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.
Should we all be so fortunate to experience a moment like this.
AH is very aware of his addiction. He had reached out last Friday to another recovering member who picked him up (AH was half blitzed already) to go to a meeting.
He has continued to drink daily since that meeting. He knows how I feel about his drinking. I say nothing and have learned to carry out with my evening and try to have as little contact with him as possible. (that in itself is a hard lesson to learn)
I was outside with the little one in the yard and AH was lingering around the garage with a beer in hand. A truck pulls in the driveway and at first we had no idea who it was. As he walked up to the truck he realizes its the man who had taken him to the meeting the previous Friday and I could see the look of embarrassment on AH's face. They exchanged a few words. The recovering A made a wise crack only an A could to another A, then reached a couple of times out his window to shake AH's hand firmly. He wished him a good night and told him he was on his way to a meeting and left. I saw the expression on AH's face and quietly took the little one in the house saying nothing. About ten minutes later AH came in and said the man was on his way back to pick him up. I could have just about hugged the man who took the time to care. I also realized as angry and hurt as I have been. I want to get better and I pray he gets better too.
Thank you for all of you who take the time to care!
When I allow myself to open my mind to the reality that HP works everywhere all the time, I can see evidence of it in some of the most unlikely people in the most unlikely of places. It's fun to read the evidence of HP working in your life. Thank you for the honest and grateful share.
I learned that when I can stop playing HP in my mind thinking I know what could or should be happening, I see what is happening in my experience and its always so much better than what I can bring about on my own.
It's a beautiful thing, isn't it, to see HP at work in your life and in the lives of your loved ones?
