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.
To qualify for this program you must only have been affected by the drinking habits of another. I think that leaves us wide open for any other affliction known to man.
Not trying to be flipant, I have cigarettes and caffine. There are many recovering A's in Al-Anon. Noone is disqualified and there are no limits to the issues that this program can help with if you apply what you learn in all your affairs.
I see this program as being a great reminder of how to be a responsable adult and allow others the respect to do the same. Of course the undercurrent is to directly help those affected by A'ism, but replace that word with whatever you like. Great spiritual guidence for life in every way.
These are strictly my opinions, and they say they are like ... well you know. So take what you like and leave the rest.
I hope you will stay and post often. There is something for everyone here and our strength is in people just like you.
Take care of you!
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"Good judgement comes from experience... experience comes from bad judgement" - unknown
I think many of us have adddictive behaviors; as you mentioned, some of us have food addictions, and as rtx mentioned, some of us have substance abuse addictions.
I had a sponsor who once said that our problem, at its core, was the fact that we are addicted to dysfunctional relationships. It's worth thinking about.
Even if we have no other addictions, I guess we all are (or were) addicted to an alcoholic.
Letting the A come back again, one more time, this time it will be different...
... is exactly the same as the A saying just one drink won't hurt me, this time it will be different.
That's how I see it anyway, having been on both sides. That's why the same steps - when we apply them to our lives - work for us as well as the alcoholic.
I know I do! Lately the food thing has gotten worse for me. I was so excited 4 years ago I was thin again--the first time in yrs. In 3 years I have gained 30 pounds--I am upset about, hate looking at myself in the mirror, but the second one thing happens--I worry, or I'm bored or I don't want to say anything to my AH b/c I want to stay out of his recovery I am shoving something in my mouth.
I really am seeing this bad choice of mine and I am hoping and praying that soon I will find the energy to do something about it--like just tie my hands behind my back!!!
(I can't believe that 4 years ago I was really just eating once a day and sometimes a little snack and wasn't thinking about food at all. Now if I miss a snack at 3:00 I think I'm going to die.)
