Al-Anon Family Group - Al-Anon Family Group

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...

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...

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-...

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...

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...

JerryF · JerryF

After just putting my wife to sleep. Just took her temperature and it was normal...her pulse rate was high as she complained about being shaky. She is fear based so this is normal also and what is best for me to do to support is apathy, compassion, patience and all the other soft, love behaviors. A...

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning everyone: Todays reading is a focus of the acronym HALT. When things feel unsettled or there is a level of anxiety, its a quick check to see if we are Hungry Angry Lonely or Tired. The writer describes a time of life when he/she believed it was possible to go for days without food or sleep. ...

Paloma Negra · Paloma Negra

Hello all, its been a very long time and bumpy road. AH is attending his first AA visit online as a provision of his DUI probation but since F2F is suspended indefinitely in our area he's drinking a beer whilst online. His probation seems to be ramping up the drinking but I'm hopeful that he'll get some go...

Iamhere · Iamhere

My mom has been admitted into the hospital with pneumonia, and presumptive Covid. My father took her, and had to leave her at the door. She's got heart issues, kidney issues and a few other minor issues... Only God knows if she will survive this, yet I am asking you all for prayers. For both of them. T...

atheos · atheos

Something I perceived as very hurtful happened at an Al-Anon meeting tonight. Someone who I had known for a few years and come to trust expressed frustration at me for trying to carry out a decision the group had voted on the week before (she herself had been in favor of it last week, but apparently chang...

PosiesandPuppies · PosiesandPuppies

Better bend than break. ~Scottish proverbOur program is based on bending. We call it -surrender. We surrender our self-will to the care of our personal Higher Power. We learn to sit quietly and listen to that tiny voice deep within us... that is our Higher Power. Over time, we learn to follow the sugg...

andromeda · andromeda

Hi all! With everything that is going on between the Covid-19 and the economic fallout, friends losing jobs, people being furloughed, living in tight quarters with our alcoholics or addicted loved ones, etc......it can be so overwhelming to process everything and find peace. Let's start a litt...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

Lots of changes with all this corona virus stuff. I belong to two fellowships and both of them closed their meetings. So, we started online meetings. At first, we were all using a popular video conferencing app. then, there was talk of a lawsuit because the app was sharing information about its users...

DavidG · DavidG

The days are slowly getting shorter... ...hi y'all... But had have had warm afternoons- which is a great consolation. I was hoping to take a rough corner off of my recovery over the next 6 or 8 weeks. I have extreme resistance to doing this. My steps 10 and 11 tell me why... but getting leverage, a...

Freetime · Freetime

Many of us feared going to our first Al-Anon meeting because of worries that our boss, neighbors, or the alcoholic would find out. Today's author had this fear, and when they arrived at their first meeting, they saw one of their neighbors -- and panicked. They wanted to run away, but then they noticed...

Paloma Negra · Paloma Negra

Hello all, its been a very long time and bumpy road. AH is attending his first AA visit online as a provision of his DUI probation but since F2F is suspended indefinitely in our area he's drinking a beer whilst online. His probation seems to be ramping up the drinking but I'm hopeful that he'll get some go...

pinkchip · pinkchip

11 plus years sober. Was very sad to hear of Betty's passing. Working daily still as rehab is "essential" healthcare. It is crazy cuz I have plenty of exposure to barely recovering or relapsing people but now limited AA (and Alanon). BUT...on the flip side....still have a job and income and more likel...

DavidG · DavidG

Oh glad to be sad- close to weeping... just got news that our local old timer passed away last night. So close on the heals of our Betty. our members, are just so gallant- in the face of adversity. Ten or 12 days ago we had a Zoom meeting- with 10 of us, and Gwen... and it was a simple meeting format with the...

2HP · 2HP

Just passing along a suggestion from one of my groups in response to the pandemic. Take what you like and leave the rest. Practice after waking in the morning and before bedtime. Sit in a straight-back chair facing east or north. Close your eyes and take in a deep breath and exhale, three times. ...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Good morning MIP. Happy Thursday to one and all. Today's reading is all about the slogan 'Easy Does It'. The reminder suggests: "Easy does it" suggests not only that I learn to show down, but also that I learn to lighten up. Today I will strive to take a more accepting attitude toward myself and to...

DavidG · DavidG

I am just so humbled by the sharing here. The time we have all spent here, together is paying off. A place where we can just be, when we need to. Today is our provincial holiday. So SO is having a lazy morning in bed. I am just so grateful to have a happy intact relationship. This did not happen overnigh...

Aloha · Aloha

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/health/coronavirus-sobriety-online-help.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

DavidG · DavidG

Hi y'all... ...these weeks at home were a time to clean up my den, my garage, and my back yard. There is a great seat of shame on my heart- which refuses to budge- and this is something I am focused on, at this time. I was not beaten or raped- though one incident in my childhood left me feeling emas...

sunmustshine · sunmustshine

I wanted to share a simple moment that felt good. I ordered take out tonight. When the delivery person came by, I said to protect us both, why dont you drop it there and ill come grab it. She huffed out loud, places the bag down and turned quickly only to stop and take my picture as I picked up the bag. I thanke...

Aloha · Aloha

This weekend will be a first World Wide Roundup called Al-Anon Without Borders Please see the attached image for details. The ZOOM link is https://zoom.us/j/787378014 Meeting ID 787 37 8014, Pass 912936 There will be several meetings all throughout the day both Saturday and Sunday Please forwar...

Skorpi · Skorpi

Today's author shares that, for most of their life, the fear of making a bad decision kept the author from making any decisions at all. The author's goal was to be as invisible as possible, which allowed the author to live in their head. In the author's mind, life was perfect, they said the right things,...

Fedora · Fedora

Hi there. Day whatever of having been cooped up with the AH. Am now fully working from home - I want to believe I can still go to my office but it is safer if I don't. But man I have to practice our program a lot more. UGH! Tonight AH had a memory blip - we all took a family walk outdoors (no one else was on this unu...

Lyne · Lyne

The reading for Monday, 3/30, interested me because the author contemplated focusing on themself, and then wondered if they would be seen as inconsiderate, thoughtless, and uncaring. The author was used to doing so much for everyone else, but then feeling resentful. Being selfless wasnt worki...

mamalioness · mamalioness

My BFF in New hampshire, (We both came from neighboring towns in Massachusetts) had pneumonia and just didn't seem to be getting over it so she goes to the doctor, and they find a "bubble" or a "mass" on her lung...No worries they say, probably a complication of the pneumonia... She went in last week fo...

Temple · Temple

Blessings to everyone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6r2XtuKEto

PosiesandPuppies · PosiesandPuppies

Good morning, MIP Family! Today's reading talks about how it feels to physically hold tightly onto something. Eyes squeezed shut, with a death grip so hard that it turns your knuckles white. Soon your hands are exhausted... your exhausted, and you let go. There is another way possibly. To Trust in yo...

DavidG · DavidG

My mum used a lot of sayings- like "hold your horses" or "hold the fort". In them days four letter words weren't really invented- and her favourite swear word was:- "Hell's bells and buggy wheels!" I was the oldest of five kids. I was allowed to drive the tractor at age 12. Until recently I had the sa...

iris52 · iris52

I'm a former member who wanted to come back and since I cannot go to meetings wanted to attend online. 23 people read my request for assistance with the chat room/meetings.No one responded.Not even a welcome back. Iris

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning Everyone- Todays reading is a focus on our slogan Let Go and Let God. The writer describes that while the slogans are helpful, it can be difficult to follow through with the second half of this one. The writer describes what happened when the A in his/her life left the home: letting go of me...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

So on Monday March 23, 1998, Nancy and I had our first date. It started with us going for coffee at Tim Hortons and then to an open AA speaker meeting. Every year, as close to the date as we can get, we re-enact the evening. This year, the date fell on the same day of the week so we had planned to do it exactly the...

DavidG · DavidG

Inside the rooms we get closer than outside, mostly... Our oldest old-timer is terminally ill- with five groups in our valleys, three are still functioning. The member was coming to a combined meeting next Monday- but our virus regulations makes that impossible. And a non starter. In the hey-...

DavidG · DavidG

Hi y'all... I am holding the fort, over in the Steps Board since we lost Betty. Picking up where Betty left off took some study and reflection. It helped that i had been a part of the board and had worked with Betty a fair bit. There is safety in numbers- and in my world, having differing viewpoints is a s...

Iamhere · Iamhere

I shared earlier, but the original poster must have deleted the post about alternatives to face to face meetings. These are available for anyone who doesn't have access to F2F meetings and/or doesn't have a ride, childcare, or a meeting that works with life/work/school schedule. Great resource...

iris52 · iris52

I am a former member and have not been to the online meetings for a long time.Are they still going on?Tried to go to the chatroom,but it was weird,not like I remember. Thanks, Iris52

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

There have been a lot of changes in the way we do things since the outbreak began. And not just here. It's a global thing. I know that. Up until yesterday, I was an Attendant in a home for men in recovery. Due to circumstances I have no control over, I don't have that job anymore. Certain things about that...

Aloha · Aloha

I've been on self-quarantine now for the last week and a half or so. Currently I'm home alone while working. My roommate is likely going to be starting to work from home in a little while, however, so I won't have this complete alone-time for too much longer. In any case, I found myself feeling really ang...

Freetime · Freetime

Hello, everyone! I hope you are having a good day. Today's author was just surviving from crisis to crisis until they joined the Al-Anon family. They learned from the Traditions how a healthy group or family functions. The Traditions provided a guide for dealing with other people and growing as a...

flower19 · flower19

This outbreak has made it impossible to suppress the unresolved issues that live inside me. I am plagued with fear and regret. Resentments are coming up to talk to me. My demons want to play again and all I want to do is run from them. But I cant. My sponsor saids that it is normal and to make the best out of th...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Good morning MIP and Happy Thursday! We have another mild, spring-like day and that's so refreshing! Today's reading is about progress, not perfection. In Al-Anon, we discover that many of us have spent 'waiting for the past to change'. Many of us have chosen to do 'nothing different' or nothing...

Skorpi · Skorpi

Good morning MIP! Today's sharing is from Today's Hope (My C2C is still in my office) The author shares about similarities between fighting the slow onslaught of flood waters to dealing with active alcoholism. The author had received torrents of rain in just three days, which was leading to a buil...

SerenityRUS · SerenityRUS

Hey folks, I'm a little privy to some things currently going down and I'm not pleased at the moment. For those who are at high risk to this plague because that's what it is a plague, please, please, please take precautions where you can. I don't want to be an alarmist however knowing what I know now y'al...

PosiesandPuppies · PosiesandPuppies

We do not have to hold onto the "Victim Card." We can receive the love we need and really want by owning our power. Through this program, we learn we can stand on our own two feet... even if sometimes it feels good to lean. We come to understand that the people we are leaning on are not necessarily holding us...

DavidG · DavidG

I have always been saying that we get closer to our HP in the present moment- without the clutter. An hour ago I was heading out to get some yard work done. But I decided to stay and rest! Not a logical choice really. But I got a call from our medical centre. Here, over the age of 65, we get a free flu jab...

Lyne · Lyne

The first sentence of the reading for Monday, 3/23, says a lot: Alcoholism has contributed to many dashed hopes, broken dreams, and considerable pain in my life. The writer says that alanon enables them to feel the pain, mourn the loss, and then move on. The author goes on to say how important it is t...

Fedora · Fedora

Hi everyone. I just had to come here briefly and vent before I go home (I'm at my office). AH has been trying to cut down his drinking from 6 huge (like 8 oz pours) vodka drinks to less, and he's down to around 2. Which is great. But of course nothing else about his mindset has changed and he's sad and insecure...

Temple · Temple

Our daughter lives in Florida. Her daughter was in college in Georgia, and came home last weekend. They are going to do online schooling I thought good--they will be together and that was comforting. And our granddaughter, who is introverted, has never wanted to be anywhere but at home. Just got...

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning everyone- Todays reading is about practicing program tools and keeping an open mind about using them. The writer describes how initially, she did not know how to meditate and considered it a crutch in dealing with the circumstances of life. Her sponsor reminded her that we humans ofte...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

The province we live in has declared a state of emergency. We have been directed not to gather in groups larger than 5. It's interesting, and as one member put it to me, in reference to groups not being allowed to hold meetings, "disappointing but necessary". Nancy and I are still alive, no symptoms ye...

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	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	37	2655	March 22nd by gracesarah3787
	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	20	5237	January 23rd by Beckon2
	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	58228	November 13th by DavidG
	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	1899	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	975	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	13563	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	1370	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	2709	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	48477	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	4255	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	16611	Apr 24, 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	17028	Dec 18, 2016 by Liz14
	Going to bed early (Preview) After just putting my wife to sleep. Just took her temperature and it was normal...her pulse rate was high as she complained about being shaky. She is fear based so this is normal also and what is best for me to do to support is apathy, compassion, patience and all the other soft, love behaviors. A...	JerryF	4	22	25m ago by PosiesandPuppies
	Hope for Today Apr 5 (Preview) Good morning everyone: Todays reading is a focus of the acronym HALT. When things feel unsettled or there is a level of anxiety, its a quick check to see if we are Hungry Angry Lonely or Tired. The writer describes a time of life when he/she believed it was possible to go for days without food or sleep. ...	yanksfan51	2	17	29m ago by PosiesandPuppies
	Recovery Revisited (Preview) Hello all, its been a very long time and bumpy road. AH is attending his first AA visit online as a provision of his DUI probation but since F2F is suspended indefinitely in our area he's drinking a beer whilst online. His probation seems to be ramping up the drinking but I'm hopeful that he'll get some go...	Paloma Negra	4	58	12h ago by JerryF
	No Good Topic Title Comes to Mind (Preview) My mom has been admitted into the hospital with pneumonia, and presumptive Covid. My father took her, and had to leave her at the door. She's got heart issues, kidney issues and a few other minor issues... Only God knows if she will survive this, yet I am asking you all for prayers. For both of them. T...	Iamhere	8	67	15h ago by Bo
	How to let go of a feeling of hurtness? (Preview) Something I perceived as very hurtful happened at an Al-Anon meeting tonight. Someone who I had known for a few years and come to trust expressed frustration at me for trying to carry out a decision the group had voted on the week before (she herself had been in favor of it last week, but apparently chang...	atheos	7	85	15h ago by Bo
	Saturday 4/4/20 (Preview) Better bend than break. ~Scottish proverbOur program is based on bending. We call it -surrender. We surrender our self-will to the care of our personal Higher Power. We learn to sit quietly and listen to that tiny voice deep within us... that is our Higher Power. Over time, we learn to follow the sugg...	PosiesandPuppies	3	27	16h ago by Bo
	Let's share some happy happenings (Preview) Hi all! With everything that is going on between the Covid-19 and the economic fallout, friends losing jobs, people being furloughed, living in tight quarters with our alcoholics or addicted loved ones, etc......it can be so overwhelming to process everything and find peace. Let's start a litt...	andromeda	17	160	yesterday by PosiesandPuppies
	A meeting is a meeting is a meeting..... (Preview) Lots of changes with all this corona virus stuff. I belong to two fellowships and both of them closed their meetings. So, we started online meetings. At first, we were all using a popular video conferencing app. then, there was talk of a lawsuit because the app was sharing information about its users...	Wolfie55	4	59	yesterday by Bo
	Feedback... (Preview) The days are slowly getting shorter... ...hi y'all... But had have had warm afternoons- which is a great consolation. I was hoping to take a rough corner off of my recovery over the next 6 or 8 weeks. I have extreme resistance to doing this. My steps 10 and 11 tell me why... but getting leverage, a...	DavidG	4	46	yesterday by DavidG
	Courage to Change, 4/3 (Preview) Many of us feared going to our first Al-Anon meeting because of worries that our boss, neighbors, or the alcoholic would find out. Today's author had this fear, and when they arrived at their first meeting, they saw one of their neighbors -- and panicked. They wanted to run away, but then they noticed...	Freetime	4	40	yesterday by JerryF
	Recovery Revisited (Preview) Hello all, its been a very long time and bumpy road. AH is attending his first AA visit online as a provision of his DUI probation but since F2F is suspended indefinitely in our area he's drinking a beer whilst online. His probation seems to be ramping up the drinking but I'm hopeful that he'll get some go...	Paloma Negra	2	38	2 days ago by PosiesandPuppies
	Greetings (Preview) 11 plus years sober. Was very sad to hear of Betty's passing. Working daily still as rehab is "essential" healthcare. It is crazy cuz I have plenty of exposure to barely recovering or relapsing people but now limited AA (and Alanon). BUT...on the flip side....still have a job and income and more likel...	pinkchip	6	67	2 days ago by Enigmatic
	Oh, sad, but grateful... (Preview) Oh glad to be sad- close to weeping... just got news that our local old timer passed away last night. So close on the heals of our Betty. our members, are just so gallant- in the face of adversity. Ten or 12 days ago we had a Zoom meeting- with 10 of us, and Gwen... and it was a simple meeting format with the...	DavidG	0	28	2 days ago by DavidG
	A Prayer visualization & Meditation (Preview) Just passing along a suggestion from one of my groups in response to the pandemic. Take what you like and leave the rest. Practice after waking in the morning and before bedtime. Sit in a straight-back chair facing east or north. Close your eyes and take in a deep breath and exhale, three times. ...	2HP	4	50	2 days ago by tiredtonite
	C2C - April 2 (Preview) Good morning MIP. Happy Thursday to one and all. Today's reading is all about the slogan 'Easy Does It'. The reminder suggests: "Easy does it" suggests not only that I learn to show down, but also that I learn to lighten up. Today I will strive to take a more accepting attitude toward myself and to...	Iamhere	4	34	3 days ago by Freetime
	Monday share... (Preview) I am just so humbled by the sharing here. The time we have all spent here, together is paying off. A place where we can just be, when we need to. Today is our provincial holiday. So SO is having a lazy morning in bed. I am just so grateful to have a happy intact relationship. This did not happen overnigh...	DavidG	10	107	3 days ago by DavidG
	NY Times gives a nod to Al-Anon and ther recovery groups (Preview) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/health/coronavirus-sobriety-online-help.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage	Aloha	4	82	3 days ago by JerryF
	P r o c r a s t i n a t i on.... (Preview) Hi y'all... ...these weeks at home were a time to clean up my den, my garage, and my back yard. There is a great seat of shame on my heart- which refuses to budge- and this is something I am focused on, at this time. I was not beaten or raped- though one incident in my childhood left me feeling emas...	DavidG	1	35	3 days ago by JerryF
	Corona Virus Environment Learning (Preview) I wanted to share a simple moment that felt good. I ordered take out tonight. When the delivery person came by, I said to protect us both, why dont you drop it there and ill come grab it. She huffed out loud, places the bag down and turned quickly only to stop and take my picture as I picked up the bag. I thanke...	sunmustshine	8	116	4 days ago by Aloha
	Al-Anon Without Borders - World Wide Roundup ZOOM meeting (Preview) This weekend will be a first World Wide Roundup called Al-Anon Without Borders Please see the attached image for details. The ZOOM link is https://zoom.us/j/787378014 Meeting ID 787 37 8014, Pass 912936 There will be several meetings all throughout the day both Saturday and Sunday Please forwar...	Aloha	15	456	4 days ago by Aloha
	Today's Hope April 1 (Preview) Today's author shares that, for most of their life, the fear of making a bad decision kept the author from making any decisions at all. The author's goal was to be as invisible as possible, which allowed the author to live in their head. In the author's mind, life was perfect, they said the right things,...	Skorpi	3	31	4 days ago by PosiesandPuppies
	hello, all this close distance is giving me more chance to practice working the program than I want. (Preview) Hi there. Day whatever of having been cooped up with the AH. Am now fully working from home - I want to believe I can still go to my office but it is safer if I don't. But man I have to practice our program a lot more. UGH! Tonight AH had a memory blip - we all took a family walk outdoors (no one else was on this unu...	Fedora	13	102	4 days ago by Skorpi
	C2C, 3/30 (Preview) The reading for Monday, 3/30, interested me because the author contemplated focusing on themself, and then wondered if they would be seen as inconsiderate, thoughtless, and uncaring. The author was used to doing so much for everyone else, but then feeling resentful. Being selfless wasnt worki...	Lyne	4	42	4 days ago by Skorpi
	OHHHH not AGAIN!!!!!! PRAYER needed (Preview) My BFF in New hampshire, (We both came from neighboring towns in Massachusetts) had pneumonia and just didn't seem to be getting over it so she goes to the doctor, and they find a "bubble" or a "mass" on her lung...No worries they say, probably a complication of the pneumonia... She went in last week fo...	mamalioness	20	156	4 days ago by Maresie888
	Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, sung from a Balcony in Italy 6 days ago (Preview) Blessings to everyone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6r2XtuKEto	Temple	3	79	5 days ago by Temple
	C2C March 28 2020 (Preview) Good morning, MIP Family! Today's reading talks about how it feels to physically hold tightly onto something. Eyes squeezed shut, with a death grip so hard that it turns your knuckles white. Soon your hands are exhausted... your exhausted, and you let go. There is another way possibly. To Trust in yo...	PosiesandPuppies	5	61	5 days ago by a4l
	Holding the fort... (Preview) My mum used a lot of sayings- like "hold your horses" or "hold the fort". In them days four letter words weren't really invented- and her favourite swear word was:- "Hell's bells and buggy wheels!" I was the oldest of five kids. I was allowed to drive the tractor at age 12. Until recently I had the sa...	DavidG	11	95	5 days ago by DavidG
	no response to my post (Preview) I'm a former member who wanted to come back and since I cannot go to meetings wanted to attend online. 23 people read my request for assistance with the chat room/meetings.No one responded.Not even a welcome back. Iris	iris52	8	131	6 days ago by Bo
	Hope for Today Mar 29 (Preview) Good morning Everyone- Todays reading is a focus on our slogan Let Go and Let God. The writer describes that while the slogans are helpful, it can be difficult to follow through with the second half of this one. The writer describes what happened when the A in his/her life left the home: letting go of me...	yanksfan51	9	63	6 days ago by JerryF
	More Changes (Preview) So on Monday March 23, 1998, Nancy and I had our first date. It started with us going for coffee at Tim Hortons and then to an open AA speaker meeting. Every year, as close to the date as we can get, we re-enact the evening. This year, the date fell on the same day of the week so we had planned to do it exactly the...	Wolfie55	2	62	8 days ago by Bo
	Losing somebody close... (Preview) Inside the rooms we get closer than outside, mostly... Our oldest old-timer is terminally ill- with five groups in our valleys, three are still functioning. The member was coming to a combined meeting next Monday- but our virus regulations makes that impossible. And a non starter. In the hey-...	DavidG	5	67	8 days ago by PosiesandPuppies
	Step Work Board... Step 3. (Preview) Hi y'all... I am holding the fort, over in the Steps Board since we lost Betty. Picking up where Betty left off took some study and reflection. It helped that i had been a part of the board and had worked with Betty a fair bit. There is safety in numbers- and in my world, having differing viewpoints is a s...	DavidG	1	27	8 days ago by PosiesandPuppies
	Online Meetings & Phone In Meetings (Preview) I shared earlier, but the original poster must have deleted the post about alternatives to face to face meetings. These are available for anyone who doesn't have access to F2F meetings and/or doesn't have a ride, childcare, or a meeting that works with life/work/school schedule. Great resource...	Iamhere	1	84	8 days ago by mamalioness
	meetings (Preview) I am a former member and have not been to the online meetings for a long time.Are they still going on?Tried to go to the chatroom,but it was weird,not like I remember. Thanks, Iris52	iris52	0	56	8 days ago by iris52
	Accepting Change Is Not Something I'm Good At, But I'm Adapting (Preview) There have been a lot of changes in the way we do things since the outbreak began. And not just here. It's a global thing. I know that. Up until yesterday, I was an Attendant in a home for men in recovery. Due to circumstances I have no control over, I don't have that job anymore. Certain things about that...	Wolfie55	7	132	8 days ago by tiredtonite
	Newly discovered advantage to working at home alone (Preview) I've been on self-quarantine now for the last week and a half or so. Currently I'm home alone while working. My roommate is likely going to be starting to work from home in a little while, however, so I won't have this complete alone-time for too much longer. In any case, I found myself feeling really ang...	Aloha	3	98	8 days ago by andromeda
	Courage to Change, 3/27 (Preview) Hello, everyone! I hope you are having a good day. Today's author was just surviving from crisis to crisis until they joined the Al-Anon family. They learned from the Traditions how a healthy group or family functions. The Traditions provided a guide for dealing with other people and growing as a...	Freetime	2	40	9 days ago by Lyne
	Cant run from myself anymore (Preview) This outbreak has made it impossible to suppress the unresolved issues that live inside me. I am plagued with fear and regret. Resentments are coming up to talk to me. My demons want to play again and all I want to do is run from them. But I cant. My sponsor saids that it is normal and to make the best out of th...	flower19	9	121	9 days ago by a4l
	C2C - 3/26 (Preview) Good morning MIP and Happy Thursday! We have another mild, spring-like day and that's so refreshing! Today's reading is about progress, not perfection. In Al-Anon, we discover that many of us have spent 'waiting for the past to change'. Many of us have chosen to do 'nothing different' or nothing...	Iamhere	2	42	10 days ago by Lyne
	Today's Hope March 25 (Preview) Good morning MIP! Today's sharing is from Today's Hope (My C2C is still in my office) The author shares about similarities between fighting the slow onslaught of flood waters to dealing with active alcoholism. The author had received torrents of rain in just three days, which was leading to a buil...	Skorpi	5	53	10 days ago by Iamhere
	OT - Coronavirus Safety (Preview) Hey folks, I'm a little privy to some things currently going down and I'm not pleased at the moment. For those who are at high risk to this plague because that's what it is a plague, please, please, please take precautions where you can. I don't want to be an alarmist however knowing what I know now y'al...	SerenityRUS	12	155	10 days ago by andromeda
	Daily Reflection 3/21/20 (Preview) We do not have to hold onto the "Victim Card." We can receive the love we need and really want by owning our power. Through this program, we learn we can stand on our own two feet... even if sometimes it feels good to lean. We come to understand that the people we are leaning on are not necessarily holding us...	PosiesandPuppies	5	70	11 days ago by mamalioness
	HP call is always different... (Preview) I have always been saying that we get closer to our HP in the present moment- without the clutter. An hour ago I was heading out to get some yard work done. But I decided to stay and rest! Not a logical choice really. But I got a call from our medical centre. Here, over the age of 65, we get a free flu jab...	DavidG	1	42	12 days ago by PosiesandPuppies
	C2C, 3/23 (Preview) The first sentence of the reading for Monday, 3/23, says a lot: Alcoholism has contributed to many dashed hopes, broken dreams, and considerable pain in my life. The writer says that alanon enables them to feel the pain, mourn the loss, and then move on. The author goes on to say how important it is t...	Lyne	9	96	12 days ago by Maresie888
	wish I could take a vacation from AH and his dramas (Preview) Hi everyone. I just had to come here briefly and vent before I go home (I'm at my office). AH has been trying to cut down his drinking from 6 huge (like 8 oz pours) vodka drinks to less, and he's down to around 2. Which is great. But of course nothing else about his mindset has changed and he's sad and insecure...	Fedora	21	253	12 days ago by Bo
	The CV has "come home" to our family, in a way (Preview) Our daughter lives in Florida. Her daughter was in college in Georgia, and came home last weekend. They are going to do online schooling I thought good--they will be together and that was comforting. And our granddaughter, who is introverted, has never wanted to be anywhere but at home. Just got...	Temple	13	166	12 days ago by Temple
	Hope for Today Mar 22 (Preview) Good morning everyone- Todays reading is about practicing program tools and keeping an open mind about using them. The writer describes how initially, she did not know how to meditate and considered it a crutch in dealing with the circumstances of life. Her sponsor reminded her that we humans ofte...	yanksfan51	5	60	13 days ago by bud
	Checking in (Preview) The province we live in has declared a state of emergency. We have been directed not to gather in groups larger than 5. It's interesting, and as one member put it to me, in reference to groups not being allowed to hold meetings, "disappointing but necessary". Nancy and I are still alive, no symptoms ye...	Wolfie55	4	57	13 days ago by bud
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