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Old 04-30-2009, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by dreamstones View Post
Sorry to rant and rave, I know all of this is out of my control; I just needed to get off of my chest. I have my Al-Anon meeting tonight and that always makes me feel better. Just the fact that Mom and sis are acting like life is normal, that there are no problems (or never has been). This is very disturbing and I just want to detach as much as possible and not even deal with each of them right now.I can’t control it, I can’t cure it, I can’t get consumed by it.
JMO, I think the more we practice the first step and learn how to accept and detach, the less disturbing the behavior of others will become to us.

Have been struggling with this myself, saying the first step like a chant, it's been helpful.
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