Service helps me remember.
Oct 06, 2021•4 min•Season 8Ep. 6
Suddenly I am aware of a familiar chaos. It is a signal that my life has, for the time being, become unmanageable. I will try to acknowledge this- and then put a little spiritual space between my problems and myself.
Oct 06, 2021•7 min•Season 8Ep. 5
Maybe life is a series of experiments. Just for today I might try slightly changing some pattern of behavior that repeatedly causes me problems, just to see what happens.
Oct 06, 2021•5 min•Season 8Ep. 4
I don't have the power to change another person. If I am dealing with Violence, I must be the one who changes.
Oct 06, 2021•4 min•Season 8Ep. 3
It is important to express my ideas. It is also important to accept the outcome.
Oct 06, 2021•3 min•Season 8Ep. 2
In meeting after meeting in Al-Anon I am reminded that I can only work with what i have today.
Oct 06, 2021•4 min•Season 8Ep. 1
There is no more need to judge or hate myself just because I experience human feeling.
Oct 06, 2021•5 min•Season 7Ep. 12
The painful lessons of a lifetime are not unlearned overnight, but Al-Anon is helping me to learn that it is safe to feel, to hope, even to dream.
Oct 06, 2021•2 min•Season 7Ep. 11
My Higher Power's gifts sometimes take unusual forms. Perhaps something I regard as a problem is really a form of assistance.
Oct 06, 2021•3 min•Season 7Ep. 10
Take the Body and the Mind will follow. Action and more Action!!!
Aug 20, 2021•6 min•Season 7Ep. 9
Your daily habits and routines disclose a lot about your mental, physical and spiritual state.
Aug 20, 2021•8 min•Season 7Ep. 8
Play the hand you were dealt. If you learn to be ok with yourself and acknowledge what is going on in your world and your the part you play in it, then you can change what you don't like and keep the rest.
Aug 20, 2021•4 min•Season 7Ep. 7
Willingness is key! Step six is simply me being willing to change. I admit I need help every time I go to an Al Anon meeting, I pick up this book, I pray. These are all sign to the universe or to my higher power that I am willing to receive new ideas and new information.
Aug 20, 2021•4 min•Season 7Ep. 6
Enlarging your spiritual condition on a daily basis is necessary for long term happiness and recovery. Practicing Steps 10, 11 & 12 give me a simple daily routing to keep moving forward and continue my spiritual growth.
Aug 20, 2021•4 min•Season 7Ep. 5
Thank God I don't have to figure out everything myself. When I get overwhelmed and life gets to be to much I can ask for help and trust that God can do for me what I can't do for myself.
Aug 20, 2021•7 min•Season 7Ep. 4
Resentments cut me off from the sunlight of the spirit. They just aren't worth it. They steal my joy and slow me down on my journey of joy.
Aug 20, 2021•3 min•Season 7Ep. 3
If I was to sum this reading up in one sentence, I think it would be "Live and Let Live". I'm not everyone's cup of tea, and I don't have to be. What Freedom!!!
Aug 20, 2021•6 min•Season 7Ep. 2
Life is a journey not a destination. My experience, good and bad, is best used to help someone on their journey of recovery and nothing else. Re living the past, dwelling in guilt, remorse & shame only keeps me stuck. I must move forward and to do that I must forgive myself and grow.
Aug 20, 2021•4 min•Season 7Ep. 1
Just like the Steps are the answer to the individual the Traditions are the answer for the group. Learning to be one of the spokes in a wheel and not driving the entire car has been a huge lesson for me. God is the ultimate authority in all of our groups. Encouraging us to place principles before personalities.
Aug 20, 2021•4 min•Season 6Ep. 12
Boundaries or Walls?
Jul 30, 2021•10 min•Season 6Ep. 11
Al anon is a spiritual program. It's not something you can force, study or "wrap your mind around". It is an amazing shift in perception that happens sometimes quickly and sometimes slowly if you are consistent and open minded.
Jul 30, 2021•4 min•Season 6Ep. 10
I have my own life and my own destiny,
Jul 30, 2021•9 min•Season 6Ep. 9
Working hard and producing results were a sociably acceptable way to deny my feelings.
Jul 30, 2021•7 min•Season 6Ep. 8
Allowing new people in the program time to adjust to a new way of thinking can sometimes be very difficult. Patience, understanding and time is necessary to help someone make their own progress.
Jul 19, 2021•6 min•Season 6Ep. 7
Making amends is a way of righting a wrong, even if the other person is no longer living or reachable.
Jul 19, 2021•5 min•Season 6Ep. 6
Today I will try to stay in the moment, accept life on life's terms and respond with courage and grace. Perhaps my experience will help someone else.
Jul 19, 2021•7 min•Season 6Ep. 5
I can love and support others I care about and still take care of myself. Just because someone I love is unhappy doesn't mean I have to be unhappy.
Jul 19, 2021•8 min•Season 6Ep. 4
Learning to have feelings and match them with the appropriate reactions has been one of my biggest gifts of this program. Realizing I can pause and pray has changed everything for me.
Jul 19, 2021•5 min•Season 6Ep. 3
By Letting fo of old ideas, I have a fighting chance to learn, grow and discover wonderful things about myself.
Jul 19, 2021•5 min•Season 6Ep. 2
In recovery we must learn to look at the entire situation with as much honesty we can muster.
Jul 10, 2021•6 min•Season 6Ep. 1
