tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post8487372397507524994..comments2024-02-05T11:32:25.407-05:00Comments on I'm just F.I.N.E.-- Recovery in Al-Anon: SurrenderUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-45644044540462362292009-09-02T18:40:45.860-04:002009-09-02T18:40:45.860-04:00Thank you Syd. This helps me understand it a littl...Thank you Syd. This helps me understand it a little better! You have such a way with words and explanations. I really appreciate this post.<br /><br />:)Her Big Sadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07872091902506034704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-22777692116021197392009-09-02T09:28:03.748-04:002009-09-02T09:28:03.748-04:00Thank you.Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-76139330780390420512009-09-02T07:35:36.432-04:002009-09-02T07:35:36.432-04:00what blocks surrender a lot of the time is pride.....what blocks surrender a lot of the time is pride... but it's so much easier and simpler to do. why fight a battle you cannot win...Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999801833389058410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-61057264153063090982009-09-02T00:28:19.498-04:002009-09-02T00:28:19.498-04:00Syd
Thank you for this post it is an internal shif...Syd<br />Thank you for this post it is an internal shift, surrendering, some moments I can and most of the moments I struggle with control.<br />If I can just watch my thoughts and not always act on them it frees me.<br />One day at a timeDi-Githttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10770400058372063740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-13049705385673938582009-09-01T23:55:56.713-04:002009-09-01T23:55:56.713-04:00When I submit, I do it with resentment and resista...When I submit, I do it with resentment and resistance, only because I feel I must. Surrender, on the other hand, is a joyful choice.<br />Thanks for this.TAAAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03607602088454891329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-83657848075937554392009-09-01T23:54:47.042-04:002009-09-01T23:54:47.042-04:00You so nail surrender/acceptance. In a film I like...You so nail surrender/acceptance. In a film I like about consumerism, the narrator compares shopping habits to gravity: "Its not like gravity, like we just have to live like this. There's something we can do about this." We don't actively surrender to gravity every day, it is just something we accept, because, like with addiction, what's the alternative?<br /><br />Thanks for a great post.the other cjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14587140850392646760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-61256765119817798062009-09-01T23:11:54.054-04:002009-09-01T23:11:54.054-04:00Well said...
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Blessings and aloha......Well said...<br /><br />Thank you...<br /><br />Blessings and aloha...Ed G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15063291064985198651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-71101026951511129772009-09-01T22:20:12.681-04:002009-09-01T22:20:12.681-04:00I love the paradox of surrendering to win. I could...I love the paradox of surrendering to win. I could no longer fight. I could not get myself sober. Only my HP could do it. <br /><br />Conversations with God: "Until you stop telling me your truth I cannot tell you Mine."Scott Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361224878660334532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-774044169753230062009-09-01T21:01:29.930-04:002009-09-01T21:01:29.930-04:00I vote that you write the next Al Anon book. You ...I vote that you write the next Al Anon book. You are good. I understand everything that you write. I really get it! Thank you.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00224437485326110451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-54317527965517329572009-09-01T20:28:39.249-04:002009-09-01T20:28:39.249-04:00As always, beautifully written.As always, beautifully written.Mary Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08156474205414127488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-20060317459884565952009-09-01T17:54:50.920-04:002009-09-01T17:54:50.920-04:00Oh yes, the pain is in the resistance. I have foun...Oh yes, the pain is in the resistance. I have found that to be so. <br /><br />I thank God for finding AA and Al-Anon. It has made life beautiful.<br /><br />Thanks for this post - so well thought out and written.<br /><br />PGOne Prayer Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455437909918314217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-20267425211718939652009-09-01T17:04:26.439-04:002009-09-01T17:04:26.439-04:00it's beautiful, the post, the surrendering ide...it's beautiful, the post, the surrendering idea...all of it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327991964710241536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-10109024656192419142009-09-01T15:34:58.485-04:002009-09-01T15:34:58.485-04:00It's seems so much easier to focus and blame a...It's seems so much easier to focus and blame all our problems on the behavior of another. Your words sum up the insanity of trying to change anybody except ourselves. Alanon is a wonderful program that has helped many families to recovery...and a power greater than ourselves. Your insight is so very inspiring.Tall Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278195551060786353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-19406480730562635182009-09-01T15:32:00.299-04:002009-09-01T15:32:00.299-04:00I had no idea how difficult this is until I really...I had no idea how difficult this is until I really began to do the work of internalizing it.Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09496172669599418214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-84213273283595207772009-09-01T15:05:19.544-04:002009-09-01T15:05:19.544-04:00Syd! This post is amazing!! I related to so much o...Syd! This post is amazing!! I related to so much of it and I'm so happy you wrote it. Thank you!positively presenthttp://www.positivelypresent.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-5719112083966455242009-09-01T14:42:25.003-04:002009-09-01T14:42:25.003-04:00It's always amazing how we think we are walkin...It's always amazing how we think we are walking alone and no one else has been in our shoes...then we read someone else's post and we read our own life story. <br /><br />Thank you, Syd.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10278582335163982931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-70555017341468100682009-09-01T14:39:56.561-04:002009-09-01T14:39:56.561-04:00The old patterns of "fixing" things and ...The old patterns of "fixing" things and covering things up, the illusion that if you do this, or that, then it will all be o.k. I think a lot of it is long term thinking and coping patterns, and a lot of it is EGO. I know I struggle with my ego and resist it, when I need to surrender, then the ego fades off into the distance, and my recovery begins. Thanks again for an excellent and timely post!The neverending battle of child's opiate addictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138779247145438268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-34829142082286793672009-09-01T14:06:17.704-04:002009-09-01T14:06:17.704-04:00Thank you. This is exactly the message I needed to...Thank you. This is exactly the message I needed today.robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529583031383219224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-91468163803987591172009-09-01T13:49:56.332-04:002009-09-01T13:49:56.332-04:00I love to study philosophy is all forms and becaus...I love to study philosophy is all forms and because of this I finally realized that I truly do have a choice but to accept. The illusion in my life was that I had any control at all. But in my head, this illusion was very real and the root of so much of my self-inflicted pain. Good news is how easy it is with the tools of Alanon to dimiss illusions now and be happy.<br /><br />NamasteAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128247878961221421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-47024085590806553142009-09-01T13:16:19.317-04:002009-09-01T13:16:19.317-04:00Thanks Syd. You always have a way of writing just ...Thanks Syd. You always have a way of writing just what I need to hear and making it so I understand. I understand that I can't change my husband, I guess I just keep wishing I could. I realize need to accept the way things are, but that has meant that I suffer too. I still need to learn how to set boundaries and do a better job of taking care of myself. Everyday, one day at a time.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07228220362170417768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-7777882367251690062009-09-01T12:07:58.637-04:002009-09-01T12:07:58.637-04:00Syd,
I really struggle with acceptance. How's ...Syd,<br />I really struggle with acceptance. How's that for irony? <br /><br />Love,<br /><br />SBSarcastic Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116577711704241625noreply@blogger.com