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.
UNLESS I AM IN FOR A SURPRISE: I AM SPENDING TIME W/O MY FAMILY THIS YEAR. I AM FEELING THAT I WOULD RATHER SPEND TIME W/ STRANGERS THAN W/ THEM. THEY AREN'T REALLY THERE FOR ME ALL YEAR SO WHY SHOULD I CALL THEM, SEND CARDS OR GIFTS THIS YEAR? I HAVE BETTER FISH TO FRY & FRIENDS TO SPEND TIME W/. LAST YEAR I CALLED & SAID HI & MERRY CHRISTMAS COLLECTIVELY TO MY BRO. IN LAW. I HAVE NO TIME FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T SEEM TO HAVE MUCH TO SAY ANYWAY. AM I BEING CRAPPY? MAYBE SO BUT I HAVE EXPERIENCED SO MUCH NEGATIVE CRAP EVERY YEAR IT SEEMS. ANYHOW, I WILL NOT BE A GRINCH OR SCROOGE THIS YEAR. I AM JUST GOING TO BACK UP & SEE WHAT HAPPENS. IF NOTHING HAPPENS, NOTHING HAPPENS. BY THE WAY, I AM HAVING CHRISTMAS DINNER W/ RECOVERY FRIENDS. ANSWER TO PRAYER BECAUSE I WAS HOPING THAT SOMEONE WOULD ASK US TO DINNER THIS YEAR. ISN'T THAT NICE? I AM SO GLAD TO HAVE ALL OF YOU TO VENT MY FRUSTRATIONS & SOMETIMES ANGER. MAYBE BECAUSE THIS IS IN BOLD LETTERS, I AM SHOWING HOW I FEEL!
I'm glad you have some options and are choosing to spend Christmas with recovery friends. I think you enjoyed a big party this summer with these same friends?
