Al-Anon Family Group - Al-Anon Family Group

Rita G · Rita G

Please keep me in your thoughts & prayers tonight - 6:00 (CST), as I will be sharing my story of recovery at my home group meeting, again. The person that was suppose to share reschedule to December, so I'm filling in for him tonight. It seems that my HP has been calling me to do this severa...

serendipity · serendipity

my best friend had a baby on tuesday. she is nursing right now. i nursed all of my babies and i am her biggest support as far as that goes. but i have a feeling that she is not going to stick with it. i don't really care, he's not my baby and it really doesn't impact my life one way or the other. but i am so annoyed t...

Elizabeth M · Elizabeth M

We are only having polite conversations in my home right now. I am trying not to have any expectations and this has helped reduce my daily disappointment regarding this state of living. Because we are in this state of limbo, I do not want to go to a wedding this weekend with him. It is...

afmom03 · afmom03

No Title Yet!! (Sigh) I'd like to write a book~But I'll just do this poem~About a whole lot of things~That you haven't been knowin'~Like how I feel~and what I think~If you can't change your life~I'll be gone in a blink~I've learned so much about your disease~From an Al-Anon group~On o...

arty · arty

...as i read everyone elses posts ive got tears streaming down my face as i feel so devastated that i am going thru this pain in my life. and i find it extremely unfair that we all seem SOOOO caring, yet is is just one sided as our A's seem to be plain selfish. i have my good days when i feel real...

laurab · laurab

I don't know when I am enabling my A son or when I'm helping as I should. Here's where we are: I just lost thousands because I signed a mortgage for him and his wife and they stopped paying and I sold the house for thousands less (my money)than was owed. His wife is living with her boyfriend but calling m...

barisax · barisax

The topic of therapy comes up frequently - here as well as f2f meetings. Without discussing details, I've been there done that. One reason I am not doing it now is because I don't have a therapy goal. I think it's important to have one. Unlike the program, therapy is for a very limited time - 50 minute...

Tryin2havfaith · Tryin2havfaith

Had a really great day today, for no apparent reason! Enjoyed and appreciated it just the same! The A called and left messages twice. I called him back. Someone had told him that I had been in town all week (I was there for a few hours Mon.). I have a good idea who that was.&nbs...

rosemary · rosemary

Hi all, I am new here. I've been married 6 years. My husband is an alcoholic. He says "functioning alcoholic". I told him this weekend the dead line is January 31, 2007 for him to stop drinking. If he doesn't stop I am seeking divorce. I have never been to Al anon, so I don't know...

laurab · laurab

I feel so terrrible today. It is as if My A son is lost in the wilderness, in a big fog and I can't reach him. I know I am doing the right thing for me and my husband and my A son. He has plans for abandoning everything except his dog and going to Florida. He is selling his car that is...

jenfish · jenfish

I am new to this forum. I need help. My husband who i married August 5 has turned into a monster. I have always known that he drinks a lot. And in the past 6 months I have realized that he is an angry, crazy drunk. He makes up stuff in his head and just tries to fight with me. When he is drunk he destroys our house a...

annmarie · annmarie

Hi everyone, My Abf and I are breaking up. I have a new place to live and move next week. I have no option. He has been living a crazy ahcohol and drug fuelled life recently, and I am able to take no more. I know I am doing the right thing. I feel strong that I have finally put my plans in place. Last nigh...

carolinagirl · carolinagirl

Well, I got back to the house, I really honestly don't have any friends here that I can call on to help me out. I went in first and had the kids wait in the car. I found out that he had stolen cash and a leather jacket from me. It could have been worse. He did leave some cash. I called my sponsor and then called the...

carolinagirl · carolinagirl

Look I will never love anyone like I love you, but as you said this is it, I just can't deal with what will come form now on. So I would like to arrange a time and place to see my kids for the last time. I am taking my check and going to mexico or Canada. I do not have the ability to see you with someone else or to see s...

Mom · Mom

I'm learning. New to Alanon. Attended 6 f2f meetings in 4 days. Then told my son that I would no longer send $, only continue to pay for school, apt, utilities. We got into it, he raved, I raved back. I know he is doing better (than before), but still not willing to work, a...

nmike · nmike

Well, it would be great if something went well but that is not how life works. Work sucks. I got into it with a co-worker. Our relationship resembles a bad alcoholic marriage. I think at times it is down right abusive. I thought that I went thru the proper line of authority and wouldn't you know that I got b...

rtexas · rtexas

(((((Everyone))))) Well the birthday has come and gone... nobody died. LOL We have daily contact since she picks up our 11 yr old from school every day. We hook up so I can take him home after work. For a few weeks it was some good and some bad meetings. Now it has gotten whe...

lebe27 · lebe27

Can't get into chat. Keeps disconnecting me and saying I am blacklisted. What happenened? How can that be? I don't understand what I am to do? HELP.

maresie2 · maresie2

a huge part of my getting away from the A is financial. I got myself into a tremendous financial mire with him cost me thousands of dollars. I will stay in the financial mire if I don't get out I am sure of it. I have been looking for work for a long long time. I have recently...

lilms · lilms

The pastor entered his donkey in a race and it won. The pastor was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the race again, and it won again. The local paper read: PASTOR'S ASS OUT FRONT. The Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered the pastor not to enter the donkey...

Dolphin123 · Dolphin123

Hi all, As I posted recently my hubby just got back from Alaska on Wednesday. We had a great week together. I was able to see how charming he is, how attentive he is, and remembered why it is that I am so in love with him. Tonight he called to see when I would be home so that he could have dinner waiting. I go...

lmt123 · lmt123

Hi Rosemary, I tried clicking on your post to read it, but for some reason I kept getting an error page! Anyway, welcome to MIP. I hope you find experience, strength and hope here. It's a great place to come home to! Kathi

laurab · laurab

Help!!!! 2 days ago my A son decided to move to Florida, new place, new friends etc. He will take his dog and some stuff and drive from NY. He has a sober friend he can stay with till he gets settled. He has been driving without a license for months. The Problem: His car is registered to my h...

Maria123 · Maria123

(((((((((((MyTrina)))))))))))))),

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday dear Trina!

Happy Birthday to you!!!!!!! You're still such a young babe and have a lllllllllllooooooonnnnnn...

HadEnuff · HadEnuff

Hi - I haven't posted for a long time, but here I am again. I have these questions and I simply can't figure out the answers. I hope I can phrase them correctly to get across what I really need to say. First of all, I know I can't live with this man forever, and I also know that he's not going to c...

arty · arty

im trying my hardest not to angry with my A when he breaks his promises...i know that if the alcohol wasnt controlling him he would keep his word. So how does one get over the fact that promises get broken? At the moment i am choosing to write this than have an arguement. But i am boiling on the inside. i...

carolinagirl · carolinagirl

So I went out and got the protection order today even though I have no idea where to serve him. Now I feel so guilty. Nevermind that he broke into my house and stole food out of my children's mouths. Nevermind the fact that he said he was going to file for divorce and wanted joint custod...

jaja · jaja

Lately my A comes off as is if I'm the one who has a problem which maybe I do - I am co-dependant, after all - but so does he! He's an alcoholic!!! He goes to AA again now ( starting 2 mos.or so ago) and he knows I'm back in Al-Anon. But he acts like h...

maresie2 · maresie2

Both the A and his brother have significant substance abuse issues. When the A's mother decided out of the blue to move out and go marry some guy several states away she didn't think twice about kicking the A's older brother out to live on his own. Right now the older brother is showi...

jaja · jaja

barisax · barisax

When I first joined this forum, I made a post about this being more "in the trenches" than the f2f meetings I normally attend. More newcomers, more people in the thick of things, and posting a blow-by-blow like an embedded reporter. I have been in these rooms long enough to have seen and heard much o...

carolinagirl · carolinagirl

You said earlier on one of your posts that your attorney made it so you could be solely responsible for selling the house. What was the process for this? Our house has an offer and we have both signed the contract but I don't think he'll show for the closing and that will kill the deal! ...

maresie2 · maresie2

The A has already started on the trying to manipulate me for Thanksgiving stuff. He has been saying how low his brother is. Every year since I got together with the A they all spent thanksigivng with his mother. At some point I opted out of that because I felt resentment o...

hersh · hersh

(((Hi everyone)))) I have started on Step Two in my stepwork, and have realized that it is such a big deal.... "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity"... This whole year has been one giant glob of insanity, insanity from the alcoholic in my life, insanity...

Elizabeth M · Elizabeth M

Hi All Feeling pretty good this AM. I have been waiting for my AH to break the polite silence that we have been living with ( for 2 weeks) since he returned from his vacation. I been waiting for a kind word or acknowledgement that my feelings were hurt by his actions before he left. W...

maresie2 · maresie2

Last night I watched a documentary on HBO "Thin". I thought it was pretty riveting stuff. One of the huge issues the women confront is the lies. That is one of my huge issues with the A everything is a lie. Another is their rebelliousness and inability to follow...

Gailey · Gailey

As I have posted this before...I am addicted to food...especially sugar. It has made my life unmanageable and miserable. I have even tried, by self will, to give it up. I would say to myself if I can get off the rollercoaster of binge eating, then maybe I will have more hope for my A son. The cravings a...

Jennifer · Jennifer

Hello ((Everyone)) It's been so long since I trusted people's motives for being kind. I somehow got used to being treated special either before a bad incident or after one that I no longer trusted anyone's motives for doing something nice. Over the last year I have worked hard giving up&nb...

carolinagirl · carolinagirl

I have talked before about the truck that is registered in both my husband's and my name. It is in the impound from his recent dui. I am tired of paying insurance on it and know that the payments for it will not get made. I'm not even sure if he's going to get it out of the impound. W...

Gailey · Gailey

Probably one of the most profound things I have learned from this program is to let go of expectations. This Thanksgiving I have decided to go out of town to my younger son's and dil's. I usually go to my sister's house with the rest of my family. My son and dil cannot make it this year so we decided to go...

Barbara · Barbara

First I heard from my brother. He wanted to say Happy Birthday. He doesnt sound like himself but at least he reached out to me. Said Mom and our other brother will be okay, that if they ever need cars he will buy them for them. I felt like asking when he'll pay rent/buy moms condo as she's moved out and he's st...

Christy · Christy

My A sent me this prayer today. He's come so far and I'm so proud of his accomplishments. Both his sobriety and his ability to do his job in Alaska. What was supposed to be a three month stint is going to be perm. The company wants him to stay and has offered almost twice his inital pay (wooohooo!!). He was 9 m...

afmom03 · afmom03

purplebutterfly · purplebutterfly

was reading a good article in the newspaper. It was written by a women that tries to encourage us. It was an article about how much lose brings us down. the article was so true. She talked about how letting go of things lifts a tremendos amount of weight from our shoulders. I got to thinking about wher...

carolinagirl · carolinagirl

Well tonight is my last night in DC and I have tried to contine the trrip and have a good time. The A went to jail on a DUI the night before I left, lost his job, etc. Nobody bailed him and he got out the next day anyway so in the middle of my trip I get a call from him saying hes going to my house and the...

bob6502 · bob6502

My contribution to experience, strength, and hope.

Enjoy my friends, SenoraBob

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rtexas · rtexas

((((Everyone)))) My AW left a card at the house for me a week or so ago. It was a sappy "your the greatest" kind of card. But in it she wrote: " God provides enough seed to feed all the birds, but he doesn't throw it into the nest ... " I am not sure what that ment to her? Or why she woul...

albertarose · albertarose

Being very new to the Alanon group I am finding myself very shy to speak at the meetings. I am lost for words and when I do I tremble or my voice quivers with nervousness. It's very hard to speak and especially when it comes to the steps. I was at a meeting last night and the topic was step 5. I am of course not...

rtexas · rtexas

((((Everyone))))) I have never been good at cutting to the chase with her and saying what I mean. You know, say what you mean and don't say it mean. So now that I am trying to do that... she doesn't believe me. Guess that is a tough pill to swallow. I have been very direct, but not ug...

jeeves · jeeves

Hey Everyone, My wife is still not working any sort of program and simply asks me to be patient while she searches for her 'right solution'. My family has expressed an interest in seeing her at our Thanksgiving because they haven't in two years. She is getting sicker by the week,...

Tryin2havfaith · Tryin2havfaith

Left the A. several messages last week-one apologizing for giving him crap and the other to thank him for telling me about a certain hiking path-it was so beautiful. Didn't hear back. Didn't expect to. I started moving my stuff to the new place back home. He knows nothing about this m...

Jennifer · Jennifer

Hello ((Everyone)) I'm being quiet. Along the lines of if nothing good to say don't say anything. Last week I wrote about spending the night at my Mom's, it was nice ... would have been nicer if I had not beat myself up for telling my A he could not come along. So dumb, we're getting divorced, he never wan...

Phil · Phil

To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, but allow learning from natural consequences. To let g...

Gailey · Gailey

Karilynn wrote: He is now almost 6 months sober and he now tells me that as a "chronic relapser" he wasn't ready to get sober. He wanted it, but wasn't ready for it. That sentence says alot to me. I thought that if you wanted something enough you would go to any...

kicky · kicky

Since I asked my A to leave, he has bounced from place to place just waiting for me to (once again) change my mind and give him another chance. But I know he has to feel pain to get better, and my house isn't painful enough. It's warm and happy, with dogs and kids,a roaring fireplace, a good cook, clea...

kerry5 · kerry5

: > : > : >Around the corner I have a friend, : > : > : > : > : >In this great city that has no end, : > : > : > : > : >Yet the days go by and weeks rush on, : > : > : > : > : >And before I know it, a year is gone. : > : > : > : > : >And I never see my old frie...

laurab · laurab

Here's what's happening. My A son's separated from wife couldn't reach him on the phone so she went over to his empty apartment and found him drunk and maybe coked and he told her to leave because he would be dead anyway in an hour. She left and called me. My H and I suggested she call 911. She did. He called m...

DoN4me · DoN4me

I have been trying for sometime to get my son intrested in going to alateen. But he has no desire. Things here are getting progressively worse with him and his attitude. He has been in and out of therapy with and with out me as well. I know there is something at the root causing this. I know I haven't b...

nycbt · nycbt

On Saturday I had a slip. I have gone off when of the drugs that I have been trying to get off of for a while. I am also have PMS, and this weekend I was very emional. On Saturday I snap and I broke glass. I was so upset this weekend. So I had to share with everyone it does happen to people even those who have been...

twinmom2 · twinmom2

Hello Group, Hope everyone enjoyed the weekend. Over the weekend I took some time out to just slow things down a bit in my head. Life has been moving pretty fast in my world lately and its been difficult to get a hold on what this all means. Things are going very well for my A. H...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Speaker Meeting (Preview) Please keep me in your thoughts & prayers tonight - 6:00 (CST), as I will be sharing my story of recovery at my home group meeting, again. The person that was suppose to share reschedule to December, so I'm filling in for him tonight. It seems that my HP has been calling me to do this severa...	Rita G	7	460	Nov 17, 2006 by barisax
	what is wrong with me? (Preview) my best friend had a baby on tuesday. she is nursing right now. i nursed all of my babies and i am her biggest support as far as that goes. but i have a feeling that she is not going to stick with it. i don't really care, he's not my baby and it really doesn't impact my life one way or the other. but i am so annoyed t...	serendipity	4	483	Nov 17, 2006 by maresie2
	Don't want to go & need advise (Preview) We are only having polite conversations in my home right now. I am trying not to have any expectations and this has helped reduce my daily disappointment regarding this state of living. Because we are in this state of limbo, I do not want to go to a wedding this weekend with him. It is...	Elizabeth M	8	1037	Nov 17, 2006 by maresie2
	Amazing/What happens at home alone/Writing/Thinking.... (Preview) No Title Yet!! (Sigh) I'd like to write a book~But I'll just do this poem~About a whole lot of things~That you haven't been knowin'~Like how I feel~and what I think~If you can't change your life~I'll be gone in a blink~I've learned so much about your disease~From an Al-Anon group~On o...	afmom03	3	387	Nov 17, 2006 by Elizabeth M
	i want to go to f2f meetings but... (Preview) ...as i read everyone elses posts ive got tears streaming down my face as i feel so devastated that i am going thru this pain in my life. and i find it extremely unfair that we all seem SOOOO caring, yet is is just one sided as our A's seem to be plain selfish. i have my good days when i feel real...	arty	11	521	Nov 17, 2006 by doxie
	good mom, bad mom (Preview) I don't know when I am enabling my A son or when I'm helping as I should. Here's where we are: I just lost thousands because I signed a mortgage for him and his wife and they stopped paying and I sold the house for thousands less (my money)than was owed. His wife is living with her boyfriend but calling m...	laurab	7	679	Nov 17, 2006 by doxie
	Therapy (Preview) The topic of therapy comes up frequently - here as well as f2f meetings. Without discussing details, I've been there done that. One reason I am not doing it now is because I don't have a therapy goal. I think it's important to have one. Unlike the program, therapy is for a very limited time - 50 minute...	barisax	9	554	Nov 16, 2006 by AndiLynn
	Just trying to process it all (Preview) Had a really great day today, for no apparent reason! Enjoyed and appreciated it just the same! The A called and left messages twice. I called him back. Someone had told him that I had been in town all week (I was there for a few hours Mon.). I have a good idea who that was.&nbs...	Tryin2havfaith	2	476	Nov 16, 2006 by Tryin2havfaith
	Hi, I am new! (Preview) Hi all, I am new here. I've been married 6 years. My husband is an alcoholic. He says "functioning alcoholic". I told him this weekend the dead line is January 31, 2007 for him to stop drinking. If he doesn't stop I am seeking divorce. I have never been to Al anon, so I don't know...	rosemary	10	534	Nov 16, 2006 by AndiLynn
	lost in a wilderness and I can't reach out (Preview) I feel so terrrible today. It is as if My A son is lost in the wilderness, in a big fog and I can't reach him. I know I am doing the right thing for me and my husband and my A son. He has plans for abandoning everything except his dog and going to Florida. He is selling his car that is...	laurab	4	545	Nov 16, 2006 by maresie2
	Too lonely for a newlywed... (Preview) I am new to this forum. I need help. My husband who i married August 5 has turned into a monster. I have always known that he drinks a lot. And in the past 6 months I have realized that he is an angry, crazy drunk. He makes up stuff in his head and just tries to fight with me. When he is drunk he destroys our house a...	jenfish	5	540	Nov 16, 2006 by maresie2
	feeling the guilt of breaking up (Preview) Hi everyone, My Abf and I are breaking up. I have a new place to live and move next week. I have no option. He has been living a crazy ahcohol and drug fuelled life recently, and I am able to take no more. I know I am doing the right thing. I feel strong that I have finally put my plans in place. Last nigh...	annmarie	7	564	Nov 16, 2006 by afmom03
	Update upon return from DC (Preview) Well, I got back to the house, I really honestly don't have any friends here that I can call on to help me out. I went in first and had the kids wait in the car. I found out that he had stolen cash and a leather jacket from me. It could have been worse. He did leave some cash. I called my sponsor and then called the...	carolinagirl	6	496	Nov 16, 2006 by Tiger2006
	The wonderful email I got from my loving husband today (Preview) Look I will never love anyone like I love you, but as you said this is it, I just can't deal with what will come form now on. So I would like to arrange a time and place to see my kids for the last time. I am taking my check and going to mexico or Canada. I do not have the ability to see you with someone else or to see s...	carolinagirl	8	516	Nov 16, 2006 by Tiger2006
	Lost my temper with my Ason (Preview) I'm learning. New to Alanon. Attended 6 f2f meetings in 4 days. Then told my son that I would no longer send $, only continue to pay for school, apt, utilities. We got into it, he raved, I raved back. I know he is doing better (than before), but still not willing to work, a...	Mom	8	404	Nov 16, 2006 by kabbie
	And then there is work. (Preview) Well, it would be great if something went well but that is not how life works. Work sucks. I got into it with a co-worker. Our relationship resembles a bad alcoholic marriage. I think at times it is down right abusive. I thought that I went thru the proper line of authority and wouldn't you know that I got b...	nmike	4	400	Nov 16, 2006 by Tiger2006
	Survived the B-day... (Preview) (((((Everyone))))) Well the birthday has come and gone... nobody died. LOL We have daily contact since she picks up our 11 yr old from school every day. We hook up so I can take him home after work. For a few weeks it was some good and some bad meetings. Now it has gotten whe...	rtexas	4	432	Nov 16, 2006 by Tiger2006
	Help I am blacklisted (Preview) Can't get into chat. Keeps disconnecting me and saying I am blacklisted. What happenened? How can that be? I don't understand what I am to do? HELP.	lebe27	4	528	Nov 16, 2006 by lebe27
	got an interview tomorrow (Preview) a huge part of my getting away from the A is financial. I got myself into a tremendous financial mire with him cost me thousands of dollars. I will stay in the financial mire if I don't get out I am sure of it. I have been looking for work for a long long time. I have recently...	maresie2	9	510	Nov 16, 2006 by marmare
	Another reason for minding my own business (Preview) The pastor entered his donkey in a race and it won. The pastor was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the race again, and it won again. The local paper read: PASTOR'S ASS OUT FRONT. The Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered the pastor not to enter the donkey...	lilms	3	510	Nov 16, 2006 by Jennifer
	Getting too strong to watch him die (Preview) Hi all, As I posted recently my hubby just got back from Alaska on Wednesday. We had a great week together. I was able to see how charming he is, how attentive he is, and remembered why it is that I am so in love with him. Tonight he called to see when I would be home so that he could have dinner waiting. I go...	Dolphin123	18	629	Nov 16, 2006 by leo
	To Rosemary, who is new... (Preview) Hi Rosemary, I tried clicking on your post to read it, but for some reason I kept getting an error page! Anyway, welcome to MIP. I hope you find experience, strength and hope here. It's a great place to come home to! Kathi	lmt123	0	333	Nov 16, 2006 by lmt123
	caught between my husband and son (as usual) (Preview) Help!!!! 2 days ago my A son decided to move to Florida, new place, new friends etc. He will take his dog and some stuff and drive from NY. He has a sober friend he can stay with till he gets settled. He has been driving without a license for months. The Problem: His car is registered to my h...	laurab	19	692	Nov 16, 2006 by Noni
	HAPPY BIRTHDAY MASTIFF (Preview) (((((((((((MyTrina)))))))))))))), Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Trina! Happy Birthday to you!!!!!!! You're still such a young babe and have a lllllllllllooooooonnnnnn...	Maria123	10	512	Nov 16, 2006 by Karilynn
	I have some important questions ... (Preview) Hi - I haven't posted for a long time, but here I am again. I have these questions and I simply can't figure out the answers. I hope I can phrase them correctly to get across what I really need to say. First of all, I know I can't live with this man forever, and I also know that he's not going to c...	HadEnuff	10	737	Nov 16, 2006 by Powerless
	dealing with the broken promises (Preview) im trying my hardest not to angry with my A when he breaks his promises...i know that if the alcohol wasnt controlling him he would keep his word. So how does one get over the fact that promises get broken? At the moment i am choosing to write this than have an arguement. But i am boiling on the inside. i...	arty	6	637	Nov 16, 2006 by arty
	Why do I feel so guilty? (Preview) So I went out and got the protection order today even though I have no idea where to serve him. Now I feel so guilty. Nevermind that he broke into my house and stole food out of my children's mouths. Nevermind the fact that he said he was going to file for divorce and wanted joint custod...	carolinagirl	6	539	Nov 16, 2006 by rosemary
	How do you tell if they r arrogant or if it's disease? (Preview) Lately my A comes off as is if I'm the one who has a problem which maybe I do - I am co-dependant, after all - but so does he! He's an alcoholic!!! He goes to AA again now ( starting 2 mos.or so ago) and he knows I'm back in Al-Anon. But he acts like h...	jaja	1	375	Nov 15, 2006 by maresie2
	watchiing people go down the toilet (Preview) Both the A and his brother have significant substance abuse issues. When the A's mother decided out of the blue to move out and go marry some guy several states away she didn't think twice about kicking the A's older brother out to live on his own. Right now the older brother is showi...	maresie2	7	439	Nov 15, 2006 by maresie2
	me and my big mouth (Preview)	jaja	4	419	Nov 15, 2006 by jaja
	The Irony (Preview) When I first joined this forum, I made a post about this being more "in the trenches" than the f2f meetings I normally attend. More newcomers, more people in the thick of things, and posting a blow-by-blow like an embedded reporter. I have been in these rooms long enough to have seen and heard much o...	barisax	4	408	Nov 15, 2006 by barisax
	ARTY!! I need your exper. (Preview) You said earlier on one of your posts that your attorney made it so you could be solely responsible for selling the house. What was the process for this? Our house has an offer and we have both signed the contract but I don't think he'll show for the closing and that will kill the deal! ...	carolinagirl	2	385	Nov 15, 2006 by carolinagirl
	Good news (Preview) The A has already started on the trying to manipulate me for Thanksgiving stuff. He has been saying how low his brother is. Every year since I got together with the A they all spent thanksigivng with his mother. At some point I opted out of that because I felt resentment o...	maresie2	3	373	Nov 15, 2006 by Gailey
	Really surrendering..... (Preview) (((Hi everyone)))) I have started on Step Two in my stepwork, and have realized that it is such a big deal.... "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity"... This whole year has been one giant glob of insanity, insanity from the alcoholic in my life, insanity...	hersh	4	367	Nov 15, 2006 by hudsond
	No longer waiting (Preview) Hi All Feeling pretty good this AM. I have been waiting for my AH to break the polite silence that we have been living with ( for 2 weeks) since he returned from his vacation. I been waiting for a kind word or acknowledgement that my feelings were hurt by his actions before he left. W...	Elizabeth M	4	359	Nov 15, 2006 by hudsond
	documentary on HBO "thin" (Preview) Last night I watched a documentary on HBO "Thin". I thought it was pretty riveting stuff. One of the huge issues the women confront is the lies. That is one of my huge issues with the A everything is a lie. Another is their rebelliousness and inability to follow...	maresie2	1	712	Nov 15, 2006 by hudsond
	really understanding the craving (Preview) As I have posted this before...I am addicted to food...especially sugar. It has made my life unmanageable and miserable. I have even tried, by self will, to give it up. I would say to myself if I can get off the rollercoaster of binge eating, then maybe I will have more hope for my A son. The cravings a...	Gailey	3	428	Nov 15, 2006 by hersh
	Accepting kindess as I change so does my world (Preview) Hello ((Everyone)) It's been so long since I trusted people's motives for being kind. I somehow got used to being treated special either before a bad incident or after one that I no longer trusted anyone's motives for doing something nice. Over the last year I have worked hard giving up&nb...	Jennifer	1	344	Nov 15, 2006 by hersh
	Legalities suggestions please!! (Preview) I have talked before about the truck that is registered in both my husband's and my name. It is in the impound from his recent dui. I am tired of paying insurance on it and know that the payments for it will not get made. I'm not even sure if he's going to get it out of the impound. W...	carolinagirl	4	585	Nov 15, 2006 by abbyal
	Letting go of expectations (Preview) Probably one of the most profound things I have learned from this program is to let go of expectations. This Thanksgiving I have decided to go out of town to my younger son's and dil's. I usually go to my sister's house with the rest of my family. My son and dil cannot make it this year so we decided to go...	Gailey	4	372	Nov 15, 2006 by hersh
	today on my 49th birthday my brother & mother both called me (Preview) First I heard from my brother. He wanted to say Happy Birthday. He doesnt sound like himself but at least he reached out to me. Said Mom and our other brother will be okay, that if they ever need cars he will buy them for them. I felt like asking when he'll pay rent/buy moms condo as she's moved out and he's st...	Barbara	12	1395	Nov 15, 2006 by Barbara
	Prayer for change (Preview) My A sent me this prayer today. He's come so far and I'm so proud of his accomplishments. Both his sobriety and his ability to do his job in Alaska. What was supposed to be a three month stint is going to be perm. The company wants him to stay and has offered almost twice his inital pay (wooohooo!!). He was 9 m...	Christy	8	510	Nov 15, 2006 by carosie
	Al-Anon Commercial (Preview)	afmom03	5	1081	Nov 15, 2006 by Diva
	finding my purpose / my first 11 months in alanon (Preview) was reading a good article in the newspaper. It was written by a women that tries to encourage us. It was an article about how much lose brings us down. the article was so true. She talked about how letting go of things lifts a tremendos amount of weight from our shoulders. I got to thinking about wher...	purplebutterfly	2	392	Nov 15, 2006 by BlueCloud
	I'm out of town and he broke into my house! (Preview) Well tonight is my last night in DC and I have tried to contine the trrip and have a good time. The A went to jail on a DUI the night before I left, lost his job, etc. Nobody bailed him and he got out the next day anyway so in the middle of my trip I get a call from him saying hes going to my house and the...	carolinagirl	11	826	Nov 14, 2006 by carolinagirl
	I started as a little seed (Preview) My contribution to experience, strength, and hope. Enjoy my friends, SenoraBob     ...	bob6502	4	446	Nov 14, 2006 by MrBlue42
	Bird Seed (Preview) ((((Everyone)))) My AW left a card at the house for me a week or so ago. It was a sappy "your the greatest" kind of card. But in it she wrote: " God provides enough seed to feed all the birds, but he doesn't throw it into the nest ... " I am not sure what that ment to her? Or why she woul...	rtexas	4	446	Nov 14, 2006 by Tiger2006
	To shy to speak out (Preview) Being very new to the Alanon group I am finding myself very shy to speak at the meetings. I am lost for words and when I do I tremble or my voice quivers with nervousness. It's very hard to speak and especially when it comes to the steps. I was at a meeting last night and the topic was step 5. I am of course not...	albertarose	9	521	Nov 14, 2006 by albertarose
	Welp... so tomorrow is her birthday (Preview) ((((Everyone))))) I have never been good at cutting to the chase with her and saying what I mean. You know, say what you mean and don't say it mean. So now that I am trying to do that... she doesn't believe me. Guess that is a tough pill to swallow. I have been very direct, but not ug...	rtexas	10	633	Nov 14, 2006 by Becky1
	Family Thanksgiving...should I take her? (Preview) Hey Everyone, My wife is still not working any sort of program and simply asks me to be patient while she searches for her 'right solution'. My family has expressed an interest in seeing her at our Thanksgiving because they haven't in two years. She is getting sicker by the week,...	jeeves	6	498	Nov 14, 2006 by Rita G
	So Much For That (Preview) Left the A. several messages last week-one apologizing for giving him crap and the other to thank him for telling me about a certain hiking path-it was so beautiful. Didn't hear back. Didn't expect to. I started moving my stuff to the new place back home. He knows nothing about this m...	Tryin2havfaith	1	381	Nov 14, 2006 by Tiger2006
	Being quiet (Preview) Hello ((Everyone)) I'm being quiet. Along the lines of if nothing good to say don't say anything. Last week I wrote about spending the night at my Mom's, it was nice ... would have been nicer if I had not beat myself up for telling my A he could not come along. So dumb, we're getting divorced, he never wan...	Jennifer	2	385	Nov 14, 2006 by Tiger2006
	Letting Go Takes Love (Preview) To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, but allow learning from natural consequences. To let g...	Phil	5	717	Nov 14, 2006 by ZiggyDoodles
	Somthing Karilynn wrote.................................. (Preview) Karilynn wrote: He is now almost 6 months sober and he now tells me that as a "chronic relapser" he wasn't ready to get sober. He wanted it, but wasn't ready for it. That sentence says alot to me. I thought that if you wanted something enough you would go to any...	Gailey	7	609	Nov 14, 2006 by AndiLynn
	A is spinning out of control (Preview) Since I asked my A to leave, he has bounced from place to place just waiting for me to (once again) change my mind and give him another chance. But I know he has to feel pain to get better, and my house isn't painful enough. It's warm and happy, with dogs and kids,a roaring fireplace, a good cook, clea...	kicky	5	493	Nov 14, 2006 by Noni
	Poem I Received (Preview) : > : > : >Around the corner I have a friend, : > : > : > : > : >In this great city that has no end, : > : > : > : > : >Yet the days go by and weeks rush on, : > : > : > : > : >And before I know it, a year is gone. : > : > : > : > : >And I never see my old frie...	kerry5	2	377	Nov 14, 2006 by ally
	He's in the emergency room and I'm at home. (Preview) Here's what's happening. My A son's separated from wife couldn't reach him on the phone so she went over to his empty apartment and found him drunk and maybe coked and he told her to leave because he would be dead anyway in an hour. She left and called me. My H and I suggested she call 911. She did. He called m...	laurab	26	1207	Nov 13, 2006 by laurab
	Alateen? (Preview) I have been trying for sometime to get my son intrested in going to alateen. But he has no desire. Things here are getting progressively worse with him and his attitude. He has been in and out of therapy with and with out me as well. I know there is something at the root causing this. I know I haven't b...	DoN4me	6	521	Nov 13, 2006 by abbyal
	MY SLIP (Preview) On Saturday I had a slip. I have gone off when of the drugs that I have been trying to get off of for a while. I am also have PMS, and this weekend I was very emional. On Saturday I snap and I broke glass. I was so upset this weekend. So I had to share with everyone it does happen to people even those who have been...	nycbt	6	500	Nov 13, 2006 by ZiggyDoodles
	When is it o.k. to relax? (Preview) Hello Group, Hope everyone enjoyed the weekend. Over the weekend I took some time out to just slow things down a bit in my head. Life has been moving pretty fast in my world lately and its been difficult to get a hold on what this all means. Things are going very well for my A. H...	twinmom2	4	576	Nov 13, 2006 by hudsond
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