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 just started reading this book and came across something so true and fitting for me.
When describing codependence there were a lot of familiar traits. The one that hit me the most said, "an ongoing whirlwind trip through the five-stage grief process".
So true. Ugh. Totally hit home.
Any others with a "hit home" revelation (or whatever you call it)?
Made me realize that it's time to move on, so draining...
When I learned about detachment, I read something about it from the Lance Armstrong website. I realized that in order to detach I had to let the other person be who they were without placing any expectations, or trying to change or rearrange them or make them do anything or passive agressively suggest something to them or joke about what they did while drunk or anything... That was a huge "ah ha" moment for me. I am working on it, but detaching has given me the space to think about me :)
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You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. -Buddha
The past has flown away. The coming month and year do not exsist. Ours only is the present's tiny point. -Mahmud Shabistanri
Family of origin work has taken me a long long time to process. I don't think there is a way to hurry it along. I also think moving on for me has to be calculated. I've moved on to the same so many times!
I love this book, and recommend it to anyone with an A in their lives. When I read it, in about February (before I found Al Anon), it was such an eye opener for me. I think it was the beginning of my recovery. I also think the awareness it brought me and my changed behavior had a role in my A finding his bottom and beginning recovery.
Thanks to this post, I am absolutely buying this book on my way home tonight. I have a vague memory of seeing it on my mom's nightstand when I was a kid. I hope it helped her...
