober, I went to grad school to get a master's
> degree in AODA therapy, with an emphasis on family therapy. I
> worked for about 6 years in that field before becoming disabled,
> and have referred many people to AA/NA/etcA.
>
> My view is that folks get in trouble with chemicals in many
> ways, and while not every person will respond to one specific
> recovery method, everyone has at least one recovery method that
> will work for them. My education equipped me to help folks find
> their best way back to life. I found it was very liberating for
> clients that they weren't in a win or lose, make or break
> situation. If the first thing they decided to try didn't work,
> we would analyse what they learned from the experience, and made
> a plan to try another way.
>
> Sorry for the long version, but I wanted to second your
> statement that NA, and AA, don't claim that their way is the
> only way (although some professionals, and a few folks in the
> programs, do say that). The point is to present a situation for
> the sufferer whereby there is always hope, always something new
> to try.
>
> BTW, I've been clean and sober for about 18 or 19 years (I
> don't keep track any more). I had one, one-day relapse that was
> the best thing that could have happened to me. The relapse made
> it crystal clear that holding on to the idea that 'if things get
> bad enough, I can always go back to drinking to numb myself' was
> pretty silly, and entirely false.
>

Yawn.

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