The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see? (Lewis Caroll)
Very cute Beatrice, good to see you back. Reading this clever poem I must admit I recognized myself in parts of it.:) Thought about the solution and then reached for the slogans in a poem that I took home.
First Things First - I have heard it said - Be Honest With yourself, - get out of your head - You can Feel Good -About Saying "No" - Keep Coming Back to - Talk And Grow - Easy Does It - sounds real nice - If you Keep It Simple - you don't roll the dice - Live And Let Live - Brings it back to you - They're in recovery, - you are, too - What's to Be will Be - So, Let Go & Let God - Just wait and see - That one Day At A Time - Is more than a phrase - In Al-Anon, - it's the phrase that pays - Think! Listen And Learn - or watch bridges burn - Keep An Open Mind, - Now it's your turn - Is your serenity worth it - Just, Fake It 'Till You Make It! - I am pretty sure, You can - Cause, How - important is it? - In time, you will understand - It's true, we're all different, - But, together we can make it - If you feel that you can't, - Then, once again, fake it - When you let it begin with me - The fog will raise, - the sun will shine - Your eyes will see - Slogans are there - For you to use - Say one every day - So you don't sing the blues - It works when you work it - We say and it's true - We're all here to help - But your recovery is up to you.
Too funny and I see parts of me in both poems! I'll consider that to be acceptance of who I am as I am right now in this moment!
Thanks to both for sharing....MIP is awesome!
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Practice the PAUSE...Pause before judging. Pause before assuming. Pause before accusing. Pause whenever you are about to react harshly and you will avoid doing and saying things you will later regret. ~~~~ Lori Deschene
Thank you B! Nice post. Very simple, yet very powerful. I can relate, reading it I felt humor and pain. I'm grateful today that I know what the problem and solution is. Today, I'm trying to set the environment for God to change that person I never knew- ME.
It was all me before Alanon...nice to see I have made some progress, Lets see who has the courage to respond and admit they are are a co dependent. Thank all of you
You are an inspiration to many for posting this. I have shared it with someone who's not an Alanon member and he is to go to his first meeting on Monday night. The advantages of detaching with love are spelled out in this poem.
