WHAT I LEARNED: “It is in trying to understand less that I experience more.”– quote from “Hope For Today” (item # B-28), page 206 (July 24th). Since I personally feel there is no way I could possibly fully understand my Higher Power, does this mean that Step 11 could read as: “…to improve our conscious…
MTG – Orlando – “You’re Not Alone AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: “Later… [Bill W.] expanded the number to Twelve Steps so as to be sure there were no loopholes through which a drunk could escape.” – quote from softcover version of “How Al-Anon Works” (item # B-32), page 153.
MTG – Orlando – “Serenity Now! AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: Because I know my Higher Power is always with me, there is no such thing anymore about being alone.
MTG – Orlando – “College Park 12 Step”
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. The more I think, the less I’m aware. 2. Submitting is not the same as surrendering.
MTG – Orlando – “Today’s Hope AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. Make humility a habit! 2. “If you think you have humility, you don’t really have it.” – quote from “Paths To Recovery” (item # B-24), page 77. — To see the full-size pic of this quote (and others), visit: http://www.instagram.com/calchatfan1.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: I cannot punish a disease.
MTG – Orlando – “Just For Today AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. “Al-Anon has shown me that my view of a situation is only the ‘truth’ as seen from my tiny corner of the universe.”– quote from “Courage to Change” (item # B-16), page 54 (Sept. 10th). 2. “Experience is not what happens to you, it is what you do with what happens…
MTG – Orlando – “Friday Morning Lights AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: To me, Tradition 6 seems to be Al-Anon’s declaration that it is a program that is not codependent. Everything could fall away… money, property, prestige, even AA, & Al-Anon would still be ok. It would survive. …just like me.
N. FL Summer Assembly 2019 – Days 1 – 3
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. I have lost a lot of pain in Al-Anon. 2. Wise people plant trees under whose shade they’ll never sit. 3. We give from the gratitude we’ve already gotten. 4. The alcoholic has not volunteered to get sober. 5. God’s will for me is to stop playing God! 6. Joy is…
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: Codependency is a self-love deficit disorder.
MTG – Orlando – “Courage 2 Be Me Alateen AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: Tradition 12 means it’s like I’m in an Al-Anon Witness Protection Program. (And boy have I witnessed a lot!) If I can’t speak my truth about it, then I can’t heal.
MTG – Louisville – “There is a Solution AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: The longer I’m in the Al-Anon program, the more I’m released from the bondage of self!
MTG – Orlando – “Courage 2 Be Me Alateen AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: “We’re not invisible. We’re just anonymous. – Kinda like how superheroes are!” — To see the full-size pic of this quote (and others), visit: http://www.instagram.com/calchatfan1.
MTG – Orlando – “Path to Serenity AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. I need to exercise my “patience” muscle! 2. After a night of heavy thinking, I can have an emotional hangover the next day! — To see the full-size pic of this quote (and others), visit: http://www.instagram.com/calchatfan1.
MTG – Maitland – “Wednesday Morning Harmony AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: I cannot look for perfection in others until I achieve it myself. …I guess that will be a while! 😜
MTG – Celebration – “Celebration AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. My alcoholic dad has been dead for 3 years, but that elephant in the room is still alive. 2. What would my world be like if I treated everyone as if they were an Al-Anon member? 3. I’d watch a sitcom called “Al-Anon Knows Best!”
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