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.
When I was at the family week at rehab for my AH, the counselors were talking about us family members and made a statement about us being "f.i.n.e. " and each letter stood for something. Do any of you know what they stand for, I can't remember? I really wanted to write them down to remind me...
I heard that one at one of my first conventions as well, and it always made me smile.... I think, as a society, we use that "fine" as such a generic response when somebody asks us how we are doing.... I guess the point, in Al-Anon, is we are supposed to practice self-honesty (with ourselves and others), and tell people how we are REALLY feeling....
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Frustrated. Insecure, Neurotic, and Emotional (that's the PG version - there is another "F" word that can be substituted :)
-- Edited by canadianguy on Monday 26th of April 2010 01:44:24 PM
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"He is either gonna drink, or he won't.... what are YOU gonna do?"
"What you think of me is none of my business"
"If you knew the answer to what you are worrying about, would it REALLY change anything?"
Thanks, I have been trying to figure that out for months.