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Originally Posted by sarahsweets
Volunteering and helping others will change that perspective. Because I am in AA I get that opportunity a lot. Whether its picking up someone from the rescue mission to take them to a meeting, the prison commitment I have, going to court with someone or just sponsoring. It is very hard to dwell on your own stuff when you are helping others. It is much easier to put your own pain into perspective when you are helping someone who has pain "worse" than yours.
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I gratefully used an AA model from a book for healing trauma. It was all that I had at the time and has helped a lot. I need something like your volunteer/peer engagement, but haven't found a good place to get involved. My family of origin problems were poverty and definitely not alcohol + I grew up in a wine-growing area so drinking wine is part of social sharing in my culture (usually new low alcohol and def not to get drunk). I've needed to find a peer to peer support: don't want to volunteer for a big NGO. Your recent posts about this remind me to keep looking.