Al-Anon Family Group - Al-Anon Family Group

Freetime · Freetime

Good morning, MIP Family -- That is exactly the topic of today's reading. The author feels lucky to have found a second family where they can speak freely, be accepted as they are, have the dignity to solve their own problems, and are freely given the empathy and love that they deserve just by being the...

Twinkies · Twinkies

The kids are staying at my parents house tonight. I was hoping since they were gone, maybe AH and I could do something together. Maybe dinner or a movie. I brought it up to him but he chose instead to do what he does most nights - relax in his man cave with his faithful companion Sam Adams. While my days are bu...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Good morning MIP! Today's reading discusses worry. The author suggests that when we succumb to worry, we open a Pandora's box of terrifying pictures, paranoid voices and relentless self-criticism. When we give substance to this worry, we lose touch with reality, and typically nothing useful...

mamalioness · mamalioness

The slogan says let go and let God, I just say let go let my higher power and boy was I tested with that this afternoon when I came home I fired up my computer and the profile would not load, I kept getting an error so I did deal let go and let God. And I also paused and prayed. I took deep breaths and said OK, will g...

Temple · Temple

When I came home from the hospital the second time, everything was very rosy around here. Husband had gotten enough of a scare about losing me to be over hisownself, and I had had my night of forgiveness and acceptance and all. And everything was more loving than it's been in decades. And I asked him on...

Skorpi · Skorpi

Hello MIP! Today's C2C speaks about one of my own character defects: looking outside myself for approval. The author shares that when the approval of others becomes necessary in order for us to feel satisfaction in our own good works, when the applause of others become THE reason for our behavior o...

JerryF · JerryF

I saw some pictures posted on facebook by our grand daughter in law of the great grand kids. How stunning in beauty they are!! I desire to hug/hold them again while they are "up there" and we are "down here" oceans apart. We found out that grand son/daughter are separated...so soon after being marri...

Temple · Temple

Tom-- So glad to see you on the board. Would love to hear how it is working out with the new GF, should you decide to share. You are able to sit up and type, so I am encouraged. Well that was pretty snarky, wasn't it. You've been forgiving me for a long time,and I hope you continue. And I really do want you to b...

Hoot Nanny · Hoot Nanny

Not looking for a diagnosis or anything. I just need to share a few things that have been happening. Actually if I shared what I really feel would anyone really care? Sometimes when I go to any kind of meeting, it seems that I always feel uncomfortable when I leave. I can't believe I have after 33 years in t...

Temple · Temple

Thanks for the reminder about Psycho-Cybernetics. I read it a million years ago and forgot. Have to see if I still have it, or get another copy. I've read every self-help book and New Thought kind of thing, it seems, and lots of it has been helpful. I tend to be a "sampler" and always moving onto the next...

SerenityRUS · SerenityRUS

I realize as I get older that there are a couple of things going on .. first off my mom just can't help herself .. and second off .. it's not going to change. I was a bad daughter and didn't call during the holidays which sends my mother into panic mode that I'm angry with her .. I'm not angry .. I just don't wan...

norasq · norasq

Hi, all -- I don't often post here but in between my local meetings, I read a lot here and get a lot of strength and clarity from all of you. I am posting because I have been struggling a bit since my ex-husband ("R)") announced that he'd decided to go to rehab, and then entered rehab on Dec. 17. We were marrie...

PosiesandPuppies · PosiesandPuppies

Hi family! I am struggling today... I would say not with the same issues, but you know, it all circles back to Letting Go and lack of control. Here is the backstory - My Kid is now 18. He struggles with anxiety. He has had periodic episodes of such high anxiety, that he begins crying and has a panic attack. T...

mamalioness · mamalioness

Each Day a New Beginning The Chinese say that water is the most powerful element, because it is perfectly nonresistant. It can wear away a rock and sweep all before it. --Florence Scovel Shinn **Florence talks about nonresistance being the key to serenity and better karmic energy in our lives....

mamalioness · mamalioness

Down with another back spasm but I see a change in me. I didnt go nuts with anger, I didnt curse it and God for this horrible pain. I just immediately started deep breathing, took a whole med instead of 1/2. Immediately started stretching, did everything that you do when you first are stricken with one o...

hotrod · hotrod

he ODAT Reading for today, January 8 speaks about A time when sobriety arrives in the home. The reading suggests that when this happens-- ll is not always followed by roses and sweet music but that we need to be aware and grateful for the small blessings that do arrive with sobriety By applying...

Temple · Temple

Anybody have first-hand experience? I feel as if I am at the bottom of a well. Sound echoes. Can't see well, feel detached. This is with present surroundings; feel more connected to posts and PMS. I had some episodes when I was 12, maybe 13. I called it "being dizzy." I felt as if sound was coming from...

Lyne · Lyne

The reading for Monday, 1/7, speaks of the value of taking a half hour for oneself each day. The author says if a half hour seems to long, start with 5 minutes and work up to the half hour. The author often uses this time to pray or meditate, so they can find peace and power with HP. The author has also foun...

Maresie · Maresie

For me for most of my life the holidays were this huge problem every year. I really bought into a lot of myths about Christmas and indeed all the holidays. I felt even more sensitive around the holidays. One year I went with the now ex A to this lovely seaside resort I let his behavior spoil it all for me...

Overcome · Overcome

Tonight's Topics are: Building Trust with HP Follow this linK to get in the room: http://www.12stepforums.net/chatroom2.html

Hoot Nanny · Hoot Nanny

It has been a good year so far but I have already had challenges. I just know that there will be more to come. I am not deluding myself at all. The end of last year was difficult but now that it is over, I can breathe. Today is my Al anon birthday or anniversary. It has been 33 years since I walked into my first me...

Loser1963 · Loser1963

I really need help dealing with the leftover problems from my long term relationship with a dry alcoholic

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning Everyone- and Happy 2019! Todays reading is about how our growth in Al-Anon can help us recognize our part in any difficulties we have had with our A when trying to communicate. I can relate to the writer who states that before Alanon, the feeing about alcoholism was something much more p...

Temple · Temple

https://www.cheatsheet.com/health-fitness/what-really-happens-when-dont-wash-ha...

Temple · Temple

Did that get everyone's attention? Grins It's more truth than drama. I have across the board allergies to almost everything except for Mother Nature and nail polish. I forget, living here in my pretty much chemical-free house. Howevs, on the morning of December 1, I had emergency surgery for a very...

courage101 · courage101

Saturday morning meeting January 5, 2019 Everyone is welcome to join us in the morning meeting .Topic: "Staying in the positive"The website link to the group meeting room is http://www.12stepforums.net/chatroom2.html. There are other ways to join the room also. Using mIRC or other chat clie...

Overcome · Overcome

Please come in and join us for a morning meeting. Friday morning meeting January 4, 2019 Topics: Step One, New Beginnings, "practicing the program after you no longer live with the alcoholic" and open topic, as it relates to alanon.The website link to the group meeting room is http://www.12step...

DavidG · DavidG

Hi y'all... This share is a ramble. But i would like to see how it goes. I picture Lois as a saint really. I am sure she had her moments. "Damn your old meetings!" Bill was not a saint really. he was more like a product of his age. Coming through the age of prohibition- in some countries. Coming through the st...

Twinkies · Twinkies

As I continue gaining knowledge and perspective I am starting to understand that there is still some anger for me to process. I really thought that most of what was left was just sadness over the loss of hope for the relationship with AH. But yesterday something triggered a wave of anger and frustratio...

Freetime · Freetime

The sentence that jumped out to me from today's reading: "I began to believe that my life could amount to more than a string of painful days to be survived." Like me, the author came to Al-Anon feeling desperate and lonely.... but then paid attention to members in meetings, worked the steps, got a spon...

mamalioness · mamalioness

When you can't stand criticism you learn to be a perfectionist. --Anonymous I was reading touchstones and saw this and had to share it...Author says its human to make mistakes and to feel incomplete..we are never going to be perfect Author talks about how we are all actually a process..We are not th...

lookingup · lookingup

This is my update from past post of flying to Las Vegas to by with my Daughter n Family,3 half hour flight,so well worth it, I actually made it,never flown in my life stayed in my box in Mississippi, Aim a brave courageous,willing person,was able to over come alot of my fears just by doin it,living in the n...

Pol · Pol

I'm asking for some prayers...this is the worse Christmas that I have ever been through. Two Days ago me and my daughter got into an argument because a boy came to the house(shes 14). An hour later she took off and went missing. I was so scared and my husband left work to go to all her friends houses, to see...

mamalioness · mamalioness

FIRST THINGS FIRST with job bookkeeping closeouts coming up, now, I used to feel overwhelmed...oh my!! so much to do!!! and its only ME well this year is different...Sure!! Lots to do..Payroll Tax deposits, end of year payroll..End of year Financials, adjusting entries, etc., I could go on and on, b...

fishstar · fishstar

Hi, i just discovered Al-Anon & im looking to attend one. If there any group in Nairobi, Kenya or are there members here from Nairobi? Thanks.

Iamhere · Iamhere

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." from Lao-tse --- The quote of the day "No one can make me change. No one can stop me from changing. No one really knows how I must change, not even I. Not until I start. I will remember that it only takes a slight shift in direction to begin...

mamalioness · mamalioness

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!! As we approach 2019, may ALL of us experience good health, good wealth, good love and healthy self expression that is my prayer for all of us!!!!!

hotrod · hotrod

The ODAT Reading for today, January 1 Suggests that this year is a book of clean blank pages on which we can write a record of our experiences as we move through the days. The daily use of the Al-Anon program will assure us that we can learn lessons, maintain our serenity and act with courage and wisdom...

mamalioness · mamalioness

EASY DOES ITEASY DOES IT, BUT DO ITFIRST THINGS FIRSTHOW IMPORTANT IS IT?JUST FOR TODAYKEEP AN OPEN MINDYOU ARE NOT ALONEKEEP IT SIMPLEKISS = Keep It Simple StupidKISS = Keep It Serenely SimpleHOPE = Happy Our Program ExistsLET GO AND LET GOD LET IT BEGIN WITH ME LISTEN AND LEARNLIVE AND LET LIVEON...

mamalioness · mamalioness

I love to do research, extra stuff, in the course of my recovery..I am surfing different recovery sites, etc., and I came upon this GREAT list on how to Respond rather than react to someone who is spoiling for a fight and drama That's interesting.Let me think about that.Thank you for the information....

mamalioness · mamalioness

ONE DAY AT A TIME ITs only Wednesday and I caught me thinking of all the stuff I got to do on Fri, when I go back to work I caught me and said "FRI isn't here yet--lets enjoy today" and I MADE me breathe...stay in the present, under my warmer throw on couch, watching videos and staying warm...TODAY is all I got...

wp · wp

For anyone visiting this site as a beginner: Our program is based on The Serenity Prayer: God grant us the serenity To accept the things we cannot change, Courage to change the things we can, And wisdom to know the difference. Suggested preamble to the Twelve Steps: Al-Anon has but on...

Twinkies · Twinkies

Tonight is AHs birthday. We all went out for breakfast this morning and had cake and ice cream this evening, but beyond that we had no plans - just a quiet night at home. Hes in his man cave drinking of course (its escalated in the past few months and its now become an almost nightly thing), our kids are busy...

Skorpi · Skorpi

Welcome to the New Year, MIP! In today's share, the Author says that turning to an alcoholic for affection and support can be like going to the hardware store to buy bread. Our alcoholic loved ones may not be able to meet our expectations, but, the author suggests, it is our expectations and not our lov...

hotrod · hotrod

https://stepwork.activeboard.com/t65192709/alanon-step-one-1-1-2019-12-31/PleaseParticipate in your own recovery as well as the recovery of others, by being active on this...

serenity47 · serenity47

As I sat this morning reflecting on 2018, with all of its incredible blessings and struggles I am grateful. To those whom are new, a very warm welcome and a message of hope that you are never alone even when it seems like it cannot get any worse this board has been and is a beacon of light to all of us. It i...

Twinkies · Twinkies

In a few short years, my kids will be off to college. My goal is to be in a position by then to leave my marriage. Of course, it would be incredible if something were to happen before then that would make that unnecessary, but I cant keep holding on to that dream. I need to be prepared. But Im scared and overwh...

mamalioness · mamalioness

EASY DOES IT As I Practice slowing down, breathing, pausing when I'm not sure, I notice life is not so much of a struggle Its OK to go slow when doing a task that requires precision...Its FINE to take it leisurely when I am taking a shower, it is a absolute pleasure ... I am beginning to get shed of the frant...

mamalioness · mamalioness

Next month, February 15th will be my 15th year in recovery When I first got here, (knew I was a lifer but that was as ok as it could be) I expected that NOW I'm in recovery...LIFE is just gonna MAGICALLY get better for me...The dark will become light and no more problems/hardships/pain, etc. because ROSE...

mamalioness · mamalioness

as part of keeping things simple, I applied it to my step ONEthe first thing I had to see re: step one is where I had to ADMIT I was powerless over my codependency and anything else, for that matter, that is outside of me In step one, after a struggle, I accepted my powerlessness over anything outside of me...

JerryF · JerryF

I am grateful to have MIP and the program in my life as outcomes to the affect of the disease can be much worse than they use to be. Mental and Emotional relapsing for me involves living the long past history of alcoholism and my part in it all over again now with the awareness that I was powerless then an...

Lyne · Lyne

The reading for Monday asks us to take a few minutes to reflect upon the progress we've made during this past year, and to thank those that helped, including HP. The questions the author asked themself included: What did I do to contribute to my success, have I reached out to others in the fellowship...

mamalioness · mamalioness

Has it been a Year of Growth? Growth This author talks about As any year draws to a close, we should reflect on how we have grown in sobriety. We should also identify changes during the year that enabled us to overcome bad habits and to move closer to better patterns of living. The outcomes do not come wi...

mamalioness · mamalioness

I got a great nights sleep, dogs did not have to use restroom at 3am Went to gym after my strength exercise here and swam laps and really got a good cardo ran into some ladies I swim with and they, all 3 gave me happy new year HUGSSSSS....Loved it I can actually see PROGRESS in me!!! Yaaaaaay program!!!!!!...

Twinkies · Twinkies

I joined this group a year ago, give or take. I dove head first into it after having neared what I thought was the end of my rope. I quickly discovered, thanks to this place and some needed perspective, that I still had a lot of rope to go though. I was stronger than I thought. Things had improved at home some...

serenity47 · serenity47

Hello everyone. It has been a while since I have posted although still come to read daily and respond when I feel I have something to offer. Christmas was pretty terrific this year. We celebrated early to accomadate others schedules which was fine by me . My AD has been struggling with sobriety, on ag...

Carla61 · Carla61

My husband sends me mean texts and I respond! Why can't I just ignore him?

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning Everyone: Todays reading is about how recovery is about choices. The writer starts with the beginning of step 3: Made a decision.. The writer goes on to describe making choices with the decisions in our lives, and choosing to turn over our lives to the will of the God of our understanding....

lookingup · lookingup

my 1st ever plane ride was great,flying back home was even better ,i wasn't least bit nervous.yay me i always had my tools with me ,and used them often,especially walking down town Las Vegas on the strip,to many ppl shoulder to shoulder. loved the time I had with my Daughter n Grandsons,which are now te...

A nother · A nother

Hi all. It's been a while since I felt the need to post (though I still read!). I have kept quiet these last months when ah drinks. I don't challenge, try to keep the focus on me and the children, and if I have prior warning of a binge, i sleep at family or friends with the children. The thing is, I have no...

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	Courage to Change, January 11 (Preview) Good morning, MIP Family -- That is exactly the topic of today's reading. The author feels lucky to have found a second family where they can speak freely, be accepted as they are, have the dignity to solve their own problems, and are freely given the empathy and love that they deserve just by being the...	Freetime	6	497	Jan 11, 2019 by Lyne
	Stepping out of my comfort zone tonight (Preview) The kids are staying at my parents house tonight. I was hoping since they were gone, maybe AH and I could do something together. Maybe dinner or a movie. I brought it up to him but he chose instead to do what he does most nights - relax in his man cave with his faithful companion Sam Adams. While my days are bu...	Twinkies	10	494	Jan 10, 2019 by Mattie
	Courage to Change 1/10/19 (Preview) Good morning MIP! Today's reading discusses worry. The author suggests that when we succumb to worry, we open a Pandora's box of terrifying pictures, paranoid voices and relentless self-criticism. When we give substance to this worry, we lose touch with reality, and typically nothing useful...	Iamhere	5	423	Jan 10, 2019 by mamalioness
	Let go. Let HP (Preview) The slogan says let go and let God, I just say let go let my higher power and boy was I tested with that this afternoon when I came home I fired up my computer and the profile would not load, I kept getting an error so I did deal let go and let God. And I also paused and prayed. I took deep breaths and said OK, will g...	mamalioness	2	1881	Jan 10, 2019 by Lyne
	If I told you this already, forgive me. Bear of very small mind presently. (Preview) When I came home from the hospital the second time, everything was very rosy around here. Husband had gotten enough of a scare about losing me to be over hisownself, and I had had my night of forgiveness and acceptance and all. And everything was more loving than it's been in decades. And I asked him on...	Temple	4	416	Jan 9, 2019 by Temple
	Courage to Change January 9 (Preview) Hello MIP! Today's C2C speaks about one of my own character defects: looking outside myself for approval. The author shares that when the approval of others becomes necessary in order for us to feel satisfaction in our own good works, when the applause of others become THE reason for our behavior o...	Skorpi	6	492	Jan 9, 2019 by hotrod
	In God's time... (Preview) I saw some pictures posted on facebook by our grand daughter in law of the great grand kids. How stunning in beauty they are!! I desire to hug/hold them again while they are "up there" and we are "down here" oceans apart. We found out that grand son/daughter are separated...so soon after being marri...	JerryF	11	587	Jan 9, 2019 by el-cee
	Canadian Guy (Preview) Tom-- So glad to see you on the board. Would love to hear how it is working out with the new GF, should you decide to share. You are able to sit up and type, so I am encouraged. Well that was pretty snarky, wasn't it. You've been forgiving me for a long time,and I hope you continue. And I really do want you to b...	Temple	4	413	Jan 8, 2019 by andromeda
	what is wrong w/ me? (Preview) Not looking for a diagnosis or anything. I just need to share a few things that have been happening. Actually if I shared what I really feel would anyone really care? Sometimes when I go to any kind of meeting, it seems that I always feel uncomfortable when I leave. I can't believe I have after 33 years in t...	Hoot Nanny	3	521	Jan 8, 2019 by Iamhere
	To Jerry (Preview) Thanks for the reminder about Psycho-Cybernetics. I read it a million years ago and forgot. Have to see if I still have it, or get another copy. I've read every self-help book and New Thought kind of thing, it seems, and lots of it has been helpful. I tend to be a "sampler" and always moving onto the next...	Temple	12	517	Jan 8, 2019 by Temple
	A story about my mom .. lol (Preview) I realize as I get older that there are a couple of things going on .. first off my mom just can't help herself .. and second off .. it's not going to change. I was a bad daughter and didn't call during the holidays which sends my mother into panic mode that I'm angry with her .. I'm not angry .. I just don't wan...	SerenityRUS	6	3368	Jan 8, 2019 by mamalioness
	Struggling with ex-A in rehab (Preview) Hi, all -- I don't often post here but in between my local meetings, I read a lot here and get a lot of strength and clarity from all of you. I am posting because I have been struggling a bit since my ex-husband ("R)") announced that he'd decided to go to rehab, and then entered rehab on Dec. 17. We were marrie...	norasq	14	752	Jan 8, 2019 by norasq
	Asking for some input, please (Preview) Hi family! I am struggling today... I would say not with the same issues, but you know, it all circles back to Letting Go and lack of control. Here is the backstory - My Kid is now 18. He struggles with anxiety. He has had periodic episodes of such high anxiety, that he begins crying and has a panic attack. T...	PosiesandPuppies	25	2666	Jan 8, 2019 by PosiesandPuppies
	NON-resistance_09 Jan (Each day a new beginning) (Preview) Each Day a New Beginning The Chinese say that water is the most powerful element, because it is perfectly nonresistant. It can wear away a rock and sweep all before it. --Florence Scovel Shinn **Florence talks about nonresistance being the key to serenity and better karmic energy in our lives....	mamalioness	3	433	Jan 8, 2019 by mamalioness
	Down with another back spasm but I see change in me (Preview) Down with another back spasm but I see a change in me. I didnt go nuts with anger, I didnt curse it and God for this horrible pain. I just immediately started deep breathing, took a whole med instead of 1/2. Immediately started stretching, did everything that you do when you first are stricken with one o...	mamalioness	15	2342	Jan 8, 2019 by mamalioness
	odat Reading 1-8-2019 (Preview) he ODAT Reading for today, January 8 speaks about A time when sobriety arrives in the home. The reading suggests that when this happens-- ll is not always followed by roses and sweet music but that we need to be aware and grateful for the small blessings that do arrive with sobriety By applying...	hotrod	4	546	Jan 8, 2019 by PosiesandPuppies
	Disassociative Reaction? (Preview) Anybody have first-hand experience? I feel as if I am at the bottom of a well. Sound echoes. Can't see well, feel detached. This is with present surroundings; feel more connected to posts and PMS. I had some episodes when I was 12, maybe 13. I called it "being dizzy." I felt as if sound was coming from...	Temple	7	429	Jan 7, 2019 by mamalioness
	C2C, 1/7 (Preview) The reading for Monday, 1/7, speaks of the value of taking a half hour for oneself each day. The author says if a half hour seems to long, start with 5 minutes and work up to the half hour. The author often uses this time to pray or meditate, so they can find peace and power with HP. The author has also foun...	Lyne	5	437	Jan 7, 2019 by hotrod
	The holidays (Preview) For me for most of my life the holidays were this huge problem every year. I really bought into a lot of myths about Christmas and indeed all the holidays. I felt even more sensitive around the holidays. One year I went with the now ex A to this lovely seaside resort I let his behavior spoil it all for me...	Maresie	5	437	Jan 7, 2019 by mamalioness
	Sunday Evening Meeting starting (Preview) Tonight's Topics are: Building Trust with HP Follow this linK to get in the room: http://www.12stepforums.net/chatroom2.html	Overcome	2	372	Jan 6, 2019 by Overcome
	a good year so far! (Preview) It has been a good year so far but I have already had challenges. I just know that there will be more to come. I am not deluding myself at all. The end of last year was difficult but now that it is over, I can breathe. Today is my Al anon birthday or anniversary. It has been 33 years since I walked into my first me...	Hoot Nanny	5	1809	Jan 6, 2019 by tiredtonite
	Depression and anxiety (Preview) I really need help dealing with the leftover problems from my long term relationship with a dry alcoholic	Loser1963	2	380	Jan 6, 2019 by hotrod
	Hope for Today Jan 6 (Preview) Good morning Everyone- and Happy 2019! Todays reading is about how our growth in Al-Anon can help us recognize our part in any difficulties we have had with our A when trying to communicate. I can relate to the writer who states that before Alanon, the feeing about alcoholism was something much more p...	yanksfan51	4	694	Jan 6, 2019 by PosiesandPuppies
	What happens when a person does not wash his hands (Preview) https://www.cheatsheet.com/health-fitness/what-really-happens-when-dont-wash-ha...	Temple	4	450	Jan 6, 2019 by Lyne
	They weren't able to kill me, so I am still here. (Preview) Did that get everyone's attention? Grins It's more truth than drama. I have across the board allergies to almost everything except for Mother Nature and nail polish. I forget, living here in my pretty much chemical-free house. Howevs, on the morning of December 1, I had emergency surgery for a very...	Temple	36	652	Jan 5, 2019 by Temple
	Saturday morning meeting January 5, 2019. Topic: "Staying in the positive" (Preview) Saturday morning meeting January 5, 2019 Everyone is welcome to join us in the morning meeting .Topic: "Staying in the positive"The website link to the group meeting room is http://www.12stepforums.net/chatroom2.html. There are other ways to join the room also. Using mIRC or other chat clie...	courage101	2	5810	Jan 5, 2019 by courage101
	MORNING MEETING starting an hour late. (Preview) Please come in and join us for a morning meeting. Friday morning meeting January 4, 2019 Topics: Step One, New Beginnings, "practicing the program after you no longer live with the alcoholic" and open topic, as it relates to alanon.The website link to the group meeting room is http://www.12step...	Overcome	7	2359	Jan 5, 2019 by PosiesandPuppies
	Lois W. ... (Preview) Hi y'all... This share is a ramble. But i would like to see how it goes. I picture Lois as a saint really. I am sure she had her moments. "Damn your old meetings!" Bill was not a saint really. he was more like a product of his age. Coming through the age of prohibition- in some countries. Coming through the st...	DavidG	7	2944	Jan 4, 2019 by DavidG
	Processing anger (long - Sorry!) (Preview) As I continue gaining knowledge and perspective I am starting to understand that there is still some anger for me to process. I really thought that most of what was left was just sadness over the loss of hope for the relationship with AH. But yesterday something triggered a wave of anger and frustratio...	Twinkies	5	3005	Jan 4, 2019 by KT2015
	Courage to Change, January 4 (Preview) The sentence that jumped out to me from today's reading: "I began to believe that my life could amount to more than a string of painful days to be survived." Like me, the author came to Al-Anon feeling desperate and lonely.... but then paid attention to members in meetings, worked the steps, got a spon...	Freetime	4	571	Jan 4, 2019 by Iamhere
	if you can't stand criticism, you learn to be a perfectionist (Preview) When you can't stand criticism you learn to be a perfectionist. --Anonymous I was reading touchstones and saw this and had to share it...Author says its human to make mistakes and to feel incomplete..we are never going to be perfect Author talks about how we are all actually a process..We are not th...	mamalioness	5	2388	Jan 4, 2019 by PosiesandPuppies
	Trip to vegas (Preview) This is my update from past post of flying to Las Vegas to by with my Daughter n Family,3 half hour flight,so well worth it, I actually made it,never flown in my life stayed in my box in Mississippi, Aim a brave courageous,willing person,was able to over come alot of my fears just by doin it,living in the n...	lookingup	13	898	Jan 4, 2019 by mamalioness
	Letting go of my daughter. (Preview) I'm asking for some prayers...this is the worse Christmas that I have ever been through. Two Days ago me and my daughter got into an argument because a boy came to the house(shes 14). An hour later she took off and went missing. I was so scared and my husband left work to go to all her friends houses, to see...	Pol	21	3885	Jan 3, 2019 by mamalioness
	Slogan for Thursday (Preview) FIRST THINGS FIRST with job bookkeeping closeouts coming up, now, I used to feel overwhelmed...oh my!! so much to do!!! and its only ME well this year is different...Sure!! Lots to do..Payroll Tax deposits, end of year payroll..End of year Financials, adjusting entries, etc., I could go on and on, b...	mamalioness	0	2338	Jan 3, 2019 by mamalioness
	Al-Anon in Nairobi, Kenya? (Preview) Hi, i just discovered Al-Anon & im looking to attend one. If there any group in Nairobi, Kenya or are there members here from Nairobi? Thanks.	fishstar	5	4291	Jan 3, 2019 by JerryF
	Courage to Change 1-3-19 (Preview) "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." from Lao-tse --- The quote of the day "No one can make me change. No one can stop me from changing. No one really knows how I must change, not even I. Not until I start. I will remember that it only takes a slight shift in direction to begin...	Iamhere	5	412	Jan 3, 2019 by mamalioness
	HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! (Preview) HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!! As we approach 2019, may ALL of us experience good health, good wealth, good love and healthy self expression that is my prayer for all of us!!!!!	mamalioness	6	4376	Jan 2, 2019 by tiredtonite
	ODAT READING Jan 1 2019 (Preview) The ODAT Reading for today, January 1 Suggests that this year is a book of clean blank pages on which we can write a record of our experiences as we move through the days. The daily use of the Al-Anon program will assure us that we can learn lessons, maintain our serenity and act with courage and wisdom...	hotrod	6	2377	Jan 2, 2019 by mamalioness
	the Golden SLOGANS (Preview) EASY DOES ITEASY DOES IT, BUT DO ITFIRST THINGS FIRSTHOW IMPORTANT IS IT?JUST FOR TODAYKEEP AN OPEN MINDYOU ARE NOT ALONEKEEP IT SIMPLEKISS = Keep It Simple StupidKISS = Keep It Serenely SimpleHOPE = Happy Our Program ExistsLET GO AND LET GOD LET IT BEGIN WITH ME LISTEN AND LEARNLIVE AND LET LIVEON...	mamalioness	1	3757	Jan 2, 2019 by PosiesandPuppies
	How to absolutely difuse the drama kings and queens (Preview) I love to do research, extra stuff, in the course of my recovery..I am surfing different recovery sites, etc., and I came upon this GREAT list on how to Respond rather than react to someone who is spoiling for a fight and drama That's interesting.Let me think about that.Thank you for the information....	mamalioness	9	2044	Jan 2, 2019 by tiredtonite
	what slogan applies to me today??? (Preview) ONE DAY AT A TIME ITs only Wednesday and I caught me thinking of all the stuff I got to do on Fri, when I go back to work I caught me and said "FRI isn't here yet--lets enjoy today" and I MADE me breathe...stay in the present, under my warmer throw on couch, watching videos and staying warm...TODAY is all I got...	mamalioness	2	3024	Jan 2, 2019 by mamalioness
	What is Al-anon? (Preview) For anyone visiting this site as a beginner: Our program is based on The Serenity Prayer: God grant us the serenity To accept the things we cannot change, Courage to change the things we can, And wisdom to know the difference. Suggested preamble to the Twelve Steps: Al-Anon has but on...	wp	2	3609	Jan 2, 2019 by tiredtonite
	Unsure how to handle this (Preview) Tonight is AHs birthday. We all went out for breakfast this morning and had cake and ice cream this evening, but beyond that we had no plans - just a quiet night at home. Hes in his man cave drinking of course (its escalated in the past few months and its now become an almost nightly thing), our kids are busy...	Twinkies	8	2783	Jan 2, 2019 by Temple
	Courage to Change January 2 (Preview) Welcome to the New Year, MIP! In today's share, the Author says that turning to an alcoholic for affection and support can be like going to the hardware store to buy bread. Our alcoholic loved ones may not be able to meet our expectations, but, the author suggests, it is our expectations and not our lov...	Skorpi	5	3275	Jan 2, 2019 by Iamhere
	Step One (Preview) https://stepwork.activeboard.com/t65192709/alanon-step-one-1-1-2019-12-31/PleaseParticipate in your own recovery as well as the recovery of others, by being active on this...	hotrod	3	2783	Jan 1, 2019 by Iamhere
	Reflections/thankfulness/gratitude (Preview) As I sat this morning reflecting on 2018, with all of its incredible blessings and struggles I am grateful. To those whom are new, a very warm welcome and a message of hope that you are never alone even when it seems like it cannot get any worse this board has been and is a beacon of light to all of us. It i...	serenity47	6	1340	Jan 1, 2019 by Bo
	The next step (Preview) In a few short years, my kids will be off to college. My goal is to be in a position by then to leave my marriage. Of course, it would be incredible if something were to happen before then that would make that unnecessary, but I cant keep holding on to that dream. I need to be prepared. But Im scared and overwh...	Twinkies	7	2970	Jan 1, 2019 by Bettertomorrow
	what slogan am i working on today (Preview) EASY DOES IT As I Practice slowing down, breathing, pausing when I'm not sure, I notice life is not so much of a struggle Its OK to go slow when doing a task that requires precision...Its FINE to take it leisurely when I am taking a shower, it is a absolute pleasure ... I am beginning to get shed of the frant...	mamalioness	2	3496	Jan 1, 2019 by Maresie
	I beg your pardon!! I didn't promise you a rose garden (Preview) Next month, February 15th will be my 15th year in recovery When I first got here, (knew I was a lifer but that was as ok as it could be) I expected that NOW I'm in recovery...LIFE is just gonna MAGICALLY get better for me...The dark will become light and no more problems/hardships/pain, etc. because ROSE...	mamalioness	1	4895	Jan 1, 2019 by JerryF
	a look at step one (Preview) as part of keeping things simple, I applied it to my step ONEthe first thing I had to see re: step one is where I had to ADMIT I was powerless over my codependency and anything else, for that matter, that is outside of me In step one, after a struggle, I accepted my powerlessness over anything outside of me...	mamalioness	3	4648	Dec 31, 2018 by mamalioness
	Mental Emotional relapsing (Preview) I am grateful to have MIP and the program in my life as outcomes to the affect of the disease can be much worse than they use to be. Mental and Emotional relapsing for me involves living the long past history of alcoholism and my part in it all over again now with the awareness that I was powerless then an...	JerryF	8	4467	Dec 31, 2018 by mamalioness
	C2C, 12/31 (Preview) The reading for Monday asks us to take a few minutes to reflect upon the progress we've made during this past year, and to thank those that helped, including HP. The questions the author asked themself included: What did I do to contribute to my success, have I reached out to others in the fellowship...	Lyne	5	920	Dec 31, 2018 by Iamhere
	How did I grow in 2018??? (Preview) Has it been a Year of Growth? Growth This author talks about As any year draws to a close, we should reflect on how we have grown in sobriety. We should also identify changes during the year that enabled us to overcome bad habits and to move closer to better patterns of living. The outcomes do not come wi...	mamalioness	2	2206	Dec 31, 2018 by hotrod
	What am I grateful for today??? (Preview) I got a great nights sleep, dogs did not have to use restroom at 3am Went to gym after my strength exercise here and swam laps and really got a good cardo ran into some ladies I swim with and they, all 3 gave me happy new year HUGSSSSS....Loved it I can actually see PROGRESS in me!!! Yaaaaaay program!!!!!!...	mamalioness	2	2991	Dec 31, 2018 by PosiesandPuppies
	Been awhile (Preview) I joined this group a year ago, give or take. I dove head first into it after having neared what I thought was the end of my rope. I quickly discovered, thanks to this place and some needed perspective, that I still had a lot of rope to go though. I was stronger than I thought. Things had improved at home some...	Twinkies	5	3149	Dec 31, 2018 by Maresie
	Christmas/Expectations/ and al that other stuff (Preview) Hello everyone. It has been a while since I have posted although still come to read daily and respond when I feel I have something to offer. Christmas was pretty terrific this year. We celebrated early to accomadate others schedules which was fine by me . My AD has been struggling with sobriety, on ag...	serenity47	6	5265	Dec 30, 2018 by Maresie
	Why do I engage? (Preview) My husband sends me mean texts and I respond! Why can't I just ignore him?	Carla61	8	3551	Dec 30, 2018 by Carla61
	Hope for Today Dec 30 (Preview) Good morning Everyone: Todays reading is about how recovery is about choices. The writer starts with the beginning of step 3: Made a decision.. The writer goes on to describe making choices with the decisions in our lives, and choosing to turn over our lives to the will of the God of our understanding....	yanksfan51	4	2070	Dec 30, 2018 by Iamhere
	Back home safe n sound Pics of me far left daughter gson gson sil daughters bil bil daughter sil sister gson my son my dil.....and Bella fur baby.had a blast. (Preview) my 1st ever plane ride was great,flying back home was even better ,i wasn't least bit nervous.yay me i always had my tools with me ,and used them often,especially walking down town Las Vegas on the strip,to many ppl shoulder to shoulder. loved the time I had with my Daughter n Grandsons,which are now te...	lookingup	5	5272	Dec 30, 2018 by Iamhere
	Would you tell your alcoholic about the effects of their drinking on others? (Preview) Hi all. It's been a while since I felt the need to post (though I still read!). I have kept quiet these last months when ah drinks. I don't challenge, try to keep the focus on me and the children, and if I have prior warning of a binge, i sleep at family or friends with the children. The thing is, I have no...	A nother	12	2267	Dec 30, 2018 by KT2015
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