tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post2246644272894222221..comments2024-02-05T11:32:25.407-05:00Comments on I'm just F.I.N.E.-- Recovery in Al-Anon: Impressions from the conventionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-6334553310959195382010-02-23T11:20:12.030-05:002010-02-23T11:20:12.030-05:00Your photos speak that thousand words.. and are a ...Your photos speak that thousand words.. and are a beacon for serenity. Glad you share the beach with us~Smittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12681768755769989964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-42446026982039934172010-02-22T09:46:43.083-05:002010-02-22T09:46:43.083-05:00Love the photos, Syd.Love the photos, Syd.Sarcastic Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116577711704241625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-77610630805903801002010-02-22T09:05:28.452-05:002010-02-22T09:05:28.452-05:00On the beach...now that's my kind of conventio...On the beach...now that's my kind of convention! I think God has been preparing you to be an Alateen sponsor for a very long time. I'm so happy the time is right! The gifts will be endless!Tall Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278195551060786353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-55764299261687288832010-02-22T02:07:29.277-05:002010-02-22T02:07:29.277-05:00I think Alateen would have given me great support ...I think Alateen would have given me great support during my youth. A friends mother told her about Alanon as a child but she wasn't ready.<br />Everything is unfolding the way it is supposed to.Di-Githttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10770400058372063740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-77631989779180275452010-02-22T02:02:37.098-05:002010-02-22T02:02:37.098-05:00Without any doubt, Alateen is the most pressing pl...Without any doubt, Alateen is the most pressing place of need in Al-Anon. I read through the family roles in an alcoholic family as posted by Lou and it brought up all my own years as the Family Hero and Lost Child living with an alcoholic battered mother.Mary LAhttp://louisey.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-52918386962985095002010-02-21T23:42:29.696-05:002010-02-21T23:42:29.696-05:00I would like to be in those pictures please..LoVeL...I would like to be in those pictures please..LoVeLy!!!!<br />xoTabitha.Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07462651710980805568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-73215313431482652042010-02-21T21:58:48.290-05:002010-02-21T21:58:48.290-05:00When God speaks, listening hearts learn. Alateen s...When God speaks, listening hearts learn. Alateen seems a wonderful fit for you. Loved your Q and A.Enchanted Oakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815997287116818456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-77344929360462827572010-02-21T21:13:29.973-05:002010-02-21T21:13:29.973-05:00There is a desperate need for Alateen sponsors. T...There is a desperate need for Alateen sponsors. Thank you for your service.<br /><br />Blessings and aloha...Ed G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15063291064985198651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-60761086249988611062010-02-21T21:05:57.434-05:002010-02-21T21:05:57.434-05:00I'm so impressed you're going in to Alatee...I'm so impressed you're going in to Alateen! We need so many more meetings then there are! I started an AlAnon meeting in a location concurrent with an AA and Young Peoples AA meeting. Alateen would complete that picture! But, seeking balance, I know that that's enough on my plate! Someone else will have to think of it. Maybe a Nebraska Syd!Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00224437485326110451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-13787468146275819362010-02-21T20:42:05.382-05:002010-02-21T20:42:05.382-05:00You seem to me a person of great empathy, strength...You seem to me a person of great empathy, strength and hope plus you have your experience as a kid. I think you'd be a great Al-Ateen Sponsor.GGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00470610805346367972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-20654445237445911062010-02-21T19:08:15.960-05:002010-02-21T19:08:15.960-05:00Being an Alateen sponsor sounds like a magnificent...Being an Alateen sponsor sounds like a magnificent idea. You are perfectly suited for that kind of work. Eperienced, articulate, patient, insightful...<br /><br />Go get 'em.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-79087627122020511692010-02-21T19:02:37.227-05:002010-02-21T19:02:37.227-05:00There are a lot of teens that can benefit from you...There are a lot of teens that can benefit from your work in AlAnon. I think it's great you want to reach out to them.Scott Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361224878660334532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-33864185129948317622010-02-21T17:35:15.105-05:002010-02-21T17:35:15.105-05:00Alateen sponsors and meeting leaders are so needed...Alateen sponsors and meeting leaders are so needed in our area also. You will be great at it!Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09496172669599418214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-39788233229667155802010-02-21T17:32:53.958-05:002010-02-21T17:32:53.958-05:00My Al-Anon home group has a concurrent Al-Ateen me...My Al-Anon home group has a concurrent Al-Ateen meeting operating. It took quite a while for it to get off the ground, but more and more kids are showing up. I think there are only two meetings in our town. Thank goodness the Sunday one is now available.<br /><br />I know you would be a wonderful Al-Ateen sponsor and I also know it would be as much a blessing to you as to the kids.<br /><br />Prayers,<br />PGOne Prayer Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455437909918314217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-66823656325058878442010-02-21T16:53:03.206-05:002010-02-21T16:53:03.206-05:00An Alateen sponsor...You will be great!! It won...An Alateen sponsor...You will be great!! It won't matter that you don't have kids. They don't either. ;o)But you have your journey as a child in common with them. I hope you do it.Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18326425173333184401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-76132382123466409652010-02-21T16:43:56.089-05:002010-02-21T16:43:56.089-05:00Sounds like another great weekend! Lovely pics!Sounds like another great weekend! Lovely pics!Bar L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11100008292699584336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-51806008882275268462010-02-21T16:35:07.594-05:002010-02-21T16:35:07.594-05:00You would think I would be so okay by now, but whe...You would think I would be so okay by now, but when you spoke about young people in alcoholic families I got a huge lump in my throat and had to hold in a sob. My young life till I was 12 was with an alcoholic father who came and went and a mother who hid in her room or was in a rage. Please please do become certified to work with young people.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-44397885560453611562010-02-21T16:24:29.537-05:002010-02-21T16:24:29.537-05:00The pictures are great and you are to be commended...The pictures are great and you are to be commended for wanting to work with Alateens. We've tried to get it started in our area but, I guess because we are a retirement community basically, there was little interest. Good luck with it.Ginniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749133391349265563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-17065208742257048072010-02-21T15:21:36.217-05:002010-02-21T15:21:36.217-05:00I think you would make an awesome Alateen sponsor....I think you would make an awesome Alateen sponsor. We never have enough and the last I checked, alcoholism is still a family disease. I can't wait to hear how this unfolds for you.<br /><br />NamasteAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128247878961221421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-53100858813251170262010-02-21T14:58:09.089-05:002010-02-21T14:58:09.089-05:00Oh, beach! Oh, Syd!
You will make a great alat...Oh, beach! Oh, Syd! <br /><br />You will make a great alateen sponsor!Mary Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08156474205414127488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-16439344912962641062010-02-21T12:00:43.278-05:002010-02-21T12:00:43.278-05:00That looks so beautiful! I bet you would make a g...That looks so beautiful! I bet you would make a great Al-Ateen sponsor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com