The material presented
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information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
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Couple weeks ago, Nancy's daughter passed away. Heart attack. That was rough. The family came together and took care of each other. Last week, I lost a cousin who died suddenly from an aneurysm. So, I don't always like or understand god's plan for me. I take comfort knowing He walks beside me and like the footprints prayer says, sometimes He carries me. Life is not all bad. I was at an alanon meeting on zoom and I told a funny story I have told before. Don't be alarmed, but I'm also an alcoholic. I originally came to Alanon because I thought it would be a great place to meet a woman who knew how to take care of an alcoholic. That didn't work out quite the way I thought it would. But, I kept coming to meetings because I felt that I belonged. I was raised in an alcoholic home, I had been married to an alcoholic for twenty years and all my friends are alcoholics. There was one woman I met she seemed nice. She knew I was in AA. One day she asked me if I would tell her what it was like to be an alcoholic. I suggested she attend an open AA meeting. We decided to go to one together. It wasn't a date, not at first. But, we have been together ever since. In fact, March 23 it will be 23 years since our first date. Imagine that.
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Not all my days are priceless, but none of them are worthless, anymore.
You brought a smile to my face. The adverse selection of lemon and peaches and the possibility that the sweet peaches may cancel the tart lemons out? Glad you found that perfection and it has lasted 23 years!! My condolences for the family losses. Thanks for sharing.
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"Forgiveness doesn't excuse bad behavior, but does prevent bad behavior from destroying your heart" ~ Unknown
Good to see you Wolfie! So, so sorry to hear of your losses. I love how your recovery is on full display - finding what's good in spite of 'life' events. Congrats. to you/Nancy for your commitment to each other.
Stop by anytime - your shares always brighten my days!
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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
It is good to see your face & hear about your "love story."
I am so sorry for the losses in your family.
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"The wolf that thrives, is the one you feed." - Cherokee legend
"Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields... Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness." Mary Oliver
Brother that is so much as my own recovery history I saw pictures from my own album as I read it. Your memory of HP walking with you is just a tiny bit different for me as I remember finding my HP and deciding to walk with it. God the memories and relationships and family historys, both sides. "I am a dumb as a stick" is how I remember trying to relate to a condition I came to know as a disease and not the inability of drinking. I use to tell the program family members "If you don't know how to drink...just don't" and then entered college to understand alcohol as a chemical and it's awesome power. I've been around since 2/8/79 like a stick until I surrendered, listened, listened, listened and practiced, practiced, practicing. I have had HP invested events in my life that define miracles beyond belief.
I also was born and raised, both sides, in our disease; alcohol and drugs, grand-parents life and death and it is so much more a blessing that I have your experiences in recovery to rely on. Thank you and every recoverying brother and sister who have been willing to share service with my HP to my recovery.
Sorry to hear about your losses, Bernie... 
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