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Yesterday I posted that I was afraid to attend meetings, and had even driven to the meetings and turned around and went home. I am PLANNING to go to one Monday night. Whether I will do it or not, well, we shall see. Apparently, God really wants me to go though because today I was sent a sign, loud and clear.
I took my daughter to the mall and we were at Yoforia making our little yogurt mixes. So I'm picking out toppings to put on our yogurt and this guy standing next to me says "This is the GOOD part, huh?" I didn't really look at him, just kind of laughed and agreed with him. So then he says "Don't I know you from somewhere? Aren't you Lisa's friend that we all hung out with about a year ago?" So I look up and realize THIS is the guy that about a year ago, while hanging out with friends, was telling me about how he and his wife just went through a divorce, she was an alcoholic, etc. I was telling him about my very similar situation and he told me how much Al-Anon helped him and how I should go. At the time I just blew it off. It had been recommended to me by a therapist a year before that but I didn't listen. But when this guy was talking to me about it, it did interest me. I just sort of forgot about it until recently when I really NEEDED it. So I started talking to him some today and he asked me if I ever went to a meeting. I told him no, but that I had chickened out in the past few weeks when I actually considered going. So he said he hadn't been to one in a while and invited me to go to one with him so I wouldn't feel as uncomfortable. I thought that was really cool and really like God intervening to give me that extra push I need.
Yay you - whatever it takes!! If you are ready to be there, you'll probably kick yourself for not having gone years ago.... here's hoping you make your meeting!
Tom
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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?"
Aloha Fan...For me my HP often works that way and I still have the choice of blowing off my HP also!! I've done that before program and it cost me my sanity and almost my life. Great I got my sanity back...well alot of it anyways and held on to my life so I could get into the program. Marrying Alcoholics and Alcoholic/Addicts are choices also and today I have the program that helps me change my thoughts, feelings, behaviors and attitudes that I can have better outcomes. Run to the next available meeting you can get to...I don't think we get great choices for ever. (((hugs)))
