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sandie123 · sandie123

"Today I can accepet myself for what I am because I know that whatever happens, I have a higher power and a group of people who will love me anyway" This quote stopped me dead in my meeting tonight. I read it and couldn't speak. I later did get my voice enough to express how unbe...

beachbaby · beachbaby

Hey everyone I needed to share and vent about my questionable relationship with alcohol and would love to hear more stories of others in the program who feel they could be or determined they were alcholic ....aka ..."double winner" Until recently, I never ever thought I had an issue. My al...

bobump · bobump

Has anyone seen Pico? On the board or in chat ? Bob

notsonew1111 · notsonew1111

hello everyone, havnt been on here in a while but id thought i would update you all. two weeks ago if you recall my a relapsed and that was it for me. and this time it really is. he has begged me back numerous times promising me the world and in the past i always believed. but watch the feet right? i dont see any...

Jayda · Jayda

I am so stressed and I just want some peace in my life...even for a day. Doesn't everyone deserve a break once in a while? I want to be able to go to bed and fall asleep peacefully, not with 1000 things running through my head. I want to wake up in the morning thinking about positive things...not worried a...

ollie · ollie

Hi All,well another saturday meeting with my H ,who i haven,t live with for 12 wks,he comes down to see me i suppose and our new grandson,who i look after sat mornings. We are now talking much more than we ever have in the last 3 yrs,WHY do i feel sorry for him,he wants us to have another go at saving our mar...

nycbt · nycbt

Everyone I had an awsome weekend. I left my husband for over night and hung out with the girls, we went on the beach got a nice tan, bought some stuff I had lots of fun. I got a couple henna. I have come since a log way, last yr I would of Not be able to do this. I was not ready to leave my husband over night. I was so h...

hmrnrnmm · hmrnrnmm

Before I start, what do you do about a neighbor enabling buying the booze & transporting it her when I have the wheels? Can I tell the neighbor no more? I have not yet. I got off work at 8pm. I came home and loaded the sale items by myself. I acted like everything was great when I came inside. &...

nmike · nmike

Hi Friends, Well, I don't know what this is all about. My AHSober and I have been at each other's throats for a year. In the last 3 weeks, we seemed to have hit the eye in the storm. We usually end of fighting about our relationship (mostly on my part) because he wants a divorce. About 3 weeks...

desperate for help · desperate for help

Hello. My husband is an alcoholic and I am at wits end. I don't know where to turn and thought I would start here. He only drinks at night, but drinks EVERY night, 7 nights a week. He gets completely drunk. He drinks straight vodka and swtiches back and forth to beer.&nb...

vangellic · vangellic

Does anyone know the stages after ascites progresses? I need to speak to someone who has been there or "is" at this point. I'm dealing with an "A" that has been diagnosed with "no liver" and will (hopefully) be added to the transplant list in 6 mos. from what the hospital told...

pj · pj

I'm very...tired. I think my husband is an A. He says that he isn't...um...even though he admits that he's been drinking to dull his pain for the past...well...years. When he is not drinking, he is disconnected, grouchy, short-tempered, angry, sullen, forgetful, mean...once he's had a drink...

s1234 · s1234

My husband has a drinking problem that he won't admit to and it is tearing this family apart!! We have all addressed the issue, however he doesn't seem to get it. He feels as long as it is controlled he is okay! He makes more excuses!!!! I can't take anymore of this. I hav...

TLC2 · TLC2

I don't know what is going on in my life right now. I had layed out his meds (in a box) on the floor outside the bedroom door. When he came in, I told him he could sleep in the spare room, I'd be da**ed if he was going to sleep in MY bed. I tried not to respond to any of his rantings, but he was trying to blame my s...

dori · dori

Hi, Has any one ever felt they dont belong any where?I am in alanon but my ex a hasnt been with me over 3 years there is no A in my life. I tried comeing here and posting and try to give and respond to help others.I have gone to the aa side of posting, even though they been extra kind to me i just...

annmarie · annmarie

Hi everyone, I'm shocked. Don't know why but I am! I'm working my program quite well I think, detatching with love, not padding his (my Aboyfriend) fall when he drinks all his wages etc. Anyway, I made it clear that I would not be around drinking, and if he chose to disappear for three days wit...

leigh · leigh

I am brand new to this board (about 5 minutes) and go about once a week to in person Alanon meetings. My former husband is my qualifier, as well as my psychotic mother. I am typical enabeler, trying to heal the world, one addict at a time. I need help because I want and need to s...

leo · leo

Hi everyone, Just wanted to check in and let you know how things are going. Last weekend my husband came home drunk and I ignored him when he walked in. The next morning I made a very strained phone call to him telling him that if he wanted any papers signed in future he needed to have only hi...

TLC2 · TLC2

Well folks, this is it.(please HP, let it really be over!! Give me the strength to stand by ME!!) I know a lot of you may be wondering why I call it quits after such a trivial (?) thing?? He got drunk on July 9th (my birthday) and ruined that, I called my son and cancelled because I didn't want the kids to see...

kismetstrand · kismetstrand

I wandered into a chat room and was looking at the top of the screen where it says "topic" and was then thinking how people come in and ask "whats the topic?" which led me to thinking, gee wouldn't it be fun to have a "today's topic" every day. So then I opened up my ODAT to July 16 and started reading. R...

RamzDear · RamzDear

I've been zeroing in on detaching with love. I see now where it is considered difficult by some. Between my almost uncontrollable urge to be in his business and feeling I need to completely ignore him..that narrow bridge became a bit more visible to me...I THINK.. Darling A came home today tanked af...

serendipity · serendipity

all of the sudden i am having a hard time keeping the focus on myself. i am starting to wonder what my soon to be ah is doing and with who. up till now, when i would wonder, i could change my thought or say a prayer to let it go. and it worked. i was not obsessing. but the past couple of days i have been behaving mis...

emma · emma

I'm writing to thank all of you who have touched my life via this site. My f2f mtgs and of course my sponsor deserve (and will get) a lot of my thanks too, but there is something about all of you and this site that really helped me to understand and incorporate the al anon program into my life these last few...

debilyn · debilyn

ok so he is him. Tells me he is still in love with me. So what? lol I mean it is not like he is wooing me and sending a lot of letters and calling. Not saying, "I want to do this for you and that for you. I have not treated you like I want to treat you....." I have always been the last consideration for hi...

heartless39470 · heartless39470

When I first came to these rooms, I was lost. I had lost my A for a year, and my kids left to live with thier A Dad. It has been a very hard year for me, but with the help of Al-anon, my sponsor, and all of you. I am able to see progress in me. I am getting stronger and learning more everyday. I am also getting in touc...

Alethea · Alethea

Hi, this is my first time at any type of Al-Anon message board. I haven't been to a meeting either. I read several postings and started to cry. I have felt so alone in this and a lot of what I read mirrored how I feel. It is nice to know that there are others who can understand what I live through e...

dori · dori

Hi, I could of missed the pain but than I would of missed the dance.I loved you and I am thankful I loved you.I am thankful for all you did in my life.Yes I mean all the drama the pain all of it.I landed in alanon where I got sanity for the first time in my life. It got to me a place in my li...

Jennifer · Jennifer

Hi (((Everyone))) It's late and I should be sleeping but I wanted to end my day here. After posting this morning I went with my A to his appointment, let me clarify I would have stayed home but the center confirmed to me and him that they would like me there to provide info he may not be capable of. unfortu...

lin0606 · lin0606

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debilyn · debilyn

I got the shock of my life. Did not believe it the first time I visited A in jail. Went back yesterday. I was nervous and sat down. He comes out and it is not the monster, it is my husband.I did not think I would ever see him again I got all unnerved and it was like my dreams where he is dead and is alive ag...

dori · dori

Hi, good to see you dori

serendipity · serendipity

i don't mind being alone. i actually enjoy it. but the loneliness is starting to get to me. not all the time. i am using my f2f and friends to talk about life and to get hugs. but i am missing the real intimacy. i'm not sure if it's part of missing my ah (who i think was served divorce papers yesterday) or if it'...

drucilla06 · drucilla06

Hello friends. I don't know if this would be Alanon related.It's my LIFE,so I guess that's what this all about,right? I am going to call work tomorrow and quit my job.I left there in tears today and have been crying ever since.Here's what happened.I was written up for doing something that I KNOW LO...

debilyn · debilyn

hi good to see you. I wanted to respond to your response. I have been in alanon a good many years. Have seen my A husband go thru about everything. I am not stranger to relapse, sobriety, recovery program to relapse and on and on. I am not ignorant when it comes to aism. Worry is not part of my...

debilyn · debilyn

My A husband said that a lot. Then he was at his moms and did up too much H and died on the floor. The paramedics came and shocked him back. sigh. What could I have done? Nothing. To me it was and is totally out of my control. I cannot commit him. He saw a counselor, I was outside the door listening. He t...

Dolphin123 · Dolphin123

Hi roomies, I am at work right now and I am wishing I was at home. I took my car to the shop on Friday. Thinking I was going to be spending about $1800 to get the car fixed. Well the guy called me Friday morning and said good news you don't need a new transmission, bad news the part I need won't be in until Mon...

DoN4me · DoN4me

Last night, went out for a evening with friends. My A decided after we agree not to stay out too late because I have been working 10-11 hour days to come home so I could get some rest. Guess I knew I never should have went the whole night was a mess. Me and His drinking buddy's wife left them both at the b...

rtexas · rtexas

Morning ((((Everyone)))) I had to laugh at myself this morning and I thought you guys(gals) might enjoy this too. These days my AW falls asleep in about 30 seconds and immediatly starts snoring.... LOUD. It is really amazing. I even recorded some of it on my phone. (coul...

maresie2 · maresie2

Before al-anon I lived my life in a sea of frustration and feeling left out. I seethed with resentment day and night. These days I really seek to lessen resentments as best I can. I know how toxic they are. These days I am struggling financially (when wasn't I?) but now when I come up again...

Jennifer · Jennifer

Hello (((Everyone))) Let me say first of all I am sorry i have not been able to contribute to the board as I would like to. There is not enough time in the day lately to work, finish house, talk to creditors, meditate, find strength to tune out my A and everything that goes along with it. And I have had the f...

Dolphin123 · Dolphin123

Hiya roomies, I just got off the phone with my daycare provider. And she had a very serious tone in her voice. So I was a little freaked. Here is our conversation. Day Care Provider (DCP): Prepare yourself Me: Crap, who is it this time (I have 3 kids) DCP: The middle one Me: Great, what she do thi...

Belongtome · Belongtome

Wow...my 2 week business trip, without A, was pretty wonderful. I travelled 500 miles each way, towing a 20 ft trailer...proving to myself I could turn and back into any space whatsoever...found this out when a bridge was out on a country road and I had to negotiate my "rig" into a country driveway, b...

hmrnrnmm · hmrnrnmm

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Rebecca · Rebecca

Lindy · Lindy

I haven't posted for awhile; things were calmer since our last blow-up about a month ago. I'm sure the blow-up would've been two weeks ago, but A was able to go out and drink himself stupid with his relatives because of a wedding so I told him to go ahead and stay out as long as he wanted. There was no blow-up...

Jill · Jill

Hi Abbyal, Today’s reading is the one you quote on this message board. I used to associate July 14 with Bastille Day. Later, my nephew was born on July 14, so this became his day. But since I’ve been reading the board, this is my July 14 thought. I agree - it's an awesome reading. You ca...

jj · jj

I have been struggeling with this very question for about a year now and my recovery has suffered huge!!! As I took the journey of recovery I began to question myself more and more and actually felt that I did not really belong in alanon at all. I have attended AA meetings and feel very comfo...

Karilynn · Karilynn

((((((((((((((Family)))))))))))))))), If anyone has a copy of Meoldy Beattie's book: More Language of Letting Go, this month's topic is theme is: Learn to Say How it Feels. I find this particularly relevant for both hubby and I because he's newly sober and I am learning to deal with a newly...

Jennifer · Jennifer

Hello (((Everyone))) Thank you for your shares. I will reply more in depth later ... for now though I wanted to be sure to let you all know I am doing good. I decided the more info I had the better so I called every agebcy in town and county that would be involved if I had to do anything against his will. I got...

penny · penny

May 30th was my last posting.. it seems a life time ago, since then I have come a long way. I am still living on my own and at a secret address although My Ex A's family have contacted me asking where I lived, I didnt reveal anything. His last court appearance for damaging my daughters car was adjourn...

maresie2 · maresie2

I think that Al-anon has taught me to understand my limitations. I am up for a job at a nearby company. Everything is great about the job, location, pay, conditions everything. Unfortunately the job involves a supervisor who is impossible to please. I have chosen not to pursue it...

Dolphin123 · Dolphin123

Hi all, Ok so it you read the previous post about Chanting the Serenity Prayer wanting to cry, you know my care went back to the shop today. Well it wasn't ready to be picked up when I got off work, so I took the ferry home. When I got to the other side of the water it started to rain. I had no jacket and no umb...

Andrea12 · Andrea12

Hello Friends, having kind of a bad day today, don't know why exactly just life I guess.....Some days it seems that everything will be ok and then other days....I don't know....I am trying to stay in the moment...in today...it just gets hard sometimes... Hub is off of work, broken leg....I n...

just me · just me

Hey (((((SLS))))) I just wanted you to know it is good to see you on the board! I am looking forward to seeing your shares again. You have much esh to offer! Take care! Julia

dori · dori

Hi, I been in alanon 3 years and right not cant always get to face to face meetings. I need a alanon sponsor on line any one interested ? dori

daisy2 · daisy2

Hi all, i'm new here, but i will share my expirience from my only meeting. Manyof you are talking about great meeting and how much you learned from them. My meeting was different. I sat in cold room with another 10 mostly woman, middle aged, bitter, leaving their husbands. What i got from it, let it go m...

chris52 · chris52

Hello ((((((((family))))))))) Am back in the Uk with my son and his heavily pregnant wife. She looks FANTASTIC!! To sit and watch my son cherish her and take such good care of her brings tears to my eyes. HIS Father was never interested in our two pregnancies,giving us the joy of two beautiful children...

hmrnrnmm · hmrnrnmm

My A just left to go by booze under the guise of buying ice, she has graduated from beer to wine so she is not drinking as much or so she says. I do not entertain any conversation on booze. (sometimes I think why don't you just spend all your money and stock up) We still have bills due and she is al...

Julianna · Julianna

Last night I went to my first meeting. It was very helpful and nice to talk with some people who have been there and done that in person. They gave me phone numbers and told me to call anytime-how comforting. I hope I never need to call someone anytime, but it sure is nice to know...

RamzDear · RamzDear

Yup...it was if my soul were rubbed raw with the twisted drinking garbage and sitting through my first al-anon meeting felt like a salve to said soul. I bought three books as soon as I walked into the meeting;'Hope for Today,Courage for Today and One day at a time'. I stuffed them into my purse and took...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Unconditional Love (Preview) "Today I can accepet myself for what I am because I know that whatever happens, I have a higher power and a group of people who will love me anyway" This quote stopped me dead in my meeting tonight. I read it and couldn't speak. I later did get my voice enough to express how unbe...	sandie123	6	863	Jul 18, 2006 by david62
	Examining my relationship with Alcohol (Preview) Hey everyone I needed to share and vent about my questionable relationship with alcohol and would love to hear more stories of others in the program who feel they could be or determined they were alcholic ....aka ..."double winner" Until recently, I never ever thought I had an issue. My al...	beachbaby	7	558	Jul 18, 2006 by nycbt
	Any one seen Pico? (Preview) Has anyone seen Pico? On the board or in chat ? Bob	bobump	6	521	Jul 17, 2006 by Tiger2006
	healing going on here..... (Preview) hello everyone, havnt been on here in a while but id thought i would update you all. two weeks ago if you recall my a relapsed and that was it for me. and this time it really is. he has begged me back numerous times promising me the world and in the past i always believed. but watch the feet right? i dont see any...	notsonew1111	5	490	Jul 17, 2006 by dori
	Pulling my hair out (Preview) I am so stressed and I just want some peace in my life...even for a day. Doesn't everyone deserve a break once in a while? I want to be able to go to bed and fall asleep peacefully, not with 1000 things running through my head. I want to wake up in the morning thinking about positive things...not worried a...	Jayda	7	551	Jul 17, 2006 by debilyn
	JUST DONT KNOW? (Preview) Hi All,well another saturday meeting with my H ,who i haven,t live with for 12 wks,he comes down to see me i suppose and our new grandson,who i look after sat mornings. We are now talking much more than we ever have in the last 3 yrs,WHY do i feel sorry for him,he wants us to have another go at saving our mar...	ollie	12	607	Jul 17, 2006 by ollie
	me (Preview) Everyone I had an awsome weekend. I left my husband for over night and hung out with the girls, we went on the beach got a nice tan, bought some stuff I had lots of fun. I got a couple henna. I have come since a log way, last yr I would of Not be able to do this. I was not ready to leave my husband over night. I was so h...	nycbt	6	417	Jul 17, 2006 by lilms
	money issues & others enabling A (Preview) Before I start, what do you do about a neighbor enabling buying the booze & transporting it her when I have the wheels? Can I tell the neighbor no more? I have not yet. I got off work at 8pm. I came home and loaded the sale items by myself. I acted like everything was great when I came inside. &...	hmrnrnmm	3	868	Jul 17, 2006 by Dolphin123
	Lull in the storm... (Preview) Hi Friends, Well, I don't know what this is all about. My AHSober and I have been at each other's throats for a year. In the last 3 weeks, we seemed to have hit the eye in the storm. We usually end of fighting about our relationship (mostly on my part) because he wants a divorce. About 3 weeks...	nmike	3	517	Jul 17, 2006 by Dolphin123
	New here, but need lots of help! (Preview) Hello. My husband is an alcoholic and I am at wits end. I don't know where to turn and thought I would start here. He only drinks at night, but drinks EVERY night, 7 nights a week. He gets completely drunk. He drinks straight vodka and swtiches back and forth to beer.&nb...	desperate for help	9	665	Jul 17, 2006 by nycbt
	WHAT HAPPENS AFTER ASCITES? (Preview) Does anyone know the stages after ascites progresses? I need to speak to someone who has been there or "is" at this point. I'm dealing with an "A" that has been diagnosed with "no liver" and will (hopefully) be added to the transplant list in 6 mos. from what the hospital told...	vangellic	7	1987	Jul 17, 2006 by nycbt
	Hello, new here... (Preview) I'm very...tired. I think my husband is an A. He says that he isn't...um...even though he admits that he's been drinking to dull his pain for the past...well...years. When he is not drinking, he is disconnected, grouchy, short-tempered, angry, sullen, forgetful, mean...once he's had a drink...	pj	6	763	Jul 17, 2006 by nycbt
	I need Help! I am new!! (Preview) My husband has a drinking problem that he won't admit to and it is tearing this family apart!! We have all addressed the issue, however he doesn't seem to get it. He feels as long as it is controlled he is okay! He makes more excuses!!!! I can't take anymore of this. I hav...	s1234	5	516	Jul 17, 2006 by nycbt
	update (sorry, long) (Preview) I don't know what is going on in my life right now. I had layed out his meds (in a box) on the floor outside the bedroom door. When he came in, I told him he could sleep in the spare room, I'd be da**ed if he was going to sleep in MY bed. I tried not to respond to any of his rantings, but he was trying to blame my s...	TLC2	3	545	Jul 17, 2006 by Jennifer
	where do I belong (Preview) Hi, Has any one ever felt they dont belong any where?I am in alanon but my ex a hasnt been with me over 3 years there is no A in my life. I tried comeing here and posting and try to give and respond to help others.I have gone to the aa side of posting, even though they been extra kind to me i just...	dori	11	604	Jul 17, 2006 by annmarie
	How stupid does he think I am... (Preview) Hi everyone, I'm shocked. Don't know why but I am! I'm working my program quite well I think, detatching with love, not padding his (my Aboyfriend) fall when he drinks all his wages etc. Anyway, I made it clear that I would not be around drinking, and if he chose to disappear for three days wit...	annmarie	8	667	Jul 17, 2006 by annmarie
	can't stop obsessing (Preview) I am brand new to this board (about 5 minutes) and go about once a week to in person Alanon meetings. My former husband is my qualifier, as well as my psychotic mother. I am typical enabeler, trying to heal the world, one addict at a time. I need help because I want and need to s...	leigh	8	684	Jul 16, 2006 by leigh
	stress free (Preview) Hi everyone, Just wanted to check in and let you know how things are going. Last weekend my husband came home drunk and I ignored him when he walked in. The next morning I made a very strained phone call to him telling him that if he wanted any papers signed in future he needed to have only hi...	leo	4	527	Jul 16, 2006 by leo
	War is over, Alcohol 1, TLC 0 (Preview) Well folks, this is it.(please HP, let it really be over!! Give me the strength to stand by ME!!) I know a lot of you may be wondering why I call it quits after such a trivial (?) thing?? He got drunk on July 9th (my birthday) and ruined that, I called my son and cancelled because I didn't want the kids to see...	TLC2	7	674	Jul 16, 2006 by dori
	Maturity vs. Immaturity (Preview) I wandered into a chat room and was looking at the top of the screen where it says "topic" and was then thinking how people come in and ask "whats the topic?" which led me to thinking, gee wouldn't it be fun to have a "today's topic" every day. So then I opened up my ODAT to July 16 and started reading. R...	kismetstrand	1	471	Jul 16, 2006 by leo
	I THINK I did it right.. (Preview) I've been zeroing in on detaching with love. I see now where it is considered difficult by some. Between my almost uncontrollable urge to be in his business and feeling I need to completely ignore him..that narrow bridge became a bit more visible to me...I THINK.. Darling A came home today tanked af...	RamzDear	4	535	Jul 16, 2006 by hersh
	how insedious is MY disease (Preview) all of the sudden i am having a hard time keeping the focus on myself. i am starting to wonder what my soon to be ah is doing and with who. up till now, when i would wonder, i could change my thought or say a prayer to let it go. and it worked. i was not obsessing. but the past couple of days i have been behaving mis...	serendipity	4	639	Jul 16, 2006 by nmike
	gratitude (Preview) I'm writing to thank all of you who have touched my life via this site. My f2f mtgs and of course my sponsor deserve (and will get) a lot of my thanks too, but there is something about all of you and this site that really helped me to understand and incorporate the al anon program into my life these last few...	emma	3	534	Jul 16, 2006 by maresie2
	Wait a minute.... (Preview) ok so he is him. Tells me he is still in love with me. So what? lol I mean it is not like he is wooing me and sending a lot of letters and calling. Not saying, "I want to do this for you and that for you. I have not treated you like I want to treat you....." I have always been the last consideration for hi...	debilyn	8	680	Jul 16, 2006 by Becky1
	I am progressing (Preview) When I first came to these rooms, I was lost. I had lost my A for a year, and my kids left to live with thier A Dad. It has been a very hard year for me, but with the help of Al-anon, my sponsor, and all of you. I am able to see progress in me. I am getting stronger and learning more everyday. I am also getting in touc...	heartless39470	6	512	Jul 16, 2006 by maresie2
	Hi (Preview) Hi, this is my first time at any type of Al-Anon message board. I haven't been to a meeting either. I read several postings and started to cry. I have felt so alone in this and a lot of what I read mirrored how I feel. It is nice to know that there are others who can understand what I live through e...	Alethea	7	722	Jul 16, 2006 by Alethea
	i could of miss the pain (Preview) Hi, I could of missed the pain but than I would of missed the dance.I loved you and I am thankful I loved you.I am thankful for all you did in my life.Yes I mean all the drama the pain all of it.I landed in alanon where I got sanity for the first time in my life. It got to me a place in my li...	dori	7	576	Jul 16, 2006 by TLC2
	The end of a long day (Preview) Hi (((Everyone))) It's late and I should be sleeping but I wanted to end my day here. After posting this morning I went with my A to his appointment, let me clarify I would have stayed home but the center confirmed to me and him that they would like me there to provide info he may not be capable of. unfortu...	Jennifer	4	530	Jul 15, 2006 by TLC2
	test (Preview) -- Edited by lin0606 at 12:31, 2006-07-15	lin0606	2	490	Jul 15, 2006 by TLC2
	He's Alive! (Preview) I got the shock of my life. Did not believe it the first time I visited A in jail. Went back yesterday. I was nervous and sat down. He comes out and it is not the monster, it is my husband.I did not think I would ever see him again I got all unnerved and it was like my dreams where he is dead and is alive ag...	debilyn	17	772	Jul 15, 2006 by drucilla06
	Deb (Preview) Hi, good to see you dori	dori	0	420	Jul 15, 2006 by dori
	loneliness (Preview) i don't mind being alone. i actually enjoy it. but the loneliness is starting to get to me. not all the time. i am using my f2f and friends to talk about life and to get hugs. but i am missing the real intimacy. i'm not sure if it's part of missing my ah (who i think was served divorce papers yesterday) or if it'...	serendipity	5	604	Jul 15, 2006 by dori
	Have I lost my mind, or found it? (Preview) Hello friends. I don't know if this would be Alanon related.It's my LIFE,so I guess that's what this all about,right? I am going to call work tomorrow and quit my job.I left there in tears today and have been crying ever since.Here's what happened.I was written up for doing something that I KNOW LO...	drucilla06	12	919	Jul 15, 2006 by drucilla06
	cdb (Preview) hi good to see you. I wanted to respond to your response. I have been in alanon a good many years. Have seen my A husband go thru about everything. I am not stranger to relapse, sobriety, recovery program to relapse and on and on. I am not ignorant when it comes to aism. Worry is not part of my...	debilyn	0	497	Jul 15, 2006 by debilyn
	Jennifer/suicide (Preview) My A husband said that a lot. Then he was at his moms and did up too much H and died on the floor. The paramedics came and shocked him back. sigh. What could I have done? Nothing. To me it was and is totally out of my control. I cannot commit him. He saw a counselor, I was outside the door listening. He t...	debilyn	1	875	Jul 15, 2006 by Jennifer
	Chanting Serenity Prayer, wanting to cry (Preview) Hi roomies, I am at work right now and I am wishing I was at home. I took my car to the shop on Friday. Thinking I was going to be spending about $1800 to get the car fixed. Well the guy called me Friday morning and said good news you don't need a new transmission, bad news the part I need won't be in until Mon...	Dolphin123	8	1142	Jul 15, 2006 by Jennifer
	Locked out! (Preview) Last night, went out for a evening with friends. My A decided after we agree not to stay out too late because I have been working 10-11 hour days to come home so I could get some rest. Guess I knew I never should have went the whole night was a mess. Me and His drinking buddy's wife left them both at the b...	DoN4me	6	631	Jul 15, 2006 by Jennifer
	Bass Assassin (Preview) Morning ((((Everyone)))) I had to laugh at myself this morning and I thought you guys(gals) might enjoy this too. These days my AW falls asleep in about 30 seconds and immediatly starts snoring.... LOUD. It is really amazing. I even recorded some of it on my phone. (coul...	rtexas	8	596	Jul 15, 2006 by Jennifer
	patience (Preview) Before al-anon I lived my life in a sea of frustration and feeling left out. I seethed with resentment day and night. These days I really seek to lessen resentments as best I can. I know how toxic they are. These days I am struggling financially (when wasn't I?) but now when I come up again...	maresie2	4	455	Jul 15, 2006 by leo
	ESH needed badly concerning suicide talk (Preview) Hello (((Everyone))) Let me say first of all I am sorry i have not been able to contribute to the board as I would like to. There is not enough time in the day lately to work, finish house, talk to creditors, meditate, find strength to tune out my A and everything that goes along with it. And I have had the f...	Jennifer	11	913	Jul 15, 2006 by tishrijo
	Oh My Gosh, (Preview) Hiya roomies, I just got off the phone with my daycare provider. And she had a very serious tone in her voice. So I was a little freaked. Here is our conversation. Day Care Provider (DCP): Prepare yourself Me: Crap, who is it this time (I have 3 kids) DCP: The middle one Me: Great, what she do thi...	Dolphin123	13	751	Jul 15, 2006 by tishrijo
	Home again...refreshed (Preview) Wow...my 2 week business trip, without A, was pretty wonderful. I travelled 500 miles each way, towing a 20 ft trailer...proving to myself I could turn and back into any space whatsoever...found this out when a bridge was out on a country road and I had to negotiate my "rig" into a country driveway, b...	Belongtome	4	660	Jul 15, 2006 by whitie
	advantages of living with an adult who acts like a child lol (Preview) is..................................................Living	hmrnrnmm	7	775	Jul 14, 2006 by hmrnrnmm
	letting go and letting god! (Preview)	Rebecca	4	552	Jul 14, 2006 by Karilynn
	Here we go again! (Preview) I haven't posted for awhile; things were calmer since our last blow-up about a month ago. I'm sure the blow-up would've been two weeks ago, but A was able to go out and drink himself stupid with his relatives because of a wedding so I told him to go ahead and stay out as long as he wanted. There was no blow-up...	Lindy	3	730	Jul 14, 2006 by dori
	hi Abbyal (Preview) Hi Abbyal, Today’s reading is the one you quote on this message board. I used to associate July 14 with Bastille Day. Later, my nephew was born on July 14, so this became his day. But since I’ve been reading the board, this is my July 14 thought. I agree - it's an awesome reading. You ca...	Jill	0	451	Jul 14, 2006 by Jill
	Have any of questioned weather or not you were an A too! (Preview) I have been struggeling with this very question for about a year now and my recovery has suffered huge!!! As I took the journey of recovery I began to question myself more and more and actually felt that I did not really belong in alanon at all. I have attended AA meetings and feel very comfo...	jj	9	656	Jul 14, 2006 by Juster
	Honor Your Emotions (Preview) ((((((((((((((Family)))))))))))))))), If anyone has a copy of Meoldy Beattie's book: *More Language of Letting Go*, this month's topic is theme is: Learn to Say How it Feels. I find this particularly relevant for both hubby and I because he's newly sober and I am learning to deal with a newly...	Karilynn	3	555	Jul 14, 2006 by Dolphin123
	Well here is what I did (Preview) Hello (((Everyone))) Thank you for your shares. I will reply more in depth later ... for now though I wanted to be sure to let you all know I am doing good. I decided the more info I had the better so I called every agebcy in town and county that would be involved if I had to do anything against his will. I got...	Jennifer	4	535	Jul 14, 2006 by Dolphin123
	Getting on with life. (Preview) May 30th was my last posting.. it seems a life time ago, since then I have come a long way. I am still living on my own and at a secret address although My Ex A's family have contacted me asking where I lived, I didnt reveal anything. His last court appearance for damaging my daughters car was adjourn...	penny	4	630	Jul 14, 2006 by maresie2
	Understanding my limitations (Preview) I think that Al-anon has taught me to understand my limitations. I am up for a job at a nearby company. Everything is great about the job, location, pay, conditions everything. Unfortunately the job involves a supervisor who is impossible to please. I have chosen not to pursue it...	maresie2	5	734	Jul 14, 2006 by chris52
	Hmm, wondering exactly how nuts I am. (Preview) Hi all, Ok so it you read the previous post about Chanting the Serenity Prayer wanting to cry, you know my care went back to the shop today. Well it wasn't ready to be picked up when I got off work, so I took the ferry home. When I got to the other side of the water it started to rain. I had no jacket and no umb...	Dolphin123	4	727	Jul 14, 2006 by chris52
	Just Feeling Stuck (Preview) Hello Friends, having kind of a bad day today, don't know why exactly just life I guess.....Some days it seems that everything will be ok and then other days....I don't know....I am trying to stay in the moment...in today...it just gets hard sometimes... Hub is off of work, broken leg....I n...	Andrea12	7	526	Jul 14, 2006 by mel123
	Hi SLS (Preview) Hey (((((SLS))))) I just wanted you to know it is good to see you on the board! I am looking forward to seeing your shares again. You have much esh to offer! Take care! Julia	just me	1	693	Jul 14, 2006 by SLS
	sponsor (Preview) Hi, I been in alanon 3 years and right not cant always get to face to face meetings. I need a alanon sponsor on line any one interested ? dori	dori	5	529	Jul 14, 2006 by dori
	my first and only meeting (Preview) Hi all, i'm new here, but i will share my expirience from my only meeting. Manyof you are talking about great meeting and how much you learned from them. My meeting was different. I sat in cold room with another 10 mostly woman, middle aged, bitter, leaving their husbands. What i got from it, let it go m...	daisy2	9	1028	Jul 14, 2006 by daisy2
	back with my kids (Preview) Hello ((((((((family))))))))) Am back in the Uk with my son and his heavily pregnant wife. She looks FANTASTIC!! To sit and watch my son cherish her and take such good care of her brings tears to my eyes. HIS Father was never interested in our two pregnancies,giving us the joy of two beautiful children...	chris52	8	555	Jul 13, 2006 by bobump
	frustrated & fed up at A's stupidity & being unresponsible & no hygiene manners ( may be long & boring) I had a bad day! (Preview) My A just left to go by booze under the guise of buying ice, she has graduated from beer to wine so she is not drinking as much or so she says. I do not entertain any conversation on booze. (sometimes I think why don't you just spend all your money and stock up) We still have bills due and she is al...	hmrnrnmm	4	1131	Jul 13, 2006 by lin0606
	First f2f (Preview) Last night I went to my first meeting. It was very helpful and nice to talk with some people who have been there and done that in person. They gave me phone numbers and told me to call anytime-how comforting. I hope I never need to call someone anytime, but it sure is nice to know...	Julianna	3	638	Jul 13, 2006 by iwishuheaven
	Meeting was a salve (Preview) Yup...it was if my soul were rubbed raw with the twisted drinking garbage and sitting through my first al-anon meeting felt like a salve to said soul. I bought three books as soon as I walked into the meeting;'Hope for Today,Courage for Today and One day at a time'. I stuffed them into my purse and took...	RamzDear	3	500	Jul 13, 2006 by Dolphin123
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