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daughter
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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
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cdb
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THE FOG
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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...
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Christy
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Amends to kerry5
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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...
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cdb
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Expectations
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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...
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Powerless
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host daze
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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...
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wille
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Going in Circles for too long
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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...
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Sandyspen
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Roundups and conventions
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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...
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lin0606
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Hurts so much
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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...
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Jeannie
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quotes to remember!!
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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...
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teddybear
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The Man in the glass
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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.
&...
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Jeannie
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New here
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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...
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holdingon
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Step One
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I'm on step one..........I am powerlees over alcohol, my live has become unmangeable.
Please tell me about your experience with step one.
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mandy_loves_GOD
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Hi Everyone
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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...
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Jeannie
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abbyal
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abbyal,
Can you e-mail me again about the AA promises? I lost your e-mail jessage.
Thanks,
Nancy
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nmike
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Progress
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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...
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jj
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Trying to use my steps
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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...
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Powerless
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Not sure when enough is enough
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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...
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honeybunnydog
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I am finally back up and running!
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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...
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DanaAngel
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Alternate Chair Monday a.m.'s
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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...
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shimo
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Thank you
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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...
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tk47834
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answering a child's questions...
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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...
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De Anna
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Codependent Caring Running Amok/Characteristics
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www.thisisawar.com/AddictionPartner.htm   Codependence
[The word 'amophous' in this piece means shapeless, unorganized, etc.] -- Edited by wallsal55 at 15:33, 20...
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wallsal55
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FRIENDS
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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&...
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cloud
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Chair Needed for 6/16 pm meeting
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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
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kismetstrand
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Need support and encouragement or experience
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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...
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holly123
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made a decision
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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...
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sno
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Need to talk to Jo4 :)
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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 :)
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cdb
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Josh
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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...
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wille
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When enough is enough
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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...
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honeybunnydog
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Temporary Sponsors
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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.
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ItsmeTC
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He got a job!!!
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He got a job today and starts tomorrow. I am trying not to be negative and wonder how long he will keep the darn thing. At least it will get him out of the house each day and hopefully help us get caught up. Was offered a new position within the company I work for today and am seriously con...
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Powerless
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MY BOYFRIEND TURNED HUSBAND
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MY BOYFRIEND TURNED HUSBAND
In Aug of 99 I meet, Rick at one of my friends house. I was living alone because the person I moved down had left and I wasn’t dating anyone at the time. Rick had just gotten out of jail and was trying to get his life together. In the begin I really didn’t really notice on h...
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nycbt
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Reaching out to his family
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i am going to send a note to my husband's sister explaining to her that I have left her brother and the reason why - his active alcoholism.
It just came to me yesterday while I was riding my bike.
I feel they should know. Since their brother is killing himself and when he is dead they will say...
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megan
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Things that help me when I am AFRAID
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Which ....has been often in the 1st few years back in recovery ...here are some things that have helped me which I would like to share;
Fear = F.alse E.vents A.ppearing R.eal
Trying to stay in Just Today ... a day ( a minute) at a time
The "Just for today " Bookmark REALLY helps me "Just for to...
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fiona123
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To Realize
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TO REALIZE > > > >To realize > >The value of a sister > >Ask someone > >Who doesn't have one. > > > >To realize > >The value of ten years: > >Ask a newly > >Divorced couple. > > > >To realize > >The value of four years: &g...
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kerry5
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So happy to be back
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Hi Everyone,
I have not been able to post for a time, because my computer was out of order. My husband had it reformatted, and you can be sure that it was not important for him to keep my Al-Anon site. I was so upset, yet with the help of my HP I found it again. I am so happy about th...
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teddybear
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An Inspiration for today
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Hi Everyone,
Allowing yourself to be less than perfect allows you to accomplish great things in small ways. My HP, may I remove all of the pressures I overwhelming place on myself, and do what I can, when I can.
Friday evening I was the guest speaker at an Al-Anon meeting, I felt...
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teddybear
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635
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Jellinek Chart/Progression of Disease
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This is the chart they handed me at a mental health facility (when I told them I was going crazy. They said "No, you are not, your husband has a drinking problem." Wish they'd given this paper out when I graduated high school ! Go to: www.dog...
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wallsal55
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Merry Go Round Named Denial
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A pamphlet available at alanon meetings, and at www.alanon.org is "Merry Go Round Named Denial." If you are isolated from meetings, etc. it can be found at www.bendfeldt.com/alcholism.htm (note spelling) Just type these in your address ba...
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wallsal55
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So Sorry message board friends...
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Hello friends,
I use to be so good at reading posts and replying. Since my situation with my parents' poor health and their moving to ND to be closer to me, I have been a mess with a routine! I haven't forgotten about you. I feel so bad I am not reading or replying. I even have 140 emails I have...
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cdb
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Asking for help
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I am new in Alanon. I went to a few meetings and people gave me call lists and a few even gave me their numbers. I don't know what to do or say when I call. The meetings I went to I started to cry. My son just got back from treatment and has slipped a few times. I had a meltdown on Friday...
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Finishgal
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Life's "gentle" lessons
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okay, here is the deal...there is something my HP must believe I am just not getting. I believe that when your HP is trying to teach one of his/her "gentle lessons" he will keep trying until the realization of the lesson dawns on you. Well, there must be something I am not getting because I f...
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Powerless
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constantly questioning fiance
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Hi..my name is Emily and new to the group and to alanon as well. I've tried calling my sponsors and I cant seem to get a hold of any of them. So, i thought I would give this a try. Just when everything seems to be going well problems from my past come back and my fiance always seems to get ve...
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Emily
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First timer
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This is my first time to this message board. My husband has been sober now for a little over 6 years. I'm very proud of him for that, but here lately I have been worried. I lost my job of 24+ years a year ago and we are really starting to feel the pinch. I've been everywhere I...
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tk47834
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hubby went to aa
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I just wanted to let everyone here know. Yes he went to an AA meeting last night. He looked so positive when he came home too. I am trying not to get my hopes up to high right now though. I know that sounds counteractive but I am so tired of being hurt by my own expectations of what I think he should do. We did tal...
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lil_feathered_one
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Having a good weekend
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I really could have saved his truck, but in the end I turned the problem over to him. He sold the truck and even got a little used car in the deal. He paid his mom some of the money he owed her and gave me $400 for groceries. He bought each of the kids a pair of shoes and four outfits a piece fo...
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Powerless
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Feeling Trapped
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I always live my life feeling trapped i can remember each and everytime in my life i have, and here it is again. When i was around 12 years old thats when the abuse starting full swing. Because my mother completely believed that me and my sister were raised at 12 and her job was done. She still believed it ti...
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kerry5
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Wondering When...
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Hiya everyone,
As many of you know things have been very very busy for me. Have been wondering for the last couple of days if things will ever get back to normal. The new house is coming along - although very slowly. Have many boxes still yet unpacked because I need to paint. ...
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AlaMom
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With Holding
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Sometimes, to protect ourselves, we close ourselves off from a person we're in a relationship with. Our body may be present, but we're not.
Shutting don, shutting off, closing ourselves and removing our emotionsl presence from a relationship is a powerful tool. We need to use it carefully and res...
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jj
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Step board - Step three
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Hi - Step three is posted on the Step board. Please come and share your ES&H.
Love in Recovery - Dot
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dot
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another meeting
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Hey all,
It is been a while and I am still worknig my program and worknig my steps with my sponsor.This is my problem though I dont want to go to meetings.There are times I think I do not need them and then there are times I just dont want the hassel of it all.I have been in the program 2 years the a in my life is...
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dori
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Jeannie...
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As long as he will go to the counselor....wow! It took my husband several attempts this time around to make it stick. He had years and years of denial, habits, etc. I believe we are on five months sobriety. One attempt at AA didn't get us here. &nbs...
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wallsal55
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HP please help us to follow your path
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Hello everyone,
I've been sitting here for an hour repeating the mantra ... oh Lord please help us both to find a way to follow your path ... this morning I decided I can not watch my husband go through the same cycle as every time in the last 12 years. I pulled out the seperation papers I had drawn u...
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Jolert
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Trying to remind myself that I hate his disease and not him
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I keep trying to remind myself that I hate his addiction and not him. It is his addiction that causes the behavior I am seeing. He tried to draw me into an arguement today, although I responded, I caught myself and let it go. He found someone to buy his pickup truck for $3,000. I...
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Powerless
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Prayers Needed
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Below is an email I received from another MIP member who asked me to share with group.
HI~How are U? I am letting you know that I will not be in AlAnon for while~I just found out last night that my best friend had been in serious car accident and her daughter was in with her Mom and wa...
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kismetstrand
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One more try
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Hi everyone,
Well we went to the counselor again tonight. My husband was not drinking and was in good spirits. The kids and I told him what was on our minds. We told him how much we love him, miss him and how much we do want him home and well.
We all decided that we are going to try. I would say one las...
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Jeannie
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need help
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Thank you, some of you, who i met in the chat room earlier.
this is the first time i have attempted to get help. i am the spouse of an alcoholic, who feels i am his biggest trigger right now. i am scared.
my husband relapsed after 3 and 1/2 years of sobriety. i may have triggered him....pushed him , becau...
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Aspouse
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My Anniversary
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Hi everyone,
I am feeling very down today. Yesterday was my 10th Anniversary and it went unnoticed by all. My mother in law did ask what she should get us and my mom the same but as far as my husband went, I had to remind him and then it was dropped. I am real...
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holly123
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need help finding meetings - nc
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hi - i'm new to wilmington, nc and would like to find meetings of al-anon, or aa if that's all that's here - feel very stressed out and could use some good support !!! - thanks - john
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jpquack
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WEIGHT
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Recently I have put on some weight that is bothering me to death. Alot of people say I look good with the weight on but I don't like the weight. I ave a low self esteem. I been eatting sugar which I shouldn't be. So today I am keeping the weight thing in mind and I am not eating any snaks at work today. My husband...
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nycbt
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