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.
Today's page asks if we would take medication with this description:
Changes your life for the better
Delivers a state of relation, serenity
Dissolves guilt over past transgressions
Provides fresh insight into your spiritual self, value
Lends courage, confidence to face challenges
In fact, this is what Alanon promises the 12 Steps can for us when we stop strangle holding our troubles, roller coaster emotions, family squabbles...
Reminder - I will set time aside daily to focus on the 12 Steps; taking them one at a time, I will witness how my perspective evolves with constant study.
It won't be easy, but living without them certainly isn't, either. I will make the choice to take this medication and let the healing begin.
"The Twelve Steps of AA we try to follow are not easy. At first we may think some of them unnecessary, but if we are honest with ourselves, we will find that they all apply to us..." - AlAnon: Suggested Welcome -------------- If I'm honest, I want it to be as easy as taking a pill...letting go of my pettiness, however, my emotional immaturity, and lurking desire to control everything takes daily focus, meditation, awareness, and a true desire for things to be different (at times mistaken for simply wanting my way)...is hard work.
ALanon teaches me that there is no shortcut, the journey is the destination, the peace I find along the way is a choice...When I find anything other than what is promised, I have not taken my medication.
Very grateful for the choice Alanon has shown to me
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Paul
"...when we try to control others, we lose the ability to manage our own lives." - Paths to Recovery
Thanks Paul and everyone.
In truth, no. I hate medication haha. I'll find any excuse not to take it. But I see the point!! There's certainly no shortcut; I think back at the beginning when I said I accepted this would be a lifelong journey, I kind of thought I'd work hard on myself for six months or a year and then I'd learn little lessons along the way while I went about my life being "fixed". I didn't really think it would be a continuous process of realising I was "doing that thing again" (insert thing a/b/c) and having to go back to the drawing board. At least a program helps me see when I am doing a/b/c instead of banging my head against a wall trying the same useless strategies, trying to manage people and feeling hurt when it fails etc.
