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danger zones
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There are times in my day, month and year where i find it hard to be the person im trying to be and i am basically the old negative thinking person.The mornings for me are when i could commit murder, not literally but my tongue is looser, my judgements and initial reactions are pretty much negative and the...
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el-cee
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January 9th Hope For Today
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In my 3 daily readers I just realized I am no longer suffering! Wow and thanks to Al-anon and my straight shooting dearly beloved sponsor for lovingly telling me like it is! Today's reading for One Day at a Time is also perfect for me, as long as I kept playing God I was in my own way and taking responsibili...
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Breakingfree
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I really need some advice
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My husband, while in treatment, became very mean to me. He has shut me out. His words are mean and he can only talk about all my faults and how i need to fix myself and says nothing more about himself other then how much he has done for me, what integrity he has etc. he is going into sober living but will not te...
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mattGrammy
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Bella and tolerance
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I had a birthday celebration and my daughter brought me a cat,I love cats and dogs!Poor Bella wasn't being treated very well and it is freezing cold here,my daughter was worried about her,so she talked to the owner about taking her.I am getting to know her,she is so happy to get attention,she meows con...
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mjferg
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Oh, my! An amends and a change of mind
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Dear All: I have followed through with listening, talking things over with my sponsor and paying attention to what all of you have said. At this point, this is what I've realized - I left the process before it came to a conclusion. I'm sorry I didn't just wait but, yes, Cathy (you smart woman you), I cou...
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grateful2be
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serenity
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Serenity is something we have to work to get to, and work even more to keep and share. When things are feeling rough, what has helped me is to stop, think about it all without emotions. What is really going on? Is it appropriate, acceptable, will it hurt someone else? Am I concentrating on my stuff or goin...
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Debilyn
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How do you know the difference between punishing and being true to yourself?
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I would appreciate any e/s/h on this topic. I am looking within checking with my values and making decisions. I say no now when it is not in line with my values. As in true form with my second guessing myself (I am trying to shift that thought to lol), I am struggling with this again. Feel confused again!!
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Truth
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Laying my own guilt trip on myself....
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Well I am back right into my disease again.....I must have missed it so much I have just spent three hours beating myself up for not understanding this feeling. Boo!!!!! Thanks MIP family for dealing with my ups and downs ....off to bed 
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Truth
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Contemplating a 9th- complicated with fear
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Hi Family, Tonight my dear Uncle called, with a transparent fake cheerfulness, to let me know he had "great news". He wants to meet me when I'm down in his area to visit my Dad to give me something that my Mom wanted me to have. His chipper voice came across to me as great sarcasm and I found it...
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bud
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soap
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Well this isn't al-anon but then in a way it is. Feel free to delete it if it's just too far off the track. I'm playing a waiting game at the moment. I've been letting it drive me quite mad. I think that's rational, it has been 4 months now of having no fixed address and at times I have felt like I am really, hone...
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missmeliss
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My son and me. Me and my son.
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My son has been in yet another rehabilitation, lockdown situation for several months. I received one letter from him which was basically a request for me to send him cash, talk with his PO to get her to talk with his new gf, and to tell me some news with a little guilt tripping in the mix. I responded to hi...
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grateful2be
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income tax study time
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Well, I am gonna be busy going through the latest tax forms re: income taxes for this 2014 ending year... i have students, salesmen, entrepreneurs , a mix of clients.....so i am downloading all my study forms from my study site i signed up for.... I will be on, but not as much till tax season is over with.....
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neshema2
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Al-Anon-ic behavior?
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I'm a civilian married to a 30-year Al Anon member who has me going (whom I let guilt me into going) to Chapter 9 meetings, as 12-step for couples. (Both of us agree that our marriage is fantastic.) During the share time I was silent for several weeks, began trying to speak and was immediately hit with sev...
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drywit44
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January jitters
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Do you ever feel all out of kilter, like the world has gone a wee bit mad? Or is it just me? Probably. Meetings closing for the holidays and then a fullmoon has me acting like a madwoman. Serenity has left the building. Gone from my life, once again. My meetings started back tonight but the weather turned r...
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el-cee
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something I learned ESH?? or enabling???
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I saw a quote---------The two most important days in your life, are they day when you were born and the day you found out why. ************************************ some folks never find out why b/c they never do an honest, open,humble self discovery work on themselves....they never really really...
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neshema2
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Struggling
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New here. . . . When I started dating my ABF I didn't know he was in recovery. I suppose it's not on the top 10 list of things to tell the woman you're interested in. We had probably been dating two months when he sat me down and started the discussion. If I'm honest my first instinct was to jump and run, I reall...
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NayNay
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My son in prison wants to marry an alcoholic . . .
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My son is 28, a former alcohol and drug abuser who was able to stop using, somehow, without reliance on the 12 Steps. He is incarcerated at present and will be out (and probably deported) in about three years. He tells me there is access to drugs and alcohol inside but he is able to refrain from using beca...
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Colibri
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FOO
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OK yall, I've been in Al-Anon for about 8 months, and I keep seeing the acronym FOO used in posts. I know this is something I should know, but I don't. Could someone please tell me what FOO stands for? Merciful Heavens, I'm showing my ignorance here. Thanks in advance.
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cloudyskies
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Question about ALANON Meetings
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i am new to this site, and have yet to attend an alanon meeting. could someone please tell me what the meetings are like? I am extremely nervous. Thankyou -- Edited by Belle7 on Thursday 8th of January 2015 06:34:06 PM
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Belle7
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I need wine to cope.
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AH lets me know he is in the mood and tomorrow we should "you know". I say tonight is better because I can only stand it when I have wine, he says OK, and I prepare by having a glass of wine. An hour later he comes into my room and my dog jumped on the bed (I can't control the dog, guess, I didn'...
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robinfl
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Telling our son tonight
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Prayers appreciated. I have the butterflies in my stomach. Our son has some math homework to finish and then we'll eat dinner and I think we'll tell him after that. Please pray!
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andromeda
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OK...I took/am taking stuff TOO SERIOUSLY
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all this of late??? I am taking it TOO serious....its not about me, for me, directed at me, I guess my issue was and always will be safety....like if i don't do my program "right" will there be a private group consultation on me???? Thinking about it, I don't believe i am interesting or popul...
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neshema2
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To All - My thanks
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I have been on the MIP board for a little over two years. I am grateful for meeting you all, sharing my e/s/h and learning more. Recently, it came to my attention that there is group private messaging going on in the background on our board. I am a direct person and I will say directly that I know I can't st...
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grateful2be
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Totally scared but a bit angry and confused!!
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New to this site...just signed up actually. I don't know where else to go with this. Looking for your input please. I have a friend, who is more like my boyfriend, but we're not official in any way. Anyway, he's depressed. He talks about his issues and they seem deep rooted and have existed from a very...
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jennybee
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An epiphany - MY role in A Sons recovery
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Well, its been a long time since Ive written anything on here only because I didnt think I had much to write. I go toone meeting a week in our area which has been invaluable to me.I do however always turn to this board when in dire straits (no meetings over the holiday) - or at least my imagination of it! An...
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intoit
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Frustrated, sick(stupid cold), working on financials
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So, I am trying to figure out what I'd like to see happen with the divorce and I want to present it to AH and make it very clear. I need to call our tax accountant and see if he can offer any insight because a lot of what I have to balance out on paper has to do with capital gains taxes, retirement monies and pena...
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andromeda
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New to separation..input needed
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I am new here and feeling overwhelmed by indecision and second guessing myself every step of the way. I want so badly to 'know Gods will' in all of this so that I can align my efforts with it but I keep getting mixed signals. I take my vows very seriously and they are probably part of the reason why I stayed an...
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Hopefull15
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To Stay or Go
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I'm sure most of you go through this. Do I stay or go (or ask him to go). Do I wait for the next crisis or go now to avoid the next crisis? I understand AL-anon will help either way. I understand one-day-at-a time. But I feel guilt towards my HP because I'm staying for financial support instead of relying on...
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robinfl
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I'm back in Al-Anon
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thanks and please read my biography and I would appreciate any responses.
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sueseas
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Boyfriend appears to be using AA as a reason to justify why he drinks, and I have a feeling he still is
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My boyfriend has been a heavy vodka drinker for over ten years, actually according to his family, sadly longer. He hid his drinking from me for the year and a half that we dated, I figured it out when I found him passed out in October. He cried, swore it wasn't so, promised he'd stop drinking. I found hi...
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Katrina324
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manipulation; breaking the cycle. help...
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Making this as short and to the the point as possible!!! I know I cannot be the only one dealing with this/these issues. I feel beyond confused and frustrated to the point I have no clue what to do. Quick background d of DH and I. Married for almost 21 years 3 lovely, smart daughters. 17, 11, and 5 We've had b...
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sadie73
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Melly?
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I love reading your posts and I cannot even begin to imagine how it feels to be treated so badly by your family, I know that when I am despairing and hurting I don't listen and I don't see, I react and it doesn't feel good,and when I do do this and and I do do it alot, I want to shut people out, and if they misunder...
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Katy
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The Madness Is Finally Over And It Is Truly A Wonderful Thing :)
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Good Morning, Let me start by saying I have been a silent reader and then member here for quite a while now and we all live or have lived with the same chaos that surrounds an addict. My husband is an alcoholic and he was sober for 10 years before his first relapse that started 4 years ago. We have been th...
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Livi
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Laugh or Cry ..
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Umm .. yah .. so went into court to see what I can do and actually there is a lot .. LOL .. won't get into that at this point. After rereading the text to the DV person we were both crying laughing .. and I mean I am going I know this isn't funny however now that I'm reading this out loud the sheer bizarreness of i...
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SerenityRUS
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Looking for support, ended my relationship becasue I couldn't handle his drinking and the constant lies
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Hello all, My name is Katrina, I'm a 49 going on 50 year old successful registered nurse that does hospice, and mom of two wonderful grown kids. My relationship was on the surface wonderful, tall, charming, successful car salesman, older, 60 with kids the same ages as mine. We met actually 20 year...
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Katrina324
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Dry Drunk/ Relapse
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I did not know my husband was an alcoholic. We've been married 16 years. When we met he drank O'Douls. He began drinking an occasional real beer about three years ago when he retired. Now its almost every day. I thought he was a narcissist because he has a complete lack of empathy, manipulates m...
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robinfl
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Helping the Alcoholic/Addict
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I've heard that it might make you feel better when you help when you shouldn't. And in some ways it may be an ego booster. Or it may be fear. I think I have an idea on this, but the meanings seem to escape me. Can anyone say a little more on this subject, thanks, LSC
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LinSC
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Panic attack because ah is out of rehab
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Has anyone had panic attacks when there alcoholic gets out of rehab after 30 days?? I had a full blown couldn't breathe and I was just wondering what has anyone done when they are trying to work on there marriage. He is being very nice and is really trying. He made a negative face at me and apologized when I...
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Helpangel
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I think I used a tool of letting it go
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Well I've been sick for the last 3 days. It got so bad this morning I had to get to urgent care for some help. I finally get into the docs office and the doctors assist was asking the usual questions. She was talking so fast I couldn't understand what she was saying on some things and I could see she was get...
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Cathyinaz
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Garden Variety Venting
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Well I haven't secured a home. not even the tiny cheap place. At first the agent told me it was 'more or less a done deal, just have to complete some formalities" and I was excited but I haven't heard from him again, I have called and he wont return my calls and the secretary just says the landlord &qu...
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missmeliss
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20 year old son has a problem with drinking.....
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Sorry in advance for the long post.... My son is now 20 and is in his 2nd year of college, doing well, and is actually going to college year round so he can graduate early and move out to Colorado so he can work with the marijuana plants.... Back when he was in high school he got messed up with the wrong crowd a...
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hummingbird1094
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detach detach detach.....and DUCK!!!!!
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On my facebook, I do "Slogan for today" posts and i get a LOT of takes from my friends and they let me know, many of them have, that I help more people than i can imagine...it feels good to know that i can put those out there and the spirits in the "wild" can get something out of it.... an...
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neshema2
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Where to begin...
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I'm not even sure what to say so forgive me if this all comes out as a jumbled blurb of words. I've been with my husband now for 16 years. He's an amazing man, except for the drinking. I knew from the first incident that I should have left. But I didn't. At first it wasn't so bad, for many years it wasn't rea...
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Shizuka
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FOO pulled a trigger
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I am so thankful that I get to choose my friends! During the 48 hour period between my Mom's passing and her funeral, my Aunt was extremely warm to me. I was vulnerable and it slipped out where I asked if I could meet her later in the week to visit my Dad together- that I was uncomfortable visiting the nurs...
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bud
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How do you know its the end of alcholism? New Member
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Hi my mum is a chronic alcholic, has been medically detoxed 5 times in the past two years... had a bleed to the brain... and now her mental state is really bad.. she has been warned by the doctors to give up she has been in rehab, her body is totally malnourished and she is currently in hsp with a swollen stom...
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acousy34
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It is MONDAY & it is short...
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Good weekend. I am learning so much about myself these days. I am learning to treat myself better. I am enjoying the time I have & doing devotions & reading my al anon books & meditations. God is so good to me that I am getting better at reading. Sometimes my head is so cloudy that it is hard to r...
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Hoot Nanny
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emotional ride
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I have been going to Alnon for about 1.5 yes. It has helped so much to reclaim my emotional self back. I am wondering how do you all deal with the painful sad stories that are said. They really affect my emotional sport. I feel what these people feel and I feel their pain.it makes me sad or highens my anxie...
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hopes314
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A problem with anger
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I'm wondering if any of you have ESH on dealing with repeated anger. I mean my own anger. I am a pretty reactive and emotional person anyway, so I think I have an underlying tendency to have strong responses. But on a day-to-day basis I don't feel angry and I don't express any anger. But then from time to...
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Mattie
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staying focused
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So today is my first day of college,I am excited about it.I have been thinking about coming out of chaos and starting a normal routine,that is going to be different,also not getting overwhelmed and staying with my therapy and meetings,I guess finding balance.And what about sabotage,my therapist a...
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mjferg
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I am still punishing him
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Today my AH saw our daughter for the first time in 2 weeks. he was drinking for about a week or so of those two weeks, so i kept her safe with me. i told him i no longer wanted her to spend the night with him...due to his drinking habits and the fact i just cant trust him not to drink. so tonight he tried to convinc...
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Newlife girl
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the alcoholic, the enemy
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My alcoholic ex was my enemy for years. I gave him that role in my life while we were together at times and when we split up before i got alanon. Hes not my enemy hes never been my enemy. Its my perception thats changed. I think working the alanon program takes us on a a journey to a place of balance. My view of m...
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el-cee
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12 Steps for Family Members
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is there a way for family members to use the 12 steps for our own support?
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Belle7
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Acceptance
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They say that the stages of grieving are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. I can state definitively that I'm at acceptance. I have accepted that alcohol has consumed my poor, pregnant (with twins), facing DUI mental health court, drug tested 2x a month by the state wife who i...
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AWSmith
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Day one of thirty….
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A nice gentle start, dancing to Perfect Day by Susan Boyle (kind of dance meets tai-chi - perhaps I should have had a paint brush in hand?!!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrQobQMZYnY
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milkwood
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Guilt Shame and regret vs living amends
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Am I behaving a certain way toward others and living amends or am I living in Guilt Shame and Regret? One of my Al anon friends mentioned that doing certain things with others was living amends for her past behavior. I liked this a lot and it made me want to do certain things for my daughters who are now an...
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glad
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Concerns ..
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I'm definitely asking for my prayer warriors tonight .. I don't know what the catalyst has been however my ex has fully lost his mind and is from what I can tell actively acting out. It must have been a hell of a fight with the wife to be. He's thinking he can't get married, and he can so of course this is al...
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SerenityRUS
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Kool and the Gang and a Celebration
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Tonight, I went to yet another place to dance. This time I didn't wait around on a friend who invited me and then forgot it because of a major upset in her life. I went by myself. I didn't struggle to do it. I just did it. I got to my gym where Ballroom Dancing Lessons were being held. As usual, more wome...
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grateful2be
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When to confront?
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Hi all - I only started posting a few days ago, but already seeing a lot of great info here :) Story goes that me and the AGF are trying to "work things out" (it's a cyclical thing at this point) but this time we both committed to it much more seriously. Today was a fine day, we both worked normal ho...
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Heisenberg
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Question for those who left an A spouse
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My AH has been in recovery for 4 years. He goes to meetings almost daily, has 1 or 2 sponsees, not sure if he still works with a sponsor-he never mentions it if he does-and has not relapsed BUT he is still very much like a dry drunk. He has very little ability to handle any type of uncomfortable feelings and o...
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BlueSky
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How to Be Your True, Real Self When the Alcoholic is Volatile
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I have learned NOT to share my true feelings because of the volatile reactions it generates in the alcoholic. This is problematic for me. When a person is "in the disease" is not the time to process stuff, share your true feelings of how they are impacting you, etc., - because they don't care...
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