tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969377097750640088.post8349437129842846342..comments2023-08-05T09:48:26.267-07:00Comments on Through An Al-Anon Filter: Please Define "...giving understanding and encouragement to the alcoholic."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969377097750640088.post-85174399150090278332010-09-12T11:11:51.989-07:002010-09-12T11:11:51.989-07:00Thank You !! I see myself so much in these posts....Thank You !! I see myself so much in these posts. I feel resentment that sees no bounds and it has made me so bitter that I don't know myself anymore. Who am I but this co-dependent? It is like there are no more boundaries anymore...or I just can't see them. My husband is now a totally non-functioning alcoholic. I have a hard time accepting that. I feel abandoned, yet angry, yet sad. We are only 55, but I feel like I am living with a 90 year old. Somebody help.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969377097750640088.post-11760383607192958402010-09-08T20:24:13.054-07:002010-09-08T20:24:13.054-07:00Thank you for this wonderful post. Full of turning...Thank you for this wonderful post. Full of turning events in a life to give a whole new outlook and freedom.Di-Githttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10770400058372063740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969377097750640088.post-63465487580272247442010-09-08T19:35:22.049-07:002010-09-08T19:35:22.049-07:00It does take a while to let the resentment go. I n...It does take a while to let the resentment go. I now can give without having expectations of what I am going to get back. And that works most days, unless I get slammed by the alcoholic and then I want to withdraw my giving and my compassion. There is still much progress to be made in recovery for me.Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3969377097750640088.post-81570840906663373222010-09-08T15:04:08.297-07:002010-09-08T15:04:08.297-07:00It was baby steps for me..the more work I did in t...It was baby steps for me..the more work I did in the rooms and with my sponsor, the better I got. My former sponsor said she hated her husband so much that when her sponsor told her she needed to say one nice thing to him each day the only thing she could think of was that he had nice blue eyes. hehe Good post today.<br /><br />♥namaste♥Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128247878961221421noreply@blogger.com