The Real McCoy- Chris Raymer Soberiety Discussed

Chris Raymer got sober in AA, not a treatment center. He lived in Lewisville at the time and attended a meeting there when everything else had failed. In 1982 he sobered up for the last time , hehas been active on the AA speaker circuit ever since this time. He speaks of AA in terms that are realistic. He is a testament to how one can live and die externally and still make it sober. He is a one eyed jack of all trades with AA. He is amusing and excited when he talks. He believes to stay sober you have to help other alcoholics, period. Implement the 12 steps into the system of AA and help others with drug and alcohol problems all over the world is what this man succeed has became. he is from Ingram , Texas and has worked at La Hacienda Treatment Center in Hunt, Texas for well over ten years. every single day he delivers his message.

He explains that AA has changed or needs a change. He worked his steps on the 1st day of staying sober at an AA meeting in Lewisville, Texas. As he said, he was at his last straw when he went back to this AA group in Lewisville, Texas. He had heard the words before in AA , but inside he could not seem to grasp the AA style and there complaining of exterior problems of why these women and men drink.

Inside we hurt, the "Issue Man" is what he came up with after concluding what the issue with AA was. Keep coming back 90 meetings in 90 days or you will lose your sobriety. He does not believe that meetings keep us sober, God keeps us sober! Yes, God and implementation of the 12 steps. He does not believe in the "One day at a time" saying, he missed the whole concept of what AA was about. He did not really, he just modernized the theories that for 40 years have not been working in AA meetings.

Page 155 of the Big Book he exclaims that "Vision for you, and Dr. Bob , what did it mean to be alcoholic? Dr. Bob could not stop because he didn't know what it is to be alcoholic" This is the problem Chris goes on to say. We just don't understand how to be an alcoholic, and scare tactics from war stories about drinking and AA , there is no place for these. What do you do when you have the disease of alcoholism?People are dying to get the message of what they are? Confusion among people with drinking problem is a problem.

The power to stop drinking is God given. How to stop all together, " You just can't go to AA meetings and stop. You must have a spiritual belief. That is the only way. Non- spiritual people can they quit? Chris exclaims, that "The only people that can be sober have to be honest with yourself". Chris goes on to say" Find out if you really are an alcoholic, that is what the first 60 pages of the Big Book is all about"

Here are some statements about drinking and if you are a alcoholic.Physical allergy, the doctors say that the craving only takes place in people who cannot control drinking. If this is you then possibly you are an alcoholic. If you can drink one beer and say that's enough, then stop, your not an alcoholic.Pretty simple.. Then there are some of us that buy a case of beer and drink it all, then Yes, you are an alcoholic.

When your drink lots of beer you start gaining control, if your alcoholic, if your not alcoholic, then you do not drink lots of alcohol. You don't crave the feeling of the doping that alcohol produces in people that drink to much. A genetic disposition is what Chris R. thinks is the problem.

Yes, blame genetics and scientist and doctors are still trying to figure out how to make a cure for the alcoholic. Maybe one day you can drink just one drink and stop and forget about it. Then quite possible not." We drink for the effect it does to us" ease and comfort is why we drink, and we drink too much. Physical craving, and mental obsession. Mental peace is what we strive for as alcoholic. Pg 23 of the big book explains this. The "Just Say No" campaign does not work with the alcoholic. Nancy Reagan had high hopes but does not understand the alcoholic.

Will power , we have lost all power to overcome drinking. We needed a spiritual awakening to happen for us to stop. Praying to God is the only way to end this obsession. What a tall order, but it has been done by millions of drinkers, and is working today. Normal drinkers know when to stop, when they start feeling woozy they say , wait I can't drink anymore. The true heavy drinker wants to feel this woozy feeling and want it ten times more than you would expect. These are true signs of a drinking problem, fairly simple questions to ask ones self.

The real alcoholic, is uncontrollable, can stop for short periods of time. Then go back to heavuy drinking. Its an endless cycle, of stop and start. The controversial part Chris explains is the spiritual aspect to alcoholism.The spiritual malady is controversial because of the message to stay sober involves a belief in God. God is mentioned in the big book by Dr. Bob and all through the big book. God is the "Issue Man" in your soul or body. Therapy will not fix an alcoholic, you will learn about what causes you to drink, but you will go back and drink again.

Can you stop drinking, given sufficient reason?
That will be your answer.

Irritable, discontent, trouble in relationships, unhappiness, no sense of direction, if you have this , you may be alcoholic.AA is about carrying the message of hope, or it should be. AA has sometimes turned into a social outlet for exterior conditions that effect you. The inside of your thoughts can be controlled by working the 12 steps. There is no wrong way to work these steps and do not let someone destroy you or your plan to work the steps. Work with God and he will work with you.

Recover and you will have a different type of life. Action is required to accomplish sobriety. Get rid of the poor me syndrome, it will not work. Stop being a victim, the problem is we don't have enough people to carry this message. We have lost the true meaning of helping other alcoholics. Treatment centers are here to dry you out, then you have to make the decision to make good on how you will continue to stay sober. A dry drunk is one that craves drinking and cannot or will not accept a spiritual belief. True sobriety will take away the disease of wanting that first drink, and responsibility to get this to work.

I. Sobriety: The Spiritual Malady "issue man"

Sobriety is a noun for the intention of being “staid” or “solemn”. The very name of solemn is to express a calm and collective person or individual. Is there addiction to being rational or in a solemn condition? There is a lot of people that believe in the “Issue Man”. What is the “Issue Man"? The Issue Man is a spiritual malady that exist in each and every person on this planet. The discovery of the Issue Man is from Chris R. from Ingram, Texas. A sober man with a black patch over one eye with the knowledge of a professor. However, he is just a normal recovering alcoholic, drug abuser that helps people world wide by his speeches.

In growing up we all had different backgrounds to sustain our childhoods. Some of the experiences were unpleasant, and others were not. Staying abstinent from alcohol and drugs was not even on people’s minds growing through the years. We would see relatives come over for drinks with our families and see some that drank too much and actually paid no attention to this. When we grew up to see whats right and wrong, we started to see the effects drugs and alcohol did to individual’s that were close to us. We would laugh at them, and some of the drunks and drug abusers were frightening also.

As time went on, and some of us went to school we started to drink and smoke pot or had been doing it for years before we even were old enough to buy liquor. Sneaking around our folks and stealing a bottle of whatever to seduce our minds. Having fun with drinking or were we killing the pain inside ourselves was to some of us a daily way of living in our teens.

There is a man from Ingram, Texas called Chris R. and he developed the concept of the “Issue Man”. He believes that inside every human being is a little man called the “Issue Man”. As silly as this is drawn out by Chris, it is tremendously compelling to take note of how he describes this concept.

When a person drinks too much or takes too many drugs and is unable to control his or her intake. This is not the fault of the individual. Each human has a resistance level and chemical make up that is different to substances that we ingest into our bodies. Is alcoholism based on the fact that because some external power invades your inner peace, that one will drink? Yes,  and no, there is simple evidence that do show that siblings can adopt a genetic gene around that if related you could become an alcoholic or drug user because of your genetic makeup.  Yet, let’s back up to the “Issue Man” inside each of us and talk about the alcoholic.

The spiritual malady or Issue Man we like to call it, tells an alcoholic that when they become agitated, irritable, unpredictable and uncontrollable inside their bodies. Alcoholics can replace this emotional trouble by just taking a drink or two like most people do. The only problem is that a real alcoholic will go overboard and not just drink one or two drinks, yet inside thinking they can. It is a illness, that is unmanageable unless you have the tools of Alcoholics Anonymous and the spiritual guidance from God.

Most alcoholics describe the symptoms of why they drink. They blame the poor economy or that they lost money in a big deal with work. There are many excuses that an alcoholic will use. The problem is we listen to these excuses. How many times are you going to quit drinking and then come back with beer on your breath ? Until you die or get advice. Are treatment centers the answer, no. Do treatment centers help the alcoholic? Yes, they will always be there to take your hard earned money or insurance. The experience from a treatment center is what an alcoholic will remember, and till he or she dies. Sober or not sober, the facts are that this disease kills. There is no quick fix.

Which treatment center should I go to ? Betty Ford clinic is one answer, why not? To be quite honest with yourself, the best place to start is to admit you have a problem and know you can’t just quit on your own. Treatment centers will install in your brain ideas and sober you up long enough to find out that that wife of yours is not who  you thought she was. Your whole outlook on life will change whether you stay sober or not. The treatment centers that you pay money for will always be on your mind for what good they did for you and how you were when you were off the drug or drink. The next post on this blog will be more about Chris R. and the treatment centers in our American soil. There are those that are run by the salvation army that are exceptionally courteous and free. They are not pretty and can scare the devil out of you, but you will remain sober for a few weeks.

Best bet if you're trying to get sober today is to go to an AA

meeting in your neighborhood or somewhere close by. If you go drunk, that is fine. It might be better if someone else drives though. You will find help if you seek it. Free and paid help are available in every major city. AA is free, and some of the facilities offer a place to spend the night, to let you dry up. Keep reading this blog, and from personal knowledge, you will be able to at least have ideas on what your next move should be. Start today, and get help, not for anyone but yourself, or you will not make it. That is a guaranteed answer from experience. God Bless and the only reason I am writing this blog are to hopefully help those that need it. I have to give back what has been giving to me, or I will not make it another day myself. Email me at filmpro45@yahoo.com and put NEED HELP. I will respond to you.