Year one in Alanon: "Today was perfect! Haven't had one like this in ages!" 5 Years in Alanon" "Today was a rough one, Seem to be having alot of those, got to get back on track so I can have all those good days again" Today in Alanon (7 Years) "Today was PERFECT! And you know, so was yesterday. Saturday was rough, but Friday and Thursday...wait, all last week was perfect!" Boy what a difference some program can do for me! I am having more and more perfect days! Peaceful Aron in the Mountains

Soooo true.... sometimes we are looking for "perfect serenity", but we really DO know that our program is working, when the good days outnumber the bad..... And the bad ones, somehow don't seem quite as devastating as they once did...

Tom

Peaceful Aron, Amen! I try hard when things go wrong, to look at the bad part of the day and realize it could have been worse. I then try to change it into good day. Sometimes it takes me the next day to realize it. Take yesterday's (Prayer's needed) I was flipping out because I have to see a surgeon about mammogram. As hard as I tried I was scared out of my mind. (A part of me still is.) But even though the day was pretty lousy, it really wasn't. I learned how many good friends I have here, and near me. All of you kept me sane as I struggled yesterday just to get through the day. So despite the "terrifying news", it really was a good day. You give all of us hope. Thank you. Live strong, Karilynn

Thank you for posting it was good to see the progress on how people think through the years of Alanon.

Yeppers, it is amazing what a little perspective can do.