Alcoholic dealing with alcoholics - Al-Anon Family Group

hazel1066 · Newbie

Alcoholic dealing with alcoholics

RLC · ~*Service Worker*~

Hazel,

Welcome to MIP. You now have a place where you can find the help you need when dealing with the disease of alocholism. Members here understand what you are going through as perhaps no one else can. You are not alone anymore. We who have lived with the disease can offer our own experience, strength, and hope to you. I was just like you when I came into the grips of this disease. It did not happen overnight. It continued to take a stronger hold on my alocholic wife and at the same time made my life more and more unmanageable. I am forever grateful I found the rooms of Al-Anon. It changed my life. It can do the same for you.

Al-Anon is for people who are affected by someone elses drinking. From reading between the lines of your short post, you qualify. If you desire you can post again and tell your story. No one will offer you any advice. Why? Because you are the only one who knows what is best for you. What I can tell you is that you have no control over someones elses drinking. The only person you have any control over is you. By coming here for help you have taken the first step in your recovery.

What you will receive here are ways others have dealt with the problems alochol caused in their lives and things they did to make their life better. This program will work for you, as it has worked for countless thousands world wide. Please, do this for yourself---you deserve it.

Let me say again, you are not alone. You have found a group of loving, caring and understanding people who are here for you and will help you start taking care of yourself. You have found a new family.

Keep coming back.

HUGS,
RLC

-- Edited by RLC on Saturday 16th of January 2010 05:17:40 PM

Jerry F · ~*Service Worker*~

Aloha Hazel...errrr we don't give advise and like RLC passed on we share our experience
strength and hope with you for what worked and didn't work for us and that which has
worked over a long period of time for others and which was then freely given to us as we
asked for it like you have....so you're here asking and the title to your thread leads me
to assume that you are either an alcoholic in AA or a Counselor with alcoholics or both.

I have worn those shoes and am a grateful member of the Al-Anon Family Groups who
wishes never to drink again and therefore a member of AA also. I have had a career as
a behavioral health counselor in clinical alcohol and substance abuse and addition on
several levels.

I am a member of MIP for two reasons...one to give away and the other to get from this
marvelous fellowship. Since we acknowledge that we can only progress toward right
living and will never reach perfection we hang around each other and protect each others
backs and where all and stand in support of each other because that is what we also
desire.

Welcome to the board...what have you been doing that hasn't worked out for you.

(((((Hugs))))) smile

hotrod · ~*Service Worker*~

HI and Welcome to MIP

You have already been given a warm welcome from two very wise members I would like to add that There are Face to Face meetings in every location and Help with finding local meetings near where you live may be found at the following web site: http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/meetings/meeting.html Or call: 1-888-4alanon

Online meetings are held in the Al-Anon chat room associated with this site.

From the board click on Al-Anon Group Meeting/Chat Room in the yellow box in upper left of the page. After clicking on the link please be patient, sometimes it takes a while for the window to open.

Meetings, literature, Focusing on yourself and learning how you can live your life with peace , is the main focus of alanon.

Alcoholism is a disease that you did not cause cannot control and cnnot cure Living with this diesease we become ill and need tools to recover. Come here read the posts see if you can identify and jump in and post

You are not alone

pineapple · ~*Service Worker*~

Hazel, you're in the right place. If you can't get to a face to face meeting, try to attend one of the online meetings here. And keep coming back! This place is full of wonderful, caring people. We're here for you.

White Rabbit · ~*Service Worker*~

Welcome! I hope that you will attend an online meeting here or find a face to face meeting in your area. Living with alcoholism was overwhelming for me, but I am able to find peace here - so can you.

Keep coming back, read all of the Alanon literature you can get your hands on, and expect a miracle! :)

Peace ...

nmike · ~*Service Worker*~

Welcome to MIP! Write your story and Alanon will try to help by sharing their experience, strength, and hope.

In support,
Nancy

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.