Al-Anon Family Group - Al-Anon Family Group

Peggy7 · Peggy7

Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven't thought about it, don't have it on their schedule, didn't know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine. I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who pas...

nikkilou · nikkilou

HI all, I'm sitting here just mad at my A. He has mood swings from hell. Then I walk aroumd on egg shells. I ask is every thing O.k. Just to get some wise remark. I know getting sober is hard but I just don't like this. I use to walk on eggshells when he was drinking now agai...

haximon · haximon

[[ room ]] I thought the holiday weekend was going to be dull...wrong! I needed to get a Clackamas County library card, which is the last of the four available around here. They only give 30 minutes net time, but it's better than nothing. The nearest branch is an hour away by transit. As I have no...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

this is a LONG story of my mother's and my * sorta step 8/9 * together....sorry it is so long.. Hope for Today - September 8 After coming to Al-Anon, I have finally found peace. My father's alcoholism and my mother's reactions to it caused much pain in my childhood.&...

ditto · ditto

Labor Day weekend was pretty bad. We worked on Saturday and when we came home he retired to our darkened bedroom, lay down on the bed and gave in to depression. He accused me of not treating him kindly. He refused to go out with our friends that night unless I promised to treat him better. Sin...

FormalWare · FormalWare

I'm FormalWare, but you can call me Bud. I'm part-time enabler/caretaker/doormat, part-time rageaholic control freak. Alcoholism ran rampant over my childhood. I'm happy to say a 12-Step program (akin to ACOA, but with some John Bradshaw philosophy added) was instrumen...

camra · camra

Just expressing frustration Words, they cut like a knifeCut into my lifeI don't want to hear your wordsThey always attackPlease take them all backIf they're yours I don't want anymore You think you're so smartYou try to manipulate meYou try to humiliate with your wordsYou think you're s...

nycbt · nycbt

Thank you Megan for helping me through this.

furball · furball

Nevermind. -- Edited by furball at 00:34, 2005-09-07

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

The Good in Step Ten Step Ten says: "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it." It does not suggest that we ignore what is right in our life. It says we continue to take a personal inventory and keep a focus on ourselves. #####ROSIE.....yes, and funny i hav...

melissajill · melissajill

Hello, my A has returned this morning very drunk. He had been staying with a co-worker who spent 4 days providing him with alcohol, weed and new clothes and shoes. I feel really bad for her because I warned her when he stayed a couple of days last weekend that he was using her and that he had come home and cal...

Maypole · Maypole

Hello. I am newcomer to alanon and this board. I have a question about my newly sober boyfriend. I do not know how to broach it with him. What is anyone experience with sex and a newly sober partner? My boyfriend seems totally uninterested which is a big change. I am try...

startingover · startingover

Hello all, I have been dating a man for two years. He is a recovering alcoholic, sober 1 1/2 years. It has not been easy, and I have no friends who is in this situation, so I come to you. The emotional rollercaoster sometimes is more than a soul can handle-but I have stuck it ou...

nikkilou · nikkilou

Hi roomies, I look at this web page everyday and though some of you would like it http://wonderofitall.com/ I hope you enjoy this. NIKKILOU

cloud · cloud

bubbles1990 · bubbles1990

Hey there roomies, I will be in Arizona Oct and was wondering if you all would like to get to gether while I am there!! If you would please privatly e-mail me! thanks!! I would love to meet al the roomies that i chat with I think it would be cool!!! Thanks Bubbles123

nycbt · nycbt

Yesterday was a good night. That is sad that I have to say that. I hate having to worry that each day he might be drinking and giving me a hard time. He said yesterday that he is going to go to a meeting, but today when I see it I will believe it. I am trying to have faith but unless he walks in the door of the aa meet...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

hey all, called my sponser this am and she said that she could see the hate/anger too, but THIS time i was in control of it...(read my post about my attacking brother). i thought about that and i realized... ....after ALL i went through, i may...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

hey everyone i went to bed last night, and basically did a step 1,2,3, on this thing with my "oh so loving brother" you know its funny-- i don't CARE if he wants to love the perp....just don't get in MY face about my wanting to change my name, et al......like i am willing to let him do whatever he wants..he is...

nycbt · nycbt

My husband has been sober for about 6 months. Then I have noticed things that were different. Some of his behavior reminded me of things that he just to be like. The way he would talk. Some of the comments he makes. But I try not to think to much into it. I thought that maybe that the way he is now even though he...

kismetstrand · kismetstrand

I am going out of town and will not be available to chair the Thursday night meeting. Tradition 3 is scheduled to be discussed that night. Would appreciate if someone could cover this meeting. Thanks!

Peggy7 · Peggy7

Happiness keeps You Sweet,

marmare · marmare

Some people have wonderful 3 day weekends as for me I had drunkenness and drama, crisis at my house. My A called Friday and was on his way home at 8:30pm, around 11 or so I called him, of course he doesn't answer his phone blah blah blah....then at 1:30am he calls to say he is stay...

jeeves · jeeves

I have been lurking for a week or so and had a question for anyone who might be kind enough to respond. My wife is an "A". She was in rehap this spring and went to some AA meetings for a while but we are back to the former person for now, no restraint. I have been refusing to do some activi...

search41 · search41

hi everyone. i haven't posted here in ages, but this past week i have been reading the board. i think i have backed off of coming here because i feel the things i deal with and go thru are so redundant, that i finally just decided to quit repeating myself and just deal with the life i have chosen and...

david62 · david62

Hi everyone, Tomorrow's business meeting has been rescheduled for next Wednesday the 14th. Please try to attend if you are available.

Thanks all! David

megan · megan

http://www4.deltahotels.com/hotels/hotels.php?hotelId=30

lin0606 · lin0606

With several of us experiencing ill health ourselves, or that of loved ones, and with the events down in the Southern US, I think this is a good time to remember that life can be taken from us at any time. I don't know what comes after but I do know that we have this life, and it may be all we get. Do we want to s...

Kim · Kim

Hello roomies: I know that this group is not for advice, but I'm in a weird place and need some help. As you know from previous posts my A and I are currently separated while we both attempt to work through our own issues. We had not seen each other in some time and Saturday night was the first night...

UncleLou · UncleLou

Need some advice. I’m an alcoholic with two solid years of recovery. Wife filed for divorce last summer, just finalized 2 weeks ago. We have 2 kids 14 and 12. Our house had been for sale since last spring, no offers yet (It’s overbuilt for the neighborhood, but when I built it 4 years ago, I had no intent...

cedarpines · cedarpines

Hi everyone, I'm new here, but feel like I can ask for your support & prayers. HP helped me find this group a few weeks ago. I've been isolated from my ftf group this summer because, I have no a/c in the car, am disabled and one illness I have is migraines from the heat.&nb...

bob6502 · bob6502

Dear Friends, I am moving this week (I hope) and my internet will be shut off on Tuesday, September 6th. It won't be turned back on until Saturday, September 10th. Need to get a group conscious on whether I can postpone the business meeting set up for Wednesday. I am the groups bus...

princess433 · princess433

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Karilynn · Karilynn

Hello all! Just wanted to share this with you. We all know the yellow Live Strong bracelets. I wear mine in honor of some relatives who have lost their battle with cancer. I'm also a big biking enthusiast. Having said that, if you have never been to the Lance Armstorong Foundation website, do so: ww...

kimmie · kimmie

Have you ever looked at your family and wondered what planet they came from? And how they are possibly related to you. Well I just came from another family get together, we have a lot of those. I have a big family and we all live near eachother, so we get together for every reason known...

Karilynn · Karilynn

To everyone who replied to my first posting: From the bottom of my heart: THANK YOU! The first weekend we had together went great! He stayed completely sober, and for the first time I wasn't afraid to come home. Piper (the cat) was estatic that Dad was home. Despite the craziness of the weekend at wo...

princess433 · princess433

Confused- My knees start to shake, When your in sight. My mid filles with wonder, My heart with fright/ When will this feeling stop? When did it start? How can I listen to my mind. Without breaking my heat? I'm so confused. What should I do? I can't think of anything, Except you. Should I ignore yuo...

horsemaven · horsemaven

I am new to the online site and I can't figure out--do I need to set up a sigon on for every site? Like if I want to use the 12 step work board, do I need to register there again? Is it that way on all the different sites? Thanks for help and getting me familiar with the way things work.

Powerless · Powerless

I just wanted to check in and let everyone know I am doing okay. I have been having a difficult time dealing with my ten year old son who is severly mentally ill. We celebrated his birthday on Saturday along with the baby who just turned two today. I had to be especially careful not to l...

confused · confused

I have been trying very hard to let go of things that are not my responsibililty to handle however today I find myself in quite a hard place. I carry the medical insurance for our family, as my coverage has always been better than that offered at my A's job. Fortuanately I have always been able to main...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Hope for Today - September 5 The first slogans I heard were "Just for Today" and "One Day at a Time." I thought they applied to other people, not to me. It took Step Three work and faith in my Higher Power to become honest. #####RO...

megan · megan

I am asking for prayers for Isabela. She was in the cardiac intensive care unit earlier in the week. her blood pressure was so high they had to get a special machine to read it, it was off the charts, She could also have had a stroke the doctor said. Her blood pressure was so hi...

mastiff · mastiff

(((((roomies))))) I went to have my biopsy today on my cervix...I was sat down before hand and told the severty of my abnormal pap. I was informed that the level of abnormality is the highest grade... Before i was told that this doesn't mean i have cancer... today i...

jo4 · jo4

hi all.... i am seriously stressed. my husband is in the process of losing his job...don't know when. my mom is showing signs of dementia. my job is starting again and i feel like i don't know what i'm doing. only my second year in this specialty and i feel stressed and inadequat...

haximon · haximon

[[ room ]] I did visit the Beaverton farmer's market Saturday and it was as large as I had been told. it is possible to eat like a king for $1 (salmon jerky) with all the varied produce samples around. It's stone fruit season here and the peaches are wonderful, as are the pluots. Pears are goo...

abbyal · abbyal

When ever I begin to doubt that God is not helping me this brings me back to reality. AS CHILDREN BRING THEIR BROKEN TOYS WITH TEARS FOR US TO FIX I BROUGHT MY BROKEN DREAMS TO GOD BECAUSE HE WAS MY FRIEND BUT INSTEAD OF LEAVING HIM IN PEACE TO WORK ALONE I HUNG AROUND AND TRIED TO HELP WITH W...

Diva · Diva

Today San Antonio is to receive up to 30,000 refugees from New Orleans. I feel sorry for these people, but I admit I am not looking forward to these new residents' arrival. We have all read about the lawlessness in post-hurricane New Orleans: Looting, raping, murdering, fighting, rioting, hijackin...

ednaxray · ednaxray

to all my friends here at mip. my computer blew up last week, and i lost everything..so if you have previously emailed me, and wouldnt mind can you send me a mail with your addy on it..so i can get you back in my book? if anyone has kept the recipie for that pumpkin "stuff" please send it..its gone t...

Butterfly · Butterfly

Hi Friends, As many of you know from listening to me whine in the chat room, I am at a crossroads in my marriage right now. I have been with my A husband nearly 10 years, married for six years. Our marriage has been one of escalating abuse and violence and, thanks to this program, I had finally go...

melissajill · melissajill

IF YOU HAVE READ MY OTHER POSTS, YOU KNOW THAT MY A HAS TAKEN OFF ON ONE OF HIS WEEKEND DRUNKS. I SUSPECTED THAT HE WAS STAYING WITH A CO-WORKER WHO IS LETTING HIM DRINK THERE ALL WEEKEND. A LITTLE WHILE AGO, I PICKED UP THE PHONE AND LOOKED AT THE CALLER ID AND REALIZED THAT HE HAD CALLED ME LAST NIGHT FROM THE...

FoggyMac · FoggyMac

I know we each have to answer the question, "why stay?" for ourselves, but I was just wondering about this topic. We're supposed to detach from the behavior of the alcoholic, but if alcoholic behavior is 95% of what we get from a spouse--what is the point? A future of more of the same...

haximon · haximon

[[ room ]] As Monday is a US holiday, I may not be online at all that day. The bronchitis is still hangin around and probably will al weekend; must be the early morning chill. I did talk with my mother yesterday, and her meds were indeed mixed up. Trouble is mum is legally blind and some of the pil...

kimmie · kimmie

Wow, this morning I signed on and he had alreay responded. He wrote that he just wanted me to know that he got my email and he wants to sit down and talk about this with me. I did't expect him to even read his mail until Monday. I feel bad that now I can't even make it to church and I dont want...

horsemaven · horsemaven

You know, no matter who much I do for myself, take care of myself and understand the situation, I never seem to beable to shake the sadness I feel for how everything in my life is turning out up to this point. I feel lonely and I feel my hp has let me down. I have lost confidence in h...

crazywoman · crazywoman

we've been married almost 2 years.my A told me last night he does not know what he wants.he wants keep me and laso he wants more pussy at the same time. how can i accept this? he has been sober 4 years. but being in a new country he got new problem which is much worse than alcohol. i love him and he said he love...

sanddie · sanddie

I read this from a daily devotional I have this morning and wanted to share because it applies to everything in our lives, including relationships. "He Purgeth It." Listen: "Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth he purgeth it, that it may br...

RDP2976 · RDP2976

Hi, I need to ask something? Why is it that I want to get my A back for all he has put me through I will try any thing just to hurt him like he hurts me I know its not right to do but I do it any ways. Why I want to stop but everytime he pushes my buttons I just want to get revenge on him and make him feel b...

browneyes · browneyes

Hello all I am in San Jose with my mother. Wednesday, the doctors told my mom that we all needed to get to the hospital cuz my sis was dying. I drove down and now we are just waiting for answers. They don't know how to fix her. She has in infection that won't be treated with antib...

horsemaven · horsemaven

I am an oldbie and a newbie at the same time to Alanon. I havn't been going to meetings for some years now, because I have not lived with an alcoholic for many years. HOwever, not long ago, my adult son returned home (which I was happy about--and still am), but the ...

melissajill · melissajill

I AM REALLY HAVING TROUBLE COPING WITH HOW I AM FEELING TODAY. I HAVE THIS BURNING HOLE IN MY STOMACH. MY A ALWAYS COMES BACK AFTER THE WEEKEND BUT I KEEP TORTURING MYSELF THINKING THAT HE WON'T COME BACK THIS TIME. I KNOW I WILL BE OK EVENTUALLY BUT I DO NOT WANT TO BE APART FROM HIM. WE HAVE HAD THESE LONG CON...

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	The Time is Now (Preview) Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven't thought about it, don't have it on their schedule, didn't know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine. I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who pas...	Peggy7	4	713	Sep 8, 2005 by marmare
	I'm Mad (Preview) HI all, I'm sitting here just mad at my A. He has mood swings from hell. Then I walk aroumd on egg shells. I ask is every thing O.k. Just to get some wise remark. I know getting sober is hard but I just don't like this. I use to walk on eggshells when he was drinking now agai...	nikkilou	5	815	Sep 8, 2005 by canadianguy
	haxigonian XVIII (Preview) [[ room ]] I thought the holiday weekend was going to be dull...wrong! I needed to get a Clackamas County library card, which is the last of the four available around here. They only give 30 minutes net time, but it's better than nothing. The nearest branch is an hour away by transit. As I have no...	haximon	5	772	Sep 8, 2005 by haximon
	VERY long story about my mom and me (Preview) this is a LONG story of my mother's and my * sorta step 8/9 * together....sorry it is so long.. Hope for Today - September 8 After coming to Al-Anon, I have finally found peace. My father's alcoholism and my mother's reactions to it caused much pain in my childhood.&...	rosie light shines	0	1183	Sep 8, 2005 by rosie light shines
	A Promise (Preview) Labor Day weekend was pretty bad. We worked on Saturday and when we came home he retired to our darkened bedroom, lay down on the bed and gave in to depression. He accused me of not treating him kindly. He refused to go out with our friends that night unless I promised to treat him better. Sin...	ditto	2	718	Sep 8, 2005 by Tammy
	Hi (Preview) I'm FormalWare, but you can call me Bud. I'm part-time enabler/caretaker/doormat, part-time rageaholic control freak. Alcoholism ran rampant over my childhood. I'm happy to say a 12-Step program (akin to ACOA, but with some John Bradshaw philosophy added) was instrumen...	FormalWare	4	837	Sep 8, 2005 by bubbles1990
	Words (Preview) Just expressing frustration Words, they cut like a knifeCut into my lifeI don't want to hear your wordsThey always attackPlease take them all backIf they're yours I don't want anymore You think you're so smartYou try to manipulate meYou try to humiliate with your wordsYou think you're s...	camra	0	866	Sep 8, 2005 by camra
	thanks megan (Preview) Thank you Megan for helping me through this.	nycbt	1	673	Sep 7, 2005 by megan
	New (Preview) Nevermind. -- Edited by furball at 00:34, 2005-09-07	furball	4	747	Sep 7, 2005 by Jersey
	some step ten stuff i share (Preview) The Good in Step Ten Step Ten says: "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it." It does not suggest that we ignore what is right in our life. It says we continue to take a personal inventory and keep a focus on ourselves. #####ROSIE.....yes, and funny i hav...	rosie light shines	1	738	Sep 7, 2005 by Jersey
	My A has returned home again (Preview) Hello, my A has returned this morning very drunk. He had been staying with a co-worker who spent 4 days providing him with alcohol, weed and new clothes and shoes. I feel really bad for her because I warned her when he stayed a couple of days last weekend that he was using her and that he had come home and cal...	melissajill	2	920	Sep 7, 2005 by agatha
	delicate topic (Preview) Hello. I am newcomer to alanon and this board. I have a question about my newly sober boyfriend. I do not know how to broach it with him. What is anyone experience with sex and a newly sober partner? My boyfriend seems totally uninterested which is a big change. I am try...	Maypole	4	779	Sep 7, 2005 by Maypole
	understanding (Preview) Hello all, I have been dating a man for two years. He is a recovering alcoholic, sober 1 1/2 years. It has not been easy, and I have no friends who is in this situation, so I come to you. The emotional rollercaoster sometimes is more than a soul can handle-but I have stuck it ou...	startingover	2	812	Sep 7, 2005 by lin0606
	to make you smile (Preview) Hi roomies, I look at this web page everyday and though some of you would like it http://wonderofitall.com/ I hope you enjoy this. NIKKILOU	nikkilou	2	760	Sep 7, 2005 by nycbt
	To A special roomie (Preview)	cloud	4	827	Sep 7, 2005 by cloud
	Looking at getting together with MIP roomies while in Arizona (Preview) Hey there roomies, I will be in Arizona Oct and was wondering if you all would like to get to gether while I am there!! If you would please privatly e-mail me! thanks!! I would love to meet al the roomies that i chat with I think it would be cool!!! Thanks Bubbles123	bubbles1990	0	741	Sep 7, 2005 by bubbles1990
	yesterday was good (Preview) Yesterday was a good night. That is sad that I have to say that. I hate having to worry that each day he might be drinking and giving me a hard time. He said yesterday that he is going to go to a meeting, but today when I see it I will believe it. I am trying to have faith but unless he walks in the door of the aa meet...	nycbt	2	667	Sep 7, 2005 by Dolphin123
	learned a HUGE lesson (Preview) hey all, called my sponser this am and she said that she could see the hate/anger too, but THIS time i was in control of it...(read my post about my attacking brother). i thought about that and i realized... ....after ALL i went through, i may...	rosie light shines	0	667	Sep 7, 2005 by rosie light shines
	decided to turn this over to my HP (Preview) hey everyone i went to bed last night, and basically did a step 1,2,3, on this thing with my "oh so loving brother" you know its funny-- i don't CARE if he wants to love the perp....just don't get in MY face about my wanting to change my name, et al......like i am willing to let him do whatever he wants..he is...	rosie light shines	1	711	Sep 7, 2005 by lin0606
	AGAIN (Preview) My husband has been sober for about 6 months. Then I have noticed things that were different. Some of his behavior reminded me of things that he just to be like. The way he would talk. Some of the comments he makes. But I try not to think to much into it. I thought that maybe that the way he is now even though he...	nycbt	4	706	Sep 7, 2005 by nycbt
	Chair needed 9/8 pm meeting (Preview) I am going out of town and will not be available to chair the Thursday night meeting. Tradition 3 is scheduled to be discussed that night. Would appreciate if someone could cover this meeting. Thanks!	kismetstrand	1	679	Sep 7, 2005 by dadrrb1
	Keep on Keepin' on (Preview) Happiness keeps You Sweet,	Peggy7	3	822	Sep 6, 2005 by Peggy7
	Weekend... (Preview) Some people have wonderful 3 day weekends as for me I had drunkenness and drama, crisis at my house. My A called Friday and was on his way home at 8:30pm, around 11 or so I called him, of course he doesn't answer his phone blah blah blah....then at 1:30am he calls to say he is stay...	marmare	3	701	Sep 6, 2005 by Annie
	Detachment (Preview) I have been lurking for a week or so and had a question for anyone who might be kind enough to respond. My wife is an "A". She was in rehap this spring and went to some AA meetings for a while but we are back to the former person for now, no restraint. I have been refusing to do some activi...	jeeves	5	842	Sep 6, 2005 by abbyal
	In turmoil (Preview) hi everyone. i haven't posted here in ages, but this past week i have been reading the board. i think i have backed off of coming here because i feel the things i deal with and go thru are so redundant, that i finally just decided to quit repeating myself and just deal with the life i have chosen and...	search41	4	737	Sep 6, 2005 by TLC2
	Business Mtg....Postponed (Preview) Hi everyone, Tomorrow's business meeting has been rescheduled for next Wednesday the 14th. Please try to attend if you are available. Thanks all! David	david62	1	633	Sep 6, 2005 by shimo
	Canada trip (Preview) http://www4.deltahotels.com/hotels/hotels.php?hotelId=30	megan	11	808	Sep 6, 2005 by nycbt
	Only One LIfe (Preview) With several of us experiencing ill health ourselves, or that of loved ones, and with the events down in the Southern US, I think this is a good time to remember that life can be taken from us at any time. I don't know what comes after but I do know that we have this life, and it may be all we get. Do we want to s...	lin0606	5	710	Sep 6, 2005 by jessi
	what to do? (Preview) Hello roomies: I know that this group is not for advice, but I'm in a weird place and need some help. As you know from previous posts my A and I are currently separated while we both attempt to work through our own issues. We had not seen each other in some time and Saturday night was the first night...	Kim	5	867	Sep 6, 2005 by jj
	Need advice, my ex may have hit bottom (Preview) Need some advice. I’m an alcoholic with two solid years of recovery. Wife filed for divorce last summer, just finalized 2 weeks ago. We have 2 kids 14 and 12. Our house had been for sale since last spring, no offers yet (It’s overbuilt for the neighborhood, but when I built it 4 years ago, I had no intent...	UncleLou	2	794	Sep 6, 2005 by lin0606
	Overwhelmed (Preview) Hi everyone, I'm new here, but feel like I can ask for your support & prayers. HP helped me find this group a few weeks ago. I've been isolated from my ftf group this summer because, I have no a/c in the car, am disabled and one illness I have is migraines from the heat.&nb...	cedarpines	6	950	Sep 5, 2005 by cedarpines
	Moving Day (Preview) Dear Friends, I am moving this week (I hope) and my internet will be shut off on Tuesday, September 6th. It won't be turned back on until Saturday, September 10th. Need to get a group conscious on whether I can postpone the business meeting set up for Wednesday. I am the groups bus...	bob6502	3	733	Sep 5, 2005 by Dolphin123
	This is a really good story!! (Preview) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------	princess433	6	799	Sep 5, 2005 by Karilynn
	Live strong. (Preview) Hello all! Just wanted to share this with you. We all know the yellow Live Strong bracelets. I wear mine in honor of some relatives who have lost their battle with cancer. I'm also a big biking enthusiast. Having said that, if you have never been to the Lance Armstorong Foundation website, do so: ww...	Karilynn	0	740	Sep 5, 2005 by Karilynn
	Who are these people? (Preview) Have you ever looked at your family and wondered what planet they came from? And how they are possibly related to you. Well I just came from another family get together, we have a lot of those. I have a big family and we all live near eachother, so we get together for every reason known...	kimmie	3	784	Sep 5, 2005 by TLC2
	Thanks from the newbie! (Preview) To everyone who replied to my first posting: From the bottom of my heart: THANK YOU! The first weekend we had together went great! He stayed completely sober, and for the first time I wasn't afraid to come home. Piper (the cat) was estatic that Dad was home. Despite the craziness of the weekend at wo...	Karilynn	0	659	Sep 5, 2005 by Karilynn
	Do you like this poem???? (Preview) Confused- My knees start to shake, When your in sight. My mid filles with wonder, My heart with fright/ When will this feeling stop? When did it start? How can I listen to my mind. Without breaking my heat? I'm so confused. What should I do? I can't think of anything, Except you. Should I ignore yuo...	princess433	2	710	Sep 5, 2005 by nikkilou
	How do I work this thing (Preview) I am new to the online site and I can't figure out--do I need to set up a sigon on for every site? Like if I want to use the 12 step work board, do I need to register there again? Is it that way on all the different sites? Thanks for help and getting me familiar with the way things work.	horsemaven	1	756	Sep 5, 2005 by nikkilou
	Checking In (Preview) I just wanted to check in and let everyone know I am doing okay. I have been having a difficult time dealing with my ten year old son who is severly mentally ill. We celebrated his birthday on Saturday along with the baby who just turned two today. I had to be especially careful not to l...	Powerless	1	712	Sep 5, 2005 by nikkilou
	is it my job? (Preview) I have been trying very hard to let go of things that are not my responsibililty to handle however today I find myself in quite a hard place. I carry the medical insurance for our family, as my coverage has always been better than that offered at my A's job. Fortuanately I have always been able to main...	confused	5	731	Sep 5, 2005 by confused
	learning to live ONE day at a time (Preview) Hope for Today - September 5 The first slogans I heard were "Just for Today" and "One Day at a Time." I thought they applied to other people, not to me. It took Step Three work and faith in my Higher Power to become honest. #####RO...	rosie light shines	0	688	Sep 5, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Prayer request for Isabela (Preview) I am asking for prayers for Isabela. She was in the cardiac intensive care unit earlier in the week. her blood pressure was so high they had to get a special machine to read it, it was off the charts, She could also have had a stroke the doctor said. Her blood pressure was so hi...	megan	14	979	Sep 5, 2005 by DanaAngel
	Biopsy didn't go well- prayers needed please (Preview) (((((roomies))))) I went to have my biopsy today on my cervix...I was sat down before hand and told the severty of my abnormal pap. I was informed that the level of abnormality is the highest grade... Before i was told that this doesn't mean i have cancer... today i...	mastiff	27	1255	Sep 5, 2005 by mastiff
	sad (Preview) hi all.... i am seriously stressed. my husband is in the process of losing his job...don't know when. my mom is showing signs of dementia. my job is starting again and i feel like i don't know what i'm doing. only my second year in this specialty and i feel stressed and inadequat...	jo4	3	843	Sep 5, 2005 by nmike
	haxigonian XVII (Preview) [[ room ]] I did visit the Beaverton farmer's market Saturday and it was as large as I had been told. it is possible to eat like a king for $1 (salmon jerky) with all the varied produce samples around. It's stone fruit season here and the peaches are wonderful, as are the pluots. Pears are goo...	haximon	3	761	Sep 5, 2005 by megan
	my favorite prayer (Preview) When ever I begin to doubt that God is not helping me this brings me back to reality. AS CHILDREN BRING THEIR BROKEN TOYS WITH TEARS FOR US TO FIX I BROUGHT MY BROKEN DREAMS TO GOD BECAUSE HE WAS MY FRIEND BUT INSTEAD OF LEAVING HIM IN PEACE TO WORK ALONE I HUNG AROUND AND TRIED TO HELP WITH W...	abbyal	3	889	Sep 4, 2005 by tea2
	Katrina "refugees" (Preview) Today San Antonio is to receive up to 30,000 refugees from New Orleans. I feel sorry for these people, but I admit I am not looking forward to these new residents' arrival. We have all read about the lawlessness in post-hurricane New Orleans: Looting, raping, murdering, fighting, rioting, hijackin...	Diva	6	1276	Sep 4, 2005 by Flora123
	friends (Preview) to all my friends here at mip. my computer blew up last week, and i lost everything..so if you have previously emailed me, and wouldnt mind can you send me a mail with your addy on it..so i can get you back in my book? if anyone has kept the recipie for that pumpkin "stuff" please send it..its gone t...	ednaxray	5	805	Sep 4, 2005 by Flora123
	Praying for a Sign (Preview) Hi Friends, As many of you know from listening to me whine in the chat room, I am at a crossroads in my marriage right now. I have been with my A husband nearly 10 years, married for six years. Our marriage has been one of escalating abuse and violence and, thanks to this program, I had finally go...	Butterfly	4	779	Sep 4, 2005 by Flora123
	WHAT SHOULD I DO? (Preview) IF YOU HAVE READ MY OTHER POSTS, YOU KNOW THAT MY A HAS TAKEN OFF ON ONE OF HIS WEEKEND DRUNKS. I SUSPECTED THAT HE WAS STAYING WITH A CO-WORKER WHO IS LETTING HIM DRINK THERE ALL WEEKEND. A LITTLE WHILE AGO, I PICKED UP THE PHONE AND LOOKED AT THE CALLER ID AND REALIZED THAT HE HAD CALLED ME LAST NIGHT FROM THE...	melissajill	7	844	Sep 4, 2005 by Flora123
	Why stay with a practicing alcoholic? (Preview) I know we each have to answer the question, "why stay?" for ourselves, but I was just wondering about this topic. We're supposed to detach from the behavior of the alcoholic, but if alcoholic behavior is 95% of what we get from a spouse--what is the point? A future of more of the same...	FoggyMac	13	1624	Sep 4, 2005 by Flora123
	haxigonian XVI/WACO (Preview) [[ room ]] *As Monday is a US holiday, I may not be online at all that day.* The bronchitis is still hangin around and probably will al weekend; must be the early morning chill. I did talk with my mother yesterday, and her meds were indeed mixed up. Trouble is mum is legally blind and some of the pil...	haximon	4	834	Sep 4, 2005 by afglin
	My pastor responded... (Preview) Wow, this morning I signed on and he had alreay responded. He wrote that he just wanted me to know that he got my email and he wants to sit down and talk about this with me. I did't expect him to even read his mail until Monday. I feel bad that now I can't even make it to church and I dont want...	kimmie	3	710	Sep 4, 2005 by Diva
	Can't get off my pitty pot (Preview) You know, no matter who much I do for myself, take care of myself and understand the situation, I never seem to beable to shake the sadness I feel for how everything in my life is turning out up to this point. I feel lonely and I feel my hp has let me down. I have lost confidence in h...	horsemaven	4	770	Sep 4, 2005 by mom to 2
	i am leaving (Preview) we've been married almost 2 years.my A told me last night he does not know what he wants.he wants keep me and laso he wants more pussy at the same time. how can i accept this? he has been sober 4 years. but being in a new country he got new problem which is much worse than alcohol. i love him and he said he love...	crazywoman	7	939	Sep 4, 2005 by FoggyMac
	The Pruning Process.... (Preview) I read this from a daily devotional I have this morning and wanted to share because it applies to everything in our lives, including relationships. "He Purgeth It." Listen: "Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth he purgeth it, that it may br...	sanddie	0	834	Sep 4, 2005 by sanddie
	Hi I need to ask something (Preview) Hi, I need to ask something? Why is it that I want to get my A back for all he has put me through I will try any thing just to hurt him like he hurts me I know its not right to do but I do it any ways. Why I want to stop but everytime he pushes my buttons I just want to get revenge on him and make him feel b...	RDP2976	4	821	Sep 3, 2005 by Annie
	Hp telling me something? (Preview) Hello all I am in San Jose with my mother. Wednesday, the doctors told my mom that we all needed to get to the hospital cuz my sis was dying. I drove down and now we are just waiting for answers. They don't know how to fix her. She has in infection that won't be treated with antib...	browneyes	5	951	Sep 3, 2005 by lin0606
	It can come back to roost (Preview) I am an oldbie and a newbie at the same time to Alanon. I havn't been going to meetings for some years now, because I have not lived with an alcoholic for many years. HOwever, not long ago, my adult son returned home (which I was happy about--and still am), but the ...	horsemaven	2	896	Sep 3, 2005 by whitie
	NOT COPING WELL (Preview) I AM REALLY HAVING TROUBLE COPING WITH HOW I AM FEELING TODAY. I HAVE THIS BURNING HOLE IN MY STOMACH. MY A ALWAYS COMES BACK AFTER THE WEEKEND BUT I KEEP TORTURING MYSELF THINKING THAT HE WON'T COME BACK THIS TIME. I KNOW I WILL BE OK EVENTUALLY BUT I DO NOT WANT TO BE APART FROM HIM. WE HAVE HAD THESE LONG CON...	melissajill	2	765	Sep 3, 2005 by Annie
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