Hi there fellow Ontarian. Its nice to meet someone that lives close by. Have you been in Al Anon long. Is that group at Dundas & 10 - A.C.O.A.? Thats a long drive - is there nothing closer?
I belong to the Acton Wed Night Meeting. Its a good group - long time members & newbies - nice mix. I actually started Al Anon about 3 months ago. I am a recovering A since Oct. 15/01. My hubby is still very active. We seperated when I went into Homewood to get sober. Last Sept. he came over to talk and said he wanted to get back together. We spent the next 2 months talking about it and all the issues. # 1 issue for me was his drinking. He said he would cut right back & everything else I wanted to hear. We bought a house in Milton at end of Apr this year. Things were good for about 6 weeks then he started up again. We have talked about it and he tells the same old lies. He has NO drinking problem - hes just a binge drinker. Being an A, there is NO such thing. Alcoholic is Alcoholic PERIOD. His binges last 24-7 most of the time. There has been a major shake up at work ( long story) so he has been on a real bender. The new bosses have been around all this past week so he has been sober most the time. Last night the binge becan again. YEAH.....
Anyway, I started going to Al Anon about June and have been learning alot. Being a recovering A, I beat myself up for awhile because I should have know better - ya right. I doesn't work that way. Since going, I have become more at peace within myself and it feels good. I have stoped argueing with him & that alone has made a hugh differance.
I suffer from depression and A.C.O.A. Since we moved in together, I felt like I had gone back in time 4 years and nothing had changed. One day, it was like God put his hand on my shoulder and said very quietly. " Go to an Alanon meeting". I listened and went that day and have not looked back since. Another 12 Step saves my like & sanity.
Maybe you could come to Acton on a Wed. night at 8:00 pm. Or we could meet early at Timmys & have coffee. My hubby is very tight with money so I don't travel much but maybe I could come down to your meeting too.
I hope that I haven't talked your ear off. God Bless & I hope to hear from you soon. Do you have MSN? My e-mail & MSN are katamy1@hotmail.com.
Yours in Recovery
Kathy570
jo4 said
Aug 8, 2005
hey kathy...
yeah i used to live in ETobicoke and that's where my home group is........... well mississauga. anyways, my A still goes to his homegroup in south etobicoke, and i work around his nights. they have alanon here in bolton on thursday nights, but that's his night.... anything else up here is a half hour away, so.......back to my home group i go. it's worth the drive anyways!
i have been in alanon for 4 and 1/2 years. i came to this site 1 month later and was an op for a couple of years. it was my sanity and really saved me.
where is Acton? is it far from bolton? i would love to come to one of your meetings if i can, let me know where it is...
Sun. Aug. 7/05
12:30 pm
Dear Jo,
Hi there fellow Ontarian. Its nice to meet someone that lives close by. Have you been in Al Anon long. Is that group at Dundas & 10 - A.C.O.A.? Thats a long drive - is there nothing closer?
I belong to the Acton Wed Night Meeting. Its a good group - long time members & newbies - nice mix. I actually started Al Anon about 3 months ago. I am a recovering A since Oct. 15/01. My hubby is still very active. We seperated when I went into Homewood to get sober. Last Sept. he came over to talk and said he wanted to get back together. We spent the next 2 months talking about it and all the issues. # 1 issue for me was his drinking. He said he would cut right back & everything else I wanted to hear. We bought a house in Milton at end of Apr this year. Things were good for about 6 weeks then he started up again. We have talked about it and he tells the same old lies. He has NO drinking problem - hes just a binge drinker. Being an A, there is NO such thing. Alcoholic is Alcoholic PERIOD. His binges last 24-7 most of the time. There has been a major shake up at work ( long story) so he has been on a real bender. The new bosses have been around all this past week so he has been sober most the time. Last night the binge becan again. YEAH.....
Anyway, I started going to Al Anon about June and have been learning alot. Being a recovering A, I beat myself up for awhile because I should have know better - ya right. I doesn't work that way. Since going, I have become more at peace within myself and it feels good. I have stoped argueing with him & that alone has made a hugh differance.
I suffer from depression and A.C.O.A. Since we moved in together, I felt like I had gone back in time 4 years and nothing had changed. One day, it was like God put his hand on my shoulder and said very quietly. " Go to an Alanon meeting". I listened and went that day and have not looked back since. Another 12 Step saves my like & sanity.
Maybe you could come to Acton on a Wed. night at 8:00 pm. Or we could meet early at Timmys & have coffee. My hubby is very tight with money so I don't travel much but maybe I could come down to your meeting too.
I hope that I haven't talked your ear off. God Bless & I hope to hear from you soon. Do you have MSN? My e-mail & MSN are katamy1@hotmail.com.
Yours in Recovery
Kathy570
hey kathy...
yeah i used to live in ETobicoke and that's where my home group is........... well mississauga. anyways, my A still goes to his homegroup in south etobicoke, and i work around his nights. they have alanon here in bolton on thursday nights, but that's his night.... anything else up here is a half hour away, so.......back to my home group i go. it's worth the drive anyways!
i have been in alanon for 4 and 1/2 years. i came to this site 1 month later and was an op for a couple of years. it was my sanity and really saved me.
where is Acton? is it far from bolton? i would love to come to one of your meetings if i can, let me know where it is...
i will email you soon.
jo