Al-Anon Family Group - Al-Anon Family Group

Freetime · Freetime

Today's reading is about anger. The writer went through stages of first denying that they ever felt anger, then being able to recognize it when it was happening, then blaming their anger on the alcoholics and feeling worse than ever. Once they learned to bring the focus back to self, they could look a...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Good morning MIP family. I love today's reading....it's about unconditional love, gratitude and letting go of fantasy/fairy tale thinking. The reminder: If I can't recognize the love that already exists in my life, would I really appreciate receiving more? Let me acknowledge what has alread...

el-cee · el-cee

I was wondering what your thoughts are on enabling. I had never really heard the term or understood it. I struggle at times with it. My sons disease has progressed over the last few years. Progressed in a way that looks like he has regressed back to being a teenager that's out of control. After 7 years in a...

Skorpi · Skorpi

Hello MIP! In today's reading from C2C, the author reflects on past decision making. Prior to AlAnon, many of us learned to make decisions based on our feelings, as if feelings were facts. Part of the author's Al-Anon recovery is learning that feelings are not facts. Humans are complex, fascinatin...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Good morning MIP. Today's reading in Courage to Change is all about meditation! It suggests that our program, Al-Anon, leaves the question - What is Meditation - leaves the question open intentionally. We each get to answer the question, and practice meditation by finding our own path. Like...

Lyne · Lyne

My A went to an AA meeting last night for the first time. Her attitude is that everyone there is way worse, shes not drinking (Today), she never got arrested (lucky), shes not drinking all day long , etc. Its exactly that attitude she needs treatment for. Not sure if she will continue.... I need: Ste...

Lyne · Lyne

In the writing for Monday, 12/2, the author discusses how easy it is for them to focus on their loved ones limitations. But they say all that does is keep the focus off themself, and nothing ever gets resolved. We are reminded to admit our powerlessness, as to avoid feeling hopeless, bitter, and/or f...

MicheleD123 · MicheleD123

Hi! Im new on here. My boyfriend is currently living at a sober house after completing a 30 day rehab program. He asked for space so that he could focus on his recovery while I focus on mine. However, Im having a difficult time taking the space and constantly wondering why he isnt reaching out to me. He has...

DavidG · DavidG

As a kid- I was "keen as mustard"... always eager to learn and to grow emotionally. But I had issues beyond my control- hurdles. I shift away from cliches... mostly... and am practical really. The secrets of life I learned were all inside of the Alanon program... but some, sometimes were hard to f...

DavidG · DavidG

We sometimes avoid these steps in our groups. The too-hard basket. My personal opinion is that- in a mature group members might to these in a group, long before they pick up a sponsor. Tradition 10 is a great one for all twelve step groups. Our old timers were non-believers, hebrews, catholics a...

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning everyone- I hope the holiday season is off to a great start for everyone! We have celebrated Thanksgiving here, started getting Christmas decorations out, and I am eating every carb in sight, so the holidays are officially underway:). Todays reading is about detachment with love. The...

Temple · Temple

I seem to have posted my update on a Business Board. Some gifted person please fix? Update: I have now been officially diagnosed. The disease is "in situ." I was pleased to hear that--less complicated, somehow and good prognosis. However, the remedies offered seemed a tad draconian, either way....

Temple · Temple

Some question marks came up and we will be repeating the surgery, but less extensively, on one side next week, perhaps. The goal is still the same--avoid radiology. I really like my surgeon and am fine with the decision. I'm just zapped. I'm extremely fatigued. Antibiotic aftereffects? I d...

Buckeye Girl · Buckeye Girl

i decided to catch a flight on Wednesday to California to help my adult daughter get into a treatment facility again. She has completely gone off the rails. There is so much going on here, as I'm finding out. There was some abuse between her and her fiancé while they were both inebriated. Before I could g...

JerryF · JerryF

I cannot and would not forget this family on Thanksgiving morning for all you have done and are still doing for my recovery; peace of mind, spirit and sanity. I am drenched in gratitude because so far the disease has not been able to knock the doors of my peace of mind and sanity off of it's hinges. I can g...

DavidG · DavidG

We weren't dirt poor. The generation before me had gone barefoot to school, summer and boots in winter. I wrote a local history and one lady told me that their feet got hard and calloused in the summer. I do have a shoe story, which I won't tell now. But we were poor by the standards of our time. And out...

Freetime · Freetime

Good morning, MIP! I hope everyone is having some joy today. The November 29 reading is about control. The writer had many reasons to be in control -- it meant being an adult, being cool, looking good on the outside, not feeling what was happening on the inside, and exhausting themselves while help...

WendyP · WendyP

Hi It's WendyP. I have found and still am finding that working this Recovery Programme, is not easy. I have been challenged many, many, times as to staying in here, and going through the tough times, especially introducing changes within my Life. I have shed many tears, and have/had lots of Fears...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Good morning MIP and Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! The Courage to Change reading for today is about Step 4....the writer discovers that many of her virtues were often the source of her misery. The working of Step 4 gave the writer an opportunity to turn upside-down personality traits ri...

JerryF · JerryF

The most important requirement is to keep in contact with my HP and to communicate and learn what is helpful to my peace of mind and serenity. For now; today it is contacting my sponsor and speaking to him about detachment from my Hawaiian home and moving back to the mainland for reason. The reason is t...

Chicagopilot · Chicagopilot

My wife and I have been married for 5 years. She is a recovering addict that has been clean for about 6 years. I bought her a restaurant that she has always wanted 3 months ago, she spent two months rehabbing it and open the last month. About two months ago I noticed a change in her. She was staying at the bar l...

Skorpi · Skorpi

Hello MIP! Today's author reflects on their view of themselves and life. At one point, the author viewed their life as a tragedy, but today, they know that they are a survivor - the author has experienced many challenges, and is a stronger person for those experiences. With the help of their HP, the au...

Albion · Albion

Hi everyone. Looking for some advice. I've been in Al-Anon for a little over a year. Looking to progress in the programme and to do that I will need a sponsor. The meeting I go to only has myself and one other male member who has been in roughly the same time as me. Last night at our meeting we had extended a w...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Good morning all! Happy Tuesday or whatever day/evening it may be in your part of our world. I'm covering for Betty today! The reading today discusses the reality that alcoholism is a family disease and denial is 'real' in both the alcoholic as well as those who are directly or indirectly affected...

Lyne · Lyne

The reading for Monday, 11/25, talks about the writers reluctance to get fully involved with alanon. The writer grew very slowly until a crisis hit, and then was able to take full advantage of all alanon has to offer. They saw there were strengths and skills to be had, and then alanon became a top prior...

DavidG · DavidG

For some reason my closest group has a lot of men in it. This is a novelty for me- because- for the first 30 years I was the only man in my hometown group. This was a mixed blessing, really. Over time I bonded with my home group- and forgot the gender difference. Then I had this familiarity with women- w...

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning Everyone- Todays reading is about being willing to do the work we need to do in order to make the changes we want in our lives. The writer describes getting a sponsor after a long time and noticing that her recovery accelerated with the help of another person. This got me thinking about how...

Freetime · Freetime

This reading discusses one of my favorite/fraught topics -- holidays! The author had a difficult childhood where holidays were sad, and as an adult still found them hard. With Al-Anon, the author learned how to reclaim the holidays and created their own enjoyable fun traditions, now spending tim...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Good morning MIP. The reading in Courage to Change for today reminds us that we will not be rid of our problems by practicing Al-Anon recovery. Instead, when we are living life on life's terms, Al-Anon gives us the courage and insight to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones. Length of time in...

DavidG · DavidG

...hi y'all... ...one time I owned 100 sheep, and 600 fruit trees. I hated having the farm- there were family issues involved- but these no longer weigh me down. I got some gates and wire and stuff- and set out to build up a hobby farm. This was a return to the coast where I had worked on a railway gang i...

Aloha · Aloha

I was sharing this with a friend the other day and thought it would be a good fit here. To preface this, when I lived in Hawaii, it was rare for an Al-Anon meeting to end with the Lord's Prayer. Most often it ended with the Serenity Prayer or the Al-Anon Declaration. That's what I "grew up in" for recovery. W...

Temple · Temple

Thank you to everyone who prayed for me and/or held me in good thoughts. It all went swimmingly. I came home energized--had to remind myself I was euphoric and really didn't need to be doing light laundry, probably. I think it was harder on Hubs than it was on me. Yesterday I crashed a little bit and am ev...

DavidG · DavidG

Pain always got in the way of my meditation. And exhaustion. So then I began to focus on that- the reality. I had pain from a young age. In my teens this was mostly about migraine. The thing that set me on my journey was the pain- as I sought answers for this. I found that in past decades that the answers wer...

Fedora · Fedora

So I am waiting for EMTs to call me back and tell me where they're taking my AH.. He was on the first day of a three-day alcohol class mandated by the courts for his DWI and he has a seizure in the middle of class. I am so aggravated. I don't even feel sorry for him. I suspect that he worked himself up into such th...

Skorpi · Skorpi

Hello MIP! In today's reading, the author reflects on joy. Colts, puppies, and little children are full of boundless joy at being alive. The author wonders what happened to their own joy? Living with the disease of alcoholism had broken the author's spirit. AlAnon provides the author with a fellows...

WendyP · WendyP

I would like to share of how my Higher Power worked His Magic in my life at one stage. I had joined a World Wide Pen Pal group, as well as being a Lone Member at that time,I joined a Lone Members Letter Box, from Head Office, in USA. They had sent me a list of People who I could write to, World Wide. I also had an A...

PosiesandPuppies · PosiesandPuppies

I saw this posted on another addiction site, and I thought that it was so profound. For me, this is what my marriage was lacking due to Addiction... not love. I am sorry I cannot credit who said it... "Feelings fade but character, integrity, honor, trust and stability is what we want to teach our childre...

Buckeye Girl · Buckeye Girl

My adult daughter told me she was being verbally abused by her fiancé, but in fact it was her that has relapsed and is abusing him! She lives 2,000 miles away and as we speak, she is dead drunk and being physically abusive to her boyfriend. I begged him to stay with her so she doesn't hurt herself, but I'm tr...

hotrod · hotrod

The C2C Reading for 11/19 speaks about using alanon tools on a daily basis so as to overcome the negative, soul destroying effects of the disease of alcoholism. The reading suggests that life is for our growth both mental and spiritual. So that by having the courage to look closely at ourselve...

Buckeye Girl · Buckeye Girl

My adult daughter has relapsed again and again over the past few months after getting engaged. She has begged her boyfriend, who has a drinking problem also, to go to AA meetings and therapy with her. He refuses and says it's her problem, not his. Now he is verbally abusing her. Last weekend he got into a...

DavidG · DavidG

Hi y'all... ... I feel that it has a lot to do with boundaries. I did not create my own boundaries, in the beginning- that were made around me. I just reacted and assumed that "this is life". It did not work out and I had to come into Alanon to relearn stuff. I read the phrase: Recove...

Buckeye Girl · Buckeye Girl

My adult daughter has relapsed again and again over the past few months after getting engaged. She has begged her boyfriend, who has a drinking problem also, to go to AA meetings and therapy with her. He refuses and says it's her problem, not his. Now he is verbally abusing her. Last weekend he got into a...

Wolfie55 · Wolfie55

Shift almost over. Got a 4-day weekend. Might show my gratitude by going to a meeting tomorrow. I might even bring treats. Cranberry white- chocolate chip cookies oughta do it. The job is getting to me and I haven't been doing it that long. But, how many jobs are there that are like walking into a room ful...

2HP · 2HP

Ive seen a few posts on this topic lately. When I first arrived, "acceptance" was very confusing. For my entire life, I had the habit of outward focus. Al-anon helped me to begin a life of ministering to myself as well. It was not a knee jerk decision for me to leave my alcoholic husband, I stayed fo...

DavidG · DavidG

I suffer from exhaustion. Whenever i get into a dry warm space I tend to fall asleep. Over the years, when doing my step 10, I tended to doze off, rather than to become enlightened. I took it from that- that I needed rest. I spent a lot of energy and time trying to mitigate the alcoholic circumstance in m...

Lyne · Lyne

The reading for Monday, 11/18, talks about step 2 and being restored to sanity. The writer says that a sane way of life includes functioning responsibly and realistically, but also having the willingness to play, to take breaks, to have hobbies, and include humor. Dwelling on troubles allows the...

DavidG · DavidG

I am grateful for the feelings that Alanon gives me. Of love and joy- and family. I did have to wade through anger, fear and grief to get here- because that was not dealt with, in my world, in a healthy way. When I was 15 our english teacher was the vicar's wife. I had a schoolfriend who died that yea...

andromeda · andromeda

Hey everyone, I finally started my new position with the company and, nan, I feel out of place, lol. It's an office of all MEN and it's like an old boys' club. they have their ways and I'm just the new chick on the block, so to speak. i have a lot to learn and I've already had so much thrown at me. I found out...

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning everyone- Todays reading is about our call to service. The writer describes praying for Gods will to make sure that being called to service is truly that, and not a way to avoid, manipulate or control something going on in life. When I read this, I remembered the first time I worked the ste...

JerryF · JerryF

Spent the morning reading and double reading from our literature...blessing tools. They remind me of what it was like, what happened after getting into program and what it is like now while following the guidance. This is where and how I feel blessed for real by our program thru my Higher Power. ...

hotrod · hotrod

The C2C Reading for 11/12 speaks about using alanon tools on a daily basis. it suggests that many times we are on automatic and neglect our tool box only to discover we are right in the middle of a conflict. Using the steps, slogans and principles constantly helps to build a useful, fulfilling li...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Good morning MIP. The reading today discusses Step Six - where we become entirely ready to have God remove all of our defects of character. The writer suggests the readiness didn't/doesn't come in a sudden, blinding flash of enlightenment but rather a little at a time as positive progress is made i...

Skorpi · Skorpi

Hello MIP! Today's author shares that they read somewhere that the things that are urgent are rarely important and the things that are important are rarely urgent. Our author can get so caught up in nagging, trivial matters of day-to-day life, that they forget to spend time on more important pursui...

Lyne · Lyne

Im attaching myself to step 3 for sanity and help from HP. Yesterday in our couples session with an addiction counselor, my A stated for the 100th time, she will not drink and will not lie. There is no awareness on her part that she has been saying this for 15 years, maybe longer, and that she cannot cont...

Freetime · Freetime

The author of today's page was easily hurt by other people's anger or negative moods. It helped to realize that the other person's words or tone were really about what was going on inside that person. The author realized that extreme sensitivity was based on the belief that "I am the focus of everyone...

joker · joker

Its been awhile since I posted. I have been reading on line here and my thinking is a bit saner. Reading and being in recovery makes a difference for the better. December will be 2 years since I last seen the abf. It seems like a lifetime ago. When I look back, its a true miracle I was not killed or seriously i...

Hoot Nanny · Hoot Nanny

& I will take them. I am so grateful that no matter what, God I can handle anything. I am so grateful that this is gratitude month where I am from & it certainly doesn't hurt to be grateful. Even if you don't know what gratitude is or where it comes from, I can tell you that I learned to be grateful whe...

Aloha · Aloha

I wanted to share this - I heard a speaker, Tom B. share this little joke at a talk a few days ago. He said his sponsor once informed him that a laurel is something that you wear on your head. So when you're resting (sitting) on your laurels, you essentially have your head up your... ahem. lol I thought that...

amisfitlife · amisfitlife

My boyfriend has been an addict and alcoholic off and on for 14 years. He has had past stints in rehab and stints in jail. He had been clean 9 months this time. For the first time it felt different like he had truly hit rock bottom. Friday evening he went no contact and still has not surfaced. I have been at...

KT2015 · KT2015

Hi There MIP peeps Things had been trucking along pretty well in our household until yesterday. Yesterday my AH was talking about making a bigger purchase for himself and he mentioned using his bonus money for it. About 4 months or so ago we had a bit of upheaval when he asked me to figure out where all...

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	Courage to Change, 12/6 - Anger (Preview) Today's reading is about anger. The writer went through stages of first denying that they ever felt anger, then being able to recognize it when it was happening, then blaming their anger on the alcoholics and feeling worse than ever. Once they learned to bring the focus back to self, they could look a...	Freetime	4	1880	Dec 6, 2019 by DavidG
	Courage to Change 12/5 (Preview) Good morning MIP family. I love today's reading....it's about unconditional love, gratitude and letting go of fantasy/fairy tale thinking. The reminder: If I can't recognize the love that already exists in my life, would I really appreciate receiving more? Let me acknowledge what has alread...	Iamhere	1	2464	Dec 6, 2019 by Lyne
	Enabling (Preview) I was wondering what your thoughts are on enabling. I had never really heard the term or understood it. I struggle at times with it. My sons disease has progressed over the last few years. Progressed in a way that looks like he has regressed back to being a teenager that's out of control. After 7 years in a...	el-cee	14	2804	Dec 4, 2019 by Bo
	Courage to Change December 4 (Preview) Hello MIP! In today's reading from C2C, the author reflects on past decision making. Prior to AlAnon, many of us learned to make decisions based on our feelings, as if feelings were facts. Part of the author's Al-Anon recovery is learning that feelings are not facts. Humans are complex, fascinatin...	Skorpi	4	628	Dec 4, 2019 by Freetime
	Courage to Change 12/3 (Preview) Good morning MIP. Today's reading in Courage to Change is all about meditation! It suggests that our program, Al-Anon, leaves the question - What is Meditation - leaves the question open intentionally. We each get to answer the question, and practice meditation by finding our own path. Like...	Iamhere	2	2097	Dec 3, 2019 by DavidG
	Anger (Preview) My A went to an AA meeting last night for the first time. Her attitude is that everyone there is way worse, shes not drinking (Today), she never got arrested (lucky), shes not drinking all day long , etc. Its exactly that attitude she needs treatment for. Not sure if she will continue.... I need: Ste...	Lyne	14	7354	Dec 3, 2019 by Bo
	C2C, 12/2 (Preview) In the writing for Monday, 12/2, the author discusses how easy it is for them to focus on their loved ones limitations. But they say all that does is keep the focus off themself, and nothing ever gets resolved. We are reminded to admit our powerlessness, as to avoid feeling hopeless, bitter, and/or f...	Lyne	2	6040	Dec 3, 2019 by tiredtonite
	New Recovered AA Advice on Romantic Partner (Preview) Hi! Im new on here. My boyfriend is currently living at a sober house after completing a 30 day rehab program. He asked for space so that he could focus on his recovery while I focus on mine. However, Im having a difficult time taking the space and constantly wondering why he isnt reaching out to me. He has...	MicheleD123	5	2271	Dec 3, 2019 by Aloha
	Giving thanks- tradition 5... (Preview) As a kid- I was "keen as mustard"... always eager to learn and to grow emotionally. But I had issues beyond my control- hurdles. I shift away from cliches... mostly... and am practical really. The secrets of life I learned were all inside of the Alanon program... but some, sometimes were hard to f...	DavidG	2	4423	Dec 2, 2019 by DavidG
	Steps 2 and 3... (Preview) We sometimes avoid these steps in our groups. The too-hard basket. My personal opinion is that- in a mature group members might to these in a group, long before they pick up a sponsor. Tradition 10 is a great one for all twelve step groups. Our old timers were non-believers, hebrews, catholics a...	DavidG	1	9177	Dec 1, 2019 by Temple
	Hope for Today Dec 1 (Preview) Good morning everyone- I hope the holiday season is off to a great start for everyone! We have celebrated Thanksgiving here, started getting Christmas decorations out, and I am eating every carb in sight, so the holidays are officially underway:). Todays reading is about detachment with love. The...	yanksfan51	4	752	Dec 1, 2019 by yanksfan51
	I don't know how I got there and can't find my way back. (Preview) I seem to have posted my update on a Business Board. Some gifted person please fix? Update: I have now been officially diagnosed. The disease is "in situ." I was pleased to hear that--less complicated, somehow and good prognosis. However, the remedies offered seemed a tad draconian, either way....	Temple	28	1427	Dec 1, 2019 by Temple
	Earmarks of a Saga? (Preview) Some question marks came up and we will be repeating the surgery, but less extensively, on one side next week, perhaps. The goal is still the same--avoid radiology. I really like my surgeon and am fine with the decision. I'm just zapped. I'm extremely fatigued. Antibiotic aftereffects? I d...	Temple	7	1788	Dec 1, 2019 by Temple
	Fearful mom!! (Preview) i decided to catch a flight on Wednesday to California to help my adult daughter get into a treatment facility again. She has completely gone off the rails. There is so much going on here, as I'm finding out. There was some abuse between her and her fiancé while they were both inebriated. Before I could g...	Buckeye Girl	8	6242	Nov 30, 2019 by Maresie888
	OF COURSE...HAPPY THANKSGIVING MIP FAMILY... (Preview) I cannot and would not forget this family on Thanksgiving morning for all you have done and are still doing for my recovery; peace of mind, spirit and sanity. I am drenched in gratitude because so far the disease has not been able to knock the doors of my peace of mind and sanity off of it's hinges. I can g...	JerryF	6	946	Nov 30, 2019 by DavidG
	Fears and projections... (Preview) We weren't dirt poor. The generation before me had gone barefoot to school, summer and boots in winter. I wrote a local history and one lady told me that their feet got hard and calloused in the summer. I do have a shoe story, which I won't tell now. But we were poor by the standards of our time. And out...	DavidG	2	2403	Nov 30, 2019 by DavidG
	Courage to Change, 11/29 (Preview) Good morning, MIP! I hope everyone is having some joy today. The November 29 reading is about control. The writer had many reasons to be in control -- it meant being an adult, being cool, looking good on the outside, not feeling what was happening on the inside, and exhausting themselves while help...	Freetime	3	2277	Nov 29, 2019 by DavidG
	Boundaries (Preview) Hi It's WendyP. I have found and still am finding that working this Recovery Programme, is not easy. I have been challenged many, many, times as to staying in here, and going through the tough times, especially introducing changes within my Life. I have shed many tears, and have/had lots of Fears...	WendyP	5	906	Nov 29, 2019 by DavidG
	Courage to Change 11/28 (Preview) Good morning MIP and Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! The Courage to Change reading for today is about Step 4....the writer discovers that many of her virtues were often the source of her misery. The working of Step 4 gave the writer an opportunity to turn upside-down personality traits ri...	Iamhere	3	3632	Nov 28, 2019 by PosiesandPuppies
	Fulfilling my recovery requirements (Preview) The most important requirement is to keep in contact with my HP and to communicate and learn what is helpful to my peace of mind and serenity. For now; today it is contacting my sponsor and speaking to him about detachment from my Hawaiian home and moving back to the mainland for reason. The reason is t...	JerryF	11	2984	Nov 28, 2019 by JerryF
	Wife and cocaine ( 1 2 ) (Preview) My wife and I have been married for 5 years. She is a recovering addict that has been clean for about 6 years. I bought her a restaurant that she has always wanted 3 months ago, she spent two months rehabbing it and open the last month. About two months ago I noticed a change in her. She was staying at the bar l...	Chicagopilot	60	9491	Nov 28, 2019 by Maresie888
	Courage to Change November 27 (Preview) Hello MIP! Today's author reflects on their view of themselves and life. At one point, the author viewed their life as a tragedy, but today, they know that they are a survivor - the author has experienced many challenges, and is a stronger person for those experiences. With the help of their HP, the au...	Skorpi	5	1899	Nov 27, 2019 by Skorpi
	Sponsorship (Preview) Hi everyone. Looking for some advice. I've been in Al-Anon for a little over a year. Looking to progress in the programme and to do that I will need a sponsor. The meeting I go to only has myself and one other male member who has been in roughly the same time as me. Last night at our meeting we had extended a w...	Albion	5	5642	Nov 27, 2019 by DavidG
	Courage to Change 11/26 (Preview) Good morning all! Happy Tuesday or whatever day/evening it may be in your part of our world. I'm covering for Betty today! The reading today discusses the reality that alcoholism is a family disease and denial is 'real' in both the alcoholic as well as those who are directly or indirectly affected...	Iamhere	3	3885	Nov 26, 2019 by DavidG
	C2C, 11/15 (Preview) The reading for Monday, 11/25, talks about the writers reluctance to get fully involved with alanon. The writer grew very slowly until a crisis hit, and then was able to take full advantage of all alanon has to offer. They saw there were strengths and skills to be had, and then alanon became a top prior...	Lyne	2	2789	Nov 25, 2019 by Iamhere
	Phone call from our local assembly... (Preview) For some reason my closest group has a lot of men in it. This is a novelty for me- because- for the first 30 years I was the only man in my hometown group. This was a mixed blessing, really. Over time I bonded with my home group- and forgot the gender difference. Then I had this familiarity with women- w...	DavidG	4	1205	Nov 24, 2019 by DavidG
	Hope for Today Nov 24 (Preview) Good morning Everyone- Todays reading is about being willing to do the work we need to do in order to make the changes we want in our lives. The writer describes getting a sponsor after a long time and noticing that her recovery accelerated with the help of another person. This got me thinking about how...	yanksfan51	3	4282	Nov 24, 2019 by PosiesandPuppies
	Hope for Today, 11/22 (Preview) This reading discusses one of my favorite/fraught topics -- holidays! The author had a difficult childhood where holidays were sad, and as an adult still found them hard. With Al-Anon, the author learned how to reclaim the holidays and created their own enjoyable fun traditions, now spending tim...	Freetime	3	1211	Nov 24, 2019 by Iamhere
	Courage to Change 11/21 (Preview) Good morning MIP. The reading in Courage to Change for today reminds us that we will not be rid of our problems by practicing Al-Anon recovery. Instead, when we are living life on life's terms, Al-Anon gives us the courage and insight to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones. Length of time in...	Iamhere	3	1743	Nov 21, 2019 by DavidG
	Learning to live, one day at a time... (Preview) ...hi y'all... ...one time I owned 100 sheep, and 600 fruit trees. I hated having the farm- there were family issues involved- but these no longer weigh me down. I got some gates and wire and stuff- and set out to build up a hobby farm. This was a return to the coast where I had worked on a railway gang i...	DavidG	18	2266	Nov 21, 2019 by DavidG
	The Lord's Prayer in meetings (Preview) I was sharing this with a friend the other day and thought it would be a good fit here. To preface this, when I lived in Hawaii, it was rare for an Al-Anon meeting to end with the Lord's Prayer. Most often it ended with the Serenity Prayer or the Al-Anon Declaration. That's what I "grew up in" for recovery. W...	Aloha	3	2588	Nov 21, 2019 by canadianguy
	Thanks and Blessings (Preview) Thank you to everyone who prayed for me and/or held me in good thoughts. It all went swimmingly. I came home energized--had to remind myself I was euphoric and really didn't need to be doing light laundry, probably. I think it was harder on Hubs than it was on me. Yesterday I crashed a little bit and am ev...	Temple	6	5983	Nov 21, 2019 by Temple
	Step 11- notes... (Preview) Pain always got in the way of my meditation. And exhaustion. So then I began to focus on that- the reality. I had pain from a young age. In my teens this was mostly about migraine. The thing that set me on my journey was the pain- as I sought answers for this. I found that in past decades that the answers wer...	DavidG	1	6011	Nov 21, 2019 by PosiesandPuppies
	seizure at an alcohol class (Preview) So I am waiting for EMTs to call me back and tell me where they're taking my AH.. He was on the first day of a three-day alcohol class mandated by the courts for his DWI and he has a seizure in the middle of class. I am so aggravated. I don't even feel sorry for him. I suspect that he worked himself up into such th...	Fedora	26	4742	Nov 21, 2019 by Iamhere
	Courage to Change November 20 (Preview) Hello MIP! In today's reading, the author reflects on joy. Colts, puppies, and little children are full of boundless joy at being alive. The author wonders what happened to their own joy? Living with the disease of alcoholism had broken the author's spirit. AlAnon provides the author with a fellows...	Skorpi	5	4749	Nov 20, 2019 by JerryF
	How Great My Higher Power is. (Preview) I would like to share of how my Higher Power worked His Magic in my life at one stage. I had joined a World Wide Pen Pal group, as well as being a Lone Member at that time,I joined a Lone Members Letter Box, from Head Office, in USA. They had sent me a list of People who I could write to, World Wide. I also had an A...	WendyP	5	4384	Nov 20, 2019 by Temple
	About LOVE (Preview) I saw this posted on another addiction site, and I thought that it was so profound. For me, this is what my marriage was lacking due to Addiction... not love. I am sorry I cannot credit who said it... "Feelings fade but character, integrity, honor, trust and stability is what we want to teach our childre...	PosiesandPuppies	18	5962	Nov 20, 2019 by PosiesandPuppies
	Tough decision! (Preview) My adult daughter told me she was being verbally abused by her fiancé, but in fact it was her that has relapsed and is abusing him! She lives 2,000 miles away and as we speak, she is dead drunk and being physically abusive to her boyfriend. I begged him to stay with her so she doesn't hurt herself, but I'm tr...	Buckeye Girl	3	5030	Nov 20, 2019 by Aloha
	C2C reading 11-19 (Preview) The C2C Reading for 11/19 speaks about using alanon tools on a daily basis so as to overcome the negative, soul destroying effects of the disease of alcoholism. The reading suggests that life is for our growth both mental and spiritual. So that by having the courage to look closely at ourselve...	hotrod	4	3482	Nov 19, 2019 by Iamhere
	So much anxiety!! (Preview) My adult daughter has relapsed again and again over the past few months after getting engaged. She has begged her boyfriend, who has a drinking problem also, to go to AA meetings and therapy with her. He refuses and says it's her problem, not his. Now he is verbally abusing her. Last weekend he got into a...	Buckeye Girl	2	971	Nov 19, 2019 by 2HP
	Minding my own business- live and let live... (Preview) Hi y'all... ... I feel that it has a lot to do with boundaries. I did not create my own boundaries, in the beginning- that were made around me. I just reacted and assumed that "this is life". It did not work out and I had to come into Alanon to relearn stuff. I read the phrase: Recove...	DavidG	1	2720	Nov 19, 2019 by PosiesandPuppies
	Anxiety overload! (Preview) My adult daughter has relapsed again and again over the past few months after getting engaged. She has begged her boyfriend, who has a drinking problem also, to go to AA meetings and therapy with her. He refuses and says it's her problem, not his. Now he is verbally abusing her. Last weekend he got into a...	Buckeye Girl	15	17792	Nov 19, 2019 by Maresie888
	Just Checking To See What Condition my condition is in (Preview) Shift almost over. Got a 4-day weekend. Might show my gratitude by going to a meeting tomorrow. I might even bring treats. Cranberry white- chocolate chip cookies oughta do it. The job is getting to me and I haven't been doing it that long. But, how many jobs are there that are like walking into a room ful...	Wolfie55	7	4429	Nov 18, 2019 by Maresie888
	Acceptance (Preview) Ive seen a few posts on this topic lately. When I first arrived, "acceptance" was very confusing. For my entire life, I had the habit of outward focus. Al-anon helped me to begin a life of ministering to myself as well. It was not a knee jerk decision for me to leave my alcoholic husband, I stayed fo...	2HP	20	6627	Nov 18, 2019 by JerryF
	Step 1, or Step 10...??? (Preview) I suffer from exhaustion. Whenever i get into a dry warm space I tend to fall asleep. Over the years, when doing my step 10, I tended to doze off, rather than to become enlightened. I took it from that- that I needed rest. I spent a lot of energy and time trying to mitigate the alcoholic circumstance in m...	DavidG	1	908	Nov 18, 2019 by Lyne
	C2C, 11/18 (Preview) The reading for Monday, 11/18, talks about step 2 and being restored to sanity. The writer says that a sane way of life includes functioning responsibly and realistically, but also having the willingness to play, to take breaks, to have hobbies, and include humor. Dwelling on troubles allows the...	Lyne	4	2472	Nov 18, 2019 by Iamhere
	Loss, of a brother... (Preview) I am grateful for the feelings that Alanon gives me. Of love and joy- and family. I did have to wade through anger, fear and grief to get here- because that was not dealt with, in my world, in a healthy way. When I was 15 our english teacher was the vicar's wife. I had a schoolfriend who died that yea...	DavidG	11	3572	Nov 17, 2019 by DavidG
	Started new job m (Preview) Hey everyone, I finally started my new position with the company and, nan, I feel out of place, lol. It's an office of all MEN and it's like an old boys' club. they have their ways and I'm just the new chick on the block, so to speak. i have a lot to learn and I've already had so much thrown at me. I found out...	andromeda	8	973	Nov 17, 2019 by 1911A1
	Hope for Today Nov 17 (Preview) Good morning everyone- Todays reading is about our call to service. The writer describes praying for Gods will to make sure that being called to service is truly that, and not a way to avoid, manipulate or control something going on in life. When I read this, I remembered the first time I worked the ste...	yanksfan51	3	2165	Nov 17, 2019 by DavidG
	Literature trigger this morning. (Preview) Spent the morning reading and double reading from our literature...blessing tools. They remind me of what it was like, what happened after getting into program and what it is like now while following the guidance. This is where and how I feel blessed for real by our program thru my Higher Power. ...	JerryF	6	681	Nov 16, 2019 by JerryF
	C2C 11-12 (Preview) The C2C Reading for 11/12 speaks about using alanon tools on a daily basis. it suggests that many times we are on automatic and neglect our tool box only to discover we are right in the middle of a conflict. Using the steps, slogans and principles constantly helps to build a useful, fulfilling li...	hotrod	3	5070	Nov 16, 2019 by mamalioness
	Courage to Change 11/14 (Preview) Good morning MIP. The reading today discusses Step Six - where we become entirely ready to have God remove all of our defects of character. The writer suggests the readiness didn't/doesn't come in a sudden, blinding flash of enlightenment but rather a little at a time as positive progress is made i...	Iamhere	1	1782	Nov 15, 2019 by mamalioness
	Courage to Change November 13 (Preview) Hello MIP! Today's author shares that they read somewhere that the things that are urgent are rarely important and the things that are important are rarely urgent. Our author can get so caught up in nagging, trivial matters of day-to-day life, that they forget to spend time on more important pursui...	Skorpi	4	830	Nov 15, 2019 by mamalioness
	How easy it is for my A to lie (Preview) Im attaching myself to step 3 for sanity and help from HP. Yesterday in our couples session with an addiction counselor, my A stated for the 100th time, she will not drink and will not lie. There is no awareness on her part that she has been saying this for 15 years, maybe longer, and that she cannot cont...	Lyne	9	4114	Nov 15, 2019 by mamalioness
	Courage to Change, November 14 (Preview) The author of today's page was easily hurt by other people's anger or negative moods. It helped to realize that the other person's words or tone were really about what was going on inside that person. The author realized that extreme sensitivity was based on the belief that "I am the focus of everyone...	Freetime	3	1557	Nov 15, 2019 by DavidG
	Changes (Preview) Its been awhile since I posted. I have been reading on line here and my thinking is a bit saner. Reading and being in recovery makes a difference for the better. December will be 2 years since I last seen the abf. It seems like a lifetime ago. When I look back, its a true miracle I was not killed or seriously i...	joker	3	2122	Nov 15, 2019 by Bo
	blessings just keep coming! (Preview) & I will take them. I am so grateful that no matter what, God I can handle anything. I am so grateful that this is gratitude month where I am from & it certainly doesn't hurt to be grateful. Even if you don't know what gratitude is or where it comes from, I can tell you that I learned to be grateful whe...	Hoot Nanny	3	549	Nov 14, 2019 by PosiesandPuppies
	Resting on your laurels (Preview) I wanted to share this - I heard a speaker, Tom B. share this little joke at a talk a few days ago. He said his sponsor once informed him that a laurel is something that you wear on your head. So when you're resting (sitting) on your laurels, you essentially have your head up your... ahem. lol I thought that...	Aloha	2	2296	Nov 12, 2019 by Iamhere
	Relapse (Preview) My boyfriend has been an addict and alcoholic off and on for 14 years. He has had past stints in rehab and stints in jail. He had been clean 9 months this time. For the first time it felt different like he had truly hit rock bottom. Friday evening he went no contact and still has not surfaced. I have been at...	amisfitlife	4	3326	Nov 12, 2019 by Bo
	touched a nerve (Preview) Hi There MIP peeps Things had been trucking along pretty well in our household until yesterday. Yesterday my AH was talking about making a bigger purchase for himself and he mentioned using his bonus money for it. About 4 months or so ago we had a bit of upheaval when he asked me to figure out where all...	KT2015	6	2250	Nov 12, 2019 by 2HP
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