In memory of a wonderful, funny, wise Al-Anon friend of mine who passed away today. God bless you Mary C. I will surely miss you more than you can possibly know. I count myself blessed to have known you, but only wish I would have had more time to get to know you better. Your words of kindness and humor inspired us all. I Love you and will do ( Read more... )

Well we got hit by the snow and freezing rain last night and on and off today as well. The roads were awful this morning and right at rush hour according to my husband. He was nervous driving in it, and that is unusual for him especially so it must have been bad. I braved it around ten o' clock and left for my meeting. I have a fairly bad road ( Read more... )

Well it was another wonderful weekend. There was barely any snow when we got there, and then we got some snow on Saturday and Sunday. It was really cold too. The speakers were phenomenal, the atmosphere serene, and the banter enjoyable. I had some great conversations and made some new friends. The food was pretty good this year as well. Its ( Read more... )

Pics from my Al-Anon weekend of Sharing. I couldn't post any pictures of people because of anonymity.

( serenity )

I'm gonna come clean. Yesterday I had four oreos and two lady locks. The big ones. Not a good thing. I am still not exercising. But thinking about it. I weigh in at about 160 these days. Not the most I have weighed, but definitely not my healthiest weight for being 5'4". I take synthroid for low thyroid so I am trying to be realistic like ( Read more... )

Another really unseasonably warm day here in Pittsburgh. I say for people in colder winter climates global warming has offered us a nice little break in the middle of a normally frigid season. Particularly February. When I grew up in the 60's I always could count on sledding over the winter holidays. White Christmas was not just a song for ( Read more... )

So tomorrow night I do my lead at a neighboring Al-Anon meeting. That is basically where I share how I came to find Al-Anon, what was going on in my life at the time and how things have changed since I started attending meetings. I will also share on what tools in Al-Anon helped me the most, and about sponsoring people in Al-Anon and the ( Read more... )

Feeling a bit better than the other day. I realize that there is nothing I can do to change my SIL and that she really does need help. Why should I beat myself up when I do everything I can to change the one person I can...ME. I go to my Al-Anon meetings and I do what I can to be the best person I can be, and I do see the changes I have made and ( Read more... )

A few days ago I posted about some of my interests. One of them was Al-Anon, a support group for families and friends of alcoholics. I neglected to post a website, but here it is now. Hope it helps just one person the way it has me.

http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/

So the closing on my family homestead was on Thursday. My brother is still trying to get us to pay for his a/c repair but hopefully it won't happen. After all, he shouldn't have been in the house before the closing. He did get the house at 40,000 less than what it was originally listed and this managed to take care of the loan money he owed the ( Read more... )