My Story

Thank you for sharing. I am a recovering alcoholic sober since 2006. I am with you. I believe in meeting and online support areas such as this site and a few others. It lets me vent and it lets me help. I have definitely gone through periods of anger since my sobriety. for me they would come in waves and I was always trying to pinpoint what the origin was. Maybe it was my stress and not wanting to drink to deal with that stress so I would get resentful and angry. Has this something that has been happening often?

I really enjoyed reaching each post. Thank you. I had 20 yrs, relapsed for 4, now 26 days. I will have to start over. now in my 50s, moving to a rural area where meetings are few. I know that I cannot do it alone.

Thank you for your post. I've been in AA sober since 2005, but this issue brought a lot of thought. Keep posting.

Wow lots of sobriety on this page.Hello my name is wayne and I am a Alcoholic in recovery,I ve been in recovery since march 2005.I went to rehab in the hills of penn,Some of the guys I went through the program with now work there.I seen one of them this past summer he asked me still walking around with that chip on your shoulder.I said what the hell you talking about? He said you used to get pretty pissed off at meetings.And anything that had to do with the rehab,any changes I guess but any ways.I guess I did have alot of anger,hell I was mad at everyone and myself at that time in my life.I don't have that anger any more,Well I do have that anger in me and there has been times it kinda creeps out.But I beleave most of my anger was fear.Fear of change fear of living a world with out alcohol in it.Fear of my purpose here on earth.Any ways I think I turned that fear into anger.After all that way, I didn't have to deal with it and me being angery,kept others from confronting me..There for I didn't have to deal with it at that time.But even in my drinking days I was a hot head would fight in the drop of a hat.So I guess I can say anger got me drunk got me jail time.My famliy would have get togethers but wouldn't tell me.Because I would get drunk and tear everything up.Don't get me wrong I still get mad enough to go off,But over the last 7 years I can now see this anger start to build up and can stop myself.I just think about what I ve struggled with all mylife acceptance page 417 the big book.I can think about that and I become able to handle anything you put out there.My father has been sober some 35 years and he is still the same very angry.Thats why I alwayes say getting sober is hard but cleaning that inside up is the real work.God Bless friend.I hope this might help my giving you some insight on someone elses problem maybe you'll be able to get a grip on it.Keep posting we all can help each other overcome our common problems thanks for sharing{Keeping the Faith}