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.
I hope everyone enjoyed their easter weekend in whatever way you chose to celebrate it. I worked every day of it. I'm not complaining. I'm grateful to still have a job to go to. I work as a part-time attendant in a transition home for men in recovery from addictions. Whenever one of them completes our program and re-integrates back into society, we call him a successful completion. Assuming of course that he doesn't relapse and return for another go at it. I work there partly because I once lived there. Today is actually 20 years since I became a successful completion. I'm grateful to have been given the second chance, and I'm grateful to have been a member of alanon for so long because the tools I learned here are of great use to me working there. I think I'm just grateful, period.
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Not all my days are priceless, but none of them are worthless, anymore.
Wolfie - congrats. on your lovely success in recovery, one day at a time! I can hear your gratitude and applaud the service you do - calling it 'work'... Love the authentic shares you bring here and am tickled pink of how you work it and give back.
I hope you too had a lovely weekend - Easter and/or all. We had a different than typical holiday and that's exactly how HP designed it. No worries, no hurries - I actually spent the entire day in fuzzy pajamas as we had cold weather + some snow! It was nice to not be hurried and/or expected elsewhere. God is good!!!
Enjoy today too - just as any other day! It does work when we work it!
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Practice the PAUSE...Pause before judging. Pause before assuming. Pause before accusing. Pause whenever you are about to react harshly and you will avoid doing and saying things you will later regret. ~~~~ Lori Deschene
Brother I second what Iamhere says. You are a successful completion with the numbers in need that you touch with your recovery plus those like myself who wish to duplicated it. (((hugs)))
Work is good Wolfie. I did some spring cleaning yesterday. It was a good day for it. Now that I am done for now I feel a sense if relief. But for you I see re recovery which is good
What a blessing it must be being able to work somewhere you were in recovery for. I hope working there brings you much satisfaction as I can see it would. Keep coming back!
You have so much to be grateful for...and thank you for posting this.
I too am grateful...for the healthy people in my life...and for the unhealthy and occasionally evil person, I am grateful that I am so keenly aware of them, I can avoid them and not let them infiltrate my life. I am grateful that they are so obvious to me -- manipulation, passive aggressive, deflection, denial, baiting, shifting, gaslighting, and so much more...sound familiar? LOL. Probably does.
I am so aware of these people, and they are so obvious to me, I can avoid them without impacting them, or me, and without anyone knowing anything.
Thanks again for the attitude of gratitude and the gratitude reminder.
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Bo
Keep coming back...
God, grant me the serenity...to accept the PEOPLE I cannot change...the courage to change the ONE I can...and the wisdom to know it's ME...
