Old 02-06-2011, 11:41 AM
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jamaicamecrazy
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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Keep coming on this board. There are amazing insightful people here who have heard and done and felt the same way as you. You will also find that at an Al Anon meeting. Meetings have saved me. It is difficult to put the focus on yourself when all you want to do is help someone you love who needs help. But the problem is that more often than not they don't think they need help and don't want our help. What it does do is make us just as sick or sicker than they are. I spent so much time and energy thinking about how to help my AH and control the situation that I will lost sight of my own life. Be aware, Be supportive be encouraging but don't let it consume you. I know that is so hard to do. It is a daily struggle for everyone that loves an alcoholic, which is why the 12 steps and slogans of AA work for us too. You have taken the first step by coming here.
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