Al-Anon Family Group - Al-Anon Family Group

Phoenix7 · Phoenix7

So here we go again - he's drying out after a week-long binge of whiskey, aggressive, obnoxious, hateful behavior to others and the falling-down-drunk injuries to himself. It's a cycle that happens every few weeks or months, depending on circumstances. It seems to have been made worse after a few mo...

grateful2be · grateful2be

My daughter called me this evening. A co-worker of hers ran into my son putting in job apps. He is staying right now in another place where there is more supervision and less temptation. It's been a bumpy road for me this week. I've hit some ruts and I've missed some, too. I think he might have called...

FAITH1988 · FAITH1988

This is our final draft of the letter to our son in REHAB at his retreat next week. I want to thank all of you for the suggestions. This is the letter we are going with, I feel calmness with this letter. I will need to read it 200 times so I am able to deliver it to our son in public with my husband by my side withou...

Cathyinaz · Cathyinaz

I just don't know but I'm having a really hard time dealing with this. I won't do anything stupid like calling him because I just know that would start this mess all over again. I have to believe he will find his way and seek help. I fear him being on the streets but I also have to remember he did it not me...

Hoot Nanny · Hoot Nanny

I sure felt a lot standing & walking at the relay for life for cancer. I didn't actually participate in the relay but I felt like it was what I needed. My dad died of cancer. We celebrated his memory & I feel like I can let go of a little more of my grief. I can go through all of my problems or anxieties b...

neshema2 · neshema2

I thought of you when I saw this............feel better, nice lady....Life is out there waiting for you to shine your light in it

mallie · mallie

Have no idea where to begin -- so I am just going to write about the present moment. My boyfriend of nearly 8 years - we have lived together, he has lost jobs continuously for years - and I lost my job a few times NOT for drinking, because I do not drink, but for me, if was for unfortunate lay-offs from very go...

Breakingfree · Breakingfree

I love to get up early before the kids and have some alone time to spend with God, my three daily readers ~ Hope for Today, Courage to Change, and One Day at a Time and my coffee. I have my best days when I start out just like that and have my attitude of gratitude on first thing and then everything that comes...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Had a great day...got my work done and even volunteered some stuff to some other guys who work there...Good day; pleasant weather, work details done in rythym and with smiles. I like when life clicks like that makes it soooo easy to skip and play and laugh until.....get to the credit union and park m...

Breakingfree · Breakingfree

Got a new puppy and the girls are so happy about it. All my friends say are you crazy you live in an apartment and you are so busy, it's the last thing you need, blah, blah, blah. I laugh and say it won't affect you and I can handle it. I had to discuss it in length with my 15 year old and even my exAh, because the d...

Mrs t · Mrs t

Just wanted to share where I am under a different thread rather than the original "am desperate" post. Simply because .... I am no longer desperate so dad has turned a real corner health wise - up walking for the first time in over 10 days - no more paranoid chat about the doctors or nurses b...

neshema2 · neshema2

Bettina wisely said on her post ****"Grateful, how about we just don't attach ourselves to sufferingand decide to not suffer ? That's what I attain to do, but we can't avoid it all, we wouldnt be human, but we can lighten it. ****** Well, I try to broadcast on my facebook to help find homes for ...

Highlyfavored · Highlyfavored

I've spent most of the day reading, praying, meditating and on this board. I'm trying to mind my own business, my a/a daughter who I had such a melt down with last month when she didn't get her son's ssa check. Since then her 28 y.o. son is staying with her and she is supposely trying to get rid of her bf. H...

wings of a dove · wings of a dove

I'm so tired and everyday I think how much longer do I have to suffer? My AH is very abusive emotionally and he is drunk every single day. No one should have to live this way. I have some serious health issues and the stress of him is killing me. Oh how I want out but my income doesn't give me enough to even pay t...

ARod · ARod

I desperately need some advice. I feel like I am drowning in misery, everyday is a constant fight. Both of my parents were heroin addicts, my brother turned out to be a meth user and my 16 year old son is currently in recovery for alcohol. My son is doing really well and has taught me so much through his r...

Pushka · Pushka

I am laughing at myself really .. I had the opportunity to hear my sponsor speak for the first time at an open AA meeting last night and OMGosh .. I'm SOOOO glad I went!! I'm struggling with the face to face meetings at the moment, because of a person and me trying to learn how not to shut people out when I hur...

pinkchip · pinkchip

This is my issue for sure. Everytime I read about how abusive, arrogant, and jerky some of your qualifiers act, I get mad. I can preach detachment and all that, but I don't really walk in your shoes at this moment. When I walked away from my alcoholic ex, it was because I was also a drunk and I was rejecti...

neshema2 · neshema2

With all thats hit of late, I am not the only one having "trials" and so I don't feel the victim...Its just LIFE.....I find that if I reach out to others , when I am in pain, and I do "service" , I FEEL better...its like service makes my stuff less bad or released from me enough to find t...

neshema2 · neshema2

It has been a "Rough" return to program...I saw some old negative stuff try and sneak in a return....Since my return, I have had to battle w/some stubborn old patterns that came back....Then Got sick w/ a horrible attack of IBS....THEN yesterday, my friends and I who rescue horses togethe...

Bettina · Bettina

"It is senseless to blame others or your environment for your miseries. Change begins from the moment you muster the courage to act. When you change, the environment will change. The power for change is found nowhere but within our own life.". Ikeda -- Edited by Bettina on Friday 2nd of A...

giraffe13 · giraffe13

I am really scared to even post this here. I have no idea what kind of response I will get. But because this has always been a safe place to share, I want to put this on the board.

For those who don't know I broke up with my Abf a month ago, and I really worked my program for 9 mo. prior to that-- so I could g...

tortuga · tortuga

This was the moment again where I had to reset my boundaries, and with that developed a scream of my needs. I'm afraid ego is raising its head here, first I go months without and then I shout out loud in a moment of explosion. my question to you: is this too much to ask? I'm a bit out of balance i guess, having d...

Bettina · Bettina

"Suffering only gets worse when we try to run from it, rather then face it."

Sweet Stanley · Sweet Stanley

I attend meetings one time a week here and boy, tonight did I ever need it. My AH has been struggling lately, which sets off my triggers. I know better than to get into his business...but sometimes, it is SO hard to keep my mouth shut!!!! I have been working really hard at detaching from it... It's has been...

liliana223 · liliana223

Hi group, Thanks for listening. I am new to this site, and new to even knowing that my partner (O) is an alcoholic. He only admitted in 2 and half weeks ago when he went to his first AA meeing, the day after his last binge. I went with him to that meeting and several others thanks to the openminded group who h...

Cathyinaz · Cathyinaz

I truly think now I will be going through a new stage. I think I will not be in contact with my son because he has let go. He had quit talking to everyone in this life and mom is the last one. I will give him up forever if it means recovery but I will also have some sad feelings going forward. I'm going to have t...

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Hi All: Thank you for the kind responses to my post yesterday. I am so grateful to this site and all of you who share your ESH. I know I have made some progress but the conversations I have had w AH recently make me realize I am still not truly accepting that what I am saying, doing or not has no affect on him a...

Cathyinaz · Cathyinaz

Yesterday was not a good day when it came to my job. I was not invited to the meetings and was out of the loop. Next thing I know two of the people in the meeting comes to me and asks me to start looking for a consultant then a new employee for MRP. Inventory is a mess and needs correction asap. Well mine a...

oldergal · oldergal

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4my2kids · 4my2kids

Yes that was so hard to type, but its coming to that. Even ex's mom thinks so. I will be getting daughter (10) into counseling, hopefully this week. But I fear their dads end is near and I just don't know how to prepare her (son is 21 and in army out of state and I don't want to upset him with things he can't cont...

Hoot Nanny · Hoot Nanny

I will rest for another day & then post how letting go went. I just want to say that as I will not let myself fall apart. Kathleen

wornoutmrsfixit · wornoutmrsfixit

Well, he went to court on Friday for his reckless driving charge. He went alone. His sister acted as his attorney but she wanted him to receive the restrictions he got. He was ordered to install the ignition lock system on his truck so that it will not start unless he is 0.00 BAC. With every failed readin...

neshema2 · neshema2

I come here, read posts...try to give useful ES&H and I am thinking I know I am Coda, I know I am an Acoa, and I THINK I am alanoner as well.... I do hope I fit in here in some way ...I know my posts are sometimes long...I cut to the chase...I am about as open as the grand canyon, I don't even try to hide any...

Venera · Venera

I feel i know the answer, but I do want somebody to agree or disagree. We live far away from my family (parents and brother's family). So nobody knew my husband had a drinking problem. This summer my mom visited us for two months with my brother's daughter, and for the first time they saw my husband drinki...

mercedes1959 · mercedes1959

I will chair this morning if there is no chair

AngieK · AngieK

I can't begin to know how to thank all of you for taking the time to share with me after my venting last night. I was a wreck and in fact there was nothing to worry about, everything was okay, but what I was reduced to because I didn't know was awful. I'm not one to give up, so I will continue to participate and b...

somekid · somekid

My mom has been dealing with alcoholism for most of my life. She is a heavy binge drinker and suffers from many mental illnesses. I've become severely depressed and I've been self-harming for over 3 years now. I've tried to talk to her about my suicidal thoughts or depression and she tells me I'm a kid an...

slogan_jim · slogan_jim

Hi everyone, My name is slogan_Jim and I am a grateful member of the worldwide fellowship of al-anon. I decided that it was getting lonely in my apartment and I wanted to get some companionship. I have decided to foster a cat through my local SPCA. After I agreed to the cat, the volunteer on the other end o...

Pushka · Pushka

I hang up on people when I'm just done with a heated conversation, sometimes it's before the conversation has started .. it's probably very rude maybe wrong .. part of the reason I hang up is because of my mouth. My brain and my mouth are on two separate playing fields .. and at some point my mouth out run...

Two Step · Two Step

I have been in Al-Anon for 13 years but it seems that I never get beyond Step 2. My 41 year old son has been living with me since 2005 and been clean for most of the time. However, I should have seen it coming. In March he blew up, destroyed a chair, threw paint all over the kitchen, broke a window, cut him...

Melly1248 · Melly1248

Sigh. Well to start, I always thought of myself as an alcoholic. I was a binge drinker as a teenager, out of control in my twenties (I married another drinker and we drank and fought our way to divorce) and then at 30, I met a real hardcore drinker and started the whole drinking and fighting cycle again,...

Breakingfree · Breakingfree

I have checked out a few options for meetings, but nothing has clicked until now and it was awesome. The meeting was just like my home group in my home town that I have been missing this last year. So I even took a great friend that has A's in her life and she loved it as well. So I feel pumped and with my month o...

4my2kids · 4my2kids

My ex is in the hospital again for suicide watch. Second time since Father's Day. Yes it's time to tell my kids what's going on. I am trying to get ahold of sons unit Chaplin first so he knows what's going on since I can't tell our son in person. Then I will tell our daughter (10) I am relieved ex is in hospital...

AngieK · AngieK

Two weeks ago he was picked up and thrown in the drunk tank. He's not home yet tonight, supposed to be at work, last checked in three and a half hours ago hoping to be home soon. I tried calling him again, no answer, but then there wouldn't be if thick into work. I'm shaking, crying, maybe there's somethin...

Cathyinaz · Cathyinaz

Good Morning Everyone I have been up since about 2am because of the cats not getting along. I am now the keeper of my son's kitty Nisa. She's a great cat but having a hard time adjusting to her new home. I have 4 kitties ( Micky, Snickers, Gizzy and Ruby ). Two of them Micky and Snickers are not liking the...

neshema2 · neshema2

Coming back and facing me is not w/out its price to pay, but its better in that out my PTSD comes packaged w/ back spasms and the ibs that triggers off the screwed up nerve impulses to my back muscles. IBS is cyclical when I am working my program and staying with it, feeling better, more positive, my sympt...

tortuga · tortuga

I told you here, as I told some of my friends that have always supported me, that I had let dry ABF move in with me 2 weeks ago, because I was so serene after my meditation course, and he said he was on the verge of change. It seemed full of hope, and I'm an optimist...(an a rescuer I'm afraid)...well it went ni...

Venera · Venera

I know, I know!!! )) He should be the one seeking for his sobriety and recovery slutions. But still for my own knowledge)) Can somebody tell me where does the AH has to start if he decides to stop drinking? Is there a docotor to go? Is it covered by insurance? Is it only AA meetings or something else? If it i...

KJ211 · KJ211

My husband is a functionong alcoholic and does not believe he has a problem. He displayes all the classic signs. To make a long story short and to get to the point, I have been reasearching places to live in order to move out of our home. I need advice on how to approach this with my husband. We have been goin...

Ms co-dependent · Ms co-dependent

I'm grateful to be able to say there some hope. I have been laying low for a bit. Getting to my meetings and living in the day to the best I can . 5 months in al Alon and I'm on step 3 .. It's taking me a while to accept and understand that I'm powerless over the alcohol , I get it. My children come home Tuesday a...

JDL · JDL

Well, I see that telling my 37 yr old A sister HOW I think she should 'be' (she's 6 weeks sober) in making a life for herself, or to do ANYTHING more than she has in the past, or taking steps FINALLY to learn how to work towards the path of self sufficiency - falls under the umbrella of MY issues. Why can't I be m...

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Hi Everybody: As the summer is unfolding and life as a separated woman is presenting itself to me, I have days that most certainly feel like moving forward, positive, and some that feel like steps back. I'm working hard to try and understand step one and what it means for me, some days I really struggle...

orchidlover · orchidlover

Lately two people on my horizon have been triggering me tremendously. I am sure these people just show up in my life to teach me various lessons because they certainly just pop up outta nowhere all the time. But oh how much I would like to make it all about "them" and not me. When I lived or ra...

Venera · Venera

I feel happy! This is so ironic! I am living the situation which in my thoughts would be a nightmare if I knew this was coming, but I actually feel good. Long story short. I live with my AH for 9 years, we have 2 kids, pregnant with the 3rd one. His sickness has been progressing especially this year. At this m...

grateful2be · grateful2be

I'm off my game today. Wanting to stay home and not go to work. Was blindsided yesterday by a peer. Struggling to find my part in it since I'm not sure what prompted this person's behavior. My own behavior and self-talk led to a sleepless night although I did what I could to work the program. The per...

Pushka · Pushka

I'm trying to clean up 5 fires that STBAX has left me to deal with .. his attitude has always been .. fire what fire (to the pretend fireman in my head) go to the other house as ours is burning to the ground and I'm running around shouting fire fire fire! LOL. It's a mess and I'm in fix it mode. This is where I h...

Pushka · Pushka

Things certainly can take a huge change in just 24 hours .. it's why I'm learning not to make any rash decisions and just wait until whatever I'm feeling emotionally passes and I can take a look at something in a more detached way. When in doubt don't .. and that qualifies for me to mean when any kind of em...

Hoot Nanny · Hoot Nanny

So, I am posting a crazy post--not me my mom. I am very well thankfully just a little stressed. My mom belongs in a psychiatric ward as she is behaving what we call manicky & having an episode. She is not drinking. I just hope some way that she will get help soon. I am trying to keep it together--I can &am...

pinkchip · pinkchip

It was interesting for sure. Found out I am working in inpatient residential rehab and not PHP. Most of the residents seem very young as I expected. There was some discussion about rebuilding trust with families and how to deal with stressors with family when they go home. We discussed alanon and...

Cathyinaz · Cathyinaz

Good Morning Everyone Wow was I a basket case or what. I'm taking it as a new learning experience that my son is no different than anyone else out there. Yeah...I knew he could and would manipulate me but to the extent that I now see. Boy what an eye opener! He will do ANYTHING to get what he needs and a...

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	Spin Cycle (Preview) So here we go again - he's drying out after a week-long binge of whiskey, aggressive, obnoxious, hateful behavior to others and the falling-down-drunk injuries to himself. It's a cycle that happens every few weeks or months, depending on circumstances. It seems to have been made worse after a few mo...	Phoenix7	7	581	Aug 4, 2013 by peace2me
	My son - what a wonder (Preview) My daughter called me this evening. A co-worker of hers ran into my son putting in job apps. He is staying right now in another place where there is more supervision and less temptation. It's been a bumpy road for me this week. I've hit some ruts and I've missed some, too. I think he might have called...	grateful2be	19	423	Aug 4, 2013 by Gigi Gibson
	FINAL LETTER TO SON IN REHAB WRITTEN BY HUSBAND AND I - Thank you Grateful (Preview) This is our final draft of the letter to our son in REHAB at his retreat next week. I want to thank all of you for the suggestions. This is the letter we are going with, I feel calmness with this letter. I will need to read it 200 times so I am able to deliver it to our son in public with my husband by my side withou...	FAITH1988	12	5912	Aug 4, 2013 by Gigi Gibson
	Dealing with my Emotions (Preview) I just don't know but I'm having a really hard time dealing with this. I won't do anything stupid like calling him because I just know that would start this mess all over again. I have to believe he will find his way and seek help. I fear him being on the streets but I also have to remember he did it not me...	Cathyinaz	14	648	Aug 4, 2013 by Cathyinaz
	relay for life, celebrating & letting go! (Preview) I sure felt a lot standing & walking at the relay for life for cancer. I didn't actually participate in the relay but I felt like it was what I needed. My dad died of cancer. We celebrated his memory & I feel like I can let go of a little more of my grief. I can go through all of my problems or anxieties b...	Hoot Nanny	0	340	Aug 3, 2013 by Hoot Nanny
	For Cathy (Preview) I thought of you when I saw this............feel better, nice lady....Life is out there waiting for you to shine your light in it	neshema2	3	214	Aug 4, 2013 by Two Step
	My very first time reaching out as a long-time girlfriend to an alcoholic (Preview) Have no idea where to begin -- so I am just going to write about the present moment. My boyfriend of nearly 8 years - we have lived together, he has lost jobs continuously for years - and I lost my job a few times NOT for drinking, because I do not drink, but for me, if was for unfortunate lay-offs from very go...	mallie	13	364	Aug 3, 2013 by grateful2be
	How do you start your day to set it up for a great day? (Preview) I love to get up early before the kids and have some alone time to spend with God, my three daily readers ~ Hope for Today, Courage to Change, and One Day at a Time and my coffee. I have my best days when I start out just like that and have my attitude of gratitude on first thing and then everything that comes...	Breakingfree	15	510	Aug 4, 2013 by grateful2be
	Progress not perfection.... (Preview) Had a great day...got my work done and even volunteered some stuff to some other guys who work there...Good day; pleasant weather, work details done in rythym and with smiles. I like when life clicks like that makes it soooo easy to skip and play and laugh until.....get to the credit union and park m...	Jerry F	6	369	Aug 4, 2013 by grateful2be
	A new addition to my family, picture of my baby puppy (Preview) Got a new puppy and the girls are so happy about it. All my friends say are you crazy you live in an apartment and you are so busy, it's the last thing you need, blah, blah, blah. I laugh and say it won't affect you and I can handle it. I had to discuss it in length with my 15 year old and even my exAh, because the d...	Breakingfree	13	399	Aug 4, 2013 by Mrs t
	Starting to appreciate and understand the wisdom of the HP (Preview) Just wanted to share where I am under a different thread rather than the original "am desperate" post. Simply because .... I am no longer desperate so dad has turned a real corner health wise - up walking for the first time in over 10 days - no more paranoid chat about the doctors or nurses b...	Mrs t	5	368	Aug 4, 2013 by Mrs t
	Detaching and taking the HIGH road (Preview) Bettina wisely said on her post **"Grateful, how about we just don't attach ourselves to sufferingand decide to not suffer ? That's what I attain to do, but we can't avoid it all, we wouldnt be human, but we can lighten it. **** Well, I try to broadcast on my facebook to help find homes for ...	neshema2	2	323	Aug 3, 2013 by wornoutmrsfixit
	Doing the best I can! (Preview) I've spent most of the day reading, praying, meditating and on this board. I'm trying to mind my own business, my a/a daughter who I had such a melt down with last month when she didn't get her son's ssa check. Since then her 28 y.o. son is staying with her and she is supposely trying to get rid of her bf. H...	Highlyfavored	7	334	Aug 3, 2013 by Highlyfavored
	So sick and tired (Preview) I'm so tired and everyday I think how much longer do I have to suffer? My AH is very abusive emotionally and he is drunk every single day. No one should have to live this way. I have some serious health issues and the stress of him is killing me. Oh how I want out but my income doesn't give me enough to even pay t...	wings of a dove	8	376	Aug 3, 2013 by Sweet Stanley
	HELP (Preview) I desperately need some advice. I feel like I am drowning in misery, everyday is a constant fight. Both of my parents were heroin addicts, my brother turned out to be a meth user and my 16 year old son is currently in recovery for alcohol. My son is doing really well and has taught me so much through his r...	ARod	13	274	Aug 3, 2013 by Debilyn
	He LIED to me!? (Preview) I am laughing at myself really .. I had the opportunity to hear my sponsor speak for the first time at an open AA meeting last night and OMGosh .. I'm SOOOO glad I went!! I'm struggling with the face to face meetings at the moment, because of a person and me trying to learn how not to shut people out when I hur...	Pushka	8	483	Aug 3, 2013 by wornoutmrsfixit
	I'm angry at your qualifiers (Preview) This is my issue for sure. Everytime I read about how abusive, arrogant, and jerky some of your qualifiers act, I get mad. I can preach detachment and all that, but I don't really walk in your shoes at this moment. When I walked away from my alcoholic ex, it was because I was also a drunk and I was rejecti...	pinkchip	17	730	Aug 3, 2013 by In The Forest
	What am I thankful for??? (Preview) With all thats hit of late, I am not the only one having "trials" and so I don't feel the victim...Its just LIFE.....I find that if I reach out to others , when I am in pain, and I do "service" , I FEEL better...its like service makes my stuff less bad or released from me enough to find t...	neshema2	1	318	Aug 3, 2013 by Breakingfree
	What did I do to take care of me today???? (Preview) It has been a "Rough" return to program...I saw some old negative stuff try and sneak in a return....Since my return, I have had to battle w/some stubborn old patterns that came back....Then Got sick w/ a horrible attack of IBS....THEN yesterday, my friends and I who rescue horses togethe...	neshema2	1	327	Aug 3, 2013 by Breakingfree
	PERSPECTIVE! (Preview) "It is senseless to blame others or your environment for your miseries. Change begins from the moment you muster the courage to act. When you change, the environment will change. The power for change is found nowhere but within our own life.". Ikeda -- Edited by Bettina on Friday 2nd of A...	Bettina	9	345	Aug 3, 2013 by Jerry F
	went to an AA meeting (Preview) I am really scared to even post this here. I have no idea what kind of response I will get. But because this has always been a safe place to share, I want to put this on the board. For those who don't know I broke up with my Abf a month ago, and I really worked my program for 9 mo. prior to that-- so I could g...	giraffe13	8	323	Aug 3, 2013 by giraffe13
	needs: is this just too much to ask?? (Preview) This was the moment again where I had to reset my boundaries, and with that developed a scream of my needs. I'm afraid ego is raising its head here, first I go months without and then I shout out loud in a moment of explosion. my question to you: is this too much to ask? I'm a bit out of balance i guess, having d...	tortuga	6	359	Aug 3, 2013 by Breakingfree
	Don't run from it (Preview) "Suffering only gets worse when we try to run from it, rather then face it."	Bettina	10	385	Aug 2, 2013 by Bettina
	Just attended a great alanon meeting....Just what I needed! (Preview) I attend meetings one time a week here and boy, tonight did I ever need it. My AH has been struggling lately, which sets off my triggers. I know better than to get into his business...but sometimes, it is SO hard to keep my mouth shut!!!! I have been working really hard at detaching from it... It's has been...	Sweet Stanley	4	211	Aug 2, 2013 by maryjane
	New here... Should I write an Impact Letter? (Preview) Hi group, Thanks for listening. I am new to this site, and new to even knowing that my partner (O) is an alcoholic. He only admitted in 2 and half weeks ago when he went to his first AA meeing, the day after his last binge. I went with him to that meeting and several others thanks to the openminded group who h...	liliana223	10	785	Aug 2, 2013 by liliana223
	New stage in my recovery (Preview) I truly think now I will be going through a new stage. I think I will not be in contact with my son because he has let go. He had quit talking to everyone in this life and mom is the last one. I will give him up forever if it means recovery but I will also have some sad feelings going forward. I'm going to have t...	Cathyinaz	11	524	Aug 2, 2013 by Pushka
	thank you friends (Preview) Hi All: Thank you for the kind responses to my post yesterday. I am so grateful to this site and all of you who share your ESH. I know I have made some progress but the conversations I have had w AH recently make me realize I am still not truly accepting that what I am saying, doing or not has no affect on him a...	yanksfan51	6	285	Aug 2, 2013 by oldergal
	Oh My Job (Preview) Yesterday was not a good day when it came to my job. I was not invited to the meetings and was out of the loop. Next thing I know two of the people in the meeting comes to me and asks me to start looking for a consultant then a new employee for MRP. Inventory is a mess and needs correction asap. Well mine a...	Cathyinaz	4	362	Aug 2, 2013 by tiredtonite
	What Is A Functioning Alcoholic As Opposed to a Regular Alcoholic? (Preview) ?	oldergal	34	949	Aug 2, 2013 by grateful2be
	How to prepare your kids for their dads death (Preview) Yes that was so hard to type, but its coming to that. Even ex's mom thinks so. I will be getting daughter (10) into counseling, hopefully this week. But I fear their dads end is near and I just don't know how to prepare her (son is 21 and in army out of state and I don't want to upset him with things he can't cont...	4my2kids	26	515	Aug 1, 2013 by Bettina
	I will rest for another day! (Preview) I will rest for another day & then post how letting go went. I just want to say that as I will not let myself fall apart. Kathleen	Hoot Nanny	2	209	Aug 2, 2013 by Turris
	AH Goes to Court (Preview) Well, he went to court on Friday for his reckless driving charge. He went alone. His sister acted as his attorney but she wanted him to receive the restrictions he got. He was ordered to install the ignition lock system on his truck so that it will not start unless he is 0.00 BAC. With every failed readin...	wornoutmrsfixit	3	294	Aug 2, 2013 by Pushka
	I never thought of this, but I DO HOPE I really fit in (Preview) I come here, read posts...try to give useful ES&H and I am thinking I know I am Coda, I know I am an Acoa, and I THINK I am alanoner as well.... I do hope I fit in here in some way ...I know my posts are sometimes long...I cut to the chase...I am about as open as the grand canyon, I don't even try to hide any...	neshema2	8	428	Aug 2, 2013 by neshema2
	was it ok to share? (Preview) I feel i know the answer, but I do want somebody to agree or disagree. We live far away from my family (parents and brother's family). So nobody knew my husband had a drinking problem. This summer my mom visited us for two months with my brother's daughter, and for the first time they saw my husband drinki...	Venera	26	717	Aug 1, 2013 by grateful2be
	Thursday morning meeting (Preview) I will chair this morning if there is no chair	mercedes1959	0	152	Aug 1, 2013 by mercedes1959
	thank you (Preview) I can't begin to know how to thank all of you for taking the time to share with me after my venting last night. I was a wreck and in fact there was nothing to worry about, everything was okay, but what I was reduced to because I didn't know was awful. I'm not one to give up, so I will continue to participate and b...	AngieK	4	296	Aug 1, 2013 by AngieK
	My mom is an alcoholic (Preview) My mom has been dealing with alcoholism for most of my life. She is a heavy binge drinker and suffers from many mental illnesses. I've become severely depressed and I've been self-harming for over 3 years now. I've tried to talk to her about my suicidal thoughts or depression and she tells me I'm a kid an...	somekid	4	346	Aug 1, 2013 by Jozie
	Hard time accepting positive feedback (Preview) Hi everyone, My name is slogan_Jim and I am a grateful member of the worldwide fellowship of al-anon. I decided that it was getting lonely in my apartment and I wanted to get some companionship. I have decided to foster a cat through my local SPCA. After I agreed to the cat, the volunteer on the other end o...	slogan_jim	12	391	Aug 1, 2013 by Turris
	Hanging up .. (Preview) I hang up on people when I'm just done with a heated conversation, sometimes it's before the conversation has started .. it's probably very rude maybe wrong .. part of the reason I hang up is because of my mouth. My brain and my mouth are on two separate playing fields .. and at some point my mouth out run...	Pushka	7	438	Aug 1, 2013 by Cathyinaz
	Always stuck at Step 2 (Preview) I have been in Al-Anon for 13 years but it seems that I never get beyond Step 2. My 41 year old son has been living with me since 2005 and been clean for most of the time. However, I should have seen it coming. In March he blew up, destroyed a chair, threw paint all over the kitchen, broke a window, cut him...	Two Step	6	438	Aug 1, 2013 by Turris
	Just a ramble. (Preview) Sigh. Well to start, I always thought of myself as an alcoholic. I was a binge drinker as a teenager, out of control in my twenties (I married another drinker and we drank and fought our way to divorce) and then at 30, I met a real hardcore drinker and started the whole drinking and fighting cycle again,...	Melly1248	7	454	Aug 1, 2013 by grateful2be
	I found a new awesome meeting Tuesday evenings (Preview) I have checked out a few options for meetings, but nothing has clicked until now and it was awesome. The meeting was just like my home group in my home town that I have been missing this last year. So I even took a great friend that has A's in her life and she loved it as well. So I feel pumped and with my month o...	Breakingfree	7	204	Aug 1, 2013 by Jackie11
	He is in hospital again (Preview) My ex is in the hospital again for suicide watch. Second time since Father's Day. Yes it's time to tell my kids what's going on. I am trying to get ahold of sons unit Chaplin first so he knows what's going on since I can't tell our son in person. Then I will tell our daughter (10) I am relieved ex is in hospital...	4my2kids	11	487	Aug 1, 2013 by 4my2kids
	need to vent (Preview) Two weeks ago he was picked up and thrown in the drunk tank. He's not home yet tonight, supposed to be at work, last checked in three and a half hours ago hoping to be home soon. I tried calling him again, no answer, but then there wouldn't be if thick into work. I'm shaking, crying, maybe there's somethin...	AngieK	8	327	Aug 1, 2013 by AngieK
	Cats (Preview) Good Morning Everyone I have been up since about 2am because of the cats not getting along. I am now the keeper of my son's kitty Nisa. She's a great cat but having a hard time adjusting to her new home. I have 4 kitties ( Micky, Snickers, Gizzy and Ruby ). Two of them Micky and Snickers are not liking the...	Cathyinaz	11	324	Aug 1, 2013 by grateful2be
	Feeling lousey today (Preview) Coming back and facing me is not w/out its price to pay, but its better in that out my PTSD comes packaged w/ back spasms and the ibs that triggers off the screwed up nerve impulses to my back muscles. IBS is cyclical when I am working my program and staying with it, feeling better, more positive, my sympt...	neshema2	7	287	Aug 1, 2013 by neshema2
	i guess that was a relapse on my path of recovery! (Preview) I told you here, as I told some of my friends that have always supported me, that I had let dry ABF move in with me 2 weeks ago, because I was so serene after my meditation course, and he said he was on the verge of change. It seemed full of hope, and I'm an optimist...(an a rescuer I'm afraid)...well it went ni...	tortuga	8	359	Aug 1, 2013 by tortuga
	Treatment for AH (Preview) I know, I know!!! )) He should be the one seeking for his sobriety and recovery slutions. But still for my own knowledge)) Can somebody tell me where does the AH has to start if he decides to stop drinking? Is there a docotor to go? Is it covered by insurance? Is it only AA meetings or something else? If it i...	Venera	10	351	Aug 1, 2013 by hotrod
	Advice (Preview) My husband is a functionong alcoholic and does not believe he has a problem. He displayes all the classic signs. To make a long story short and to get to the point, I have been reasearching places to live in order to move out of our home. I need advice on how to approach this with my husband. We have been goin...	KJ211	6	306	Aug 1, 2013 by neshema2
	Al Alon check in (Preview) I'm grateful to be able to say there some hope. I have been laying low for a bit. Getting to my meetings and living in the day to the best I can . 5 months in al Alon and I'm on step 3 .. It's taking me a while to accept and understand that I'm powerless over the alcohol , I get it. My children come home Tuesday a...	Ms co-dependent	9	1743	Jul 31, 2013 by hotrod
	Telling my A to grow up & take responsibility Doing harm than good (Preview) Well, I see that telling my 37 yr old A sister HOW I think she should 'be' (she's 6 weeks sober) in making a life for herself, or to do ANYTHING more than she has in the past, or taking steps FINALLY to learn how to work towards the path of self sufficiency - falls under the umbrella of MY issues. Why can't I be m...	JDL	9	605	Jul 31, 2013 by Bettina
	One Day at a Time....and Step One (Preview) Hi Everybody: As the summer is unfolding and life as a separated woman is presenting itself to me, I have days that most certainly feel like moving forward, positive, and some that feel like steps back. I'm working hard to try and understand step one and what it means for me, some days I really struggle...	yanksfan51	6	408	Jul 31, 2013 by Jerry F
	meaning what I say . (Preview) Lately two people on my horizon have been triggering me tremendously. I am sure these people just show up in my life to teach me various lessons because they certainly just pop up outta nowhere all the time. But oh how much I would like to make it all about "them" and not me. When I lived or ra...	orchidlover	8	389	Jul 31, 2013 by oldergal
	Happy!)) (Preview) I feel happy! This is so ironic! I am living the situation which in my thoughts would be a nightmare if I knew this was coming, but I actually feel good. Long story short. I live with my AH for 9 years, we have 2 kids, pregnant with the 3rd one. His sickness has been progressing especially this year. At this m...	Venera	7	524	Jul 31, 2013 by Breakingfree
	Off my game today (Preview) I'm off my game today. Wanting to stay home and not go to work. Was blindsided yesterday by a peer. Struggling to find my part in it since I'm not sure what prompted this person's behavior. My own behavior and self-talk led to a sleepless night although I did what I could to work the program. The per...	grateful2be	21	528	Jul 31, 2013 by grateful2be
	Cleaning up (Preview) I'm trying to clean up 5 fires that STBAX has left me to deal with .. his attitude has always been .. fire what fire (to the pretend fireman in my head) go to the other house as ours is burning to the ground and I'm running around shouting fire fire fire! LOL. It's a mess and I'm in fix it mode. This is where I h...	Pushka	3	329	Jul 31, 2013 by Pushka
	24 hours later .. (Preview) Things certainly can take a huge change in just 24 hours .. it's why I'm learning not to make any rash decisions and just wait until whatever I'm feeling emotionally passes and I can take a look at something in a more detached way. When in doubt don't .. and that qualifies for me to mean when any kind of em...	Pushka	5	536	Jul 31, 2013 by Mimi3
	I can & will! (Preview) So, I am posting a crazy post--not me my mom. I am very well thankfully just a little stressed. My mom belongs in a psychiatric ward as she is behaving what we call manicky & having an episode. She is not drinking. I just hope some way that she will get help soon. I am trying to keep it together--I can &am...	Hoot Nanny	2	172	Jul 31, 2013 by Jerry F
	Day 1 at the new job (Preview) It was interesting for sure. Found out I am working in inpatient residential rehab and not PHP. Most of the residents seem very young as I expected. There was some discussion about rebuilding trust with families and how to deal with stressors with family when they go home. We discussed alanon and...	pinkchip	14	389	Jul 31, 2013 by tiredtonite
	So much to learn (Preview) Good Morning Everyone Wow was I a basket case or what. I'm taking it as a new learning experience that my son is no different than anyone else out there. Yeah...I knew he could and would manipulate me but to the extent that I now see. Boy what an eye opener! He will do ANYTHING to get what he needs and a...	Cathyinaz	10	455	Jul 31, 2013 by Peggy7
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