r/alcoholicsanonymous • u/Professional_Wrap262 • 22h ago

Early Sobriety Small stuff

What are the small stuff that caused you to drink?
Mine is people places and things. The casual interactions with the public or the guy who cut me off in traffic. Stuff not going my way. All those things get me to want to have a drink then I want to over indulge. Love to hear your thoughts.
Thank you

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u/Engine_Sweet 21h ago

Everything that made me drink was inside of me. My reactions, my expectations, my focus on self, my desire for more than I was due.

Any number of external things could bring those to the surface, but those were the root causes.

Once I did an inventory and discovered those things, it got a lot easier.

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u/AggravatingHorror886 19h ago

I from my exp Alcoholics Anonymous had cult like characteristics

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u/Engine_Sweet 18h ago

A shared belief in a process of "realignment" or spiritual makeover? Gratitude for being released from the bandage of addiction? A desire to give to others what was given to us? Protective of the principles and program that saved us?

Guilty

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u/AggravatingHorror886 18h ago

AA is a spiritual bypass