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information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
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Yesterday was my alanon birthday--I shared it at a meeting w/ my friends & the lady I sponsor. She is still calling me her sponsor-yay!
Anyhow, I have been in the program for 26 years now. I am so grateful today & happier in some ways than I have ever been in my life. I have gone through a lot since my first meeting. But...I have gone through them w/ you all & survived even lived through them all. Even when I slipped over the years--and relapsed too, I owe it to God & you all that I kept coming back. Even when I felt lost & confused, I came back.
So, I guess what I am trying to say, is that no matter what, keep coming back. Sometimes we fall, but we will get back up! For those of you who can't get to F2F meeetings, try to spend time on here. We have very few meetings in my town but I try to attend them as much as I can.
I have some serenity today, too. I have a life beyond my wildest dreams. I guess after all I have been through, I am worth what I have. I mean I guess what I mean is that I think I deserve it. Have I earned it ? I don't know. I guess when I got it all, I didn't appreciate it. Now I do.
Too much to say. I think it is time for me to just say Thanks!
Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.- Maya Angelo
Your thread just made me realize that today is my Al-Anon birthday -- 2 years. And I'm going to have many more in the years to come because I'm staying!
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Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could... Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. - Emerson
