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A Renewed Spirit
- A Renewed Spirit
- At 10 o'clock on a Friday night I had just gotten up off the floor. That's where I felt the most comfortable when I was sad and lonely. My life had fallen back into the boring pattern of waiting for my husband to come home so I could feel secure. I was explaining these feelings to my dog when suddenly I thought about Step One.
- Why didn't Step One work both ways? If I was powerless over the alcoholic, wasn't the alcoholic powerless over me? If that was the case, why did I continue to feel so controlled by this person? It didn't seem fair that the person I lived with could influence my feelings so easily when he appeared to have so little concern for how I felt.
- The more I thought about my powerlessness over the alcoholic, the less power I felt he had over me. Slowly my body regained its life and my spirit felt renewed. Needless to say, I had the Al-Anon program to thank once more. Without the tools to keep me moving steadily forward, I would have remained on the floor.
- Before Al-Anon, I had similar feelings of abandonment and didn't know how to cope. For many years, I stayed in a constant state of depression. When I found the Al-Anon program, my life took on a new and exciting meaning. I developed the self-confidence to seek out interesting challenges, and relied less on other people to bring meaning into my life.
- None of this means that my life is one big bowl of cherries. I'm human, too. But now when I find myself on the floor it doesn't take long before I pick myself up and tackle another challenge - such as writing to The Forum.
- Sandy B. - British Columbia
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Alcoholism is a family disease. Those of us who live with, or have have lived with, this disease as children or adults sometimes have problems which the Al-Anon program can help us to resolve. If you have answered yes to some of all of the above questions, Al-Anon may be of help to you. You can contact Al-Anon by checking your local telephone directory, or from the Resources page. Phone numbers and Contact Information for the Austin Area are listed on the Contact Page of this website.
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- These articles were reproduced with permission from 'The Forum', the monthly inspirational newsletter of Al-Anon. Al-Anon World Headquarters, Inc. is located in Virginia Beach, VA. See www.Al-Anon.org for more information.
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