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I read about the A's radar when you start to move on with your life. I think I read about it in Getting Them Sober. The minute I started to really believe that I am going to be ok with or without him, my ah calls me out of the blue, after not speaking for three weeks. I have never been able to detach without anger. I have always just started an argument with my ah so that I don't have to deal with him because I had no tools to deal with it. My ah came to my house this weekend to see us. This is the first time his actions did not bother me. I am not dwelling on specific things he said. I was able to recognize the disease talking. Now I must say that I did become very angry at him yesterday. It lasted about thirty minutes. I just kept turning it over and praying. I really wanted him to leave. I just took care of myself by eating because I was hungry, then I took it easy on myself. I kept being angry at the disease, not him. When I settled down, we ended up having a really good time. This weekend instead of cancelling all my plans just because he was coming to see us, I went through with all my plans. That is another thing I would do is cancel everything I had going for me just because he was around. Today I am not drained emotionally. I am not sitting around moping and depressed because of something he said to me. I have really dwelled on things he has said to me for months at a time. There are still a few things I remember, but overall, it feels like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders, and a fog has been cleared from my brain. I appreciated the thread about detachment. It has helped me so much. Hope everyone has a great evening.
I'll have a great evening because I doooooooo enjoy reading posts like yours.
Detach and take care of ourselves first, so simple and so much better than the alternative. All we have to do is apply the tools of the program that we have at our disposal.
Glad to hear things are working out for you. That book "Getting Them Sober" is a wealth of information and really helps with situations. Keep working the program, it does work...