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 want to share w/ all of you that on Tuesday 25 years ago I attended my first Alanon meeting. I walked into my first meeting on January 4, 1986 & have tried to inspire people ever since. I can't say that I attended meetings the whole time but I did go to a lot of open AA meetings. I didn't "get" it until a few years later when I found myself doing the same things w/o alanon. I got my butt back in the meetings when I realized that I had "found" another alcoholic to work my "magic" on w/o the program to hold me up! I regret the time that I didn't go to meetings because alanon is where I belong & I hope that I never see a day when I don't attend meetings again. I got real "sick" during those times & felt like I had relapsed even when the alcoholic didn't.
I hope that anyone who reads this doesn't give up hope! Keep trying to get to meetings if you can.
The program works, if you work it! Don't get discouraged. Recovery doesn't happen overnight. It takes a lot of trial & error to get to the point of surrender & serenity.
KATHLEEN!! hAPpY AnNiverSarY!! I am grateful you bring your journey here to MIP so that I can bolster my hope - strength - and then my own experiences. Glad you came back in from where you started. No I am not gonna leave anytime in my imagination however I do know that "stuff" happens from time to time and for me it is better if all stuff happens while I am in program. Folks...HOOT NANNY is in the house let give up a hoot for HOOT!!. (((((hugs)))))
