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I have made progress - from Step 2 to Step 1!

Posted 02-11-2009 at 06:56 PM by grewupinabarn
Updated 02-15-2009 at 01:00 PM by grewupinabarn

(this was copied from my post in Families & Friends of A's)

In a post for the Step 2 thread (in F&F of A's), I said I was a bit p***** off at HP for, well, just being a HP. I 'came to believe' that there was a power greater than myself and I didn't like it. It wasn't a thought process- it was just my reaction.
The resentment has gone away, mostly. Now today I can see a thing that I must give up, a thing that I felt, as in semi-subconscious id/ego stuff, made me feel...
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I was missed!

Posted 02-11-2009 at 09:20 AM by grewupinabarn
Updated 02-11-2009 at 04:04 PM by grewupinabarn (Adding a note.)

Through a variety of excuses and some procrastination, I missed 2 al-anon meetings last week.
When I got to last night's meeting, they said they missed me. Me? Missed?
And these are people against whom I still harbor little expectations, resentments, and fear (same as with the rest of the world). I am often late and often 'space out' in meetings because of my long term habit of making little passive agressive acts against, well, everyone who might have a judgment about me (which...
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Assessment, Losing Control, and Dogs

Posted 02-05-2009 at 08:03 AM by grewupinabarn

Why do am I so averse to situations where people can judge me? I don't fear tests - those are just pieces of paper. No, I fear 'them' - all those people I can interact with who might or could judge me because what I do impacts them somehow. This is a learned response - don't do anything that can be evaluated by the alcoholic parent. Or, don't do anything that might give the world a yardstick to measure what is going on at home.

I watched a dog and its owner today while getting coffee....
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Good Blog site

Posted 02-05-2009 at 07:51 AM by grewupinabarn

I found a really great blog by an ACOA at Ramblings of an ACOA: Adult Children of Alcoholics Learn How to Overcome the Characteristics of ACOAs and Develop Healthy Relationships. The blogger hits on many issues that I am familiar with.
This was a good quote:
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In the end, rejoice in who you are, and embrace the love others have for you. I have no doubt that you have many reasons for others to love and appreciate and enjoy you. If you find yourself thinking, "no, I'm not special,
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Frightened

Posted 02-03-2009 at 12:48 PM by grewupinabarn

First Blog entry ever! Here it goes. I suspect this will be lots of whining and self-centered navel gazing, but it may also help to tell the world, or a passing friend, what is going on. Comments are invited but not necessary - I assume that the HP is reading it all.

At an alanon meeting last night I wondered why my mind drifted so easily away from the conversation and off to thinking about stuff, any stuff, anything at all but what was going on in front of me. This happens to me...
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