tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post5305310197602733343..comments2024-02-05T11:32:25.407-05:00Comments on I'm just F.I.N.E.-- Recovery in Al-Anon: Do you know me?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-89409560600081284642010-04-15T09:59:51.060-04:002010-04-15T09:59:51.060-04:00Yep, know you well...
Blessings and aloha...Yep, know you well...<br /><br />Blessings and aloha...Ed G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15063291064985198651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-62259968602224641402010-04-13T14:53:53.680-04:002010-04-13T14:53:53.680-04:00Syd, powerful stuff.Syd, powerful stuff.Zanejabbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08951592520808646104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-15939666375310956832010-04-13T12:15:40.433-04:002010-04-13T12:15:40.433-04:00This is a very powerful message. Thanks for shari...This is a very powerful message. Thanks for sharing it. <br /><br />I tell my friends that Adult Children of Alcoholics meetings saved my life many years ago and Al-Anon meetings saved my marriage. I only recently returned to Al-Anon after about a 10 year break to learn how to use what I had learned. <br /><br />In the beginning I went to so many meetings that I didn't have much time with my family to put what I was learning to use. I was a true all-or-nothing Adult Child. Today, my life and I am much more in balance.Patricia Singletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14114250171020836470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-63708894858855715972010-04-13T12:11:14.222-04:002010-04-13T12:11:14.222-04:00Thanks you for posting this. Very powerful.Thanks you for posting this. Very powerful.janjanmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390742086078397725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-22466553150269457672010-04-13T08:48:11.750-04:002010-04-13T08:48:11.750-04:00Much to think about. Thank you.
PeggyMuch to think about. Thank you.<br />PeggyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-26529394337899100012010-04-13T08:12:44.038-04:002010-04-13T08:12:44.038-04:00I have a online friend (or I had) that is addicted...I have a online friend (or I had) that is addicted to drugs. He wants to get out of it, but it is as if it is keeping him in a prison. Everytime I talked to him I would get so depressed I'd just cry to God asking Him to help my friend to just get rid of it. We didn't speak in a long time so I don't exactly know how he is doing. I just wish I could do something (anything) to help him get out of it.<br /><br />It is a very nice post. Makes you think a lot about the small things in life.Bernadinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17946682013150350542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-15524056698513339652010-04-12T17:22:39.911-04:002010-04-12T17:22:39.911-04:00This was so creepy and close to home, I abandoned ...This was so creepy and close to home, I abandoned reading it the first time. You've captured my own codependency addiction eerily well. Very, very powerful. <br />Have you ever seen a Mia Michaels dance on the subject? Your post reminds me of it, very much. The fellow is playing addiction personified. The woman is the addict.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKY8kscIoSU&feature=related<br />Equally powerful.Garnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734142123169684500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-78411034996330594162010-04-12T13:24:10.600-04:002010-04-12T13:24:10.600-04:00Love this post! Sometimes I imagine my "love...Love this post! Sometimes I imagine my "lover" standing over there, in the corner of my mind, smiling sheepishly, holding a bouquet of roses and a box of chocolates softly whispering, "It's ok. I won't hurt you. I love you, baby. Please come back to me." Cunning, baffling, and powerful; Without help it is too much!<br />Thanks for helping.<br />Many blessings,<br /><br />Mariemariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01700941649031924777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-64300818974089036722010-04-12T12:22:11.698-04:002010-04-12T12:22:11.698-04:00Thinking about what became of the people I was tha...Thinking about what became of the people I was that young with starts me to thinking. I feel a post coming on and it feels like gratitude. Thanks Syd, simple and as usual powerful.Findonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029106119199508890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-68569708958567423702010-04-12T11:19:15.532-04:002010-04-12T11:19:15.532-04:00I hear the echo in my mind from time to time and t...I hear the echo in my mind from time to time and that is when I reach out the quickest to the furthest positive from it. Well written.<br /><br />Those kids remind me when I was a small child sitting on the Boston Harbor watching planes come in. Thanks for the memory.<br /><br />Hugs<br />TammyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-43609161474944720682010-04-12T09:24:37.406-04:002010-04-12T09:24:37.406-04:00Wow! Thanks for the reminder, thanks for praying f...Wow! Thanks for the reminder, thanks for praying for those children and thank you for blogging.drybottomgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10702877045042502693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-4662730572751616472010-04-12T09:24:37.407-04:002010-04-12T09:24:37.407-04:00SO SO SO poingnant!SO SO SO poingnant!Jess Mistress of Mischiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766848582303523764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-31004380200559599342010-04-12T09:04:13.817-04:002010-04-12T09:04:13.817-04:00yup my disease wants me dead, no matter how long i...yup my disease wants me dead, no matter how long it takes- probably will try to take credit at the end, no matter what....izzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379007428464069723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-10555514558445849212010-04-12T06:23:10.064-04:002010-04-12T06:23:10.064-04:00This is a fantastic post. It definitely tore a my ...This is a fantastic post. It definitely tore a my heart to read it, especially that last bit. It's amazing how everyone starts out so innocently...positivelypresenthttp://www.positivelypresent.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-87205585783102698952010-04-12T06:20:09.181-04:002010-04-12T06:20:09.181-04:00sigh...
I KNEW I knew that relationship ;-)
I LO...sigh...<br /><br />I KNEW I knew that relationship ;-)<br /><br />I LOVE that you prayed for those kids.Scott M. Freyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11588618061480681504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-28701978161432260152010-04-12T03:15:32.395-04:002010-04-12T03:15:32.395-04:00love it. thanks for posting :)
Yes I see the pote...love it. thanks for posting :)<br /><br />Yes I see the potential for corruption everywhere too :) It has made me a great contingency planner. I can head them off at the pass before disaster strikes. to others it might look like I see only doom and gloom, but I see it more like guiding them through a minefield so they can have a fantastic life on the other side.<br />It wasn't till I started going on retreats and observing monks etc close up that I saw how they were able to carry the burden of the full extent of the human condition 'lightly'. Without that example it might all have seemed too heavy. They showed me an example of how to be radiant and joyful despite knowing all the dark places the human psyche can go.<br />Prayers really work. So your thoughts and concerns are helping those people in ways we never get to really find out about.An Irish Friend of Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781376087404079818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-69412230478559305262010-04-12T02:23:47.308-04:002010-04-12T02:23:47.308-04:00This was so dead on it was scary. I'm 42 days ...This was so dead on it was scary. I'm 42 days sober today. Knowing how far it would have gone had I not stopped drinking terrifies me. The last few paragraphs are a chilling reminder. Thank you for posting this.angelynnhttp://heretofour.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-30379819281728230122010-04-12T00:34:39.534-04:002010-04-12T00:34:39.534-04:00Your post really touched me.
Thanks for the effort...Your post really touched me.<br />Thanks for the efforts you took to put this blog together.Di-Githttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10770400058372063740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-57671948851599604552010-04-11T22:31:29.379-04:002010-04-11T22:31:29.379-04:00SYD, this is a great post, the analogies are power...SYD, this is a great post, the analogies are powerful reminders to us all, that our addictions are ever so patiently waiting...to kill us!steveronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17498524940140288735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-9556646990064969842010-04-11T22:07:17.726-04:002010-04-11T22:07:17.726-04:00incedible words. love this.incedible words. love this.edhttp://thesocalledconnection.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-40768134761121994662010-04-11T21:43:02.052-04:002010-04-11T21:43:02.052-04:00I liked this. And I am thinking of going to the be...I liked this. And I am thinking of going to the beach for a few days to heal from my own pain from last week. Amazing what the ocean can do. Just the sound of it is lovely. And children are amazing.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14474227548195593445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-45735842930574521412010-04-11T21:18:06.449-04:002010-04-11T21:18:06.449-04:00Thank you for this, Syd.Thank you for this, Syd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-32723951677604876722010-04-11T20:43:33.305-04:002010-04-11T20:43:33.305-04:00This post tore at me a little bit Syd.Your insight...This post tore at me a little bit Syd.Your insights and observations are so familiar to me.I think that is why I feel I know YOU.And that is a good thing to know.Outside of our old choices and ways of living to avoid real people places and things,<br />most of us have a commonality of hope - and insights that offer that to others who are not there yet.<br /><br />Do you remember JJ's old saying,<br />" I see you " ?<br />Well,I'm still seeing you :)<br /><br />Thank you for all you share here my friend.<br /><br />T xoTabitha.Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07462651710980805568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-18022838628484121012010-04-11T20:41:04.881-04:002010-04-11T20:41:04.881-04:00They talk about the disease doing pushups while we...They talk about the disease doing pushups while we're in recovery. Pretty amazing to think that it would start back close to where it was prior to sobriety. I saw that in spades when my son relapsed a few years ago. After three years of sobriety he went as low as he had ever been in about a week! He's got a couple more years in now and is fine, but it was really a scary time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-47418831343739793742010-04-11T20:41:04.882-04:002010-04-11T20:41:04.882-04:00I know, looking at children and wondering which on...I know, looking at children and wondering which one or how many of them will grow up to be addicts/alcoholics. In your story, just as it was clear that the person could not live without their lover, I thought it may be addiction. Very good way to write this.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.com