tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post7011556128588063919..comments2024-02-05T11:32:25.407-05:00Comments on I'm just F.I.N.E.-- Recovery in Al-Anon: How do you play the game?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-9065338289622209052007-04-27T21:13:00.000-04:002007-04-27T21:13:00.000-04:00The only thing I like about the whole game idea is...The only thing I like about the whole game idea is that if its a game I do not to take it so seriouslyTrudginghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139170570599049146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-33829411873724360282007-04-27T17:26:00.000-04:002007-04-27T17:26:00.000-04:00*Let me just be clear the first and last time I tr...*Let me just be clear the first and last time I tried heroin.<BR/>((I was an old pro at drinking by then))ugh.<BR/>I am so grateful to be living well today..love what you share to enhance that for me and others Syd.<BR/>Have a great weekend sanding your boat or going to Cosco or whatever you have on your list of things to do and things you want to do..lol<BR/><BR/>Watch for pics next week from my weekend..Tabitha.Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07462651710980805568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-68708324072469183542007-04-27T15:14:00.000-04:002007-04-27T15:14:00.000-04:00Be here Now...have a great weekend SydBe here Now...have a great weekend SydMeg Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03602413688150495642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-56543226270088635992007-04-27T15:02:00.000-04:002007-04-27T15:02:00.000-04:00Really insightful post. At first I read #4 and tho...Really insightful post. At first I read #4 and thought "hell, yah!" until I read the rest of it and realized I also did the co-dependent thing with my family, particularly with my mom. I'm in a situation right now that fortunately my sponsor caught on without me telling her the potential for me getting back into this part of the game with my mom, who's having heart surgery. It'll be my temptation to throw myself into making everything ok for her even though my mother is intent on being miserable.<BR/><BR/>I am definitely up for the game of life, but it would be self-defeating to put myself into a place that sucks the life out of me. I'm glad the program has helped me see that and put people in my life to pull me away from the danger I might not have the self-love to otherwise do for myself yet.<BR/><BR/>Thank you Syd for putting this into perspective.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16354890444410748967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-61615638383511186402007-04-27T13:38:00.000-04:002007-04-27T13:38:00.000-04:00Kind of scary cuz in playing the game or any game ...Kind of scary cuz in playing the game or any game you win or loose. Gosh I sure do not want to loose. But perhaps with loosing comes wisdom and humbleness.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow I sent your blog page to my really well qualified Al-Anon. Thank you for exposing yourself and offering your ESH in the rooms of Al-Anon and your life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-39768643376591114942007-04-27T11:43:00.000-04:002007-04-27T11:43:00.000-04:00Yes I get "the game" aspect of life today too. Of ...Yes I get "the game" aspect of life today too. Of course when I was still out there, the game just seemed cruel and unusual punishment to me. I didn't really want to play, but just kept getting sucked in over and over. Isn't it nice to know that today the games we choose to play are fun ones? <BR/>love and HUGSlushgurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169403631552159238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-42210391943689308962007-04-27T10:58:00.000-04:002007-04-27T10:58:00.000-04:00I never really saw any of those elemants as games ...I never really saw any of those elemants as games years ago.It was just .... the way I lived.It never occured to me it was unhealthy until I woke up one morning hung over from drinking and smoking heroin for the first and last time did I realized it was a kind of game...I felt defeated.<BR/>My history had been riddled with much of what you just shared here.<BR/>BUT.Eleven years ago I began letting go and to this day..I continue.I can see now..how I played the game..in my own head.<BR/>Today it is a whole new way of living..no more games.I love the life and acceptance in this post <BR/>Syd.Thank you for sharing and have a most excellent weekend :)Tabitha.Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07462651710980805568noreply@blogger.com