tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post3670729661275000330..comments2024-02-05T11:32:25.407-05:00Comments on I'm just F.I.N.E.-- Recovery in Al-Anon: Seventh TraditionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-43802222442918096052009-02-10T22:19:00.000-05:002009-02-10T22:19:00.000-05:00I've been so busy, I'm glad you took a break from ...I've been so busy, I'm glad you took a break from writing about traditions, so I did not miss so much!Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09496172669599418214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-84890947339996261622009-02-10T16:17:00.000-05:002009-02-10T16:17:00.000-05:00you are so great with these Traditions. I love the...you are so great with these Traditions. I love the sentence "To depend on another to fulfill my needs or carry out my responsibilities invites disappointment and resentments. Great job with this one. I know a lot of members in the program that just don't seem to be able to get past the idea that being self supporting has anything to do with anything other than money. Oh, and I didn't say I don't like boats, I just wasn't allowed to go back on the boat and subsequently moved away. I love boats and the ocean, unfortunately that was my last time on a boat. So maybe someday....clean and crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09156586299182570611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-80502554740728510672009-02-10T14:03:00.000-05:002009-02-10T14:03:00.000-05:00I can share from my experience that taking my hand...I can share from my experience that taking my hands off another and concentrating on my own stuff allowed God to help us both. Wow...<BR/><BR/>NamasteAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128247878961221421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-88649699376441275342009-02-10T13:57:00.000-05:002009-02-10T13:57:00.000-05:00One more time - Thanks Syd. I like the one about e...One more time - Thanks Syd. I like the one about emotional self- support.Zanejabbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08951592520808646104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-62152932406674149412009-02-10T13:23:00.000-05:002009-02-10T13:23:00.000-05:00Thank you for this Syd. Tradition Seven is THE tr...Thank you for this Syd. Tradition Seven is THE tradition that tells me I can put the traditions in to practice in my life. I need to be self supporting. I have never claimed any kind of benefit and if I am truthful the people I see in AA meetings who are always claiming benefit, do not seem to be unfit for work. But they do seem to have a quality of life I would not want for me or my family.Findonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029106119199508890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-90650494340826284432009-02-10T10:56:00.000-05:002009-02-10T10:56:00.000-05:00I am really liking the tradition series you and St...I am really liking the tradition series you and Steve are doing.Wait. What?https://www.blogger.com/profile/16914656489970904052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-2980464887718899622009-02-10T09:36:00.000-05:002009-02-10T09:36:00.000-05:00this practically screamed at me...."What I was una...this practically screamed at me....<BR/><BR/>"What I was unable to see was that I expected others to do what I wanted because I didn't know how to get what I needed within myself."<BR/><BR/>great post dear syd! you always have a nugget of wisdom that feels like it's been written especially for me. thanks for that!Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999801833389058410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-74517926718046036852009-02-10T08:46:00.000-05:002009-02-10T08:46:00.000-05:00Syd, you do such good writing--I wish that what I ...Syd, you do such good writing--I wish that what I write would make as much sense to me, as what you blog. <BR/><BR/>But I'm not going to quit. I'm one of those guys who still believe in committment.steveronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17498524940140288735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-14636805019670192532009-02-10T08:42:00.000-05:002009-02-10T08:42:00.000-05:00"Assuming responsibilities for others robs them of..."Assuming responsibilities for others robs them of their dignity and self-respect."<BR/><BR/>I love this sentence. I wish my older son almost 25 would take any job even one that is not in the computer field. When he leaned on me and now his dad it is robbing him .. I'm glad I stopped being an enabler.. but than his dad stepped up .. thought the dad would motivate him.. but now it is 6 months there and still he is unemployed and hardly looking. <BR/><BR/>I would take a job paying 5.00 an hour before I did nothing. I did find some freelance work and he turned it down... one was for two months and 17.50 and just part time. I wind up doing it for November / December and made the 800/900. <BR/><BR/>I asked again last night when he came over. I have some work that is a 100 a month and he said NO.<BR/><BR/>I decided to give up on it altogether.. it is his life....... he can visit once a week......but glad he moved out in August when I requested he did.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your post and that line especially. It is the truth.Ms Hen'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04844440761689489376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-37100723425021755852009-02-10T07:41:00.000-05:002009-02-10T07:41:00.000-05:00This was a wonderful experience with the Seventh T...This was a wonderful experience with the Seventh Tradition. Thanks very much for the perspective, I needed it today.Jess Mistress of Mischiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766848582303523764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-43625674706869486032009-02-10T07:22:00.000-05:002009-02-10T07:22:00.000-05:00Thanks for writing about the traditions.Thanks for writing about the traditions.Mary Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08156474205414127488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-41000416751056547632009-02-10T07:07:00.000-05:002009-02-10T07:07:00.000-05:00hang on AA, Al-anon... I'm missing something aren'...hang on AA, Al-anon... I'm missing something aren't I: what's the difference?<BR/><BR/>hang on: is Al-Anon the one where you're not allowed to turn up drunk but AA will take any sozzled newcomer?????<BR/><BR/>I mean: this is a big thing for me: I've turned up to many an NA meeting only to "catch up with lost sleep" almost immediately.<BR/><BR/>Of course the fact I'd also used heroin totally escaped my attention (as did the vaster part of the meeting!!)Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.com