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Signing Divorce Papers on Friday!
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We celebrating my daughter's 5th bday Sat at Chuck-E-Cheese. My AH and his mom & grandma went w/us. We had a good time there. And he was in an incredible mood. Smiling and laughing and of course getting too affectionate towards me AGAIN. Then I screwed up and asked him if he wanted to go w/me and t...
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Remembering Katrina
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(((((Family)))))), To those of you who were all affected by Hurricane Katrina, you are all in my thoughts and prayers. Hard to believe it's 2 years later. I have seen many of you be so strong, and you have taught me many things including courage and strength. I remember all of you and your families and...
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Where I'm at..
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For those of you who have been following along... I finally got the key to the new condo on Sunday morning and had about 3/4 of the stuff moved in Sunday night. Of course Monday was a nightmare with waking up late, getting the kids set at their first day of school, the kindergarten teacher forgot to put my...
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is this normal???????
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I am at my wits end right now. My AH has been attending sporadic AA meetings now for abour 4 months. (Precipitatated by my taking our son to my Moms for a couple of weeks, as I work nights, and found he was hiding and drinking while I was at work) This summer has been a rollercoaster of emotions..........mo...
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new rule is it going to hurt me?
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i was reading one of Melody Beatties books on the weekend which I can't find at the moment because my room is a wash with boxes and I can't find anything at all. I realised I needed a new rule Is it going to hurt me. Right now the A is playng victim and passive. He has no money and makes no effort to get any money....
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I found this site on debt collection laws to be very helpful!
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Post edited for content. Please contact originator by PM if you are interested in this particular site. -- Edited by canadianguy at 12:11, 2007-08-29
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Being a grownup Part II
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Hope you don't mind, Lou, I need to borrow your title, it really fits my topic. I'm coming to see I've always had a problem with being a grown up myself. Seven years ago last spring I met my A in southern California. I had been in therapy for two years at that point. The previous summer, my best girlfriend...
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selfishness
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I think this character defect of a's is one of the things I hate the most!! My a got is one year chip last Sat., and I am very thrilled for him, but man I just don't think that some of the character defects will ever go away!!! Last night was so frustrated with him! He has decided to start taking money out of...
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Opened a big can of worms
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Maybe I'm making more out of this than there is. It's like since I wrote that post on Saturday about "Being a grown up" I've been flooded and thrown for a loop. I *knew* my A was a jerk and self centered and probably narcissistic whether he used or not. Though it only once came to him laying ha...
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Obsessing on Controlling AH
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Dear all, For many months I had been obsessing about what I should do about avoiding an active A episode with my AH. I found myself thinking about it all the time rather than simply surrender. The solutions involved going to a hotel, locking the master bedroom, wearing earplugs in the bedroom, leav...
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renah
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Just alot going on. And alot to talk to y'all about
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When the urge struck me to annihilate the universities laptop that I was loaned in it's "loan a laptop" I thought "it might be good to check in with my MIP AFG. So, this weekend I was at a work shop . The theme was "the spiritual life is not a theory; we have to live it!." And it...
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Taking a break.
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A Hui Ho Miracles in Progress!! (see you later on)... It's time to take a break from the site and concentrate on the Face to Face family and meetings in my area and district. Honestly it's about working this program by it's principles which recently I have had just a bit of difficulty doing here. ( I kn...
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I made that step.....
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through those doors. I went to a meeting last week, actually 2 meetings. But if you want to get real technical, 3 meetings. I went on Wed, at 10am to the Beginner meeting & I stayed through the regular meeting which started at 11. I was so nervous, but I did it. And boy did I feel so much better....
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alanon is great
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i just have to thank God for alanon!! i am new to all of this and have only been to two meetings but i have read everything in the packets when i began and i had my husband pick me up the one day at a time in alanon book when he went to his last meeting. i wanted to go to the meeting for myself. that is the dilemma i ha...
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Codependency Pressures Affects All Aspects of My Life!
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I must have an invisible tatoo on my forehead which says "tell me your problems" or "let me solve all of your problems" or "World problem solver extraordinaire." What the hell is wrong with me? I am the matriarch of family and other family members think I have the an...
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Just when I think I'm doing good.
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I realize that I have always wanted to be the number one in my A's life. I now realize that that is completely unfair of me to expect that, but can't seem to wrap my mind around the fact that I am always going to take a back seat to his recovery program. I understand that this is necessary. So what is it about th...
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thanks for all the feedback
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i responded to my own topic so i wasnt sure if those of you who responded to my first post would get this. some one please let me know the proper way to respond to replies and i will do it the right way! thanks. anyway here is what i said{ well when i found all these responses today i have to tell you i just wante...
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Today has been a great day!!
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Don't you enjoy those days when everyone you come in contact with is friendly and helpful? When all works out to the good? Today has been one of those days. Started early this morning when I was doing some gardening in the front yard. Sister phoned. She has purchased the condo she wanted on South Pad...
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Relief that he's drunk? I must be crazy
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But relief is what I've been feeling since yesterday afternoon when I discovered that the reason why my A never showed up or called Saturday afternoon was because he did start drinking again. And,in all honesty,I had at one time often felt that way when he's disappeared. Angry but relieved. I t...
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jaja
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The other part of the story
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I re-connected with an old friend last month a couple of weeks before the tradgedy. His brother is one of my best friends so I have kept up with him thru the grapevine. I have heard about his run in's with the law, his experimentations with drugs and his stint in rehab and on probation. He called me one day t...
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plan a, b,c
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I'm still very much in the process of moving. I had to get a storage unit and will be moving stuff in there over the next few weeks. I feel incredibly lonely without the A;'s drama taking up center stage. I also feel very concerned for him and his legal issues.
I feel a complete fool for putting up with him...
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Once upon a Time ...
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I am a fortunate woman. Once upon a time...a girl was born who was the apple of her daddy's eye. She laughed a lot, she played a lot, her imagination always soared...and she absolutely loved life. Anything was possible then.. Time passed, as time does, and with it the girl discovered that not everyone w...
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how do you forgive?
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I haven't posted in a while but I have lurked. I must admit that I split my time between this site and another that deals with emotional manipulation/abuse. The good news is that for the most part, the rules are the same for both A and EA...Detach and Take care of yourself. I am trying to let go of resent...
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lil_pieces
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I know this program works!
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((((((((Family))))))), My program was put to the test yesterday when I came home. Without going into too much details, lets just say there was a hiccup in recovery. I thought something might be going on, but I wasn't sure. Well AH told me very calmy with tears in his eyes. He was so ashamed. The old m...
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Karilynn
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consequences...
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Hi all, I am reeling again from the counseling session that my AsoberH and I had last week. He just sits there with this calm expression on his face, knowing he has been lying to me (and to the law, for that matter), saying to the therapist how he is just this adolescent alcoholic (AA speak) and that cause...
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lies, lies, lies
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I have tried and tried to believe in my AH, but he just seems incapable of telling the truth. I am so tired at this point of dealing with him that last night I finally told him to just leave me alone. I don't want discuss anything right now except necessary business stuff. I am looking into finding some work...
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Jen
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Where's the logic?
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My partner A is forever needing tools. Granted he is working hard on restoring our historic house, and is doing a fine job. I am talking about expensive tools, not hammers and screw drivers, but joiners, routers, table saws, reciprocating saws, some huge round thing that cuts angles...the list goes...
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Diva
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Hey Marisie?
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Are you busy moving? Hope you can pace yourself some. Please sit down every once in awhile. I mean it. We have to. Hope you and the critters are enjoying each other. I can't tell you how proud I am of you for hanging in there and taking responsibility for your animal family. I know from experience, sometim...
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showing up
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Hi, Okay, now where to go from here. Seems to be a problem i have. Never knowing where to start or what to say. i have been, as has been said, "lurking" around here for a long time. Not very new to Alanon, but all the same it stll feels very new to me. Maybe some basics to start off with. Grew up in...
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binohio
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something or nothing
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I don't want to keep singing the same song so decided to ask if I am mixed up again. It is so hard to keep your mind straight. I am doing so much better not reacting or not trying to fix other family members dilemas so everything is controlled by me. I am working hard at having no expectations except I thou...
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ddub
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Help. I've fallen and can't get up!
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Obsessing. I think that's the word for what I'm doing again. Since last night. I didn't get much sleep because of it. My A has been on my mind constantly no matter what I do to occupy myself. Things have been going well a whole month and a half. My daughter has been home from college and my grandaughter...
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jaja
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I trusted again, and again it was turned on me
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Iv'e been going to f2f meetings 2 to 3 times a week. I think this week I'm going to need to up them. My short story version: We have been married 17years, and together 24years. My AH has obstained from alcohol use for 8 month now after 3 detox attempts in 2.5 years. He still is smoking pot. He still attends a...
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pabell
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recovering alcoholic/addict husband
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I am newly married (2 years) and my husband has been sober for over 20 years. My problem is that he does not know how to show affection. He has a brick wall up and I don't know how to break it down. He is very rigid, everything is either black or white, and has even told me that he has no problems talking with...
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october
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Alcoholic, abusive husband
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I have not posted here in a very long time. I married my husband Dec 30 2006. Soon after our marriage he became increasingly abusive to the point of physical abuse when he was drunk. He was always somewaht emotionally abusive, in the form of jealousy, possessiveness, but when drinking it was much worse...
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verenda
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The chair...finale...
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I decided to go back to Home Depot and get the chair. Should have bought it yesterday, but that opportunity passed. It was $34.00 yesterday. Remember that. Today when I decided to go, A partner offered to go with me in case I needed help getting the thing in the back of the car. I said, "OK,&quo...
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Diva
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What is serenity?
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Is it this feeling that I have that no matter what happens everything is going to be ok?
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carolinagirl
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Qualifier?
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As I read I am not always aware of the vocabulary in Alanon as I am relatively new...my question for the day .....what is meant by calling our A's our qualifier?
If that was the only question I actually had what an easy day this would be....I have so many....like why can't I sleep? Why does this feel like...
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Fifi
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I just kept praying for strength until........
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I GOT IT!!!!!! I am sitting at my desk with a headache and feeling very weepy at the moment. Here is why: I have a 1 bedroom apartment attached to my home that is in the suburbs. Since December a friend of mine, who left her husband, was living there. Things have started to settle down for her and now she is bu...
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Gailey
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DWI Question?
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Hello All, AH got DWI and had his license revoked. Is our car insurance still valid since his license is revoked? I just thought of this today. He is the primary insurance holder and all cars are registered to him. (I am in NY). He was arrained, not tried yet. Any experieces out there, please share. Thank...
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evey
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prioritizing?
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Help....I am so overwhelmed by my life.....it is just me....no A anymore (other than the shell shock I feel in the aftermath of him which is very real and present). BUt I try and work at 3 different locations...long hard days...then come home to take care of two kids...the house is a mess, lawn unmowed,...
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Fifi
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Being a grown-up...
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I met my AHsober when I was 17, and we've just passed our 18 yr anniversary. When we first got married, I supported us while he was in grad school and then he became the breadwinner of the family while I stayed home with the kids. I continued the role of money-manager, mainly because we just never change...
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the pain of surgery has its blessings
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Hi Alanoners. Thank you all for your support. Here and cyber space adn at face to face and all my friends and coworkers. walked into surgery with my support system in place. sa w my A lasat week and he ignored me and didn't ask about my upcoming surgery. didnt worry about it said a prayer but during the surg...
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I think I am losing it.
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This is my first post and really, my first visit to this particular site. I googled in desperation and this is where I landed. I hope you don't mind me dropping in to scream a little. I just broke up with my alcoholic signifigant other last saturday. (the 18th of Aug.) I have heard nothing from him and...
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I'm finally here!
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Hello everyone! I finally got registered after 3 days of reading everyone's posts. I am so glad to be here. It's so comforting knowing I'm not alone and there are other people dealing with what I am too. I finally feel like I'm headed in the right direction. Ready for my book?! I am living with my AH...
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Lost & Alone
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I have been feeling lost and alone for a long time now. Maybe it has only been like this for 3 years, as long as I have been with her, but it feels like lifetimes when you are consumed every second of every moment with the A & the alcohol. The drinking wasn't always this bad & there was a time tha...
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Alethea
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One day, one thing at a time...
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Well, I have done a little bit of reading on co-dependency, funny that I have heard the term, have known all along that I was enabling but I avoided any literature or conversations that dealt with the subject. I think that I was not just afraid but certain that I would find myself within the words and the...
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Toni
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My computer is crashed
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Hi there all I am on my neighbor's computer and my computer has to be wiped clean so I am not sure when I will have it up and running so Intill I am seen I will need some one to cover my Monday night chair. I hope it will not take to long plus I will have to set up micro. Thanks so much Joanie
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step back, step forward two
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I'm a bit lonely & sad as my college kids started to move out today - a normal emotion and happy for them. The family dynamics change as members come & go...... It's even more pronounced in an A family as they are some of the only ones who really knows what goes on at home. My eldest two seem mor...
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Thankful for this sounding board
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I found AlAnon & this board in April & try to read your stories & comments daily. I also go to f2f meetings twice a week & all have helped so much in bringing some peace & solice into my life. I believe many of our stories are different but the pain in our hearts & souls is the same. M...
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Not doing too good working my program
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I am having a hard time following through with the alanon program. I have not been to a f2f meeting in over a month and honestly I did not feel like I was getting much from the meeting I was going to. The group that I was going to focuses on the 12 steps and it seems everyone there has been doing this for som...
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One year today since my Amber passed away
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I don't even know what to write. I just wanted for someone to remember her with me :( Her mother didn't have a funeral for her and sent me a copied paper saying she brought her daughter home in a beautiful bronze box. Sorry but that didn't say "good-bye" to me. It was selfish on her part. She said...
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No threats allowed!
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"...Until you get it together, I am no longer paying for your perscriptions. And if you keep acting like a butt, I'm gonna cut you off my health insurance." So, this was the message on my machine last night. It couldn't have come at a better time, because I had just woken up from heavy sedati...
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Tiger2006
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I've had it
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I came home last night from work and my AH was so drunk he could barely stand up or talk. We had a few weeks ago reached a compromise where he said he would only drink on the week ends. His drinking has gotten really out of control for the past two years and he is always promising to quit. The longest this ha...
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Chetch
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Murdered Dog/Forgiveness Issues
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Two months ago, my mom's schnauzer died rapidly from cancer at only 8. He was my favorite dog of hers, a true care-taker, never wanting to fight but only keep peace. Still greiving from this, last Sunday... it had to be 105* in Houston. The A was cleaning out the big truck, closed the doors & wen...
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kitty
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Isn't it nice when
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Everything falls together instead of everything falling apart? I just found out I am getting reimbursed almost $300 from work for one of the classes I took plus the book and calculator I had to buy for it. I also filed a claim on my medical for a series of shots $120 each, and got back a letter requesting...
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carolinagirl
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my recovering alcoholic and patience
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omg i am so happy to finally be able to tell someone how i feel. i am ready to explode. this might be a long post bit i will try and keep it simple. i have been with my guy since 2000 or 2001 i cant remember at the moment and it doesnt matter. he has always had a problem i guess but just over the past year or more, it...
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frazzled
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Letter to the A burn or send?
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August 22, 2007 Stupid (replaced name...) Its been a year now that we have been separated and living apart. I am moving on with my life and apparently from you letter you are just standing still or running in circles. It amazes me that you think that I owe you something. You had places to stay, great jo...
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carolinagirl
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4 days in to no contact.
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Last weekend I had a huge row with the A because he told he was not going to help me to move. That was after he asked me to foot a huge bill to help him move immediately. I did not say no to that just asked him to think it through.
The A is well aware I have been ill lately and my stamina is down. He doesn't care.
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maresie2
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phase four of move
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I got everything moved last night. I am worn out. Now everything is a huge mess, boxes everywhere and I am camped out for a day or so. I have to go back tonight and clean up the old place and hand over the keys. That'll really be it for the night. Then tomorrow I can begin the task of organixing and reorganizin...
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maresie2
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cranky
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I haven't even gotten out of bed yet. I am still going over what happened the other day with all the text messages, the I miss you's, the I need to see you's. And then yesterday he called and left me a voice mail saying that he recieved the letter from the mediation people telling him that I was unwilling to d...
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serendipity
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