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I am new to the Al non community and wanted to get to know others. I will be attending my first meeting this Thursday 4/20/17. I am excited and a little sad, but I do recognize I can't do this alone
Welcome Alicia, I am pleased that you have found a face to face meeting and plan to attend shortly. Alcoholism is a chronic, progressive disease that affects not only the person who drinks but also the entire family . Alanon provided me with a place to break the isolation caused by living with the disease , as well as a support group that understood as few others can, There are many great alanon recovery books and pamphlets available at meetings so please review the literature table and pick up so interesting, helpful books. Please keep coming back here as well. There is hope and help
Hello Alicia and welcome to MIP! So good that you have found a local meeting and plan to attend - awesome start. I understand how you feel and did go to two different groups before I 'settled' on my tribe. Living with the disease of alcoholism is tough, maddening and heart-braking yet we can recover when we seek help and hope in recovery.
Keep coming back - you are not alone! Please let us know how your first meeting goes!
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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
Aloha Alicia and welcome to the board and the MIP Family. Good on you for the courage to change the thing you can by finding a meeting to attend. We are world wide so find as many as you like and get on about recovering your sanity and peace of mind. I am in support. (((hugs)))
Welcome. I'm new here, too, and just started attending meetings a couple weeks ago after feeling I had nowhere else to turn. It was a powerful experience to realize I am not alone on this path, that no one there is blaming or judging me, and that I am more than just my relationship with my AH. Best wishes.
