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Wizkid


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Okay, here goes...


 


I don't know if it's okay with the members of this site that I journal here or not. Please let me know. When I was in college--often times--students were asked to respond to what they've read. I'd like to do that here since the material I am reading is Al-anon, ACoA related. I could write on www.blogger.com, however I haven't really looked it over to see how it works. I think I'd like some responses of encouragement at times. I don't know if that is possible on the blogger. Besides, people looking at this site, I imagine, could give me the best responses then in a general journal site.


 


I've been feeding my brain with Al-anon/codependency literature for only a little while now--starting the third week of June--so not long. I also have been chatting/reading in online meetings/open chat. I finally went to my second face-to-face meeting on June 29th. The first meeting I attended was a year ago--two older women, whom (I felt at the time) I didn't relate with (I must have been in denial). Anyways, I plan to attend Quest180 again on Thursday.


 


Moving on: I read from two daily readers which are Hope for Today and Daily Affirmations for ACoA. I have read Codependency No More and Beyond Codependency. I am beginning to read From Survival to Recovery. I just ordered Courage to Change. So, I'm looking at different information. I've been hearing that CAL is the way to go--my goal is mental health and stability. I'll do what is recommended to get to that point.


 


Hope for Today--the entry actually gave me hope. "Only after attending healthy meetings...did I finally begin to recover from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic home." Praise God Almighty! I can recover from the garbage of the past. I like really like this book.


 


Also, the entry explains that I should focus on the positive, not the negative. This shouldn't be so hard for me to accomplish--I've been this route before. (I've used a journal site for obesity also--same rules apply for recovering from obesity.)


 


So what does focusing on the positive mean to me today? Hmm... today it is allowing the peaceful feeling wash over me to the point of saturation. No chaotic thinking today. I'm going to enjoy what the Lord brings my way. I will only share positive thoughts today. 


 


Daily Affirmations ACoA: The first sentence is "How did I wake up this morning?" This is my story this morning. I woke up to my CD alarm at 5:10 am. I walked to the bathroom and thought 'I wonder what my book will say this morning'... I felt somewhat crabby. I didn't want to be awake, but I actually looked forward to learning what my reader was going to advise me today. I look forward to mental stability. I look forward to learning the tools to keep myself cognitively on track. My spirit will heal. 


 


So even though I did not want to be awake, I wanted to journal. I had something to look forward to. Any depression was squashed from the anticipation of learning something exciting! I will go on with today feeling the hope of recovery. All garbage from previous days stay there. I feel good today, right now. I'm thinking positively. I'm allowing God to move over me to reveal and heal wounds. I'm keeping the peace.


 


Well, if I don't get any "You can't journal here!!" responses, I will journal again tonight or tomorrow.


 


I must head to the shower now. I have to work. I have only one meeting and see two clients today. I love it. I recently went part-time at my full-time job. I also picked up another part-time job working with the public in a gas station to counter my other job--working in the mental health field. I'm also excited to attend grad school in September. I haven't taken the MAT yet, but I have already been accepted in to the program--Counseling Psychology. My goal was to be a doctor by 34. I'll see where I am at emotionally, mentally, spiritually after I complete this degree. I'm sure I'll move further, just a matter of time--God's time. 


I will see my Sweetie tonight.    I love him.  Well so far that's the plan, but I will stay flexible to all possibilities. Whatever happens, I will keep the peace. I will remember God's time.


 


Until next time...


 


 


 


 


 


   


 


 


 



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Hi Wizkid,


Welcome to MIP. Glad you are here.


Well I read your post and saw nothing objectable in there. You were sharing the program you are working and what you have learned so far. What I saw when I read your post was a lot of Experience, Strength, and Hope (ESH). And that my dear is why we are here. We come to this message board to post our own ESH, to read the ESH of others, and to ask for ESH when needed.


Sometimes I post, just to get stuff out of my head and that helps me work through it. Or helps me to let got of the insanity of what I am clinging to.


I am so glad that felt comfortable to share with us. I hope you keep coming back.


And I hope that you feel the warmth of our welcome here.


Yours In Recovery,


 


 


Ohh, sorry when I read Tea's reply I remembered that I forgot to add that your sharing is quite alright if you keep it alanon focused.

---------------------Edited the second time for some really silly typos.



-- Edited by Dolphin123 at 17:21, 2006-07-03

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tea2


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welcome Wizkid,


A good question to ask :)


You’re right this is not a blog site and we don’t advertise personal causes or copy Al-Anon literature.


On this message board we share our Experience, Strength and Hope (e, s and h) with each other.


Written above it says:


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.


About copywriting Al-Anon -in the front of Conference Approved Literature (CAL) it states:


All rights reserved. No part of this publication maybe reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher.


 


And again, welcome to the Miracles In Progress Al-Anon Family Group Message Board I am glad you found us.


Wishes ~ in recovery,


tea2




-- Edited by tea2 at 15:51, 2006-07-03

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Dolphin


I like your reply it’s nice and inviting and says it all :)


I may have been writing mine while you were posting it.



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HEHE Tea, great minds think alike.

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