No drunk enough or high enough to not know what you have done - a story of hope - Al-Anon Family Group

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

No drunk enough or high enough to not know what you have done - a story of hope

pinkchip · ~*Service Worker*~

I also was only able to share that stuff AFTER changing the avatar to my cat lol. That way people will think it was her that did all that stuff. Sleazy cat.

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

LOL! Okay, now, PC, you know we have to own our own. Trying to pass our sleazy stuff off a poor, defenseless and trusting cat with a bowtie for a mouth - well, I can only pray that she'll forgive you.

BTW: I couldn't bring in anything close to yours because I don't know anything at all about sex. My kids came via a cabbage patch. This is very true.

-- Edited by grateful2be on Monday 6th of October 2014 03:51:53 PM

hotrod · ~*Service Worker*~

Catherine Our NYC Intergroup Office organizes many such events. Share a days , Dinners and dances. It probably depends on where you live and if you have an active intergroup office. Maybe you could start one in yoru area :0

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

We don't have an intergroup office here. We have an AA Club and that is the central location for primarily AA although we can call there for local meetings, attend them there, or buy literature. It is mainly AA that is supported through that location and Al-Anon is on the periphery. This is really a small potatoes place when it comes to Al-Anon. One of the reasons I joined MIP. I wanted to learn more. Al-Anon experience is limited when it comes to long-term membership, too. There are a handful of people that have at least 20 years of experience in Al-Anon. This, of course, all makes me want to go right back to San Francisco where I could go almost anywhere at any time and find a group and/or group activities. I'm considering doing that and starting the Step 11 candlelight group that I've mentioned here before. There is a gal who is very involved in Al-Anon who hasn't been at the meetings I attend for the past few weeks. She is the member I want to talk this over with now. She is very committed to Al-Anon as is her husband in AA. The two other oldtimers died last year and probably would have been interested in some of this, too. Thanks for the information and the suggestion.

-- Edited by grateful2be on Monday 6th of October 2014 08:21:35 PM

milkwood · ~*Service Worker*~

I've often thought that it would be fun and perhaps helpful to do some kind of one off theatre night - that way I could act out my feelings and perhaps discover what they are and which ones I would like to incorporate into a more playful daily life and which ones I'd like to leave by the campfire. A sort of safe place to practice for the real thing I guess

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

That is a very interesting idea, MW. One of the most helpful ways for me to learn is through storytelling. What you are describing can be a form of storytelling that could be helpful for those watching to identify themselves in a situation and perhaps see a way to make changes that would be helpful to their progress? I know that out of all our free literature, the merry-go-round named denial was/is the most helpful for me and it describes the problem and the changes needed in what I'd say is a theatrical way.

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.