A TRUE STORY...... - Al-Anon Family Group

oldergal · Senior Member

A TRUE STORY......

Pushka · ~*Service Worker*~

Hugs, it's amazing what little things all of a sudden click. Great awareness OG, it does get better, one day at a time. Hugs P :)

hotrod · ~*Service Worker*~

I can so identify with that gentleman. Before alanon, my head was down and I rushed about never looking up at the sun or the stars--- No time'

I looked down and thought of all my problems and how hard my life was. That just made me full of anger and self pity.\

Thank God for alanon. I now walk upright, see and feel the universe and am oh so grateful.

Great Topic

Jerry F · ~*Service Worker*~

My wife and I were at a birthday party this afternoon for an Al-Anon member at their house out in the forest. There were lots of members of both programs and we all sat with each other like family and "talked stories". As we sat there enjoying each others company we also noticed how the clouds above us moved and danced and acted out a drama directed by a power unseen greater than ourselves and a few of us noticed the young hawk which came out to see us from time to time; flying above us and circling watching just as a power greater than ourselves would. Listening with our eyes is one of the tools and skills of recovery. Much is told to us which the ear cannot perceive.

My red jade plant blossomed this year in a flaming red-orange color with long strands of blossoms and I heard my HP tell me "There you go...how do you like this one?" "I'm soooo grateful for it. I never thought it would survive in my yard." And then the Red Jade blossoms spent their life and disappeared just before the Teal Jade started to blossom. Such an opportunity to ask if I could see the Teal and the Red on the same arbor...and then a small late sprig of red buds appeared and then they blossomed.

Many times during the day I see these and respond "Thank you sooo much!" ((((hugs))))

-- Edited by Jerry F on Saturday 26th of November 2011 11:18:20 PM

tommyecat · ~*Service Worker*~

I am grateful for the alanon program too because I now see the flowers bloom and fall in love with their beauty. I hear the birds sing and I smile when I see an impish grin in my youngest sons face.

I would have missed all of that drowing in the misery pool of resentment without the alanon program. To recover, one day at a time and have a new experience with the world around me is like being rebirthed into a strange yet beautiful new world.

Breakingfree · ~*Service Worker*~

Great topic, thanks for this! Sending you all love and support on your journey's.

GailMichelle · ~*Service Worker*~

oldergal wrote:
Oh HP wake me up! let me see and hear clearly, lift the clouds around me......

I like this!

I find the more I learn to quiet my mind, the more I can see clearly. Years ago, I tried to learn how to quiet my mind; however, I gave up too quickly and began practicing the "chatter" in my head. It gained more muscle.

But my desire to be at peace got stronger than it.

Oh how I wish I had learned long ago when my children were under our roof. Unfortuately, I taught them to practice "chatter."

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