WHAT I LEARNED: 1. Change is great when it’s other people doing it. 2. Where can I look for gratitude in a resentment?
Tag: Alcoholism
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!! 🤪
PODCAST – As We Understood / How Al-Anon Works / Alateen-a day at a time (Item #’s B-11 / B-22 / B-10)
Episode 6 of my “CAL Chat” podcast is now available to listen to! Can I fire my Higher Power? What is a “Meeting on Wheels?” What is not allowed in recovery literature when bringing it into jails? (To hear this episode, please visit the show’s website at: calchatpodcast.com – or you can subscribe to it…
WORKSHOP – Orlando – December 2016 Workshop
WHAT I LEARNED: I heard a new acronym today – “Talk” is: Thank God, Ask God, Let God, & Keep God.
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…
PODCAST – Discovering Choices / Parents of Alcoholics (Item #’s B-30 / R-18)
Episode 5 of my “CAL Chat” podcast is now available to listen to! What is failure really about? How can I be ok with not being in control? What can help with delegating? (To hear this episode, please visit the show’s website at: calchatpodcast.com – or you can subscribe to it for free wherever you…
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.
Alateen Round-Up 2016
WHAT I LEARNED: “Today I’ll find something to laugh about & try to take life just a little less seriously.” – July 5th (page 187) from the daily reader: “Living Today in Alateen” (item # B-26).
CAL – Parents of Alcoholics (Item # R-18)
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. The item # for this short 12-page piece begins with an “R” because this is a reprint of various articles from The Forum magazine. It came out in 2012 & reprints are typically only printed for a 2-year period. However, demand for this piece must be high because it’s now 4 years later…
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. …
WORKSHOP – Orlando – Conflict Resolution Workshop
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. Conflict is normal. Believing we can do things to avoid it is an illusion. 2. We don’t have to change, but we can change!
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).
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