Next week I’ll be posting an update on several Al‑Anon guidelines that have been revised this year. However while I was researching those, it led me to this guideline for The Forum that was very recently updated – just last month, in October 2021, in fact! It got me wondering, 🤔 “What changed exactly?” See…
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✨Blog Update✨
What have you been up to during the Covid-19 pandemic? I spent most of it in an Area-level service position in Al-Anon that kept me very busy & for that I am extremely grateful! Truth is, I wanted to post entries throughout 2020, but every time I did, I would read my last post from…
MTG – Orlando – “Courage 2 Be Me Alateen AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: The disease of alcoholism is like a bully. It wants me to have low self-worth so it can remain in control. With the Steps & my Higher Power, I can stand up & say: “Not Today!” — To see the full-size pic of this quote (and others), visit: http://www.instagram.com/calchatfan1.
MTG – Orlando – “Courage 2 Be Me Alateen AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. Saying “No” to others can start by saying “YES” to myself first! 2. My forgetting some things helps me to not dwell on everything! — To see the full-size pic of this quote (and others), visit: http://www.instagram.com/calchatfan1.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. My attitude, beliefs, & choices can lead me to all my problems or all my solutions. 2. Sometimes I have to remember: “Is this happening to me, or for me?” 3. Is it odd… or is it God? — To see the full-size pic of this quote (and others), visit: http://www.instagram.com/calchatfan1.
MTG – Kissimmee – “Meeting on Wheels”
WHAT I LEARNED: I can go to any Al-Anon meeting in the world, even if I don’t speak the language, because I am fluent in Alcoholism. — To see the full-size pic of this quote (and others), visit: http://www.instagram.com/calchatfan1.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: “While there is breath, there is hope” applies not just to them, but to me as well. — To see the full-size pic of this quote (and others), visit: http://www.instagram.com/calchatfan1.
MTG – Orlando – “Today’s Hope AFG”
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 – “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 – 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 – “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 – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: “My serenity is inversely proportional to my expectations.” — 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 did not cause her sobriety any more than I caused her drinking…” – quote from the Thanksgiving story “Detaching Was Kind” from the book “From Survival To Recovery” (item # B-21), page 113.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. I am the maker of my own pain. 2. Self-care = healthy boundaries. 3. How have I honored my feelings today? — To see the full-size pic of this quote (and others), visit: http://www.instagram.com/calchatfan1.
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