The material presented
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to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
I haven't been posting much the past few weeks. My alcoholic boyfriend had left me to binge with another woman at her place. He called me in a horrible place to pick him up and I did, brought him home to detox - he stayed with me - said he wanted to be with me again, until he painfully left 2 weeks later and now is back with this woman. They are both in AA and supposedly sober. The problem is I put myself through hell by picking him up - thinking I could save him, bringing him home - only to go through the incredible pain of having him leave again - again to live with her. I have been i so much pain. Today at work I couldn't stand it. I also haven't been going to meetings. I went to a noon meeting and it was a nice small group. I haven't gone since he came back home. I cried the whole time and then I asked the woman who led the meeting to be my sponsor. I realized from that meeting what I had done by picking him up from his girlfriends house when he was drinking - mainly the horrible pain I put myself through feeling I could control him, I could save him - I could bring him back home to love me only to have him leave me again for her. So now I am committed to do the steps and the program, I wasn't as committed before. I feel like I have hit rock bottom by having him leave me twice in 6 weeks. The second time he left was harder than the first time. I have been praying and asking my HP for guidance and I know I was guided to go to this meeting. I knew I had to ask her to be my sponsor even though I didn't really know her at all. I knew I had to ask to save myself. I knew I needed help. I just have to have faith this will help me - because no amount of therapy, or friends, or medication has been helping me thus far.
Finding a good sponsor turned me from understanding to practice of Al Anon concepts. It's always good to have someone to turn to who truly understands what you are going through.
You deserve to be treated better , but until u truly believe that nothing will change , trust your sponsor share often and go to as many meetings as u can . I know this sounds trite but This too shall Pass. * hugs*