I need a note book

[918gma]

Have you ever been meditating or just zoning out while your doing some thing else, and some thing hits you like a bolt of lighting. Suddenly some thing you've been strugling with just falls into place. Your not in a place where you can write it down, and by the time you are you have lost it again.

Is this normal. Do other people do this or is it a unique insanity I share with myself

Help me out people, am I crazy or what. Is this part of the disease or the cure that just isn't sticking.

[Dallas]

I can assure you that you're not that unique. And, that it has nothing to do with being an sober alcoholic. I'd be surprised if you found one person who didn't identify.

I do carry a notebook, and when I don't have a notebook, I never travel far without pen and paper.

Year's ago, my sponsor had me start doing a daily "To Do List". That helped a lot because I would jot notes on the back of my "To Do" list.

Finally, I discovered that a "To Do List" for me, is part of my daily 10th & 11th Step. It's hard to think about my plans for the day... if I don't have any. And, for me, if I don't have it written down... I can't really refer to it as my official "Daily Plan."

Thanks for sharing and for the topic!!!

Dallas

[openminded]

I know EXACTLY the feeling. I guess i go a little overboard with the notebooks. I have....ALOT of different ones. I try to combined them all as often as possible though.

I'm glad to have read both of these replies for 2 reasons. 1) I know i'm not insane....I mean, unique. I always seem to have my God Spots, or my moments of clarity, whenever i DON'T have a pen or paper. And of course the alcoholic in me thinks, "Am i doing something wrong? Should i be trying harder?????????" Like Dallas, i usually have something to write with near me, and even if it's just a napkin, i write down whatever i need to to remember what i want to add to my notebooks, and then i go home and add them to the appropriate notebook. Haha did i mention i'm OCD too? Haha. The 2) reason is because i get so obsessive about having "To Do" lists and i'm really excited that other alcoholics (recoveing) do that too.

Love,
Openminded

[Tim]

I started carrying a note pad and writing instrument around with me to meetings from the beginning of my sobriety. I find it helpful to jot down something that someone said that I want to chew on later, or a well-turned phrase that strikes me as something to remember. I write these down later in a big notebook that I keep.

I also jot down things I read in the AA Grapevine magazine. It helps me to write down what I read to remember it more solidly. Then I go back over my notes, sometimes years later, and it refreshes my memory or provides fresh insights that I didn't have earlier.

Writing for me is very useful to grow in sobriety. I often think better on paper.

Tim

[crickit]

Now there is something I can really relate to but even in AA people think I'm funny. I have little notepads everywhere. In my purse, in the car, by the phone, in the kitchen, by the computor. I have a very bad memory and when someone says something I want to remember, I write it down. I have slogans pinned up all over my house. What ever it takes to convince myself I'm on the right track

BB
Crickit