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I'm back...
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In more way than one. My husband took my two year old after I had left and after believing his lies once again and missing my baby terribly, I returned to him. I am back home. He is worse off than ever. Apparently he used my leaving as his excuse to really be out there. In th...
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Powerless
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FACING REALITY
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Life is a package deal. It is not enough to look at the parts we like. It is necessary to face the whole picture so that we can make realistic choices for ourselves and stop setting ourselves up for disappointments.
Living with alcoholics many of us coped with an ever shifting situation in which our se...
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gardengal
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what I have learned about LOVE
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Love is unconditional. It is free. There is no logic to it, it is a gift from God (or OF God).
I did learn one thing... cuz I used to be real desperate for what I would get in return... I would give so much of myself, I would give all of myself & then look around, waiting &...
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kitty
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A Million Little Pieces - James Frey
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Who has read it and what did you think? Guess he doesnt believe in the 12 steps? And he thinks addiction is a choice not a disease? Have read that its a very emotional book.
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Barbara
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A going to see is family
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Hi roomies,
I'm here decorating the tree and thinking how nice it will be to have my A sober and home for Chirstmas, he calls. His daughter whom he hasn't seen in a year called. He called back, and talked to the ex (who use to beat him) and she invited him for Christmas. I know how bad he wants to see the ki...
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Karilynn
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letting it all go
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Many here share on their past experiences - This is an ugly one, it would mean a lot to get off my chest. This was long before I was in any recovery.
When I was younger I reconciled w/ my ex husband I was maybe 25-26, he had a temper he would like to party w/ the boys- a lot. Well one night I...
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tea2
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I told him he needs to leave by january
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and I need to stick with it. He didn't have his part of the rent, he is only working two days a week at a bar, he was on a drinking binge (I went to my parents when he did that) and he is continually trying to make me feel guilty for having a car and an apartment. I let him borrow my car and broke my own rules again. I...
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Evilynn
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Better day
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So, today was a better day. I got through it without many thoughts of my past week, my past 5 yrs...etc...no phone calls. Went to therapy. Came home prepared to relax. The anxiety had lifted somewhat. A called....he paid the electric bill today, just wanted to let me know. I said thank you...
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Kim
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How do you love somebody you hardly know?
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Loving someone you don’t know anymore
When Life gets tough, I tell myself this is definitely enough
I am in pain; my world around me is spinning insane
Love hurts as much as getting your finger slammed by the door, and so does loving someone you hardly know anymore
&...
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Lauren ashley
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i am still strong
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Yesterday was the first time since Aug I have been inmate with my husband. I thought that when I became inmate I wouldn't be strong any more. I have made alot of progress in the past month and I thought that being inmate might bring that down. It didn't I still feel strong.
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nycbt
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Minding Our Own Business
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That was the topic last night at my f2f meeting. It was a great topic and we all had a story to tell. As for me? Where's that roll of duct tape? My mouth just wants to give advice all the time.
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WakingUp
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yesssssssssss
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Well that was great I thought about that today because I was talking with a person f2f and she was as confused as I was when someone said that to me.
The first time I heard it I thought she meant " Sobriety "
She said no dear thats HIS miracle
Yours is fi...
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abbyal
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dont know what to think
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so my a had his second meeting with the addictions counsellor, who he will see again dec.20. huh? isnt that a little far away? forgive me but i dont see how this program will help. its an aadac relapse prevention program. but how is reading about it gonna stop another binge? i guess if my a wants to s...
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notsonew1111
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Back in therapy
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Last night was our first night back to counseling. I thought our therapist was going to come out of her chair when listening for 45minutes about what we both want out of therapy. She said this is the same stuff you guys said three years ago!! So what is going to be the payoff in applying the sk...
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I was sooo not program this morning. :/
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Well the usuall. 14 yo sleeps thru her 2nd day in a row of school. 13 can't get up but by some HP makes the bus. The kicker is my 9 yo grunted and thrashed upon trying to get him up, when I finally made any progress.
This is usually a sign of something bothering him. The last two times he acted like this some...
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bobump
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more forgiveness work - I need me!
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I will continue to do what I need to... to be closer to fulfilling the Divine Plan, to becoming the person I know I am inside.
It is nice not to be critisized, to have the space & time to pray & sleep... which is all I did today. I have to learn to put myself first, it is difficul...
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kitty
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who saw Matt get weighed in on Biggest Loser finale?
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Did you hear what he said before he was weighed in? Something to the effect of "Ive been sober 9 months!" WTG Matt
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Barbara
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Don't Be Rude
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Recently I had a good online friend email me regarding something someone she didn't know had said to her. I can understand her feelings, knowing her as I do, and I hope my reply to her will help her some.
This makes me think though of Al-Anon's valuable tools, principles and traditions. ...
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kismetstrand
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Remind me
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He is drinking again and lieing about it.
Remind me that I am not supposed to search for the bottles. Remind me that I am supposed to live in ignorance and allow him to believe I am fooled.
Remind me that I am not supposed to be angry that he has broken his promises yet again.
Remind me th...
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ditto
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Alzheimers
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Hello friends,
I know this is not the site for me to get support for my mom's alzheimers. Alanon skills do help but I realize that,,,she cannot go to treatment and get better, or work on her recovery and get better one day at a time:( I am pretty much the only child they have that can help them even t...
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cdb
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A little too late
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Did pretty well last night. Straightened up my house, went through my mail...took a nice shower and danced around my house to blasting music......you know the cathartic angry kind that gets it all out of your system? No calls. It felt good.....Just when I was ready to settle in the phone...
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Kim
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sharing the real me
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Sharing The Real Me
"Sharing with others keeps us from feeling isolated and alone."Basic Text pg. 81Intimacy is the sharing of our innermost thoughts and feelings with another human being. Many of us long for the warmth and companionship intimacy brings, but those things don't come without ef...
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hi
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hi guys i am so tired since chuck has come home he us up at 4am or 5 am the latest and wants to talk.l hey i am not complaining i rather do that then him drinking . i have therapy at 8:30 and will baby sit from 11-730 long day . i just wanted to say hi & touch base thanks for always being there i got a lot of emaile...
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chrissy
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"ding dong the witch is dead"
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Hope for Today - November 30
When listening to others share at Al-Anon meetings, I became aware that I hold myself to unrealistically high standards. I expect myself to be less fallible than everyone else. I acquired this character defect as a child in my attempts to control my...
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rosie light shines
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Don't leave before the Miracle
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That is a phrase that I heard many times when I first came to Al-Anon and never quite understood what it meant.
I know today but am curious about what it makes u think of when you hear it? Will wait to see your replies. thanks Louise
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abbyal
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things are much worse, ( sorry, long post )
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I guess it shouldn't surprise me, things getting worse.
It's been a while since I posted. I should have hung around here more, but the kids and I have had a real bout of sinusitis and everything has hit the fan.
My a hubs has continued getting worse and worse, he stays in the little town where he work...
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Old Faithful
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Ow I know what he thought I meant
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When I told my A after a binge,that he needed to commit himself to a long term alcoholism program of some sort, he thought I meant he needed to be commited to a 6-month re-hab. And he kept saying there was no way he'd do that (he's been in about 4 re-habs since our relationship started 21 yrs,a...
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jaja
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anyone else fight this disease for themselves and now find themselves affected again?
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I was big time into partying back in the late 1980s/very early 1990s. Once our son came along in 1992 and I knew I couldnt continue going to bed at 5am to wake up at 6am with an infant. I went to AA and cleaned myself up.
However my A husband never quit/cut down on drinking. We both stopped the cocain...
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Barbara
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question
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notsonew1111
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Feeling Down Today
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I am really feeling down today. I went to see my psychologist and thought that I would feel better but that just didn't happen. He told me that what I was feeling was withdrawl symptoms from my husband more than grief because I was more addicted to him than I loved him. I agree that mos...
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JulieLynn
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oh I have tons of work to do
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Yes, I do. I have fallen on old habits hard. I have called so many times when I know I shouldn't. Today was the last of it. I swear it. I came home and cleaned up my house, I'm going to hunker down with a good book and get my mind off of all this craziness if I can. I'm just sick over all of this and I haven't b...
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Kim
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Alanon Meetings Question
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I am going to attend my first alanon meeting tonight, alone. I am just curious what to expect. Does everyone sit in a circle and tell their stories? Just curious. any feed back is wonderful.
Thank you.
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cbb
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one of those days
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I'm having one of those days...you know...where one thing piles onto another...lol
I started the day off with a migraine, which doesn't help. I felt better by early afternoon and came to work. But I know I'm not working at full capacity and I am telling myself to be easy on myself. Telling and bel...
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hopefortoday
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Feeling Better
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Hi Roomies,
Thanks for the ESH all from my last post.
I was feeling really down. But coming here to get the feelings out was one of the best things I could do. I felt much better.
I went to my literature and grattitude list. That really helped.
My "A" had a really good point. I have also been working...
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Dolphin123
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maybe I have work to do?
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I guess maybe I do in dealing with the whole situation involving my A. I'm not sure what or where I start but I do think I've done something that at least I feel better about - and that is having asked him to leave. I've asked him to leave before but it was with a "get out of here, you drunk!...
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jaja
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Is he still here or what??!
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Well, he still comes here as though he's not really gone. He's over early in the morning to take our daughter to the bus stop for school, then comes back to pick up our son for work. When they are done work, he comes back here to the house and does what he's always done befo...
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jaja
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attitude
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Attitude is the mind's paintbrush. It colors every situation.
Love it and isn't it just the truth
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Maria123
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Grateful
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I have been so wrapped up in the drama of a guy who really isnt someone I should EVER have been with in the first place - that I really couldnt see the forest through the trees. Today someone pointed out to me how lucky I have it compared to what other people go through on this site. And I feel so g...
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Cyn
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Feeling down....Looking for some ESH
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Hi roomies,
I really needed to talk to someone, and my sponsor is not home, I can't find my phone list and I am feeling really down right now.
I remember growing up, and the holiday season was my favorite time of year. I loved to give to my frineds and family, so I did alot of it growing up (a born codepend...
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Dolphin123
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if you've never seen it...
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Someone shared at a meeting that if you had never seen the ocean, how would you know what it looked like? You might have an idea, but you wouldn't know for yourself until you went to the ocean and saw it with your own eyes.
Today I am thinking some about how that relates to me. I am impatient with mysel...
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hopefortoday
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i miss my mom
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chrissy
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Lyrics..that touch my heart
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These are a few lyrics to songs..that well explain my life story...
Pat Benatar
Suffer The Little Children
by Unknown
Sweet melissa, I often pray for you I hope your suffering was brief I hope the angels that watch over all little children Came for you and took you someplace b...
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Lauren ashley
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How Ironic I get this from my mother
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I received this as an email forward from the mother who abandoned me almost 30 years ago. I gave her my email as a nicety at my grandma's funeral in October. Read it, and keep an open mind. Perhaps I have been too judgemental....
The best prayer I have heard i...
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captcodee
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steps 3 and 11....surrendering it ALL
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Subject: Meditation: Step Eleven
"Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out." -- Step Eleven of Alcoholics Anonymous Days of Healing Days o...
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rosie light shines
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walking into AlAnon/Church is a very humbling experience
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Its hard to be humble and walk into AlAnon (and I only go F2F once a wk!) Hard to walk into Church too but its easier than walking into AlAnon.
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Barbara
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Unbelievable - My A Is In Rehab!
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The last two weeks have been almost unreal - I feel like I've been to hell and back. Two weeks ago, my A came home mid-day drunk and nasty. After I picked my daughter up from school I stayed away figuring he would sleep it off. He called while we were on the way home, still in a very...
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Magpie
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God Talking???
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Ok for a long time - I stopped listening - I stopped hearing what God was trying to tell me. For the first week and a half that I had been apart from my A - I went to God. I sat and meditated and prayed and followed my heart in the decisions I was making. It felt right - He was with me when I call...
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Cyn
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I miss my husband
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It's been two weeks now since I left my husband. Things had gotten worse and he had gotten violent. I should have seen this coming but I think I was in denial. I went back too soon from the last time I left him and nothing had changed. I am beginning to miss him. I was fine at...
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JulieLynn
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starting to come back
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I've had a rough time this weekend. Up and down. Like a trainwreck to be honest. I went away for thankgiving to my family's home in the Poconos with my two step sisters and my parents. Before I left, my car decided to smoke and overheat (an hour and a half before takeoff) and I had to call my A to...
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Kim
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letting go of friends
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When I first came to Alanon I heard people say all the time how they had to let go of some friendships they had before Alanon because they just didn't work for them anymore. I really didn't think that would happen to me and lately I've had a hard time accepting that may be true for me after all. I'm facing it n...
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hopefortoday
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others notice the anger in the house
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but thank goodness its not there for the moment (or at least has gotten less)
Thats not a way to live! anger anger anger. Husband's brother pointed this out to me a few times. "You guys have so much anger. I can tell just walking in this house". We keep our emotions in, try not to let others/each other see...
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Barbara
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Beginneer vs discussion vs step meetings
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Is there a set limit of beginneer meetings 1 should attend when they first join AlAnon? Seems these meetings are more focused on why ppl joined.
Can an AlAnoner sit in on any of the step meetings or do they need to be done in order? If choice is begineer or step (and I feel Ive attended enough begineer and...
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Barbara
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I need help
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Gosh..where to start... I`ve been married for 18 years.15 of those years my husband has been an A. He`s a name caller..he smashes stuff,threatens to kill himself or my pets if I leave. I`ve left 100 times but he always calls me and begs me to come home while he`s sober and I always think he will change so I g...
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allison
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the disease has us both
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My A came for Thanksgiving partly because one son was home for college and partly because we are down to one car. He moved out in June because he needed a break from me and because he is giving into his addiction he says. He hasn't drank in years but says he will always be an addict. I try to be pleasant when I a...
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nmike
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Had to put my 15 year old dog to sleep yesterday
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Hi everyone - my dog was old, arthritic and losing weight. Mallard was having a hard time standing on his back legs, he started going to the bathroom in his bed ending up all over him. I didn't want him to suffer anymore so my husband took him to the vet, they said it was past time to put him down. The house is s...
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Robinks
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are alot of the topic discussions meetings from the books?
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Im starting to see the importance of having an AlAnon book. At the open discussion meetings they seem to be the focal point.
Can I buy one at most meetings?
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Barbara
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new member
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Hello, I am a new member seeking help. I have not attended any Alnon meetings. My husband of six months I THINK is an alcaholic. I am in a very verbal and abusive relationship. When he gets intoxicated he becomes defiant and has no sense of reasoning at all. Never wants to leave a party/social gathering o...
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cbb
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Lost and Confused
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This may end up being a string of complete stream of consciousness...but here goes...
There are so many different things going on in my head at any given moment:
1. Why did he do it? Why did he start doing pills or whatever else he has chosen to do in addition to the pills? Was it be...
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Cyn
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still alone
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well my a is still not home and its 12:44am. i just want to yell i told you so. i knew you couldnt stay sober and all that. but what would that do for me? i have so much anger in me right now i just dont know how to get rid of it in a healthy way. i punched pillows and yelled into them, cried all i could and slept prett...
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notsonew1111
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I am out. Now what?
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I just got divorced 111105. I feel angry and I know I need to let it go. I even have angry dreams. I feel, basically, like I got traded for booze. I tried for 10 years to have a normal life. I didn't realize the magnitude of the problem until I ha...
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Sherry
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