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.
There was a woman that spoke at a few meetings that every time she talked I felt so much comfort. I had wanted to ask her for some time, but hadn't seen her. She was at the meeting last night and ...LOL...I knew I had to pounce on her. Anyways, she's an old timer...like 20+ years and I love my "women's" group - No offense to the men out here - but our group is amazing, and I just connect with some women here that I'm so different from. I really love it. I grabbed two phone numbers last night and a woman that has been in the program 2 years said she got a sponsor last night and I knew it was my time. I've been in the program since March and my dry drunk is testing my boundaries, and it's tough. I knew I needed help, so I was nervous, but practically tripped walking out of the building to grab her and asked her. I was even embarrased that others could here me ask, but I need her support. She GETS it in a BIG way, and I was practically in tears. She is so wonderful. What she says and when she says it is like a light goes off every time I hear it. I love my group because we are all so different and really, I get perspective EVERY time I hear someone else talk. She is nothing like me, and yet, I feel like she could speak to me personally evey time she opens her mouth. She chaired last night and I could barely take my eyes off her.
God, I feel like a groupie, but I'm just so happy. Sometimes I feel so alone, like no one gets this. Everyone in my circle drinks, and yet, these people GET IT.