Al-Anon Family Group - Al-Anon Family Group

Bethany66 · Bethany66

Sometimes I feel like I havent got a reason to complain if I hold my life against anothers. My A is not physically abusive, doesnt go to jail, doesnt wreck cars or lose jobs. He is 13 years older than I am, retired and spends almost all his time at home. He cooks dinner most nights while I work, he does the...

Enigmatic · Enigmatic

Today's page reviews Tradition Five and our "...one purpose: to help families of alcoholics...by practicing the 12 Steps of AA ourselves, encouraging and understanding our alcoholic relatives, and by welcoming and giving comfort to families of alcoholics." The author found a way to focus on sel...

Jerry F · Jerry F

I was looking for an Avatar that kinda sorta demonstrated the alcoholic personality and there it was right in my back yard. I call this bird "Cockarooster" because he is soooo cocky starting his crowing early in the morning and trying to get the feral chickens in the neighborhood to gather around h...

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning Everyone- Today's reading speaks to the relief of letting go of elf-pity and replacing it with a sense of humor. The writer describes being at a meeting where she is complaining about her husband and the situation they were in- someone else at the meeting laughs at what she is describing...

_bunny_ · _bunny_

I feel like I'm taking on a bit too much recently, and to retrieve back some of my "me" time to focus on taking care of myself, I've been practicing saying "no" more often than normal. It's mainly just to small 5 to 10 minute requests from friends or family, such as picking up the mail while someones out tow...

Ruby456 · Ruby456

Hi I am new to forum but so need help and advice. Been with husband for long time and he has always been massively heavy drinker. Big personality and life and soul of everything. Doesn't want to drink at home but wants to be out til late most nights drinking maybe for up to 6 hours a day. We split once years...

bzz123 · bzz123

I went to my first meeting last night and I am so glad I went. We were talking about detachment with love and I was wondering if you had some examples of what works for you and/or examples of things that you have done. I'm currently in this detachment state, but with anger and/or numbness and I would like t...

courage101 · courage101

JULY 17, 2017 MONDAY EVENING AL-ANON MEETING IN PROGRESS 9PM EST (6PM PACIFIC) TOPICS: Self Esteem, Not self confidence. The website link to the group meeting room is http://www.12stepforums.net/chatroom2.html. There are other ways to join the room also. Using mIRC or other chat client, th...

BreathingInAndOut · BreathingInAndOut

Thank you everyone for coming together and creating this safe, supportive community. I am learning a lot, and I am feeling better. Releasing myself from attempts to control others and from the guilt of not being able to control others has in itself done so much for me. I feel more whole and more hopeful...

mamalioness · mamalioness

We have had horrid rains here in TX....everyday it is raining..pools of water standing near a couple of areas around my house....bailing out puddles so the mosquitos don't have a breeding fest......its awful...every day, i rush out to play tennis before the now expected deluge comes...I have been...

Enigmatic · Enigmatic

Today's author became involved with the qualifiers' problems to the point of forgetting that happiness is possible regardless of what the drinker decides to do. After beginning recovery in AlAnon, the author heard that "youll have to make it whether the alcoholics do or not." Choosing to detach f...

MissM · MissM

Al anon has given me the opportunity to develop some wonderful new perspectives on things that once seemed very black and white. One of these is the ability to enjoy the wonderful qualities people have, even when they might also be someone that I need to detach from in other ways. I see this as a great gif...

Parame · Parame

I don't understand how a man can tell you he loves you in Oct, talk about living together, Nov starts drinking and pushes you away, by Dec on a binge then recovery for the 5 or 6 time. Comes out after 5 months while you've waited only to give you a typed letter saying the same excuses he stated in Nov that aren...

el-cee · el-cee

I've had the old head for a wee while. This feeling of dis-ease. Thinking it's the old fears creeping in. I've been having nightmares they are like horror movies blood and violence and death and I've had fear for my family. That old something bad is going to happen I can feel it type of thing. I hate that my...

Enigmatic · Enigmatic

In terms of what is "right" or "wrong" for us, what we "should" or "should not" do, or what is/is not "healthy", AlAnon is very clear: we seldom know that for ourselves, and never for others, be they new or experienced. That knowledge belongs to god or higher power alone. These pages provide some helpfu...

hotrod · hotrod

Learn How The Twelve Steps Work.Participate in your own recovery as well as the recovery of others, by being active on this board as we go through the 12 Steps of recovery together!Step 11 has been posted to the Step Work Board, Here is the link:http://stepwork.activeboard.com/t63751346/alanon-...

SerenityRUS · SerenityRUS

I have got to remember that every day is not going to be awful and every day is not going to be awesome .. LOL .. no matter what I can start my day over at my choosing. If I can avoid eating people verbally when they find my last nerve .. priceless .. sigh. Thanks for letting me share :)

hotrod · hotrod

The ODAT Reading for today, Sunday 7-16 , speaks about the word"Immaturity". It points out that many of us speak of the alcoholic as being "immature" and childish. but that we too are just as immature and that is why we selected an alcoholic as a partner-- It is like a "child calling to a child". The sug...

courage101 · courage101

JULY 16, 2017 SUNDAY MORNING AL-ANON MEETING IN PROGRESS 10AM EST (7AM PACIFIC) TOPICS: Rejection, Real or Imagined? The website link to the group meeting room is http://www.12stepforums.net/chatroom2.html. There are other ways to join the room also. Using mIRC or other chat client, the ser...

unbroken13 · unbroken13

Good Morning, I know it has been a long time since I have posted here. There has been so much going on it would make anyone's head spin. One good thing has come out of it though, my AH is 24 days sober. Of course this is after he shot a hole in the wall and went to a neighbor and asked her if she wanted to (in his wo...

courage101 · courage101

JULY 15, 2017 SATURDAY EVENING AL-ANON MEETING IN PROGRESS 9PM EST (6PM PACIFIC) TOPICS: Powerless, Surrender to win. The website link to the group meeting room is http://www.12stepforums.net/chatroom2.html. There are other ways to join the room also. Using mIRC or other chat client, the s...

WestMan · WestMan

I haven't seen this come up on here so I hope I'm not breaking the rules. I'll keep it clean. My AW came to bed and wanted to be intimate. Internally I was a bit hesitant but that didn't last long and we went ahead and had sex. I didn't realize until we were well into it that she had almost certainly been drink...

DavidG · DavidG

P. 267. This chapter begins by talking about ambivalence. "In our young lives love and fear were as intimately blended as with scotch and soda." Family life was a rollercoaster ride. Through young innocent eyes this was our normal- this was our world as we knew it. "We learned to deny,minimise, exagg...

Aline · Aline

Hiya, doing some more thinking :D Wanted to share. I realized after a very recent crazy episode that I've been kind of (not sure what to call it) forcing myself into recovery. Like, I've been intellectually getting ahead of myself in the stage of recovery I'm currently at, thinking if I know and unders...

courage101 · courage101

JULY 15, 2017 SATURDAY MORNING AL-ANON MEETING IN PROGRESS 10AM EST (7AM PACIFIC) TOPICS: Powerless, Surrender to win. The website link to the group meeting room is http://www.12stepforums.net/chatroom2.html. There are other ways to join the room also. Using mIRC or other chat client, the...

MissM · MissM

Today's C2C speaks about allowing people to work their program in their own way and time. It suggests that each of us work al-anon in the way that is right for us and some people may take longer to find their way than others, and that is just fine. It suggests that even if we feel frustrated when someone is r...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Today's reading talks about the freedom available through working the steps, especially Step 9, where we are asked to make amends. Many of us don't see our part in our lives until we seek recovery and work the steps. The writer discusses not being aware of the burden of guilt until this time in recove...

bzz123 · bzz123

I have been the primary POC for years for my friend's family, friends, etc. where they would come to be for status updates on him, if he was drinking or not, etc. etc. I am done with this. It burdens me so much. Anyway, today his friend texted me to ask me if he was drinking (he is) and if he was working (he's n...

Aline · Aline

Ive been feeling kind of rocky today, like I've been hit on the head with something pretty heavy. I finally got to analyze this, and I've come to this. Short backstory: A couple of days ago my ex-abf sent a message to me that strongly suggested he wants to attempt suicide. I called cops. Well yesterday he...

mamalioness · mamalioness

my beloved cousin is in town..she is like my sister...her mom and dad used to rescue me out of the concentration camp and take me home with them...they wanted to adopt me as I was a lovable child and I fit in well with my "Cuzzie" and her now deceased sister who had Downs Syndrome (she was my play mate...she...

Iamhere · Iamhere

Today's reading in Courage to Change talks about choices. Many of us came to Al-Anon broken, sad, mad or other because living with an Alcoholic is beyond difficult. We fret, obsess, worry, project and more - beyond the point of healthy. We wonder how much time have we wasted and what have we missed b...

Hope101 · Hope101

Hi... Im brand new to this...so sorry if I get anything wrong. My partner has relapsed (after 2 and half months) (seems to be the length he can manage each time) and is now on a bender he left 48 hours ago to go feed his friends cats while they are on holiday and hasnt been home since...from a phone call I got l...

muddy · muddy

I would like to invite everyone to our Sunday night Al-Anon meeting. It starts at 7:00 p.m. EST. Please try to make it and bring a friend. I have tried to spruce up the place a bit. Brought in a couple of new couches, got a new coffee pot and a few other amenities. Everyone welcome! Love in Service, Phill...

tiredtonite · tiredtonite

Meeting in progress. Please join us! The topics this morning are One Day at a Time, Living in the Now and Open Topic.

Lcle2017 · Lcle2017

My husband did 45 days of treatment and was so optimistic. I was there for the family portion of the program and he had all of these great plans. Then he comes home and each day seemed to take a step back. Met the IOP but didn't enroll. Has only been to one meeting in a week. He has a strong network that he can re...

Mar310 · Mar310

Let's start with the fact that my long-term live-in girlfriend is a warm, caring, driven, type A person. 99% of the time she is wonderful and then we go to a social function and she can't stop drinking once she has started. This typically results in having a great time until she hits a very defined tipp...

jenmom · jenmom

Little background. My brother was an abusive drug/addict alcoholic who attempted to molest me growing up. She called and made up some story that a child had called her phone and she thought it was one of my boys. I told her it was not them and then she started with the I miss you and the boys. And that she lov...

Hoot Nanny · Hoot Nanny

Now that I have had another life learning experience I am very humbled & grateful. I really know it is true that God doesn't give me more than I can handle but I can't handle these times when I feel overwhelmed. My 74 year old mom is still declining. She is not dying but this is killing me. She still want...

Aline · Aline

Went to my x-abfs flat today although he had been drinking. My mistake. I couldn't deal with the situation so I just left pretty soon. He hasn't been eating much, I didn't have money to bring over food. Anyway he kept sending me messeges afterwards and finally wrote something like - bye, this time I'll h...

bzz123 · bzz123

it has been almost three years with my friend including job loss, relationship loss, family alienation, dui, legal troubles, bankruptcy, zero retirement savings anymore, health issues (obv), 15 detoxes, 30 days inpatient, etc. i never had any experience with addiction ever and i thought i was "d...

jenmom · jenmom

I grew up in a home with an alcoholic/drug addict brother. It was an abusive upbringing. My brother was verbally and physically abusive. He attempted, unsuccessfully, to molest me at the age of 9. He would physically abuse me in front of my Mother and as long as she didn't have to deal with it she did noth...

cristina622 · cristina622

My partner has been sober for 17 months now, and works the program very well. We have been together for 6 years, and have recently moved in together with promises made. Now that he is completely focused on himself, he dropped a bombshell and told me he never wants to get married or have kids. I don't know w...

mydogisreallycute · mydogisreallycute

Hi, is it ok for a chairperson to simply change a meeting format and do it "my way" (as it was said) even if there is a group conscious decided format?

yanksfan51 · yanksfan51

Good morning everyone- Today's reading is about the gentleness of our program. Specifically the writer mentions that in his/her recovery there was a realization that when acceptance or someone caring for him/her was felt, there was a type of pain associated with the pleasure. There was difficu...

Sorcha · Sorcha

I haven't posted in a while. Things have been very rocky with my alcoholic partner for a long time now, probably always, but there used to be some nice times which have gotten fewer and further between over the last year, whether he is drinking or not. I have been attending al-anon for a long time and real...

mamalioness · mamalioness

Every time I text my daughter or her daughters, i get more bad news about sister dearest NOW her lungs are filling up with fluid so bad, her legs look like balloons...she has asked for hospice care, Wednesday , the doctors will re-eval her and give prognosis...she is going out in such a HAAARD way....Pa...

SerenityRUS · SerenityRUS

So one thing I have been dealing with is the statement that's really none of my business .. I need a good response when I am told that my sig other doesn't like that statement. He believes as we all have that all aspects of our relationship are mine or his business and the reality is no .. it's not. My defin...

shrnp · shrnp

My son is bipolar and off his medication. He does not drink, and I am grateful for that. However, he keeps arguing with me, and he overdrew his checking account. He was arguing with my grandson's mom and I had to talk to her which is very rare. He lives with me and I honestly and thinking about calling the po...

Enigmatic · Enigmatic

Today's author lists our identity as something that is damaged as a result of alcoholism. In the process of fighting the effects of the disease with existing, less efficient tools, doubts and misconceptions about our own character can creep in and become part of how we see ourselves. AlAnon helps u...

hopelessONE · hopelessONE

I've been living with a highly functioning alcoholic for over 25 years. Some days are better than others. I've recently starting seeing a wonderful therapist who often encourages me to attend an Al-Anon meeting. With the help of a therapist, I've started communicating with my adult children ab...

VickiR · VickiR

Hi everyone, I haven't posted in a while, things have been tense and strained and I haven't had a lot to say. My AH has been trying I guess, but things felt broken after he was physical with me in may for the first time. I was working everything over in my head and was ready to make a move and call the police if a...

hotrod · hotrod

The ODAT reading for July 9 speaks about self-pity and how destructive this can be to our minds and hearts. It suggests that we may be envying those who have more material things like a house etc or many could be resentful of others because we are bored an hate the monotony in our lives not having en...

hotrod · hotrod

Learn How The Twelve Steps Work.Participate in your own recovery as well as the recovery of others, by being active on this board as we go through the 12 Steps of recovery together! The 10th Step has been posted to the Step Work Board. Here is the link: http://stepwork.activeboard.com/t63730643...

DavidG · DavidG

Hi y'all... kia ora... I have two 'coming of age' stories... one happened when I was 17. I was doing well at school outwardly- but I was sleepwalking... I was heading for the streets. Being a farm boy I knew how to forage, and never actually went hungry. Mum and dad came home from the pub about 7. Mum chippe...

Jerry F · Jerry F

Okay I've got a wife in the house and can give and receive kisses and truthfully we are just like when she left...normalcy. I love her steadfastness and her calm spirit...Mahalo Akua...Thank you God. Going to step up my Family Group attendance because I am aware of a return of an old defect which do...

MissM · MissM

Today's C2c reading recalls the way we experience the world as a child...taking in nature with wonder and awe. It suggests that spending time appreciating nature is a wonderful way to help ourselves experience life one day at a time. It points out that creation doesn't waste time worrying or meddlin...

Arda · Arda

I would like to find support from other parents of an alcoholic. For me it feels different when it's your child who is struggling with addiction. No one wants to lose a loved one but a parent especially doesn't want to lose their child.

wonderwoman75 · wonderwoman75

I feel like a desperately need help. My husband gained sobriety at a very young age and had been sober many years when we were married. I never knew him as an alcoholic and we didn't discuss it very much. After about 16 years of sobriety, I caught him drinking when we were on vacation about 9 years ago. ...

MsMedina · MsMedina

My father has been a drinker for most of his life but for the past five years it's been horrifically bad. Everything from washing him up to calling an ambulance due to his breathing everything has been done on his part as an alcoholic .He came to visit us for the weekend and I got a call from my grandma that m...

Iamhere · Iamhere

The daily reading today discusses 'chronic scorekeeping'. The author suggests that with each conflict, there needed to be an at fault person and blame assigning was the norm. The thinking applied included assigning blame, and this caused perpetual defensiveness and anxiety. In recovery, we l...

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	Pity Party time (Preview) Sometimes I feel like I havent got a reason to complain if I hold my life against anothers. My A is not physically abusive, doesnt go to jail, doesnt wreck cars or lose jobs. He is 13 years older than I am, retired and spends almost all his time at home. He cooks dinner most nights while I work, he does the...	Bethany66	23	1036	Jul 19, 2017 by LexieA
	7/12/17 C2C – Encouraging and Understanding the Alcoholic (Preview) Today's page reviews Tradition Five and our "...one purpose: to help families of alcoholics...by practicing the 12 Steps of AA ourselves, encouraging and understanding our alcoholic relatives, and by welcoming and giving comfort to families of alcoholics." The author found a way to focus on sel...	Enigmatic	10	761	Jul 19, 2017 by Lyne
	The Avatar (Preview) I was looking for an Avatar that kinda sorta demonstrated the alcoholic personality and there it was right in my back yard. I call this bird "Cockarooster" because he is soooo cocky starting his crowing early in the morning and trying to get the feral chickens in the neighborhood to gather around h...	Jerry F	26	818	Jul 19, 2017 by Jerry F
	Hope for Today July 18 (Preview) Good morning Everyone- Today's reading speaks to the relief of letting go of elf-pity and replacing it with a sense of humor. The writer describes being at a meeting where she is complaining about her husband and the situation they were in- someone else at the meeting laughs at what she is describing...	yanksfan51	6	787	Jul 18, 2017 by DavidG
	It's my right to say "no" (Preview) I feel like I'm taking on a bit too much recently, and to retrieve back some of my "me" time to focus on taking care of myself, I've been practicing saying "no" more often than normal. It's mainly just to small 5 to 10 minute requests from friends or family, such as picking up the mail while someones out tow...	_bunny_	4	1214	Jul 18, 2017 by Iamhere
	Trying to Cope once more (Preview) Hi I am new to forum but so need help and advice. Been with husband for long time and he has always been massively heavy drinker. Big personality and life and soul of everything. Doesn't want to drink at home but wants to be out til late most nights drinking maybe for up to 6 hours a day. We split once years...	Ruby456	2	637	Jul 18, 2017 by mamalioness
	'detachment with love' (Preview) I went to my first meeting last night and I am so glad I went. We were talking about detachment with love and I was wondering if you had some examples of what works for you and/or examples of things that you have done. I'm currently in this detachment state, but with anger and/or numbness and I would like t...	bzz123	23	1529	Jul 18, 2017 by Jerry F
	MONDAY EVENING AL-ANON MEETING IN PROGRESS 9PM EST (6PM PACIFIC) TOPICS: Self Esteem, Not self confidence. (Preview) JULY 17, 2017 MONDAY EVENING AL-ANON MEETING IN PROGRESS 9PM EST (6PM PACIFIC) TOPICS: Self Esteem, Not self confidence. The website link to the group meeting room is http://www.12stepforums.net/chatroom2.html. There are other ways to join the room also. Using mIRC or other chat client, th...	courage101	0	523	Jul 17, 2017 by courage101
	An Update - Not, perfect... Making Progress (Preview) Thank you everyone for coming together and creating this safe, supportive community. I am learning a lot, and I am feeling better. Releasing myself from attempts to control others and from the guilt of not being able to control others has in itself done so much for me. I feel more whole and more hopeful...	BreathingInAndOut	3	677	Jul 17, 2017 by a4l
	i know this isn't alanon, but HOLY MOLY!!! WHAT a MONSTER (Preview) We have had horrid rains here in TX....everyday it is raining..pools of water standing near a couple of areas around my house....bailing out puddles so the mosquitos don't have a breeding fest......its awful...every day, i rush out to play tennis before the now expected deluge comes...I have been...	mamalioness	11	861	Jul 17, 2017 by mamalioness
	7-17-17 C2C (Preview) Today's author became involved with the qualifiers' problems to the point of forgetting that happiness is possible regardless of what the drinker decides to do. After beginning recovery in AlAnon, the author heard that "youll have to make it whether the alcoholics do or not." Choosing to detach f...	Enigmatic	5	785	Jul 17, 2017 by tiredtonite
	Grateful for gratitude? (Preview) Al anon has given me the opportunity to develop some wonderful new perspectives on things that once seemed very black and white. One of these is the ability to enjoy the wonderful qualities people have, even when they might also be someone that I need to detach from in other ways. I see this as a great gif...	MissM	9	833	Jul 17, 2017 by Lyne
	I don't understand (Preview) I don't understand how a man can tell you he loves you in Oct, talk about living together, Nov starts drinking and pushes you away, by Dec on a binge then recovery for the 5 or 6 time. Comes out after 5 months while you've waited only to give you a typed letter saying the same excuses he stated in Nov that aren...	Parame	13	826	Jul 17, 2017 by Bo
	Fear (Preview) I've had the old head for a wee while. This feeling of dis-ease. Thinking it's the old fears creeping in. I've been having nightmares they are like horror movies blood and violence and death and I've had fear for my family. That old something bad is going to happen I can feel it type of thing. I hate that my...	el-cee	16	1015	Jul 16, 2017 by Jerry F
	Advice Giving, AlAnon Principles/Traditions, and Group Unity ( 1 2 ) (Preview) In terms of what is "right" or "wrong" for us, what we "should" or "should not" do, or what is/is not "healthy", AlAnon is very clear: we seldom know that for ourselves, and never for others, be they new or experienced. That knowledge belongs to god or higher power alone. These pages provide some helpfu...	Enigmatic	58	5619	Jul 16, 2017 by hotrod
	Step 11 posted (Preview) Learn How The Twelve Steps Work.Participate in your own recovery as well as the recovery of others, by being active on this board as we go through the 12 Steps of recovery together!Step 11 has been posted to the Step Work Board, Here is the link:http://stepwork.activeboard.com/t63751346/alanon-...	hotrod	0	622	Jul 16, 2017 by hotrod
	Starting My Day Over .. (Preview) I have got to remember that every day is not going to be awful and every day is not going to be awesome .. LOL .. no matter what I can start my day over at my choosing. If I can avoid eating people verbally when they find my last nerve .. priceless .. sigh. Thanks for letting me share :)	SerenityRUS	7	844	Jul 16, 2017 by Jerry F
	ODAT Reading 7-16-2017 (Preview) The ODAT Reading for today, Sunday 7-16 , speaks about the word"Immaturity". It points out that many of us speak of the alcoholic as being "immature" and childish. but that we too are just as immature and that is why we selected an alcoholic as a partner-- It is like a "child calling to a child". The sug...	hotrod	5	724	Jul 16, 2017 by mamalioness
	SUNDAY MORNING AL-ANON MEETING IN PROGRESS 10AM EST (7AM PACIFIC) TOPICS: Rejection, Real or Imagined? (Preview) JULY 16, 2017 SUNDAY MORNING AL-ANON MEETING IN PROGRESS 10AM EST (7AM PACIFIC) TOPICS: Rejection, Real or Imagined? The website link to the group meeting room is http://www.12stepforums.net/chatroom2.html. There are other ways to join the room also. Using mIRC or other chat client, the ser...	courage101	0	618	Jul 16, 2017 by courage101
	Long Time (Preview) Good Morning, I know it has been a long time since I have posted here. There has been so much going on it would make anyone's head spin. One good thing has come out of it though, my AH is 24 days sober. Of course this is after he shot a hole in the wall and went to a neighbor and asked her if she wanted to (in his wo...	unbroken13	7	863	Jul 15, 2017 by Kmt
	SATURDAY EVENING AL-ANON MEETING IN PROGRESS 9PM EST (6PM PACIFIC) TOPICS: Powerless, Surrender to win. (Preview) JULY 15, 2017 SATURDAY EVENING AL-ANON MEETING IN PROGRESS 9PM EST (6PM PACIFIC) TOPICS: Powerless, Surrender to win. The website link to the group meeting room is http://www.12stepforums.net/chatroom2.html. There are other ways to join the room also. Using mIRC or other chat client, the s...	courage101	0	649	Jul 15, 2017 by courage101
	Not sure what this means (sex) (Preview) I haven't seen this come up on here so I hope I'm not breaking the rules. I'll keep it clean. My AW came to bed and wanted to be intimate. Internally I was a bit hesitant but that didn't last long and we went ahead and had sex. I didn't realize until we were well into it that she had almost certainly been drink...	WestMan	18	961	Jul 15, 2017 by Iamhere
	A reading from "From Survival To Recovery". (Preview) P. 267. This chapter begins by talking about ambivalence. "In our young lives love and fear were as intimately blended as with scotch and soda." Family life was a rollercoaster ride. Through young innocent eyes this was our normal- this was our world as we knew it. "We learned to deny,minimise, exagg...	DavidG	13	2074	Jul 15, 2017 by Iamhere
	Progress not perfection (Preview) Hiya, doing some more thinking :D Wanted to share. I realized after a very recent crazy episode that I've been kind of (not sure what to call it) forcing myself into recovery. Like, I've been intellectually getting ahead of myself in the stage of recovery I'm currently at, thinking if I know and unders...	Aline	8	856	Jul 15, 2017 by mamalioness
	SATURDAY MORNING AL-ANON MEETING IN PROGRESS 10AM EST (7AM PACIFIC) TOPICS: Powerless, Surrender to win. (Preview) JULY 15, 2017 SATURDAY MORNING AL-ANON MEETING IN PROGRESS 10AM EST (7AM PACIFIC) TOPICS: Powerless, Surrender to win. The website link to the group meeting room is http://www.12stepforums.net/chatroom2.html. There are other ways to join the room also. Using mIRC or other chat client, the...	courage101	1	688	Jul 15, 2017 by hotrod
	Courage To Change 15/7 (Preview) Today's C2C speaks about allowing people to work their program in their own way and time. It suggests that each of us work al-anon in the way that is right for us and some people may take longer to find their way than others, and that is just fine. It suggests that even if we feel frustrated when someone is r...	MissM	4	681	Jul 15, 2017 by hotrod
	Courage to Change (C2C) 7/14/17 (Preview) Today's reading talks about the freedom available through working the steps, especially Step 9, where we are asked to make amends. Many of us don't see our part in our lives until we seek recovery and work the steps. The writer discusses not being aware of the burden of guilt until this time in recove...	Iamhere	6	740	Jul 14, 2017 by Iamhere
	was i wrong? (Preview) I have been the primary POC for years for my friend's family, friends, etc. where they would come to be for status updates on him, if he was drinking or not, etc. etc. I am done with this. It burdens me so much. Anyway, today his friend texted me to ask me if he was drinking (he is) and if he was working (he's n...	bzz123	16	894	Jul 14, 2017 by SerenityRUS
	Denial (Preview) Ive been feeling kind of rocky today, like I've been hit on the head with something pretty heavy. I finally got to analyze this, and I've come to this. Short backstory: A couple of days ago my ex-abf sent a message to me that strongly suggested he wants to attempt suicide. I called cops. Well yesterday he...	Aline	7	815	Jul 14, 2017 by Aline
	does this devil disease skip anyone???? (Preview) my beloved cousin is in town..she is like my sister...her mom and dad used to rescue me out of the concentration camp and take me home with them...they wanted to adopt me as I was a lovable child and I fit in well with my "Cuzzie" and her now deceased sister who had Downs Syndrome (she was my play mate...she...	mamalioness	4	778	Jul 13, 2017 by mamalioness
	Courage to Change (C2C) 7/13/17 (Preview) Today's reading in Courage to Change talks about choices. Many of us came to Al-Anon broken, sad, mad or other because living with an Alcoholic is beyond difficult. We fret, obsess, worry, project and more - beyond the point of healthy. We wonder how much time have we wasted and what have we missed b...	Iamhere	9	806	Jul 13, 2017 by Iamhere
	new and Confused... (Preview) Hi... Im brand new to this...so sorry if I get anything wrong. My partner has relapsed (after 2 and half months) (seems to be the length he can manage each time) and is now on a bender he left 48 hours ago to go feed his friends cats while they are on holiday and hasnt been home since...from a phone call I got l...	Hope101	8	812	Jul 13, 2017 by mamalioness
	Sundy Night Meeting (Preview) I would like to invite everyone to our Sunday night Al-Anon meeting. It starts at 7:00 p.m. EST. Please try to make it and bring a friend. I have tried to spruce up the place a bit. Brought in a couple of new couches, got a new coffee pot and a few other amenities. Everyone welcome! Love in Service, Phill...	muddy	3	719	Jul 13, 2017 by Bo
	Thursday Morning Meeting (Preview) Meeting in progress. Please join us! The topics this morning are One Day at a Time, Living in the Now and Open Topic.	tiredtonite	1	561	Jul 13, 2017 by hotrod
	Husband not following aftercare plan (Preview) My husband did 45 days of treatment and was so optimistic. I was there for the family portion of the program and he had all of these great plans. Then he comes home and each day seemed to take a step back. Met the IOP but didn't enroll. Has only been to one meeting in a week. He has a strong network that he can re...	Lcle2017	5	813	Jul 13, 2017 by Iamhere
	Called Police on binge drinking gf or 9 years (Preview) Let's start with the fact that my long-term live-in girlfriend is a warm, caring, driven, type A person. 99% of the time she is wonderful and then we go to a social function and she can't stop drinking once she has started. This typically results in having a great time until she hits a very defined tipp...	Mar310	8	775	Jul 12, 2017 by mamalioness
	Mother I haven't spoken to in 2 and a half years called tonight (Preview) Little background. My brother was an abusive drug/addict alcoholic who attempted to molest me growing up. She called and made up some story that a child had called her phone and she thought it was one of my boys. I told her it was not them and then she started with the I miss you and the boys. And that she lov...	jenmom	6	707	Jul 12, 2017 by mamalioness
	Awareness (Preview) Now that I have had another life learning experience I am very humbled & grateful. I really know it is true that God doesn't give me more than I can handle but I can't handle these times when I feel overwhelmed. My 74 year old mom is still declining. She is not dying but this is killing me. She still want...	Hoot Nanny	4	653	Jul 12, 2017 by Iamhere
	Called police (Preview) Went to my x-abfs flat today although he had been drinking. My mistake. I couldn't deal with the situation so I just left pretty soon. He hasn't been eating much, I didn't have money to bring over food. Anyway he kept sending me messeges afterwards and finally wrote something like - bye, this time I'll h...	Aline	11	772	Jul 12, 2017 by shrnp
	new and struggling (Preview) it has been almost three years with my friend including job loss, relationship loss, family alienation, dui, legal troubles, bankruptcy, zero retirement savings anymore, health issues (obv), 15 detoxes, 30 days inpatient, etc. i never had any experience with addiction ever and i thought i was "d...	bzz123	14	848	Jul 12, 2017 by Bo
	New and feeling kind of lost. (Preview) I grew up in a home with an alcoholic/drug addict brother. It was an abusive upbringing. My brother was verbally and physically abusive. He attempted, unsuccessfully, to molest me at the age of 9. He would physically abuse me in front of my Mother and as long as she didn't have to deal with it she did noth...	jenmom	6	725	Jul 11, 2017 by jenmom
	Second Al Anon Meeting.... (Preview) My partner has been sober for 17 months now, and works the program very well. We have been together for 6 years, and have recently moved in together with promises made. Now that he is completely focused on himself, he dropped a bombshell and told me he never wants to get married or have kids. I don't know w...	cristina622	3	642	Jul 11, 2017 by hotrod
	Meeting Dominance or Group Conscious Principals (Preview) Hi, is it ok for a chairperson to simply change a meeting format and do it "my way" (as it was said) even if there is a group conscious decided format?	mydogisreallycute	13	6719	Jul 11, 2017 by DavidG
	Hope for Today July 11 (Preview) Good morning everyone- Today's reading is about the gentleness of our program. Specifically the writer mentions that in his/her recovery there was a realization that when acceptance or someone caring for him/her was felt, there was a type of pain associated with the pleasure. There was difficu...	yanksfan51	4	649	Jul 11, 2017 by Stan1
	The obsession (Preview) I haven't posted in a while. Things have been very rocky with my alcoholic partner for a long time now, probably always, but there used to be some nice times which have gotten fewer and further between over the last year, whether he is drinking or not. I have been attending al-anon for a long time and real...	Sorcha	22	939	Jul 11, 2017 by Bo
	If I didn't have this program and this board, don't know what I would do!!!! (Preview) Every time I text my daughter or her daughters, i get more bad news about sister dearest NOW her lungs are filling up with fluid so bad, her legs look like balloons...she has asked for hospice care, Wednesday , the doctors will re-eval her and give prognosis...she is going out in such a HAAARD way....Pa...	mamalioness	6	705	Jul 11, 2017 by Iamhere
	Minding my own business .. Need ESH .. (Preview) So one thing I have been dealing with is the statement that's really none of my business .. I need a good response when I am told that my sig other doesn't like that statement. He believes as we all have that all aspects of our relationship are mine or his business and the reality is no .. it's not. My defin...	SerenityRUS	9	801	Jul 11, 2017 by hotrod
	Losing my serenity (Preview) My son is bipolar and off his medication. He does not drink, and I am grateful for that. However, he keeps arguing with me, and he overdrew his checking account. He was arguing with my grandson's mom and I had to talk to her which is very rare. He lives with me and I honestly and thinking about calling the po...	shrnp	28	1095	Jul 11, 2017 by shrnp
	7/10/17 Courage to Change (Preview) Today's author lists our identity as something that is damaged as a result of alcoholism. In the process of fighting the effects of the disease with existing, less efficient tools, doubts and misconceptions about our own character can creep in and become part of how we see ourselves. AlAnon helps u...	Enigmatic	7	642	Jul 10, 2017 by mamalioness
	Do I stay or do I go? (Preview) I've been living with a highly functioning alcoholic for over 25 years. Some days are better than others. I've recently starting seeing a wonderful therapist who often encourages me to attend an Al-Anon meeting. With the help of a therapist, I've started communicating with my adult children ab...	hopelessONE	6	783	Jul 10, 2017 by mamalioness
	It's been a while (Preview) Hi everyone, I haven't posted in a while, things have been tense and strained and I haven't had a lot to say. My AH has been trying I guess, but things felt broken after he was physical with me in may for the first time. I was working everything over in my head and was ready to make a move and call the police if a...	VickiR	11	705	Jul 10, 2017 by milkwood
	ODAT Reading 7-9-2017 (Preview) The ODAT reading for July 9 speaks about self-pity and how destructive this can be to our minds and hearts. It suggests that we may be envying those who have more material things like a house etc or many could be resentful of others because we are bored an hate the monotony in our lives not having en...	hotrod	2	1137	Jul 9, 2017 by mamalioness
	10th Step has been posted to the Step Work Board (Preview) Learn How The Twelve Steps Work.Participate in your own recovery as well as the recovery of others, by being active on this board as we go through the 12 Steps of recovery together! The 10th Step has been posted to the Step Work Board. Here is the link: http://stepwork.activeboard.com/t63730643...	hotrod	1	500	Jul 9, 2017 by mamalioness
	Coming of age in Alanon... (Preview) Hi y'all... kia ora... I have two 'coming of age' stories... one happened when I was 17. I was doing well at school outwardly- but I was sleepwalking... I was heading for the streets. Being a farm boy I knew how to forage, and never actually went hungry. Mum and dad came home from the pub about 7. Mum chippe...	DavidG	4	737	Jul 9, 2017 by Enigmatic
	Back to normal somewhat?? (Preview) Okay I've got a wife in the house and can give and receive kisses and truthfully we are just like when she left...normalcy. I love her steadfastness and her calm spirit...Mahalo Akua...Thank you God. Going to step up my Family Group attendance because I am aware of a return of an old defect which do...	Jerry F	8	661	Jul 9, 2017 by mamalioness
	Courage to Change 8/7 (Preview) Today's C2c reading recalls the way we experience the world as a child...taking in nature with wonder and awe. It suggests that spending time appreciating nature is a wonderful way to help ourselves experience life one day at a time. It points out that creation doesn't waste time worrying or meddlin...	MissM	4	634	Jul 9, 2017 by KT2015
	Parent of an alcoholic (Preview) I would like to find support from other parents of an alcoholic. For me it feels different when it's your child who is struggling with addiction. No one wants to lose a loved one but a parent especially doesn't want to lose their child.	Arda	13	1947	Jul 9, 2017 by Iamhere
	Full Relapse and Affair (Preview) I feel like a desperately need help. My husband gained sobriety at a very young age and had been sober many years when we were married. I never knew him as an alcoholic and we didn't discuss it very much. After about 16 years of sobriety, I caught him drinking when we were on vacation about 9 years ago. ...	wonderwoman75	13	942	Jul 8, 2017 by Iamhere
	How to Cope... (Preview) My father has been a drinker for most of his life but for the past five years it's been horrifically bad. Everything from washing him up to calling an ambulance due to his breathing everything has been done on his part as an alcoholic .He came to visit us for the weekend and I got a call from my grandma that m...	MsMedina	7	697	Jul 8, 2017 by mamalioness
	Courage to Change (C2C) 7/7/17 (Preview) The daily reading today discusses 'chronic scorekeeping'. The author suggests that with each conflict, there needed to be an at fault person and blame assigning was the norm. The thinking applied included assigning blame, and this caused perpetual defensiveness and anxiety. In recovery, we l...	Iamhere	6	660	Jul 8, 2017 by mamalioness
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