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 was realizing as I was reading some of the posts that some members are under two mistaken impressions: 1) they will gain recovery by mooching off those with recovery; 2) they can gain recovery by sitting around these rooms of Al Anon.
Take action! Many of you cry and complain about how miserable you are. Yet you don't get a schedle of your local meetings; you go to the meeting place and sit in the parking lot; you blame the alcholic for all your misery because, after all, they are the reason your life is unmanageable, right?
Get a grip! When I joined AlaTeen, and when my sponsor joined alaNon, the Internet offered no such chatting grounds! The internet was was purely to get you phone numbers, a meeting schedule, and addresses for a church where the meeting was. When you were miserable enough, you had to come yourself.
So...get thee to al anon! Get thee a sponsor! Work thine ownprogram. Over and over I hear newcomers say "Oh, I want what So and so has" So and so got it because So and So worked the steps and continues to live in the solution that Al Anon offers. So and so stopped whining, and So and So owned their role. We, 12stepforums, are a "booster shot" to a "traditional" program.
Take action! Many of you cry and complain about how miserable you are. Yet you don't get a schedle of your local meetings; you go to the meeting place and sit in the parking lot; you blame the alcholic for all your misery because, after all, they are the reason your life is unmanageable, right? 
Get a grip! When I joined AlaTeen, and when my sponsor joined alaNon, the Internet offered no such chatting grounds! The internet was was purely to get you phone numbers, a meeting schedule, and addresses for a church where the meeting was. When you were miserable enough, you had to come yourself.
LOL!