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Well I have Survived the Storm of Hurricane Sandy, and Thank God above for Every bit of the Blessings I Recieved During it! My Thoughts and Prayers are with All that Had it worse then I, Mine was Minimal at Least, Little Water in Basement, flickerin lights, but Nothing Worth Complainin about after watchin the news! WOW...
The other night I made it to a F2F Meeting... Smallest one Yet! lol... It Got Canceled due to storm, and then the Day of the Phone started ringing sayin it was back on, and the lady that wanted it worse then Me, was the only other one that showed up! =) HOWEVER! That is what I LOVE about this Program,... I was Always Told if there is More then One Person... Thats a Meeting :) So we Rolled with it! And i have to say, it was HP without a Doubt that Made it just so!
This Lady, also an Addict in Recovery, and has been for years, she started in AA and Has since balanced between AA & Al-Anon, She Shared ALOT of the Addictions that my Aftather did... And tho I am An Alcoholic I never Truly understood the other fixes... "Coke, Crack, Herion".. I was Around those that did it, just never touched the crap myself, Thank God! Sooo It was Nice Hearing her Story, Hearing her Struggles as a Mother, and a Wife, and we were so Ingrossed, that by the time we finally looked at our watches, we had run over a 1/2 hour...lol... But I Learned so Much from her, and I know HP Knew I needed to hear some of those things!
And She Laughed and said her Biggest Question to me was: "How did you EVER Get Sober in Al-Anon?" lol... She told me how she struggled to do it in AA, and just couldn't imagine how I did it! The only Answer I could come up with was... It was My Turn!
Funny how All My Life, I can Make the Same Dumb Mistake Over & Over again time and time again, and think Dang that was dumb.. WHY Do you keep doin it... And then I Get my Fill and thats the end! Life Throws so Many Curve balls at us on a daily basis, and Al-Anon as taught me that 90% of those Curve balls that come out of left field are nothing more then a Test waiting to see how I will or will not react!
When I Learned that NO was a Complete Sentence & I Didn't have to make excuses WHY I Said No... It was a Beautiful thing... When I realized that I was not the Villian that I had believed all these years, with all the wrongs I have done! My LIfe Changed, but Not only did it change it helped me see what part of me I wanted to improve on! What Part of me I Loved, and I Just worked on Not Using the parts I didn't....
I Owe Al-Anon So Much and Am Just Grateful I have such a Place to Grow & to Learn to Love me, along with all my A's... Detach with Love I have struggled with for so long, But I Haven't worked out all the glitches yet, but I can See & Feel Progress and I Suppose That is what its All about...
Grateful Member of Al-Anon... Thanks for letting me Share ;)
Prayers that ALL Of You are Safe as Well from the Storm, Continued Prayers to all on the East Coast... :)
Thanks for your share Jozie. All those who should have been at that meeting were. Your HP's sent you both along to receive a powerful message and you did. Isn't Al-Anon wonderful!
