Al-Anon Family Group - Al-Anon Family Group

NANUKE · NANUKE

Need someone to chair for me on Wednesday morning. Appreciate it and thanks to whomever can cover, L&P in Recovery, Nan

kathykelly · kathykelly

Well, the little ice storm has given me an extra day off. I'm a teacher and school was cancelled everywhere around here. I love these days now just as much as I did when I was a kid in school. Thought I'd take the time to update. My daughter has a new probation officer and she was f...

richard · richard

My son seems to take two steps forward, then three backwards, then four forward. I can deal with that. I recently brought a super loaded newer used car: a 2002 Ford Focus. I sold (via loan payments) my super nice older 98’ Plymouth Neon to my son. My Neon was my little four cylinder hot rod; it has high perf...

debilyn · debilyn

Is there a picture page for this group. Love,debilyn

Doreanmsloan · Doreanmsloan

Hello everyone: I am just starting my road to recovery, and feeling much better about life. I plan my first face to face meeting this evening, and am a little uneasy, but willing to let go of my fears, besides, I don't think it can get any worse, only better. I was wondering if any...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

" ...I didn't cause alcoholism, I can't control it. I can't cure it. I can continue to struggle and lose. Or I can accept that I am powerless over alcohol and alcoholism, and let Al-anon help me to redirect the energy I've spent on fighting this disease into recovering from i...

jj · jj

A guest on the chat the other night has been in my head for the past few days and i hope this post will help me let go of all they had to say. This person was very angry with god and what seemed to be the whole world and thoes with a so called Normal Life. What is normal really??? I don't think there is a norm for lif...

luv123 · luv123

hi everyone--just thought i'd share thots from today's meeting--i am struggling with a 17 year old who i can try and dtach from as best i can but am still legally responsibly 4 so it gets tricky at this age At the meeting tonight I related most to the topic of standing up 4 self or what is right today—I a...

Help, New member!! · RJ1978

Any suggestions !!!!This is my breif story.... Started about 10yrs ago found out son was an addict, he went into rehab only then to find out he had been molested. It hasn't ended he has been into rehabs, 3/4 and halfway houses and jail. Four years ago he married had two kids and bough...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

Carving out times for ourselves is important. But sometimes I feel like I have to carve out a LOT of it for just me--it sometimes feels like there's not enough room for me and this disease in my life. I can get budged out so quickly! So, I always feel this pull.... Like sometimes I isol...

cabecka · cabecka

I read this poem again recently, and it reminded me of the hurdles we all face in our programs and our lives with alcoholism. Just wanted to share with everyone...... "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" ~Maya Angelou The free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the...

nicuRN71 · nicuRN71

I am new to the group thing. I have had to deal with substance abuse for most my life. My brother brought AA into my families life but he never really believed or followed through with it. I went once with him to an AA meeting and it seemingly was a bragging s...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

"Faith that the thing can be done is essential to any great achievement." --Thomas N. Carruther "For I know the Plans I Have for You," declares the Lord, "Plans to Prosper You and Not to Harm You, Plans to Give You Hop...

John · John

MIP Game Arcade You can go to this Game Arcade, and then when done playing, click Message Boards and select the Al-Anon message board to return here.

wallsal55 · wallsal55

There is no sensual pleasure in the world comparable to the delight and satisfaction that a good man takes in doing good. --Tillotson

(Well, I always lived by this rule in my younger days before A'ism. Gee, now when I hear the word sensual and doing good, I think...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

...:coffee: My body just had a cup of coffee without my permission. : ) Anyway, that's how I feel, just be naughty. Play hooky. Hubby hasn't had meeting in week, and don't know what hit the fan last night, and hoping it won't hit again tonight. Lef...

cdb · cdb

Thank you all for your prayers and concern for my dad. The doctors still are not sure what is wrong and are trying to do many tests to figure it out. His heart and blood pressure still are doing whatever they want yet at times he is stable. A lung speialist was called in since his chest muscles...

Mark S · Mark S

You know I should be grateful that she wants to go back to rehab. It seems though she has to believe that I truly intend to divorce her before she decides she wants to go to rehab..(the way it happened last time) who is she doing it for? If she is doing it to pacify me I know it won't work this time either. I have...

sanddie · sanddie

I wanted to share this email I received from my mom today with everyone. I could relate it to all the feelings we deal with in our relationships. Rather than address work, I just put my relationships in there instead. :) Stress A lecturer, when explaining stress management...

megan · megan

Thanks Wallsal55 for posting these sites. These sites are very educational. www.songdov.com/jellinek.htm www.1016.org/Jellink.html and www.bendfeldt.com/alcholism.htm (Please note spellings). I have been reading them over th...

GRATEFULGAL94 · GRATEFULGAL94

I just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. My name is Colleen. I am fairly new to ALANON. Looking forward to participating with this group.

nycbt · nycbt

Well yesterday my a didn't drink which was very good. I didn't do the baby test but my hormons are very high and very easly angered. I haven't lose my tempter and got voliet to him. But in the past I have cut my arm, well I just make marks with a knife and the blood comes out, well that is what I did yester...

meagain · meagain

I just feel so lost-nobody replied to me-is it some

thing I said-I need a little carings thoughts on this subject--anyone care to reply would be appreciated.

dogscribe · dogscribe

Where do I even being? A wrenched his neck at work and is having complications from that. Another excuse to drink. When he drinks, because of his neck he gets horrible headaches/migraines. Not so bad when he doesn’t drink. Why does he not see the connection? He went to the doctor yesterday again – a di...

meagain · meagain

I have not been on this site for quite awhile-I could not even remember my user name-so here I am again. My son - 30 in June-has been living back at home here for a year in march. I cannot take it anymore. I am so sick of it I cannot hardly look at him. IS that wrong??? He has worked some-when I got home from work t...

search41 · search41

i want to thank whoever took my daughter's pic off the pic site, and i want to sincerely apologize for the mix up. it really is nice to go there and see pics of the names. again...thanks! search41

cdb · cdb

Just when you think you can sit back from all the stress of the family disesase of alcoholism, something else crops up. Our 20 year old A daughter did sign herself inpatient at the place of her chosing. I pray to my HP and hers that this place is right for her since hubby and I are not impressed...

buzzfree · buzzfree

Love the arcade John, great addition to the MIP site. Thank You!

Buzzfree

wallsal55 · wallsal55

I know when I long for someone, it is a loneliness like no other, especially when I get nothing in return. ZIP! (It is then that I lose myr self-respect, and thus my self esteem.) Self Discipline + Self Respect = Self Esteem

vic825 · vic825

i need to find a sponser. can anyone help? vic

wallsal55 · wallsal55

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. --Walter Bagehot

autumnangel · autumnangel

Hi everyone. I saw this quote tonight and just wanted to share it! "I may not be where I want to be, but I'm not where I used to be, I'm heading where I'm meant to be and God is watching over me. Terri McPherson" Hugs, Tracy

wallsal55 · wallsal55

In my younger days of married life, I would have said The Grass wasn't greener on the other side, one still has to MOW the grass. Now, having surpassed the 27th year, I would have to say it's more like this with the Fence Thing: Either side of the fence; there are Fields to Plow, Manure to Sp...

marissa · marissa

hello everyone. well, still trying to mend my broken heart. i have not been able to post in awhile, but i have been reading some posts, and they are all helpful. i am trying everything i can (seeing a counselor, going to meetings, got a sponsor, reading,...). i can't get my ex "a" out...

megan · megan

Friday was very very bad for me. I was up at 6:30am and my A was upstairs in his office. When I walked in to wish him a good morning he took the big vodka bottle and tried to hide it..duh... So I walked to work in the snow. That is okay, it is good for me to walk. I did not hear from him all day Friday and I did not...

jna · jna

I'm trying as best I can to change. I want a change for myself and need one bad. My biggest change is setting boundrys and keeping them. I go to Al-Anon meetings as often as I can, which is not always as much as I should, but I try to include it into my schedule once every wee...

cabecka · cabecka

First, to Dittie, well said. I always think about how nice it is to have an oasis here- one where we are not judged based on our bodies or appearance, our social standing or finances, a place where we can be ourselves and connect with others. It is nice to have a place where we can come and bask in the laughte...

gardengal · gardengal

Probably the main question in the minds of most codependent people who seek hlep is this: Will my husband/wife/lover. quit drinking or doping if I change? The only answer is a great big unequivicol maybe. There is no guarantee, and no exceptions to the rule. The fact is the addicts usually dont ch...

John · John

A young boy who was always being degraded, cussed, called names etc, by his mother and beaten by his father, was trying to rush to the convinence store as instructed by mom, to get a loaf of bread before dinner. He wanted so bad to be back in time, to make her happy and gain some approval from h...

gardengal · gardengal

Why should I be the one to change?an exasperated whife might groan. It is his problem! Sorry in case she hasnt noticed,its her problem too. By blaming partners for their own mixed- up emotions and refusing to deal with their own behaviour, partners of chemically dependent people become what addic...

Kevowen · Kevowen

My husband has been sober for 13 years so he has never drank around me since he was in "recovery " when we met. He was attending A.A. meetings when we met and he was obviously just three years sober. After we got married he slowly stopped going to meetings and doing the "work" of the program...

heartless39470 · heartless39470

I am in need of an on-line sponsor. And if anyone need to talk on the phone, please e-mail me and i will call you. Julie

elizabeth · elizabeth

A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with a bag of potato chips and a six-pack of root beer and started his journey. When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park, just starin...

search41 · search41

JKC, i do not know who you are, but i was informed tonite that my pic was in the "mip album". i had no idea how that could have happened, since i have only sent pics to a couple individuals, and didnt know anything about this "mip album", and never authorized anyone to put my pic on it. ...

sanddie · sanddie

I thought I'd start a new topic for anyone who is knew to adding responses here. I am trying to get familiar with the message board. :)

Tchee · Tchee

I really needed to hear this today. Just on the off chance that someone else did, too, I'm posting it. Yours in recovery, Tchee "Lost is a place, too" By Ron Rolheiser In her book, "Survivor," Christina Crawford writes: "Lost is a place, too." That's more than a clever sound-b...

dittiebop · dittiebop

Many of you know me from the chat room because I spend a lot of time there. You may have noticed my mission of late is to try to remind others that we should be ever mindful that we have many aa members in our room as well as alanon. When we "bash" alcoholics in general we don't usually remember that w...

jj · jj

The other day i was deep in tought about my a and his capability to love and weather my expectations of him are accepteble or not. I understand that i expect to much from him and that is a large part of my recovery. What i don't understan is why i can not ecpect him to still love me. He says that he does love me an...

debilyn · debilyn

First thank you to all who responded to my last posting. Have not even spoken to my A since the middle of Dec. Not any contact at all. I wake up every morn and want to send him a letter. My A is or was a very nice person with a horrible disease. He has never and would never cheat on me, even when we have no...

Lani · Lani

Thought you might like to copy and save this list for personal use or share it. Love, Lani Positive Self-image Self-acceptance Self-respect Self-reliance Self-control Self-confidence Self-worth Self-discipline Self-help Self-improvement Self-love ...

cdb · cdb

I am not a regular church going person but I am a spiritual person who does not connect with my higher power very often. Last Sunday night my husband and I were called at 1am and asked directions to our house so two guys could bring our drunken/violent/suicidal 20 year old daughter to our house aft...

TLC2 · TLC2

Could someone tell me where to find the great slogans I have seen people refer to on here? I tried to get daily mailings coming to my email box, but none have ever come. Thanks, TLC

tcc · tcc

Hi my name is chris and I am an alcoholic. I have been putting my family thru hell. I am new back to AA, and really need make it work this time. I started a new business that has great potential to change my life around. I quickly found out that my new business,my family and my...

jessi · jessi

Okay... here is my question... can a person ever get back together with their A after a breakup of considerable length?

I'm not saying I want this but... I met with my ex-A for coffee today and we had a great time. We have been in contact pretty regularly since we broke up a year ago because she h...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

Motors   (Bloom where y...

Jackie · Jackie

I am looking for internet sites that are helpful in dealing with an alcoholic. I registered for this site and I am new to this. I am trying to find help in dealing with all his anger and blaming at me and the kids. I understand that I can't help him, but what sites are helpful for m...

debilyn · debilyn

I know in the years I have been here I have said it before. Maybe this time it is real. still have not talked to or seen my a. Been over six weeks now, he repected my wishes and has not called. Actually it is more I have nothing he wants so he has not called me. NO matter. I finally, a bit back, thought ho...

shimo · shimo

While reading Courage to Change today, February 2, the following jumped off the page at me. "My thoughts are my teachers." and "'Live and let live' sets us free from the compulsion to criticize, judge, condemn, and retaliate...[which] can damage us far more than those against whom we use such weap...

shimo · shimo

Just a note to let you all know, I am unable to keep my commitment to be in the Al-Anon room Tuesday a.m., February 8, as I have an appointment. I understand from the last Business Meeting that "Wille" would be chairing this meeting along with myself as co-chair (running the scripts & getti...

buzzfree · buzzfree

I am so greatful for this program! I have learned so much about who I am as a result, and I am finding joy in everyday: HP has blessed me with this life, and I spent so long seeing things with the "Why Me, Why Me" attitude, that I never stopped to think about all the things in my life that I have to be thankful for...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Need Coverage 2/16 Wednesday Morning (Preview) Need someone to chair for me on Wednesday morning. Appreciate it and thanks to whomever can cover, L&P in Recovery, Nan	NANUKE	0	910	Feb 15, 2005 by NANUKE
	Ice Day (Preview) Well, the little ice storm has given me an extra day off. I'm a teacher and school was cancelled everywhere around here. I love these days now just as much as I did when I was a kid in school. Thought I'd take the time to update. My daughter has a new probation officer and she was f...	kathykelly	2	1153	Feb 15, 2005 by jj
	want to see a few pics of a bit problematic son... (Preview) My son seems to take two steps forward, then three backwards, then four forward. I can deal with that. I recently brought a super loaded newer used car: a 2002 Ford Focus. I sold (via loan payments) my super nice older 98’ Plymouth Neon to my son. My Neon was my little four cylinder hot rod; it has high perf...	richard	7	1837	Feb 15, 2005 by cdb
	?picture page? (Preview) Is there a picture page for this group. Love,debilyn	debilyn	1	930	Feb 15, 2005 by gardengal
	how to detach from a functioning A (Preview) Hello everyone: I am just starting my road to recovery, and feeling much better about life. I plan my first face to face meeting this evening, and am a little uneasy, but willing to let go of my fears, besides, I don't think it can get any worse, only better. I was wondering if any...	Doreanmsloan	4	1387	Feb 15, 2005 by Doreanmsloan
	Three C's (Preview) " ...I didn't cause alcoholism, I can't control it. I can't cure it. I can continue to struggle and lose. Or I can accept that I am powerless over alcohol and alcoholism, and let Al-anon help me to redirect the energy I've spent on fighting this disease into recovering from i...	wallsal55	4	2908	Feb 15, 2005 by TLC2
	Anger towards theos with"normal life" (Preview) A guest on the chat the other night has been in my head for the past few days and i hope this post will help me let go of all they had to say. This person was very angry with god and what seemed to be the whole world and thoes with a so called Normal Life. What is normal really??? I don't think there is a norm for lif...	jj	4	1297	Feb 14, 2005 by richard
	my teen-detaching responsibly (Preview) hi everyone--just thought i'd share thots from today's meeting--i am struggling with a 17 year old who i can try and dtach from as best i can but am still legally responsibly 4 so it gets tricky at this age At the meeting tonight I related most to the topic of standing up 4 self or what is right today—I a...	luv123	3	1536	Feb 14, 2005 by richard
	Help, New member!! (Preview) Any suggestions !!!!This is my breif story.... Started about 10yrs ago found out son was an addict, he went into rehab only then to find out he had been molested. It hasn't ended he has been into rehabs, 3/4 and halfway houses and jail. Four years ago he married had two kids and bough...	RJ1978	6	959	Feb 14, 2005 by RJ1978
	Selfish With Our Time? Good or Bad? (Preview) Carving out times for ourselves is important. But sometimes I feel like I have to carve out a LOT of it for just me--it sometimes feels like there's not enough room for me and this disease in my life. I can get budged out so quickly! So, I always feel this pull.... Like sometimes I isol...	wallsal55	6	1003	Feb 14, 2005 by wallsal55
	A Poem for you.... (Preview) I read this poem again recently, and it reminded me of the hurdles we all face in our programs and our lives with alcoholism. Just wanted to share with everyone...... "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" ~Maya Angelou The free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the...	cabecka	3	894	Feb 14, 2005 by socalmom
	Anger and Frustration (Preview) I am new to the group thing. I have had to deal with substance abuse for most my life. My brother brought AA into my families life but he never really believed or followed through with it. I went once with him to an AA meeting and it seemingly was a bragging s...	nicuRN71	5	1059	Feb 14, 2005 by jessi
	Quotes for Today (Preview) "Faith that the thing can be done is essential to any great achievement." --Thomas N. Carruther "For I know the Plans I Have for You," declares the Lord, "Plans to Prosper You and Not to Harm You, Plans to Give You Hop...	wallsal55	1	1011	Feb 13, 2005 by luv123
	Game Arcade (Preview) MIP Game Arcade You can go to this Game Arcade, and then when done playing, click Message Boards and select the Al-Anon message board to return here.	John	0	902	Feb 13, 2005 by John
	Quote for Thought (Preview) There is no sensual pleasure in the world comparable to the delight and satisfaction that a good man takes in doing good. --Tillotson (Well, I always lived by this rule in my younger days before A'ism. Gee, now when I hear the word sensual and doing good, I think...	wallsal55	1	1014	Feb 13, 2005 by richard
	Being Naughty Today (Preview) ...:coffee: My body just had a cup of coffee without my permission. : ) Anyway, that's how I feel, just be naughty. Play hooky. Hubby hasn't had meeting in week, and don't know what hit the fan last night, and hoping it won't hit again tonight. Lef...	wallsal55	3	894	Feb 13, 2005 by Tuggboat
	Dad still in danger..... (Preview) Thank you all for your prayers and concern for my dad. The doctors still are not sure what is wrong and are trying to do many tests to figure it out. His heart and blood pressure still are doing whatever they want yet at times he is stable. A lung speialist was called in since his chest muscles...	cdb	3	1133	Feb 12, 2005 by jj
	She going back to rehab..humm (Preview) You know I should be grateful that she wants to go back to rehab. It seems though she has to believe that I truly intend to divorce her before she decides she wants to go to rehab..(the way it happened last time) who is she doing it for? If she is doing it to pacify me I know it won't work this time either. I have...	Mark S	3	1162	Feb 12, 2005 by cdb
	Stressed??? (Preview) I wanted to share this email I received from my mom today with everyone. I could relate it to all the feelings we deal with in our relationships. Rather than address work, I just put my relationships in there instead. :) Stress A lecturer, when explaining stress management...	sanddie	3	1016	Feb 12, 2005 by cdb
	"I read the literature you left" (Preview) Thanks Wallsal55 for posting these sites. These sites are very educational. www.songdov.com/jellinek.htm www.1016.org/Jellink.html and www.bendfeldt.com/alcholism.htm (Please note spellings). I have been reading them over th...	megan	3	1043	Feb 12, 2005 by cdb
	NEW (Preview) I just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. My name is Colleen. I am fairly new to ALANON. Looking forward to participating with this group.	GRATEFULGAL94	2	939	Feb 12, 2005 by cdb
	cutting (Preview) Well yesterday my a didn't drink which was very good. I didn't do the baby test but my hormons are very high and very easly angered. I haven't lose my tempter and got voliet to him. But in the past I have cut my arm, well I just make marks with a knife and the blood comes out, well that is what I did yester...	nycbt	7	1169	Feb 12, 2005 by Tuggboat
	RE: depressed~ (Preview) I just feel so lost-nobody replied to me-is it something I said-I need a little carings thoughts on this subject--anyone care to reply would be appreciated.	meagain	7	1284	Feb 12, 2005 by Tuggboat
	Lost (Preview) Where do I even being? A wrenched his neck at work and is having complications from that. Another excuse to drink. When he drinks, because of his neck he gets horrible headaches/migraines. Not so bad when he doesn’t drink. Why does he not see the connection? He went to the doctor yesterday again – a di...	dogscribe	5	1043	Feb 12, 2005 by ArwynEvenstar
	depressed (Preview) I have not been on this site for quite awhile-I could not even remember my user name-so here I am again. My son - 30 in June-has been living back at home here for a year in march. I cannot take it anymore. I am so sick of it I cannot hardly look at him. IS that wrong??? He has worked some-when I got home from work t...	meagain	3	1104	Feb 11, 2005 by sanddie
	thank you (Preview) i want to thank whoever took my daughter's pic off the pic site, and i want to sincerely apologize for the mix up. it really is nice to go there and see pics of the names. again...thanks! search41	search41	3	857	Feb 11, 2005 by wallsal55
	Daughter Inpatient/Dad in Hospital (Preview) Just when you think you can sit back from all the stress of the family disesase of alcoholism, something else crops up. Our 20 year old A daughter did sign herself inpatient at the place of her chosing. I pray to my HP and hers that this place is right for her since hubby and I are not impressed...	cdb	4	1086	Feb 11, 2005 by richard
	Arcade (Preview) Love the arcade John, great addition to the MIP site. Thank You! Buzzfree	buzzfree	3	1063	Feb 11, 2005 by Unsure
	Longing for Someone...Self Esteem (Preview) I know when I long for someone, it is a loneliness like no other, especially when I get nothing in return. ZIP! (It is then that I lose myr self-respect, and thus my self esteem.) Self Discipline + Self Respect = Self Esteem	wallsal55	4	1056	Feb 9, 2005 by wallsal55
	i need a sponser (Preview) i need to find a sponser. can anyone help? vic	vic825	2	949	Feb 9, 2005 by luv123
	Quote for Today (Preview) A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. --Walter Bagehot	wallsal55	1	807	Feb 9, 2005 by luv123
	Quote to Share (Preview) Hi everyone. I saw this quote tonight and just wanted to share it! "I may not be where I want to be, but I'm not where I used to be, I'm heading where I'm meant to be and God is watching over me. Terri McPherson" Hugs, Tracy	autumnangel	1	879	Feb 8, 2005 by tiredtonite
	Greener Grass? (Preview) In my younger days of married life, I would have said The Grass wasn't greener on the other side, one still has to MOW the grass. Now, having surpassed the 27th year, I would have to say it's more like this with the Fence Thing: Either side of the fence; there are Fields to Plow, Manure to Sp...	wallsal55	2	917	Feb 8, 2005 by TLC2
	codependency again (Preview) hello everyone. well, still trying to mend my broken heart. i have not been able to post in awhile, but i have been reading some posts, and they are all helpful. i am trying everything i can (seeing a counselor, going to meetings, got a sponsor, reading,...). i can't get my ex "a" out...	marissa	3	1021	Feb 8, 2005 by Tuggboat
	ENFORCING A BOUNDARY (Preview) Friday was very very bad for me. I was up at 6:30am and my A was upstairs in his office. When I walked in to wish him a good morning he took the big vodka bottle and tried to hide it..duh... So I walked to work in the snow. That is okay, it is good for me to walk. I did not hear from him all day Friday and I did not...	megan	5	1063	Feb 8, 2005 by megan
	I'm trying (Preview) I'm trying as best I can to change. I want a change for myself and need one bad. My biggest change is setting boundrys and keeping them. I go to Al-Anon meetings as often as I can, which is not always as much as I should, but I try to include it into my schedule once every wee...	jna	3	897	Feb 8, 2005 by jessi
	Soapboxes & Gratitude (Preview) First, to Dittie, well said. I always think about how nice it is to have an oasis here- one where we are not judged based on our bodies or appearance, our social standing or finances, a place where we can be ourselves and connect with others. It is nice to have a place where we can come and bask in the laughte...	cabecka	1	912	Feb 8, 2005 by jessi
	PARTENERS AND PARADOX (Preview) Probably the main question in the minds of most codependent people who seek hlep is this: Will my husband/wife/lover. quit drinking or doping if I change? The only answer is a great big unequivicol maybe. There is no guarantee, and no exceptions to the rule. The fact is the addicts usually dont ch...	gardengal	4	1108	Feb 8, 2005 by jessi
	You are NOT Alone (Preview) A young boy who was always being degraded, cussed, called names etc, by his mother and beaten by his father, was trying to rush to the convinence store as instructed by mom, to get a loaf of bread before dinner. He wanted so bad to be back in time, to make her happy and gain some approval from h...	John	6	1153	Feb 8, 2005 by John
	PARTNERS AND PAIN (Preview) Why should I be the one to change?an exasperated whife might groan. It is his problem! Sorry in case she hasnt noticed,its her problem too. By blaming partners for their own mixed- up emotions and refusing to deal with their own behaviour, partners of chemically dependent people become what addic...	gardengal	6	1151	Feb 7, 2005 by KathyS
	A day in the life of a codependent (Preview) My husband has been sober for 13 years so he has never drank around me since he was in "recovery " when we met. He was attending A.A. meetings when we met and he was obviously just three years sober. After we got married he slowly stopped going to meetings and doing the "work" of the program...	Kevowen	3	1178	Feb 7, 2005 by nmike
	Need on-line sponsor (Preview) I am in need of an on-line sponsor. And if anyone need to talk on the phone, please e-mail me and i will call you. Julie	heartless39470	3	901	Feb 7, 2005 by wille
	meeting God (Preview) A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with a bag of potato chips and a six-pack of root beer and started his journey. When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park, just starin...	elizabeth	2	706	Feb 7, 2005 by shimo
	JKC (Preview) JKC, i do not know who you are, but i was informed tonite that my pic was in the "mip album". i had no idea how that could have happened, since i have only sent pics to a couple individuals, and didnt know anything about this "mip album", and never authorized anyone to put my pic on it. ...	search41	8	1639	Feb 6, 2005 by search41
	First Time Here (Preview) I thought I'd start a new topic for anyone who is knew to adding responses here. I am trying to get familiar with the message board. :)	sanddie	4	744	Feb 6, 2005 by sanddie
	Lost is a place, too (Preview) I really needed to hear this today. Just on the off chance that someone else did, too, I'm posting it. Yours in recovery, Tchee "Lost is a place, too" By Ron Rolheiser In her book, "Survivor," Christina Crawford writes: "Lost is a place, too." That's more than a clever sound-b...	Tchee	4	967	Feb 6, 2005 by kismetstrand
	Dittie is On Her Soapbox (Preview) Many of you know me from the chat room because I spend a lot of time there. You may have noticed my mission of late is to try to remind others that we should be ever mindful that we have many aa members in our room as well as alanon. When we "bash" alcoholics in general we don't usually remember that w...	dittiebop	5	1062	Feb 6, 2005 by richard
	My HP reached out to me (Preview) The other day i was deep in tought about my a and his capability to love and weather my expectations of him are accepteble or not. I understand that i expect to much from him and that is a large part of my recovery. What i don't understan is why i can not ecpect him to still love me. He says that he does love me an...	jj	2	858	Feb 6, 2005 by richard
	would like your thoughts (Preview) First thank you to all who responded to my last posting. Have not even spoken to my A since the middle of Dec. Not any contact at all. I wake up every morn and want to send him a letter. My A is or was a very nice person with a horrible disease. He has never and would never cheat on me, even when we have no...	debilyn	7	1137	Feb 5, 2005 by sanddie
	SELF-IMAGES (Preview) Thought you might like to copy and save this list for personal use or share it. Love, Lani Positive Self-image Self-acceptance Self-respect Self-reliance Self-control Self-confidence Self-worth Self-discipline Self-help Self-improvement Self-love ...	Lani	1	739	Feb 5, 2005 by wallsal55
	My higher power spoke to me (Preview) I am not a regular church going person but I am a spiritual person who does not connect with my higher power very often. Last Sunday night my husband and I were called at 1am and asked directions to our house so two guys could bring our drunken/violent/suicidal 20 year old daughter to our house aft...	cdb	2	873	Feb 5, 2005 by wallsal55
	Slogans (Preview) Could someone tell me where to find the great slogans I have seen people refer to on here? I tried to get daily mailings coming to my email box, but none have ever come. Thanks, TLC	TLC2	0	715	Feb 5, 2005 by tiredtonite
	Apologies to my Wife (Preview) Hi my name is chris and I am an alcoholic. I have been putting my family thru hell. I am new back to AA, and really need make it work this time. I started a new business that has great potential to change my life around. I quickly found out that my new business,my family and my...	tcc	4	965	Feb 5, 2005 by jo4
	Can U get back together? (Preview) Okay... here is my question... can a person ever get back together with their A after a breakup of considerable length? I'm not saying I want this but... I met with my ex-A for coffee today and we had a great time. We have been in contact pretty regularly since we broke up a year ago because she h...	jessi	4	1030	Feb 5, 2005 by jo4
	Quote on Forgetting.... (Preview) Motors   (Bloom where y...	wallsal55	4	704	Feb 4, 2005 by Tchee
	Starting NEW (Preview) I am looking for internet sites that are helpful in dealing with an alcoholic. I registered for this site and I am new to this. I am trying to find help in dealing with all his anger and blaming at me and the kids. I understand that I can't help him, but what sites are helpful for m...	Jackie	10	1342	Feb 4, 2005 by jessi
	moving on (Preview) I know in the years I have been here I have said it before. Maybe this time it is real. still have not talked to or seen my a. Been over six weeks now, he repected my wishes and has not called. Actually it is more I have nothing he wants so he has not called me. NO matter. I finally, a bit back, thought ho...	debilyn	6	1313	Feb 4, 2005 by jessi
	Live and Let Live (Preview) While reading Courage to Change today, February 2, the following jumped off the page at me. "My thoughts are my teachers." and "'Live and let live' sets us free from the compulsion to criticize, judge, condemn, and retaliate...[which] can damage us far more than those against whom we use such weap...	shimo	4	1698	Feb 4, 2005 by jj
	Tues. Feb 8 - Al-Anon Mtg. (Preview) Just a note to let you all know, I am unable to keep my commitment to be in the Al-Anon room Tuesday a.m., February 8, as I have an appointment. I understand from the last Business Meeting that "Wille" would be chairing this meeting along with myself as co-chair (running the scripts & getti...	shimo	0	786	Feb 4, 2005 by shimo
	Hope For Today (Preview) I am so greatful for this program! I have learned so much about who I am as a result, and I am finding joy in everyday: HP has blessed me with this life, and I spent so long seeing things with the "Why Me, Why Me" attitude, that I never stopped to think about all the things in my life that I have to be thankful for...	buzzfree	2	571	Feb 3, 2005 by david62
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