The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, or situation - some fact of my life - unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absoulutly nothing happens in God world by mistake. Until I accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy.
I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and my attitudes.
As a recovering A, I find this very helpful to read daily.
As a member of Al-Anon, I find that if I change "accepting my alcoholism " to accepting my A's alcoholism and the 3 C's, this remindes me that I am powerless over him & this horrid disease which is affecting him.
Thanks Kathy. Up early thinking about my A and wondering what I did wrong. Well, I need to know that acceptance of him and where he is at is the key to my happiness.
