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 had a date tomorrow night with my “sober” A as of Friday, but got the idea he was drinking, so I asked him. I called him up.
“Are you drinking?’
“Yes.” He is honest. He was shocked I asked and sounded ashamed.
“Okay, well I need to cancel tomorrow night. I just can’t hang,” I said.
He was stunned. “Ok.”
“Ok.”
*click
30 minutes later, I called another man. No more waiting on this guy. Love or no love! I’m not going to hang around to watch him die. And I feel good!
After spending the second weekend in a row hanging with him as he detoxed, only to have him go back on the bottle, Monday…well I told my friend if he was drinking tonight I did not want to see him tomorrow. Obviously I meant it. No arguing, no complaining, no dealmaking…I just told him the way it was and that was it. Go me!! :)
