What bottom...
There is alot of talk about bottoms in AA, where it is who hit it, who bounced off of it and continued the slide. All of these seem to do a great disservice to the new comer. There is but one bottom, Death and most of us only get to taste it once, save the select few who have been there and done that.
When we engage in such trivial chatter in meetings the tendency is to proceed into a strange form of brinkmanship, where in we get closer and closer to the edge. The end result of this is a new comer who feels as though there is much more sliding to be done before they crash land in our fellowship.
But...
They are already here, there is no need to continue out there with the countless vain attempts. I view this as a recovery elevator, every so often as you plummet down the shaft you come to a screeching halt as the door dings and opens allowing you to exit if you wish. Some call this a moment of clarity, that brief flash where you see your life for what it is and not what you want it to be. Perhaps better even still, this is the God's Grace and Mercy saving us from ourselves, whatever the case may be it is up to us to get off, allow the doors to close behind us and continue on stairs back up...
There is alot of talk about bottoms in AA, where it is who hit it, who bounced off of it and continued the slide. All of these seem to do a great disservice to the new comer. There is but one bottom, Death and most of us only get to taste it once, save the select few who have been there and done that.
When we engage in such trivial chatter in meetings the tendency is to proceed into a strange form of brinkmanship, where in we get closer and closer to the edge. The end result of this is a new comer who feels as though there is much more sliding to be done before they crash land in our fellowship.
But...
They are already here, there is no need to continue out there with the countless vain attempts. I view this as a recovery elevator, every so often as you plummet down the shaft you come to a screeching halt as the door dings and opens allowing you to exit if you wish. Some call this a moment of clarity, that brief flash where you see your life for what it is and not what you want it to be. Perhaps better even still, this is the God's Grace and Mercy saving us from ourselves, whatever the case may be it is up to us to get off, allow the doors to close behind us and continue on stairs back up...
"the express elevator to sobriety is broken. Please use the steps!" :) r.i.p. Katie H.
ReplyDeletePut the damn shovel down quit diggin....thats ur bottom....Remember u can always pick it back up and keep goin deeper... this bottom talk is treatment center bullshyt!!! who what where is my bottom is up to me...if im still breathing i can keep fallin..First off we had to quit playing God...Please Please Please i beg of you leave these "treatment center one liners"on the bed u detoxed on...if its not in the 164 dont say it..if bill and bob didnt write it i dont want to hear it..the only opinion i want and need is the Doctor's /rant
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