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SerenityRUS · SerenityRUS

Oh I wish I could have taken you all with me this weekend!! We had our local Alanon Spring meeting and if any of you have been blessed to hear any of Father Tom W.'s stuff he's a Jesuit Priest or if you get the chance to hear him speak I highly DO recommend it! I will share more of the wisdom he gave .. what I love...

hulahoop24 · hulahoop24

My husband stopped drinking in 2008 when he was incarcerated. He has been out and done since 2011. He's exhibited signs of dry drunk since he was arrested and I'm sorry to say, still has the personality, just not the booze. He's been pretty stressed the last couple of months and started going to meeti...

missmeliss · missmeliss

This weekend started out pretty blah. I took daughter to her father's house Friday afternoon, arrived home 6.5 hours later (it used to be 9 or 10 hours so yay) and collapsed into bed at midnight with a book and fell asleep without even turning the page. A messaged me to ask if he could come over. Very predi...

lgnutah · lgnutah

Does anyone else get their adult A child's messages from bill collectors left on their own home phone and letters from the A daughter's bill collectors sent to their home? I have asked my daughter to contact her creditors and give them her OWN address and phone number (she never did). It is possible th...

YARNCRAZY · YARNCRAZY

since the ultimatium, ah has been sober but is going through that pattern of his,where he tries to do all the things he has needed to do n the house in a frenzy of several days. he believes thats what will prove his attempt at sobriety but it has always backfires..and he starts drinking again. i wish i coul...

Carrie B · Carrie B

After coming home yesterday to my "recovering" alcoholic I found him curled up next to a bottle of vodka on the couch. I immediately remembered the happiness I felt during his sobriety and then fear hit me to my core and I grabbed the bottle, ran to the bathroom so he couldn't catch me and dum...

el-cee · el-cee

I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. My first thoughts were, so and so hurt my feelings because...... i dont like how that was done because.......im going to speak up and say...... you did this and you did that. Whahhhhhh. Do you know what im meaning? My spoilt brat inner child raised its...

hotrod · hotrod

I am back after having a beautiful, exhausting time The C2C reading for today is extremely powerful. It talks about:"Detachment with indifference". I could readily identify with that form of detachment because that's what I first was able to accomplish as I attempted to work this prog...

hotrod · hotrod

The Courage to Change today is a powerful reading regarding working the steps and seeing and owning our part in the situations of our lives. The reading goes on to point out that many of us assumed responsibility for everything and thought it was all our fault and many of us place the blame of others and...

John · John

I am amazed, some of you already know what I went through with my son just a few years ago, and if not, I won't go into it now, but I will say he got discharged from prison after 22 months, on Saturday. We worked together today on a paint job, spent time talking, mending our wounds and allowing healing to tak...

hotrod · hotrod

The C2C reading for today speaks about the power of the Al-Anon program. It points out that spirituality is an important part of our recovery, and without spiritual help .living with or having lived with the disease of alcoholism is too much for most of us. The page goes on to state that the Steps, Tra...

caTinker1809 · caTinker1809

Hi! I'm a bit new to Al-Anon, but i'm looking for some advice/help on how to find a sponsor. If someone could help me with this information or anything that would be awesome! thanks so much! -Callie

lgnutah · lgnutah

Our son has bipolar disorder (wearen't sure-that was hospital diagnosis several years ago). He used alcohol and drugs to self medicate and then addiction became his other crutch to bear. He has not used in over a year (since he moved back in with us at age 29), sees a psychiatrist and takes Rx. He works a...

hotrod · hotrod

http://stepwork.activeboard.com/t59996658/alanon-tradition-6/

kabafu · kabafu

Except my Dad and I, my family is just a bunch of drunks. Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, I hate all them, but I still have to live at home until I finish school and can move out. No weekend, no party, no get-together, BBQ, without everyone around me drinking. My Dad is often travelling for work, so I'm many times a...

Mirandac · Mirandac

I had a light bulb momement at my alanon meeting today. When my life had become so unmanageable I had started with the negative self talk in my car. It bacame a tough thing to stop i tried and tried, Even after going to alanon. I just realized today i stopped doing that when i gave over my self will to the car...

Billie · Billie

Hi everyone, this is is very new for me. I have never been to an Al Anon meeting, either in person or on the web. I feel disloyal doing so but am feeling that I must do something. Here is my story and I am sure it resonate for some of you. i believe my husband is an alcoholic. When we met in the 1990's I knew he like...

NoMoreChaos · NoMoreChaos

I had posted this on another page but think it may have been the wrong site so, I'll try posting it here. Hello everyone. I am new to this forum. I am looking for help with a very difficult amend that I need to make. I will try to be very candid here so that you might fully appreciate my situation and my desi...

WorkingThroughIt · WorkingThroughIt

Got a cutting email from my father tonight (right before bed of course so I'm still up) and at first I was extremely affected. I felt manipulated etc. But getting more involved in Alanon must be helping. I realized suddenly my father is a sick man and he is in pain. Yes he (and my mother) have affected me th...

gabigail · gabigail

My spouse is an alcoholic, but also is a child of an alcoholic and a grandchild to an alcoholic. So, there are times I'm dealing with the symptoms of the alcoholic, and part of that is within me (I'm not ACOA, but deal with codependency, which mimicks the same symptoms). But my spouse is also ACOA and th...

CoopsMom · CoopsMom

I used to get endless promises about stopping drinking and making changes. Of course this never happens, since Al-Anon I now have the occasional ability to just ignore him and know it's the disease feeding me the BS I want to hear. BUT lately there are no more empty promises. My AH now likes to throw hims...

Venera · Venera

Hi! Any thoughts are SO welcome on this:))) Shortly about the situation. Married 10 years, drinking was always a problem, denied in the beginning by both, now I think we both know there is alcoholism. Last year has been picking up the fruits of the disease at the highest point such as 3 jobs lost, DUI, n...

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning MIP: Today's reading is about turning our lives, and our situations, our worries over to the care of our HP. This is a great reminder for me that my will isn't the thing that knows best for me. I have come to learn that the things that have happened and are happening and will happen in my life...

rt · rt

hi everyone, new here. I guess, I don't really know what else to do at this point. So, for starters when I met my husband, he drank heavily -- but I didn't pay much mind to it because he was in his early 20's, and I had grown up with an alcoholic mother and brother-- basically, this was normal to me. I also ha...

andromeda · andromeda

Ok, so last night (after I posted about the divorce being filed) my son came to me and told me that his dad said some things last Sunday while he was spending the night. Apparently, STBXAH said that I was pawning ds off on him. Dad also kept saying, "You don't have to stay here if you don't want to, I c...

a4l · a4l

it still aches but not as much as clinging to the rope and getting whiplashed. I seperated from my husband, though he did move back in a few times before finally moving to live above a bar. Sometimes we get along, sometimes we don't but overall he's still someone I call a friend. However, as as are loathe t...

el-cee · el-cee

You know how you can read something over and over and hear it over and over but you dont quite get it? Well, ive only just come to realise that alcoholism is a family disease!!! Its taken me 3 years for that one to penetrate. This program just keeps giving me more and more. I was listening to aa speakers on y...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Am told to keep down and stay quiet so am doing that. I came to check in and listen and learn. You all are the same dedicated family I put aside with love just before going to be self-responsible. I'm back home now more of just a jelly fish in the moment following AFG suggestions and listening t...

andromeda · andromeda

I am having mixed emotions, mostly sadness. Not sad about the marriage ending but sad for my xah and where he is today. He showed up at court (we filed at the same time: I filed the petition and he signed the acceptance of service) 20 minutes late and reeking of alcohol. He was mean and made snarky comme...

pinkchip · pinkchip

I'm confused by this term. I see a lot of people using it to describe 1. Newly sober behavior 2. Dry drunk behavior 3. Behaviors they just don't like or agree with 4. Jerky A-hole behavior 5. Erratic behavior To me, sober people show a lot of the behaviors that are mentioned too. Alcoholics don't have...

Nannynoo · Nannynoo

It is difficult , but we HAVE to do it My situation is I HAVE to stay strong for my 7 yr old Grandsons sake who is in foster care at present but social services are going to reassess me to look after him So it is VITAL I stay strong with my DD who is an alcoholic She is down right now and her sister is worried abo...

Kerrymom · Kerrymom

Realizing how many expectations I had about moving out. Moved myself and kids out Friday, AH didn't change his behavior the last weeks we were there, just mainly sulked and moped around. the expectations I had on this change included 1) me being happier/relieved - really not there yet, why did I thi...

YARNCRAZY · YARNCRAZY

2nd trip to rehab didnt help ah. or should i say, he didnt follow through on it at all. I am going through the same sad,angry,empty feeling while he repeats the same ah behavior he always does. I must get off this treadmill or i will completely lose myself. Yes, I have been applying alanon tools but they ar...

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning Everyone- It's been a while since I've posted, although I have been here reading and learning along with all of you. I am having a tough time with something and am going to get it off my chest. I will do my best to make a long story shorter. A couple of years ago, in a last ditch effort to try an...

anxious · anxious

My daughter is a single mom with 2 children . Girls. She had been in a very abusive relationship with the father of her children. I got her out of that - and she was at a women's shelter for a while. Then housing. Things worked good for 2 years until I bought a mobile home for them as a family home.She was supp...

WebD · WebD

My AD has had a problem for a couple of years, but managed to live her life, school, work etc. most recently she started dating a guy with a record for drugs who was on probation. She ended up staying there many nights and then I found out from her friends, there were domestic assault issues with his past...

Jill · Jill

Today I was comparing my yoga posture to that of the teacher. I am new at it. When she referenced our heads ON THE FLOOR (mine wouldn't even come close), I realized it was closer today than it was last time. I need to be faithful to trying, and I trust I will progress. I know that's how this works, too. I'm no...

tjk · tjk

I feel like I can't handle it anymore. He drinks usually 2 750 ML Whiskey or Vodka a week. All I do is worry about him. I tell him how I feel and he either jokes about, tells me to just worry about myself, or turns it around and says that there are things I do that bother him but he doesn't bug me about it. If I get r...

el-cee · el-cee

Everythjng is perfect. Just as it should be. Right in this moment is happiness and peace. Unhappiness, anxiety, worry is not about this very moment, its about yesterday and tomorrow. I cant change yesterday and tomorrow so i will stay where the peace is, right here in this moment.

hopefortoday29 · hopefortoday29

Hi, I am trying new things in al-anon right now because I am not in a position at the moment to get to regular face to face meetings. I have a sponsor and some al-anon friends but I am missing the contact of having that readily available source of community. I have tried the phone bridge meetings which are w...

missmeliss · missmeliss

For years now I have allowed my daughter to go to her fathers house for Christmas and Easter. In my mind, she would have lots more fun there as they have little kids and make a big deal out of these festivals. I spent last Christmas sitting alone in a room being sad. I had it in my mind that spending these happ...

LinSC · LinSC

acronym for "DON'T EVEN NO I AM LYING" ! how perfect is this....

el-cee · el-cee

I learned i was an enabler to alcoholics. It meant i helped the disease grow strong, i gave money, a soft place to land, excuses and lies for the drinker, let them verbally abuse me, put up with anything that was thrown at me, and what i didnt realise was that this encouraged and assisted the drinking. Th...

Wisdom67 · Wisdom67

Today is a good day . I got out of the hospital last Thursday and put on the right meds and hopeful I can stay in the moment and in the day . I let myself become a wreck and ended up having a mental emtional breakdown that lead me in the hospital . I was running around with my head cut off , worried about the week th...

mikenusaf · mikenusaf

I am new to Al-Anon (I have never been to a meeting and this is my first time posting). I have 5 months sober today and am going to AA. My wife still drinks and is anti AA, although she has told me she sees how it has made positive changes in me. She asks me questions about AA and I do my best to answer them to my u...

Hildabenta · Hildabenta

Hello I am 29 years Kenyan girl with a 10 months son,,I have no job ,,,please I need a sponsor,,,help me,,,I am single

missmeliss · missmeliss

Oooh here's my illness in full swing. Wow! I haven't seen A for maybe 5 weeks. I haven't wanted to talk to him really because he just wants to tell me about how I should give him my old car because he cn't get a job to pay me back he thousands of dollars he borrowed from me unless I do...blah blah blah whatever....

shealah · shealah

Is it simply the nature of alcoholics to lie and try to hide relapse? can alcoholics be honest about cravings and relapse, or is that expecting too much? Specifically be honest with their significant other?

AWSmith · AWSmith

So, she came home, drunk, today. Of course she claims she wasn't drunk. It was the Tequila flavored dipping sauce from Zaxby's (a chicken fast food chain out here). Still, she blew a 0.0701. Not legally drunk ,no. But with 2 DUIs (but only 1 conviction, thank you connecticut) its a bad sign when she...

SerenityRUS · SerenityRUS

Happy Easter to those who color eggs, stay up late making baskets, having the late night sugar rush, and celebrate the holiday in the Christian sense of the word. Let me just say the weird crazy dreams that I had this early AM. UGH! LOL .. they were very strange and not happy at all that's what I get for e...

Truth · Truth

K well for some reason I have been getting triggered and my anxiety attacks have started again. I have been practicing so I responded to it better this time. I went to a chair... Focused on the present moment and told my body it was safe. It worked just makes you completely exhausted!!! I cannot wait for s...

likemyheart · likemyheart

Tomorrow is Easter so today was the Easter Egg Hunt for one of my jobs and the job falls to ME to organize the event - EEEK! Years ago when I first took on the job, after getting refusal of help from the previous organizer (she was mad), someone told me to make it my own, so I did. I make it fun for ME; spend $850 M...

Lenora · Lenora

My son is a 24/7 alcoholic. I am at the end of my sanity. I have no support system with in my family and friends. My health is declining rapidly and I have severe panic attacks. I don't know how to help him. I feel like I have already lost him to this disease. I don't know where else to turn. Please can...

Irish7 · Irish7

I haven't seen this raised before, and frankly, I haven't been able to find much on the web about this. One of my qualifiers is a healthy 25 yr old male whose drinking has escalated from an occasional binge to 5x to 7x weekly binge. I've found evidence (in my laundry room) that he is wetting the bed about 2x...

WorkingThroughIt · WorkingThroughIt

I liked today's reading as it compliments my program of recovery very well. It talks about how not being hard on ourselves - and putting something up on the shelf for a while and even having a laugh or some fun - can help is come back to our problems refreshed. Aaaaaahhhhh. this is perfect for me, as someti...

Amorris89 · Amorris89

This is my first time posting on anything like this so sorry if I ramble a little bit. I've been with my husband almost 9 years, 3 married. He has always seemed to have a little problem with alcohol. Drinking too much too quickly, especially on an empty stomach. When he drinks like this he will get very me...

mjferg · mjferg

I am realizing that thinking good healthy positive thoughts hasn't been a habit of mine.After ending my relationship with my A I thought I would be very peaceful and happy.Well it turns out my little brain is my own worst abuser at times and I can work myself into quite a frenzy.Something like chicken...

SerenityRUS · SerenityRUS

This is really difficult for me to do. A few things going on at the moment. No communication for my son's actual birthday .. and I refer to the kids as my kids. 2 hours a month doesn't qualify as a parent, it is more like an Uncle removed by marriage kind of deal. That's his issue not mine and definitely n...

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good Morning Everyone-- This reading speaks to our relationship with our Higher Power. Although I never have felt hatred or even fear toward God, I can relate to the reading as far as feeling my relationship with my HP feeling strengthened since coming into the program. I am grateful that growing up...

pinkchip · pinkchip

One of those days....actually the whole week. It was filled with drama. Everyone was acting like they wanted to kill each other. Everyone was complaining. It was volatile and umcomfortable. All other admin but me was out...bad planning overall. There were a million fires tg at got lit over stupid cr...

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	This weekend!! (Preview) Oh I wish I could have taken you all with me this weekend!! We had our local Alanon Spring meeting and if any of you have been blessed to hear any of Father Tom W.'s stuff he's a Jesuit Priest or if you get the chance to hear him speak I highly DO recommend it! I will share more of the wisdom he gave .. what I love...	SerenityRUS	7	1154	Apr 12, 2015 by Irish7
	Not sure where to start (Preview) My husband stopped drinking in 2008 when he was incarcerated. He has been out and done since 2011. He's exhibited signs of dry drunk since he was arrested and I'm sorry to say, still has the personality, just not the booze. He's been pretty stressed the last couple of months and started going to meeti...	hulahoop24	9	636	Apr 12, 2015 by hotrod
	A Yay weekend. (Preview) This weekend started out pretty blah. I took daughter to her father's house Friday afternoon, arrived home 6.5 hours later (it used to be 9 or 10 hours so yay) and collapsed into bed at midnight with a book and fell asleep without even turning the page. A messaged me to ask if he could come over. Very predi...	missmeliss	2	395	Apr 12, 2015 by hotrod
	Adult A daughter doesn't pay her bills, gives MY phone number and address to creditors (Preview) Does anyone else get their adult A child's messages from bill collectors left on their own home phone and letters from the A daughter's bill collectors sent to their home? I have asked my daughter to contact her creditors and give them her OWN address and phone number (she never did). It is possible th...	lgnutah	7	856	Apr 12, 2015 by xeno59
	What do you think ? (Preview) since the ultimatium, ah has been sober but is going through that pattern of his,where he tries to do all the things he has needed to do n the house in a frenzy of several days. he believes thats what will prove his attempt at sobriety but it has always backfires..and he starts drinking again. i wish i coul...	YARNCRAZY	5	598	Apr 12, 2015 by pinkchip
	So have you hit rock bottom yet? (Preview) After coming home yesterday to my "recovering" alcoholic I found him curled up next to a bottle of vodka on the couch. I immediately remembered the happiness I felt during his sobriety and then fear hit me to my core and I grabbed the bottle, ran to the bathroom so he couldn't catch me and dum...	Carrie B	15	3555	Apr 11, 2015 by el-cee
	self pity alert (Preview) I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. My first thoughts were, so and so hurt my feelings because...... i dont like how that was done because.......im going to speak up and say...... you did this and you did that. Whahhhhhh. Do you know what im meaning? My spoilt brat inner child raised its...	el-cee	8	1024	Apr 11, 2015 by GreenerGal
	C2C 4-9 (Preview) I am back after having a beautiful, exhausting time The C2C reading for today is extremely powerful. It talks about:"Detachment with indifference". I could readily identify with that form of detachment because that's what I first was able to accomplish as I attempted to work this prog...	hotrod	8	575	Apr 11, 2015 by ntd2001
	C2C 4-10 (Preview) The Courage to Change today is a powerful reading regarding working the steps and seeing and owning our part in the situations of our lives. The reading goes on to point out that many of us assumed responsibility for everything and thought it was all our fault and many of us place the blame of others and...	hotrod	2	471	Apr 11, 2015 by Debb
	Son released from prison this past Saturday. (Preview) I am amazed, some of you already know what I went through with my son just a few years ago, and if not, I won't go into it now, but I will say he got discharged from prison after 22 months, on Saturday. We worked together today on a paint job, spent time talking, mending our wounds and allowing healing to tak...	John	11	912	Apr 11, 2015 by xeno59
	C2C 4-11 (Preview) The C2C reading for today speaks about the power of the Al-Anon program. It points out that spirituality is an important part of our recovery, and without spiritual help .living with or having lived with the disease of alcoholism is too much for most of us. The page goes on to state that the Steps, Tra...	hotrod	2	757	Apr 11, 2015 by Debb
	Finding a Sponsor - Newcomer to Al-Anon (Preview) Hi! I'm a bit new to Al-Anon, but i'm looking for some advice/help on how to find a sponsor. If someone could help me with this information or anything that would be awesome! thanks so much! -Callie	caTinker1809	5	671	Apr 11, 2015 by Mirandac
	She told him off, now I bear the brunt of it. :( (Preview) Our son has bipolar disorder (wearen't sure-that was hospital diagnosis several years ago). He used alcohol and drugs to self medicate and then addiction became his other crutch to bear. He has not used in over a year (since he moved back in with us at age 29), sees a psychiatrist and takes Rx. He works a...	lgnutah	5	958	Apr 11, 2015 by xeno59
	Tradition 6 (Preview) http://stepwork.activeboard.com/t59996658/alanon-tradition-6/	hotrod	0	585	Apr 11, 2015 by hotrod
	I hate my family (Preview) Except my Dad and I, my family is just a bunch of drunks. Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, I hate all them, but I still have to live at home until I finish school and can move out. No weekend, no party, no get-together, BBQ, without everyone around me drinking. My Dad is often travelling for work, so I'm many times a...	kabafu	7	2812	Apr 11, 2015 by xeno59
	Self talk (Preview) I had a light bulb momement at my alanon meeting today. When my life had become so unmanageable I had started with the negative self talk in my car. It bacame a tough thing to stop i tried and tried, Even after going to alanon. I just realized today i stopped doing that when i gave over my self will to the car...	Mirandac	8	748	Apr 11, 2015 by Mirandac
	New to the forum (Preview) Hi everyone, this is is very new for me. I have never been to an Al Anon meeting, either in person or on the web. I feel disloyal doing so but am feeling that I must do something. Here is my story and I am sure it resonate for some of you. i believe my husband is an alcoholic. When we met in the 1990's I knew he like...	Billie	18	798	Apr 10, 2015 by Mirandac
	9th step help (Preview) I had posted this on another page but think it may have been the wrong site so, I'll try posting it here. Hello everyone. I am new to this forum. I am looking for help with a very difficult amend that I need to make. I will try to be very candid here so that you might fully appreciate my situation and my desi...	NoMoreChaos	4	625	Apr 10, 2015 by Jerry F
	Yes!!! (Preview) Got a cutting email from my father tonight (right before bed of course so I'm still up) and at first I was extremely affected. I felt manipulated etc. But getting more involved in Alanon must be helping. I realized suddenly my father is a sick man and he is in pain. Yes he (and my mother) have affected me th...	WorkingThroughIt	7	495	Apr 10, 2015 by hotrod
	ACOA and alcoholic- what to do? (Preview) My spouse is an alcoholic, but also is a child of an alcoholic and a grandchild to an alcoholic. So, there are times I'm dealing with the symptoms of the alcoholic, and part of that is within me (I'm not ACOA, but deal with codependency, which mimicks the same symptoms). But my spouse is also ACOA and th...	gabigail	9	918	Apr 10, 2015 by WorkingThroughIt
	Which is worse, a pity party or the lies? (Preview) I used to get endless promises about stopping drinking and making changes. Of course this never happens, since Al-Anon I now have the occasional ability to just ignore him and know it's the disease feeding me the BS I want to hear. BUT lately there are no more empty promises. My AH now likes to throw hims...	CoopsMom	10	631	Apr 10, 2015 by pinkchip
	How to find God's will? (Preview) Hi! Any thoughts are SO welcome on this:))) Shortly about the situation. Married 10 years, drinking was always a problem, denied in the beginning by both, now I think we both know there is alcoholism. Last year has been picking up the fruits of the disease at the highest point such as 3 jobs lost, DUI, n...	Venera	6	2618	Apr 10, 2015 by el-cee
	Hope For Today April 7 (Preview) Good morning MIP: Today's reading is about turning our lives, and our situations, our worries over to the care of our HP. This is a great reminder for me that my will isn't the thing that knows best for me. I have come to learn that the things that have happened and are happening and will happen in my life...	yanksfan51	7	954	Apr 9, 2015 by ntd2001
	new (Preview) hi everyone, new here. I guess, I don't really know what else to do at this point. So, for starters when I met my husband, he drank heavily -- but I didn't pay much mind to it because he was in his early 20's, and I had grown up with an alcoholic mother and brother-- basically, this was normal to me. I also ha...	rt	9	586	Apr 9, 2015 by rt
	NOW....I'm ticked off (Preview) Ok, so last night (after I posted about the divorce being filed) my son came to me and told me that his dad said some things last Sunday while he was spending the night. Apparently, STBXAH said that I was pawning ds off on him. Dad also kept saying, "You don't have to stay here if you don't want to, I c...	andromeda	6	706	Apr 9, 2015 by andromeda
	detaching with love. (Preview) it still aches but not as much as clinging to the rope and getting whiplashed. I seperated from my husband, though he did move back in a few times before finally moving to live above a bar. Sometimes we get along, sometimes we don't but overall he's still someone I call a friend. However, as as are loathe t...	a4l	3	571	Apr 9, 2015 by hotrod
	realisation (Preview) You know how you can read something over and over and hear it over and over but you dont quite get it? Well, ive only just come to realise that alcoholism is a family disease!!! Its taken me 3 years for that one to penetrate. This program just keeps giving me more and more. I was listening to aa speakers on y...	el-cee	3	509	Apr 9, 2015 by hotrod
	(((((Family))))) (Preview) Am told to keep down and stay quiet so am doing that. I came to check in and listen and learn. You all are the same dedicated family I put aside with love just before going to be self-responsible. I'm back home now more of just a jelly fish in the moment following AFG suggestions and listening t...	Jerry F	12	623	Apr 8, 2015 by Jozie
	Divorce papers filed today (Preview) I am having mixed emotions, mostly sadness. Not sad about the marriage ending but sad for my xah and where he is today. He showed up at court (we filed at the same time: I filed the petition and he signed the acceptance of service) 20 minutes late and reeking of alcohol. He was mean and made snarky comme...	andromeda	14	739	Apr 8, 2015 by andromeda
	Alcoholic behavior (Preview) I'm confused by this term. I see a lot of people using it to describe 1. Newly sober behavior 2. Dry drunk behavior 3. Behaviors they just don't like or agree with 4. Jerky A-hole behavior 5. Erratic behavior To me, sober people show a lot of the behaviors that are mentioned too. Alcoholics don't have...	pinkchip	17	795	Apr 8, 2015 by Mirandac
	Staying strong (Preview) It is difficult , but we HAVE to do it My situation is I HAVE to stay strong for my 7 yr old Grandsons sake who is in foster care at present but social services are going to reassess me to look after him So it is VITAL I stay strong with my DD who is an alcoholic She is down right now and her sister is worried abo...	Nannynoo	26	1009	Apr 8, 2015 by pinkchip
	Expectations (Preview) Realizing how many expectations I had about moving out. Moved myself and kids out Friday, AH didn't change his behavior the last weeks we were there, just mainly sulked and moped around. the expectations I had on this change included 1) me being happier/relieved - really not there yet, why did I thi...	Kerrymom	2	434	Apr 8, 2015 by yanksfan51
	FEELINGS (Preview) 2nd trip to rehab didnt help ah. or should i say, he didnt follow through on it at all. I am going through the same sad,angry,empty feeling while he repeats the same ah behavior he always does. I must get off this treadmill or i will completely lose myself. Yes, I have been applying alanon tools but they ar...	YARNCRAZY	3	418	Apr 7, 2015 by Irish7
	having a hard time today (Preview) Good morning Everyone- It's been a while since I've posted, although I have been here reading and learning along with all of you. I am having a tough time with something and am going to get it off my chest. I will do my best to make a long story shorter. A couple of years ago, in a last ditch effort to try an...	yanksfan51	12	879	Apr 7, 2015 by Truth
	Drug addiction ??? (Preview) My daughter is a single mom with 2 children . Girls. She had been in a very abusive relationship with the father of her children. I got her out of that - and she was at a women's shelter for a while. Then housing. Things worked good for 2 years until I bought a mobile home for them as a family home.She was supp...	anxious	7	779	Apr 7, 2015 by anxious
	Need Help dealing with the emotions caused by 22 yr old AD (Preview) My AD has had a problem for a couple of years, but managed to live her life, school, work etc. most recently she started dating a guy with a record for drugs who was on probation. She ended up staying there many nights and then I found out from her friends, there were domestic assault issues with his past...	WebD	14	745	Apr 7, 2015 by hightlyfavored
	My Progress (Preview) Today I was comparing my yoga posture to that of the teacher. I am new at it. When she referenced our heads ON THE FLOOR (mine wouldn't even come close), I realized it was closer today than it was last time. I need to be faithful to trying, and I trust I will progress. I know that's how this works, too. I'm no...	Jill	4	462	Apr 7, 2015 by Breakingfree
	New to board - husband alcoholic (Preview) I feel like I can't handle it anymore. He drinks usually 2 750 ML Whiskey or Vodka a week. All I do is worry about him. I tell him how I feel and he either jokes about, tells me to just worry about myself, or turns it around and says that there are things I do that bother him but he doesn't bug me about it. If I get r...	tjk	9	739	Apr 7, 2015 by ladybugnessa
	right here, right now..... (Preview) Everythjng is perfect. Just as it should be. Right in this moment is happiness and peace. Unhappiness, anxiety, worry is not about this very moment, its about yesterday and tomorrow. I cant change yesterday and tomorrow so i will stay where the peace is, right here in this moment.	el-cee	9	537	Apr 7, 2015 by Debb
	New to the forum (Preview) Hi, I am trying new things in al-anon right now because I am not in a position at the moment to get to regular face to face meetings. I have a sponsor and some al-anon friends but I am missing the contact of having that readily available source of community. I have tried the phone bridge meetings which are w...	hopefortoday29	8	734	Apr 6, 2015 by ntd2001
	Easter this and Easter that. (Preview) For years now I have allowed my daughter to go to her fathers house for Christmas and Easter. In my mind, she would have lots more fun there as they have little kids and make a big deal out of these festivals. I spent last Christmas sitting alone in a room being sad. I had it in my mind that spending these happ...	missmeliss	7	772	Apr 6, 2015 by Breakingfree
	DENIAL (Preview) acronym for "DON'T EVEN NO I AM LYING" ! how perfect is this....	LinSC	7	913	Apr 6, 2015 by el-cee
	helped to die (Preview) I learned i was an enabler to alcoholics. It meant i helped the disease grow strong, i gave money, a soft place to land, excuses and lies for the drinker, let them verbally abuse me, put up with anything that was thrown at me, and what i didnt realise was that this encouraged and assisted the drinking. Th...	el-cee	21	1052	Apr 6, 2015 by Lenora
	Happy easter (Preview) Today is a good day . I got out of the hospital last Thursday and put on the right meds and hopeful I can stay in the moment and in the day . I let myself become a wreck and ended up having a mental emtional breakdown that lead me in the hospital . I was running around with my head cut off , worried about the week th...	Wisdom67	6	626	Apr 6, 2015 by Jerry F
	New to Al-Anon. Need help/advice (Preview) I am new to Al-Anon (I have never been to a meeting and this is my first time posting). I have 5 months sober today and am going to AA. My wife still drinks and is anti AA, although she has told me she sees how it has made positive changes in me. She asks me questions about AA and I do my best to answer them to my u...	mikenusaf	10	957	Apr 6, 2015 by ladybugnessa
	help (Preview) Hello I am 29 years Kenyan girl with a 10 months son,,I have no job ,,,please I need a sponsor,,,help me,,,I am single	Hildabenta	7	398	Apr 6, 2015 by ladybugnessa
	Sigh. Not my finest day today. (Preview) Oooh here's my illness in full swing. Wow! I haven't seen A for maybe 5 weeks. I haven't wanted to talk to him really because he just wants to tell me about how I should give him my old car because he cn't get a job to pay me back he thousands of dollars he borrowed from me unless I do...blah blah blah whatever....	missmeliss	26	1183	Apr 6, 2015 by missmeliss
	Relapse (Preview) Is it simply the nature of alcoholics to lie and try to hide relapse? can alcoholics be honest about cravings and relapse, or is that expecting too much? Specifically be honest with their significant other?	shealah	3	661	Apr 6, 2015 by pinkchip
	Hotel Room - 1st time (Preview) So, she came home, drunk, today. Of course she claims she wasn't drunk. It was the Tequila flavored dipping sauce from Zaxby's (a chicken fast food chain out here). Still, she blew a 0.0701. Not legally drunk ,no. But with 2 DUIs (but only 1 conviction, thank you connecticut) its a bad sign when she...	AWSmith	17	961	Apr 6, 2015 by ladybugnessa
	Happy Easter :) (Preview) Happy Easter to those who color eggs, stay up late making baskets, having the late night sugar rush, and celebrate the holiday in the Christian sense of the word. Let me just say the weird crazy dreams that I had this early AM. UGH! LOL .. they were very strange and not happy at all that's what I get for e...	SerenityRUS	3	634	Apr 5, 2015 by Wisdom67
	Anxiety Attack (Preview) K well for some reason I have been getting triggered and my anxiety attacks have started again. I have been practicing so I responded to it better this time. I went to a chair... Focused on the present moment and told my body it was safe. It worked just makes you completely exhausted!!! I cannot wait for s...	Truth	5	621	Apr 5, 2015 by SerenityRUS
	Make it your own (Preview) Tomorrow is Easter so today was the Easter Egg Hunt for one of my jobs and the job falls to ME to organize the event - EEEK! Years ago when I first took on the job, after getting refusal of help from the previous organizer (she was mad), someone told me to make it my own, so I did. I make it fun for ME; spend $850 M...	likemyheart	3	585	Apr 5, 2015 by KennyFenderjazz
	I need help please (Preview) My son is a 24/7 alcoholic. I am at the end of my sanity. I have no support system with in my family and friends. My health is declining rapidly and I have severe panic attacks. I don't know how to help him. I feel like I have already lost him to this disease. I don't know where else to turn. Please can...	Lenora	13	894	Apr 5, 2015 by pinkchip
	Bed wetting? Sorry if TMI (Preview) I haven't seen this raised before, and frankly, I haven't been able to find much on the web about this. One of my qualifiers is a healthy 25 yr old male whose drinking has escalated from an occasional binge to 5x to 7x weekly binge. I've found evidence (in my laundry room) that he is wetting the bed about 2x...	Irish7	7	3244	Apr 5, 2015 by 4myboys
	C2C - March 31 (Preview) I liked today's reading as it compliments my program of recovery very well. It talks about how not being hard on ourselves - and putting something up on the shelf for a while and even having a laugh or some fun - can help is come back to our problems refreshed. Aaaaaahhhhh. this is perfect for me, as someti...	WorkingThroughIt	3	509	Apr 4, 2015 by Mirandac
	Living with a binge drinker (Preview) This is my first time posting on anything like this so sorry if I ramble a little bit. I've been with my husband almost 9 years, 3 married. He has always seemed to have a little problem with alcohol. Drinking too much too quickly, especially on an empty stomach. When he drinks like this he will get very me...	Amorris89	7	1441	Apr 4, 2015 by Mirandac
	positive thinking! (Preview) I am realizing that thinking good healthy positive thoughts hasn't been a habit of mine.After ending my relationship with my A I thought I would be very peaceful and happy.Well it turns out my little brain is my own worst abuser at times and I can work myself into quite a frenzy.Something like chicken...	mjferg	8	632	Apr 4, 2015 by milkwood
	Biting my tongue .. (Preview) This is really difficult for me to do. A few things going on at the moment. No communication for my son's actual birthday .. and I refer to the kids as my kids. 2 hours a month doesn't qualify as a parent, it is more like an Uncle removed by marriage kind of deal. That's his issue not mine and definitely n...	SerenityRUS	10	691	Apr 3, 2015 by Irish7
	Hope For Today Mar 31 (Preview) Good Morning Everyone-- This reading speaks to our relationship with our Higher Power. Although I never have felt hatred or even fear toward God, I can relate to the reading as far as feeling my relationship with my HP feeling strengthened since coming into the program. I am grateful that growing up...	yanksfan51	5	674	Apr 3, 2015 by ntd2001
	Frustrating day at work (Preview) One of those days....actually the whole week. It was filled with drama. Everyone was acting like they wanted to kill each other. Everyone was complaining. It was volatile and umcomfortable. All other admin but me was out...bad planning overall. There were a million fires tg at got lit over stupid cr...	pinkchip	14	1048	Apr 3, 2015 by Truth
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