Al-Anon Family Group - Al-Anon Family Group

Tigger · Tigger

The Al-Anon Gifts/ Promises - From Survival to Recovery (p269) If we willingly surrender ourselves to the spiritual discipline of The Twelve Steps and work the program, our lives will be transformed. Members work their program by being willing to attend meetings on a regular basis, reading Al-...

courage101 · courage101

.(Morning Meetings) Mon. - Fri. at 9am eastern time Sat - Sun. - 10am eastern time .(Nite Meetings) Mon - Saturday 9PM eastern time Sunday 7PM eastern time Hope you will come to meetings & join us. The website link to the group meeting room is http://www.12stepforums.net/chatroom2.html. Ther...

hotrod · hotrod

Hello all, we have now paid our "Go Daddy "account in full for the year. Thank you We still need to pay our other vendor, Sparklit and plan on a continuation of the funding drive starting this weekend and intend to cut it off when we get to 1 year @ $17.98/month prepaid. We will turn on Commu...

WebHelper · WebHelper

Our GoDaddy bill of $187.87 is due in May. This supports our Miracles In Progress web hosting and domain registration. If you are able, please contribute in gratitude for what MIP provides to us. Click here to donate via PayPal or Credit/Debit card or use the button below.

hotrod · ~*Service Worker*~

Peggy7 ~*Service Worker*~ Status: OnlinePosts: 650Date: 1h ago Reply Quote More Attachments AlanonSlogans10-28-15.pdf (119.6 kb)v Al-Anon Slogans in a Poem - By Coach Papa Slogans in a Poem by Coach Papa First Things First - I have heard it said - Be Honest With yourself, - get out o...

WebHelper · WebHelper

The MIP Business board has been set up at https://mipbusiness.activeboard.com MIP Business is a place where members of all the fellowships in Miracles in Progress can be informed and have a say in changes that affect the MIP website pages. This is a place to communicate, discuss, and, when neces...

hotrod · hotrod

Hi everyone the bills to cover the operations of the MIP Boards are again due I have established a pay pal account to receive funds for the Go Daddy bill of: $187.05 and urge all to contribute . Remember a contribution of as little as $5.-- helps. Please note MIP contribution To donate, click be...

david62 · david62

GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Q. How do I know if Al-Anon is the place for me?A. Al-Anon is for friends and relatives of Alcoholics. If you have been affected by someone elses drinking then Al-Anon is for you! By going to the following link:http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/meetings/meeting...

hotrod · hotrod

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. When responding please consider asking yourself the question:" do my words support an alanon principle or philoso...

david62 · david62

Hi ((((Family))) I posted this in the chat room tonight..and was asked to post it up here too. We read this at my face to face meetings, especially when we have a newcomer! Some great things to remember when living with the family disease of alcoholism. Do's Do learn the facts about alcoholism. . Do tal...

lookingup · lookingup

i can not get in,it keeps saying to prove who I am, ive tried everything ,it didn't say how to prove me, has or is anybody having or had this problem with the meeting/chat room?? Please let me know how you solved it. thank you in advance. Lookingup...

John · John

http://stepwork.activeboard.comHi Family and Friends!We are working on bringing our Step Work Board to the forefront of this site again. This is where newcomers can learn about each of the 12 steps and old timers can share their experience, strength and hope related to them.This week we are star...

WendyP · WendyP

Hi, I would like to share about expectations that I had versus reality. I am really struggling at the moment, with Christmas,quickly approaching. With the way it seems to be advertised,in Catalogues,etc. What it looks like it supposed to be. Family, closeness, happily ever after. Well, for me tha...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Good morning MIP family. I love today's reading....it's about unconditional love, gratitude and letting go of fantasy/fairy tale thinking. The reminder: If I can't recognize the love that already exists in my life, would I really appreciate receiving more? Let me acknowledge what has alread...

DavidG · DavidG

Hi y'all... ... I have this personal rule- which I call 'the two call rule'... I might visit or call up to two times- but if there is no response after that- I find it it time to move on- fresh grazing... ...it applies to family too, really. The terms for me- "goody-two-shoes" and 'beating my head aga...

el-cee · el-cee

I was wondering what your thoughts are on enabling. I had never really heard the term or understood it. I struggle at times with it. My sons disease has progressed over the last few years. Progressed in a way that looks like he has regressed back to being a teenager that's out of control. After 7 years in a...

Skorpi · Skorpi

Hello MIP! In today's reading from C2C, the author reflects on past decision making. Prior to AlAnon, many of us learned to make decisions based on our feelings, as if feelings were facts. Part of the author's Al-Anon recovery is learning that feelings are not facts. Humans are complex, fascinatin...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Good morning MIP. Today's reading in Courage to Change is all about meditation! It suggests that our program, Al-Anon, leaves the question - What is Meditation - leaves the question open intentionally. We each get to answer the question, and practice meditation by finding our own path. Like...

Lyne · Lyne

My A went to an AA meeting last night for the first time. Her attitude is that everyone there is way worse, shes not drinking (Today), she never got arrested (lucky), shes not drinking all day long , etc. Its exactly that attitude she needs treatment for. Not sure if she will continue.... I need: Ste...

Lyne · Lyne

In the writing for Monday, 12/2, the author discusses how easy it is for them to focus on their loved ones limitations. But they say all that does is keep the focus off themself, and nothing ever gets resolved. We are reminded to admit our powerlessness, as to avoid feeling hopeless, bitter, and/or f...

MicheleD123 · MicheleD123

Hi! Im new on here. My boyfriend is currently living at a sober house after completing a 30 day rehab program. He asked for space so that he could focus on his recovery while I focus on mine. However, Im having a difficult time taking the space and constantly wondering why he isnt reaching out to me. He has...

Iamhere · Iamhere

I am back @ Step One - admitting that I am powerless, simply because I am a person in recovery and it feels like the right place to be. My Thanksgiving was extremely different than expected, planned or even remotely considered. I've learned in recovery to keep my expectations low, and do reasonably we...

DavidG · DavidG

As a kid- I was "keen as mustard"... always eager to learn and to grow emotionally. But I had issues beyond my control- hurdles. I shift away from cliches... mostly... and am practical really. The secrets of life I learned were all inside of the Alanon program... but some, sometimes were hard to f...

DavidG · DavidG

We sometimes avoid these steps in our groups. The too-hard basket. My personal opinion is that- in a mature group members might to these in a group, long before they pick up a sponsor. Tradition 10 is a great one for all twelve step groups. Our old timers were non-believers, hebrews, catholics a...

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning everyone- I hope the holiday season is off to a great start for everyone! We have celebrated Thanksgiving here, started getting Christmas decorations out, and I am eating every carb in sight, so the holidays are officially underway:). Todays reading is about detachment with love. The...

Temple · Temple

I seem to have posted my update on a Business Board. Some gifted person please fix? Update: I have now been officially diagnosed. The disease is "in situ." I was pleased to hear that--less complicated, somehow and good prognosis. However, the remedies offered seemed a tad draconian, either way....

Temple · Temple

Some question marks came up and we will be repeating the surgery, but less extensively, on one side next week, perhaps. The goal is still the same--avoid radiology. I really like my surgeon and am fine with the decision. I'm just zapped. I'm extremely fatigued. Antibiotic aftereffects? I d...

Hoot Nanny · Hoot Nanny

Today is 2 days before Thanksgiving & this year I kind of feel a little less grateful! I guess I have been projecting too much; I think about the future w/o children & not being able to have kids to take care of me in my old age. I am only 53. I guess I just don't feel comfortable. I am trying not to feel...

Buckeye Girl · Buckeye Girl

i decided to catch a flight on Wednesday to California to help my adult daughter get into a treatment facility again. She has completely gone off the rails. There is so much going on here, as I'm finding out. There was some abuse between her and her fiancé while they were both inebriated. Before I could g...

JerryF · JerryF

I cannot and would not forget this family on Thanksgiving morning for all you have done and are still doing for my recovery; peace of mind, spirit and sanity. I am drenched in gratitude because so far the disease has not been able to knock the doors of my peace of mind and sanity off of it's hinges. I can g...

DavidG · DavidG

We weren't dirt poor. The generation before me had gone barefoot to school, summer and boots in winter. I wrote a local history and one lady told me that their feet got hard and calloused in the summer. I do have a shoe story, which I won't tell now. But we were poor by the standards of our time. And out...

Freetime · Freetime

Good morning, MIP! I hope everyone is having some joy today. The November 29 reading is about control. The writer had many reasons to be in control -- it meant being an adult, being cool, looking good on the outside, not feeling what was happening on the inside, and exhausting themselves while help...

WendyP · WendyP

Hi It's WendyP. I have found and still am finding that working this Recovery Programme, is not easy. I have been challenged many, many, times as to staying in here, and going through the tough times, especially introducing changes within my Life. I have shed many tears, and have/had lots of Fears...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Good morning MIP and Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! The Courage to Change reading for today is about Step 4....the writer discovers that many of her virtues were often the source of her misery. The working of Step 4 gave the writer an opportunity to turn upside-down personality traits ri...

JerryF · JerryF

The most important requirement is to keep in contact with my HP and to communicate and learn what is helpful to my peace of mind and serenity. For now; today it is contacting my sponsor and speaking to him about detachment from my Hawaiian home and moving back to the mainland for reason. The reason is t...

Chicagopilot · Chicagopilot

My wife and I have been married for 5 years. She is a recovering addict that has been clean for about 6 years. I bought her a restaurant that she has always wanted 3 months ago, she spent two months rehabbing it and open the last month. About two months ago I noticed a change in her. She was staying at the bar l...

Skorpi · Skorpi

Hello MIP! Today's author reflects on their view of themselves and life. At one point, the author viewed their life as a tragedy, but today, they know that they are a survivor - the author has experienced many challenges, and is a stronger person for those experiences. With the help of their HP, the au...

Albion · Albion

Hi everyone. Looking for some advice. I've been in Al-Anon for a little over a year. Looking to progress in the programme and to do that I will need a sponsor. The meeting I go to only has myself and one other male member who has been in roughly the same time as me. Last night at our meeting we had extended a w...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Good morning all! Happy Tuesday or whatever day/evening it may be in your part of our world. I'm covering for Betty today! The reading today discusses the reality that alcoholism is a family disease and denial is 'real' in both the alcoholic as well as those who are directly or indirectly affected...

Lyne · Lyne

The reading for Monday, 11/25, talks about the writers reluctance to get fully involved with alanon. The writer grew very slowly until a crisis hit, and then was able to take full advantage of all alanon has to offer. They saw there were strengths and skills to be had, and then alanon became a top prior...

DavidG · DavidG

For some reason my closest group has a lot of men in it. This is a novelty for me- because- for the first 30 years I was the only man in my hometown group. This was a mixed blessing, really. Over time I bonded with my home group- and forgot the gender difference. Then I had this familiarity with women- w...

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning Everyone- Todays reading is about being willing to do the work we need to do in order to make the changes we want in our lives. The writer describes getting a sponsor after a long time and noticing that her recovery accelerated with the help of another person. This got me thinking about how...

Freetime · Freetime

This reading discusses one of my favorite/fraught topics -- holidays! The author had a difficult childhood where holidays were sad, and as an adult still found them hard. With Al-Anon, the author learned how to reclaim the holidays and created their own enjoyable fun traditions, now spending tim...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Good morning MIP. The reading in Courage to Change for today reminds us that we will not be rid of our problems by practicing Al-Anon recovery. Instead, when we are living life on life's terms, Al-Anon gives us the courage and insight to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones. Length of time in...

DavidG · DavidG

...hi y'all... ...one time I owned 100 sheep, and 600 fruit trees. I hated having the farm- there were family issues involved- but these no longer weigh me down. I got some gates and wire and stuff- and set out to build up a hobby farm. This was a return to the coast where I had worked on a railway gang i...

Aloha · Aloha

I was sharing this with a friend the other day and thought it would be a good fit here. To preface this, when I lived in Hawaii, it was rare for an Al-Anon meeting to end with the Lord's Prayer. Most often it ended with the Serenity Prayer or the Al-Anon Declaration. That's what I "grew up in" for recovery. W...

Temple · Temple

Thank you to everyone who prayed for me and/or held me in good thoughts. It all went swimmingly. I came home energized--had to remind myself I was euphoric and really didn't need to be doing light laundry, probably. I think it was harder on Hubs than it was on me. Yesterday I crashed a little bit and am ev...

DavidG · DavidG

Pain always got in the way of my meditation. And exhaustion. So then I began to focus on that- the reality. I had pain from a young age. In my teens this was mostly about migraine. The thing that set me on my journey was the pain- as I sought answers for this. I found that in past decades that the answers wer...

Fedora · Fedora

So I am waiting for EMTs to call me back and tell me where they're taking my AH.. He was on the first day of a three-day alcohol class mandated by the courts for his DWI and he has a seizure in the middle of class. I am so aggravated. I don't even feel sorry for him. I suspect that he worked himself up into such th...

Skorpi · Skorpi

Hello MIP! In today's reading, the author reflects on joy. Colts, puppies, and little children are full of boundless joy at being alive. The author wonders what happened to their own joy? Living with the disease of alcoholism had broken the author's spirit. AlAnon provides the author with a fellows...

WendyP · WendyP

I would like to share of how my Higher Power worked His Magic in my life at one stage. I had joined a World Wide Pen Pal group, as well as being a Lone Member at that time,I joined a Lone Members Letter Box, from Head Office, in USA. They had sent me a list of People who I could write to, World Wide. I also had an A...

PosiesandPuppies · PosiesandPuppies

I saw this posted on another addiction site, and I thought that it was so profound. For me, this is what my marriage was lacking due to Addiction... not love. I am sorry I cannot credit who said it... "Feelings fade but character, integrity, honor, trust and stability is what we want to teach our childre...

Buckeye Girl · Buckeye Girl

My adult daughter told me she was being verbally abused by her fiancé, but in fact it was her that has relapsed and is abusing him! She lives 2,000 miles away and as we speak, she is dead drunk and being physically abusive to her boyfriend. I begged him to stay with her so she doesn't hurt herself, but I'm tr...

hotrod · hotrod

The C2C Reading for 11/19 speaks about using alanon tools on a daily basis so as to overcome the negative, soul destroying effects of the disease of alcoholism. The reading suggests that life is for our growth both mental and spiritual. So that by having the courage to look closely at ourselve...

Buckeye Girl · Buckeye Girl

My adult daughter has relapsed again and again over the past few months after getting engaged. She has begged her boyfriend, who has a drinking problem also, to go to AA meetings and therapy with her. He refuses and says it's her problem, not his. Now he is verbally abusing her. Last weekend he got into a...

DavidG · DavidG

Hi y'all... ... I feel that it has a lot to do with boundaries. I did not create my own boundaries, in the beginning- that were made around me. I just reacted and assumed that "this is life". It did not work out and I had to come into Alanon to relearn stuff. I read the phrase: Recove...

Buckeye Girl · Buckeye Girl

My adult daughter has relapsed again and again over the past few months after getting engaged. She has begged her boyfriend, who has a drinking problem also, to go to AA meetings and therapy with her. He refuses and says it's her problem, not his. Now he is verbally abusing her. Last weekend he got into a...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

Shift almost over. Got a 4-day weekend. Might show my gratitude by going to a meeting tomorrow. I might even bring treats. Cranberry white- chocolate chip cookies oughta do it. The job is getting to me and I haven't been doing it that long. But, how many jobs are there that are like walking into a room ful...

2HP · 2HP

Ive seen a few posts on this topic lately. When I first arrived, "acceptance" was very confusing. For my entire life, I had the habit of outward focus. Al-anon helped me to begin a life of ministering to myself as well. It was not a knee jerk decision for me to leave my alcoholic husband, I stayed fo...

DavidG · DavidG

I suffer from exhaustion. Whenever i get into a dry warm space I tend to fall asleep. Over the years, when doing my step 10, I tended to doze off, rather than to become enlightened. I took it from that- that I needed rest. I spent a lot of energy and time trying to mitigate the alcoholic circumstance in m...

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	STICKY: THE Gifts/PROMISES OF ALANON ( 1 2 ) (Preview) The Al-Anon Gifts/ Promises - From Survival to Recovery (p269) If we willingly surrender ourselves to the spiritual discipline of The Twelve Steps and work the program, our lives will be transformed. Members work their program by being willing to attend meetings on a regular basis, reading Al-...	Tigger	65	55195	November 13th by DavidG
	STICKY: MIP Al-Anon Chat Room Meeting Times (Preview) .(Morning Meetings) Mon. - Fri. at 9am eastern time Sat - Sun. - 10am eastern time .(Nite Meetings) Mon - Saturday 9PM eastern time Sunday 7PM eastern time Hope you will come to meetings & join us. The website link to the group meeting room is http://www.12stepforums.net/chatroom2.html. Ther...	courage101	19	4285	September 28th by Wolfie55
	STICKY: Continuation of Funding Drive (Preview) Hello all, we have now paid our "Go Daddy "account in full for the year. Thank you We still need to pay our other vendor, Sparklit and plan on a continuation of the funding drive starting this weekend and intend to cut it off when we get to 1 year @ $17.98/month prepaid. We will turn on Commu...	hotrod	14	1353	May 13, 2019 by Lyne
	STICKY: Donations needed for web hosting renewal (Preview) Our GoDaddy bill of $187.87 is due in May. This supports our Miracles In Progress web hosting and domain registration. If you are able, please contribute in gratitude for what MIP provides to us. Click here to donate via PayPal or Credit/Debit card or use the button below.	WebHelper	15	580	Apr 28, 2019 by Bo
	STICKY: Sticky Alanon Slogans in Poem and other helpful acronyms (Preview) Peggy7 ~Service Worker~ Status: OnlinePosts: 650Date: 1h ago Reply Quote More Attachments AlanonSlogans10-28-15.pdf (119.6 kb)v Al-Anon Slogans in a Poem - By Coach Papa Slogans in a Poem by Coach Papa First Things First - I have heard it said - Be Honest With yourself, - get out o...	hotrod	22	12358	Mar 7, 2019 by Iamhere
	STICKY: MIP Business Board (Preview) The MIP Business board has been set up at https://mipbusiness.activeboard.com MIP Business is a place where members of all the fellowships in Miracles in Progress can be informed and have a say in changes that affect the MIP website pages. This is a place to communicate, discuss, and, when neces...	WebHelper	4	916	Sep 22, 2018 by hotrod
	STICKY: MIP Funding Drive (Preview) Hi everyone the bills to cover the operations of the MIP Boards are again due I have established a pay pal account to receive funds for the Go Daddy bill of: $187.05 and urge all to contribute . Remember a contribution of as little as $5.-- helps. Please note MIP contribution To donate, click be...	hotrod	16	2005	May 17, 2018 by hotrod
	STICKY: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (closed) (Preview) GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Q. How do I know if Al-Anon is the place for me?A. Al-Anon is for friends and relatives of Alcoholics. If you have been affected by someone elses drinking then Al-Anon is for you! By going to the following link:http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/meetings/meeting...	david62	23	47805	May 15, 2018 by Iamhere
	STICKY: INFORMATION FOR THE NEW COMER--POSTING GUIDELINES AND OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION (closed) (Preview) 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. When responding please consider asking yourself the question:" do my words support an alanon principle or philoso...	hotrod	7	3712	May 7, 2018 by hotrod
	STICKY: Do's and Don'ts (closed) (Preview) Hi ((((Family))) I posted this in the chat room tonight..and was asked to post it up here too. We read this at my face to face meetings, especially when we have a newcomer! Some great things to remember when living with the family disease of alcoholism. Do's Do learn the facts about alcoholism. . Do tal...	david62	33	15769	Apr 24, 2018 by hotrod
	STICKY: MIP meeting room (Preview) i can not get in,it keeps saying to prove who I am, ive tried everything ,it didn't say how to prove me, has or is anybody having or had this problem with the meeting/chat room?? Please let me know how you solved it. thank you in advance. Lookingup...	lookingup	30	1982	Feb 2, 2018 by hotrod
	STICKY: Step Work Board (closed) (Preview) http://stepwork.activeboard.comHi Family and Friends!We are working on bringing our Step Work Board to the forefront of this site again. This is where newcomers can learn about each of the 12 steps and old timers can share their experience, strength and hope related to them.This week we are star...	John	16	16221	Dec 18, 2016 by Liz14
	Expectations (Preview) Hi, I would like to share about expectations that I had versus reality. I am really struggling at the moment, with Christmas,quickly approaching. With the way it seems to be advertised,in Catalogues,etc. What it looks like it supposed to be. Family, closeness, happily ever after. Well, for me tha...	WendyP	6	37	19m ago by tiredtonite
	Courage to Change 12/5 (Preview) Good morning MIP family. I love today's reading....it's about unconditional love, gratitude and letting go of fantasy/fairy tale thinking. The reminder: If I can't recognize the love that already exists in my life, would I really appreciate receiving more? Let me acknowledge what has alread...	Iamhere	0	9	3h ago by Iamhere
	A tough time- but hope... (Preview) Hi y'all... ... I have this personal rule- which I call 'the two call rule'... I might visit or call up to two times- but if there is no response after that- I find it it time to move on- fresh grazing... ...it applies to family too, really. The terms for me- "goody-two-shoes" and 'beating my head aga...	DavidG	8	81	13h ago by DavidG
	Enabling (Preview) I was wondering what your thoughts are on enabling. I had never really heard the term or understood it. I struggle at times with it. My sons disease has progressed over the last few years. Progressed in a way that looks like he has regressed back to being a teenager that's out of control. After 7 years in a...	el-cee	14	157	19h ago by Bo
	Courage to Change December 4 (Preview) Hello MIP! In today's reading from C2C, the author reflects on past decision making. Prior to AlAnon, many of us learned to make decisions based on our feelings, as if feelings were facts. Part of the author's Al-Anon recovery is learning that feelings are not facts. Humans are complex, fascinatin...	Skorpi	4	31	yesterday by Freetime
	Courage to Change 12/3 (Preview) Good morning MIP. Today's reading in Courage to Change is all about meditation! It suggests that our program, Al-Anon, leaves the question - What is Meditation - leaves the question open intentionally. We each get to answer the question, and practice meditation by finding our own path. Like...	Iamhere	2	25	yesterday by DavidG
	Anger (Preview) My A went to an AA meeting last night for the first time. Her attitude is that everyone there is way worse, shes not drinking (Today), she never got arrested (lucky), shes not drinking all day long , etc. Its exactly that attitude she needs treatment for. Not sure if she will continue.... I need: Ste...	Lyne	14	186	2 days ago by Bo
	C2C, 12/2 (Preview) In the writing for Monday, 12/2, the author discusses how easy it is for them to focus on their loved ones limitations. But they say all that does is keep the focus off themself, and nothing ever gets resolved. We are reminded to admit our powerlessness, as to avoid feeling hopeless, bitter, and/or f...	Lyne	2	46	2 days ago by tiredtonite
	New Recovered AA Advice on Romantic Partner (Preview) Hi! Im new on here. My boyfriend is currently living at a sober house after completing a 30 day rehab program. He asked for space so that he could focus on his recovery while I focus on mine. However, Im having a difficult time taking the space and constantly wondering why he isnt reaching out to me. He has...	MicheleD123	5	58	2 days ago by Aloha
	Life, Love and Recovery (Preview) I am back @ Step One - admitting that I am powerless, simply because I am a person in recovery and it feels like the right place to be. My Thanksgiving was extremely different than expected, planned or even remotely considered. I've learned in recovery to keep my expectations low, and do reasonably we...	Iamhere	10	91	2 days ago by Iamhere
	Giving thanks- tradition 5... (Preview) As a kid- I was "keen as mustard"... always eager to learn and to grow emotionally. But I had issues beyond my control- hurdles. I shift away from cliches... mostly... and am practical really. The secrets of life I learned were all inside of the Alanon program... but some, sometimes were hard to f...	DavidG	2	39	2 days ago by DavidG
	Steps 2 and 3... (Preview) We sometimes avoid these steps in our groups. The too-hard basket. My personal opinion is that- in a mature group members might to these in a group, long before they pick up a sponsor. Tradition 10 is a great one for all twelve step groups. Our old timers were non-believers, hebrews, catholics a...	DavidG	1	30	3 days ago by Temple
	Hope for Today Dec 1 (Preview) Good morning everyone- I hope the holiday season is off to a great start for everyone! We have celebrated Thanksgiving here, started getting Christmas decorations out, and I am eating every carb in sight, so the holidays are officially underway:). Todays reading is about detachment with love. The...	yanksfan51	4	47	3 days ago by yanksfan51
	I don't know how I got there and can't find my way back. (Preview) I seem to have posted my update on a Business Board. Some gifted person please fix? Update: I have now been officially diagnosed. The disease is "in situ." I was pleased to hear that--less complicated, somehow and good prognosis. However, the remedies offered seemed a tad draconian, either way....	Temple	28	377	3 days ago by Temple
	Earmarks of a Saga? (Preview) Some question marks came up and we will be repeating the surgery, but less extensively, on one side next week, perhaps. The goal is still the same--avoid radiology. I really like my surgeon and am fine with the decision. I'm just zapped. I'm extremely fatigued. Antibiotic aftereffects? I d...	Temple	7	81	3 days ago by Temple
	just another Thanksgiving & a reason to be grateful! (Preview) Today is 2 days before Thanksgiving & this year I kind of feel a little less grateful! I guess I have been projecting too much; I think about the future w/o children & not being able to have kids to take care of me in my old age. I am only 53. I guess I just don't feel comfortable. I am trying not to feel...	Hoot Nanny	6	71	4 days ago by PosiesandPuppies
	Fearful mom!! (Preview) i decided to catch a flight on Wednesday to California to help my adult daughter get into a treatment facility again. She has completely gone off the rails. There is so much going on here, as I'm finding out. There was some abuse between her and her fiancé while they were both inebriated. Before I could g...	Buckeye Girl	8	179	4 days ago by Maresie888
	OF COURSE...HAPPY THANKSGIVING MIP FAMILY... (Preview) I cannot and would not forget this family on Thanksgiving morning for all you have done and are still doing for my recovery; peace of mind, spirit and sanity. I am drenched in gratitude because so far the disease has not been able to knock the doors of my peace of mind and sanity off of it's hinges. I can g...	JerryF	6	61	4 days ago by DavidG
	Fears and projections... (Preview) We weren't dirt poor. The generation before me had gone barefoot to school, summer and boots in winter. I wrote a local history and one lady told me that their feet got hard and calloused in the summer. I do have a shoe story, which I won't tell now. But we were poor by the standards of our time. And out...	DavidG	2	51	5 days ago by DavidG
	Courage to Change, 11/29 (Preview) Good morning, MIP! I hope everyone is having some joy today. The November 29 reading is about control. The writer had many reasons to be in control -- it meant being an adult, being cool, looking good on the outside, not feeling what was happening on the inside, and exhausting themselves while help...	Freetime	3	57	6 days ago by DavidG
	Boundaries (Preview) Hi It's WendyP. I have found and still am finding that working this Recovery Programme, is not easy. I have been challenged many, many, times as to staying in here, and going through the tough times, especially introducing changes within my Life. I have shed many tears, and have/had lots of Fears...	WendyP	5	102	6 days ago by DavidG
	Courage to Change 11/28 (Preview) Good morning MIP and Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! The Courage to Change reading for today is about Step 4....the writer discovers that many of her virtues were often the source of her misery. The working of Step 4 gave the writer an opportunity to turn upside-down personality traits ri...	Iamhere	3	43	6 days ago by PosiesandPuppies
	Fulfilling my recovery requirements (Preview) The most important requirement is to keep in contact with my HP and to communicate and learn what is helpful to my peace of mind and serenity. For now; today it is contacting my sponsor and speaking to him about detachment from my Hawaiian home and moving back to the mainland for reason. The reason is t...	JerryF	11	116	7 days ago by JerryF
	Wife and cocaine ( 1 2 ) (Preview) My wife and I have been married for 5 years. She is a recovering addict that has been clean for about 6 years. I bought her a restaurant that she has always wanted 3 months ago, she spent two months rehabbing it and open the last month. About two months ago I noticed a change in her. She was staying at the bar l...	Chicagopilot	60	617	7 days ago by Maresie888
	Courage to Change November 27 (Preview) Hello MIP! Today's author reflects on their view of themselves and life. At one point, the author viewed their life as a tragedy, but today, they know that they are a survivor - the author has experienced many challenges, and is a stronger person for those experiences. With the help of their HP, the au...	Skorpi	5	51	7 days ago by Skorpi
	Sponsorship (Preview) Hi everyone. Looking for some advice. I've been in Al-Anon for a little over a year. Looking to progress in the programme and to do that I will need a sponsor. The meeting I go to only has myself and one other male member who has been in roughly the same time as me. Last night at our meeting we had extended a w...	Albion	5	74	7 days ago by DavidG
	Courage to Change 11/26 (Preview) Good morning all! Happy Tuesday or whatever day/evening it may be in your part of our world. I'm covering for Betty today! The reading today discusses the reality that alcoholism is a family disease and denial is 'real' in both the alcoholic as well as those who are directly or indirectly affected...	Iamhere	3	39	9 days ago by DavidG
	C2C, 11/15 (Preview) The reading for Monday, 11/25, talks about the writers reluctance to get fully involved with alanon. The writer grew very slowly until a crisis hit, and then was able to take full advantage of all alanon has to offer. They saw there were strengths and skills to be had, and then alanon became a top prior...	Lyne	2	35	9 days ago by Iamhere
	Phone call from our local assembly... (Preview) For some reason my closest group has a lot of men in it. This is a novelty for me- because- for the first 30 years I was the only man in my hometown group. This was a mixed blessing, really. Over time I bonded with my home group- and forgot the gender difference. Then I had this familiarity with women- w...	DavidG	4	60	10 days ago by DavidG
	Hope for Today Nov 24 (Preview) Good morning Everyone- Todays reading is about being willing to do the work we need to do in order to make the changes we want in our lives. The writer describes getting a sponsor after a long time and noticing that her recovery accelerated with the help of another person. This got me thinking about how...	yanksfan51	3	42	10 days ago by PosiesandPuppies
	Hope for Today, 11/22 (Preview) This reading discusses one of my favorite/fraught topics -- holidays! The author had a difficult childhood where holidays were sad, and as an adult still found them hard. With Al-Anon, the author learned how to reclaim the holidays and created their own enjoyable fun traditions, now spending tim...	Freetime	3	74	11 days ago by Iamhere
	Courage to Change 11/21 (Preview) Good morning MIP. The reading in Courage to Change for today reminds us that we will not be rid of our problems by practicing Al-Anon recovery. Instead, when we are living life on life's terms, Al-Anon gives us the courage and insight to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones. Length of time in...	Iamhere	3	68	13 days ago by DavidG
	Learning to live, one day at a time... (Preview) ...hi y'all... ...one time I owned 100 sheep, and 600 fruit trees. I hated having the farm- there were family issues involved- but these no longer weigh me down. I got some gates and wire and stuff- and set out to build up a hobby farm. This was a return to the coast where I had worked on a railway gang i...	DavidG	18	182	13 days ago by DavidG
	The Lord's Prayer in meetings (Preview) I was sharing this with a friend the other day and thought it would be a good fit here. To preface this, when I lived in Hawaii, it was rare for an Al-Anon meeting to end with the Lord's Prayer. Most often it ended with the Serenity Prayer or the Al-Anon Declaration. That's what I "grew up in" for recovery. W...	Aloha	3	93	13 days ago by canadianguy
	Thanks and Blessings (Preview) Thank you to everyone who prayed for me and/or held me in good thoughts. It all went swimmingly. I came home energized--had to remind myself I was euphoric and really didn't need to be doing light laundry, probably. I think it was harder on Hubs than it was on me. Yesterday I crashed a little bit and am ev...	Temple	6	79	November 21st by Temple
	Step 11- notes... (Preview) Pain always got in the way of my meditation. And exhaustion. So then I began to focus on that- the reality. I had pain from a young age. In my teens this was mostly about migraine. The thing that set me on my journey was the pain- as I sought answers for this. I found that in past decades that the answers wer...	DavidG	1	46	November 21st by PosiesandPuppies
	seizure at an alcohol class (Preview) So I am waiting for EMTs to call me back and tell me where they're taking my AH.. He was on the first day of a three-day alcohol class mandated by the courts for his DWI and he has a seizure in the middle of class. I am so aggravated. I don't even feel sorry for him. I suspect that he worked himself up into such th...	Fedora	26	267	November 21st by Iamhere
	Courage to Change November 20 (Preview) Hello MIP! In today's reading, the author reflects on joy. Colts, puppies, and little children are full of boundless joy at being alive. The author wonders what happened to their own joy? Living with the disease of alcoholism had broken the author's spirit. AlAnon provides the author with a fellows...	Skorpi	5	72	November 20th by JerryF
	How Great My Higher Power is. (Preview) I would like to share of how my Higher Power worked His Magic in my life at one stage. I had joined a World Wide Pen Pal group, as well as being a Lone Member at that time,I joined a Lone Members Letter Box, from Head Office, in USA. They had sent me a list of People who I could write to, World Wide. I also had an A...	WendyP	5	62	November 20th by Temple
	About LOVE (Preview) I saw this posted on another addiction site, and I thought that it was so profound. For me, this is what my marriage was lacking due to Addiction... not love. I am sorry I cannot credit who said it... "Feelings fade but character, integrity, honor, trust and stability is what we want to teach our childre...	PosiesandPuppies	18	305	November 20th by PosiesandPuppies
	Tough decision! (Preview) My adult daughter told me she was being verbally abused by her fiancé, but in fact it was her that has relapsed and is abusing him! She lives 2,000 miles away and as we speak, she is dead drunk and being physically abusive to her boyfriend. I begged him to stay with her so she doesn't hurt herself, but I'm tr...	Buckeye Girl	3	116	November 20th by Aloha
	C2C reading 11-19 (Preview) The C2C Reading for 11/19 speaks about using alanon tools on a daily basis so as to overcome the negative, soul destroying effects of the disease of alcoholism. The reading suggests that life is for our growth both mental and spiritual. So that by having the courage to look closely at ourselve...	hotrod	4	65	November 19th by Iamhere
	So much anxiety!! (Preview) My adult daughter has relapsed again and again over the past few months after getting engaged. She has begged her boyfriend, who has a drinking problem also, to go to AA meetings and therapy with her. He refuses and says it's her problem, not his. Now he is verbally abusing her. Last weekend he got into a...	Buckeye Girl	2	91	November 19th by 2HP
	Minding my own business- live and let live... (Preview) Hi y'all... ... I feel that it has a lot to do with boundaries. I did not create my own boundaries, in the beginning- that were made around me. I just reacted and assumed that "this is life". It did not work out and I had to come into Alanon to relearn stuff. I read the phrase: Recove...	DavidG	1	66	November 19th by PosiesandPuppies
	Anxiety overload! (Preview) My adult daughter has relapsed again and again over the past few months after getting engaged. She has begged her boyfriend, who has a drinking problem also, to go to AA meetings and therapy with her. He refuses and says it's her problem, not his. Now he is verbally abusing her. Last weekend he got into a...	Buckeye Girl	15	182	November 19th by Maresie888
	Just Checking To See What Condition my condition is in (Preview) Shift almost over. Got a 4-day weekend. Might show my gratitude by going to a meeting tomorrow. I might even bring treats. Cranberry white- chocolate chip cookies oughta do it. The job is getting to me and I haven't been doing it that long. But, how many jobs are there that are like walking into a room ful...	Wolfie55	7	163	November 18th by Maresie888
	Acceptance (Preview) Ive seen a few posts on this topic lately. When I first arrived, "acceptance" was very confusing. For my entire life, I had the habit of outward focus. Al-anon helped me to begin a life of ministering to myself as well. It was not a knee jerk decision for me to leave my alcoholic husband, I stayed fo...	2HP	20	257	November 18th by JerryF
	Step 1, or Step 10...??? (Preview) I suffer from exhaustion. Whenever i get into a dry warm space I tend to fall asleep. Over the years, when doing my step 10, I tended to doze off, rather than to become enlightened. I took it from that- that I needed rest. I spent a lot of energy and time trying to mitigate the alcoholic circumstance in m...	DavidG	1	56	November 18th by Lyne
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