tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post8583100543549630396..comments2024-02-05T11:32:25.407-05:00Comments on I'm just F.I.N.E.-- Recovery in Al-Anon: What does letting go mean?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-52914654826774699302016-04-12T21:16:23.284-04:002016-04-12T21:16:23.284-04:00I encourage you with continuing the Alanon meeting...I encourage you with continuing the Alanon meetings as well as the adult children of alcoholic meetings. It will be the best thing you could ever do for yourself. Hugs... OliviaOlivia Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13322114556085369643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-32560829863007103262011-03-09T15:52:13.271-05:002011-03-09T15:52:13.271-05:00Thanks for your post. Just sitting here, having a ...Thanks for your post. Just sitting here, having a cry. I am always going to help my alcoholic father when he asks for constructive help. He is one of my best friends, and has always been there for me. But I am going to (try) to do it without demanding particular outcomes, in a spirit of peace, and without torturing myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-55013861096926745962010-12-03T19:02:10.709-05:002010-12-03T19:02:10.709-05:00I just stumbled on your blog after having a partic...I just stumbled on your blog after having a particularly bad episode with my alcoholic mother. She has hurt me so many times that I finally had to tell her I couldn't have her in my life right now. I don't understand detachment. To not have my mother in my life is like cutting off a limb. I'm trying to understand how I can let go without cutting her out of my life. This post really helps. I'm looking forward to reading more of your blog and going to my 2nd Al-Anon meeting over the weekend. I'm also looking forward to beginning my own recovery to this awful disease.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10358873576101168329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-73554639453368750742010-08-04T02:24:09.544-04:002010-08-04T02:24:09.544-04:00Thanks for this list—perfect reading for the night...Thanks for this list—perfect reading for the night before a meeting—tomorrow I agreed to have morning coffee with the addict in my life, and there's no telling what kind of crazy will come out of his mouth. But I can let go, over and over again. <3recovering jezebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17343925016274026408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-17213431906306310732010-07-28T12:54:38.380-04:002010-07-28T12:54:38.380-04:00Great list Syd. Did you write it yourself or borro...Great list Syd. Did you write it yourself or borrow it from somewhere?<br /><br />And BRB Queen- I could have said the same thing. Mom loaded on pain pills or whatever... yup. Been there!Tarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05869180495920803462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-14892159920830507932010-07-27T16:54:09.960-04:002010-07-27T16:54:09.960-04:00great post. great reminder. thanksgreat post. great reminder. thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-84670572967848658772010-07-27T15:18:13.206-04:002010-07-27T15:18:13.206-04:00Syd,
the 'let go' list was amazing...
you...Syd,<br />the 'let go' list was amazing...<br /><br />your sharing was amazing...<br /><br />thanks,<br />toddAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-57793663718772855882010-07-25T22:54:58.363-04:002010-07-25T22:54:58.363-04:00That was a great post. Something I need to remind...That was a great post. Something I need to remind myself. Perfect timing for me and apparently a lot of other people! Thanks Syd.Torihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16469486624859667837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-32152313841846353372010-07-24T11:03:20.326-04:002010-07-24T11:03:20.326-04:00I just started alanon. I don't know how to eve...I just started alanon. I don't know how to even begin to let go but things you are saying I can relate to and make sense. I hope to get there someday.sassycashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18393744684577115092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-42650729339338322822010-07-24T07:25:26.838-04:002010-07-24T07:25:26.838-04:00This is a great read for me today. It applies with...This is a great read for me today. It applies with my relationship with everyone, but especially with people that I think I can change. This one I'd love to copy and paste, print and put on my bathroom mirror.Let Go, Let Godhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734821434596510493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-85466400707698448032010-07-23T20:38:39.630-04:002010-07-23T20:38:39.630-04:00wow Syd...how'd you know this is exactly what ...wow Syd...how'd you know this is exactly what I need to read today...I'm leaving your list of what letting go is..on my desktop....until it sinks into my brain...thank you for posting this. I really did need it....Have a great weekend.Nikki (Sarah)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-35126082990962684462010-07-23T17:42:21.500-04:002010-07-23T17:42:21.500-04:00Just what I needed to read today. My ex asked me ...Just what I needed to read today. My ex asked me for help - said everyone else had abandoned him. And I was feeling bad that I said no until I read this.Looking for Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010049814419812468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-45067225669937525552010-07-23T15:47:54.873-04:002010-07-23T15:47:54.873-04:00I needed to read this, thank you SydI needed to read this, thank you SydScott M. Freyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11588618061480681504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-17877011409575156732010-07-23T15:01:43.107-04:002010-07-23T15:01:43.107-04:00This was great, I have been trying to fix my son f...This was great, I have been trying to fix my son for far too long. I'm exhausted mentally from searching his room, wanting to check his arms, blocking numbers on his cell phone, going on line to see who he has been calling, texting his constantly to see where he is. I've finally reached the end of myself, where I have to let go and accept the situation. I guess that I have alot of anger towards him, I never thought that heroin would be a part of our lives and I am angry for what his addiction has done to my life. I have a hard time accepting that addiction is a disease, I mean I know that it is, but I go back and forth with it thinking that he is responsible for making these poor choices and that sometimes I just feel that saying it is a disease is an excuse for their behavior. I know I sound hard but this has been a difficult week I think he is using again and he lives in my house and watching him destroy himself watching him look depressed well it is just more than my heart can bear at time. I am seeing a counselor on Tuesday and so hoping that he will be able to help me to let go and let God. I know that trying to control sure isn't working.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13169949411104658849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-77150769943892428872010-07-23T13:22:22.941-04:002010-07-23T13:22:22.941-04:00The most difficult for most of us I think is "...The most difficult for most of us I think is "To LET GO is not to deny, but to accept." For a long time I saw letting go as giving up. Like with my father who was still drinking every day when he passed away 24 years ago.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-87573012863568811532010-07-23T12:04:16.317-04:002010-07-23T12:04:16.317-04:00You took your finger out of the Chinese finger tor...You took your finger out of the Chinese finger torture device.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-56085226044082777112010-07-23T11:38:45.625-04:002010-07-23T11:38:45.625-04:00You're right; we can't fix anyone else. So...You're right; we can't fix anyone else. Sometimes (laugh) I can't even fix myself.<br /><br />Have a great weekend.Sarcastic Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116577711704241625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-11222293769933253572010-07-23T11:27:33.802-04:002010-07-23T11:27:33.802-04:00Good post Syd. I just read it after you commented ...Good post Syd. I just read it after you commented on my post today. It really is a process of learning and then aquiring the knowledge to function after you let go.<br /><br />I can see where letting go without the knowledge is a sure fire method of failure within one's self and is path to collapse within.Dad and Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204246139693620329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-53232457296652595742010-07-23T08:49:32.428-04:002010-07-23T08:49:32.428-04:00Wow Syd I was just reading this last night in my p...Wow Syd I was just reading this last night in my prayer book!Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179856187132508469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-39078214028878867012010-07-23T07:11:54.025-04:002010-07-23T07:11:54.025-04:00Great post on letting go -- and I love the picture...Great post on letting go -- and I love the picture too!positivelypresenthttp://www.positivelypresent.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-28993930373814364012010-07-23T06:15:40.394-04:002010-07-23T06:15:40.394-04:00great post syd...letting go can be so hard, becaus...great post syd...letting go can be so hard, because it seems so counter intuitive at times...i really ike the defnition in your first part there...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-59179417042043440652010-07-23T03:30:55.694-04:002010-07-23T03:30:55.694-04:00love the listlove the listdAAvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10378341182741173178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-72636389420625303122010-07-23T00:14:08.647-04:002010-07-23T00:14:08.647-04:00Thank you for your perfect timing. My mom is loade...Thank you for your perfect timing. My mom is loaded on her pain pills again today and I have had to really work on my internal reaction(s). This is what I needed to see.~~BRB Queen~~https://www.blogger.com/profile/14076594460274713944noreply@blogger.com