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My ah (sober 2.5 yrs) is in his first year as a GSR. Last night he brought home registration papers for the annual convention and my question is: Do these conventions include spouses?
Any information is greatly appreciated Thanks, Kim
In my state the AFG (Al-Anon Family Group) Area Assemblies are held at the same time as the AA Area Assemblies at the same hotel.
Usually the different programs hold seperate meetings and come together for meals and times of fellowship - This helps many couple that have member is either & sometimes both groups.
You can check with your local Al-Anon f2f group, they may have more information on this.
Congrats to your AH from his service work - that's awesome for his recovery.
((Kim))
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No matter what me and my God are going to be ok, even better than OK -
To my knowledge NO , these are group rep meetings for AA only , policy changes etc . All business . tho if he is willing you could go and stay in nice motel and shop . But as I am typing this I am thinking hmmmmmmm 3 days alone in my own house . sweettttt Let Go and Let God . Louise hehe
Unfortunately Al-Anon meetings in my area are lacking so I scour the internet and read whatever I can get my hands on. I have also been involved in individual counseling and my husband and I see a counselor who primarialy deals with addictions.
A scarce meeting is better than none . Please find a meeting for yourself quick . living with an alcoholic is not easy drinking or not . You go to a councelor to deal with his addiction , what about yours ????? him You gave yourself away a little when u ask about his gsr meeting , you don't trust him yet , did u ask him if u could go and didn't believe him when he said no ? Worried that if he gets away for a weekend he may drink . trust me if he decides to drink again he will do it anywhere dosen't have to be away from home to do that . Everyone has to change not just the alcoholic . We all had a part in thisi mess and we need to focus on our own needs . Leave him to AA and God and let Al-Anon get u back on track . I don't mean to be a smart ass asking you those questions I have been where your at and I do understand , once settled in our program i was way too busy fixing myself to worry about what he was up too . Trust takes time and effort . EASY DOES IT
First of all I don't believe I was trying to hide anything in my question and I am greatful for the information I have gotten from this forum.
When I asked my husband if spouses were included he said he didn't know and asked me to look up any information regarding this and if I couldn't find anything out he would ask someone from the district meeting.
In my previous post I said that I was in my own individual counseling and have been for 1.5 years. Those sessions are desgined to work on me. My husband and I have have been going together to counseling sessions weekly for the past 4 months where we are working on us, our relationship and addictions.
I am not concerned that he is going to drink because if he ever does that is on him and I have no control over it. I really do try to work the 3 c's. I definiatly have trust issues and we are trying to work on those also, but this takes time and has to be built.
I also have resentments and am trying to work on those. The convention is going to be held at this beautiful resort that we were actually invited to go to last month with some relatives and he declined. I have been trying to get him to take some time off or just a weekend for us to go away and can't get him to budge on that. So yeah there is a bit of an issue there for me when he is willing to take a day off to have a long weekend away at the convention and me not possibly being able to be included.
My husband and I have spoken about these issues and will be speaking with our counselor about them at our next session.
