The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
For some reason when I replied to GG's post they said it was too long! But of course I wanted to reply as I'm mouthy!
((((((((GG)))))),
The list is too long but here are my favorites:
1. None of this is my fault. Goes back to the 3Cs. 2. Detaching from the A doesn't mean that you stop loving the person. 3. An addict is gonna do what an addict is gonna do (sober or not) and there's nothing you can do about it. So stop trying. 4. Recovery is a selfish act and that's the way it's suppose to be. 5. I am never alone in this journey. There is always someone here to guide my way. 6. Whomever (or whatever) I choose as my HP is okay as long as it works for me. 7. My recovery is about me and for me. His recovery (or not) is up to him. 8. I will slip and fall in my recovery. That's okay. The beauty of this program is that I can restart it any time I want to. 9. There's is always hope so never, never give up.
Love and blessings to you and your family. Hope your garden is blooming.
Live strong, Karilynn & Pipers Kitty
-- Edited by Karilynn at 07:34, 2008-04-02
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I thought this would be good for the new comers to the program & (us oldsters alike lol) to share that there is light at the end of the tunnel, and that it isnt just the words we speak but the peace and serenity can become reality in our lives....
Thanks for starting again GF, I got the same message even though my post was relatively short. Do we refuse defeat or what? lol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's difficult to find anything to add to all those good things..y'all rock :)
I can only add that I have learned:
I am not the sum of my previous pain and thoughts of despair. Feelings are not facts. (That kept me in pity pot mode for years)
Once I learned to feel, heal and deal I could throw all that aside and leave it in the past where it belongs..
I found the freedom to find me.
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Hmm... Also someone told me they had posted a reply to GG's post (the one that will no longer allow replies now) yesterday and had asked me to read it.
I was able to reply to GG's post and it's not that the content of the body of your reply is too long, it's when you hit reply to the very long Topic Title.
I simply reduced the Topic Title by taking off some of GG's words and it allowed me to reply.
I hope this helps y'all. I hate when I write a long post and it doesn't work. Then again could be HP's sense of humor.
yours in recovery, Maria
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If I am not for me, who will be? If I am only for myself, then who am I? If not now, when?
I was able to reply to GG's post and it's not that the content of the body of your reply is too long, it's when you hit reply to the very long Topic Title.
I simply reduced the Topic Title by taking off some of GG's words and it allowed me to reply.
I hope this helps y'all. I hate when I write a long post and it doesn't work. Then again could be HP's sense of humor.
But of course I wanted to reply as I'm mouthy! 
