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mamalioness · mamalioness

Body: did a hell of a workout in the pool with weights and running in the 3.6' of water end, running heaven knows how many laps, the alternating it with swimming, etc., AFTER at home doing abs and arms on my home equip....eating clean...not pigging out so much, (didn't see anything about my weight, bu...

Twinkies · Twinkies

AH, like many alcoholics I assume, has patterns to his drinking. I have been able to recognize those patterns for a while now even though he still seems oblivious to them. The patterns are likely recognizable to most of you though. Its the anxious or frustrated and must have a drink to cope pattern. Its...

Maresie888 · Maresie888

I have had it up to the ceiling with the oroblems related to the oandemic Some people like my former roommate seem to be doing okay with it He gets to work from home I feel like it is a long uphill struggle every day. I know people who have got real depressed from the isolation I have had other issues to th...

mamalioness · mamalioness

it has taken me TWO weeks to fix up the former roommate messed up..had to take SAND paper and clean my stove burner metal thingys to clean them back up.....Lord have mercy!!!! I repaired the 2 beds she collapsed..tested them and they are A-ok...a little handy girl work on my part and I am finally tidied...

DavidG · DavidG

I Feel like I am on a first name terms with Lois. For her- as she was I am one of 100,000's... she was a mother figure for me- in my mind for- years. Now more like a grandma... ...this year my goal was to pursue step 12 and Tradition 5. Sadly the group I was going to down the road to has folded. :( I tried t...

dragonfly04 · dragonfly04

Today has been a rough day. I had a zoom meeting that was to last an hour long. I had to log out half way and say my internet was not working because in the middle of my zoom meeting the alcoholic in my life through a fit. I was embarrassed and just disconnected. I got very upset but held it in. After about 20 min...

freedomssong · freedomssong

Wanted some advise...I'm working on setting boundaries, which is a super challenge as an ACOA whose husband is actively overdrinker/alcoholic. In the past, when I went grocery shopping I always bought him some of his drink of choice and some wine for me. I've decided to stop buying the wine, as I gene...

SunnyFrogs · SunnyFrogs

How do I really, truly believe a power greater than myself can restore me to sanity? I want to believe that,I really do,but I simply don't. I want to be restored to sanity but I don't believe I will be. Do I blindly trust? Is it about faith? Do I have to fully believe and trust that I will be before it's ev...

Maresie888 · Maresie888

Every alcoholic I have ever known tells lies. I have always been really affected by their lies. I would believe them, then I would get angry about them. Then I would spend a lot of time obsesing about what they needed to do. That is because really I made them so so important in my life. Then i would get de...

Skorpi · Skorpi

Hello MIP! In today's reading from C2C, the author reflects on Al-Anon and crisis. For many of us, Al-Anon helped us manage with crises that we could not have managed on our own. We learn to rely on a higher power and to see the support around us. We learn that we can live and grow through difficult times....

Bo · Bo

I posted this on another thread/topic...and thought I would post it here... I sometimes describe the period of life when my wife was full-blown in the disease of alcoholism as being this wild, volatile roller-coaster ride. My wife and I were on this wild ride together, sitting next to each other. It w...

OhLuvya · OhLuvya

We had a really good day today. I have been doing a lot of reading. Like A LOT of reading. I reread the things you all posted for me and I like the steps board. And I've started How Al Anon Works. I was able to just breathe through my anxiety and do a few short reads throughout the day and have a good day today. I w...

Lyne · Lyne

In the reading for Monday,, 6/15, the author looks at their use of sarcasm to make a cutting remark, a snide innuendo, and/or give a scornful sneer. They say they can receive momentary satisfaction by scoring a hit, but by attacking someone nothing gets resolved, and it is not really a desirable beha...

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning everyone: Todays reading is a focus on steps two and three. As I re read these steps I am thinking about the progression of surrender to action. We acknowledge powerlessness in our lives in step one, in step two we come to believe that a higher Power than ourselves can help us restore our liv...

OhLuvya · OhLuvya

I was asked why I was acting crazy. I just looked at him and told him it's because I am living my life like a crazy person. The back and forth. The pushing and pulling. The not knowing what is going to set him off. How many beers do I have left before the man I love turns into the man I can't be around? How long i...

dragonfly04 · dragonfly04

Good Evening, This is my first time on this forum. I did attend Al-Anon many many moons ago. I got divorced in 2010 from an alcoholic. I was single up until 2016. I met a man in my apartment complex and we hit it off right away. We had many things in common and we laughed. I hadn't laughed in many years. We were...

Crmans · Crmans

Hi! Its been awhile since I posted but I read the posts here everyday. I feel so stuck. Im trying but i just cant seem to move past the final lie & hiding. Hes not drinking anymore. He told me awhile ago he was 58 days sober. I congratulated him. Then was ridiculed for not congratulating him at 60 days. I...

MarshallM · MarshallM

Hello all new to Al-Anon looking for members in the Logan Utah area

Jack1999 · Jack1999

Hello everyone out there. I am the male spouse dealing with an alcoholic wife. We have 2 children together, 6 and 8, and I have a 12yo from my first marriage. I have been very lucky to have had a good career that allows our family to be ok financially in the midst of the chaos others are facing right now. My wi...

OhLuvya · OhLuvya

Counting today it's been 4 days without alcohol. It's only been since Thursday morning that it was decided that he would seek treatment. I am having a hard time with patience right now. So many questions. Why hasn't he chosen a place yet? Why does he HAVE to wait until Sunday to go to his first meeting? Ho...

PosiesandPuppies · PosiesandPuppies

Sorry for the late start. Today's Daily comes from June 13 of Courage to Change. "In Step 11 I seek to improve my conscious contact with God through prayer and meditation. How I do this is completely up to me." Don't let the G. 0. D. word throw off some of you newcomers. The reading goes on to say that yes, th...

Skorpi · Skorpi

Posting a bit early, because my morning tomorrow will be a chaotic one In today's reading from Courage to Change, the author shares about their initial reaction to taking step 8 (Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all). The author had a comprehensive list...

Maresie888 · Maresie888

One thing I never managed to do with the qualifier was to make plans. Every holiday was swallowed up by his need to binge In 8 years you would think I would have twigged that but nope I was always engaged in this eternal struggle with him Recently I went to stay with an alcoholic whose disease has progre...

Freetime · Freetime

The reading for June 12 in Courage to Change is about Step Ten. Continuing to take personal inventory and promptly admitting when we are wrong, allows us to de-clutter unhelpful attitudes from our day. Living one day at a time is not just about freeing ourselves from fear of the future, it is also abou...

Iamhere · Iamhere

I'm posting for tomorrow tonight as I'm out the door early to golf! Tomorrow's reading is about Step 9, especially the part that suggests we don't need to make direct amends to those injured if in doing so we might cause further injury. The author struggled with this part of the stop - wondering how to...

Lyne · Lyne

The reading for Monday, 6/8, is interesting, because the writer says they get a certain amount of pleasure from their defects of character, such as revenge, clinging to pride, and spending lots of time thinking about how to punish others. However, the author admits that the defects get in the way of...

Fedora · Fedora

Hello! Today I had a quiet day, so had some time to reflect on a lot of things. First off, it is my 17th wedding anniversary. Nobody in the house remembered that, since one of the two of us was in a booze induced haze for most of the day, and the other of us only spends time fantasizing about being divorced, or...

andromeda · andromeda

Hey everyone. I'm going to make a long story short. February 28: my son had a weird episode while driving where his BP dropped causing him to nearly black out and the subsequently had a panic attack from this episode. Turns out it was because he was unclear of the doctor's order from 2 days prior where sh...

DavidG · DavidG

Kia ora koutou... greetings y'all... ... I like the way funerals are these days. There is a lot more emotion... and kids and grandkids are encouraged to get up and say what they like. For us local people a funeral takes three or four days. Sometimes one... and our mountain folks- just one day- but 30...

PosiesandPuppies · PosiesandPuppies

Today's Daily is taken from The Language of Letting Go by Melodie Beattie. For this reading, she speaks to the 6th Step of Al-Anon... "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character." She speaks of the long and diligent road to progress by working on the first five Steps. This w...

Maresie888 · Maresie888

I always prided myself on being resilient. In fact I was from s background of absolute chaos. Therefore chaos does not phase me. Anything remotely normal does because it is alien for me Under pressure I do not make good decisions. Under pressure I get sick which is exactly what happened to me recently...

JerryF · JerryF

Good morning family. Here's hoping you all have a good day planned for yourself with a determination for having it happened. Mine started out with our literature; ODAT, C2C, HFT and one other from my other program that I came to recognize all held a mutual theme of meditation which is what I have bee...

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning Everyone: Todays reading is about grieving. The writer describes that as a result of growing up in an alcoholic family, he/she rarely cried. In fact, all feelings were shut off and difficult to express in general. One result of going to Alanon was realizing that grieving was not a sign of...

Hoot Nanny · Hoot Nanny

I don't know exactly how long it has been. But I am ready to get my program in order. I am thinking about Betty & how much she affected my life. I need to get back what I feel I have lost. All the horrible things that are happening hurt & are painful I can & will turn my life over to God. I love you all...

Freetime · Freetime

I didn't like the Third Step when I first came into Al-Anon, but I was so desperate that I figured I would just have to go along with whatever the Steps told me. I did not like the idea of turning my will and my life over to anyone or anything, because experience had taught me not to trust most people. No way...

Paloma Negra · Paloma Negra

AH has declined considerably since his inheritance and our move to a property he received. I love him deeply but watching him spend daily on alcohol and drugs what could have been put to beneficial gain such as his talk of starting a construction/contracting business is too much for my own mental heal...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Good morning MIP family! Today's reading is about Step 2 which is about possibility and hoe. We come to believe that a Power greater than ourselves COULD restore us to sanity. All that's asked is that we open our minds to the possibility that help is available. We don't have to believe that it WILL h...

mamalioness · mamalioness

Finally! The roommate is finally gone. I got her up early on June 1 and we listened to one of our favorite pastor on Facebook and then I made her get up and at it and I helped her pack and get her stuff in the car and she was out of my house by 11:30 AM I could see after the live Facebook that we watched from one of ou...

Gretel · Gretel

Not sure if Im in the right place or not. about a year ago I found out that my husband was having an affair. He blamed it on his drinking and a mid life crisis. Hes been in AA, therapy and alcohol free since. He is doing everything possible to make up for what he did but Im still having a very hard time with it....

Lyne · Lyne

So our older dog has to go to the vet and the younger dog is crying because she wants to go. Men are here fixing cracked cement. My tooth broke and I have to wait and see what day next week my dentist will do emergencies. We have a huge bee/hornet flying around the kitchen. And my A wants to drive me to the c...

Skorpi · Skorpi

In today's reading, the author reflects on one of the diversions alcoholics sometimes use to keep family and friends from interfering with their drinking: creating diversions by accusing or provoking. Often, those who are living with the impact of alcoholism tend to react, to argue, to defend the...

Gretel · Gretel

Do you feel like the recovering alcoholic in your life is back to the old person you knew before? Or that that person is gone for good and now theres a new version? Not a bad version but different? My recovering alcoholic husband just doesnt seem to understand that thats how I view him now. Hes hurt that I f...

tiredtonite · tiredtonite

If there's anything I've learned on this recovery journey, it's that an offer of es&h can differ from situation to situation, person to person. I can't assume to know another's feelings and there will be times when I don't think I have anything to offer to someone else. Times when I believe whatev...

Lyne · Lyne

The reading for Monday, 5/31, discusses how program enables us to explore our hidden motives, secrets, buried memories, and unrecognized talents. Guided by a Power greater than ourselves, we learn to overcome obstacles to our personal growth, such as the effects of alcoholism and a variety of de...

iris52 · iris52

Today I realize that I still fall into brief periods of denial.When I am getting along ok with my husband and I am finding small things that I enjoy.If I have a good day,I tell myself that things are not so bad.For a brief time I can close my eyes to some truths about my life and myself.But then when he is bei...

Lyne · Lyne

I mistakenly gave the daily on 5/31 instead of 6/1 from C2C. Acknowledged my mistake and promptly admitted it! Happy Monday to all.

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning everyone: Todays reading is a reflection about the fourth step:made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves The writer describes having lived a life of pursuing perfection. He/she felt that any shortcomings were failures, and brought this belief into the approach of t...

PosiesandPuppies · PosiesandPuppies

TODAY'S REFLECTION COMES FROM ONE MORE DAY. Quote of the Day: "I expect to pass through life but once. If, therefore, there can be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow human being, let me do it now." --William PennEach night, as we place our heads upon our pillows, we can think...

JerryF · JerryF

This was a very rough day for me starting from when I had to work hard to get up from bed and Keep the Shakes from doing massive negative control over my mind, body, spirt and emotions. I never experienced such a trauma and it wasn't because of cool temperatures because we are not having such. I shook l...

mamalioness · mamalioness

I had to REALLY detach and just "do my thing" today as roommates meet with HOPEFULLY her next landlord got postponed....so I am still "wearing her" but I am keeping cordial distance, not engaging her, not inviting another cycle of drama and chaos....shes telling me "i was crying because she had...

Freetime · Freetime

Today's reading focuses on the uselessness of worry and fear. We can catastrophize, turning neutral situations into nightmares. In the past, many of us tried to predict disastrous outcomes as a way of protecting ourselves. But this makes us lose touch with what is happening now, and puts us on co...

SunnyFrogs · SunnyFrogs

The title says it all,that's why I'm back. I have to believe life can be better than this. I have to believe the program works if you work it. I have to believe my higher power will guide me. And I have to believe you all know what you're talking about. That pretty much sums it up.

Bo · Bo

The below is from Al-Anon World Services Organization...yes, Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters...in Virginia Beach, VA... The "Dear Abby" Newspaper Column for June 2 Will Recommend Al-AnonIn communities where editors choose to publish the recommendation to try Al-Anon, it would be appropr...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Good morning all. Today's reading is all about Step Two - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. The author shares a story about rushing on a motorcycle to a meditation class, not wanting to be late. Right in front of the class, the bike dumped the author who wa...

seekingdesphelp · seekingdesphelp

Hello,I am new to Alanon.My dog died in my arms on Monday. He was my best buddy. I can't believe he is gone.Tuesday, my Q became violently drunk last night. With the help of my sponsor, I am now at my parents apartment and am ok. They are not living here due to COVID... so I'm all by myself. Which is hard in its...

Skorpi · Skorpi

Hello MIP! In today's reading, the author reflects that, after living with the effects of the disease of alcoholism for years, many of us felt that good times would never come again. We may have shut our hearts and minds to joy, happiness, our hopes, and dreams. It seemed too painful to hope. We weren'...

mamalioness · mamalioness

"What worries you, masters you."--Haddon W. RobinsonGod, help me to have the strength to set reasonable limits for myselfand to tell others when I cannot help them. Help me learn to say no.--Melody BeattieGod is watching over me, making my path easy.--Alan CohenThe Way To God"Start the Day with Lov...

mamalioness · mamalioness

Melody Beattie. Talks about choices-we do have choices, more than we let ourselves see when we feel trapped, that is codependency rearing its head. When we hear ourselves say that we have to take care of somebody or we have to try and control that person or we have to behave a certain way or we have to feel...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Good morning MIP. Happy Thursday to one and all. Today's reading talks about the Seventh Step (Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings). Simply put, when we take this step, we are asking for help - not begging and not demanding. We don't build ourselves up nor grovel and we are not trying to imp...

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning Everyone- I am going to start with the thought for the day and work back into the reading. Todays thought is simple and powerful: Whatever I concentrate on will become central to my life. Where are we putting the focus and energy in our days? This idea is applied more specifically to the...

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	For my Body, mind and spirit on THURSDAY (Preview) Body: did a hell of a workout in the pool with weights and running in the 3.6' of water end, running heaven knows how many laps, the alternating it with swimming, etc., AFTER at home doing abs and arms on my home equip....eating clean...not pigging out so much, (didn't see anything about my weight, bu...	mamalioness	2	385	Jun 19, 2020 by Maresie888
	The old chicken or egg question (Preview) AH, like many alcoholics I assume, has patterns to his drinking. I have been able to recognize those patterns for a while now even though he still seems oblivious to them. The patterns are likely recognizable to most of you though. Its the anxious or frustrated and must have a drink to cope pattern. Its...	Twinkies	11	1249	Jun 19, 2020 by Maresie888
	Bucket full steo 3 (Preview) I have had it up to the ceiling with the oroblems related to the oandemic Some people like my former roommate seem to be doing okay with it He gets to work from home I feel like it is a long uphill struggle every day. I know people who have got real depressed from the isolation I have had other issues to th...	Maresie888	14	497	Jun 19, 2020 by Maresie888
	So sorry, its been a while__Body__Mind__Spirit (Preview) it has taken me TWO weeks to fix up the former roommate messed up..had to take SAND paper and clean my stove burner metal thingys to clean them back up.....Lord have mercy!!!! I repaired the 2 beds she collapsed..tested them and they are A-ok...a little handy girl work on my part and I am finally tidied...	mamalioness	4	343	Jun 19, 2020 by mamalioness
	Listening to Lois... (Preview) I Feel like I am on a first name terms with Lois. For her- as she was I am one of 100,000's... she was a mother figure for me- in my mind for- years. Now more like a grandma... ...this year my goal was to pursue step 12 and Tradition 5. Sadly the group I was going to down the road to has folded. :( I tried t...	DavidG	5	569	Jun 18, 2020 by DavidG
	Sad and crazy (Preview) Today has been a rough day. I had a zoom meeting that was to last an hour long. I had to log out half way and say my internet was not working because in the middle of my zoom meeting the alcoholic in my life through a fit. I was embarrassed and just disconnected. I got very upset but held it in. After about 20 min...	dragonfly04	7	579	Jun 18, 2020 by Maresie888
	Grocery Shopping/Alcohol Purchasing? (Preview) Wanted some advise...I'm working on setting boundaries, which is a super challenge as an ACOA whose husband is actively overdrinker/alcoholic. In the past, when I went grocery shopping I always bought him some of his drink of choice and some wine for me. I've decided to stop buying the wine, as I gene...	freedomssong	9	825	Jun 18, 2020 by JerryF
	How Do I Believe? (Preview) How do I really, truly believe a power greater than myself can restore me to sanity? I want to believe that,I really do,but I simply don't. I want to be restored to sanity but I don't believe I will be. Do I blindly trust? Is it about faith? Do I have to fully believe and trust that I will be before it's ev...	SunnyFrogs	11	587	Jun 18, 2020 by Aloha
	Lies lies lies lies (Preview) Every alcoholic I have ever known tells lies. I have always been really affected by their lies. I would believe them, then I would get angry about them. Then I would spend a lot of time obsesing about what they needed to do. That is because really I made them so so important in my life. Then i would get de...	Maresie888	11	462	Jun 18, 2020 by Maresie888
	Courage to Change June 17 (Preview) Hello MIP! In today's reading from C2C, the author reflects on Al-Anon and crisis. For many of us, Al-Anon helped us manage with crises that we could not have managed on our own. We learn to rely on a higher power and to see the support around us. We learn that we can live and grow through difficult times....	Skorpi	3	374	Jun 17, 2020 by Iamhere
	The roller-coaster ride... (Preview) I posted this on another thread/topic...and thought I would post it here... I sometimes describe the period of life when my wife was full-blown in the disease of alcoholism as being this wild, volatile roller-coaster ride. My wife and I were on this wild ride together, sitting next to each other. It w...	Bo	17	784	Jun 17, 2020 by mamalioness
	Good day (Preview) We had a really good day today. I have been doing a lot of reading. Like A LOT of reading. I reread the things you all posted for me and I like the steps board. And I've started How Al Anon Works. I was able to just breathe through my anxiety and do a few short reads throughout the day and have a good day today. I w...	OhLuvya	4	404	Jun 16, 2020 by JerryF
	C2C, Monday, 6/15, sarcasm (Preview) In the reading for Monday,, 6/15, the author looks at their use of sarcasm to make a cutting remark, a snide innuendo, and/or give a scornful sneer. They say they can receive momentary satisfaction by scoring a hit, but by attacking someone nothing gets resolved, and it is not really a desirable beha...	Lyne	3	372	Jun 15, 2020 by Bo
	Hope for Today June 14 (Preview) Good morning everyone: Todays reading is a focus on steps two and three. As I re read these steps I am thinking about the progression of surrender to action. We acknowledge powerlessness in our lives in step one, in step two we come to believe that a higher Power than ourselves can help us restore our liv...	yanksfan51	4	545	Jun 15, 2020 by Maresie888
	I'm crazy (Preview) I was asked why I was acting crazy. I just looked at him and told him it's because I am living my life like a crazy person. The back and forth. The pushing and pulling. The not knowing what is going to set him off. How many beers do I have left before the man I love turns into the man I can't be around? How long i...	OhLuvya	11	1366	Jun 14, 2020 by OhLuvya
	Making Decisions (Preview) Good Evening, This is my first time on this forum. I did attend Al-Anon many many moons ago. I got divorced in 2010 from an alcoholic. I was single up until 2016. I met a man in my apartment complex and we hit it off right away. We had many things in common and we laughed. I hadn't laughed in many years. We were...	dragonfly04	3	402	Jun 14, 2020 by JerryF
	Stuck (Preview) Hi! Its been awhile since I posted but I read the posts here everyday. I feel so stuck. Im trying but i just cant seem to move past the final lie & hiding. Hes not drinking anymore. He told me awhile ago he was 58 days sober. I congratulated him. Then was ridiculed for not congratulating him at 60 days. I...	Crmans	15	596	Jun 14, 2020 by Maresie888
	Logan UT (Preview) Hello all new to Al-Anon looking for members in the Logan Utah area	MarshallM	4	768	Jun 14, 2020 by Bo
	Not sure why I waited so long... (Preview) Hello everyone out there. I am the male spouse dealing with an alcoholic wife. We have 2 children together, 6 and 8, and I have a 12yo from my first marriage. I have been very lucky to have had a good career that allows our family to be ok financially in the midst of the chaos others are facing right now. My wi...	Jack1999	7	466	Jun 14, 2020 by Bo
	Frustrated (Preview) Counting today it's been 4 days without alcohol. It's only been since Thursday morning that it was decided that he would seek treatment. I am having a hard time with patience right now. So many questions. Why hasn't he chosen a place yet? Why does he HAVE to wait until Sunday to go to his first meeting? Ho...	OhLuvya	5	369	Jun 14, 2020 by Bo
	Courage to Change 6/13/20 (Preview) Sorry for the late start. Today's Daily comes from June 13 of Courage to Change. "In Step 11 I seek to improve my conscious contact with God through prayer and meditation. How I do this is completely up to me." Don't let the G. 0. D. word throw off some of you newcomers. The reading goes on to say that yes, th...	PosiesandPuppies	3	322	Jun 14, 2020 by Lyne
	Courage to Change June 10 (Preview) Posting a bit early, because my morning tomorrow will be a chaotic one In today's reading from Courage to Change, the author shares about their initial reaction to taking step 8 (Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all). The author had a comprehensive list...	Skorpi	5	335	Jun 12, 2020 by Maresie888
	Making plans (Preview) One thing I never managed to do with the qualifier was to make plans. Every holiday was swallowed up by his need to binge In 8 years you would think I would have twigged that but nope I was always engaged in this eternal struggle with him Recently I went to stay with an alcoholic whose disease has progre...	Maresie888	18	587	Jun 12, 2020 by Bo
	Courage to Change, 6/12 (Preview) The reading for June 12 in Courage to Change is about Step Ten. Continuing to take personal inventory and promptly admitting when we are wrong, allows us to de-clutter unhelpful attitudes from our day. Living one day at a time is not just about freeing ourselves from fear of the future, it is also abou...	Freetime	3	401	Jun 12, 2020 by Iamhere
	Courage to Change 6/11 (Preview) I'm posting for tomorrow tonight as I'm out the door early to golf! Tomorrow's reading is about Step 9, especially the part that suggests we don't need to make direct amends to those injured if in doing so we might cause further injury. The author struggled with this part of the stop - wondering how to...	Iamhere	4	569	Jun 11, 2020 by JerryF
	C2C, 6/8, character defects (Preview) The reading for Monday, 6/8, is interesting, because the writer says they get a certain amount of pleasure from their defects of character, such as revenge, clinging to pride, and spending lots of time thinking about how to punish others. However, the author admits that the defects get in the way of...	Lyne	4	444	Jun 11, 2020 by Maresie888
	day of reflection (Preview) Hello! Today I had a quiet day, so had some time to reflect on a lot of things. First off, it is my 17th wedding anniversary. Nobody in the house remembered that, since one of the two of us was in a booze induced haze for most of the day, and the other of us only spends time fantasizing about being divorced, or...	Fedora	5	423	Jun 10, 2020 by Maresie888
	Assisting adult children (Preview) Hey everyone. I'm going to make a long story short. February 28: my son had a weird episode while driving where his BP dropped causing him to nearly black out and the subsequently had a panic attack from this episode. Turns out it was because he was unclear of the doctor's order from 2 days prior where sh...	andromeda	16	607	Jun 9, 2020 by Maresie888
	Saying bye bye to an old timer... (Preview) Kia ora koutou... greetings y'all... ... I like the way funerals are these days. There is a lot more emotion... and kids and grandkids are encouraged to get up and say what they like. For us local people a funeral takes three or four days. Sometimes one... and our mountain folks- just one day- but 30...	DavidG	4	419	Jun 9, 2020 by Temple
	Saturday 6/6/20 (Preview) Today's Daily is taken from The Language of Letting Go by Melodie Beattie. For this reading, she speaks to the 6th Step of Al-Anon... *"Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character."* She speaks of the long and diligent road to progress by working on the first five Steps. This w...	PosiesandPuppies	4	324	Jun 9, 2020 by Maresie888
	Resilience (Preview) I always prided myself on being resilient. In fact I was from s background of absolute chaos. Therefore chaos does not phase me. Anything remotely normal does because it is alien for me Under pressure I do not make good decisions. Under pressure I get sick which is exactly what happened to me recently...	Maresie888	10	685	Jun 9, 2020 by Maresie888
	Our literature and meditation (Preview) Good morning family. Here's hoping you all have a good day planned for yourself with a determination for having it happened. Mine started out with our literature; ODAT, C2C, HFT and one other from my other program that I came to recognize all held a mutual theme of meditation which is what I have bee...	JerryF	6	406	Jun 8, 2020 by Iamhere
	Hope for Today June 7 (Preview) Good morning Everyone: Todays reading is about grieving. The writer describes that as a result of growing up in an alcoholic family, he/she rarely cried. In fact, all feelings were shut off and difficult to express in general. One result of going to Alanon was realizing that grieving was not a sign of...	yanksfan51	3	349	Jun 7, 2020 by Iamhere
	I'm back! (Preview) I don't know exactly how long it has been. But I am ready to get my program in order. I am thinking about Betty & how much she affected my life. I need to get back what I feel I have lost. All the horrible things that are happening hurt & are painful I can & will turn my life over to God. I love you all...	Hoot Nanny	5	423	Jun 7, 2020 by yanksfan51
	C2C, June 5 - Step Three, and Who Cares? (Preview) I didn't like the Third Step when I first came into Al-Anon, but I was so desperate that I figured I would just have to go along with whatever the Steps told me. I did not like the idea of turning my will and my life over to anyone or anything, because experience had taught me not to trust most people. No way...	Freetime	6	489	Jun 6, 2020 by Bo
	Conflicted about deciding to leave (Preview) AH has declined considerably since his inheritance and our move to a property he received. I love him deeply but watching him spend daily on alcohol and drugs what could have been put to beneficial gain such as his talk of starting a construction/contracting business is too much for my own mental heal...	Paloma Negra	13	697	Jun 5, 2020 by mamalioness
	Courage to Change 6/4 (Preview) Good morning MIP family! Today's reading is about Step 2 which is about possibility and hoe. We come to believe that a Power greater than ourselves COULD restore us to sanity. All that's asked is that we open our minds to the possibility that help is available. We don't have to believe that it WILL h...	Iamhere	5	451	Jun 5, 2020 by mamalioness
	Roommate is finally gone (Preview) Finally! The roommate is finally gone. I got her up early on June 1 and we listened to one of our favorite pastor on Facebook and then I made her get up and at it and I helped her pack and get her stuff in the car and she was out of my house by 11:30 AM I could see after the live Facebook that we watched from one of ou...	mamalioness	6	428	Jun 5, 2020 by mamalioness
	Alcohol and affair? (Preview) Not sure if Im in the right place or not. about a year ago I found out that my husband was having an affair. He blamed it on his drinking and a mid life crisis. Hes been in AA, therapy and alcohol free since. He is doing everything possible to make up for what he did but Im still having a very hard time with it....	Gretel	34	2209	Jun 5, 2020 by Bo
	Having a tough day.... (Preview) So our older dog has to go to the vet and the younger dog is crying because she wants to go. Men are here fixing cracked cement. My tooth broke and I have to wait and see what day next week my dentist will do emergencies. We have a huge bee/hornet flying around the kitchen. And my A wants to drive me to the c...	Lyne	11	641	Jun 4, 2020 by Maresie888
	Courage to Change June 3 (Preview) In today's reading, the author reflects on one of the diversions alcoholics sometimes use to keep family and friends from interfering with their drinking: creating diversions by accusing or provoking. Often, those who are living with the impact of alcoholism tend to react, to argue, to defend the...	Skorpi	7	827	Jun 4, 2020 by Iamhere
	A different person. (Preview) Do you feel like the recovering alcoholic in your life is back to the old person you knew before? Or that that person is gone for good and now theres a new version? Not a bad version but different? My recovering alcoholic husband just doesnt seem to understand that thats how I view him now. Hes hurt that I f...	Gretel	4	451	Jun 3, 2020 by PosiesandPuppies
	Offering What I Can (Preview) If there's anything I've learned on this recovery journey, it's that an offer of es&h can differ from situation to situation, person to person. I can't assume to know another's feelings and there will be times when I don't think I have anything to offer to someone else. Times when I believe whatev...	tiredtonite	9	544	Jun 3, 2020 by Maresie888
	C2C, 5/31, our spiritual journey (Preview) The reading for Monday, 5/31, discusses how program enables us to explore our hidden motives, secrets, buried memories, and unrecognized talents. Guided by a Power greater than ourselves, we learn to overcome obstacles to our personal growth, such as the effects of alcoholism and a variety of de...	Lyne	3	416	Jun 2, 2020 by Iamhere
	more is being revealed (Preview) Today I realize that I still fall into brief periods of denial.When I am getting along ok with my husband and I am finding small things that I enjoy.If I have a good day,I tell myself that things are not so bad.For a brief time I can close my eyes to some truths about my life and myself.But then when he is bei...	iris52	4	530	Jun 2, 2020 by tiredtonite
	Apology! (Preview) I mistakenly gave the daily on 5/31 instead of 6/1 from C2C. Acknowledged my mistake and promptly admitted it! Happy Monday to all.	Lyne	2	562	Jun 1, 2020 by DavidG
	Hope for Today May 31 (Preview) Good morning everyone: Todays reading is a reflection about the fourth step:made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves The writer describes having lived a life of pursuing perfection. He/she felt that any shortcomings were failures, and brought this belief into the approach of t...	yanksfan51	3	442	May 31, 2020 by Iamhere
	REFLECTION 5/30/20 (Preview) TODAY'S REFLECTION COMES FROM ONE MORE DAY. Quote of the Day: "I expect to pass through life but once. If, therefore, there can be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow human being, let me do it now." --William PennEach night, as we place our heads upon our pillows, we can think...	PosiesandPuppies	2	450	May 31, 2020 by PosiesandPuppies
	Mind...Body...Spirit and emotions (Preview) This was a very rough day for me starting from when I had to work hard to get up from bed and Keep the Shakes from doing massive negative control over my mind, body, spirt and emotions. I never experienced such a trauma and it wasn't because of cool temperatures because we are not having such. I shook l...	JerryF	9	397	May 31, 2020 by Maresie888
	Roommate's meeting got POSTPONED (Preview) I had to REALLY detach and just "do my thing" today as roommates meet with HOPEFULLY her next landlord got postponed....so I am still "wearing her" but I am keeping cordial distance, not engaging her, not inviting another cycle of drama and chaos....shes telling me "i was crying because she had...	mamalioness	2	335	May 30, 2020 by Temple
	C2C, May 29 (Preview) Today's reading focuses on the uselessness of worry and fear. We can catastrophize, turning neutral situations into nightmares. In the past, many of us tried to predict disastrous outcomes as a way of protecting ourselves. But this makes us lose touch with what is happening now, and puts us on co...	Freetime	5	461	May 30, 2020 by iris52
	I Can't Do This On My Own (Preview) The title says it all,that's why I'm back. I have to believe life can be better than this. I have to believe the program works if you work it. I have to believe my higher power will guide me. And I have to believe you all know what you're talking about. That pretty much sums it up.	SunnyFrogs	39	1663	May 29, 2020 by Bo
	Attraction...Not Promotion... (Preview) The below is from Al-Anon World Services Organization...yes, Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters...in Virginia Beach, VA... The "Dear Abby" Newspaper Column for June 2 Will Recommend Al-AnonIn communities where editors choose to publish the recommendation to try Al-Anon, it would be appropr...	Bo	2	491	May 29, 2020 by andromeda
	Courage to Change 5/28 (Preview) Good morning all. Today's reading is all about Step Two - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. The author shares a story about rushing on a motorcycle to a meditation class, not wanting to be late. Right in front of the class, the bike dumped the author who wa...	Iamhere	5	437	May 29, 2020 by mamalioness
	Darling dog died on Monday, Q violently drunk on Tuesday. Need to create a web of support. I don't know where to start. (Preview) Hello,I am new to Alanon.My dog died in my arms on Monday. He was my best buddy. I can't believe he is gone.Tuesday, my Q became violently drunk last night. With the help of my sponsor, I am now at my parents apartment and am ok. They are not living here due to COVID... so I'm all by myself. Which is hard in its...	seekingdesphelp	6	3185	May 28, 2020 by mamalioness
	Courage to Change April 27 (Preview) Hello MIP! In today's reading, the author reflects that, after living with the effects of the disease of alcoholism for years, many of us felt that good times would never come again. We may have shut our hearts and minds to joy, happiness, our hopes, and dreams. It seemed too painful to hope. We weren'...	Skorpi	4	396	May 28, 2020 by PosiesandPuppies
	TID BITS OF WISDOM_WEDNESDAY (Preview) "What worries you, masters you."--Haddon W. RobinsonGod, help me to have the strength to set reasonable limits for myselfand to tell others when I cannot help them. Help me learn to say no.--Melody BeattieGod is watching over me, making my path easy.--Alan CohenThe Way To God"Start the Day with Lov...	mamalioness	2	345	May 28, 2020 by PosiesandPuppies
	Language of letting go-May 27 (Preview) Melody Beattie. Talks about choices-we do have choices, more than we let ourselves see when we feel trapped, that is codependency rearing its head. When we hear ourselves say that we have to take care of somebody or we have to try and control that person or we have to behave a certain way or we have to feel...	mamalioness	1	375	May 28, 2020 by sunmustshine
	Courage to Change 5/21 (Preview) Good morning MIP. Happy Thursday to one and all. Today's reading talks about the Seventh Step (Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings). Simply put, when we take this step, we are asking for help - not begging and not demanding. We don't build ourselves up nor grovel and we are not trying to imp...	Iamhere	6	504	May 26, 2020 by mamalioness
	Hope for Today May 24 (Preview) Good morning Everyone- I am going to start with the thought for the day and work back into the reading. Todays thought is simple and powerful: Whatever I concentrate on will become central to my life. Where are we putting the focus and energy in our days? This idea is applied more specifically to the...	yanksfan51	8	538	May 26, 2020 by mamalioness
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