WHAT I LEARNED: 1. Change is great when it’s other people doing it. 2. Where can I look for gratitude in a resentment?
Category: Meetings
MTG – Austin – “Independence”
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. My Higher Power is like the North Star that I look to for guidance. 2. Al-Anon has helped me become an optimist.
MTG – Austin – “Living Gratitude”
WHAT I LEARNED: If I go into the past, I stir up regrets. If I go into the future, I stir up fears. So, it’s best for me to just stay in the present.
MTG – Baton Rouge – “Triangle Al-Anon”
WHAT I LEARNED: “Recovery may well be the most exciting ride I will ever take in my life.” – June 2nd from the daily reader: “Hope For Today” (item # B-27). …Keep my hands & feet inside the recovery ride at all times!! 🤪
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: “It’s an illusion that depleting myself will help someone else.” – Aug 19th from the daily reader: “Hope For Today” (item # B-27).
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: “Just for today I will adjust myself to what is, & not try to adjust everything to my own desires. …Just for today I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful & to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will…
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: Although I can’t find anything in the literature to prove she actually called herself one, I believe Lois W. was probably the very first Service Sponsor in Al-Anon.
MTG – Winter Park – “Meeting on Wheels”
WHAT I LEARNED: The disease of alcoholism almost certainly guarantees a lack of intimacy on so many levels.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: For a long time I didn’t respect the disease of alcoholism. But today, if alcoholism manifested itself in 3-D & walked into an Al-Anon meeting, not only would I shake its hand in a show of respect, but I would give it a warm hug as well… because I have also forgiven the disease. …
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: “Serenity isn’t a matter of chance; it’s a matter of choice.” – Feb 4th from the daily reader: “Hope For Today” (item # B-27).
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. Step 11 is about prayer AND meditation. Not prayer OR meditation. 2. Al-Anon is unrelenting love.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: Alcoholism is not contagious, however serenity can be! — To see the full-size pic of this quote (and others), visit: http://www.instagram.com/calchatfan1.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: If I had gotten everything I wanted in life, I would have missed out on getting this program that changed my life!
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: Mistakes are my Higher Power’s way of showing me opportunities for growth.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: There is no book in the library that someone can read about me to learn my needs.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: Have a good day… unless you choose otherwise!
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