It’s a myth, you know, the putative Big Book quote, “More will be revealed.” Yet myth or not, the truth is manifest. How often do you sit in the rooms and hear what you need to hear, the exact resolution […]
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Detachment
Detachment is not isolation, nor should it remain focused on not enabling the sick behavior of the past. Detachment is not a wall; it is a bridge across which the Al-Anon may begin a new approach to life and relationships […]
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Things I cannot change are not the issue, but the things I can change, I take over and start trying on my own to change them. But it’s not I who can change them because my life is unmanageable, not […]
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I try to check in with myself on a regular basis. Am I hungry, angry, lonely, or tired? ~ Courage to Change, page 21 Hold on a bloody minute! You’re pushing, he’s pushing, they’re pushing, I’m squashed! I need to please people! […]
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Anonymity makes it possible to leave not only our surnames, but all the labels and expectations with which we have been burdened outside… ~ Courage to Change, page 20 Labels are pronouns with substance, with judgments, with expectations. Simple labels like […]
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