Al-Anon Family Group - Al-Anon Family Group

Christy · Christy

We finally heard from my Aunt Dot in Biloxi. She is alive (thank HP) but their home is totally gone. Her and her husband are stranded in a Walmart parking lot somewhere in FL about 100 miles from Biloxi. Their are no rooms to be had (hotels etc) and they slept in their van last night. Not sure if there is po...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Twelve Steps And Twelve Traditions, page 75 "It was painful to give up trying to control my life, even though success eluded me, and when life got too rough, I chose to ... escape. ########ROSIE....oh for me it was terrifying , to give up the "control" i thought i had, clinging on..thinking i am my ONLY "...

Busbe · Busbe

I know you live in Minnisota and are familier with it. My husband is going to work at the Prairie Island Nuclear Plant by Redwing. I have been trying to find him an apt around there do u know that area very well? If so let me know so I can look there on the internet for him a one b...

tullemars · tullemars

Thank You all I am very greatful for this board. I try to average it out on good days and bad when I post. You must have good and bad. Ying and Yang Joy and pain If you aren't unhappy sometimes you will never be happy Remeber the secret to life is enjoying the ride....

confused · confused

Something in the chat room just sparked a nagging question that I have had for awhile. I thought that someone might be able to relate and/or offer some wisdom. My A has been sober for about 30 days. Prior to rehab he seemed to have a lot of mania along with his increase in drinking and smoking pot. I spoke to...

Strong4myboys · Strong4myboys

My spouse has been sober for 9 days. Every day is STILL a battle between us. We will have one great day and the then next day is horrible. It's like my emotions are on a roller coaster and I want to be his wife some days and the next I think there is no way I can survive a lifetime rela...

camra · camra

I have this friend from the past who is now my email friend, here lately I have done nothing but irritate him. I am a person who has problems with emotional highs and Lows, I try very hard to keep this to myself and not let it effect my life. But sometimes i can not mostly I let go on line that is the only place I w...

RDP2976 · RDP2976

Hi my name is Robyn. I am 29 years old. I have 2 kids 11 and 7 well he will be 7 in 2 weeks. I am married to a grate man when he's not drunk he is my A. My dad was my A to but I lost him when I was 4 years old. I am so glad I found this. I can't go to f2f meetings right now it's hard but I am trying to do the online meeting...

greta · greta

I Thought of this today, and wanted to share :) Hope u enjoy, Carol People come into your life for a REASON, a SEASON or a LIFETIME. When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do.When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inward...

Strong4myboys · Strong4myboys

I've been thinking about this all weekend. My mom, dad and I listened to CD of an alcoholic who spoke at an alanon convention. We started discussing the A's in our family and mom told me for the first time that her grandad on her mother's side was an alcoholic. She said my great grandm...

marmare · marmare

I actually had a pretty uneventful weekend. My A did his thing and I did mine. We did spend some time together on Saturday. Ran a couple errands and watched T.V. in the evening. He golfed yesterday and I spent most of the day with my mom. (her birthday is today! Sh...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Hope for Today - August 29 My mother's behavior was my original reason for joining Al-Anon. She was the first and most important alcoholic in my life. A talented and creative woman, . #####ROSIE...well she AND the perp but mostly it wa...

lost216 · lost216

My husband refuses to acknowledge his problem. I work late on Friday nights, and a few weeks ago, I came home (around 8:30), and he was drunk. I also have 2 childre -ages 6 and 4, that are in his care when I am not there. He is a wonderful husband and devoted father, but I have realized th...

cedarpines · cedarpines

Hi everyone, I'm having puter problems. May not be on for awhile - cause don't know what problems are. Frustrated because I miss y'all & having trouble getting to ftf meetings. Just want to let you know & be back as soon as I can. Cedarpines

kismetstrand · kismetstrand

Indulge me a moment please. I hadn't seen the original posting of this message (quoted below). I asked for a copy of it after it had already been deleted. I believe the original posting had to do with understanding the AA side?? So, why am I posting this again? Well, I'...

nikkilou · nikkilou

Hi all, Just a quick note to say my little guy is doing great and home for hosptial. Thanks for all your prayers. NIKKILOU

toto12 · toto12

Does anybody know what's wrong? When I want to go in, it says webmaster.com closed or it already says quit, or it says connect at top and quickly flashes to closed.....? help! your computer idiot in Europe toto12

Kim · Kim

Hello all: I called my A today to apologize about telling his daighter's mother about his spending her money. I felt I needed to as I was reflecting a lot on my acting out during his last relapse. I tried to ddo this to make me feel better, not to encourage him back into our house. O...

Dolphin123 · Dolphin123

Hello Roomies, I wrote a few days ago about my experience with my "A" on a night when his drug of choice was unavailable. (I don't know what happened.) After that night I have had three teriffic days with my "A". He took Friday off from work to attend a ceremony with me. We went out to breakfast, atte...

swolves · swolves

As i have been unable to get into chat room....and I need to share ....here I am. After my A being 2 hours late picking up kids on Friday, I was not happy when I could not reach his appt to say good night to the kids. So I called at 8:30 in am on Sat. and spoke with my oldest...everything seemed ok....

kimmie · kimmie

Well we survived the second landfall into Broward County Florida of Hurricane Katrina. I really feel for those people in the gulf for the second landfall. My "A" of course used the hurricane as a great excuse to get plastered. And my mother said that her "A" did the sa...

ditto · ditto

I didn't believe that he had stopped drinking. He had promised me months ago that he had stopped. I had told him that I would divorce him if he continued to drink and he wrote a contract swearing that he would not ever drink again. Tonight I have searched the house and have found the bottle...

allie32 · allie32

I just feel a need of letting you know, that your presence in the chat-room matters a lot to me. Thank you, those of you, that have listened to my pain these last few days. It is very hard to feel the feelings and open up. At least I surrendered to the thought that I really belong in the program. I am acoa, bo...

sg · sg

(One Day at a Time) ...."If I remember the kind person I want to be, I won't forget myself and yield to an angry surge of temper.....quiet always sets the stage for calm." Anger is a scarey thing for me. I know what I am capable of. Growing up w/an angry mother, I absorbed a lot of her unhealthiness...

cdb · cdb

Josey gave me permission to ask all of you to pray for her. She needs prayers for Strength for her to make some major decisions now based on her Higher Power's Guidance. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. cdb

eileen · eileen

HI guys. I have a request to make of everyone. a couple weeks ago I asked you guys to pray for me about my relationship with HP and surrendering and it really helped put me in contact and get me started on healing my realtionship with my spirituality. thank you thankyou SO much everyone and anyone who offe...

JulieLynn · JulieLynn

I am trying to figure out why I am wanting to go back to my alcoholic husband. I left three weeks ago and now I am finding it hard to stay away. My husband has now turned this around on me and says "Things aren't going to work out between us Julie". Now I am left feeling rejected when I was t...

Kim · Kim

hi everyone. Yesterday my A called upset about the fact that I had told my stepdaughter's mother that he had spent all of her savings ($500) which was her communion money. I asked him about it a few days before and he told me he had spent it a while ago when we were in Florida, which to me was no excus...

wille · wille

Hi all, I hope this finds everyone well. Most recently a friend commits suicide, so I want to post this phone number here, if that will fly. 1.800.suicide It is a suicide prevention hotline. It is a twentyfour hour line. Y'all take care, eh? Oceans of love, \/\/ille

sandie123 · sandie123

I've never posted before but I just don't know where to go. I fairly new to alanon and have gone to a few f2f meetings and have spent quite a few hours at the chat room. I have talked to some great people who have made me feel a lot better. But these past few days have been tough. I'm not sure if it just my fru...

hurtinginindy · hurtinginindy

Started my new job last Monday...still in training and will be for another week. Is t is going well...just some overload with new information. I am having a hard time finding extra time on this board. When I do though, it is healing, comforting, calming. I am really struggling b...

Anniegran · Anniegran

My daughter, 40, single, lived for a while with a woman friend she adored. Drinking led to conflict and eventually ejection from this woman's home. I provided a roof over Caroline's head. She is sensitive with low self-esteem. Her drinking is pretty well constant, she drives me...

debilyn · debilyn

Wait a minute, will you send me that thing private. Becuz i loved it. I too think different than most. Learned just how much when I went to college in my late 40's I saw it as a person who is more mature in her own personal journey. I saw my A big time. I know he has changed since i have seen thru the ma...

sanddie · sanddie

For those of you dealing with adult alcoholics, whether it be your adult child, spouse, parents, grandparents.... any addict who is an adult in your life in which you struggle to allow them to deal with their consequences. I feel your pain, as I have a 17-year old daughter who...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

Hi!! i am rosie, codependent and ACOA...below are MY shares on the "hope for today" and "days of healing" daily messeges...look for me after my ######## Hope for Today - August 28 Before Al-Anon, I had a false sense of self.Because of their diseases, my alcoholic father and my mother weren't ableto he...

tea2 · tea2

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence NCADV Cosmetic & Reconstructive Support (CRS) Program PO Box 18749, Denver, CO 80218-0749 Phone 303-839-1852 ext 102/ Fax 303-831-9351 / Website www.ncadv.org The Cosm...

tea2 · tea2

Alcoholism, A Merry-Go-Round Named Denial Someone in the Chat Room Recommended an Al-Anon literature pamphlet. I did not know I was missing this -thought I already had all the reading materials that my face to face meetings offered. At last weeks meeting I requ...

Dolphin123 · Dolphin123

Hello roomies, Perspective is a wonderful thing, but at times it can be any enemy, it all depends on how it is used. When ever I come across something that moves me, I am excited to share it with the group. I am so excited to pass along what I have been given. In my haste to share something I found in my "...

sg · sg

This past July my bankruptcy was discharged...an after effect of something I had to do when I left my ex. For 7 yrs I have been trying to rebuild my credit but it is hard. I have always had to rely on someone to cosign. I have done what I can to keep my finances in order...knocking down my 3 credit cards to...

Dolphin123 · Dolphin123

(((((((((((((((Roomies))))))))))))))))), I had a post here, but I guess it wasn't as beautiful as I thought it was. I don't want to post anything that makes anyone feel uneasy. I would not feel comfortable knowing that I posted somehing that is maybe harmful, and not good. In the future I will be mo...

ditto · ditto

Well, I don't know what to think or what to do. I have been married to him less than a year and I find out more and more things that upset me and scare me. He is secretive. I have found bills that are in his name that are not being paid. Generally we keep our finances seperately.&nb...

Diva · Diva

Thank you Wallsal for admitting to searching. I talk a with a big Al Anon voice on the subject of searching, but I haven't convinced myself I wouldn't do it again. And your "reasoning" is "reasonable" as it can be. I like to know what I am having to deal with at all times. The TRUTH, which I know I am not going...

megan · megan

My A has been after me to sign the lease on HIS apt where I lived until may So he tried to bribe me he gave me a nice coach handbag, to sign the lease Well after that was a check for $2000 to sign the lease. I took the pocketbook and the check and REFUSED to sign the lease. I said that the lease signin...

wallsal55 · wallsal55

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marmare · marmare

So my A has a safety luncheon or something at work yesterday, told me it was at 1:30 but he may be running late after work. I was leaving work, called him to see if he would be the one home to order pizza for pizza night. Oh he answers and says he is leaving the "local" (where he hangs out on Friday...

debilyn · debilyn

Thanks you guys, loved your responses!!! Diva wow that is true huh? oops....never thought about the floor not holding her! I have an old wood cook stove I am putting in here. someone reminded me I wouls need to reinforce the floor! oops. David YES I saw that movie! they ended up together...

jen · jen

Hi everyone! This is my first post. I've been reading the boards for awhile and it has really helped to know I'm not alone. To read the details people talk about and to know that these are the same details I live with -- it is comforting to know I'm not alone and I'm not crazy. Forgive me if I don't have the l...

haximon · haximon

[[ room ]] The money crunch is temporarily over...thank you!! The postal service has been too slow getting it to me... In the meantime, i have been learning the town. I may have a place to park and sleep that i will check out tonight. If it pans out it will save a LOT of gasoline. A woman on the tra...

debilyn · debilyn

Well that is kinda a lie since there are eight dogs, a few cats and a pot bellied pig asleep in here... Day started "normal", here is my Eden post today: Ok I wake up and Sauveur, my huge Great Pyrenees,has me crammed into the wall with Sparky kitten sorta between us, lost in his fur. I feel somet...

DanaAngel · DanaAngel

Does anyone know who puts up and maintains the reading material advertised next to the where the chatroom goes up? There is a "questionable" book on there which clearly does not belong on a recovery site. Please remove it. Thank you.

Dolphin123 · Dolphin123

(((((((((((((Roomies)))))))))))))))))), Wow what a night last night was!

My "A" calls me before he got home from work. He wanted $20. He wanted to call his connection and buy some pot. I so badly wanted to argue, fight, and once again be the wounded party. I said I will g...

hvnly1 · hvnly1

I have some sort of respiratory virus. Maybe it lies in wait perpetually for times when i am exhausted and can't handle it. Whatever my meds i guess are helping me still. Yet I still am wheezing a bit. But with how hard i have been coughing i guess it will take time for my throat t...

mastiff · mastiff

Hi all, i regrete to say that I wont be able to chair on friday am's anymore. The reason being is that my oldest son is back in school, so trying to get all 3 of the baby's breakfast and ready is hard enough; but the main reason is that my oldest son's bus schedule has...

rosie light shines · rosie light shines

sorry this is long, but wow!!! this program REALLY REALLY works.... Willing to Make Amends > >The Eighth Step is talking about a change of heart, a healing >change. > > ######ROSIE..yeah step eight was the REAL "clean up part" ...

wille · wille

Hi all, I hope this finds all well : ) Does anyone know what this means? Java(TM) Plug-in: Version 1.4.2 Using JRE version 1.4.2 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM User home directory = C:\Documents and Settings\mr hankey Proxy Configuration: Browser Proxy Configuration --...

kismetstrand · kismetstrand

To quote a song..."Oops! I did it again!" and I think I might be a bit mad at myself. Woke up to find my 15 year old had missed the bus, had not tried to wake me to take him to school, had not asked any of the other 3 "adult?" children here to drive him (they all have cars and were home), and doggone-...

Cobrien1976 · Cobrien1976

My A has been sober for 45 days now and in counseling and meetings everynight. After checking his cell phone one day(i wanted to see if he lied to me about calling a guy about some $ he was owed from a job he did). I came across womens names and numbers abd starteddoing a phone records search etc. Comes out he...

AlaMom · AlaMom

that my babies are growing up. In ten days I will bring my oldest child to college. A week after that my youngest will be starting kindergarten. As the days dwindle I ask myself what happened to the last 18 years. I remember all the things that my oldest has witnessed - the figh...

Flora123 · Flora123

Hi, sorry I can't remember you full nickname, but you know who you are LOL. The Angel with all the grandchildren, who makes wonderful "wedding cakes". Just to say, haven't caught up with you in chatroom for a little while, and wondered how you are getting on. Thinking of you, Please post b...

Kim · Kim

Hello all. It's been a while since I posted, and alot has gone on since. I left for vacation last Saturday knowing full well that my husband would get high while I was gone. I was anxiety ridden the entire week before I left, however, I went. I was going to console my best frie...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Aunt in Biloxi (Preview) We finally heard from my Aunt Dot in Biloxi. She is alive (thank HP) but their home is totally gone. Her and her husband are stranded in a Walmart parking lot somewhere in FL about 100 miles from Biloxi. Their are no rooms to be had (hotels etc) and they slept in their van last night. Not sure if there is po...	Christy	8	539	Aug 31, 2005 by gardengal
	thank GOD i am losing my control freakiness (Preview) Twelve Steps And Twelve Traditions, page 75 "It was painful to give up trying to control my life, even though success eluded me, and when life got too rough, I chose to ... escape. ########ROSIE....oh for me it was terrifying , to give up the "control" i thought i had, clinging on..thinking i am my ONLY "...	rosie light shines	0	454	Aug 31, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Bikerdad (Preview) *I know you live in Minnisota and are familier with it. My husband is going to work* *at the Prairie Island Nuclear Plant by Redwing. I have been trying to find him* *an apt around there do u know that area very well? If so let me know so I can* *look there on the internet for him a one b...*	Busbe	3	536	Aug 31, 2005 by sg
	Greatful (Preview) Thank You all I am very greatful for this board. I try to average it out on good days and bad when I post. You must have good and bad. Ying and Yang Joy and pain If you aren't unhappy sometimes you will never be happy Remeber the secret to life is enjoying the ride....	tullemars	3	439	Aug 31, 2005 by sg
	mania (Preview) Something in the chat room just sparked a nagging question that I have had for awhile. I thought that someone might be able to relate and/or offer some wisdom. My A has been sober for about 30 days. Prior to rehab he seemed to have a lot of mania along with his increase in drinking and smoking pot. I spoke to...	confused	6	448	Aug 31, 2005 by sg
	Recently sobered spouse/ help with step 1 (Preview) My spouse has been sober for 9 days. Every day is STILL a battle between us. We will have one great day and the then next day is horrible. It's like my emotions are on a roller coaster and I want to be his wife some days and the next I think there is no way I can survive a lifetime rela...	Strong4myboys	8	734	Aug 31, 2005 by sg
	whats up with me ? (Preview) I have this friend from the past who is now my email friend, here lately I have done nothing but irritate him. I am a person who has problems with emotional highs and Lows, I try very hard to keep this to myself and not let it effect my life. But sometimes i can not mostly I let go on line that is the only place I w...	camra	2	633	Aug 30, 2005 by camra
	HI I am New (Preview) Hi my name is Robyn. I am 29 years old. I have 2 kids 11 and 7 well he will be 7 in 2 weeks. I am married to a grate man when he's not drunk he is my A. My dad was my A to but I lost him when I was 4 years old. I am so glad I found this. I can't go to f2f meetings right now it's hard but I am trying to do the online meeting...	RDP2976	7	566	Aug 30, 2005 by Tammy
	Reason, Season, Lifetime (Preview) I Thought of this today, and wanted to share :) Hope u enjoy, Carol People come into your life for a REASON, a SEASON or a LIFETIME. When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do.When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inward...	greta	2	481	Aug 30, 2005 by Dolphin123
	Why is it such a vicious cycle? (Preview) I've been thinking about this all weekend. My mom, dad and I listened to CD of an alcoholic who spoke at an alanon convention. We started discussing the A's in our family and mom told me for the first time that her grandad on her mother's side was an alcoholic. She said my great grandm...	Strong4myboys	7	658	Aug 30, 2005 by bcanuck
	Why (Preview) I actually had a pretty uneventful weekend. My A did his thing and I did mine. We did spend some time together on Saturday. Ran a couple errands and watched T.V. in the evening. He golfed yesterday and I spent most of the day with my mom. (her birthday is today! Sh...	marmare	5	493	Aug 30, 2005 by browneyes
	a posthumous reconcile with my mom (Preview) Hope for Today - August 29 My mother's behavior was my original reason for joining Al-Anon. She was the first and most important alcoholic in my life. A talented and creative woman, . #####ROSIE...well she AND the perp but mostly it wa...	rosie light shines	1	429	Aug 30, 2005 by Annie
	help with coping (Preview) My husband refuses to acknowledge his problem. I work late on Friday nights, and a few weeks ago, I came home (around 8:30), and he was drunk. I also have 2 childre -ages 6 and 4, that are in his care when I am not there. He is a wonderful husband and devoted father, but I have realized th...	lost216	10	777	Aug 30, 2005 by lost216
	Status (Preview) Hi everyone, I'm having puter problems. May not be on for awhile - cause don't know what problems are. Frustrated because I miss y'all & having trouble getting to ftf meetings. Just want to let you know & be back as soon as I can. Cedarpines	cedarpines	6	453	Aug 30, 2005 by cedarpines
	The Face of Fear (long) (Preview) Indulge me a moment please. I hadn't seen the original posting of this message (quoted below). I asked for a copy of it after it had already been deleted. I believe the original posting had to do with understanding the AA side?? So, why am I posting this again? Well, I'...	kismetstrand	5	523	Aug 30, 2005 by isabela40
	baby (Preview) Hi all, Just a quick note to say my little guy is doing great and home for hosptial. Thanks for all your prayers. NIKKILOU	nikkilou	3	440	Aug 29, 2005 by Maria123
	chatroom-What's happening? (Preview) Does anybody know what's wrong? When I want to go in, it says webmaster.com closed or it already says quit, or it says connect at top and quickly flashes to closed.....? help! your computer idiot in Europe toto12	toto12	3	523	Aug 29, 2005 by swolves
	better day (Preview) Hello all: I called my A today to apologize about telling his daighter's mother about his spending her money. I felt I needed to as I was reflecting a lot on my acting out during his last relapse. I tried to ddo this to make me feel better, not to encourage him back into our house. O...	Kim	3	453	Aug 29, 2005 by marmare
	I don't know what happened, continued (Preview) Hello Roomies, I wrote a few days ago about my experience with my "A" on a night when his drug of choice was unavailable. (I don't know what happened.) After that night I have had three teriffic days with my "A". He took Friday off from work to attend a ceremony with me. We went out to breakfast, atte...	Dolphin123	4	507	Aug 29, 2005 by marmare
	he's in jail (Preview) As i have been unable to get into chat room....and I need to share ....here I am. After my A being 2 hours late picking up kids on Friday, I was not happy when I could not reach his appt to say good night to the kids. So I called at 8:30 in am on Sat. and spoke with my oldest...everything seemed ok....	swolves	6	541	Aug 29, 2005 by marmare
	Hurricane Katrina (Preview) Well we survived the second landfall into Broward County Florida of Hurricane Katrina. I really feel for those people in the gulf for the second landfall. My "A" of course used the hurricane as a great excuse to get plastered. And my mother said that her "A" did the sa...	kimmie	4	510	Aug 29, 2005 by Christy
	Found the empty bottles (Preview) I didn't believe that he had stopped drinking. He had promised me months ago that he had stopped. I had told him that I would divorce him if he continued to drink and he wrote a contract swearing that he would not ever drink again. Tonight I have searched the house and have found the bottle...	ditto	10	874	Aug 29, 2005 by marmare
	To my new friends! (Preview) I just feel a need of letting you know, that your presence in the chat-room matters a lot to me. Thank you, those of you, that have listened to my pain these last few days. It is very hard to feel the feelings and open up. At least I surrendered to the thought that I really belong in the program. I am acoa, bo...	allie32	4	481	Aug 29, 2005 by lin0606
	Today's reading on anger (Preview) (One Day at a Time) ...."If I remember the kind person I want to be, I won't forget myself and yield to an angry surge of temper.....quiet always sets the stage for calm." Anger is a scarey thing for me. I know what I am capable of. Growing up w/an angry mother, I absorbed a lot of her unhealthiness...	sg	1	528	Aug 29, 2005 by browneyes
	jrtJosey,,,,needs prayers (Preview) Josey gave me permission to ask all of you to pray for her. She needs prayers for Strength for her to make some major decisions now based on her Higher Power's Guidance. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. cdb	cdb	9	477	Aug 29, 2005 by jj
	help with letting go (Preview) HI guys. I have a request to make of everyone. a couple weeks ago I asked you guys to pray for me about my relationship with HP and surrendering and it really helped put me in contact and get me started on healing my realtionship with my spirituality. thank you thankyou SO much everyone and anyone who offe...	eileen	2	475	Aug 29, 2005 by Dolphin123
	Why do I want to go back to my A (Preview) I am trying to figure out why I am wanting to go back to my alcoholic husband. I left three weeks ago and now I am finding it hard to stay away. My husband has now turned this around on me and says "Things aren't going to work out between us Julie". Now I am left feeling rejected when I was t...	JulieLynn	6	692	Aug 29, 2005 by JulieLynn
	bad day (Preview) hi everyone. Yesterday my A called upset about the fact that I had told my stepdaughter's mother that he had spent all of her savings ($500) which was her communion money. I asked him about it a few days before and he told me he had spent it a while ago when we were in Florida, which to me was no excus...	Kim	4	533	Aug 28, 2005 by Dolphin123
	as one gets to their wits end... (Preview) Hi all, I hope this finds everyone well. Most recently a friend commits suicide, so I want to post this phone number here, if that will fly. 1.800.suicide It is a suicide prevention hotline. It is a twentyfour hour line. Y'all take care, eh? Oceans of love, \/\/ille	wille	1	498	Aug 28, 2005 by Dolphin123
	Sad, lonely and frustrated (Preview) I've never posted before but I just don't know where to go. I fairly new to alanon and have gone to a few f2f meetings and have spent quite a few hours at the chat room. I have talked to some great people who have made me feel a lot better. But these past few days have been tough. I'm not sure if it just my fru...	sandie123	10	766	Aug 28, 2005 by sandie123
	Love Him/Hate Disease (Preview) Started my new job last Monday...still in training and will be for another week. Is t is going well...just some overload with new information. I am having a hard time finding extra time on this board. When I do though, it is healing, comforting, calming. I am really struggling b...	hurtinginindy	4	577	Aug 28, 2005 by Dolphin123
	Rejection and Loss (Preview) My daughter, 40, single, lived for a while with a woman friend she adored. Drinking led to conflict and eventually ejection from this woman's home. I provided a roof over Caroline's head. She is sensitive with low self-esteem. Her drinking is pretty well constant, she drives me...	Anniegran	4	634	Aug 28, 2005 by Dolphin123
	oh dolphin... (Preview) Wait a minute, will you send me that thing private. Becuz i loved it. I too think different than most. Learned just how much when I went to college in my late 40's I saw it as a person who is more mature in her own personal journey. I saw my A big time. I know he has changed since i have seen thru the ma...	debilyn	5	783	Aug 28, 2005 by Dolphin123
	Wanted to share with everyone.... (Preview) For those of you dealing with adult alcoholics, whether it be your adult child, spouse, parents, grandparents.... any addict who is an adult in your life in which you struggle to allow them to deal with their consequences. I feel your pain, as I have a 17-year old daughter who...	sanddie	1	525	Aug 28, 2005 by rosie light shines
	who the heck AM i???? (Preview) Hi!! i am rosie, codependent and ACOA...below are MY shares on the "hope for today" and "days of healing" daily messeges...look for me after my ######## Hope for Today - August 28 Before Al-Anon, I had a false sense of self.Because of their diseases, my alcoholic father and my mother weren't ableto he...	rosie light shines	2	598	Aug 28, 2005 by rosie light shines
	Abuse Survivors / Medical Aid (Preview) National Coalition Against Domestic Violence NCADV Cosmetic & Reconstructive Support (CRS) Program PO Box 18749, Denver, CO 80218-0749 Phone 303-839-1852 ext 102/ Fax 303-831-9351 / Website www.ncadv.org The Cosm...	tea2	2	581	Aug 28, 2005 by cdb
	Thank You (Preview) Alcoholism, A Merry-Go-Round Named Denial Someone in the Chat Room Recommended an Al-Anon literature pamphlet. I did not know I was missing this -thought I already had all the reading materials that my face to face meetings offered. At last weeks meeting I requ...	tea2	2	791	Aug 28, 2005 by cdb
	Wrong Perspective, sorry (Preview) Hello roomies, Perspective is a wonderful thing, but at times it can be any enemy, it all depends on how it is used. When ever I come across something that moves me, I am excited to share it with the group. I am so excited to pass along what I have been given. In my haste to share something I found in my "...	Dolphin123	4	794	Aug 27, 2005 by abbyal
	I HAVE to share this small feat w/you guys! :O) (Preview) This past July my bankruptcy was discharged...an after effect of something I had to do when I left my ex. For 7 yrs I have been trying to rebuild my credit but it is hard. I have always had to rely on someone to cosign. I have done what I can to keep my finances in order...knocking down my 3 credit cards to...	sg	5	760	Aug 27, 2005 by Tammy
	Please Hear what I am not saying (Preview) (((((((((((((((Roomies))))))))))))))))), I had a post here, but I guess it wasn't as beautiful as I thought it was. I don't want to post anything that makes anyone feel uneasy. I would not feel comfortable knowing that I posted somehing that is maybe harmful, and not good. In the future I will be mo...	Dolphin123	7	635	Aug 27, 2005 by Dolphin123
	Finances (Preview) Well, I don't know what to think or what to do. I have been married to him less than a year and I find out more and more things that upset me and scare me. He is secretive. I have found bills that are in his name that are not being paid. Generally we keep our finances seperately.&nb...	ditto	4	721	Aug 27, 2005 by mom to 2
	Wallsal (Preview) Thank you Wallsal for admitting to searching. I talk a with a big Al Anon voice on the subject of searching, but I haven't convinced myself I wouldn't do it again. And your "reasoning" is "reasonable" as it can be. I like to know what I am having to deal with at all times. The TRUTH, which I know I am not going...	Diva	0	553	Aug 27, 2005 by Diva
	enabling (Preview) My A has been after me to sign the lease on HIS apt where I lived until may So he tried to bribe me he gave me a nice coach handbag, to sign the lease Well after that was a check for $2000 to sign the lease. I took the pocketbook and the check and REFUSED to sign the lease. I said that the lease signin...	megan	8	736	Aug 27, 2005 by browneyes
	Helpful Sight to Meditate, (topic anger) (Preview) www.inspiringthots.net	wallsal55	2	554	Aug 27, 2005 by browneyes
	How confusing (Preview) So my A has a safety luncheon or something at work yesterday, told me it was at 1:30 but he may be running late after work. I was leaving work, called him to see if he would be the one home to order pizza for pizza night. Oh he answers and says he is leaving the "local" (where he hangs out on Friday...	marmare	7	813	Aug 27, 2005 by Tammy
	All who responded to my message (Preview) Thanks you guys, loved your responses!!! Diva wow that is true huh? oops....never thought about the floor not holding her! I have an old wood cook stove I am putting in here. someone reminded me I wouls need to reinforce the floor! oops. David YES I saw that movie! they ended up together...	debilyn	1	718	Aug 27, 2005 by megan
	I need your opinion (Preview) Hi everyone! This is my first post. I've been reading the boards for awhile and it has really helped to know I'm not alone. To read the details people talk about and to know that these are the same details I live with -- it is comforting to know I'm not alone and I'm not crazy. Forgive me if I don't have the l...	jen	7	817	Aug 26, 2005 by lin0606
	haxigonian XII (Preview) [[ room ]] The money crunch is temporarily over...thank you!! The postal service has been too slow getting it to me... In the meantime, i have been learning the town. I may have a place to park and sleep that i will check out tonight. If it pans out it will save a LOT of gasoline. A woman on the tra...	haximon	5	933	Aug 26, 2005 by Anew123
	Sitting here alone..... well sorta (Preview) Well that is kinda a lie since there are eight dogs, a few cats and a pot bellied pig asleep in here... Day started "normal", here is my Eden post today: Ok I wake up and Sauveur, my huge Great Pyrenees,has me crammed into the wall with Sparky kitten sorta between us, lost in his fur. I feel somet...	debilyn	4	985	Aug 26, 2005 by Anew123
	Who monitors the Reading material advertised? (Preview) Does anyone know who puts up and maintains the reading material advertised next to the where the chatroom goes up? There is a "questionable" book on there which clearly does not belong on a recovery site. Please remove it. Thank you.	DanaAngel	5	734	Aug 26, 2005 by DanaAngel
	I don't know what happened (Preview) (((((((((((((Roomies)))))))))))))))))), Wow what a night last night was! My "A" calls me before he got home from work. He wanted $20. He wanted to call his connection and buy some pot. I so badly wanted to argue, fight, and once again be the wounded party. I said I will g...	Dolphin123	7	928	Aug 26, 2005 by debilyn
	Sick and tired (Preview) I have some sort of respiratory virus. Maybe it lies in wait perpetually for times when i am exhausted and can't handle it. Whatever my meds i guess are helping me still. Yet I still am wheezing a bit. But with how hard i have been coughing i guess it will take time for my throat t...	hvnly1	3	695	Aug 26, 2005 by Flora123
	We need a new Friday am meeting chairperson please (Preview) Hi all, i regrete to say that I wont be able to chair on friday am's anymore. The reason being is that my oldest son is back in school, so trying to get all 3 of the baby's breakfast and ready is hard enough; but the main reason is that my oldest son's bus schedule has...	mastiff	1	606	Aug 26, 2005 by Faith73
	i feel better and better about me (Preview) sorry this is long, but wow!!! this program REALLY REALLY works.... Willing to Make Amends > >The Eighth Step is talking about a change of heart, a healing >change. > > ######ROSIE..yeah step eight was the REAL "clean up part" ...	rosie light shines	0	579	Aug 26, 2005 by rosie light shines
	log in ?-s (Preview) Hi all, I hope this finds all well : ) Does anyone know what this means? Java(TM) Plug-in: Version 1.4.2 Using JRE version 1.4.2 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM User home directory = C:\Documents and Settings\mr hankey Proxy Configuration: Browser Proxy Configuration --...	wille	4	1087	Aug 26, 2005 by wille
	Snapping (Preview) To quote a song..."Oops! I did it again!" and I think I might be a bit mad at myself. Woke up to find my 15 year old had missed the bus, had not tried to wake me to take him to school, had not asked any of the other 3 "adult?" children here to drive him (they all have cars and were home), and doggone-...	kismetstrand	6	733	Aug 26, 2005 by Christy
	I she cheating-weird relationships with other women (Preview) My A has been sober for 45 days now and in counseling and meetings everynight. After checking his cell phone one day(i wanted to see if he lied to me about calling a guy about some $ he was owed from a job he did). I came across womens names and numbers abd starteddoing a phone records search etc. Comes out he...	Cobrien1976	4	929	Aug 26, 2005 by lin0606
	The time has come... (Preview) that my babies are growing up. In ten days I will bring my oldest child to college. A week after that my youngest will be starting kindergarten. As the days dwindle I ask myself what happened to the last 18 years. I remember all the things that my oldest has witnessed - the figh...	AlaMom	6	813	Aug 26, 2005 by AlaMom
	Message for Angel (Preview) Hi, sorry I can't remember you full nickname, but you know who you are LOL. The Angel with all the grandchildren, who makes wonderful "wedding cakes". Just to say, haven't caught up with you in chatroom for a little while, and wondered how you are getting on. Thinking of you, Please post b...	Flora123	0	433	Aug 26, 2005 by Flora123
	relapse again (Preview) Hello all. It's been a while since I posted, and alot has gone on since. I left for vacation last Saturday knowing full well that my husband would get high while I was gone. I was anxiety ridden the entire week before I left, however, I went. I was going to console my best frie...	Kim	10	851	Aug 25, 2005 by Kim
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