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 read some of the post here today. I couldn't reply to alot of them, because there is no set of "right words" that will express what I'm feeling or make what you are feeling, feel better.
One mourning the lose of a husband, another the lose of her mother. Others expressing anger, fear, sorrow, frustration...
I can relate. I can feel you. I have been where you are. My heart goes out to you. My quiet, isn't a way of ignoring, or avoiding, but giving you the opportunity to simply be heard. The most profound thing I might say today can be sumed up with, "Pain is a part of life. Misery, however is optional".
I feel a heartbeat in you. You are feeling. You are alive. Your heart aches, yet I pray the day doesn't come that it can't ache. I know it hurts, sometimes to the very core. But it is a ache based in love, care, concern... an ache of the human heart. I pray that the human heart is never so hard that it can't ache.
I pray that the human spirit is never so dry that it can't produce a smile, a moment of laughter, a glow of understanding and compassion in your eyes.
Alcoholism is a very harsh disease. It does not restrict itself to one population of people, but adversely effects everyone in its path, including family and friends of the alcoholic.
You are not alone. I can relate. I can feel you. I have been where you are.
Stay close to Al-Anon. Let us embrace you in spirit during the hard times you are facing. We can't do anything about the diease of alcoholism. We too are powerless. However, together, in the mist of all the pain, we can learn how to live, love and laugh again.
We don't just share the hardships related to life, but also the joys, and moments that spring forth as we walk the road of recovery together.
I always have to remember;
"Life is not about the breaths we take, but those moments in life that take our breath away."
You are not alone. I'm here with you too.
Yours In Recovery, John
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" And what did we gain? A new life, with purpose, meaning and constant progress, and all the contentment and fulfillment that comes from such growth."
Thank you for words of encouragement. New and I can't access chat (probably because my computer is inadequate) but I will stay tuned in through the message board for now.
thanks John, I too feel for the pain that people experience sometimes too much for my own good. This board and al non have helped me to deal with the pain in my life and the pain in the libves of my loved ones. I would just like to thank everyone for all their love and support. Life does have many good bits and I see them more clearly now. Big hugs
John, thank you so much - well written - from the heart, to the heart. I can only say that these messages from all of the people on the forum are what gets me thru the day and night.
