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October Agenda ... ... ... Review of October minutes ... Review of op meeting schedule ... Old Business ... Op duties ... ... Idle times ... New Business ... Op Liason Committee ... ... Please pm me if you have any additional items...
Friends, in my non-anonymous life I have been blessed with success as a freelance journalist. Most of my writing is bread-and-butter non-fiction (yawn) such as newspaper articles, etc. ... ... But once in a while I get an opportunity to write about...
Hi everyone... Like many others on here, I am a huge fan of the book series "Getting Them Sober" (particularly volume one), written by Toby Rice Drews. This book is said to be one of THE best resources for those living around active alcoh...
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Today I took a time out from my own troubles.I mean really what good am I doing wallowing in self pity.Maybe ,I'm not sure what I need to do right now this moment in my own life.I started looking around.No more tears atleast for today.Maybe if I coul...
... Hello Everyone! ... ... Why does it still bother me that my husband can't be there for me? ... I know that when we put expectations on someone other than GOD we are let down. ... I don't think its expectations, I think its hope or wishes. Wha...
Anyone know anything about lawyer stuff??? ... ... The company my AH works for is a small company that is owned by two guys that are also his buddies. They both have issues as well, with alcohol and drugs problems. Anyway, the one owner, Jason, he's...
I came to the board earlier feeling lonely and depressed lots of negative thinking and self pity. I ready quite a few posts before I decided to post thankfully. ... ... GUESS What my mood had changed I didnt feel alone or depressed anymore. ... .....
I am a bit annoyed today because last night my husband drove another A to catch the train. I t wasn't so much that he took the guy(well.. a little) but that it was all of a sudden sort of & it was a 2 hour trip one way plus he left late enoug...
I would like to spend the next hundred years taking the inventory of the ex A. What I've learned recently from watching other people engaging in the madness of trying to squeeze something out of an alcoholic is that I had my part. One sure thing is...
i have been reading others post here for a little while now but this is my first post. i am thankful for the availability of this online. sometimes i would come on & read stuff while my bf was snoring in a drunkin stupor next to me and it defint...
... I've been an alanon member for about 6 years now. When I started I was married to an active abusive alcoholic, and we divorced. I began working on myself and found myself quite serene most days. I began a relationship with a terrific normal man ...
Hi family, ... As many of you know I am at the beginning of divorcing my husband. This is something I feel is right for me and as much as it hurts, I want this. ... ... Well he told me last night that he is leaving the state Wednesday and isn't pla...
I've fallen from my program and I'm having a hard time getting back on. ... ... In working the steps I realized that admitting was first, then believing was next. I saw quickly that for me, without being able to believe in an HP that I could not do...
Hello ((((Family)))) ... ... Soooo, tonight, like just about every other Thursday night for the last 5 years and 7 months, I set out to attend my out-of-town Al-Anon meeting. This meeting is about an hour drive from my home. At the halfway point o...
I realized today that the mental and physical exhaustion, coupled with weight gain due to medical issues is slowly taking huge toll, and I am sliding quickly into depression. Fears and worry about what if's regarding my pending surgery are creeping ...
Please help me work through this. I have a very deep spiritual base in my life. I have always communicated with my HP on a regular basis as my best friend, confidant and advisor. My Alcoholic Ex left me three weeks ago and I am having a very hard tim...
I know it is a choice and I don't want to feel guilty - I think it is the hardest emotion for me to control. My AH has offered up what he feels he can do to save the marriage. I have been through this before and of course, I don't have faith. Nor, do...
... I went to my first meeting yesterday and it's ironic that what I went home to afterwards was a nightmare. I liked it and will keep going back. Unfortunately, I can't afford the literature so I'll just have to listen and do online readings for ...
I had my first initial status conference today with my AH...I wasn't exactly sure what to expect, but I was thinking that he wouldn't get real parenting time with his 16 year long history of documented drinking and drug use. That really didn't get b...
(((((((((Family))))))))) ... ... I know I haven't been around much and when I do come around I seem quite...I do apologize for this but I have had a lot going on in my life. I am going in for major surgery on Dec 2 and am scared to death. I believe ...
... Things in my life seem to have settled somewhat and for that I am grateful. ... ... I however am and have been struggling with worry and letting go and trying to just live in THIS day. I know all the reasons I should and I know that I should b...
... Well, I'm not sure where to start.Don't know if I am even in the right place.Truthfully I am kinda scared to be on here because I am afraid my husband will read this.I worry because he has already had friends hack several of my accounts but I...
Hi - I'm new here... I've been reading some posts and just registered myself today. ... My husband and I have been married for 1 1/2 years but we've been together for 12 years and friends for about 20 yrs or so.... So here goes - I'm going to ...
Hi all, ... I think I will continue to be amazed at the power this program can have on a person. I had a hard time seeing it in the past becuase my "A" insisted that Al-anon was not working for me. I didn't realize then that validation was ...
My AH have been apart for a year. I am just now seeing how I have been damaged by living with an A for so long. ... ... Someone here posted a while ago an acronym for fear: False Evidence Appearing Real. That really stuck with me and I see that I a...
My A partner has honed selfishness into a fine art. I know, I know. All of them are selfish; of this I have no doubt. But you would think that one who went on a binge, boarded an airplane for London, stayed a week in the Dorchester Hotel there and...
My husband's DUI sentencing was today and by all accounts, he should be in jail right now. Unfortunately, thanks to his lawyer and that stupid judge, his sentencing has been postponed a (2nd time) until JANUARY 12!!!!!! I was really looking forward...
AH called me and asked if it was ok for him to go out for drinks with his coworkers after work today. What is a good response to this? ... ... He has been to two AA meetings, but that was three weeks ago. He is now trying to control it on his own...
My dad recently sent all those he loves a special poem about God. I didn't know that he liked to write poetry. It really moved me. I love my dad very much. He lives about 900 miles away from me. ... ... Anyhow, I just wanted to share that with yo...
... My addicted son is now 29 years old, I have been dealing with him for the last ten years, and I have now come to a place in the relationship that I have detached. I don't cry and beg anymore, I don't try to run after him and try to keep up with...
This has been my first week in alanon - thank God for this onilne group. I can't get to many group meetings because I am a single mom but I do go once a week - need to go more. Is it overwhelming at first? All of the emotions that surface from hearin...
... It's my oldest sons 19th birthday today...I'm so proud of the man he's become and I love him and all my kids with all my heart. They are my life, I would do anything for them. ... ... Today I got an email from an atty that my AH obtained to...
I am new to Alanon - I just went to my first meeting last week, second meeting this week. I really feel like I need a sponsor ASAP, but I have only attended two meetings. They say you are to find someone who you want to ASK to be your sponsor but I d...
Hi MIP family, ... ... I thought it would be a good idea to post here tonight. I'm looking for some ESH and maybe for my HP to give me a clue on this question. ... ... For background, many of you know that I am with an active AH. We've been togeth...
hi.. I say new to helping me because, I'm just starting to realize how much I have been protecting this wonderful family secret.. It started when I was born.. I don't remember much from my earlier years, but I know tha...
Hi everyone, I've been snooping around and decided to join. My husband is an alcoholic. He's been to two AA sessions (apparently) but still 'hides' drinking. We've only been married just over a year - in our late twenties. Lies, ridiculous excuses, ...
My husband is better now. He hasn't quit drinking and I'm hoping that he knows that the last time I just about had it with him. He cut down some on his drinking, but I'm not putting my head in the sand because he still drinks and still acts like a ...
For weeks I have been saying that I'm looking forward to my husband going to jail - I've been so mad at him for drinking after rehab, I just wanted him away so he wouldn't ruin my Christmas. ... ... Yesterday I was in a traffic accident and it reall...
... Sometimes I honestly think that work is my safe place, the place where I can go and do what I need to....X Y Z and that is it. I know what is expected of me, what dates it needs done and who to go to when I need help. It's the simplest part of...
Ok... This weekend was one of those roller Coasters I have been attemping to avoid here of late... I just need to get it out of my head...ESH would be a wonderful gift on times like this for me... :) ... ... Friday 13th was the best of it all :) I w...
Hello, I am your disease ... ... I Hate meetings...I Hate higher powers...I Hate anyone who has a program. To all who come in contact with me, I wish you death and I wish you suffering. Allow me to introduce myself, I am the disease of addic...
My A son came out of a 28 day rehab and drank , I think, the following day. His insurance from his job, which he didn't return to, expired 10/31. He made sure to go to his therapist who prescribes his antidepressant on 10/28 so to be sure he had more...
I'm so tired of always seeming to take a step forward and feeling pretty decent to then taking two steps back. I feel I never make any progress!! I know that I can't just get over my AH overnight, but I'm tired of feeling sad and thinking about it....
... Hi Alanoners, ... ... 5 years ago today my AHsober of 30 years said that he wanted a divorce. He said that he didn't love me, that he wasn't happy, and that the purpose of life was happiness. He said that he will always be an addict and he was ...
Well my ABF is still missing and I have through myself into my programme, meetings, phone calls to sponsor, reading, talking to Hp and guess what I m back. ... I know it is not personal, ... I know he will be devastated once he comes round ... but ba...
Im new here. Kinda unsure of what to think yet, but I am really in need of a place to vent where people can understand what I am going threw and to hear stories of what others are going threw as well. ... Im at my wits end with my husband. And altho...
... It was 11 years ago tonight that I was totally, comfortably insane. It was really cold here and my ex was on a binge. I was 9 months pregnant, due in just 2 weeks. He had taken my car and my purse was in it. I hadn't slept in days. I borrowed my...
... Wow....I just read some of my old posts from 4 years ago! It took me right back to how I felt then dealing with the craziness of my AH and what he was doing to our family..... ... I look back now and reflect over all the years with him and all ...
It's so funny, I just have to laugh (or I'd go insane). ... ... As I left with my son and mom today, my husband was all set to start on the Christmas lights (11:00 a.m.). As we drove away, we noticed the house on the corner was being decorated with...
I went with a couple friends to this really great new church that people around my area have been raving about recently. Now I know why, the message that they give is so incredible and feels so much like an alanon meeting!! It was like he was speak...
My husband is acting like a total jerk these days. We had a huge blow-up yesterday morning (mostly about him getting drunk and "checking out" on us). Of course his usual response to that is that he checks out on me, not our son. Then he ...
Hello Everyone, ... ... Last weekend I went to a wedding. My Deceased Uncle's Girlfriend was there. He was an A. Everyone was so surprised how fantastic and happy she looked. She is obviously taking care of herself. Her and I were talking, she ...
My ABF had a slip after 6 months last weekend. He has really worked the programme and could not have tried harder then bang hes gone again. I ended this relationship in March and he ent into AA all my hope returned so we got back together as he was...
To each and everyone of you that contributes to this forum, I am truly greatful, I belive in a higher power but as yet do not pray regularly, I have done though when my life has brought me to my knees, and always something somewhere has thrown me a l...
Sometimes I have doubt that my soon to be ex AH has a problem. When I look through my journal, and back at our lives together (20 years together) and I remember all those binges he went on, the four times he was in rehab, the many many hospital visi...
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