K4D Rising #4

[K4D]

VD,

I am aware of that verse also. But how else was God going to populate the world in a spiritually acceptable way other than M. But ok. Thats cool. It does say that to.

25,

I was fully expecting to get blasted when I answered those questions. More speculation on my part. I did go to 2 C visits and I guess I assumed that I didn't need AA after going to that meeting since alcohol is no longer an issue for me.

As far as Catholic goes, you couldn't be more wrong. I did not go there because of my W detesting it. I actually grew up with my mom being church of christ and my dad being a traditional catholic. You can imagine the disagreements that occured because of that while growing up. My sister is catholic. Her husband is catholic. Her husbands sister is catholic. My dad's favorite saints are St. Jerome and Padre Pio I believe was his name. I have had many catholic discussions for years with my dad and my sister and her husband and his sister. But I always blew it off. I finally started looking at what they were saying some time back and the more I looked at it the more they were starting to convince me that there really is truth to it. They were able to explain their love of the faith and where they were getting it from. I had just rejected it for so many years because of my mom taking us to Church of Christ churches. Since my W left, they have all been talking to me more and showing me more and I have been agreeing with what they have been showing me. I started going to a traditional latin mass while in Florida with my dad. I asked many questions about it. I still have much to learn.

So no, I didn't just pick the catholic church out of the blue. And it had nothing to do with my W. It has been around me all my life. I just finally decided to start paying attention to what the rest of my family was saying about it when I felt like I had no where else to turn.

I didn't say the people in AA were losers. I said they were screwed up in the meeting that I was at and yes, I felt uncomfortable there. I thought wow, if this is what these meetings are like, I'm not sure. And yes, I had much more reason to be thankful for my situation after walking out of that meeting.

I'm not above those people or better than them. I guess I just felt like somehow they were different and different circumstances than me. It was AA for alcohol and drug users.

I did not mean to offend anyone, I just fully expected to get hammered left and right once I answered. Saying that I am comfortable with my stance is simply saying that I like the direction things are going with the exception of my W not being with me. Everything else is going better.

When I said yall say what you will, it was really me just getting prepared to get totally slammed.

Kevin