Time For A Laugh
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Time For A Laugh
The Alanon meeting I attended Friday night handed out some copies of "The Forum" which is a monthyly journal of Al-Anon. While I was reading it just now I busted out in laughter. Thought I would share. This is from the June 2006 monthly journal.
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Before coming to Al-Anon, I was obsessed with catching my son in possession of drugs or alcohol. When I did catch him, I'd punish him. He would improve his behavior for a short time and, of course, the cycle would start again.
One day I spied some crumbled pieces of what my exhausted, sleepless, eyes perceived as marijuana scattered across the white carpet. On my hands and knees I picked up a piece and sniffed it. I couldn't smell anything, so I found a kernal and crunched it with my teeth - still no telltale "pot" taste.
Just as I was gathering more evidence, I noticed a pair of wings - I had eaten the head of a wasp! Thank God for Al-Anon - I haven't sampled any insects since I joined!
By Caroline G., Kentucky
Eye Spy
Before coming to Al-Anon, I was obsessed with catching my son in possession of drugs or alcohol. When I did catch him, I'd punish him. He would improve his behavior for a short time and, of course, the cycle would start again.
One day I spied some crumbled pieces of what my exhausted, sleepless, eyes perceived as marijuana scattered across the white carpet. On my hands and knees I picked up a piece and sniffed it. I couldn't smell anything, so I found a kernal and crunched it with my teeth - still no telltale "pot" taste.
Just as I was gathering more evidence, I noticed a pair of wings - I had eaten the head of a wasp! Thank God for Al-Anon - I haven't sampled any insects since I joined!
By Caroline G., Kentucky
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Well, this is a little off to the side.. but when my XABF was moving out his dresser was still here. I had some cat nip.. the GOOD stuff.. "leaves and blossoms! No stems! Looked like that and said it on the pkg. You know what else it looked like too.
I put some in a baggie.. and left it in the top drawer of his dresser. Next day it was GONE.
Wonder how that worked out for him? :ROFL:
I put some in a baggie.. and left it in the top drawer of his dresser. Next day it was GONE.
Wonder how that worked out for him? :ROFL:
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I remember a friend of mine who found a ziploc bag of white powder in her son's closet. A sizeable amount, actually. She and her husband freaked out, and stayed up one whole night working on what they were going to say and how they would confront their son.
The next morning, all 3 of them sat bleary eyed at the table, he from being pulled out of bed, the parents from a sleepless night. They laid the bag on the table and said, "Chad, we are so very disappointed you. Do you want to tell us what this is all about?"
To which he replied, "Um, it's a bag of rock climbing chalk..."
and it was...
We still laugh about that one.
The next morning, all 3 of them sat bleary eyed at the table, he from being pulled out of bed, the parents from a sleepless night. They laid the bag on the table and said, "Chad, we are so very disappointed you. Do you want to tell us what this is all about?"
To which he replied, "Um, it's a bag of rock climbing chalk..."
and it was...
We still laugh about that one.
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