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Newbie Here from Ohio
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Glad to meet everyone, Im from Ohio Just found the online site, Trying to get back into the local meetings been out for while so much going on with my son. Nice meeting you all
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Angels Dream
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waiting for the snowstorm
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We are expecting around 2 feet of snow today and tomorrow.. I will be stuck in the house all weekend but I am being positive about it. I have some new Wii games to learn how to play, lots of Alanon literature to read and of course there is always Lifetime tv. I wanted to share that I got to see my granddaughter...
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Gailey
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I think he is using in rehab...I do nothing right?
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So...The A's Sister in Law told me last night that his roommate is apparently an active addict per the A and that the roommate is bringing two girls down to visit this weekend. Anyway, the assumption was made that my A is also using again, etc. I don't know as I have not spoke to him since Sat since his tat...
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Valentines Day
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For once this year Valentine's day does not hover over me like a neon sign that I am not loved. I spent many a year feeling like I was undeserving if I did not have someone to give me a valentines. The ex A did under duress but never spontaneously. I settled for so little in the name of having someone, someo...
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maresie
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Confused not Convinced
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well here i am looking for help on the internet ...i dont even know if why i am here is worthing complaining about..i have read other post and mine seems so petty compared to others. i met a man 5 years ago who is 11 years older than i am i fell in love with him at his worst. He drank alot and did drugs well that al...
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I'm So Angry
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We found out today that my AH will be having his driver's license suspended for 3 years because of his DUI. There's a chance that he can get a special license in 90 days to drive himself to/from work, but he will have an ignition lock device on his vehicle for the 3 years plus 2 years after he gets his licens...
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N8SMOM
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Codependency Groups
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Are there any sites that are dedicated just to codependents? I know a lot of my stuff is alanon, but some of it is straight codependency sickness...? Just can't seem to find a site that is anywhere near what we have here. :)
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Question for everyone
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I will be attending my first al-anon meeting tomorrow night. I'm really looking forward to it. Because I haven't been to a meeting yet, I don't know much about enabling, trying to control an alcoholic's drinking, codependency, etc. I'm really freaking out and need some advice until I can get to a me...
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moemoe
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Need Reassurance...
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I texted the A tonight...just real casual...couldn't stand it...hadn't talked to him in a week. He didn't respond and now I feel weak and bad that I gave in.
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Codependent
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accept the things I cannot change
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After I do that...then what? I have been spending a lot of time alone just thinking about what I want for the rest of my life. Can you accept that you cannot change something but not accept that it cannot be changed? I don't even know if that sounds right. I can accept that I cannot change certain things bu...
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Gailey
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About my daughter
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I've always been proud the fact that I don't try to control my children. Now 26 and 21 I felt I encouraged them to make their own decisions they are both great! Well long story short as possible my youngest was invited to live with the couple she works for at a small but successful retail store in our town 3 y...
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glad
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the party is over
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hi all. not sure how i am feeling at the moment. some relief, some sadness i guess! its been a bad day of sorts but one that i have been expecting since i left AH 1 month ago today. we have been spending quite a bit of time together recently and i really thought he was changing for the better. today AH kill...
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miss lucy
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Hello I am new to this and Alanon
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Hello All, I am new here and am asking for help. I can not attend f2f meetings due to being almost completely homebound/ car accident, back injury. Can someone help me to get started here?
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Criket
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small victory
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We are having some work done in our house using cement. Days ago we picked the color it was going to be. Yesterday A went into town to buy the tint for the cement. He usually volunteers to go into town for anyhting we need because he can buy himself a bottle there. He had not had a drink in two days and I hated to...
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pineapple
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Ever Left the Love of Your Life?
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Im just looking for some reality from those of you who left the true love of your life because of the hurt and mistrust of active drug/alcohol addiction. How long before you didnt feel so attatched? How long before you felt like you werent in love anymore? Whats the process like? I know I have to move on bu...
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BatonRougian
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I abolutely LOVE this!~ it is me to a T!
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Lord give me grace to slow down my pace, for you said you would walk with me~not race!:) thanks Jozie:)
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shellyj123
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obsessive thinking...
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My boyfriend and I separated 4 months ago, he left me after having had an emotional affair and deciding he wanted to quit drinking. He thought he could only do it alone, and alone he is, he has moved into the mountains, cut off his phone, etc. He has not been to a meeting. Now he has been sober a month and we...
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nala
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I am new to this site or any like it!
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I am currently living in a relationship that has gotten much worse over the past few years due to alcholism. Of course, I am the only one who thinks he has a problem. He continually denies it and yet I am always the one left feeling angry, hurt, helpless, hopeless. I need help and support.
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Helpless-Hopeless
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Gonna have another garage sale...
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and I'm hoping that this time someone takes home my "blamer". This tool hasn't ever worked since I got into Al-Anon and I've not been able to get rid of it either. I picked it up today and tried to use it and it still wouldn't work. When I tried to put in back in the back of the tool cabinet it didn...
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Jerry F
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Sorting the wheat from the chaff....
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Just this morning my copy of "News & Views" (The monthly magazine of the Al-Anon Family Group in the UK and Eire), dropped through my letter box, and in it was this little gem: Thought for the month Let not my thinking become confused by listening to too many opinions, but let me consider...
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Suzannah
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Birthday Wishes...
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I just wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MS. SHELLYJ123 :O) Love & Prayers for a Wonderful Day... :o-) Jozie
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Jozie
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Help me please!
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I just need someone to reel me in off this ledge. In my head I know I can no longer stay with my Abf I'm just waiting for my heart to catch up. He's NEVER going to change. He is always going to do what he can to manipulate situations, always stay selfish and put me through hell. At the end of an argument I feel...
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lizzakiss
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Found a pill...what should I do?
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Hi all--I found a percocet (my A does use pills too) and while I keep to myself about the alcohol, I am not sure what to do about this...any thoughts. I found it on the floor...put it back? Throw it out? Hand it to him? Take it myself and wash it down with a shot (j/k). Anyway, I'm not by any stretch tortured b...
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SerenityGirl
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Deeply wounded by a sponsor
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I have a lot of emotional pain and I thought it would be good for me to find a sponsor to work on it. A woman in a meeting said her strength is compassion and empathy, so I asked her to be a sponsor to work out my pain. I didn't really know her that well. We had one hour of phone conversation. During the con...
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JUST WANT TO SAY HI!
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HI everyone! I am doing OK today--just want to check in! Life is good; don't take it for granted & keep the faith always or you might end up like I did right after I joined Alanon. Now I can see where I went wrong but it still gets me. Even after 24 years, I am still remember & sometimes relive my past...
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Hoot Nanny
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I don't have a sponsor yet...I need some help...please respond
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I am finding myself in quite a position. My A has been home now for almost a week, after being gone for 4 months (3 months in treatment). It is so uncomfortable in the house. I tend to be sensitive to negative energy, and you could slice the tension in the air. I have been continuing to try to do my own thing...
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Something I wanted to share with you...
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I read something in todays Courage to Change that really struck me, and I wanted to share it with yall and hopefully any newcomers because I have found it to be so true. on page 33/Feb. 2nd it says (in part): When I came to Al-Anon, I found alot of people who had decided to climb down from their ladders into a...
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Suzi1965
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focusing on me.
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Something I have noticed the more I focus on me my life , my problems and hand everyone else over to HP the better my life becomes. My problems are I can not stand to see people in pain or struggling with problems. But we have to struggle sometimes to learn.. All the pain I have been through has lead to me com...
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Tracy
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Can you think of any moviies that have a "moral" that would be helpful in illustrating a 12 principle?
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I am looking for something to spark a conversation with my nieces. Their mother is the alcholic but the father is just as dysfunctional.
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smartkat
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how do i stop reacting
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I am going through a divorce. He has cheated multiple times on me throughout our marriage. Now that we are separated he accuses me of cheating anytime I leave comments on a facebook page of the opposite sex. How can I stop reacting to his actions. I say rotten things that I normally would not say when...
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brightmommy
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dare i believe it?
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hi, i posted a topic earlier in the week called 'somewhere to vent'. my mum had gone off the rails once again and had nearly killed herself. However since that day she's been sober, she tells me she really scared herself and desn't want t put us through it anymore and eventhough its only been 3 days i want t...
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Jellybean1707
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What are you favorite PERSONAL slogans?
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I'm not talking about slogans in the book. I am talking about things like "Put down the magnifying glass and pick up the mirror!"
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smartkat
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desperate for relief - don't know how to find peace
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I have so much going on at once in my life- I am overwhelmed with grief. My ex A boyfriend who left me 3 months ago for another woman pops in and out of my life; my good friend is of dying of cancer; my ex-husband isn't paying support, and the list goes on and on. I feel like I am drowning in a sea of emotions and f...
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jasobel
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Need help/ideas for recovering AA friend
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My friend is in AA and recovery and has been unemployed since 2/09. He is in school which ends in two weeks. However he is divorced and pays a hefty part of his unemployment to his ex-wife. He has been alternating between living with his parents and living with a girlfriend who is not a good friend in recov...
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jasobel
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I CAN'T STAND MY SON & HIS ALCOHOLISM!
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My son is mean and rotten to the core! I hate to sound so mean but, it's true! He has no respect for me and I'm the one who has always been there for him. We had this hugh blowout argument with name calling and swearing at each other! I'm to the point to where I don't care anymore about him and his selfish dis...
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roxygirl
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Thank you!
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Thank you all for you kinds words which i have received, especially in my last post. I think I really didn't understand what being "powerless" and "unmanageable" really meant until I read your responses. I have read about it, listened to it at my f2f meetings, but didn't rea...
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SheWolf
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Same O obstacle
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Cannot sleep. Touch deprivation. It is so hard to live with. I talk and talk to hp to no avail for years. Miss a man in my life so much. Am much better about the grieving my family etc. Am ok most the time with this aloness. My heart hurts, can tell I am aging. You know how people don't live as long if hey do not ha...
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Debilyn
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An Update from Limbo
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Hey, MIP family! Need to vent a little tonight about the Limbo that is my life. I'm still 90% sure that I'm leaving my AH husband in May, after I finish my Bachelor's degree. Living with him is hard because we both know that our marriage is falling apart. We had a vague sort of conversation today about the s...
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intothewoods
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Chatroom
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Guys I've been trying to get into the chatroom via mirc and cannot remember how to add the chatroom. Can anyone help. Regards Ally xx
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ally
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Somewhere to vent
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Hi, This is probably going to end up more likey life story than a vent but i swear if i don't get this out my head is literally going to explode!!! I got a call from my alcoholic mother this morning because today would have been my dad's 56 birthday and a year since his death...understandably she was really...
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Jellybean1707
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How does it feel when you know you are past Step 1?
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I am having difficulty determining if i am really accepting of Step 1, or if I am having trouble trusting my own instincts. I have self-esteem issues, and trying to understand my own emotions can be trying some times. I think I believe that my life has become unmanageable; having to take over everythi...
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SheWolf
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Staying in today
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Today my AH and I went to church with my father-in-law. While we were over at his house, my AH went into the kitchen and I heard one of the cabinets open. As I walked into the kitchen, I saw him shoving something in his pocket. I asked him what it was and he said, "I didn't put anything in my pocket.&q...
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White Rabbit
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Wolf Medicine
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Earlier tonight, during the meeting I touched upon the topic of love. I told a condensed version of this story. It was too long to share in the meeting so I thought I would post it here. When I fell in love with Nancy, I forgot to ask her if she had children. Well, she had told me she was married twice before an...
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Wolfie
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Feedback
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The A calls and texts me periodically. It is so interesting. Because he will text and I will text back, etc. Then it is like he will stop without answering the last question I asked. Just no response. I let it go. But, it always bothers me- does he think I annoy him with questions, etc? My self-doub...
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Codependent
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Its time again...
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to ask that the family list the names (or family status) of those who have or are suffering from the disease of alcoholism for the purpose of taking these names to our HP and asking for intervention and special consideration. Here are a few of mine; Bob, James, Todd, Tanya, Troy, Teresa, Phil, R...
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Jerry F
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I had a dream...
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...and I shared it with my daughter. It does not matter what it was about as what does matter is this. For some reason I really felt it important to share however, I did not know why and what would come out of it. It was playing on my mind and I could not make sense of it. Now these things normally do not both...
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Suzannah
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I LOVE my SON - I HATE this disease
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Good evening MIP friends. I sit here, and again - have a heavy heart. My heart is heavy from guilt ... which I know I should not feel but I do and it's so real. I also ache in my heart as my ASon is back in treatment. Why - oh - why does this disease make lovely people into such monsters? I LOVE my son but I HATE...
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Iamhere
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Down tonight
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Tomorrow is my birthday. Gotta cold and dont' feel well. Supposed to snow. Haven't called the A since he asked for money and he asked contacted me. Just kinda down.
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Codependent
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op needed in the chat room..asap please
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Grammie here, there is a drunk in the chat room and we cant kick him cause there is no op here. thanks in advance love in recovery, grammie
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grammie
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New here. You're gonna get a mouthful.
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Hello. I'm new here. I am angry at the moment - but as you all probably know, tomorrow will be completely different (at least for a few hours here or there). And I am paranoid about what to tell you all to call me because I was subconsciously raised to be paranoid. Which does come in handy when I do crazy thin...
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INTERLOCKING BREATHALYZER
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My son has one on his truck for a dui. His truck is old and some of the lights on his running board don't go out right away. It is an electrical problem that he really doesn't have the money to get fixed. Anyway...a lot of the time he has to jump start it with mine or hubby's car. The battery finally died and wou...
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Gailey
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Wanted to "rescue" but didn't
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My AH and I have been once again separated and now in the process of getting either a legal separation or divorce. His drivers license has been suspended for a year. Therefore, when I need something from him, such as copies of documents, I must drive out to where he now lives : in the country with his sin...
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GailMichelle
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Pity party
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I need to have a short pity party or I won't be able to get on with my day/life. My AH and I are separated and not speaking. We are trying to figure out our divorce settlement, but that is made difficult by his refusal to communicate. He hasn't paid any child support, I don't know if I will get to keep my house,...
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babysteps
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what a great day!!!!!
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i have had just the greatest day!!! i just want to shout from the roof tops but i live in a mobile home so i will shout here instead..... the car passed its MOT without needing any work doing on it - 12 months hassle free motoring!!!!!! my dog lucy learnt to Sit and Wait at a gate today and i performed a two dog S...
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miss lucy
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1.3.10 MIP Chat Room Group Business Meeting Minutes
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The Chair opened the Meeting with "The Serenity Prayer" First Item: Approval of December Meeting Minutes -Vote was held and the Minutes were approved as posted on Message Board. Next Item: Review of Op meeting schedule -The current OP Meeting Schedule is as follows: AMMon. - Shimo/N...
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SO...IT IS NOT THAT EASY!
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Lately I am finding that life is not that easy: what a concept, huh? Some days I feel that I am coasting through life until I see my doctor. Not that it was all bad news but it was very disturbing & frustrating. I won't go into details but I am very uncomfortable. Also, just when I think I've got it lick...
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Hoot Nanny
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Update on my family
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Hello MIP family,
At last I have a reliable way to access and post to this forum. Maybe HP was telling me to take time out and focus on me?
Many of you know that hubby passed away a few weeks ago. We are still in the middle of the grieving "process". At first the idea of a process scared me - does...
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Rocky38
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suicide
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I am so sick of my ex-Abf going on about suicide. how he has a plan. He went to a meeting yesterday and his mood was very good, more positive, calmer...like he was when I first met him and he was diligently working his program. It made me want to share with him things I have been learning in my recovery, ma...
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lizzakiss
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calling the police on your child
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My daughter is 15 and last spring took my car in the middle of the night after drinking with a bunch of boys-- she was very drunk and ended up being arrested for DUI (she does not have her drivers license) She recently went to court for this incident. The day before her court date she was caught at school s...
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Haleyb12
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ARG... justice for Alanon Members
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So I keep reading about people who go to treatment and find a sense of inner peace, and a solid chance to get on their feet with support. This applies to those in substance as well as emotional issues. SO I start looking around for a center that might have an out patient or in patient based service for Emo...
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ARSK
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