Al-Anon Family Group - Al-Anon Family Group

melanieL · melanieL

Feeling rather sad and a bit hopeless today. My ex-A's behaviour is more and more irratic. He is not getting on with my eldest daughter and they are just arguing and battling all the time, feel like a referee at the moment. I had hoped of a reconcilation eventually between us, but ca...

mamasan · mamasan

Hi Everyone, I have been reading my book I just got thru the bookstore here, Alanon,"Paths to Recovery", Alanon's Steps, Traditions and Concepts. I can see ways in which I have matured, as far as my thinking goes. Ha! Finally after 20 yrs I can see this difference! ...

Powerless · Powerless

I know that recovery is a process and no one is perfect, but damn!!! There was an incident at my house this morning where a neighbor threatened to shoot my husband. His mother came over and everything turned out okay. I found out my husband has been more active in his addiction than I...

cinderella · cinderella

New to this forum, I didn't know where else to turn. My husband has been in recovery for about 2 1/2 years, with occasional relapses. The last relapse he'll own up to was almost 2 years ago, but I have suspected many others since then, even though there is always a story (though not always plausible) to ex...

mandy_loves_GOD · mandy_loves_GOD

Anyone have experience with step 2 would you PLEASE share your experince stragth and hope with me PLEASE.........

browneyes · browneyes

Hey guys I just wanted to say thank you for replying to my post. I really know what to do. You are all very kind and wise. I posted a message to you all on my previous post. Love, Browneyes

Jeannie · Jeannie

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luv123 · luv123

the topics of step 2 and faith connect with me today. I was getting into a " mundane about life" kind of place a couple weeks back and I thought I'd share on what came up for me at an ealrier meeting incase anyone in here identifies, too. Life seemed very dull and routines felt so meaningless--A...

Jolert · Jolert

Hello all, It's been a long week ... computer problems have kept me from the board and until I receive the new modem in the mail it will be touch an go as to whether I can view the site or not. Friday was payday ... and after cashing his check and setting aside the money for our bills, he took the res...

lilleah · lilleah

I am having some trouble detaching. My A is going out tonight , first time since I had the baby, which is really good for him, but once he starts, it doesn't stop. Anyway, I am ok with PART of it, I am ok with him going to the bar(which is across town, and cops sit everywhere), but at this bar, he knows everyone...

FCCaretaker · FCCaretaker

I am working on a project that will allow families and friends of Alcoholics and Substance Abusers to help them through a special program, while protecting them from enabling. I am posting this with the hope that you might visit the website, take a look at the story, learn about the project and give me y...

teddybear · teddybear

Hi, Last week I had a hurtful experience, and I am still feeling sad. I sponsor three people, I do my best to always be there for them because I really care. The day after my son's court case, I was still feeling nervous, and upset. One of the people who I sponsor called me ea...

gardengal · gardengal

STEP ONE: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol----that our lives had become unmanageable. Each of our lives has been devasted by someone else's drinking. We cannot change that fact. We have been profoundly affected by the disease of alcoholism, Its effects continue to mermeate our lives....

MrBlue42 · MrBlue42

hello everyone! I am new to this board so please bear with me. I would like all of your help in remembering our troops that are overseas fighting the war on terror. Please keep them in your prayers. My brother is in the army, He is a Lt Col and has 700 soldier...

Jeannie · Jeannie

I have been doing so much thinking and crying and thinking some more. I have been around all of this for so long. I have read everything there is to read. I have reread and said the prayers and slogans to myself so often. I have worked the steps, honestly and to the best of my ability alone and with a sponsor....

joeygirl · joeygirl

Any suggestions: Have been seperated for about 5 months from my qualifier who is my husband. I have made it clear that in order to get back together he would have to join AA and get a sponsor and be of service for about a year ooooooo yeah keep the same place of employment for over a year. He is living in a...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

I noticed the post below on Relapse. I have mixed feelings about it. My experience was with my husband's relapse after ten years of sobriety was this. [I felt He could find sobriety again if HE wanted it, but it would require him hitting another bottom. And it did.&nb...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

I think I have forgotten how to "act as if". We have such glorious June weather here...and I well...have just gotten plain lazy, But enjoying that laziness--is a payoff : ) I feel I deserve the relaxed time after all the stress, but I swing to the extreme...

kerry5 · kerry5

GOD SAID 'NO' (Think about this) I asked God to take away my habit. God said, No. It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up. I asked God to make my handicapped child whole. God said, No. His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary I asked God to grant me patience. God said,...

jo4 · jo4

hi sara.......if you click onyour original post, then scroll down, the shares are posted below yours :) jo

Sara · Sara

Hi everyone, I really feel fed up today and i shall explain why.......... I have been married for nearly three years, and my husband has always liked a drink. We have been together for eight years and it he has always been this way. He can binge drink quite easily, gets very aggressive and argum...

mastiff · mastiff

hi all, Well, my husband now has about 7 months of sobriety, and he is starting to act out the dry drunk stages. Some more angry then others, and all though i know what to do with myself during these times.....I was wondering what exactly is going on inside him that makes alcoholics act out in dry...

dot · dot

Hi all - I'm having surgery on my neck on Fri to remove unwanted bone - then to re-hab for therapy on my legs. I welcome your prayers and send you my love and hugs - Dot

teddybear · teddybear

Hi cloud, Thanks for your responses to my posts, I really appreciate it!! I just wanted to let you know that I am not cathy, I am Linda (teddybear) There are so many people on this message board that it is easy to not identify people with their posting names. I hope that all is going well with you to...

mom to 2 · mom to 2

My A husband entered a 30 day inpatient facility and did "great" but came out and drank 2 days later. Started a semi program after and didn't drink for 2 weeks but drank one night but got back on board. 2 weeks later another "relapse". Stayed away for 1 week---admits he was drunk most...

Sara · Sara

Hi Guys, Thankyou for replying, but unfortunately i cannot seem to work out how to access the comments made, its driving me insane!!!!!!! Can someone please email me and let me know j.taylor3@btopenworld.com Thankyou..................

Powerless · Powerless

I am so angry tonight and don't know why. I posted earlier about expectations. I realize that I cannot impose my will on anyone else, especially an addict. But, I am still angry and wondering how he can be so stupid. How can he not see things as I do? Why doesn't he understand?&...

megan · megan

I had posted on here about sending a note to my sister-in-law informing her that I had left her brother. I read the responses, talked to my therapist and prayed on it. I wanted to tell his family because I thought they should know. So I sent my closest sister-in-law a no...

Powerless · Powerless

I have been feeling so much anger, disappointment and resentment lately. I thought it was important to write this letter to my husband. I thought it may fit your situation as well. It's not well thought out because I was feeling very emotional when I wrote it. Dear (A...

cdb · cdb

Hello friends, Once again, thanks for the prayers so much! Daughter called today and I twisted her arm to come home to have some of her past due birthday cake and open her cards. She came home since her dad wasn't here. Gosh, I wish my hubby would go to alanon etc. Anyway, we had a nice visit. She ev...

cdb · cdb

Husband stopped at her apartment. Neighbor has seen her coming and going. Out of our control now. She hasn't called us or her boyfriend. Could use continued prayers. For those of you who do not know. Daughter relapsed. Not sure what is going on. Time to take care of me :) cdb

Christy · Christy

I was cleaning out my computer and came across something that I wrote several yrs ago. Thought I'd share.. The Fog.... The fog has taken you and enveloped the man I used to know. Where are you? How can I reach you? I wonder through the fog with you, never finding you, only remembering the m...

cdb · cdb

Hello kerry5 and all, I did make amends to you last night in chat and making amends is one great thing about the alanon program. I have been in a crisis with the relapse of my daughter. I should have had a sign on me that said: Look Out, Crazy Woman! LOL I know how hard it must be to be a new OP and...

Powerless · Powerless

A light bulb finally weent off in my head. I reealized today just what everyone means when they say expectations. My husband and I took the oldrest son to the movies today and he was so high on pills that he couldn't stay awake. He snored loud enough to turn heads. I sent him to the car t...

wille · wille

Hi to all, I hope it's great all y'all's ways. The a.m. chat is becoming a less and less option for me. When I wake up - my java into chat is visually impaired. It takes about an hour for my eyes to open. Java does not support text enlarging. I have five fields of vision, so its takes a wh...

Sandyspen · Sandyspen

I'm new. So Hello everyone! I've been with A for 40 years, so I'll give a brief synopsis. 16 years into our marriage, I had had enough. There were no drinkers in my family, so I thought my hubby's problems were deep-seated issues from his own family history and childhood. But, I had simply had enough an...

lin0606 · lin0606

A post in another thread got me thinking about this. Have any of you ever been to a roundup? They are like big meetings, with both AA and Alanon. The ones I have been to have varied from just one day (usually a Saturday) to a whole weekend. In the course of a day there amy be five or six meetings where people ge...

Jeannie · Jeannie

Hi, Well last night came and went and he did not go into detox. He called them on Monday and said they did not get back to him. He said if the detox wanted him badly enough they would have kept after him. He says they are supposed to reach out to him, so it is their fault and says he will not call them again. S...

teddybear · teddybear

In Life You can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life. hmm: Sometimes when you're angry, you have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give you the right to be cruel.

This is so true!! You shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your l...

Jeannie · Jeannie

Here is a poem that my Dad said my Grandfather read to him frequently in his years growing up and my Grandfathers years in AA, fighting for sobriety. He said he has always told me to follow the girl in the mirror, and this is where he learned that from. I just wanted to share it with you all. &...

holdingon · holdingon

My husband hasn't had drink for a month now, he was attending some meetings but hasn't in weeks. I am worried he will resort back to his old behavior and pattern of drinking if he doesn't continue with his meetings or counselling to work on his issues. I want to feel happy about this, but he has gone a month...

mandy_loves_GOD · mandy_loves_GOD

I'm on step one..........I am powerlees over alcohol, my live has become unmangeable. Please tell me about your experience with step one.

Jeannie · Jeannie

Hi, I haven't posted lately, and haven't even had time to read. My daughter had her eigth grade prom this weekend,(she looked like an angel) and both her and my son are getting ready to graduate this weekend. One on Friday night and one on Monday night. I have been running around helping to get them r...

nmike · nmike

abbyal, Can you e-mail me again about the AA promises? I lost your e-mail jessage. Thanks, Nancy

jj · jj

Noticing progress in my self is really nice these days!! It is welcoming to actually be able to see the "light" and have humor rather than dispare!!

Finding that the tense feeling in my body is flowing away is just great! This has not come easily but with working my program and be...

Powerless · Powerless

I woke up this morning and found $500.00 in my purse that wasn't there when I went to bed. Since then, I found out that the neighbor my husband sold his pick-up truck to last week gave him $1000.00 last night. My husband never mentioned this to me. My first reaction was to call my husba...

honeybunnydog · honeybunnydog

I am disable due to MS and a below right knee amputation which I have had the last fifteen years. I was dignosed with a severe form of MS four years ago. I have been married to the same man for the last 13 years and togather with him for 15 years now. He is really a wonderful person who has a...

DanaAngel · DanaAngel

Hi all, Our home computer crashed about 3 weeks ago and except with the occasional peek while at work I haven't been on this site. Nice to be able to type this at home. The other half says I get cranky when I don't have my puter time. (But I functioned okay without it als...

shimo · shimo

Hi everyone, I have decided to drop my name from the list as alternate chair for Monday morning meetings. The last few weeks I have been unable to fulfill my capacity as an alternate chair for various reasons. However, if I am in the room attending the meeting on days other...

tk47834 · tk47834

Thanks to all of you for replying. I've always been a head-strong person and that is one of my biggest downfalls. It has also always been very hard for me to ask for help on anything. ( My father was the same way.) During our first years of marriage, I learned how to do everything from plu...

De Anna · De Anna

My 10 year old knows somethings up. He'll ask me "Why is daddy asleep so early" "Why can't we wake him" "Is it the alcohol he drinks?" Well, part of me wants to say all the wrong things, which would be wrong. Part of me wants to hide it, which would be wrong too. I f...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

www.thisisawar.com/AddictionPartner.htm ; Codependence [The word 'amophous' in this piece means shapeless, unorganized, etc.] -- Edited by wallsal55 at 15:33, 20...

cloud · cloud

Friends are something we are all in need of from time to time, but friends here relly make a difference!!!! So many times I have sat and wondered lately what the true meaning of a friend was???? I realize that a friend is someone you can turn to in any situation, with a problem, or a joke you want to share or&...

kismetstrand · kismetstrand

I will be out of town this Thursday (6/16) and unable to chair the Thursday night Step meeting. Step Four is the step we are on for this meeting. Thanking in advance the member who volunteers to step up and chair for me! Luv, Kis

holly123 · holly123

Ok I am really trying to get the nerve up part of taking care of me. I want to start to ask for what I want. I want affection from my husband. Affection he may not want to give, but I believe he is waiting for me to assert myself and ask. He ended a 3 year affair 9 months ago with a woman who w...

sno · sno

Hi, I posted here once a few weeks ago and have tried to convince myself that things have changed, which...not surprisingly...they have not. This past weekend was an eyeopener for me and I am making a decision. In 24 minutes I am leaving work, heading home..and I am going to lay t...

cdb · cdb

Hello Jo4, I know someone that needs a temporary sponsor. This person has learning disabilities and is a single parent with older son. This person is eager to learn and needs support. Please answer me in my private email here under cdb if you can help out. Thanks so much. cdb :)

wille · wille

Thoughts of healing and Hi to all, Thanks all for thinking of UK Josh. He is getting better and better! Totally off life support now, which is pretty awesome for a tbi (trauma brain injury) 10 year old. He can not remember some words as yet and thinks his leg is broken, as it is the part of...

honeybunnydog · honeybunnydog

Hi everyone, I went to my first family class with my A last week. He is required to take intensive outpatient therapy at this couseling center four nights a week two hours a night. One night a week is family night, and I did not go to the first three because he got the couselor at the rehab plac...

ItsmeTC · ItsmeTC

It would be really nice if there was a temporary sponsor list to help new comers. I was told to wait and listen, well I need help right away and so do many others. Knowing you are doing something is the begging of healing.

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	FEELING SAD (Preview) Feeling rather sad and a bit hopeless today. My ex-A's behaviour is more and more irratic. He is not getting on with my eldest daughter and they are just arguing and battling all the time, feel like a referee at the moment. I had hoped of a reconcilation eventually between us, but ca...	melanieL	3	827	Jun 22, 2005 by dori
	Hanging in here (Preview) Hi Everyone, I have been reading my book I just got thru the bookstore here, Alanon,"Paths to Recovery", Alanon's Steps, Traditions and Concepts. I can see ways in which I have matured, as far as my thinking goes. Ha! Finally after 20 yrs I can see this difference! ...	mamasan	3	694	Jun 22, 2005 by mamasan
	I am a failure (Preview) I know that recovery is a process and no one is perfect, but damn!!! There was an incident at my house this morning where a neighbor threatened to shoot my husband. His mother came over and everything turned out okay. I found out my husband has been more active in his addiction than I...	Powerless	5	716	Jun 21, 2005 by Mara
	feeling helpless and desperate (Preview) New to this forum, I didn't know where else to turn. My husband has been in recovery for about 2 1/2 years, with occasional relapses. The last relapse he'll own up to was almost 2 years ago, but I have suspected many others since then, even though there is always a story (though not always plausible) to ex...	cinderella	5	814	Jun 21, 2005 by Mara
	Step 2 (Preview) Anyone have experience with step 2 would you PLEASE share your experince stragth and hope with me PLEASE.........	mandy_loves_GOD	2	439	Jun 21, 2005 by lildee
	Thank you (Preview) Hey guys I just wanted to say thank you for replying to my post. I really know what to do. You are all very kind and wise. I posted a message to you all on my previous post. Love, Browneyes	browneyes	0	444	Jun 21, 2005 by browneyes
	Happy Fathers Day (Preview)     ...	Jeannie	3	651	Jun 21, 2005 by Mark S
	Seeing past the crap to HP (Preview) the topics of step 2 and faith connect with me today. I was getting into a " mundane about life" kind of place a couple weeks back and I thought I'd share on what came up for me at an ealrier meeting incase anyone in here identifies, too. Life seemed very dull and routines felt so meaningless--A...	luv123	1	747	Jun 21, 2005 by Idealsummerluv
	Computer problems, relapse, fear (Preview) Hello all, It's been a long week ... computer problems have kept me from the board and until I receive the new modem in the mail it will be touch an go as to whether I can view the site or not. Friday was payday ... and after cashing his check and setting aside the money for our bills, he took the res...	Jolert	1	779	Jun 21, 2005 by Idealsummerluv
	detachment (Preview) I am having some trouble detaching. My A is going out tonight , first time since I had the baby, which is really good for him, but once he starts, it doesn't stop. Anyway, I am ok with PART of it, I am ok with him going to the bar(which is across town, and cops sit everywhere), but at this bar, he knows everyone...	lilleah	2	489	Jun 21, 2005 by scorpiosunmoon
	Looking for Feedback on a Project (Preview) I am working on a project that will allow families and friends of Alcoholics and Substance Abusers to help them through a special program, while protecting them from enabling. I am posting this with the hope that you might visit the website, take a look at the story, learn about the project and give me y...	FCCaretaker	3	805	Jun 21, 2005 by Jolert
	Still feeling so sad?? (Preview) Hi, Last week I had a hurtful experience, and I am still feeling sad. I sponsor three people, I do my best to always be there for them because I really care. The day after my son's court case, I was still feeling nervous, and upset. One of the people who I sponsor called me ea...	teddybear	4	839	Jun 21, 2005 by hopeful
	STEP ONE,,,,,,EXCELLENT READING (Preview) STEP ONE: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol----that our lives had become unmanageable. Each of our lives has been devasted by someone else's drinking. We cannot change that fact. We have been profoundly affected by the disease of alcoholism, Its effects continue to mermeate our lives....	gardengal	3	482	Jun 21, 2005 by holly123
	Please Remember (Preview) hello everyone! I am new to this board so please bear with me. I would like all of your help in remembering our troops that are overseas fighting the war on terror. Please keep them in your prayers. My brother is in the army, He is a Lt Col and has 700 soldier...	MrBlue42	8	495	Jun 20, 2005 by MrBlue42
	Makes no sense (Preview) I have been doing so much thinking and crying and thinking some more. I have been around all of this for so long. I have read everything there is to read. I have reread and said the prayers and slogans to myself so often. I have worked the steps, honestly and to the best of my ability alone and with a sponsor....	Jeannie	11	820	Jun 20, 2005 by lin0606
	still gone and no hope in sight (Preview) Any suggestions: Have been seperated for about 5 months from my qualifier who is my husband. I have made it clear that in order to get back together he would have to join AA and get a sponsor and be of service for about a year ooooooo yeah keep the same place of employment for over a year. He is living in a...	joeygirl	6	890	Jun 20, 2005 by kb
	Relapse (Preview) I noticed the post below on Relapse. I have mixed feelings about it. My experience was with my husband's relapse after ten years of sobriety was this. [I felt He could find sobriety again if HE wanted it, but it would require him hitting another bottom. And it did.&nb...	wallsal55	5	819	Jun 20, 2005 by wallsal55
	Acting as If...and Quote for Today (Preview) I think I have forgotten how to "act as if". We have such glorious June weather here...and I well...have just gotten plain lazy, But enjoying that laziness--is a payoff : ) I feel I deserve the relaxed time after all the stress, but I swing to the extreme...	wallsal55	0	505	Jun 20, 2005 by wallsal55
	God Said NO (Preview) GOD SAID 'NO' (Think about this) I asked God to take away my habit. God said, No. It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up. I asked God to make my handicapped child whole. God said, No. His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary I asked God to grant me patience. God said,...	kerry5	5	833	Jun 20, 2005 by Peggy7
	sara (Preview) hi sara.......if you click onyour original post, then scroll down, the shares are posted below yours :) jo	jo4	0	535	Jun 19, 2005 by jo4
	New here, need some friendly advice.... (Preview) Hi everyone, I really feel fed up today and i shall explain why.......... I have been married for nearly three years, and my husband has always liked a drink. We have been together for eight years and it he has always been this way. He can binge drink quite easily, gets very aggressive and argum...	Sara	2	812	Jun 19, 2005 by lin0606
	a little help with a dry drunk please????? (Preview) hi all, Well, my husband now has about 7 months of sobriety, and he is starting to act out the dry drunk stages. Some more angry then others, and all though i know what to do with myself during these times.....I was wondering what exactly is going on inside him that makes alcoholics act out in dry...	mastiff	13	1086	Jun 19, 2005 by cloud
	Surgery (Preview) Hi all - I'm having surgery on my neck on Fri to remove unwanted bone - then to re-hab for therapy on my legs. I welcome your prayers and send you my love and hugs - Dot	dot	8	736	Jun 19, 2005 by cloud
	To cloud (Preview) Hi cloud, Thanks for your responses to my posts, I really appreciate it!! I just wanted to let you know that I am not cathy, I am Linda (teddybear) There are so many people on this message board that it is easy to not identify people with their posting names. I hope that all is going well with you to...	teddybear	1	528	Jun 19, 2005 by cloud
	relapses---do they just get worse? (Preview) My A husband entered a 30 day inpatient facility and did "great" but came out and drank 2 days later. Started a semi program after and didn't drink for 2 weeks but drank one night but got back on board. 2 weeks later another "relapse". Stayed away for 1 week---admits he was drunk most...	mom to 2	11	965	Jun 19, 2005 by tk47834
	Sara here, how do i read the views made? (Preview) Hi Guys, Thankyou for replying, but unfortunately i cannot seem to work out how to access the comments made, its driving me insane!!!!!!! Can someone please email me and let me know j.taylor3@btopenworld.com Thankyou..................	Sara	0	440	Jun 19, 2005 by Sara
	I am so angry (Preview) I am so angry tonight and don't know why. I posted earlier about expectations. I realize that I cannot impose my will on anyone else, especially an addict. But, I am still angry and wondering how he can be so stupid. How can he not see things as I do? Why doesn't he understand?&...	Powerless	4	662	Jun 19, 2005 by whitie
	I sent the note (Preview) I had posted on here about sending a note to my sister-in-law informing her that I had left her brother. I read the responses, talked to my therapist and prayed on it. I wanted to tell his family because I thought they should know. So I sent my closest sister-in-law a no...	megan	3	528	Jun 19, 2005 by megan
	Letter to the addict (Preview) I have been feeling so much anger, disappointment and resentment lately. I thought it was important to write this letter to my husband. I thought it may fit your situation as well. It's not well thought out because I was feeling very emotional when I wrote it. Dear (A...	Powerless	5	1061	Jun 19, 2005 by Powerless
	Daughter back in AA :) (Preview) Hello friends, Once again, thanks for the prayers so much! Daughter called today and I twisted her arm to come home to have some of her past due birthday cake and open her cards. She came home since her dad wasn't here. Gosh, I wish my hubby would go to alanon etc. Anyway, we had a nice visit. She ev...	cdb	3	726	Jun 18, 2005 by sanddie
	daughter (Preview) Husband stopped at her apartment. Neighbor has seen her coming and going. Out of our control now. She hasn't called us or her boyfriend. Could use continued prayers. For those of you who do not know. Daughter relapsed. Not sure what is going on. Time to take care of me :) cdb	cdb	12	970	Jun 18, 2005 by cloud
	THE FOG (Preview) I was cleaning out my computer and came across something that I wrote several yrs ago. Thought I'd share.. The Fog.... The fog has taken you and enveloped the man I used to know. Where are you? How can I reach you? I wonder through the fog with you, never finding you, only remembering the m...	Christy	6	704	Jun 18, 2005 by cloud
	Amends to kerry5 (Preview) Hello kerry5 and all, I did make amends to you last night in chat and making amends is one great thing about the alanon program. I have been in a crisis with the relapse of my daughter. I should have had a sign on me that said: Look Out, Crazy Woman! LOL I know how hard it must be to be a new OP and...	cdb	3	508	Jun 18, 2005 by cloud
	Expectations (Preview) A light bulb finally weent off in my head. I reealized today just what everyone means when they say expectations. My husband and I took the oldrest son to the movies today and he was so high on pills that he couldn't stay awake. He snored loud enough to turn heads. I sent him to the car t...	Powerless	0	562	Jun 18, 2005 by Powerless
	host daze (Preview) Hi to all, I hope it's great all y'all's ways. The a.m. chat is becoming a less and less option for me. When I wake up - my java into chat is visually impaired. It takes about an hour for my eyes to open. Java does not support text enlarging. I have five fields of vision, so its takes a wh...	wille	2	458	Jun 18, 2005 by cdb
	Going in Circles for too long (Preview) I'm new. So Hello everyone! I've been with A for 40 years, so I'll give a brief synopsis. 16 years into our marriage, I had had enough. There were no drinkers in my family, so I thought my hubby's problems were deep-seated issues from his own family history and childhood. But, I had simply had enough an...	Sandyspen	4	935	Jun 18, 2005 by Sandyspen
	Roundups and conventions (Preview) A post in another thread got me thinking about this. Have any of you ever been to a roundup? They are like big meetings, with both AA and Alanon. The ones I have been to have varied from just one day (usually a Saturday) to a whole weekend. In the course of a day there amy be five or six meetings where people ge...	lin0606	6	760	Jun 18, 2005 by DanaAngel
	Hurts so much (Preview) Hi, Well last night came and went and he did not go into detox. He called them on Monday and said they did not get back to him. He said if the detox wanted him badly enough they would have kept after him. He says they are supposed to reach out to him, so it is their fault and says he will not call them again. S...	Jeannie	19	918	Jun 18, 2005 by mom to 2
	quotes to remember!! (Preview) In Life You can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life. hmm: Sometimes when you're angry, you have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give you the right to be cruel. This is so true!! You shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your l...	teddybear	1	422	Jun 17, 2005 by holdingon
	The Man in the glass (Preview) Here is a poem that my Dad said my Grandfather read to him frequently in his years growing up and my Grandfathers years in AA, fighting for sobriety. He said he has always told me to follow the girl in the mirror, and this is where he learned that from. I just wanted to share it with you all. &...	Jeannie	2	1204	Jun 17, 2005 by holdingon
	New here (Preview) My husband hasn't had drink for a month now, he was attending some meetings but hasn't in weeks. I am worried he will resort back to his old behavior and pattern of drinking if he doesn't continue with his meetings or counselling to work on his issues. I want to feel happy about this, but he has gone a month...	holdingon	13	881	Jun 17, 2005 by holdingon
	Step One (Preview) I'm on step one..........I am powerlees over alcohol, my live has become unmangeable. Please tell me about your experience with step one.	mandy_loves_GOD	4	709	Jun 16, 2005 by mandy_loves_GOD
	Hi Everyone (Preview) Hi, I haven't posted lately, and haven't even had time to read. My daughter had her eigth grade prom this weekend,(she looked like an angel) and both her and my son are getting ready to graduate this weekend. One on Friday night and one on Monday night. I have been running around helping to get them r...	Jeannie	6	670	Jun 16, 2005 by mamasan
	abbyal (Preview) abbyal, Can you e-mail me again about the AA promises? I lost your e-mail jessage. Thanks, Nancy	nmike	0	535	Jun 16, 2005 by nmike
	Progress (Preview) Noticing progress in my self is really nice these days!! It is welcoming to actually be able to see the "light" and have humor rather than dispare!! Finding that the tense feeling in my body is flowing away is just great! This has not come easily but with working my program and be...	jj	2	667	Jun 16, 2005 by nmike
	Trying to use my steps (Preview) I woke up this morning and found $500.00 in my purse that wasn't there when I went to bed. Since then, I found out that the neighbor my husband sold his pick-up truck to last week gave him $1000.00 last night. My husband never mentioned this to me. My first reaction was to call my husba...	Powerless	0	587	Jun 16, 2005 by Powerless
	Not sure when enough is enough (Preview) I am disable due to MS and a below right knee amputation which I have had the last fifteen years. I was dignosed with a severe form of MS four years ago. I have been married to the same man for the last 13 years and togather with him for 15 years now. He is really a wonderful person who has a...	honeybunnydog	6	920	Jun 16, 2005 by ArwynEvenstar
	I am finally back up and running! (Preview) Hi all, Our home computer crashed about 3 weeks ago and except with the occasional peek while at work I haven't been on this site. Nice to be able to type this at home. The other half says I get cranky when I don't have my puter time. (But I functioned okay without it als...	DanaAngel	1	653	Jun 16, 2005 by shimo
	Alternate Chair Monday a.m.'s (Preview) Hi everyone, I have decided to drop my name from the list as alternate chair for Monday morning meetings. The last few weeks I have been unable to fulfill my capacity as an alternate chair for various reasons. However, if I am in the room attending the meeting on days other...	shimo	0	451	Jun 16, 2005 by shimo
	Thank you (Preview) Thanks to all of you for replying. I've always been a head-strong person and that is one of my biggest downfalls. It has also always been very hard for me to ask for help on anything. ( My father was the same way.) During our first years of marriage, I learned how to do everything from plu...	tk47834	2	682	Jun 15, 2005 by tk47834
	answering a child's questions... (Preview) My 10 year old knows somethings up. He'll ask me "Why is daddy asleep so early" "Why can't we wake him" "Is it the alcohol he drinks?" Well, part of me wants to say all the wrong things, which would be wrong. Part of me wants to hide it, which would be wrong too. I f...	De Anna	5	946	Jun 15, 2005 by abbyal
	Codependent Caring Running Amok/Characteristics (Preview) www.thisisawar.com/AddictionPartner.htm ; Codependence [The word 'amophous' in this piece means shapeless, unorganized, etc.] -- Edited by wallsal55 at 15:33, 20...	wallsal55	2	522	Jun 15, 2005 by agatha
	FRIENDS (Preview) Friends are something we are all in need of from time to time, but friends here relly make a difference!!!! So many times I have sat and wondered lately what the true meaning of a friend was???? I realize that a friend is someone you can turn to in any situation, with a problem, or a joke you want to share or&...	cloud	2	587	Jun 15, 2005 by cloud
	Chair Needed for 6/16 pm meeting (Preview) I will be out of town this Thursday (6/16) and unable to chair the Thursday night Step meeting. Step Four is the step we are on for this meeting. Thanking in advance the member who volunteers to step up and chair for me! Luv, Kis	kismetstrand	2	605	Jun 15, 2005 by mastiff
	Need support and encouragement or experience (Preview) Ok I am really trying to get the nerve up part of taking care of me. I want to start to ask for what I want. I want affection from my husband. Affection he may not want to give, but I believe he is waiting for me to assert myself and ask. He ended a 3 year affair 9 months ago with a woman who w...	holly123	5	728	Jun 15, 2005 by holly123
	made a decision (Preview) Hi, I posted here once a few weeks ago and have tried to convince myself that things have changed, which...not surprisingly...they have not. This past weekend was an eyeopener for me and I am making a decision. In 24 minutes I am leaving work, heading home..and I am going to lay t...	sno	3	455	Jun 15, 2005 by Powerless
	Need to talk to Jo4 :) (Preview) Hello Jo4, I know someone that needs a temporary sponsor. This person has learning disabilities and is a single parent with older son. This person is eager to learn and needs support. Please answer me in my private email here under cdb if you can help out. Thanks so much. cdb :)	cdb	1	587	Jun 14, 2005 by jo4
	Josh (Preview) Thoughts of healing and Hi to all, Thanks all for thinking of UK Josh. He is getting better and better! Totally off life support now, which is pretty awesome for a tbi (trauma brain injury) 10 year old. He can not remember some words as yet and thinks his leg is broken, as it is the part of...	wille	2	595	Jun 14, 2005 by Jeannie
	When enough is enough (Preview) Hi everyone, I went to my first family class with my A last week. He is required to take intensive outpatient therapy at this couseling center four nights a week two hours a night. One night a week is family night, and I did not go to the first three because he got the couselor at the rehab plac...	honeybunnydog	3	576	Jun 14, 2005 by Jeannie
	Temporary Sponsors (Preview) It would be really nice if there was a temporary sponsor list to help new comers. I was told to wait and listen, well I need help right away and so do many others. Knowing you are doing something is the begging of healing.	ItsmeTC	2	818	Jun 14, 2005 by holly123
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