Yes, I Trash Can
My life is 4 trash cans with 3 lids—some garbage is always coming out somewhere.
i related on a deep level to this concept a woman shared in the rooms. It reminded me of before AA, when i tried to “sponsor myself”, to quit on my own. i’d be able to quit drinking but there was always another addiction that arose and screwed me over.
Fortunately, Recovery is helping me keep a lid on my troubles. Even when some of the garbage inevitably spills out, the quantity is smaller and the mess is a little less.
Posted on October 6, 2011, in Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcoholism, Lessons in Recovery, Recovery and tagged AA, Alcohol Recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous, alcoholism, Recovery, What i learned in AA. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
How ’bout just take out the trash? (lol) I get the 4 cans 3 lids concept, and it’s very true — a bit like that “squeezing the balloon” metaphor, too. But really — what about letting the air out of the balloon or just taking out the trash? Possible?
It kind of seems like in my own process I have just had to get in there, do the dirty work, go through the cans, and toss out what is not salvageable. I mean, yeah, there’s always something; I don’t think I can ever get myself 100% clean and organized. But I have taken a lot of the core issues and they have been transformed, usually by the hard work of getting in there and examining the issues, where they come from, and how I can re-frame them.
Messy stuff.
(‘Course, I kinda think we’re talking two different things here, maybe… I might have mixed up the metaphor a little. I was thinking of the trash as the core issues that need to be addressed — not so much the symptoms/addictions themselves.)
Hi babe,
What can i say? i’m trying to do my best…
Keep coming back,
Al K Hall