WHAT I LEARNED: 1. This audiobook version of “Opening Our Hearts” (item # eA-29) has been a long time coming! I first read about it being worked on from pages 107-108 of the “2015 World Service Conference Summary” (item # P-46) & on Sept 12th, 2022 it officially came out & man was it worth the…
Tag: Loss
PODCAST – Intimacy In Alcoholic Relationships / Just For Today Bookmark (Item #’s B-33 / M-12)
EPISODE 12 of my “CAL Chat” podcast is now available to listen to! How can it be easier to share about sex? How can spiritual solutions be brought into intimate situations? What new upcoming Al-Anon literature is on the horizon? (To hear this episode, please visit the show’s website at: calchatpodcast.com – or you can…
MTG – Orlando – “Easy Does It”
WHAT I LEARNED: I may never get over the grief from losses in my life, but with the help of Al-Anon, I can get through them!
MTG – Wildwood – “Wildwood AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: While life can sometimes feel like a series of unending losses, one loss I will never experience is losing my Higher Power!
MTG – Orlando – “Easy Does It”
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. Al-Anon is many things to many people. It reminds me of the poem, “The Blind Men & the Elephant” by John Godfrey Saxe – only without the disputing of opinions! 2. My favorite line from the book study tonight is from page 107 from “Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses” (item #…
CAL – Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses (Item # B-29)
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. I won this book in a raffle basket many moons ago but I was afraid to read it because it was about grief & loss. I thought if I did, something bad would happen – which makes about as much sense as not making a last will & testament means I…
MTG – Orlando – “Easy Does It”
WHAT I LEARNED: Wise words: “…what we resist persists.” (See page 18 from “Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses” (item # B-29).) Even wiser words: “Resistance is futile.” (See probably any sci-fi movie trailer.) I need to get back to Step One & wave the white flag of surrender.
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This blog has been silent for the past 3 weeks because, as some of you are already aware, my boyfriend of 16 years died of a drug overdose on 11/18/13. No one was aware he was shooting up. He hid it well & didn’t reach out to anybody. And it saddens me to think that the…
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