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hello everyone, i looked up the date of my first post on the message board and that was oct.1,2005 in the post i was looking for a sponsor and mentioned i was in the program for three weeks at that time. so i guess im happy to say its my one year anniversary since finding alanon!!!!! yay. im so thankful for everyone of you that has been with my on my journey so far and hope you all continue to stick by my side and hope i meet many more of you. the night i found this site i was at my complete bottom, i was hopeless, lost, stressed, depressed, suicidal. i had no idea who i was and what i became. i had no hope of ever finding serenity. today i am more then happy to say i have found serenity. of course im not serene 24/7 but there is an extreme improvement. i have grown in ways i never knew was possible. ive begun the journey to finding myself again and am liking what im finding. when i meet newcomers i take the risk and make the guarantee and the million dollar bet that if they work this program their lives will change, they will be happy again, they will experience serenity. im sure thousands of you out there can back me up on that. so i guess i just wanted to express my gratitude to all of you and hopefully inspire those of you new to this to work it cause it works and you are all so definatly worth it. if any of you can remember hurdles ive overcome or can see my progress please share, also share your own stories of triumph and progress. lets make this day a day to look back on how much we have all grown!!!!!!!! love all of you
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stay in the now...dont look forward, dont look back....your life is what you make of it
Excellent work. I remember when you first came to this board, what a wonderful difference a year of hard work does, well done!
I have heard it said that alanon is a million dollar program shoved up your butt a nickel at a time. Thankfully all the hard work is worth the payback in serenity.
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If you want things you never had you need to do things you have never done
Congratulations!! Wahoo! I love to hear testaments that .....IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT!!
For me, this program has taught me HOW TO LIVE!
I do know I no longer have to suffer, I no longer have to hang on to resentments, I no longer put myself in other peoples business when they are clearly able to handle their own problems, I finally learned that its my HP's will, not mine-----the biggest one, spiritual awakening! I am learning to be honest about my character defects in order to change, I can go on and on!
You sound just like me when I first came here. Hopeless, scared, suicidal, a real mess!
I thought "It works if you work it" sounded kind of corny back then, but I didn't know how true it is. If anyone had told me back in January, that I would feel this way now, I would have either laughed them off or cussed them out! LOL.
I like to look back thru some of my old posts, too, it is good to see the progress. PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION, because I still feel sad sometimes, I still get my feelings hurt. I am, after all, only human. But, I am getting better. Day by Day, slowly.
Just one year ago, I think it was September 27, 2005, I was hospitalized for making what my therapist interpreted as a suicide threat. I was taken to the hospital in an ambulance, I was in the hospital for 3 days, hubby only came for the "family meeting" where he told my social worker that he still wanted a divorce. I cried until I busted a blood vessel in my eye. I was put on medication for depression. Oh, yeah, I was a real piece of work. Then, a couple of months later, I finally found Al-Anon, or rather HP threw me into A-Anon! Thank God!
I am glad to see how far you have come, notsonew. We are so lucky to have this program and have each other!
If I could, I'd sit right down and have a piece of that anniversary cake with you! Way to go!
Amazing how fast the year goes! I remember when you first came here. My how you've grown. Celebrate your new found strength, wisdom, experience, hope and humor! Another words: Celebrate you! Thank you for all your wonderful posts.
Live strong,
Karilynn & Pipers Kitty
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Congratulations on your monumental effort and success. I know it is absolutely against the odds. I am so happy for you. I am glad we get to share everything on this board, success the works.
Congratulations on your anniversary. Funny how the HP works, I have not been on the board in about a month. Don't know why, just busy, school, kids, works, f2f program. Then tonite something made me pop in and there you were.
My HP gives me what I need when I need it. I was right there those dark days a year ago. Remember the 3 am chat when we went in to the AA message board on AOL because we could not get into chat here and asked a bunch of alcholics to help us out. And they did!!! lol.
I don't mind the 3 am chats, but never want to go back to that dark place, and am so grateful for you and all that you have given me.
Thank you for all your wonderful posts.
