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.
Read the posts and record recovery time and progress. Do they have what you want for your recovery? Ask if they will sponsor you. If they say yes...become the student...If they say no...reduplicate the process until you acquire a sponsor. Best ESH...Women on Women...Men on Men. Go with what the elders lead you to...Oldtimers are oldtimers because they listened and then did. Yes you have your own brain, ego and pride and what is most valueable is someone elses because yours had gotten you in trouble...where you are at right now. This is not a put down...it is echos from the past in Al-Anon. I learned "Never let the better keep you from the best" so take your time...listen, watch, learn, practice...that's done best in the face to face rooms...it's more real there. My experience of course not my thinking. Hope others have stepped up to your need also. ((((hugs))))
My suggestion is to not take the easier, softer way. Get to face to face meetings and find someone who is working this thing for real. Al-anon suggests internet use as a SUPPLEMENT only to face to face meetings. I came up with all kinds of excuses not to get to real meetings in the beginning too, it just did NOT work well, I did not go far in recovery, I did not get the relief that I got from sitting in the middle of a living, breathing fellowship, SHOWING me how they did it.....
With love in recovery, you have suffered enough ((my friend))
-- Edited by glad lee on Wednesday 15th of August 2012 02:59:16 PM
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