Originally Posted by Mango212

Al-anon is where I found a new balance in all these things.

I came to having a new awareness of how often I did things for fun with other people in mind vs. purely for me.

One day I took a float tube out on the river before an Al-anon meeting, all by myself. I found a lot of feelings, awareness and acceptance of taking care of myself. It was from both the time alone & the meeting, very much connected to each other.