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.
I just joined about 15 min. ago. I replied to another post but do want to intro myself here and say I have been in recovery since 1986. I haven't been active in 12 step groups for 9 years due to being mentally unstable and participating in facilitated groups through our local county mental health services. I've had many hospitalizations but as of a year ago been back to stability and ready to take part in the program locally and want this forum for my online contact. I use journals for my # one tool in recovery. I have 2 daughters 7 grandchildren and want to show healthy love and a new way of life for all of us. I want to rebuild trust as they have seen all aspects of the family disease from chemical dependency to co-dependency in my behaviors. Grateful U R here!
Aloha Zahndi...You made it!! Yay!! Welcome, sit down and relax. Listen, learn, keep an open mind, and practice, practice, practice. I was crazy before I got here...certifiably. I use to work in the profession I know. I got that way by doing more in my life than was required and then I thought I was supposed to do those things...such as be a caretaker for others who never asked me to do that and be a fixer even for things that were not broke. Thank God for the Al-Anon Family Groups and for the unmet angel who answered the phone and talked to me in a way that told me she knew where I was at because she had been there also and that my life depended upon the phone call and her suggestions. In short she suggested the face to face meetings of Al-Anon. That was a weekend and I got to my first meeting on the next meeting. The rest is an ongoing history of recovery. My first instructions were go to the meeting, get as much literature on alcoholism as I could and read it all, sit down, listen, learn, practice what I heard and continue that for 90 days. I didn't hear any of this my first trip to Al-Anon. All I heard was cyclone that was tearing up my mind, body, spirit and emotions and which ended up with me talking to parking lot lights at 3AM in the morning. I learned that my insanity was normal for a person affected by the disease of alcoholism and that I could change it if I desired. I soooo desired that I followed the suggestions like I never had before. I became teachable and continue to be that today.
Welcome here...Find a chair and let your Higher Power sit down first and then sit in your Higher Power's lap and listen, learn and practice.
Welcome Zandhi. I am relatively new here, feeling quite desperate in my own situation. But I have found great camaraderie and support both on this board and in the chat room. You are in the right place! ((((((((hugs)))))))))
