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Gods will?


I was just reading Monday daily readings. Sorry I do not know which book at this moment. It basically said what I have been saying just before I found alanon.


If our lives are truely planned before we got here, then the only thing we had choice in is to accept it and live happily. Or fight it ever step of the way miserably.


 Ok today started out pretty much ok. I went to work from 2 to 8pm. My A said she needed the truck to go get dog food in town. I filled the tank with gas on Monday the day before. It is 15 miles one way to work. We drove around some helpng a neighbor look for a runaway horse. So she goes to town & goes home & waits for me to get off work or so I thought.


8 pm rolls around no ride. I waited about 15 to 30 min , I was getting pissed. I did not want to sit there at my job and complain. I wanted to go home. I started walking. I was dressed for our 94 degrees hot & sunny day. I had on those half sneaker shoes not something to walk in. I got a couple of miles. I am wondering what is gods will here? I did find some small magnolia trees I can go back and get later. I started cussing her out with each vechile that passed. One turned around & stopped to pick me up. My A is in the back seat with one of our dogs & a gas can empty. I did not say a word. I was civil.


We got dropped off at our truck. She asked if I had any money. I gave her $120 in cash to go get the dog food & whatever else we needed. She never once thought about the gas. filling up the tank in town.? Does she have a brain in there? I should not be the only one who fills the tank. Our gas gauge & odometer do not work. so we have to guesstimate with mileage. 


She left that money I gave her in the am at home. I only had a $100 bill. The gas stations here close early. She started walking. I was thinking she should have been back in short time. One hour passes. I start to panic. I started crying hystrically begging god to send help. I was thinking they could not cash a hundred dollar bill or  someone took her money and left her somewhere. I was praying a police officer or someone would stop. It got dark. I started doing other stuff in the truck waiting.   I found a bunch of change I counted it out. I tried to sleep I have to be at work at 8 am. I can not sleep.


I saw someone park a big truck nearby. They got into their truck to leave. I stopped them. I said it had been an hour & a half since she left. It was less than 2 miles away. He said he had passed her. she was running to get back.   He went down and picked her up. She said she walk both ways with no ride. She did not think the 2 gallons would get us home & too sleep there.


I said I would drive home & get up early to get gas before work. I have a major migraine now. I asked her when she put the reserve 2 gallon in ? She would not answer me. When she got back, We were riding home. She was like what it with the attitude? Are you getting on to me? I said when was I getting on to you the last time. she said it sounds like you are & to just shut up.


We finally got home. She is passing out in the recliner. I see she has not feed the outdoor dogs like she said she would. I was putting up the cash ( money is to fix my truck) & I saw a receipt for a bottle of wine. She did not have the brain cells to buy gas but don't forget the booze.


She has been telling everyone she has stopped drinking. Several have told me they suspect she is still drinking. She was going to get her doctor to write a script for anabuse. but changed her mind cuz she is ok. She has been changing brands to help. whatever excuse she can think  of.


I am thinking how is this been gods will? What consequenses has she been experiencing? Why did I have to go thru this? I am so pissed off. How is this not a punishment to me? What did I do wrong? I can not tell her how I know she doesn't want to hear it.


I am up it is almost 1am I have to be at work in the am at 8. I am going to have to leave before 7 am. My head & stomach are messed up. *&#@^ I hate her. She does not get it.



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When someone elses stuff constantly puts me in a place that I don't want to be, I have to consider if I want to keep putting myself through it and keep the relationship or walk away.
These circumstances were out of your control, unless you want to take full responsibility for getting gas, food etc. ... and that's pretty enabling.

Sometimes there's no huge lesson, it can simply be to make us realize we have choices in life.

Christy

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Gods will???  I am thinking not!!!!!  Poor God he gets blamed for so many things and credit for none.  God gave man / woman free will , and sometimes we screw it up .  This is a disease and at theh moment it is running your wifes life you don't have to let it run yours too . Detach with love and let go of her problem . Expecting a practicing A to act normal was a mistake I made often they will do what they have to do to get what they need. This is disease while praciting it all makes perfect sence  to them . 


Lower your expectations an dyou will find yourself much happier and clamer. There is nothing u cna do about her but alot u can do for you . keep commin and keep the focus on your needs. She as u can see always gets what she needs  again  that is the disease. not the lady u married.    Louise



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many (((((hugs))))) for you!!!!!  i know how you feel. i was stranded at the airport with 4 kids while my husband drank and was angry at our oldest son for not picking us up even though my husband was supposed to.  this is the way of the disease.  i don't think it has anything to do with God, except maybe the absence of the a having a God in their day to day life.  i no longer live with my a, it took a lot to get there for me, him driving the kids wasted, him packing and leaving several times, so much more i can't even list it here.  now although i do have to take care of everything myself, i am much more at peace in my day to day working the al-anon program.  i am still willing to work on our relationship, but he is not coming home until he works his program - really works it not just the show up kind of thing he has done in the past.  i still have a long way to go as i learned a lot of poor ways to handle things myself, but i am sticking with our program.  i don't know if any of this is helpful to you, but i know how much agony you are in and i hope  you work the program because it offers peace inside for your life.  my thoughts are with you - best of luck to you - quest

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